[HCDX]: Re: [AmFmTvDx] logs: MW: 19 - 20 MAY 1998

["Neil Kazaross" <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

wish i was back there !! best stop in US I ever dxed from... way less cuba 
so less qrm to brazil.. and lest domestic qrm in general on ta's  than
cape/rockport etc
re 1602 ascension... not hrd in nfld in years even though 1485 in most
nights.. can someone confirm whethr 1602 has bit the dust?  btw  Mark  yd
need an AU to take out spain to have a chance,  73 kaz.. and have definate
nfld 7 dates been set yet?


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> Subject: [AmFmTvDx] logs: MW: 19 - 20 MAY 1998
> Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 4:57 PM
> 
> 
> (logs 19 - 20 MAY 1998: file=DX980520.LOG)
> MAINE COAST after-work road-trip report
> 
> Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 1998
> 
> e-mail = WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> [Connelly*O-ME] = Ogunquit, ME
> (GC= 70.598 W / 43.25 N)
> (River Road, near Beach Street: beach parking area)
> 
> Receiver: Drake R8A
> 
> Antenna system - BBL-1 broadband loop and MFJ-1024 whip 
> (as cardioid array); Superphaser-1 phasing unit
> 
> ======================================================
> 
> *** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***
> 
> 549   ALGERIA, Les Trembles, MAY 20 0057 - woman in AA; poor
> to fair. [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 612   SPAIN / MOROCCO, MAY 20 0056 - jumbled messy mix of 
> SS and AA talk. [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 621   CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, MAY 20 0055 - 
> SS talk // 639; poor. [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 639   SPAIN, RNE1, La Coruna et al., MAY 20 0054 - SS discussion;
> loud. [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 711   WESTERN SAHARA, Laayoune, MAY 20 0052 - AA talk;
> through tough T-storm static (QRN). [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 765   SENEGAL, Dakar, MAY 20 0049 - male AA vocal; over fast
> SAH that was presumably from Switzerland under. [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 891   ALGERIA, Algiers, MAY 20 0047 - AA music at low audio 
> level on a strong carrier. [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 1044   MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, MAY 19 2352 - AA vocal; rising
> through QRN.  The static crashes seemed pretty strong
> considering that no clouds were in view. [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 1044   SPAIN, SER synchros, MAY 20 0041 - SER SS newstalk
> and telephone interview; over others. [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 1089   UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, MAY 20 0040 -
> excited EE teletalk.  To strong peaks (but with choppy fades
> at times); WBAL in cardioid array phase-null. [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 1098   SLOVAKIA / SPAIN, MAY 20 0038 - even-strength battle
> between Slavic music and SS talk; a bad growl resulted from
> the frequency difference of about 50 Hz. [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 1107   SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, MAY 20 0036 - two men in SS;
> LOUD ! [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 1125   SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, MAY 20 0036 - fast SS talk; poor.
> [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 1134   CROATIA, HR, Zadar, MAY 20 0035 - initially dominating
> the channel with a Slavic folk vocal.  Then it faded under 
> Spain. [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 1134   SPAIN, COPE synchros, MAY 20 0036 - SS teletalk; rising
> atop Croatia. [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 1152   SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, MAY 20 0032 - man in SS; fair.
> Jumble of other stuff noted under. [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 1179   SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS, SER synchros, MAY 20 0111 -
> SER net SS teletalk; fair to good with WHAM phased. 
> [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 1215   UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin R. synchros, MAY 20 0113 - rock
> music; just over Spain and barely covering the static crashes.
> [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 1251   LIBYA, Tripoli, MAY 20 0113 - man in AA; poor to fair
> in tough (hard to null) WKBR/WARE/WMTR slop. [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 1296   SPAIN, COPE, Valencia, MAY 20 0023 - man & woman with
> SS teletalk; good. [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 1314   SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, MAY 20 0114 - bits of SS talk;
> in tough CKEC-1320 slop.  Other signal (Norway or UAE ?) noted
> under. [Connelly*O-ME]
>  
> 1349   MAURITANIA, R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, MAY 19 2325 -
> het, bits of female vocal: at pre-sunset fade-up.  First TA
> signal noted this afternoon. [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 1422   ALGERIA, Algiers, MAY 20 0012 - AA violins; poor at
> first, then the carrier got strong, but the audio was still
> at a low level. [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 1512   SAUDI ARABIA, BSKSA, Jeddah, MAY 20 0116 - AA male
> Koranic a cappella vocal; EXCELLENT signal - about equal to
> WNRB-1510 !  The huge strength of this so late in the DX 
> season really surprised me.  The 0100-0130 UTC slot seems 
> to be the optimum time for Middle East propagation during 
> spring and summer. [Connelly*O-ME]
>  
> 1548   KUWAIT, VOA, Kuwait City, MAY 20 0117 - VOA program
> with US EE talk by man; to fair peaks, well over the British 
> stations.  It was close to dawn on the Kuwait end of the path.
> [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 1550   ALGERIA - CLANDESTINE, Tindouf, MAY 19 2332 - bongo
> drums, oud-like string instrument, and a group of women
> shouting and singing in a Berber tribal style.  HUGE signal,
> way over a US station that had a baseball game.  This was
> definitely the loudest pre-sunset TA. [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 1584   SPAIN / CEUTA, MAY 20 0018 - Spain with SER newstalk
> and Ceuta with music "duked it out" at even strength.  Tough
> static and CBJ slop at times. [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 1602   SPAIN, EI, Vitoria, MAY 20 0117 - mellow SS pop vocal;
> good, way over the SER SS talker.  No sign of Ascension Island
> that Neil Kazaross heard from here in the '80s. [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 
> *** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
> 
> 1110   VENEZUELA, YVQT, Carupano, MAY 20 0037 - R. Carupano 
> ID, SS talk; fair over a low rumble.  In general, the Latin 
> Americans were on the weak side tonight.  Even 535 and the 
> other Caribbean splits were barely making it. [Connelly*O-ME]
>  
> 1375   ST. PIERRE ET MIQUELON, RFO, MAY 19 2330 - man with 
> FF teletalk; fair.  Groundwave reception at this site is
> possible (day signal at noise threshold). [Connelly*O-ME]
> 
> 
> 
> 
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