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Logs 14 - 28 APR 1996 ..... dx960428.log
Report from: Mark Connelly - WA1ION
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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 systems: two remotely-tuned loops (at a right angle to each
other) to DCP-2 controller - phaser
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e-mail = MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx
DATES: 1996 (UTC/GMT) TIMES: UTC/GMT
* TRANS-ATLANTIC DX *
531 ALGERIA, Ain-el-Beida, APR 28 0337 - AA female vocal; good,
atop Spain. RVC-532 pest nulled. [Connelly*Y-MA]
558 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, APR 28 0342 - bits of SS talk; poor.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
585 SPAIN / TUNISIA (t), APR 28 0348 - woman in SS mixed w/
apparent AA vocal; bad low-pitched growl present. [Connelly*Y-MA]
621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, APR 28 0320 - SS talk;
fair to good o/ WXLX/WZON/WVMT slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
684 SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, APR 28 0315 - SS talk by man; fair in
WRKO slop. SAH, bits of second audio under. [Connelly*Y-MA]
836 unID, APR 28 0545 - bits of music, het against 837; maybe Azores
drifting again. [Connelly*Y-MA]
855 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, APR 28 0250 - SS vocal; fair.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
882 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, APR 28 0412 - fast SS talk by man;
fair w/ WCBS phased. [Connelly*Y-MA]
891 ALGERIA, Algiers, APR 28 0243 - AA vocal; fair through slop.
+ APR 28 0416 - AA male vocal at light audio level on massive
carrier. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1026 SPAIN, SER synchros, APR 28 0514 - SS teletalk; fair w/ CCR-1025
pest off at the time. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1044 SPAIN, SER, San Sebastian et al., APR 28 0422 - man & woman
in SS; fair o/ growl. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1089 UNITED KINGDOM, TalkRadio synchros, APR 28 0430 - EE teletalk;
fair through WBAL slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1107 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, APR 28 0435 - excellent w/ flamenco guitar,
SS male vocal; o/ others. There was a tremendous enhancement of mid-
and high-band Spaniards in the 0430-0515 UTC period and some all-
time signal strength records were probably broken. All this on an
evening that had only been mediocre TA-wise earlier. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1116 SPAIN, SER synchros / probable ITALY, APR 28 0437 - man & woman
in SS; good to excellent o/ classical music station. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1125 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, APR 28 0439 - // 1107 w/ folk SS vocal,
then SS talk by man; very good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1143 SPAIN, COPE synchros, APR 28 0442 - fast SS talk, in growl.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1152 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, APR 28 0441 - // 1107, 1125 w/ folk SS
male vocal & guitar; fair to good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1161 SPAIN, EI, San Sebastian, APR 28 0444 - bits of SS talk;
hammered by WOBM pest. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1179 SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS, APR 28 0540 - SER SS news by man &
woman; poor to fair, starting fade-out. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1215 SPAIN, COPE synchros, APR 28 0445 - SS talk by man; to fair
peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1251 LIBYA, Tripoli, APR 27 2321 - man in AA; fair, some slop from
local WUOK-1240. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1287 SPAIN, SER, Lerida-Lleida et al., APR 28 0446 - rapid-fire news
by man in SS; fair, o/ others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1296 SPAIN, COPE, Valencia, APR 28 0448 - HUGE (S9+30 !) w/ SS man
talking about upcoming programs. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1305 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, APR 28 0449 - bits of female SS vocal
surfacing above a horrendous jamming-like growl. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1314 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, APR 28 0450 - SS music // 1305; badly
slopped by S9+50 CKEC-1320. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1325 MOROCCO, Safi, APR 28 0544 - bits of FF-sounding vocal; poor
in severe CKEC splash. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1359 SPAIN, RNE FS, APR 28 0453 - SS talk, then some great flute &
guitar instrumental music; like a local at S9+40 ! [Connelly*Y-MA]
1422 GERMANY, Heusweiler, APR 28 0455 - classical music; fair / fadey
and mixed w/ second audio fragments (Algeria ?). [Connelly*Y-MA]
1485 SPAIN, APR 28 0457 - excited SS talk by man; fair to good.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1521 SAUDI ARABIA, Duba, APR 27 2255 - AA talk by woman; fair at
fade-in. + APR 28 0016 - Koranic male AA vocal; local-like.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1530 VATICAN, Vatican R., APR 14 0415 - Slavic talk by man & woman;
dominant w/ VOA Sao Tome and WSAI noted under. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1539 SPAIN, SER, Manresa / Elche-Elx, APR 28 0458 - SS male vocal &
guitar; slow SAH from probable German way under. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1566 AZORES, Vila de Porto, APR 27 2300-2338 - PP talk and US / Euro-
type vocals; poor. Tunisia (back on per report from Sharp in FL) was
not noted, but Azores and the heavy WQEW-1560 slop were possibly
masking
it. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1575 SPAIN, SER synchros, APR 28 0459 - // 1584, 1602 w/ plaintive SS
vocal; excellent. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1584 SPAIN, SER synchros, APR 28 0459 - // 1575, 1602 w/ SS vocal;
huge. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1602 SPAIN, SER synchros / EI, APR 28 0459 - SER // 1575, 1584 w/ SS
plaintive vocal mixing evenly w/ EI Vitoria w/ SS talk. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1698 SPAIN (t), APR 28 0505 - 2-way QSO in SS on upper sideband;
good strength. [Connelly*Y-MA]
PAN-AMERICAN DX
535 GRENADA, GBC, St. George's, APR 28 0339 - energetic soca vocal
w/ rhythm backing; to good peak w/ RVC-532 nulled. [Connelly*Y-MA]
640 CUBA, R. Progreso synchros, APR 28 0330 - "Nights in White Satin"
by the Moody Blues, then SS ID "R. Progreso". This was followed by a
female SS vocal. Excellent, o/ slight 641 het. [Connelly*Y-MA]
640 GUADELOUPE, RFO, Pointe-a-Pitre, APR 28 0556 - FF male vocal,
then FF talk by woman; fair in mix w/ EE station that was probably
CBN. [Connelly*Y-MA]
641 unID, APR 28 0327 - open carrier on directional bearing similar
to adjacent Cuba-640 (which was strong at the time). [Connelly*Y-MA]
650 COLOMBIA, RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, APR 28 0325 - SS sporting
event w/ a Barranquilla team; excellent, alone on channel.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
670 CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMQ, Arroyo Arenas, APR 28 0322 - // 710 w/
festive old-fashioned Latin American dance music w/ vocal & big-band
orchestra; loud, totally dominating the channel. [Connelly*Y-MA]
710 CUBA, APR 28 0322 - // 670 w/ old-style Latin American dance band
music. [Connelly*Y-MA]
750 VENEZUELA, R. Caracas R., YVKS, Caracas, APR 28 0307 - R. Caracas
R.
ID, SS news by woman, promo's / RCR slogan; loud, covering the
domestics.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
760 COLOMBIA, RCN, HJAJ, Barranquilla, APR 28 0304 - SS ads for bank,
discotheque in Barranquilla; atop WJR/Cuba/rumble. [Connelly*Y-MA]
770 COLOMBIA, RCN, HJJX, Bogota, APR 28 0049 - RCN news by man & woman
in SS w/ mentions of several Colombian cities including Tolima; close
to WABC strength and excellent w/ WABC nulled. [Connelly*Y-MA]
840 CUBA, CMHW (t), APR 28 0404 - back-to-back SS pop music;
occasional
talk but no ID; huge signal, annihilating WHAS. [Connelly*Y-MA]
860 PANAMA, R. Reforma, HOL55, Chitre, APR 28 0257 - "desde Panama"
mentions and references to several Panama cities, then festive music;
slightly o/ apparent Colombian and a jumble of others w/ CJBC nulled.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
885 MONTSERRAT, R. Montserrat, ZJB, Plymouth, APR 28 0246 - male
Carib-
EE DJ, reggae vocal; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1025 TURKS AND CAICOS, Caribbean Christian Radio, APR 28 0038 -
EE religious talk & requests for donations; loud, sometimes stronger
than WBZ-1030. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1375 ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON, RFO, APR 28 0454 - man & woman in FF
w/ tinny audio typical of a speaker-to-microphone relay; excellent
signal level as usual. [Connelly*Y-MA]
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