(logs 7 - 26 AUG 1999: file=DX990826.LOG)
Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 1999
*** Summer 1999 Roadtrip Report (#2) ***
[Connelly*D-MA] = Duxbury, MA
(GC= 70.651 W / 42.047 N)
(west end of Powder Point Bridge, at King Caesar Road)
[Connelly*O-MA] = South Orleans, Cape Cod, MA
(GC= 69.991 W / 41.735 N)
(Town Landing, off Route 28, 0.3 km N of Tar Kiln Road)
[Connelly*R-MA] = Rockport, MA
(GC= 70.622 W / 42.667 N)
(Granite Pier)
Boston Area DXers annual "DX Clams" get-together
[Connelly*S-MA] = Scituate, MA
(GC= 70.742 W / 42.162 N)
(Route 3A at North River & Marshfield town line: North River Marina)
[Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA
(GC= 70.20 W / 41.65 N)
(Windmill Park & Beach: River St. at Willow St.)
Web = weblink.htm
Receiver: Drake R8A
Antenna systems: RL-1 remotely-tuned loop, MFJ-1024 whip, BBL-1 broadband loop, controller, Superphaser-1 phasing unit
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*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***
549 | ALGERIA | Les Trembles, AUG 7 2355 - male AA vocal; fair. [Connelly*S-MA]
549 | GERMANY | AUG 8 0035 - // 756 with male & female opera vocals and classical violin; noted behind strong Algerian at first, then atop it later. [Connelly*S-MA]
567 | IRELAND | RTE, Tullamore, AUG 8 0041 - mellow female folk vocal and piano; good. [Connelly*S-MA]
612 | MOROCCO | Sebaa-Aioun, AUG 7 2354 - AA talk at low audio level on fat carrier. [Connelly*S-MA] + AUG 22 0004 - man & woman with news in AA; light audio, monster carrier. [Connelly*D-MA]
621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, AUG 21 0200 - SS news; fair to good. [Connelly*O-MA] + AUG 21 2245 - fade-in. [Connelly*D-MA]
684 | SPAIN | RNE1, Sevilla, AUG 22 0012 - // 621 with saxophone jazz; fair with WRKO phased. [Connelly*D-MA]
693.64 | AZORES | RDP, Santa Barbara | AUG 22 0015 - this has drifted a bit off channel and now hets UK & Spain - 693.0. [Connelly*D-MA] + AUG 26 0132 - noted in passing with typical soft vocal music, still about 640 Hz higher than correct frequency. [Connelly*R-MA]
702 | MOROCCO | RTM, Sebaa-Aioun, AUG 8 0037 - man in AA; poor. [Connelly*S-MA]
711.04 | WESTERN SAHARA | Laayoune, AUG 8 0028 - AA talk through WOR slop and 40 Hz growl from 711.00 kHz stations. [Connelly*S-MA] + AUG 21 2248 - AA music noted during pre-sunset fade-up. [Connelly*D-MA]
729 | SPAIN | RNE1, Oviedo et al., AUG 8 0027 - bits of SS talk; poor, in CKAC slop. [Connelly*S-MA]
738 | SPAIN | RNE1, Barcelona, AUG 8 0026 - SS talk; getting by slop from WJIB/CHCM mix. [Connelly*S-MA]
756 | GERMANY | DeutschlandRadio, Braunschweig/Ravensburg, AUG 8 0011 - classical music; fading up. + AUG 8 0036 - opera presentation // 549; LOUD ! [Connelly*S-MA]
765 | SENEGAL (no-show): ABSENT whenever checked in July and August. Presumed off-air or on greatly reduced power. [Connelly-MA]
765 | SWITZERLAND | RSR, Sottens, AUG 8 0025 - typical mellow European FF pop hits; fair. No sign of Senegal at the time. [Connelly*S-MA] + AUG 26 0120 - "lounge" type vocal; poor to fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
774 | SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, AUG 8 0013 - "Monday Monday" by the Mamas & Papas (1966), then fast SS talk by man; good. [Connelly*S-MA] + AUG 22 0021 - fair with vocal // 855. [Connelly*D-MA]
819 | MOROCCO | RTM, Rabat, AUG 8 0017 - pop-style AA vocal; good. [Connelly*S-MA]
836 | AZORES | RDP, Pico da Barrosa, AUG 21 2322 - slow PP talk; weaker than Canaries-837. [Connelly*D-MA] NOT noted on AUG 26: maybe silent or back to Canaries-dominated 837 ? [Connelly*R-MA]
837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, AUG 21 2253 - SS vocal; stronger than Azores-836. + AUG 21 2322 - // 882 & 1134 with dramatic SS talk; fair to good. [Connelly*D-MA]
846 | ITALY | Rome, AUG 22 0019 - classical music; poor to fair in tight null of nearby powerhouse WEEI-850. About an hour earlier, when Lesotho-1197 was good, there seemed to be two signals on 846, but the WEEI splash was too intense to let me fish a South African ID out of the muck. [Connelly*D-MA]
855 | SPAIN | RNE1, Murcia et al., AUG 22 0021 - // 774 with romantic soul-influenced SS ballad; fair. [Connelly*D-MA]
864 | EGYPT | Santah, AUG 8 0006 - Koranic vocal; slightly over Spain and a pop AA station (likely Morocco). [Connelly*S-MA] 882 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, AUG 21 2254 - SS discussion between man & woman, phone-in followed; excellent signal for this early, WCBS groundwave was easily phased to nothing. [Connelly*D-MA]
891 | ALGERIA | Algiers, AUG 8 0007 - AA vocal through bad WBPS splash. [Connelly*S-MA] + AUG 22 0022 - man in AA, then a group discussion; HUGE, annihilating WBPS. [Connelly*D-MA]
907.8 | GAMBIA (t) | R. Syd, Banjul, AUG 21 2354 - probably this with carrier and audio fragments; in slop. [Connelly*D-MA]
945 | unID African (ANGOLA or SAO TOME)| AUG 21 2354 - African music, PP-sounding talk; poor with murderous slop from unnullable S9+50 melange of WROL/CHER/WPEN/CKNB/WIBX on 950. [Connelly*D-MA]
954 | SPAIN | R. Espana, Madrid, AUG 26 0055 - folk-rock male vocal; poor, in slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
981 | ALGERIA | Radiodif. Algerienne, Algiers, AUG 21 2256 - man in AA; typical 'wicked big' carrier but thin audio. [Connelly*D-MA]
999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, AUG 7 2348 - man in SS; in CKBW slop. [Connelly*S-MA]
1008 | CANARY ISLANDS | Las Palmas, R. Las Palmas / RadioVoz, AUG 21 2258 - sporting event with excited SS announcer; fair to good with WINS phased. [Connelly*D-MA]
1017 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, AUG 22 0027 - // 621 with emotional vocal; poor, but over others. [Connelly*D-MA]
1026 | SPAIN | SER synchros, AUG 21 2352 - // 1179 with SS talk, then interlude of acoustic guitar music; fair. [Connelly*D-MA]
1035 | PORTUGAL | R. Nacional, Lisboa, AUG 21 2351 - light music, then PP talk by man; good with WBZ phased. [Connelly*D-MA]
1044 | MOROCCO | Sebaa-Aioun, AUG 21 2259 - male AA vocal; good. + AUG 21 2313 - a cappella male AA Koranic vocal; HUGE S9+40 signal ! [Connelly*D-MA]
1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, AUG 7 2344 - "It's All Right" by the Impressions from '63, then man & woman in SS; good. [Connelly*S-MA]
1053 | MOROCCO | Tanger, AUG 21 2315 - AA male vocal & flute; excellent at S9+30 dB. [Connelly*D-MA]
1053 | SPAIN | COPE, Zaragoza / Castellon, AUG 26 0228 - // 837 with fast SS talk by 2 announcers; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1071 | SPAIN | EI, Bilbao, AUG 26 0048 - // 1197 with folk vocal & guitar; poor in CBA slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
1088 | ANGOLA | Radio Nacional, Mulenvos, AUG 21 2350 - male group vocal & drumming; better than UK-1089. + AUG 22 0009 - woman in PP; fair. [Connelly*D-MA]
1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | Talk Radio synchros, AUG 26 0229 - black-accented woman on phone mentioned something about going to North Carolina; fair with WBAL phased. [Connelly*R-MA]
1098 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, AUG 21 2348 - // 621 with SS man & woman; good, over low hum. [Connelly*D-MA]
1107 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, AUG 26 0028 - "Fever" by Peggy Lee, // to stronger 1098 & 1152. [Connelly*R-MA]
1116 | SPAIN | SER synchros, AUG 25 2352 - // 1179 with SS teletalk; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
1125 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, AUG 21 2320 - acoustic guitar, then SS talk by woman. [Connelly*D-MA] + AUG 26 0050 - // 1107 with deep-voiced male announcer, then light music; to fair peak over rumble. [Connelly*R-MA]
1134 | CROATIA | HR, Zadar, AUG 26 0232 - Alpine style music on an old-fashioned player piano; good, over Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
1134 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, AUG 21 2319 - // 882 with fast SS talk by man; good. [Connelly*D-MA]
1143 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, AUG 25 2355 - SS talk by man & woman, telephone numbers given; very good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1152 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, AUG 21 2346 - // 621 with man & woman in SS mentioning Cuba; good with WAMG-1150 Boston phased. [Connelly*D-MA]
1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros, AUG 8 0002 - // 1044 with SS teletalk; good. [Connelly*S-MA] + AUG 21 0141 - woman hosting SS teletalk show; loud. [Connelly*O-MA] + AUG 21 2325 - // 1575 with folk group vocal, then SS talk; good. + AUG 21 2344 - SS talk by woman, into saxophone jazz; local-like. [Connelly*D-MA]
1197 | LESOTHO | BBC relay, Lancer's Gap, AUG 21 0140 - // 5975 with EE talk about political dissidents in China; fair to good with WKOX/WTLA in cardioid array phase null. [Connelly*O-MA] + AUG 21 2305 - // 5975 & 6175 with historical drama (possibly about Jewish immigrants in the US in the early 1900's): violin music was played and a US-accented male actor mentioned getting a job at Wanamaker's department store; good with WKOX phased. [Connelly*D-MA]
1197 | SPAIN | EI, Vitoria, AUG 26 0048 - // 1071 with uptempo folk-style vocal; poor to fair over others. [Connelly*R-MA]
1215 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, AUG 21 2343 - // 1134 with SS talk by 2 men; fair, over two others. [Connelly*D-MA] + AUG 26 0051 - SS teletalk with man & woman; very good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1224 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, AUG 21 2341 - // 1134 with bits of SS talk; poor to fair. [Connelly*D-MA]
1233.6 | unID | AUG 21 2307 - weak het against the jumble of signals on 1233. [Connelly*D-MA]
1251 | LIBYA | Tripoli, AUG 21 0121 - AA talk; to fair peak. [Connelly*O-MA] + AUG 21 2339 - AA vocal mixed with unID teletalker (Portugal ?) [Connelly*D-MA]
1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, AUG 21 0124 - woman in SS; over other station that was likely R. XL, UK. [Connelly*O-MA]
1296 | SUDAN | Reba, AUG 21 0255 - repeated 11 or 12 note interval signal; good. + AUG 21 0302 - AA news by man. [Connelly*O-MA] + AUG 26 0255 - interval signal; poor to fair, mixing with Spain / others. [Connelly*R-MA]
1305 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, AUG 21 2336 - // 621 with plaintive male vocal; fair over rumble. [Connelly*D-MA]
1359 | SPAIN | Arganda, AUG 21 0126 - SS talk; through slop. + AUG 21 0243 - percussion, then fast SS talk by man & woman; now good. [Connelly*O-MA]
1422 | GERMANY | DeutschlandRadio, Heusweiler, AUG 26 0235 - classical music; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, AUG 21 0300 - man in AA; to good peak with WWKB phased. [Connelly*O-MA]
1530 | SAO TOME E PRINCIPE | VOA Relay, Pinheira, AUG 21 0301 - "This is VOA News."; briefly dominant over WSAI and others. [Connelly*O-MA]
1548 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. Bristol, Bristol, AUG 26 0250 - BBC EE talk // 5975; poor, mixed with unID music station. [Connelly*R-MA]
1550 | ALGERIA | RASD Clandestine, Tindouf, AUG 7 2357 - AA or Berber female a cappella blues-like singing & shouting; over unID nostalgia domestic and VOA-1548 het. [Connelly*S-MA] + AUG 21 2310 - AA news by man; over/under daytimer WNTN. [Connelly*D-MA]
1575 | SPAIN | SER synchros, AUG 21 2325 - // 1179 with folk vocal, SS talk; poor to fair, over AA-sounding station. [Connelly*O-MA]
1583.6 | CEUTA | RadiOle, AUG 21 0132 - vocal of "Maria Elena" (a hit in the US as an instrumental in 1963); strong, much better than SER-1584. [Connelly*O-MA] + AUG 21 2326 - emotional SS female vocal & guitar; KILLER signal with 1584 only noted as a weak background het. [Connelly*D-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
530 | TURKS & CAICOS | R. Vision Cristiana, AUG 7 0237 - doing a PP religious program at this time instead of usual SS. Huge local-like signal. [Connelly*Y-MA]
535 | GRENADA | GBC, St. George's, AUG 7 0232 - romantic vocal, then EE talk; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
550 | VENEZUELA | Mundial, YVKE, Caracas, AUG 21 0207 - festive music, Mundial and Caracas mentions; in jumble and badly hetted by Algeria-549. [Connelly*O-MA]
555 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | ZIZ, Basseterre, AUG 7 0235 - soul / reggae vocal; to fair peak through WGAN splash. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 21 0201 - announcer "This comes to you from Common Ground.", religious soca and gospel music followed, names of listeners were read over the music; excellent signal. [Connelly*O-MA]
600 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, CMKV, Urbano Noris, AUG 7 0110 - loud & dominant with SS sporting event // 710. [Connelly*Y-MA]
609.5 | unID (probably Cuban Rebelde drifter), AUG 7 0240 - het against WGIR/CHNC/WIP/WIOD mess. [Connelly*Y-MA]
620 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, Colon / Moa, AUG 7 0228 - // 670 with "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen; slightly over others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
630 | PUERTO RICO | WSKN, San Juan, AUG 7 0227 - Cadena jingle, SS newstalk; to good peak over WPRO/CFCY/CHLT/YVKA mess. [Connelly*Y-MA]
640 | CUBA | R. Progreso, Guanabacoa / Las Tunas, AUG 7 0226 - // 890 with SS radio drama with car sounds, then a scratchy simulated newscast on the radio in the actor's car; loud / dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]
640 | GUADELOUPE | RFO, Pointe-a-Pitre, AUG 22 0008 - excited Creole FF talk by man (probably sports); briefly over a mix of CBN, YVQO, & unID US station (WWJZ or WNNZ). [Connelly*D-MA]
640 | VENEZUELA | Union R., YVQO, Puerto La Cruz, AUG 26 0107 - Union Radio ID, SS talk; over others. [Connelly*R-MA]
650 | COLOMBIA | RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, AUG 7 0105 - Antena Dos Colombia ID, SS sportstalk, ad for Agua Cristal bottled water. [Connelly*Y-MA]
670 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, CMQ, Arroyo Arenas, AUG 7 0224 - // 710 with "We Will Rock You" by Queen; LOUD. [Connelly*Y-MA]
670 | VENEZUELA | R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, AUG 21 0212 - SS advert for business in Caracas, phone numbers given; good. [Connelly*O-MA]
680 | PUERTO RICO | WAPA, San Juan, AUG 7 0220 - woman with SS phone-in show, San Juan local mentions; strong, almost equal to WRKO. A third signal, probably Cuba, was well under the WAPA/WRKO mix. [Connelly*Y-MA]
690 | ANGUILLA | Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, AUG 7 0111 - Gene Scott preaching; over Colombia. [Connelly*Y-MA]
700 | BRAZIL | (probably) ZYK686, Sao Paulo, AUG 7 0219 - PP talk in mix with Colombia / Jamaica / Venezuela. [Connelly*Y-MA]
700 | JAMAICA | RJR, Montego Bay, AUG 7 0241 - soca & reggae music, then Carib-EE man talking; mixed with SS Latin Americans. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 26 0240 - Carib-EE local sports report; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
705 | ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES | Kingstown, AUG 21 0157 - talkshow about local government departments; to good peak. [Connelly*O-MA]
710 | CUBA | R. Rebelde synchros, AUG 7 0110 - // 600 with Cuban sporting event in SS; mixed with WOR. [Connelly*Y-MA]
720 | VENEZUELA | R. Oriente, YVQE, Porlamar, AUG 26 0141 - SS talk with Oriente and local place name mentions, then a woman started screaming frantically (not sure if sports, politics, or religion); through CHTN. [Connelly*R-MA]
740 | BRAZIL (t) | possibly R. Sociedade da Bahia, ZYH446, Salvador, AUG 21 0217 - preaching with "hallelujahs", seemed PP instead of SS; in and out of jumble. [Connelly*O-MA]
740 | PUERTO RICO (t) | WIAC, San Juan, AUG 7 0214 - advertising mentioned "en Puerto Rico !"; in mess. [Connelly*Y-MA]
750 | VENEZUELA | RCR, YVKS, Caracas, AUG 7 0116 - Venezuelan supermarket chain advert, frenzied sports promotion; slightly over others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
760 | COLOMBIA | RCN, HJAJ, Barranquilla, AUG 7 0211 - // 770 with man in SS with news about Colombian governmental and political topics; slightly over growl from Reloj Cuban. [Connelly*Y-MA]
760 | GUYANA | R. Roraima, 8RG, Georgetown, AUG 21 0218 - Afro-Caribbean accented EE talk by woman; poor, in deep stew with Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, and Cuba. [Connelly*O-MA]
770 | COLOMBIA | RCN, HJJX, Bogota, AUG 7 0211 - // 760 with SS news about Colombian government; under WABC. [Connelly*Y-MA]
780 | BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS | ZBVI, Roadtown, Tortola, AUG 21 0153 - Carib-EE male announcer using reverb, then a soca vocal with refrain "Save that for a rainy day."; over SS Latin Americans. [Connelly*O-MA]
780 | VENEZUELA | R. Coro, YVMN, Coro, AUG 7 0118 - nice R. Coro jingle, then spoken ID's; blasting in. [Connelly*Y-MA]
800 | NETHERLANDS ANTILLES | Trans-World Radio, PJB, Bonaire, AUG 7 0210 - southern US preacher; slightly over Canadians & WCCM. [Connelly*Y-MA]
810 | PUERTO RICO | WKVM, San Juan, AUG 21 2358 - several ads for Puerto Rican firms, SS WKVM jingle, slogan "la frecuencia nacional de Puerto Rico", then into "enamorados" romantic-music show with SS vocals and soft jazz; excellent / dominant. [Connelly*D-MA]
820 | unID | AUG 7 0244 - rough AC growl signal pestering WNYC. Not sure if Cuban or slightly-off-channel R. Guadalupana (YVXG). [Connelly*Y-MA]
870 | CUBA | R. Reloj, unknown site, AUG 7 0259 - bits of talk and "RR" beeps audible through WLAM/WWL/HJSB jumble. [Connelly*Y-MA]
890 | CUBA | R. Progreso, CMDZ, Santiago de Cuba, AUG 7 0226 - // 640 with soap-opera-like SS radio drama; over WBPS. [Connelly*Y-MA]
895 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | VON, Bath Village, AUG 7 0121 - Carib-EE talk by woman; poor to fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
940 | CUBA | R. Reloj, AUG 26 0136 - usual SS news, "RR" beeps; mixing with apparent Puerto Rico and others. [Connelly*R-MA]
940 | unID | AUG 7 0130 - classical music, then SS talk; briefly good, then into the muck before ID time. The audio was somewhat muffled like that of previously-ID'ed Fe y Alegria (YVLU), so it was probably they. [Connelly*Y-MA]
940 | VENEZUELA | R. Punto Fijo, YVNN, Punto Fijo, AUG 7 0124 - R. Punto Fijo ID; mixed with unID classical music station. [Connelly*Y-MA]
960 | CUBA | R. Reloj, AUG 7 0206 - R. Reloj SS news and ticker; dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1000 | COLOMBIA | RCN, HJAQ, Cartagena, AUG 7 0155 - RCN ID, SS talk; mixed with CKBW C&W music. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 26 0135 - // 760 with fast SS talk about Santa Marta; mixed with CKBW. [Connelly*R-MA}
1010 | unID | AUG 21 2257 - probably Fortaleza, Brazil with PP-sounding audio about even with WINS when the cardioid array was adjusted for a null towards New York. QRM from Canaries-1008. [Connelly*D-MA]
1020 | VENEZUELA | R. Margarita, YVRS, La Asuncion, AUG 7 0134 - "Mundial Margarita" mention, followed by party music; way over KDKA and a second Latin American. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1039.61 | VENEZUELA | La Voz de Carabobo, YVLB, Valencia, AUG 7 0248 - finally an ID on this chronically-off-channel station: La Voz de Carabobo ID was sliced away from the big Latin American pile-up on 1040. Domestics (CJMS, WJHR, WHO, WSKE, WYFX) were absent during the semi-auroral conditions. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1090 | COLOMBIA | CARACOL, Cucuta/Sogamoso, AUG 7 0203 - man & woman with SS news // 1170; over/under WBAL. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1100 | ANTIGUA | R. ZDK, St. John's, AUG 7 0159 - reggae / calypso EE vocal; slightly over HJAT/WTAM/ZYK694 pile-up. [Connelly*Y-MA] + AUG 21 0143 - reverberated Caribbean EE talk; over others. [Connelly*O-MA]
1110 | VENEZUELA | R. Carupano, YVQT, Carupano, AUG 21 2347 - local phone numbers in SS, then nice clear R. Carupano ID; well over several domestics. [Connelly*D-MA]
1140 | VENEZUELA | La Voz del Caribe, Porlamar, AUG 26 0012 - SS talk with several Porlamar mentions; good, over other. [Connelly*R-MA]
1170 | COLOMBIA | CARACOL, HJNW, Cartagena, AUG 7 0158 - SS talk about doctors, then CARACOL ID; loud, way over WWVA. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1180 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, AUG 7 0137 - SS sporting event, R. Rebelde ID; loud, mowing down WHAM. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1375.02 | ST. PIERRE ET MIQUELON | RFO, AUG 21 0127 - classical music. [Connelly*O-MA]
1610 | ANGUILLA | Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, AUG 7 0142 - rambling EE talk, preaching mentioning ancient Babylon. [Connelly*Y-MA]
