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Author Topic: Australia into Michigan on MW 1100 UTC 8/26/2017  (Read 2042 times)

Offline Kilokat7

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Australia into Michigan on MW 1100 UTC 8/26/2017
« on: August 26, 2017, 2308 UTC »
I connected up my southwest phased BOGs last night and woke up early for a little sunrise DX to gauge MW trans-pacific conditions, since after all, it's that time of year again here when they can make their presence known in Michigan. Expecting nothing more than a few weak carriers to kick off the season, I was pleasantly surprised with weak audio on several channels. These logs all revolve around local sunrise time here, which was 11:03 UTC Aug.26th, 2017, times below are UTC.

612 4QR ABC Brisbane with weak audio, easy enough to tell it's rugby play-by-play with Aussie accents. 11:03 and now domestics have faded way down on 610 making 4QR easier to copy. In with weak audio for a solid ten minutes or so after sunrise. Carrier hung on until about 11:20. 8,993 miles from TX to RX.


702 2BL ABC Sydney getting past heavy KHSE splatter that eventually fades down at 11:03. Now fast paced rugby play-by-play lasting for several minutes and a bit stronger than 612. No idea if this was // to 612 as I couldn't catch simultaneous audio peaks between channels. Carrier still noted at 11:23. 9,345 miles from TX to RX.


738 2NR ABC North Coast in heavy splash from 730 with // 702 rugby coverage, peaking at audio at 11:03 but only lasting a couple of minutes. 9,073 miles from TX to RX.


1098 for the first time here was more than just an open carrier. Slow relaxing music first noted around 10:45 and continued up to the top of the hour and then talk but too weak to comprehend. Marshall Islands, I would assume? Unfortunately I couldn't parallel it against anything else for confirmation. Their streaming site wasn't working for me. Another brief signal peak at 11:10 but then faded rapidly. First time catching any kind of trans-pacific audio here on 1098.

"Down under" carriers also noted on: 531, 549, 558, 576, 594 (strong), 603, 621, 639, 648, 693 (strong), 729, 747, 756, 828, 837, 882 (strong), 891, 1017 (strong), 1035 & 1116.

Noteworthy North Americans heard at 11:00 TOH:

560 KLZ Denver, CO.
600 KCOL Wellington, CO.
640 KFI Los Angeles, CA.
650 XETNT Los Mochis, SIN
680 KNBR San Francisco, CA.
690 KPET Lamesa, TX. - 250w @ 1,120 miles - "Real Country" - NEW LOG!
700 KHSE Wylie, TX. (huge signal)
760 XEABC & KFMB San Diego, CA. (tent w/ Red Eye Radio, CBS network news & infomercial after 11:00 TOH)
890 KJME Fountain, CO.
1020 KCKN Roswell, NM.
1070 KNX Los Angeles, CA.

« Last Edit: August 27, 2017, 0220 UTC by Kilokat7 »
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Re: Australia into Michigan on MW 1100 UTC 8/26/2017
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2017, 0034 UTC »
Quite impressive! Congrats!
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Re: Australia into Michigan on MW 1100 UTC 8/26/2017
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2017, 0156 UTC »
Very nice! But a quick correction, KLZ is at 560. (Or "56 KLZ" as they used to call it in the 70s when it was a big country station and everyone still had analog dials.)
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Re: Australia into Michigan on MW 1100 UTC 8/26/2017
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2017, 0220 UTC »
Very nice! But a quick correction, KLZ is at 560. (Or "56 KLZ" as they used to call it in the 70s when it was a big country station and everyone still had analog dials.)

Doh, typo!  Thanks - correction made!  KLZ can often be heard here behind WIND in the morning when conditions favor the west.
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