Gary Thorburn (KD1TE)
Logs from
Chamberlain, Maine
DXpedition
of
November 19-20, 2005.
A
special thanks to John Fisher and
Andy Wallace for their help in
finding
and
identifying many of the stations
below which I logged and recorded.
EQUIPMENT: antenna
-- broadband loop of about 50feet of wire in
vertical
plane,
to matching xformer and ARR
amplifer at bottom of loop, feeding
receiver
thru 50-ohm coax. receiver
-- Drake R8A.
DATES
& TIMES: 1850z thru
2359z = 19 Nov 2005. 0000z
thru 1300z =
20
Nov 2005.
189 maybe ICELAND ?? This was the
only LW broadcaster heard this
weekend. Faded
in and out within a half hour. 0247z
535 GRENADA. GBC. 0020z
555 ST KITTS & NEVIS R
ZIZ. 0251z
670 VENEZUELA YVLL R Rumbos. Heard
and recorded characteristic
"doorbell"
jingle. 0338z
**RECORDING**
rRumbosDoorbell-37.MP3
750 probably VENEZUELA YVKS. WSB
Atlanta is heard way below this signal.
0259z
**RECORDING**
750venezuela-31.MP3
760 probably COLOMBIA HJAJ/RCN.
0307z
**RECORDING**
760colombiaBetter-33.MP3
864 presumed FRANCE France
Bleu. Woman announcer, plays "Sitting on the
Dock of the Bay" at
2130z
870 CUBA. R Reloj. Time Ticks
and morse "RR" heard 0315z
**RECORDING**
rReloj-870.MP3
890 probably CUBA R Progresso. 0317z
910 probably VENEZUELA YVRQ.
0319z
**RECORDING**
venezuelaMaybe-35.MP3
1008 presumed CANARY IS
1710 PIRATE Lubavitcher Radio.
0025z.
4754.9 BRAZIL perhaps R Educacao Rural.
Mentions of Sao Paulo heard.
0804z
**RECORDING**
rEducacionBrazil-46.MP3
4765 BRAZIL. perhaps R Rural. 0239z
**RECORDING**
rRuralBrasil-29.MP3
4845 MAURITANIA R Mauritanie. 1920z
fading in, strong by 2030z.
4885 BRAZIL. probably R Clube do
Para. Heard mention of Belem,
I think. 0230z
**RECORDING**
rClubeDoParaBelem-28.MP3
4915 BRAZIL. probably R Nacional.
Many mentions of Macapa. 0219z
**RECORDING**
rNacionalMacapaMonaLisa-26.MP3
4985 BRAZIL. Brazil Central. Talk,
Paul McCartney music. Great ID
approx 2330z
**RECORDING**
brazil-Central-13.MP3
4910 presumed ZAMBIA R Zambia.
music. 2029z
**RECORDING**
zambia-5.MP3
4915 GHANA Ghana BC. EE. 2035z
4945 BRAZIL perhaps Em Rural, Petrolina;
which Jerry Berg heard on this
freq recently.
very weak signal. 0737z
4950 presumed ANGOLA R Nacionale.
barely audible, music. 2006z.
4976 UGANDA R Uganda. barely
audible, music. 2010z.
4990 SURINAME R Apintie. Great
signal, nice recording of ID.
0732z
**RECORDING**
rApintieSurinam-40.MP3
5030 BURKINA FASO R Burkina. odd
flute music. Strong signal. 2018z
**RECORDING**
burkina-4.MP3
5045 BRAZIL probably R Guaruja
Paulista. 0855z
**RECORDING**
rGuarujaPaulista-52.MP3
5865 GREECE. Fonti Tis Helladas.
0243z
**RECORDING**
fontiTisHelladas-30.MP3
6050 ?? "R Mondial" heard, also christian
music, perhaps HCJB but
doesn't sound like
it. 1143z
**RECORDING**
hcjbMaybe-6050-57.MP3
6140 COLOMBIA R Lider. Great signal
with ID. 1059z
**RECORDING**
rLider-53.MP3
6220 PIRATE Mystery Radio. ID at
2104z
**RECORDING**
mysteryRadio-10.MP3
6250.15 N. KOREA The original "tubby little
anthem"!
1130z
**RECORDING**
n-korea-56.MP3
6262 ?? Numbers station, woman in SP, I
think. Deep in noise.
6264.9 PIRATE Alpha Lima Radio. ID at 0011z
**RECORDING**
alphaLima-18.MP3
6285 PIRATE probably Laser Hot
Hits. plays "Put your Hand in the Hand",
at 2348z.
**RECORDING**
laserHot-15.MP3
6612 possibly ZIMBABWE harmonic of 3306
kHZ. African music, woman
announcer.
1945z.
6925 PIRATE Voice of Captain Ron.
ID about 2121z
**RECORDING**
captainRon-10.MP3
6973 ISRAEL Galei Zahal. 1930z
7125 presumed GUINEA RTV Guineenne.
1928z man talking in American
EE about
music, being translated to FR. at 0181z, man talking,
quiet music, recorded.
**RECORDING**
guineaMaybe-48.MP3
7595 ?? ?? African sounding
music, occasionally obliterated by UTE,
man talking FF
(2002z), later in EE (2050z)
7385 maybe AUSTRALIA man & woman talk
in Australian EE about rural
Australian
education. 0829z
9695 BRAZIL R Rio Mar. Andy W heard
ID. 1110z
**RECORDING**
rMar-54.MP3
9450 maybe RUSSIA maybe FEBA via Novosibirsk,
though nothing listed
on FEBA schedules for
this freq at this time. Christian music
heard, "I Know that my
Redeemer Liveth". 1123z
**RECORDING**
febaMaybeNovosibirsk-55.MP3
9290 LATVIA Radio Six International,
Scotland, relayed via LATVIA.
Mention of "Lively
Lounge" program 1218z
**RECORDING**
radioSixInternational-59.MP3
11730 PHILIPINES R Pilipinas. Man and
woman chat. ID heard at 1929z.
11735 TANZANIA R Tanzania Zanzibar. Great
signal, nice ID just before
signoff at 2100z
Not on 11734 as listed.
**RECORDING**
zanzibar-8.MP3
11745 CHILE. Voz Cristiana. Miami FL
address of Voz Cristiana heard.
**RECORDING**
vozCrista-23.MP3
11780 BRAZIL. R Nacional da Amazonia. ID
heard. 0204z.
**RECORDING**
rNacionalAmazonia-23.MP3
11915 presumed BRAZIL R Gaucha.
0036z.
**RECORDING**
rGaucha-20.MP3
11935 PHILIPINES R Veritas Asia. ID about
0030z.
**RECORDING**
rVeritasAsia-19.MP3
15345 presumed ARGENTINA R Nacional.
**RECORDING**
rNacionalArgentina-14.MP3