There was some lower path activity here in IL before I quit around 0330
utc...with some of your RNE's having decent carriers. The big carrier lousy
modulation Algeria 891 was close to audible past WLS phase null. I need
another day or two of non AU cx to get the TA's back here (noting my paths
to most of them are over Labrador). Prior to the mild AU disturbance, I
could tune thru the band it as I passed 1130 to 1140 it would often seem
like 1134 was a another domestic as it could get up to the strength of
1130/1140 (nothing super strong on those channels here using those
antennas). If I aim BOGs NE for TA's they come in better, and if I go north
to WI by Lake Mich, better still.
CX were interesting last night and showed slightly AU tendancies. I barely
had a trace of AB on the NW Phased BOG System that nabbed me three new ones
from Edmonton the week before. CX seemed good that direction right up to the
US/Canadian border. ie...910 had Minot blasting in, but no trace of needed
AB, and 960 had KFLN MT (day power at night as usual) in o/u KMA and no
trace of CFAC pest. SK and MB weren't nearly as good or as prevalent as a
week ago.
73 KAZ 55 km NW of Chicago's Loop
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry McLarnon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 11:02 AM
Subject: [NRC-AM] Last Night's TAs
I didn't expect much with the K index up at 3, but some decent signals
appeared last night around 0400 utc. With the disturbed conditions,
only the more southerly paths (i.e., the Iberian peninsula and north
Africa) were alive, and the best signals were near the bottom end of
the band. A few highlights:
549 a huge het and some rare audio from Algeria (Koranic chanting)
558 Spain, RNE5 synchros, with very pronounced echo
594 presumed Portugal, with pop music
603 more RNE5, instead the more usual France Info
621 presumed Canary Is.
684 Spain, RNE1
693 presumed RDP Azores with music
738 Spain, RNE1 in severe CFZM slop
756 presumed R. Euskadi Spain, instead of usual Germany
Barry
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Barry McLarnon VE3JF Ottawa, ON
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