[Lowfer] 486 KC Christmas Night

[Merv Schweigert]

Hearing carrier on 486 again tonight, its just sunset and hearing it a 
little
weaker than yesterday,   very slight hint of modulation.
QRN getting strong also.
73 Merv K9FD/KH6


> Took my Cushman CE-24 Selective Level Meter and
> the little Palomar loop out to the middle of the
> train yard here in EM-13, N.E. of Dallas, Texas,
> which has no electrical lines and *used* to be
> radio quiet, but it was noisy as anywhere tonight.
> At 0105-0115 UTC, the 486 carrier was fading up
> and easy aural copy.   Video here:
> NOTE: A Selective Level Meter does not "zero beat"
> a signal at the displayed freq.  It's offset by
> about 1.5 KC to allow the "tone" to appear in the
> narrow filter passband to be measured at the
> displayed freq.
>
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/EFPXkOtu3ymKJ61E2
>
> I moved to another spot hoping for less noise.  It
> was no better, but the signal had faded way up and
> was nearly at the point of copying modulation but
> at 0129 UTC, the carrier keyed off-and-on a couple
> of times, then left the air.  May do better next
> year.  Got to find a new "quiet" location.
>
> 73 Dave AB5S
>
>
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