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Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION
Times / dates = UTC / 2018
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)
NOTE:
{A} in entry indicates that audio can be accessed from link on the following
page:
http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/audio_2018.htm
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2
See http://shop.elad-usa.com/sdr-radio/fdm-s2/
Antenna: Cardioid pattern SuperLoop: 9m vertical by 20m horizontal (peak 84
deg., null 264 deg.)
See http://www.bamlog.com/superloop.htm for similar antenna type.
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*** TRANSATLANTIC DX ***
531 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, F'kirina Wilaya d'Oum El Bouaghi, DEC 9 2200 - Jil FM
ID, slow music; over unID (Spain?) with pips. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
540 | HUNGARY | MR1 Kossuth Radio, Solt, NOV 30 2100 - Pips, attention music,
Kossuth Radio ID; mixed with CBT. {A} + DEC 9 2100 - Folk instrumental, 5 equal
pips, electronic interval signal music, Kossuth Radio ID; over CBT. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
549 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, Les Trembles, DEC 1 0100 - Jil FM spoken and jingle
IDs, music with flute, drums, female vocal; good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
549 | UKRAINE | UR 1 Persha Prog., Mykolaiv/Luch, DEC 5 2100 - 5+1 pips, Slavic
language news by woman then man; fair, not much Algeria competing at the time.
{A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
576 | BULGARIA | BNR Horizont, Vidin / Gramada, NOV 4 2200 - Slavic talk, 5+1
pips, Russian-style grand choral anthem; good / dominant. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
585 | SPAIN | RNE1, Madrid, NOV 27 2200 - RNE news // 684; WEZE slop.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
612 | MOROCCO | SNRT Al-Idaa al-Watania, Sebaa-Aioun, NOV 27 2201 - Emotional
male Arabic vocal; fair. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, DEC 15 2200 - Pips, Radio
Nacional de Espana news intro; good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
639 | CZECH REP. | CRo Dvojka, Praha/Liblice, NOV 4 2200 - Czech talk by man;
over Spain. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
684 | SPAIN | RNE1, Sevilla, NOV 27 2200 - RNE news intro; fair in WRKO slop.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
693 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC Radio 5, Droitwich et al., NOV 4 2200 - "This is BBC
Five Live", 10 o'clock time check, item about murder in south east London;
fair. {A} + DEC 15 2100 - Football mention, BBC Five Live ID, news about girl
killed in house fire; fair, // stronger 909. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
720 | CANARY ISLANDS | RNE5, Finca Espana, DEC 9 2200 - 5+1 pips, RNE news
intro; poor. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
747 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, DEC 9 2100 - 5+1 pips, time
check, fanfare, "Radio Nacional de Espana, servicios informativos"; fair. {A} +
DEC 15 2100 - 5+1 pips, Radio Nacional de Espana news intro; to good peak. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
774 | SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, NOV 27 2200 - Echoey RNE news; poor to fair.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
783 | SYRIA | SRTV 1, Damascus, NOV 27 2200 - Woman in Arabic, soft music;
poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
810 | MACEDONIA | Makedonsko Radio 1, Ovce Pole, DEC 16 2030 - Slavic talk;
poor but dominant. Thanks to Jari Savolainen and Alessandro Groppazzi (RealDX)
for ID help. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
810 | SCOTLAND | BBC R. Scotland, NOV 30 0300 - Carrying BBC Five Live at the
time; slightly over WGY, others. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
837 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, NOV 27 2200 - 5+1 pips, fanfare music, "COPE,
estar informando"; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
855 | SPAIN | RNE1, Murcia et al., DEC 17 2100 - "Imagine" by John Lennon,
pips, Radio Nacional de Espana news intro; good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
864 | EGYPT | Holy Koran Program, Santah, NOV 30 0300 - Man in Arabic with
apparent preaching, 4+1 pips (last higher pitch) about 48 seconds late, talk,
vocal; fair. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
882 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. Wales, Washford et al., DEC 15 2100 - Celtic
female vocal; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
900 | ITALY | RAI Radio 1, Milano/Siziano, DEC 15 2100 - Per Alessandro
Groppazzi of Italy, via RealDX, "Italian for sure even if with so bad audio ..
it sounds like a radioplay." {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC Radio 5 synchros, DEC 9 2100 - Dramatic intro music,
man "The best in news, the best in live sport, this is BBC Five Live"; to good
peak. {A} + DEC 15 2100 - // 693 with BBC Five Live ID, 9 o'clock time check,
news about girl killed in house fire; to good peak. Pips (6 equal length)
under, presumably from Romania. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
936 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, DEC 15 2100 - // 1107 with Khachaturian "Sabre
Dance", 5+1 pips, RNE news; in jumble with two others (Morocco, Iran?).
[Connelly*Y-MA]
954 | SPAIN | Onda Cero, Madrid, NOV 27 2200 - 5+1 pips, two men in Spanish; to
fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
981 | ALGERIA | Chaîne 2, Ouled Fayet, DEC 9 2100 - Modern Arabic vocal, 5+1
pips (last higher pitch), news by man & woman; to good peak. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
990 | SPAIN | SER synchros, DEC 9 2100 - Over CBY with sports shouting // 1080.
990 is first 7 sec. of audio clip, 1080 follows. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, NOV 9 2200 - Pips, "COPE, estar informando"; fair.
{A} + NOV 27 2200 - Attention music, COPE ID; fair to good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1044 | SPAIN | SER, San Sebastian // Valladolid, DEC 15 2100 - Excited Spanish
talk by two men, 5+1 pips; loud. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1080 | SPAIN | SER synchros, DEC 9 2100 - Over WTIC with sports shouting //
990. 990 is first 7 sec. of audio clip, 1080 follows. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, NOV 30 2200 - Advert for
pay-to-view boxing event on TV, ID "on digital radio and 1089 and 1053 AM,
TalkSport"; good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1098 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, NOV 27 2200 - RNE news intro; fair.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1107 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, DEC 9 2100 - End of vocal, 5+1 pips, time check,
fanfare, Radio Nacional de Espana ID; good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1125 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, DEC 16 2030 - Emotional male vocal, 5+1 pips on
half hour; fair. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1152 | ROMANIA | SRR Radio România Actualitati, Cluj-Napoca/Jucu, NOV 7 2200 -
Pop music, ID "Aici Bucuresti, Radio Romania Actualitati, hora exacta", 6 pips,
news; fair to good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1152 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, DEC 15 2100 - // loud 1107 with Khachaturian
"Sabre Dance", 5+1 pips, fanfare, "Radio Nacional de Espana, servicios
informativos"; over Romania. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1170 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Sawt Al-Joumhouria, Al-Dhabbaya, NOV 7 2200 -
Flute and strings, Arabic talk by woman then man; to fair peak, dominant. {A} +
NOV 12 2200 - Bit of guitar music, woman in Arabic with clear "Sawt
Al-Joumhouria" ID; good, over WWVA. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1179 | ROMANIA | SRR Radio România Actualitati, Galbeni // Bacau, NOV 27 2100 -
Man "Aici Bucuresti, Radio Romania Actualitati, hora exacta", 6 pips; fair. {A}
+ DEC 16 2000 - Rock music, ID "Aici Bucuresti, Radio Romania Actualitati, hora
exacta", 6 pips, news; good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1188 | IRAN | IRIB Radio Payam, Tehran, DEC 9 2100 - Interval signal of 3
ascending notes, news by man; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Absolute Radio synchros, NOV 14 0511 - Kate Bush
"Babooshka" (1980); good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1341 | NORTHERN IRELAND | BBC Radio Ulster, Lisnagarvey, DEC 16 2000 - Irish
fiddling, "95 FM and 1341 medium wave, this is BBC Radio Ulster", news about
Strasbourg shootings, Brexit negotiations; good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1386 | LITHUANIA | R. Baltic Waves / R. Liberty, Viesintos, NOV 27 2200 -
Fanfare music, Radio Svoboda ID; WEGP slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1413 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, DEC 9 2100 - 5+1 pips, RNE news; best to get this
early before too much CJWI slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1422 | ALGERIA | R. Algérienne, Algiers, DEC 9 2100 - 4+1 pips (last higher
pitch), dramatic news intro music; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1467 | FRANCE | TWR Europe, Roumoules, NOV 30 2200 - English sentences by
preacher translated to Arabic; to good peak. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | SBC R.Riyadh, Duba, DEC 16 2000 - Music with heavy
drumming, brief announcement by woman in Arabic, more high-energy music; good
peak. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1530 | SAO TOME E PRINCIPE | VOA, Pinheira, NOV 30 2200 - Man "This is the
Voice of America, Washington, DC, signing off.", poor to fair. Pips (6 equal)
under from Romania. {A} + DEC 9 2200 - Southern style guitar boogie, Voice of
America - Washington, DC sign-off announcement; very good. {A} + DEC 15 2200 -
Man "This is the Voice of America, Washington, DC, signing off.", usual mention
about getting program schedules; fair. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1548 | MOLDOVA | TWR, Grigoriopol, DEC 15 2100 - Music, man in Russian; poor.
{A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1575 | IRAN | Qeshm, DEC 1 0100 - Buzzsaw jammer; dominant. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
570 | COLOMBIA | HJND, Señal Radio Colombia, Bogota (El Rosal), DEC 1 0100 -
Woman with Radio Nacional de Colombia ID; mixed with domestics. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
630 | PUERTO RICO | WUNO, R. Uno, San Juan, NOV 30 0300 - NotiUno Seis Treinta
ID; dominant. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
650 | COLOMBIA | HJKH, RCN Antena Dos, Bogota, DEC 1 0100 - Barranquilla, RCN,
and Antena Dos mentions in fast talk by man; good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
800 | BONAIRE | PJB, TransWorld Radio, Kralendijk, NOV 12 2300 - Man (Bill
Early) in English with "7 o'clock Atlantic Standard Time" and mention of
"TransWorld Radio Bonaire here in the Caribbean Netherlands"; good. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
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