[HCDX]: MW DX summary - auroral opening - Rockport, MA

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"A Good Run of Auroral DX"
listening session of 10 MAR @ 2310 UTC to 11 MAR @ 0300 UTC
Granite Pier, Rockport, MA - summary by Mark Connelly, WA1ION

Receiver: Drake R8A
Antenna system: loop-sense cardioid array = broadband active
loop, active whip, Superphaser-1 homebrew phasing unit

Countries heard:
AFRICA - Algeria (549, 891, 1550 (yes!)), Angola (1088),
Canaries (621, 837, 882, 1179), Gambia (907.8), Lesotho (1197), 
Mauritania (1349), Morocco (612), Sao Tome (1530), Senegal (765), 
W. Sahara (711) - most of these were LOUD !

EUROPE - just Azores (693), France (1467) and Spain (many)
Had a het on 836 so Azores possibly back here from 837.

CARIBBEAN - Antigua (620), Barbados (900), British Virgin Isl. (780),
Cuba (960), Guadeloupe (640), Neth. Antilles (800), 
Puerto Rico (580, 630, 680), St. Kitts-Nevis (830, 895), 
St. Vincent (705)

SOUTH AMERICA - Brazil (610, 860), 
Colombia (650, 760, 770, 810, 980, 1000, 1100, 1170), Guyana (760), 
Venezuela (670, 720, 750, 780, 880, 900, 940, 1080, 1110, 1140)

CENTRAL / NORTH AMERICA - Bermuda (1160), Mexico (900) ... of course 
US, Canada, & St. Pierre

unID's - SS (732.6, 920, 1130), carrier (672)

FULL LOGGINGS REPORT WILL BE ISSUED SOON.

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