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[HCDX] Mark's logs from recent BADX "DX Clams" DXpedition
(Note: It took about a month to pull all the logs for this together
from the Perseus captures.)
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)
Logs from others on the 2009 DXpedition, plus pictures:
<http://www.naswa.net/badx/dxclams2009.htm>
Site-related info: <http://home.comcast.net/~dx_lab/dx_clams_2005.htm>
Receiver: Microtelecom Perseus operated with MSI Wind U100 netbook
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 ***
153 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Donebach, JUL 31 0119 - // 756 with
opera; to fair peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
162 | FRANCE | France-Inter, Allouis, JUL 31 0027 - man & woman in
French; very good. + JUL 31 0119 - "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse; good.
[Connelly*R-MA]
171 | MOROCCO | R. Mediterranee Internationale, Nador, JUL 31 0027 -
Afropop group vocal music with kalimba and drumming, th
en woman in
Arabic; good. + JUL 31 0120 - pop Arabic male vocal with drumming;
good. [Connelly*R-MA]
180 | unID | JUL 31 0119 - DRM-like hash spread from 177 to 183.
[Connelly*R-MA]
189 | ICELAND | Rikisutvarpid, Gufuskalar, JUL 31 0119 - man & woman in
Icelandic; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
198 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.4, Droitwich et al., JUL 31 0120 - BBC
report "large US banks which failed have continued to pay large bonuses
to executives"; excellent. [Connelly*R-MA]
207 | GERMANY, Deutschlandfunk, Aholming, JUL 31 0119 - // 153 & 756
with opera; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
225 | POLAND | Polskie Radio, Konstantynow, JUL 31 0120 - Slavic
teletalk with two woman; poor to fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
234 | LUXEMBOURG | RTL, Junglinster, JUL 31 0027 - "Boddhisattva" by
Steely Dan; fair. + JUL 31 0119 - "Cherish" by Kool & the Gang, then
two men in French talking and laughing; LOUD. [Connelly*R-MA]
252 | IRELAND | RTE R.1, Clarkestown, JUL 31 0119 - song from live
blues-rock concert, "from California" mentioned at the beginning; atop
foreign talker. [Connelly*R-MA]
531 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUL 31 0101 - // 774 with news in
Spanish; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
549 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Nordkirchen & Thurnau, JUL 31 0118 -
// 756 with opera; poor. Algeria not noted. [Connelly*R-MA]
585 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Madrid, JUL 31 0119 - // 621 & 774 with teletalk
show by woman in S
panish; poor in WEZE/VOCM slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
603 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUL 31 0101 - // 774 with news; poor.
[Connelly*R-MA]
621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, Santa Cruz de
Tenerife et al., JUL 31 0032 - // 639 with fast Spanish talk; through
WZON slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
639 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, La Coruna et al., JUL 31 0032 - // 621 with fast
Spanish talk; poor to fair on LSB (to dodge CBN). [Connelly*R-MA]
648 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Badajoz et al., JUL 31 0101 - // 774 with news
in Spanish; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
684 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Sevilla, JUL 31 0119 - // 621 with woman in
Spanish; fair through WRKO slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
711 | FRANCE | France Info, Rennes, JUL 31 0118 - woman in French; to
fair peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
711 | SPAIN | COPE, Murcia, JUL 31 0102 - fast Spanish talk by woman,
then Cadena COPE ID; surprisingly over France, W. Sahara, Libya.
[Connelly*R-MA]
747 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUL 31 0101 - // 774
et al. with RNE news; in CBGY slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
747 | NETHERLANDS | R. 5, Zeewolde-Flevoland, JUL 31 0130 - man in
Dutch; mixed with RNE synchros. [Connelly*R-MA]
756 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Braunschweig & Ravensburg, JUL 31 0119
- // 153 with opera; loud. [Connelly*R-MA]
765 | SWITZERLAND | RSR Option Musique, Sottens, JUL 31 0052 - slow
folk-style French male vocal; fair. + JUL 31=2
00119 - uptempo pop French
vocal; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
774 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, JUL 31 0032 - // 621 with echoey
Spanish talk by woman; fair. + JUL 31 0052 - // 1098 with techno dance
music, then man in Spanish; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
783 | GERMANY | MDR Info, Leipzig-Wiederau, JUL 31 0052 - bits of
German talk by woman; momentarily surfacing. [Connelly*R-MA]
783 | MAURITANIA | R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, JUL 31 0029 - Arabic
music. + JUL 31 0119 - man in Arabic; fair. + JUL 31 0130 - Arabic
preaching; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
819 | EGYPT | Egyptian Radio, Batra, JUL 31 0119 - Koranic a cappella
male vocal; to fair peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, JUL 31 0000 - Cadena
COPE ID, piano notes, then news by woman; fair. + JUL 31 0052 - Spanish
talk, telephone interview, COPE ID, into a bit of old song "As Time
Goes By"; good, over France which had jazz. [Connelly*R-MA]
837 | FRANCE | France Info, Nancy, JUL 31 0030 - // 1206 with spy-movie
type instrumental, news sounder, then woman in French; fair.
[Connelly*R-MA]
855 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, JUL 31 0030 - // 621 with man & woman
in Spanish; fair on USB (to dodge WEEI). + JUL 31 0100 - pips, intro
music, man said "Radio Nacional de Espana, informativo", then news by
woman; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
864 | EGYPT | ERTU, Santah, JUL 31 0102 - Koranic vocal; over France,
LS
B needed to dodge superslopper 870 WLVP. [Connelly*R-MA]
864 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Villebon-sur-Yvette, JUL 31 0053 - // 1278
with slow male vocal & piano; fair. + JUL 31 0158 - "New York, New
York" by Frank Sinatra; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
873 | GERMANY | AFN, Frankfurt, JUL 31 0131 - "Tell Me Why" by Wynonna
Judd; mixed with Spain talk; through tough WLVP slop. + JUL 31 0201 -
AFN news by man mentioning "temporary evacuation of a site 100 miles
from Houston"; over Spain. + JUL 31 0159 - // 1107 with honky-tonk
country song; mixing with Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
873 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JUL 31 0100 - ID "Cadena SER, servicios
informativos" into start of newscast; over WLVP slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
882 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, JUL 31 0100 - COPE news;
slightly over UK. [Connelly*R-MA]
891 | PORTUGAL | Radio Sim, Vila Moura, JUL 31 0055 - plaintive
Portuguese vocal; poor. + JUL 31 0119 - "Hello Mary Lou" by Ricky
Nelson from '61. + JUL 31 0202 - Portuguese talk by man; poor to fair.
[Connelly*R-MA]
909 | unID | JUL 31 0029 - Koranic chanting under UK. Yemen is one
possibility. + JUL 31 0120 - Arabic-sounding vocal; way under UK.
[Connelly*R-MA]
909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.5 synchros, JUL 31 0031 - sports report
mentioning wickets; good. + JUL 31 0100 - talk about a "garden guru"
show, URL "bbc.co.uk", ID "on BBC Digital Radio, Digital TV, Downloads,=2
0
and BBC I-Player" (no mention of MW interestingly); into Five Live news
with first item about organ donation laws. + JUL 31 0120 - interview
about championship golf course in North Carolina; excellent. + JUL 31
0129 - gardening discussion; excellent. + JUL 31 0200 - news with
basically the same items as an hour earlier; loud. [Connelly*R-MA]
945 | FRANCE | France Info, Toulouse, JUL 31 0052 - // 837 with smooth
jazz; fair to good. + JUL 31 0100 - news intro music, French news by
woman; best on USB to dodge WGIN IBOC. [Connelly*R-MA]
954 | QATAR (t) | QBS, Al Arish, JUL 31 0055 - possibly this with
Arabic talk by man; to fair peak. + JUL 31 0129 - Arabic news with
emphasis music "stingers" between items. + JUL 31 0201 - man in Arabic;
over Spain most of the time. [Connelly*R-MA]
954 | SPAIN | Onda Cero, Madrid, JUL 31 0052 - Spanish talk by man;
poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
963 | SPAIN | R. Euskadi, Vitoria, JUL 31 0030 - Spanish talk by man &
woman; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
963 | TUNISIA | RTT, Tunis, JUL 31 0202 - Arabic male vocal; mixed with
one or two others. [Connelly*R-MA]
963 | unID | JUL 31 0130 - Madonna song "Music", pips noted on the half
hour but maybe from something else co-channel. Portugal suspected.
[Connelly*R-MA]
972 | GERMANY | NDR Info, Hamburg, JUL 31 0202 - German newstalk; in
severe WZAN slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
981 | ALGERIA | RTVA Chaine
2, Algiers, JUL 31 0000 - pop Arabic vocal,
pips, string music fanfare, man in French; good. + JUL 31 0031 - male
Arabic vocal with flutes and strings; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, JUL 31 0000 - // 837 with Cadena COPE ID, a
few piano notes, then news by woman; fair. + JUL 31 0100 - pips, Cadena
COPE ID, a few piano notes, then news; fair over WINS IBOC.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1008 | CANARY ISLANDS | Punto Radio, Las Palmas, JUL 31 0053 - Spanish
pop female vocal; over SER and through WINS slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
1053 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, JUL 31 0029 - talk about 21
year old man in NE England who had affairs with 16 and 13 year old
girls; over 1053.099 (Libya) growl. + JUL 31 0053 - man on phone
concludes call with "We went into Iraq for oil.", announcer gives 08717
double 2 double 3 double 4 number, then Grace from Surrey phones in;
good, over growl. + JUL 31 0131 - more talk about Iraq; good.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1053.1 | LIBYA | Libyan Jamahiriya, Tripoli, JUL 31 0159 - Arabic
teletalk; now splittable on USB from TalkSport. [Connelly*R-MA]
1062 | TURKEY (t) | TRT-1, Diyarbakir, JUL 31 0052 - likely this with
Koranic chanting; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
1088 | ANGOLA | R. Nacional, Mulenvos, JUL 31 0200 - fanfare music,
Portuguese news; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, JUL 31 0032 - advert for
"Race to Witc
h Mountain" DVD at Blockbuster, "Rent 4 movies for 4
nights for 10 pounds."; good, slight 1088 Angola het. + JUL 31 0131 -
// 1053 with talk about Iraq; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1098 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUL 31 0031 - short segment of
'50s-type rock, then man & woman in Spanish; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1098 | unID | JUL 31 0129 - Mideast music; under Spain. Iran (200 kW)
the most likely suspect. [Connelly*R-MA]
1107 | GERMANY | AFN synchros, JUL 31 0159 - // 873 with honky-tonk
country song; mixed with Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
1107 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUL 31 0054 - // 1098 with rock
Spanish vocal then talk; slightly over unID second station that seemed
more like Italy than Egypt or Germany. [Connelly*R-MA]
1107.12 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 "Todo Noticias", Caceres, JUL 31 0200 -
"Radio Nacional de Espana ... informativos" ID; sliceable on USB from
the rest of the // RNE synchros on 1107.0. At this time the 1107.0 and
1107.12 signals were equal strength on the Perseus spectrum analysis
display. [Connelly*R-MA]
1116 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JUL 31 0001 - // 1179 with fast Spanish
news; poor to fair. + JUL 31 0031 - music // 1179; fair. + JUL 31 0131
- teletalk; good. + JUL 31 0202 - // 1485 with news about Barcelona;
good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1125 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUL 31 0000 - ID "Radio Nacional de
Espana ... informativos"; to fair peak over others and WB
BR slop. + JUL
31 0031 - talk // 1098; fair. + JUL 31 0200 - news; chaotic multiple
echoes with long delays. [Connelly*R-MA]
1134 | CROATIA | Glas Hrvatske, Zadar, JUL 31 0053 - Slavic folk male
vocal; good, now way over Spain. + JUL 31 0200 - English service
"You're listening to Croatia today."; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1134 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, JUL 31 0000 - // 1143 with Cadena COPE
ID; dominant. [Connelly*R-MA]
1143 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, JUL 31 0000 - // 1134 with Cadena COPE
ID, news; poor. + JUL 31 0031 - talk // 1224; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
1152 | ROMANIA | R. Romania Actualitati, Cluj, JUL 31 0201 - // 1593
with chanting monks type vocal; mixed with Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
1152 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUL 31 0000 - // 1125 with Radio
Nacional de Espana ID; to fair peak. + JUL 31 0031 - // 1098 with 10
second rock music clip, then talk by woman; very echoey. [Connelly*R-MA]
1170 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | R. Sawa, Al Dhabiya, JUL 31 0053 - pop
Mideast male vocal and strings; to good peak, way over WWVA, best on
USB to dodge WHAM IBOC around 1167. + JUL 31 0054 - pop mideast vocal,
Radio Sawa ID; over WWVA. + JUL 31 0129 - Arabic talk with Sawa
mention, then US boy-band type hit (Jonas Bros. ?); over WWVA.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros, JUL 31 0001 - // 1116
with fast-talk news; fair. + JUL 31 0031 - // 11
16 with romantic music;
good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1179 | ROMANIA | R. Romania Actualitati, Galbeni-Bacau et al., JUL 31
0131 - // 1593 with male folk-style vocal and guitar; mixed with SER.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1188 | IRAN | R.Payam, Tehran | JUL 31 0100 - Koranic vocal, then three
ascending chimes into news - same as what Bruce Conti noted during the
DX Clams outing. Bruce got this ID'ed on RealDX. [Connelly*R-MA]
1196.75 | ANGOLA (t) | Emissora Provincial de Malanje, Malanje, JUL 31
0052 - Angolan presumed the source of 250 Hz low-side het against 1197
jumble, too much WKOX slop to pick off useful audio. [Connelly*R-MA]
1206 | FRANCE | France Info, Bordeaux, JUL 31 0001 - news by woman in
French; to good peak over WKOX slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Absolute R. synchros, JUL 31 0053 - corny music
intro, "Tom's Flick of the Day" film review feature; good, over Spain.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1224 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, JUL 31 0031 - // 1143 with man in
Spanish; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
1242 | FRANCE | France Info, Marseille, JUL 31 0001 - // 1206 with news
in French; poor. + JUL 31 0030 - // 1206 with musical fanfare, news by
woman in French; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
1278 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Selestat, JUL 31 0053 - // 864 with slow
male vocal; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, JUL 31 0201 - // 999 with news by woman
in Spanish; to fair pe
ak over others. [Connelly*R-MA]
1305 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUL 31 0030 - talk // 1098; poor to
fair. + JUL 31 0055 - oldies-rock style vocal // 1314; good. + JUL 31
0100 - R. Nacional de Espana ID, news; good over rumble. [Connelly*R-MA]
1305.09 | IRAN | IRIB, Bushehr, JUL 31 0052 - Middle Eastern vocal
occasionally splittable out of high-side growl with Spain. Frequency
offset confirmed by Mauno Ritola. [Connelly*R-MA]
1314 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUL 31 0055 - // 1305 & 1413 with
woman in Spanish, then oldies-rock style male Spanish group vocal;
fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
1341 | NORTHERN IRELAND | BBC R. Ulster, Lisnagarvey, JUL 31 0131 -
English news, sports; poor. + JUL 31 0200 - // 909 with "It's Five
Live", into news about organ transplant laws; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
1359 | SPAIN | RNE, Arganda del Rey, JUL 31 0000 - // 1152 with news in
Spanish; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
1377 | FRANCE | France Info, Lille, JUL 31 0053 - // 945 with smooth
jazz; good, peaking within 5 dB of local 1380 WMYF (which VSoft rates
at 71 dBu). [Connelly*R-MA]
1413 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUL 31 0055 - // 1305 with oldies type
Spanish rock; poor in WVAE IBOC. [Connelly*R-MA]
1422 | ALGERIA | RTA, Algiers, JUL 31 0001 - man in French with news;
to good peak. + JUL 31 0054 - French talk by man, saxophone jazz; over
Germany's opera. [Connelly*R-MA]
1422 | GERMANY | Deutsc
hlandfunk, Heusweiler, JUL 31 0053 - // 756 with
operatic shrieking; loud. + JUL 31 0100 - Deutschlandfunk ID, pips,
German news by woman; good, over Algeria. + JUL 31 0200 - same sequence
of ID, pips, and news as at 0100; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1431 | DJIBOUTI | R. Sawa, Arta, JUL 31 0052 - Bollywood-influenced
male Arabic vocal; to good peak. + JUL 31 0202 - Mideast dance-club
music; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
1440 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Damman, JUL 31 0053 - // 1521 with fast
Arabic talk by man; momentarily over WRED-ME. [Connelly*R-MA]
1485 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JUL 31 0202 - // 1116 with news by man &
woman in Spanish; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
1494 | FRANCE | France Info synchros, JUL 31 0159 - // 1206 with
easy-listening instrumental; poor in WBAE slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
1512 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Jeddah, JUL 31 0053 - Arabic chant; mixed
with second station. + JUL 31 0201 - Arabic music; poor to fair.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, JUL 31 0022 - huge with two men in
Arabic talking and laughing. + JUL 31 0201 - Koranic vocal; loud.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1521 | SPAIN | SER, Castellon, JUL 31 0000 - ID "Cadena SER, servicios
informativos"; actually over the Saudi ! [Connelly*R-MA]
1548 | KUWAIT | R. Sawa, Kabd-Kuwait City, JUL 31 0131 - pop Arabic
male group vocal; over IBOC noise. [Connelly*R-MA]
1548 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. Bristol, Bristol-Mangotsfield,
JUL 31
0200 - // 909 with news about organ donation and transplants; poor.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1550 | ALGERIA | RASD Clandestine, Rabouni, JUL 30 2359 - Spanish talk
including ID "Radio Nacional Saharaui", sign-off with 'tubby' anthem;
to good peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
1557 | FRANCE | France Info, Fontbonne, JUL 31 0001 - // 1206 with
news; fair when the WQEW slop let up. [Connelly*R-MA]
1575 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | R. Farda, Al Dhabiya, JUL 31 0130 - Radio
Far-DA ID, news headlines with music bursts between them; to good peak.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1584 | CEUTA | RadiOle, JUL 31 0000 - romantic Spanish vocal going
across the top-of-hour; pips and a bit of talk from SER noted way off
in the background. [Connelly*R-MA]
1593 | ROMANIA | R. Romania Actualitati, Ion Korvinn, JUL 31 0131 - //
1179 with male folk-style vocal and guitar; to fair peak.
[Connelly*R-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
555 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | R. ZIZ, Basseterre, JUL 31 0120 - fragments
of Caribbean English talk; in tough WGAN slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
580 | PUERTO RICO | WKAQ, San Juan, JUL 31 0100 - WKAQ ID in Spanish
talk; a bit behind WTAG. + JUL 31 0120 - Spanish newstalk about Puerto
Rico subjects; mixed with WTAG & CFRA. [Connelly*R-MA]
630 | PUERTO RICO | WUNO, San Juan, JUL 31 0119 - Uno and Radio Uno
mentions in Spanish talk; under WPRO. [Connelly*R-MA]
700 | BRAZIL | ZYK686, R. Eldorado A
M, Sao Paulo, JUL 31 0120 -
reverberated Portuguese screaming including "gooooooal !"; mixed with
WLW. [Connelly*R-MA]
720 | BRAZIL | R. Guaiba, ZYK276, Porto Alegre, JUL 31 0030 -
Portuguese sports coverage, Sao Paulo mentions; dominant.
[Connelly*R-MA]
720 | VENEZUELA | YVQE, R. Oriente, Porlamar, JUL 31 0120 - "en
Venezuela, Oriente" ID, then hot tropical music; slightly over jumble
of others. [Connelly*R-MA]
760 | BRAZIL | ZYH588, R. Uirapuru, Fortaleza, JUL 31 0120 - Portuguese
sports shouting; under WJR. [Connelly*R-MA]
760 | COLOMBIA | HJAJ, RCN, Barranquilla, JUL 31 0054 - Spanish talk
mentioning casinos, then RCN ID. [Connelly*R-MA]
770 | COLOMBIA | HJJX, RCN, Bogota, JUL 31 0119 - Bogota mentions in
Spanish talk; under WABC. [Connelly*R-MA]
780 | VENEZUELA | YVMN, R. Coro, Coro, JUL 31 0120 - Coro mention
popped out of jumble. [Connelly*R-MA]
820 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | Trinity Broadcast Network / R. Paradise,
Charlestown, JUL 31 0052 - testimony about being healed by prayer;
good. + JUL 31 0131 - black gospel female chorus; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
840 | BRAZIL | ZYK687, R. Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, JUL 31 0000 -
reverberated Portuguese talk; poor. + JUL 31 0031 - Sao Paulo mention.
+ JUL 31 0100 - Portuguese news by man. [Connelly*R-MA]
860 | BRAZIL | JUL 31 0000 - two equal strength Brazilians, likely
ZYJ459 and ZYH592, very soft-spoken man on one station and
hyper-fast-deli
very sportstalk on the other. [Connelly*R-MA]
895 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | V. of Nevis, Bath Village, JUL 31 0102 - soul
vocal then ID as V-O-N Radio (letters said individually rather than
'Von' word used previously); poor to fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
1000 | BRAZIL | ZYK522, R. Record, Sao Paulo, JUL 31 0000 - circus type
music, Portuguese talk mentioning Sao Paulo; poor to fair.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1000 | unID | JUL 31 0100 - pips about 25 seconds late (at 0100:25)
mixed with Brazil and pig-pile of other signals. [Connelly*R-MA]
1100 | BRAZIL | ZYK694, R. Globo, Sao Paulo, JUL 31 0032 - fast
Portuguese talk by man; coming up over WTAM. + JUL 31 0201 -
reverberated Portuguese news; under WTAM. [Connelly*R-MA]
1110 | VENEZUELA | YVQT, R. Carupano, Carupano, JUL 31 0200 - a
Spanish-language cover version of the Beatles' "You're Gonna Lose That
Girl", then ID "En Venezuela, Carupano", timecheck "nueve ... treinte
minutos"; loud, demolishing WBT. [Connelly*R-MA]
1139.4 | unID | JUL 31 0000 - weak het. [Connelly*R-MA]
1140 | BRAZIL | ZYH449, R. Cultura, Salvador, JUL 31 0000 - Portuguese
talk; weak but dominant. + JUL 31 0031 - "en Salvador" and "futebol"
mentions in Portuguese talk; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
1160 | BERMUDA | VSB3, Hamilton, JUL 31 0001 - BBC news by man & woman;
under WSKW. [Connelly*R-MA]
1220 | BRAZIL | ZYJ258, R. Globo, Rio de Janeiro, JUL 31 0030 - fast
and highly reverberate
d Portuguese talk by man; slightly over others.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1240.068 | unID | JUL 31 0030 - growl against WSYY/WBUR.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1399.923 | unID | JUL 31 0054 - low growl against WVAE/WJZN/CBG.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1620 | CUBA | JUL 31 0202 - Instead of WDHP, I noted ID of "Radio
Progreso de Habana" topping the channel. Audio was somewhat compressed
and tinny-sounding. [Connelly*R-MA]
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