[Premium-Rx] SAQ Broadcast

[Clemens Paul]

Hi all,

the 13:00UTC transmission was even stronger here than at 09:00,an armchair copy on the
E1800.
We've also tried a TR7 and a R7 on the same antenna,but they produced only noise.

73
Clemens
DL4RAJ

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Clemens Paul
  To: premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org ; Ben Dover
  Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 12:45 PM
  Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] SAQ Broadcast


  Hi Tom,

  here in southern Germany (near Munich)  it was easy to get a Q5 copy of the 09:00UTC 
transmission and
  I' ve done some records.
  I've used a Telefunken E1800 and my SW-dipole with 2x46m and 42m open wire feeder,ends 
connected
  together,without any matching device.
  I will watch out for the 13:00UTC transmission,too.

  73
  Clemens
  DL4RAJ
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Ben Dover
    To: premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org
    Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 11:34 AM
    Subject: [Premium-Rx] SAQ Broadcast


    Greetings!

    Did anyone else here try for the SAQ (Grimeton, Sweden) Alexanderson
    Alternator broadcast at 0900 UTC? It gave my Premiums a workout on
    VLF, but with mixed results.

    Broadcast frequency was 17.2 KHz. I've tried for it before, but THIS
    time I thought I might actually copy it. Propagation conditions are
    VERY good right now on VLF, but it appears that the propagation was
    going NORTHWEST and WEST rather than northeast over the pole to
    Sweden.

    The weather here is PERFECT; clear, and very cold (about 3 degrees F)
    and at 3 AM local time the overall noise level is VERY LOW.

    I managed to get THUNDEROUS signals out of NWC (Harold E. Holt,
    Australia) at 19.8 KHz, and NPM (Lualualei, Hawaii) on 21.4 KHz.. I was
    even copying a weak but steadily readable signal on 18.6 KHz (a US
    Navy TACAMO aircraft frequency).

    When 0900 UTC came up, I could barely preceive a WEAK signal on 17.2
    KHz, but too weak to copy the CW. Another close by carrier made things
    difficult too (no doubt some industrial interference). The RA-6778C
    was producing the best results; I was cranked down to the 150 Hz filter
    in the IF, and BFO offset to +400 Hz. My DSP box didn't seem to help
    any on this one.

    BTW... re. antenna: I used the quietest antenna (S/N ratio rather than
    sheer physical size), in this case a short random wire.

    This is the closest I've come yet to copying a Grimeton test broadcast,
    and we're almost there I think. At least we heard the carrier, even tho
    we couldn't make out the CW.


    73's,

    Tom, W9LBB





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