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Re: [IRCA] Polar Night?
It would be interesting to try for an Alaska DX test from Newfoundland, where we've heard over the pole to Japan etc and also get BC in the morning at sunrise.
Saul Chernos
Burnt River ON
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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 17:04:23 +0000
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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 12:04:19 -0500
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Polar Night?
I saw the "heads up" about polar propagation and fired off a capture at 0400 UTC.
Live DXing right ahead of that just showed rather ordinary TA DX strengths. What was stronger than I expected was Nigeria on 917 - actually producing some audio, and better than presumed Spain on 918.
I would be surprised if a 910 station from Alaska could compete with UK 909 in most of western Europe, though north of the Arctic Circle Scandinavian DXpedition sites are really their own "animal", especially during the times of year where the sun barely peaks over the horizon.
One reason that northern Canada and Alaska stations are reported in Europe without a corresponding amount of Europeans being heard in western North America could be that most of the big really northern European stations are gone. We don't have Norway 1314, Sweden 1179, Finland 963, and several of the big Russians. Those would be the easiest Euro's to shoot over the pole into AK, BC, AB, WA, etc. Mostly we're left with the Brits such as 1215. Those are a bit less likely to make it up to the auroral "doughnut hole" without a bounce in the more absorptive auroral oval.
160-meter ham observations may or may not be useful. If there's a killer opening between Finland and Alberta, but Finland has no broadcast stations, the DXer in Alberta isn't going to have such great luck, especially if stations a bit farther south don't make it to the "doughnut hole" well. Those would be mostly UK nowadays since there's next to nothing from Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Poland, France, Switzerland, Austria, etc. - countries that each used to have at least one "loudenboomer".
As far as KBRW 680 ever getting here to MA, the chances are "nil to zip". Even if it was a DX test with code and sweep tones or the station drifted a kHz or so off channel, it would have to battle through WRKO, WAPA, Colombia, Cuba, Venezuela, WPTF, WCBM, CFTR, Brazil, and probably some others. Norway, although on the other side of the "pond", can take advantage of lengthy polar darkness and the "doughnut hole" as well as much greater separation from interferers that are breathing down our neck on this end.
Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA
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For KIYU though, read Europe as Lapland. Very rare outside northernmost
Europe.
Mauno
19.1.2016, 6:02, Patrick Martin kirjoitti:
> Paul,
>
> You will get reports for KIYU from Europe. AK is heard there a lot. Hopefully I can catch it down here.
>
> Patrick
>
> Patrick Martin
> Seaside OR
> KGED QSL Manager
>
>> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 12:38:15 -0900
>> From: walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx
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>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Polar Night?
>>
>> And when KIYU-AM 910 comes back on, hopefully some European and lower 48
>> DX'ers will log it.
>>
>> I will handle all QSL's for it when it comes back on.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> On Monday, January 18, 2016, Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> KBRW is fairly common in Northern Europe according to my QSL from a few
>>> years ago. They very rarely get a report from the Lower 48.
>>>
>>> Patrick Martin
>>> Seaside OR
>>> KGED QSL Manager
>>>
>>>> From: VE7SL@xxxxxxx <javascript:;>
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>>>> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 13:19:25 -0800
>>>> Subject: [IRCA] Polar Night?
>>>>
>>>> Barrow, AK KBRW-680 being reported in Scotland at present...may be a good
>>>> evening coming?
>>>>
>>>> Steve / Mayne Island, BC
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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