Thought I'd be a bit more energetic and check out the MW band this morning from our Waikiki beachfront lanai. Started at 15:58 UTC while still dark and listened for the next half hour. Compared to years past conditions were pretty uninspiring. As I expected, I mostly heard Australian stations, with a Kiwi or two as well. All I have for equipment here is a Gary D. converted Tecsun PL 380 with the larger ferrite rod antenna. Most of what I heard was in the upper half of the band, although I did start up there in any case. A moderate dawn enhancement was noted. Most signals were threshold. Here are my results ("6" level/threshold unless otherwise noted):
1116 Good reception with ID for 4BC at 16:21 1143: Fair with English talk at 16:20 1170, 1323 1132: EE at fair level 1370: local HI station with CRI in English about shopping in Beijing, then a tribute song to Whitney Houston. 1386: Good reception with Indian music from NZ 1440: Looking for Kiribati Nothing heard today 1512 1548: Very good reception with Adele at 16:37. Minor splatter from local 1540 1557 1566 1575 1584: poor to fair with music. To SW from me. No TOH ID 1593: fair with EE pop music at 16:30 That's it from sunny 80 deg Waikiki. Aloha! Walt Salmaniw _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com 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: irca@hard-core-dx.com