Wow...I'm impressed...maybe depressed ;(
I'm still not seeing NI, but it's no wonder with over 60 dB of noise to
contend with...HA. I've been struggling with the 20/S9 noise problem for
so long now, I'm trying to make any sense as to whether to continue on with
this insane problem. The notion that's it's going to go away by itself is
only a whimsical dream. It's no wonder I can't see the NI station, let
alone even have a two way contact with VE7BDQ with noise like this! If I
thought it was going to be this bad, I think I would have had second
thoughts of spending that much money on a R75 receiver just for LF. I know
this receiver is known to be really hot for LF, I just find it hard to
believe there is that much difference between my Icom 740 and transverter
and the R75 as far as sensitivity to "natural" background noise. I'm
talking about a difference of going from <S1 noise to 20/S9 noise level,
that's a ~68 dB increase! It's hard to compare the two since one is on the
mini-whip..the mini-whip is no hell for receiving either even after the
mods.
Both of these guys have been putting in good signals this month...it will
be
interesting to see how loud they get in the fall.....it appears that the
JA-VE7 path is much more forgiving than the brutal haul to down-under.
JA7NI was actually dog-boning for the first time here this morning.
Steve / 73
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