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Loggings => Longwave Loggings => Topic started by: ThElectriCat on December 03, 2018, 1649 UTC
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Beacons heard between 0400z and 0630z on 12/2/2018 in Shasta Lake CA
TCY 203 Tracy CA USA
HLE 220 Hailey ID USA
LWG 225 Corvallis OR USA
YZA 236 Ashcroft BC CAN
ZT 242 Port Hardy BC CAN
YCD 251 Nanaimo BC CAN
ZSJ 258 Sandy Lake ON CAN
SZT 264 Sandpoint ID USA
VR 266 Vancouver BC CAN
SLE 266 Salem OR USA
XS 272 Prince George BC CAN
YYF 290 Penticton BC CAN
DC 326 Princeton BC CAN
YLD 335 Chapleau BC CAN
RYN 338 Tuscon AZ USA
OIN 341 Oberlin KS USA
XX 344 Abbotsford BC CAN
YC 344 Calgary AB CAN
MNC 348 Shelton WA USA
NY 350 Enderby BC CAN
RG 350 Oklaholma City OK USA
LLD 353 Lanai HI USA
MEF 356 Medford OR USA
PND 356 Portland OR USA
ON 356 Penticton BC CAN
YQZ 359 Quesnel BC CAN
YAZ 359 Tofino BC CAN
RPX 362 Roundup MT USA
YMW 366 Maniwaki QC CAN
ZP 368 Sandspit BC CAN
SX 368 Cranbrook BC CAN
YK 371 Yakima WA USA
OT 378 North Bend OR USA
GC 380 Gillette WY USA
YPL 382 Pickle Lake ON CAN
PI 383 Pocatello ID USA
CNP 383 Chappel NE USA
JW 388 Jumping Pound Creek AB CAN
YWB 389 Kelowna BC CAN
DPP 391 Munoz Marin Intl. Airport PR PTR
QQ 400 Comox BC CAN
Really happy with puerto rico and cayman islands. didnt think I would hear these
Had to move my radio in to the bedroom because my shop is about 45 degrees F in the middle of the day and worse at night.(I know everyone not from California is laughing at that number). I thought it might be time to work on the antenna too.
The radio is a WJ DMS-105a-2, antenna is an upside down V (top hat, not a dipole) fed against ground by a 50 ohm to 20,000 ohm balun . The top hat is about 20 feet higher than it used to be and significantly farther from metal objects, and the ground I am feeding the antenna against is better. seems to work well. lots of new beacons in this list for me.
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The ks and ne catches are nice too, well done. I suppose the salt water was reason you got the islands.
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YPL in ON and YMW in QC, nice ones from CA...
your antenna works seems to be producing good results. :)
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I suppose the salt water was reason you got the islands.
Not to mention that island beacons are often well over a kilowatt as opposed to the 25 to 100 watts of a small inland beacon.
I think Puerto Rico is a reasonable skip distance from me as well. Local 10 pm, and it was coming in almost as clearly as MOG here in California.
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Nice logs, ec!
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12/3/18 beaconlogs 0400 to 0650 UTC
UAB 200 Anahim Lake BC CAN
YBL 203 Campbell River BC CAN
TCY 203 Tracy CA USA
EF 206 Castlegar BC CAN
LU 214 Abbotsford BC CAN
PR 218 Prince Rupert BC CAN
HLE 220 Hailey ID USA
YKA 223 Kamloops BC CAN
CG 227 Castlegar BC CAN
VG 230 Vermillion AB CAN
YZA 236 Ashcroft BC CAN
XC 242Cranbrook BC CAN
QL 248 Lethbridge AB CAN
YCD 251 Nanaimo BC CAN
LW 257 Kelowna BC CAN
XD 266 Edmonton AB CAN
YK 269 Castlegar BC CAN
XS 272 Prince George BC CAN
GEY 275 Greybull WY USA
YYF 290 Penticton BC CAN
LGO 296 La Grande OR USA
TV 299 Turner Valley AB CAN
DC 326 Princeton BC CAN
ZU 338 Whitecourt AB CAN
RYN 338 Tuscon AZ USA
XX 344 Abbotsford BC CAN
SBX 347 Shelby MT USA
MNC 348 Shelton WA USA
NY 350 Enderby BC CAN
RG 350 Oklahoma City OK USA
IN 353 International Falls MN USA
MEF 356 Medford OR USA
YQZ 359 Quesnel BC CAN
BF 262 Seattle WA USA
RPX 362 Roundu MT USA
ZP 368 Sandspit BC CAN
YK 371 Yakima WA USA
ZIN 376 Inagua Island BAH
OT 378 North Bend OR USA
GC 380 Gillette WY USA
YPW 382 Powell River BC CAN
MR 385 Monterey CA USA
PI 383 Pocatello ID usa
MM 388 Ft. McMurray AB CAN
YWB 389 Kelowna BC CAN
TK 391 Smithers BC CAN
DDP 391 Munoz Marin Intl. Airport PR PTR
QQ 400 Comox BC CAN
MOG 404 Montague CA USA
AZC 403* Colorado City AZ USA (actual carrier freq is 403.35, USB sidetone at 404.45)
MW 408 Moses Lake WA USA
CBC 415 Cayman Brac CAY
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First Off, LGO is a typo. it's actually LGD
and here is a map of my logged beacons. There are actually a couple more, but they will be updated eventually.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MKFgNxkgMsbqfWhvSyGSP7jl_cFEGaBR&usp=sharing
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Interesting propagation, lots of West Coast stuff as would be expected and then the big skip to the Caribbean.
All part of the NDB adventure. ;)
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Short listening session last night, snagged some new ones
QV 385 Yorkton SK CAN
GW 371 Kuujjuaraapik QC CAN
and heard SB 397 San Bernardino CA USA for the first time in a while.
These along with many repeats.
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Great Whale River... nice DX ;)
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New Ones for tonight. I did not scan the entire band, but otherwise propagation seems better than normal.
IP 201 Mobile AZ USA
BY 212 Beachy SK CAN
ZAB 215 Edmonton AB CAN
YD 230 Smithers BC CAN
BVS 240 Skagit Bay WA USA
TH 244 Thompson MB CAN
YZE 245 Gore Bay ON CAN
ZYC 254 Calgary AB CAN
These and some of the usual suspects. I guess staying up an hour later has its benefits.
As Usual, 1972 analog receiver, 150Hz crystal filter, and a passive T antenna
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spent a good amount of time doing a full alignment on my Rycom 3121A selective voltmeter, so I decided to give the digital readout a rest for the day and tuned it around
I used the same transformer coupled passive antenna I use with my other radios, and to my surprise snagged some new ndbs. That 100 Hz xtal filter really is sharp
YXL 346 SIOUX LOOKOUT ON CAN
BBD 380 BRADY TX USA
YL 395 LYNN LAKE MB CAN
YPO 401 PEAWANUCK ON CAN
YHD 413 DRYDEN ON CAN
These plus many I have already heard with other radios
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spent a good amount of time doing a full alignment on my Rycom 3121A selective voltmeter, so I decided to give the digital readout a rest for the day and tuned it around
I used the same transformer coupled passive antenna I use with my other radios, and to my surprise snagged some new ndbs. That 100 Hz xtal filter really is sharp
YXL 346 SIOUX LOOKOUT ON CAN
BBD 380 BRADY TX USA
YL 395 LYNN LAKE MB CAN
YPO 401 PEAWANUCK ON CAN
YHD 413 DRYDEN ON CAN
These plus many I have already heard with other radios
ec,
Nice DX into Ontario... see if you can log the other beacon at Dryden... 399 ZHD.
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I am almost certain I heard the carrier for the dryden beacon, but can not confirm it because the sidetones are too weak. I have been trying to get that one for a while.