Re: [IRCA] I've Got to Find A Better Method!

["HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS" <DAVID.HASCALL@xxxxxxxx>]

Stephen - Welcome to my world.  Almost everything is identical, right
down to trying to recall if I have to work or not!    Like Todd, I keep
a small LED flashlight on the nightstand, and a small pad and pen.  I DX
much the same way.  If I can't sleep, I DX.  I do note that *man made*
noise is lower at odd hours  (4 AM) and that to me makes the band much
quieter and easier to DX.

73,
Dave in Indy




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Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 13:37:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Stephen Ponder <stephen_ponder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Mail Group UltralightDX <ultralightdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [IRCA] I've Got to Find A Better Method!
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I must have really been stressed out this week!  I woke up this morning 
(Saturday, Nov 6th, 2010) at 4:00 AM, thinking it was a work day with a
6:00 AM 
teleconference!!  I was halfway down the hallway, headed toward the
shower, when 
I had that Homer Simpson "Doh!" moment and realized that it was
Saturday.  Wow!

Anyway, when I got back to bed, I was having trouble getting back to
sleep, so I 
picked up my DT-400W and earbuds off of the nightstand by my side of the
bed and 
started tuning around.

I was amazed at the difference in the sound of the band at 4:30 AM CDT
(0930 
GMT) as compared to when I usually DX, which is around 11:30 PM CDT
(0430 GMT)!  
Mexican stations which are just barely audible under the jumble at the
later 
time were booming in, some sounding like they were locals!

Of course, with my wife asleep next to me, I really couldn't turn on a
light and 
jot down station details, so I thought I'd be "cool" and just remember
stations, 
frequencies, and times so that when I got up later on, I could write
them all 
down in my logbook.

NOT COOL!

I must have been sleepier than I thought I was.  All of those exotic XE
and 
Cuban stations that I heard and tried to remember have now faded into a 
conglomeration of "La Buenas," "Noticias," "Equis Eh Something," and
what-not.

I seem to remember listening to Cuba's "Radio Rebelde" on 720 kHz,
dominating 
over Chicago's "WGN" around the 6:00 AM CDT (1100 GMT) TOH timeframe.  I
also 
remember hearing Cuba's "Radio Enciclopedia" on 530 kHz with a very good
signal 
around 5:30 AM CDT (1030 GMT).

I've got to find a better method for nighttime (i.e., "bedside")
DX'ing!!

A very "sleepy" 73,
 
Stephen H. Ponder, N5WBI
"Many great deeds are performed in the small
struggles of life." - Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
Houston, Texas, USA - EL29kn
E-Mail: stephen_ponder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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