[Lowfer] Running ground wave test right now on 74.3213...

[JD]

>>> This--if the noise doesn't return at the wrong time--is a rare 
>>> opportunity.

Guess what...it returned.  At a very bad time (just as both stations had 
begun to exhibit the first signs of skywave influence), and for a very long 
time (well past sunset here).

The first fade for XRS4 occured at "A" and ended, and then "B" is where it 
began for XRS5.  And the, er, arrow is where all heck broke loose.  Both 
signals got a little stronger in the half hour before sunset, but not enough 
to overcome the QRM.  By sunset, however, both were in a deeper fade.

I had such a good string of captures going...first time I've been able to 
watch the day/night transition at 74 kHz on two stations at once, of not 
terribly different distances but located such that their local sunsets are 
quite different.

Eventually I decided to take Bob's advice to save the batteries, so I shut 
down and brought the computer and the buffer amp battery pack to town for a 
little warmth.  I'm now about to return to the field and watch for DK7FC.

John

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