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Launched the lighthouse EbNaut

Hi Alex,

this is a strong signal, but I still cannot decode it.

73, Markus

RU9MN picked up by DL0AO in WSPR-15:

 2020-03-08 17:00     RU9MN     0.137611     -40     0     MO65pa     0.5     DL0AO-15     JN59vk     4096     288
 2020-03-08 17:30     RU9MN     0.137611     -37     0     MO65pa     0.5     DL0AO-15     JN59vk     4096     288

73, Markus

I adjust the synthesizer frequency using the DF6NM grabber

Sorry my grabber was disturbed in the afternoon. At 17:07 UT I have activated a phase colour reference for 137778.000 Hz. It looks like your carrier was advancing around 20 degrees per minute, or about 1 mHz high. It went off at 17:12 UT.

73, Markus

Carrier on 137777.992 Hz ended at 10:40 UT.

The line at 137777 at df6nm looks strange, but N1BUG and R7NT are “normal” colors.

I have injected a reference carrier into the second channel of the "TA" colour-DF grabber. Phase results from last night are here:
http://df6nm.de/grabber/LF_lastnight.htm
Both RX-LO and audio are GPS referenced. The midnight phase jump from green to blue is an artifact due to SpecLab's phase reset at my odd audio frequency (2277.014009 Hz).

The grabber will show phase again tonight, both in the TA window (22.9 mHz) and TAnarrow (424 uHz).

73, Markus

Something was also seen in df6nm

Yes, the carrier was on 137776.5 kHz exactly.

To verify the possible RU9MN detection, I rechecked the calibration of the RK2Y grabber. I had thought that the two lines "#1" and "#2" were 6.25 Hz harmonics from the nearby Bryansk Loran (or Chayka) transmitter, which are expected on 137775.00 and 137781.25 Hz. However the received transmissions from UT7GH (137777.00 Hz) and UB1APE (137779.00 Hz) show that the real Chayka frequency is the weak "LORAN" line, shown 0.22 Hz above 137775 on the display scale. The #1 and #2 lines are 0.65 Hz lower, but where do they come from?

Now I think that RK2Y is using a noise blanker to get rid of the strong local Loran pulses. The noise blanker could then be modulating the DCF39 carrier, producing sidelines on all (138830.6 +- N * 6.25) Hz frequencies. So #1 is approximately 137774.35 Hz and #2 is 137780.6 Hz. Note that the DCF39 frequency is not perfectly stable.

So we see that the RK7Y frequency scale is 0.22 Hz too high, and that RU9MN had really been on 137776.1 Hz. Unfortunately this means that the weak line received here in Nuernberg on Jan 17 was not from RU9MN.

73, Markus

> HOW TO TRANSFER EbNaut on USA?

Hi Pavel,

Jay W1VD and others know how to receive EbNaut, but I do not know if anyone is watching now. Maybe you could  announce your transmissions in the rsgb_lf_group at groups.io.

73, Markus