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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: corq on June 21, 2008, 2345 UTC

Title: 6925u Maple Leaf Radio
Post by: corq on June 21, 2008, 2345 UTC

23:40 "Let's Go to Canada..."
23.42-ish ID Low power...
23.43 noticeable power bump up - Stompin' Tom "CANADA"
23:45 Maple Leaf Radio Male Voice low in my noise but sounded like possible new voice ID

Good to hear you back, Leaf!

Title: Re: 6925u Maple Leaf Radio
Post by: Joe on June 22, 2008, 1307 UTC

I think that I heard them also from my QTH in SE Michigan.  There was a break of about 10 minutes, so not sure if I heard 1 or 2 stations, but did heard several songs including Blue Rodeo, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young before going silent at about 0012 UTC.  Had to use the filtering on my radio to even hear that much.

73 de Joe 8)

Title: Re: 6925u Maple Leaf Radio
Post by: corq on June 23, 2008, 1411 UTC

I'm not an expert on propagation - but possibility is that Michigan could be close enough the sig was skipping "over" you, but considering this, yours is a good catch!

Welcome!

Title: Re: 6925u Maple Leaf Radio
Post by: Joe on June 25, 2008, 0315 UTC

Thx Corq,

You are absolutely right.  Vertical antennas have "skip zones" that can range anywhere from about 200 miles (short skip) to the 700-800 mile range.  In my case, I was using an omnidirectional (vertical) antenna making it impossible for me to get a bearing on their signal.

73 de Joe 8)