Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20332 invoked from network); 6 Sep 2003 05:37:28 -0000 Received: from warrior.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.227) by mailstore with SMTP; 6 Sep 2003 05:37:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 25418 invoked from network); 6 Sep 2003 05:37:33 -0000 X-Filtered-by: Plusnet (hmail v1.01) X-Spam-detection-level: 11 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by warrior.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 6 Sep 2003 05:36:58 -0000 X-Fake-Domain: majordom Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 19vVk9-0000bI-On for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Sat, 06 Sep 2003 06:36:17 +0100 Received: from [210.86.15.147] (helo=mta204-rme.xtra.co.nz) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 19vVk5-0000b9-FJ for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 06 Sep 2003 06:36:13 +0100 Received: from mta2-rme.xtra.co.nz ([210.86.15.141]) by mta204-rme.xtra.co.nz with ESMTP id <20030906053533.GUBA12832.mta204-rme.xtra.co.nz@mta2-rme.xtra.co.nz> for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2003 17:35:33 +1200 X-Fake-Domain: bob2l2u6k2n1g3 Received: from bob2l2u6k2n1g3 ([210.86.52.106]) by mta2-rme.xtra.co.nz with SMTP id <20030906053533.KELR29053.mta2-rme.xtra.co.nz@bob2l2u6k2n1g3> for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2003 17:35:33 +1200 X-Bad-Message-ID: no DNS (bob2l2u6k2n1g3) Message-ID: <000901c37430$5e259780$e901a8c0@bob2l2u6k2n1g3> From: "Vernall" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <002401c37422$a0822660$1a5aa2c3@xpress.se> Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 16:35:56 +1200 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: LF: ZL6QH beacon on 13 September Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.5 required=5.0tests=REFERENCESversion=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Spam-Rating: 2 Hi all, In one weeks time, ZL6QH will carry out an all-night beacon transmission, on Saturday 13 September, using the same format as previous times, with 120 second dot length and 0.4 Hz FSK, with transmission codes QQQQQ.... as [hi hi lo hi key up] as a repeated sequence: hi = 137.7890 kHz lo = 137.7886 kHz We hope to use a DDS exciter, in which case the shift will have fractional error from rounding to the nearest binary state. I will see if we can advise more precise spot frequencies by the end of the week, but in any case we may drift by to 0.1 Hz with environmental changes (it can get cold at Quartz Hill, state highway one was closed with snow this week !). Nomimal sunset at ZL6QH on 13 September is 0600 UTC Nominal sunrise at ZL6QH is 1830 UTC We will probably have the beacon running an hour or two before sunset, and also let it run well past sunrise. Also ZL6QH will be active for the worked all Europe contest while the LF beacon is on. 73, Bob ZL2CA