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First shortwave radio questions?
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One of the original questions in the thread was WBCQ (although I think he was using an old freq). You're on LI; I'm in NYC. What's your reception like on WBCQ (7415)? I can get them so-so, as an average, in late afternoon and very early evening. But come sundown, they might as well be TXing from the moon. I've been given arguments that the skip zone is in effect. That seems nutty to me, given the distance. I haven't listened to WBCQ in a while. But as for propagation, ground wave at 7 MHz is limited to about 30 miles or so. Anything beyond that is skywave. Lately skip distances have been long on 7 MHz, so that would account for you not hearing WBCQ over a Maine to NYC path. I've noticed the same thing on the 40 meter ham band. Signals are weak, and the skip is long, even at mid-day. Art N2AH |
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First shortwave radio questions?
On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 05:04:59 -0700 (PDT), Art Harris
wrote: Someone wrote: One of the original questions in the thread was WBCQ (although I think he was using an old freq). You're on LI; I'm in NYC. What's your reception like on WBCQ (7415)? I can get them so-so, as an average, in late afternoon and very early evening. But come sundown, they might as well be TXing from the moon. I've been given arguments that the skip zone is in effect. That seems nutty to me, given the distance. I haven't listened to WBCQ in a while. But as for propagation, ground wave at 7 MHz is limited to about 30 miles or so. Anything beyond that is skywave. Lately skip distances have been long on 7 MHz, so that would account for you not hearing WBCQ over a Maine to NYC path. I've noticed the same thing on the 40 meter ham band. Signals are weak, and the skip is long, even at mid-day. Art N2AH Right. But for me at least I've only been inside the skip for the last year or two. In previous years, BCQ sounded like a local FM all night long. I wonder if its also the effect of the sun cycle. In any case, BCQ must be skipping over a huge number of potential listeners, esp. as they have local roots and fans here in NYC. -- Col. I. P. Yurin Commissariat of Internal Security Stakhanovite Order of Lenin (1937) Hero of Socialist Labor (1939) |
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