[IRCA] a few logs - Cape Cod, MA (late SEP + early OCT)

[Mark Connelly <markwa1ion@xxxxxxx>]

Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION - Times / dates = UTC / 2013
e-mail = "MarkWA1ION@xxxxxxx"

[Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA
(GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41° 41.59' N / 70° 11.47' W)

Receiver: Microtelecom Perseus

Antenna: west-null cardioid-pattern SuperLoop, 9 m vertical by 15 m 
horizontal, base height 1.5 m,
null side feedline to termination pot, peak side feedline to 2:1 
transformer to receiver
http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/pictures1/dual_feedline_superloop.gif

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*** TRANSATLANTIC DX ***

531 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, F'kirina Wilaya d'Oum El Bouaghi, OCT 13 2259 - 
// 549 with dance music; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
549 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, Les Trembles, SEP 28 0200 - // 531 with Jil FM 
ID, bit of talk, then Arabic female vocal; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
585 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Madrid, OCT 13 0301 - Spanish newstalk // 621; 
poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
594 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, OCT 13 0300 - 5+1 pips, man in 
Arabic, 5-note news-intro fanfare music; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
603 | FRANCE | France Info, Lyon-Tramoyes, SEP 28 0200 - France Info 
music, woman in French; poor to fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, OCT 13 0301 - news by 
man in Spanish // 639, 684; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
639 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, La Coruna et al., OCT 13 0301 - Spanish news // 
621, 684; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
684 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Sevilla, SEP 28 0201 - news in Spanish by man & 
woman; through WRKO slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
693 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. 5, Droitwich et al., SEP 29 0000 - "BBC 
Radio 5 Live" ID; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
711 | FRANCE | France Info, Rennes, SEP 29 0000 - France Info theme, 
news by woman in French; fair with growl from 711.111 Western Sahara. 
[Connelly*Y-MA]
756 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Braunschweig & Ravensburg, SEP 28 0030 
- man in German, male vocal with piano; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
774 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, SEP 29 0001 - news by man in Spanish; 
to fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
783 | MAURITANIA | R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, SEP 27 2300 - man with 
news in Arabic; huge. [Connelly*Y-MA]
792 | FRANCE | France Info, Limoges, SEP 29 0000 - France Info music; 
poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
837 | FRANCE | France Info, Nancy, SEP 28 0200 - France Info music, 
woman in French; over COPE. [Connelly*Y-MA]
855 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, SEP 28 0200 - Radio Nacional de Espana 
ID, news by man & woman in Spanish; to good peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
864 | EGYPT | ERTU, Santah, SEP 28 0200 - Koranic vocal; dominant. 
[Connelly*Y-MA]
873 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 28 0158 - Coldplay "Speed of Sound" // 
1116; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
882 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.Wales, Washford, SEP 28 0159 - woman said 
"from our international correspondents"; over two others. 
[Connelly*Y-MA]
891 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Algiers, SEP 29 0001 - woman in Arabic; light 
audio on good carrier. [Connelly*Y-MA]
909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.5 synchros, SEP 28 0200 - talk about 
President Obama, Iran's nuclear program; good. + OCT 13 2301 - news 
mentioning International Monetary Fund; to fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
936 | IRAN | Urumiyeh, SEP 28 0030 - // 1116 with man in Farsi, string 
and electronic keyboard music; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
945 | FRANCE | France Info, Toulouse, SEP 29 0000 - soft instrumental 
music, France Info music, woman in French; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
954 | SPAIN | Onda Cero, Madrid, SEP 28 0200 - Michael Jackson "Billie 
Jean", 5+1 pips, man in Spanish with news mentioning Estados Unidos; 
fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
999 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 28 0200 - man in Spanish; poor in WINS 
IBOC. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, SEP 27 2300 - talk 
mentioning the first high-level communications between the US and 
Iranian governments since 1979; good. + SEP 29 2259 - talk ".. from the 
biggest names in sports broadcasting every day.  Colin Murray, weekday 
mornings on TalkSport"; to good peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1098 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 28 0200 - // 1107 with 
country-style vocal, pips, Radio Nacional de Espana ID; to fair peak. 
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1107 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 28 0200 - // 1098 with 
country-style vocal, pips, Radio Nacional de Espana ID; good. 
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1116 | IRAN | IRIB1, Bandar Lengeh, SEP 28 0030 - // 936 with "spacey" 
instrumental music; to fair peak over presumed Spain. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1116 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 28 0158 - Coldplay "Speed of Sound" // 
873; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1206 | FRANCE | France Info, Bordeaux, SEP 29 2300 - // 1377 with 
French talk by woman; fair through slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1215 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 29 2300 - man in Spanish; over 
others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Absolute R. synchros, SEP 28 0201 - Oasis 
"Wonderwall"; mixed with Spain. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1305 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 28 0159 - // 1107 with Spanish 
country style vocal; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1377 | FRANCE | France Info, Lille, SEP 29 0000 - // 945 with soft 
instrumental music; to good peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1422 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Heusweiler, OCT 13 0300 - sounder, 
Deutschlandfunk ID, pips; to fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1440 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Damman, SEP 29 2300 - 5+1 pips // 1521; in 
jumble with WRED, others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, SEP 29 2300 - 5+1 pips, man in 
Arabic; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1557 | FRANCE | France Info, Fontbonne, SEP 28 0200 - France Info theme 
music, woman in French; fair through slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1575 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | R. Farda, Al Dhabiya, SEP 29 2301 - 
Mideast dance-club music with strings, percussion, male vocal; fair. 
[Connelly*Y-MA]

*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***

750 | VENEZUELA | YVKS, RCR, Caracas, SEP 29 2300 - ID "en RCR, 750 
AM"; fair / dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]
840 | CUBA | CMHW, "W", Santa Clara, OCT 13 0300 - "desde Santa Clara, 
Cuba"; mixed with WHAS, others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
940 | PUERTO RICO | WIPR, San Juan, OCT 13 2301 - ID "esta es Maxima, 
Nueve Cuarenta AM"; poor to fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]

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