Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 19:19:40 -0330 (NST)
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Hi Stefan,
Sorry but am rock-bound to 137.777 at the moment.  There is a nasty
storm outside and the lights are blinking.  It will be nice if the
mains AC is lost -- there will be less QRM!

Will taks listen on 136.5 now. 2248 utc.

joe

On Thu, 8 Dec 2011, Stefan Sch=E4fer wrote:

> Hi Joe,
>
> That's nice!!!
>
> OK, i will QSY to 136.500 kHz and will run a CW beacon there, as soon as =
my=20
> current call transmission is finished. Hope this QRG is OK for you? I wil=
l=20
> also listen from time to time on that QRG.
>
> Any reports, also from others, apprechiated.
>
> Please tell me when it is OK for you about the test. I'm waiting for your=
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> answer.
>
> 73, Stefan7DK7FC
>
> PS: What about the questions below? ;-)
>
> Am 08.12.2011 22:38, schrieb jcraig@mun.ca:
>> Hi Stefan,
>>=20
>> Nice QRSS and audible copy on you at the moment.
>> Can you try some CW?
>>=20
>> Joe
>>=20
>> On Thu, 8 Dec 2011, Stefan Sch=E4fer wrote:
>>=20
>>> Hi Joe,
>>>=20
>>> Am 08.12.2011 02:40, schrieb jcraig@mun.ca:
>>>> Hi Stefan,
>>>>=20
>>>> Can you try some CW.  There is no doubt that your signal is audible.
>>> Really? That is great! I never expected that all that what happens in t=
he=20
>>> last months will be possible for me on a fixed antenna.
>>>=20
>>> I've been in bed to the time you wrote that mail here at 2 AM local,=20
>>> sorry.
>>>=20
>>> Well, about CW, sure i can TX CW within SpecLab and also my hardware is=
=20
>>> ready for handmade CW, just the key is somewhere else. I would be very=
=20
>>> interested in a wav file to hear my CW on the other side of the pond, s=
o=20
>>> if this is possible please record a minute for me :-)
>>> I think i won't hear you in CW, at least from the location where my RX =
is=20
>>> running. I could try from /p in a quiet location with my ferrite antenn=
a=20
>>> which is much better! But that may be a high effort to go in the forest=
 in=20
>>> darkness (aaaah, help!! ;-) ).
>>> What do you think is the best time for a longer QSO? If we come to a QS=
O,=20
>>> i would like to do a "real" QSO, not just "NA FC O K" or so. I think i =
can=20
>>> receive you in DFCW-10 or so. You can check that from time to time on m=
y=20
>>> LF grabber at=20
>>> http://www.iup.uni-heidelberg.de/schaefer_vlf/DK7FC_LF_Grabber.html
>>>=20
>>> Another question is the frequency? What would you suggest? Should i TX =
on=20
>>> 136.172 and you on 137.777? Sometimes there is QRM due to luxembourg=20
>>> effect signals (as Markus explained me) near DCF and HGA. So a frequenc=
y=20
>>> in the center of the band may be more suitable.
>>>=20
>>> Anyway, the first and only question is the time. I've been watching out=
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>>> for you yesterday and made some longer breaks between my transmissions =
but=20
>>> saw no NA. Later i called you in DFCW-15 which was nicely received by W=
1VD=20
>>> (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19882028/LF/W1VD_DK7FC_DFCW15.jpg). I wasn't s=
ure=20
>>> if DFCW-15 is a good choice since it may be to fast for a slow scrollin=
g=20
>>> spectrogram. Also i have to use a higher shift (choosed 1 Hz) which may=
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>>> become problematic if other stations are transmitting in that EU60 DX=
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>>> sector. So i thought it may be the best if we QSY to 137.70 for a QSO b=
ut=20
>>> i am not sure if you can quickly resonate to another frequency. For me,=
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>>> QSY takes about 1 minute in the current hardware situation.
>>>=20
>>> So, what do you suggest?
>>>=20
>>> I suggest simply running beacon transmissions and watching the RX durin=
g=20
>>> the breaks. If i can see you then in my QRSS-10 window (splitted=20
>>> spectrogram on my LF grabber) with suitable S/N i would QSY to 137.7 an=
d=20
>>> call you. If you can hear me in CW, then DFCW-3(or4) should be no probl=
em=20
>>> at all, even if there is a QSB of 10 dB.
>>>=20
>>> Looking forward to all! :-)
>>>=20
>>> 73, Stefan/DK7FC
>>>=20
>>>=20
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