[HCDX] logs 6-7 SEP 2006

[markwa1ion@xxxxxxx]

Logs 6 ? 7 SEP 2005

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

[Connelly*R-MA] = Rockport, MA, USA
(GC= 42.667 N / 70.622 W)
(Granite Pier)

Receiver: Drake R8A

Antennas: cardioid array on roof of car =
  Vertical: 3 m whip (MFJ-1954) to 81:1 transformer to DX Engineering 
RPA-1 amp;
  Loop: broadband, in vertical plane, square, 2 m per side, to 1:1 
transformer to DX Engineering RPA-1 amp, peak east-west, null 
north-south

Accessories: DXP-6 phasing unit

e-mail = "MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx"

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*** COMMENTS ***

Conditions were somewhat auroral at the time.


*** TRANSATLANTIC DX ***

162 | FRANCE | France-Inter, Allouis, SEP 6 2257 ? French music; fair. 
[Connelly*R-MA]

183 | GERMANY | Europe No. 1, Felsberg, SEP 6 2256 ? man & woman with 
telephone interview in French; good, best longwave TA at the time. 
[Connelly*R-MA]

711.05 | WESTERN SAHARA | RTM, Laayoune, SEP 6 2303 ? Arabic male 
chorus; light audio on good carrier. [Connelly*R-MA]

783 | MAURITANIA | R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, SEP 6 2312 - // 4845 with 
man in Arabic; good, way over unID music station (likely Portugal). + 
SEP 7 0021 - man in Arabic; excellent. [Connelly*R-MA]

837 | AZORES | Centro Regional da RDP, Pico da Barrosa, SEP 7 0013 - 
Portuguese talk; mixed with Spain-Canaries. [Connelly*R-MA]

837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 7 0013 - Spanish 
talk; over/under Azores. [Connelly*R-MA]

890.95 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Algiers, SEP 7 0055 - group vocal; low 
modulation on huge carrier. [Connelly*R-MA]

981 | ALGERIA | RTVA Chaine 2, Algiers, SEP 6 2317 ? end of vocal, then 
woman in Arabic; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, SEP 6 2318 ? man in Spanish; good, over 
others. [Connelly*R-MA]

1008 | CANARY ISLANDS | Punto Radio, Las Palmas, SEP 6 2319 ? two men 
in Spanish; slightly over SER stations. [Connelly*R-MA]

1044 | MOROCCO | Sebaa-Aioun, SEP 6 2322 ? repetitive Berber tribal 
music with shouts / chant and tin-pot banging; LOUD! [Connelly*R-MA]

1098 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 7 0004 - Spanish news; to good 
peak. [Connelly*R-MA]

1152 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 6 2333 ? woman in Spanish; 
stronger than adjacent 1150 domestics WTTT/CHGM/WMRD. [Connelly*R-MA]

1206 | FRANCE | France Info, Bordeaux, SEP 7 0106 - romantic French 
vocal; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, SEP 7 0107 - fast Spanish talk by man; 
fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

1422 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Heusweiler, SEP 6 2352 ? classical 
music; fadey.  Second station, presumably Algeria, mixing at times. 
[Connelly*R-MA]

1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, SEP 6 2243 - // 9555 & 9870 with pop 
Arabic music, female talk; to fair peak. [Connelly*R-MA]

1548 | KUWAIT | R. Sawa, Kabd - Kuwait City, SEP 6 2348 ? Arabic talk 
by woman; fair, over possible UK.  [Connelly*R-MA]

1584 | CEUTA | RadiOle, SEP 6 2246 ? fair with tropical Spanish music. 
+ SEP 7 0110 - Spanish dance music; excellent. [Connelly*R-MA]


*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***

530 | TURKS & CAICOS | R. Vision Cristiana Internacional, South Caicos, 
SEP 7 0043 - Spanish religious music; local-like. [Connelly*R-MA]

555 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | R. ZIZ, Basseterre, SEP 7 0042 - soca and 
reggae; good, through WGAN slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

640 | GUADELOUPE | R. Guadeloupe, Pointe-a-Pitre, SEP 7 0044 - French 
teletalk; good, over Spanish-language stations. [Connelly*R-MA]

650 | COLOMBIA | RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, SEP 7 0040 - lots of 
talk about Uruguay had me thinking Montevideo, but then there was an 
RCN ID. [Connelly*R-MA]

670 | VENEZUELA | R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, SEP 7 0034 - uptempo music, 
then talk "estudios de Radio Rumbos en Caracas"; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

720 | VENEZUELA | R. Oriente, YVQE, Porlamar, SEP 7 0045 - Oriente ID; 
LOUD, crushing CHTN. [Connelly*R-MA]

740 | BRAZIL | R. Sociedade da Bahia, ZYH446, Salvador, SEP 7 0051 - R. 
Sociedade da Bahia ID, Portuguese talk, sound effects including music 
 from "Close Encounters"; dominant for a while until CHCM took over. 
[Connelly*R-MA]

750 | VENEZUELA | RCR, YVKS, Caracas, SEP 7 0029 - Spanish talk with 
tourist adverts for resort on Isla Margarita; LOUD. [Connelly*R-MA]

760 | COLOMBIA | RCN, HJAJ, Barranquilla, SEP 7 0027 - "La Radio de 
Colombia" jingle; in mix with 2 or 3 others. [Connelly*R-MA]

780 | VENEZUELA | R. Coro, YVMN, Coro, SEP 7 0020 - excited Spanish 
talk, Coro mention; over apparent ZBVI (soul music). [Connelly*R-MA]

789.9 | BARBADOS | V. of Barbados, Bridgetown, SEP 7 0018 - Caribbean 
soca music, low-pitched growl; way under WSKO. [Connelly*R-MA]

800 | NETHERLANDS ANTILLES | Trans-World Radio, PJB, Bonaire, SEP 7 
0016 - Portuguese preaching; way over WNNW. [Connelly*R-MA]

820 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | Trinity Broadcast Network / R. Paradise, 
Charlestown, SEP 7 0014 - southern US accented preacher; over Cuban 
Reloj and low growl, no sign of domestics. [Connelly*R-MA]

840 | BRAZIL | R.Bandeirantes, ZYK687, Sao Paulo, SEP 6 2314 ? 
Bandeirantes ID, Portuguese talk by man with Sao Paulo mentions; fair, 
dominating the channel. [Connelly*R-MA]

880 | VENEZUELA | SEP 7 0012 - one of the YV's here with Spanish talk, 
Venezuela mentions; with other Latin Americans & WCBS. [Connelly*R-MA]

895 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | V. of Nevis, Bath Village, SEP 7 0011 - local 
political talkshow with discussion about child abuse; very good signal. 
[Connelly*R-MA]

1000 | COLOMBIA | RCN, HJAQ, Cartagena, SEP 7 0010 - RCN ID; over 
Brazil & Venezuela. [Connelly*R-MA]

1010 | BRAZIL | R. CBN, ZYH625, Fortaleza, SEP 6 2319 ? probably this 
with Portuguese talk; in dogpile with a Spanish-language station 
(Venezuela?) and WINS.  Strongly hetted by Canaries-1008. 
[Connelly*R-MA]

1020 | VENEZUELA | Mundial Margarita, YVRS, La Asuncion, SEP 6 2320 ? 
rustic music, Mundial and Margarita mentions; dominant. [Connelly*R-MA]

1039.6 | VENEZUELA | La Voz de Carabobo, YVLB, Valencia, SEP 7 0005 - 
La Voz de Carabobo ID; hetting 1040 Latin Americans & CJMS. 
[Connelly*R-MA]

1040 | PUERTO RICO | WZNA, Moca, SEP 6 2322 ? leading the pack with 
Spanish talk containing Puerto Rico news items and adverts; over 
YVLB-1039.6 het and co-channel Brazil, Dominican Republic, and others. 
[Connelly*R-MA]

1050 | VENEZUELA (t) | SEP 6 2330 - Spanish talk with mentions of both 
Venezuela and Fidel Castro.  Atop WEPN.  Propagation is better to 
Venezuela than to Cuba during this immediate post-sunset period. 
[Connelly*R-MA]

1100 | BRAZIL | R. Globo, ZYK694, Sao Paulo, SEP 7 0003 - Portuguese 
talk, Sao Paulo mentions; over low growl (Colombia). [Connelly*R-MA]

1100 | unID | SEP 7 0002 | US-accented religious talk; mixed with Latin 
Americans; WTAM phased.  Something in the Caribbean perhaps? 
[Connelly*R-MA]

1110 | VENEZUELA | R. Carupano, YVQT, Carupano, SEP 7 0057 - talk 
"Transmite Radio Carupano"; over others. [Connelly*R-MA]

1140 | VENEZUELA | La Voz del Caribe, Porlamar, SEP 6 2332 ? booming 
right in with clear "Radio Porlamar, la Voz del Caribe" ID. 
[Connelly*R-MA]

1180 | VENEZUELA | unID city, SEP 6 2335 ? Venezuela local news items; 
over growl & Canaries-1179 het.  3 possible YV?s listed. [Connelly*R-MA]

1200 | VENEZUELA | R. Tiempo, YVOZ, Caracas, SEP 6 2356 ? folk style 
vocal, then R. Tiempo ID; over WKOX and apparent Brazilian. 
[Connelly*R-MA]

1529.54 | URUGUAY (t) | R. Independencia, CX50, Montevideo, SEP 7 0109 
- bits of audio, het against WVBF/WCKY. [Connelly*R-MA]

1549.76 | unID | SEP 6 2347 ? het against WDZK-1550 CT. [Connelly*R-MA]

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