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Offline East Troy Don

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Radio Marti with an atypical dreadful signal
« on: September 01, 2019, 0302 UTC »
6030 KHZ @ 0250 UTC  1 Sept 19 (21 50 CDT Local)  in Spanish.   LOUSY Signal,

02:50n "Runnin' on Empty' .   Jackson Brown
02:54 . " Gypsy" . Fleetwood Mac

Station ID :  02:59

SINPO: 3-2-1-2-2(-)
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Primary: Yaesu FRG-7700  Secondary: ICOM R75 Tertiary: Grundig  750. Tecsun PL-990X, Tecsun PL-880 . Malahit DSP SDR V3,  Alpha Delta  SWL Sloper antenna. : Also, 1940 Mantola am/sw tube. CountyComm GP-5/SSB hand held, Tecsun PL-380 ,et al.  QTH: EAST TROY WI  USA.  Sea Level: + 320 meters .  75 miles (but not far enough) NNW of Chicago

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Re: Radio Marti with an atypical dreadful signal
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2019, 0001 UTC »
Maybe it has to do with the G2 conditions?
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Tecsun PL-880, MLA-30 plus loop antenna. Various sdrs.

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Re: Radio Marti with an atypical dreadful signal
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2019, 0021 UTC »
They are currently a good 55445 with S-10+ now (3 Sep 2019 GMT 0021) on 6030 kHz here.




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Re: Radio Marti with an atypical dreadful signal
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2019, 0023 UTC »
Probably.  Online info shows:

G2 (MODERATE) GEOMAGNETIC STORM CONDITIONS OBSERVED
published: Monday, September 02, 2019 21:41 UTC
G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm conditions were observed at 31/1420 UTC and 01/1459 UTC due to coronal hole high speed stream activity.

I'd be lying if I said I knew what that last line meant.   Never heard the phrase before in  my life but it sounds pretty cool.
« Last Edit: September 03, 2019, 0025 UTC by East Troy Don »
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Primary: Yaesu FRG-7700  Secondary: ICOM R75 Tertiary: Grundig  750. Tecsun PL-990X, Tecsun PL-880 . Malahit DSP SDR V3,  Alpha Delta  SWL Sloper antenna. : Also, 1940 Mantola am/sw tube. CountyComm GP-5/SSB hand held, Tecsun PL-380 ,et al.  QTH: EAST TROY WI  USA.  Sea Level: + 320 meters .  75 miles (but not far enough) NNW of Chicago

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Re: Radio Marti with an atypical dreadful signal
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2019, 0027 UTC »
Quote from: skeezix on September 03, 2019, 0021 UTC
They are currently a good 55445 with S-10+ now (3 Sep 2019 GMT 0021) on 6030 kHz here.

Same here tonite


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Re: Radio Marti with an atypical dreadful signal
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2019, 0209 UTC »
Quote from: East Troy Don on September 03, 2019, 0023 UTC
Probably.  Online info shows:

G2 (MODERATE) GEOMAGNETIC STORM CONDITIONS OBSERVED
published: Monday, September 02, 2019 21:41 UTC
G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm conditions were observed at 31/1420 UTC and 01/1459 UTC due to coronal hole high speed stream activity.

I'd be lying if I said I knew what that last line meant.   Never heard the phrase before in  my life but it sounds pretty cool.

It has something to do with Al's sidepiece, Courtney Love.
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