[HCDX]: MW logs (Cape Cod) 14 FEB 1998
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[HCDX]: MW logs (Cape Cod) 14 FEB 1998
(logs 14 FEB 1998: file=DX980214.LOG)
Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 1998
e-mail = WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[Connelly*H-MA] = East Harwich, Cape Cod, MA
(GC= 70.021 W / 41.713 N)
(near junction of Routes 39 & 137: pitch pine forest 2 km from ocean)
[Connelly*O-MA] = South Orleans, Cape Cod, MA
(GC= 69.991 W / 41.735 N)
(Town Landing / beach, off Route 28, 0.3 km N of Tar Kiln Road)
Receiver: Drake R8A
Antenna system - Broadband Loop-Sense Cardioid Array
(B-LSCA) consisting of BBL-1 broadband active loop,
homebrew (BUF-A1 based) active whip, and Superphaser-1
phasing unit
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*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***
162 FRANCE, Allouis, FEB 14 0623 - two woman in FF talking
and laughing; excellent. [Connelly*H-MA]
171 MOROCCO, Nador, FEB 14 0624 - running an SS vocal at
this time; LOUD. [Connelly*H-MA]
177 GERMANY, Oranienburg, FEB 14 0624 - GG talk by man;
fair to good. [Connelly*H-MA]
183 GERMANY, Saarlouis, FEB 14 0625 - rock FF vocal version
of a Bryan Adams song. [Connelly*H-MA]
189 ICELAND, RUV, Gufuskalar, FEB 14 0626 - tin-pan alley
style vocal in a Scandinavian language; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
198 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC, Droitwich et al., FEB 14 0628 -
man talked about ways to save money; strong, way over DIW
beacon. [Connelly*H-MA]
207 MOROCCO, Azilal, FEB 14 0630 - // 612 with AA vocal,
drums, strings; huge, well over QI beacon. [Connelly*H-MA]
216 FRANCE, R. Monte Carlo, Roumoules, FEB 14 0632 - FF
talk slightly over a second station; CLB beacon under both.
[Connelly*H-MA]
234 LUXEMBOURG, Junglinster, FEB 14 0633 - man in FF;
very good. [Connelly*H-MA]
243 DENMARK, Danmarks R., Kalundborg, FEB 14 0634 - // 1062
with classical music; good, over YVB beacon. [Connelly*H-MA]
252 IRELAND, Atlantic 252, Kilmessan-Clarkestown, FEB 14 0635 -
dance club hits; huge. FF talk (Algeria) way under.
+ FEB 14 0720 - "That's the Way I Like It" by K.C. &
the Sunshine Band, ID "Longwave Atlantic 252"; very good.
[Connelly*H-MA]
531 MADEIRA, RDP, Porto Santo, FEB 14 0418 - // Azores-693
with US "rockabilly" music; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
531 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, FEB 14 0449 - // 684 with male SS
vocal; slightly over Madeira & Algeria. [Connelly*H-MA]
531 SWITZERLAND, Beromunster, FEB 14 0528 - Swiss Alpine
music; atop the channel with a good signal. [Connelly*H-MA]
549 ALGERIA, Les Trembles, FEB 14 0418 - man with AA political
speech; excellent. [Connelly*H-MA]
558 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, FEB 14 0427 - SS talk, AA-influenced
SS music; fair, // 576, 585, 603, 684, et al. [Connelly*H-MA]
567 IRELAND, RTE R.1, Tullamore, FEB 14 0423 - woman in EE
talked about Frank Sinatra and other entertainers, then she
played "Lady" by Kenny Rogers; good signal. [Connelly*H-MA]
567 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, FEB 14 0558 - // 684 with man
in SS; under Ireland (which had quiet classical music).
[Connelly*H-MA]
576 SPAIN, RNE5, Barcelona, FEB 14 0427 - // many other RNE's
with SS talk, AA-influenced SS music; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
585 SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid, FEB 14 0427 - // other RNE's with
Moorish music; LOUD. [Connelly*H-MA]
594 MOROCCO, Oujda, FEB 14 0631 - bits of AA program that
was // to 207 & 612. In jumble with others. [Connelly*H-MA]
603 FRANCE, R. Bleue, Lyon-Tramoyes, FEB 14 0533 - FF comedy
routine; slightly over Spain / Madeira. + FEB 14 0542 - FF
C&W vocal; excellent / dominant. + FEB 14 0601 - HUGE with
FF male vocal version of Arlo Guthrie / Willie Nelson tune
"City of New Orleans". [Connelly*H-MA]
603 MADEIRA, RDP, Pico de Arieiro, FEB 14 0535 - // 837 with
PP music; under France & Spain. [Connelly*H-MA]
603 SPAIN, RNE5, Sevilla / Palencia, FEB 14 0427 - // other
RNE's with SS talk, then Moorish AA-style music; fair.
[Connelly*H-MA]
612 IRELAND, Athlone, FEB 14 0435 - rock music; briefly to
fair peak. + FEB 14 0605 - male DJ said "Good morning. It's
Saturday morning, 5 after 6." Briefly getting through the
powerhouse Moroccan. [Connelly*H-MA]
612 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, FEB 14 0514 - emotional AA talk
by man; BLASTING in. [Connelly*H-MA]
621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, FEB 14 0450 - //
to 684 with end of song, then man in SS; huge. [Connelly*H-MA]
639 SPAIN, RNE1, La Coruna et al., FEB 14 0452 - // 648
& others with man in SS; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
648 SPAIN, RNE1, Badajoz et al., FEB 14 0452 - SS talk // 639;
good. [Connelly*H-MA]
657 SPAIN, RNE5, Madrid, FEB 14 0453 - // 684 with old-fashioned
show-tune type song by a woman in SS; excellent. [Connelly*H-MA]
666 PORTUGAL, RDP, Lisboa, FEB 14 0500 - 3 very slow pips,
then PP news by woman; poor, just barely above a tangle of
others. This station doesn't seem to have much clout considering
its power and location. Years ago it had a better signal.
[Connelly*H-MA]
675 NETHERLANDS, R. Ten Gold, Lopik, FEB 14 0505 - loud with
"Heaven is a Place on Earth" by Belinda Carlisle, man in Dutch
mentioned "gold", then "Everything I Own" by Bread was played.
SAH from second station noted. This and Spain-684 were actually
slopping over onto CKXG / nulled WRKO - 680. [Connelly*H-MA]
684 SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, FEB 14 0427 - // other RNE's with
SS talk, then Moorish style music; LOUD. [Connelly*H-MA]
693 AZORES, RDP, Santa Barbara, FEB 14 0418 - // Madeira-531
with rockabilly music; fair, mixed with BBC UK. [Connelly*H-MA]
693 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, FEB 14 0454 - // 684 with nostalgic
SS vocal; popping up over UK & Azores. [Connelly*H-MA]
693 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC, Droitwich et al., FEB 14 0432 -
EE newstalk; now over Azores & Spain. + FEB 14 0454 - man
interviewing woman about politics, drug law enforcement.
[Connelly*H-MA]
702 MOROCCO, RTM, Sebaa-Aioun, FEB 14 0508 - bits of AA talk
by man, then violins; poor. [Connelly*H-MA]
711 WESTERN SAHARA, Laayoune, FEB 14 0607 - AA male vocal &
strings, then AA talk by man; mixed with second station that
seemed to be France. [Connelly*H-MA]
720 PORTUGAL, RDP, Porto et al. (t), FEB 14 0611 - bits of a
Roger Whittaker style vocal seemed // to a similar one on 666.
Mostly under CHTN. [Connelly*H-MA]
729 SPAIN, RNE1, Oviedo et al., FEB 14 0448 - // 684 & 738 with
SS ballad; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
738 SPAIN, RNE1, Barcelona, FEB 14 0448 - // 684 with male
SS ballad; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
747 NETHERLANDS, Flevoland, FEB 14 0616 - Dutch news by man;
barely over SS station & others. [Connelly*H-MA]
756 SPAIN, R. Euskadi, Bilbao, FEB 14 0522 - SS folk music
with an exotic influence (Basque ?); over Germany. [Connelly*H-MA]
765 SWITZERLAND, RSR, Sottens, FEB 14 0523 - pop group vocal
in the style of Abba; excellent. [Connelly*H-MA]
774 EGYPT, Abis, FEB 14 2345 - AA political speech; under
Spain. [Connelly*O-MA]
774 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, FEB 14 0524 - SS teletalk; sometimes
stronger than WABC ! [Connelly*H-MA] + FEB 14 2345 - huge
with teletalk; over Egypt. [Connelly*O-MA]
783 SPAIN, COPE, Barcelona, FEB 14 0618 - fast SS talk; fair
to good. [Connelly*H-MA]
783 SYRIA, Tartus, FEB 14 2344 - AA string music & vocal;
strong, over Spain and suspected Portugal. [Connelly*O-MA]
792 FRANCE, R. Bleue, Limoges, FEB 14 0620 - piano jazz,
then man in FF; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
792 SPAIN, SER, Sevilla, FEB 14 2344 - SS news, telephone
interview; excellent. [Connelly*O-MA]
801 JORDAN, R. Jordan, Ajlun, FEB 14 2343 - Koranic AA
vocal; good, atop Spain at times. [Connelly*O-MA]
801 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, FEB 14 2343 - SS teletalk; to
good peak, over/under Jordan. [Connelly*O-MA]
801 unID (UNITED KINGDOM ?), FEB 14 2343 - bits of British
EE talk seemed to be here as a third station on the channel
(behind Jordan & Spain). [Connelly*O-MA]
819 MOROCCO, Rabat, FEB 14 0659 - // 207 & 612 with AA
public speech by man. [Connelly*H-MA] + FEB 14 2342 - // 612
with AA music; under Egypt. [Connelly*O-MA]
819 EGYPT, Batra, FEB 14 2342 - AA talk by man; dominating
over the Moroccan. [Connelly*O-MA]
827 SYRIA, Deir el Zawr, FEB 14 2341 - violins, AA female
vocal; splittable from the usual incoherent blob on 828.
[Connelly*O-MA]
837 AZORES, RDP, Pico da Barossa, FEB 14 0527 - // 666 with
samba jazz (like the instrumental part of the "Girl from
Ipanema" oldie). [Connelly*H-MA]
846 ITALY, Rome, FEB 14 0536 - woman in II, apparently with
a telephone interview; poor to fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ FEB 14 2340 - uptempo '50s-style II vocal; excellent.
[Connelly*O-MA]
846 unID, FEB 14 2220 - SAH, bits of audio almost equal to
co-channel Italy. I'd like to think South Africa; obviously
this is going to require some further attempts. [Connelly*O-MA]
855 SPAIN, RNE1, Murcia et al., FEB 14 0537 - SS teletalk;
good. [Connelly*H-MA]
864 EGYPT, Santah, FEB 14 2339 - Koranic male vocal; over
Spain & others. [Connelly*O-MA]
873 GERMANY, AFN, Frankfurt, FEB 14 2339 - US EE talk mixing
with Spain, then fading under it. [Connelly*O-MA]
873 SPAIN, SER R. Zaragoza, Zaragoza, FEB 14 0538 - slightly
echoey SS talk; poor to fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
891 ALGERIA, Algiers, FEB 14 0540 - strident AA talk by man,
then an interval of rock-like music with flutes, drums, and
strings. Monster signal, at least 15 dB stronger than the
WBPS/WLS/Cuba mix on 890. [Connelly*H-MA]
909 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC, Moorside Edge et al., FEB 14 2338 -
man in EE; fair, hetted by Gambia-907.8 and WABI-910.
[Connelly*O-MA]
918 SPAIN, R. Intercontinental, Madrid, FEB 14 0542 -
SS talk, teletalk; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
936 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, FEB 14 0543 - // 684 with SS sports
talk; poor to fair, in mix with others. [Connelly*H-MA]
945 FRANCE, R. Bleue, Toulouse, FEB 14 0653 - FF talk by
man; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
954 SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid, FEB 14 2337 - SS news by woman;
good. [Connelly*O-MA]
981 ALGERIA, Algiers, FEB 14 0652 - group AA vocal; fair.
[Connelly*H-MA]
981 unID's, FEB 14 2336 - a three-station mix here rather
than clear-cut Algerian dominance. [Connelly*O-MA]
999 SPAIN, COPE, Madrid, FEB 14 2335 - fast SS talk by man;
in CKBW slop. [Connelly*O-MA]
1008 CANARY ISLANDS, Las Palmas, R. Las Palmas / RadioVoz,
FEB 14 2335 - non-SER SS talk; fair over other station, fast
SAH. [Connelly*O-MA]
1017 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, FEB 14 2335 - SS talk in messy mix
with Germany and others. [Connelly*O-MA]
1026 SPAIN, SER synchros, FEB 14 2334 - SER SS talk atop the
channel; a second station was just a bit under. [Connelly*O-MA]
1044 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, FEB 14 2320 - drumming (sounding
like metal pipes being banged together), Berber-type tribal
yelling; loud, over Spain. [Connelly*O-MA]
1044 SPAIN, SER synchros, FEB 14 2319 - // 1575 with SS
teletalk; briefly over Morocco. [Connelly*O-MA]
1053 MOROCCO, Tanger, FEB 14 2258 - AA flute music; dominant
over Talk Radio, UK. [Connelly*O-MA]
1053 UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, Start Point et al.,
FEB 14 2258 - // 1089 with man & woman in EE; under Morocco.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1071 SPAIN, EI, Bilbao, FEB 14 2300 - fast SS news; splittable
from strong CBA-1070. [Connelly*O-MA]
1089 UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, FEB 14 2257 - people
on phone-in talked about their love relationships. [Connelly*O-MA]
1098 SLOVAKIA, Nitra, FEB 14 2301 - woman with Slavic-language
news; over Spain. [Connelly*O-MA]
1098 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, FEB 14 2301 - SS talk; under
Slovakia. [Connelly*O-MA]
1107 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, FEB 14 2302 - SS news by man &
woman; to very good peaks (although with a choppy SAH).
[Connelly*O-MA]
1116 SPAIN / ITALY, FEB 14 2302 - SS and apparent II talk
mixing. [Connelly*O-MA]
1125 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, FEB 14 2303 - SS news by woman;
loud. [Connelly*O-MA]
1134 CROATIA, HR, Zadar, FEB 14 2332 - Slav rock music; huge,
now much stronger than Spain. [Connelly*O-MA]
1134 SPAIN, COPE synchros, FEB 14 2304 - SS news; slightly
over Croatia. [Connelly*O-MA]
1143 SPAIN, COPE synchros, FEB 14 2304 - SS news seemed to
be // 1134; choppy. + FEB 14 2332 - SS news; good, over jumble.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1152 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, FEB 14 2305 - at first the channel
was a 4-station jumble; by 2306 UTC Spain came decisively atop
with SS talk. [Connelly*O-MA]
1179 SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS, SER synchros, FEB 14 2306 -
SER SS news; over Sweden. [Connelly*O-MA]
1179 SWEDEN, Solvesborg, FEB 14 2306 - Swedish talk; slightly
behind Spain-Canaries. [Connelly*O-MA]
1188 unID, FEB 14 2331 - Jackson Browne (or similar) vocal;
poor. Hungary ? [Connelly*O-MA]
1197 SPAIN, EI, Vitoria, FEB 14 2322 - // (strong) 1071 with
C&W-influenced SS vocal; good, over 2 others. [Connelly*O-MA]
1206 FRANCE, R. Bleue, Bordeaux, FEB 14 0644 - FF talk,
female vocal; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] + FEB 14 2323 - FF; poor,
over weak 1205 het. [Connelly*O-MA]
1215 SPAIN, COPE synchros, FEB 14 2324 - fast SS talk; under
Virgin R., UK. [Connelly*O-MA]
1215 UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin R. synchros, FEB 14 2324 -
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes; good; over Spain.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1224 SPAIN, COPE synchros, FEB 14 2324 - fast SS talk /
teletalk; poor with low-pitched growl. [Connelly*O-MA]
1242 FRANCE, R. Bleue, Marseille, FEB 14 2325 - old-fashioned
FF male vocal; good. This was easy with local WBUR-1240 phase-
nulled to the dirt. [Connelly*O-MA]
1250.8 unID, FEB 14 2326 - very weak 200 Hz het against
Libya. Has been noted before, but never ID'ed. [Connelly*O-MA]
1251 LIBYA, Tripoli, FEB 14 2244 - string music, then man
in AA mentioned Allah and the names of several Arab countries.
Excellent local-like signal, demolishing 1250. [Connelly*O-MA]
1269 GERMANY, Neumunster, FEB 14 2327 - woman in GG; getting
past strong CJCB/WTSN-1270. [Connelly*O-MA]
1286 CAMEROON, Yaounde, FEB 14 2328 - Afro-FF talk by man;
poor. [Connelly*O-MA]
1287 SLOVAKIA (/ CZECH REPUBLIC ?), FEB 14 2245 - Slavic talk
by man; slightly over others. [Connelly*O-MA]
1296 SPAIN, COPE, Valencia, FEB 14 2307 - SS telephone
interview; good. [Connelly*O-MA]
1305 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, FEB 14 2330 - // 1413 with '50s
type rock-blues vocal, pips on the half hour, then woman in
SS gave R. Nacional de Espana ID; good. [Connelly*O-MA]
1314 NORWAY, NRK, Kvitsoy, FEB 14 2248 - pop-rock vocal,
then man in Norwegian, followed by a C&W-style Norwegian
female vocal; excellent. [Connelly*O-MA]
1332 ITALY, Rome et al., FEB 14 2248 - man & woman in II;
to good peak. [Connelly*O-MA]
1341 NORTHERN IRELAND, BBC, Lisnagarvey, FEB 14 2249 - US
night-club & showtune songs, then man in EE; barely over a
big jumble of others. [Connelly*O-MA]
1349 MAURITANIA, R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, FEB 14 2240 -
AA vocal & strings; hacked up a bit by Irish fiddling on
strong CKAD - 1350. [Connelly*O-MA]
1359 SPAIN, Arganda, FEB 14 2250 - SS man & woman; poor to
fair through slop. This got louder later on. [Connelly*O-MA]
1386 RUSSIA-KALININGRAD, V.O. Russia, Bolshakovo, FEB 14 2239 -
US-accented EE religious program; HUGE, better than semi-local
WPLM on 1390 ! [Connelly*O-MA]
1395 NETHERLANDS, Lopik, FEB 14 2238 - Dutch teletalk with
man & woman; good. [Connelly*O-MA]
1413 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, FEB 14 2252 - // 603 with
"Superfreak" by Rick James. + FEB 14 2330 - // 1305 with
rock-blues vocal, pips on the half hour, then woman in SS
with R. Nacional de Espana ID; good. [Connelly*O-MA]
1422 ALGERIA, Algiers, FEB 14 2227 - undoubtedly this with
FF talk; atop Germany at the time. [Connelly*O-MA]
1422 GERMANY, Deutschlandradio, Heusweiler, FEB 14 2311 -
woman in GG; excellent, now way over Algeria. Entertainment-
quality signal with the R8A in 6 kHz bandwidth. [Connelly*O-MA]
1467 FRANCE, TWR, Roumoules, FEB 14 2233 - interspersed music
and AA talk by man; excellent. [Connelly*O-MA]
1485 SPAIN, SER synchros, FEB 14 2312 - fast SER SS news by
man; just over a pig-pile of others. [Connelly*O-MA]
1512 BELGIUM, Wolvertem, FEB 14 2228 - woman with EE news
item about the Chief of Staff at the R. A. F. commenting on
Iraq and Kuwait. Loud signal, easily getting by WNRB.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1521 SAUDI ARABIA, BSKSA, Duba, FEB 14 2228 - man with
serious-sounding AA talk with compressed telephone-type
audio. Big signal. SAH present, probably from SER Spain.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1544 ALGERIA - CLANDESTINE, Tindouf, FEB 14 2225 - AA speech or
sermon by man; local-like. There was a very weak 1.1 kHz low-
side het (i.e. from 1542.9) in the background. [Connelly*O-MA]
1548 KUWAIT, VOA, Kuwait City, FEB 14 2315 - US EE talk by
man & woman; slopped. [Connelly*O-MA]
1575 SPAIN, SER synchros, FEB 14 2318 - // 1044 with SS
teletalk; atop romantic music (likely Italy) and bits of a
third station that seemed AA. [Connelly*O-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
705 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES, Kingstown, FEB 14 0458 -
presumably this with a good strength carrier. Audio, if
present, wasn't strong enough to make it past WOR slop.
I don't see this station being reported that often - it
wasn't even on Jay Novello's recent Caribbean cruise DX
log report. [Connelly*H-MA]
1060 CUBA, CMDX, Baracoa, FEB 14 2259 - instrumental
version of "Guantanamera", then woman in SS; loud signal
with typical compressed audio. [Connelly*O-MA]
1505 ANGUILLA, R. Anguilla, The Valley, FEB 14 2314 -
Carib-EE news to good peaks. Adjacent 1502/1503 was a
total traffic-jam of hets and growls. [Connelly*O-MA]
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