29 october 2009

what a frustrating morning as mw was wide open to latin america etc BUT! it was mostly music and very little talk how the latins can find music that lasts 10 mins long i will never know and just the duration of my recordings.

also as usual when i did find strong talk they faded at toth and i am sure the engineer"s turn the power down at toth just to anoy us dxer"s. again RADIO MUNDO in argentina was heard on 1070 and RADIO BUENOS AIRES on 1350 also a good id from CIWW on 1310 which has been heard quite good the past few days have they upped the power or changed antenna i wonder.

i was talking to ken as usual on the radio today and he was saying i get good latin and carribean etc logs and wondered what would happen if i put my flag to the NW as i have always had it to the west but it seemed to do not bad to north america etc.

i am one of those dxers who thinks if it aint broke dont fix it but earlier this after noon the flag was moved to the NW and will keep it there for a few days and see what the results are and if my latin logs go down.

i have always used holland on 747 or 1008 for my back null and i have to get those out of my head now as they are not on the back of the flag and i have nulled out the czech station on 954 but its a wee bit strange seeing the dutch coming in slightly stronger at this time of night 1740 as i type where as when the flag was to the west i would be getting spain.

as i said i will leave it to the NW for a week or so just to see the difference if any but hopefully it will bring my north american logs up a wee bit as the past few weeks its been all latin"s. results as i get them ......