[Lowfer] Some surprise discoveries.....at XSV

[Neil Klagge]

Hi Lee, thanks for your reply. To add to that:
WG2XSV was copied in Arizona, California, Western Oregon, Northwest
Washington and Delta British Columbia last night PSK31 signal. Most were
100% or near 100% copy.

​Having fun with this....
73, Neil Klagge​

w0yse, Layton Utah


On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 10:10 PM, Lee <fccpart15 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Very cool indeed. Thanks for that Neil!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Neil Klagge <w0yse.7 at gmail.com>
> >Sent: Apr 26, 2014 6:38 PM
> >To: 600mrg at w7ekb.com
> >Cc: lowfer group <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> >Subject: [Lowfer] Some surprise discoveries.....at XSV
> >
> >I discovered a few surprising things this weekend :
> >
> >1. I discovered that I can now use my TenTec QRP transceiver to monitor my
> >630 meter signal by setting a 10 MHz TCXO next to it and tuning the xcvr
> to
> >10.474200 MHz. Apparently the signal is being mixed in the front end of
> the
> >xcvr.
> >
> >2. Then, when I removed the battery from the TCXO circuit, I discovered
> >that the carrier of WWV on 10 MHz was still doing the job for me. Totally
> >unexpected to say the least!
> >
> >3. Next, I decided to try transmitting a PSK31 signal from my main 630m
> >transverter thru my *Class D* (i.e. non-linear) amplifier. I was able to
> >decode my PSK signal on the TenTec (with the TCXO right next to it). To my
> >surprise it even appeared to look pretty clean.
> >
> >4. Then I enlisted the help of Mark, ku7z, who lives about 11 miles from
> >me, to check my PSK signal for spurs or distortion. He reported a clean
> >signal with no spurs.
> >
> >I did notice that my RF ammeter at the output of the Class D amplifier was
> >showing that the average was current below the peak current, so I suppose
> >it was running as a linear amplifier at that time.
> >
> >Who’da guessed !!
> >
> >There is fun and excitement with every experiment on MF/LF.
> >
> >73, Neil Klagge, wg2xsv
> >
> >
> >*"I use the original form of social networking: Amateur Radio." *
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>  and
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