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Author Topic: LWBC: 153 Romania into Michigan 27 Sept 2019  (Read 2000 times)

Offline Kilokat7

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LWBC: 153 Romania into Michigan 27 Sept 2019
« on: October 02, 2019, 0040 UTC »
0002 UTC: I was doing a casual bandscan a few nights ago of the LWBC channels and came upon weak music on 153.  I've never heard anything on 153 before, not even a carrier, so this intrigued me.  I was able to match up this music with Romania's SRR Antena Satelor:

https://youtu.be/e3CAvAgDmRk

So..a new one for the log book!
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Re: LWBC: 153 Romania into Michigan 27 Sept 2019
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2019, 1040 UTC »
Nice catch! I need to visit the LWBC band again.  The crossed parallel loop is very directional down there.
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Re: LWBC: 153 Romania into Michigan 27 Sept 2019
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2019, 1828 UTC »
Neat! Also, your rbl5 looks like new!
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Re: LWBC: 153 Romania into Michigan 27 Sept 2019
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2019, 2340 UTC »
Way to go kk!  Very Nice!
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Re: LWBC: 153 Romania into Michigan 27 Sept 2019
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2019, 0037 UTC »
Hey guys, thanks!

Josh: Thanks!  Cosmetically, the RBL-5 was an eyesore when I brought it home but I'm happy with the way it turned out.  Not perfect but much better than before.  Before and after:

http://amdxer.com/download/RBL.jpg
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Re: LWBC: 153 Romania into Michigan 27 Sept 2019
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2019, 2134 UTC »
Outstanding work. Also, right now is the season of all sorts of weirdness propagationwise for mw to vlf.
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