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Not sure if everyone has migrated to the 'groups.io' IRCA platform, so I'll
send here too. As usual the accented letters will get changed to question marks
and so on. Those who want to see what I really sent should go the 'groups.io'
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Sent: Wed, Mar 20, 2019 1:13 am
Subject: [irca] Cape Cod, MA, USA - logs (mid-FEB to mid-MAR)
Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION
Times / dates = UTC / 2019
e-mail = "markwa1...@aol.com"
[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_2019.htm
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2
See http://shop.elad-usa.com/sdr-radio/fdm-s2/
Antenna: Cardioid pattern SuperLoop: 9m vertical by 20m horizontal (peak 84
deg., null 264 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, MAR 6 2300 - Soul
vocal (// 549) with "my baby" in lyrics, Jil FM ID; to fair peak over something
else, probably Spain. [Connelly*Y-MA]
549 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, Les Trembles, FEB 24 0600 - Arabic talk, Jil mentions,
2+2+1 pips about 20 sec. late; fair. + MAR 6 2301 - Female soul vocal; to good
peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
567 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, MAR 6 2300 - RNE intro, news by woman; through 570
CFCB slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
603 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, MAR 6 2300 - RNE intro; poor. Romania under.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
612 | MOROCCO | SNRT Al-Idaa al-Watania, Sebaa-Aioun, FEB 16 0401 - Arabic
vocal & strings. + MAR 6 2301 - Arabic talk by man, string music; fair.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, MAR 17 2300 - Pop vocal, 5+1
pips, time check by woman, fanfare music, man "Radio Nacional de España,
servicios informativos", news by woman; good, best TA at time. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
639 | SPAIN | RNE1, La Coruna et al., MAR 6 2300 - RNE intro; poor, on LSB to
dodge CBN. [Connelly*Y-MA]
684 | SPAIN | RNE1, Sevilla, FEB 24 0500 - 5+1 pips, time check by man, fanfare
music, Radio Nacional de España ID; fair over WRKO splash. {A} + MAR 6 2301 -
RNE news by woman in Spanish; through 680 WRKO slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
693 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC Radio 5, Droitwich et al., FEB 15 2300 - Five Live
talk; echoey, noisy. + MAR 6 2300 - ID "This is BBC Five Live"; poor
[Connelly*Y-MA]
720 | CANARY ISLANDS | RNE5, Finca Espana, FEB 7 2300 - RNE news intro; poor. +
MAR 17 2300 - News intro // much louder 621. [Connelly*Y-MA]
747 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, FEB 15 2300 - RNE news intro;
poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
774 | SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, FEB 17 2300 - Song with whistling, RNE news; het
Egypt 774.235. [Connelly*Y-MA]
783 | SYRIA | SRTV 1, Damascus, MAR 6 2300 - Arabic news; to fair peak. + MAR
11 0301 - Interspersed Arabic talk and music. [Connelly*Y-MA]
810 | SCOTLAND | BBC R. Scotland, FEB 13 2300 - BBC Radio Scotland ID,
attention music, news; mixed with WGY. [Connelly*Y-MA]
837 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, MAR 6 2300 - Two men with fast news in Spanish;
fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
855 | ROMANIA | R. România Actualitati, Tancabesti, MAR 6 2300 - Man "Aici
Bucuresti, Radio Romania Actualitati, hora exacta", pips; over RNE Spain. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
855 | SPAIN | RNE1, Murcia et al., FEB 15 2300 - 5+1 pips, RNE intro; fair. +
MAR 5 2300 - 1950s bebop style jazz, man in Spanish, pips, RNE news intro; good
peak. + MAR 9 2200 - RNE intro; dominant. + MAR 12 2300 - Xylophone jazz, 5+1
pips, time check by woman, fanfare music, man "Radio Nacional de España,
servicios informativos", news by woman started with "buenas noches"; good. {A}
+ MAR 17 2300 - News // 621; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
864 | EGYPT | Holy Koran Program, Santah, MAR 12 2301 - Koranic vocal,
reverberated talk by man; fair. {A} + MAR 17 2300 - Koran; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC Radio 5 synchros, MAR 5 2300 - Man "Live Premier
League football, BBC Five Live"; to good peak over tough 910 WTOS ME slop. +
MAR 6 2300 - BBC Five Live ID, news; tough slop from AC/DC song on WTOS. + MAR
12 2300 - Dramatic intro music, man "Live Premier League football, this is BBC
Five Live"; fair. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
936 | MOROCCO | SNRT, Agadir, MAR 12 2300 - Flute music, fanfare, man in
Arabic; fair. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
954 | SPAIN | Onda Cero, Madrid, FEB 24 0500 - Tropical vocal, 5+1 pips, talk
by woman, fanfare music, man "Noticias Onda Cero", woman "buenas dias" into
news; fair. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
981 | ALGERIA | Chaîne 2, Ouled Fayet, MAR 12 2300 - 5+1 pips (last higher
pitch), news by man in apparent Arabic; fair. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, MAR 12 2300 - Man with COPE mention, woman "estar
informado"; fair on USB to dodge WINS IBOC, negligible activity on 1000
luckily. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1044 | SPAIN | SER, San Sebastian // Valladolid, FEB 17 2301 - Two men in
discussion; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, MAR 9 2200 - Sports commentary,
advert with "goal"; fair over WILD slop. + MAR 11 0300 - End of interview then
promo for "The Perfect Line-Up" hosted by Alan Brazil; to good peak. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1107 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, FEB 15 2300 - RNE intro; fair. + FEB 17 2300 -
5+1 pips, time check by woman, fanfare music, man "Radio Nacional de España,
servicios informativos", news by woman; to good peak, slight synchro echo. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1134 | KUWAIT | R. Kuwait, Kabd, MAR 11 0300 - Koran; to fair peak.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1179 | ROMANIA | SRR R. România Actualitati, Galbeni // Bacau, MAR 7 2300 -
Blues guitar, man "Aici Bucuresti, Radio Romania Actualitati, hora exacta", 6
pips, fanfare, news; good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Absolute Radio synchros, FEB 16 0400 - Green Day song;
fair. + FEB 17 2301 - Sixpence None the Richer "There She Goes"; fair. + FEB 24
0454 - Royal Caribbean advert, Absolute Radio ID; good. {A} + FEB 24 0600 -
Sports report, Absolute Radio ID; to good peak. {A} + MAR 5 2300 - Pearl Jam
"Alive"; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1296 | SPAIN | COPE Valencia, Valencia / Castellar, FEB 15 2300 - Man in
Spanish; to fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1305 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, MAR 9 2200 - RNE news intro; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1386 | LITHUANIA | R. Baltic Waves / R. Liberty, Viesintos, MAR 6 2300 - News
by man in Russian; poor in WEGP slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1431 | DJIBOUTI | R. Sawa, Arta, MAR 6 2300 - Slow male Arabic vocal; to fair
peak through slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1503 | SPAIN | RNE5, La Línea de Concepción & Piñeira, FEB 24 0500 - Pips, RNE
news intro; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | SBC R.Riyadh, Duba, MAR 9 2200 - Rhythmic music, a few
words by a man, chanting, more Arabic talk; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1530 | SAO TOME E PRINCIPE | VOA, Pinheira, MAR 11 0259 - Yankee Doodle theme
at sign-on; mixed with WCKY. + MAR 17 0259 - Yankee Doodle march, man "This is
the Voice of America, Washington DC, signing on.", more Yankee Doodle, VOA news
with lead item about New Zealand mosque killings; way over WCKY. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1575 | IRAN | Qeshm, MAR 11 0300 - Jammer; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
550 | PUERTO RICO | WPAB, Ponce, FEB 24 0600 - Soft music, man with ID "Aqui
WPAB .. Puerto Rico"; fair. {A} + FEB 26 0600 - ID "Aqui WPAB"; fair, dominant.
{A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
570 | COLOMBIA | HJND, Señal Radio Colombia, Bogota (El Rosal), FEB 24 0500 -
Radio Nacional de Colombia ID; mixed with CFCB. [Connelly*Y-MA]
580 | PUERTO RICO | WKAQ, San Juan, FEB 26 0600 - WKAQ cinco ochenta AM San
Juan ID in list of affiliates; loud. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
600 | PUERTO RICO | WYEL, Mayaguez, FEB 26 0600 - WKAQ network affiliates list
// loud 580; over jumble (Cuba, others). {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
610 | BRAZIL | ZYL268, R. Itatiaia, Belo Horizonte, FEB 19 0500 - Excited
Portuguese talk by man; in jumble. [Connelly*Y-MA]
630 | PUERTO RICO | WUNO, R. Uno, San Juan, FEB 26 0600 - NotiUno seis treinta
and WUNO IDs, affiliates list; huge, demolishing WPRO. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
750 | VENEZUELA | YVKS, RCR, Caracas, MAR 6 2300 - Man shouting "Viva
Venezuela" and "socialismo", then lively music; over CBGY. [Connelly*Y-MA]
760 | BRAZIL | ZYH588, R. Uirapuru, Fortaleza, FEB 9 2300 - Uirapuru ID in
Portuguese talk by man, into apparent religious program; to fair peak over WJR.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
810 | COLOMBIA | HJCY, Bogota, FEB 19 0500 - Caracol Radio ID; over Cuban
wobbler and WGY. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
840 | HAITI | Radio-Télé 4VEH, Cap Haitien-Petite Anse, MAR 6 2300 - "Dashing
Through the Snow" 5-note interval signal; dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]
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