Re: [IRCA] TAs and West Coast woes

[Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>]

At 04:29 14/01/2006, you wrote:
>   All this week, reception has been quite good, and tonight, I've even 
> heard Norway 1314 with a great S9+5 signal.  Does this translate to other 
> Euros in audio?  Nope.  I wish that it did, but all I'm hearing are lots 
> and lots of carriers, and often a quite strong levels.  Tonight checking 
> at 03:25 UTC January 14th, I'm hearing 33 other carriers, but not a 
> single audio in the lot.  Some (621, 1134 and 1089) are almost at 
> threshold audio level, but not quite.

In my experience, this is more like the norm, Walt, if hearing Norway can 
be interpreted as "normal" here.    I speculate it's a combination of 
circumstances:

There might be some sort of sweet spot for propagation from that part of 
the world, and it's not great circle path:  Tonight it's coming in at 
around 49 degrees:  true bearing is 26.  This seems fairly normal other 
times I've checked.   If we ever get good reception again from further 
south, I'll see if it's any different.

The site for the transmitter is rather incredible: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Radio_masts_kvitsoy_Norway.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvitsoy-Tower

It's a tribute to the absorptive power of the normal auroral zone that we 
don't hear this 1200kw monster whenever there is a darkness path.

Modulation has traditionally not been high for the high powered 
Euros....don't know if that's still the case, but if so, would help explain 
the "no audio, good carrier" results we get.

Finally, we're fighting lots of domestic splatter at this time.  Those dawn 
TPs benefit from much of North America (including California), being in the 
sunshine at that time.

Any other ideas?

Frustrating, but, at least we're hearing something.

best wishes,

Nick



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Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, B.C.
Canada

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