Don Moore (host)
Brett Saylor
Antennas:
820' terminated BOG @40 deg
780' terminated BOG @180 deg
40' delta loop @ 120 deg w/Wellbrook ALA-100LN (the direction was changed several times during the DXpedition)
Radios:
Perseus SDR's
Elad SDR
Audio files are here
This was our 10th time in ten years of having mini-DXpeditions in the
basement of Dons' parent's house in Zion, PA. We set up the antennas in
a nearby field and listened overnight while recording with the SDR's the nights of Nov 23, 27 and Dec 2.
The rest of the nights we let the SDR's run with scheduled recordings. This resulted in
a large set of SDR files, of which we have just scratched the surface.
Conditions favored trans-atlantic stations this time, as the list of
audio files shows. There will likely be more logs uncovered in the future as we review the files.
Foreign Logs (all dates/times UTC):
57.4 Morocco - CNL Kenitra, 2235 NOV 27 - FSK data signal
60 US - WWVB time station, 2230 NOV 27 - modulated carrier time signal
77.5 Germany - DCF77 time station, 2232 NOV 27 - carrier with encoded time signal
153 Romania - Antena Satelor Brasov, 0259 NOV 24 - Romanian folk music
162 France - TDF time station, 0607 NOV 24 - carrier and a varying side carrier, possibly this is the encoded time signal?
171 Morocco - Medi 1, 0554 NOV 24 - AR talk by a woman and middle-eastern music
183 Germany - Europe 1, 0605 NOV 24 - FR talk by a woman, musical stingers between presumed news items read by a man
189 Iceland - RUV Ras 1, 0604 NOV 24 - pop music
198 UK - BBC Radio 4, 2332 NOV 27 - talk by British-accented man about immigration and Brexit
216 France - RMC Info, 0558 NOV 24 - FR talk by a man and woman, promo or commercial, musical stinger between talking, "bonjour" by the man
225 Poland - Polskie Radio, 0556 NOV 24 - Polish talk by a man, possible singing commercial
234 Luxembourg - RTL, 0601 NOV 24 - good, FR talk by man
252 Algeria - Chaine 3, 0600 NOV 24 - FR talk into presumed news
252 Ireland - RTE Radio 1, 0600 NOV 24 - EG talk by a man, under Algeria
539.86 Nicaragua - YNOW Radio Corporacion Managua (presumed), 0205 NOV 24 - clear off-frequency station with SP talk by man
576 Bulgaria - BNR Horizont, 2340 NOV 28 - folk music, talk in a Slavic lang by a man and woman, 5 short + 1 long time pips at top of hour; // to Bulgaria hrd on a Russian KiwiSDR
590 Dominican Republic - Radio Santa Maria, 0902 NOV 24 - interval signal heard 2 times
774 Spain - RNE, 2200 NOV 27 - SP singing and talk
783 Syria - SRTV 1 Radio Damascus, 2253 NOV 23 - AR talk by a man
855 Romania - SRR Radio Romania Actualitati, 0005 NOV 24 - music // station webstream
864 Egypt - ERTU Al-Quran al-Karim, 2305 NOV 23 - Koranic singing
882 UK - BBC Radio Wales, 0058 NOV 24 - British-accented anncr with music program, woman w/ news at top of hour
936 Syria - SRTV 1 Radio Damascus, 2307 NOV 23 - AR talk by a man // 783
936 Morocco - SNRT Agadir, 0018 NOV 28 - mixing with Syria, // their web stream with Koran recitation
999 Spain - COPE Madrid, 2249 NOV 23 - SP talk by a man
1000 Mexico - XEOY-AM Radio Mil, 0927 NOV 24 - "Mil AM" ID
1089 UK - TalkSPORT, 2220 NOV 27 - British-accented anncr with sports talk, call in number given
1179 Romania - SRR Radio Romania Actualitati, 2218 NOV 23 - pop music // station webstream
1215 UK - Absolute Radio, 2215 NOV 23 - talk by British-accented EG DJ, rock music
1521 Saudi Arabia - SBA Radio Riyadh, 2228 NOV 23 - interview? by man and woman in AR
Domestic Logs:
630 WPRO Providence RI, 0000 NOV 24 - call letters, into news
1160 WSKW Showhegan ME, 2203 NOV 23 - classiccountry1160.com website, ad for Maine craft show
1170 WGMP Montgomery AL, 2359 NOV 23 - call letters in WWVA-WV automation error silent period; 850 watts
1170 KFAQ Tulsa OK, 2259 NOV 23 - in WWVA-WV automation error silent period with local ad for Tulsa CPA office
Shortwave Logs:
4055 Guatemala - Radio Verdad, 0543 NOV 24 - religious program in EG talk by a man and woman
5960 Ascension Island - Ndarason Radio International, 0535 NOV 24 - // webstream mixing with Radio Kuwait's AR Koran recitation
6020 Sao Tome - VOA, 0527 NOV 24 - African mx and Hausa talk
6040 France - Radio France International, 0530 NOV 24 - FR talk
6060 France - Radio Algerienne Chaine 1, 0527 NOV 24 - Koran recitations under Radio Habana Cuba // 6105
6145 Romania - Radio Romania International (presumed), 0527 NOV 24 - DRM signal
6155 Austria - NHK World Radio, 0530 NOV 24 - sign off in EG
7315 France - Radio Tamazuj to Sudan (presumed), 0528 DEC 4 - Arabic talk by a man, Horn of Africa music
NDB Logs:
224 Canada - MO, Moosonee ON
230 Canada - YBM, St Bruno QC
230 Canada - QB, Quebec City QC
232 Canada - GP, Gaspe QC
233 Canada - QN, Nakina ON
235 Canada - CN, Cochrane ON
235 Canada - 9H, La Grande 3 QC
236 Canada - OW, Ottawa ON
241 Canada - HF, Hearst ON
243 Canada - YVB, Bonaventure QC
244 Canada - DG, Chute de Passes QC
235 Canada - YZE, Gore Bay ON
247 Canada - YLH, Lansdowne House ON
248 Canada - UL, Montreal QC
250 Canada - UAC, Eric-Poste Montagnais Apt QC