585 Spain is one of the easiest TA's here in the upper midwest. It is useful
to // vs the weaker RNE's to dig them out of the crud. Spain, due to being a
somewhat lower latitude path can still come in during slightly AU cx,
whereas more northerly paths are gone. But let things get reasonably AU and
I can kiss Spain goodby. 855 used to be the easiest Spaniard about 10 years
ago, but it rarely has a big signal anymore and suffers from often awful
CJBC slop. 684, which is hammered by WRKO for you guys, is often quite good
here in the midwest and can be listened to in the 4 or 6 KHz bandpass on the
R8A sometimes for several minutes at a time until fades.
I did have a trace of some other audio under 585 the other day, but it
didn't last long enough to even try to tell what it was.
As always, getting TA's in the midwest involves doing the most that I can to
get QRMing stations out of the way while optimizing reception towards the NE
where most TA's come from here. Loops and other indoor antennas don't factor
into the equation in that regard. Ultralights and any receiver with less
selectivity than a Drake R8 series rx also doesn't factor into the equation.
I know that there are likely rx's with somewhat better filters than an R8A,
but unfortunately I don't have one and since I DX from the truck I need
something that I can run off a battery.
Sunday night from Grafton, I posted about how well 1206 was coming in with
the R8A and Phased BOG System. On peaks I could call it a 9 out of 10. Right
after I came in to post, I checked for it on the TRF. The old TRF is a
slightly better rx than my unmod Sony 15 buck ULR's. Icouldn't get more than
a het on the TRF..I'd call it a 4. WPHT 1210 was too strong along with some
KGYN, and when I nulled it, Chicago 1200 was a problem. Nulling Chicago
meant that WPHT and WOAI were problems. So why was it so much better using
the Phased BOG System ? Well the greater selectivity of the R8A is a big
help, but lets compare what the Phased BOG's aimed at 30 deg were getting on
1200 and 1210. 1210 was WPHT, but not super strong since it is 75 degrees
away from the center of the main beam. KGYN's country of the back end was
killed by phasing. Chicago to the south and WOAI to the SW were also killed
by phasing and what I had on 1200 was a weakish CFGO Ottawa with sports.
Thus far less QRM from 1200 and even 1210. The bearing to 1206 France is
about 55 degress and that's only 25 degrees from beam center so I still have
good reception from that direction. Similar things can be repeated all over
the band.
73 KAZ Grafton WI/Barrington IL
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 585 TA
Spain is the only station commonly heard on 585. Tunisia and anything
else are far more rare.
There are plenty of parallels you can check - 621, 639, 738, 774, 855,
936, 1098, 1107, 1152, and 1359 are among the more prominant ones.
Mark Connelly, WA1ION - Billerica, MA
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From: Craig Healy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:35 pm
Subject: 585 TA
585 is especially hot tonight, but unfortunately the quasi-local 590 in
Boston is also more splattery than usual. Does sound like Spain,
however.
11:30pm.
Craig Healy
Providence, RI
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