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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 1: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 10m vert. by 11m horiz. (peak 165 deg.,
null 345 deg.)
Antenna 2: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 9m vert. by 20m horiz. (peak 90 deg.,
null 270 deg.)
See http://www.bamlog.com/superloop.htm for similar antenna type.
NOTE:
{A} in entry indicates that audio can be accessed from link on the following
page:
http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/audio_2017.htm
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*** TRANSATLANTIC DX ***
531 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, F'kirina Wilaya d'Oum El Bouaghi, SEP 2 2330 - // 549
with Arabic pop-rock with gimmicky autotune-effect male vocal; fair.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
549 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, Les Trembles, SEP 1 2300 - Woman with Jil FM ID, group
vocal; good on LSB. + SEP 2 0000 - Bluesy vocal, Jil FM ID; good.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
612 | MOROCCO | SNRT Al-Idaa al-Watania, Sebaa-Aioun, SEP 2 2330 - Arabic talk
by man at only about 10% modulation on monster carrier. [Connelly*Y-MA]
621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, SEP 1 2300 - Lush orchestral
music, pips, Radio Nacional de Espana ID; to fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
684 | SPAIN | RNE1, Sevilla, AUG 27 0300 - Jazz, 5+1 pips, news intro including
fanfare music, "Radio Nacional de Espana, servicios informativos" and "Buenas
noches", Catalunya mention; fair through WRKO slop. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
693 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. 5, Droitwich et al., SEP 2 2330 - Man in English;
poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
738 | SPAIN | RNE1, Barcelona, AUG 27 0000 - // 855 with 5+1 pips, a couple of
Spanish words, fanfare music, Radio Nacional de Espana ID; to fair peak.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
783 | MAURITANIA | R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, AUG 26 0000 - Female Arabic vocal
with drumming, a few words by a woman, then male vocal with guitar; good peak.
{A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, AUG 26 0400 - Spanish news; in
840 Cuba slop. + SEP 1 2330 - Fast Spanish talk by man, teletalk; good.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
855 | SPAIN | RNE1, Murcia et al., AUG 26 2330 - Good with talk. + SEP 5 0000 -
5+1 pips, news intro including fanfare music, "Radio Nacional de Espana,
servicios informativos"; good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
954 | SPAIN | Onda Cero, Madrid, SEP 5 0000 - 5+1 pips, two men in Spanish;
through slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
981 | ALGERIA | RTVA Chaine 2, Algiers, SEP 1 2330 - Arabic male vocal and
percussion; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, AUG 27 0000 - Start of news, man said "buenas
noches"; through WINS IBOC. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1017 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, SEP 1 2330 - Man in Spanish; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1044 | SPAIN | SER, San Sebastian // Valladolid, AUG 26 0400 - End of pop song,
Cadena SER mentions, 5+1 pips, news including mention of Texas; to good peak
over WEPN slop. {A} + SEP 1 2330 Music, 5+1 pips, Cadena SER ID; good. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1053.03 | LIBYA (t) | Libyan Jamahiriya, Tripoli, SEP 1 2330 - Presumed source
of monster carrier with little or no audio. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1062 | ITALY | RAI Radiouno synchros, AUG 26 0400 - Fanfare music, "RAI"
mention in Italian talk; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, AUG 26 0400 - Man said that it's 5
o'clock, woman read news items including items about Paris, Trump; fair through
slop. + SEP 4 2359 - Adverts, severe synchro echo. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1098 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, AUG 26 0400 - News // 1107; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1107 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, AUG 26 0400 - RNE news by man, Catalunya mention;
to good peak. + AUG 27 0000 - RNE news intro // 738; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1125 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, SEP 5 0000 - Woman with RNE news // 855; poor.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1152 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, AUG 26 0400 - RNE news intro // 1107; in slop.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Absolute R. synchros, AUG 26 0402 - Slow rock vocal;
fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1422 | ALGERIA | R.Algerienne, Algiers, SEP 1 2329 - Arabic male vocal; through
WASR slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1503 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, SEP 1 2330 - Two men in Spanish // 855; to fair
peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
540 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | HICM, R. ABC, Santo Domingo, AUG 9 0101 - Radio ABC
ID; over others. + AUG 28 0000 - Radio ABC ID; fair, dominant. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
550 | VENEZUELA | YVKE, Mundial, Caracas, AUG 26 0400 - Piano, then talk by man
"Mundial .. musical venezolano"; dominant. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
570 | COLOMBIA | HJND, Señal Radio Colombia, Bogota (El Rosal), AUG 26 0400 -
Woman with Radio Nacional de Colombia ID; over WMCA. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
580 | PUERTO RICO | WKAQ, San Juan, AUG 18 0001 - WKAQ Cinco Ochenta AM ID,
affiliates list; over WTAG. [Connelly*Y-MA]
590 | CUBA | CMHI, R. Rebelde, Santa Clara, AUG 18 0200 - Talk // 600; under
WEZE. [Connelly*Y-MA]
610 | BRAZIL | ZYL268, R. Itatiaia, Belo Horizonte, AUG 25 0000 - Portuguese
talk with Brazil mentions; over WIOD. {A} + AUG 27 0000 Jingle, Itatiaia ID.
{A} + AUG 31 0001 - Man in Portuguese, Londrina mention, sweep tones and
sped-up talk; good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
610 | COLOMBIA | HJKL, La Cariñosa, Bogota, AUG 9 0101 - Spanish talk over
WIOD. Per Fredrik Douren (RealDX) "RCN Radio, so should de La Cariñosa,
Bogotá". {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
630 | PUERTO RICO | WUNO, NotiUno, San Juan, AUG 18 0001 - NotiUno ID under
WPRO. [Connelly*Y-MA]
640 | VENEZUELA | YVQO, Union R., Puerto La Cruz, AUG 24 0001 - Union Radio ID;
through static crashes. [Connelly*Y-MA]
650 | COLOMBIA | HJKH, RCN Antena Dos, Bogota, AUG 18 0000 - "En Antena Dos ...
noticias deportivas"; over presumed R. Progreso. [Connelly*Y-MA]
670 | CUBA | R. Reloj, AUG 29 0000 - Reloj ticks and beeps; mixed with usual R.
Rebelde. [Connelly*Y-MA]
680 | PUERTO RICO | WAPA, San Juan, AUG 9 0030 - Puerto Rico newstalk; under
WRKO. [Connelly*Y-MA]
690 | BRAZIL | ZYH587, R. Shalom, Fortaleza, AUG 26 0002 - Man in Portuguese;
slightly over mess. [Connelly*Y-MA]
700 | BRAZIL | ZYK686, Nossa R., Sao Paulo, AUG 24 2359 - Portuguese male
preacher; fair over others. + AUG 28 2359 - Nossa Radio jingle, mention of a
church (igreja) organization. {A} + SEP 4 0000 - Man in Portuguese; mixed with
WLW. [Connelly*Y-MA]
720 | COLOMBIA | HJAN, Emisoras Unidas, Barranquilla, AUG 9 0059 - Colombian
anthem; to good peak. + SEP 5 0001 - Emisoras Unidas ID, fast music; over slop
from huge 710 Cuba. [Connelly*Y-MA]
730 | COLOMBIA | HJCU, Cadena Melodia, Bogota, AUG 9 0100 - "En la Cadena
Melodia Colombia", xylophone attention signal; over jumble. + AUG 11 0001 - "En
Melodia Estereo" ID; dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]
740 | CUBA | R. Angulo, Sagua de Tánamo, AUG 11 0000 - Angulo ID, chimes; mixed
with WNYH. + AUG 28 0100 - Spacey music, man with ID "Radio Angulo,
transmitiendo desde Holguin, Cuba", 6-note chimes interval signal; good. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
740 | PUERTO RICO (t) | WIAC, San Juan, AUG 26 0001 - Man in Spanish, Puerto
Rico mentions in health-related announcement. Thanks to Chuck Hutton (RealDX)
for listening. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
750 | VENEZUELA | YVKS, RCR, Caracas, AUG 10 0300 - "RCR presenta .."; good. +
AUG 28 0100 - "RCR, siete cincuenta AM" ID; loud. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
760 | BRAZIL | ZYH588, R. Uirapuru, Fortaleza, AUG 11 0001 - Portuguese talk by
man, over Colombia, others. + AUG 26 0000 - Talk, short religious-sounding song
(male vocal, piano), more Portuguese talk; good peak. {A} + AUG 26 2359 -
Portuguese talk by man; dominant. {A} + AUG 30 0000 - WCHP sign-off then man in
Portuguese into song segment. {A} + SEP 5 0000 - ID Radio Uirapuru, AM 760 kHz,
Fortaleza, Ceara; good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
760 | COLOMBIA | HJAJ, RCN, Barranquilla, AUG 25 0001 - Ascending notes, RCN
ID. + AUG 26 0400 - Banco Popular advert, pips; over jumble. [Connelly*Y-MA]
770 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, Victoria de las Tunas, AUG 10 2359 - 9-note sounder //
670; under WABC. [Connelly*Y-MA]
780 | BRAZIL | ZYK279, Radio Caiçara, Porto Alegre, AUG 31 0002 - Jingles and
Radio Caiçara ID's; briefly dominant. New logging. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
780 | BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS | ZBVI, Road Town, Tortola, AUG 25 2359 -
Carib-accented man; to fair peak. + AUG 25 0100 - News by woman, ZBVI ID,
US-accented man with weather, BVI Yellow Pages advert; good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
780 | VENEZUELA | YVMN, R. Coro, Coro, AUG 26 0400 - Venezuelan anthem; over
low growl. + AUG 31 0000 - Atop with Radio Coro ID before later taking a fade
under Brazil. [Connelly*Y-MA]
790 | VENEZUELA | YVXM, R. Minuto, Barquisimeto, AUG 26 0400 - Venezuelan
anthem; under WPRV. [Connelly*Y-MA]
800 | BONAIRE | PJB, TransWorld Radio, Kralendijk, AUG 9 0100 - Woman with
Radio Transmundial ID; over mess. + AUG 29 0000 - Man in English with TWR
mention in offer of Bonaire postcards. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
810 | BRAZIL | ZYH589, R. Verdes Mares, Fortaleza, SEP 5 0001 - Portuguese talk
by man; in jumble with WGY, HJCY. [Connelly*Y-MA]
810 | COLOMBIA | HJCY, Caracol Radio, Bogota, AUG 24 0000 - Caracol Radio ID;
dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]
820 | CUBA | CMDE, R.Reloj, Contramaestre, AUG 26 0400 - Reloj news & time;
over WNYC and an anthem-playing other Cuban. [Connelly*Y-MA]
840 | CUBA | CMHW, "W", Santa Clara, AUG 28 0000 - "Dobleve .. desde Santa
Clara" ID. [Connelly*Y-MA]
840 | HAITI | Radio-Télé 4VEH, Cap Haitien-Petite Anse, AUG 26 0001 - "Dashing
Through the Snow" electronic interval signal, ID by man in French. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
860 | BRAZIL | ZYJ459, Radio CBN, Rio de Janeiro, AUG 31 0000 - WWDB signed off
then Brazil atop with fast reverberated talk by man; over Reloj Cuban that had
RR beeps. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
900.55 | unID | ?, AUG 26 0401 - Het on high side of 900 R. Progreso.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
940 | BRAZIL | ZYJ453, Rio de Janeiro, AUG 25 2359 - Man in Portuguese, hymn;
in jumble. [Connelly*Y-MA]
940 | PUERTO RICO | WIPR, San Juan, AUG 24 0000 - WIPR mention in Spanish talk
by woman; loud. {A} + AUG 26 0001 - Woman with full ID "Esta es WIPR, nueve
cuarenta AM, San Juan, Puerto Rico"; dominant. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1000 | COLOMBIA | HJAQ, RCN, Cartagena, AUG 9 0100 - Two men in Spanish // 760;
over others. + AUG 27 0000 - Man & woman in Spanish, RCN nuestra radio ID; fair
on USB to dodge Spain 999 and IBOC slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1020 | CUBA | R. Reloj, Victoria de las Tunas, AUG 26 0000 - Reloj program;
dominant over other Spanish speaker. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1020 | CUBA (t) | ?, AUG 27 0000 - Spanish talk mentioning noche de sabado,
part of "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1040 | BRAZIL | ZYK537, R. Capital, Sao Paulo, AUG 27 0001 - Reverberated
Portuguese talk by man; under station with Colombian-style rustic music.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1040 | COLOMBIA | HJAI, Radio Tropical, Barranquilla, SEP 2 2359 - Radio
Tropical ID; in jumble. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1100 | BRAZIL | ZYK694, R. Globo, Sao Paulo, AUG 9 0030 - Man in fast
Portuguese; dominant after WHLI went off. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1110 | CUBA | R. Angulo, Holguin, AUG 25 0000 - Angulo fanfare and chimes //
740; dominant over jumble with unID Latin American (WBT in deep fade).
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1130.373 | unID | ?, SEP 5 0000 - High side het against WBBR. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1170 | COLOMBIA | HJNW, Caracol Radio, Cartagena, SEP 2 0000 - Caracol Radio
ID's; good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1220 | BRAZIL | ZYJ258, R. Globo, Rio de Janeiro, AUG 27 0300 - Man in
Portuguese, sweep tones; mixed with WHKW. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1610 | ANGUILLA | Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, SEP 1 0000 - Gene Scott
preaching; over Indian music station. [Connelly*Y-MA]
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