Re: [IRCA] Michigan DU's & KFMB San Diego, Aug 29

[d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx]

<<< 693 is an interesting one, if it's DU, as all the others seem to be. 

Brisbane is directional, and I don't see any record of it being heard 
on the coast (Chuck? Gary?) New Zealand has been heard a few times 
in spite of low power. >>> 

Bill Whitacre received the 2 kW New Zealand station on 693 this month at his San Souci (OR) location, which he reported as a relay of Fox Sports. But his Master Log doesn't show any Australia reception on the frequency. 

My own experience with DU's on 693 has been dismal. Ultralight radios lack the advanced filtering used by the Perseus-SDR DXers, so I usually end up listening to Vancouver splatter (which seems to propagate very well down the ocean coast). 

Gary 


----- Original Message -----

From: "Nick Hall-Patch" <nhp@xxxxxxxx> 
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 11:08:04 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Michigan DU's & KFMB San Diego, Aug 29 

693 is an interesting one, if it's DU, as all the others seem to be. 

Brisbane is directional, and I don't see any record of it being heard 
on the coast (Chuck? Gary?) New Zealand has been heard a few times 
in spite of low power. 

One to watch, for certain. 


best wishes, 

Nick 


At 17:39 30-08-17, Neil Kazaross wrote: 
>Good stuff Tim. I should soon be set up again to check DU's as well. Re: 
>603 never more than a weak carrier here. Re: 693 carrier here but never 
>that strong and honestly too close to IBOC noise from WSCR. 
> 
>.... 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > 
> > From: "Tim Tromp" <kilokat7@xxxxxxxxx> 
> > To: "IRCA Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" < 
> > irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "abdx" <abdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 7:44:27 PM 
> > Subject: [IRCA] Michigan DU's & KFMB San Diego, Aug 29 
> > 
> > Local sunrise: 1107 UTC 
> > Receiver: Perseus SDR 
> > Antenna: southwest phased BOGs 
> > 
> > 
> > <<< 603 unid with solid strong carrier at 1100 UTC and just a few dB shy of 
> > producing audio but good enough to hold the sync AM lock on the Perseus. 
> > >>> 
> > 
> > At your Australia-favoring location this is likely 603-2RN in Nowra ( // 
> > 576), but it could also be the 5 kW New Zealand Maori station Radio Waatea. 
> > Waatea plays a lot of rhythmic music, while the ABC RN network is usually 
> > talk (but with some exotic music at times). The two were fighting it out 
> > during Australia-favored propagation at Rockwork 4 on August 4th of this 
> > month, with 2RN dominant https://app.box.com/s/ 
> > i3mgrjxw0dwadrtc2c69x7f2f7h6qzua 
> > 
> > 693 unid with another solid carrier at 1100 UTC, again just not enough to 
> > punch any audio through but one to watch in the future. 
> > 
> > <<< 701.999 unid with threshold music, no pips, no ABC fanfare heard at 
> > TOH, so 
> > maybe something other than Sydney? Song ends at 1101 UTC and then male 
> > announcer. Lost to 700 splash soon after. 701.996 shows a strong carrier 
> > later, at 1122 UTC, whom I think belongs to 2BL Sydney. >>> 
> > 
> > Almost certainly the 10 kW oldies broadcaster 702-Magic in Auckland, NZ. 
> > It mixes frequently with 2BL on the coast. The TOH ID is "Magic-- feels 
> > good" like at 55 seconds into the recording at https://app.box.com/s/ 
> > 1kmy738awm8pl70ht0vmsm6rrvswijb6 
> > 
> > 
> > <<< 756 unid with solid carrier for several minutes at 1053 UTC and 
> > threshold 
> > audio but far too weak to make anything out. Blown out of the ocean at 
> > 1100 UTC when WNDZ signs on the air. >>> 
> > 
> > Likely 756-RNZ in New Zealand, one of the strongest RNZ frequencies on the 
> > coast, and // 567 and 675 https://app.box.com/s/ 
> > anomc4qcr64ezmoe8aykin4podyah1w7 
> > 
> > <<< 1017 had a "near audio" carrier at 1057 UTC. >>> 
> > 
> > Tonga is much stronger than any other DU on the frequency, so as long as 
> > you have a decent carrier on 1017 in the Midwest it's most likely Tonga 
> > https://app.box.com/s/zjc64srpsqz6xplxlr2v8o2i667qrvrc 
> > 
> > 1098 probably Marshalls with very faint music during a rare moment of 
> > minimum 1090 splash. This was at 1052 UTC. Music, though not identifiable 
> > to my ears, was probably good enough to make a parallel confirmation if I 
> > had been DXing live at the time. Best audio so far from 1098 and 
> > encouraging. 
> > 
> > 
> > Weaker DU carriers also noted on many of the lower 9 kHz channels this 
> > morning. 
> > 
> > 
> > Domestic notes: 
> > 
> > 760 KFMB San Diego continues to be heard here every morning at sunrise 
> > under WJR. This could be a good time to log them from the Midwest if you 
> > need them. 
> > 
> > 73, 
> > Tim Tromp 
> > West Michigan 
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