[HCDX] logs 26 SEP - 10 OCT 2001

[Mark Connelly <MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 2001
(logs 26 SEP - 10 OCT 2001)

[Connelly*rw-MA] = Rowley, MA
(GC= 70.829 W / 42.745 N) 
(Stackyard Road / Parker River - Nelson Island wildlife refuge: salt-marsh)

[Connelly*H-NH] = Hampton Beach, NH
(GC= 70.81 W / 42.908 N)
(beach parking area: Route 1A near jct. F Street)
		 
Receiver: Drake R8A

Antenna systems ?
 Rowley: broadband loop, two active whips (spaced 46 m), Superphaser-2
phasing unit
 Hampton Beach: whip, regenerative preselector

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*** TRANSATLANTIC DX ***

153 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Bechar, SEP 26 2318 - // 549 with Arabic vocal;
strong carrier, but light audio. [Connelly*rw-MA]

162 | FRANCE | France-Inter, Allouis, SEP 26 2317 - French newstalk; fair to
good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

171 | MOROCCO | R. Mediterranee Internationale, Nador, SEP 26 2316 - Arabic
male & female pop vocal with drums & strings; local-like. [Connelly*rw-MA]

207 | MOROCCO | RTM, Azilal, SEP 26 2315 - // 612 with Arabic male vocal;
excellent. [Connelly*rw-MA]

549 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Les Trembles, SEP 26 2318 - // 153 with Arabic
vocal; poor to fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

558 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 26 2343 - // 684 & 576 with Spanish
talk; poor, in WGAN slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]

576 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 26 2342 - // 684 with
man & woman in Spanish; poor. [Connelly*rw-MA]

585 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Madrid, SEP 26 2313 - // 621 with woman in Spanish,
then music; to good peak with WEZE phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]

612 | MOROCCO | RTM, Sebaa-Aioun, SEP 26 2312 - // 207 with woman in Arabic,
then vocal; fair to good. + SEP 26 2346 - Arabic vocal with Indian
influences (tabla drums, etc.); loud ! [Connelly*rw-MA]

621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, Santa Cruz de Tenerife et
al., SEP 26 2310 - // 684 with woman reading list of names; excellent S9+20.
[Connelly*rw-MA]

639 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, La Coruna, SEP 26 2347 - // 621 with woman in
Spanish; to fair peak through tough CBN slop. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

684 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Sevilla, SEP 26 2310 - // 621 with woman in Spanish;
fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

711.05 | WESTERN SAHARA | RTM, Laayoune, SEP 26 2304 - serious-sounding
Arabic vocal & drumming; loud, dominant. [Connelly*rw-MA]

738 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Barcelona, SEP 27 0038 - // 621 with woman in
Spanish; fair, luckily not too much 740 slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]

747 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 26 2336 - woman in
Spanish; to fair peak. [Connelly*rw-MA]
 
774 | unID | SEP 26 2334 - very strong unmodulated carrier; over a jumble of
audios.  Spain with transmitter trouble or something else ? 
[Connelly*rw-MA]

783 | MAURITANIA | ORTM, Nouakchott, SEP 26 2259 - // 4845 with Arabic
string & drum music, talk by man, then kalimba or similar instrument; loud.
[Connelly*rw-MA]

801 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, SEP 26 2332 - // 621 with jazz vocal, then
man & woman in Spanish; poor with WCCM phased. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

819 | MOROCCO | RTM, Rabat, SEP 26 2322 - // 207 with male Arabic vocal;
huge, stronger than WNYC-820. [Connelly*rw-MA]

836 | AZORES | RDP, Pico da Barrosa, SEP 26 2330 - mellow Jackson Browne
style vocal; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 26 2350 - // 882 with
woman in Spanish; dominant, over Azores-836 het. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

855 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Murcia et al., SEP 27 0035 - // 621 with romantic
vocal; poor to fair in WEEI slop. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

864 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Socuellamos, SEP 27 0035 - // 621 with old-style
Spanish vocal; poor but dominant. [Connelly*rw-MA]
 
873 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 26 2352 - // 1044 with Spanish teletalk; to
good peak. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

882 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 26 2351 - // 837 with
woman in Spanish; over presumed UK. [Connelly*rw-MA]

891 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Algiers, SEP 26 2255 - Arabic wailing; to good
peak with WBPS phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]

936 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 26 2353 - // 621 with man & woman in
Spanish; fair to good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

945 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Toulouse, SEP 26 2253 - // 1206 with
country-style male vocal; fair to good. + SEP 26 2354 - "Isn't She Lovely"
by Stevie Wonder; excellent. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

981 | ALGERIA | Radiodif. Algerienne, Algiers, SEP 26 2249 - Arabic dialogue
with man & woman; excellent. [Connelly*rw-MA] + OCT 9 2340 - Arabic music.
[Connelly*H-NH]

999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, SEP 26 2250 - man in Spanish, compressed audio;
good with just slight CKBW/WCMX-1000 slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1008 | CANARY ISLANDS | Onda Cero, Las Palmas, SEP 26 2355 - non-SER fast
Spanish talk by man; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1017 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 26 2356 - // 621 with man & woman in
Spanish; poor to fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1044 | MOROCCO | Sebaa-Aioun, SEP 26 2248 - spirited Afropop-influenced
Arabic female vocal with lots of drumming; excellent, way over SER-Spain.
[Connelly*rw-MA]

1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 26 2352 - // 873 with teletalk; under
Morocco. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1053 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 27 0030 - // 837 with Spanish news by
woman; good with WEVD phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1071 | SPAIN | Euskadi Irratia, Bilbao, SEP 26 2247 - recent metal / Seattle
"grunge" style rock hit; through CBA slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1098 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 27 0029 - // 621 with man & woman talk;
good, over others. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1107 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 27 0023 - // 1152 with echoey slow
Spanish talk by woman; fair to good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1116 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 27 0028 - // 1044 with teletalk; poor.
[Connelly*rw-MA]

1125 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 27 0026 - Spanish talk in jumble with
suspected Madeira. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1134 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 27 0025 - // 837 with man in Spanish;
good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1143 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 27 0025 - // 837 with talk by man; fair.
[Connelly*rw-MA]

1152 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 27 0023 - // 1107 with woman in
Spanish; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 27 0022 - // 1044 with
Spanish teletalk; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

1206 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Bordeaux, SEP 26 2223 - lounge-style French
male vocal; very good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1215 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 26 2224 - fast Spanish talk by man &
woman; to fair peak. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1242 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Marseille, SEP 26 2225 - // 1206 with romantic
vocal; slightly over WBUR slop. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

1251 | LIBYA | Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting, Tripoli, SEP 26 2226 - man in
Arabic with low-quality telephone-like audio; strong. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1359 | SPAIN | Arganda, SEP 26 2227 - two men in Spanish, bassy audio; huge,
demolishing CKBC and partly-nulled WLYN. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1413 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 26 2230 - excited Spanish talk and
interspersed dramatic music; good. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

1422 | ALGERIA (t) | Algiers, SEP 27 0015 - Arabic-sounding music; in slop.
[Connelly*rw-MA]

1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, SEP 26 2203 - // 9555 & 9870 with Arabic
news having a slight reverberation on the audio; very good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1521 | SPAIN | SER, Castellon, SEP 27 0001 - // 1575 with fast-paced Spanish
news mentioning several countries; good with WWKB phased. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

1530 | unID | SEP 27 0010 - tone test approx. 1 kHz; probably VOA Sao Tome
that has been noted with this previously. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1550 | ALGERIA | RASD Clandestine, Tindouf, SEP 26 2236 - // 7460 with
rabble-rousing type speech, then a much calmer in-studio Arabic announcer;
through phased WNTN daytimer. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1575 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 26 2241 - Spanish teletalk; good.
[Connelly*rw-MA]

1584 | CEUTA | RadiOle, SEP 26 2240 - emotional Spanish ballad vocal and
piano; excellent, over SER-Spain. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

1602 | SPAIN | Euskadi Irratia, Vitoria, SEP 26 2241 - Spanish vocal;
over/under SER synchros. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1602 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 26 2241 - // 1575 with Spanish teletalk;
evenly mixing with EI Vitoria. [Connelly*rw-MA]


*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***

555 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | R. ZIZ, Basseterre, OCT 10 0012 - high energy
soca; fair. [Connelly*H-NH]

600 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, CMKV, Urbano Noris, OCT 10 0011 - // 1180 with slow
Spanish talk. [Connelly*H-NH] 

640 | GUADELOUPE (t) | Pointe-a-Pitre, OCT 9 2305 - seemed like French
Creole shouting; briefly over YVQO, CBN, & het from Spain-639.
[Connelly*H-NH]
 
640 | VENEZUELA | Union R., YVQO, Puerto La Cruz, OCT 9 2308 - // 1090 with
Union ID, Spanish news; suddenly strong & atop channel. [Connelly*H-NH] 

650 | COLOMBIA | RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, OCT 9 2357 - numerous
Colombian advertisements; over mess. [Connelly*H-NH] 

670 | VENEZUELA | R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, OCT 9 2358 - excited "Rumbos !"
ID; over others. [Connelly*H-NH]

690 | ANGUILLA | Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, OCT 9 2325 - // 6090 with
preaching about suffering; mixed with CINF & Latin Americans.
[Connelly*H-NH]

700 | JAMAICA | RJR, Montego Bay, OCT 9 2359 - Caribbean English talk by
woman with phone numbers and local mentions; good, over jumble / growl.
[Connelly*H-NH]

720 | VENEZUELA | R. Oriente, YVQE, Porlamar, OCT 10 0007 - talk "Escuche
Radio Oriente" briefly popped up over CHTN. [Connelly*H-NH]

750 | VENEZUELA | RCR, YVKS, Caracas, SEP 27 0047 - Venezuelan news and
sports talk; good. [Connelly*rw-MA] + OCT 9 2302 - RCR ID's, news; good.
[Connelly*H-NH] 

760 | COLOMBIA | RCN, HJAJ, Barranquilla, OCT 9 2329 - RCN ID, Spanish talk
about US Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld; loud. [Connelly*H-NH]

770 | COLOMBIA | RCN, HJJX, Bogota, OCT 9 2355 - // 760 with Spanish news
interview; over/under WABC. [Connelly*H-NH]

780 | VENEZUELA | R. Coro, YVMN, Coro, OCT 10 0006 - Coro jingle, salsa
music; mixed with CFDR & WBBM. [Connelly*H-NH] 

895 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | V. of Nevis, Bath Village, Nevis, SEP 27 0033 -
pop dance music; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA] + OCT 9 2335 - Carib-EE ad for
furniture store ".. something for every room in the house", phone number and
mention of St. Martin, then soca music; good. [Connelly*H-NH]

920.5 | COLOMBIA (t) | Emisora Fuentes, HJAA, Cartagena, SEP 27 0031 -
probably this with het and bits of Spanish.  Previously ID'ed on 920.18.
[Connelly*rw-MA]

1000 | COLOMBIA | RCN, HJAQ, Cartagena, OCT 9 2312 - non-stop talk, RCN
mentions; over CKBW / Venezuela / Brazil. [Connelly*H-NH}
 
1090 | VENEZUELA | Union R., YVSZ, Caracas, OCT 9 2308 - // 640 with Spanish
news about several countries, Union ID; fair to good. [Connelly*H-NH] 

1160 | BERMUDA | VSB3, Hamilton, OCT 9 2316 - // 5975 with BBC news about
Afghanistan; excellent over unID 1160.17 Latin American growler.
[Connelly*H-NH]

1170 | COLOMBIA | CARACOL, HJNW, Cartagena, OCT 9 2318 - news with Bogota
mentions; briefly over stew. [Connelly*H-NH]

1180 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, CMBT, Villa Maria, OCT 9 2346 - // 5025 with
Spanish news about US military action in Afghanistan; loud & dominant, over
Canaries-1179 het. [Connelly*H-NH]

1280 | BERMUDA | VSB2, Hamilton, OCT 9 2321 - country & western style
religious vocal, preaching; over WEIM/WFAU/WADO. [Connelly*H-NH]

1660 | PUERTO RICO | WGIT, Canovanas-Moca, SEP 27 0005 - Puerto Rico
mentions in Spanish chat; to good peak with NJ Spanish talker phased.  Third
station, in English, under: probably FL. [Connelly*rw-MA]






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