WEGP Presque Isle Maine 1390 kHz booming into Carcassonne Languedoc on February 9 2014 at 2243 UTC. Kit used was Perseus SDR plus 300m BOG:
WEGP Presque Isle Maine 1390 kHz booming into Carcassonne Languedoc on February 9 2014 at 2243 UTC. Kit used was Perseus SDR plus 300m BOG:
WR International from The Wrekin area of England was making it into Carcassonne this morning. The station broadcasts every Sunday morning between 08-11 UTC on 12257 kHz – normally inaudible in the UK due to skip. Here’s a short clip of how it was sounding on the Perseus SDR and 300m BOG:
Conditions have been very poor for the last week or so despite some F2 noted on 10m and US repeaters on 10m FM being audible in the late afternoons. Just before the the sun erupted again and disturbed MF conditions started I recorded the X-Band as heard in our rural dx location outside Carcassonne. The video shows how quiet it was with audio from 1640 WTNI Biloxi MS, 1670 WPLA Dry Branch GA, 1630 KCJJ Iowa City IA and 1620 Radio Rebelde Cuba.
Receiver is Perseus SDR with 300m BOG (Beverage on Ground). Conditions went rapidly downwards the following nights with nothing of interest making it through.