[Milsurplus] (Fwd) Re: GB> SAQ (on an RBL)

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

Another report from Richard Brunner on SAQ reception. Interesting 
comments he makes concerning his methods.

Ken W7EKB

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From:           	"Richard Brunner" <rbrunner at gis.net>
To:             	"Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon at moscow.com>
Subject:        	Re: GB> SAQ
Date sent:      	Sun, 3 Jul 2005 12:10:00 -0400

Ken, OM:

I am so happy I should run around the house a few times to let off 
steam. 

I've tried before, and NEVER heard anything.  

The 500 foot wire was crucial, and grounding the receiver helped a lot 
too.

It's so simple...now.  

In the end I only got about 30% copy because of the static, but absent 
static it would have been 100%.  The text only ran about five minutes. 
(The V's were clear!)   

I expected best propagation for the earlier transmissions because I was 
still in the dark, but maybe I didn't have the receiver optimally adjusted.   

I had set frequency with a signal generator and digital counter, and was 
dead-on, but may not have had the gain high enough, though the static 
came through fine.  

Later I also found that the limiter significantly improved readability.

Right now the RBL is sitting on 500 kc, and naturally I hear nothing, but 
hope springs eternal.

Richard, AA1P 

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