Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] Quoddy House 6 DXpedition - Nov. 15-21, 2015

[Bill Whitacre <bw@xxxxxxx>]

Just went thru most everything I have for TOH and BOH recordings for 828.  'Best' day is 11/19 around 0100utc, same day Ethiopia and Eritrea were coming in at 0300utc.  Lots of carrier - as 'big' as WCRN on 830 at times - but almost NO modulation.  Either someone is really soft-pedaling the modulation OR there's a number stations just a touch off-freq causing canceling.

I'll put up what I have for the one voice anmt that I can dig out later when I'm home from the office.  Other than that I've got some snips of non-descript pop music at various times.

I would expect better from Newfoundland.

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On Nov 24, 2015, at 12:08 PM, Mark Connelly MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx [CapeDX] wrote:

> 
> Good info so far Bill.
> 
> Here are two things you may want to dig for right away:
> (1) South Africa 828
> (2) Off-channel Guyana which has been recently noted on 559.924 by Jim Renfrew in NL (see below) and (as carrier in WGAN slop) by me here at South Yarmouth in OCT on approximately 559.93.  I need to take a better shot at this one, maybe breaking out a phaser to "stick it" to WGAN better than what the SuperLoop alone can do.  That will still leave WFIL, Rebelde, WQAM, and WHYN more or less in that order on 560.  Right after sunset would likely be the best time.  
> 
> You and Jim might want to compare DXpedition notes; I'm copying him on this message.
> 
> Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> South Yarmouth, MA
> 
> <<
> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 10:13:29 -0500
> From: James Renfrew <jim.renfrew@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "am@xxxxxxxxxxx" <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Mailing list for the
> International Radio Club of America	<irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jean Burnell <Jean.Burnell@xxxxxx>, Charles Hutton
> <charlesh3@xxxxxxx>, John Fisher <jfisher8@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [IRCA] Guyana 560 off channel
> 
> To: DXers
> From: Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY
> 
> I'm reviewing recordings from our first day in Newfoundland, November 7th.
> There's a ton of stuff to report on, but one item in particular may be most
> immediately useful. At 2228z on November 7 I have the Voice of Guyana in
> English operating on or around 559.924. I don't know if this carries
> through the whole week we were there (NOV 7-16), but in case it does I want
> you to know about it! It may be just off enough to heard over a distance.
> Go get'em!
> >>
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Whitacre bw@xxxxxxx [CapeDX] <CapeDX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: am <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; coastalroundtable <coastalroundtable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; CapeDX <CapeDX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; lbi-dx <lbi-dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tue, Nov 24, 2015 6:08 am
> Subject: [CapeDX] Quoddy House 6 DXpedition - Nov. 15-21, 2015
> 
>  
> I love reading others' DXpedition reports & loggings. In that same spirit I offer the following.
> 
> From Nov. 15-21 I was at Quoddy House to try my luck at east-coast-style trans-oceanic DX.
> 
> While there's still LOTS of wav files to go through, enough is available to get a 'glimpse' of things.
> 
> Highlights so far include Ethiopia on 918 and 1359 kHz and Eritrea on 945 kHz. Thanks to the great folks on the RealDX mail list for ID help!
> 
> Quoddy House [QH] is near Lubec, Maine: <https://maps.google.com/maps?q=44.818103,-66.962673&t=h&z=18>;
> 
> As much as a DX opportunity, a visit to QH is an opportunity to try out new antennas and new configurations of trusted antennas. Over the past few visits I've gotten an idea of where it's possible and useful to put up antennas. This year I stuck with what I’ve come to consider my ‘stock’ weapon - a 160’ DKAZ — one at 55 degrees for TAs and one at 155 degrees for LatAm. I used a Vactrol termination resistance to vary Rt from the shack and then replaced it with a fixed resistor when I had determined the best value.
> 
> Here's a chronology of when each antenna was up and in what configuration it was in on which day: <http://realmonitor.com/qh6/antenna_cron.html>;
> 
> Instead of a 'traditional' log I put up sound samples of what I heard on a website. The website for QH6 is here:
> 
> <http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_QH6.php>;
> 
> Besides the sounds [accessed by clicking the ‘play’ symbol in the antenna/time/date vs. frequency matrix], other links of interest include:
> 
> - stats for what was heard: <http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_stats_qh6.php>;
> 
> - AzGraph for each antenna to illustrate how it worked: <http://realmonitor.com/phpmygraph_qh6_combo.html>;
> 
> - a Google Map of what was heard: <http://realmonitor.com/latlon_qh6/>;
> 
> Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy putting it together. Stay tuned for more entries to be added over the next few weeks.
> 
> Bill Whitacre
> Alexandria, VA
> 
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