Good morning, The 1296 beacon is arriving here somewhat weakly. It is Q3-Q4 copy on my K2 IF radio used with the DEMI transverter. It showed 8-10 dB out of the noise on my SDR-14 receiver and wasn’t quite as readable as it was on the K2. As of this time it has faded from copy strength, but I still see the signal on the SDR. This is more typical. Most of the time I hear it, it is about this strength. When the band is enhanced, it roars in here at S-9 and shows 25 dB above the noise or more. My grid finder program shows the path length to be 121 miles. 73, Dave, K4TO

Dave... Thanks for the report. It would be interesting to have signal strength readings at hourly intervals to learn how the path varies over time and from day to day. I'm not asking you to do this; I just think it would be interesting data. From Tom Holmes, N8ZM > On Oct 25, 2016, at 11:14 AM, Dave Sublette via mvus-list <mvus-list@febo.com> wrote: > > Good morning, > > The 1296 beacon is arriving here somewhat weakly. It is Q3-Q4 copy on my K2 IF radio used with the DEMI transverter. It showed 8-10 dB out of the noise on my SDR-14 receiver and wasn’t quite as readable as it was on the K2. As of this time it has faded from copy strength, but I still see the signal on the SDR. > > This is more typical. Most of the time I hear it, it is about this strength. When the band is enhanced, it roars in here at S-9 and shows 25 dB above the noise or more. > > My grid finder program shows the path length to be 121 miles. > > 73, > > Dave, K4TO > _______________________________________________ > mvus-list mailing list > mvus-list@febo.com > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list

I agree Tom, Most of the time, I think the signal starts strong and tapers off as the day goes on. But there have been times when it goes the other way. I have also had it go from nothing to popping up to a strong signal and vice versa. No doubt about it, propagation is an endlessly fascinating phenomenon. 73, Dave > On Oct 25, 2016, at 2:14 PM, Tommy Phone <tholmes@woh.rr.com> wrote: > > Dave... > Thanks for the report. It would be interesting to have signal strength readings at hourly intervals to learn how the path varies over time and from day to day. I'm not asking you to do this; I just think it would be interesting data. > > From Tom Holmes, N8ZM > >> On Oct 25, 2016, at 11:14 AM, Dave Sublette via mvus-list <mvus-list@febo.com> wrote: >> >> Good morning, >> >> The 1296 beacon is arriving here somewhat weakly. It is Q3-Q4 copy on my K2 IF radio used with the DEMI transverter. It showed 8-10 dB out of the noise on my SDR-14 receiver and wasn’t quite as readable as it was on the K2. As of this time it has faded from copy strength, but I still see the signal on the SDR. >> >> This is more typical. Most of the time I hear it, it is about this strength. When the band is enhanced, it roars in here at S-9 and shows 25 dB above the noise or more. >> >> My grid finder program shows the path length to be 121 miles. >> >> 73, >> >> Dave, K4TO >> _______________________________________________ >> mvus-list mailing list >> mvus-list@febo.com >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list >

Dave... There is some discussion planned for this Friday's MVUS meeting about setting up a beacon monitoring network, so more to come on that subject. From Tom Holmes, N8ZM > On Oct 25, 2016, at 2:19 PM, Dave Sublette <k4to@arrl.net> wrote: > > I agree Tom, > > Most of the time, I think the signal starts strong and tapers off as the day goes on. But there have been times when it goes the other way. I have also had it go from nothing to popping up to a strong signal and vice versa. No doubt about it, propagation is an endlessly fascinating phenomenon. > > 73, > > Dave >> On Oct 25, 2016, at 2:14 PM, Tommy Phone <tholmes@woh.rr.com> wrote: >> >> Dave... >> Thanks for the report. It would be interesting to have signal strength readings at hourly intervals to learn how the path varies over time and from day to day. I'm not asking you to do this; I just think it would be interesting data. >> >> From Tom Holmes, N8ZM >> >>> On Oct 25, 2016, at 11:14 AM, Dave Sublette via mvus-list <mvus-list@febo.com> wrote: >>> >>> Good morning, >>> >>> The 1296 beacon is arriving here somewhat weakly. It is Q3-Q4 copy on my K2 IF radio used with the DEMI transverter. It showed 8-10 dB out of the noise on my SDR-14 receiver and wasn’t quite as readable as it was on the K2. As of this time it has faded from copy strength, but I still see the signal on the SDR. >>> >>> This is more typical. Most of the time I hear it, it is about this strength. When the band is enhanced, it roars in here at S-9 and shows 25 dB above the noise or more. >>> >>> My grid finder program shows the path length to be 121 miles. >>> >>> 73, >>> >>> Dave, K4TO >>> _______________________________________________ >>> mvus-list mailing list >>> mvus-list@febo.com >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list >> >