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Loggings => Longwave Loggings => Topic started by: jFarley on September 22, 2015, 1245 UTC
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New or interesting NDB logs
201.0 GL La Grande Riviere, QC, CAN (2015-09-21 0222z; 1520 Km 500W)
201.0 YVZ Deer Lake, ON, CAN (2015-10-11 0311z; 1287 Km 25W)
201.0 ZWN Downs' Winnipeg (Snowhill), MB, CAN (2015-10-14 0252z; 1158 Km)
206.0 AP Felps' Alpena, MI, USA (2015-11-06 1619z; 501 Km)
206.0 QI Yarmouth, NS, CAN (2015-09-24 0151z; 1792 Km 500W)
208.0 CHQ Charleston, MO, USA (2015-11-20 0550z; 567 Km) NEW
208.0 YSK Sanikiluaq, NU, CAN (2015-09-21 0225z; 1752 Km 400W)
210.0 IOB Mount Sterling, KY, USA (2015-10-03 1632z; 541 Km 49W)
212.0 YGX Gillam, MB, CAN (2015-09-21 0231z; 1688 Km)
215.0 CSZ Crossroads' Athens, TX, USA (2015-11-20 0553z; 1298 Km) NEW
215.0 ISW Wisconsin Rapids, WI, USA (2015-10-09 1826z; 321 Km 25W)
215.0 ZWW Boine' Muddywater (Winnipeg), MB, CAN (2015-10-14 0254z; 1144 Km 25W)
223.0 JZJ Alaina' Detroit, MI, USA (2015-11-06 1627z; 396 Km)
224.0 DN Dauphin, MB, CAN (2015-10-02 0352z; 1383 Km 25W)
226.0 REN Warren, AR, USA (2015-11-14 0636z; 990 Km 25W) NEW
227.0 TNZ Lawrence Co.' Walnut Ridge, AR, USA (2015-11-14 0632z; 679 Km 25W) NEW
227.0 YAC Cat Lake, ON, CAN (2015-10-02 0353z; 1139 Km 25W)
230.0 BNZ Abbeville, LA, USA (2015-11-14 0646z; 1371 Km) NEW
230.0 YBM St Bruno de Guigues, QC, CAN (2015-10-04 0223z; 918 Km 25W)
232.0 GP Gaspe, QC, CAN (2015-10-03 0228z; 1993 Km 400W)
233.0 AZN Amazon' St. Joseph, MO, USA (2015-11-14 0649z; 620 Km) NEW
235.0 CN Cochrane, ON, CAN (2015-10-03 0134z; 973 Km 100W)
236.0 4L Chatham, ON, CAN (2015-10-11 0318z; 493 Km 50W)
236.0 OW Ramsayville (Ottawa), ON, CAN (2015-09-28 0219z; 1075 Km 60W)
239.0 GIW Coronaca' Greenwood, SC, USA (2015-11-15 0417z; 985 Km 25W) NEW
240.0 CJ Calde' Springfield, IL, USA (2015-09-21 0248z; 264 Km)
242.0 MMI Mc Minn Co.' Athens, TN, USA (2015-11-15 0425z; 776 Km 25W) NEW
244.0 TH Thompson, MB, CAN (2015-09-25 0742z; 1714 Km 1000W)
245.0 HU Yinno' Terre Haute, IN, USA (2015-09-21 0252z; 276 Km)
245.0 JYL Sylvania, GA, USA (2015-11-23 0224z; 1166 Km 25W) NEW
245.0 FS Rokky' Sioux Falls, SD, USA (2015-09-24 2047z; 745 Km)
247.0 VED Leesville, LA, USA (2015-11-23 0225z; 1288 Km) NEW
248.0 UL Montreal, QC, CAN (2015-10-03 0221z; 1204 Km 1000W)
251.0 AM Pande' Amarillo, TX, USA (2015-11-14 0601z; 1413 Km 400W) NEW
254.0 5B Summerside, PE, CAN (2015-09-21 0306z; 1984 Km 250W)
254.0 LLW Woodville' Elizabeth City, NC, USA (2015-11-21 0306z; 1183 Km) NEW
254.0 MB Manistee, MI, USA (2015-10-10 2116z; 310 Km)
255.0 FYE Somerville, TN, USA (2015-11-21 0320z; 749 Km) NEW
256.0 TQK Scott City, KS, USA (2015-11-21 0309z; 1159 Km) NEW
257.0 SQT Satellite' Melbourne, FL, USA (2015-11-07 0223z; 1664 Km)
257.0 XE Saskatoon, SK, CAN (2015-10-04 0233z; 1827 Km 25W)
260.0 AVZ Travis' Terrell, TX, USA (2015-11-08 0434z; 1243 Km 25W)
260.0 MTH Marathon, FL, USA (2015-11-21 0327z; 2006 Km) NEW
261.0 2H Lebel-sur-Quevillon, QC, CAN (2015-10-04 0234z; 1168 Km 125W)
264.0 HN Suybe' Shawnee, OK, USA (2015-11-21 0335z; 1056 Km 25W) NEW
264.0 ON Winona, MN, USA (2015-11-08 0445z; 385 Km)
266.0 ZMM Mirabel' Colomban (Montreal), QC, CAN (2015-10-04 0237z; 1185 Km 20W)
267.0 HET Henryetta, OK, USA (2015-11-08 0451z; 1002 Km 25W)
269.0 AHX Athens, TX, USA (2015-11-21 0346z; 1282 Km 25W) NEW
269.0 SWT Seward, NE, USA (2015-10-13 2029z; 773 Km 25W)
269.0 TII Tiffin, OH, USA (2015-10-14 0049z; 405 Km)
272.0 OLY Olney' Olney-Noble, IL, USA (2015-10-03 1947z; 346 Km 25W)
284.0 IDL Indianola, MS, USA (2015-11-14 0606z; 960 Km 25W) NEW
284.0 QD The Pas, MB, CAN (2015-09-25 0716z; 1662 Km 500W)
284.0 VIV Vivian, LA, USA (2015-11-22 0359z; 1134 Km) NEW
287.0 ZWG Stoney' Medicine Rock (Winnipeg), MB, CAN (2015-10-14 0303z; 1154 Km)
289.0 YLQ La Tuque, QC, CAN (2015-09-28 0234z; 1350 Km 500W)
323.0 OUK Calhoun, GA, USA (2015-11-22 0402z; 868 Km 24W) NEW
326.0 EK Nepco' Wisconsin Rapids, WI, USA (2015-11-19 2009z; 313 Km) NEW
329.0 CH Ashly' Charleston, SC, USA (2015-09-28 0247z; 1204 Km 400W)
329.0 PMV Plattsmouth, NE, USA (2015-10-14 2037z; 668 Km 25W)
329.0 TAD Trinidad, CO, USA (2015-09-28 0244z; 1492 Km 150W)
330.0 PWC Pine River, MN, USA (2015-11-22 0410z; 747 Km) NEW
332.0 FIS Fish Hook' Key West, FL, USA (2015-09-28 0248z; 2005 Km)
334.0 UU Seyer' Corinth, MS, USA (2015-11-23 0240z; 760 Km) NEW
335.0 AWS Lawson' Columbus, GA, USA (2015-11-23 0251z; 1091 Km) NEW
335.0 CVP Capitol' Helena, MT, USA (2015-11-03 0315z; 1978 Km)
335.0 MK Suzze' Marion, VA, USA (2015-11-23 0250z; 796 Km) NEW
336.0 LF La Salle, MB, CAN (2015-09-26 0531z; 1131 Km 50W)
338.0 DE Madds' Detroit, MI, USA (2015-10-05 0210z; 406 Km)
338.0 GY Dyana' Greenville, SC, USA (2015-11-10 0320z; 929 Km) NEW
338.0 HR Sebas' Harlingen, TX, USA (2015-11-09 0411z; 1940 Km 25W)
338.0 JZ Newbn' Lawrence, KS, USA (2015-11-10 0239z; 689 Km)
338.0 RYN Ryan' Tucson, AZ, USA (2015-11-10 0322z; 2314 Km 400W)
338.0 SHL Sheldon, IA, USA (2015-10-05 0217z; 667 Km 25W)
338.0 TT Stutt' Stuttgart, AR, USA (2015-11-09 0412z; 871 Km)
338.0 YPX Puvirnituq, QC, CAN (2015-11-22 0412z; 2157 Km 500W)
338.0 ZEM Eastmain, QC, CAN (2015-09-25 0719z; 1358 Km 25W)
340.0 JES Slover' Jessup, GA, USA (2015-11-23 0302z; 1265 Km 25W) NEW
341.0 CQN Daisy' Chattanooga, TN, USA (2015-09-25 0722z; 784 Km)
341.0 CZJ Amason' Center, TX, USA (2015-09-28 0259z; 1242 Km 25W)
341.0 DB Zilom' Dubuque, IA, USA (2015-10-05 0221z; 226 Km)
341.0 DNI Denison, TX, USA (2015-11-09 0417z; 1177 Km 25W)
341.0 FO Barro' Fort Dodge, IA, USA (2015-11-03 0336z; 527 Km)
341.0 OIN Oberlin, KS, USA (2015-09-22 0213z; 1082 Km 25W)
342.0 PFT Piney' Pinecreek, MN, USA (2015-11-23 0302z; 1011 Km) NEW
344.0 IWJ Early County' Blakely, GA, USA (2015-11-11 0328z; 1191 Km 25W) NEW
344.0 JA Dinns' Jacksonville, FL, USA (2015-09-25 0723z; 1379 Km 400W)
344.0 JL Lunns' Joplin, MO, USA (2015-11-14 0625z; 765 Km) NEW
344.0 TKH Tallulah' Vicksburg, LA, USA (2015-11-09 0420z; 1103 Km)
347.0 ATA Atlanta, TX, USA (2015-11-20 0508z; ) NEW
347.0 MKV Marksville, LA, USA (2015-11-09 0425z; 1248 Km 25W)
347.0 PA Prince Albert, SK, CAN (2015-11-03 0350z; 1836 Km 25W)
347.0 YK Cagur' Yankton, SD, USA (2015-11-07 0249z; 775 Km)
350.0 CP Acore' Cahokia / St Louis, IL, USA (2015-09-22 0220z; 408 Km)
350.0 CBG Cambridge, MN, USA (2015-10-11 0331z; 597 Km)
350.0 NY Enderby, BC, CAN (2015-10-04 0246z; 2557 Km 500W)
350.0 OKT Yoakum, TX, USA (2015-10-14 0240z; 1619 Km)
352.0 BVG Boll Weevil' Enterprise, AL, USA (2015-11-23 0200z; 1180 Km) NEW
353.0 F7 Georgian Bay (Parry Sound), ON, CAN (2015-10-14 0238z; 757 Km 50W)
353.0 PG Portage, MB, CAN (2015-10-04 0256z; 1193 Km)
355.0 CGE Cambridge, MD, USA (2015-09-22 0232z; 1078 Km)
355.0 YWP Webequie, ON, CAN (2015-09-26 0543z; 1242 Km 100W)
356.0 FWX Hazer' New Roads, LA, USA (2015-11-11 0320z; 1284 Km) NEW
359.0 GUV Gator' Fort Polk, LA, USA (2015-11-14 0614z; 1291 Km) NEW
359.0 SDY Sidney, MT, USA (2015-11-04 0144z; 1438 Km 100W)
360.0 PN Port-Menier / Ile Anticosti, QC, CAN (2015-09-22 0240z; 2025 Km 500W)
362.0 AK Akron, OH, USA (2015-09-22 0241z; 557 Km)
362.0 RPX Round Up, MT, USA (2015-11-03 0407z; 1718 Km)
362.0 SC Sherbrooke, QC, CAN (2015-10-03 0159z; 1362 Km 25W)
363.0 RNB Rainbow' Millville, NJ, USA (2015-09-22 0242z; 1116 Km 50W)
365.0 HQG Hugoton, KS, USA (2015-09-22 0245z; 1263 Km 25W)
368.0 EU Murey' Murray, KY, USA (2015-09-26 0546z; 568 Km)
368.0 TEC Tech' Blacksburg, VA, USA (2015-11-20 0516z; 832 Km 25W) NEW
368.0 VIQ Neillsville, WI, USA (2015-11-20 0522z; 369 Km 25W) NEW
368.0 VX Dafoe, SK, CAN (2015-10-02 0305z; 1678 Km 80W)
368.0 PNM Princeton, MN, USA (2015-09-22 0249z; 616 Km)
370.0 YBV Berens River, MB, CAN (2015-10-02 0307z; 1356 Km 25W)
371.0 GW Jarpik Kuujjuarapik, QC, CAN (2015-09-24 0201z; 1670 Km 500W)
371.0 ITU Truly' Great Falls, MT, USA (2015-10-02 0307z; 1947 Km 100W)
371.0 PKF Park Falls, WI, USA (2015-11-23 0343z; 499 Km) NEW
371.0 PUR Marshall, MO, USA (2015-09-22 0254z; 540 Km)
372.0 MF Manns' Mansfield, OH, USA (2015-10-05 0240z; 476 Km)
372.0 UQN Onyun' Vidalia, GA, USA (2015-11-23 0312z; 1181 Km 25W) NEW
373.0 2Q Mont-Laurier, QC, CAN (2015-10-03 0158z; 1129 Km 25W)
373.0 AEA Jones' South Hill, VA, USA (2015-11-23 0339z; 1034 Km) NEW
373.0 YXK Rimouski, QC, CAN (2015-10-03 0154z; 1689 Km 25W)
375.0 7B St Thomas, ON, CAN (2015-09-22 0300z; 573 Km 25W)
375.0 DS Searcy, AR, USA (2015-11-23 0337z; 819 Km) NEW
375.0 SPH Springhill, LA, USA (2015-11-20 0528z; 1099 Km) NEW
376.0 BHC Baxley, GA, USA (2015-09-25 0734z; 1229 Km)
376.0 YAG Fort Frances, ON, CAN (2015-09-26 0554z; 879 Km 40W)
376.0 ZIN Matthew Town / Great Inagua Island, , BAH (2015-09-25 0737z; 2679 Km 400W)
379.0 LRR Allen Parish' Oakdale, LA, USA (2015-11-23 0314z; 1315 Km) NEW
379.0 YPQ Peterborough, ON, CAN (2015-09-26 0600z; 818 Km 25W)
380.0 BBD Brady, TX, USA (2015-09-26 0601z; 1556 Km 25W)
380.0 UMB Culvr' Milledgeville, GA, USA (2015-11-23 0333z; 1057 Km 25W) NEW
381.0 MNI Manning, SC, USA (2015-11-23 0331z; 1142 Km 25W) NEW
382.0 PCZ Waupaca, WI, USA (2015-11-20 0540z; ) Contrary to reports that this has been decomm'ed, it appeared last night
382.0 XU London, ON, CAN (2015-10-04 0300z; 573 Km 50W)
387.0 CAV Clarion, IA, USA (2015-11-20 0545z; 490 Km 25W) NEW
391.0 MFI Marshfield, WI, USA (2015-10-02 0314z; 362 Km 25W)
391.0 OO Oshawa, ON, CAN (2015-10-03 0156z; 778 Km ~7W)
392.0 ML Charlevoix, QC, CAN (2015-09-21 0328z; 1108 Km 500W)
395.0 YL Lynn Lake, MB, CAN (2015-10-02 0318z; 1912 Km 1600W)
396.0 GOI Godman' Fort Knox, KY, USA (2015-11-22 2310z; 462 Km) NEW
397.0 ZSS Yellowhead (Saskatoon), SK, CAN (2015-10-02 0321z; 1825 Km 25W)
399.0 ZHD Thunder' Dryden, ON, CAN (2015-10-02 0322z; 959 Km 25W)
400.0 OHY Coney' Cordele, GA, USA (2015-11-11 0339z; 1155 Km 25W) NEW
402.0 CV Carlz Carlsbad, NM, USA (2015-11-10 0445z; 1800 Km) NEW
404.0 HU Saltt' Hutchinson, KS, USA (2015-11-10 0446z; 947 Km) NEW
404.0 MOG Montague, CA, USA (2015-11-10 0451z; 2845 Km 25W) NEW
408.0 JDM Wheatfield' Colby, KS, USA (2015-11-10 0500z; 1132 Km 25W) NEW
410.0 EGQ Emmetsburg, IA, USA (2015-11-10 0500z; 571 Km) NEW
412.0 CMY Mc Coy' Sparta, WI, USA (2015-10-02 0330z; 319 Km 10W)
414.0 OOA Oskaloosa, IA, USA (2015-10-03 1645z; 380 Km 25W)
512.0 HMY Muldrow' Lexington, OK, USA (2015-09-22 0322z; 1105 Km 25W)
521.0 GM Judky' Greenville, SC, USA (2015-09-22 0317z; 925 Km)
521.0 TO Biloy' Topeka, KS, USA (2015-09-22 0310z; 722 Km)
Through early October, conditions have been pretty bad, to say the least. Additionally there is still a pretty good amount of thunderstorm noise which hasn't helped a bit.
I have been working a Memory List of unlogged locals with regularity, unlogged meaning that I haven't logged it in the control application logbook since November 2014, which is about when this project started. I am finding this to be an extremely efficient way to finish logging local NDBs in the local region (IL-IN-WI-MI).
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This is with your new loop antenna? If so, it seems to be working well. I need to check what I am picking up now, vs what I was hearing in the summer.
My latest software project has to do with high resolution spectrum displays of SDR recordings, to look at the zoo of MW carriers on most channels.
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Yes, Chris, all loggings here will be with the Ferrite loop. Conditions have not been great, to say the least, and there is still a good deal of storm noise, and a bit of ground loop noise remains. But I am pretty certain that I am close to the sensitivity I was seeing last winter.
Communication problems with the loop have stabilized, and I am happy with the tuning "feel" out of the host app. The concentration of effort here is in adding support to enhance overall efficiency of work flow before the real season starts. I have just added Logbook support to the app, and I can add loggings to the Logbook with just a click or two, and new logs in any session can be exported to a plain text file and dropped into posts here.
I am also using this time to prepare Memory Lists of Highly Desired Targets and unlogged NDBs in different azimuthal sectors.
Your app sound very interesting! DXing the zoo of carrier and sidebands here still involves heavy manipulation of the SDR gain, FFT resolution, rendering palette, and zoom window resolution to get separation between frequency objects. Loop rotation also helps immensely. To that end, I am finishing a modified rotator which can be controlled via the host app; those Chinese rotator controllers are slow, stupid, and noisy!!!
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The memory list of desired targets is a great idea. I think you said you were using one of the beacon databases, if so, are you also able to add the distance to the beacon in the logging summaries you post?
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No problem. I import the RNA database (NDBs, DGPS, and NAVTEX). Each RNA entry has a Maidenhead locator as String, which I replace with a MaidenheadClass wrapper which encapsulates two classes Coordinates (Latitude and Longitude) and PolarCoordinates (BearingDegrees and RangeKilometers), so that info is there right from the time the RNA List is imported at program boot.
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Conditions are still a bit yucky. The solar conditions which have terrorized HF DX have also made for poor LF conditions, and the continued fair weather across much of the USA has kept the big thunderstorms booming. My winter goals for DXing are to log some more of the higher latitude Canadian beacons, and a few more foreign NDBs, particularly Greenland and Iceland. Conditions are not there yet, so I have been spending most of the time going after new US beacons, and logging as many of these as possible before my attention is drawn elsewhere.
Rather than just searching random willy nilly, I have spent he last few nights parked on a single frequency which is known to be target rich and log what pops up over a given period of time. Judicious use of the rotator helps immensely, and can have a huge affect on the pileup of NDB calls which I see or hear.
To help in this effort, I added a neat little tool to the RC app. RC has the ability to import the RNA databse, and display it in a Tab Page in the app main container form. The RNA List is dynamically updated and reconciled to my Logbook, and any logged NDB is displayed with an "L" in the Status column. That is shown in the image below.
(http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s387/jFarley44/Screenshot_zpscduvm5fo.jpg) (http://s1049.photobucket.com/user/jFarley44/media/Screenshot_zpscduvm5fo.jpg.html)
CheckBoxes determine what is displayed in the ListView, and selecting any item in the list updates some TextBoxes below the list.
I have just added a Hot Channels Button which when clicked produces the DialogBox on the left. This dialog generates a sortable list which gives me info about how many NDBs are active on a given frequency, and how many I have logged into the Logbook. In the image, the list has just been sorted by USA Count, and it's pretty obvious that there are some frequencies near the bottom of the list which deserve some serious attention.
It is now a simple matter to find a frequency to park on and get results - new logs - and increase productivity.