Re: [HCDX]: Radio Bleue tx hours

[Mauno Ritola <ritola@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 20.55 4.12.1999 +0200, Per-Ole Stenman wrote:
>I have noted that these FF-stations are off the air during night. I visited
>Lyon last year and could not even hear 603 then locally which of course was
>a disappointment for me - While visiting different cities I like to hear
>the local stations which I have managed to hear in Finland.
>And about 837 kHz, many good catches of COPE-stations have been heard in
>Finland thanks to the silence of the stronger French stations. Maybe Radio
>Bleue-stations time schedule varies from time to time, but I have got the
>opinion that they are quite "lazy" broadcasters (power?) nowadays compared
>to the situation in 70's and 80's.

I think some of them are "getting activated" during the night. Activation
doesn't seem to have much logic, sometimes they are on, sometimes not. At
this time, 21 UT, 1557 is on, I think it hasn't been there even in the
evening. 
Haven't they always been with a bit low signal in respect to power? I think
that in the 70's I heard something about them using a special kind of
antennas, which produce a lot of signal near the transmitter and the rest
goes straight to outer space, allowing very little skywave propagation to
nearby countries?

73, Mauno

>
>>>I do not think it was the same or similar effect what I heard. The
signal of
>>>the weak French speaking station was independent of Radio Bleue, I mean
that
>>>fadings were different. It could be adventageous, of course, but despite I
>>>heard it already three times, I was not lucky yet on a deep fade-out of the
>>>stronger station and a strong fade-in of the weaker one at the same time.
>>>But French is sure and the signal is not // LW 162 nor RFI. I always hear
>>>them only talking. I will be looking for other possible parallels...
>>
>>There is another possibility however it is only hypothetically:
>>
>>It's the second harmonic of 603 kHz. Now there is Radio Bleue too but there
>>is at certain times a local programme from Radio France Lyon. H. Boel
>>listed for this broadcast 1700-1800 UTC. I tuned in today (Dec. 2) during
>>this time but there was Radio Bleue, so perheaps the local programme
>>changed the broadcast time.
>>
>>A curious thing happened while I tuned in to 1206. At 1805 after a jingle
>>Radio Bleue went suddenly off the air. I checked 603 and there was also no
>>more R. Bleue, other frequencies like 837, 1494, 1557 kHz remained on the
>>air. On 1206 I heard then a weak signal of Reshet B from Israel.
>>
>>73s
>>Erich Bergmann, Ansbach
>>Germany
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