Stefan/Group
I didnt stay out too late as I had to get up early,
but here is what I got. I started just as the moon was rising, then it
started to rain pretty heavily. I was plonked in a "scenic pull in"
just inside the entrance of the Bison reserve - at EM16TS
The QSB on signals was VERY slow, slower than
yesterday. As a comparison between your ERP at dot 60 and HGA22 and
DCF39 - they were (just) audible but not much above noise, and of
course during the period of your peaks HGA22 was below audible levels.
There was a CW qso going more HF on 137 but I closed the filters before
getting the callsigns in fear of bleeding noise into the buckets..
Seeing as DCF39 and 22 get to S5 or more at times on
rarer times we had a long way before I would call these "very good"
conditions and far from exceptional. So, bearing in mind Eu isnt easy
from OK given my past rx and tx experiences it bodes well for the
future... there were hints of other stations too but even glaring at
the screen didnt make out any characters :-)
The rain luckily gave very little precip static - qrn
peaked S5 and it was "real" quiet but good enough. I still got some far
away squiggles from a SMPSU.
We appear to have lost AK to Eu this morning so
perhaps that stream event hasnt helped up there..still havent had a
path from Alaska to Eu so far this winter that Ive seen...
Great to see your signal finally here in Southern
states ; The path isnt easy for some reason - I remember I found it
quite difficult to get signals from OK to Eu, and easier to be seen in
Oceania from here -
Other signals on 137 - MP, NA was clear as was XGJ
plus or two CW-ers both around strength 439 XNS/XES (?). On 500 - I
didnt hear much save /7 but I didnt spend a lot of time down there.
I had the probe up a couple of meters on the car - I
actually had two antennae - one being the AMRAD W1VD version and then
the modded PA0RDT/R75 which I actually used last night - Im a fair
weather experimenter and didnt fancy swopping antennae when it was
raining heavily. The roads were certainly a mess as the roads out there
arent paved - adn its going back covered in road dust and mud :-) The
new Ford Taurus is a dang quiet car at LF, and compares with the Murano
- no difference in noise with the engine running and or the AC/DC
charger running - as long as I grounded the coax to the door frame.
Cheers
Laurence KL7UK was Mobile 5, Oklahoma.
