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Longwave Loggings / unid 397
« on: October 10, 2020, 1609 UTC »
Hearing CIT on 397.
Maybe CIR Cairo IL miskeying ?
400 CI Sault Ste Marie MI was OK.
Maybe CIR Cairo IL miskeying ?
400 CI Sault Ste Marie MI was OK.
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Longwave Loggings / Re: LWBC in Michigan
« on: October 10, 2020, 1606 UTC »
Nice DX.
Good LW DX conditions here in MI overnight.
Good LW DX conditions here in MI overnight.
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Longwave Loggings / Re: 1118 UTC 19 Sept 2020: 530 "ADK" Aleutian Islands into Michigan
« on: October 10, 2020, 1604 UTC »
Nice one Kat !
Amazing being able to pull out the beacon on the same freq as the AM station in Brampton ON.
Your antenna must be very directional.
Amazing being able to pull out the beacon on the same freq as the AM station in Brampton ON.
Your antenna must be very directional.
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Longwave Loggings / Re: 353 QG
« on: October 10, 2020, 1601 UTC »
This one is really sick,
very weak with random miscellaneous tones.
very weak with random miscellaneous tones.
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MW Loggings / Re: WGN 720AM, from inside a sheet metal building, booming in.
« on: October 04, 2020, 2141 UTC »
Both those stations dominate their respective frequencies here day and night.
Have never logged another station on either freq. The Cleveland station (being just
across the Lake) is much louder daytime than the Chicago station.
Have never logged another station on either freq. The Cleveland station (being just
across the Lake) is much louder daytime than the Chicago station.
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Longwave Loggings / Re: Fall 2020 NDB Logs
« on: October 04, 2020, 1546 UTC »
219 YMG Manitouwadge ON with nice sigs this morning... looks like somebody forgot to turn off the switch last month.
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Longwave Loggings / Re: 353 QG
« on: October 03, 2020, 1411 UTC »
Did some internet searching, looks like there may be a NOTAM regarding this beacon for the entire month of October,
but could not determine any specifics.
but could not determine any specifics.
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Longwave Loggings / 353 QG
« on: October 03, 2020, 1017 UTC »
Not hearing 353 QG Windsor ON...
AFAIK it was not on the latest decommissioning list.
Last logged @ this QTH 8-24-20, sounded weak (usually big sigs hr).
AFAIK it was not on the latest decommissioning list.
Last logged @ this QTH 8-24-20, sounded weak (usually big sigs hr).
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General Radio Discussion / Re: Intriguing Experiment Aims to Recreate Amelia Earhart Distress Calls
« on: September 25, 2020, 0129 UTC »
IIRC, about four years ago, a group went to the Marshall Is. with a 50 watt transmitter and tried to recreate Earhart's
presumed last transmissions. Nothing was heard.
Now, flying around in a vintage plane off of Virginia with vintage radio gear transmitting to a vintage boat is going to
determine where Earhart's flight ended... color me skeptical.
presumed last transmissions. Nothing was heard.
Now, flying around in a vintage plane off of Virginia with vintage radio gear transmitting to a vintage boat is going to
determine where Earhart's flight ended... color me skeptical.
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Weather / Re: Very cold mornings with frost here in MD
« on: September 23, 2020, 2247 UTC »
Nice warm up here in MI past two days... should last at least through the weekend.
Fortunately the annuals survived the early frosts just fine.
Fortunately the annuals survived the early frosts just fine.
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Huh? / Re: 1950s Jet pilot training film shows LW beacon DF
« on: September 21, 2020, 0306 UTC »
That 360 degree joystick is the tuning control on the control head (sometimes referred to as a "coffee grinder") for the ADF,
probably an ARN 6 "bird dog". The control head is in the cockpit while the actual receiver is mounted remotely elsewhere
in the aircraft. The crank on the control head is linked to the receiver via a mechanical cable much like a speedometer on a (old) car.
Not sure about the tone but being 1955 could be a range station (AFAIK now all decommissioned) and
the pilot flies the beam... a solid tone. If the pilot deviates from the beam he hears an A (. -) or an N (- .)
depending which side of the beam he is on. Until more recently, the navaid frequencies were written on a paper approach plate.
Anyway, interesting film, thanks for posting. Many aviation accidents are a result of a lot of little things that pile up and become a big thing.
probably an ARN 6 "bird dog". The control head is in the cockpit while the actual receiver is mounted remotely elsewhere
in the aircraft. The crank on the control head is linked to the receiver via a mechanical cable much like a speedometer on a (old) car.
Not sure about the tone but being 1955 could be a range station (AFAIK now all decommissioned) and
the pilot flies the beam... a solid tone. If the pilot deviates from the beam he hears an A (. -) or an N (- .)
depending which side of the beam he is on. Until more recently, the navaid frequencies were written on a paper approach plate.
Anyway, interesting film, thanks for posting. Many aviation accidents are a result of a lot of little things that pile up and become a big thing.
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MW Loggings / Re: WNRP 1620 Pensacola, FL now heard over Cuba at night?
« on: September 19, 2020, 0949 UTC »
Hearing them in Michigan this morning. In and out with a SS station (probably Cuba).
Talking about storm recovery, maybe they are running full power at night during the emergency.
Anyway, thanks for the heads up, a new one for my logbook.
Talking about storm recovery, maybe they are running full power at night during the emergency.
Anyway, thanks for the heads up, a new one for my logbook.
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Weather / Re: Where there's smoke...
« on: September 18, 2020, 2155 UTC »
purple haze...
four 872s in a full wave bridge configuration off the secondary (actually primary) of a pole pig,
watch 'em glow on the AM modulation peaks; long, long ago (sigh)
four 872s in a full wave bridge configuration off the secondary (actually primary) of a pole pig,
watch 'em glow on the AM modulation peaks; long, long ago (sigh)
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Weather / Re: Where there's smoke...
« on: September 17, 2020, 0855 UTC »
They have been underestimating on the forecast high temps recently...
maybe the computer models have not factored in the smoke.
maybe the computer models have not factored in the smoke.
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Weather / Re: Where there's smoke...
« on: September 15, 2020, 1639 UTC »
Venus looked as red as Mars in the pre-dawn sky this morning.