[Lowfer] SL 630m Overnight Bcn

[Steve]

John - what a fascinating report! As I followed along, I was about to 
conclude that QRSS3 is getting pretty close to an audible signal and then 
...you confirmed it! I am truly amazed that you could hear a 25W signal at 
this time of the year. I guess I've spent too much time on 2200m and getting 
used to how difficult it is to propagate an audible signal more than a few 
hundred miles. Obviously 630m is something very very different. I'm looking 
forward to learning more about it this fall and winter. One of my main 
objectives is to try and create some two-way crossband activity between 630m 
and HF with stations in the U.S. as well as VE. It would also be wonderful 
to see more VE activity too, now that we actually have the band.

Your 'heard' ...like, really "heard" report, has really inspired me John...I 
had no idea what 25W and a great set of ears at the other end could do on 
475KHz!
Tnx for the great signal analysis.

Steve / 73


> As mentioned early this morning, I managed several alternate views of SL
> last night.  However,I was too tied up to do anything with them until
> tonight.  To start off, here's another take on that final view of SL that 
> I
> posted this morning, in both QRSS30 -and- QRSS20!  A low-res version is
> attached, or see:
>
> http://lwca.org/mbarchiv/pix/2014/sl-final3020.jpg
>
> Now let's go back in time to when I first put WSPR on hold and began
> watching SL, a little after 12:30 AM CDT on Monday morning.  This is 
> nearly
> an hour and 45 minutes' worth:
>
> http://lwca.org/mbarchiv/pix/2014/sl-30.jpg
>
> As you see, by 2:30 AM it had become quite strong...strong enough to solve
> another problem.
>
>>>> will probably add another chip to it so I can use my DDS and get rid of
>>>> the chirp.
>
> Or simply wait until the signal becomes strong enough to view it in
> QRSS3--then the chirp becomes totally insignificant! :)
>
> http://lwca.org/mbarchiv/pix/2014/sl-3.jpg
>
>>>> As a stand alone CW TX it would be a great little rig as Rudy (N6LF)
>>>> down in Oregon could hear it audibly quit well just after sunset.
>
> It took a little longer here in Kansas, but when the signal was solid at
> QRSS3, it was also audible here too.  Very cool.
>
> 73
> John
>


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