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2611 Daviesruby@...
markthomasq Send Email
Mar 1, 2010
11:45 am
Hi Guys Weak/fair Spanish on 87.6 just had about 30 secs burst MS no doubt not strong enough for PI Mark Anglesey...
2614 John Faulkner
bfmtvc Send Email
Mar 1, 2010
1:17 pm
It's sad in a way. I will miss seeing those jet reflections - that was exactly as I used to see them Jurgen. John...
2615 Curtis Sadowski
curtis_sadowski Send Email
Mar 1, 2010
1:42 pm
Actually, we've yet to get a credible double hop Es digital reception, but it's only a matter of time. The double hop transmissions have been from regions...
2616 Jurgen Bartels
tvdxsince1975 Send Email
Mar 1, 2010
1:48 pm
... If you see that as a trend then it started even earlier but diffrent reason. My local Steinkimmen E2 went off way earlier. The reason was summer Es, we...
2617 hughtvdx Send Email Mar 1, 2010
2:09 pm
TVE 2 Ch E2 from Vejer De La Frontera (near Jerez I think) closed in the mid 70's.Between co channel from Madrid,general summer Es and probable blasts of...
2618 hutch20041964 Send Email Mar 1, 2010
2:11 pm
Hi All, Shame that RTBF has gone. This was my permanent antenna test signal! With regards to Band I pirates, Flex FM, London pirate station seems to have a...
2619 Jurgen Bartels
tvdxsince1975 Send Email
Mar 1, 2010
2:17 pm
... Curtis, have you ever examined the area where the 1st hop lands on ground? Is it a large water surface? As you may have seen we in Europe discussed it...
2620 Curtis Sadowski
curtis_sadowski Send Email
Mar 1, 2010
2:25 pm
Hi Hugh, French 441 line service ended due to a fire destroying the transmitter at the Eiffel Tower. Service had been scheduled to close, so the fire pushed...
2621 Curtis Sadowski
curtis_sadowski Send Email
Mar 1, 2010
2:35 pm
Hi Jurgen, Well, it needn't always be water. There have been double-hop receptions here in the States where the first hop bounced off land. I've done it on...
2622 Curtis Sadowski
curtis_sadowski Send Email
Mar 1, 2010
2:49 pm
From a message he sent in 2003: "Point: June 5 1955. I lived in Fresno (California), had stacked Winegard all-channelantennas 100 feet above ground and it was...
2623 Mike B.
mikb46 Send Email
Mar 1, 2010
3:23 pm
... FWIW... Last summer myself and at least one other nearby DXer saw 2Es from XHBC A3 in Mexicali, BCN, which is 2400 miles west of here and completely over...
2624 Curtis Sadowski
curtis_sadowski Send Email
Mar 1, 2010
3:46 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6qoli1jIa0 ________________________________ From: Mike B. <mbugaj@...> To: SkywavesDX@... Sent: Mon, March...
2625 hughtvdx Send Email Mar 1, 2010
5:53 pm
Yes indeed,thanks for the info.819 started around 1951 in France and I believe there were at times two lots of cameras in the studios for 819 and 441. During...
2626 Jurgen Bartels
tvdxsince1975 Send Email
Mar 1, 2010
6:48 pm
Thanks Curtis, that was very interesting to read. It is remarkable that he does not mention receiving any signal from midway. All my 2x hops come along with...
2627 Curtis Sadowski
curtis_sadowski Send Email
Mar 1, 2010
7:58 pm
Hi Jurgen,       We do still have some B1 stations.  We have low power analog TV (up to several KW), relay stations (tending to be under 1 KW) and DTV. ...
2628 Curtis Sadowski
curtis_sadowski Send Email
Mar 1, 2010
8:16 pm
Hi Hugh,     One of the sources I read mentioned that they eventually used a "standards convertor", i.e., a 441 line camera pointed at an 819 line screen....
2629 Jurgen Bartels
tvdxsince1975 Send Email
Mar 1, 2010
10:15 pm
While refining my noise reducer I discovered quite an interesting effect. On 97,0 I get WDR3 with low modulation, while a Dutch pirate on the *same* channel...
2631 Mike
michaelrae65 Send Email
Mar 1, 2010
10:57 pm
Hi Curtis - Hi Gang. What a good idea Pirate TV, hope someone thinks of doing that, it was tried way back in the MW BC pirate day here in the UK and in...
2632 Mike
michaelrae65 Send Email
Mar 1, 2010
10:59 pm
What a great write up, more like this.... please. Mike....
2633 Mike
michaelrae65 Send Email
Mar 1, 2010
11:00 pm
Hi Gang. So when B3 gets loaded up with studio links re pirates, or hospital links, will B1 get more interesting, be it AUDIO or vision! we shall see, whatever...
2634 Mike
michaelrae65 Send Email
Mar 1, 2010
11:02 pm
Hi Gang. As to keeping one's TV gear, the last item to go will be my D-100. We live in hopes then! Mike...
2635 Jurgen Bartels
tvdxsince1975 Send Email
Mar 2, 2010
12:34 am
Hi Curtis, ... So you still have something to go for, and probably many of those are only now making it to your arials. That's similar to the LPs from RUS/UKR...
2636 Jurgen Bartels
tvdxsince1975 Send Email
Mar 2, 2010
12:34 am
... In 2008 I got Dubai 5000km http://dx.3sdesign.de/tv_dx_video_logs.htm as you can see it was quite weak, so do not expect strong signals and set up your rx...
2637 Mike Fallon
homebushuk Send Email
Mar 2, 2010
5:59 am
Meteor Scatter * 90.50 02:36 2010-03-01 POL PR Radio Rzeszów Krosno/Sucha Góra (PK) Unattended RX 3417 _RZESZOW 1551Km * 95.80 10:14 2010-03-01 D WDR 5...
2638 William F. Kitching
williamkitching Send Email
Mar 2, 2010
6:13 am
1 March 10 Meteor Scatter: Time FREQ PI PS TRANSMITTER ITU 05:31 87.50 E0E1 Poligono Urtinsa, Alcorcon E 07:41 87.50 E0E1 SEMANA:_ Poligono Urtinsa,...
2639 Peter
petersouthpo... Send Email
Mar 2, 2010
9:38 am
Hi everyone, I tried once again to upload some TVDX highlights to youtube and I think I success this time. They were originally recorded in Tanzania, Zimbabwe...
2641 hughtvdx Send Email Mar 2, 2010
12:23 pm
Great stuff Peter. Look forward to seeing more!! Hugh . They were originally recorded in Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Qatar. More to come tomorrow. My youtube...
2642 Peter
petersouthpo... Send Email
Mar 2, 2010
3:07 pm
Thanks Hugh, there are more clips there now....
2643 Mike
michaelrae65 Send Email
Mar 2, 2010
8:49 pm
Hi Gang. I am about to be sent as a gift a RDS manager, not sure what brand name, it could be a Conrad or a Wetekom, what's the difference anyway! I want to...
2644 Mike Fallon
homebushuk Send Email
Mar 2, 2010
9:05 pm
Some German tropo in this evening from Hornisgrinde, Saarbrücken & Langenberg. All weakish at the moment. Mike Fallon Saltdean East Sussex UK N50°48' W0°1' ...
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