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Relay Station 6880 AM 1336 UTC 6 June 2018
« on: June 06, 2018, 1339 UTC »
Not very strong on the different east coast web sdrs that I frequent during the day. Still enjoying the oldies, though. Thanks.
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Re: Relay Station 6880 AM 1336 UTC 6 June 2018
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2018, 1522 UTC »
Quote from: Tuco on June 06, 2018, 1339 UTC
Not very strong on the different east coast web sdrs that I frequent during the day. Still enjoying the oldies, though. Thanks.
considering the TX is operating just under 1 watt, i am surprised any online SDR's are receiving the broadcast at all especially during the daytime.
is there anything interesting you have found around the bands today i can monitor from my end ?
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Re: Relay Station 6880 AM 1336 UTC 6 June 2018
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2018, 2043 UTC »
2043 Some traces of audio now and then this afternoon, just a weak carrier now... oops even that faded out.
2114 Back again, mostly an SIO 333.
« Last Edit: June 06, 2018, 2114 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: Relay Station 6880 AM 1336 UTC 6 June 2018
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2018, 2129 UTC »
2125 UTC "Caravan"-Esther Bertram (S5 peaks with light fading)
2127 UTC OM and YL chatting
2131 UTC "Caravan"-Mills Brothers (Interesting a capella version!)
2134 UTC YL with ID as 98.1 FM...WKZE?...., into "Caravan"-Nick Heyward
2152 UTC Relay of "Gunsmoke"!
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2342 UTC Still have a fair to good signal here with "Bad Girl"-ZZ Top
2345 UTC "Milk Cow Blues"-Breakaways
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0014 UTC "Winterwind"-Cosmic Dealer (S6 and above the noise floor)
« Last Edit: June 07, 2018, 0018 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: Relay Station 6880 AM 1336 UTC 6 June 2018
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2018, 2259 UTC »
Fair reception

2258z Unid music
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Re: Relay Station 6880 AM 1336 UTC 6 June 2018
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2018, 2342 UTC »
2335 Music just above noise.
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Re: Relay Station 6880 AM 1336 UTC 6 June 2018
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2018, 0001 UTC »
as of 2200z, the power has been reduced from 1 watt to 500mW.
congrats on the very low QRP catches gentlemen ;)
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Re: Relay Station 6880 AM 1336 UTC 6 June 2018
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2018, 0219 UTC »
@218 I heard Rikki don't lose that number and that was it ,
Is it still on?
304 The Yardleys/ the light won't shine  according to shazam
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Re: Relay Station 6880 AM 1336 UTC 6 June 2018
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2018, 1309 UTC »
Noted around 0120 with an SIO 222 to 333 on peaks.

Checking back earlier, SIO 333 around 2210, very good for just 500 mW !

Also quite good at 2243 with an S9!! signal briefly.

Only a weak carrier now at 1303 UTC.

Actually you are fading in now at 1315 UTC. SIO 222.
« Last Edit: June 07, 2018, 1316 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: Relay Station 6880 AM 1336 UTC 6 June 2018
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2018, 1527 UTC »
thanks guys !
ive been asked to reduce the power level further to 100mW which i will do as soon as i get some work done ;)
i will update this post when the TX is at 100mW (its not easy to get it that low).
at 1615z, i will bring up the power to just under 1KW for about a minute as short test.
1617z - now back to 500mW - that was a very interesting test to say the least, it seems i heard some audio distortion during the test, ill have to investigate this some other time though it may have been the online SDR i was monitoring myself on since the S meter on it was "pegged".
edit 1 - located and corrected the source of the distortion, it was in the audio chain.
edit 2 - i believe the power level to be well below 500mW, somewhere between 100mW and 300mW.
« Last Edit: June 07, 2018, 1809 UTC by TheRelayStation »
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Re: Relay Station 6880 AM 1336 UTC 6 June 2018
« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2018, 1615 UTC »
1615 Aha, 1 kW. That explains why the signal just shot up.  :)

1625 Just barely audible, but I can hear music.
« Last Edit: June 07, 2018, 1625 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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