[160m] RE: Topband: BCI Update

[Joe Subich, K4IK]

Tom,

> I appreciate all the help on this! It looks like the two FL 
> stations are ruled out based on the audio being different. We 
> should always be careful to verify the audio on the air is 
> what schedules say it is, and that the station in GA is really 
> off the air. It is not unheard of for stations to be
> on the air even without a license!

I can hear both of the Florida stations quite well during the 
day.  I should be able to hear the BCI if it were one of them 
but I hear none of it in the noise around here (no low noise 
antennas yet).  That I don't hear the BCI when I can hear the 
primary signals makes me strongly believe it is skywave ... 
again pointing to something further away (KP4).  

> The only way to resolve this is to have stations in Florida, 
> eastern GA/SC/NC  with Beverages or other "good pattern" 
> antennas get a general heading of the strongest signal. 
> Remember it is SSE, about 165 true, from here (EM73).

It would help if KV4FZ or someone in KP4 could listen.  The 
coverage map for WKCK (Orocovis, PR) shows a transmitter 
location almost in the middle of the island.  

73, 

   ... Joe, K4IK