On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:45 pm, Telamon
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In article ,
uncle arnie -mex. wrote:

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:03 pm, Telamon
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12095 returned as noted by another listener. I listen on SSB b/c of
an annoying teletype signal. I don't know what that is. I've had
BBC on 6195, but I get various bits of interfering signals on 6135
and 9525. I haven't really tried to ID them, but it's something
non-English. I'm a long way north of you maybe 2500 miles and 1000
west.

Sorry to hear about the interference problems. I don't have that
problem just that 12095 is usually to weak for me to want to listen to
it. 6135 is not a strong signal for me either. 5975 is usually very
strong and 9525 seems to be as well. 11835 was good a while back.

All other BBC frequencies for me are weak most of the time. Other than
frequencies I mentioned above and a few others beamed to Mexico the
next best bet for me appears to be frequencies beamed to Africa.

I had to look at Mexico schedule (central America) to find any short
wave frequencies beamed to this part of the world. As you know they
just provide FM and now Sirius and XM satellite to the USA.

The BBC world service web site is real slow.

I couldn't hear Africa on 6005 last night (0500 UTC), which is normally
reliable. It was barely there. What other times and frqs are you
getting BBC-Afr ? I like this stream b/c its so different in focus at
least part time.

Satellite radio is available here, mostly used by truckers who are going
day and night, and people north of 60 (in the NWT and Nunavut) where you
can't get much other than CBC-northern service (if that).

I have gotten them on 19 meters on 15,400 and 16 meters such as 17,830.

I can hear "The world at 6" locally at 4 p.m. (2200 UTC) on 6090, which
actually for N Quebec and the eastern arctic. Problem with northern
reception is those pesky northern lights I guess. We're getting sun from
9:30 to 3:30 at this time of year. Lots of aurora activity this fall. Bad
reception last night, very good this morning. More snow coming today too.
Low overnight -13C, 8F. Pretty nice for this time of year.

uncle arnie wrote:

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:45 pm, Telamon
posted to rec.radio.shortwave:
%MM

In article ,
uncle arnie -mex. wrote:

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:03 pm, Telamon
posted to
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snip

12095 returned as noted by another listener. I listen on SSB b/c of
an annoying teletype signal. I don't know what that is. I've had
BBC on 6195, but I get various bits of interfering signals on 6135
and 9525. I haven't really tried to ID them, but it's something
non-English. I'm a long way north of you maybe 2500 miles and 1000
west.

Sorry to hear about the interference problems. I don't have that
problem just that 12095 is usually to weak for me to want to listen to
it. 6135 is not a strong signal for me either. 5975 is usually very
strong and 9525 seems to be as well. 11835 was good a while back.

All other BBC frequencies for me are weak most of the time. Other than
frequencies I mentioned above and a few others beamed to Mexico the
next best bet for me appears to be frequencies beamed to Africa.

I had to look at Mexico schedule (central America) to find any short
wave frequencies beamed to this part of the world. As you know they
just provide FM and now Sirius and XM satellite to the USA.

The BBC world service web site is real slow.

I couldn't hear Africa on 6005 last night (0500 UTC), which is normally
reliable. It was barely there. What other times and frqs are you
getting BBC-Afr ? I like this stream b/c its so different in focus at
least part time.

Satellite radio is available here, mostly used by truckers who are going
day and night, and people north of 60 (in the NWT and Nunavut) where you
can't get much other than CBC-northern service (if that).

I have gotten them on 19 meters on 15,400 and 16 meters such as 17,830.

I can hear "The world at 6" locally at 4 p.m. (2200 UTC) on 6090, which
actually for N Quebec and the eastern arctic. Problem with northern
reception is those pesky northern lights I guess. We're getting sun from
9:30 to 3:30 at this time of year. Lots of aurora activity this fall. Bad
reception last night, very good this morning. More snow coming today too.
Low overnight -13C, 8F. Pretty nice for this time of year.

Pretty nice? Arnie, if it get's that bad here I certainly wouldn't consider it
very nice!

Currently 46F, heading down to 37F overnight. We were in the 20'sF a week or so
ago for lows.

Guess I really better check the anti-freeze in the car though.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

In article ,
(Mark Zenier) wrote:

In article , uncle arnie
-mex. wrote:

12095 returned as noted by another listener. I listen on SSB b/c of
an annoying teletype signal. I don't know what that is. I've had
BBC on 6195, but I get various bits of interfering signals on 6135
and 9525. I haven't really tried to ID them, but it's something
non-English. I'm a long way north of you maybe 2500 miles and 1000
west.

What kind of receiver? If the 40 meter ham band is busy, my single
conversion FR-200 is really stuffed up from the images 910 kHz
higher.

Have you guys tried the 15280 kHz signal from Thailand, 23:00-05:30
UTC?

Mark Zenier Washington State resident

No, I haven't listened to that time and frequency. I just missed it
now. I take it that it comes in very well for you and that is why you
mentioned it. If I catch it I'll let you know how it comes in for me.
Is this a daily broadcast?

I spend most of my listening time on the RX-340 and R8B in the computer
/ radio room. The other table top receiver I own AOR 7030+ is for
bedside listening. Traveling it is the Sony 7600 with a roll up wire
antenna. I have been thinking about getting the Sony portable loop
antenna AN-LP1.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 03:08 pm, dxAce posted to
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uncle arnie wrote:

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:45 pm, Telamon
posted to
rec.radio.shortwave: %MM

In article ,
uncle arnie -mex. wrote:

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:03 pm, Telamon
posted to
rec.radio.shortwave: %MM

snip

12095 returned as noted by another listener. I listen on SSB b/c
of
an annoying teletype signal. I don't know what that is. I've had
BBC on 6195, but I get various bits of interfering signals on 6135
and 9525. I haven't really tried to ID them, but it's something
non-English. I'm a long way north of you maybe 2500 miles and 1000
west.

Sorry to hear about the interference problems. I don't have that
problem just that 12095 is usually to weak for me to want to listen
to it. 6135 is not a strong signal for me either. 5975 is usually
very strong and 9525 seems to be as well. 11835 was good a while
back.

All other BBC frequencies for me are weak most of the time. Other
than frequencies I mentioned above and a few others beamed to Mexico
the next best bet for me appears to be frequencies beamed to Africa.

I had to look at Mexico schedule (central America) to find any short
wave frequencies beamed to this part of the world. As you know they
just provide FM and now Sirius and XM satellite to the USA.

The BBC world service web site is real slow.

I couldn't hear Africa on 6005 last night (0500 UTC), which is
normally
reliable. It was barely there. What other times and frqs are you
getting BBC-Afr ? I like this stream b/c its so different in focus at
least part time.

Satellite radio is available here, mostly used by truckers who are
going day and night, and people north of 60 (in the NWT and Nunavut)
where you can't get much other than CBC-northern service (if that).

I have gotten them on 19 meters on 15,400 and 16 meters such as 17,830.

I can hear "The world at 6" locally at 4 p.m. (2200 UTC) on 6090, which
actually for N Quebec and the eastern arctic. Problem with northern
reception is those pesky northern lights I guess. We're getting sun from
9:30 to 3:30 at this time of year. Lots of aurora activity this fall.
Bad
reception last night, very good this morning. More snow coming today
too.
Low overnight -13C, 8F. Pretty nice for this time of year.

Pretty nice? Arnie, if it get's that bad here I certainly wouldn't
consider it very nice!

Currently 46F, heading down to 37F overnight. We were in the 20'sF a week
or so ago for lows.

Guess I really better check the anti-freeze in the car though.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

-23C last night (-9F). It's got to be -30C (-22F) before we really start
whining. We get into the -40's (same for F and C) for 6-8 weeks sometime
in mid-Dec to early Feb. So yes, this is quite nice right now. It all
depends on what you compare to! We had -54C (-65F) one day last year.
Things get very still and sound travels extremely well outside when if gets
cold. You can dress to be outside for just about anything. Cars, on the
other hand, really hate it when it gets that cold. I've always felt that
radio reception is better when it's colder. I don't know that this is
really true or the explanation.

In article ,
Telamon wrote:
In article ,
(Mark Zenier) wrote:

Have you guys tried the 15280 kHz signal from Thailand, 23:00-05:30
UTC?

No, I haven't listened to that time and frequency. I just missed it
now. I take it that it comes in very well for you and that is why you
mentioned it. If I catch it I'll let you know how it comes in for me.
Is this a daily broadcast?

I wouldn't say it comes in very well, but it's often just as good
as 9525 or 5975 on a poor day. These days it seems to be S1 to S3
on the meter, relativly low noise and interference from 15290/15295?
is not a problem on a better receiver.

It starts an hour earlier during a boring time of day, and is on the East
Asian track (same as 9740, the morning frequency) so the programs are
different, and sometimes you can catch one you missed on the Caribbean
targeted broadcasts.

Mark Zenier Washington State resident

helmsman wrote:
-mex. wrote:
-23C last night (-9F). It's got to be -30C (-22F) before we really start
whining. We get into the -40's (same for F and C) for 6-8 weeks sometime
in mid-Dec to early Feb. So yes, this is quite nice right now. It all
depends on what you compare to! We had -54C (-65F) one day last year.

45 below zero is the worst I've seen as a kid on vacation in Tate which "is-was" 90 miles
west of Regina. No joke you could fire a gun and hear it 20 miles away. It was so flat you
could see the grain trains "Steam Locomotive" light as it past the curve of the earth. It
still took an hour to pass you. Nothing like the flat lands 'Prairie". Spit froze before
it hit the ground.

Some day I plan to make a pilgrimage to Canada for *real* winter gear.
I hear Moosejaw is a good place to start.

--
Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics
http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm

helmsman wrote:
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 13:28:14 -0600, clifto wrote:
Some day I plan to make a pilgrimage to Canada for *real* winter gear.
I hear Moosejaw is a good place to start.

Check out all the places where "Big AL Capone" visited.

I can tell you that Cicero isn't known for good winter gear.

--
Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics
http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 01:34 pm, helmsman posted to
rec.radio.shortwave: %MM

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 13:28:14 -0600, clifto wrote:

helmsman wrote:
-mex. wrote:
-23C last night (-9F). It's got to be -30C (-22F) before we really
start
whining. We get into the -40's (same for F and C) for 6-8 weeks
sometime
in mid-Dec to early Feb. So yes, this is quite nice right now. It all
depends on what you compare to! We had -54C (-65F) one day last year.

45 below zero is the worst I've seen as a kid on vacation in Tate which
"is-was" 90 miles west of Regina. No joke you could fire a gun and hear
it 20 miles away. It was so flat you could see the grain trains "Steam
Locomotive" light as it past the curve of the earth. It still took an
hour to pass you. Nothing like the flat lands 'Prairie". Spit froze
before it hit the ground.

Some day I plan to make a pilgrimage to Canada for *real* winter gear.
I hear Moosejaw is a good place to start.

Check out all the places where "Big AL Capone" visited.

It is not confirmed that Al Capone actually ever was in Moose Jaw. His
people likely were. The "tunnels tour" is quite a tourist draw though.
The tunnels run all over under the downtown and were used for bootlegging.
They've fixed up the downtown quite nicely, until the big fire last April.
They'll rebuild. They've also got a mineral spa and a casino.

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 01:28 pm, clifto posted to
rec.radio.shortwave: %MM

helmsman wrote:
-mex. wrote:
-23C last night (-9F). It's got to be -30C (-22F) before we really start
whining. We get into the -40's (same for F and C) for 6-8 weeks sometime
in mid-Dec to early Feb. So yes, this is quite nice right now. It all
depends on what you compare to! We had -54C (-65F) one day last year.

45 below zero is the worst I've seen as a kid on vacation in Tate which
"is-was" 90 miles west of Regina. No joke you could fire a gun and hear
it 20 miles away. It was so flat you could see the grain trains "Steam
Locomotive" light as it past the curve of the earth. It still took an
hour to pass you. Nothing like the flat lands 'Prairie". Spit froze
before it hit the ground.

Some day I plan to make a pilgrimage to Canada for *real* winter gear.
I hear Moosejaw is a good place to start.

Try http://www.mec.ca/index.html (expensive but top of the line).

uncle arnie wrote:

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 03:08 pm, dxAce posted to
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uncle arnie wrote:

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:45 pm, Telamon
posted to
rec.radio.shortwave: %MM

In article ,
uncle arnie -mex. wrote:

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:03 pm, Telamon
posted to
rec.radio.shortwave: %MM

snip

12095 returned as noted by another listener. I listen on SSB b/c
of
an annoying teletype signal. I don't know what that is. I've had
BBC on 6195, but I get various bits of interfering signals on 6135
and 9525. I haven't really tried to ID them, but it's something
non-English. I'm a long way north of you maybe 2500 miles and 1000
west.

Sorry to hear about the interference problems. I don't have that
problem just that 12095 is usually to weak for me to want to listen
to it. 6135 is not a strong signal for me either. 5975 is usually
very strong and 9525 seems to be as well. 11835 was good a while
back.

All other BBC frequencies for me are weak most of the time. Other
than frequencies I mentioned above and a few others beamed to Mexico
the next best bet for me appears to be frequencies beamed to Africa.

I had to look at Mexico schedule (central America) to find any short
wave frequencies beamed to this part of the world. As you know they
just provide FM and now Sirius and XM satellite to the USA.

The BBC world service web site is real slow.

I couldn't hear Africa on 6005 last night (0500 UTC), which is
normally
reliable. It was barely there. What other times and frqs are you
getting BBC-Afr ? I like this stream b/c its so different in focus at
least part time.

Satellite radio is available here, mostly used by truckers who are
going day and night, and people north of 60 (in the NWT and Nunavut)
where you can't get much other than CBC-northern service (if that).

I have gotten them on 19 meters on 15,400 and 16 meters such as 17,830.

I can hear "The world at 6" locally at 4 p.m. (2200 UTC) on 6090, which
actually for N Quebec and the eastern arctic. Problem with northern
reception is those pesky northern lights I guess. We're getting sun from
9:30 to 3:30 at this time of year. Lots of aurora activity this fall.
Bad
reception last night, very good this morning. More snow coming today
too.
Low overnight -13C, 8F. Pretty nice for this time of year.

Pretty nice? Arnie, if it get's that bad here I certainly wouldn't
consider it very nice!

Currently 46F, heading down to 37F overnight. We were in the 20'sF a week
or so ago for lows.

Guess I really better check the anti-freeze in the car though.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

-23C last night (-9F). It's got to be -30C (-22F) before we really start
whining. We get into the -40's (same for F and C) for 6-8 weeks sometime
in mid-Dec to early Feb. So yes, this is quite nice right now. It all
depends on what you compare to! We had -54C (-65F) one day last year.
Things get very still and sound travels extremely well outside when if gets
cold. You can dress to be outside for just about anything. Cars, on the
other hand, really hate it when it gets that cold. I've always felt that
radio reception is better when it's colder. I don't know that this is
really true or the explanation.


Strangely, I've found US TV reception to be really good in the middle of
summer when it gets really hot. I think it has to do with the amount of
sun you're getting. Up in Canada you don't get a lot of sun in
wintertime. OTOH, a California summer has 15 hours of sunlight.




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