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Re: [IRCA] First Rockworks impression



Nick, what are you guys using for antennas for the SDR's?

73 KAZ

On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Nicholas Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hmmm, New Zealand you say.   Why, yes, one or two.   Both Tom and I
> suffered minor disasters, but I think we've recorded a few bits of DX just
> the same.
>
> I know I heard Trackside on 549 and 828 plus Sport on 693, 774 and
> 792...but not 1503; conditions really favored the bottom of the band.
> More listening to the NetSDR recordings will be required. I do like those
> NZ parallels
>
> Disasters?   Tom seemed to have been fed a Windows 10 update that made his
> Perseus mute; fortunately, there was a netbook available that had Perseus
> software on it and was still functional.  Thank you Windows 8.  So we have
> Perseus recordings through the peak of the opening.
>
> For me, battery and external battery on my laptop died in the middle of the
> opening, not long after we got Tom back into business.  Also fortunately, a
> spare laptop battery was available and was frantically installed,
> accompanied by various bad words.   I thought those batteries were all
> charged up.  Ahem.
>
> Still two more days.  Hope we have all the kinks ironed out now.
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick
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