Re: [IRCA] Monday night LWBC, S. AZ

[Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>]

I'll need to talk to my neighbours about any 
equivalent here, hi.   Are these Beverage antenna height, or higher?

Thanks.

Nick

At 19:38 2019-01-15, STEVE wrote:

> I have a 700' N/S longwire and a 900' E/W 
> longwire that are my primary antennas. I get 
> more local AC noise on the E/W wire and even 
> though most LWBC is stronger on the E/W, the N/S 
> wire has less noise and better overall S/N. When 
> I lived in northeast Oregon I also had longwire 
> antennas and would get LWBC; being much farther 
> south here in AZ I never really expected to get 
> much, and have been very pleased with what's 
> been heard, especially this season. Several 
> instances of 252 Algeria at "armchair copy" in 
> AM sync mode, where normally the NDBs cause 
> strong hets from the carriers, and the NDB 
> idents themselves create "interference". (And 
> I'm primarily an NDB DXer, but do like to hear any LWBC coming my way!)
>
> Steve
>
> On 1/15/2019 12:25 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
> > In Victoria, rarely any LWBC action in 
> > comparison, I think I've only every heard 189 
> > with audio, some years ago.   How large is your longwire Steve?
>
> > Last few evenings have seen MW carriers seeming 
> > to be from the UK and Lithuania, a contrast to poor TP conditions.
>
> > best wishes,
>
> > Nick
>
>
> > At 06:12 2019-01-15, STEVE wrote:
> > > LWBC got fairly decent later on this Monday 
> > > evening. At around 06 utc: 171 poor (AM sync); 
> > > 183 poor (AM sync); 189 very poor; 198 poor 
> > > (AM sync); 216 very poor; 234 very poor; (243 
> > > hints); 252 medium (AM sync). MW only has 1089 
> > > with rapidly fading het not lasting long enough for any audio.
> > >
> > > Steve AA7U
> > >
> > > near Sahuarita, AZ
> > >
> > > R75; N/S longwire
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