NF TA logs (so far)

[Risto Kotalampi <rko>]

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The Trans-Atlantic logs received through early Thursday
evening are being sent as an attached file.
Comments are welcome.

* TRANS-ATLANTIC DX *

153  ALGERIA, Bechar (1000 kW) - 14 OCT, 2031 - AA // 891.

162  FRANCE, France-Inter, Allouis (2000 kW) - 14 OCT, 2030 -
FF // 1377.

171  unID - 15 OCT, 0410 - Soft music program, no announcements,
faded to nothing, which makes me think Eastern Europe.  (Nador, 
Morocco is usual 171 station heard in MA.)

183  GERMANY, Europe #1 - 14 OCT, 2029 - in FF. 

198  ENGLAND, BBC Radio 4, synchros (500/50 kW) - 14 OCT, 2027 -
With BBC program. 

207  MOROCCO, RTM "A", Azilal (800 kW) - 12 OCT, 2023 - AA // 594,
711, 819, 1053, 1080. <R>

216  FRANCE, R. Monte Carlo, Roumoules (1400 kW) - 12 OCT, 2021 -
FF noted in passing. <R>

234  LUXEMBOURG, RTL, Junglinster (2000 kW) - 11 OCT, 0523 - Music
trivia call-in show, RTL ID.  

243  DENMARK, Danmarks Radio, Kalundborg (300 kW) - 13 OCT, 0540 -
Classical music, not // 1062. 

252  IRELAND, Atlantic 252, Clarkestown (500/100 kW) - 10 OCT, 0205 -
"This is longwave Atlantic 252", pop music.  

531  ALGERIA, Ain El Beida (600/300 kW) - 10 OCT, 0240 - AA program,
// 549, 576. + 13 OCT, 0158 - AA vocal & violin; o/ Spain's SS talk.
						 
531  SPAIN, RNE5, synchros (20/10/5 kW) - 11 OCT, 0604 - SS // 1107.  
+ 13 OCT, 0420 - Good, RNE5 nostalgic music // 558, 567, 603, &
657, noted carrying Radio Uno (RNE1) news on all parallels at 0510.

540  SPAIN, R. Euskadi, Vitoria - 11 OCT, 2236 - SS football
discussion, // 756. SIO 333

549  ALGERIA, Les Trembles (600/300 kW) - 10 OCT, 0240 - AA program,
// 531, 576. + 13 OCT, 0205 - AA talk by woman, some slop from CFNB-550.

558  SPAIN, Valencia et al. - 13 OCT, 0219 - man & woman in SS; poor.

567  IRELAND, Radio 1, Tullamore (500 kW) - 11 OCT, 0540 - Classical
music format, // 729. + 13 OCT, 0540 - classical music // 729; loud.

567  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros (50/10/5 kW) - 13 OCT, 0405 - SS // 1305.
+ 13 OCT, 0419 - SS operatic vocal, // 603, 738.

576  ALGERIA, Bechar (400 kW) - 10 OCT, 0240 - AA program, // 531, 549.

576  SPAIN, Barcelona - 13 OCT, 0221 - woman in SS; fair o/ others.

576  SOUTH AFRICA (t), Metro R., Bloemendal - 9 OCT, 0030-0034,
0113-0123 - Very weak w/ light pop music -- the male announcer seemed
to be speaking EE.  Audible on the Brazilian Bev, whereas the European
Bev was dominated by Spain; SIO 131.

585  SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid & other (500/10 kW) - 13 OCT, 0226 - SS, good
+ 13 OCT, 0416 - SS // 738, 855. 

594  MOROCCO, RTM "A", Oujda (100 kW) - 12 OCT, 2023 -
AA // 207, 711, 819, 1053, 1080. <R>

594  PORTUGAL, R. Renascenca, Muge - 13 OCT, 0232 - PP religious
music; o/ faint 595 Dominica het.

603  SPAIN, RNE, Sevilla / Palencia - 10 OCT, 0119 - Excellent,
RNE1, "Radio es..." jingle and Radio Nacional Espana ID, // 585.
+ 11 OCT, 2112 - Fair, "en Radio Cinco, todo noticias" and
"Radio Cinco - Deportes". <R>  RNE stations seem to switch
between RNE1 and RNE5 programming, as noted in 531 logging,
which explains the confusion in home QTH loggings. + 13 OCT,
0243 - woman in SS; good.

603  MADEIRA, RDP Pico de Arieiro - 11 OCT, 2110 - Fair, futbol in
PP // 1125. <R>

603  FRANCE, R.Bleue, Lyon - 13 OCT, 0545 - Good, light FF vocals and
instrumentals, Radio Bleue and Radio France ID, // 792, 837, 864, 945,
1161, 1206, 1242, 1278, 1350, 1377, & 1404 all good in dawn enhancement.

612  IRELAND, RTE Radio 2 FM, Athlone (100 kW) - 9 OCT, 0436 - Hurley
scores and talk about the troubles of the Irish football team. 
SIO 343 + 11 OCT, 0540 - Mike Oldfield music, ID, TC, // 1278
synchros. + 12 OCT, 0410 - Excellent, "Nationwide 2FM, Ireland's
Number One", adult contemporary music. + 13 OCT, 0420 - rock
music // 1278.

612  MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun - 13 OCT, 0236 - AA vocal & violins, then AA
talk by man; excellent. + 15 OCT, 0010 - Fair, telephone talk // 711.

612  BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA, R. Bosnia-Hercegovina, Sarajevo - 12 OCT,
0028-0035 - music and talk in presumed Bosnian, woman gave ID at
0030, // 612.  Beneath Ireland, SIO 222

621  CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, RNE1 3 sites (100/10 kW) -
10 OCT, 0331 - SS // 684.  (Most likely 100 kW Canary Islands
outlet). + 13 OCT, 0246 - SS talk, then samba-like mellow vocal.

630  TUNISIA, Sfax (600 kW) - 10 OCT, 0335 - Koranic program (1566
outlet not heard at all this week!)  

639  SPAIN, RNE1 synchros (300/50/10 kW) - 10 OCT, 0340 - // 684. 
+ 13 OCT, 0248 - SS teletalk; fair to good w/ CBN nulled.

648  LIBYA, Tobruk (300 kW) - 10 OCT, 0139 - AA program, // to
stronger 1251. + 14 OCT, 0153 - // 711: AA talk & music; o/ Spain.
	 
648  SAUDI ARABIA, Jeddah - 13 OCT, 0257 - Saudi interval signal
(oud music) // 900, 1521; good.

648  ENGLAND, BBC WS, Orfordness - 10 OCT, 0200 - BBC WS news
in EE.  SIO 222

657  ISRAEL, Kol Israel, Program B, Tel Aviv (200 kW) - 10 OCT, 0006 -
weak but parallel to 1206 logging. + 10 OCT, 0127-0131 - Noted under
Spain w/ Hebrew // 1206. SIO 322
				     
657  SPAIN, RNE5, Madrid (20 kW) - 10 OCT, 0345 - SS // 1107.  
+ 13 OCT, 0308 - SS folkish vocal // 738, 774.

665  unID - 13 OCT, 0329 - het against Portugal-666.

666  PORTUGAL, RDP synchros (135/10/1 kW) - 9 OCT, 2143 - PP.  

666  ALGERIA, Tindouf - 14 OCT, 0030 - AA Koranic vocal; o/ Portugal.

674  unID (MOROCCO or LIBYA ?) - 13 OCT, 2327 - het, probably same
station noted by Ben Dangerfield in PA & Steve Whitt in Spain.

675  NETHERLANDS, R. Ten Gold, Lopik (132 kW) - 10 OCT, 0345 - Dutch.
+ 12 OCT, 0420 - Good, oldies music, telephone talk, jingle ID.
+ 13 OCT, 0314 - "One More Night" by Phil Collins; good, o/ others.

675  FRANCE, RFI, Marseille - 13 OCT, 0540 - Excellent, talk in
FF // RFI-162 & St.Pierre-1375.

684  SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla (600 kW) - 9 OCT, 2145 - SS // 729, 774. 
+ 11 OCT, 2145 - Interview of author of new book about the French
Revolution as the genesis of communism. SIO 422 + 13 OCT, 0315 -
woman doing SS teletalk show; huge signal.
					 
684  SERBIA, R. Beograd, Beograd (2000 kW) - 11 OCT, 2142 -
o/u Spain, Pink Panther theme, man spoke in what sounded like
II, the oldie "Don't Know Much About History"  [I think Jean
means the Sam Cooke tune "Wonderful World"]. SIO 422 + 13 OCT,
0332 - Slavic language talk by man; way u/ Spain. + 15 OCT, 0000 -
Pips, clear ID as RTV Serbia, Radio Beograd.  Balkan string music
led up to the hour.  Spain faded just at the right time.  

693  AZORES, RDP, Santa Barbara - 13 OCT, 1330 - PP talk through
static crashes on DAYTIME GROUNDWAVE. <R>

693  ENGLAND, BBC Radio 5 synchros (150/25/10/1 kW) - 9 OCT, 2150 -
Talk program in EE. + 10 OCT, 0255 - Excellent, "Up All Night"
telephone talk about UFOs. + 13 OCT, 0320 - health talk; good,
Azores PP station noted under.

711  FRANCE, R. Bleue, Rennes (100kW) - 11 OCT, 0627 - FF music program,
// 792, 864, 945, 1206. 

711  MOROCCO, RTM "A", Azilal (800 kW) - 12 OCT, 2023 - AA // 207,
594, 819, 1053, 1080. <R>

711  LIBYA, 3 sites (50 kW) - 13 OCT, 0335 - hollow, echoey AA vocal
// 1251. + 14 OCT, 0024 - AA program // 1251. + 14 OCT, 0153 -
// 648: AA talk & music.
		      
729  SPAIN, RNE1 synchros (100/20/10 kW) - 9 OCT, 2145 - SS // 684,
774. + 13 OCT, 0347 - music, woman in SS // 738.
				      
729  IRELAND, Radio 1, Cork (10 kW) - 11 OCT, 0540 - Classical music
format, // 567. + 13 OCT, 0540 - classical music // 567; u/ Spain.
+ 14 OCT, 2021 - traditional Irish fiddles; good, then faded u/ Spain.

738  SPAIN, RNE1, Barcelona (600 kW) - 10 OCT, 0305 - Excellent,
end of news right into music // 729. + 13 OCT, 0418 - SS // 567, 855. 

747  NETHERLANDS, Radio 1, Flevoland (400 kW) - 10 OCT, 0405 - With
nostalgia / oldies. + 13 OCT, 0351 - ragtime jazz; excellent.
		      
747  SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS, RNE5 Cadiz (10 kW) and Las Palmas
(20 kW) - 13 OCT, 2121 - Two stations noted due to echo.

756  SPAIN, R. Euskadi, Bilbao - 10 OCT, 0405 - ID as Radio Euskadi
and Radio Informativa. + 13 OCT, 0416 - SS news; way o/ Germany.

756  GERMANY, Braunschweig/Ravensburg - 13 OCT, 0542 - GG talk;
briefly atop Spain.

765  SWITZERLAND, R. Suisse Romande, Sottens (600 kW) - 10 OCT, 2200 -
FF program, ID on hour. + 13 OCT, 0359 - light classical music;
excellent. + 14 OCT, 2135 - Excellent, Radio Suisse Romande
news in FF.

774  SPAIN, RNE1 synchros (100/60/50/20/10 kW) - 9 OCT, 2145 -
// 684, 729. + 13 OCT, 0400 - pips, news by woman in SS; o/ other.

783  SYRIA Tartus (600 kW) - 10 OCT, 0310 - With Middle Eastern music,
// 828. + 10 OCT, 2201 - AA announcer mentions "Dimashq" several times.


783  PORTUGAL, R.Comercial synchros - 10 OCT, 0140 - Good, ID as
"Comercial Onda Media" and Portalegre mention. + 13 OCT, 0423 -
PP talk, disco; good.
	 
783  GERMANY, MDR-Info, Burg - 12 OCT, 0044 - GG talk, weather for
Germany, at 0045 TC "M-D-R-Info" ID, news. Initially SIO 433, but
buried by Portugal at 0048.

792  SPAIN, SER, Sevilla (20 kW) - 10 OCT, 2201 - SS // 810, 873, 990.  
+ 13 OCT, 0425 - fast SS talk / teletalk; o/ others.
					  
792  FRANCE, R. Bleue, Limoges (300kW) - 11 OCT, 0627 - FF music
program, // 711, 864, 945, 1206. 

801  SPAIN, RNE1 synchros (20/10 kW) - 13 OCT, 0415 - SS talk,
SS vocal // 738, 855. 

801  ENGLAND, Barnstaple - 13 OCT, 0543 - EE talk u/ Spain.

810  MACEDONIA, Makedonska RTV, Skopje - 9 OCT, 0420-0433 - Woman in
Macedonian, choral music at 0423, local instrumental music at 0426,
short news at 0430.  In a mess w/ Scotland and Spain, SIO 322-1

810  SPAIN, SER, Madrid (20 kW) - 10 OCT, 0453 - SS // 873. 

810  SCOTLAND, BBC R. Scotland, synchros (100/5 kW) - 9 OCT, 0420 -
BBC WS newsmagazine pgm. SIO 322 + 10 OCT, 0558 - Good, "Radio
Scotland National Travel" traffic report, weather, 7 o'clock TC,
and news headlines. + 13 OCT, 0427 - BBC news atop Spain & CJVA.

819  MOROCCO, RTM "A", Rabat (25 kW) - 11 OCT, 1948 - Fair,
telephone talk fading up over Egypt, // 207. <R> + 12 OCT, 2023 -
AA // 207, 594, 819, 1053, 1080. <R>
	     
819  unID's (EGYPT/MOROCCO ?) - 13 OCT, 0430 - AA vocal & talk o/u
recent dance-reggae hit "Shy Guy", FF talk. + 13 OCT, 0543 -
AA music; good.

819  EGYPT, Batra/Cairo - 11 OCT, 1942 - Good, Middle Eastern music
// 12050.  <R>

828  SPAIN, SER, Barcelona (50 kW) - 9 OCT, 2202 - SS // 873.  

828  SYRIA - 10 OCT, 0310 - With Middle Eastern music, // 783. 

828  PORTUGAL, R. Comercial, synchros (1 kW) - 12 OCT, 2031 - ID
as "Comercial Onda Media", // 1170. <R> + 13 OCT, 0431 - PP news
by woman; o/ unID classical music.

836  AZORES, RDP, Barossa - 13 OCT, 0438 - PP talk.  This one has 
once again split off from 837. + 14 OCT, 1956 - PP talk, low audio
level on big carrier; stronger than 837.

837  AZORES, RDP, Barossa - 12 OCT, 0208 - This station is
unusually weak - only snatches of PP audio through the QRM
(was also noted on 836 during DXpedition).

837  SPAIN (// CANARY ISLANDS), COPE, synchros (10/2/1 kW) -
10 OCT, 0505 - SS // 999, 1134, 1143, 1215, 1296.  

837  ENGLAND, unID BBC stn - 12 OCT, 0205 - Brit-accented man
interviews an American, // 198.  Faded away, SIO 232

846  ITALY, R. Due, Roma (540 kW) - 10 OCT, 2230 - Alternative/hard
rock, // 900, 936, 999, 1035, 1116. + 12 OCT, 2159-2202 - II ID's,
organ music after 2200. Over an unID station in definite FF (who?),
SIO 322 <R> + 13 OCT, 0442 - international program including SS
talk; o/ others. + 13 OCT, 0456 - II talk, "RAI" (pronounced
'rye') mention, // 900; good.
		      
846  SOUTH AFRICA, R. Xhosa, Komga (100 kW) - 13 OCT, 2048 - Mention
of "Xhosa" several times, timecheck, DJ talk with listener on phone,
pips at 2100. + 14 OCT, 2133 - African-language teletalk; fair
o/ Italy on Brazil-Beverage.

846  unID - 12 OCT, 2135 - Station in FF under Italy. <R>

855  SPAIN, RNE1, synchros (300/20/10/5 kW) - 9 OCT, 2201 - SS // 774.  
+ 13 OCT, 0443 - energetic SS folk vocal; o/ others.

855  ROMANIA, R. Romana, Bucuresti - 12 OCT, 0159-0201 - IS noted
under Spain, man w/ ID at 0200 then news. SIO 422

864  EGYPT, Holy Koran Program, Santah (500 kW) - 10 OCT, 0038 -
Koranic recitation. 

864  SPAIN, RNE1 Socuellamos (2 kW) - 10 OCT, 2240 - SS // 855.  
+ 13 OCT, 0445 - upbeat SS female vocal // 855.
				  
864  FRANCE, R. Bleue, Paris (300kW) - 11 OCT, 0627 - FF music program,
// 711, 792, 945, 1206. + 14 OCT, 0625 - old-fashioned FF romantic
vocal // 945.

873  SPAIN, SER, Zaragoza (20 kW) - 9 OCT, 2202 - SS // 828.  
+ 13 OCT, 0447 - SS teletalk; good. + 14 OCT, 0626 - SS talk.

882  ENGLAND, BBC Wales / R. 4, Washford et al. (100/10/5/1 kW) -
11 OCT, 0553 - Program about Japanese financial connections to
Wales. + 13 OCT, 0449 - BBC news; excellent. + 13 OCT, 0510 -
Good, "This is Radio 4" and Farming Today program.
				
882  CANARY ISLANDS, La Laguna - 14 OCT, 0626 - man in SS; o/ BBC.

891  ALGERIA, Algiers (600/300 kW) - 10 OCT, 0300 - Woman with news
in AA, // 981. + 13 OCT, 0451 - female AA vocal; o/ possible PP talk.

900  SAUDI ARABIA, Qurayyat (1000 kW) - 10 OCT, 2205 - AA
// 1440, 1521. + 13 OCT, 0258 - Saudi interval signal (oud music)
// 648, 1521; just o/ CKDH and others (Italy/Brazil ?) in jumble.
+ 13 OCT, 2159 - AA talk by man o/u C&W from CKDH. <R>

900  ITALY, R. Due, Milano (600 kW) - 10 OCT, 2230 - Alternative/hard
rock, // 846, 936, 999, 1035, 1116. + 13 OCT, 0456 - II talk, "RAI"
mention, // 846; good.

907.8  unID (GAMBIA ?) - 13 OCT, 2158 - het against UK. <R>

909  ENGLAND, BBC Radio 5, Brookmans Park / others (150/50/1/.25 kW) -
10 OCT, 2243 - news about political parties. + 13 OCT, 0452 -
BBC news, NOT // 882. + 13 OCT, 2158 - talk about festival in
Birmingham; excellent. <R>

909  MOROCCO, Casablanca-Safi (5 kW) - 10 OCT, 2125 - Fair
to poor, African-style AA music // 1044. <R> + 14 OCT, 2102 -
// 1044, 1404 w/ pop AA vocals; good, o/ BBC.  Solves mystery
of AA often heard on this channel from MA beach sites.

918  SPAIN, R. Intercontinental, Madrid (20 kW) - 12 OCT, 2051 -
Mentions of Toledo and Madrid, ID. <R> + 13 OCT, 2155 - man &
woman in SS, 4 note chime, ID "Aqui Radio Intercontinental";
atop Slovenia. <R>

918  SLOVENIA (t), Ljubljana (600 kW) - 13 OCT, 2208 - Polemic talk,
then "beautiful" music, strong but faded before ID. 

927  BELGIUM, Wolvertem - 13 OCT, 0507 - oldies ("You've Lost
That Lovin' Feeling" - Righteous Bros.: 1964); then Dutch talk.

936  ITALY, R. Due, synchros (20/10 kW) - 10 OCT, 2230 -
Alternative/hard rock, // 846, 900, 999, 1035, 1116.  

936  SPAIN - 13 OCT, 2154 - SS talk o/ others; poor in CJYQ-930
slop. <R>

945  FRANCE, R. France I., Toulouse (300 kW) - 9 OCT, 2213-2218 -
SS newmagazine pgm, "Radio Francia Internacional" ID at 2216.
SIO 444 + 10 OCT, 2249 - Program in SS. + R. Bleue - 11 OCT, 0627 -
FF music program, // 711, 792, 864, 1206. + 14 OCT, 0625 -
old-fashioned FF romantic vocal // 864.

945  ENGLAND, GEM AM, Derby (.2 kW) - 13 OCT, 0503 - ID as "945-999
GEM AM". + 13 OCT, 0514 - British EE talk, comedy bits.

954  CZECH REPUBLIC, Czech Radio, Praha / others (200/30/20 kW)
- 10/14/15 OCT, 0256 - Heard with Interval Signal, anthem through
interference. 
	     
954  QATAR, QBS, Al Arish (1500 kW) - 14 OCT, 0320 - AA vocal
peaked up strong; then it faded u/ Spain. SW parallels not found.
+ 14 OCT, 2010 - Poor to fair, AA vocals and string music mostly
under Spain.

954  TURKEY, TRT Trabzon (300 kW) - 14 OCT, 0332 - Turkish // 1017,
1062.  Noted while digging for Qatar.  

954  SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid (20 kW) - 13 OCT, 0516 - man & woman
in SS; excellent o/ others. + 13 OCT, 2153 - SS talk mentioning
Barcelona, Catalunya; excellent. <R> + 14 OCT, 2019 - Heard many
times, this time noted with ID. 

963  PORTUGAL / TUNISIA - 13 OCT, 0520 - PP talk, o/ AA music &
talk.

963  PORTUGAL / unID - 13 OCT, 2152 - PP talk o/u rap & rock
music (maybe UK). <R>

963  PORTUGAL, R.Renascenca, Seixal (10 kW) - 10 OCT, 2200 - Good,
Radio Renascenca Nacional ID, news headlines, urban/dance music.
The loudest signal on this messy frequency, SIO 322 <R>

963  ENGLAND, Viva R., London - 10 OCT, 2200 - In a mess of signals
IDing at the top of hour, woman's voice: "Viva 9-6-3 AM, news (1-2
words) on the hour, every hour !  The 11 o'clock news with
Joanne ____".  SIO 222 + likely Viva R, London - 11 OCT, 2148 -
fade up w/ woman conducting interview, but faded down again
shortly afterwards. Peaks at SIO 333
		    
972  BOTSWANA, R. Botswana, Gabarone - 13 OCT, 2040 - Good, urban
dance music including Boyz II Men hit, // 4830.

972  GERMANY / SPAIN - 13 OCT, 0525 - GG talk o/u SS talk.

972  SPAIN, RNE1 synchros - 13 OCT, 2150 - bits of SS in
jumble. <R>

981  ALGERIA, Algiers (600/300 kW) - 10 OCT, 0300 - Woman with news
in AA, // 891. + 13 OCT, 0530 - pop-type AA music, then woman in
AA; loud. + 13 OCT, 2150 - AA discussion, way o/ Portugal's
fast PP sportstalk. <R> + 14 OCT, 0506 - Koranic AA vocal;
local-like, way o/ Portugal.

990  SPAIN, SER, R. Bilbao (10 kW) - 9 OCT, 2219 - SS // 1026, 1044,
1080, 1116. + 13 OCT, 0531 - fast, echoey SER SS newstalk. +
14 OCT, 0405 - fast SS news // 1026; good w/ CBY phased.

990  GERMANY, DR Berlin - 11 OCT, 0215 - Excellent, classical and
jazz instrumentals.

999  SPAIN,  COPE, Madrid (50 kW) - 10 OCT, 0505 - SS // 837, 1134,
1143, 1215, 1296. + 13 OCT, 0532 - R. Espana ID. + 13 OCT, 2146 -
SS talk o/ SAH; some CKBW slop. <R>

999  ITALY, R. Due, synchros (20/10/6/2 kW) - 10 OCT, 2230 -
Alternative/hard rock, // 846, 900, 936, 1035, 1116.  

999  MOLDOVA (t), RN, Grigoriopol (1000 kW) - 15 OCT, 0403 - Slavic
language, faded.  

1008  CANARY ISLANDS, R. Las Palmas (10 kW) - 11 OCT, 0300 -
Excellent, "La Voz de las Estrellas, Radio Voz" program,
Radio Las Palmas ID, local programming not parallel RNE.
+ 13 OCT, 0400 - SER program with local R. Las Palmas ID
inserted on the hour. 

1008  CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, SER, 4 sites, (10/5/3 kW) -
12 OCT, 1923 - "SER esportivos" program // 990, 1026, 1080, 1116,
1179, 1260, 1287. <R> + 13 OCT, 2144 - SS speech; o/ others. <R>
						  
1008  NETHERLANDS, Flevoland (400 kW) - 13 OCT, 0546 - Dutch talk
o/u SS stations.

1017  GERMANY, Rheinsender - 13 OCT, 0548 - GG talk, then '80s
synth-pop hit "More Than This"; atop Spain.

1017  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros (10/5 kW) - 9 OCT, 2316 - SS // 1098,
1107, 1125, 1152, 1305. + 13 OCT, 2143 - dominant w/ SS talk. <R>

1017  TURKEY, TRT Mundanya-Istanbul (1200 kW) - 14 OCT, 0332 -
Turkish talk, vocal // 954, 1062; o/ Spain / Germany.  

1026  IRAN, IRIB, Tabris/Chalus (100/20 kW) - 10 OCT, 0230 - Fair,
tick-tock of clock (like the unID clock heard earlier on 1566),
then chants, // 6175. + 10 OCT, 0239 - Man speaking, // 6175. 

1026  SPAIN, SER synchros (10/5/3/2 kW) - 9 OCT, 2219 - SS // 990,
1044, 1080, 1116. + 13 OCT, 0551 - SS newstalk; o/ mess.
+ 13 OCT, 2143 - SS news; good, o/ low growl. <R> + 14 OCT, 0405 -
fast SER SS news // 990.
		      
1035  SCOTLAND, West Sound Radio, Ayr - 13 OCT, 0705 - Fair, end of
news, weather, West Sound Radio ID and song by the Spinners, ads
and jingle ID at 0708.

1035  SCOTLAND, Aberdeen - 13 OCT, 0603 - EE talk, Aberdeen mentions;
o/ British C&W station.

1035  ENGLAND, Country Radio 1035 - 9 OCT, 2249 - C&W music, ID,
selection by k. d. lang. 

1035  ENGLAND (t) - 14 OCT, 0524 - EE talk, light pop music; o/
possible PP talk.

1035  ITALY, RAI R. Due synchros - 12 OCT, 2104-2107 - Two men host
pgm of II pops, announcer very friendly to young woman interviewee.
Interesting het from a weak carrier on 1034.5 kHz, SIO 344 <R>

1044  MOROCCO, R. Medi Un, Sebaa-Aioun (300 kW) - 9 OCT, 2255 -
AA and FF music. + 13 OCT, 2140 - energetic AA music; o/ Spain.
<R> + 13 OCT, 2321 - blues-influenced song w/ AA-style
instruments and shrill female vocal. + 14 OCT, 2023 -
// 1492.7 w/ rustic AA music; strong.

1044  SPAIN, SER, San Sebastian et al. (10 kW) - 9 OCT, 2219 -
SS // 990, 1026, 1080, 1116. + 13 OCT, 0554 - news in SS by
woman, mentioned USA, Bosnia. + 13 OCT, 2140 - SS teletalk u/
Morocco. <R>

1044  KENYA, KBC - 15 OCT, 0219 - // 4935, 1233, not much to say except
popular music and DJ could be heard in parallel.  

1053  ENGLAND, TalkRadio UK, Droitwich et al. (150 kW) - 9 OCT, 2256 -
EE call-in show, // 1089. +  13 OCT, 0605 - silly EE talk about
Friday the 13th superstitions, 5 past 7 TC; excellent.
+ 13 OCT, 2140 - TalkRadio discussion o/ SS station. <R> 

1053  MOROCCO, RTM "A", Tanger (600 kW) - 12 OCT, 2023 - AA // 207,
594, 711, 819, 1080.  <R>

1062  DENMARK, Danmarks R., Kalundborg (250 kW) - 11 OCT, 0530 -
Danish program, mention of "Danmark", and "Dansk Institutsk".  
+ 11 OCT, 0420 - Excellent, variety of music including rock,
country, and soca, ID in Danish. + 13 OCT, 0606 - man in Danish;
way atop probable Italy. + 13 OCT, 2136 - Edie Brickell version
of Dylan's "A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall", then Danish talk. <R>

1062  ITALY, Cagliari / Squinzano - 13 OCT, 2135 - II talk; briefly
audible through stronger Denmark. <R>

1062  TURKEY, TRT-1, Diyarbakir (300 kW) - 10 OCT, 0321-0331 -
Turkish songs, male announcer w/ few words between selections.
SIO 444 + 14 OCT, 0332 - Turkish // 954, 1017. + 14 OCT, 0344 -
// 1017 w/ Turkish vocal; good, alone on channel.

1071  SPAIN / FRANCE - 13 OCT, 0608 - fast SS talk atop France's FF.

1071  SPAIN, R. Euskadi Irratia, Bilbao - 10 OCT, 0005 - Heard
with clear ID. 
		
1071  ENGLAND, TalkRadio UK, low powered synchros - 10 OCT,
2312-2322 - Glimpses of EE talk, finally established // 1089 at
2322. SIO 221

1071  FRANCE, France-Inter, synchros (40/20/10kW) - 11 OCT, 2100 - 
FF // 1161, 1350. 

1080  SPAIN, SER synchros (5/3/2 kW) - 9 OCT, 2219 - SS // 990, 1026,
1044, 1116. + 13 OCT, 0608 - SS talk, bad growl. + 13 OCT, 2133 -
SS vocal; good, o/ growl. <R>

1080  MOROCCO, RTM "A", Casablanca (1 kW) - 12 OCT, 2023 - AA // 207,
594, 711, 819, 1053. <R>

1089  ALBANIA, Durres - 14 OCT, 2100 - Fair, light music and talk in
Albanian // 7105, mostly under TalkRadio UK. + 13 OCT, 2132 - likely
this w/ Middle Eastern sounding male vocal o/u UK. <R>

1089  ENGLAND, TalkRadio UK, Moorside Edge et al. (150 kW) - 9 OCT,
2256 - EE call-in show, // 1053. + 13 OCT, 0608 - EE talk about
Friday the 13th, // 1053; excellent. + 13 OCT, 2132 - more Friday
the 13th talk; o/ probable Albania. <R>
							    
1098  CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, 4 sites (10/5 kW) -
9 OCT, 2316 - SS // 1017, 1107, 1125, 1152, 1305. + 13 OCT, 0610 -
man in SS; loud. + 13 OCT, 2131 - SS news // 1107; o/ Slovakia. <R>    
  

1098  SLOVAKIA, Slovak Radio, Nitra (750 kW) - 11 OCT, 0044 -
Rockabilly music, mentions of Slovakia. + 13 OCT, 2131 - Slavic
talk by woman; under Canaries-Spain. <R>        

1107  EGYPT, Batrah - 13 OCT, 2131 - AA music, faded o/ Spain. <R>      
            

1107  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros (25/10/5 kW) - 9 OCT, 2316 - SS // 1098,
1107, 1125, 1152, 1305. + 13 OCT, 0612 - SS o/ unID British rocker.
+ 13 OCT, 2131 - SS mixed w/ Egypt. <R>                    
			  
1115  ANGOLA, EP do Kuanza-Sul - 11 OCT, 2101 - Fair, Nacional Angola
news, Afro-pop music, strong het from Spain-1116. <R>

1116  SPAIN, SER / ENGLAND - 13 OCT, 0613 - SS talk atop British
station that had EE talk; poor.
							    
1116  SPAIN, SER synchros (10 kW) - 9 OCT, 2219 - // 990, 1026,
1044, 1080. + 13 OCT, 2130 - SS news mentioning eastern European
countries, weird pips on the half hour; good o/ rumble. <R>
							    
1116  ITALY, R. Due, synchros (150/60/25/20/10/2 kW) - 10 OCT, 2230 -
Alternative/hard rock, // 846, 900, 936, 999, 1035.  

1116  CHANNEL ISLANDS (t), BBC Radio 5, Guernsey (0.5 kW) -
14 OCT, 0237 - News // 909 Radio 5.  Other UK outlet on 1116 is
supposed to be Radio 2, but I couldn't find a Radio 2 parallel.  
							
1121  IRAN (t) - 14 OCT, 2053 - bits of audio, mostly just a het.
Also there was a drifty carrier from 1122.5 to 1123.5.

1125  SPAIN, RNE5 / ENGLAND - 13 OCT, 0614 - SS talk o/u EE talk.
							    
1125  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros (10/5 kW) - 9 OCT, 2316 - SS // 1017,
1098, 1107, 1152, 1305. + 13 OCT, 2129 - SS festive music, SS
talk // 1152; good, o/ others. <R>
							    
1125  CROATIA, Deanovec - 13 OCT, 2309 - Slavic talk // 1134;
buried by Spain.

1125  MADEIRA, RDP, Porto Santo - 9 OCT, 0056 - Light music, // 666.
Almost alone on the Brazilian Bev, under Spain on the European
Bev. SIO 343

1125  unID jammer - 14 OCT, 2104. 

1134  CROATIA, Hrvatska Radio, Zadar (1200/600 kW) - 10 OCT, 0200 -
Excellent, light music, "Hrvatska Radio Televizija" ID, not
// 7370 or other SW outlets. + 11 OCT, 0200 - ID as Hrvatska
Radio-Televisija with pips. + 13 OCT, 2128 - Slavic-talk news
popped up o/ Spain. <R> + 13 OCT, 2304 - "Hrvatski" mention
in news by man & woman; monster signal.
	   
1134  SPAIN, COPE synchros (2/1 kW) - 9 OCT, 2325 - SS // 1125.  
+ 13 OCT, 0615 - SS talk; o/ others. + 13 OCT, 2127 - SS talk
// 1143; o/ Croatia. <R>                                               
           

1143  SPAIN, COPE synchros (2 kW) - 9 OCT, 2325 - SS // 1134. 
+ 13 OCT, 0617 - echoey Spaniards w/ SS talk; atop apparent
British locals. + 13 OCT, 2127 - // 1134 w/ man & woman in
SS; good. <R>
							    
1143  unID (KALININGRAD or BULGARIA) - 13 OCT, 2303 - Slavic talk
mixed w/ Spain & possible UK.
							    
1152  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros (10 kW) - 9 OCT, 2316 - SS // 1017, 1098,
1107, 1125, 1305. + 13 OCT, 2129 - SS festive music // 1125;
fair. <R>
							    
1152  CAMEROON, CRTV, Bamenda - 12 OCT, 2027 & 2037 - Initially
revealed by phasing out Spain, very weak African accented FF.
At 2037 in EE w/ news items, under Spain. SIO 222 <R>

1161  FRANCE, France-Inter, synchros (200/100/10kW) - 11 OCT, 2100 - 
FF // 1071, 1350. + 13 OCT, 2126 - man in FF; fair o/ unID jazz
(Spain?). <R>

1170  NIGERIA, Ogun State BC, Abeokuta (40 kW) - 11 OCT, 2034 -
Fair, "You're listening to the national news, coming to you
from OGBC-One Abeokuta". <R> + 12 OCT, 2031-2035 - Amazingly
now dominant whereas had been absent 10 min. earlier.  Woman
in EE w/ news about the 600,000 metric tonnes of cement
in Abeokuta and an enthralling address by the Minister of
Agriculture.  Swamped again by Portugal at 2035.  Drums at
2046. SIO 333 <R>

1170  PORTUGAL, R. Comercial, Vila Real (10 kW) - 12 OCT, 2018 -
Talk about Formula 1 race, then PP music.  No sign of Nigeria
at this time, SIO 344 <R> + 12 OCT, 2031 - Mostly noted as a
pest while logging Nigeria!  ID as "Comercial Onda Media", // 828.
<R> + 13 OCT, 2123 - PP teletalk; mixed w/ UK & others. <R>

1170  ENGLAND, probably Swansea - 13 OCT, 2124 - EE talk, daft comedy
bits, advert mentioning Cardiff, then wimpy Carpenters version of
"Please Mr. Postman"; o/ Portugal / domestic (WKPE?). <R>

1179  SWEDEN, Radio Sweden, Solvesborg (600 kW) - 10 OCT, 2209 -
Woman in Swedish w/ news.  Over Spain, SIO 333 + 11 OCT, 2229 -
Heard in passing with ID. + 13 OCT, 0429 - interval signal,
then Swedish talk. + 13 OCT, 0635 - Good, talk in Swedish // 6065.
						  
1179  SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS, SER synchros (10/5/2 kW) -
12 OCT, 1923 - "SER esportivos" program // 990, 1008, 1026,
1080, 1116, 1260, 1287. + 13 OCT, 2123 - SS talk; o/ music
station that was likely Sweden. <R>
			  
1188  HUNGARY, Petofi Radio, Szombathely & one other (135/25 kW) -
11 OCT, 2210 - Heard "Petofi" ID, // 1251. + 13 OCT, 2107 -
// 1251 w/ Hungarian talk by man & woman; excellent. <R>
+ 14 OCT, 2059 - Mariah Carey's "Sweet Fantasy" // 1251.
						
1188  GERMANY, MDR-Info, Reichenbach - 10 OCT, 0340 - GG news,
"M.D.R.-Info" ID at 0341 just before the signal was swallowed
by QRM. SIO 232

1197  LESOTHO, BBC Lancer's Gap - 11 OCT, 2040 - Fair, BBC World
Service News Hour // 3255. <R> + 12 OCT, 2218 - // 6195 with
BBC news, pips noted at 2230. <R>
				 
1197  ENGLAND, Virgin Radio synchros (1/0.5/0.2 kW) - 11 OCT, 0143 -
Music, // 1215. + 13 OCT, 2122 - // 1215, 1233 w/ Fleetwood Mac
oldie; good. <R>
			  
1206  FRANCE, R. Bleue, Bordeaux (100 kW) - 11 OCT, 0627 - FF music
program, // 711, 792, 864, 945. + 14 OCT, 2200 - Fair, light music,
"Ici Radio Bleue" jingle.

1206  POLAND, Polskie Radio synchros - 14 OCT, 2210 - Fair, Polish
talk with Polskie mentions, over/under R.Bleue-France.

1206  ISRAEL, Kol Israel, Program B, Haifa (50 kW) - 10 OCT, 0122 -
Call-in program and music, Hebrew language, "shalom" mentioned in
one of the calls.  All alone and very strong, has a good chance
of getting across the Atlantic, // 657. + 10 OCT, 0123-0131 -
Man hosts pgm in Hebrew, telephone chat and some music. SIO 333
+ 13 OCT, 2204 - Hebrew news; to good peak. <R> + 14 OCT, 0003 -
fast Hebrew talk; loud.
		    
1215  ENGLAND, Virgin Radio synchros (100/50/10/2/1 kW) -
11 OCT, 0143 - Music, // 1197. + 12 OCT, 2015 - Excellent,
"Classic album triple play that pays 1000 pounds every morning",
// 1197, 1233, & 1242. + 13 OCT, 2121 - EE talk, then "Rhiannon"
by Fleetwood Mac; good, well o/ Spain. <R>

1215  SPAIN, COPE synchros (2/1 kW) - 10 OCT, 0505 - SS // 837,
999, 1134, 1143, 1296. + 13 OCT, 2113 - SS talk; o/ Virgin R. <R>
		    
1224  NETHERLANDS, Holland FM, Assen (22 kW) - 13 OCT, 0605 - Pop music.

	
1233  ENGLAND, Virgin R. synchros - 13 OCT, 2121 - // 1215 w/
"Rhiannon" by Fleetwood Mac; good. <R>

1233  KENYA, KBC - 15 OCT, 0219 - // 4935, 1044, not much to say except
music and DJ could be heard in parallel.  This channel was much weaker
than 1044.  When this parallel was clearly matched, you should have
heard Dave Clark whoop it up!  

1242  ENGLAND, Isle of Wight Radio, Bridlesford Farm - 12 OCT, 2000 -
Fair, Independent Radio News, weather, Isle of Wight Radio classic
hits ID.

1242  OMAN, Muscat - 13 OCT, 2110 - AA violins; u/ Ukraine. <R>

1242  UKRAINE, UR2, Kyyiv / others (150/50/30 kW) - 14 OCT, 2039 -
// 1404 w/ "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck; good.

1251  LIBYA, Tripoli (500 kW) - 10 OCT, 0139 - Consistently strong
night after night with AA program, // 648. + 13 OCT, 2059 - AA
vocal; loud, mixing w/ Portugal. <R>

1251  PORTUGAL, Porto / Viseu - 13 OCT, 2059 - PP talk o/u Libya. <R>

1251  HUNGARY, Magyar R., Nyiregyhara/Marcali - 11 OCT, 0215 - Pips
(not an unusual time for them to have pips), man talk in Hungarian.
SIO 232 + 13 OCT, 2107 - // 1188 w/ Hungarian talk by man & woman;
way u/ Libya. <R> + 14 OCT, 2059 - Mariah Carey's "Sweet Fantasy"
// 1188.

1259  AZORES, Faial (t) - 13 OCT, 2104 - weak het. <R>

1260  ENGLAND, Classic Gold, Bristol - 12 OCT, 2025 - Fair, "Next on
Classic Gold, Abba and Bob Dylan" and UPS Next Day delivery ad.

1260  SPAIN, SER, Valencia / Algeciras (20/5 kW) - 12 OCT, 1923 -
"SER esportivos" program // 990, 1008, 1026, 1080, 1116, 1287.  
+ 13 OCT, 2057 - SS talk; slightly o/ WEZE religion & possible
UK / CIHI. <R>

1269  SPAIN, COPE synchros - 12 OCT, 2239 - Pretty vacuous SS talk
// 1143.  Echo signal, SIO 344 <R> + 13 OCT, 2054 - echoey SS
synchro cluster w/ up to 1 sec. audio delays between stations. <R>

1269  GERMANY, Neumunster - 13 OCT, 2056 - // 1422 w/ pop-C&W vocal;
u/ Spain. <R>

1278  IRELAND, RTE Radio 2FM synchros, Cork / Dublin - 10 OCT, 0210 -
Good, adult contemporary music, "Better music, and more of it,
2FM" ID, // 612. + 13 OCT, 2055 - modern rock, EE talk; o/ others. <R>

1286  unID (CAMEROON ?) - 13 OCT, 2052 - het against 1287. <R>

1287  SPAIN  SER, R. Lerida-Lleida (10 kW) - 12 OCT, 1923 - "SER
esportivos" program // 990, 1008, 1026, 1080, 1116, 1260, 1287.  
+ 13 OCT, 2050 - SS talk o/u Czech station. <R>

1287  CZECH REPUBLIC // SLOVAKIA - 13 OCT, 2050 - Slavic talk,
mixed w/ Spain. <R>

1287  IRELAND, 2 FM, 2 stations listed (10 kW) - 11 OCT, 0540 - Mike
Oldfield music, ID, Timecheck, // 1278 synchros.  

1296  ENGLAND, Radio XL, Birmingham - 10 OCT, 0345 - EE announcer,
Indian/Pakistani music. + 13 OCT, 0625 - Good, Radio XL
ID's and ad string with Birmingham mentions, Indian music.
+ 13 OCT, 2046 - EE talk, "Radio XL" ID popped up o/ BBC,
Spain, Sudan. <R> + 14 OCT, 2300 - Radio XL ID.

1296  SPAIN, COPE, Valencia (10 kW) - 10 OCT, 0505 - // 837, 999,
1134, 1143, 1215. + 13 OCT, 2045 - woman in SS; o/u jumble
including BBC, R. XL, other SS (?), & Sudan. <R>

1296  ENGLAND, BBC, Orfordness - 13 OCT, 2045 - "V" (...-)
interval signal; slightly o/ Spain, Radio XL, & Sudan.  I'm
surprised that this station and R. XL don't interfere with
each other within England. <R>

1296  SUDAN, NBS, Rebia (1500 kW) - 10 OCT, 0255 - Heard at sign-on
with xylophone Interval Signal, // 7200; under R. XL. + 13 OCT,
2050 - AA vocal, shouting rose atop the jumble. <R>
				
1305  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros (10 kW) - 9 OCT, 2316 - // 1017, 1098,
1107, 1125, 1152. + 13 OCT, 2046 - SS news by man & woman, // 1314;
good o/ low growl.  Signal about 5 dB better than 1314. <R>

1314  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros (10/5/4 kW) - 12 OCT, 2227 - SS // 1305. <R>
+ 13 OCT, 2045 - R. Nacional de Espana ID; good / alone on channel. <R>

1314  NORWAY, NRK, Kvitsoy (1200 kW) - 11 OCT, 0619 - Woman speaking
in Norwegian, mentions "Oslo", very strong.  

1323  GERMANY, Voice of Russia, Wachenbrunn (1000 kW) - 13 OCT, 0610 -
Good, VOR World Service "Focus On Asia and the Pacific" program in EE.
+ 13 OCT, 2044 - man & woman in FF; o/ others. <R>

1323  CYPRUS, BBC Relay, Zyyi - 10 OCT, 0308-0315 - BBC WS pgm, "BBC
News from London" heard at 0314, // 198. SIO 233

1325  MOROCCO, RTM "C", Safi (5 kW) - 12 OCT, 2225 - French programming
on odd channel. <R> + 13 OCT, 0615 - apparent sign-on. + 13 OCT,
2045 - instrumental music at low audio level. <R> + 13 OCT, 2338 -
FF teletalk; good.

1332  ITALY, RAI R. Uno, Roma et al. - 10 OCT, 2149 - news in II
regarding parliamentary and economic reforms; o/ British stns,
SIO 333. + 13 OCT, 2043 - II teletalk o/ unID music station (that
was probably UK). <R>

1341  NORTHERN IRELAND, BBC Radio Ulster, Lisnagarvey (100 kW) -
11 OCT, 0549 - "You're listening to ??? on Radio Ulster", then
financial news. + 13 OCT, 0400 - Good, BBC World Service
Newsdesk. + 13 OCT, 2041 - EE talk mixed w/ Spain & unID
vocal. <R>

1341  SPAIN - 13 OCT, 2041 - SS talk mixed w/ BBC & others. <R>

1349  MAURITANIA, R.Mauritanie, Nouakchott (20kW) - 10 OCT, 2025 -
Good, string music and vocal // 4845. <R> + 11 OCT, 1953 - Woman
speaking FF, then music // 4845. + 13 OCT, 2041 - AA music; to fair
peak. <R> + 14 OCT, 2237 - // 4845 w/ Koranic male vocal; excellent.

1350  FRANCE, France-Inter, synchros, Nice / Nancy (300/200kW) -
11 OCT, 2100 -  FF // 1071, 1161. + 13 OCT, 2039 - FF discussion
w/ several announcers; good. <R>
	   
1359  ENGLAND, Breeze AM, Chelmsford - 12 OCT, 2100 - Good, "On
1359 and 1431, this is Breeze" and Independent Radio News.

1359  SPAIN, Arganda (600 kW) - 13 OCT, 2038 - SS talk; excellent. 
PP-sounding signal way, way under. <R> + 14 OCT, 1920 - SS // 684. 

1367  SENEGAL, RTS, Saint Louis (20 kW) - 10 OCT, 2331 - Man singing
in Arabic.  Heard many times this week, but never an ID.  Senegal
heard lower than Angola, which was heard best on 1367.4  
+ 13 OCT, 2037 - AA female chant. <R>

1367  ANGOLA, R. Nacional, Mulenvas - 12 OCT, 2137 - Pop music pgm
hosted by woman and man in PP, different male voice at 2138:30
w/ "Radio Nacional" ID.  Over presumed Senegal w/ man talking in
AA-like language, SIO 433-2 <R>

1368  ISLE OF MAN, Manx Radio, Douglas (20 kW) - 12 OCT, 2045 -
Fair, Manx Radio ID, ad for commercial radio. + 13 OCT, 0630 -
News report mentions Douglas. 
    
1368  unID's - 13 OCT, 2036 - opera / classical music (Poland ?),
o/u PP-sounding radio drama, third signal under. <R>

1377  FRANCE, R. Bleue, Lille (300 kW), 13 OCT, 0632 -
FF // 1206, 1404. + 14 OCT, 0545 - FF folk vocal // 1494.

1386  KALININGRAD, Bolshakovo - 11 OCT, 2130 - Good, news from
Radio Nederland in English. <R> + 11 OCT, 2138 - EE news w/
announcement of the Nobel Prizes in chemistry - well, maybe next
year...  SIO 455. + 13 OCT, 2032 - Dutch talk (R. Nederland
relay); good, atop 2 others. <R> + 13 OCT, 2203 - EE program
w/ talk about the effect of western culture on India. <R>
+ 13 OCT, 2222 - Strong in EE, with "A Good Life". 
						
1386  unID - 10 OCT, 0121 - Russian private station here? 

1386  KENYA - 10 OCT, 0157 - Interval signal of flutes and drums, man
with opening announcements, then anthem, // 4935.  Man speaking in
RR at same time. 

1394  TOGO, RT, Lome (20/1 kW) - 13 OCT, 2109 - FF talk & music;
clear parallel with 5047. 

1395  ALBANIA, TWR, Fllake (Lushnje) (1000kW) - 11 OCT, 1945 -
TWR ID in EE, interval signal, program in unID language. 
+ 13 OCT, 2031 - TWR relay excellent w/ religious music,
then unID language talk. <R> + 13 OCT, 2201 - EE preaching
(southern US accent); excellent. <R>

1404  IRAN (t), Rasht - 13 OCT, 2101 - Islamic vocal rose atop
Ukraine (?) & possible PP station. <R>

1404  FRANCE R. Bleue synchros (20/1 kW) - 13 OCT, 0632 -
FF // 1206, 1404. + 14 OCT, 0605 - FF music // 1377.

1404  unID - 13 OCT, 2200 - pips, SS talk, news mentioning
Bosnia-Hercegovina; o/ others. <R>

1404  UKRAINE, UR2, Kotovsk / others (50/30/25 kW) -
14 OCT, 2039 - // 1242 w/ "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck; fair.

1404  MOROCCO, site? - 14 OCT, 2103 - AA // 909.  

1413  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros (10/5/5 kW) - 11 OCT, 2100 -
SS // 1152. + 13 OCT, 2026 - strong multiple-station mess
w/ at least 3 different SS programs audible o/ a bad growl. <R>

1413  OMAN, BBC, Masirah Island (750 kW) - 10 OCT, 0110 - Program in
Hindi.

1422  ALGERIA, Algiers - 13 OCT, 2025 - man in AA at low modulation
level on huge carrier; way atop Germany (which was playing
Cranberries song). <R>

1422  GERMANY, Heusweiler - 13 OCT, 2056 - // 1269 w/ pop-C&W vocal;
u/ Algeria. <R>

1431  PORTUGAL, Caramulo - 13 OCT, 2023 - C&W music, PP talk; poor. <R>

1440  LUXEMBOURG, Marnach (1200 kW) - 11 OCT, 2150 - Good, religion
from TWR in EE. <R> + 14 OCT, 1910 - Excellent, "Der oldies sender"
jingle ID and oldies music. + 14 OCT, 0458 - GG religious program;
o/ WWTM, WLPZ.
    
1440  SAUDI ARABIA, Dammam (1600 kW) - 10 OCT, 2205 -
AA // 900, 1521. + 13 OCT, 2022 - AA talk by man; o/ possible
II talk (Luxembourg ?). <R>

1449  ITALY, RAI, Squinzano et al. - 12 OCT, 2120 - Good, "radio
notturno musica italiana". + 13 OCT, 2021 - II rock music, // 846. <R>

1458  ENGLAND, Fortune 14-58 Radio, Manchester - 10 OCT, 0100 -
Mess of Brits w/ pips and ID's, this one dominant, news read by
woman. SIO 322 + 13 OCT, 0229 - Good, "The best variety of soft
rock, soul, and love songs, this is Fortune 1458" ID, over BBC
synchros.

1458  ALBANIA, R. Tirana, Fllake (Lushnje) (500 kW) - 12 OCT,
2048 - Mention of Tirana. <R> + 13 OCT, 2019 - presumed this
w/ SS talk by man & woman; o/ unID C&W station (UK?). <R>
	      
1458.2  GIBRALTAR (t), BBC / Gibraltar BC (0.5/2 kW) - 
12 OCT, 2043-2049, 2057-2102, 2119 - BBC WS pgms, including
WS ID, pips and news at 2100; established // 6195 at 2119. 
Splatter from Tirana and others on 1458.0, SIO 322.  No
BBC outlets in UK on 1458. <R>

1467  FRANCE, TWR Roumoules (1000 kW) - 11 OCT, 2218 - Very strong
with AA program. + (date, time ?) Woman w/ religious talk in
Standard Chinese !  SIO 444 <R> + 13 OCT, 2018 - upbeat SS
religious song, then man in SS; huge. <R> + 14 OCT, 0459 -
GG talk; excellent.

1475.1  BENIN, ORT du Benin, Cotonou (50/20 kW) - 10 OCT, 2040 -
Good, talk in FF // 4870. <R> + 12 OCT, 2056 - Highlife music
// 4870, drums, then news in FF at 2115. <R> + 12 OCT, 2054 -
Cuban music, FF talk including ID as "Radio Benin", then
highlife music. SIO 344 <R> + 13 OCT, 2016 - Afro-accented
FF talk; strongly hetting 1476. <R>

1476  UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UAE Radio, Dubai (1500 kW) -
13 OCT, 0220 - Good, alone on the frequency with string
music interval signal. + 13 OCT, 2015 - AA talk; dominant. <R>
+ 14 OCT, 0259 - Sign-on with a choral flourish, woman speaking
AA. + 14 OCT, 0303 - AA talk by man; o/ Spain & UK. +
14 OCT, 2010 - // 13675 w/ AA music; loud.

1485  ASCENSION ISLAND, BBC Atlantic Relay (0.5 kW), English Bay,
11 OCT, 2230 - Good, BBC World Service. + 14 OCT, 0012 - BBC
program // 5975. 

1485  SPAIN, SER synchros (2 kW) - 11 OCT, 0243 - echoey SS
// 1026. + 13 OCT, 2014 - stations w/ 3 different SS programs;
evenly mixing. <R>

1492.7  MOROCCO, Agadir - 11 OCT, 2245 - Good, AA music // 909 & 1044.
+ 13 OCT, 2012 - drum banging, AA talk. <R> + 14 OCT, 2009 -
Someone said that 1044 and 1492.7 were parallel from Morocco
and they were.  Didn't get an ID!  

1494  MOLDOVA, Cahul/Edinet - 9 OCT, 0420 - Good, many Moldova
mentions in what was believed to be Romanian language discussion.

1494  FRANCE, Clermont-Ferrand et al. - 14 OCT, 0545 - FF folk
vocal // 1377.

1494.2  unID - 13 OCT, 2013 - classical music, possible SS talk
by woman. <R>

1503  AZORES, AFRTS Lajes (0.1 kW) - 11 OCT, 1930 - Good, Swap
Shop program, 96.1 FM and 1503 ID. <R> + 14 OCT, 0050 - Weak
but steady, with National League playoff game. + 13 OCT, 2007 -
US EE slogan "one great country song after another", then C&W
music; o/u Spain. <R>

1503  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros - 13 OCT, 2007 - SS talk mixed w/ Azores. <R>

1503  unID - 12 OCT, 2357 -  AA music, Iran?  

1512  BELGIUM, RVI / Belgische Radio, Wolvertem (300 kW) -
10 OCT, 2308 - Foreign Service program. + 12 OCT, 2225 - Excellent,
end of EE program Brussels Calling, then FF with Radio Vlaanderen
International ID. + 14 OCT, 0600 - Dutch talk; good through
WNRB slop. + 14 OCT, 2026 - Dutch talk by 2 men; excellent.

1512  SAUDI ARABIA, Jeddah (1000 kW) - 10 OCT, 0115 - Koranic program
(comes on 0100). + 13 OCT, 2005 - AA talk by man, atop possible
British station.  Signal good, though 10 dB weaker than 1521. <R>

1521  SAUDI ARABIA  Duba (2000 kW) - 10 OCT, 0212 - Koranic program,
always strong. + 11 OCT, 1925 - Excellent, AA music // 9555. <R>
+ 13 OCT, 2003 - AA news by man w/ mentions of Iraq, Palestinians;
excellent. <R> + 14 OCT, 2027 - AA talk; o/ others.

1528  CLANDESTINE - 10 OCT, 0139 - Heard previously by Jean on other
nearby frequencies, an Anti-Iraq clandestine operation? 

1530  SAO TOME E PRINCIPE, VOA Pinheira (600 kW)- 9 OCT, 0500 -
Good, "This program has come to you from VOA Washington",
interval signal, then "Welcome to the Voice of America".
+ 10 OCT, 0308 - VOA in EE, // 7405. + 13 OCT, 0302 - VOA
EE news // 7405; o/ others.

1530  VATICAN, Vatican R. (600/300 kW) - 11 OCT, 0010 - ID in four
languages. + 13 OCT, 0138 - Excellent, ID in three languages
including EE at end of "With You Through The Night" music
program. + 13 OCT, 2002 - R. Vaticana ID, II talk; good,
atop VOA Sao Tome EE news. <R> + 14 OCT, 2027 - R. Vaticana in
PP (don't confuse w/ Madeira or WDJZ). + 14 OCT, 2058 - EE ID.

1530  ENGLAND - 14 OCT, 0550 - British EE adverts; o/ others.

1530  unID jammer - 14 OCT, 2027. 

1536.7 / 1537.1  unID jammer - 10 OCT, 0303 - Jammer w/ descending notes.

1538.9  unID CLANDESTINE - 14 OCT, 2318 - AA talk. 

1539  SPAIN (or MELILLA) - 13 OCT, 2002 - SS talk by man & woman,
then pop music; fair to good. <R> + 14 OCT, 2027 - weak SS talk.

1539  UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Sadiyat - 14 OCT, 2315 - AA talk,
mentioned "min Dubai".  AA had been heard here from Billerica, MA
monitoring station on 17 SEP at 0235.

1544  CLANDESTINE (ALGERIA or MOROCCO) - 10 OCT, 2140 - AA.
+ 13 OCT, 2001 - man in AA talking over musical interludes;
excellent. <R> + 13 OCT, 2358 - huge w/ screaming / singing
woman, drum, picked string instrument. + 14 OCT, 0600 - man
in AA; excellent.  This should be audible on the West Coast
at this time. + 14 OCT, 2028 - screaming, banjo-plucking.

1548  ENGLAND, R.City Gold, Liverpool - 13 OCT, 0118 - Fair, oldies
music, promo for 21 year anniversary party, giving Stanley St./
Box 1548 address for tickets. + 13 OCT, 1959 - Gloria Gaynor
song, "R. City Gold" ID, Blackpool mentions; mixed w/ others. <R>
						      
1548  SCOTLAND, Max AM, Edinburgh - 13 OCT, 0100 - In briefly with
"1548 __ Max AM" through VOA-Kuwait and R.City Gold-England.

1548  KUWAIT, VOA Kuwait City - 10 OCT, 0104 - News in EE.
+ 12 OCT, 2305 - Good, "You're listening to the Voice of
America broadcasting from Washington", over England.
+ 14 OCT, 2050 - AA political talk // 7205.

1557  MALTA, Deutsche Welle, Cyclops (600 kW) - 12 OCT, 2211 -
// 6100 in GG. <R> + 12 OCT, 2315 - Good, talk in GG // 6075.
+ 13 OCT, 1959 - man & woman in AA; excellent, o/ others. <R>

1565.8  unID jammer - 10 OCT, 0111 - "Tick-tock" sounds. 

1566  AZORES, Clube Asas do Atlantico, CSB81, Vila do Porto (10 kW) -
9 OCT, 2059 - PP talk, 1 pip at 20 secs to top of hour, then pips
at 2100, "Boa Noite", jingle, and transmitter off without anthem.
This earlier s/off time explains why they have not been heard
recently in North America ! SIO 444 + 12 OCT, 2006 - With sports,
mention of "Radio Boa Vista" during sports report. <R> + 13 OCT,
2000 - Good, RDP news and jingles, then "deportes" (sports).

1566  BELARUS, Voice of Russia, synchros (10/7/5 kW) - 10 OCT, 2300
and 13 OCT, 0000 - with Radio Moscow interval signal and pips. 
Not sure if this is the correct transmitter site. + (t) Station
Mayak, only low powered synchros listed in WRTH - 10 OCT, 2259 -
IS, pips at 2300, ID, woman w/ news in Russian. SIO 233
					
1566  INDIA, AIR, Nagpur-Buttibori (1000 kW) - 11 OCT, 2348-0001 -
Indian film music, briefly heard woman in Hindi just before 0000,
then back to music.  Mixing w/ Iran, SIO 322.  A real thrill
when we first got this, and just as thrilling to hear it night
after night.  Music from 2345 fade-in, 5+1 time pips at 0030
(India like Newfoundland has top of the hour at xx:30 UTC),
Hindi news 0030, EE News 0035, off at 0040 (Indian daylight). 
The program is briefly // 5010 (0030-0040).  Not as distant
as Lesotho, but less water path to work with.  + 13 OCT, 0035 -
Good, woman with news bulletin in EE // 5010 until 0040
+ 14 OCT, 0040 -  Good, 1566 ID in Hindi at end of EE news.
+ 14 OCT, 2324 - good to EXCELLENT (!) w/ Indian film music,
pips at 2330, mention of India, then news in Hindi, then woman
with news in EE "that's the end of this news bulletin", then
man in Hindi mentioning "kilohertz", then music.  

1566  IRAN, IRIB, Bandar-Abbas (100 kW) - 10 OCT, 0111 -
Koranic program. + 12 OCT, 0001 - Faded up over AIR w/ man
in Farsi, probably news. SIO 322 + 14 OCT, 2310 - Koranic vocal.   
		   
1566  no TUNISIA, ERTT, Sfax - This 1200 kW outlet was OFF during
the time of this DXpedition.

1567.0  unID - 10 OCT, 0207-0231, 0257-0303 - At 0207 woman in
Slavic language, possibly Ukrainian, w/ news to 0210, then man
talks, some short music...at 0257 man and woman talk, either a
big fade or long period of silence before 5 pips at 0300 and an
anthem; woman resumed speaking at 0301. Deep fades, hets notched,
peaks to SIO 232. + 13 OCT, 2356 - het against Belarus or
Ukraine - 1566.

1575  SPAIN - 13 OCT, 1955 - dominant Spaniard had a program that
was different from that on a weaker SS station that was isolated
successfully by phasing. <R> + SER, 2 sites (5 kW) - 14 OCT, 0046 -
SS // 1485, 1584. 

1584  SPAIN - 13 OCT, 1953 - fast SS teletalk, atop station which
had SS vocal.  A third station (possibly AA music) was way under. <R>
+ SER, 5 sites (2 kW) - 14 OCT, 0046 - SS // 1485, 1575.  

1593  GERMANY, Holzkirchen - 14 OCT, 2045 - Slavic talk to good peaks.

1593  EGYPT, Matruh (10 kW) - 15 OCT, 0309 - AA. Everyone said this was
Egypt before I tuned this in - I'll have to take their word for it! 

1593  EGYPT / unID - 13 OCT, 1952 - AA vocal, atop station playing
oldie "Black Betty" by Ram Jam (1977). <R>
							    
1593.35  unID - 13 OCT, 1951 - het against 1593.  Ideas ? <R>
							    
1602  SPAIN - 13 OCT, 1951 - strong SS talk station NOT // 1584
was atop; when I phased it out, a weaker SS station that was //
1584 was heard. <R>
							    
1602  SPAIN, R. Vitoria, Vitoria (10 kW), 12 OCT, 1923 - Ad for
Banco de Vitoria, sports report. <R> + 14 OCT, 1959 - heard with
R. Vitoria ID. 

1611  VATICAN, Vatican Radio (100 kW) - 14 OCT, 1919 - Interval
signal, // 5882. + 13 OCT, 1945 - rosary, seemed to be in Latin
(spoken Latin sounds somewhat like SS / II blend). <R>
							    
1611  NORWAY, Rogaland - 14 OCT, 2344 - "LGB TLX" in Morse code. 

1615.85  NETHERLANDS, unID Dutch Pirate - 14 OCT, 2116 - Pop/folk
music, fadey. 

1616  ENGLAND, Cullercoats - 14 OCT, 2116 - "GCCI" in Morse code. 

1620  NETHERLANDS, Scheveningen - 14 OCT, 2130 - "PCH" in Morse code. 

1685  unID - 15 OCT, 0510 - "9W135" in Morse code. 

1698  unID (SPAIN ?) - 13 OCT, 1947 - utility station here w/ SS
weather report on upper sideband. <R>
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