Re: 720 6WF Perth WA - ULR Barefoot Continent no 6


John Plimmer <plimmer@...>
 

Aah! Gary, you have pipped me by a short head. I have been waiting for 720 Perth for some weeks now to complete my six continents barefoot. Anyway congratulations and well done - Fish Hoek is certainly a superb DX location.
 
And also congratulations to John B. for his superb achievements.
 
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa

----- Original Message -----
From: freetodx
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 10:28 AM
Subject: [ultralightdx] 720 6WF Perth WA - ULR Barefoot Continent no 6

          Hi Folks

          John B. suggested that I share this ULR update with the group :

Hi John
 
Congratulations on your 60 ULR Latin and  400 ULR Stations heard !

I thought I'd share an update regarding the 6 continents received barefoot at Fish Hoek.
 
Last night I managed to receive 5 continents barefoot, including 720 6WF Perth, barefoot for the fist time on the Sony SWF-M37V.
 
In addition to North America received on 24th January 2009,
 
Australia,  Africa,  Asia,  Europe and South America made it through during the evening of 24th Feb 2009.
 
A sample of the stations recieved :
 
Freq = kHz   Time = UTC :
 
1) Oceania
 
720 1805 AUSTRALIA 6WF Perth WA with ABC news and wx, also at 1905 w musical interlude "We've Only Just Begun" by The Carpenters.
 
2) Asia
 
1359 1855 TAIWAN Family Radio, Fangliao with religious programme in EE followed by "To God Be The Glory" interlude.
 
3) Africa
 
1458 1905 MAYOTTE Radio Mayotte, w ann by OM in FF.
 
4) Europe
 
1557 1938 FRANCE France Info, Nice w discussion by YL in FF.
 
5) South America
 
740 2055 BRAZIL Radio Soc da Bahia w ann in PP at fade-up . This station usually gets through with a huge signal here.  


6) North America
 
1120 0310 U.S.A. KMOX St. Louis MO w id and 5-day wx forecast heard on 24th January 2009.
 
All stations received barefoot at Fish Hoek QTH.
 
73
 
Gary
 
Gary Deacon
Fish Hoek
Cape Peninsula
South Africa

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