[Lowfer] HiFER Excursion

[JD]

Finally got my newly repackaged antenna buffer amp (with new, improved 
power-over-coax) finished and took it to the field just as the sun was 
setting.  Since I expected MPand any other stations in the Northeast would 
likely be in the sunset fade right then, I tested first at 22 meters. The 
usual easterners were already gone for the day, apart from traces of USC. 
But a rare path opening to Illinois allowed me to see both SIWs and also HF 
WM for a time.  Both WM and DFCW SIW were loud enough at times for aural 
copy of the CW IDs, but that ceased to be the case after 90 minutes or so.

Slant SIW seems to have been undergoing some adjustment at the time, as 
shown in the attached.  Notice also a couple different types of multipath 
showing up at QRSS30.

Switched over to 2200 meters afterward.  In a little bit, I'll return to the 
field and see who comes through there, although there was more static than I 
really expected this evening.

John