[HCDX] recent logs

[MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx]

Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 2003 
(logs 3 - 16 JUN 2003)   

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

[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 systems:
 home: dual-feedline Flag antenna (4.9 m X 10.4 m)
 Rowley: active whip, 60 m wire, Superphaser-2 phasing unit

e-mail = MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx
Homepage = http://hometown.aol.com/MarkWA1ION/weblink.htm
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, JUN 3 2356 - Arabic discussion with 2 men; to fair peak. [Connelly*rw-MA]

162 | FRANCE | France-Inter, Allouis, JUN 3 2357 - rock guitar and tropical jazz accompaniment (xylophone or vibraphone); good, best LW TA. + JUN 4 0006 - modern Middle Eastern music (female vocal with synthesizer backing); huge. [Connelly*rw-MA]

171 | MOROCCO | R. Mediterranee Internationale, Nador, JUN 4 0005 - fragment of pop Arabic music, then woman in Arabic; to good peak. [Connelly*rw-MA]

207 | MOROCCO | RTM, Azilal, JUN 3 2353 - female Arabic vocal with strings, drums; fair.  ORE and MJ beacons under, QI apparently off. [Connelly*rw-MA]

252 | ALGERIA | Tipaza, JUN 3 2359 - Arabic-sounding talk; poor with QRM from SKR and MVM beacons. [Connelly*rw-MA]
 
891 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Algiers, JUN 4 0121 - Arabic vocal & strings; to fair peak with WBPS phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]

999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, JUN 7 0343 - fast Spanish talk by woman; good.  Almost no QRM from 1000 kHz stations. + JUN 16 0250 - // 1296 with woman doing teletalk show; good. [Connelly*B-MA]

1098 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUN 7 0341 - two men in Spanish; fair. + JUN 16 0248 - // 1107; poor. [Connelly*B-MA]

1107 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUN 4 0117 - echoey Spanish talk; to fair peak. [Connelly*rw-MA] + JUN 16 0248 - woman in Spanish; good. [Connelly*B-MA]

1143 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, JUN 16 0246 - Spanish; over others. [Connelly*B-MA]

1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros, JUN 4 0020 - fade-in. + JUN 4 0104 - SER news with man in Spanish; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1206 | FRANCE | Bordeaux, JUN 4 0138 - pop French vocal; to fair peak. [Connelly*rw-MA] + JUN 16 0228 - showtunes, French talk by woman, then piano music; good. [Connelly*B-MA]

1224 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, JUN 16 0245 - // 1296 with Spanish talk; poor. [Connelly*B-MA]

1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, JUN 16 0244 - Spanish teletalk; poor to fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

1305 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUN 16 0243 - Spanish talk; poor over low growl. [Connelly*B-MA]

1359 | SPAIN | Arganda, JUN 4 0053 - woman in Spanish and interspersed music; good with WLYN phased. [Connelly*rw-MA] + JUN 7 0337 - '40s style vocal, then man in Spanish; good. + JUN 16 0242 - excited talk; good. [Connelly*B-MA]

1377 | FRANCE | Lille, JUN 16 0230 - man in French; poor to fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

1422 | GERMANY | DeutschlandRadio, Heusweiler, JUN 7 0128 - woman in German; fadey. + JUN 16 0232 - classical music; to good peak. [Connelly*B-MA]

1485 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JUN 16 0239 - // 1575 with teletalk. [Connelly*B-MA]

1512 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Jeddah, JUN 4 0059 - bits of Arabic vocal; poor through WWZN slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, JUN 9 0212 - warm-up carrier; strong over Spain.  Faded before official 0300 UTC start of programming. [Connelly*B-MA]

1548 | KUWAIT | R. Sawa, Kabd - Kuwait City, JUN 4 0028 - Arabic vocal; poor at first, then up to good level a few minutes later. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1557 | FRANCE | Nice, JUN 4 0032 - woman in French; fair with WQEW phased. [Connelly*rw-MA] + JUN 7 0332 - French teletalk; loud. [Connelly*B-MA]

1575 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JUN 4 0036 - fast Spanish talk by woman; over others. [Connelly*rw-MA] + JUN 16 0236 - talk, teletalk; good, way over unID music station. [Connelly*B-MA]

1584 | CEUTA | RadiOle, JUN 4 0035 - rhythmic pops; over SER talker; poor. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

1602 | SPAIN | R. Vitoria, Vitoria, JUN 4 0034 - slow Spanish talk; through WUNR slop. [Connelly*rw-MA] + JUN 16 0237 - Spanish talk, vocal, not // SER-1575; to fair peak, over WUNR/WWRL slop. [Connelly*B-MA]


*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***

530 | TURKS & CAICOS | R. Vision Cristiana Internacional, South Caicos, JUN 4 0132 - hymn in a romantic style with pizzicato violins, trumpets; loud. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

535 | GRENADA | GBC, St. George's, JUN 4 0130 - jazz saxophone; very good. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

640 | GUADELOUPE | RFO, Pointe-a-Pitre, JUN 4 0129 - slow French talk by man; dominant. [Connelly*rw-MA]
 
750 | VENEZUELA | RCR, YVKS, Caracas, JUN 4 0128 - teletalk about Venezuelan & US baseball; over WSB/CBGY. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

1100 | BRAZIL | R. Globo, ZYK694, Sao Paulo, JUN 4 0117 - reverberated Portuguese talk by man; well over WTAM & others. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1110 | VENEZUELA | R. Carupano, YVQT, Carupano, JUN 4 0116 - Venezuelan political talk. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1170 | HAITI (t) | JUN 4 0111 - possibly R. Soleil here after WFPB sign-off:  woman in French; mushy audio, over het from 1170.5 Colombian. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1170.5 | COLOMBIA | HJNW or HJKW - JUN 4 0105 - off-channel station with fast Spanish talk, ID by callsign that sounded like either HJNW or HJKW. [Connelly*rw-MA]

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