Return-Path: Received: from mtain-mp01.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-mp01.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.193.69]) by air-db08.mail.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILINDB083-864a4ce6f2013b8; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:54:09 -0500 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-mp01.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 677BB38000136; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:54:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1PJYsi-0006RK-9x for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:52:32 +0000 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1PJYsh-0006RB-U8 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:52:31 +0000 Received: from warsl404pip2.highway.telekom.at ([195.3.96.113] helo=email.aon.at) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PJYsf-0002JZ-Ao for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:52:31 +0000 Received: (qmail 6796 invoked from network); 19 Nov 2010 21:52:22 -0000 Received: from 188-23-71-147.adsl.highway.telekom.at (HELO [192.168.1.101]) ([188.23.71.147]) (envelope-sender ) by smarthub92.highway.telekom.at (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 19 Nov 2010 21:52:22 -0000 From: Gerhard Hickl To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org In-Reply-To: <4CE64003.8020304@iup.uni-heidelberg.de> References: <4CD861D8.3070904@iup.uni-heidelberg.de> <4CD920EB.4070707@mvnet.de><4CE28C13.3080200@iup.uni-heidelberg.de> <8CD53CE511474E6-848-EAE@webmail-d027.sysops.aol.com> <4CE2E571.6030500@iup.uni-heidelberg.de><4CE3BC5A.4070408@o2.ie> <4CE4F91C.9070709@iup.uni-heidelberg.de> <739785511.4774764.1290079833746.JavaMail.fmail@mwmweb080> <4B7D642B16CE4B7A8FE8BEED6EF025B8@ns94d01ae4d850> <4CE64003.8020304@iup.uni-heidelberg.de> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:52:22 +0100 Message-ID: <1290203542.1831.30.camel@gerhard-desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: Re: VLF: Long time transmission on earth antenna Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 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-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1dc1454ce6f1ff308d X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Stefan! Also no reception here. Nevertheless, this shouldn't be a reason to give up! I (and many others I suppose) like to be a part of your experiments and we hope for the next time! I think recently we all have learned a lot about VLF but there's still a big part we don not know yet! 73 OE3GHB Gerhard Am Freitag, den 19.11.2010, 10:14 +0100 schrieb Stefan Sch=C3=A4fer: > Dear VLF, >=20 > It seems these batteries are not in best condition. The carrier got=20 > weaker and weaker in the morning and disappeared arround 5 UTC. >=20 > The SMPS that drives the PA is designed to generate its own 15 V supply= =20 > once it started to run. But if the input voltage falls below 10V (or 9)= =20 > it shuts down. Seems that this has happend... The batteries have > 300= =20 > Ah in sum so it should have been no problem, actually... >=20 > I assume no one except me has detected anything? >=20 > BTW: The starting time was 15:30 UTC so the DFCW shift appeared at 23:30= UTC >=20 > 73, Stefan/DK7FC >=20 >=20 >=20