[HCDX] logs 16-17 JUN 2004

[MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx]

Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 2004
(logs 16-17 JUN 2004)

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

Drake R8A receiver, Superphaser-2 phasing unit

Antenna system: 152 m and 99 m wires at 90 deg.; active whip

Homepage = "http://hometown.aol.com/MarkWA1ION/weblink.htm";
RF circuit page = "http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/index.html";
e-mail = "MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx"

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*** TRANSATLANTIC DX ***

792 | SPAIN | SER, Seville, JUN 17 0124 - // 1044 with teletalk; fair to good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

855 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, JUN 17 0123 - Spanish talk; mixed with unID second station. [Connelly*rw-MA]

890.98 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Algiers, JUN 17 0120 - Arabic talk by man; excellent. [Connelly*rw-MA]

981 | ALGERIA | RTVA Chaine 2, Algiers, JUN 16 2342 - Arabic vocal, flutes, violins; good with WCAP phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]

999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, JUN 17 0118 - // 1296 with Spanish news & discussion; loud. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1044 | MOROCCO | Sebaa-Aioun, JUN 16 2350 - Arabic music; up to S9 on the 152m BOG about a half-hour before sunset. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAY 6 0118 - woman on phone and a woman in the studio laughing about something; excellent. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1062 | ITALY | RAI R. Uno synchros, JUN 17 0056 - woman in Italian, then romantic vocal; good, my best-ever reception of this one.  Power increase ? [Connelly*rw-MA]

1098 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUN 17 0051 - // 1107 with a segment of a '40s-era US vocal, then Spanish talk; to fair peak, over jumble. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1107 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUN 17 0049 - // 1152 with Spanish discussion; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1116 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JUN 17 0111 - // 1044 with teletalk; HUGE. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1152 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUN 17 0049 - discussion program // 1107; poor to fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1170 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | R. Farda, JUN 17 0105 - after WFPB went off, this was top dog on channel with high-energy Middle Eastern music with drums, guitars, and vocal.  Atop HJNW and other Latin Americans; 1171 het notched and WWVA totally phase-nulled. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1171 | IRAN (per European reporters) | JUN 17 0041 - fat het against local-strength daytimer WFPB Orleans, MA. + JUN 17 0103 - Middle Eastern music with trance-like orchestration and a sad-sounding male vocal; to good peak, easily splittable from 1170 with the R8A in 2.3 kHz bandwidth position and tuned to the high side. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros, JUN 17 0043 - woman with SER newstalk, segment of dramatic music, then into a telephone interview; loud! [Connelly*rw-MA]

1197 | SPAIN | Euskadi Irratia, Vitoria, JUN 17 0042 - Spanish teletalk with man & woman; fair over possible Lesotho (bits of accented English) and some WKOX slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1206 | FRANCE | Bordeaux, JUN 17 0040 - dance-rock with French vocal; to good peak. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1215 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, JUN 17 0038 - // 1296 with Spanish teletalk; in mix with UK. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Virgin R. synchros, JUN 17 0039 - Sheryl Crow or similar vocal, then presenter talked about a department store; evenly mixed with Spain. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1224 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, JUN 17 0036 - // 1296 with talk, then musical interlude; poor. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1251 | LIBYA | Libyan Jamahiriya, Tripoli, JUN 17 0035 - 2 men in Arabic; poor to fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, JUN 17 0033 - man & woman in Spanish, COPE and a telephone number were mentioned; very strong, over 2 others (UK/Sudan?). [Connelly*rw-MA]

1413 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUN 17 0005 - Spanish news by woman; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1422 | ALGERIA | Algiers, JUN 17 0007 - bassy Middle East music; over WBSM/CKDY/WASR-1420 splash. + JUN 17 0030 - disco instrumental, then man in French; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1431 | DJIBOUTI | R. Sawa, Arta, JUN 17 0029 - pop Arabic female vocal & strings; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1503 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUN 17 0012 - Spanish newstalk; to fair peak. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1584 | CEUTA | RadiOle, JUN 17 0019 - fast salsa group vocal & brass, then a slow emotional ballad; good, over SER. [Connelly*rw-MA]


*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***

1140 | VENEZUELA | La Voz del Caribe, Porlamar, JUN 17 0048 - "La Voz del Caribe" ID; booming in over CBI.  Most other LA's were just mediocre at the time.  Coastal QTH of this no doubt helps. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

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