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

[Bob Raide]

It's got to be dam cold to be out there with no heat!  Not worth getting sick over.  
I figured signals would be good as the cold path leads way out west of you and all the way back east here.  
I like the low temps for propagation as long as I ain't gotta be out in it-Bob
 
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> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 19:05:02 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Home late-but on at near full power 74.3213...
> 
> 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 
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