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Hi Daniele,

Listener reports have been quite rare.  Thank-you for making the effort
to receive the signals. I am please to report that the TX was acvive last
night 500 watts 2.6 Amps and so confirm your reception. Congrats!

73
Joe VO1NA

On Thu, 14 Feb 2019, Daniele Caccia wrote:
q
> Hi Joe,LF
> last night your signal from  JN52HX !
>
> Rx: kenwood TS 450-S
> Antenna: Mini Whip
>
> I55387FI
> *Daniele Caccia*
>
>
>
>
>
> Il giorno mer 13 feb 2019 alle ore 22:34 DK7FC <selberdenken@posteo.de> ha
> scritto:
>
>> Hello Joe,
>>
>> Your NEO7M emits 137 kHz directly? How do you tell it to do that?
>> Ehm, did i ask you the same question some weeks ago or did i just
>> thought that i should ask you.
>> Ebkey, so your'e using a Raspi for the job? I think so but maybe i
>> remember wrong.
>> Would be interesting to know your rig in detail, the exciter stage.
>>
>> 73, Stefan
>>
>> PS: Do you know, there are such forums, when you ask a question then
>> someone answers "This question has been asked before. Did you run a
>> search before?...". Terrible!
>>
>> Am 13.02.2019 21:15, schrieb jcraig@mun.ca:
>>> Hi Riccardo, Group.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the details of your experiments and the signal reports.
>>> The set up here is an NEO7M to a Decca (one PA module) to a 100x20m
>>> RL aerial. Paul's Ebkey.c clocks the XOR. The RL has several dB over
>>> the monopole. Perhaps running a counterpoise under the top loading
>>> wire may yield another dB or 2.  Stefan's and Markus's grabbers are
>>> very helpful too.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Joe VO1NA
>>>
>>> On Wed, 13 Feb 2019, Riccardo Zoli wrote:
>>>
>>>> Joe, Stefan, LF
>>>>
>>>> Another night with a strong signal from you, Joe. Thanks again for your
>>>> transmissions which provides good opportunities for RX equipment
>>>> testing.
>>>> Last night, in particular, I tried to listen your signal with my *SLMS
>>>> HP-3746A*, equipped with its high stability oscillator (OPT.014). I have
>>>> got good decodes with *NO GPS* *reference* connected to audio card or
>>>> instrument; I noticed only a slight phase rotation in a couple of cases.
>>>> I used my TX inv. "L" antenna (that was tuned this time) and a 6 dB
>>>> attenuator.
>>>> You can see here the results:
>>>>
>>>> UTC   Eb/N0[dB] Carr.S/N[dB] Mess.
>>>> 0030 7.1  32.14 *******
>>>> 0100  8.0  32.20 VO1NA_R
>>>> 0130 5.2  29.08 *******
>>>> 0200 4.0  27.95 VO1NA_R
>>>> 0230 5.7  29.01 *******
>>>> 0300 3.3  27.79 VO1NA_R
>>>> 0330 NIL    -              -
>>>> 0400 9.0  32.46 VO1NA_R
>>>> 0430 7.3  31.49 *******
>>>> 0500 6.2  30.55 VO1NA_R
>>>> 0530 6.1  29.86 *******
>>>> 0600    -0.3  24.48 VO1NA_R
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> All the best
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 73 de Riccardo IW4DXW
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Il giorno lun 11 feb 2019 alle ore 21:05 <jcraig@mun.ca> ha scritto:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Riccardo, Stefan, LF,
>>>>>
>>>>> Pleased to get your report of improved signal strength Riccardo.
>>>>> The R means "Rotated L" so it is in the sky again since yesterday.
>>>>> Today a cermaic feedthrough was installed on the PVC bucket
>>>>> that houses the coil. It was cold (-10 C) today but the work had
>>>>> to be done; there was too much charring and arcing.  All seems OK
>>>>> now and the TX is on (one Decca module) 2.2A RF
>>>>>
>>>>> 73
>>>>> Joe VO1NA
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 11 Feb 2019, DK7FC wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello Riccardo,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I like the precision of your RX frequency. I should add a few nulls to
>>>>> my
>>>>>> file too :-)
>>>>>> Good work regarding Joe's reception!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73, Stefan
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 11.02.2019 12:56, schrieb Riccardo Zoli:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Joe, LF
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Very strong signal last night continuously from 2330z to 0530z.
>>>>>>> Best decode at 0300z, info attached.
>>>>>>> RX setup: inverted "L" TX antenna (slightly detuned, 6 dB attenuator
>>>>>>> inserted) and SDR.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 73 de Riccardo IW4DXW
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Il giorno gio 7 feb 2019 alle ore 17:44 <jcraig@mun.ca
>>>>>>> <mailto:jcraig@mun.ca>> ha scritto:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     Apologies: I misspelt Domenico and did not acknowledge Riccardo's
>>>>>>>     autodetector.
>>>>>>>     73
>>>>>>>     Joe
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     On Thu, 7 Feb 2019, jcraig@mun.ca <mailto:jcraig@mun.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dominico,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks to you and Markus and Domenico for the autodecoder service.
>>>>>>>> I will check the modulator and try again tonight. Some antenna
>>>>> work
>>>>>>>> is planned as well when the wx improves so there should be some
>>>>> more
>>>>>>>> dB available soon.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 73
>>>>>>>> Joe
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, 7 Feb 2019, Domenico IZ7SLZ wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Joe, LF
>>>>>>>>> in my EbNaut log
>>>>>>>>> *https://qsl.net/iz7slz/EBNAUT/DECODED.TXT
>>>>>>>>> <https://qsl.net/iz7slz/EBNAUT/DECODED.TXT>*
>>>>>>>>> there are some decodes of your EbNaut of last nights (QRB=5426
>>>>>>>     km). Seems
>>>>>>>>> that since yesterday, only carrier is sent on usual qrg 137477
>>>>> Hz.
>>>>>>>>> Autodecoder here is now running, every XX:00 and XX:30 on Joe's
>>>>>>>     parameters:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 137477.000Hz N=7 T=3s 8K19A CRC=16 list=2000 sym=608
>>>>> Duration=1824s
>>>>>>>>> T_OFFSET=0.0s F_OFFSET=0.000Hz
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 73, Domenico IZ7SLZ / JN80nu
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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