Hi, new member here and first post. I found this forum while searching for info on BOR the night of the broadcast. I realize my report will be two days old but it will give a sense of signal coverage for this area.
My location is Orange County, California. My receivers are a venerable Japan Radio Corp NRD-525 and a newer Elecraft KX3. The antenna I have for monitoring is a home brew 76' end fed oriented from roughly NE to SW.
I initially heard BOR on the NRD at 0539 UTC in a casual scan of the 6 to 7 MHz range. After a bit I switched to the KX3 because it offers quite a few features to tweak reception quality. It was at 0559 UTC that I heard the first clear ID and started searching the internet for more info. I found an email address and did get a response to my first email to BOR.
Very much appreciated! If there is a "QSL" card I'd sure like to get one to the address in my email.
The UNID weak signal that some folks noticed around 0615 UTC was extremely strong here and pretty much drowned out BOR. The interferer went away after maybe 20 minutes and I heard another clear ID from BOR at 0650 UTC. Around 0655 UTC was the last ID with a repeating simple tone melody for maybe 5 minutes before the signal dropped.
I enjoyed the bluegrass very much and will look forward to hearing BOR again!
Jim
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