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- Subject: 576 South Africa .. new one!
- From: Mark Connelly <markwa1ion@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 12:26:31 -0400
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When reviewing my Perseus capture of 20 OCT at 2300 UTC I noted what seemed to be English talk on 576. Most of the time the channel has RNE Spain // Canary Islands synchros, always in Spanish, so I was intrigued.
I uploaded the file to ' https://app.box.com/s/wihr8af3wu8d8njc01ynjumq3u2t4v8e ' and posted a link on RealDX for assistance.
Right away Bruce Conti recognized EWTN theme music at the top of the hour.
His comments included:
"Radio Veritas? Definite EWTN music at the beginning of the clip. Per the online 576 R.Veritas program schedule http://www.radioveritas.co.za/index.php/programmes EWTN 19:30-03:00 UTC."
I replied:
Thanks Bruce. That would be a new one here. Propagation from eastern Brazil was good (760 at least) so, by extension on a not-too-different bearing, lower Africa should also have been in play.
Here in the New England states this is likely a better South Africa opportunity than 828. That one is in there some evenings but is battered by slop from WCRN.
576 is not too badly slopped since adjacent 570 (WMCA / Reloj) and 580 (WKAQ / WTAG) are mostly talk.
Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA
Perseus receiver; cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 9m vert. by 20m horiz. (peak 90 deg., null 270 deg.)
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