>>Maybe some of our two trillion dollar aid package can be sent to
Canada. Perhaps a mere $100,000 would let them replace their troublesome
guy wires with commercial grade Phillystran.
This pandemic is very serious business. I would not waste any money
uselessly. Tragically, a lot more money
Is it possible that the interference is being generated not by the transmitter
but rather by bad connections in power lines or utility pole guy wires nearer
to you?
Some driving around with a portable radio with loop stick antenna might reveal
or confirm the location of the signals.
Hams in
I find it very Surprising that someone just happens to discover such a prized
card, with my average 160m score I would never have "misplaced" such a valuable
card.Also, given that the card was apparently misplaced, and that it is not in
the uploaded logs too, I start to smell a rat.Not to
As a one-time broadcast engineer at a high power FM station, I believe
whoever in responsible for performance will want to know what is
happening -- management, not so much. Reports going back several years
raise questions, though. A search says that CKTB is a 10K/5K day, night
station. Not
Hi Dave,
I too was shooting blind when I called CKTB this morning. I was able to
leave Bonnie Heslop a Voice mail message. Bonnie is the News Director and
Announcer at that station and she is the person announcing in my
recording. I also sent them an e-mail with my contact info and link to my
Hi Roy,
Numerous stations in Canada and the US are encountering the same RFI
(originating from the same station near Niagara Falls). In recent years we
have encountered similar RFI on 160 meters from an AM broadcast station in
New Jersey as well as one in Kentucky that had spurious emissions up
Hello 160 ops,
I tried a telephone call to all the numbers for CKTB, but there is no
way to leave a messagee unless you know the name of someone there on the
directory list. There is no receptionist to answer the phone during the
day. I left my second e mail with contact information, but
My qth is St. Catharines ON.
The spurious transmissions from CKTB have been occurring sporadically since
the summer of 2019. The spurious signal on 1830 khz seems to occur when
it is windy in the area and appears to becoming more frequent.
On Friday March 20 around 0100Z the spurious signal
John and others,
Yes, I now see reports from far from the station.
Clearly my comments about causes local to the one nearby ham reporting
interference do not apply
I will listen myself tonight.
Maybe some of our two trillion dollar aid package can be sent to Canada.
Perhaps a mere $100,000
Good question Roy
I was hearing the St Catherine station very loud on 1830, but with
intermittent periods where it would dropout. This was at a time with
high winds in the NE. I suspected that it might be a problem at my
shack, so I tried to find CKTB and it is on the same frequency as a
On 3/26/2020 12:32 PM, Wayne wrote:
Things like broken hardware, etc. in antenna structures come to mind,
especially considering the reported sensitivity to wind.
AND -- not necessarily part of the station. Could be almost any junction
of conductors of a length that forms a good RX and TX
Dave and other Topbanders,
I plan to do some listening from here in Western Mass, USA (Near the junction
of NH/VT/MA). The wind speed here is expected to peak tomorrow afternoon at 10
MPH, maybe not enough to jangle what’s loose in Canada. Is this Saint
Catherine in Quebec? Near Niagra
hey topbanders,
condx were not bad this morning in EU, worked some NA and a new DXCC 6Y5.
Band was very quiet, but not much activity. 160m season is not finished.
73 Andy DL8LAS
www.dl8las.com
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If any of the DXmans would be in the mood to read the facts about my
"exclusion" from the ARRL, then please read my page section. Here you
will find facts supported by correspondence. We all know, that the DXCC
program is totally discredited by the use of remote stations situated
near the DX
It is indeed true that variations in liquid soil moisture will
dramatically affect ground system performance and base fed vertical
impedance when an on, or below grade ground system is used. Frozen
ground moisture is on a par with dry ground. This is one of the
reasons for going beyond the
I'll not ask to see a scan of the card because that may not be
conclusive and it's not my 'job' to decide, but I'm still curious to
know the reason for a QSL card "appraisal" request if not to ask for
credit. It simply does not 'compute' that a ham who has pursued the
number 1 spot for so long
About a simple Bulkhead-Entry-Point. A success at lowering man-made local
noise for me.
This is a simple solution I use successfully at home:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pa5mw/28796976750/in/album-72157667970861390/
73
Mark PA5MW
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From: Topband On Behalf Of
Bob
Hi Dave and gang,
Here is a link to a youtube video from last nights reception of the 610 KHz
AM broadcast station in Canada that was causing RFI on 1.830 KHz.
https://youtu.be/SeL4TcnkWN8
I have now encountered this interference 3 nights this week, always around
10:30 PM EDT (0230 UTC). I will
Yesterday I uploaded another YouTube video to my RX antenna series.
Using 4NEC2, both single-wire and broadside phased Beverage arrays are modelled
to study the RDF and forward beam-width. The 9 circle vertical array is
compared to both single and broadside Beverage arrays and the advantages of
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