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- Subject: forward of Roy Barstow's recent beach DX notes - Cape Cod, MA
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Some notes from local DXer Roy Barstow's trips to Menauhant Beach, Falmouth, MA
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Aug. 16, 2018
12ft. stick - w-amp - FDM-S2 - K=4 - Sunset 7:41 PM. - 8 PM Temp. 76 Deg. - Wind 8 MPH.
0145 UTC. 130 Deg.
612 MRC. - Fair at S-5-6 Talk and music.
684 Spain - Fair
855 Spain - Fair
936 MRC. - S-7-8 and // 612
1215 UK - Weak
0200 130 Deg.
621 Spain - Weak w/ pips into news.
760 Brazil - Rede Amapaense de R. Dif., Macapa - Woman & man in Portuguese talk. Macapa frequently mentioned. Into 5 pips then theme music w/ man talking along with it.. Then ID. and trumpet sounds. In good at S - 8-9 and on top of channel. Macapa on the Equator line.
810 Unknown Spanish w/singing ID.
837 Spain T - Weak
909 UK - Weak
1044 Spain - Fair at best w/pips into news.
1510 Pips heard the whole file.
0215 130 Deg.
1220 Brazil - Radio Globo ID. at end of file during a game
0230 130 Deg.
610 BRAZIL - Woman In Portuguese.
0300 130 Deg.
540 Unknown - Spanish talk into what seemed like an anthem by a group of men. Not // Rebelde.
560 Argentina - LRA 13 - R. Nal., Bahia Blanca. Spanish talk along with music under Maine and mention of Nacional. Into 5+1 pips. All Arg. Nacional stations use 5+1 pips and 2+1 pips. Argentina # 11.
580 PTR. - Good on top and most times while at the beach.
700 Argentina - LV3 - Cadena 3 - R. Cordoba. - 5+1 pips with Spanish talk and music. Believe this the best bet for this country along with La Plata on 1030.
1030 Unknown - Under WBZ. Arg. or maybe Colombia / all talk.
That is it for this report but more coming.
Roy Barstow - Falmouth, Mass.
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Same Equipment as before - K around 3 Aug. - 20 - 2018
0003 UTC. 125 Deg.
648 Botswana - Fair at times w/beat type African vocal - Afro- English - Dialect.
612 Mor. - Fair w/talk.
621 Spain - Fair.
680 PTR. - Equal w/ Boston at times.
702 Unknown - Weak audio.
936 Mor. - Talk/music // 612
& nbsp; 0030 125 Deg.
549 Alg. - Jill - Fair w/woman singing a French song.
684 Spain - Fair.
710 Cuba - Rebelde under WOR.
846 AFS - Komga - Weak w/woman in English.
840 WHAS- CUBA - and unknown SS.
900 Cuba on top
1039.62 Ven. - Talk but weak.
1575 Iran - Buzz saw - Weak.
; 0032 125 Deg.
828 AFS - Magic 828 - Cape Town - Weak w/ music and best first part of file. Put this down as T.
981 Algeria - Weak w/ music last part of file.
0041 125 Deg.
810 Colombia - Bogota - Pan flute into ID.. In the mix.
850 A mess.
1080 WJAT Florida - SS on top w/ID.
0100 125 Deg.
1422 Algeria - Fair - Mid-East music and slop.
1560 Unknown - Under NY with a woman singing in English and along with the ID. but NY too much.
0305 &nb sp; West
850 Unknown - ABC and Tel. # 814-539-8725. So maybe WKGE PA.
0310 70 Deg.
585 Spain - Madrid - Good w/talk.
603 Spain - RNE R. 5 - Good / talk at S-6
621 Spain - RNE. R. Nacional - Good / talk w/ slop
657 Spain - RNE R. 5 - Fair - // 603 w/ slop.
684 Spain - Talk - Good to strong at S- 7 -9.
693 UK - Fair.
738 Spain - Weak.
747 Spain - Good - S 6-7 // 603
774 Spain - Fair w/ Talk and maybe the other station under them Egypt.
792 Spain - SER - Talk in fair.
Yes Spain seems to be back with many received tonight.
801 Unknown - A good string with talk but to much slop to resolve. Yet to pick up a station on this frequency.
819 Egypt - Talk but weak w/slop. LSB.
837 Spain - Good with talk.
855 Spain - Good.
864 Egypt - Good with Koran. Best last part of file.
882 UK - Good along with the slop.
909 As above
918 Spain - Fair towards end of file.
936 Mor. - Fair with fast stringed instrument along with a man singing.
954 Madrid w/ talk - Fair.
963 TUN. I believe in good at S 7-8 with a slow French song.
1026 Spain - Fair.
1044 Spain - Fair.
1053 UK - Weak to fair.
1089 UK. - Good w/slop.
1098 Spain - Fair.
1107 Spain - Good.
1179 Spain - Fair w/ talk on LSB.
1215 UK - Good.
1224 Spain - Weak with noise - in fact much noise tonight at times.
1296 Spain - Weak.
1305 and 1314 as above.
1422 Algeria - Weak.
1503 Spain - Weak w/ talk.
1584, 1593 weak.
0317 70 Deg.
595 MRC.- Good carrier but little audio.
612 MRC. - Good w/ Mid-East music.
684 Spain - Now in strong at S 8-9 w/ polka music.
1125 Spain - Weak w/ talk.
1152 Romania - Polka music - Weak not // Spain.
0400 180 Deg
830 WEEU PA. on top.
1080 Unknown - SS w/ short anthem into talk . Under and equal w/WTIC.
1120 KMOX - CBS news and on top.
1510 Unknown - Continuous pips. Maybe WMEX testing?
Seems to be a subtle sift into more stuff coming in from Europe area. Also DX as of late does not seem to get going until 1/2 hour after sunset. Maybe the shifting of the poles. HA HA.
Still more coming, as went out the next night, but yet to check those files.
Hope everyone is well and receiving DX.
Take care, Roy
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Posted by: roybarstow@xxxxxxxxxxx
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