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Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Blog Logs - Sugar Hill DXpedition, November 27 & 28
Took the R75 back out to the Sugar Hill Overlook for a short session early Monday morning and a longer one Tuesday evening. Tuesday's reception was very enjoyable.
Here are the logs:
4319U, DIEGO GARCIA, AFN, 2142-2200, Nov 28, English.
Clark Howard Show re pre-screened credit info. PSA's.
AFN ID at 2200. Booming signal! Better than at home.
(Barbour-SHDX/NH)
4409.8, BOLIVIA, R.Eco, 2259-2309, Nov 28, Spanish.
T/in for presumed s/on for OM w/ music and talk. Solid
ID at 2302. Ballads at 2305. Poor/fair at best.
(Barbour-SHDX/NH)
4650.2, BOLIVIA, presumed R.Santa Ana, 2311-2316, Nov
28, Spanish. OM w/ talk, very weak under noise floor.
Poor. (Barbour-SHDX/NH)
4716.8, PERU, R.Yura, 1009-1020, Nov 27, Vernacular.
T/in presumably during s/on for martial music followed
by tone at 1012 and OM and YL thru t/out. Poor/noisy.
(Barbour-SHDX/NH)
4770, NIGERIA, R.Nigeria, 2106-2116, Nov 28, English.
News and soundbites re Nigerian politics. Promos and
"Radio Nigeria-The Network for the Millenium" ID at
2115. Fair though "muddy" audio at times.
(Barbour-SHDX/NH)
4830, presumed MONGOLIA, Mongolian Radio, 1046-1102,
Nov 27, Vernacular. OM w/ lengthy talk b/w "Far East"
style musical bits. Diff. OM at 1058 thru ToH then YL
thru t/out. Poor. (Barbour-SHDX/NH)
4835, MALI, ORTM, 2208-2219, Nov 28, French. OM taking
listener phone calls. Weak but clear. // 5995-fair
listening in USB to avoid 5990 DRM hash.
(Barbour-SHDX/NH)
5005, EQ.GUINEA, RN-Bata, 2132-2142, Nov 28,
Vernacular. Continuous music and Afropops thru t/out.
Weak but clear. (Barbour-SHDX/NH)
5030, BURKINA FASO, R.Burkina, 2053-2105, Nov 28,
French. OM and YL w/ music and talk. OM at 2100 w/
news, soundbites and ID in passing. Fair/good.
(Barbour-SHDX/NH)
5035, BRASIL, R.Aparecida, 0956-1006, Nov 27,
Portuguese. Ballad at t/in. OM w/ talk and ad string.
"Echo" effect ID at 1004. Fair w/ 5030-Gene Scott
slop. (Barbour-SHDX/NH)
5069.98, presumed PERU, Onda del Suroriente,
2251-2258, Nov 28, Spanish. OM w/ music and talks
until crushed by co-channel WWCR-*2258. Weak/poor,
fading in & out in rapid succession. Never heard this
one before! (Barbour-SHDX/NH)
5470, presumed LIBERIA, R.Veritas, 2049, Nov 28,
Vernacular. Nice signal with Afropop music at t/in
then pulled the plug just as I was settling in! Fair.
(Barbour-SHDX/NH)
5960, RUSSIA, R.Tikhy Ocean, 0933-0947, Nov 27,
Russian. Abruptly appeared at 0933 with instrumental
ballad (s/on later than listed *0900?) followed by
familiar format of YL b/w brief mx bits. Ballad at
0943 and OM w/ presumed ID at 0946. Poor.
(Barbour-SHDX/NH)
6250, "IRAN" , VOIRI via Lithuania, 2121-2130*, Nov
28, Spanish. YL w/ talks. OM w/ s/off announcement at
2125. IS from 2127. Fair listening in LSB to avoid USB
ute. (Barbour-SHDX/NH)
(Source: Scott R Barbour Jr., Sugar Hill Overlook, Kancamagus Hwy. NH-USA
R75, 150' longwire.)