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[HCDX]: recent logs
(logs 23 NOV 1997: file=DX971201.LOG)
Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 1997
e-mail = WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[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= 70.672 W / 41.967 N)
(Nelson Street Beach & Recreational Area)
Receiver: Drake R8A
Antenna system - 30 m east wire and RL-1 remotely-tuned loop;
phased with DCP-2 controller / phaser.
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*** COMMENTS ***
These logs represent receptions made at the same time the
1997 Newfoundland DXpedition was in progress. Al Merriman,
Bruce Conti, and some others also listened during this week:
they've submitted some interesting loggings. Now we're all
eagerly awaiting the results of Jean's and Neil's excellent
NF DX adventure.
*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***
~~
531 ALGERIA, Ain-El-Beida, NOV 23 2327 - // 549 w/ plucked
strings & AA vocal; mixed w/ Spain & Madeira. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
540 MOROCCO, Sidi Bennour, NOV 23 2331 - bits of female AA
vocal sounded // to powerhouse 612. QRM'ed by CBT and other
domestics. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
549 ALGERIA, Les Trembles, NOV 23 0330 - fast AA talk by man
& woman, several short musical segments; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ NOV 23 2326 - plucked string music; excellent. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
576 PORTUGAL, R. Renascenca, Braga, NOV 23 2324 - likely
this w/ bits of music // 594; mixed w/ Algeria & Spain, poor.
[Connelly*P-MA]
~~
585 SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid, NOV 23 2322 - man & woman in SS; to
fair peak through VOCM/WEZE-590 slop. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
594 PORTUGAL, R. Renascenca, Muge, NOV 23 2320 - // 963 w/
light instrumental music; excellent. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
603 SPAIN, RNE5, Sevilla / Palencia, NOV 23 2317 - man & woman
in SS; good / dominant. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
612 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, NOV 23 0500 - AA talk at low audio
level. [Connelly*H-MA] + NOV 23 2307 - // 819 w/ woman, then
man, reading news in AA; local-like. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, NOV 23 0458 - SS
talk by woman, background of piano jazz; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ NOV 23 2308 - man w/ news in SS; loud. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
639 SPAIN, RNE1, La Coruna et al., NOV 23 0334 - woman in SS;
to fair peak. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
648 SPAIN, RNE1, Badajoz et al., NOV 23 2310 - // 684 w/ SS news;
fair. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
666 PORTUGAL, RDP, Lisboa, NOV 23 2313 - female vocal of
"America the Beautiful"; poor to fair. + NOV 23 2318 - soul /
jazz vocal; good. Not // Azores-693 at the time. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
684 SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, NOV 23 0457 - fair w/ pop vocal that
sounded like "Solitary Man" by Neil Diamond. SS talk by woman
followed. [Connelly*H-MA] + NOV 23 2310 - // 648 w/ SS news;
HUGE. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
693 AZORES, RDP, Santa Barbara, NOV 23 0338 - // 837 w/ female
jazz vocal; excellent. + NOV 23 2348 - // 837 w/ "Strangers in
the Night" by Frank Sinatra; excellent. Al Merriman was hearing
this at the same time in VA. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
711 WESTERN SAHARA / LIBYA, NOV 23 2311 - two AA programs at
equal strength; low-pitched growl resulting. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
747 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, NOV 23 2312 - SS news; slightly
atop jumble. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
765 SENEGAL, Dakar, NOV 23 2305 - Afro-FF talk by man; dominant.
[Connelly*H-MA]
~~
774 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, NOV 23 0502 - SS news by man & woman;
to good peak. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
774 SPAIN / EGYPT, NOV 23 2304 - SS / AA talk mix. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
819 MOROCCO, Rabat, NOV 23 2307 - // 612 w/ AA news by woman;
fair over others. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
837 AZORES, RDP, Pico da Barossa, NOV 23 0338 - // 693 w/ jazz
vocal; fair, over Canaries-Spain. [Connelly*H-MA] + NOV 23 2303 -
PP news evenly mixed w/ Canaries-Spain. + NOV 23 2348 - // 693 w/
Frank Sinatra song; loud. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
837 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, COPE synchros, NOV 23 2315 - SS
talk; well over Azores. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
855 SPAIN, RNE1, Murcia et al., NOV 23 0343 - woman in SS; fair.
[Connelly*H-MA] + NOV 23 2302 - // 864 w/ SS news; very good.
[Connelly*P-MA]
~~
864 SPAIN, RNE1, Socuellamos, NOV 23 2302 - // 855 w/ SS news;
good. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
873 SPAIN, SER R. Zaragoza, Zaragoza, NOV 23 2339 - SS newstalk
by man & woman, then interval music. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
882 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, NOV 23 2301 - good w/ SS news &
telephone interview. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
891 ALGERIA, Algiers, NOV 23 0504 - flute music; to fair peaks.
[Connelly*H-MA] + NOV 23 2301 - AA news by woman; excellent.
[Connelly*P-MA]
~~
918 SPAIN, R. Intercontinental, Madrid, NOV 23 2340 - SS talk
atop apparent AA group vocal (Syria ?); tough CJCH/WHJJ slop.
[Connelly*P-MA]
~~
954 SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid, NOV 23 2259 - SS teletalk mentioned
Estados Unidos; excellent. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
963 PORTUGAL, R. Renascenca, Seixal, NOV 23 2239 - PP talk by
man; good. + NOV 23 2320 - // 594 w/ instrumental music; good.
[Connelly*P-MA]
~~
981 ALGERIA, Algiers, NOV 23 2258 - AA flutes & vocal; fair to
good. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
999 SPAIN, COPE, Madrid, NOV 23 2257 - SS political talk /
teletalk; to good peak. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1008 CANARY ISLANDS, Las Palmas, R. Las Palmas / RadioVoz,
NOV 23 2343 - non-SER SS talk; dominant over others. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1044 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, NOV 23 2249 - AA talk; about equal
to Spain. + NOV 23 2342 - weird rustic Afro-AA group vocal;
monster signal, way over Spain. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1053 MOROCCO, Tanger, NOV 23 2334 - // 612 w/ female vocal;
mixed w/ buzz-type jammer of unknown origin. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1116 SPAIN, SER synchros, NOV 23 2347 - SS teletalk; fair.
[Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1125 MADEIRA, Centro Regional RDP, Ponta do Pargo, NOV 23 2352 -
Streisand-Sinatra duet // Azores-693; under Spain. Station is
only running 1 kW ! First US reception ? [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1125 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, NOV 23 2350 - // 603 w/ SS talk;
mixed w/ Madeira. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1134 SPAIN, COPE synchros, NOV 23 2345 - SS teletalk; over
Croatia. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1179 SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS, SER synchros, NOV 23 2346 -
SER SS teletalk; fair to good. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1215 SPAIN, COPE synchros, NOV 23 2353 - SS talk; poor to fair
over probable UK. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1251 LIBYA, Tripoli, NOV 23 2354 - music at light audio level on
huge carrier. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1287 SPAIN, SER synchros, NOV 23 2354 - SER newstalk; poor in
jumble. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1296 SPAIN, COPE, Valencia, NOV 23 2355 - fast SS talk by man &
woman; fair. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1305 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, NOV 23 2355 - SS talk; in growl.
[Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1314 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, NOV 23 2356 - // 1305 w/ muffled SS
talk by man; poor. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1349 MAURITANIA, R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, NOV 23 2356 -
chanting; poor to fair. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1359 SPAIN, Arganda, NOV 23 2356 - SS talk & het. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1413 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, NOV 23 2357 - man in SS; poor to fair.
[Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1467 FRANCE, TWR, Roumoules, NOV 23 0507 - GG-sounding talk;
to fair peak. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1544 ALGERIA - CLANDESTINE, Tindouf, NOV 23 2359 - folk vocal &
guitar; fair. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
~~
789.8 unID (likely BARBADOS), NOV 23 0340 - bad het growl against
RI's WSKO "The Score" on 790. [Connelly*H-MA]
*** DOMESTIC "DXtra": VERMONT NOTES / NOV 25 - 29 ***
The following night bandscan was done using a Sony ICF-2010
receiver and Quantum Loop. Receptions were on a family vacation
trip to the Smuggler's Notch resort near Jeffersonville, VT.
The area is surrounded by mountainous terrain and foreign
DX is vastly inferior to that obtained at coastal sites in
eastern Massachusetts. The report below was done in a brief
series of scans without serious attempts to analyze "jumbled"
channels. The only evidence of Trans-Atlantic DX was a weak
Libya-1251 het. Even St. Pierre-1375 was barely audible.
RVC Turks & Caicos o/ CIAO-530, jumble w/ FF (CBGA1 or CBEF)-540,
WDEV-550, jumble-560, jumble-570, WTAG o/ CFRA-580, WEZE o/
CJCL/CKRS/WROW-590, CIQC/others-600, WGIR/CHNC/others-610,
WVMT (barely o/ mess)-620, CHLT-630, jumble-640, weak WSM-650,
WFAN-660, WMAQ-670, WRKO o/CFTR-680, CBF-690, WLW-700,
WOR/CKVM-710, WGN/CHTN-720, CKAC-730, CBL-740, CKGB-750,
WJR o/ HJAJ-760, WABC-770, WBBM-780, CIGM o/ WSKO-790,
CJAD/CKLW-800, WGY o/ CJVA-810, CHAM o/ WNYC-820, CFJR-830,
WHAS-840, WEEI/CKVL-850, CBJ-860, jumble-870, WCBS-880,
WLS o/ Cuba-890, CHML/CKTS/?-900, jumble (CKLY/CHRL ?)-910,
jumble (CKNX/?)-920, WBEN-930, CBM-940, WPEN (o/WIBX/WWJ ?)-950,
jumble (CFFX/WEAV ?)-960, jumble-970, WTRY-980, CKIS/Rochester NY-990,
WMVP o/ CKBW/CFLP-1000, CFRB o/ WINS-1010, KDKA-1020, WBZ-1030,
WHO-1040, CHUM o/WEVD-1050, KYW-1060, CHOK o/CBA-1070, WTIC-1080,
WBAL/CKKW-1090, WTAM-1100, CKTY o/ WBT-1110, KMOX-1120, WBBR-1130,
WRVA-1140, CKOC o/WRUN-1150, jumble-1160, WWVA-1170, WHAM-1180,
WOWO-1190, WTLA o/CFGO-1200, WPHT-1210, WKNR o/ON & PQ-1220,
jumble-1230 & 1240, CHWO-1250, Libya-1251 (het), WPZE o/ WNDR/
CIHI-1260, CFGT/WSPR-1270, Montreal (II)/WADO (SS)-1280,
CJBK/WKNE-1290, 2 unID's (WERE/WAVZ ?)-1300, CIWW/others (messy)-1310,
CJMR-1320, WWRV-1330 (SS // 530), jumble-1340 & 1350, WDRC/other-1360,
WFEA o/WXXI-1370, St. Pierre-1375 poor, WSYB/others-1380,
WKDR/WDCW/other-1390, jumble-1400, WPOP/others-1410, WWSR o/possible
WBEC/WHK/CKPT-1420, WENE o/CKYC/WNJR(?)-1430, jumble-1440 & 1450,
WGNA o/ others-1460, CHOW/others-1470, WADR/WSAR-1480, jumble-1490,
WTOP-1500, WNRB o/WNLC/WLAC-1510, WWKB-1520, WSAI-1530,
WDCD o/CHIN-1540, CBE-1550, WQEW-1560, WBUG-1570, CBJ-1580,
WSMN o/ other-1590, mess (prob. CHNR/WWRL/WUNR)-1600,
unID TIS-1610 weak, WJDM-1660
(WCMQ-1700 not audible through local AC-mains noise)
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