Date: Tue, 14 Dec 93 09:32:30 EST From: Mark=Connelly%TSO%MSDTWK@msdtwk_irc5.msd.ray.com Subject: Rockport report To: mc@northshore.ecosoft.com LOG9312A.TXT REPORT FROM: Mark Connelly - WA1ION DXpedition to Rockport, MA [Granite Pier site] RECEIVER: Realistic DX-392 ANTENNA SYSTEM: RTL-2 Remotely-Tuned Loop with MWT-3 Regenerative Tuner / Controller DATES: 1993 (UTC/GMT) TIMES: UTC/GMT Page 1 of 6 TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ================= 531 ALGERIA / SPAIN - DEC 2 @ 0050: AA female vocal o/ SS talk; both poor. (Connelly * MA) 549 ALGERIA Les Trembles - DEC 1 @ 2258: male AA vocal & violins; good w/ WICE-550 nulled. + DEC 2 @ 0047: AA talk by woman; EXCELLENT. (Connelly * MA) 567 PORTUGAL Valenca - DEC 2 @ 0046: man in PP slightly o/ mess (Ireland, Spain ?) and some WGAN-560 slop. (Connelly * MA) 576 SPAIN Barcelona - DEC 1 @ 2259: SS talk mixing w/ several others; poor to fair. (Connelly * MA) 576 unID - DEC 2 @ 0044: some kind of interval signal here: one high note then one low note sounded strongly, then possibly other low notes at weaker audio level. The instrument sounded like a xylophone. IS mx. was repeated again and again, then lost to slop. Is anybody else hearing this bird ? (Connelly * MA) 603 SPAIN Sevilla et al. - DEC 1 @ 2300: pips, R. Nacional de Espana ID; very good. (Connelly * MA) 612 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun - DEC 1 @ 2311: good w/ woman in AA. + DEC 2 @ 0041: EXCELLENT w/ AA violin mx. (Connelly * MA) 621 CANARY ISLANDS Santa Cruz, Tenerife - DEC 1 @ 2312: SS news by man & woman; strong. + DEC 2 @ 0040: SS talk; huge signal - at least 20 dB stronger than stations on 620 ! (Connelly * MA) 639 SPAIN La Coruna et al. - DEC 1 @ 2314: SS talk hacked badly by CBN. (Connelly * MA) 684 SPAIN Sevilla - DEC 1 @ 2322: man in SS at good signal level but WRKO slop was nasty. (Connelly * MA) $ Page 2 of 6 693 AZORES Terceira - DEC 1 @ 2323: poor to fair w/ PP teletalk. (Connelly * MA) 702 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun - DEC 1 @ 2325: AA flutes & drums at low audio level on big carrier. (Connelly * MA) 711 MOROCCO or LIBYA - DEC 1 @ 2335: a cappella AA chant briefly popped up through the heavy WOR slop. (Connelly * MA) 738 SPAIN Barcelona - DEC 1 @ 2326: man in SS; poor w/ heavy CHCM slop. (Connelly * MA) 756 GERMANY (t) - DEC 1 @ 2336: big-band era Christmas mx.; poor. (Connelly * MA) 765 SENEGAL Dakar - DEC 1 @ 2328: African mx. w/ stringed instrument and percussion that sounded like a wooden board being banged against a metal barrel. Monster carrier, audio was on the light side. (Connelly * MA) 774 SPAIN Valencia et al. - DEC 1 @ 2329: SS talk by man & woman; LOUD - atop a jumble including an AA mx. station. (Connelly * MA) 783 PORTUGAL Porto-Canidelo - DEC 1 @ 2330: PP talk poor in CFDR slop. (Connelly * MA) 792 SPAIN Sevilla - DEC 2 @ 0103: good w/ fast SS talk. (Connelly * MA) 828 MOROCCO Oujda - DEC 1 @ 2334: AA / Afro (Berber ?) group shouting / singing. (Connelly * MA) 837 AZORES Barossa - DEC 1 @ 2333: dominant w/ PP talk; Canaries station well under. (Connelly * MA) 837 CANARY ISLANDS Las Palmas, Gran Canaria - DEC 1 @ 2338: SS talk noted u/ Azores. (Connelly * MA) 846 ITALY Roma - DEC 1 @ 2339: talk by woman barely noticeable through severe WHDH slop. (Connelly * MA) 855 SPAIN Murcia et al. - DEC 1 @ 2340: SS talk; fair in WHDH slop. (Connelly * MA) 864 unID's - DEC 1 @ 2341: jumble of carriers & some bits of apparent AA audio, possibly Egypt or Morocco. (Connelly * MA) $ Page 3 of 6 873 SPAIN Zaragoza - DEC 1 @ 2342: SS talk good; slight WLAM-870 splash. (Connelly * MA) 882 CANARY ISLANDS / ENGLAND - DEC 1 @ 2344: man in SS atop EE rock mx. (Connelly * MA) 891 ALGERIA Algiers - DEC 1 @ 2345: good w/ woman in AA. (Connelly * MA) 909 ENGLAND Moorside Edge et al. - DEC 1 @ 2348: modern progressive rock mx., EE talk; to good peak. (Connelly * MA) 927 BELGIUM Wolvertem (t) - DEC 1 @ 2351: classical mx.; poor. (Connelly * MA) 936 MOROCCO / SPAIN (t): DEC 1 @ 2353: carrier, bits of apparent AA & SS audios; badly slopped. (Connelly * MA) 954 SPAIN Madrid - DEC 1 @ 2356: fast SS talk, mx.; good through WROL slop. (Connelly * MA) 981 ALGERIA Algiers - DEC 1 @ 2227: bits of AA mx.; mostly just a het against WCAP. (Connelly * MA) 1035 PORTUGAL Lisbon - DEC 2 @ 0105: instrumental mx., PP talk; in bad WBZ slop. (Connelly * MA) 1044 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun - DEC 2 @ 0006: loud w/ flute & male AA vocal. (Connelly * MA) 1098 CANARY ISLANDS (/ SPAIN) - DEC 2 @ 0107: SS pgm.; bad het "growl" present. (Connelly * MA) 1107 EGYPT / SPAIN - DEC 2 @ 0108: AA mx. / SS talk in jumble. (Connelly * MA) 1179 CANARY ISLANDS Santa Cruz, Tenerife - DEC 1 @ 2225: SS talk hetted by WHAM / LA's - 1180. (Connelly * MA) 1197 MOROCCO Agadir - DEC 1 @ 2238: AA-sounding mx. o/ others; poor. Lesotho a "no-show" tonight. (Connelly * MA) 1197 SPAIN Vitoria - DEC 1 @ 2302: SS talk w/ pile of others in bad slop. (Connelly * MA) 1305 SPAIN - DEC 2 @ 0111: SS talk; poor. (Connelly * MA) $ Page 4 of 6 1544 N. AFRICAN CLANDESTINE - DEC 1 @ 2250: EXCELLENT w/ shrill female vocal. Location per some sources is Algeria; others say Morocco or Western Sahara. (Connelly * MA) 1566 TUNISIA Sfax - DEC 1 @ 2253: fair w/ AA vocal; second signal (probably Azores) under; some WQEW-1560 / WNSH-1570 slop. (Connelly * MA) 1575 SPAIN - DEC 1 @ 2254: SS talk, poor. High end of dial had much worse domestic QRM than lower end. (Connelly * MA) 1584 SPAIN - DEC 1 @ 2254: SS talk, poor. There was no sign of the 1585.2 (Ceuta) het this time around. (Connelly * MA) PAN-AMERICAN DX =============== 535 GRENADA St. George's - DEC 2 @ 0049: good w/ British- accented EE talk; Turks & Caicos not noted at the time (possibly in fade ?) (Connelly * MA) 555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS Basseterre - DEC 2 @ 0047: calypso mx. in WGAN slop. (Connelly * MA) 595 DOMINICA Hillsborough - DEC 1 @ 2315: Caribbean EE talk; poor in WEEI/VOCM-590 slop. (Connelly * MA) 600 CUBA Urbano Noris CMKV - DEC 2 @ 0053: SS talk about Cuban political affairs. (Connelly * MA) 640 GUADELOUPE Pointe a Pitre: DEC 2 @ 0038: FF talk briefly o/ a melange including YVQO, Cuba, & CBN. (Connelly * MA) 650 COLOMBIA Bogota HJKH - DEC 1 @ 2317: many national news items in SS; good w/ CKGA ("VOCM") nulled. (Connelly * MA) 660 VENEZUELA Coro YVNA - DEC 2 @ 0056: national news in SS w/ many mentions of Venezuelan cities; o/u WFAN. (Connelly * MA) 670 VENEZUELA Caracas YVLL - DEC 2 @ 0035: SS speech, R. Rumbos ID; good. (Connelly * MA) 680 PUERTO RICO San Juan WAPA - DEC 2 @ 0030: "Guapa" & Puerto Rico mentions noted w/ WRKO nulled. (Connelly * MA) $ Page 5 of 6 690 ANGUILLA - DEC 2 @ 0028: bits of preaching in EE behind strong CBF. (Connelly * MA) 700 JAMAICA Montego Bay - DEC 2 @ 0026: talk "You're listening to Jamaica Magazine presented by the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation"; briefly alone, then covered by Venezuelan & Colombian stations. (Connelly * MA) 705 ST. VINCENT Kingstown - DEC 2 @ 0023: fair w/ EE talk by woman. (Connelly * MA) 710 CUBA - DEC 2 @ 0025: SS speech about Cuba, workers, etc.; atop WOR & stiff 711 het. (Connelly * MA) 750 VENEZUELA Caracas YVKS - DEC 2 @ 0020: to excellent peaks w/ Venezuelan news. (Connelly * MA) 760 COLOMBIA Barranquilla HJAJ - DEC 2 @ 0018: jingles, SS talk, fanfares // HJJX-770. Second SS LA, likely YVQQ, blending in. (Connelly * MA) 770 COLOMBIA Bogota HJJX - DEC 2 @ 0017: atop WABC w/ jingles, SS talk, fanfares // HJAJ-760. (Connelly * MA) 885 MONTSERRAT Plymouth ZJB - DEC 1 @ 2343: good w/ "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (a 1967 hit by Procol Harum). (Connelly * MA) 895 ST. KITTS & NEVIS Charlestown - DEC 1 @ 2346: Caribbean EE talk about local politics. (Connelly * MA) 920a unID - DEC 2 @ 0130: low-pitched het against CJCH/WHJJ. Colombia (HJAE Cartagena) has been off frequency here before. (Connelly * MA) 1000 COLOMBIA (city ?) - DEC 1 @ 2359: several "La Voz del Occidente" ID's and slogan "primer ... mercado de Colombia"; good o/ CKBW / WMVP / other LA's & stiff Spain - 999 het. (Connelly * MA) 1020 VENEZUELA La Asuncion YVRS - DEC 2 @ 0003: Margarita mentions, SS talk; briefly o/ Turks & Caicos. (Connelly * MA) 1020 TURKS & CAICOS - DEC 2 @ 0005: good w/ EE preaching o/ YVRS w/ KDKA looped. QRM from WBZ slop & 1017 TA het. (Connelly * MA) $ Page 6 of 6 1040 unID's - DEC 2 @ 0119: sounded like SS & PP, most likely YVLB Valencia, Venezuela & ZYK537 Sao Paulo, Brazil. WBZ slop was rough. (Connelly * MA) 1100 ANTIGUA St. John's ZDK - DEC 2 @ 0013: EE discussion by Caribbean-accented woman barely o/ a pile of LA's w/ a raucous growl resulting. (Connelly * MA) 1160 BERMUDA Hamilton VSB3 - DEC 1 @ 2307: BBC world trade discussion atop WSKW nostalgia mx. (Connelly * MA) 1165 ANTIGUA St. John's - DEC 1 @ 2230: good w/ children singing religious songs. (Connelly * MA) 1190 COLOMBIA Barranquilla HJCT - DEC 1 @ 2301: good w/ SS talk & numerous slogans w/ "de la Costa", so likely this one. (Connelly * MA) 1200 VENEZUELA Caracas YVOZ - DEC 1 @ 2236: good Radiotiempo ID; WKOX looped. (Connelly * MA) 1415 unID - DEC 1 @ 2245: raspy carrier, possibly from Caribbean area per loop heading. (Connelly * MA) 1505 ANGUILLA The Valley - DEC 2 @ 0113: EE talk, poor; hammered by WSSH-1510. (Connelly * MA) 1520 unID's - DEC 2 @ 0114: two SS LA's here working over WWKB. From previous receptions here and on Cape Cod, these are most likely WRAI (Puerto Rico) and YVND (Venezuela); HJLQ (Colombia) is also possible. (Connelly * MA) 1530 PUERTO RICO Utuado WUPR - DEC 2 @ 0116: apparent ads - one ended w/ a resounding "en Puerto Rico !" that cut through the sludge on the channel. (Connelly * MA) 1530 unID - DEC 2 @ 0116: operatic SS vocal o/u Puerto Rico w/ WCKY looped. (Connelly * MA) 1610 ANGUILLA The Valley - DEC 1 @ 2255: Caribbean-style Christmas religious mx. (Connelly * MA)