[HCDX]: logs: MW: 13-27 DEC 1997
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[HCDX]: logs: MW: 13-27 DEC 1997
(logs 13 - 27 DEC 1997: file=DX971227.LOG)
Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 1997
e-mail = WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[Connelly-B-MA] = Billerica, MA
(GC= 71.221 W / 42.532 N)
(home)
[Connelly*H-MA] = East Harwich, Cape Cod, MA
(GC= 70.02 W / 41.71 N)
(near junction of Routes 39 & 137: pitch pine forest 2 km from ocean)
[Connelly*rw-MA] = Rowley, MA
(GC= 70.825 W / 42.75 N)
(end of Stackyard Road at Parker River Nat. Wildlife R.: salt-marsh)
[Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA
(GC= 70.20 W / 41.65 N)
(Windmill Beach: River St. at Willow St.)
Receivers: Drake R8A
Antenna systems - (home) slopers; (other sites) MFJ-1024 whip,
RL-1 remotely-tuned loop, 30-m south wire, SCC-1 single-channel
controller; (all sites) Superphaser-1
======================================================
*** COMMENT ***
Put this report and the 1997 Newfoundland DXpedition logs
together and you'll have a fairly good appraisal of present-
day international MW DX possibilities from the east coast
of North America.
*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***
531 FAROE ISLANDS, Utvarp Foroya, Akraberg, DEC 27 0705-0718 -
a BIG carrier came on at 0705, xylophone IS started at 0713,
then Scandinavian-language talk by man (sign-on) at 0715 was
followed by religious music at 0718. Almost as good as when
I heard this in Harwich, MA in January. [Connelly-B-MA]
531 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, DEC 20 0455 - // 603 & 684 with
romantic SS vocal, then SS talk by man; poor to fair with
R.V.C. - 530 in loop null. [Connelly*H-MA]
549 ALGERIA, Les Trembles, DEC 20 0457 - AA string music, then
AA male vocal; good. [Connelly*H-MA] + DEC 27 0723 - FF teletalk.
[Connelly-B-MA]
558 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, DEC 20 0458 - // 603 with SS vocal
& piano; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
567 IRELAND, RTE R.1, Tullamore, DEC 20 0111 - C&W female
vocal; very good. [Connelly*rw-MA] + DEC 20 0459 - Guns 'N'
Roses version of Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"; good.
[Connelly*H-MA] + DEC 20 2242 - Christmas music, EE religious
talk by man. [Connelly*Y-MA]
576 SPAIN, RNE5, Barcelona, DEC 20 0459 - // 585 with SS talk
by woman; poor to fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
585 SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid, DEC 20 0110 - excited SS talk by man;
good. [Connelly*rw-MA] + DEC 20 0459 - SS // 576; loud.
[Connelly*H-MA]
585.06 TUNISIA (t), DEC 20 2239 - 60 Hz growl against Spain-585.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
594 MOROCCO, Oujda, DEC 20 2237 - // 612 with AA vocal; mixing
with presumed Portugal, slopped. [Connelly*Y-MA]
603 SPAIN, RNE5, Sevilla / Palencia, DEC 20 0455 - // 684 &
others: man in SS; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
612 IRELAND, Athlone, DEC 20 0502 - EE news by woman; fair
over others. [Connelly*H-MA]
612 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, DEC 20 0102 - // 819 with AA news;
LOCAL-LIKE ! [Connelly*rw-MA] + DEC 20 2234 - male AA vocal,
strings; very good and 100% dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]
621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, DEC 20 2015 -
bits of SS talk; hetting NJ/ME-620 on pre-sunset fade-up.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
639 SPAIN, RNE1, La Coruna et al., DEC 20 0504 - // 603 with
SS news by man & woman; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
657 SPAIN, RNE5, Madrid, DEC 20 0505 - SS news by woman; through
WFAN slop. [Connelly*H-MA]
675 NETHERLANDS, R. Ten Gold, Lopik, DEC 20 0506 - oldie "Ma
Belle Amie" by Tee Set (1969); to good peak. [Connelly*H-MA]
684 SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, DEC 20 0456 - SS talk // other RNE's;
fair to good with WRKO looped. [Connelly*H-MA]
684 SERBIA / SPAIN, DEC 20 0108 - Slavic and SS programs at
about equal strengths. [Connelly*rw-MA]
693 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC, Droitwich et al., DEC 20 0507 - BBC
EE news mentioning rescue workers at the scene of a plane crash
in Greece; fair to good level. [Connelly*H-MA]
711 WESTERN SAHARA, Laayoune, DEC 20 2229 - emotional male AA
vocal, then AA talk; alone on channel, to good peak with WOR
phased. [Connelly*Y-MA]
729 SPAIN, RNE1, Oviedo et al., DEC 20 0510 - // 855 (& other
RNE's) with SS telephone interview; fair with CKAC looped.
[Connelly*H-MA]
738 SPAIN, RNE1, Barcelona, DEC 20 0511 - fast SS talk by man;
through CHCM/CBL slop. [Connelly*H-MA]
747 BURKINA FASO, Ouagadougou, DEC 20 2227 - // 4815 with mellow
folk vocal & guitar; over Canaries-Spain. [Connelly*Y-MA]
747 NETHERLANDS, Flevoland, DEC 20 0513 - cool tunes & excellent
signal: Irish fiddling, followed by Dutch talk. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ DEC 27 0053 - folk-type Dutch vocal, then Dutch talk by man;
good. [Connelly-B-MA]
756 GERMANY, Deutschlandradio, Braunschweig/Ravensburg,
DEC 20 0105 - // 1422 with "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley;
LOUD ! [Connelly*rw-MA]
756 SPAIN, R. Euskadi, Bilbao, DEC 20 0106 - SS news by woman,
starting to get through the generally more dominant German.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
765 SENEGAL, Dakar, DEC 20 2222 - teletalk on thinly-modulated
carrier; strong signal, well over Switzerland's classical music.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
765 SWITZERLAND, RSR, Sottens, DEC 27 0045 - classical piano;
excellent. [Connelly-B-MA]
774 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, DEC 20 0104 - SS news; slopped by
WABC. [Connelly*rw-MA]
783 SPAIN / SYRIA, DEC 20 0103 - SS & AA talk mix; in tough
CFDR/WBBM slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]
792 SPAIN, SER, Sevilla, DEC 20 2218 - SS teletalk; poor to
fair through slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
819 MOROCCO, Rabat, DEC 20 0102 - // 612 with AA news by man;
over Egypt. [Connelly*rw-MA]
837 AZORES, RDP, Pico da Barossa, DEC 20 2215 - PP vocal; under
Canaries-Spain. [Connelly*Y-MA]
837 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, COPE synchros, DEC 20 2215 -
SS talk; atop Azores. [Connelly*Y-MA]
846 ITALY, Rome, DEC 20 0101 - II news; fair to good in
tight phase null of WEEI-850. [Connelly*rw-MA]
855 SPAIN, RNE1, Murcia et al., DEC 20 0100 - pips, "R. Nacional
de Espana" ID, SS news by woman; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]
+ DEC 20 0520 - country-influenced instrumental in the style
of Floyd Cramer, then man & woman in SS; LOCAL-LIKE: better
than Boston's WEEI-850 ! [Connelly*H-MA]
864 EGYPT, Santah, DEC 20 0101 - Koranic vocal; good, over
others. [Connelly*rw-MA] + DEC 27 0035 - Koranic male vocal;
over Spain and others. [Connelly-B-MA]
873 SPAIN, SER R. Zaragoza, Zaragoza, DEC 20 0058 - woman with
SS teletalk show. [Connelly*rw-MA]
882 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC Wales, Washford, DEC 20 0057 - man
with sports report; well over Canaries-Spain with WCBS phased.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
891 ALGERIA, Algiers, DEC 20 0056 - group AA vocal (actual
frequency 890.95); there was a growl from another station
on 891.0. [Connelly*rw-MA] + DEC 20 1922 - early fade-in,
hetting WBPS. [Connelly*Y-MA]
909 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC, Moorside Edge et al., DEC 20 0055 -
EE talk; to fair peak. [Connelly*rw-MA]
945 FRANCE, R. Bleue, Toulouse, DEC 20 0616 - // 1206 with
light music, then man in FF; good. [Connelly*H-MA]
954 SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid, DEC 20 0053 - SS teletalk and
joking; excellent. [Connelly*rw-MA]
963 FINLAND, R. Finland (YLE), Pori, DEC 27 0630 - woman
said a few words in Swedish, then a man spoke in Finnish; very
good, the best signal I've ever noted from this one. This was
still coming through quite well when re-checked at 0736 UTC.
[Connelly-B-MA]
963 PORTUGAL, R. Renascenca, Seixal, DEC 19 2335 - PP talk
dominant. Bits of AA music mixed in at times, possibly from
Tunisia. [Connelly*rw-MA]
981 ALGERIA, Algiers, DEC 19 2333 - reverberated male pop AA
vocal with flutes, drums, & strings; very good. [Connelly*rw-MA]
+ DEC 20 0527 - AA vocal & flutes; very good, overpowering
CBV/WTRY-980. [Connelly*H-MA] + DEC 20 1928 - already pushing
a good signal by CBV/WCAP at this early time. [Connelly*Y-MA]
999 SPAIN, COPE, Madrid, DEC 20 2015 - bits of SS; het against
CKBW an hour before sunset. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1026 SPAIN, SER synchros, DEC 20 0050 - fast SS talk by man &
woman; over others. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1044 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, DEC 19 2348 - Berber music; at
monster level, way over Spain. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1044 SPAIN, SER synchros, DEC 19 2347 - SER SS newstalk; under
Morocco. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1053 UNITED KINGDOM / SPAIN, DEC 20 0043 - EE & SS talk evenly
mixing. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1062 DENMARK, Kalundborg, DEC 20 0531 - man & woman in Danish;
good. + DEC 20 0614 - US soul music, Danish talk; good.
[Connelly*H-MA] + DEC 20 1928 - hetting daytimer WJLT-1060;
early fade-in. + DEC 20 2211 - just a big open carrier at this
time; other stuff (Italy ?) way under. [Connelly*Y-MA]
+ DEC 24 0517 - blues-rock version of "Santa Claus is Coming
to Town"; absolutely BLASTING in ! + DEC 26 2207 - man & woman
with news in Danish; very good, about 10 dB stronger than
the 1060 stuff. + DEC 27 0740 - probable children's program:
young girl reading a story in Danish, then sound of school bell.
This and 1314 were still audible at 0800 UTC. [Connelly-B-MA]
1071 SPAIN, EI, Bilbao, DEC 20 0038 - rock music (// 1197), SS
talk; sliding past CBA. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1080 SPAIN, SER synchros, DEC 20 0042 - // 1044 with SS newstalk;
blowing right through WTIC with no phasing needed ! [Connelly*rw-MA]
1089 ALBANIA, Durres, DEC 23 2150 - most likely this with a
Balkans-style female vocal; over Talk Radio some of the time.
[Connelly-B-MA]
1089 UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, DEC 20 0047 - man &
woman with EE teletalk; good. [Connelly*rw-MA] + DEC 20 1922 -
early fade-up, QRM'ing daytimer WILD. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1098 SLOVAKIA / SPAIN, DEC 20 0048 - Slavic & SS talk mixing;
low growl present. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1107 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, DEC 20 0534 - // 855 with SS teletalk;
fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
1116 SPAIN, SER synchros, DEC 20 0535 - // 1044 with fast SS
newstalk by man; poor to fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
1134 CROATIA, HR, Zadar, DEC 27 0017 - Slavic talk by man;
good. [Connelly-B-MA]
1179 SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS, SER synchros, DEC 20 0031 -
SS talk; loud & dominant, someone else under with pop music.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
1179 SWEDEN, Solvesborg, DEC 23 2147 - man in Swedish with a
documentary about the history of Islamic fundamentalists and the
Ayatollah Khomeini; good. + DEC 26 2013 - fading in with talk
by woman, interlude of classical violin music; fair with WHAM
phased. [Connelly-B-MA]
1197 SPAIN, EI, Vitoria, DEC 20 0040 - // 1071 with "Woman"
by John Lennon; poor, in mix with likely Virgin R., UK.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
1206 FRANCE, R. Bleue, Bordeaux, DEC 20 0616 - // 945 with
light music, then man in FF; fair. [Connelly*H-MA]
+ DEC 27 0640 - // 1377 with old-fashioned FF vocal, FF
talk; to good peak. [Connelly-B-MA]
1215 UNITED KINGDOM, Virgin R. synchros, DEC 20 0028 - Steve
Winwood's "While You See a Chance"; to good peak, well over
Spain. [Connelly*rw-MA] + DEC 20 1927 - rock squeezing between
WPHT-1210 and daytimer WRIB-1220; reception almost 2 hours
before sunset. [Connelly*Y-MA] + DEC 27 0013 - "Sledgehammer"
by Peter Gabriel; excellent. + DEC 27 0640 - '80s hits including
"Is She Really Going Out with Him ?" by Joe Jackson and "Money
for Nothing" by Dire Straits; good. [Connelly-B-MA]
1216.15 ALBANIA, R. Tirana, Fllake, DEC 20 2207 - the off-
channel station first spotted by Al Merriman is definitely here.
Middle Eastern type music; in with a big signal, clobbering
UK & Spain - 1215. The identity of this was established by
Mauricio Molano in Spain. He heard the interval signal and a
R. Tirana ID at 1800 UTC, also on DEC 20: about 4 hours before
my reception. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1251 LIBYA / unID, DEC 20 0023 - AA music over unID talk that
was most likely Portugal or Hungary. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1278 FRANCE, R. Bleue, Strasbourg (t), DEC 20 0019 - "Earth
Angel" by the Penguins, seemed // 1242 but the slop on that
channel was bad enough that a definite match couldn't be made.
Ireland also possible here on 1278. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1287 SLOVAKIA (/ CZECH REPUBLIC ?), DEC 20 2204 - Slavic-type
music & big carrier; atop SS station. Tough at times with
heavy slop from CHRM (FF) on 1290. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1287 SPAIN, SER synchros, DEC 20 0019 - // 1044 with SS talk;
in mess of other signals. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1296 SPAIN, COPE, Valencia, DEC 20 0018 - SS talk barely over
a big jumble of others. [Connelly*rw-MA] + DEC 20 2202 - SS
news by woman, some synchro-echo; over others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1305 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, DEC 20 0017 - SS teletalk; over
unID music station that may have been Poland. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1314 NORWAY, NRK, Kvitsoy, DEC 20 0015 - man in Norwegian,
then Eric Clapton's "You Look Wonderful Tonight"; excellent
at S9+35 (slightly better than adjacent CKEC-1320 and much
stronger than WLOB/CHGB/CIWW-1310). [Connelly*rw-MA]
+ DEC 20 2201 - woman with news mentioning France; good.
[Connelly*Y-MA] + DEC 26 2010 - light music; fair an hour before
sunset, then noted LOUD at 2048 UTC with C&W music. [Connelly-B-MA]
1323 GERMANY, Voice of Russia relay, Wachenbrunn (t), DEC 20
at 2201 - most likely this with bits of talk; crushed by monster-
level CKEC-1320. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1332 ITALY, Rome et al., DEC 20 2200 - II talk included ID "RAI"
(pronounced as "rye"), then news started with the greeting "Buona
sera"; excellent, better than WRCA/WWRV-1330. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1341 NORTHERN IRELAND, BBC, Lisnagarvey, DEC 20 0012 -
to fair peak with man & woman in EE. [Connelly*rw-MA]
+ DEC 27 0009 - man with news/talk in EE; poor to fair.
[Connelly-B-MA]
1349 MAURITANIA, R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, DEC 20 0010 -
man in AA at low audio level on strong carrier; in slight
CKAD-NS slop with WOYK-PA in phase null. [Connelly*rw-MA]
DEC 20 2159 - AA talk by man; absolutely HUGE signal.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1359 SPAIN, Arganda, DEC 20 2015 - presumably this hetting
WLYN/others about an hour before sunset. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1377 FRANCE, R. Bleue, Lille, DEC 20 0545 - mellow FF vocal
music; good, about equal to St. Pierre - 1375 in strength.
[Connelly*H-MA] + DEC 20 1926 - this & St. Pierre were hammering
WKDM-1380 with big hets on daytime reception. [Connelly*Y-MA]
+ DEC 27 0640 - // 1206 with old-fashioned FF vocal, FF talk;
poor to fair. [Connelly-B-MA]
1386 RUSSIA-KALININGRAD, V.O. Russia, Bolshakovo, DEC 19 0005 -
British-EE dramatic presentation; good. Greek music noted under,
presumably Athens. [Connelly*rw-MA] + DEC 20 2251 - EE religious
folk group vocal (in a Celtic-influenced style like that of
Steeleye Span), then British-EE talk by man; SUPER LOUD !!
[Connelly*Y-MA] + DEC 26 2330 - good with EE talk mentioning
"1386 medium wave". Audio from this appeared as early as
2015 UTC. + DEC 27 0006 - EE religious program; good.
+ DEC 27 0600 - just about blowing the house down with chime and
ID "This is the Voice of Russia World Service". [Connelly-B-MA]
1394.9 ALBANIA, Durres, DEC 26 2046 - measured here about
100 Hz low of Netherlands - 1395.0 (which was causing a rumble).
[Connelly-B-MA]
1395 NETHERLANDS, Lopik, DEC 20 2247 - Dutch talk by woman;
good, alone on channel (1395.0). [Connelly*Y-MA] + DEC 27 0005 -
woman in Dutch; fair. [Connelly-B-MA]
1422 GERMANY, Deutschlandradio, Heusweiler, DEC 20 0105 -
// 756 with "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley; excellent.
[Connelly*rw-MA] + DEC 26 2129 - piano jazz; good.
[Connelly-B-MA]
1458 ALBANIA, R. Tirana, Fllake, DEC 26 2105 - east European
language talk; over growl and CKRB slop. [Connelly-B-MA]
1467 FRANCE, TWR, Roumoules, DEC 20 2152 - LOUD with preaching
in AA. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1485 SPAIN, SER synchros, DEC 20 0603 - SS news; poor.
[Connelly*H-MA]
1512 BELGIUM, Wolvertem, DEC 20 2147 - EE talk about 1984
was atop first, then Saudi Arabia took over. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1512 SAUDI ARABIA, BSKSA, Jeddah, DEC 20 2148 - AA chant
broke atop Belgium; tough at times with a virtually-unnullable
blob of short-skip slop from WNRB/WNLC-1510. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1521 SAUDI ARABIA, BSKSA, Duba, DEC 20 1915 - AA audio and
a powerhouse het against WWKB/WGAM two hours before local
sunset. + DEC 20 2145 - AA male vocal at a fast tempo, with
strings & percussion (similar to Greek dance music); good
with WWKB phased. [Connelly*Y-MA] + DEC 26 2005 - AA news by
man; fair through some local WNRB-1510 splatter with
WWKB/WGAM-1520 in phase null, not a bad signal an hour before
sunset at a receiving site 25 km inland. This is usually
the first TA to fade in pre-sunset, except in summer when
Mauritania (1349) leads the pack. [Connelly-B-MA]
1530 unID (actually about 1528 or 1532 kHz), DEC 20 2010 -
a het of about 2 kHz (maybe a bit less) was noted against the
big 1530 jumble (Vatican/WDJZ/WSAI/others) on the car radio
near the beach. This was probably the Middle East anti-Saddam
clandestine. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1530 VATICAN, R. Vaticana, DEC 20 0002 - classical music,
applause, then announcer in II (I think) mentioned Rossini as
the composer; excellent with WSAI phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1539 GERMANY, ERF, Mainflingen, DEC 20 1925 - already in
at this time, QRM'ing the WADK/WMYF/WDCD-1540 jumble.
+ DEC 20 2143 - choral music; tough WDCD slop [Connelly*Y-MA]
+ DEC 26 2138 - classical music, FF-sounding talk by woman;
to fair peak. [Connelly-B-MA]
1544 ALGERIA - CLANDESTINE, Tindouf, DEC 20 2141 - group
vocal; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1548 KUWAIT, VOA, Kuwait City, DEC 19 2354 - strong with VOA
EE talk, then female vocal of "I'll Be Home for Christmas".
[Connelly*rw-MA] + DEC 20 1925 - pre-sunset fade-in, sliding
past daytimer WNTN. [Connelly*Y-MA] + DEC 26 2350 - male VOA
EE announcer talked about jazz. [Connelly-B-MA]
1557 unID, DEC 19 2356 - pop-rock vocal under open carrier,
SAH resulting. Tough WQEW slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1566 INDIA, AIR, Nagpur (t), DEC 19 2350 - woman talking,
two different languages used (one sounded like EE); poor,
under Iran and WQEW slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1566 IRAN, IRIB, Bandar Abbas, DEC 19 2350 - Koranic chanting;
over probable India; poor, in WQEW phase null. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1575 SPAIN, SER synchros, DEC 19 2349 - // 1044 with SS news
and excerpts from public speech. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1584 CEUTA, RadiOle, DEC 19 2349 - non-SER SS talk; mixing
with Spain's SER synchros. [Connelly*rw-MA]
1584 SPAIN, SER synchros, DEC 19 2349 - // 1044, 1602 with
SS news. Synchro echo was evident. Signal over/under Ceuta.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
1602 SPAIN, SER synchros, DEC 19 2347 - // 1044 with usual
fast-delivery SER network SS news; over others with WUNR phased.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
1619.5 NETHERLANDS, Scheveningen, PCH, DEC 19 2345 - "PCH"
code ID, data bursts; huge signal with loop pointed northeast.
[Connelly*rw-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
535 GRENADA, GBC, St. George's, DEC 27 0722 - pop female vocal
"What Will I Do Without You ?"; fair. [Connelly-B-MA]
555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, ZIZ, Basseterre, DEC 20 2352 - soca
music with steel drums; to good peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
580 JAMAICA, R. Jamaica, Galina, DEC 13 0527 - dance music,
Carib-EE DJ; over SS station (WKAQ or YVMJ) with WTAG phased.
[Connelly-B-MA]
590 CUBA, R. Rebelde, CMHI, Santa Clara, DEC 20 0500 -
clear ID "desde la Habana ... Rebelde !"; over VOCM with
WEZE in loop null. [Connelly*H-MA]
750 VENEZUELA, YVKS, Caracas, DEC 20 2225 - Caracas SS newstalk
show, mixed with CKGB/CBGY. South Americans weren't too strong
tonight. [Connelly*Y-MA]
820.2 unID, DEC 20 2351 - 200 Hz high-side het against WNYC,
on south wire. [Connelly*Y-MA]
840 unID's, DEC 20 2350 - a real "pig pile" here with EE (WHAS
and/or St. Lucia), PP (Brazil), FF (Haiti), SS (Cuba ?). Nothing
was even close to being dominant in this mess. [Connelly*Y-MA]
859.8 unID, DEC 20 2348 - 200 Hz het on low side of CJBC.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
860.3 unID, DEC 20 2348 - Colombia ? Bits of Colombian-style
accordion music, 300 Hz het on high side of CJBC. [Connelly*Y-MA]
895 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, VON, Bath Village, DEC 20 2346 - mellow
Caribbean-style vocal; poor to fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1039.61 COLOMBIA (t), DEC 20 2345 - het against WHO/others
on 1040, but still not much useful ID material on this bird.
Barranquilla is suspected per audio extracted last summer.
Can anyone help on this ? [Connelly*Y-MA]
1060 CUBA, CMDX, Baracoa, DEC 20 2344 - SS political talk;
dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1060.3 unID, DEC 20 2344 - 300 Hz high-side het against Cuba.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1080 VENEZUELA, Mundial 1080, YVNR, Maracay, DEC 27 0023 -
reverberated ads for a business "en Maracay"; over YVQJ and
SER-Spain with WTIC in phase null. [Connelly-B-MA]
1129.6 unID, DEC 20 2342 - het against WBBR, on south wire.
Maybe Colombia ? [Connelly*Y-MA]
1321 unID, DEC 20 2340 - weak het against CKEC, on south wire.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1353.05 unID, DEC 20 2339 - carrier, has been noted previously.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1505 ANGUILLA, R. Anguilla, The Valley, DEC 20 2337 - Carib-EE
sermon or political speech; poor. This doesn't get reported very
often anymore. [Connnelly*Y-MA]
1570 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HIAJ, Santo Domingo (t),
DEC 20 2335 - most likely R. Amanecer Internacional here
with SS religion; on south wire that tended to null the
mass of domestics arriving from the west. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1620 ARGENTINA, R. Esmeraldas, Buenos Aires, DEC 19 2340 -
folkish SS religious vocal with Afro-pop influences; to fair
peaks (S7) with stronger (S9+20) PCH Netherlands in loop null.
[Connelly*rw-MA] + DEC 20 2333 - SS evangelical talk, teletalk
mentioned Argentina; PCH QRM was side-nulled somewhat on wire
run southwards along the beach. [Connelly*Y-MA]
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