WFNI 1070 Indy is strong tonight with CHOK on 1070. WTIC IBOC has been reported
off tonight.
Most cool - 900 WATK in Antigo WI, briefly overpowering CHML at 2003 EDT. A new
catch here, and only 250 watts on its day pattern. I'm presuming this was prior
to their local sunset, as it was bright here an hour earlier as I finished
setting up a temporary wire more or less due west.
I've never had a BOG out that direction becaudse I'm on the east shoreline of
Four Mile Lake. Even though my east wires have been unterminated, I have long
suspected they favor east versus west. This was an experiment to see if west
will somehow favour east. So far, it's a mixed bag, but in tghe hour following
local sunset I did well to IL and WI and now Winnipeg is stronger than Montreal
on 990, and Yorkton SA is dominant on 940 - for examples.
I'm here at Burnt River (ON) until Thursday morning. This will probably be the
only time I get the wire out there until next winter, as the ice is beginning
to look unsafe. I skied out on cross country skis, to spread out my weight, and
I estimate at least a foot of ice in most places. The problem is this is in
most places. Already some holes are appearing, and there's a lot of black spots
with candle ice. I'd estimate the lake could be three weeks ahead of the norm
for breaking up - break-up is usually the first or second week of April. I
haven't put outr the wire previously in winter becxause of snowmobiles. But
I've noticed very little traffic that way this winter on weekdays, and I can't
imagine many on the lake at this stage of the season, lot of water patches atop
the ice. I'll see how this fares, reception-wise, and if it's worthwhile I'll
try this again when the lake freezes over next season - usually by late
December to early January. I'll probably do some terminati!
ons to the BOGs east of me as well when I install new ones before the spring
growth arrives (I lay it right on the ground and raise the end up a foot or so
tied to a tree).
Saul Chernos
Burnt River ON
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