logs 24-30 JAN '96

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	    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 DL-2
		  phasing unit with 50 m horizontal loop as
		  floating ground for noise reduction via
		  transformers; MWT-3 regenerative preselector
    
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 DATES: 1996 (UTC/GMT)          TIMES: UTC/GMT            


* TRANS-ATLANTIC DX *

837  CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, COPE synchros, JAN 26 0557 - man & 
woman in SS; to good peak.  [Connelly-MA]  
 
864  EGYPT, Holy Koran Program, Santah, JAN 24 0125 - a cappella
male Koranic AA vocal; good.  [Connelly-MA]
 
882  CANARY ISLANDS, La Laguna, JAN 24 0513 - SS news by man; atop
channel, good w/ WCBS phased.  [Connelly-MA] 
	 
909  MOROCCO, Casablanca-Safi, JAN 24 0514 - bits of AA music; poor 
in 910 slop, but still dominating o/ co-channel BBC.  [Connelly-MA] 
	 
936  SPAIN, JAN 24 0517 - man in SS; fair to good o/ others.
[Connelly-MA]
 
963  unID, JAN 24 0520 - rock music, including Lou Reed's "Take a
Walk on the Wild Side"; initially good, but then swamped by CHNS 
slop.  [Connelly-MA]
 
1008  CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, JAN 24 0531 - fast SS talk; to good
peak.  [Connelly-MA]  
 
1044  SPAIN, SER, San Sebastian et al., JAN 24 0127 - SS talk /
news by man; good o/ low rumble. + JAN 26 0327 - man w/ SS news; 
fair.  [Connelly-MA]  
 
1062  DENMARK, Danmarks R., Kalundborg, JAN 24 0533 - Danish talk
poor to fair.  Northern Europe was a bit below par at the time.
+ JAN 26 0550 - huge, local-like w/ fast Danish talk and segments
of jazz inserted between the periods of talk.  [Connelly-MA] 
 
1089  UNITED KINGDOM, TalkRadio synchros, JAN 24 0111 - talk about
readers of a magazine that prints material resisting the spread of
modern technology; excellent signal at the time.  [Connelly-MA]  
 
1143  SPAIN, COPE synchros, JAN 24 0102 - fast SS talk by man & woman.
[Connelly-MA] 

1179  CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, JAN 26 0545 - SS newstalk by man &
woman; loud.  Sweden audible under.  [Connelly-MA]  
 
1215  UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin Radio synchros, JAN 24 0053 - good 
w/ "One of Us" by Joan Osborne. +  JAN 30 0241 - "Stand Up for
Your Rights" by Bob Marley; good.  [Connelly-MA] 
 
1251  LIBYA, Tripoli, JAN 26 0239 - good w/ AA vocal. [Connelly-MA]
				    
1269  GERMANY, Neumunster, JAN 26 0542 - GG talk mixed w/ other
station that may have been Novi Sad.  [Connelly-MA]
 
1287  CZECH REPUBLIC // SLOVAKIA, JAN 26 0540 - Slavic news by man
& woman; loud.  High end of the band seemed good at the time.
[Connelly-MA]
 
1440  SAUDI ARABIA, Dammam, JAN 26 0215 - a pleasant surprise here
// 1521 w/ piercing a cappella Koranic female AA vocal that had what
it took to cut through WWTM, WLPZ, and the rest of the domestic 
sludge.  It was running about even w/ the domestics at S9+20 
(about 20 dB weaker than the 1521 juggernaut).  This is not often 
heard in the USA, even though it's a pest in Newfoundland.  The 
extended Ramadan schedule helped.  [Connelly-MA]
				    
1476  UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Dubai (t), JAN 30 0145 - likely this
w/ bits of AA music surfacing briefly, gone by 0150.  The channel
was mauled by severe splash from CHRD/WSAR-1480 on one side and
WZOU/WSRO-1470 on the other.  [Connelly-MA]
 
1512  SAUDI ARABIA, Jeddah, JAN 26 0214 - bits of AA music; in bad
slop from local superpest WNRB.  [Connelly-MA]
				    
1521  SAUDI ARABIA, Duba, JAN 24 0058 - fiery AA religious sermon 
or political speech; loud. + JAN 26 0212 - huge w/ shrill a cappella 
female AA vocal // 1440; S9+40, annihilating S9+25 WWKB.  This was 
on extended schedule for Ramadan.  [Connelly-MA]
				    
1530  SAO TOME & PRINCIPE, VOA, Pinheira, JAN 30 0334 - US EE sports
report about African teams popped up o/ nulled WSAI.  It was the VOA
African Service // 7405.  [Connelly-MA]
				    

* PAN-AMERICAN DX *
	
1375  ST. PIERRE ET MIQUELON, JAN 30 0304 - Donna Summer's "She 
Works Hard for the Money"; not only was the signal super-strong 
(that's common here), but the audio was also really good for a 
change.  [Connelly-MA] 
 
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