[IRCA] TA Loggings from Miscou Island, New Brunswick
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[IRCA] TA Loggings from Miscou Island, New Brunswick



Now that I've had a chance to transcribe my scribbles,
here's a rundown of the Trans-Atlantics logged this
past week on the DXpedition with Ken Alexander, Geoff
Rivett, Roger Roussel and Brent Taylor. My listening
was done on an AOR-7030+ mostly using a EWE antenna
designed to try and null nearby 810-CJVA.

Nothing exciting logged in the way of Latin American
stations.  The same Cubans that I can hear from home
for the most part.

I apologize to anybody who happens to be on multiple
lists and gets this message more than once.

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162	FRANCE  France Inter, Allouis  SEP 24 2331 ? Good
with ?We Are The Robots? by Kraftwerk. 

189	ICELAND  RUV, Gufuskálar SEP 26 2019 ? Fair signal
with The Beatles? ?Rocky Racoon? and Coldplay?s
?Politik?. 

207	ICELAND  RUV, Eidar SEP 28 2312 ? Noted under
Morocco with Louis Armstrong music parallel to 189.  

225	POLAND Polskie Radio, Solec Kujawski   SEP 27 0243
 - Presumed the one here with a non-English version of
?White Shade of Pale?.   ++++ SEP 28 0000 ? 5 pips + 1
at top-of-the-hour into newscast read by man in
Polish. 

252	IRELAND  RTE Radio 1, Clarkestown   SEP  27 0300 ?
Woman with news, weather and ID.  Fair with Algerian
station. 

531	SPAIN  RNE 5, various  SEP 26 0530 ? Good with
time pips and ID by woman as ?Radio Cinco? into news
read by man.  Parallel to a fair 558. 

549	ALGERIA  Alger Chaîne 1, Les Trembles    SEP 27 
2258  - Strong with Arabic male vocal parallel to 153
and 891.  

558	SPAIN  RNE 5, various  SEP 26 0531 ? ?Radio Cinco?
news read by man.  Fair and parallel to 531. 

612	MOROCCO  RTM, Sebaâ-Aioun   SEP 27  2345  -
Parallel to 207 with Arabic male vocals.  Fair to good
signal. 

639	SPAIN  RNE 1, various   SEP 28 2255 ? Man and
woman in discussion with lots of laughter (probably a
discussion about how hard it must be to DX from Spain
with the numerous RNE 1, RNE 5, COPE and SER
outlets!).  Parallel to 684. 

675	LIBYA  Radio Jamahiriyah, Benghazi  SEP 28  2139 
- Female host playing stringed Middle-Eastern music. 
Poor and parallel to 1053 at this time. 

675	NETHERLANDS  Arrow Rock Radio,  Lopik   SEP 25
2235 ? Fair under Libya with Supertramp song.   

684	SPAIN  RNE 1, Sevilla   SEP 24 2210 ? Man and
woman with what sounded like a newscast.  Good signal.
Parallel to 693-poor, 738-fair, 774-fair and 855-good.


693	ENGLAND  BBC Radio 5, Droitwich  SEP 26 0127 ?
Parallel to 909 with interview program. 

711	FRANCE  France Info, Rennes  SEP 27 0241 ? Fair
with woman talking about Algeria.  Not as good as
signal on 1206. 

738	SPAIN  RNE 1, Barcelona   SEP 24 2210 ? Man and
woman with what sounded like a newscast.  Fair signal
parallel to 693, 774 and 855. 

765	SWITZERLAND  RSR Option Musique, Sottens    SEP 27
2301  - Blasting in at this time with French newscast
and ID at 2303.  

774	SPAIN  RNE 1, various   SEP 26 0537 ? Parallel to
855 with Spanish talk and a very noticeable echo
effect. 

837	AZORES RDP 1, São Miguel  SEP 28 2226 ? Mixing
with COPE.  Portuguese announcer playing Oasis? recent
hit ?Lyla?. 

837	CANARY ISLANDS/SPAIN COPE, various  SEP 28  2225 -
Talk about a Madrid soccer team mixing with the Azores
station.  Parallel to 900 and a very strong 999. 

855	SPAIN  RNE 1, various   SEP 26 0537 ? Good with
talk by man in Spanish.  Parallel to 774. 

864	EGYPT Holy Koran R. Santah   SEP 26 0002 ? Man
reciting Koran; fair. Mixing with France. 

864	FRANCE France Blue, Villebon-sur-Yvette   SEP 26
0004 ? Parallel to 1494 with pop music. Mixing with
Egypt. 

873	SPAIN  SER, various   SEP 27  0412  - Woman
speaking in Spanish.  Parallel to 1116.  Fair signal. 


882	SPAIN  COPE, various   SEP 28   2235 ? Noted in
passing with same programming as on 999.  [Woflish-NB]

891	ALGERIA  Alger Chaîne 1, Alger    SEP 27  2256  -
Good with Arabic male vocal parallel to longwave 153
and 549.  

891	PORTUGAL  Radio Renascença, Villa Moura  SEP 28
2131 ? Man speaking in Portuguese, parallel to 963. 
No sign of Algeria at this time. 

900	SPAIN COPE, various   SEP 28 2222 ? Over top of
CKDH-Amherst with commercials and talk about a Madrid
soccer team.  ID sounded like ?Cope Cadena?.  Parallel
to 837 and a very strong 999. 
 
909	BOTSWANA  Voice of America, Sebele Pikwe    SEP 28
2115 ? Began to surface with the same VOA programming
as on 1530-Sao Tome.  VOA Classic Rock Show playing
Rolling Stones tunes ?Lady Jane? and ?2000 Light Years
>From Home?.  VOA news headlines at 2130 and then
?Sympathy For The Devil?.  No sign of BBC yet on 909. 
  It would have been really cool if the VOA was
playing The Beatles instead of The Rolling Stones and
they fired up ?One After 909?!!!

945	FRANCE  France Info, Toulouse   SEP 24 2355 ?
Noted with classical music parallel to 1557. 

963	PORTUGAL  Radio Renascença, Seixal  SEP 27 2150 ?
Man in Portuguese interviewing somebody.  Parallel to
891.  Fair signal with somebody else in here. 

972	SPAIN  RNE 1, various   SEP 26 2142 ? Parallel to
a stronger 855 with man in Spanish.  Fair signal with
Arabic station underneath (Libya, parallel to 675)
that started to take over at 2148 

981	ALGERIA Alger Chaîne 2, Alger   SEP 25 2148 ?
Presumed with woman singing over stringed instrument. 

981	???  SEP 28 0500 ? Woman with what sounded like a
station promo. Not in Portuguese.  Good signal for a
brief period of time. Greece?  

999	SPAIN COPE, Madrid   SEP 28 2225 ? Parallel to 837
and 900 with soccer talk.  999 consistently had a
killer signal all week. 

1008	CANARY ISLANDS Punto Radio, Arucas   SEP 25 2143 
- ?El Mirador del Deporte? program and ?Punto Radio?
ID at 2145. Over the SER station that was parallel to
1116. 

1008	SPAIN SER, various   SEP 25 2145  - Under Punto
Radio with same talk program as 1116.   ++++  SEP 28
2035 ? Parallel to 1116 and 1179 with commercial. 

1008	????? SEP 25 2341  - Somebody weak with Tracey
Ullman?s ?They Don?t Know? and also Manfred Mann?s
?Doo Wah Diddy Diddy?.  Possibly Radio 10 Gold from
Holland? 

1026	NIGERIA Jigaawa Broadcasting Corporation, Dutse  
 SEP 28  2143  - African drum music heard over/under
Spain.  Male announcer in unknown language.  Seemed to
go off the air at 2204 after a possible call to prayer
and also the National Anthem.   No ID heard, but
clearly it was the Nigerian anthem that we heard. It
sounded familiar to me and also matched up with the
anthem posted at www.intervalsignals.net.    

1026	SPAIN  SER, various   SEP 25 2139 ? Fair and
parallel to 1116 with telephone interview in Spanish. 

1035	PORTUGAL   Rádio Clube Português, Porto Alto  SEP
26 2115 ? Good with Rod Stewart and Eric Carmen tunes.
 Station promo and what sounded like a Subaru
commercial at 2122.  ID and jingle as ?Rádio Clube
Português? afterward   +++ SEP 27 0236 ? blasting in
with songs by Bob Dylan and Blondie. [Wolfish-ON]

1053	ENGLAND  TalkSPORT, various   SEP 27  0150  -
Phone-in program with talk about the Labour
Government.  Fair over Spain and not quite as good as
parallel 1089. 

1053	LIBYA  Radio Jamahiriyah, Tripoli   SEP 28  2139 
- Female host playing stringed Middle-Eastern music. 
Parallel to a weaker 675. 

1062	DENMARK Danmarks Radio, Kalundborg  SEP 27 0400 ?
Danish talk by woman (newscast?) mixing with Italy. 

1062	ITALY  RAI Radio 1, various    SEP 27  0358 ?
Woman giving out phone numbers.  ID as ?RAI-Radio
Televisione Italiana-Radio Uno?.  Played Italian
National Anthem at 0359.  Newscast read by woman at
0400 at same time as Denmark started to fade in. 
Parallel to a weaker 1575.  

1062	???   SEP 27  0228 ? somebody playing a Sean Paul
song. Denmark? [Wolfish-ON]

1071	SPAIN  Euskadi Irratia, Bilbao   SEP 26  2302  -
Woman reading news.  Poor and parallel to 1197. 

1080	SPAIN   SER, various   SEP 25 2315 ? Noted under
WTIC-Hartford with the same Spanish talk as on 1116. 

1089	ENGLAND  TalkSPORT, various   SEP 27  0155  -
Phone-in program with talk about the Labour
Government.  Good signal, better than parallel 1053. 

1098	SPAIN  RNE 5, various  SEP 25 2131 ? Parallel to
1107 with Spanish dialogue and noticeably bad echo
effect. 

1106.8	???  SEP 25 2338 ? Het here on the low side of
1107 noted.  

1107	SPAIN  RNE 5, various  SEP 24 2145 ? ?Radio
Cinco? ID and talk by man.  Good signal.   +++ SEP 25
2128 ? Strong with Rolling Stones? ?Brown Sugar?.  ID
and time pips at the bottom-of-the-hour. 

1116	SPAIN   SER, various   SEP 25 2126 ? ?Cadena SER?
ID by woman and Mazda commercial .  Fair to good
signal.  

1152	ROMANIA  România Actualitata, Cluj  SEP 27  0327
? Faded up with the same programming as 1179.  Pop
music and female announcer.  ID by woman at 0330. 

1161	SPAIN  Euskadi Irratia, San Sebastián   SEP 27 
0013  - Female announcer playing ?Gimme Some Lovin? by
The Spencer Davis Group.  Parallel to 1071 and 1197. 

1169	???  SEP 27 2318 ? Big het here below 1170, but
never any audio.  Iran, I assume. 

1170	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Radio Sawa, Al-Dhabbaya  
SEP 26 0117 ? Woman in Arabic talking about Israel. 
Under WWVA and parallel to 1431-Djibouti. 

1170	???   SEP 27  2343 ? Who would be playing ?Maid
Of Orleans? by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (from
1981)?   Looks like a few of the UK stations listed
here are possibilities. 

1179	ROMANIA  România Actualitata, various  SEP 27 
0305 ? Jingle that sounded like ?Radio Romania?. 
Woman playing pop music by Ace Of Base and also
talking on phone with listener. Strong signal at this
time  

1179	SPAIN SER, various   SEP 28 2031 ? Excited
announcer in Spanish also heard on 1008, 1026, 1116,
1485 and 1602.  

1179	SWEDEN Radio Nederlands relay, Sölvesborg   SEP
25  2316 ? In English with ?Week Ahead? program.  Went
into ?Vox Humana? program after ID at 2330.  Good
signal, mixing with Spain.  {Wolfish-NB]

1187.9	MOROCCO   RTM, Casablanca  SEP 28  2155
?Presumed to be Morocco. Parallel to 1044 with Arabic
woman singing. 

1188	???   SEP 27 0254 ? Somebody playing a dreary
version of ?Michael Row Your Boat Ashore?.   {I think
I can rule out Iran?}  

1197	ENGLAND Virgin Radio, various   SEP 25  2309 ?
Weak with commercial for Barclay?s Bank.  Parallel to
1215 and Rod Stewart?s ?You Wear It Well?. Parallel to
1215.  

1197	LESOTHO  WYFR relay, Maseru  SEP 26 2244  - On
top of frequency with religious phone-in program. 
Spanish station began to appear and ruin things around
2258.  ++++ SEP 28 2146 ? Noted weak with religious
programming. 

1197	SPAIN  Euskadi Irratia, Vitoria   SEP 27  0013  -
Female announcer playing Spencer Davis Group song. 
Fair signal parallel to 1071 and 1161. 

1206	FRANCE    France Info, Bordeaux   SEP 24 2138 ?
In French with talk about a car accident.  Fair signal
at this time.  This and 1377 were usually the best
France frequencies in Miscou.  

1215	ENGLAND Virgin Radio, various  SEP 25  2311 ?
Good over Spain with spots for Barclays Bank and Sky
TV.  Music by Boston and Rod Stewart.  Parallel to a
weaker 1197.  Could not hear the 1233 outlet. 

1215	SPAIN   COPE, various   SEP 24 2136 ? Good with
soccer broadcast.  Parallel to 1224 and 1296.  Usually
Virgin Radio had a better signal on the frequency. 

1224	??????   SEP 24 2156 ? Somebody with Bon Jovi?s
?Runaway?, Tom Jones? cover of ?Kiss? @ 2200 and
Smashmouth?s ?I?m A Believer? at 2204.  Mixing with
COPE, who eventually took over.  Maybe this was the
non-COPE station on the frequency, Radio Popular de
San Sebastian? 

1224	SPAIN  COPE, various   SEP 24 2202 ? ID heard,
mixing with the 1224 mystery station.  

1242	FRANCE  France Info, Marseille   SEP 25 2136 ?
Newscast.  Poor signal parallel to 1404 and 1557. 

1251	LIBYA  Voice of Africa, Tripoli   SEP 26 2222 ?
Talk about Palestine and then some Middle Eastern
music.  Good signal. [Wolfish-NB}

1269	GERMANY Deutschlandfunk, Neumünster    SEP 27 
0213 ? Poor with Classical music.  Parallel to an
equally poor 1422. 

1287	SPAIN   SER, various   SEP 28 0442 ? Poor with
same talk program as on 1116.  

1296	ENGLAND  Radio XL 1296 AM, Birmingham   SEP 27 
0239 ? Under Spain with Subcontinental/South
Asian/East Indian music.  

1296	SPAIN   COPE, Valencia   SEP 24 2133 ? Good with
soccer broadcast.  Parallel to a poor 1215 (with
noticeable echo effect) and a fair 1224. 

1314	NORWAY NRK, Kvitsoy  SEP 26  0012 ? Noted with
strong signal playing Johnny Horton?s ?North To
Alaska?. 

1332	ROMANIA România Actualitata, Galati  SEP 26  0012
? faded up over messy frequency with a version of
?Those Were The Days? (not the Mary Hopkin version). 
Male announcer who intially fooled me as I thought he
was speaking Portuguese.   Played some piano music and
eventually I realized that this was parallel to 1458. 
Also noted some Middle-Eastern style music underneath.
(Iran?)  

1341	NORTHERN IRELAND BBC Radio Ulster, Lisnagarvey  
SEP 26  0005  - Good with BBC news, 

1341	SPAIN  SER, Léon  SEP 25 2055 ? What sounded like
a wrap-up of soccer matches with scores and clips from
games.  Parallel to 1116, 1485 and 1584 at this time. 

1350	??????   SEP 25 0107 ? Somebody in the mess with
Middle-Eastern flavoured music.   (Radio Orient from
France?) Wolfish-NB]

1359	SPAIN RNE 1, Madrid   SEP 27 0223 ? Fair signal
with man and woman talking to each other.   Parallel
to a poor 855 and a fair 972.  

1368	ENGLAND  Manx Radio, Foxdale   SEP 28 0439  -
Played Peaches And Herb oldie followed by  ID: ?The
sound of your life?. Manx Radio?.  Also gave URL. 
Then went into another oldie.  Poor to fair signal.  

1377	TANZANIA Radio Free Africa, Mwanza  SEP 25 2238 ?
Fair signal mixing with France.    Woman in Swahili
talking on phone and some lively African music heard. 
++++ SEP 26  2136 ? Better than previous day.  Poor
with no sign of France.  Man in Swahili playing
soul/R&B music.  IDs heard at 2147 and again at 2200
after some kind of flute music was played.  

1385.9	GUINEA  Radio Rurale, Labe  SEP 25 2214 ?
Decent signal with man in African language (not
French).  Played lively ?hi-life? music and mentioned
Labe a few times.  Nice ID caught at 2228. 

1386	????   SEP 29 0255 ? Somebody weak with pop and
soul music and female announcer.  Not sure of
language. 

1404	????  SEP 27  2338 ? somebody playing Elton John
instrumental ?Song For Guy? underneath the France Info
station. Maybe this was the France Bleu outlet? 

1413	SPAIN  RNE 5, various  SEP 26 2226 ? ?Radio
Cinco? ID and talk by man.  Fair signal with the
synchronized transmitters seemingly ?out of synch? on
this channel.  

1422	ALGERIA  Radio Culture, Algeirs   SEP 25 2051 ?
Man in Arabic with reverb speaking over a soundbed of
stringed music which reminded us of Led Zeppelin?s
?Kashmir?.  Good signal.    

1422	GERMANY Deutschlandfunk,  Heusweiler   SEP 27
0213 ? Under Algeria, with the same Classical music as
on 1269.  

1431	DJIBOUTI  Radio Sawa, Arta  SEP 25  2152 ? On top
of frequency with a combo of Arabic pop and Western
pop music (including song by Shaggy).  ID and station
promos by woman in Arabic at 2204. [Wolfish-ON]

1458	ENGLAND Capital Gold Manchester, Asthon Moss  SEP
29 0302 ? Faded up over Sunrise Radio with ID: ?On
1458 AM this is Capital Gold Manchester?, followed by
pop music. 

1458	ENGLAND Sunrise Radio, Brookmans Park  SEP 26 
0045 ? Fair with London-area commercials, ID and
Subcontinental/South Asian music. 

1458	ROMANIA România Actualitata, Constanta  SEP 26 
0033 ? Going back and forth between 1332 and 1485 I
was finally able to confirm that these two were
parallel with a male vocal.  ID at 0035.  Poor signal
in mess with Sunrise Radio and possibly a third
station.  Also had 1332/1458 parallel with Bryan
Adams? ?Cuts Like A Knife? at 0051.  

1467	FRANCE  Trans World Radio, Roumoules  SEP 24 2055
? Noted with Arabic program.  Fair signal.   

1485	SPAIN  SER, various   SEP 25 2043 - Sporting
event in Spanish.   Poor signal.  A second station in
here also.  Wolfish-NB]

1494	FRANCE France Blue, Bastia   SEP 26 0004 ?
Parallel to 864 with pop music. 

1512	BELGIUM  Radio Vlaanderen International,
Wolvertem   SEP 28  0413 ? Noted with good signal. Man
and woman speaking in Flemish.  

1521	SAUDI ARABIA  BSKSA, Duba  SEP 28  2236  - Woman
in Arabic parallel to shortwave 9555 and 9870. Strong.


1521	SPAIN  SER, Castellón   SEP 26 2222 ? Over top of
Saudi Arabia with Spanish talk parallel to 1116 and
1485.  

1529.9	???  SEP 25 2042 ? Het here on the low side of
1530 noted.  

1530	SAO TOME Voice of America, Pinheira   SEP 28 
0347  - UTC time check and talk about Chevron
refineries. ID by man 0350.  Good over
WCKY-Cincinnati.   +++ SEP 28 2111 ? All alone with
VOA Classic Rock Show featuring The Rolling Stones. 
Parallel to 909-Botswana.  

1530	VATICAN CITY Vatican Radio, Vatican City   SEP 28
 0355  - Beginning to dominate with program in
Hungarian.  Parallel to shortwave 4005.     +++ SEP 28
0243 ? Woman in Slovenian, parallel to 4005.  Good
over a messy frequency. 

1539	GERMANY Evangeliums Rundfunk, Mainflingen  SEP 28
0402 ? Fair with German talk by man noted here. 
Didn?t stick around for more details. 

1548	ENGLAND  BBC Radio Bristol, Mangotsfield   SEP 28
0423  - Woman with station promos? ?Radio Bristol? ID
heard at 0435 after weather forecast.  Hard to tell
what was going on here as a second station was mixing
in with Bill Withers oldie (Capital Gold?).  

1548	SCOTLAND  Radio Forth, Edinburgh   SEP 29 0250 -
faded up with ?Radio Forth? ID by man and outro to
?Light My Fire?.  

1548	KUWAIT  Radio Sawa, Kuwait   SEP 27  2316 - 
Better than Djibouti-1431 at this time with woman
speaking in Arabic. 

1548	????   SEP 27 2303 ? weather forecast by English
accented-man.  Could not pull out anything IDable. 
Lost to Kuwait.   +++  SEP 27 2321 ? Surfaced again
with Simon & Garfunkle?s ?I Am A Rock?.   +++ SEP 28
0405 ? What sounded like a sportscast after they
played the ?Theme To Rocky?.  Male announcer said to
tune in again at 5 o?clock and then played Phil
Collins? ?Groovy Kind of Love?.   +++ SEP 29 0039 ?
station playing ?Endless Love? and a Bryan Ferry song.
 Mixing with second station where announcer was
reading newspaper headlines.

1557	FRANCE  France Info, Fontbonne SEP 25 2136 ?
Newscast.  Fair and parallel to 1242-poor and
1404-poor 

1575	ITALY  RAI Radio 1, various    SEP 27  0402 ?
Poor with same newscast read by woman as was on 1062
at this time.  

1575	SPAIN  SER, various   SEP 28 2216 ? All alone on
frequency at this time with phone interview. Parallel
to 1116 and 1584. 

1575	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Radio Farda, Al-Dhabbaya  
SEP 29 0227 ? Over top of Spain at this time with
Middle Eastern music and ID by man at 0230 in Persian.
 

1584	CUETA Radiolé, Cueta  SEP 25 2157  - Good signal
with music that sounded Latin American.  ID by woman
as ?Radiolé? at 2200.  Over top of SER.   +++ SEP 28
2020 ? Fair signal with music that sounded like a
Tango. 

1584	SPAIN  SER, various   SEP 28 2216 ? Even with
Radiolé with Spanish teletalk.  Parallel to 1116 and
1575. 

1593	KUWAIT   SEP 29 0238 ? Woman and man speaking in
Arabic and Middle Eastern music.  Listed as ?Radio
Free Iraq? at this time.  

1602	SPAIN SER, various   SEP 28 2032 ? Excited
announcer in Spanish.  Poor signal.  Parallel to 1008,
1026, 1116, 1179 and 1485.  

-----------------
73
Niel Wolfish
Toronto, Ontario



	

	
		
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