[HCDX] Micro-DXpedition Loggings and R. Kahuzi QSL

["Dave Valko" <djvalko@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

22 FEBRUARY 2009:   The PNGs were OK, not great.  Conditions were very fady. 
I was going to leave at 1130 but decided to stick it out until the 1200 
s/off.  Unfortunately the batteries died in the Eton!!

RX:  Eton E1
ANT:  315' at 320° BOG
QTH:  Pennsylvania State Game Lands #26
Duration:  0950-1200 UTC
Solar Indices:  Solar Flux = 71, A Index = 4, K Index =1.  No storms.
WX:  Cloudy.  22° F (-5° C.).

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  3385  R. East New Britain  0957-1000 Pop song, M anncr at 
1000 w/brief anmnt including NBC ID, singing ad, then M returned w/ID, date, 
ment of pgm, and listeners.  (22 Feb.)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  3905  R. New Ireland  1009 M w/pgm rundown ".to sundown" 
and ment of NBC, then greetings and messages.  Canned M anmnt w/ment of New 
Ireland, Papua New Guinea.  1037 nice voice-over ID anmnt over native flute 
mx w/ID and ment of khz, then singing by M briefly, and studio M returned 
w/ment of New Ireland.  Just fair w/heavy fading.  (22 Feb.)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  3325  R. Bougainville  Tlk by W at 1049 while RRI 
Palangkaraya in Koran.  Both mixing about equally.  (22 Feb.)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  3335  R. East Sepik  Apparent impassioned rel. speech by M 
in vern.  Squeezed between CHU and Honduras.  Ments of God, Jesus Christ, 
Sunday.  1117 studio M w/ment of 10 o'clock nx.  1155 EG rel. song, then 
deadair.  Was hoping to get a nice recording of s/off anmnts but the E1 
batteries died just as the M anncr started at 1159!!  The timing couldn't 
have been any worse!!  (22 Feb.)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  3345  R. Northern??  Was getting a carrier here at 1116. 
Sounded like tlk and mx at 1130.  Definitely mx at 1148.  (22 Feb.)

All 3 Aussie 120mb outlets excellent at 1144.  (22 Feb.)

Back at home:

ECUADOR  3279.91  LV del Napo  Carrier already on at 0951 t/in, then 1000 HC 
mx w/W voice-over ID anmnt in apparent Shuar w/ment of ".14-20 AM y onda 
corta 3,290".  Rustic mx and same W again w/tlk.  Fair but UTE QRM ruined 
reception.  (22 Feb.)


CHINA  7260  CRI, Xian (pres.)  1240 tlk by W in JP, then high-pitched vcl, 
tlk by same W over mx, then Pop song.  CH lang lesson at 1250.  Good but 
Hams on nearby freq were pounding this.  (22 Feb.)


DEM. REP. OF THE CONGO  Sent an e-mail to R. Kahuzi just on the outside 
chance they might respond on 26 Feb.  Was surprised to get a response from 
Barbara (Smith) the next day saying to send an MP3 and they'd be able to 
tell if it was R. Kahuzi I heard.  Of course I whipped off a report with MP3 
from an 26 Oct. 2007 reception right away!!  After a few hours, got another 
reply from Barbara at BESI saying that it was indeed R. Kahuzi I 
heard/recorded!!  Turns out her and brother Richard McDonald and her husband 
all grew up in nearby Clearfield county!!  Will followup with an e-mail to 
Richard and see if I can gather any info.  (27 Feb.)

ECUADOR  3279.91  LV del Napo  Signed on at 0910 this morning w/beautiful 
lcl HC mx.  Very noisy from a nearby weather front though.  (27 Feb.)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  3345  R. Northern  1158 soft Clarinet mx to ToH, M 
w/poss. TC, usual NBC native flute/percussion signature and NBC EG nx by M 
starting w/ID "The NBC news read by ??".  Nx to 1204, studio M anncr, then 
Island mx, M returned at 1008 w/long tlk to 1214, then more pleasant Island 
mx.  Not a bad signal but would have been much much easier if not for the 
noise.  (27 Feb.)

73        Dave
Dunlo, PA, USA
NRD-535D and T2FD





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