Re: [HCDX]: Unid French station on 1440

[Gert Nilsson <gert.nilsson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

1440 RFI via Russia?

"A.C. Rouw" wrote:

> Dear all,
> Last night, 0300-0345 (fade out) I heard a French speaking station on 1440 kHz,
> reception fair, but with kind of echo effect. S/on apparently at 0300 (just
> missed it). Just talk, no music. In the beginning it was well dominating Saudi
> Arabia on same channel (islamic chants). Later on, strength declined, fading out
> around 0345.
> I have no French speaking station there in my list, except R. Luxembourg.
> However, that should come in much stronger here. Also no french speaking station
> from Canada here in my lists. Only other possibility would be Bangui, Central
> Afr. Rep. However, they should s/on only at 0430. I tried to check //5035, but
> found too little signal there (if any) to make a comparison.
> Any ideas ?
>
> By the way : Funny conditions last night. Around 0200-0300 I got 1500 WTOP, 1510
> WNRB, both with decent signal. Also weak American on 1690 (WMDM ?) and weak
> Spanish speaking station on 1700 (almost sure this was WCMQ).
> Signals peaked 0230 (just audible, got no ID) and disappeared completely
> just after that.
> A Index was 15 (!) (TA conditions on northerly path expected to be very poor.)
> If I had known that, I would not even have bothered to leave my warm bed to try
> for NA stations. This experience shocked my faith in the predictive value of the
> A Index.
>
> Regards,
> Aart Rouw
> Bühl, (SW) Germany
> AR7030 + 15m longwire.
>
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