No joy here in Maryland--will also look forward to the December test
de Lloyd W3NF FM19MH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Rusgrove" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 7:03 PM
Subject: LF: ZL6QH report
Bob
Unfortunately, no joy here in CT. Looking forward to the test in December.
Jay Rusgrove, W1VD
Vernall wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've just returned home from an night at Quartz Hill. The beacon
operation
> was good from a transmission point of view, no time lost from before
ZL6QH
> sunset to well after sunrise. The DDS exciter with 0.42 Hz shift was
used
> throughout. We could have been up to 0.1 Hz high in carriers but a
> reception report suggests we were close to our notified frequencies.
Timing
> of the start of each Q was within 3 seconds of ideal "on the hour"
startup,
> and each ten minutes thereafter.
>
> We copped a bad storm before dawn but it did not cause any problem for
the
> beacon.
>
> We will next look through posted Argo pics, provisionally Laurence K1LX
is
> best DX for last night.
>
> European amateurs could also try and work ZL6QH in the HF WAE contest.
>
> 73, Bob
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