[HCDX]: recent MW logs
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[HCDX]: recent MW logs
(logs 6 - 7 DEC 1997: file=DX971207.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)
[Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA
(GC= 70.198 W / 41.645 N)
(Bass River Beach)
Receivers: Drake R8A, Sony ICF-2010 w/ filter mod.
Antenna system - MFJ-1024 whip, RL-1 remotely-tuned loop,
SCC-1 single-channel controller, Superphaser-1
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*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***
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531 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, DEC 6 2055 - SS talk; slightly over
AA & PP stations. [Connelly*Y-MA]
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549 ALGERIA, Les Trembles, DEC 6 0410 - AA speech by man; good.
[Connelly*H-MA] + DEC 7 0050 - woman in AA, then vocal & violins;
huge. [Connelly*P-MA]
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558 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, DEC 6 0415 - // 585 w/ male operatic
vocal; mixed w/ other. + DEC 6 0519 - teletalk // 684; fair.
[Connelly*H-MA]
~~
567 IRELAND, RTE R.1, Tullamore, DEC 6 0518 - man in EE; fair.
Bits of Spain under. [Connelly*H-MA] + DEC 7 0045 - strong w/
male folk vocal of the traditional Irish song with the refrain
"I Remember Dublin City in the Rare Old Times". EE talk by female
DJ followed. A great signal and good music like this keeps the
fun in AM DXing. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
585 SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid, DEC 6 0415 - operatic SS vocal; local-
like. [Connelly*H-MA] + DEC 7 0051 - man & woman in SS; excellent.
[Connelly*P-MA]
~~
603 SPAIN, RNE5, Sevilla / Palencia, DEC 6 0424 - // 585 w/ '50s-
influenced SS vocal & guitar; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] + DEC 7 0055 -
jazz // 684; good. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
612 IRELAND, Athlone, DEC 7 0106 - man in EE; slightly over
Morocco. [Connelly*P-MA]
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612 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, DEC 6 0521 - AA discussion program;
good. [Connelly*H-MA] + DEC 6 2053 - AA talk by man & woman,
then music; LOUD ! [Connelly*Y-MA] + DEC 7 0055 - AA singing
& instrumental; dominant. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, DEC 6 0522 - // 684 w/
SS teletalk; good. Bits of music (Belgium ?) noted under.
[Connelly*H-MA] + DEC 6 2054 - fast SS talk by man; fair to good.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
~~
639 SPAIN, RNE1, La Coruna et al., DEC 6 2056 - bits of SS talk;
in CBN/WNNZ slop. [Connelly*Y-MA] + DEC 7 0040 - // 684 w/ man
& woman in SS; to good peak. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
657 SPAIN, RNE5, Madrid, DEC 6 0525 - // 684 w/ SS teletalk;
fair w/ WFAN phased. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
684 SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, DEC 6 0425 - // 585 w/ music, then man
in SS; fair to good over WRKO slop. [Connelly*H-MA] + DEC 7 0055 -
jazz; local-like ! [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
693 AZORES, RDP, Santa Barbara, DEC 6 2057 - PP vocal; atop BBC-UK
and CBF slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
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729 SPAIN, RNE1, Oviedo et al., DEC 7 0057 - // 684 w/ jazz;
atop likely Ireland. [Connelly*P-MA]
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738 SPAIN, RNE1, Barcelona, DEC 6 0532 - // 684 w/ teletalk;
slopped. [Connelly*H-MA] + DEC 6 2058 - SS vocal starting to fade
up through CHCM/WJIB/WGSM slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
~~
756 SPAIN, R. Euskadi, Bilbao, DEC 7 0058 - man in SS; fair, over
Germany. [Connelly*P-MA]
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765 SWITZERLAND, RSR, Sottens, DEC 7 0059 - classical music; good.
[Connelly*P-MA]
~~
774 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, DEC 7 0102 - // 684 w/ SS news; atop
Egypt. [Connelly*P-MA]
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819 EGYPT, Batra, DEC 7 0107 - religiously-oriented program w/
calm AA man and cut-aways to segments of a sermon by a shouting
woman. Over Morocco & Spain. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
828 unID's, DEC 7 0103 - jumble w/ bits of apparent PP & AA talk.
[Connelly*P-MA]
~~
837 AZORES / CANARY ISLANDS, DEC 6 2059 - PP and SS talkers here
at even strength. [Connelly*Y-MA]
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846 ITALY, Rome, DEC 7 0104 - II news by man; strong, but slopped
by WEEI-850. [Connelly*P-MA]
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855 SPAIN, RNE1, Murcia et al., DEC 6 0428 - // 585 w/ '40s &
'50s type group vocal harmony; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] + DEC 6 2100 -
SS news; slightly over suspected Romania, slow SAH. [Connelly*Y-MA]
~~
864 EGYPT, Santah, DEC 7 0031 - male AA Koranic vocal; local-
like. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
882 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, DEC 6 0537 - man w/ SS newstalk;
fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
882 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC Wales, Washford, DEC 7 0108 - man &
woman w/ EE news documentary; good, over others. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
891 ALGERIA, Algiers, DEC 7 0029 - AA vocal, flutes; HUGE !
[Connelly*P-MA]
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909 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC, Moorside Edge et al., DEC 7 0028 - woman
in EE doing telephone interview; slightly over apparent SS & AA
stations. [Connelly*P-MA]
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936 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, DEC 6 2102 - SS news; slightly over
rumble. [Connelly*Y-MA] + DEC 7 0109 - // 684 w/ female pop vocal;
to good peak. [Connelly*P-MA]
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945 unID's, DEC 7 0026 - 3-station mix. [Connelly*P-MA]
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954 SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid, DEC 7 0025 - excellent w/ "Tears in
Heaven" by Eric Clapton. [Connelly*P-MA]
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981 ALGERIA, Algiers, DEC 6 0552 - bits of moaning type AA
vocal. [Connelly*H-MA] + DEC 6 2103 - AA male vocal; fair.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
~~
999 SPAIN, COPE, Madrid, DEC 7 0021 - SS talk by man; hacked
by CKBW. [Connelly*P-MA]
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1008 CANARY ISLANDS, Las Palmas, R. Las Palmas / RadioVoz,
DEC 7 0019 - non-SER SS talk by man; poor to fair in tough-to-
null WINS/CFRB slop. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1026 SPAIN, SER synchros, DEC 7 0017 - SS talk by woman seemed
to have a bit of echo on it. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1044 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, DEC 6 2106 - AA male talk at low
audio level on a huge carrier. [Connelly*Y-MA]
~~
1044 SPAIN, SER synchros, DEC 6 0549 - good w/ SS teletalk.
[Connelly*H-MA] + DEC 6 0020 - man & woman in SS; LOUD !
[Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1053 UNITED KINGDOM / SPAIN, DEC 7 0010 - EE / SS talk mix;
in WEVD slop. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1089 UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, DEC 7 0008 - telephone
number ending in "1053 89", then Talk Radio ID; good. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1098 SLOVAKIA / SPAIN, DEC 7 0113 - Slav & SS programs evenly
mixing. [Connelly*P-MA]
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1107 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, DEC 6 2107 - SS talk in RI-1110 slop.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
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1125 CROATIA, HR, Deanovec, DEC 7 0114 - // 1134 w/ Slavic
folk vocal; fair. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1134 CROATIA, HR, Zadar, DEC 7 0114 - Slavic folk male vocal;
local-like. [Connelly*P-MA]
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1134 CROATIA / SPAIN, DEC 6 2107 - Slavic & SS talk at even
strength. [Connelly*Y-MA]
~~
1215 UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin R. synchros, DEC 6 2108 - rock
music; slightly over Spain. [Connelly*Y-MA]
~~
1251 LIBYA, Tripoli, DEC 6 2050 - man in AA; fair to good,
fading up over slop from 2 km distant WBUR-1240. [Connelly*Y-MA]
~~
1314 NORWAY, NRK, Kvitsoy, DEC 6 2109 - man w/ news in
Norwegian; good, atop Spain. [Connelly*Y-MA] + DEC 7 0117 -
Norwegian talk, then "Everything I Do" by Bryan Adams;
blasting in w/ S9+40 signal ! Excellent w/ receiver in
6 kHz bandwidth. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
1332 ITALY, Rome et al., DEC 6 2117 - romantic II vocal; to
good peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
~~
1349 MAURITANIA, R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, DEC 6 2049 - het,
bits of talk. + DEC 6 2110 - vocal, rhythmic music. [Connelly*Y-MA]
~~
1386 RUSSIA-KALININGRAD, V.O. Russia, Bolshakovo, DEC 6 2110 -
light classical music; in WPLM slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
~~
1395 ALBANIA, Durres, DEC 6 2112 - folk-style religious music;
slopped by WPLM. [Connelly*Y-MA]
~~
1521 SAUDI ARABIA, BSKSA, Duba, DEC 6 2030 - het, audio fading
up on car radio. + DEC 6 2048 - string music. + DEC 6 2113 -
HUGE signal: energetic AA vocal & instrumentation, then man in
AA. [Connelly*Y-MA]
~~
1544 ALGERIA - CLANDESTINE, Tindouf, DEC 6 2115 - bits of talk
in bad WDCD slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
~~
1584 SPAIN, SER synchros, DEC 7 0119 - SS newstalk. [Connelly*P-MA]
~~
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
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535 GRENADA, GBC, St. George's, DEC 7 0049 - drumming & vocal;
poor. [Connelly*P-MA]
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540 MEXICO, XEWA, Monterrey, DEC 6 1058 - SS talk, network ID
"La Grande Cadena 'W'" (doble-U, not doble-V). Romantic vocal
followed. Good, atop Cuba & domestics. Still audible w/ a good
signal at 1130 UTC. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ZIZ, Basseterre, DEC 6 0411 - soca vocal
& drums; very good. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
570 CUBA, R. Reloj, DEC 6 1055 - Reloj SS news & time show;
over WMCA, others. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
640 CUBA, R. Progreso, Guanabacoa / Las Tunas, DEC 6 1100 -
R. Progreso news in SS; loud. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
650 COLOMBIA, RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, DEC 6 1037 - salsa
music, Antena Dos ID. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
660 COLOMBIA (t), DEC 6 1038 - SS preacher, many "hallelujahs";
under WFAN. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
660 CUBA, R. Progreso, CMHG, Santa Clara, DEC 6 1100 - Progreso
news; good, over other SS & WFAN. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
670 CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMQ, Arroyo Arenas, DEC 6 1041 - // 710 w/
SS political talk; over other SS & WMAQ. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
700 COLOMBIA, HJCX, Cali, DEC 6 1032 - national news in SS w/
Bogota items; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
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710 CUBA, R. Rebelde synchros, DEC 6 1041 - // 670 w/ SS
political talk; mixed w/ WOR. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
730 MEXICO, XEX, Mexico City, DEC 6 1132 - full ID "Equis Eh
Equis, La Equis de Mexico"; good w/ CKAC nulled. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
760 CUBA, R. Reloj, Las Mercedes / Guanabacoa, DEC 6 1101 -
Reloj program in WJR null. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
840 CUBA, CMHW, Santa Clara, DEC 6 1105 - Cuban news by woman
in SS; in WHAS null. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
890 CUBA, R. Progreso, CMDZ, Santiago de Cuba, DEC 6 1108 - // 640
w/ fast SS newstalk; mixed w/ WBPS/WLS. [Connelly*H-MA]
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940 MEXICO, XEQ, Mexico City, DEC 6 1138 - SS Mexican news by
woman; poor to fair in CBM null. [Connelly*H-MA]
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1180 CUBA, R. Rebelde, DEC 6 1113 - SS talk mentioned "programacion
de la Habana"; initially over WHAM, then it faded. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
1622.53 unID PIRATE, DEC 6 0355 - oldies including "Fever" by
Little Willy John and "See You Later, Alligator" by Bill Haley
& the Comets. Not sure if Euro-pirate or domestic. [Connelly*H-MA]
~~
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