Re: [IRCA] First report from Murray Harbour, PEI

[Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Good point, Nigel.   I had forgotten about them.  Are they parallel to the
LW transmitters?  Barcelona would be a major impediment to hearing them.
Just checking a wav file from 01:00, and it's a mish mash of several
stations, with Spain dominating.  Checked a few recordings from 01:00 to
our local morning and nothing definite so far.  73,  Walt

On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 2:19 PM, Nigel Pimblett <nige2730@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>   Thanks for the interesting report Walt, and am glad to see that
> conditions seem to be on the upswing just in time for your trip.
> Have you heard any sign of the new Iceland station on 666?   I believe
> it's only 1 kw.   I had good reception earlier this year, but then I was in
> Reykjavik at the time!
> Good luck on the rest of your DXpedition.
>
> 73,
>
> Nigel
>
>
>
> On 11/7/2016 6:33 AM, Walter Salmaniw wrote:
>
>> A good start to our DXpedition to this farmhouse in south-eastern PEI.
>> Joined by well-known DXers Bruce Conti, Neil Wolfish, Brent Taylor, and
>> Nick Hall-Patch, I felt like a newbie with such a profusion of TA and
>> African targets.  The star antenna, IMHO, is the DKAZ erected by Nick
>> aimed
>> 60 degrees, in many instances outperforming a 1500' Beverage/BOG in the
>> same direction, and vastly superior to corner fed super loop.  73,  Walt
>> Salmaniw
>>
>>
>> BENIN 1566, 2208-, TWR Africa Nov 6 Up to very good reception of TWR
>> Africa
>> in French with IDs and postal address at 22:09.  Then an interesting
>> sounding IS twice (not the usual TWR), and into  an English ID as TWR
>> Benin.  Rapidly faded down into oblivion. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
>>
>> ERITREA 845, 0318-, Dimtsi Hafash 2 Nov 7 A very nice dawn enhancement
>> noted over east Africa with typical Horn of Africa music.  Not as strong
>> as
>> Sudan on 765 (and 1296) but still very listenable. (Salmaniw,Murray
>> Harbour
>> PEI)
>>
>> GIBRALTAR 1458, 2355-, Radio Gibraltar Nov 5 Very nice reception, and //
>> to
>> their internet feed, but of course, fading down and now cochannel to
>> several other stations.  Time check for 12:00 in English, so likely a UK
>> station.  But came back with a nice 'Radio Gibralatar' jingle ID at 00:02.
>> (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
>>
>> GREENLAND 720, 0440-, KNR Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa Nov 7 Excellent
>> reception in Greenlandic.  Almost sounded a bit like south Pacific islands
>> music for a bit!  Parallel to their internet feed found at:
>> http://tunein.com/radio/Kalaallit-Nunaata-Radioa-720-s102522/   A little
>> later, was replaced by the BBCWS, likely from Lisnagarvery with listed 10
>> kW.  Latter at fair/good level. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
>>
>> IRELAND 1494, 0337-, Nonstop 90s Nov 6 This just has to be Ireland with
>> clearly accented English then into music.  Fades down to nothing at times,
>> though.  Only one that makes sense to me!  Checked the online receiver at
>> the University of Twente, and sure enough, it's them.  Mostly music, but
>> with announcements in English clearly (more or less) heard.  I'm very
>> pleased with this catch.  Faded before 04:00, but no longer sounds
>> English.  Neil Wolfish tells me, however, that they apparently went off
>> the
>> air, and so it might be a Pirate instead.  Comments, anyone?.
>> (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
>>
>>
>> ISLE OF MAN 1368, 0900-, Manx Radio Nov 6 Nice ID at 09:00, including
>> 'Isle
>> of Man'.  Fair reception.  Probably commonly heard, but still a thrill for
>> me, a west coast DXer!. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
>>
>> LITHUANIA 1386, 0014-, Radio Baltic Waves International Nov 7 With Radio
>> Svoboda (Liberty) relay at excellent level with program in Russian.  A
>> very
>> nice variety program.  Seems a lot more interesting compared to VOA
>> Russian. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
>>
>> MAURITANIA 783, 0458-, Radio Mauritanie Nov 7 Very strong reception with
>> presumed call to Prayer.  Parallel to on-line feed on
>> http://www.radiomauritanie.mr/  Nothing at the TOH, just continued with
>> same. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
>>
>> MOLDOVA 1413, 0045-, Vesti FM Nov 7 Dominating now for some time, with
>> weather and an ad for an upcoming fishing program.  At 00:57  now hearing
>> Spain cochannel.  Good to very good at times. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour
>> PEI)
>>
>> NORTHERN IRELAND 1341, 0900-, BBC Radio Ulster Nov 6 Very good reception
>> announcing 98 95 FM and 1341, 'This is BBC Radio Ulster'. (Salmaniw,Murray
>> Harbour PEI)
>>
>> OMAN 1413, 0000-, BBC Nov 7 Cochannel, just before the TOH with
>> Grigoriopol
>> in Russian, but soon dominated with BBC gongs and into listed Dari.  Vesti
>> back to dominate as I type this at 00:45. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
>>
>> PIRATE 1730, 0246-, unid Pirate Nov 7 Non-stop music, sometimes at good
>> levels, but in the 30+ minutes I monitored, not a word was spoken.
>> Carrier
>> cut at 02:46:19.  Anyone have any ideas who this might be?  Deep Purple's
>> Smoke on the Water at 02:35. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
>>
>> PIRATE? 1730, 0124-, Unid Nov 6 Fair reception playing American Pie, but
>> with a lot of static crashes.  At 01:31, playing The Night They Drove Old
>> Dixie Down.  Anyone have any ideas?. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
>>
>> SAO TOME PRINCIPE 1530, 0258-, Voice of America Nov 6 Yankee Doodle, and
>> into VOA ID at 03:00 and English news.  Cochannel 15 kW Romania.
>> Sometimes
>> one stronger, and sometimes the other, but mostly the edge to STP.  Good
>> reception. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
>>
>> SAO TOME PRINCIPE 1530, 0300-, VOA Nov 7 Very strong reception tonight
>> compared to last night with Yankee Doodle starting at 02:58, and into
>> English with Daybreak Africa. Romania only weakly heard. (Salmaniw,Murray
>> Harbour PEI)
>>
>> SUDAN 765, 0310-, SRTC Sudan Radio Nov 7 Very good reception and // to
>> 1296
>> during local dawn enhancement.  Very nice!  Horn of Africa type of
>> chanting.  Faded down within a few minutes. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
>>
>> TANZANIA 1377, 2331-, Radio Free Africa Nov 5 Excellent reception with a
>> call in show with many mentions of the phone number, hip hop music, Radio
>> Free Africa and RFA IDs.  All this using Nick Hall-Patches DKAZ aimed 60
>> degrees.  Incredible reception.  Lots of English, but with presumed
>> Swahili
>> otherwise?. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
>>
>> TUNISIA 963, 2120-, RTT Radio Tunis Chaine Internationale Nov 6 A really
>> difficult and frustrating channel.  I  was pretty sure I heard Cyprus
>> earlier, but with so many fades, it was hard to keep the stations
>> straight.  Finally, I definitely found Tunis on line feed working, so at
>> one point it was them (the give away was a French announcement just now),
>> and the on-line site:  http://www.rtci.tn/streamplayer/.  Cyprus I found
>> at:  http://www.riknews.com.cy/index.php/radio-main/proto-live.
>> (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
>>
>> UKRAINE 1431, 2000-, Radio Ukraine International Nov 6 Excellent reception
>> in Russian to Crimea, with occasional fade-ups from Radio Sawa in
>> Djibouti.  Impressive signal.  No luck this afternoon on Ukrainian Radio's
>> 1278 transmitter yet.  Continues to 21:00 sign-off. (Salmaniw,Murray
>> Harbour PEI)
>>
>> UNITED KINGDOM 909, 0900-, BBC Radio 5 Live Nov 6 Nice ID at TOH, as 'BBC
>> 5
>> Live'. No 'Radio' mentioned.  Numerous transmitters up to 400 kW listed.
>>   // 693 was stronger. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
>>
>> UNITED KINGDOM 1458, 0900-, BBC Radio Cumbria Nov 6 A tentative logging.
>> I
>> could hear a BBC ID, and 'From the heart of Liverpool'.  3 English BBC
>> networks are listed, BBC Radio Newcastle, BBC Radio Devon, and BBC Radio
>> Cumbria.  The latter is closest to Liverpool. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour
>> PEI)
>>
>> UNITED KINGDOM 1557, 0900-, BBC Radio Lancashire Nov 6 Poor reception, but
>> clear ID just after 09:00 UTC as, 'This is BBC Radio Lancashire'.
>> (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
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