Orion Radio Nederland on air on 5815kc

Post by **JoJo** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 07:04 am

Hello All,

as always on air right now, enjoy

RadioRamona · Post by **RadioRamona** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 07:07 am

good local skip at the moment also good on the UK remote

Post by **JoJo** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 07:10 am

Hello Ramona indeed, bot also R. Lowland on 6265kc this morning before start vy strong.
Thanks for the report

Dx Monitor · Post by **Dx Monitor** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 07:34 am

Good morning John, good signal this morning, solid 10dB over 9 and nice modulation as always.

Post by **JoJo** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 07:47 am

Thanks DX-Monitor, much appreciated

Foton · Post by **Foton** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 07:48 am

Hello John,

conditions are probably too local for me but your signal is 100% readible with (O)=3-4. From the other hand Lowland was barely audible some time ago...
Here also nice weather - not hot [so far] and sunny.

Greetings to you and other PirateFriends

Michal

Post by **JoJo** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 07:55 am

Thanks Foton, for the post, also much appreciated. Indeed nice wx also here haha

avranesjr · Post by **avranesjr** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 09:30 am

Nice solid carrier dead on 5815.0 when I tuned in around 0830 UTC, but could just barely make program out here in the eastern U.S. At 0845 UTC sounded like male DJ with reverb or echo announcement, but still not quite strong enough to make out exactly what the announcement was, even though I keep trying every Sunday morning (very early, as we are UTC -4 hrs. in Summertime!)

Seemed gone by 0900, but is less than an hour from daylight here, even though I can still see the moon shining brightly above the treetops out of the window. So not sure if just faded out since signal now would be over mostly daylight path, or just sign-off by 0900. I would definitely like to QSL Orion some day, so I will keep getting up middle of the night here every Sunday, and hope the propagation gods will smile on me sometime soon!

Also, if you are on Saturday evenings, propagation has been very good after 2300 UTC., so maybe good time to try for reception in North America. I will raise a "brown bottle" to you later on, after I get few more hours sleep!

Alex
"from the mountains of West Virginia"
FRG-100B, 60-m. dipole, Grove tun-3 mini-tuner, and Ameco TPA tunable pre-amp (and no web-tuner

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Post by **JoJo** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 09:37 am

Hello Alex,

thanks anyway! Wow indeed those US Dx-ers like the hobby vy much i see. Indeed I signed off at 0900utc, And correct I use a little echo on the voice.

Well keep on rocking the airwaves and for now sleep well