[HCDX] Fri Dx

["Charles B" <ka4prf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bolivia, 4699.96, Radio San Miguel, 1035-1050 Not much to report on this.
  Noted a male in Spanish language comments during the period.  
The signal kept fading to nil and was gone by 1050. 
 (Chuck Bolland, September 11, 2009)

Indonesia, 9680, RRI Jakarta, 1048-1133 With a very nice 
signal this morning, noted two males in a Indonesian
 Language conversation at tune in.  Later canned promos
 which was followed with the Qu'ran (hope I got the correct?).
This type of activity continued until the hour. 
 Signal was good.  (Chuck Bolland, September 11, 2009)

Indonesia, 9524.94, Voice of Indonesia, 1057-1105,  Prior to the hour, 
noted a program of English language possibly.  The signal was
 very weak at this time and difficult to hear.  However, at 1103,
 noted a female in possibly Chinese language comments.  The 
signal improved considerably at 1103 which suggested that the
 beam had been adjusted for this transmission.  So the signal went
 from poor to good. (Chuck Bolland, September 11, 2009)

Thailand,(relay) 11785, Voice of America, 1130-1205,  Noted a 
transmission of Chinese language comments and features with
 the usual VOA theme between segments and some English
 heard when a recorded comment was presented.  
Signal was fair.  (Chuck Bolland, September 11, 2009)

China, 11785, China Radio International (tentative), 1130-1205.
  Okay this station was on top of the VOA's transmission above 
and was transmitting in Chinese language.  Thought I might
 hear Indonesia here at 1130, but Japanese was schedule 
for them at that time and I didn't hear any Japanese during 
the entire period.  So, going with CRI for this one which
 never missed a beat in their broadcast.  Signal was fair to
 good.  (Chuck Bolland, September 11, 2009)


Watkins Johnson HF1000

26.37.34.65N  081.05.34.19W

Note:  I have been out of service lately.  Last Friday we had 
a very bad lightening and thunder storm in this area and it was difficult 
to avoid all of the static electricity bouncing off of the structures around
here. I heard a couple of loud claps over my dwelling that sounded
rather ominous, but I had disconnected all of my equipment.  So I had
nothing to worry about, or did I?  None of my receivers were hit, but
my TV antenna amplifier took a hit and so did my computer modem 
via the telephone line. Live and learn.   I think I am going to start passing
on these failures to my homeowners insurance? 

Last year during the raining season, a similar incident occurred.  A 
very serious Lightening Storm was in progress with lightening hitting
all around the area.  I had disconnected my antennas and grounding 
from my receivers.  However, one bolt of lightening found one of my 
antenna feedlines and travel along into my house eventhough the line
had been disconnected with no where to go, the lightening exploded
in a ball of static electricity inside my home.  Talk about ones life
flashing before his eyes?   Even when everything is disconnected,
the power that exist in these storms is awesome and a mere  space
of a few inches between the receiver and the antenna line, isn't going 
to stop a billion watts of power from getting into ones equipment. 
It seems like a billion to me.

Chuck


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