Re: [IRCA] A heads up for the Vancouver Island guys

[Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for this Mike.   That extra skip must be a killer, because I 
haven't heard (or even seen) evidence of 1215kHz yet.  Some nights, 
1566, but very weak, and that summer time reception of Benin(?)  must 
be nearly finished.

When you see a carrier in Perseus, can you hear a heterodyne if you 
tune in LSB or USB and offset slightly from the nominal 
frequency?   When I see a carrier with the NetSDR it's "audible" by 
tuning off in sideband mode, but by using Spectran, an audio spectrum 
analyzer, I can "see" carriers that I can't hear.  Extreme minimalist 
DXing indeed   (why, I can "see" 1566 right now...which pretty much 
says that I need to get a life, hi)

best wishes,

Nick


At 17:46 29-08-13, you wrote:
> For the past couple of weeks I've been seeing TA carriers on the 
> waterfall display on my Perseus. These started on August 16 with 
> carriers on 153 and 162 and progressed to a few in the upper portion 
> of the MW band most evenings and usually starting to appear shortly 
> after local sunset. Last evening was the best so far with at least 
> 20 carriers, several of which were producing faint audio. These were 
> 1206-France, 1215-UK and 1422-Germany. Not the earliest I've heard 
> TAs from here, but pretty close. Past few seasons have been very 
> sparse up here for TAs and you guys have done much better than I 
> have. Just thought I'd let you know they are back.
>
> Mike in St Isidore, AB
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