[IRCA] NE Oregon, morning LWBC TA, 162 France Inter

2010-12-04 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
LWBC Radio Rossii doing better today with 171 heard, first time in quite awhile, as well as all the others at good level for awhile (153, 180, 189, 234, 279). (180 goes off at 1400 utc.) 164 Mongolia with very poor audio for a short while at 1352 utc. But cycling through checking hets in CW

Re: [IRCA] NE Oregon, morning LWBC TA, 162 France Inter

2010-12-04 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Hi, Steve. Just about the only TA noted on the west coast has been Radio Farda. As for LW reception, most of us are hampered by poor reception due to noise. Great catch for sure! I think hams get some decent TA reception on their 1.8 MHz band. Did hear Radio Farda here yesterday morning (in

Re: [IRCA] NE Oregon, morning LWBC TA, 162 France Inter

2010-12-04 Thread Bruce Portzer
Congratulations Steve Northwest DXers have long considered the possibility of TA's at our local sunrise, but I don't recall anyone ever doing it before, except for Radio Farda. According to Geoclock, it peaked at least 30 minutes before local sunset at the transmitter. Bruce On 12/4/2010

Re: [IRCA] NE Oregon, morning LWBC TA, 162 France Inter

2010-12-04 Thread Patrick Martin
I think I got the TA (ME) on 1539 when Bellevue was off last year too in the morning. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions

Re: [IRCA] NE Oregon, morning LWBC TA, 162 France Inter

2010-12-04 Thread Mike Stonebridge
Steve: I hear 162-France here most days around local sunset, along with 153-Norway and 189-Iceland. Can't say I've ever noticed them in the mornings. If I do hear any LW stations then they're always TP's. Last evening I had those 3 plus 198-UK and some faint audio on 234 and 252, probably

Re: [IRCA] NE Oregon, morning LWBC TA, 162 France Inter

2010-12-04 Thread Saul DX
Would that be a trans-polar path at that hour? Saul - Original Message - On 12/4/2010 8:38 AM, Steve Ratzlaff wrote: LWBC Radio Rossii doing better today with 171 heard, first time in quite awhile, as well as all the others at good level for awhile (153, 180, 189, 234, 279). (180