[Lowfer] Lowfer JH

John Hamer wilbur0611 at gmail.com
Sat Nov 7 19:43:48 EST 2020


I setup Lowfer JH this evening. Everything is the same as last year for
now. 181.818khz qrss 60 1W. Transmitting from Conway, sc. Reports welcomed!

My local grabber is below:
http://jwhamer.me/grabber/

Regards,
John Hamer

On Sat, Nov 7, 2020, 8:51 AM JJ via Lowfer <lowfer at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> OK, I jumped on the bandwagon.  It's been a while since I did any Lowfer
> listening so it was good to fire things up.
> I tried yesterday late afternoon using my Anan Angelia SDR and 300' or
> so vertical loop situated E/W.  Nada.  I did finally copy after
> nightfall.  I believe it was at t: 480.
> Tried again this morning with the same setup, nada.
> I fed my 200' Doublet fed with 300 ohm ladder directly to the Angelia
> and received TAG @ t. 288 but maybe a fragment at t. 192.
> Thank you, John for proving the signal.  Good job.
> 73,
> Jon WS1K
>
> 2020-11-07 13:23:33 >WOLF10  -r 8000 -f 800 -t 1.0 -w 0.0000
> t:  24 f:-0.997 a:-1.3 dp: 57.8 ci:12 cj:239 . /WROS6W153LO0 ?
> t:  48 f: 0.088 a:-0.2 dp: 55.5 ci:12 cj:343 SSR2UF*LC8WJIEB ?
> t:  96 f:-0.048 a: 1.2 dp: 51.4 ci:13 cj:100 JE/H96THQMV QG. -
> t: 192 f: 0.332 pm:2.026 jm:755 q: -5.0 -6.6 JZEIV0S6MND ME  ?
> t: 288 f: 0.332 pm:3.136 jm:755 q: -3.4 -5.6 TAG RAYMOND ME  -
> t: 384 f: 0.332 pm:3.949 jm:755 q: -2.3 -3.2 TAG RAYMOND ME  -
> t: 480 f: 0.332 pm:5.980 jm:755 q: -1.7 -1.7 TAG RAYMOND ME  -
> t: 576 f: 0.332 pm:7.129 jm:755 q: -0.4 -0.3 TAG RAYMOND ME  -
> t: 672 f: 0.332 pm:7.934 jm:755 q:  0.2  0.4 TAG RAYMOND ME  -
> t: 768 f: 0.332 pm:9.279 jm:755 q:  0.9  0.7 TAG RAYMOND ME  -
> t: 864 f: 0.332 pm:9.851 jm:755 q:  1.4  1.2 TAG RAYMOND ME  -
>
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> On 10/24/2020 3:23 PM, John Andrews wrote:
> > Lowfer TAG on 185.800 kHz from Raymond, ME is on the air in WOLF mode.
> > I may need to play with it some more, but it should basically be on
> > the air for the winter (unless Mother Nature intervenes).
> >
> > Good news/bad news: The WOLF part of the equation appears to be
> > running solidly, with the transmitter within 0.01 Hz of 185.800, and
> > the keying timing is close to perfect. The bad news is that I gave up
> > some efficiency by using #12 wire for the loop antenna. If this new
> > setup survives the winter, I will try putting up the old RG-8 next
> > year, and using the shield as the antenna conductor. That stuff is
> > pretty heavy, and the big pine that holds up one corner is right on
> > the lake edge, and sways a lot in the breezes.
> >
> > My guess is that this will be a dead-of-winter thing for those outside
> > of New England, but radio is full of surprises. Reports are always
> > welcome.
> >
> > For those new to WOLF, the program remains available at:
> > https://www.qsl.net/d/dl4yhf/wolf/index.html
> > I can offer advice on determining your actual receiver frequency and
> > your computer's sound-card sampling rate. For the folks who were
> > successful with EbNaut, this ought to be duck soup.
> >
> > John, W1TAG
>
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