[IRCA] First report from Murray Harbour, PEI

[Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>]

A good start to our DXpedition to this farmhouse in south-eastern PEI.
Joined by well-known DXers Bruce Conti, Neil Wolfish, Brent Taylor, and
Nick Hall-Patch, I felt like a newbie with such a profusion of TA and
African targets.  The star antenna, IMHO, is the DKAZ erected by Nick aimed
60 degrees, in many instances outperforming a 1500' Beverage/BOG in the
same direction, and vastly superior to corner fed super loop.  73,  Walt
Salmaniw


BENIN 1566, 2208-, TWR Africa Nov 6 Up to very good reception of TWR Africa
in French with IDs and postal address at 22:09.  Then an interesting
sounding IS twice (not the usual TWR), and into  an English ID as TWR
Benin.  Rapidly faded down into oblivion. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

ERITREA 845, 0318-, Dimtsi Hafash 2 Nov 7 A very nice dawn enhancement
noted over east Africa with typical Horn of Africa music.  Not as strong as
Sudan on 765 (and 1296) but still very listenable. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour
PEI)

GIBRALTAR 1458, 2355-, Radio Gibraltar Nov 5 Very nice reception, and // to
their internet feed, but of course, fading down and now cochannel to
several other stations.  Time check for 12:00 in English, so likely a UK
station.  But came back with a nice 'Radio Gibralatar' jingle ID at 00:02.
(Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

GREENLAND 720, 0440-, KNR Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa Nov 7 Excellent
reception in Greenlandic.  Almost sounded a bit like south Pacific islands
music for a bit!  Parallel to their internet feed found at:
http://tunein.com/radio/Kalaallit-Nunaata-Radioa-720-s102522/   A little
later, was replaced by the BBCWS, likely from Lisnagarvery with listed 10
kW.  Latter at fair/good level. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

IRELAND 1494, 0337-, Nonstop 90s Nov 6 This just has to be Ireland with
clearly accented English then into music.  Fades down to nothing at times,
though.  Only one that makes sense to me!  Checked the online receiver at
the University of Twente, and sure enough, it's them.  Mostly music, but
with announcements in English clearly (more or less) heard.  I'm very
pleased with this catch.  Faded before 04:00, but no longer sounds
English.  Neil Wolfish tells me, however, that they apparently went off the
air, and so it might be a Pirate instead.  Comments, anyone?.
(Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)


ISLE OF MAN 1368, 0900-, Manx Radio Nov 6 Nice ID at 09:00, including 'Isle
of Man'.  Fair reception.  Probably commonly heard, but still a thrill for
me, a west coast DXer!. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

LITHUANIA 1386, 0014-, Radio Baltic Waves International Nov 7 With Radio
Svoboda (Liberty) relay at excellent level with program in Russian.  A very
nice variety program.  Seems a lot more interesting compared to VOA
Russian. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

MAURITANIA 783, 0458-, Radio Mauritanie Nov 7 Very strong reception with
presumed call to Prayer.  Parallel to on-line feed on
http://www.radiomauritanie.mr/  Nothing at the TOH, just continued with
same. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

MOLDOVA 1413, 0045-, Vesti FM Nov 7 Dominating now for some time, with
weather and an ad for an upcoming fishing program.  At 00:57  now hearing
Spain cochannel.  Good to very good at times. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

NORTHERN IRELAND 1341, 0900-, BBC Radio Ulster Nov 6 Very good reception
announcing 98 95 FM and 1341, 'This is BBC Radio Ulster'. (Salmaniw,Murray
Harbour PEI)

OMAN 1413, 0000-, BBC Nov 7 Cochannel, just before the TOH with Grigoriopol
in Russian, but soon dominated with BBC gongs and into listed Dari.  Vesti
back to dominate as I type this at 00:45. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

PIRATE 1730, 0246-, unid Pirate Nov 7 Non-stop music, sometimes at good
levels, but in the 30+ minutes I monitored, not a word was spoken.  Carrier
cut at 02:46:19.  Anyone have any ideas who this might be?  Deep Purple's
Smoke on the Water at 02:35. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

PIRATE? 1730, 0124-, Unid Nov 6 Fair reception playing American Pie, but
with a lot of static crashes.  At 01:31, playing The Night They Drove Old
Dixie Down.  Anyone have any ideas?. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

SAO TOME PRINCIPE 1530, 0258-, Voice of America Nov 6 Yankee Doodle, and
into VOA ID at 03:00 and English news.  Cochannel 15 kW Romania.  Sometimes
one stronger, and sometimes the other, but mostly the edge to STP.  Good
reception. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

SAO TOME PRINCIPE 1530, 0300-, VOA Nov 7 Very strong reception tonight
compared to last night with Yankee Doodle starting at 02:58, and into
English with Daybreak Africa. Romania only weakly heard. (Salmaniw,Murray
Harbour PEI)

SUDAN 765, 0310-, SRTC Sudan Radio Nov 7 Very good reception and // to 1296
during local dawn enhancement.  Very nice!  Horn of Africa type of
chanting.  Faded down within a few minutes. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

TANZANIA 1377, 2331-, Radio Free Africa Nov 5 Excellent reception with a
call in show with many mentions of the phone number, hip hop music, Radio
Free Africa and RFA IDs.  All this using Nick Hall-Patches DKAZ aimed 60
degrees.  Incredible reception.  Lots of English, but with presumed Swahili
otherwise?. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

TUNISIA 963, 2120-, RTT Radio Tunis Chaine Internationale Nov 6 A really
difficult and frustrating channel.  I  was pretty sure I heard Cyprus
earlier, but with so many fades, it was hard to keep the stations
straight.  Finally, I definitely found Tunis on line feed working, so at
one point it was them (the give away was a French announcement just now),
and the on-line site:  http://www.rtci.tn/streamplayer/.  Cyprus I found
at:  http://www.riknews.com.cy/index.php/radio-main/proto-live.
(Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

UKRAINE 1431, 2000-, Radio Ukraine International Nov 6 Excellent reception
in Russian to Crimea, with occasional fade-ups from Radio Sawa in
Djibouti.  Impressive signal.  No luck this afternoon on Ukrainian Radio's
1278 transmitter yet.  Continues to 21:00 sign-off. (Salmaniw,Murray
Harbour PEI)

UNITED KINGDOM 909, 0900-, BBC Radio 5 Live Nov 6 Nice ID at TOH, as 'BBC 5
Live'. No 'Radio' mentioned.  Numerous transmitters up to 400 kW listed.
 // 693 was stronger. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

UNITED KINGDOM 1458, 0900-, BBC Radio Cumbria Nov 6 A tentative logging.  I
could hear a BBC ID, and 'From the heart of Liverpool'.  3 English BBC
networks are listed, BBC Radio Newcastle, BBC Radio Devon, and BBC Radio
Cumbria.  The latter is closest to Liverpool. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)

UNITED KINGDOM 1557, 0900-, BBC Radio Lancashire Nov 6 Poor reception, but
clear ID just after 09:00 UTC as, 'This is BBC Radio Lancashire'.
(Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
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