Pat Dyer
327 Solar Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78227
Deadline: 12th of month
MAY 1971
The South American F2 I touted so much last month sort of fizzled
out on us all this time. Some spotty Es began to show up anyway.
Hank Holbrook, 7211 Chestnut Street, Chevy Chase, MD 20015 with more
QSLed DX. GMT used.
8-24: 1350, KKB 238 42.02 Meridian, MS (Dpt of Public Safety)
2-14: 2042, KOK 344 35.22 Boise, ID (pager)
2057, KMD 342 35.22 Fresno, CA (pager, 250 w)
2-15: 1729, KGA 807 35.22 Baltimore, MD (pager, 575 w)
Glenn Hauser, PSC Box 42309, Kelly AFB, TX 78241 is still using the
Allied A-2586 with an oblique dipole cut for 50-MHz. GMT used.
3-13: 1630, KCC 482 1804, KGD 273 4-8: 2332, KLF 527
1759, KCC 266 1818, KGC 223
Glenn has found out a food deal about KLF 527 in Honolulu. The
Hawaiian Telephone Company says it's for their ''private page'' ser-
vice, mostly transmits F3 mode tones with ID's about twice and hour.
Seven transmitters are used with 330 watts output each. They've been
received in the west and midwest of the mainland.
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Now, my loggings again. Allied A-2586 with built-in whip and 30-ft
indoor random wire for 30-50; hi-band, Wards model 62-1 with 2-ft
whip; 50-MHz, Swan 250 with 3-element horizontal Cushcraft Yagi at
20 feet. F2 unless noted; BS-backscatter; 50 Es deleted; CST; new.
3-13: 1030, KCC 482 1549, WB5AEH (BS) 18: 1415, 50.345 har.
1120, KIM 905 (Es) 1558, W6ABN (BS) 1440, 50.405 har.
1135, KIG 300 (Es) 1600, K5AGI (BS) 1453, SDGE
1142, KCC 266 1658, KCD 658 21: 1342, KFL 936 (Es?)
1153, KGC 223 1700, KCD 346 2150, KHB 41 (tr)
1154, Scranton KCD 244 27: 0220, KHB 41 (tr)
1200, KGE 831 1716, KDR 298 28: 0825, KHB 41 (tr)
KGD 273 14:0045. KHB 41 (tr) 1552, KFL 936 (Es?)
KGC 524 1152, KOE 257 (Es) 31: 1345, 47-Spanish
KGE 450 1235, 47-Spanish 4-2: 1320, 45-Spanish
1201, KGD 214 1312, KOG 634 4: 1450, 45-Spanish
1230, KEE 873 1325, KIM 905 (Es) 7: 1610, 45-Spanish
1250, 46-Spanish 1330, KCC 482 8: 0050, KHB 41 (tr)
1400, KCA 378 KMB 305 9: 1255, KOE 257 (Es)
1500, KEJ 451 1430, KLR 503 1318, Long Bc (Es)
KCA 695 16:0020, KHB 41 (tr) 11: 1440, KFL 936 (Es?)
1501, KCF 596 1415, 45-Spanish 12: 0345, KHB 41 (tr)
1502, KOA 748 17:0020, KHB 41 (tr) (only Spanish 45-MHz
1507, KOG 634 18:1410, 46-Spanish or more noted above)
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K5AGI 50.1/ Slidell, LA KCD 346 33.90 Tolland, CT-f
KCA 378 33 / New Haven, CT-f KCD 658 33.70 Westminster, MA-f
KCA 695 33.78 Manchester, NH-f KCF 596 33.86 Brookfield, CT-f
KCC 266 35.58 Springfield, MA KDR 298 33.86 Somerville, MA-f
KCC 482 35.22 Concord, NH KEE 873 33.86 Salem, NJ-f
KCD 244 33.70 Falmouth, MA-f KEJ 451 33.78 Toms River, NJ-cf
VHF RADIO Page 2 MAY 1971
KFL 527 35.22 Honolulu, HI KLR 503 33.02 Boston, MA-h
KGC 223 35.22 Philadelphia, PA KMB 305 35.22 San Francisco, CA
KGC 524 33.78 Dover, DE-vf KOA 748 33.90 Seattle, WA-f
KGD 214 33.90 York, PA-cf KOE 257 43.58 Phoenix, AZ
KGD 273 33.98 Bel Air, MD-f KOG 634 33.82 Kent, WA-f
KGE 450 33.98 Allentown, PA-f SDGE 50.155 (ship harmonic)
KGE 831 33.78 Wilmington, DE-cf WB5AEH 50.1/ Metairie, LA
KHB 41 162.55 C. Christi, TX-w W6ABN 50.1/ Fullerton, CA
KIG 300 43.58 Atlanta, GA - 35.58 Long Beach, CA
KIM 905 35.22 Charlotte, NC - 35.58 Scranton, PA
c-county, f-fire, h-hospital, mp-mobile phone, v-volunteer, w-weather;
other 35 and 43 MHz are pagers. A2 tone ID's by: KFL 936 and KMB 305.
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Some 50-MHz F2 backscatter crept thru on March 13th. I have
information that AZ experienced direct F2 into Argentina at the same
time while also getting BS. The 27-day repeat cycle (a solar rotation)
did not provide me with anything on April 9th.
A few words for the uninitiated on backscatter. This type of mode
can occur with Es as well as F2 layer propagation.
To get backscatter the MUF must be high enough to provide a direct
F2 or Es path to some distant point. Once the signal has reached that
point a very tiny fraction of it is reflected by the ground back in
the general direction it came from. Thus on 50-MHz it is possible to
get signals by F2 BS from CA or FL by aiming to the south from TX.
The total path length the signal may have to travel may range to 8 or
9 thousand miles plus. Signals always have a characteristic flutter
or hollow sound due to the multiple paths followed. The strengths
may be 30 or 40 db down from what a direct F2 signal would be.
Es-BS, due to the lower layer height, will not provide as great
a range in distances. Also, due to the higher density of neutral
atoms in the E-region vs. the F-layer, the more frequent electron
collisions with them gives rise to higher absorption and thus Es-BS
is weaker.
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It has been suggested that I might give some of the slogans pagers
use as an aid to IDing. With the summer Es in gear by the time you
read this, here are some.
KAD 931 Pocket Phone, Kansas City KAQ 606 Air Call, Denver
KOE 257 Air Call, Phoenix KSC 644 Air Call, Chicago
KGC 223 Contact, Philadelphia KCC 266 Airphone Company
Air Page, Long Beach KOA 796 Radio Pocket Page, Portland
Most of the other pagers simply ''Radio Page(-ing}'' before or after
the town name. Nearly all do give call letters but these may be hard
to pick out as they are not always read as individual numbers (e.g.,
KIG three-hundred, KIF six-fifty) and the tape loops do get worn.
One can become proficient enough to recognize the voices on the pagers
and make an ID that way.
So, again I hope that with the coming Es more members will give
there paging stations a go and send in some reports.
73, Pat WA5IYX/5
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