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July 1 (Morning)
At 11 AM CDT, only three HiFERs were visible at the watering hole. USC was fair, and NC and EH were weak and nearly on top of each other. Up the dial, MTI2 was visible on Argo at the top of each minute, but not strong enough to be audible. No sign of PBJ or PLM.
PCO was nicely visible for about 30 seconds out of each 60 to 90 seconds, and probably would have been audible if I'd had an external audio filter to notch out a very loud carrier about 90 Hz below. The PCO sidebands are nicely symmetrical on screen, courtesy of each letter requiring the exact same time to send--the only known HiFER for which that is true. No sign of GNK or FRC this morning, though.
Will go check again at solar noon, later in the afternoon, and well into the evening, weather permitting.
Re: July 1 (Noon-Geomagnetic Update)
Posted by John Davis on July 01, 2017 at 17:23:18.
In reply to July 1 (Morning) posted by John Davis on July 01, 2017
Just as I was writing the previous message, word arrived that the CME from two days ago has arrived a little early. From spaceweather.com:
"Arriving almost 24 hours earlier than expected, a CME reached Earth on July 1st at approximately 1700 UT. The cloud's relatively weak impact has not yet sparked a geomagnetic storm. However, G1 storm conditions could develop in the hours ahead as Earth moves through the CME's turbulent wake. Stay tuned for updates."
This could yield interesting HiFER propagation this afternoon. Re: July 1 (Early Afternoon)
Posted by John Davis on July 01, 2017 at 21:33:15.
In reply to Re: July 1 (Noon-Geomagnetic Update) posted by John Davis on July 01, 2017
No measurable effects yet from the CME arrival
At 1 PM CDT, a path to Elgin, IL, began to open up, which has not been uncommon in recent weeks. Both SIWs were present, although with significant QSB. I finally started up WSPR 2.12 and got the results below despite the presence of codar and signal dropouts that affected a good chunk of some of the transmission slots. I'll try to post some screen captures tomorrow that simultaneously show the Argo trace and the decode that resulted from the same slot.
1828 -25 -1.1 13.555408 0 K3SIW EN52 7 1832 -22 -0.9 13.555410 0 K3SIW EN52 7 1844 -23 -1.1 13.555407 0 K3SIW EN52 7 1848 -23 -1.0 13.555408 0 K3SIW EN52 7 1852 -21 -1.0 13.555407 0 K3SIW EN52 7 1856 -19 -1.4 13.555407 0 K3SIW EN52 7 1900 -22 -1.2 13.555409 0 K3SIW EN52 7(Subtract 5 Hz from the frequencies above.)
Attached is a capture of SIW slant during the entire opening. Note that the path went almost to nothing at 2:05 PM, and closed completely a minute or so later. The gaps in the trace at 13:42 and 13:46 are when I tuned away to do quick band scans between active transmit slots from SIW WSPR. (The codar sweep was uninterrupted as it spans the entire band, of course.) MTI was visible and FRC was beginning to become audible.
After I was sure the opening had ended, I spent more time monitoring MTI and it became audible a few times. Turns out, "MTI2" is now just plain MTI! It still only transmits at the start of the minute, which greatly reduces the odds of hearing it by accident when tuning through the band, especially when there's QSB at work too. But the frequency remains right on the nose now at 13,557.540! Then I tuned up and found FRC identifiable with one to three characters clear every ID.
More to report this evening, I hope.
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Re: July 1 (Evening)
From about 50 minutes before sunset to 40 or so minutes after, the path to Illinois re-opened. SIW slant showed rich Doppler activity (I'll try to stitch these captures together tomorrow), and WM appeared for several minutes, unlike this afternoon. The other watering hole denizens did well during this same time.
Codar then dominated for most of the evening. If MTI or PLM or PCO were present during any of that time, I couldn't hear them under the racket. By 10 PM CDT, the watering hole was nearly empty. However, FRC was nicely prominent; best signal in months, actually.
I switched to 2200 m to see if there was any point monitoring LF with thunderstorms down in NM and the TX panhandle. WH2XND was nicely visible and decoded well, and I've uploaded those to WSPRnet.
After that, I watched 22 m a little further. Eventually, the LF noise came down several dB, but is still pretty rough. Decided I'm going to try for EAR in the wee hours anyway. It may be futile tonight, but who can tell?
Re: WSPRlite measurements July 2 (Mid-day)
Last night 1750 meters was never quiet enough to see any trace of EAR. I was sleepy and in no hurry to set up HiFER monitoring this morning, but now I wish I had been because there was a G1 magnetic event early this morning followed by a modest solarx-ray spike a couple hours later. Even so, conditions were pretty good when I finally got going at 11 AM CDT. All my usual suspects were present at the watering hole: USC, NC, EH, SIW slant, SIW WSPR, and WM. NTI showed up a couple of times, but nobody higher in frequency. Just before noon, something changed upstairs. Codar started coming in stronger, SIW slant began spreading out wider from multiple-path Doppler, and WM faded away. My monitoring time will be limited today, but I'm continuing to watch the watering hole as long as possible. John
Re: July 2 (Afternoon & Early Evening)
Not much change at 3 PM or 6 PM. Sometimes there were openings to SIW, sometimes to WM, occasionally both. Other times it was just USC, NC and EH (the latter in noise mode at times). Elsewhere on the band, only MTI showed up sometimes, but infrequently. This evening might be interesting, but I won't get to find out. Severe thunderstorms are not nearly far enough away, just on the other side of the state line. Codar and QRN were competing for dominance, which is not very common at 22 m. More details tomorrow, if all goes well.
Re: July 2 (Afternoon & Early Evening)
Thanks for the reports John. It's good to hear that the WM signal is still making it your way when conditions are right. 73 Mike N8OOU
2200M WSPR-2
0740 -24 -0.8 0.137528 0 WH2XND DM33 40 73, J.B., VE3EAR LowFER Beacon "EAR" Re: RTÉ 252 - Ireland JT9 decodes of WG2XXM
73, J.B., VE3EAR 0328 -26 0.1 1302 @ VVV WG2XXM EM XXP on 2200m
I'm testing on 2200m (137.505 WSPR) for the next couple nights. Running 200W to my 100' top loaded vertical normally used on 630m. Did well last night, but I'm 6 - 10 db down from WH2XND sig levels. It's hard to compete with Ron! All reports appreciated. Ward K7PO/WH2XXP
Re: XXP on 2200m
Tried for the signal this afternoon, but not even XND was making it through the QRN! Will try again tonight if thunderstorm activity begins to die down after dark. Wish I'd known about XXP last night. Thunderstorms nationwide diminished after midnight last night, but I just wasn't motivated enough to go out and set everything up.
Re: XXP on 2200m
Apparently, Ron was not on tonight...perhaps storms at his QTH? However, XXP was doing pretty well despite QRN averaging S9+10, managing 13 out of the possible 15 decodes during the hour I listened: For now, I'm checking to see whether EAR can make it through on 1750 meters. John
Re: XXP on 2200m
Thanks for listening John. We were at Ron's 60th B-day party until local midnight, and I see he has resumed transmitting just a few minutes ago. I'll be on continuously until monday or tuesday late afternoon, then it's back to 630m. I need to 'beef up' the matching network for 2200m. At 200W TPO all is well, but somewhere near 500W things go a bit wonky. I have a nice mica G-1 cap on the way to resolve that issue. Thanks again for the reports! Ward K7PO/WH2XXP
Re: XXP on 2200m
I monitored 136.0 wspr overnight. XND started decodes at 07:40 UTC and ran thru 10:36. I had only the 1 decode from XXP. 170716 0740 2 -28 0.24 0.1375272 WH2XND DM33 40 0 38 0 Mike N8OOU
Re: XXP on 2200m
Perhaps I should have continued on 2200 m last night. Even though the static got a little better before daybreak, it wasn't enough to let EAR through on 1750 m. At mid-morning I switched back to 2200 m and both signals were present, along with the PLC clusters at 137.500 and .600. Later, the stepped PLC showed up too. The attached two images show the first capture just after 9 AM CDT (toward the end of the 2-hour sunrise fade at 2200 m), and a later screen shot showing them at full daytime strength. At first, XXP was showing up at 10 dB lower SNRr, and therefore was failing to decode in any time slots when XND dipped below -21; but by late morning the difference was only in the 4 to 7 dB range. The two signals were just detectable by ear at 9 AM, but two hours later were a healthy S2 on the meter. There are interesting solar-terrestrial events going on today that will probably prompt me to switch to 22 m for a while at some point, but are unlikely to affect the LF groundwave path until the usual critical hours (±2 hours of sunset). John --------------------------------------------------------------- Re: XXP on 2200m
Returned to 2200 m at mid-afternoon (nothing very interesting from the geomagnetic disturbances going on at 22 m). Static had picked up by two or more S-units, making XND take a long time to decode at -24 to -28 dB, and XXP quite impossible. Will continue to monitor into late night, however, and maybe overnight if things look promising. John
Re: XXP on 2200m
John, Thanks again for the reports. I shifted my transmissions in between Ron's. I need all the help I can get. Still, I'm impressed with 2200m. I'll probably stay on for the next week or so, then back to 630m. Re: XXP on 2200m for 7/17
Conditions overnight allowed for more decodes of XXP. It seemed like there was less noise on the band. Again the path to EM68 ended at sunrise. 170717 0642 1 -30 0.07 0.1375073 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 8562 -8 73 Mike
Re: XXP on 2200m
73, J.B., VE3EAR Radio Repairs
Hi Folks, No listening success lately, although I tried yesterday (Sunday) during late afternoon PST. However I suffered another severe bout of RAD (Radio Acquisition Disorder) and bought a used NRD 525, with thoughts of better stability for LW work, as well as expanding my already silly collection. Alas, my excitement on opening the box was quite dampened once I had power and an aerial connected. Whilst not deaf, the radio was certainly hard of hearing. It also sounded peculiar from USB to LSB or in AM with different filter selections. Damaged Front end? Corrupted control system? Where to start? With the widest filter (around 12 kHz for -6dB) AM stations presented best audio with the dial set 5 kHz low - yet the carrier zeroed in at the correct frequency in USB or LSB. I found and spent a long time studying the circuit diagram whilst we were in the UK, and came back to the re-examine the set this weekend. There was a detour whilst I examined and removed some modifications, returning things to stock. No change in performance. That offset bandwidth performance. It dawned on me that it could also be the cause of bad sensitivity. Also, that it occurred when only one filter was in use - one that is permanently in circuit. Fortunately that filter is isolated between two IF transformers, with no semiconductor devices in the immediate circuit. With filters typically presenting around 2 kHz impedance, it seemed safe to remove the filter and substitute a resistor of appropriate value. I replaced the board and turned on.... Nothing.... But I'd forgotten to reconnect the speaker! Bingo! A living, lively and responsive radio. Sensitivity normal, proper response in USB and LSB with the 2.2 kHz filters switched in. AM tuning normal. So the radio is saved. I've ordered a couple of different filters to replace the one taken out. The original is not available as far as I can find, but suitable substitutes can be found. I'm very pleased to get to the bottom of this and look forward to using this set. I was worrid it might be a complete lemon. With its TXCO, I'm hoping it might be usable for LW work on the slow modes. It was also well stocked with filter options by the original owner, so turned out to be quite a good find. More updates once I get further, Ed
Re: XXP on 2200m
I think Ron must not have been on this morning. Last night I was tuned to 1750 m, since QRN at midnight had been down about an S-unit from the night before, so I made a futile attempt to snag EAR. By 9 AM, though, I tuned back to 2200m and saw the two main PLC clusters faintly through the surprisingly ongoing static, but no WSPR. I left it running while I tended to other things, and when I returned during the latter part of the noon hour I saw decodes begin to appear: Attached is an Argo capture showing the XXP WSPR signal during that brief opening. John
--------------------------------------------------------------- Re: XXP on 2200m
Thanks again for listening and posting reports. Ron is QRT for a couple days. XXP will be on 2200m until at least early next week, or for as long as the L match caps hold out. They are getting VERY warm during WSPR transmissions. I have a nice mica transmitting cap on the way and should be able to run higher power. I'm still amazed at the mid summer reports on 2200m. Ward K7PO/WH2XXP
Re: XXP on 2200m
It would really be helpful to have Internet access out in the field!!! Here at last are last night's results before I switched over for another futile attempt for EAR. Also uploaded them to WSPRnet just now. As seen in the attachment, XXP and XND looked to be similar in level on Argo. WSPR decodes show more difference sometimes, but even in that software they were closer in SNR than previously. --------------------------------------------------------------- Re: XXP on 2200m (Fri late morning)
When I left the field this morning shortly before 10 AM CDT to upload the previous (late night) decodes, the path from XXP and XND were still in the post-sunrise fade, which is apparently pretty long at this time of year. The QRN was down to a median value of +20, and the semi-local PLC clusters were showing steady. But at 9:58, the first faint trace of XXP showed on Argo, and at 10:00 XND made its first appearance. Interestingly, XXP was the first to reach decodable levels. Below is just a snippet of that time from the ALL_WSPT.TXT file. When I retrieve and upload the next batch of data this afternoon, however, there will be a gap of a couple of time slots between 11 AM and noon. Rather wide swings in noise level were not being handled properly by the soundcard's built in (and undefeatable) automatic level control, so wspr.exe finally stopped working and Windows insisted on closing the application without letting me retrieve the decode screen first. I'm driving the audio clipper harder now, which will level things out. I can do that without fear of intermod since XXP and XND are alternating time slots. Mystery C6ABO
0602 -18 -0.8 0.475704 0 C6ABO FL05 23 0632 -26 -1.0 0.475720 -1 WI2XUL EN70 30 73, J.B., VE3EAR LowFER Beacon "EAR"
Hifers 22 & 23 July
Hi Folks, I managed a little Hifer listening this weekend, predominently around 0300 UTC on Saturday, Logging NC briefly and (I think) EH. Not good conditions overall. Sunday, I saw a faint trace of NC, and caught a snippet of GNK before losing everything to a ~1 sec pulsed/swept interfering signal that took brief breaks before returning for a minute or so at a time. Logging this weekend was with the Lowe HF225, and the random dipole. The Lowe seems quite up to the task here at 22m. The only issue is setting frequency, which is only displayed to the nearest kHz. On the plus side it is nice and stable. More receive tests with the experimental loop antenna are planned. The other favourites here AA0RQ - still to be heard as PCO, AZ or TON were completely absent. On the vintage front, the reconstruction of a new speaker cone for my 1934 Philco is complete and installed in the frame. A quick test showed it plays cleanly! Cheers Ed
CW Beacon 477.7 kHz
Greetings all, A 630m beacon will be running for several days at 10 WPM with 2W ERP from GN37 in eastern Canada. If it's OK to post reports to this message board, I will be most grateful to read any -- and have a 2 way when the FCC allocates the band! Re: CW Beacon 477.7 kHz
Will check it out tonight and report whatever results.
Re: CW Beacon 477.7 kHz
No go between 10 PM and midnight last night, due to way too much QRN that kind of surprised me at 630 meters; nor again at mid-morning today, due to lack of signal strength and (at first) too much seeming QRM. I discovered the reason for the QRM and probably much of the QRN after my first attempt this morning, however. There wasn't as much static in daylight, of course, but I was puzzled about hearing an apparent voice transmission and some CW that turned out to be the ident for an aerobeacon about 40 miles from here. I soon realized the problem: I'd tuned to 477.7 last night by repurposing a memory setting on the R-75 that was had originally been set to use its internal Preamp 2...which turns out to have very bad intermod traits around 630 meters. The channel was clean today with Preamp 1 or none at all, so I'll try again tonight. John
HiFERs, Early to Mid-July
A prolonged solar radiation event occurred from July 14 - 16, after which a CME arrived with up to G2 magnetic events. If anything extraordinary took place on 22 m as a result, though, it didn’t happen while I was watching. Elevated solar flux did make it a little easier to see the watering hole regulars (USC, EH, NC; and often SIW and WM, although SIW did not always have both the WSPR and slant mode on at the same times), and there were times when GNK and FRC were exceptional. Alas, some stations have stood out by their prolonged absence: AZ, WV, PBJ, and PLM.
HiFERs 29 July
In late morning/early afternoon today (CDT) we had fairly stable conditions including a path to Illinois. MTI was also present, and GNK was strong at times too. Attached is a sample of the watering hole, where USC was barely present but the others were taking turns being bright. WM and its CW ID were often audible. Both SIWs were on today; the slant capture is in the other attachment. --------------------------------------------------------------- Brief report 29 July
Hi Folks, During a quick break in the wideband swept noise, I heard a new to me signal: "OR73" on 13558.7xx ...If my Morse copy is correct. This seemed to repeat every minute or so, and was audible at a decent level above the noise here around local midday. I'll keep an ear on it. More later, I hope as the afternoon conditions approach us. Regards, Ed
Re: CW Beacon 477.7 kHz
Thank-you for trying John and let's hope for better luck for tonight without the preamp QRM. Joe
Re: CW Beacon 477.7 kHz
Still too much QRN here in SE Kansas last night. At times, there were up to two simultaneous CW signals evident through the noise, but no clear ID was possible.
HiFER MTI
Unless there are objections, the MTI beacon will/has officially relocate to 13555.375. Mahalo,
Re: HiFER MTI
Hi Thom. Now that you've got a very stable exciter, I see no problem from a spectrum point of view. The only potential drawback is that you'll be sometimes be competing for the listener's ear with other carriers within the receiver's passband. One way to help with that might be to send the ID more times per minute; say, at the top of the minute and at :15 and :30 seconds after. Just a thought. John
Re: HiFER MTI
I totally agree with John...bring the speed up to 5- 10 wpm ...
potrzebie
Posted by Vince on July 02, 2017 at 15:12:56.
In reply to
Posted by John Davis on July 02, 2017 at 17:42:28.
Posted by John Davis on July 02, 2017 at 23:41:32.
In reply to July 2 (Mid-day) posted by John Davis on July 02, 2017
Posted by Mike N8OOU on July 03, 2017 at 13:11:18.
In reply to Re: July 2 (Afternoon & Early Evening) posted by John Davis on July 02, 2017
Posted by John Bruce McCreath on July 04, 2017 at 13:46:52.
I tried 136 kHz. (dial) WSPR overnight and logged WH2XND:
0744 -29 -0.9 0.137528 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0748 -28 -0.9 0.137528 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0824 -28 -1.0 0.137528 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0836 -29 -1.0 0.137528 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0916 -26 -0.8 0.137528 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0936 -28 -0.9 0.137528 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0940 -29 -0.9 0.137528 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1028 -23 -1.0 0.137528 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1032 -26 -1.0 0.137528 0 WH2XND DM33 40
188.830 kHz. QRSS30
EN93dr
Posted by Mike Terry on July 08, 2017 at 05:15:22.
In reply to
Posted by John Bruce McCreath on July 11, 2017 at 13:45:00.
Here are my decodes over a 20 minute span during the night.
Nothing prior or post of this period.
0330 -26 0.1 1302 @ VVV WG2XXM EM
0336 -26 0.0 1302 @ VVV WG2XXM EM
0338 -24 0.2 1302 @ VVV WG2XXM EM
0340 -25 0.0 1302 @ VVV WG2XXM EM
0342 -26 0.1 1302 @ VVV WG2XXM EM
0344 -25 0.1 1302 @ VVV WG2XXM EM
0348 -25 0.1 1302 @ VVV WG2XXM EM
Posted by Ward K7PO on July 15, 2017 at 17:55:54.
Hi All,
Posted by John Davis on July 15, 2017 at 22:58:56.
In reply to XXP on 2200m posted by Ward K7PO on July 15, 2017
Posted by John Davis on July 16, 2017 at 07:39:13.
In reply to Re: XXP on 2200m posted by John Davis on July 15, 2017
0600 -24 -0.6 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0604 -28 -0.5 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0608 -26 -0.5 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0616 -26 -0.5 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0620 -22 -0.5 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0624 -22 -0.5 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0628 -28 -0.6 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0632 -32 -0.4 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0636 -25 -0.5 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0640 -31 -0.7 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0648 -27 -0.7 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0652 -26 -0.5 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0656 -25 -0.7 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
I uploaded the spots to WSPRnet, which says there are 1673 km (1037 miles) between SE Kansas and Tonopah, AZ. If you can continue transmissions up to about mid-day, Ward, I'll look for them again in the daylight before the afternoon thunderstorm activity picks up.
Posted by Ward K7PO on July 16, 2017 at 07:49:56.
In reply to Re: XXP on 2200m posted by John Davis on July 16, 2017
Posted by Mike N8OOU on July 16, 2017 at 14:28:20.
In reply to XXP on 2200m posted by Ward K7PO on July 15, 2017
170716 0752 2 -28 0.02 0.1375273 WH2XND DM33 40 0 16 0
170716 0808 1 -31 0.07 0.1375071 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 3 0
170716 0820 3 -25 0.11 0.1375273 WH2XND DM33 40 0 1 0
170716 0824 2 -26 -0.02 0.1375273 WH2XND DM33 40 0 168 0
170716 0828 2 -27 0.02 0.1375273 WH2XND DM33 40 0 16 0
Posted by John Davis on July 16, 2017 at 17:05:36.
In reply to Re: XXP on 2200m posted by Ward K7PO on July 16, 2017
1420 -28 -0.6 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1420 -18 -0.7 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1424 -30 -0.7 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1424 -20 -0.6 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1428 -21 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1432 -21 -0.6 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1436 -21 -0.5 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1440 -19 -0.7 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1444 -21 -0.7 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1448 -28 -0.8 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1448 -20 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1452 -21 -0.7 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1456 -25 -0.6 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1456 -20 -0.6 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1500 -23 -0.6 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1500 -20 -0.6 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1504 -23 -0.7 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1504 -19 -0.6 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1508 -23 -0.7 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1508 -20 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1512 -22 -0.8 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1512 -19 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1516 -22 -0.8 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1516 -17 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1520 -20 -0.8 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1520 -16 -0.7 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1524 -20 -0.7 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1524 -16 -0.7 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1528 -18 -0.8 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1528 -14 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1532 -18 -0.7 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1532 -14 -0.7 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1536 -18 -0.8 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1536 -13 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1540 -17 -0.8 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1540 -12 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1544 -16 -0.8 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1544 -12 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1548 -16 -0.8 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1548 -11 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1552 -15 -0.8 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1552 -10 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1556 -15 -0.8 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1556 -9 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1600 -16 -0.9 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1600 -9 -0.9 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
1604 -15 -0.8 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1604 -9 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
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Posted by John Davis on July 16, 2017 at 21:04:46.
In reply to Re: XXP on 2200m posted by John Davis on July 16, 2017
Posted by Ward K7PO on July 17, 2017 at 05:20:46.
In reply to Re: XXP on 2200m posted by John Davis on July 16, 2017
Ward K7PO/WH2XXP
Posted by Mike N8OOU on July 17, 2017 at 14:22:40.
In reply to Re: XXP on 2200m posted by Mike N8OOU on July 16, 2017
170717 0722 1 -30 0.07 0.1375073 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 6000 -8
170717 0754 2 -28 0.11 0.1375073 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 14 0
170717 0758 2 -29 0.07 0.1375073 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 50 0
170717 0910 1 -27 0.02 0.1375074 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 3 0
170717 0914 1 -29 0.11 0.1375073 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 2330 0
170717 0918 1 -30 0.07 0.1375073 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 1279 24
170717 0926 1 -28 0.15 0.1375073 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 199 0
170717 0958 2 -29 0.07 0.1375072 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 25 0
170717 1002 2 -26 0.07 0.1375072 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 3 0
170717 1006 2 -26 0.07 0.1375073 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 1 0
170717 1010 2 -28 0.11 0.1375073 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 103 0
170717 1014 2 -29 0.11 0.1375074 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 38 0
170717 1018 2 -29 0.11 0.1375072 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 2574 -16
170717 1030 2 -30 0.07 0.1375073 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 247 0
170717 1034 2 -27 0.15 0.1375072 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 1 0
170717 1038 2 -28 0.11 0.1375072 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 12 0
170717 1042 1 -30 0.11 0.1375073 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 298 0
170717 1046 2 -29 0.15 0.1375073 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 23 0
170717 1114 1 -29 0.07 0.1375072 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 19 0
170717 1118 1 -31 -0.02 0.1375072 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 79 0
Posted by John Bruce McCreath on July 17, 2017 at 14:47:02.
In reply to XXP on 2200m posted by Ward K7PO on July 15, 2017
Hi Ward, I'll configure and take a look/listen for you on Monday and Tuesday nights if you'll still be on.
Posted by ed holland on July 17, 2017 at 18:17:44.
Posted by John Davis on July 20, 2017 at 04:11:01.
In reply to Re: XXP on 2200m posted by Ward K7PO on July 17, 2017
1746 -29 -1.0 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1754 -29 -1.0 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
1758 -31 -0.9 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
Right about then, unfortunately, static began another increase that wiped out parts of both XXP and the PLCs intermittently, and by about 1:15 PM I couldn't see either any more.
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Posted by Ward K7PO on July 20, 2017 at 04:34:36.
In reply to Re: XXP on 2200m posted by John Davis on July 20, 2017
John,
Posted by John Davis on July 21, 2017 at 15:53:05.
In reply to Re: XXP on 2200m posted by Ward K7PO on July 20, 2017
0506 -32 -0.9 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0508 -25 -0.7 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0510 -30 -0.9 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0512 -28 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0516 -31 -0.7 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0518 -28 -0.8 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0520 -25 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0522 -26 -0.8 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0524 -23 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0526 -30 -0.7 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0528 -22 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0530 -32 -0.8 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0532 -21 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0536 -26 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0540 -28 -0.7 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0542 -30 -0.7 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0544 -24 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0546 -31 -0.7 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0548 -19 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0552 -26 -0.9 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0554 -25 -0.6 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0556 -24 -0.7 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0558 -25 -0.7 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0600 -26 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0602 -28 -0.6 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0604 -26 -0.8 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0606 -25 -0.6 0.137507 0 WH2XXP DM33 33
0608 -29 -0.9 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
0612 -24 -0.7 0.137527 0 WH2XND DM33 40
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Posted by John Davis on July 21, 2017 at 18:08:26.
In reply to Re: XXP on 2200m posted by John Davis on July 21, 2017
170721 1502 2 -33 -0.8 0.137507 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 2834 12
170721 1506 2 -33 -0.7 0.137507 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 9162 -8
170721 1510 3 -30 -0.6 0.137507 WH2XXP DM33 33 0 3458 -30
170721 1516 3 -32 -0.7 0.137527 WH2XND DM33 40 0 9925 0
The rest of the hour has been successfully uploaded to WSPRnet.org. Levels are surprisingly close for the two signals again today!
Posted by John Bruce McCreath on July 23, 2017 at 13:20:21.
Here is an hour long slice of my WSPR-2 decodes overnight July 22/23 with
our mystery/pirate station putting in quite a number of appearances:
0604 -21 -0.8 0.475715 0 WG2XXM EM15 37
0606 -29 -1.6 0.475663 -1 WI2XUF EM85 30
0606 -11 -0.8 0.475704 0 C6ABO FL05 23
0608 -21 -0.8 0.475715 0 WG2XXM EM15 37
0610 -25 -1.4 0.475663 -1 WI2XUF EM85 30
0610 -15 -0.8 0.475704 0 C6ABO FL05 23
0612 -26 -1.1 0.475677 0 WE2XGR FN43 30
0612 -24 -1.0 0.475715 0 WG2XXM EM15 37
0614 -6 -0.8 0.475704 0 C6ABO FL05 23
0618 -8 -0.8 0.475704 0 C6ABO FL05 23
0618 -18 -0.8 0.475714 0 WG2XXM EM15 37
0622 -15 -0.8 0.475704 0 C6ABO FL05 23
0624 -28 -1.4 0.475663 0 WI2XUF EM85 30
0624 -22 -0.8 0.475714 0 WG2XXM EM15 37
0626 -11 -0.9 0.475704 0 C6ABO FL05 23
0628 -24 -0.7 0.475714 0 WG2XXM EM15 37
0630 -6 -0.8 0.475704 0 C6ABO FL05 23
0634 -26 -0.9 0.475677 0 WE2XGR FN43 30
0634 -18 -0.8 0.475704 0 C6ABO FL05 23
0634 -16 -0.8 0.475715 0 WG2XXM EM15 37
0638 -14 -0.7 0.475704 0 C6ABO FL05 23
0640 -17 -0.8 0.475715 0 WG2XXM EM15 37
0642 -6 -0.8 0.475704 0 C6ABO FL05 23
0644 -23 -0.9 0.475715 0 WG2XXM EM15 37
0646 -17 -1.0 0.475677 0 WE2XGR FN43 30
0646 -12 -0.8 0.475704 0 C6ABO FL05 23
0650 -10 -0.8 0.475704 0 C6ABO FL05 23
0650 -25 -0.8 0.475714 0 WG2XXM EM15 37
0650 -26 -0.8 0.475723 0 WG2XKA FN33 30
0654 -15 -0.9 0.475677 0 WE2XGR FN43 30
0654 -12 -0.7 0.475704 0 C6ABO FL05 23
0654 -27 -0.7 0.475715 0 WG2XXM EM15 37
0658 -19 -0.8 0.475704 0 C6ABO FL05 23
0700 -23 -0.8 0.475715 0 WG2XXM EM15 37
0702 -28 -1.5 0.475663 -1 WI2XUF EM85 30
0702 -12 -0.8 0.475704 0 C6ABO FL05 23
188.830 kHz. QRSS30
EN93dr
Posted by ed holland on July 25, 2017 at 00:39:34.
Posted by Joe VO1NA on July 29, 2017 at 00:14:20.
73 Joe VO1NA
Posted by John Davis on July 29, 2017 at 00:58:41.
In reply to CW Beacon 477.7 kHz posted by Joe VO1NA on July 29, 2017
Posted by John Davis on July 29, 2017 at 18:02:27.
In reply to Re: CW Beacon 477.7 kHz posted by John Davis on July 29, 2017
Posted by John Davis on July 29, 2017 at 20:05:42.
Posted by John Davis on July 29, 2017 at 20:51:41.
1612 -20 -0.9 13.555406 0 K3SIW EN52 7
1616 -25 -1.7 13.555406 0 K3SIW EN52 7
1620 -25 -0.9 13.555406 0 K3SIW EN52 7
1624 -26 -0.9 13.555403 0 K3SIW EN52 7
1632 -28 -0.8 13.555406 0 K3SIW EN52 7
1636 -26 -1.7 13.555407 0 K3SIW EN52 7
1640 -21 -1.1 13.555407 0 K3SIW EN52 7
1644 -22 -1.0 13.555407 0 K3SIW EN52 7
1648 -28 -0.8 13.555407 0 K3SIW EN52 7
1648 -28 -0.8 13.555407 0 K3SIW EN52 7
1652 -26 -2.2 13.555407 0 K3SIW EN52 7
1656 -22 -1.1 13.555407 0 K3SIW EN52 7
1700 -21 -1.1 13.555407 0 K3SIW EN52 7
1704 -21 -0.9 13.555407 0 K3SIW EN52 7
1708 -21 -0.7 13.555407 0 K3SIW EN52 7
1712 -22 -1.6 13.555407 0 K3SIW EN52 7
1716 -24 -1.1 13.555408 0 K3SIW EN52 7
1720 -25 -1.0 13.555407 0 K3SIW EN52 7
1724 -27 -1.0 13.555407 0 K3SIW EN52 7
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Posted by Ed Holland on July 29, 2017 at 21:16:44.
Posted by Joe VO1NA on July 29, 2017 at 23:25:51.
In reply to Re: CW Beacon 477.7 kHz posted by John Davis on July 29, 2017
Posted by John Davis on July 30, 2017 at 15:56:22.
In reply to Re: CW Beacon 477.7 kHz posted by Joe VO1NA on July 29, 2017
Posted by Thomas on July 30, 2017 at 21:02:15.
Thomas
Posted by John Davis on July 31, 2017 at 00:21:51.
In reply to HiFER MTI posted by Thomas on July 30, 2017
Posted by Bill Hensel on July 31, 2017 at 15:08:57.
In reply to Re: HiFER MTI posted by John Davis on July 31, 2017