[Lowfer] Home late-but on at near full power 74.3213...

[JD]

Saw when you came on about 5:18 PM CST, Bob.  About 6 dB stronger than XRS5, 
according to Argo, and distinctly audible.  In fact, there was a nice beat 
note when both /4 and /5 were on at the same time.  Watching a little while 
longer too see if evening levels have stabilized, then will look at 137 for 
a while.

My plan to watch for fluctuations in signal strength roughly an hour before 
sunset were thwarted by some really nasty noise that appeared for 5 or more 
minutes at a time earlier in the day, but then was continuous for an 
extended interval from just after 3:30 to around 4:15 PM, right during that 
critical time.  Natural noise and signal were averaging around S1, but this 
monster was up to S7 and consisted of two carriers separated by 120 Hz (plus 
a lot of weaker, closer spaced ones) that wandered back and forth rapidly 
within a couple hundred Hz of 74.32.

Odds are I won't spend much time at 137 tonight.  We're already back down in 
the single digits, near what they were earlier forecasting for tonight's 
low!  Thank goodness for the little truck I accidentally bought at an 
auction and used for the first time today.  It saved me a LOT of outdoor 
setup/teardown time on battery charging sessions. Couldn't have handled a 
day-long experiment in the cold with the usual car arrangement!

John