[HCDX]: DXpedition Report

[Harold Sellers <dxontario@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

DXpedition Loggings:

>From April 17 to 19 I was on a DXpedition to a remote cottage near the
north-eastern Ontario hamlet of Coe Hill. Coe Hill is about 3 hours NE of
Toronto in the Kawartha Lakes region. Five DXers (Ken Alexander, Neil
Wolfish, Dan Greenall, myself - all from Ontario- and Harold Frodge from
Michigan) enjoyed 1 to 3 days listening from a cottage that has all the
comforts of home (refridgerator, stove, dishwasher!, television, VCR, three
bedrooms and a hot tub!). For an antenna we thought we had a 1000 foot
longwire fed to all of us through a multicoupler. However when the antenna
was being rolled in at the end of the weekend it was discovered there was a
break in the wire, so we only had a 40 ft. antenna!!! My receiver was the
JRC NRD-515. This is a very quiet site, but propagation conditions were
mostly flat with the exception of Sunday morning when the higher
frequencies did quite well into Asia and the Pacific. Probably this was due
to our antenna! But we still had a lot of fun.

Harold Sellers
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Tahiti. Radio Tahiti 15170 0128-0358 in French with English pops, 0200
news, 0203 "Radio Outre Mer" ID. Fair but in the clear till WYFR QRM at
0358, Apr. 18. (Harold Sellers, Coe Hill, Ontario)

Sri Lanka. Deutsche Welle, Trincomalee, 11965. News by M&W on German
politics, 0212 ID. Poor-fair, Apr. 18. (Harold Sellers, Coe Hill, Ontario)

Lebanon. Radio Voice of Lebanon, 6550. 0257 musical IS, 0258 River Kwai
March music to 0300 NA by chorus and band, 0303:30 classical music, 0306:30
man in Arabic. Fair, in the clear, Apr. 18. (Harold Sellers, Coe Hill,
Ontario)

Mexico. Radio Mexico Int'l, 9705, English heard 0310-0330 when VOA s/on in
Romanian. "National Information" at 0310, part of "Antena Radio" program.
Very good until VOA, Apr. 18. English mixed with Spanish hrd again at 1404.
(Harold Sellers, Coe Hill, Ontario)

Pakistan. Radio Pakistan, 11570. French at 1951 with talk and music,
mentions of Pakistan. 1958 announcements, sked, ID, 1959 NA. Good, Apr. 18.
(Harold Sellers, Coe Hill, Ontario)

Algeria. Radio Algiers Int'l, 11750 (ex-15160), //11715, 2012 in English,
woman with news and ID at 2015. Fair, 11715 also fair. Dan Greenall hrd
them announce 11715 and 15160, but I stumbled on this new(?) parallel. Apr.
18. (Harold Sellers, Coe Hill, Ontario)

Solomon Islands. SIBC, 5020, 1042 Pidgin, kids church songs about Jesus,
man with TC, 1046 man with "Church News". 1100 recheck: BBC News. Good,
Apr. 19. (Harold Sellers, Coe Hill, Ontario)

Papua New Guinea (Papua Territory). NBC Port Moresby, 9675 here instead of
4890. English at 1048 with man talking about children getting up early for
school. Pop music. Good, Apr. 19. (Harold Sellers, Coe Hill, Ontario) April
20th they were back on 4890 at 1030 UTC. (Harold Sellers)

Hawaii. KWHR, 11565 at 1145 with M&W making pgm anmts for "Pulse FM",
Gospel pop music. At 1159 KWHR ID. Listened again after 1200 and found them
again relaying "Pulse FM". This is pgming of WHPZ 96.9 Bremen-South Bend
and WGTC 102.3 New Carlisle-South Bend-Elkhart, Indiana, as per anmts.
Fair-good, Apr. 19. (Harold Sellers, Coe Hill, Ontario) Same noted here in
Newmarket, April 20th. (Harold Sellers)


Dominican Rep. Radio Cristal Int'l, 5012.5. Spanish at 0010 with a jazz
music program, including several Louis Armstrong songs. Fair-good, Apr. 18.
(Harold Sellers, Coe Hill, Ontario)

Uzbekistan. Radio Tashkent, 15295 at 1206 in English, 1207 ID, into mailbag
program. Fair, //9715 under QRM, 17775 good. (Harold Sellers, Coe Hill,
Ontario)

Indonesia (Jawa), RRI Jakarta, 9565 at 1038 in Indonesia, with ad and then
a lengthy interview of man on phone by woman in studio, Indo music
followed. Good, some ute QRM, Apr. 19. (Harold Sellers, Coe Hill, Ontario)

Indonesia (Jawa), Voice of Indonesia, 9525 at 1056 in Chinese. Woman
speaking slowly, some music. No time pips or anmts on top of the hour, but
woman now spoke at normal speed. Good, Apr. 19. (Harold Sellers, Coe Hill,
Ontario)

Indonesia (Jawa). Voice of Indonesia, 11785 at 1058 in Chinese, but not
parallel to 9525. Man and woman ancrs, Ultramar ad and others, time pips on
top of the hour. Good, Apr. 19. (Harold Sellers, Coe Hill, Ontario)

Pakistan. Radio Pakistan, 15530. English at 1107, woman with news at
dictation speed. She said "stop" at end of items. Her speed varied
considerably during broadcast. 1120 off after some announcements and ID.
Poor, Apr. 19. (Harold Sellers, Coe Hill, Ontario)
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