Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015 Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION Times / dates = UTC / 2015 e-mail = "MarkWA1ION@aol.com" [Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA (GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41° 41.59' N / 70° 11.47' W) (grid FN41vq) Receiver: Microtelecom Perseus Antenna 1: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 10m vert. by 11m horiz. (peak 165 deg., null 345 deg.) Antenna 2: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 11m vert. by 30m horiz. (peak 80 deg., null 260 deg.) See http://www.bamlog.com/superloop.htm for similar antenna type. NOTE: {A} in entry indicates that audio can be accessed from link on the following page: http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/audio_aug_to_dec2015.htm ====================================================== *** TRANSATLANTIC DX *** 162 | FRANCE | France-Inter, Allouis, OCT 23 0300 - Instrumental music, 4 pips, France Inter mention in French talk by man & woman; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 171 | MOROCCO | R. Mediterranee Internationale, Nador, OCT 23 0300 - Female Arabic vocal, strings; fair [Connelly*Y-MA] 183 | GERMANY | Europe No. 1, Felsberg, OCT 23 0300 - Two sets of three chimes, man & woman with news in French; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 198 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.4, Droitwich et al., OCT 23 0300 - BBC World Service ID, 5+1 pips. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 207 | MOROCCO | Radiodiffusion Television Marocaine (A), Azilal, OCT 23 0300 - Arabic music, drumming; poor (on USB to dodge QI beacon). [Connelly*Y-MA] 252 | ALGERIA | Radiodif. Algerienne, Tipaza, OCT 23 0300 - French news; fair / dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA] 531 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, F'kirina Wilaya d'Oum El Bouaghi, OCT 31 0100 - Pips, Jil FM ID by woman. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 549 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, Les Trembles, OCT 7 0259 - Reggae male vocal; good. + OCT 28 0138 - // 531 with male vocal, strings; to good peak. + OCT 29 0300 - // 531 with Bollywood-influenced vocal with strong percussion; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 576 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE synchros, Las Palmas // Barcelona, OCT 7 0301 - Spanish news; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA] 585 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Madrid, OCT 28 0138 - Woman in Spanish; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA] 603 | FRANCE | France Info, Lyon-Tramoyes, OCT 28 0138 - Man in French; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 612 | MOROCCO | SNRT Al-Idaa al-Watania, Sebaa-Aioun, OCT 28 0138 - Arabic teletalk by man; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, OCT 28 0300 - Fast Spanish talk by woman, pips; to fair peak over WZON slop. [Connelly*Y-MA] 639 | CZECH REPUBLIC | Cesky rozhlas, Liblice, OCT 30 0300 - ID'ed thanks to help from Karel Honzik and John Faulkner on the RealDX list. Karel states that it is CRo Dvoyka (CZE) with (at sec 10) commercial: "Reprezentacní prodejna Ceského rozhlasu, Vinohradská 12, Praha 2." Karel and John both note (at sec 24) ID: "Ceský rozhlas Dvoyka." {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 639 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, La Coruna et al., OCT 7 0301 - Spanish news; fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA] 684 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Sevilla, OCT 28 0300 - Woman & man with news in Spanish; through WRKO slop. [Connelly*Y-MA] 693 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. 5, Droitwich et al., OCT 7 0300 - "BBC Five Live" news; fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA] 702 | unID | ?, OCT 28 0138 - A cappella male chant; to fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA] 756 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Braunschweig & Ravensburg, OCT 28 0300 - Woman & man with news in German; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 774 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, OCT 28 0138 - // 585 with woman in Spanish; to fair peak. + OCT 28 0301 - News interview; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 783 | MAURITANIA | R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, OCT 14 0300 - Female a cappella chant with slight reverb; loudest TA. [Connelly*Y-MA] 792 | SPAIN | SER, Sevilla, OCT 31 0100 - Spanish news; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA] 819 | EGYPT | ERTU, Santah, OCT 28 0138 - Bits of Arabic talk by man. [Connelly*Y-MA] 837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, OCT 28 0138 - Spanish talk by man; fair over other(s). [Connelly*Y-MA] 855 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, OCT 7 0300 - Pips, fanfare music, Spanish news by man; fair to good over probable Romania. + OCT 28 0138 - Talk // 585; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 864 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Villebon-sur-Yvette, OCT 7 0301 - Woman & man in French; fair. + OCT 28 0138 - Celtic-influenced folk vocal; fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA] 909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. 5 synchros, OCT 7 0300 - Man "This is BBC Five Live"; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 917 | NIGERIA | R. Gotel, Yola, OCT 28 0138 - Bits of group vocal; 918 het from presumed Spain. [Connelly*Y-MA] 936 | IRAN (t) | Urumiyeh, OCT 31 0100 - Koranic type vocal; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA] 954 | SPAIN | Onda Cero, Madrid, OCT 28 0138 - Spanish talk; through 950 CKNB slop. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1008 | CANARY ISLANDS | Punto Radio, Las Palmas, OCT 7 0300 - Fast Spanish talk by two men (not // SER 1584 et al.); to fair peak through WINS slop. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1053.103 | LIBYA | Libyan Jamahiriya, Tripoli, OCT 28 0138 - Male Arabic a cappella vocal; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, OCT 28 0138 - "Let's talk about what's going on at Chelsea", echoey; strong peak. + OCT 28 0300 - Talk about quitting smoking; to good peak. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1098 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, OCT 28 0138 - Spanish talk with synchro echo; mixed with something else. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1107 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, OCT 28 0138 - Talk, segment of vocal // 1098; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1116 | SPAIN | SER synchros, OCT 7 0300 - Spanish news by man, teletalk; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1125 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, OCT 28 0138 - Talk, segment of vocal // 1098; fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1152 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, OCT 7 0300 - Spanish news; in slop. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1206 | FRANCE | France Info, Bordeaux, OCT 28 0138 - French talk by man // 603; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Absolute R. synchros, OCT 28 0138 - Rock, Absolute Radio ID. {A} + OCT 26 0302 - "Just a Girl" by No Doubt; fair. + OCT 30 0300 - "Dreams" by the Cranberries; to good peak. + OCT 31 0100 - "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1305 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, OCT 7 0300 - // 855 with pips, fanfare, Spanish news; poor to fair. + OCT 28 0138 - Bit of male vocal, talk // 1098; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1314 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, OCT 28 0138 - Segment of male vocal, talk // 1098; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1341 | NORTHERN IRELAND | BBC Radio Ulster, Lisnagarvey, OCT 28 0138 - Man in English; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1377 | FRANCE | France Info, Lille, OCT 31 0100 - French talk by man; to fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1404 | FRANCE | France Info synchros, OCT 28 0138 - Man in French // 1206; fair to good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1413 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, OCT 7 0300 - Fast Spanish newstalk by man; briefly to good peak over slop. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1422 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Heusweiler, OCT 7 0300 - Deutschlandfunk ID; good peak. + OCT 14 0300 - Deutschlandfunk ID, 3+1 pips, news in German by woman; to fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1431 | DJIBOUTI | R. Sawa, Arta, OCT 28 0138 - Arabic male vocal; poor to fair on USB. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1458 | UNITED KINGDOM (t) | ?, OCT 28 0138 - Indian music; in jumble. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1503 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, OCT 7 0300 - News // 1413; fair. + OCT 28 0138 - Segment of male vocal, talk // 1098; to fair peak over other (Iran?) that sounded Mideastern. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1512.015 | unID (GREECE?) | ?, OCT 7 0300 - Pop music, talk by woman; tough WMEX slop. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, OCT 7 0300 - Two men in Arabic; good. + OCT 28 0138 - Koranic vocal with reverb; loud. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1530 | SAO TOME E PRINCIPE | VOA, Pinheira, OCT 28 0300 - Yankee Doodle music at sign-on, announcement by man "This is the Voice of America, Washington, DC."; mixed with WCKY. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 1539 | SPAIN | SER synchros, OCT 7 0300 - Spanish talk by man; popping in and out of slop. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1557 | FRANCE | France Info, Fontbonne, OCT 7 0300 - Man & woman in French; good. + OCT 28 0138 - Man in French // 1206; fair to good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1584 | SPAIN | SER synchros, OCT 7 0301 - // 1539, 1602 with two men in Spanish; to good peak. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1602 | SPAIN | SER synchros, OCT 7 0301 - // 1584 with two men in Spanish; fair during pause in WUNR slop. [Connelly*Y-MA] *** PAN-AMERICAN DX *** 540 | COLOMBIA | HJKA, Bogota, OCT 13 0300 - "En Colombia" mentions, Spanish religious talk; through jumble. [Connelly*Y-MA] 540 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, Sancti Spiritus, OCT 9 0002 - // 600 with "Rebelde .. deportivamente" promo; over WFLF, others. [Connelly*Y-MA] 550 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, Pinar del Rio, OCT 9 0002 - // 600 with "Rebelde .. Deportivamente" mention; mixed with WPAB Puerto Rico. [Connelly*Y-MA] 550 | PUERTO RICO | WPAB, Ponce, OCT 9 0000 - ID, Ponce mention. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 559.93 | GUYANA (t) | Georgetown, Voice of Guyana, OCT 13 0300 - Growl against WGAN, others. [Connelly*Y-MA] 570 | COLOMBIA | HJND, Seńal Radio Colombia, Bogota (El Rosal), OCT 13 0300 - Music, "Radio Nacional de Colombia" network ID; over Radio Reloj Cuba and WMCA-NY. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 570 | CUBA | R. Reloj, Arroyo Arenas, OCT 9 0000 - Clock ticks, beeps, ID "Transmite Radio Reloj desde la Habana, Cuba."; loud. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 580 | PUERTO RICO | WKAQ, San Juan, OCT 8 2359 - WKAQ ID and affiliates list; loud. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 630 | PUERTO RICO | WUNO, NotiUno, San Juan, OCT 8 2359 - NotiUno Seis Treinta ID, affiliates list; burying WPRO. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 690 | COLOMBIA | HJCZ, W Radio, Bogota, OCT 25 0331 - // 700 HJCX with "Dancing Queen" by Abba; over Cuba. [Connelly*Y-MA] 700 | COLOMBIA | HJCX, W Radio, Cali, OCT 13 0300 - W Radio network ID; dominant. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 740 | CUBA | R. Angulo, Sagua de Tanamo, OCT 21 2300 - Intro music, man "R. Angulo transmitiendo desde Holguin, Cuba", then 6-chime interval signal, piano music; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 750 | VENEZUELA | YVKS, RCR, Caracas, OCT 9 0000 - RCR ID's; mixed with Progreso Cuba. [Connelly*Y-MA] 760 | COLOMBIA | HJAJ, RCN, Barranquilla, OCT 13 0300 - Pips ending about 0300:25, RCN Noticias mention. [Connelly*Y-MA] 770 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, Victoria de las Tunas, OCT 9 0000 - Rebelde wobbler; in tangle with HJJX & WABC. [Connelly*Y-MA] 780 | BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS | ZBVI, Road Town, Tortola, OCT 9 0000 - Commodores "Easy (Like Sunday Morning)", soft voiced man saying that ZBVI is ending its broadcast day; mostly under R. Coro. [Connelly*Y-MA] 780 | VENEZUELA | YVMN, R. Coro, Coro, OCT 13 0301 - Extended Radio Coro jingle. [Connelly*Y-MA] 799.935 | unID | ?, OCT 9 0000 - Weak low growl against PJB. [Connelly*Y-MA] 800 | BONAIRE | PJB, TransWorld Radio, Kralendijk, OCT 9 0000 - In English with postcard and calendar offers, mailing address "TWR, P.O. Box 388, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands." "Glory Train" program followed. {A} + OCT 13 0300 - Woman "Radio Transmundial ocho cientos AM, transmitiendo desde Bonaire, isla del caribe holandes"; loud. [Connelly*Y-MA] 810 | BAHAMAS | ZNS3, Freeport, OCT 31 0200 - Advert for Frank Hannah Cleaning Company, telephone number 323-4531, "They clean across the entire Bahamas." {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 820 | CUBA | R. Ciudad de la Habana, OCT 31 0200 - Fast talk by woman, Radio Ciudad de la Habana ID; mixed with R. Reloj. [Connelly*Y-MA] 830 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | HIJB, Santo Domingo, OCT 25 0330 - HIJB salsa ocho cientos treinta ID; good with WCRN in blank carrier. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 840 | CUBA | CMKP, R. Revolucion, Palma Soriano, OCT 13 0301 - Music then "Desde Santiago" mention and ID "CMKP Radio Revolucion." {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 840 | CUBA | CMHW, "W", Santa Clara, OCT 23 0300 - Dobleve ID; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 840 | HAITI | R. 4VEH (4VEF), Cap-Haitien, OCT 6 2300 - Electronic 5-note "Dashing Through the Snow" interval signal, man in French. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 850 | COLOMBIA | HJKC, R. Candela, Bogota, OCT 25 0331 - Boisterous "Can-de-la" ID; over WEEI, WFTL. [Connelly*Y-MA] 860 | BRAZIL | ZYJ459, R. CBN, Rio de Janeiro, OCT 14 0300 - Bits of Portuguese talk by man; mixed with CJBC. [Connelly*Y-MA] 900 | CUBA | R. Progreso, OCT 25 0329 - // 640 with '40s-style Cuban big band with male vocal; huge. [Connelly*Y-MA] 940 | COLOMBIA | HJTL, RCN, Cucuta, OCT 31 0200 - "RCN Noticias" mention cutting through the pile-up at 0200:45. [Connelly*Y-MA] 940 | PUERTO RICO | WIPR, Maxima 940, San Juan, OCT 14 0300 - Maxima ID. [Connelly*Y-MA] 950 | CUBA | R.Reloj, La Habana & Mayari Arriba, OCT 9 0000 - Reloj wobbler; clobbering WROL. [Connelly*Y-MA] 990 | CUBA | R. Guama, Pinar del Rio, OCT 9 0000 - Radio Guama ID. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 1000 | COLOMBIA | HJAQ, RCN, Cartagena, OCT 31 0100 - RCN La Radio ID; dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1020 | CUBA | R. Trinchera Anti-imperialista, Baracoa,, OCT 9 0000 - // 1170 with man, then woman "Guantanamo ... R. Trinchera Anti-imperialista", Guantanamera instrumental theme ending in chimes. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 1030 | ARGENTINA | LS10, R. del Plata, Buenos Aires, OCT 31 0200 - Shania Twain "Man I Feel Like a Woman", pips, "Noticias del Plata" at top of hour; evenly mixing with WBZ at times. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 1040 | COLOMBIA | HJAI, Radio Tropical, Barranquilla, OCT 9 0001 - Barranquilla mention, "Rocky" theme music. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 1040 | CUBA | R. Mayabeque, Guines, OCT 9 0000 - ID as "Radio Mayabeque, Cuba"; through IBOC hash. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 1040 | unID | ?, OCT 12 0300 - "Radio Capital" mention but Spanish not Portuguese, so not Brazil. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 1060 | COLOMBIA | HJLY, R. Delfin, Riohacha, OCT 31 0201 - Tropical group vocal, Radio Delfin ID's, basically burying WQOM and KYW. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 1070 | COLOMBIA | HJCG, R. Santa Fe, Bogota, OCT 14 0259 - Radio Santa Fe and Q'Hubo Radio mentions, rustic music; to good peak. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1100 | BRAZIL | ZYK694, R. Globo, Sao Paulo, OCT 14 0301 - Fast Portuguese talk by man; over WTAM. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1100 | COLOMBIA | HJCN, Bogota, OCT 31 0200 - Spanish religion atop; Globo sweeps and likely HJAT under, no WTAM on south loop. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1100 | CUBA | R. Angulo, Mayari, OCT 9 0000 - Angulo chimes & jingle; mixed with Colombians [Connelly*Y-MA] 1170 | COLOMBIA | HJNW, CARACOL, Cartagena, OCT 9 0000 - CARACOL net ID mixed with Cuban R. Trinchera Anti-imperialista. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 1170 | CUBA | R. Trinchera Anti-imperialista, Maisi, OCT 9 0000 - // 1020 with 'Guantanamera' instrumental ending in chime; mixed with (and mostly under) CARACOL Cartagena, Colombia. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 1200 | VENEZUELA | YVOZ, Radiotiempo, Caracas, OCT 31 0200 - Venezuelan political talk; mixed with WXKS. [Connelly*Y-MA]