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Anonymous

Thanks for doing the art experiment, I was able to only copy the 6.9 Mhz transmission, the audio level was way down - like the transmitter was way under modulated, but the sstv picture came through decently. I see from your web site that one thing that might have helped me greatly was that the harp antenna was aimed at Washington DC and I'm up in Silver Spring only a couple of miles North. One additional problem here was I'm using a rain gutter for an antenna and that results in very high noise levels in the receiver, S9 at 6.9 Mhz, much worse lower in frequency. I followed along with the you tube streaming when I could not copy. Eager to try again, especially if I get a better antenna or you aim the antenna at DC again!

Date: 3/26/2019
Time: 10:50 pm EDT
Freq: 6.9 Mhz
Mode: AM - Some weak audio followed by fairly strong sstv signal.
Receiver: Yaesu FT-897
SSTV software decoder: QSSTV
QTH: Silver Spring, MD.
Signal strength: S3 for the voice, S9+ for the SSTV.

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Maryland, United States
	Date	Movement	Media
Expand	2019-03-27	IX. Spy Cameras from the Sky and a Mystery Box in the Woods	Audio	Time 02:50:00 Frequency (MHZ) 6.9 Antenna 160/80/60 meter fan dipole configured in an inverted V, with each set of elements on a different bearing Receiver Yaesu FT-897 Note Thanks for doing the art experiment, I was able to only copy the 6.9 Mhz transmission, the audio level was way down - like the transmitter was way under modulated, but the sstv picture came through decently. I see from your web site that one thing that might have helped me greatly was that the harp antenna was aimed at Washington DC and I'm up in Silver Spring only a couple of miles North. One additional problem here was I'm using a rain gutter for an antenna and that results in very high noise levels in the receiver, S9 at 6.9 Mhz, much worse lower in frequency. I followed along with the you tube streaming when I could not copy. Eager to try again, especially if I get a better antenna or you aim the antenna at DC again! Date: 3/26/2019 Time: 10:50 pm EDT Freq: 6.9 Mhz Mode: AM - Some weak audio followed by fairly strong sstv signal. Receiver: Yaesu FT-897 SSTV software decoder: QSSTV QTH: Silver Spring, MD. Signal strength: S3 for the voice, S9+ for the SSTV.