Whoa! Markus
Stefan is right you appear on in my DFCW 6000 window. There seems to
be a jinx between us Markus, I have only just read the posts and was
working on my e-probe, at the time of your transmission it was
around 1m off the ground with the support pole dropped down. My work
was disturbed by visitors and only now is the antenna back in
position.
As my Grabber shows there were problems this morning, very low gain
and a strange hump below 6.5kHz which were not present last night.
I found the problem was caused by a considerable amount of water in
the e-probe enclosure, the temperatures must have fallen
sufficiently last night for it to condensate out (there was no
rain). The original installation was temporary back in March and
sealing was with electrical tape, the fixing to the mast with Gaffa
tape, shame on me, but it held up well and it didn't stop raining. I
have now corrected the situation.
Given my RX circumstances your signal must have been very good.
73 Eddie G3ZJO
On 30/07/2011 15:24, Markus Vester wrote:
The carrier was on air from 10:32
till 11:22, and again from 11:32 till 12:02 UT. Antenna
current peaking up to 0.85 A, which would radiate about 2 mW.
But the wind was not quite strong enough, so the kite came
down several times, and it's altitude varied a lot. I had to
quit after 12:02 due to continuous rain and no more wind.
Thanks to all who were looking
out, or running their grabbers. It seems the signal was
visible across Europe and also in Iceland.
Best 73,
Markus (DF6NM)
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 9:52 AM
Subject: VLF: DF6NM kite attempt
Dear LF,
today around noon, I will attempt
another kite transmission from the same site. If all works
well, I will send a 1 mW carrier on 8970.002 from around 11 to
14 UT.
Best regards,
Markus (DF6NM)
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