[Lowfer] 500 KHz Info Request from PY2CDS

Mike WE0H we0h at yahoo.com
Wed Aug 13 20:45:57 EDT 2008


Thanks Steve. If we can hear that NDB down there decently, some of the 
mega powered 600m stations might have a chance of being heard down there 
if the guys down there have serious RX systems. Hope they get the band 
they are asking for.

73's,
Mike
WE0H


Steve Ratzlaff wrote:
> I'm not Steve VE7SL, but I know both of us have heard the Brazilian 
> beacon BHZ on 520 kHz; it's listed with 1kW power. BHZ has been heard 
> all across NA as well as Europe. There was one Brazilian NDB DXer I 
> corresponded with once; he lived in a city and reported exceptionally 
> high noise levels, and could barely hear NDBs several hundred miles 
> away in his own country. But I would imagine someone living in the 
> country could hear a lot better, with quieter background.
> Steve AA7U
> NE Oregon


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