[Spooks] Sam Signal Strength

[Dave Taylor]

 Greetings:

I've heard speculation that Sam is in Arizona or New Mexico.

I'm in NE Arizona, using an RX-320 with a 600' north-south longwire about
80' off the ground.  Here is what I observed at 05:15 UT:

3700: Sam sounds close, but not enough to cover all QRN
4300: lots of QRM here (FAX), but Sam is strong enough to block most of it
6500: QRM here too (weather and FAX), but Sam is barely readable underneath
10500: No Sam at all

Sounds to me like:

1) Sam is close with very low power--which means east coast probably cannot
hear him at this time
2) Sam is somewhat distant from Arizona/New Mexico

Is my thinking correct?

Dave





-- 
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.7 - Release Date: 2/10/2005