[600MRG] goofy band tonight

[pat Bunn]

Working in the shop tonight with the receiver on and could hear /31 very 
loud along with a louder QRSS signal booming in. May have been QRSS3 but 
may have been more like QRSS10. I should have paid more attention. 
Didn't tune around.

Also just saw that I  bought a Hafler Trans Nova 9505 power amp at the 
minimum price on the auction site. If it turns out to be as listed, my 
search for  linear amp for 600 meters and lower is now complete.

Also was playing with WSPR 2.1 using the quadrature output running into 
my phasing exciter. Can't get the opposite sideband below about -24dB.  
Not getting a sharp adjustment that I have seen in the past. May be that 
my LO signal is not in quadrature - so back to measuring.

Pat
WG2XCT



On 11/13/2013 10:00 PM, John Langridge wrote:
> It almost kinda feels like the band is getting a late start, which I would not expect getting dark earlier.. or maybe I am expecting too much from it getting dark earlier, I dont know.
>
> Starting out tonight, Pat /6 had an odd quality to his signal, almost fluttery.  I had to run down to listen to a local NDB to make sure I was not having an RX problem.  I do not believe that this was a technical problem on pat's end or here.  It was atmospherics related for sure.
>
> Rudy /20 was being heard by the very exclusive group surrounding me(KF5JIA and K5DNL in OK and NR5O in AZ), except for me.  There were a few wispy traces early on but nothing in a while and no decode either way.
>
> Finally, XJM Eric, who was being reported by others early on but NIL here suddenly jumped out of the noise audibly and we were hearing each other.  I don't know if he had been off air for a bit or bumped the power up but it was like someone flipped a switch...
>
> I am not hearing /12 tonight at all...
>
> 73,
>
> John XIQ
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