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Title: R. Harmony 5775 AM 1555 UTC 21 Jun 2018
Post by: Ray Lalleu on June 21, 2018, 1636 UTC
1555 typical music (but local noise here), 1600 long ID with spelled name and e-mail address.
1635 crooner
1856 "Fever". Promo buying airtime, full ID. "Padam padam"
Ok KaySeeks, maybe somewhere in Northern Europe?
So it's a long way from Tiperrary to Roma...

1926 gone, no signal on 5775
1945 back on the air, 1946 ID
Title: Re: R. Harmony 5775 AM 1555 UTC 21 Jun 2018
Post by: KaySeeks on June 21, 2018, 1843 UTC
1840 UTC - very weak here in central Italy.
1928 UTC - no carrier.
1955 UTC - noting that the carrier is back on the air and there is music but still very weak. SINPO 14221. I also checked an SDR in Germany and signal is similar.
2018 UTC - signal has improved. SINPO 33333 now. Email address harmonyqrz AT gmail DOT com given.
2020 UTC - digital QRM starts on their USB.
2135 UTC - Very weak. SINPO 14311.
Title: Re: R. Harmony 5775 AM 1555 UTC 21 Jun 2018
Post by: KaySeeks on June 21, 2018, 1927 UTC
Ok KaySeeks, maybe somewhere in Northern Europe?

I do not know.

Quote from: Ray Lalleu
So it's a long way from Tiperrary to Roma...

As many have noted over the history of Western Europe. :) However, I also checked some SDRs in northern Europe and the signal wasn't better than down here. You must be in just the correct place.
Title: Re: R. Harmony 5775 AM 1555 UTC 21 Jun 2018
Post by: kris on June 21, 2018, 2212 UTC
In my QTH, on the new FRQ you can hear them worse than it was on 6.3MHz.
In Finland there were 25322, I bet they broadcast from the Netherlands.
If there is the same transmitter and QTH, then the antenna is probably not optimal.
I have not yet tracked them through SDR in the EU. You have to look for the ground wave in the day.
The channel is clean. I expected it would be better.
2208 UTC S4-5 Georgia On My Mind
Title: Re: R. Harmony 5775 AM 1555 UTC 21 Jun 2018
Post by: Ray Lalleu on June 21, 2018, 2227 UTC
From propagation day-night changes, I think to Ireland.

I was just a bit confused at the first comment, as we were switching with other stations.

The station that I can't locate is Charleston R.Int'l
Title: Re: R. Harmony 5775 AM 1555 UTC 21 Jun 2018
Post by: flexoman61 on June 21, 2018, 2240 UTC
2239 "Run To You" playing.  SIO 222
Title: Re: R. Harmony 5775 AM 1555 UTC 21 Jun 2018
Post by: Ray Lalleu on June 21, 2018, 2251 UTC
2250 "Minnie the moocher", then Jazz (N.Orleans style)
Title: Re: R. Harmony 5775 AM 1555 UTC 21 Jun 2018
Post by: kris on June 21, 2018, 2255 UTC
To Rey - maybe you're right. A few months ago when listeners from the US were excited about the LHH reception, I did not write anything, because in my case the radio was loud as it from Hamburg. Then something changed (moving to Ireland, or a directional antenna on the US) and now LHH can barely hear the noise level. From this comparison, I reached the conclusion that Harmony is not sending from Ireland (they were better). But I can be wrong.