Return-Path: <owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org> Received: from mtain-dh06.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-dh06.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.65.26]) by air-da03.mail.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILINDA031-85e54d38c6751c4; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:34:13 -0500 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-dh06.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 14483380000A6; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:34:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1Pg40N-0001uo-Ha for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:33:27 +0000 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1Pg40N-0001uf-0T for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:33:27 +0000 Received: from out1.ip05ir2.opaltelecom.net ([62.24.128.241]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <g3kevmal@talktalk.net>) id 1Pg40K-0008V6-8I for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:33:26 +0000 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AhoFADdVOE1cHYkE/2dsb2JhbACCQYFSjhKDbI5Nc69BkDiEXHQEgV+Mfg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.60,354,1291593600"; d="scan'208,217";a="329550903" Received: from unknown (HELO xphd97xgq27nyf) ([92.29.137.4]) by out1.ip05ir2.opaltelecom.net with SMTP; 20 Jan 2011 23:33:16 +0000 Message-ID: <001701cbb8fa$69d3e3e0$0401a8c0@xphd97xgq27nyf> From: "mal hamilton" <g3kevmal@talktalk.net> To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org> References: <003401cbb8b7$f82129c0$0401a8c0@xphd97xgq27nyf> <413650202.736292.1295540964589.JavaMail.fmail@mwmweb078> <005001cbb8cc$db1114c0$0401a8c0@xphd97xgq27nyf> <D46671B9ADA440CBB7E251FFA0018905@White> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:33:16 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001 Subject: Re: LF: Dream 9 (Alpha check) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0014_01CBB8FA.697DFBB0" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=5.0 tests=HTML_40_50,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false x-aol-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d411a4d38c6734254 X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01CBB8FA.697DFBB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Markus Tonight I see/hear 2 transmitters at present on 11905. Strong signals= plus sidebands. 25 dB sig over noise. mal/g3kev =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Markus Vester=20 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org=20 Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 11:04 PM Subject: Re: LF: Dream 9 (Alpha check) A quick receive check is whether you can actually hear the most dist= ant Alpha transmitter as well, ie. all three dashes on 11.905 kHz duri= ng the evening.=20 Another test is whether you can occasionally see -40 dB modulation= sidebands in a milliHz-resolution spectrogram. These appear irregular= ly (often for a few hours around 6 UT), and are caused by phase altera= tions on some of the Krasnodar dashes. This is probably some sort of= coded information, piggybacked on the navigation system. Best 73, Markus (DF6NM) From: mal hamilton=20 Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 7:07 PM To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org=20 Subject: Re: LF: Dream 9 Horst I likewise am getting around 30 dB sig above noise with a non resona= nt antenna.With my 137 Khz array resonated on 9 Kcs the improvement is= at least 20 dB better, unfortunately there is so little Dreamers acty diverting the= system is not worth while. 73 de Mal/G3KEV ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Horst St=C3=B6cker=20 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org=20 Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 4:29 PM Subject: Re: LF: Dream 9 I've got the Alpha with -60 dB and about 25-30dB over noise. Maybe= I'll soon catch the first "dreamer". I am still not sure if my configurations are allright now. But try= ing some antenna locations around my house brought the best result at= the postition I have fixed the MiniWhip now. I hope, it's good enough. Otherwise I will have to quit thinking= about receiving at home. Horst ----------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- Von: "mal hamilton" <g3kevmal@talktalk.net> Gesendet: 20.01.2011 16:37:38 An: rsgb <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org> Betreff: LF: Dream 9 VLF I had some spare time today and checked VLF Alpha on 11905 minus= 65 dB and loud with 150 metres non resonant inv L. My rx has a 1 Khz bfo offset and on speclab the calibration look= s ok for normal acty but at QRS600 it might be a different story!! RX af is LSB/USB selectable at 3 Khz and 20 Hz No signals visible on 8.9 Khz, nice clean screen Anyon active ? de mal/g3kev =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01CBB8FA.697DFBB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Dutf-8> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=3DMailContainerBody style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-L= EFT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 15px" bgColor=3D#ffffff leftMargin=3D0 topMa= rgin=3D0 name=3D"Compose message area" CanvasTabStop=3D"true"> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Markus</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Tonight I see/hear 2 transmitters at= present on=20 11905. Strong signals plus sidebands. 25 dB sig over noise.</FONT></DI= V> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>mal/g3kev</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px= ; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"= > <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color:= black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dmarkusvester@aol.com href=3D"mailto:markusvester@aol.com"= >Markus=20 Vester</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=3Drsgb_lf_group@= blacksheep.org href=3D"mailto:rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org">rsgb_l= f_group@blacksheep.org</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 20,= 2011 11:04=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: LF: Dream 9 (Alp= ha=20 check)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A quick receive check is wheth= er you can=20 actually hear the most distant Alpha transmitter = ;as well,=20 ie. all three dashes on 11.905 kHz during the evening. </FONT><= /DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Another test is whether you can&nbs= p;occasionally=20 see -40 dB modulation sidebands in a milliHz-resolution sp= ectrogram.=20 These appear irregularly (often for a few hours around 6= UT),=20 and are caused by phase alterations on some of the Kr= asnodar=20 dashes. This is probably some sort of coded information, piggyb= acked on=20 the navigation system.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Best 73,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Markus (DF6NM)</FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Tahoma"> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT><FONT face=3DArial></FONT><FONT = face=3DArial></FONT><FONT face=3DArial></FONT><FONT face=3DArial></FO= NT><FONT face=3DArial></FONT><FONT face=3DArial></FONT><FONT face= =3DArial></FONT><FONT face=3DArial></FONT><FONT face=3DArial></FON= T><FONT face=3DArial></FONT><FONT face=3DArial></FONT><FONT face= =3DArial></FONT><FONT face=3DArial></FONT><FONT face=3DArial></FON= T><FONT face=3DArial></FONT><FONT face=3DArial></FONT><FONT face= =3DArial></FONT><FONT face=3DArial></FONT><FONT face=3DArial></FONT><B= R></DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <DIV style=3D"font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=3Dg3kevmal@ta= lktalk.net href=3D"mailto:g3kevmal@talktalk.net">mal hamilton</A>= </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 20, 2011 7:07 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3D"mailto:rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org&= #10;STRG + Klicken, um Verkn=C3=BCpfung zu folgen" href=3D"mailto:= rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org">rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: LF: Dream 9</DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>= </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size= =3D2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Horst</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I likewise am getting around 30 dB= sig above=20 noise with a non resonant antenna.With my 137 Khz array resonated on= 9 Kcs the=20 improvement is at least 20 dB</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>better, unfortunately there is so= little Dreamers=20 acty diverting the system is not worth while.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>73 de Mal/G3KEV</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARG= IN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV= > <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-co= lor: black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dhorst.stoecker@web.de href=3D"mailto:horst.stoecker@web= .de">Horst=20 St=C3=B6cker</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=3Drsgb_l= f_group@blacksheep.org href=3D"mailto:rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.o= rg">rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 20,= 2011 4:29=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: LF: Dream 9</D= IV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D= 2></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT face=3DArial= size=3D2></FONT><BR></DIV>I've got=20 the Alpha with -60 dB and about 25-30dB over noise. Maybe I'll soo= n catch=20 the first "dreamer".<BR>I am still not sure if my configurations= are=20 allright now. But trying some antenna locations around my house br= ought the=20 best result at the postition I have fixed the MiniWhip now.<BR>I= hope, it's=20 good enough. Otherwise I will have to quit thinking about receivin= g at=20 home.<BR>Horst<BR><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN style= =3D"FONT-FAMILY: verdana,geneva"><SPAN style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR= : transparent"><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: #000000"><SPAN style=3D"COL= OR: #000000"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=3D"F= ONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: verdana,geneva"><SPAN = style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: #0000= 00"><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: #000000"><BR></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SP= AN></SPAN><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAM= ILY: verdana,geneva"><SPAN style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparen= t"><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: #000000"><SPAN style=3D"COLOR: #000000"= > <BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BO= RDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> <B>Von:</B> "mal hamilton"=20 <g3kevmal@talktalk.net><BR><B>Gesendet:</B> 20.01.2011=20 16:37:38<BR><B>An:</B> rsgb=20 <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org><BR><B>Betreff:</B> LF: Drea= m=20 9<BR><BR> <DIV> <DIV><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">VLF<= /SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I ha= d some spare=20 time today and checked VLF Alpha on 11905 minus 65 dB and loud= with 150=20 metres non resonant inv L.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My= rx has a 1=20 Khz bfo offset and on speclab the calibration looks ok for norma= l acty but=20 at QRS600 it might be a different story!!</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">RX= af is LSB/USB=20 selectable at 3 Khz and 20 Hz</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">No= signals=20 visible on 8.9 Khz, nice clean screen</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Anyo= n active=20 ?</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">de= =20 mal/g3kev</SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>= </SPAN> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01CBB8FA.697DFBB0--