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Logs 23 MAR - 7 APR 1996 ..... dx960407.log
Report from: Mark Connelly - WA1ION
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[Connelly*P-MA] = Plymouth, MA
<Plymouth Beach: near jct. Route 3A & Clifford Rd.>
(GC = 70.63 W / 41.94 N)
Receiver used: Drake R8A
Antenna systems: remotely-tuned loop, remotely-tuned whip,
DCP-2 controller - phaser
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[Connelly*Y-MA] = West Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA <parents' house>
(GC = 70.22 W / 41.68 N)
Receiver used: Drake R8A
Antenna system: Quantum Loop
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[Connelly*m-MA] = Manchester, MA <Tom Beaton's house>
(GC = 70.75 W / 42.58 N)
Receiver used: Sony ICF-2010
Antenna systems: slopers & horizontal wires, DL-2 phasing
unit, MWT-3 regenerative preselector.
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[Connelly-MA] = Billerica, MA <home> (GC = 71.22 W / 42.54 N)
Receiver used: Drake R8A
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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e-mail = MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx
DATES: 1996 (UTC/GMT) TIMES: UTC/GMT
* TRANS-ATLANTIC DX *
252 IRELAND, Atlantic 252, Clarkestown, APR 5 0210 - although I wasn't
really chasing LW DX at the time, I couldn't resist tuning in to this
immensely-loud signal w/ big hits from last summer including "Waterfalls"
by TLC and "A Girl Like You" by Edwyn Collins. ID'ed as "Longwave
Atlantic 2-5-2". [Connelly*m-MA]
567 IRELAND, Radio 1, Tullamore, APR 6 0525 - traditional Irish
instrumental music w/ uilleann pipes, strings; very good. (Other
log: APR 7 0026.) [Connelly*Y-MA]
585 SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid et al., APR 7 0025 - SS teletalk; excellent.
(Other log: APR 5 0040.) [Connelly*P-MA]
594 PORTUGAL Muge / unID AA, APR 7 0023 - PP talk by man; fair and
initially atop, AA music (Morocco or Saudi Arabia) took over at 0024.
Weak 595 (Dominica) het at times. 590 splash was mostly from VOCM
(which was overriding closer WBNW). [Connelly*P-MA]
603 SPAIN, RNE5, Sevilla / Palencia, APR 5 0115 - man & woman in SS;
fair. [Connelly*m-MA]
612 IRELAND, RTE 2 FM, Athlone, MAR 30 0512 - light pop music,
EE talk; o/ others. [Connelly-MA]
612 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, APR 5 0044 - AA talk; o/ others. [Connelly*m-MA]
621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, APR 5 0043 - man in SS;
to good peak. (Other log: APR 2 0445.) [Connelly*m-MA]
675 NETHERLANDS, R.10 Gold, Lopik (t), APR 7 0020 - Sting song; good
at first, then hammered by WRKO. [Connelly*P-MA]
684 SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, APR 6 0515 - SS discussion w/ SS man & woman
announcers; very good w/ only minimal WRKO splash. [Connelly*Y-MA]
693 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC R. 5 synchros, APR 6 0016 - man & woman
in EE w/ telephone news interview; to good peak. [Connelly*P-MA]
702 SLOVAKIA / MOROCCO, APR 7 0012 - Slavic talk by man, o/ AA
music. [Connelly*P-MA]
711 WESTERN SAHARA or LIBYA, APR 7 0013 - AA male vocal at low audio
level on huge WOR-killing carrier; SAH ripple under. (Other log:
APR 5 0143.) [Connelly*P-MA]
738 SPAIN, RNE1, Barcelona, APR 6 0508 - news in SS by woman; good.
(Other log: APR 5 0146.) [Connelly*Y-MA]
747 NETHERLANDS, Radio 1, Flevoland, APR 7 0006 - huge (mowing
down 750) w/ disco ("Bad Girls" by Donna Summer), then woman in
Dutch. (Other logs: MAR 31 0450, APR 6 0507.) [Connelly*P-MA]
747 BURKINA FASO, R. Burkina, Ouagadougou, APR 4 2343 - kalimba music
and African-accented FF talk by man; good, well o/ Canary Islands.
Holland was not in the picture at all. [Connelly*m-MA]
756 GERMANY, Braunschweig/Ravensburg, APR 7 0006 - man in GG;
excellent. [Connelly*P-MA]
765 SENEGAL, Dakar, APR 4 2344 - excited African vocal / shouting;
excellent, S9+25. (Other log: MAR 23 2337.) [Connelly*m-MA]
765 SWITZERLAND, R. Suisse Romande, Sottens, APR 6 2240 - classical
piano music; good / dominant. (Other log: APR 5 0021.) [Connelly*P-MA]
774 MOROCCO, Agadir (t), MAR 23 2344 - AA music about even w/
Spain. Likely Morocco (as Egypt is supposed to go off at 2330).
[Connelly-MA]
774 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, APR 6 2242 - man in SS o/ fast SAH &
WABC slop. [Connelly*P-MA]
783 SYRIA, Tartus, APR 6 2243 - AA music; fair to good o/ CFDR slop.
[Connelly*P-MA]
801 SPAIN, RNE synchros, APR 6 2244 - restricted-audio SS teletalk;
poor in CJAD-800 slop. [Connelly*P-MA]
819 EGYPT, Batra, MAR 31 0046 - AA vocal, mixed w/ others. [Connelly-MA]
855 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, APR 6 2249 - SS talkshow o/ others.
(Other log: MAR 31 0046.) [Connelly*P-MA]
864 EGYPT, Santah, APR 6 2249 - male AA Koranic chant; very good o/
multiple SAH's. (Other log: MAR 31 0045.) [Connelly*P-MA]
864 FRANCE, R. Bleue, Paris, APR 2 0455 - FF folk vocal, then FF talk
by man; excellent. [Connelly-MA]
873 SPAIN, SER, Zaragoza, APR 6 2250 - SS talk by man & woman;
loud & alone on channel. (Other log: MAR 25 0045.) [Connelly*P-MA]
873 GERMANY, AFN, Frankfurt, MAR 31 0042 - "Final Four" NCAA college
basketball coverage; at good level, slightly o/ Spain. [Connelly-MA]
882 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC Wales / R. 4, Washford et al., APR 6 2300 -
classical music, EE talk, pips, news; fair. (Other log: MAR 31 0040.)
[Connelly*P-MA]
882 UNITED KINGDOM / CANARY ISLANDS, APR 6 0001 - EE news o/u
SS news. [Connelly*P-MA]
882 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, APR 4 2350 - SS talk atop channel.
[Connelly*m-MA]
891 ALGERIA, Algiers, APR 6 2251 - AA talk by female: huge
carrier, light audio. (Other logs: MAR 25 0042, MAR 30 0503.)
[Connelly*P-MA]
909 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC Radio 5 synchros, MAR 30 2340 - literary
reading or radio drama; good. [Connelly-MA]
909 MOROCCO, Casablanca-Safi, APR 6 2358 - AA male vocal o/ presumed
BBC; to fair peaks through WABI slop. [Connelly*P-MA]
945 FRANCE, Toulouse, MAR 31 0509 - orchestral music, then man in
FF mentioned R. France; excellent. [Connelly-MA]
954 SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid, MAR 31 0510 - female vocal of "Ave
Maria"; good. [Connelly-MA]
972 unID's, MAR 31 0035 - top station had Getz-Gilberto "Girl from
Ipanema" from the summer of '64; under it was unidentifiable-language
talk. The channel turned into a "graveyard" prior to any potential
ID material. Ukraine/Spain/Germany are the common players here.
[Connelly-MA]
981 ALGERIA, Algiers, APR 4 2354 - Koranic AA male vocal; to good
peak, better than CBV / WCAP-980. [Connelly*m-MA]
1008 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, APR 4 2356 - SS talk getting by WINS.
[Connelly*m-MA]
1008 NETHERLANDS, NOS R. 5, Flevoland, MAR 31 0507 - religious-sounding
vocal, then man in Dutch; excellent. [Connelly-MA]
1044 SPAIN, SER, San Sebastian et al., APR 6 2353 - SS teletalk by
man & woman; good, atop growl. (Other logs: MAR 30 0353, APR 4 2359.)
[Connelly*P-MA]
1044 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, MAR 30 2348 - man & woman in FF; fair
to good. [Connelly-MA]
1053 UNITED KINGDOM, TalkRadio synchros, MAR 30 0352 - EE teletalk;
fair, o/ growl. (Other log: MAR 30 2352.) [Connelly-MA]
1053 MOROCCO, Tanger A, APR 6 2352 - wild rock-type "rai" AA vocal
& electric instrumentation; bombing in, rolling o/ co-channel
TalkRadio and hammering adjacent WEVD/CHUM. [Connelly*P-MA]
1062 DENMARK, Danmarks R., Kalundborg, MAR 30 0350 - woman in Danish
read list of towns, numbers - perhaps sports scores; good. A tone-
tester was way under. [Connelly-MA]
1089 UNITED KINGDOM, TalkRadio synchros, APR 6 2348 - on-the-air
dating page "Midnight Encounters"; huge signal, reducing WBAL to a
barely-noticeable background het. (Other log: MAR 30 2352.)
[Connelly*P-MA]
1098 SLOVAKIA, Nitra, APR 6 2346 - Slavic talk, C&W-influenced
female vocal; excellent, about 30 dB better than 1100 stuff.
(Other logs: MAR 30 2351, APR 6 0431.) [Connelly*P-MA]
1107 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros / unID's, APR 6 2345 - man in SS o/ unID
talker & apparent AA music. [Connelly*P-MA]
1125 CROATIA, Deanovec / SPAIN, APR 6 2344 - Croatia w/ folk vocal
// (20 dB stronger) 1134, mixed w/ SS talk. [Connelly*P-MA]
1134 CROATIA, Hrvatska Radio, Zadar, APR 6 2343 - Slavic male vocal &
piano; excellent / local-like. (Other log: APR 4 2325.) [Connelly*P-MA]
1179 SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS / unID, APR 6 2340 - SS talk o/ unID
vocal that was probably from Sweden. [Connelly*P-MA]
1187 unID, APR 6 2338 - old plan het against 1188. Ideas ?
[Connelly*P-MA]
1188 HUNGARY, Szombathely, APR 6 2338 - male ballad in an eastern
European gypsy style had to be this; good signal w/ very little QRM.
[Connelly*P-MA]
1197 UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin Radio synchros, APR 6 2333 - "Follow You
Down" by Gin Blossoms // 1215; slightly o/ a pile of other stations.
[Connelly*P-MA]
1215 UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin Radio synchros, APR 6 2330 - '70s Queen
hit "Killer Queen", then "Follow You Down" by Gin Blossoms; excellent,
slopping over onto VOAR/WGMP-1210 ! (Other logs: MAR 30 0522 & 2357.)
[Connelly*P-MA]
1251 LIBYA, Tripoli, APR 6 0352 - energetic AA male vocal; good.
(Other log: MAR 30 2358.) [Connelly*Y-MA]
1314 NORWAY, NRK, Kvitsoy, APR 6 0354 - man in Norwegian; strong,
Spain way under. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1332 ITALY, RAI R. Uno, Roma et al., MAR 26 0515 - // 1575 w/
man & woman in II w/ news; poor to fair. [Connelly-MA]
1341 NORTHERN IRELAND, BBC, Lisnagarvey, MAR 30 2359 - man & woman
in EE; poor, in slop. [Connelly-MA]
1368 POLAND, Krakow, MAR 26 0457-0500 - tone tests (approx.
440 Hz), pips at 0500, Polish talk by woman, Chopin piano music;
fair to good. Bits of // 1305 noted at times. [Connelly-MA]
1395 NETHERLANDS, Veronica Nieuwsradio, Lopik, APR 6 0413 - great
w/ oldies including "Black Water" by the Doobie Bros. and "Bette
Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes: perfectly entertainment-quality on R8A
in 4 kHz position with sync. detector activated. This has higher
modulation than many other Europeans. (Other log: MAR 31 0019.)
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1422 GERMANY, Heusweiler, APR 6 0410 - GG political news,
slightly o/ second station that was probably Algeria. (Other
logs: MAR 26 0454, MAR 31 0001.) [Connelly*Y-MA]
1449 unID (probably ITALY), MAR 26 0453 - het, bits of opera;
test tone also noted. [Connelly-MA]
1467 FRANCE, TWR, Roumoules, MAR 26 0451 - medieval-style hymn,
GG talk by man; excellent. [Connelly-MA]
1521 SAUDI ARABIA, Duba, APR 6 0402 - news by man in AA; loud.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1530 SAO TOME & PRINCIPE, VOA, Pinheira, MAR 27 0430 - blasting in
(way o/ others) w/ clear announcement "This is the Voice of America
in Portuguese", followed by PP talk by man. [Connelly-MA]
1530 VATICAN, Vatican R., MAR 27 0445 - phrase "Laudetur Jesu
Christus", Vatican interval signal, classical music, then Slavic
talk by woman; loud, o/ VOA Sao Tome & WSAI. (Other logs: MAR 31
0010, APR 4 0440.) [Connelly-MA]
1539 GERMANY, ER, Mainflingen, APR 3 0443 - GG religious music, GG
talk by woman, more hymns; good signal, peaking S9+25 and nearly equal
to WDCD-1540. This seems to be showing up more often: possibly on
regular schedule now. [Connelly-MA]
1544 CLANDESTINE (MOROCCO ?), APR 6 2307 - AA vocals, strings;
poor to fair in slop. (Other log: MAR 23 2310.) [Connelly*P-MA]
1557 FRANCE, Nice, APR 4 0444 - nightclub-style piano jazz // 1242;
excellent. [Connelly-MA]
1566 AZORES, Vila de Porto, APR 6 2310 - mellow pop vocal; to
fair peak, mixed w/ apparent open carrier. (Other log: MAR 23
2315.) [Connelly*P-MA]
1575 ITALY, Radio Uno, Genova et al., MAR 26 0515 - II talk by
woman // 1332; mixed w/ Spain. [Connelly-MA]
1620 NETHERLANDS, Scheveningen, APR 6 2311 - repeated sequence
of "PCH" Morse code and 8 data packets; loud, well over S9.
[Connelly*P-MA]
PAN-AMERICAN DX
532 TURKS AND CAICOS, RVC, APR 6 1330 - SS vocal & guitar; groundwave
a few dB above amplifier noise on Quantum Loop. This comes in clearly
days with longwire through regenerative preselector. [Connelly*Y-MA]
555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ZIZ, Basseterre, APR 5 0040 - "Let's Stay
Together" by Al Green; good. [Connelly*m-MA]
595 DOMINICA, DBS, Hillsborough, APR 5 0215 - man in EE, then light
pop music; poor, hetted by 594 TA's. [Connelly*m-MA]
640 CUBA, R. Progreso synchros, APR 6 0556 - // 740 w/ serious-
sounding SS discussion; loud. [Connelly*Y-MA]
641 unID, APR 6 0534 - het here, apparently an unmodulated carrier.
Spain-639 also hetting 640 from the other side. [Connelly*Y-MA]
650 COLOMBIA, RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, APR 6 0522 - festive music,
Antena Dos ID; huge, totally dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]
670 CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMQ, Arroyo Arenas, APR 6 0521 - SS vocal &
piano music // 600 & 680; good o/ YVLL/WMAQ/CKXB mix. [Connelly*Y-MA]
680 CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMJV, Ciego de Avila, APR 6 0520 - SS vocal &
piano music // 600 & 670; audible through WRKO. [Connelly*Y-MA]
700 JAMAICA, JBC Radio 1, Montego Bay, APR 6 0532 - reggae music,
then Caribbean-accented DJ gave good wishes to listeners in several
Jamaican towns; atop WLW & several SS'ers. [Connelly*Y-MA]
705 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES, Kingstown, APR 5 0121 - mellow
soul female vocal; fair. [Connelly*m-MA]
710 CUBA, APR 6 0557 - huge signal w/ distorted audio / SS talk by
woman; totally o/ WOR. [Connelly*Y-MA]
730 MEXICO, XEX, Mexico City, APR 6 0555 - Gloria Estefan song in
SS, then ID "La X"; good w/ CKAC looped. [Connelly*Y-MA]
740 CUBA, R. Progreso synchros, APR 6 0556 - // 640 w/ serious
SS discussion; local-like, well o/ CHCM/CBL. [Connelly*Y-MA]
760 COLOMBIA, RCN, HJAJ, Barranquilla, APR 6 0504 - RCN ID, SS
news // 770; mostly atop WJR. [Connelly*Y-MA]
760 CUBA, R. Reloj, Las Mercedes / Guanabacoa, APR 6 0550 - usual
Reloj SS news & time show mixing w/ Colombia. [Connelly*Y-MA]
770 COLOMBIA, RCN, HJJX, Bogota, APR 6 0504 - news & RCN ID; o/u
WABC. [Connelly*Y-MA]
790 CUBA, R. Reloj, CMAQ, Pinar del Rio, APR 6 0559 - R. Reloj
program; well o/ domestic jumble. [Connelly*Y-MA]
870 CUBA, R. Reloj, unID outlet, APR 6 0603 - R. Reloj program;
o/ other LA's/ WWL / WLAM. [Connelly*Y-MA]
885 MONTSERRAT, R. Montserrat, ZJB, Plymouth, APR 6 0029 - local-
like w/ female reggae song. [Connelly*m-MA]
940 VENEZUELA, YVNN, Punto Fijo, APR 5 0236 - SS version of "Last
Kiss" (J. Frank Wilson & Cavaliers car-crash song from '64), then
R. Punto Fijo ID; loud, way o/ CBM / others. [Connelly*m-MA]
1000 COLOMBIA, RCN, HJAQ, Cartagena, APR 6 0545 - SS political
speech // HJAJ-760; atop CFLP/CKBW/WMVP. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1090 COLOMBIA, CARACOL, HJBC, Cucuta, APR 6 0623 - // 1170 w/
Colombian folk vocal w/ steady beat & accordion accompaniment;
good, rolling o/ WBAL. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1100.76 COLOMBIA (t), APR 6 0440 - SS vocal music possibly
Barranquilla, but it didn't seem // CARACOL outlet on 1170.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1140 VENEZUELA, Porlamar, APR 5 0228 - Porlamar mentions,
Margaritena ID; to good peaks, dominant. [Connelly*m-MA]
1170 COLOMBIA, CARACOL, HJNW, Cartagena, APR 6 0610 - mentioned
"musica vallenarta" followed by spirited Colombian accordion music;
fair w/ WWVA looped. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1180 BRAZIL, probably Rio de Janeiro, APR 6 0423 - PP talk, briefly
o/ a melange of Latin Americans (Cuba, YV, etc.) w/ WHAM looped.
Cuba usually dominates this channel, but it was a free-for-all
at this time. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1500 VENEZUELA, YVRZ, Cumana, APR 6 0359-0400 - "Green, Green Grass
of Home" by Tom Jones, then "Dos Mil" ID; good w/ WTOP looped.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1500.37 COLOMBIA (t), APR 6 0358 - bits SS music, off-channel het
against YVRZ/WTOP-1500 believed to be the Colombian noted a few months
ago (by one of the European DXpedition groups) near this frequency.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
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