Hi David, Whoops I slipped 10dB !! Thanks Rik. That path does sound
possible. there will be a lot of loss in the daylight parts.....which is
good news for the time of the year there might be a full darkness path. It
will be really interesting if you can detect the signal at slower speeds. I
think Laurence was able to get a good trace at 3 sec mode at 6000kms over
the pole, on good days. Steve Dove W3EEE has not had very good signals for
the last two nights, so conditions are too good at present.
Cheers de Alan G3NYK
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----- Original Message -----
From: "McAlevey" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: 09 April 2004 12:04
Subject: LF: Re: DCF39 in ZL again
Alan,
yes, it appears very likely that DCF39 is reaching us. As far as I can
ascertain the first traces appeared when the gray line was about Moscow;
maybe 2000km from Magdeburg?
That 36dB advantage of DCF39 looks like a big hurdle to overcome. However
the signal was very strong at the 60 second dot setting and also the
keying
sidebands were quite clear and there can't be much energy in those
relative
to the carrier. I will try the 20 second dot setting tonight. Bob ZL2CA
will
also be watching.
Mike ZL4OL
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