Re: [IRCA] Carrier and audio on 774 in DC this morning - Sep 1

[Neil Kazaross <neilkaz58@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bill, I would quickly check vs the Podcast and hopefully you could compare
mx, unless it is extremely weak.

Yes, nice that it is Sept 1 and locals and other pests come on later now so
there's less QRM for DU's.

I am less than 14 miles from WBBM so 774 is wrecked here. I did manage to
once get some SS from Spain with Phased BOGs in great TA cx about a decade
ago. 73 KAZ

On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 7:14 AM, Bill Whitacre <bw@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Following Tim Trompâs loggings from western Michigan Iâve been watching
> for DU carriers here in Alexandria, VA in the off-chance that something
> might show up.
>
> To date this season not much more than imaginary whisps of waterfall
> traces have.
>
> But today, Sept. 1, when locals back off on their early s/on times I got a
> nice carrier on 774 and some weak audio - the kind of audio where I can
> tell you that there was either a male or female announcer but not the
> language and when there was music but not the title or even the genre.
>
> Still itâs a start.  The kind of thing that keeps you coming back to the
> dials each morning with some hope!
>
> All this happened around sunrise - 1030utc [6:30am EDT] - in an extended
> widow of opportunity with local WAVA-780 signing on later than they were in
> August.  By 1040utc or so it was all gone.
>
> Oddly there were NO other carriers visible and I suspect the sun burping
> had something to do with this.
>
> Bill Whitacre
> Alexandria, VA
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