Charly wrote:

I was also able to pick up VOA in portugese on 9805, which is said to be
transmitted from the Ascencion Island ??? Again hardly audible off the whip,
clear even if not very good quality reception.


Ooops... I forgot to say I was able to listen this program from Amman, Jordan.
They must have a pretty powerfull transmitter there in Ascension Island...

Charly

"Charly" wrote in message ...
Charly wrote:

I was also able to pick up VOA in portugese on 9805, which is said to be
transmitted from the Ascencion Island ??? Again hardly audible off the whip,
clear even if not very good quality reception.


Ooops... I forgot to say I was able to listen this program from Amman, Jordan.
They must have a pretty powerfull transmitter there in Ascension Island...

Charly

VOA in Portuguese
9805 kHz, 1800-1830 and 2030-2100 UTC Monday - Friday
Botswana transmitter, 100,000 watts
Azimuth is 10 degrees, pointed right at you I think :-)

Sanjaya wrote:
VOA in Portuguese
9805 kHz, 1800-1830 and 2030-2100 UTC Monday - Friday
Botswana transmitter, 100,000 watts
Azimuth is 10 degrees, pointed right at you I think :-)

You're absolutely right !! Shame on me ...
Where did I see ASC .... :-/

This is more beliveable to receive from Botswana than Ascension Island anyway...

Charly

"Charly" wrote in message ...
Sanjaya wrote:
VOA in Portuguese
9805 kHz, 1800-1830 and 2030-2100 UTC Monday - Friday
Botswana transmitter, 100,000 watts
Azimuth is 10 degrees, pointed right at you I think :-)

You're absolutely right !! Shame on me ...
Where did I see ASC .... :-/

This is more beliveable to receive from Botswana than Ascension Island anyway...

Charly

I think your location can hear BBC from Ascension in various languages on 15105, 17810, 17830 kHz
and other frequencies at different times of the day.

Check the bc-b05.txt schedule for the BBC using those frequencies and others, look for the target to
be
in Africa.

For instance, I see BBC in French on 17885 and 21630 kHz 1800 - 1830 UTC, target WAf

Sanjaya wrote:
I think your location can hear BBC from Ascension in various languages on 15105, 17810, 17830 kHz
and other frequencies at different times of the day.
[snip]
For instance, I see BBC in French on 17885 and 21630 kHz 1800 - 1830 UTC, target WAf

I'll tried just now on 15400 17830 (BBC English program). I can here it quite
loud and clear with my small dipole (s-meter shows 7/9) ! Off the whip, still
audible but much weaker (0 on the S-meter).

It is like transmistted from Europe... I can't believe this is so clear. I've
checked in the file : no other transmission is recorded on that frequency at
this time.

I got to compute the distance...

Thanks !

Charly
Still newbie, the antenna changes averything...

"Charly" wrote in message ...
Sanjaya wrote:
I think your location can hear BBC from Ascension in various languages on 15105, 17810, 17830
kHz
and other frequencies at different times of the day.
[snip]
For instance, I see BBC in French on 17885 and 21630 kHz 1800 - 1830 UTC, target WAf

I'll tried just now on 15400 17830 (BBC English program). I can here it quite
loud and clear with my small dipole (s-meter shows 7/9) ! Off the whip, still
audible but much weaker (0 on the S-meter).

It is like transmistted from Europe... I can't believe this is so clear. I've
checked in the file : no other transmission is recorded on that frequency at
this time.

I got to compute the distance...

Thanks !

Charly
Still newbie, the antenna changes averything...

I used http://www.indo.com/distance to find how far it is from you, I typed in
Amman, Jordan and Ascension, with this result... 4305 miles (6929 km)

In article ,
Charly wrote:

Sanjaya wrote:
I think your location can hear BBC from Ascension in various
languages on 15105, 17810, 17830 kHz and other frequencies at
different times of the day. [snip] For instance, I see BBC in
French on 17885 and 21630 kHz 1800 - 1830 UTC, target WAf

I'll tried just now on 15400 17830 (BBC English program). I can here
it quite loud and clear with my small dipole (s-meter shows 7/9) !
Off the whip, still audible but much weaker (0 on the S-meter).

It is like transmistted from Europe... I can't believe this is so
clear. I've checked in the file : no other transmission is recorded
on that frequency at this time.

I got to compute the distance...

Thanks !

Charly Still newbie, the antenna changes averything...

A whip antenna is as minimum an antenna as you can get. They are
convenient for portable radios. A dipole is a much better antenna. The
antenna is half the receiving system you are using. The antenna captures
the radio energy and the radio uses that signal energy decoding the
modulation back to audio.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California