Topband: S9LA

Pete Smith n4zr@contesting.com
Sun, 10 Feb 2002 08:04:15 -0500


At 09:53 AM 2/10/02 +0100, Rag wrote:
>The reason why we have not been able to work S9LA on 160 appears to be
>interference problem from the Voice of America  QRO relay on the island.
>LA6FJA told me that they had splatter and spurious signals practically
ruining
>reception on 160 and to less extent on 80.
>
>Lesson :  Whoever goes to S9 for 160 next time must bring some effective
>rejection filters !!

I'm not even sure that would work -- I think that station is half a
megawatt on MW.  At that power level, every rusty tin roof on the island is
a harmonic generator/mixer, and the resulting signals are in-band, where
filtering won't work.

73, Pete N4ZR

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