[HCDX] Loggings from Victoria, BC

[Walter Salmaniw <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>]

> Best ever reception of Radio VOP,
> and a welcome return of ALI, the Dutch hobby pirate.  Good DX to
> all!............Walt.




> BRAZIL 11815, 0255-0300*, R.Brasil
> Central Jun 16 Lively programming with 
> full ID and frequency announcements in Portuguese at 0258.  Off
> promptly at 
> 0300 without any fanfare. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada)
>
> BRAZIL 11829.955, 0113-, R.Anhanguera Jun 15 Portuguese news and variety
> program.  Many interviews, mentions of Sao Paulo.  Suffers from
> splatter 
> from BBC via WYFR on upper side, and to a lesser extent on the lower side
> from Voice of Russia via Vatican.  Otherwise a very strong
> signal.  Can't 
> be 1 kw as listed in some sources.  Seems more likely 10 kw, as I
> see in 
> other sources.  Can anyone confirm the correct power?  Nice ID
> at 01:23, 
> after mentions of noticias.  Signed off sometime before recheck at
> 0158, as 
> nothing then was heard. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada)
>
> CANADA 6030, 0031-, CFVP Calgary Jun 11 Nice clear signal at S5 from
> CKMX, 
> with 1-800 number and mentions of the broad coverage area of 
> CKMX.  Financial planning news.  Don't know if the partial
> eclipse of the 
> sun allowed some enhancement. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada)
>
> TIBET 9490, 1549-, Tibet Peoples BS Jun 15 Hoping to hear their English
> segment at 1630, but reception has gone from fair to good, to just a
> carrier when rechecking at 1623.  All other // are too low for this
> time of 
> the year. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada)
>
> HOLLAND 15069.67, 0204-, Alfa Lima International Jun 16 Tentative logging
> with slow female vocal in AM mode.  Poor to fair reception, with a
> ute on 
> USB.  Wonder whether this is a relay of a south American pirate?
> Weaker 
> audio when rechecked at 0241.  Confirmed at 0245 with ALI ID and www
> site 
> as
> www.alfalima.net
> in English.  Fading up again. S-I-O later was 2-4-3 
> around 0400, with usual ALI programming. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada)
>
> MADAGASCAR 7309.99, 0330-, VOICE OF PEOPLE Jun 16 Good solid S7 signal 
> without any QRM, and a minor amount of QRN.  Unfortunately, transmitter did 
> not start until just after 0330, and audio did not kick in for another 15 
> seconds, missing the sign-on announcement.  A very different 
> program.  Usually a lot of politics, but today is a music program, 
> highlighting particular African artists.  Looking back to 1948, and the 
> Congo. When rechecked at 0400, signal was about S5, and from there 
> gradually deteriorated to poor/fair by sign-off. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, 
> Canada)
>
> ROMANIA 17735, 0454-, R.ROMANIA INTERN. Jun 16 RRI in English, totally 
> blown away by Petropavlovsk's 900 Hz test tone.  Radio Ezra should boom in 
> tonight!. (Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada)

Walter (Volodya) Salmaniw, MD
   Victoria, BC, Canada.

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