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My Greatest SW Skip yet!

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eskipper411

I picked up on WWVH's signal back behind WWV's signal on 10 khz and picked up CHU as well.
Radio: Grundig G6 Aviator
Antenna: Whip
Location: Decatur, TX
Miles: WWVH: 3,800 mi.
CHU: 1,000 mi.
 
I sometimes would get WWVH on 15 mHz (still with the voice of the late Jane Barbe). Last I knew CHU was not on 10 kHz, it was 7335. That may have hanged. Occasionally I was able to get LOL in Argentina.
 
Good job, but you are just starting SW DX. I've gotten SW stations from South Africa, over 9000 miles away, and loud and clear Asians every morning over 5000 miles away.

However, welcome to the world of SW DX! Some to try out are: WWV on 2.5, 5, 10, 15, and 20 mHz, and WWVH at 2.5, 5, 10 and 15 mHz. CHU on 3330, 7850 and 14670. HD2IOA Ecuador on 3810 kHz. If you wish, you could try for international broadcasters, not time signals. Listen at about 0200 for Voice of Russia on 9665 (English), 9735 (Spanish), 9880 (Spanish) and 15425 (English). China at 0200 on 6020, 9570, 9580, 9665 (Chinese), and 15160 kHz. Africans all over 25 meters in the midday, BBC, VOA, Morroco, RCI, etc. Try for BSKSA in Arabic with Holy Koral hymns around 25 meters and 19 meters. During overnight, you could try for South Pacific stations. Try 9660, 12080, 13630, 15240, 17750 for Australia, and 6170 for New Zealand.

-crainbebo
 
crainbebo said:
China at 0200 on 6020, 9570, 9580, 9665 (Chinese), and 15160 kHz.
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Some of those China Radio International frequencies I believe are relayed from Cuba or Canada, so not tough catches. Not sure why all these start with C... (;

I wanted to mention but haven't until now: There's a strong station on 15070 early evening around 0000-2000 UTC that sounds like either Iran or India. Has anyone identified that one? I can't seem to figure out what the station is. 15070 comes in real well about the same time Radio Australia and Radio New Zealand are coming in strongly on their 19 meter band frequencies of 15240 and 15720. 15070 was almost a 24-hr. frequency world wide for the BBC in the 70's when the sunspot count was high. (along with 9410 and 12005) Anyone remember that?
 
I did manage to pick up on CODAR (I do not even know) with its sweep signal thanks to a vid on youtube.
 
eskipper411 said:
I did manage to pick up on CODAR (I do not even know) with its sweep signal thanks to a vid on youtube.
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I hate CODAR!!! It's just about destroyed what used to be enjoyable 60 meter band reception. Only the Gawd-casters, Brother "Scare" and Radio Rebelde above WWV are not bothered by CODAR now, none of which I listen to.
 
gr8oldies said:
I sometimes would get WWVH on 15 mHz (still with the voice of the late Jane Barbe). Last I knew CHU was not on 10 kHz, it was 7335. That may have hanged. Occasionally I was able to get LOL in Argentina.
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WWVH is a daily visitor to the Chicago area and I would even pick it up in PA now and then. As for CHU, it's on 3330, 7850 and 14670 kHz. They moved from 7335 to 7850 as a result of the former band being converted to int'l broadcast and the resulting interference. For me, 14670 is the toughest catch - the other two seem to be pretty common catches throughout North America.

By the way, I really like Jean Barbe's voice - makes WWVH more interesting than WWV.
 
gr8oldies said:
WWVH is a daily visitor to the Chicago area and I would even pick it up in PA now and then. As for CHU, it's on 3330, 7850 and 14670 kHz. They moved from 7335 to 7850 as a result of the former band being converted to int'l broadcast and the resulting interference. For me, 14670 is the toughest catch - the other two seem to be pretty common catches throughout North America.
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The other night, around 0100 UTC I was hearing CHU on all 3 freq's! I have read the sunspot cycle is on its way up [finally]
 
stormy01 said:
I wanted to mention but haven't until now: There's a strong station on 15070 early evening around 0000-2000 UTC that sounds like either Iran or India. Has anyone identified that one? I can't seem to figure out what the station is.
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Hmmm... I have an AIR frequency listed at 15075 and an Iranian one at 15085, currently (as I post at around 0300UTC) I'm not hearing anything on 15070.

AIR has come in nicely with their domestic Hindi VBS programme on 9870 and I've picked up the Iranian 'Voice of Justice' (in English) on 9495, both coming in well during my 0100UTC listings.

BTW, Shannon Radio is coming in very well right now on 3412 USB...and yes, inspite of Aunty Beeb's World Service (along with all their other services) online, I do miss their former 24/7 presence on SW.

BG
 
stormy01 said:
gr8oldies said:
WWVH is a daily visitor to the Chicago area and I would even pick it up in PA now and then. As for CHU, it's on 3330, 7850 and 14670 kHz. They moved from 7335 to 7850 as a result of the former band being converted to int'l broadcast and the resulting interference. For me, 14670 is the toughest catch - the other two seem to be pretty common catches throughout North America.
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The other night, around 0100 UTC I was hearing CHU on all 3 freq's! I have read the sunspot cycle is on its way up [finally]
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Does that mean I will be able to DX on TV and Radio at all times of the year if the "spots" reach their peak?
 
Does that mean I will be able to DX on TV and Radio at all times of the year if the "spots" reach their peak?

It can mean that Shortwave frequencies, especially the higher frequencies (25, 22, 19, 16, 13 meter bands) are "open" tp long-haul DX more hours of the day. This coming Solar Cycle is predicted to peak at around 90 - lower than several previous sunspot cycles. The MUF (Maximum Usable Frequency) tends to go higher when the sunspot count is higher. A higher MUF primarily enhances SW reception, but supposedly helps VHF and UHF frequencies as well. I believe someone wrote online elsewhere that Eskip and Tropo are not affected profoundly by the sunspot counts, and that long distance LW and MW reception is actually better during the part of the solar cycle that has less sunspot. For more information, check here: http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/predict.shtml or search under terms like Sunspot Cycle, MUF, Solar cycle...
 
stormy01 said:
Does that mean I will be able to DX on TV and Radio at all times of the year if the "spots" reach their peak?

It can mean that Shortwave frequencies, especially the higher frequencies (25, 22, 19, 16, 13 meter bands) are "open" tp long-haul DX more hours of the day. This coming Solar Cycle is predicted to peak at around 90 - lower than several previous sunspot cycles. The MUF (Maximum Usable Frequency) tends to go higher when the sunspot count is higher. A higher MUF primarily enhances SW reception, but supposedly helps VHF and UHF frequencies as well. I believe someone wrote online elsewhere that Eskip and Tropo are not affected profoundly by the sunspot counts, and that long distance LW and MW reception is actually better during the part of the solar cycle that has less sunspot. For more information, check here: http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/predict.shtml or search under terms like Sunspot Cycle, MUF, Solar cycle...
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Stormy have you heard when the cycle will peak? Someone said 2012, but since the bottom wasn't hit until this year I think it's more like 2013 or 14.
 
radioman148 said:
Stormy have you heard when the cycle will peak? Someone said 2012, but since the bottom wasn't hit until this year I think it's more like 2013 or 14.
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The experts are predicting: "We find a starting time of March 2008 with minimum occurring in November or December 2008 and maximum in March or April 2013." I got that quote from the site I referred to before - http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/predict.shtml Normally, the sunspot maximums or minimums are supposed to occur on average on an 11 year cycle, but sometimes that expands and sometimes that contracts by at least several months, if not a year since the last maximum was in 2001, so that's about 12 years, from the last maximum to the next predicted maximum.

There will be many interesting catches from now until the solar maximum. I'm looking forward to hearing Radio St. Helena, among others!
 
Thanks for all the techy info, folks! Getting this kind of info is very helpful and I'm looking forward to interesting catches in the near future.

Currently, I'm listening in on a new catch...the British VOLMET station MPL-2 'Witney', on 11253 kHz usb.
I've also found a useful VOLMET link here ~> http://www.dxinfocentre.com/volmet.htm

Perhaps, as the sun spot cycle ramps up, we should have a SW sub-board here? I'm sure many of us DX across numerous bands.

BG
 
stormy01 said:
radioman148 said:
Stormy have you heard when the cycle will peak? Someone said 2012, but since the bottom wasn't hit until this year I think it's more like 2013 or 14.
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The experts are predicting: "We find a starting time of March 2008 with minimum occurring in November or December 2008 and maximum in March or April 2013." I got that quote from the site I referred to before - http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/predict.shtml Normally, the sunspot maximums or minimums are supposed to occur on average on an 11 year cycle, but sometimes that expands and sometimes that contracts by at least several months, if not a year since the last maximum was in 2001, so that's about 12 years, from the last maximum to the next predicted maximum.

There will be many interesting catches from now until the solar maximum. I'm looking forward to hearing Radio St. Helena, among others!
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I figured more like 2013.
 
All India Radio. Both external and domestic shortwave broadcasts can reach North America. Unlike many other big Asian broadcasters, AIR - to my knowledge - has no relay transmitters outside India, so when you receive an AIR station, you're actually hearing a transmitter from India!
 
DX said:
All India Radio. Both external and domestic shortwave broadcasts can reach North America. Unlike many other big Asian broadcasters, AIR - to my knowledge - has no relay transmitters outside India, so when you receive an AIR station, you're actually hearing a transmitter from India!
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AIR is coming in really well on 9870 again tonight. Kinda neat, as it's their domestic VBS (Hindi) service, playing Bollywood music, local commercials, etc. Very cool...it's as if you're tooling around Dehli in your Hindustan, picking it up on the local AM dial...:D

I've also picked up this station on MW, in Hong Kong, while on a trip there several years ago.

BG
 
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