[Lowfer] 475.3 overnite in EN90xn

[Michael Sapp]

Thank you Laurence, that is encouraging news. Perhaps I am starting to 
corral all the rx system variances in the right direction.  On of these 
nights (Eagles' tune instrumental intro....)
the forces of nature may cooperate to yield a legible XPQ capture here....

73 Mike wa3tts

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laurence KL7 L" <hellozerohellozero at hotmail.com>
To: <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2015 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] 475.3 overnite in EN90xn


> Thanks Michael  - conditions weren't brilliant but not at least awful and 
> I was detected by 9 stations on WSPR and a couple more (Neil, Mark and 
> others - thanks!) on DFCW which certainly has the edge.
>
> Thought Id share this to how close you were -   this is my closest time 
> stamped capture to yours as a compare
> http://kl7l.com/tts.jpg
>
> I can give about another 2-3dBs of power here but the spectre of a forest 
> fire doesn't make me sleep at night so I made the Inv L as low voltage as 
> I could over the longest length by making it just shy of a quarter wave 
> long but in doing so Ive lowered the effective height of the 72ft vertical 
> section a bit - and its still in the middle of a Boreal Birch forest after 
> all...  but I do sleep at night.
>
> K increased up here over night from 06Z as a sector boundary passed I 
> think - as Au was seen, Over the pole to Eu on 136 was a bust with little 
> to no signals from DCF39
>
> Wont be on tonight rx or tx as we are doing some 6m "preventative 
> maintenance"  but would like to try again.
>
> The QRP labs Ultimate U2 driver Im using for the W1VD PA is a marvelous 
> device, and Im hoping to get the U3 running over the next week which will 
> add Opera mode to the symphony. I built it about 6 months ago but not had 
> priority to put it in a box and connect.
>
> Laurence KL7 L WE2XPQ   - XPQ went Qrt at 1700z this morning at dawn.
>
>
>> From: wa3tts at verizon.net
>> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 11:13:01 -0500
>> Subject: [Lowfer] 475.3 overnite in EN90xn
>>
>> HI All:  A few traces on 475.3 overnite but nothing I can distinguish as 
>> XPQ for certain B4 sunrise here in EN90xn....
>>
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/ovn5ehe9gjr1yq8/capt00051.jpg?dl=0
>>
>>
>> Not sure what Laurence is using for DFCW offsets and the light trace 
>> pattern does not seem to match up right.  But with on the edge signals 
>> the traces of legitimate signals tend to blend into the noise peaks.  I 
>> see that happen with DK7FC when Stefan's signal is just in/out of the 
>> noise floor....
>>
>> No other signals nearby B4 or after. The new NW
>>
>> EWE antenna is more or less pointed the right direction.
>>
>>
>> Condx to west coast was good at the time with 21 VE7BDQ decodes here and 
>> 1 new XSV decode, else I would not have even posted
>>
>> the above 475.3 capture.
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