RE: [HCDX] upside down ionosphere / morning logs at 5PM?

["Guy Atkins" <dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I don't know where you're located (USA?) but 4845 is a Radio Mauritanie
frequency. Ramadan has already begun, and the Arabic-speaking stations
usually have extended broadcasting hours during Ramadan.

If you're on the East Coast of the US, 5pm would have been, very roughly, an
hour and a half prior to local sunset. This is not an unusual period of time
for 60 meterband DX to begin rolling in.

I vote for Mauritania on 4845 as your catch.

Guy Atkins
Puyallup, WA USA



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Subject: [HCDX] upside down ionosphere / morning logs at 5PM?


10-24-03

Heard Solar conditions were going to be good for ocean DX so I got out my
morning wire Saturday at 5 P.M. WOW!

Started scannnng through 60 meters looking for some usual Latins when BOOM
in comes this guy talking Arabic (4845 at 0044/ off at 0100) at 90 miles an
hour with booming signal! "Mohamad this and Mohamad that" reading off some
kind of list..."Koran"...I thought to myself , this sure as hell ain't
Mexico!  This was probably either Indonesia or Maylay but at 5 P.M.? There's
nothing but daylight between us.

I also got PHL - Radio Veritas + I.D. on 11705 at 0023. I never get this
direction at this time. What's up?

73s
pioneer 10






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