Lots of low band hets, toward the end some weak high band hets.
657 very poor EE female vocal music 1224 utc.
738 very poor male talk, presumed FF (Tahiti) 1230 utc.
1116 very poor DU talk 1226 utc.
LWBC Rossii very poor 279 1123 utc.
Steve
NE Oregon
R75, longwires
Hets over the whole band again and upper hets a little stronger today.
1116 very poor DU talk 1155 utc.
1503 very poor DU talk 1156 utc.
1548 very poor/poor DU talk 1158 utc, fading 1211 utc. Better today
despite heavy 1550 splatter.
738 presumed Tahiti with FF talk 1207-1227 utc, very poor to
I can't claim to have been terribly active in the mornings of late, but
I did check this morning. Traces of DU activity on the upper band.
Not much from my two most common channels, with zilch on 891 and only a
very weak carrier on 1107. A bit stronger carrier on 1503, and couple
on 1593.
Only low/mid band today; unusual that not a single trace of het on
anything above 1116 kHz today. But 891 was totally clear the entire
time, the Idaho station was happily off today. I had a pipeline to 4TAB
and the carrier didn't finally fade out until very late, 1248 utc.
612 occasional
I had the same hets as Dennis, and lots of them today, just none except
1503 strong enough for audio. Conditions lately are back to the usual
very poor.
1503 had occasional very poor DU audio at 1208 utc, deep-voiced man talking.
1725 GA,PNG beacon very poor 1132 utc (only heard with narrow
Like past several days, nothing heard on MW and LF but this morning 890
Idaho forgot to turn on until 1335 utc and 891 DU was heard just a few
seconds before 890 came blasting in, very poor/poor 1335 utc.
Steve
NE Oregon
R75, longwires
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You're quite correct concerning more Asiatic conditions Steve, though
here there was little low band activity, and there was a bit of
signal strength peak around 1355 UT (and of course down by 1400UT),
though nothing delivered much in the way of quality audio at any
time. The nearest to
It's officially spring now but true TP conditions this morning like
several months ago and like all of winter should have been. Only a
little bit of DU on 891 at the very end fighting with the heavy 890
splatter. Primarily low band with some mid band TP. Asians gone after
1355 utc, DU gone
Very poor conditions lately. The new Idaho station on 890 is signing on
much earlier now too, noted on around 1425 utc this morning.
No audio yesterday at all; today had very poor audio briefly on an odd one,
1665 with what sounded like Asian language. WRTH says only Australia is
there. Heard at
My best 9 kHz channel, 891, that had minimal domestic splatter, appears to
be ruined with new 890 KYWN Meridian, ID blasting in this morning with
right-wing talk, S9 splatter on 891, S9+10 to +20 on 890.
891 5AN Australia poor/weak 1501 then 4TAB fading up to join it 1503.
Around 1510 KYWN came
to receive. I'll miss hearing those horse racing calls that
come in once a year
here.
Best regards,
Dennis,
Kalama, WA
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Subject: [IRCA] NE Oregon TPs
Perhaps Dennis V quit too soon today. I thought conditions were halfway
decent. At least lots of strong 9kHz hets, though domestic splatter was
unusually strong today. Some low band audio, switching to high band later,
as seems to be the case for past several weeks. 1566 HLAZ unusually strong,
A good morning for TPs, and good thing I was awake earlier as signals seemed
to start early. 1500 utc had good low band up to about 800 kHz, then some
high band but little mid band. All Asian
531 very poor/poor with 3+1 pips at 1500 TOH.
558 very poor
567 very poor/poor
594 very poor/poor
603
Lots of hets over the whole band, audio better on the upper part.
774 very poor/poor Asian 1449 utc
828 very poor Asian 1447
1566 presumed HLAZ, poor at times 1439
1575 unknown with vocal pop music, fading out replaced with presumed VOA
with Asian talk 1444/1446
1593 very poor/poor Asian 1440;
Nothing found on MW at first even with lots of hets. But later 1566 presumed
HLAZ fairly decent reception from about 1425-1445 utc.
LWBC Rossii 153 weak, 279 very poor at 1400.
1710 stuff--presumed Seattle Russian station, along with the SS station that
plays lots of SS rock type music, both at
Poor conditions this morning though many decent hets heard from the bottom
up to 1593 (which also had a strong het). But only audio was 891 with Down
Under at very poor/poor level at 1420 utc, later switching to Asian with
soft music and brief talk, presumably Japan 1440, poor level.
LWBC
Only checked at the start when LWBC was unusually good with
153,180,189,234,279 all at good level, big het on 171. 164 and 209 Mongolia
both producing audio, all around 1255 utc.
LF good so didn't check MW until very late and nothing heard, just weak
hets, even favorite 891 just traces of Asian
Very poor today, hardly worth mentioning. All Down Under though 1566 and
1575 had strong hets for awhile which the N/S wire had too, which have
traditionally not been DU for me. Lots of MW hets but hardly any with decent
audio, and even 891 never more than very briefly poor level. 738 very
Good MW conditions for both Down Under and Asia today with both 774 Asian
and 891 Down Under hitting 8, medium level, and able to use Sync AM for
awhile. Both lasting a long time, and 891 DU finally beat out 774 Asian for
last to fade out around 1407 utc. Audio: 594 Asian; 639 Asian; 693 Asian;
All Down Under for MW, lots of hets over the whole band, a few with audio.
891 once again far stronger than any of the others. Audio on 657 music, 738
talk, 891 talk with horse racing occasionally fading up, 1116 talk, 1548
talk. 1116 heard early 1302 utc on an early check. 891 faded up to
Probably a good day to be at the coast as the MW band almost filled with
hets, top to bottom. But overall poor for me with even the two normal
891/1116 DUs never reaching good levels.
657,666,702,738,828,855,891,1116,1548 all DU with very poor/poor audio. 891
and 1116 occasionally reaching
High static at the start but that eventually went away. LWBC Mongolia on
both 164 and 209 today, fading in and out, not at the same time. 164 best at
1226 utc; 209 with martial music then into man with presumed news at 1230
utc, both signals very poor to poor. LWBC Radio Rossii not so good
First morning since spring that I heard 6 LWBC Radio Rossii signals, 153,
171, 180, 189, 234, 279 at 1200 utc. Static was less-continuous than usual
and that was probably the main factor. Later 279 came up to S7-9 level, 153
at S3-5 level. Weak het on 164 Mongolia, also only noticed due to
Quite unusual for Far East LWBC this morning. 209 Mongolia poor at the
start, 1239 utc. 189 Rossii solid S9 level, 180 S5 level, same time. Hardly
anything for 171; 153, 234, 279 poor to weak. Later at 1255 153 now S6 and
189 still S9. 209 still poor but fading rapidly after that. But at the
Sorry I can't make it to the Convention. Mostly TP today with some decent DU
toward the end. I think 792 first time for me.
Audio: 531 very poor Asian 1330 utc; 567 poor Asian; 576 poor/weak Asian
(new for me?); 594 poor Asian; 603 very poor Asian; 675 poor/weak Asian; 693
poor Asian; 738 very
A very good TP morning with poorer DU. An early check had 1566 HLAZ with
woman talking plus chorale music, very poor/poor, 1233 utc. Toward the end,
567 with poor Asian talk; 596 poor/weak Asian talk; 666 poor Asian talk; 693
JJ weak/medium at times with EE lessons, oh I just washed my car and
Lots of MW hets today, all presumably DU. A few with audio--702 poor DU
talk; 738 poor DU talk; 774 poor DU talk; 891 weak DU talk with weaker
station underneath; 1116 weak/medium DU talk. All 1315-1330 utc. Probably a
good morning to be at the coast. Some interesting hets on 819, 909, 999,
Hi Steve,
Thanks for the rundown of the DU's in NE Oregon on Friday.
I was indeed listening carrefully for DU's on Friday morning in your home
state (at Lincoln Beach), and found it fantastic. DXing with a C.Crane SWP
Slider (with the Murata filter installed by you) inductively coupled to
Hi Walt,
Thanks for your interesting comments about the Oregon coast DU propagation.
Before our vacations in Oregon, Guy and I had a nice discussion about how
your Haida Gwaii location had a definite edge in TA and Asiatic TP
propagation (over Victoria, Grayland, etc.) and how Patrick
I predict if Gary DeBock was listening this morning at the Oregon coast that
he had super reception of DUs, as even far inland here they were much better
than usual. Many MW hets. 585 very poor DU talk; 702 poor EE pop music; 738
poor EE pop music; 792 very poor DU talk; 891 the best with
Happened to wake up early enough for a check. 657 had weak/medium level jazz
at 1220 utc then pop vocal, not sure what the most likely candidate for that
station is. 738 with poor signal, man and woman, couldn't tell the language.
1710 Seattle Russian poor.
Steve
NE Oregon
R75, longwires
Best morning for Asian TPs for months. First noticed some enhancement while
checking for beacons earlier, several from Japan heard. Later MW had audio
on 567, 711, 891, 972, 1566, 1575--all Asian--between 1403-1430 utc. 530 ADK
Adak beacon also doing well then.
Steve
NE Oregon
R75, longwires
Steve,
Yes, I have noticed TPs all over the dial, especially the bottom part.
73,
Patrick
Patrick Martin
Seaside Oregon
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Much poorer for Far East Russia LWBC today; no Asians heard on MW. But MW DU
reception was not bad with audio: 567 poor; 594 poor; 621 poor/weak; 648
poor; 657 poor with EE music; 702 poor; 738 poor, Tahiti at first then
switching to DU only; 774 poor; 828 poor/weak; 891 poor/weak two DU
Only 738 Tahiti this morning, and much poorer than Thursday's great
reception. First got audio at 1159 utc, peaking at weak level for only 1 or
2 minutes today at 1206. Another brief fadeup to poor/weak level at 1216
then down to poor het and stayed there.
279 poor, 180 very poor for Radio
738 presumed Tahiti doing relatively well this morning, hitting weak level
on occasional peaks at 1213 utc with man talking in rapid French. 567 at
occasional poor level 1206 utc, non-English talk.
Radio Rossii very poor on 180 at 1130 utc.
1710 Russian very poor lately, no audio heard this
At 12:58 6/19/2009, you wrote:
738 presumed Tahiti doing relatively well this morning, hitting weak level
on occasional peaks at 1213 utc with man talking in rapid French. 567 at
occasional poor level 1206 utc, non-English talk.
Radio Rossii very poor on 180 at 1130 utc.
Just checked the SDR-14
Some DU reception this morning. 891 the best, weak/medium at times; 639
weak; 1116 poor, occasional weak peaks, all around 1230 utc. 891 heard again
1251 utc.
Steve
NE Oregon
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One of the best LWBC Mongolian mornings I can remember. Usually if I hear
one I don't hear others, but today I had all 3. 164 the best with
weak/medium level; 209 poor/weak; 227 poor around 1215 utc. Far East Russia
not as good as other recent mornings except for solid S9 on 189. 153, 171,
164 LWBC Mongolia, poor at 1350 utc. LWBC Radio Rossii 153, 171, 180, 189,
234, 279 same time, 171 and 180 gone after 1400 utc.
1566 fade fades, weak on peaks, 1518-1525 utc, two stations very briefly,
one with slow talk, other with music; talk dominant, presumed Korea.
Steve
NE Oregon
R75,
Much better conditions here. An early check had LWBC Radio Rossii on 153,
180, 189, 234, 279 with 189 and 279 at medium level 1235 utc. 209 very poor
Mongolia briefly 1256 utc with music. 828 Japan, weak 1239 utc.
Much later, 1566 with stirring instrumental music, apparently end of
program,
All Asian at late check. 1566 the best I've probably heard it, medium level
(7.5-8) with man preaching 1419-1428, relig music at end, faded by 1430 utc.
828 Asian, weak; 891 Asian weak.
Steve
NE Oregon
R75, AR7030, longwires, loops
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All Asian at late check. 1566 the best I've probably heard it,
I live in a neighborhood and a building whose
resonant frequency is 1566 khz.
I kid you not.
I can hear 5 kw Japanese regional stations easily on 531khz
and stations on 747, 774 and 828 come in like the
transmitter is in the spare
At 08:48 AM 10/17/2008, you wrote:
All Asian at late check. 1566 the best I've probably heard it,
I live in a neighborhood and a building whose
resonant frequency is 1566 khz.
I kid you not.
I can hear 5 kw Japanese regional stations easily on 531khz
and stations on 747, 774 and 828 come in
Poorer today for MW TPs. 567 Asian, 594 Asian, 612 too weak for language,
648 presumed Russia, 828 Asian, 891 Asian first then DU later, 1575
VOA--lasting the longest today, fading around 1425 utc.
LWBC Radio Rossii weak early on--153, 180, 189, 234, 279 at 1225 utc; 189
and 279 strong at 1315
This was an Asian morning. I don't get Asians all that well, so when I hear
them it must be very good for others. 531 Asian; 567 unknown; 648
non-English, couldn't get the language, classical-type music then a man
speaking; 828 Asian; 891 Asian stronger than the DU underneath it; 1116
DU--all
Not much for MW JJ reception today. At the end, 1575 Thailand unusually good
for almost 10 minutes, 6.5-7 level 1354-1405 utc. 891 DU with sports/horse
racing scores 7 level, fading 1407 utc.
Steve
NE Oregon
R75, AR7030, longwires
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Not particularly good for DU's this morning but I may have checked too late,
as LF was good for DU's. It seemed the high-band section was doing better,
with a number of good hets compared to the bottom and middle part of MW. 891
as usual heard the best but only poor/weak today with 2 DU
The solar activity seemed to help for Down Under signals; LF beacons from
AUS, NZL and general Pacific quite good today; I didn't check MW until late
but 567, 612, 738, 774, 891 all had poor/weak Down Under audio, 1328 utc on.
891 the last to fade away, around 1345 utc.
LWBC poor with 180 and
Somewhat better TP reception this morning than lately, with 891 producing
6.5-7 audio on 5AN with news, and 4TAB in the background with the
horseracing format, best at 1308 utc. 639 and 792 also bits of audio, too
weak to get the language.
LWBC Radio Rossii the usual 153, 180, 189, 234, 279,
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Subject: [IRCA] NE Oregon TPs, Friday
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Somewhat better TP reception this morning than lately, with 891
producing
6.5-7
Much better DU reception today, beginning early and lasting late. 891 the
best, with the strongest DU audio (7-8 level) in weeks. Many low-band hets,
though little audio resulted. Probably much better conditions for the
coastal folks.
738 first heard, DU talk, 6 level 1134 utc. 855 DU talk, 6
No strong DU audio this morning, but several heard at 6-6.5 level. 567 DU
talk 1205 utc; 612 DU talk 1208 utc; 639 vocal music 1158 utc; 765 DU talk
1201 utc; 891 both racing station and the other DU talk station 1148 utc;
1116 DU talk 1155 utc.
LWBC Far East Russians doing well today, 180 and
Better for DU reception today. 891 the best, both stations, with racing
format rising to poor/7 level. First noted at 1141, lasting until 1220 utc.
774 very poor/6 with DU talk; 738 very poor/6 with DU talk; 1116 very poor/6
with DU talk.
1737 KUT, PNG beacon, poor 1150 utc.
LWBC Far East
Poor for Pacifics this morning. Lots of low-band MW hets but most at poor
level. Only 891 rose to poor audio several times with DU talk--racing
results 1153-1207 utc. 738 and 1548 came close to audio several times.
Everything gone earlier today, by 1215 utc.
180 and 279 for LWBC Far East
No MW audio heard this morning. Lots of weak hets over the whole MW band,
though.
LWBC Far East Russians 180 poor, 279 poor at 1143 utc.
Steve
NE Oregon
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Poor today for MW TP audio. 738 and 891 with poor DU audio briefly 1216 utc.
1737 KUT PNG beacon poor/weak 1204 utc.
LWBC Radio Rossii 153 poor/weak, 180 weak, 189 poor, 279 medium at 1140 utc.
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NE Oregon
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Lots of MW hets today, over all the band. Only 891 produced audio, but 4TAB
rose to medium/loud level for several minutes at 1216 utc, with Radio TAB
id. It continued with fair audio until 1242 utc.
LWBC Far East Russians 153 weak, 180 medium, 279 poor/weak at 1202 utc.
1737 PNG beacon KUT good
At 12:45 5/9/2008, Steve R. wrote:
Lots of MW hets today, over all the band.
Fascinating, Steve. Here (admittedly without your superior antennas, but hey,
I am closer to the ocean), I heard 1566 HLAZ fade up to barely readable just
after its pattern change, then quickly faded. Only other
Very poor conditions this morning. Nothing on LWBC; a few weak hets on MW
with 1548 rising to poor to poor/weak DU audio at 1220 utc.
Steve
NE Oregon
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Poorer for DU this morning.
774 had brief medium level JJ reception at 1220 utc.
531, 567, 891 had poor/weak level DU audio, 1242-1300 utc.
LWBC Far East Russians poor to weak, 153, 180, 279, 1215 utc.
(Nothing at all seen for any list posts yesterday until the solar flux info
in the afternoon.)
I woke up early; LWBC Far East Russians unusually good this morning,
especially for this time of year. 153, 180, 189, 234, 279 at 1243 utc; even
a poor het on 164 Mongolia's frequency. What caught my ear was the song they
were playing--Hark the Herald Angels Sing--the familiar Christmas song,
Steve,
Nothing like Christmas carols from Mongolia in May! The other night I was
listening to WTKM-FM Hartford WI (on the internet) playing a program of polka
music. It was topped off by 'Rock of
Ages Polka'. Very upbeat version but the lyrics were the same as the normal
'hymn' version of
More OTOT, forgive me. Mike Ratzlaff, I hadn't heard a thing about the Swingle
Singers in years and years and years. I put them at about 1955 when I was at
KCOV-1240 in Corvallis, Oregon, but did a Google Search to be sure ... and
found that their Bach-work didn't begin until 1962, when I was
Very high static levels once again until the east was in daylight and some
DU signals began to be heard, beginning around 1245 utc. A number of
channels with audio, but all at poor levels. Far East Russian LWBC only poor
hets with very poor audio finally on 279 and 153 at 1215 utc.
MW audio:
This is the week for Mongolia on LW, as heard again this morning. 164 the
first to be heard, poor/weak at 1244 utc, with 209 following several minutes
later at 1252 utc. These continued to be heard for the next 15 minutes or
so.
There is also a domestic NDB TWEB, 209 AEC in Warm Springs, Nevada
Much poorer this morning for western Pacific signals, both LF and MW.
Nothing heard for Asians at the start; some DU's eventually heard at reduced
level later on.
531 poor/weak at 1300 with time pips and woman reading news; 639 with brief
fade up, folk music and island-type talk, weak/medium at
Very good for DU reception beginning around 1300 utc, with 738 the best
playing pop music at medium level, 774 playing the same music at weak level,
828 with the same music at weak/medium level. 1116 weak with talk. Others
with poor/weak level were 531, 549, 567, 612, 621, 648, 702--all from
531 poor, with music, presumed DU, at 1315 utc; 594 and 693 Asian, poor at
1245 utc; 1566 HLAZ at medium/loud level with man with quiet talk, 1249 utc.
Radio Rossi good today, 153, 180, 189, 234, 279 at 1252 utc.
Yesterday was the best of the year so far for TP LF beacons; today was just
the
1566 HLAZ was definitely stronger at 1230 utc compared to 1229, but wasn't
as good overall as yesterday. Other hets, some strong, but no audio. LWBC on
153, 180, 189, 279 medium at times.
Happy Easter!
Steve
NE Oregon
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828 the best this morning with weak audio 1311 utc. Other poor to weak audio
on 594, 693. LWBC Radio Rossii 279 especially strong today, being
armchair-loud from 1308-1409 utc. 153, 180, 189 weak/medium. Poor mumbly
audio on 1116, 1440 utc, can't tell language.
Steve
Weak music on 531 at 1542 utc; weak het on 1116. Only faint hets on the JJ
freqs. LWBC weak to medium on 153, 189, 279 from 1500-1550 utc.
Steve
NE Oregon
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