Very nice opening to start off the DX season here at my new QTH. Worked a
handful of Northern Europeans with good signals. Seemed like most of the
West Coast was working them - although maybe not down South.
Still only at 11 radials - but it felt like the system was working FB last
night.
The Hi-Z RX array really is working well too at its new home. SM5EDX could
not be copied unless it was pointing North.
Found three noise sources - one was my switching power supply that I hooked
up while sitting right next to my radio and bandscope. Not a good idea!!
Another one is a uv water purifier system that is located in the middle of
the RX array. It generates a small noise over a 5 kHz spread. Hoping to
fix it with some ferrite and shielding.
Great sign that conditions might be good for the PreStew which starts
tomorrow.
73 Tree N6TR
Manning, OR
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