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From: "James Moritz" <j.r.moritz@herts.ac.uk>
Organization: University of Hertfordshire
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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 12:41:18 +0000
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Subject: LF: VE1ZZ signals
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Dear LF group,

Congratulations to Jack and Peter on last night's reception of 
VE1ZZ's signals.

Funnily enough, I was using DL4YHF's excellent Spectrum Lab 
software to record spectrograms of 136.5kHz last night - but 
unfortunately only after 0100! Oh, well. There was actually a trace 
around 0300 or 0400, on about the right frequency, drifting a few 
hertz low, but it had nothing to identify it as an amateur station.

If G3LDO's info about VE1ZZ's station is correct, Jack's ERP is 
about 50W (30W radiated power). This is pretty spectacular - not 
far below the ERP obtained during the Puckeridge "high power" 
operation. It would put VE1ZZ only about 30dB down on the CFH 
signal. Since the SNR on CFH in typical CW bandwidths often 
exceeds 30dB during the course of a night, audible copy should be 
quite easy, provided one of Jack's transmissions coincides with 
good propagation.

Of course, with the European 1W ERP limit, both regulatory and 
practical, 2-way communication might be a way off yet, but it's 
getting closer...

After tomorrow, I won't have access to E-mail due to the holidays 
until about January 2nd. in the mean time -

A very Happy Christmas to all on the LF reflector, and best wishes 
for 2001!

Cheers, Jim Moritz
73 de M0BMU