I wonder if sunset at the transmitter will deliver anything to you Tim?
http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/4all/1566sunset.pdf shows you
what the signal strength of HLAZ looked like here over the last
couple of mornings, plus one more morning. HLAZ sunset is 0850ish,
and signal seems to peak here just after 1000UT. I don't believe
that peak is an artifact of this location, it should be the same at
yours, as it seems to be happening near the transmitter. (years ago,
an Ontario DXer and I tracked the Meyerton, South Africa 75m
transmitter sunrise enhancement and it was very similar at our two locations)
Of course, 1000UT will have all the interference of night time for
you as for me, so it may not help, but thought I should mention
it. That enhancement has been happening most mornings in October,
so it's pretty reliable just now. On the lower band, my 594 traces
don't show the enhancement nearly so definitely.
(the other "enhancement" at 1230UT is when HLAZ switches their
pattern to favor Japan, and us)
best wishes,
Nick
At 14:17 2018-10-26, Tim Tromp wrote:
Local sunrise = 12:12 UTC
A pathetic report compared to the inspiring reports coming from the west
coast, but this may interest other Midwesterners.
I turned on the radio at 10:20 UTC and found presumed Asian carriers on
1116, 1134 and 1566. At 10:24 UTC, 1566 started to gain strength and even
produced some threshold audio. By the time I was able to check for a HLAZ
parallel, it dropped back down, and a few minutes later the excitement was
over. These were on the North DKAZ and were not present on my DU favoring
southwest BOGs. I may have to get up a bit earlier tomorrow morning just
before HLAZ sunset and have another go at this. 1098 Mrashalls also noted
in passing with a fair signal and clear island music for the first time
this season.
DUs were mostly a dud this morning, but the weak Asian signals were neat to
see on the SDR because they are so rare here.
73,
Tim Tromp
West Michigan
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