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Loggings => European Pirates and Private Stations => Topic started by: Ray Lalleu on April 04, 2021, 1232 UTC
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on 6985.0
1231 music, good signal etc....
1710 music, strong ...
1856 music
1911 trace
then up again, never more than very weak .... 2052
2204 trace
no ID heard today
edit : IDs heard on the other side of the pond, see below
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1855 S9+20 faded Trouble Lindsey Buckingham
1907 TX off no announced
1908 return broadcast - some technical problems? - shallow modulation
1920 music on noise level
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1855 S9+20 faded Trouble Lindsey Buckingham
1907 TX off no announced
1908 return broadcast - some technical problems? - shallow modulation
Looks like switching antenna : from antenna for Europe to antenna for America
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SINPO=34322, and steadily improving.
2111- "Love Like Blood" by Killing Joke.
2115- Sounded like Peter Gunn Theme, but not quite. Couldn't ID 60s instrumental tune.
2118- OM recorded station ID.
2118- "Dirty Laundry" by Don Henley.
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Looks like switching antenna : from antenna for Europe to antenna for America
I think so too
I think Mystery does the same
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Good reception
2247 Have music now, "Can't Get Enough of You Baby" The Colourfield
2252 "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" Gorillaz
2258 "Goodnight Tonight" Paul McCartney & Wings
2302 "More Today Than Yesterday" Spiral Starecase
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2317 S5 " Wichita Lineman " Glen Campbell" Best reception ever direct on my 545.
2336 ID "This is the Vault "
2337 "Live is Life " Opus S7
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1855 S9+20 faded Trouble Lindsey Buckingham
1907 TX off no announced
1908 return broadcast - some technical problems? - shallow modulation
Looks like switching antenna : from antenna for Europe to antenna for America
All I know from other DXers is that the Vault apparently uses a quite high dipole. It maybe that the antenna is raised for low angle (long distance) and lowered for more high angle radiation (short distances) radiation, but propagation at 6985 khz these last 24 hours have not allowed for short skip during the daytime. I do not think the Vault uses a directional antenna, like a yagi, because the signal seems to radiate to all directions, but very well at low angles for long distance....
Switching to narrower broadcast AM bandwidth would help bring an AM signal above the receiver noise level at long distances and low signal levels....