LF,
let me add my congrats, specially to
Spiros!
Unfortunately the bad weather which delays
reparation to my LF antenna doesn't allow me to join in the challenge...when the
weather improves the season will be probably gone so will try to be ready for
next season!
At this time the MF TX is almost ready and waiting
for an antenna..it is still raining so spend this holiday day refurbishing the
LF TX wth some small improvement..
I'm also intrigued for a trial on 9 kHz..but is not
clear how is the legal stand here: officially, according the national frequency
assignation, frequencies below 9 kHz should be free for short range applications
and I should simply notify the communication authority and inform them about
what I'm intended to do, but as you probably know, in Italy is not so easy and
there is a not written law which states "only officially allowed task are
permitted" the general "if not forbidden is free" rule could be a risk unless
you like to spend time in the court!
Henny, how is by you? Did you get a special
authorization?
Enjoy MF, LF VLF!
73 Marco, IK1HSS
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 8:30
PM
Subject: Re: LF: Beacon to the west
Well done, congratulations to the four of you! I
would absolutely agree with Stefan that the traces from Joe and Spiros in
America are beyond doubt, and they also perfectly line up with local Eu
captures. Note that Spiros is quite a bit
further than us here, and the ground reflection after his first hop is on
land.
Thanks Stefan for mentioning mine among
the "strong stations", but I have to say that I am not even hoping to come
near that attribute. Actually in my opinion, the "warming of the
ionosphere" by your powerful and consistent beacon signal
is quite valuable for us weak ones:
- it's a very useful indication of
propagation versus noise level on the other side. By the thickness
of Stefan's dogbones, we know when we might become
barely visible ;-),
- it provides a perfect time and
frequency frame to which we can reference lonely bright pixels
and partial traces,
- it is an incentive for potential remote
receivers to run their spectrograms and grabbers,
- and last not least, being shown what can be done is a motivation
for us to learn and improve our modest setups.
So let me say thanks to all
involved, for keeping this hard but wonderful band so much alive.
Best 73,
Markus (DF6NM)
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: LF: Beacon to the west
John Jay, Joe, Spiros, LF,
Jay, John, thanks for
capturing our signals from EU.
And congrats to DF2JP for beeing
received at W1VD, not bad for almost May! Looks like Joe counts to the
strongest LF stns here in DL, apart from DF6NM and me.
About the traces
of SV8CS at W1TAG, i find the traces are quite clear. And i would vote for
calling this an official detection of SV8CS in the US. Distance is 7491
km, http://no.nonsense.ee/qthmap/?qth=FN42CH&from=km07js,
very impressing! So my congrats to Spiros! What do others think about
this detection?
Looks like it was a successful night on LF
:-)
73, Stefan/DK7FC
Am 29.04.2013 13:14, schrieb John
Andrews:
Spiros,
I received an interesting signal last night. If you compare the
screen shots at G4WGT:
http://www.w1tag.com/files/G4WGT-SV8CS.jpg
to the screen shot at WTAG:
http://www.w1tag.com/files/W1TAG-SV8CS.jpg
you will note a correlation in frequency and in part of the "8" and
part of the "C" in your callsign.
This does NOT prove reception, but
suggests that the signal may have been there. Conditions were fairly quiet
here last night, and the Dst has recovered to reasonable levels.
John, W1TAG FN42ch
On 4/29/2013 1:15 AM, SV8CS- Spiros
Chimarios wrote:
My signal captured by G4WGT grabber (QRB
2512Km). 73, Spiros SV8CS
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