OceanicaSkywire
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Hello, everyone. Just joined. Been listening to radio communications for a long time now. So far the SW listening has been from an old 8 band Aircastle that my grandfather gave to me a long time ago. It's still minty. A Zenith D7000Y-2 is on its way to replace. I use a wall high mounted extension speaker. Currently I'm using a random wire with a length of 91 meters, mainly straight, with a mfj 16010 tuner. I plan on loading to 100 meters some time soon. It works good so far, Havana sounds like it is next door. More importantly the LW band ~150 to 350 khz comes in real good. I'm getting static, at least, since the 91meters would be 8th wave for 125 khz. So LW has been my new challenge.
Friday night between 00:15 and 00:45 GMT I picked up what sounded like traditional spanish music in or around 149 khz. Only a half hour reception. I listened for a musical break and for a word or two. I heard the word "chicago". Which I could conclude that maybe the broadcast originated in Chicago but I think they were advertising for a Spanish Culture Festival that is indeed going on in Chicago right now. I researched. So that doesn't mean the music was being broadcasted from Chicago, just advertising about the festival.
Anyway, my conclusion is that the half hour reception could have been due to a moving cargo ship. I am in NW PA, reception would be better over water for that low freq. I regularly hardly ever hear anything that low. So, I figure, a cargo ship was moving in lake michigan or ontario, or perhaps exiting the St Lawrence River even. Tuned to the same station, but as soon as they passed, my good reception left with them. No more line of sight or vectoring of reception. I know there is word for this senerio but can't think of it.
There doesn't seem to be any Marine LW schedule out there for any broadcasts. Very Rogue. I have looked all over the web. Other than beacons and such, but no relay of Spanish Music.
So I ask, are there LW Marine rebroadcasts for the Great Lakes? Or St Lawrence River? Would a AM station rebroadcast on LW for the marine cargo spanish crowd? I am curious.
Being close to 2 Lakes, Erie and Ontario, could present interesting bouncing for good LW reception. Plus these lakes are above my elevation, so there could be a line-of-sight favor here too.
Friday night between 00:15 and 00:45 GMT I picked up what sounded like traditional spanish music in or around 149 khz. Only a half hour reception. I listened for a musical break and for a word or two. I heard the word "chicago". Which I could conclude that maybe the broadcast originated in Chicago but I think they were advertising for a Spanish Culture Festival that is indeed going on in Chicago right now. I researched. So that doesn't mean the music was being broadcasted from Chicago, just advertising about the festival.
Anyway, my conclusion is that the half hour reception could have been due to a moving cargo ship. I am in NW PA, reception would be better over water for that low freq. I regularly hardly ever hear anything that low. So, I figure, a cargo ship was moving in lake michigan or ontario, or perhaps exiting the St Lawrence River even. Tuned to the same station, but as soon as they passed, my good reception left with them. No more line of sight or vectoring of reception. I know there is word for this senerio but can't think of it.
There doesn't seem to be any Marine LW schedule out there for any broadcasts. Very Rogue. I have looked all over the web. Other than beacons and such, but no relay of Spanish Music.
So I ask, are there LW Marine rebroadcasts for the Great Lakes? Or St Lawrence River? Would a AM station rebroadcast on LW for the marine cargo spanish crowd? I am curious.
Being close to 2 Lakes, Erie and Ontario, could present interesting bouncing for good LW reception. Plus these lakes are above my elevation, so there could be a line-of-sight favor here too.
