Re: [IRCA] Decent but varied cx tonite

["Neil Kazaross" <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

KOFI this early in the month at your distance is really good !! For me their 
arrival time is a nice indicator stn for area sunset skip. I think sometimes 
they may be one very low angle hop to me on good fall nights. When I was a 
kid in RI, CBL used to s/off at 1AM and I caught CBX a couple times and IDed 
them on the special night when I had CFAC 960 and CJGX 940 in the late 70's. 
790 in Montana gets out quite well and is not uncommon here in IL for me, 
Lubbock and Billings are the dominants on good nights to the west with WSGW 
phase nulled. KFGO can be in there as well but doesn't send that much signal 
here at night.

I am jealous of your Q91 logging since they continue to elude me here. The 
further south one goes, the less signal their pattern puts to the east, but 
I have failed here on superb SSS nights near fall month ends when Calgary 
has been in up to 1 full hour prior to switch time. I may need to try in the 
morning since that is when I see most loggings of them. CKKY 830 was u/WCCO 
around 2230 CDT last night, but no trace of 910 and when ever I catch C&W on 
910 and ID it, it's Minot.

As a kid in RI or young adult in ME the only Cal logged was KFI. Re: 890..89 
DJQ's oldies get east very well. They often switch a minute or so early. It 
is rather early in the month to try for them and I think KVOZ is not 
switching to night rig (likely more of a factor here than in Ottawa) 
Hopefully you can get thru WLS if cx are right.

I'll get a reply posted about your new antennas in the next couple of days 
since it is DX time now.

73 KAZ Barrington IL ... R8A and westerly Phased BOG System

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry McLarnon" <bdm@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Decent but varied cx tonite


> On Monday 09 October 2006 00:50, Neil Kazaross wrote:
>> Some interesting stuff in tonite but nothing new. Decent to Alberta..with
>> Cool 880 Edmonton (Oldies) about the best ever heard. Rather rare CBX 740
>> in there with CWHO phased at times weak and // 1010 and 540. Only bits of
>> BC on 1130 since KWKH is really strong (day pattern ?)
>
> My assessment of last night as well - good, but not great.  I did hear 
> KOFI
> 1180 very briefly, just before their pattern change at 2045.  This is 
> always
> a good sign, especially this early in the month.
>
> I've never heard CBX from here, even during the period when there was no
> Toronto 740, but conditions are better these days, and I'll be trying them
> again this month... especially since CBX is in my old home town!
>
> I also noticed KWKH unusually strong the night before last, so I gave up 
> the
> hunt for CKWX - added to major pests WBBR and WDFN, it's a bit much.
>
>> 790 KXXX Colby KS(C&W Your brand of country) likely on day power and and
>> quite strong. KTNN 660 still on day power once again and at times I need 
>> to
>> phase it to hear much from WFAN !! Some BC at times u/WHO 1040 but all in
>> all things not getting past Alberta and attempts to log Alaska struck 
>> out.
>> No trace of CJDC on 890 and only a rather strong KVOZ u/phase nulled WLS.
>> Many stations from Manitoba and Sask. in very well.
>
> Yep, CBW 990 was huge here, and other "indicator" stations such as CKLQ 
> 880
> and CJGX 940 were in fairly well.  I've never logged anything west of 
> Chicago
> on either 790 or 890, but I'll be watching those this month as well.
>
>> KNBR 680 good at times, but not so much from KNX 1070 which was only occ
>> in.
>
> Though I finally got KNX recently, I think KNBR will be a tougher nut to
> crack, thanks to superpest CFTR and a clutter of other eastern stations 
> such
> as WRKO.
>
> The real fun for me was not last night, but sunrise this morning.  I 
> wasn't
> actually up, unfortunately, but I recorded on 910, which became much more
> interesting here after the departure of the stations in Ontario and Quebec 
> a
> few years back.
>
> At 0700 (11 minutes before local sunrise), I snagged much-wanted WDOR
> Sturgeon Bay WI with a nice clear sign-on announcement.  It gets better! 
> A
> station out of Broadcast News at 0704, then a weather forecast with temps 
> in
> Celcius, several mentions of Drumheller and Alberta, then a "Q-9-1
> Drumheller" ID, and into C&W.  The callsign was mentioned in passing once
> too... CKDQ!!!  Once of my most-wanted stations... the new pennant antenna
> proves its worth again!  Five new catches since Friday night, and all of 
> them
> to the west of me.  TAs have been in quite well too, but I've been mostly
> ignoring them. :-)
>
> Barry
>
> -- 
> Barry McLarnon  VE3JF  Ottawa, ON
> 
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