Re: [IRCA] TPs on Nov 16 from Lubec, Maine

[Bill Whitacre <bw@xxxxxxx>]

Hmmm … maybe it really IS a ‘zero sum’ game — we can’t both have good DX at the same time?!  ;-)

I’m getting payback now as I struggle through gale-force winds driving a nasty mix of wintry stuff to take down the 115 deg. DKAZ to have one less thing to do tomorrow.  Oh yea, it had already blown down anyway — not just collapsed masts but ‘blown down’ still erect but horizontal.  Tie wraps busted clean off.  After I warm up and dry off a bit I’m going out to finish and try to put the 35 deg. [‘TP Magic’] antenna back up.  It’s just de-telescoped.

Fingers crossed … as soon as they thaw out.

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On Nov 16, 2018, at 12:24 PM, Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Conditions in Victoria seemed quite revolting around local sunrise, so it's good to hear that the TP's are showing up somewhere.  I'll have to see if I can find as "good" a signal heard here around sunrise on 1287 for example.
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> Straight over the pole seems to be a better bet at the moment, as there's apparently some interesting absorption out over the north Pacific ocean.
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> At 11:28 2018-11-16, Bill Whitacre wrote:
>> Quoddy House, Lubec, Maine - November 16, 2018
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>> Korea on 972 was again the most steady of the TPs heard after 0900utc here in a snowy Lubec, Maine this morning.  Star of the morning though was 1089-China doing very well against WBAL on 1090.
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>> Signals seemed best from straight over the pole to China and Korea rather than Japan.
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>> Here, in no particular order are some sound samples:
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>> Japan on 1287 @ 0931utc
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1287-0931-Nov16.wav
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>> Japan on 774 @ 1018utc
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/774-1018-Nov16.wav
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>> Korea on 1566 @ 1018utc
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1566-1018-Nov16.wav
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>> Korea on 972 @ 1020 and 1021utc
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/972-1020-Nov16.wav
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/972-1021-Nov16.wav
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>> China on 1089 @ 0954 and 1015utc
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1089-0954-Nov16.wav
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1089-1015-Nov16.wav
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>> I wrote down several other frequencies with possible audio during a 1030utc scan - 963, 1017, 1098, 1188 and 1215.  TP DXers will recognize those as either China or Korea frequencies.  We’ll see what further listening will provide.
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>> For reference, the previous 10 days of geomag indices can be viewed on a running graph I keep:
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>> http://tivodxer.com/jpgraph_example3b_multi_y_axis.php
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>> Note A and K indices have fallen way down and Dst has gone up above zero.  All are ‘good things’ to trans polar DXers.
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>> Bill Whitacre
>> … getting ready to dig out some snow
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