LOG: Cape Cod weekend DX, Thursday NH outing

[wa1ion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Mark Connelly)]

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I got to do some DXing over the weekend.  Very good low band Europeans 
were noted Saturday night in Harwich and also on a sunset period scan 
done from Plymouth.  I cut the Plymouth session short so I'd have some 
time for the Patriots-Jets game (Pats won 27-24 in overtime).

Latin American DX was virtually non-existent.  Even in Harwich, the 
dial was dominated by a blend of US, Canadian, and European stations.

Harwich logs (UTC: 14 SEP from 0148 to 0618) = Spain/unID-1143, 
Portugal-666, Azores-836, Canaries-Spain-837, Spain-855 (equal to 
Boston-850!), Spain-531, Spain-576, France-603 (R. Bleue a surprise 
at 0200 UTC w/ S9+30 crusher signal o/ Spain, Madeira, etc.), 
Spain-585, Spain-558, France-183 & Ireland-252 best LW TA's, 
Algeria-891, Algeria / poss. Germany-549, Italy-846, Ireland/Spain-567, 
Netherlands-675, COPE Spain-702 (//837), Spain-1044, Spain-873, 
Spain-1215, St.Pierre-1375, Germany-1422, Algeria-549 S9+35 !!, 
Saudi Arabia-1521 s/on at 0300, Egypt-864, Spain-792, 
COPE Spain-783 (//837) dominant, Spain-774 (fading Egypt under), 
Switzerland-765, Germany & Spain-756 equal levels, Spain-648, 
Spain-639, Canaries-Spain-621, Ireland-612, Ireland-567 at S9+25,
Spain-657, VOCM-590 killing WEZE, UK-693, Libya - 711 & 1251 nice 
parallel, Netherlands-675 good at 0347 & "in the room" at 0403, 
Netherlands-747, Madeira-531 (o/ Spain), Madeira-603 (u/ Spain), 
Spain-801, France-603 huge at 0401 (killing Spain, Madeira), 
Ireland-612 great w/ news, UK-693 up to local level at 0405, 
Spain/Ireland(t)-729, UK-909, UK even mix Spain-882,
Spain (o/likely German)-1017, Spain o/ unID-1026, Portugal(t)-1035,
Spain-1044, Spain-1152, Spain-1107, Bermuda-1160, Spain-1584, het pair 
on 1395.0/1395.3 presumed Netherlands/Albania, pres. Belgium-1512 at
0510: mellow music in WNRB slop, France-1206 xlnt, Spain-Canaries-1179,
Spain-1134, Spain-1107 pips, R. Cinco ID at 0530, SER Spain-1116, 
Spain-1071, Spain-1098, Canaries-621 still good at 0615, 
Spain-684 at 0617, and to close it out Azores-693 (// 836) hanging 
in there at 0618 UTC.

Onwards to Plymouth (Robbins Road) (UTC: 14 SEP / 2223 to 15 SEP / 0024) =
France-1467 "Hour of Decision" ministry pgm. in US EE: in w/ absolutely 
smashing signal as soon as I'd set up my gear at 2223 (i.e. pre-sunset),
Libya-1251, Algeria-981, Algeria-891, Spain-855, Azores-836, 
Canaries-Spain-837, Spain-774 loud, Spain-639, Morocco-612, 
Azores o/others-693, Switzerland-765 huge (no evidence of Senegal - 
off the air or just bad Afro propagation ?), Spain SS talk o/ Jordan 
AA vocal-801, Morocco-819 (// 612), 827/828 het pair - pres. Syria/Spain, 
Italy-846, Spain-936 (// 855), Spain-954 huge w/ bits of AA-sounding 
mx (Qatar?) way under, Spain-999, Spain-1026 o/ other, 
Morocco/Spain-1044 both at a block-busting S9+30, Morocco-1053 
(o/Spain/UK), unID weak mx-1062 at 2315 .. Turkey?, Spain-1080 
good(!) (// 1044) w/ WTIC easily phased, UK-1089, Spain //'s 
1098 & 1107 loud, Spain-1116 xlnt !, Spain-1125 (//1107) o/ growl, 
Croatia-1134 now equal w/ Spain at 2327 (both bending the S-meter), 
Morocco-1044 massive/dominant, Canaries-Spain-1179 much too loud to 
let Sweden etc. get through, Israel(t)-1206 Semitic-sounding talk
& Greek-sounding mx audible about 30 sec., VOAR-1210 good w/ WPHT 
phased, UK & Spain-1215 equal levels, Algeria-1544 usual screaming & 
string-plucking, Spain-1575, Spain o/u Ceuta-1584, Spain (SER o/u 
Vitoria)-1602, unID's-1557 (bits operatic vocal & something else), 
VOA Kuwait-1548 good at 2352, Spain-1485, Germany-1422 xlnt, 
Mauritania-1349, Spain-1071, UK-1053, Croatia-1098 usual "Muzak" 
mowing down Spain, UK-1089 totally destroying WBAL, Germany-1017, 
Syria-827 ... finally broke some audio loose on this, a mess on 594 
seemed to have Portugal in there, Algeria-549 huge - wasting 550.

I expect to get out to the Seabrook, NH site (Lower Collins Road) 
on Thursday the 18th for yet more DX fun.  Previously I'd slated 
this for Wednesday, but the outing has been delayed a day.  I'm 
going via Route I-495 straight from work in Lowell, so I should 
be on-site by 6 p.m. EDT / 2200 UTC.  With a little luck it will 
get auroral and I'll have a shot at African, Caribbean, and South 
American stations that have been scarce lately.  Then on Friday, 
there will be the monthly BADX meeting at the Lexington Club.

73 / good DX ... Mark