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Loggings => European Pirates and Private Stations => Topic started by: radio merlin on June 24, 2019, 2046 UTC
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radio merlin 63054khz s9+10 Sw sdr uk
(subject edited by moderator Ray)
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SINPO 44454 Good signal in Northern England via local e-layer propagation conditions over UK at the moment - some QRM at times
2055 Automatic - Pointer Sisters
2102 It's Magic - Pilot
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thanks just check on the SW UK SDR still s9+10 tonight http://southwest.ddns.net:8073/
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thanks just check on the SW UK SDR still s9+10 tonight http://southwest.ddns.net:8073/
Hi, thanks for the programme. How much power are you transmitting tonight, and is your antenna a standard half-wave dipole?
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only 20 watts and the aerial is a half wave dipole facing east west about 4 mts high
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only 20 watts and the aerial is a half wave dipole facing east west about 4 mts high
- This is good news for small opportunities. There was only a trace of music for me, but on other days it was better.
Good luck!!!
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on 6305.05
2209 music, 2211 free radio,
2213 ID in several languages, "Moonlight shadow", 2217 DJ
2246 pops, ID after each record, 2250 "Sugar and spice"
2308 fair signal, but just after 2310 it faded down very quickly : trace with some audio
0211 still on with music, and IDs after the records (and no blank time), 0219
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only 20 watts and the aerial is a half wave dipole facing east west about 4 mts high
Thanks for the info. In that case your antenna is radiating efficiently, despite lack of height and with only 20 watt.
So, the reason for your strong signal over the UK tonight is: E layer refraction over the UK at 100 kms height
I tend to check Chilton Ionosonde graphs for propagation conditions over the UK, and they clearly showed strong e-layer reflection locally tonight, at a height of 100 km, this is why Radio Merlin's 20 watt signal was belting out strongly at S9+10 db levels in the UK, further away on the continent your signal will probably have reverted to being refracted by the normal F layer at about 300 kms height
This is the reason for tonight's good local propagation on 48 meters... of course it helped that there was little thunder interference, tonight, which hasn't happened in a long time, this month!