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- Subject: Re: [nrc-am] 1030 WBZ reception in Iceland, other remote SDR stuff
- From: Mark Connelly <markwa1ion@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 May 2018 16:49:31 -0400
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A work friend of mine, Peter McGonagle, was in the Navy at Keflavik in the '70s and did a bit of listening with a Realistic TRF. Many European stations could be heard: UK stations were strongest. Maybe he wasn't listening late enough, in any event he didn't get any US stations.
I have never heard Iceland on MW. In Cappahayden, Newfoundland on DXpedition the crew had a couple. One was a low powered AFN outlet on 1530, in the clear at their very late winter sunrise with the rest of Europe and Africa well into daylight and co-channel domestics well "squashed" in the null off the back of the Beverage.
What's weird is that last night around the same time (~ 0445 UTC) I got on the Iceland SDR and it seemed that the antenna wasn't connected. No comparison to a day earlier. Stations that should have been smokin' loud (693 // 909 Five Live, 810 BBC Scotland, 882 BBC Wales, 1089 TalkSport, and 1215 Absolute) weren't even in. I know that aurora can turn off reception that far north like flipping a big switch but more likely the ham (TF4M) running the SDR took its antenna off so he could engage in transmitting.
On this side, the only US receiver producing TA DX was the Lubec, ME one. Instead of the previous night's 684 hugeness. it was 855 Spain leading the hit parade at about 0500 UTC. That one is often blaster-loud here too. UK remained sub-par so maybe some auroral effects.
Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA
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To: Mike Bugaj <mbuga46@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [nrc-am] 1030 WBZ reception in Iceland, other remote SDR stuff
I looked at my old WRTH for 1975 and it said
AFRTS Keflavik 1484 kHz 0.250 kW. Announcing:
At 1484 in Keflavik Iceland this is the American Forces Tadio Service.
Shawn Axelrod
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From: Mike Bugaj <mbuga46@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Mark Connelly <markwa1ion@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sun, 06 May 2018 09:56:49 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [nrc-am] 1030 WBZ reception in Iceland, other remote SDR stuff
Mark wrote:
>
> In Europe, admittedly its westernmost extremity, I came across a really
> good set-up in Iceland.
>
> It's identified as "0-30 MHz SDR at TF4M | Otradalur, Iceland" (
> http://194.144.165.206:8073 ).
>
Back around 1970 I was in the Navy stationed at the Nato base in Keflavik,
Iceland for a year and a half. My parents shipped me my Lafayette HE-30
communications receiver, which I still have, plus enough wire for an
antenna. I received permission to string up a 150 foot longwire on the roof
of the three story barracks.
At that time the only AM station up there was at the Nato Base on 1484khz
probably running around 500watts. I imagine the AM band still is wide open
there, with everything being on FM. DXing there was quite unlike DXing from
CT. It was almost paradise.
I still have audio clips of my Icelandic DX at this link:
http://www.wtfda.org/mikestvfmdx/hearditonam/. It also contains clips from
NAVCOMMSTA Sidi Yahia, Morocco, where I was stationed for a year previous
to Iceland. Over there I also had a communications receiver. I got great TA
AM DX there from there also.
Even back in 1971, when I was discharged and returned to CT, I found the
AM band here just too congested and it couldn't compare with what I had
been used to overseas, and I just walked away from AM DXing for quite a few
years.
Mike Bugaj
Enfield, CT
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Remember on a Clear Day You Can Hear Forever
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