Re: [IRCA] TA's, Victoria BC, 19 October

[Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>]

At 23:38 2018-10-19, Donald Barnes via IRCA wrote:

All TAs heard on a north facing Flag antenna 
Craig.   It knocks down most of the USA 
interference plus my local.   Unfortunately, 
Vancouver is also to the north, so I get the 
stations from there stronger than I would like.

It can be a bit of  a compromise between knocking 
down the interference, and pointing  the antenna 
towards the DX.  If you have interference to the 
south, a north facing Flag could serve you well over the winter.

best wishes,

Nick


best wishes,

Nick


> Hi Nick,
>
> Nice catches! Just out of curiosity, did you 
> hear those on your north antenna? Iâ??m debating 
> on setting up a short (~35 ft. X 14ft.) flag or corner-fed loop.
>
> Thanks & 73,
>
> Craig Barnes
> Wheat Ridge, CO
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Oct 19, 2018, at 3:22 PM, Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > The best TA opening of the season saw a prior 
> appointment on my calendar, and said, "tonight's the night".
> >
> > Fortunately, the SDR and the DX Fishbarrel 
> did some heavy lifting while I was out, plus, 
> things hadn't quite died when I returned around 0450UT.
> >
> > 855 was the winner with  readable Spanish by 
> two women 0532UT, 
> http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/4all/855_20181019_053348b.wav
> > RNE, delayed about 45 seconds on their 
> webstream.  This seemed to have better 
> modulation than the various tentative UK 
> stations, which didn't deliver much for quite strong carriers.
> >
> > 1089  possibly Talksport, 0153UT, man with a 
> few words recognizable as English English, but 
> also noted with similar talk at 0532, 0555 and 
> 0636-7UT also, though at time, "near imaginary" in the splash
> >
> > 1215 wispy bits of rock music 0507UT, and at 
> 0637UT, man talking, possibly English.
> >
> > 1386 possibly Baltic Waves, with man talking 
> to another man in possible Russian 0304UT, poor 
> readability; unfortunately, wasn't around to chase parallel streams etc.
> >
> > 1458 rock music 0610UT, didn't sound as 
> Indian as R. Lyca's stream, once I had found 
> it, but Lyca were playing upbeat numbers also.  One to watch.
> >
> > best wishes,
> >
> > Nick
> >
> >
> >
> > Nick Hall-Patch
> > Victoria, BC
> > Canada
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