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[IRCA] BBC Scotland 810 ... at the house!



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TA's on US channels are always good to get, so it was interesting to find BBC Radio Scotland topping WGY on 810 at 6 p.m. EST / 2300 UTC this evening.  Though not rare at beach sites I can drive to in an hour or less (Duxbury, Orleans, Eastham), it's quite a bit rarer at the home QTH with about 10 miles / 16 km of sandy soil on that bearing before hitting the water.  That bit of land takes at least 10 dB off the signal compared to shore-side.


The 75 deg. SuperLoop does a pretty good job of taking out all the southerly stuff that crowds 810 on the other SuperLoop aimed 165 deg. at the Caribbean - stations such as Bahamas, Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Brazil.


Of course the demise of former superpest CJVA helps too.


Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA

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