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

["Mark Durenberger" <Mark4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

High-Latitude path-skew at work!


Regards,

Mark Durenberger

-----Original Message----- 
From: Tim Tromp
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 11:45 AM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] New DU heard in Michigan this morning!

Thanks Nick.  The direction of reception has me stumped too and I wish I
had a good way to get an accurate bearing on this.  This kind of stuff is
one of the more fascinating parts of this hobby that I would like to gain a
better knowledge of.  And the timing of the ID was pure luck!  As we all
know, it rarely happens this way.

73,
-Tim


On Sat, 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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