MW high band was unusually good for Down Under reception this morning.
And best on the short 400' N/S wire. Signals peaked around 1205 utc and
all audio was gone along with most hets by 1215 utc. Few hets and if
any, very weak, below about 1300 kHz today.
1503 very poor/poor DU first noted 1136
1548 very poor/poor DU talk 1153
1566 very poor/poor DU talk 1154; weak 1158, phone call interviews,
"first electric train in the Southern Hemisphere, in Australia in the
1890's"; 1200 TOH, 6 same-tone pips, into news of flooding in Australia,
"1000 in Brisbane". Weak/medium on peaks, best audio of any channel
heard this morning.
1584 very poor/poor DU talk 1201
1593 very poor/poor DU talk 1201
1629 very poor DU talk 1145; several stations, music, talk 1204
1674 EE R&R music, very poor/poor 1205
1701 middle-eastern vocal music, very poor/poor 1207, 1212
1725 GA,PNG beacon poor 1141
Steve
NE Oregon
R75, longwires