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Title: WQYV910 Quakertown PA 1620 TIS 1109 UTC 14 Jun 2019
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on June 14, 2019, 1115 UTC

I was checking 1620 for the semi local pirate, and found the Quakertown PA TIS, which is often heard here. Mixing in with another station or three, but occasionally solid copy.

Title: Re: WQYV910 Quakertown PA 1620 TIS 1109 UTC 14 Jun 2019
Post by: Pigmeat on June 14, 2019, 1840 UTC

South Bend, IN. usually rules the roost on that frequency after dark here. As I was tuning around looking for coverage of the NBA finals last night there were a lot of stations rolling in on the X-Band.

I couldn't make half of them out, but there were a bunch of them up there.

Title: Re: WQYV910 Quakertown PA 1620 TIS 1109 UTC 14 Jun 2019
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on June 14, 2019, 2017 UTC

The X band is my favorite part of MW. It's not too crowded, easy to get DX, there's pirates and super weak TIS stations  mixed in.

Title: Re: WQYV910 Quakertown PA 1620 TIS 1109 UTC 14 Jun 2019
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on August 14, 2019, 2104 UTC

Hearing old reliable Quakertown again at 2102 UTC 14 August 2019, using the 950 ft LoG (Loop on Ground) antenna.

The T2FD results in the semi local pirate instead.

Title: Re: WQYV910 Quakertown PA 1620 TIS 1109 UTC 14 Jun 2019
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on May 03, 2020, 1211 UTC

And heard again briefly around 1210 UTC 3 May 2020 with the 120 ft T2FD and KiwiSDR.

Title: Re: WQYV910 Quakertown PA 1620 TIS 1109 UTC 14 Jun 2019
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on November 01, 2020, 1943 UTC

And heard again 1940 UTC 1 Nov 2020. 101 miles, not bad for 10 watts. I seem to have some sort of direct path to Quakertown PA. Actually I think it could be because I have lots of ancestors buried there :)