[IRCA] Early evening TAs in NE Oregon plus beacon 529 LYQ, TN

["Steve Ratzlaff" <steveratz@xxxxxxxx>]

Good TA indications began just before sunset, with 198 BBC with poor/weak 
audio already at 0155 utc, still with some daylight here. Quickly tuning to 
1215 had a brief fadeup of pop music to weak level, 0157 utc. Many MW hets 
from the bottom of the band up to 1500 kHz or so. 198 rose to weak level 
with a talk show at 0211 utc. Even 164 Mongolia had a weak het for a short 
time. So far, to 0330 utc, 153 poor with music; 162 weak with pop music; 171 
poor with vocal music; 180 has medium hiss--does DRM produce IBOC-like 
hiss?; 189 weak/medium playing Billy Joel singing "Honesty" at 0244 utc; 198 
now at weak/medium level, 0244 utc; 207 weak with classical flute music, 
0217 utc; 225 poor/weak with some type of vocal folk music; 234 poor/weak 
with male/female talk; 252 also has medium hiss, along with poor talk--more 
DRM?; 1089 poor with talk, 0253 utc; 1134 poor/weak with vocal music; 1017 
poor with talk, 0301 utc.
Not expecting to hear anything, tuning to 528 with 250Hz IF filter in CW 
mode, I was surprised to hear beacon LYQ in Tennessee at weak level, 0306 
utc. It had 15 second fadeups to weak level, then would fade down, then fade 
back up a minute or two later, good enough to record. So it's making it to 
Oregon, and very early in the evening for hearing east coast beacons here.
Steve
NE Oregon
R75, E/W longwire for TA and TP LWBC, new terminated N/S loop for MW TAs 

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