Maddening, isn't it? I've occasionally had locally (or area)-generated spurs sitting EXACTLY on a 9-kHz split frequency, but often looping in nonsensical directions for the time of day, propagation paths, etc. After being dumbfounded, I finally say, "Aw, no WAY that's a trans-oceanic signal!!" We get really decent hets from the "real thing(s)" seldom enough here in the dead center of the continent as it is. Randy Stewart Battlefield MO
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Glenn Hauser Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 9:49 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America; Walter Salmaniw Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] 594 India into central USA? We may now relax --- I monitored 594 continuously from 1130 UT today, and found a very steady signal which continued past 1430 UT ---- 2.5 hours after sunrise, so never mind Kolkata (unless it`s groundwave, ha ha). Amazing coincidence that *something else* would be putting a signal on its exact split frequency from its direxion. Not inside my household, at least. Possibly spur from my local 960 KGWA which is about the same angle from here. I will be driving around to confirm that or not. Full report to follow. 73, Glenn -------------------------------------------- On Wed, 8/31/16, Walter Salmaniw <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: [IRCA] 594 India into central USA? To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Cc: "Glenn Hauser" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2016, 6:39 AM Isn't that the beauty of DXing? One just never knows! One day it's one channel, and on the next, something completely different. This brings me back to November 3 years ago in PEI, when 1566 AIR was just booming in for several hours. Yep, armchair copy at 3:00 in the afternoon. Anything is possible! 73,...Walt On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 6:02 AM, Nick Hall-Patch <[email protected]> wrote: The end of August can be a strange and interesting time for transpolar signals. There were TA carriers in western Canada a couple of nights ago after quite a short period of quiet conditions. Unfortunately, the 29th was the one morning my SDR recordings failed, but the signal strength monitor recording looked lively, and this morning (30th) showed the first signs of mainland China this season as geomagnetic conditions worsened. At 1320UT when we had our grayline to India, JOAK ruled the roost, no argument. There were two other carriers as well as JOAK however....0.4 and 0.6 lower, 0.9 and 1.9Hz higher, plus a couple of others, and some got within 10dB or so of JOAK (briefly). So, I won't join the naysayers on this. I would encourage other DXers in the central part of the continent to hunt for this at that time, though likely it will have to wait until the current geomagnetic upset works itself out. Once we're right into the thick of the season, I suspect chances will become slimmer, as arctic conditions become more "normal". best wishes, Nick UNIDENTIFIED. Re trans-Pacific MW carrier search: ``at 1146 UT Aug 29, something on 594 seems to peak N/S --- that can`t be right. Those were on the DX-398`` Now it dawns on me this could well be the megawatt in Chinsurah, INDIA: ``Akashvani Maitree channel on 594 kHz beamed to Bangladesh`` Grayline would work as sunset in Kolkata is about 1225 UT, and sunrise here 1202 UT. Make that trans-polar! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) _______________________________________________ Register now for the Joint DX Convention in Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Now accepting preorders for the 37th edition of the AM Radio Log! Info: http://www.nrcdxas.org _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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]
