Gary - G4WGT wrote: I didn't expect it to be a LORAN line this far away, I don't know the MedFER frequency band limits either. Since posting the e-mail the line at 1705004.5Hz now has a slightly weak
Hartmut, Nice captures! I can even see the CW ID at the beginning of each letter. The ID is presently running about 10 wpm. I can easily change the speed if you would like something slower. 73, Dex V
Hartmut, That UNID may be MP, Mitch Powell, VE3OT. Check the KIĜLE grabber: http://www.cpinternet.com/~ki0le/pages/argo.htm Dex About 05:30-06:30 appeared a UNID faint trace near 137776.8 Hz. Nothing
Yesterday afternoon an unexpected thunderstorm developed before I got a chance to disconnect the antenna. A few cloud to ground strikes hit probably between a half and one mile way. Also what seems t
Much improved TA receiving conditions here tonight, with solid signals visible from XES, VO1NA and XKO from around 2200utc onwards. XKO had about 1Hz shift in frequency at about 2318. You caught me
A few "o" copies of VO1NA and WD2XXK, last night. Of the latter, I can not find any reference on the web. WD2XKO was on that frequency last night sending the full call. Your copy sure looks like XXK
Dex & Roelof, I have an overnite capture from 0240z to 0340z showing very clearly D2XXK just above VO1NA. It sure looks like I'm guilty :( What little defense evidence I had was erased this morning
SAQ was easily detectable on Spectran but was unable to copy the CW. Last year's January test was Q5 CW using the same receive equipment. Attached is the tune-up carrier just prior to the 0900 transm
I agree with Mal, some tests from the US eastcoast in QRSS 1 or 3 would be interesting. For this should a second T/A window be used. Probably in the 137.500-600 range. Near 137.700 as Dex used late
Incidentally, your "topload3" diagram is more or less W4DEX's antenna configuration, I think. A sketch of my antenna with grounded tower can be seen here: http://w4dex.com/lf/part5/temp/xko_ant.jpg
I also had difficulty in understanding how it works. I therefore tried to construct it in 4 steps. They follow here and I hope they explain the idea without further text. Dick, Your drawings show an
Best signal in NC was around sunrise received with XKO vertical. Several hours of screen shots at: http://w4dex.com/lf/temp/va7lf/05apr06/ Argo time is EDT (GMT -4 hours) Dex, W4DEX, WD2XKO JPEG imag
Incidently, Dex, have you thought about removing the wire you have labelled 'tower grounding wire' and returning the feed to the base of the tower instead? There should be no voltage between the bott
Peter Martinez wrote: Effectively what Dick is suggesting is having the coil physically at the bottom where it can be housed and adjusted, but electrically at the top. This is done by extending two w
