Re: [IRCA] Iceland

[James Renfrew <jim.renfrew@xxxxxxxxx>]

Faroes 531 was loud and clear during the day in NW Scotland in June, 2017.

On Jul 20, 2017 08:04, "Aaron Kreider" <aaron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I went to Iceland for the past week and did a bit of DXing using a Tecsun
> 880. It was limited as I was travelling with family, hotel noise levels
> varied greatly, and "night" time hours were limited (3-4 hours).
>
> 666 RUV Iceland is on the air most of the time (maybe 90% when I checked)
> and is probably still running low power as they weren't super strong in
> Reykjavik.
>
> On the east coast of Iceland with a nice water path and generally 1-4 km
> from the water, I had regular very weak daytime reception of 810 BBC (North
> Scotland) and 693 BBC (not sure which transmitter). I also had some hets
> (probably including BBC Wales).  I tested several cliffs and didn't notice
> any gain.  Is it possible that lava rocks lack iron and thus aren't as
> good?  I've read that Iceland is low on metals.  This is the best daytime
> distances I've ever had on MW so I was quite happy!
>
> I did one short session of night time listening on the south coast of
> Iceland near Vik.  I didn't hear Faero 531 - so they are still inactive.  I
> also didn't hear Greenland or any US stations.  I got the best reception
> from the UK, followed by Spain. Algeria (531 and 549) was good.  I also
> tentatively heard Tunisia and Morocco.  The furthest signal was from Saudi
> Arabia (585).
>
> Reykjavik isn't the best for DXing Europe as it on the coast, but has a
> lot of land between it and Europe.
>
> Iceland is an amazingly beautiful country due to the volcanos, though
> rather pricy (expect to pay double or more what you do in the US).  We
> drove the highway 1 which wraps around the shoreline much of the time  and
> would provide a lot of opportunities for a more DX oriented visit.  Most of
> the country is open fields and you could also set up long antennas without
> a problem, assuming the sheep cooperate and that you can figure out who
> owns it (or frankly they probably won't care or find out).  It is nice and
> temperate in the summer, though it can be also be rather cold (40) and
> windy (we had 30 mph gusts one day).
>
> Aaron
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