Just a few logs from home this time. I might be able to do a seashore DX outing next week.
Mark === Logs 11 - 26 SEP 2005 Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 2005 [Connelly*B-MA] = Billerica, MA, USA (GC= 42.533 N / 71.221 W) (home) Receivers: Drake R8A, Drake SW8 Antenna: dual-feedline Flag: 5 m x 10.6 m, to DX Engineering RPA-1 amplifier e-mail = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ====================================================== *** TRANSATLANTIC DX *** 603 | FRANCE | France Info, Lyon-Tramoyes, SEP 24 0042 - // 1206 with operatic female vocal; fair. [Connelly*B-MA] 765 | SWITZERLAND | RSR Option Musique, Sottens, SEP 24 0014 - fair with "The Boxer" by Simon & Garfunkel from '69. [Connelly*B-MA] 792 | FRANCE | France Info, Limoges, SEP 24 0039 - // 837 & 1206 with circus-type music; fair. [Connelly*B-MA] 837 | FRANCE | France Info, Nancy, SEP 24 0038 - // 1206 with circus-type marching-band music; fair. [Connelly*B-MA] 909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.5 Live synchros, SEP 24 0035 - segment of reggae music, then British male announcer; good. [Connelly*B-MA] 1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 24 0404 - rapid-fire Spanish news by two men; loud! [Connelly*B-MA] 1206 | FRANCE | France Info, Bordeaux, SEP 24 0029 - // 1377 with light classical music; excellent. [Connelly*B-MA] 1377 | FRANCE | France Info, Lille, SEP 24 0024 - old-style French female showtune vocal; good. [Connelly*B-MA] 1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, SEP 24 0343 - Arabic news discussion mentioning 'Arabiya'; fair over WWKB slop. [Connelly*B-MA] 1530 | SAO TOME E PRINCIPE | VOA Relay, Pinheira, SEP 26 0355 - news items about South Africa, Nigeria, then announcer said "VOA News Now"; good, rolling over WCKY. Besides good VOA-1530, bits of (non-Spain) audio on 1098 & 1197 suggested a general lower-Africa opening. [Connelly*B-MA] 1548 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. Bristol, Bristol-Mangotsfield, SEP 24 0349 - BBC reporting; fair over others. [Connelly*B-MA] 1557 | FRANCE | France Info, Fontbonne, SEP 24 0346 - French talk about Louisiana; to good peak. [Connelly*B-MA] 1575 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | R. Farda, SEP 11 2339 - talk by woman, a bit of music, then man with Radio Farda ID; to good peak. [Connelly*B-MA] ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is out. Order yours from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt