On May 11, 12:47*am, m II wrote:
bpnjensen wrote:
** GUYANA, Voice of Guyana, 3290, 11 May 2010 at 0714z onward, fair
signal at S-7 - S-9, but comparable noise level and only modest
audio. *SSB helps a lot, LSB best despite strong interference from
periodic RTTY ID and carrier on 3287.44. *Notch kills the het OK, but
just gotta live with the RTTY ID when it comes up. *OM kin English,
barely discernible, plus musical numbers. *If I had a bit more tonight
I'd try a reception report for QSL - maybe later this week.

Bruce Jensen
California, USA

Up late, are we?

I'm listening to 'Coast to Coast' from Sacramento 1530 am.

I tried 3287.44 and that is where I got the 'zero' beat on lsb. I only
get the sporadic RTTY, no voice whatever.

mike

r75, 100 ft north/south antenna

Calgary

There is indeed a strong zero beat at 3287.44 - that's the RTTY
carrier (which I had hoped might be R. Madagasikara the other night,
but no cigar). 3280 Guyana has vox and mx, but it's a pretty small
station, maybe just 1 kW? Depending on its antenna orientation (or
yours vs. mine) or that extra bit of space between Califormia and
Calgary, it may be lost in the hash. The LSB was definitely more
substantially modulated, and easier to hear.

Bruce Jensen
R75, 50 foot inverted-L NE-SW + AD DX Ultra ESE-WNW, phased for noise
reduction (this arrangement helped a great deal too - I was able to
gain a few dB s/n ratio over BG Noise with the MFJ-1026).

near Frisco, California