Re: [IRCA] Plotting a course to 1710 kHz Location

[Ira Elbert New III <ien3@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmmm...
Wish I could help you out, but I hear nothing of the sort on 1710 here!
Bert New
Watkinsville, Georgia
Proudly Serving You Since 1964!




> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 16:08:39 -0700
> From: dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Plotting a course to 1710 kHz Location
> 
> Hi Gary,
> 
> I'm finding the 1710 mystery Russian around the clock at my receiving
> location in Puyallup, not just night time. Also, it's the strongest by
> far of any signal surrounding 1710, as noted on the Perseus waterfall. (But
> strong is relative--all the carriers are fairly weak.)
> 
> I noted the Russian varying slightly, 1709.987 - 1709.989 after I calibrated
> the receiver display around 10 a.m. PDT. At that time there were 13 carriers
> found between 1709.9 and 1710.1!  Now at 4 p.m. I only see two carriers in
> that range.
> 
> I'm not sure if I'm seeing a KIRO/KOMO mixing product or not. There's an
> *extremely* faint trace at 1709.999 kHz.
> 
> The Russian on 1709.989 shows a signal strength between -105 and -110dBm
> right now, stronger than it was this morning (-118dBm).
> 
> So far I'm only checking the frequency with the NW Conti loop antenna;
> before the day is over I will hook up the rotating ALA100 again and report
> back on the bearing.
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Guy Atkins
> Puyallup, WA
> www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 12:00:42 EDT
>> From: D1028Gary@xxxxxxx
>> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Plotting a course to 1710 kHz Location
>>
>> Patrick and Dennis,
>>
>> Here in the south Puget Sound area we have a weak mixing product of
>> KIRO-710 and KOMO-1000, which is right on 1710 kHz. This complicates DF
>> efforts
>> on the 1710 Russian, which is weaker than the mixing product and only shows
>> up  at night, with no apparent ground wave propagation.
>>
>> Puyallup is about 7 miles southeast of Tacoma, and there are many large
>> experimental loops here. The best bearing I have been able to come up with
>> for the 1710 Russian is one made at midnight in the null of the KIRO/KOMO
>> mixing  product, or at 015 or 195 degrees true bearing from Puyallup. The
>> mixing
>>  product interferes with accurate DF work, though.
>>
>> 73, Gary
>>
>>
>>
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