Re: [IRCA] Michigan TPs, October 24th, 2018 (two new ones)

[Neil Kazaross <neilkaz58@xxxxxxxxx>]

Good job, Tim.  Tonga here this morning also and best about 1200:35 with a
woman speaking clearly enough that a native speaker would easily understand
her. It was just about as good Monday for a bit. I haven't had anything but
possible trace audio from 5AN this season. Last year I had them in once
just good enough to prove via podcast. Not the best channel for me with WGN
12 miles away.

Congrats on breaking the 10k mile barrier!! Awesome. For me to do that I
think the best chance is Western Australia and the best bet is 1152 which
seems close to audio. Of course, then I'd have to prove it wasn't something
closer but with less power in Australia.

Annoying morning here for domestics, as unlike many previous days, stuff
just didn't want to pop up for ID's  73 KAZ Barrington IL Perseus and 120
ft DKAZ West

On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 3:52 PM Tim Tromp <kilokat7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Conditions were different this morning with what I assume were Asian
> carriers showing up on the lower part of the band.  I say "assume" because
> they were only present on my North DKAZ on frequencies like 774, 828, 891
> (which had multiple hets), and some others.  I've only had Asian signals
> like this once before, during the last solar minimum.  I may regret this
> later, but I decided to flip back to the southwest BOGs and record DU stuff
> as the North DKAZ had a lot of neighborhood QRM this morning.  The
> results?  Two new ones and another personal distance record.
>
> After years of chasing the carrier, I finally crossed Tonga off the list
> this morning.  1017 had weak talk and a taste of that famous "island music"
> that I've heard so much about.  All of it matched Tonga's online audio
> stream as I was listening live.  Local sunrise was 12:11 UTC and audio
> started to come up around 11:56 UTC and lasted for just a few minutes.  New
> log and a new country here.
>
> 729 had weak audio from a man and woman talking at 12:12 UTC.  Still
> listening live, I compared audio in real-time to the Kiwi SDR in Lewiston,
> South Australia and feel confident in the match.  So 5RN Adelaide goes into
> the logbook for another new DU log this morning.  It also knocks
> yesterday's Tasmania out of the running as my furthest BCB log at 10,002
> miles (16,096 km).  Perhaps in the coming days, as sunrise is later, I'll
> be able to hear some fanfare at the bottom of the hour if these excellent
> conditions stick around.
>
> 73,
> Tim Tromp
> West Michigan
> Perseus SDR + Southwest phased BOGs & 117 FT North/South DKAZ
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