[Lowfer] KU4XR on 160 meters in QRSS10 overnight, reports appreciated
Andy - KU4XR
ku4xr at yahoo.com
Thu Apr 10 11:24:03 EDT 2014
Hi Mike:
Thanks for your time, and the splendid captures.. The thing I see that pleases me the most
is " a straight line " carrier.. So the Hi stability Osc. unit is doing what it is supposed to do..
The very slight frequency error can be corrected, and the rig set right on frequency.
I am still having the receive drop out issue that for the life of me, I can't track down to be
able to fix it..
I raised the power to 10 watts, and put a small fan on top of the radio to help cool the PA.
Peter - ZL2IK had his grabber going and will be letting me know if I showed up in New Zealand.
That would sure be a stretch..
Going thru your capture archive; it was interesting to see what happened to the signal when
Mr Sunshine showed up for the day.. Heavy spreading of the signal, and fell off the cliff at
my local sunrise time, then eventually recoverd before total fade out.. Nice captures !!
The next challenge for stability will be to try QRSS30 and see how the carrier holds under
long keydown periods.
73 to you Mike, and thanks again for your time, and the captures..
Andy - KU4XR
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On Thu, 4/10/14, N8OOU <n8oou at meekfarm.us> wrote:
Attached argo capture at 09:05 UTC. The equipment used for
this capture was a Kenwood TS-480HX with an 80-10 trap
vertical, direct line in to Argo. The radio has the SO-3
High stability Osc, I will say the calibration is close, but
not scientific. The capture was made in cw mode on the
published frequency. That should make the audio tone 800 Hz,
Argo shows 802.
A full set of captures can be seen here;
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/i6tx5b3uusswf6t/mPj4rk63sW
-- 73 de N8OOU - Mike Meek
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