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              Report from: Mark Connelly - WA1ION 
         
   [Connelly*rw-MA] = Rowley, MA  (GC = 70.83 W / 42.75 N) 
   <end of Stackyard Road at Parker River Wildlife Res.: salt marsh>        
                 
   [Connelly*mh-MA] = Marblehead, MA  (GC = 70.83 W / 42.50 N)  
   <Fuller Lane off Ocean Avenue - near locked gate to private beach>

   [Connelly*H-MA] = East Harwich, Cape Cod, MA  (GC = 70.02 W / 41.71 N)
   <near junction of Routes 39 and 137: pitch pine forest 2 km from ocean>
        

   [Connelly-MA] = Billerica, MA <home>  (GC = 71.22 W / 42.54 N)


     Receivers used: Drake R8, Sony ICF-2010             
    Antenna systems: (homebrew) remotely-tuned loop phased against 
                     remotely-tuned whip; 50 m east wire on ground;
                     RSM-105 loop; Mini-MWT-3 regenerative preselector
    
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             e-mail = MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx
  
   DATES: 1995 (UTC/GMT)          TIMES: UTC/GMT            

   TRANS-ATLANTIC DX
   =================

153  GERMANY Donebach, JUL 20 0202 - news by man in GG, Sarajevo 
mentioned; good signal.  [Connelly*rw-MA] 
         
162  FRANCE Allouis, JUL 20 0202 - FF news by woman; good. [Connelly*rw-MA] 
         
198  ENGLAND Droitwich, JUL 20 0201 - excellent w/ EE news mentioning 
Bosnian Serbs.  [Connelly*rw-MA] 
         
234  LUXEMBOURG Junglinster, JUL 20 0200 - emotional FF vocal; very 
good.  [Connelly*rw-MA] 
         
252  IRELAND Clarkestown, JUL 20 0159 - excellent w/ ID "More of today's 
best music mix - Longwave Radio Atlantic 252".  [Connelly*rw-MA] 
         
612  MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun, JUL 23 0215 - AA talk by man; fair to good.
[Connelly*H-MA]
         
621  CANARY ISLANDS Santa Cruz de Tenerife, JUL 20 0026 - SS teletalk
by man & woman, S9+35 !  [Connelly*rw-MA] + JUL 22 2305 - het against
WZON/WSKQ in an hour before sunset + JUL 22 2340 - fast SS talk;
LOUD.  [Connelly*H-MA]

711  unID (probably Morocco), JUL 22 2339 - big het, but too much WOR 
for audio.  [Connelly*H-MA]

747  NETHERLANDS Flevoland, JUL 20 0151 - C&W-influenced song,
then man in Dutch; slightly o/ other station; fair w/ slop from
classical music on CBGY.  [Connelly*rw-MA] 
         
756  SPAIN / GERMANY, JUL 20 0150 - SS talk slightly over Germany's
classical music.  [Connelly*rw-MA] 
         
756  GERMANY Braunschweig / Ravensburg, JUL 23 0223 - classical music
// 1422; good.  [Connelly*H-MA] 
         
765  SENEGAL Dakar, JUL 18 0058 - big open carrier after end of 
normal programming.  [Connelly*mh-MA] + JUL 22 2336 - female AA vocal,
light audio on good strength carrier; some T-storm QRN. [Connelly*H-MA]

765  SWITZERLAND Sottens, JUL 20 0149 - soft classical music; fair.  
[Connelly*rw-MA] + JUL 23 0225 - classical music; fair in slop.
[Connelly*H-MA]
         
774  SPAIN synchros., JUL 20 0147 - SS talk by man; fair.
[Connelly*rw-MA] + JUL 22 2338 - SS talk, starting fade-in.
[Connelly*H-MA]
         
846  ITALY Rome, JUL 20 0146 - operatic male vocal; poor in slop.  
[Connelly*rw-MA] 
         
855  SPAIN Murcia et al., JUL 20 0144 - SS talk to good peak.
[Connelly*rw-MA] + JUL 23 0209 - SS talk & music; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
         
891  ALGERIA Algiers, JUL 20 0037 - string instrument & AA vocal;
strong signal.  [Connelly*rw-MA] 
         
909  ENGLAND synchros., JUL 23 0206 - EE news; poor to fair. 
[Connelly*H-MA] 

954  SPAIN Madrid, JUL 20 0141 - man in SS; poor to fair.
[Connelly*rw-MA] 
   
981  ALGERIA Algiers, JUL 20 2334 - het on WCAP, bits of AA talk.
[Connelly*H-MA] 
   
999  SPAIN Madrid, JUL 23 0203 - SS talk; through CKBW/CFLP/WMVP
slop.  [Connelly*H-MA] 
         
1008  SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS, JUL 20 0211 - SS talk; poor / fair.
[Connelly*rw-MA]

1017  GERMANY Rheinsender, JUL 20 0139 - C&W-influenced GG vocal;
good to excellent.  [Connelly*rw-MA]

1044  MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun, JUL 18 0055 - blues-influenced vocal;
fair, o/ WBZ slop.  [Connelly*mh-MA] + JUL 19 2358 - pop-rock 
female vocal music, then man & woman in FF; huge signal, pinning
the R8 S-meter on peaks.  [Connelly*rw-MA] + JUL 22 2330 - violin
music o/ 3 Hz Spain SAH; pre-sunset fade-in.  [Connelly*H-MA]

1044  SPAIN San Sebastian et al., JUL 23 0202 - SER SS news; good
to excellent.  [Connelly*H-MA] 
         
1053  ENGLAND TalkRadio UK synchros., JUL 20 0131 - EE business 
discussion; to good peak.  [Connelly*rw-MA]

1071  SPAIN, JUL 20 0130 - bits of SS talk; in mess w/ co-channel
stations & CBA slop.  [Connelly*rw-MA]

1098  SLOVAKIA Nitra, JUL 23 0201 - fair w/ "Muzak".  [Connelly*H-MA] 

1107  EGYPT / SPAIN, JUL 23 0159 - AA & SS talk mix; in WHIM slop.
[Connelly*H-MA] 
         
1134  CROATIA (t), JUL 23 0156 - classical music; to good peaks, but
fadey.  [Connelly*H-MA]

1143  SPAIN, JUL 20 0129 - scratchy SS teletalk.  [Connelly*rw-MA]

1251  LIBYA Tripoli, JUL 20 0048 - man in AA; atop second station.
[Connelly*rw-MA] + JUL 22 2346 - AA talk by man; in slop.
[Connelly*H-MA]

1296  SUDAN (t), JUL 20 0124 - AA-sounding vocal; poor. [Connelly*rw-MA]
+ JUL 22 2347 - carrier, possible AA music; in bad slop. [Connelly*H-MA]

1314  NORWAY Kvitsoy, JUL 20 0107 - pop vocal, Norwegian talk; 
fair, o/ Spain.  [Connelly*rw-MA] + JUL 23 0152 - mellow vocal;
loop bearing good for Norway.  [Connelly*H-MA]
    
1325  MOROCCO Safi, JUL 18 0042 - bits of vocal music; poor through
static and heavy slop.  [Connelly*mh-MA] + JUL 20 0013 - mellow 
male vocal  [Connelly*rw-MA]

1349  MAURITANIA Nouakchott, JUL 18 0027 - female chanting; strong het.
[Connelly*mh-MA] + JUL 20 0006 - group AA vocal & violins; excellent.
[Connelly*rw-MA]

1422  ALGERIA Algiers, JUL 18 0030 - AA-sounding vocal, in slop.  SAH
present, likely from Germany.  [Connelly*mh-MA] + JUL 20 0055 - AA
vocal at low audio level on big carrier.  [Connelly*rw-MA]

1422  GERMANY Heusweiler, JUL 23 0150 - chorus, then GG talk; to fair
peak. + JUL 23 0223 - classical music // 756; fair.  [Connelly*H-MA]
   
1458  ENGLAND (t), JUL 20 0116 - het, possible EE talk; in CKRB
slop.  [Connelly*rw-MA]

1512  SAUDI ARABIA Jeddah, JUL 20 0115 - female AA a cappella vocal;
good during pauses in audio on local WNRB - 1510.  [Connelly*rw-MA]

1530  VATICAN, AUG 5 0341 - man talking in eastern European language;
often over WSAI.  [Connelly-MA]

1544  CLANDESTINE (ALGERIA or MOROCCO), JUL 18 0032 - man in AA; good,
S9+20; by 0036 it was up to a huge S9+35 level when it had a woman
chanting and screaming, followed by several AA announcers at a public
gathering.  [Connelly*mh-MA] + still on this channel as of AUG 3 at
0020 - AA talk by man, to good peak.  Nothing noted on 1539 at the
time: just WPTR slop there.  [Connelly-MA]

1548  ENGLAND, JUL 20 0104 - EE talk by man; poor, in bad slop.  
[Connelly*rw-MA]

1575  SPAIN, JUL 20 0102 - SS news; just slightly o/ other (probably
Italy).  [Connelly*rw-MA]

1584  SPAIN, JUL 18 0035 - fast SS talk, fluttery SAH. [Connelly*mh-MA] 
+ JUL 20 0059 - fast SS talk by man; to fair peaks.  [Connelly*rw-MA]

1602  SPAIN, JUL 18 0034 - SS news; in WUNR slop.  [Connelly*mh-MA] 
+ JUL 20 0100 - fast SS talk o/ possible EE station.  [Connelly*rw-MA]

1611  VATICAN, AUG 5 0339 - classical music, then Vatican musical
interval signal; excellent, annihilating 1610.  [Connelly-MA]


   PAN-AMERICAN DX
   ===============

535  GRENADA St. George's, JUL 20 0028 - sports report; excellent -
better than RVC - 532 !  [Connelly*rw-MA] + JUL 23 0219 - wild
drumming & soca music; good.  [Connelly*H-MA]
        
555  ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ZIZ Basseterre, JUL 23 0218 - soca version of
1977 disco song "Keep It Comin' Love"; very good.  [Connelly*H-MA]
         
640  GUADELOUPE Arnouville, JUL 18 0102 - man & woman in FF; mixed
w/ CBN, WNNZ, Venezuela, others.  [Connelly*mh-MA] 

640  CUBA, R. Progreso, Guanabacoa / Las Tunas, JUL 23 0212 - SS vocal
// 740; strong & dominant w/ loop SW/NE.  [Connelly*H-MA]
         
740  CUBA, R. Progreso, Sagua de Tanamo / Camaguey, JUL 23 0212 - SS 
vocal // 640; good, o/ CHCM w/ CBL nulled.  [Connelly*H-MA]
         
750  VENEZUELA, YVKS Caracas, JUL 20 0058 - Radio Caracas Radio ID,
SS talk; good, o/ CBGY/WSB.  [Connelly*H-MA] 

800  NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, PJB Bonaire, JUL 20 0100 - SS religious
talk, R. Transmundial ID.  [Connelly*H-MA] 

885  MONTSERRAT, ZJB Plymouth, JUL 20 0021 - song "Say You Say
Me"; to good peak.  [Connelly*rw-MA]

895  ST. KITTS & NEVIS, Charlestown, JUL 20 0022 - fair w/ soca
music.  [Connelly*rw-MA]

1060  CUBA Baracoa, JUL 18 0053 - absolutely destroying KYW; loud w/
SS talk mentioning "Cubano" and "Baracoa".  [Connelly*mh-MA]

1100  COLOMBIA, HJAT Barranquilla, JUL 23 0159 - SS talk, local
mentions; in mix w/ WWWE.  ZDK still a no-show.  Growl / low hets
present.  [Connelly*H-MA]

1205  CAYMAN ISLANDS George Town, JUL 23 0155 - bits of music; poor.
[Connelly*H-MA]

1610  ANGUILLA, JUL 18 0034 - southern US preacher; loud. [Connelly*mh-MA] 

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