23 October 2016: Micro-DXpedition
6140 CUBA R. Havana Cuba Found a spur of 6060 here at start
0647 and went off at exactly 0701:13. Some adjacent slop QRM.
Disappointed this turned out to be a spur. (23 Oct.)
6205.08 PIRATE (EUROPE) Coast FM Dance mx format w/canned
anmnts/singing jingles between songs, occas. M DJ chatter, and ad blocks
right from the start. 0659 ad for pharmacy, then nx ID “With ?? News
around the clock, this is the Canaries biggest British radio station,
this is Coast FM”, then 2-min. nxcast, and back to mx. 0724-0727 “I’m
Coming Out” by Diana Ross. 0742 ID “Coast FM. More music weekend.
Coast FM”. 0745-0749 “Celebration” by Kool and the Gang. Decent
signal. Still coming in at 0853 when I packed up and left for the other
site. Video can be found at https://youtu.be/gKSsJxbCqsg (23 Oct.)
6304.8 PIRATE (EUROPE) R. Marabu Alternative and Pop mx w/M DJ
in GM and many ID jingles. Some really nice peaks between 0657-0705.
Did recognize “Sexual Healing” by Marvin Gaye at 0726. Fading by 0800.
Still a little signal w/bits of audio by 0850, but unreadable. A video
can be found at https://youtu.be/63vxaBmML9g (23 Oct.)
6070 GERMANY Atlantic 2000 Int. (via Channel 292, Rohrback)
“Word of Deliverance” pgm to 0659, then Altantic 2000 Int. starting w/M
giving ID “You’re listening to Atlantic 2000 International” followed
immediately by W and M w/IDs in FR and GM. Instru. mx, 0700 M w/short
voice-over ID, then diff. M w/FR opening freq anmnt”, and into “Listen
to the Music” by The Doobie Brothers at 0701-0704. 0704 sev. jingles
including “Whoopie!!”. 0705-0710 “Love is a Battlefield” by Pat
Benatar. 0710 FR song anmnt and ID by M w/ment of kilohertz. 0711-0714
unrecog. slow Rock song. 0714 short canned anmnt by W, then same M DJ
w/ment of kHz sev. times. Came back at 0718 and hrd “Sunshine Superman”
by Donavan until 0721, then M DJ again in FR w/ment of R. Waves and
canned tlk by M over techno mx, and ending w/M DJ giving ID. 0724-0727
“More Than a Woman” by The Bee Gees. 0727 jingle and live M DJ in FR
again w/upcoming song anmnt. 0728- Pop song “?? My Heart”. More of the
same w/song “98.6” by Keith at 0736. Didn’t recog. any others. Faded
and was getting nasty 6090 Anguilla slop QRM after abt 0745. Video can
be found at https://youtu.be/ccbDZlBcpkg (23 Oct.)
7254.94 NIGERIA V.O. Nigeria 0805-0814 nx and sports by M in EG.
Very weak modulation. 0814 into Afro Pop mx. Much better lvl for
inspirational rel. segment from 0815-0820. M anncr barely audible then
at 0820. Better lvl again for promo by M at 0820 including sev. IDs.
And ment of freqs, mb, and website at 0821. Nice ID at 0824. Somewhat
surprised it was this readable this late. A video can be found at
https://youtu.be/ToYvbfRc5a4 (23 Oct.)
7699.94 PIRATE (EUROPE) FRSH 0829 end of Pop song, then canned
ID/promos by M and ment of 30th anniversary. 0830 into another unrecog.
Soul song. 0834-0838 anmnt w/ment of FRSH and historical tlk segment
including ment of Bob Dylan. 0838 back to mx w/another unrecog. song.
Decent peak during song at 0840. 0843 anmnt over end of song (machine
gun UTE QRM), then immediately into another Rock song. 0847 another
anmnt but fading. Pretty fady signal. Video can be fround at
https://youtu.be/DzgtvxRHMUg (23 Oct.)
9510 ITALY?? Euro Gospel R. (tent.) 0935 tlk by W in EG but
too weak and too much slop QRM from 9515. Could get an occas. word on
peaks. (23 Oct.)
9550.03 UNID. R. Boa Vontade?? Mx at 0941. Very weak. (23
Oct.)
1620 UNID. Found someone here with an awful transmitter fault
generating 120 hertz buzzing noise at 1023 UTC. Suspect it may be R.
Rebelde, but maybe not. Strong signal. Video can be found at
https://youtu.be/VCHC4t9AgQo (25 Oct.)
73
Dave Valko
Dunlo, PA, USA
Perseus SDR with 313 foot Beverage on the ground at 45 and 355 degrees.
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