Hello To All, After much anticipation heading into spring and waiting for the weather to clear up , experimentation has finally begun with plans to eventually put up a more permanent 300 foot longwire configuration for my Kenwood R-5000
Last evening I strung out the antenna temporarily to see which directions would offer the best reception. Here are the results from last evening's DX session with the antenna directed towards 150 - 160 Degrees. Reception was strongest from the Spanish and African stations 684 - SPAIN - R. Nacional , Sevilla 2:05 UTC two men in Spanish (Strong) 855 - SPAIN - R. Nacional, Murcia 1:22 UTC Spanish talk by two men (Good) 864 - Unidentified 1:27 UTC Spanish talk (likely R. Nacional Socullemos) 882 - CANARY ISLANDS - COPE Tenerife 00:55 UTC Spanish talk, mention Canaries 945 - FRANCE - France Info, Tolouse-Muret 1:02 UTC woman with news in French 954 - SPAIN - Onda Cero Radio , Ctra Humera 1:04 UTC Spanish commentary, promos, ID 981 - ALGERIA - Alger Chaine 2 , Ouled Fayet 1:20 UTC String Instrumental music, Arabic talk 999 - SPAIN - COPE Madrid 1:19 UTC Spanish commentary about Pakistan 1008 - CANARY ISLANDS - R. Punto, Las Palmas 1:35 UTC two men in Port. talk (Strong) 1017 - SPAIN - R. Nacional, various 1:04 UTC Spanish promos, R. Nacional ID 1035 - PORTUGAL - Star FM, Belmonte 1:18 UTC Sheena Easton song, ID 1044 - SPAIN - SER San Sebastian, Monte Igueldo 1:34 UTC man & woman in Spanish discussion 1053 - LIBYA - presumed TV Audio 1:05 UTC songs in Arabic 1080 - SPAIN - SER various 1:37 UTC Spanish talk & music // 1116 1107 - SPAIN - R. Nacional, various 1:07 UTC News in Spanish (Strong) 1197 - SPAIN - Euskadi Irratia, Vitoria 1:26 UTC Basque talk by man (Good) 1260 - SPAIN - SER Radio, Murcia 1:15 UTC woman in Spanish , ment. Espana (good) 1314 - SPAIN - R. Nacional. various 2:02 UTC R. Nacional ID, man in Spanish 1377 - FRANCE - France Info, Lille-Camphin-en-Carembault 1:14 UTC French talk (Very Strong) // 1242 1386 - SPAIN - Euskadi Irratia, Bilbao 1:07 UTC Basque talk by man & woman (Very Strong) 1390 - Unidentified 1:27 UTC Spanish talk, many repeated mentions of Venezuela 1413 - SPAIN - R. Nacional, Jaen 1:29 UTC man in Spanish (Strong) 1422 - ALGERIA - R. Culture (presumed) 2:10 UTC French talk (Strong over Germany signal) 1431 - DJIBOUTI - R. Sawa, Arta 1:09 UTC Arabic talk & pops (fair) 1480 - PUERTO RICO - WMDD Fajardo 1:12 UTC King Kong Promo, Spanish talk, mentions of Puerto Rico 1485 - SPAIN - SER various 1:40 UTC Spanish teletalk (good) 1494 - FRANCE - France Bleue, Bastia 1:12 UTC French talk , song "Ebony & Ivory" (France Info under) 1521 - SAUDI ARABIA - BSKSA Duba 1:11 UTC woman in Arabic (very strong) 1557 - FRANCE - France Info, Nice-Fontbonne 1:30 UTC ID and News in French by woman Receiver: Kenwood R-5000 w/ 320 foot longwire Good DX to All, Allen Willie Bristol's Hope, Newfoundland _______________________________________________ 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]
