logs 30 JUN 1996

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	    Logs 30 JUN 1996 ..... dx960630.log

	    Report from: Mark Connelly - WA1ION 
 
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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 systems: 25 m east sloper, RTL-2 remotely-tuned loop;
		   phased via DCP-2 Dual Controller - Phaser
    
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 DATES: 1996 (UTC/GMT)          TIMES: UTC/GMT            
   
Only a very brief DX session this weekend with emphasis on stations 
not written down 2 weeks ago during a better opening.  This time, the 
skip was quite short and domestic interference correspondingly worse.
Some listening around local dawn (which I seldom do usually) revealed 
a pipeline to Cuba & Florida at the time: not all that interesting 
in itself, but possibly an indicator that Central American rarities 
could be heard just before dawn along the greyline under more auroral 
conditions this time of year, especially if "big wire" (a Beverage) 
was available. 

* TRANS-ATLANTIC DX *

837  CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, COPE synchros, JUN 30 - SS vocal music; 
fair w/ het from Azores which was still on 836.  [Connelly*Y-MA]
 
891  ALGERIA, Algiers, JUN 30 0258 - female AA vocal; fair through
slop.  [Connelly*Y-MA]  
 
999  SPAIN, Madrid, JUN 30 0341 - SS teletalk to good peak.
[Connelly*Y-MA]  
 
1044  SPAIN, SER, San Sebastian, JUN 30 0328 - fast SS news & teletalk;
very good, strongest TA at the time.  [Connelly*Y-MA] 
					  
1107  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros JUN 30 0327 - SS teletalk; fair to good.  
[Connelly*Y-MA] 
					  
1251  LIBYA, Tripoli, JUN 30 0258 - man & woman in AA to fair peaks
through WUOK-1240 slop w/ WARE/WKBR-1250 nulled / notched. [Connelly*Y-MA] 


* PAN-AMERICAN DX *

535  GRENADA, St. George's, JUN 30 0218 - calypso / soca music w/
female vocal; poor to fair.  [Connelly*Y-MA]  

540  MEXICO, XEWA, Monterrey, JUN 30 0926 - Mexican folk-style 
music o/u FL domestic.  This is the easiest Mexican here on the 
East Coast.  [Connelly*Y-MA]  

570  CUBA, CMDC, Pilon, JUN 30 0904 - Reloj news program in like a
local w/ item about Guantanamo.  [Connelly*Y-MA]  

590  CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMHI, Santa Clara, JUN 30 0906 - // 600 w/ 
romantic SS male / female duet; good, o/u WBNW.  [Connelly*Y-MA]  

600  CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMKV, Urbano Noris, JUN 30 0906 - // 590 w/ 
romantic SS male / female duet; huge signal here at local dawn.  
[Connelly*Y-MA]  

640  CUBA, JUN 30 0948 - Reloj program running at this time instead
of usual R. Progreso offerings.  Good signal o/ possible KFI about
40 minutes after local sunrise.  [Connelly*Y-MA]  

660  COLOMBIA (t), possibly HJJM, Cali, JUN 30 0914 - flashy high-
spirited Colombian accordion music, ID that sounded somewhat like
R. Autentica; in messy mix w/ WFAN and a Cuban.  [Connelly*Y-MA]  

670  CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMQ, Arroyo Arenas, JUN 30 0917 - // 710 w/ 
female SS vocal; excellent, way o/ a tantalizing SS teletalker that - 
at this late time - could have been Costa Rica, Guatemala, or Honduras.
[Connelly*Y-MA]  

690  ANGUILLA, Caribbean Beacon, St. John's, JUN 30 0020 - US EE preacher;
loud, way o/ CBF, others.  [Connelly*Y-MA]  

710  CUBA, R. Rebelde synchros, La Julia et al., JUN 30 0917 - // 670 
w/ female SS vocal; excellent / dominant, crushing WOR.  [Connelly*Y-MA]  

760  COLOMBIA, RCN, HJAJ, Barranquilla, JUN 30 0228 - SS sportstalk
by man & woman, // 770; dominant o/ growl.  [Connelly*Y-MA]  

760  CUBA, R. Reloj, Las Mercedes / Guanabacoa, JUN 30 0923 - Reloj
SS news & time show; good, o/ others.  [Connelly*Y-MA]  

770  COLOMBIA, RCN, HJJX, Bogota, JUN 30 0228 - o/u WABC w/ SS 
sportstalk // HJAJ-760.  [Connelly*Y-MA]  

800  NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, PJB, Bonaire, JUN 30 0238 - great Celtic-
folk style female religious vocal, then Australian-accented preacher;
excellent, rolling o/ CHRC/CJAD.  [Connelly*Y-MA]  

830  ST. KITTS & NEVIS, TBN, Basseterre, JUN 30 0233 - // 7510 w/ 
sermon in US EE about the meaning of the Cross.  Excellent on 
sloper, in muddy mix w/ CFJR/WCRN on loop regardless of loophead 
orientation.  The sloper kills any loop used ... even Kiwa and 
RSM-105 ... on the swath of bearings from low Africa to the 
eastern Caribbean (100 to 170 degrees).  [Connelly*Y-MA]  

860  BRAZIL, ZYJ459, R. CBN, Rio de Janeiro, JUN 30 0250 - noted
in passing w/ man in PP mixed w/ two SS stations.  This is probably
the easiest late evening Brazilian for eastern US DXers.  
[Connelly*Y-MA]  

880  VENEZUELA, YVYM, Puerto Ordaz, JUN 30 0253 - continued monitoring
of this channel still finds this and WCBS ruling the roost w/ no
evidence of Montserrat.  "Mundial" ID, fast Latin American dance 
music heard at 0253; about even w/ WCBS in strength on sloper.  
[Connelly*Y-MA]  

940  CUBA, R. Reloj, Holguin / Colon, JUN 30 0931 - Reloj SS news w/
on-the-minute timechecks, "RR" beeps; good o/ apparent XEQ w/ CBM
phased.  [Connelly*Y-MA]  

1100  BRAZIL, ZYK694, R. Globo, Sao Paulo, JUN 30 0339 - most likely
this w/ bits of PP talk in and out of a Latin American pile-up on
this frequency.  At times, there was a strong low-pitched growl.
WWWE easily nulled with phasing unit.  [Connelly*Y-MA]  


Miscellaneous

WEIRD HETS NOTED: 641.15, 989.0, 1140.95.  Noted during Cuban
opening, so that's a clue.  I think the 1141a thing is the
jammer against WQBA Miami (although I'm not sure that this is
still being used).  [Connelly*Y-MA]
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