Rockport logs - 17 JUL '96
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Rockport logs - 17 JUL '96
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Logs 17 JUL 1996 ..... dx960717.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 system: RL-1 remotely-tuned loop and RW-1 active whip;
to DCP-2 controller - phaser
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e-mail = MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx
DATES: 1996 (UTC/GMT) TIMES: UTC/GMT
* TRANS-ATLANTIC DX *
549 ALGERIA, Les Trembles, JUL 17 0020 - AA music; fair o/ slop
from WPNW/CFNB/WDEV/YVKE-550 mess. [Connelly*R-MA]
567 IRELAND, R. 1, Tullamore, JUL 17 0157 - traditional piping
& fiddling; good w/ WMCA-570 phased. [Connelly*R-MA]
585 SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid, JUL 17 0155 - SS teletalk w/ man &
woman; fair to good w/ WBNW-590 phased. [Connelly*R-MA]
612 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, JUL 17 0023 - AA talk by man & woman;
very good w/ WGIR nulled. [Connelly*R-MA]
621 CANARY ISLANDS, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, JUL 17 0024 -
man & woman in SS; atop AA-sounding second station (Egypt?),
fair through slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
657 SPAIN, Madrid, JUL 17 0032 - SS talk; poor to fair w/ WFAN
phased. [Connelly*R-MA]
666 PORTUGAL, RDP, Lisboa, JUL 17 0030 - slow EE pop vocal, then
man in PP, // Azores-836; to good peaks. [Connelly*R-MA]
684 SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, JUL 17 0034 - operatic male SS vocal;
excellent. [Connelly*R-MA]
693 AZORES, RDP, Santa Barbara, Terceira, JUL 17 0035 - mellow US
soul vocal // 836; excellent, way o/ presumed BBC. [Connelly*R-MA]
711 WESTERN SAHARA, Laayoune, JUL 17 0038 - Koranic AA chant;
excellent, way o/ others and blowing out WOR. [Connelly*R-MA]
747 NETHERLANDS, Flevoland, JUL 17 0159 - fair w/ man in Dutch.
[Connelly*R-MA]
765 unID, JUN 17 0000 - wobbly carrier w/ AC ripple hetting weak
Switzerland; low het growl resulting. Maybe Senegal ? [Connelly*R-MA]
836 AZORES, RDP, Barossa, JUL 17 0030 - slow EE pop vocal, then
man in PP, // 666; very good. [Connelly*R-MA]
837 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, COPE synchros, JUL 17 0045 - SS talk,
badly beaten up by Azores-836. [Connelly*R-MA]
846 ITALY, Rome, JUL 17 0201 - II talk by man; poor w/ definite
second station audio (S. Africa ?) just a bit under. [Connelly*R-MA]
855 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, JUL 17 0047 - operatic SS vocal, then SS
talk; fair in slop (a tough-to-null groundwave / skywave mix) from
WEEI. [Connelly*R-MA]
864 EGYPT, Santah, JUL 17 0202 - AA vocal mixed w/ possible Spain;
poor to fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
882 UNITED KINGDOM, Washford et al., JUL 17 0056 - man & woman in
EE; fair o/ others, through WCBS slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
891 ALGERIA, Algiers, JUL 17 0055 - HUGE w/ AA talk by man & musical
interludes (flutes, strings, vocal); annihilating 890 stations.
[Connelly*R-MA]
909 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC synchros., JUL 17 0101 - EE discussion /
news item about the Royal Artillery; good o/ others. [Connelly*R-MA]
918 SPAIN, R. Intercontinental, Madrid, JUL 17 0102 - SS vocal;
in slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
936 MOROCCO / SPAIN (t), JUL 17 0104 - AA talk in jumble w/ others,
including SS-sounding station. [Connelly*R-MA]
954 SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid, JUL 17 0105 - fast SS talk by man &
woman; others audible behind. [Connelly*R-MA]
1017 TURKEY, Istanbul-Mundanya, JUL 17 0208 - Turkish vocal music
(resembling an AA / Greek blend); good, atop Germany / Spain.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1044 SPAIN, SER synchros, San Sebastian et al., JUL 17 0107 - SS
news by man & woman; excellent, o/ low rumble. [Connelly*R-MA]
1053 UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, JUL 17 0109 - "Good
morning, you're on Talk Radio", then a teletalk discussion of a
recent TV special about rock 'n' roll history. Excellent w/ WEVD
phased to lower strength level than 1053. [Connelly*R-MA]
1089 UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, JUL 17 0112 - // 1053 w/
teletalk discussion mentioning the Beatles and other famous rock
bands of the last 40 years; EXCELLENT, clobbering WBAL. UnID
station (Albania ?) w/ talk by woman was way under. [Connelly*R-MA]
1098 SLOVAKIA, Nitra, JUL 17 0113 - old-fashioned piano music
& orchestra; LIKE A LOCAL ! SS station & growl way, way under.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1107 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, JUL 17 0117 - man in SS; o/ others.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1116 SPAIN, SER synchros, JUL 17 0118 - poor w/ bits of SS newstalk
occasionally surfacing o/ carrier jumble. [Connelly*R-MA]
1134 CROATIA, Hrvatska Radio, Zadar / SPAIN, COPE synchros, JUL 17
0120 - Croatia w/ EE light pop vocal evenly mixing w/ Spain's SS
talk; in WBBR slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
1197 LESOTHO, BBC, Lancer's Gap, JUL 17 0003 - BBC EE news;
poor, in mix w/ unID music station that was likely Virgin
Radio (heard an hour and a half later); Spain & Morocco
seemed to be in the mix as well. [Connelly*R-MA]
1197 UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin Radio synchros, JUL 17 0135 -
light rock music // 1215; in mix w/ Lesotho & others.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1206 unID, JUL 17 0133 - maybe Israel or Poland w/ carrier &
fragmentary audio (not believed to be France at this time).
Slight het from likely Caymans on 1205. [Connelly*R-MA]
1215 UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin Radio synchros, JUL 17 0134 -
LOUD w/ EE talk, rock music; way o/ Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
1251 LIBYA, Tripoli, JUL 17 0137 - bits of AA chant, in tough
slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
1287 SPAIN, SER synchros, JUL 17 0138 - bits of SS talk in garbled
carrier pile. [Connelly*R-MA]
1296 SPAIN / SUDAN (?), JUL 17 0140 - SS talk mixed w/ AA-sounding
vocal (though Sudan s/on not until 0300 per schedule, so possibly
Hindi music from R. XL, UK instead); poor through slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
1548 UNITED KINGDOM, unID city, JUL 17 0152 - EE teletalk show;
poor, in slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
* PAN-AMERICAN DX *
535 GRENADA, St. George's, JUL 17 0154 - Caribbean EE talk by man
about farmers; good, above RVC-530 slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ZIZ, Basseterre, JUL 17 0021 - soca male
vocal & high-intensity drumming; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
595 DOMINICA, DBS, Hillsborough, JUL 17 0016 - light pop female
vocal; fair w/ WBNW-590 phased. [Connelly*R-MA]
640 VENEZUELA (t), likely YVQO, Puerto La Cruz, JUL 17 0026 -
fast SS talk & Venezuela mentions o/ WNNZ/CBN/others.
[Connelly*R-MA]
705 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES, Kingstown, JUL 17 0037 - Carib-
EE talk; in static. [Connelly*R-MA]
750 VENEZUELA, YVKS, Caracas, JUL 17 0042 - SS baseball coverage
of a Caracas team, mentioned "el foul" and "la pelota" (ball);
big signal, way o/ CBGY/WSB. [Connelly*R-MA]
860.3 unID, JUL 17 0050 - a somewhat wobbly low het against the
traffic jam of Latin Americans on 860. [Connelly*R-MA]
1100 ANTIGUA, ZDK, St. Johns (t) - JUL 17 0115 - in mess w/
apparent Caribbean EE shouting w/ only clear words "It's Soca,
Man". Bits of PP (Brazil) and SS stations were in the stew
as well. WWWE easily nulled to nothing. [Connelly*R-MA]
1169.4 unID - JUL 17 0122 - het against WKPE/HJNW/WWVA.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1205 CAYMAN ISLANDS (t) - JUL 17 0133 - het against unID 1206 TA.
[Connelly*R-MA]
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