ANTENTOP-
01- 2006, # 008
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Mysterious
Cases of Absorption of
Radio - Waves
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By:
Vladimir Polyakov, RA3AAE, Moscow, Russia
Credit Line: CQ- QRP # 12, 2006
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I have read the article
“Black Spot in the Air” (Reference 1). I would like to add to the article my information
about others mysterious cases. For one case I was an eye-witness.
In 80-s I worked on faculty
of physics of Moscow Institute of Geodesy and Cartography, where
I was engaged in scientific job connected to physics of the sea
and ocean. In July, 1983, I had a scientists trip on a hydrographic
vessel which went from Vladivostok
to Petropavlovsk.
Our major job was near Kuril ridge. There was no interesting in
the trip, usual scientists trip, neither storm at the sea nor
good weather - more often fog, the vessel slightly swings in drift
on the sea, thick sea birds sit on water and wait for the next
portion of meals. The temperature of the sea was + 4 C degrees,
air + 6 C, on a wet deck is cold.
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Vladimir Polyakov, RA3AAE
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I share cabin with a good
boy, Victor, he was a hydrograph from Nahodka.
Last inmate of the cabin leave an acoustic system in cabin fitted
case. I decided to make a simple middle wave receiver inside the
acoustic system. So, when the receiver was ready I have installed
outdoor (I can correct, “outcabin”) antenna. It was a wire going out cabin window
to life-boat and then to a mast.
The receiver worked perfectly.
We can hear very loud and clear two Japanese middle- wave stations
that were broadcasting in Japanese language.
That was not interesting... Except an early morning. In
the morning the stations broadcasted morning gymnastic, in Japanese
of course. Certainly we did not understand Japanese, but to listen
the broadcasting was so funny that we laugh loudly at least five
minutes- it was ours excellent morning gymnastics for all day.
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Moscow Institute of Geodesy
and Cartography (Picture of 2005 y.)
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So in one foggy morning I turn on the receiver and… Nothing to hear.
I begin to search for malfunction in the receiver. While a time
Victor came back from breakfast and told me that receiver in the
cabin - company is broken too, so, it would be better for me to
repair that receiver. After that I began to suspect, that both
receivers are right, malfunction is in the Air.
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In the cabin - company the large tube receiver “Belarus” only hissed a little but
it was received absolute nothing. Usually the receiver plays very
loud Petropavlovsk not so loud Habarovsk,
Vladivostok
and Magadan. I took my breakfast very
quickly and then went to ship radio operators.
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