BC-DX 841 04 Jan 2008 Private Verwendung der Meldun

OE2CRM, Uwe Volk-D, Guenter Lorenz-D, Herbert Meixner-AUT, and Max van
Arnhem-HOL.
They used rigs up to professional gear class like Rhode & Schwarz EK890
[up to S=2 0.50 uV], Watkins Johnson, Perseus, IC-7800, Kenwood TS-850SAT,
AOR AR7030, Drake R4B, EKD300, NRD535DG. And antennas used up to 2 x 46
meter dipols [12-21dB over noise up to S7 on seldom peak bumps on
Perseus], 75 meter beverage at 215 degr.
One of the successful participants was also Felix Riess DL1XL, the
operator of the German Antarctic Neumayer research station under - then -
call sign DP1POL with 500-700 watts in 2002-2004. He will leave Europe in
Dec 2008, and will work at the new German Antarctic research facility
"Neumayer III" from 2009 til March 2010 again.
see information and pictures on
Yours truly had miserable St.H. reception yesterday night. Not a peep here
for the entire time span 2000-2344 UT. Log at 2030 UT, only few tiny
carriers on 25 mb visible, to realize:
11520 USA WEWN English, S=0-1 very tiny
11565 USA YFR carrier only, on other days German progr.
11605 RRW DW Kigali, poor German program noted, ... S=5-6
11655 MDG RNW English, no reception realized of this 250 kW power station.
11665 USA YFR tiny weak, only carrier traced, to SoAM target though.
11735.00even TZA Zanzibar, S=0-1
11775 CVI-CVC Juelich. rest of the ground wave ? -- not recognized.
11845 AFS AWR Meyerton, carrier only traced.
11865 CAN Arabic of RCI Sackville, S=1-2 weak, but readable.
11940 ESP carrier of REE Madrid,could trace Spanish language.
11975 IBB Botswana, VOA En, but carrier only traced.
11990 KWT Radio Kuwait, carrier only traced.
12000 CUB carrier, supposed to be RHC La Habana, // 11750 ?
Not a peep of '25 mb top dog' WWCR 12160 here in Europe tonight, not to
mention of missing 250 kilowatt beasts at Madagascar, Botswana, Sao Tome
and Ascension.
At 2105 UT the 25 mb was 'dead as a dodo'.
At 2220 UT the 25 mb recovered from dead. Best signal
12010 AUS RA ABC via Darwin, 250 kW station of CVI, English program.
2220 UT, S=7, 317 degr antenna via South Asia, India.
also
11620 IND AIR opened morning sce to EaAS at 2230 UT.
11750 and 12000 very likely CUB - RHC La Habana
11940 ESP REE Madrid, Spanish sce, but S=1-2 (of 9) only.
The two only African stations at 2225 UT
11975 MLI CRI Bamako fair at S=2-3 level, 2130-2400 UT.
and AF1 from Gabon 9580 S=6-7, flutter fading.
A video visible of St.H. test on October 3rd see:
the guys in Brazil are only 2000 miles away, and 5 hrs ahead on
greyline/sunshine area, compared to winterly Europe.
(wb, Nov 16)
The reception of Radio St. Helena here in Chennai South India on 15th Nov
2008. Click the following link to listen it.