From: MarkusVester@aol.com
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Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 09:46:49 EST
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Subject: LF: TA, CFH qrp?, QRSS
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT  SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="2">Dear LF group,<BR>
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here are some reports on the "slow work":<BR>
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TA<BR>
 conditions have been rather favourable recently. Joe VO1NA was visible several mornings on his QRG 137777.07; today before 7:00 even "O" for about 20 minutes (~ -28dBµV/m). No trace from Eric or Laurence was ever received here - but that would have been a miracle anyhow.<BR>
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CFH qrp?<BR>
 I have been monitoring CFH levels most nights, the strongest peak I caught was +29dBµV/m on Dec 7th. But their levels are unusually weak now: During the night of Dec 11-12th, CFH disappeared at midnight UT. They reappeared half an hour later, but 5 Hz higher and about 10dB weaker than before. After a second interruption between 01:12 and 01:20, they came back on their original frequency pair (~136959/137039), but have stayed weak since. Can someone possibly confirm that they have actually reduced their radiated power? <BR>
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PA0SE QRSS<BR>
 On tonight's overnight scan, there was a line on ~135921 Hz which I attributed to Dick, though with 1-minute averaging I couldn't actually resolve the characters. It peaked ~9dBµV/m (RMS average of dashes and gaps) and ended at 7:50 UT. Browsing back through the captures, I incidentally found a very similar trace on Dec 9/10, 22:30 to 7:50, wandering a bit around 135970.<BR>
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QRSS activity<BR>
 Notes on signals logged around 137.7 today:<BR>
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 OK2BVG (+4) dfcw, seen for the first time<BR>
 IK5ZPV&nbsp; (+5 dBµV/m, with variable spurious sidebands a couple of Hz away)<BR>
 DK7FC (+3) dfcw 4Hz shift<BR>
 S57A (-4)<BR>
 S52AB (-8) <BR>
 I5TGC&nbsp; (-2) chirped Hell<BR>
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73 and best wishes to all<BR>
<BR>
Markus,<BR>
DF6NM in JN59NK<BR>
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