Sam wrote:

----- Original Message -----
What radio? Batteries or line current?
Where in Vancouver are you? West End with the
blocking apartment blocks, South slope?


Thanks for the info. I am using the Degen 1103 with 2300 mAh
rechargables
and I am located in North Richmond near the Fraser River.

Odd reviews. The Sony 7600 and Grundig YB400 are
a bit better.

You are near a noisy area. Wind a 2 metre (or a bit more)
insullated wire around the antenna 15 times and then put up
and out (i.e. near a window or outside door.
That should 'double' the signal

Get the World English page from the OXDA Listening In
magazine (Subscribe as well)
http://www.odxa.on.ca/listeningin/lisamplepages.html

Note that http://www.odxa.on.ca/WES.pdf
is 'two pages' wide (You'll see only 12 hours then on the
right the next twelve hours)
Print (sideways maybe)

Now you know times--the blanks are when they broadcast
in their vernacular, Spanish, Chinese or other languages.
Learn them also and appreciate the mellifluous French
speakers of Radio Taiwan International via the booming
Florida relay.

Try WWV and WWVH on 5, 10, 15 Mhz to see
the conditions.

I have, I can barely hear the station on different frequencies.

Then if you can't hear WWV, other stations won't come
in well other.
This assumes that you are not trying to listen
during the daytime when the skip is short and
signals are much attenuated.
The Voice of Korea is good at this time of year
first in English, then French, then German.
Few stations broadcast into our daytime as it is
not worth the energy.
You can get side signals of R. Free Asia and the
South Americans more easily.
See Radio New Zealand International, really sending
to the dawn of the South Pacific islands.

Nighttime and early morning should come alive.

NHK-Radio-Japan, CRI, BBC, DW, RN, VoA, CRI,
RCI, HCJB, many South Americans are powerhouses
into Vancouver.
But not all day, nor every month.
Most are morning or evening services, not mid-day
nor mid-night.
RNZI is a powerhouse for cheap portables during
the summer, as is Radio Australia.

I have heard the Aussie station, tonight it wasnt bad then at
around 11pm it
was bad. Even my FM sucks. Maybe I am too picky?

They run several frequencies, so switch to the other
one. Shortwave doesn't stay on the same frequency
24 hours a day.
http://www.odxa.on.ca/beginnersguide/swwhen.html
of the pages at:
http://www.odxa.on.ca/beginnersguide/dxguide.html

Sam wrote:

----- Original Message -----
What radio? Batteries or line current?
Where in Vancouver are you? West End with the
blocking apartment blocks, South slope?

Thanks for the info. I am using the Degen 1103 with 2300 mAh
rechargables
and I am located in North Richmond near the Fraser River.

Try WWV and WWVH on 5, 10, 15 Mhz to see
the conditions.

I have, I can barely hear the station on different frequencies.

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Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 23:59:12 GMT

1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 14 Aug: High

Flares Max Fadeout Freq. Sectors
M3.0 13/2343UT possible lower West Pacific
M2.4 0414UT confirmed lower E. Asia/Aust.
M7.4 0544UT confirmed lower E. Asia/Aust.
M2.3 0756UT possible lower Mid East/Indian
M1.0 0957UT possible lower Mid East/Indian
M3.2 1008UT possible lower European
M5.6 1343UT possible lower European
M1.3 1818UT possible lower East Pacific/
North American
M1.3 2016UT possible lower East Pacific/
North American
M1.1 2029UT possible lower East Pacific/
North American
M1.2 2051UT possible lower East Pacific/
North American

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 14 Aug:
149/104


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
15 Aug 16 Aug 17 Aug
Activity Moderate to high Moderate to high Moderate to
high
Fadeouts Probable Probable Probable
10.7cm/SSN 150/105 145/99 145/99
COMMENT: Solar region 656 has the potential for futher significant
flare activity. LASCO imagery indicates CME activity in
association
with the recent flare activity from solar region 656 may have
a glancing impact on the Earth during 16 August. Solar wind
observations
indicate the possible glancing impact of the CME observed on
10 August during 14 August, however, the effects are relatively
insignificant.

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