Re: LF: 73kHz this evening

["Toni Baertschi" <tonib@phonakcom.ch>]

What is your exact frequency on 73?

73 de HB2ASB

James Moritz wrote:

> Dear LF Group,
>         I Intend to be on 73kHz this evening - probably won't be home
> much before 2000utc, so will be on the air a little after that. I also
> intend to operate Saturday morning from around 0800 for an hour
> at least, to try to take advantage of lower noise levels that will
> hopefully exist at some QTH's in the morning. I will be using normal
> CW and QRSS.
>
> For the last few days, the Rugby TX has been putting out a carrier
> at about 73.15kHz, and a RTTY - like signal with 100Hz shift and
> 73.3kHz centre frequency. I am not sure whether this actually
> reduces the noise level lower down the band, but it does seem to
> be more organised into broad lines, rather than the continuous
> mush it was previously - so this could benefit QRSS signals.
>
> Hope to see you later,
>
> Cheers, Jim Moritz
> 73 de M0BMU