[IRCA] Newfoundland Ultralight Trans-Atlantics Report Oct 27

[Allen Willie <vo1_001_swl@xxxxxxxx>]

Hello To All,

A Very interesting and rewarding DX Session this evening as a return trip was made to Ladie's Lookout on Signal Hill.

Braving the elements at 5 Degrees Celcius and later on 3 Degrees, the second DX session this week began from high above the Atlantic Ocean at around 19:55 UTC until 21:05 UTC. 

Conditions seemed very good throughout the session and once again many stations were heard. The Spanish stations seemed to dominate in numbers however most of the stations listed on the logs had remarkable strength and were readable at so called armchair length.

A couple of surprises awaited as the 702 outlet from Monaco was a new station as well as a new country for the ULR log.

The biggest surprise occured at 20:15 UTC while monitoring 1566 khz a signal rose up while Benin in French was already occupying the channel.

For a brief couple of moments it was by itself all alone with string type music and high pitched vocal singing, not chanting, no talk was heard before or after and it soon subsided again. Could this be the Nagpur Relay in India , looks likely but I will leave it for the expert Dxer's out there to ponder over. No recording available

All in all it was an enjoyable DX session once again

621 khz – CANARY ISLANDS – R. Nacional, 21:05 Spanish talk (good)
675 khz– NETHERLANDS – Radio Maria , 21:05 light music (good)
693 khz – ENGLAND – BBC Five Live Droitwich, 20:25 Sports match commentary
702 khz - MONACO – RMC – Info, Le Col De Le Madonne 20:25 woman with French talk (possible CRI relay) *** NEW***
711 khz – FRANCE – France Info Rennes, 20:26 music fanfare, man in French talk
720 khz – PORTUGAL – Antena 1, 20:26 man in Portugeuse
729 khz – SPAIN – R. Nacional, 21:05 woman reading news in Spanish ( English news clip)
756 khz – SPAIN – R. Euskadi, Bilboa , 20:25 man in Spanish commentary
774 khz – SPAIN – R. Nacional, 19:55 Spanish talk, time pips, ID 
837 khz – SPAIN – COPE 20:25 Sports commentary by man
855 khz – SPAIN – R. Nacional 19:55 Spanish talk by man
864 khz – FRANCE – France Bleu, 19:55 Paris French talk ,music
882 khz – ENGLAND - BBC Wales, 21:05 music program 
909 khz – ENGLAND – BBC Five Live Moorside Edge 19:55 Football match commentary
945 khz – FRANCE – France Info, Toulouse 19:55 French talk,man woman
954 khz – SPAIN – Onda Cero Radio Madrid 19:55 Spanish news (fair)
963 khz – PORTUGAL – Radio Sim Seixal 20:25 man talk in Portugeuse
972 khz – LIBYA – R. Jamahiriyah, Sirta 21:05 Arabic music ,talk Very Strong
990 khz – SPAIN – SER Bilbao 20:25 Spanish talk,time pips (strong over CBC Cornerbrook)
999 khz – SPAIN – COPE Madrid 19:55 Two men in Spanish , Morocco with chants under)
1008 khz – CANARY ISLANDS – R. Punto 20:25 Spanish talk, ID
1017 khz – SPAIN – R. Nacional 5 Burgos 20:25 man with Spanish talk (weak)
1026 khz – SPAIN – SER 20:25 Sports commentary in Spanish
1035 khz – PORTUGAL – R. Clube Potugeuse Belmonte, 19:53 Portugeuse, Neil Diamond song
1044 khz – SPAIN – SER San Sebastian 19:54, two men in Spanish
1053 khz – ENGLAND – Talksport Radio 19:55 news mxing with Libya Arabic music
1053 khz – LIBYA – R. Jamarihiyah, Tripoli 20:30 Lively Arabic music
1062 khz – ITALY – RAI 1 Cagliara 20:30 Sports commentary in Italian 
1080 khz – SPAIN – SER 19:56 two men in Spanish
1089 khz – ENGLAND – Talksport Radio 19:57 news // 1053
1098 khz – SPAIN - SPAIN – R. Nacional 5 20:45 man and woman news in Spanish (fair)
1107 khz – SPAIN – Radio Nacional 5 20:45 Sports commentary in Spanish
1134 khz – CROATIA – Hrvatske Radio Zadar 19:55 man in Croatian ,Spanish sports under (presumed Spain)
1134 khz – SPAIN – COPE 20:31 Lively Sports event over Croatia
1179 khz – SWEDEN – Radio Sweden via Solvesborg 20:45 Spanish program
1242 khz – FRANCE – France Info, Marseilles 20:33 French talk
1251 khz – LIBYA – Voice of Africa, Tripoli 20:33 Marching music,Arabic talk (Very strong)

1296 khz – SPAIN – COPE Valencia 20:33 Sports match in Spanish
1305 khz – SPAIN – R. Nacional 5 20:34 talk in Spanish by man / Unidentified underneath
1323 khz – GERMANY – Voice of Russia via Wachebrunn Relay 20:46 woman in French
1341 khz – NORTHERN IRELAND – R. Ulster Lisngarvey 20:34 pop songs (Very Strong)
1377 khz – FRANCE – France Info 20:45 News by man in French (Very Strong)
1386 khz – SPAIN – Euskadi Irratia 20:46 man in Basque language (Very Strong)
1395 khz – ALBANIA – Transworld Radio via Fllake 20:10 program in Russian
1413 khz – SPAIN – Radio Nacional 5 20:36 Spanish by two men, mention of other stations
1422 khz – Unidentified 20:10 Arabic talk by man ,musical interlude ,again heard at 20:37
1440 khz – LUXEMBOURG- China Radio Relay Marnach 20:47 Chinese music
1449 khz – LIBYA – Voice of Great Homeland Misurata 20:47 woman song in Arabic (Very strong)
1485 khz – SPAIN – SER Santander 20:38 Sports match commentary in Spanish
1494 khz – FRANCE – France Bleue , Bastia 20:39 songs in French,ID
1521 khz – SAUDI ARABIA – BSKSA Duba 20:45 Arabic talk, music (Very strong)
1530 khz – SAO TOME - VOA Relay Pinheira 20:12 VOA News
1557 khz – FRANCE – France Info, Nice 20:35 French talk by man
1566 khz – INDIA – AIR Nagpur (would be *** NEW *** ) 20:15 distinctive String instruments and high pitched vocals fading in and out for approx 2 minutes (fair) typical sounding Indian music alternating with signal from Benin (presumed)
1566 khz – BENIN - Transworld Radio Parakou 20:30 French talk (Good)
1575 khz – ITALY – RAI 1 Genova 20:13 Italian Sports match commentary (Very Strong) Also very strong at 20:45
1602 khz – SPAIN – Euskadi Irratia R. Vittoria 20:17 Spanish talk and music (Very Strong)
1602 khz – Unidentified 20:17 under Vittoria also in Spanish

Receiver: SRF-M37V Barefoot

Good DX
Allen Willie
St. John's, Newfoundland



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