[HCDX] logs 5-6 NOV 2000 (Cape Cod)
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[HCDX] logs 5-6 NOV 2000 (Cape Cod)

Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 2000 
(logs 5-6 NOV 2000)  

[Connelly*O-MA] = South Orleans, Cape Cod, MA
(GC= 69.991 W / 41.735 N)
(Town Landing / beach, off Route 28, 0.3 km N of Tar Kiln Road)

[Connelly*Y-MA] = West Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA
(GC= 70.223 W / 41.682 N)           
(mother's house)
 
Receiver: Drake R8A

Antenna systems:
(S. Orleans) cardioid array with active whip, broadband
  loop, and Superphaser-1 phasing unit
(W. Yarmouth) Quantum Loop

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Cape Cod DX Site photo's: http://members.aol.com/WMEX1510/dx_orleans_ma.htm 
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RF circuit page: http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/index.html

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*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***

567 | IRELAND | RTE, Tullamore, NOV 5 2227 - religious-
sounding folk vocal with harp accompaniment; to good
peak over Spain. [Connelly*O-MA] 

576 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, NOV 5 2226 -
man and woman in Spanish // 684; poor. [Connelly*O-MA]

612 | MOROCCO | Sebaa-Aioun, NOV 5 2226 - Arabic talk,
music; poor to fair. [Connelly*O-MA]

621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, NOV 5 2225 -
woman in Spanish; fair. [Connelly*O-MA]

639 | SPAIN | RNE1, La Coruna, NOV 5 2223 - // 684 with
Spanish telephone interview; fair. [Connelly*O-MA] 

684 | SPAIN | RNE1, Sevilla, NOV 5 2223 - telephone
interview // 639 & others; good. [Connelly*O-MA] 

693 | SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, NOV 5 2223 - // 684 with Spanish
talk; poor with het from Azores-693.7. [Connelly*O-MA] 

711.04 | WESTERN SAHARA | Laayoune, NOV 5 2209 - preaching
or political harangue by man in Arabic; loud, one of the
best low-band TA's at this time. [Connelly*O-MA]

729 | SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, NOV 5 2211 - woman with
Spanish news; through CKAC splash. [Connelly*O-MA] 

738 | SPAIN | RNE1, Barcelona, NOV 5 2211 - // 729
with Spanish news; good, over occasional CHCM slop.
[Connelly*O-MA]

756 | SPAIN | R. Euskadi, Bilbao, NOV 5 2212 - woman
in Spanish; poor to fair. [Connelly*O-MA]

774 | SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, NOV 5 2212 - Spanish news;
over Arabic station, choppy. [Connelly*O-MA] 

783 | MAURITANIA | Nouakchott, NOV 5 2214 - // 4845 with
serious male Arabic talk; to good peak. [Connelly*O-MA]

836 | AZORES | RDP, Pico da Barrosa, NOV 5 2218 - pop
jazz female vocal; to fair peak over Canaries-837 het.
[Connelly*O-MA]

855 | SPAIN | RNE1, Murcia et al., NOV 5 2206 - Spanish
news; fair, over others. [Connelly*O-MA] 

864 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Paris, NOV 5 2205 - // 945
with emotional female French vocal; loud. [Connelly*O-MA]

873 | SPAIN | SER synchros, NOV 5 2218 - fast Spanish
talk; poor to fair. [Connelly*O-MA] 

909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC, Moorside Edge et al.,
NOV 5 2202 - English news; to fair peak. [Connelly*O-MA] 

945 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Toulouse, NOV 5 2125 -
piano and romantic ballad // 1206; through WROL
slop. [Connelly*O-MA]

972 | LIBYA | NOV 5 2137 - Arabic vocal; over Spain
and others. [Connelly*O-MA]

981 | ALGERIA | Radiodif. Algerienne, Algiers,
NOV 5 2140 - monster carrier with muffled / weak
Arabic audio. [Connelly*O-MA]

999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, NOV 5 2143 - Spanish
business-related talk by man; fair. [Connelly*O-MA] 

1008 | unID | NOV 5 2145 - classical piano; poor
to fair - more likely Netherlands than Canaries or
Spain with this format. [Connelly*O-MA]

1026 | SPAIN | SER synchros, NOV 5 2200 - bits of Spanish
news; over unID Mideast-sounding station (Iran ?).  WBZ
was well nulled; the biggest problem was static from a
storm somewhere. [Connelly*O-MA]

1044 | MOROCCO | Sebaa-Aioun, NOV 5 2156 - male, then
female, Arabic vocal; good, over Spain. [Connelly*O-MA]

1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, NOV 5 2157 - Spanish
newstalk; under Morocco. [Connelly*O-MA]

1053 | MOROCCO | Tanger, NOV 5 2158 - Arabic vocal
and violin music; just over SER-Spain and others.
[Connelly*O-MA]

1098 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, NOV 5 2246 - Spanish
teletalk; barely over a rough growl. [Connelly*O-MA]

1107 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, NOV 5 2155 - // 1152 with
man in Spanish; over others. [Connelly*O-MA]

1134 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, NOV 5 2230 - Spanish talk
and teletalk; fair. [Connelly*O-MA] 

1152 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, NOV 5 2155 - // 1107 with
Spanish talk; through WAMG slop. [Connelly*O-MA]

1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros, NOV 5 2244 -
Spanish talk; in jumbly pile-up. [Connelly*O-MA] 

1206 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Bordeaux, NOV 5 2034 -
good with disco music // 1377. [Connelly*O-MA]

1214.95 | unID | NOV 5 2232 - 50 Hz het on low side of
Spain-1215: either Albania or one of the Spain synchros
a bit off channel I guess. [Connelly*O-MA] 

1215 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, NOV 5 2231 - woman in Spanish;
over Virgin-UK. [Connelly*O-MA]

1224 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, NOV 5 2151 - Spanish
teletalk; poor. [Connelly*O-MA]

1251 | LIBYA | Tripoli, NOV 5 2053 - man in Arabic;
hollow "metallic" audio. [Connelly*O-MA]

1305 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, NOV 5 2150 - fast echoey
Spanish talk; over rumble. [Connelly*O-MA]

1314 | NORWAY | NRK, Kvitsoy, NOV 5 2233 - '60s-style
lounge music (Jack Jones or similar); slightly over Spain
and a barrage of slop from S9+50 CKEC-1320. [Connelly*O-MA]

1332 | ITALY | Rome et al., NOV 5 2052 - excited Italian
talk by man; fair to good. [Connelly*O-MA]

1377 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Lille, NOV 5 2034 - // 1206
with '70s-type disco song; good, often stronger than
adjacent St. Pierre-1375.02. [Connelly*O-MA]

1395 | ALBANIA | Fllake, NOV 5 2048 - Slavic talk; good.
[Connelly*O-MA]

1404 | FRANCE | France Bleu synchros, NOV 5 2036 - // 1206
with disco music with a woman giving instructions (like
a dance or exercise-workout lesson), then a romantic
ballad followed.  Mixed with others. [Connelly*O-MA]

1422 | GERMANY | DeutschlandRadio, Heusweiler, NOV 5 2241 -
classical music and opera vocal; to good peak over apparent
Arabic talker (Algeria). [Connelly*O-MA] 

1467 | FRANCE | TWR, Roumoules, NOV 5 2008 - Arabic
preaching by man; very good.  At 2015, the directional
pattern must have changed because the signal weakened.
[Connelly*O-MA]

1485 | SPAIN | SER synchros, NOV 5 2018 - Spanish sporting
event coverage; very good, over an hour before sunset here.
[Connelly*O-MA]

1494 | FRANCE | France Bleu synchros, NOV 5 2038 - // 1206
with sentimental ballad; fair. [Connelly*O-MA]

1512 | BELGIUM | Wolvertem, NOV 5 2047 - woman in English
with newsmagazine type program; fair with some WNRB slop.
[Connelly*O-MA]

1512 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Jeddah, NOV 5 2002 -
man reading news in Arabic; slightly over Belgium.
[Connelly*O-MA]

1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, NOV 5 1855 - het fade-
up at 1.55 p.m. local, 2.5 hours pre-sunset.  The earliest
this has been heard in this area was a few years ago around
Christmas at 1800 UTC (1 p.m. EST) on a sloper at E. Harwich.
+ NOV 5 1925 - // 9555 & 9870 with woman in Arabic; good.
[Connelly*O-MA]

1530 | VATICAN | Vatican R., NOV 5 2019 - Italian
religious talk and a segment of classical music; fair
with WVBF phased. [Connelly*O-MA]
 
1550 | ALGERIA | RASD Clandestine, Tindouf, NOV 5 2022 -
shrill female vocal, then man in Arabic; very good with
WNTN/WDZK cardioid-nulled.  Slight VOA-1548 het and a
weak jammer in the background. [Connelly*O-MA]

1584 | SPAIN | SER synchros, NOV 5 2000 - Spanish talk
with synchro-echo; over Ceuta-1583.65 het. [Connelly*O-MA]

1602 | SPAIN | EI, Vitoria, NOV 5 2023 - calm Spanish
talk by man; loud, way over SER's sports coverage.
[Connelly*O-MA]



*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***

535 | GRENADA | GBC, St. George's, NOV 5 2229 - mellow
soul vocal; good. [Connelly*O-MA] 

555 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | ZIZ, Basseterre, NOV 5 2359 -
Caribbean accented woman mentioned local events in St.
Kitts and Nevis. [Connelly*Y-MA] 

590 | CUBA | R. Musical Nacional, NOV 5 2352 - classical
music; excellent, over VOCM with WEZE nulled. [Connelly*Y-MA]

600 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, CMKV, Urbano Noris, NOV 6 0030 -
noted // 670 with Cuban jazz version of a medley of Souza
marches including (surprisingly!) a couple having US
patriotic themes; good, over other Latin Americans.
[Connelly*Y-MA] 

620 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, Colon / Moa, NOV 6 0026 - // 670 with
Spanish political talk by man; over WZON. [Connelly*Y-MA] 

630 | CUBA | R. Progreso, NOV 6 0024 - // 640 with Doors
"Roadhouse Blues" ("I got up this morning and poured myself
a beer."); over WPRO/CFCY/WSKN. [Connelly*Y-MA] 

630 | PUERTO RICO | WSKN, San Juan, NOV 5 2224 - Puerto
Rico regional news by woman in Spanish; good, dominant.
[Connelly*O-MA] 

640 | CUBA | R. Progreso, Guanabacoa / Las Tunas,
NOV 6 0023 - party time here with "Roadhouse Blues" by
the Doors // other Progresos on 630, 690, and 890.
Signal was blasting in over CBN/WNNZ/YVQO. + NOV 6 0031 -
another great Doors tune "L.A. Woman". [Connelly*Y-MA] 

650 | COLOMBIA | RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, NOV 5 2355 -
Spanish announcer exhorted fans to get excited about their
Colombian team; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] 

670 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, CMQ, Arroyo Arenas, NOV 6 0026 -
talk // 620 about Cuba's political affairs; dominant over
YVLL/CKXB/WSCR mix. [Connelly*Y-MA] 

690 | ANGUILLA | Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, NOV 5 2222 -
discussion of Bibles in US history, including one brought
by the Pilgrims; excellent / dominant. [Connelly*O-MA] 

690 | CUBA | R. Progreso, Jovellanos, NOV 6 0025 - // 640
with Jim Morrison & the Doors doing "Roadhouse Blues";
in mix with CINF & Anguilla. [Connelly*Y-MA]

720 | VENEZUELA | R. Oriente, YVQE, Porlamar, NOV 5 2357 -
"desde Porlamar, Isla Margarita ... transmite Radio
Oriente"; huge, over CHTN. [Connelly*Y-MA] 

820 | unID | NOV 6 0020 - grinding/buzzing signal hammering
WNYC.  Direction fix with Quantum Loop shows a bearing
consistent with Cuba. [Connelly*Y-MA]

890 | CUBA | R. Progreso, CMDZ, Santiago de Cuba, NOV 6 0032 -
Doors tunes including "L.A. Woman" // 640.  Slamming in;
annihilating WBPS. [Connelly*Y-MA] 

895 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | VON, Bath Village, NOV 6 0000 -
announcer "This is VON Radio, 895 kilohertz, 10000 watts
of power", into Afropop-style female group gospel harmony.
Talk by preacher in a room with reverberation followed.
[Connelly*Y-MA] 

1060.3 | COLOMBIA | unID city, NOV 6 0003 - Colombian
team sporting event; briefly sliding by the 1060.0
stations. [Connelly*Y-MA] 

1100 | ANTIGUA | R. ZDK, St. John's, NOV 6 0007 - Sunday
night fire-and-brimstone preacher; very good with WTAM
nulled. [Connelly*Y-MA]

1110 | VENEZUELA | R. Carupano, YVQT, Carupano, NOV 6 0008 -
"... ocho minutos, hora de Venezuela", into romantic vocal;
atop WBT. [Connelly*Y-MA]

1139.53 | unID | NOV 6 0010 - bits of Spanish talk and a
fat het against WRVA/CBI/YV on 1140.0. [Connelly*Y-MA] 

1160 | BERMUDA | VSB3, Hamilton, NOV 5 2120 - // 5975
with talk "You're listening to BBC World Service: Julian
Marshall with News Hour."; strong, alone on channel.
[Connelly*O-MA]

1180 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, NOV 6 0013 - // 670 with Spanish
talk by a man and a woman about the provinces of Cuba,
then syrupy '40s movie type violin music; loud, over WHAM.
[Connelly*Y-MA]








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