Hi, John, LF
I've ceased beacon transmission now. Everything held up OK overnight, and it
will be interesting to see how the propagation varied overnight, and how the
path from Dave YXM compared with the the path from this location.
I can still hear the YXM beacon transmission, but there are now quite a lot
of static crashes
I'm off to the McMichael Rally today (to buy some more bits!) so I won't be
around until this evening.
Thanks for posting the grabs on your web-site!
73, Dave G3WCB IO91RM
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of John GM4SLV
Sent: 15 July 2007 00:03
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: LF: [500] Path to Shetland - G3WCB
On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:48:57 +0100
"Dave G3WCB" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Very interesting.
>
> There were some deep fades, presumably as the path went from daytime
> to night-time conditions. One might expect the signals to become more
> steady throughout the night, with a similar perturbation occuring
> around dawn.
>
> Everything seems to be running smoothly here, so I will continue with
> this beacon transmission until around 0730 UTC tomorrow.
>
Yes, you all seem to have settled into "quite strong". There's still
some fading, but not enough to remove anyone from the screen. I've even
turned off the front end 10dB pre-amp, and no discernable drop in s/n
on the waterfall, which isn't the case during the day!
I can copy the CW idents by ear over the loudspeaker.
I also had a quick detour at 2200 UTC to listen for G3VTT on 502 using
straight CW. - heard him too, weak but readable!
I'll keep my "grabber" running, uploading the latest screenfull to
http://www.sighthound.demon.co.uk/pshed/gm4slv_cap.jpg overnight too.
I'm also uploading each 5 minute capture seperately into
http://www.sighthound.demon.co.uk/pshed/
They're sequentially numbered and Spectran puts a visible timestamp so
you can tell when it was taken.
Well done all!
Cheers,
John
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G-GRP-Club 2377, QRP-ARCI 12384, SKCC 3214
Member : RSGB, ARRL
Shetland Islands (EU-012) IP90GG
Lerwick Radio Club : http://www.gm3zet.org
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