From: Terry GW0EZY <gw0ezy@sky.com>
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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:06:58 +0100
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Subject: LF: RE: 137 kHz SWL report from a tube Audion
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Stefan

You are a good audio and visual signal here about 40 dB below DCF39
(according to my SDR-IQ). Antenna Wellbrook LFL1010 special.

See:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10326787/DK7FC%20Test.jpg SDR-IQ screen

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10326787/DK7FC%20Test%20Argo.jpg Argo139 screen

Thanks for the Beacon!

73 Terry GW0EZY

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
[mailto:owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org] On Behalf Of Stefan =
Sch=E4fer
Sent: 30 April 2012 11:29
To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Subject: LF: 137 kHz SWL report from a tube Audion

Hello group,

Since yesterday in the afternoon, i'm running a CW beacon again at 137.0
kHz. Speed is about 25 BPM i guess.
It was intended to generate a test signal for my antenna tests here in =
the
holiday camp in JO41.
After seeing two interesting spots in the DX cluster (
http://www.dxsummit.fi/CustomFilter.aspx?customCount=3D50&customRange=3D1=
37
) i decided to run it some days longer, knowing that many LF listeners =
can
cross the way (=3Dspectrum) and note that there is something going on in =
the
LF amateur band.

This time i got a mail from Horst/DL2SAV near Stuttgart (JN48 i think).=20
He gave me a very interesting report. He is using no amateur radio to
receive LF but an old tube radio from the 60's (Schaub-Lorenz) and a
homemade tube Audion. He tells that DCF39 seems to work as the BFO, so =
he
can hear me in normal AM mode, like a NDB. Today he sent me 3 recordings
which sound very fascinating for me. If you want to listen, here the =
link:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19882028/LF/DK7FC_137kHz_30Apr12_amTag_mit_Audion=
.mp
3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19882028/LF/Dk7FC_137kHz_30Apr_12_mit_Radio_Schau=
b_L
orenz.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19882028/LF/DK7FC_137kHz_30_Apr_112_mit_Audiion.m=
p3

What i don't understand: If DCF39 is the BFO and i am transmitting at =
137.0,
then the CW sidetone should be 1830 Hz (LSB, 138.83-137.0)? But the tone
from the Audion sounds rather like 800 Hz for me. Maybe someone has an
explanation.

BTW the beacon is stilll on the air...

73, Stefan/DK7FC