[HCDX] logs 22 JUL - 1 AUG 2001

[Mark Connelly <MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 2001
(logs 22 JUL - 1 AUG 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,
 Superphaser-1 phasing unit

e-mail = MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxxxxx

This report includes loggings from this year's "DX Clams"
DXpedition outing of the Boston Area DXers.  For the full
report, with pictures, go to:
"http://www.geocities.com/markwa1ion/dxclams2001.htm"; .

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*** TRANSATLANTIC DX ***

531 | MADEIRA | RDP, Porto Santo, AUG 1 0145 - Portuguese
talk; under Spain. [Connelly*R-MA] 

531 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, AUG 1 0145 - // 585 with
Spanish teletalk by woman; over Madeira. [Connelly*R-MA]

549 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Les Trembles, AUG 1 0144 -
Arabic talk by man; dominant. [Connelly*R-MA]

549 | GERMANY | DeutschlandRadio, Nordkirchen & Thurnau,
AUG 1 0036 - // 756 with opera; atop presumed UCB Ireland.
[Connelly*R-MA] 

549 | IRELAND (t) | United Christian Broadcasters,
Monaghan, AUG 1 0023 - almost surely this with English
language pop-religious style vocals.  It was not
parallel to Germany-756 or to the Algerians.  I'll be
checking for this again on future beach DXpeditions.
[Connelly*R-MA]

567 | IRELAND | RTE R.1, Tullamore, JUL 24 0330 -
violin music, then woman in English; to fair peak.
[Connelly*B-MA] + AUG 1 0037 - soft English talk,
then vocal; to fair peak through WGAN-560 slop.
[Connelly*R-MA]

576 | GERMANY | Mega R., Wobbelin, AUG 1 0040 - German
talk, weird sound effects, house / club music; over Spain.
[Connelly*R-MA]

576 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros,
AUG 1 0143 - // 585 with teletalk by man & woman in
Spanish; rising over Germany. [Connelly*R-MA]

585 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Madrid, AUG 1 0020 - // 639 with
Spanish talk and laughing; very good. [Connelly*R-MA]

594 | PORTUGAL | R. Renascenca, Muge, AUG 1 0147 - // 963
with old-fashioned sentimental Portuguese vocal; good,
getting through the VOCM/WEZE slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

603 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Lyon, AUG 1 0026 - // 1206
with spirited musical-theatre style French male vocal;
fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

612 | MOROCCO | RTM, Sebaa-Aioun, AUG 1 0033 - // 819 with
pop-style female Arabic vocal; over Ireland. [Connelly*R-MA]

621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, Santa
Cruz de Tenerife et al., JUL 22 0452 - man in Spanish
over some background music; best TA at the time.
[Connelly*B-MA]

639 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, La Coruna, AUG 1 0017 - fast
Spanish talk; to good peak, getting by strong CBN.
[Connelly*R-MA] 

666 | PORTUGAL | RDP Antena 1, Lisboa & Vila Real,
AUG 1 0017 - seemed // Azores-836 with Portuguese
music; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]

675 | NETHERLANDS | R. 10, Lopik, AUG 1 0014 - man in
Dutch, then slow song "You Left Me Just When I Needed
You Most"; good with WRKO phased. [Connelly*R-MA]

684 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Sevilla, AUG 1 0013 - woman with
Spanish talk and laughing, mentions of entertainers,
then there was interspersed music and a radio drama /
soap-opera type presentation with several actors.  Good
signal; WRKO phased. [Connelly*R-MA]

711 | FRANCE | R. Bleu, Rennes, AUG 1 0026 - // 1206
with French showtunes; poor to fair over growl from
Western Sahara-711.05. [Connelly*R-MA]

747 | NETHERLANDS | Flevoland, AUG 1 0044 - New Age style
instrumental; over Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]

756 | GERMANY | DeutschlandRadio, Braunschweig & Ravensburg,
AUG 1 0022 - woman in German, then opera; loud !
[Connelly*R-MA]

765 | SWITZERLAND | RSR, Sottens, AUG 1 0028 - French
male folk vocal; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

774 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, AUG 1 0047 - // 855 with
Spanish teletalk; fair through WABC slop. [Connelly*R-MA] 

783 | MAURITANIA | ORTM, Nouakchott, JUL 31 2335 - // 4845
with Arabic news; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

792 | FRANCE | R. Bleu, Limoges, AUG 1 0031 - // 1206 with
French female disco song; fair to good with WSKO-RI nulled.
[Connelly*R-MA]

819 | EGYPT | General Programme, Batra, AUG 1 0034 - Koranic
vocal; under Morocco. [Connelly*R-MA]

819 | MOROCCO | RTM, Rabat, AUG 1 0034 - // 612 with pop-
style Arabic female vocal; fair, over Egypt. [Connelly*R-MA]

836 | AZORES | RDP, Pico da Barrosa, AUG 1 0009 - excerpt
of an apparent political speech by a man in slow deliberate
Portuguese, a female news reporter followed; fair through
Canaries-837 QRM. [Connelly*R-MA]

837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, AUG 1 0008 -
teletalk // 1296; fair to good over Azores-836 het.
[Connelly*R-MA] 

837 | FRANCE | R. Bleu, Nancy, AUG 1 0048 - // 1206 with French
male folk-style vocal similar in style to songs by Gordon
Lightfoot; very good, over Canaries. [Connelly*R-MA]

855 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Murcia et al., AUG 1 0047 - // 774
with Afro-Caribbean style vocal, then Spanish talk by woman,
followed by teletalk; good. [Connelly*R-MA] 

864 | EGYPT | Holy Koran R., Santah, AUG 1 0042 - Koranic
male vocal; huge, killing France. [Connelly*R-MA]

864 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Paris, AUG 1 0223 - // 945
with gospel-influenced group vocal; very good.
[Connelly*R-MA]

873 | SPAIN | SER synchros, AUG 1 0049 - two woman in
Spanish with talk & teletalk show; good. [Connelly*R-MA] 

882 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. Wales, Washford, AUG 1 0051 -
light pop vocal, then English talk; dominant, over COPE
Canaries-Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]

891 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Algiers, AUG 1 0151 - // 153
with violins, then Arabic talk by man; in slop.
[Connelly*R-MA]

907.81 | GAMBIA | R. Syd, Banjul, AUG 1 0152 - bits of
audio, mostly just a het against BBC-909. [Connelly*R-MA]

909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC, Moorside Edge et al., 
AUG 1 0150 - news reports from field correspondents;
poor to fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

936 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, AUG 1 0153 - // 774
with Spanish teletalk; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]

945 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Toulouse, AUG 1 0102 - // 1206
with old-time French male vocal and ragtime jazz
instrumentation; loud. [Connelly*R-MA] 

954 | SPAIN | R. Espana, Madrid, AUG 1 0223 - restricted
range audio on Spanish talk, maybe a telephone interview
or remote broadcast; fair through CHNS-960 slop.
[Connelly*R-MA]

963 | PORTUGAL | R. Renascenca, Seixal, AUG 1 0147 -
old-time Portuguese vocal // 594; poor, in bad CHNS
slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

981 | ALGERIA | Radiodif. Algerienne, Algiers, 
JUL 31 2357 - Koranic vocal; light audio on powerhouse
carrier. [Connelly*R-MA]

981 | GREECE | ERA, Athens, AUG 1 0109 - Greek bouzouki
music with male group vocal; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, JUL 31 2356 - woman in Spanish;
good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1017 | GERMANY | SWR-1, Wolfsheim, AUG 1 0156 - US soul
and dance music; rising up over Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]

1017 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, AUG 1 0055 - woman in Spanish;
initially dominant. [Connelly*R-MA]

1026 | SPAIN | SER synchros, AUG 1 0224 - // 1044 with
woman in Spanish; to fair peak with WBZ phased.
[Connelly*R-MA]

1035 | PORTUGAL | Radio Nacional, Porto Alto-Lisboa,
AUG 1 0220 - man & woman in Portuguese; good with WBZ
phased. [Connelly*R-MA]

1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JUL 31 2355 - Spanish teletalk;
fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

1053 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, AUG 1 0101 - Spanish news;
now atop UK. [Connelly*R-MA]

1053 | UNITED KINGDOM | Talk Sport synchros, AUG 1 0059 -
advert for computer self-help CDROM; fair - good.
[Connelly*R-MA]

1071 | SPAIN | Euskadi Irratia, Bilbao, JUL 31 2353 -
// 1197 with folk vocal; getting by CBA. [Connelly*R-MA]

1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | Talk Sport synchros,
AUG 1 0116 - // 1053; man on the telephone spoke with
talkshow host about bring a kid in the 1980's; good.
[Connelly*R-MA]

1098 | SLOVAKIA | R. Slovensko, Velke Zaluzie, AUG 1 0157 -
male Slavic ballad vocal; excellent. [Connelly*R-MA]

1107 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, AUG 1 0055 - fast Spanish
talk by man; local-like. [Connelly*R-MA]

1116 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JUL 31 2352 - Spanish newstalk
by woman; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1125 | CROATIA | Hvratski R., Deanovec, AUG 1 0056 - polka
vocal // 1134; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

1134 | CROATIA | Hrvatski R., Zadar, AUG 1 0001 - Slavic-
language news by man; huge, way over Spain.  At this Boston
Area DXers "Clams" DXpedition outing, I showed Tom Walsh
this station hitting S9+25 while adjacent WBBR-1130 NYC was
only at S9+20. + AUG 1 0056 - polka vocal; local-like.
[Connelly*R-MA]

1143 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, AUG 1 0117 - echoey Spanish
talk by woman; good strength. [Connelly*R-MA]

1152 | ROMANIA (t) | R. Romania, Cluj, AUG 1 0111 -
Balkan style music seemed // 1179; momentarily over
Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]

1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros,
AUG 1 0118 - // 1044 with SER net news by woman in
Spanish; over suspected Romania. [Connelly*R-MA] 

1179 | ROMANIA (t) | Romania Actualitata, Galbeni-Bacau,
AUG 1 0111 - moody Balkan style folk vocal seemed to
be // 1152.  I also checked 855, but all Spain there,
and - on 1053 - UK / Spain mix. [Connelly*R-MA]

1188 | HUNGARY | VOA/RFE Relay, Marcali, AUG 1 0103 -
Slavic folk male vocal; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1197 | SPAIN | Euskadi Irratia, Vitoria, JUL 31 2353 -
folk vocal // 1071; through WKOX slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

1206 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Bordeaux, JUL 31 2340 - good
with Animals oldie "The House of the Rising Sun".
[Connelly*R-MA]

1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Virgin R. synchros, JUL 31 2350 -
"Here With Me" by Dido; good, over Spain. + AUG 1 0213 -
Madonna song; loud. [Connelly*R-MA]

1242 | FRANCE | R. Bleu, Marseille, AUG 1 0124 -
bits of French female vocal // 945; shredded by slop
from WBUR-1240. [Connelly*R-MA]

1251 | LIBYA | Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting, Tripoli,
AUG 1 0006 - flute music; poor to fair audio, big het on
CBGA-1250.  Incidentally, WKBR-NH was causing a lower het
because it was on 1249.55 instead of 1250. [Connelly*R-MA]

1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, AUG 1 0008 - // 837, Spanish
talk with woman in studio and a man on the telephone; good,
through WJDA slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

1341 | NORTHERN IRELAND | BBC R. Ulster, Lisnagarvey,
AUG 1 0211 - English talk; in slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

1359 | SPAIN | Arganda, AUG 1 0132 - woman in Spanish
leading panel discussion program; big signal, getting
around strong CKBC. [Connelly*R-MA]

1377 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Lille, JUL 23 0326 -
French disco music; fair. [Connelly*B-MA]
+ AUG 1 0123 - // 945 and 1206 with romantic French
female vocal & piano; huge, better than St. Pierre
on 1375. [Connelly*R-MA]

1422 | GERMANY | DeutschlandRadio, Heusweiler, AUG 1 0210 -
classical music; excellent. [Connelly*R-MA]

1458 | ALBANIA (t) | Fllake, AUG 1 0228 - Slavic-sounding
talk; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]

1502 | ANGOLA |  E.P. de Benguela, AUG 1 0209 - African
vocal; poor, hetted by weak unID on 1503. [Connelly*R-MA]
 
1512 | CRETE / GREECE | ERA, Chania, AUG 1 0133 - // 981
with Greek music; poor in WWZN slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, JUL 25 0256 - Oud
interval signal; to good peak. [Connelly*B-MA]

1521 | SPAIN | SER, Castellon, AUG 1 0134 - // 1044 with
Spanish teletalk; fair. [Connelly*R-MA] 

1530 | VATICAN CITY | R. Vaticana, JUL 23 0322 -
eastern European talk, Vaticana mention; over/under
WSAI. + JUL 26 0324 - Latin phrase "Laudetur Jesus
Christus", then Vatican interval signal; huge, way
over WSAI. [Connelly*B-MA]

1539 | GERMANY | Evangeliums Rundfunk, Mainflingen,
AUG 1 0135 - Christian pop music; good, over SER and
some not-totally-nullable WPTR slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

1548 | KUWAIT | VOA Relay, Kuwait City (Kabd), AUG 1 0136 -
VOA stock market report; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1602 | SPAIN | Euskadi Irratia, Vitoria, AUG 1 0226 -
man with Spanish talk; over SER synchros. [Connelly*R-MA]


*** MARK'S COMMENTS ***

"DX Clams 2001" DXpedition
Granite Pier - Rockport, MA, USA: 31 JUL - 1 AUG 2001

I enjoyed the 2001 Boston Area DXers "DX Clams" outing,
the fourth of these annual mini-DXpeditions that defy the
notion that long-distance medium-wave reception is not
possible during the summer.

All you need to succeed this time of year is a coastal
location, talented DXers, good receivers and antennas, and
a bit of luck in missing a night with excessive thunderstorm
static (or one with 'dud' propagation).  Despite the
perception of summer as "not the DX season", there was
good DX to be had at each of the previous "Clams" get-
togethers (Rowley, MA in 1998; Rockport, MA in 1999 & 2000).

The 2001 effort was, perhaps, the best "DX Clams" outing
so far in terms of propagation.  By sunset at 8 p.m. local
(0000 UTC), the AM dial was rocking with European and
North African DX.

Interestingly, "spot" openings to certain areas seemed to
be the order of the evening: an eastern Mediterranean /
Middle East run would put stations such as Egypt-864 and
Greece-981 on top of their channels for a while, eastern
Europe (Slovakia-1098, etc.) would then crank in, and the
Ireland / UK / Netherlands / Germany region would take over,
before more typical conditions favoring Spain, Portugal,
France, and northwest Africa returned.

There was very little to hear from South America or the
Caribbean area.  Much of this summer has seen diminished
reception from the south.

The weather was mostly clear and fairly humid, but not
excessively warm.  Evening temperature was about 21 C / 70 F.
Flying insect pests weren't as much a problem as on some
of the other summer DXpeditions.  Static was much less than
it was a couple of weeks earlier on a solo mid-July Rockport
DX session.

The deployment of Bruce's novel antenna system was a
highlight of this year's outing.  Judging by Bruce's
loggings, the big-loop phased against the inverted L
"tower" worked quite well in producing cardioid nulls
to the west to clear the domestic crud away from the
transatlantics.

Tom Walsh borrowed my Palstar R30 and managed to snag several
European medium-wave stations with just a short hunk of wire
on the rocks.  Gary Thorburn and Paul Graveline DX'ed with
Gary's varactor-tuned box loop mounted on a tripod next to
his car.

I had a good time as always.  "DX Clams 2001" inspired me to
think about Newfoundland DXpedition #10 coming in November, 2001.
That "big daddy of East Coast DXpeditions" will coincide very
closely with the 100th anniversary of Marconi's reception of
Britain from Signal Hill in St. John's, NF.






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