ridgescan
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233khz-YZA Ashcroft, B.C. DX 892miles
how do I find the wattages?
how do I find the wattages?
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233khz-YZA Ashcroft, B.C. DX 892miles
Nice catch! Check out this site for beacon info:
RNA > signals
Keying in a search for "YZA" shows 500 watts with a note that it could be 1,000
ridgescan
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Thanks kat! Very helpful link
ridgescan
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Two beacons before I sleep 248khz-WG out of Winnipeg, Canada 250 watts-DX 1505miles
beacon-winnipeg, canada video by ridgerocker2001 - Photobucket
also 257khz-LW out of Kelowna, B.C. 50 watts-DX 851miles yaay Canada!
248khz-WG out of Winnipeg, Canada 250 watts-DX 1505milesbeacon-winnipeg, canada video by ridgerocker2001 - Photobucket
also 257khz-LW out of Kelowna, B.C. 50 watts-DX 851miles
yaay Canada!
k9rzz
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I hear lots of noise on that last video, but I don't hear no beacon.
ridgescan
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Yeah it's in there you have to really listen hard. It IS 1500 miles away-so it is going to be subtle. The signing starts at 04, 14 and 24 secs in video, and there's a long "daaaaah" in between each one. As I pan to the radio you can hear it sign again at 35 secs. There are 4 signs in the video. I hear them all. Funny-my gal Rosie just said even she could hear the "faint morse code" amidst the noise when I played the vid-and she isn't even into this stuff
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k9rzz
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Not saying it's not there, just I'm not hearing it. I hear something ~4k hz, and something ~400 hz, but no morse out of either. Just say'n. (insert smiley face here)
ridgescan
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It's ok k9 if ya feel the need to do this once again -but you'll never see me criticize people here like that. You do it like you're calling BS on my catch.
Maybe I will park on that freq and get a better audio one night. I know I got the DX. I logged it here. I caught it as I was hittin the sack and jumped back in here to show it-thats all. I am amazed at the northern propogation here lately and frankly I am proud of my little listening post for getting stuff like this. If I can hear it, Rosie can hear it maybe my speakers here kick it back better than yours there. I am sure there are more folks here who may not hear it either. That's cool with all the DX I get here it don't matter.
Maybe I will park on that freq and get a better audio one night. I know I got the DX. I logged it here. I caught it as I was hittin the sack and jumped back in here to show it-thats all. I am amazed at the northern propogation here lately and frankly I am proud of my little listening post for getting stuff like this. If I can hear it, Rosie can hear it maybe my speakers here kick it back better than yours there. I am sure there are more folks here who may not hear it either. That's cool with all the DX I get here it don't matter.
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k9rzz
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Don't jump all over me, man. Geeze.
"Not saying it's not there, just I'm not hearing it."
What's wrong with that?
Guess these ears that have been copying CW since 1974 are no good anymore?
Edit: Okay ... now I can hear it. Took six times, but now I'm locked onto it. The first five times, I could not hear it.
Nice catch, but cripes ... don't take offense so easily.
"Not saying it's not there, just I'm not hearing it."
What's wrong with that?
Guess these ears that have been copying CW since 1974 are no good anymore?
Edit: Okay ... now I can hear it. Took six times, but now I'm locked onto it. The first five times, I could not hear it.
Nice catch, but cripes ... don't take offense so easily.
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ridgescan
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I'm just sayin-you have put up videos where the audio was horrendous like that one back on the 20th from Honduras. Yeah that was a cool catch because that station you got was only runnin 1000 watts and was 1900 miles from your 20...kinda the same as my catch wouldnt you say? Did I jump in there and comment on the awful audio? NO because I knew the value of that catch to you and as a DX NOT ONCE did I come in there and belittle your stuff in the open. Like the time you stuck all those arrows pointing to the time thing on the spreadsheet when I asked for help WTF was that? Too much noise ridge-what times ridge-you're supposed to say it like this not like that ridge. How about YOU stop jumpin all over ME. You got me wanting to split this place Biff and Rosie wants me to drop outa here after she caught a bit of this stuff for my health beacuse this is getting too negative. I made friends here too that I value and I thought you were one. The other guys I may wind up missing.
I thought the idea here was to post up your DXs and have fun at it-this place is like work.
There I slopped it all out there instead of in a PM just like you guys like it.
I thought the idea here was to post up your DXs and have fun at it-this place is like work.
There I slopped it all out there instead of in a PM just like you guys like it.
scanchs
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Please don't go away...
ridgescan,
I'd appreciate it if you didn't leave. I, for one, would miss you somethin' turrible. Plus, there wouldn't be anyone left with whom I could discuss the finer points of antenna tuning using crow poop...
ScanCHS
ridgescan,
I'd appreciate it if you didn't leave. I, for one, would miss you somethin' turrible. Plus, there wouldn't be anyone left with whom I could discuss the finer points of antenna tuning using crow poop...
ScanCHS
ridgescan
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Hey Scan- thanksridgescan,
I'd appreciate it if you didn't leave. I, for one, would miss you somethin' turrible. Plus, there wouldn't be anyone left with whom I could discuss the finer points of antenna tuning using crow poop...
ScanCHS
took a break from here but not the DXing- the nulling qualities of the acidity content of the crowpoo has definately affected propogation here-I ran up there and moved a few larger pieces to one end of the wire and got some cool DXs on LW338khz-PBT out of RedBluff, Ca. 167miles at 500watts
251khz-YCD out of Nanaimo, B.C. 794miles at 500watts
242khz-XC out of Cranbrook, B.C. 879miles at 400watts
236khz-YZA out of Ashcroft, B.C. 899miles at 500watts
Note that every darn one is to the north.
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