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Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION
Times / dates = UTC / 2017
e-mail = "markwa1...@aol.com"
[Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA
(GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41° 41.59' N / 70° 11.47' W) (grid FN41vq)
Receiver: Microtelecom Perseus
See http://microtelecom.it/perseus/
Antenna: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 10m vert. by 11m horiz. (peak 165 deg.,
null 345 deg.)
See http://www.bamlog.com/superloop.htm for similar antenna type.
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*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
600 | PUERTO RICO | WYEL, Mayaguez, JUL 4 0100 - WKAQ network ID's; over Cuba.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
650 | COLOMBIA | HJKH, RCN Antena Dos, Bogota, JUL 4 0100 - Fast Colombia
sports talk mentioning Cartagena team; dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]
650 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, JUL 5 0200 - 9-note Rebelde sounder; mixed with more
common Progreso. [Connelly*Y-MA]
690 | COLOMBIA | HJCZ, W Radio, Bogota, JUL 4 0100 - // 700 HJCX with W Radio
ID, 16 pips; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
700 | COLOMBIA | HJCX, W Radio, Cali, JUL 4 0100 - // 690 HJCZ with W Radio ID,
16 pips; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
720 | NICARAGUA | R. Catolica, Managua, JUL 16 0300 - Catolica mention, folk
religious vocal; mixed with WGN. [Connelly*Y-MA]
730 | CUBA | R. Progreso, La Fe, JUL 16 0300 - Overmodulated female vocal //
640; over CKAC. [Connelly*Y-MA]
730 | COLOMBIA | HJCU, Cadena Melodia, Bogota, JUL 18 0059 - Melodia Estereo
ID; over others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
750 | VENEZUELA | YVKS, RCR, Caracas, JUL 6 0100 - ID "RCR siete cincuenta AM";
good / alone on channel. [Connelly*Y-MA]
760 | COLOMBIA | HJAJ, RCN, Barranquilla, JUL 4 0100 - RCN news intro. + JUL 5
0100 - RCN ID; loud. + JUL 19 0100 - Banco Popular advert, pips. [Connelly*Y-MA]
780 | VENEZUELA | YVMN, R. Coro, Coro, JUL 17 0900 - "Radio Coro presenta ..";
fair over WBBM. [Connelly*Y-MA]
780 | BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS | ZBVI, Road Town, Tortola, JUL 18 0100 - ZBVI ID,
bit of a country gospel song (Jim Reeves?), then a cover version of "Human
Nature" (Michael Jackson song); to fair peak through T-storm static.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
800 | BONAIRE | PJB, TransWorld Radio, Kralendijk, JUL 4 0100 - Transmundial
and Bonaire mentions in Spanish talk; over jumble. + JUL 19 0100 - Usual hymn,
male preacher in Spanish; atop pile-up. [Connelly*Y-MA]
810 | COLOMBIA | HJCY, Caracol R., Bogota, JUL 4 0100 - ID "en CARACOL Radio"
at 0100:40; mixed with WGY. + JUL 5 0100 - "CARACOL Radio" ID; over WGY.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
840 | HAITI | R. 4VEH (4VEF), Cap-Haitien, JUL 4 0100 - 4-note "Dashing Through
the Snow" electronic interval signal at 0100:35; under Cuba. [Connelly*Y-MA]
860 | BRAZIL | ZYJ459, R. CBN, Rio de Janeiro, JUL 5 0200 - "CBN" network ID,
man in Portuguese; through jumble. + JUL 18 0100 - Man in Portuguese with fast
sports commentary including "gol!" shouts. [Connelly*Y-MA]
860 | CUBA | R. Reloj, Jovellanos, JUL 19 0059 - RR beeps in mess.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
900 | CUBA | R. Progreso, JUL 19 0101 - "Big Girls Don't Cry" by the Four
Seasons, deep voice announcer // 640; good, alone on channel. [Connelly*Y-MA]
940 | PUERTO RICO | WIPR, San Juan, JUL 18 0101 - "WIPR nueve cuarenta" ID;
briefly over pile. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1000 | CUBA | R. Granma, Media Luna, JUL 19 0100 - Woman with Radio Granma ID,
9-note 'tinkly' chimes; through IBOC hash. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1100 | COLOMBIA | HJCN, BBN, Bogota, JUL 5 0100 - BBN mention and "desde
Bogota, Colombia"; over the stew. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1170 | COLOMBIA | HJNW, Caracol R., Cartagena, JUL 5 0201 - "En CARACOL Radio";
over WWVA. + JUL 19 0100 - CARACOL Radio ID; dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1220 | BRAZIL | ZYJ258, R. Globo, Rio de Janeiro, JUL 5 0200 - Globo mention,
man in Portuguese, sweep tones; in jumble with WQUN, WHKW, WWSF. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1540.502 | PERU | OCU2X, R. Turbomix, Cajamarca, JUL 3 0900 - Carrier, bits of
audio. Interference from Indian music on 1540.0, presumably CHIN.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1610 | ANGUILLA | Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, JUL 6 0100 - Gene Scott
preaching about what to do when everything is going wrong; over two others.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1620 | US VIRGIN ISLANDS | WDHP, Fredriksted, JUL 6 0100 - Woman mentioned "on
the BBC World Service", 5+1 pips; over Cubans. [Connelly*Y-MA]
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