[Lowfer] JJY

[Gedas]

I left the loop tuned to 153 kHz last night and I could start seeing a 
strong carrier just after local sunset. The signal seems to peak at 
around 04:00 UTC to 05:00 UTC.

The weird thing is this.....this is radio Algeria testing on 153 kHz. I 
am convinced of this because on at least 3-4 times during the night when 
they actually transmitted audio with their carrier it was always 100% 
traditional arabic music and voice.

Using the loop (in a band-aided condition) I was able to get just over 
30 dB S/N on that station and the music (when transmitted) was easy ear 
copy mixed with moderate lightning QRN.

Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT

Gallery athttp://w8bya.com
Light travels faster than sound....
This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

On 10/10/2023 8:34 AM, Zack Widup wrote:
> I listened around quite a bit last night, I did not hear JJY. I did not
> hear anything around 185 kHz (or see it on a waterfall). There were a bunch
> of stations on 475.7 kHz. I guess this is the 630 meter watering hole? One
> identified as W8JI on CW. It would go off the air and another would show
> up, weaker, on the same frequency. There may have been at least three
> stations in there. I also saw a station on 472.3. I tuned there and heard
> the CW but not enough to catch the ID.
>
> I also heard nothing of the broadcast station on 153 kHz. There was a very
> weak carrier on 153 but I didn't see or hear any audio.
>
> I was comparing my e-probe and my 1 meter diameter loop with the LZ1AQ
> preamp. The loop signals seemed a little weaker than those of the e-probe,
> but I heard everything with the loop that I heard with the e-probe,
> including WWVB on 60 kHz, which was quite strong.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 6:10 AMjrusgrove at comcast.net  <jrusgrove at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Here's what JJY sounds like on the east coast ... audio clip from Jan/Feb
>> time frame a number of years back.
>>
>> https://www.w1vd.com/JJY020211.mp3
>>
>> Jay W1VD
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Steve Ratzlaff<ratzlaffsteve at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: Discussion of the Lowfer \(US, European, & UK\) and MedFer bands
>> <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
>> To:<lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: 10/9/2023 8:09:00 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Fwd: ROU 153 kHz AM
>>
>>
>> Yes, the JJY morse ident is given at minutes 15 and 45, and precisely at
>> 40 seconds past that minute. Wikipedia even has that info plus an audio
>> clip of the ident.   :)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JJY
>>
>> Steve AA7U
>>
>> On 10/9/2023 4:56 PM,ve7sl at shaw.ca  wrote:
>>> Gedas, try listening with a narrow CW filter and your rx in CW mode
>>> tuned 1kHz higher or lower than 40kHz. If I recall, it identifies only
>>> twice per hour at an odd time.
>>>
>>> Steve Mayne Island, BC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------ Original Message ------
>>>  From "Gedas"<w8bya at mchsi.com>
>>> To "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands"
>>> <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>; "J D"<listread at lwca.org>
>>> Date 10/9/2023 4:33:45 PM
>>> Subject Re: [Lowfer] Fwd: ROU 153 kHz AM
>>>
>>>> Hi John. That is neat that you are able to hear JJY so well. I
>>>> suspect I could too but I have a carrier directly on top of it and
>>>> the stupid thing has a ~1.5 PPS modulation to it. At first I thought
>>>> it was JJY but after listening for it's
>> CW ID and not hearing a sign
>>>> of it I am convinced the QRM is over powering it. I have been trying
>>>> to track it down and once I do I suspect I will do a happy dance.
>>>>
>>>> Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT
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