Re: [IRCA] 702-BBC (Oman) Received in Hawaii

[Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>]

It would be over the pole on the west coast ocean 
beaches as well, Gary, so, a north facing beach, 
like at Masset would probably be advantageous.

The beauty of "over the pole" here is that in 
mid-winter, it might possibly show up around 
local sunrise as well, as Farda occasionally did during the last solar minimum.

best wishes,

Nick



At 06:38 2018-11-14, Gary DeBock wrote:

> <<< Gary, I was going through some SDR files 
> from Jan 2010, and on it, I also clearly heard 
> Oman with BBC programs in our local afternoon in 
> Masset. Havenâ??t heard them since, though. 73, Walt >>>
>
> Wow-- if you received them on Masset in the 
> early afternoon, then they were propagating over 
> the pole as a TA. In Hawaii they were following 
> the Central Asia and Pacific route, during TP propagation.
>
> 702-BBC in Oman seems to be a Middle Eastern 
> mega-station like 1575-Radio Farda, which is 
> capable of showing up during either our west 
> coast sunrise or sunset propagation. Judging 
> from its strength in Hawaii around 1600 UTC, 
> it's definitely worth a try on west coast ocean 
> beaches around sunrise this winter!
>
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
>
>
> > On November 13, 2018 at 9:51 PM Volodya S <canswl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >     Gary, I was going through some SDR files 
> from Jan 2010, and on it, I also clearly heard 
> Oman with BBC programs in our local afternoon 
> in Masset. Havenâ??t heard them since, though.  73, Walt
> >
> >     On Tuesday, November 13, 2018, Gary 
> DeBock < d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx mailto:d1028gary@xxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
> >
> >         > >      During the recent Poipu, 
> Hawaii Ultralight DXpedition a weak, strange 
> station was showing up on 702 kHz under North 
> Korea's ancient music (and throbbing, 
> off-frequency hum) every morning from 1530-1630 
> UTC, with a foreign language that was a total 
> mystery to me. Whenever I tried a recording the 
> buzzing hum from North Korea would go on the 
> warpath and derail the effort, and because of 
> the station's marginal signal and NK's 
> obnoxious transmitter it seemed like the 702 
> UnID would remain a mystery for the duration.
> > >
> > >               Finally at 1604 UTC on 
> November 6th the 702 mystery station built up 
> its strength enough to push KCBS and its hum 
> down into the noise, and I was able to get a 
> good recording of a totally unfamiliar 
> language 
> https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/3y5qkg7yu8o49lc4ab520bfiw006kqrg 
> https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/3y5qkg7yu8o49lc4ab520bfiw006kqrg
> > >
> > >         Fortunately a couple of awesome 
> Finnish DXers (Mauno and Mika) on Real DX 
> identified the language as Arabic, coming from 
> the BBC Arabic Service transmitter in A'Seela, 
> Oman (at 8,425 miles, or 13,559 km). Even 
> considering the 800 kW transmitter, this was 
> pretty stunning DX for a 5 inch FSL antenna set 
> up near the beach in Poipu, Hawaii.
> > >
> > >              Checking John Bryant's records 
> from his 2007 Easter Island DXpedition, I see 
> that John received the 750 kW station 1413-BBC 
> from A'Seela, Oman during his trip, but not 
> this station. Considering the strength and 
> reliability of 702-BBC into Hawaii, my guess is 
> that it could put somewhat of a signal into the 
> west coast in deep winter, especially on the 
> ocean coast when propagation is still in play 
> around 1600 UTC. At least one DXer that I know will be looking for it :-)
> > >
> > >
> > >         Gary DeBock (DXing at Poipu, Hawaii 
> from November 
> 3-8) 
> https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/l61xhqoq9ki7b6kl9bz41yunangvr6ap 
> https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/l61xhqoq9ki7b6kl9bz41yunangvr6ap
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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