Hi Walt, Thanks for the detailed band scan from Victoria this morning using your new antennas, and it's great to see your TP-DXing report again! The Asian conditions this morning were best described as low average here, so you should have some better Victoria TP-DX available when propagation picks up. In comparison to last year the new TP season does seem to be a little less exciting, with the exceptional days pretty rare so far. There have been some new TP loggings here, but mostly ones that I should have had already (549-Mayak, 612- JOLK, 729-JOCK, etc.). Once in a while a new station like 657-Henan will fade in with a huge signal, but that's kind of rare. Compared to last October the TA signals have been almost nil so far, in this modest western Washington inland location. 73, Gary In a message dated 10/7/2010 9:59:54 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Finally had a chance to listen this morning from 13:45 to 14:23 UTC. Yesterday afternoon was a beautiful day, with summer like weather here in Victoria. I used a couple of hours to finally erect a couple of antennae: A 26' x 33' or so 285 degree corner fed loop (nothing like my old place that had 50' trees, but still, it's not too bad). This azimuth cuts more or less just off shore of the east coast of Asia/Indonesia. On top of that, I also erected a fairly small diameter (perhaps 30' circumference) ALA 100 loop aimed about 20/200 towards Europe (and NZ to a lesser extent). There's still space to erect a larger corner fed loop 18 degrees which would be very nice towards Europe (and AK to a lesser extent), but this would take a bit more work. The dimensions could be around 26' x 40' or so. Alternatively, I could also simply use this larger loop to feed the ALA for better gain. Overall, I'm fairly pleased with my new set-up, 1/2 block to the ocean (Straits of Juan de Fuca) which faces north west. I have nothing to compare with, but for a first start, I wasn't too unhappy. I suspect conditions were about average for this time of the year. Noted that the SF was 74, A6, and K2. Here are my brief notes. I'll continue to use my (originally derived by John Bryant) 10 point scale, with a "6" = just audible (like Nick's burbles in the splatter), 7= just able to id language, 8= fairly OK reception, 9= excellent reception, and 10= armchair local quality copy. 279: 8.5 558: HLQH presumed at 7 567: JJ, // to 594 at 7 576: 7 level, possibly RR 594: JOAK at 9 level 603: 7 level 639: 7 level, pretty sure it was NHK1 666: 6 level 670: KDLG Dillingham at 9 level 675: 6 level 747: JOUB at 8.5 level 756: 6 level 774: 9 level JOIB, with cochannel Australian (latter heard on the ALA) 828: 8.5 level JJ 846, 864, 918, 954: all 6 level 963: CRI RR at 7 level 972: HLCA KK at 7 level 1008, 1017, 1026: all 6 level 1098: strong OC 1116: 4BC at 7 level at 14:07 1143: 7 level 1278: 6 level 1287: 8 level JJ 1314, 1377, 1386, 1548, 1566: all 6 level only X-band: pretty dead save for weak carriers on 1701. That's it from Victoria, BC. Good DX to all! ...........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] _______________________________________________ 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]
