[HCDX]: logs, 5-19 SEP 1999
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[HCDX]: logs, 5-19 SEP 1999



(logs 5 - 19 SEP 1999: file=DX990919.LOG)

Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 1999

[Connelly*D-MA] = Duxbury, MA
(GC= 70.651 W / 42.047 N)
(west end of Powder Point Bridge, at King Caesar Road)

[Connelly*P-MA] = Plymouth, MA
(GC= 70.68 W / 41.98 N)
(Robbins Road - Holmes Reservation, N of Nelson Street Beach)

e-mail = WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Web    = http://members.aol.com/MarkWA1ION/weblink.htm
 
Receiver: Drake R8A

Antenna system: cardioid array with BBL-1 broadband loop,
AWP-1 whip, Superphaser-1 phasing unit

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*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***

603 | SPAIN | RNE5, Sevilla / Palencia, SEP 19 0037 -
pop vocal // 621; to fair peak. [Connelly*D-MA]
  
612 | MOROCCO | Sebaa-Aioun, SEP 19 0035 - AA vocal at
light audio level on good carrier. [Connelly*D-MA]

621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, SEP 6 0113 -
SS talk // 1107; to fair peak. [Connelly*P-MA] + SEP 19 0030 -
man in SS; loud. [Connelly*D-MA]

639 | SPAIN | RNE1, La Coruna, SEP 6 0111 - // 1107 with
SS female vocal; fair through CBN QRM. [Connelly*P-MA]
  
648 | GAMBIA | Bonto, SEP 18 2322 - African-accented EE
talk by woman, then drumming; fair. [Connelly*D-MA]
  
648 | SPAIN | RNE1, Badajoz et al., SEP 6 0110 - // 1107
with female vocal; poor. [Connelly*P-MA]

657 | SPAIN | RNE5, Madrid, SEP 6 0110 - SS vocal // 1107;
fair. [Connelly*P-MA] 
 
666 | SPAIN | SER R. Barcelona, Barcelona, SEP 19 0101 -
SS news by woman; over an apparent EE station (not sure
what that would be). [Connelly*D-MA]

666 | unID | SEP 6 0110 - jumble of signals with one that
sounded AA (likely Algeria).  Nothing was really dominant.
[Connelly*P-MA]

684 | SPAIN | RNE1, Sevilla, SEP 6 0109 - // 1107 with
female vocal; poor in WRKO slop. [Connelly*P-MA]

693 | SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, SEP 6 0108 - // 1107 with SS
talk, female vocal. [Connelly*P-MA]

693.72 | AZORES | RDP, Santa Barbara | SEP 19 0050 - // 836
with emotional folk female vocal & guitar; HUGE !  There
was a 720 Hz background het from the weaker stations on
the correct 693.0 channel. [Connelly*D-MA]

711.04 | WESTERN SAHARA | Laayoune, SEP 5 2317 - AA talk
over 40 Hz growl. [Connelly*P-MA] + SEP 18 2324 - man in
AA; strong, often better than WOR. [Connelly*D-MA]

738 | SPAIN | RNE1, Barcelona, SEP 6 0107 - SS talk; in
CHCM slop. [Connelly*P-MA]

756 | GERMANY | DeutschlandRadio, Braunschweig/Ravensburg,
SEP 6 0106 - avant garde symphonic music; fair. [Connelly*P-MA]
 
765 | SWITZERLAND | RSR, Sottens, SEP 6 0115 - romantic FF
vocal; fair with WABC phased. [Connelly*P-MA]

774 | SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, SEP 6 0105 - SS news by man &
woman; poor with a lot of slop from CFDR-780 and some from
WABC-770 as well. [Connelly*P-MA]

792 | SPAIN | SER, Sevilla, SEP 19 0105 - // 666 with SS
news by man & woman; loud. [Connelly*D-MA]

836 | AZORES | RDP, Pico da Barrosa, SEP 5 2320 - still on
this off-channel, PP talk by two men at low audio level;
stronger than adjacent Canaries-837. [Connelly*P-MA]
+ SEP 18 2333 - PP pop vocal at low audio level; hetted
by weaker 837. [Connelly*D-MA]

837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 5 2320 -
man with fast SS talk; QRM from Azores-836. [Connelly*P-MA]

855 | SPAIN | RNE1, Murcia et al., SEP 6 0104 - woman with
news in SS; fair to good with WEEI phased. [Connelly*P-MA]

864 | EGYPT | Santah, SEP 5 2335 - Koranic male AA vocal;
very good. [Connelly*P-MA]

882 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 6 0103 -
SS newstalk; slightly over UK. [Connelly*P-MA]

882   UNITED KINGDOM, BBC Wales, Washford, SEP 6 0103 -
bits of EE news audible under Canaries-Spain. [Connelly*P-MA]
 
891 | ALGERIA | Algiers, SEP 5 2322 - end of musical selection,
then man & woman in AA; good. [Connelly*P-MA]

909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC, Moorside Edge et al., SEP 6 0102 -
EE news about car bombings in Israel; fair. [Connelly*P-MA]

954 | SPAIN | R. Espana, Madrid, SEP 5 2323 - Caribbean salsa-
merengue style music; good. [Connelly*P-MA]

963 | PORTUGAL | R. Renascenca, Seixal, SEP 5 2324 - man in
PP; over probable Spain/Tunisia. [Connelly*P-MA]

981 | ALGERIA | Radiodif. Algerienne, Algiers, SEP 5 2324 -
shrill vocal & violins. [Connelly*P-MA] 

999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, SEP 6 0101 - SS news by man & woman;
to good peak over CKBW slop. [Connelly*P-MA]

1017 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, SEP 6 0057 - SS talk; over
apparent Germany/Turkey mix. [Connelly*P-MA]

1017 | TURKEY | TRT-1, Istanbul-Mundanya, SEP 5 2326 - Islamic
style vocal having an operatic quality, then Turkish talk by
woman; good, dominant over Spain and Germany. [Connelly*P-MA]

1026 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 5 2329 - // 1044 with man in SS;
to good peak with WBZ phased. [Connelly*P-MA]

1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 5 2327 - usual news discussion
and teletalk; excellent, clearly dominant. [Connelly*P-MA]

1053 | MOROCCO | Tanger, SEP 5 2347 - AA vocal & strings; briefly
atop Talk Radio and Spain. [Connelly*P-MA]

1053 | SPAIN | COPE, Zaragoza / Castellon, SEP 5 2330 - fast SS
teletalk; over UK & Morocco. [Connelly*P-MA]

1053 | UNITED KINGDOM | Talk Radio synchros, SEP 6 0056 - phone-in
from Natalie, announcer said "Hi, You're on Talk Radio.", then
a discussion of resorts in North Wales compared to those in
South Wales; HUGE signal, burying Spain. [Connelly*P-MA]

1071 | SPAIN | EI, Bilbao, SEP 5 2353 - // 1197 with US C&W vocal;
in tough CBA slop. [Connelly*P-MA]

1088 | ANGOLA | Radio Nacional, Mulenvos, SEP 19 0004 - good
carrier and bits of apparent PP news.  UK-1089 was "aurora'ed
out". [Connelly*D-MA]

1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | Talk Radio synchros, SEP 5 2334 - business-
related talk. + SEP 5 2348 - announcer to phone-in: "Are you on
a mobile ?  It's cutting in and out a bit." [Connelly*P-MA]  

1098 | SLOVAKIA | Slovensky Rozhlas, Nitra, SEP 5 2336 - nostalgic
(1940's-style) female vocal; over Spain. [Connelly*P-MA] 

1098 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, SEP 5 2336 - // 1107 with emotional
SS talk; slightly behind Slovakia. [Connelly*P-MA]

1107 | GERMANY | AFN synchros, SEP 5 2349 - US EE talk about
"award winners"; under Spain. [Connelly*P-MA]

1107 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, SEP 5 2337 - SS dramatic presentation;
local-like. [Connelly*P-MA]

1116 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 5 2350 - // 1044 with man in SS;
poor to fair over low-pitched growl. [Connelly*P-MA]

1125 | CROATIA | HR, Deanovec, SEP 5 2351 - // 1134 with bouncy
Alpine-style male vocal; under Spain. [Connelly*P-MA]
 
1125 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, SEP 5 2351 - man & woman in SS;
over Croatia. [Connelly*P-MA]

1134 | CROATIA | HR, Zadar, SEP 5 2338 - Billy Joel vocal; over
Spain. [Connelly*P-MA]

1134 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 5 2338 - fast SS talk noted
behind Croatia. [Connelly*P-MA]

1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 5 2346 - // 1044
with SS teletalk about newspaper articles; loud, way over Middle
Eastern or Greek music station. [Connelly*P-MA]

1179 | GREECE | Thessaloniki, SEP 6 0051 - female Greek vocal;
briefly blasting in over SER Canaries-Spain. [Connelly*P-MA]
 
1197 | LESOTHO | BBC relay, Lancer's Gap, SEP 18 2340 - Despite
reports of this station's imminent closure, it was still very
much present as of this date.  Noted with monster signal // 5975
playing "More than Words" by Extreme.  This was actually one
of the strongest Trans-Atlantics at the time. [Connelly*D-MA]
  
1197 | SPAIN | EI, Vitoria, SEP 5 2353 - C&W vocal // 1071;
excellent. [Connelly*P-MA]

1206 | FRANCE | R. Bleue, Bordeaux, SEP 6 0002 - automated R. Bleue
jingle into "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by the Beatles; HUGE !
[Connelly*P-MA]

1215 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 6 0048 - excited SS teletalk;
over Virgin-UK. [Connelly*P-MA]

1242 | FRANCE | R. Bleue, Marseille, SEP 6 0003 - // 1206 with
Beatles tune, then FF male folk vocal strongly influenced by the
Irish song "Whiskey in the Jar"; poor to fair through WBUR slop.
[Connelly*P-MA] 

1251 | LIBYA | Tripoli, SEP 6 0006 - AA news by man; booming
in at S9+25. [Connelly*P-MA]

1287 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 6 0046 - SS talk by man; mixed
with 2 others. [Connelly*P-MA]

1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, SEP 6 0007 - SS news interview;
good. [Connelly*P-MA]

1305 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, SEP 6 0008 - SS news; in jumble
with unID music station. [Connelly*P-MA]

1341 | NORTHERN IRELAND | BBC R. Ulster, Lisnagarvey, SEP 6 0009 -
sports-related EE talk; poor in slop. [Connelly*P-MA]

1359 | SPAIN | Arganda, SEP 6 0046 - several SS announcers; loud,
pushing back the CKBC slop. [Connelly*P-MA]

1404 | FRANCE | R. Bleue synchros, SEP 6 0012 - // 1206 with
uptempo female FF vocal, canned R. Bleue jingle; poor, in slop
crossfire from WPLM-1390 and CIGO-1410.74. [Connelly*P-MA]

1413 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, SEP 6 0013 - // 1107 with old-time
jazz vocal, then man in SS; fair over CIGO slop. [Connelly*P-MA]

1422 | GERMANY | DeutschlandRadio, Heusweiler, SEP 6 0015 -
"I'm Not in Love" by 10 CC; fair to good. [Connelly*P-MA]

1458 | ALBANIA | RTV Shqiptar, Fllake, SEP 6 0044 - eastern
European talk (interview) came up in strength and got loud.
[Connelly*P-MA]

1458 | UNITED KINGDOM | unID station, SEP 6 0043 - bits of EE
talk; briefly audible, then buried by Albania. [Connelly*P-MA]

1512 | GREECE (t) | Elleniki Radiophonia, Chania, SEP 6 0040 -
Greek-sounding music; in horrendous WNRB slop. [Connelly*P-MA]
 
1521 | SPAIN | SER, Castellon, SEP 6 0037 - // 1044 with SS
teletalk; poor to fair over others. [Connelly*P-MA] 

1530 | VATICAN | R. Vaticana, SEP 6 0025 - LOCAL-LIKE with
a long presentation of Segovia-style Spanish classical / folk
guitar music.  An apparent Middle Eastern music station and
WSAI were noted far off in the background. [Connelly*P-MA]
 
1539 | SPAIN | SER, Manresa/Elche, SEP 6 0024 - typical SER
SS teletalk; fair with WDCD phased. [Connelly*P-MA] 

1548 | KUWAIT | VOA, Kuwait City, SEP 6 0023 - US sportstalk
mentioning the Mets and the Cubs; to good peak.  There was
a weak background het from something on 1546.4, possibly the
jammer near the Morocco / W. Sahara border. [Connelly*P-MA]

1557 | FRANCE | R. Bleue, Nice, SEP 6 0035 - // 1206 with lounge-
style male FF vocal (a medley of show tunes); poor in WQEW slop.
[Connelly*P-MA]

1575 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 6 0001 - SS news by several
announcers; loud. [Connelly*P-MA]

1583.6 | CEUTA | RadiOle, SEP 6 0031 - SS talk by woman; about
even in strength with SER-1584. [Connelly*P-MA]

1584 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 6 0032 - man in SS; QRM from
equal strength Ceuta-1583.6. [Connelly*P-MA]

1602 | SPAIN | EI, Vitoria, SEP 6 0032 - non-SER SS news; evenly
mixing with the SER synchros. [Connelly*P-MA]

1602 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 6 0032 - SS news // other SER's;
over/under EI Vitoria. [Connelly*P-MA]
 


*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***

535 | GRENADA | GBC, St. George's, SEP 19 0038 - soul female
vocal (maybe Tina Turner); through RVC-530 slop. [Connelly*D-MA]

555 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | ZIZ, Basseterre, SEP 19 0056 -
woman with discussion program about workers; good signal,
but tough WGAN slop. [Connelly*D-MA]   

600 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, CMKV, Urbano Noris, SEP 19 0032 -
SS sports // 5025; over jumble. [Connelly*D-MA]

620 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, Colon / Moa, SEP 19 0032 - // 600 & 5025
with SS sporting event; over WZON and probable Antigua / Brazil
mix. [Connelly*D-MA]

630 | PUERTO RICO | WSKN, San Juan, SEP 19 0046 - SS talk with
Cadena and local mentions; under WPRO. [Connelly*D-MA]

640 | GUADELOUPE | RFO, Pointe-a-Pitre, SEP 19 0047 - FF
teletalk; excellent signal, totally dominant. [Connelly*D-MA]
 
650 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | R, Universal, HIAT, Santo Domingo,
SEP 19 0028 - frenetic Afropop-influenced merengue, R. Universal
ID, then a romantic song that started at a slow tempo and then
went into dance rhythm.  Good / dominant (before HJKH starting
blending in a few minutes later). [Connelly*D-MA]

690 | BRAZIL | R. Dragao do Mar, ZYH587, Fortaleza, SEP 18 2323 -
excited PP shouting by man; loud.  No sign of Anguilla at the
time. [Connelly*D-MA]

700 | JAMAICA | RJR, Montego Bay, SEP 19 0053 - reggae vocal,
then Caribbean EE DJ.  This gradually came up over the South
American jumble and eventually became loud and dominant.
[Connelly*D-MA]

705 | ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES | Kingstown, SEP 19 0022 -
slow serious-sounding Caribbean EE talk by man. + SEP 19 0053 -
talkshow about a medical topic; briefly good. [Connelly*D-MA]

750 | VENEZUELA | RCR, YVKS, Caracas, SEP 19 0020 - man
& woman with SS talk about international sports; loud and
dominant. [Connelly*D-MA] 
 
760 | BRAZIL | R. Record, ZYH888, Fortaleza, SEP 18 2327 -
PP female choral group religious vocal (melody similar to
"We Are the World"), R. Record jingle, then man in PP;
HUGE ! [Connelly*D-MA]

760 | GUYANA (t) | R. Roraima, 8RG, Georgetown, SEP 19 0019 -
bits of Caribbean EE talk; in jumble with Brazil and SS
Latin Americans. [Connelly*D-MA]

780 | VENEZUELA | R. Coro, YVMN, Coro, SEP 19 0017 - R. Coro
ID; slightly over CFDR/ZBVI/YVOD mess. [Connelly*D-MA] 
 
800 | NETHERLANDS ANTILLES | Trans-World Radio, PJB, Bonaire,
SEP 18 2329 - R. Transmundial jingle followed by PP talk by
women; atop domestics. [Connelly*D-MA] 

810 | BRAZIL | R. Verdes Mares, ZYH589, Fortaleza, SEP 18 2331 -
man & woman in PP; in jumble. [Connelly*D-MA]

830 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | TBN, Basseterre, SEP 18 2332 -
EE preacher talking about what it takes to be a hero;
way over WCRN (which had Irish show // WROL-950).
[Connelly*D-MA]

895 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | VON, Bath Village, SEP 18 2335 -
female vocal; fair peak. [Connelly*D-MA] 
  
940 | VENEZUELA | R. Fe y Alegria, YVLU, Campo Mata,
SEP 19 0115 - religious-sounding song, then Fe y Alegria
mention; in jumble. [Connelly*D-MA]
 
1020 | VENEZUELA | R. Margarita, YVRS, La Asuncion, 
SEP 19 0012 - tropical music, Margarita mention; to
good peak. [Connelly*D-MA]

1100 | ANTIGUA | R. ZDK, St. John's, SEP 19 0002 - // BBCWS
outlets on 1160, 1197, & 5975 with EE news mentioning Kosovo;
excellent. [Connelly*D-MA]

1160 | BERMUDA | VSB3, Hamilton, SEP 18 2359 - BBCWS // 1197
and 5975 with "Everything I Do" by Bryan Adams, female
presenter mentioned "at the top of the international charts
on this date in 1991".  World Service ID followed.  Good,
well over WVNJ/WOBM. [Connelly*D-MA]

1280 | BERMUDA | VSB2, Hamilton, SEP 18 2355 - typical
religious program with folksy early '70s style "around
the campfire" group vocals; well over the WADO/WFAU/WEIM
mix. [Connelly*D-MA]

1375.02 | ST. PIERRE ET MIQUELON | RFO, SEP 6 0010 - local-
like with a majestic orchestra accompanying a male FF vocal.
[Connelly*P-MA]

1459.1 | unID | SEP 18 2351 - het of undetermined origin,
probably South American. [Connelly*D-MA]

1610 | ANGUILLA | Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, SEP 18 2345 -
EE discussion of Scriptures; good, over TIS's. [Connelly*D-MA]

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