[HCDX] Logs 5-10 APR 2005

[markwa1ion@xxxxxxx]

Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 2005

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

Receivers: Drake R8A, Palstar R30, Drake SW8

Antennas:
 Flag: 5 m vert. x 10.6 m horiz., base ht. 5 m, peak 90°, null 270°;
  Broadband loop in vertical plane: total length 24 m, peak 150/330°, 
null 60/240°;
  Horizontal broadband loop: total length 60 m, ht. 1.5 m, high-angle 
skip (NVIS) non-directional;
  Sloper (feedline of ham dipole): 20 m at 60° angle to earth, slight 
null at 225°

Accessories: matching transformers, DXP-6 phasing unit

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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*** COMMENTS ***

Recent good weather and longer hours of daylight have allowed me to add 
a couple more antennas behind the house and to move around some of the 
existing ones.  It is hoped that Latin American coverage, never that 
great previously from this QTH, will be enhanced by the changes and 
that Europe-Africa-Middle East coverage will be maintained at, or 
improved from, prior acceptable levels.  Antennas can be used singly 
(against low-noise and/or mains ground) or phased in many different 
combinations.  The best set-up for TA DX would differ from what I'd use 
during an aurora.


*** TRANSATLANTIC DX ***

558 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 5 0344 - Spanish teletalk; getting 
by WGAN. [Connelly*B-MA]

837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, APR 7 0348 - Spanish 
talk; poor. [Connelly*B-MA]

873 | SPAIN | SER synchros, APR 7 0217 - Spanish news, phone interview; 
fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

890.98 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Algiers, APR 7 0217 - pop Arabic male 
vocal; good. [Connelly*B-MA]

999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, APR 7 0230 - Spanish talk mentioned 
Valencia, then there were pips on the half-hour; loud, far stronger 
than the adjacent 1000 jumble. [Connelly*B-MA]

1017 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 7 0230 - Spanish news; fair. 
[Connelly*B-MA]

1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, APR 7 0142 - Spanish telephone interview. 
[Connelly*B-MA]

1098 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 7 0042 - // 1107 with Spanish 
vocal; loud. [Connelly*B-MA]

1107 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 7 0042 - // 1098 with Spanish 
vocal; fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

1169 | IRAN | IRIB Sarasary, Semnan, APR 9 2359 - bits of choral vocal; 
through WSKW-1160 slop and Farda/WWVA-1170 het. [Connelly*B-MA]

1170 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | R. Farda, Dabiya, APR 9 2359 - mideast 
disco/dance music; briefly through WWVA. [Connelly*B-MA]

1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros, APR 7 0044 - fast 
Spanish talk. [Connelly*B-MA]

1197 | SPAIN | Euskadi Irratia, Vitoria, APR 8 0156 - Spanish teletalk; 
fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

1206 | FRANCE | France Info, Bordeaux, APR 5 0338 - jazz piano; 
excellent. + APR 10 0003 - French news by woman; to good peak. 
[Connelly*B-MA]

1215 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, APR 8 0156 - Spanish talk momentarily 
over generally-stronger UK. [Connelly*B-MA]

1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Virgin R. synchros, APR 5 0337 - '70s hit 
"Dancing in the Moonlight" by King Harvest; fair to good. + APR 8 0152 
- "Don't You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds, a few words from the DJ, 
then "Leather and Lace" by Nicks & Henley; good. + APR 10 0005 - fair 
with "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. [Connelly*B-MA]

1287 | SPAIN | SER synchros, APR 7 0235 - man in Spanish; to fair peak. 
[Connelly*B-MA]

1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, APR 7 0122 - man in Spanish; fair. 
[Connelly*B-MA]

1359 | SPAIN | RNE, Arganda del Rey, APR 5 0334 - Bob Marley reggae hit 
"No Woman No Cry"; fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

1377 | FRANCE | France Info, Lille, APR 7 0131 - man in French; loud. + 
APR 8 0200 - rock music, French talk; excellent. [Connelly*B-MA]

1422 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Heusweiler, APR 5 0333 - two men in 
German. + APR 7 0124 - operatic male vocal; poor to fair. 
[Connelly*B-MA]

1431 | DJIBOUTI | R. Sawa, Arta, APR 7 0130 - Arabic dance style music; 
in WXKS slop. [Connelly*B-MA]

1530 | SAO TOME E PRINCIPE | VOA Relay, Pinheira, APR 5 0330 - // 7290 
with man in African-accented English talking about Robert Mugabe.  
Afropop music then played.  Under WCKY, ripply fading apparent 
(semi-auroral). [Connelly*B-MA]

1557 | FRANCE | France Info, Fontbonne, APR 5 0332 - French talk by 
man, mention of Iraq; good (though with bouncy fades). [Connelly*B-MA]

1584 | CEUTA | RadiOle, APR 7 0127 - plaintive Spanish female vocal & 
guitar; strong, over SER Spain. + APR 8 0222 - merengue-influenced 
uptempo group vocal; over SER. [Connelly*B-MA]

1584 | SPAIN | SER synchros, APR 8 0222 - Spanish newstalk by woman; 
under Ceuta. [Connelly*B-MA]



*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***

530 | TURKS & CAICOS | R. Vision Cristiana Internacional, South Caicos, 
APR 7 0342 - ID "Radio Vision Cristiana Internacional", mention of a 
college in "El Bronx"; local-like, 531 het in background. 
[Connelly*B-MA]

555 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | R. ZIZ, Basseterre, APR 7 0151 - old-time 
country-western vocal; fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

760 | COLOMBIA | RCN, HJAJ, Barranquilla, APR 7 0146 - RCN, Cali, 
Bucaramanga, & Barranquilla mentions in reverberated sports-related 
Spanish talk; atop pile. + APR 9 0101 - man shouted "RCN presenta 
informativa deportiva"; good. [Connelly*B-MA]

820 | CUBA | R. Reloj, APR 7 0346 - Reloj program; way under St. Kitts 
preacher. [Connelly*B-MA]

820 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | Trinity Broadcast Network / R. Paradise, 
Charlestown, APR 7 0109 - // 7505 with gospel vocal "hallelujah and 
praise the Lord", then preacher; good, over WNYC. [Connelly*B-MA]

895 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | V. of Nevis, Bath Village, APR 9 0028 - 
US-accented man talking about wireless broadband Internet service; to 
good peak. [Connelly*B-MA]

1000 | BRAZIL | R. Record, ZYK522, Sao Paulo, APR 10 0353 - emotional 
talk, possibly preaching, by man in Portuguese.  Briefly over 2 unID 
Spanish-speaking stations.  Brazil is fairly common at shore sites, but 
scarcer here at home 24 km inland. [Connelly*B-MA]

1020 | CUBA | R. Reloj, APR 7 0118 - Reloj program, alone on the 
channel. [Connelly*B-MA]

1039.6 | VENEZUELA | La Voz de Carabobo, YVLB, Valencia, APR 7 0119 - 
het, fragments of Spanish talk. [Connelly*B-MA]

1100 | BRAZIL | R. Globo, ZYK694, Sao Paulo, APR 7 0040 - Portuguese 
"futebol" talk including a "gooooooooal!" scream; fair.  This was noted 
right after repositioning the Flag antenna from the previous southwest 
null to a due west null instead.  This clobbered WTAM and improved the 
southeast pick-up as an added bonus. [Connelly*B-MA]

1110 | VENEZUELA | R. Carupano, YVQT, Carupano, APR 10 0356 - end of 
song, Carupano mention; mixed with WBT and another Spanish speaker. 
[Connelly*B-MA]

1180 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, Villa Maria, APR 7 0211 - // 5025 with 
spirited Spanish political speech before a noisy crowd; over WHAM & 
1179 het. [Connelly*B-MA]

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