Conditions took a turn for the worse today, well down from yesterday. Most of
the audio broke late, during the 1415Z capture and not before. Even the
venerable 594 JOAK faltered today, heard poorly only at at 1415Z. Exceptions
were the R. Rossii LWBC stations, 4 of which were in at 1300Z, much
At 0830 UTC I noted the following hets with my Sony 2010: 594, 702,
972, 1134, 1242!, and 1566. Oddball there w/ that one. 73 Todd in
Woodbury MN
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Hi Patrick;
My local WNTS (Beech Grove, IN) used a Radio Mas phrase at the 0002
(CT) during the TOH package but I wasn't listening at 0037. You do have
WNTS in your book, already, don't you?
As for the test - nothing but WNTS and WAKR. I did not hear any of the
tunes and such that I have read
Propagation favored southerly senders this morning, as reception of TP signals
continues to deteriorate here. It was made worse by local thunderstorms.
Receivers: Etón E100 (barefoot) and Tecsun PL-310 with 7.5-inch loopstick.
Local sunrise was at 1241 UTC.
738 unID, 1200, carrier (het),
Listened from 1322-1433 utc. Conditions improved here this morning. Some
lower power
stations heard. NHK1 syn. on 846 matched //594. JOUB with armchair copy on 6
kc selectivity.
Upper channels still down and with a lot of noise up there.
279 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1330 man with
Listened from 1303-1345 utc and conditions was way up from yesterday but I did
have a lot of noise. All carriers and audio was on the bottom part of the band
with nothing above 972. At first not much was heard with only JOUB-774 in
audio but at sunrise the other stations were heard but they
Heard this intriguing unID on 1100, almost all of Friday evening.
Under WTAM, and briefly equal at times, was what sounded like an Old
Time Radio program or REL drama. At the end of the program (2158 ET)
was a PO Box (237?) address in Portland , Oregon and what sounded like a
husband and wife's
News1130 listeners hearing more Latin music Engineers are running some
tests Monday evening. Our listeners may notice a very weak News1130 signal
for short periods of time. Right now, our engineers are running some tests
that require a switch to a lower power back-up antenna.
This won't last
Eric Floden wrote:
News1130 listeners hearing more Latin music
Engineers are running some tests Monday evening.
Not sure why they are doing this while KPWX is on night pattern. This morning,
to satisfy my sadistic cravings, I tuned in on 1130 at 7:29 and waited for the
holocaust. It
I agree. Why test after after Mt. Angel drops power? They should be
testing around before LSS or a bit after LSR.
Patrick
Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager
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I don't see how these tests will change anything, unless they just want
to make sure their pattern is correct. But the SS music QRM will
continue, unless Mt. Angel makes some changes. CKWX may have to apply
for a new frequency. Hey maybe they can take over the old 600. At least
there is no other
Greetings To All,
Propagation for the most part early on last evening tended to be in the
doldrums here with minimal TA's making it through and with not much of a punch,
accompanied with the high noise level, the signals really didn't start
improving until around 1:00 UT . By then the noise
Patrick Martin wrote:
I agree. Why test after Mt Angel drops power? They should be testing
before LSS or a bit after LSR. .
I suspect they're actually doing field-strength measurements to confirm
that Oregon really is dropping power when it's supposed to. (After all,
*they* don't have
CKWX can;'t just apply for a new frequency.. you make this out to be alot
simplier then it really is.
From what I've read, the interference CKWX is getting from 1130 in Mt Angel
is somehting they arent actually protected from legally, I htink.. but don't
quote me.
Co-ordinaiton between the
David:
If I had to guess I'd say KKLL (if it was rel.) as they are basically a
repeater w/a satelite feed. They often do multi-station IDs on the hour and
that could explain the tones.
73
David
--- On Tue, 10/19/10, HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil wrote:
From: HASCALL, DAVID
All times and dates strictly UT. MW log editors are welcome to excerpt items,
reformat and change to favorite timezone if necessary. Rx: mostly DX-398 with
internal antenna only; some caradio as specified; above 2 MHz on FRG-7 with
110-foot east-west longwire.
** KOREA NORTH [and non].
CKWX can;'t just apply for a new frequency.. you make this out to be
alot simplier then it really is.
I did not say it was simple, but 600 is clear and may be a possibility.
But unless CKWX wants to say goodbye to many listeners, this problem has
to be solved. Mt. Angel is getting into CKWX's
I suspect they're actually doing field-strength measurements to
confirm that Oregon really is dropping power when it's supposed to.
(After all, *they* don't have Patrick's monitoring station on the coast
to tell them that!)
I can just imagine what the QRM must be like in their area, considering
I
Paul Walker wrote: CKWX can;'t just apply for a new frequency.. you
make this out to be a lot simplier then it really is.
That's not true. Patrick's suggestion of 600 is interesting. CKWX could very
easily apply for a new frequency. There's a few potentially open channels in
Vancouver.
On 2010-10-19, at 12:45 PM, Patrick Martin wrote:
I suspect they're actually doing field-strength measurements to
confirm that Oregon really is dropping power when it's supposed to.
(After all, *they* don't have Patrick's monitoring station on the coast
to tell them that!)
I can just
Perhaps the idea of using 600 is good, with Montana (KGZZ) gone here
it is all CJWW day and night with WMT sometimes heard at night with CJWW
nulled. Besides CJWW the closest stations to Vancouver would be the
three California stations.
600 had good coverage in the NW, but I don't know if the
According to Michael Yule in Kitselano ( west end of Vancouver ) CKWX dropped
power at 6:05 PM PDT so they would have had 25 minutes for testing while KPWX
was still on day power.From his location there was no sign of any Mexican
music.Bill in Vic BC
According to Michael Yule in Kitselano ( west end of Vancouver )
CKWX dropped power at 6:05 PM PDT so they would have had 25 minutes for
testing while KPWX was still on day power.From his location there was no
sign of any Mexican music.Bill in Vic BC
But there were reports of SS music in
Saul says...
But let's step back, because one should always take a considered, stepped
approach to solving problems. Changing one's channel is a bit of a hassle,
perhaps the last of many potential steps.
Agreed.
Here's my read on the situation as it now stands:
First, it's not clear to me
The enormous high-pressure ridge STILL not gone??
Steve Francis
Alcoa, Tennessee
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Could be KKLL, David. I checked the web for info on KKLL and they are
part of the hereshelpnet.org network. I could not find a program
schedule online - what I might do is try to the listen to that group's
web stream on Friday night and see if they play the same shows as what I
heard last Friday
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2010 Oct 19 1805 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 18 October follow.
Solar flux 91 and mid-latitude A-index 5.
The
So, does anyone know if the 1 or 2khz tone between 05:19:40 and 05:20:00 UTC
was in fact WBGW ?
That is what I heard from someone out there.
I'm pretty sure of the exact time as my Perseus records UTC and my PC was
very close to being in sync.
Bill Nollman
Farmington, CT.
-Original
Why would CKWX switch to a backup tower with lower power to conduct signal
tests
when this move would let in the KPWX signal into more weak zones east of
Vancouver than the full power signal would, making reception of CK even more
difficult. Bill in BC
It was explained they lowered power so they could take measurements of KPWX
.
paul
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:40 PM, bill kral jwk...@yahoo.ca wrote:
Why would CKWX switch to a backup tower with lower power to conduct signal
tests
when this move would let in the KPWX signal into more weak
The high pressure ridge is temporarily back until about Friday in this area and
is currently creating listening havoc east of Vancouver at about 18:00 PDT for
people who like to listen to a continous series of short news clips that
basically are repeated every few minutes.And nobody has to look
I did read that there was SS QRM in Burnaby in the afternoons by one
listener, 10 miles from the CKWX site. So, I guess it depends on how
constant and bad the interference is.
Patrick
Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager
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Hello All,
Even though a TP band scan with the modified ICF-2010 around 1300
(prior to breakfast) showed promising carriers on frequencies like 639, 648
and 738, these signals seemed to fade greatly by 1335, the time that the 9'
loop was set up in the cold back yard. The result was a
No...in fact, it's gorgeous sunshine in their listening area today
due to that high pressure ridge, who would want to be listening to the radio?
Now, if there were TAs to hear, perhaps. (hi)
Nick
At 19:49 19/10/2010, you wrote:
The enormous high-pressure ridge STILL not gone??
Steve
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2010 Oct 20 0005 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
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# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 19 October follow.
Solar flux 87 and mid-latitude A-index 6.
The
A couple of DXers have noted the recent changes in the Dutch islands in the
Caribbean. Here are some additional comments to muddy the water further:
Aruba had previously moved to a separate status within the Kingdom of the
Netherlands, so for strict country counters it had already become ATN
On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:48:31 + Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org wrote:
No...in fact, it's gorgeous sunshine in their listening area today
due to that high pressure ridge, who would want to be listening to the radio?
And it is that very high pressure inversion ridge that
is contributing to all
Three short listening sessions here this morning. at 1255, 1330 and 1400UT,
and unlike Gary's observations, things seemed a little better by 1400. but
there sure wasn't much to start with, and I'd say this was a poorer morning.
The lone Aussie (4QR-612) made its appearance at 1417UT.
Missed the boat here, fellas. The trouble with leaving up to TOH Recorder
and Perseus SDR is that I forgot to push the activate button, so have no
feedback for this morning! ...Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:30 AM, Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org wrote:
Three
As everyone else has already said, this wasn't a great morning for TP
DX. I tuned around for a bit before heading off to work, and mostly
heard the powerhouses at less than powerhouse levels.
I left the SDR running after 1400 UT. It pulled in a few weak signals
from a few stations in the
Are we really thinking that a high pressure ridge is responsible for
anything, vs the Ionosphere, with it's SF/A and K indices? I'm kind of
skeptical about all of this weather stuff..Walt
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 9:49 PM, bill kral jwk...@yahoo.ca wrote:
The high pressure ridge is
981 Algeria, 972 Libya - both with decent signals at times, though not
steady.
Audio creeping in on other channels where I've never had audio before.
Relogs: 945 France strong, 531 Algeria semilocal-like, 549 Algeria, various
Spanish stations, ..
Saul Chernos
Burnt River ON
Perhaps a little (very little) better than yesterday, but still very
poor for Asia. The lone Asian reaching audio was 774 JOUB, in for
several minutes after 1340.
Several Aussies were noted between 1345 and 1400 (4QR 612, 4BC 1116, 4QD
1548, and also one on 891, though it was too weak to know
jrenf...@rochester.rr.com wrote:
A couple of DXers have noted the recent changes in the Dutch islands in the
Caribbean. Here are some additional comments to muddy the water
further:
Aruba had previously moved to a separate status within the Kingdom of the
Netherlands, so for strict country
We're deadly serious about this weather-induced AM propagation. I only wish
we could get a ridge like that out east..
;-).
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This is one of the problems with country lists. I believe country lists
should be like the SWBC NASWA list where countries are geographic entities
and not tied to a range of dates due to politics that usually have no
relation to reception of radio stations.
How many people really use the country
Not a hint of any TA out here on the west coast, though.Walt
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:48 AM, Saul DX sau...@sympatico.ca wrote:
981 Algeria, 972 Libya - both with decent signals at times, though not
steady.
Audio creeping in on other channels where I've never had audio before.
Good time oldies 93-CFBC St. John NB booming in on east wire. Relog here but
very good signal.
1640 has had a weird noise the last few nights I've been here... and it
almost seems deliberate, *somewhat* like a siren...
TA stuff still strong. UK 909, 693, stuff below still in. Trying to
Somewhat below average conditions for the Asian TP's here. Japan and Korea
prevailed with some good signals among the big guns, China mostly absent. Only
AK noted was KTKN, first time I've heard it this season dominating 930 Khz.
Four LWBC R.Rossii in again but down in strength from yesterday.
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