[IRCA] FEB 27 TA Feeding Frenzy

["Jim Renfrew" <jrenfrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim Renfrew, Holley NY

Hi everyone, sorry for the multiple posts last night.  All my roadrunner 
posts were proliferating as endless duplicate messages, and I still can't 
stop it.  Roadrunner says, "not us", and Microsoft (Outlook) says "we no 
longer service XP owners (but we'll solve it for you for $99)", so I'm using 
Yahoo for the moment.  I get e-mail fine, just can't send it out on 
Roadrunner.
This was an incredible night, and lot of might-have-beens because my Perseus 
won't function with my new Windows 7 laptop.  So these loggings were done 
the old fashioned way, by spinning the dial.
FEB 27

0510z    On getting Barry's tip (thanks!), and with my Kaz coax retrieved 
from the snow piles earlier in the day a quick run through the top of the 
band gave 1557 France (relog), 1575 I initially called this "Italy", but now 
I'm not so sure with such a pipeline into Spain.  There were two stations on 
1575 but when I went back there was barely anything.  I've previously logged 
Spain and Italy on 1575.  1584 also had a signal - possibly much wanted 
Radio Ole, but on my return there wasn't much there.
0513z    1521    SPAIN    SER    Castello    "Cadena SER" ID, // to web 
audio vis Delicast.  I went right past this the first time figuring it was 
the usual Saudi, and even reported it as such last night.  But when I passed 
it by again it was Spanish, and simply smashing through WWKB 1520 in nearby 
Buffalo.  I don't expect to see this one any time soon.  NEW.
0515z    1602    SPAIN    Radio Vitoria, Vitoria    SER, I figured, but not 
//, so I found Radio Vitoria on Delicast, and voila, that was it, about ten 
seconds delayed on the web audio.  The TA pipeline seems aimed at Baque 
country and Galicia.  Very good signal.  NEW.
0517z    1476    SPAIN    Euzkadi Irratia    Donosti    Man and woman 
speaking, electronic music at tune-in, // to web audio via Delicast.  I 
listened to this one the most and noted a "Euzkadi Irratia Noticias" after 
4+1 pips at 0600.  While it sounded Spanish in its cadences, it was odd, so 
most likely Basque language or "Basquish" that I was hearing.  NEW.
0025    1539    SPAIN    SER    Manresa and Elx synchros    // to web audio 
via Delicast, slight echo noted, so I heard both of them, I suppose, but I 
seem to recall from Newfoundland that Elx has been noted with separate 
programming - though this recollection may be be way out of date.   NEW.
0034z    1485    SPAIN    SER    synchros    // web audio via Delicast. 
Very weak.  NEW.
0035z    1413    SPAIN    RNE    synchros    presumed, very weak, previously 
logged..
0036z    1386    SPAIN    Euzkadi Irratia    Bilbao    // 1476, though much 
weaker.  NEW.
0038z    1314    SPAIN    RNE    synchros    // RNE web audio via Delicast. 
NEW.
0039z    1287    SPAIN    SER    synchros    // 1521.  NEW.

0039z    1206    FRANCE    noted in passing, relog.

0040z    1152    SPAIN    RNE    synchros    Spanish noted in passing, 
relog.
0041z    1143    SPAIN    COPE    synchros    Spanish // web audio via 
Delicast and 1134.  NEW.
0041z    1134    SPAIN    COPE    synchros    Spanish // web audio via 
Delicast and 1143, relog.
0044z    1107    SPAIN    RNE    synchros    Spanish, fairly strong, none of 
the off-channel het heard in recent years, relog.
0045z    1089    UK    TalkSPort    synchros    weak

0045z    999    SPAIN    COPE    Madrid    Spanish, COPE presumed, relog so 
I moved on.
0045z    990    UNID    SPAIN?    My local 990 was missing or beaten down by 
Montreal and possibly Spain.
Not much else to dig into after this.  But nine new TAs in one night is a 
unique experience here.  Though every one of these is a pest in 
Newfoundland!
Notable in their absence:  909, 855 from Spain, and 945 and 1377 from 
France.  I guess the best stuff was at the upper range.  I still can't get 
over the powerful signal on 1521.  Not only do I have WWKB 1520, but WASB 
1590 (I can see their tower light from my house) puts out a nasty spur 
around 1521.


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