Re: [IRCA] TA on the west coast???

[Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for these observations Bob.    A pity there aren't more high band west Africans any more.

best wishes,

Nick




At 21:56 6/23/2010, you wrote:
>>
>
>I remember several such receptions of this type _that always occurred in
>June_, at African s/on time, when I was DXing from Long Island NY. This
>was probably in 1980 +. The notable ones were Cotonou, Benin on 1475
>(offset from 1476), Lama-Kara, Togo on 1503 and // 3222 (which was not
>a lot better and in fact had a lot more fading), and probably the most
>dependable was Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire on 1494. ......




>This were always pretty specific as to time of year, time of day, and
>freq (very top end of MW band) and now your Benin log fits this pattern
>perfectly. These were far from daily loggings, but they did happen much
>more than just one-off's, but just only in June. I

*****************************
Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada 

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