[Lowfer] MP in EN90xn

Michael Sapp wa3tts at verizon.net
Mon Jul 21 12:40:46 EDT 2014


Mitch:  MP very audible here. I reworked my EWE antenna and transmission line choke ground rods and chokes while you were off the air, so there are performance changes on this receiving end....

http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag19/wa3tts/capt00054_zps1525a69a.jpg

My 10MHz non-GPS disciplined reference in the Spectrcom WWVB receiver was about 1Hz off WWV on my 10MHz WWV reception.  LF converter IF at 3MHz so the error potential there is
.3Hz---but the Spectracom receiver has a divide by 100 output at 100kHz and I used that to cal.....(.003 theoretical limit).  ARGO did not want to move from 499.99 to 500.00 Hz (my CW bandpass) during calibration without forcing a larger number than what seemed appropriate. So I left the cal at 499.99 Hz and set the offset for 137780.  With a few milliHz per hour drift I may be .03 to .05 off....then again that may be wishful thinking on my part....

Nice signal here with the AGC off in ARGO and the FT-817 IF radio....


I switched the LF receiver to EAR and will let it run over lunch and submit results in an hour or two....

73, Mike wa3tts



More information about the Lowfer mailing list