[HCDX] logs 21-22 OCT 2000

[Mark Connelly <MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 2000 
(logs 21-22 OCT 2000)  

[Connelly*C-MA] = Chatham, Cape Cod, MA
(GC= 69.965 W / 41.717 N)
(at Vern Brownell (W1VB) QTH: Eastward Road)

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Receivers: Drake R8B

Antenna system: cardioid array with vertical whip,
broadband loop, and DXP-2 phasing unit

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*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***

693.7 | AZORES (t) | RDP, Santa Barbara | OCT 22 0017 -
mostly just a het against probable UK/Spain-693.0.
[Connelly*C-MA]

711.04 | WESTERN SAHARA | Laayoune, OCT 22 0020 - Arabic
vocal at low audio level on big carrier. [Connelly*C-MA]

756 | GERMANY | DeutschlandRadio, Braunschweig/Ravensburg,
OCT 21 2236 - classical music; fair.  Bits of this also
noted on // 1422, but that had worse slop. [Connelly*C-MA]
 
765 | SWITZERLAND | RSR, Sottens, OCT 22 0021 - mellow
French vocal and piano; fair. [Connelly*C-MA]

783 | MAURITANIA | Nouakchott, OCT 21 2155 - blues-influenced
female vocal and guitar; huge, actually better than // 4845.
[Connelly*C-MA]

836 | AZORES | RDP, Pico da Barrosa, OCT 21 2231 - Portuguese
sportstalk; light audio on good carrier, over Canaries-837
het. [Connelly*C-MA]

846 | ITALY | RAI, Rome, OCT 22 0058 - '40s type vocal,
maybe Bing Crosby; initially good, then into WEEI splash.
Shortwave // 6060 noted, but it was being pounded by
Spain-6055. [Connelly*C-MA] 

855 | SPAIN | RNE1, Murcia et al., OCT 21 2124 - news
in Spanish; fair through WEEI splash. [Connelly*C-MA] 

864 | EGYPT | Santah, OCT 21 2215 - stern Arabic talk
(preaching ?); momentarily atop, then buried by France.
[Connelly*C-MA] 

864 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Paris, OCT 21 2216 - // 1206 with
"On the Radio" by Donna Summer; over Egypt. + OCT 21 2243 -
"Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees; loud. [Connelly*C-MA]

882 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, OCT 21 2244 -
Spanish teletalk; to good peak. [Connelly*C-MA]

891 | ALGERIA | Algiers, OCT 21 2228 - Arabic music at low
audio level; WBPS phased. [Connelly*C-MA]

945 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Toulouse, OCT 22 0056 - // 1206
with female vocal; slopped. [Connelly*C-MA]

981 | ALGERIA | Radiodif. Algerienne, Algiers, OCT 21 2343 -
Arabic music at poor audio level; fat het against WCAP.
[Connelly*C-MA]

999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, OCT 21 2210 - fast Spanish talk;
good during a CKBW fade. [Connelly*C-MA] 

1008 | CANARY ISLANDS | Las Palmas, R. Las Palmas / RadioVoz,
OCT 21 2227 - excited Spanish talk (possibly sports); well
over SER-Spain. [Connelly*C-MA] 

1026 | SPAIN | SER synchros, OCT 22 0053 - // 1044 with
country style music, then woman in Spanish; poor to fair.
[Connelly*C-MA]

1044 | MOROCCO | Sebaa-Aioun, OCT 21 2246 - almost Celtic-
sounding flute music and female vocal; now over Spain.
[Connelly*C-MA]

1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, OCT 21 2114 - SER network
news; good. [Connelly*C-MA]

1053 | MOROCCO | Tanger, OCT 21 2223 - male Arabic vocal and
drums; good. [Connelly*C-MA]

1053 | UNITED KINGDOM | Talk Sport synchros, OCT 22 0051 -
two men in English (// 1089); over Spain. [Connelly*C-MA] 

1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | Talk Sport synchros, OCT 21 2355 -
English teletalk; fair to good. + OCT 22 0051 - announcer
to phone-in "Welcome to Talk Sport."; good. [Connelly*C-MA] 

1098 | SLOVAKIA | Slovensky Rozhlas, Nitra, OCT 22 0048 -
Elton John or similar vocal; dominant over Spain/growl.
[Connelly*C-MA] 

1107 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, OCT 21 2252 - // 855 with
Spanish discussion, then musical fanfare / interlude; good.
[Connelly*C-MA]

1116 | SPAIN | SER synchros, OCT 21 2253 - // 1044 with
teletalk; fair. [Connelly*C-MA]

1125 | CROATIA | HR, Deanovec, OCT 22 0047 - poor with
Slavic folk music // (loud) 1134. [Connelly*C-MA]
 
1134 | CROATIA | HR, Zadar, OCT 21 2358 - jazz, then into
three pips (2 shorter, 1 longer) at 0000.  Slavic news
followed.  Good, well atop Spain. [Connelly*C-MA] 

1134 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, OCT 21 2254 - Spanish talk,
teletalk; dominant over Croatia. [Connelly*C-MA] 

1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros, OCT 21 2258 -
Spanish teletalk. [Connelly*C-MA] 

1206 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Bordeaux, OCT 21 2058 - early
fade-up with "Devil Woman" by Marty Robbins from 1962.
+ OCT 21 2140 - // 1377 with Caribbean-style French male
vocal; loud. [Connelly*C-MA]

1215 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, OCT 21 2145 - fast Spanish
talk over growl and other audio (likely UK). [Connelly*C-MA]

1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, OCT 21 0008 - Spanish
teletalk; fair to good. [Connelly*C-MA] 

1314 | NORWAY | NRK, Kvitsoy, OCT 22 0009 - pop-rock music;
under Spain. [Connelly*C-MA]

1314 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, OCT 22 0009 - monotone talk
by man in Spanish; over Norway and rumble. [Connelly*C-MA]

1377 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Lille, OCT 21 2140 - // 1206
with French Caribbean male vocal; good.  St. Pierre-1375
seemed to be off at the time. [Connelly*C-MA]

1404 | FRANCE | France Bleu synchros, OCT 21 2323 - // 1206
with male folk singer and guitar; poor. [Connelly*C-MA]

1467 | FRANCE | TWR, Roumoules, OCT 21 2135 - US preacher
talked in English about Lucifer.  Another man translated
the sermon to Arabic every 1 or 2 sentences.  Though it
was slopped a bit by WZOU on the high side, the upper
sideband audio was much clearer than LSB. + OCT 21 2205 -
loud with British-accented man preaching. [Connelly*C-MA]

1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, OCT 21 2030 - pre-sunset
het on car radio at beach. + OCT 21 2104 - speech // 9870.
+ OCT 21 2130 - now HUGE with man & woman reading news in
Arabic. [Connelly*C-MA]

1521 | SPAIN | SER, Castellon, OCT 22 0028 - // 1575 with
man & woman in Spanish, followed by music.  Bits of // 1539
also noted. [Connelly*C-MA] 

1530 | VATICAN | Vatican R., OCT 21 2325 - overnight program
with light classical music; very good with WSAI phased.
[Connelly*C-MA]
 
1557 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Nice, OCT 21 2141 - // 1206, 1377
with Caribbean-style vocal; good. [Connelly*C-MA]

1575 | SPAIN | SER synchros, OCT 21 2209 - // 1044 with
newstalk. [Connelly*C-MA]

1583.65 | CEUTA | RadiOle, OCT 21 2309 - off-channel again:
romantic / operatic vocal, fat het against SER-1584.0.
[Connelly*C-MA] 

1584 | SPAIN | SER synchros, OCT 21 2310 - echoey Spanish
newstalk; best received on upper sideband to dodge Ceuta
het. [Connelly*C-MA]

1602 | SPAIN | EI, Vitoria / SER synchros, OCT 21 2311 -
EI with female vocal and SER with talk exactly equal in
strength; both almost as loud as adjacent WUNR/WWRL-1600.
[Connelly*C-MA]


*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***

1139.6 | unID | OCT 22 0002 - Latin percussion; splittable
from CBI-1140 at times. [Connelly*C-MA] 






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