At 01:18 PM 6/23/2008, you wrote: >Listening between 1125 and 1230UT, today, and except for a carrier on 1566, it >all seemed DU, even during the earlier period, when I was hoping for more >Asian signals. > >As Steve observed, it was "better" today (also predicted by the wise man of >Orcas Island..."when those in Victoria go to work, DX conditions will >improve", so I took one of my few vacation days for this summer to observe >this first hand). > > > >pretty darn good audio (at least briefly): none > >reasonable audios (though often battling w/splash): 1116 at 1143UT, just >about the same time Steve heard them peaking. > >not so reasonable audio, occasional words in splash or noise: 612 at 1219UT >(this was a late peak, not noted earlier), 774 at 1202 UT > >Burbles in the splatter and noise: 567 at 1146UT and other times later, 702 >at 1139UT, 738 (at 1120UT, seemed Aussie, though the big carrier usually >dominant was from Tahiti per the loop) 756 at 1150UT, seemed //567, 765 > >Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 639, >819, 1008, 1098, 1377, 1503 > > > >best wishes, > >Nick > My observations are courtesy of Perseus SDR between 11:45 and 12:15:
I was about to check Nick's 1116, but realized that I had inadvertently set Perseus with a center frequency of 530 rather than 930, so I can't go any higher than 930 for this morning's logging....darn! 612 was there before 12:00 with music. Much better at 12:01 with English news (ABC). ABC ID at 12:09:55 at even better level. ID I think at 12:10:15. Nick is correct about the enhancement after 12:00. 774 audio in at 11:50 only. I then lost it until 12:02 as Nick mentions. Still a struggle. DU, though. Gone quickly after with a barely there fade up at 12:13 or so. 567 there at 11:45 with weak audio. EZL music at 11:49 at a 7 level. Same modern (American sounding) music at 11:55. Playing around with the notch, I found it effective to a degree to knock out some of the splatter from 570. Unable to hear an ID at 12:00, though. Faded down for a bit, and then reappeared weakly around 12:10. Much better at 12:13 with oldies (a male vocal). Wonder who this would be? 702 nice audio at 11:52 (well kind of nice....a better 7 than anything else I've heard up to now, but certainly not armchair! Started to drop again way down at 11:55. Nothing at 12:00. Finally recovered again at 12:12, but only to a 6 level. 738 showed a nice spike at 11:45, but no obvious modulation....I think this is most likely Tahiti, since they always have poor modulation despite a nice carrier. Nothing further developed. 756 had almost audio a few times, but nothing developed. Nothing but a het on 765. 639 had definite weak audio from 11:45 tune-in, and possibly more than one station there. Of course, Fiji is what's normally heard here. At 11:54 hearing nice Islands type music, so I'm assuming this is Fiji. Guitar in any case. 819 again immediate audio (seemingly piano EZL music) at 11:45 with lots of 820 splatter. Never amounted to anything more. ?NZ perhaps. That's it for my review of the lower half of the spectrum. Perseus is sure a lot of fun! ...........Walt. _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
