1st AMRAD LF BEACON QSL

[Andre' Kesteloot]

Bill Farmer wrote:

> HELLO ANDRE'
>
> RECEIVED YOUR CW BEACON ON 2 MAY 1999, AT 0615 EST, ON 136.75 kHz
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> WITH A 12 dB S:N.  COPIED "VVV VVV VVVV DE WA2XTF/4 QSL N4ICK AT
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> AMRAD.ORG AR"  FOLLOWED BY TWO 5-SECOND PERIODS OF CARRIER ONLY.
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> ADDITIONALLY, A WEAK FSK SIGNAL WITH AN 80 HZ SHIFT COULD ALSO BE
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> HEARD 250 HZ HIGHER IN FREQUENCY, CENTERED ON 137.0 KHZ.
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> RECEIVING EQUIPMENT:  THREE-BAND (80-40-30) INVERTED VEE ANTENNA
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> AT 30 FEET WITH TRANSFORMER COUPLING INTO A SHACK MOUNTED PREAMP
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> AND NRD-535D RECEIVER IN THE CW MODE USING THE 1 kHz IF FILTER.
>
> THE SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO WAS MEASURED USING A 66 MHz 486PC WITH
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> A TAHITI SOUNDCARD RUNNING SPECTRA-PLUS (VER 3.0) DSP SOFTWARE.
>
> BILL FARMEWR  W3CSW
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