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Re: [IRCA] India 1566 reaffirmed by Adam Brower [more]
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] India 1566 reaffirmed by Adam Brower [more]
- From: "Chuck Hutton" <charlesh3@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:37:03 -0700
- Thread-index: AcawW6ta6olH995rQxSNV0j3AqPkmwAE8nKg
We'll have to disagree here.
(1) The history of DX is well populated with DXers that
claimed receptions that were not possible. Often they are new to the hobby,
don't know what is very unlikely and what is
possible.
(2) This particular reception had hours of sunlight in its
path.
(3) This fellow thinks there is a chance to hear Brazil on
1570 from northern Illinois. That alone tells me he's chasing pipe dreams. His
response: "I didn't claim any reception" but that's not the issue; to think you
could do that tells me he doesn't know MW DXing at all. To hear Brazilians on a
domestic channel in the middle of the country is not going to happen these
days.
(4) He thinks the R390A is a super machine with its
"awesome sensitivity". In reality, it's on a par with many other receivers
of today and gives him no special edge over the current Drakes, ICOMs, etc. He's
recently moved up from a portable and thinks his 390A has
superpowers.
(5)
He's not heard any other international MW DX. To think his first international
DX reception would be a station on the other side of the world that others away
from the New England coast or Newfoundland have not had a trace of is - to me -
so extremely unlikely as to make this a reception that can't just be swallowed
hook, line and sinker.
(6)
Easier receptions on paths towards that same area of the world (UAE, Iran, SA)
haven't occured anywhere near his location at this time of
year.
(7)
The antenna in use was just a single sloping wire and that's not an antenna that
could give this kind of amazing, unduplicated performance.
(8)
There were no real details presented.
(9)
There's no recording.
Now
none of these things by itself makes the claim impossible. There are known
(extremely unusual) cases of receptions on paths with this much sunlight.
A non-DXer with no experience could turn on a radio and tune it to
the right frequency and catch that miracle daylight path signal. All the
domestic interference could amazingly have been at record low levels, allowing a
weak signal from the other side of the world to be heard. At the same
time, propagation could have been extremely poor to all other areas where people
were listening, resulting in no other receptions.
Add up
all of these "almost miracles" and the odds are one in a billion.
The
reception is not absolutely impossible, but I can't just accept the log without
BIG reservations. Yes, I've read about others' unexpected receptions and usually
have faith that a lucky break occured. But I've never seen this large a
claim and so many strikes against the claim. The combo is unprecedented in
my book.
Chuck
If Adam Brower claims that he heard enough details to confirm that it
was AIR, that's good enough for me. We all know what we hear and we're not
competing with anyone else. So unless there's some reason to doubt a
DXer's truthfulness (Barabella, maybe?), we should take him at his word and be
very, very envious.
Dave
Highland Park, NJ
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