Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] 576 South Africa .. new one!

[Bill Whitacre <bw@xxxxxxx>]

Nice catch Mark!

Made me go back and listen to my May 29, 2017 files from Quoddy House when there was an opening to southern Africa.  576 has something on it but itâs covered by either QRN or a spur from some domestic station.

Youâre getting us all revâd up for fall DXpeditions!

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA

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> On Oct 21, 2017, at 12:26 PM, 'Mark Connelly' via NRC-AM <nrc-am@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> When reviewing my Perseus capture of 20 OCT at 2300 UTC I noted what seemed to be English talk on 576.  Most of the time the channel has RNE Spain // Canary Islands synchros, always in Spanish, so I was intrigued.
> 
> I uploaded the file to ' https://app.box.com/s/wihr8af3wu8d8njc01ynjumq3u2t4v8e ' and posted a link on RealDX for assistance.
> 
> Right away Bruce Conti recognized EWTN theme music at the top of the hour.
> 
> His comments included:
> "Radio Veritas?  Definite EWTN music at the beginning of the clip.  Per the online 576 R.Veritas program schedule http://www.radioveritas.co.za/index.php/programmes EWTN 19:30-03:00 UTC."
> 
> I replied:
> 
> Thanks Bruce.  That would be a new one here.  Propagation from eastern Brazil was good (760 at least) so, by extension on a not-too-different bearing, lower Africa should also have been in play.
> 
> Here in the New England states this is likely a better South Africa opportunity than 828.  That one is in there some evenings but is battered by slop from WCRN.
> 
> 576 is not too badly slopped since adjacent 570 (WMCA / Reloj) and 580 (WKAQ / WTAG) are mostly talk.
> 
> Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> South Yarmouth, MA
> 
> Perseus receiver; cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 9m vert. by 20m horiz. (peak 90 deg., null 270 deg.)
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