Re: [IRCA] New DU heard in Michigan this morning!

[Bill Whitacre <bw@xxxxxxx>]

Fantastic Tim!  I asked myself the same 'reverse Murphy' question Nick did -- most things we hear fade DOWN at ID time!  ;-)

I'm always amazed and envious at how QUIET your QTH is.

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> On Mar 21, 2015, at 10:20 AM, Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Fantastic catch Tim.   How do you manage to get the fade up at the ID hi?  And the direction of reception is pretty intriguing also.  It would be interesting to get an exact bearing; its fading pattern doesn't sound  particularly high angle.
> 
> In contrast, only the weakest carrier here on that channel this morning, but the  (presumed, judging by the music) Saturday Night Country program was OK for a couple of minutes on 702.
> 
> best wishes,
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
> At 13:48 21-03-15, you wrote:
>> I've been chasing a carrier on 1548.01 for the past month or so during
>> sunrise which has been strong at times but never with any audio making it
>> through the domestic splatter.  Like previous SRS DXing sessions, the
>> 1548.01 carrier was there again this morning.  And oddly enough, it always
>> appears strongest on my North D-KAZ.  It's not even present on the South
>> D-KAZ and it's barely there on the Southwest phased BOGs.  The same
>> reception pattern holds true for the domestic Aussie broadcasters in the
>> 120 meter shortwave band.  They always come in better on the North D-KAZ.
>> As sunrise approached here this morning at 1147 UTC, I could see 1548.01
>> gaining in strength until some weak music could be heard - specifically Jim
>> Croce's "Bad Bad Leroy Brown".  Things only got better from that point when
>> I heard two Aussie accented ladies talking about the music between each
>> song selection, and finally catching this announcement from one of them:
>> "you're listening to ABC Local Radio".  Finally nailed 4QD Emerald, QLD.!
>> Audio lasted until about 1140 UTC until it faded down to just a carrier
>> again.  I posted a bit of this to YouTube here:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00ea9cVsboo
>> 
>> No other DUs noted here this morning and surprisingly nothing but a weak
>> carrier from 738 Tahiti which has been decent at times during the past few
>> mornings.
>> 
>> 73,
>> Tim Tromp
>> West Michigan
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