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Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION
Times / dates = UTC / 2018
e-mail = "[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)
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: Microtelecom Perseus
See http://microtelecom.it/perseus/
Antenna 1: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 10m vert. by 11m horiz. (peak 165 deg.,
null 345 deg.)
Antenna 2: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 9m vert. by 20m horiz. (peak 90 deg.,
null 270 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, APR 20 0000 - Female
vocal Arabic dance music; to good peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
549 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, Les Trembles, APR 17 2359 - Dance club Arabic music;
fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
783 | MAURITANIA | R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, APR 8 0000 - Female Arabic vocal;
fair. + APR 22 0000 - Shrieky vocal, west African percussion; to good peak.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, APR 9 0300 - Pips, COPE net ID,
man & woman with political news; to fair peak. + APR 21 0000 - Fanfare music,
Spanish news by woman; through WCRN slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
855 | SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, APR 7 2300 - Radio Nacional de Espana ID, news;
fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
864 | EGYPT | Holy Koran Program, Santah, APR 20 0000 - Koran; fair over WCBS
IBOC hiss. [Connelly*Y-MA]
882 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. Wales, Washford et al., APR 9 0300 - BBC news
mentioned Syria; mixed with COPE & bad WCBS slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
981 | ALGERIA | Chaîne 2, Ouled Fayet, APR 7 2300 - 5+1 pips (last higher
pitch), woman with news; in slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, APR 17 2359 - Man "live on Talk
Sport"; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1107 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, APR 8 0100 - RNE news; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1152 | ROMANIA | SRR Radio România Actualități, Cluj-Napoca/Jucu, APR 9 0300 -
News starts with Morse KS; in WWDJ slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Absolute Radio synchros, APR 8 0100 - Absolute Radio
ID, male rock vocal; to fair peak. + APR 18 0100 - Absolute Radio Two O'Clock
Rock promo, Beatles "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"; fair. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1386 | LITHUANIA | R. Baltic Waves / R. Liberty, Viesintos, APR 8 0100 - Radio
Svoboda IDs, fanfare music, Russian talk; to good peak. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
530 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, Guantánamo, APR 9 0259 - Rebelde news with splash
sound effects; over presumed Enciclopedia orchestral music. [Connelly*Y-MA]
530 | CUBA | CMBQ, R. Enciclopedia, Villa María, APR 22 0000 - Samba theme
music, woman with Radio Enciclopedia ID; over other Spanish language station.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
540 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | HICM, Radio ABC, Santo Domingo, APR 22 0001 - Radio
ABC ID, Santo Domingo mentions; over others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
550 | VENEZUELA | YVKE, Mundial, Caracas, APR 18 0000 - Mundial ID, "en
Caracas" mention; briefly over WDEV, USB used to dodge 549 Algerian.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
570 | CUBA | R. Reloj synchros, APR 9 0300 - Reloj in even mix with HJND, WMCA,
CFCB. Not as strong as it used to be. [Connelly*Y-MA]
580 | PUERTO RICO | WKAQ, San Juan, APR 13 0000 - WKAQ cinco ochenta ID,
affiliates list, TMobile incoming message sound; way over WTAG. [Connelly*Y-MA]
600 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, San Germán-Urbano Noris, APR 13 0000 - Tropical music
// 670. [Connelly*Y-MA]
600 | PUERTO RICO | WYEL, Mayaguez, APR 8 0100 - WKAQ net ID // 580; dominant.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
610 | BRAZIL | ZYL268, R. Itatiaia, Belo Horizonte, APR 9 0301 - Man in
Portuguese briefly atop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
610 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, Pinar del Rio et al., APR 9 0300 - Sped up 9 note
attention signal // 600; mixed with Brazil, domestics. [Connelly*Y-MA]
630 | PUERTO RICO | WUNO, R. Uno, San Juan, APR 8 0301 - NotiUno seis treinta
AM San Juan ID, affiliates list; to good peak over WPRO. [Connelly*Y-MA]
650 | COLOMBIA | HJKH, RCN Antena Dos, Bogota, APR 8 0000 - Jingle, RCN net ID,
pips, talk about futbol, Cali mentions. [Connelly*Y-MA]
720 | COLOMBIA | HJAN, Emisoras Unidas, Barranquilla, APR 13 0000 - Man with
reverberated Emisoras Unidas ID, Colombian folk music with accordion, group
vocal; fair / dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]
750 | VENEZUELA | YVKS, RCR, Caracas, APR 8 0101 - RCR ID in talk by man &
woman; mixed with CBGY. [Connelly*Y-MA]
760 | COLOMBIA | HJAJ, RCN Radio, Barranquilla, APR 22 0001 - Sports shouting,
"gol" scream; over WJR. [Connelly*Y-MA]
770 | COLOMBIA | HJJX, RCN, Bogota, APR 22 0001 - "Gol" scream // 760; under
Cuba, WABC. [Connelly*Y-MA]
800 | BONAIRE | PJB, TransWorld Radio, Kralendijk, APR 13 0000 - Man with Radio
Transmundial desde Bonaire ID; over CKLW. [Connelly*Y-MA]
810 | COLOMBIA | HJCY, Caracol Radio, Bogotá, APR 21 0000 - Caracol Radio ID;
over jumble. + APR 23 0000 - Banco Popular advert, Caracol ID; over WGY.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
810 | PUERTO RICO | WKVM, San Juan, APR 22 0000 - ID "Radio Paz, ocho diez."
Thanks to Sylvain Naud, Jan Alvestad, and Timo Klimoff on RealDX list for ID
help. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
820 | CUBA | ?, APR 13 0000 - Wobbler clobbering WNYC. [Connelly*Y-MA]
840 | HAITI | Radio-Télé 4VEH, Cap Haitien-Petite Anse, APR 18 0000 - Man in
French; dominant. Interval signal at 0000:52. [Connelly*Y-MA]
940 | PUERTO RICO | WIPR, San Juan, APR 22 0000 - Spanish talk about National
Guard, then man in US English with announcement about the Puerto Rico Army
National Guard, ID WIPR nueve cuarenta AM; to good peak, dominant. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
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