[Spooks] V2c 0900 6/7/05

[Chris Smolinski]

>
>V2c 7520 Khz. AM; 11/7/05; 0857 UTC+.  Call 888 12 with message beginning at
>0900.  This transmission came up per usual schedule directly under WHRI at
>SINPO 55555 making it nearly unreadable.  I couldn't listen to anything much
>beyond getting the call up because of the overwhelming signal from WRHI.
>
>One might think the Cubans would move that broadcast.  It has to be booming
>in to Cuba also, and is essentially worthless to North America.  Of course
>maybe North America isn't the target.   :-)


41 meters drops out during the nighttime for local coverage, 
especially now that we're getting into the low part of the solar 
cycle. Doing some quick forecasts with DX Toolbox 
(http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/dxtoolbox.html) indicates 
that virtually all of North, Central, and South America would be 
covered, except for a zkip zone centered around Cuba extending over 
much of the Caribbean. Florida is in the skip zone as well, for what 
it is worth.

WHRI should have a similar skip zone around it. Of course the order 
of magnitude (or more!) difference in transmitter powers between the 
two transmitters makes things a little more complicated.

Cuba is closer to South America than WHRI, and may produce stronger 
signal levels, so my guess would be that is a likely target area. Or 
somewhere in the WHRI skip zone? Hmm....

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Chris Smolinski
Black Cat Systems
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