[HCDX]: logs 11-15 APR 1998

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Subject: [HCDX]: logs 11-15 APR 1998
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 22:01:58 -0500 (CDT)
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(logs 11 - 15 APR 1998: file=DX980415.LOG)

Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 1998

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[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*R-MA] = Rockport, MA
(GC= 70.622 W / 42.667 N)
(Granite Pier)
 
Receiver: Drake R8A

Antenna systems - E. Harwich: two BBL-1 broadband loops 
placed at a right angle; Rockport: BBL-1 loop and 
MFJ-1024 whip (as cardioid array); both sites: DXP-1 
phasing unit

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*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***

549   ALGERIA, Les Trembles, APR 15 0055 - AA talk by 2
announcers; fair to good. [Connelly*R-MA]

585   SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid, APR 15 0057 - // 774 with SS
teletalk; fair through WEZE/VOCM-590 slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

603   SPAIN, RNE5, Sevilla / Palencia, APR 11 0144 - SS
teletalk; poor to fair. [Connelly*H-MA]

612   MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, APR 11 0143 - AA teletalk with
a woman in studio and a man on the phone; good signal.
[Connelly*H-MA] + APR 14 2317 - male AA vocal & guitar-
like instrument, violins, drums; excellent. [Connelly*R-MA]

621   CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, APR 14 2316 -
SS teletalk; loud. [Connelly*R-MA]

657   SPAIN, RNE5, Madrid, APR 15 0003 - // 774 with SS
news; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

684   SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, APR 14 2315 - man in SS with
newstalk / teletalk; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

693   AZORES, RDP, Santa Barbara, APR 15 0125 - PP talk
by man; fair. + APR 15 0140 - // 836 with "Black Magic 
Woman" by Santana; LOUD ! [Connelly*R-MA] 
 
711   WESTERN SAHARA, Laayoune, APR 14 2314 - Koranic vocal
(not // Morocco-612 or Libya-1251).  Strong, better than
WOR-710. [Connelly*R-MA]

738   SPAIN, RNE1, Barcelona, APR 11 0133 - SS talk 
by woman; fair, through CHCM slop. [Connelly*H-MA] 
+ APR 14 2350 - // 774 with group SS discussion, then
'50s-style vocal; HUGE. [Connelly*R-MA]

765   SENEGAL, Dakar, APR 14 2347 - Afro-pop vocal; loud,
alone on channel. + APR 15 0100 - sign-off with anthem
played by a marching band. [Connelly*R-MA]

774   SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, APR 14 2346 - // 855 with C&W-
influenced vocal; just over 2 others. [Connelly*R-MA]

792   SPAIN, SER, Sevilla, APR 14 2344 - // 873 with SS talk,
interlude of music; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

801   SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, APR 14 2343 - // 855 with
SS telephone interview; poor in mix with others, slopped
by a multi-station pile-up on 800. [Connelly*R-MA]

819   MOROCCO, Rabat, APR 14 2341 - // 612 with female AA
vocal; slightly over a jumble of others. [Connelly*R-MA]

836   AZORES, RDP, Pico da Barossa, APR 14 2312 - bits of
PP talk; poor, in heavy 837 QRM. + APR 15 0140 - // 693 with
"Black Magic Woman" by Santana; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]

837   CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, COPE synchros, APR 14 2312 -
SS talk; loud, over 836 Azores het. [Connelly*R-MA]

855   SPAIN, RNE1, Murcia et al., APR 14 2339 - SS teletalk
to good peak, somewhat jumpy fading. [Connelly*R-MA]

864   EGYPT, Santah, APR 15 0114 - Koranic vocal; to fair
peak - certainly not as loud as in winter, but still not 
a bad signal for the distance. [Connelly*R-MA]

873   SPAIN, SER R. Zaragoza, Zaragoza, APR 14 2338 - SS
talk by man & woman; to good peak. [Connelly*R-MA]

882   CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, APR 14 2309 - fast SS talk &
teletalk; good / dominant. [Connelly*R-MA]

891   ALGERIA, Algiers, APR 14 2308 - AA talk by man at
light audio level on strong carrier. + APR 14 2337 -
high-intensity AA vocal, strings, flutes; excellent.
[Connelly*R-MA]

907.8   GAMBIA, R. Syd, Banjul, APR 14 2336 - muffled talk;
poor. [Connelly*R-MA]

936   SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, APR 14 2334 - // 855 with SS
teletalk; poor with multi-station 930 slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

954   SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid, APR 11 0239 - SS teletalk;
fair to good. [Connelly*H-MA] + APR 14 2307 - teletalk to
good peak. [Connelly*R-MA]

963   PORTUGAL, R. Renascenca, Seixal, APR 14 2333 - PP
teletalk by man & woman; slopped by WZAN-970, CHNS-960. 
[Connelly*R-MA]

981   ALGERIA, Algiers, APR 14 2305 - AA talk & music; getting
by CBV/WCAP-980. + APR 14 2331 - AA vocal & whistling, 
with flute, violin, & synthesizer accompaniment; excellent 
at S9+25; annihilating the 980 stations. [Connelly*R-MA] 

999   SPAIN, COPE, Madrid, APR 14 2331 - SS teletalk; battling
CKBW/CFLP slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

1008   CANARY ISLANDS, Las Palmas, R. Las Palmas / RadioVoz,
APR 14 2330 - non-SER SS station dominated with a speech by
a man in a somewhat echoey room (like a church basement or
town hall).  To strong peak; better than the 1010 mix of
WINS-NY (news) / CKXD-NF (C&W). [Connelly*R-MA]

1035   PORTUGAL, RDP R. Comercial, Lisboa, APR 11 0245 -
romantic PP female vocal in a style reminiscent of those
of Edith Piaf and Teresa Brewer.  Signal to good peaks.
[Connelly*H-MA] + APR 15 0150 - bits pop music; in WBZ
slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
 
1044   MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, APR 14 2302 - AA news by man;
extremely strong, way over Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]

1044   SPAIN, SER synchros, APR 11 0246 - fast SS teletalk;
over other. [Connelly*H-MA]

1053   MOROCCO, Tanger, APR 14 2326 - a cappella AA male vocal;
booming in, well over Spain/UK. [Connelly*R-MA]

1107   SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, APR 15 0014 - // 774 with SS
vocal, talk; fair, over others. [Connelly*R-MA]

1116   SPAIN, SER synchros, APR 14 2324 - fast SS talk; in
mess with others. [Connelly*R-MA]
 
1125   SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, APR 14 2323 - SS teletalk; fair,
jumpy. [Connelly*R-MA]

1134   SPAIN, COPE synchros, APR 14 2322 - fast SS talk;
slightly over Croatia. [Connelly*R-MA]

1179   SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS, SER synchros, APR 14 2300 -
SS news only at fair strength, but absolutely no 1180 QRM
at the time. [Connelly*R-MA]

1215   SPAIN, COPE synchros, APR 15 0024 - monotone-voice SS
talk by man; over others. [Connelly*R-MA]

1251   LIBYA, Tripoli, APR 14 2258 - AA vocal; fair on 
pre-sunset fade-up. [Connelly*R-MA]

1296   SPAIN, COPE, Valencia, APR 14 2257 - SS talk; some
WJDA slop. + APR 15 0025 - SS teletalk with man & woman;
good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1305   SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, APR 15 0026 - SS talk; poor to
fair over growl. [Connelly*R-MA]

1349   MAURITANIA, R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, APR 14 2200 -
het fade-up. + APR 14 2255 - AA music; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

1521   SAUDI ARABIA, BSKSA, Duba, APR 11 0302 - AA male
Koranic vocal; loud. [Connelly*H-MA] + APR 14 2245 - AA
talk by man; good. + APR 14 2253 - Koranic vocal; huge.
[Connelly*R-MA]
 
1530   VATICAN, R. Vaticana, APR 15 0034 - light piano and
other orchestral music; fair with WSAI nulled. [Connelly*R-MA]
 
1550   ALGERIA - CLANDESTINE, Tindouf, APR 14 2247 - AA
male vocal & drumming; very good, no domestic QRM at all.
Signal was 10 dB stronger than adjacent WQEW-1560.
[Connelly*R-MA]

1584   SPAIN, SER synchros, APR 14 2252 - SS teletalk; good,
slight CBJ slop. [Connelly*R-MA]


*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***

535   GRENADA, GBC, St. George's, APR 15 0142 - blues /
nightclub vocal; fair through R.V.C.-530 splash. 
[Connelly*R-MA]

555   ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ZIZ, Basseterre, APR 11 0153 - 
religious music; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] + APR 15 0134 -
Carib-EE talk by man; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

604.5   unID, APR 11 0159 - apparent SS talk; rough AC ripple 
on carrier.  Loops south.  This is probably the same thing I
heard on 604.9 kHz on MAR 1.  Ideas ? [Connelly*H-MA]

620   CUBA, R. Rebelde, Colon / Moa, APR 11 0141 - // 1180
with fast SS talk; mixed with ME/VT/NJ domestics.
[Connelly*H-MA]

640   CUBA, R. Progreso, Guanabacoa / Las Tunas, APR 11 0203 -
// 660 & 690 with Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On", then
SS announcer mentioned that the song was from the "Titanic" 
movie; signal good / dominant. [Connelly*H-MA]

650   COLOMBIA, RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, APR 11 0210 -
Antena Dos ID; over other SS station. [Connelly*H-MA]

660   CUBA, R. Progreso, CMHG, Santa Clara, APR 11 0203 -
// 640 & 690 with Celine Dion song, SS talk; under WFAN.
[Connelly*H-MA]

660   ST. LUCIA, Castries, APR 15 0120 - Caribbean-accented
EE talk by woman; this was one of several stations under
WFAN. [Connelly*R-MA]  
 
670   CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMQ, Arroyo Arenas, APR 11 0211 -
// 1180 with Rebelde SS talk; loud & totally dominant.
[Connelly*H-MA]

670   VENEZUELA, R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, APR 15 0138 -
salsa music, R. Rumbos ID, doorbells; good, rising over
CKXB-NF. [Connelly*R-MA]  
 
690   CUBA, R. Progreso, Jovellanos, APR 11 0203 - // 640 
& 660 with Celine Dion song, SS talk; under CBF. [Connelly*H-MA]

750   VENEZUELA, YVKS, Caracas, APR 15 0128 - Caracas newstalk
mixed with CBGY-NF. [Connelly*R-MA]

800   NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, Trans-World Radio, PJB, Bonaire,
APR 11 0125 - SS talk about the Bible; other SS station
under with music. [Connelly*H-MA]

830   ST. KITTS & NEVIS, TBN, Basseterre, APR 15 0132 -
// 7510 with US EE preacher. [Connelly*R-MA]

860   CUBA, R. Reloj, CMBL, Arroyo Arenas, APR 11 0120 - SS
talk, pips on the minute; in CJBC null. [Connelly*H-MA]
 
895   ST. KITTS & NEVIS, VON, Bath Village, APR 15 0134 -
soca music; fair to good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1128.5   unID, APR 14 2323 - wobbly het on the low side of
WBBR. [Connelly*R-MA]

1160   BERMUDA, VSB3, Hamilton, APR 15 0020 - BBC // 5975 with
report about the arrest of an Italian police official for
taking money from organized crime kidnappers; strong signal, 
over WSKW/others. [Connelly*R-MA]

1180   CUBA, R. Rebelde, APR 11 0140 - // 620 with fast SS
talk by man & woman; atop WHAM. [Connelly*H-MA]

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