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                                                           dx951027.log
    
     REPORT FROM: Mark Connelly - WA1ION          
     
     *** THESE ARE HOME (NOT DXPEDITION) LOGS ***              
     
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      [Connelly-MA] = Billerica, MA  (home)  
                      (GC = 71.22 W / 42.54 N)           
                 rx = Drake R8, JRC NRD-525
                ant = two 37 m. slopers w/ 50 m floating ground
                      for noise reduction; DL-1 phasing unit; 
                      MWT-3 regenerative preselector.
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             e-mail = MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx
  
   DATES: 1995 (UTC/GMT)          TIMES: UTC/GMT            
   
* TRANS-ATLANTIC DX *

621  CANARY ISLANDS, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, OCT 11 0442 - 
instrumental dance music; fair.  [Connelly-MA]

738  SPAIN, RNE1, Barcelona, OCT 11 0440 - upbeat disco-style 
music // 774; good.  [Connelly-MA]
 
756  SPAIN, R. Euskadi, Bilbao, OCT 11 0511 - SS teletalk; loud.
[Connelly-MA]
 
774  SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, OCT 11 0436 - SS talk, disco-influenced
music.  [Connelly-MA]
 
837  CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, COPE synchros, OCT 11 0516 -
fast SS talk, in jumble.  [Connelly-MA]
 
855  SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, OCT 9 0406 - instrumental music, then 
man in SS; huge w/ WEEI-850 phased. + OCT 23 0407 - SS talk; fair. 
[Connelly-MA]
 
882  CANARY ISLANDS La Laguna, OCT 11 0434 - man & woman in SS;  
poor to fair.  [Connelly-MA]
         
891  ALGERIA, Algiers, OCT 23 0413 - AA political speech; fair.
[Connelly-MA]
 
981  ALGERIA, Algiers, OCT 10 0502 - AA string music; slopped. 
+ OCT 11 0526 - AA female vocal at low audio level on a huge
carrier.  [Connelly-MA]
 
999  SPAIN, COPE, Madrid, OCT 9 0401 - fast SS news by man &
woman; good. + OCT 10 0459 - man in SS; fair to good. [Connelly-MA]
 
1017  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, OCT 11 0527 - man & woman in SS; poor
to fair in jumble of signals.  [Connelly-MA]
 
1044  SPAIN, SER, San Sebastian et al., OCT 11 0528 - SS news by
man; excellent.  [Connelly-MA]
 
1053  SPAIN / UNITED KINGDOM, OCT 11 0529 - SS talk o/u EE talk;
through WEVD slop.  [Connelly-MA]

1053  MOROCCO, RTM "A", Tanger, OCT 22 2323 - most likely this w/
AA vocal; aurora knocked out Europe during sunset period, leaving
only African TA's.  [Connelly-MA]
 
1089  UNITED KINGDOM / ALBANIA, OCT 11 0408 - TalkRadio w/ EE talk
by man o/u operatic (almost AA-sounding) male vocal; fast SAH noted.
[Connelly-MA]

1107  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, OCT 11 0533 - SS news by man & woman;
good to excellent, way o/ others.  [Connelly-MA]
                           
1134  CROATIA, Hrvatski R., Zadar, OCT 9 0356 - plaintive Slavic-
language vocal; atop Spain.  [Connelly-MA]  
 
1134  SPAIN, COPE synchros, OCT 9 0357 - SS talk by woman rose 
o/ Croatia. + OCT 11 0533 - SS talk o/ low het growl. [Connelly-MA]  
 
1143  SPAIN, COPE synchros, OCT 11 0535 - fast echoey SS talk  
by man; o/ rumble.  [Connelly-MA]
                                                             
1179  SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS, SER synchros, OCT 11 0538 - 
bits of SS talk in Cuba-1180 slop.  [Connelly-MA]
                           
1251  LIBYA, Tripoli, OCT 9 0452 - shrill AA vocal; fair.   
Conditions below normal tonight.  [Connelly-MA]
 
1305  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, OCT 11 0540 - woman in SS to good peaks
o/ growl.  [Connelly-MA]
 
1521  SAUDI ARABIA, Duba, OCT 9 0344 - AA talk, then talk w/ interspersed
music; like a local, completely destroying WWKB. + OCT 11 0422 - AA talk 
by man still hanging in there at this late time; rolling (dawn) fade
pattern; fair w/ WWKB phased.  [Connelly-MA] 


* PAN-AMERICAN DX *   

532  TURKS AND CAICOS, RVC, OCT 22 2305 - folk guitar music;
excellent.  [Connelly-MA]

550  VENEZUELA, Mundial, YVKE, Caracas, OCT 23 0350 - woman in SS w/
numerous Caracas mentions; atop CFNB / WPNW.  [Connelly-MA]
 
555  ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ZIZ, Basseterre, OCT 22 2303 - BBC news;
fair.  [Connelly-MA]
 
650  COLOMBIA, RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, OCT 11 0441 -
good w/ Antena Dos ID.  [Connelly-MA]
 
860  CUBA, R. Reloj, Arroyo Arenas (?), OCT 11 0518 - usual Reloj
SS news & time ticks show, through phased CJBC.  [Connelly-MA]
 
885  MONTSERRAT, R. Montserrat, ZJB, Plymouth, OCT 22 2240 -
EE preacher; to fair peak.  [Connelly-MA]
 
895  ST KITTS & NEVIS, VON, Bath Village, OCT 22 2238 -  
"Colours of the Wind" music from Pocahontas movie; good.
[Connelly-MA]
 
900  BARBADOS, CBC, Bridgetown, OCT 22 2237 - Carib-EE male w/
"West Indies sports roundup" mentioning Barbados and Trinidad 
teams; good during aurora w/ WMVU (NH: groundwave) phased.
[Connelly-MA]
 
1020  TURKS & CAICOS, CCR, OCT 22 2315 - Carib-EE religious program,
slogan "Superpower 1020" used; loud / dominant o/ YVRS. [Connelly-MA]
 
1060  CUBA, CMDX, Baracoa, OCT 22 2329 - SS mention of "anti-
imperialista", segment of Guantanamera played, then upbeat Cuban
music; loud, well o/ other Latin Americans & feeble KYW. [Connelly-MA]

1160  BERMUDA, VSB3, Hamilton, OCT 11 0412 - BBC news talking about
Palestinian prisoners in Israel; excellent / dominant. + OCT 22 2338 -
historical drama // BBC program on WADN-1120 & on 5975.  Fair o/ WOBM
w/ WSKW nulled.  [Connelly-MA]
                 
1180  CUBA, R. Taino, Villa Maria, OCT 22 2342 - Cuban big-band music
w/ African rhythms; way o/ WHAM & other Latin Americans. [Connelly-MA]


* TRANS-PACIFIC DX * (maybe)

1017  unID (maybe TONGA), OCT 11 1053 - het, fragments of talk;
peaking up just before local dawn.  [Connelly-MA]

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