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Old 28th Jul 2018, 10:27 pm   #61
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Hi.

Just installed LibreOffice and the file is opening as normal. Thanks Julie, it looks a very useful office package.

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Old 30th Jul 2018, 11:19 am   #62
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Nothing on R1 or R2 for me recently. However last night at about 6 pm BST I was listening to BBC Local radio - Shropshire on Band II and I'm certain I heard Arabic speaking transmissions wafting in and out for a few minutes...
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Old 31st Jul 2018, 1:16 am   #63
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Some vintage TV-DX circa 1974-5 from the USSR on I think channel R2.
Back then I was living less than 10 miles from Holme Moss and I think reception of R1 was difficult to say the least.
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Old 2nd Aug 2018, 6:20 pm   #64
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Hi Dxer,s
Might be good night to look on 55Mc/s
At 15;48utc very weak pic faded after 20 sec
15;59 pic lady & man sitting down

16 ;15 very weak sync not locking
But I cannot spend the rest of evening in shed have to go out
Hope you see a pic
regards Derrick
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Some good video from Russia 1 this morning so worth a look now.

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Old 3rd Aug 2018, 12:04 pm   #66
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Nothing on R1 or R2 for me recently. However last night at about 6 pm BST I was listening to BBC Local radio - Shropshire on Band II and I'm certain I heard Arabic speaking transmissions wafting in and out for a few minutes...
I meant to reply on Monday but forgot yes there was an opening to Algeria/Spain/Morocco on Sunday so that's what you heard.

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Old 4th Aug 2018, 9:57 am   #67
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Thanks for that Andy.
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Old 6th Oct 2018, 10:50 am   #68
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I've been listening out on R1 over the last couple of months and have not heard anything. Has anybody else had success? I'm asking because the TXs may have finally closed down - in which case an experiment I've just restarted (to see if the International Space Station can reflect enough R1 signal to be detectable) is a waste of time !

For those interested, the times of transit of the ISS can be found here:

https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sigh...r#.WWX3ILczWig

where the viewing site can be changed to one closer to the receiving site.

The simple assumption here is that when the ISS rises, as seen from the Transmitter site, then it will be in the primary polar diagram of the TX and hence reflect the most signal. So since a clear sky to see the ISS is not required this is a nice indoors experiment that is not affected by the weather.

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Old 6th Oct 2018, 4:48 pm   #69
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Some vintage TV-DX circa 1974-5 from the USSR on I think channel R2.
Back then I was living less than 10 miles from Holme Moss and I think reception of R1 was difficult to say the least.
I had the same problem living in an area where the North Hessary Tor ch2 transmitter gave a very strong signal. It rendered chE2 and R1 completely useless.

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Old 10th Oct 2018, 11:01 am   #70
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There has been no activity TV picture wise for the past few months a very disappointing year.
Ukraine was supposed to go off analogue in Sept this year no idea if it's a phased type closedown but I have thought it would due the size of Ukraine.

Russian TXs are alive and well I see the carriers daily due to meteor shower I will let you know if I find any info on Russian analogue closedown.

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Old 10th Oct 2018, 12:33 pm   #71
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Thank you Andy.

I've been trying listening on R1 (with -ve offset), a frequency where I have received R1 transmissions in the past. No joy so far - low-level local interference does not help. I've been listening out when the ISS is visible in the early evening - but the NASA website does not list when the ISS is "visible" but during the daytime. The next few evening passes are at quite low altitudes (for me) and so unlikely to be of use. However, I shall persevere.

Interesting that you are getting still meteor pings.
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