Longwave in Indiana

[BobOnTheJob]

Winter is essentially here and I'm loaded for bear...400' end fed inverted V (center peak at 180') and a Drake R8. What frequencies are my best shot for hearing Europe on longwave in south central Indiana?

 

[kilokat7]

Bookmark this site and use it for your station guide:

http://www.hermanboel.be/emwg/online-lw.htm

Best first targets to shoot for would be 162 France, 171 Morocco, 183 Germany, 198 UK, 252 Ireland. At my listening location, these frequencies are usually the most reliable (but generally not at the same time). Let us know what you hear, I'm curious to see the results of that antenna!

So far this season, I haven't had much luck on LW, but things don't seem to pick up here until December.

 

[Icangelp]

SW Ohio
R8B & Wellbrook 1530+

I haven't DX'ed longwave yet this year...

My most frequent visitor is 252 Ireland, followed by 162 France & 198 BBC.

Over the last few years, I've identified 183 Europe 1, 189 Iceland, 216 Monte Carlo, 234 Luxembourg, and as I recall, 225 Poland and a couple of others.

BOTJ. Sounds interesting. What directional characteristics do you expect from your inverted V setup?

 

[cd637299]

I have never heard commercial LW from my home in FL. Even with a Yaesu-7700 & longwire (the 7700 went kaput a few years ago).

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[ddsparxx]

Northern VA,
AOR LA390 loop and Icom R-75, with both, heard only Morocco 171.

 

[K6JHU]

Any LW broadcasters in the America's (north, central, south)?

 

[audioguy]

Any LW broadcasters in the America's (north, central, south)?

Not aware of any commercial broadcasters in the Americas but there are loads of interesting non directional beacons, plus there are some Part 15 stations in the 170-190 kHz band where they are allowed to run 1 watt.

 

[BobOnTheJob]

Any LW broadcasters in the America's (north, central, south)?

Not aware of any commercial broadcasters in the Americas but there are loads of interesting non directional beacons, plus there are some Part 15 stations in the 170-190 kHz band where they are allowed to run 1 watt.

Has anyone ever heard a part 15 in the 170-190 band?

 

[KB1OKL]

I haven't set up my LW boatanchor yet but got many LW stations last year here in Ma.

 

[BobOnTheJob]

How can anyone hear the BBC on 198khz when DIW in North Carolina is on the same frequency? Does BBC occasionally over ride DIW?

 

[Icangelp]

How can anyone hear the BBC on 198khz when DIW in North Carolina is on the same frequency? Does BBC occasionally over ride DIW?

I've never heard DIW, although I'm not a nightly listener to longwave.

For 252 Ireland, I do have to null the Batesville airport which is both morse and voice.

Right now France on 162 is providing a listenable signal (for Cincinnati anyway), subject to long fades. Het on 198. I'm assuming BBC.

 

[mimo]

It does. I've never heard the beacon but I've caught traces of radio 4 on my G8 barefoot.

 

[BobOnTheJob]

How can anyone hear the BBC on 198khz when DIW in North Carolina is on the same frequency? Does BBC occasionally over ride DIW?

I've never heard DIW, although I'm not a nightly listener to longwave.

For 252 Ireland, I do have to null the Batesville airport which is both morse and voice.

Right now France on 162 is providing a listenable signal (for Cincinnati anyway), subject to long fades. Het on 198. I'm assuming BBC.

DIW 198khz was here in Indiana last night. There's a beacon in NC that gets out well, but I don't recall if DIW is it or not. It's not strong but it is strong enough to copy the Morse code with ease. Batesville airport has a nice S 9 signal here in the day and with a longwire antenna, those nulls take a lot of work to accomplish . I doubt that Ireland will ever over-ride Batesville. 162 may be my best shot...during the day, the S meter is at zero with only a very faint buzzing noise around 159. Do they run mostly music or voice?

 

[audioguy]

YWA Petawawa, ON is an NDB on 516 kHz that can be heard on many BCB radios that have a little extra tuning range at the low end. Especially in the winter, I hear it fairly regularly on a pretty ordinary Sony pocket radio. Not bad for 50 watts or so! I am sure you could hear this at least in northern Indiana (I hear it in the north suburbs of Chicago).

 

[crainbebo]

521 usually belongs to INE Missoula, MT in these parts. I can hear them very loud some nights.

-crainbebo

 

[Icangelp]

162(Allouis) is both talk & music, and carries France Inter. programming.

www.radiofrance.fr

Click on the France Inter button, and then "Ecotour La Radio" tab on top of the France Inter page.

 

[robotique]

How can anyone hear the BBC on 198khz when DIW in North Carolina is on the same frequency? Does BBC occasionally over ride DIW?

The good thing is that DIW is just CW/Morse. Throughout the past winter months it was common to have both signals coming in here just outside Boston. One didn't override the other, you could copy both simultaneously.