VLF: Austria today, Jan 22nd

["Markus Vester" <markusvester@aol.com>]

Ossi OE5ODL was active on 8970.028 from about 8:30 till 21:00 UT, as visible on his own grabber
 http://www.langwelle.at/ ,
and peaking at -75 dB there, so presumably balloon aided but ~ 5 dB less than on Monday 17th.

Best reception in Heidelberg
 http://www.iup.uni-heidelberg.de/schaefer_vlf/DK7FC_VLF_Grabber2.html
occured from 12:30 on, and following the previously observed pattern, the signal decayed after about 15 UT.

In Nuernberg,
 http://www.mydarc.de/df6nm/vlf/vlfgrabber.htm
it became visible in the noise only after 15:40 UT, and the fieldstrength went up significantly during the late afternoon and evening.

Gerhard OE3GHB was on air from around 8 until 22:05 UT. His local display
 http://members.aon.at/grabber/VLF/index.html
is showing the signal on 8969.983 Hz, but I'm not sure whether the samplerate is actually locked during transmissions.

Between 14 and 18 UT there was a good trace with some wiggles on 8969.986 Hz in Heidelberg.

Unfortunately no clear reception from Gerhard in Nuernberg today, and also no traces of either station on the Haifa and Reykjavik grabbers yet.

 

Best wishes,
Markus (DF6NM)