RE: LF: Re: Re: DCF39 in ZL again

["Laurence KL1X" <hellozerohellozero@hotmail.com>]

Up till around 15 March or so DCF39 was just about visible to some extent 
+24 hours in Anchorage over a +-7300Kms path, give or take the occasional 
blast from the sun, but daylight is rapidly increasing at some 6 mins per 
day and looking at my records the path openings are getting much shorter 
now. It wont be long before the the onlly time I see DCF39 is when the sun 
throws a large daylight X ray event at gives me that extra few dBs to make 
it visiible.... (this is being written in a historical sense as Im being 
dumped/fried upon here in Oklahoma and not freezing my buttress off in 
Anchorage)
Ill take a look for DCF here tonite here in /5 land as we have the station 
up and running on Rx to some extent.
Laurence KL1X/5 EM26AQ now some 7800Kms away....


> From: "Alan Melia" <Alan.Melia@btinternet.com>
> Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
> To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
> Subject: LF: Re: Re: DCF39 in ZL again
> Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 16:46:38 +0100
>
> 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
> alan.melia@btinternet.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "McAlevey" <mcalevey@xtra.co.nz>
> To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
> 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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