Re: [IRCA] DU chase from IL

[Neil Kazaross <neilkaz58@xxxxxxxxx>]

This morning (Tuesday) was awful to put it mildly. Almost no signals from
even the strongest DU's and considerable noise from approaching storms to
my west.  73 KAZ Barrington IL

On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 9:09 PM, Neil Kazaross <neilkaz58@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Domestic DX was OK as well at sunrise. New is KDDD 800 TX with
> allagnews.com ment mixed briefly with XEROK (not as strong as it used to
> be) and others. KFMB was also backgrounding WJR.  KUBR was behind a very
> strong KGYN.  73 KAZ Barrington IL
>
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 6:42 PM, Tim Tromp <kilokat7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Kaz, nice going!  Dreadful conditions here during the last two mornings
>> and
>> I'm surprised you had any audio at all.  Weak carriers at best here this
>> morning (and Sunday morning).
>>
>> 73,
>> -Tim
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 12:51 PM, Neil Kazaross <neilkaz58@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Due to some cable issues, I am rather late getting started chasing DU's
>> > this season. They also seemed to be better last season, but time will
>> tell.
>> > My Rx is the Perseus SDR, and current antenna is a 120 ft DKAZ aimed due
>> > west. Sunrise today was about 1135 UTC.
>> >
>> > Sunday morning 9/16 I noted 1098 V7AB Marshall Is. noted P/F with anthem
>> > already In progress at 1129. Today, just P with guy speaking and anthem
>> > starting at 1132. This is the easiest TP/DU here and in good cx can be
>> more
>> > than 30 dB above the noise floor.
>> >
>> > Only other audios Sunday occurred at about 1138 when I could just make
>> out
>> > 3WV 594 with a M&F interview // stronger (could copy a few words) 4QR
>> 612
>> > from Brisbane (which is one of the most common Aussies here).
>> >
>> > At 1141 on Sunday, the carrier from Tonga 1017 peaked at 29 dB above the
>> > noise.(VERY quiet here lately) but there was too much WPEO slop even
>> though
>> > I am not that close to Peoria. Today, (Monday) this wasn't as strong,
>> > although there was less slop, and again I couldn't dredge up anu audio.
>> >
>> > Today (Monday) the only definite audio I had was the V7AB s/off.
>> > Interesting on 657 was the lack of WSCR IBOC and a decent carrier, but
>> at
>> > least when checking it live, I couldn't get audio. Maybe, the recording
>> > will yield something, but I doubt it as cx were below par today.
>> >
>> > Of course, both mornings had quite a few weaker carriers as usual.
>> >
>> > Much antenna work to do here as I strive to improve things.
>> >
>> > 73 KAZ Barrington IL EN52we
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