Logs 6 ? 7 SEP 2005 Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 2005
[Connelly*R-MA] = Rockport, MA, USA (GC= 42.667 N / 70.622 W) (Granite Pier) Receiver: Drake R8A Antennas: cardioid array on roof of car = Vertical: 3 m whip (MFJ-1954) to 81:1 transformer to DX Engineering RPA-1 amp; Loop: broadband, in vertical plane, square, 2 m per side, to 1:1 transformer to DX Engineering RPA-1 amp, peak east-west, null north-south Accessories: DXP-6 phasing unit e-mail = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ====================================================== *** COMMENTS *** Conditions were somewhat auroral at the time. *** TRANSATLANTIC DX *** 162 | FRANCE | France-Inter, Allouis, SEP 6 2257 ? French music; fair. [Connelly*R-MA] 183 | GERMANY | Europe No. 1, Felsberg, SEP 6 2256 ? man & woman with telephone interview in French; good, best longwave TA at the time. [Connelly*R-MA] 711.05 | WESTERN SAHARA | RTM, Laayoune, SEP 6 2303 ? Arabic male chorus; light audio on good carrier. [Connelly*R-MA] 783 | MAURITANIA | R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, SEP 6 2312 - // 4845 with man in Arabic; good, way over unID music station (likely Portugal). + SEP 7 0021 - man in Arabic; excellent. [Connelly*R-MA] 837 | AZORES | Centro Regional da RDP, Pico da Barrosa, SEP 7 0013 - Portuguese talk; mixed with Spain-Canaries. [Connelly*R-MA] 837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 7 0013 - Spanish talk; over/under Azores. [Connelly*R-MA] 890.95 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Algiers, SEP 7 0055 - group vocal; low modulation on huge carrier. [Connelly*R-MA] 981 | ALGERIA | RTVA Chaine 2, Algiers, SEP 6 2317 ? end of vocal, then woman in Arabic; fair. [Connelly*R-MA] 999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, SEP 6 2318 ? man in Spanish; good, over others. [Connelly*R-MA] 1008 | CANARY ISLANDS | Punto Radio, Las Palmas, SEP 6 2319 ? two men in Spanish; slightly over SER stations. [Connelly*R-MA] 1044 | MOROCCO | Sebaa-Aioun, SEP 6 2322 ? repetitive Berber tribal music with shouts / chant and tin-pot banging; LOUD! [Connelly*R-MA] 1098 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 7 0004 - Spanish news; to good peak. [Connelly*R-MA] 1152 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 6 2333 ? woman in Spanish; stronger than adjacent 1150 domestics WTTT/CHGM/WMRD. [Connelly*R-MA] 1206 | FRANCE | France Info, Bordeaux, SEP 7 0106 - romantic French vocal; good. [Connelly*R-MA] 1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, SEP 7 0107 - fast Spanish talk by man; fair. [Connelly*R-MA] 1422 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Heusweiler, SEP 6 2352 ? classical music; fadey. Second station, presumably Algeria, mixing at times. [Connelly*R-MA] 1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, SEP 6 2243 - // 9555 & 9870 with pop Arabic music, female talk; to fair peak. [Connelly*R-MA] 1548 | KUWAIT | R. Sawa, Kabd - Kuwait City, SEP 6 2348 ? Arabic talk by woman; fair, over possible UK. [Connelly*R-MA] 1584 | CEUTA | RadiOle, SEP 6 2246 ? fair with tropical Spanish music. + SEP 7 0110 - Spanish dance music; excellent. [Connelly*R-MA] *** PAN-AMERICAN DX *** 530 | TURKS & CAICOS | R. Vision Cristiana Internacional, South Caicos, SEP 7 0043 - Spanish religious music; local-like. [Connelly*R-MA] 555 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | R. ZIZ, Basseterre, SEP 7 0042 - soca and reggae; good, through WGAN slop. [Connelly*R-MA] 640 | GUADELOUPE | R. Guadeloupe, Pointe-a-Pitre, SEP 7 0044 - French teletalk; good, over Spanish-language stations. [Connelly*R-MA] 650 | COLOMBIA | RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogota, SEP 7 0040 - lots of talk about Uruguay had me thinking Montevideo, but then there was an RCN ID. [Connelly*R-MA] 670 | VENEZUELA | R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, SEP 7 0034 - uptempo music, then talk "estudios de Radio Rumbos en Caracas"; good. [Connelly*R-MA] 720 | VENEZUELA | R. Oriente, YVQE, Porlamar, SEP 7 0045 - Oriente ID; LOUD, crushing CHTN. [Connelly*R-MA] 740 | BRAZIL | R. Sociedade da Bahia, ZYH446, Salvador, SEP 7 0051 - R. Sociedade da Bahia ID, Portuguese talk, sound effects including music from "Close Encounters"; dominant for a while until CHCM took over. [Connelly*R-MA] 750 | VENEZUELA | RCR, YVKS, Caracas, SEP 7 0029 - Spanish talk with tourist adverts for resort on Isla Margarita; LOUD. [Connelly*R-MA] 760 | COLOMBIA | RCN, HJAJ, Barranquilla, SEP 7 0027 - "La Radio de Colombia" jingle; in mix with 2 or 3 others. [Connelly*R-MA] 780 | VENEZUELA | R. Coro, YVMN, Coro, SEP 7 0020 - excited Spanish talk, Coro mention; over apparent ZBVI (soul music). [Connelly*R-MA] 789.9 | BARBADOS | V. of Barbados, Bridgetown, SEP 7 0018 - Caribbean soca music, low-pitched growl; way under WSKO. [Connelly*R-MA] 800 | NETHERLANDS ANTILLES | Trans-World Radio, PJB, Bonaire, SEP 7 0016 - Portuguese preaching; way over WNNW. [Connelly*R-MA] 820 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | Trinity Broadcast Network / R. Paradise, Charlestown, SEP 7 0014 - southern US accented preacher; over Cuban Reloj and low growl, no sign of domestics. [Connelly*R-MA] 840 | BRAZIL | R.Bandeirantes, ZYK687, Sao Paulo, SEP 6 2314 ? Bandeirantes ID, Portuguese talk by man with Sao Paulo mentions; fair, dominating the channel. [Connelly*R-MA] 880 | VENEZUELA | SEP 7 0012 - one of the YV's here with Spanish talk, Venezuela mentions; with other Latin Americans & WCBS. [Connelly*R-MA] 895 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | V. of Nevis, Bath Village, SEP 7 0011 - local political talkshow with discussion about child abuse; very good signal. [Connelly*R-MA] 1000 | COLOMBIA | RCN, HJAQ, Cartagena, SEP 7 0010 - RCN ID; over Brazil & Venezuela. [Connelly*R-MA] 1010 | BRAZIL | R. CBN, ZYH625, Fortaleza, SEP 6 2319 ? probably this with Portuguese talk; in dogpile with a Spanish-language station (Venezuela?) and WINS. Strongly hetted by Canaries-1008. [Connelly*R-MA] 1020 | VENEZUELA | Mundial Margarita, YVRS, La Asuncion, SEP 6 2320 ? rustic music, Mundial and Margarita mentions; dominant. [Connelly*R-MA] 1039.6 | VENEZUELA | La Voz de Carabobo, YVLB, Valencia, SEP 7 0005 - La Voz de Carabobo ID; hetting 1040 Latin Americans & CJMS. [Connelly*R-MA] 1040 | PUERTO RICO | WZNA, Moca, SEP 6 2322 ? leading the pack with Spanish talk containing Puerto Rico news items and adverts; over YVLB-1039.6 het and co-channel Brazil, Dominican Republic, and others. [Connelly*R-MA] 1050 | VENEZUELA (t) | SEP 6 2330 - Spanish talk with mentions of both Venezuela and Fidel Castro. Atop WEPN. Propagation is better to Venezuela than to Cuba during this immediate post-sunset period. [Connelly*R-MA] 1100 | BRAZIL | R. Globo, ZYK694, Sao Paulo, SEP 7 0003 - Portuguese talk, Sao Paulo mentions; over low growl (Colombia). [Connelly*R-MA] 1100 | unID | SEP 7 0002 | US-accented religious talk; mixed with Latin Americans; WTAM phased. Something in the Caribbean perhaps? [Connelly*R-MA] 1110 | VENEZUELA | R. Carupano, YVQT, Carupano, SEP 7 0057 - talk "Transmite Radio Carupano"; over others. [Connelly*R-MA] 1140 | VENEZUELA | La Voz del Caribe, Porlamar, SEP 6 2332 ? booming right in with clear "Radio Porlamar, la Voz del Caribe" ID. [Connelly*R-MA] 1180 | VENEZUELA | unID city, SEP 6 2335 ? Venezuela local news items; over growl & Canaries-1179 het. 3 possible YV?s listed. [Connelly*R-MA] 1200 | VENEZUELA | R. Tiempo, YVOZ, Caracas, SEP 6 2356 ? folk style vocal, then R. Tiempo ID; over WKOX and apparent Brazilian. [Connelly*R-MA] 1529.54 | URUGUAY (t) | R. Independencia, CX50, Montevideo, SEP 7 0109 - bits of audio, het against WVBF/WCKY. [Connelly*R-MA] 1549.76 | unID | SEP 6 2347 ? het against WDZK-1550 CT. [Connelly*R-MA] ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is out. 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