[HCDX] logs 11-22 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 ***

747 | NETHERLANDS | R. 747 AM / R.1, Flevoland, MAR 22 0112 - men's 
chorus; fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

765 | SWITZERLAND | RSR Option Musique, Sottens, MAR 20 0012 - 
"Delilah" by Tom Jones; fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

774 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, MAR 20 0436 - woman in Spanish 
mentioned politics; fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

783 | MAURITANIA | R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, MAR 11 0100 - // 4845 
with Afro-Arabic female vocal, then Arabic talk by man; poor to fair. 
[Connelly*B-MA]

792 | FRANCE | France Info, Limoges, MAR 20 0025 - // 1206 with French 
rock; good. [Connelly*B-MA]

837 | FRANCE | France Info, Nancy, MAR 20 0032 - woman in French; fair. 
[Connelly*B-MA]

864 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Villebon-sur-Yvette, MAR 22 0154 - French 
vocal; fair. + MAR 22 0212 - "I'm Not in Love" by 10cc from 1975. 
[Connelly*B-MA]

873 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAR 20 0543 - Spanish newstalk; poor to 
fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, MAR 11 0113 - advert with radio drama / 
"soap opera" type dialogue; good. + MAR 19 0432 - man in Spanish 
talking about an event occurring in May; good. [Connelly*B-MA]

1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAR 11 0356 - man & woman in Spanish, 
Cadena SER mention; good. [Connelly*B-MA]

1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, MAR 21 0418 - sportstalk; 
fair in WBAL slop. [Connelly*B-MA]

1107 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, MAR 19 0422 - Spanish newstalk; fair. 
[Connelly*B-MA]

1134 | CROATIA | Glas Hrvatske, Zadar, MAR 21 0416 - Slavic talk by man 
& woman; through WBBR slop. [Connelly*B-MA]

1169 | IRAN | IRIB Sarasary, Semnan, MAR 20 0038 - talk by man in 
presumed Farsi; fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

1171 | unID (possibly Iran moving around ?), MAR 22 0150 - het on high 
side of WWVA/R. Farda/Colombia jumble. [Connelly*B-MA]

1179 | ROMANIA | Romania Actualitata, Galbeni-Bacau et al., MAR 20 0113 
- dominating over usual Spain-Canaries: Romanian talk (that sounded 
somewhat like Portuguese with a bit of Slovenian mixed in) and many pop 
instrumentals and vocals including "Fields of Gold" by Sting.  Not much 
1180 slop.  It took a while to figure this out, but eventually finding 
it and an 855 parallel on a German DXTuners receiver solved it.  
Interestingly the Waterford, Ireland DXTuner hardly had a trace of 
this: SER Spain dominated 1179 and RNE Spain topped 855 (as they 
typically do here as well). [Connelly*B-MA]

1206 | FRANCE | France Info, Bordeaux, MAR 20 0025 - // 792 with French 
rock music; good. + MAR 21 0410 - French in-studio talk and phone 
interview; good. [Connelly*B-MA]

1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Virgin R. synchros, MAR 20 0124 - Donovan song, 
then Virgin Radio ID. [Connelly*B-MA]

1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, MAR 11 0042 - Spanish discussion; fair. 
[Connelly*B-MA]

1314 | NORWAY | NRK, Kvitsoy, MAR 22 0146 - end of country song, then 
man in Norwegian spoke over a jazz piano background; fair to good. 
[Connelly*B-MA]

1359 | SPAIN | RNE, Arganda del Rey, MAR 21 0407 - fast-talk Spanish 
news by man; fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, MAR 20 0427 - Arabic talk by man; 
still good at this late time. [Connelly*B-MA]

1530 | VATICAN CITY | R. Vaticana, MAR 19 0410 - piano music, then 
Vatican interval signal (celeste or harp); talk followed; slightly 
under WCKY. [Connelly*B-MA]

1548 | KUWAIT | R. Sawa, Kabd - Kuwait City, MAR 15 0051 - pop Arabic 
string & vocal music; bouncy fading. [Connelly*B-MA]

1557 | FRANCE | France Info, Fontbonne, MAR 19 0412 - woman in French; 
fair through WQEW slop. + MAR 21 0401 - French news by woman; good. 
[Connelly*B-MA]


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