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Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION
Times / dates = UTC / 2016
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)
Receiver: Microtelecom Perseus
Antenna 1: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 10m vert. by 11m horiz. (peak 165 deg.,
null 345 deg.)
Antenna 2: 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.
NOTE:
{A} in entry indicates that audio can be accessed from link on the following
page:
http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/audio_2016.htm
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*** TRANSATLANTIC DX ***
531 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, F'kirina Wilaya d'Oum El Bouaghi, MAR 25 0300 - Pop
Arabic male vocal // 549; fair. + APR 1 0100 - Jil FM ID by woman, jingle, then
synthesizer dance-club music, male vocal; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
549 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, Les Trembles, MAR 25 0300 - Arabic vocal, percussion //
531; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
585 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Madrid, APR 1 0101 - Spanish news by man; in WEZE slop.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
684 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Sevilla, MAR 25 0300 - News // 774; in bad WRKO slop.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
693 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. 5, Droitwich et al., APR 1 0059 - Woman with BBC
newstalk; poor. [Connelly*Y-MA]
738 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Barcelona, MAR 29 0301 - Woman in Spanish; fair through
slop. [Connelly*Y-MA]
774 | EGYPT | Middle East R., Abis, MAR 29 0259 - Koranic vocal; over Spain.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
774 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, MAR 25 0300 - Man & woman with Spanish news;
over weak unID growl 774.1. [Connelly*Y-MA]
837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, MAR 27 0401 - Man & woman with
news in Spanish; fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]
855 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, APR 1 0100 - News by woman in Spanish; fair.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
864 | EGYPT | ERTU, Santah, MAR 29 0301 - Koranic vocal; to fair peak.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
882 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.Wales, Washford, MAR 25 0300 - Woman with "BBC"
and "the world's radio station" mentions; fair, some echo noted. [Connelly*Y-MA]
891 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Algiers, MAR 25 0259 - Male Arabic vocal with reverb;
to good peak. + APR 1 0100 - Arabic news by woman; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. 5 synchros, MAR 25 0300 - "Five Live Sport"
mention; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
918 | SPAIN | R. Inter, Madrid, MAR 25 0300 - Spanish news; over 917 Nigeria
het. [Connelly*Y-MA]
954 | SPAIN | Onda Cero, Madrid, MAR 25 0300 - Fanfare music, Spanish news by
man; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, MAR 25 0300 - Man in Spanish; through slop. + MAR
29 0300 - Fast Spanish newstalk by man; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1053.102 | LIBYA | Libyan Jamahiriya, Tripoli, APR 1 0100 - Male Arabic vocal;
fair, on USB to dodge 1053.0 growl. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, MAR 25 0301 - Man & woman with
mentions of counter-terrorism strategies; fair. + MAR 29 0300 - News about man
taken into custody at US Capitol in Washington, DC; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1107 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, MAR 27 0400 - Spanish news by man; fair.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1116 | SPAIN | R. Pontevedra, Pontevedra, MAR 29 0300 - // 1044 with Spanish
news by man; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1152 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, MAR 27 0400 - News // 1107; poor in mix with
other. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Absolute R. synchros, MAR 25 0301 - Greatest Albums of
All Time contest promo; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1404 | GREECE | Komotiki, MAR 27 0400 - Interval signal followed by anthem;
briefly strong. Thanks to Dmitry Mezin, Chuck Hutton, and Guido Schotmans of
RealDX group for ID help. Guido notes "The interval signal before the anthem
is the long standing one from ERA, also used on short wave since I started
DXing in the early '70s." {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1512 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Jeddah, MAR 29 0259 - Chanting; through WMEX slop.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, MAR 25 0259 - Arabiya mentions in talk by
man; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1530 | SAO TOME E PRINCIPE | VOA, Pinheira, MAR 29 0300 - Yankee Doodle
sign-on; under WCKY. [Connelly*Y-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
530 | CUBA | CMBQ, R. Enciclopedia, La Habana, MAR 20 0300 - Talk by woman,
James Bond movie instrumental, samba theme, woman "Transmite CMBQ, R.
Enciclopedia, desde la Habana, Cuba."; loud. [Connelly*Y-MA]
580 | PUERTO RICO | WKAQ, San Juan, MAR 28 0359 - WKAQ Cinco Ochenta ID;
dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]
590 | CUBA | R. Musical Nacional, La Julia, MAR 28 0400 - Woman with Radio
Musical Nacional ID; under WEZE. [Connelly*Y-MA]
590 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | R. Santa Maria, La Vega, MAR 25 0159 - Dominican
anthem; mixed with WEZE. Many thanks to Andrew Brade, Neil Kazaross, Chuck
Hutton, and Jim Renfrew of RealDX group for ID help. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
630 | PUERTO RICO | WUNO, NotiUno, San Juan, MAR 25 0300 - NotiUno ID in fast
Spanish newstalk; over WPRO. [Connelly*Y-MA]
680 | PUERTO RICO | WAPA, San Juan, MAR 25 0200 - Wapa Radio ID; over WRKO. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
700 | COLOMBIA | HJCX, W Radio, Cali, MAR 25 0200 - W Radio ID's; good.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
730 | CUBA | R. Progreso, La Fe, MAR 28 0400 - Cuban anthem // 640, 650, 690,
720, 750, 900, et al.; over HJCU, others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
780 | VENEZUELA | YVMN, R. Coro, Coro, MAR 28 0401 - R. Coro ID and jingle;
atop mess. [Connelly*Y-MA]
800 | BONAIRE | PJB, TransWorld Radio, Kralendijk, MAR 25 0200 - Woman
"Transmite Radio Transmundial ... desde Bonaire"; over others. [Connelly*Y-MA]
810 | BAHAMAS | ZNS3, Freeport, MAR 28 0400 - // 1540 with calypso music, talk
"It's midnight, do you know where your kids are?"; over WGY, others.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
990 | CUBA | R. Guama, Pinar del Rio, MAR 28 0400 - Woman with Radio Guama ID,
into Cuban anthem; over jumble of domestics. [Connelly*Y-MA]
1540 | BAHAMAS | ZNS1, R. Bahamas, Nassau, MAR 28 0400 - // 810 with "It's
midnight, do you know where your kids are?" followed by soul vocal; dominant.
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1610 | ANGUILLA | Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, MAR 25 0200 - Melissa Scott
preaching; over Indian music Canadian. [Connelly*Y-MA]
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