[HCDX] 60 MB band-scan

[Aurel Chiochiu <acq@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bogdan Alexandru Chiochiu
using a Sangean ATS-606A portable rx with +/- 75meters of wire attached to
the telescopic antenna

Made beetwen 9:30 PM and 10:30 PM EsT (IN MONTREAL - PierrefondsEst, QUEBEC,
CANADA) (0240 and 0323 UTC):

4845 unID EE, usually this channel have Radio Mauritanie. 0236 UTC Poor-fair
level, pretty distorted, SIO 322; maybe a local image ?
4885 Brasil, Rádio Difusora Ancreana, Rio Blanco - 0245 UTC+  -  presumed w/
fútboll game. Pretty fair signal strenght, but with looots of noises,
assumedly from power-lines, SIO 312
4905 unID Jammer
4915 KHRP SIO 323
4985 Radio Brasil Central; presumed, weak-poor carrer; too weak for audio on
my rx
5000 WWV Time Signal (Co) 0158 (UTC), SIO 444
5025 Radio Rebelde 0206 (UTC) - extremely weak
5030 Jammer way over Radio Marti ! 0209 (UTC)
5040 0213 (UTC), unID
5050 unID domestic Rel. - very strong; SIO 455 (0220 UTC)
5055 RFO Cayenne (pres.) (0219 and 0221-0222-23) Fair signal strenght with
relativly few fadings, but QRM from 5050 made IDing impossible
5070 WWCR 0216 UTC; Excellent reception; SIO 455
5085 all times when chacked; EE
5130 0203 (UTC)  unID, spanish coneversation beetwen the announcer and the
reporter (who was on the phone). Poor, but sounded a bit strong for a
flea-powered out-of-band peruvian on my Sangean-ATS-606A

The radio is very average for 60 meters tropical band reception. It's far
more selectif on this band, than my Realistic DX-351 wich I usually use for
shortwave DXing, but it's sensitivity is slightly lower tough. I could hear
Rádio Difusora Ancreana 4885 with a signal level of 4 on the Realistic and 3
on the Sangean to give you an idea, but due to the interferences it was hard
to really say. Maybe the signal was the same, but the Realistic DX-351 has a
better sound ?

Actually I found the sound of my new Sangean rx. to be too metallic and
quite Low-Fi. The Realistic DX-351 is quite good, the Sanyo MCD-S830 AM/FM
portable has excellent sound ! It is difficult to hear weak tropical band
signals with both the receivers and while I doubt I will log a station from
the Pacific, eastern Africa or deep-South America on 60 meters using this
limited equipment, I'm keep trying, however !

I haven't heard Ecos del Torbes 4980 since 3-4 months or so; did they are
running lower-power ? I have heard a report from a British DX'er who heard
them 2 weeks ago, but... In any event, this should make Radio Brasil Central
4985 fairly easy for me. I've heard them the past week for the first time
and I've tentativly received the past night too, albeit too weak for
readable audio.

I have heard a couple of ZYs on 25 meters (Radio Gazeta comes to mind) and I
would like to know if there is any DX'er here who has a list of Brazilians
currently active on 25m. They seem to be around every late afternoon, but as
I don't have the WRTH it is pretty hard for me to log them.

Condx on MW were very marginal, with the only consistent signal being from
Radio Vision Cristiana 530 wich peaked to excellent peak at 0323 on the
Sanyo receiver as I finished the shortwave DX session. RCN Barranquilia 760
was in from about 0123-0133 for a good 3 minutes, but with a fairly weak
signal. After the 60 mb DX session, at 0230 the channel had a weak and
nulled WJR just to give you an idea of how poor the conditions were. RCR-750
was unheard, the only Venezuelan audible was presumably Union Radio 640 over
Guadeloupe, in jumble with WNNZ at 0047, then faded out 2 minutes later;
WNNZ had it's channel to it's self during the rest of the evening, with
nearly no traces from Radio Guadeloupe et al. Domestic DX was poor as well,
around 0013 CKEC 1320 was very barely audible with rock music, throught an
excellent short-skip signal from ethnic CJMR who was playing Middle-East
music (from India or from the Arab countries, didn't stay on the frequency
for more than 2 minutes though; I listened 4 or 5 songs of a freestyle CD I
burned 3 days ago, afterwards I gone to bed).

I hope the solar activity will decrease, since a lot of targets are missing
due to the sunspot activities.

That's it for now !,
73 and good DX,
Bogdan Chiochiu


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