I visited the Waters Edge HomeAway rental property near Fleeton, VA for the 6th time from Oct. 18 - 21. Results are on this webpage:
http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_we6.php A 160’ DKAZ was used pointing at 135 deg. -- further south than I had planned thus I missed most of the fine TA loggings my friends at LBI enjoyed the same weekend. I also was reminded that the DKAZ is a wonderful ‘deer trap.’ On two consecutive mornings I woke to find one of my masts BROKE due to a deer incursion. Conditions were far from auroral so I was mostly limited to the usual collection of stations from PR, DR, Cuba and Colombia. A couple of decent catches did struggle through the mundane to reach my antenna though. On 1290.3 kHz I had a re-log of Radio Timbira do Maranhao from Brazil: http://realmonitor.com/we6/181019/0100/brazil-1290.wav And on 828 kHz Magic 828 provided a weak but readable signal ... http://realmonitor.com/we6/181019/0000/south-africa-828.wav … that I was not able to // with their on-line feed due to a really crappy internet connection but recognized the voice of a rather distinctive male announcer from a previous logging in Lubec, Maine last November ... http://realmonitor.com/qh10/171113/qh100/2330/south-africa-828.wav Fortunately, the weather was nice and my wife and I had a nice break from DC. Bill Whitacre Alexandria, VA _______________________________________________ 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
