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:Â 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