[Lowfer] Tonight's Target, 1750 M Watering Hole

[Howell, Laurence J]

John great stuff - Im going to try (try!) to do a dfcw 2 min sequence on 137.7765 in sync with my WSPR2 475kHz tx tonight - some playing with the timings to do but each driver (U3 and u3S) are GPS refs.

Conditions have been below par here for some time and rare to get more than a West coast PNW decode of my 2200m transmission, but loop alignment hasn't helped and to date> Over the pole from here has been below best too

Probably wont get on till 05z earliest but WSPR2 475/137 kicks on automatically at dusk, and ill modify 137 when I can to the above


Laurence KL7L We2XPQ

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From: Lowfer [mailto:lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of JD
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 11:25 AM
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Subject: [EXTERNAL]Re: [Lowfer] Tonight's Target, 1750 M Watering Hole

As for the other signals at the watering hole overnight, I did get SJ a
few times, but only for about 30-40 minutes duration each. The first was
actually centered on 9:30 PM, but I missed it in my first examination last
night. There was another good spell centered on 3 AM and another centered
on 4 AM.

My last WM was around 1 AM.  The QRSS ID showed up best at 60 Slow, but
the only graphical one I snagged with any definitudinousness (just wanted
to mess with the spell checker there <g>) was clearer at 30 Slow.

There were broken fragments most likely from TAG throughout the night, but
nothing identifiable after the "AG" that showed up between 9:15 and 9:30
PM CDT.  (Any chance we might see a few WOLFs sometime this year?)

Because tonight is supposed to be the start of our winter storm event, I
checked HiFERs briefly before intending to break down the setup for a
return to town. Nothing much there...just RY and noisy EH at the watering
hole (not even NC a couple hundred Hz higher today); and up the dial, FRC
was consistently visible and sometimes audible.

But then I absent-mindedly  called up the 2200m WSPR slot around noon and
caught XND going into his CW ID. Now THAT'S more like the mid-day
reception of old!  Solar flux is only up a few units from the last time I
tried a 24-hour run of XND, but it makes me think there may be a
significant difference in results if I were to repeat the effort tonight.
Dunno if it's going to happen, though...I wouldn't want to sit out there
the whole time, under the circumstances, and I also don't relish making a
midnight battery charging expedition in freezing rain! We'll see what the
late afternoon propagation looks like, then make a decision.

John



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