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Loggings => Longwave Loggings => Topic started by: jFarley on March 04, 2015, 2001 UTC
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Don't care what the calendar sez; we're calling it Spring here!
New or interesting logs while testing a working model of the ferrite loop which went through several stages of prototyping over the Winter.
203 DMZ Dickson, TN (11Mar15 0300z)
206 IIB Independence (Wapsie), IA (8Mar15 2300z)
218 AL Alton (Alpos), IL (14Mar15 0300z)
221 ARV Minocqua (Arbor Vitae), WI (14Mar15 0300z)
223 MW Franklin (Onida), OH (9Mar15 1300z)
224 BK Baker Lake, NU (14Mar15 0300z) booming in above usually dominant MO
227 YAC Cat Lake, ON (9Mar15 0400z)
230 BU Columbus (Bouton), OH (11Mar15 0300z)
233 HEM Sparta (Huchn), TN (9Mar15 0400z)
233 ZFD Fond du Lac, SK (9Mar15 0400z)
233 BR Brandon, MB (15Mar15 0400z)
244 TH Thompson, MB (4Mar15 0300z)
245 FS Sioux Falls (Rokky), SD (3Mar15 0300z)
245 PWF Batavia (Sportys), OH (6Mar15 2300z)
248 FRT Spartanburg (Fairmont), SC (3Mar15 0300z)
250 UGS Athens/Albany (University), OH (6Mar15 0400z)
250 FO Flin Flon, MB (4Mar15 0300z)
253 GB Marshall (Garno), MN (3Mar15 0300z)
253 DD Columbus (Cobbs), OH (14Mar15 0300z)
254 HLB Batesville, IN (10Mar15 2300z)
263 DYQ Greenville (Dulaney), TN (11Mar15 0300z)
266 IN Indiannapolis (Pully), IN (3Mar15 0300z)
269 ISB Sibley, IA (5Mar15 0200z)
271 HXO Huntsboro, NC (11Mar15 0300z)
273 FK Fort Campbell (Airbe), KY (11Mar15 0300z)
274 RG Red Wing, MN (7Mar15 0600z)
275 CW Mosinee (Danci), WI (9Mar15 0400z)
278 EOE Newberry (Enoree), SC (9Mar15 0400z)
278 HOC Hillsboro, OH (9Mar15 0400z)
280 MQW Mc Rae, GA (9Mar15 0400z)
282 OXD Oxford, OH (3Mar15 0300z)
282 ROS Rush City, MN (7Mar15 0600z)
283 SCO Scobey, MT (7Mar15 0600z)
284 RQY Elkins (Randolph Co), WV (10Mar15 0400z)
284 PTB Petersburg, VA (11Mar15 0300z)
284 QD The Pas, MB(5Mar15 0200z)
290 QR Regina, SK (7Mar15 0600z)
299 HW Washington (Cubla), OH (4Mar15 2300z)
309 GPI Guapi, CLM (7Mar15 0600z) LSB and USB nicely straddling the SD DGPS station
315 AT Dayton (Bruny), OH (4Mar15 2300z)
323 EBS Webster City, IA (4Mar15 0300z)
326 PKZ Pensacola (Pickens), FL (31Mar15 0400z)
327 JMR Mora, MN (3Mar15 0300z)
331 JV Jeffersonville (Catch), IN (6Mar15 0400z)
334 BNR Findlay (Benton Ridge), OH (10Mar15 0400z)
335 LUK Cincinnati, OH (3Mar15 0300z)
335 COQ Cloquet, MN (7Mar15 0600z)
335 BV Batesville (Almnd), AR (31Mar15 0400z)
337 FF Fergus Falls (Hamre), MN (3Mar15 0300z)
340 GN Lexington (Brindl), KY (6Mar15 0400z)
341 CCJ Springfield (Clark Co), OH (10Mar15 0400z)
341 ZLP Toronto (Mississauga), ON (7Mar15 0600z)
344 JA Jacksonville (Dinns), FL (6Mar15 0400z)
344 BKU Baker (Timber), MT (6Mar15 0400z)
344 YC Calgary, AB (7Mar15 0600z)
344 ZIY Georgetown/Grand Cayman Island, CYM (10Mar15 0400z)
347 AIK Aiken, SC (31Mar15 0400z)
348 MC Mason City (Surff), IA (10Mar15 0400z)
349 FV Indianapolis (Larez), IN (5Mar15 2300z) Seems 2B negative keying "IAS" in carrier which explains an unid on 348
349 APG Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD (6Mar15 0400z)
350 NY Enderby, BC (6Mar15 0400z)
351 PH Mosinee (Bayye), WI (5Mar15 2300z)
351 MSQ Culpepper, VA (6Mar15 0400z)
353 PG Portage, MB (7Mar15 0600z)
355 CGE Cambridge, MD (6Mar15 0400z)
356 IUL La Porte, IN (5Mar15 0200z) noting weak 2X USB harmonic
356 RCX Ladysmith (Rusk County), WI (6Mar15 0400z)
361 HB Burlington (Himun), NC (6Mar15 0400z)
362 AK Akron, OH (6Mar15 0400z)
362 SUR Fitzgerald, GA (6Mar15 0400z)
365 MRJ Mineral Point, WI (10Mar15 2300z)
365 PAL Palma, EQA (31Mar15 0400z) Booming in, actually
367 FVX Farmville, VA (31Mar15 0400z)
368 PNM Princeton, MN (6Mar15 0400z)
374 EE Alexandria (Tamie), MN (3Mar15 0300z)
376 LC Columbus (Pickl), OH (31Mar15 0400z)
376 ZIN Matthew Town/Great Inagua Island, BAH (3Mar15 0300z)
379 MDE Cincinnati (Madeira), OH (3Mar15 0300z)
385 EMR Augusta (Emory), GA (3Mar15 0300z)
388 CDX Somerset (Cumberland River), KY (3Mar15 0300z)
392 XVG Longville, MN (3Mar15 0300z)
392 AGZ Wagner, SD (3Mar15 0300z)
394 AI Anderson (Video), IN (9Mar15 1300z)
400 UWI Dalton (Whitfield), GA (3Mar15 0300z)
401 LA Lafayette(Earle), IN (6Mar15 2300z)
404 XCR Little Falls (Ripley), MN (3Mar15 0300z)
415 DJD Canton, GA (15Mar15 0400z)
415 CBC West End (Cayman Brac), CYM (15Mar15 0400z)
420 TU Tupelo (Veron), MS (15Mar15 0400z)
521 GM Greenville (Judky), SC (3Mar15 0300z)
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How the heck did you catch that Bahamas NDB? I am impressed! Nice one. :)
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Thanks, Chanter. Actually, it's widely heard and is listed at 400 watts. If one can hear CLB in North Carolina, Bahamas should audible I would think.
I missed ZIN during the winter season for a very simple reason. For most of the winter, I had both loops pointed towards south James Bay, at an azimuth of about 40 degrees. Once they got their cabling frozen in snow bank, I couldn't move the loops easily! This put the Bahamas right close to the pattern nulls, and my dominants were on a line from Texas to Quebec.
For this next set of Spring logs, I have spun the loops around, at least initially, to Alaska at an azimuth of 320 degrees. This really shows up in the logs already posted above. Most of these NDBs would have been near the loop nulls when the loops were pointed at James Bay. Now, they are just jumping out of the mud.
This loop directionality stuff is serious mojo, especially for signals right near the noise floor.
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Two nights ago I logged ZIN 376 for the first time. 1493mi/2400km over a mostly water path. Tonight I logged CBC 415 from the Caymans for the first time. 1653mi/2660km. I think the only other Caribbean NDB I've logged has been DDP from Puerto Rico.
Just when I think I've logged all the NDBs I can with portables and no helper antenna, New ones pop in.
I had another unique new logging tonight DG 244 from Passes Dangereusus Quebec 519mi/835km but that is no where near as impressive. ;D ;D ;D
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Hey EDX
I had the sheer dumb luck to log GPI Colombia last night. Sometimes you just happen to be in the right place at the right time. This was not DXing, but just picking the low hanging fruit which was there for only a brief time.
(http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s387/jFarley44/Screenshot-2015-03-06-233423_zpsmxjmzn3a.png) (http://s1049.photobucket.com/user/jFarley44/media/Screenshot-2015-03-06-233423_zpsmxjmzn3a.png.html)
The GPI call is clearly rendered on either side of the DGPS. This was plainly noted on both antennas, and I almost grabbed a portable to run outside and see if it was audible. But I was too comfy...
305 is Churchill, MB, and you can compare the signal levels between the two.
I did open up SkyVector and check for others up and down the coast, but no luck. http://skyvector.com/
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i consider grabbing low hanging fruit being DX as well FYI lol.
Very impressive!
i'm waaaaaaaay more of a layman so i've never DX'd in cooridination with any of the online tools mapping space weather or atmospheric changes and conditions
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ALSO: RNB 363 Millville NJ really gets out. It makes sense that I would get it due to the ocean path but for you to get it that far inland is impressive. Do you know how many watts its transmitting? Its still remarkable for me with a portable to have logged it as outside of my home state of massachusetts, i've only received four other NDB's from a US state - 198 & 216 from the North Carolina coast, RNB 363 from NJ and randomly 400 PTD from Potsdam NY.
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RNB is listed at 50 watts. It looks like it has been logged all the way to the west coast.
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I made an Old School plot of the new NDB logs I have noted here since moving the rod peak response azimuth to 320-140 degrees. This has remained constant throughout the listening sessions posted in the first post in this thread, at least thru 31Mar15. The results are pretty clear.
(http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s387/jFarley44/NDB%20Logs_zpsfj8a0mr2.jpg) (http://s1049.photobucket.com/user/jFarley44/media/NDB%20Logs_zpsfj8a0mr2.jpg.html)
The axes of rod Peak and Null responses are noted on the chart.
Each black dot represents a new log which has not been heard previously this Winter-Spring. These new logs tend to be located around the az of Peak response +/- 20 degrees or so. Very few new logs have been noted away from the Peak axis, and if so, they tend to be more local NDBs.
In these listening sessions, I was not actively searching for new NDBs, but just scanning the band and seeing what I could pull out of pileups.
A couple of comments:
- The dashed line labelled "GPI, PAL" is the approx az to the only 2 South American logs this season. These were not heard in the previous orientation of the rod, which was approx 90 degrees from its current orientation. Likewise, I was not hearing the Caribbean stations which are quite common logs now.
- The letters "W" and "R" correspond to the NDBs in Winnipeg, MB (WG, 250 watts, ~700 miles) and Red Lake, ON (RL, 500 watts, ~700 miles). These are very interesting because both of these can now be heard almost 24/7 on days of reasonably low GM activity. This was not true with the previous orientation of the rod.
- In the previously orientation, I was logging many stations in Quebec and the Maritimes. Very few of these logs now, and definitely no new logs.
- The ability to null stations from a particular az is pronounced, but will be further evaluated when I get the thing mounted on a rotator.
- Though the map seems to indicate that I live in Green Bay, I must have fat-fingered my coordinates when generating the map!