Transpolar/TranAtlantic conditions to Europe (and the L48 states) from
Alaska are still " too early" and we are probably a month before any good or
better returns - I hope Im proven wrong. I hope too that the company forgets
Im here and I can continue flowing amps until the leaves have fallen and it
starts to snow. I think North South Paths are more open, and are "better"
overall, and I was hoping to have seen the XDW beacon in Costa Rica but it
tripped - I was actually quite confident I would have detected it.
If I take DCF39 as a very rough baseline we have only just seen it appear
at night time on the 9th Sept for the first time since losing it in Spring,
and I can only just detect it at dot 60, we will probably need to get an
improvement in propagation paths by some 40-45dBs for Europeans to be seen
and maybe heard. Do NOT let this stop you for looking for that DX - as Ive
found out strange things happen.
Ive never seen CFH yet but I need to spend more time between my morse
characters.
I dont know about the US East coast from here,and dont have enough empirical
measurements to figure when and if Ill see Mitch et al or when they will see
me. The Alaska to East Coast US path maybe more difficult than you imagine -
the distances to NY and NC are comparable with Europe and still hit the
Auroral Zones for most of the time. (Yep I beam NE to get to most of the NE
US States).
After discussions with Alan and others it looks like signals from Temperate
climes into the Equatorial regions (North South and SE/NW so far) are good
or better than imagined/envisaged and that only local QRN is the limiting
factor. Even so the FFT programs such as Arog/Spectran really do help. There
are seasonal factors of course and, as ever, my comments realte from short
periods of listening , in the summer, with limited real estate and less than
perfect set ups at the remote ends. If there was one things Id do is turn
off the AGC especially if your in the tropics!
Good luck Gary
Laurence KL1X
From: "Gary - G4WGT" <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: LF: RE: re DCF39
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 18:38:33 +0100
Hi Alan and all at LF,
Checked CFH last night after Alans comments, looked at captures this
morning
(Wed 10/09/2003)and CFH first seen at about 2300 utc (Tues night)good
strength most of time, some sharp fading later and finally faded out at
about 0625 utc this morning. I will try looking for WD2XDV beacon.
Using G3LNP loop at 15 feet above ground and Yaesu FT747GX with Spectrum
Lab, my location north west England.
Regards
Gary G4WGT
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Alan Melia
Sent: 09 September 2003 09:52
To: LF-Group
Subject: LF: re DCF39
Hi Steve, yes things are improving a little now, CFH was a good signal here
last night but was a bit "peaky" with some sharp fades. Good levels were
not
present for as long as on your DCF39 plot. Thanks for the gen.
Cheers de Alan G3NYK
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