> > The 1566 carrier faded out rapidly between 0525 and 0532UT, after having > > been pretty consistent for the past half hour. Benin sunrise is at 0524UT, > > rather incredible given that this is pretty much the shortest night of the > > year.
I remember several such receptions of this type _that always occurred in June_, at African s/on time, when I was DXing from Long Island NY. This was probably in 1980 +. The notable ones were Cotonou, Benin on 1475 (offset from 1476), Lama-Kara, Togo on 1503 and // 3222 (which was not a lot better and in fact had a lot more fading), and probably the most dependable was Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire on 1494. I recall once a visit from Chuck Hutton and I played him my tape of "ici Lama-Kara, radiodifusion nationale Togolaise" which was heard thanks to WTOP then signing off at 1 am daily back then. CH do you recall that visit? This were always pretty specific as to time of year, time of day, and freq (very top end of MW band) and now your Benin log fits this pattern perfectly. These were far from daily loggings, but they did happen much more than just one-off's, but just only in June. I have no doubt these would have made it to the WC of NA for Bog/Beverage users. Back then no one had such antennas in the hobby world. These were heard on either a HQ-150 or NRD-515 (not sure I had the NRD then) and with a 3-foot indoor altaz "NRC" loop. I may still have that tape. I gave most of my tapes, a nearly new Sony CD burner, and an Otari MX-5050 pro tape deck to another DX'er in Florida who promised to copy all my tapes to CD for me, 2 years ago. but he never did so after the first one. But I have no way to play it, if it is still here, as he still has all that gear. That was when I moved. 73 Bob _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
