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- Subject: Logs - Cape Cod, MA: late OCT - early NOV 2014
- From: Mark Connelly <markwa1ion@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 13:28:18 -0500
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Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION - Times / dates = UTC / 2014
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)
Receiver: Microtelecom Perseus
Antennas: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoops: 8m by 10m (peak 75 deg., null
255 deg.). See http://www.bamlog.com/superloop.htm for similar antenna
type.
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*** TRANSATLANTIC DX ***
531 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, F'kirina Wilaya d'Oum El Bouaghi, OCT 29 0200 -
// 549 with Jil FM ID by woman, jingle, Arabic rock; to fair peak. +
NOV 8 2335 - Arabic rock vocal, about 12 dB weaker than // 549.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
549 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, Les Trembles, OCT 29 0200 - Woman with Jil FM
ID, jingle, Arabic rock; good. + NOV 8 0100 - Arabic dance club music;
to good peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
576 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE synchros, Las Palmas // Barcelona,
NOV 8 2335 - // 774 with man & woman in Spanish; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
585 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Madrid, NOV 8 2335 - // 576 with man & woman in
Spanish; in slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
603 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, OCT 31 0300 - 4+1 pips, fanfare, R.
Nacional de Espana ID; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
612 | MOROCCO | SNRT Al-Idaa al-Watania, Sebaa-Aioun, OCT 31 0301 -
Woman then man in Arabic, emphasis music; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, OCT 27 2300 - Violin
mx, pips, fanfare, Radio Nacional de Espana ID; good. + NOV 7 2200 -
Spanish news; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
639 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, La Coruna et al., OCT 27 2300 - // 621 with
violin music, pips, fanfare, Radio Nacional de Espana ID; fair on LSB
to dodge CBN-NL. + OCT 31 0300 - // 603 with 4+1 pips, fanfare, Radio
Nacional de Espana ID; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
665.765 | IRAN | R. Iran, Shushtar, NOV 7 2200 - Growl against weaker
666.0. [Connelly*Y-MA]
666 | PORTUGAL | RDP Antena 1 synchros, OCT 27 2300 - Woman in
Portuguese; poor with low side growl from Iran 665.765. [Connelly*Y-MA]
684 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Sevilla, OCT 27 2300 - // 621 with violin music,
pips, fanfare, Radio Nacional de Espana ID; fair over WRKO-MA slop. +
OCT 31 0300 - talk // 603; in WRKO slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
693 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. 5, Droitwich et al., OCT 27 2301 - // 909
with Five Live ID, talk about soldiers who died in Afghanistan; fair. +
NOV 8 2335 - BBC talk; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
711.113 | WESTERN SAHARA | RTM, Laayoune, OCT 29 0159 - Bits of Arabic
music; stronger than 711.0 signals. [Connelly*Y-MA]
729 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, OCT 29 0201 - // 1107 with Spanish news
by woman; poor in CKAC-QC slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
747 | CANARY ISLANDS | RNE R.5 synchros, NOV 7 2158 - Fast Spanish talk
by man; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
747 | NETHERLANDS | R.5, Zeewolde (Flevoland), OCT 27 0205 - Abba or
similar vocal; good. + OCT 27 2300 - Dutch man & woman, pips, news;
fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
756 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Braunschweig & Ravensburg, OCT 29 0159
- Man in German, classical guitar interlude; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
774 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, OCT 27 2300 - // 621 with violin mx,
pips, fanfare, Radio Nacional de Espana ID; fair. + NOV 8 2335 - talk
// 576; in slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
783 | MAURITANIA | R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, OCT 27 2300 - North
African / Arabic music; to fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
792 | SPAIN | SER, Sevilla, OCT 27 2300 - Fast Spanish talk by man &
woman, pips, bit of male vocal, then more talk; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, OCT 29 0201 - Spanish
talk by man & woman; fair. + NOV 7 2201 - Woman with news in Spanish.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
855 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, OCT 27 0205 - Music with whistling,
talk / teletalk. + OCT 29 0200 - Spanish news; fair with growls from
things on 855.02 & 855.08. + NOV 8 0100 - Pips, Radio Nacional de
Espana ID; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
864 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Villebon-sur-Yvette, OCT 27 0205 - "Papa
Was a Rolling Stone" instrumentation; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
873 | SPAIN | SER synchros, OCT 29 0200 - Spanish talk by man & woman,
pips; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
882 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, OCT 29 0200 - Woman
mentioned "from the BBC World Service", pips, news about Iraq; fair.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.Wales, Washford et al., OCT 29 0200 - Man
"This is BBC Five Live", item about Ebola; good. + NOV 8 0100 - "5
Live" ID; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
918 | SPAIN | R. Inter, Madrid, NOV 4 0300 - Spanish teletalk; poor.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
954 | SPAIN | Onda Cero, Madrid, OCT 31 0300 - Fast talk by man in
Spanish; to fair peak + NOV 4 0300 - Spanish talk by man & woman.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, OCT 31 0259 - Man & woman in Spanish, pips,
fanfare music, news; to good peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1053.105 | LIBYA | Libyan Jamahiriya, Tripoli, NOV 4 0300 - Male Arabic
vocal; to good peak and much stronger than 1053.0 stations.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1062 | ITALY | RAI Radiouno synchros, OCT 27 2300 - Italian anthem then
test tones, carrier off about 2301. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1089 | RUSSIA | Vesti FM, Tbilisskaya, OCT 29 0201 - Man in Russian; a
bit over UK. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, OCT 29 0200 - Talk about
"the bad boys of football", phone number "08717 double 2 double 3
double 4"; good over Russian. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1098 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, OCT 29 0200 - // 1107 with folk vocal,
pips, woman in Spanish; to good peak. + OCT 31 0300 - Woman & man with
news in Spanish; to fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1107 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, OCT 29 0200 - // 1098 with folk vocal,
pips, woman in Spanish; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1116 | SPAIN | SER R. Pontevedra, Pontevedra, OCT 27 0205 - Spanish
talk by man & woman; to good peak. + OCT 29 0201 - Man in Spanish with
news; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1125 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, NOV 4 0300 - // 1107 with man & woman
in Spanish; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1134 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, NOV 4 0300 - Man in Spanish; poor.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1152 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, OCT 29 0200 - // 1098 with folk vocal,
pips, woman in Spanish; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1179 | ROMANIA | R. Romania Actualitati, Galbeni-Bacau et al., OCT 27
2300 - ID "Aici Bucuresti, Radio Romania Actualitati, hora exacta",
pips; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1188 | IRAN | IRIB R.Payam, Tehran, OCT 29 0159 - Koranic vocal; to
fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1206 | FRANCE | France Info, Bordeaux, OCT 29 0201 - Woman in French
with news; to good peak. + NOV 7 2201 - news; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1214.795 | ALBANIA (t) | Fllake, NOV 7 2200 - Het against UK / Spain.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1215 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, NOV 7 2201 - Woman in Spanish; dominant.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Absolute R. synchros, OCT 27 2300 - Absolute
Radio ID, Sunday afternoon "Rock 'n' Roll Football" promotion; good. +
NOV 7 2158 - Man talking about prices in pounds; mixed with others.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1224 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, OCT 29 0201 - Man & woman in Spanish;
poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1314 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, NOV 8 0100 - // 855 with pips, R.
Nacional de Espana ID; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1377 | FRANCE | France Info, Lille, NOV 7 2201 - Talk // 1206; poor to
fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1422 | ALGERIA | R.Algerienne, Algiers, OCT 27 0205 - Koranic vocal;
good. + OCT 27 2301 - Arabic music; over Germany. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1422 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Heusweiler, OCT 29 0201 - // 756 with
man in German; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1457.64 | ALBANIA | Fllake, OCT 26 2159 - Female vocal; poor.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1467 | FRANCE | TWR, Roumoules, OCT 26 2200 - TWR musical box interval
signal, then signal dropped down. + NOV 7 2200 - classical music
flourishes getting over WLAM-ME slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, NOV 7 2159 - Male Arabic vocal &
drumming; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1530 | SAO TOME E PRINCIPE | VOA, Pinheira, OCT 31 0300 - Yankee Doodle
music, man "This is the Voice of America, Washington, DC, signing on";
mixed with WCKY-OH. Audio: '
http://chowdanet.com/markc/dx_audio/voa_sao_tome_20141031_0300z.mp3 '
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1557 | FRANCE | France Info, Fontbonne, OCT 27 0205 - // 1377 with man
in French; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
570 | CUBA | R. Reloj, Arroyo Arenas, NOV 8 0100 - Reloj news, ticks,
beeps; over WMCA-NY, CFCB-NL. [Connelly*Y-MA]
580 | PUERTO RICO | WKAQ, San Juan, OCT 29 0200 - WKAQ ID; good, over
Rebelde, WTAG-MA. [Connelly*Y-MA]
630 | PUERTO RICO | WUNO, NotiUno, San Juan, OCT 26 2300 - Spanish
talk, ID's for several Puerto Rico affiliate stations. Audio '
http://chowdanet.com/markc/dx_audio/wuno+wpro-630_20141026_2300z.mp3 '.
+ OCT 31 0300 - "En San Juan" mention in Spanish talk; signal popped
over WPRO-RI briefly. [Connelly*Y-MA]
640 | GUADELOUPE | R. Guadeloupe, Pointe-a-Pitre, OCT 29 0200 - French
news by man & woman; over Cuba, CBN. [Connelly*Y-MA]
660 | CUBA | R. Progreso, Jovellanos, NOV 8 0101 - Old-style vocal //
640, 650, 690; over WFAN-NY. [Connelly*Y-MA]
670 | CUBA | CMQ, R. Rebelde, Arroyo Arenas, NOV 8 0100 - Organ music,
"Rebelde la Habana, la voz de la revolucion" net ID // 600 et al.;
good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
700.115 | unID | ?, NOV 8 0100 - Het growl against WLW-OH / Latins.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
710 | CUBA | R. Rebelde synchros, NOV 8 0100 - // 670 with organ mx,
"Rebelde la Habana, la voz de la revolucion"; under WOR-NY.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
750 | CUBA | CMHV, R.Progreso, Trinidad, NOV 8 0100 - Progreso with
wobbling; over CBGY-NL. [Connelly*Y-MA]
760 | BRAZIL | ZYH588, R. Uirapuru, Fortaleza, OCT 26 2300 - Radio
Uirapuru ID, inspirational music and talk; to fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
760 | COLOMBIA | HJAJ, RCN, Barranquilla, NOV 8 0100 - "RCN Noticias";
over others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
780 | BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS | ZBVI, Road Town, Tortola, OCT 29 0201 -
ZBVI ID, sign-off announcement. Audio: '
http://chowdanet.com/markc/dx_audio/zbvi-780_20141029_0200z.mp3 '
[Connelly*Y-MA]
780 | VENEZUELA | YVMN, R. Coro, Coro, NOV 8 0059 - Radio Coro ID;
mixed with WBBM-IL. [Connelly*Y-MA]
800 | BONAIRE | PJB, TransWorld Radio, Kralendijk, NOV 8 0100 - "Radio
Transmundial" ID by woman in Spanish, Bonaire mention, then hymn;
dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]
900 | CUBA | R. Progreso, NOV 8 0101 - Old-style vocal // 640; over
others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
940 | PUERTO RICO | WIPR, Maxima 940, San Juan, OCT 31 0300 - Maxima
ID's; over others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
960 | CUBA | R. Reloj, Guantanamo, NOV 8 0100 - Talk "R. Reloj ...
Habana, Cuba"; over domestic with basketball game. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1000 | VENEZUELA | YVNM, R.Caribena, Moron, OCT 31 0300 - Banco
Venezolano mention; mixed with WMVP-IL. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1040 | BRAZIL | ZYK537, R. Capital, Sao Paulo, NOV 8 0100 - Sao Paulo
mentions in Portuguese sportstalk; poor with IBOC hash. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1070.124 | unID | ?, NOV 8 2335 - Het, bits of audio. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1100 | BRAZIL | ZYK694, R. Globo, Sao Paulo, OCT 31 0300 - Globo ID;
under WTAM-OH. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1140 | CUBA | R. Surco, Moron, NOV 8 0100 - Radio Surco & Cubana
mentions; in jumble with CBI-NS & WRVA-VA. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1150 | CUBA | R. Bayamo, Bueycito, NOV 8 0100 - Radio Bayamo ID; over
WWDJ-MA, CKOC-ON, WDEL-DE jumble. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1160 | BERMUDA | VSB3, Hamilton, NOV 8 0100 - Pips (last one longer),
BBC mentions; mixed with others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1170 | COLOMBIA | HJNW, CARACOL, Cartagena, OCT 29 0200 - Colombian
mentions in Spanish talk; under WWVA-WV. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1220 | BRAZIL | ZYJ258, R. Globo, Rio de Janeiro, OCT 31 0300 - Man in
Portuguese, wolf whistles; over WHKW-OH and WWSF-ME. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1280 | BERMUDA | VSB2, Hamilton, NOV 8 0100 - BBN network WYFN-FM and
Wadeboro mentions; in jumble with Brazil, others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1280 | BRAZIL | Super R. Tupi, ZYJ455, Rio de Janeiro, NOV 8 0100 - Man
in Portuguese; jumbled with Bermuda religion & unID Spanish talk (WADO
or WCMN). [Connelly*Y-MA]
1289.705 | unID | ?, NOV 8 2335 - Het, no audio. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1620 | US VIRGIN ISLANDS | WDHP, Fredriksted, OCT 29 0201 - Reggae over
Cuba. [Connelly*Y-MA]
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