Festival of Frequency Measurement 1 October 2019

Festival of Frequency Measurement 1 October 2019 Ed Milcarsky<br> KG4ARN<br> N 29:05:10.72 W 80:59:59.55<br> Port Orange, Florida WWV Centennial Start Time: UTC 20:41 30SEP2019<br> Stop Time: UTC 00:08 02OCT2019<br> 5MHz WWV beacon antenna: loaded vertical dipole, tuned for 7MHz, center at +25 feet<br> Receiver ICOM IC-7300<br> frequency reference: LUCENT RFTG-u GPSDO (equivalent to HP/Symetricon Z3810AS) Measurement technique: antenna signal combined with 4999KHz reference signal in a 6dB hybrid combiner. <br> Receiver set to AM detection mode, 5000KHz. <br> Audio processed by SIGNALINK USB sound card to FLDIGI i5 processor, Windows 10 notes: It appears that signal strength between UTC 1400 and 2230 was too weak and data from FLDIGI is invalid during that time span.