Re: [IRCA] Newfie: Zillions of Brazilians

2017-05-29 Thread James Renfrew
Make that 300 meters to the water, not 100, or 300 paces anyway. Jim Renfrew On May 29, 2017 17:19, "James Renfrew" wrote: Straight south 100 meters to Scapa Flow from the Buxa Chalet (3 cottage apartments) halfway between Stromness and Orphir along A964. Southern

Re: [IRCA] Newfie: Zillions of Brazilians

2017-05-29 Thread James Renfrew
Straight south 100 meters to Scapa Flow from the Buxa Chalet (3 cottage apartments) halfway between Stromness and Orphir along A964. Southern horizon blocked by the heights of the Island of Hoy. Space to the east and west for wire though there is a herd of cows in one of the pastures. To the

Re: [IRCA] Newfie: Zillions of Brazilians

2017-05-29 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
"fields down to the water"hmmm. Which direction, Jim? You may not be DXpeditioning this time, but perhaps others might want to try the location out in the future? (if the owners are amenable...) best wishes, Nick At 08:43 29-05-17, James Renfrew wrote: While I did bring a radio,

Re: [IRCA] Newfie: Zillions of Brazilians

2017-05-29 Thread James Renfrew
While I did bring a radio, there's not much to be heard that I haven't already heard from Newfoundland. I think the closest MW station is from Inverness, so not much local interference. There are about four local FM stations so the band is wide open, but no trace of Eskip yet. The car radio is

Re: [IRCA] Newfie: Zillions of Brazilians

2017-05-28 Thread Mark Connelly via IRCA
ark Connelly <markwa1...@aol.com>; CapeDX <cap...@yahoogroups.com>; am <a...@nrcdxas.org>; badx <b...@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sun, May 28, 2017 1:00 pm Subject: Re: [IRCA] Newfie: Zillions of Brazilians All fairly common from Cappahayden, when Perseii are in use. We haven

Re: [IRCA] Newfie: Zillions of Brazilians

2017-05-28 Thread James Renfrew
All fairly common from Cappahayden, when Perseii are in use. We haven't been back there since 2015. I'm only on day three from that week of recordings. For now Allan will have to be the "canary in the coal mine", revealing what might be possible elsewhere. Mark was after us to get out a quick

[IRCA] Newfie: Zillions of Brazilians

2017-05-28 Thread Mark Connelly via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- Facebook post from Allen Willie in Newfoundland. Possibly of use for Cape Cod, Cape Ann, Maine, etc. With the Solar K Index indicator reaching a higher level of 7 last night, signals were enhanced from the south for approximately an hour or so ( 2:00 - 3:00 UTC ) . A