[Lowfer] Lowfer JH

Fri Nov 13 07:15:44 EST 2020

Hi John:

Caught bits and pieces last night in EL87.  Part of a J and a nice solid H around 5am.  

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fvd5d8zszph7pbv/Nov12_JH.gif?dl=0 <https://www.dropbox.com/s/fvd5d8zszph7pbv/Nov12_JH.gif?dl=0>  

Jim K8RZ  

On Nov 8, 2020, at 8:03 AM, John Hamer <wilbur0611 at gmail.com> wrote:

Hey Jim,

Thanks for looking.  Ill check my connections and tuning today.  Hopefully
the weather will cooperate.

Regards
John Hamer

On Sun, Nov 8, 2020, 7:45 AM Jim Davey <k8rz at etcmail.com> wrote:

> FB John.  I’ll listen for you for a few nights from southern FL, distance
> 510 miles.  I’ve copied SIW and WM here, so it should not be that
> difficult.
> Nothing last night, however.  Caribbean storms have not quieted down
> enough.
> 
> Jim Davey  K8RZ
> 
> On Nov 7, 2020, at 7:43 PM, John Hamer <wilbur0611 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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  -
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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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