[Lowfer] No 74.5 kHz tonight...

[Bob Raide]

JD et all;
Was watching TV and saw the clock coming up on 0600.  Just then lightning and growel of thunder.  Just shut down and grounded ant.  Was supposed to be storms all evening but got away with none till now!
73 all, hopefully better tomorrow-Bob
 
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> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 21:52:16 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] No 74.5 kHz tonight...
> 
> >>> Moved back to 74.5495 for remainder of evening as long as storms don't 
> >>> move in-
> 
> Saw you come on in mid-X about halfway through the last hour, Bob.  Amazing 
> signal, despite all the storm static between us.
> 
> I started capturing Dex sending "XRS/5" at 2300 UTC, just as I left for a 
> supper break.  It started out nicely visible, but beginning 30 or 40 minutes 
> after sunset, the signal began getting stronger and stronger.  It ended up 
> audible under all the static
> 
> Before I left, I didn't realize Dex was using QRSS30, while I was set for 
> 60.  When I returned and noticed that the capture was all scrunched 
> together, I switched to QRSS30 as well.  Even then, I had to crank Argo's 
> sensitivity way down to get cleaner spaces.  Even fired up an instance of 
> Argo at QRSS3, which would have worked just fine too.  A little after 7:35 
> CST, two dots into the "5" of a perfect capture, there seemed to be normal 
> Morse, then the start of an "X" in QRSS60.  And about an hour after that, 
> along came 74.5495 as well!  I'll post captures and/or links later, once 
> I've retrieved the radio and computer.
> 
> This is the first time in over two weeks I've been able to listen.  The 
> mobile listening post was disassembled to transition to the indoor 
> arrangement; which, unfortunately, took longer to get set up solidly than I 
> hoped.
> 
> I can now monitor indoors, stand up and walk around to keep muscles and 
> joints from getting stiff, and have as much light as I want to read and 
> write with.  I can recharge both the computer and the deep cycle battery on 
> the spot without having to return to town, and if I need to (as right now), 
> I can _briefly_ let the gear work in my absence.   On the down side, the 
> little building is still far from comfortable (actually, downright nippy 
> since sunset) because it lacks crucial interior walls and a ceiling.  It's 
> not that convenient logistically yet, either.  No way to access the Internet 
> there, and little likelihood that will change.  Worse, I don't currently 
> dare leave a single piece of electronic hardware out there overnight. 
> Absolutely everything has to come back to town... radio, computer, 12V 
> battery, 12V and computer chargers, generator and/or inverter, extension 
> cords, coax, heat source... and that requires two carloads.  Once the walls 
> and wiring are in place (hopefully before winter) then it'll basically only 
> be the radio, computer and generator which have to be transported each time, 
> and that should simplify things to a single carload.
> 
> 73
> John
> 
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