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I was testing overnight on 137 using VE7BDQ's Op8 signal as a reference over a 1300 mile path (thanks John).
The goal to was confirm my clone of the 10ft diameter VE7SL Octoloop was working ok (thanks Steve).
I was way off main bearing towards John but interesting results between my main (and previously best here) rx antennae for 137 the L400B probe up a selected Birch tree by the lake, and this new "inter-looper".
Overall the loop provided an averaged out better signal/noise with last nights propagation, but as can be seen from below it wasnt always the case for every tx period - and thats not selecting the bearing with max signal from John or nulling out the do-doo from the local QRM makers. It was up to 3 or 4dB either way...
It was overall a close run thing but there were however more positive decodes on the loop than the probe which is good for me here, especially as I hadnt tweaked the bearings. Im going to do the same for the loop on MF tonight if it stops raining...
UTC Band Call Mode S/N ref S/N diff over probe (see bottom)
13:44 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -33 dB 0
13:35 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -25 dB -1
13:26 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -23 dB -1
13:18 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -23 dB +1
13:09 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -26 dB +1
13:01 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -29 dB 0
12:52 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -29 dB +2
12:35 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -29 dB -1
12:18 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -31 dB 0
12:10 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -24 dB +1
12:01 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -25 dB +1
11:52 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -24 dB +1
11:44 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -29 dB -1
11:27 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -31 dB +2
11:10 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -24 dB +1
11:01 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -26 dB +1
10:53 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -30 dB -3
10:44 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -28 dB +2
10:36 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -25 dB +3
10:27 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -25 dB +1
10:18 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -26 dB -1
10:10 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -30 dB -3
10:01 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -31 dB -3
09:53 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -29 dB -3
09:44 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -30 dB -2
09:27 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -28 dB +1
09:19 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -28 dB -1
09:01 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -33 dB >
08:53 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -27 dB 0
08:44 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -25 dB 0
08:36 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -23 dB -1
08:27 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -25 dB 0
08:19 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -30 dB 0
08:10 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -28 dB -2
08:02 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -23 dB 0
07:53 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -23 dB 0
07:45 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -26 dB -1
07:36 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -24 dB +1
07:27 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -25 dB +1
07:19 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -26 dB 0
07:10 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -30 dB +4
07:02 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -29 dB +2
06:53 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -34 dB >
06:45 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -27 dB 0
06:36 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -26 dB +1
06:19 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -31 dB +3
06:11 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -31 dB >
06:02 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -25 dB +2
05:53 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -26 dB +2
05:19 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -33 dB -1
05:11 136 VE7BDQ Op8 -32 dB >
*********** 18/09/2013 ***********
(Positive integer means better s/n on loop in dB; ">" indicates received on loop not L400B)
Laurence KL7L
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