Return-Path: Received: from mtain-dh11.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-dh11.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.65.31]) by air-dc05.mail.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILINDC051-86014d1e2d48107; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:21:44 -0500 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-dh11.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 3DBF738000797; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:20:34 -0500 (EST) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1PYkVB-0006Hd-Hb for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:19:01 +0000 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1PYkVB-0006HU-0M for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:19:01 +0000 Received: from mail-yi0-f43.google.com ([209.85.218.43]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PYkV8-00008L-3f for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:19:00 +0000 Received: by yic15 with SMTP id 15so2532466yic.16 for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:18:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=vSR/s3H/drn5mE6Ihvr1mGhy19YHhLSoSuEUPCJ+GFA=; b=KH4jC8beHm1MrsSSr6ih9eyt8VokyqvhqoYrTCE6x2B5cuaOn1IX/rLSbpOK6g+EEe 4yY1t7auvDXtNBQNeWRNU5I5Q4A1PPfZFoOtbBGGKOYfuJXiwx3bJ/3l7fBNp4MtdkXk gDDsmrQZn6TiiAB3r7hzCvTV/VqaWcs8cbH50= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=Y9oNaoEc0EP+KC1PDgGdbM5KcsczRl48LWhwPxfej1ICXOU5zyro/08vtzxTm/GvWV P+FT4krINjhTLolA864E7CSGHVSFyrrLUP2Lw1nDrtY5/d+dOo6lOJrvc26Fs0e4cZ+c Zx0sDwp2mNlTpAEPM42NmDhsn7EF8RGvrSTc4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.234.34 with SMTP id g34mr10237202anh.193.1293823131294; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:18:51 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.100.8.4 with HTTP; Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:18:51 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <6FF03593-9C77-4457-B506-F03ABCFE9FFE@gmail.com> References: <11250.89514.qm@web28501.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <4D1DC897.2060606@iup.uni-heidelberg.de> <76636.6973.qm@web28508.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <1567AC3A96624647ADC1F52EF1A1E625@JimPC> <732174.92691.qm@web28506.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <6DEB3BAD63314CE598337148AF10CAE0@JimPC> <6FF03593-9C77-4457-B506-F03ABCFE9FFE@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:18:51 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: R6vzsgSdxEZEgoxyTzVo1n2sblM Message-ID: From: Gary - G4WGT To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org DomainKey-Status: good (testing) X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001 Subject: Re: LF: VLF - G3XIZ Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001636b2b86f249b020498b9acb9 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=5.0 tests=HTML_20_30,HTML_MESSAGE 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-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: mail_rly_antispam_dkim-d272.2 ; domain : gmail.com DKIM : fail x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d411f4d1e2d0254ff X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) --001636b2b86f249b020498b9acb9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Chris, Well done & congratulations. As expected nothing seen here in IO83qo but it was interesting watching the progress & reading all the mail. 73, Gary - G4WGT - IO83qo. LF MF Grabber - Web Site - Blogspot - 9kHz Grabber On 31 December 2010 18:23, Roger Lapthorn wrote: > Congratulations Chris! I will have to add this new UK VLF record to my > sub-9kHz webpage. If Jim can copy then I should be able to as well with a > better set-up. So pleased for you. Brilliant. > > 73s > Roger G3XBM > > Sent from my iPod Touch 4g > > On 31 Dec 2010, at 17:45, "James Moritz" > wrote: > > > Dear Chris, LF Group, > > > > The signal disappeared some time around 1520utc - the complete trace is > shown in the attachment. > > > > I made an estimate of the field strength of your signal by injecting a > test signal at a known EMF into the loop antenna, and comparing with the > level of your signal. The received FS at the strongest point (around > 1330utc) worked out to be 1.8uV/m. Taking the distance between our locations > as 37km, your ERP would have been 87uW. The SNR at best was around 15dB, > making the noise level 0.32uV/m in the FFT noise bandwidth of 2.1mHz, or a > noise density of 7uV/m per sqrt(Hz) > > > > Assuming a 50m vertical wire (heff ~ 25m), Rrad of your antenna at > 8.97kHz would be 880micro-ohms. Assuming 2.62dB directivity for an > electrically short monopole compared to a dipole, and Iant of 200mA, the > calculated value of ERP would then be 64uW. So there is reasonable agreement > between these two calculations, the difference only being 1.3dB. > > > > Thanks for the tests, > > > > Cheers, Jim Moritz > > 73 de M0BMU > > > > -- --001636b2b86f249b020498b9acb9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Chris,

Well done & congratulations. As expected= nothing seen here in IO83qo but it was interesting watching the progress= & reading all the mail.

73,

Gary - G4WGT - IO83qo.





On 31 December 2010 18:23, Roger Lapthorn <rogerlapthorn@gmail.com>= wrote:
Congratulations Chris! I will have to add= this new UK VLF record to my sub-9kHz webpage. If Jim can copy then I sho= uld be able to as well with a better set-up. So pleased for you. Brilliant= .

73s
Roger G3XBM

Sent from my iPod Touch 4g

On 31 Dec 2010, at 17:45, "James Moritz" <james.moritz@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> Dear Chris, LF Group,
>
> The signal disappeared some time around 1520utc - the complete trace= is shown in the attachment.
>
> I made an estimate of the field strength of your signal by injecting= a test signal at a known EMF into the loop antenna, and comparing with th= e level of your signal. The received FS at the strongest point (around 133= 0utc) worked out to be 1.8uV/m. Taking the distance between our locations= as 37km, your ERP would have been 87uW. The SNR at best was around 15dB,= making the noise level 0.32uV/m in the FFT noise bandwidth of 2.1mHz, or= a noise density of 7uV/m per sqrt(Hz)
>
> Assuming a 50m vertical wire (heff ~ 25m), =A0Rrad of your antenna at= 8.97kHz would be 880micro-ohms. Assuming 2.62dB directivity for an electr= ically short monopole compared to a dipole, and Iant of 200mA, the calcula= ted value of ERP would then be 64uW. So there is reasonable agreement betw= een these two calculations, the difference only being 1.3dB.
>
> Thanks for the tests,
>
> Cheers, Jim Moritz
> 73 de M0BMU
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