Date:   97-01-11 12:19:44 EST
From:   jburnell@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Jean Burnell)
To:     Ben-Dangerfield@msn.com, baconti@aol.com, 76635.615@CompuServe.com,
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NEWFOUNDLAND DXPEDITION V
2 November to 17 November, 1996
A report assembled by Jean Burnell, St. John's, Newfoundland

Prologue - Jean Burnell

     Newfoundland DXpeditions have come a long way since that first
long-weekend of DX back in 1991.  Each DXpedition brought new participants
along with improvements in our antenna complement and our shack facilities.
The latest Newfoundland DXpedition took place between November 2 and 17,
1996, at the usual site, known to us as the 'DX Inn,' at Cappahayden,
Newfoundland.  The antenna technology and our accumulated DX experience
translated into a DXpedition of unprecedented success.  I am sure that it
was, without exaggeration, the "biggest and the best" medium-wave
DXpedition that has ever been mounted in North America.  The logs include
reports of stations from 130 countries, and details of reception of dozens
of stations never before heard in North America.
 
     This was the longest event that we have attempted, just over two
weeks, and it involved seven DXers.  On Thursday, October 31, brought much
of the wire and equipment to Cappahayden from St. John's.  I installed of
the grounding system, which is not a trivial matter in Newfoundland. (It is
not without reason that Newfoundlanders refer to their home as "The Rock.")
I also prepared the room at the 'DX Inn' that would be our shack.  It was
windy and raining very hard on the morning of Saturday, November 2, when I
began setting up the two work-horse antennas of the DXpedition.  A
one-kilometer long Brazilian Beverage of 12-gauge wire was extended along
the bluffs and rocky strand south of the 'DX Inn.' Then a Beverage of
thinner wire and about half that length was pointed towards Northern Europe
and the Indian subcontinent along the boulder-strewn shore NNE of the 'DX
Inn.'  It was well past dark when I finally switched on my Drake for the
first logs of the DXpedition.  I heard the Italian Radiouno station on 1062
kHz signing off just before 2300 UTC, which left the Turkish station at
Diyarbakir clear for its sign-off a few moments later.
 
     The participants on this DXpedition were in two teams, with myself as
the 'roving reporter,' returning to St. John's every couple of days to give
lectures and consult with my research group.  The first week the visitors
were Newfoundland DX-veterans Neil Kazaross, on his fourth trip, and Bruce
Conti, on his third trip, as well as a well-known TA DXer on his first trip
to Cappahayden, Ben Dangerfield.  Just before midnight local time they
arrived.  It was great to see Neil and Bruce again, and it was a real
pleasure to meet Ben.  It was not long before all receivers were attached
to the antennas (through splitters) and both the TA and the Pan-American DX
was rolling in.
 
     I was glad that it was less wet and windy the next day because the
agenda included more antenna work.  Neil and Ben installed a second
European wire, which proved to be almost identical in reception
characteristics with the first European antenna.  I hauled out another
one-kilometer South American Beverage ("the track-wire") that was aimed
towards eastern Venezuela, but I thought this gave results inferior to the
Brazilian Beverage for all South Americans except some Colombians.  Bruce's
efforts were directed towards a third southern wire, 350 meters of
twisted-pair that was used with the Byan remotely tunable termination
device.  This proved to be an important antenna that offered impressive
nulls on the St. John's stations "off-the-back" of the antenna.  It was
unfortunate that storm waves destroyed the ground system on the remote end
of the Byan antenna early in the second week.  With only this exception,
the antennas were not broken by gale-force winds in the first week or lost
to the heavy surf in the second week, even though there was quite a bit of
seaweed caught up on one of the European antennas!  Also, it was
exceptional by the standards of previous DXpeditions that wire was neither
rerouted by large herbivores nor purloined by 'sportsmen.'  The
availability of many antennas allowed Bruce and Neil to put their phasing
units to good use.
 
     There was overlap of the two teams on the evening of November 9 with
the arrival of two premier Canadian DXers, Dave Clark and John Fisher.
This was Dave's second Newfoundland outing, and I was glad to finally
welcome John, who had had to cancel plans to attend a couple of the
previous DXpeditions.  The shack was a bit overcrowded, but we certainly
had a lot of fun yelling out when the likes of India (Rajkot) on 1071 kHz
and Georgia (the country, not the state!) on 1044 kHz were spotted.  On the
afternoon of Monday, November 11, Jim Renfrew arrived to complete the
second team. Jim was 'radio-active' in record time, a feat that was
celebrated by an inadvertent baptism of beer!  In the second week
significant forays were also made into the short wave bands, and, in
particular, good signals from Indian regional stations, Nepal, and
Bangladesh were noted.  (The SW catches have appeared in SW DX bulletins
already, for instance in "DX Ontario" and in "Fine Tuning."  This report
covers only the MW logs.)  Against all advice, I extended one more
(unterminated) antenna though some rough terrain to the west of the 'DX
Inn' in the hope that this might be employed as an off-the-back African
Beverage.  Its signals were poor and interference-ridden, so the wire was
retrieved the next day.  Dave and John left before the last weekend, Jim
and I brought in the wires and packed up the equipment after a final,
particularly grueling night during which the kettle succumbed to the
constant use, and this caffeine-dependent DXer had to struggle to stay
alert without the assistance of Coffea arabica.  In order to DX, I'll
gladly put up with the wind and the snow, the exertion of extending and
retrieving long antennas over uncompromising ground, and even an errant
moose, but I'll not DX without coffee again!
 
     It is difficult to pick DX highlights because there were so many!
However, since the other participants managed to choose some (see the
Epilogue), I should try to do so, too. Particular satisfaction for me came
from finally hearing some stations that I have chased for a long time: the
Voice of Lebanon on 873 kHz, the VOA relay on Rhodes 1260 kHz, the All
India Radio outlets on 1071 and 1134 kHz, and ZBVI on 780 kHz.  On the
other hand, who can deny the thrill of hearing four Paraguayans, a 5-kW
station from Jerusalem (1080 kHz), previously unlogged 250-watt stations in
Brazil (1380 kHz and 1540 kHz), or a Uruguayan through a local pest (930
kHz)?
 
     The DX was exhilarating, and the camaraderie amongst the DXers made
the experience greater than the sum of its parts.  But there are others
whose assistance should not be overlooked.  I am very grateful to Mark
Connelly for his generosity in terms of both equipment and his time.  The
logs were improved significantly by his assistance with the typing and his
careful proof-reading.  He also spent many hours concurrently listening
from coastal sites in Massachusetts so that propagational comparisons could
be made.  My wife, Stephanie Kaiser, gave me a lot of help with the
equipment and supplies.  I am grateful that she let me "go and play with
the boys" when there were so many overdue jobs I could/should have been
doing at home!  Finally, I thank the Lawlor family, Theresa and Albert, for
opening up their house to us.  The 'DX Inn' is actually the back of their
home, which used to be a 'bed-and-breakfast.'  They are no longer in that
business, but they re-open their rooms exclusively for us.  I think they
must amused by our peculiar sleep-by-day-and-up-all-night lifestyle and our
criss-crossing of the countryside with miles of wire.  Perhaps they just
want to humour a bunch of grown men who are excited to travel great
distances to listen to stations that are essentially inaudible to normal
people, in languages none of them understands!

Participants and Equipment

The participants, their dates of participation (UTC) and receivers:
 Jean Burnell, St. John's, NF | [JB] | Nov 2-Nov 17 | Drake R8A, Icom IC-R71A
 Ben Dangerfield, Wallingford, PA | [BD] | Nov 3-Nov 7 | Drake R8A
 Bruce Conti, Nashua, NH | [BC] | Nov 3-Nov 10 | Drake R8A
 Neil Kazaross, Barrington, IL | [NK] | Nov 3-Nov 10 | Drake R8A
 Dave Clark, Toronto, ON | [DC] | Nov 9-Nov 14 | Drake R8, Drake R8A
 John Fisher, Calgary, AB | [JF] | Nov 9-Nov 15 | Icom IC-R71A
 Jim Renfrew, Rochester, NY | [JR] | Nov 11-Nov 17 | Drake R8

Four terminated Beverage antennas:    
 | approx. 1 km towards Brazil and South Africa
 | approx. 1 km towards Venezuela
 | 2 x 600 m towards northern Europe & India

One remotely tunable 'Byan' antenna 
 | 350 m towards Brazil

Ancillary equipment: 
 | antenna splitters, phasing units, cassette recorders, coffee...


The Logs (UTC dates and times)

Trans-Atlantic DX

153 | ALGERIA  Radiodif. Algerienne, Bechar, NOV 3  0340 [BD].

153 | GERMANY  Deutschlandfunk, Donebach, NOV 3  0340 [BD].  NOV 13  0116
- Classical music program, male DJ, // 756, 1269, 1422 [JR].

162 | FRANCE  France-Inter, Allouis, NOV 3  0340 [BD].

171 | BELARUS/RUSSIA/UKRAINE  R. Rossii, 3 1.2-MW sites, NOV 3  0340
[BD].  NOV 12  0535 - Talk by man in definite Russian but well under
Morocco's music programme [DC].  NOV 17  0430, 0459 - Man speaking RR, not
// 261, // 234; at 0459 anthem, pips, sound effects, "Rossii."  I noted a
few moments later an AA program, so Morocco may have signed on, not // 207
[JR].

171 | MOROCCO  Nador, NOV 3  1900 [BD].

177 | GERMANY  DeutschlandRadio, Oranienburg, NOV 3  0345 [BD].  NOV 12
0302 - GG news // 855 [JR].

180 | TURKEY  TRT, Polatli, NOV 3  2240 [BD].

183 | GERMANY  Europe 1, Felsberg, NOV 3  0345 [BD].  NOV 12  1813 - Ads
and ID in FF [JR].

189 | ITALY/SICILY  RAI Radiodue, Caltanissetta, NOV 15  2250 - Very weak
in noise but // 846, 7175; off after 2300 (DSWCI OCT 96 says this one goes
off at 2200) [JR].

198 | ENGLAND  BBC R. 4, Droitwich, NOV 3  0345 [BD].

207 | MOROCCO  RTM A, Azilal, NOV 4  2120 - // 612, 819, 936, 1053 [at
2120] [BD].  NOV 15  2031 - Clear parallel with 612, 711, 819 program [JR].

216 | FRANCE  R. Monte Carlo, Roumoules, NOV 3  0345 [BD].

225 | POLAND  Polskie R., Raszyn, NOV 3  2245 [BD].  NOV 11  2201 -
Strong signal, ID as "Polskie Radio" then news [JR].  NOV 12  0530 - ID by
man, music bridge and voice-overs with guitar music; very strong [DC].

234 | LUXEMBOURG  RTL, Junglinster, NOV 3  0345 [BD].

234 | RUSSIA  R. Rossii. multiple sites, NOV 17  0440 - // 171 under
Luxembourg [JR].

243 | DENMARK  Danmarks R., Kalundborg, NOV 3  0345 [BD].  NOV 12  0540 -
Classical music and talk by man in Danish; very good; weak unID behind
presumably Turkey [DC].

252 | ALGERIA  Radiodif. Algerienne, Tipaza, NOV 3  2251 - in FF at the
time [BD].  NOV 12  0540 - Talk by man in French; fair, mixing with
Atlantic 252 which tended to dominate [DC].  NOV 15  1857 - Presumed, in FF
under Ireland [JR].

252 | IRELAND  Atlantic 252, Clarkestown, 3 NOV  2250 [BD].  NOV 12  0543
- Pop music and ID as "Longwave Radio 252" at 0544; to good peak over
Algeria [DC].  NOV 12  1515 - Daytime TA noted almost every day that I
looked for it during the noon hour [JR].

261 | GERMANY R. Ropa, Burg, NOV 12  0259 - Six pips, anthem, ID as
"Radio Ropa" then news in GG; QRM from beacon YT [JR].

261 | RUSSIA  R. Rossii, Taldom, NOV 3  0350 [BD].  NOV 12  0545 - Talk
in definite Russian; fair in mix with pop music from the German [DC].  NOV
16  0424 - Woman in RR, music at 0436 // 873 (as in WRTH) [JR].

270 | CZECH REP.  Cesky Rozhlas, Uherske-Hradiste, NOV 12  0546 - Woman,
then man with apparent news commentary; good [DC].  NOV 16  2159 - 5 + 1
pips, ID as "Cesky Rozhlas," news mentioned President Walesa of Poland,
heavy beacon QRM [JR].

279 | BELARUS  Belaruskaje Radujo, Sasnovy, NOV 17  0425 - Very weak with
no // [JR].

531 | ALGERIA  Radiodif. Algerienne, Ein Beida, NOV 3  0355 [BD].

531 | FAROE IS.  Utvarp Foroya, Akraberg, NOV 4  0712 - Sign-on with
distinctive IS, then man in Faroese, strong over Spain [BC].  NOV 11  0737
- M in Faroese, mx pgm; QRM from Spain, SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 12  *0712-0732 -
Carrier came on at 0706, 7-note xylophone IS at 0712, sign-on anmt by man
at 0715, morning religious program with hymns and prayers at 0718, talk by
a man at 0730; great signal until deep fade at 0735, but nicely back again
with vocal at 0739, and still holding well at 0747 tune-out during talk in
presumed Faroese by man; not heard at all last year [DC/JF/JR].  NOV 13
0712 - IS to 0715 opening this time by a woman; choral anthem at 0719; fair
peaks (SIO 233), mixing with Spain, but nothing like the archival signal of
the prior day [DC/JB].

531 | GERMANY  MDR-Info, Burg, NOV 3  0505 - // 783, 1044, 1188 [BD].

531 | MADEIRA  RDP, Porto Santo, NOV 15  2143 - PP soccer coverage //
666; no other RDP outlet here except Madeira [JR].

531 | SPAIN  RNE5 synchros, NOV 3  0400 [BD].  NOV 4  0710 - "Espana a
las ocho, Radio Nacional" morning news program, good signal over unID
station before Faroes sign-on [BC].  NOV 12  0651 - SS talk; fair-good
[JF].  NOV 12  0705 - News in progress with good signal while waiting for
Faroes [DC].

540 | HUNGARY  Magyar R., Solt, NOV 3  2220 - Good; classical flute
music, // 6025 [BC].

540 | MALI  ORTM, Bamako, NOV 2  2340 - African mx under QRM, // 4782.38;
SIO 221 (first log from Newfoundland on MW!) [JB]. NOV 5  2209 - Highlife
mx under CBT, // 4782.4; SIO 222 [BC/BD/JB/NK].  NOV 10  1943-1951 - FF
talk alternately by man & woman and readily // good signal on 4835 kHz (was
on 4783.4 previous day); poor [DC/JF].

540 | MOROCCO  RTM, Sidi Bennour, NOV 9  2345 - // 207, AA; u/ CBGA1 &
Hungary w/ CBT phased [NK].

549 | ALGERIA  Radiodif. Algerienne, Les Trembles, NOV 3  0355 [BD].

549 | SAUDI ARABIA  BSKSA, Qurayyat, NOV 10  0314  Call to prayer, //
594; fair [JF].

549 | UNID  Radiostantsiya Mayak, multiple sites, NOV 5  2222-2301 -
Romantic RR mx, Mayak IS at 2239 and just before 2300; QRM from Algeria and
others, SIO 322-1 [BD/JB].

558 | SPAIN  RNE5 synchros, NOV 3  0355 [BD].  NOV 15  0210 - // 567,
576, 603 [JR].

567 | IRELAND  RTE R. 1, Tullamore, NOV 3  0355 [BD].  NOV 3  2350 -
Excellent; "Bank of Ireland presents the Nutcracker" ad, mention of FM-3,
"Radio One" ID and weather [BC].  NOV 14  0413-0504 - Pop music with DJ
Darryl Murphy presenting Irish artists of the past and present, including
Van Morrison and Alison Moyet, fanfare and "Radio One News" at 0500; good
[JF].

576 | LATVIA  Latvijas R., Riga, NOV 7  1833-1840 - // 1350 & 1422, woman
in Latvian, then soft piano music [NK].  NOV 8  1946 - Piano and violin
sonata, // much stronger 1350; SIO 222 [JB].

576 | SOUTH AFRICA  R. Metro, Meyerton, NOV 7  2048 - Tentative; SAH w/
Spain, some US music noted; 846 (Xhosa) was big at the time [NK].

576 | SPAIN  RNE5, Barcelona, NOV 3  0355 [BD].  NOV 15  0210 - // 558,
567, 603 [JR].

585 | SPAIN  RNE1, Madrid, NOV 3  0355 [BD].  NOV 9  2245 - SS talks;
fair [JF].

594 | GERMANY  Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, NOV 6  0100 - // 666, 801
[BD].  NOV 6  0117 - ARD "Nachtexpress" pgm w/ country song, // 666, 1017;
SIO 332 [JB].

594 | PORTUGAL  R. Renascenca, Muge, NOV 6  0100 [BD].

594 | SAUDI ARABIA  BSKSA, Duba, NOV 3  0320 - Koran, // 1521; SIO 333
[JB].  NOV 3  0358 [BD].  NOV 15  0310 - Call to prayer, // 1521; fair
[JF].

603 | ENGLAND  BBC R. 4, Newcastle, NOV 14  0302-0310 - News and sports
// 198, 720; poor, but only 2 kW [JF/JR].  NOV 14  0322 - Radio 4 sports,
// 198 and 720; good peaks over Spain [DC].

603 | FRANCE  R. Bleue, Lyon, NOV 6  1814 [BD].

603 | IRAQ  Iraq R., Nineva, NOV 5  0256 - Tentative; anthem by chorus at
s/on [BD].

603 | MADEIRA  Centro Regional RDP, Pico de Areiro, NOV 3  2048 - PP
[BD].  NOV 5  2225 - Fair; Portuguese music // 1125, over/under RNE5, which
was also // 1125 [BC].

603 | SPAIN  RNE5, Sevilla & Palencia, NOV 3  0358 [BD].  NOV 15  0210 -
// 558, 567, 576 [JR].

612 | BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA  RTV Bosnia-Hercegovina, Sarajevo, NOV 3  2143
[BD].

612 | IRELAND  RTE R. 2, Athlone, NOV 3  0358 [BD].  NOV 9  0000 -
Excellent; "Night time 2-FM" ID, "2-FM news at midnight," and John Clark
after midnight, pop music [BC].  NOV 12  1818 - Ads, report on a conference
about cars [JR].  NOV 13  2121 - Pop music, // 1278; very good [JF].

612 | MOROCCO  RTM A, Sebaa-Aioun, NOV 4  2120 - // 207, 819, 936, 1053
[BD].  NOV 15  2031 - Clear parallel with 207, 711, 819 program [JR].

621 | BELGIUM  RTBF, Wavre, NOV 3  2300 - News in French, then sign-off
with anthem and IS, good with Canaries/Spain nulled by phased wires [BC].

621 | CANARY IS.  RNE1, Santa Cruz, NOV 3  0358 [BD].

630 | NORWAY  NRK, Vigra, NOV 8  2345 - Norwegian talk then C&W tune in
Norwegian! (Other small NRK stns were never audible during the DXpedition.)
way o/ CFCY & Tunisia on EuroBev; CFCY dominated on South American Bev's
SIO 344 [BD/JB/NK].  NOV 10  0006 - Crushing CFCY; huge (S9+32) // 1314
(which was S9+34) [NK].

630 | PORTUGAL  RDP, Santa Isabel, NOV 3  2037 - // 666, 720 [BD].

630 | TUNISIA  ERTT, Tunis, NOV 3  1900 [BD].  NOV 4  0545 - Arabic
music, // 7475; good over CFCY [BC].  NOV 13  2055 - AA mx, // 7475; fair
[JF].

648 | AZORES  R. Lajes, Lajes, NOV 15  2128 - Portuguese Air Force stn w/
PP soccer play-by-play, Braga vs. Central (?), not // 1125 or 666; SIO 343
[JB/JR].

648 | BOTSWANA  R. Botswana, Orapa, NOV 11  2144 - Noted briefly in //
with 972, 3356 [JR].

648 | GAMBIA  R. Gambia, Bonto, NOV 13  2100-2200 - Tune-in (after noting
very strong R. Syd carrier at 2059) just in time to hear a few drum-beats
then man in definite Afro vernacular language with possible news (as has
historically been sked at this time by reference to older WRTHs), weak at
best and subject to deep fades but during a fair peak circa 2125, mentions
of Liberia, possibly Zaire & Kenya, and "Gambia" (several times) were noted
by all four DXers who were tracking this one; bridge of Afro drums and
music preceded possible ID by woman at 2140, some talk by man and woman in
vernacular was detected until bridge of native-sounding vocal at 2159 and
different male announcer, seemingly in heavily accented English, heard from
2200 (news in EE is sked at this time) but signal lost soon thereafter
under RNE Sevila [DC/JB/JF/JR].  NOV 14  2134-2139, 2152-2220 - Better than
previous day w/ African talk, including some drama, mx w/ wailing and slow
drums at 2158, 2200 5+1 pips, W in EE: "10 o'clock, and time for the 'News
at Ten' for Radio Gambia," nx (man and woman alternate items) including
telephone interview w/ "the Radio Gambia reporter in Goma;" R. Syd 907.82
appears to be parallel at this time with the EE news; SIO 242, and still
audible at 2355 [JB/JF/JR].  NOV 15  2112 - Briefly audible, // 907.82, not
parallel after 2115 [JR].

648 | SPAIN  RNE1, Badajoz, NOV 6  0315 [BD].  NOV 13  2200 - Pips, SS
nx, // 684; SIO 333 [JB].

648 | TAJIKISTAN  Tajik R., Orzu, NOV 13  *0102 - ID at sign-on "irut
Dushanbe," anthem and apparent news by man at 0105, // 4635.02 [DC/JR].

657 | ISRAEL  Kol Israel Reshet Beth, Tel Aviv, NOV 3  2142 - Pop music,
// 1206 & 7495 [BD].  NOV 9  2348-0007 - Old EZL standards like "Girl from
Ipanema," Hebrew ancr, // 1206; peaked at SIO 333 [JB/JF].  NOV 13  2350 -
EZL music and talk at 2355 by woman in Hebrew; difficult thru QRM here; //
1080 and 1206 [DC].  NOV 16  0205 - Music program, // 1206 [JR].

657 | ITALY  RAI Radiouno synchros, NOV 15  2248 - Jazz program, // 1062,
1332, 1575, 6060 [JR].

657 | SPAIN  RNE5, Madrid, NOV 3  0400 [BD].

666 | GERMANY  SWF, Rohrdorf, NOV 6  0100 - // 594, 801 [BD].  NOV 6
0118 - ARD pgm w/ German pops, // 1017; over Lithuania, SIO 322 [JB].  NOV
14  0200 - World news, // 666 [JR].

666 | LITHUANIA  R. Vilnius, Sitkunai, NOV 3  2235 - EE pgm, economic nx;
Portugal QRM, SIO 222 [BD/JB].  NOV 3  2248 - fair w/ EE talk about
Lithuanian parliament; Portugal phased [NK].  NOV 3  2245 - Good; mention
of 9710 kHz and EE news about Latvia, oil exploration agreement [BC].  NOV
12  2150-2239 - Russian (?) talks, anthem at 2157, IS at 2159 and English
ID "This is Radio Vilnius. The following 30-minute program is in
Lithuanian. This will be followed by a 30-minute program in English;"
Lithuanian news and features, EE program with news at 2230; fair-good
[JF/JR].  NOV 13  2004 - Man with news in English referencing Lithuanian
Democratic Labour Party; comment regarding parliamentary elections at 2007;
fair-good [DC].

666 | PORTUGAL  RDP Antena 1 synchros, NOV 3  0405 [BD].  NOV 15  2140 -
PP soccer play-by-play, at least two echoing signals; SIO 433 [JB/JR].

666 | SPAIN  R. Barcelona, Barcelona, NOV 3  0405 [BD].

666 | SYRIA  ORT Arabe Syrienne, Damas-Sabboura, NOV 6  2145 - // 783 &
918, AA news; behind Portugal & Germany, reception helped by phasing [NK].
NOV 8  1910 - AA // 783; u/ Portugal [NK].

675 | FRANCE  France-Inter, Marseille, NOV 3  0400 - // 162 [BD].

675 | NETHERLANDS  R. Ten Gold, Lopik, NOV 4  2342 [BD].  NOV 5  1920 -
Excellent; jingle ID and oldies music [BC].  NOV 10  0318-0403 - Pop mx by
Abba, Beatles, Sam & Dave w/ no anmts, Dutch ID, jingles and anmts at 0403;
good [JF].

684 | SERBIA/YUGOSLAVIA  RTV Srbije, Beograd, NOV 3  0400 [BD].  NOV 4
0600 - Good; "Radiotelevizija Srbije" ID, // 7200, over/under Spain [BC].
NOV 9  2309 - Talk in local lang; fair mixing w/ Spain [JF].

684 | SPAIN  RNE1, Sevilla, NOV 3  0400 [BD].

693 | AZORES  RDP Terceira, NOV 4  2040 [BD].  NOV 13  2325 - EZL vocal
by woman, mixing with BBC; pretty definite // on 1259 [DC].

693 | ENGLAND  BBC R. 5, Droitwich et al., NOV 3  0400 - // 882, 909 at
time [BD].  NOV 9  2310 - Live boxing match coverage; good [JF].

702 | GERMANY  NDR, Flensburg, NOV 6  1956 [BD].

702 | MOROCCO  RTM, Sebaa-Aioun, NOV 6  1956 - // 827 at time [BD].

702 | SLOVAKIA  Slovensky Rozhlas, Banska Bystrica & Presov, NOV 3  0400
- // 1098 [BD].  NOV 14  0219 - Soft instrumental music program // 1098,
mention of "Slovakie" [JR].  NOV 16  0111 - Elevator mx w/ no anmts, //
1098; SIO 433 [JB].

711 | FRANCE  R. Bleue, Rennes, NOV 3  0535 [BD].  NOV 4  0605 - Good;
nostalgic French vocal, // 1206 [BC].  NOV 6  1844 - Woman interviewed in
EE w/ FF voice-overs; SIO 343 [JB].

711 | LIBYA  Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting synchros, NOV 6  0438 - Koran
// 1251 [BD].

711 | MOROCCO/WESTERN SAHARA  RTM, Laayoune, NOV 3  0405 [BD].

720 | CANARY IS.  RNE5, Santa Cruz, NOV 4  2107 - // 747 [BD].

720 | NORTHERN IRELAND & ENGLAND  BBC R. 4, Lisnagarvey & 2 sites, NOV 5
0124 [BD].  NOV 14  0302 - News program, // 198 [JR].  NOV 14  0322 - Radio
4 sports, // 198 and 603; fair under unID pop music station [DC].

720 | PORTUGAL  RDP synchros, NOV 3  0405 [BD].  NOV 9  2321 - OM/YL w/
PP talks; poor [JF].  NOV 13  2057 - Woman in PP; once mighty RDP stn now
reduced to QRM for CHTN, SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 15  0144 - Heard // 666 [JR].

729 | IRELAND  RTE R. 1, Cork, NOV 4  0253 [BD].  NOV 12  1830 - Six pips
and then announcer apologizes for lack of news feed [JR].

738 | SPAIN  RNE1, Barcelona, NOV 3  0410 [BD].

747 | CANARY IS.  RNE5, Las Palmas, NOV 4  2107 - // 720 [BD].

747 | NAMIBIA  Namibian Broadcasting Corp., Gobabis, NOV 7  2135 - Seemed
// 3270 & 3290 w/ same urban contemp. song after news ended; getting
through co-channel Canaries & slop from CBGY-750 [NK].  NOV 9  0027 -
Briefly noted w/ audio // 3270 & 3290 o/u Canaries-Spain - 747 & slop from
750 [NK].  NOV 10  2120 - Female vocal, tentatively // 3270.05 & 3289.91;
again at 2233 with almost certain // holding up for about 2 minutes [DC].

747 | NETHERLANDS  NOS1, Flevoland, NOV 3  0415 [BD].

747.04 | BURKINA FASO  Radiodif. Nationale du Burkina, Ouagadougou, NOV 4
2034 - Tentative; African music [BD].  NOV 10  2208-2216 - Nx in FF then
talk about meditation as a tropical medicine, // 4815; SIO 332 [DC/JB/JF].
NOV 12  0625 - High-life music, making for an easier, albeit thru QRM, //
with the strong signal on 4815 [DC].  NOV 15  2129 - Excellent signal,
talk, music set to one-string instrument, stronger than 4815 SW! [JR].  NOV
15  2226 - Nx in FF; SIO 433 [JB].

756 | ENGLAND  BBC R. 4, Redruth, NOV 14  0302 - News program // 198 [JR].

756 | GERMANY  Deutschlandfunk, Braunschweig & Ravensburg, NOV 3  0415
[BD].  NOV 13  0116 - Classical music program, male DJ, // 153, 1269, 1422
[JR].

756 | SPAIN  R. Euskadi, Bilbao, NOV 3  0415 [BD].  NOV 4  0300 - "Radio
Euskadi, Servicios Informativos" over Germany [BC].  NOV 16  0400 - Pips
and dual ID [JR].

765 | SENEGAL  RTV Senegal, Dakar, NOV 3  2130 [BD].  NOV 6  approx
2100 - Tribal African music in with nice signal: S9+9 (and atop
Switzerland) on Brazil Bev, Switzerland dominated (at S9+25) on EuroBev;
Dakar possibly not running full power [NK].

765 | SWITZERLAND  R. Suisse Romande, Sottens, NOV 3  0415 - Classical
music [BD].  NOV 11  1856-1907 - Tentative; AA-sounding mx, ID as "Le
Premier Emeteur" at 1859, FF news, and jazz mx; good [JF].  NOV 12  1834 -
FF ID [JR].

774 | EGYPT  Egyptian R., Abis, NOV 5  0145 - Music [BD].

774 | SPAIN  RNE1 synchros, NOV 3  0415 [BD].  NOV 12  1836 - At least
two sites heard with echo [JR].  NOV 16  0538 - Echo still noted [JR].

783 | GERMANY  MDR, Wiederau, NOV 3  0505 - // 531, 1044, 1188 [BD].  NOV
10  1953 - M w/ nx over Syria; SIO 333 [JB].

783 | PORTUGAL  RDP R. Comercial, Mirandela & Canidelo, NOV 3  0420 [BD].

783.06 | SYRIA  ORT Arab Syrienne, Tartus, NOV 3  0420 [BD].  NOV 6  2145 -
// 666 & 918, AA news; huge, S9+22! [NK].  NOV 8  1932 - // 666, 918, AA
ment. "al Suriya," then music; very good [NK].  NOV 10  1928 - AA tks by M
and W; poor [JF].  NOV 12  2117 - W in AA, not // 827 at this time; this
stn, being slightly off-frequency, has been putting the growl on 783, SIO
444 [JB].

783.40 | UKRAINE  Ukrayinsko R., unknown site, NOV 10  1927-1936, 1954, 
2052 - M w/ very dramatic speech, very heroic mx; SIO 332 (thanks to Mauno
Ritola for help with this one) [DC/JB].

792 | GREECE  VOA Relay, Kavalla, NOV 4  1930 [BD].  NOV 16  1945 -
Serbian pgm, promised a news report but there was a "technical delay;" then
news items; just before 2000 in EE: "This program has come to you from VOA
Washington;" SIO 322 [JB].

792 | SPAIN  R. Sevilla, Sevilla, NOV 3  0420 [BD].  NOV 16  1948 -
Soccer w/ Deportiva La Coruna vs somebody; SIO 333 [JB].

801 | ENGLAND  BBC R. Devon, Barnstaple, NOV 15  0419 - Presume this w/
BBC nx; faded away quickly, SIO 232-1 [JB].  NOV 16  0532 - Only BBC outlet
listed [JR].

801 | GERMANY  Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munchen & Dillberg, NOV 6  0100 -
// 594, 666 [BD].  NOV 6  0133 - ARD pgm w/ show songs, // 1017; SIO 322
[JB].  NOV 15  0413 - In GG // 6085 [JR].

801 | JORDAN  R. Jordan, Ajlun, NOV 6  0135 - Presumed this w/ dramatic
AA talk, AA mx from 0138; deep fades, SIO 332 [BD/JB].

801 | SPAIN  RNE1 synchros, NOV 3  0420 [BD].

810 | MACEDONIA  Makedonska Radiotelevizija, Skopje, NOV 8  2055 -
Greek-sounding mx under massive BBC R. Scotland; SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 12
1845 - Tentative; Balkan string and flute folk music, 5 short + 1 long pips
at 1900, heavy QRM from Scotland [JR].  NOV 12  1957 - Tentative; Balkan
singing mixing w/ Scotland, possible news at 2000; poor [JF].

810 | SCOTLAND  BBC R. Scotland synchros, NOV 3  0420 - Variety [BD].
NOV 12  1845 - Noted with 20 minutes of promotional material from WOR (New
York), Scotland weather at 1859 [JR].  NOV 12  1923-2003 - "Celtic
Connections" with Celtic pop music including one song from "4 Men and a
Dog," promo for morning show "That's A Slice," "This is Radio Scotland";
very good [JF].  NOV 13  0822 - Nx about the British Labour Party; SIO 433
[JB].

810 | SPAIN  R. Madrid, Madrid, NOV 4  2110 [BD].

819 | EGYPT  Egyptian R., Batra, NOV 3  0420 - Music [BD].

819 | MOROCCO  RTM, Rabat, NOV 4  2120 - // 207, 612, 936, 1053 at time
[BD].

819 | POLAND  Polskie R., Wola Rasztowska, NOV 4  1926 - // 1206, 1305
[BD].  NOV 16  1749 - Noted // 1305 echo [JR].

819 | SPAIN  R. Euskadi, San Sebastian, NOV 6  0442 - In Basque [BD].
NOV 13  1957 - SS football/soccer; QRM from Egypt, SIO 322 [JB].

827 | MOROCCO  RTM, Oujda, NOV 6  1956 - // 702, a Finnish DXer [Mika
Makelainen - JB] says Syria [BD].

827 | SYRIA  ORT Arab Syrienne, Deir el Zawr, NOV 12  2235 - M in AA,
mentioned Syria and Damascus many times; SIO 433 [JB].  NOV 13  0010 -
Arabic music and a very strong signal, off nominal 828, not // 819 at this
time [DC].  NOV 13  0031-0038* - Now // 783 (which see) w/ Koran, s/off
anmts and Syrian anthem; SIO 433 [JB].

827 | UNID  NOV 7  2200, 2222-2224, 2312-2317 -  Possibly Syria; AA music
& talk, not // Libya-1251 or Morocco-1044 etc. (but Syria-783 not checked),
news mentioned Clinton, Mubarik, Arafat, Libya; drama w/ gun shots was
heard; audio seemed off after 0100, but OC persisted [NK].

828 | NETHERLANDS  Hitradio Veronica, Rotterdam, NOV 6  0445 - Rock-rap
[BD].  NOV 9  1910 - Excellent; "Hitradio" promo, announced songs by Go
West, Janet Jackson, and Duran Duran [BC].  NOV 13  0205 - Paul Simon
music, "Veronica" SID; Jean thought they IDed differently, but that's what
I heard [JR].

828 | SPAIN  Onda Cero, Barcelona, NOV 3  0420 [BD].

837 | CANARY IS. R. Pop. de Las Palmas, Las Palmas, NOV 3  0420 [BD].

837 | ENGLAND  unID BBC stn, NOV 14  0407 - Woman in English briefly on
top, no //s found, then faded; perhaps BBC Local R. Cumbria South,
Barrow-in-Furness; heard as unID BBC outlet in Oct/95, too [DC].

837 | FRANCE  R. Bleue, Nancy, NOV 6  1814 [BD].  NOV 11  1858 - W w/
"Radio France" ID and jazz pgm; SIO 455 [JB].

837 | UNID  NOV 6  1924 - Mid East music [BD].

840 | CHAD  Radiodif. Nationale Tchadienne, N'Djamena, NOV 9  2052-2053 -
// 4907.5, female disco vocal; o/ faded St. Lucia & weak Brazil [NK].  NOV
9  2120 - African rhythm // 4904.5, with St. Lucia nulled by phasing (St.
Lucia was playing "La Macarena" at the time) [BC].  NOV 11  2158 - Very
tentatively w/ glimpses of African mx then anthem, // 4904.5; really tough
w/ St. Lucia and Brazil on this freq, SIO 211 [JB].

846 | IRELAND  R. North, NOV 10  0011 - Tentative; C&W mx, M ancr in EE,
then Irish-sounding mx; under the powerful Italian, SIO 232-1 (thanks to
Steve Whitt for suggesting the identity of this stn) [JB/NK].

846 | ITALY  RAI Radiodue, Rome, NOV 3  0420 [BD].  NOV 10  0014 - March
music, Italian talks; good [JF].

846 | RUSSIA  unID stn, NOV 4  0008 - Woman in Russian [BD].

846 | SOUTH AFRICA  R. Xhosa, Komga, NOV 3  2152 - Pop singing [BD].  NOV
4  2038 - MoR EE music, "Xhosa" announcements; mostly o/ Italy on Brazil
Bev [NK].  NOV 4  2125 - Abba "Knowing Me, Knowing You," Tony Orlando &
Dawn "Knock Three Times," and other pop hits, "Xhosa" IDs by DJ in
vernacular, good with Italy nulled by phasing [BC].  NOV 11  2204-2221 -
Same format as previous year, phone calls and upbeat pop music; canned
"Radio Xhosa" ID noted at 2221; fair peaks and virtually alone on this freq
on Brazil Beverage [DC/JR].  NOV 15  2219 - Excellent signal noted [JR].

855 | GERMANY  DeutschlandRadio, Berlin-Britz, NOV 12  0302 - GG news, //
177 [JR].

855 | ROMANIA  R. Romania, Bucuresti, NOV 3  2114 - // 1152 [BD].  NOV
16  1659 - IS, pips, W talk; SIO 242 [JB].

855 | SPAIN  RNE1 synchros, NOV 3  0420 [BD].  NOV 10  0018 - Old
Broadway-style duet music, SS anmts; good [JF].

864 | ARMENIA  Armenian R., Yerevan, NOV 5  2032-2036 - // 4810,
"Armenia" mentions; fair to good, o/ Egypt & others [BD/NK].  NOV 5  2033 -
Armenian over/under Egypt, // 4810; SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 11  1950-2008 -
Woman singing, man talking mentions Armenia several times and sign-off anmt
w/ freqs at 1958, piano IS at 2000, ID as "Armenski Radio, Yerevan-e
khsoum," more anmts and IDs, anthem at 2003, man w/ either religious
message or speech, clearly // (and better than) 4810; poor [DC/JF/JR].  NOV
12  1915 - Local music, // 4810, 4990, 7480, under France [JR].

864 | EGYPT  ERTU, Santah, NOV 3  0420 - Koran only [BD].  NOV 5  2033 -
Man in animated AA; SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 14  0214-0240 - Call to prayer; fair
[JF].

864 | FRANCE  R. Bleue, Paris, NOV 6  1814 [BD].

864 | MOROCCO  RTM, Errachidia, NOV 6  1913 - Moroccan pop [BD].

864 | SPAIN  RNE1, Socuellamos, NOV 3  0530 [BD].

873 | GERMANY  AFN, Frankfurt, NOV 4  0010 - Patriots-Dolphins football
[BD].  NOV 10  0022-0127 - Arizona St. vs California college football,
reports from the studio during breaks, US news and sports at halftime; fair
[JF].

873 | HUNGARY  Magyar R., Pecs, NOV 10  0202 - Hungarian talk over AFN;
fair [JF].

873 | LEBANON  VO Lebanon, Beirut, NOV 3  2208-2223 - AA talk and mx, //
6549.48; QRM mainly from Ukraine, SIO 222 [BD/JB/NK].  NOV 10  2019-2038 -
AA mx, ads, definite // w/ 6550 during "La Macarena" then W in AA,
ululations and talk w/ reverb; under AFN and others, SIO 222 (Just as well
that we got this stn now - there is talk that it could be going off the air
-DC) [DC/JB/JF].

873 | NORTHERN IRELAND  BBC Northern Ireland, Enniskillen, NOV 4  0016 -
BBC nx, // 1341; QRM from AFN, SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 16  0517 - Program //
1341 [JR].

873 | RUSSIA  R. Rossii synchros, NOV 13  0246  - Juggernaut signal w/ RR
ballad, W in RR mentioned Bolshoi and Pushkin, // 1089 & 5815 (Taldom), two
supramegawatt transmitters listed here; SIO 544 [JB/JF/JR].

873 | SPAIN  R. Zaragoza, Zaragoza, NOV 3  0425 [BD].

882 | CANARY IS.  R. Pop. de Tenerife, La Laguna, NOV 3  0425 [BD].

882 | ENGLAND  BBC R. Wales, Washford et al., NOV 3  0425 - // 693, 909
at time [BD].  NOV 12  1932-2037 - "The Wrap" with modern rock music and
news items, break for a short newscast at 2000, and news items from the
"Good Morning Wales" production team at 2024; good [JF].  NOV 15  2050 -
Noted ID while digging for something else [JR].

890.97 | ALGERIA  Radiodif. Algerienne, Alger, NOV 3  0425 [BD].  NOV 11
0231 - AA mx; poor [JF].  NOV 16  2046 - AA talk, // 549; this being
slightly off-freq puts a growl on 891; SIO 333 [JB].

900 | ITALY  RAI Radiouno, Milan, NOV 3  0425 [BD].

900 | SAUDI ARABIA  BSKSA, Qurayyat, NOV 3  2123 [BD].

907.82 | GAMBIA  R. Syd, Banjul, NOV 4  2133 - Soft African music [BD].  NOV
6  2040 - Bits of audio including African music through strong het against
909, assumed to be Gambia [BC].  NOV 9  2258 - The first DX signal I tuned
in upon arrival, definite Afro vocal and talk by OM as signal rose above
noise level from a deep fade; seemingly English announcer between Afro
vocals at 2345 during nice peak; still on air at 0155 (NOV 10) but gone at
0200 recheck, the listed s/off [DC].  NOV 10  2200 - Fair peak playing
"Blue Bayou" across the hour, then faded; later that evening (NOV 11),
tracked carrier (too weak for audio) from 0158 to exactly 0200* [DC].  NOV
11  2037 - Seemingly English-speaking announcer heard between songs,
including "Let Me Be There" at 2038; nice peak for just 2.5 kW but
typically subject to long, deep fades [DC].  NOV 14  2205 - Possibly
parallel to EE news on R. Gambia 648 at this time [JR].  NOV 15  2113 -
Chronically off-freq stn w/ EE nx then African talk, // 648 to end of EE at
2115; SIO 232 [JB].  NOV 15 2158 - Man singing with plucked single-string
instrument [JR].

909 | ENGLAND  BBC R. 5 synchros, NOV 3  0425 - // 693, 882 at time [BD].
NOV 9  1935 - Good; "Five Live BBC National Radio" ID and Holland vs Wales
soccer game, echo produced by reception of more than one of the
synchronized stations [BC].

918 | SLOVENIA  R. Slovenija, Domzale, NOV 3  2327-2331 - Interview, ID
and telephone number; SIO 433 [BD/JB].  NOV 9  1940 - Good; symphony
concert and R. Slovenija IDs by announcer [BC].  NOV 12  1959 - 5 pips and
6th high pitch pip, then "Slovenski" ID, operatic vocal preceded this [JR].

918 | SPAIN  R. Intercontinental, Madrid, NOV 3  0425 [BD].

918 | SYRIA  ORT Arab Syrienne, Al-Hassake, NOV 5  2042 - // 783 [BD].
NOV 6  2145 - // 666 & 783, AA news; u/ Slovenia [NK].

927 | BELGIUM  BRTN, Wolvertem, NOV 3  0430 [BD].

936 | GERMANY  R. Bremen, Bremen, NOV 3  0430 [BD].  NOV 8  2228 - Dean
Martin song, GG ancr, soon faded under Spain; SIO 433 [JB].  NOV 13  2000 -
Program in unID language until 2000 then in SS as "Radio Democrita y
Germania" program for foreign workers "por espanoles en la Republica
Federal de Alemana," // 972 [JR].  NOV 13  2003 - SS pgm w/ nx, wx for
Spain and Germany, "Panorama" pgm for "espanoles en Alemania;" SIO 333
[JB].  NOV 15  0459 - In GG with Hewlett-Packard ad [JR].

936 | MOROCCO  RTM, Agadir, NOV 4  2120 - // 207, 612, 819, 1053 at time
[BD].

936 | SPAIN  RNE5 synchros, NOV 3  0430 [BD].

945 | ENGLAND  South Coast R., Bexhill, NOV 3  2038 - "South Coast Radio"
ID, British oldies, ad about winning 945 pounds. [NK].  NOV 13  1936-1950
- Ad for car show, "Stand by to play radio's big cash jackpot...gold
bar...only on South Coast Radio," Beatles and Bob Dylan mx, at 1947 "Clyde"
made a feeble attempt to win the 1180 pound jackpot, // 1323; QRM from
France, SIO 332 [DC/JB/JF/JR].  NOV 16  1850 - EE ancr w/ address, Beatles
songs, ended 60's mx pgm at 1856; SIO 443 [JB].

945 | FRANCE  R. France, Toulouse, NOV 7  0200 - Woman in Serb/Croat; FF
songs [BD].

945 | UNID  NOV 7  2115 - Possibly Sao Tome; urban contemporary music,
PP ancr; not France or UK (which were audible on EuroBev w/ different pgms)
[NK].

954 | CZECH REP.  Cesky Rozhlas, Brno, NOV 3  1845 [BD].

954 | QATAR  QBS, Al Arish, NOV 4  0244 - IS, s/on in AA; under Spain,
SIO 222 [JB].  NOV 4  0250 - Koranic chants, // 7210, good with Spain
nulled by phasing [BC/BD/NK].  NOV 11  1936-1944 - Good with AA mx, // 7210
[DC/JF/JR].  NOV 14  *0243 - Carrier noted prior to sign-on, interval
signal, ID at 0245 as in WRTH, freq anmt by woman; good, MW stronger than
7210! (No-show on 675) [DC/JR].

954 | SPAIN  R. Espana, Madrid, NOV 3  0430 [BD].  NOV 14  0241 -
Call-in show [JR].

962 | UNID  NOV 10  2047 - Glimpses of repetitive twangy mx w/ male
voices in unison, sounded East African so suspect Somalia (not // 5025
Benin); SIO 232-1 [DC/JB].

963 | FINLAND  R. Finland (YLE), Pori, NOV 3  2124-2128 - GG pgm: anmt of
contest winner, ID and freqs; SIO 333 [BD/JB].  NOV 8  2330 - Good; jingle
and very entertaining Finnish version of Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman"
[BC].  NOV 10  2133-2157 - EE pgm with news, talk about Finland's Father's
Day (which was today), editorial, press review, where to find R. Finland on
the Internet and Eurosat, "Compass North" about life in Finland; strong,
yet missed in Oct/95 when hi-latitude propagation was very poor by
comparison [DC/JF].  NOV 12  0718 - Woman with news, then organ music with
male vocalist, // 6120; ID as "Yleisradio" at 0759 recheck, 5 short and one
long pips [JR].

972 | BOTSWANA  R. Botswana, Gaborone, NOV 5  2133 - "It's 32 before 12
o'clock" (UTC+2) TC, pop mx, // 3356; SIO 343 [BC/BD/JB/NK].  NOV 7  2050 -
// 3356, female soul vocal "I Will Always Love You;" to good peaks [NK].
NOV 11  2136-2159* - Stronger signal than // 3356, with C&W music including
"I Believe in You" by Don Williams then Elton John; ended with prayer and
hymn and choral anthem at 2158; poor but also noted even weaker // 648
[DC/JF/JR].   NOV 12  2135 - Just fair, although // 3356 again strong; no
luck, however, in pulling out VOA Botswana relay which probably has a
narrow beam on 909 kHz [DC].  NOV 15  2129 - Loud music, // 3356 [JR].

972 | GERMANY  NDR, Hamburg, NOV 5  2340 - Oldies and GG songs, GG ancr;
SIO 443 [BD/JB].  NOV 13  2000 - Program in unID language until 2000 then
in SS as "Radio Democrita y Germania" for foreign workers "por espanoles
en la Republica Federal de Alemana," // 936 [JR].  NOV 16  0508 - GG
program, mention of Kiel and Hamburg [JR].

972 | UKRAINE  Ukrayinsko R., Kopani, NOV 4  0145 - // 1377 w/ pop music
[BD].  NOV 12  1936-1954 - Various programs of talk in Ukrainian; fair w/
QRM from co-channel Spain [JF].  NOV 13  1912 - Coca-Cola ad, M w/ ID then
Ukrainian or RR rock mx; o/u another stn in Slavic lang, likely Germany,
that was // 936; SIO 322 [JB/JR].

981 | ALGERIA  Radiodif. Algerienne, Algiers, NOV 3  0430 [BD].

981 | GREECE  Elleniki Radiophonia, Megara, NOV 4  0045 - Greek music, //
1386 [BD].  NOV 4  0056-0101 - Greek mx, nx; // 1386; SIO 433 [JB].  NOV 11
2100 - In a mess of stns, pips, "Elleniki Radiophonia" ID, "Era Sport" pgm
in Greek w/ basketball; SIO 322 [JB/JF].

981 | KENYA  KBC General Svc, Voi, NOV 12  0205-0229 - Bits of audio,
tentative // to 1386 (which see), until ERA suddenly popped on frequency
with strong signal at 0229, itself also // 1386 [DC].

990 | GERMANY  DeutschlandRadio, Berlin, NOV 3  0430 [BD].  NOV 8  2220 -
Faded up briefly w/ nx in GG; SIO 222 [JB].

990 | WALES  BBC R. 5, Tywyn, NOV 3  0440 [BD].  NOV 8  2216 - Interview
of rugby player, news from the television soaps; QRM mainly from CBY, SIO
433 [JB].  NOV 10  2100-2208 - EE nx // 909, "That's the end of the news on
5 Live," "Devon Worldwide" pgm with Richard Devon, station promos, news at
2200, "The Acid Test" with features on coral hunting near the British Coast
and upcoming Martian Missions; poor [DC/JF].

999 | GERMANY  DeutschlandRadio, Hoyerswerda, NOV 10  1943-1947 - W in
GG, // 177; much QRM from cochannel religious pgm (Moldova?), SIO 322 [JB].

999 | ITALY  RAI Radiodue synchros, NOV 5  2049 - // 1035, 1116 [BD].

999 | MOLDOVA/PRIDNESTROVYE  VO Russia, Maiac, NOV 3  1900 - Moscow news
in EE [BD].  BBC Relay, NOV 6  2005-2013 - W reads nx in Slavic lang, "BBC"
noted twice at ends of reports; SIO 433-2 [JB].  VO Russia, NOV 7  1815 -
Good; "Voice of Russia" in English, // 6130 [BC].  VO Russia, NOV 10
1809-1906 - EE sports nx, ID "This is Russia" newsmag pgm; poor [JF].  VO
Russia, NOV 16  1940 - "This is Russia," mentioning the first Russian arms
show at the turn of the century, and the manufacture of the first bicycles
in Russia in 1901, // 7440 [JR].

999 | SPAIN  R. Pop. de Madrid, Madrid, NOV 4  0000 - COPE net [BD].

1008 | BELARUS  Belaruskaje Radujo synchos, NOV 6  1917 - Classical mx,
best around 1924, // 1026; SIO 322 [JB/NK].  NOV 10  2140 - Mayak IS
through unID Arabic speaker, seemingly not // Yemen on 9779.8, so maybe
Egypt [DC].

1008 | CANARY IS.  R. Las Palmas/RadioVoz, NOV 3  0440 [BD].  NOV 6  2031
- Ad for "La Gazeta de Las Palmas" and FM outlet "Gran Canaria Radio;" deep
fades, SIO 442 [JB].  NOV 14  0051-0126 - Music from the opera Carmen, IDs,
time pips and "noticias" at 0100, Broadway show music such as "Mame," ads;
fair [JF].  NOV 14  0250 - Pop oldies, ID before time pips and news at
0300; quite good (no sign of Yemen here or on shortwave 9779.8 at this
time) [DC].

1008 | NETHERLANDS  NOS, Flevo, NOV 4  1909 - unID Oriental language
[BD].  NOV 6  1917 - Dutch religious pgm; SIO 433 [JB].

1008 | UNID  NOV 6  1856-1923 - AA mx over the TOH, definitely not //
Yemen 9779.80, suspect El Arish, Egypt; much QRM from Netherlands and
Belarus, SIO 222 (Joachim Stiller and Mauno Ritola both suggest Egypt also)
[JB].  NOV 6  1930 - Apparent religious AA here, not // any Yemen freqs;
found whilst phasing Netherlands to get Canaries & Belarus [NK].  NOV 8
1929 - AA Koranic singing that was not // to Yemen SW outlets or to other
audible stations; atop channel during Holland fade [NK].

1008 | YEMEN  Yemen RTV Corp., Sana'a, NOV 4  1909 - // 9779.4 [BD].  NOV
4  1938 - Likely // 9779.8, AA strings, then AA talk; u/ Holland [NK].

1017 | ENGLAND  WABC, Shrewsbury, NOV 7  1747 - Advert for connecting to
cable TV, "WABC" ID, then into pop music; o/u Germany [NK].

1017 | GERMANY  SWF, Mainz/Wolfsheim, NOV 5  2345 - Jazz // 972 [BD].
NOV 14  0200 - World news, // 666 [JR].

1017 | TURKEY  TRT, Mundanya/Istanbul, NOV 5  1822 - Talk [BD].

1025.00 | UNID  NOV 3  2247 - Two stations mixing, one definitely GG, // DW
on 6100 (the origin of this is unclear, but Neil could also hear this, and
it was audible on both the Drake R8A and the Icom R-71A) [JB].

1026 | BELARUS  Belaruskaje Radujo synchos, NOV 6  1927 - Tchaikovsky mx,
//1008; SIO 222 [JB/NK].

1026 | CHANNEL IS.  BBC R. Jersey, NOV 3  0500 [BD].  NOV 6  1929 - Wx
for Channel Is. -- nasty weather! SIO 222 [JB].

1026 | ENGLAND  BBC R. Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, NOV 8  2200 - News,
"BBC East" mention after weather; o/ Spain; this runs 500 watts! [NK].

1026 | IRAN  IRIB, Tabriz, NOV 10  0310 - Talk in presumed Farsi; very
good signal, // low power 1368 [DC].  NOV 14  0255 - A prayer (I think),
martial anthem, five short and one long pips, // 1152 [JR].

1026 | ISRAEL  Kol Israel, Tel Aviv, NOV 8  2203 - // 9815, national
anthem mixed w/ bubble jammer; soon lost [NK].

1026 | NORTHERN IRELAND  Downtown R., Belfast, NOV 3  0445 [BD].

1026 | SPAIN  SER stations, NOV 3  0440 [BD].

1026 | UNID  NOV 7  1755-1757 - Either Iran or Israel's AA svc;
Koranic-style chants rose atop for a while [NK].

1035 | ENGLAND  RTL Country 1035, London, NOV 3  0448 [BD].  NOV 8  2110
- "Country 10-35 AM" ID in a mess; SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 12  2013 - C&W mx;
poor [JF].  NOV 13  2038 - Noted with new "RTL" slogan, more pop than
country now [JR].

1035 | ESTONIA  Eesti R., Tallinn, NOV 8  2112-2127 - Pretty boring talk
in Estonian over the Brits, waves-and-seagulls sound effects at 2124; SIO
322 [JB].  NOV 12  2006 - Light jazz and vocals after news, possible
mention of "Vikeradio" and "eesti musica," pips at 2045, "Vikeradio"
perhaps heard at 2059, followed by 4 short and one long pips [JF/JR].

1035 | ITALY  RAI Radiodue synchros, NOV 3  0442 [BD].  NOV 4  2040 -
Guess Who's "American Woman" and other pop/rock hits, // 846, over Portugal
[BC].  NOV 16  0447 - Noted with strong test tone, sign-on announcements at
0455 [JR].

1035 | PORTUGAL  RDP R. Comercial, Lisbon, NOV 3  2130 [BD].

1035 | SCOTLAND  North Sound R., Aberdeen, NOV 8  2134-2138 - "North
Sound Two" ID, Scottish-accented Aberdeen ads, into pop music; excellent
peak atop Italy, Estonia, others [NK].

1044 | GEORGIA  Georgian R., Tbilisi, NOV 10  0224 - EZL mx quickly
paralleled w/ 4875 before the signal was engulfed by Spain; SIO 221
(transmitter site dawn enhancement while waiting for Kenya to pop up on the
frequency - BC) [astutely noticed by Bruce! - JB] [BC/JB/NK].  NOV 13
0213-0225 - Lively mx, very long fades but up to a reasonable level for a
couple of 30-second periods, easily paralleled w/ 4875 and 5040; QRM from
San Sebastian, SIO 222 (glad that Bruce spotted this one for a new
country! - DC) [DC/JB/JF].  NOV 13  0233 - Parallel music (woman singing)
established here and 5040, 4875; shortwave signals were strong but of awful
sound quality [JR].

1044 | GERMANY  MDR-Info, Dresden, NOV 3  0505 -  // 531, 783, 1188 [BD].

1044 | GREECE  Elliniki Radiophonia Macedonia 1, Thessaloniki, NOV 11
1953-2006 - M in Greek hosting (Greek) mx pgm, clear ID at 1959, nx by W at
2000, mx from 2004; severe QRM from Spain; SIO 322 [JB/JR].

1044 | MOROCCO  Sebaa Aioun, NOV 3  0442 [BD].

1044 | SPAIN  R. San Sebastian, San Sebastian, NOV 3  0442 [BD].  NOV 9
1920 - Good; local ID into "Cadena Ser Carosel Deportiva" network program
[BC].  NOV 10  2227 - Station hype w/ many IDs; SIO 444 [JB].  NOV 11  2000
- Two sets of pips and echoed "Cadena SER" net IDs, thus both San
Sebastian and Valladolid coming through over Greece [JB].

1053 | ENGLAND  TalkRadio UK synchros, NOV 3  0442 [BD].  NOV 12  0001 -
News given by man & woman; very strong, as on // 1089. (Trying without
success for AIR Tuticorin-1053 which would have been // 4990) [DC].  NOV 12
0303 - ID and phone number; fair [JF].

1053 | MOROCCO  RTM, Tangier, NOV 4  2120 - // 207, 612, 819, 936 at time
[BD].

1053 | ROMANIA  R. Romania, Iasi, NOV 4  1858 - // 855, 1152 [BD].  NOV
16  1700 - IS, ID pips, woman with news, // 1152, 1179, 11790 [JR].

1062 | DENMARK  Danmarks R., Kalundborg, NOV 3  0442 [BD].  NOV 12
0732-0757 - Morning exercise show, // 263 longwave, pop music "All Shook
Up," ID at 0744, time check and time pips followed by news, faded by 0757;
good [JF].

1062 | ITALY/SARDINIA  RAI Radiouno, Cagliari, Squinzano & others, NOV 2
2259 - S/off w/ ID, freq anmt, ticks/tones; SIO 333 [JB].  NOV 7  0133 -
Talk program in Italian, not // other RAI stations on the air at the time;
I got good signals from Sardinia while vacationing in Mallorca in 1965, and
noted that the Sardinian stations often did not carry programs // to the
mainland network stations [BD].  NOV 15  2248 - Jazz program, // 657, 1332,
1575, 6060 [JR].

1062.06 | TURKEY  TRT, Diyarbakir, NOV 2  2300 - Audible after RAI went off
w/ W talking then Turkish anthem; SIO 232 [JB].

1071 | ENGLAND  Talkradio UK synchros, NOV 6  1800 [BD].  NOV 10  0046 -
Faded up briefly w/ EE chat, // 1089; SIO 222 [JB].  NOV 12  0250 - Mention
of "Talk Radio;" at 0300 with news by woman; low power outlet(s) here
occasionally good enough to confirm // 1053 & 1089 [DC].

1071 | FRANCE  France-Inter, Lille et al., NOV 3  0520 - Fair; pop music,
// 162, 1161, & 1350 [BC/BD].  NOV 9  0043 - FF wx for France; SIO 333
[JB].

1071 | INDIA  All India R., Rajkot, NOV 10  0040 - Indian popular mx,
long fades; SIO 232-1 (Tried unsuccessfully to establish // with the Urdu
Service on 702 and/or 6155 - DC) [DC/JB/NK].  NOV 12  0015 - AIR IS noted
in mess then man talking and subcontinental mx, this time heard // at low
level on 6155; very poor, best in USB (Transmitter SR 0120 - DC)
[DC/JF/JR].  NOV 13  0042 - Indian mx; way under France-Inter and presumed
Euskadi; SIO 222 [JB].

1071 | SLOVAKIA  Slovensky Rozhlas, Presov, NOV 16  0128 - Piano Muzak,
at 0130 M in Slovak w/ ID: "Slovensko Eren," // 1098; SIO 242 [JB/JR].

1071 | SPAIN  Euskadi Irratia, Bilbao, NOV 3  0442 [BD].

1080 | ISRAEL  Kol Israel Reshet Beth, Jerusalem, NOV 9  2351 - Glimpses
of "Girl from Ipanema" (Getz/Gilberto) through very heavy QRM from Spain,
Poland & Morocco, but unequivocally // 7494.82; just 5 kW; SIO 121 [JB/NK].
NOV 10  0137-0139 - // 7495, oldie "Dream a Little Dream" (Mama Cass);
poor to fair o/u WTIC & Spain [NK].  NOV 13  2021 - Talk in Hebrew and
female vocal at 2032; surprising dominant here, // 7495 [DC].

1080 | POLAND  Polskie R., Koszecin, NOV 3  0510 - // 1206, 1260, 1305
[BD].  NOV 11  2237 - Music program, woman singing in Polish with piano, //
1206, 1305, 1368 [JR].

1080 | SPAIN  SER stations, NOV 3  0442 [BD].  NOV 16  0437 - At least
two SER stations here, with clear echo [JR].

1089 | ALBANIA  RTV Shqiptar, Durres, NOV 3  0442 - Islamic music [BD].
NOV 7  2115 - Music, // 6100, mostly under England (and the SW parallel was
well under Germany, so a difficult catch either way) [BC].

1089 | ENGLAND  TalkRadio UK synchros, NOV 3  0442 [BD].  NOV 6  1018 -
Audible w/ EE talk, must be a completely daylight path at this time; SIO
232 [JB].  NOV 9  1040-1300 - Daytime DX; better than S6 up to 1100 UTC,
carrier noted as late as 1300 [NK].  NOV 12  0749-0806 - Call-in
featurettes on "Has there ever been a good British movie?", "Minimum
working week" and "Earlier school starting times," slogan: " Great talk all
the time on 1053, 1089 AM," news, sports and weather at 0800; good [JF].

1089 | RUSSIA  R. Rossii, Tbilisskoye, NOV 6  1835 - Tentative, Mid East
Mx // 1170 (?) [BD].  NOV 13  0252 - RR barda mx, // 873, 5815; SIO 343
[JB/JF/JR].

1098 | SLOVAKIA  Slovensky Rozhlas, Nitra, NOV 3  0442 [BD].  NOV 14
0118-0204 - Instr mx pgm, ID as "Radio Bratislava" but no other anmts, time
pips and news at 0200; good [JF].

1098 | SPAIN  RNE5 synchros, NOV 14  0159 - Time pips, ID and news; fair,
QRMing Slovakia [JF].

1107 | ENGLAND  TalkRadio UK synchros, NOV 14  0230 - Sponsor-a-child
PSA, // 1089, 1053 [JR].  NOV 15  2200, 2300 - IDs in a mess at both times,
// 1089, 1053; SIO 222 [JB/JR].

1107 | GERMANY  AFN synchros, NOV 4  0015 - Patriots-Dolphins football
[BD].  NOV 8  1800 - Fair; AP news, // 873 & 1143 [BC].  NOV 9  2052 - US
football over Spain and Brits; SIO 322 [JB].

1107 | SCOTLAND  Moray Firth R., Inverness, NOV 15  2200-2220 - Nx,
contest promo at 2213, local anmt and ID at 2218 then mx; SIO 222-1
[JB/JR].

1107 | SERBIA/YUGOSLAVIA  R. Novi Sad 2, Novi Sad, NOV 15  2158 -
Possibly this with pips echoing RNE5, tape review shows this ID phrase
after pips: "Rah-fah-din-kay-rah-dio-pee-dayn" [JR].

1107 | SPAIN  RNE5 stations, NOV 3  0442 [BD].

1107 | UNID  NOV 15  2150-2219 - Unusual mx, pgm hosted by W in unID lang
but many songs played back-to-back, pips at 2200 then W w/ ID that sounded
like "Unvidiki Radio" then nx; QRM mainly from Spain but also from 2 Brits,
SIO 322 (This is obviously the same as Jim's tent. Novi Sad, but I didn't
catch anything that resembled "Novi Sad" - JB) [JB].

1114.87 | ANGOLA  Em. Provincial do Kuanza-Sul, Sumbe, NOV 3  2110 - Good
w/ PP talk; heard on Brazil Bev [NK].  NOV 6  2040 - Local music [BD].  NOV
7  2100 - PP talk, beautiful "Emissora Regional de Kuanza Sul" ID; good
peaks [NK].  NOV 10  2145 - Hi-life music and chatter by male DJ; fair with
good peak at 2150 (Angolans were very disappointing compared to Oct/95,
however. Only other Provincial heard weakly was 1502; even R. Nacional
1088/1367 only apparent as modest carriers without audio) [DC].  NOV 10
2154-2200 - Afro dance music, PP ancr; poor [JF].

1116 | CHANNEL IS.  BBC R. Guernsey, NOV 4  0019 - Tentative [BD].  NOV
11  0749 - Sports rpt w/ Holyfield-Tyson fight then "local sports" w/
Guernsey items; generally under Derby, SIO 222 [JB].  NOV 12  2100 - Up
over RAI w/ nx feed for eastern Britain; SIO 333 [DC/JB].  NOV 16  0107 -
BBC news, two distinct stations with pronounced echo, so one of these was
R. Guernsey and the other R. Derby [JR].

1116 | ENGLAND  BBC R. Derby, NOV 3  0001 - Telephone number in Derby,
jingle ID, local nx, lottery numbers; over Spain, SIO 433 [JB].  NOV 3
0445 [BD].  NOV 8  2133-2207 - Interview of Oxfam worker, nx at 2200;
"Derbyshire" and "Derby" references; SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 9  0819 - Pgm
promo, local anmts w/ tel numbers in Derby, road cx; SIO 333 [JB]. NOV 11
0800 - Jingle ID, nx w/ many local items; SIO 333-2 [JB].  NOV 14
2308-0005 - Gordon Aspley phone-in show, one call was from Nottingham, ancr
mentioned "Radio 4," BBC news at 0000; presume that this is Derby since it
is close to Nottingham [JF].  NOV 16  0107 - BBC news, two distinct
stations with pronounced echo, so one of them was R. Derby and the other R.
Guernsey [JR].

1116 | ITALY  RAI Radiodue synchros, NOV 3  0447 [BD].  NOV 5  1910 -
Good; Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman" and Radiodue ID, // 846 [BC].  NOV 8
2135-2207 - Mainly rock and "combat reggae" mx, M ancr in Italian; SIO 422
[JB].  NOV 12  2058 - Mx by The Who, Italian ancr; SIO 333 [JB].

1116 | NETHERLANDS  R. Kerk van Bloemendaal, Bloemendaal, NOV 17  0758 -
Brits faded down a bit to reveal a M in Dutch, but destroyed by RAI w/
organ mx at 0800; SIO 222-1 [JB].

1116 | WALES  Valleys R., Ebbw Vale, NOV 8  2304 - Signal emerged for
only a couple of minutes above the BBC stns and Spain w/ wx, jingle ID,
then road conditions; SIO 222-1 [JB].

1121 | IRAN  VO Rebellious Iraq, Bandar Lengeh, NOV 5  1814 - Chanting
[BD].  NOV 5  1818-1825 - AA talk by woman mention Iraq, some AA music, but
mostly talk [NK].

1125 | BELGIUM  RTBF, La Louviere, NOV 6  1900 - FF [BD].

1125 | CROATIA  Hvratski R., Deanovec, NOV 3  0211 - European pop tunes
back-to-back, // massive 1134; SIO 343 [JB].  NOV 10  2208 - Pop music, //
1134, 5895; poor-fair [JF].  NOV 15  1923 - Program // 1134 [JR].

1125 | MADEIRA  Centro Regional RDP, Ponta do Pargo, NOV 15  2120 - PP
talk about soccer; SIO 343 [JB].

1125 | NIGER  LV du Sahel, Niamey, NOV 11  2055-2103 - High-life vocals,
mostly poor thru QRM but definite brief // to very strong 5021.5 [DC/JR].
NOV 13  2215 - Talk by man in French; poor, SW seemingly not on today [DC].

1125 | SPAIN  RNE5 stations, NOV 3  0447 [BD].  NOV 13  2045 - Spanish
news, // 531; fair [JF].

1134 | CROATIA  Hvratski R., Zadar, NOV 3  0447 [BD].  Nov 15, 0441-0520
- Mellow lang pops, time pips, ID and Croatian news at 0500, more mellow
pops, not // 1125 or 5895 at this time; good [JF].

1134 | INDIA  All India R., Mogra, NOV 11  2115-2335 - Glimpses of
instrumental Indian mx, possibly Hindi nx at 2130, established unequivocal
// w/ 1566 at 2117 and at 2119; freq dominated initially by Croatia then
after 2130 by an unID AA stn, SIO 121 [DC/JB/JR].  NOV 12  0008 -
Subcontinental chants at weak level; briefly to fair peak with vocal at
0025 (Now that we've logged all three 1000-kW MW powerhouses, the next
prospective AIR log is going to be an order of magnitude more difficult)
[DC].  NOV 12  0025 - Tentative; Indian music; poor [JF/JR].

1134 | RUSSIA  Radiostantsiya Mayak, Murmansk & Saransk, NOV 11  2120 -
Mayak IS cut through the Croatian and unID AA stn, woman with talk in
Russian at 2133, fading up over AIR Mogra; SIO 211 (Saransk seems a morely
likely site than Murmansk, although lower power - DC) [DC/JB/JR].

1143 | GERMANY  AFN, Stuttgart & 2 others, NOV 4  0015 -
Patriots-Dolphins football [BD].  NOV 8  1750 - Good; PSAs on bacteria
infection and hearing loss, end of C&W music program, AP news, then urban
contemporary music; based on an item in Medium Wave Circle, we were
expecting a local ID for the top-of-the-hour, but only the network ID was
heard [BC].  NOV 8  1759 - C&W mx, pgm promo, TC for Central Europe, ID,
nx; SIO 332 [JB].  NOV 13  2017 - Trumpet instrumental, then jazz-oriented
vocal by woman; fair with QRM from Mayak, // AFN-873 and Azores AFRTS-1503
[DC].

1143 | RUSSIA/KALININGRAD  Radiostantsiya Mayak, Bolshakovo, NOV 4  2050
- Man in Russian? (tentative) [BD].  NOV 13  2020 - Mayak IS pushing
through AFN-Germany. (It would seem much more likely this was from
Bolshakovo site rather than Mekhzavod, which is in the interior Samarskaya
Oblast) [DC].  NOV 15  0425-0440 - RR talk, mx, "Mayak" ID at 0434, IS
twice at 0440; over AFN, SIO 433-2 [JB/JR].

1143 | SPAIN  COPE stations, NOV 3  0447 [BD].

1152 | ENGLAND  Amber R., Norwich, NOV 15  2355 - Ad for soccer, "Catch
Norwich fever...kickoff at 3 pm," "Amber Radio" jingle ID; lots of QRM from
Iran and Clyde 2 SIO 222-1 [JB/JR].

1152 | ENGLAND  London Talk, London, NOV 3  0450 [BD].

1152 | ENGLAND  Piccadilly Gold, Manchester, NOV 15  2354 - "Piccadilly
11-52 Dog Show" announcement in mess [JR].

1152 | IRAN  IRIB, Tabriz, NOV 14  0254-0258 - Call to prayer, martial
anthem, five short and one long pips, // 1026 [JF/JR].  NOV 15  2359 - Mx,
pips, ID over piano mx; SIO 222 [JB/JR].

1152 | ROMANIA  R. Romania, Cluj, NOV 3  2114 - // 855 [BD].  NOV 7
2155 - Piano instrumental, // 855, good over Spain [BC].  NOV 14  2133 -
EZL mx "Just The Way You Are," // 855, 1053, 756; good [JF].  NOV 16  1700
- IS, ID, pips, woman with news, // 1053, 1179, 11790; instrumental tune
"You're in the Army Now" at 1740 [JR].

1152 | SCOTLAND  Clyde 2, Glasgow, NOV 14  0329 - Tentative ID, Bill
Crossman is the DJ [JR].  NOV 14  2329-0005 - Old EZL music such as Sinatra
with "High Hopes," Coke ad sponsoring a sporting event, news and weather at
0000; poor-fair [JF].  NOV 16  0002 - Nx by Scottish-accented W: return of
the Stone of Scone; SIO 222 [JB].  NOV 16  1802 - Noted with "Clyde 2 Radio
News," football scores, Beatles music [JR].

1152 | SPAIN  RNE5 stations, NOV 3  0447 [BD].

1161 | EGYPT  Egyptian R., Tanta, NOV 4  1855 - Chanting [BD].

1161 | ENGLAND  Brunel Classic Gold, Swindon, NOV 8  0412 - "Classic
Gold" ID, then into Frankie Valli song; atop other Brit & rumble of
carriers [NK].

1161 | FRANCE  France-Inter, Strasbourg, NOV 5  1855 [BD].  NOV 15  0408
- FF rock mx // 162, 1071; fair [JF].

1161 | SCOTLAND  R. Tay, Dundee, NOV 15  0200-0206 - EE news read by
woman w/ Scottish accent, station promo, EZL pop music; poor [JF].  NOV 16
1641 - Tentative; live report from game involving Aberdeen and Dundee [JR].

1161 | SPAIN  Euskadi Irratia, San Sebastian, NOV 3  0450 [BD].

1169.97 | SLOVENIA  R. Capodistria, Beli Kriz, NOV 8  1834-1850 - Pop mx,
faded up over the QRM a number of times w/ talk and nx, best around 1844;
SIO 332 [JB/NK].  NOV 11  1948 - Music box tune sounding like an IS, then
woman w/ apparent economic news; fair, mixing with UK local radio outlet,
probably Great North Radio [DC].  NOV 16  1809 - Program of rock music, ID,
slightly on low side of frequency [JR].

1170 | ENGLAND  Great North R., Stockton, NOV 6  2000 - Good; "GNR" ID
and jingle into news [BC].  NOV 8  1837 - Old pop mx, telephone answered w/
"GNR," caller requested Foreigner but could not name any tune; SIO 322
[JB].  NOV 16  2213-2224 - Messy freq, contest promo for "GNR," jingle and
Beatles song at 2224; SIO 222 [JB].

1170 | NIGERIA  Ogun State BC, Abeokuta, NOV 7  2300 - Sign-off with
anthem popped up briefly on this crowded frequency [BC].

1170 | RUSSIA  VO Russia, Tbilisskoye, NOV 6  1835-1900 - // 5925, AA
music & talk, IS at 1900; mixed w/ UK & Portugal  [BD/NK].  NOV 8  1835 -
AA talk; faded up briefly over Brits and R. Capodistria, SIO 322 [JB].  NOV
16  1820 - AA mx, // 5925, 7295 (definitely not Israel's "D" pgm); SIO 221
[JB/JR].  NOV 16  2159 - IS through the QRM [JB].

1170 | WALES  Swansea Sound, Winsh-Wen, NOV 3  0458 [BD].  NOV 16  1957 -
ID in pile-up! [JR].

1179 | CANARY IS.  R. Club Tenerife, Santa Cruz, NOV 3  0500 [BD].  NOV
14  0658 - Local ID as "Cadena SER, Radio Club Tenerife" [JR].

1179 | ROMANIA  R. Romania, Galbeni-Bacau, NOV 16  1700 - IS, ID pips,
woman with news, // 1053, 1152, 11790 [JR].

1179 | SWEDEN  Swedish R., Solvesborg, NOV 3  0459 [BD].  NOV 9  2056 -
EE talk about immigrants returning from the US; SIO 544 [JB].  NOV 12  2030
- IS, EE ID and newsmagazine program "60 Degrees North;" very good [JF].

1185.00 | UNID  NOV 3  2027-2031 -  Mixing product of two stations, possibly
Russian (see also 1025.00) [JB].

1188 | BELGIUM  BRTN, Kuurne, NOV 16  0100 - Six long pips, ID, M w/ nx
in Flemish; SIO 222 [JB/JR].

1188 | GERMANY  MDR-Info, Reichenbach, NOV 3  0504 - GG weather & news,
// 531, 783, 1044; well u/ Hungary; only 5 kW! [BD/NK].

1188 | HUNGARY  Magyar R., Szolnok & Szombathely, NOV 4  2040 - // 1251
[BD].

1197 | BELARUS  Belaruskaje Radyjo, Miensk et al., NOV 7  1915-1918 - //
1008 & 1026, classical violin music; Virgin R. phased to leave this in mix
w/ Spain & AFN Germany [NK].

1197 | ENGLAND  Virgin R. synchros, NOV 3  0501 [BD].  NOV 8  1850 -
"Total Gas" ad, jingle ID, rock mx; SIO 444 [JB].  NOV 10  0303 - Music
"Legs" by ZZ Top, // 1215, which had much better signal; poor [JF].  NOV 11
0300 - Sequence of double time pips, then Virgin news highlights; fair, //
strong 1215 [DC].

1197 | GERMANY  VOA Europe, Munich, NOV 16  0043 - EE talk about US
telecommunications laws, story by William Wallace; this stn used to be
heard regularly, but now it's a rarity; QRM from Virgin R., SIO 222
[JB/JR].

1197 | IRAQ  Iraq R., Nineva, NOV 7  1850 - Tentative; AA music / chants,
o/u Virgin R.; lost before a possible parallel w/ 6560 could be established
[NK].

1197 | LESOTHO  BBC Relay, Lancer's Gap, NOV 4  0040 [BD].  NOV 11
0302-0305 - Brief fadeup over Virgin R. with World Service news read by
woman, // 3255 (via Meyerton); presume MW site remains Lesotho [DC].  NOV
13  *0300 -  Audible only to 0305, this time with the WS news read by man
[DC].  NOV 13  0305 - EE news // 3255; audible in LSB, lousy signal but
very happy to finally have heard this one [JF].  NOV 15  2238 - BBC program
weak [JR].

1197 | SPAIN  Euskadi Irratia, Vitoria, NOV 3  0501 [BD].

1197 | UNID  NOV 8  2105-2120 - Bits of AA-type music, not // Iraq-6560
[NK].

1206 | FRANCE  R. Bleue, Bordeaux, NOV 6  1814 [BD].

1206 | ISRAEL  Kol Israel Reshet Beth, Haifa, NOV 3  2140 - Talk in
Hebrew and Carole King song // 7495, good with Poland nulled by phasing
[BC/BD/NK].  NOV 9  2350 - EZL music and talk in Hebrew, fair/mixing with
Poland; // 657 (poor) and 1080 (surprisingly dominant over Poland) [DC].
NOV 13  2020 - Apparent radio drama in progress; again // 657 & 1080 + very
strong shortwave relay 7495 [DC].  NOV 16  0205 - Music program // 1206
[JR].

1206 | POLAND  Polskie R., 3 sites, NOV 3  0510 - // 1080, 1260, 1305
[BD].  NOV 11  2236 - Old show tunes, woman singing in Polish with piano,
// 1080 , 1305, 1368; all freqs fair [JF/JR].

1206 | SIERRA LEONE  SLBS, Goderich, NOV 6  2020 - Local anmts in
African-accented EE; Polish QRM, SIO 322 [BD/JB].

1215 | ENGLAND  Virgin R. synchros, NOV 3  0510 [BD].  NOV 9  1130-1150 -
Daytime DX; still audible just before transmitter-site noon [NK].

1222 | SENEGAL  RTV Senegal, Ziguinchor, NOV 11  2110 - Tentative; just
fair carrier, no audio; surely this as readily heard during NF-DX IV [DC].

1224 | BULGARIA  R. Bulgaria, Vidin, NOV 8  0424-0426 - // 5890 & 7230,
MoR EE song, woman in Bulgarian w/ "Bulgarie" mention; signal good, o/u
Holland [NK].  NOV 12  1935 - Music and ID, clear // 5860, 5890 [JR].  NOV
12  1945-2002 - Pop music show, // 5860 and 5890, ID, remote report at 1950
and talks, IS and Albanian s/on anmt at 2000; good-fair (Perhaps notable
only because for some reason we never tallied a MW log from Bulgaria in
Oct/95 - DC) [DC/JF].

1224 | ISRAEL  Galei Zahal, Beersheba, NOV 16  0140 - IDF army station
with call-in program to male announcer, Israeli pop music interludes, //
1287, clear ID at 0200 [JR].  NOV 16  0150 - Briefly atop the Dutch stn, //
1287; SIO 222 [JB].

1224 | NETHERLANDS  Hitradio Veronica, IJsselmeer, NOV 6  1645 - pop
[BD].  NOV 9  2017 - "The Party Place" and "Hitradio" mentions in otherwise
Dutch language promos, pop music, good with what was assumed to be Bulgaria
fading in [BC].

1224 | SPAIN  COPE stations, NOV 3  0510 [BD].

1233 | CZECH REP.  R. Free Europe/Czech R. synchros, NOV 3  1900 [BD].
NOV 3  2205 - Good; news in Czech, "Radio Svobodna Europa" ID [BC].  NOV 10
1939-2001 - Czech talk and jazz mx, // 1287, talk about the economy at
1943, ID, news headlines and news in detail at 2000; good [JF].  NOV 16
1927 - Program // 1287 Slovakia [JR].

1233 | ENGLAND  Virgin R. 2 synchros, NOV 16  1927 - Low-powered
transmitters // 1215 [JR].

1233 | MOROCCO  RTM, Tanger, NOV 10  0253 - Tentative; AA mx; fair [JF].

1242 | ENGLAND  Virgin R. synchros, NOV 3  0510 [BD].

1242 | FRANCE  R. Bleue, Marseille, NOV 7  0110 - Pop music, no
announcements, // 1404 [BD].

1242 | UKRAINE  Ukrayinsko R. synchros, NOV 5  0242 - // 1377 [BD].  NOV
13  1900 - Noted in // to 1371.1 and 1377 [JR].

1251 | HUNGARY  Magyar R., Marcali & Nyiregyhaza, NOV 3  0505 - Music
// 1188 [NK].  NOV 4  2040 - // 1188 [BD].  NOV 5  2200 - "Don't Cry for Me
Argentina" then Hungarian nx headlines; SIO 444 [JB].  NOV 14  0329 -
Hungarian talk and news // 1188; good [JF].

1251 | LIBYA  Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting, Tripoli, NOV 3  0510 [BD].
NOV 5  1935 - AA talk mixed w/ UAE, Hungary, Portugal [NK].

1251 | PORTUGAL  R. Renascenca synchros, NOV 5  1936 - PP music, then PP
talk rose o/ Libya & others [NK].

1251 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES  UAE R., Dubai, NOV 5  1925 - // 1476 &
13675, AA talk; well u/ Hungary [BD/NK].  NOV 9  2140 - // 1476, bits of AA
music; u/ Hungary & Libya [NK].

1259 | AZORES  RDP, Faial, NOV 3  0515 [BD].  NOV 13  1925 - Mostly just
carrier but bits of audio, tentatively // 837 and 648 (under BBC),
classical music to single pip at 1930, then talk by man; also 1952 with
female vocal [DC].

1260 | ENGLAND  Brunel Classic Gold, Bristol, NOV 3  2059-2102 - In a
mess of British stations w/ ad, ID: "Classic Gold -- Bristol, Bath and
surrounding areas;" SIO 222 [JB].  NOV 7  1811 - Local weather, oldies; u/
Poland [NK].

1260 | ENGLAND  unID stn, NOV 15  0809 - Pop music by Blues Traveller,
address for something in the Isle of Man then more mx, by 0815, all British
stations were fading out; poor [JF].

1260 | ENGLAND  Virgin R., Guildford, NOV 7  1812-1814 - // 1197 & 1215,
music, bits of traffic report; through Poland & Bristol [NK].

1260 | GREECE/DODECANESE IS.  VOA Relay, Rhodes, NOV 5  2100 - Lull in
the Brits briefly left Cadena SER stn(s) and VOA nx in EE // 1548, but gone
in seconds; SIO 222-1 (Lousy log, but I've been after this one for many
years! - JB) [BD/JB].

1260 | POLAND  Polskie R., Szczecin, NOV 3  0510 - // 1080, 1206, 1305
[BD].  NOV 3  0521 - Snatches of pop mx, // 1206, 1305; way under WEZE, SIO
221 [JB].  NOV 7  1811 - // 1206 & 1305, man in Polish atop Bristol, UK
[NK].

1260 | SPAIN  SER stations, NOV 3  0515 [BD].

1269 | GERMANY  Deutschlandfunk, Neumunster & Mainflingen, NOV 3  0515
[BD].  NOV 13  0116 - Classical music program, male DJ, // 153, 1269, 1422
[JR].  NOV 16  1730 - GG nx, no sign of Kuwait; SIO 333 [JB].

1269 | SPAIN  COPE stations, NOV 3  0515 [BD].

1278 | IRELAND  RTE R. 2, Dublin & Cork, NOV 3  0515 [BD].  NOV 9  0002 -
Nx about Zaire; SIO 444 [JB].  NOV 12  1902-1923 - English news, pop, jazz
and dance music, ID at 1915 as "The Hotline with Tony ---- on 2-FM;" //
strong 612, poor [DC/JF].

1278 | UKRAINE  Ukrayinsko R., Petrivska & Sevastopol, NOV 5  approx 2020
- Tentative; Slavic talk mention Ukraine; u/ Ireland, helped by using
phasing [NK].

1287 | CZECH REP.  R. Free Europe, Melnik & Litomysl, NOV 3  2040 - In
Slovak [BD].  NOV 3  2149 - I felt professionally obligated to listen to
this one: Slovak (?) talk about the discovery of radioactive elements
(that's chemistry, not antenna theory!!); SIO 444 [JB].

1287 | ISRAEL  Galei Zahal, Tel Aviv, NOV 10  0217-0220, 0228-0304 -
Hebrew talk, bits of instrumental mx, pips, nx at 0300, wx at 0302; deep
fades, at best SIO 332 [DC/JB/NK].  NOV 16  0140 - IDF army station with
call-in program to male announcer, Israeli pop music interludes, // 1224,
clear ID at 0200 [JR].  NOV 16  0155-0201 - Telephone chat in Hebrew,
fanfare and ID at 0200; SIO 444 [JB].

1287 | SLOVAKIA  R. Free Europe, Velke Kostolany, NOV 15  1846 - News in
Slovak, ID at 1859 [JR].

1287 | SPAIN  SER stations, NOV 3  0515 [BD].

1296 | ENGLAND  BBC, Orfordness, NOV 6  1646 - GG pgm, discussing US
elections; SIO 242 [JB].  NOV 6  1840 - GG at the time [BD].

1296 | ENGLAND  R. XL, Birmingham, NOV 3  0453 - Indian film mx, M ancr
in Hindi or Punjabi; SIO 444 [JB].  NOV 3  0519 - Hindi music [BD].  NOV 7
1800 - Fair; "This is Radio XL" ID and news, "Radio XL Weather Check,"
Hindi music [BC].  NOV 11  1859 - Indian mx, EE ID, nx, back to Indian mx
at 1903; SIO 333 [JB].  NOV 13  0710 - East Indian music, English TC for
"11 minutes past 7," ID, but fading out; fair [JF].  NOV 15  0611 - "Radio
XL," then back to Indian music [JR].

1305 | POLAND  Polskie R.,  Boguchwala, Sowlany & Tuszyn, NOV 3  0510 -
// 1080, 1206, 1260 [BD].  NOV 11  2237 - Music program, woman singing in
Polish with piano, // 1080, 1206, 1368; I can log this synchro of all three
60-kW stations separately because of a pronounced triple echo on NOV 16 at
1749 [JR].

1305 | RUSSIA  R. Vozrozhdeniye, Moscow, NOV 10  0250-0302+ - Tentative;
pre-s/on tones, chimes at 0301 and woman opening in seemingly Russian;
under RNE5 synchros, listed *0400 in 1996 WRTH [BC/DC/NK].

1305 | SPAIN  RNE5 synchros, NOV 3  0520 [BD]. NOV 10  0249 - Instr mx,
SS anmts; fair [JF].

1314 | NORWAY  NRK, Kvitsoy, NOV 3  0520 [BD].  NOV 3  1030 [BD].  NOV
5  1642 - NN talk here at S7 to S8 when we got back from lunch (1.12 p.m.
local time) [NK].  NOV 6  1630 - Excellent; news in Norwegian about Clinton
re-election [BC].  NOV 7  1445 - Talk in Norwegian with S-4 signal at 11:15
am NF local time, this could be heard practically all day [BC].  NOV 8
1348 -Poor to fair at 1348 (10.18 a.m. local) w/ occasional fades to the
noise; up to a good S6.5 level by 1404 UTC during newscast, most of the
path is in daylight at this time [NK].  NOV 9  1040-1410 - Daytime DX; S9+8
at 1040 UTC, S8.5 at 1100, S4 at 1150, S1 at 1215, very weak carrier at
1300 & 1410 UTC [NK].  NOV 12  1509 - Daytime TA throughout the week [JR].

1314 | UNITED ABAB EMIRATES  R. of the UAE, Dabiya, Abu Dhabi, NOV 5
1910 - AA Koranic chant w/ Norway in fade; QRM also from Spain; bits //
1539 noted also [NK].  NOV 16  1709 - AA phone talk, // 9770, gaining
strength but still way, way under NRK; SIO 222-1 [JB/JR].

1323 | CYPRUS  BBC Relay, Zyyi, NOV 16  0300 - Sign-on with Lillybolero,
pips, BBC news in EE by woman, // 6195, 9410, 11760 [JR].

1323 | ENGLAND  South Coast R., Southwick, NOV 3  0530 [BD].  NOV 13
1937 - Pop music, // 945; poor [DC/JF].

1323 | GERMANY  VO Russia, Wachenbrunn, NOV 5  1744 - Sermon in GG [BD].
NOV 13  1859 - VO Russia IS, GG news and features; fair [JF/JR].

1332 | ENGLAND  BBC R. 4, Wiltshire, NOV 16  0342 - BBC program, only
this 300-watt outlet listed [JR].

1332 | IRAN  IRIB, Tehran, NOV 4  0221 - Man chanting [BD].

1332 | ITALY  RAI Radiouno synchros, NOV 3  0520 [BD].  NOV 15  2248 -
Jazz program, // 657, 1062, 1575, 6060 [JR].

1341 | HUNGARY  Magyar R., Lakihegy, NOV 3  0505 - Music // 1188; u/ BBC
N. Ireland [NK].  NOV 14  0330 - Under BBC with female vocals, // 1188,
1251 [JR].

1341 | NORTHERN IRELAND  BBC Northern Ireland, Lisnagarvey, NOV 3  0520
[BD].  NOV 13  2058-2203 - Interview w/ columnist from Belfast Telegraph,
time pips, ID and news at 2100, rock music program to 2200, more news and
jazz at 2203; fair [JF].

1349 | MAURITANIA  R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, NOV 5  2010 - Instrumental
music // 4845, strong het against 1350 [BC].  NOV 10  0001 - Local language
talk and AA-sounding vocal at 0012 // 4845; fair [DC/JF].

1350 | FRANCE  France-Inter, Nice & Nancy, NOV 3  0520 - // 1071 [BD].

1350 | HUNGARY  Magyar R., Pecs et al., NOV 11  1909 - Two men in
Hungarian w/ jazz pgm, // 1251, 1341; under France and Latvia, SIO 222
[JB].

1350 | LATVIA  Latvijas R., Cesvaine & Kuldiga, NOV 7  1833-1840 - // 576
& 1422, woman in Latvian, then soft piano music [NK].  NOV 11  1911-1916 -
Tentative; talk in a northern European lang, pop music but gone by 1320;
fair [JF].

1359 | ENGLAND  Breeze AM, Chelmsford, NOV 16  1851 - When Breeze AM on
1431 mentioned 1359, I tuned here and there it was [JR].

1359 | ENGLAND  unID stn, NOV 3  0530 [BD].

1359 | SPAIN  RNE1, Arganda, NOV 3  0530 [BD].

1365.76 | UKRAINE  Ukrayinsko R., unknown site, NOV 8  1950 - Distorted
signal / growl, has been heard previously [NK].  NOV 9  0004-0012 - M & W
w/ nx in Ukrainian, // 1242, 1377; drifting transmitter, was at 1365.71 at
0145, poor modulation, best audio around 0008, deep fades compared to other
Ukrainian signals; SIO 332 [JB/NK].

1368 | ENGLAND  BBC Radio 4 synchros, NOV 15  0030 - ID during news
program [JR].

1368 | IRAN  IRIB, Sari, NOV 10  0304-0330 - Mainly talk in Farsi, drama
w/ sound effects, local flute mx, // 1026 and 1386; not too shabby for a 20
kW station: SIO 333! [DC/JB/NK].

1368 | ISLE OF MAN  Manx R., Foxdale, NOV 3  2153 - Sermon [BD].  NOV 5
1820 - Good; Labour Party/political discussion, later classical music into
news at 1900 with "This is Manx Radio" ID [BC].  NOV 15  1757 - Ad for
Allied Manx Bank [JR].

1368 | POLAND  Polskie R., Krakow, NOV 11  2237 - Music program, woman
singing in Polish with piano, // 1080, 1206, 1305; just as good as the
high-power outlets [JR].

1371.12 | UKRAINE  Ukrayinsko R., unknown site, NOV 13  1904 - W in
Ukrainian and mx at 1908, // 1377 and 1242; we presume this is the same
transmitter as on 1365.76 five days earlier! SIO 333 (DSWCI OCT 96 says
this is UR2, down from 1377) [DC/JB/JR].

1377 | FRANCE  R. Bleue, Lille, NOV 3  0542 [BD].  NOV 6  1724 - Light
rock, song about "Radio Bleue;" SIO 444 [JB].  NOV 7  0334 (music before
sign-on) [BD].

1377 | UKRAINE  Ukrayinsko R. synchros, NOV 4  0145 - Pop music, // 972
[BD].  NOV 13  1900 - Very weak but // 1371.1 [JR].  NOV 13  1907 - Jazz
music, // 1242; fair [JF].

1385.92 | GUINEA  R. Rurale, Labe, NOV 10  2002-2018 - African-accented FF,
IS and drums on the hour, international and local nx; QRM from Kaliningrad
and a jammer; SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 13  2029 - News or talk, "Rurale"
mentioned several times [JR].  NOV 13  2033-2043 - Lang talk and wild West
African dance music; poor w/ QRM from co-channel jammer (not sure who the
jammer was targetted at, Iran? - JF) [DC/JF].  NOV 15  2140 -Loud and clear
with music [JR].

1386 | GREECE  Elleniki Radiophonia, Athens, NOV 4  0045 - Greek music //
981 [BD].  NOV 13  0050 - Greek vocal by woman; news read by woman at 0100;
fair peaks but deep fades; very good and dominant on the more powerful //
981 [DC/JR].

1386 | IRAN  IRIB, Ahwaz, NOV 4  0235 - Koran & talk in Mid-East
language; u/ Greece [NK].  NOV 5  0230 - Good; sign-on, Koranic chants,
then woman with "islamiyya Iran" mention [BC/BD].

1386 | KENYA  KBC, Maralal, NOV 6  0159 - Drum and flute IS, "This is
KBC," choral mx, bits of EE freq anmt at 0203; SIO 242-1 [BD/JB].  NOV 10
0204 - Opening anmts by man, then into vocal number at 0205; fair, mixing
with Greece but easily // 4935 [DC].  NOV 12  0200 - Anthem, woman opening
with frequency anmts, pop song at 0202, then patriotic prayer at 0204 ahead
of pop music again at 0206; fair, generally atop Greece, tentatively // 981
also [DC/JF].  NOV 13  0157 - Drum IS to anthem at 0200; just poor-fair, as
was 4935 [DC].

1386 | POLAND  Polskie R., Krakow, NOV 7  1820 - // 1305, 1206 et al.,
Polish talk o/u Manx R. [NK].

1386 | RUSSIA/KALININGRAD  VO Russia, Bolshakovo, NOV 3  2235 - EE [BD].
NOV 5  2258 - Excellent; Voice of Russia World Service in English, IS, and
off [BC].  NOV 8  1828 - GG pgm, mx bridge, "Hier ist Moskva;" QRMed by a
jammer probably intended to block the Iranian, SIO 444 [JB].  NOV 10  2000
- EE news, "New Market" discussing delay in IMF's monthly investment; good
w/ Guinea QRM [JF].  NOV 12  2100 - World Svc news by woman in English;
strong (faint TOH pips behind it might have been Kenya) [DC].  NOV 12  2202
- Excellent with VO Russia World Service news // 7320 and weaker 1404; weak
jammer also present on 1386, "Focus on Asia and the Pacific," VO Russia IS
at 2259 [JR].

1394.1 | TOGO  Radiodif. Togolaise, Lome, NOV 5  2110 - French talk and
music // 5047, strong het against 1395 [BC/BD].

1395 | ARMENIA  Armenian R., Yerevan, NOV 5  2032 - // 864 [BD].

1395 | NETHERLANDS  JazzRadio, Lopik, NOV 3  2230 - Jazz [BD].  NOV 4
0155 - ID slogan in EE "JazzRadio, Ready, Willing, and Able;" huge signal
[NK].  NOV 8  1637 - Daytime reception, James Brown song; SIO 253 [JB].
NOV 11  0232-0310 - Jazz mx, "Get Your Mojo Working," Aretha Franklin,
canned ID "This is JazzRadio with awakenings;" good [JF].  NOV 13  0200
Stevie Wonder music, ID [JR].

1395.05 | ALBANIA  VOA Relay, Durres, NOV 3  0545 - ID, W talk possibly in
Serbian; site from the VOA schedule, but WRTH says Fllake, SIO 343 [JB].
NOV 5  2032 - In Hungarian [BD].  Trans World R., NOV 5  2059 - Excellent
w/ "Trans-World Radio" ID [BC].  Trans World R., NOV 13  1949-2035, Lang
relig program with address in Germany, GG program at 2000, ID at 2030 "You
are listening to the International Service of TWR broadcasting from the
services of Radio Tirana, Albania," Hungarian program; good [JF].

1404 | FRANCE  R. Bleue synchros, NOV 7  0110 - // 1242, Pop music w/ no
announcements [BD].

1404 | IRAN  IRIB, Kiashahr, NOV 5  1734 - Oriental strings [BD].  NOV 5
1756 - Likely this w/ Mid-East music & Farsi-sounding talk; QRM from France
& Ukraine [NK].  NOV 15  2018 - EE pgm w/ wx and letterbox; muffled audio,
SIO 333-2 [JB/JR].

1413 | OMAN  BBC Relay, Masirah Island, NOV 4  0145 - Man in Urdu; mostly
u/ Kosovo [NK].  NOV 5  1750 - EE [BD].  NOV 5  1800 - Excellent; BBC World
Service in English, "This is London" and "Newsdesk" [BC/NK].  NOV 11
1909-2002 - EE "Outlook," "Words of Faith," "Multitracks," // 12095; poor
w/ RNE5 QRM [DC/JF].  NOV 15  1823 - BBC news about world soccer official
accused of making a racist comment while visiting South Africa, // 6180
[JR].  NOV 16  2059 - Sign-off announcement mentioning close-down of BBC
Middle Eastern Relay, "We wish you a very good night" [JR].

1413 | SERBIA/YUGOSLAVIA  R. Pristina, Pristina, NOV 3  0545 [BD].

1413 | SPAIN  RNE5 synchros, NOV 12  2000 - 5+1 pips, ID by woman, then
news by man; strong with BBC Oman audible in the background [DC].

1422 | GERMANY  DeutschlandRadio, Heusweiler, NOV 3  0545 [BD].  NOV 13
0116 - Classical music program, male DJ, // 153, 756, 1269 [JR].

1422 | LATVIA  Latvijas R., Valmeira & Rezekne, NOV 7  1833-1840 - // 576
& 1350, woman in Latvian, then soft piano music; o/u Germany.  NOV 7
2000 - Latvia news by woman [NK].

1422 | ROMANIA  R. Romania, Olanesti, NOV 7  2008 - // 1152, piano
music; u/ Germany & Latvia; power is 7 kW [NK].

1431 | ENGLAND  Breeze AM, Southend, NOV 15  1740 - Carpet ad, phone
number, traffic, ID [JR].  NOV 16  1851 - ID, weather in Los Angeles (to
make people feel bad), Ray Charles music, // 1359 [JR].

1431 | UKRAINE  Ukrayinsko R., Kopani, NOV 4  2218 [BD].  NOV 8  0359 -
Huge open carrier, then IS // 1476 & 1476.47 at 0359; woman in Ukrainian at
0400 [NK].  NOV 16  1858 - Orchestral music continued across the hour //
1449 [JR].

1440 | LUXEMBOURG  R. Nederland Relay, Marnach, NOV 4  1752 [BD].  NOV 6
1642 - Two men in Dutch discussing Israeli politics; SIO 253 [JB].  NOV 8
1638 - Dutch politics; SIO 254 [JB].  NOV 13  2144 - Heard with EE
"Newsline" program [JR].  NOV 13  2250-2332* - English "Newsline" program,
GG ID at 2330, orchestral anthem then silence; good [JF].

1440 | SAUDI ARABIA  BSKSA, Dammam, NOV 3  2120 [BD].  NOV 12  2010 -
Arabic music while looking without success for Central African Republic
[DC].

1449 | IRAN  IRIB, Bandar-e-Torkaman, NOV 4  0240 - Chanting [BD].  NOV 5
1720-1730 - Koran at 1720, then anthem, Iran mention in Farsi, carrier cut
at 1730; BBC4 left behind, Italy showed up later [NK].  NOV 6  1728 -
Koranic chanting till 1728 when closed w/ national anthem, carrier gone at
1730 leaving a weak signal from Italy; the 1449 Iranian was not // to the
one on 1521 [NK].  NOV 7  1727-1730 - national anthem, sign-off [NK].

1449 | ITALY  RAI Radiodue, Squinzano et al., NOV 3  0545 [BD].  NOV 6
1733 - Italian talk; SIO 333 [JB].

1449 | SCOTLAND  BBC R. 4, Redmoss, NOV 15  1950 - W and M in EE, // 198,
but soon faded under RAI; SIO 222 [JB].

1449 | UKRAINE  Ukrayinsko R., Chernivtsi, NOV 16  1858 - Orchestral
music continued across the hour, // 1431 [JR].

1458 | ENGLAND  Light AM, Manchester, NOV 10  1912-1925 - Bruce Edwards
w/ "Easy Listening Charts," light pop mx, two IDs; SIO 322 (This is the
third incarnation of this station that I've logged -- ex-Fortune 1458,
ex-BBC Greater Manchester R.) [JB].  NOV 12  0343 - Playing "Crazy for
You," male DJ between songs; fair [DC].  NOV 14  0233 - Reference to
"musical trip around the world" and ID between songs at 0236; another Brit,
possibly a BBC local, audible in the background [DC].  NOV 15  0020-0112 -
EZL music by Peggy Lee, Eagles, Phil Collins, Neil Young, time pips, news
at 0100, ID as "One Great Song After Another, 1458, Light AM;" fair w/QRM
from Sunrise Radio [JF].  NOV 15  0109 - Heard in UK mess with this ID
[JR].  NOV 15  0200 - Pips, "14-58 Light AM" ID, Independent Radio News,
wx, jingle, mx from 0202; SIO 333-2 [JB].

1458 | ENGLAND  London (?), NOV 3  0545 - Pop music & talk [BD].

1458 | ENGLAND  Sunrise R., London, NOV 10  1924 - Presumed this w/ W in
Urdu/Hindi; SIO 222 [JB].  NOV 15  0055 - Presumed; East Indian music; fair
[JF].

1458.03 | ALBANIA  R. Tirana, Fllake, NOV 5  1855 - SW frequencies and
Tirana ID in Albanian, over UK stations [BC].  NOV 8  1933 - Faded up over
the mess of Brits w/ EE, ID; SIO 422 [JB].

1467 | FRANCE  TWR, Roumoules, NOV 4  1822 - EE news [BD].  NOV 4  2300 -
Excellent; beginning of English service of Trans World Radio [BC].  NOV 8
1930 - GG pgm; SIO 422 [JB].  NOV 11  2336-2350* - "Words of Hope" EE relig
pgm, ID, "Days End" devotional at 2345, promo for tour of the Holy Land
trip, anmt of end of pgm by Andrew Pettinger, chimes IS at 2350 then off;
good [JF].

1467 | MOLDOVA/PRIDNESTROVYE  VO Russia, Maiac, NOV 8  1927 - VO Russia
pgm in EE under Monaco's IS, ID and "News in Brief" at 1930; SIO 322 [JB].
NOV 15  1804 - "This news is coming to you from the Voice of Russia World
Service" [JR].

1475.12 | BENIN  ORTB, Cotonou, NOV 4  2050 - Afro-accented FF talk;
60-meter SW // not audible [NK].  NOV 5  2155 - Good; John Paul Young's
1978 hit "Love Is in the Air," announcements in French [BC].  NOV 10  2035
- Talk by man in French; 2239 recheck with English pop song having reverb
effect; still good and // very powerful 7210.2 (alt 4870 not in use this
day) [DC].  NOV 11  2211-2300* - FF newsmagazine type pgm, flute mx bridge
at 2229 then pgm of pop mx such as Bee Gees, anthem and off at 2259, all //
4870; poor [JF].  NOV 15  2119 - Man speaking, mention of Benin, // 4870
[JR].

1475.5 | BENIN  ORTB, Cotonou, NOV 4  2054 - FF [BD].

1476 | AZERBAIJAN  Azarbaycan Radioteleviziya Sirkati, Gyanca &
Pirsagat, NOV 4  1758-1816 - Guttural-language talk, Russian-sounding
music; mixed w/ UAE & UK stations [NK].  NOV 5  2000 - Faded up over Dubai
w/ nx, mentioned "Azerbaijan" many times; SIO 333 [JB/NK].  NOV 5  2000 -
Russian talk [BD].   NOV 11  1845 - Local music mixing w/ Dubai; poor [JF].
NOV 11  1850 - Talk in language by woman; fair peak, mixing with UAE Radio
and New Country Sound pulling up the rear [DC].

1476 | ENGLAND  County Sound, Guildford, NOV 4  0055 - Good; "This is
County Sound G-O-L-D with the greatest hits of all time!" [BC].  NOV 4
1835 - EE talk mention of "County Sound" [BD/NK].  NOV 7  1908 - ID "The
new County Sound"; u/ UAE & Azerbaijan [NK].  NOV 8  0356 - "County Sound
Radio" ID; fair [NK].  NOV 12  0330 - Promo for the oldies music format of
this station; fair [DC].  NOV 16  2228 - ID as "Country Sound in the
North," Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely" [JR].

1476 | IRAN  IRIB, Sanandaj, NOV 4  1840 [BD].

1476 | UKRAINE  Ukrayinsko R., unknown site, NOV 8  0359 - Way o/ UK w/
IS, // 1431 & 1476.47 at 0359; woman in Ukrainian at 0400; growl resulting
from mix of 1476 & 1476.47 [NK].

1476 | UNID  NOV 8  0305-0335 - Man & woman in lang that sounded like
Russian or Ukrainian; signal mostly in the clear w/ a bit of UK QRM; not //
4485 or 171 Russians or 1431 Ukrainian; Mid-East sounding music at 0340 &
low growl now present [NK].

1476 | UNITED ABAB EMIRATES  UAE R., Dubai, NOV 4  1758 - AA vocal &
violins // 13675; beautiful signal o/ suspected Azerbaijan [BD/NK].  NOV 5
1702 -  Nice AA ID "... min Dubai" // 13675; well o/ Azerbaijan & UK [NK].
NOV 9  2140 - // 1251, nice AA ID, then Mid-East music; atop Azerbaijan &
UK [NK].  NOV 10  1818-1912 - Pgm of vocal AA mx and talk, news at 1900 //
13675; poor [DC/JF].  NOV 11  1850 - Arabic music and chants; fair in a
3-way fight with Azerbaijan and UK local New Country Sound [DC].  NOV 16
1915 - AA ID, freqs, talk about Israel; SIO 444 [JB].

1476.47 |  UKRAINE  Ukrayinsko R., unknown site, NOV 8  0359 - IS // 1431 &
1476 at 0359; woman in Ukrainian at 0400; growl resulting from mix of 1476
& 1476.47 [Only Lviv listed on 1476 in WRTH, but obviously two Ukrainians
on nominal 1476 - JB] [NK].

1485 | ENGLAND  BBC R. 4, Carlisle, NOV 14  0334 - Rose atop channel
briefly with review of a book about World War I as on // 198; only listed
Radio 4 on this freq [DC].

1485 | ENGLAND  BBC R. Humberside, Hull, NOV 3  0553 [BD].  NOV 6  1738 -
Local anmts, ID; SIO 343 [JB].  NOV 12  0319 - Promotional anmt, briefly
over low-power SER synchros [DC].  NOV 15  0629 - "95.9 Humberside" ID and
local traffic report [JR].

1485 | ENGLAND  BBC R. Merseyside, Wallasey, NOV 3  0555 [BD].  NOV 14
2342-0100 - Phone-in show about problem foxes, BBC News for the northwest
at 0000, call-in show continued at 0006 with calls from Sheffield, York and
Whitney Bay; poor [JF].

1485 | SPAIN  SER stations, NOV 3  0552 [BD].  NOV 13  1858 - Spanish
pops, time pips and Spanish news; fair-good [JF].

1492.85 | MOROCCO  RTM, Agadir, NOV 4  2107 - // 1044,  AA singing &
violins; good [NK].  NOV 6  2017 - Tentative; African type music [BD].

1492.9 | UNID  NOV 9  approx. 2130 -  Morocco or Ivory Coast; MoR music
that was not parallel Morocco-1044 [NK].

1494 | FRANCE  R. Bleue synchros, NOV 3  0600 [BD].

1494 | JORDAN  R. Jordan, Al Karanah, NOV 6  0210 - Man and woman in AA;
music [BD].  NOV 9  2143 - // 9830, AA talk, then chanting; mixed w/
presumed Russia open carrier, Moldova, others [NK].  NOV 16  0124 - Music
and ID "Huna Amman," // 11935 [JR].

1494 | RUSSIA  VO Russia, Krasnyy Bor, NOV 6  1740 - Romanian, then into
Finnish at 1800 UTC [BD].  NOV 6  1741-1752 - Increasing in strength w/ W
in possible Romanian, disco mx; SIO 342 [JB].  NOV 12  2159-2223 - Celeste
IS, EE ID, nx, and "Focus on Asia and the Pacific," // 1386; over unID stn
w/ anthem; SIO 343 [JB/JF/JR].

1494.16 | GREECE/DODECANESE IS.  Elliniki Radiophonia Rodos, Rhodes, NOV 11
2007-2035 - Deep fades but w/ decent peaks, Greek talk including mention of
Greek leader Karamanlis and Greek folk music; at best SIO 343
[DC/JB/JF/JR].

1502 | ANGOLA  Em. Provincial do Benguela, Benguela, NOV 5  2120 -
Vocals [BD].  NOV 13  2345 - EZL vocal by woman; weak [DC].

1502 | TOGO  Radiodif. Togolaise, Kara, NOV 5  2121 - African music [BD].
NOV 10  2215 - Tentative; carrier only: no audio; separable from Angolan
on off-channel 1502.0 (fair with man in French on // 3222.06) (surely this
as heard on 1502.4v in Oct/95; at the same time, presumed R. Lome with
bits of audio was heard on 1394.1, although I didn't confirm // EZL music
on 5047) [DC].

1503 | AZORES  AFN, Lajes, NOV 3  2056 - US football; SIO 333 [JB].  NOV
4  0010 - Good; New England Patriots vs. Miami Dolphins NFL game in
English, // 873 [BC].  NOV 5  0017 [BD].  NOV 10  2010 - Green Bay vs
Kansas City football, // 873 AFN Europe, really enjoyed this catch as it
was only  100 watts; poor [JF].  NOV 10  2105 - NFL football; very good
over RNE5 synchros [DC].  NOV 12  1907 - Jazz music // AFN-873, then
quickly faded but back up at 1909 with more jazz/trumpets; absolute
powerhouse peak at 2120 retune with AFN Radio Network Sports (the all-water
path really pushes out this 100-watter, which I missed last year) [DC].

1503 | ENGLAND  BBC R. Stoke-on-Trent, Sideway, NOV 15  1800 - Traffic
reports, ID [JR].

1503 | IRAN  IRIB, Bushehr, NOV 6  0225 - // 1386, Tom-toms and strings,
vocals [BD].  NOV 6  0238 - Local mx, // 1386; SIO 332 [JB].  NOV 12  2122
- Arabic chants suddenly fading up and briefly causing significant QRM to
Azores; most likely this station, also logged by Burnell at a later evening
time [DC].

1503 | SPAIN  RNE5 stations, NOV 3  0600 [BD].

1512 | BELGIUM  R. Vlaanderen Inter., Wolvertem, NOV 3  0600 [BD].  NOV 7
1900 - Good; "Brussels Calling" in English [BC].  NOV 8  1944 - Sad FF
song; SIO 544 [JB].  NOV 12  1833-1927 - German program also relayed on //
5910, 9925, English ID and s/on anmt at 1900 mentioning SW and MW freqs,
"Brussels Calling"  program with news, press review and features; good
[JF].

1512 | SAUDI ARABIA  BSKSA, Jeddah, NOV 5  0201 [BD].

1518 | UNID/CLANDESTINE?  NOV 8  1902 - Huge carrier but tiny audio w/ AA
mx [JB/NK].

1521 | ENGLAND  Fame 1521, Reigate, NOV 3  0600 [BD].  NOV 11  0212 -
"Oldies all the time on 1521," then pop song; good [DC].  NOV 13  2359 -
Best amongst others but no sign of hoped-for China Radio Int'l via Urumqi
opening at 2400 [DC].  NOV 15  1726 - ID, traffic report for M-3 and M-4
highways, just before Saudi started blasting in; the only other EE station,
in Northern Ireland, has a pronounced Irish accent, said Jean [JR].

1521 | IRAN  IRIB, Kiashahr, NOV 6  1713-1719 - Long deep fades & Saudi
QRM, Farsi talk, some mx; SIO 322 [JB/NK].

1521 | NORTHERN IRELAND  Radio 1521, Craigavon, NOV 5  0025 [BD]. NOV 8
1855 - W w/ Irish accent talks about upcoming events in Ulster, "Radio
15-21" ID at 1859; under the Saudi, SIO 322 [JB/NK].

1521 | SAUDI ARABIA  BSKSA, Duba, NOV 3  1845 [BD]. NOV 14  0328 - Call
to prayer, s/on anmt and AA ID, // 900; good [JF].

1521 | SLOVAKIA  BBC Relay, Cizatice (?), NOV 7  1900 & 1931 - "BBC World
Service" ID, US oldies; mixed w/ Saudi Arabia & apparent Mercury R. [NK].
NOV 7  1950 - BBC World Service in English, then "BBC Slovensky" ID and
news in Slovak, strong signal over Saudi Arabia [BC].  NOV 8  1800 - IS,
pips, talk mentioned BBC; under Saudi Arabia, SIO 222 [JB/NK].  NOV 8  1900
- BBC WS in EE comes up over R. 1521 and the Saudi; SIO 433 [JB].  NOV 12
1901 - BBC WS news under strong Saudi signal [JR].

1526 | UNID/CLANDESTINE?  NOV 5  0152 - Middle Eastern music [BD]. Also
noted drifting to 1527.7 kHz, NOV 5  1940, 1528 kHz NOV 6 2135 [NK].

1530 | ENGLAND  Great Yorkshire Gold, Huddersfield, NOV 3  0514 - ID
heard through Vaticana; SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 8  1940 - Soccer coverage,
mentioned Huddersfield and Old Trafford stadium, ad for Orion Homes; mainly
under Vaticana, SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 11  2103 - Contest promo included ID;
SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 15  0645 - Call-in program, with ID [JR].

1530 | ENGLAND  R. Wyvern, Worcester, NOV 15  0646 - Interview with an
American "Christian" activist convinced that the US will be invaded by
Third World nations unless people wake up: sick! No ID, but QRMed by
Yorkshire and this is the only other one listed [JR].

1530 | SAO TOME E PRINCIPE  VOA Relay, Pinheira, NOV 3  0445 - ID, PP
sports pgm; over Vatican, SIO 433 [JB].  NOV 4  0330 [BD].  NOV 6  2218 -
VOA ment., light pop music including Mariah Carey; loud at S9+25! [NK].
NOV 10  2014-2133 - EE nx // 11855, newsmagazine show, editorial on
sustainable development at 2057, "VOA News," "New Horizons," "Issues in the
News" at 2130; good [JF].  NOV 11  0302 - African news in English; very
strong [DC].  NOV 11  2057 - Nx in EE; SIO 422 [JB].

1530 | UKRAINE  Ukrayinsko R., Vinnystsya, NOV 5  1848 - Somewhat
Oriental vocals [BD].  NOV 8  2014 - M & W in Ukrainian, // 1593; SIO 222
[JB/NK].

1530 | VATICAN  R. Vaticana, Vatican City, NOV 3  0605 [BD].  NOV 11
2108 - Woman in English; IS at 2109, dominant on Euro Beverage, whereas VOA
Sao Tome concurrently dominant on Brazil Beverage [DC].  NOV 12
2352-0045 - IDs in Italian, FF and EE "This is Radio Vatican, keeping you
company through the night," soft chamber music w/ Italian anmts after each
song; good w/ Sao Tome QRM [JF].

1534 | UNID/CLANDESTINE?  NOV 5  2010 - Carrier [NK].  NOV 6  2020 - Man
in AA [BD].

1537 | UNID/CLANDESTINE?  NOV 5  1940 - Carrier [NK].

1539 | GERMANY  Mainflingen, NOV 3  0603 - Religious music [BD].

1539 | RUSSIA  R. Liberty, Moscow, NOV 6  1758 - Mx, "Govorit Radio
Swoboda" at 1800; SIO 344 [BD/JB/NK].

1544 | ALGERIA/CLANDESTINE  R. Nacional Rep. Arabe Saharaui Democr.,
Tindouf, NOV 4  0030 [BD].  NOV 13  2209 - AA talks; good [JF].

1548 | ENGLAND  BBC R. Bristol, Mangotsfield, NOV 3  0604 - News [BD].
NOV 14  0119-0140 - "Newsdesk" // 882, 810 and other stations relaying
World Service overnight, "Outlook" at 0130; poor [JF].  NOV 15  0730 -
Slogan, traffic report [JR].

1548 | ENGLAND  Capital Gold, London, NOV 3  0605 - Pop [BD].

1548 | KUWAIT  VOA Relay, Kabd, NOV 3  2020 - AA, IDs, talk about
Lebanon; SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 4  0036 [BD].  NOV 5  2055 - AA but at 2100
into EE w/ "World Report;" SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 7  2125 - Good; VOA news in
English [BC].  NOV 10  1905-1926 - AA newsmagazine pgm, // 9530; poor [JF].
NOV 10  2300 - News in English, fair with unID UK local radio outlet
dominating [DC].  NOV 11  2328-0000 - VOA news summary, 2330 "VOA
Worldwide" with numerous features; fair [DC/JF].  NOV 13  0012 - VOA news
feature in EE [JR].

1548 | SCOTLAND  Max AM, Edinburgh, NOV 5  2059 - "Max AM Weather"
jingle, Scottish-accented W w/ wx; SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 6  1715 - Fair; "Max
AM" ID into Bruce Springsteen song [BC].  NOV  6 2025 - Jingle, Rolling
Stones song; SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 7  1750 - "1548 Max AM" jingle over the
other UK "Gold" stations [BC].  NOV 15  1731 - With news headlines,
weather, and slogan [JR].

1557 | ENGLAND  BBC R. Lancashire, Oxcliffe,  NOV 13  1959 - Promo
mentioning "103.9 FM," woman with news at 2000; mixing with at least one
other UK station [DC].  NOV 15  0623 - ID as "BBC Lancashire," then music
by Michael Jackson [JR].

1557 | FRANCE  R. Bleue, Nice, NOV 3  0605 + NOV 7  0110 (// 1242 pre
sign-on) [BD].  NOV 6  2225 - Light mx, FF chat; SIO 444 [JB].

1557 | LITHUANIA  Lietuvos Radijas, Vilnius, NOV 5  1804 [BD].

1566 | BELARUS  Radiostantsiya Mayak synchros, NOV 3  2300 - Pips,
"Moskva" ID, W w/ nx; over R. Eviva and others, SIO 332 [JB].

1566 | INDIA  All India R., Nagpur/Buttibori, NOV 2  2358 - Indian mx
over/under R. Eviva; SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 10  0036 - Woman with English news,
briefly poking through R. Eviva, // outstanding signal on 5010 [DC/NK].
NOV 10  2338-2349 -  Local music with drums, sitar and flute mixing with a
station with eastern music, presumed to be Iran; poor [JF].  NOV 11  2110 -
Subcontinental mx, // 1134 (Mogra); good [JF].  NOV 12  0032 - Man with
news in Hindi, again only briefly through the Swiss powerhouse but enough
to // 4860 [DC].

1566 | SWITZERLAND  R. Eviva, Sarnen, NOV 3  0605 - Alpine music [BD].
NOV 12  0201 - Noted tonight and throughout the week with
accordion/folk/bluegrass music [JR].  NOV 12  0220-0302 - EZL Swiss folk
music with no anmts, ID at 0300, orch fanfare; good [JF].

1575 | ITALY  RAI Radiouno synchros, NOV 3  0606 [BD].  NOV 13  2218-2230
- W singing accompanied by piano, // 6060, no sign of VOA Thailand; SIO 322
[DC/JB].  NOV 15  2248 - Jazz program, // 657, 1062, 1332, 6060 [JR].

1575 | SPAIN  R. Cordoba, Cordoba, NOV 2  2306 - "Radio Cordoba, Cadena
SER," ads, talk about soccer; SIO 444 [JB].

1575 | SPAIN  SER & OCR stations, NOV 3  0605 [BD].

1584 | ENGLAND  BBC R. Nottingham, Clipstone, NOV 8  2033 - Tentative;
Indian film mx up briefly, seems more likely than London Turkish R.;
(thanks to Joseph Kirlew, Dave Kenny, Risto Kotalampi and Glenn Ludlow for
feedback on this log) SIO 222 [JB].

1584 | SCOTLAND  R. Tay, Perth, NOV 8  2025 - Ads, pgm promo, "Radio Tay
AM" jingle; SIO 232 [JB].

1584 | SPAIN  SER stations, NOV 3  0608 [BD].  NOV 15  1959 - "Cadena
SER" ID, two pips at the hour [JR].

1584 | SPANISH MOROCCO  RadiOle, Ceuta, NOV 6  2157 - Pgm of Spanish mx
o/u stn(s) w/ SER network pgms, "RadiOle" IDs; SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 8  1930
- Flamenco and Mediterranean-influenced or "Azucar Moreno"-style music over
SER, 2000 "RadiOle" ID, beach-TA and south "track" Beverages phased to
minimize SER interference [BC].  NOV 15  2000 - "RadiOle" ID, mx from 2001
while the SER stn is still in nx; SIO 322 [JB/JR].

1584 | UNITED KINGDOM  2 stations, NOV 3  0610 [BD].

1593 | GERMANY  R. Free Europe, Holzkirchen, NOV 3  0610 [BD].  NOV 8
1959 - Woman in possibly Serbian w/ ID, mixing w/ many stns; SIO 322 [JB].
NOV 16  1930 - Talk, then Phil Collins music [JR].

1593 | UKRAINE  Ukrayinsko R., unknown site, NOV 8  2000, 2015 -
Ukrainian talk poking through occasionally, // 1530; SIO 222 [JB].  NOV 8
2059-2100 - // 1530, talk by woman mention "Ukrainsky Radio;" through RFE
German & probable Moldova (gypsy singing) [NK].

1593 | UNID  NOV 8  2000-2013 - Choral mx then a capella female singing,
sometimes noted applause from crowd, not AA; SIO 222 (Martin Elbe and Steve
Whitt say that Moldova is most likely) [JB].

1602 | LATVIA  Latvijas R., Ventspils, NOV 7  1936-1938, 1947-1948, 2008,
2013-2017 - // 1422, classical (mostly piano) music, talk mention Latvia;
under the two Spaniards; this is running just 200 watts!! [NK]

1602 | SPAIN  R. Vitoria/Gasteiz Irratia, Vitoria, NOV 5  1727 - Basque
[BD].  NOV 8  2103 - Nx, ID; over SER stn(s); SIO 422 [JB].  NOV 13  2000 -
Pips, IDs as both "Radio Vitoria" and "Radio Euskadi," nx; QRM from SER
stn(s); SIO 422 [JB].

1602 | SPAIN  SER synchros, NOV 3  0615 [BD].  NOV 12  0310 - Playing
"Let It Be" as heard // on stronger 1287; fair under R. Vitoria [DC].

1611 | VATICAN  R. Vaticana, NOV 3  1845 [BD].  NOV 8  2018 - Woman in
Finnish over recorder mx; UTE QRM, SIO 433 [JB].

1634.01 | GREECE/PIRATE  unID stn, NOV 13  2042 - Apparent Greek talk and
music, jumping around this frequency [JR].

1634.17 | PIRATE/GREECE? NOV 11  2304 - Very good signal with flute music,
and Greek talk, heard this phrase just before signing off abruptly at 2311:
"Radio Stereo Derakis."  (wish I knew somebody fluent in the language)
[This is the same stn as on 1636.07 below - JB] [JR].

1636.00 | NETHERLANDS/PIRATE  R. Barones, NOV 12  *2242-2251*, *2315-2329* -
Mainly '70's songs, many IDs including "Dit is Radio Baro-nes [pause]
Internationaal!" talk in Dutch but also some EE; SIO 332 [JB/JR].

1636.00 | NETHERLANDS/PIRATE  R. Utopia, NOV 12  2232, 2240-2242* - Soft
rock, ended w/ theme song "Telstar" and address (Box 73, 7160 AB Neede) in
EE and possibly Dutch; SIO 232 [JB].

1636.00 | NETHERLANDS/PIRATES  One or more unID stns, NOV 12  *2252-2258*,
*2301-2306*, *2308-2314* - Middle one may have been R. Barones, others may
have included "Freddy" and/or "Bravo" in their names; usual fare of oldies,
Dutch talk and comments about Utopia's pgm; fair-poor [JB].

1636.02 | PIRATE  NOV 15  2330 - Netherlands likely; drinking music [JR].

1636.07 | GREECE/PIRATE  unID stn, NOV 11  2246-2312* - Greek mx,
deep-voiced man had an ID at 2308 that sounded like "Radio Toivu Veratis"
or "Radio Teleoratis" freq was drifting: 1636.23 at 2257, 1636.48 at 2305,
1636.53 at 2307; some decent peaks, but on balance SIO 242 [JB].

1636.33 | NETHERLANDS/PIRATE  unID stn, NOV 8  2237-2247 - Accordion polkas,
no anmt until quick ID at 2247 that sounded like "Radio Del Rio," but this
is an unfamiliar stn to me; QRM from CW marker and marine telephone from
St. Pierre on 1635.00, SIO 222 [JB].

1636.33 | NETHERLANDS/PIRATE  unID stn, NOV 15  2335-2350 - Very weak, some
Dutch words came through by deep-voiced male, accordion mx; SIO 131 [JB].

1636.40 | NETHERLANDS/PIRATE  unID stn, NOV 15  2330 - Dutch talk, IDs?,
strange sound effects, yelling; SIO 252-1 [JB].

1641.6 | ENGLAND  Lands End, NOV 16  2236 - LSB; EE announcements about
light buoys [JR].

1698 | SPAIN  La Coruna, NOV 11  2311 - Very strong with ship-to-shore
telephone calls in SS [JR].  NOV 13  2311 - Again, with ship-to-shore
communications [JR].

Pan-American DX

530 | TURKS & CAICOS IS.  R. Vision Cristiana, Southern Caicos, NOV 9
1017 - Still blasting in at this late time w/ SS Biblical program [NK].

535 | GRENADA  GBC, St. George's, NOV 12  0037-0214 - EZL pop mx and
gospel mx, ID as "GBC Radio," BBC's "Newsdesk" at 0200, station promo at
0211; fair [JF].

550 | VENEZUELA  Mundial (YVKE), Caracas, NOV 9  0430 - Good; assumed to
be horse racing info with "Superfecta" mentions, "Mundial" jingles and IDs
[BC].  NOV 9  0828-0834 - Pop mx, "YVKE" IDs, mixing w/ another unID SS
stn, perhaps Cuban, SIO 222 [JB].  NOV 12  0838 - Lively LA dance mx, ID
and lots of phone numbers; very good [JF].  NOV 13  0638 - Playing "La
Macarena" with another unID SS station behind it; fair-good [DC].  NOV 13
0838 - "Radio Mundial" jingle, ads, mx, "Esta es 'La Musica de la Patria'
por YVKE, Mundial;" SIO 322 [JB].

555 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS  R. ZIZ, Basseterre, St. Kitts, NOV 12  0245-0255
- EE news and reggae mx; good [JF].  NOV 12  0346 - Caribbean vocal, then
Elton John song at 0358 and strong peak across 0400 with comments by male
DJ in accented English [DC].

560 | BRAZIL  R. Paulista AM (ZYK761), Sao Paulo, NOV 3  2356 - PP
ballad, "Radio Paulista" ID; excellent w/ CHVO phased [NK].  NOV 4  0334
[BD].

560 | GUYANA  VO Guyana, Georgetown, NOV 17  0851 - Likely this w/ Indian
mx under CHVO; SIO 322 [JB].

570 | BRAZIL  R. Difusora (ZYK672), Taubate, NOV 12  0640 - Vocal by
man, difficult thru QRM, but almost certain // 4925 [DC].

570 | CUBA  R. Reloj, unknown site, NOV 8  2355 - Good; man and woman
with news, time checks, and "RR" code IDs [BC].

570 | GREENLAND  KNR, Nuuk, NOV 9  2326 - W in Greenlandic lang poking
through briefly, // 720; SIO 222-1 [JF/JB].  NOV 13  0818 - Talk by man in
Danish, poor to fair but definite // much stronger 720 [DC/JR].

580 | PUERTO RICO  R. Reloj (WKAQ), San Juan, NOV 4  0400 - "WKAQ Radio
Reloj" IDs, SS news; good w/ CJFX phased [NK].  NOV 17  0943 - "Radio
Reloj," SS ads; SIO 322 [JB].

595 | DOMINICA  Dominica Broadcasting Corp., Hillsborough, NOV 15
0214-0302* - EZL pops such as Celine Dion & Whitney Houston, devotional at
0257, ancr said that they would be back on at 5 am, AM/FM freqs, address,
phone numbers and anthem; poor [JB/JF].  NOV 17  0131 - DBS ID during music
break, through tough VOCM QRM [JR].  NOV 17  0151 - Rock/calypso mx, faded
down very quickly; SIO 232 [JB].

600 | BRAZIL  R. Gaucha (ZYK278), Porto Alegre, NOV 3  2340 - "Radio
Gaucha" ID; SIO 333 [JB].

600 | SURINAME  R. Paramaribo, Paramaribo, NOV 3  2338-0002 - Indian mx,
pips at 0000; much QRM from Brazil and Venezuela, SIO 322-1 [JB/NK].  NOV 6
0049 - Woman in Dutch and Hindi-sounding language; SIO 322 [JB].

600 | VENEZUELA  R. Sucre (YVQB), Cumana, NOV 4  0010 - Disco/dance mx,
"Radio Sucre" ID; SIO 333 [JB].  NOV 6  0049 - "Mundial Sucre" ID, mixing
w/ Suriname; SIO 322 [JB].

610 | BRAZIL  R. Itatiaia (ZYL268), Belo Horizonte, NOV 13  0746 - Noted
in // to 5970 with something like cajun music, mentions of Mato Grosso
[JR].

610 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  NBS Radio, Port of Spain, NOV 6  0151 - Presume
this w/ Caribbean-accented preacher; SIO 343 [BD/JB].  NOV 9  0300 - Fair;
"1 minute past 11 o'clock" UTC-4 TC and 91.1 FM ID, Hindi music; per info
via the Internet, 610 relays "Radio ICN" 91.1 FM Indian programming [BC].

620 | ANTIGUA  Antigua & Barbuda BS, St. John's, NOV 9  0505 - Good; BBC
World Service "Newsday," // 5975 [BC].

620 | BRAZIL  R. Assuncao Cearense (ZYH590), Fortaleza, NOV 5  0259 -
"Fortaleza" mentions, male PP ancr; atop phase-nulled CKCM & another
station (Antigua ?) w/ EE music [NK].

640 | GUADELOUPE  RFO, Arnouville, NOV 4  0122 - FF talk; u/ CBN [NK].
NOV 6  0208 - FF nx, // St. Pierre 1375.02; under St. John's local stn CBN,
SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 11  0819-0909 - FF pgm about movies with talks about
cinema and colorization and numerous selections of jazz and movie music,
ads, time pips at 0900, news, all // 1070; fair w/ QRM from co-channel CBN
[JF/JR].  NOV 12  0519 - France-Inter music program of guitar music, //
1375.02, good peaks over local CBN with R. Netherlands overnight segment
[DC].  NOV 13  0125 - French talk and easily dominant over CBN using Brazil
beverage [DC].  NOV 14  0728 - Jazz instrumental to good peak; couldn't
establish // with 1420 [DC].

650 | BRAZIL  unID stn, NOV 7  0029-0035 - Classical music, excited PP
ancr; mixing w/ other PP, SS, & CKGA [NK].

650 | COLOMBIA  RCN Antena 2 (HJKH), Bogota, NOV 7  0027-0105 - Soccer
play-by-play; SIO 232 [JB].  NOV 15  0352 - Soccer play-by-play (again);
SIO 433 [JB].

650 | GREENLAND  KNR, Qeqertarsuaq, NOV 13  0818 - The weakest of the
parallel stations heard at this time with a man speaking [JR].  NOV 13
0834 - M w/ Danish talk, // 720; under domestics including CKGA, SIO 222-1
[DC/JB].

660 | ST. LUCIA  R. St. Lucia, Castries, NOV 5  2355 [BD].  NOV 14
0221-0304* - Old C&W music including Kitty Wells, ads, ID "This is Radio
St. Lucia, it is now time for God," scripture reading at 0300, s/off anmt
and anthem; fair w/ QRM from WFAN [JF].

660 | VENEZUELA  R. Anaco (YVQR), Anaco, NOV 14  2357 - Clear ID heard
before the hour, faded back under St. Lucia [JR].

670 | SURINAME  unID stn, Paramaribo, NOV 8  0745-0900 - Hindi music and
announcements, good signal until R. Rumbos signed on at 0900; this same
station was heard in the same timeframe in August while DXpeditioning in
Maine [BC].  NOV 16  2248-0001 - Indian mx stn, W ancr; SIO 322 [JB/JR].
NOV 17  0852-0912 - M and W ancrs in Indian lang, mentioned names, street
addresses and areas of specialization of many doctors in Paramaribo, some
short interviews in Dutch, Indian mx and ads, anmt w/ address on
Keizerstraat in Paramaribo; SIO 343 [JB/JR].

670 | UNID  NOV 14  0823 - Heard 2 repetitions of the Deutsche Welle
interval signal at this time, hard to tell if this was the PP or SS station
on frequency; in one brief moment of silence, one of the stations seemed to
ID as "Radio Pacheco" [JR].

670 | VENEZUELA  R. Rumbos (YVLL), Caracas, NOV 6  0334 - Romantic songs,
chimes, lottery numbers, ID, TC; SIO 444 [JB]. NOV 6  0352 - S/off in SS
and EE including address for reception reports, anthem; SIO 444
[BC/BD/JB/NK].  NOV 8  0900 - Sign-on with anthem [BC].  NOV 12  0927 -
"Radio Rumbos, la emisora de Venezuela" [JR].

672 | CANADA  CKXB, Musgravetown NF, NOV 5  1915 - Off-frequency and
transmitting wide-band buzz on 670, this also heard in NH and MA [BC].

680 | VENEZUELA  R. Continente (YVQR), Cumana, NOV 6  0337-0341 -
Presumed; promo for "gran concierto de navidad" and a "programa
evangelico," mentioned Puerto La Cruz a number of times; SIO 433 [JB].
NOV 8  0903 - Good; sign-on with anthem [BC].

690 | BRAZIL  R. Clube do Para (ZYI532), Belem, NOV 6  0221 - // 4885,
PP talk, "Radio Clube de Para" ID; occasionally getting through a mix w/
Fortaleza, CBF, & Anguilla [NK].NOV 6  0259 - PP ads, ID, // 4885;
over/under CBF, SIO 332-1 [JB/NK].  NOV 13  0800 - Accordion, then flute
music, // 4885 [JR].  NOV 13  0812 - Promo anmts, // 4885; fair over
possible R. Sarandi [DC].  NOV 15  0227 - ID then soccer; SIO 332 [JB].

690 | BRAZIL  R. Dragao do Mar (ZYH587), Fortaleza, NOV 4  2100 - PP
talk, "Fortaleza" mentions; good [NK].

690 | COLOMBIA  R. Recuerdo (HJCZ), Bogota, NOV 17  0922 - Rustic mx,
UTC-5 TC, ID; SIO 333 [JB].

690 | URUGUAY  R. Sarandi (CX8), Montevideo, NOV 13  0805 - Ad string
including "Banco Tri-- del Uruguay;" swallowed by accordion mx from R.
Clube do Para, SIO 232 [JB/JR].

700 | BRAZIL  R. Nova Eldorado AM (ZYK686), Sao Paulo, NOV 9  0415 -
"Eldorado AM" ID and Sao Paulo mentions, dominant on the Brazil Beverage
and over Colombia on the south "track" Beverage [BC].  NOV 11  0302 - PP
talks and ads; poor [JF].  NOV 15  0403 - PP promo for pgm from New York,
ID: "Aqui Eldorado, aqui musica," saxophone mx; deep fades, SIO 432
[JB].

700 | VENEZUELA  R. Sur (YVPQ), Puerto Ordaz, NOV 8  0910 - Good; "Esta
es Radio Sur, sietecientos AM con la mejor de la musica" [BC].

720 | GREENLAND  KNR, Simiutaq, NOV 9  0806 - Danish interviews
over/under CHTN; SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 9  0950 - Man & woman in Danish; u/
CHTN [NK].  NOV 9  2325 - W in Greenlandic lang o/u Portugal and CHTN, //
570 Nuuk; SIO 322 [DC/JB/JF/NK].  NOV 11  *0932-0948 - Celeste IS, time
pips at 0933 (obviously a few minutes behind today!), choir, news at 0935,
theme from "The Sting" at 0945, fading by 0948; poor [JF].  NOV 11  2310 -
Dialogue by two men, I think in Danish; briefly dominant over CHTN with
good signal [DC].  NOV 12  2345 - Man in Danish to very nice peak over CHTN
and Porto; poor but again // on 570 [DC/JR].  NOV 13  0818 - Man speaking
in Danish or Greenlandic, parallels found on 570, 650, 810 as well! [JR].
NOV 13  0830 - Dialogue  and laughter by two men in Danish; very solid
signal, enabling establishment of  // signals on 3 of the 4 lower-power 5
kW outlets. (Next day, same time, a new Paraguayan was dominating 720!)
[DC].  NOV 17  0225 - IDs in Greenlandic, Danish and EE: "I listen to
Greenland Radio, KNR," then pop mx; SIO 444 [JB].  NOV 17  0359 - Four long
pips (with long spaces in between), then news (mention of "Nuuk"), then
reggae music [JR].

720 | PARAGUAY  R. Pata'i-Puki, 25 Leguas, NOV 14  0830 - Happened to
tape the ID as I was passing by this frequency, "Radio Pa'i Puku ... en el
corazon del Chaco, Paraguay," then two men talking; then two men talking;
not shown in the 1996 WRTH, but listed at 25 kW in new 1997 WRTH (Hearing 2
new ones from Paraguay was a definite highlight for me - DC) [DC/JR].  NOV
17  0812-0822 - Man in slow SS, clear, well-articulated ID that sounded
more like "Pai-Puku" to me, at 0813 instrumental mx; some QRM from CHTN,
SIO 333 [JB].

720 | VENEZUELA  R. Oriente (YVQE), Porlamar, NOV 11  0138 - Latin dance
music, ID as "Radio Oriente, Nacional de Venezuela;" fair [JF].  NOV 15
0241 - SS phone-in pgm; SIO 332 [JB].

730 | PARAGUAY  R. Cardinal AM (ZP7), Asuncion, NOV 13  0517, 0530,
0538-0608, 0704 - At 0517 SS talk about some event "con la participacion
de artistas del Oriente;" W w/ poss. nx at 0530; ID, address and jingle at
0538, mx, local anmts, UTC-3 TCs, ads; at peaks SIO 233 [JB/JR].  NOV 13
0537 - Talk by man with mention of Paraguay, ID mention of "Cardinal" at
0538, then full ID, concluding with "Republica del Paraguay," long vocal
to 0545, then further talks by two different announcers across 0600 to
UTC-3 TC at 0604, followed by ads and good morning greetings; very solid
peaks, some fairly brief but deep fades (I wonder if it was running 50 kW
daytime or 5 kW nighttime power?) [DC].  NOV 15  0255 - "Cardinal" shouts
heard twice; "rap" promo heard at 0338 [JR].  NOV 15  0321-0341 - Slow SS
talk over "Lara's Theme," talk about electoral code, some ads, ID at 0340;
SIO 322 [JB/JF].  NOV 17  0414 - With strong signal, clear ID [JR].  NOV 17
0804-0812 - Fabulous reception, w/ lots of IDs and jingles, local anmts,
phone reports; SIO 444 [JB].

730 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO  R. Trinidad, Port of Spain, NOV 9  0410 - Good;
BBC World Service in English, // 5975 [BC].  NOV 15  0331-0358 - Presumed
this w/ Caribbean-accented M up briefly over R. Cardinal and CKAC w/
religious talk about marriage and the family; SIO 222 [JB/JF/JR].

740 | VENEZUELA  R. Caroni (YVNQ), Puerto Ordaz, NOV 12  0916 - "Radio
Caroni, con la musica de Venezuela" [JR].

750 | BRAZIL  R. America (ZYL213), Belo Horizonte, NOV 14  0725 -
"America" ID, music dedications [JR].

750 | VENEZUELA  R. Caracas R. (YVKS), Caracas, NOV 12  0931 - "RCR" ID,
beisbol scores [JR].

760 | COLOMBIA  RCN (HJAJ), Barranquilla, NOV 6  0957 - SS nx, jingle ID;
SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 7  0304 - Sports talk, // 770; SIO 333 [JB].  NOV 11
1018 - "RCN" w/ "Buenos Dias Colombia" pgm, ads for British Airways and a
bank; only a little QRM from WJR, SIO 444 [JB].  NOV 15  0136-0155 - Soccer
play-by-play, lots of ads; SIO 433 [JB].

760 | CUBA  R. Reloj, Las Mercedes & Guanabacoa, NOV 9  1016 - Nx in SS,
code and IDs; SIO 222 [JB].

760 | VENEZUELA  R. Puerto La Cruz (YVQQ), Puerto La Cruz, NOV 12  0934 -
"Doble Q" ID [JR].  NOV 13  0904 - Mx pgm beginning on "Radio Puerto La
Cruz;" this stn used to call itself only "Doble Q;" QRM from RCN, SIO 322
[JB/JR].

760.03 | BRAZIL  R. Record (ZYH888), Fortaleza, NOV 12  0848 - Believe this
stn with lively vocal and "a biento aveni" greeting; fair-good [DC].

760.05 | GUYANA  R. Roraima (8RG), Georgetown, NOV 13  0858 - Choral anthem
beginning but not much else under the RCN station and tentative YVQQ on
760; very poor [DC].  NOV 14  0856 - Anthem at sign-on, no sign of 560
[JR].  NOV 15  0855 - Much better w/ strong open carrier until 0857 when it
came to life with ID "This is the Guyana Broadcastiong Corporation," choral
anthem then followed by "Radio Roraima" ID and freq anmt mentioning only MW
and FM, TC for "5 o'clock," then into music pgm; in the clear w/ good
signal initially but going down fast by 0905, SW 5950 not detected either
day and presumably inactive, again [DC].  NOV 17  0848 - IS coming through
clearly; SIO 343 [JB].  NOV 17  0924 - Anmt about worship program on
Sundays at 10 [JR].

770 | COLOMBIA  RCN (HJJX), Bogota, NOV 4  0455 - Good; "Radio Nacional"
and "AM Stereo Bogota" mentions, "la radio de Colombia" jingle [BC].  NOV
6  0347 - Over WABC w/ nx of US elections; SIO 433 [JB].  NOV 13  0426-0452
- Ads and nx items, many "RCN" IDs; SIO 322 [JB].

770 | URUGUAY  R. Oriental (CX12), Montevideo, NOV 13  0426-0454 -
Three-way fight between this, RCN and WABC, but dominant w/ "musica
romantica" for short periods including at 0441 w/ clear "Radio Oriental,
Montevideo, Uruguay" ID and Nortena beer ad; SIO 322 [DC/JB/JR].  NOV 17
0200-0210 - Soccer play-by-play mentioned "Oriente" but also sister-station
R. Monte Carlo; SIO 433 [JB].

780 | BRITISH VIRGIN IS.  Virgin Islands Broadcasting (ZBVI), Roadtown,
Tortola, NOV 9  0140-0200 -Rhythmic Caribbean music, then "God Save the
Queen" at 0200 closing; CFDR was 'phased to death' leaving this mixed w/ R.
Coro, Ecos del Torbes, Brazilians, & WBBM [NK].  NOV 14  2205 - BBC news
[JR].  NOV 14  2234, 2300-2313 - Caribbean-accented ancr at 2234, BBC WS nx
at 2300, at 2309: "...received through the facilities of, and as a courtesy
of, Cable and Wireless, West Indies Ltd.," jingle ID: "Don't bury your
thoughts, put your dreams to reality, ___ and the people, working together
to make the Caribbean a better place to be," then promo from sales dept of
stn, ID: "ZBVI 780 AM, the AM advantage," but lost to a Venezuelan at 2313;
the major irritant, CFDR, was reduced by phasing, SIO 333 [JB].

780 | VENEZUELA  Ecos del Torbes (YVOD), San Cristobal, NOV 7  0355 -
Caught only the Venezuelan anthem, in synch w/ 4980; SIO 222 [JB].  NOV 11
0924 - "Ecos del Torbes" ID and Venez. mx on brief fade up over usually
dominant R. Coro; SIO 322 [JB].

789.80 | BARBADOS  VO Barbados, Bridgetown, NOV 7  0405 - M w/ W phone
caller, Caribbean accents; SIO 332 [JB].  NOV 12  0350 - Island vocal with
a good signal; slight 790 het from weaker unID SS station [DC].  NOV 12
*0903-0924 - Anthem, s/on anmt and morning devotional, program preview at
0907, gospel mx w/ no anmts; good [JF].  NOV 13  0402 - Message for a
listener, lower than Mitre 790 [JR].

789.83 | ARGENTINA  R. Mitre (LR6), Buenos Aires, NOV 5  0232 - "Radio
Mitre" ID, two "Buenos Aires" mentions; fair w/ growl [NK].  NOV 7  0805,
0829 - Excellent peaks, "Radio Mitre" ID, tangos [NK].  NOV 13  0346 -
Initially heard as an unID at very good level with promos, chatter and
laughter; 0414 re-tune found teletalk by man & woman with definite ID
mention of "Mitre," essentially back on nominal freq, adjusted from 789.9
as heard Oct/95 [DC].  NOV 13  0354 - Call-in show, ID as "Mitre," slightly
lower than 790, battling with Barbados [JR].

790 | UNID  NOV 13  0335-0414 - SS stn, possibly R. Mitre, w/ ad for
"Tele-Cuatro," mentioned a place called 'Tolin de los Andes' or possibly
'Colin de los Andes' 3 times, soccer chat mentioning Maradona a few times,
possibly pips on the hour - was exactly on frequency; QRM mainly from
domestics including CFNW, SIO 322 [JB].

800 | NETHERLANDS ANTILLES  TWR (PJB), Bonaire, NOV 7  0023 - Religious
talk; St. John's local VOWR almost removed by tuning the antenna
termination, SIO 444 [JB].

810 | BRAZIL  R. Verdes Mares (ZYH589), Fortaleza, NOV 13  0751 - Up over
Caracol w/ ad string including electronics shop in Fortaleza; SIO 333 [JB].
NOV 14  0618 - Timecheck and ID, a sermon or speech heard before this
[JR].

810 | COLOMBIA  Caracol Colombia (HJCY), Bogota et al., NOV 7  0047-0455
- News, ads, jingles; SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 11  1012 - ID "Caracol, Primero
Informacion," ads; good [JF].  NOV 13  0528 - Ad, nx w/ dateline "Santa
Fe de Bogota," promo for "Ultima Hora Caracol;" SIO 444 [JB].

810 | GREENLAND  KNR, Upernavik, NOV 13  0822 - Danish talk, // 720;
under BBC R. Scotland on the European Beverages, SIO 222 [DC/JB/JR].

820 | BRAZIL  R. Gazeta AM (ZYI212), Vitoria, NOV 13  0631 - Noted with
"Noticias Gazeta" and shout of "Gazeta" a few minutes later [JR].  NOV 13
0730 - "Gazeta Noticia" PP nx and ads; SIO 333 way over R. Apintie s/on
[DC/JB].  NOV 15  0240 - ID then telephone chat; SIO 342 [JB].

820 | COLOMBIA  Caracol (HJED), Cali, NOV 7  0357 - "Gran seleccion"
futbol report, // 5075, in the clear after R. Guadalupana sign-off [BC].
NOV 15  0818 - IDs, ads; fair [JF].  NOV 17  0920 - Men singing, // 5075
[JR].

820 | SURINAME  R. Apintie, Paramaribo, NOV 12  0849-0859 - Fair-good w/
choral anthem, definite // 4990.95 (but 820 and its puny 1 kW actually
stronger, but lost at 0859 due to R. Guadalupana s/on; SW continued with
trumpets and inspirational talk, "Now Thank We All Our God" hymn tune, ID
at 0915 as "Radio Apintie" (really pleased with this rare one! - JF)
[DC/JF/JR].  NOV 13  0727 - S/on with anthem, opening anmts by man and
woman and into EZL vocals; very poor under R. Gazeta, improving somewhat by
0750 but much better on the 12th; // 4990.95, fair/deep fades (new country
and one of our best South American catches; rarely reported and with just 1
kW) [DC].  NOV 13  0730, 0814 - Fragments of audio seemingly // 4990.95,
only tentative due to very low level; SIO 131 [JB].

820 | VENEZUELA  R. Guadalupana (YVXG), Coro, NOV 7  0350 - Good; full
data sign-off, "...Radio Guadalupana, YVXG, ochocientos veinte
kilocicolos,..." [BC].  NOV 12  0859 - Sign-on with choral anthem, clear ID
w/ mention of Coro and Falcon state, "Amanecer Informativo;" good
[DC/JF/JR].

830 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS  Trinity Broadcasting, Charlestown, Nevis, NOV 12
0410 - Religious pgm in progress; good over domestic with football [DC].
NOV 13  0536 - EE talk about Biblical Turkey -- which may invite some
comment! SIO 444 [JB].  NOV 15  0938-0950 - Woman with birthday greetings
to listeners in St. Kitts, gospel mx, and mx requests; good [JF].

830 | VENEZUELA  R. Sensacion (YVLT), Caracas, NOV 7  0207 - "Radio
Sensacion" ID; heard by phasing St. Kitts [NK].

840 | BRAZIL  R. Bandeirantes (ZYK687), Sao Paulo, NOV 7  0813-0820 -
Sao Paulo addresses in PP talk, "Radio Bandeirantes" ID; o/ SS station
[NK].  NOV 12  0405 - "Informacion totale," // 6089.97; good atop channel
[DC].  NOV 14  0415 - Mixing with RCN, each alternately strong on peaks
[DC].  NOV 15  0759 - "Jornal Bandeirantes" promo, many IDs and names of
the technical people over chimes, pips at 0800; SIO 333 [JB].

840 | COLOMBIA  Ondas del Caribe (HJKK), Santa Marta, NOV 14  0950 - Slow
call letter "H-J-doble K" ID, earlier than sign-on listed in WRTH [JR].

840 | HAITI  R. 4VEH (4VEF), Cap-Haitien, NOV 14  0958 - Opening over
others with slow trumpet theme and bells to the tune of "Amazing Grace,"
s/on by man in French, then music sounding like an anthem; good initially
but faded down fast with HJJK coming back to dominate the channel by 1005
[DC/JR].

840 | ST. LUCIA  R. Caribbean International, Castries, NOV 3  2308-2311 -
BBC WS nx, FF Creole and mx at 2309; over R. Bandeirantes, SIO 333 [JB].
NOV 5  2300 - EE talk mentioned "BBC for Caribbean;" o/u 2 Brazilians [NK].
NOV 7  0049 - Religion in EE [BD].  NOV 11  0852-0925 - Reggae mx, BBC
news at 0900, "Good Morning" jingle, ID "This is R. Caribbean
International, the Caribbean Sound," mx pgm; good [JF].  NOV 12  0942 -
Music dedication to listener in Trinidad [JR].  NOV 12  0946 - TC as "14
minutes before 6 in the morning" and promo for "The Caribbean Sound" coming
up in ten minutes; very good [DC].

850 | VENEZUELA  R. Fe y Alegria (YV??), Maracaibo & Caracas, NOV 7
0330 - Good; "Ocho cincuenta AM, Fe y Alegria" ID, "su program conecion"
telephone talk and salsa music [BC].

850.02 | URUGUAY  R. Carve (CX16), Montevideo, NOV 13  0337 - Faded up w/
ads for Nutrasweet and "'Mac's Milk', la confiteria numero uno del
Uruguay," mx by Ace of Base; SIO 333 [DC/JB/JF/JR].  NOV 15  0005 - M and W
w/ SS nx "..Instituto de Oncologia de Montevideo...ambasador espanol en el
Uruguay...Ministro de Agricultura del Uruguay..." SIO 332 [JB].

859.97 | NETHERLANDS ANTILLES  R. Curom (PJZ86), Willemstad, Curacao, NOV
11  0947-0957 - Dominant at this time, still present but essentially
unreadable for 15 min afterwards: woman in Papiamento w/ talk including
some nx, song by children at 0954, "Curom" jingle then wx at 1002; SIO 333.
(Papiamento is quite a bit like SS. I listened to the tape a number of
times wondering why I could understand almost nothing until I realized it
wasn't SS!) [JB].

860 | BRAZIL  R. CBN (ZYJ459), Rio de Janeiro, NOV 4  0325 [BD].  NOV 6
2314-2319 - Short news reports, canned "CBN" ID, economic nx; SIO 444 [JB].
NOV 7  0100 - IDs and nx hype; SIO 444 [JB].  NOV 12  0411 - Jingle ID for
C-B-N and sports talk by woman mentioning Mike Tyson; killer signal! [DC].
NOV 14  0702 - "C-B-N" ID, well atop another Brazilian [DC].  NOV 16  2350
- Report on Frank Sinatra; QRM from another Brazilian, SIO 422 [JB].

860 | BRAZIL  R. Cidade (ZYH592), Maracanau, NOV 7  0135 - PP talk
mention of "Fortaleza;" atop CBN outlet at first, then it faded under [NK].

860 | CUBA  R. Reloj, unknown site (Arroyo Arenas?), NOV 6  2230 - Poor;
minute beeps and "RR" code IDs heard under CBN-Brazil [BC].  NOV 9  0928 -
Nx and ID every minute; SIO 222 [JB].  NOV 11  0952, 1004 - Nx and IDs
readable as cochannel stns faded down; SIO 222 [JB].  NOV 12  0844 - News
and code IDs [JR].  NOV 15  0819-0840 - SS talk w/ clock ticks in the
background, time checks with some morse code on the minute; fair [JF].  NOV
17  1018 - Code ID heard [JR].

860 | DOMINICAN REP.  R. Clarin (HILR), Santo Domingo, NOV 15  0946-0958
- Latin music, ancr with mention of Santo Domingo during informandos, ads;
fair [JF].

860 | UNID  NOV 11  1008-1012 - SS w/ nx, a number of fairly clear IDs
sounded like "Radio Minfomando," but I have a feeling this is R. Clarin;
QRM building from CJBC and R. Reloj, SIO 332 [JB].

860 | VENEZUELA  R. Enlace 860 (YVYE), Valle de la Pascua, NOV 9
0927-0932 - SS pop mx, ads including stores in Valle de la Pascua, ID; SIO
322 [JB].

860 | VENEZUELA  R. Mundial 860 (YVOL), San Cristobal, NOV 11
0957-1000, 1007 - Faded up suddenly w/ Venez. mx, canned "Radio Mundial
dando la hora," 5:59 TC, "Radio Mundial al servicio de los oyentes" and
"Noticiero Mundial" from Caracas; faded up again briefly at 1007; SIO 333
[JB].

860 | VENEZUELA  unID stn, NOV 5  2332 - Apparent sporting event,
Venezuelan anthem u/ Rio & Fortaleza mix [NK].

869.95 | VENEZUELA  "CNV 870," unknown location, NOV 9  0934-0942 - Many
"CNV ocho-setenta" IDs (a slogan unfamiliar to me), pgm promos, pgm "Canta,
Venezuela, Canta" began; SIO 343-2 [JB].

870 | ARGENTINA  R. Nacional (LRA1), Buenos Aires, NOV 4  0103 - "Somos
Nacional," freq anmt, PSAs; SIO 333 [JB].  NOV 7  0100 - Good; "Informativa
de su Radio Nacional" news [BC].  NOV 7  0825 - Man in SS talked about
Argentina [NK].

870 | PUERTO RICO  R. Voz (WQBS), San Juan, NOV 7  0105 - Poor to fair;
talk about Dominican Republic, and 0220 "programa de jovenes de Puerto
Rico" [BC].

880 | BRAZIL  R. Inconfidencia (ZYL275), Belo Horizonte, NOV 4  0330 [BD].

880 | MONTSERRAT  R. Montserrat, Plymouth, NOV 12  0944 - Tentative;
gospel music but fading under WCBS; poor [JF].

880 | VENEZUELA  R. Mundial (YVYM), Puerto Ordaz, NOV 15  0059 - SS fast
talk, trumpet fanfare and 2 "Radio Mundial" IDs, new pgm began "Mundial
presenta...;" needed phasing to reduce QRM from R. Inconfidencia, SIO 322
[JB].

880 | VENEZUELA  R. Paraguana (YV??), Punta Cardon, NOV 7  0035 -
Briefly up w/ betting or contest won by a man in Coro, ID; SIO 232 [JB].

890 | BRAZIL  R. Gazeta (ZYK690), Sao Paulo, NOV 7  0019 - "Radio
Gazeta" ID during sporting event [NK].

895 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS  VO Nevis, Bath Village, Nevis, NOV 3  2335 -
Anmt about local road work; SIO 242 [JB].  NOV 6  0005 [BD].  NOV 12  0116
- Noted with soca music program [JR].

900 | BARBADOS  Caribbean Broadcasting Corp., Bridgetown, NOV 17  0925 -
EE church service, happened to notice // 789.78; SIO 333 [JB].

900 | BRAZIL  R. Tamoio (ZYJ454), Rio de Janeiro, NOV 7  0131-0134,
0145-0151 - Romantic PP music, ID "escucha Tamoio," ads for companies and a
shopping center in Rio, more romantic mx and PP version of Animals' "House
of the Rising Sun"; SIO 433 [JB/NK].

900 | VENEZUELA  R. Mara (YVMD), Maracaibo, NOV 13  0920 - AST time
checks, promos or ads ending with "en Mara" [JR].  NOV 14  0924 - ID as "La
Mara 900," and mention of "La Fiera Tachira" [JR].

910 | ARGENTINA  La Red (LR5), Buenos Aires, NOV 7  0823 - Faded up
briefly w/ SS news, "La Red" ID by woman [NK].  NOV 11  0225-0252 -
Telephone interviews, many "Presto Fresco" ads, no clear ID until 0251; SIO
433 [DC/JB].

920 | PARAGUAY  R. Nacional (ZP1), Asuncion, NOV 11  0221 -
Caribbean-sounding dance mx, ID, // very strong 9737.3; under CJCH, SIO 322
[DC/JB/JF].

929.96 | URUGUAY  R. Monte Carlo (CX20), Montevideo, Montevideo, NOV 6
2340-2349 - "Radio Monte Carlo" ID, SS music, talk "en Montevideo,
Republica Oriental del Uruguay," o/ PP Brazilian w/ soccer; local CJYQ
nulled 2 to 3 S-units (!) by Byan-terminated South American Beverage [This
was an excellent demonstartion of the utility of this Byan system by Neil!
- JB] [BD/NK].  NOV 7  0010 - "La Super Radio" slogan, ads, promo for nx
pgm, phone chat; St. John's local CJYQ reduced by tuning the antenna
termination; SIO 322 [JB].

930 | BRAZIL  unID stn, NOV 4  2345 - Brazil u/ local CJYQ (Byan
terminated Bev + phasing used for tough null): man & woman in PP, US
adult-contemporary music [NK].

940 | BRAZIL  R. Brasil AM (ZYJ453), Rio de Janeiro, NOV 13  0622 - Promo
anmts and into religious network programme at 0627; very strong [DC].

940 | BRAZIL  unID stn, NOV 13  *0618-0632 - Strange sign-on time for
this one with anthem, PP s/on anmt, jingle ID, but unable to decipher, ads
and religious program (noted several nights w/ slogan "Sistema Viva
Mundial" w/ Sao Paulo address), probably Rio de Janeiro [JF/JR].  NOV 14
0626 - Several "AM" IDs heard during a Bible program [JR].

940 | UNID  NOV 12  0941 - Lively LA mx, OM ancr in SS seemed to mention
Venezuela; good [JF].

960 | BRAZIL  R. Sao Paulo (ZYK689), Sao Paulo, NOV 15  0408 - ID w/
freq, prayer, s/off anmt, but then jingle ID, TC and religious pgm; SIO 433
[JB].

970 | VENEZUELA  R. Mundial (YV??), Barcelona, NOV 17  0329 - Children
singing a salsa-type song, "Mundial" ID.  0931 with lottery information
[JR].

980 | COLOMBIA  RCN (HJES), Cali, NOV 7  0751 - // HJJX-770, SS "RCN"
ID, news; way o/ CBV [NK].  NOV 15  0513 - Many "RCN" IDs, // 770 [JR].

990 | ARGENTINA  R. 9-90 (LR4), Buenos Aires, NOV 4  0821 - Tentative;
sedate SS ancr, ad w/ prices in pesos; atop channel then faded u/ domestic,
PP station also mixing at 0823 [NK].  NOV 5  0410 - SS talk "en frecuencia
9-90 transmite los 9-90;" in varying phase-null of CBY & occasional PP QRM
[NK].  NOV 14  0743 - Rooster crow, "Transmite La Nueve Noventa," also
heard "en La Plata" [JR].  NOV 14  0750 - Rooster crowing and fast-paced
vocal, ID per Burnell; fair under domestic QRM [DC].

990 | BRAZIL  R. Record (ZYJ461), Rio de Janeiro, NOV 4  0338 [BD].

990 | COLOMBIA  RCN (HJDB), Medellin, NOV 15  0531 - SS ads, // 770 [JR].

1000 | BRAZIL  R. Record (ZYK522), Sao Paulo, NOV 4  0339 [BD].  NOV 14
2320 - Man speaking in PP, // 9505 [JR].  NOV 15  0300 - Heard with "Radio
Record Noticias" [JR].

1020 | TURKS & CAICOS IS.  Caribbean Christian R., Grand Turk, NOV 12
0111 - VOA "Report to the Caribbean," (this pgm via CCR has since been
confirmed by Mark Connelly) [JR].  NOV 12  0212 - Presumed w/ EE preacher;
good [JF].

1020 | VENEZUELA  R. Margarita (YVRS), La Asuncion, NOV 12  2344 - Dance
mx and romantic ballads, lottery numbers, IDs now as "Radio Margarita;" SIO
343 [JB/JF].

1020 | VENEZUELA  unID stn, NOV 7  0245 - Venezuelan w/ baseball in SS;
heard by phasing Turks & Caicos [NK].

1030 | ARGENTINA  R. del Plata (LS10), Buenos Aires, NOV 3  0107 -
Soccer, many ads; SIO 443 [JB].  NOV 4  0340 [BD].  NOV 5  0215 - SS ad for
a concert in December, then "Radio del Plata" ID; big signal at first,
gradually faded into PP Brazilian QRM [NK].  NOV 11  0330 - Two time pips
preceded by ID, mixing with an unID Brazilian; both fair [DC].  NOV 11
2333 - SS audio surging up over unID Brazilian w/ ad for Telecom answering
service, ID; SIO 333 [JB].  NOV 12  0810-0823 - Latin ballads including SS
version of Paul Anka's "Diana," laconic SS ancr between songs, ID & time
checks; strong-fair [DC/JF].  NOV 17  0338 - Classical mx, promo "Del
Plata, La Radio, presenta..;" SIO 322 [JB].

1030 | BRAZIL  R. America (ZYI777), Olinda, NOV 6  2230 - Sung ID,
"Olinda" mention, instrumental music; o/ WBZ & other PP Brazilian [NK].
NOV 6  2246-2305 - Soccer play-by-play, "America" jingle at 2248; SIO 343
[JB].  NOV 17  0314 - PP preacher and crowd, tentative ID [JR].

1030 | BRAZIL  unID stn, NOV 17  0324-0338 - Mixing w/ R. Del Plata;
religious PP talk, mentioned 3 stns at 0331 including "Radio Cultura de
Bahia, 1140 kHz" but I could not make out the stn on this freq; SIO 222
[JB].

1030 | COLOMBIA  RCN Antena 2 (HJER), Cali, NOV 15  0546 - Mentions of
Colombia, // 650 [JR].

1040 | BRAZIL  R. Capital (ZYK537), Sao Paulo, NOV 12  0446 - ID mention
of "Capital" and Sao Paulo; very strong [DC].  NOV 14  0657 - Man shouted
the "Capital" ID, again with powerful signal [DC].

1040 | DOMINICAN REP.  R. Central (HION), Santo Domingo, NOV 11
0936-0946 - SS Dominican national nx, UTC-4 TCs, ads, promo for phone-in
show, at 0945 ID as "HION Radio Central;" fades under an unID SS religious
stn, SIO 433 [JB].  NOV 13  0931 - News story about earthquake in Peru,
mention of Radio TV Dominicana, two men trading off on 'dateline-type' news
items; now listed as R. Cadena Noticias, heard "Radio Cadena" partial ID
[JR].  NOV 14  0911 - News and clear ID; excellent signal [DC].

1040 | PUERTO RICO  WZNA, Moca, NOV 6  0050 - Mentions of "Aguada" and
"Puerto Rico" in ad string, over/under R. Capital [BC].

1040 | VENEZUELA  LV de Carabobo (YVLB), Valencia, NOV 17  1002 - Anthem,
s/on anmts w/ ID; o/u another SS stn, SIO 332 [JB/JR].

1050 | BRAZIL  R. Capixaba (ZYI203), Vitoria, NOV 5  0425-0430 - //
4935, PP religion; very good, generally dominant [NK].  NOV 6  0054 -
Religious mx, M mentioned a meeting in Vitoria, more mx, // 4935, but
stronger than SW; SIO 332 [BC/JB].  NOV 14  0648 - PP radio drama which
seemed to be of a religious nature, local ID, // 4935; good [DC/JR].

1060 | BRAZIL  R. Parana (ZYJ246), Curitiba, NOV 12  0104 - PP program,
mentions of Parana [JR].

1060 | BRAZIL  R. Tapuyo (ZYJ597), Mossoro, NOV 6  0325 - Fair; jingle
ID and romantic music [BC].  NOV 6  2305 - ID w/ fanfare, Brazilian ballad;
SIO 333 [JB/NK].  NOV 7  0341 - Mellow instrumental mx, ID, SIO 322 [JB].
NOV 15  0020 - Traditional folk vocals [JR].

1060 | UNID  NOV 13  1025-1035 - Piano instrumental, meditational style,
no announcements heard, not sure if Cuba, Mexico or domestic  (I heard the
Mexican here with a continuous music program similar to this from Rochester
subsequently, although closer to 0800; they were really bombing in over
KYW) [JR].

1060 | VENEZUELA  unID stn, NOV 13  0959 - Heard with anthem, pips, ID
that sounded like "Radio Perez;" faded quickly at dawn [JR].

1070 | ARGENTINA  R. El Mundo (LR1), Buenos Aires, NOV 3  0136-0203 -
Elvis special, 0200 nx w/ slogans "informo Mundial, con promiso de la
verdad" and "1070 -- la sintonia del Mundo," pgm promo; SIO 222 [JB].  NOV
5  0345 [BD].  NOV 6  0300 - Good; "Mil Setenta Radio Mundo" ID and "Mundo
Mil Setenta Informa" news [BC].  NOV 11  0829 - Ads from Buenos Aires
businesses; good [JF].  NOV 12  0425 - Classical music w/ voice-overs by
man citing phone numbers, two pips at 0430; good peaks, o/u CBA with RFO
Cayenne starting to fade up 0430+ [DC].

1070 | FRENCH GUIANA  RFO Guyane, Matoury, NOV 3  0137-0154 - Over/under
R. El Mundo and CBA w/ interview of pop singer; SIO 222 [JB].  NOV 3  0422
- // 1375, man & woman in FF; good peak, mix w/ Argentina & CBA [NK].  NOV
6  0145 - Fair; French big band vocal // St. Pierre-1375 [BC].  NOV 11
0821-0909 - FF pgm about cinema, news etc. // 640; poor [JF].  NOV 12  0431
- Man in French with France-Inter relay, // 1375.02; briefly in R. El Mundo
fade, better and easy // at 0435 peak over the Argentinian with talk by man
& woman [DC].

1080 | BRAZIL  R. da Universidad Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (ZYK280),
Porto Alegre, NOV 3  0403 - Classical mx, PP anmts; over WTIC and another
Brazilian, SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 5  0431 - PP talk by woman "... Universidad
Federal ... 1080 kHz" o/u other Brazilian, into classical music [NK].

1080 | BRAZIL  R. Novo Tempo (ZYI540), Belem, NOV 5  0330-0332,
0335-0338 - ID in mush, classical music, sung ID mention of Belem, then PP
music; mixed w/ other Brazilian [NK].

1080 | COLOMBIA  R. Eco (HJJF), Cali, NOV 11  0929 - Presumed this w/
"la cadena nacional ... desde Cali" then Latin standard "Besame Mucho;"
SIO 332 [JB].

1080 | VENEZUELA  R. Barcelona (YVQJ), Barcelona, NOV 5  0343 - SS talk
"Radio Barcelona, la frecuencia .. de ..." then lively SS music; best on
Byan-terminated Bev (ZY's were dominant on Brazil Bev) [NK].  NOV 17  0957
- Venezuelan anthem, ID and s/on anmt; SIO 333 [JB/JR].

1080.05 | VENEZUELA  Mundial 1080 (YVNR), Maracay, NOV 11  0931 - Faded up
w/ mention of Venezuela and "Mundial" ID; SIO 322 [JB].

1090 | CANADA  CBNG, Glovertown NF, NOV 6  1010 - 40-watt LPRT w/ sports
nx, // CBG 1400 but not CBN 640; SIO 322 [JB].

1090 | VENEZUELA  Union R. (YVSZ), Caracas, NOV 17  0943 - ID and name
of Julio Cesar de Camacho mentioned [JR].  NOV 17  0950 - Politician Dr.
Eduardo Fernandez interviewed exclusively for Union Radio; SIO 333 [JB].

1100 | BRAZIL  R. Globo (ZYK694), Sao Paulo, NOV 12  0422 - Talk by man
with ID mention of Sao Paulo; very strong [DC].

1100 | COLOMBIA  Caracol (HJAT), Barranquilla, NOV 13  0935 - // 5075
[JR].  NOV 17  1013 - // 5075 [JR].

1110 | BRAZIL  R. Cultura (ZYJ471), Campos, NOV 14  0747 - Echo anmts by
man, briefly topping another unID Brazilian; strong, // 4955.2 [DC].

1110 | BRAZIL  R. Parana,  NOV 13  0802 - Many, many mentions of Parana
on tape, including possible "Radio Parana" ID, but nothing listed for
this state [JR].

1110 | VENEZUELA  R. Carupano (YVQT), Carupano, NOV 12  0042 - noted in
passing with "Radio Carupano" shouted ID [JR].

1120 | ARGENTINA  R. Atlantica (LU6), Mar del Plata, NOV 5  0352 -
"Atlantica" ID o/u Brazil on Byan-terminated South America Bev [NK].

1120 | BRAZIL  R. 1120 AM (ZYK274), Porto Alegre, NOV 3  0214-0301, 0355
- Tentative; mostly PP nx, many IDs that sounded like "Radio Brasileira
Liberal" w/ the PetroBras ads that are always heard on CBN stns; SIO 322
[JB].  NOV 4  0344 PP talk, "Porto Alegre" mention, now a CBN affiliate
[BD/NK].  NOV 12  0453 - Jingle ID, vocal, "1120" IDs again at 0456 and
0500 and chatter following by woman; good peaks over presumed R. Atlantica
[DC].  NOV 17  0233-0249 - Probably the same stn, telephone reports,
definite "CBN" at 0248 followed by PetroBras ad; SIO 443 [JB].

1120 | BRAZIL  R. Paulista (ZYI778), Paulista, NOV 3  0545 - Good; many
"Paulista" mentions in Portuguese talk [BC].

1130 | BRAZIL  R. Nacional (ZYJ460), Rio de Janeiro, NOV 3  0041-0048 -
"Nacional" ID, old EE pop song, canned "Nacional" again, over WBBR; SIO 433
[JB].  NOV 15  0750 - Man speaking in PP, // 9505 [JR].

1140 | BRAZIL  R. Cultural da Bahia (ZYH449), Salvador, NOV 14  2343 - PP
talk, mentioned Bahia very many times; SIO 433 w/ CBI reduced by phasing
[JB].

1150 | BRAZIL  R. CBN (ZYL283), Belo Horizonte, NOV 15  0601 - "CBN" ID,
then a comedy program with a man acting drunk and a laughing audience [JR].

1150 | COLOMBIA  RCN (HJFP), Neiva, NOV 15  0551 - Talk and sound
effects, // 770 [JR].

1160 | ANTIGUA  Caribbean R. Lighthouse, St. John's, NOV 15  0045 -
Instrumental version of "We Gather Together," ID: "This is the Caribbean
Lighthouse broadcasting from Antigua," TC, then classical mx pgm; much SS
and PP QRM, SIO 322 [JB/JR].

1160 | BERMUDA  VSB3, Hamilton, NOV 9  0846 - BBC WS pgm w/ biologist
talking about collecting birds in New Guinea; SIO 444 [JB].  NOV 15
0040-0150 - BBC World Service relay, with "Press Review," "Newsdesk" at
0100 and "Outlook" at 0130; poor [JF].

1160 | BRAZIL  R. Espiritu Santo (ZYI202), Vitoria, NOV 15  0035 - In a
pile-up w/ Antigua and SS stns, PP soccer faded up w/ "Radio Espiritu
Santo" ID during the play-by-play; SIO 322 [JB].

1160 | PUERTO RICO  Super Borinquen (WBQN), Barceloneta, NOV 6  2220 -
Fair; "en Super Borinquen" ID, salsa and romantic vocals [BC].  NOV 9
0058 - "...la musica ___ frontera a travez [de] Super Borinquen," TC, mx;
SIO 332 [JB].

1170 | COLOMBIA  Caracol (HJNW), Cartagena, NOV 13  1007 - Very late in
morning, single "Caracol" mention [JR].  NOV 14  0646 - Clear // to 5075
[JR].

1180 | BRAZIL  R. CBN (ZYJ463), Rio de Janeiro, NOV 7  0430 - Emerged
over SS stn (Cuba likely) and WHAM w/ ID, pgm promo, ad, and nx; SIO 322
[JB].

1180 | CUBA  R. Rebelde (CMBT), Villa Maria, NOV 17  0935 - Romantic mx,
"Rebelde" ID; SIO 333 [JB].

1180 | DOMINICAN REP.  R. Mil (HIBE), Santo Domingo, NOV 13  0951 - One
of the final signals to propagate at dawn, ID as "Radio Mil Romando" [JR].
NOV 14  0923 - SS talk and island music, ID per Renfrew; excellent signal
[DC].

1190 | ARGENTINA  R. America (LR9), Buenos Aires, NOV 3  0445 - Good;
modern history items including reports on Presidents Reagan and Nixon,
Argentina Futbol, and WWII [BC].  NOV 5  0330 - "Radio America" IDs,
"Noticias" mention ; very good, way atop EE station [BD/NK].  NOV 14  0817
- SS talk and UTC-3 timecheck "por America;" fair, mixing with another LAm
and domestic [DC/JR].  NOV 17  0026-0104 - Lots of SS talk/nx, many
Coca-Cola ads, finally a decent ID at 0102; SIO 322 [JB].

1190 | BRAZIL  R. Tropical (ZYJ594), Natal, NOV 3  2332 - "Radio
Tropical" ID, PP talk; fair [NK].

1190 | PUERTO RICO  WBMJ, San Juan, NOV 17  0026-0100 - EE religious
phone-in pgm, solid "WBMJ" IDs at 0058 and 0059; QRM from R. America and
WOWO, SIO 322 [JB/JR].

1200 | BRAZIL  Ceara R. Clube (ZYH585), Fortaleza, NOV 7  0302 - Nice
"Ceara Radio Clube, Fortaleza, Ceara" ID, then choral music by woman,
then apparent sign-off; Venezuelan w/ baseball left behind [NK].

1200 | BRAZIL  R. Cultura (ZYK520), Sao Paulo, NOV 11  2350 - Heard with
other Brazilians on same frequency, this one // 9615, noted phrase "Radio
Cultura presento" [JR].

1210 | BRAZIL  unID stn, NOV 5  0357 - PP talk o/ VOAR, but soon lost [NK].

1220 | BRAZIL  R. Globo (ZYJ458), Rio de Janeiro, NOV 11  0207 - PP talks
with lots of mentions of Brazil; good [JF].

1230 | USA  WESX, Salem MA, NOV 15  0313 - Ads for a computer store at
"132 Boston Street in Salem" and "A&E Services in Salem;" SIO 232 [JB].
NOV 16  1217 - ID [JR].

1250.05 | PARAGUAY  R. Asuncion (ZP3), Asuncion, NOV 17  0835-0846 - M w/
speech on behalf of the "Partido Colorado del Paraguay," mentioned times
and dates of meetings in barrios around Asuncion, some weepy mx; SIO 232
[JB].

1270 | BRAZIL  R. Brasil Central (ZYH753), Goiania, NOV 12  0635 - Music
that was easily // 4985; fair-good, o/u semi-local CJCB [DC].

1280 | BRAZIL  Super R. Tupi (ZYJ455), Rio de Janeiro, NOV 14  0508 -
Fast-paced Braso pops; teletalk at 0510; super strong! [DC].

1290 | BRAZIL  R. Clube de Salvador (ZYH450), Salvador, NOV 15  0027 - PP
preacher, "Tu Amor" slogan, full ID [JR].

1300 | BRAZIL  unID stn (ZYH586?), Fortaleza, NOV 4  0027-0033 - ID that
sounded like "Radio Con, 1300 kiloHertz," TC, then mentioned "Fortaleza;"
SIO 332 [JB].

1300 | BRAZIL  unID stn NOV 8  approx. 0115 - Possibly Porto Alegre w/
"Tupi" net ID // 1280, PP football highlights, then into game; signal was
u/ Fortaleza [NK].

1310 | MARTINIQUE  RFO, Fort de France, NOV 9  0901-0916 - Nx and
reports, then sports in French FF (i.e., not Canadian FF), surprisingly not
// St. Pierre 1375 (unlike Guadeloupe 640 and French Guiana 1070); SIO 242
[JB].  NOV 14  0440-0505 - France-Inter pgm w/ "Blue Moon," and song by Roy
Orbison, no news on the hour, parallel to 1375.02 St. Pierre; poor to fair
peaks, o/u unID Brazilian [DC/JF/JR].

1320 | PUERTO RICO  NotiUno (WUNO), San Juan, NOV 9  0130 - Man and woman
w/ news items in SS, 2303 NotiUno promo; poor w/ at least two other unID LA
stations, CKEC nulled by phasing [BC].

1330 | BRAZIL  R. Liberal (ZYI533), Belem, NOV 6  0206-0209 - // 4775,
PP talk; atop WRCA [NK].  NOV 7  0200 - // 4775, nice ID "Onda Tropical,
Radio Liberal de Belem," then list of frequencies [NK].  NOV 14  0429 -
Partial ID gives "--33 onda media" and "--430 onda tropical," which matches
with call signs listed in WRTH; a "Radio Liberal" ID also noted on tape
[JR].

1330 | BRAZIL  unID stn, NOV 14  0426-0437 - Two Portuguese speakers
here, one fair to good over the other but no definite ID nor SW //'s found
[DC].

1350 | BRAZIL  unID stn, NOV 3  0429 - PP religion mention  "La Palabra
Libra" & "Avenida Paulista" [NK].

1350 | PUERTO RICO  R. La Wega (WEGA), Vega Baja, NOV 8  0140 - Sporting
event in SS, Puerto Rico ads w/ phone numbers, mentions of "panaria,"
"zapataria;" atop PP station w/ CKAD phased [NK].

1370 | BRAZIL  R. Atual AM (ZYK766), Sao Paulo, NOV 5  0132 - "Sao
Paulo" mentions during ad string, phone numbers & addresses given, then
time check and nice "Radio Atual" spoken & sung IDs [NK].

1375.02 | ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON  RFO, St. Pierre, NOV 9  0920 - Almost-local
stn seemed slightly off-frequency; cooking pgm and silly FF song; SIO 555
[JB].  NOV 12  0705 - France-Inter programme // excellent signal from RFO
Cayenne on 5054.9; St. Pierre was consistently slightly high of nominal
1375 [DC].  NOV 13  0505 - France-Inter pgm // 640; good [JF].

1379.84 | BRAZIL  R. Continental (ZYI773), Recife, NOV 3  0458-0502 - Likely
this w/ PP talk, choral mx, SIO 342 (thanks to Rocco Cotroneo for
identifying this station) [JB].  NOV 9  0110 - Presumed; w/ "Silent Night;"
SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 12  2245 - Portuguese talk (seemingly religious) with
strong signal; presumed ID as reported by others, including from Europe
[DC].

1380 | BRAZIL  R. Paranaiba (ZYL284), Rio Paranaiba, NOV 11  0901 - At
a time when Brazilian on 1379.84 kHz was gone, this more western station
emerged briefly w/ Brazilian mx and unequivocal "Paranaiba" ID; QRM from
CFDA, SIO 332 [JB].

1380 | COLOMBIA  RCN (HJEE), Tunja, NOV 9  0750-0803 - Horrible mix w/
CFDA and another unID SS stn, occasionally fading up w/ nx and "la radio de
Colombia" slogan; SIO 222-1 [JB].  NOV 11  0335  - "RCN" ID, o/u another
unID LAm; fair at times [DC].  NOV 13  0400 - In a fight with unID
Brazilian station (not R. Continental, which was stronger and stable on
1379.84), sometimes putting a troublesome het on 1380; both fair-good,
making audio very messy; checked almost hourly thru the night but no
evidence of much-wanted Chilean, R. Corporacion [DC].

1380 | VENEZUELA  Ondas del Mar (YVNG), Puerto Cabello, NOV 14  2334 -
Faded up over Colombia and CFDA, w/ R. Continental on 1379.84 reduced by
phasing, many "Ondas del Mar" IDs, "35 anos en el aire" slogan, LA
ballads; SIO 332 [JB].

1390 | BRAZIL  R. Educadora (ZYI535), Braganca, NOV 14  0802 - Talk by
man in Portuguese; fair, almost certain // with 4885 [DC].

1400 | GRENADA  Harbour Light of the Windwards, Carriacou, NOV 5  0112 -
Religious pgm, Carib-EE time check; to excellent peak w/ CBG wasted by Byan
remote termination adjustment; a Brazilian was noted way under [BD/NK].
NOV 7  0052 - Prayer by M w/ Caribbean accent; SIO 232 [JB].  NOV 14  2212
- Religious program [JR].

1400 | URUGUAY  R. Zorilla de San Martin (CX140), Tacuarembo, NOV 15
0210-0222 - Tangos, bank ads, jingle ID at 0220, "Onda del Alegria" slogan,
"Zorilla de San Martin" yelled at 0221; QRM from CBG, deep fades, SIO
222-1 [JB].

1420 | BRAZIL  R. Cultura (ZYL288), Sete Lagoas, NOV 4  2248 [BD].  NOV 5
0200 - Big signal w/ IDs & mentions including "Radio Cultura AM," "Sete
Lagoas," "Minas Gerais," and "musica ... noticias;" another Brazilian
under [NK].

1430 | BRAZIL  R. Clube Paranaense (ZYJ200), Curitiba, NOV 5  0119 - PP
ancr, "Radio Clube Paranaense" ID; good & clear, then lost to other
Brazilian that had music [NK].

1435.3 | BRAZIL  R. Principe Imperial (ZYH637), Crateus, NOV 4  2315 - This
station still off-frequency, weak with Portuguese talk and music [BC].  NOV
4  2358 [BD].

1470 | VENEZUELA  R. Vibracion (YVSY), Carupano, NOV 4  0130 - Dance
mx, ID; over another unID SS stn, SIO 333 [JB].  NOV 5  0210 - "Radio
Vibracion" ID; best on Byan-terminated Bev (as was YVRZ-1500) [NK].  NOV
15  0055 - Promos and ads, shouted "Carupano!" [JR].

1480 | PUERTO RICO  Sonido 1480 (WMDD), Fajardo, NOV 15  0103 - Salsa,
"Doble D" ID [JR].

1500 | VENEZUELA  R. Dos Mil (YVRZ), Cumana, NOV 5  0205 - "Radio Dos
Mil" IDs, SS talk; o/ PP Brazilian [NK].

1505 | ANGUILLA  R. Anguilla, The Valley, NOV 7  2215 - Noted in passing
with soca music and a good signal [BC].

1510 | USA  WNRB, Boston MA, NOV 4  0140 - Excellent; Greek-American
program "every Sunday night 8 to 10" [BC].

1530 | BRAZIL  R. Cultura (ZYH479), Guanambi, NOV 15  0722 - Several IDs
as "Radio Cultura" (two listed), but tape replay shows one "Radio Cultura
de Guanambi" also had ad for "Auto Services" (at 500 watts my best
Brazilian log of the week) [JR].

1530 | USA  WDJZ, Bridgeport CT, NOV 16  1248 - PP programs [JR].

1540 | BAHAMAS  R. Bahamas (ZNS1), Nassau, NOV 13  0507 - Ad w/ lively
reggae, "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies" on steel drums, bits of
Caribbean-accented talk; under WDCD, SIO 322 [JB].  NOV 13  0522-0538 -
Caribbean rhythms, OM DJ talking about Sarah Ferguson's US book tour, ID;
poor, mixing with dominant WDCD [DC/JF].

1540 | BRAZIL  R. Santa Maria (ZYI694), Monteiro, NOV 3  0129 - "Radio
Santa Maria" ID, M & W chat before it faded under WDCD; SIO 322 (my best
Brazilian of the DXpedition, heard before anyone else had arrived in
Cappahayden) [JB].

1550 | BRAZIL  R. Gazeta d'Oeste (ZYJ606), Areia Branca, NOV 4  2100 -
Sung "Radio Gazeta" ID, then classical music; good [NK].  NOV 7  0800-0801
- Open carrier, then PP talk, "Radio Gazeta" ID at sign-on [NK].

1550 | CANADA  CBAF2, Weymouth NS, NOV 16  1308 - R. Canada (FF) sports
and talk; 40-watt LPRT; SIO 252 [JB].

1560 | BRAZIL  unID stn, NOV 5  approx 0145 - PP talk o/ WQEW; much
better on the 1 km Brazil Bev than on the 460 m one [NK].

1570 | BRAZIL  R. Sertao Central (ZYH621), Senador Pompeu, NOV 6  2202 -
PP mentions of "kilohertz" & "Senador Pompeu;" atop others [NK].

1570 | BRAZIL  unID stn, NOV 4  2230-2239 - Loud signal w/ PP talk,
"Federal" and "Sao Paulo" mentions, no ID [NK].

1570 | CANADA  CKMW, Winkler MB, NOV 12  1004 - A surprise, rock,
Broadcast News [JR].

1580 | BRAZIL  R. Novos Tempos (ZYJ613), Ceara Mirim, NOV 4  2304-2306
-Beautiful fade-up (burying CBJ), "Radio Novos Tempos" ID, two "Ceara
Mirim" mentions, "1580 kHz" in PP, then MoR PP song [NK].  NOV 6  0144-0147
- "Sinal do Fe" pgm w/ preacher using maximum reverb, three "Radio Novos
Tempos" IDs; SIO 433-2 [JB/NK].

1580 | COLOMBIA  unID stn, NOV 14  0517 - Mention of Caracol net, so
perhaps R. Robledo, mixing with a Brazilian and another strong unID playing
Caribbean music; perhaps the latter was a domestic tester? [DC].

1580 | UNID  NOV 14  0510-0520 - Non-stop soca music, loud on both Brazil
and Euro beverages, a mystery [JR].

1580 | USA  WSRF, Ft. Lauderdale FL, NOV 14  1007 - "WINZ" news relay [JR].

1580.03 | VENEZUELA  R. Manzanares (YVTL), Cumana, NOV 17  0006 - UnID at
this time w/ baseball play-by-play, // 750 R. Caracas R.; SIO 322 [JB/JR].
NOV 17  0221 - LA dance mx, ads for businesses in Cumana, "Radio
Manzanares" at 0223; QRM mainly from CBJ, SIO 322 [JB].

1590 | COLOMBIA  unID stn, NOV 13  0139-0155 - Soccer play-by-play in SS,
// RCN on 770; under WARV, SIO 232 [JB].

1590 | VENEZUELA  unID stn, NOV 13  0129 - Soccer game originating with
RCR-750 [JR].

1600 | DOMINICAN REP.  R. Revelacion (HIEG), Santo Domingo, NOV 6  2230
- Tentative; religion [BD].

1600 | PUERTO RICO  R. Luz (WLUZ), Bayamon, NOV 6  2229-2232 - Banco del
Pueblo and la Discoteca del Recuerdo ads, ID: "Radio Luz, WLUZ, Bayamon;"
SIO 333 [JB].  NOV 14  2250 - Call letters, ad for grocery store in
Mayaguez [JR].  NOV 17  0215 - Tentative; w/ baseball; SIO 333 [JB].

1610 | ANGUILLA  Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, NOV 6  0155 [BD].  NOV 9
0857 - Organ jazz, 800 number, seemed // to the signal under CBF on 690;
lots of QRN at this time, SIO 453 [JB].  NOV 13  0730 - EE preacher [JR].
NOV 15  0147-0400 - EE religious pgm and religious mx; good [JF].

1630 | USA  KXBT, Vallejo CA, NOV 9  1029 - Presumed this w/ soul mx,
ridiculously weak! SIO 252-1 [JB/NK].  NOV 12  0805 - Tentative; goldies
[JR].


Epilogue - Musings from the Participants
     
Bruce Conti:
     
     First, many thanks to Jean Burnell for all the work in preparing the
site for our arrival on Saturday night.  Neil Kazaross and I arrived at St.
John's airport at about the same time on Saturday, November 2.  Ben
Dangerfield was arriving on a later flight, so we picked up the rental car
and headed into the city for a sampling of local brew and to find some
extra supplies.  Then it was back to the airport to pick up Ben, and off we
went to Cappahayden for what was to become another record-breaking
DXpedition.  Jean had already erected the Brazil Beverage and a European
Beverage, and had tables all set up in the radio room for us to get
started.  It wasn't long before the room was buzzing with radio activity.
     
     To start the next day, the first thing on our minds was to get a good
hot meal before proceeding with antenna work and DX.  We had planned on
going to the traditional "DX restaurant" in Fermeuse.  However, the
restaurant had other plans, preparing to close for the winter, only open
limited hours in the evening -- during DX prime time.  So we headed further
north to Cape Broyle for our early dinner.  However, this seemed
unacceptable.  On the following day, when Jean went back to St. John's to
work, we decided to do some exploring further south along the Avalon
Peninsula's "Irish Loop" highway, and found a great place in Trepassy which
quickly became the new "DX restaurant."  Specialties were baked and fried
cod, a traditional "Jiggs dinner," which Ben sampled, and cod tongue which
we didn't get to try only because they were out of this Newfoundland
delicacy for the week.  In addition to a good meal and a visit to the local
grocery store for the nightly rations of junk food, the trips south gave us
group photo ops under the "Caribou Crossing" sign along the highway through
a stretch of open grazing land.  Neil and I did have one day when we
relapsed to just "survival" food rather than going out for dinner.  On the
day Ben departed, I had a hearty meal of dry Cheerios and beer while Neil
scavenged whatever else was left over from past nights, so we could get
started with the DXing extra early -- now that's more like "real"
DXpeditioning!
 
     Weather was typical of past autumn DXpeditions; rainy, windy, and
cold.  On Sunday, November 3, we were out working on antennas in the rain
and 40 mph winds.  Nothing new there.  Hard to imagine Jean rolled out the
Beverages alone in even worse weather, but such is the character of many a
DXpeditioner.  Actually, weather improved significantly by week's end;
sunny with temperatures reaching 15 deg.C or better, perfect for
some sightseeing, including a trip out to the Cape Race lighthouse and the
many scenic ocean views along the way.  Of course, being DXers, we also
scoped-out remote sites for future DXpeditions, with good potential for
Africa, deep South Americans, Central America, and possibly trans-Pacific
DX, and a good distance away from the 1348-ft (411-m) tall Loran C antenna.
Yes, this DXpedition wasn't even over, and we were already discussing
plans for "NF-DX VI."
 
     Now on to the DX.  Among the highlights from the first week were the
ability to hear Norway-1314 practically all day and catching Norway
parallels at night, DXing UK "locals" three hours before Newfoundland
sunset,  chasing Iran sign-ons, Neil's 200-watt Lithuanian, hearing Greece
across the dial, finding Mali under the local CBC station on 540, and
northern catches from Finland, Greenland, and the Faroes.  November 9-10
was the last night of DXing for Neil and me, and perhaps the most exciting.
We got started late this time (not the usual 3-4 hours before sunset),
after a day of sight-seeing.  Neil was determined to hear Chad on 840,
based upon reported reception of this in Europe.  Both of us spent time
monitoring 840 as Africa went into darkness.  Neil was the first to catch
it with an unequivocal parallel to short-wave, later replayed on tape as
evidence of this difficult catch.  Then just as Neil was losing it to
Brazil, I started picking it up on phased wires, not quite as strong, but
again parallel short-wave and differentiated from St. Lucia and Brazil.
This was just the beginning.  Soon, Dave Clark and John Fisher arrived on
the scene with Jean.  Almost immediately, Dave got his receivers set up and
locked on to 1566 and 5010, waiting for signs of India.  And sure enough,
India did manage to get through Switzerland on 1566 parallel short-wave.
Then Jean and Neil, being on their toes, checked for the India powerhouse
on 1071, and clear as day the frequency provided us with Hindi music.  My
turn came later, while monitoring 1044 for Kenya, when Georgia faded up for
a brief interlude of music unequivocally parallel short-wave.  "Georgia!
1044!  Parallel short-wave!" I yelled, and we were all on it like
Newfoundland hunters spotting a caribou on the last day of open season.
This was typical of the teamwork that led us to a new milestone in
medium-wave DXing with at least 113 countries heard in the first week.
 
     A couple of technical notes are worth mentioning.  As in past
DXpeditions, active antenna splitters were used so antennas could be shared
by all.  However, when doing some troubleshooting of one splitter that
exhibited low output level (traced to a faulty power connector), it was
learned that the splitters result in about 2 s-units of signal loss.
During the day, we measured signal levels on one antenna connected through
a splitter, and then directly to the receiver.  Some of the loss may have
also been due to the extra cable length from the splitter to the receiver,
but I don't believe it affected any of our DXing.  The benefit of isolation
provided by the splitters which allowed antenna switching and phasing to be
performed on shared antennas without interfering with others was worth the
1 or 2 s-units.  Requisite implementation of noise reduction / ground
isolation transformers helped, not only by reducing noise pick-up from the
house, but also by improving antenna efficiency / impedance matching, such
that any loss due to the splitters would be even less apparent.  Of course,
use of Beverage-length wires is what really makes the difference trivial.
 
     A Byan remote-controlled termination was used with about 1500-feet
aimed toward Brazil.  Unfortunately, conditions toward Brazil were less
than optimal.  But the Byan was still effective, especially when phased
against one of the other wires for Africa.  The Byan also coupled into the
Brazil wire which ran in parallel.  When the termination was turned on or
off, it produced dramatic differences in my nulls with other wires phased.
I nulled CJYQ-930 St.  John's with the Brazil and "track" wires while Neil
was using the Byan, and when he switched it off, I lost the null, further
evidence of the effectiveness of the Vactrol termination.  As in past
DXpedition experiments, it was found that a single 250-ft ground radial at
the termination was inadequate.  Additional radials were required to
improve the Byan antenna performance.  Unfortunately, the 6000 feet of
twisted pair I ordered never arrived for more extensive Byan antenna
experiments.  It was apparently returned by Canadian customs agents due to
a "lack of documentation" according to the supplier in California.  It was
a somewhat unusual situation anyway; me placing an order for wire in the US
and asking them to ship it to an exotic location in Canada.
 
     And that, believe it or not, is a capsule of NF-DX V, my third visit
to the "DX Inn" of Cappahayden.  Sorry about the long dissertation, but
when you spend eight nights DXing with some of the best in the business in
such a superior location, there's no shortage of things to write about.  So
I'll stop now, simply by saying, "Looking forward to NF-DX VI!"


Ben Dangerfield:
 
     Now that I have been securely home in good old Wallingford, PA, for
almost a week - back to reality I call it - I can take time to reflect on
my five wonderful days up there in rainy, windy Cappahayden.  I have had
great DX experiences like first hand tuning for TA's in 1943, 1944, and
1945 while chasing Germans (enemy soldiers, not stations) across Europe, or
like the fabulous DX years of 1963, 1964 and 1965, but last week tops them
all.
     
     I flew up via Toronto on Sat. Nov. 2nd with apprehensions about going
through security with my assorted DX equipment, but the only place I had to
prove that the R8A was indeed a radio was here in Philadelphia.  No one
even cared about the phasing unit (which I couldn't use after all up there
because of a defective splitter connection).  I did have to walk a mile
through the Toronto airport both going up and coming back, all the while
lugging the R8A in a small carry-on bag.  My flight into St. John's via
Halifax landed on time at 9:30 PM, and Bruce and Neil came along to pick me
up.  Somewhere after 11:30 we arrived at Cappahayden where Jean was there
to meet us, having already put up one European wire and the Brazilian wire.
They helped me get connected, and shortly after midnight we were doing our
thing.  We DXed until around 2:30 am.  Like all newcomers, I was
overwhelmed so began with an end-to-end band scan, logging along the way
all the stations I was familiar with.  In the next few days, I became more
and more selective.

     Sunday we all drove up toward St. John's for fish and chips, then
returned to string the other antennas. I went with Neil along the "beach"
route putting up a second European wire...all rocks, wind and rain, with a
cliff on one side and rough surf on the other. We didn't finish until
around 3:00 PM, and when we did get to the radios the TA's were booming in
with huge signals.  Each day we hurried back from lunch as soon as we
could, and each day the TA's were already there - as early as 1:00 PM local
time.  After Sunday we ate our mid-day meal at a great restaurant in
Trepassey, down the other direction. The cod was fresh and the Jiggs dinner
(corned beef and cabbage) quite tasty.  Then we could DX the next 10 to 12
hours and nibble on snacks if hungry
 
     The guys were great: Bruce with his technical skill and easy going
thoroughness, Neil with his gift of gab, his TA savvy, and his persistence
on Chad and Brazilians. He and I enjoyed a nip of Scotch. And Jean, of
course, was on top of all of it.  I marveled at his language detection
ability.  He and I also share an interest in world travel and raising a
family!  We all worked together as a team, each one of us contributing to
the effort.
 
     It would be hard to list the highlights.  I certainly enjoyed sitting
on 1476 in mid-afternoon with Dubai on top like a local, and Azerbaijan,
Guildford and Iran each clear and distinct behind. Or Athens on 1386 to
confirm my home reception of early September plus a parallel on 981.  And
Jordan on 1494, another I had heard back home but couldn't ID. Of course,
it was a thrill to catch Yemen on 1008, with help from the SW parallel, and
to hear so many deep South Americans on top of even frequencies.  For that
matter, I was fun to hear TA's on all the even TA frequencies, not just
1530 and 720 as at home.
     
     Jean drove me back to the airport on Thursday morning, taking me up to
Signal Hill first to the Marconi tower.  Took the rest of my pictures
there, having taken several of the site and the guys. Got home tired but
happy on the evening of Thursday, Nov. 7th.


John Fisher:
     
     Overall I must say that even with all of the high expectations that I
had on the DXpedition, the quality of what I heard was beyond my wildest
dreams.  Even though I have been on numerous DXpeditions in Ontario and in
the Rocky mountains, this was by far the best.  I certainly gave myself
away as a Newfoundland "newbie" by my frequent queries of "What is this?"
and "You won't believe this signal!."  Highlights of the week (DX wise) had
to be Gambia on 648 (and especially Dave Clark's screams of anguish, when
we told him about our log as he phoned in from the Toronto airport),
Georgia on 1044, Lebanon 873 and Suriname 820, all of which were first time
logs for Cappahayden.

     Always an important part of any DX gathering was the time spent away
from the radio dials. Seeing the barren countryside of the Southern Avalon
peninsula for the first time was a real treat.  I can only imagine how
impressive it must be in Spring when the icebergs float past.  In spite of
absolutely numbing unemployment in the area since the fishing industry
collapsed several years ago, I was impressed by the friendliness of the
local residents.  From the Lawlors who owned the DX-Inn to the Devereaux's
at the Trepassey Motel, everyone was always very friendly and willing to
chat up us strange folk with the wires.  In fact, when I was on the plane
out of St. John's to Calgary and mentioned to the person next to me that I
stayed in Cappahayden, he asked if I had met the Lawlors and the
Devereaux's!  It certainly is a small world.
 
     A number of factors contributed to any DX success that I had.  Great
antennas, location and propagation go without saying.  But there were two
other factors, I think.  One is being surrounded by experienced MW DXers.
Bruce and Neil on the first night and Jean, Dave and Jim were a wealth of
experience and knowledge, which was of great help.  A second contributor, I
think, was having a good working knowledge of the short-wave bands.  There
were many times where it was possible to parallel a rare MW station by
knowing its SW frequency.  Georgia, Lebanon and Suriname pop to mind.
Overall, it was an exceptionally enjoyable and fruitful week, thanks in
large part to the organization and hospitality of our host, Jean Burnell.
So now that I have the bug, I will be looking forward to NF-DX VI.


Dave Clark:
     
     After my initial DXpedition experience at NF-DX IV in October, 1995,
it was great to be part of a return engagement for NF-DX V.  It was a
pleasure to see Jean again, who was kindly waiting at the airport for my
mid-day arrival on Saturday, the 9th.  I was treated to an afternoon tour
of Signal Hill until it was time for us to return to the airport to pick up
John Fisher arriving on a later flight.  Of course, we had to check out the
even-channel TA's on Jean's car radio on the way to Cappahayden.  It was
readily apparent conditions were going to be interesting when we heard,
amongst others, the likes of Vatican and Sao Tome fighting it out on
1530, and the Saudi blanketing 1520.  Upon our arrival, it was good to see
Bruce and Neil again as they were staying over until the morning of the
10th.  It was also nice to greet another NF-DX IV fellow-participant, Jim
Renfrew, who arrived on Monday, the 11th.  I had to depart midday on the
Thursday the 14th, while John was departing on the 15th, leaving Jim and
Jean to finish off "the kill."  I should add that perennial Newfoundland
DXpeditioner Mark Connelly was with us in spirit this time, although he
certainly did do a lot a parallel monitoring on medium wave from his
excellent coastal sites closer to home and this made for interesting
comparisons of reception patterns.

     And now for some observations.  Turning first to short-wave, early
evening reception of sub-continentals was again a highlight (including a
tantalizing tentative log of the local Azad Kashmir Radio on 3664.9) and a
worthy area of focus on the Tropical Band frequencies.  The Indian signals
are much stronger and hold up much later (well-past transmitter sun-rise)
in Newfoundland, as compared with my home experience in Ontario.
 
     November 10th UTC evening was perhaps the best date for the early
evening All India Radio stations, along with a very nice 0015 UTC s/on of
Radio Nepal, on the Tropical Bands.  Signals were superior on our European
beverages, indicating a relatively high latitude direct path.  This would
seem to correlate well with the period of very quiet geomagnetic conditions
prevailing from 1800 UTC on Nov 9th through 0300 on Nov 10th when the
consecutive 3-hour Estimated Planetary K index values were: 1-1-0-0.  It's
quite revealing that the corresponding high latitude (as measured at
College, Alaska) 3-hour K index values for this period were: 0-0-0-0.
Thus, while we did have some interesting SWBC logs, there is no getting
around the fact that the primary focus for us at Cappahayden is
international medium wave DX.  Except for a period of moderate geomagnetic
disturbance when conditions were active at times during the period Nov
13-15, conditions were otherwise mostly quiet and stable, with Estimated
Planetary A Index values as low as 2 on a number of days within the
two-week DXpedition period commencing November 3rd.  This meant that there
was no major "auroral" occurrence that might have significantly enhanced
trans-equatorial reception from Africa, let us say, while potentially
wiping out signals from northern Europe on medium wave.  That fact,
combined of course with the cyclic lows in sunspot numbers as we transition
from Cycle 22 to Cycle 23, meant that as a general rule, we enjoyed good to
very good reception prospects from virtually all possible target areas.
Taken together, these propagation factors probably helped us add about a
half-dozen new countries to our "all-time MW heard-in-Newfoundland" count
which I'm guessing will stand at about 140 when all the logs are sorted
out. Furthermore, when I departed on the 14th, the total countries
confirmed during NF-DX V alone was about 120, a significant jump from the
previous high of 95 garnered in Oct/95, recognizing of course that we had
more participants and a cumulatively longer duration to work with this
time.
 
     From a seasonality perspective, a one-month difference from October to
November did make a noticeable difference in some medium wave reception
patterns (and there was certainly less QRN to contend with this time).
Propagation conditions being typically more volatile, i.e., greater
propensity towards active or stormy geomagnetic field, closer to the
equinox contributed to spotty high latitude reception in Oct/95. While
there was nary a whisper from the Faroe Islands station on 531 kHz last
year, this time we enjoyed excellent reception one morning in particular at
0715 s/on, and we heard Greenland (another absentee last year) on 4 of the
5 possible channels.  The AFRTS station at Lajes in the Azores operates
with only 100 watts on 1503 kHz, but it was heard very well indeed, while
logging our second and third AIR medium wave stations was exciting too!
Now that we've heard all 3 megawatt heavy hitters, the going gets tougher
in the future.  Reception from the Middle East and near-Asia was notably
better this time too.
 
     Contrariwise, although big gun stations from Argentina and Brazil
(plus a few from Uruguay) were still to be heard, high-band reception of
low-power, mid- and deep-southern signals bore no comparison to the
spectacular, (near) equinoctial reception we enjoyed in 1995.  Graveyard
(250/500 watt) Brazilians were abysmal, and once again, our collective
efforts to log Chile were frustrated. Nonetheless, logging three more
stations from Paraguay was a big breakthrough, while hearing the 1 kW Radio
Apinte from Suriname was a South American highlight.
 
     Notwithstanding our exploits with the Gambia stations, as well as
Namibia, African signals in general were less prevalent this time.  I never
managed to re-log the 500-watt Ascension Island BBC relay - relatively easy
last year - not to mention my game-plan to go after St. Helena on 1548.
It's funny how one's perspective of "superior" conditions evolves with a
return visit to The Rock!
 
     The extent of Jean's efforts to organize and host these "Cappahayden
capers" can only be truly appreciated by those of us who have had the
privilege and opportunity to attend.  We should each be so lucky that there
will be a NF-DX VI in our future.


Jim Renfrew:
 
     In Scripture, the Suffering Servant (considered by many Christians to
be representative of the coming Messiah) is described as one who will be "a
light to all the nations, to the end of the earth" [Isaiah 49:6].  There is
nothing like an experience of Newfoundland to get a full appreciation for
the diverse and distant nations that can be found on the radio spectrum ...
and we had the experience of hearing stations that were at the end of the
earth (or not far from it).
 
     I am very appreciative of the insights DXing gives me as a world
citizen, allowing me to live a little closer to my global neighbors through
the radio medium.  I enjoy the strange languages (and the growing ability
over the years to understand a little of them), the interesting music, and
the alternative political perspectives.  Newfoundland really enhances the
DX experience!

     I'm not sure what the team total country count is after five of these
Newfoundland events, but I know that I've heard 114 after two times there.
One evening, I realized that I had already heard 8 new countries that day,
including Moldova, Ceuta/Spanish Morocco, Burkina Faso, Madeira, Sicily,
Channel Islands, Jordan and Cyprus.  Back home in Rochester it has taken me
twenty years to hear 50 countries, and I'm lucky if I hear even one new one
in a given year.

     I was the last one to make it to Cappahayden, on Monday, November 11.
As I was driving down the coast in my rental car, I was already messing
with the radio in the heavy rain.  Of course, I could only tune TA's on
even frequencies, but I managed to hear VOA Sao Tome fighting with the
Vatican on 1530, and it was still daylight.  As the week went on, I learned
that some TA's could be heard all day long, even at local high noon,
including Norway 1314, Ireland 252 and UK 198.  The real action began
around 1630 UTC, which left little time for other than sleep and a lunch in
Trepassey each day, before getting back to DXing.
 
     Bruce, Neil and Ben were long gone when I arrived.  As was the case
last year, within minutes after I said "Hello" to Jean, Dave and John the
radio was unpacked, and I was hooked up to the Beverages.  It was a good
sign that the Qatar 954 tentative logging of last year was the first to be
logged this year, with a definite parallel to 7210 short-wave.  In fact,
finding short-wave parallels was a very fruitful way to identify weak
stations this year.  I got a number from the Middle East, Asia, Africa and
Brazil in this way.
 
     Conditions were definitely favoring TA's this year, but there were a
number of interesting logs from South America.  We heard two new ones from
Paraguay on 720 and 730 (the 720 R. Pata'i Puku is not listed in the
WRTH!), heard a strong signal from an unlisted station on 670 in Suriname,
and from reviewing my tape back home I heard a 500-watt Brazilian on 1530,
Radio Cultura de Guanambi.   Arriving late had its advantages, because
some rarities had already been flushed out for an easy log.  The
disadvantage was that the weather was much worse in the second week, with
gale force winds and snow, and this left little motivation for patrolling
the antenna wires, some of which were found mangled by the elements when
Jean rolled them in on Sunday.
 
     One of the more challenging experiences was DXing from 0900-1000 UTC,
when the terminator is moving west over the Caribbean basin, and signals
rise up for a just a few moments before Newfoundland daylight takes over.
The last new log of the week was La Voz de Carabobo 1040 at 1002 UTC.  At
this point Jean said the DXpedition was all over, and that we both looked
like Carabobos.   Having lived in Venezuela, I should have realized that
Jean knows his Spanish, because I learned later that the word means "funny
face" or "clown."  After seven days of limited sleep I am sure that is
exactly how we looked.
     
     A special thanks to Jean (and his family) for making this all
possible.  I hope to return!  I also learned that the Lawlor family opens
the DX Inn only for us, so they deserve our very special thanks for making
these accommodations available.
