[HCDX]: Parallel Effort to NF '99 - initial report

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Summary of "Massachusetts Parallel Effort to Newfoundland
DXpedition 1999" - Mark Connelly, WA1ION

Receiver: Drake R8A
Antenna system: cardioid array with BBL-1 broadband loop,
AWP-1 whip, prototype Superphaser-2 phasing unit

First Part - East Harwich, Cape Cod, MA (70.021 W / 41.713 N)

Conditions were moderately auroral, causing northern Europeans
to be poor.  Best European signals were from Spain.  Latin
American signals were numerous, though rare catches were
not to be found.

*** 16 OCT 1999: 0222-0359 UTC ***
Italy-846, Algeria-891, Spain-954, unID's-940 (taped for later
analysis), Spain-1296, Saudi Arabia-1521 loud, unID-1529.54,
Ceuta-1583.6, VOA Sao Tome-1530, Azores-836, Spain-855,
St.Kitts-Nevis-830, Venezuela-750

*** 16 OCT 1999: 0400-0505 UTC ***
Cuba-960, Venezuela(Coro)-780, Mexico-730, Colombia-700,
Anguilla-690 o/prob. Colombia, Spain-684, Jamaica-700,
Cuba-710

*** 16 OCT 1999: 0958-1102 UTC ***
Cuba-640, Cuba-890, Puerto Rico-630, Cuba-620, Cuba-600,
ZLS Bahamas-526, Cuba-570, Cuba-670, Mexico(t)-1030 u/ WBZ,
Mexico-760, Mexico-540


Second Part - Duxbury, MA (70.651 W / 42.047 N)

Conditions continued somewhat auroral with strong signals
from Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Azores, and the Canary Islands.
Latin Americans, starting with Brazil, started rolling in
right at sunset.   By midnight UTC, most of the best potential
DX had been logged and conditions were returning to more
normal, with Canadians gaining strength.  I was dividing
my listening time between DXing and the Red Sox - Yankees
baseball game on WEEI-850 (Sox won 13-1 ... yeah !)

*** 16 OCT 1999: 2125-2131 UTC *** (pre-sunset)
Canaries-Spain-1179, Ceuta-1583.6, Saudi Arabia-1521,
Morocco-1044

*** 16 OCT 1999: 2207-2259 UTC ***
Azores-836, Canaries-Spain-882, Brazil-760, Western
Sahara-711.04, Spain-684, Spain-639, Spain-729, 
Algeria-1550, Canaries-Spain-747, Brazil-690,
Venezuela-670, Bermuda-1160, Spain-1134, Spain-1125,
unID-1125.5 weak het, Spain-1116, Venezuela-1110,
Spain-1107, Canaries-Spain-621, unID SS-1100.8,
Brazil-1100 o/Antigua, Spain-1098, Angola-1088,
Venezuela-1080, Spain-1071, Venezuela-1200 o/WKOX,
Venezuela-1090

*** 16 OCT 1999: 2300-2359 UTC ***
Venezuela-640 o/Guadeloupe, unID (religious ?)-1062,
Spain-1053, Spain-1026, Brazil(t)-1010, Canaries-1008,
Spain-999, Venezuela(t)-1000, Algeria-981.11 (measured
freq.) huge signal, Portugal-963, Spain-954, Spain-918,
Venezuela-910, St. Kitts-Nevis-895, Spain-873,
Canaries-Spain-837, Spain-1296, Spain-603, Spain-855,
unID (Tunisia ?)-585.2 hetting Spain-585.0, 
St. Kitts-Nevis-555, Algeria-549, Grenada-535,
RVC Turks & Caicos way o/ unID EE - 530, Puerto
Rico-630, Gambia-648 o/Spain, Anguilla-690,
Venezuela-690, Spain-801, Venezuela-1020,
Morocco-1053, Colombia-1170, Spain-1197, Venezuela-1210
(w/ 600 Hz het behind), Libya-1251, Spain-1305,
St.Pierre-Miquelon-1375, Venezuela-1500 


Third Part - Will be conducted later this week on
a sunset-period after-work outing.  This might be
on Wednesday from Granite Pier in Rockport, MA.

Some additional DX may be done from home in Billerica, MA
if Norway-1314 and the other high-band Europeans return
over the next week.

A full-data log report for the entire Parallel Effort
period shall be e-mailed to various clubs, Internet
listservers, and active DXers by Sunday, 24 OCT.  The
report will also be accessible via the Newfoundland
DXpedition Web Page, as noted below.

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Mark Connelly - Billerica, MA, USA

e-mail:
WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

homepage:
http://members.aol.com/MarkWA1ION/weblink.htm

Newfoundland DXpedition page:
http://members.xoom.com/MarkWA1ION/nfdxpage.htm

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