[Lowfer] WG2XSB CW

Sun Jun 28 13:13:40 EDT 2015

John:  OK, posted XSB and XJM to w5jgv log for last nite. I did not listen 
to SW, QRN seemed to adverse at the time.  A bit pre-occupied at the time 
with losing my LO driver stage....

minor issue....  73, Mike wa3tts

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Langridge" <kb5njd at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands" 
<lowfer at mailman.qth.net>; <600mrg at w7ekb.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 7:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] WG2XSB CW

> Thanks for the info and the reports Mike!  There have been several posted
> on the W5JGV site over night :  http://w5jgv.com/enterlogs.htm .
>
> Which leads me to this: If you observed a station's signal, even for just 
> a
> few seconds, please email them directly, or here to the public list, or
> post to the link above.  My experience has been that a lot of guys will
> receive my signal but won't formally report it and then they see me 6
> months later and tell me that they heard the signal but they didnt file a
> report and now there are few concrete details.  Often times I try to
> recreate and enter a log on their behalf but its sketchy at best.
>
> If you don't want to fool with the link above, please send me the report
> for any of the guys you copied this weekend and I will log it on your
> behalf so that we have the data.  thanks!
>
> Here locally there has been lots of great outreach for MF and LF and lots
> of curious groups at the clubs I've visited for demos.  Hopefully that is
> repeating itself across the country in some form of fashion.  It only 
> takes
> a brief mention to start the questions rolling...
>
> 73,
>
> John KB5NJD / WG2XIQ
>
> PS:  Shout out to K3SIW who was a reporting machine last night for MF
> signals.  Great job Garry!
>
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 11:03 PM, Michael Sapp <wa3tts at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> John, Warren & All: XSB in/out of the noise here in EN90xn. Around
>> 0315~0320 up to 539 in 1800Hz BW InRad filter signal peak.
>>
>> CW is copyable in 100Hz narrow audio DSP when weak but ARGO does not seem
>> to digest that well....
>>
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/h2zcls252ergzzs/capt00799.jpg?dl=0
>>
>> XJM his usual 599 on 473 kHz
>>
>> Somehow my LO driver got zapped unpowering-repowering my LF converter 
>> with
>> all the storms of late. Only running +15.5 dBm LO
>> power vs +23 dBm into the RAY6 Level 23 DBM so my dynamic range is down
>> several dB until I figure out what and why the LO driver 
>> expired...possibly
>> too many mH on the B+ line filter w/o voltage spike protection....
>>
>> 73, Mike wa3tts
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Andrews" <w1tag at charter.net>
>> To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands" <
>> lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2015 9:34 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] WG2XSB CW
>>
>>
>>  John,
>>>
>>> Warren, K2ORS, got him started, and may know some details. I haven't
>>> heard XSB on the air for a while, but noticed it this morning.
>>>
>>> John, W1TAG/1
>>>
>>> On 6/27/2015 9:16 AM, John Langridge wrote:
>>>
>>>> Looks like he is K1QAR and grant showed up to 1 KW ERP (!!!).  Doubt he
>>>> is
>>>> doing that here.  I will leave the erp blank on the matrix.
>>>>
>>>> 73!
>>>>
>>>> XIQ
>>>>
>>>> PS: QRV now 474 at :00, :15, :30, and :45 with a 7 minute, 8 second 
>>>> coded
>>>> message.. Don't forget your little orphan annie decoder pins!
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 8:06 AM, John Andrews <w1tag at charter.net> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  WG2XSB in Stow, Massachusetts, appears to be running his CW beacon on
>>>>> 482
>>>>> kHz today. That could be added to the FD Greeting list.
>>>>>
>>>>> John, W1TAG/1
>>>>>
>>>>>
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