Re: [IRCA] New Michigan DU catch this morning!

[neilkaz <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, congrats Tim !

Gary, occasionally we can get threshold or a bit better (Tahiti) audio from a few DU's here in the upper midwest. It takes a rather quiet location and a good antenna system along with a first class rx. 

I don't think the rather high solar activity this year would effect paths to DU from here. OK if it were AU enough to clobber KOA and prevent anything from CA from sneaking in, OK it would likely kill DU's. But things aren't that AU and these semi AU effects, which ruined late Oct sunset skip to the west tend to dissipate a couple of hours after full sunset along the path. 

I almost had 612 here one morning nearly a decade ago when IBOC was in its daytime only testing phase. 612 had a good carrier that was increasing in strength and we were just a couple minutes before the sunrise peak with a few other carriers also decent. Then WMT IBOC came on and ruined it. Thankfully WMT IBOC is long gone. WTMJ IBOC should have no effect on 612 unless you were very close to WTMJ.

73 KAZ Barrington IL

-----Original Message-----
>From: Tim Tromp <kilokat7@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Nov 2, 2014 4:10 PM
>To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [IRCA] New Michigan DU catch this morning!
>
>Thanks Gary.  I'm very happy with this one - the adrenaline was pumping 
>when a match was made against their live audio stream!
>
>73,
>-Tim
>
>On 11/01/2014 06:59 PM, d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> Hi Tim,
>>
>> Congratulations on your outstanding reception of 612-ABC in Brisbane this morning! At such an extreme long distance, that is probably the best new TP-DX catch that anybody has made yet during this entire (solar-challenged) Fall Season.
>>
>> 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA)
>>    
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> From: "Tim Tromp" <kilokat7@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ABDX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Saturday, November 1, 2014 6:49:05 AM
>> Subject: [IRCA] New Michigan DU catch this morning!
>>
>> 612 was noted this morning with a fair level carrier.  By 1210 UTC the
>> level grew until faint modulation traces could be seen on the SDR and
>> heard through the slop from 610.  At this point I'm scrambling to look
>> up the web stream for ABC Brisbane as I was now hearing some very faint
>> music with female vocals.  The signal continued to build slightly and
>> was coming in well enough to match music heard on the Perseus to ABC
>> Brisbane's live web stream.  An announcer break between songs also
>> helped when making the parallel. So 612 4QR ABC Brisbane, Australia is a
>> new log here this morning that I'm excited with at a distance of 8,993
>> miles!
>>
>> 738 Tahiti was also in a bit earlier with weak audio, but good enough to
>> parallel against their web stream.  Weak carriers also noted on 702 &
>> 747 during local sunrise but they never developed into audio.
>>
>> 73,
>> Tim Tromp
>> West Michigan
>> Perseus SDR + phased southwest BOGs
>>
>
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