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Report from: Mark Connelly - WA1ION
[Connelly-MA] = Billerica, MA <home> (GC = 71.22 W / 42.54 N)
Receiver used: JRC NRD-525
Antenna systems: two 37 m slopers (east, west) to proto-MWDX-7
phasing unit with 50 m horizontal loop as
floating ground for noise reduction via
transformers; MWT-3 regenerative preselector
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e-mail = MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx
DATES: 1995 (UTC/GMT) TIMES: UTC/GMT
* TRANS-ATLANTIC DX *
567 IRELAND, Radio 1, Tullamore, DEC 11 0629-0632 - big open
carrier, then Irish harp interval signal at sign-on, 6 pips at
0630 were followed by EE talk by man; good signal. [Connelly-MA]
585 SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid & other, NOV 30 0348 - SS talk & music;
good w/ WBNW phased. + DEC 11 0624 - SS talk // 621; huge.
[Connelly-MA]
621 CANARY ISLANDS (// SPAIN), RNE1 synchros, NOV 30 0343 -
woman in SS; fair to good. + DEC 11 0622 - good w/ SS talk.
[Connelly-MA]
639 SPAIN, RNE1, La Coruna et al., DEC 13 2317 - bits of SS talk;
poor. [Connelly-MA]
738 SPAIN, RNE1, Barcelona, DEC 13 2316 - SS talk by man; poor
to fair o/ other, in CHCM/WJIB/CBL slop. [Connelly-MA]
747 NETHERLANDS, Radio 1, Flevoland, NOV 29 0353 - tropical jazz,
followed by man in Dutch; good. [Connelly-MA]
756 SPAIN / GERMANY, DEC 13 2312 - Spain w/ woman in SS, good -
mostly o/ the German (who had string music, GG talk). [Connelly-MA]
765 SWITZERLAND, R. Suisse Romande, Sottens, NOV 30 0416 -
2 women speaking in FF; very good. [Connelly-MA]
774 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, NOV 30 0418 - fair w/ man in SS.
[Connelly-MA]
783 SYRIA, Tartus, DEC 13 2308 - AA violins mixed w/ others;
poor in CFDR slop. [Connelly-MA]
819 EGYPT (t), DEC 13 2305 - woman in AA o/ 2 others. The
possible parallel on 12050 was not audible. Morocco is less
likely than Egypt at this time; they do better at 0600 UTC.
[Connelly-MA]
837 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, COPE synchros, NOV 29 0032; good
w/ fast SS talk. [Connelly-MA]
855 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, NOV 29 0030 - SS talk by man; good
w/ WEEI phased. [Connelly-MA]
864 EGYPT, Holy Koran Program, Santah, NOV 29 0029 - Koran chant by
man; fair to good. [Connelly-MA]
864 FRANCE, R. Bleue, Paris, DEC 11 0608 - female FF operatic vocal
// 945, 1206; to good peaks. [Connelly-MA]
873 SPAIN, SER, Zaragoza, DEC 13 2256 - SS talk by woman; good
o/ unID music station. [Connelly-MA]
882 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC R. Wales / R. 4, Washford et al.,
DEC 11 0618 - EE news by man; atop Canaries SS talk. [Connelly-MA]
891 ALGERIA, Algiers, DEC 6 0538 - pop AA vocal w/ compressed-
sounding audio; huge signal, obliterating 890 stuff. + DEC 11 0620 -
speech or recitation in AA; excellent. [Connelly-MA]
909 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC Radio 5 synchros, NOV 30 0420 - EE talk
about Bosnia; fair. [Connelly-MA]
918 SPAIN, R. Intercontinental, Madrid, DEC 11 0614 - fast SS talk
by woman, getting by CJCH/WHJJ. [Connelly-MA]
927 BELGIUM / TURKEY (t), DEC 13 2221 - apparent FF talk o/
Islamic-sounding music; lots of slop from the 930 crowd (CJYQ/
CFBC/WZNN). [Connelly-MA]
945 FRANCE, R. Bleue, Toulouse, DEC 11 0608 - female FF operatic
vocal, then man in FF, // 864, 1206; fair to good. + DEC 13 2220 -
foreign service w/ SS talk; good. [Connelly-MA]
954 SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid, DEC 7 0432 - SS talk by several
announcers; loud. [Connelly-MA]
981 ALGERIA, Algiers, DEC 6 0535 - AA strings, drums, vocals;
as strong as the 980 mess at times. [Connelly-MA]
999 SPAIN, COPE, Madrid, DEC 7 0510 - fast SS talk, pushing by
CKBW & WMVP. [Connelly-MA]
1044 MOROCCO / SPAIN, DEC 13 2219 - AA music o/u SS talk. [Connelly-MA]
1053 UNITED KINGDOM, TalkRadio synchros, NOV 30 0427 - man & woman
w/ EE teletalk show // 1089; fair. + DEC 11 0605 - news in EE by
woman, // 1089; poor o/ Spain. [Connelly-MA]
1062 DENMARK, Danmarks R., Kalundborg, DEC 6 0525 - Like a local !
Danish talk, possibly sports scores, then a telephone interview.
+ DEC 11 0603 - man & woman in Danish; good to excellent.
[Connelly-MA]
1089 UNITED KINGDOM, TalkRadio synchros, NOV 30 0427 - man & woman
w/ EE teletalk show // 1053; fair. + DEC 11 0600 - teletalk, then
news by woman; fair. [Connelly-MA]
1098 SLOVAKIA, Nitra, DEC 13 2219 - Slavic talk by man; fair.
[Connelly-MA]
1107 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, DEC 11 0554 - SS talk; fair o/ other.
[Connelly-MA]
1134 SPAIN / CROATIA, DEC 11 0550 - SS talk and Slavic folk music
taking turns; both very strong. [Connelly-MA]
1179 SWEDEN, Radio Sweden, Solvesborg, DEC 6 0515 - man in Swedish;
fair. + DEC 11 2145 - sometimes atop WHAM-1180 on the car radio
during my homeward commute. [Connelly-MA]
1188 HUNGARY, Szombathely, DEC 11 0543 - man & woman in Hungarian;
poor to fair. Not too tough a catch w/ WOWO phased; it will likely
be more difficult when WLIB goes fulltime. [Connelly-MA]
1206 FRANCE, R. Bleue, Bordeaux, DEC 11 0608 - female FF operatic
vocal, then man in FF, // 864, 945; good. [Connelly-MA]
1215 UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin Radio synchros, DEC 11 0135 - Elton
John song; atop Spain. [Connelly-MA]
1215 SPAIN, COPE synchros, DEC 11 0132 - fast monotone SS newstalk
by man; o/ UK's Virgin R. [Connelly-MA]
1251 LIBYA, Tripoli, DEC 11 0123 - AA violin music either at very
low modulation or under a big open carrier. Carrier strength peaked
at S9+25 (very strong). [Connelly-MA]
1269 GERMANY, Neumunster, DEC 11 0121 - classical music // 1422;
beautiful signal ! [Connelly-MA]
1287 CZECH REPUBLIC // SLOVAKIA, DEC 13 2215 - Slavic talk (mushy
audio); poor to fair. [Connelly-MA]
1296 UNITED KINGDOM, Radio XL, Birmingham, DEC 11 0115 - Hindi-
style vocals and strings / tabla percussion accompaniment, then
talk followed by more Indian music w/ superimposed jingle that
sounded like "XL"; to good peaks o/ Spain. [Connelly-MA]
1305 SPAIN / POLAND, DEC 11 0105 - a jumble of audios here w/ the
top two w/ SS & Polish talk. [Connelly-MA]
1314 NORWAY, NRK, Kvitsoy, DEC 6 0502 - news by man in Norwegian; good.
+ DEC 7 0459-0500 - good w/ Linda Ronstadt's "I've Got a Crush on You",
Norwegian talk by woman, then news by man. + DEC 9 0625 - jazz, then
man in Norwegian; excellent. + DEC 11 0104 - world news w/ mentions
of Bucharest, Warsaw Pact; huge, S9+35. [Connelly-MA]
1332 ITALY, Rome, DEC 13 2214 - II teletalk to fair peak through
WRCA slop. [Connelly-MA]
1341 NORTHERN IRELAND, BBC R. Ulster, Lisnagarvey, DEC 11 0052 -
woman in EE; poor to fair. [Connelly-MA]
1349 MAURITANIA, R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, DEC 11 0053 - bits of
AA talk in slop. [Connelly-MA]
1386 RUSSIA (KALININGRAD), Bolshakovo, DEC 13 2213 - music, EE talk;
in slop. [Connelly-MA]
1395 ALBANIA, TWR, Fllake, DEC 11 0054 - good w/ gospel-style
vocal & organ. [Connelly-MA]
1422 GERMANY, Heusweiler, DEC 11 0121 - classical music // 1269;
good. [Connelly-MA]
1467 FRANCE, TWR, Roumoules, DEC 12 2135 - talk fragments and
monster het on the car radio. There were many strong European
hets across the dial at the time. + DEC 13 2207 - excellent
w/ man in AA; slight SAH from unID subdominant. [Connelly-MA]
1521 SAUDI ARABIA, Duba, DEC 7 0437 - monotone AA talk by man;
fair to good. [Connelly-MA]
1528 unID (CLANDESTINE / EGYPT ?), DEC 11 0057 - het and possible
AA music; in Vatican-1530 slop. [Connelly-MA]
1530 VATICAN, Vatican R., DEC 11 0058 - mellow Mantovani-type
orchestral instrumental music / lush strings; mostly atop WSAI.
[Connelly-MA]
1575 SPAIN / ITALY, DEC 11 0100 - SS / II talk mix in CBJ slop.
[Connelly-MA]
1584 SPAIN, DEC 3 0732 - poor to fair w/ news by man in SS.
+ DEC 11 0536 - echoey SS talk o/u unID music station that may
have also been from Spain. [Connelly-MA]
1593 GERMANY, Holzkirchen, DEC 11 0535 - Slavic-sounding talk
by man; poor. [Connelly-MA]
* PAN-AMERICAN DX *
600 CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMKV, Urbano Noris, DEC 3 0740 - excellent w/
disco hit "Vamos a bailar" (let's dance) // 710. [Connelly-MA]
710 CUBA, R. Rebelde synchros, DEC 3 0740 - disco hit "Vamos a
bailar" // 600; huge, demolishing WOR. [Connelly-MA]
750 VENEZUELA, R. Caracas R., YVKS, Caracas, DEC 3 0640 -
fair w/ Caracas news in SS. [Connelly-MA]
760 COLOMBIA, RCN, HJAJ, Barranquilla, DEC 3 0638 - SS Colombian
news // 770; o/u WJR. [Connelly-MA]
770 COLOMBIA, RCN, HJJX, Bogota, DEC 3 0638 - SS Colombian
news // 760; o/u WABC. [Connelly-MA]
780 VENEZUELA, R.Coro, YVMN, Coro, DEC 3 0625 - festive music,
R. Coro ID & jingle; fair, in mix w/ CFDR & another Latin American.
[Connelly-MA]
810 COLOMBIA, CARACOL, HJCY, Bogota, DEC 3 0633 - music, then
CARACOL mentions & news; o/ CJVA/WGY. [Connelly-MA]
830 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, TBN (Paradise), Basseterre, DEC 3 0630 -
EE sermon and hymns // 7510; good, well o/ CFJR w/ WCRN nulled.
[Connelly-MA]
960 CUBA, R. Reloj, DEC 3 0658 - Reloj tick-tock show in mix
w/ CHNS, WELI, and SS station that was probably Colombia.
[Connelly-MA]
980 COLOMBIA, RCN, HJES, Cali, DEC 3 0702 - // 1000 w/ SS talk
about Navidad (Christmas) recited over a background of "The
Little Drummer Boy" song. This was followed by an "RCN futbol"
promo. Mixed w/ CBV and others. [Connelly-MA]
1000 COLOMBIA, RCN, HJAQ, Cartagena, DEC 3 0655 - dominating the
channel w/ SS international news mentioning France and Portugal;
it was // 760, 770. [Connelly-MA]
1090 VENEZUELA, Union R., YVSZ, Caracas, DEC 3 0712 - man & woman
w/ news in SS mentioning a "Presidente Rafael Cadena" (or similar),
then Union Radio ID. Atop growl; WBAL either off or aurora'ed out.
[Connelly-MA]
1160 BERMUDA, VSB3, Hamilton, DEC 3 0717 - BBC discussion of global
warming, // 5975; fair through WMEX slop. [Connelly-MA]
1170 COLOMBIA, CARACOL, HJNW, Cartagena, DEC 3 0719 - SS talk
mentioning "CARACOL, su cadena"; o/u WWVA trucker show. [Connelly-MA]
1180 CUBA, R. Taino, Villa Maria, DEC 3 0724 - "R. Taino" (tah-EE-no)
ID, SS talk by man & woman; huge local-like signal, way atop other SS
station & WHAM. [Connelly-MA]
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