[HCDX] 11m 1 watt TIS from france is now an easier catch

[David Hodgson <daveahodgson@xxxxxxxxx>]

David Hodgson, TN, USA
IC R-75
5.5 meter dipole fed with 300 ohm twin line into an
antenna tuner.

25926 nfm, Comité Departemental du tourisme de la
Charente-Maritime (the local tourism office for
departement Charente-Maritime, in La Rochelle). 2123
March 21. This 1 watt French tourist information
service continues to be heard fairly regularly in the
southern USA. Last fall, I counted as many as 10-20
carriers all jammed together between 25924-8 Khz. The
problem then was all those FM signals tended to cancel
each other out, so even though signal strength was at
times good, audio was quite difficult to produce.
Today I noted there was only 1 carrier present, which
means that the FM audio is much easier to hear.
  The French governmnet has allocated 5 frequencies in
which these 1 watt transmitters may operate. They are:
 25845, 25880, 25925, 26000 and 26035 kHz. There maybe
a number of signals on each frequencies. At his time I
am only hearing one signal on 25926. For more info on
this TIS:
 http://www.csa.fr
http://tif.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/2000/12561001.tif
http://tif.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/2000/12562001.tif
http://tif.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/2000/12563001.tif
  The best time to DX this one in SE NA is around
2000-2130 when the first point of refraction through
the F layer of the ionosphere is experiencing dusk. I
am observing the peak time rapidly getting later and
later as the days lengthen here in the northern
hemisphere.




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