Re: [IRCA] This AM is REALLY bad...

["Guy Atkins" <dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi guys,

I just got back about 30 min. ago from the convention, and John is heading
north for the 3 o'clock ferry.

I tuned some key frequencies, very briefly this morning, well past sunrise
(was up somewhat later last night with the IRCA crowd). I turned on the Eton
E1 at 1420, and found rather large signals in clearly Japanese audio on 774,
693, and 594. They were far better than Saturday morning at Seaside, even
during prime time at max dawn! Go figure. If I had been doing a chart, they
would have been definite 7's, maybe an 8 on 594.

The signals were peaking late, and overriding the local noise. Antenna was
the same 15 ft. ALA100 loop strung around the inside of the room (too, we
were on the east side of the complex, away from a clear shot at arriving
signals, with two floors of building over our heads! The signals had to
really work to get to the antenna.

We really enjoyed the convention, I think there were 35 in attendance. It
was great to meet some well-known DXers like Nigel Pimblett and Neil
Kazaross. You guys would have enjoyed Nigel's PPT slides of his Alberta
antenna farm (wagonwheel o'Beverages) and also Scott Fybush's radio tower
photographs and talk.

73,

Guy


-----Original Message-----
From: Walter Salmaniw [mailto:salmaniw@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 7:20 AM
To: cafe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: IRCA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: This AM is REALLY bad...


At 06:46 AM 9/24/2006, cafe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>For whatever reason tropical SW is almost 100% washout..
>audio on 594, 612, 738, 747, 774 and 828...
>at 1340UTC..
>THIS is the worse day of the season
>--


Colin, I didn't venture into the tropical bands, but agree that it was much
worse than yesterday.  Severe attenuation of northerly signals.  Briefly the
band opened just before 14:00 and peaked around 14:05.  Total of 10 audios
as follows:

576 (prob 2RN), 612 (4QR with ABC Brisbane ID and weather at 14:05 and
another ID at 14:06....a 7/10 signal), 747 (weak at around 13:15, presumed
NHK2), 774 (also weak at 13:15, prob JJ, but faded up after 14:00 with
English, presumed 3L0 and at 14:06 was stronger than 4QR), 801 (some audio
at 14:01 presumed DU), 828 (strongest of the NHK2, but still only a 6), 846
(some audio at 13:46 but too weak to ID), 954 (some audio at 13:59 too weak
to ID), 1134 (JJ or KK weakly at 13:58), 1242 (JOLF I think at 13:57).
Again 1566 was non-existent in audio (a 5), as was most of the upper band.
As I type this 4QR is still there in the mud at 14:16.  So a mostly DU
morning briefly at the end of the dawn period, with a few weak stations
otherwise earlier.  Poor!  ......Walt Salmaniw, Victoria



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