Solar conditions leading up to the DXpedition
Solar conditions leading up to the DXpedition
Attendees included:
Don Moore
Andy Robins
Brett Saylor
Antennas:
Alpha-delta DX SWL @ 330 deg
35' PAR End-fed SWL @ 140 deg
16' x 36' BBL @ 0/180 deg w/ Wellbrook FLG-100LN
48 meter delta loop @ 80/260 deg w/Wellbrook ALA-100LN
3 meter loop
80' random wire @ 50 deg
DX Lodge
Radios:
Perseus SDR
Airspy HF+
Elad FDM-S2 SDR
Audio files are here
Logs: (all times/dates UTC)
| Freq | Country | UTC | Station | Details | Date |
| 24 | USA | 0350 | NAA | Data broadcast from US Navy station in Cutler Maine | 7/24/2019 |
| 1710 | USA | 0126 | Flight 92 Memorial TIS | mixing with Hudson NJ TIS, info on memorial | 7/25/2019 |
| 3310 | Bolivia | 0934 | Radio Mosoj Chaski | presumed with weak talk by a man and music | 7/25/2019 |
| 3325 | Paupa New Guinea | 0935 | NBC Bouganville | presumed with talk by a man and woman | 7/25/2019 |
| 3925 | Japan | 0940 | Radio Nikkei | talk by a woman, weak | 7/25/2019 |
| 4875.2 | Brazil | 0943 | Radio Dif Roraima | fair with Portuguese talk by a man | 7/25/2019 |
| 4885 | Brazil | 0946 | Radio Clube do Para/Radio Dif Acreana | mixing stations, with Portuguese talk. R Dif Acreana ID heard, Club do Para carrier presumed on 4885.016 | 7/25/2019 |
| 4925 | Brazil | 1036 | Radio Educacao Rural | presumed with talk by a man and woman | 7/25/2019 |
| 4940 | China | 0948 | Voice of Strait | Chinese talk by a man | 7/25/2019 |
| 4990 | China | 0951 | PBS Hunan | weak talk by a man in Chinese | 7/25/2019 |
| 5945 | New Zealand | 1014 | RNZI | good, news by woman in English | 7/25/2019 |
| 5950 | Ethiopia | 0315 | Voice of the Tigray Revolution | Horn of Africa style music | 7/24/2019 |
| 6050 | Ecuador | 0956 | HCJB | good religious talk by man in unID language | 7/25/2019 |
| 6055 | Japan | 0955 | Radio Nikkei | laughing and talk in Japanese by a man | 7/25/2019 |
| 6090 | Ethiopia | 0310 | Amhara Radio | Horn of Africa style music | 7/25/2019 |
| 6160 | USA | 1134 | WBCQ | Relay of WBCQ-FM with KIXX FM slogan, country and EZ-listening music, 94.7 Island Falls ID, promos for northern Maine and Canadian Maritime activities, WBCQ ID. | 7/24/2019 |
| 6160.17 | USA | 0958 | WBCQ | presumed with non-stop 80's pop music over top of hour | 7/25/2019 |
| 6185 | Mexico | 0045 | Radio Educacion | Spanish talk | 7/25/2019 |
| 6607 | Israel | 0045 | 4XZ | Israeli military IDF Navy morse code | 7/25/2019 |
| 6754 | Canada | 0026 | Trenton VOLMET | weather forecasts | 7/25/2019 |
| 7470 | USA | 0319 | Radio YHWH (pirate) | English religious talk by a male preacher | 7/25/2019 |
| 7485 | Moldova | 0324 | BBC | Farsi broadcast; Apollo 11 moon landing audio, BBC tune at 0330 then off | 7/25/2019 |
| 9390 | Uzbekistan | 0026 | IBRA Radio | via Tashkent | 7/25/2019 |
| 9420 | Greece | 1933 | Voice of Greece | Greek talk | 7/24/2019 |
| 9445 | India | 1911 | AIR | Bengaluru site, English talk | 7/24/2019 |
| 9580 | Alaska | 1016 | KNLS | country music, religious talk by a man in English into Russian 1130 | 7/25/2019 |
| 9580 | Alaska | 1135 | KNLS | Russian program | 7/25/2019 |
| 9620 | Iran | 2024 | Voice of Islamic Republic of Iran | Persian music, 3 chimes at bottom of the hour (their TOH) mixing with another station 5 short + 1 long time pip | 7/24/2019 |
| 9625 | Palau | 1126 | Radio Japan | Indonesian language program, good | 7/25/2019 |
| 9635 | Turkey | 1927 | Voice of Turkey | French broadcast, good signal | 7/24/2019 |
| 9665.06 | Brazil | 2304 | Voz Missionaria | English request for QSL's to RVM Radio, Box 2000R | 7/24/2019 |
| 9680 | Zambia | 1140 | Voice of Hope Africa | tentative with English under China | 7/25/2019 |
| 9700 | Vatican City | 0001 | Radio Veritas Asia | Kachin language program, signon with instrumental tune | 7/25/2019 |
| 9735 | Taiwan | 1122 | Radio Taiwan | Japanese language program, good | 7/25/2019 |
| 9795 | Philippines | 1132 | FEBC | vocal music | 7/25/2019 |
| 9839.9 | Vietnam | 1129 | Voice of Vietnam | Japanese program, flute music. Weak | 7/25/2019 |
| 9870 | Guam | 1121 | KSDA/AWR | Chinese talk, poor | 7/25/2019 |
| 9900 | Singapore | 1120 | BBC | fair with English talk | 7/25/2019 |
| 9910 | Guam | 1117 | KTWR | good, Chinese talk by a woman | 7/25/2019 |
| 9930 | Palau | 1038 | T8WH/KHBN | Southern accented English talk by a man, World Harvest Radio ID | 7/25/2019 |
| 9955 | USA | 1113 | RAE Argentine relay | ID's into Portuguese language program | 7/25/2019 |
| 10051 | Canada | 2357 | Gander Radio | VOLMET weather | 7/24/2019 |
| 11435 | Cuba | 1625 | HM01 | Cuban numbers station with 5-digit Spanish numbers | 7/24/2019 |
| 11530 | France | 1645 | Radyo Denge | Arabic vocal music | 7/24/2019 |
| 11530 | Cuba | 1655 | HM01 (presumed) | Carrier on | 7/24/2019 |
| 11560 | India | 1634 | AIR | Bengaluru site, Indian music | 7/24/2019 |
| 11745 | Saudi Arabia | 2101 | Al-Azm | broadcast to Saudi troops in Yemen | 7/24/2019 |
| 11749.8 | Sri Lanka | 1711 | SLBC | presumed with weak signal | 7/24/2019 |
| 11769.92 | Nigeria | 1713 | Voice of Nigeria | Talking drums interval signal, ID by man in English - off 2059 | 7/24/2019 |
| 11780 | Brazil | 1210 | Radio Nacional da Amazonia | good with Portuguese talk | 7/25/2019 |
| 11825 | Thailand | 1210 | VOA | Chinese program, jammed | 7/25/2019 |
| 11855.8 | Brazil | 1213 | Radio Aparcida | presumed with weak signal | 7/25/2019 |
| 11875 | Australia | 1200 | Reach Beyond Australia (HCJB) | sign on in English, good signal | 7/25/2019 |
| 11940 | Spain | 2213 | REE | English program | 7/24/2019 |
| 12080 | Philippines | 1159 | VOA | sign on with Yankee Doodle and ID | 7/25/2019 |
| 15575 | South Korea | 1259 | KBS World Radio | sign on with interval signal | 7/25/2019 |
| 17775 | USA | 1426 | KVOH | Spanish program | 7/24/2019 |