LF: RE: MF TA last night

[Rik Strobbe <rik.strobbe@fys.kuleuven.be>]

Hi Stefan all,

 

I had 9 TA copies last night, 8 from WG2XJM and one from WG2XKA.

I just checked the TX periods of WG2XJM and between 04:18 and 05:58 UTC I only missed one !

There was however a 42 minute silence period between 04:52 and 05:34 UTC (no copies of WG2XJM on WSPRNET). Did XJM a nap or was it a WSPRNET hickup?

 

 2016-03-06 04:18   WG2XJM   0.475781   -27   0   EN91wr   5   OR7T   JO20ix   6225   49 
 2016-03-06 04:28   WG2XJM   0.475781   -25   0   EN91wr   5   OR7T   JO20ix   6225   49 
 2016-03-06 04:38   WG2XJM   0.475781   -26   0   EN91wr   5   OR7T   JO20ix   6225   49 
 2016-03-06 04:50   WG2XJM   0.475781   -28   0   EN91wr   5   OR7T   JO20ix   6225   49 
 2016-03-06 05:34   no copy
 2016-03-06 05:42   WG2XJM   0.475781   -26   0   EN91wr   5   OR7T   JO20ix   6225   49 
 2016-03-06 05:50   WG2XJM   0.475781   -22   0   EN91wr   5   OR7T   JO20ix   6225   49 
 2016-03-06 05:58   WG2XJM   0.475781   -26   0   EN91wr   5   OR7T   JO20ix   6225   49 
 2016-03-06 06:10   no copy
 2016-03-06 06:20   no copy
 2016-03-06 06:28   WG2XJM   0.475781   -28   0   EN91wr   5   OR7T   JO20ix   6225   49 

 

 2016-03-06 04:52   WG2XKA   0.475723   -26   0   FN33lq   1   OR7T   JO20ix   5639   53 

 

Best period for TA seems to be 04-06 UTC right now. Local Sunrise is 06:15.

 

I just WSPRed for a short period last night (till 23 UTC) and just made it once to EA8/DL9XJ once at -31dB, a lucky shot:

 

 2016-03-05 22:56   OR7T   0.475642   -31   0   JO20ix   0.5   EA8/DL9XJ   IL18sm   3060   223 

 

73, Rik  ON7YD OR7T

 

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Van: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org [owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org] namens DK7FC [selberdenken@posteo.de]
Verzonden: zondag 6 maart 2016 13:59
Aan: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Onderwerp: LF: MF TA last night

Hi MF,

The band was open again last night on MF. Got some TA DX reports, best shown below.

Timestamp	Call	MHz	SNR	Drift	Grid	Pwr	Reporter	RGrid	km	az
2016-03-06 05:40	DK7FC	0.475682	-22	0	JN49ik	1	WH2XZO	EM85wb	7185	295
2016-03-06 03:30	DK7FC	0.475683	-27	0	JN49ik	1	WA3TTS/2	EN90xn	6636	298
2016-03-06 03:30	DK7FC	0.475682	-14	0	JN49ik	1	WG2XJM	EN91wr	6557	299
2016-03-06 04:50	DK7FC	0.475683	-26	0	JN49ik	1	VE3CIQ	FN15	6101	301
2016-03-06 05:40	DK7FC	0.475682	-28	0	JN49ik	1	VE3IQB	FN15nt	6068	301
2016-03-06 05:40	DK7FC	0.475682	-21	0	JN49ik	1	WG2XPJ	FN34lp	5906	298
2016-03-05 23:10	DK7FC	0.475685	-10	0	JN49ik	1	EA8/DL9XJ	IL18sm	3155	232

Seems to be worth to run a higher 'duty cycle' arround 05:20...06:00.

73, Stefan