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          Logs 13 - 23 MAR 1996 ..... dx960324.log

            Report from: Mark Connelly - WA1ION 
 
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   [Connelly*R-MA] = Rockport, MA  <Granite Pier site> 
                     (GC = 70.60 W / 42.67 N)           
    
    Receiver used: Drake R8A     
    
  Antenna systems: 15 m wire (northeast) and 50 m wire (southeast)
                   to DL-2 phasing unit to MWT-3 regenerative tuner

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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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         e-mail = MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx
   
 DATES: 1996 (UTC/GMT)          TIMES: UTC/GMT            
   
* TRANS-ATLANTIC DX *

531  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, MAR 19 2354 - woman w/ SS talk atop;
7 Hz SAH and possible AA (Algeria) under.  Neither CIAO-530 nor
RVC-532 was all that strong; worst QRM was the Canadian "F9"
beacon.  [Connelly-MA] 
 
549  ALGERIA, Les Trembles, MAR 19 2356 - AA talk by man; o/ others.
[Connelly-MA] + MAR 22 0030 - // 891 w/ animated AA male / female 
teletalk; good.  [Connelly*R-MA]
 
549  GERMANY (t), MAR 19 2356 - apparent GG talk; stronger co-channel
Algeria and slop from adjacent CFNB-550 made this tough.  [Connelly-MA] 
 
558  SPAIN, RNE5, Valencia et al. / unID, MAR 19 2357 - two stations,
one Spain w/ SS talk, other unidentifiable.  [Connelly-MA]  

567  IRELAND, Radio 1, Tullamore, MAR 18 0556 - Celtic female
folk vocal in a style like that of Maddy Prior, Jacqui McShee,
& Sandy Denny.  Good signal. + MAR 19 2358 - EE talk by woman; 
fair to good.  [Connelly-MA] 
 
576  SPAIN, RNE5, Barcelona, MAR 22 0026 - SS teletalk; fair. 
[Connelly*R-MA] 

585  SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid, MAR 19 2358 - man in SS; fair through
WBNW slop.  [Connelly-MA] + MAR 22 0026 - woman in SS, then vocal; 
good to excellent.  [Connelly*R-MA]
                                   
594  PORTUGAL, Muge, MAR 22 0025 - man in PP; fair in WBNW slop.
[Connelly*R-MA]    

603  SPAIN, RNE, Sevilla / Palencia, MAR 22 0035 - frenetic SS talk 
(maybe sports coverage); o/ others.  [Connelly*R-MA] 
 
604  unID, MAR 22 0129 - het against Spain, has been heard before; 
not sure if TA, Pan-American, or a harmonic from a longwave beacon.
[Connelly*R-MA]

612  MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, MAR 19 2347 - AA male vocal; dominant
o/ Ireland's pop music & Spain's SS talk.  [Connelly-MA]  

621  CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, RNE synchros, MAR 19 2359 - SS talk;
fair, hetting WZON/WVMT.  [Connelly-MA] + MAR 22 0023 - man &
woman in SS; o/ AA music.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

621  EGYPT, Batrah (t), MAR 22 0023 - AA-sounding vocal u/
Spain-Canaries.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

639  SPAIN, RNE1, La Coruna et al., MAR 19 2200 - strong het against
WNNZ on car radio at work, almost an hour pre-sunset.  Noted at
2345 w/ fast SS talk; good o/ others, better than adjacent CBN.
[Connelly-MA] + MAR 22 0022 - SS vocal // 684.  [Connelly*R-MA]

648  SPAIN, RNE1, Badajoz, MAR 20 0000 - bits of SS talk in big
multi-station mess.  [Connelly-MA] 

657  SPAIN, RNE5, Madrid, MAR 19 2344 - SS talk; fair.
[Connelly-MA] 

666  PORTUGAL, RDP, Lisbon et al., MAR 19 2343 - jazz; fair w/ 
WRKO-680 phased.  [Connelly-MA] + MAR 22 0036 - piano & plaintive
male PP vocal; fair.  [Connelly*R-MA]

666  SPAIN (t), MAR 22 0134 - bits of SS talk u/ Portugal. [Connelly*R-MA]  

684  SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, MAR 22 0019 - excellent w/ man & woman
in SS.  [Connelly*R-MA]  

693  AZORES, RDP, Terceira, MAR 22 0127 - Hall & Oates song // 666, 837;
good, way o/ UK.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

711  WESTERN SAHARA (Occupied by Morocco), Laayoune, MAR 21 2230 - 
het demolishing WOR on car radio in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA.
+ MAR 22 0014 - electronic chimes, pips, man in AA; good o/
others.  I was surprised to hear pips at this odd time.
[Connelly*R-MA] 
   
729  SPAIN, RNE1, Oviedo et al., MAR 22 0139 - woman in SS; good 
o/ others.  CKAC-730 was easily phase-nulled down to almost nothing.
[Connelly*R-MA]   

738  SPAIN, RNE1, Barcelona, MAR 22 0013 - Beatles-type song by another
band, then man in SS; big signal, louder than 740.  [Connelly*R-MA]   
                                   
747  NETHERLANDS, Flevoland, MAR 19 2341 - Dutch talk by man
mentioned "en Nederland"; excellent, S9+30.  [Connelly-MA]
                                   
747  CANARY ISLANDS, RNE5, Las Palmas, MAR 22 0012 - SS talk;
o/ others.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

756  SPAIN, R. Euskadi, Bilbao, MAR 19 2339 - man & woman in SS;
o/ Germany.  [Connelly-MA] + MAR 22 0140 - SS teletalk by man &
woman; loud & totally dominant.  [Connelly*R-MA]  

756  GERMANY, Braunschweig / Ravensburg, MAR 19 2340 - woman in
GG; signal came up o/ Spain.  [Connelly-MA] 
         
765  SWITZERLAND, RSR, Sottens, MAR 19 2239 - classical piano 
music; huge signal, o/ probable Senegal.  [Connelly-MA]   
+ MAR 22 0010 - classical violins; good, alone on channel.
[Connelly*R-MA]                                     

765  SENEGAL, Dakar (t), MAR 19 2239 - some kind of wailing type
vocal; u/ Switzerland, low rumble present.  [Connelly-MA]   
                                   
774  SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, MAR 18 0601 - SS news by man & woman;
way o/ unID music station.  [Connelly-MA] + MAR 22 0007 - SS 
"lounge-lizard" male vocal; excellent.  [Connelly*R-MA]
                                   
783  SYRIA, Tartus, MAR 22 0052 - AA male vocal; atop loud low- 
pitched growl.  [Connelly*R-MA]   

792  SPAIN, SER, Sevilla, MAR 18 0602 - fast SS talk by man; fair,
o/ others.  [Connelly-MA] + MAR 22 0143 - emotional SS teletalk show;
excellent; WLKW nulled to the "mud".  [Connelly*R-MA] 

801  SPAIN, RNE synchros / unID, MAR 22 0145 - several audios including
fast SS talk and an unID female vocal (seemingly AA); tough w/ 800 QRM
coming from all directions.  [Connelly*R-MA]   
                                   
819  EGYPT, Batra, MAR 22 0147 - AA a cappella Koranic male vocal;
excellent.  [Connelly*R-MA]  

828  SPAIN, OCR, Barcelona, MAR 18 0602 - SS talk, in jumble of
stations.  [Connelly-MA]   
                                   
837  SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS, COPE synchros, MAR 18 0603 - SS talk;
loud, o/ others.  [Connelly-MA] + MAR 22 0038 - fast SS talk rose
atop Azores, others.  [Connelly*R-MA]

837  AZORES, RDP, Barrosa, MAR 22 0037 - male PP vocal // 666; 
o/ jumble of others. + MAR 22 0124 - // 666 w/ Glen Campbell's 
"Wichita Lineman"; excellent / local-like, totally blowing away 
840 and the other 837 stations.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

846  ITALY, Rome / other, MAR 22 0038 - II talk & very evident SAH of 
4 Hz.  The subdominant station could be several possibilities: South
Africa (as heard in NF) would be a good one to chase. [Connelly*R-MA]

855  SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, MAR 18 0605 - SS news by man & woman;
good w/ WEEI phased.  [Connelly-MA] + MAR 22 0122 - woman w/ SS talk /
teletalk; loud o/ others.  [Connelly*R-MA]
        
864  FRANCE, R. Bleue, Paris, MAR 13 0553 - FF pop vocals // 1206; 
excellent.  + MAR 18 0553 - // 945, 1206, 1377, 1557: guitar 
instrumental of Clash tune "Should I Stay or Should I Go", 
then Michael Jackson music; to fair peaks.  [Connelly-MA] 
  
864  EGYPT, Santah, MAR 21 2340 - AA Koranic male chant; good.
[Connelly*R-MA]   
                                   
873  SPAIN, Zaragoza, MAR 13 0552 - "Oh ! Carol" by Neil Sedaka,
then fast SS talk by man.  [Connelly-MA]  
                                   
882  UNITED KINGDOM, BBC Wales, Washford et al., MAR 22 0003 -
EE news by woman mentioned ANC (African National Congress).
[Connelly*R-MA]  
   
882  UNITED KINGDOM / SPAIN-CANARY ISLANDS, MAR 22 0155 - 
woman in EE; o/ SS talk stations.  [Connelly*R-MA]
   
891  ALGERIA, Algiers, MAR 19 2236 - AA music starting fade-up.
[Connelly-MA] + MAR 21 2343 - flutes, strings, group AA vocal;
excellent.  [Connelly*R-MA]
   
909  UNITED KINGDOM, BBC R. 5 synchros, MAR 22 0158 - EE talk by
man; poor to fair through slop.  Traces of other signals under.
[Connelly*R-MA] 

918  SPAIN, R. Intercontinental, Madrid, MAR 22 0157 - several SS 
announcers in discussion; to good peak.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

936  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, MAR 22 0119 - SS talk by woman; slightly 
o/ probable Morocco; heavy slop at times from WZNN / Canadians on 930.
[Connelly*R-MA]  
  
945  FRANCE, R. Bleue, Toulouse, MAR 18 0553 - // 864, 1206, 1377,
1557: guitar instrumental of Clash song, then Michael Jackson; good 
signal.  [Connelly-MA] 

954  SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid, MAR 20 0014 - SS news at good 
strength; some WROL local slop.  [Connelly-MA] + MAR 22 0117 -
local-like (S9+40 !) w/ man in SS mentioning several company
names.  [Connelly*R-MA]  
  
981  ALGERIA, Algiers, MAR 18 0610 - AA vocal; killing 980.
[Connelly-MA] 
   
999  SPAIN, COPE, Madrid, MAR 20 0016 - fast-paced SS newstalk by 
man & woman; good, about even in strength with adjacent CKBW-1000.
[Connelly-MA] + MAR 21 2356 - SS teletalk w/ "boxy" telephone-
quality audio.  [Connelly*R-MA]

1008  SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS / other, MAR 20 0018 - fast SS talk
mixed w/ apparent open carrier.  [Connelly-MA]  

1026  SPAIN, SER, Reus et al., MAR 22 0202 - fast SER news in SS;
good, o/ fast SAH cluster and a het from Turks & Caicos - 1025.
WBZ phased.  [Connelly*R-MA]   

1044  SPAIN, SER, San Sebastian et al., MAR 13 0612 - man in SS;
atop growl. + MAR 18 0611 - huge signal w/ man & woman in SS; 
o/ low growl.  [Connelly-MA] + MAR 21 2344 - SS teletalk; huge.
[Connelly*R-MA]  
 
1053  UNITED KINGDOM, TalkRadio UK synchros, Start Point et al.,
MAR 22 0212 - EE talk, o/ AA-sounding music (likely Morocco);
fair.  Northern European signals were not at their best levels;
Iberian / North African stations were those delivering the big 
signals tonight.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

1098  SLOVAKIA, Nitra / SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, MAR 22 0114 - Slovakia
w/ typical light music, slightly o/ SS talk & bad rumble. [Connelly*R-MA]

1107  EGYPT, Batra, MAR 22 0109 - presumably this w/ AA music;
to fair peak o/ Spain.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

1107  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, MAR 22 0215 - woman in SS w/ teletalk
show; loud.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

1116  SPAIN / ITALY, MAR 22 0108 - SS/II talk mix; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]

1134  CROATIA, Zadar / SPAIN, COPE synchros, MAR 22 0102 - Slavic 
talk by man mixing evenly w/ fast SS talk by woman; both loud.
[Connelly*R-MA]  
                                   
1143  SPAIN, COPE, Burgos et al., MAR 22 0100 - several pips (last 
one longer than others), then man in SS w/ news; slightly o/ jumble.
[Connelly*R-MA]   

1152  SPAIN, RNE5, Malaga et al., MAR 22 0249 - romantic SS vocal,
ID that sounded like Radio Cinco, then SS talk by man & woman;
good.  [Connelly*R-MA]   

1179  CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, MAR 22 0243 - SS talk & bad low-
pitched growl.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

1206  FRANCE, R. Bleue, Bordeaux, MAR 13 0553 - FF pops // 864;
excellent.  + MAR 18 0553 - // 864, 945, 1377, 1557: guitar rock,
then vocal; fair.  [Connelly-MA]

1251  LIBYA, Tripoli, MAR 22 0218 - AA talk by man at light audio
level on huge local-like carrier.  [Connelly*R-MA]   
 
1287  SPAIN, SER, Lerida-Lleida, MAR 22 0240 - fast SS talk by
man; poor, but dominating channel.  [Connelly*R-MA]

1296  SPAIN, COPE, Valencia, MAR 13 0608 - monotone-delivery SS 
news by man; fair.  [Connelly-MA] + MAR 22 0239 - operatic vocal,  
then man in SS.  [Connelly*R-MA]

1305  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, MAR 13 0606 - // 1314 w/ man & woman 
in SS; good, atop low-pitched het growl.  [Connelly-MA]  

1314  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, MAR 13 0605 - SS talk, dominant.
[Connelly-MA] + MAR 22 0237 - SS teletalk; slightly atop a
big jumble of others.  [Connelly*R-MA]

1349  MAURITANIA, Nouakchott, MAR 21 2349 - African-style music w/
chant & fast drumming; to good peak.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

1359  SPAIN, RNE, Arganda, MAR 13 0603 - fast SS news; to good peak.
[Connelly-MA] 

1359  EGYPT, Batra (t), MAR 21 2348 - I expected Spain here but got
bits of AA-sounding music instead.  This would most likely be the
Egyptian.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

1377  FRANCE, R. Bleue, Lille, MAR 18 0553 - guitar rock, soul
vocal; to fair peaks, // 864, 945, 1206, 1557.  [Connelly-MA] 

1422  GERMANY, Heusweiler, MAR 22 0236 - classical music; good.
[Connelly*R-MA] 

1467  FRANCE, Roumoules, MAR 16 2115 - het on car radio 1.5 hours
before sunset. + MAR 19 2230 - AA talk by man; to good peak.
[Connelly-MA] 

1521  SAUDI ARABIA, Duba, MAR 22 0300, het & AA audio sign-on blasting 
in, o/ WWKB on car radio near Rockport DX site.  [Connelly*R-MA]

1530  VATICAN, R. Vaticana, MAR 20 0455 - Slav-sounding talk by
man & woman, then classical music interlude; loud, atop WSAI's 
"Lone Ranger" old-time broadcast.  [Connelly-MA] 

1548  UNITED KINGDOM, MAR 22 0548 - man & woman doing news in EE,
mentions of transit strike, local weather forecast, mention of
south Midlands (but no local ID); to good peaks o/ music station
that was most likely also in the UK.  [Connelly-MA] 

1557  FRANCE, R. Bleue, Nice, MAR 18 0553 - guitar instrumental
of Clash song, then vocal; fair, // 864, 945, 1206, 1377.  
[Connelly-MA] 

1575  SPAIN, SER synchros, MAR 13 0556 - SS talk mentioning 
Valencia; good o/ SAH. + MAR 22 0538 - SS teletalk w/ man & 
woman; good.  [Connelly-MA]

1584  SPAIN, SER and other, MAR 13 0557 - two SS talkers (different
shows); both loud. + MAR 22 0542 - SS talk mixing w/ others in mess.
[Connelly-MA] 

1602  SPAIN, SER synchros, MAR 22 0539 - SS talk by man; o/ WUNR
slop.  [Connelly-MA]


* PAN-AMERICAN DX *

532  TURKS & CAICOS, R, Vision Cristiana, MAR 22 0032 - man &
woman w/ SS religious talk; excellent.  [Connelly*R-MA]

535  GRENADA, GBC, St. George's, MAR 22 0032 - Carib-EE speech /
sermon about churches; good.  [Connelly*R-MA]

555  ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ZIZ, Basseterre, MAR 22 0029 - reverberated
food store advert in Carib-EE over a background of reggae music;
fair to good w/ some WGAN slop.  [Connelly*R-MA]

595  DOMINICA, DBS, Hillsborough, MAR 22 0025 - bits of EE talk,  
het against stronger Portugal-594.  [Connelly*R-MA]

690  ANGUILLA, Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, MAR 22 0137 -
EE preacher, mixed w/ unID SS station; CBF nulled to oblivion.
[Connelly*R-MA]

705  ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES, Kingstown, MAR 22 0017 - great 
steel band music at light audio level, but the carrier was massive; 
best signal heard from this in a long time.  [Connelly*R-MA]

750  VENEZUELA, YVKS, Caracas, MAR 22 0011 - R. Caracas and 
R. Caracas R. ID's, SS news, weird commercials; loud, way o/
WSB/CBGY.  This was, by far, the strongest South American in
at the time.  [Connelly*R-MA]

860  CUBA, R. Reloj, Arroyo Arenas, MAR 22 0150 - code "RR's" 
and SS talk, surfacing over a discordant growl / big jumble
of signals.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

885  MONTSERRAT, R. Montserrat, ZJB, Plymouth, MAR 21 2342 -
good w/ Caribbean EE sports report.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

895  ST. KITTS & NEVIS, VON, Bath Village, MAR 21 2344 - local
store advert in Carib-EE, then soca; loud !  [Connelly*R-MA] 

900  BARBADOS, Bridgetown (t), MAR 22 0157 - Caribbean EE male
shouting; in & out of QRM, w/ phasing unit knobs twisted for best 
aggregate null of multiple co-channel Canadians. [Connelly*R-MA] 

1025  TURKS & CAICOS, Caribbean Christian R., MAR 22 0203 -
EE preaching and hymns; excellent.  Spain-1026 het reduced 
w/ phaser.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

1060  CUBA, CMDX, Baracoa, MAR 22 0213 - Cuban pop music w/
usual boxy compressed audio; loud / dominant.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

1100.77  COLOMBIA (t), MAR 22 0112 - bits of SS talk, bad het
against the 1100 (Latins/WWWE) jumble; HJAT Barranquilla noted
near this frequency recently, so most likely it was the one
noted here.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

1131  unID, MAR 22 0103 - quite a het against WBBR, but not much
usable audio.  Emissor Rio-Mar (Barranquilla, Colombia) has been
a drifter near this frequency before; it's still the most probable
candidate.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

1170  COLOMBIA, HJNW, Cartagena, MAR 22 0059 - SS talk about a
discotheque, then CARACOL ID; good, blowing away WWVA. [Connelly*R-MA] 

1435  BRAZIL (t), MAR 22 2350 - fair-strength carrier in slop was 
probably Crateus (ZYH637) as noted during the OCT 1995 NF DXpedition.
I needed about "20 dB of aurora" to prune back the tough domestic 
splatter more.  [Connelly*R-MA] 

1527.5  unID, MAR 23 0552 - wobbly het, sounds like transmitter 
trouble.  [Connelly-MA] 

1610  ANGUILLA, Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, MAR 22 0228 - 
EE preaching by man & woman; slightly o/ TIS jumble. [Connelly*R-MA]

1646.2  unID, MAR 22 0232 - This puzzler keeps coming back (now
heard at 3 different sites: Billerica, Harwich, Rockport): FF
teletalk by man & woman; poor to fair, and very bad audio quality.
[Connelly*R-MA]
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