Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21681 invoked from network); 10 Feb 2001 22:41:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by 10.226.25.101 with SMTP; 10 Feb 2001 22:41:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 26801 invoked from network); 10 Feb 2001 22:41:48 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 10 Feb 2001 22:41:48 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14Ri9E-0007d0-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Sat, 10 Feb 2001 22:05:40 +0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from mail8.wlv.netzero.net ([209.247.163.58]) by post.thorcom.com with smtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14Ri9D-0007cv-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 10 Feb 2001 22:05:39 +0000 Received: (qmail 25544 invoked from network); 10 Feb 2001 22:03:52 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from pppa7-resaleplymouth1-1r7204.dialinx.net (HELO lazzo) (4.54.152.68) by mail8.wlv.netzero.net with SMTP; 10 Feb 2001 22:03:52 -0000 Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.20010210164856.00f7d060@pop.netzero.net> X-Sender: w1jhj@pop.netzero.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 16:48:56 -0500 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: "Jonathan Jesse" Subject: Re: LF: G3LDO & M0BMU Copied Plymouth, MA In-reply-to: <2001021016310468199@zetnet.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: At 04:31 PM 2/10/01 GMT, you wrote: >Thanks for the screen shot. I found it very helpfull. It is amazing >what you can hear (see) with that little antenna. I'm happy that you liked the screen shot. Yes it is amazing that the 1 meter whip can hear what it hears. >I got up at 0400 and switched on the transmitter. After making sure >that it was transmitting correctly I went back to bed. >When I got up at 0700 I found that the transmitter was not working. I >checked the 70v PSU and, judging by its temperature, the transmitter >had been off for a while. Well that explains why the signal suddenly stopped. I see no other traces of your signal in my captures. It appears that the transmitter quit before finishing the first cycle. But what I did receive was so very clear as you've seen for yourself. >I had the new DDS exciter on for the first time (in a new diecast box >with reverse supply protect etc). This project was only just >completed in time to go on the air. This unit runs off a seperate >chargable battery. What I didn't realise was the DDS takes about 3 >times as much current as the original crystal mixer exciter. The >transmitter had been on from 2100 until 0030 and then from 0400 until >the battery died. > >I will try again tonight from 2300 until bed time and then from 0400. > >I will try to give a more exact frequency when I have calibrated the DDS unit Very good. I'll be listening/watching. Or I should say, ARGO and SNAGIT will be watching! I am like a child on Christmas morning that gets up early to unwrap his presents. I jump out of bed to look at my nights worth of screen captures! 73 and good job, Jon W1JHJ Jon W1JHJ Plymouth, MA FN41qw http://geocities.com/ws1k.rm Shop online without a credit card http://www.rocketcash.com RocketCash, a NetZero subsidiary