I've had more of a look at the SDR files for this morning's Asian opening. My tuned loop has some broadband coverage, especially when operating at the high end of the BCB, but I was optimized for ~1550 kHz, so the actual conditions below ~1400 were better than implied by my recordings. I have local graveyarders within 2 miles at 1450 and 1490, so I'm being fairly conservative when talking about carriers because I do sometimes get spurs, plus other possible QRM from being indoors. The second of two SDR files ran from 1415-1438UT and had the best action. The only audio worth listening to was from 1566 HLAZ. There was a nice overall peak ~10 minutes before the 1434UT sunrise and considerable fading after that.
1242 good carrier at times 1287 maybe brief audio at 1422UT 1314 good carrier around 1424UT 1332 weak carrier 1404 possible very weak carrier 1422 strong carrier at times, maybe audio at 1427UT (weak audio in first file) 1467 possible carrier at times 1503 possible weak carrier 1557 possible audio around 1427UT 1566 frequent audio; music at 1428UT 1575 weak carrier at times, but a lot of splatter from The Mouse 1584 possible carrier at times, but splatter again 1593 weak audio at least around 1425UT Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ [email protected] http://azswdxing.wordpress.com/ On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 7:51 AM, Brian Rachford <[email protected]> wrote: > Had audio on 1566, 1593, and probably 1557 with my 6-foot tuned loop (the > 23-foot vertical and phaser weren't helping). May have had a carrier on > 1242. Enough going on that I will need to check the I/Q recording. (I > rarely do I/Q recordings in the first place with the relatively narrow > bandwidth of my tuned system.) Nothing on the low end like 747 or 774 the > times I checked. Ended pretty much right at local sunset at 1434 UT. > > Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ > [email protected] > http://azswdxing.wordpress.com/ > _______________________________________________ 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]
