Re: [IRCA] TA season

[George Sherman <georgesmn@xxxxxxxxx>]

Perhaps the Rocky Mtns attenuates signals. I notoced out west it's even hard to get N Central US most nights. Last season from MN, KFI once & KNBR few times & CKST-1040 once. CKWX-1130 is almost a local over NW US. In deep south, KWKH-LA abt a local. My local on 1130 KFAN is about 10 mi away but beams equivalent of abt 300 KW at me at night & there are stations in Milwaukee, WI & Detroit,MI, & CA. CHRB-1140 is strong too as far as central US (WRVA used to be alone here).

 

Many DXers either lack the better radio or better antenna to go after TA DX or have noise problems. Many think they don't want to try for signals in foreign languages that are so weak they couldn't understand them if they were in English. Many central & western states have relatively low populations & few serious DXers. Many believe TA DX is impossible or unlikely where they live, so they only try rarely, if at all.

 

When I DX for TAs, I'm trying to listen to extremely weak stations under extreme splash. Not everyone's idea of fun. Some DXers probably don't even know the proper technique for detecting weak carriers, or what frequencies to try. But these e-mail notices are certainly helpful for learning when DX is happening. George S., MN

Bill Harms <wharms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have a local on 680, and Spain 684 is so strong that I can heard 
> when WCBM (my local) is nulled out. I don't understand why 1134 is 
> not heard to the West. In fact Randy, your report is the furthest 
> west I have seen. They BOMB in here at times. I understand about 
> 1130 Vancouver and there are a few others on 1130 in the west, but I 
> think they would be possible, if you can get around this these 
> stations. Any ideas
>  anyone?
>
> Bill Harms
>
> On 5 Aug 2006 at 11:56, Stewart, Joseph R wrote:
>
> > Here in Missouri last fall ('05) saw the best--indeed the ONLY--TA
> > conditions here since the mid-1990s. Last season the most consistent
> > audio was from Spain-684 & Croatia-1134. Also got really good audio one
> > night from a LW broadcaster, one of the French transmitters (don't have my
> > logbook handy to check, as I'm at work). The Saudi on 1521 was better at
> > producing a loud het than audio, though I did find audio there
> > occasionally. Also TRACES of audio from Virgin Radio-1215 but never
> > anything to get excited about. Croatia and Spain (and France on longwave)
> > were the only ones who ever produced audio to a semi-"armchair-copy"
> > level. 
> > 
> > This far inland, it seems they're either in--or they aren't. In fact,
> > it's more like a REVERSE propagation beacon sort of thing: if even
> >
>  BSKSA-1521 isn't producing a 1-kc het against 1520, or if there's no
> > detectable carrier from RNE-684 or Croatia-1134, then there's no
> > propagation from here to Europe. 
> > 
> > Randy Stewart
> > Springfield MO
>
>
>
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