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Offline East Troy Don

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RFI ---->. Western Africa
« on: January 25, 2021, 1725 UTC »
11995 KHZ @ 17:10 in French with OM/YL discussion.

 S 3 - 5 with heavy QRN.  Lousy signal for  500 kw
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Primary: ICOM R75 W/WV-601 passive loop masted @ 20'  Secondary: Yaesu  FRG 7700 W/MLA-30+ indoors. Tertiary: Grundig  750. Tecsun PL-990X, Tecsun PL-880 . Malahit DSP SDR V3,  . : Also, Qdosen DX-286, 1940 Mantola am/sw tube. CountyComm GP-5/SSB hand held, Tecsun PL-380 ,et al.  QTH: FONTANA, WI  USA.  Sea Level: + 990' .  75 miles (but not far enough) NW of Chicago

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Re: RFI ---->. Western Africa
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2021, 1808 UTC »
A nice clean S8 dipping down to S7 at 18:04z from Toronto, Ontario Canada. Radio France International with news broadcast segment in French.

RSPduo and end-fed long wire SWL antenna.
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Re: RFI ---->. Western Africa
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2021, 2128 UTC »
Quote from: ~SIGINT~ on January 25, 2021, 1808 UTC
A nice clean S8 dipping down to S7 at 18:04z from Toronto, Ontario Canada. Radio France International with news broadcast segment in French.

Yeah, I was using the tried and true 7700 which may explain the S3-5.  Its a wonderful receiver
but its 35 years old. Maybe I'm expecting a little too much out of the ol' girl.   :D
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