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Newfoundland DXpedition Loggings from Jean Burnell, David Clark,
Mark Connelly, Bruce Conti, Neil Kazaross, and Jim Renfrew.
Location: Cappahayden, except <R> = Renews
Dates = 1995 / Times & dates = UTC
* 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.
+ 13 OCT, 0640 - SS talk by man at good level. First thought that
repetitive musical theme at 0713 recheck might have been Faroe
Islands IS but nothing definitive from Mark's review of my tape.
QRM from nearby utility (F9), too.
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.
549 SAUDI ARABIA, Qurayyat - 9 OCT, 0315-0320 - in well (//1521, 1440,
900, others) w/ Koran recitation w/ many pauses.
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.
594 SAUDI ARABIA, Duba - 9 OCT, 0315-0320 - // 1521 et al. w/ Koran.
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 can switch between
RNE1 and RNE5 programming. + 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 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 (600 kW) -
+ 11 OCT, 0035 - Talk by man poking through Radio 2FM-Ireland
sufficiently to confirm definite // with 7108 USB. Sat on this
one for about 10 minutes with Jean. + 12 OCT, 0028-0035 - music
and talk in presumed Bosnian, woman gave ID at 0030, // 7108
upper sideband. Beneath Ireland, SIO 222. + 15 OCT, 0055 -
Readable for brief periods through very strong "Dublin Smash
Hits", including time signal at 0100; same shortwave parallel.
621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, RNE1 synchros (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 + 13 OCT, 2135 - Noted under Spain
initially but clearly established // 1206 during clarinet
instrumental at 2155 and for woman with news in Hebrew at
2200 when atop the channel for brief intervals. <R>
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, France-Inter, 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 "Wonderful World" by Sam Cooke. 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, synchros (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. + 12 OCT, 2105 - Fair through Spain with accordion
music, // 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.
747 KENYA, KBC General Service, Nairobi (Ngong) (100 kW) -
15 OCT, 0232 - Vocal by man, very poor but I'm calling it a
definite // 1386 & 4935, briefly poking through Euro QRM.
+ 15 OCT, 0238-0250 - tentative, only a couple of glimpses
of music that was not either Canaries or Netherlands,
possibly // 1386 ... SIO 221.
756 SPAIN, R. Euskadi, Bilbao - 10 OCT, 0405 - ID as Radio Euskadi
and used slogan "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.
765 SAUDI ARABIA, Dammam - 9 OCT, 0315-0320 - // 1521, others w/ Koran.
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.
774 unID African - 11 OCT, 2055 - something u/ Spain, maybe just
Morocco. <R>
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, Leipzig - 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. + 12 OCT, 0615 - Fairly good over presumed
Spain with interview. + 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 (maybe listed Local Radio, Barrow-In-Furness,
1.5 kW) - 12 OCT, 0205 - Interview concerning ANC elections in South
Africa, // 198. Mixing with but briefly good when atop Canary Islands
and/or Spain COPE synchros. 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. + 13 OCT, 2053-2102 - Man in African-
accented EE, pop song, then trumpet jazz w/ pips during the
music at 2100. SIO 243. + 14 OCT, 2133 - African-language
teletalk; fair o/ Italy on Brazil-Beverage. + 14 OCT, 2126 - Modern
rap vocal, possible ID at 2130 followed by woman DJ hosting phone-
ins (perhaps requests) and playing variety of rock songs. Organ
music at 2200 during Italy's top of hour time pips. Woman again
with rock until talk by man in local language at 2210. Good at
times over Italy during peaks, but with lengthy intervening fades.
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.
872 MOZAMBIQUE, Beira - 10 OCT, 2123 - still on old plan channel
w/ African music and PP announcer. <R>
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. + 14 OCT, 2059 -
program of C&W music, American-accented woman introduced tune by
Vince Gill and Dolly Parton. Over station in unID language,
perhaps Titograd ... SIO 322.
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.
907.9 unID African (probably GAMBIA) - 11 OCT, 2130-2200+ - to fair
peaks, but often inaudible - US music and man in unID African
language. <R> + 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, R. Slovenija, Ljubljana (600 kW) - 13 OCT,
2207-2222 - Man in Slovenian w/ political polemic; from 2212:30,
a program of light music hosted by a woman. SIO 343.
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>
944 ANGOLA, Cazenga - 13 OCT, 2033 - music, then PP announcer. This
is NOT // 1367.
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 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, 0000 - Two male
announcers making fun of RNE announcers, then they chatted about
American influence on SS culture. SIO 433. + 14 OCT, 2019 - Heard
many times, this time noted with ID.
954 ENGLAND, unID station - 14 OCT, 0000 - Brit-accented woman
under R. Espana, pop music at 0002. SIO 221.
954 QATAR (t), QBS, Al Arish (Doha) (1500 kW) - 14 OCT, 0315 - AA
vocal, then lively AA music before fading under Spain approaching
0330. Not heard on prospective // 25/31mb frequencies but we didn't
know about new 7210.1 which had gone into use from *0300 and in
period to 2125*. Same day at 2010 with AA talk, again mixing with
Spain. + 14 OCT, 0320-0331 - AA vocal music over/under Spain, woman
announcer in AA briefly at 0322:30, western music w/ clarinet at
0330:30. SIO 333-1. SW parallels not found. + 14 OCT, 2010 - Poor
to fair, AA vocals and string music mostly under Spain.
954 CZECH REPUBLIC, Czech Radio, Praha / others (200/30/20 kW)
- 10/14/15 OCT, 0256 - Heard with Interval Signal, anthem through
interference.
954 TURKEY, TRT Trabzon (300 kW) - 14 OCT, 0332 - Turkish // 1017,
1062. Noted while digging for Qatar.
954 KENYA (t), KBC General Service, Kisumu (100 kW) - 15 OCT, 0236 -
Seemed very briefly // 4935 at this time as Neil and I thought, but
difficult to be sure through severe Spain QRM, as all Kenyan channels
were best on Euro (not Brazil) Beverage.
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 (50 kW) - 13 OCT, 2035-2045 -
urban dance music, male announcer in African language, Boyz II Men
song, // 4830. Over the Spaniard on the Brazilian Beverage, SIO 333.
+ 14 OCT, 2040 - Afro music and vocals and seemed religious choral
at 2059. Rock music at 2150 recheck, religious message by man
before anthem at 2159. Fair, at times over Spain. Big open
carriers but no audio on 3356 & 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>
972 UKRAINE, Ukrainian R. 2, Kopani (?) - 14 OCT, 2033 -
"Take Five" by Dave Brubeck, // 1242, 1404; poor, u/ Spain.
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.
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