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(logs 24 JUN - 15 JUL 1997: file=DX970715.LOG)
Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 1997
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*** SUMMER 1997 ROAD TRIP EDITION ***
[Connelly*H-MA] = East Harwich, Cape Cod, MA (GC= 70.02 W / 41.71 N)
(near junction of Routes 39 & 137: pitch pine forest 2 km from ocean)
[Connelly*P-MA] = Plymouth, MA (GC= 70.68 W / 41.98 N)
(Robbins Road - Holmes Field, N of Nelson Street Beach)
[Connelly*R-MA] = Rockport, MA (Granite Pier) (GC= 70.622 W / 42.667 N)
Receiver: Drake R8A
Antennas-Harwich: 25 m northeast sloper, 25 m southeast sloper,
175 m south wire
Antennas-Plymouth & Rockport: RL-1 remotely-tuned loop, RW-1 active
whip
Accessories-all sites: DCP-2 delay-line phasing unit, Mini-MWT-3
regenerative preselector
======================================================
*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***
~~
153 ALGERIA, Bechar, JUL 7 0505 - a cappella male AA vocal;
fair. + JUL 9 0432 - // 549 w/ woman in AA, then vocal; fair.
[Connelly*H-MA] + JUL 15 0119 - AA male vocal & strings;
slightly over a classical music station that was likely Germany.
[Connelly*R-MA]
~~
162 FRANCE, Allouis, JUN 28 0224 - woman in FF; fair to good
through static crashes. + JUL 9 0320 - jazz instrumental, then
male vocal; fair. + JUL 11 0053 - very good w/ jazz-rock male
group vocal. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
171 MOROCCO, Nador, JUL 7 0507 - AA vocal w/ rock instrumentation;
to good peak. + JUL 11 0052 - modern AA music; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
177 GERMANY, Oranienburg (t), JUL 11 0051 - operatic performance;
poor to fair. [Connelly*H-MA] + JUL 15 0120 - apparent GG talk by
man, then pop music; fairly strong, but hammered by static crashes.
[Connelly*R-MA]
~~
183 GERMANY, Saarlouis, JUN 28 0224 - FF teletalk mentioning
Americans and English; excellent. + JUL 9 0319 - good w/ techno-
Eurodisco music. + JUL 11 0348 - man & woman in FF; good.
+ JUL 13 0310 - FF pop/dance group vocal; loud. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
198 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC, Droitwich et al., JUN 28 0223 -
discussion about the struggle for democracy in Albania; good
signal. + JUL 11 0050 - BBC documentary; fair. + JUL 13 0309 -
EE talk about South Africa; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
207 GERMANY, Aholming / MOROCCO, Azilal, JUN 28 0221 - Germany
("dream-like" classical piano music) mixed w/ Morocco (AA teletalk
// 819). [Connelly*H-MA] + JUL 15 0121 - classical flute music
from Germany and AA talk from Morocco, in mix. [Connelly*R-MA]
~~
207 MOROCCO, Azilal, JUL 7 0508 - Koranic chanting vocal;
excellent. + JUL 11 0054 - man w/ AA talk; good. + JUL 13 0310 -
AA male vocal & strings; over German station & "QI" beacon.
[Connelly*H-MA]
~~
216 FRANCE, R. Monte Carlo, Roumoules, JUL 9 0322 - man & woman
FF teletalk; excellent. + JUL 11 0349 - FF talk by man, then FF
vocal; good. + JUL 13 0311 - Afro-Caribbean music w/ FF vocal; to
good peak. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
234 LUXEMBOURG, Junglinster, JUN 28 0225 - modern rock EE vocal;
excellent. + JUL 13 0307 - very good w/ FF announcer who mentioned
Albert Camus. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
252 ALGERIA, Tipaza, JUL 11 0048 - probably this w/ FF talk by
woman and a 15-second clip of the Beach Boys "Good Vibrations"
song. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
252 IRELAND, Atlantic 252, Kilmessan, JUN 28 0227 - female group
soul / urban vocal "Just One of those Days"; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ JUL 15 0117 - "I Want You" by Savage Garden; good, way over the
static. It's great to hear cool tunes on a signal with international
reach: these days in the US, the hot hits are mostly on FM: stations
whose typical reach is easily escaped by two hours of highway driving.
[Connelly*R-MA]
~~
531 ALGERIA, Ain-El-Beida, JUN 29 0034 - man in AA; just a bit over
Madeira & Spain. [Connelly*P-MA] + JUL 10 0136 - fair to good and
dominant w/ AA music // huge 549. Algeria-531 was considerably
stronger than R.V.C.-530 at the time. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
531 MADEIRA, RDP, Porto Santo, JUN 29 0041 - PP vocal // Azores-693;
just under AA (Algeria) and over presumed Spain. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
531 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, JUL 7 0110 - SS talk / joking by man &
woman; very good, actually better than // 684. + JUL 10 0148 - woman
in SS (// 684, 738); mixed w/ Algeria. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
531 SPAIN/ALGERIA/MADEIRA, JUN 28 0236 - "imbroglio" here w/ an
even-strength 3-way battle w/ SS, AA, and PP audios. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
540 MOROCCO, Sidi Bennour, JUN 28 0238 - fragments of man in AA
(// 207, 612); it and WLUX were both buried under a very strong CBT
classical music presentation at the time. CBGA1 (FF) also started
blending in towards the end. QRM would have been less of a problem
at local sunset (about two hours earlier). [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
549 ALGERIA, Les Trembles, JUN 28 0236 - AA female vocal & strings;
to good peak. + JUL 9 0432 - // 153 w/ woman in AA, then vocal; fair.
+ JUL 10 0136 - an absolute pipeline into Algeria on the east sloper
with this one in at monster level, obliterating 550. Typical AA
music // 531. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
549 ALGERIA / unID, JUN 25 0150 - Algeria w/ AA music slightly
over a second station w/ talk that sounded AA (maybe the Saudi
Arabian). [Connelly*R-MA]
~~
558 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, JUN 29 0114 - bits of SS talk by man;
badly hacked by WGAN. [Connelly*P-MA] + JUL 10 0145 - // 684 w/
mellow male SS vocal; poor to fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
567 IRELAND, RTE R.1, Tullamore, JUN 29 0113 - political commentary
by man in EE; fair over unID station (probably Spain) and CJEM slop
w/ WMCA phased. [Connelly*P-MA] + JUL 9 0305 - EE folk-rock female
vocal. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
576 SPAIN, RNE5, Barcelona, JUN 28 0235 - // 585 w/ orchestral
music; poor, in slop. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
585 SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid, JUN 28 0234 - // 684 w/ light orchestral
music; loud. + JUL 10 0145 - // 684 w/ SS vocal; very good.
[Connelly*H-MA]
~~
603 MADEIRA, RDP, Pico de Arieiro, JUL 10 0400 - // Azores-693 w/
classical music followed by pips and PP talk. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
603 SPAIN, RNE5, Sevilla / Palencia, JUL 10 0144 - // 585, 684 et
al. w/ man & woman in SS talking over background music; to good
peak. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
612 IRELAND, Athlone, JUN 29 0117 - fast-talk EE DJ; briefly breaking
over the jumble of Morocco/Spain/others. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
612 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, JUN 28 0237 - // 207 w/ man in AA;
good. + JUL 6 0157 - AA violins & vocal // 207. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, RNE1, JUN 28 0402 - // 774 w/ SS news &
telephone interview; fair. + JUL 5 2338 - SS teletalk; good on pre-
sunset fade-in. + JUL 7 0521 - still at fair quality (note late time
for July DX): woman in SS. + JUL 9 0327 - fast SS teletalk; huge -
signal still good when re-checked at 0440 UTC. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
639 SPAIN, RNE1, La Coruna et al., JUN 28 0351 - SS male folk vocal
& guitar; good, // weaker 684. This one, because of its north-coast
Spain location, fades out quite a bit later than higher-powered 684
that has more land in its way heading west-northwest. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
657 SPAIN, RNE5, Madrid, JUL 11 0403 - // 684 w/ SS news; poor to
fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
684 SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, JUN 28 0234 - // 585 w/ light orchestral
music; in mix w/ likely Serbia. [Connelly*H-MA] + JUN 29 0024 - man
& woman in SS talking about "America Latina"; good w/ WRKO in easy
northwest loop null. [Connelly*P-MA] + JUL 10 0144 - man & woman in
SS, musical interludes; huge. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
693 AZORES, RDP, Santa Barbara, JUN 28 0358 - // 836 w/ PP folk
vocal; good. [Connelly*H-MA] + JUN 29 0041 - // Madeira-531 w/ PP
vocal music; slightly over BBC UK. [Connelly*P-MA] + JUL 10 0400 -
// Madeira-603 w/ classical music followed by pips and PP talk.
[Connelly*H-MA]
~~
711 WESTERN SAHARA, Laayoune, JUN 29 0022 - male group AA vocal; poor
to fair over 50 Hz rumble; WOR phased. [Connelly*P-MA] + JUL 6 0151 -
AA man over growl & some WOR slop. + JUL 7 0525 - AA violins; poor,
fading into the slop. + JUL 10 0142 - this and possible Libya mixing
to create a raucous 50 Hz growl that was stronger than WOR-710 at
times. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
729 SPAIN, RNE1, Oviedo et al., JUN 28 0252 - // 684 w/ mellow SS
vocal; poor, slopped by WJTO & residue of phased CKAC. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
738 SPAIN, RNE1, Barcelona, JUN 29 0103 - man in SS w/ news; over
other station that sounded Middle Eastern, some CHCM slop present.
[Connelly*P-MA] + JUL 6 0202 - fair w/ SS teletalk / news interview.
+ JUL 10 0148 - // 684 et al. w/ woman in SS; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
756 SPAIN, R. Euskadi, Bilbao, JUN 28 0403 - SS news by woman;
good, alone on channel. + JUL 11 0404 - news by man in SS; fair
to good. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
765 SWITZERLAND, RSR, Sottens, JUN 29 0102 - classical music; fair
to good. [Connelly*P-MA] + JUL 9 0242 - good on peaks w/ classical
music. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
774 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, JUN 28 0402 - // 621 w/ SS news & a
telephone interview; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] + JUN 29 0059 - SS male/
female duet in a C&W style; slightly over Egypt. WABC splash was held
off by a tight cardioid phase-null; CFDR-780 slop was the main QRM
problem here. [Connelly*P-MA] + JUL 10 0151 - // 684 w/ woman in SS,
then big-band jazz followed by "Torna a Sorrento" operatic vocal;
very strong peaks, ripply fades, some CFDR slop. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
819 EGYPT, Batra, JUN 29 0120 - man in AA briefly over Morocco &
Spain. Tough WNYC slop held off by careful phasing. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
819 MOROCCO, Rabat, JUN 28 0220 - AA teletalk // 207; slightly
over Spain/Egypt/others. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
819 SPAIN, EI, San Sebastian, JUN 28 0220 - talk by man in SS
popped up quickly before fading under Morocco. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
836 AZORES, RDP, Pico da Barossa, JUN 28 0358 - // 693 w/ plaintive
PP folk male vocal; good. [Connelly*H-MA] + JUN 29 0121 - cheery PP
male vocal somewhat in the style of Maurice Chevalier's FF songs;
excellent signal. [Connelly*P-MA] + JUL 7 0324 - rock music; fair
over 837 het. + JUL 10 0154 - dance-rock; good, killing 837.
[Connelly*H-MA]
~~
837 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, COPE synchros, JUN 28 0217 - SS
panel discussion; very good, better than Azores-836 at the time.
+ JUL 6 0023 - monotone-delivery SS talk by man, over unID station
& Azores-836 het. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
846 ITALY, Rome, JUN 28 0216 - classical music; strong, noticeably
better than it had been about 20 minutes earlier. + JUN 28 0257 -
loud w/ female operatic vocal. + JUL 10 0155 - classical music
hitting a good S9+5 dB peak. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
855 SPAIN, RNE1, Murcia et al., JUN 28 0216 - // 684 w/ mellow
acoustic guitar & SS vocal; good. [Connelly*H-MA] + JUN 29 0053 -
excellent w/ SS cocktail-lounge style vocal & guitar. [Connelly*P-MA]
+ JUL 10 0156 - // 585, 684 et al. w/ operatic-style SS male vocal;
good to excellent. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
864 EGYPT, Santah, JUN 29 0150-0152 - usual Koranic male vocal.
Initially this was mixed w/ several others including something that
had wild Afro/Berber/AA screaming & stick-banging stuff (Morocco ?).
Then the Egyptian came up to a very strong level, blasting in well
over the rest of the pack. [Connelly*P-MA] + JUL 10 0157 - male AA
Koranic a capella vocal; very good at S9+10 on the Mediterranean
(east) sloper. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
873 SPAIN, SER R. Zaragoza, Zaragoza, JUN 28 0214 - // 1044 w/ SER
SS newstalk; fair through WLAM-870 slop. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
882 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC Wales, Washford, JUN 25 0116 - man in
EE; poor to fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
~~
882 UNITED KINGDOM / CANARY ISLANDS, JUN 28 0217 - EE talk and
SS talk exactly equal in strength. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
891 ALGERIA, Algiers, JUN 25 0113 - AA talk by man; good.
[Connelly*R-MA] + JUN 28 0212 - usual monster signal w/ AA violins
& vocal. + JUL 6 0005 - flutes, then AA talk by woman; good.
+ JUL 10 0159 - massive S9+25 signal, but audio not as clear
as on // 549. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
909 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC R.5 synchros, JUN 28 0211 - EE talk; over a
mix of others. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
918 SPAIN, R. Intercontinental, Madrid, JUN 28 0210 - man in SS;
fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
936 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, JUN 28 0208 - // 684 w/ romantic SS vocal;
good, over others. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
954 SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid, JUN 28 0207 - SS teletalk w/ man &
woman; excellent. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1026 SPAIN, SER synchros, JUN 28 0204 - SS news // 1044; poor to
fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1035 unID, JUN 28 0154 - unID pop or C&W vocal, not // Italy-846
so possibly England or Scotland instead (or is Portugal active ?).
Jumpy signal: fair peaks but often in the muck. + JUN 28 0340 -
somebody playing a recent re-make version of the 1964 "Shoop Shoop
Song" hit. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1044 SPAIN, SER synchros, JUN 25 0109 - SS news; fair to good.
[Connelly*R-MA] + JUN 28 0150 - SS talk w/ several different people
on the phone (apparently a conference call); good. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ JUN 29 0010 - SS teletalk; fair to good. Something else noted
under: Morocco probably closed before this, so subdominant is unID.
[Connelly*P-MA] + JUL 7 0328 - SS teletalk; good. + JUL 13 0323 -
very good w/ man & woman SS talk // 1575. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1053 UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, Start Point et al.,
JUN 28 0148 - EE teletalk over Spain; poor to fair in WEVD slop.
[Connelly*H-MA] + JUN 29 0127 - // 1089 w/ EE teletalk about cars;
fair to good w/ WEVD phased. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1089 UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, JUN 28 0145 - male talk
show host & a woman on the telephone; to fair peak w/ WBAL phased.
[Connelly*H-MA] + JUN 29 0129 - // 1053 w/ car discussion; to
excellent peak (way over other, SAH evident). [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1098 SLOVAKIA, Nitra, JUN 25 0208 - mellow instrumental; good,
well over Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
~~
1098 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, JUN 28 0142 - // 1107 w/ SS teletalk;
fair, well above presumed Slovakia which had music. + JUL 10 0219 -
fair (over growl) w/ emotional SS male vocal, flamenco guitar,
& piano: was // 1107. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1107 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, JUN 28 0138 - SS teletalk by man & woman;
to good peaks, but jumpy fades. [Connelly*H-MA] + JUN 29 0131 - local-
like w/ SS talk by man. [Connelly*P-MA] + JUL 10 0219 - // 1098 w/
SS male vocal, flamenco guitar, piano; to good peaks, but w/ bouncy
fading pattern. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1116 SPAIN, SER synchros, JUN 29 0132 - excited SS talk; fair to
good. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1134 CROATIA, HR, Zadar, JUN 29 0134 - techno/Eurodisco instrumental
influenced by "La Bamba"; loud, mixed w/ Spain. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1134 SPAIN, COPE synchros, JUN 29 0134 - SS talk by man over/under
Croatia; strong. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1179 SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS, SER synchros, JUN 28 0331 - fast SS
newstalk (w/ synchro echo) in Cuba-1180 slop. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1197 LESOTHO, BBC relay, Lancer's Gap, JUL 15 0050 - man & woman
in EE w/ BBC documentary mentioning Tories and Conservatives; to fair
peaks (over static crashes and co-channel jumble). WKOX-1200 put in
loop/whip cardioid phase null. [Connelly*R-MA]
~~
1215 SPAIN, COPE synchros, JUN 28 0315 - fast SS talk by man;
dominant. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1215 UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin R. synchros, JUN 29 0136 - EE talk
about music and sporting events next week in London; good, over
Spain. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1251 LIBYA, Tripoli, JUN 25 0053 - AA talk by man, then flutes,
AA talk by woman; excellent. [Connelly*R-MA] + JUN 28 0315 - man in
AA initially loud, then faded. [Connelly*H-MA] + JUN 28 2359 - AA
talk by woman already up to powerhouse level prior to local sunset.
[Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1305 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, JUN 28 0314 - // 855 w/ emotional SS
female vocal; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1314 NORWAY, NRK, Kvitsoy, JUL 15 0159-0200 - bouncy C&W style
music, then Norwegian talk by man; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
~~
1349 MAURITANIA, R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, JUN 24 2342 - AA
vocal at low modulation on S8 carrier: sun still shining brightly
at time of reception. [Connelly*R-MA] + JUN 28 2351 - flutes,
screaming-type vocal fading up; het had become audible at least
15 minutes earlier. In late spring and summer, this and 1544 are
often the earliest audible pre-sunset Trans-Atlantics. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1359 SPAIN, Arganda, JUL 10 0229 - SS newstalk; fair.
[Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1395 NETHERLANDS, Lopik, JUL 15 0202 - Dutch teletalk; to fair
peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
~~
1422 GERMANY, Deutschlandradio, Heusweiler, JUL 15 0204 - good
w/ news by man in GG. [Connelly*R-MA]
~~
1485 SPAIN, SER synchros, JUN 28 0309 - man w/ SS talk / teletalk;
fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1530 SAO TOME & PRINCIPE, VOA, Pinheira, JUN 28 0300 - Yankee
Doodle theme / interval signal, then EE VOA news w/ lead item about
accident at the Mir space station; atop WSAI. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1544 ALGERIA - CLANDESTINE, Tindouf, JUN 28 2356 - female, then
male, AA vocals & strings; pushing past WDCD/WMYF/WADK slop during
pre-sunset fade-up. Better than 1349 at the time. [Connelly*P-MA]
+ JUL 5 2334 - emotional a capella female vocal starting to fade in
at this time. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1548 KUWAIT, VOA, Kuwait City, JUL 15 0022 - VOA news commentary
(man in US EE); poor to fair w/ the 1550 blob (CT, others) in an
approximate phase null. [Connelly*R-MA]
~~
1566 SWITZERLAND, R. Eviva, Sarnen, JUN 28 0304 - Alpine folk
instrumental w/ classical influences. Yodelling vocals followed.
To good peaks but w/ jumpy fades typical of high-band high-latitude
stations heard in the summer. This has since left the air and
has thereby improved everyone's chances to hear India, Iran, etc.
[Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1575 SPAIN, SER synchros, JUL 13 0323 - // 1044 w/ man & woman
in SS; poor. High-band DX not impressive lately. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1608 GERMANY, DHJ59, Wilhelmshaven, JUL 15 0206 - RTTY utility
station; good strength. [Connelly*R-MA]
~~
1619.5 NETHERLANDS, Scheveningen, PCH, JUL 15 0207 - repeated
cycle of "PCH" Morse code ID and 8 data bursts; excellent.
[Connelly*R-MA]
~~
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
~~
526 BAHAMAS, ZLS, Stella Maris, JUL 11 0303 - "ZLS" code beacon;
fair w/ some R.V.C.-530 slop. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
530 TURKS & CAICOS, R. Vision Cristiana, JUL 7 1658 - SS religious
talk on daytime groundwave; fair through static crashes. At night
this comes in at local quality. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
535 GRENADA, GBC, St. George's, JUN 28 0400 - Carib-EE talk by
man, then religious-sounding music & talk; fair. + JUL 5 2340 -
soca w/ influences from '60s soul hits by Wilson Pickett & Otis
Redding; already good pre-sunset on SE sloper. + JUL 7 0310 -
oldies including "Take It Easy" by the Eagles; fair to good.
+ JUL 11 0356 - "Secret Garden" by Bruce Springsteen; good.
[Connelly*H-MA]
~~
555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ZIZ, Basseterre, JUN 25 0149 - fair w/
calypso / soca vocal. [Connelly*R-MA] + JUN 28 0359 - reggae vocal
w/ strong drum beat backing; good. + JUL 11 0357 - end of a
teletalk show; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
570 CUBA, R. Reloj, JUL 13 0103 - R. Reloj SS news & time show
w/ on-the-minute "RR" code beeps; mixed w/ WMCA and hetted by
Ireland-567. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
600 CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMKV, Urbano Noris, JUL 7 0340 - // 670 w/
ragtime jazz piano; good / dominant. + JUL 9 0518 - over growl;
classical music // 620, 670, 710. + JUL 13 0109 - rambling SS talk
by man & woman extolling the virtues of the Cuban revolution, corny
'50s type reverb was used, then a mellow patriotic folk vocal was
played. Initially huge, then it faded into a jumble w/ likely
Venezuela/Colombia/WICC. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
620 CUBA, R. Rebelde, Colon / Moa, JUL 9 0518 - // 600, 670, 710
w/ classical music; to good peak over WZON/WVMT mix. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
630 PUERTO RICO, WSKN, San Juan, JUL 13 0318 - "Super Cadena"
jingle, then Puerto Rican news in SS; in mix w/ CFCY/CHLT/WPRO.
[Connelly*H-MA]
~~
640 CUBA, R. Progreso, Guanabacoa / Las Tunas, JUL 13 0432 -
to good peak w/ SS news about Cuba, // 660. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
640 GUADELOUPE, RFO, Pointe-a-Pitre, JUL 7 0515 - man & woman in
FF; atop jumble of Cuba/WNNZ/others. + JUL 13 0434 - man in FF
talking about military and business issues. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
650 COLOMBIA, RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, JUL 5 0132 - good /
dominant w/ SS news mentioning trade partnerships between Colombia
and European nations such as France. + JUL 6 0204 - national sporting
event coverage // HJAJ-760 at the time; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
660 CUBA, R. Progreso, CMHG, Santa Clara, JUL 13 0435 - // 640 w/
bits of music; poor, way under WFAN. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
670 CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMQ, Arroyo Arenas, JUL 7 0340 - // 600 w/
ragtime jazz piano; under others. + JUL 9 0518 - over others w/
classical music // 600, 620, 710. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
670 SURINAME, RADIKA, Paramaribo, JUL 7 0019 - dominant w/ Hindi
(or similar language) dramatic presentation or political harangue.
Radio Rumbos was audible slightly behind. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
670 VENEZUELA, R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, JUN 25 0035 - SS baseball
game coverage w/ crowd noise. [Connelly*R-MA] + JUL 12 0218 -
Venezuelan league baseball; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
673.4 CANADA, CKXB, Musgravetown (NF), JUN 28 0243 - noted in
passing on this freq. Is this heard in Europe ? [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
690 COLOMBIA, HJCZ, Bogota, JUL 7 0318 - SS talk w/ several Bogota
mentions; mixed w/ other Latin American, both stations were under
CBF. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
710 CUBA, R. Rebelde synchros, JUL 9 0518 - // 600, 620, 670
w/ classical music; under WOR. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
720 VENEZUELA, YVQE, Porlamar, JUN 25 0155 - old-fashioned SS group
folk vocal, ID "R. Oriente, la senal de Venezuela"; good w/ CHTN
looped. [Connelly*R-MA] + JUL 12 0021 - Oriente mention and SS talk
by two men; over CHTN and second SS station. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
750 VENEZUELA, YVKS, Caracas, JUN 25 0033 - SS talk about Venezuelan
baseball; loud. [Connelly*R-MA] + JUL 5 0140 - SS discussion about
social-service agencies in Venezuela and cooperation with similar
organizations in the USA; very good, over others. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
760 COLOMBIA, RCN, HJAJ, Barranquilla, JUL 6 0204 - national sporting
event coverage in SS // HJKH-650 at the time; good. + JUL 7 0100 -
SS political talk, RCN & R. Suceso ID's; huge. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
770 COLOMBIA, RCN, HJJX, Bogota, JUL 7 0100 - // HJAJ-760 w/ bits
of SS talk; under WABC. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
780 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, ZBVI, Roadtown, Tortola, JUL 12 0010 -
man in Carib-EE mixed w/ two SS LA's on the southeast sloper that
side-nulled CFDR. On other antennas, CFDR dominated. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
810 COLOMBIA, CARACOL, HJCY, Bogota, JUL 6 0207 - Colombian sports
coverage in SS; sometimes over CJVA/WGY. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
830 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, TBN, Basseterre, JUN 25 0127 - // 7510 w/
EE talk by John Haigey (?) about prophecies and a Bible study guide;
mixed w/ WCRN, CFJR. [Connelly*R-MA] + JUL 9 0150 - // 7510 w/ preaching,
hymn; huge, killing WCRN. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
840 CUBA, CMHW, Santa Clara, JUL 13 0211 - Cuban folk music; huge /
dominant. Next to no sign of WHAS. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
840 ST. LUCIA, R. Caribbean International, Castries, JUL 5 2350 -
soca music then Carib-EE announcer; poor in jumble. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
840 unID, JUL 15 0102 - someone w/ a "R. Noticias" ID or slogan
briefly popped out of the stew. [Connelly*R-MA]
~~
840 VENEZUELA (t), probably YVMY, JUL 5 0144 - SS advert in jumble
seemed to be for the "primer banco venezolano". [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
860 BRAZIL, ZYJ459, Rio de Janeiro, JUN 25 0130 - PP talk by man
briefly over SS stations w/ CJBC looped. [Connelly*R-MA]
~~
860 unID, JUL 5 2359 - merengue / salsa music, ID or slogan
"Tropical Ocho Sesenta" somewhat over mess, not sure if real DX or
an ethnic domestic such as WTEL-PA. Use of callsign at top of hour
not noted, but possibly lost to QRM. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
895 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, VON, Bath Village, JUN 25 0040 - Caribbean
soca music w/ definite African highlife influences; excellent.
[Connelly*R-MA] + JUL 8 0015 - fair w/ news & sports report by
Carib-EE man. + JUL 12 0007 - soca song w/ refrain "If You Want
It"; excellent. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1000 COLOMBIA, RCN, HJAQ, Cartagena, JUL 13 0250 - // 760 w/ SS
news; poor, under CKBW/WMVP. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1020 TURKS & CAICOS, Caribbean Christian Radio, JUL 5 0153 - preacher
in EE on the subject of the importance of the message of the Cross.
Strong dominant signal, well over KDKA / Latin Americans. + JUL 7 0020 -
"Superpower 1020" ID and words "from Grand Turk Island in the British
West Indies"; huge, atop YVRS. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1039.61 COLOMBIA (t), JUN 28 0200 - at this time mostly just het w/
audio fragments. + JUL 11 0124 - SS talk, horserace trumpet fanfare,
possible Barranquilla mention; occasionally splittable from HION/
YVLB/WZNA mess on 1040. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1040 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HION, Santo Domingo, JUL 7 0046 - fast SS
Dominican Republic newstalk, slogan "Noticias de Santo Domingo",
frequent timechecks; briefly over Venezuela / others. + JUL 11 0126 -
SS newstalk, "Cadena de Noticias" ID, Santo Domingo mentions; mixed
w/ other SS Latin Americans. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1100 BRAZIL, ZYK694, Sao Paulo, JUL 12 2358 - PP football (soccer)
w/ excited announcer and crowd; this topped the channel briefly (over
a growl & something in SS) during a lucky fade of generally-dominant
WHLI-NY. Reception was just before local sunset from a south-facing
beach near the Harwich / Chatham town line. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1110 VENEZUELA, YVQT, Carupano, JUN 25 0043 - SS talk w/ Porlamar &
Margarita mentions, R. Carupano ID; loud / dominant. [Connelly*R-MA]
~~
1140 VENEZUELA, R. Margaritena, Porlamar, JUL 15 0055 - salsa song
w/ "bailando" refrain, then SS talk w/ timecheck ".. minutos hora
margarita"; peaking over CBI/WRVA. [Connelly*R-MA]
~~
1140.5 unID, JUL 15 0056 - very weak het against Venezuela /
domestics on 1140. Is this Cuba's anti-WQBA thing ? [Connelly*R-MA]
~~
1170 COLOMBIA, CARACOL, HJNW, Cartagena, JUN 25 0100 - Colombian
news in SS; dominant. [Connelly*R-MA]
~~
1170 unID (maybe Venezuela ?), JUN 25 0058 - classical music
initially good, then it faded under Colombia by 0100; WWVA a poor
third. [Connelly*R-MA]
~~
1205 CAYMAN ISLANDS, R. Cayman, George Town, JUN 28 0322 - bits of
female pop vocal followed by man in EE; poor. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1680 unID, JUL 12 0451 - bits of Latin American music, then SS
talk by man; poor. Probably a harmonic of a 560 kHz or 840 kHz
South American. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
*** UTILITY "OTHERNESS" - FISHING BEACONS ? ***
(DX column editors may include or delete this section as they see fit)
I'm not sure where all these "birds" are coming from, but many
exhibited signal variations consistent with skip rather than
groundwave. Some of the same ones could be heard from several
Massachusetts locations. Here's a list taken from Harwich between
0420 and 0450 UTC on JUL 12 (order is chronological): A363-1633,
NA97-1631, 9?258-1717, B524-1723, B537-1736, 9WT174-1773, 94W371-1785,
95W152-1797, 94S109-1793, 93W172-1781, SS45-1781, 94W407-1757,
2DKL-1758, BX42-1691, VH09-1689, 9W134-1684, and BH79-1674. Usually
you get about 4 or 5 CW ID's followed by what seems like a lengthy
silent period before the ID cycle occurs again. Some of the beacons
sharing the same frequency seem to have their operating and silent
times coordinated so as not to "step on" each other, but that's not
always the case. I think I've just scratched the surface on possible
loggings. It would be nice to know the exact geographical locations.
Any help will be appreciated.