QTH: Whitehall, Pennsylvania, USA RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop oriented NNW-ESE
AUSTRALIA, VMW Wiluna Meteo, 12362 USB, heard at 2140 on 06 January 2012 with maritime weather including sea heights. Several IDs. Male voice had that borderline quality where it was hard to tell if it was real or synth'ed. Very weak, but no QRM and no major QSB. At this time of day, probably due to the loop qualities and orientation.
BRAZIL (TENT)., Possibly Radio Aparecida on 11855 at 2350 on 06 January 2012 with long talks by a woman in Portuguese, then a booming announcement by a man and continued talk. Station was weak and somewhat under-modulated, so I could not get a clear enough ID even on USB or Synch AM. Another long booming announcement on the hour, and definitely Portuguese, so I am going with Aparecida, supposedly running only 1kW.
Time to do the Snoopy Dance! After only a couple of weeks of arguing with my local utility (PP&L), I finally got them to repair the 500kV transmission line which runs about 300m behind my property and was a real buzzkill almost 24/7. They also cleaned up a few of their utility poles again. Now 518kHz is free for NAVTEX DX and overall noise is down about 15dbB. I am now at something approaching normal listening conditions.
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