Re: LF: G4WGT 500 KHz Grabber

[Mike WE0H <we0h@yahoo.com>]

Hi Gary,

That will work fine. Conditions were different last night. I noticed the 
band got shorter as the night progressed. The guys over here will keep 
trying. We will never know unless we try. Just like a HF band supposedly 
being dead but when a contest starts up, the band has lots of DX...
73
Mike
WE0H
/16



Gary - G4WGT wrote:
> Hi, Mike, LF,
>
> Earlier I wrote :-
>
>   
> > > Tonight I will switch the grabber to the main 500 KHz tuned 12m vertical
> > >       
> for
>   
> > > overnight grabs, it should be better than the active antenna.
> > >       
> Well I tested it out & found that with the SDR Lite the main antenna is not
> as good as the active antenna (Mini-Whip).
>
> I have a balanced loop (G3LNP) which has been a good  Rx antenna, I will dig
> it out in the next few days & test it on the SDR for 500KHz TA reception.
>
> Meanwhile the grabber will retain the small split centred on 507.4KHz.
>
> Gary - G4WGT.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Hi Mike, LF,
>
> I've got the grabber running again.
>
> Although it was not on line last night I have looked at the saved captures
> this morning but no signs of anything for your side.
>
> Tonight I will switch the grabber to the main 500 KHz tuned 12m vertical for
> overnight grabs, it should be better than the active antenna.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gary - G4WGT.
>