Re: ULR DX.....DX Season not over yet!! Another NEW ULR Stati...
Hi Rob,
Another new ULR station on your SRF-T615??? That must be one of the
most successful Ultralights on the planet! (at least one of the
top three, along with the SRF-M37V's used by Allen Willie,
and Gary Deacon). I don't suppose you have become slightly attached to that tiny
radio, during two years of fanatical DXing?? :-)
It's interesting that in these days of 1 kHz DSP selectivity and 500
memories, our most successful DXer is sticking with the tiny $100+ Japanese
marvel that has been around for years.
73, Gary
In a message dated 3/31/2010 4:34:08 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
va3sw@... writes:
Hi Guys:
Well they seem to come in Bunches. Another New Station Logged for the
ULR Logbook last night at Bedtime. This one is a RELOG for the OVERALL
LOG however......
Radio Used..........SONY SRF-T615 ULR Barefoot
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^
ULR LOG TOTALS are now ......826 Stations Heard.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^
73............ROB VA3SW
Robert S. Ross
London, Ontario CANADA
********************* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********
1460 WBUC Buckhannon, WEST VIRGINIA Mar/30/10 2314 EDT EE FAIR
Oldies Song "Great Pretender" by the Platters @ 2314-17 EDT.
ID by Male DJ as "AM 1460 WBUC" @ 2317 EDT. Into 70's song "Leader
Of the Band". Another Oldies Song..."Just One Love in this whole world".
RELOG....But NEW ULR # 826 5 KW/25 WATTS Nights
ROSS, ONT.
********************* ********* ********* ********* ********* *********
PL-380 - tuning knob broke again :(
pianoplayer88key
Well.... it happened. again. :(
I grabbed my PL-380 the other day... only to discover that the tuning knob had broken again (the same way as before - I repaired it once), and is now spinning in place, without serving any function... and there's no "clicks" when turning it, either, like there is with the volume knob.
This is the second time the tuning knob on my PL-380 has broken. On the contrary, the volume knob is still holding up & functioning perfectly fine. So, is there anything I can do about this to prevent it from happening again? (The radio is still tunable with the keypad, but some other functions require the tuning dial.)
I'm hoping to do some other modifications to this PL-380 (implementing Scott Willingham's mod, & putting a 5"x0.5" (or 4"x0.25") Amidon-61 ferrite bar in the battery compartment (replacing the stock bar), for example), but considering how flimsy some parts seem to be, I'm wondering if I should start looking at other options? I've already ruled out several, like the PL-310, PL-360, PL-300WT, DT-400W, SRF-M37W, ICF-2010, etc, for various reasons, including not-as-good selectivity, no multiple bandwidths, severe soft mute, among other things. I really would prefer not to buy another radio at this time, though, but there are some issues that really need to be corrected, including the flimsy tuning knob, having some "blank" frequencies with a 45-50dBu noise floor when I'm not within 1/10 mile of a 50kW IBOC blowtorch (instead of the 15dBu typical in rural areas / faraday cages), still too much soft mute / audio pumping on fringe/borderline signals (especially annoying when listening to a station that has co-channel interference when the two stations' carrier frequencies aren't exactly synchronized), among other things.
I really want to like this PL-380, though... the selectivity is, to put it mildly, amazing, except when faced with extremely strong signals. Even so, compared to my previous radio, a Panasonic RQ-SW20... well, it's NO comparison. (The RQ-SW20 is about as wide as the Sony SRF-M37W.) It's just that some stations that should be clearly listenable on this radio are pushed below the raised noise floor due to strong locals > 150-200 kHz away.
Is it time to toss my PL-380 en la basura, or is there anything I can do? :(
I grabbed my PL-380 the other day... only to discover that the tuning knob had broken again (the same way as before - I repaired it once), and is now spinning in place, without serving any function... and there's no "clicks" when turning it, either, like there is with the volume knob.
This is the second time the tuning knob on my PL-380 has broken. On the contrary, the volume knob is still holding up & functioning perfectly fine. So, is there anything I can do about this to prevent it from happening again? (The radio is still tunable with the keypad, but some other functions require the tuning dial.)
I'm hoping to do some other modifications to this PL-380 (implementing Scott Willingham's mod, & putting a 5"x0.5" (or 4"x0.25") Amidon-61 ferrite bar in the battery compartment (replacing the stock bar), for example), but considering how flimsy some parts seem to be, I'm wondering if I should start looking at other options? I've already ruled out several, like the PL-310, PL-360, PL-300WT, DT-400W, SRF-M37W, ICF-2010, etc, for various reasons, including not-as-good selectivity, no multiple bandwidths, severe soft mute, among other things. I really would prefer not to buy another radio at this time, though, but there are some issues that really need to be corrected, including the flimsy tuning knob, having some "blank" frequencies with a 45-50dBu noise floor when I'm not within 1/10 mile of a 50kW IBOC blowtorch (instead of the 15dBu typical in rural areas / faraday cages), still too much soft mute / audio pumping on fringe/borderline signals (especially annoying when listening to a station that has co-channel interference when the two stations' carrier frequencies aren't exactly synchronized), among other things.
I really want to like this PL-380, though... the selectivity is, to put it mildly, amazing, except when faced with extremely strong signals. Even so, compared to my previous radio, a Panasonic RQ-SW20... well, it's NO comparison. (The RQ-SW20 is about as wide as the Sony SRF-M37W.) It's just that some stations that should be clearly listenable on this radio are pushed below the raised noise floor due to strong locals > 150-200 kHz away.
Is it time to toss my PL-380 en la basura, or is there anything I can do? :(
ULR DX.....DX Season not over yet!! Another NEW ULR Station Logged......
Hi Guys:
Well they seem to come in Bunches. Another New Station Logged for the ULR Logbook last night at Bedtime. This one is a RELOG for the OVERALL LOG however......
Radio Used..........SONY SRF-T615 ULR Barefoot
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ULR LOG TOTALS are now ......826 Stations Heard.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
73............ROB VA3SW
Robert S. Ross
London, Ontario CANADA
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1460 WBUC Buckhannon, WEST VIRGINIA Mar/30/10 2314 EDT EE FAIR
Oldies Song "Great Pretender" by the Platters @ 2314-17 EDT.
ID by Male DJ as "AM 1460 WBUC" @ 2317 EDT. Into 70's song "Leader
Of the Band". Another Oldies Song..."Just One Love in this whole world".
RELOG....But NEW ULR # 826 5 KW/25 WATTS Nights
ROSS, ONT.
******************************************************************
Well they seem to come in Bunches. Another New Station Logged for the ULR Logbook last night at Bedtime. This one is a RELOG for the OVERALL LOG however......
Radio Used..........SONY SRF-T615 ULR Barefoot
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ULR LOG TOTALS are now ......826 Stations Heard.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
73............ROB VA3SW
Robert S. Ross
London, Ontario CANADA
*****************************************************************
1460 WBUC Buckhannon, WEST VIRGINIA Mar/30/10 2314 EDT EE FAIR
Oldies Song "Great Pretender" by the Platters @ 2314-17 EDT.
ID by Male DJ as "AM 1460 WBUC" @ 2317 EDT. Into 70's song "Leader
Of the Band". Another Oldies Song..."Just One Love in this whole world".
RELOG....But NEW ULR # 826 5 KW/25 WATTS Nights
ROSS, ONT.
******************************************************************
Puyallup, WA TP's for 3-31.. 1377 kHz Mystery
Hello All,
In general the Asian TP's lost some of their audio strength compared with
yesterday, but there were several interesting signals, including one UnID
mystery.
Again DXing from 1325-1350 in the back yard (thankfully dry this time), the
high band superstations like 1566-HLAZ and 1575-VOA had fairly good
audio, but not like on great mornings. The overachieving 1575-AFN station
was nowhere to be heard. 1053 kHz had a weak mix of two stations at
1330 (one of which was apparently JOAR), and 1134 kHz had a stronger
mix of JOQR and the KBS Korean for most of the listening session. 1503-JOUK had
fair audio around 1345, but the 1476 kHz carrier (almost in audio, yesterday)
was very anemic this morning here.
The star of the morning was probably 1377-CNR1, which dominated the
frequency at a healthy level for most of the morning. At around 1333 (while
playing electronic instrumental music) the Chinese station had a weak co-channel
TP on the frequency with apparent Korean language, although the co-channel
was only around for about a minute, and there was no real chance to check any
parallels. The weak co-channel can be heard in the beginning of this recording
at 1333, mixing with the Chinese station's instrumental music
(but neither station's signal was earth-shaking at the time) http://www.mediafire.com/?ztmnrn2zzzj .
As usual this week the TP signals dived in unison around the 1400 TOH, with
bright sunlight cutting short the mediocre Puyallup version of sunrise
enhancement. But here in late March, it's probably best to be thankful
for what TP's we still have, especially in this modest location.
73, Gary DeBock
Spotting receiver: Modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick)
Main receiver: Modified Tecsun PL-380 (7.5" loopstick)
7.5' (side) PVC-frame tuned passive loop (in the back yard)
Re: 2 more Cubans
Carl DeWhitt
Time was EDT.
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Radio Progresso Cuba 880 & 890 2156-2206 3.30.10 heard // much stronger 640 with fast paced dance type music.very poor-poor at best with 880 with a slight edge.880 mixing with WCBS which i could null better than WLS 890. E-100 barefoot.
Carl DeWhitt
Maryville,TN.
Re: Puyallup, WA TP's for 3-30.. Good High Band
Hello Richard,
Thanks for the surprising TP report from Oklahoma on your barefoot PL-310,
and I'm happy that 774-JOUB and 747-JOIB made the long trip (with audio) to your
location.
John B. and I were always amazed at your success at receiving TP's on
barefoot ULR's in Oklahoma, especially on your SRF-T615 (which isn't known for
being very selective). Your success in receiving Asians and Europeans is
probably related to the excellent soil you have in your location, as well as to
your patience and skill as a DXer.
The Asian TP season is dropping off somewhat now that the hours of daylight
are lengthening, but the DU season (Australia, NZ and Pacific Islands) is about
to begin here on the west coast. If the DX conditions are good around sunrise,
Richard, you might try for a few of the Pacific "big guns" like 738-Tahiti,
567-2YA, 612-4QR, etc. It might seem tough to receive them in your inland
location, but stranger things have happened.
73 and Good DX, Gary
In a message dated 3/31/2010 6:00:52 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
richarda@... writes:
Gary:
I heard JOUB 774 from about 1048 until 1154 on a barefoot PL-310. JOIB 747 was also audible at 1105. Other than a het on 972 the other usual TP suspects remained silent. I listened awhile on 1575 but couldn't hear anything other than the splatter from XERF 1570.
March is going out like a lion with wind gusts over 25 knots this morning. So, one of your backyard loops wouldn't stand up very long here.
Good DX.
Richard.
Richard Allen
36°22'51"N / 97°26'35"W
(15.5 km northwest of Perry OK USA)
Re: 1 log and a thought on propagation
Carl DeWhitt
I had not thought of this when i posted but far to the north such as Alaska,not only do they have earlier sunrises/later sunsets,but they have much longer days.They are the land of the midnight sun during summer that far north.So lower frequencies on sw ,mw and lw would not have much propagation from there due to the much shorter night.
Carl DeWhitt
Maryville,TN.
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--- In ultralightdx@..., Richard Berler <lrdheat@...> wrote:
That makes sense as not only is Milwaukee north, but it is also about 5 degrees east of Shreveport's longitude which gives Milwaukee about a 20 minute lead just due to longitude. A station far to the north, but in the western part of it's time zone could have a later summer season sunrise than a southern station located in the eastern portion of the same time zone.
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--- On Tue, 3/30/10, Carl <carl_elissa@...> wrote:
From: Carl <carl_elissa@...>
Subject: [ultralightdx] Re: 1 log and a thought on propagation
To: ultralightdx@...
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 7:25 PM
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I just checked with a site that gives sunrise/sunset times and it appears that Milwaukee SR is a little earlier than Shreveport's. Perhaps a change to daytime power and antenna pattern brought WISN up over KWKH.
Carl DeWhitt
Naryville,TN.
--- In ultralightdx@ yahoogroups. com, "Carl" <carl_elissa@ ...> wrote:
I wonder how this would explain KWKH Shreveport,LA fading down to almost nothing while WISN,which is much further north,fading up in it's place.I forgot to mention that.Perhaps the sunrise is still later in Milwaukee than Shreveport ?
Carl DeWhitt
Maryville,TN
--- In ultralightdx@ yahoogroups. com, Richard Berler <lrdheat@> wrote:
Duruing spring through summer, sunrise is earlier, sunset is later the further north you go.
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--- On Tue, 3/30/10, Carl <carl_elissa@ > wrote:
From: Carl <carl_elissa@ >
Subject: [ultralightdx] 1 log and a thought on propagation
To: ultralightdx@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 4:46 PM
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WISN 1130 Milwaukee,WI 0816-0831 EDT 3.30.10 Local talk with call ins discussing the competition among various supermarkets for families grocery dollars.Call sign mentioned each time a caller called in.Also mentioned Milwaukee and southeast Wisconsin.Maybe re-log.poor- fair.E-100 barefoot.
This got me thinking about something i once read or noticed.
Sunrise the further north you go comes later.I think this could be useful in dxing stations to your northwest just after your local sunrise.Any thoughts on this ?
Carl DeWhitt
Maryville,TN
Re: Puyallup, WA TP's for 3-30.. Good High Band
bbwrwy
Gary:
I heard JOUB 774 from about 1048 until 1154 on a barefoot PL-310. JOIB 747 was also audible at 1105. Other than a het on 972 the other usual TP suspects remained silent. I listened awhile on 1575 but couldn't hear anything other than the splatter from XERF 1570.
March is going out like a lion with wind gusts over 25 knots this morning. So, one of your backyard loops wouldn't stand up very long here.
Good DX.
Richard.
Richard Allen
36°22'51"N / 97°26'35"W
(15.5 km northwest of Perry OK USA)
I heard JOUB 774 from about 1048 until 1154 on a barefoot PL-310. JOIB 747 was also audible at 1105. Other than a het on 972 the other usual TP suspects remained silent. I listened awhile on 1575 but couldn't hear anything other than the splatter from XERF 1570.
March is going out like a lion with wind gusts over 25 knots this morning. So, one of your backyard loops wouldn't stand up very long here.
Good DX.
Richard.
Richard Allen
36°22'51"N / 97°26'35"W
(15.5 km northwest of Perry OK USA)
Re: 1 log and a thought on propagation
lrdheat
That makes sense as not only is Milwaukee north, but it is also about 5 degrees east of Shreveport's longitude which gives Milwaukee about a 20 minute lead just due to longitude. A station far to the north, but in the western part of it's time zone could have a later summer season sunrise than a southern station located in the eastern portion of the same time zone.
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--- On Tue, 3/30/10, Carl wrote:
From: Carl Subject: [ultralightdx] Re: 1 log and a thought on propagation
To: ultralightdx@...
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 7:25 PM
I just checked with a site that gives sunrise/sunset times and it appears that Milwaukee SR is a little earlier than Shreveport's. Perhaps a change to daytime power and antenna pattern brought WISN up over KWKH.
Carl DeWhitt
Naryville,TN.
--- In ultralightdx@ yahoogroups. com, "Carl" wrote:
>
> I wonder how this would explain KWKH Shreveport,LA fading down to almost nothing while WISN,which is much further north,fading up in it's place.I forgot to mention that.Perhaps the sunrise is still later in Milwaukee than Shreveport ?
>
> Carl DeWhitt
> Maryville,TN
>
>
> --- In ultralightdx@ yahoogroups. com, Richard Berler wrote:
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> > Duruing spring through summer, sunrise is earlier, sunset is later the further north you go.
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> >
> > From: Carl
> > Subject: [ultralightdx] 1 log and a thought on propagation
> > To: ultralightdx@ yahoogroups. com
> > Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 4:46 PM
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> > WISN 1130 Milwaukee,WI 0816-0831 EDT 3.30.10 Local talk with call ins discussing the competition among various supermarkets for families grocery dollars.Call sign mentioned each time a caller called in.Also mentioned Milwaukee and southeast Wisconsin.Maybe re-log.poor- fair.E-100 barefoot.
> > This got me thinking about something i once read or noticed.
> > Sunrise the further north you go comes later.I think this could be useful in dxing stations to your northwest just after your local sunrise.Any thoughts on this ?
> > Carl DeWhitt
> > Maryville,TN
> >
>
One New Log, WYTI-1570
John Cereghin <jcereghin@...>
One new station for the UL log tonight:
1570 WYTI Rocky Mount VA, 1945, Motor Racing Network (NASCAR Today?) programming, several call IDs where the ID tape seemed to be dragging, ads for a local law firm. Bluegrass music after 2000 when I lost them, when I presume they went to night power.
UL log #689.
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John Cereghin WDX3IAO KB3LYP
Smyrna DE
My radio page www.pilgrimway.org/dx
The Ultralight Scoreboard www.pilgrimway.org/ulradio
1570 WYTI Rocky Mount VA, 1945, Motor Racing Network (NASCAR Today?) programming, several call IDs where the ID tape seemed to be dragging, ads for a local law firm. Bluegrass music after 2000 when I lost them, when I presume they went to night power.
UL log #689.
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John Cereghin WDX3IAO KB3LYP
Smyrna DE
My radio page www.pilgrimway.org/dx
The Ultralight Scoreboard www.pilgrimway.org/ulradio
Re: 1 log and a thought on propagation
Carl DeWhitt
I just checked with a site that gives sunrise/sunset times and it appears that Milwaukee SR is a little earlier than Shreveport's.Perhaps a change to daytime power and antenna pattern brought WISN up over KWKH.
Carl DeWhitt
Naryville,TN.
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--- In ultralightdx@..., "Carl" <carl_elissa@...> wrote:
I wonder how this would explain KWKH Shreveport,LA fading down to almost nothing while WISN,which is much further north,fading up in it's place.I forgot to mention that.Perhaps the sunrise is still later in Milwaukee than Shreveport ?
Carl DeWhitt
Maryville,TN
--- In ultralightdx@..., Richard Berler <lrdheat@> wrote:
Duruing spring through summer, sunrise is earlier, sunset is later the further north you go.
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--- On Tue, 3/30/10, Carl <carl_elissa@> wrote:
From: Carl <carl_elissa@>
Subject: [ultralightdx] 1 log and a thought on propagation
To: ultralightdx@...
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 4:46 PM
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WISN 1130 Milwaukee,WI 0816-0831 EDT 3.30.10 Local talk with call ins discussing the competition among various supermarkets for families grocery dollars.Call sign mentioned each time a caller called in.Also mentioned Milwaukee and southeast Wisconsin.Maybe re-log.poor- fair.E-100 barefoot.
This got me thinking about something i once read or noticed.
Sunrise the further north you go comes later.I think this could be useful in dxing stations to your northwest just after your local sunrise.Any thoughts on this ?
Carl DeWhitt
Maryville,TN
ULR DX.......Finally ....ULR # 825 Logged!
Hi Guys:
Well...after adding 7 New Stations to the ULR Log in 24 hours....it has just taken me 2 WEEKS to go from #824 to #825 Heard!! I've been DXing every night at Sunset and during the Evening for the last 14 days and just last night logged a NEW on 930 Khz to get to #825. This station in NEW for both the ULR and OVERALL LOGS.
The DX Gods are really making work for every New One now........
Heard this station just before dozing off for the night last evening!!
Radio used is.....SONY SRF-T615 ULR Barefoot
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ULR LOG is now 825 Stations Logged.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
73.........ROB VA3SW
Robert S. Ross
London, Ontario CANADA
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930 WPAT Patterson, NJ March/30/10 2350 EDT EE FAIR
Male Preacher with CARIBE Accent in ENGLISH. Gospel Talk at 2350
- 0000 EDT. 347 AREA CODE Phone Numbers (NYC)Area. ID by Male DJ
in ENGLISH @ 0000 EDT as "AM 930 WPAT Patterson". Also ID Sung out
by Females as "W-P-A-T". Back to Male with Gospel Program and CARIBE
Accent til 0012 EDT. Mix with WBEN after 0005.
NEW STATION ULR # 825 5 KW
ROSS, ONT.
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Well...after adding 7 New Stations to the ULR Log in 24 hours....it has just taken me 2 WEEKS to go from #824 to #825 Heard!! I've been DXing every night at Sunset and during the Evening for the last 14 days and just last night logged a NEW on 930 Khz to get to #825. This station in NEW for both the ULR and OVERALL LOGS.
The DX Gods are really making work for every New One now........
Heard this station just before dozing off for the night last evening!!
Radio used is.....SONY SRF-T615 ULR Barefoot
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ULR LOG is now 825 Stations Logged.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
73.........ROB VA3SW
Robert S. Ross
London, Ontario CANADA
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930 WPAT Patterson, NJ March/30/10 2350 EDT EE FAIR
Male Preacher with CARIBE Accent in ENGLISH. Gospel Talk at 2350
- 0000 EDT. 347 AREA CODE Phone Numbers (NYC)Area. ID by Male DJ
in ENGLISH @ 0000 EDT as "AM 930 WPAT Patterson". Also ID Sung out
by Females as "W-P-A-T". Back to Male with Gospel Program and CARIBE
Accent til 0012 EDT. Mix with WBEN after 0005.
NEW STATION ULR # 825 5 KW
ROSS, ONT.
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Re: 1 log and a thought on propagation
Carl DeWhitt
I wonder how this would explain KWKH Shreveport,LA fading down to almost nothing while WISN,which is much further north,fading up in it's place.I forgot to mention that.Perhaps the sunrise is still later in Milwaukee than Shreveport ?
Carl DeWhitt
Maryville,TN
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--- In ultralightdx@..., Richard Berler <lrdheat@...> wrote:
Duruing spring through summer, sunrise is earlier, sunset is later the further north you go.
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--- On Tue, 3/30/10, Carl <carl_elissa@...> wrote:
From: Carl <carl_elissa@...>
Subject: [ultralightdx] 1 log and a thought on propagation
To: ultralightdx@...
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 4:46 PM
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WISN 1130 Milwaukee,WI 0816-0831 EDT 3.30.10 Local talk with call ins discussing the competition among various supermarkets for families grocery dollars.Call sign mentioned each time a caller called in.Also mentioned Milwaukee and southeast Wisconsin.Maybe re-log.poor- fair.E-100 barefoot.
This got me thinking about something i once read or noticed.
Sunrise the further north you go comes later.I think this could be useful in dxing stations to your northwest just after your local sunrise.Any thoughts on this ?
Carl DeWhitt
Maryville,TN
Re: 1 log and a thought on propagation
lrdheat
Duruing spring through summer, sunrise is earlier, sunset is later the further north you go.
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--- On Tue, 3/30/10, Carl wrote:
From: Carl <carl_elissa@...>
Subject: [ultralightdx] 1 log and a thought on propagation
To: ultralightdx@...
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 4:46 PM
WISN 1130 Milwaukee,WI 0816-0831 EDT 3.30.10 Local talk with call ins discussing the competition among various supermarkets for families grocery dollars.Call sign mentioned each time a caller called in.Also mentioned Milwaukee and southeast Wisconsin.Maybe re-log.poor- fair.E-100 barefoot.
This got me thinking about something i once read or noticed.
Sunrise the further north you go comes later.I think this could be useful in dxing stations to your northwest just after your local sunrise.Any thoughts on this ?
Carl DeWhitt
Maryville,TN
Re: 1 log and a thought on propagation
jim_kr1s <jkearman@...>
--- In ultralightdx@..., "Carl" wrote:
>
>
> This got me thinking about something i once read or noticed.
> Sunrise the further north you go comes later.I think this could be useful in dxing stations to your northwest just after your local sunrise.Any thoughts on this ?
Works for me! A program that shows the terminator or gray line is helpful in planning what to look for. I use DX Atlas, but there are several. Geoclock's another one. Note that this works from farther north, looking southeast in the mornings as well. Right now there's a pretty good sunrise gray line from the Chicago area and western Ohio into Florida.
73,
Jim, KR1S
http://kr1s.kearman.com/
1 log and a thought on propagation
Carl DeWhitt
WISN 1130 Milwaukee,WI 0816-0831 EDT 3.30.10 Local talk with call ins discussing the competition among various supermarkets for families grocery dollars.Call sign mentioned each time a caller called in.Also mentioned Milwaukee and southeast Wisconsin.Maybe re-log.poor-fair.E-100 barefoot.
This got me thinking about something i once read or noticed.
Sunrise the further north you go comes later.I think this could be useful in dxing stations to your northwest just after your local sunrise.Any thoughts on this ?
Carl DeWhitt
Maryville,TN
This got me thinking about something i once read or noticed.
Sunrise the further north you go comes later.I think this could be useful in dxing stations to your northwest just after your local sunrise.Any thoughts on this ?
Carl DeWhitt
Maryville,TN
Puyallup, WA TP's for 3-30.. Good High Band
Hello All,
The Asian TP signals seemed fairly healthy this morning, at least in
relation to previous days. Most of the usual high-band Asians were vibrant, and
a few weak surprises showed up.
While DXing from 1330-1350 in a wet back yard, the 7.5' loop had
strong carriers on both 1475 and 1476 kHz around 1335, as mentioned by Nick
yesterday. The 1476 carrier was close to audio, but never could quite seal
the deal. The frequency is pretty noisy here, with the Korean-language local
1450-KSUH having the dubious distinction of having
been disciplined by the FCC for maintenance issues in the past.
1503-JOUK had strong audio at 1340, as Dennis reported. Checking 1575 kHz
for a sign of the presumed AFN signal, sure enough some dance music from the
station was pestering VOA-Thailand again at 1342, for the second day in a row.
Like Walt says, it's amazing how this low-powered network's signal gets
out, but I've yet to hear any programming except repeated pop music, with a
fadeout well before the 1400 TOH. This morning was typical, unfortunately.
1494 kHz had a very weak signal in apparent Japanese here around 1350, but
nowhere near strong enough to check a parallel. Except for a healthy signal
from HLAZ-1566, that was pretty much the story for an above-average
March TP morning.
73, Gary DeBock
Spotting receiver: Modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick)
Main receiver: Modified Tecsun PL-380 (7.5" loopstick)
7.5" PVC-framed tuned passive loop (in the rainy back
yard)
MI LOG
wa8lcz
28Mar2010 Sun
1440 WNFL Green Bay WI 1945 EDT 5k 500w 290 mi talk #275
0730 CMBB Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud Cuba, Radio Progreso 2153 EDT 1438 mi #276 (island south of cuba) flexing saw sound,Power ??
29Mar2010 Mon - nothing
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Byron wa8lcz nr Detroit Mi
Kenwood TS450S, JPS DSP, loop 26 in sq
1440 WNFL Green Bay WI 1945 EDT 5k 500w 290 mi talk #275
0730 CMBB Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud Cuba, Radio Progreso 2153 EDT 1438 mi #276 (island south of cuba) flexing saw sound,Power ??
29Mar2010 Mon - nothing
check out an amazing mw dx site: http://www.bamlog.com/
Byron wa8lcz nr Detroit Mi
Kenwood TS450S, JPS DSP, loop 26 in sq
Pasadena, TX Logging
Kirk <kirk74601@...>
Signals from the south really started rolling in this evening between 0200 and 0230. Initially I thought we were in for a really good night for the LAm stations. Unfortunately conditions just didn't hold in there very long at all. Had a few stations from the north at pretty good levels, but all of them were the regulars. Despite the so-so conditions, one station from XE-land I've never logged before was hrd. Logged on SRF-59 w/ SAT.
1540, XENC, Celaya, Guanajuato, 0233-0430 UTC, 3/30/10, 99% sure it was this sta hrd under the regular XESTN (Monterrey) w/ an all talk format. Remote reports, various conversations which I couldn't really follow. Hrd at least 6 ments of "Grupo Formula" as well as "R. Formula" IDs. No call ltrs were hrd. Marginal copy. Was here listening for XEHOS ("La Poderosa"), but no luck on them. Galveston sta KGBC was off the air tonight.
No luck at all on Bahamas on either 1540 or on 810 kHz. Did anyone else catch them tonight?
Best of DX to everyone.
Kirk Allen
Pasadena, TX
1540, XENC, Celaya, Guanajuato, 0233-0430 UTC, 3/30/10, 99% sure it was this sta hrd under the regular XESTN (Monterrey) w/ an all talk format. Remote reports, various conversations which I couldn't really follow. Hrd at least 6 ments of "Grupo Formula" as well as "R. Formula" IDs. No call ltrs were hrd. Marginal copy. Was here listening for XEHOS ("La Poderosa"), but no luck on them. Galveston sta KGBC was off the air tonight.
No luck at all on Bahamas on either 1540 or on 810 kHz. Did anyone else catch them tonight?
Best of DX to everyone.
Kirk Allen
Pasadena, TX