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[HCDX] [DXplorer] Loggings from Victoria, BC


Paltry pickings today.  Is it just me, or has the entire holiday period
been somewhat of a disappointment.  Not only on HF, but on MW as well.

IRAN 6120, 0218-, Voice of Justice Jan 8 ID heard at 02:18 in English with
western accented male announcer.  Only at fair level.  Checked for their
parallel of 9580, only to hear a very distorted very strong signal...CRI in
Mandarin via Cuba.  Distorted sufficiently to only be able to identify
language and not much else.  Seems to be a common problem in Cuba these
days.  I initially thought I was simply swamping my Timewave 599zx digital
audio processor, but no, it was working fine. Sign-off announcements with
times and frequencies from 02:26. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC)

VATICAN CITY 9645, 1725-, Vatican Radio Jan 9 Pretty awful morning (I'm
glad I didn't get up too early to scan the bands!).  Lot's of signals
around, but most are at S3 to S4 levels only, so there's a lot of
attenuation out there.  English news broadcast (from 17:15 to 17:30) with a
very western sounding male (I would have thought it was Deutsche Welle or
Radio Netherlands, had I not checked).  Parallel to slightly weaker
7250.  Sign off announcement at 17:28:30.  IS at 17:29, and transmitter
cut. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC)

GERMANY 9820, 1732-, Voice of Oromo Liberation Jan 9 One of the stronger
signals this morning at S6, via Juelich, beamed to the Horn of Africa, so
I'm getting the backside of the signal.  Must have caught some of the
opening, since I heard a frequency, and 'Oromo' mentioned. (Salmaniw,
Victoria, BC)

ICELAND 9980, 1739-, AFRTS Jan 9 NPR programming.  I haven't monitored
Iceland in a while, so was wondering whether AFRTS was still here.  Poor
signals today across the board. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC)

UNIDENTIFIED 11776.2, 1745-, unidentified Jan 9 World University Network
from Anguilla is heard on 11775, along with a weaker station cochannel, but
there's also someone causing a relatively loud het on about 1.2 kHz
higher.  Any ideas?  SLBC off frequency?. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC)

Here's hoping that conditions improve soon!.........Walt






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