Hello To All,
The Northern Bay
Medium Wave Radio Dxpedition commenced
on schedule October 1 here in Northern Bay, Newfoundland .
During the first half
of the event , DXing sessions have been completed daily from roughly 5:30 AM
until daylight arrives as well as from around 4:30 PM afternoons until as late
as 1:00 AM .
Here without benefit
of closer contact with the outside world electronically (no internet, cable or
phone) this update report has been compiled by yours truly, and is being
forwarded to the group using another person's computer.
Regarding just the Ultralight Radio results so far ,
mutiple new stations as well as 7 new countries have been heard in the first
two weeks of DXpedition mode.
The overall totals
heard during those first two weeks using
larger rigs and the ultralights combined are as follows:
Countries Heard
58 USA States heard 26 Canadian Provinces Heard 8
One noticeable
difference in reception at this location is the lack of the usually strong
signals from stations in the United Kingdom and other Europeans. Spain on the
other hand has been very dominant regardless of solar disturbance or not.
It has been an amazing start to this
DXpedition. Two solar disturbances along the way have certainly helped in
logging a larger number of stations from the south particularly Brazil and
Argentina.
There was a spike in
solar disturbance earlier in the first week as the Solar K Index level reached
6 ( via WWV Info) at one point thus producing S-9 / S-10 signals from the
south.
The first new country
logged was heard Saturday evening (Oct 5) as Radio Gibraltar on 1458 was heard
with a very good signal and station identification. It has been heard a number
of times since.
Other new ones heard
, Radio Gotel on 917 from Nigeria, and VOA Relay on 909 from Botswana
Radio Provincia from
Buenos Aires, Argentina on 1270 was also heard , Their signal was
completely over CJCB in Nova
Scotia at times and has been showing up a few additional times since.
Another station
dominant here has been Radio Tupi from
Brazil on 1280.
CIWW Ottawa, Ontario dominates 1310 here WLOB in Maine dominated
that channel most
nights back in Bristol's Hope.
There are some unique
and bizarre propagational differences experienced here compared to
reception in Bristol's Hope.
It seems as though the lengthy high rocky cliffs located not far
from DX headquarters with their steep dropoffs down to the ocean
have an effect
on radio waves similar to what Gary DeBock has experienced upon the Oregon
cliffs. Signals from different locations also tend to change on certain
frequencies very rapidly here as well.
As remote from the
outside world ( technologically speaking ) as we are , we have been enjoying
the free time during the mornings and afternoons for rest and relaxation.
With a front row view
of the ocean and Northern Conception Bay waters , we await our next and final
permanent move back to Carbonear scheduled for November 2 .
Ironically from this location we can look a
short distance across Conception Bay and see the small community of Bauline on
the other side which we could also see from Bristol's Hope as well.
So as the crow flies,
Carbonear and the "Hope" are only a short hop, skip and jump in
distance by geo-coordinates from
Northern Bay compared to the winding road to have to travel by vehicle, They
have nicknamed a portion of that road " The Snake".
If I could use a
single word to describe the " Hope" for reception it would be
remarkable. To describe reception here in Northern Bay is " awesome".
I say that because reception here is so uniquely different in comparison
to Bristol's Hope nor far away. I am
constantly amazed at what a difference only a short distance in relocation and
topography can make in AM radio reception here within Newfoundland.
I will send a further update if circumstances permit . A
complete summary log of the entire Dxpedition results will be posted online as
soon as possible from Carbonear.
Good DX
Allen Willie VOPC1AA
Northern Bay Medium
Wave Radio DXpedition
Northern Bay,
Newfoundland 47:56 N 53:04 W
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