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March 29th 05, 04:37 PM

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William Mutch wrote:

Last night, 28 Mar. 0350z to signoff at 0400z Radio Voice of
Vietnam, s3r3 between heavy QRMN on NC125 with 156 ft off center feed
antenna in upstate New York. Male and female voices talking
(Vietnamese?) way down in noise until signoff in English. Frequency
slighly down band from 2.400...estimate 2385.
Does this correlate to any published schedule and frequency. If
so was it direct from Hanoi or a relay ?

I'd say you have an image problem with your receiver. What are you using?

Hollow state boatanchor National NC-125, recently realined with
HP-8646B sig gen.
2385+455 = 2840...probably not an image. 2385/2 = 1193... call
it 1190...possible 2nd harmonic of domestic US Vietnamese station, but
Google seach on domestics didn't find anything near that, and the
signoff was definately RVoVietnam. QRMN from forced air, gas fired home
heating ignition made listening really tough, but the signal had some
QSB and sounded *really* far off and multibounce. Propagation on the 90
meter band was among the best I've ever heard last night, so I went down
to 120 meters where I dont usually hear anything. I was unable to Google
any time/freq listings for RVoVietnam...just propaganda about
programming. If I'd been using the Sat800 I'd at least know the exact
freq, but I was just band cruising with the bedside NC-125.

dxAce
Michigan
USA