[IRCA] TP DX For 1-22-11

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I decided to check for TPs on my recently purchased Winradio Excalibur 
last night before going to bed.

Several of the high powered regulars were heard with reasonably good 
signals at times.  None were spectacular, but for this time of year they 
weren't bad.
594    JOAK carrier rising to weak talk 0915, good w/M&W at  0921 recheck
693    JOAB fair w/talk in Korean (matches what's listed on website) 0914
738    carrier 0120, carriers also clearly visible on the Excalibur's 
display on 585 657 756 837 891 927 936 1071 1107 & elsewhere
747    JOIB fair w/talk 0908, but weaker at 0911 recheck, good at 0924 
10 db weaker than KXL
774    JOUB poor in 770 splat at first 0909, good at 0911 & 0930 rechecks
828    JOBB carrier visible on display 0910
972    Korea fair carrier weak audio 0930
1053   Korean  jammer audible 0919
1287    Japan mostly just a carrier 0916
1566    HLAZ Korean talk fair 0917

This was my first attempt at using the Excalibur for TP DXing on medium 
wave.  I've spent a lot of time trying it out on the (cough cough) 
shortwave bands recently, and have been very favorably impressed with it 
(other than a few issues with the scheduling function).  Having three 
displays is rather interesting, since one can be used as for spectrum 
viewing and the other for waterfall.  The third display is for the full 
0-30 MHz, and does a nice job of showing the amount of activity on the 
SWBC bands at any given time.

Bruce



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