Which was hooked to the Drake R8B and firing 130 degrees which is 90 degrees off from a direct shot to Europe from my qth in Ga.
At sunset, 2300 Z I did a bandscan on 9 kHz splits and heard hets at 531 558 621 639 711 801 819 909 981 999 1089 1251 1269 1341 1431 1512 1521 As usual, loudest of the bunch was from Duba followed by 1089, 531 and 999. I recovered audio from Duba 1521, the clearest ever for me, a man speaking. Spain at 585 was also very clear until about 2330, and Sport Talk 1089 came in, but not as clear as the other two. The origin of 531 has me curious as I haven't been able to hear a peep of audio from it despite a loud het. RVC ends up gobbling up the het as time moves past sunset. On LW, audio from 251, 234 and 207. Unfortunately, my linguistic recognition skills are not much better than my 10 year-old Aussie's, and I can't swear to the language. My location is an old residential area with above ground electrical service and about 13 miles from the Georgia coast as the seagull flies. My indirect firing EWE trumped my longwire once again. None of the TA's audio was heard on the longwire as I toggled back and forth from the ewe, demonstrating that SN ratio is at times more important than gain. I did not have my 18' Dallas Langford inspired Quiet Vertical online last night. While ionospheric condx were gangbusters for me, near Earth activity was somewhat noisy as I could hear the QRN crackle and pop of regional lightning strikes. 73 Gil Savannah GA Drake R8B, 18'x40'x18" EWE, 130 degrees 150' long wire, up 55'. _______________________________________________ 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]
