Yesterday evening they were S9 on my poor 6m high INV-L. The 1810-1820 interval is unusable here.
73 Ady YO2NAA On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 11:09 PM, Jean-Paul Albert via Topband < topband@contesting.com> wrote: > Yes Mark , around 6 pm GMT time louder than the days before. > Shorter propagation by the moment I suppose because no eastern station at > the grey line today. > > 73´ > Jean Paul > > > Envoyé de mon iPad > > > Le 20 févr. 2018 à 21:29, Mark van Wijk <pa...@home.nl> a écrit : > > > > And just tonight they are loud again: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ > pa5mw/39676032834/in/dateposted/ > > > > Signal level: 25dB above bandnoise > > > > RX antenna: 60mtr BOG in a ditch QTF 30 > > > > > > 73 > > Mark, PA5MW > > > > > >> On 2/20/2018 10:41 AM, Roger Kennedy wrote: > >> Yes, upon searching, I came across Alan Cordwell's web pages that he > wrote > >> about the old Decca HiFix navigation beacons that used to be VERY strong > >> here in Britain, but closed down during the 90s. > >> > >> I emailed him about these, as they sound very similar. > >> > >> He confirmed that they are a Russian system that works in much the same > way, > >> and have low power transmitter around the Baltic. > >> > >> As Mark posted, here's a link to Alan's webpage which shows you how they > >> sound: > >> > >> http://alancordwell.co.uk/Legacy/radionavigation/russian/bras.html > >> > >> They are used by fishermen to pinpoint their position so they can locate > >> fish stocks - that's why I referred to them as fishing beacons. > >> > >> I'm amazed some of you can hear them in the US, as they're rarely very > >> strong here - typically between S2 and S9, but generally around S5. > >> > >> But the thing to remember is that there are about 15 of them spaced > evenly > >> between 1800 and 1820 kHz . . and they are quite wide. So these will > often > >> block out weak DX signals here in Europe. So worth avoiding that part > of > >> the band. > >> > >> Hopefully they will turn them off soon, and just use GPS ! > >> > >> 73 Roger G3YRO > >> > >> _________________ > >> Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > > > _________________ > > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > -- 73 Ady YO2NAA _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband