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Loggings => Longwave Loggings => Topic started by: jFarley on July 29, 2019, 2321 UTC
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Logs from Downers Grove, Illinois acquired during the past weekend's Coordinated Listening Event. By no means are we at the real season start, but we are starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel.
2019-07-26 1704 240.0 CJ -1044 +1045 Springfield, IL, USA 256 Km
2019-07-27 0631 242.0 EL -1031 El Paso, TX, USA 1960 Km
2019-07-26 1743 242.0 LE -1039 +1032 Lexington, KY, USA 513 Km
2019-07-27 0632 242.0 MMI -1019 +1024 Athens, TN, USA 772 Km
2019-07-27 0948 242.0 XC +404 Cranbrook, BC, CAN 2314 Km
2019-07-27 0319 244.0 TH +410 Thompson, MB, CAN 1718 Km
2019-07-27 0952 245.0 ARM +992 Wharton, TX, USA 1571 Km
2019-07-26 1707 245.0 FS -1030 +1037 Sioux Falls, SD, USA 741 Km
2019-07-26 1708 245.0 HU -1033 +1037 Terre Haute, IN, USA 270 Km
2019-07-26 1710 245.0 PWF +1020 Batavia, OH, USA 443 Km
2019-07-26 1709 245.0 YZE +402 Gore Bay, ON, CAN 636 Km
2019-07-26 1751 248.0 CG -1036 +1025 Cape Girardeau, MO, USA 521 Km
2019-07-27 0314 248.0 FRT -1031 Spartanburg, SC, USA 931 Km
2019-07-27 0954 248.0 PQF +1038 Mesquite, TX, USA 1248 Km
2019-07-27 0154 248.0 UL +400 Montreal, QC, CAN 1212 Km
2019-07-27 0636 250.0 FO +405 Flin Flon, MB, CAN 1753 Km
2019-07-26 1759 250.0 UGS -1021 +1022 Athens / Albany, OH, USA 573 Km
2019-07-27 0310 251.0 AM -1033 +1033 Amarillo, TX, USA 1405 Km
2019-07-26 1716 251.0 JZY -1040 +1034 Macomb, IL, USA 252 Km
2019-07-26 1716 253.0 DD -1028 +1021 Columbus, OH, USA 479 Km
2019-07-26 1807 253.0 GB -1058 +1041 Marshall, MN, USA 706 Km
2019-07-26 1812 254.0 HLB -1018 +1013 Batesville, IN, USA 356 Km
2019-07-26 1812 254.0 MB -1018 +1036 Manistee, MI, USA 319 Km
2019-07-27 0957 255.0 SW -1026 +1027 Stillwater, OK, USA 998 Km
2019-07-28 1031 257.0 DT -1042 +1045 Denton, TX, USA 1244 Km
2019-07-26 1719 257.0 FWC -1013 +1009 Fairfield, IL, USA 377 Km
2019-07-26 1731 257.0 JYR +1027 York, NE, USA 807 Km
2019-07-27 0638 257.0 XE +380 Saskatoon, SK, CAN 1827 Km
2019-07-27 0641 258.0 ZSJ +407 Sandy Lake, ON, CAN 1319 Km
2019-07-26 1739 420.0 FQ -1077 +1023 Fairmont, MN, USA 559 Km
2019-07-27 0216 420.0 TU +382 Tupelo, MS, USA 847 Km
2019-07-27 0156 423.0 PCW -1012 +1019 Port Clinton, OH, USA 431 Km
2019-07-27 0642 426.0 IZS +1015 Montezuma, GA, USA 1107 Km
2019-07-27 0645 428.0 POH +1017 Pocahontas, IA, USA 343 Km
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I'm just starting into this now, and last night had 389 EN Kenosha, WI booming in.
Is it just me, or is beacon Morse whack? I couldn't ID "EN" for a bit because it sounded like either "ETE" (. - .) or "R" (.-.). I can't detect a spacing between "E" and "N" (. -.).
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EN is a local for me, and I just took a listen. The inter-character spacing between E and N 'might' be a bit short, but it's not totally out of whack. There are a couple of dozen NDBs I can think of whose keyers are REALLY shaky, and are often the subject of DXer confusion.
BTW, welcome this often forgotten corner of the hobby! The NDB season will start in earnest in a couple of months when the days grow shorter and the thunderstorms die down. We are all hoping that this will turn out to be a spectacular year due to the fact that we are in the solar minimum.
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It's local for me, too, and the fact I didn't hear "EN" upfront suggests my ears need far more Morse training.
I've read your build log with some fascination. I'm not currently up to the task of regen loops, but I'm starting into a remote tuned loop. I'm planning to purchase a handful of NTE618 varactors, unless you can recommend newer part.
I'm thinking of using this for the voltage control:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/LM317-AC-DC-Adjustable-Voltage-Regulator-Step-down-Power-Supply-Module-with-C7A4/352674072655
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The NTE618s have a hyper-abrupt junction and this gives a wide tuning range. Used 'em here for years.
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Nooner logs from Downers Grove, Illinois
2019-08-14 1703 201.0 ZXU +395 London, ON, CAN 584 Km
2019-08-14 1707 207.0 FD +391 Brantford, ON, CAN 646 Km
2019-08-14 1711 212.0 UC -1033 +1037 Union City, TN, USA 613 Km
2019-08-14 1715 218.0 AL -1019 +1021 Alton (St Louis MO), IL, USA 363 Km
2019-08-14 1716 219.0 YMG +409 Manitouwadge, ON, CAN 829 Km
2019-08-14 1718 221.0 RP -397 +399 Rice Lake Airport, Carl's Field, WI, USA 497 Km
2019-08-14 1722 223.0 MW -1039 +1038 Franklin, OH, USA 401 Km
2019-08-14 1727 227.0 FZ -1021 +1017 St. Louis, MO, USA 404 Km
2019-08-14 1727 227.0 GW -1035 +1035 De Kalb County, Auburn, IN, USA 262 Km
2019-08-14 1726 227.0 SQ -1040 +1040 Connersville, IN, USA 332 Km
2019-08-14 1729 230.0 BU -1024 Columbus, OH, USA 462 Km
2019-08-14 1732 233.0 AZN -397 +393 St. Joseph, MO, USA 612 Km
2019-08-14 1733 233.0 QN +408 Nakina, ON, CAN 943 Km
2019-08-14 1739 239.0 HKF -1018 +1014 Middletown, OH, USA 396 Km
2019-08-14 1739 239.0 TN -1043 +1044 Menominee, WI, USA 367 Km
2019-08-14 1746 263.0 CVM +1018 Alton, IL, USA 362 Km
2019-08-14 1746 263.0 GR -1034 +1024 Grand Rapids, MI, USA 253 Km
2019-08-14 1745 263.0 LQL -1011 Willoughby, OH, USA 554 Km
2019-08-14 1748 269.0 BEX -997 +994 Bloomfield, IA, USA 387 Km
2019-08-14 1756 272.0 OLY -1017 +1008 Olney-Noble, IL, USA 339 Km
2019-08-14 1755 272.0 YQA +403 Muskoka, ON, CAN 794 Km
2019-08-14 1758 273.0 FK -1042 +1035 Fort Campbell (Hopkinsville), KY, USA 564 Km
2019-08-14 1759 274.0 RG +1028 Red Wing, MN, USA 488 Km
2019-08-14 1801 275.0 DE -1019 +1021 Decatur, IL, USA 236 Km
2019-08-14 1802 276.0 YEL +404 Elliot Lake, ON, CAN 669 Km
2019-08-14 1803 277.0 OT -1050 Worthington, MN, USA 640 Km
2019-08-14 1804 278.0 ADG -1021 +1018 Adrian, MI, USA 332 Km
2019-08-14 1809 281.0 DMO +954 Sedalia, MO, USA 557 Km
NDBs this report 29 New NDBs 0
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Nice log for midday summertime...
Did a quick bandscan here just before noon and heard only 13 beacons.
The neighborhood powerline QRM has become really bad lately.
Could formerly log as many as 25-30 beacons daytime,
although some of those have gone QRT.
We both heard YQA and ADG today.
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Daytime is the only time it has been quiet enough to hear anything worthwhile, nites still way too much storm QRN.
"It won't be long (yeah) yeah (yeah) ..." Lennon & McCartney
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206 QI Yarmouth NS @ 0840Z
in spite of hvy T-storms east of me
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So it's not only DGPS Land where things have been dismal.
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This summer has been the worst that I have ever experienced for LW reception. Last summer was one of the best ever for LW here. Propagation be fickle.
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Some nice catches there Farley, especially your distance best 242KHz XC in Canada for 2,314kms on 27th July 2019. The NDB band has been very erratic this way, I aim for stations over 2,000kms and only log new ones heard under this benchmark.
Best for me so far is 323KHz CAR Carnarvon, Western Australia at 1626z for 3,663kms a few days ago.
New ones are rare this way but did manage to log 212KHz IFL Innisfail QLD 1930z for 1,821kms 319 report for an ATNO, been looking for this one for a few years.
Heard some digital traffic the other week around 1330z on 475KHz, this frequency is allocated to "Low Power Experimental Stations" in Australia and New Zealand, is this frequency allocated the same in North America?
Must be a seasonal change this way as New Zealand stations getting less frequent, used to hear 322KHz CI Chatham Island nearly every night, now I haven't heard it for near three weeks. In the past few weeks only the high powered (50 watts and up) New Zealand beacons are being logged.
Good luck... :D
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L-G,
630 meters (472 - 479) is available to U.S. Hams General class and above, low power.
Have heard some CW there from time to time.