[HCDX]: LOGS: MW: 28 SEP - 11 OCT '97
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[HCDX]: LOGS: MW: 28 SEP - 11 OCT '97



(logs 28 SEP - 11 OCT 1997: file=DX971011.LOG) 
 
Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 1997

e-mail = WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Connelly*C-MA] = Chatham, Cape Cod, MA (GC= 69.949 W / 41.672 N)
(Chatham Lighthouse: Main St. between Water St. & Bearses' Lane)

[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*rw-MA]= Rowley, MA (GC= 70.825 W / 42.75 N) 
(end of Stackyard Road at Parker River Nat. Wildlife R.: salt-marsh)

Receiver: Drake R8A

Antenna system - Chatham: MFJ-1024 whip, MWT-3 regenerative tuner;
Rowley & Harwich: two MFJ-1024 active whips (one 40 m east of the 
other); antennas were phased with modified MFJ-1026.

  ======================================================

  *** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***
~~
531   ALGERIA, Ain-El-Beida, OCT 8 0055 - // 549 w/ bits of AA
music; mixed w/ Spain & slopped by R.V.C.-530. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
549   ALGERIA, Les Trembles, SEP 28 2232 - fast modern AA music
w/ vocal, guitar, violins, & flutes; big S9+30 signal, totally
demolishing 550. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 8 0053 - Oud music, flutes,
AA male vocal; very good. [Connelly*rw-MA] 
~~
567   IRELAND, RTE R.1, Tullamore, SEP 28 2239 - fair w/ nostalgic
standards including Perry Como's version of "Volare". [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
567   SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, OCT 8 0059 - // 585 w/ woman in SS; poor,
slightly under Ireland. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
576   SPAIN, RNE5, Barcelona, OCT 8 0105 - // 657 w/ man & woman in
SS; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
585   SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid, SEP 28 2205 - man in SS; excellent
w/ WEZE-590 phased. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 8 0059 - woman in SS,
then man on the phone; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
594   MOROCCO, Oujda, SEP 28 2207 - // 207 w/ AA vocal & violins;
good. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
603   SPAIN, RNE5, Sevilla / Palencia, SEP 28 2223 - rap / dance-
mix version of Limahl's "Never Ending Story", then man in SS;
loud & dominant.  Not // 684 or other RNE1's at the time. 
[Connelly*H-MA]
~~
612   MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, OCT 11 2230 - LOUD w/ AA male vocal, 
drums, & violins. [Connelly*C-MA] 
~~
621   CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, RNE1, SEP 28 2327 - man in SS;
way over other. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
639   SPAIN, RNE1, La Coruna et al., SEP 28 2242 - SS teletalk;
good. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 8 0103 - SS teletalk; fair to good.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
657   SPAIN, RNE5, Madrid, OCT 8 0105 - // 576 w/ man & woman in
SS; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
666   PORTUGAL, RDP, Lisboa, OCT 8 0105 - man in PP; poor to fair.
Slop was mostly from YVLL-Caracas on 670. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
675   NETHERLANDS, R. Ten Gold, Lopik, OCT 8 0110 - man in Dutch,
then "Reach Out, I'll Be There" by the Four Tops; fair, over het
from Libya-674. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
684   SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, SEP 28 2211 - fast SS talk; excellent at 
S9+20.  Bits of probable Serbia under. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 8 0107 - 
SS talk & laughing by woman; excellent. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
693   AZORES, RDP, Santa Barbara, SEP 28 2328 - PP talk; atop
BBC-UK. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 8 0045 - // 836 w/ folk instrumental 
in a somewhat symphonic style; slightly over UK. [Connelly*rw-MA]
+ OCT 11 2223 - // 836 w/ '60s & '70s oldies including "Behind 
Blue Eyes" by the Who; excellent and alone on channel, one of the 
loudest TA's during slightly auroral conditions this early evening. 
[Connelly*C-MA]
~~
693   UNITED KINGDOM, BBC, Droitwich et al., SEP 28 2328 - pop
music; under Azores. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
711   WESTERN SAHARA, Laayoune, SEP 28 2213 - AA talk by man; good
over rumble.  WOR was easily nulled w/ the phased vertical array. 
[Connelly*H-MA]
~~
729   SPAIN, RNE1, Oviedo et al., OCT 8 0112 - // 738 w/ woman in
SS; poor / slopped. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
738   SPAIN, RNE1, Barcelona, SEP 28 2213 - SS newstalk by man; 
good. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 8 0112 - SS // 585 & others; excellent.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
747   NETHERLANDS, Flevoland, SEP 28 2214 - Dutch talk by man
mentioned Marv Albert. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 8 0113 - woman in
Dutch, then Broadway show tune. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
756   GERMANY, Deutschlandradio, Braunschweig/Ravensburg,
SEP 28 2353 - classical music, starting to overtake Spain's SS
talk. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
756   SPAIN, R. Euskadi, Bilbao, SEP 28 2330 - man in SS, then
old-time blues music; good / dominant.  Germany audible under.
[Connelly*H-MA]
~~
765   SWITZERLAND, RSR, Sottens, SEP 28 2215 - classical violin
music; local-like, slopping WABC heavily. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ OCT 7 2259 - strong classical music w/ just hints of other
signals lurking under. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
774   SPAIN / EGYPT, SEP 28 2216 - SS talk & AA talk battling it
out at even strength; both loud, well over S9. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ OCT 7 2258 - even SS / AA mix. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
783   SPAIN, COPE, Barcelona, SEP 28 2354 - // 837 w/ SS teletalk;
slightly over apparent Syrian. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 7 2256 - // 837
w/ man & woman in SS; over Syria & others. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
792   SPAIN, SER, Sevilla, SEP 28 2218 - SS talk including sports
report (game excerpt) and a telephone interview; excellent,
blasting in at S9+25, better than adjacent domestics on 790.
[Connelly*H-MA]
~~
801   SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, SEP 28 2355 - SS talk by man, then 
instrumental music; fair, mixed w/ several others. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
810   SPAIN, SER R. Madrid, Madrid, SEP 28 2219 - clearly // 792 
w/ SS talk & teletalk getting right through CJVA and nulled WGY.
Europeans heard on US channels are always welcome. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
819   EGYPT, Batra, SEP 28 2226 - Koranic vocal; over Morocco
and others. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
819   MOROCCO, Rabat, SEP 28 2235 - // 207 & 594 w/ male AA vocal
and violins; now atop Egypt / others. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
827   SYRIA, Deir el Zawr, SEP 28 2356 - strings, then AA talk by 
woman; poor w/ het from jumble on 828. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
828   SPAIN, Onda Cero, Barcelona, SEP 28 2333 - bits / pieces of
SS vocal in severe jumble; hetted by Syria-827. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
836   AZORES, RDP, Pico da Barossa, SEP 28 2348 - // 693 w/
"Candle in the Wind" (Diana version) by Elton John; good.
[Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 8 0045 - // 693 w/ classically-influenced
Portuguese folk instrumental; good to excellent, killing 837
at the time. [Connelly*rw-MA] + OCT 11 2223 - // 693 w/ "Behind
Blue Eyes" by the Who; excellent. [Connelly*C-MA]
~~
837   CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, COPE synchros, SEP 28 2227 - loud 
w/ fast SS talk by man & woman; choppy SAH, also 1 kHz het from 
Azores-836. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
846   ITALY, Rome, SEP 28 2245 - operatic-style male pop vocal; 
loud. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 8 0035 - // 900 w/ a syrupy schmaltzy
female vocal that sounded like something from 1920. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
855   SPAIN, RNE1, Murcia et al., SEP 28 2225 - local-like w/ man 
in SS mentioning banks. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 8 0121 - // 936 w/
SS; loud. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
864   EGYPT, Santah, SEP 28 2357 - slightly-reverberated male
Koranic vocal; huge signal w/ fragments of Spain & others way
under. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
873   SPAIN, SER R. Zaragoza, Zaragoza, SEP 28 2246 - SS news /
teletalk; good. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 8 0043 - good w/ SS 
teletalk that was // to local-like 1044. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
882   CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, SEP 28 2248 - SS teletalk; mixed
w/ UK. [Connelly*H-MA] 
~~
882   UNITED KINGDOM, BBC Wales, Washford, SEP 28 2248 - light
pop and country vocals; mixed w/ Canaries-Spain. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ OCT 8 0042 - gardening interview w/ British EE female reporter
and a US EE male horticultural expert; blasting in over 
Spain/Canaries and sometimes at equal strength to WCBS-880. 
[Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
891   ALGERIA, Algiers, SEP 28 2224 - AA telephone interview;
huge at S9+40 (like a Boston or NYC domestic). [Connelly*H-MA]
+ OCT 8 0037 - AA man fast-talking over weird electronic music & 
drums; super signal, almost pinning the S-meter. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
900   ITALY, RAI Radiouno, Milan, SEP 28 2251 - clearly // 846 w/
operatic male vocal; charging atop a CJBR/CKDH mix w/ very little
other domestic interference noted.  I haven't heard this for
several years here in the USA. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 8 0035 -
old-fashioned maudlin / sentimental female vocal w/ strings;
easily paralleled w/ 846.  All the co-channel Canadians had
talk, so the music really stood out. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
909   UNITED KINGDOM, BBC, Moorside Edge et al., SEP 28 2253 - EE
sports commentary; fair in slop. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 8 0032 -
EE news mentioned Albania; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
918   SPAIN, R. Intercontinental, Madrid, SEP 28 2252 - compressed-
audio SS teletalk; good. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 8 0040 - SS talk
w/ interspersed music fragments; slightly over a "stew" of others
(including bits of AA music believed to be Syria). [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
936   SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, SEP 28 2254 - // 603 and other RNE5's
(but not to RNE1's at the time): SS talk w/ intervals of music. 
[Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 8 0121 - // 855 w/ man in SS; good. 
[Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
954   SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid, SEP 28 2255 - SS talk; fair 
through slop from WROL still on day power; much better at 2335 
(after WROL power cut). [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 8 0028 - SS
teletalk; excellent / local-like. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
963   PORTUGAL, R. Renascenca, Seixal, SEP 28 2258 - religious
vocal, apparently in PP; poor, mixed w/ others; slopped by CHNS. 
[Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 8 0030 - bits of PP-sounding talk / teletalk;
mixed w/ others. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
972   SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, OCT 8 0123 - bits of talk seemed // 855.
Tough WZAN slop. [Connelly*rw-MA] 
~~
981   ALGERIA, Algiers, SEP 28 2257 - AA vocal; fair. 
[Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 7 2215 - AA talk w/ interspersed music;
excellent w/ WCAP phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
981   GREECE, Elleniki Radiophonia, Megara, OCT 8 0024 - program 
was // 1386: techno-Eurodisco type synthesized dance instrumental 
music followed by a traditional Greek dance song w/ male vocal.  
This had a fair signal (Algeria had signed off).  A good cardioid
phase-null of WCAP also took out most of WTRY and probably some 
of CBV.  Two Greek stations heard in one night out at the 
salt-marsh - it looks like the DX season is well under way. 
[Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
999   SPAIN, COPE, Madrid, SEP 28 2259 - SS teletalk; briefly
good over CKBW slop and over a co-channel growl from a second 
station that might have been Morocco. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ OCT 8 0124 - SS teletalk w/ man & woman; almost equal to
adjacent CKBW - 1000. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1008   CANARY ISLANDS, Las Palmas, R. Las Palmas / RadioVoz, 
SEP 28 2336 - man in SS, musical interlude, then woman in SS.
Not SER Spain as not // 1026 & 1044.  Fair w/ WINS phased.
[Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1017   GERMANY, Rheinsender, SEP 28 2300 - instrumental sounded
like Arthur Lyman's "Yellow Bird", GG talk by woman followed;
fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1017   SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, OCT 8 0126 - SS talk mixed w/ light 
music (Germany ?) and another (Turkey ?). [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1026   SPAIN, SER synchros, SEP 28 2301 - SS news; good to
excellent. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1044   SPAIN, SER synchros, SEP 28 2303 - good & dominant w/
fast SS news. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 8 0012 - huge w/ SS teletalk
show w/ woman moderator; unID other station under. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1044   unID, OCT 8 0012 - operatic male vocal way under Spain:
Morocco was off at the time.  Germany, Greece, and Georgia are all
theoretically possible, maybe others as well. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1053   MOROCCO, Tanger, SEP 28 2342 - // 207 w/ female AA vocal &
strings; way over Spain / UK. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1053   UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, Start Point et al.,
OCT 8 0011 - EE teletalk; slightly above the Morocco/Spain jumble.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1071   SPAIN, EI, Bilbao, OCT 8 0009 - // 1197 w/ folk-rock 
SS vocal, then woman in SS; good. + OCT 8 0127 - // 1197 w/ 
Proclaimers "500 Miles" hit; loud ! [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1089   UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, OCT 7 2357 - talk:
"Brian in Liverpool, welcome to Talk Radio !"; very good. 
[Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1098   SLOVAKIA, Nitra, OCT 7 2356 - Slavic rap (!) vocal; mixed
w/ Spain. + OCT 8 0006 - bland James Last type orchestral music,
then Slavic talk by woman; big signal, dominant.  WTAM-1100 was
just a background het. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1098   SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, SEP 28 2340 - // 1107 w/ SS talk, 
seemingly an excerpt from a dramatic presentation; in growl.
[Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 7 2356 - SS talk mixed w/ Slovakia.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1107   SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, SEP 28 2340 - // 1098 w/ dramatic
SS talk by man; loud, way over others. [Connelly*H-MA] 
+ OCT 7 2356 - SS talk; good, well over others. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1116   SPAIN, SER synchros, SEP 28 2341 - // 1044 w/ SS talk by
several announcers; fair to good. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 7 2354 -
SS telephone news interview; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1125   CROATIA, HR, Deanovec, OCT 8 0005 - with Zadar-1134 coming
in at local-like strength, I checked for this and sure enough it
was dominating with a folk vocal // 1134, slightly above Spain.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1125   SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, SEP 28 2311 - SS teletalk. 
[Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 7 2353 - // 1152 w/ man in SS; fair
to good, and well over Deanovec, Croatia. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1134   CROATIA, HR, Zadar, SEP 28 2312 - Slavic talk; evenly
mixed w/ Spain. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 8 0004 - music-box / 
circus / carnival type music w/ a folk-style vocal; huge,
way over Spain and about equal in strength to WBBR-1130.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1134   SPAIN, COPE synchros, SEP 28 2312 - SS talk; over /
under Croatia. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 7 2351 - // 1143 w/ SS talk & 
teletalk; good, dominant over Croatia for awhile. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1143   SPAIN, COPE synchros, SEP 28 2313 - fast talk by man in 
SS; over growl. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 7 2351 - // 1134 w/ woman 
in SS; poor to fair in growl. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1152   SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, OCT 7 2350 - a bit of a reggae
instrumental, then fast SS talk by man; loud, better than the
jumble of CKOC/WNFT/others on 1150. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1179   SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS, SER synchros, OCT 11 2220 -
SS news / interview // 1044; good, over unID station that
had Mid-East sounding music. [Connelly*C-MA]
~~
1197   SPAIN, EI, Vitoria, OCT 7 2347 - uptempo SS folk vocal
w/ Mexican or Colombian style accordions. + OCT 8 0009 - // 1071
w/ SS rock music, SS talk by woman; loud. + OCT 8 0127 - // 1071
w/ "500 Miles" by the Proclaimers; excellent. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1215   SPAIN, COPE synchros, SEP 28 2346 - SS talk by 2 to 3
announcers; dominant. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1215   UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin R. synchros, OCT 7 2335 - "Riders
on the Storm" by the Doors; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1224   SPAIN, COPE synchros, SEP 28 2347 - // 837 w/ fast SS talk
by man; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 7 2256 - // 837 w/ man & woman
in SS; barely over the co-channel jumble. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1242   FRANCE, R. Bleue, Marseille, OCT 7 2253 - FF-sounding female
vocal presumed this.  This was fair on peaks, but heavily slopped.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1251   LIBYA, Tripoli, OCT 7 2249 - woman in AA; loud.  This was
potent all evening, often demolishing the 1250 domestics on the
car radio. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1286   CAMEROON, Yaounde, OCT 11 2214 - bits of male vocal, 
African drumming; poor.  Regeneration was needed to untangle 
this from Spain-1287. [Connelly*C-MA]
~~
1287   SPAIN, SER synchros, OCT 11 2215 - SER SS newstalk by
man; narrowly over a jumble, low growl, and a 1 kHz het from
Cameroon on 1286. [Connelly*C-MA]
~~
1296   SPAIN, COPE, Valencia, OCT 7 2246 - SS talk & teletalk; to
good peak. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1305   SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, OCT 7 2244 - SS teletalk // 1314;
good, over growl. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1314   SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, OCT 7 2244 - // 1305 w/ SS teletalk;
poor, over others. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1349   MAURITANIA, R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, OCT 11 2052 - 
early fade-up: 1 hour and 15 minutes pre-sunset.  Noted through
slop at 2140 UTC with kalimba music and vocal. [Connelly*C-MA]
~~
1386   GREECE, Elleniki Radiophonia, Athens, OCT 7 2327 - Greek
vocal & bouzouki music, then talk; briefly fair/good before taking
a fade into the slop.  Something mixing at times sounded like 
Islamic music (Iran ?) + OCT 8 0024 - clearly // 981 w/ techno-
disco instrumental followed by a Greek male folk-dance vocal;
fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1395   NETHERLANDS, Lopik, OCT 7 2240 - Dutch teletalk by man & 
woman mentioned Baden-Baden (Germany).  Excellent signal w/ just 
a weak het from Togo-1394. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1413   SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, OCT 8 0138 - SS talk // 738; fair
over other (unID) that had music. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1422   GERMANY, Deutschlandradio, Heusweiler, OCT 7 2235 - good 
w/ clanky "Roaring '20s" style bar-room piano, then man in GG. 
+ OCT 7 2320 - old-time US C&W vocal (maybe Hank Williams Senior); 
excellent. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1467   FRANCE, TWR, Roumoules, OCT 11 2210 - EE preaching, hymn;
good. [Connelly*C-MA]
~~
1485   SPAIN, SER synchros, OCT 8 0052 - // 1044 w/ SS female 
teletalk, piano interludes between conversations; poor to fair,
taking slop from 1490 semi-locals WPOR and WHAV. [Connelly*rw-MA] 
~~
1512   SAUDI ARABIA, BSKSA, Jeddah, OCT 7 2226 - man in AA; over
presumed Belgium, noted during pauses in WNRB slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1521   SAUDI ARABIA, BSKSA, Duba, SEP 28 2209 - AA flutes, vocal,
& drums; good. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 7 2225 - AA vocal w/ full
orchestra, then man in AA mentioned Saudi Arabia; huge, S9+30,
annihilating 1520. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1521   SPAIN, SER, Castellon, OCT 8 0135 - // 1044 w/ SER SS 
talk; fair.  UnID w/ bits of C&W type music (UK ?) way under. 
[Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1530   VATICAN, R. Vaticana, SEP 28 2320 - light violin music;
very good w/ the cardioid phased array null pointed west to 
eliminate WSAI and WDJZ. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 7 2307 - classical
music at monster level w/ little opposition from domestics.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1544   ALGERIA - CLANDESTINE, Tindouf, SEP 28 2321 - flute music,
talk; slopped by WDCD. [Connelly*H-MA] + OCT 7 2314 - emotional
AA/African group female vocal; fair to good. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1548   KUWAIT, VOA, Kuwait City, SEP 28 2223 - VOA EE program
mentioning technologies of the future; slightly over a British
teletalker. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1566   IRAN (t), IRIB, Bandar Abbas, OCT 8 0137 - man reading
short equal-length sentences, typical of spoken Koran verses;
poor. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1584   CEUTA, RadiOle, OCT 11 2206 - male SS vocal not // to 
the SER outlets.  Poor to fair w/ bits of the SER Spain synchros 
audible well under. [Connelly*C-MA]
~~

   *** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
~~
535   GRENADA, GBC, St. George's, OCT 8 0054 - fast-paced '50s-
type jazz, possibly Dave Brubeck; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
555   ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ZIZ, Basseterre, OCT 8 0056 - soul /
Caribbean vocal; fair through WGAN slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
570   CUBA, R. Reloj, OCT 11 2321 - Reloj SS news & on-the-
minute time show started to clobber WMCA.  Over the next hour,
Cubans popped up on many other channels during a "pipeline-like"
opening. [Connelly*C-MA]
~~
595   DOMINICA, DBS, Hillsborough, OCT 8 0100 - reverberated
Carib-EE political speech; good, over 594 TA het. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
610   COLOMBIA, HJKL, Bogota, OCT 11 2325 - SS talk about Colombian
events & people, a business in Monteria, etc.  This was followed
by the Latin American equivalent of 1940's big-band jazz.  Good 
signal, totally dominant during short-lived run of auroral band 
conditions.  Bits of EE noted later weren't WIP or WGIR, but most 
likely just WIOD-FL rather than Trinidad. [Connelly*C-MA] 
~~
630   PUERTO RICO, WSKN, San Juan, OCT 11 2329 - SS news 
about public events and charitable organizations in Puerto 
Rico; good, totally overriding WPRO/CFCY groundwaves during 
aurora. [Connelly*C-MA] 
~~
640   CUBA, R. Progreso, Guanabacoa / Las Tunas, OCT 11 2333 -
folk music, then a woman in SS talked about Cuba's history;
dominant over others and Spain-639 het.  Parallel on 660 also
noted. [Connelly*C-MA]
~~
670   VENEZUELA, R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, OCT 11 2335 - SS
talk w/ several Caracas mentions; mixed w/ Cuba and (apparent)
Surinam. [Connelly*C-MA]  
~~
680   PUERTO RICO, WAPA, San Juan, OCT 8 0107 - SS talk / Puerto
Rico news good in an even mix w/ CKXG-NF (C&W); WRKO nulled way down 
with the phased vertical array. [Connelly*rw-MA] 
~~
690   CUBA, R. Progreso, Jovellanos, OCT 11 2349 - R. Progreso
ID popped out of the stew.  A domestic with Limbaugh (presumably
FL) was bombing in about a half hour earlier: CBF was aurora'ed
out until after 0100 UTC when "normal" conditions returned. 
[Connelly*C-MA]
~~
700   VENEZUELA, R. Sur, YVPQ, Puerto Ordaz, OCT 11 2318 - festive
music, R. Sur ID; dominant over a jumble of others during a brief 
early-evening "mini auroral outburst". [Connelly*C-MA]
~~
720   VENEZUELA, YVQE, Porlamar, OCT 11 2331 - R. Oriente ID,
old-fashioned SS music; atop CHTN and low growl. [Connelly*C-MA]
~~
750   VENEZUELA, YVKS, Caracas, OCT 8 0114 - SS Venezuelan news;
huge, well over runner-up CBGY-NF. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
760   GUYANA, R. Roraima, 8RG, Georgetown, OCT 11 2336 - Afro-
Caribbean-accented EE talk seemed to be about local politics;
slightly over YVQQ/HJAJ mix. [Connelly*C-MA]
~~
770   COLOMBIA, RCN, HJJX, Bogota, OCT 11 2338 - man & woman in
SS; slightly behind WABC. [Connelly*C-MA]
~~
780   BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, ZBVI, Roadtown, Tortola, 
OCT 11 2258 - clear ZBVI ID, Carib-EE talk; very good, well
over 2 SS South Americans & CFDR. [Connelly*C-MA]
~~
810   BAHAMAS, ZNS3, Freeport, OCT 11 2343 - most likely 
this w/ "Bad Boys" (rap version), then a Black DJ mentioned 
"that's for our listeners in McLean's Town".  Mentioned FM.
Briefly atop Colombia, WGY, others. [Connelly*C-MA]
~~
810   COLOMBIA, CARACOL, HJCY, Bogota, OCT 11 2340 - SS talk
mentioning Bogota, Colombia, and the "Esta es su casa" show.
Over ZNS3 / WGY. [Connelly*C-MA]
~~
830   ST. KITTS & NEVIS, TBN, Basseterre, OCT 8 0118 - // 7510 
w/ US EE preacher mentioning Lazarus; loud / totally dominant, 
something in SS (YVLT ?) way under. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
840   HAITI, R. 4VEH, 4VEF, Cap-Haitien, OCT 11 2346 - Creole FF
preaching; over WHAS, SS LA's, & probable St. Lucia. [Connelly*C-MA]
~~
895   ST. KITTS & NEVIS, VON, Bath Village, OCT 8 0039 - good
w/ EE talk about local politics. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1020   VENEZUELA, Mundial Margarita, YVRS, La Asuncion, OCT 8 0124 -
R. Margarita ID, SS talk; over/under CCR-Turks & Caicos; no sign of
KDKA. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1080   VENEZUELA, R. Barcelona, YVQJ, Barcelona, OCT 7 2359 -
old-fashioned SS vocal, then R. Barcelona ID; good, over SER
Spain w/ WTIC deeply phase-nulled. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
1160   BERMUDA, VSB3, Hamilton, OCT 7 2330 - BBC // 5975 w/ a
discussion of reggae music and religion; good, well over the
WSKW/WOBM/WVNJ jumble. [Connelly*rw-MA]
~~
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