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)
$     
   
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   <TRANS-ATLANTIC DX, continued - Mark Connelly - Rockport, MA>
  
   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)
$     
   
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   <TRANS-ATLANTIC DX, continued - Mark Connelly - Rockport, MA>

   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)
$     
   
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   <TRANS-ATLANTIC DX, continued - Mark Connelly - Rockport, MA>
  

  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)
$     
   
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   <PAN-AMERICAN DX, continued - Mark Connelly - Rockport, MA>

   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)
$     
   
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   <PAN-AMERICAN DX, continued - Mark Connelly - Rockport, MA>

  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)

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