[HCDX] DX-weekend logs 23,24, 25 November
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[HCDX] DX-weekend logs 23,24, 25 November



Hello,

Here are some impressions about the latest DX-Weekend organized by
DX-Antwerp, Belgium.

Last Friday, November the 23rd, fifteen members of DXA found their way to a
bungalow park 'Hoge Rielen' in Kasterlee, some seven Km south of Turnhout.
It is not a bungalow park like there are many here in Western Europe with
small cottages packed near each other.  And no, there is no subtropic
swimming
pool either ;-)
It's a park that is in fact intended for youth groups with larger pavilions
located at several hundreds of meters from each other in a pinewood area.

Friday morning we were busy putting up the antennas.  Since it is the sixth
time, we are at this location this job was fixed without serious problems.

Following antennas were erected :

Beverages :
300 m 40° toward SeAs about 1 meter above the surface.
250 m 275° toward CAm on abandoned telephone poles.

a K9AY antenna.

a terminated loop for tropical bands.


10 m vertical with radials

Longwire 80 m E-W distributed via R&S splitters into 6 receivers
Longwire 80 m N-S distributed via R&S splitters into 6 receivers
Longwire 85 m E-W
Longwire 120 m with radials
Longwire 40 m with radials

Furthermore we used some SP-1 splitters.  Unfortunately the R&S
splitters are blocking the MW signals, so they couldn't be used to
distribute the beverage signals.

The interest groups were equally divided into Broadcast DXers and
Utility freaks.  All our antennas were fed via coaxial cable.  In fact we
couldn't trace any mutual interference from the PC's.

In the previous years we didn't manage to tune out backward stations on
the beverage antennas by turning the 1K pot.  So we didn't put any effort in
it anymore.  There was however no problem to null the K9AY efficiently.

One again we had bad luck with the geomagnetic activity.  A serious magnetic
storm was taking place during the weekend with A-indices up to 108.  During
al those years, we only managed to plan the weekend in a period with low
A-indices.

Here are my own loggings concentrating on MW-DX and making use of the
beverage antennas and a K9AY. No real highlights because of the geostorm.
But LV Evangélica was heard on 1390 and on the tropical bands, I heard R New
Britain and the Solomon Islands.




------------------------------------23 NOV
2001---------------------------------------------
711	1648	23/11	G	Südwestrundfunk 1,  Baden-Württemberg - talk abt
"Wirtschaftliche
Voraussichten nach 11 Sept".	G	43343	K9AY

927	1602	23/11	SVK	R Patria, Kosice - Nx. Underneath VRT R 1 but clearly
audible by making
use of K9AY directional pattern	H	-2--2

1475.57	1630	23/11	UKR	R Polonia, Lviv-Murovane  - sign-on, IS, ID, Program
for Polish minority in UKR	Uk	33333

1476	1615	23/11	?	UNID, most probably UAE Radio, Dubai - Koran prayers. At
1620 blocked
by UKR	Ar	24232

1521	1706	23/11	CHN	CRI, Xinjiang- Russian talks // 5965. At first Sinpo
22222. Rechecked at
1717 when Sinpo 34333	R	34333

1660	2120	23/11	PTR	WGIT, Canovanas - No ID heard but clearly the type of
music and annmts
from WGIT, "El Gigante"	Sp	14331

2310	1935	23/11	AUS	ABC, VL8A, Alice Springs - Sports results, Melbourne
defeated Adelaide	E	14442

2325	1937	23/11	AUS	ABC, VL8T, Tennant Creek - Sports results, Melbourne
defeated Adelaide	E	14332

2485	1930	23/11	AUS	ABC, VL8K, Katherine - Sports results, Melbourne
defeated Adelaide	E	24343

3264.7	2012	23/11	INS	RRI Gorontalo, Sulawesi - Quran prayers, Ins talks,
strong ute QRM	In	22332

3905	1954	23/11	INS	RRI Merauke, Irian Jaya - Middle Eastern mx, 2000 ID &
nx	In	24443

4800	2117	23/11	CHN	CNR-1 - Ch talks, Test Bc // 4990	CH	44544

4850	2119	23/11	CHN	CNR-2 Beijing - Mx and ann, Test Bc // 5010	Ch	34444

4890	1938	23/11	PNG	NBC, Port Moresby - pop songs, Ricky don't loose that
number, female ann	E	34444

4980.02	2153	23/11	VEN	Ecos del Torbes, San Cristobal - Jingle-ID, "El mundo
en dial"	Sp	34444

4990	2205	23/11	CHN	CNR-1 - Ch talks, Test Bc // 4800	CH	14332

5010	2110	23/11	CHN	CNR-2 Beijing - Mx and ann, Test Bc // 4850	Ch	34444

5019.93	1853	23/11	SLM	Solomon Islands Bc. Co, Honiara - at first E BBC px,
1858 Drums, flute mx, drums again, 1900 National Anthem, ID as ?R Hapi
Isles', fq's, good
morning. Started to fade-out at 1911 but still at threshold level at 1930	E
14343


5025	2357	23/11	PRU	R.Quillabamba, Quillabamba - tlks	Sp	13221

5054.6	2356	23/11	CTR	Faro del Caribe, San José - Rel px	Sp	24232

6797.52	2345	23/11	PRU	Ondas del Rio Mayo, Nueva Cajamarca - LA mx, male
ann, Song called
"Esta, esta", Time check	Sp	24343

------------------------------------24 NOV
2001---------------------------------------------

171	0935	24/11	RUS	R Chechnya Svobodnaya, Tbilisskaya - Non-stop Rus pop mx,
ID at 1000	R	34344

171	1005	24/11	MRC	R Méditerannée Int., Nador - local mx, Ar tlks	Ar	33443

171	1230	24/11	MRC	R Méditerannée Int., Nador - Nx abt Prochaine Orient,
Mouvement Hamaz	F	24444

531	1205	24/11	FAR	Útvarp Føroya, Akraberg - Nx, pop mx	Fa	34333

1116	0828	24/11	KAL	R Rossii, Bolshakovo - Ads, ID, Politics s/off at 0900
// 7250, 9720, 13705, 17600, 15355, 12065.	R	34444

1259.95	1437	24/11	ALB	RTVSH 1, Korçë - Football report	Al	33343

1510	0255	24/11	USA	WWZN, Boston, MA - very weak E tlks	E	12121

1566	1532	24/11	YUG	Radio Jasenica 2, Smederevska Palanka - Short anncmts,
jingle, ID as R
Beograd	Se	33333

1610	0205	24/11	AIA	Carribbean Beacon, Anguilla - rel tlks	E	24333

1660	0203	24/11	PTR	WGIT, Canovanas - ID, mixed with Unid (WMIB?) but soon
lost again	Sp	23442

1660	0313	24/11	USA	WMIB, Marco Island, FL - Economy and high tech
questions, lots of ID's as
Newsradio 1660 but only at 0335 ID as WMIB. Network Nx at 0400	E	23333

1680	0210	24/11	USA	WTIR, Winter Garden, FL - Traffic info, ID as TIR Radio
Network, soon
spoiled by pirate on 1678. Rechecked at 0305, then ads for florist center
and ID	E	23232

3300	0102	24/11	GTM	R.Cultural, San Pedro - March, local mx, ID at 0116,
increasing signal	Sp	24332

3346	1941	24/11	RUS	R Somardinka (p) - Russian pop mx	-	45443

3905	1918	24/11	PNG	R New Ireland, Kavieng - Nice Southsea mx, clear ID at
1928	E	14332

4052.48	0040	24/11	GTM	R.Verdad, Chiquimula - Organ mx, ID, addr. 	Sp	24332

9595	0905	24/11	J	R Tampa - NSB Tokyo 1, Tokyo-Nagara - Nx abt Afghanistan
etc	J	23332

9615	1215	24/11	PHL	R Veritas Asia, Palauig - Karen px, rel songs. At 1225 E
ID and Fq ann for
next bcst in Kachim		X	24333

4003,22	1640	24/11	INS	RRI Padang, Padang, Sumatera - Soft Ins Mx	In	-4331

------------------------------------25 NOV
2001---------------------------------------------

1116	0915	25/11	HOL	R Bloemendaal, Bloemendaal - "Het einde van de wereld
zal in Gods
handen zijn"	D	34434

1390	0440	25/11	HND	HRVC, LV Evangélica, Tegicigalpa - Prayers and E rel
talks (still unid at
that moment. Rechecked at 0558 Sp ID and station info	Sp	22332

1590	0240	25/11	VEN	R Deporte, Caracas - cont sports tlks, 0258 Ads for a.o.
Folklore National,
ID as "El Deporte Nacional"	Sp	22222

1612.86	0222	25/11	GRC	UNID Greek Pirate	Gr	34443

1638	0225	25/11	G	Swinging R England (p) - ID, It must be him		E	23333

1660	0538	25/11	USA	WMIB, Marco Island, FL - Short news items and lot of
ID's as Newsradio
1660	E	34333

1680	0532	25/11	USA	WTIR, Winter Garden, FL - Traffic and touris info, lots
of ID's	E	34333

1700	0520	25/11	USA	WJCC, R Vision Christiana, Miami Springs, FL - Rel
contemporary mx, ID
at 0530, Religious advertising	Sp	34333

6155	0158	25/11	G	R Telefis Eireann, Rampisham - Px preview, weather
forecast, abrupt s/off	E	45544

9737.86	0055	25/11	PRG	R Nac. Paraguay, Asuncion-Capiata - Several ID's and
time checks	Sp	34343


Good DX !


_________________ Guido Schotmans - Antwerp, BELGIUM __________________
RX: AOR AR 7030 - ANT: Wellbrook ALA 1530 outdoor active broadband loop
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