Hey All.
A very quick report : 2/5/2021 1900 Z onward : Frequencies may be off a Kc or so but :
9567 SP - Cuba ? Fair
9562 R . Nac. Spain. V.Good.
11762 "Buzz Saw "-long burst secure comms ? Good (anybody ever hear this or know what it is ,used to be WAY up above 24 Mhz)
11691 RTTY . Strong.
11820 Arabic prayer call. Good.
11860 unid. Poor
11900 FF. Strong
11930 Unid. Fair/wk
11940 SP. Fair
11965 Bible , EE good.
12032 SP. Fair
12050 SP. Fair
12075 Unid, Fair
14038 CW , Fair
14054 CW . Fair
15770 FF . Fair
( 10 and 15 Mhz WWV nothing, not even a beat note.)
Rcvr ATS 803 a . A lot of folks like this rig , "for what it is". I am somewhat less impressed.It ain't no R-70 or R-71A, that's for sure. Antenna 75' indoor in basement .Marginal on a good day.Better than nothing though.
I guess the take away is that even in an RF hole and mediocre gear, there is "some" stuff out there to be had. Cycle building again ? But who's left on air is also a real concern .My first HF scan in quite a while.It kind of demonstrates 25 M being as close to a "24 hr" band as you can get.Not much above or below.
I do MUCH better on the B'cast band up in my bedroom.Last night at 2330 Z got KDKA 1020 up against middleweight WINS 1010 and local blow torch WBZ 1030. It required razor sharp orientation of both the Select-A- Tenna loop and the Panasonic 840 ( which has a VERY good to excellent AM section ! ).
de N1NQC