[HCDX] logs 2-13 OCT 2003

[MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx]

Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 2003 

(logs 2 â 13 OCT 2003)   

[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) 
(Stackyard Road / Parker River - Nelson Island wildlife refuge: salt-marsh)
(photo's at "http://members.aol.com/BevAntenna/rowley_ma.htm";   )

Drake R8A receiver, Superphaser-2 phasing unit

Antenna systems:
 home: dual-feedline Flag antenna (4.9 m X 10.4 m), sloper
 Rowley: active whip, 100 m wire on ground 

Homepage = "http://hometown.aol.com/MarkWA1ION/weblink.htm";
RF circuit page = "http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/index.html";
e-mail = "MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx"

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*** TRANSATLANTIC DX ***

153 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Bechar, OCT 2 2326 - man & woman in Arabic; fair, 
dominant. [Connelly*rw-MA]

162 | FRANCE | France-Inter, Allouis, OCT 2 2325 - French talk about jobs, 
then a tropical style vocal with English words; huge. [Connelly*rw-MA]

171 | MOROCCO | R. Mediterranee Internationale, Nador, OCT 2 2319 - man in 
Arabic; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

177 | GERMANY | DeutschlandRadio Berlin, Oranienburg, OCT 2 2324 - German 
teletalk, laughing; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

180 | TURKEY | TRT, Polatli, OCT 2 2323 - middle-eastern music; poor. 
[Connelly*rw-MA]

198 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.4, Droitwich et al., OCT 2 2318 - report about 
an arms exhibition in London where students were searched for suspicion of 
terrorist motives; strong. [Connelly*rw-MA]

234 | LUXEMBOURG | R. Luxembourg, Junglinster, OCT 2 2315 - romantic female 
vocal; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

527 | unID | OCT 2 2328 - het, possible audio.  Vatican still here ?  
[Connelly*rw-MA]

576 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, OCT 11 0017 - man in 
Spanish; fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

639 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, La Coruna, OCT 2 2310 - // 684 with teletalk; fair. 
[Connelly*rw-MA] 

684 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Sevilla, OCT 2 2307 - Spanish teletalk; loud. 
[Connelly*rw-MA]

693 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. 5, Droitwich et al., OCT 2 2306 - English news 
mentioning Iraq; fair through slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]

702 | MOROCCO | RTM, Sebaa-Aioun, OCT 2 2305 - Arabic music; fair. 
[Connelly*rw-MA]

711 | FRANCE | Rennes, OCT 11 0017 - cabaret style French vocal; over 50 Hz 
rumble from W. Sahara - 711.05. [Connelly*B-MA]

729 | SPAIN | RNE synchros, OCT 11 0016 - Spanish chatter; in CKAC slop. 
[Connelly*B-MA]

738 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Barcelona, OCT 2 2304 - Spanish news by man & woman; 
good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

765 | SWITZERLAND | RSR, Sottens, OCT 2 2303 - man in French; good. 
[Connelly*rw-MA] + OCT 11 0013 - "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King from '61; excellent 
signal, louder than adjacent WJR-760 and within a couple of dB of WABC-770. + OCT 
13 2228 - "Scarborough Fair / Canticle" by Simon & Garfunkel; fair to good. 
[Connelly*B-MA]

774 | EGYPT | Abis, OCT 11 0012 - Arabic vocal; over Spain. [Connelly*B-MA]

774 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, OCT 11 0012 - Spanish talk by woman; under 
Egypt. [Connelly*B-MA]

792 | FRANCE | Limoges, OCT 2 2301 - news in French by man & woman; to good 
peak. [Connelly*rw-MA]



819 | EGYPT | ERTU, Batra, OCT 2 2300 - female Arabic vocal; over Morocco. 
[Connelly*rw-MA]



819 | MOROCCO | RTM, Rabat, OCT 2 2300 - // 612 with Arabic talk; under 
Egypt. [Connelly*rw-MA]



837 | FRANCE | Nancy, OCT 12 2227 - man in French, light music, then woman in 
French; dominant. [Connelly*B-MA]



864 | EGYPT | Holy Koran R., Santah, OCT 2 2258 - reverberated Arabic sermon; 
local-like, bombing out France and stronger than adjacent domestics. 
[Connelly*rw-MA] + OCT 11 0007 - Koranic vocal; fair. + OCT 13 2227 - reverberated a 
cappella chant; huge. [Connelly*B-MA]



864 | FRANCE | Paris, OCT 2 2257 â US disco; briefly good, then quickly 
buried by Egypt. [Connelly*rw-MA] + OCT 11 0011 - disco, then French talk and a 
segment of a French version of the Browns' 1959 hit "The Three Bells"; fading up 
over Egypt. [Connelly*B-MA]



873 | SPAIN | SER synchros, OCT 2 2255 - loud with Spanish talk. 
[Connelly*rw-MA] + OCT 11 0018 - newstalk; to good peak. [Connelly*B-MA]



909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.5 synchros, OCT 2 2253 â man & woman in English; 
fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

945 | FRANCE | Toulouse, OCT 2 2251 - woman in French; excellent. 
[Connelly*rw-MA]

999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, OCT 2 2218 - Spanish talk; excellent. 
[Connelly*rw-MA] + OCT 11 0021 - Spanish talk; slightly over possible Morocco. 
[Connelly*B-MA]

999 | unID | OCT 11 0021 - Arabic talk, telco quality audio; just under 
Spain.  Morocco or Saudi Arabia suspected. [Connelly*B-MA]

1017 | GERMANY | SWR-1, Wolfsheim, OCT 11 0022 - German talk by woman; good, 
over Spain. [Connelly*B-MA]

1017 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, OCT 2 2218 - teletalk. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1044 | unID | OCT 11 0025 - Germany suspected with light pop vocal; slightly 
over others, didn't seem to be Spain or Morocco. [Connelly*B-MA]

1044 | MOROCCO | Sebaa-Aioun, OCT 2 2221 - indigenous North African music; 
good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1053 | MOROCCO | RTM A, Tanger, OCT 2 2222 - Arabic teletalk; good. 
[Connelly*rw-MA]

1053 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, OCT 13 2224 - talk about the 
vulnerability of a player; to good peak over others. [Connelly*B-MA]

1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, OCT 11 0028 - US-accented 
announcer mentioned the Kobe Bryant rape case; fair with WBAL phased. + OCT 11 0348 - 
"Your number one station, TalkSport", then advert with Wild Cherry song "Play 
That Funky Music". + OCT 12 2234-2238 - mention of Uzbekistan & Tajikistan, 
phone number 7042020 given, "TalkSport, your radio" slogan, and then a 
telephone poll was introduced.  Subject was "What beer type do you prefer, bitter or 
lager?"  Presenter took call from British citizen in Denmark. + OCT 13 2230 - 
talk by woman; slicing right by local daytimer WILD. [Connelly*B-MA] 

1134 | CROATIA | Hrvatski R., Zadar, OCT 11 0028 - Slavic female talk; huge, 
well over Spain. + OCT 12 2242 - speech, then reporter comment; excellent. + 
OCT 13 2220 - English talk noted. [Connelly*B-MA]

1179 | SWEDEN (t) | R. Sweden, Solvesborg, OCT 13 2234 - probably this with 
female jazz vocal; over SER synchros. [Connelly*B-MA]

1188 | HUNGARY | RFE, Marcali, OCT 2 2227 - Slavic telephone interview; fair. 
[Connelly*rw-MA] + OCT 13 2223 - woman & man with Slavic talk; excellent. 
[Connelly*B-MA]

1206 | FRANCE | Bordeaux, OCT 12 2250 - // 1377 with woman in French; 
excellent. [Connelly*B-MA]

1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Virgin R. synchros, OCT 13 2236 - English interview; 
fair, dominant. [Connelly*B-MA]

1305 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, OCT 2 2228 - Spanish talk; good. 
[Connelly*rw-MA]

1314 | NORWAY | NRK, Kvitsoy, OCT 12 2248 - pop vocal, Norwegian talk; fair 
with some CKEC/WDER-1320 slop. [Connelly*B-MA]

1377 | FRANCE | Lille, OCT 11 0034 - woman in French and musical interlude; 
good, at least as strong as adjacent WMYF-1380. + OCT 12 2250 - // 1206 with 
talk; fair to good. [Connelly*B-MA]

1404 | FRANCE | synchros, OCT 2 2229 - // 1206, 1377 with French talk; to 
fair peak, through WIDE slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1467 | FRANCE | TWR, Roumoules, OCT 2 2231 - southern US accented preacher; 
excellent, local-like. [Connelly*rw-MA] + OCT 13 2122 - woman in Arabic; loud. 
+ OCT 13 2214 - choral music concluded, then British-accented preacher gave UK 
address.  TWR ID by woman mentioned 1467 kHz and a satellite channel.  Good 
signal. [Connelly*B-MA]

1503 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, OCT 2 2240 - woman in Spanish. 
[Connelly*rw-MA]

1512 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Jeddah, OCT 2 2233 - Arabic vocal; fair to good, 
through blank carrier that was probably post-sign-off Belgium. 
[Connelly*rw-MA]

1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, OCT 2 2234 - emotional Arabic talk by man 
(possible preaching); huge.  Second station under also sounded mid-eastern, 
possibly Iran. [Connelly*rw-MA] + OCT 12 2222 - // 9555 & 9870 with woman in 
Arabic; good, stronger than 1520. + OCT 13 2115 - Arabic news; loud well before 
sunset. [Connelly*B-MA]

1548 | KUWAIT | R. Sawa, Kabd - Kuwait City, OCT 2 2238 - pop music, Arabic 
talk; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1584 | CEUTA | RadiOle, OCT 2 2237 - showtune-style female Spanish vocal; 
very good. [Connelly*rw-MA] + OCT 15 2127 - emotional Spanish vocal; way over SER 
talker. [Connelly*B-MA]

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