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LOG9312E.TXT
REPORT FROM: Mark Connelly - WA1ION
30 William Road
Billerica, MA 01821-6079
RECEIVER: Drake R8
ANTENNA SYSTEM: two slopers (approx. 37 m. each) via noise-reducing
transformers to Super-MWDX-5 Phasing Unit & MWT-3 Regen. Tuner
DATES: 1993 (UTC/GMT) TIMES: UTC/GMT Page 1 of 6
TRANS-ATLANTIC DX
=================
531 | GERMANY Leipzig - DEC 23 @ 0459-0500: Alpine mx, GG talk; very
good - surprisingly way atop the channel. Usually Spain & Algeria
dominate here. Residual CIAO - 530 het was phased to nothing.
(Connelly - MA)
531 | SPAIN / unID's - DEC 28 @ 0449: SS vocal o/ 2 or 3 others;
some "F9" beacon QRM, CIAO phased. (Connelly - MA)
531 | SPAIN / ALGERIA - DEC 29 @ 2349: SS talk by man o/ AA female
vocal. (Connelly - MA)
549 | ALGERIA Les Trembles - DEC 29 @ 2350: AA talk by man; to good
peaks through CFNB slop. (Connelly - MA)
558 | SPAIN - DEC 29 @ 2355: man in SS // 738; poor o/ others including
possible PP & AA stations. (Connelly - MA)
612 | MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun - DEC 29 @ 2157: AA mx at low audio level
on big carrier. (Connelly - MA)
621 | CANARY ISLANDS Santa Cruz - DEC 28 @ 0452: operatic SS male
vocal; very good. + DEC 29 @ 0533: EXCELLENT w/ man & woman
in SS. (Connelly - MA)
639 | SPAIN La Coruna et al. - DEC 29 @ 2154: SS talk; poor.
(Connelly - MA)
711 | unID's - DEC 30 @ 0000: cacophonous growl (approx. 60 Hz)
occasionally yielded AA & other audio. Morocco / Libya most
likely; I'm not sure who's off frequency. (Connelly - MA)
738 | SPAIN Barcelona - DEC 29 @ 2356: SS talk to good peaks.
(Connelly - MA)
$
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747 | HOLLAND Flevoland - DEC 30 @ 0005: pop mx (Phil Collins) o/
Spain. + DEC 30 @ 0432: man in DD; good. (Connelly - MA)
756 | SPAIN Bilbao - DEC 28 @ 0500: SS news; good (way o/ others)
w/ WJR phased. (Connelly - MA)
756 | GERMANY Braunschweig / Ravensburg - DEC 29 @ 0530: rock
instrumental, pips, man in GG; good. (Connelly - MA)
765 | unID - DEC 28 @ 0504: sounded SS instead of expected FF
(Switzerland); lost to slop. (Connelly - MA)
765 | SWITZERLAND Sottens - DEC 29 @ 0535: good w/ woman in FF.
+ DEC 30 @ 0434: classical mx; very good. (Connelly - MA)
765 | SENEGAL Dakar - DEC 29 @ 2148: African-accented FF talk,
African mx; EXCELLENT. + DEC 30 @ 0007: Koran chant, talk,
African shouting / drumming LIKE A LOCAL, way o/ the Swiss
station's classical mx. (Connelly - MA)
774 | SPAIN - DEC 23 @ 0450: male / female duet on SS Christmas
song; good. + DEC 28 @ 0505: news by man & woman in SS; good.
+ DEC 29 @ 2147: man & woman in SS; good w/ WABC phased.
(Connelly - MA)
783 | PORTUGAL Miramar - DEC 30 @ 0009: bits of PP in heavy slop
from new C&W format on CFDR-780. (Connelly - MA)
783 | PORTUGAL / SYRIA (t) - DEC 30 @ 0438: man in PP o/ apparent
AA station. (Connelly - MA)
819 | unID (MOROCCO or EGYPT) - DEC 30 @ 0439: fragments of AA talk.
(Connelly - MA)
837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN - DEC 30 @ 0011: SS teletalk, slightly
o/ a pile of others. (Connelly - MA)
855 | SPAIN Murcia et al. - DEC 23 @ 0447: man in SS, then vocal mx;
fair w/ local WHDH phased. (Connelly - MA)
873 | SPAIN Zaragoza - DEC 29 @ 0537: fair w/ man in SS. + DEC 30
@ 0440: SS talk; poor to fair o/ others. (Connelly - MA)
882 | ENGLAND Washford - DEC 23 @ 0445: EE talk in WCBS slop.
+ DEC 30 @ 0442: male EE DJ, oldie "United We Stand" by
Brotherhood of Man; good. (Connelly - MA)
$
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<Mark Connelly - Billerica, MA - times/dates: UTC, 1993 - TA DX, cont.>
882 | CANARY ISLANDS La Laguna - DEC 28 @ 0445: man in SS; good o/
others w/ WCBS phased. (Connelly - MA)
882 | CANARY ISLANDS / ENGLAND - DEC 30 @ 0013: SS talk o/u EE
rock; signals just about even in strength. (Connelly - MA)
891 | ALGERIA Algiers - DEC 23 @ 0442: AA female a cappella
vocal; EXCELLENT. + DEC 28 @ 0446: AA vocal, then talk;
good. + DEC 29 @ 2143: AA talk by man & woman at good
level; SAH of about 4 Hz present, presumably from
co-channel Portugal. (Connelly - MA)
927 | BELGIUM Wolvertem - DEC 23 @ 0503: GG-sounding talk; poor w/
heavy slop from 4+ station pig-pile on 930. (Connelly - MA)
954 | SPAIN Madrid - DEC 30 @ 0015: man in SS using '50s-type
reverb.; good. (Connelly - MA)
981 | ALGERIA Algiers - DEC 23 @ 0505: male AA Koran chanting;
EXCELLENT - just as loud as the 891 powerhouse. + DEC 29
@ 2203: man talking, probably FF; strong, but in heavy WTRY/
CBV slop w/ semi-local WCAP phased. (Connelly - MA)
999 | SPAIN Madrid - DEC 29 @ 2204: news by man in SS; loud,
slicing by CKBW/CFLP - 1000. (Connelly - MA)
1008 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN - DEC 29 @ 2205: SS o/ others in
CFRB slop w/ WINS phased. (Connelly - MA)
1017 | GERMANY Rheinsender - DEC 29 @ 2207: "Help" by the Beatles,
then GG talk; to good peaks o/ Spain & others. (Connelly - MA)
1044 | MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun - DEC 23 @ 0507: AA Koran chant EXCELLENT;
Spain (SS talk) audible way under. + DEC 29 @ 2208: AA talk
LOUD - certainly one of the "big gun" TA's here. + DEC 30
@ 0017: AA mx well o/ Spain. + DEC 31 @ 0623: festive style
AA mx; LOUD. (Connelly - MA)
1053 | MOROCCO Tanger - DEC 23 @ 0508: AA chant // 1044; fair to good.
+ DEC 29 @ 2209: AA talk // 1044; way o/ England. (Connelly - MA)
1053 | ENGLAND - DEC 29 @ 2209: modern progressive rock song // 1089;
u/ Morocco. (Connelly - MA)
$
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1062 | DENMARK Kalundborg - DEC 23 @ 0509: good w/ man in Danish,
then dance-rock. + DEC 29 @ 2209: rock mx, Danish talk; o/
others. (Connelly - MA)
1071 | FRANCE Lille et al. - DEC 29 @ 2210: bits of FF occasionally
getting by potent CBA-1070. (Connelly - MA)
1089 | ENGLAND - DEC 19 @ 0726: female pop vocal. + DEC 29 @ 2215:
modern progressive rock mx, EE talk // 1053; EXCELLENT w/
WBAL phased. (Connelly - MA)
1098 | SLOVAKIA / CANARY ISLANDS - DEC 23 @ 0512: Slav & SS audios
battling it out here at even strength. + DEC 29 @ 2216:
Slavic talk o/u SS mx. (Connelly - MA)
1107 | SPAIN - DEC 23 @ 0513: woman in SS // 1098; EXCELLENT.
(Connelly - MA)
1107 | EGYPT Batra - DEC 30 @ 0018: AA pop female vocal atop Spain.
(Connelly - MA)
1125 | unID's - DEC 23 @ 0514: immense growl w/ little intelligible
audio. (Connelly - MA)
1134 | CROATIA Zadar - DEC 29 @ 2218: Slavic talk; fair to good,
atop Spain. (Connelly - MA)
1170 | PORTUGAL (t) - DEC 29 @ 2220: apparent PP vocal; o/ others w/
WWVA phased. (Connelly - MA)
1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN - DEC 23 @ 0517: man in SS; fair to
good. + DEC 28 @ 0517: man & woman in SS; fair to good w/
WHAM phased. + DEC 29 @ 2223: SS just slightly o/ Sweden.
(Connelly - MA)
1188 | MOROCCO (t) - DEC 29 @ 2224: messy low-pitched growl of
carriers, then female AA vocal floated to the top. (Connelly - MA)
1197 | ENGLAND - DEC 19 @ 0718: Virgin R. w/ EE DJ // 1215; poor.
(Connelly - MA)
1206 | FRANCE Bordeaux - DEC 31 @ 0620: FF talk; poor in WOGL slop.
(Connelly - MA)
$
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<Mark Connelly - Billerica, MA - times/dates: UTC, 1993 - TA DX, cont.>
1215 | ENGLAND - DEC 19 @ 0708: Virgin R. to good peak w/ "Slip
Slidin' Away" by Paul Simon. + DEC 31 @ 0617: metal version
of "The Cat's in the Cradle"; o/ Spain. (Connelly - MA)
1215 | SPAIN - DEC 29 @ 2230: SS talkshow slightly o/ England.
(Connelly - MA)
1251 | LIBYA Tripoli - DEC 29 @ 2232: AA chant in heavy slop from
FF Canadian on 1250. (Connelly - MA)
1314 | SPAIN / NORWAY - DEC 23 @ 0522: SS talk & NN talk about
equal in strength. (Connelly - MA)
1314 | NORWAY Kvitsoy - DEC 30 @ 0448: NN talk; fair. (Connelly - MA)
1395 | ALBANIA Lushnje - DEC 29 @ 2237: EE religious program; very
good. This was running S9+40 (!) on peaks and it was stronger
than adjacent WLLH-1400 (12 miles distant). (Connelly - MA)
1503 | SPAIN / unID - DEC 29 @ 2245: bits o/ SS o/ folk mx station
(Poland ?); poor w/ hets from 1502 Afro & 1505 Anguilla and
slop from WSSH-1510; WTOP was phased out. (Connelly - MA)
1512 | BELGIUM Wolvertem - DEC 29 @ 2334: woman in GG slipped through
during 10 sec. pause in local WSSH audio. (Connelly - MA)
1530 | VATICAN - DEC 29 @ 2337: classical mx // 5882; good, atop WCKY.
(Connelly - MA)
1548 | ENGLAND - DEC 19 @ 0713: rock mx; poor. (Connelly - MA)
1584 | SPAIN - DEC 19 @ 0714: woman in SS to good peak; very
echoey, however. + DEC 22 @ 0515: fair to good w/ SS talk
by man & woman. (Connelly - MA)
1593 | GERMANY Langenberg - DEC 21 @ 0510: female pop vocal, GG talk.
+ DEC 29 @ 2345: bouncy GG female group pop vocal; fair to
good. (Connelly - MA)
1611 | VATICAN - DEC 29 @ 2342: talk by man (not sure of lang.);
carrier strong, but audio weak & blending w/ that pesky
"LGB TLX" beacon. (Connelly - MA)
$
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PAN-AMERICAN DX
===============
770 | COLOMBIA Bogota HJJX - DEC 23 @ 0451: RCN ID, SS talk; atop
WABC. (Connelly - MA)
1170 | COLOMBIA Cartagena HJNW - DEC 28 @ 0515: CARACOL network
ID; knocking down WWVA. (Connelly - MA)
1267.45 | unID DOMESTIC - DEC 31 @ 0610: syndicated / satellite show
of '80s era Top 40 hits; no local ID's given - strong at times.
(Connelly - MA)