[Lowfer] LowFERs (today-MP)

[Lloyd Chastant]

I was just checking today whether I could copy MP with the K3..Very nice
copy on MP with my TS870 but no copy with the K3(and new KSYN3A)...which is
on the right side..A ways to go yet
Lloyd W3NF

On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 12:31 AM, JD <listread at lwca.org> wrote:

> No idea whether this means MP is weaker today, though, or whether
>>>> propagation is better from SIW.
>>>>
>>>
> Apparently propagation was down from MP at the time.  The same settings
> that were ample for
> SIW were not adequate for MP at mid-afternoon.  Boosting the drive to the
> audio clipper about 20 minutes into this capture brought MP up to viewable
> levels, and then it CONTINUED to improve for the remaining 2 hours and 25
> minutes thereafter (no further change in settings).
>
> I'm pleased that the temperature in the building finally stabilized, too.
> Both the earlier SIW capture and this one of MP were taken using Old Drifty
> (Kenwood R-5000 #3), as I have grown rather tired of having to deal with
> the much more stable CR-1 _plus_ the upconverter, a 24 volt source for the
> upconverter, and the necessary LPF...and still having the CR-1's overly
> broad roofing filter allowing everything under the sun (including,
> apparently, the upconverter LO bleed-through) to affect the AGC action.
> It's adequate for HF, but very tedious to use at LF, despite the great
> frequency stability.
>
> John D
>
>
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