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          Logs 8 - 11 MAR 1996 ..... dx960311.log

            Report from: Mark Connelly - WA1ION 
 
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   [Connelly-MA] = Billerica, MA <home>  (GC = 71.22 W / 42.54 N)
          
    Receiver used: Drake R8A     
    
  Antenna systems: two 37 m slopers (east, west) to DL-2
                   phasing unit with 50 m horizontal loop as
                   floating ground for noise reduction via
                   transformers; MWT-3 regenerative preselector
    
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   [Connelly*P-MA] = Plymouth, MA 
   <Robbins Road: field near beach>  (GC = 70.68 W / 41.98 N)        

    Receiver used: Sony ICF-2010 (w/ Gerry Thomas filter mod.)    
    
  Antenna systems: RTL-2 Remotely-Tuned Loop, controlled by
                   MWT-3 regen. tuner / controller
    
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         e-mail = MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx
   
 DATES: 1996 (UTC/GMT)          TIMES: UTC/GMT            
   
* TRANS-ATLANTIC DX *

549  ALGERIA, Les Trembles / unID, MAR 11 0010 - flutes, then AA talk;
o/ possible GG station & CFNB slop.  [Connelly*P-MA] 
 
558  SPAIN, RNE5, Valencia et al., MAR 11 0012 - monotone SS talk by
man; in WGAN slop.  [Connelly*P-MA]  

567  IRELAND, Radio 1, Tullamore, MAR 11 0104 - Irish C&W female 
vocal; excellent.  Possible SS station way under.  [Connelly*P-MA] 
 
576  SPAIN, RNE5, Barcelona, MAR 11 0014 - fair w/ man in SS. 
[Connelly*P-MA] 

585  SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid, MAR 11 0015 - man in SS (not // 576);
excellent, like a local (nearly as good as WBNW-590). [Connelly*P-MA]   
                                   
594  PORTUGAL, Muge / unID's, MAR 11 0016 - cluster w/ woman in PP
slightly o/ classical music (Germany ?) & possible AA: a messy
channel !   [Connelly*P-MA]    

603  MADEIRA / SPAIN, MAR 11 0018 - Madeira // 666 w/ light PP &
US rock mixed evenly w/ Spain (SS talk // 585).  [Connelly*P-MA] 
 
612  MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, MAR 11 0019 - man in AA; o/ 2 others
(likely Ireland / Spain).  [Connelly*P-MA]  

639  SPAIN, RNE1, La Coruna et al. / unID, MAR 11 0020 - man in SS
o/ unID music that may have been the Czech station.  [Connelly*P-MA]

657  SPAIN, RNE5, Madrid, MAR 11 0021 - SS talk, in WFAN slop. 
[Connelly*P-MA] 

666  PORTUGAL, RDP, Lisbon et al., MAR 11 0022 - folk-style vocal 
// 837; fair.  [Connelly*P-MA] 

666  unID's, MAR 11 0102 - quite a few stations noted under Portugal,
so be on the look-out.  [Connelly*P-MA] 

675  FRANCE, France-Inter, Marseille, MAR 11 0025 - man in FF; loud / 
dominant; music (from Netherlands) way under.  It was good to hear 
this.  At home, it's blocked by WRKO.  [Connelly*P-MA] 

675  NETHERLANDS / FRANCE, MAR 11 0101 - Dutch talk and FF talk
mixing; France slightly stronger.  [Connelly*P-MA] 

684  SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, MAR 11 0026 - SS teletalk at monster level;
bits of music (Yugoslav ?) way in the background.  [Connelly*P-MA]   

693  UNITED KINGDOM, BBC R. 5 synchros, MAR 11 0027 - man & woman 
discussing marriage; excellent signal, better than CBF-690.
+ MAR 11 0034 - golf scores, report about Nick Faldo; signal
was massive, local quality.  [Connelly*P-MA] 

702  SLOVAKIA, Slovensko 1, Banska Bystrica/Presov, MAR 11 0107 -
Slavic talk by man; poor in slop.  [Connelly*P-MA]   

711  WESTERN SAHARA (Occupied by Morocco), Laayoune, MAR 11 0108 - 
AA talk / music, through killer WOR slop that would have been
easily nulled with a cardioid-type antenna set-up.  [Connelly*P-MA] 
   
729  SPAIN, RNE1, Oviedo et al., MAR 11 0047 - bits of SS talk in 
CKAC slop.  [Connelly*P-MA]   

738  SPAIN, RNE1, Barcelona, MAR 11 0047 - SS talk // 684; good. 
UnID tone tester was also present.  [Connelly*P-MA]   
                                   
747  NETHERLANDS Flevoland, MAR 11 0050 - US mellow vocal (sounded 
like Jackson Browne); huge signal, totally killing 750.  
[Connelly*P-MA]
                                   
756  GERMANY, Braunschweig / Ravensburg, MAR 10 0519 - classical
violin music // 1269; huge, local-like.  [Connelly-MA] 
         
756  GERMANY / unID, MAR 11 0051 - classical music mixed w/ talk
(likely Spain or Romania).  [Connelly*P-MA] 
         
765  SWITZERLAND, Sottens, MAR 11 0051 - presumably this w/ 
orchestral music; surprisingly, this was quite a bit weaker 
than normal.  [Connelly*P-MA]   
                                   
774  SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, MAR 11 0052 - SS teletalk to good
peaks (but WABC slop that would be easily dumped w/ 2-wire 
phasing could not be eliminated w/ the loop).  [Connelly*P-MA]  
                                   
783  SYRIA, Tartus, MAR 11 0052 - AA vocal o/ others; some CFDR 
slop.  [Connelly*P-MA]   

819  EGYPT, Batra, MAR 11 0053 - HUGE (smoking WNYC-820) w/ AA
Koranic vocal; apparent SS talk way under.  [Connelly*P-MA]  

828  SPAIN, OCR, Barcelona, MAR 11 0054 - bits of SS talk through
growl and pesky WCRN slop.  [Connelly*P-MA]   
                                   
837  AZORES, RDP, Barrosa, MAR 11 0022 - folk vocal // 666; fair,
atop the channel.  [Connelly*P-MA] 

837  SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS, COPE synchros, MAR 11 0041 - SS talk
came way up, rolling o/ Azores & others.  Stronger than WHAS/Cuba -
840.   [Connelly*P-MA]

837  unID, MAR 11 0024 - EE talk & jazz / blues music briefly
popped up over Azores and Spain-Canaries.  This may have been
one of the UK locals.  [Connelly*P-MA] 

846  ITALY, Rome, MAR 10 2355 - baritone II vocal // 1035; good.
[Connelly*P-MA]

855  SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, MAR 11 0039 - jazz-pop vocal // 864,
then man & woman in SS; local-type signal, way o/ others.
[Connelly*P-MA]
        
864  SPAIN, Socuellamos, MAR 11 0038 - Deodato-type jazzy 
instrumentation & a male vocal, // 855; o/ AA music (Egypt).
[Connelly*P-MA]   
                                   
864  EGYPT, Santah, MAR 11 0040 - AA vocal rose atop Spain.
[Connelly*P-MA]   
                                   
873  SPAIN, Zaragoza, MAR 11 0040 - SS talk in jumble; AFN
Germany & 2 or more others audible under.  [Connelly*P-MA]  
                                   
873  GERMANY, AFN, Frankfurt, MAR 11 0111 - US basketball game; 
good, atop channel.  [Connelly*P-MA]  

882  UNITED KINGDOM / SPAIN-CANARY ISLANDS / unID, MAR 11 0037 - 
man & woman w/ EE talk, o/ SS talk and third station (Yugo. or
German ?) with Muzak.  [Connelly*P-MA] 
   
891  ALGERIA, Algiers, MAR 11 0036 - huge w/ slow AA talk by man.
[Connelly*P-MA] 
   
909  UNITED KINGDOM, BBC R. 5 synchros, MAR 11 0035 - EE talk mentioned
"on 909", then discussion of recent newspaper articles; to good peak.
[Connelly*P-MA] 

954  SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid / unID, MAR 11 0059 - SS talk o/u music
that was probably the Czech.  Big-band slop from WPEN (a total non-
performer on the phased wires) was raising havoc on the loop.
[Connelly*P-MA] 
  
963  FINLAND (t), MAR 10 0032 - unfamiliar-language talk by man & 
woman (quite possibly Finnish); atop second station (Portugal,
apparently) that had music // 594.  [Connelly*P-MA]

981  ALGERIA, Algiers, MAR 11 0110 - flutes, big het clobbering
WCAP-980.  [Connelly*P-MA] 
   
1008  NETHERLANDS, R. 5, Flevoland, MAR 11 0055 - likely this with
tone tests; loud, similar to WINS-1010 strength.   [Connelly*P-MA]   

1017  GERMANY, SWF, Rheinsender, MAR 11 0030 - GG female vocal; to
good peak.  [Connelly*P-MA] 

1035  ITALY, Florence & Milan, MAR 10 2355 - II male vocal // 846;
fair, another station was way behind (maybe a UK local ?).  WBZ,
at a right angle to Europe, was easily nulled with the loop.
[Connelly*P-MA] 

1044  SPAIN, SER, San Sebastian et al., MAR 10 2356 - man in SS;
o/ growl.  [Connelly*P-MA]  
 
1053  UNITED KINGDOM, TalkRadio UK synchros, Start Point et al.,
MAR 10 2350 - EE teletalk w/ female presenter; excellent, o/
music station that may have been Morocco, Spain, or Romania.
[Connelly*P-MA] 

1071  unID, MAR 11 0113 - huge het, but too much CBA for audio.
I needed Drake filters here, instead of the ICF-2010. [Connelly*P-MA]

1089  UNITED KINGDOM, TalkRadio UK synchros, Brookmans Park et al., 
MAR 10 2357 - EE teletalk // 1053; good to excellent, wasting WBAL.
[Connelly*P-MA] 

1098  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros / SLOVAKIA Nitra, MAR 11 0115 - SS talk
mixed w/ Muzak.  Spain generally atop.  Growl was noted at times.
[Connelly*P-MA]

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