Hi Stefan,
Sorry but am rock-bound to 137.777 at the moment. There is a nasty
storm outside and the lights are blinking. It will be nice if the
mains AC is lost -- there will be less QRM!
Will taks listen on 136.5 now. 2248 utc.
joe
On Thu, 8 Dec 2011, Stefan Schäfer wrote:
Hi Joe,
That's nice!!!
OK, i will QSY to 136.500 kHz and will run a CW beacon there, as soon as my
current call transmission is finished. Hope this QRG is OK for you? I will
also listen from time to time on that QRG.
Any reports, also from others, apprechiated.
Please tell me when it is OK for you about the test. I'm waiting for your
answer.
73, Stefan7DK7FC
PS: What about the questions below? ;-)
Am 08.12.2011 22:38, schrieb [email protected]:
Hi Stefan,
Nice QRSS and audible copy on you at the moment.
Can you try some CW?
Joe
On Thu, 8 Dec 2011, Stefan Schäfer wrote:
Hi Joe,
Am 08.12.2011 02:40, schrieb [email protected]:
Hi Stefan,
Can you try some CW. There is no doubt that your signal is audible.
Really? That is great! I never expected that all that what happens in the
last months will be possible for me on a fixed antenna.
I've been in bed to the time you wrote that mail here at 2 AM local,
sorry.
Well, about CW, sure i can TX CW within SpecLab and also my hardware is
ready for handmade CW, just the key is somewhere else. I would be very
interested in a wav file to hear my CW on the other side of the pond, so
if this is possible please record a minute for me :-)
I think i won't hear you in CW, at least from the location where my RX is
running. I could try from /p in a quiet location with my ferrite antenna
which is much better! But that may be a high effort to go in the forest in
darkness (aaaah, help!! ;-) ).
What do you think is the best time for a longer QSO? If we come to a QSO,
i would like to do a "real" QSO, not just "NA FC O K" or so. I think i can
receive you in DFCW-10 or so. You can check that from time to time on my
LF grabber at
http://www.iup.uni-heidelberg.de/schaefer_vlf/DK7FC_LF_Grabber.html
Another question is the frequency? What would you suggest? Should i TX on
136.172 and you on 137.777? Sometimes there is QRM due to luxembourg
effect signals (as Markus explained me) near DCF and HGA. So a frequency
in the center of the band may be more suitable.
Anyway, the first and only question is the time. I've been watching out
for you yesterday and made some longer breaks between my transmissions but
saw no NA. Later i called you in DFCW-15 which was nicely received by W1VD
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19882028/LF/W1VD_DK7FC_DFCW15.jpg). I wasn't sure
if DFCW-15 is a good choice since it may be to fast for a slow scrolling
spectrogram. Also i have to use a higher shift (choosed 1 Hz) which may
become problematic if other stations are transmitting in that EU60 DX
sector. So i thought it may be the best if we QSY to 137.70 for a QSO but
i am not sure if you can quickly resonate to another frequency. For me,
QSY takes about 1 minute in the current hardware situation.
So, what do you suggest?
I suggest simply running beacon transmissions and watching the RX during
the breaks. If i can see you then in my QRSS-10 window (splitted
spectrogram on my LF grabber) with suitable S/N i would QSY to 137.7 and
call you. If you can hear me in CW, then DFCW-3(or4) should be no problem
at all, even if there is a QSB of 10 dB.
Looking forward to all! :-)
73, Stefan/DK7FC
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