[HCDX] Logging from 14 and 15 November 2008
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[HCDX] Logging from 14 and 15 November 2008

14 November 2008: Went up to the remote micro-DXpedition site to catch the Asians fading out and the Euros fading in on 41m and below. In summary, it appears the transition is around 1500-1600 here locally. The 49mb is quietest (least amount of stations) at that point. Had 2 antennas up (see below). 

RX:  JRC NRD-535D and Eton E1
ANT: 315' at 50° Beverage (BOG), and 394 ' at about 0° (1355-1600) changed to 95° after 1600. 
QTH:  Pennsylvania State Game Lands #26
Duration:  1355-1920 UTC
Solar Indices:  Solar Flux = 68, A Index = 1, K Index = 0.  No storms.
WX:  Foggy (100 yard visibility!!), warm, mid 50's.
MEXICO 6104.91 Candela FM (pres.) 1356 tlk by M in def. SP. Better on 50° than on the 0° BOG. Difficult audio at this time even w/AGC off. Mx bridge at 1358, then W anncr, and weak carrier popped up on 6105. Could definitely tell this was in SP but imposs. to copy an ID. Brief canned anmnt at 1359. A little stronger on peak at 14009 w/alternating M and W and then Rock mx bridge at 1401 followed by M anncr again. Still going past 1500!! Pretty slick professional pgming from what it sounded like. (14 Nov.) 

Nothing on 90mb PNGs at 1352 using the 0° BOG.  (14 Nov.)
No sign of 3815U Greenland either at 1400 or 1500. Only a Ham net on 3813. (14 Nov.)
No sign of 9730.8 Myanmar on 0° BOG at 1354 check, but was getting near readable audio at home prior to this micro-DXpedition. (14 Nov.)
CUBA 5025 R. Rebelde Playing "Thunder Island" at 1409. Stronger on 0° BOG. This, a weak carrier on 5030, and extremely weak carrier on 4800 the only 60mb signals coming in. Also CODAR!! (14 Nov.)
Did a check of 49mb from 1414-1425 comparing both 0° and 50° BOGs. In summary, excluding the Canadians, was getting audio from a few obvious Asians using the 0° BOG, but mainly just weak carriers using the 50° BOG. Noticed Euros starting to fade in after 1630 (11:30 AM locally here). (14 Nov.)
BELGIUM 9970 RTB 1440 W interviewing M in FR. Much better on the 50° than on the 0°. (14 Nov.)
USA 9264.95 WINB 1456 "Last Day Prophet" pgm, cut off at 1457, then NA and ID w/freq change-over anmnt by M, and off at 1459*. Found on 13570 at 1502 but carrier distorted. (14 Nov.)
PALAU?? 9965 WHRI 1510 M w/rel. tlk in EG, sometimes quoting scriptures. Finally instru. mx at 1528, then ID and South Bend IN addr at 1529. 1530-1559 nonstop instru. rel. mx. World Harvest R. ID at 1559. Weak and slightly readable w/quick fading. Wasn't there before 1500. Was looking for Palau. Don't see this listed or logged anywhere. (14 Nov.) (see below)
UNID. 7520 UNID. Extremely weak carrier here at 1600+ on 95° BOG, but did hear M anncr at 1616 on 50° BOG. Pakistan?? Farda (Thailand)?? (14 Nov.) 

ZANZIBAR  11735  R. Tanzania Zanzibar  On at 1640 w/Hi-life mx.  (14 Nov.)
UAE 6180 FEBA 1720-1730* lively AR choral mx, M 1722 briefly, then more mx sounding like Horn of Africa style. 1729 FEBA IS, then Pop-like instru. mx and off. Weak. (14 Nov.)
UNID. 4800 UNID. 1726-1743, Decent signal here going off and on several times. Sounded like someone testing. Must be something local (east coast NA). (14 Nov.)
ALGERIA 6300 R. Arabe Saharaui Democratica Already on at 1753 w/faint AR mx. Better on 95°. (14 Nov.)
EGYPT 9250 Radio Wadi el-Nil (pres.) Hrd pre-1755. Sounds middle-eastern. Rumbling carrier like Egypt. (14 Nov.)
RUSSIA 6055 V.O. Russia Huge signal signing on at 1800 w/ID by W. Seems way too strong to be coming from Europe at this time. S-6 strength. (14 Nov.)
NIGERIA 15120 V.O. Nigeria 1818 pgm on Right of Women. Still carrying pgm at 1824 check. Nice ID w/1830 TC at 1830. Some adj. QRM. (14 Nov.)
ANTARCTICA?? 15476 R. Nac. Arcangel San Gabriel?? Getting a carrier here at 1833. Sounded like M anncr at 1908 check but couldn't be 100% sure. (14 Nov.)
EGYPT 6289.81 R. Cairo Came on sometime between 1840-1845. Off freq too. (14 Nov.)
UNID. 7215.07 UNID. M tlk in FR at 0537. Some actualities/sound-bites. Apparent nx or press pgm. Was there at 0600 ToH but not at 0612. Getting a lot of slop QRM from AR on 7210, I guess Fana. (15 Nov.)
USA 9495 WYFR 0559 IS theme song. Not very strong. Was hoping for Abkhazia. (15 Nov.)
UNID. 5800 UNID. Something here w/huge S-9 +25 strength at 0619 w/AM signal playing code. Only groups of 5 letters. No messages. Code practice maybe??? Odd that its in AM mode. (15 Nov.)
VATICAN 7250 Vatican R. 0628 End of pgm w/web site URL, mx bridge, EG ID, bells IS for a few seconds only, and off. Then came back on w/IS continuing and ID in IT. Good. (15 Nov.)
PNG 3305 R. Western?? 1148 carrier here but couldn't detect any audio at this time. Def. mx at 1207. Mx a little stronger at 1222 but nowhere near enough to copy anything. Def. tlk by M at 1225. Mod. just much too weak. (15 Nov.)
MEXICO 6104.95 Candela FM 1156 poss. canned ID promo by M. 1157 W w/ID and def. ment of Mexico. Shortly later, a nice "Candela!!" ID. Came back at 1226 and promptly hrd another simple "Candela" ID. I'm surprised I haven't hrd this before. Seemed fairly easy. (15 Nov.)
CHINA/INDIA?? 4900 V.O. the Strait/India?? Sounds like 2 stns here at 1210 w/definite M and W in CH-like dialect, and another sounded like an Indian w/flutes and M vcl. Both audio sources abt equal. Maybe Strait and an Indian?? ?At 1219 M was tlking but not //6115 Strait Amoy. Meanwhile, the M vcl Indian =-like song was on top. Couldn't detect any EG nx at 1230. I see Guatam Sharma in WWDXC hrd Guwahati here in 2007. I did notice 4940 was there though. Any ideas?? (15 Nov.)
PNG 3344.96 R. Northern?? Weak at 1225 w/mx. Signal quality similar to 3305. (15 Nov.)
PALAU 9965.09 WHRI Is in fact being relayed by Palau. Caught this ID at 1559 "T8WH Palau. This is World Harvest Radio. The international voice of LeSea Broadcasting.". Better than at the micro-DXpedition yesterday and off freq. Sent a querry about this freq but no response yet. Also sent an e-mail to hamadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxx but it bounced. (15 Nov.)
73 Dave 
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