From news.cs.tut.fi!news.funet.fi!fuug!mcsun!uunet!think.com!ames!titan.ksc.nasa.gov!crawford Wed Dec 2 10:52:08 EET 1992 Article: 16316 of rec.radio.shortwave Path: news.cs.tut.fi!news.funet.fi!fuug!mcsun!uunet!think.com!ames!titan.ksc.nasa.gov!crawford From: crawford@titan.ksc.nasa.gov (David E. Crawford) Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave Subject: CANAVDX 92 logs Message-ID: <1992Dec1.093740.4422@titan.ksc.nasa.gov> Date: 1 Dec 92 09:37:40 EST Organization: NASA, Kennedy Space Center Lines: 134 The following loggings were made at the CANAVDX 92 DXpedition at Canaveral National Seashore, Florida, on 27-28 November 1992. Any help in resolving the UNIDs would be appreciated. Also, if anyone has mailing addresses for the logged LOWFERs, please post or email them so we can QSL them. Thanks. LOGGINGS 175.4 USA KRY (LOWFER), Chardon, Ohio, 0957, CW, CQ marker with "qsa to ..." and gave address, which was of course unreadable due to very poor signal. Took 20 minutes to pick out the callsign. (DC) 188.47 USA 9HDQ (LOWFER), Daleville, Indiana, 0902, continuous callsign on CW mode, poor level. (DC) 188.91 USA WI (LOWFER), Owings, Maryland, 0716+, first and strongest of the LOWFERs heard this night, CW, "vvv de wi wi wi wi wi ..." Poor, but whaddaya expect for 1 watt? (DC) 189.30 USA TH (LOWFER), Colts Neck, New Jersey, 0928, CW, continuous callsign, extremely poor, then faded out completely. (DC) 189.50 USA ABC (LOWFER), Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, 0922, CW callsign + long dash, very poor. (DC) 252 EIRE Atlantic 252, 0257, "Walking on Broken Glass" to 0301, then into "Baby, Baby" by Amy Grant, 0304 M deejay ID, contest info and brief call-in. Poor level. (DC) 289 UNID CB (Marine NDB), 0443, 400 Hz USB keying, fair level. Location unknown. (DC) 514a UNID XKQ (NDB), 0244, poor level. Readable on LSB only, so maybe actually 512. Location unknown. (DC) 515 USA ONH (NDB), Jefferson City, Missouri, 0240, poor. (DC) 518 UNID GCT (NDB), 2244, fair level. (DC) 518 UNID IQS (NDB), 0700, poor level. Location unknown. (DC) 521 USA GM (NDB), Greenville, South Carolina, 2208, fair level. (DC) 521 UNID TVX (NDB), 2208, fair level mixed w/ GM. Stronger and dominating channel later. (DC) 524 USA HEH (NDB), Newark, Ohio, 2152, poor/fair through 526 QRM. (DC) 524 USA AJG (NDB), Mt. Carmel, Illinois, 2159, poor through co-channel. (DC) 524 USA UOC (NDB), Iowa City, Iowa, poor/fair. (DC) 526 BAHAMAS (ALLEGEDLY) ZLS (NDB), 2150, xlnt. Anyone ever determine the exact location of this one, or was it assumed to be Bahamas because of the call sign? DSB keyed. (DC) 526 UNID CYV (NDB), 2150, fair level under ZLS. This one has been around for years but haven't seen an actual site listing for it anywhere. Once I heard it in the daytime while driving west of Gainesville, FL, so it can't be too far away. Any ideas? DSB keyed. (DC) 530 USA Palm Beach Intl Airport TIS, Florida, 2145, f/g level co-channel CIAO with usual W info cart. (DC) 530 CANADA CIAO, London, Ontario, 2145, live remote bcast at BMW dealer w/ EG & IT (or wierd accent SP) babbling, vocal mx, getting stronger and heard again at 2202 completely overriding the TIS w/ IT nx. CH pxing noted in the wee morning hours. (DC) 540.32 UNID LAm 0455-0505, SP speaker here through WGTO splatter. Very weak. (DC) 830 ST. KITTS Radio Paradise, 2348 US EG preacher on the importance of Word of God. Over/under HIJB ritmos and Santo Domingo ads. (TK) 1030 USA KTWO, Casper, Wyoming, 0830 M ID as "K-2" also mentioning 650 and 1540 KHz. Fair level at peaks through QRM. (DC) 1031.02 UNID LAm 0313 EZL W vocal, SP M. (TK) 1500 COLOMBIA Radio 1500, 0452 SP M ID & talk, upbeat LAm pop mx through the Venezuelan. (RS) 1500 VENEZUELA Radio 2000, 0502 SP ID, mostly nonstop baladas. (RS) 1540 BAHAMAS ZNS, active once again, heard throughout evening co-ch Sagua and CHIN. (RS) 1540 CANADA CHIN, Toronto, heard off and on throughout night, Argy-accented SP heard earlier in the evening. (RS, DC) 1559.87 USA WCKN (?), 2355 tent ID mentioning several locations including possible West Plains, Alabama, off-nominal frequency. USA network programming, including news 0000. Two Alabama stations listed, WAGC, Center, AL and WRDJ at Daleville. Fair at peaks. (DC, RS) 1643.49 USA ABC (MEDFER), Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, 1022-1130. This one run by the same person as the 189.5 LOWFER (Todd Roberts, Box 21413, Hilton Head, SC 29925). Continuous callsign on CW, weak signal but completely in the clear and easily readable, definitely not bad for 100 milliwatts! MUCH stronger than 189.5. (DC) 1105+ (TK) 1720H DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Radio Clarin, Santo Domingo, 2 x 860, 0249, quick M ID & TC through data link squawking. (DC) 1789.7H HAITI Radio Artibonite, throughout early local evening, fair sig at times with some kompa mx, some rlg pxing. Supposedly 2 x 895, but haven't heard it on the fundamental frequency in years despite the fact that it was formerly quite strong there. (DC) 2614U GERMANY DAN Norddeich Radio, 0535-0545, EG M nav warnings to 0540, switched to GM. Poor level but in clear. (DC) 2934.1 UNID MPG (NDBish style beacon), 0819, keyed carrier w/ tone modulation (1 KHz) (no continuous base carrier), fair/good level. Where and why here? (DC) 3316.0 SIERRA LEONE SLBS, 2216+, children's highlife mx, vernacular W dj, very good. Carrier only at 2224 recheck. (TK) 4625 ICELAND? Foghorn, 0050 not blowing horn tonight, only open carrier. Fair carrier level, anyway. (DC) 4740 TURKMENISTAN Radio Yunost' via Ashkabad, 0045 western rock mx, RS W anncr. Poor level. (DC) UNID service, 0227+, RS M&W talk, EZL piano fills on AM wakeup px, good. (TK) 5440 XINJIANG Urumchi, 0055, weak, listed Kazakh service, operatic vocals, also hints of it on //4970. (DC) 6010NF CUBA Radio Habana Cuba, 0042+, EG w/ Langston Wright on the "Cuba Caravan" (" ...sending humanitarian aid [this way] is like urinating in a lake..."). Great quote. //9815 USB. No trace of 6060, 9655. Xlnt. (TK) 6029.6T CHILE Radio Santa Maria, 0049-0102 SP soft vocals & folk mx, SP W but no clear ID. Definitely not Brazil. Clear, fair until in slop 0100+. (TK) 6940.5 CHINA Yunnan PBS, Kunming, 1046 orchestral mx, very good. (TK) 9680.18 UNID Call to prayer (Islamic) 0253 across hour. Very good. (TK) PARTICIPANTS DC -- David Crawford, Titusville, R8 receiver, unterminated 1000' longwire antenna, running at 330 degree azimuth, wire on ground. RS -- Russ Scotka, Margate, NRD525 receiver, dual 1000' longwires terminated on both ends, phasing unit, 330 degree azimuth, wire on ground. TK -- Terry Krueger, Clearwater, NRD525 receiver, unterminated 300' longwire, 330 degree azimuth, wire on ground.