On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:43:44 -0500, Tony Meloche
wrote:



J999w wrote:

Also, as an example, hearing the Australian Northern Territories Service on
2310 and 2485
still in at a good level at 1325 on the 70' wire.


That's all I've ever heard besides the WWV/WWVH combo (R71a and EWE).

I suspect that that band acts similar to the AMBCB band in that generally it's
lousy with the occasional opening.

Keep trying.

Also look for BCB harmonics !

jw
wb9uai



All the responses are appreciated - I'll continue to scan it during
good listening times - one of these days, who knows . . .

Tony


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Just this evening 0000 UTC I heard Radio Japan(via Sackville?), CBC
and of course WWCR further up the band.

Mike

Mike wrote:

Just this evening 0000 UTC I heard Radio Japan(via Sackville?), CBC
and of course WWCR further up the band.

Mike

I'm curious as to what frequencies you are hearing Radio Japan, CBC and WWCR on in the
120 meter band.

I know WWCR is up in the 90 meter band on 3210.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:34:12 -0500, N8KDV
wrote:



Mike wrote:

Just this evening 0000 UTC I heard Radio Japan(via Sackville?), CBC
and of course WWCR further up the band.

Mike

I'm curious as to what frequencies you are hearing Radio Japan, CBC and WWCR on in the
120 meter band.

I know WWCR is up in the 90 meter band on 3210.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

Here is the embarrassing (or interesting) part...I restored a 1954
Philco table top radio with the "Special Services" band. It covers
1700-3400 Khz.
I was pleasantly surprised at the sensitivity of the radio on that
band using just the built in loop antenna.
The band is poorly marked making the frequency hard to read. I can
tell you that it is above 2500 and below WWCR.

It does not sound like a harmonic. I cannot find this frequency on
their web site, however. There are other broadcasts in that frequency
area also.

Mike

Mike wrote:

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:34:12 -0500, N8KDV
wrote:



Mike wrote:

Just this evening 0000 UTC I heard Radio Japan(via Sackville?), CBC
and of course WWCR further up the band.

Mike

I'm curious as to what frequencies you are hearing Radio Japan, CBC and WWCR on in the
120 meter band.

I know WWCR is up in the 90 meter band on 3210.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

Here is the embarrassing (or interesting) part...I restored a 1954
Philco table top radio with the "Special Services" band. It covers
1700-3400 Khz.
I was pleasantly surprised at the sensitivity of the radio on that
band using just the built in loop antenna.
The band is poorly marked making the frequency hard to read. I can
tell you that it is above 2500 and below WWCR.

It does not sound like a harmonic. I cannot find this frequency on
their web site, however. There are other broadcasts in that frequency
area also.

Mike

Sounds to me as though there are images being generated by/in the receiver itself. Now that
I know it's an old Philco, I'm not surprised!

Still a nice old set to listen on, providing one knows its quirks and limitations.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

Mike wrote:

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:34:12 -0500, N8KDV
wrote:



Mike wrote:

Just this evening 0000 UTC I heard Radio Japan(via Sackville?), CBC
and of course WWCR further up the band.

Mike

I'm curious as to what frequencies you are hearing Radio Japan, CBC and WWCR on in the
120 meter band.

I know WWCR is up in the 90 meter band on 3210.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

Here is the embarrassing (or interesting) part...I restored a 1954
Philco table top radio with the "Special Services" band. It covers
1700-3400 Khz.
I was pleasantly surprised at the sensitivity of the radio on that
band using just the built in loop antenna.
The band is poorly marked making the frequency hard to read. I can
tell you that it is above 2500 and below WWCR.


WWCR, if my memory serves without checking, is at 32310 KhZ - the
ground floor of the 90 meter band - so if it was above 2500 and below
that, it was technically not in one of the international broadcast
bands, (which a boatload of international broadcasters aren't these
days!) but it was closer to the 90 meter band.

Tony



It does not sound like a harmonic. I cannot find this frequency on
their web site, however. There are other broadcasts in that frequency
area also.

Mike


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My best reception in this range (actually the maritime mobile band) was during
heavy solar activity. Check when there is lots of aurora activity. Be aware
that it may be unidirectional, though -- eastbound.

Bill, K5BY

"donutbandit" wrote in
...
Tony Meloche wrote in
:
I have what I consider to be very gratifying luck in DX all over the
shortwave dial save the 120 meter band. .... Tony

It's been a long time since I can remember there being very much on this
band, and it was never as widely used as the other tropical bands.....

Not a very crowded meter band, but I like to try every now and then. Last
night at about 2000 UTC there were some Africans: Trans World Radio from
Swaziland and Family Radio from South Africa, 3200 and 3215 kHz if I can
remember correctly. Propagation was quite good here in Europe, on 60 meters
I heard several African stations and some Brazilians and even Papua New
Guinea on 4890 kHz.
I used an old Sony 2001D with 20 metres of random wire.

Matti Ponkamo, Naantali, (South West of ) Finland

What kind of antenna are you using? It will require an outstanding 120
meter antenna to get much. The wavelength is so long that is will be
uncommon to get distant stations like N. Korea.

I've heard N.Korea on the DX394 on 600ft. of wire. :-P