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Weather / Re: Snow in WNY
« on: November 29, 2021, 1045 UTC »
Got our first accumulating snowfall of the season Saturday/Sunday as well... had to shovel a couple inches of the heavy white stuff off of the driveway.
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Any portable on its ferrite alone is going to have a tough time hearing any beacons unless they are very nearby.
You would have to find a way to inductively couple a wire antenna to the ferrite in your 803 to have a chance at hearing LW beacons.
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MW Loggings / Re: KAAY (Little Rock) 1090 AM 0003 UTC 24 NOV 2021
« on: November 25, 2021, 1353 UTC »
CY,
Thanks for the heads up on this one.
Had tried for them earlier in the month after a post by East Troy Don but no luck.
Finally heard them last evening just before midnight with a booming signal... Southern Gospel format.
There is a local on the same freq but it was completely covered.
Only my second Arkansas ever in the logbook.
Thanks for the heads up on this one.
Had tried for them earlier in the month after a post by East Troy Don but no luck.
Finally heard them last evening just before midnight with a booming signal... Southern Gospel format.
There is a local on the same freq but it was completely covered.
Only my second Arkansas ever in the logbook.
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MW Loggings / Re: 1710 am WQFG689 Hudson County 0150 utc 5 Sep 2021
« on: November 25, 2021, 1345 UTC »
Fast forward to the year 2525... the expedition from Alpha Centauri arrives to find no human life here. However, they are able to home in on a continuously repeating transmission known as amplitude modulation that translates into something about obtaining an 18th booster.
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Longwave Loggings / Re: post storm unusual propagation
« on: November 20, 2021, 1701 UTC »
NQC,
Couldn't find any NDBs located at Boston Logan but you may want to try for 389 PVC at Provincetown or 397 OW at Norwood.
Couldn't find any NDBs located at Boston Logan but you may want to try for 389 PVC at Provincetown or 397 OW at Norwood.
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Longwave Loggings / Re: post storm unusual propagation
« on: November 20, 2021, 1143 UTC »Hey Pinto,
I thought about your LW beacon activities and gave a scan on the ATS 803a on it's ferrite.
Nada, not a one.
"Maybe", something after new indoor antenna is built.
k
Any portable on its ferrite alone is going to have a tough time hearing any beacons unless they are very nearby.
You would have to find a way to inductively couple a wire antenna to the ferrite in your 803 to have a chance at hearing LW beacons.
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MW Loggings / Re: Excellent Conditions On AM
« on: November 20, 2021, 1128 UTC »
Much improved conditions on LW and AM past couple of days.
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MW Loggings / Re: 1710 am WQFG689 Hudson County 0150 utc 5 Sep 2021
« on: November 19, 2021, 0131 UTC »
Loud and clear in here this evening on the CCrane Radio EP in the basement with no external antenna.
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Longwave Loggings / Re: post storm unusual propagation
« on: November 12, 2021, 2253 UTC »
NQC,
tnx for the observation, didn't even bother to check the AM band but probably should have
for propagation to the south (Cuba, Mexico)
tnx for the observation, didn't even bother to check the AM band but probably should have
for propagation to the south (Cuba, Mexico)
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Longwave Loggings / post storm unusual propagation
« on: November 07, 2021, 0016 UTC »
Apparently the mid-week strong geomagnetic storm continues to affect the LW band.
Was able to log only 4 Canadian beacons from 325 to 400 this morning. Normally a dozen or more are
easily heard here in that band segment.
OTOH, propagation to the south was fairly good with DIW, JA, and DDP all heard here with strong signals this morning.
Was able to log only 4 Canadian beacons from 325 to 400 this morning. Normally a dozen or more are
easily heard here in that band segment.
OTOH, propagation to the south was fairly good with DIW, JA, and DDP all heard here with strong signals this morning.
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Longwave Loggings / Re: Only few NDBs in Europe, are they mostly shut down?
« on: November 01, 2021, 0041 UTC »
Can think of 20 or so U.S. and Canadian beacons formerly regularly heard here that have gone dark over the past few years.
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Amateur Radio / Re: 10 meters
« on: October 31, 2021, 1605 UTC »
10 meters open now (noon EDT) to Europe...contest.
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Amateur Radio / 10 meters
« on: October 30, 2021, 2335 UTC »
The 10 meter band was open to the Caribbean and South America all day today for the contest.
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General Radio Discussion / Re: 1710 CHIM Radio vs Canadian "Official" Top End at 1700-1705 KC
« on: October 14, 2021, 0046 UTC »
Only hearing the NJ station here... blah, blah, blah, ad nauseam.
Do any local residents actually listen to this or even know it exists ? Probably more AM DXers know about this station than the locals.
OK, you can turn the DX test off now, we all got it in the logbook.
Do any local residents actually listen to this or even know it exists ? Probably more AM DXers know about this station than the locals.
OK, you can turn the DX test off now, we all got it in the logbook.
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Weather / Re: Stormy Monday.......
« on: October 14, 2021, 0021 UTC »
Captain Kirk boldly went anyway. 
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Longwave Loggings / Re: unid DAI
« on: October 09, 2021, 1653 UTC »
update... heard DAI this morning in spite of moderate QRN.