[Lowfer] JJY

Tue Oct 10 13:09:09 EDT 2023

Zack

FYI ... JJY peaks (actually about the only time 
it's audible) here right before sunrise.

Jay W1VD

----- Original Message -----
From: Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com>
Reply-To: Discussion of the Lowfer \(US, European, & UK\) and MedFer bands <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
To: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp, UK) and MedFer bands <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: 10/10/2023 12:44:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] JJY

Maybe the carrier I was seeing on 153 WAS Radio Algeria, if they are not
broadcasting audio full-time. It was 0300Z when I listened. I'll 
listen
tonight at sunset and see if it's stronger then.

I heard NDB's as far away 
as Canada.

Around sunrise I did hear a signal on 40 kHz. I think I heard ticks. Maybe
that was JJY, too.

There was a lot of lightning QRN last night.

Zack W9SZ

On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 10:40 AM Gedas <w8bya at mchsi.com> wrote:

> 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 at http://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 AM jrusgrove at comcast.net <jrusgrove 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> <ratzlaffsteve at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Discussion of the Lowfer \(US, European, & UK\) and MedFer 
bands<lowfer at mailman.qth.net> <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> To: <lowfer at mailman.qth.net> <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> <w8bya at mchsi.com>
> To 
"Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands"<lowfer at mailman.qth.net> 
<lowfer at mailman.qth.net>; "J D" <listread at lwca.org> <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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