Re: [IRCA] TA (absent iin NE Oregon, too)

["Steve Ratzlaff" <steveratz@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
I'm still up, almost midnight. A bust for TA tonight for me. Barely some 
hets on LW; 4 or 5 hets on MW, nothing close to producing audio, even on LW.
Have been listening to a Hawaiian beacon, 353 LLD, Lanai which had been 
decommissioned around last April. Someone on ndblist spotted it on again 
last night and spread the word. It was the strongest Pacific beacon to be 
heard in NA, and had been missed like an old friend. Apparently it was 
temporarily reactivated again following the earthquake there. Its offsets 
are completely different now, being +/- 400 Hz, making it mostly in the 
clear if using a 250Hz CW filter--before it had lots of competition with the 
standard 1020Hz offsets.
The signal had been good tonight, showing up right after Hawaiian sunset, 
even with no audio filter on, up to about 0640 utc, when the whole LF band 
took a dive into the noise. Apparently some solar activity did something. 
That lasted for 10 minutes, then gradually LLD was heard, much weaker than 
before. Now it's barely heard way in the background, just a shadow of its 
strength before 0640. Checking other DX signals indicates it's the whole 
band that's affected.
Steve
NE Oregon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walter Salmaniw" <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
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Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] TA


> At 10:39 PM 10/18/2006, you wrote:
>
>>Haven't seen any TA action reported out west.  Just a weak to nil
>>1215 carrier here tonight, but it's been hanging around for a couple of 
>>hours.
>>
>>best wishes,
>>
>>Nick
> Just got this message at 23:30 local, Nick.  Nothing here at all, so I'm 
> not expecting anything super fantastic tomorrow am yet.  I didn't even 
> hear the 1215 het...........Walt Salmaniw, Victoria
>
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