Dear LF Group,
SAQ was a good signal again this weekend, although the keying sounded
different than on previous occasions - as if being sent by hand rather than
by machine. As well as using the RA1792 RX plus tuned loop, the
electromechanical receiver was brought out again, and worked well.
I had a QSO with SA6Q on 20m shortly after the morning transmission.
Eventually, I also had a QSO on 136.8kHz with them as well, with some
difficulty - there is some possibility of G0BMU getting a QSL card from SAQ
I fear! They were quite a good 559 signal at my QTH, but gave me 429, so it
would seem receive conditions were difficult at Grimeton, as on the
previous occasions.
I was interested to see PA0SE's field strength measurements - I made a
similar measurement on one of the previous broadcasts - the ERP worked out
to around 20kW. I'm not sure if the higher figure was due to measurement
error, a different power level at SAQ, or different propagation to G and PA
- will have to try again next time.
Cheers, Jim Moritz
73 de M0BMU
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