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- Subject: Re: What's wrong with 1160
- From: Mark Connelly <markwa1ion@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 11:39:14 -0500
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This was definitely WSKW Skowhegan, ME. I went over my last few evenings' Perseus recordings. The signal dominates on my east antenna. 99% of the time, since Bermuda went dark, there are only three significant players on 1160 here. These are WSKW-ME, WOBM-NJ, and WVNJ-NJ. WSKW is more north (bearing 7 deg., dist. 212 miles) than east but that would only be at about 5 dB down versus the main beam (90 deg.) of the east cardioid antenna. WVNJ at 260 deg., 215 miles would be reduced about 20 dB and WOBM at 244 deg., 237 miles about 12-15 dB. Nightly reception bears this out since, except for during huge aurora, WSKW strongly dominates on the east antenna. My other cardioid antenna aims just east of due south (peak 165 deg. / null 345 deg.). WOBM generally dominates on that with WVNJ a close second and WSKW a distant third along with occasional appearances by Antigua (Caribbean R. Lighthouse) during aurora along with bits of Spanish (likely WBQN P.R.).
Based on what came in on what antenna, there is no doubt that the "Oh Lonesome Me" tape-loop heard a couple of nights back was WSKW.
Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA
(GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41Â 41.59' N / 70Â 11.47' W) (grid FN41vq)
Receiver: Microtelecom Perseus
See http://microtelecom.it/perseus/
Antenna 1: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 10m vert. by 11m horiz. (peak 165 deg., null 345 deg.)
Antenna 2: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 9m vert. by 20m horiz. (peak 90 deg., null 270 deg.)
See http://www.bamlog.com/superloop.htm for similar antenna type.
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Over on Facebook someone has identified the song being looped as Don
Gibson?s ?oh lonesome me? and said it doesn?t match the WKCM stream. The
WSKW stream no longer works, but the tips from Facebook and the people
reporting it Herr would suggest it is WSKW
Paul
On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 12:57 AM Forrester S <amradio1976@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Not heard in Minnesota but East Coast cx are terrible tonight.
>
> Todd
>
> On Nov 3, 2017 11:56 PM, "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <
> walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > could this be WSKW on night power with automation that has locked up? a
> > country song with 1 or 2 notes on repeat could sound, well.. weird. All
> the
> > reports are form the east coast and it seems the farther out west one
> goes
> > the worse the signal gets. We've ruled out WCCS and WYLL.. I've checked
> > the 2 1160s on NY online and its not them.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 12:37 AM, James Renfrew <jim.renfrew@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Still going strong at 0030 edt. WCCS is now sports talk at this hour,
> > and
> > > WYLL had J. Vernon McGee Bibl stuff before 2400. Jim Renfrew,
> Clarendon
> > NY
> > >
> > > On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 11:18 PM, Robert Ross <va3sw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm a little Late getting in here?but I hear it here too, in London,
> > > > Ontario @ 2315 EDT. Sounds like a Male singer with a Low Voice kinda
> > > > chanting?..Repeated over and over!!
> > > >
> > > > Not very Strong, but the same piece of music repeated?.weird!
> > > >
> > > > 73??.ROB VA3SW
> > > >
> > > > Robert S. Ross
> > > > London, ontario CANADA
> > > >
> > > > ************************************************************
> > > > ********************************
> > > > On 2017-11-03, at 9:37 PM, Tim Tromp wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I have it here too. Deep in the noise, it almost sounds like
> > chanting,
> > > > but
> > > > > I think it's a short music snippet that's stuck in a loop as you
> > > > mentioned.
> > > > >
> > > > > 73,
> > > > > Tim Tromp
> > > > > West Michigan
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 8:54 PM, Volodya S <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> The PEI DXpedition group is listening to 1160 at the moment
> (00:53)
> > > and
> > > > a
> > > > >> station seems to caught in a loop, playing the same snippet of
> music
> > > > over
> > > > >> and over again. Anyone else hearing the same? 73, Walt
>>
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