[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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