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October 2003
Fantastic month! Much better than expected and compared with September.
Plus a few nice verifications in response to a number of follow up letters.
Reception returned to bad around October 20th. Died on the 26th.

1 - 6.10       PAX31  expedition. Getting better and better when I had to return home.
7 - 9.10      Did not listen or tape first nights here at home but continued fine signals in the north.
10.10          I did a 1690 recording and there they were: WRLL Berwin IL!  But KFSG CA on top of the
                  frequency all night! I don´t own a west coast antenna!  Did no scanning only taping...
11.10          Fine signals and WRLL dominating the frequency.
12.10         The new GA station on 1690 heard well for a short period. I did some listening besides
                 taping and quite a few fine signals were noted. NA mixing with Latin Americans.
13.10          A few LA stations on tapes.
14.- 23.10  Nothing noted.
24.10           NF, NS stations noted after sunrise. Very Quiet conditions, but not much heard.
25 - 26.10   No listening.
27 -31.10   
PAX33  Dead air!  Record high solar flux suddenly and an outburst of protons...

North America (UTC)

  740  12.10  0049 
CHCM Marystown NL  with "VOCM" identifications only - as expected.  BOS
  850  12.10  0048 
WEEI Boston MA  one of several east coast stations on low frequencies.   BOS
1240  12.10  0034 
CKIM Baie Verte NL  good signal and //FM.   BOS
1260  12.10  0010 
WMKI Boson MA  strong and "Radio Disney, Boston" ID heard.  BOS
1400  12.10  0700 
KMHL Marshall MN  was a nice surprise!  Clear legal ID and new to me.  BOS
1490  11.10  2348 
WBAE Portland ME  very dominant on 1490 this night.  BOS
1690  10.10  0030 
+WRLL Berwyn IL  Fine ID at 02 UTC but slogans from this hour and on!  Heard
                               most of the night on the 11th too. Old oldies. Pre-Beatles rock/pop.   BOS
1690  11.10  0400 
WPTX Lexington Park MD  perfect legal ID.   BOS
1690  12.10  0050 
WSWK Avondale Estates GA  very fine ID and strange Info format. Also heard
                              on the 11th at 0047 but weak then.  BOS
1690  10.10  0222 
KDDZ Arvada CO  "AM 1690 Radio Disney"  BOS
1690  10.10  0242 
KFSG Roseville CA  fine ID + "Sacramento".  Heard a couple of hours!!    BOS
1700  10.10  0127 
KQXX Brownsville TX  Oldies and some interference from a tone  BOS

South of the border

1350  13.10  0005 
WEGA Vega Baja PR  good ID   BOS
1350  13.10  0100 
YVTJ Radio Falcón, Puerto Cumarebo  fine ID   BOS
1470  13.10  0500 
OA..... CPN Radio, Lima  indicating change in conditions.  BOS
1660  11.10  0000 
WGIT          weak ID only BOS


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