[Spooks] Sam Signal Strength

[Damon Cassell]

How far from Sierra Vista and Tucson are you? You didn't state what
city or town you are in, otherwise I would have calculated the
distances myself.

Also, can you make another observation on all four frequencies,
sometime during the middle of the day? Perhaps between noon and 3pm?

Personally I think you might be on to something that could prove that
Sam is near Tucson.

Damon


On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 22:21:41 -0700, Dave Taylor
<dave at taylorcanyonranch.com> wrote:
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>  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