KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - SUNDAY 8th NOVEMBER 2015

SS LATINS AND PR:

I have been having a listen to files from Saturday morning that I had almost dismissed and deleted, but they were still on the drive when Davie H asked me to see if I could hear Union Radio on 640 from Venezuala. Is it a YL with the ID?. No it is an OM. I could hear a slow spoken YL in SS on 640 just after 0700. Or so I thought. I was listening to Sunday's file..lol.. So after I found Saturday's file, I found the place where the ID was, but found it much harder to catch the ID than the clip Davie had by this time played to me. But I think I have found it. I have also found some kind of ID on 830 on Sat am.... So I have started to make a log of the last 2 days....... Not had much time to check the files so far.....

On Sunday 8th I was again amazed again at the signals from Puerto Rico on 630, sat on top of the Euros at 0700. Euros dominating at 0600. 580 PR can also reach local levels, but today BBC Radio Scotland 585 was a bit overpowering here.

 

600 Like LV De Columbia or something. Again need to get audio clip up for 2nd opinion . 0700 7/11
630 PR Booming at 0700 8/11
640 Union Radio Ven 0701 7/11 Prob Pers 1st, tip DH
680 Radio Nac Columbia. Been regular this week. 0700 8/11 and other times.
830 Poss Radio 830AM , Ven. 0700 7/11 Will require assisiance when I upload a clip with the ids.

 

KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - FRIDAY 6th NOVEMBER 2015

 

NOTES FROM TODAY:

I quickly checked at 0700 and my 06 rec but band seems depressed so far. High solar activity.

 

 

KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - THURSDAY 5th NOVEMBER 2015

 

NOTES FROM THE LAST DAYS:

I am still going through the recordings from last few days, and noticed what I hoped was a new one. Buzz 12-60. But it turned out only to be the Boston stn. ex Disney. Yesterday was a dead loss, dead band but today was interesting, with some Latins coming through, so yes, roll on the dx....

At 0700 I had rebelde cuckoo on 530, 610, 620, 670, 710, 770, 1180, 1620

 

610 WIOD 0704 with rebelde and another ss at 0700 5/11
670 Rebelde Cuba 0458 IDs 5/11
680 Radio Nacional Columbia 0700 5/11
710 Rebelde // 670 0458 5/11
750 RCR 750 Caracas, Ven 0457 good ids and anns 5/11
1520 0500 unid ss 5/11

 

KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - TUESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER 2015

NOTES FROM THE LAST MONTH:

I have been a bit disappointed with the band conditions in the early and mid parts of October. It seemed to be one flat day after another, and I stopped recording again. But towards the end of October I was beginning to hear signals again. I am going to make a logs list and who knows, might find the time to add to it over the next weeks. Let's hope that its because I hear some startling dx!!!

I have also started a montage of various stations but not quite finished. So only a few recordings below so far.

(Update - montage available now, WRCR 1700, CKNX 920, WBBR 1130, 930 CFBC, Bloomberg 1200, VOCM 650, WRKO 680, WLW 700, WTIC 1080, WXKS 1200 Bloomberg, WSAR 1480 ).

 

680 Radio Nacional De Columbia 0700 2/11 good signals and ids 0705
680 WRKO VG 0600 3/11
700 WLW 0600 3/11
820 WNYC 0500 3/11 good id. at 0600 poor id sounds like WMID...
930 WDLX - Pirate Radio 12-50 WGHB and 930 WDLX, Washington, NC 0700 2/11 Ann Greenville / Washington
1080 WTIC Great signal but messed up ads and news 0600 3/11
1200 WKXS Boston Bloomberg 0600 3/11
1260 WBIX am 12-60 The Buzz Boston. Ex Disney 0600 tues 3/11
1280 WADO NY SS Daytimer usually?? Using the word WAADO 12-80 0700 2/11
1320 WILS 0800 1/11
1480 WSAR 0603 WX 3/11
1520 WIZZ 2214 30/10 Sign off announcemen ts I believe with the IDs. poor
1700 WRCR Ramapo NY heard a couple of times at booming at 2200. 30/10. 31/10

 

MORE ANTENNA REPAIRS:

I have had some help a week ago from David H to rewire the beverage antenna. We recently rewired the coax feeder, which turned out to be about 300 metres or so. This was mainly because after so many years there were so many joins of short pieces of cable!!!

But last week we re ran 4 drums of cable, ie 400m of the actual antenna wire.

I was completely unsure how we should attempt this new run of cable, taken from a beverage antenna I had running through the open field a few years back. (Use the best you have available I keep telling myself, and don't hoard the best cable in a shed)

If I had space, and sticks available, I should have perhaps ran the wires say 3 feet apart, and did some experementing. But I don't really wish to draw attention to the aerials running all over the place, so opted to run the replacement cable on the same sticks, but leaving the old wire in position. Both cables have been joined for now at the feeder.

I really should go change over whilst recording and see what if any difference there is.

And finally for now, on Sunday, I was in the woods resoldering the earth connections, making two extra earth connections, as well as soldering the 4 joins at each 100 metres. It is quite a clumsy way of operating sometimes, using a blow lamp, but it does work...