X-GM-THRID: 1241968811998482427 X-Gmail-Labels: rsgb lf Delivered-To: daveyxm@gmail.com Received: by 10.78.172.11 with SMTP id u11cs186893hue; Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:05:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.67.15.17 with SMTP id s17mr3088836ugi.1184454353933; Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:05:53 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id k9si19583763nfh.2007.07.14.16.05.50; Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:05:53 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 193.82.116.20 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1I9qeF-0002QJ-KK for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:03:35 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1I9qeF-0002QA-0M for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:03:35 +0100 Received: from sighthound.demon.co.uk ([80.177.174.126]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1I9qeD-0008A1-T5 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:03:34 +0100 Received: from lurcher.twatt.local (lurcher.twatt.local [127.0.1.1]) by lurcher.twatt.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id B60A7DA5F5 for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:03:26 +0100 (BST) Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:03:26 +0100 From: John GM4SLV To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Message-ID: <20070715000326.4ca22064@lurcher.twatt.local> In-Reply-To: References: <8bf118410707141529h2430ae01x47281ef3ce9ae7b@mail.gmail.com> Organization: The Gammy Bird X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.6.0 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Karma: 0: X-Spam-Score: 0.5 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,MAILTO_TO_SPAM_ADDR=0.276,RCVD_ILLEGAL_IP=0.234 Subject: Re: LF: [500] Path to Shetland - G3WCB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.1 required=5.0 tests=MAILTO_TO_SPAM_ADDR autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 784 On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:48:57 +0100 "Dave G3WCB" wrote: > Very interesting. > > There were some deep fades, presumably as the path went from daytime > to night-time conditions. One might expect the signals to become more > steady throughout the night, with a similar perturbation occuring > around dawn. > > Everything seems to be running smoothly here, so I will continue with > this beacon transmission until around 0730 UTC tomorrow. > Yes, you all seem to have settled into "quite strong". There's still some fading, but not enough to remove anyone from the screen. I've even turned off the front end 10dB pre-amp, and no discernable drop in s/n on the waterfall, which isn't the case during the day! I can copy the CW idents by ear over the loudspeaker. I also had a quick detour at 2200 UTC to listen for G3VTT on 502 using straight CW. - heard him too, weak but readable! I'll keep my "grabber" running, uploading the latest screenfull to http://www.sighthound.demon.co.uk/pshed/gm4slv_cap.jpg overnight too. I'm also uploading each 5 minute capture seperately into http://www.sighthound.demon.co.uk/pshed/ They're sequentially numbered and Spectran puts a visible timestamp so you can tell when it was taken. Well done all! Cheers, John -- G-GRP-Club 2377, QRP-ARCI 12384, SKCC 3214 Member : RSGB, ARRL Shetland Islands (EU-012) IP90GG Lerwick Radio Club : http://www.gm3zet.org