Re: [IRCA] 1566 TWR Benin right now 0336 UTC

[James Renfrew <jim.renfrew@xxxxxxxxx>]

You're right, not too many targets in Africa.  I've had a handful over the
years:  Guinea 1403 (so long ago that I have no memory of it but it's in my
log book.  Egypt 774 and 819, Algeria 531 and 549, tentative Morocco 1044,
Canaries 621 and 747, Azores 693, Libya 1053 and 1251, and Sao Tome 1530
(when WCKY was off some years ago, mixing with Vatican Radio).  I figured
I'd get Benin at some point, but I never thought it would be in August!

Jim


On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 4:41 PM, neilkaz <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Good job guys.
>
> Sometimes there's high end openings to Africa when nothing else is coming
> in nearly as well. These tend to correlate with sunrise near the xmtr, but
> this is quite a bit earlier than that. When this is is that well, look for
> VOA Sao Tome thru phased WCKY as they are from the same general area and
> also high end.
>
> 783 Mauritania has been all night for at least two years I think. I can't
> get them in IL as I am 14 miles from WBBM but they aren't hard when using
> Phased BOGs at my WI Lake Michigan Bluff House. Their SW // goes off
> overnight. They play continuous mx overnight which is basically Arabic with
> African flavoring.
>
> There used to be more high end Africans on the air to try for in cx like
> that but most are gone.
>
> 1088 Angola while not high end, has put carriers in my IL or WI places
> before but nothing that I felt was better than 10 dB S/N too low for audio.
>
> 73 KAZ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: kilokat7 <kilokat7@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Aug 30, 2013 10:40 PM
> >To: "irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Cc: ABDX <ABDX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, dxtips@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [IRCA] 1566 TWR Benin right now 0336 UTC
> >
> >1566 TWR Benin coming in surprisingly well over the terrible
> >thunderstorm noise here.  English announcements and now into a song with
> >consistent audio for the last few minutes.  No other TAs noted right
> >now, but 783 was in last night with occasional audio at this time (0330
> >UTC).  This might be my best copy of 1566 to date.
> >
> >73,
> >Tim Tromp
> >West Michigan
> >Perseus SDR + phased BOGs
> >
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