Logs 1 ? 2 JUN 2005 Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 2005
[Connelly*rw-MA] = Rowley, MA, USA (GC= 70.829 W / 42.745 N) (Stackyard Road / Parker River - Nelson Island wildlife refuge: salt-marsh) Receiver: Drake R8A Antennas (cardioid array on roof of car): Vertical: 3 m whip to 81:1 transformer to DX Engineering RPA-1 amplifier; Broadband loop in vertical plane: square, 2 m per side, to 1:1 transformer to W7IUV amplifier, peak east-west, null north-south Accessories: DXP-6 and Superphaser-2 phasing units e-mail = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ====================================================== *** TRANSATLANTIC DX *** 549 | ALGERIA | Alger Chaine 1, Les Trembles, JUN 2 0132 - Arabic vocal; poor to fair. [Connelly*rw-MA] 576 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, JUN 2 0131 - Spanish news; poor to fair. [Connelly*rw-MA] 612 | MOROCCO | RTM A, Sebaa-Aioun, JUN 2 0139 - group Arabic vocal; shallow audio on good carrier. [Connelly*rw-MA] 621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, Santa Cruz de Tenerife et al., JUN 2 0130 - absolutely HUGE with news in Spanish ... loudest TA by a wide margin. [Connelly*rw-MA] 648 | unID | JUN 2 0144 - didn't sound like Spain (and anything farther north would have been aurorally suppressed), maybe Azores or an African. Music noted at times did sound African. Is Gambia still off air ? [Connelly*rw-MA] 684 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Sevilla, JUN 2 0144 - // 774 with man in Spanish; good with WRKO phased, the best mainland European noted. [Connelly*rw-MA] 693 | AZORES | Centro Regional da RDP, Terceira, JUN 2 0128 - Portuguese music; poor. [Connelly*rw-MA] 774 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, JUN 2 0145 - // 684 with Spanish talk; poor to fair over others. [Connelly*rw-MA] 783 | MAURITANIA | R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, JUN 1 2350 - man in Arabic; to fair peak. Shortwave outlet had problems with audio at times, medium wave was fine. + JUN 2 0017 - Arabic talk // 4845; fair to good. [Connelly*rw-MA] 837 | AZORES | Centro Regional da RDP, Pico da Barrosa, JUN 2 0154 - // 693 with Portuguese music, talk; dominant over Canaries. [Connelly*rw-MA] 882 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, JUN 2 0009 - Spanish teletalk with man & woman; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA] 1088 | ANGOLA | R. Nacional, Mulenvos, JUN 2 0051 - female vocal; weak. [Connelly*rw-MA] 1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros, JUN 2 0055 - Spanish teletalk; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA] 1196.8 | ANGOLA (t) | JUN 2 0057 - the probable source of the het against 1197 during African opening. [Connelly*rw-MA] 1197 | unID | JUN 2 0057 - mostly just carrier, bits of religious-sounding music; Lesotho suspected. [Connelly*rw-MA] *** PAN-AMERICAN DX *** 530 | TURKS & CAICOS | R. Vision Cristiana Internacional, South Caicos, JUN 2 0134 - gospel choir and organ, woman in Spanish, man with slogan "la emisora del Dios", phone number given, then male vocal; strong, over Madeira-531 het. No sign of the Cuban being reported on 530 by several Florida DXers. [Connelly*rw-MA] 535 | GRENADA | GBC, St. George's, JUN 2 0136 - soul music; through RVCI slop. [Connelly*rw-MA] 555 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | R. ZIZ, Basseterre, JUN 2 0137 - English talk; in bad WGAN slop. [Connelly*rw-MA] 640 | GUADELOUPE | R. Guadeloupe, Pointe-a-Pitre, JUN 2 0129 - man in French; over CBN. [Connelly*rw-MA] 640 | VENEZUELA | Union R., YVQO, Puerto La Cruz, JUN 2 0101 - // 1090 with fast Spanish newstalk; briefly over Guadeloupe, CBN, and Spain-639 het. [Connelly*rw-MA] 760 | BRAZIL | R. Uirapuru, ZYH588, Fortaleza, JUN 2 0020 - pop female vocal, then Portuguese talk with Uirapuru ID; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA] 780 | VENEZUELA | R. Coro, YVMN, Coro, JUN 2 0128 - rustic flute music, "en Coro" mention, phone numbers; dominant. [Connelly*rw-MA] 800 | NETHERLANDS ANTILLES | Trans-World Radio, PJB, Bonaire, JUN 2 0016 - Haitian Creole French religious talk; over Canadians with WNNW phased. [Connelly*rw-MA] 820 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | Trinity Broadcast Network / R. Paradise, Charlestown, JUN 2 0012 - preacher talked about new features on the TBN web site "www.tbn.org"; good. [Connelly*rw-MA] 840 | BRAZIL | R.Bandeirantes, ZYK687, Sao Paulo, JUN 2 0152 - Portuguese talk by man; fair over jumble. [Connelly*rw-MA] 1000 | BRAZIL | R. Record, ZYK522, Sao Paulo, JUN 2 0123 - fast Portuguese talk including Sao Paulo store adverts; loud, way over WCMX & Venezuela. [Connelly*rw-MA] 1020.06 | PARAGUAY | R. Nanduti, ZP14, Asuncion, JUN 2 0112 - lots of talk by man, then a woman phone-in with an Asuncion mention; best copy in 1.8 kHz filter upper sideband which rendered Nanduti's audio clearer than the competing audio from 60-Hz-lower Margarita. [Connelly*rw-MA] 1039.6 | VENEZUELA | La Voz de Carabobo, YVLB, Valencia, JUN 2 0109 - festive music & obnoxious het against Brazil-1040; poor. [Connelly*rw-MA] 1040 | BRAZIL | R. Capital, ZYK537, Sao Paulo, JUN 2 0109 - reverberated Portuguese talk by man; in jumble, occasionally over it. [Connelly*rw-MA] 1060 | BRAZIL | JUN 2 0108 - probably Mossoro (less likely Belo Horizonte or Itajuba): man & woman in Portuguese; through blank carrier that was probably WBIX. Spanish talker noted under turned out to be Dominican Republic. [Connelly*rw-MA] 1060 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | R. Amanecer, HIRV, San Pedro de Macoris, JUN 2 0201 - Spanish religious programming and jingle "Radio Amanecer ... la voz de la esperanza"; over Brazil, KYW, others with WBIX seemingly off. Thanks to Mike Westfall (NRC) for ID help. [Connelly*rw-MA] 1090 | VENEZUELA | Union R., YVSZ, Caracas, JUN 2 0051 - Venezuela news; fair over Angola-1088 het. [Connelly*rw-MA] 1100 | BRAZIL | R. Globo, ZYK694, Sao Paulo, JUN 2 0049 - Portuguese sports coverage mentioning a Sao Paulo team; good, alone on channel. [Connelly*rw-MA] 1110 | VENEZUELA | R. Carupano, YVQT, Carupano, JUN 2 0105 - advert with phone numbers, location was "en Carupano!"; LOUD. [Connelly*rw-MA] 1160 | BERMUDA | VSB3, Hamilton, JUN 2 0045 - excellent with BBC talk about African music and a performer from Mali. Audio was delayed a full 15 seconds from parallel 5975. [Connelly*rw-MA] 1170 | COLOMBIA | CARACOL, HJNW, Cartagena, JUN 2 0104 - CARACOL mention barely over an unruly jumble of signals. [Connelly*rw-MA] 1180 | BRAZIL | JUN 2 0101 - Rio de Janeiro or Sao Luis possible as the source of Portuguese talk heard way behind dominant Cuba. [Connelly*rw-MA] 1180 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, Villa Maria, JUN 2 0101 - // 5025 with Spanish political talk; way over Portuguese talker (Brazilian) and 1179 Canaries het. [Connelly*rw-MA] 1190.07 | unID | JUN 2 0100 - something a bit off to the high side of channel with Latin American music; growl against WLIB-1190.00. No ID at the top of the hour. [Connelly*rw-MA] 1200 | VENEZUELA | R. Tiempo, YVOZ, Caracas, JUN 2 0056 - Radio Tiempo ID, Spanish talk; under WKOX. [Connelly*rw-MA] 1280 | BERMUDA | VSB2, Hamilton, JUN 2 0041 - group hymn; well over WFAU-ME & WEIM-MA. [Connelly*rw-MA] 1620 | US VIRGIN ISLANDS | WDHP, Fredriksted, St. Croix, JUN 2 0025 - WDHP ID, Caribbean music; to good peak over Boston-area Haitian-culture pirate. [Connelly*rw-MA] ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. 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