[Lf] LF: SAQ 2nd July]

[Andre' Kesteloot]

James Moritz wrote:

> Dear LF Group,
>         I was very pleased to hear SAQ on 17.2kHz again today, with
> their 75th anniversary message. In spite of the higher QRN level
> compared to the new year event, I had perfect 599 copy of the
> signal.The scheduled 0830 utc message apparently did not go out,
> although I did hear a carrier for a few seconds around 0825. I
> heard them start to tune up again around 1140, and the 1230
> broadcast went ahead as planned. Later, I was able to work SA6Q
> on 14MHz, where copy was much more difficult than on 17.2kHz!
>
> For the new year broadcast I just used my LF antenna in an un-
> tuned condition, but for this occasion I tried two new antennas,
> both of which worked much better, and something similar could be
> of interest for those experimenting on 9kHz - one was a 3m tuned
> whip, the other a ferrite rod made from 16 scrap 'U' cores glued
> together to make a piece of ferrite 32mm x 36mm x 480mm. Both
> antennas were used with a JFET preamp, and were easily able to
> hear down to the atmospheric noise level. If anyone would like
> details, let me know.
>
> I also heard the signal just above 18kHz - could this be the Indian
> Navy VTX3 station again? This sometimes sends plain CW too.
>
> Cheers, Jim Moritz
> 73 de M0BMU