Rockport logs - 17 JUL '96

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	    Logs 17 JUL 1996 ..... dx960717.log

	    Report from: Mark Connelly - WA1ION 
 
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   [Connelly*R-MA] = Rockport, MA  <Granite Pier site>
		     (GC = 70.60 W / 42.67 N)           
    
    Receiver used: Drake R8A     
    
   Antenna system: RL-1 remotely-tuned loop and RW-1 active whip;
		   to DCP-2 controller - phaser 

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 DATES: 1996 (UTC/GMT)          TIMES: UTC/GMT            
   
* TRANS-ATLANTIC DX *

549  ALGERIA, Les Trembles, JUL 17 0020 - AA music; fair o/ slop
from WPNW/CFNB/WDEV/YVKE-550 mess.  [Connelly*R-MA]
	 
567  IRELAND, R. 1, Tullamore, JUL 17 0157 - traditional piping
& fiddling; good w/ WMCA-570 phased.  [Connelly*R-MA] 
	 
585  SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid, JUL 17 0155 - SS teletalk w/ man &
woman; fair to good w/ WBNW-590 phased.  [Connelly*R-MA] 
	 
612  MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, JUL 17 0023 - AA talk by man & woman; 
very good w/ WGIR nulled.  [Connelly*R-MA]   
 
621  CANARY ISLANDS, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, JUL 17 0024 -
man & woman in SS; atop AA-sounding second station (Egypt?),
fair through slop.  [Connelly*R-MA]  
 
657  SPAIN, Madrid, JUL 17 0032 - SS talk; poor to fair w/ WFAN
phased.  [Connelly*R-MA] 
	 
666  PORTUGAL, RDP, Lisboa, JUL 17 0030 - slow EE pop vocal, then
man in PP, // Azores-836; to good peaks.  [Connelly*R-MA] 
				       
684  SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, JUL 17 0034 - operatic male SS vocal;
excellent.  [Connelly*R-MA]   

693  AZORES, RDP, Santa Barbara, Terceira, JUL 17 0035 - mellow US 
soul vocal // 836; excellent, way o/ presumed BBC.  [Connelly*R-MA]
 
711  WESTERN SAHARA, Laayoune, JUL 17 0038 - Koranic AA chant;
excellent, way o/ others and blowing out WOR.  [Connelly*R-MA] 
	 
747  NETHERLANDS, Flevoland, JUL 17 0159 - fair w/ man in Dutch.
[Connelly*R-MA] 
	 
765  unID, JUN 17 0000 - wobbly carrier w/ AC ripple hetting weak
Switzerland; low het growl resulting.  Maybe Senegal ? [Connelly*R-MA]
			   
836  AZORES, RDP, Barossa, JUL 17 0030 - slow EE pop vocal, then
man in PP, // 666; very good.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

837  CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, COPE synchros, JUL 17 0045 - SS talk,
badly beaten up by Azores-836.  [Connelly*R-MA]
 
846  ITALY, Rome, JUL 17 0201 - II talk by man; poor w/ definite
second station audio (S. Africa ?) just a bit under.  [Connelly*R-MA]
 
855  SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, JUL 17 0047 - operatic SS vocal, then SS
talk; fair in slop (a tough-to-null groundwave / skywave mix) from
WEEI.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

864  EGYPT, Santah, JUL 17 0202 - AA vocal mixed w/ possible Spain;
poor to fair.  [Connelly*R-MA]
 
882  UNITED KINGDOM, Washford et al., JUL 17 0056 - man & woman in 
EE; fair o/ others, through WCBS slop.  [Connelly*R-MA]

891  ALGERIA, Algiers, JUL 17 0055 - HUGE w/ AA talk by man & musical
interludes (flutes, strings, vocal); annihilating 890 stations.
[Connelly*R-MA] 
 
909  UNITED KINGDOM, BBC synchros., JUL 17 0101 - EE discussion /
news item about the Royal Artillery; good o/ others.  [Connelly*R-MA] 
	 
918  SPAIN, R. Intercontinental, Madrid, JUL 17 0102 - SS vocal;
in slop.  [Connelly*R-MA] 
   
936  MOROCCO / SPAIN (t), JUL 17 0104 - AA talk in jumble w/ others,
including SS-sounding station.  [Connelly*R-MA] 
   
954  SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid, JUL 17 0105 - fast SS talk by man & 
woman; others audible behind.  [Connelly*R-MA] 
   
1017  TURKEY, Istanbul-Mundanya, JUL 17 0208 - Turkish vocal music
(resembling an AA / Greek blend); good, atop Germany / Spain.
[Connelly*R-MA] 
					  
1044  SPAIN, SER synchros, San Sebastian et al., JUL 17 0107 - SS
news by man & woman; excellent, o/ low rumble.  [Connelly*R-MA] 
					  
1053  UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, JUL 17 0109 - "Good
morning, you're on Talk Radio", then a teletalk discussion of a 
recent TV special about rock 'n' roll history.  Excellent w/ WEVD 
phased to lower strength level than 1053.   [Connelly*R-MA]
 
1089  UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, JUL 17 0112 - // 1053 w/ 
teletalk discussion mentioning the Beatles and other famous rock
bands of the last 40 years; EXCELLENT, clobbering WBAL.  UnID
station (Albania ?) w/ talk by woman was way under.  [Connelly*R-MA]

1098  SLOVAKIA, Nitra, JUL 17 0113 - old-fashioned piano music 
& orchestra; LIKE A LOCAL !  SS station & growl way, way under.
[Connelly*R-MA] 

1107  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, JUL 17 0117 - man in SS; o/ others.  
[Connelly*R-MA] 

1116  SPAIN, SER synchros, JUL 17 0118 - poor w/ bits of SS newstalk 
occasionally surfacing o/ carrier jumble.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

1134  CROATIA, Hrvatska Radio, Zadar / SPAIN, COPE synchros, JUL 17 
0120 - Croatia w/ EE light pop vocal evenly mixing w/ Spain's SS
talk; in WBBR slop.  [Connelly*R-MA]
	    
1197  LESOTHO, BBC, Lancer's Gap, JUL 17 0003 - BBC EE news;
poor, in mix w/ unID music station that was likely Virgin
Radio (heard an hour and a half later); Spain & Morocco
seemed to be in the mix as well.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

1197  UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin Radio synchros, JUL 17 0135 -
light rock music // 1215; in mix w/ Lesotho & others.  
[Connelly*R-MA] 

1206  unID, JUL 17 0133 - maybe Israel or Poland w/ carrier &
fragmentary audio (not believed to be France at this time).
Slight het from likely Caymans on 1205.  [Connelly*R-MA]  

1215  UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin Radio synchros, JUL 17 0134 -
LOUD w/ EE talk, rock music; way o/ Spain.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

1251  LIBYA, Tripoli, JUL 17 0137 - bits of AA chant, in tough 
slop.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

1287  SPAIN, SER synchros, JUL 17 0138 - bits of SS talk in garbled 
carrier pile.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

1296  SPAIN / SUDAN (?), JUL 17 0140 - SS talk mixed w/ AA-sounding 
vocal (though Sudan s/on not until 0300 per schedule, so possibly
Hindi music from R. XL, UK instead); poor through slop. [Connelly*R-MA] 

1548  UNITED KINGDOM, unID city, JUL 17 0152 - EE teletalk show; 
poor, in slop.  [Connelly*R-MA]


* PAN-AMERICAN DX *

535  GRENADA, St. George's, JUL 17 0154 - Caribbean EE talk by man
about farmers; good, above RVC-530 slop.  [Connelly*R-MA]  

555  ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ZIZ, Basseterre, JUL 17 0021 - soca male
vocal & high-intensity drumming; good.  [Connelly*R-MA]
  
595  DOMINICA, DBS, Hillsborough, JUL 17 0016 - light pop female 
vocal; fair w/ WBNW-590 phased.  [Connelly*R-MA]  

640  VENEZUELA (t), likely YVQO, Puerto La Cruz, JUL 17 0026 -
fast SS talk & Venezuela mentions o/ WNNZ/CBN/others.
[Connelly*R-MA] 

705  ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES, Kingstown, JUL 17 0037 - Carib-
EE talk; in static.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

750  VENEZUELA, YVKS, Caracas, JUL 17 0042 - SS baseball coverage
of a Caracas team, mentioned "el foul" and "la pelota" (ball);
big signal, way o/ CBGY/WSB.  [Connelly*R-MA]  

860.3  unID, JUL 17 0050 - a somewhat wobbly low het against the
traffic jam of Latin Americans on 860.  [Connelly*R-MA]  

1100  ANTIGUA, ZDK, St. Johns (t) - JUL 17 0115 - in mess w/
apparent Caribbean EE shouting w/ only clear words "It's Soca,
Man".  Bits of PP (Brazil) and SS stations were in the stew
as well.  WWWE easily nulled to nothing.  [Connelly*R-MA]  

1169.4  unID - JUL 17 0122 - het against WKPE/HJNW/WWVA.
[Connelly*R-MA]  

1205  CAYMAN ISLANDS (t) - JUL 17 0133 - het against unID 1206 TA.
[Connelly*R-MA]  

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