[HCDX]: logs: 8 JAN 2000
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[HCDX]: logs: 8 JAN 2000



 
(logs 8 JAN 2000: file=dx000108.log)

Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 2000

[Connelly*O-MA] = South Orleans, Cape Cod, MA
(GC= 69.991 W / 41.735 N)
(Town Landing, off Route 28, 0.3 km N of Tar Kiln Road)
 
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Receiver: Drake R8A

Antenna systems: 30-m wire (running east), MFJ-1024 active whip,
Superphaser-1 phasing unit

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Comments: Despite good northern European reception reported in
late December by Bruce Conti and Ben Dangerfield, I hit another
opening that was good to the Iberian Peninsula and northwest
Africa, but poor to northern Europe.

*** TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ***

549 | ALGERIA | Les Trembles, JAN 8 2310 - AA talk by young
woman; good. [Connelly*O-MA]

585 | SPAIN | RNE1, Madrid, JAN 8 2308 - // 855 with SS
news, telephone interview; fair, hetted by Tunisia-585.25.
[Connelly*O-MA]

603 | SPAIN | RNE5, Sevilla / Palencia, JAN 8 2307 - SS
speech, then discussion; good.  Not // RNE1 at the time.
[Connelly*O-MA]
 
612 | MOROCCO | Sebaa-Aioun, JAN 8 2304 - AA vocal, drums;
to fair peak. [Connelly*O-MA]

621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, JAN 8 2303 -
fast SS news by man, // 684; good. [Connelly*O-MA]

684 | SPAIN | RNE1, Sevilla, JAN 8 2302 - SS news by man;
very good. [Connelly*O-MA]

693.7 | AZORES | RDP, Santa Barbara | JAN 8 2259 - PP discussion;
good, stronger than stations on 693.0 (growl of 700 Hz noted).
[Connelly*O-MA]

836 | AZORES | RDP, Pico da Barrosa, JAN 8 2247 - outdoor public
address or sports announcements by man in PP; fair, better than
Canaries-837 at the time. [Connelly*O-MA]

855 | SPAIN | RNE1, Murcia et al., JAN 8 2308 - // 585 & others
with SS newstalk; loud. [Connelly*O-MA]

882 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, JAN 8 2246 - man
& woman in SS; to fair peak, in YVYM slop with WCBS phased.
[Connelly*O-MA] 

891 | ALGERIA | Algiers, JAN 8 2242 - AA vocal, flutes, drums;
low audio, but huge S9+30 carrier. [Connelly*O-MA]

909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC, Moorside Edge et al.,
JAN 8 2238 - EE talk by man (seemed sports-related); poor,
over probable Morocco, slopped by YVRQ/WABI, and hetted by
Gambia-907.8. [Connelly*O-MA]

954 | SPAIN | R. Espana, Madrid, JAN 8 2236 - woman in SS; to
fair peak. [Connelly*O-MA]

981.1 | ALGERIA | Radiodif. Algerienne, Algiers, JAN 8 2355 -
back about 100 Hz on the high side of the channel: bits of
AA vocal; mostly a big het against WTRY/WCAP. [Connelly*O-MA] 

1008 | CANARY ISLANDS | Las Palmas, R. Las Palmas / RadioVoz,
JAN 8 2233 - non-SER SS talk; poor. [Connelly*O-MA] 

1035 | PORTUGAL | R. Nacional, Lisboa, JAN 8 2350 - light
piano music, then man in PP; good. [Connelly*O-MA]
 
1044 | MOROCCO | Sebaa-Aioun, JAN 8 2232 - AA / Berber vocal and
drumming; at low audio level on huge carrier. [Connelly*O-MA]

1053 | MOROCCO | Tanger, JAN 8 2349 - instrumental music, then
man & woman in AA; LOUD ! [Connelly*O-MA]

1098 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, JAN 8 2347 - SS talk with messy
growl. [Connelly*O-MA]

1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros, JAN 8 2244 -
SS news; loud. [Connelly*O-MA]

1206 | FRANCE | R. Bleue, Bordeaux, JAN 8 2343 - woman in FF;
to good peak. [Connelly*O-MA]

1215 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, JAN 8 2342 - woman with fast
SS talk; fair. [Connelly*O-MA]

1269 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, JAN 8 2340 - bits of SS talk;
in tough CJCB/WTSN slop. [Connelly*O-MA]

1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, JAN 8 2246 - // 882 with SS talk;
poor to fair. [Connelly*O-MA]

1485 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JAN 8 2334 - SS teletalk; to
good peak. [Connelly*O-MA]

1503 | AZORES | AFRTS, Lajes, JAN 8 2215 - US football game
coverage; poor, over RTTY-type jamming(?) signal. [Connelly*O-MA]
 
1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, JAN 8 2222 - man in AA speaking
in a somewhat echoey room; good. [Connelly*O-MA]

1575 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JAN 8 2337 - // 1485 with fast
SS talk and teletalk; good. [Connelly*O-MA]

1584 | CEUTA (t) | RadiOle, JAN 8 2336 - SS music atop SER
station: likely it's found its way back to the correct 1584
channel from its 1583.6 "drift" frequency. [Connelly*O-MA] 

1584 | SPAIN | SER synchros, JAN 8 2336 - SER teletalk; under
presumed Ceuta. [Connelly*O-MA]



*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***

526 | BAHAMAS | ZLS, Stella Maris, JAN 8 2318 - "ZLS" code
beacon; fair in RVC slop. [Connelly*O-MA]
 
530 | TURKS & CAICOS | R. Vision Cristiana, JAN 8 2317 -
SS talk about religion, law, and government; local-like
signal. [Connelly*O-MA]

535 | GRENADA | GBC, St. George's, JAN 8 2315 - country
influenced female pop vocal; rising up to a good level
over the RVC-530 slop. [Connelly*O-MA]

570 | CUBA | R. Reloj, JAN 8 2309 - SS news, clock ticks,
"RR" beeps; huge, burying WMCA. [Connelly*O-MA]

609.27 | unID | JAN 8 2305 - carrier with AC ripple;
hetting 610 domestics. [Connelly*O-MA]

627.5 | unID | JAN 8 2359 - het against WSKN/CFCY/WPRO-630.
[Connelly*O-MA]

670 | VENEZUELA | R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, JAN 8 2359 -
R. Rumbos ID; strong, dominant. [Connelly*O-MA] 
 
690 | ANGUILLA | Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, JAN 8 2301 -
EE preaching from the gospels of St. Paul; strong, well over
a messy melange (FF, SS, PP stations) and an unID tone-tester.
[Connelly*O-MA]
 
720 | VENEZUELA | R. Oriente, YVQE, Porlamar, JAN 8 2256 -
Oriente ID and SS talk about cultural programming; good,
over CHTN.  [Connelly*O-MA]

860 | VENEZUELA | R. Enlace 860, YVYE, Valle de la Pascua,
JAN 8 2358 - Enrique Iglesias doing SS version of "Rhythm
Divine", then numerous "Valle de la Pascua" mentions in
slogans and advertising; good, atop CJBC. [Connelly*O-MA]

895 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | VON, Bath Village, JAN 8 2356 -
mellow soul vocal (sounded like Boyz II Men); good.
[Connelly*O-MA] 
  
1100.8 | unID | JAN 8 2346 - dramatic SS female vocal;
in and out of the slop. [Connelly*O-MA]

1110 | VENEZUELA | R. Carupano, YVQT, Carupano, JAN 8 2345 -
Carupano ID, man in SS with "telco" audio (possibly a feed
from an outdoor event); atop WBT. [Connelly*O-MA]
 
1375.02 | ST. PIERRE ET MIQUELON | RFO, JAN 8 2339 - Latin
American style jazz; good. [Connelly*O-MA]



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