[IRCA] New casual MW DXer

[Luc Fontaine <lfontain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

    I'm a new casual MW DXer and new to the list, I'm Luc Fontaine, ham operator VE2FXL from St-Georges in Quebec, locator FN46pc.

My station:
Rig:Icom IC-746Pro
Antennas: Alpha-Delta DX-Ultra modified for ham bands in inverted V with center at 20 feet high and a not tuned (maybe soon) long wire abt 150 feet at just abt 4 feet high acting as noise and phasing/dephasing antenna
Phaser: MFJ-1025 (modified for MW)

So I've been listening for about a month and playing with the MFJ so I've got audio with positive ID for France Info on 1205 and 1377 (strongest here), Croatia on 1134 (one of the strongest), Absolute Radio on 1215, Arabic music with no ID on 1521 (abt sure of Saudi Arabia) but could be IRIB also, BBC Radio Live 5 on 909, TalkSports on 1053 (not sure but british accent)

Also, some others with audio at least one time but no ID and language discernable: 
-693 (seems to be english)
-738 (male voice)
-747 (male voice not english)
-756 (female + music no language discernable)
-774 (male and female talking, nearly sure Arabic, I think it's Morroco),
-873 (with music)
-882 (male voice) BBC Radio Whales?
-1179 (able to hear language but known)
-1404
-1422 (heard music not from middle east music so could be Germany)

Also carriers from weak to strong on nearly all 9 kHz frequencies on the DM780 waterfall in USB. When I'm in the PSK31 mode and I'm "tuning" on the carrier, when DM780 has a signal of at least 20db over the noise, there's a good chance of have audio on that channel but sometimes only in LSB or USB.

So for a first log here's my first MW DX with the stock radio in my car last night at 0102 UTC:
910 from Cuba, I heard Radio ........ Cuba, could be Cadena but not sure so I look on the net, the two possible ones are: Radio Cadena with 10 kW and CMBD with 75 kW beating all the 51 other MW in NA.

I will not be a regular on the list but I read often the postings here. Very interesting. BTW, could someone tell me what are TA and TP?

73's to all
Luc Fontaine
VE2FXL
St-Georges, QC, Canada
FN46PC
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