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Re: [IRCA] 702-BBC (Oman) Received in Hawaii
It would be over the pole on the west coast ocean
beaches as well, Gary, so, a north facing beach,
like at Masset would probably be advantageous.
The beauty of "over the pole" here is that in
mid-winter, it might possibly show up around
local sunrise as well, as Farda occasionally did during the last solar minimum.
best wishes,
Nick
At 06:38 2018-11-14, Gary DeBock wrote:
<<< Gary, I was going through some SDR files
from Jan 2010, and on it, I also clearly heard
Oman with BBC programs in our local afternoon in
Masset. Havenâ??t heard them since, though. 73, Walt >>>
Wow-- if you received them on Masset in the
early afternoon, then they were propagating over
the pole as a TA. In Hawaii they were following
the Central Asia and Pacific route, during TP propagation.
702-BBC in Oman seems to be a Middle Eastern
mega-station like 1575-Radio Farda, which is
capable of showing up during either our west
coast sunrise or sunset propagation. Judging
from its strength in Hawaii around 1600 UTC,
it's definitely worth a try on west coast ocean
beaches around sunrise this winter!
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
> On November 13, 2018 at 9:51 PM Volodya S <canswl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Gary, I was going through some SDR files
from Jan 2010, and on it, I also clearly heard
Oman with BBC programs in our local afternoon
in Masset. Havenâ??t heard them since, though. 73, Walt
>
> On Tuesday, November 13, 2018, Gary
DeBock < d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx mailto:d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
>
> > > During the recent Poipu,
Hawaii Ultralight DXpedition a weak, strange
station was showing up on 702 kHz under North
Korea's ancient music (and throbbing,
off-frequency hum) every morning from 1530-1630
UTC, with a foreign language that was a total
mystery to me. Whenever I tried a recording the
buzzing hum from North Korea would go on the
warpath and derail the effort, and because of
the station's marginal signal and NK's
obnoxious transmitter it seemed like the 702
UnID would remain a mystery for the duration.
> >
> > Finally at 1604 UTC on
November 6th the 702 mystery station built up
its strength enough to push KCBS and its hum
down into the noise, and I was able to get a
good recording of a totally unfamiliar
language
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/3y5qkg7yu8o49lc4ab520bfiw006kqrg
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/3y5qkg7yu8o49lc4ab520bfiw006kqrg
> >
> > Fortunately a couple of awesome
Finnish DXers (Mauno and Mika) on Real DX
identified the language as Arabic, coming from
the BBC Arabic Service transmitter in A'Seela,
Oman (at 8,425 miles, or 13,559 km). Even
considering the 800 kW transmitter, this was
pretty stunning DX for a 5 inch FSL antenna set
up near the beach in Poipu, Hawaii.
> >
> > Checking John Bryant's records
from his 2007 Easter Island DXpedition, I see
that John received the 750 kW station 1413-BBC
from A'Seela, Oman during his trip, but not
this station. Considering the strength and
reliability of 702-BBC into Hawaii, my guess is
that it could put somewhat of a signal into the
west coast in deep winter, especially on the
ocean coast when propagation is still in play
around 1600 UTC. At least one DXer that I know will be looking for it :-)
> >
> >
> > Gary DeBock (DXing at Poipu, Hawaii
from November
3-8)
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/l61xhqoq9ki7b6kl9bz41yunangvr6ap
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/l61xhqoq9ki7b6kl9bz41yunangvr6ap
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