[CW] Night of Night - Continues

[Richard Knoppow via CW]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David J. Ring, Jr. via CW" <cw at mailman.qth.net>
To: "CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 11:46 PM
Subject: [CW] Night of Night - Continues


>I am hearing WLO quite strong, RST 589 on 8 MHz with my 8 
>foot unresonanted whip on my condo's balcony.
>
> KPH / KFS / KSM - are also being heard now here in Green 
> Harbor, Massachusetts with my poor antenna about RST 429 
> to 219 - solid copy but just about weak enough to fade out 
> but the range of fading isn't enough for it to drop out - 
> perhaps a 7 dB fade variation - signals are weak as I said 
> with my poor antenna.
>
> Any reports elsewhere?
>
> Those in the Pacific - including VK, ZL and other Pacific 
> locations might try to listen at YOUR sunrise to 426 kHz 
> for KPH / KSM as they have a very good signal into the 
> Pacific at night.
>
> To those enjoying "Night of Nights" - enjoy.
>
> 73 to all,
>
> David N1EA
> Junior Conductor of the CW Reflector
>
> -30-

     I was copying KPH on 8642 last night. Quite strong 
here. I heard both a wheel with several calls and what I 
identify as KPH by frequency sending stories of sailing. 
Some sounded hand sent.  Copied until my ears started 
ringing. This was about 11PM local time, maybe later. Also 
heard a brief wheel from a USGS station but didn't write 
down the call. The receivers were an RCA AR-88F on a 
makeshift antenna, just a wire over the rafters of my garage 
shack. Also copied in the house using a Collins R-388 on 
another makeshift antenna.
     Very goose bump producing to hear these old calls again 
after many years.  I used to practice code by copying press 
from KPH and KFS or from WCC and WSL. All came booming in at 
practically any hour on some frequency.  I even heard press 
from WNU a couple of times, _hand sent_ between traffic!   I 
also heard WLO last night with a wheel.  Also quite strong. 
I had some difficulty earlier in the evening due to local 
noise but that goes away later. Not sure what produces it 
but its something that gets turned on about dark and runs 
for several hours, maybe a sign.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com