[HCDX]: logs 27 MAY - 12 JUN 1999

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(logs 27 MAY - 12 JUN 1999: file=DX990612.LOG)

Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 1999

[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*O-MA] = South Orleans, Cape Cod, MA
(GC= 69.991 W / 41.735 N)
(Town Landing, off Route 28, 0.3 km N of Tar Kiln Road)
 
[Connelly*R-MA] = Rockport, MA
(GC= 70.60 W / 42.636 N)
(Pebble Beach: Penzance Road, E of South St.)


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Receiver: Drake R8A

Antenna systems: cardioid array with BBL-1 broadband loop,
APW-1 active whip, DXP-1 phasing unit

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*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***

549 | ALGERIA | Les Trembles, MAY 31 0200 - female pop-style
AA vocal with strings & drum, then man with AA announcement,
music fanfare followed by AA news by woman; loud. 
+ MAY 31 0400 - time pips, AA news by woman; fair.
[Connelly*H-MA] + JUN 12 0213 - AA talkshow / interview;
to good peak. [Connelly*O-MA]

558 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, JUN 12 0215 - SS talk; poor in
WGAN slop. [Connelly*O-MA]

567 | IRELAND | RTE, Tullamore, JUN 12 0217 - folk vocal, then
the female DJ mentioned that it was written by Joni Mitchell;
EXCELLENT local-like signal ! [Connelly*O-MA]

585 | SPAIN | RNE1, Madrid, JUN 12 0218 - man in SS; to good
peak over VOCM splash with WEZE phased. [Connelly*O-MA]

603 | SPAIN | RNE5, Sevilla / Palencia, JUN 12 0220 - // 585
with calm-voiced man in SS; over a weak 603.5 het of unknown
origin. [Connelly*O-MA]
  
612 | IRELAND | Athlone, JUN 12 0221 - EE talk, dance-rock
music; very good, over a cluster of others. [Connelly*O-MA]

621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, MAY 31 0206 -
SS news; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] + JUN 12 0222 - absolutely
HUGE (much stronger than the 620 kHz stuff) with SS newstalk
by man. [Connelly*O-MA]

621 | unID | JUN 12 0229 - maybe Egypt here with bits of
AA-style string music; way under Canaries. [Connelly*O-MA]

639 | SPAIN | RNE1, La Coruna, JUN 12 0223 - // 621 with SS
talk; good, splittable from strong CBN-640 classical music
program. [Connelly*O-MA]
  
648 | SPAIN | RNE1, Badajoz et al., JUN 12 0224 - SS // 621
occasionally surfaced over a pile-up of co-channel stations.
[Connelly*O-MA]

657 | SPAIN | RNE5, Madrid, JUN 12 0224 - // 621 with man
in SS; fair. [Connelly*O-MA] 
 
684 | SPAIN | RNE1, Sevilla, MAY 28 0129 - calm SS talk by man;
good with WRKO phased. [Connelly*R-MA] + JUN 12 0230 - // 621
with SS discussion program; good. [Connelly*O-MA]

693 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC, Droitwich et al., JUN 12 0231 -
EE talk by man; poor to fair over Azores. [Connelly*O-MA]

738 | SPAIN | RNE1, Barcelona, JUN 12 0237 - two men talking
in SS; good signal. [Connelly*O-MA]

747 | NETHERLANDS | Flevoland, MAY 28 0132 - rock music,
apparent Dutch talk; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]

774 | SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, JUN 12 0241 - // 621 with some
kind of electronic Muzak (space age cocktail music), then
man & woman in SS; to good peak. [Connelly*O-MA]

792 | SPAIN | SER, Sevilla, JUN 12 0244 - // 1044 with SS
discussion; good. [Connelly*O-MA]

836 | AZORES | RDP, Pico da Barossa | MAY 28 0135 - soft music;
poor, over 837 het. [Connelly*R-MA] + JUN 12 0146 - "Joy to
the World" by Three Dog Night: light audio, but the signal was
so huge that low modulation was not a problem. [Connelly*O-MA]

837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, JUN 12 0147 -
SS talk; QRM'ed by Azores-836. [Connelly*O-MA]

855 | SPAIN | RNE1, Murcia et al., JUN 12 0153 - // 1107 with
dramatic SS talk by man over a guitar accompaniment; to good
peak. + JUN 12 0249 - SS talk; now STRONGER THAN WEEI-850 !
[Connelly*O-MA]

873 | SPAIN | SER R. Zaragoza, Zaragoza, JUN 12 0149 - SS
teletalk // 1044; fair to good. [Connelly*O-MA]

882 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, JUN 12 0149 -
// 837 with man & woman in SS; over others. [Connelly*O-MA]

891 | ALGERIA | Algiers, JUN 12 0313 - AA vocal; slopped.
[Connelly*O-MA]

936 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, JUN 12 0312 - // 855 with romantic
female vocal; fair. [Connelly*O-MA]

954 | SPAIN | R. Espana, Madrid, JUN 12 0312 - SS teletalk; to
good peak. [Connelly*O-MA]

999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, JUN 12 0311 - excited SS talk by
woman; to good peak. [Connelly*O-MA]

1008 | CANARY ISLANDS | Las Palmas, R. Las Palmas / RadioVoz,
JUN 12 0115 - SS teletalk (not // 1044); good with WINS nulled.
[Connelly*O-MA]

1026 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JUN 12 0310 - // 1044 with SS news
by man & woman; good. [Connelly*O-MA]

1035 | PORTUGAL | R. Nacional, Lisboa, JUN 12 0121 - '50s-
influenced PP vocal; to fair peak. [Connelly*O-MA]
 
1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAY 28 0138 - SER SS teletalk by
man & woman; fair. [Connelly*R-MA] + JUN 12 0124 - man & woman
with SS discussion, some synchro-echo present.  Excellent
signal. [Connelly*O-MA]

1053 | MOROCCO | Tanger, MAY 27 2331 - AA talk fragments and het
building against WEVD on pre-sunset fade-up. [Connelly*R-MA]

1053 | SPAIN | COPE, Zaragoza / Castellon, JUN 12 0126 - man & 
woman SS talk, interlude of jazz, then more talk; dominant.
[Connelly*O-MA]
 
1071 | SPAIN | EI, Bilbao, JUN 12 0151 - male folk vocal and
guitar; excellent. [Connelly*O-MA]

1098 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, JUN 12 0129 - fast SS talk; in & out
of jumbly mess and growl. [Connelly*O-MA]

1107 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, MAY 28 0104 - news by woman in
SS; to good peak over others. [Connelly*R-MA] + JUN 12 0130 -
SS talk; getting badly dumped-on by Carupano-1110. [Connelly*O-MA]

1125 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, JUN 12 0135 - // 1098 with fast SS
talk; fair. [Connelly*O-MA]

1134 | CROATIA | HR, Zadar, MAY 28 0049 - Slavic folk group vocal
(Mystere Des Voix Bulgares or similar); over Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]

1134 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, MAY 27 2356 - SS teletalk with man
& woman. [Connelly*R-MA] + JUN 12 0134 - SS teletalk; excellent &
dominant. [Connelly*O-MA]

1152 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, MAY 27 2357 - man with fast SS talk;
through remnants of phased WNFT-1150. [Connelly*R-MA] + JUN 12 0137 -
SS man & woman, then vocal & guitar // 1098; to very good peak.
+ JUN 12 0156 - HUGE with vocal duet and acoustic guitar, // 855.
[Connelly*O-MA]

1161 | SPAIN | EI, San Sebastian, JUN 12 0138 - bits of SS vocal;
poor, in slop. [Connelly*O-MA]

1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros, MAY 27 2337 - fade-
up about 30 min. before sunset. [Connelly*R-MA] + JUN 12 0140 -
fair with woman in SS // 1044. [Connelly*O-MA]

1197 | SPAIN | EI, Vitoria, JUN 12 0152 - // 1071 with folk vocal
& guitar; poor. [Connelly*O-MA]

1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Virgin R. synchros, MAY 28 0100 - EE
headline news mentioning Milosevic; to fair peak over Spain.
[Connelly*R-MA] 

1224 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, JUN 12 0147 - // 837 with
woman in SS; mixed with unID rocker that may have been
Netherlands. [Connelly*O-MA]

1251 | LIBYA | Tripoli, JUN 12 0159 - AA man and interspersed
AA orchestra (strings, percussion); good. [Connelly*O-MA]

1296 | SUDAN | Reba, JUN 12 0255-0302 - an interval signal of
approximately 11 notes kept repeating from 0255 to 0300: the
signal gained strength all the while.  A few times Spain was
noted in the background, but Sudan was fully dominant and
loud at 0300 when AA announcements were made by a man.  A
stern-sounding male Koranic vocal with slight reverb (perhaps
echoey room acoustics) came on at 0302 UTC: the signal was
massive (way over S9) at the time.  This was the highlight of
the night's DX session. [Connelly*O-MA]

1305 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, JUN 12 0200 - // 1107 with SS
news; in messy QRM. [Connelly*O-MA]

1359 | SPAIN | Arganda, MAY 27 2340 - rambling SS chat; through
phase-nulled WLYN splatter. + MAY 28 0012 - woman in SS, then a
music segment; some CKBC QRM. + MAY 28 0034 - now really loud !
[Connelly*R-MA]

1422 | ALGERIA | Algiers, MAY 28 0018 - AA music; in slop.
[Connelly*R-MA]

1485 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAY 28 0019 - SS newstalk; poor.
[Connelly*R-MA] + JUN 12 0205 - poor with SS news. [Connelly*O-MA]

1512 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Jeddah, JUN 12 0208 - AA vocal
just getting through tough WNRB slop.  1521 had a monster
carrier at the time on pre-sign-on warm-up. [Connelly*O-MA]

1530 | VATICAN | R. Vaticana, JUN 12 0305 - eastern European
language news by man & woman; mixed with WSAI.  Other signals
behind these two may have been Sao Tome, Latin Americans, or
domestics. [Connelly*O-MA]
 
1548 | KUWAIT | VOA, Kuwait City, MAY 28 0022 - US sportstalk;
over/under unID British station. [Connelly*R-MA]

1550 | ALGERIA | RASD Clandestine, Tindouf, MAY 27 2344 - AA
chant; in and out of jumble with domestics. [Connelly*R-MA]

1575 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAY 28 0023 - echoey SS teletalk;
over AA-sounding unID second station. [Connelly*R-MA]

1584 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAY 28 0024 - // 1575 with SS
teletalk by man & woman; good.  The Ceuta - 1583.65 het was in
the background this time. [Connelly*R-MA] + JUN 12 0211 -
SS woman // 1044; fair with receiver on upper sideband: 1.8
kHz bandwidth to dodge the Ceuta het. [Connelly*O-MA]

1593 | unID | MAY 28 0024 - possibly Egypt here with bits of
Middle Eastern sounding string music; hacked by WARV-1590 and
WUNR-1600 slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

																
	
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***

555 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | ZIZ, Basseterre, MAY 31 0205 -
Dr. Hook oldie "Sharing the Night Together". [Connelly*H-MA]
+ JUN 12 0213 - soca party music; good. [Connelly*O-MA]   

650 | COLOMBIA | RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, MAY 31 0207 -
Colombian news in SS; through 660 slop. [Connelly*H-MA]

680 | PUERTO RICO | WAPA, San Juan, JUN 12 0229 - SS sports
coverage with mentions of Puerto Rico and San Juan, then a
brief 'cerveza' ad was inserted.  Under nulled WRKO Boston.
[Connelly*O-MA] 
 
690 | ANGUILLA | Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, JUN 12 0227 -
US EE preaching; monster signal, way over Latin Americans.
[Connelly*O-MA]
 
700 | JAMAICA | RJR, Montego Bay, JUN 12 0239 - reggae vocal,
then Carib-EE talk by man; slightly over 2 or more SS Latin
Americans. [Connelly*O-MA]
 
705 | ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES | Kingstown, JUN 12 0235 -
Caribbean EE talk by man, then a mellow Caribbean romantic
vocal with '50s street-corner doo-wop influences; fair.
[Connelly*O-MA]

800 | NETHERLANDS ANTILLES | Trans-World Radio, PJB, Bonaire,
JUN 12 0242 - US black preacher in EE; excellent signal.
[Connelly*O-MA] 

830 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | TBN, Basseterre, MAY 31 0215 -
// 7510 with hymn; over/under WCRN. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ JUN 12 0246 - EE preaching that mentioned the creation of
the Tigris and Euphrates rivers; way over WCRN/YVLT/CFJR.
[Connelly*O-MA]

880 | VENEZUELA | Mundial, YVYM, Puerto Ordaz, JUN 12 0148 -
Mundial ID; loud, over WCBS. [Connelly*O-MA]

939.93 | unID | MAY 27 2330 - 70 Hz growl on low side of channel;
heard about a half hour before sunset, so possibly of domestic
origin. [Connelly*R-MA]

940 | VENEZUELA | unID city, MAY 28 0122 - Valencia & Venezuela
mentions in SS talk.  Signal was dominant, but the audio was
"muddy" and muffled. [Connelly*R-MA]

1020 | VENEZUELA | R. Margarita, YVRS, La Asuncion, 
JUN 12 0120 - R. Margarita mentions; over low growl.
[Connelly*O-MA]

1039.61 | unID | JUN 12 0122 - het, bits of audio; perhaps
this is Barranquilla.  Has anyone positively ID'ed this ?
[Connelly*O-MA]

1040 | PUERTO RICO | WZNA, Moca, JUN 12 0122 - Puerto Rico
mentions in apparent baseball game coverage in SS; dominant
(though hetted by possible Colombian on 1039.61).
[Connelly*O-MA]

1050.31 | unID | JUN 12 0125 - het against WEVD. [Connelly*O-MA]

1060.3 | unID | JUN 12 0128 - weak het against presumed Cuban.
[Connelly*O-MA]

1100 | ANTIGUA (t) | R. ZDK, St. John's, MAY 28 0108 - probably
this with light pops including a female version of Bryan Adams'
"Everything I Do"; momentarily rising over WTAM, HJAT, & the
strong Spain-1098 het. [Connelly*R-MA]
 
1110 | VENEZUELA | YVQT, Carupano, MAY 28 0048 - salsa music,
R. Carupano ID; over WBT. [Connelly*R-MA] + JUN 12 0155 -
festive Macarena-style group vocal with "corazon" refrain;
local-like ! [Connelly*O-MA]
 
1131.8 | unID | JUN 12 0136 - carrier with AC ripple; weak.
[Connelly*O-MA]

1140 | VENEZUELA | La Voz del Caribe, Porlamar, MAY 28 0051 -
Venezuela mentions, SS man doing a live broadcast with
audience sounds (and some hum on audio); dominant over
WRVA. [Connelly*R-MA] + JUN 12 0308 - Caribe mention,
then mellow vocal; dominant. [Connelly*O-MA]
 
1160 | BERMUDA | VSB3, Hamilton, MAY 28 0053 - // 5975 with 
BBC discussion of Russia's economy and politics; strong, well
over the WOBM/WSKW/WVNJ mess. [Connelly*R-MA]

1169 | unID | JUN 12 0157 - weak 1 kHz het (or tone test ?)
against HJNW/WWVA. [Connelly*O-MA]

1170 | COLOMBIA | CARACOL, HJNW, Cartagena, MAY 28 0055 - fanfare
music, then good ID "Esta es CARACOL"; over WWVA & unID-1170.4
het. [Connelly*R-MA]

1209.72 | unID | MAY 28 0102 - low het against WPHT/VOAR.
[Connelly*R-MA] + JUN 12 0142 - het against YVZT/WPHT mix.
[Connelly*O-MA]

1210 | VENEZUELA | R. Anzoategui, YVZT, Barcelona, JUN 12 0144 -
booming "Anzoategui !" ID piled in over WPHT. [Connelly*O-MA]

1375.02 | ST. PIERRE ET MIQUELON | RFO, MAY 27 2341 - interesting
worldmusic show with AA-style flutes; loud. [Connelly*R-MA]

1410.7 | CANADA | CIGO, Port Hawkesbury, NS, JUN 12 0204 -
this bird is still WAY off frequency and should be widely
received as a result.  Sports report; in at excellent
level of course.  Some ripple noted on carrier when BFO
was turned on. [Connelly*O-MA]

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