Dear LF Group,
Thanks for the reports on the Jason signals, glad to see that more people
are having success with this mode. Also, thanks to Steinar for my first
report from Norway. It looks like the recent spate of solar activity has
messed up propagation, though.
I had a bit of a problem with the TX last night; I noticed the output was
fluctuating intermittently, which has been caused by corona on the antenna
in the past. But after spending some time out in the rain, I could see
nothing unusual. Eventually, it turned out that the problem was due to the
synthesizer frequency jumping around, and for the last hour or so I used a
different signal source. Fortunately, it does not seemed to have prevented
people copying the signal. The problem with the synthesizer eventually
turned out to be a wire in the PSU that someone had forgotten to solder on,
but had been more or less making a contact for the last 20 years!
I will give the beacon a rest tonight; if anybody would like to try
different times and/or frequencies, please let me know.
Cheers, Jim Moritz
73 de M0BMU
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