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

[James Renfrew <jim.renfrew@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bill and Mark and everyone else,

Here's where we're at with a Newfoundland report.  We were in Cappahayden
NOV 7-16.  John Fisher, Jean Burnell, Chuck Hutton and me.  One crisis that
may have turned into an opportunity is that we suffered killer buzzsaw
interference at our normal location, something in the power line and it was
centered on our exact location though evident for about a mile radius.  One
of our resourceful team members went knocking on doors in nearby Renews and
found a willing saint allowing us to use the garage and oceanside
countryside for Perseus operations and two antennae.  So unlike previous
years, that included north and Brazil wires, at Renews we aimed east with
one wire and more to the west on our south wire.  Several days in each wire
moved about 15 degrees further to the west.  Eritrea is one of the loggings
that the east wire seems to have allowed; maybe not possible on our old
north wire.  The downside is that we were not able to engage in live DXing
at all during our time there. It's all in the recordings; it's all review.
So, at this point, we have little to share concerning the daily conditions.

We are still behind in reviewing Perseus files from 2010, 2011 and 2013, so
2015 will be even more challenging because each team member has the
complete east/south files from 1930-1100 for each day (disclaimer: some
days the south recordings failed; a DX curse of sorts). It takes me several
days, usually, to get through just one file; and I think we have 300 of
them.

So the first thing we agreed to is to submit a complete file of November 7
to the various lists, so that's what we're working on as a first step.
I've completed the east wire for the 7th (lots of Spanish locals, more
Egypt than usual, lots of of open channels, but the south wire is more
time-consuming).  As Brazil fades in at 2030 lots of low-powered
northeastern stations (Ceara, Rio Grande Del Norte, Algoas) are audible
before the higher powered Brazilians kick in. I've heard at least 20 new
Brazilians between 2030 and 2200 I am now up to 2230, and I hope we will be
able to circulate our report for November 7th soon.

Some of our team has been dabbling in dates beyond the 7th, and impressive
logs of Eritrea and Panama have been reported.  I can't wait to get there!





On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Mark Connelly <markwa1ion@xxxxxxx> 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 <
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> 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 Iâve come to consider my âstockâ
> weapon - a 160â DKAZ â 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 âplayâ 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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