[Lowfer] Watering hole lowfers

Gedas w8bya at mchsi.com
Fri Nov 10 20:17:16 EST 2023


GE Jay. WOW, what a snapshot !  Unreal. Thank you for sharing that. 73

On 11/10/2023 7:20 PM, jrusgrove at comcast.net wrote:
> Gedas
>
> As others have pointed out, December and January are generally the best for DX
> lowfer reception. In 'days of old' it was not uncommon to routinely receive LEK
> in MN and WEB in TX here in the northeast. LEK in MN would routinely receive
> the east coast stations with good signal levels.
>
> Speaking of 'days of old'
> here's what the watering hole looked like almost 20 years ago now. W3EEE ran the 'premier' grabber 'back
> in the day'.
>
> http://www.hifidelity.com/w3eee/decifer.html
>
> Jay W1VD
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gedas<w8bya at mchsi.com>
> Reply-To: Discussion of the Lowfer \(US, European, & UK\) and MedFer bands<lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> To: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands<lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: 11/10/2023 12:07:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Watering hole lowfers
>
>
> Hi John. I would be very impressed if I copied TAG that well here. That
> is some wonderful DX between you two.
>
> I will keep at it and see if & when conditions pick up. I can get traces
> of you currently pretty much all the time but am waiting for better
> conditions (and better antenna). 73
>
> On 11/10/2023 10:45 AM, John Andrews wrote:
>> Gedas,
>>
>> If memory serves, Garry usually gets "light" TAG copy in
>> December-January. But I think he has antenna issues this year. Below
>> is a shot from Garry last December 22.
>>
>> John, W1TAG
>>
>>
>> On 11/10/2023 9:33 AM, Gedas wrote:
>>> Hi Garry.  Have you been able to get TAG from your home QTH?
>>> Wondering if there are stations in the Midwest that can. 73
>>>
>>> On 11/10/2023 7:42 AM, Garry wrote:
>>>> Good copy last night of lowfers SIW and TAG at the 185.3 kHz
>>>> watering hole using the VE3HOA kiwisdr. Later, lowfer KE came
>>>> through via the N8GA kiwisdr. No traces of lowfer JH were seen.
>>>>
>>>> 73, Garry, K3SIW, EN52ta, Elgin, IL
>>>>
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