[HCDX]: logs 19-30 DEC 1998

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(logs 19-30 DEC 1998: file=DX981230.LOG)

Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 1998

[Connelly*B-MA] = Billerica, MA
(GC= 71.221 W / 42.533 N)
(home)

[Connelly*H-MA] = East Harwich, Cape Cod, MA
(GC= 70.021 W / 41.713 N)
(near junction of Routes 39 & 137: pitch pine forest 2 km from ocean)

[Connelly*Y-MA] = West Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA
(GC= 70.223 W / 41.682 N)           
(mother's house)

e-mail = WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
Receivers: Drake R8A

Antenna systems: home: two noise-reduced slopers; other sites:
cardioid array with BBL-1 broadband loop & APW-1 active whip;
all sites: DXP-1 phasing unit

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*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***

549 | ALGERIA | Les Trembles, DEC 26 0221 - energetic AA
vocal; mixing with 1 or 2 others. [Connelly*H-MA] + DEC 30 0306 -
AA violins, percussion; good. [Connelly*B-MA]

567 | IRELAND | RTE R.1, Tullamore, DEC 26 0048 - vocal duet
from a Broadway musical, then man in EE; good. [Connelly*H-MA]

585 | SPAIN | RNE1, Madrid, DEC 26 0222 - man & woman in SS;
fair. [Connelly*H-MA]

594 | PORTUGAL | R. Renascenca, Muge, DEC 26 0223 - man in PP;
over unID music station (Morocco ?). [Connelly*H-MA]

612 | IRELAND | Athlone, DEC 26 0048 - very good with Carole
King version of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow ?". [Connelly*H-MA]

621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, DEC 30 0304 -
SS news by woman; to good peak. [Connelly*B-MA]

639 | SPAIN | RNE1, La Coruna, DEC 26 0224 - // 585 with SS
talk and music; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] 
  
675 | NETHERLANDS | R. Ten Gold, Lopik, DEC 26 0040 - 1950's
style doo-wop vocal. + DEC 26 0051 - Gordon Lightfoot song;
fair. [Connelly*H-MA]

693 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC, Droitwich et al., DEC 26 0035 -
EE sports report mentioning cricket match with team from
India; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]

774 | SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, DEC 30 0317 - man & woman in SS;
fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

846 | ITALY | Rome, DEC 26 0052 - operatic male vocal;
fair to good. [Connelly*H-MA]

855 | SPAIN | RNE1, Murcia et al., DEC 26 0228 - interview
with woman in SS; excellent. [Connelly*H-MA]

891 | ALGERIA | Algiers, DEC 26 0229 - // 549 with string music;
light audio on huge S9+30 carrier. [Connelly*H-MA]

909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC, Moorside Edge et al., DEC 26 0230 -
EE news discussion; poor to fair. [Connelly*H-MA]

954 | QATAR | Qatar BS, Al Arish, DEC 26 0234 - // 7210 with
Koranic vocal; through Spain. [Connelly*H-MA]

1035 | PORTUGAL | R. Nacional, Lisboa, DEC 26 0237 - opera-
influenced male vocal with piano accompaniment; fair.
[Connelly*H-MA]
 
1044 | MOROCCO | Sebaa-Aioun, DEC 25 1959 - AA strings, vocals;
over Spain. [Connelly*H-MA]

1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, DEC 29 2353 - SS talk; good.
[Connelly*B-MA]

1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | Talk Radio synchros, DEC 26 0238 - fast
EE teletalk; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] + DEC 29 2345 - talk mentioning
the New York Times, then advertisements and a phone call from
Jane in London; fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

1107 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, DEC 29 2334 - SS man & woman;
good at S9+15. [Connelly*H-MA]

1134 | CROATIA | HR, Zadar, DEC 26 0216 - soul male vocal
version of "Silent Night", possibly by Stevie Wonder; to
good peak. [Connelly*H-MA]

1215 } SPAIN | COPE synchros, DEC 29 2315 - SS teletalk;
dominant. [Connelly*B-MA]

1332 | ITALY | Rome et al., DEC 19 2232 - "Beyond the Sea" by
Bobby Darin; good. [Connelly*H-MA]

1467 | FRANCE | TWR, Roumoules, DEC 19 2234 - southern US
accented EE religious talk; fair to good. [Connelly*H-MA]

1485 | SPAIN | SER synchros, DEC 19 2236 - man in SS; poor
to fair. [Connelly*H-MA]

1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, DEC 19 2237 - man in AA
mentioned "arabiyah"; to good peak. + DEC 24 2043 - AA talk;
good. + DEC 25 1940 - pre-sunset fade-up. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ DEC 29 2126 - // 9870 with musical interlude, AA talk;
through WGAM slop. [Connelly*B-MA]

1530 | VATICAN | R. Vaticana, DEC 30 0437 - eastern European
sounding talk; mixed with nulled WSAI and a third station that
was probably Sao Tome. [Connelly*B-MA]
 
1548 | KUWAIT | VOA, Kuwait City, DEC 30 0003 - huge with
VOA EE news about patrolling the no-fly zone in southern Iraq; 
atop UK and stronger than the 1550 atations. [Connelly*B-MA]

1550 | ALGERIA | RASD Clandestine, Tindouf, DEC 19 2010 -
North African female vocal; mixed with domestics. 
[Connelly*H-MA] 

1575 | unID | DEC 29 2352 - maybe the roving Kuwait 
clandestine here with AA music, then AA talk by man;
over Spain. [Connelly*B-MA] 

1602 | SPAIN | EI, Vitoria, DEC 25 2011 - bits of non-SER
SS talk; in WUNR slop. [Connelly*H-MA]


*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***

535 | GRENADA | GBC, St. George's, DEC 26 0049 - religious-
sounding music at low audio level on a good carrier. 
[Connelly*H-MA]

640 | CUBA | R. Progreso, Guanabacoa / Las Tunas, DEC 19 0426 -
local-like with "We Are the Champions" by Queen, // 890.
[Connelly*Y-MA]

700 | JAMAICA | JBC R.1, Montego Bay, DEC 19 0408 - light
reggae, then woman doing a commercial for a local store.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
 
720 | JAMAICA | RJR, Kingston, DEC 19 0411 - dancehall
reggae version of Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart";
good with CHTN & WGN nulled. [Connelly*Y-MA]

760 | COLOMBIA | RCN, HJAJ, Barranquilla, DEC 19 0413 - // 770
with man in SS; over/under Cuba. [Connelly*Y-MA]
 
760 | CUBA | R. Reloj, Las Mercedes & Guanabacoa, DEC 19 0413 -
Reloj SS news & time show; over/under Colombia. [Connelly*Y-MA]

770 | COLOMBIA | RCN, HJJX, Bogota, DEC 19 0413 - // 760 with
SS talk; over WABC. [Connelly*Y-MA] 
  
800 | NETHERLANDS ANTILLES | Trans-World Radio, PJB, Bonaire,
DEC 19 0416 - SS religion; over others. [Connelly*Y-MA] 

890 | CUBA | R. Progreso, CMDZ, Santiago de Cuba, DEC 19 0426 -
// 640 with "We Are the Champions" by Queen; slightly over
WBPS/WLS. [Connelly*Y-MA]
  

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