Re: [HCDX] Radio Caroline on 945 kHz

["Stig Hartvig Nielsen" <hartvig@xxxxxx>]

Radio Caroline is testing via Latvia 945 kHz (150 kW) from this morning at 0600 UTC continiously for 24 hrs till Sunday morning at 0600 UTC. Read more here: http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/latestnews.htm

Reception quiality here in Denmark was so so this morning - sometimes with a lot of interference from Classic Gold in Derby, UK, on same channel. Also - when using a ND aerial - some problems with Toulouse. Signal strenght however from Latvia was good. On my car radio however - no signal at all. But reception fairly OK on my portable Sony ICF5900 in my bathroom :-) 

Daytime reception (at 1130-1300 UTC) here was fair with a fair signal from Latvia - however with some statics and some deep fades. No interference from other stations.

>From around 1300 UTC signal strenght was gradually starting to pick up, and right now - while writing this at 1330 UTC reception is perfect here with a solid 9+10 signal and no interference.

Nice to hear Caroline back on the air. I lost it when they left the analogue transponder on Astra.

Best 73s
Stig Hartvig Nielsen,
12 kms north of Randers, Eastern Jutland, Denmark
Rx: AOR AR7030 Plus
500 mts beverage (unterminated)




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karel Honzik" <karel-honzik@xxxxxxxx>
To: "MediumWave Circle" <mwc@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <hard-core-dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 9:32 AM
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Caroline on 945 kHz


> Hi,
> this morning (Saturday, FEB 2) I heard a strong signal of Radio Caroline on
> 945 kHz.
> Not too much strong signal before  0700 UTC, even a signal crisis occured at
> around 0700, but then, after 0715 the signal improved much and remained
> S9+20 dB without one fade out until 0747. Later getting worse with long fade
> outs after 0800...
> 
> There was one English DJ before 0700, it seemed to be a pre-midnight
> recording ("...will be sitting here from midnight to..."), after 0700 there
> were two German DJs, one speaking German, another one speaking English.
> Announcements like: "Here is Journey(?) Caroline, back on Radio Caroline
> once again..."
> 
> Signal disappeared at around 0815 UTC.
> 
> I have pulled a new antenna yesterday so I am not too much experienced with
> its patterns yet, but I would say the signal has been comming from NE
> (Latvia?). But the signal improvement should point to a time of Sunrise in
> western parts of Europe. Nothing heard on my portable radio, only France,
> due to a high level of noise in this house.
> 
> Did I miss the latest news on this relay?
> 
> GOOD DX,
> 
> Karel Honzik
> the Czech Republic (Czechia)
> ***********************************
> AOR AR-7030
> 80 m Long Wire


























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