Miscou Island
DX-pedition 2005
Location:
Miscou Island on the northern tip of New
Brunswick province, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
47°59'40"N, 64°32'43"W. 
Participants:
Ken Alexander, VE3HLS, and Niel Wolfish
of Ontario, Geoff Rivett (Saint John) and Brent
Taylor (Doaktown) of New Brunswick.
Antennas:
Two Beverages, and one EWE
BEV1: As a hedge against an
active Sun wiping out TA DX for all or part of
the week, we deployed our longest Beverage along
a NNW-SSE axis. As there is little to our north
to cause QRM from southern stations, we decided
not to bother terminating this Beverage. The
distance straight-line distance from feedpoint to
far end was 1836 feet. The actual length of the
wire, allowing for sand dune detours, we closer
to 2000 feet.
BEV2: Our other Beverage was
strung at a bearing of exactly 90 degrees true,
and therefore was aimed directly at Tunisia,
central Africa and Madagascar. We terminated this
Beverage to reduce QRM from stations to our west
(which was a stroke of non-genius on my
part...see below!).
EWE:
Our third antenna was a EWE, which Ken
constructed and brought with him on his flight,
made of aluminium poles at each end, at a length
of 9 feet each, joined by 16 ga jacketed hookup
wire - separated from ground by wooden dowels of
a few feet in length. The null end of the EWE was
terminated with a variable resistor - which was
pre-configured after computer modeling to be just
over 1400 Ohms. We decided to not fiddle with it
on the first night. This turned out to be our
BEST antenna, and we were astounded with its
quietude, while still delivering decent RF levels
in to our listening post. It was oriented to try
to null local pest CJVA-810 (at a bearing of
233-degrees), and did a fairly good job. The EWE
worked so well, when Geoff and I left this
morning the remaining two DXers on Miscou were
considering rolling up the 90-degree Beverage
altogether, or re-deploying it in another
direction.
Receiving
Equipment: Three Wellbrook active
multicouplers - one for each antenna - each
feeding four receivers. Each listener could
switch between and combine any two of the three
outdoor antennas, and we all had Quantum Phasers
for peaking and nulling. Geoff also had a Quantum
QX Pro loop. Ken and Niel each brought their
AOR-7030s, Geoff had his Drake R8, and I had my
Icom R-75 with Kiwa mods. We also had an
assortment of portable radios (most of the Sony
line from the last 25 years, as it turned out
<G>).
Brent's
Report
DX - Night/Day
One/Two (of seven)
We all arrived late on Friday evening, well after
sunset, so there was no time to string antennas.
We socialized for several hours over several of
New Brunswick's finest Beverages.....not the
antenna kind...caught up on recent events, and
then we tuned around a bit with our portables. I
had a great copy on COPE Spain on 1215 (although
I expected Virgin Radio to be better given the
STI). Other coastal souther Europeans were strong
also.
On Saturday we busied ourselves with stringing
the Beverages and erecting the EWE. After that
work was done it was time to configure the
listening positions, which took over an hour.
There was about $15,000 worth of stuff on that
small cottage's wooden table by the time we were
done, just in time for DX.
Saturday night's DX started about 1.5 hours
before local sunset. Carriers were noted on
almost all of the splits early on, with the
strongest and earliest being 1044 SER Spain, 1422
(Algeria?p) and 1584 SER Spain. Best early audio
was 1296 COPE Valencia with a soccer game
(futbol, surprise!). By local twilight
practically all of the TA splits were lit up
nicely, with the usual stuff reported regularly
by Mark, Marc, Chris, and Bruce from the East
Coast of New England.
Our biggest mystery started at 2157Z, and
continued for almost 15 minutes on 1224. It was a
hit parade of pop music, including great copy on
Tom Jones' "Kiss," followed by
"I'm a Believer" by Smashmouth. Never
did get an ID despite lingering for all that
time. We would like to hear from someone across
the Pond who can fill us in on the formats of the
stations found on 1224. Of course, we are hoping
it was Israel. By 2213 the usual COPE was back
up, with a full ID and taking a phone call from a
listener. We moved on...
Spain on 684 was absolutely dominating by 2215.
It was loud and virtually interference-free,
despite being sanwiched between Montreal and
Boston/Halifax.
BBC Radio 5 on 693 was armchair at 2217, with an
interview. It was // 909. Talksport 1089 was also
loud, with a live phone interview of an American
named Brian about the effects of Hurricane Rita.
We think we heard Guinea on 1295 at about 2306Z.
It had traditional music very similar to what we
have all heard regularly from Nouakchott,
Mauritania on MW and SW (at least, before the
coup...). There were breaks with a man talking,
and none of us could identify the language.
Our next mystery came just after 0100Z Sunday, on
1350 KHz (after some pretty nifty phasing).
Clear, loud, Arab-style music which persisted for
several minutes. None of our listed stations seem
to match that type of programming. We looked on
9495 for Georgia's parallel signal but could not
find a match. (Consensus seems to be, since then,
that we heard Radio Orient in France)
SUNDAY MORNING: Hello, Western Canada!
Well, the best part of my short stay on Miscou
had nothing to do with TAs, as it turned out. I
have since seen on some of the DX lists that
several others had a good copy of
Brandon/Winnipeg on 880 on the weekend. Same
here! I was the first to rise at about 0545
Miscou time, 0445 ELT. The rest followed within a
few minutes and we were all back at our posts by
0500 ELT. Snacking on cereal, drinking juice, tea
and coffee.
With WCBS nulled/phased out, at 0501 ELT I copied
a weather forecast in Celsius, followed by the
Canadian lottery numbers from the night before.
Then into country music with no audible ID. We
have no doubt who it was, and former Winnipegger
Niel Wolfish was quite confident we had Manitoba.
With that almost-logging, we got a little bolder
and looked farther west. Within a few minutes
Geoff thought he heard a reference to Calgary on
660 with WFAN phased out. I passed him my NRC
Domestic Log to he could see if there was such a
creature and...sure enough....there was CFFR
listed in all its glory. We all tuned to 660 at
around 0520, phased, and all heard "It's My
Party," "What a Wonderful World,"
"Black Magic Woman," and the dead
giveaway for a Canadian, "As the Years Go
By," by Mashmakan. Then, the ID,
"Calgary's station for good times!" and
into Strawberry Alarm Clock's "Incense and
Peppermints" @ 0529.
Thinking we could go even further, I asked Niel,
"What's CKWX's frequency?" He (who
seems to have the Domestic Log committed to
memory) said, "1130." Hmm, WBBR just
pounds in here, but what the heck. I tuned to
1130, started switching and phasing and before
long had a woman talking, in a newscast, about
"Cloverdale," and then
"boundaries." Neil and I both had it by
then, and after the woman announcer threw to a
male there were frequent mentions of the
"Lower Mainland," then into hockey
scores at 0545, with the Canucks' exhibition game
first - mentioning Ed Jovanovski, and then CFL
football; followed by baseball. Considering
baseball is in the final throes of a pennant
chase, and the NHL regular season has not even
started yet, we were confident at that point it
was CKWX. Niel confirmed it when he heard, with
the same voice used for the promos on sister
station "680 News" in Toronto, many of
the exact same phrases and styles on 1130.
Next, at 0549 EDT, we all arrived on 1140 just in
time to hear, "Southern Alberta's community
radio station, AM-1140." Then it went into a
C&W song. That was CHRB in High River. We
could hear it dominating on 1140, with no phasing
required, on all of the antennas. It was about
half-daylight on Miscou by that point.
In less than an hour, I had heard three new
provinces from New Brunswick, bringing me from 6
to 9. And only my third West-Coast station EVER
(after KFI and KNX 30 years ago). Before it was
too late I trolled for Saskatchewan but came up
empty. Next time...
In summary, while we all went with TA and SA DX
in mind, I returned home very stoked about the
conditions to the west. I have regained an
appreciation for the thrills of domestic DX. None
of us anticipated it. We had, as mentioned above,
terminated our East-West Beverage to favour
Africa. By the time I decided to leave the radio
and dare to run the 1000-feet plus to undo the
termination...it was too late, and too light.
Interestingly, the conditions to Western Canada
did not translate into Western USA enhancement.
No KSL, KGO, or anything else one might expect.
Nothing from WOAI or WBAP either. WOAI was my
farthest-west SRS domestic two years ago from
Miscou.
Before concluding this little report, I want to
say how much we missed Jacques D'Avignon, VE3VIA,
this year as he is recuperating at home. We spoke
of him often, and look forward to Jacques' return
next year for the sixth annual Miscou event.
I also want to report that, after a horrendous
noise level last year, we reported it to my local
power utility, NB Power. After some early
frustration and some follow-ups by Jacques and
me, NB Power's northern New Brunswick manager
called me personally last week to report that
their crews had gone to Miscou, found the problem
and fixed it over the summer. He wished me
success and told me to call him personally if
there were any problems with his utilitiy's
lines. The conditions were perfect, quiet, and
free from QRM. We are very grateful to NB Power
for the time and expense it took to work the
problem for our crew of DXers.
Notable Loggings:
660 CFFR AB Calgary
– 9/25 0520 – Fair, with WFAN
phased/nulled. 60s and 70s gold and, then,
"Calgary's station for good times," and
into Strawberry Alarm Clock's "Incense and
Peppermints" @ 0529. New province. (BT-NB)
880 CKLQ MB Brandon
– 9/25 0501 – Fair, with WCBS
phased/nulled, with Loto 6/49 winning numbers,
weather forecast for NW winds and temperatures in
Celsius, and into C&W song with no
call-letter ID. New province. (BT-NB)
1130 CKWX BC Vancouver
– 9/25 0535 – Fair, with WBBR
nulled/phased. News with woman anchor,
several mentions of “Lower Mainland,” a
traffic report mentioning Vancouver area locales
including “Cloverdale.” Then,
into sports at 0545 with CFL football, NHL
exhibition Canucks game (lead story), and MLB
scores. Reception confirmed using recording
of that program hour provided a few days later
over email by CKWX’s kind CE! New province!
Best domestic logging in 30 years of DXing from
NB. (BT-NB)
1140 CHRB AB High
River – 9/25 0549 – Good, on all
three antennas and no need to phase, in
occasional WBBR slop with immediate ID,
"Southern Alberta's community radio station,
AM-1140." Then it into C&W song.
New! (BT-NB)
Niel's Report
Now that I've had a chance
to transcribe my scribbles, here's a rundown of
the Trans-Atlantics logged this past week on the
DXpedition with Ken Alexander, Geoff Rivett,
Roger Roussel and Brent Taylor. My listening was
done on an AOR-7030+ mostly using a EWE antenna
designed to try and null nearby 810-CJVA.
Nothing exciting logged in the way of Latin
American stations. The same Cubans that I can
hear from home for the most part.
162 FRANCE France Inter, Allouis SEP 24 2331
– Good with “We Are The Robots” by
Kraftwerk.
189 ICELAND RUV, Gufuskálar SEP 26 2019 –
Fair signal with The Beatles’ “Rocky
Racoon” and Coldplay’s
“Politik”.
207 ICELAND RUV, Eidar SEP 28 2312 – Noted
under Morocco with Louis Armstrong music parallel
to 189.
225 POLAND Polskie Radio, Solec Kujawski SEP 27
0243 - Presumed the one here with a non-English
version of “White Shade of Pale”. ++++
SEP 28 0000 – 5 pips + 1 at top-of-the-hour
into newscast read by man in Polish.
252 IRELAND RTE Radio 1, Clarkestown SEP 27 0300
– Woman with news, weather and ID. Fair with
Algerian station.
531 SPAIN RNE 5, various SEP 26 0530 – Good
with time pips and ID by woman as “Radio
Cinco” into news read by man. Parallel to a
fair 558.
549 ALGERIA Alger Chaîne 1, Les Trembles SEP 27
2258 - Strong with Arabic male vocal parallel to
153 and 891.
558 SPAIN RNE 5, various SEP 26 0531 –
“Radio Cinco” news read by man. Fair
and parallel to 531.
612 MOROCCO RTM, Sebaâ-Aioun SEP 27 2345 -
Parallel to 207 with Arabic male vocals. Fair to
good signal.
639 SPAIN RNE 1, various SEP 28 2255 – Man
and woman in discussion with lots of laughter
(probably a discussion about how hard it must be
to DX from Spain with the numerous RNE 1, RNE 5,
COPE and SER outlets!). Parallel to 684.
675 LIBYA Radio Jamahiriyah, Benghazi SEP 28 2139
- Female host playing stringed Middle-Eastern
music. Poor and parallel to 1053 at this time.
675 NETHERLANDS Arrow Rock Radio, Lopik SEP 25
2235 – Fair under Libya with Supertramp
song.
684 SPAIN RNE 1, Sevilla SEP 24 2210 – Man
and woman with what sounded like a newscast. Good
signal. Parallel to 693-poor, 738-fair, 774-fair
and 855-good.
693 ENGLAND BBC Radio 5, Droitwich SEP 26 0127
– Parallel to 909 with interview program.
711 FRANCE France Info, Rennes SEP 27 0241 –
Fair with woman talking about Algeria. Not as
good as signal on 1206.
738 SPAIN RNE 1, Barcelona SEP 24 2210 – Man
and woman with what sounded like a newscast. Fair
signal parallel to 693, 774 and 855.
765 SWITZERLAND RSR Option Musique, Sottens SEP
27 2301 - Blasting in at this time with French
newscast and ID at 2303.
774 SPAIN RNE 1, various SEP 26 0537 –
Parallel to 855 with Spanish talk and a very
noticeable echo effect.
837 AZORES RDP 1, São Miguel SEP 28 2226 –
Mixing with COPE. Portuguese announcer playing
Oasis’ recent hit “Lyla”.
837 CANARY ISLANDS/SPAIN COPE, various SEP 28
2225 - Talk about a Madrid soccer team mixing
with the Azores station. Parallel to 900 and a
very strong 999.
855 SPAIN RNE 1, various SEP 26 0537 – Good
with talk by man in Spanish. Parallel to 774.
864 EGYPT Holy Koran R. Santah SEP 26 0002 –
Man reciting Koran; fair. Mixing with France.
864 FRANCE France Blue, Villebon-sur-Yvette SEP
26 0004 – Parallel to 1494 with pop music.
Mixing with Egypt.
873 SPAIN SER, various SEP 27 0412 - Woman
speaking in Spanish. Parallel to 1116. Fair
signal.
882 SPAIN COPE, various SEP 28 2235 – Noted
in passing with same programming as on 999.
891 ALGERIA Alger Chaîne 1, Alger SEP 27 2256 -
Good with Arabic male vocal parallel to longwave
153 and 549.
891 PORTUGAL Radio Renascença, Villa Moura SEP
28 2131 – Man speaking in Portuguese,
parallel to 963. No sign of Algeria at this time.
900 SPAIN COPE, various SEP 28 2222 – Over
top of CKDH-Amherst with commercials and talk
about a Madrid soccer team. ID sounded like
“Cope Cadena”. Parallel to 837 and a
very strong 999.
909 BOTSWANA Voice of America, Sebele Pikwe SEP
28 2115 – Began to surface with the same VOA
programming as on 1530-Sao Tome. VOA Classic Rock
Show playing Rolling Stones tunes “Lady
Jane” and “2000 Light Years From
Home”. VOA news headlines at 2130 and then
“Sympathy For The Devil”. No sign of
BBC yet on 909. It would have been really cool if
the VOA was playing The Beatles instead of The
Rolling Stones and they fired up “One After
909”!!!
945 FRANCE France Info, Toulouse SEP 24 2355
– Noted with classical music parallel to
1557.
963 PORTUGAL Radio Renascença, Seixal SEP 27
2150 – Man in Portuguese interviewing
somebody. Parallel to 891. Fair signal with
somebody else in here.
972 SPAIN RNE 1, various SEP 26 2142 –
Parallel to a stronger 855 with man in Spanish.
Fair signal with Arabic station underneath
(Libya, parallel to 675)
that started to take over at 2148
981 ALGERIA Alger Chaîne 2, Alger SEP 25 2148
– Presumed with woman singing over stringed
instrument.
981 ??? SEP 28 0500 – Woman with what
sounded like a station promo. Not in Portuguese.
Good signal for a brief period of time. Greece?
999 SPAIN COPE, Madrid SEP 28 2225 –
Parallel to 837 and 900 with soccer talk. 999
consistently had a killer signal all week.
1008 CANARY ISLANDS Punto Radio, Arucas SEP 25
2143 - “El Mirador del Deporte” program
and “Punto Radio” ID at 2145. Over the
SER station that was parallel to 1116.
1008 SPAIN SER, various SEP 25 2145 - Under Punto
Radio with same talk program as 1116. ++++ SEP 28
2035 – Parallel to 1116 and 1179 with
commercial.
1008 ????? SEP 25 2341 - Somebody weak with
Tracey Ullman’s “They Don’t
Know” and also Manfred Mann’s “Doo
Wah Diddy Diddy”. Possibly Radio 10 Gold
from Holland?
1026 NIGERIA Jigaawa Broadcasting Corporation,
Dutse SEP 28 2143 - African drum music heard
over/under Spain. Male announcer in unknown
language. Seemed to go off the air at 2204 after
a possible call to prayer and also the National
Anthem. No ID heard, but clearly it was the
Nigerian anthem that we heard. It
sounded familiar to me and also matched up with
the anthem posted at www.intervalsignals.net.
1026 SPAIN SER, various SEP 25 2139 – Fair
and parallel to 1116 with telephone interview in
Spanish.
1035 PORTUGAL Rádio Clube Português, Porto Alto
SEP 26 2115 – Good with Rod Stewart and Eric
Carmen tunes. Station promo and what sounded like
a Subaru commercial at 2122. ID and jingle as
“Rádio Clube Português” afterward +++
SEP 27 0236 – blasting in with songs by Bob
Dylan and Blondie.
1053 ENGLAND TalkSPORT, various SEP 27 0150 -
Phone-in program with talk about the Labour
Government. Fair over Spain and not quite as good
as
parallel 1089.
1053 LIBYA Radio Jamahiriyah, Tripoli SEP 28 2139
- Female host playing stringed Middle-Eastern
music. Parallel to a weaker 675.
1062 DENMARK Danmarks Radio, Kalundborg SEP 27
0400 – Danish talk by woman (newscast?)
mixing with Italy.
1062 ITALY RAI Radio 1, various SEP 27 0358
– Woman giving out phone numbers. ID as
“RAI-Radio Televisione Italiana-Radio
Uno”. Played Italian
National Anthem at 0359. Newscast read by woman
at 0400 at same time as Denmark started to fade
in. Parallel to a weaker 1575.
1062 ??? SEP 27 0228 – somebody playing a
Sean Paul song. Denmark?
1071 SPAIN Euskadi Irratia, Bilbao SEP 26 2302 -
Woman reading news. Poor and parallel to 1197.
1080 SPAIN SER, various SEP 25 2315 – Noted
under WTIC-Hartford with the same Spanish talk as
on 1116.
1089 ENGLAND TalkSPORT, various SEP 27 0155 -
Phone-in program with talk about the Labour
Government. Good signal, better than parallel
1053.
1098 SPAIN RNE 5, various SEP 25 2131 –
Parallel to 1107 with Spanish dialogue and
noticeably bad echo effect.
1106.8 ??? SEP 25 2338 – Het here on the low
side of 1107 noted.
1107 SPAIN RNE 5, various SEP 24 2145 –
“Radio Cinco” ID and talk by man. Good
signal. +++ SEP 25 2128 – Strong with
Rolling Stones’ “Brown Sugar”. ID
and time pips at the bottom-of-the-hour.
1116 SPAIN SER, various SEP 25 2126 –
“Cadena SER” ID by woman and Mazda
commercial . Fair to good signal.
1152 ROMANIA România Actualitata, Cluj SEP 27
0327 – Faded up with the same programming as
1179. Pop music and female announcer. ID by woman
at 0330.
1161 SPAIN Euskadi Irratia, San Sebastián SEP 27
0013 - Female announcer playing “Gimme Some
Lovin” by The Spencer Davis Group. Parallel
to 1071 and 1197.
1169 ??? SEP 27 2318 – Big het here below
1170, but never any audio. Iran, I assume.
1170 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Radio Sawa, Al-Dhabbaya
SEP 26 0117 – Woman in Arabic talking about
Israel. Under WWVA and parallel to 1431-Djibouti.
1170 ??? SEP 27 2343 – Who would be playing
“Maid Of Orleans” by Orchestral
Manoeuvres in the Dark (from 1981)? Looks like a
few of the UK stations listed here are
possibilities.
1179 ROMANIA România Actualitata, various SEP 27
0305 – Jingle that sounded like “Radio
Romania”. Woman playing pop music by Ace Of
Base and also
talking on phone with listener. Strong signal at
this time
1179 SPAIN SER, various SEP 28 2031 –
Excited announcer in Spanish also heard on 1008,
1026, 1116, 1485 and 1602.
1179 SWEDEN Radio Nederlands relay, Sölvesborg
SEP 25 2316 – In English with “Week
Ahead” program. Went into “Vox
Humana” program after ID at 2330. Good
signal, mixing with Spain.
1187.9 MOROCCO RTM, Casablanca SEP 28 2155
–Presumed to be Morocco. Parallel to 1044
with Arabic woman singing.
1188 ??? SEP 27 0254 – Somebody playing a
dreary version of “Michael Row Your Boat
Ashore”. {I think I can rule out Iran…}
1197 ENGLAND Virgin Radio, various SEP 25 2309
– Weak with commercial for Barclay’s
Bank. Parallel to 1215 and Rod Stewart’s
“You Wear It Well”. Parallel to 1215.
1197 LESOTHO WYFR relay, Maseru SEP 26 2244 - On
top of frequency with religious phone-in program.
Spanish station began to appear and ruin things
around 2258. ++++ SEP 28 2146 – Noted weak
with religious programming.
1197 SPAIN Euskadi Irratia, Vitoria SEP 27 0013 -
Female announcer playing Spencer Davis Group
song. Fair signal parallel to 1071 and 1161.
1206 FRANCE France Info, Bordeaux SEP 24 2138
– In French with talk about a car accident.
Fair signal at this time. This and 1377 were
usually the best
France frequencies in Miscou.
1215 ENGLAND Virgin Radio, various SEP 25 2311
– Good over Spain with spots for Barclays
Bank and Sky TV. Music by Boston and Rod Stewart.
Parallel to a weaker 1197. Could not hear the
1233 outlet.
1215 SPAIN COPE, various SEP 24 2136 – Good
with soccer broadcast. Parallel to 1224 and 1296.
Usually Virgin Radio had a better signal on the
frequency.
1224 ?????? SEP 24 2156 – Somebody with Bon
Jovi’s “Runaway”, Tom Jones’
cover of “Kiss” @ 2200 and
Smashmouth’s “I’m A Believer”
at 2204. Mixing with COPE, who eventually took
over. Maybe this was the non-COPE station on the
frequency, Radio Popular de San Sebastian?
1224 SPAIN COPE, various SEP 24 2202 – ID
heard, mixing with the 1224 mystery station.
1242 FRANCE France Info, Marseille SEP 25 2136
– Newscast. Poor signal parallel to 1404 and
1557.
1251 LIBYA Voice of Africa, Tripoli SEP 26 2222
– Talk about Palestine and then some Middle
Eastern music. Good signal.
1269 GERMANY Deutschlandfunk, Neumünster SEP 27
0213 – Poor with Classical music. Parallel
to an equally poor 1422.
1287 SPAIN SER, various SEP 28 0442 – Poor
with same talk program as on 1116.
1296 ENGLAND Radio XL 1296 AM, Birmingham SEP 27
0239 – Under Spain with Subcontinental/South
Asian/East Indian music.
1296 SPAIN COPE, Valencia SEP 24 2133 – Good
with soccer broadcast. Parallel to a poor 1215
(with noticeable echo effect) and a fair 1224.
1314 NORWAY NRK, Kvitsoy SEP 26 0012 – Noted
with strong signal playing Johnny Horton’s
“North To Alaska”.
1332 ROMANIA România Actualitata, Galati SEP 26
0012 – faded up over messy frequency with a
version of “Those Were The Days” (not
the Mary Hopkin version). Male announcer who
intially fooled me as I thought he was speaking
Portuguese. Played some piano music and
eventually I realized that this was parallel to
1458. Also noted some Middle-Eastern style music
underneath. (Iran?)
1341 NORTHERN IRELAND BBC Radio Ulster,
Lisnagarvey SEP 26 0005 - Good with BBC news,
1341 SPAIN SER, Léon SEP 25 2055 – What
sounded like a wrap-up of soccer matches with
scores and clips from games. Parallel to 1116,
1485 and 1584 at this time. 1350 ?????? SEP 25
0107 – Somebody in the mess with
Middle-Eastern flavoured music. (Radio Orient
from France?)
1359 SPAIN RNE 1, Madrid SEP 27 0223 – Fair
signal with man and woman talking to each other.
Parallel to a poor 855 and a fair 972.
1368 ENGLAND Manx Radio, Foxdale SEP 28 0439 -
Played Peaches And Herb oldie followed by ID:
“The sound of your life…. Manx
Radio”. Also gave URL. Then went into
another oldie. Poor to fair signal.
1377 TANZANIA Radio Free Africa, Mwanza SEP 25
2238 – Fair signal mixing with France. Woman
in Swahili talking on phone and some lively
African music heard. ++++ SEP 26 2136 –
Better than previous day. Poor with no sign of
France. Man in Swahili playing soul/R&B
music. IDs heard at 2147 and again at 2200
after some kind of flute music was played.
1385.9 GUINEA Radio Rurale, Labe SEP 25 2214
– Decent signal with man in African language
(not French). Played lively “hi-life”
music and mentioned
Labe a few times. Nice ID caught at 2228.
1386 ???? SEP 29 0255 – Somebody weak with
pop and soul music and female announcer. Not sure
of language.
1404 ???? SEP 27 2338 – somebody playing
Elton John instrumental “Song For Guy”
underneath the France Info station. Maybe this
was the France Bleu outlet?
1413 SPAIN RNE 5, various SEP 26 2226 –
“Radio Cinco” ID and talk by man. Fair
signal with the synchronized transmitters
seemingly “out of synch” on
this channel.
1422 ALGERIA Radio Culture, Algeirs SEP 25 2051
– Man in Arabic with reverb speaking over a
soundbed of stringed music which reminded us of
Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir”. Good
signal.
1422 GERMANY Deutschlandfunk, Heusweiler SEP 27
0213 – Under Algeria, with the same
Classical music as on 1269.
1431 DJIBOUTI Radio Sawa, Arta SEP 25 2152 –
On top of frequency with a combo of Arabic pop
and Western pop music (including song by Shaggy).
ID and station promos by woman in Arabic at 2204.
1458 ENGLAND Capital Gold Manchester, Asthon Moss
SEP 29 0302 – Faded up over Sunrise Radio
with ID: “On 1458 AM this is Capital Gold
Manchester”, followed by pop music.
1458 ENGLAND Sunrise Radio, Brookmans Park SEP 26
0045 – Fair with London-area commercials, ID
and Subcontinental/South Asian music.
1458 ROMANIA România Actualitata, Constanta SEP
26 0033 – Going back and forth between 1332
and 1485 I was finally able to confirm that these
two were
parallel with a male vocal. ID at 0035. Poor
signal in mess with Sunrise Radio and possibly a
third station. Also had 1332/1458 parallel with
Bryan Adams’ “Cuts Like A Knife”
at 0051.
1467 FRANCE Trans World Radio, Roumoules SEP 24
2055 – Noted with Arabic program. Fair
signal.
1485 SPAIN SER, various SEP 25 2043 - Sporting
event in Spanish. Poor signal. A second station
in here also.
1494 FRANCE France Blue, Bastia SEP 26 0004
– Parallel to 864 with pop music.
1512 BELGIUM Radio Vlaanderen International,
Wolvertem SEP 28 0413 – Noted with good
signal. Man and woman speaking in Flemish.
1521 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA, Duba SEP 28 2236 - Woman
in Arabic parallel to shortwave 9555 and 9870.
Strong.
1521 SPAIN SER, Castellón SEP 26 2222 –
Over top of Saudi Arabia with Spanish talk
parallel to 1116 and 1485.
1529.9 ??? SEP 25 2042 – Het here on the low
side of 1530 noted.
1530 SAO TOME Voice of America, Pinheira SEP 28
0347 - UTC time check and talk about Chevron
refineries. ID by man 0350. Good over
WCKY-Cincinnati. +++ SEP 28 2111 – All alone
with VOA Classic Rock Show featuring The Rolling
Stones. Parallel to 909-Botswana.
1530 VATICAN CITY Vatican Radio, Vatican City SEP
28 0355 - Beginning to dominate with program in
Hungarian. Parallel to shortwave 4005. +++ SEP 28
0243 – Woman in Slovenian, parallel to 4005.
Good over a messy frequency.
1539 GERMANY Evangeliums Rundfunk, Mainflingen
SEP 28 0402 – Fair with German talk by man
noted here. Didn’t stick around for more
details.
1548 ENGLAND BBC Radio Bristol, Mangotsfield SEP
28 0423 - Woman with station promos…
“Radio Bristol” ID heard at 0435 after
weather forecast. Hard to tell what was going on
here as a second station was mixing in with Bill
Withers oldie (Capital Gold?).
1548 SCOTLAND Radio Forth, Edinburgh SEP 29 0250
- faded up with “Radio Forth” ID by man
and outro to “Light My Fire”.
1548 KUWAIT Radio Sawa, Kuwait SEP 27 2316 -
Better than Djibouti-1431 at this time with woman
speaking in Arabic.
1548 ???? SEP 27 2303 – weather forecast by
English accented-man. Could not pull out anything
IDable. Lost to Kuwait. +++ SEP 27 2321 –
Surfaced again
with Simon & Garfunkle’s “I Am A
Rock”. +++ SEP 28 0405 – What sounded
like a sportscast after they played the
“Theme To Rocky”. Male announcer said
to
tune in again at 5 o’clock and then played
Phil Collins’ “Groovy Kind of
Love”. +++ SEP 29 0039 – station
playing “Endless Love” and a Bryan
Ferry song.
Mixing with second station where announcer was
reading newspaper headlines.
1557 FRANCE France Info, Fontbonne SEP 25 2136
– Newscast. Fair and parallel to 1242-poor
and 1404-poor
1575 ITALY RAI Radio 1, various SEP 27 0402
– Poor with same newscast read by woman as
was on 1062 at this time.
1575 SPAIN SER, various SEP 28 2216 – All
alone on frequency at this time with phone
interview. Parallel to 1116 and 1584.
1575 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Radio Farda,
Al-Dhabbaya SEP 29 0227 – Over top of Spain
at this time with Middle Eastern music and ID by
man at 0230 in Persian.
1584 CEUTA Radiolé, Cueta SEP 25 2157 - Good
signal with music that sounded Latin American. ID
by woman as “Radiolé” at 2200. Over
top of SER. +++ SEP 28 2020 – Fair signal
with music that sounded like a Tango.
1584 SPAIN SER, various SEP 28 2216 – Even
with Radiolé with Spanish teletalk. Parallel to
1116 and 1575.
1593 KUWAIT SEP 29 0238 – Woman and man
speaking in Arabic and Middle Eastern music.
Listed as “Radio Free Iraq” at this
time.
1602 SPAIN SER, various SEP 28 2032 –
Excited announcer in Spanish. Poor signal.
Parallel to 1008, 1026, 1116, 1179 and 1485.
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