Re: [IRCA] Michigan DUs, Sept.9th 2018

[Tim Tromp <kilokat7@xxxxxxxxx>]

Gary: Thanks for the comments and offers to help navigate the ABC podcasts.

I had the luxury this morning of being able to make realtime comparisons
against several online SDRs via the Kiwi SDR network.  585 from my end was
just too weak to make any kind of viable comparison against.  Hearing
something more distinct than very weak speech, like music or a sound
effect, would then allow an opportunity to find a match via the ABC
podcasts.

Thanks for mentioning the ABC podcasts, and I agree, finding the correct
content can be a challenge sometimes!  I may reach out to you in the future
if conditions keep up here.

Neil: the online SDRs I mention are at https://sdr.hu/map.  Just pick one
from the geographic area that you're targeting, assuming you're able to
make comparisons in realtime while live DXing.  I've found some remote
receivers better than others so you may have to try a few until you get one
with good reception of your target station.  There are several in Australia
and New Zealand.

73,
-Tim


On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 5:22 PM, Gary DeBock <d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Tim and Neil,
>
> <<< 576 2RN Sydney peaking from 11:07 to 11:19 UTC with very faint music.
> Confirmed 2RN against an online receiver near Sydney. New log! Distance is
> 9,345 miles (15,048 km) from transmitter to my backyard BOG array.
>
> 585 UNID carrier peaking to trace audio at 11:21 UTC with OM talking in
> heavy domestic slop, too poor to discern any words. >>>
>
> Congratulations on your extreme long range reception of 576-2RN, Tim!
> That's awesome DX for someone in the Midwest.. Tasmania's 585-7RN parallel
> was also hitting S9 levels at the Rockwork cliff last month, so
> Midwesterners should never hesitate to go after it.
>
> <<< Yep, it is this time again! If 585 was Tasmania it should be // 576
> 2RN as
> both are RN net. That was how I was sure of Hobart on 585 last season. >>
>
> Even if you can't confirm the parallel between 576 and 585 at the time of
> reception you can still get a Podcast "parallel" with the ABC website,
> although the process of doing so may well be as challenging as the
> reception itself. I needed to go through this routine to confirm reception
> of 558-6WA at the cliff last month, and depending on how much recorded
> material you have to work with, the ABC Podcast search can either be easy,
> or like a nightmare. Since I successfully got through a worst-possible-case
> scenario with 558-6WA last month (a few seconds of marginal reception), I
> would be happy to help any long range DU-DXer navigate through the ABC
> website maze, if this is their only option for making sure of having scored
> a long range Australian..
>
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
>
> > On September 9, 2018 at 1:33 PM Neil Kazaross <neilkaz58@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Yep, it is this time again! If 585 was Tasmania it should be // 576 2RN
> as
> > both are RN net. That was how I was sure of Hobart on 585 last season. I
> > thought I might have also had 2WEB 585 as the two carriers traded places,
> > but I just can't say with 100% certainty that I had any music. 2WEB
> format.
> >
> > Do you have a link for that SDR?
> >
> > I have much antenna work to do to see what is optimal from here for DU's
> > and since my brother-in-laws funeral was yesterday, I have fewer real
> life
> > issues to get in the way.
> >
> > 73 KAZ hopefully able to check tomorrow morning.
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 2:36 PM, Tim Tromp <kilokat7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Conditions have been picking up here for early morning DU reception.
> Weak
> > > carriers have been turning into weak audio on some frequencies. Other
> > > Midwesterners should take note! 576 was a new one for the log book this
> > > morning.
> > >
> > >
> > > 576 2RN Sydney peaking from 11:07 to 11:19 UTC with very faint music.
> > > Confirmed 2RN against an online receiver near Sydney. New log!
> Distance is
> > > 9,345 miles (15,048 km) from transmitter to my backyard BOG array.
> > >
> > > 585 UNID carrier peaking to trace audio at 11:21 UTC with OM talking in
> > > heavy domestic slop, too poor to discern any words.
> > >
> > > 702 2BL Sydney peaking at 11:07 UTC with DU accented talk // to local
> > > remote SDR.
> > >
> > > Plus a slew of weaker carriers noted on most 9 kHz channels across the
> > > whole band.
> > >
> > > 73,
> > > Tim Tromp
> > > Perseus SDR + phased BOG array oriented towards the southwest
> > > West Michigan
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