29 january 2012

LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION .... that was the key yesterday morning as there was virtually nothing on my recordings and my files were deleted early but Paul Crankshaw over in Troon which is roughly 20 miles from here had the following logs

1450 HJNL La Carinosa, Manizales 0400 pf
1130 HJVA R Vida AM Basica Bogota 0400
1070 HJCG R Santa Fe, Bogota 0400
980 RCN Cali 0400
770 RCN Bogota 0400
680 WAPA San Juan PR 0300
730 HJCU R Melodia/Lider Bogota 0300
1060 HJLY R Delfin, Riohacha 0300 pf
1100 HJAT Caracol, Barranquilla 0300
1320 HJNO La Carinosa, Girardot 0300 pf
pf = personal first

i had my 240 deg pennant in use for my recordings yesterday morning but i had mostly mush or hardly any signals at all and i am pretty sure the sea path that Paul has helps allot. this morning wasn't much better although from 0700 there was a couple of SS stations coming in but the band peaked after TOTH and its mostly music on my recordings and not much talk and nothing really that sounds like id"s.

Radio Rebelde Cuba on 1620 had quite a good signal at 0700 ( unknown location 3 listed ) but i am struggling for id"s as the band peaked after TOTH and nothing much at BOTH. while Rebelde is quite a common catch here in Scotland the signal was not too bad considering i am using an indoor antenna and a video of the reception can be seen on the following link Radio Rebelde 1620 0700

i was chatting to Ken who had his west beverage in use yesterday morning and he also reported the band was poor and as i type Paul is not on skype as yet but i will be interested to see what logs he gets this morning.