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I managed to take an afternoon off and I went down to Cappahayden, site of the 
"Newfoundland DXpeditions", for an evening of DX. Conditions were mediocre to 
the south, but decent antennas can still provide some reasonable DX for this 
time of year...even some "first-time" logs. I used both receivers at once, with 
tape running all the time on both. I've reviewed the tapes, and here are the 
logs:

Receivers:		Icom IC-R71A and Drake R8A
Antennas:		800 m towards eastern Brazil
			350 m towards northern Europe
			(both antennas though ICE active splitters 
			into both receivers)
Dates and times:	UTC


TRANS-ATLANTIC

954	KENYA  KBC, Kisumu/Nyamninia, APR 26  0159 - Flute and drums poking 
through the QRM, choral anthem at 0200; this was tentative during NF DX 4, but 
this time the signal was definitely // 4935 kHz and 1386 kHz; SIO 222.  (I also 
discovered scraps of // audio on 747 kHz.)  

1008	CANARY ISLANDS  R. Las Palmas, APR 25  2323 - "Star Wars" and "The Spy 
Who Love Me" themes, male ancr said this was a pgm of mx from the cinema on 
"SER", but not // to the SER stations on 1575 and 1584 kHz; SIO 444  

1152	IRAN  IRIB, Tabriz, APR 26  0059 - Trumpet mx through the TOH, the man 
in Farsi, flute mx; two receivers allowed me to unequivocally // with Bandar 
Abbas on 1566; QRM mainly from Spain, SIO 322 

1161	ENGLAND  Great Yorkshire Gold, Hull, APR 25  2351 - Female DJ, ads for 
Williamson Solicitors and interest free credit, jingle ID, John Lennon song, 
other IDs noted at 0004 and 0025; freq had at least 3 Brit signals, Strasbourg 
and another which sounded like Euskadi Irratia; SIO 322 

1161	SCOTLAND  R. Tay, Dundee, APR 25  2336 - Scottish-accented male DJ 
introed Linda Ronstad songs, after 0000 switched to female DJ ("Evelyn") who 
played oldies, no clear ID until 0018; SIO 222 

1170	ENGLAND  South Coast R., Portsmouth, APR 25  2303 - Weather ending, "on 
South Coast Radio";  tough freq w/ probably 3 Brits and Portugal, SIO 222 

1170	ENGLAND  likely Great North R., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, APR 25  2313 - Male
DJ, introed song by group called Code Red then asked listeners to phone in their
opinion of the song, at 2321 noted message about a small dog lost in "the Beacon
Hill area" w/ telephone number beginning 0191, which is the Newcastle 
exchange... SIO 322 

1206	ISRAEL  Kol Israel Reshet Beth, Haifa, APR 26  0041 - Male host talking 
to a telephone caller in Hebrew, "shalom"; SIO 333 

1386	KENYA  KBC, Nairobi, APR 26  0157 - S/on w/ woman saying simply "K-B-C 
Nairobi" the drums and flute mx; SIO 232 

1395	NETHERLANDS  Veronica-Info, APR 26  0110 - Oldies, ID in FF; SIO 343 

1458	ALBANIA  VOA Relay, Fllake, APR 25  2200 - Noted "Welcome to the Voice 
of America in Serbian" in those few seconds before the TOH, then wiped out by 
all the Brits; SIO 222 

1458	ENGLAND Sunrise R., London, APR 25  2203-2210 - Nx in Hindi...at Indian 
flute mx, ad for advertising on Sunrise R. then jingle and flute mx again; SIO 
322 

1458	ENGLAND  Fortune 14-58, Manchester, APR 25  2203 - Jingle ID at 2203, 
pop mx later was probably them too; SIO 222 

1475	BENIN  ORT du Benin, Cotonou, APR 25  2129 - News in African-accented 
FF; SIO 242 

1530	SAO TOME  VOA Relay, Pinheira, APR 25  2120 - VOA news in EE, // 7415; 
QRM Vaticana (?) and a jammer, SIO 444  
 
1548	KUWAIT  VOA Relay, APR 25  2212 - VOA nx in EE, and later in "Special 
EE"; over the Brits, SIO 333 

1548	ENGLAND  BBC R. Bristol, APR 25  2235-2250 - Mainly phone call-in to 
answer trivia questions about television, noted "on Radio Bristol" at 2250; 
often under VOA Kuwait, SIO 322 

1557	CROATIA  Hrvatski R., Osijek, APR 25  2224 - Nx in EE ended at 2226 w/ 
"that's the end of the news from Croatia. Thank you for listening and good bye",
then woman w/ ID "Hrvatska Radio Televisi", Stevie Ray Vaughn song at 2227;
SIO 333-2 

1566	AZORES  Em. do Clube Asas do Atlantico, Vila de Porto, APR 25  2149 - 
Man and woman talking in PP, pop mx; still absolutely no sign of Tunisia 
(although reported recently by Sharp in Florida), SIO 344 

PAN-AMERICAN

980	BRAZIL  R. Nacional, Brasilia, APR 25  2312 - Man talking in PP, finally
some mx at 2318 but he talked all over that, too; SIO 444 

1060	unID, APR 26  0231-0315 - Accordian and piano mx, typical of the 
southern part of South America, no anmts at all except at 0301 when a 
gravelly-voiced man may have IDed, very poor but not inconsistent w/ "Radio 
Mineria" , but I can't be sure!  QRM from a Brazilian, SIO 222-1 

1180	BRAZIL  R. CBN, Rio de Janeiro, APR 26  0039 - "Jornal de C-B-N" hype; 
SIO 433 

1190	ARGENTINA  R. America, Buenos Aires, APR 26  0026-0037 - SS talk about 
football, ads for Coca-Cola and local chocolate outlet, "America Noticias" at 
0032 w/ items read by a man and a woman; the common Argentineans on 870 and 1030
kHz dominated their frequencies at this time, SIO 332 

1280	BRAZIL  Super R. Tupi, Rio de Janeiro, APR 25  2153 - First Brazilian 
in, sports play-by-play, "Tupi" noted at 2154; SIO 342 

1390.22  unID, APR 26, 0012 - Suspect this was the R. Universidad Nac. de La 
Plata from Argentina, with classical piano mx; SIO 232-1 

1400	GRENADA  Harbour Light of the Windwards, Carriacou, APR 26  0129 - Men's
chorus w/ religious song then man w/ religious talk; SIO 322 

1460	BRAZIL  R. Alvorada, Cruz das Almas, APR 25  2144-0005 - Followed off 
and on for a long time, initially Brazilian mx, later "A Voz do Brasil" pgm, but
when this ended at 2304 heard "Radio Alvorada" jingle, at 2358-0005 football 
(soccer) play-by-play with one team being from Bahia.  This one listed as 
"construction permit" in WRTH'96. At best SIO 343 

1550	BRAZIL  R. Gazeta, Areira Branca, APR 26  0035 - PP ads, deep-voiced DJ 
w/ 2 ID's at 0036, over another Brazilian; this Brazilian graveyarder is the 
easiest to hear, and unlike many of the smaller Brazilian stns, it IDs clearly 
and frequently!  SIO 333 
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