Hi Neil,
<<< What time does 846 s/off usually? Same as 1440 I'd assume, which means no sunrise enhancement here in the Midwest for me til summer. 73 KAZ >>> 846 is parallel to 1440, although with a 19-second programming delay. Currently it also signs off around 1006 UTC along with 1440, which is a half hour later than the sign off time that 1440-Kiribati was using in April (which was 0936 UTC). Gary > On December 26, 2017 at 9:48 AM Neil Kazaross <[email protected]> wrote: > > What time does 846 s/off usually? Same as 1440 I'd assume, which means no > sunrise enhancement here in the Midwest for me til summer. 73 KAZ > > On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 5:33 AM, Gary DeBock <[email protected] > mailto:[email protected] > wrote: > > > > Here are two Pacific island sign off MP3's from the recent Kona, > Hawaii DXpedition. Because of overwhelming Asian propagation around 1000 UTC > in December, both of these stations usually had TP co-channels to deal with > as they signed off (unlike in April). 621-Tuvalu started having a distorted > audio signal on December 18th, and the problem continued until I left Hawaii > on December 21. Their sign off routine MP3 reflects this distorted signal, > which seemed to get progressively worse. By December 20th it was a fine match > for the buzzing signal from its co-channel 621-Pyongyang. The 621-Tuvalu sign > off is still around 1006 UTC, although the December propagation brought in > QRM from China at that time. Fortunately, Tuvalu sends China down into the > noise during the sign off routine MP3. This is the 621-Tuvalu sign off on > December 18th > > > > https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/msy64393v8ty1qxq6hi8kixflb32beqx > > https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/msy64393v8ty1qxq6hi8kixflb32beqx > > > > > > 1440-Kiribati is parallel with the new 846-Kiribati on Christmas > > Island, although there is a 19-second time delay between the signal of 1440 > > and 846 (846 programming is 19 seconds later). 846-Kiribati also has a > > transmitter issue, with the signal dropping out at irregular times. The > > sign off time of 1440-Kiribati has changed from 0936 UTC to 1006 UTC. This > > was the sign off of 1440-Kiribati on December 19th, with QRM from JOWF. > > There is still a loud 1000 Hz tone before the Kiribati power is cut, making > > the signal easy to hear through the JOWF QRM > > > > https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/79v68rumi2mcmamxgu1vy5rwn989z4bp > > https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/79v68rumi2mcmamxgu1vy5rwn989z4bp > > > > > > With the notable exception of the new 846-Kiribati and > > 1098-Marshalls, the Pacific island DU's generally got hammered by Asian QRM > > from 0800-1100 UTC every night, with few of them surviving the onslaught. > > 621-Tuvalu had three different Asian co-channels at times (Pyongyang, China > > and NHK1) while 1440-Kiribati was plastered by Sapporo as early as 0800. > > More details on the other Pacific island DU's will follow in a later report. > > > > > > 73 and Good DX, > > > > Gary DeBock (DXing in Kona, Hawaii at the Royal Kona Resort Motel) > > > > 7.5 inch loopstick CC Skywave Ultralight + 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" > > FSL antenna > > > > (DXing setup photo posted at > > https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/tapsxbn6x16pm7iotmt35v115ddoh7gt > > https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/tapsxbn6x16pm7iotmt35v115ddoh7gt ) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > IRCA mailing list > > [email protected] mailto:[email protected] > > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > 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] > > mailto:[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]
