[HCDX] logs 17-18 APR 2003

[MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx]

* Start of the "Mini-DXpedition" Season with a trip to the salt-marsh *

Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 2003 
(logs 17 - 18 APR 2003)   

[Connelly*rw-MA] = Rowley, MA
(GC= 70.829 W / 42.745 N) 
(Stackyard Road / Parker River - Nelson Island wildlife refuge: salt-marsh)
    
Receiver: Drake R8A 

Antenna system: car rooftop cardioid array with broadband loop,
 active whip, Superphaser-2 phasing unit

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Bandscan World = http://members.aol.com/RockportMWDX/index.html

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*** TRANSATLANTIC DX ***

153 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Bechar, APR 17 2324 - Arabic vocal & drumming: good carrier but light audio. [Connelly*rw-MA]

162 | FRANCE | France-Inter, Allouis, APR 17 2323 - French telephone interview; good, best LW TA at the time. [Connelly*rw-MA]

171 | MOROCCO | R. Mediterranee Internationale, Nador, APR 17 2325 - mellow female Middle Eastern vocal; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

603 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 18 0045 - // 621 with light pop male vocal. [Connelly*rw-MA]

612 | MOROCCO | RTM A, Sebaa-Aioun, APR 18 0043 - man in Arabic, then flute music; to good peak. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, Santa Cruz de Tenerife et al., APR 18 0041 - man & woman with fast-paced cheery Spanish talk; good, over WZON/WVMT slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]

711.05 | WESTERN SAHARA | RTM, Laayoune, APR 17 2318 - Arabic vocal; poor to fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

774 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, APR 18 0133 - // 855 with Spanish talk; poor. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

783 | MAURITANIA | R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, APR 17 2307 - // 4845 with public speech by man in Arabic, room reverberation noted.  Up to a strong level when rechecked at 2333 UTC. [Connelly*rw-MA]

837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, APR 18 0053 - // 882 with man & woman in Spanish; fair, over others. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

855 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, APR 18 0133 - // 774 with man in Spanish; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

882 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, APR 18 0053 - // 837 with Spanish talk; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

890.98 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Algiers, APR 18 0055 - Arabic vocal music at low audio level on good-strength carrier. [Connelly*rw-MA]

945 | FRANCE | Toulouse, APR 18 0146 - woman in French; poor in slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]

981 | ALGERIA | RTVA Chaine 2, Algiers, APR 18 0025 - droning vocal; light audio on strong carrier. [Connelly*rw-MA]

999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, APR 18 0101 - // 882 with woman in Spanish, punchy booming audio; very good, stronger than adjacent 1000 kHz stations. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1008 | CANARY ISLANDS | Onda Cero, Las Palmas, APR 17 2346 - bits of Spanish vocal; through WINS slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, APR 18 0149 - // 1179 with fast talk by man; to fair peak. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1098 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 18 0150 - // 1107 with Spanish teletalk; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1107 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 18 0151 - // 1098 with Spanish talk; poor, through Carupano/WBT slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1116 | SPAIN | SER synchros, APR 18 0152 - // 1179 with fast Spanish talk; over unID music station. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1134 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, APR 18 0154 - // (huge) 999 with musical interlude, then man & woman in Spanish; to fair peak, dominant. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros, APR 18 0112 - SER teletalk; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1206 | FRANCE | Bordeaux, APR 18 0112 - French discussion; poor to fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1215 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, APR 18 0114 - // 999 with Spanish talk by two men. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, APR 18 0115 - Spanish teletalk; over R. XL (UK) and another station. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1503 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 18 0118 - Spanish talk; poor. [Connelly*rw-MA]


*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***

530 | TURKS & CAICOS | R. Vision Cristiana Internacional, South Caicos, APR 17 2327 - fast Spanish religious talk; over other co-channel stations (including MA pirate) & 531 het. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

535 | GRENADA | GBC, St. George's, APR 18 0143 - boy-band vocal (style of NSync, Backstreet Boys); good.  Best signal out of this one in quite a while. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

555 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | R. ZIZ, Basseterre, APR 18 0141 - classic reggae (Jimmy Cliff or Bob Marley); good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

640 | GUADELOUPE | RFO, Pointe-a-Pitre, APR 18 0040 - French shouting (sports report); over/under CBN. [Connelly*rw-MA]
 
650 | COLOMBIA | RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, APR 18 0129 - fast talk about Barranquilla, Cali, and other Colombian cities; over others. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

670 | VENEZUELA | R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, APR 18 0130 - timecheck, ID "R. Rumbos, la emisora de Venezuela", then salsa music; good / dominant. [Connelly*rw-MA]

690 | ANGUILLA | Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, APR 18 0037 - // 6090 with preacher in front of excited crowd, mentions of "the house of Israel, the house of the Lord"; good with CINF phased, Brazil/Venezuela/WOKV under. [Connelly*rw-MA]

699.65 | VENEZUELA | R. Sur, YVPQ, Puerto Ordaz, APR 18 0033 - fast Spanish talk; splittable from equal strength jumble on 700. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

750 | VENEZUELA | RCR, YVKS, Caracas, APR 18 0132 - woman in Spanish read Caracas news items; good. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

760 | BRAZIL | R. Uirapuru, ZYH588, Fortaleza, APR 18 0031 - inspirational talk by man & woman in Portuguese, then reverberated announcement that may have been advertising; dominant over a pile of others. [Connelly*rw-MA]

780 | BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS | ZBVI, Roadtown, Tortola, APR 18 0145 - Caribbean-accented man with advert for local gift shop; over CFDR/YV's. [Connelly*rw-MA]

800 | NETHERLANDS ANTILLES | Trans-World Radio, PJB, Bonaire, APR 18 0145 - Spanish religious program (name translates to "Bible Institute of the Air"); well over CJAD/WNNW/CKLW. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

820 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | TBN / R. Paradise, Charlestown, APR 18 0137 - hymn, then preacher; over WNYC & others. [Connelly*rw-MA]

840 | HAITI | 4VEH, Cap Haitien, APR 18 0135 - religious & mood music; over others. [Connelly*rw-MA]

895 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | VON, Bath Village, APR 18 0140 - mellow R&B male group vocal, the timecheck "20 minutes before 10"; to good peak. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

1000 | COLOMBIA | HJAQ, Cartagena, APR 18 0100 - Colombian news report; over apparent Brazilian & strong Spain-999 QRM. [Connelly*rw-MA}

1100 | BRAZIL | R. Globo, ZYK694, Sao Paulo, APR 18 0105 - frenetic Portuguese talk with reverb; dominant, slight het from something on 1100.7 and from the 1098 TA's. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1110 | VENEZUELA | R. Carupano, YVQT, Carupano, APR 18 0106 - rustic group vocal, Carupano ID; over WBT. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1153.35 and 1166.65 | USA | WSKW, Skowhegan, ME, APR 18 0016 - Red Sox baseball on strong distorted spurs +/- 6.65 kHz from center frequency of 1160. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1160 | BERMUDA | VSB3, Hamilton, APR 18 0110 - // 5975 with BBC documentary about environmental issues; mixed with WOBM/WSKW/WVNJ. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1620 | US VIRGIN ISLANDS | WDHP, Fredriksted, St. Croix, APR 18 0008 - mention of affiliated stations including WAXJ-FM, then jingle, followed by male reggae vocal; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]


*** COMMENTS ***

Ben Dangerfield recently stated "Now while I tend to agree with you that the DX season never ends I still maintain that the TA season always slows down to almost nothing come the end of April and doesn't pick up until the end of August or early September."

I disagree with this, at least as it applies to DXing here in the metro-Boston area.  Look at "http://www.nrcdxas.org/idxd/idxd6928.html"; and "http://www.nrcdxas.org/idxd/idxd6929.html": IDXD reports covering late spring and early summer of last year.  Contrast these with the rather skinny issues of IDXD seen during this past December through February stretch.

Mark Connelly, WA1ION

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