Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] India 1566 reaffirmed by Adam Brower

["Neil Kazaross" <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So he got India on 1566 at 3:30 PM local time (he was using UTC) on the 
shortest day of the year.

I think he hrd India, all right, but he hrd it while listening on DX 
Tuners... 73 KAZ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn Hauser" <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 7:16 PM
Subject: [NRC-AM] India 1566 reaffirmed by Adam Brower


> Here`s Adam Brower`s reply to previous comments, as compiled in DXLD 
> 6-108. He
> has not yet seen the latest comments which I have compiled into DXLD 
> 6-109,
> coming out shortly. 73, Glenn Hauser
>
> ** INDIA. Re DXLD 6-108: Hello Glenn: Well! quite a flapdoodle!
>
> First, ref. "Brazilians on 1570..." yes, wishful thinking indeed. Note 
> that I
> didn't say I'd *logged* any! But I know they broadcast on that frequency, 
> so
> the night before I had been dialing around there.  :)  I mentioned it only 
> as
> context for my listening on 1 MHz in the first place. I was experimenting 
> with
> antennas, and what better test than a low power Brazilian? never heard
> anything, though.
>
> As for ID of the station I heard, "this is All India Radio" is what I 
> heard. It
> was thready, but clear. I heard the *same* ID via dxtuners's
> Rommele site an hour later. So I'm *certain* Nagpur is what I heard,
> and the fade characteristics were consistent with what I've heard
> in other instances of skip.
>
> When I logged in to dxtuners to consult their logging database, Brad had 
> just
> tuned to 1566 with the note "we seem to have India here!" In fact, another
> listener there commented that the station was "heard round the world,"
> inferring (I thought) that it was no big deal. Well, maybe it's no big 
> deal in
> Sweden with eight selectable EWE's ... but this indicates that the path 
> was
> open then (2130) too, at least to Sweden. I'll bet someone else, 
> somewhere,
> logged the station, and recorded it.
>
> My email to you did contain one grievous typo, though. The date
> was 7/21, not 6/21.
>
> No one wishes more than I that I were set up to record, but I wasn't,
> and I'm not, yet. Soon, though. The chances of hearing that same
> lightning in a bottle approach nil, of course, but I'd like to be ready.
>
> [aside] what would you suggest for a recording setup? I'm taking
> audio out of the 390A via the diode load.
>
> Don't know whether this might shed some light on the propogation path, but 
> my
> antenna was oriented a few degrees east of north, which indicates a polar
> route. At that hour, most of that path was in daylight, of course, further
> contributing to the incomprehensibility
> of the occurrence.
>
> My own feeling is that what I heard belongs in a compendium of the works 
> of
> Charles Fort --- right up there with raining frogs. What it illustrates to 
> me
> is that anything can happen at least once. But as to whether I heard it: I 
> did!
>
> I read with fascination the conjectures of the contributors on the
> possible explanations. I wish I had an explanation, but my understanding 
> of
> such matters is nowhere near on a par with Neil Kazaross's, or yours, so
> anything I can posit will be of limited value. What I do know for certain 
> is
> that I'm hooked again. And hopefully any subsequent contributions of mine 
> will
> not strain anyone's credulity!
>
> Thanks for all your hard work. DXLD is the best read on the subject ---  
> and
> not only because my name is mentioned  :) Regards, (Adam Brower, IL, July 
> 25,
> DX LISTENING DIGEST)
>
> Here's me 2 cents worth as to India making it to the American Midwest ---  
> even
> in broad daylight, something can occur, and my best evidence is a 1976 
> episode
> "Darkness at Noon" where if you were a DXer then and like me home during 
> the
> day, you vividly can recall hearing stations in Europe on 49 meters for a 
> 4 or
> 5 day period at 1230 PM local time, in broad daylight. So I refuse to poo 
> poo
> the reception --- based on 'Darkness at Noon' I do think 1566 may have 
> indeed
> shown up as claimed. 73s (Bill Bergadano, KA2EMZ, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
>
> Bill, Was that in the middle of the winter, or summer? Winter, it could 
> happen
> since there is mostly or at least partially dark path. 73, (Glenn to Bill, 
> via
> DXLD)
>
> Looking at my log from that period, it was April 20-26, 1976 (Bill 
> Bergadano,
> ibid.) So neither here nor there (gh)
>
>
>
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