At 0500 UCT WBCQ coming in S4-S9 with a goodly amount of fading and a
LOT of noise, not a 'pleasant listen' at all. In fairness though, the
bands are pretty much wiped out tonight. Equipment is an R-75,
antennas are an inverted L running NE - SW, approx 60 ft horizontal &
25 ft vertical through an ICE-182 and 75ohm RG6 coax feedline, 8 foot
ground rod and an Alpha Delta 40 DX-SWL short sloper (40 ft) running
E-W at 20 ft @ feed point and 8 ft @ endpoint. The sloper has more
noise than the Inverted L, fading about equal and is running about S2
- S5. Location is Los Angeles, CA .... I see a much nicer report from
Ventura, CA which is just a short hop north of LA - though the
population isn't as dense (in more ways than one) as LA. I guess that
much like we have 'micro-climates' we have 'micro-propogation'.

Howard

On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 22:41:35 -0600, "Stinger"
wrote:

WBCQ sounding clear at 10:37PM Central, just north of New Orleans, RadioLabs
modified Sangean ATS-909, 75-foot random wire.

Program highlight: "Janet Jackson's breast has saved the day."

You know, you just can't make this stuff up.

-- Stinger

"Diverd4777" wrote in message
...
All:

- Little experiment..
- Can you hear 7.415..
- What is the signal like
- What UTC is it..
- Where ARE you
_ And what equpment are you using..

( Possible to calculate height of reflective layer using info ?? Hmmm.. )

( A Bit Bored...On this particular Saturday night;
going to look through the Second Hand Books again..)

at 0:200 7415 a staticy, S3


Dan / NYC; R 75 & 100 foot random Wire