[HCDX]: logs - 6 FEB 1999
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[HCDX]: logs - 6 FEB 1999
(logs 6 FEB 1999: file=DX990206.LOG)
Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 1999
[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] = Orleans, Cape Cod, MA
(GC= 69.969 W / 41.754 N)
(Town Landing at east end of Portanimicut Road)
e-mail = WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Receiver: Drake R8A
Antenna system: cardioid array with BBL-1 broadband loop &
APW-1 active whip to DXP-1 phasing unit
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*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***
549 | ALGERIA | Les Trembles, FEB 6 2335 - AA talk; fair.
[Connelly*O-MA]
567 | IRELAND | RTE, Tullamore, FEB 6 0314 - old-time C&W and
blues songs. [Connelly*H-MA]
693 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC, Droitwich et al., FEB 6 0300 -
EE news; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
738 | SPAIN | RNE1, Barcelona, FEB 6 2253 - compressed-audio SS
talk; just sliding by monster-level CHCM-NF-740. [Connelly*O-MA]
756 | SPAIN | R. Euskadi, Bilbao, FEB 6 2249 - man & woman with
SS talk and laughing; to fair peak. [Connelly*O-MA]
765 | SENEGAL | Dakar, FEB 6 2248 - loud with violins and
moaning-type vocal. [Connelly*O-MA]
855 | SPAIN | RNE1, Murcia et al., FEB 6 2310 - SS talk by man,
slow SAH from something else way under. [Connelly*O-MA]
981 | ALGERIA | Algiers, FEB 6 2318 - AA male vocal; fair.
[Connelly*O-MA]
1044 | MOROCCO | Sebaa-Aioun, FEB 6 2326 - AA violins; well
atop SER-Spain. [Connelly*O-MA]
1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | Talk Radio synchros, FEB 6 2327 - EE
teletalk by woman; fair. 1090 slop was more from a Latin
American pile-up than from WBAL. [Connelly*O-MA]
1098 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, FEB 6 2330 - pips on the half-hour,
R. Nacional Espana ID, then news. [Connelly*O-MA]
1107 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, FEB 6 2330 - // 1098 with SS news;
over growl. [Connelly*O-MA]
1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Virgin R. synchros, FEB 6 0254 -
"Sara" by Fleetwood Mac; to good peak. [Connelly*H-MA]
1269 | GERMANY | DeutschlandRadio, Neumunster, FEB 6 0248 -
classical music // 1422; to fair peak. [Connelly*H-MA]
1278 | IRELAND (t) | RTE2, Dublin & Cork, FEB 6 0400 - likely
this with pips, EE talk; poor. [Connelly*H-MA]
1422 | GERMANY | DeutschlandRadio, Heusweiler, FEB 6 0244 -
classical piano & violin music; very good. [Connelly*H-MA]
1467 | FRANCE | TWR, Roumoules, FEB 6 0505 - GG preaching.
[Connelly*H-MA]
1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, FEB 6 2230 - soft guitar
music and slow emotional AA talk by man, into 5 short pips
and one long pip, followed by fast AA talk (probably news);
loud ! [Connelly*O-MA]
1539 | GERMANY | ERF, Mainflingen, FEB 6 0510 - organ music,
then choral religious vocal; strong, sometimes overwhelming
WDCD/CHIN-1540. [Connelly*H-MA]
1548 | KUWAIT | VOA, Kuwait City, FEB 6 0235 - VOA EE news about
Kashmir Solidarity Day, then an item about Monica Lewinsky and
the impeachment trial. Huge signal, totally annihilating the
1550 domestics. This had been blasting in on the car radio
(along Route 6 on the way to Harwich) over the previous half
hour. [Connelly*H-MA]
1575 | KUWAIT | CLANDESTINE, FEB 6 0237 - excited AA talk;
LOUD ! [Connelly*H-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
535 | GRENADA | GBC, St. George's, FEB 6 0317 - "Midnight Blue"
by Melissa Manchester; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
550 | VENEZUELA | Mundial, YVKE, Caracas, FEB 6 0210 - advert
for auto parts dealer "en Caracas"; good, over WDEV/WLKW.
[Connelly*H-MA]
555 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | ZIZ, Basseterre, FEB 6 0318 -
Caribbean vocals; poor to fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
570 | CUBA | R. Reloj, FEB 6 1227 - Reloj news & RR beeps;
through phased WMCA, well after local dawn. [Connelly*H-MA]
580 | PUERTO RICO | WKAQ, San Juan, FEB 6 2234 - SS "WKAQ
R. Reloj" ID, news; over others. [Connelly*O-MA]
608.5 | CUBA | R. Rebelde outlet, unknown city, FEB 6 0320 -
Rebelde drifter now here (in its gradual drift up the dial).
[Connelly*H-MA]
627.5 | unID | FEB 6 0322 - poorly-modulated carrier.
[Connelly*H-MA]
630 | PUERTO RICO | WSKN, San Juan, FEB 6 2236 - SS news with
Super Cadena mention; mixed with CFCY & WPRO. [Connelly*O-MA]
640 | CUBA | R. Progreso, Guanabacoa / Las Tunas, FEB 6 0302 -
Backstreet Boys song, then man in SS (// 890); dominant.
[Connelly*H-MA]
640 | GUADELOUPE | RFO, Pointe-a-Pitre, FEB 6 2237 - FF teletalk;
atop CBN, others. [Connelly*O-MA]
690 | BRAZIL | R. Dragao do Mar, ZYH587, Fortaleza, FEB 6 2243 -
religious-sounding PP talk by man; fair, dominant. This channel
has got very interesting with CBF now gone. [Connelly*O-MA]
690 | COLOMBIA | HJCZ, Bogota, FEB 6 0300 - R. Recuerdos ID;
over growl. [Connelly*H-MA]
700 | unID | FEB 6 2259 - EE newstalk by a woman in an accent
that was somewhat British-sounding with Afro-Caribbean
influences. Signal dropped under SS stations. It could
be Jamaica, but the time seemed too early and antenna bearings
were more easterly (towards the eastern end of the Caribbean,
or South America). If it's Linden, Guyana, it's a station
listed as being just 1 kW. [Connelly*O-MA]
700 | VENEZUELA | R. Sur, YVPQ, Puerto Ordaz, FEB 6 2257 -
slogan sounded like "R. Sur Siete Ciento"; briefly over
others. [Connelly*O-MA]
705 | ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES | Kingstown, FEB 6 2302 -
gospel-style group vocal; fair to good. [Connelly*O-MA]
720 | VENEZUELA | R. Oriente, YVQE, Porlamar, FEB 6 2337 -
SS dance music, then ID "R. Oriente, la senal musical de
Venezuela"; good, over CHTN. [Connelly*O-MA]
750 | VENEZUELA | RCR, YVKS, Caracas, FEB 6 2252 - Caracas SS
newstalk; over CBGY. [Connelly*O-MA]
760 | BRAZIL | R. Record, ZYH888, Fortaleza, FEB 6 2250 - fanfare
music, PP talk; in messy jumble with apparent Guyana, Venezuela,
and Colombia. [Connelly*O-MA]
760 | VENEZUELA | R. Puerto La Cruz, YVQQ, Puerto La Cruz,
FEB 6 2304 - religious-sounding talk mentioning a meeting "en
Porlamar"; poor, in "stew" of others. [Connelly*O-MA]
820.22 | VENEZUELA | R. Guadalupana, YVXG, Coro, FEB 6 2306 -
bits of sports-related SS talk, local mentions; poor.
[Connelly*O-MA]
840 | CUBA | CMHW, Santa Clara, FEB 6 1226 - SS Cuban news;
over WRYM/WHAS; post-sunrise reception. [Connelly*H-MA]
890 | CUBA | R. Progreso, CMDZ, Santiago de Cuba, FEB 6 0302 -
// 640 with Backstreet Boys song; mixed with WLS/WBPS.
+ FEB 6 1225 - Progreso mention, SS telephone interview; still
audible well after dawn with WBPS phased. [Connelly*H-MA]
1010 | BRAZIL | R. CBN, ZYH625, Fortaleza, FEB 6 2320 - PP
sporting event report; under WINS. [Connelly*O-MA]
1020 | unID | FEB 6 2322 - probably YVRS here with SS religious
talk, no ID's; local-like. [Connelly*O-MA]
1170 | COLOMBIA | CARACOL, HJNW, Cartagena, FEB 6 2332 - several
Bogota mentions in news; over others. [Connelly*O-MA]
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