[HCDX] recent logs - Rockport, MA, USA

[MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx]

Logs 4 - 5 MAY 2005

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

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

Receiver: Drake R8A

Antennas (cardioid array on roof of car): 
 Vertical: 3 m whip to 81:1 transformer to DX Engineering RPA-1 amplifier;
 Broadband loop in vertical plane: square, 2 m per side, to 1:1 transformer 
to W7IUV amplifier, peak 80/260°, null 170/350° 

Accessories: DXP-6 and Superphaser-2 phasing units

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 ***

603 | FRANCE | France Info, Lyon-Tramoyes, MAY 5 0024 - // 855 with Spanish 
talk by woman; poor to fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

612 | MOROCCO | RTM A, Sebaa-Aioun, MAY 5 0015 - // 207 with male Arabic 
vocal, strings, and back-up group; to good peak. [Connelly*R-MA]

621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, Santa Cruz de Tenerife et 
al., MAY 5 0028 - // 855 with Spanish teletalk; way over other station. 
[Connelly*R-MA]

684 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Sevilla, MAY 5 0036 - // 855 with Spanish newstalk; 
very good with WRKO phased. [Connelly*R-MA]

693 | AZORES | Centro Regional da RDP, Terceira, MAY 5 0007 - // 837 with man 
& woman in Portuguese; at low audio level on fat carrier. [Connelly*R-MA]

711.06 | WESTERN SAHARA | RTM, Laayoune, MAY 4 2300 - Arabic talk by man; 
through CHTN-720 slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

774 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, MAY 5 0038 - man & woman in Spanish; loud. 
[Connelly*R-MA]

783 | MAURITANIA | R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, MAY 5 0004 - rustic North 
African group vocal with drums and blues guitar, then woman in Arabic; LOUD! + MAY 
5 0041 - bluesy vocal & guitar plucking; strongest TA - bombing in at S9+25 
dB! [Connelly*R-MA]

801 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, MAY 5 0043 - // 774 with woman in Spanish; in 
PJB-800 slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

819 | MOROCCO | RTM, Rabat, MAY 5 0028 - // stronger 612 with flute music, 
talk by woman; at low audio level on good-strength carrier. [Connelly*R-MA]

837 | AZORES | Centro Regional da RDP, Pico da Barrosa, MAY 5 0001 - 
Portuguese news; mixed with others. [Connelly*R-MA]

855 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, MAY 5 0024 - // 603 with woman in Spanish; 
fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

864 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Villebon-sur-Yvette, MAY 5 0054 - romantic 
male-female duet vocal; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

873 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAY 5 0055 - // 1116 with phone interview; fair. 
[Connelly*R-MA]

890.98 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Algiers, MAY 5 0056 - man yelling in Arabic; 
huge. [Connelly*R-MA]

945 | FRANCE | France Info, Toulouse, MAY 5 0059 - // 1377 with tropical 
music; fair to good. [Connelly*R-MA]

981 | ALGERIA | RTVA Chaine 2, Algiers, MAY 4 2305 - Arabic vocal; over unID 
talker; to fair peak with WCAP phased. [Connelly*R-MA]

1008 | CANARY ISLANDS | Punto Radio, Las Palmas, MAY 5 0111 - non-SER Spanish 
talk; atop Holland and Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]

1008 | NETHERLANDS | R. 10 Gold, Flevoland, MAY 5 0110 - "The Beat Goes On" 
by Sonny & Cher; briefly atop Canary Islands & Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]

1017 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, MAY 5 0112 - Spanish teletalk; to fair peak. 
[Connelly*R-MA]

1044 | MOROCCO | Sebaa-Aioun, MAY 4 2308 - rustic Berber style music; noted 
in tight phase null of WBZ IBOC glop that was spread all the way from 1034 to 
1046.  Nulling the WBZ crud didn't allow me to put full null on WEPN-1050 at 
about a 50° bearing difference.  A bit of CJMS-1040 chatter after knocking out 
1050 was all I ever had to worry about pre-IBOC. [Connelly*R-MA]

1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAY 5 0122 - // 1116 with Spanish teletalk; g
ood. [Connelly*R-MA]

1071 | SPAIN | Euskadi Irratia, Bilbao, MAY 5 0136 - // 1197 with Spanish 
talk by woman; through bad CBA slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, MAY 5 0128 - English teletalk; 
poor to fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

1098 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, MAY 5 0129 - // 774 with echoey Spanish 
talk; loud. [Connelly*R-MA]

1116 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAY 5 0055 - // 873 with Spanish 
teletalk/interview; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

1125 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, MAY 4 2312 - Spanish talk; barely over 
others. [Connelly*R-MA]

1134 | CROATIA | Glas Hrvatske, Zadar, MAY 4 2250 - Slavic talk by man & 
woman; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]

1143 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, MAY 4 2349 - // 1224 with Spanish talk, 
teletalk; fair to good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1152 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, MAY 4 2350 - // 1503 with folk Spanish duet 
with acoustic guitar; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros, MAY 5 0134 - // 1116 with 
light music; excellent. [Connelly*R-MA]

1196.7 | unID | MAY 4 2355 - Angola the probable off-channel station here, 
creating het against Spain/others-1197. [Connelly*R-MA]

1197 | SPAIN | Euskadi Irratia, Vitoria, MAY 5 0136 - // 1071 with woman in 
Spanish; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1206 | FRANCE | France Info, Bordeaux, MAY 4 2247 - French discussion, 
interview; fading up. [Connelly*R-MA]

1224 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, MAY 4 2349 - // 1143 with Spanish teletalk; 
poor. [Connelly*R-MA]

1287 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAY 5 0138 - // 1116 with jazz, talk by woman; 
poor. [Connelly*R-MA]

1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, MAY 5 0140 - Spanish interview & teletalk; 
good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1359 | SPAIN | RNE, Arganda del Rey, MAY 5 0143 - // 1098 with woman in 
Spanish; loud. [Connelly*R-MA]

1377 | FRANCE | France Info, Lille, MAY 5 0059 - // 945 with tropical music; 
to fair peak through WMYF-1380 slop. [Connelly*R-MA]

1422 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Heusweiler, MAY 5 0144 - classical music; 
excellent. [Connelly*R-MA]

1431 | DJIBOUTI | R. Sawa, Arta, MAY 5 0145 - Arabic vocal, talk by man & 
woman; to good peak. [Connelly*R-MA]

1503 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, MAY 4 2350 - // 1152 with Spanish folk vocal 
& guitar; good. [Connelly*R-MA]

1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, MAY 4 2232 - // 9555 & 9870 with man in 
Arabic; fair to good, more than an hour before sunset. [Connelly*R-MA]


*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***

580 | VENEZUELA | YVMJ, Maracaibo, MAY 5 0020 - Venezuelan adverts; over 
HIAF/WKAQ/WTAG. [Connelly*R-MA]

640 | GUADELOUPE | R. Guadeloupe, Pointe-a-Pitre, MAY 5 0127 - man in French; 
over CBN/WNNZ/YVQO. [Connelly*R-MA]

670 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, CMQ, Arroyo Arenas, MAY 5 0031 - // 5025 with Cuban 
political speech; over Venezuela. [Connelly*R-MA]

680 | PUERTO RICO | WAPA, San Juan, MAY 5 0034 - Puerto Rican news; good with 
WRKO phased. [Connelly*R-MA]

750 | VENEZUELA | RCR, YVKS, Caracas, MAY 5 0037 - RCR ID, Spanish talk; 
dominant over CBGY. [Connelly*R-MA] 

760 | COLOMBIA | RCN, HJAJ, Barranquilla, MAY 5 0107 - // 1000 with RCN 
Spanish talk; dominant over Brazil, Venezuela, others. [Connelly*R-MA]

780 | VENEZUELA | R. Coro, YVMN, Coro, MAY 5 0042 - Coro mention; slightly 
over jumble of CFDR & others, badly slopped by huge signal of adjacent 
Mauritania-783. [Connelly*R-MA] 

800 | NETHERLANDS ANTILLES | Trans-World Radio, PJB, Bonaire, MAY 5 0045 - 
piano music, then ID in Spanish as "Radio Transmundial"; dominant over 
domestics. [Connelly*R-MA] 

820 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | Trinity Broadcast Network / R. Paradise, 
Charlestown, MAY 5 0048 - talk mixing apocalyptic religion and politics: scriptural 
references and mentions of the nuclear arsenals being built in Iran and North 
Korea; way over WNYC. [Connelly*R-MA]

860 | CUBA, CMBL, Arroyo Arenas, MAY 5 0103 - "RR" code beeps in the midst of 
a huge pile-up of unintelligible Latin American signals. [Connelly*R-MA]
 
910 | VENEZUELA | YVRQ, RQ-910, Caracas, MAY 5 0057 - "RQ" (erray-coo) ID's; 
loud, way over WABI. [Connelly*R-MA]

1000 | BRAZIL | R. Record, ZYK522, Sao Paulo, MAY 5 0108 - fast Portuguese 
talk came up over the Colombian. [Connelly*R-MA]
 
1000 | COLOMBIA | RCN, HJAQ, Cartagena, MAY 5 0107 - // 760 with man in 
Spanish; over jumble. [Connelly*R-MA]
 
1020 | CUBA | R. Reloj, MAY 5 0116 - "RR" beeps getting through YVRS, YVMX, 
and ZP14. [Connelly*R-MA]

1020 | VENEZUELA | R. Calendario, YVMX, Maracaibo, MAY 5 0120 - Radio 
Calendario ID momentarily atop the pile. [Connelly*R-MA] 

1020 | VENEZUELA | Mundial Margarita, YVRS, La Asuncion, MAY 5 0115 - Mundial 
Margarita ID; rising up over ZP14, YVMX, and Cuba for a while. 
[Connelly*R-MA]

1020.06 | PARAGUAY | R. Nanduti, ZP14, Asuncion, MAY 5 0114 - The log of the 
evening! A bit of Andean style music, then reverberated Spanish talk (that had 
an accent making it sound a bit like Portuguese), two Nanduti mentions; 
briefly atop the pile with a low growl from the slight frequency offset.  The last 
time I heard Paraguay from MA was on 645 back in the '70s. [Connelly*R-MA]

1080 | VENEZUELA | YVQJ, R. Barcelona, Barcelona, MAY 5 0125 - Radio 
Barcelona ID, folk style vocal; mixed with WTIC. [Connelly*R-MA]

1090 | VENEZUELA | Union R., YVSZ, Caracas, MAY 5 0128 - Union Radio mention, 
news in Spanish; under WBAL. [Connelly*R-MA] 

1100 | BRAZIL | R. Globo, ZYK694, Sao Paulo, MAY 5 0130 - reverberated 
sports-related Portuguese talk; good with WTAM phased. [Connelly*R-MA]

1110 | VENEZUELA | R. Carupano, YVQT, Carupano, MAY 5 0131 - Venezuela & 
Carupano mentions, then Spanish version of "Alone Again Naturally"; dominant. 
[Connelly*R-MA]

1130 | BRAZIL | MAY 4 2320 - Belem or Rio de Janeiro here with Portuguese 
talk, country-influenced vocal, "cultura" mention; in WBBR null. [Connelly*R-MA]

1200 | unID | MAY 5 0139 - Venezuela suspected as the Spanish talker over 
WKOX. [Connelly*R-MA]
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