I was watching last night and received nil here, same tonight so far.
Receiver is an Icom IC-746 with TCXO, antenna is 1 meter active whip at 40
feet. I also have a K9AY 2 loop system but my preamp is optimized for the
US allocations at LF. My QTH is about 65 miles south east of John in
Plymouth, Massachusetts FN41qw, on the sea coast. The Icom/1 meter whip
performed remarkably well last year on the 136 khz TA tests.
It hasn't surprised me in the least that John alone received this signal as
he constantly hears better than I. He has logged many US "LOWFERS" that I
yet have been able to log.
73,
Jon W1JHJ
At 08:07 PM 11/22/01 +0000, you wrote:
Strangely enough G3AQC is not a strong signal with me either on 136 khz
or 73 khz.
Perhaps the distance between us is critical, or unusual propogation at
the times I have heard his transmission.
Some German and Belgium stations from the Continent are stronger and
much further away, so it does surprise me that he is so strong across
the Atlantic.
I would be interested to hear what sort of antennas both he and John
have been using for their experiments to bridge the Atlantic. Were
others listening or watching and what were their observations?
de G3KEV/SCARBOROUGH/IO94SH
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