I should also add whenever the english was on at 1400UTC and arabic would come on at 1500, I cant say I ever noticed a carrier drop to change beam azimuth, but that doesnt mean it didn't happen, I could've missed it.
On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 4:21 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < [email protected]> wrote: > Today, when checking Oman at about 1530UTC it was in Arabic.. which is how > it had been until about 40 days ago when they switch the english hour from > 1400-1500 to 1500-1600.. I am fairly certain this was done for the 7pm-8pm > live broadcast on 90.4 Oman FM from Salahlah Festival down along the coast, > about 9 hours from Muscat, as 7 to 8pm Muscat time is 15-16UTC. > > The Salahlah Festival was over on Saturday August 26th and they did their > last live broadcast from there Sunday august 27th. > > I did not however check the 1400UTC hour of Oman 15140khz via Utwente, but > if I were a betting man, my edjumikated guess is that the english hour on > 15140khz will revert back to the 1400-1500UTC time slot. > ' > There are 3 entries in HFCC A17 for 15140khz from Thumrait, Oman > > 1400-1500UTC English @ 315 degrees which would be the Middle East and > Western Europe > 1400-2200UTC English @ 220 degrees which would look to be Eastern Africa > 1500-2200UTC Arabic @ 315 degrees which would be the same as the lone > english hour. > > Data gleamed from here: > http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A17&broadc=RSO > http://www.itu.int/net/ITU-R/terrestrial/broadcast/images/broad-ciraf2.gif > > Whenever they were on English all day, as has happened a few times, the > signal I got from them in Pennsylvania was so strong in the mid to late > afternoon after AIR and Cuba signed off, it would suggest they were on the > 315 degree beam and not the 220 degree beam. The long path at 315 degrees > is much closer to me then the 220 degree beam and I think even if the 220 > degree beam kept heading south and came over the poles, it would possibly > maybe reach me but nowhree near as strong as what I'm getting > > Here is a screen shot of the 15140 beams and long paths for 315 degrees > and 220 degrees, courtesy of Stephen Cooper's shortwave.am site:(click > the imgur.com link to load the image in a new page) > > http://imgur.com/a/mdNBh > > Yes, I have a lot of free time lately, and I am monitoring the same few > stations but it keeps my mind busy and active.Plus, I also like some good > radio/rf detective work > > Paul Walker > _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
