Re: VLF: New experiments on 17.47 kHz planned...

[DK7FC <selberdenken@posteo.de>]

VLF,

Last night a carrier test transmission at 1.2 A antenna current went 
well for a few hours.
Today the regular carrier transmissions start from 16...0 UTC on 17470.1 Hz.

Reports welcome :-)

73, Stefan

Am 20.08.2018 16:25, schrieb DK7FC:
> PS: Is there anyone else interested in VK or even ZL ?
>
> Am 20.08.2018 16:23, schrieb DK7FC:
> > Hi VLF,
> >
> > For this week, i'm planning to start with new experiments on 17.47 
> > kHz, where i have a (renewed) special permission to transmit.
> > So far the best results were a prooved carrier detection as well as a 
> > 1 character EbNaut decode by Edgar from Tasmania (VK7).
> > The first goal will be to determine the best time (start time and 
> > length) on the path for this season. We have a usable path for about 
> > 2 months centered on our autun/spring time (21st SEP).
> > The Signal will be exported by SpecLab to simple txt files containing 
> > the FFT data. This allows stacking, which will be required to get 
> > some S/N at all. A reasonable stable path is essential during the 
> > transmission time. All this will be determined by running some 
> > carrier transmissions, a few hours per day, starting about 16 UTC.
> > When knowing the time to try we will attempt to transfer a 2 
> > character message and then even longer messages. 5 characters would 
> > be realistic i think, with some luck and good propagation and low QRN 
> > on the RX site...
> > More soon.
> >
> > 73, Stefan