Return-Path: Received: from rly-da05.mx.aol.com (rly-da05.mail.aol.com [172.19.129.79]) by air-da07.mail.aol.com (v123.4) with ESMTP id MAILINDA073-a6d49ce34433ac; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:29:40 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-da05.mx.aol.com (v123.4) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINDA055-a6d49ce34433ac; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:29:27 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1LnZWi-0006MS-0z for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:28:48 +0000 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1LnZWh-0006MJ-K6 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:28:47 +0000 Received: from mailout10.t-online.de ([194.25.134.21]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LnZWf-0000vz-Kb for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:28:47 +0000 Received: from fwd03.aul.t-online.de by mailout10.sul.t-online.de with smtp id 1LnZWe-00028J-03; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:28:44 +0100 Received: from [192.168.2.22] (XNaZF8ZOghEx-Sbex24sM7m7OMLj8nPlXfR68d3kj57-zoBcJVXbLPgsD1Ed5yNZf7@[93.196.56.224]) by fwd03.t-online.de with esmtp id 1LnZWa-1nCdFq0; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:28:40 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 From: hajo.brandt.dj1zb@t-online.de References:<004201c9afaa$79a0c410$1402a8c0@e7010> In-Reply-To:<004201c9afaa$79a0c410$1402a8c0@e7010> To: X-Mailer: T-Online eMail 6.07.0001 Date: 28 Mar 2009 14:28 GMT Message-ID: <1LnZWa-1nCdFq0@fwd03.t-online.de> X-ID: XNaZF8ZOghEx-Sbex24sM7m7OMLj8nPlXfR68d3kj57-zoBcJVXbLPgsD1Ed5yNZf7 X-TOI-MSGID: ad2758e1-26e8-40ab-a75b-5c7e90337e7a X-Karma: unknown: X-Spam-Score: 0.6 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001,NO_REAL_NAME=0.55,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY=0.001 Subject: Re: LF: DI2AG WSPR Content-Type: Multipart/Alternative; Boundary="__Next_1238250499_Part29__" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.8 required=5.0 tests=HTML_20_30,HTML_MESSAGE, NO_REAL_NAME 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 --__Next_1238250499_Part29__ Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit Dear Walter, I guess You should feed your energy-saving bulbs from the mains via a current balun of at least some hundreds of microhenries when running your transmitter! HW? Ha-Jo, DJ1ZB "Walter und Marianne Staubach" schrieb: Dear All on MF, DI2AG is still running in WSPR, 0.5W ERP on 505.090KHz. TNX to G0HNW for his numerous reports last night and also to F4DTL and DJ6LB. DI2AG will be transmitting continually throughout day and night until Monday morning. Your reports - also daylight propagation - are welcome via WSPR database or by e-mail. Thanks a lot. 73 Walter DI2AG / DJ2LF BTW: Last eve, when I started WSPR on MF, I observed my signal with ARGO - full band view. Only one modulated carrier on the screen. All ok. For a while later - sun had disappeared - suddenly the screen was full of vertikal lines , all modulated like the main carrier. It was a ladder, all lines 100, 200, 300,.....Hz apart. When the transmitter paused, the carriers were off. Something wrong with the equipment? After a long time I found the reason: I had switched on the light in my shack. This comes from three energy-saving bulbs, each 15W. My antenna begins just outside the shack, part of the power mixed in the electronic of the bulbs with the rectifiers. When replacing these Bulbs by good olds type Mr. Edison the ghost carriers were off. What do we learn? Before saving energy test the bulbs for curious signals :-) 73 Walter DI2AG / DJ2LF --__Next_1238250499_Part29__ Content-Type: Text/HTML; Charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit T-Online eMail Dear Walter,

I guess You should feed your energy-saving bulbs from the mains via a current balun of at least some hundreds of microhenries when running your transmitter!

HW? 

Ha-Jo, DJ1ZB



 
"Walter und Marianne Staubach" <wum.staubach@t-online.de> schrieb:
Dear All on MF,
          DI2AG is still running in WSPR, 0.5W ERP on 505.090KHz. TNX to G0HNW for his numerous reports last night and also to F4DTL and DJ6LB. DI2AG will be transmitting continually throughout day and night until Monday morning. Your reports - also daylight propagation - are welcome via WSPR database or by e-mail. Thanks a lot.
73
Walter DI2AG / DJ2LF
 
BTW: Last eve, when I started WSPR on MF, I observed my signal with ARGO - full band view. Only one modulated carrier on the screen. All ok. For a while later - sun had disappeared - suddenly the screen was full of vertikal lines , all modulated like the main carrier. It was a ladder, all lines 100, 200, 300,.....Hz apart. When the transmitter paused, the carriers were off. Something wrong with the equipment? After a long time I found the reason: I had switched on the light in my shack. This comes from three energy-saving bulbs, each 15W. My antenna begins just outside the shack, part of the power mixed in the electronic of the bulbs with the rectifiers. When replacing these Bulbs by good olds type Mr. Edison the ghost carriers were off. What do we learn? Before saving energy test the bulbs for curious signals :-)
73
Walter DI2AG / DJ2LF
 
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