RIP Don.
I was fortunate to meet him at one of his DXer get togethers, held at
his place in San Francisco.
Steve
On 2/19/2013 12:14 PM, kevin redding wrote:
It is with great regret and sadness that I got a phone call from Don Kaskey's
wife telling me he has passed away recently on his
Several TP channels with audio this morning; lots of hets.
567 Asian talk, poor. 1404 utc
747 Asian talk, very poor 1405
774 Asian female talk, weak at times. 1340
1566 presumed HLAZ with female talk then into several verses of choral
hymn, weak at times. 1330. Audio lasting to 1400.
Steve
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1566 presumed HLAZ, poor/weak 1352 utc
1575 presumed VOA, poor 1352 utc.
1725 GA PNG beacon, 1355 utc, good level, no narrow audio filter
needed. (Nothing on 1737.)
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The auroral conditions really helped for Pacific reception this morning;
low band hets on almost every channel. Even my poor antennas produced a
couple with audio, all presumed DU, with English music and talk. 891 the
best, as it used to be from the old location with E/W longwires.
891 presumed
Not as good this morning for DU audio as yesterday, but many hets again
today, this time extending into the expanded band, so all presumed DU.
(I had big het on 738 last evening too after seeing Dennis Vroom's 738
email.)
702 DU audio only occasionally, very poor 1347 utc
792 occasional very
Mixed TP/DU this morning. Lots of low band hets, a few mid and high band
hets, no expanded band hets.
1566 presumed HLAZ with woman talking, weak at times, 1354 utc.
972 presumed South Korea with Asian talk, very poor, 1401 utc. All TP
gone after about 1405 utc.
891 DU talk, two men talking,
All DU this morning. Not as many hets today, almost all on low band.
Nothing on 1566, 1575, no LWBC.
702 DU talk, very poor/poor 1351 utc.
774 DU talk, very poor 1353 utc.
792 pop music end, DU talk, very poor/poor 1354 utc.
621 DU talk, very poor 1400 utc.
846 DU talk, very poor 1403 utc.
891
Lots of low band hets, only a few mid/high band hets.
594 very poor Asian talk 1324 utc
774 very poor/poor Asian talk 1325 utc.
891 5AN Australia, chorale music 1328 utc then female anncr at 1330 with
ABC News, into news. Poor at times. Lasting to 1405 utc before fading
away.
1566 presumed
A mix of DU and TP again this morning, with 891 having its best level so
far this year. I'm thrilled my poor antennas are still getting some
Pacific reception compared to the longwires I used at the old location.
594 Asian talk, poor/weak 1328 utc.
774 Asian talk, very poor/poor 1329 utc.
891
Only signal heard this morning was the 1725 PNG beacon GA, decent level
at 1300 utc.
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Seeing the decent TP reports lately I set my alarm clock to get up early
this mornings and had some success.
Good hets from 531-1593. Audio on 891, 1053, 1566, 1575, all Asian,
1302-1325 utc. 1575 the best, 1566 next best.
LWBC 153, 180, 189 with time pips at 1200; 153, 189 at 1300 utc. 180 the
A few heard, all Asian.
567 very poor/poor 1307 utc.
747 poor 1309 utc.
774 poor/weak 1309 utc.
828 very poor/poor 1310 utc.
1566 HLAZ poor to weak over whole session 1236-1320 utc.
153, 180, 189, 279 LWBC Radio Rossii 1205-1258 utc.
525 ICW beacon, Nenana, Alaska 1245 utc.
529 SQM beacon, Level
Much better this morning than yesterday--all Asian.
594 1304 utc, poor/weak.
693 1328 utc, very poor/poor
747 1235 utc very poor/poor.
774 1234-1317 utc. Weak on peaks.
828 1302 utc, very poor/poor.
972 first noted 1230 utc, last check 1318, poor.
1566 1230-1322 utc. Medium at times, best
I enjoy reading the west coast reports of TP reception. The past week
I've been trying some of that too after seeing reports of good
conditions return. But this morning wasn't good here. Lots of weak hets
but very little audio. Even 1566 HLAZ never produced audio.
594 occasional very poor
162 France, 183 Germany, 189 Iceland at 0500 utc here. Very poor 1377 het.
Steve
NE Oregon
On 9/26/2013 9:02 PM, Dennis Vroom wrote:
Good evening,
For the second night in a roll audio on long wave 162. Very poor with man
talking and some music. Must be France as their the only station on the
Many low to mid band hets today. 693, 747, 774, 828, 1206 (China with
the distinctive off-frequency het) with audio around 1345 utc, all
Asian. 774 was at medium/loud level for about a minute, strong enough to
totally capture the channel and remove the adjacent qrm, EE talk about
Human Genome
A bumper crop of signals with audio today for a very good session. Hets
over the whole band but high band didn't produce audio today. All Asian.
558 very poor, 567 poor/weak, 594 very poor/poor, 693 very poor/poor,
747 poor, 774 very poor, 828 poor/weak, 846 very poor, 972 weak, 1134
poor, 1287
Very poor today. Only 1566 HLAZ heard, poor/weak 1342 utc.
1725 GA, PNG beacon, weak, 1332 utc. (SSB mode, USB and LSB)
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No MW TPs heard today though lots of hets. But LWBC was very good. I
expect if Dennis V listened, he did very well since he hears vastly
better than I do.
Radio Rossii--153, 180 (goes off the air at 1300 utc), 189, 234, 279,
1255-1330 utc.
Mongolia--164, 209 (mixing with Alaskan beacon CYT
Unusually good TP conditions this morning. Strong hets over the whole
band. Best audio from 1400-1430 utc. Even a few signals with audio
lasting to 1450. All Asian.
558 very poor
567 poor
594 poor
603 poor
693 weak/medium
702 very poor
711 very poor
747 poor
774 poor
828 weak
945 very
A quick check of the LWBC band this evening has 162 France Inter with
occasional very poor copy, 0615 utc, despite heavy static.
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My check of the band this morning had 1557 at the best level I can
remember hearing it. From about 1500-1515 utc it was at poor/weak level
with pop music and a male DJ between tunes; the last bit had some type
of male opera music, from what I could tell. Asian, of course, can't say
who it was.
1450-1510 utc was the peak for me this morning.
1566 HLAZ the star with 100% copy, weak/medium level, fading after 1515 utc.
1593 poor/weak at times
1557 poor
1422 poor
603 very poor/poor briefly 1508 utc.
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Poor conditions here this morning but a couple produced audio
639 poor/weak for about 2 minutes, not sure if I've heard this before.
And the carrier was only a medium-level het but it produced audio.
Course that 640 channel isn't very busy here, which certainly helps.
1458 utc.
774 very
I seem to have a pipeline to 639 (China) lately. It was good again this
morning. Everything gone by 1515 utc.
639 weak 1445-1505 utc, poor to 1510 utc.
1575 very poor 1459 utc
1593 very poor/poor 1450 utc.
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1566 HLAZ the star today with a very nice signal and lasting a long time.
639 (China) very poor/poor for only a minute or so 1454 utc.
1566 HLAZ weak/medium at times 1450-1520 utc.
1593 poor 1451 utc.
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693 poor/weak Asian 1429 utc.
1566 HLAZ and another Asian station underneath, HLAZ weak/medium, other
station poor/weak, 1402 utc. Both with men talking.
1593 poor Asian 1403 utc.
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I haven't been checking mornings lately, sleeping in, but woke up in time to
check today and 1566 was good here, lasting until about 1544 utc. Lots of
mid to high band hets but only 1566 had audio, poor to weak.
Steve
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- Original Message -
From: Dennis Vroom
LWBC 162 France, best heard tonight, probably this season, finally fading
0648 utc.
Steve
NE Oregon
- Original Message -
From: Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
irca@hard-core-dx.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 10:29 PM
Woke up just in time to get some later checks. Lower/mid with some audio up
to about 1520 utc, then all high band, lasting to about 1550.
693 Asian, poor
747 Asian, poor
774 Asian, poor
828 Asian, poor
891 Asian, poor
1557 man reading Scripture in EE, poor/weak 1524
1566 HLAZ, last to fade,
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
Not much happening before 1500 utc, but after about 1510 the band came
alive, and was probably my best ever for audio on TP channels. 1520 utc was
about the peak but signals lasted to about 1535, and China on 1593 kHz still
barely heard at 1556 utc. All Asian.
594 very poor 1517 utc
639
A lot poorer than yesterday, but hard to top my yesterday's TP receptions.
Mostly mid to high band with all but high band going away after about 1520
utc. 1575 VOA really came up after 1530 and was by far the best signal,
lasting to about 1545 utc. All Asian.
1098 very poor 1512 utc
1116 very
Not a bad morning; definitely favoring the low and mid over high today. 891
and 1116 had very brief DU, otherwise all Asian. Everything gone by 1540
utc.
531 Asian vocal pop music, poor 1516; at least one other station underneath,
very poor.
549 Asian poor/weak 1517
594 Asian poor 1518
639
It can't sell for $400, but it could sell for (gasp) $750 if you wanted it
bad enough. I suspect he'll still have it come the New Year.
Steve
- Original Message -
From: Tim Hills thi...@sio.midco.net
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Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 12:09 PM
Subject: [IRCA]
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,
Now I had poor conditions this morning. Weak hets, little audio. Even the
high band where the N/S wire has always been the best was poor and ambiguous
between E/W and N/S wires, so conditions were definitely down. Best was 1575
presumed VOA; not even 1566 had more than fleeting very poor audio.
Nothing below 1377 heard; all Asian. Fairly narrow window, 1510-1525 utc,
everything gone after 1530.
1377 very poor/poor 1510 utc
1557 Taiwan, EE scripture reading very poor/poor 1512
1566 very poor/poor 1513
1575 VOA poor 1513
1593 very poor/poor 1515
LWBC Rossii 153, 171, 189, 279 1415 utc;
It was the worst morning that I can remember. No MW audio only a poor het on
738, 891, 1548. Usually there are at least weak hets on many channels. Also
normally from about 1100 kHz up the N/S wire gets the best signals, but not
today. E/W was best everywhere, indicating odd conditions going on
No sign of it here, listened the full 30 min. KXEL talk and a SS station
playing music both dominant. (SS station even played SS version of White
Christmas at 26 minutes, to confuse things).
Thanks to the organizers.
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A little better today; at least more hets than yesterday. 891 had Down Under
audio fade up a couple of times between 1448-1520 utc. 1116 also Down Under
audio fadeup twice, 1517, 1528 utc. 1566 HLAZ very poor occasionally 1508
and after.
LWBC interesting this morning. Two different apparent
891 Australia first noted, then low band opened up for Asians. Only 1566
presumed HLAZ for top and almost no mid to high hets. Huge het on 1098 like
summer gives, only on E/W wire, lasting late. All Asian audio gone by 1530
utc; 891 DU lasting to 1550 utc.
531 very poor Asian
558 very poor
I've been asked by someone not on IRCA to ask if anyone (probably in
California) knows if 1490 KLZN in Susanville, CA is currently on the air.
Thanks.
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I had very poor/poor level on 594 Asian this morning at 1536 utc--hardly
worth mentioning. (A couple notches above Nigel's faint mumbling.) Several
weak hets; even 1566 was never more than a weak het. First audio I've had in
several days, didn't consider it worth mentioning at the time.
Steve
I've been hearing a het on 162 kHz in the morning past couple of months.
Since I thought only France Inter was on 162 I thought somehow I was getting
some weak transpolar reception, even when all such activity should have long
been gone by morning. But I treated myself to a new 2012 WRTH which
No obvious sign of it here. I switched antennas after 5 minutes, still
nothing.
Steve
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No sign of it again, second time around. Thanks to the organizers for
putting this on!
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1116 4BC Australia unusually good level this morning, first noted 1420 utc,
finally faded 1523 utc.
1548 4QD presumed, occasional Aussie fadeups, very poor.
Lots of hets over the whole band.
153 Rossii good level 1405 utc.
Steve
NE Oregon
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Lots of hets today, whole band, a few with audio, all Asian.
594 presumed Japan weak at 1410 utc, later poor/weak 1452
693 Japan poor 1453
774 Japan poor 1420
1566 HLAZ poor/weak 1500-1520
LWBC 153 medium, 189 poor 1415 utc
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531 with very poor/poor Asian talk was the only one to produce audio today,
around 1450 utc. Lots of hets over the whole band. 1575 next closest to
audio.
LWBC poor but 189 and 279 Rossii around 1440 utc.
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Lots of low band hets this morning, a couple of much weaker high band hets.
891 5AN Australia first noted 1440 utc, with periodic brief fadeups to poor
level, female DJ playing songs, continuing off and on to late 1530, not
heard after that. Nothing else produced audio.
LWBC Rossii 153 very poor,
Low band full of hets up to about 1300 kHz, nothing on high end. Everything
gone by 1500 utc.
567 Asian music and talk very poor/poor 1440
657 classical music poor/weak 1430, presumed Asian
693 Asian talk very poor/poor 1432
702 Asian talk very poor/poor 1443
774 presumed Japan poor 1434
891 DU
Low band doing well again this morning, little for mid band and only 1566
for high band. All Asian except for 891 DU and 1116 DU.
531 two stations, Asian, very poor/poor 1431 utc
603 RR pop music in Asian language, poor at times 1434
639 very poor Asian talk 1437
648 strong carrier with approx 3.5
LF beacons good today so didn't get to check MF until late. Lots of lowband
hets, nothing on high band.
891 DU 4TAB with horseracing 1454, then 5AN with talk and music 1503
quickly fading away
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Was still tuned to 891, doing other things, when 891 5AN Australia faded up
to decent level for about 10 minutes.
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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
Started out with lots of low band hets but only one or two reaching audio;
then shifting to mid/high band. 1566 HLAZ unusually good, briefly strong
enough to lock on the R75's modified sync-AM. Everything gone by 1450 utc.
693 very poor/poor Asian 1432
891 very poor/poor DU, 5AN presumed 1433
1566
Very poor conditions this morning. Nothing on LWBC, very few MW hets, only
DU produced any audio.
891 very poor/poor DU news presumed 5AN 1441 utc
1116 poor/weak DU with call-in talk show 4BC 1436 utc
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Only DU heard this morning.
612 very poor DU talk 1438
891 mix of DU stations 5AN and 4TAB, poor/weak at times. Radio TAB then
into horse racing 1439.
1116 very poor DU 4BC presumed 1435
792 and 1548 hets
No LWBC
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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
Very poor conditions this morning, probably due to the solar activity.
1116 DU 4BC presumed, brief peak to poor level 1425 utc
LWBC Rossii 153 and 279 very poor/poor 1413.
891 has the 890 Idaho station coming on earlier and earlier. Raucous rock
music splatter really obscuring 891 this morning,
Almost totally dead on LF so migrated to MW early. DUs were first heard at
1340 utc and lasted almost exactly one hour. All low band up to 1116, and
many hets. Only upper band het, not close to audio, was 1548. All DUs with
English audio. Only 891 reached weak level (7.5-8) but at one time was
Not as good this morning, though I didn't check as early as yesterday.
Only DU heard and not as well as yesterday.
891 DU poor 1427 utc
1116 DU very poor/poor 1433
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A little slack in the solar activity and the DU reception was fairly
decent this morning. Many hets on almost every channel from 531-1404,
with a few producing audio. All presumed DU due to accent. First audio
around 1300 utc, peaking around 1400, most gone after 1415; 891 still
producing
Lots of low band hets but only audio was 891 Down Under.
891 Down Under very poor too weak to tell if 5AN or 4TAB. Occasional
fadeup under heavy 890 Idaho splatter. 1410, 1425 utc.
LWBC Rossii almost, with decent het on 279 1345 utc.
Steve
NE Oregon
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High storm static this morning, even on MW--usually it only affects LF.
Generally very poor conditions though 891 briefly produced some DU audio.
891 both 4TAB with racing results and 5AN with pop music 1340 utc. 4TAB
dominant. Both soon faded and never returned.
LWBC Rossii 279 very poor 1335
Lots of low band hets again with almost none giving audio. Midwest storm
static a problem though not as bad as recently. Fast fading on the
couple with audio, all DU.
735 big het no audio
792 big het no audio
891 5AN with ABC News, poor, 1332 utc; weak with Stevie Wonder song 1341
1116 very
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
I woke up earlier this morning, and LWBC Rossii doing well, most
frequencies heard for several months. Also eventually heard on the ULR
for first TP reception with FSL. DU heard just before sunrise fadeout.
(Most of the session spent with the ULR trying to hear anything offshore.)
567 Asian
No MW TPs were heard this morning. LWBC Radio Rossii fair, not nearly as
good as the other exceptional morning, 153, 180, 189, 234, 279 at 1230 utc.
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Back to poor TP conditions lately after the one or two good days last
week. Only 891 DU 5AN heard this morning, with a very short peak at poor
level 1356 utc.
LWBC Rossii 153 weak at times, other freqs no audio or threshold at best.
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Only 891 DU with audio, peaking poor/weak 1350 utc, pop/rock tune All
Night Long then M/F DJs giving a quiz. 5AN presumed. Lots of lowband
hets to 1215 kHz, plus 1548 het.
LWBC Rossii 279 poor 1310 utc.
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No audio on anything on MW this morning but some good hets on TPs such
as 1206 China with its -40 Hz carrier, and 1566 presumed HLAZ with a
strong het. Almost nothing for DU, and noted the 890 Idaho station is
now coming on at 1330 utc, pretty much the death knell for my best 891 DU.
LWBC
Much better MW conditions this Monday morning with a mix of DU and
Asian/TP. 890 Idaho is coming on even earlier than 1330 utc, was there
at 1327 utc when I finally got there for the 891 check.
530 Adak Alaska NDB unusually strong, even heard on the ULR and all FSLs
(620 to 1950 points) 1300
Lots of low band hets today but only 639 produced some DU audio, similar
to yesterday's catch of it, 1325 utc.
LWBC very poor today, 153 and 279 with a little audio.
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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.
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Interesting to look at the bid history. Two high rollers with thousands
of eBay transactions each were involved with one willing to pay quite a
bit, but the winner was somebody with just a few transactions. I bet
that guy is a real MW DXer who will use the Kiwa loop to listen with,
where the
A little better today, lots of low band hets. 891 and 1116 DU, very
poor/poor 1311 utc.
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Lots of low band hets again this morning but a little more audio. Got
Dennis' 576 with DU audio very poor/poor in heavy domestic splatter 1311
utc; 1575 with fast-talking person, very poor/poor, couldn't tell
language, but maybe what Dennis also had, 1315 utc; 891 with presumed
5AN DU talk
Booo! Happy 13th. Odd TP conditions, more Asian than DU. 738 with
pop/RR music with heavy bass beat, very poor/poor, apparently Asian
1253 utc. 891 Asian talk very poor/poor 1254.
1725 GA PNG beacon first heard this year, poor/weak 1312 utc. Very slow
keying, several seconds per character. Best
All DU today. Lots of low band hets, a few high band. 531 presumed DU
with John Denver singing, very poor 1252 utc. (No splatter today.) 891
4TAB with horse racing results very poor/poor with 5AN underneath very
poor 1249 utc.
LWBC Rossii 153, 180, 279 all poor 1220 utc.
Steve
NE Oregon
R75,
No MW TP/DU heard this morning. 1725 GA PNG beacon at decent level,
heard in LSB (no need for narrow audio filter), weak at 1241 utc. No
sign of 1737 KUT so far this year, not even a trace of carrier which is
always heard first (with narrow audio filter), so this offshore platform
beacon may
First time in several days any DU/TPs heard. 891 with both DU 4TAB with
horse racing, and 5AN with talk, very poor/poor 1238-1304 utc. 890 Idaho
station never came on today, last check 1331 just KDXU Utah.
1116 4BC very poor/poor with talk 1245 utc.
Steve
NE Oregon
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Who'da' thought. High solar activity, high AK indices. Last several
days nothing for 9kc MW or LWBC. But this morning after about 1220 utc
the band lit up, relatively speaking of course. High band first, hets
everywhere from 1500-1700 kHz, X band DU freqs. 1575 with big het,
produced a little
Some just above threshold audio on 738 and 1548 around 1145 utc this
morning. A few hets on other channels though noting on my usual 891.
Presumed Pacific stations.
LWBC Rossii 180, 279 at poor/weak level 1130 utc.
1725 GA,PNG beacon poor at 1140 utc. No sign so far this year from 1737
KUT, I
Forgot to send this earlier, perhaps of interest to someone. 738 was a
fair signal for some time this morning, quite odd since almost nothing
else, even a het, was heard. Asian talk and music, TOH pips at 1200 utc
then female into presumed news. First noted 1142 utc, gone after about
1225 utc.
Hi Nick,
My continuing problem is I can't identify Asian languages so I can't say
for sure what I really had on 738 this morning. But looking at powers
given by WRTH on the stations, and also noting 1503 heard, Taiwan seems
to have the most power for both 738 and 1503 so perhaps I had Taiwan
I listen for LF and MW Pacifics most every morning that I'm home (I was
on several weeks vacation recently). Unless something is especially good
I haven't felt the need to post every morning--conditions in general
have been very poor, both LF and MW.
This Friday morning had a few MW hets with
A little better this morning for DUs compared to yesterday.
891 with 4TAB DU with racing, occasionally hitting poor level; 5AN
fading up now and then, 1140-1158 utc. (890 Idaho comes on at 1200 utc
now.) 1116 4BC DU very poor/poor in heavy splatter 1202 utc. 738 with
non-EE pop music, very
A little better this morning for MW TPs. Lots of hets over the entire
band 531-1701. 738 best channel with poor audio on peaks, presumed
Tahiti, female talk 1158-1214 utc--no music program today. Very poor DU
audio 702 at 1206 utc. Traces of (DU) audio on 1701.
1725 GA,PNG beacon decent copy
The solar activity yesterday stirred some things up. Many mid to high
band MW hets this morning. The expanded band channels, some had multiple
hets--unusual to note, at least for me. Not much audio on any of them
though, and very poor.
1503 very poor DU audio talk, 1149 utc, seemed like several
MW high band was unusually good for Down Under reception this morning.
And best on the short 400' N/S wire. Signals peaked around 1205 utc and
all audio was gone along with most hets by 1215 utc. Few hets and if
any, very weak, below about 1300 kHz today.
1503 very poor/poor DU first noted
Going through my WRTH just now, it lists only one station on 1674, from
the Philippines. If so then that's my first MW Philippine station.
Steve
NE Oregon
On 6/6/2012 5:52 AM, Steve Ratzlaff wrote:
MW high band was unusually good for Down Under reception this morning.
And best on the short
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
to see how many requests come in
before deciding; of course if I only get one request that person
automatically gets the chance to purchase the radio.
Steve Ratzlaff
NE Oregon
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Many MW hets this morning from 1130 utc on, starting at the low end.
Around 1145 utc the low end hets went away and the high band from 1500
to 1701 kHz had lots of hets. 1629 seemed promising with several hets.
But in the end, none of them produced any audio though 1629 came the
closest.
738 had several decent fadeups, not sure who it was, didn't really sound
French. Man and woman speaking rapidly with lots of passion, rising
pitch interspersed with short musical interludes (several seconds). Very
poor/poor on peaks 1136 and 1206 utc. Since most of what I had seemed to
be DU,
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