[Lowfer] MLS in KS

[JD]

On Monday evening, with moderate temperatures forecast, I decided to
target MLS all night. To my surprise, I started seeing keyed carrier at
186.204 shortly before sunset, and a recognizable ID by about 5:45 PM CST.
 It gradually got better during the evening, becoming quite solid for
about an hour centered on midnight.  It diminished somewhat then,
disappearing entirely from about 1:45 to 3:10 AM, but returned to solid
copy from 3:25 to 5:10 AM (see attached). It then began a gradual, erratic
fade, disappearing finally at 6:40 AM, about an hour before sunrise.

A larger view of the capture is attached to this post:
http://lwca.org/mb/msg/6603.htm

It was quite a challenge keeping two powerful clusters of PLCs (one 46 Hz
above and one 96 Hz below) from excessively de-sensing the receiver, but
the dual passband tuning helped considerably.

I'm trying tonight for a similar all-night capture of EAR, but the
thunderstorms in Indiana earlier may have put a big hole in that plan.

John
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