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Hello 28MHz a bit recovered

listening  3512kHz  for ZK2C  nothing heard this morning
Might have been the last chance  this  FB expedition  ends 17-2-2012
Bad luck all the earth magnetic disturbances   since the good 80M copy of VP6T  it has not got good again.

heard very clear 539/549 signal  ZL3NB  working G's  at 3505
 RX loop direction  S-W  long path
On the TX antenna hardly detected in the noise

WSPR 28 this morning

2012-02-16 10:04  PA0O  28.126166  -17  0  JO33hg  1  VK3XPT  QF22nd  16426  78


2012-02-16 09:12  PA0O  28.126178  -1  0  JO33hg  1  A45WT  LL93  5462  106 
 2012-02-16 09:24  PA0O  28.126176  -20  0  JO33hg  1  UA9XSS  LP63tn  2885  48 
 2012-02-16 08:18  UA9XSS  28.126085  -25  2  LP63tn  10  PA0O  JO33hg  2885  269 

Some improvements to the 70MHz   BLF177  done  now  "easy 150 out in the dummy load"
Had to replace  the middle LP coil section with a longer one  that helped a lot.
The unwanted feedback at 28MHz seems to be fixed also.
Also the used brown 500V silver mica Sprague  C  have some loss at these frequency   replaced one by
an ARCO 462


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