Return-Path: Received: from mtain-mb01.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-mb01.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.96.21]) by air-me07.mail.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILINME072-8bb94ce650e6289; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 05:26:46 -0500 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-mb01.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id DD6E738000082; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 05:26:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1PJO9J-0003I0-1j for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:24:57 +0000 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1PJO9I-0003Hr-ML for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:24:56 +0000 Received: from relay01a.mail.uk1.eechost.net ([217.69.40.75] helo=relay03.mail.uk1.eechost.net) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PJO9G-0004se-1h for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:24:56 +0000 Received: from [88.151.27.235] (helo=[192.168.1.107]) by relay03.mail.uk1.eechost.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1PJO9A-0007he-Tk for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:24:49 +0000 Message-ID: <4CE6502F.2070900@o2.ie> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:23:43 +0000 From: Tony User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101027 Thunderbird/3.1.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <4CD861D8.3070904@iup.uni-heidelberg.de> <4CD920EB.4070707@mvnet.de> <4CE28C13.3080200@iup.uni-heidelberg.de> <8CD53CE511474E6-848-EAE@webmail-d027.sysops.aol.com> <4CE2E571.6030500@iup.uni-heidelberg.de> <4CE3BC5A.4070408@o2.ie> <4CE4F91C.9070709@iup.uni-heidelberg.de> <739785511.4774764.1290079833746.JavaMail.fmail@mwmweb080> <4B7D642B16CE4B7A8FE8BEED6EF025B8@ns94d01ae4d850> <4CE64003.8020304@iup.uni-heidelberg.de> In-Reply-To: <4CE64003.8020304@iup.uni-heidelberg.de> X-Auth-Info: 3810@permanet.ie (plain) X-Spam-Score: 1.4 (+) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,RATWARE_GECKO_BUILD=1.426 Subject: Re: VLF: Long time transmission on earth antenna Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none 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: 3039ac1d60154ce650e20f3d X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Stefan, Unfortunately nothing received here. Looking forward to your next kite transmissions though, especially 6.4 KHz 73, Tony, EI8JK. On 19/11/2010 09:14, Stefan Sch=E4fer wrote: > Dear VLF, > > It seems these batteries are not in best condition. The carrier got=20 > weaker and weaker in the morning and disappeared arround 5 UTC. > > The SMPS that drives the PA is designed to generate its own 15 V=20 > supply once it started to run. But if the input voltage falls below=20 > 10V (or 9) it shuts down. Seems that this has happend... The batteries= =20 > have > 300 Ah in sum so it should have been no problem, actually... > > I assume no one except me has detected anything? > > BTW: The starting time was 15:30 UTC so the DFCW shift appeared at=20 > 23:30 UTC > > 73, Stefan/DK7FC > > > > >