Report from Mark Connelly - Times / dates = UTC / 2005 [Connelly*B-MA] = Billerica, MA, USA (GC= 71.221 W / 42.533 N) (home)
Receivers: Drake R8A, Palstar R30, Drake SW8 Antennas: Flag: 5 m vert. x 10.6 m horiz., base ht. 5 m, peak 90�, null 270�; Broadband loop in vertical plane: total length 24 m, peak 150/330�, null 60/240�; Horizontal broadband loop: total length 60 m, ht. 1.5 m, high-angle skip (NVIS) non-directional; Sloper (feedline of ham dipole): 20 m at 60� angle to earth, slight null at 225� Accessories: matching transformers, DXP-6 phasing unit Homepage = "http://hometown.aol.com/MarkWA1ION/weblink.htm"; RF circuit page = "http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/index.html"; e-mail = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ====================================================== *** COMMENTS *** Recent good weather and longer hours of daylight have allowed me to add a couple more antennas behind the house and to move around some of the existing ones. It is hoped that Latin American coverage, never that great previously from this QTH, will be enhanced by the changes and that Europe-Africa-Middle East coverage will be maintained at, or improved from, prior acceptable levels. Antennas can be used singly (against low-noise and/or mains ground) or phased in many different combinations. The best set-up for TA DX would differ from what I'd use during an aurora. *** TRANSATLANTIC DX *** 558 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 5 0344 - Spanish teletalk; getting by WGAN. [Connelly*B-MA] 837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, APR 7 0348 - Spanish talk; poor. [Connelly*B-MA] 873 | SPAIN | SER synchros, APR 7 0217 - Spanish news, phone interview; fair. [Connelly*B-MA] 890.98 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Algiers, APR 7 0217 - pop Arabic male vocal; good. [Connelly*B-MA] 999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, APR 7 0230 - Spanish talk mentioned Valencia, then there were pips on the half-hour; loud, far stronger than the adjacent 1000 jumble. [Connelly*B-MA] 1017 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 7 0230 - Spanish news; fair. [Connelly*B-MA] 1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, APR 7 0142 - Spanish telephone interview. [Connelly*B-MA] 1098 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 7 0042 - // 1107 with Spanish vocal; loud. [Connelly*B-MA] 1107 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 7 0042 - // 1098 with Spanish vocal; fair. [Connelly*B-MA] 1169 | IRAN | IRIB Sarasary, Semnan, APR 9 2359 - bits of choral vocal; through WSKW-1160 slop and Farda/WWVA-1170 het. [Connelly*B-MA] 1170 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | R. Farda, Dabiya, APR 9 2359 - mideast disco/dance music; briefly through WWVA. [Connelly*B-MA] 1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros, APR 7 0044 - fast Spanish talk. [Connelly*B-MA] 1197 | SPAIN | Euskadi Irratia, Vitoria, APR 8 0156 - Spanish teletalk; fair. [Connelly*B-MA] 1206 | FRANCE | France Info, Bordeaux, APR 5 0338 - jazz piano; excellent. + APR 10 0003 - French news by woman; to good peak. [Connelly*B-MA] 1215 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, APR 8 0156 - Spanish talk momentarily over generally-stronger UK. [Connelly*B-MA] 1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Virgin R. synchros, APR 5 0337 - '70s hit "Dancing in the Moonlight" by King Harvest; fair to good. + APR 8 0152 - "Don't You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds, a few words from the DJ, then "Leather and Lace" by Nicks & Henley; good. + APR 10 0005 - fair with "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. [Connelly*B-MA] 1287 | SPAIN | SER synchros, APR 7 0235 - man in Spanish; to fair peak. [Connelly*B-MA] 1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, APR 7 0122 - man in Spanish; fair. [Connelly*B-MA] 1359 | SPAIN | RNE, Arganda del Rey, APR 5 0334 - Bob Marley reggae hit "No Woman No Cry"; fair. [Connelly*B-MA] 1377 | FRANCE | France Info, Lille, APR 7 0131 - man in French; loud. + APR 8 0200 - rock music, French talk; excellent. [Connelly*B-MA] 1422 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Heusweiler, APR 5 0333 - two men in German. + APR 7 0124 - operatic male vocal; poor to fair. [Connelly*B-MA] 1431 | DJIBOUTI | R. Sawa, Arta, APR 7 0130 - Arabic dance style music; in WXKS slop. [Connelly*B-MA] 1530 | SAO TOME E PRINCIPE | VOA Relay, Pinheira, APR 5 0330 - // 7290 with man in African-accented English talking about Robert Mugabe. Afropop music then played. Under WCKY, ripply fading apparent (semi-auroral). [Connelly*B-MA] 1557 | FRANCE | France Info, Fontbonne, APR 5 0332 - French talk by man, mention of Iraq; good (though with bouncy fades). [Connelly*B-MA] 1584 | CEUTA | RadiOle, APR 7 0127 - plaintive Spanish female vocal & guitar; strong, over SER Spain. + APR 8 0222 - merengue-influenced uptempo group vocal; over SER. [Connelly*B-MA] 1584 | SPAIN | SER synchros, APR 8 0222 - Spanish newstalk by woman; under Ceuta. [Connelly*B-MA] *** PAN-AMERICAN DX *** 530 | TURKS & CAICOS | R. Vision Cristiana Internacional, South Caicos, APR 7 0342 - ID "Radio Vision Cristiana Internacional", mention of a college in "El Bronx"; local-like, 531 het in background. [Connelly*B-MA] 555 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | R. ZIZ, Basseterre, APR 7 0151 - old-time country-western vocal; fair. [Connelly*B-MA] 760 | COLOMBIA | RCN, HJAJ, Barranquilla, APR 7 0146 - RCN, Cali, Bucaramanga, & Barranquilla mentions in reverberated sports-related Spanish talk; atop pile. + APR 9 0101 - man shouted "RCN presenta informativa deportiva"; good. [Connelly*B-MA] 820 | CUBA | R. Reloj, APR 7 0346 - Reloj program; way under St. Kitts preacher. [Connelly*B-MA] 820 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | Trinity Broadcast Network / R. Paradise, Charlestown, APR 7 0109 - // 7505 with gospel vocal "hallelujah and praise the Lord", then preacher; good, over WNYC. [Connelly*B-MA] 895 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | V. of Nevis, Bath Village, APR 9 0028 - US-accented man talking about wireless broadband Internet service; to good peak. [Connelly*B-MA] 1000 | BRAZIL | R. Record, ZYK522, Sao Paulo, APR 10 0353 - emotional talk, possibly preaching, by man in Portuguese. Briefly over 2 unID Spanish-speaking stations. Brazil is fairly common at shore sites, but scarcer here at home 24 km inland. [Connelly*B-MA] 1020 | CUBA | R. Reloj, APR 7 0118 - Reloj program, alone on the channel. [Connelly*B-MA] 1039.6 | VENEZUELA | La Voz de Carabobo, YVLB, Valencia, APR 7 0119 - het, fragments of Spanish talk. [Connelly*B-MA] 1100 | BRAZIL | R. Globo, ZYK694, Sao Paulo, APR 7 0040 - Portuguese "futebol" talk including a "gooooooooal!" scream; fair. This was noted right after repositioning the Flag antenna from the previous southwest null to a due west null instead. This clobbered WTAM and improved the southeast pick-up as an added bonus. [Connelly*B-MA] 1110 | VENEZUELA | R. Carupano, YVQT, Carupano, APR 10 0356 - end of song, Carupano mention; mixed with WBT and another Spanish speaker. [Connelly*B-MA] 1180 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, Villa Maria, APR 7 0211 - // 5025 with spirited Spanish political speech before a noisy crowd; over WHAM & 1179 het. [Connelly*B-MA] ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] 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
