Cape Cod logs: 21 JUL - 4 AUG '96
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Logs 21 JUL - 4 AUG 1996 ..... dx960804.log
Report from: Mark Connelly - WA1ION
Summer Cape Cod road-trip edition 1996
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[Connelly*H-MA] = East Harwich, MA (GC = 70.02 W / 41.71 N)
[Connelly*P-MA] = Plymouth, MA <Robbins Road> (GC = 70.68 W / 41.98 N)
[Connelly*W-MA] = Wellfleet, MA <Marconi site> (GC = 69.73 W / 41.91 N)
[Connelly*Y-MA] = West Yarmouth, MA (GC = 70.22 W / 41.68 N)
Receiver used: Drake R8A
Antenna systems: RL-1 Remotely-Tuned Loop, RW-1 Active Whip,
25 m sloper, DCP-2 Dual Controller / Phaser,
Mini-MWT-3 regenerative tuner
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e-mail = MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx
DATES: 1996 (UTC/GMT) TIMES: UTC/GMT
* TRANS-ATLANTIC DX *
153 ALGERIA, Bechar, AUG 3 0442 - // 549 w/ drums, strings,
group AA vocal w/ slight reverb (as if in large hall). Massive
signal during a powerful dawn enhancement run into North Africa.
[Connelly*H-MA]
162 FRANCE, Allouis, JUL 21 0145 - FF vocal in the style of early
'60s Paul Anka; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 3 0441 - woman in FF
// 1375; excellent. [Connelly*H-MA]
183 GERMANY, Saarlouis, JUL 21 0352 - dance-rock music, then female
FF talk; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 3 0440 - man & woman in FF;
to good peak. [Connelly*H-MA]
198 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC WS synchros, Droitwich et al., JUL 21 0143 -
man & woman in political discussion // 6175; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
+ AUG 3 0439 - light jazz, woman in EE; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
207 MOROCCO, Azilal, JUL 21 0147 - AA music mixed w/ "QI" beacon.
[Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 3 0439 - AA male vocal & violins; LOCAL-
LIKE. [Connelly*H-MA]
216 FRANCE, Roumoules, JUL 21 0351 - FF pop vocal, man & woman
in FF w/ some telephone callers; good to excellent. [Connelly*Y-MA]
AUG 3 0438 - FF vocal, talk; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
234 LUXEMBOURG, Junglinster, JUL 21 0138 - mellow guitar music;
fair to good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
252 IRELAND, Clarkestown, JUL 21 0348 - techno-dance music;
fair to good. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 3 0436 - US pop-rock
vocal; excellent. [Connelly*H-MA]
531 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, AUG 3 0123 - SS teletalk; o/ others.
[Connelly*P-MA]
531 ALGERIA, Ain El Beida, AUG 3 0443 - AA music // 153, 549;
poor to fair in mix w/ Spain. [Connelly*H-MA]
549 ALGERIA, Les Trembles, AUG 3 0434 - exciting modern AA (rock-
influenced) vocal; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
576 ALGERIA, Bechar, AUG 3 0445 - AA vocal // 153, 531, 549;
poor w/ possible co-channel Spain. [Connelly*H-MA]
585 SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid, AUG 3 0122 - SS talk / teletalk w/ man &
woman; LOUD. [Connelly*P-MA]
603 SPAIN, RNE5 (/RNE1) synchros, AUG 3 0447 - // 585 w/ fast SS
talk by 2 men; o/ other station that turned out to be Madeira.
[Connelly*H-MA]
603 MADEIRA, RDP, Pico de Arieiro, AUG 3 0513 - male pop-soul vocal
definitely // Azores-693 and Portugal-666. Atop Spain at this time.
[Connelly*H-MA]
612 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, AUG 3 0448 - // 207 w/ between-show
fanfare music, man in AA; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
621 CANARY ISLANDS, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, AUG 3 0519 - HUGE w/ SS
teletalk. [Connelly*H-MA]
639 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, La Coruna et al., AUG 3 0115 - SS talk;
in bad slop. [Connelly*P-MA]
648 SPAIN / unID, AUG 3 0116 - bits of SS talk; atop unID w/
Afro/AA-sounding music. UnID probably Gambia or the Libyan;
Saudi Arabia less likely. [Connelly*P-MA]
666 PORTUGAL, RDP, Lisboa, AUG 3 0112 - John Lennon song //
Azores-693; good. [Connelly*P-MA]
684 SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, AUG 3 0022 - excited SS talk; to good
peak w/ WRKO nulled. [Connelly*P-MA]
693 AZORES, RDP, Santa Barbara, Terceira, AUG 3 0112 - LOCAL-LIKE
w/ John Lennon's "I'm Just the Jealous Kind" // 666. [Connelly*P-MA]
693 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC synchros, Droitwich et al., AUG 3 0024 -
BBC discussion briefly o/ Azores. [Connelly*P-MA]
729 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, AUG 3 0024 - SS talk // 684; poor in
slop. [Connelly*P-MA]
738 SPAIN, RNE1, Barcelona, AUG 3 0108-0117 - SS sportstalk, fair
at 0108, loud by 0117. [Connelly*P-MA]
747 CANARY ISLANDS, Las Palmas, AUG 3 0110 - SS teletalk mixed w/
Netherlands; poor to fair. [Connelly*P-MA]
747 NETHERLANDS, Flevoland, AUG 3 0119 - "Mrs. Robinson" by
Simon & Garfunkel [1968]; atop Canaries SS talk. [Connelly*P-MA]
756 GERMANY, Braunschweig-Ravensburg, AUG 3 0118 - classical
piano music; fair o/ probable Spain/Romania mix. [Connelly*P-MA]
+ AUG 4 0117 - woman in GG gave weather and temperatures for
several cities. [Connelly*W-MA]
765 SWITZERLAND, RSR, Sottens, AUG 3 0119 - light classical
music; fair through WABC slop. [Connelly*P-MA]
819 EGYPT, Batra, AUG 3 0027 - AA vocal; in jumble. [Connelly*P-MA]
819 MOROCCO, Rabat, AUG 3 0525 - good carrier, but very light audio
on AA monologue by man // 207. Transmitter dawn is the best time
to hear this, because co-channel Egypt has faded out by then.
[Connelly*H-MA]
836 AZORES, RDP, Barossa, AUG 3 0028 - PP talk about workers;
very good to excellent. [Connelly*P-MA]
837 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, AUG 3 0029 - fast-talk SS announcer,
(possibly horserace coverage), cheering sounds; good strength,
but QRM'ed heavily by stronger Azores-836. [Connelly*P-MA]
855 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, AUG 3 0031 - sports-related SS talk by
man; fair o/ SAH & second audio (likely Romania). WEEI pest
nulled. [Connelly*P-MA]
864 EGYPT, Santah, AUG 3 0032 - AA vocal o/ Spain; fair.
[Connelly*P-MA]
873 SPAIN, SER, Zaragoza, AUG 3 0033 - fast SS talk by man;
o/ others; some 880 slop. [Connelly*P-MA]
882 UNITED KINGDOM, Washford et al., AUG 3 0034 - EE talk in
tough WCBS slop. [Connelly*P-MA]
891 ALGERIA, Algiers, AUG 3 0035 - AA flutes, drums, strings,
& vocal; local-like at S9+50 ! [Connelly*P-MA]
936 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, AUG 3 0037 - SS talk by man; o/ AA-
sounding station that was probably Morocco. [Connelly*P-MA]
954 SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid, AUG 3 0038 - man in SS o/ music
station (Czech, Turk, or Qatar ?) & ripply SAH; loud, hitting
S9+35 peak. [Connelly*P-MA]
963 PORTUGAL, R. Renascenca, Seixal, AUG 3 0429 - woman in PP,
then religious-sounding vocal; poor in CHNS slop. [Connelly*H-MA]
999 SPAIN, COPE, Madrid, AUG 3 0039 - loud w/ SS sports coverage.
[Connelly*P-MA]
1008 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, AUG 3 0039 - SS talk in WINS slop.
[Connelly*P-MA]
1017 GERMANY, Rheinsender, AUG 3 0335 - woman in GG; slightly
o/ Spain, others. [Connelly*H-MA]
1026 SPAIN, SER synchros, AUG 3 0040 - HUGE (S9+30 average) w/
SS teletalk show. [Connelly*P-MA]
1035 ITALY (t), AUG 3 0041 - classical music; poor, in slop.
Mystery 1034 het noted at times. [Connelly*P-MA]
1044 SPAIN, SER synchros / MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, AUG 3 0043 - SS
teletalk o/ AA-sounding talk; massive S9+35 level. [Connelly*P-MA]
1053 UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, AUG 3 0044 - man & woman
in EE; fair, but tough WEVD slop. Spain under at times.
[Connelly*P-MA]
1062 DENMARK, Kalundborg, AUG 3 0307 - excellent w/ R.E.M. song,
then old-time blues vocal. [Connelly*H-MA]
1089 UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, AUG 4 0109 - talk about
doctors, attorneys; loud, o/ unID GG (or Slavic ?) sounding station.
[Connelly*W-MA]
1098 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, AUG 3 0046 - metallic-sounding SS talk
& bad growl, just o/ Slovakia. [Connelly*P-MA]
1098 SLOVAKIA, Nitra, AUG 3 0325 - light classical music, then
Slavic talk; dominant, strong. [Connelly*H-MA]
1107 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, AUG 3 0050 - SS talk & music; just o/
other music station that was probably Egypt. [Connelly*P-MA]
+ AUG 4 0106 - SS talk; loud. [Connelly*W-MA]
1126 unID, AUG 3 0049 - probable off-frequency Spain w/
SS-sounding talk; hetting other 1125 Spain synchros.
[Connelly*P-MA]
1134 SPAIN, COPE synchros / CROATIA, Hrvatska Radio, Zadar,
AUG 3 0048 - man in SS w/ futbol match; loud, well o/ Slavic
talk by woman. [Connelly*P-MA]
1143 SPAIN, COPE synchros, AUG 4 0105 - woman in SS; o/ others.
[Connelly*W-MA]
1152 SPAIN / 2 unID's (ROMANIA / UK ?), AUG 3 0052 - 3-station
mess w/ woman in SS, operatic music, and talk. [Connelly*P-MA]
1215 UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin Radio synchros, AUG 3 0054 -
"These Dreams" by Heart; loud; way o/ SS talker. [Connelly*P-MA]
1251 LIBYA, Tripoli, AUG 3 0414 - AA male Koranic a cappella vocal;
good. [Connelly*H-MA]
1269 GERMANY, Neumunster, AUG 4 0100 - GG talk, big het against
WTSN (but tough slop). [Connelly*W-MA]
1314 NORWAY, Kvitsoy, AUG 3 0057 - cool '50s-type vibraphone
tropically-influenced jazz, Norwegian talk; huge on peaks,
beautiful signal in 4 kHz bandwidth position. [Connelly*P-MA]
+ AUG 4 0120 - excited Norwegian talk (sporting event: possibly
Olympics coverage); good. [Connelly*W-MA] + APR 4 0315 -
strong w/ oldies fest w/ back-to-back '60s / '70s hits
including ELO's "Showdown". [Connelly*H-MA]
1359 SPAIN, Arganda, AUG 4 0314 - bits of SS talk; in slop.
[Connelly*H-MA]
1422 GERMANY, Heusweiler, AUG 3 0100 - man said "Deutschlandradio",
then time pips, GG news; excellent. [Connelly*P-MA]
1485 SPAIN, SER synchros, AUG 3 0101 - SS sports, crowd noises
// 1575; o/ carrier jumble. [Connelly*P-MA]
1521 SAUDI ARABIA, Duba, AUG 4 0304 - AA male vocal; to
good peak, but WWKB slop not fully nullable. [Connelly*H-MA]
1530 SAO TOME & PRINCIPE, VOA, Pinheira, AUG 3 0400 - jazz-rock
fusion music, then announcer "This is the Voice of America", into
EE news; good S9+25 peak, sometimes o/ WSAI. [Connelly*H-MA]
1539 GERMANY, ERF, Mainflingen, AUG 4 0305 - choral music,
strong het; tough WDCD slop. [Connelly*H-MA]
1575 SPAIN, SER synchros, AUG 3 0102 - SS sports // 1485; poor.
[Connelly*P-MA]
1584 SPAIN or CEUTA (?), AUG 3 0103 - disco music. [Connelly*P-MA]
1602 SPAIN, EI, Vitoria, AUG 3 0103 - fast SS talk not // SER
outlets. [Connelly*P-MA]
1608 unID RTTY, AUG 4 0309 - teletype station looping Europe.
[Connelly*H-MA]
1620 NETHERLANDS, PCH, Scheveningen, AUG 3 0103 - "PCH" Morse code;
excellent. [Connelly*P-MA]
unID expanded-band carriers: 1608, 1628, 1631, 1636.8, 1690.
Maybe Dutch pirates in some cases ?
* PAN-AMERICAN DX *
530 TURKS AND CAICOS, RVC, AUG 4 0331 - SS religion; loud.
[Connelly*H-MA]
535 GRENADA, GBC, St. George's, JUL 21 0150 - soca dance party;
fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
540 MEXICO, Monterrey, XEWA, AUG 3 0555 - slogans "X de Mexico"
and "Voz en el Camino"; good, o/ others. [Connelly*H-MA]
550 VENEZUELA, Mundial, YVKE, Caracas, AUG 3 0556 - festive SS
music, "Esta Mundial" jingle; atop others. [Connelly*H-MA]
555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ZIZ, Basseterre, JUL 21 0027 - calypso /
soca music, EE talk; fair. + JUL 21 0357 - good w/ reggae
version of Joe South oldie "Games People Play". [Connelly*Y-MA]
590 CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMHI, Santa Clara, AUG 3 0600 - SS vocal
music, Havana mentions // 600, 710; u/ WBNW. [Connelly*H-MA]
600 COLOMBIA, HJHJ, Barranquilla, JUL 21 0152 - excited speech
w/ phrase "para los Colombianos"; o/ others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
600 BRAZIL, probably Porto Alegre, ZYK278 (as logged on other
occasions), AUG 3 0558 - PP talk by man, mixed w/ Colombia;
usual Cuban dominant in loop null. I generally log this
Brazilian and 740 (Salvador) best at Harwich, whereas most
others do better at W. Yarmouth. [Connelly*H-MA]
600 CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMKV, Urbano Noris, AUG 3 0600 - old-
fashioned SS vocal music, Havana mentions // 590, 710.
[Connelly*H-MA]
630 PUERTO RICO, WSKN, San Juan, JUL 21 0029 - SS fast-talk
Puerto Rican sports report, o/ WPRO/CFCY. [Connelly*Y-MA]
640 CUBA, Guanabacoa / Las Tunas, JUL 21 0237 - "servicio
musical de R. Progreso"; o/ mess. [Connelly*Y-MA]
640 GUADELOUPE, RFO, Pointe-a-Pitre, AUG 3 0216 - FF talk
about China; dominant. [Connelly*H-MA]
640 VENEZUELA, YVQO, Puerto La Cruz, AUG 3 0612 - ID sounded
like "Union Radio de Caracas". [Connelly*H-MA]
650 COLOMBIA, RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, JUL 21 0030 - RCN
mention, SS newstalk; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 3 0604 -
tropical music, Antena Dos ID; good, alone on channel.
[Connelly*H-MA]
650.9a CUBA, unID site, AUG 3 0612 - apparently the same
station noted by Crawford & Krueger in FL is making it up
the coast to here. Bits of audio, but mostly just a het
against powerhouse HJKH. [Connelly*H-MA]
670 VENEZUELA, R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, JUL 21 0245 - hot
merengue music, talk "en R. Rumbo, La Emissor de Venezuela",
timecheck; way atop WMAQ / Cuba / others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
670 CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMQ, Arroyo Arenas, JUL 21 0249 - SS Cuban
political talk // 710; mixed w/ YVLL/WMAQ. [Connelly*Y-MA]
+ AUG 3 0606 - Cuban dance music // 600; good, o/WMAQ/others.
[Connelly*H-MA]
690 ANGUILLA, Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, JUL 21 0128 - US EE
preacher; good o/ CBF, Cuba growl, & apparent Brazil. [Connelly*Y-MA]
700 COLOMBIA, CARACOL, HJCX, Cali, JUL 21 0229 - CARACOL ID;
in mess of others w/ WLW phased. [Connelly*Y-MA]
705 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES, Kingstown, AUG 4 0323 - soca
music; poor to fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
710 CUBA, Rebelde synchros, JUL 21 0249 - SS political talk
// CMQ-670; good w/ WOR phased. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 3 0600 -
SS vocal music, Havana mentions // 590, 710; u/ WOR. [Connelly*H-MA]
720 VENEZUELA, YVQE, Porlamar, JUL 21 0227 - ID "en Radio Oriente",
excited shouting popped up o/ CHTN. [Connelly*Y-MA]
740 CUBA, Progreso synchros, JUL 21 0954 - outlets running the
R. Reloj service at this time. Dominant signal on channel
until daytimer WJIB signed on. [Connelly*Y-MA]
750 VENEZUELA, YVKS, Caracas, JUL 21 0037 - SS talk about women's
issues, interview w/ EE-speaking man w/ translation into SS,
RCR mentioned. [Connelly*Y-MA]
760 COLOMBIA, HJAJ, Barranquilla, JUL 21 0126 - callsign "H-J-A-J"
ID in SS, RCN net ID; good o/ pile-up of others. + JUL 21 0959 -
RCN still fair at this late time. [Connelly*Y-MA]
770 COLOMBIA, HJJX, Bogota, JUL 21 0403 - RCN ID just behind
WABC. [Connelly*Y-MA]
780 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, ZBVI, Roadtown, Tortola, JUL 21 0040 -
reggae music; good, o/ CFDR. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 4 0116 -
remote live Carib-EE broadcast from a local shopping area;
fair to good w/ CFDR nulled. [Connelly*W-MA]
800 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, PJB, Bonaire, JUL 21 0100 - SS hymns,
Transmundial ID, initially mixing w/ CJAD, then way atop.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
810 COLOMBIA, CARACOL, HJCY, Bogota, JUL 21 0105 - SS news w/
item about Luxembourg, CARACOL ID // 5075; mixed w/ WGY.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
830 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, TBN, Basseterre, JUL 21 0108 - // 7510
w/ EE female religious folk vocal, crowd applause, then preacher;
mixed w/ WCRN. [Connelly*Y-MA]
895 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, VON, Charlestown, JUL 21 0115 - fast soca
male vocal w/ tune similar to Bob Marley's "No Woman No Cry"
(maybe influenced by recent Fugees version); good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1000 COLOMBIA, RCN, HJAQ, Cartagena, JUL 21 0052 - RCN ID in
multi-station jumble. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1020 VENEZUELA, Mundial Margarita, YVRS, La Asuncion, JUL 21 0054 -
"Mundial Margarita" ID, fast SS talk, promotion for Sunday music
programs; loud / alone on channel. Turks & Caicos off ?
[Connelly*Y-MA]
+ AUG 3 0332 - festive dance music vocal, Mundial Margarita ID,
o/ KDKA; no trace of "CCR". [Connelly*H-MA]
1180 CUBA, R. Taino, Villa Maria, AUG 3 0422 - much SS talk
about Havana; dominant o/ Latin American mess & bits of WHAM.
[Connelly*H-MA]
1505 ANGUILLA, The Valley, AUG 3 0407 - bits of EE political speech;
in WNRB slop. [Connelly*H-MA]
1610 ANGUILLA, Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, AUG 3 0104 -
EE preaching mixed w/ TIS stations. [Connelly*P-MA]
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/* DXtras */
This is an abbreviated loggings format that can be used in place of
normal listings when many frequently-reported stations have been heard.
It preserves the country, frequency, and approximate time information
for propagation study without taking up as much space. If multiple
reporters use this format, their logs can be kept separate (rather than
integrated as in the normal international loggings columns format).
CHRONOLOGICAL LOG -=- Mark Connelly
Session of JUL 21 (W. Yarmouth, MA) * 0027-0059 UTC * St.
Kitts/Nevis-555,
Puerto Rico-630, Colombia-650, Venezuela-750, British VI-780,
Colombia-1000,
Venezuela-1020 * 0100-0159 UTC * Neth. Antilles-800, Colombia-810,
St. Kitts/Nevis-830, St. Kitts/Nevis-895, Colombia-760, Anguilla-690,
Luxembourg-234, UK-198, France-162, Morocco-207, Grenada-535,
Colombia-600 * 0200-0259 UTC * Venezuela-720, Colombia-700, Cuba-640,
Venezuela-670, Cuba-710, Cuba-670 * 0300-0403 UTC * Ireland-252,
France-216, Germany-183, Algeria-153, St. Kitts/Nevis-555, Colombia-770
* 0954-0959 UTC * Cuba-740, Colombia-760
Session of AUG 3 (Plymouth, MA) * 0022-0059 UTC * Spain-684, UK-693,
Spain-729, Spain-774, Egypt-819, Azores-836, Canaries//Spain-837,
Spain-855,
Egypt-864 (o/Spain), Spain-873, UK-882, Algeria-891, Spain-936,
Spain-954,
Spain-999, Canaries//Spain-1008, Spain-1026, Italy(t)-1035,
Spain/Morocco-1044, UK-1053 (o/Spain), Spain-1098 (o/Slovakia),
Spain-1134
(o/Croatia), unID-1126 hetting Spain-1125, Spain-1107, Spain
o/(t)Romania
& other-1152, jumbles on 1143 & 1197, UK-1215 (o/Spain), Norway-1314
* 0100-0123 UTC * Germany-1422, Spain-1485, Spain-1575, Spain-1584,
Spain-1602, Netherlands(PCH)-1620, Anguilla-1610, unID carriers: 1608,
1628, 1631, 1636.3, 1690; Spain-738, Canaries-747, Portugal-666,
Azores-693, Spain/unID Afro-648, Spain-639, Germany-756,
Switzerland-765,
Netherlands-747 (o/Canaries), Spain-585, Spain-531
Session of AUG 3 (Harwich, MA) * 0216 UTC * Guadeloupe-640 * 0300-0359
UTC *
Denmark-1062, Slovakia-1098, Venezuela-1020 (Turks & Caicos OFF),
Germany-1017
(o/Spain) * 0400-0459 UTC * Sao Tome-1530, Anguilla-1505, Libya-1251,
Cuba-1180,
Portugal-963, Algeria-549, Ireland-252, France-216, Morocco-207,
UK-198,
France-162, Algeria-153, Algeria-531, Algeria-576, Spain-603,
Morocco-612
* 0500-0559 UTC * Madeira-603 (//666 & 693) (o/Spain),
Canaries//Spain-621,
Morocco-819 (//207), Mexico-540, Venezuela-550, Brazil-600 (mix
Cuba/Colombia) * 0600-0612 UTC * Cuba-600, Cuba-590, Cuba-710,
Colombia-650, Cuba-670, Venezuela-640, Cuba-650.9a
Session of AUG 4 (Wellfleet, MA) * 0100-0120 UTC * Germany-1269,
Spain-1143,
Spain-1107, UK-1089, British VI-780, Germany-756, Norway-1314
Session of AUG 4 (Harwich, MA) * 0304-0331 UTC * Saudi Arabia-1521,
Germany-1539, unID RTTY-1608 (loop Europe), Spain-1359, Norway-1314,
St. Vincent-705, Turks & Caicos-530
================================================================
DX Travelogue: Marconi Beach - Wellfleet, MA
I came across a great QTH on the Outer Cape (and one with DX tradition
at that): the Marconi Beach & Historical Site in Wellfleet. This is
part of the sprawling Cape Cod National Seashore. The entrance is
right off Route 6. You can park until midnight and the amount of
land out there is unbelievable. Much of it is easily walked with
substantial open terrain intermingled with a typical sand-dune cover of
shrubs and salt-spray-stunted pitch pines and cedars. There's a big
water-tower along the Marconi site access road: an Afro-sloper off
the top of that tank would be awesome. I was out there Saturday night
(3 AUG local) and only noted a few other cars coming through. The VERY
dense fog probably kept the crowds down. DX was good, but I only
stayed
about 20 minutes because everything was the same stuff I'd heard in
Plymouth the previous night just after sunset. I got out to Wellfleet
about an hour after sunset and the domestic QRM was tough by then. The
place could howl for Africa / eastern-tip Brazil around sunset,
especially
if you string out a couple of Beverages and if there's some domestic-
skip (/Euro-pest) inhibiting aurora.
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