Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31937 invoked from network); 8 Nov 2002 02:15:43 -0000 Received: from marstons.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.223) by mailstore with SMTP; 8 Nov 2002 02:15:43 -0000 X-Priority: 3 Received: (qmail 17902 invoked by uid 10001); 8 Nov 2002 02:15:20 -0000 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by marstons.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 8 Nov 2002 02:15:20 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.10) id 189yef-0001on-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Fri, 08 Nov 2002 02:13:53 +0000 Received: from [166.82.1.69] (helo=host4.ctc.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 189yee-0001oe-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 08 Nov 2002 02:13:52 +0000 Received: from att.net ([166.82.181.250]) by host4.ctc.net (InterMail vK.4.03.05.03 201-232-132-103 license 2d687b22c655f23831a2faa19b737467) with ESMTP id <20021108021501.QSBI723.host4@att.net> for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 21:15:01 -0500 Message-ID: <3DCB1DFA.6DFC618@att.net> Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 21:14:18 -0500 From: "Dexter McIntyre W4DEX" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <5.1.0.14.0.20021107173202.00aab6f8@gemini.herts.ac.uk> Subject: LF: HGB 75 KHz in North Carolina Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.8 required=5.0tests=QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01, USER_AGENT_MOZILLA_XM,X_ACCEPT_LANGversion=2.42 Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group James Moritz wrote: > > It might be worth stateside listeners monitoring levels of > government/utility signals near 73kHz, eg. the Rugby 73.25kHz FSK, HBG time > signal on 75kHz, DCF77 time signal on 77.5kHz, to get a handle on > trans-atlantic conditions. > I monitored HGB some last season but never documented the results. This was mainly due to antenna changes and the varying received signal strengths as the tunable preamp is tuned. I think I need to dedicate an antenna just for this purpose in order to make meaningful reports. I recall trying to get enough signal for "radio clock" to sync on HBG but I don't recall ever being successful. Tonight, and even before sunset, I have had enough signal for "radio clock" to decode and display the time. I am presently receiving with a tuned, 3.3 meter, octagon loop and a balanced preamp. W4DEX