Logs - Cape Cod, MA: late NOV / early DEC 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, DEC 7 0400 - Reggae music, pips, France Inter ID; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 171 | MOROCCO | R. Mediterranee Internationale, Nador, DEC 7 0400 - Arabic male vocal, drumming; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 183 | GERMANY | Europe No. 1, Felsberg, DEC 10 2100 - Jingle, man & woman in French. [Connelly*Y-MA] 198 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.4, Droitwich et al., DEC 7 0400 - Woman "This is the BBC World Service"; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 216 | FRANCE | Radio Monte Carlo, Roumoules, DEC 7 0400 - Woman & man in French; good, well over CLB beacon. [Connelly*Y-MA] 252 | IRELAND | RTE R.1, Clarkestown, DEC 7 0400 - End of Willie Nelson version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", female DJ, fanfare music, "It's four o'clock", woman read news including Obama statement about terrorism. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 531 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, F'kirina Wilaya d'Oum El Bouaghi, NOV 24 2339 - Man & woman talk // stronger 549. + NOV 25 2130 - Pop female vocal; to good peak. [Connelly*Y-MA] 549 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, Les Trembles, NOV 24 2339 - Man & woman in Arabic; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 576 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE synchros, Las Palmas // Barcelona, NOV 24 2339 - Spanish talk by man; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA] 585 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Madrid, NOV 24 2339 - Spanish talk by man; to good peak over slop. [Connelly*Y-MA] 595 | MOROCCO | RTM 1 & 2, Oujda, NOV 24 2339 - Arabic vocal; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA] 603 | FRANCE | France Info, Lyon-Tramoyes, NOV 25 2130 - French talk by man; slightly over Spain. [Connelly*Y-MA] 603 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, NOV 24 2339 - Man in Spanish // 585; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 612 | MOROCCO | SNRT Al-Idaa al-Watania, Sebaa-Aioun, NOV 24 2339 - Group Arabic vocal; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 621 | BELGIUM (t) | RTBF, Waver-Overijse, NOV 25 2130 - Female vocal not // RNE outlets. [Connelly*Y-MA] 621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, NOV 24 2339 - Spanish talk by man // 585; to good peak. [Connelly*Y-MA] 639 | CZECH REPUBLIC | Cesky rozhlas, Liblice, NOV 25 2130 - Slavic talk by man; briefly over Spain. [Connelly*Y-MA] 639 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, La Coruna et al., NOV 25 2131 - Spanish sports shouting man; coming up over the Czech station, third station in there at times too. [Connelly*Y-MA] 648 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Badajoz et al., NOV 24 2339 - Man in Spanish // 585; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA] 684 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Sevilla, NOV 24 2339 - Man in Spanish // 585; good. + NOV 25 0000 - Pips, ID "Radio Nacional de Espaņa, servicios informativos." {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 693 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. 5, Droitwich et al., NOV 24 2339 - // 909 with talk about investigation in Australia; over other (Spain?). + NOV 25 2130 - Discussion // 909; mixed with unID music. [Connelly*Y-MA] 711 | FRANCE | France Info, Rennes, NOV 24 2339 - Man in French // 1206; in slop. + NOV 25 2130 - French talk by man; fair on USB. [Connelly*Y-MA] 729 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, NOV 24 2339 - Spanish talk // 585; in slop. [Connelly*Y-MA] 756 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Braunschweig & Ravensburg, NOV 24 2339 - Two women with German teletalk or interview; fair. + NOV 25 2130 - Female operatic vocal; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 774 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, NOV 24 2339 - Spanish talk // 585; echoey. + NOV 25 2130 - // 639 with Spanish sports shouting by man; to fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA] 792 | SPAIN | SER, Sevilla, NOV 24 2339 - Spanish talk by man; to fair peak, dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA] 837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, NOV 24 2339 - Several men chatting in Spanish; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 855 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, NOV 24 2339 - Talk // 585; severe echoing. + DEC 7 0359 - Segment of "Piano Man" by Billy Joel; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 864 | EGYPT | ERTU, Santah, NOV 24 2340 - Koranic chant; over France. [Connelly*Y-MA] 864 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Villebon-sur-Yvette, NOV 24 2339 - Rod Stewart "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy"; dominant before Egypt took over. + DEC 7 0400 - Man in French; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 873 | SPAIN | SER synchros, NOV 24 2339 - Spanish talk by man // 792; to fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA] 882 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.Wales, Washford, NOV 24 2339 - Bluegrass music; fair. + DEC 7 0400 - Woman with BBC mention; in slop. [Connelly*Y-MA] 909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. 5 synchros, NOV 24 2339 - Talk about an investigation in Australia, political corruption, legal challenges; fair. + NOV 25 0000 - BBC Five Live ID. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 963 | unID | ?, NOV 24 2339 - Electronic music that was somewhat spooky sounding. [Connelly*Y-MA] 981 | ALGERIA | RTVA Chaine 2, Algiers, NOV 24 2339 - Bits of Arabic female vocal then into French talk by man. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1008 | CANARY ISLANDS | Radio Las Palmas, Las Palmas, NOV 24 2339 - Woman in Spanish not // SER, COPE, RNE. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1026 | SPAIN | SER synchros, NOV 24 2339 - Talk // 792; through WBZ slop. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, NOV 24 2339 - Talk // 792; fair over WEPN slop, no WBZ IBOC. + NOV 25 2130 - Spanish sporting event; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1053.103 | LIBYA | Libyan Jamahiriya, Tripoli, DEC 9 0200 - Male a cappella Arabic vocal with reverb; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, NOV 24 2339 - Talk mentioning "for Carlisle in 2004"; rather echoey and hollow sounding. + DEC 7 0401 - Several TalkSport mentions. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 1098 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, NOV 24 2339 - Talk // 585; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1107 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, NOV 24 2339 - Talk // 585; poor over low growl. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1206 | FRANCE | France Info, Bordeaux, NOV 24 2339 - Man in French mentioned Canada; to good peak. + NOV 25 2130 - // 711 with man in French; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Absolute R. synchros, NOV 24 2339 - Song with refrain "Say-o don't you know that I stay-o" (or similar); loud. + DEC 6 0101 - Man with Absolute Radio ID, woman introduced Edwyn Collins song "A Girl Like You". {A} + DEC 7 0401 - Absolute Radio ID, into Eric Clapton and Beatles version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps". {A} + DEC 10 2101 - Absolute Radio ID, short pieces of several '80s hits. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1377 | FRANCE | France Info, Lille, DEC 6 0000 - // 1557 with female rock vocal, fanfare, "France Info" ID by woman; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1394.88 | ALBANIA | TWR, Fllake, DEC 10 2042 - Slavic-sounding talk by man; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1422 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Heusweiler, NOV 24 2339 - Woman in German // 756; fair over other. + NOV 25 2130 - Opera // 756; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1503 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, NOV 24 2339 - Talk // 585; poor in jumble with probable Iran. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, NOV 24 2339 - Woman & man in Arabic; loud. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1548 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. Bristol, Mangotsfield (t), DEC 7 0400 - "This is BBC"; in mush. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1557 | FRANCE | France Info, Fontbonne, NOV 24 2339 - Man in French // 1206; to good peak. + DEC 6 0000 - // 1377 with female rock vocal, fanfare, "France Info" ID by woman; to good peak. [Connelly*Y-MA] *** PAN-AMERICAN DX *** 559.932 | GUYANA (t) | ?, DEC 14 0400 - Growl against WGAN, WFIL, others. [Connelly*Y-MA] 580 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, Mabujabo, NOV 25 0100 - // 670 with Rebelde fanfare music at 0100:45; under WKAQ. [Connelly*Y-MA] 650 | COLOMBIA | HJKH, RCN Antena Dos, Bogota, NOV 25 0059 - RCN mention; under Progreso wobbler. [Connelly*Y-MA] 720 | CUBA | R. Progreso, Mabujabo, DEC 14 0400 - Progreso ID // 730 et al.; through IBOC hash. [Connelly*Y-MA] 730 | CUBA | R. Progreso, La Fe, DEC 14 0400 - // 940 with ID "Radio Progreso, cadena nacional, la onda de la alegria"; good / dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA] 760 | COLOMBIA | HJAJ, RCN, Barranquilla, DEC 14 0400 - // 1000 with RCN 5+1 pips ending at 0400:20; mixed with WJR. [Connelly*Y-MA] 810 | BAHAMAS | ZNS3, Freeport, NOV 25 0100 - Bahamas talk show about women's health; over Progreso, WGY. [Connelly*Y-MA] 859.942 | unID | ?, DEC 14 0345 - Growl, bits of audio on LSB. [Connelly*Y-MA] 880 | CUBA | R. Progreso, Pinar del Rio, DEC 14 0400 - Progreso ID, theme music // 900 et al.; under WCBS. [Connelly*Y-MA] 910 | VENEZUELA | YVRQ, Caracas, DEC 14 0400 - Doorbells in Spanish newstalk, mixed with WRNL, Cubans. [Connelly*Y-MA] 940 | COLOMBIA | HJTL, RCN, Cucuta, DEC 14 0400 - // 1000 with RCN 5+1 pips ending at 0400:20; in jumble. [Connelly*Y-MA] 940 | CUBA | R. Progreso, Sancti Spiritus, DEC 14 0400 - Theme vocal music, ID "Radio Progreso, Cadena Nacional, la onda de la alegria, transmitiendo desde la Habana, Cuba, primer territorio libre en America"; briefly topping jumble with WIPR, HJTL. [Connelly*Y-MA] 940 | PUERTO RICO | WIPR, Maxima 940, San Juan, DEC 14 0401 - "Nueve cuarenta AM ... WIPR ... San Juan"; in pile-up with Cuba, Colombia. [Connelly*Y-MA] 980 | COLOMBIA | HJES, Cali, DEC 14 0400 - // 1000 with RCN 5+1 pips ending 0400:20; under WTEM. [Connelly*Y-MA] 990 | CUBA | R. Guama, Pinar del Rio, DEC 14 0359 - Radio Guama jingle, man in Spanish, segment of "Music Box Dancer" (Frank Mills), talk by woman. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1000 | COLOMBIA | HJAQ, RCN, Cartagena, DEC 14 0400 - // 940, 980 with RCN 5+1 pips ending 0400:20, "RCN Noticias"; through wobbly Cuban. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1000 | CUBA | R. Granma, Media Luna, DEC 14 0400 - Woman "Transmite Radio Granma" ID; over RCN. Wobbling noted. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1060 | CUBA | R. 26, Jovellanos, DEC 14 0400 - ID "Esta es Radio Veinteseis ... Cuba." {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 1060.08 | unID | ?, DEC 14 0400 - Slight growl against 1060.0 Cuba. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1170 | COLOMBIA | HJNW, CARACOL, Cartagena, DEC 7 0400 - CARACOL Radio ID; over WWVA. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA] 1179.946 | unID | ?, DEC 14 0400 - Big growl against Rebelde pack on 1180.0. Possibly one of the synchros drifted. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1520 | COLOMBIA | HJLI, R. Libertad. Bogota, DEC 14 0400 - Libertad ID's; mixed with WWKB. [Connelly*Y-MA]