Nick
My experiences have been very similar to Gary's. I get lots of
carriers but not a lot of audio. I hear little bits of audio when
you guys are reporting good audio on the same frequencies. Some of
it may be a higher noise floor at my house, but that's not
necessarily the whole story.
It's not just limited to TAs. A few years ago you and Walt heard a
DX test on 960 from Ontario, which was a total no-show here, so it
would appear that Victoria has an advantage in that direction. On
the surface, the salt water path seems to be an advantage for you.
Bruce in Seattle
That's really interesting, Gary. I will not make any jokes about
the US border protection agency, and move directly into the realm of
real speculation.
Victoria city looks out over about 20-60km of salt water along the
bearings for Europe and the Middle East. I would have thought that
the fact that I'm 5 km or so from the water on those bearings would
negate that advantage, but perhaps there is more to learn. I think I
feel an experiment coming on: we have a park with about a 40m high
cliff (a little one, I know) facing out in a TA direction...
best wishes,
Nick
At 03:51 2018-12-01, Gary DeBock wrote:
<<< Have managed 1539 UAE, Asianet Indian pop,
//657 on the Qatar KiwiSDR, poor at 0239UT
And, 1278 IRAN Kermanshah IRIB, man and woman
talking in long phrases // Qatar KiwiSDR on 1278
where Oman is a problem, but a few minutes later
verified that the same program is being streamed
on IRIB Kermanshah, poor to fair 0254-0310UT
both new here >>>
Great job with the new catches from the Middle East, Nick!
Unfortunately most of what is being reported in Victoria seems to be
held up at the border crossing. Some threshold audio on 864 showed
up here about an hour ago, but other than that it's just been
carriers at this challenged location.
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
On November 30, 2018 at 7:20 PM Nick Hall-Patch
<<mailto:nhp@xxxxxxxx>nhp@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Have managed 1539 UAE, Asianet Indian pop,
//657 on the Qatar KiwiSDR, poor at 0239UT
And, 1278 IRAN Kermanshah IRIB, man and woman
talking in long phrases // Qatar KiwiSDR on 1278
where Oman is a problem, but a few minutes later
verified that the same program is being streamed
on IRIB Kermanshah, poor to fair 0254-0310UT
both new here
best wishes,
Nick