Logs 21 JUL - 4 AUG 1996 ..... dx960804.log Report from: Mark Connelly - WA1ION Summer Cape Cod road-trip edition 1996 ==================================================================== [Connelly*H-MA] = East Harwich, MA (GC = 70.02 W / 41.71 N) [Connelly*P-MA] = Plymouth, MA (GC = 70.68 W / 41.98 N) [Connelly*W-MA] = Wellfleet, MA (GC = 69.73 W / 41.91 N) [Connelly*Y-MA] = West Yarmouth, MA (GC = 70.22 W / 41.68 N) Receiver used: Drake R8A Antenna systems: RL-1 Remotely-Tuned Loop, RW-1 Active Whip, 25 m sloper, DCP-2 Dual Controller / Phaser, Mini-MWT-3 regenerative tuner ==================================================================== e-mail = MarkWA1ION@aol.com DATES: 1996 (UTC/GMT) TIMES: UTC/GMT * TRANS-ATLANTIC DX * 153 ALGERIA, Bechar, AUG 3 0442 - // 549 w/ drums, strings, group AA vocal w/ slight reverb (as if in large hall). Massive signal during a powerful dawn enhancement run into North Africa. [Connelly*H-MA] 162 FRANCE, Allouis, JUL 21 0145 - FF vocal in the style of early '60s Paul Anka; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 3 0441 - woman in FF // 1375; excellent. [Connelly*H-MA] 183 GERMANY, Saarlouis, JUL 21 0352 - dance-rock music, then female FF talk; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 3 0440 - man & woman in FF; to good peak. [Connelly*H-MA] 198 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC WS synchros, Droitwich et al., JUL 21 0143 - man & woman in political discussion // 6175; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 3 0439 - light jazz, woman in EE; good. [Connelly*H-MA] 207 MOROCCO, Azilal, JUL 21 0147 - AA music mixed w/ "QI" beacon. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 3 0439 - AA male vocal & violins; LOCAL- LIKE. [Connelly*H-MA] 216 FRANCE, Roumoules, JUL 21 0351 - FF pop vocal, man & woman in FF w/ some telephone callers; good to excellent. [Connelly*Y-MA] AUG 3 0438 - FF vocal, talk; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] 234 LUXEMBOURG, Junglinster, JUL 21 0138 - mellow guitar music; fair to good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 252 IRELAND, Clarkestown, JUL 21 0348 - techno-dance music; fair to good. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 3 0436 - US pop-rock vocal; excellent. [Connelly*H-MA] 531 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, AUG 3 0123 - SS teletalk; o/ others. [Connelly*P-MA] 531 ALGERIA, Ain El Beida, AUG 3 0443 - AA music // 153, 549; poor to fair in mix w/ Spain. [Connelly*H-MA] 549 ALGERIA, Les Trembles, AUG 3 0434 - exciting modern AA (rock- influenced) vocal; good. [Connelly*H-MA] 576 ALGERIA, Bechar, AUG 3 0445 - AA vocal // 153, 531, 549; poor w/ possible co-channel Spain. [Connelly*H-MA] 585 SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid, AUG 3 0122 - SS talk / teletalk w/ man & woman; LOUD. [Connelly*P-MA] 603 SPAIN, RNE5 (/RNE1) synchros, AUG 3 0447 - // 585 w/ fast SS talk by 2 men; o/ other station that turned out to be Madeira. [Connelly*H-MA] 603 MADEIRA, RDP, Pico de Arieiro, AUG 3 0513 - male pop-soul vocal definitely // Azores-693 and Portugal-666. Atop Spain at this time. [Connelly*H-MA] 612 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, AUG 3 0448 - // 207 w/ between-show fanfare music, man in AA; good. [Connelly*H-MA] 621 CANARY ISLANDS, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, AUG 3 0519 - HUGE w/ SS teletalk. [Connelly*H-MA] 639 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, La Coruna et al., AUG 3 0115 - SS talk; in bad slop. [Connelly*P-MA] 648 SPAIN / unID, AUG 3 0116 - bits of SS talk; atop unID w/ Afro/AA-sounding music. UnID probably Gambia or the Libyan; Saudi Arabia less likely. [Connelly*P-MA] 666 PORTUGAL, RDP, Lisboa, AUG 3 0112 - John Lennon song // Azores-693; good. [Connelly*P-MA] 684 SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, AUG 3 0022 - excited SS talk; to good peak w/ WRKO nulled. [Connelly*P-MA] 693 AZORES, RDP, Santa Barbara, Terceira, AUG 3 0112 - LOCAL-LIKE w/ John Lennon's "I'm Just the Jealous Kind" // 666. [Connelly*P-MA] 693 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC synchros, Droitwich et al., AUG 3 0024 - BBC discussion briefly o/ Azores. [Connelly*P-MA] 729 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, AUG 3 0024 - SS talk // 684; poor in slop. [Connelly*P-MA] 738 SPAIN, RNE1, Barcelona, AUG 3 0108-0117 - SS sportstalk, fair at 0108, loud by 0117. [Connelly*P-MA] 747 CANARY ISLANDS, Las Palmas, AUG 3 0110 - SS teletalk mixed w/ Netherlands; poor to fair. [Connelly*P-MA] 747 NETHERLANDS, Flevoland, AUG 3 0119 - "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel [1968]; atop Canaries SS talk. [Connelly*P-MA] 756 GERMANY, Braunschweig-Ravensburg, AUG 3 0118 - classical piano music; fair o/ probable Spain/Romania mix. [Connelly*P-MA] + AUG 4 0117 - woman in GG gave weather and temperatures for several cities. [Connelly*W-MA] 765 SWITZERLAND, RSR, Sottens, AUG 3 0119 - light classical music; fair through WABC slop. [Connelly*P-MA] 819 EGYPT, Batra, AUG 3 0027 - AA vocal; in jumble. [Connelly*P-MA] 819 MOROCCO, Rabat, AUG 3 0525 - good carrier, but very light audio on AA monologue by man // 207. Transmitter dawn is the best time to hear this, because co-channel Egypt has faded out by then. [Connelly*H-MA] 836 AZORES, RDP, Barossa, AUG 3 0028 - PP talk about workers; very good to excellent. [Connelly*P-MA] 837 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, AUG 3 0029 - fast-talk SS announcer, (possibly horserace coverage), cheering sounds; good strength, but QRM'ed heavily by stronger Azores-836. [Connelly*P-MA] 855 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, AUG 3 0031 - sports-related SS talk by man; fair o/ SAH & second audio (likely Romania). WEEI pest nulled. [Connelly*P-MA] 864 EGYPT, Santah, AUG 3 0032 - AA vocal o/ Spain; fair. [Connelly*P-MA] 873 SPAIN, SER, Zaragoza, AUG 3 0033 - fast SS talk by man; o/ others; some 880 slop. [Connelly*P-MA] 882 UNITED KINGDOM, Washford et al., AUG 3 0034 - EE talk in tough WCBS slop. [Connelly*P-MA] 891 ALGERIA, Algiers, AUG 3 0035 - AA flutes, drums, strings, & vocal; local-like at S9+50 ! [Connelly*P-MA] 936 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, AUG 3 0037 - SS talk by man; o/ AA- sounding station that was probably Morocco. [Connelly*P-MA] 954 SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid, AUG 3 0038 - man in SS o/ music station (Czech, Turk, or Qatar ?) & ripply SAH; loud, hitting S9+35 peak. [Connelly*P-MA] 963 PORTUGAL, R. Renascenca, Seixal, AUG 3 0429 - woman in PP, then religious-sounding vocal; poor in CHNS slop. [Connelly*H-MA] 999 SPAIN, COPE, Madrid, AUG 3 0039 - loud w/ SS sports coverage. [Connelly*P-MA] 1008 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, AUG 3 0039 - SS talk in WINS slop. [Connelly*P-MA] 1017 GERMANY, Rheinsender, AUG 3 0335 - woman in GG; slightly o/ Spain, others. [Connelly*H-MA] 1026 SPAIN, SER synchros, AUG 3 0040 - HUGE (S9+30 average) w/ SS teletalk show. [Connelly*P-MA] 1035 ITALY (t), AUG 3 0041 - classical music; poor, in slop. Mystery 1034 het noted at times. [Connelly*P-MA] 1044 SPAIN, SER synchros / MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, AUG 3 0043 - SS teletalk o/ AA-sounding talk; massive S9+35 level. [Connelly*P-MA] 1053 UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, AUG 3 0044 - man & woman in EE; fair, but tough WEVD slop. Spain under at times. [Connelly*P-MA] 1062 DENMARK, Kalundborg, AUG 3 0307 - excellent w/ R.E.M. song, then old-time blues vocal. [Connelly*H-MA] 1089 UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, AUG 4 0109 - talk about doctors, attorneys; loud, o/ unID GG (or Slavic ?) sounding station. [Connelly*W-MA] 1098 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, AUG 3 0046 - metallic-sounding SS talk & bad growl, just o/ Slovakia. [Connelly*P-MA] 1098 SLOVAKIA, Nitra, AUG 3 0325 - light classical music, then Slavic talk; dominant, strong. [Connelly*H-MA] 1107 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, AUG 3 0050 - SS talk & music; just o/ other music station that was probably Egypt. [Connelly*P-MA] + AUG 4 0106 - SS talk; loud. [Connelly*W-MA] 1126 unID, AUG 3 0049 - probable off-frequency Spain w/ SS-sounding talk; hetting other 1125 Spain synchros. [Connelly*P-MA] 1134 SPAIN, COPE synchros / CROATIA, Hrvatska Radio, Zadar, AUG 3 0048 - man in SS w/ futbol match; loud, well o/ Slavic talk by woman. [Connelly*P-MA] 1143 SPAIN, COPE synchros, AUG 4 0105 - woman in SS; o/ others. [Connelly*W-MA] 1152 SPAIN / 2 unID's (ROMANIA / UK ?), AUG 3 0052 - 3-station mess w/ woman in SS, operatic music, and talk. [Connelly*P-MA] 1215 UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin Radio synchros, AUG 3 0054 - "These Dreams" by Heart; loud; way o/ SS talker. [Connelly*P-MA] 1251 LIBYA, Tripoli, AUG 3 0414 - AA male Koranic a cappella vocal; good. [Connelly*H-MA] 1269 GERMANY, Neumunster, AUG 4 0100 - GG talk, big het against WTSN (but tough slop). [Connelly*W-MA] 1314 NORWAY, Kvitsoy, AUG 3 0057 - cool '50s-type vibraphone tropically-influenced jazz, Norwegian talk; huge on peaks, beautiful signal in 4 kHz bandwidth position. [Connelly*P-MA] + AUG 4 0120 - excited Norwegian talk (sporting event: possibly Olympics coverage); good. [Connelly*W-MA] + APR 4 0315 - strong w/ oldies fest w/ back-to-back '60s / '70s hits including ELO's "Showdown". [Connelly*H-MA] 1359 SPAIN, Arganda, AUG 4 0314 - bits of SS talk; in slop. [Connelly*H-MA] 1422 GERMANY, Heusweiler, AUG 3 0100 - man said "Deutschlandradio", then time pips, GG news; excellent. [Connelly*P-MA] 1485 SPAIN, SER synchros, AUG 3 0101 - SS sports, crowd noises // 1575; o/ carrier jumble. [Connelly*P-MA] 1521 SAUDI ARABIA, Duba, AUG 4 0304 - AA male vocal; to good peak, but WWKB slop not fully nullable. [Connelly*H-MA] 1530 SAO TOME & PRINCIPE, VOA, Pinheira, AUG 3 0400 - jazz-rock fusion music, then announcer "This is the Voice of America", into EE news; good S9+25 peak, sometimes o/ WSAI. [Connelly*H-MA] 1539 GERMANY, ERF, Mainflingen, AUG 4 0305 - choral music, strong het; tough WDCD slop. [Connelly*H-MA] 1575 SPAIN, SER synchros, AUG 3 0102 - SS sports // 1485; poor. [Connelly*P-MA] 1584 SPAIN or CEUTA (?), AUG 3 0103 - disco music. [Connelly*P-MA] 1602 SPAIN, EI, Vitoria, AUG 3 0103 - fast SS talk not // SER outlets. [Connelly*P-MA] 1608 unID RTTY, AUG 4 0309 - teletype station looping Europe. [Connelly*H-MA] 1620 NETHERLANDS, PCH, Scheveningen, AUG 3 0103 - "PCH" Morse code; excellent. [Connelly*P-MA] unID expanded-band carriers: 1608, 1628, 1631, 1636.8, 1690. Maybe Dutch pirates in some cases ? * PAN-AMERICAN DX * 530 TURKS AND CAICOS, RVC, AUG 4 0331 - SS religion; loud. [Connelly*H-MA] 535 GRENADA, GBC, St. George's, JUL 21 0150 - soca dance party; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 540 MEXICO, Monterrey, XEWA, AUG 3 0555 - slogans "X de Mexico" and "Voz en el Camino"; good, o/ others. [Connelly*H-MA] 550 VENEZUELA, Mundial, YVKE, Caracas, AUG 3 0556 - festive SS music, "Esta Mundial" jingle; atop others. [Connelly*H-MA] 555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ZIZ, Basseterre, JUL 21 0027 - calypso / soca music, EE talk; fair. + JUL 21 0357 - good w/ reggae version of Joe South oldie "Games People Play". [Connelly*Y-MA] 590 CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMHI, Santa Clara, AUG 3 0600 - SS vocal music, Havana mentions // 600, 710; u/ WBNW. [Connelly*H-MA] 600 COLOMBIA, HJHJ, Barranquilla, JUL 21 0152 - excited speech w/ phrase "para los Colombianos"; o/ others. [Connelly*Y-MA] 600 BRAZIL, probably Porto Alegre, ZYK278 (as logged on other occasions), AUG 3 0558 - PP talk by man, mixed w/ Colombia; usual Cuban dominant in loop null. I generally log this Brazilian and 740 (Salvador) best at Harwich, whereas most others do better at W. Yarmouth. [Connelly*H-MA] 600 CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMKV, Urbano Noris, AUG 3 0600 - old- fashioned SS vocal music, Havana mentions // 590, 710. [Connelly*H-MA] 630 PUERTO RICO, WSKN, San Juan, JUL 21 0029 - SS fast-talk Puerto Rican sports report, o/ WPRO/CFCY. [Connelly*Y-MA] 640 CUBA, Guanabacoa / Las Tunas, JUL 21 0237 - "servicio musical de R. Progreso"; o/ mess. [Connelly*Y-MA] 640 GUADELOUPE, RFO, Pointe-a-Pitre, AUG 3 0216 - FF talk about China; dominant. [Connelly*H-MA] 640 VENEZUELA, YVQO, Puerto La Cruz, AUG 3 0612 - ID sounded like "Union Radio de Caracas". [Connelly*H-MA] 650 COLOMBIA, RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, JUL 21 0030 - RCN mention, SS newstalk; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 3 0604 - tropical music, Antena Dos ID; good, alone on channel. [Connelly*H-MA] 650.9a CUBA, unID site, AUG 3 0612 - apparently the same station noted by Crawford & Krueger in FL is making it up the coast to here. Bits of audio, but mostly just a het against powerhouse HJKH. [Connelly*H-MA] 670 VENEZUELA, R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, JUL 21 0245 - hot merengue music, talk "en R. Rumbo, La Emissor de Venezuela", timecheck; way atop WMAQ / Cuba / others. [Connelly*Y-MA] 670 CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMQ, Arroyo Arenas, JUL 21 0249 - SS Cuban political talk // 710; mixed w/ YVLL/WMAQ. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 3 0606 - Cuban dance music // 600; good, o/WMAQ/others. [Connelly*H-MA] 690 ANGUILLA, Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, JUL 21 0128 - US EE preacher; good o/ CBF, Cuba growl, & apparent Brazil. [Connelly*Y-MA] 700 COLOMBIA, CARACOL, HJCX, Cali, JUL 21 0229 - CARACOL ID; in mess of others w/ WLW phased. [Connelly*Y-MA] 705 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES, Kingstown, AUG 4 0323 - soca music; poor to fair. [Connelly*H-MA] 710 CUBA, Rebelde synchros, JUL 21 0249 - SS political talk // CMQ-670; good w/ WOR phased. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 3 0600 - SS vocal music, Havana mentions // 590, 710; u/ WOR. [Connelly*H-MA] 720 VENEZUELA, YVQE, Porlamar, JUL 21 0227 - ID "en Radio Oriente", excited shouting popped up o/ CHTN. [Connelly*Y-MA] 740 CUBA, Progreso synchros, JUL 21 0954 - outlets running the R. Reloj service at this time. Dominant signal on channel until daytimer WJIB signed on. [Connelly*Y-MA] 750 VENEZUELA, YVKS, Caracas, JUL 21 0037 - SS talk about women's issues, interview w/ EE-speaking man w/ translation into SS, RCR mentioned. [Connelly*Y-MA] 760 COLOMBIA, HJAJ, Barranquilla, JUL 21 0126 - callsign "H-J-A-J" ID in SS, RCN net ID; good o/ pile-up of others. + JUL 21 0959 - RCN still fair at this late time. [Connelly*Y-MA] 770 COLOMBIA, HJJX, Bogota, JUL 21 0403 - RCN ID just behind WABC. [Connelly*Y-MA] 780 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, ZBVI, Roadtown, Tortola, JUL 21 0040 - reggae music; good, o/ CFDR. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 4 0116 - remote live Carib-EE broadcast from a local shopping area; fair to good w/ CFDR nulled. [Connelly*W-MA] 800 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, PJB, Bonaire, JUL 21 0100 - SS hymns, Transmundial ID, initially mixing w/ CJAD, then way atop. [Connelly*Y-MA] 810 COLOMBIA, CARACOL, HJCY, Bogota, JUL 21 0105 - SS news w/ item about Luxembourg, CARACOL ID // 5075; mixed w/ WGY. [Connelly*Y-MA] 830 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, TBN, Basseterre, JUL 21 0108 - // 7510 w/ EE female religious folk vocal, crowd applause, then preacher; mixed w/ WCRN. [Connelly*Y-MA] 895 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, VON, Charlestown, JUL 21 0115 - fast soca male vocal w/ tune similar to Bob Marley's "No Woman No Cry" (maybe influenced by recent Fugees version); good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1000 COLOMBIA, RCN, HJAQ, Cartagena, JUL 21 0052 - RCN ID in multi-station jumble. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1020 VENEZUELA, Mundial Margarita, YVRS, La Asuncion, JUL 21 0054 - "Mundial Margarita" ID, fast SS talk, promotion for Sunday music programs; loud / alone on channel. Turks & Caicos off ? [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 3 0332 - festive dance music vocal, Mundial Margarita ID, o/ KDKA; no trace of "CCR". [Connelly*H-MA] 1180 CUBA, R. Taino, Villa Maria, AUG 3 0422 - much SS talk about Havana; dominant o/ Latin American mess & bits of WHAM. [Connelly*H-MA] 1505 ANGUILLA, The Valley, AUG 3 0407 - bits of EE political speech; in WNRB slop. [Connelly*H-MA] 1610 ANGUILLA, Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, AUG 3 0104 - EE preaching mixed w/ TIS stations. [Connelly*P-MA] ================================================================ /* DXtras */ This is an abbreviated loggings format that can be used in place of normal listings when many frequently-reported stations have been heard. It preserves the country, frequency, and approximate time information for propagation study without taking up as much space. If multiple reporters use this format, their logs can be kept separate (rather than integrated as in the normal international loggings columns format). CHRONOLOGICAL LOG -=- Mark Connelly Session of JUL 21 (W. Yarmouth, MA) * 0027-0059 UTC * St. Kitts/Nevis-555, Puerto Rico-630, Colombia-650, Venezuela-750, British VI-780, Colombia-1000, Venezuela-1020 * 0100-0159 UTC * Neth. Antilles-800, Colombia-810, St. Kitts/Nevis-830, St. Kitts/Nevis-895, Colombia-760, Anguilla-690, Luxembourg-234, UK-198, France-162, Morocco-207, Grenada-535, Colombia-600 * 0200-0259 UTC * Venezuela-720, Colombia-700, Cuba-640, Venezuela-670, Cuba-710, Cuba-670 * 0300-0403 UTC * Ireland-252, France-216, Germany-183, Algeria-153, St. Kitts/Nevis-555, Colombia-770 * 0954-0959 UTC * Cuba-740, Colombia-760 Session of AUG 3 (Plymouth, MA) * 0022-0059 UTC * Spain-684, UK-693, Spain-729, Spain-774, Egypt-819, Azores-836, Canaries//Spain-837, Spain-855, Egypt-864 (o/Spain), Spain-873, UK-882, Algeria-891, Spain-936, Spain-954, Spain-999, Canaries//Spain-1008, Spain-1026, Italy(t)-1035, Spain/Morocco-1044, UK-1053 (o/Spain), Spain-1098 (o/Slovakia), Spain-1134 (o/Croatia), unID-1126 hetting Spain-1125, Spain-1107, Spain o/(t)Romania & other-1152, jumbles on 1143 & 1197, UK-1215 (o/Spain), Norway-1314 * 0100-0123 UTC * Germany-1422, Spain-1485, Spain-1575, Spain-1584, Spain-1602, Netherlands(PCH)-1620, Anguilla-1610, unID carriers: 1608, 1628, 1631, 1636.3, 1690; Spain-738, Canaries-747, Portugal-666, Azores-693, Spain/unID Afro-648, Spain-639, Germany-756, Switzerland-765, Netherlands-747 (o/Canaries), Spain-585, Spain-531 Session of AUG 3 (Harwich, MA) * 0216 UTC * Guadeloupe-640 * 0300-0359 UTC * Denmark-1062, Slovakia-1098, Venezuela-1020 (Turks & Caicos OFF), Germany-1017 (o/Spain) * 0400-0459 UTC * Sao Tome-1530, Anguilla-1505, Libya-1251, Cuba-1180, Portugal-963, Algeria-549, Ireland-252, France-216, Morocco-207, UK-198, France-162, Algeria-153, Algeria-531, Algeria-576, Spain-603, Morocco-612 * 0500-0559 UTC * Madeira-603 (//666 & 693) (o/Spain), Canaries//Spain-621, Morocco-819 (//207), Mexico-540, Venezuela-550, Brazil-600 (mix Cuba/Colombia) * 0600-0612 UTC * Cuba-600, Cuba-590, Cuba-710, Colombia-650, Cuba-670, Venezuela-640, Cuba-650.9a Session of AUG 4 (Wellfleet, MA) * 0100-0120 UTC * Germany-1269, Spain-1143, Spain-1107, UK-1089, British VI-780, Germany-756, Norway-1314 Session of AUG 4 (Harwich, MA) * 0304-0331 UTC * Saudi Arabia-1521, Germany-1539, unID RTTY-1608 (loop Europe), Spain-1359, Norway-1314, St. Vincent-705, Turks & Caicos-530 ================================================================ DX Travelogue: Marconi Beach - Wellfleet, MA I came across a great QTH on the Outer Cape (and one with DX tradition at that): the Marconi Beach & Historical Site in Wellfleet. This is part of the sprawling Cape Cod National Seashore. The entrance is right off Route 6. You can park until midnight and the amount of land out there is unbelievable. Much of it is easily walked with substantial open terrain intermingled with a typical sand-dune cover of shrubs and salt-spray-stunted pitch pines and cedars. There's a big water-tower along the Marconi site access road: an Afro-sloper off the top of that tank would be awesome. I was out there Saturday night (3 AUG local) and only noted a few other cars coming through. The VERY dense fog probably kept the crowds down. DX was good, but I only stayed about 20 minutes because everything was the same stuff I'd heard in Plymouth the previous night just after sunset. I got out to Wellfleet about an hour after sunset and the domestic QRM was tough by then. The place could howl for Africa / eastern-tip Brazil around sunset, especially if you string out a couple of Beverages and if there's some domestic- skip (/Euro-pest) inhibiting aurora. ***** Logs 13 - 25 AUG 1996 ..... dx960825.log Report from: Mark Connelly - WA1ION ==================================================================== [Connelly*H-MA] = East Harwich, Cape Cod, MA (GC = 70.02 W / 41.71 N) [Connelly*P-MA] = Plymouth, MA (GC = 70.68 W / 41.98 N) [Connelly*Y-MA] = West Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA (GC = 70.22 W / 41.68 N) Receiver used: Drake R8A Antenna system: RL-1 Remotely-Tuned Loop with Quantum head, MWT-3 regenerative tuner / controller ==================================================================== e-mail = MarkWA1ION@aol.com DATES: 1996 (UTC/GMT) TIMES: UTC/GMT * TRANS-ATLANTIC DX * 531 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, AUG 25 0037 - bits of SS talk in RVC-530 slop. [Connelly*P-MA] 549 ALGERIA, Les Trembles, AUG 25 0036 - het, bits of AA talk. [Connelly*P-MA] 567 IRELAND, R. 1, Tullamore, AUG 25 0035 - recent hit "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something; good, apparent Spain RNE5 station in background. [Connelly*P-MA] 576 SPAIN, RNE5, Barcelona, AUG 24 2336 - man in SS; to fair peak. Other stuff (likely Algeria, Portugal) under. [Connelly*P-MA] 585 SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid, AUG 23 0357 - woman in SS o/ low growl. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 24 2335 - man in SS; loud. [Connelly*P-MA] 594 PORTUGAL / unID (MOROCCO or SAUDI ARABIA), AUG 24 2335 - bits of PP talk & AA talk mixing; fast resultant SAH. [Connelly*P-MA] 603 SPAIN, RNE5 (/RNE1) synchros, AUG 13 0336 - // 684 w/ upbeat male SS vocal; good, alone on channel. [Connelly*H-MA] 603 MADEIRA / SPAIN, AUG 24 2334 - PP vocal mixed w/ SS talk; poor to fair. [Connelly*P-MA] 612 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, AUG 13 0335 - AA male vocal. [Connelly*H-MA] + AUG 24 2332 - AA male a cappella vocal at huge level (almost pinning R8A S-meter); annihilating WGIR/others on 610. [Connelly*P-MA] 621 CANARY ISLANDS, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, AUG 24 2333 - SS newstalk; good. [Connelly*P-MA] 639 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, La Coruna et al., AUG 24 2330 - uptempo SS pop vocal, then fast SS talk by man; strong, drilling a big hole in WNNZ-640. [Connelly*P-MA] 648 unID's, AUG 24 2329 - multi-station jumble including AA-sounding music and operatic vocals / classical music. [Connelly*P-MA] 657 SPAIN, Madrid, AUG 24 2328 - pop vocal, then man in SS; getting by WFAN slop. [Connelly*P-MA] 666 PORTUGAL, RDP, Lisboa, AUG 13 0333 - PP teletalk; strong carrier, weak audio. [Connelly*H-MA] + AUG 24 2326 - PP male vocal; barely over a graveyard-like mess of others. [Connelly*P-MA] 675 NETHERLANDS, R. Ten Gold, Lopik, AUG 25 0032 - excellent w/ oldies including "I Put a Spell on You" by Screamin' Jay Hawkins. [Connelly*P-MA] 684 SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, AUG 13 0256 - man in SS w/ interspersed jazz; good at 0256 w/ WRKO nulled, up to excellent level by 0313. [Connelly*H-MA] + AUG 23 0351 - loud w/ romantic vocal, then man in SS. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 24 2321 - fast SS talk; good. [Connelly*P-MA] 693 AZORES, RDP, Santa Barbara, Terceira, AUG 13 0340 - fast PP newstalk by man; atop BBC. [Connelly*H-MA] 693 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC R5 synchros, Droitwich et al., AUG 23 0355 - EE talk by woman; fair, o/ others. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 25 0032 - BBC EE report by man; o/ Azores pop music. [Connelly*P-MA] 711 WESTERN SAHARA, Laayoune, AUG 24 2320 - bits of AA talk noted in (rather ineffective) loop null of WOR. [Connelly*P-MA] 729 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, AUG 25 0031 - // 738 w/ female operatic vocal from Bizet's "Carmen"; to good peak. [Connelly*P-MA] 738 SPAIN, RNE1, Barcelona, AUG 23 0345 - folk vocal (style similar to Gordon Lightfoot), then SS talk; getting by CHCM slop. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 25 0030 - female operatic vocal from Bizet's "Carmen"; excellent. [Connelly*P-MA] 747 CANARY ISLANDS, Las Palmas, AUG 13 0325 - SS female vocal; mixed w/ others. [Connelly*H-MA] 747 NETHERLANDS, Flevoland, AUG 25 0029 - Gladys Knight style soul vocal, Dutch talk; very good to excellent w/ full modulation like a US station. [Connelly*P-MA] 756 SPAIN, R. Euskadi, Bilbao, AUG 13 0324 - poor to fair w/ man & woman in SS; o/ others. [Connelly*H-MA] + AUG 25 0038 - mellow SS vocal w/ a '50s feel, then SS talk; o/ probable Germany. [Connelly*P-MA] 765 SWITZERLAND, RSR, Sottens, AUG 25 0025 - classical piano music; to good peak. [Connelly*P-MA] 774 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, AUG 13 0321 - // 684, 855 w/ Latin- American influenced uptempo male SS vocal, then man in SS; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] 774 EGYPT, Abis (t), AUG 24 2318 - AA music briefly came up to huge level and buried Spain. Egypt suspected, based on power and on strong propagation from the 819 and 864 outlets. [Connelly*P-MA] 792 SPAIN, SER, Sevilla, AUG 13 0320 - fast SS teletalk; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] + AUG 24 2317 - SS talk; poor to fair (starting fade-up). [Connelly*P-MA] 801 JORDAN, Ajlun (t) / SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, AUG 25 0023 - AA vocal mixed w/ SS teletalk; poor to fair. [Connelly*P-MA] 819 EGYPT, Batra, AUG 25 0022 - AA male / female vocal duet; HUGE signal, killing 820. [Connelly*P-MA] 828 SPAIN, OCR, Barcelona, AUG 25 0022 - sounded like bits of operatic SS vocal; in bad slop. [Connelly*P-MA] 836 AZORES, RDP, Barossa, AUG 13 0318 - soft music; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] + AUG 25 0021 - PP male vocal back on 836 old- plan channel, so frequency correction to 837 was short-lived. [Connelly*P-MA] 837 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, AUG 13 0318 - two SS male announcers, restricted / tinny audio quality; good strength. [Connelly*H-MA] AUG 25 0021 - man in SS w/ het from 836. [Connelly*P-MA] 846 ITALY, Rome, AUG 13 0201 - classical music; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] + AUG 25 0020 - heldentenor operatic male vocal; to good peak, but WEEI slop tough at times. [Connelly*P-MA] 855 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, AUG 13 0321 - // 684, 774 w/ Latin- American influenced uptempo male SS vocal, then man in SS; good. [Connelly*H-MA] + AUG 24 2315 - SS teletalk; fair. + AUG 25 0019 - extremely loud w/ female operatic vocal, equal to WEEI at times. [Connelly*P-MA] 864 EGYPT, Santah, AUG 25 0019 - AA Koranic male vocal at monster level. Spain, w/ SS vocal, way under. [Connelly*P-MA] 873 SPAIN, SER, Zaragoza / unID, AUG 25 0018 - SS man o/ unID station w/ female vocal. [Connelly*P-MA] 891 ALGERIA, Algiers, AUG 24 2311 - AA male vocal & drums; already good at this time in WBPS null, local-like (killing WBPS) later in the evening. [Connelly*P-MA] 909 MOROCCO / UNITED KINGDOM / SPAIN, AUG 25 0016 - a local- strength 3-way battle w/ AA, EE, & SS programs alternating. [Connelly*P-MA] 918 SPAIN, R. Intercontinental, Madrid, AUG 25 0015 - woman in SS; to good peak. [Connelly*P-MA] 936 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, AUG 25 0015 - dominant w/ SS teletalk. [Connelly*P-MA] 954 SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid, AUG 25 0014 - SS talk o/ others; some WPEN-950 slop. [Connelly*P-MA] 981 ALGERIA, Algiers, AUG 24 2308 - AA chanting, then AA talk by woman; strong, about equal in strength to the 980 (WCAP/CBV/WTRY) domestic cluster. [Connelly*P-MA] 999 SPAIN, COPE, Madrid, AUG 24 2307 - fast SS talk fading up o/ CKBW slop. + AUG 25 0013 - HUGE at this time w/ SS talk by man. [Connelly*P-MA] 1026 SPAIN, SER synchros, AUG 25 0012 - man & woman in SS; just o/ fast SAH pile. [Connelly*P-MA] 1044 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, AUG 24 2250 - woman in FF; fair to good. + AUG 24 2305 - fast AA / Berber group vocal & percussion; LOCAL- LIKE ! Spain way under. [Connelly*P-MA] 1044 SPAIN, SER synchros, AUG 25 0009 - SS talk w/ guitar interludes; excellent. [Connelly*P-MA] 1053 UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, AUG 23 0320 - EE talk by man o/ music station that was likely Romania (as hints of 1152 were in). [Connelly*Y-MA] 1053 MOROCCO, RTM "A", Tanger, AUG 24 2306 - AA vocals // 1044; mixed w/ Spain & UK. [Connelly*P-MA] 1053 SPAIN, COPE synchros / UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio, AUG 25 0010 - SS talk & EE talk mixing; both loud. [Connelly*P-MA] 1062 DENMARK, Kalundborg, AUG 23 0301 - news by woman in Danish; good to excellent. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1089 UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, AUG 25 0011- EE talk mixed w/ other (Albania or Russia); some WBAL slop. [Connelly*P-MA] 1098 SPAIN / SLOVAKIA, AUG 25 0011 - SS talk o/ Slovakia's music; a bit of slop from pest daytimer WHLI-1100. [Connelly*P-MA] 1107 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, AUG 23 0227 - soft SS talk; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 25 0006 - SS teletalk; excellent. [Connelly*P-MA] 1134 SPAIN, COPE synchros / CROATIA, Hrvatska Radio, Zadar, AUG 25 0004 - fast SS talk by man; huge, way o/ Croatia's polka music. [Connelly*P-MA] 1179 SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS, SER synchros, AUG 25 0003 - SS news by man & woman. [Connelly*P-MA] 1197 UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin Radio synchros, AUG 23 0433 - // 1215 w/ bits of "Roll to Me" by Del Amitri; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1197 SPAIN, EI, Vitoria / unID, AUG 25 0002 - SS news by woman; atop dance music that was not // UK-1215. [Connelly*P-MA] 1206 unID, AUG 25 0000 - fat open carrier (France ?) o/ feeble 1 kHz het that was probably from Caymans-1205. [Connelly*P-MA] 1215 UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin Radio synchros, AUG 23 0252 - Springsteen vocal, EE talk, then 1980 oldie "Echo Beach" by Martha & the Muffins; to good peak. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 24 2359 - rock vocal, then announcer mentioned a "special combination"; Spain QRM then got worse. [Connelly*P-MA] 1224 UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin Radio / SPAIN (t), AUG 24 2358 - EE rock vocal // Virgin-1215 mixed w/ light pop female vocal that may have been SS; tough slop at times. [Connelly*P-MA] 1242 unID, AUG 24 2356 - het against WUOK-1240: France or Ukraine most likely. [Connelly*P-MA] 1251 LIBYA, Tripoli, AUG 23 0230 - AA talk; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1269 GERMANY, Neumunster, AUG 24 2357 - classical music; in tough slop. [Connelly*P-MA] 1287 SPAIN, SER synchros / unID's, AUG 24 2355 - SS talk in a graveyard-like jumble. [Connelly*P-MA] 1296 SPAIN, COPE, Valencia, AUG 24 2354 - SS teletalk mixed w/ others. [Connelly*P-MA] 1305 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, AUG 24 2354 - romantic female SS vocal, then SS talk by man; atop persistent low growl. [Connelly*P-MA] 1314 NORWAY, Kvitsoy, AUG 23 0232 - Eagles' "Hotel California"; loud / local-like at S9+30 and above. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 24 2353 - folk-rock vocal in the style of Jethro Tull; to good peak, well o/ Spain SS talk. [Connelly*P-MA] 1332 ITALY, RAI R. Uno, Roma et al., AUG 23 0410 - II talk by man, classical music; poor to fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1341 NORTHERN IRELAND, BBC Radio Ulster, Lisnagarvey, AUG 23 0440 - man in EE; poor, in slop. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1349 MAURITANIA, R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, AUG 24 2225 - AA talk fading up to good strength about an hour before local sunset. [Connelly*P-MA] 1395 NETHERLANDS, Lopik, AUG 23 0308 - smooth soul-influenced jazz instrumental; fair to good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1422 GERMANY, Heusweiler, AUG 24 2350 - orchestral music; fair. [Connelly*P-MA] 1431 unID, probably Ukraine, AUG 23 0234 - killer het, but the cluster of 1430 stations (WNJR / several others) was essentially unnullable. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1521 SAUDI ARABIA, Duba, AUG 23 0304 - male AA Koranic vocal; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1544 ALGERIA - CLANDESTINE, Tindouf, AUG 24 2252 - AA group vocal; fair through early (pre-sunset) WDCD skip slop. [Connelly*P-MA] 1575 SPAIN, SER synchros, AUG 24 2348 - fast SS talk // 1584; fair. [Connelly*P-MA] 1584 SPAIN, SER synchros, AUG 24 2348 - fast SS talk // 1575; poor, in tough CBJ slop. [Connelly*P-MA] 1602 unID (probably EI, Vitoria, SPAIN), AUG 24 2346 - mellow modern-jazz vocal interpretation of old song "Sidewalks of New York"; briefly loud, but soon succumbed to WWRL/WUNR slop. It was NOT // SER-1575, 1584. I was hoping for an Ascension Island ID, but turned up w/ no ID at all. [Connelly*P-MA] * PAN-AMERICAN DX * 526 BAHAMAS, ZLS, Stella Maris, AUG 13 0306 - "ZLS" Morse code beacon; good. [Connelly*H-MA] 530 TURKS AND CAICOS, RVC, AUG 23 1252 - SS talk in on groundwave, mixed w/ Mass. Turnpike (Weston, MA) TIS "WPHG709"; just above loop noise floor. [Connelly*Y-MA] 540 COLOMBIA, HJKA, Bogota, AUG 23 0447 - "Autentica" net ID, SS preaching; briefly strong o/ a pile of others. [Connelly*Y-MA] 550 VENEZUELA, Mundial, YVKE, Caracas, AUG 23 0450 - jazz- influenced mellow SS vocal, Mundial ID & jingle; loud / dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA] 550 CUBA, R. Rebelde synchros, AUG 23 1002 - SS talk, music // 670. [Connelly*Y-MA] 555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ZIZ, Basseterre, AUG 24 0158 - live outdoor broadcast w/ man & woman announcers, then rhythmic music; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 590 CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMHI, Santa Clara, AUG 23 0456 - SS male / female discussion // 600; u/ WBNW. [Connelly*Y-MA] 600 CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMKV, Urbano Noris, AUG 23 0456 - man & woman in SS // 590; strong, atop HJHJ. [Connelly*Y-MA] 600 COLOMBIA, HJHJ, Barranquilla, AUG 23 0458 - R. Libertad mention, slogan "en Colombia, en el mundo"; briefly o/ Cuba. [Connelly*Y-MA] 600 VENEZUELA, most likely previously-logged R. Sucre, YVQB, Cumana (although YVSW also possible), AUG 24 0204 - several Venezuela and Maracaibo mentions; just o/ mess. [Connelly*Y-MA] 620 CUBA, R. Rebelde, Colon et al., AUG 24 0743 - // 600 w/ slow romantic '40s-style SS vocal; slightly o/ domestics. [Connelly*Y-MA] 630 PUERTO RICO, WSKN, San Juan, AUG 24 0800 - SS newstalk, Super Cadena ID; o/u WPRO/CFCY. [Connelly*Y-MA] 640 GUADELOUPE, RFO, Pointe-a-Pitre, AUG 23 0505 - slightly- reverberated FF talk / teletalk; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 640 CUBA, Progreso synchros, Guanabacoa / Las Tunas, AUG 23 1000 - rooster crow, then revolutionary SS talk // 660, 740; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 650 COLOMBIA, RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, AUG 23 0510 - rustic SS group vocal w/ folk guitar, slogan "Antena Dos, Musica Alegre", then uptempo vocal; huge w/ no trace of WSM. [Connelly*Y-MA] 660 CUBA, AUG 23 0511 - Reloj program just a bit behind WFAN. + AUG 23 1000 - Progreso program // 640, 740; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 670 CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMQ, Arroyo Arenas, AUG 23 0515 - // 710 w/ fast old-style Cuban dance music, female vocal; excellent. + AUG 23 1002 - SS talk, music // 550. + AUG 24 0750-0805 - solidly dominating the channel during this "wee hours" check for Bruce Conti's unID. SS news at 0800 (// 600 kHz) had lead item about Mother Teresa's failing health. Domestics (likely WMAQ w/ EE news and CKXB w/ C&W music) and another SS talk station were way under. [Connelly*Y-MA] 670 VENEZUELA, R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, AUG 24 0206 - advert for something "en Caracas"; slightly o/ jumble of others. [Connelly*Y-MA] 676 unID, AUG 13 0258 - bits of music on "oddball" frequency; hetted by 675 TA's and slopped by WRKO-680. [Connelly*H-MA] 678.14 unID, AUG 23 0350 - het, possibly same station as the 676 log of AUG 13. [Connelly*Y-MA] 690 ANGUILLA, Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, AUG 23 0521 - preacher; fair w/ others in CBF null. [Connelly*Y-MA] 700 COLOMBIA, CARACOL, HJCX, Cali, AUG 24 0207 - SS operatic vocal // 810; slightly o/ others. [Connelly*Y-MA] 710 CUBA, R. Rebelde synchros, AUG 23 0515 - // 670 w/ fast old-style Cuban dance music, female vocal; u/ WOR. [Connelly*Y-MA] 740 CUBA, Progreso synchros, AUG 23 1000 - rooster crow, then revolutionary SS talk // 640, 660; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 748.7 unID, maybe Cuba (or Nicaragua ?), AUG 23 0341 - SS man mentioned Cuba, Nicaragua, and "anti-imperialistas"; in "het sandwich" w/ Netherlands-747 and YVKS/CBGY-750. [Connelly*Y-MA] 760 COLOMBIA, HJAJ, Barranquilla, AUG 23 0956 - SS talk, RCN mentions; atop jumble. [Connelly*Y-MA] 790 CUBA, R. Reloj, CMAQ, Pinar del Rio, AUG 24 0807 - Reloj news and time show w/ "boxy" telephone-like audio; atop channel. [Connelly*Y-MA] 810 COLOMBIA, CARACOL, HJCY, Bogota, AUG 23 0952 - CARACOL ID, Cali news item; peaking o/ WGY. [Connelly*Y-MA] 860 VENEZUELA, Mundial 860, YVOL, San Cristobal, AUG 24 0812 - sign-on w/ what may have been the longest-ever version of the Venezuelan National Anthem, then Mundial and 860 SS ID's finally came at 0815 UTC. Atop Cuban Reloj and a pile of others; CJBC nulled. [Connelly*Y-MA] 940 CUBA, R. Reloj, Holguin / Colon, AUG 23 1011 - Reloj program mixed w/ CBM, others. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1110 VENEZUELA, R. Carupano, YVQT, Carupano, AUG 24 0310 - old-fashioned SS folk vocal & guitar, frequent refrain repetitions, then talk w/ Venezuela & Carupano mentions, then more old-style SS folk balladry; strong, o/ WBT at times. [Connelly*Y-MA] ================================================================ CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY (13-25 AUG 1996) -=- Mark Connelly Session of AUG 13 (E. Harwich, MA) * 0256-0342 UTC * Spain-684, unID-676, Bahamas(ZLS)-526, Canaries//Spain-837, Azores-836, Spain-792, Spain-855, Spain-684, Spain-774, Spain-756, Canaries-747, Portugal-666, Morocco-612, Spain-603, Azores o/UK-693, Italy-846 Session of AUG 23 (W. Yarmouth, MA) * 0227-0300 UTC * Spain-1107, Libya-1251, Norway-1314, unID(Ukraine?)-1431, UK-1215 * 0300-0359 UTC * Denmark-1062, Saudi Arabia-1521, Netherlands-1395, UK(o/poss. Romania)-1053, Pan-Am unID (Cuba?)-748.7, Spain-738, unID-678.14, Spain-684, UK-693, Spain-585 * 0400-0459 UTC * Italy-1332, UK-1197, N.Ireland-1341, Colombia-540, Venezuela-550, Cuba-600, Cuba-590, Colombia-600 * 0500-0521 UTC * Guadeloupe-640, Colombia-650, Cuba-660, Cuba-670, Cuba-710, Anguilla-690 * 0952-1011 UTC * Colombia-810, Colombia-760, Cuba-740, Cuba-660, Cuba-640, Cuba-550, Cuba-670, Cuba-940 * 1252 UTC (day) * Turks & Caicos-530 Session of AUG 24 (W. Yarmouth, MA) * 0158-0207 UTC * St.Kitts-555, Venezuela-600, Venezuela-670, Colombia-700 * 0310 UTC * Venezuela-1110 * 0743-0812 UTC * Cuba-620, Puerto Rico-630, Cuba-670, Cuba-790, Venezuela-860 Session of AUG 24 (Plymouth, MA) * 2225-2259 UTC * Mauritania-1349, Morocco-1044, Algeria (cland.)-1544 * 2300-2359 UTC * Morocco-1044, Morocco (o/UK, Spain)-1053, Spain-999, Algeria-981, Algeria-891, Spain-855, Spain-792, Egypt(t)-774, Western Sahara-711, Spain-684, Portugal-666, Spain-657, unID's-648, Spain-639, Morocco-612, Canaries-621, Madeira/Spain-603, Portugal/unID AA-594, Spain-585, Spain o/other-576, unID(EI Spain?)-1602, Spain-1584, Spain-1575, Germany-1422, Norway(o/Spain)-1314, Spain-1305, Spain-1296, Spain/others-1287, unID-1242, Germany-1269, UK/Spain(t)-1224, UK(o/Spain)-1215 Session of AUG 25 (Plymouth, MA) * 0000-0037 UTC * unID-1206, Spain/unID-1197, Spain//Canaries-1179, Spain o/Croatia-1134, Spain-1107, Spain-1044, Spain/UK-1053, UK o/other-1089, Spain o/Slovakia-1098, Spain-1026, Spain-999, Spain-954, Spain-936, Spain-918, mess(=Morocco/UK/Spain)-909, het-882 in WCBS slop, Spain o/other-873, Egypt way o/Spain-864, Spain-855, Italy-846, Azores-836, Canaries//Spain-837, Spain-828, Egypt-819, Jordan(t)/Spain-801, Switzerland-765, Spain o/other-756, Netherlands-747, Spain-738, Spain-729, UK o/Azores-693, Netherlands-675, jumble-702, Ireland-567, Algeria-549, Spain-531 ================================================================ chronological summary follows main loggings report Logs 24 SEP - 1 OCT ..... dx961001.log Report from: Mark Connelly - WA1ION [Connelly*Y-MA] = West Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA (GC = 70.22 W / 41.68 N) (parents' house) [Connelly*Y1-MA]= South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA (GC = 70.20 W / 41.65 N) (Windmill Beach: River St. at Willow St.) Receiver used: Drake R8A Antenna system: RL-1 Remotely-Tuned Loop with Quantum head, MWT-3 regenerative tuner / controller ==================================================================== e-mail = MarkWA1ION@aol.com DATES: 1996 (UTC/GMT) TIMES: UTC/GMT * TRANS-ATLANTIC DX * 558 SPAIN, RNE5(/1), Valencia et al., SEP 8 0428 - male vocal on SS ballad // 576, 585, 684; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 576 SPAIN, RNE5(/1), Barcelona, SEP 8 0428 - SS ballad // 558, 585, 684; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 585 SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid, SEP 8 0428 - SS male ballad // 558, 576, 684; fair to good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 594 unID (probably MOROCCO), SEP 7 2257 - AA male vocal o/ fast SAH and WBNW slop. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 612 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, SEP 7 2229 - signal starting to show at this early time. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 621 CANARY ISLANDS, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, SEP 7 2230 - fast SS talk, already S9+20 and cresting over NJ-620 slop. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 648 GAMBIA, Bonto, SEP 7 2349 - African-accented EE talk by man noted during good African opening. UnID AA music station was heard in the background. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 684 SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, SEP 8 0413 - // 585 w/ female SS vocal, SS talk by woman; loud. [Connelly*Y-MA] 747 BURKINA FASO, Ouagadougou, SEP 7 2332 - dominant w/ African music w/ percussion & shrill electric organ (somewhat like that used in Haitian 'zouk'). + SEP 7 2350 - kalimba & other African music, excellent ! Good opening to Africa at the time. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 774 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, SEP 8 0449 - SS group discussion; excellent. [Connelly*Y-MA] 836 AZORES, RDP, Barossa, SEP 7 2351 - jazz; loud, stronger than adjacent Spain // Canaries - 837. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 837 SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS, COPE, SEP 8 0448 - monotone SS talk by man; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 855 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, SEP 7 2234 - SS teletalk. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 891 ALGERIA, Algiers, SEP 7 2235 - a cappella vocal, fading up (pre-sunset) through WBPS slop. Huge signal later. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 909 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC R. 5, Moorside Edge et al., SEP 8 0432 - EE discussion w/ female moderator; o/ others. [Connelly*Y-MA] 954 unID (possibly QATAR), SEP 8 0230 - AA vocal & strings; poor to fair in slop, but actually atop usual Spain for a while. This was during dawn-enhanced Middle East conditions that had Kuwait-1548 blowing in at better than S9 less than a half hour earlier. [Connelly*Y-MA] 981 ALGERIA, Algiers, SEP 7 2239 - AA music; in slop. [Connelly*Y1-MA] + SEP 8 0446 - Koranic vocal; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 999 SPAIN, COPE, Madrid, SEP 8 0100 - time pips, SS news; loud. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1026 SPAIN, SER synchros, SEP 8 0439 - SS teletalk; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1044 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, SEP 7 2220 - AA vocal at pre-sunset fade- up 2220 UTC, to good level at 2240 UTC. + SEP 7 2319 - Weird AA / Berber group vocal w/ instrumentation surprisingly like rural Irish fiddling, at HUGE local-like strength. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 1044 SPAIN, SER synchros, SEP 8 0440 - SS newstalk, brief music segment, more news; good, o/ growl. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1053 MOROCCO, RTM "A", Tanger, SEP 7 2358 - AA a cappella male vocal // 1044; to good peak, o/ others. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 1062 DENMARK, Kalundborg, SEP 8 0342 - Paul McCartney song; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1088 ANGOLA, Mulenvos, SEP 7 2315 - on old-plan channel w/ mushy- audio talk by man through 1089/1090 hets and slop. Regeneration definitely helped on this one. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 1098 SLOVAKIA, Nitra, SEP 8 0145 - good & clearly dominant w/ usual orchestral light / semi-classical music. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1107 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, SEP 8 0444 - woman in SS; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1134 CROATIA, HRT, Zadar, SEP 7 0105 - mellow instrumental music; good, o/ Spain. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 1197 LESOTHO, BBC WS, Lancer's Gap, SEP 7 2247 - BBC discussion w/ man & woman in EE; to fair peak o/ AA-sounding station (Morocco ?) and 1200 slop. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 1296 SPAIN / SUDAN, SEP 8 0334 - Spain's SS talk was clearly atop; AA talk (seemingly // 7200) under. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1313 ANGOLA (t), SEP 8 0149 - fair strength old-plan-channel het against Norway/Spain-1314 had to be this, but very little audio could be found to nail down an ID. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1314 NORWAY / KUWAIT(t) / SPAIN, SEP 8 0222 - a real melange here: Norway atop most of the time w/ New Age music that was quiet enough to allow other stations' audio to slide through. AA vocal (probably Kuwait) came up to nearly equal strength briefly, then the channel degraded into a jumble followed by Spain's fast SS talk taking over. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1323 GERMANY, V. of Russia relay, Wachenbrunn, SEP 8 0323 - serious- sounding EE talk by man; in CKEC slop. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1349 MAURITANIA, R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, SEP 7 2304 - violin & Oud music, then talk; light audio, but huge carrier. Strong at 2309 UTC w/ wild yelling vocal. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 1422 GERMANY, Heusweiler, SEP 8 0354-0359 - good w/ GG talk, oldies music, including "Workin' in a Coal Mine" by Lee Dorsey, "To Know Him is to Love Him" by the Teddy Bears, and "Green Onions" by Booker T and the M.G.'s. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1431 UKRAINE(t), SEP 8 0259-0300 - massive pre-sign-on open carrier had to be this; a bit later (when weaker) Slavic-sounding talk was noted. Less-potent open carriers were noted on 972, 1377, and 1404 (other Ukrainian channels). [Connelly*Y-MA] 1440 SAUDI ARABIA, Dammam, SEP 8 0305 - // 1521 w/ male Koranic AA vocal; audible through the domestic clutter. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1512 SAUDI ARABIA, Jeddah, SEP 8 0207 - AA vocal getting through the WNRB slop. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1521 SAUDI ARABIA, Duba, SEP 8 0305 - // 1440 w/ male Koranic AA vocal; at monster level, reducing WWKB to background het. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1548 KUWAIT, VOA relay, Kuwait City, SEP 8 0200 - a pleasant surprise here w/ clear "This is the Voice of America" ID blasting in, well o/ co-channel British locals. Fade-up was right before ID and the signal got even better as VOA EE news about Iraqi Kurds was read. It peaked up stronger than the 1550 blob (CT/ON/PA) a few times ! Reception was good until about 0210 UTC. Watch for this during the Middle East dawn-enhancement period. [Connelly*Y-MA] * PAN-AMERICAN DX * 555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ZIZ, Basseterre, SEP 7 2253 - EE talk, jingle w/ synthesizer notes; fair o/ WGAN slop. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 628.3 unID, SEP 7 2340 - SS talk by man, strong het against WPRO/WSKN/CFCY-630. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 670 VENEZUELA, R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, SEP 7 2335 - huge w/ fast SS talk by 2 men, then Rumbos jingle & ID. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 700 JAMAICA, JBC R. 1, Montego Bay, SEP 8 0135 - Jamaican DJ and Afro-Caribbean rhythm/rap music; well o/ Colombia & Venezuela, WLW nulled. [Connelly*Y-MA] 705 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES, Kingstown, SEP 7 2345 - middle- of-the-road vocal; to fair peak. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 720 VENEZUELA / BRAZIL, SEP 7 2334 - YVQE, Porlamar w/ SS talk and Venezuela mentions slightly o/ probable ZYI770, Recife w/ PP talk (political or religious) in a hall before a large group of people. CHTN was below the two South Americans. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 750 VENEZUELA, YVKS, Caracas, SEP 7 2331 - local-like w/ SS Venezuelan news. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 760 BRAZIL, R. Record, ZYH588, Fortaleza, SEP 7 2330 - PP talk w/ reverb; slightly o/ pile of others. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 760 COLOMBIA, HJAJ, Barranquilla, SEP 8 0137 - RCN ID, political SS talk; huge, way o/ mix of Reloj/WJR/YVQQ/others. [Connelly*Y-MA] 800 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, PJB, Bonaire, SEP 8 0130 - excellent R. Transmundial ID, "transmite desde Bonaire, Antillas Hollandesas", then into religious SS program "El Camino de la Vida" (Road of Life); dominant / loud. [Connelly*Y-MA] 810 COLOMBIA, CARACOL, HJCY, Bogota, SEP 8 0129 - CARACOL ID; loud, o/ CJVA/WGY. [Connelly*Y-MA] 820 VENEZUELA, R. Guadalupana, YVXG, Coro, SEP 8 0126 - Guadalupana ID, fast SS talk; just o/ bad growl and a pile of others. [Connelly*Y-MA] 830 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, TBN, Basseterre, SEP 8 0125 - // 7510 with EE preacher in assembly hall; mixed w/ YVLT/WCRN/CFJR. [Connelly*Y-MA] 830 VENEZUELA, R. Sensacion, YVLT, Caracas, SEP 8 0126 - atop the jumble w/ SS Caracas news. [Connelly*Y-MA] 895 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, VON, Charlestown, SEP 7 2327 - excellent w/ dancehall reggae and soca music. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 1039.6 unID, SEP 7 2325 - fat het against 1040 Latin American cluster. At one time, HJAI Barranquilla was a bit off channel; perhaps they're drifting again. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 1040 VENEZUELA, YVLB, Valencia, SEP 7 2355 - Venezuelan national news in SS; atop jumble. [Connelly*Y1-MA] 1040 COLOMBIA, HJCJ, Bogota, SEP 8 0103 - Bogota sporting event; o/ others and strong 1039.6 het. [Connelly*Y-MA] 1514 unID, SEP 8 0220 - carrier & bits of talk; not 100% sure if this was of TA or Pan-American origin. [Connelly*Y-MA] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Chronological Summary (Mark Connelly): Session of SEP 6 (S. Yarmouth, MA) * 2220-2259 UTC * Morocco-1044, Morocco-612, Canaries-621, Spain-855, Algeria-891, unID-972, Algeria-981, Lesotho-1197, St. Kitts & Nevis-555, unID (Morocco ?)-594 * 2300-2359 UTC * Mauritania-1349, Angola-1088, Morocco-1044, unID-1039.6, St. Kitts & Nevis-895, Brazil-760, Venezuela-750, Burkina-Faso-747, Venezuela/Brazil-720, Venezuela-670, unID-628.3, St. Vincent & Grenadines-705, Gambia-648, Azores-836, Venezuela-1040, Morocco-1053 Session of SEP 7 (W. Yarmouth, MA) * 0100-0159 UTC * Spain-999, Colombia-1040, Croatia-1134, St. Kitts & Nevis-830, Venezuela-830, Venezuela-820, Colombia-810, Neth. Antilles-800, Jamaica-700, Colombia-760, Slovakia-1098, Angola(t)-1313 * 0200-0259 UTC * Kuwait-1548, Saudi Arabia-1512, Norway/Kuwait(t)/Spain-1314, unID (prob. UAE)-1476, unID-1514, unID AA (Qatar?)-954 o/ Spain, Ukraine(t)-1431 * 0300-0359 UTC * Saudi Arabia-1521, Saudi Arabia-1440, Germany-1323, Spain/Sudan-1296, Denmark-1062, Germany-1422 * 0400-0459 UTC * Spain-684, 585, 576, & 558; UK-909, Spain-1026, 1044, & 1107; Algeria-981, Spain//Canaries-837, Spain-774 Two Great (and Different) DX Openings * Mark Connelly, WA1ION Conditions were good to Africa around local sunset on 7 SEP. Two north-coast Brazilians (Recife-720, Fortaleza-760) were also heard. Africans included Gambia-648, Burkina Faso-747, Angola-1088, Lesotho-1197, Mauritania-1349, and many of the "garden variety" Moroccans, etc. Burkina Faso was particularly strong at times. Listening was done from the car at Windmill Beach, South Yarmouth, MA, a proven Africa- Brazil hot spot. The Drake R8A / remotely-tuned loop / regenerative tuner-controller combination was used. At my parents' house (W. Yarmouth), I caught a totally different, but equally exciting, opening: an unusually good Middle East high-band dawn-enhancement run. (UTC: 8 SEP / 0145-0315). The prize-winner here was an ASTOUNDINGLY loud and clear VOA Kuwait - 1548 with news at 0200 UTC. It was blowing out the 1550 domestic jumble !! Other highlights were Arabic music mixed with Norway on 1314 (UAE ? Kuwait ?), Arabic-sounding programming briefly atop 954 (possibly Qatar), likely UAE carrier on 1476, Saudi Arabia- 1512 and (of course) massive 1521. And ... get this ... Saudi-1440 definitely through the domestic heap with Koran recitation at 0305. Sudan-1296 noted a bit later, in a dogfight with Spain. And, outside the Middle East proper, but not too far away from there, Ukraine-1431 had an immense pre-sign-on open carrier (with weaker ones on 972, 1377, and 1404).