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WWVH from Hawaii heard in Tampa - video

Looking at the video, the receiver was set to 10 mhz and WWV broadcasts with 10KW from Colorado on 10mhz. I heard some weak voice in the background...was that identifying it as WWVH vs WWV?
 
I think that other weak voice after the tone was from WWVH because they sometimes give little notifications of this or that after the top of the minute tones.

I know the woman's voice is from WWVH because she gave the full ID at the top of the hour (actually after 59 minites) and I didn't have the camera ready to catch the whole thing.

I waited till the next half hour and by then, WWVH was fading and she could hardly be heard.

WWVH soon faded completely. Judging by the time I received WWVH, it was probably right around sunset in Hawaii and once it was dark, the signal was lost.
 
Good catch, gar. :) WWVH is a fairly regular catch here in Southern CA, often topping WWV or sometimes even completely owning a frequency or two. I think I may have even heard it without the antenna extended a few times.

Jane Barbe announces the time on WWVH, then Lee Rodgers on WWV, both before the top of the minute.
 
gar fla said:
This is the first time in more than 35 years that I've heard WWVH!

The last time was with my brother on his old table top shortwave radio with a longwire in State College, Pa.

Back then, I remember him saying how rare a catch it was.

I finally heard it again.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEeEUCahDnI
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Definitely WWVH and WWV synched up - first the female voice (WWVH), then the male (WWV). Honestly, this is not uncommon across most of the continental USA - aside from the east coast. WWVH is a pretty common visitor here in N. IL and I've copied it in eastern PA from time to time. What I am impressed with is that it came in so well for you and on a barefoot G8. Nice.

BobOnTheJob said:
Looking at the video, the receiver was set to 10 mhz and WWV broadcasts with 10KW from Colorado on 10mhz. I heard some weak voice in the background...was that identifying it as WWVH vs WWV?
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Sounded like when they give solar weather conditions - given the fading it was more likely WWVH. But it's impossible to confirm that; often they use the same feed - so the time of the hour (which minute) is the only way to know which it is because they take turns. The good folks at WWV/WWVH know that their 2 signals have a great deal of overlap so they design the voice announcements in such a way that both stations are never talking at the same time.

tfcwings said:
Good catch, gar. :) WWVH is a fairly regular catch here in Southern CA, often topping WWV or sometimes even completely owning a frequency or two. I think I may have even heard it without the antenna extended a few times.

Jane Barbe announces the time on WWVH, then Lee Rodgers on WWV, both before the top of the minute.
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Every time I am in CA, it seems like WWVH is the dominant signal there (vs. WWV). Of course, that depends on frequency and time of day - but WWVH seemed to more often be the stronger one. Last time I was there, I was staying within a mile of the ocean in Carlsbad, CA (beautiful place) and WWVH was in like a ton of bricks every night with WWV in the back seat. Got a lot of maritime stuff on SW/SSB too.

Excellent spot for FM dx too - had every LA area station in as locals, of course all of the ones from SD/TJ and even some stations from Santa Barbara, Palm Springs and the Inland Empire. Lots of fun.
 
BRNout said:
Every time I am in CA, it seems like WWVH is the dominant signal there (vs. WWV). Of course, that depends on frequency and time of day - but WWVH seemed to more often be the stronger one. Last time I was there, I was staying within a mile of the ocean in Carlsbad, CA (beautiful place) and WWVH was in like a ton of bricks every night with WWV in the back seat. Got a lot of maritime stuff on SW/SSB too.
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When you say WWVH was in like a ton of bricks, was the signal as strong as this one? ;)

BRNout said:
Excellent spot for FM dx too - had every LA area station in as locals, of course all of the ones from SD/TJ and even some stations from Santa Barbara, Palm Springs and the Inland Empire. Lots of fun.
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Aren't coastal locations, especially if you're far away from any interference, some of the best places for ANY type of DX?
 
tfcwings said:
BRNout said:
Every time I am in CA, it seems like WWVH is the dominant signal there (vs. WWV). Of course, that depends on frequency and time of day - but WWVH seemed to more often be the stronger one. Last time I was there, I was staying within a mile of the ocean in Carlsbad, CA (beautiful place) and WWVH was in like a ton of bricks every night with WWV in the back seat. Got a lot of maritime stuff on SW/SSB too.
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When you say WWVH was in like a ton of bricks, was the signal as strong as this one? ;)

BRNout said:
Excellent spot for FM dx too - had every LA area station in as locals, of course all of the ones from SD/TJ and even some stations from Santa Barbara, Palm Springs and the Inland Empire. Lots of fun.
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Aren't coastal locations, especially if you're far away from any interference, some of the best places for ANY type of DX?
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tfc, I think that was the wrong link - it seemed to be audio of KFMB switching pattern.

Yes, those coastal locations are great places to dx - FM is good because of clear line of sight (unless surrounded by mountains), AM is improved, as are SW and LW. Sometimes, in the case of MW and LW, the improvement is incredible.
 
I get WWVH quite often, up here in eastern Ontario, including earlier this week, underneath WWV.

Sometimes, you can hear messages from WWVH as well, as both WWV and WWVH drop their tone between their one minute beeps, if one of the stations is carrying an oceanic or meteorological report. You can sometimes hear WWVH give locations of storms located in the Pacific regions (WWV usually covers the Atlantic), information which can be used by both shipping and aviation.

~BG
 
BRNout said:
tfcwings said:
BRNout said:
Every time I am in CA, it seems like WWVH is the dominant signal there (vs. WWV). Of course, that depends on frequency and time of day - but WWVH seemed to more often be the stronger one. Last time I was there, I was staying within a mile of the ocean in Carlsbad, CA (beautiful place) and WWVH was in like a ton of bricks every night with WWV in the back seat. Got a lot of maritime stuff on SW/SSB too.
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When you say WWVH was in like a ton of bricks, was the signal as strong as this one? ;)

BRNout said:
Excellent spot for FM dx too - had every LA area station in as locals, of course all of the ones from SD/TJ and even some stations from Santa Barbara, Palm Springs and the Inland Empire. Lots of fun.
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Aren't coastal locations, especially if you're far away from any interference, some of the best places for ANY type of DX?
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tfc, I think that was the wrong link - it seemed to be audio of KFMB switching pattern.

Yes, those coastal locations are great places to dx - FM is good because of clear line of sight (unless surrounded by mountains), AM is improved, as are SW and LW. Sometimes, in the case of MW and LW, the improvement is incredible.
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No, it was the right link. Notice how strong the ton-of-bricks signal from KFMB is after the pattern change? ;) I just didn't have a recording of WWV or WWVH that was that strong, so I substituted KFMB.


As for comparing coastal vs inland MW reception, here's a couple recordings of 500-watt ND 1290 KZSB Santa Barbara, CA...

El Cajon / La Mesa, 195 miles from KZSB, 18 miles from coast - reception with Tecsun PL-380 - first half is with Select-A-Tenna, send half with internal ferrite only
Ocean Beach, 1/3 mile 182 miles from KZSB, 0.3 mile from coast - reception with internal ferrite on Tecsun PL-606
 
I hear WWVH quite often when I'm in Pensacola....but always underneath WWV. I have heard it on occasion here in the Chicago area as well.
 
WWVH from the Island of Kauai is coming into Central Kentucky quite clearly Sunday Night on 15 MHZ at 10 PM EST. There is no trace of WWV on 15 MHZ, whatsoever. However, over on 10 MHZ, WWV is Very Clear with a trace of WWVH heard underneath. You can tell if you have WWVH when you hear a woman doing the time announcements every minute just before a male voice gives it on WWV. The ticks and tones are generally the same on both stations.
 
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