Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 29 Rockaway Beach

lt; > can...@gmail.com> > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 10:27 AM > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America > Cc: Mark Connelly > Subject: Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 29 Rockaway Beach > > Mark, at least into Masset, the bands are devoid of any daytim

Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 29 Rockaway Beach

l Radio Club of America Cc: Mark Connelly Subject: Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 29 Rockaway Beach Mark, at least into Masset, the bands are devoid of any daytime signals from Spring to early Fall, except for 860 CBC Prince Rupert and KTKN 930. Even on this trip from 16:00 or so until our local su

Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 29 Rockaway Beach

behalf of Mark Connelly via IRCA <irca@hard-core-dx.com> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 9:51 AM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Cc: Mark Connelly Subject: Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 29 Rockaway Beach ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core

Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 29 Rockaway Beach

Mark, at least into Masset, the bands are devoid of any daytime signals from Spring to early Fall, except for 860 CBC Prince Rupert and KTKN 930. Even on this trip from 16:00 or so until our local sunset, the AM band was pretty silent. A big difference from my last visit in January. Winter is

Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 29 Rockaway Beach

And one more data point Markat PEI early last November, we tried chasing down trans-Pacifics at local sunrise. A big problem was various primarily British signals still occupying the 9kHz channels, not strongly, but delivering audio; signals travelling across the pond from the

Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 29 Rockaway Beach

--- Begin Message --- The best post sunrise reception I recall from Colorado was back in the '90s - a Hawaiian station on 900. Craig Barnes Wheat Ridge, CO Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 31, 2017, at 10:51 AM, Mark Connelly via IRCA > wrote: > > >

Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 29 Rockaway Beach

--- Begin Message --- Australia 1548 in at Nick's end 3 hours after sunrise is kind of like the mirror image of what happens here on the East Coast with some TA stations coming in 3 or more hours before sunset at shore sites. In the NOV/DEC stretch several years back, Saudi Arabia 1521 was

Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 29 Rockaway Beach

--- Begin Message --- Thanks for the report Nick. I wondered the same regarding my inability to elicit anything more than hets from the DU frequencies you thoughtfully suggested. I am considering another TP DX sojourn to the NW later this year. In the interim, I'm excited to sample the DX

Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 29 Rockaway Beach

A belated thank you to Craig and Walt for their DXpedition reports for this date. I'll round it out with a report from Tofino BC, using a NetSDR and ALA100 pair. First noted Tonga with quite a good signal, island music and talk before 0600UT. Then, after 1300UT quite a lot of Japanese,

[IRCA] TP DX Report March 29 Rockaway Beach

--- Begin Message --- Thankfully, this morning exhibited a bit of an uptick in propagation conditions. Japan remained the star of the show. I listened from 1320 until about 1500. 567 JOIK (I think) with weak audio male and female speaking in presumed JJ 594 JOAK with weak audio and male