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Showing posts with label ME. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ME. Show all posts

Thursday, December 17, 2020

New Stuff in Log


On longwave:

RU on 275 kHz, transmitting 25 watts from Salisbury, North Carolina, 575 miles to the south-southwest on November 29 at 0439Z

DC on 332 kHz,  transmitting 25 watts from Washington, DC, 292 miles to the southwest on November 30 at 0556Z

MNI on 381 kHz,  transmitting 25 watts from Manning, South Carolina, 683 miles to the south-southwest on December 9 at 0332Z

ME on 257 kHz,  transmitting 25 watts from Maxton, North Carolina, 593 miles to the south-southwest on December 15 at 0411Z

On mediumwave:

WGNY on 1220 kHz, transmitting 10,000 watts from Newburgh, New York, 61 miles to the west-southwest on December 17 at 2123Z

On FM:

W277DT-FM (WDRC) on 103.3 MHz, transmitting 250 watts from Hartford, Connecticut, 17 miles to the east-northeast on December 2 at 1605Z

All received with an ICOM IC-R8600 receiver on longwave with a 128-ft Loop on Ground antenna, mediumwave with an 80-meter dipole, FM with a ICOM AH-7000 discone antenna.

Friday, November 15, 2019

1984 Miles!


Four new navigational beacon loggings since my previous post including my longest distance navigational beacon logging (1984 miles) so far!

2019-11-09 0410 UTC: ME on 216 kHz in Matane, Quebec, 562 miles NNE

2019-11-15 0438 UTC: MM on 388 kHz in Fort McMurray, Alberta, 1984 miles NW (photo above)
2019-11-15 0443 UTC: NEL on 396 kHz in Lakehurst, NJ, 131 miles SSW
2019-11-15 0452 UTC: PCW on 423 kHz in Port Clinton, Ohio, 513 miles W

Equipment: ICOM IC-R8600 receiver, 80-meter dipole antenna