[HCDX]: logs 15 - 19 MAR 2000

[Mark Connelly <MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxxxxx>]

(logs 15 - 19 MAR 2000: file=dx000319.log)

Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 2000

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

[Connelly*R-MA] = Rockport, MA
(GC= 70.622 W / 42.667 N)
(Granite Pier)

e-mail = MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxxxxx
Homepage = http://members.aol.com/MarkWA1ION/weblink.htm
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RF circuit page: http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/index.html
 
Receiver: Drake R8A

Antenna systems: APW-1 active whip, BBL-1 broadband loop
(using Wellbrook ALA-1530 amplifier), Superphaser-1 phasing
unit

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*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***

549 | ALGERIA | Les Trembles, MAR 16 0218 - // 891 with calm
Arabic discusion, brief bit of instrumental music, then more
talk; over Germany. [Connelly*R-MA]

549 | GERMANY | MAR 16 0218 - // 756 with operatic female
vocal; under Algeria. [Connelly*R-MA]
 
567 | IRELAND | RTE, Tullamore, MAR 15 2329 - "Follow That
Dream" by Elvis Presley, then a man talked about Saint
Patrick's Day festivities throughout the country; to good
peak through some WGAN slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

576 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, MAR 16 0216 -
Spanish talk; poor, mixed with Arabic station. [Connelly*R-MA]

585 | SPAIN | RNE1, Madrid, MAR 16 0215 - Spanish talk; fair,
some VOCM slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

594 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, MAR 16 0158 - // 1521 with
Arabic speeches, apparently an all-night broadcast. + MAR 16 0207 -
now in with monster signal !  Arabic // 1521. [Connelly*R-MA]

603 | SPAIN | RNE5, Sevilla / Palencia, MAR 16 0220 - // 855
with men speaking Spanish. [Connelly*R-MA]
 
612 | IRELAND | Athlone, MAR 15 2335 - woman in English
mentioned "2FM", then a hip-hop style song followed; over
others. [Connelly*R-MA]

621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, MAR 15 2337 -
fast Spanish talk, interview; fair to good through WZON slop.
[Connelly*R-MA]

639 | SPAIN | RNE1, La Coruna, MAR 18 2305 - excited Spanish
talk, interspersed music; getting by strong CBN. [Connelly*D-MA]
  
657 | SPAIN | RNE5, Madrid, MAR 18 2304 - Spanish talk; fair.
[Connelly*D-MA] 
 
675 | NETHERLANDS | R. 10, Lopik, MAR 16 0148 - an alternate
version of the Bobby Freeman hit "Do You Want to Dance ?";
fair in WRKO slop. + MAR 16 0223 - Dutch talk, R. 10 mention,
then R&B female vocal; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

684 | SPAIN | RNE1, Sevilla, MAR 15 2339 - Spanish talk /
teletalk; fair, in WRKO slop.  There was a second station
well under. [Connelly*R-MA]

693 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC, Droitwich et al., MAR 15 2340 -
discussion about changes in the business relationship
between the BMW and Rover motor vehicle manufacturing
operations; excellent signal. [Connelly*R-MA]

702 | MOROCCO | RTM, Sebaa-Aioun, MAR 15 2342 - Arabic vocal
& strings; strong carrier, light audio. [Connelly*R-MA]

702 | SLOVAKIA | Slovensky Rozhlas, Banska Bystrica,
MAR 16 0145 - // 1098 with soft semi-classical music, then
Slavic talk. [Connelly*R-MA] 

729 | SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, MAR 18 2316 - rapid-fire monotone
Spanish talk by man; fair with CKAC phased. [Connelly*D-MA]

738 | SPAIN | RNE1, Barcelona, MAR 16 0144 - // 855 with woman
in Spanish; through CHCM slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

747 | NETHERLANDS | Flevoland, MAR 16 0143 - presumably
this with a religious-sounding choral vocal and orchestra;
good. [Connelly*R-MA] + MAR 19 0010 - jazz; very good.
[Connelly*D-MA]

756 | GERMANY | DeutschlandRadio, Braunschweig/Ravensburg,
MAR 16 0142 - // 1422 with classical music; good.
[Connelly*R-MA]
 
765 | SWITZERLAND | RSR, Sottens, MAR 15 2345 - Lou Rawls 1976
oldie "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine", then talk
that mentioned Zurich; to strong peak. [Connelly*R-MA]

774 | EGYPT (t) | Abis, MAR 18 2318 - Arabic female vocal and
strings; wiping out Spain. [Connelly*D-MA]

774 | SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, MAR 16 0225 - // 855 with emotional
female Spanish vocal; over Arabic station. [Connelly*R-MA]

783 | SYRIA | Tartus, MAR 18 2320 - Arabic male vocal;
just over jumble containing at least two talk stations.
[Connelly*D-MA]

792 | SPAIN | SER, Sevilla, MAR 16 0226 - // 1044 with woman
hosting Spanish teletalk show; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

801 | JORDAN | R. Jordan, Ajlun, MAR 18 2323 - Arabic male
vocal and drums; over Spain. [Connelly*D-MA]

801 | SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, MAR 16 0227 - // 855 with man in
Spanish; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]

819 | EGYPT | Egyptian R., Batra, MAR 15 2351 - Koran vocal;
overtaking Morocco. [Connelly*R-MA] 

819 | MOROCCO | RTM, Rabat, MAR 15 2350 - pop Arabic vocal,
talk by man & woman; initially over Egypt. [Connelly*R-MA] 

836 | AZORES | RDP, Pico da Barrosa, MAR 15 2351 - jazz
female vocal (sounded like "Smooth Operator" by Sade); poor
in 837 interference. [Connelly*R-MA]

837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, MAR 15 2326 -
Spanish talk by 2 men; good. + MAR 15 2352 - talk with
synchro-echo; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

846 | ITALY | Rome, MAR 15 2325 - news in Italian by man
& woman; excellent. [Connelly*R-MA]

855 | ROMANIA (t) | R. Romania Actualitati, Bucuresti,
MAR 15 2324 - probably this with classical music coming up
to equal strength with Spain at times. [Connelly*R-MA]

855 | SPAIN | RNE1, Murcia et al., MAR 15 2324 - Spanish
talk slightly over likely Romania. [Connelly*R-MA]

864 | ARMENIA | Trans-World R., Kamo, MAR 19 0013 - I was
surprised when the Trans-World Radio musical-box style
interval signal came rolling in right over the usual
Egyptian powerhouse !  Luckily, I had the tape recorder
running at the time.  Egypt took over after 0015.
[Connelly*D-MA]
 
864 | EGYPT | Santah, MAR 15 2322 - Koranic male vocal;
huge. [Connelly*R-MA]

873 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAR 15 2319 - Spanish teletalk
over others; to good peak. + MAR 16 0228 - // 1044 with
woman doing Spanish teletalk show; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

882 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, MAR 18 2324 -
Spanish newstalk; over UK. [Connelly*D-MA]

882 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC Wales, Washford, MAR 15 2317 -
Elvis Costello vocal; very good, over Canaries-Spain.
[Connelly*R-MA]
 
891 | ALGERIA | Algiers, MAR 15 2316 - a cappella male Arabic
vocal; strong.  Background growl of about 50 Hz noted.
[Connelly*R-MA]

909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC, Moorside Edge et al.,
MAR 15 2313 - man & woman mentioned a personality on
a TV news program; fair, but with tough WABI slop.
+ MAR 16 0233 - sports report. [Connelly*R-MA]
+ MAR 19 0018 - good with interview about economics
and employment. [Connelly*D-MA]

954 | SPAIN | R. Espana, Madrid, MAR 18 2258 - Spanish talk
by woman; good. [Connelly*D-MA]

981 | ALGERIA | Radiodif. Algerienne, Algiers, MAR 15 2358 -
male Arabic vocal; good. [Connelly*R-MA] + MAR 18 2155 - fat
het already clobbering WCAP about an hour before local sunset,
as noted on the car radio near a salt-marsh. [Connelly*D-MA] 

981 | GREECE | Elleniki Radiophonia, Megara, MAR 16 0133 -
Greek male vocal and bouzouki; to good peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
 
1017 | GERMANY | Rheinsender, MAR 19 0021 - Fiona Apple
song, German talk by man; over presumed Spain/Turkey mix
and slop from YVRS (R. Margarita) - 1020. [Connelly*D-MA]
 
1044 | MOROCCO | Sebaa-Aioun, MAR 18 2229 - Arabic vocal
and instrumentation; well over Spain. [Connelly*D-MA]

1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAR 16 0228 - // 873/792/1116/1179
with Spanish teletalk. [Connelly*R-MA]

1053 | MOROCCO | Tanger, MAR 18 2230 - man & woman in Arabic;
over others. [Connelly*D-MA]

1053 | UNITED KINGDOM | Talk Sport synchros, MAR 16 0008 -
English talk // 1089 about buy-out of Rover auto company;
over apparent Spain/Morocco mix. + MAR 16 0128 - talk about
taxes; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | Talk Sport synchros, MAR 16 0005 -
man talking to phone-ins about mergers and acquisitions
in the automotive industry, Rover mentioned; good.
+ MAR 16 0012 - "Talk Sport" promo. [Connelly*R-MA]  
+ MAR 18 2333 - announcer to caller "Hello there in
Ayrshire, you're on Talk Sport".  This was followed by
a discussion of "haggis" and "mystery meat" in sausages
sold at sporting events. + MAR 19 0028 - advert "Win
prizes if you display a Talk Sport sticker on your car."
[Connelly*D-MA]

1098 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, MAR 16 0019 - Spanish talk;
mixed with Slovakia. [Connelly*R-MA]

1098 | SLOVAKIA | Slovensky Rozhlas, Nitra, MAR 16 0019 -
Slavic talk; over/under Spain. [Connelly*R-MA] 

1107 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, MAR 16 0122 - // 855 with
pop vocal; through R. Carupano slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
+ MAR 18 2231 - Spanish news // 1125; good. [Connelly*D-MA]

1116 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAR 16 0236 - // 873 with
Spanish teletalk; to good peak. [Connelly*R-MA]

1125 | CROATIA | HR, Deanovec, MAR 16 0011 - // 1134 with
Croatian talk mentioning broadcasting organizations; fair,
over Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
 
1125 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, MAR 16 0120 - // 855 with
excited Spanish talk by man & woman; over Croatia.
[Connelly*R-MA] + MAR 18 2231 - good with news // 1107.
[Connelly*D-MA]

1134 | CROATIA | HR, Zadar, MAR 16 0010 - Slavic talk by man;
huge. [Connelly*R-MA] + MAR 18 2233 - a segment of "Hound Dog"
by Elvis Presley, then Slavic talk by man; good, over Spain.
[Connelly*D-MA]

1134 | KUWAIT (t) | R. Kuwait, Sulaibiyah, MAR 16 0023 -
Arabic vocal, rather than typical Spain, was noted behind
the powerhouse Croatian during a period of strong Middle
East propagation. [Connelly*R-MA]

1143 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, MAR 16 0013 - fast Spanish talk;
fair, over jumble. + MAR 16 0119 - // 837 with two announcers;
to good peaks, but choppy fading. [Connelly*R-MA]

1152 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, MAR 15 0014 - // 855 with musical
interlude, then woman in Spanish; to good peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
+ MAR 18 2234 - Spanish talk, music // 1125; over WAMG-1150 slop.
[Connelly*D-MA]

1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros, MAR 16 0239 -
man & woman in Spanish (// 873, 1044) then a few seconds of the
guitar from Neil Diamond's "Play Me" used as filler; dominant.
[Connelly*R-MA]

1179 | unID (EGYPT ?) | MAR 16 0136 - Arabic-type strings; over
Canaries-Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
 
1197 | SPAIN | EI, Vitoria, MAR 18 2238 - Spanish folk song
with a bit of a Celtic/Galician influence, then man & woman in
Spanish; good.  Arabic music station (Morocco ?) way under.
[Connelly*D-MA]

1206 | ISRAEL | Kol Israel Reshet Bet, Haifa, MAR 18 2355 -
Hebrew teletalk show, then a Middle East style vocal; poor
to fair. [Connelly*D-MA]

1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Virgin R. synchros, MAR 16 0241 -
promotion for Virgin on-line CD store, followed by female
pop vocal. [Connelly*R-MA]

1251 | LIBYA | Tripoli, MAR 16 2357 - Arabic talk by man,
into interlude of pop Arabic music; good. [Connelly*D-MA]

1287 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAR 16 0244 - fast Spanish talk;
poor, in jumble. [Connelly*R-MA]

1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, MAR 16 0245 - // 837 with
Spanish teletalk by man & woman; briefly dominant before
getting blown away by Sudan. [Connelly*R-MA]

1296 | SUDAN | Reba, MAR 16 0247 - Arabic vocals and talk
blasted in with an enormous signal, burying Spain.  I
tried 7200 kHz for a parallel, but VOA was dominating there.
[Connelly*R-MA]

1296 | UNITED KINGDOM | R. XL 1296, Langley Mill, MAR 18 2358 -
pop Hindi-type vocal / film music; poor to fair over Spain.
[Connelly*D-MA]
 
1314 | NORWAY | NRK, Kvitsoy, MAR 16 0050 - "Stayin' Alive" by
the Bee Gees, then man in Norwegian; fair to good despite some
CKEC slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

1341 | NORTHERN IRELAND | BBC R. Ulster, Lisnagarvey,
MAR 16 0049 - nostalgic instrumental music, then woman
mentioned Northern Ireland. [Connelly*R-MA]

1422 | GERMANY | DeutschlandRadio, Heusweiler, MAR 16 0045 -
classical music at low audio level on strong carrier; 1 or 2
others under. + MAR 16 0140 - huge with classical music.
[Connelly*R-MA]

1440 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Damman, MAR 16 0041 - // 1521
with Arabic speech; mixed with WJAE/WWTM/WJJL mess. 
+ MAR 16 0212 - now booming over the domestics (!) with
Koranic male vocal // 594 and 1521. [Connelly*R-MA] 

1458 | UNITED KINGDOM | unID British station, MAR 18 2344 -
English conversation with listener, then dance music followed.
[Connelly*D-MA]

1467 | FRANCE | TWR, Roumoules, MAR 16 2240 - male American
English preacher said a few sentences, then a man translated
the sermon into Arabic; good signal.  Audio on upper sideband
was better than on lower sideband, almost as if something was
being done intentionally at the transmitter. [Connelly*D-MA]

1485 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAR 16 0033 - Spanish teletalk;
fair. [Connelly*R-MA] + MAR 18 2345 - to good peak.
[Connelly*D-MA]

1503 | IRAN | IRIB, Bushehr, MAR 16 0032 - Middle Eastern vocal
and strings; to good peak. [Connelly*R-MA]

1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, MAR 16 0029 - this and other
Saudi stations were on late tonight with speeches; well over
other station. [Connelly*R-MA]

1530 | VATICAN | Vatican R., MAR 16 0101 - classical piano music;
over WSAI. [Connelly*R-MA] + MAR 19 0002 - Italian talk by
woman with a "Radio Vaticano" ID; dominant. [Connelly*D-MA]
 
1540 | ALGERIA (t) | RASD Clandestine, Tindouf, MAR 16 2245 -
Arabic talk by man; mixing with phase-nulled WPTR (cardioid null
towards WPTR also kills CHIN) and a bit of WGIP-NH in the
background, along with a strong 1539 het. [Connelly*D-MA]

1548 | KUWAIT | VOA, Kuwait City, MAR 16 0028 - "VOA News Now"
mention; fair. + MAR 16 0103 - starting to get loud with news
items about the Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund,
then a stock market report, followed by an update on the
Mozambique flooding. [Connelly*R-MA]

1557 | FRANCE | R. Bleue, Nice, MAR 18 2346 - French version
of "Cry Me a River", apparently sung by the original vocalist
Julie London; good with WQEW phased. [Connelly*D-MA]

1575 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAR 16 0033 - // 1485 and 1584
with Spanish teletalk; loud, atop Arabic station.
+ MAR 16 0038 - excellent with Cadena SER jingle, then
old-time music. [Connelly*R-MA]

1584 | CEUTA | RadiOle, MAR 16 0205 - on 1584.0 with old-
fashioned romantic Spanish vocal; rolling in over the SER
synchros. [Connelly*R-MA] 

1584 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAR 16 0033 - // 1575 with
Spanish teletalk; signal was strong, but audio was mushy
from the mixing of the synchros. [Connelly*R-MA]

1593 | GERMANY | R. Free Europe, Holzkirchen, MAR 18 2349 -
Slavic-language telephone interview; fair. [Connelly*D-MA] 

1602 | SPAIN | SER synchros and EI Vitoria, MAR 16 0201 - two
different Spanish programs battling it out at even strength.
[Connelly*R-MA]

1617.4 | unID | MAR 19 0006 - RTTY type signal, probably
of European origin. [Connelly*D-MA]


*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***

535 | GRENADA | GBC, St. George's, MAR 15 2334 - Caribbean
English talk about local politics. [Connelly*R-MA]

670 | VENEZUELA | R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, MAR 16 0150 -
local Caracas Spanish adverts. [Connelly*R-MA]

705 | ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES | Kingstown, MAR 16 0224 -
female folk vocal; poor to fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

1110 | VENEZUELA | R. Carupano, YVQT, Carupano, MAR 16 0021 -
"Radio Carupano" ID; dominant. [Connelly*R-MA]

1610 | ANGUILLA | Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, MAR 18 0005 -
English-language preacher took long pauses between sentences;
atop Woods Hole, MA TIS. [Connelly*D-MA]






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