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Re: [IRCA] DX Tip
That's interesting. I thought you were a lot farther from DU than from XE there in NW Oregon? Yet you have a lot more DU QSLs (and heard) than XE.
Where I am the tables are totally turned, though. Using the Tecsun PL-606 & Select-A-Tenna I can detect probably 26 XE stations midday. The strongest is: http://tinyurl.com/PL606-XEWW-TOH-SATGndWire. ; XEWW-690 was recorded inductively coupled to a utility pole ground wire, which significantly amplified the signal from 32 miles away, to the point where it began overdriving the audio section on the radio on modulation peaks. (Using just the radio's built-in 100mm ferrite antenna, I'd probably have to be within a few hundred feet of the site to get the same signal strength.)
Speaking of new XE's, I even got lucky one morning early this month. I woke up somewhat before sunrise and grabbed my Sony SRF-59 and headphones. Not 10 seconds later, I heard a TOH ID from "XEEH". Checking the FCC's data revealed that it's a GY on 1230 almost 800 miles SE of me! (I thought I remembered being on a different frequency earlier - maybe the tuning got bumped.)
OTOH, my next DU will be my first. I do have a few Asians logged, though. First one (and on another night, strongest signal I've ever heard from one) was 774-JOUB: http://tinyurl.com/PL380-ElCajon-JOUB-20101020, 14 kHz up from 760-KFMB (5kW day which it was using at the time, 50kW night, 7.3 miles NW). IMO my best catch considering interference was 594-JOAK: http://tinyurl.com/JOAK-near-ElCajon-PL380. ; Just 7.7 miles west of me is 5kW IBOC-spewing 600-KOGO, with a 2.64kW ERP toward me and ground conductivity (per the FCC M3 map) between 8 and 15. Both of those TPs were recorded with the Tecsun PL-380 and Select-A-Tenna.
Oh... and speaking of DX tips... I've noticed that local Xtra Sports 1360 has been staying on their 5kW ND day power at night. (They're supposed to be dropping down to 1 kW ND, and I can usually tell when they drop as the dBµ meter on my PL-606 drops a few dB. I'm close enough so there's no discernible difference in audible signal strength, though.)
--- On Tue, 5/17/11, Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IRCA] DX Tip
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 9:16 AM
Latins in general have never been plentiful, but I used to get openings
on occasion where I could log some new ones like Machella Ecuador on
890, Brazil on 1000, etc, but those days are pretty much gone with so
much QRM on the channels. Plus cx are not what they once were. I think I
have less than 30 XE QSLs over 45 years of QSLing. Where I have over 300
DUs QSL'd. I have heard a lot more DUs here.
73,
Patrick
Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager
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