Lieber Stefan,
woher kommt die recht starke Linie auf 8971,5 auf Deinem Grabber?
Ich dachte schon, Du würdest mit Deinem Grabber QRSS machen.
Vorn sieht das aus wie "DE".
73 Walter DJ2LF / DI2AG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan Schäfer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 7:00 PM
Subject: VLF: 8,97kHz / dreamers band grabber, another one...
> Der VLF dreamers, LF,
>
> I am glad to present you my new (and first) grabber for the dreamers
> band! It is running (in the web) not even one hour!
>
> Take a look at:
> http://www.iup.uni-heidelberg.de/schaefer_vlf/DK7FC_VLF_Grabber.html
>
> Next, i will add a ALPHA beacon window as well.
>
> The grabber accuracy is that of the soundcard (one time calibrated with
> SpecLab to the ALPHA stns).
>
> Many thanks to Markus/DF6NM and Wolfgang/DL4YHF for the support to
> become QRV. Also tnx to my professor who allowed me to host the page
> directly on our institutes server (makes it easy and secure to upload
> the pictures).
>
> The grabber works with an active E-field antenna (Daniele, i can give
> you the circuit if you want) using 2x BF862 and a 500Hz band filter
> arround 9 kHz.
>
> BTW: The input had a 1 MOhm Resistor to prevent static overvoltages to
> the gate. Therefore the highpass edge frequency of the input C (abt 3pF)
> and R= 1MOhm was about 55kHz. This afternoon i changed this resistor to
> 22MOhm, giving a edge frequency of abt 2,4 kHz. The difference can be
> seen now on the upper picture. In the left side you can see the signal
> of yesterday, in the middle i shut down the preamp to charge the battery
> and in the right part you see the signal with the 22MOhm resistor. I
> have not changed the volume level or QTH, just the supply voltage by
> <1V. So, using a high R resistor, well above 1MOhm makes sense on VLF!
> On LF(137), 1MOhm is fine!
>
> The preamp is fed by a 3,4 Ah battery. This has to be charged each 2
> days. So, i will take a solar cell ( i have many 21V/55Wp) to keep the
> supply decoupled from the local earth. I use RG174 and a AF decoupling
> transformer. Now, the antenna is placed temporarely in the 2nd floor.
> Since everything seems to be OK i will place it on the roof of the
> building, in the 7th floor. Then, i will probably use the fiber optical
> cable to further reduce the local noise and prevent HV problems due to
> lightnings!
>
> Distance to my /p QTH is abt 37km, so i think i can write a message in
> DFCW60 without any problems.
>
> BTW: This weekend i wanted to do the next experiment but the wind
> forecast is not very promising! But we will see... The 600W PA is ready
> to use! So, 1000km could be cracked? :-)
>
> Wish you fun and motivation to improve everything in the LF/VLF world :-)
>
> 73, Stefan/DK7FC
>
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