[IRCA] Trying to figure something out...

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

... One of my regular visitors is AFN 810 The Eagle from Yokota Air Base in
Japan, with 50,000 watts.

The signal can be quite good at times, but it doesn't last too long and
fades out to mush but often comes back

Also, it peaks about an hour before local sunset (sunrise is 1930UTC) and
is gone just as the sun begins to rise.

I know what it starts to break up at sunrise, that's obvious.. but it's
never really present before 1830UTC, why is that? It's still dark in Japan,
barely past Midnight local time, so one would think I could hear it well
when it's dark in both places.

Also why does the signal take such dramatic dives? Those dives happen
everyday.

I'm sure there's a reason for this and with the extreme cold I'm now
dealing with, I just like to figure this out so I can figure otu the best
times to go out and maximize the signal I hear/can get.

Paul Walker
Galea, Alaska
Lower HF225
Grundig SAttelit 750
Two 225 foot long wires
WEllbrook ALA1530LNP
DXEngineering HF PreAmp
3 antenna coax switch
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