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[HCDX] Granite Pier - recent logs (Perseus)
Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION - Times / dates = UTC / 2009
e-mail = "MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx"
[Connelly*R-MA] = Rockport, MA, USA
(GC= 42.667 N / 70.621 W) (= 42Â 40' N / 70Â 37' W)
(Granite Pier)
site-related info: <http://home.comcast.net/~dx_lab/dx_clams_2005.htm>
Receivers: Microtelecom Perseus, Drake R8A
Antenna: cardioid-pattern Micro-SuperLoop on car roof, square, 2 m per
side, with 9:1 transformer on east bottom corner to speaker wire to 2:1
transformer to W7IUV transfer amp, and 9:1 transformer on west corner
to speaker wire to 500 ohm null-adjust potentiometer. See
<http://home.comcast.net/~dx_lab/pictures/micro_superloop.htm> for a
similar antenna.
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*** TRANSATLANTIC DX ***
162 | FRANCE | France-Inter, Allouis, JUN 5 0106 - French male
folk-style vocal; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
171 | MOROCCO | R. Mediterranee Internationale, Nador, JUN 4 2352 -
Arabic talk by woman, then female Arabic vocal; good, best longwave TA.
+ JUN 5 0106 - woman in Arabic, then pop Mideast music; loud.
[Connelly*R-MA]
531 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUN 5 0115 - // 855 with talk by woman,
dance music; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
585 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Madrid, JUN 5 0101 - man & woman with Spanish
news; poor to fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
612 | MOROCCO | RTM A, Sebaa-Aioun, JUN 5 0056 - male=2
0Arabic vocal with
string section and drumming; loud. [Connelly*R-MA]
621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, Santa Cruz de
Tenerife et al., JUN 5 0054 - man & woman in Spanish; fair through WZON
slop. + JUN 5 0116 - good. [Connelly*R-MA]
639 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, La Coruna et al., JUN 5 0054 - // 621 with woman
in Spanish; through CBN/Guadeloupe slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
675 | NETHERLANDS | R. Maria, Lopik, JUN 5 0100 - bit of a religious
female vocal in a somewhat Celtic style, then Radio Maria ID by man,
followed by man & woman talking; poor in WRKO slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
684 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Sevilla, JUN 5 0115 - // 855 with woman in
Spanish; to fair peak over WRKO slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
693 | AZORES | Centro Regional da RDP, Santa Barbara-Terceira, JUN 5
0014 - Portuguese pop music; to good peak. + JUN 5 0033 - slow
Portuguese female vocal; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
711.07 | WESTERN SAHARA | RTM, Laayoune, JUN 5 0008 - fat carrier but
poor audio, still about 70 Hz high of nominal channel. [Connelly*R-MA]
747 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUN 5 0021 - Spanish
talk; poor to fair. + JUN 5 0054 - // 774 with teletalk (woman to
caller "Buenas noches, Salvador"); good. [Connelly*R-MA]
747 | NETHERLANDS | R. 5, Zeewolde-Flevoland, JUN 5 0116 - segment of
operatic male vocal, Dutch talk; over RNE synchros. [Connelly*R-MA]
756 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk,
Braunschweig & Ravensburg, JUN 5 0128
- dissonant modern classical music; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
756 | SPAIN | R. Euskadi, Bilbao, JUN 5 0116 - Spanish talk, teletalk;
under Germany. [Connelly*R-MA]
765 | SWITZERLAND | RSR Option Musique, Sottens, JUN 5 0115 - pop-folk
style male French vocal; good. + JUN 5 0130 - "All By Myself" by Eric
Carmen; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
774 | EGYPT | Middle East R., Abis, JUN 5 0114 - group Arabic vocal;
over Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
774 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, JUN 5 0054 - // 747 with teletalk
(woman in studio to man on phone "Buenas noches, Salvador"); poor.
[Connelly*R-MA]
783 | MAURITANIA | R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, JUN 5 0019 - man in
Arabic, then chant; to good peak. + JUN 5 0031 - Koranic vocal; good. +
JUN 5 0056 - preaching by man in Arabic; through CFDR slop.
[Connelly*R-MA]
792 | FRANCE | France Info, Limoges, JUN 5 0056 - // 1206 with
instrumental James Bond theme; fair, over Spain. + JUN 5 0114 - // 837
with female vocal having Mideast influences, then man in French; in
slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
792 | SPAIN | SER, Sevilla, JUN 5 0055 - // 873 with Spanish teletalk.
[Connelly*R-MA]
837 | AZORES | Centro Regional da RDP, Pico da Barrosa, JUN 5 0021 - //
693 with Portuguese music; over COPE. [Connelly*R-MA]
837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, JUN 5 0021 - Spanish
talk; under Azores. + JUN 5 0058 -
talk // stronger 882. [Connelly*R-MA]
837 | FRANCE | France Info, Nancy, JUN 5 0114 - // 792 with female
vocal having Mideast influences, then man in French; to good peak.
[Connelly*R-MA]
855 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, JUN 5 0115 - // 684 with talk, dance
music excerpt; fair, echoey. [Connelly*R-MA]
864 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Villebon-sur-Yvette, JUN 5 0055 - disco
music; fair. + JUN 5 0115 - France Bleu jingle, spoken ID, then
amped-up dance-mix version of 1977 Boney M hit "Ma Baker"; good. + JUN
5 0131 - female French vocal; very good. [Connelly*R-MA]
873 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JUN 5 0055 - // 792 with Spanish teletalk.
[Connelly*R-MA]
882 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, JUN 5 0054 - Spanish
discussion with two men (one named Antonio); good / dominant.
[Connelly*R-MA]
909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.5 synchros, JUN 5 0133 - man talking about
sports; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
945 | FRANCE | France Info, Toulouse, JUN 5 0133 - woman in French;
good, over CINW slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
954 | SPAIN | Onda Cero, Madrid, JUN 5 0100 - news in Spanish; poor.
[Connelly*R-MA]
981 | ALGERIA | RTVA Chaine 2, Algiers, JUN 5 0023 - Arabic strings,
vocal; to good peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, JUN 5 0134 - man in Spanish; through WINS
IBOC. [Connelly*R-MA]
1008 | CANARY ISLANDS | Punto Radio, Las Palmas, JUN 5 0100 - pips,
Punto ID, Sp
anish news; through WINS slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
1053 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, JUN 5 0135 - // 1089 with
talk, teletalk about Israel and Palestine; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1053.1 | LIBYA | Libyan Jamahiriya, Tripoli, JUN 5 0056 - presumed
source of high-side growl against TalkSport, not much audio getting
through. [Connelly*R-MA]
1071 | SPAIN | Euskadi Irratia, Bilbao, JUN 5 0100 - Spanish news by
woman; to fair peak. + JUN 5 0137 - Spanish talk; poor, mixed with
others. [Connelly*R-MA]
1080 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JUN 5 0100 - // 1116 with pips, musical
fanfare, woman saying "Cadena SER" at start of news; under WTIC.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1088 | ANGOLA | R. Nacional, Mulenvos, JUN 5 0025 - man in Portuguese;
fair. No 1089 at the time ! [Connelly*R-MA]
1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, JUN 5 0135 - // 1053 with
discussion of Obama speech in Egypt; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
1098 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUN 5 0054 - // 1107 with woman in
Spanish; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
1107 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUN 5 0026 - man & woman in Spanish;
to good peak. + JUN 5 0054 - talk // 1098; over growl. [Connelly*R-MA]
1116 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JUN 5 0138 - woman in Spanish; good.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1125 | BELGIUM | RTBF VivaCite, Houdeng, JUN 5 0100 - pips, woman in
French; in WBBR slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
1134 | CROATIA | Glas Hrvatske, Zadar, JUN 5 0008
- folk style vocal,
then Slavic talk by woman; fair. + JUN 5 0138 - Croatian talk by man;
good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1143 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, JUN 5 0054 - // 882 with interview.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1152 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUN 5 0058 - echoey Spanish talk by
woman. + JUN 5 0100 - news // 1107; echoey, mixed with others.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1170 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | R. Sawa, Al Dhabiya, JUN 5 0054 - Mideast
string music; mixed with unID Spanish talker and WWVA. [Connelly*R-MA]
1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros, JUN 5 0031 - // 1116
with echoey audio: Spanish talk by woman, teletalk, and a bit of music.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1206 | FRANCE | France Info, Bordeaux, JUN 5 0054 - man & woman with
French talk about the economy, America, dollars, program produced in
cooperation with Radio Canada; good. + JUN 5 0142 - orchestral music;
good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1215 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, JUN 5 0033 - man in Spanish; good /
dominant. [Connelly*R-MA]
1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Absolute R. synchros, JUN 5 0055 - remake of
Frampton's "Baby I Love Your Ways"; good, over Spain. + JUN 5 0143 -
Absolute Radio ID, modern rock; excellent. [Connelly*R-MA]
1242 | FRANCE | France Info, Marseille, JUN 5 0056 - // 1206 with James
Bond theme (Monty Norman); very good, equal to adjacent 1240 WBUR (63.2
dBu / 1.44 mV/m per V-Soft) and better than the usually-louder 1206
par
allel. [Connelly*R-MA]
1305 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUN 5 0112 - woman in Spanish; poor.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1341 | NORTHERN IRELAND | BBC R. Ulster, Lisnagarvey, JUN 5 0111 -
woman in English mentioned President Obama; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
1359 | SPAIN | RNE, Arganda del Rey, JUN 5 0110 - man & woman in
Spanish; to fair peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
1422 | ALGERIA | RTA, Algiers, JUN 5 0145 - dance-club music; way over
Germany. [Connelly*R-MA]
1422 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Heusweiler, JUN 5 0111 - dissonant
modern jazz; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, JUN 5 0002 - Arabic news with Iraq
and Arabiya mentions. + JUN 5 0112 - talk, then shrill a cappella male
vocal; loud. Possible Spain way in background. + JUN 5 0147 - male
group Arabic vocal. [Connelly*R-MA]
1557 | FRANCE | France Info, Fontbonne, JUN 5 0147 - French // 1206;
fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
1575 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | R. Farda, Al Dhabiya, JUN 5 0110 -
Mideast dance vocal music with thumping bass rhythm; fair.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1584 | CEUTA | RadiOle, JUN 5 0037 - pop Spanish male vocal; to fair
peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
540 | GRENADA | GBN Klassic AM, St. George's, JUN 5 0059 - soft-voiced
British-accented male announcer said "Now it's time for Klassic radio
in our broadcast to listen to the news from the BBC."; poor, but
briefly through usual CBGA-1
and CBT. [Connelly*R-MA]
555 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | R. ZIZ, Basseterre, JUN 5 0116 - Caribbean
English discussion by two men, laughing, something about "woke up in
the wrong bedroom"; through WGAN slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
580 | PUERTO RICO | WKAQ, San Juan, JUN 5 0054 - // 600 (WYEL) with
Spanish talk and cowboy-like "eee-hah!". + JUN 5 0123 - // 600 with
mentions of Puerto Rican cities including Santurce in adverts for
'banco' and 'supermercado'; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
600 | BRAZIL (t) | ZYK278, R. Gaucha, Porto Alegre, JUN 5 0029 - most
likely this with fast Portuguese talk by man; briefly through jumble of
others. [Connelly*R-MA]
600 | PUERTO RICO | WYEL, Mayaguez, JUN 5 0115 - // 580 (WKAQ) with
Spanish sportstalk, adverts; mixed with CBNA and unID (US?) religious
station. + JUN 5 0125 - // 580 with Puerto Rico adverts, Spanish
sportstalk; poor to fair over others. [Connelly*R-MA]
640 | GUADELOUPE | R. Guadeloupe, Pointe-a-Pitre, JUN 5 0030 - man in
French; over CBN and 639 Spain het. + JUN 5 0124 - Caribbean French
talk by man; good, over apparent YVQO. [Connelly*R-MA]
670 | VENEZUELA | YVLL, R. Rumbos, Caracas, JUN 5 0100 - "ocho treinte
minutos en Rumbos", then slow vocal; good over unID other Spanish
speaker. [Connelly*R-MA]
700 | BRAZIL | ZYK686, R. Eldorado AM, Sao Paulo, JUN 5 0115 - fast
reverberated Portuguese sportstalk, local mentions; poor.
[Connelly*R-MA]
720 | VEN
EZUELA | YVQE, R. Oriente, Porlamar, JUN 5 0030 - "en
Venezuela, Oriente" reverberated ID; noisy. Another ID noted at 0033,
followed by tropical music on an improving signal. + JUN 5 0127 -
numerous Venezuela mentions; slightly over others. [Connelly*R-MA]
740 | BRAZIL | ZYH446, R. Sociedade da Bahia, Salvador, JUN 5 0031 -
usual "Close Encounters theme" instrumental excerpt, Portuguese talk;
evenly mixed with CHCM. [Connelly*R-MA]
750 | VENEZUELA | YVKS, RCR, Caracas, JUN 5 0017 - Caracas mentions in
newstalk; over CBGY & possible Brazilian. [Connelly*R-MA]
770 | URUGUAY (t) | CX12, R. Oriental, Montevideo, JUN 5 0031 - very
tentative: a couple of "uruguayano" mentions in Spanish newstalk
briefly over fading / antenna-nulled WABC. Greyline placement was
supporting numerous other deep South America receptions at the time.
[Connelly*R-MA]
820 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | Trinity Broadcast Network / R. Paradise,
Charlestown, JUN 5 0101 - at end of evangelistic program a
Caribbean-accented woman thanked listeners, mentioned St. Kitts mailing
address and 869-466-7921 phone number; loud. [Connelly*R-MA]
840 | BRAZIL | ZYK687, R.Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, JUN 5 0031 - woman in
Portuguese; poor to fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
860 | BRAZIL | ZYJ459, R. CBN, Rio de Janeiro, JUN 5 0031 - Portuguese
talk by man & woman, "Radio CBN" ID; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
880 | VENEZUELA | YVYM, R. Venezuela, Puerto Ordaz, JUN 5 0032 - Radio
Venezuela ID; momentarily over WCBS. [Connelly*R-MA]
895 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | V. of Nevis, Bath Village, JUN 5 0116 -
reggae vocal, ID by man "powerhouse of the eastern Caribbean, Von
Radio"; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
899.515 | unID | JUN 5 0029 - possible Spanish talk (but that may have
been from a 900 adjacent), off-channel carrier. [Connelly*R-MA]
900 | VENEZUELA (t) | YVMD, Mara Ritmo 900, Maracaibo, JUN 5 0034 -
Venezuela mentions in fast talk; in jumble of others. [Connelly*R-MA]
1000 | BRAZIL | ZYK522, R. Record, Sao Paulo, JUN 5 0024 - reverberated
Portuguese talk; in jumble. [Connelly*R-MA]
1100 | BRAZIL | ZYK694, R. Globo, Sao Paulo, JUN 5 0008 - fast
Portuguese talk; peaking over WHLI. + JUN 5 0026 - Portuguese talk;
good. + JUN 5 0033 - several "futebol" promo's in excited talk; to good
peak over WTAM & others. + JUN 5 0100 - "gooooooal !" shouting in
frantic Portuguese talk; fair to good, dominant. [Connelly*R-MA]
1140 | BRAZIL | ZYH449, R. Cultura, Salvador, JUN 5 0002 - Bahia
mentions in Portuguese talk; initially poor, then up to fair level at
0003. [Connelly*R-MA]
1220 | BRAZIL | ZYJ258, R. Globo, Rio de Janeiro, JUN 5 0054 - store
adverts in Portuguese; slightly over the RI religious station. + JUN 5
0110 - man in Portuguese; to good peak, best on LSB. [Connelly*R-MA]
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