[IRCA] TAs and TPs in middle NA.

[George McLachlan <ghmcl@xxxxxxx>]

Location is about 50 miles dues east of Winnipeg so still pretty much 
in the middle of NA. We  weren't expecting a lot because the area had 
been struck by high winds a couple of times in the summer and we 
hadn't been able to do any antenna repairs before yesterday and there 
is only so much  you can do in one afternoon. However...

Weak hets showed  up by 00:30 UT (over an hour before local sunset) 
on 189, 162, 153. 198 and 1134.

Audio on 153, 162 (French) and 189 by 00:40.

 From then until about 03:30 there were hets on almost every European 
frequency and many with some audio. 1215 Virgin Radio was the best 
with understandable IDs but there was also English on 1089, German (I 
think) on 1017 and French on 1377 and 1557 later on.

The longwaves were best as usual on the longest antenna (about 1500 
ft) which is aimed at the maritime provinces and on to central 
Africa. European medium waves were best on a shorter antenna (about 
800 ft if there aren't any breaks we didn't get to) that is aimed at 
aimed at the UK.

Iceland on 189 was still there in the morning and was joined by 
Russian on 180 and   Japanese on 774 (both on an antenna aimed at 
Mongolia). The Japanese was the best ever. There was also briefly at 
least music on 702 and a dozen or so other hets.

Receivers included an HF-1000, an NRD-535 and an NRD-545.

George McLachlan




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