[Lowfer] Interesting 74.321 KHz results in Mechanicsburg, PA. FN10LE

[Dexter McIntyre W4DEX]

Dick,

I turned off XRS5 just after 1 p.m. as shown on your 3rd screen.   As 
the temp warmed above freezing the antenna matching was way off.  The 
blip on your 4th screen is a test I did after adjusting the antenna 
matching.  It was a bit after 7 p.m. when I powered back up.  I turned 
the beacon off  between about 9:30 to a bit after 10 p.m. because it was 
interfering with my 432 mhz QSOs.  Initially I thought the noise I was 
receiving on 432 MHz was corona but I saw no indication of corona on the 
scope match waveforms.  I sure hope the noise wasn't corona.  The power 
on 74 kHz is only a bit over 100 watts.

Dex

Dick Goodman wrote:
> Gang,
>  
>     Please find a link to four (4) plots that I ran on the 74 KHz
> transmissions on 7 & 8 January. What I found the most interesting is that on
> the afternoon of January 8, after being totally faded out for several hours,
> XRS4 popped back in twice for about a minute each time. There was a very
> recent solar flare over the last day, could that have caused this or is what
> I'm seeing a normal propagation effect? 
>  
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/xc6svubtedwt5yn/74321.jpg?m=
>  
> 73
> Dick, WA3USG
>  
>