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Loggings => Longwave Loggings => Topic started by: Looking-Glass on July 16, 2016, 0848 UTC

Title: July NDB log
Post by: Looking-Glass on July 16, 2016, 0848 UTC

Conditions on the NDB band are good one night and shocking the next, and being winter this way it's hard to sit up in the early hours of the morning when it's minus six degrees outside.  Nearly logged SON on 412KHz Luganville, Vanuatu for a new one but couldn't get the full callsign out for a claim, always another day.  Chatham Islands, off New Zealand was the only new one so far on 322KHz, been looking for this one for some time now.

382KHz  1609z  WU   Wanganui, New Zealand 419 report for 2,312kms.
372KHz  1618z  GIG  Gingin, Western Australia 319 report for 3,221kms.
346KHz  1622z  TG   Tauranga, New Zealand 419 report for 2,357kms.
233KHz  1632z  AYE  Ayres Rock, Northern Territory, Australia 529 report for 2,072kms.
322KHz  1638z  CI    Chatham Island, New Zealand 419 report for 3,077kms. (new logging)
278KHz  1705z  WS   Westport, New Zealand 519 report for 2,081kms.
286KHz  1722z  CC   Cape Campbell, New Zealand 519 report for 2,293kms.
309KHz  1406z  HK   Hokitika, New Zealand 539 report for 2,071kms.
238KHz  1407z  KT   Kaitaia, New Zealand 519 report for 2,119kms.
311KHz  1432z  NTN Normanton, Queensland, Australia 419 report for 1,993kms.
260KHz  1444z  NF   Norfolk Island, Australia 549 report for 1,755kms.
326KHz  1449z  WR  Whangarei, New Zealand 529 report for 2,211kms.

Title: Re: July NDB log
Post by: Josh on July 16, 2016, 1559 UTC

Very nice catches!

Title: Re: July NDB log
Post by: jFarley on July 18, 2016, 1518 UTC

FWIW, I have been able to hear about half of these - plus many more - via the Kiwi web SDR in New Zealand; it really does a pretty good job.

http://kiwisdr.jks.com:8073/

Title: Re: July NDB log
Post by: Looking-Glass on July 20, 2016, 2321 UTC

All good Farley, I am old fashioned, not an internet person, only use it to log stations (dxworld.com/ndblog.html) so not sure what you are on about regarding "SDR" web.  Just use 310 feet of wire, some good filtering on the FT-2000 and a good set of cans (headphones) plus measurable doses of patience... ::)

Summer is the better season over here, except for thunderstorm noise, winter is OK but you get nights where any distance over 1,500kms is hard work.  Spurious and crud from high powered Australian MW stations adds to the work effort too.  All good fun though... ;D