Logs 29 APR - 3 MAY 2005 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 and Superphaser-2 phasing units Homepage = "http://hometown.aol.com/MarkWA1ION/weblink.htm"; RF circuit page = "http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/index.html"; e-mail = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ====================================================== *** TRANSATLANTIC DX *** 783 | MAURITANIA | R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, APR 29 0050 - // 4845 with tribal chanting & drumming; good. [Connelly*B-MA] 882 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. Wales, Washford, APR 29 0308 - English newstalk / discussion; through WCBS slop. [Connelly*B-MA] 945 | FRANCE | France Info, Toulouse, APR 29 0319 - French talk by woman; fair. [Connelly*B-MA] 1062 | DENMARK | Danmarks R., Kalundborg, APR 29 0307 - rock music, man in Danish; fair. [Connelly*B-MA] 1206 | FRANCE | France Info, Bordeaux, MAY 3 0411 - French news by man; fair. [Connelly*B-MA] 1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Virgin R. synchros, APR 29 0302 - "It's a Beautiful Day" by U2; good. [Connelly*B-MA] 1287 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAY 3 0410 - woman with Spanish teletalk show; poor to fair. [Connelly*B-MA] 1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, MAY 3 0410 - Spanish newstalk; loud. [Connelly*B-MA] 1305 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, MAY 3 0339 - Spanish teletalk; fair. [Connelly*B-MA] 1314 | NORWAY | NRK, Kvitsoy, APR 29 0258-0300 - country-rock group vocal, electronic sound, then news by man in Norwegian; loud. [Connelly*B-MA] 1341 | NORTHERN IRELAND | BBC R. Ulster, Lisnagarvey, MAY 3 0408 - BBC news by woman mentioned status of nuclear development in Iran and North Korea; fair. [Connelly*B-MA] 1359 | SPAIN | RNE, Arganda del Rey, MAY 3 0341 - woman in Spanish; fair. [Connelly*B-MA] 1368 | UNITED KINGDOM | MAY 3 0405 - Manx Radio strongly suspected as the one here with "Upside Down" by Diana Ross, then female English DJ. Too much WFEA slop for a clear ID (and too late on a work night to play around with DXTuners sites). [Connelly*B-MA] 1377 | FRANCE | France Info, Lille, APR 29 0257 - '40s Chicago-style blues vocal with harmonica, piano, drums; good. [Connelly*B-MA] 1422 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Heusweiler, MAY 3 0342 - man in German; loud peaks, fast / bouncy fades. [Connelly*B-MA] 1458 | UNITED KINGDOM | MAY 3 0342 - two stations mixing: one with BBC talk, one with Hindu music. [Connelly*B-MA] 1467 | FRANCE | TWR, Roumoules, MAY 3 0344 - TWR musical box interval signal repeating; over WAZN slop. [Connelly*B-MA] 1503 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, MAY 3 0345 - Spanish interview; fair. [Connelly*B-MA] 1530 | VATICAN CITY | R. Vaticana, MAY 3 0346 - eastern European talk by woman; way over WCKY. [Connelly*B-MA] 1557 | FRANCE | France Info, Fontbonne, MAY 3 0401 - news by man in French; good, over WQEW slop. [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
