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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:49:00 +0100
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op32  from  last night

G,

VO1NA	    W1TAG	2200m	OPERA	1604 kms	09:11:56
VO1NA	    W1VD	2200m	OPERA	1724 kms	09:11:56
VO1NA	    TF3HZ	2200m	OPERA	2601 kms	07:00:10
VO1NA	    G4WGT	2200m	OPERA	3519 kms	04:15:32


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From: <jcraig@mun.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 11:49 PM
To: "Graham" <g8fzk@g8fzk.fsnet.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: LF: VO1NA Op-32

> Hi Graham and Markus,
>
> It's a relief to learn that the TX has drifted off QRG! Thanks Markus.
> Will continue with OP32 tonight.
>
> Graham, to make OP8 from 32, just divide by 4, right?  (8192/4 ms pulses)
> And will it be OK to stay on 137.555 as 650 seems a bit congested?
>
> 73 to all
> Joe
>
> On Wed, 18 Sep 2013, Graham wrote:
>
>> Thanks  for  that  Markus
>>
>> That  info  could be  gathered at the  RX   stations  and  shared  via 
>> the  web  beacon , but  would  only  be of  use  is the  'audio'   tx 
>> drive  was  used  ..
>>
>> For  such a short  tx time   , 4 mins  of  'carrier'  and  anything  over 
>> 2  mins  needed  for  a  decode  , OP8  seems  to  be  producing  some 
>> very  good  results , unless  there  is  some  'flutter'   , which the 
>> shorter  cycle  is able  to  make  use of ?  if nothing  else  , the 
>> power bill  is  25% of  op32  !
>>
>> W1VD is  also  showing  on the  PSK map  ,   Gus is  running  higher 
>> power  than  at the  start , so  may be  W1VD is  in range  ?
>>
>> 73-G,
>>
>>
>> From: Markus Vester
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 9:15 PM
>> To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
>> Subject: Re: LF: VO1NA Op-32
>>
>>
>> Yes op-8 would have been in easy reach. This morning, Joe's dashes were 
>> well discernible even in the 0.7 Hz grabber window.
>>
>> Having said that, my personal preference regarding overnight beaconing is 
>> more towards "the slower the better" ;-) In the morning I'd rather be 
>> greeted by 10 really deep detections than by a long list of spots with 
>> intermediate sensitivity.
>>
>> As for frequency, using 137650 exactly might not be ideal, as observers 
>> in East Europe would likely be affected by the Russian Loran / Chayka 
>> chain. Actually here in Central Europe the 6.25 Hz multiples reappeared 
>> today when Slonim (the most westerly station in the chain) came back on 
>> air after several weeks outage. Staying away from the Loran lines by a Hz 
>> or so will avoid that problem.
>>
>> Best 73,
>> Markus (DF6NM)
>>
>> From: Graham
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 5:36 PM
>> To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
>> Subject: Re: LF: VO1NA Op-32
>>
>>
>> Joe,
>>
>> Looking  at the  psk-map  , Its  quite possible  , all the  monitors 
>> where
>> looking  for  OP8   signals   ve7bdq  <> we2xpq   is also  showing as 
>> OP8
>> as well
>>
>> No reason  why OP8 should not  decode  from  you  ,  just  need  to   qsy
>> to  the  OP8 centre   qrg   137.650 KHz
>>
>> 73 -G,
>>
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