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[MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx]

Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 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: two active whips, spaced 60 m on east-west line

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e-mail = "MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx"

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*** TRANSATLANTIC DX ***

585 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Madrid, SEP 22 0018 - man & woman with Spanish teletalk; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

612 | MOROCCO | RTM A, Sebaa-Aioun, SEP 22 0016 - Arabic talk by woman; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, Santa Cruz de Tenerife et al., SEP 21 2255 - // 855 with man & woman with Spanish talk, teletalk; excellent. [Connelly*rw-MA]

639 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, La Coruna, SEP 21 2307 - // 621 with interlude of '60s spy-movie style instrumentation, then man & woman in Spanish; through CBN slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]

684 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Sevilla, SEP 21 2305 - Spanish news; good with WRKO phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]

702 | MOROCCO | RTM, Sebaa-Aioun, SEP 21 2304 - female Arabic vocal; fair, over unID talker. [Connelly*rw-MA]

711.04 | WESTERN SAHARA | RTM, Laayoune, SEP 21 2302 - Arabic vocal at low audio level; over low growl from France-711.0. [Connelly*rw-MA]

738 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Barcelona, SEP 22 0018 - Spanish // 585; poor, in CHCM slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]

747 | NETHERLANDS | Flevoland, SEP 22 0015 - folk vocal, then man in Dutch; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

774 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, SEP 21 2258 - talk // 621; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

765 | SWITZERLAND | RSR, Sottens, SEP 21 2300 - music, then Radio Suisse Romande ID and news in French; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

783 | MAURITANIA | R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, SEP 21 2257 - // 4845 with reverberated a cappella Arabic male vocal; very good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 21 2256 - // 1296 with Spanish talk; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

855 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, SEP 21 2255 - // 621 with Spanish talk, teletalk; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

864 | EGYPT | Holy Koran R., Santah, SEP 21 2254 - man in Arabic; over pop music station (presumably France). [Connelly*rw-MA]

882 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. Wales, Washford, SEP 21 2253 - US-accented & UK-accented talk, then mellow vocal; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

890.98 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Algiers, SEP 21 2252 - speech, then discussion by commentators; good, about 10 dB stronger than adjacent WAMG. [Connelly*rw-MA]

909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.5 synchros, SEP 21 2250 - man & woman with political argument mentioning protesters; strong, taking out WABI-910. [Connelly*rw-MA]

918 | SPAIN | R. Intercontinental, Madrid, SEP 22 0013 - bits of Spanish music; through CJCH slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]

945 | FRANCE | Toulouse, SEP 21 2243 - man & woman in French, telephone interview mentioning Avignon; excellent. [Connelly*rw-MA]

954 | SPAIN | Onda Cero, Madrid, SEP 21 2241 - Spanish teletalk; in WROL-950 & CHNS-960 slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]

963 | PORTUGAL | R. Renascenca, Seixal, SEP 21 2240 - Portuguese talk; in CHNS slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]

963 | TUNISIA (t) | RTV Tunisienne, Tunis, SEP 21 2240 - maybe this with Arabic music behind Portugal & lots of CHNS splatter. [Connelly*rw-MA]

972 | LIBYA | Libyan Jamahiriya BC, Sirte, SEP 21 2239 - a cappella male Arabic vocal; good despite WZAN slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]

981 | ALGERIA | RTVA Chaine 2, Algiers, SEP 21 2238 - Arabic talk, telephone interview; huge S9+20 signal destroying WCAP. [Connelly*rw-MA]

999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, SEP 21 2235 - huge with mentions of Barcelona and Valencia; way over others.  Almost no 1000 kHz signals noted. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1017 | GERMANY | SWR-1, Wolfsheim, SEP 21 2234 - man in German; under RNE Spain. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1017 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 21 2234 - // 1098 with woman doing teletalk show; over Germany. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 21 2313 - SER-net newstalk; mixed with Morocco, others. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1053 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, SEP 21 2315 - interview about Thatcher and Bush; over others. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1062 | ITALY | RAI R. Uno synchros, SEP 22 0011 - US soul music, then woman in Italian; in tough CBA-1070 slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, SEP 21 2319 - political interview with American editor, then adverts for text-message chat/dating, legal services, insurance and TalkSport presenter Alan Brazil.  Strong signal, little or no 1090 interference. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1098 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 21 2234 - // 1017 with echoey Spanish talk.  No sign of Slovakia. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1116 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 21 2330 - // 1287 with fast Spanish talk, slight echo; excellent. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1134 | CROATIA | Hrvatski R., Zadar, SEP 21 2331 - Slavic talk by man & woman; good, over Spain. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1143 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 21 2358 - echoey version of the teletalk on // 999. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1152 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 21 2332 - // 1098 with Spanish talk by woman, the '40s-era Cuban big-band music; strong signal with punchy audio, overwhelming CHGM/WTTT-1150. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1170 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | R. Farda, Dabiya, SEP 21 2340 - Farsi talk, R. Farda ID; loud, over second station that had music (likely also a TA) and WWVA. + SEP 22 0005 - end of US boy-band pop hit, then Farsi talk, phone pushbutton beeps, Radio Farda ID, teletalk with beeps; to good peak with WWVA phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 21 2342 - // 1116 with fast Spanish talk, phone numbers given; loud. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1197 | SPAIN | Euskadi Irratia, Vitoria, SEP 21 2344 - woman in Spanish; over mideast music station. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1197 | unID | SEP 21 2344 - probably Morocco here with Arabic-sounding music; under Spain. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1206 | FRANCE | Bordeaux, SEP 21 2218 - // 1557 with discussion program, joking with 2 men in French; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Virgin R. synchros, SEP 21 2327 - "Lola" by the Kinks from '70; loud, over Spain. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1251 | LIBYA | Libyan Jamahiriya, Tripoli, SEP 21 2345 - Arabic talk; to fair peak through CBGA slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1287 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 21 2330 - // 1116 with fast talk; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, SEP 21 2256 - Spanish talk // 837; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1359 | SPAIN | Arganda, SEP 21 2230 - man & woman in Spanish talking about entertainment & sports; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1368 | UNITED KINGDOM | SEP 21 2347 - briefly to fair level with country oldie "Distant Drums" by Jim Reeves, then bits of talk by Brit-accented man; in WDEA/WFEA-1370 slop.  Ben Dangerfield suggests Manx Radio. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1377 | FRANCE | Lille, SEP 21 2326 - // 1206 with David Bowie song. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1422 | ALGERIA | Algiers, SEP 21 2227 - man & woman in French; to good peak. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1431 | DJIBOUTI | R. Sawa, Arta, SEP 21 2226 - Arabic vocal & orchestra; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1467 | FRANCE | TWR, Roumoules, SEP 21 2212 - Arabic talk by man, mailing address in Spain given; loud. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1503 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 21 2223 - Spanish talk; good, over mideast music station (likely Iran). [Connelly*rw-MA]

1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, SEP 21 2215 - // 9555, 9870 with man in Arabic; excellent, way over Spain. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1548 | KUWAIT | R. Sawa, Kabd - Kuwait City, SEP 21 2221 - pop-style Arabic music; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1550 | ALGERIA | RASD Clandestine, Tindouf, SEP 21 2216 - // 7460 with emotional Arabic talk by man; good, way over WNTN & WDZK. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1557 | FRANCE | Nice, SEP 21 2218 - // 1206 with discussion program on light & humorous topics; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1584 | CEUTA | RadiOle, SEP 21 2324 - Latino jazz; good, over SER. [Connelly*rw-MA] 

1593 | unID | SEP 21 2353 - mix of stations, sounded like Arabic talk on one of them (Egypt?). [Connelly*rw-MA]

1602 | SPAIN | R. Vitoria, Vitoria, SEP 21 2220 - Spanish rock; fair over others. [Connelly*rw-MA]
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