In article , running dogg wrote:
Mark Zenier wrote:
In article . com,
bpnjensen wrote:
For me last night (0500 - 0630) in California, everything from 6.1 MHz
up was about shot. Even RN Bonair on 6165 was weak. Below that,
though, things were pretty good. R. Rebelde on 5025 was as good as
I've *ever* heard it, and the 5020.25 Peruvian 5-kW station was clear.
WWV on 5000 was pounding in 20 over solid. A Spanish-speaking station
on 5005 (Eq. Guinea?) was not too bad either. Tropicals below 5 MHz
were not so hot, for some reason.
Interesting. Up here in Seattle, RNZI was booming in on 15720 about
4:00. Faded out later, though. But the Australians were good on all
four 15 MHz frequenices for quite a while.
I havn't heard Radio Havana on 9820 since that hurricane, only on
6005 and 9550.
That's strange, since they're there, albeit with what seems to be
reduced power. Tonight, at 0200 Jan 27, the signal was definitely there,
but only popping above the noise threshold occasionally. That weird
heterodyne like noise is still there on 6000. I can null it with USB
mode and hear Havana underneath it, but only weakly.
Here's some lines from the VT-Merlin schedule that Mike Terry posted
back as the start of the B04 schedule. These, at least the 6010, are
DRM. Or is could be jamming from South Florida.
6005 0300 0330 ......s MNO Rampisham 500 300 English N AM
6010 0000 0100 smtwtfs BBC Sackville 250 268 English N AM
6010 0400 0500 smtwtfs BBC Sackville 250 268 English N AM
This morning (1/24 at 15:00+) was interesting. Radio Australia
on 5995 was 30 dB over S9, and the higher bands were full of
what I assume were various South Asian stations. But the BBC
on 7160, 6195, and 9740 wasn't there. But was on 12095 from who
knows where.
Now that is weird. I've also noticed that the 9525 frequency usually
used from 0200-0400 is going off at 0300. Apparently they've shifted its
schedule up one hour.
No, I daily check these. 9525 is from 01:00 until 04:00 but fades out
here about 02:15. 6135 starts at 04:00 to 06:00 but is fading out about
05:30.
I haven't checked to see if 6135 is now signing on
at 0300. Passport says that 12095 at 1500 is to Europe from "various
locations", probably Rampisham at this hour.
Lets grep that file (that I'd forgotten about) again.
12095 0700 1700 smtwtfs BBC Woofferton 250 140 English EUR
12095 1500 1600 smtwtfs BBC Woofferton 250 78 English RUSS
12095 1600 1700 smtwtfs BBC Woofferton 250 78 English RUSS
12095 1700 1800 smtwtfs BBC Woofferton 250 140 English EUR
12095 1700 1900 smtwtfs BBC Woofferton 250 78 English RUSS
12095 1900 2100 smtwtfs BBC Ascension 250 114 English S AF
12095 2100 2400 smtwtfs BBC Ascension 250 245 English S AM
I used my "world clock" program to get a greyline map and found that
it's probably East Africa for the non-English stations, at sunrise.
That and West Central Europe are the only populated areas. The sunset
greyline is really grim for Western North America. India, Easter Island
and Tierra Del Fuego.
Mark Zenier
Washington State resident