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Longwave Loggings / Re: Nondirectional beacon challenge

« on: January 04, 2017, 1857 UTC »

MDK2;

Fred Smith is right; once you get the mini whip up, you should be able to hear a lot more.  That, with an SDR, would allow you to log hundreds of beacons, and you are located in a good area to hear much of the USA and Canada.

Be forewarned that NDB DXing is highly contagious; I DXed them in the 80's and 90's, and resumed a few years ago.  With a solar minimum a couple of years off, LW props will most likely get better and better.  It's a good time to start getting ready.

AP is a regular here in Chicago at 1451 km.  I have had the good fortune to hear all 8 active NDBs in CO this season.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RELAY STATION 5150 AM 1434 UTC 3 Jan 2017

« on: January 03, 2017, 1539 UTC »

1535 carrier per usual, but no audio here

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID Live 6925 kHz USB Relay 6920 kHz AM 2115 UTC 1 Jan 2017

« on: January 01, 2017, 2129 UTC »

Good carrier, very little audio here

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Electric Circus 6925 USB 2052 UTC 01 Jan 2016

« on: January 01, 2017, 2110 UTC »

Weak here at 2110, but hearing mx

2111 heard YL ID, addy, then back to mx
2132 apparent s/off ann, then back to mx

620

Huh? / Re: Inquiring minds want to know

« on: January 01, 2017, 1929 UTC »

I like to think that just having 12 mods, which by the way I didn't know till you pointed out, is that it is the 12 star signs.

Interesting. I wonder if each moderator was born under a different sign, thus representing the entire Zodiac.

I can't speak for the others, but I've been down since I began to crawl.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM 2358 UTC 31 Dec 2016

« on: January 01, 2017, 0013 UTC »

0012 I have weak thumpage.

HNY Mr. Mikey!

622

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM 1840 UTC 31Dec16

« on: December 31, 2016, 1841 UTC »

Very weak here with mx at about +0.110

1847 up to an S1-2 now
1902 off

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 2225z 30-Dec-2016

« on: December 30, 2016, 2245 UTC »

JBA but can hear mx.

624

MW Loggings / Re: #2000 logged

« on: December 28, 2016, 1659 UTC »

Way to go!

625

Equipment / Re: Ferrite Core 1, RFI 0

« on: December 27, 2016, 2319 UTC »

Don't know nothing about N30, and never used it.  High mu mixes such as 43 and 77 work wonders at MW to lower HF in cleanup chokes.

At lower freqs, I have used a number of FT-140A-W for chokes and transformers, and I think this mix has worked a little better for me.  You can get a dozen turns of a USB cable through the aperture of this core.

626

QSLs Received / Re: Rave On Radio eQSL's

« on: December 27, 2016, 2158 UTC »

I also received both from ROR; thank you so very much!

627

Longwave Loggings / Re: Winter 2016 NDB Logs

« on: December 24, 2016, 1348 UTC »

Logs from Downers Grove, Illinois


2016-12-22  0302  221.0  BO   Bristol (Johnston-Kingsport), TN, USA  769 Km
2016-12-22  0417  231.0  BU   Buffalo, NY, USA  779 Km
2016-12-22  0621  248.0  IL    Wilmington, DE, USA  1071 Km     
2016-12-22  0730  263.0  LB    Angleton / Lake Jackson, TX, USA  1561 Km
2016-12-24  0646  341.0  ORB  Orr, MN, USA  790 Km

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Merry Christmas to all!

« on: December 24, 2016, 1254 UTC »

Happy Holidays to all!

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Longwave Loggings / Re: Winter 2016 NDB Logs

« on: December 21, 2016, 1719 UTC »

Logs from the last few days.

2016-12-20  0632  200.0  YJ     Victoria, BC, CAN  2850 Km     
2016-12-20  0706  203.0  ZKI   Kitimat, BC, CAN  3273 Km
2016-12-20  2220  254.0  HLB   Batesville, IN, USA  357 Km  with TWEB   
2016-12-20  0134  263.0  QY     Sydney, NS, CAN  2283 Km
2016-12-20  0601  266.0  VR     Vancouver, BC, CAN  2829 Km
2016-12-21  0603  335.0  SW     Newburgh, NY, USA  1144 Km   
2016-12-19  0321  362.0  JWE   Oxford, CT, USA  1235 Km    New
2016-12-21  0535  363.0  1F      Bathurst, NB, CAN  1868 Km    New
2016-12-21  0701  373.0  MF     Medford, OR, USA  2863 Km     
2016-12-21  0131  385.0  ZNS   Halifax, NS, CAN  2006 Km 
2016-12-17  0613  389.0  PVC   Provincetown, MA, USA  1469 Km
2016-12-17  0601  397.0  OW    Norwood, MA, USA  1393 Km
2016-12-21  0645  400.0  NHK   Patuxent River, MD, USA  1064 Km 
2016-12-17  0136  404.0  BMW  Winder, GA, USA  958 Km
2016-12-19  0617  414.0  GL     Goodland, KS, USA  1187 Km     

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DGPS / Re: DGPS Logs 20-21 Dec 2016

« on: December 21, 2016, 1539 UTC »

When the NS component is flat and near 1, I note good props.  To which direction?  It varies, but I have been able to see that props from the North, generally Canada, become depressed when the NS component changes markedly.  I have been able to note prop changes in overnite recordings which seem to jive with this plot.

I have been using this as a guide which MIGHT give an indication as to where to DX during live sessions.  If the NS component is low and well behaved, I will go after stubborn targets to the North (the Maritimes to AB).  Otherwise I will go after targets to the South (TX to the Carolinas).

In all cases, you still have to play the game, no matter how crappy things look. 

An interesting use of the short term plot is finding that time during which conditions flip; props can be very interesting then, with favored directions becoming quite unpredictable.

I have made no correlations with the EW component.

LF propagation is so fickle and interesting.  It's fascinating to see how quickly an opening to a very particular area can occur. 

One can only imagine what's going on up there.