[Lowfer] MM lowfer beacon update

[N8OOU]

Garry, Thanks for the capture and report. I just looked at a weather 
forecast, and maybe the storms will stay North of here.  It is fairly 
dry here, so some rain would be welcome.

I have removed the "umbrella" style tophat/guywire that I used last 
winter on the vertical, and put back to the Marconi style flattop which 
is supported by taller trees. I am thinking the top 3rd of the vertical 
was shielded too much with the droopy umbrella wires. I am not sure if 
my new supports will survive the winter winds. Time will tell.

In the next week or so I will move WM to the vertical, and get it back 
to normal operation.

73   de   N8OOU - Mike Meek

On 09/08/2016 07:13 AM, Garry wrote:
> Mike, noticeable boost in SNR for lowfer MM this morning here so the
> higher power is showing up at more than just your local receiver. The
> higher power particularly helps since storms are all around. See no sign
> of WM so far.
>
> Got a late start looking for WH2XND on 75 kHz WSPR-2 but because of
> storm racket that probably didn't matter much. Had to depend on the
> usual near-sunrise enhancement to get a few, minimal SNR decodes.
> Interestingly, found wideband source CKN on 76.2 kHz from BC active.
> Don't see that one too often. Usually CFH is running on 73.6 kHz from NS
> but it's been off the air for quite awhile now. Neither one bothers
> reception of WH2XHR, at least not here.
>
> 73, Garry, K3SIW, EN52ta, Elgin, IL
>
>
>
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