RE: VLF: Some natural signals

[<hvanesce@comcast.net>]

Thanks Paul,

What a wonderful sound.

Unfortunate that bird's magnetic sensors don’t have the sensitivity/bandwidth 
for what you captured; they could perhaps tune their nav systems for reduced 
sensitivity to the disturbance that chorus indicates.

Do you know if anyone has made audio translations of the mHz to 1Hz 
ionospheric-TEC waves (which modulate signals in HF and other bands)?  I'm 
referring to what some folks call ULF waves, where ULF refers to a 
geophysical-community convention of roughly 1 mHz to 1 Hz.

Or if anyone has made audio translations of the mHz to Hz modulation that 
magnetic storms can impress on VLF signals?

73, Jim AA5BW
 

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From: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org 
[mailto:owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org] On Behalf Of Paul Nicholson
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2017 5:31 AM
To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Subject: Re: VLF: Some natural signals


 > Is that recorded with antenna direct into soundcard  > (metaphorically 
 > speaking ) ?

Yes.  There's no frequency shift, just amplification of the audio frequencies 
present on the E-field probe.

Not even that much amplification, on the order of x50 voltage gain before the 
soundcard (which needs 4 volts for full scale).
The only post processing is hum notching, 5 pole high pass at 300 Hz and 3 pole 
low pass at 10kHz.

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Paul Nicholson
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