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Old March 21st 09, 11:14 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
Brenda Ann Brenda Ann is offline
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Default MW catches heard in South Africa


"PocketRadio" wrote in message
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On Mar 20, 9:13?pm, wrote:
Just back from Seefontein.
Ended up really great for me = another great catch, the last
of the day and session as the sun wiped out the signals:
1160khz 0502z 090319 "KSL" Salt Lake City UT with clear recorded ID,
15,558km's/9667miles away - another catch of a lifetime = really
thrilled.
Also 1040 WHO Des Moines IA (14200 km's away) and
1550 "CBC R.1" CBE Windsor Ontario
both not to be sneezed at

Full official sunrise was at 0449

Will write up the full DXpedition report in coming days.
Previous details on Seefontein DX site
athttp://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/

John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
Icom IC-7700, Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
ERGO software
Drake SW8. Sangean 803A
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro Mk II, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop.http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx


Very hard to believe with IBOC jamming on both KSL and WHO - perhaps,
this is a misleading post about AM DX'ing and that IBOC 's
interfernece is not detrimental.

There would be considerable phase shift at that distance, that and though
the 50,000 watts from KSL might make it halfway around the world in very
particular circumstances, the 500 watt IBOC sidebands most likely would not.
This compared to the fact that a 500 watt signal will do quite well over a
~1500 mile skywave path in many circumstances.