Thanks, Chuck. Hearing that fanfare is like a DX adrenaline rush and I never get tired of hearing it!
I wondered about the time pips too. Signals were good yesterday morning at TOH and I noticed not all of the ABC stations used time pips. 73, Tim Tromp West Michigan On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 9:52 PM Chuck Hutton <charle...@msn.com> wrote: > Congratulations to Tim for a catch to remember. Is it true you now hum the > ABC fanfare while going to work? > > 7RN is not normally strong even at the coast. This should go into the Hall > of Fame along with Nigel's Coast Radio 1584 reception. > > > Yes Kaz, it's hit or miss as to whether you will hear pips from ABC. Maybe > half the stations? I don't count on the pips but rather try to focus on the > fanfare. > > > Chuck > > > ________________________________ > From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Neil Kazaross < > neilka...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 6:41 PM > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Tasmania into Michigan, Oct.23rd, 2018 > > Congrats Tim!!! Gary, here in the upper Midwest we have somewhat of an > advantage for DU's as unless cx are extremely low A and K for a LONG LONG > time we don't have to worry about Japan/Korea/China etc making it thru the > AU zone. > Tim you may want to carefully check the spectrum and see if 2WEB's carrier > came up also on 585. It surpassed 7RN briefly when I logged 7RN last year. > But in repeated replays. I cannot be sure there was any mx from 2WEB. > > To me it seems that some Aussie ABC or RN's use pips but many don't. Please > clarify west coast guys! > > Yeah, stuff in really good cx can still be audible 15 minutes past LSR > here, but by 25 min past, fugetaboutit. > > Tim, I hope you can nail down Tonga on 1017. Best ever here Monday and no > doubts. > > Laura and I were out very late last night so slept in this morning. Deaths > in her family and especially her tiny dog that never left her presence for > 10 years has my poor wife still in mourning so we make sure to try to sleep > as needed. Apologies to those awaiting me finishing the Mexican List. > > 73 KAZ > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 8:07 PM Gary DeBock <d1028g...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Congratulations on the reception of 585-7RN in Michigan, Tim-- that's > > pretty phenomenal DX for such a great distance. > > > > 585-7RN was hitting S9 peaks at the Rockwork cliff two months ago, so > it's > > understandable how it could propagate well inland. But Michigan seems to > be > > in an entirely different propagation league. Awesome! > > > > Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) > > > > > On October 23, 2018 at 5:45 PM Tim Tromp <kilok...@gmail.com mailto: > > kilok...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > > > > > > > 585 7RN, finally good enough to claim this morning with clear ABC > > Majestic > > > Fanfare at 12:00 UTC TOH and the followed by DU talk under domestic > > > splatter. New log and distance record for me at 9,770 miles (15,723 > > km). > > > > > > 576 2RN Sydney also had clear pips and Majestic Fanfare at 12:00 > UTC > > TOH, > > > but not much else. > > > > > > 612 had 4QR Brisbane was at a nice level at 12:00 TOH and good for > > at least > > > 10 minutes past local sunrise (12:10 UTC), much of the talk was > > > intelligible, which was nice for a change! > > > > > > Bits of DU audio also noted on 594, 702 & 738 but not as good as > the > > two > > > above. 558 also had some weak audio there but was destroyed by > WIND.. > > > > > > 73, > > > Tim Tromp > > > West Michigan > > > Perseus SDR + southwest phased BOGs > > > _______________________________________________ > > > IRCA mailing list > > > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com mailto:IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > > > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > > > > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of > the > > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > > > > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > > > > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com mailto: > > irca@hard-core-dx.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > IRCA mailing list > > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
