2018 Summer Ducting

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matthewn1983
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2018 Summer Ducting

Post by matthewn1983 » Fri Dec 28, 2018 9:11 am

Post your ducting hits here!

This morning 9am, I'm receiving Site 2-60 (Bucketty) roughly 115km (https://puu.sh/CnYW9/e7cf141508.png)



For those interested in measuring the distance between your location and the transmit location follow these instructions

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Measure distance between points
On your computer, open Google Maps. ...
Right-click on your starting point.
Choose Measure distance.
Click anywhere on the map to create a path to measure. ...
Optional: Drag a point or path to move it, or click a point to remove it.
At the bottom, you'll see the total distance in miles (mi) and kilometers (km).

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cartman
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Re: 2018 Summer Ducting

Post by cartman » Fri Dec 28, 2018 9:35 am

Last night (just before midnight) i was picking up Tomago Aluminium .....142km (88 miles) from Liverpool at full strength
Professional Scanner nut. Ibis bin chicken of radio scraps
Scanners:
Uniden 325P2, Whistler TRX-1, GRE PSR800 x 2, Uniden 780 x 3, Uniden 796, Uniden 396 x 2, Uniden 246,
Software:
DSD v2.368, Unitrunker, Trunkview

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Re: 2018 Summer Ducting

Post by matthewn1983 » Fri Dec 28, 2018 9:48 am

So far my record is GRN/Orion @ Gan Gan (Port Stephens) -> My Location = 196.59 km (122.16 mi) clean signal, further west I was able to pull in Bucketty, and many GRN/Orion Control Channels from the Central Coast. Just using a stock UHF CB Dipole.

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cartman
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Re: 2018 Summer Ducting

Post by cartman » Fri Dec 28, 2018 10:12 am

matthewn1983 wrote:So far my record is GRN/Orion @ Gan Gan (Port Stephens) -> My Location = 196.59 km (122.16 mi) clean signal, further west I was able to pull in Bucketty, and many GRN/Orion Control Channels from the Central Coast. Just using a stock UHF CB Dipole.
Just using a Dick Smith UHF CB whip ... my record this month is approx. 210km to Bulahdelah (Cabbage Tree Mt) ... logging a gencom h2 site that is currently "isolated" ... 163.8500Mhz
Professional Scanner nut. Ibis bin chicken of radio scraps
Scanners:
Uniden 325P2, Whistler TRX-1, GRE PSR800 x 2, Uniden 780 x 3, Uniden 796, Uniden 396 x 2, Uniden 246,
Software:
DSD v2.368, Unitrunker, Trunkview

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Re: 2018 Summer Ducting

Post by matthewn1983 » Fri Dec 28, 2018 10:15 am

Nice work, the path from the north seems to go alright, I can't seem to get much from the south. Maybe terrain issues.

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cartman
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Re: 2018 Summer Ducting

Post by cartman » Fri Dec 28, 2018 11:18 am

matthewn1983 wrote:Nice work, the path from the north seems to go alright, I can't seem to get much from the south. Maybe terrain issues.
Same here, not much to the south, only Mt Gibaltar at Mittagong
Professional Scanner nut. Ibis bin chicken of radio scraps
Scanners:
Uniden 325P2, Whistler TRX-1, GRE PSR800 x 2, Uniden 780 x 3, Uniden 796, Uniden 396 x 2, Uniden 246,
Software:
DSD v2.368, Unitrunker, Trunkview

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Re: 2018 Summer Ducting

Post by cartman » Sat Dec 29, 2018 9:44 am

Early Saturday (29/12/18) Site 235 at Parkville in the Hunter - approximately 215km from Liverpool
Logged also Sites 110, 134, 135, 239, 249, 250, 318, 346
Professional Scanner nut. Ibis bin chicken of radio scraps
Scanners:
Uniden 325P2, Whistler TRX-1, GRE PSR800 x 2, Uniden 780 x 3, Uniden 796, Uniden 396 x 2, Uniden 246,
Software:
DSD v2.368, Unitrunker, Trunkview

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Re: 2018 Summer Ducting

Post by cartman » Thu Jan 03, 2019 4:34 am

Logging a couple of sites in the Gloucester area despite no ducting closer from the Central Coast/Newcastle region - about 90 mins before sunrise

469.4125 NSW Police Encrypted P25 NAC 61F (with Newcastle Dispatcher ID) coming through with local Encrypted P25 traffic (NAC 293) from St Marys (Penrith Dispatcher ID). Dispatcher RIDs pinned down with WinDSD2 program. (November + Channel 2). Tx site appears to be Mt George

469.4750 167.9 NSW Ambulance Mt George (537m)- Bearing 017 deg at a distance of 250.6km from Liverpool (based on lat/long co-ordinates)
> Northern Operations Dispatcher talking with Car 471 in Port Macquarie. Strong signal


PS
The longest distance I have recorded on LF/VHF/UHF was several years ago ... logging Brisbane Airport ATIS on LF using a long wire antenna from Concord in Sydney.
I can recall also hearing RAAF Richmond ATIS on LF from Port Macquarie about 20yrs back
Professional Scanner nut. Ibis bin chicken of radio scraps
Scanners:
Uniden 325P2, Whistler TRX-1, GRE PSR800 x 2, Uniden 780 x 3, Uniden 796, Uniden 396 x 2, Uniden 246,
Software:
DSD v2.368, Unitrunker, Trunkview

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