Wow, Allen! :o I'm beginning to think you have fewer countries NOT logged than I have countries logged! So far I have 7 countries logged - USA (too many to list here), Mexico (too many to list here - a couple dozen or so are good 24/7 reception on barefoot ultralights, including 1700 XEPE which I believe you have logged?), Canada (1130 CKWX when local 10kW KSDO, 6.3 mi N of me, was off the air one night), Japan (594 JOAK out from under local 5kW 600 KOGO's IBOC just 7.7 mi W of me, plus 774 JOUB, made easier by 760 KFMB's sunrise power reduction from 50kW to 5kW 7.3 mi NW of me), North Korea (657 Pyongyang - anyone know a callsign for this station?), South Korea (972 HLCA and 1566 HLAZ through 1580 KMIK's IBOC which has since been shut off) and Thailand (1575 VOA - is there an official callsign for this?).
You seem to be a magnet for the exotic DX. :) I bet you could get TAs in the middle of the day on 1071 from Columbia Park in Torrance, CA, using just your Sony SRF-M37W with its stock wide filter. :) (KNX-1070's 50kW + IBOC TX is in Columbia Park.) So if you use a double-full-wave longwire/beverage antenna on the beach (or an even better antenna), is it possible for you to hear any high-powered coastal European broadcasters on groundwave over the saltwater path? Or can you hear any USA, or even Carribean or South American stations with the aid of the saltwater? I've read a post on here from a few years ago where someone on Signal Hill in NFLD, was able to "clearly copy" (which I understand "clearly" to mean completely free of noise - basically a local-grade signal) 5kW 560 WQAM Miami, FL, with a barefoot ICF-6500 on groundwave, IIRC. Also I don't know if you have much in the way of "local" pests, but do you often log stations on their frequencies? :) So far one of my better out-from-under-local-pest logs is 910 KWDZ Salt Lake City, UT, which transmits 1kW but has a deep null toward me. It was dug out from under 910 KECR, whose 5kW sends >10kW toward me from 9.3 mi N of me, almost the same heading as KWDZ. :) Another one, although yet unID, is Spanish on 760, out from under 50kW KFMB, 7.7 mi NW of me. I think it's Mexico, although I wish it was South America. :) And, there's the 594-JOAK logging (under 600 KOGO's IBOC) mentioned above. Or do you have more of a knack for the blind-luck loggings? There's a couple I remember... 840 WHAS, out from under a very strong skywave from KXNT while I was listening to Dave Ramsey. One night in Feb/Mar a year/two ago I'd gone to sleep listening to my SRF-59 (either 640 KFI, 910 KECR, 1070 KNX, 1090 XEPRS, 1110 KDIS or 1580 KMIK). Woke up around 5am to find the radio & headphones laying on the bed. Put the headphones on and not 5 seconds later heard a faint "equis eh eh equis" in the noise, but alone on frequency. Upon looking it up online, I found it was 1230 XEEX from Culiacan, Mexico, about 795 mi SE of me. :) There was no splash from my local 1240 KNSN. Now it seems like I have a TON of catching up to do in the exotic DX department. Your reception of such DX seems to be more routine than my reception of my strongest local daytime station, 50kW 1170 KCBQ. :) 73, Stephen S of El Cajon, CA 32:45.7N, 116:56.8W ________________________________ From: Allen Willie <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 4:13 AM Subject: [IRCA] Country # 102 heard on Ultralight Radio Hello To All, It was well worth the early morning rise this morning as there was good propagation from the south as rarely heard here , WBAP on 820 from Ft. Worth , Texas had a decent signal as well as numerous Cuban outlets. Radio Coro from Venezuela on 780 also making an appearance. As I checked the lower part of the band I heard Spanish on 550 with a pretty good signal thinking that it was probably the usual Venezuela or Cuba . To my surprise , I began to hear Radio Colonia ID's and mentions of Uruguay. The station remained audible for quite some time all by itself on the frequency until it began to fade as sunrise approached. Thus a new country for the Ultralight log once again. 550 khz - URUGUAY - CW1 Radio Colonia, Colonia del Sacramento 8:00 UTC w/ woman in Spanish quoting many uno's and quatro's, definitive "Radio Colonia" & " programa Radio Colonia " ID's as well as mentions of Uruguay by the woman and also repeated by a man afterwards. (Signal was all alone by itself on frequency ) Ultralight Station # 1114 Ultralight Country # 102 Latin Station # 236 Receiver: SRF-M37W barefoot Good DX Allen Willie VOPC1AA Bristol's Hope, Newfoundland 47:43N 53:11W _______________________________________________ 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] _______________________________________________ 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]
