[Whitham Reeve]

Delayed response due to receiver system and spectra recorder at the remote Cohoe Radio Observatory in Alaska. Finally was able to retrieve the recordings on 9 July.

Reception was very weak due to over-the-North Pole and Greenland route of almost 7000 km. Signals were too weak to copy the CW (with 150 Hz filter) but were clearly visible in the spectra recorded by an SDRPlay SDRduo receiver,SDRuno software and 1.2 m diagonal square loop antenna.

I noted that the frequency was a little low – the spectra indicated 17.182 kHz most of the time with some drift. Some of the frequency error may be due to the receiver (I believe < 2 or 3 Hz). I did not see the frequency ever drift up to 17.200 kHz except occasionally rapid sweeps lasting a second or two.

Working now to narrow the receiver CW filter and will listen again to see if the audio can be decoded.

[Whitham Reeve]

Hello – I am very interested in the audio decoding program. I receive SAQ transmissions in Alaska and they are very weak, and my CW skills are pretty small. Please contact me at whitreeve@gmail.com. Thanks!

[Whitham Reeve]

Here is a much more detailed report on the reception of SAQ Christmas Eve transmissions on 24 December 2019 at Cohoe Radio observatory in Alaska USA:

http://www.reeve.com/Documents/Articles%20Papers/Reeve_SAQ-24Dec2019.pdf

Happy 2020 and looking forward to future SAQ transmissions!

Whit

[Whitham Reeve]

Dear Fredrik – Thanks very much for the update! Looking forward to receiving the card.

By the way, I wrote a brief report about my reception on 30 June 2019: http://www.reeve.com/Documents/Articles%20Papers/Reeve_SAQ-Jun2019.pdf

And, I also wrote about my reception on 1 July 2018: http://www.reeve.com/Documents/Articles%20Papers/Reeve_SAQ-Jul2018.pdf

Best regards,

Whit

[Whitham Reeve]

I received both transmissions on 30 June 2019 at Cohoe, Alaska USA and filed the online reception report.

Will QSL cards acknowledging the reception be mailed out like last year?

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