[HCDX] logs 4-8 MAR 2005

[MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx]

Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 2005

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

Receivers: Drake R8A, Palstar R30

Antenna: dual-feedline Flag: 5 m x 10.6 m; DXP-3 phasing unit

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 ***

549 | ALGERIA | Alger Chaine 1, Les Trembles, MAR 8 0421 - large-orchestra Middle Eastern music, then a cappella male vocal chanting; very good. [Connelly*B-MA]

558 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, MAR 8 0419 - // 621 with Spanish talk by woman; fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, Santa Cruz de Tenerife et al., MAR 8 0417 - fast-talk news in Spanish by man & woman; good. [Connelly*B-MA]

756 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Braunschweig & Ravensburg, MAR 4 2216 - German telephone interview; good. [Connelly*B-MA]

909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.5 Live synchros, MAR 4 2248 - sports-related talk with mentions of rugby; fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

963 | FINLAND (t) | YLE R. Finland, Pori, MAR 4 2212 - probably this during good Scandinavian conditions: classical music; fair in CHNS slop. [Connelly*B-MA]

972 | GERMANY (t) | NDR Info, Hamburg, MAR 4 0438 - likely this with nostalgia music including '40s version of "My Blue Heaven" (later done by Fats Domino); momentarily good, faded before any talk was noted. [Connelly*B-MA]

981 | ALGERIA | RTVA Chaine 2, Algiers, MAR 8 0255 - Arabic male vocal; to fair peak with WCAP off the air for a few minutes. [Connelly*B-MA]

999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, MAR 8 2302 - Spanish telephone news interview; good. [Connelly*B-MA]

1053 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, MAR 4 2246 - teletalk about a previous broadcast; fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

1062 | DENMARK | Danmarks R., Kalundborg, MAR 4 2245 - Scandinavian-language dance club vocal; over WBIX slop. [Connelly*B-MA]

1107 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, MAR 8 2301 - Spanish news; fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

1116 | ITALY | RAI R. Uno synchros, MAR 7 0455 - // 1575 with test tone alternating with water-dripping sound.  To fair peak, over Spain at the time. [Connelly*B-MA]

1116 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAR 7 0435 - man & woman in Spanish; fair to good. [Connelly*B-MA]

1134 | CROATIA | Glas Hrvatske, Zadar, MAR 4 2203 - Croatian news by man; excellent, better than WBBR-1130. [Connelly*B-MA]

1170.7 | unID | MAR 7 0437 - het on high side of WWVA; seemingly too late for anything from Persian Gulf area (UAE, Iran). [Connelly*B-MA]

1179 | SWEDEN | R. Sweden International, Solvesborg, MAR 4 2202 - news by man in Swedish; good. + MAR 4 2243 - English talk about industrial development in northern Europe. [Connelly*B-MA]

1179 | unID | MAR 4 2243 - music with a Balkan, Greek, or Middle Eastern sound; under Sweden. [Connelly*B-MA]

1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Virgin R. synchros, MAR 4 2201 - "Imagine" by John Lennon; good. [Connelly*B-MA]

1242 | FRANCE | France Info, Marseille, MAR 7 0439 - bits of French talk & music; poor. [Connelly*B-MA]

1314 | NORWAY | NRK, Kvitsoy, MAR 4 0433 - Norwegian talk by man, then a woman spoke over a lush instrumental music background; good. + MAR 4 2240 - Norwegian country/folk male vocal with guitar and accordion; excellent. [Connelly*B-MA]

1359 | SPAIN | RNE, Arganda del Rey, MAR 7 0322 - Spanish teletalk; loud, S9+30 peaks. [Connelly*B-MA]

1422 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Heusweiler, MAR 7 0336 - classical music; very good. [Connelly*B-MA]

1431 | DJIBOUTI | R. Sawa, Arta, MAR 8 2256 - Sawa ID, then rhythmic music; to fair peak over WXKS slop. [Connelly*B-MA]

1467 | FRANCE | TWR, Roumoules, MAR 7 0442 - musical-box interval signal started up at 0442 UTC, then into German talk and hymn-singing at 0445.  LOCAL-LIKE signal, swamping WAZN/WLAM-1470. + MAR 8 2309 - Arabic-sounding talk by man; to good peaks. [Connelly*B-MA]

1512 | unID | MAR 7 0330 - maybe Belgium here with religious-sounding music; through severe WWZN slop. [Connelly*B-MA]

1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, MAR 7 0335 - female Arabic vocal; very good. + MAR 8 2248 - Arabic talk by woman; good, best TA at local sunset. [Connelly*B-MA]

1530 | VATICAN CITY | R. Vaticana, MAR 7 0450 - Slavic-sounding talk by woman; under WCKY. [Connelly*B-MA]

1557 | FRANCE | France Info, Fontbonne, MAR 7 0333 - French talk by woman; excellent. [Connelly*B-MA]

1575 | ITALY | RAI R. Uno synchros, MAR 7 0453 - characteristic start-up sequence of test tones alternating with a dripping water (or clinking glass) type of sound; through CFAV slop. + MAR 7 0503 - Italian news by man & woman; fair, over Spain. [Connelly*B-MA]

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