Re: [HCDX] Lots of Africans, plus a few ringers

["Robert Montgomery" <RMonty3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have had some EE from Benin with clear ID in EE as well by m/ann.  I
noticed it to be off freq as you do but later seems to drift down a bit
toward 7210.  A bit weaker by 07 but still audible here in the east.  This
a.m. broadcast audio was a bit distorted here.

Always curious at what point a longwire becomes a beverage.
Bob Montgomery

----- Original Message -----
From: "T. Bankson Roach" <sigint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <hard-core-dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 1:46 AM
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Lots of Africans, plus a few ringers


> Ralph:
>
> I thought I heard Benin the other day but "off frequency" at close to
> 7210 kHz. Now, I think I made that measurement too hastily. So tonight
> went to extra precautions to be sure.  Measurements were made using 64
> Hz bandwidth in the CW mode. The station is stable at 7210.261 with
> about plus or minus one or two Hz RF jitter. The carrier was clearly
> visible several minutes before the sign on at just before 0500 UTC.
> SINPO was 45434. Signal strength measured at -107 dBm. Sign on was
> national anthem [I presume] then male announcer in French followed by
> female "disk jockey" who is playing pop music in different languages.
> Nice signal. Still going strong at 0545 UTC with native music in
> language that is African, not French.
>
> Finally, after months of technical problems with my PC, not the
> software,  have my Ergo 3.0 software remotely controlling the HF-1000,
> which makes for very nice listening combined with on-screen Klingenfuss
> 2000 database and my own MS Access database records. Very easy to log
> stations as you go, instead of re-transcribing data later [more likely
> never :-)] from my spiral notebook[s].
>
> On 29 August between 1220 and 1231 UTC I heard Hanoi on 6165 kHz and
> 7210 kHz and possibly Lao Cai on 28 August on 5595.5 kHz at about 1331
> UTC. I believe I was probably hearing Laos on 6130.002 playing Love
> Potion #9 sometime between 1200 to 1300Z on 28 August. Heard what I
> think was Myanmar on 4725 kHz and 5945 kHz. These IDs are tentative but
> at that time of day South East Asia always comes in nicely. Anybody else
> hearing them here on the West Coast?
>
> Tell me more about your results with mini-Beverage. Is it worth putting
> up one with that shorter length?
>
>
> Tom Roach
> Watkins-Johnson HF-1000 with SE-3 using Alpha Delta DX Sloper antenna.
> [QTH in Sierra Nevada foothills at 2200 ft [according to now very
> accurate GPS] about 50 miles East of Sacramento]
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ralph Brandi <ralph@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <hard-core-dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 05:43 PM
> Subject: [HCDX] Lots of Africans, plus a few ringers
>
>
> > Lots of logs in the past few days since my new 7030+ arrived (and
> since I
> > fixed my 250-foot mini-Beverage).  I thought the Namibia log was
> > particularly interesting, since they're not supposed to be on 7215 at
> that
> > hour.
> >
> > Ralph Brandi
> > Tinton Falls, NJ
> >
>
>
> snip...
>
> > BENIN 7210.27 Radio Benin 0607 music and talk in French, mentions of
> Benin,
> > ID as "Radio Benin" as part of promo at 0616; still going strong @
> 0644,
> > exactly 1 hour after sunrise in Cotonou; thanks Mark Fine (Brandi
> August 27)
>
> snip...
>
> > Ralph Brandi  ralph@xxxxxxxxxx  webmaster@xxxxxxxxx
> http://www.anarc.org/
> > Webmaster, Association of North American Radio Clubs
>
>
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