On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:59:22 -0400, dxAce
wrote:


"I. P. Yurin" wrote:

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 12:59:32 -0700 (PDT), Art Harris
wrote:
elfa wrote:


The same question from me. I live in San Francisco bay area. I have a Sony
2010. My antenna is a wire connected to my metal gutter. Stopped listening
when the BBC stopped broadcasting to US.

I'm looking for a reason to listen to SW again but need some help with time/freq
of English speaking stations.


Yes, it's not as much fun as it used to be, especially with the poor
propagation, many long-time SW broadcasters calling it quits, and all
the paid religious broadcasts all over the spectrum.

I'm on Long Island, so I can't give specific advice as to what's
hearable in SF. There are websites that list current english language
shortwave broadcasts.

http://www.primetimeshortwave.com/

You can still hear BBC, it just takes a little more work. Also Radio
Canada, Deutsche Welle, France, Romania, etc. And the ubiquitous China
Radio.

Art Harris

Art,

One of the original questions in the thread was WBCQ (although I
think he was using an old freq).

You're on LI; I'm in NYC. What's your reception like on WBCQ (7415)? I
can get them so-so, as an average, in late afternoon and very early
evening. But come sundown, they might as well be TXing from the moon.
The dark side. It's all I can do to make out the Last Day Prophet's
harangue.

I've been given arguments that the skip zone is in effect.

Yes, that would explain it... the band goes 'long'.


Any idea how long "long" is? Can it be heard well in Pittsburgh?
Detroit?

I used to have no trouble pulling in BCQ all night long. It was that
way for years, which makes me think that there's some other factor at
work here, that something has changed either environmentally or at the
station.

dxAce
Michigan
USA


--
Col. I. P. Yurin
Commissariat of Internal Security

Stakhanovite
Order of Lenin (1937)
Hero of Socialist Labor (1939)

On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 05:04:59 -0700 (PDT), Art Harris
wrote:
Someone wrote:


One of the original questions in the thread was WBCQ (although I
think he was using an old freq).

You're on LI; I'm in NYC. What's your reception like on WBCQ (7415)? I
can get them so-so, as an average, in late afternoon and very early
evening. But come sundown, they might as well be TXing from the moon.

I've been given arguments that the skip zone is in effect. That seems
nutty to me, given the distance.

I haven't listened to WBCQ in a while. But as for propagation, ground
wave at 7 MHz is limited to about 30 miles or so. Anything beyond that
is skywave. Lately skip distances have been long on 7 MHz, so that
would account for you not hearing WBCQ over a Maine to NYC path. I've
noticed the same thing on the 40 meter ham band. Signals are weak, and
the skip is long, even at mid-day.

Art N2AH

Right. But for me at least I've only been inside the skip for the last
year or two. In previous years, BCQ sounded like a local FM all night
long. I wonder if its also the effect of the sun cycle.

In any case, BCQ must be skipping over a huge number of potential
listeners, esp. as they have local roots and fans here in NYC.

--
Col. I. P. Yurin
Commissariat of Internal Security

Stakhanovite
Order of Lenin (1937)
Hero of Socialist Labor (1939)

In article ,
elfa wrote:

The same question from me. I live in San Francisco bay area. I have a Sony
2010. My antenna is a wire connected to my metal gutter. Stopped listening
when the BBC stopped broadcasting to US.

I'm looking for a reason to listen to SW again but need some help with time/freq
of English speaking stations.

Any recommendations?

Times are Pacific Daylight Time.

The BBC is coming pretty good in the mornings on the West Coast (Seattle).
Try 11750, 6195, 5875 (new this year, I think), and 9740 in the mornings
from about 5 to 9 AM. Also try 15360 starting at 5 PM. (Usually pretty
weak, though).

Radio Australia. 1 AM to 6 or 7 AM. 9580, 9590, later 6020.
Around 7 AM, 7240 and 5995. Later in the morning try 9710, 9580, 11880.
Around 4 PM, 17795. Evening and night, a bunch of frequencies in the
15 MHz band, and then a couple in the 13 Mhz band (13630?). The
asian programming track is even coming in around 9 PM on 17750 and
15415, although 15415 preempts the english with the news in Indonesian
for the first half hour of the hours at 9 and 10 PM.

Mark Zenier
Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)

"I. P. Yurin" wrote:

On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:59:22 -0400, dxAce
wrote:


"I. P. Yurin" wrote:

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 12:59:32 -0700 (PDT), Art Harris
wrote:
elfa wrote:


The same question from me. I live in San Francisco bay area. I have a Sony
2010. My antenna is a wire connected to my metal gutter. Stopped listening
when the BBC stopped broadcasting to US.

I'm looking for a reason to listen to SW again but need some help with time/freq
of English speaking stations.


Yes, it's not as much fun as it used to be, especially with the poor
propagation, many long-time SW broadcasters calling it quits, and all
the paid religious broadcasts all over the spectrum.

I'm on Long Island, so I can't give specific advice as to what's
hearable in SF. There are websites that list current english language
shortwave broadcasts.

http://www.primetimeshortwave.com/

You can still hear BBC, it just takes a little more work. Also Radio
Canada, Deutsche Welle, France, Romania, etc. And the ubiquitous China
Radio.

Art Harris

Art,

One of the original questions in the thread was WBCQ (although I
think he was using an old freq).

You're on LI; I'm in NYC. What's your reception like on WBCQ (7415)? I
can get them so-so, as an average, in late afternoon and very early
evening. But come sundown, they might as well be TXing from the moon.
The dark side. It's all I can do to make out the Last Day Prophet's
harangue.

I've been given arguments that the skip zone is in effect.

Yes, that would explain it... the band goes 'long'.


Any idea how long "long" is? Can it be heard well in Pittsburgh?
Detroit?

That of course depends upon propagation.



I used to have no trouble pulling in BCQ all night long. It was that
way for years, which makes me think that there's some other factor at
work here, that something has changed either environmentally or at the
station.

Sunspots, or lack thereof?

On 06/05/09 12:26, dxAce wrote:

"I. P. Yurin" wrote:

On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:59:22 -0400,
wrote:

"I. P. Yurin" wrote:

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 12:59:32 -0700 (PDT), Art
wrote:
elfa wrote:

The same question from me. I live in San Francisco bay area. I have a Sony
2010. My antenna is a wire connected to my metal gutter. Stopped listening
when the BBC stopped broadcasting to US.

I'm looking for a reason to listen to SW again but need some help with time/freq
of English speaking stations.

Yes, it's not as much fun as it used to be, especially with the poor
propagation, many long-time SW broadcasters calling it quits, and all
the paid religious broadcasts all over the spectrum.

I'm on Long Island, so I can't give specific advice as to what's
hearable in SF. There are websites that list current english language
shortwave broadcasts.

http://www.primetimeshortwave.com/

You can still hear BBC, it just takes a little more work. Also Radio
Canada, Deutsche Welle, France, Romania, etc. And the ubiquitous China
Radio.

Art Harris
Art,

One of the original questions in the thread was WBCQ (although I
think he was using an old freq).

You're on LI; I'm in NYC. What's your reception like on WBCQ (7415)? I
can get them so-so, as an average, in late afternoon and very early
evening. But come sundown, they might as well be TXing from the moon.
The dark side. It's all I can do to make out the Last Day Prophet's
harangue.

I've been given arguments that the skip zone is in effect.
Yes, that would explain it... the band goes 'long'.

Any idea how long "long" is? Can it be heard well in Pittsburgh?
Detroit?

That of course depends upon propagation.


I used to have no trouble pulling in BCQ all night long. It was that
way for years, which makes me think that there's some other factor at
work here, that something has changed either environmentally or at the
station.

Sunspots, or lack thereof?




And a rising noise floor. It's gotten so bad here, again, even
the local MW's are having a tough time breaking through.

In Lakeland FL, I can here the Hawaiian "lady" moments before the Colorado
"dude." Mostly on 5000, 10000, and 15000. Once in a while I hear the "dude"
on 2500 but 20000 is deaf.

slade

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On Jun 5, 4:35 am, Art Harris wrote:
328X1 wrote:

Check the International Time Standard frequencies, such as 5.0, 7.335,
10.0, or other beacon type transmissions

- Just a "heads up" that CHU is no longer
- on 7,335. I think they're on 7,850 now.
-
- Art Harris

Yes CHU is now on 7,850 kHz ~ RHF
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHU_(radio_station)
3,330 kHz, 7,850 kHz and 14,670 kHz