Hi John,

Thanks for the comments. I had forgotten Serui is only a 500-watter;
actually, less output than 500w is probable because of the tropical climate
there. Most transmitters in tropical regions run less than rated power due
to the stress of the high humidity and heat.

The signal was so good on Serui I would have guessed that it was 5kw. It
helps to have a Beverage antenna looking down the barrel at Indonesia,
though!

Guy

"John Plimmer" wrote in message
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Well done Guy - some extremely good catches there as usual.
For the uninitiated, RRI Serui is a very low power 500 watt TX some 6,800
miles from Guy's QTH at Puyallup, an extremely difficult and rare DX
catch.
--
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 540 s, East 20 d 07 m 541 s.
RX Drake R8B, SW8
BW XCR 30, Braun T1000, Sangean 818 & 803A.
Hallicrafters SX-100, Eddystone 940
GE circa 50's radiogram
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop

"hma" wrote in message
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"4nradio" wrote in
news:abdZc.103309$mD.84854@attbi_s02:


"hma" wrote in message
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SNIP
It looks very interesting.
That was local time in the state of Washington right?
I wonder what time this was in Indonesia or better your time
in UTC. This way we can all try to log some of it.

Hi HMA,

dxAce is correct-- the loggings were in UTC, which is the accepted time
format for loggings on shortwave (and usually mediumwave, too, though
Eastern Standard Time is sometimes referenced for MW). You can imagine
the confusion among DXers in different locations if the reports were
stated in various local time zones. So, long ago UTC (or GMT for the
true-blue British among us-- same thing) was chosen as the reference
point. UTC is truly the "starting point" for time zones around the
world; every zone is referenced as either plus or minus hours from it.

All the major shortwave stations give their programming times in UTC
also for the same reason, though many will also give the local times in
the target areas (where the audience lives).

For the record, the Indonesian stations I heard this morning were noted
around dawn my local time (currently 6:30am Pacific Daylight Time).
This
equals 1330 UTC. If it had been local time, these tropical band signals
would not have been audible in North America because it would be early
afternoon at the receiver.


Hi
UTC it was than Silly me. I should have known.
Thanks for your detailed explanation.


regards,

Guy

4nradio wrote:

Hi John,

Thanks for the comments. I had forgotten Serui is only a 500-watter;
actually, less output than 500w is probable because of the tropical climate
there. Most transmitters in tropical regions run less than rated power due
to the stress of the high humidity and heat.

The signal was so good on Serui I would have guessed that it was 5kw. It
helps to have a Beverage antenna looking down the barrel at Indonesia,
though!

I have a QSL from Serui for a reception on 4607.3 back in January 1990. I sent
them a prepared card which they stamped and returned.

dxAce
Michigan

Hi Steve,
Getting Serui from Michigan is a great catch - that's 8,600 miles from
you AND over the 12,000 foot high Rockies.
Getting a QSL from them is even better than extracting hens teeth! = well
done

I often try for the low powered Peruvians, but they never seem to come over
the Andes down to this part of the world.
--
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 540 s, East 20 d 07 m 541 s.
RX Drake R8B, SW8
BW XCR 30, Braun T1000, Sangean 818 & 803A.
Hallicrafters SX-100, Eddystone 940
GE circa 50's radiogram
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop

"dxAce" wrote in message
...

4nradio wrote:

Hi John,

Thanks for the comments. I had forgotten Serui is only a 500-watter;
actually, less output than 500w is probable because of the tropical
climate
there. Most transmitters in tropical regions run less than rated power
due
to the stress of the high humidity and heat.

The signal was so good on Serui I would have guessed that it was 5kw. It
helps to have a Beverage antenna looking down the barrel at Indonesia,
though!

I have a QSL from Serui for a reception on 4607.3 back in January 1990. I
sent
them a prepared card which they stamped and returned.

dxAce
Michigan

John Plimmer wrote:

Hi Steve,
Getting Serui from Michigan is a great catch - that's 8,600 miles from
you AND over the 12,000 foot high Rockies.
Getting a QSL from them is even better than extracting hens teeth! = well
done

I haven't tried getting a QSL from any Indo's for some time but it was generally
pretty easy. All it took was a report in Indonesian, a prepared card for the
station to stamp and sign, and an addressed return envelope with Indonesian
postage included. I think I had about a 95% return rate on Indo's.

I don't really think the Rockies being in the way has much to do with it, the
ionosphere is much, much higher.

dxAce

dxAce wrote:

John Plimmer wrote:

Hi Steve,
Getting Serui from Michigan is a great catch - that's 8,600 miles from
you AND over the 12,000 foot high Rockies.
Getting a QSL from them is even better than extracting hens teeth! = well
done

I haven't tried getting a QSL from any Indo's for some time but it was generally
pretty easy. All it took was a report in Indonesian, a prepared card for the
station to stamp and sign, and an addressed return envelope with Indonesian
postage included. I think I had about a 95% return rate on Indo's.

I don't really think the Rockies being in the way has much to do with it, the
ionosphere is much, much higher.

I just got the Serui QSL out and they had typed in 500 watts, using a half-wave
dipole. That was in January of 1990.

dxAce