[R-390] Don Reaves - SAQ 2004-07-04

[Don Reaves W5OR]

A few years back, Al Klase posted a link to a SAQ recording, received on a
WJ LF receiver and processed with a PC sound card and software.  Here is
that link with the details of the 'capture' and the recording.

http://www.eht.com/oldradio/awa/events/grimeton/grimeton.htm

So at least the signal is stable enough to permit that.  Judging from
comments received it is likely that only those on the east coast might hear
it this summer, and then only if they are lucky and in a noise free
listening post.  In case other readers don't know what we are talking about,
here is a reference.

http://www.alexander.n.se/
Good pictures of the motor/generator and antenna farm.  Most of the web
pages are non-English.

And, Jerry Proc's history:
http://webhome.idirect.com/~jproc/radiostor/aalt.html


So, put a vlf converter on your R-390 and listen up if you are on the East
coast.  Be one of the few in the US to hear it.

Barry Hauser, is Radio Central on Long Island marked or observed in any way?
It was a former alternator site, with huge antennas.

Don Reaves


> 
> Actually, from what I have read on the subject, Alexanderson 
> alternators incorporated a very unique, mostly mechanical, frequency 
> control which kept them within a very few percent of their assigned 
> frequency. I don't think drift would be objectionable even to 
> Spectogram.
>