Return-Path: Received: from rly-dd06.mx.aol.com (rly-dd06.mail.aol.com [172.19.141.153]) by air-dd08.mail.aol.com (v121_r2.12) with ESMTP id MAILINDD083-b8548ccdce0166; Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:44:08 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-dd06.mx.aol.com (v121_r2.11) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINDD067-b8548ccdce0166; Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:44:02 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1Keo8q-0004YD-TI for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:43:40 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1Keo8q-0004Y4-Bj for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:43:40 +0100 Received: from sighthound.demon.co.uk ([80.177.174.126]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Keo8o-0004AT-FK for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:43:40 +0100 Received: from lurcher.twatt.local (lurcher.twatt.local [192.168.1.4]) by lurcher.twatt.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA66724A055 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:43:30 +0100 (BST) Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:43:30 +0100 From: John Pumford-Green To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Message-ID: <20080914104330.279a36bb@lurcher.twatt.local> In-Reply-To: <000701c915c5$4d26d160$4201a8c0@home> References: <000701c915c5$4d26d160$4201a8c0@home> Organization: The Gammy Bird X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Karma: 0: X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: Re: LF: Mystery signal "VVV TEST" 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=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none 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 X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: domain : post.thorcom.com ; SPF_helo = n X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: domain : sighthound.demon.co.uk ; SPF_822_from = n Hello Jim. I seem to get a reasonable signal from this mystery station most evenings. Last night it was good mostly but with some very deep fades, down below the noise at times. My grabber covers the frequency in question (but mainly to show SK6RUD) and I keep all the 5-minute captures. I'm expecting delivery of a Wellbrook ALA1530 soon, which will at least allow me to attempt to get a bearing, as I have no other loop antenna here yet. It's an interesting signal, and if we know where it was it would perhaps allow us to study propagation, Not knowing what you're looking at makes it rather difficult to judge how the band is performing! A French station reported an estimated bearing recently, perhaps you could use that to triangulate and give us a shot at where you think it might be, although I guess from the reported bearings you might not have a good enough angular separation to make a good estimate. I hope to join the hunt soon Cheers, John On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:22:26 +0100 "James Moritz" wrote: > Dear LF Group, > > I have been trying to D/F the "VVV TEST" signal on 500.5kHz for the > past few days. The SNR here has not been good enough to get an > accurate null using the loop antenna, but the bearing is definitely > roughly NE/SW from my location at IO91VR just north of London. The > signal has DX-like QSB so I guess it is at least hundreds of km from > here. In the light of other reports, a location somewhere around the > Baltic area, or perhaps beyond, would seem feasible. > > Cheers, Jim Moritz > 73 de M0BMU > >