In article ,
Telamon wrote:
In article ,
Elden Fenison wrote:

* Telamon [06/25/2005 03:05 UTC]:
Let us know how you make out with the ICF-7600 using the loop antenna.

So far it's not pretty. I've spent hours just trying to find a station I
can copy. I am in Oregon. I know that fewer broadcasts target this area,
but I did expect it to be better than this. I do think I caught some of
"Radio Netherlands" last night. That was kinda neat.

My first experiment was at nighttime. Today, during the daytime, there
is virtually nothing at all out there that I can copy.

Yea, welcome to daytime shortwave in the Pacific Northwest. I'm reading
this at Noon (19:00 UTC) and thought I'd do a band scan. A couple of
Spanish language stations, and a bunch of "Chinese Opera" music jammers
from the PRC. There's Radio Netherlands (out of eastern Canada and
the Caribbean) on the frequencies that Telemon gives below, but
that's about it.

One thing I wanted to do, was copy activity on the ham bands. Today
being field day, you'd think there'd be a lot to listen to. But I'm
afraid I'm not having much luck. Color me dissappointed.

The west coast has weaker signals then the rest of the country but there
are some that should come in better for us west coast people. New
Zealand is good on 15,720 late afternoon until 8:00 PM in the evening
then they start getting weaker until they switch over to 11,820 around
10:00 PM. 11,820 is almost always good as is 9,885 that they switch to
around midnight.

Australia is another good catch, I'm listening to them right now on
21,740. At 00:00 UTC they will go to 17,715 and 17,795. These should
work well for you. Then they will switch to 15,515 at I think 02:00UTC.

17795 starts at 23:00, ie 4 PM.

You should get the BBC really well on 5,975 evenings and radio
Netherlands broadcasts should come in well.

BBC on 5975 is only coming in well on the 8 PM (3:00 UTC) hour, here.
in Seattle. If you stay up late enough, 15360 starting at 10 PM (5:00
UTC) gets stronger as the night goes on. And then sometime early
in the morning switches to 9740, which comes in well until 9 AM PDT.
For Radio Netherlands, try 9845 at 5 PM PDT, often a bit weaker at 6 PM
on the same frequency.

Daytime 19:00 to 20:00 UTC
try 17,660 and 17,735 and 15,315.

Evenings radio Netherlands is on for one hour at 04:00 UTC on 6,165 and
9,590. Both of these should be strong signal for you.

6165 is often my strongest available signal at that time. IF the Vancouver,
BC CBC-1 station on 6160 hasn't gone off the air yet, there's a bit of
interference.

....

RHC Cuba is another big signal on many frequencies and so is RCI radio
Canada international. Another is China.

I never have much luck with RCI, I think they're aimed as So. Cal. or
something. Radio Havana, try 9550, 6000, and I think 6060.

All these stations have web sites with their schedules. Go check them
out. You might want to try the radio in the park to see if you do better.

Late afternoon until near sunrise you should get a ton of strong signals
on the 6 and 9 MHz bands.


Mark Zenier Washington State resident