Hartmut: 01:00-01:30 appeared a long dash just below 137.779 kHz. Probably John, WD2XES testing the PA?< Nothing escapes you, does it? <g> tnx. John A.
J.B., Hum...I wonder if you G stations could copy it if I connected my T antenna up some night? As long as it was dark, they could probably see the fire. John A.
Gary, My apologies -- you're right, of course! This is a case of trying to work and do radio email at the same time. John A. I believe the frequencies you mean are - NPG in 135.95KHz range & 135.922
David, The bandplan was disturbed when a military station (NPG) on the west coast of the U.S. fired up in the 136.95 range. The signal was loud enough in the eastern U.S. to affect the QRSS reception
Michel, Again, thanks! Your 0244 UTC run looks great -- stable frequency and framing, with increasing s/n. Also, thanks to Hartmut for yesterday's report. I will be off the air for the next two night
Andy, <Fox JITO-2-PC5BM-225.06> That's one of Fox's "Just In Time" series of custom frequency modules. You supply the frequency, they make it. The single-lot prices are high, but the modules are quit
Michel, Wonderful! I did not expect any EU reports. The signal peaked nicely in that run beginning at 0224 UTC. The 0317 UTC run has a peak 6 minutes later, followed by a complete fade-out. Nice job.
Henny, I ran captures for the last two nights, but saw nothing. Weather conditions are now poor here, and solar activity would also be reducing signal levels. John Andrews, W1TAG
Bryan, I believe only large and expensive installations on posh ocean liners. had rotary spark gaps. < Actually, rotary gaps were not at all uncommon, even in amateur use. They were divided into two
Jim, I knew about the mutual coupling between the turns, but never stopped to think about the effect on the upper limit of impedance match. Interesting! Please send me the file. John Andrews, W1TAG T
Jim, I have always viewed tapped loading coils as a high-pass "L" network, where the upper part of the coil leaves a small amount of capacitive reactance, representing the "C" in the network. The shu
Sorry is not XGJ it is XES !!!!!!!!! Too bad, I thought that I had achieved the ultimate in efficiency (No power to the transmitter and yet good copy)! He has it not, I have it for him. JA
Jean-Pierre, Sorry is not XGJ it is XES !!!!!!!!! Yes it is! Very nice copy, thank you. Lightning activity in EU looked low last night. John Andrews, W1TAG/WD2XES
Jim, fairly civilised times at this end, unlike the "graveyard shift" when trying to reach North America!< Blame continental drift. Of course, we'd hardly be DX without it! JA
Dave, Just to say I've also been getting fair copy of 'XES and XNS for the past few nights but the static has been strong. A favor, if you are willing... would you set the T/A grabber screen to 30 se
Thanks also from here for those reports. It is always interesting to relate them to Alan's propagation forecasts and the current thunderstorm situation. Our knowledge of this T/A path has improved gr
