[HCDX] logs 30 APR - 15 MAY 2003

[MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx]

Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 2003 
(logs 30 APR - 15 MAY 2003)   

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

[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: 2 m per side square broadband loop, 1.8 m active
 whip, 46 m wire, Superphaser-2 phasing unit

e-mail = MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx
Homepage = http://hometown.aol.com/MarkWA1ION/weblink.htm
DXpedition Page = http://www.geocities.com/MarkWA1ION/index.html
RF circuit page = http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/index.html
Bandscan World = http://members.aol.com/RockportMWDX/index.html

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*** TRANSATLANTIC DX ***

153 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Bechar, APR 30 2234 - Arabic music at low audio level; first TA noted. [Connelly*rw-MA]

621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, Santa Cruz de Tenerife et al., MAY 1 0000 - time pips, Spanish news; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA] + MAY 15 0114 - // 684 with discussion; fair to good. [Connelly*R-MA]

684 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Sevilla, MAY 15 0113 - // 621 with fast Spanish talk; good with WRKO phased. [Connelly*R-MA]

783 | MAURITANIA | R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, APR 30 2323 - // 4845 with stern-sounding Arabic man with possible religious talk; louder than adjacent CFDR/WTME-780. [Connelly*rw-MA]

837 | AZORES | Centro Regional da RDP, Pico da Barrosa, MAY 15 0109 - country vocal, then Portuguese talk by man; over others. [Connelly*R-MA]

837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, MAY 15 0116 - // 999 with Spanish talk, bouncy music; now slightly over Azores. [Connelly*R-MA] 

882 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, MAY 15 0125 - // 837 with Spanish teletalk; loud. [Connelly*R-MA]

890.98 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Algiers, MAY 15 0127 - Arabic vocal at very low audio level on strong carrier. [Connelly*R-MA]

945 | FRANCE | Toulouse, MAY 15 0128 - French music; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]

981.04 | ALGERIA | RTVA Chaine 2, Algiers, APR 30 2318 - group Arabic vocal; poor to fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, MAY 15 0106 - Spanish talk and segments of rock music; to good peak. [Connelly*R-MA]

1008 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAY 15 0103 - // 1179 with Spanish news; good, over others. [Connelly*R-MA]

1017 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, MAY 15 0104 - man & woman in Spanish; poor to fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAY 15 0101 - // 1179 with fast-talk Spanish news by woman; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]

1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, MAY 1 0029 - English teletalk; poor with WBAL phased. [Connelly*rw-MA] + MAY 15 0056 - mixed with 2 others. [Connelly*R-MA]

1098 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 30 2348 - Spanish talk; fair.  Strong Brazil-1100 provided some slop. [Connelly*rw-MA] + MAY 15 0055 - // 1152 with talk; loud. [Connelly*R-MA]

1107 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, MAY 15 0050 - // 1152 with Spanish telephone interview; fair, over others. [Connelly*R-MA]

1143 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, APR 30 2343 - woman in Spanish; to good peak. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1152 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, MAY 15 0050 - // 1107 with Spanish telephone interview; fair to good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros, APR 30 2316 - Spanish newstalk; over slop from aggregately-nulled WJJF/WHAM. [Connelly*rw-MA] + MAY 15 0048 - teletalk, then jazz interlude; good. + MAY 15 0134 - now local-like; annihilating Cuba/WHAM-1180. [Connelly*R-MA]

1206 | FRANCE | Bordeaux, MAY 15 0135 - // 1557 with alternate version of "As Tears Go By" (original versions were by Marianne Faithfull and the Rolling Stones in mid '60s).  Fair signal. [Connelly*R-MA]

1215 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, APR 30 2340 - two men in Spanish; good, over others. [Connelly*rw-MA] + MAY 15 0040 - // 1296 with Spanish talk including apparent advertising; over UK & others. [Connelly*R-MA]

1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Virgin R. synchros, MAY 15 0105 - "Clocks" by Coldplay; over Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]

1287 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAY 15 0023 - // 1575 with muffled Spanish talk; poor to fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, APR 30 2340 - // 1215 with Spanish talk; over music station (UK?) and some WJDA slop. [Connelly*rw-MA] + MAY 15 0021 - Spanish teletalk; loud, over others. [Connelly*R-MA]

1359 | SPAIN | Arganda, MAY 1 0022 - Spanish discussion; through CKBC/WLYN/WDRC slop. [Connelly*rw-MA] + MAY 14 2340 - pretty good at early fade-up time; very loud about an hour later. [Connelly*R-MA]

1359 | unID | MAY 15 0034 - maybe Egypt with Arabic-style flutes; way under monster-loud Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]

1377 | FRANCE | Lille, MAY 15 0032 - // (loud) 1557 with French talk about Americans; slopped by WMYF. [Connelly*R-MA]

1422 | GERMANY | DeutschlandRadio, Heusweiler, MAY 15 0018 - classical music; over apparent unmodulated carrier station; to fair strength. [Connelly*R-MA]

1503 | IRAN | IRIB, Bushehr, MAY 15 0016 - bits of Koranic vocal; under Spain.  Het from Angola-1502 also present. [Connelly*R-MA]

1503 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, MAY 15 0001 - man & woman with news in Spanish; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1512 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Jeddah, MAY 15 0029 - male Koranic chant; loud, easily getting by WWZN. [Connelly*R-MA]

1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, APR 30 2258 - bits of Arabic talk, mostly just a het against WIZZ with WWKB phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1521 | SPAIN | SER, Castellon, MAY 15 0025 - // 1575 with woman in Spanish, then piano music; fair. [Connelly*R-MA] 

1548 | KUWAIT | R. Sawa, Kabd - Kuwait City, MAY 1 0015 - pop-style female Arabic vocal, then talk; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA] + MAY 15 0008 - dance style vocal, then hypnotic Arabic group vocal; to good peak. [Connelly*R-MA]

1557 | FRANCE | Nice, MAY 15 0010 - tropical jazz instrumental; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1584 | CEUTA | RadiOle, MAY 14 2327 - man in Spanish, then musical interlude; way over SER.  This was one of the first TA's fading in: imagine if it ran big power! + MAY 15 0011 - Spanish pop vocal, then woman mentioned Melilla; HUGE signal! [Connelly*R-MA] 

1602 | SPAIN | R. Vitoria, Vitoria, MAY 15 0013 - Spanish music at low audio level; over SER station & WUNR slop. [Connelly*R-MA]


*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***

535 | GRENADA | GBC, St. George's, MAY 15 0118 - soul male vocal; good. [Connelly*R-MA] 

750 | VENEZUELA | RCR, YVKS, Caracas, MAY 15 0111 - RCR mention; fair to good, dominant. [Connelly*R-MA] 

860 | VENEZUELA | YVYE or YVOL, MAY 1 0035 - several Caracas adverts and mentions in Spanish talk. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1000 | BRAZIL | R. Record, ZYK522, Sao Paulo, APR 30 2349 - reverberated Portuguese preaching; over Spain-999 het with WCMX phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]
 
1019.92 | unID | MAY 1 0032 - somebody slightly off channel. [Connelly*rw-MA]
 
1020 | VENEZUELA | Mundial Margarita, YVRS, La Asuncion, MAY 15 0130 - Spanish talk, Margarita ID; over second Spanish-speaker (probably R. Calendario), neither KDKA nor Turks & Caicos was audible. [Connelly*R-MA]

1039.6 | VENEZUELA | La Voz de Carabobo, YVLB, Valencia, MAY 15 0131 - Spanish talk and het against the 1040 jumble. [Connelly*R-MA] 

1050 | VENEZUELA | unID city, MAY 15 0132 - Spanish talk with Venezuela and Caracas mentions during baseball game coverage; WEVD phased. [Connelly*R-MA]

1080 | VENEZUELA | YVQJ, R. Barcelona, Barcelona, MAY 14 2354 - Spanish mentions of local Venezuelan baseball teams; over phased WTIC. [Connelly*R-MA]

1100 | BRAZIL | R. Globo, ZYK694, Sao Paulo, APR 30 2347 - reverberated Portuguese talk, many adverts for Sao Paulo businesses; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1110 | VENEZUELA | R. Carupano, YVQT, Carupano, MAY 15 0053 - long list of telephone numbers, then R. Carupano ID followed by uptempo music; good / dominant. [Connelly*R-MA]

1130 | BRAZIL | R. Nacional, ZYJ460, Rio de Janeiro, MAY 15 0051 - booming Portuguese talk; good with WBBR phased. [Connelly*R-MA]

1140 | VENEZUELA | La Voz del Caribe, Porlamar, APR 30 2344 - Venezuelan sporting event; over CBI/WRVA. [Connelly*rw-MA] + MAY 14 2356 - Spanish advertising with Porlamar mentions, then start of sporting event with reverberated public address announcements and Venezuelan National Anthem. [Connelly*R-MA] 

1160 | BERMUDA | VSB3, Hamilton, MAY 15 0100 - Lilybolero interval music, time pips, then BBC news; over WSKW. [Connelly*R-MA]

1210 | VENEZUELA | R. Anzoategui, YVZT, Barcelona, MAY 1 0010 - Venezuelan sports coverage; over VOAR with WPHT phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]

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