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dx951231.log
Report from: Mark Connelly - WA1ION
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[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
====================================================================
[Connelly*RI] = Newport, RI (GC = 71.31 W / 41.49 N)
Receiver used: Sony ICF-2010 with Gerry Thomas filter mod.
Antenna: homebrew loop amplifier with Quantum head
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e-mail = MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx
DATES: 1995 (UTC/GMT) TIMES: UTC/GMT
* TRANS-ATLANTIC DX *
603 SPAIN / unID, DEC 31 0004 - SS talk mixed w/ music station;
both poor. [Connelly-MA]
612 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, DEC 31 0003 - AA vocal; slightly o/
several others. [Connelly-MA]
621 CANARY ISLANDS (// SPAIN), RNE1 synchros, DEC 31 0002 -
news by man in SS; loud. [Connelly-MA]
639 SPAIN, RNE1, La Coruna et al., DEC 31 0001 - SS talk // 738,
mixed w/ second station (Czech ?); heavily slopped. [Connelly-MA]
711 unID (MOROCCO or LIBYA), DEC 30 2358 - AA male chant; good.
No parallels noted. [Connelly-MA]
738 SPAIN, RNE1, Barcelona, DEC 30 2357 - mellow pop music // 639
et al.; fair to good. [Connelly-MA]
747 NETHERLANDS, Radio 1, Flevoland, DEC 30 2356 - Tony Bennett
vocal; very good, way o/ SS station. [Connelly-MA]
756 GERMANY, Braunschweig/Ravensburg, DEC 30 2355 - man in GG;
good, alone on channel. [Connelly-MA]
774 unID / SPAIN, DEC 30 2352 - AA-sounding chant (Egypt or
Morocco ?) temporarily rolled o/ Spain. SS talk was atop most
of the time, though. [Connelly-MA]
837 SPAIN-CANARY ISLANDS / unID, DEC 30 2350 - SS vocal was o/
unID talk station that sounded EE (so probably UK). [Connelly-MA]
873 GERMANY, AFN, Frankfurt, DEC 30 2348 - US football game was
coming in w/ a signal that blew me out of the chair ! Way o/ Spain
and stronger than adjacent WLAM-870. Seldom has this been received
as well here. [Connelly-MA]
873 SPAIN, SER, Zaragoza, DEC 30 2348 - woman in SS; u/ Germany.
[Connelly-MA]
882 CANARY ISLANDS / UNITED KINGDOM, DEC 30 2347 - excited SS talk
(sports); atop sedate EE talk. [Connelly-MA]
891 ALGERIA, Algiers, DEC 30 2346 - AA talk, flute music; good.
[Connelly-MA]
909 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC Radio 5 synchros, DEC 30 2344 - EE talk
by man & woman, sports mentions; fair w/ some CHRL/WABI slop.
[Connelly-MA]
954 unID (maybe QATAR ?), DEC 30 2341 - brief bit of AA (not Turkish)
music, then co-channel QRM and slop from WROL-950 / CHNS-960 buried it.
[Connelly-MA]
999 SPAIN, COPE, Madrid, DEC 30 2339 - SS talk by man; good.
[Connelly-MA]
1008 unID, DEC 30 2338 - tone-tester (maybe Holland ?) o/ others.
[Connelly-MA]
1017 GERMANY / TURKEY, DEC 30 2337 - GG talk & light music mixed
w/ Turkish music; tough WBZ-1030 slop at times. [Connelly-MA]
1044 MOROCCO, R. Medi Un, Sebaa-Aioun, DEC 30 2335 - group AA
a cappella vocal; loud, way o/ Spain. [Connelly-MA]
1044 SPAIN, SER, San Sebastian et al., DEC 30 2336 - SS newstalk
audible at times during quieter segments of audio on stronger
Morocco. [Connelly-MA]
1053 UNITED KINGDOM, TalkRadio synchros, DEC 29 2124 - EE telephone
interview mixed w/ Spain & others. [Connelly-MA]
1062 DENMARK, Danmarks R., Kalundborg, DEC 29 2123 - light
instrumental music; fair. [Connelly-MA]
1089 UNITED KINGDOM, TalkRadio synchros, DEC 30 2210 - good
(o/ other): man & woman w/ EE teletalk and trivia quiz about
rock music, one answer had to do with Pinkfloyd's "Dark Side of
the Moon" album. [Connelly-MA]
1098 SLOVAKIA, Nitra, DEC 29 2121 - Slavic talk slightly o/ others.
+ DEC 30 2330 - Slavic talk; excellent, S9+25, often stronger than
so-called "monster on the lake" WWWE-1100. [Connelly-MA]
1134 CROATIA, Hrvatska Radio, Zadar, DEC 29 2143 - Balkan Slav vocal
(style similar to Greek and some Middle Eastern music); good.
+ DEC 31 2048 - Slav talk fading up. This and the 1521 Saudi are
among the best early TA's: at beach sites, these can be strong well
before 2000 UTC / 3 PM EST. [Connelly-MA]
1179 SWEDEN, Radio Sweden, Solvesborg, DEC 29 2119 - man in Swedish;
just o/ SS synchros. + DEC 30 2312 - Swedish talk good to excellent
(S9+20) w/ WHAM phased. [Connelly-MA]
1188 HUNGARY, Szombathely, DEC 30 2300 - news by man & woman in
Hungarian; poor to fair. [Connelly-MA]
1215 UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin Radio synchros, DEC 29 2148 - EE talk
by DJ, then male vocal; fair through slop from FF Canadian on 1220.
+ DEC 30 2215 - "Money" by Pinkfloyd; good o/ slight slop from
adjacent VOAR-1210 (NF) religious program, WGMP was in phaser null.
[Connelly-MA]
1314 SPAIN / NORWAY, DEC 29 2150 - SS talk alternating dominance
w/ pop music. [Connelly-MA]
1395 ALBANIA, TWR, Fllake, DEC 29 2151 - preacher in southern-US-
accented EE; good. [Connelly-MA]
1467 FRANCE, TWR, Roumoules, DEC 30 2235 - man in AA; good,
S9+20. [Connelly-MA]
1521 SAUDI ARABIA, Duba, DEC 29 2108 - man in AA; fair.
+ DEC 30 0323 - male a cappella Koranic AA vocal; strong, S9+30.
+ DEC 30 2102 - news in AA to good peaks. + DEC 31 2053 - female
AA vocal, then AA talk. [Connelly-MA]
1566 AZORES, Clube Asas do Atlantico, CSB81, Vila do Porto,
DEC 29 2103 - rising above the slop w/ excited PP talk by man
(futebol match) with screamed "Gooooooal !". This noted on
after previously-reported 2100 sign-off time. [Connelly-MA]
1620 NETHERLANDS, Scheveningen, DEC 29 0326 - "PCH" code and data
packets; good, way o/ CT TIS station. [Connelly-MA]
* PAN-AMERICAN DX *
526 BAHAMAS, ZLS, Stella Maris - DEC 28 0121 - "ZLS" code beacon;
excellent. [Connelly*RI]
532 TURKS AND CAICOS, RVC, DEC 28 0122 - excellent w/ uptempo SS
gospel music. This can be heard weakly during the day on Bellevue
Ave. ("mansion row") in Newport; its groundwave is a bit better on
the south side of Cape Cod, however. [Connelly*RI]
535 GRENADA, GBC, St. George's, DEC 28 0125 - soul vocal; poor to
fair through RVC-532 slop. [Connelly*RI]
540 unID, DEC 28 0126 - frenetic SS talk here in mix w/ CBT/CBGA1/CBEF.
Venezuela (YVOY) most likely; HICM, HJKA, YVUR are also candidates here.
[Connelly*RI]
555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ZIZ, Basseterre, DEC 28 0128 - Caribbean-EE
talk, soca music; fair through slop from semi-local WPNW-550.
[Connelly*RI]
570 CUBA, DEC 28 0130, DEC 30 0130 - R. Reloj program u/ WMCA,
o/ WSYR/CJEM. [Connelly*RI]
590 CUBA, R. Rebelde, DEC 29 0223 - man w/ SS teletalk show // 600;
u/ WBNW, o/ VOCM/CKRS. [Connelly*RI]
595 DOMINICA, DBS, Hillsborough, DEC 28 0132 - Caribbean-EE
talk; poor in WBNW slop. + DEC 29 0227 - female vocal; poor.
[Connelly*RI]
600 COLOMBIA, R. Libertad, HJHJ, Barranquilla, DEC 28 0133 -
Colombian accordion music; atop Cuba. [Connelly*RI]
600 CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMKV, Urbano Noris, DEC 28 0133 - SS talk
// 710; u/ HJHJ, o/ WICC. [Connelly*RI]
610 COLOMBIA, HJKL, Bogota, DEC 28 0134 - Bogota mentions, SS talk;
in bad jumble w/ WGIR/WIP/WIOD. [Connelly*RI]
640 CUBA, R. Progreso synchros, DEC 28 0137 - SS male vocal // 740;
atop apparent WNNZ/WWJZ/CBN/YVQO mess. [Connelly*RI]
650 COLOMBIA, RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, DEC 29 0221 - Antena
Dos ID, festive rustic-styled vocal; big signal, alone on channel.
[Connelly*RI]
660 CUBA, R. Progreso (t), DEC 29 0234 - brass music seemed to be
// Cuba-640; signal way behind WFAN powerhouse. [Connelly*RI]
670 VENEZUELA, R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, DEC 29 0132 - good w/
SS talk, Rumbos ID. [Connelly*RI]
670 CUBA / VENEZUELA, DEC 28 0142 - the Cuban & R. Rumbos in a
messy mix w/ WMAQ. [Connelly*RI]
680 PUERTO RICO (t), DEC 28 0145 - WAPA most likely the source of
SS talk and Coca-Cola ads heard u/ WRKO. [Connelly*RI]
690 CUBA, R. Progreso, Jovellanos, DEC 28 0147 - SS talk and wretched
FM'ing / hum-ridden carrier was shredding CBF at the time. [Connelly*RI]
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