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- Subject: Re: DX at Chatham Light House (20 JAN)
- From: Mark Connelly <markwa1ion@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:09:56 -0500
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Roy, thanks for your report from Chatham, MA (and Bruce, thanks for your NH home logs).
I was running captures on 20 JAN also. I can see that Roy likely had the typical 15 dB TA DX to pests / noise advantage over here that I have noticed in my own beach-versus-house DXperiences over the years.
Roy, when you receive your USB stick back, maybe you could load the 20 JAN files on it and send them over. I'll get it back there faster this time after copying the files.
Some of what I had here is uploaded to:
http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/audio_2018.htm
Distance from here to the shore on higher TA bearings 35-85 deg. is about 20 km / 12 mi., only slightly less than the 25 km / 16 mi. to the shore at Crane's Beach Ipswich from the former Billerica QTH. There the shore-versus-house difference was slightly greater but not drastically different relative to here.
Distance from here to the shore on LA bearings 145-225 deg. is only about 5 km / 3 mi. so only about 5-10 dB attenuation versus at-beach. The larger south SuperLoop suspended in the black locust trees here buys some of that back.
The in-between bearings, 85-145 deg. (Africa, NE corner Brazil), vary quite a bit in house to beach distance and, consequently, signal differences. Anyway those bearings and the LA ones, of course, are much better from here than from the previous Billerica QTH.
A few log comments:
>> 1278 AGL. 6 pips- ID.by a man, then a woman took over. Fair.
Outstanding, maybe first USA log
>> 1530 Unknown - MA. on top but pips heard at TOH.
Most likely Romania.
>> 1134 Unknown - Mid-East music under COPE near end of file.
Kuwait?
>> 1278 AGL. - EP de Cabinda, Tenda - Fair - Typical Mid-East music fare. Anthem and man talking to TOH. w/ 6 pips into chanting.
Wouldn't Mideast music more likely be Iran?
>> 1206 ISL - T - Fair w / music.
Yes, Israel most likely based on other shore DXpeditions (Maine, PEI). I keep trying this channel here but insufficient nulling of 1200 MA and 1210 PA/NL on the TA antenna so always too much slop. Carrier visible but no audio yet. Heard it years ago at Granite Pier.
>> 765 MOZ. T - Talk, then a Jazz selection - seemed // 963
Excellent if true. I hardly ever raise any audio on 765, the channel of the old Senegal and Switzerland barn-burners. Think I had a Saudi within the last few years, that's it so far.
>> 1008 Unknown - Maybe a folk song- Not SER R.
Holland, Grootnieuwsradio (religious)
I'm copying these logs and Bruce's last report to some of the other lists since (so far this year) Atlantic zone reports are typically less common than Pacific ones.
Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA
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Roy's report
12ft. stick,w/amp. FDM-S-2
UTC Time 1/20/2018
2100 Ant. 100 Deg.
756 Romania // 1332 ROU. pips mixing with unknown station- Portugal possible
1152 Spain on top, mixing pips w/ROU.
1179 As above, except 6 pips then 6 more pips.
1278 AGL. 6 pips- ID.by a man, then a woman took over. Fair.
1332 ROU. - Fair - Song into pips into news // 756
1377 ARM-TWR- Man talking - TWR theme, music to s/off 2102
1395 Unknown - Music but weak.
1431 Ukraine - Fair - EZL music, then man talking in Russian and more music and gone at 2059:52
1530 Unknown - MA. on top but pips heard at TOH.
1566 Benin - Presume weak with talk.
1575 UAE. - with music and Iran jammer'\.
2130 Ant. 60 Deg.
765 Iran - Fair w/lively Mid-East music // 936
774 Spain w/ Egypt along with a hum.
864 Egypt - Good - W/ Koran at the end of the file and Spain under them w/ a game.
917 Nigeria - Just a carrier at this time.
936 Iran - Good at start of file but at the end MRC. on top // 612
945 ROU. - Good at S- 6-7 at end of file with a woman singing a song that sounded like French. // 1152
954 CZE. - Fair with talk and mixing w/Spain.
981 ALG. - Good- Vocal w/drums into talk- w/slop- best for me at 981.6 w/ 2.550 filter.
1035 EST - T -
1062 Italy - W/talk mixing with Iran at times w/Mid East music.
1125 Bel. - Fair w/ US song in French - mixing with Spain.
1161 Iran or Egypt w/ EZL music- Fair w/slop.
1197 UK. - Absolute - Fair w/music // 1215
1278 Iran - T - Good at times but no // found.
1296 Sudan - Fair - Male vocal w/drums-flutes etc.
1305 Spain // 1314 and maybe Iran.
1368 UK. - Manx. R. Fair with music.
1386 LTU - Fair with talk.
1395 Iran - T - Talk in unknown language- on freq.
1413 Moldova - Fair w/talk and mixing w/Spain.
1431 DJI. - Good - Mid-East music w/slop.
1476.26 Iran carrier.
1512 ARS. - On top and at times mixing with GRC. w/EZL music.
1548 KWT. - Good at times w/splatter- An excited woman talking with a man intervening at times- Also other stations underneath.
1557 UK - Smooth R. - British accent man w/ some words heard- into EZL music at S-6-7 - Unknown station under, maybe Iran.
1584 SER. - Good on top of others.
1593 Romania - Fair- Woman in song // 1152 etc.
1615 Unknown W/ music, 1623.5 Unknown W/ music, 1643 Unknown also music, 1648 weak audio,
; 1664.6 also weak audio, 1675 another with a woman singing a Mid-East type song and faded out.
2200 Ant. 100 Deg.
576 Bulgaria - Pips into anthem by a choir - A few bars of music and talking again but Spain took over..
595 MRC. - Fair w/ talk and music plus slop.
612 MRC.- As above and mixing with Spain.
639 CZE. - Fair under Spain with a woman singing. //954
650 In passing, CKGA- Strong all alone with a bingo game.
720 Portugal - Good- On top w/ music into the 5 pips
, last one short, into news, then mixing with others.
750 NFLD. All alone and domin ate.
756 Iran - Under Romania w/ Mid-East music // 1071
774 Egypt - Fair and mixing with Spain.
810 UK. BBC.- Strong at S-9 others under.
828 Unknown - Weak- Need a big flare from the Sun to enhance this channel.
909 Romania - Fair- Under UK at last part of file w/ talk // 1152.
917 Nigeria - Fair- Talk along with drums. Filter at 1.250 to resist 918
936 Saudi Arabia - Fair to a good peak- w/ Quran w/ man giving readings // 1512 - with Spain mixing at one point and another station - Iran or MRC.
945 Iran - // 1071 - Fair at the start of the file w/ program like Quran and not // Saudi Arabia. - Then at mid file got interesting.
945 UK. - Smooth R. at mid file with 2 men in British accent talking w/ many English words heard. Later a woman singing an English song mixing with Smooth R. Believe this would be UK.- Gold. Filter at 3.450 w/ LSB.
1008 Unknown - Sounded like an anthem with a man talking in unknown language. Splatter from NYC.
1026 Iran - T - Under Spain with that Mid-East music.
1053 LBY. - Strong at S-9+ along with a hum. Man w/news in Arabic // a weaker 675
1071 Iran - Good in USB with Quran type prgr. //945
1134 Unknown - Mid-East music under COPE near end of file.
1188 Iran - Good with 3 chimes or bells. Best on 1187.
1269 Unknown - Seems like an open carrier and at 2158:42 6 pips with the last one 2 sec. long. LSB/slop
1278 AGL. - EP de Cabinda, Tenda - Fair - Typical Mid-East music fare. Anthem and man talking to TOH. w/ 6 pips into chanting.
1296 Spain - Fair - COPE - Into news- Possibly Algeria with pips before COPE pips and mixing at the end.
1395 Unknown - First 2 minutes sounds like a childrens song w/ children singing with a flute or wind instruments - Then a man talking but weak at that point.
1467.300 Iran carrier - T.
1530 STP-VOA- Mixing w/ WCKY.
1557 UK - Weak with a few words heard.
1633 Music.
1643 Good audio at S 3-4- A polka song with the woman saying, our next program and giving an ID. It sounded like Radio XBA? Then into "Jackie" by Sinead O'Connor. Deep fades at times. Anyone know where I can get info on these stations?
1648 Music at times.
2300 Ant. 70 Deg.
765 MOZ. T - Talk, then a Jazz selection - seemed // 963
873 Iran - Under Spain with their National anthem // 1044
1044 Iran - Over Spain with anthem at the end of file. Anthem with many men singing and marching. Hey, I did that in the army.
1062 Iran - Fair - Chanting and mixing w/ Italy. Best first part of file w/ USB and audio cranked up.
1080 Spain - At 6 PM local time I can still hear pips under WTIC.
1116 Iran - National Anthem.
1026 Iran - As above and mixing with Spain.
1637 and 1643 unknown w/ music.
2315 Ant. 70 Deg.
837 Iran - Over Spain at the end of the file w/ chanting. // 1071
936 Iran - S-9 at times with flute and drums instrumental.
1008 Unknown - Maybe a folk song- Not SER R.
1107 Spain - At S-9 at times w/ talk. Toward the end of the file Spain calmed down and 2 other stations under them.
At this point local stations stronger but still on certain frequencies Europe can still be had.
1116 Spain - With 5Kw. up to S-8 w/ talk.
1125 Belgium - Strong at S-9 w/ popular music.
1206 ISL - T - Fair w / music.
But then again mostly stations at this time at 3 or 4 kc. away from others.
I have been picking up a lot from Iran last few trips and much more. It takes more effort and time to find // stations etc. I have to check, Interval Signals (many are old recordings), Mark C. audio files, MW List, WRTH, and other web sites for other needed info.
Take care,
Roy Barstow - Falmouth - Cape Cod
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Bruce's report
A few January logs to supplement the excellent DX activity reported by Cape DX'ers over the past few weeks...
International DX (UTC)
549 ALGERIA Jil FM, Sidi Hamadouche JAN 20 0558 - Fair; choral marching band national anthem. [Conti-NH]
603 SPAIN RNE5 Palencia//Sevilla JAN 13 0600 - Fair; time marker and checks, "Radio Nacional de EspaÃa, servicios informativos." [Conti-NH]
639 CZECH REPUBLIC Ceskà rozhlas, Liblice//Svinov JAN 19 2259 - Poor; orchestral national anthem. [Conti-NH]
657 ITALY Rai Radiouno, Pisa JAN 26 2300 - Poor through Spain; sign-off test tones. [Conti-NH]
684 SPAIN RNE1 Sevilla JAN 13 0500 - Fair in 680 WRKO splatter; time marker and checks, "Radio Nacional de EspaÃa, servicios informativos," and "Buenos dias" into news. [Conti-NH]
711 WESTERN SAHARA SNRT LaÃyoune JAN 26 2200 - Presumed this at 711.12 kHz in het party with 711.02 Iran and 711 Spain. [Conti-NH]
1044 SPAIN SER R.San SebastiÃn, San SebastiÃn JAN 21 2229 - Fair; promo with telephone talk sound bites, "...Radio San SebastiÃn, Cadena Ser," network promo, time marker, "Cadena Ser" into deportivo program. [Conti-NH]
1053 LIBYA R.Libya al-Wataniya, Tripoli JAN 26 2159 - Canned wataniya announcements with dramatic music on briefly strong fade-ins; returned close to nominal at 1053.015 kHz. [Conti-NH]
1089 UNITED KINGDOM TalkSport synchros JAN 20 2159 - Good; "You've been listening to the Headliners on TalkSport," promo, "Every Friday afternoon with Hawksbee and Jacobs on TalkSport." [Conti-NH]
1125 BELGIUM RTBF VivaCitÃ, Houdeng JAN 21 2250 - Over/under RNE5 Spain; pop music, measured 1124.990 with RNE5 at 1125.000 kHz. [Conti-NH]
1152 ROMANIA R.RomÃnia Actualitati, Cluj JAN 13 0259 - Poor through Spain; choral national anthem. JAN 20 0600 - Poor through Spain; time marker and news sounder. [Conti-NH]
1179 ROMANIA RomÃnia Actualitati, Galbeni//Vascau JAN 20 2200 - Fair; "Hora exacta" into news parallel 1152 kHz. [Conti-NH]
1188 IRAN IRIB R.Payam, Tehran JAN 21 2300 - Fair; signature ascending notes. [Conti-NH]
1215 UNITED KINGDOM Absolute Radio synchros JAN 19 2200 - Good; "Bigger, better, and louder for 2018, the Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show." JAN 20 0659 - Fair; "You're moments away from the latest news and sport," Sky ad, canned Absolute Radio ID into news. [Conti-NH]
1386 LITHUANIA R.Liberty, Viesintos JAN 20 2159 - Good on brief fade in; woman in Russian. [Conti-NH]
1413 MOLDOVA Vesti FM, Grigoriopol JAN 20 0600 - Fair; time marker, signature touchtone sound effects, and news by man in Russian. JAN 22 0559 - Poor to fade out; man in Russian. [Conti-NH]
1467 FRANCE TWR Roumoules JAN 14 2240 - Fair; Arabic program, at 2245 one cycle of TWR interval signal then carrier off, leaving a weak 1467 (likely Saudi Arabia) and 1467.36 Iran. JAN 21 2245 - Fair; interval signal and off. [Conti-NH]
1512 unID JAN 13 1100 - Het against 1510 WLAC and WRNJ. This one shows up every so often at dawn with the frequency relatively clear of interference while 1510 WMEX Boston is off the air, but never strong enough for audio. [Conti-NH]
1575 ITALY Rai Radiouno, Genova JAN 20 0700 - Fair; time marker, Rai sounder, announcement and another sounder into news by woman in Italian. [Conti-NH]
Domestic (EST)
730 unID - 1/14 0501 - Under CKAC; Fox Sports Radio. The only listed affiliate on 730 is KEZX Medford, Oregon. (BC-NH)
1120 WKAJ NY St. Johnsville - 1/14 0600 - In mix with KMOX and WBNW; "Real Country, The Outlaw," ex-nostalgia/oldies. (BC-NH)
1560 WGLB WI Elm Grove - 1/14 0600 - Under WFME; "WGLB AM 1560 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, your home for incredible gospel music." (BC-NH)
1600 WAAM MI Ann Arbor - 1/14 0600 - Through jumble; "WAAM... Waam Radio," into Fox news. (BC-NH)
Bruce Conti WPC1CAT, Nashua NH; WiNRADiO Excalibur, Intona USB 2.0 Hi-Speed Isolator, MWDX-5, variable termination Super/Ewe antennas 15 x 23-m at 60Â northeast and 180Â south.
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