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Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION
Times / dates = UTC / 2015
email = "[email protected]"
[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
Antenna: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 11m vert. by 30m horiz. (peak 80 deg.,
null 260 deg.)
See http://www.bamlog.com/superloop.htm for similar antenna type.
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*** TRANSATLANTIC DX ***
153 | ROMANIA | Antena Satelor / Romania Actualitati, Brasov Bod, SEP 27 0300 -
Antena Satelor ID; to good peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
162 | FRANCE | France-Inter, Allouis, SEP 27 0300 - Vocal, fanfare music,
France Inter ID; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
171 | MOROCCO | R. Mediterranee Internationale, Nador, SEP 27 0300 - Arabic
female vocal, percussion, strings across top-of-hour; loud. [Connelly*Y-MA]
183 | GERMANY | Europe No. 1, Felsberg, SEP 27 0300 - French talk, jingle,
chimes, man & woman with news mentioning the Middle East; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
189 | ICELAND | Rikisutvarpid, Gufuskalar, SEP 27 0300 - Brief talk inserts,
into '50s style song with somewhat of a Spanish or Italian type of melody; fair
to good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
198 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.4, Droitwich et al., SEP 27 0300 - Woman "Online,
on mobile, and on air, this is the BBC World Service, the world's radio
station" followed by 5+1 pips, man with science-related news; good.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
207 | MOROCCO | Radiodiffusion Television Marocaine (A), Azilal, SEP 27 0300 -
Group Arabic vocal across top-of-hour; poor to fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
216 | FRANCE | Radio Monte Carlo, Roumoules, SEP 27 0300 - French talk with
Monaco mention, time check "il est cinq heures" (5 a.m. local); fair.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
225 | POLAND | Polskie Radio, Konstantynow, SEP 27 0300 - Jaunty fanfare music,
4+1 pips, man in Polish; to fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
234 | LUXEMBOURG | RTL, Junglinster, SEP 27 0300 - French talk; fair.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
252 | ALGERIA | Radiodif. Algerienne, Tipaza, SEP 27 0300 - 5+1 pips (last one
a higher pitch), man with French news mentioning tragedy at the hajj; good,
over second station presumed to be Ireland. [Connelly*Y-MA]
531 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, F'kirina Wilaya d'Oum El Bouaghi, SEP 27 0000 - Soul /
hip-hop vocal across top of hour; good, actually better than // 549.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
549 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, Les Trembles, SEP 27 0001 - R&B song // 531; fair. +
SEP 27 0302 - Tropical female dance vocal, Jil mention by woman; loud.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
603 | FRANCE | France Info, Lyon-Tramoyes, SEP 27 0001 - Man in French // 1206;
poor to fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, SEP 26 2359 -
Caribbean-sounding vocal // 639; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
639 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, La Coruna et al., SEP 26 2359 - Caribbean-sounding vocal
// 621; through CBN slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
684 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Sevilla, SEP 27 0000 - // 621 with vocal, pips, news by
man in Spanish; occasionally getting through WRKO slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
693 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. 5, Droitwich et al., SEP 27 0300 - Talk // 909;
poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
756 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Braunschweig & Ravensburg, SEP 27 0000 -
Electronic music, woman with "Deutschlandfunk" ID, 3+1 pips; to good peak.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
774 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, SEP 27 0001 - Spanish news by woman, slight
echo. [Connelly*Y-MA]
792 | SPAIN | SER, Sevilla, SEP 27 0001 - Man in Spanish. [Connelly*Y-MA]
855 | ROMANIA | Romania Actualitati, Bucuresti, SEP 27 0001 - Romanian news by
man; mixed with Spain. [Connelly*Y-MA]
855 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, SEP 27 0000 - Vocal // 621; fair.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. 5 synchros, SEP 27 0000 - Talk about Saudi
Arabia, BBC Radio Five Live ID; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
936 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 27 0000 - Vocal // 621; mixed with other.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
945 | unID | ?, SEP 27 0301 - Slightly reverberated talk by two men, possibly
in an eastern European language. [Connelly*Y-MA]
954 | SPAIN | Onda Cero, Madrid, SEP 26 2358 - Man in Spanish; in slop.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, SEP 27 0300 - "Midnight sport
headlines" mention; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1107 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 27 0001 - Woman in Spanish // 855; to fair
peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1206 | FRANCE | France Info, Bordeaux, SEP 27 0001 - French talk by man // 603;
to fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1305 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 27 0001 - Woman in Spanish // 855; poor.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1377 | FRANCE | France Info, Lille, SEP 27 0000 - // 1557 with fanfare, French
talk by man; to fair peak through slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, SEP 27 0000 - Arabic talk by man, attention
music; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
540 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | HICM, R. ABC, Santo Domingo, SEP 28 0300 - "ABC"
mention in Spanish talk. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1610 | ANGUILLA | Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, SEP 28 0300 - Preacher with
1-800-338-3030 phone number, guitar strumming; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
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