VCO 2749 USB 0740 UTC 28 March 2020

[Treehouse SWL]

I caught this broadcast from Sydney, Nova Scotia, just as it signed on with its broadcast of marine conditions and forecast.

The synth female voice in English was mostly garbled at first but faded up to readable levels at times as it went on. At 0757 UTC, it switched to giving the same information in French. Reception overall was noisy with some fades. I didn't listen until the end, which was past 0800 UTC, as I needed some sleep!

[jasmine]

good catch! i get this around 11pm pacific almost every night. i never got around to posting it.

[Treehouse SWL]

I heard VCO again last night (was up late again) and it was more audible than the previous night. Also then heard VCS out of Halifax, which I've logged previously. Also heard VAJ, which I hear regularly out of the much-closer location of Prince Rupert, B.C.

I sometimes use these marine weather stations to gauge reception conditions, as well as to figure out how much my outdoor antenna is helping as I fiddle it.