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To All from PA0SE
My plea for more normal CW activity on Saturday and Sunday
morning had success. There was a healthy flow of traffic.
Unfortunately later on Sunday morning reception was
hampered by interference from some electrical appliance and only loud
signals could be measured and then only with diminished accuracy because the
interference widened the trace on the oscilloscope.
Time Call sign Field strength
Input to receiver S-report 1)
Remark
UTC
µV/m
dBm
Saturday 27 January 2001
0811
DCF139
2065
-32
S9 + 41dB
0816
G3YXM
13.8
-75 S8
+ 4dB
2)
0834 Greek
RTTY
13.8
-75
S8 + 4dB
0850
G3XDV
5.5
-83
S7 + 2dB
3)
0908
G3BDQ
5.5
-83
S7 + 2dB
3)
0928
G3OLB 4.5
-85
S7
0935
DF0WD
6.2 -82
S7 + 3dB
0945
GW4HXO
1.7
-93
S5 + 4dB
1000
DJ9IE
17.2
-73 S9
1015
DCF139 1720
-33 S9
+
40dB
1017 Greek
RTTY
12.4
-76
S8 + 3dB
1022
G6RO
2.1
-91
S6
1023
G3XTZ 7.9
-80
S7 + 5dB
1037
ON6ND
33.0
-68
S9 + 5dB
1234
G3YXM 12.4 -76
S8 + 3dB
4)
Sunday 28 January 2001
0844
DJ9IE 17.2
-73
S9
0848
DCF139 1720
-33 S9
+ 40dB
0849 Greek
RTTY
9.6
-78 S8
+ 1dB
0852
HB9ASB
1.9
-92 S5
+ 1dB
1053
DJ5DI
6.9
-79
S8
1056
DL3FDO
3.0 -88
S6 + 3dB
1057
DF0WD
6.9
-81
S7 + 4dB
Remarks:
1) IARU Recommendation: S9 = -73dBm; 1 S-point =
6dB
2) Aerial coil within its cage
3) Working G4CNN; in the 35Hz bandwidth of my
audiofilter I could just detect the presence of John's signal
but it was too weak to be readable.
4) Aerial coil outside its cage. The signal was 1dB weaker
than at 0816 but the same applies to DCF139 and the Greek RTTY so Dave's signal
must have been equally strong with the coil inside and outside the
cage. Dave can also check that himself by
listening to a strong steady signal, for instance from DCF139 during
daytime.
73, Dick, PA0SE
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