Re: [IRCA] Oct 31 / Nov 1 TAs (mostly)

[neilkaz <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Halloween night definately had some superb cx. I've been DXing sunset skip, mostly to the west from here in IL for 18 years, and I honest feel that Halloween had the best western SSS cx I've ever experienced from here. Jan 4, 2002 was legendary as was Feb 1, 2012 (Feb 2,3 also not so bad) but Halloween just seemed to be even better, with my best catch being KCLK 1430 from eastern WA at 0100 utc.

I should have time to get a better report posted this weekend as I still am going over Perseus recordings.

Based on your successes with a 35 deg Bev, I deeply regret not putting out a Bev or two in the 30-35 deg range when I DXed from Ogunquit ME from late 1983 to mid 1985. Cx were often quite AU at the time, and my TA Bevs were about 400m aimed 55-60 deg. I could have gone with 500-600m aimed about 35 deg before running into peoples' backyards.

73 KAZ Barrington IL


-----Original Message-----
>From: Sylvain Naud <sylvainnaud62@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Nov 8, 2012 8:20 AM
>To: AM WTFDA <amdx@xxxxxxxxxx>, International Radio Club of America <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [IRCA] Oct 31 / Nov 1 TAs (mostly)
>
>Hi All,
>
>Last week on Oct 31 / Nov 1 around 00:00 UTC, Halloween night has much 
>more to offer than candiesas propagation was at its best so far this 
>seasonhere. Iran for instance, was all over the place with 17 stations 
>logged from the top to the bottom of the band. Here's an interesting 
>sample where two strong stations were battling for the 1st place on 1575 
>featuring UAE and IRN: http://www.quebecdx.com/uae_iran_1575.mp3
>
>I also had the nice surprise to relog after a two years absence, China's 
>CRI from Ürümqi on 1521 with Russian programming. The ID"Radio Kitaya" 
>was given at 00:00. Here's a sample where signal was at his bestat 00:03 
>UT: http://www.quebecdx.com/mp3/china_1521a.mp3
>There was no trace however of the other Chinese on 1098 that I've heard 
>the last two years.
>
>Bellow are my logs from that memorable night:
>
>531   IRAN, IRIB 1, Hamadan - 10-31 23:54 - Woman in Farsi, fair and 
>mixing with ALGand // to 936 (SN-QC)
>585   IRAN, Radio Quran, Tehran - 11-01 00:05 - Koranic recitations, 
>fair (SN-QC)
>603   FRANCE, France Info, Tramoyes (Lyon)- 11-01 00:00 - "...Vous 
>écoutez France Info, il est une heure", fair (SN-QC)
>675   HOLLAND, Radio Maria,  Lopik- 11-01 00:01 - Seemingly a religious 
>program, fair w heavy splatter (SN-QC)
>783   SYRIA, R. of Syrian Arab Republic 1st px, Tartus- 10-31 23:57 - 
>(probable) Middle-East music, fair (SN-QC)
>882   ENGLAND, BBC Radio Wales, various- 11-01 00:01 - Man in British EE 
>then "Ave Maria" song, fair (SN-QC)
>909   ENGLAND, BBC Radio 5 Live, various- 11-01 00:00 - Man in English 
>with Five Live mention, good & synchro (SN-QC)
>936   IRAN, IRIB 1, Urumiyeh- 11-01 00:03 - Man in Farsi, strong with 
>echoed voice (SN-QC)
>972   GERMANY, NDR Info, Hamburg- 11-01 00:09 - News in German, good (SN-QC)
>981   GREECE, ERA SPORT, Athínai- 10-31 02:02 - Man in Greek, fair to 
>good (SN-QC)
>981   IRAN, IRIB 1, Hamadan - 11-01 01:00 - Low pitch man voice w flute 
>music, fair & // to 936 (SN-QC)
>999   MOLDOVA, Voice of Russia, Grigoriopol- 10-31 22:59 - "...Gollos 
>Rossii", then sign off message, fair to good (SN-QC)
>1008  HOLLAND, GrootNieuwsRadio, Zeewolde- 10-31 01:55 - Religious 
>flavoured song, good (SN-QC)
>1035  IRAN, Radio Payam, Yazda- 11-01 00:07 - Man in Farsi with low 
>pitch voice, fair and // to 936 (SN-QC)
>1044  SPAIN, SER Radio, Various- 11-01 00:06 - Men in Spanish about 
>sports, good (SN-QC)
>1053  LIBYA, Libya TV audio (?), Tripoli - 11-01 00:06 - Middle East 
>music with flute mixed w TalkSport, fair (SN-QC)
>1053  ENGLAND, TalkSPORT, Droitwich- 11-01 00:06 - Phone-in program, 
>good and mixed with LBY & // to 1089 (SN-QC)
>1062  IRAN, IRIB, Kerman- 11-01 00:02 - Man in Farsi, good and // to 936 
>(SN-QC)
>1071  SYRIA, Al Nur Radio, Tartus Amrit- 11-01 00:06 - Man in Arabic, 
>fair and mixed with IRN (SN-QC)
>1071  IRAN, IRIB, Qom- 11-01 00:08 - Familiar male voice in Farsi fair 
>but no // found (SN-QC)
>1080  IRAN, IRIB 1, Abadan- 10-31 23:50 - Woman in Farsi, good and mixed 
>with WTIC (SN-QC)
>1107  ENGLAND, Moray Firth Radio, Tarbat Ness- 11-01 00:01 - Ads in 
>British English then "...MFR" ID, up to fair NEW** (SN-QC)
>1116  IRAN, IRIB 1, Bandar Lengeh - 10-31 23:59 - Man in Farsi, good and 
>// to 1062 (SN-QC)
>1125  IRAN, IRIB, Nehbanden- 10-31 23:59 - Man in Farsi, fair to good 
>and // to 1062 (1125.19)(SN.QC)
>1125  BELGIUM, RTBF Vivacité, Houdeng- 11-01 00:07 - English song, fair 
>and offset at 1124.99 (SN-QC)
>1143  KALININGRAD, Radio Mayak, Bolshakovo- 10-31 23:03 - Man in 
>Russian, fair (SN-QC)
>1152  SCOTLAND, Clyde 2, Dechmont Hill- 11-01 00:09 - "...11-52 AM Clyde 
>2, clyde2.com", fair. NEW*** (SN-QC)
>1170  UAE, Radio Sawa, Al-Dhabbaya- 10-31 23:55 - "...R Sawa" ID 
>followed by pop music, fair & mixed w WWVA (SN-QC)
>1179  ROMANIA, România Actualitati, various- 11-01 00:10 - Man in 
>Romanian & synchro, fair to good (SN-QC)
>1188  IRAN, Radio Payam, Tehran- 11-01 00:04 - R.Payam tune followed by 
>soft music, good (SN-QC)
>1197  IRAN, IRIB 1, Moghan- 11-01 00:05 - Man in Farsi, fair at moment. 
>Fits offset at 1197.022. NEW** (SN-QC)
>1206  FRANCE, France Info, Bordeaux-Néac- 10-31 23:54 - Man and woman in 
>French, good with splatter (SN-QC)
>1215  ENGLAND, Absolute Radio, Moorside Edge - 10-31 01:57 - "Forget 
>about me" by Simple Minds, good (SN-QC)
>1215  SPAIN, COPE, Various- 11-01 00:10 - Sports program in Spanish , 
>good (SN-QC)
>1269  GERMANY, Deutschlandfunk, Neumünster- 10-31 23:05 - Man in German, 
>fair (SN-QC)
>1332  IRAN, Radio Tehran, Tehran- 11-01 00:05 - Speech in Farsi, fair 
>(SN-QC)
>1341  ENGLAND, BBC Radio Ulster, Lisnagarvey- 11-01 00:05 - Woman in 
>English, poor to fair (SN-QC)
>1377  FRANCE, France Info, Lille-Camphin en Carembault- 11-01 00:00 - 
>"...Vous écoutez France Info, il est une heure", fair to good (SN-QC)
>1386  SPAIN, Euskadi Irratia, Bilbao- 11-01 00:05 - Woman in Basque 
>language, poor to fair (SN-QC)
>1395  IRAN, IRIB 1, Hajiabad- 10-31 23:55 - Middle-East Music, poor & // 
>to 936, 1062 (SN-QC)
>1422  GERMANY, Deutschlandfunk, Heusweiler- 10-31 23:59 - French reggae 
>then ID and news, fair (SN-QC)
>1503  IRAN, IRIB 1, Bushehr - 10-31 23:57 - Man vocals, fair and // to 
>936 (SN-QC)
>1512  IRAN, IRIB 1, Ardabil- 11-01 00:04 - (probable) Man in Farsi, fair 
>to good but no // found (SN-QC)
>1521  CHINA, China R.Int. Ürümqi- 11-01 00:10 - Woman with news in 
>Russian, up to a good level! (SN-QC)
>1539  UAE, VOA Radio Aap Ki Dunyaa, Al-Dhabbaya- 11-01 00:01 - News in 
>English with VOA mention, fair (SN-QC)
>1548  KUWAIT, Radio Sawa, Kuwait City- 10-31 23:59 - Pop music then 
>"...Radio Sawa" ID, up to good (SN-QC)
>1575  IRAN, IRIB, Ghaen- 10-31 23:59 - Man in Farsi // 1116 mixing with 
>UAE, both strong (SN-QC)
>1575  UAE, Radio Farda, Al Dhabiya- 11-01 00:00 - Heavy M.East pop 
>music, good & mixed w Iran (SN-QC)
>
>Sylvain Naud
>Portneuf, QC
>www.quebecdx.com
>
>Perseus + 455m / 1500ft Beverage @ 35° towards N.Europe & Middle-East
>MFJ-1026 phaser w Connelly's mods + 30m / 100ft long wire
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