[HCDX] logs 25 APR - 20 MAY 2001

[Mark Connelly <MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 2001
(logs 25 APR - 20 MAY 2001)  

[Connelly*B-MA] = Billerica, MA
(GC= 71.221 W / 42.533 N)
(home)

[Connelly*rw-MA] = Rowley, MA
(GC= 70.829 W / 42.745 N) 
(end of Stackyard Road at Parker River Nat. Wildlife R.: salt-marsh)

Receiver: Drake R8A

Antenna systems: broadband loop, active whip, "Kaz" antenna,
 Superphaser-1 phasing unit

e-mail = MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxxxxx

Homepage = http://members.aol.com/MarkWA1ION/weblink.htm
Bandscan World = http://members.aol.com/RockportMWDX/index.html
Cape Cod DX Site photo's: http://members.aol.com/WMEX1510/dx_orleans_ma.htm 
NF DXpedition Page = http://members.nbci.com/MarkWA1ION/nfdxpage.htm
RF circuit page: http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/index.html

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*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***

621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, Santa
Cruz de Tenerife et al., APR 26 0014 - newstalk by woman
in Spanish; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

693.7 | AZORES | RDP, Santa Barbara | APR 26 0038 -
music; weak. [Connelly*rw-MA]

711.05 | WESTERN SAHARA | RTM, Laayoune, APR 26 0036 -
bits of Arabic vocal; poor. [Connelly*rw-MA]

783 | MAURITANIA | ORTM, Nouakchott, APR 26 0034 -
// 4845 with Koranic male vocal; good.
[Connelly*rw-MA]

999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, APR 26 0100 - bits of
Spanish talk; poor. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros,
APR 25 2343 - vocal, then woman in Spanish.
+ APR 26 0029 - teletalk; good. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

1206 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Bordeaux, MAY 19 0341 -
// 1557 with cover version of Ray Charles 1961 hit
"Unchain My Heart"; good.. [Connelly*B-MA]

1359 | SPAIN | Arganda, MAY 19 0344 - fast Spanish
talk with musical interludes; to good peaks.
[Connelly*B-MA]

1377 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Lille, APR 30 0408 -
man & woman in French; fair. + MAY 20 0323 -
"Monday, Monday" by the Mamas & Papas from '66;
to good peaks. [Connelly*B-MA]

1467 | FRANCE | TWR, Roumoules, MAY 1 0358 - German
talk by woman, then female medieval-sounding folk vocal
with flute accompaniment; good, best TA at the time.
+ MAY 19 0348 - religious music; fair / jumpy.
[Connelly*B-MA]

1485 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAY 19 0349 - // 1575
with Spanish news interview; to fair peak.
[Connelly*B-MA]

1521 | SPAIN | SER, Castellon, MAY 19 0356 - // 1485
with Spanish talk; to good peak with WWKB nulled.
[Connelly*B-MA] 

1530 | SAO TOME E PRINCIPE | VOA Relay, Pinheira,
MAY 19 0354 - VOA newsmagazine type program in
US English; through nulled WSAI. [Connelly*B-MA]

1557 | FRANCE | R. Bleu, Nice, MAY 19 0341 - // 1206
with cover version of Ray Charles song "Unchain
My Heart"; to fair peak through WQEW splash.
[Connelly*B-MA]

1575 | SPAIN | SER synchros, APR 25 2356 - fast Spanish
talk; poor. [Connelly*rw-MA] + MAY 19 0340 - news
interview // 1485; fair with jumpy fades. [Connelly*B-MA]

1583.64 | CEUTA | RadiOle, APR 25 2355 - Spanish talk
by man; hetting SER-1584.0. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

1584 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAY 19 0350 - Spanish talk
& teletalk // 1575; poor over Ceuta-1583.64 het.
[Connelly*B-MA]


*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***

690 | ANGUILLA | Caribbean Beacon, The Valley,
APR 26 0040 - // 6090 with preaching about historical
events involving the queen of Spain. [Connelly*rw-MA]

895 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | V. of Nevis, Bath Village,
Nevis, APR 26 0011 - Caribbean-English speech
by man in an echoey hall; poor to fair.
[Connelly*rw-MA]

1375.02 | ST. PIERRE ET MIQUELON | RFO, St. Pierre,
MAY 19 0345 - man & woman in French; very strong on
new "Kaz" antenna, at least 10 dB better than adjacent
signals on 1370 & 1380. [Connelly*B-MA]





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