[HCDX] logs 30 JUN - 1 JUL 2004

[MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx]

Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 2004
(logs 30 JUN â 1 JUL 2004)

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

Drake R8A receiver, Superphaser-2 phasing unit

Antenna system: 2 x 2 m square broadband loop, 1.8 m 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 ***

153 | GERMANY | DeutschlandRadio, Donebach, JUL 1 0048 - classical music; over probable Algeria. [Connelly*R-MA]

162 | FRANCE | France-Inter, Allouis, JUL 1 0043 - experimental electronic keyboard / organ music; excellent. [Connelly*R-MA]

171 | MOROCCO | R. Mediterranee Internationale, Nador, JUL 1 0047 - pop-style Arabic music; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

177 | GERMANY | DeutschlandRadio Berlin, Oranienburg, JUL 1 0047 - Elvis Presley hit "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"; good, slight T-storm QRN. [Connelly*R-MA]

198 | ALGERIA | Ouargla, JUL 1 0046 - Arabic female vocal, drums; dominant. [Connelly*R-MA]
 
234 | LUXEMBOURG | R. Luxembourg, Junglinster, JUL 1 0050 - rock music; poor to fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

252 | IRELAND | RTE R.1, Clarkestown, JUL 1 0051 - // 567 with slow religious-sounding vocal; poor to fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

531 | MADEIRA | RDP, Porto Santo, JUL 1 0106 - // 693 with Portuguese news; slightly over others. [Connelly*R-MA] 

567 | IRELAND | RTE R.1, Tullamore, JUL 1 0051 - // 252 with religious-sounding music; poor. + JUL 1 0058 - now good with male & female vocals from "My Fair Lady". [Connelly*R-MA]

594 | PORTUGAL | R. Renascenca, Muge, JUL 1 0057 - Portuguese female vocal; through VOCM/WEZE-590 slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

603 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Lyon, JUL 1 0055 - // 1206 with a cover version of the Supremes' "Stop In the Name of Love"; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

612 | MOROCCO | RTM A, Sebaa-Aioun, JUL 1 0033 - man in Arabic mentioned several countries including Saudi Arabia; loud. [Connelly*R-MA]

621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, Santa Cruz de Tenerife et al., JUL 1 0041 - talk // 639 & 684; fair over WZON slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

639 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, La Coruna, JUL 1 0035 - // 855 with Spanish talk, blues guitar interlude; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

666 | GERMANY | SWF-4, Rohrdorf, JUL 1 0150 - man in German; fair, in messy mix with what sounded like Spain & Portugal. [Connelly*R-MA]

675 | NETHERLANDS | Arrow Classic Rock, Lopik, JUL 1 0105 - Rolling Stones "Sympathy for the Devil"; to fair peak through WRKO slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

684 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Sevilla, JUL 1 0038 - guitar music and Spanish talk about it, mention of "CD"; good with WRKO phased. [Connelly*R-MA]

693 | AZORES | Centro Regional da RDP, Terceira, JUL 1 0105 - Portuguese news, interview; loud. [Connelly*R-MA]

711 | FRANCE | Rennes, JUL 1 0149 - // 1206 with woman in French; over others. [Connelly*R-MA]

747 | NETHERLANDS | Flevoland, JUL 1 0148 - Celtic group vocal (Bothy Boys or similar); excellent, stronger than adjacent CBGY-750. [Connelly*R-MA]

756 | GERMANY | DeutschlandRadio, Braunschweig & Ravensburg, JUL 1 0147 - modern dissonant symphonic music; excellent. [Connelly*R-MA]

765 | SWITZERLAND | RSR, Sottens, JUL 1 0147 - folk vocal & guitar; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

792 | FRANCE | Limoges, JUL 1 0146 - // 1206 with tropical style music; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, JUL 1 0031 - // 1215 with echoey Spanish talk, teletalk; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

837 | FRANCE | Nancy, JUL 1 0110 - // 1206 with light classical music; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

855 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, JUL 1 0028 - // 1107 with cabaret style vocal, then man in Spanish; to good peak (though choppy fades). [Connelly*R-MA]

864 | FRANCE | Paris, JUL 1 0025 - piano, guitar, and bluesy vocal that sounded like Eric Clapton; fair, over Egypt.  Not // 1206. + JUL 1 0111 - LOUD with disco music. [Connelly*R-MA]

873 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JUL 1 0024 - // 1044 with Ferrante & Teicher type piano music occasionally spoken over by a woman; fair, over some Maine-870 slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

882 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, JUL 1 0023 - // 1215 with woman in Spanish; good, dominant. [Connelly*R-MA]

890.98 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Algiers, JUL 1 0021 - pop style Arabic vocal & strings at light audio level on big carrier. [Connelly*R-MA]

909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.5 synchros, JUL 1 0112 - mentions of golf, Australia; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

945 | FRANCE | Toulouse, JUL 1 0014 - // 1206 with gypsy style violin music & orchestra, woman in French; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

981 | ALGERIA | RTVA Chaine 2, Algiers, JUL 1 0019 - a cappella Arabic male vocal; loud, way over something else (prob. Portugal). [Connelly*R-MA]

999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, JUL 1 0009 - // 1296 with interlude of carnival type music, phone numbers were read, then into Spanish teletalk; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1017 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUL 1 0006 - musical interlude then woman said "Radio Nacional Espana"; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JUL 1 0003 - // 1080, 1116 with SER net Spanish news by man & woman; fair. + JUL 1 0115 - teletalk; like a local. [Connelly*R-MA]

1053 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, JUL 1 0116 - announcer on topic "working class people enjoy themselves more than middle class people"; excellent signal. [Connelly*R-MA]

1062 | ITALY | RAI R. Uno synchros, JUL 1 0116 - Italian opera; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

1080 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JUL 1 0003 - // 1044, 1116 with SER Spanish news; poor to fair through phased WTIC. [Connelly*R-MA]

1089 | unID | JUL 1 0119 - Koranic chant; slightly under UK.  Albania ? [Connelly*R-MA]

1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, JUL 1 0119 - // 1053 with talk about the working class; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1107 | EGYPT | Batrah, JUL 1 0145 - pop Arabic female vocal, then Arabic talk; over Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]

1107 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUL 1 0001 - RNE news by woman; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1116 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JUL 1 0003 - // 1044, 1080 with SER Spanish news by man & woman; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

1125 | MADEIRA | Centro Regional da RDP, Ponta do Pargo, JUL 1 0004 - excited Portuguese talk by man; slightly over jumble with Spain, Croatia, others. [Connelly*R-MA]

1134 | CROATIA | Hrvatski R., Zadar, JUN 30 2359 - instrumental "muzak" with piano & strings; huge, way over Spain. + JUL 1 0000 - Hrvatski Radio ID, then news. + JUL 1 0133 - now at least 20 dB stronger than WBBR! [Connelly*R-MA]

1152 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUN 30 2358 - Spanish talk mixing with something that had AC ripple on carrier. [Connelly*R-MA]

1171 | IRAN | JUL 1 0134 - talk, probably Farsi; good. [Connelly*R-MA] 

1179 | unID | JUL 1 0136 - Sweden suspected here with operatic vocal music, then classical orchestra; over SER. [Connelly*R-MA]

1188 | unID | JUL 1 0139 - Mary J. Blige and other US pop music; more likely Belgium than Hungary. [Connelly*R-MA]

1206 | FRANCE | Bordeaux, JUN 30 2356 - // 1557 with African-influenced vocal, French talk, then disco oldie "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor; to good peak. + JUL 1 0140 - now absolutely local-like with salsa-influenced music; slopping adjacent domestics. [Connelly*R-MA]

1215 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, JUN 30 2353 - // 1296 with Spanish talk by man; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Virgin R. synchros, JUL 1 0109 - "Every Breath You Take" by Police; loud, over Spain. + JUL 1 0140 - good with "One Hand in My Pocket" by Alanis Morissette. [Connelly*R-MA]

1242 | FRANCE | Marseille, JUL 1 0015 - // 1206 with bits of violin music; tough WBUR slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, JUN 30 2353 - man in Spanish // 1215; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

1332 | ITALY | RAI R. Uno synchros, JUL 1 0141 - // 1062 with orchestral music; to fair peak. [Connelly*R-MA]

1341 | NORTHERN IRELAND | BBC R. Ulster, Lisnagarvey, JUL 1 0143 - man & woman in English; fair to good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1359 | SPAIN | Arganda, JUL 1 0144 - Spanish newstalk; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

1377 | FRANCE | Lille, JUL 1 0018 - // 945, 1206 with Temptations or similar US soul group; fair through WMYF slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

1431 | DJIBOUTI | R. Sawa, Arta, JUL 1 0155 - Arabic dance club music & US pops; fair, starting to fade. [Connelly*R-MA]

1521 | SPAIN | SER, Castellon, JUL 1 0158 - // 1044 with Spanish vocal; well under Saudi warm-up blank carrier (that was running S9+30!). [Connelly*R-MA] 

1550 | ALGERIA | RASD Clandestine, Tindouf, JUN 30 2347 - // 7460 with very rustic music with group vocal, accordion, and ram's horn (shofar or similar); fair with WNTN phased. [Connelly*R-MA]

1557 | FRANCE | Nice, JUN 30 2341 - upbeat children's type of song with male vocal; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

1584 | CEUTA | RadiOle, JUN 30 2343 - female folk-pop Spanish vocal and guitar; good. [Connelly*R-MA]



*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***

670 | VENEZUELA | R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, JUL 1 0103 - mentions of "beisbol venezolano"; over others. [Connelly*R-MA]

1020 | unID | JUL 1 0114 - French-sounding talk; mixed with Venezuela, KDKA totally phased out.  Haiti or the FL domestic perhaps ? [Connelly*R-MA]
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