[HCDX] logs 30 MAY - 23 JUN 2001

[Mark Connelly <MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 2001
(logs 30 MAY - 23 JUN 2001)  

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

[Connelly*R-MA] = Rockport, MA
(GC= 70.622 W / 42.667 N)
(Granite Pier)

Receiver: Drake R8A

Antenna systems: broadband loop, active whip, "Kaz" antenna,
 sloper, Superphaser-1 phasing unit

e-mail = MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxxxxx

Homepage = http://members.aol.com/MarkWA1ION/weblink.htm
Bandscan World = http://members.aol.com/RockportMWDX/index.html
Cape Cod DX Site photo's: http://members.aol.com/WMEX1510/dx_orleans_ma.htm 
NF DXpedition Page = http://members.nbci.com/MarkWA1ION/nfdxpage.htm
RF circuit page: http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/index.html

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*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***

549 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Les Trembles, JUN 2 0200 -
a cappella Arabic vocal, then time pips followed by
news. [Connelly*R-MA] + JUN 23 0426 - female Arabic
vocal; poor to fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

567 | IRELAND | RTE R.1, Tullamore, JUN 2 0120 -
in-studio discussion program in English; fair.
[Connelly*R-MA]

621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, Santa
Cruz de Tenerife et al., JUN 23 0427 - fast Spanish talk
by man; to fair peak. [Connelly*B-MA]

639 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, La Coruna, JUN 2 0116 - man with
Spanish talkshow; to good peak. [Connelly*R-MA] 

675 | NETHERLANDS | R. 10, Lopik, JUN 2 0131 - "When I
Need You" by Leo Sayer, a couple of words in Dutch,
then "Surfer Girl" by the Beach Boys; fair to good
with WRKO phased. [Connelly*R-MA]

693.65 | AZORES | RDP, Santa Barbara | JUN 2 0113 - woman
in Portuguese; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

747 | NETHERLANDS | Flevoland, JUN 2 0202 - Dutch talk,
piano music; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

774 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, JUN 2 0100 - woman in
Spanish, Radio Nacional Espana mention; to fair peak.
[Connelly*R-MA] 

1134 | CROATIA | Hrvatski R., Zadar, JUN 2 0107 - jazz,
Slav talk; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1206 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Bordeaux, JUN 2 0031 - to loud
peak with US disco oldie. [Connelly*R-MA]

1359 | SPAIN | Arganda, MAY 30 0400 - time pips, then news
by man in Spanish; good. [Connelly*B-MA]

1521 | SPAIN | SER, Castellon, MAY 30 0408 - // 1575
with Spanish newstalk; poor. [Connelly*B-MA] 

1530 | SAO TOME E PRINCIPE (t)| VOA Relay, Pinheira,
JUN 1 2323 - 1 kHz test tone in mix with WDJZ and WVBF.
Only heard with cardioid array set for eastern pick-up.
This station often runs such tone tests when not on
regular programming. [Connelly*R-MA]

1575 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAY 30 0403 - SER Spanish
news // 1584; good. [Connelly*B-MA]

1583.64 | CEUTA | RadiOle, JUN 1 2321 - bits of talk and
music noted at pre-sunset fade-up. [Connelly*R-MA] 

1584 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAY 30 0403 - // 1575 with
Spanish news; to fair peak over Ceuta het. [Connelly*B-MA]

1602 | SPAIN | EI or SER | JUN 1 2320 - first TA pre-sunset
fade-in with bits of Spanish talk and het against WUNR.
[Connelly*R-MA]


*** COMMENTS ***

The Rockport, MA DX outing on JUN 1 featured a visit by Ron
Gitschier.  Ron, a former Lowell, MA resident presently in
the Navy and stationed in FL, had a good time listening
to the Trans-Atlantics, some of which (675, 1206, et al.)
got quite loud considering that it was 3 weeks before the
longest day of the year.  Ron's friend Bob and Boston
Area DXpedition regular Bruce Conti also participated
in the Granite Pier get-together.  Ron's comments follow.

From: <RGITSCHIER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 10:28:07 -0400  
Subject: Rockport, MA DX Extravaganza  

I wanted to publicly thank Mark Connelly and Bruce Conti
for spending the time to indoctrinate me (and a non-DXer
friend) in the finer points of trans-Atlantic and Latin
American DXing and portable antennae and Drake R8
communications receivers. 

I found the site with no difficulty having seen Mark's
website with directions. 

Bruce had a Quad loop and Mark had a different sort
of phased loop, the proper terms escape my mind at
the moment.  I learned a bit on how phasing is achieved
as it related to some work I was doing on the ship with
electric controls. Reading about it and then seeing it
in action really helped me grasp the phasing concept
a lot better. 

My friend of about 30 years, Bob Geoffroy and I were
very impressed with the results of Mark and Bruce's
bandscans and ability to phase out stations. We heard
Algeria, Croatia, Spain, UK, Venezuela, and so forth.
My friend used to listen to AM DX in the 70s mostly
of Top 40 stations mostly throughout the Northeast
so was already familiar with AM DXing (along with being
an over the road truck driver). 

Bruce brought along sample copies of Popular
Communications Magazine (thank you very much!) and had
I realized the temperatures, I would have brought a
keg of hot coffee or cocoa and a parka as I soon found
out that I'm no longer climatized for my native New
England.... We talked shop and twisted the dials for
about 4 hours, dusk on into the night. We arrived at
Bob's home in Manchester, NH after midnight and mighty
tired but all the richer from the experience. Thank
you Mark and Bruce for taking the time out to 'show
up the ropes'. I hope that I can perhaps lure you
gents (and others) to the beach near my place at Naval
Station Mayport, (Jacksonville) FL for some salt water
path bandscanning. Tank tops, shorts and flip flops
usually are the uniform of the day for DXing there... 

With Gratitude, 

Ron Gitschier 
Boston Harbor, MA - Outbound. 






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