From F6CNI :
Hello, I give you some info about the MF
reception of Dale VK1DSH signal here in France.
For 2 weeks, the propagation between EU / VK on
160 meters is great, and I had some CW QSO
barefoot. I think that for this DX path the propagation on MF may be similar
than on 160
m ?
At the date of this event, between the Dale and
Andy QTH, the best moment is a bit before the grey line sunset in France, when the sun elevation is about 3°. But on
160 meters that needs especially good propagation and the opening is rare and
very short, 5 to 15 minutes only. This moment is now around 1645 TU in my QTH. A
bit later, when the sunrise at VK land in grey line, that is a second short
period for success, around 1920 TU. That is true only for south to north
hemisphere DX.
For north / north path (EU to east coast or
centre of States) the best moment is simply in the middle of the night. But
perhaps for longer path, as west coast the sunrise in Europe is better ?
My garden is quite large but in centre of the
city, a noisy location. Antennas for LF / MF are an 85 meters long Inverted L and a K9AY. RX are IC7200,
IC706MK2 and a FT1000MP.
Only 3 miles away from my home, there is a golf. That is my
second hobby. Due to the very bad weather in France for one month, there is a very little player’s
activity. So a week ago I hang on border of the golf a simple beverage using a
very light wire. About 500 or a bit more meters long aiming to 80° azimuth. For
the test yesterday I had in my car the IC7200 on 473.5 USB and a portable
computer (only 2 hours of autonomy) with 3G. I stay on place only during 40
minutes. That is the story. I catch one spot from Dale.
What that means ? The Beverage and not power line helps a
lot giving a very low noise level. The use of the 473.5 USB QRG is good, because
there is not any QRM on this frequency. And certainly a great propagation day,
so I was lucky listening the good frequency at the best moment. What about the
use of long period of TXing, as WSPR15 or QRSS ? For this very long path, I
think that the opening duration time is too short for that use
?
Now, as Dale said to me in a mail, one spot is
not sufficient to valid that. So, I’ll try again but it is necessary for me
to hurry, because the beverage antenna must be dismounted in a short
time.
For information, I use some codes when I am receiving LF,
MF or 160m:
- F6CNI
: normal, listening only WSPR2
- F6CNI/2 : I am listening both WSPR2 and WSPR15 (giving
F6CNI/15 reports for WSPR15)
- F6CNI/RX1 and F6CNI/RX2 : I use 2 RX with 2 RX
antennas
- F6CNI/BEV : one RX is using the Beverage on the Golf
location.
Best 73. Sorry my poor english.
F6CNI Andy. JN19QB
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: LF: WSPR 2 and WSPR 15 on 630m
There's a thread in the VK 600m group discussing
this unusual wspr spot:
Best 73, Markus (DF6NM)
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: LF: WSPR 2 and WSPR 15 on 630m
Andy
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2013-02-16 16:44
VK1DSH 0.475078
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F6CNI/BEV JN19qb
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Eddie
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