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- Subject: Cape Cod, MA, USA - recent logs
- From: Mark Connelly <markwa1ion@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 13:34:19 -0500
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Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION
Times / dates = UTC / 2018
e-mail = "MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx"
[Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA
(GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41Â 41.59' N / 70Â 11.47' W) (grid FN41vq)
Receiver: Microtelecom Perseus
See http://microtelecom.it/perseus/
Antenna 1: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 10m vert. by 11m horiz. (peak 165 deg., null 345 deg.)
Antenna 2: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 9m vert. by 20m horiz. (peak 90 deg., null 270 deg.)
See http://www.bamlog.com/superloop.htm for similar antenna type.
NOTE:
{A} in entry indicates that audio can be accessed from link on the following page:
http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/audio_2018.htm
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*** TRANSATLANTIC DX ***
189 | ICELAND | RÃV RÃs, GufuskÃlar, JAN 7 0200 - Hard rock, electronic sounder, Icelandic talk by man with RUV ("roov") mention; good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
531 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, F'kirina Wilaya d'Oum El Bouaghi, JAN 20 2200 - Dance music, man with Jil FM ID; fair. + JAN 21 2200 - Jil FM ID, Sabre Dance (Khachaturian); good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
549 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, Les Trembles, JAN 19 0500 - Jil FM jingle, tropical music; good. {A} + JAN 20 2200 - Music, Jil FM ID // 531; good. + FEB 3 2200 - Pop Arabic female vocal through top-of-hour, Jil FM ID; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
567 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, JAN 20 2200 - RNE news intro; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
576 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE synchros, Las Palmas // Barcelona, JAN 20 2200 - Radio Nacional de Espana net ID in news intro; fair over other. [Connelly*Y-MA]
585 | SPAIN | RNE1, Madrid, JAN 20 2200 - RNE news; in slop. + JAN 31 0100 - Two men talking, 5+1 pips, news intro with fanfare music and man "Radio Nacional de Espana, servicios informativos" and woman "Buenas noches"; through WEZE slop. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
595 | MOROCCO | SNRT, Oujda, JAN 20 2200 - Bits of talk; in slop, slight 594 het from presumed Saudi. [Connelly*Y-MA]
603 | ROMANIA | R. RomÃnia Actualitati, Botosani/Oradea, JAN 13 2200 - // 756 with ID "Aici Bucuresti, Radio Romania Actualitati, hora exacta", 6 pips, fanfare music at start of news includes Morse KS and, at a lower pitch, K; poor. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
603 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, JAN 20 2200 - Rock music, 5+1 pips, Radio Nacional de Espana news intro; fair to good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
612 | SPAIN | RNE synchros, JAN 18 2200 - 5+1 pips, RNE news intro; only to fair peak but dominant. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
621 | BELGIUM | RTBF International, Wavre, JAN 13 2201 - French talk by man; over WZON slop, not much RNE at the time. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, JAN 20 2200 - 5+1 pips, RNE news; over Belgium & WZON slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
639 | CZECH REPUBLIC | CRo Dvojka, Praha / Liblice, JAN 20 2201 - Ballad vocal; slightly under Spain. [Connelly*Y-MA]
639 | SPAIN | RNE1, La CoruÃa et al., JAN 20 2201 - News about Catalan parliament; over Czech.
684 | SPAIN | RNE1, Sevilla, JAN 19 0600 - Female soul vocal, 5+1 pips, RNE news intro; good during pause in audio on adjacent 680 WRKO. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
693 | SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, JAN 31 2200 - Rapid-fire Spanish talk by man, likely a sporting event; over UK. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
693 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC Radio 5, Droitwich et al., JAN 19 2200 - Sports talk, then talk about subjects including court case about the black cab rapist, energy drinks sold to kids, proposed bridge over the Channel, then BBC Five Live ID; good. {A} + JAN 20 2200 - BBC Five Live talk; pronounced synchro echo. [Connelly*Y-MA]
720 | CANARY ISLANDS | RNE5, Finca Espana, JAN 20 2200 - 5+1 pips, RNE news; poor but dominant. Lower pitch Portugal pips under. [Connelly*Y-MA]
729 | SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, JAN 20 2200 - // 603 with 5+1 pips, fanfare music, Radio Nacional de Espana ID at start of news; fair. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
738 | SPAIN | RNE1, Barcelona, JAN 20 2200 - 5+1 pips, RNE news; in CHCM slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
747 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, JAN 13 2200 - 5+1 pips, time check, Radio Nacional de Espana news intro; fair. {A} + JAN 21 2200 - 5+1 pips, RNE news intro; fair through slop. {A} + JAN 29 2200 - 5+1 pips, fanfare music and Radio Nacional de Espana ID in news intro; good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
756 | ROMANIA | SRR Radio RomÃnia Actualitati, Lugoj/Boldur, JAN 13 2100 - // 603 with ID "Aici Bucuresti, Radio Romania Actualitati, hora exacta", 6 pips, fanfare music at start of news includes Morse KS and, at a lower pitch, K; poor. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
774 | SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, JAN 20 2200 - RNE news, some echo, better on LSB to dodge 774.19 growl from Egypt. + JAN 22 2200 - Guitar music, 5+1 pips, RNE news intro; fair. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
783 | MAURITANIA | R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, JAN 25 2300 - Man in Arabic, signature strumming and drumming, interspersed talk and music; fair to good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
810 | SCOTLAND | BBC R. Scotland, JAN 13 2100 - End of jig tune, ID "On digital radio, 92 and 95 FM, and 810 AM, BBC Radio Scotland", fanfare music, news about missile attack false alarm in Hawaii; poor to fair. {A} + JAN 20 2200 - BBC Radio Scotland ID, news about terror attack at hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan; fair. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, JAN 14 2200 - Talk with "en COPE" ID, 5+1 pips, Canarias mention, fanfare music, "ultima hora en COPE, esta informando" news intro; good. {A} + JAN 20 2200 - Advert with jingle, man & woman in Spanish with La Eterna mention and net ID "COPE, esta informando", 5+1 pips, Canarias mention, fanfare music leading into news; loud. {A} + JAN 31 2300 - Cadena COPE IDs, "... esta informando", pips; to good peak. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
855 | ROMANIA | R. RomÃnia Actualitati, Tancabesti, JAN 29 2200 - Man "Aici Bucuresti, Radio Romania Actualitati, hora exacta" initially slightly atop, then co-channel Spain got a bit stronger. (Messy) {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
855 | SPAIN | RNE1, Murcia et al., JAN 20 2159 - // 774 with "Salvation" by the Cranberries, man in Spanish. [Connelly*Y-MA]
864 | EGYPT | Holy Koran Program, Santah, JAN 13 2200 - 4+1 pips (last higher pitch), a few words, Koranic chant, reverberated preaching by man; fair. {A} + JAN 20 2200 - 4+1 pips (last higher pitch) about 22 seconds late, man in Arabic, bit of chant; noisy. [Connelly*Y-MA]
873 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JAN 20 2201 - Spanish singing to melody of "When the Saints Come Marching In", sports coverage promo, "en la SER" network ID; fair. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
882 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. Wales, Washford et al., JAN 15 2200 - BBC Radio Wales ID; tough WCBS slop. {A} + JAN 20 2200 - Woman then man with BBC mention, atmospheric orchestral music and vocal (maybe Pink Floyd or Coldplay); in WCBS slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC Radio 5 synchros, JAN 20 2159 - Announcers joking about George W. Bush "Do you remember the time you thought I was a really terrible president?" and "How do you like me now?" then talk about the average British dinner only being 21 minutes and consumed in front of the telly. BBC Five Live ID then woman with news about attack in Kabul. Good peak. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
918 | SPAIN | R. Inter, Madrid, JAN 20 2200 - Woman in Spanish; poor through 920 slop and 917 Nigeria het. [Connelly*Y-MA]
936 | IRAN (t) | IRIB R. Markaze Azerbaijaneh Gharb, Fesanduz, JAN 20 2201 - Mideast male vocal and strings, seemingly not // 612 Morocco, so possibly Iran. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
945 | unID | ?, JAN 20 2159 - Koranic chant; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
954 | SPAIN | Onda Cero, Madrid, JAN 20 2200 - Spanish teletalk by two men; to fair peak, something wobbly noted in background near channel. + JAN 31 0100 - 5+1 pips, man "Noticias Radio Cero"; poor. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
963 | unID | ?, JAN 20 2200 - Talk by woman, maybe French; severely hacked by 970 WZAN slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, JAN 20 2201 - News // 837 mentioned Dinamarca; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1008 | NETHERLANDS | GrootNieuws Radio, Zeewolde (Flevoland), JAN 20 2201 - Choral hymn, Dutch talk by woman and man; good peak. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1017 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, JAN 20 2200 - RNE news intro; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JAN 14 2201 - Fast talk by men, deportivo and Cadena SER mentions; good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1044 | SPAIN | SER R. San Sebastian, San Sebastian, JAN 20 2202 - ID Radio San Sebastian, Cadena SER. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1053 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, JAN 20 2200 - // 1089 with TalkSport talk with goofy limerick; fragmentary on LSB, generally taking a beating from Libya on USB. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1053.1 | LIBYA | Libyan Jamahiriya/R.Libya, Tripoli, JAN 20 2200 - Man in Arabic, news with emphasis music; fair to good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1062 | ITALY | RAI synchros, JAN 20 2201 - Woman in Italian; poor in heavy WQOM slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, JAN 20 2159 - Man reading silly limerick promoting a show on TalkSport; good, echoey. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1098 | SAUDI ARABIA | SBC Radio Jeddah, Dammam, JAN 22 2200 - Spain at start of audio clip, another station over with violin music, reverberated talk by man. Saudi Arabia per RealDX: thanks to Alessandro Groppazzi and Franck (F4LKC) for ID, also to Chuck Hutton and Jim Renfrew for looking into it. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1098 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, JAN 20 2201 - // 1107 with news by man & woman; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1107 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, JAN 13 2300 - 5+1 pips, RNE news intro "Radio Nacional de Espana, servicios informativos"; fair. {A} + JAN 20 2200 - Echoey RNE news; over something else. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1116 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JAN 20 2200 - // 1044 with woman and man laughing and singing something to the melody of "When the Saints Come Marching In"; to fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1125 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, JAN 20 2200 - RNE news intro; poor but dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1152 | ROMANIA | SRR Radio RomÃnia Actualitati, Cluj-Napoca/Jucu, JAN 20 2200 - ".. Actualitati, hora exacta", pips, fanfare music with Morse KS then lower pitch K; over Spain, through tough WWDJ slop. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1152 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, JAN 20 2200 - RNE news intro fanfare music; audible under Romania. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1179 | ROMANIA | R. RomÃnia Actualitati, Galbeni // Bacau, JAN 20 2200 - ID "Aici Bucuresti, Radio Romania Actualitati, hora exacta", 6 pips, fanfare music at start of news includes Morse KS and, at a lower pitch, K. Some slop from local daytimer 1170 WFPB. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1188 | IRAN | IRIB Radio Payam, Tehran, JAN 20 2200 - Interval signal of 3 ascending notes; poor, in WLIB slop. + JAN 22 2200 - 3-ascending-notes attention signal, fanfare music, talk by man; poor. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1197 | UNITED KINGDOM | Absolute Radio synchros, JAN 20 2200 - U2 "With or Without You" // 1215; poor, hammered by 1200 WXKS slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Absolute Radio synchros, JAN 20 2159 - Ryanair advert, Harvey's furniture advert; huge. {A} + JAN 20 2201 - Advert for barbecue chicken BLT for Â1.49 at McDonald's, then one for packaged holiday trips, Absolute Radio ID, U2 "With or Without You"; strong peaks. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1305 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, JAN 20 2200 - RNE news intro; to fair peak. Weak low pitch growl from 1305.1, presumably Iran. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1314 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, JAN 20 2159 - Pop vocal // 1107 but not 855; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1341 | NORTHERN ISLAND | BBC R. Ulster, JAN 20 2200 - BBC news; poor in mix with something else possibly Spanish. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1386 | LITHUANIA | R. Baltic Waves/R. Liberty, Viesintos, JAN 29 2200 - Russian talk by man, Svoboda mentions; fair on peaks. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1413 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, JAN 20 2200 - RNE news intro; tough CJWI slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1458 | ROMANIA | SRR R. RomÃnia Actualitati, Constanta / Valu lui Traian, JAN 20 2200 - Usual news intro with Morse "KS" (joined) in music, then lower pitch "K"; poor in mix with apparent UK station. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1467 | FRANCE | TWR, Roumoules, JAN 19 2201 - Preacher in English was translated into Arabic by another man after each sentence; fair. {A} + JAN 20 2200 - Woman in Arabic, string music; occasionally over WLAM slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1503 | SPAIN | RNE5, La LÃnea de ConcepciÃn & PiÃeira, JAN 20 2200 - RNE news intro; poor, some echo, possible Iran under. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1512 | SAUDI ARABIA | SBC Idha'at ul-Nedaa al-Islam, Jeddah/Sumaymah, FEB 2 0200 - Koranic chanting man; poor but alone on channel. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | SBC R.Riyadh, Duba, JAN 21 2200 - Man & woman in Arabic, marching music, talk with reverb, then a male vocal; fair. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1530 | ROMANIA | SRR Radio RomÃnia Actualitati, Radauti, JAN 31 0100 - Man with "hora exacta" mention, pips, fanfare music containing Morse code KS (joined); mixed with WCKY sportstalk. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1530 | SAO TOME E PRINCIPE | VOA, Pinheira, JAN 13 2200 - WJDM sign-off announcement in English, mention of Cantico Nuevo program. VOA Sao Tome then audible with its sign-off announcement right after. {A} + JAN 15 0259 - Man with "This is the Voice of America, Washington, DC, signing on." Yankee Doodle music; mostly over WCKY. {A} + JAN 16 2200 - Dance club music abruptly cut to go into closing announcement "This is the Voice of America, Washington, DC, signing off. For information regarding the times and frequencies of VOA programs, write to Program Schedules, Voice of America, Washington, DC 20547."; fair, dominant. {A} + JAN 21 2200 - Man "This is the Voice of America, Washington, DC, signing off." Domestics and Romania under. {A} + JAN 28 2200 - WJDM sign-off immediately followed by VOA Sao Tome sign-off, "This is the Voice of America, Washington, DC, signing off. For information regarding the times and frequencies of VOA programs, write to Program Schedules, Voice of America, Washington DC 20547 or you may get a schedule from the nearest American Cultural Center or United Information Service in your country." Fair. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1575 | IRAN | Qeshm, JAN 31 0100 - Buzzsaw-like jammer covering UAE, Spain, et al. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
530 | CUBA | R. Caribe, JAN 14 0000 - Xylophone or similar, Radio Caribe ID by woman, talk by man, fanfare music, another ID by woman, short mash-up of electronic sounds and dance club music, talk by man; loud. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
540 | COLOMBIA | HJKA, Bogota, JAN 16 0200 - Autentica ID; over CBT, WFLF, HICM, Rebelde, others. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
540 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | HICM, Radio ABC, Santo Domingo, JAN 14 0000 - "Radio ABC" jingle, woman in Spanish, phone numbers; dominant. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
550 | PUERTO RICO | WPAB, Ponce, JAN 19 0559 - WPAB ID in Spanish talk; over jumble with Venezuela, Colombia, and Cuba. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
580 | PUERTO RICO | WKAQ, San Juan, JAN 20 2200 - WKAQ cinco ochenta IDs; to good peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
630 | PUERTO RICO | WUNO, R. Uno, San Juan, JAN 19 0600 - WUNO 630 AM San Juan ID along with listing of other affiliates; dominant. {A} + FEB 3 2300 - WUNO Seis Treinta IDs; over WPRO. [Connelly*Y-MA]
760 | BRAZIL | ZYH588, R. Uirapuru, Fortaleza, JAN 16 2200 - Man in Portuguese with ID "Radio Uirapuru AM, 760 kHz, Fortaleza, Ceara" then fanfare music, talk by woman; somewhat noisy. {A} + JAN 22 2200 - Portuguese talk with Uirapuru mention evenly mixed with "WJR ... Great Voice of the Great Lakes" ID. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
959.93 | unID | ?, JAN 20 2200 - Growl against 960.0 pile, not sure if foreign or domestic. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1100 | BRAZIL | ZYK694, R. Globo, SÃo Paulo, JAN 17 2301 - Globo ID, man in fast Portuguese with Sao Paulo mention, "gol" shout; over WTAM. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1170 | COLOMBIA | HJNW, Caracol Radio, Cartagena, JAN 13 2300 - "Caracol Radio presenta el himno nacional de la republica de Colombia" into anthem; alone on channel. {A} + JAN 19 0600 - Ultima Hora Caracol and Caracol Radio mentions; over WWVA. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
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