[Lowfer] 74.5495 tonight QRSS 60 starts 2300 till 0500+

[Douglas D. Williams]

Nice captures John. Gotta hand it to you for having the intestinal
fortitude to do a field trip every time you attempt LF receptions. This is
in direct contrast to myself, since I am typically asleep in bed during my
reception attempts. I do have the excuse that I usually get up at 0500
every morning, except weekends when I "sleep in" sometimes until the late
hour of 0700.


So far this season, the 74 kHz guys have been "dog boning" on QRSS for me,
or at least the one's I have received. Dex has an audible signal. Bob
"dogbones" in QRSS. Are there any other 74 kHz stations I could try for?
Sorry, I'm "out of the loop" this year.

73, Doug KB4OER




On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 4:55 PM, JD <listread at lwca.org> wrote:

> Yesterday evening's capture, at last!  It spans 80 minutes, centered on
> local sunset.
>
> Signal was not audible, nor up to AGC threshold.  Noise in 250 Hz BW
> before sunset was typically S2, fluctuating from nil to S6.  After sunset,
> noise increased to typically S3, with fewer nil intervals and peaks to S9.
> Vaisala showed no lightning in the contiguous 48 states, and only a little
> in Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.  Lightning coverage was similar when
> I left for the field and when I returned, so the difference most likely
> included static via skywave.
>
> The after-dark noise was just enough to keep me from discerning SIW at
> 185.185, apparently.  Seemed improbable that the transatlantic activity
> would make it through, but I was about to try until the showers began.
>  Now, Bambi had been mocking me a few yards from the SUV before dark.
>  Later, while I was readying to leave, his big brother signalled he was in
> a bad mood out in the corn field, so I rolled up the coax as expeditiously
> and noisily as possible in the rain.  (They seem to know we can't shoot
> them right now, let alone harass them, so they're making the most of it.)
>
> John
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