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	  Logs 23 MAR - 7 APR 1996 ..... dx960407.log

	    Report from: Mark Connelly - WA1ION 
 
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   [Connelly*P-MA] = Plymouth, MA  
		     <Plymouth Beach: near jct. Route 3A & Clifford Rd.>
		     (GC = 70.63 W / 41.94 N)           
    
    Receiver used: Drake R8A     
    
  Antenna systems: remotely-tuned loop, remotely-tuned whip,
		   DCP-2 controller - phaser

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   [Connelly*Y-MA] = West Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA  <parents' house>
		     (GC = 70.22 W / 41.68 N)           
    
    Receiver used: Drake R8A     
    
   Antenna system: Quantum Loop

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   [Connelly*m-MA] = Manchester, MA  <Tom Beaton's house>
		     (GC = 70.75 W / 42.58 N)           
    
    Receiver used: Sony ICF-2010
		
  Antenna systems: slopers & horizontal wires, DL-2 phasing
		   unit, MWT-3 regenerative preselector.
 
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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 *

252  IRELAND, Atlantic 252, Clarkestown, APR 5 0210 - although I wasn't
really chasing LW DX at the time, I couldn't resist tuning in to this
immensely-loud signal w/ big hits from last summer including "Waterfalls" 
by TLC and "A Girl Like You" by Edwyn Collins.  ID'ed as "Longwave
Atlantic 2-5-2".  [Connelly*m-MA]   

567  IRELAND, Radio 1, Tullamore, APR 6 0525 - traditional Irish
instrumental music w/ uilleann pipes, strings; very good.  (Other
log: APR 7 0026.)  [Connelly*Y-MA] 

585  SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid et al., APR 7 0025 - SS teletalk; excellent.
(Other log: APR 5 0040.)  [Connelly*P-MA]
 
594  PORTUGAL Muge / unID AA, APR 7 0023 - PP talk by man; fair and 
initially atop, AA music (Morocco or Saudi Arabia) took over at 0024.  
Weak 595 (Dominica) het at times.  590 splash was mostly from VOCM 
(which was overriding closer WBNW).  [Connelly*P-MA]    

603  SPAIN, RNE5, Sevilla / Palencia, APR 5 0115 - man & woman in SS; 
fair.  [Connelly*m-MA]
 
612  IRELAND, RTE 2 FM, Athlone, MAR 30 0512 - light pop music, 
EE talk; o/ others.  [Connelly-MA] 
 
612  MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, APR 5 0044 - AA talk; o/ others. [Connelly*m-MA]   
 
621  CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, APR 5 0043 - man in SS; 
to good peak.  (Other log: APR 2 0445.)  [Connelly*m-MA]   
 
675  NETHERLANDS, R.10 Gold, Lopik (t), APR 7 0020 - Sting song; good 
at first, then hammered by WRKO.  [Connelly*P-MA] 

684  SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, APR 6 0515 - SS discussion w/ SS man & woman
announcers; very good w/ only minimal WRKO splash.  [Connelly*Y-MA]   

693  UNITED KINGDOM, BBC R. 5 synchros, APR 6 0016 - man & woman
in EE w/ telephone news interview; to good peak.  [Connelly*P-MA]

702  SLOVAKIA / MOROCCO, APR 7 0012 - Slavic talk by man, o/ AA
music.  [Connelly*P-MA]    
 
711  WESTERN SAHARA or LIBYA, APR 7 0013 - AA male vocal at low audio
level on huge WOR-killing carrier; SAH ripple under.  (Other log:
APR 5 0143.)  [Connelly*P-MA]    
 
738  SPAIN, RNE1, Barcelona, APR 6 0508 - news in SS by woman; good. 
(Other log: APR 5 0146.)  [Connelly*Y-MA] 
 
747  NETHERLANDS, Radio 1, Flevoland, APR 7 0006 - huge (mowing
down 750) w/ disco ("Bad Girls" by Donna Summer), then woman in 
Dutch.  (Other logs: MAR 31 0450, APR 6 0507.)  [Connelly*P-MA] 
		       
747  BURKINA FASO, R. Burkina, Ouagadougou, APR 4 2343 - kalimba music 
and African-accented FF talk by man; good, well o/ Canary Islands. 
Holland was not in the picture at all.  [Connelly*m-MA]  

756  GERMANY, Braunschweig/Ravensburg, APR 7 0006 - man in GG; 
excellent.  [Connelly*P-MA]  
 
765  SENEGAL, Dakar, APR 4 2344 - excited African vocal / shouting;
excellent, S9+25.  (Other log: MAR 23 2337.)  [Connelly*m-MA]   
				   
765  SWITZERLAND, R. Suisse Romande, Sottens, APR 6 2240 - classical
piano music; good / dominant.  (Other log: APR 5 0021.) [Connelly*P-MA]  
 
774  MOROCCO, Agadir (t), MAR 23 2344 - AA music about even w/
Spain.  Likely Morocco (as Egypt is supposed to go off at 2330).
[Connelly-MA] 

774  SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, APR 6 2242 - man in SS o/ fast SAH &
WABC slop.  [Connelly*P-MA]   
 
783  SYRIA, Tartus, APR 6 2243 - AA music; fair to good o/ CFDR slop.
[Connelly*P-MA]  

801  SPAIN, RNE synchros, APR 6 2244 - restricted-audio SS teletalk;
poor in CJAD-800 slop.  [Connelly*P-MA]   
				   
819  EGYPT, Batra, MAR 31 0046 - AA vocal, mixed w/ others. [Connelly-MA] 

855  SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, APR 6 2249 - SS talkshow o/ others. 
(Other log: MAR 31 0046.)  [Connelly*P-MA] 

864  EGYPT, Santah, APR 6 2249 - male AA Koranic chant; very good o/
multiple SAH's.  (Other log: MAR 31 0045.)  [Connelly*P-MA] 

864  FRANCE, R. Bleue, Paris, APR 2 0455 - FF folk vocal, then FF talk
by man; excellent.  [Connelly-MA] 
  
873  SPAIN, SER, Zaragoza, APR 6 2250 - SS talk by man & woman; 
loud & alone on channel.  (Other log: MAR 25 0045.) [Connelly*P-MA]    
 
873  GERMANY, AFN, Frankfurt, MAR 31 0042 - "Final Four" NCAA college
basketball coverage; at good level, slightly o/ Spain.  [Connelly-MA]    
 
882  UNITED KINGDOM, BBC Wales / R. 4, Washford et al., APR 6 2300 - 
classical music, EE talk, pips, news; fair.  (Other log: MAR 31 0040.)
[Connelly*P-MA] 
	 
882  UNITED KINGDOM / CANARY ISLANDS, APR 6 0001 - EE news o/u
SS news.  [Connelly*P-MA] 
	 
882  CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, APR 4 2350 - SS talk atop channel. 
[Connelly*m-MA] 
	 
891  ALGERIA, Algiers, APR 6 2251 - AA talk by female: huge
carrier, light audio.  (Other logs: MAR 25 0042, MAR 30 0503.) 
[Connelly*P-MA]
	 
909  UNITED KINGDOM, BBC Radio 5 synchros, MAR 30 2340 - literary
reading or radio drama; good.  [Connelly-MA] 
 
909  MOROCCO, Casablanca-Safi, APR 6 2358 - AA male vocal o/ presumed 
BBC; to fair peaks through WABI slop.  [Connelly*P-MA] 
	 
945  FRANCE, Toulouse, MAR 31 0509 - orchestral music, then man in
FF mentioned R. France; excellent.  [Connelly-MA]  

954  SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid, MAR 31 0510 - female vocal of "Ave
Maria"; good.  [Connelly-MA]  

972  unID's, MAR 31 0035 -  top station had Getz-Gilberto "Girl from
Ipanema" from the summer of '64; under it was unidentifiable-language
talk.  The channel turned into a "graveyard" prior to any potential 
ID material.  Ukraine/Spain/Germany are the common players here.
[Connelly-MA]  
	 
981  ALGERIA, Algiers, APR 4 2354 - Koranic AA male vocal; to good
peak, better than CBV / WCAP-980.  [Connelly*m-MA] 

1008  CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, APR 4 2356 - SS talk getting by WINS.
[Connelly*m-MA]  

1008  NETHERLANDS, NOS R. 5, Flevoland, MAR 31 0507 - religious-sounding 
vocal, then man in Dutch; excellent.  [Connelly-MA]  
 
1044  SPAIN, SER, San Sebastian et al., APR 6 2353 - SS teletalk by 
man & woman; good, atop growl.  (Other logs: MAR 30 0353, APR 4 2359.) 
[Connelly*P-MA]  
 
1044  MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, MAR 30 2348 - man & woman in FF; fair 
to good.  [Connelly-MA] 
 
1053  UNITED KINGDOM, TalkRadio synchros, MAR 30 0352 - EE teletalk; 
fair, o/ growl.  (Other log: MAR 30 2352.)  [Connelly-MA]  

1053  MOROCCO, Tanger A, APR 6 2352 - wild rock-type "rai" AA vocal 
& electric instrumentation; bombing in, rolling o/ co-channel
TalkRadio and hammering adjacent WEVD/CHUM.  [Connelly*P-MA]

1062  DENMARK, Danmarks R., Kalundborg, MAR 30 0350 - woman in Danish
read list of towns, numbers - perhaps sports scores; good.  A tone- 
tester was way under.  [Connelly-MA] 
 
1089  UNITED KINGDOM, TalkRadio synchros, APR 6 2348 - on-the-air 
dating page "Midnight Encounters"; huge signal, reducing WBAL to a
barely-noticeable background het.  (Other log: MAR 30 2352.)
[Connelly*P-MA] 
 
1098  SLOVAKIA, Nitra, APR 6 2346 - Slavic talk, C&W-influenced
female vocal; excellent, about 30 dB better than 1100 stuff.
(Other logs: MAR 30 2351, APR 6 0431.)  [Connelly*P-MA] 

1107  SPAIN, RNE5 synchros / unID's, APR 6 2345 - man in SS o/ unID
talker & apparent AA music. [Connelly*P-MA] 
 
1125  CROATIA, Deanovec / SPAIN, APR 6 2344 - Croatia w/ folk vocal
// (20 dB stronger) 1134, mixed w/ SS talk.  [Connelly*P-MA]    

1134  CROATIA, Hrvatska Radio, Zadar, APR 6 2343 - Slavic male vocal & 
piano; excellent / local-like.  (Other log: APR 4 2325.) [Connelly*P-MA] 
	    
1179  SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS / unID, APR 6 2340 - SS talk o/ unID
vocal that was probably from Sweden.  [Connelly*P-MA]   
						
1187  unID, APR 6 2338 - old plan het against 1188.  Ideas ?
[Connelly*P-MA] 

1188  HUNGARY, Szombathely, APR 6 2338 - male ballad in an eastern
European gypsy style had to be this; good signal w/ very little QRM.
[Connelly*P-MA]   
						
1197  UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin Radio synchros, APR 6 2333 - "Follow You
Down" by Gin Blossoms // 1215; slightly o/ a pile of other stations.
[Connelly*P-MA] 

1215  UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin Radio synchros, APR 6 2330 - '70s Queen
hit "Killer Queen", then "Follow You Down" by Gin Blossoms; excellent, 
slopping over onto VOAR/WGMP-1210 !  (Other logs: MAR 30 0522 & 2357.)
[Connelly*P-MA]  
 
1251  LIBYA, Tripoli, APR 6 0352 - energetic AA male vocal; good.
(Other log: MAR 30 2358.)  [Connelly*Y-MA]

1314  NORWAY, NRK, Kvitsoy, APR 6 0354 - man in Norwegian; strong, 
Spain way under.  [Connelly*Y-MA]  

1332  ITALY, RAI R. Uno, Roma et al., MAR 26 0515 - // 1575 w/
man & woman in II w/ news; poor to fair.  [Connelly-MA] 
 
1341  NORTHERN IRELAND, BBC, Lisnagarvey, MAR 30 2359 - man & woman 
in EE; poor, in slop.  [Connelly-MA]  

1368  POLAND, Krakow, MAR 26 0457-0500 - tone tests (approx. 
440 Hz), pips at 0500, Polish talk by woman, Chopin piano music;
fair to good.  Bits of // 1305 noted at times.  [Connelly-MA] 

1395  NETHERLANDS, Veronica Nieuwsradio, Lopik, APR 6 0413 - great
w/ oldies including "Black Water" by the Doobie Bros. and "Bette
Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes: perfectly entertainment-quality on R8A
in 4 kHz position with sync. detector activated.  This has higher
modulation than many other Europeans.  (Other log: MAR 31 0019.)
[Connelly*Y-MA] 
  
1422  GERMANY, Heusweiler, APR 6 0410 - GG political news, 
slightly o/ second station that was probably Algeria.  (Other 
logs: MAR 26 0454, MAR 31 0001.)  [Connelly*Y-MA] 

1449  unID (probably ITALY), MAR 26 0453 - het, bits of opera; 
test tone also noted.  [Connelly-MA] 
 
1467  FRANCE, TWR, Roumoules, MAR 26 0451 - medieval-style hymn,
GG talk by man; excellent.  [Connelly-MA] 
 
1521 SAUDI ARABIA, Duba, APR 6 0402 - news by man in AA; loud.
[Connelly*Y-MA] 
 
1530  SAO TOME & PRINCIPE, VOA, Pinheira, MAR 27 0430 - blasting in
(way o/ others) w/ clear announcement "This is the Voice of America
in Portuguese", followed by PP talk by man.  [Connelly-MA] 

1530  VATICAN, Vatican R., MAR 27 0445 - phrase "Laudetur Jesu
Christus", Vatican interval signal, classical music, then Slavic
talk by woman; loud, o/ VOA Sao Tome & WSAI.  (Other logs: MAR 31
0010, APR 4 0440.)  [Connelly-MA] 
				    
1539  GERMANY, ER, Mainflingen, APR 3 0443 - GG religious music, GG
talk by woman, more hymns; good signal, peaking S9+25 and nearly equal
to WDCD-1540.  This seems to be showing up more often: possibly on
regular schedule now.  [Connelly-MA] 

1544  CLANDESTINE (MOROCCO ?), APR 6 2307 - AA vocals, strings;
poor to fair in slop.  (Other log: MAR 23 2310.)  [Connelly*P-MA]   

1557  FRANCE, Nice, APR 4 0444 - nightclub-style piano jazz // 1242;
excellent.  [Connelly-MA]
 
1566  AZORES, Vila de Porto, APR 6 2310 - mellow pop vocal; to
fair peak, mixed w/ apparent open carrier.  (Other log: MAR 23 
2315.)  [Connelly*P-MA] 

1575  ITALY, Radio Uno, Genova et al., MAR 26 0515 - II talk by
woman // 1332; mixed w/ Spain.  [Connelly-MA] 
 
1620  NETHERLANDS, Scheveningen, APR 6 2311 - repeated sequence
of "PCH" Morse code and 8 data packets; loud, well over S9.
[Connelly*P-MA] 


PAN-AMERICAN DX 

532  TURKS AND CAICOS, RVC, APR 6 1330 - SS vocal & guitar; groundwave
a few dB above amplifier noise on Quantum Loop.  This comes in clearly
days with longwire through regenerative preselector.  [Connelly*Y-MA]  

555  ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ZIZ, Basseterre, APR 5 0040 - "Let's Stay
Together" by Al Green; good. [Connelly*m-MA]  

595  DOMINICA, DBS, Hillsborough, APR 5 0215 - man in EE, then light 
pop music; poor, hetted by 594 TA's. [Connelly*m-MA]  

640  CUBA, R. Progreso synchros, APR 6 0556 - // 740 w/ serious-
sounding SS discussion; loud.  [Connelly*Y-MA]
 
641  unID, APR 6 0534 - het here, apparently an unmodulated carrier.
Spain-639 also hetting 640 from the other side. [Connelly*Y-MA]  
 
650  COLOMBIA, RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, APR 6 0522 - festive music, 
Antena Dos ID; huge, totally dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]  
 
670  CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMQ, Arroyo Arenas, APR 6 0521 - SS vocal & 
piano music // 600 & 680; good o/ YVLL/WMAQ/CKXB mix. [Connelly*Y-MA]

680  CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMJV, Ciego de Avila, APR 6 0520 - SS vocal & 
piano music // 600 & 670; audible through WRKO.  [Connelly*Y-MA]

700  JAMAICA, JBC Radio 1, Montego Bay, APR 6 0532 - reggae music, 
then Caribbean-accented DJ gave good wishes to listeners in several 
Jamaican towns; atop WLW & several SS'ers.  [Connelly*Y-MA] 
 
705  ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES, Kingstown, APR 5 0121 - mellow 
soul female vocal; fair.  [Connelly*m-MA] 

710  CUBA, APR 6 0557 - huge signal w/ distorted audio / SS talk by
woman; totally o/ WOR.  [Connelly*Y-MA]
 
730  MEXICO, XEX, Mexico City, APR 6 0555 - Gloria Estefan song in
SS, then ID "La X"; good w/ CKAC looped.  [Connelly*Y-MA]

740  CUBA, R. Progreso synchros, APR 6 0556 - // 640 w/ serious
SS discussion; local-like, well o/ CHCM/CBL.  [Connelly*Y-MA]
 
760  COLOMBIA, RCN, HJAJ, Barranquilla, APR 6 0504 - RCN ID, SS
news // 770; mostly atop WJR.  [Connelly*Y-MA]
			    
760  CUBA, R. Reloj, Las Mercedes / Guanabacoa, APR 6 0550 - usual
Reloj SS news & time show mixing w/ Colombia.  [Connelly*Y-MA]
			    
770  COLOMBIA, RCN, HJJX, Bogota, APR 6 0504 - news & RCN ID; o/u
WABC.  [Connelly*Y-MA]
			    
790  CUBA, R. Reloj, CMAQ, Pinar del Rio, APR 6 0559 - R. Reloj
program; well o/ domestic jumble.  [Connelly*Y-MA]  
			    
870  CUBA, R. Reloj, unID outlet, APR 6 0603 - R. Reloj program; 
o/ other LA's/ WWL / WLAM.  [Connelly*Y-MA]  
			    
885  MONTSERRAT, R. Montserrat, ZJB, Plymouth, APR 6 0029 - local-
like w/ female reggae song.  [Connelly*m-MA]
		   
940  VENEZUELA, YVNN, Punto Fijo, APR 5 0236 - SS version of "Last
Kiss" (J. Frank Wilson & Cavaliers car-crash song from '64), then 
R. Punto Fijo ID; loud, way o/ CBM / others.  [Connelly*m-MA]  
			    
1000  COLOMBIA, RCN, HJAQ, Cartagena, APR 6 0545 - SS political 
speech // HJAJ-760; atop CFLP/CKBW/WMVP.  [Connelly*Y-MA]
 
1090  COLOMBIA, CARACOL, HJBC, Cucuta, APR 6 0623 - // 1170 w/ 
Colombian folk vocal w/ steady beat & accordion accompaniment;
good, rolling o/ WBAL.  [Connelly*Y-MA]
 
1100.76  COLOMBIA (t), APR 6 0440 - SS vocal music possibly
Barranquilla, but it didn't seem // CARACOL outlet on 1170.
[Connelly*Y-MA]  

1140  VENEZUELA, Porlamar, APR 5 0228 - Porlamar mentions,
Margaritena ID; to good peaks, dominant.  [Connelly*m-MA]
 
1170  COLOMBIA, CARACOL, HJNW, Cartagena, APR 6 0610 - mentioned
"musica vallenarta" followed by spirited Colombian accordion music;
fair w/ WWVA looped.  [Connelly*Y-MA]
 
1180  BRAZIL, probably Rio de Janeiro, APR 6 0423 - PP talk, briefly
o/ a melange of Latin Americans (Cuba, YV, etc.) w/ WHAM looped.
Cuba usually dominates this channel, but it was a free-for-all
at this time.  [Connelly*Y-MA]  

1500  VENEZUELA, YVRZ, Cumana, APR 6 0359-0400 - "Green, Green Grass
of Home" by Tom Jones, then "Dos Mil" ID; good w/ WTOP looped.
[Connelly*Y-MA]  

1500.37  COLOMBIA (t), APR 6 0358 - bits SS music, off-channel het
against YVRZ/WTOP-1500 believed to be the Colombian noted a few months
ago (by one of the European DXpedition groups) near this frequency.
[Connelly*Y-MA]  
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