Topband: K7RAT/B signals at W2RU

[W2RU - Bud Hippisley]

I listened to the K7RAT beacons from 0945 - 1015 Z this morning, more  
or less covering my sunrise in FN23nr in upstate NY.

After adjusting the attenuator for the difference in total gain in my  
antenna system between the two frequencies, I could not identify any  
consistent or sustained difference in readability between the two  
frequencies.  In particular, I didn't see any shift from one beacon to  
the other as sunrise progressed here.   And beacon signals on both  
frequencies faded to "unusable" simultaneously at the end of my  
listening period.

RX antenna here was my 90-foot top-loaded Rohn tower w/24 radials on  
the ground, picking up Tree's signals from across perhaps 3/4-mile of  
freshwater lake with some Adirondack foothills on the far side.   
Receiver was a TS-950SDX.  I'd estimate I have about 8 dB RX antenna  
gain difference between 1800 and 2000.

Bud, W2RU