Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30436 invoked from network); 2 Apr 2003 02:13:26 -0000 Received: from warrior.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.227) by mailstore with SMTP; 2 Apr 2003 02:13:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 18399 invoked from network); 2 Apr 2003 02:13:29 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by warrior.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 2 Apr 2003 02:13:29 -0000 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 190XjF-0004WW-9h for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2003 03:11:53 +0100 Received: from [63.171.43.2] (helo=ns2.genesis-technology.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 190Xj9-0004WN-VO for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 02 Apr 2003 03:11:48 +0100 Received: from we0h ([65.165.20.192]) by ns2.genesis-technology.com (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h322Bff19458 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 20:11:41 -0600 From: "WE0H" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 20:12:21 -0600 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 In-reply-to: Importance: Normal Subject: LF: RE: TS870 .v. 850 Round 1 - Day 1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-12.1 required=5.0tests=IN_REP_TO,MSGID_GOOD_EXCHANGE,ORIGINAL_MESSAGEversion=2.51 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.51 (1.174.2.5-2003-03-20-exp) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Hi Laurence, We could see the aurora in Minnesota last night. Pretty vertical rods of light dancing around. No color though. Haven't seen colors in a few years. I'll have a look tonight and see if the light gods are a blazing once again. Maybe I should pull out the Natural radio receiver and have a listen to the chorus. 73's, Mike>WE0H http://www.we0h.us/lf -----Original Message----- From: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org [mailto:owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org] On Behalf Of Laurence J Howell Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 1:00 AM To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: LF: TS870 .v. 850 Round 1 - Day 1 For those looking at the web site I apologize for all the squiggles at 0630Z 1 April - I was doing a rough "lets just see what this Ebay 850 can do in comparison with my "baby". Well....if its true lets delve into the noise and see what signals I can see, the 850 has it (tara~!) The 850 without the high stab osc is taking about 1 hour to settle down and I havent "zero'd" Argo in yet but if Loran lines are a subjective signal s/n test then what is just "seeable" as a weak Loran line is pretty bright with the 850 Yep I checked it is the same Loran line!). Now I know it takes only a few dBs to go from a dull to bright trace but the important thing is that what fades in and out on the 870 is always there on the 850 - this would confirm my/Albertos and half the worlds thoughts on the 850 - its a pretty decent LF receiver. Also Ive got the AGC off, AIP off and NB1 on and I cant hear Loran....static crashes however are audible which they aren't on the 870 (870's NB may be better at this sort of thing as the 850 isn't renowned for its NB)... On the lower freqs around 70K I need the AIP in otherwise I get some left wing liberal talking about the war from my 4 local MF 100Kw Medium wave stations just a couple miles up the road. Loran is audible down here. Sensitivity is much better down here too and JJY on 40KHz is a good sig. Its like getting an old friend back - I had to sell my 850 way back and mourned the day....Im smiling again. It will be the receiver of choice once Ive figured how to X patch everything. With all this SFU's and 2MEV's, DCF39 has dissapeared....Nice Viz Aurora tonight....Laurence KL1X Anchorage -5C www.kl1x.com