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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: Andrew Yoder on July 22, 2021, 1308 UTC
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Electronic music, Gary Numan "Cars" (I think the extended remix), an older new wave song, Toto "Africa," etc. Good signal. Nice to hear so often in the morning
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2127 S7 Still going with "Woman" John Lennon
0002 Just checked in again, and the exact same song :) S5-9 with some really deep fades
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2148 Music playing, a little bit better than yesterday which was at noise level. Some decent peaks today. :)
2151 "Electric Avenue". Been a long time since hearing this one, I forget the band.
2155 "Have you ever seen the rain".
2158 More CCR :D, Still struggling to get above the noise but maybe the End-Fed is working a bit better.
2229 Checking back with CCR playing.
Thanks RG!
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Well, it definitely sounds like it's doing a lot better. I switched from the original 1/4 wave ground plane, to a horrizontal End Fed Half Wave about 20 feet above the ground.
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CCR at 2158z. Floating around S4. You are making the trip to Florida, and I can recover audio today.
Your low horizontal antenna is probably more NVIS, which should benefit daytime listeners within a few hundred miles versus your 1/4w vertical. If possible, you might consider adding a reflector wire under your horizontal radiator to potentially enhance NVIS operation.
YMMV with a low horizontal wire at night, so you might need to experiment switching between the two antennas if trying for late night listeners.
Thanks for the broadcast! :)
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Thanks for the info Rob. I will see how it does tonight on different Sdrs. Right now in the day time, it seems to cover the whole East coast.
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23:22 UTC - This is one station that just doesn’t want to make it my way but tonight I can just barely hear some music buried way deep in the noise floor. Listening in USB mode;
23:27 UTC - Switch to the end-fed antenna to match Radio Genix's TX antenna. Slight improvement over the B&W. The B&W is a T2FD setup as an inverted-v, primarily pointing at Europe. Can also hear you on the Wellbrook loop;
23:29 UTC - Bette Davis Eyes
23:45 UTC - Pretty much lost the signal now. With the SSN at 86 I will need to wait for the grey line (+/- 01:00 UTC). Don't see the propagation improving until +/- 02:00 UTC;
23:49 UTC - Eye of the Tiger
00:15 UTC - Starting to improve, peaked S7 but with fading, I can now listen in AM mode;
00:22 UTC - Completely faded out again;
02:00 UTC - Still very weak and barely readable.
Radio Genix - 6875.0 kHz 23:32 UTC 22 JULY 2021 (as received on end-fed longwire)
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RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada
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SIGINT, interesting. Maybe tonight it will work better towards your area tonight. It does sound like it has improved though.
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S4 - S5 Pretty decent copy. Thanks for the show R. Genix
2327 - "Physical" - Olivia Newton-John
2329 - "Bette Davis Eyes" - Kim Carnes
2333 - "Endless Love" - Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
2337 - "Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson
2342 - "Say Say Say" - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
2346 - "Eye Of The Tiger" - Survivor
2350 - "Livin' On A Prayer" - Bon Jovi
0025 - "Jump" - Van Halen