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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 13:42:28 -0500
From: "Steve Dove" <dsp@hifidelity.com>
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Subject: Re: LF: VE1ZZ signals
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Greetings,

Congratulations Peter and Jack!

Well, the King of Topband now rules 136, too.  Last night Jack was the
loudest amateur signal (out of a total of, um, five) that I've seen so
far here in central Pennsylvania.  When CFH wakes up again I should be
able to give a reasonable idea of how far down 'the beacon' is on 'the
beacon'.

        73,        Steve        W3EEE


James Moritz wrote:

> Dear LF group,
>
> Congratulations to Jack and Peter on last night's reception of
> VE1ZZ's signals.
>
> Funnily enough, I was using DL4YHF's excellent Spectrum Lab
> software to record spectrograms of 136.5kHz last night - but
> unfortunately only after 0100! Oh, well. There was actually a trace
> around 0300 or 0400, on about the right frequency, drifting a few
> hertz low, but it had nothing to identify it as an amateur station.
>
> If G3LDO's info about VE1ZZ's station is correct, Jack's ERP is
> about 50W (30W radiated power). This is pretty spectacular - not
> far below the ERP obtained during the Puckeridge "high power"
> operation. It would put VE1ZZ only about 30dB down on the CFH
> signal. Since the SNR on CFH in typical CW bandwidths often
> exceeds 30dB during the course of a night, audible copy should be
> quite easy, provided one of Jack's transmissions coincides with
> good propagation.
>
> Of course, with the European 1W ERP limit, both regulatory and
> practical, 2-way communication might be a way off yet, but it's
> getting closer...
>
> After tomorrow, I won't have access to E-mail due to the holidays
> until about January 2nd. in the mean time -
>
> A very Happy Christmas to all on the LF reflector, and best wishes
> for 2001!
>
> Cheers, Jim Moritz
> 73 de M0BMU