[IRCA] Fw: Re: [NRC-AM] more about 1130 interference

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

Let's see, between 7 and 9 am and between 4 and 6 pm. Where I come from that's called normal sunrise and sunset skip....
 
 
Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010 barefoot

 
> --- On Wed, 10/6/10, Frederick Vobbe <w8hdu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Frederick Vobbe <w8hdu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] [IRCA] more about 1130
> interference
> > To: am@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 7:02 PM
> >   Bob Strubel, take note. 
> > After Ibiquity folds, you have a career in 
> > writing propagation forecasts for consultants.
> > 
> > 
> > On 10/6/2010 4:11 PM, neilkaz wrote:
> > > ROFLMAO !!!
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Eric Floden<eric.f99999@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Sent: Oct 6, 2010 12:21 PM
> > >> To: Mailing list for the International Radio
> Club
> > of America<irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > am@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> Subject: [IRCA] more about 1130 interference
> > >>
> > > >from CKWX site
> > >>
> > >> http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/111376--say-goodbye-to-noticias1130
> > >> Say goodbye to Noticias1130. Spanish radio
> should
> > stop bleeding through
> > >> airwaves soon
> > >> Mike Lloyd Oct 06, 2010 07:36:25 AM
> > >>
> > >> VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Many of our listeners
> from
> > the Fraser Valley to the
> > >> Tri-Cities have been hearing a Spanish
> language
> > station broadcasting on
> > >> News1130. The signal that has been bleeding
> > through our airwaves is coming
> > > >from Mt Angel, Oregon.
> > >> After a meeting between our engineers and
> those
> > from the American station,
> > >> here's the real deal: It's not just simple
> signal
> > skipping or a strong
> > >> signal drowning out News1130. We're told it's
> a
> > rare atmospheric anomaly,
> > >> stronger than it's been in years. A few
> things
> > have converged to create
> > >> conditions not seen in decades, some of which
> are
> > weather-related.
> > >>
> > >> News1130 Meteorologist Russ Lacate has been
> > talking about an enormous
> > >> high-pressure ridge for some time now. "It's
> been
> > influencing the coastal
> > >> weather from Prince Rupert to L.A. and
> what's
> > really happening is the
> > >> uppermost layer of the atmosphere is becoming
> very
> > stable, very stratified.
> > >> [That's] creating a channel between the
> layers of
> > the atmosphere through
> > >> which radio waves can travel unobstructed."
> > >>
> > >> Lacate says in rare conditions like these,
> radio
> > waves can travel across
> > >> abnormally long distances. It is called a
> > "skywave" and it seems to peak
> > >> between 7am-9am and 6pm-8pm.
> > >>
> > >> The good news is it's expected to return to
> normal
> > soon. So, adios la
> > >> Mexicana, hola News1130! And muchas gracias
> to all
> > our listeners for being
> > >> patient.
> > >>
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