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One other editorial note, please put a TAB between the frequency, country, and station. Your logging should now look like this:

747 (tab) SATURN (tab) Outer Ring Radio, Titan, AUG 31 1957 - typical Gas Giant music, such as "I’ll See You in Twenty Nine Earth Years", "Me-thane and You-thane", and "Retrograde Harvest Moon" (DJ having trouble taking phone requests due to time lag), ad for Flossed in Space Orbital Dental Office and Velcro Shoe sale at Roche’s Limited, slop from Jupiter Seven. [Name-ST]

When you follow this exact format, you save me many hours of re-typing. Thanks!

Welcome to Robert Forsman of Pascagoula, giving us our first reporter from Mississippi in many years.

TRANS-ATLANTIC DX

153 ALGERIA Bechar, AUG 6 0154 - // 549 with AA female vocal & strings; fair carrier, but relatively low audio. [Connelly*rw-MA]

153 GERMANY Deutschlandfunk, Donebach, AUG 1 0143 - classical music; dominant. [Connelly*P-MA]

162 FRANCE Allouis, AUG 1 0142 - man with teletalk show in FF; excellent. [Connelly*P-MA]

177 GERMANY Oranienburg, AUG 1 0144 - string music; poor. [Connelly*P-MA]

183 GERMANY Saarlouis, AUG 1 0145 - presumed this with pre-sign-on test tones. [Connelly*P-MA]

189 ICELAND RUV, Gufuskalar, AUG 1 0142 - '80s era Elvis Costello song; to good peak. [Connelly*P-MA]

198 UNITED KINGDOM BBC, Droitwich et al., AUG 1 0146 - BBC World Service documentary in EE // 5975; good, over DIW beacon. [Connelly*P-MA]

207 GERMANY Aholming, AUG 1 0150 - classical music starting to mix with Morocco. [Connelly*P-MA]

207 MOROCCO Azilal, AUG 1 0140 - AA talk by man; good. [Connelly*P-MA]

216 unID AUG 1 0147 - maybe France (R. Monte Carlo) here with audio fragments, but too much CLB (NC) / BID (RI) beacon interference to tell for sure. [Connelly*P-MA]

234 LUXEMBOURG Junglinster, AUG 1 0139 - light pop FF vocal; poor to fair. [Connelly*P-MA]

252 IRELAND Atlantic 252, Kilmessan-Clarkestown, AUG 1 0138 - rock music; good. [Connelly*P-MA]

531 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, AUG 1 0119 - // 774 with SS group discussion; fair. [Connelly*P-MA]

549 ALGERIA Les Trembles, AUG 1 0116 - AA male vocal, with drums and strings; LOCAL-LIKE ! [Connelly*P-MA] AUG 6 0154 - AA female vocal & strings, // 153; strong, over suspected

Germany. [Connelly*rw-MA]

567 IRELAND RTE R.1, Tullamore, AUG 6 0055 - old-fashioned vocal blending jazz & blues elements, followed by man in EE; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

585 SPAIN RNE1, Madrid, AUG 6 0152 - SS talk, guitar music; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

594 PORTUGAL R. Renascenca, Muge, AUG 6 0151 - PP male vocal; poor, in VOCM slop with WEZE phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]

603 SPAIN RNE5, Sevilla / Palencia, AUG 6 0149 - // 774 with old-style romantic vocal, then SS talk; good, over others. [Connelly*rw-MA]

612 IRELAND Athlone, AUG 1 0151 - "Under Pressure" by David Bowie; good. No sign of Morocco here ... is it still on the air ? [Connelly*P-MA]

621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN RNE1 synchros, AUG 6 0146 - bluegrass banjo & fiddle, SS talk; good.[Connelly*rw-MA]

639 SPAIN RNE1, La Coruna et al., AUG 6 0146 - SS talk interspersed with Irish and bluegrass instrumental music; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

648 SPAIN RNE1, Badajoz et al., AUG 6 0145 - // 639 & others with SS talk; to fair peak. [Connelly*rw-MA]

666 PORTUGAL RDP, Lisboa, AUG 6 0200 - // 837 with pips, then man in PP reading the news; poor, slightly over jumble. This used to have a very strong signal, but now its dominance of the channel is marginal most nights. [Connelly*rw-MA]

684 SPAIN RNE1, Sevilla, AUG 6 0134 - C&W-style SS vocal; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

693 AZORES RDP, Santa Barbara, AUG 6 0126 - // 837 with "Ooh La La" by Rod Stewart; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

693 UNITED KINGDOM BBC, Droitwich et al., AUG 1 0154 - EE news and telephone interview; to good peak with CBF phased. [Connelly*P-MA]

729 SPAIN RNE1, Oviedo et al., AUG 6 0143 - // 738 & 774 with Irish-style fiddling, then man in SS; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

738 SPAIN RNE1, Barcelona, AUG 6 0143 - // 729 & 774: Celtic fiddles followed by SS talk; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

756 GERMANY Deutschlandradio, Braunschweig/Ravensburg, AUG 6 0214 - // 1422 with classical music; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

756 SPAIN R. Euskadi, Bilbao, AUG 6 0048 - woman in SS; over Germany. [Connelly*rw-MA]

765 SENEGAL Dakar, AUG 5 2324 - Afro-French talk by man; fair at fade-in, huge a few minutes later. [Connelly*rw-MA]

765 SWITZERLAND RSR, Sottens, AUG 1 0122 - LOUD with pop music including "Shining Star" by Earth, Wind, & Fire. [Connelly*P-MA]

774 SPAIN RNE1 synchros, AUG 1 0120 - group of 2 or 3 people talking in the studio; fair to good. [Connelly*P-MA] AUG 6 0143 - // 729 & 738 with Irish-style fiddling, then man in SS; to good peak. [Connelly*rw-MA]

792 SPAIN SER, Sevilla, AUG 6 0130 - SS talk by man & woman; poor, mixed with unID other. [Connelly*rw-MA]

792 SPAIN SER Sevilla AUG 6 0217 - Fair; American nostalgic vocal parallel a huge signal on 1044. [Conti-MA]

819 EGYPT Batra, AUG 1 0255 - AA speech / preaching, not parallel to Morocco-207 so Egypt instead. 864 was big at the time. [Connelly*P-MA]

819 MOROCCO Rabat, AUG 6 0141 - // 207 with slow pop-style male AA vocal. [Connelly*rw-MA]

837 AZORES RDP, Pico da Barossa, AUG 1 0111 - PP vocal; good, atop Canaries-Spain. [Connelly*P-MA] AUG 6 0126 - HUGE signal, with "Ooh La La" by Rod Stewart, // 693. [Connelly*rw-MA]

837 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN COPE synchros, AUG 1 0111 - noted // 1296 with SS talk; under Azores. [Connelly*P-MA]

837 AZORES RDP Barrosa AUG 6 0125 - Excellent! Rod Stewart, other English/American pops, parallel an almost as good signal on 693. [Conti-MA]

846 ITALY RAI Roma AUG 6 0215 - Fair; woman with "Notturno Italiano" ID into operatic vocal, SW parallels weren’t coming in at the time. [Conti-MA]

846 ITALY Rome, AUG 1 0202 - Italian talk; in WEEI slop. [Connelly*P-MA]

855 SPAIN RNE1, Murcia et al., AUG 17 0008 - // 1107 with jazz, then SS talk; good. [Connelly*P-MA]

864 EGYPT Santah, AUG 1 0110 - a cappella male Koranic vocal; good. [Connelly*P-MA]

873 SPAIN SER R. Zaragoza, Zaragoza, AUG 1 0203 - SS news by man & woman; fair. [Connelly*P-MA]

882 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN AUG 1 0204 - SS news; evenly mixed with BBC UK. [Connelly*P-MA]

882 UNITED KINGDOM BBC Wales, Washford, AUG 1 0204 - EE news; over/under Canaries-Spain. [Connelly*P-MA]

891 ALGERIA Algiers, AUG 1 0206 - male AA vocal at light audio level on strong carrier. [Connelly*P-MA] AUG 6 0122 - male AA vocal, drums, flutes; LOUD ! [Connelly*rw-MA]

909 SPAIN - BALEARIC ISLANDS (t) AUG 1 0253 - sounded like fast SS talk (rather than PP from Azores) under BBC-UK. [Connelly*P-MA]

909 UNITED KINGDOM BBC, Moorside Edge et al., AUG 1 0253 - BBC EE group discussion show; over apparent SS station. [Connelly*P-MA] AUG 6 0205 - EE news through WABI slop.

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936 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, AUG 1 0251 - SS teletalk; to good peak. [Connelly*P-MA]

936 SPAIN RNE synchros AUG 6 0025 - Good; telephone talk and jazz music // 1305. [Conti-MA]

954 SPAIN R. Espana, Madrid, AUG 1 0210 - fast SS talk, getting through CHNS-960 slop. [Connelly*P-MA] AUG 6 0026 - woman in SS; over slop from local WROL-950. [Connelly*rw-MA]

963 PORTUGAL, R. Renascenca, Seixal, AUG 6 0206 - // 594 with male vocal, then PP talk; poor. [Connelly*rw-MA]

981 ALGERIA Algiers, AUG 5 2355 - AA male vocal & violins; good with WCAP phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]

999 SPAIN COPE, Madrid, AUG 6 0208 - fast SS talk by woman, bits of jazz were interspersed; fair through CKBW splash. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1017 GERMANY Rheinsender, AUG 17 0119 - light pops including "Unchained Melody" by the Righteous Brothers, the GG-sounding talk; poor. [Connelly*O-MA]

1017 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, AUG 1 0250 - SS talk; over others. [Connelly*P-MA]

1044 SPAIN SER synchros, AUG 1 0250 - good: fast SS talk by man & woman, then the instrumental beginning of "The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" was played. [Connelly*P-MA]

AUG 6 0025 - teletalk, then a bit of Spanish classical guitar music; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1053 SPAIN COPE, Zaragoza / Castellon, AUG 1 0105 - woman in SS; over/under Talk Radio UK. [Connelly*P-MA]

1053 UNITED KINGDOM Talk Radio synchros, Start Point et al., AUG 1 0105 - EE advertisements; mixed with Spain. [Connelly*P-MA] AUG 6 0036 - EE talk about music. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1071 SPAIN EI, Bilbao, AUG 1 0244 - // 1197 with US rap hit with words "I'm the lyrical gangster." Fair signal with some CBA splash. [Connelly*P-MA] + AUG 6 0035 - folk music, then SS vocal. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1089 UNITED KINGDOM Talk Radio synchros, AUG 1 0213 - teletalk about relationships and dating; advert for oldies CD's; then Talk Radio ID. Good, stronger than WBAL ! [Connelly*P-MA]

AUG 6 0032 - phone caller from southern Wales. [Connelly*rw-MA] AUG 16 0020 - ad: get the "Inspirations" CD by ringing 0800-700-600, then a Talk Radio ID followed; monster signal - annihilating WBAL. [Connelly*P-MA]

1098 SLOVAKIA Nitra, AUG 16 2359 - light pop music, Slavic talk, then into pips and news at 0000. Good signal; very dominant at the time. [Connelly*P-MA]

1098 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, AUG 1 0214 - SS teletalk; over growl. AUG 1 0248 - // 1107 with part of female vocal, then teletalk. [Connelly*P-MA]

1107 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, AUG 1 0054 - fast SS talk by woman, then light jazz; excellent. [Connelly*P-MA] AUG 6 0022 - LOUD with SS teletalk mentioning "Estados Unidos". [Connelly*rw-MA]

1116 SPAIN SER synchros, AUG 6 0209 - // 1044 with soul-style instrumental music; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1125 CROATIA HR, Deanovec, AUG 1 0053 - // (huge) 1134 with C&W-style Slavic vocal; fair. AUG 17 0022 - // to local-like 1134 with Slav group vocal and old-fashioned Italian-style mandolins;

fair over Spain. [Connelly*P-MA]

1134 CROATIA HR, Zadar, AUG 1 0047 - Slavic male vocal; LOUD, well over Spain. [Connelly*P-MA] AUG 6 0027 - typical music; about even with Spain. [Connelly*rw-MA] AUG 17 - Slavic music with Italian influences; dominant and superloud: challenging WBBR-1130. [Connelly*P-MA]

1134 SPAIN COPE synchros, AUG 6 0027 - SS talk; over/under Croatia. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1143 SPAIN COPE synchros, AUG 6 0028 - SS teletalk; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1152 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, AUG 1 0247 - // 1107 with SS talk; poor. [Connelly*P-MA] AUG 6 0028 - teletalk // 1107; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1161 SPAIN EI, San Sebastian, AUG 1 0049 - SS talk; in slop. AUG 1 0216 - rock-style SS vocal; fair. [Connelly*P-MA]

1179 SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS SER synchros, AUG 1 0100 - pips, then clear "Cadena SER" ID by woman; good, over others. [Connelly*P-MA] AUG 5 2334 - SS teletalk by man & woman;

fair at pre-sunset fade-in time. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1188 MOROCCO Casablanca (t), AUG 6 0115 - AA talk by man & woman; poor. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1188 unID AUG 1 0057 - probably Hungary here with bits of an operatic vocal; poor. AUG 1 0220 - folk-style vocal; to fair peak. [Connelly*P-MA]

1197 PAIN I, Vitoria, AUG 1 0244 - // 1071 with US rap hit that used melody from "Land of 1000 Dances" oldie; fair to good. [Connelly*P-MA]

1215 UNITED KINGDOM Virgin R. synchros, AUG 1 0222 - hit by Matchbox 20; good, way over others. [Connelly*P-MA]

1224 SPAIN COPE synchros, AUG 6 0225 - man & woman with SS teletalk; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1224 SPAIN COPE synchros AUG 6 0225 - Good; Telephone talk, host brings caller on the air by asking "Que tal?" Unusually strong signal, not heard often on this frequency. [Conti-MA]

1242 FRANCE R. Bleue, Marseille, AUG 16 2355 - FF talk, then C&W oldie "Luckenbach, Texas"; to good peak. Slight off channel het noted at times. 1278 possibly had the same song, but tough

QRM there. [Connelly*P-MA]

1251 LIBYA Tripoli, AUG 16 2353 - AA talk by man & woman at a rather low audio level on a big carrier. Splash from WARE et al. phased. AUG 17 0027 - male AA vocal & violins; good. [Connelly*P-MA]

1296 SPAIN COPE, Valencia, AUG 1 0112 - // 837 with SS talk; fair. AUG 1 0223 - SS teletalk; good. [Connelly*P-MA] AUG 5 2344 - teletalk; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1305 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, AUG 6 0012 - SS talk with synchro-echo; atop growl. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1314 NORWAY NRK, Kvitsoy, AUG 16 0032 - man in Norwegian, then light-pop '50s male EE vocal ("Beautiful Drop-out" or something like that); good. [Connelly*P-MA]

1341 NORTHERN IRELAND BBC, Lisnagarvey, AUG 1 0242 - EE talk; poor, in slop. AUG 17 0112 - BBC EE news by woman mentioning events in Colombia; good. [Connelly*P-MA]

1359 SPAIN, Arganda, AUG 1 0225 - man & woman in SS; fair through CKBC slop. [Connelly*P-MA]

1395 NETHERLANDS Lopik, AUG 17 0110 - Dutch teletalk show with male "talkmaster"; fair to good. Hearing this station only 2 miles / 3 km away from superlocal WPLM-1390 certainly

shows what phasing can accomplish. [Connelly*P-MA]

1413 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, AUG 17 0108 - SS talk; fair in CIGO slop. [Connelly*P-MA]

1422 ALGERIA Algiers, AUG 17 0037 - thanks to some very quiet passages in the classical music on the much-stronger German, I was able to discern the AA vocal from this one in the background. [Connelly*P-MA]

1422 GERMANY Deutschlandradio, Heusweiler, AUG 1 0127 - romantic vocal with syrupy violins (like something from a 1940's movie), then woman in GG; fair. [Connelly*P-MA] AUG 6 0011 - classical music; to good peak. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1485 SPAIN SER synchros, AUG 17 0046 - // 1044 with fast SS talk; fair. [Connelly*P-MA]

1502.68 TOGO R. Kara, Kara, AUG 26 2253 - African music, // 3222.06; SIO 343 [Burnell-NF]

1503 IRAN IRIB, Bushehr (t), AUG 17 0106 - this one probable with flutes and Middle Eastern music; poor, in mix with others. There were some very potent high-band signals coming in from the Middle East at the time. [Connelly*P-MA]

1512 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA, Jeddah, AUG 1 0233 - AA vocal well atop an apparent second station; tough WNRB slop at times. AUG 17 0057 - a really HUGE signal here with Oud and other AA strings, then a male vocal. This was blasting in so well that anybody on the South Shore or the Cape trying

to hear WNRB's sportstalk was going to have a tough time of it. [Connelly*P-MA]

1521 SAUDI ARABIA, BSKSA, Duba, AUG 1 0300 - AA talk by man at sign-on; excellent signal, annihilating WWKB. [Connelly*P-MA]

1521 SPAIN SER Castellon AUG 6 0110 - Fair; telephone talk // 1575. [Conti-MA]

1530 VATICAN R. Vaticana, AUG 1 0227 - Vatican interval signal music repeated several times; huge signal, about 20 dB stronger than WSAI or whatever else was under. At 0230, some

Slavic-sounding talk was heard. [Connelly*P-MA]

1548 KUWAIT VOA, Kuwait City, AUG 16 2345 - US EE talk about the US Senate; strong, way over an unID music station. This and Algeria-1550 were taking turns QRM'ing each other: TA's slopping TA's at a North American receiving site! AUG 17 0104 - VOA news about the deadly bombing in Omagh, Northern Ireland. Signal was huge & local-like: I don't hear that many Middle East SHORTWAVE stations this loud! [Connelly*P-MA]

1548 UNITED KINGDOM AUG 1 0235 - at least two British stations were battling it out here. One, presumably Bristol-Mangotsfield, had BBC talk // 5975 and another station had music. I think there may have been a teletalker in the jumble also. [Connelly*P-MA]

1548 unID AUG 6 0100 - Likely England with classical music, heard while listening for VOA-Kuwait. [Conti-MA]

1548 ENGLAND Capital Gold, London, AUG 8, 2321 - "Capital Gold" ID's, promo for Tubular Bells III over music that sounded like the original Tubular Bells; SIO 333 [Burnell-NF].

1550 ALGERIA - CLANDESTINE Tindouf, AUG 5 2330 - AA talk; to very good peak. [Connelly*rw-MA] AUG 16 2344 - AA talk; excellent, at least S9+20 dB. [Connelly*P-MA]

1559 unID (Middle East CLANDESTINE ?) AUG 17 0101 - a whopper of a 1 kHz heterodyne on WQEW and some thin AA-sounding audio. There was also something coming in on 1557 (weak: sounded like opera). On 1559 I'd heard what I think was the same AA station last October at 0004 UTC. Does anyone have a location for this ? [Connelly*P-MA] This was probably the high-power CIA-run transmitter in Kuwait which carries various anti-Iraq stations, such as Al Mustaqbal (The Future) and "Voice of the Brave Armed Forces". It frequency-hops anywhere between 1557 and 1584 kHz. Nice catch. [Dave Kenny, UK, e-mail response]

1566 IRAN IRIB Bandar Abbas AUG 6 0040 - Tentative; talk in Arabic, Iran would be the most likely candidate here, although propagation to the Middle East was poor tonight. [Conti-MA]

1566 AZORES CSB1 Villa do Porto, AUG 21 0724-0800 - semi-classical, symphony, flamenc, female announcer, fair, deteriorating before 0800, splash from 1570. [Trelford-JAM]

1575 SPAIN SER synchros, AUG 16 2340 - SS talk & teletalk with slight echo; good. [Connelly*P-MA]

1584 CEUTA RadiOle, AUG 17 0053 - SS pop-rock briefly broke over the SER Spain station and some other jumbled stuff. [Connelly*P-MA]

1584 SPAIN SER synchros, AUG 16 2346 - // 1575 with SS teletalk; to fair peak through CBJ slop. [Connelly*P-MA]

1593 EGYPT Matruh (t), AUG 17 0059 - probably this one with thin AA-sounding vocal in and out of the slop. Iran is also listed here, so this frequency needs some more work on a good Middle East night. [Connelly*P-MA]

1593 GERMANY RFE Holzkirchen, AUG 22 0530 - 0617 - semi-classical, full symphony orchestra, and after 0600 more popular numbers and female announcer (not EE), fair to 0615 and then fading, splash from 1590. [Trelford-JAM]

1602 SPAIN EI, Vitoria, AUG 1 0237 - non-SER program with woman in SS interspersed with music segments; excellent. [Connelly*P-MA] AUG 6 0006 - woman in SS, then pop music; fair through residual slop from phased WUNR. [Connelly*rw-MA]

PAN-AMERICAN DX

540 MEXICO XEWA San Luis Potosí SLP, AUG 11 1757 - daytime check shows two stations simulcasting each other, but with a slight echo and a 20 Hz SAH. The main transmitter, 150 kW, located near San Luis Potosí, is one of the strongest stations audible at night. The station in Monterrey, 500 watts, operates as a relay, or rahter, on-channel booster of the SLP mother station. Both stations are heard here in Brownsville during the day, both at somewhat equal audio levels, the relay station in Monterrey is the one with the slight audio delay producing the echo effect when both stations are heard together. Station slogan is "Qué Buena". [Wiseblood-TX]

550 MEXICO unID, SEPT 4 1105-Sign on with national anthem, followed by repetitive proclamations without ID, into marimba-sounding interlude, then Latin romantic vocal. Call letter ID by woman that sounded something like XEAG of XEAB, as signal began to fade due to sunrise. Looping just west of south, and a new one for me if I identify it; fair [Forsman-MS]

555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS ZIZ, Basseterre, AUG 6 0156 - soft-voiced woman in EE; poor to fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

570 MEXICO XEVX Comalcalco TAB, AUG 16 1927 - man in SS with announcements, popular LA music. Poor but audible in null of XEBJB Monterrey, but slight QRM from KLIF. Still, not bad for a 1 kW station on a 570 mile water path. [Wiseblood-TX]

570 BRAZIL R. Imperatriz (ZYH890), Imperatriz MA, AUG 28 0027 - "Radio Imperatriz AM" ID, then ad string; not sure if a very good fade-up at 0031with Brazilian ballads was this or a Ceara station; SIO 332 with some splatter from VOCM (590) off the back of the wire [Burnell-NF*]

570 CUBA R.Reloj AUG 28 0635 - Fair; news, syncopated clock, RR code IDs, in

WMCA null. [Co nti-NH] SEPT 4 1627-way under WVMI, barely detectable on daytime signal, with code "RR" [Forsman-MS]

580 MEXICO XEHP Cd. Victoria TAM, man announcer in SS greeting listeners, time check, ads, nortena music, slogan "H-P". [Wiseblood-TX]

600 MEXICO XEMN Monterrey NL, AUG 11 1840 - new slogan "La Regionmontana", música nortena, ads, concert promo. [Wiseblood-TX]

600 CUBA R.Rebelde, Urbano Noris AUG 28 0625 - Fair; vocal // 620 & 5025, over at least two unID Latin American stations and low frequency rumble.[Conti-NH]

610 MEXICO XEBX Sabinas COAH, AUG 4 2046 - nortena music, slogan "La B-X", male announcer in SS greeting listeners. [Wiseblood-TX] SEPT 4 1057- sign on with national anthem, then call letter ID at 1100, then lost in jumble; poor [Forsman-MS]

620 MEXICO XEGH Rio Bravo TA, AUG 4 2049 - commentary by woman in SS, ads. [Wiseblood-TX]

620 CUBA R.Rebelde AUG 28 0615 - Good; Cuban big band music // 5025. [Conti-NH]

630 MEXICO XEFU Cosamaloapan VER, AUG 11 1526 - "música romantica" and Mexican popular music, fast-talking man in SS, lots of ads, time checks, one ad was for a bridal shop in Oaxaca!, slogan "La F-U, La estacíon". [Wiseblood-TX] AUG 30 1058 - sign on with national anthem, mention of Veracruz, call letter ID. ID again at 1107 as "FU"; loud [Forsman-MS]

640 CUBA R.Progreso, Guanabacoa, AUG 30 1430 - Noted with usual loud daytime signal over 700 plus mile path [Forsman-MS]

650t MEXICO XEVG Merida YUC, AUG 16 2006 - possibly the one here during daytime check, Mexican cumbia and ranchera music, SS announcements, too weak but audible during extremely quiet conditions over 1000 mile water path with 1 kW. Need to ID this one! [Wiseblood-TX]

650 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC R.Universal, Santo Domingo AUG 28 0610 - Fair; "Mas

musica . . . Universal!" jingle and high-energy merengue music. [Conti-NH]

660 BRAZIL R. Bom Jesus AM (ZYH480), Bom Jesus da Lapa BA, AUG 28 0053 -

Ads, "Bom Jesus AM" jingle and more ads; SIO 222 under St. Lucia, and with another Brazilian lurking [Burnell-NF*]

660 MEXICO Tampico TAM, JUL 6 0231-0415 - LA pop music/ranchera, presumed, no announcements heard, fair. [Trelford-JAM]

660 ST. LUCIA SLBS Castries, JUL 8 0110-0125 - Talk show, Jamaica mentioned, Carib-accent EE into calypso music, poor. [Trelford-JAM]

670 VENEZUELA R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, AUG 6 0052 - slogan ID "Radio Rumbos, la emisora de Venezuela"; over/under CKXB-NF C&W music. [Connelly*rw-MA]

670 MEXICO XEIS Cd. Gúzman JAL, AUG 17 1117 - pre-dawn reception, slogan "La rancherita consentida", male announcer greeting listeners "Buenos Días, música romantica". [Wiseblood-TX]

670 MEXICO unID, AUG 11 1534 - Man with announcements greeting listeners, taking requests on the air, usually from young ladies. All the music is Colombian "vallenata" with accordions/guitars, jingle/ad for "El Pollo Loco", possible slogan "Radio Fiesta". Many mentions that some of the Colombian groups being played were from Monterey or other cities in Nuevo Leone. With Monterrey’s 10 kW powerhouse on 660 kHz., no way this one could be from there, but knowing that Colombian music is also very popular in Monclava COAH, I could call this a tentative new station from Monclava, loop DF’s ame direction as Monterry, so could also be Saltillo COAH, likely fairly low power, maybe around 1 kW. [Wiseblood-TX]

670 CUBA R. Rebelde, Arroyo Arenas, AUG 30 1434 - Noted with usual weak daytime signal [Forsman-MS]

680 COLOMBIA XELG León GAU, AUG 7 0229 - full ID, male announcer, "con 10 mil watts de potencia", slogans "LG, LG, LG", jingle timechecks, LA pop/rock/salsa music. [Wideblood-TX]

690 COLOMBIA R.Recuerdos, Bogota AUG 28 0530 - Fair; "Doce treinta minutos

en Radio Recuerdos" time check, ranchera-style vocals. [Conti-NH]

700 VENEZUELA R.Popular, Maracaibo AUG 28 0525 - Fair; ID "Lo mejor compania . . . por Radio Popular" and nostalgic dance music, over R.Net-Colombia. [Conti-NH]

705 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES Kingstown, AUG 6 0132 - Caribbean EE talk by man; poor to fair with WOR phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]

710 MEXICO XEOLA Altamira TAM, AUG 6 1727 - male announcer, "Hola, hola, Radio Ola", timecheck, "La Ola Romantica en Radio Ola", música romantica/nortena, in null of KURV. [Wiseblood-TX]

710 CUBA R. Rebelde, La Julia, AUG 10 1439 - noted with good daytime sighal in WNTM null [Forsman-MS]

710 MEXICO XEMP, Mexico City, SEPT 4 1132 under WNTM, ranchero type music, call letter ID at 1133, into ads; fair. [Forsman-MS]

720 CUBA R.Reloj AUG 28 0645 - Poor; RR code IDs through WGN/CHTN. [Conti-NH]

720 MEXICO XEAVR Veracruz VER, AUG 17 2127 - Two men talking "fútbol", slogan "Radio Formula, Cadena Nacional", 2130 ID includes "Veracruz", though transmitter listed as being Alvarado, which is about 50 miles from the city of Veracruz. [Wiseblood-TX]

730 MEXICO XEPQ Muzquiz COAH, AUG 5 1855 - man with announcements, mention of Muzquiz, Coahuila, ranchera/nortena music, concert promo, ads, this frequency ex-710. [Wiseblood-TX]

740 BRAZIL, R. Sociedade da Bahia (ZYH446), Salvador BA, AUG 28 0013 - One of my favorite Brazilians because it IDs constantly (like a Venezuelan!); time checks preceded by a little "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" tune, telephone report on Brazilian basketball; SIO 444 [Burnell-NF*]

750 MEXICO XETI Tempoal VER, AUG 3 2145 - nortena music, música romantica, "a Fabulosa" slogan, "7-50 AM", male announcer. [Wiseblood-TX] SEPT 1 0325 - under/over WSB, compromising my enjoyment of the Neil Bortz program. Mention of "La Fabulosa" into marimba-sounding interlude, followed by full ID at 0330 by woman [Forsman-MS]

770 COLOMBIA HJJX, Bogota, AUG 29 0415 - dominant station on frequency with usual SS talk by two males, interspersed by talk by female: fair/good [Forsman-MS]

780 VENEZUELA R.Coro, Coro AUG 28 0700 - Excellent! "Patrimonio de la comunidad, Radio Coro" ID and jingle, salsa music. [Conti-NH]

790 CUBA R. Reloj, Pinar del Rio, AUG 11 0535 - "r" repeated two times in morse code, mention of Castro’s visit to Libya. [Wiseblood-TX] AUG 30 1425 - Daytime reception. No audio, but code "RR" heard at the top of each minute. [Forsman-MS]

800 MEXICO XEQT Veracruz VER, AUG 16 2031 - música banda, nortena, 1532 ad for concert in Veracruz, full ID "800 AM y 106.7 FM". [Wiseblood-TX]

810 COLOMBIA HJCY, Bogota, AUG 29 0610-SS tele-talk, frequent mentions of Colombia and Caracol; fair/good [Forsman-MS]

830 MEXICO XELN Linares NL, AUG 11 1715 - slogan "La Super Llegadora", 33 degrees temperature, PSA’s, música nortena. [Wiseblood-TX]

830 CUBA R. Reloj, SEPT 4 0638 - In WADU null, over/under rarely heard WCCO, with time pips and code "RR". This is a new one for me, since my log does not indicate having heard any Cubans of this frequency [Forsman-MS]

850 BRAZIL R. Caraiba (ZYH474), Senhor do Bonfim BA, AUG 27 2341-2359 - freq was a mess with at least 4 signals, including at least 2 Brazilians; however at 2344 there was a clear promo for something "a Caraiba" before a telephone report, plus there was a muffled ID at 2348 and various mentions of Bahia; SIO 322 [Burnell-NF*]

850 COLOMBIA R. Net (HJKC), Bogota, AUG 27 0306 - Ads, "Futbol de Colombia esta en Radio Net," more ads; SIO 333 [Burnell-NF]

850 VENEZUELA R. Fe y Alegria (YVZC), Maracaibo, AUG 28 0001 - Ads, reports from the "campeonato venezuelano de futbol de salon," and many IDs; SIO 333 over the Brazilians [Burnell-NF*]

860 MEXICO XECCN, Cancun, AUG 31 0020 - tune in to pop vocals, into ads and multiple "R. Caribe" IDs; fair. [Forsman MS]

870 BRAZIL R. Iracema? (ZYH591), Iguatu, AUG 27 2359 - Tentative; jingle emerged that ended with "Iguatu," but the station name did not sound much like the listed "Iracema;" SIO 222-1 [Burnell-NF*]

880 VENEZUELA Mundial, YVYM, Puerto Ordaz, AUG 6 0137 - "Mundial !" ID blasted in; way over WCBS. [Connelly*rw-MA] AUG 28 0008 - Noted in passing with very steady signal, many IDs mentioning Orinoco and Guyana; SIO 444 [Burnell-NF*]

890 CUBA R. Progreso (CMDZ), prob. Santiago de Cuba, AUG 7 0219-0237 - ID’s as Radio Progreso. the male and female talking in SS. At 0230 ID mentioned Havana, Cuba. Time chime and canned "Buenas Noches" jingle. Good and alone until WLS showed up at 0237. Then both mixing . Also heard AUG 9 0115 with WBPS power-cut and in immedaitely with an excellent signal. [Kennedy-PA] AUG 27 0259 - News from paper "El Día," IDs at 0300; SIO 343 [Burnell-NF]

890 MEXICO XEBY Tuxpan VER, AUG 11 1735 - Male announcer taking requests, Mexican popular/cumbia music, ID, announced as "1 mil watt de potencia, not 10 kW as listed in IRCA log. [Wiseblood-TX]

900 MEXICO XEOK Monterrrey NL, AUG 8 2112 - slogan "La Bonita", ex-920, música romantica/ranchera, full ID as "XEOK con 10 mil watts de potencia en Guadalupe-Monterrey, Nuevo Leon". Easily sperable from co-channel XEW. [Wiseblood-TX]

900 MEXICO XEW Mexico AUG 28 0704 - Good; ID "Dos cientos cincuenta mil wats de potencia . . . Doble-u, la radio de nuevo siglo . . . Doble-u de Mexico" into ballad. [Conti-NH]

910 BRAZIL R. Assuncao Cearense (ZYH645), Sobral CE, AUG 27 2333-2337 - Ad mentioning Ceara, "Sobral de Ceara" noted in talk, and "Assuncao Cearense" a minute later; briefly SIO 433, but at other times other Brazilian station(s) were present. In this regard, one might have been R. Teofilo (too tentative to list separately), and another seemed to ID as "Radio Centras," but I have no record of such a station... [Burnell-NF*]

920 MEXICO XEMJ Piedras Negras, AUG 8 0318 - ad for car dealer in Eagle Pass TX; Mexican pop/nortena music. Good nighttime signal for 1 kW, much easier to hear now that Monterrey has switched to 900 kHz. [Wiseblood-TX]

950 MEXICO XETO Tampico TAM, AUG 16 1553 - Música romantica, full ID "con mil watts de potencia". [Wiseblood-TX]

950 MEXICO XERN Montemorelos NL, AUG 16 - música ranchera/nortena, ID "La Naranjera", also heard slogan "Radio Ranchera", ads, concert promo. [Wiseblood-TX]

950 CUBA R. Reloj, AUG 30 1455 - Time pips and weak audio heard on daytime signal. Not sure of location [Forsman-MS]

980 BRAZIL R. Nacional (ZYH707), Brasilia, AUG 28 0128 - Presume this with sports play-by-play; SIO 433, but the interesting question is who is the QRM? It played an anthem at 0126 ... not an anthem I recognize, so maybe a state anthem?? [Burnell-NF*]

980 COLOMBIA HJES, Cali, AUG 31 0025 - // 1000, 770; poor. [Forsman-MS]

1000 COLOMBIA HJAQ Cartagena, JUL 19 0045-0145 - Talk show, news mentioned Colombia, ID as "Radio Colombia" several times. [Trelford-JAM] AUG 27 0934 - Presumed,. with talk in Spanish by man and woman. Mention of Colombia. Music bridge, more talk with another mention of Colombia. Fair signal with nothing else on channel due to Aurora. [Ziolkowski-NY]

1010 MEXICO XEFM Veracruz VER, AUG 9 2326 - fast tropical music, cumbia and salsa, música Colombiana, male announcer, timecheck, "La Maquina Tropical" slogan. [Wiseblood-TX]

AUG 29 0550 - lively ads, mentioning Veracruz and "música romantica". Call letter ID during sign off at 0459, into national anthem; extremely loud [Forsman-MS]

1040 DOMINICAN REP. R. Cadena de Noticias (HION), Santo Domingo, JUL 20 0112-0141 - news, talk, ID as "Cadena Noticias", fair. [Trelford-JAM] AUG 27 0424 - Man and woman with chat and news items from the Dominican Rep.; SIO 332 [Burnell-NF]

1050 MEXICO XEQOO, Cancun, AUG 29 0550 - Latin pop, mostly under XEG. Surfaced at 0558 for call letter ID and "R. Pirata" ID and call letter ID; poor/fair. [Forsman-MS]

1070 ARGENTINA R. El Mundo (LR1), Buenos Aires, AUG 27 2328 - Completely dominant with SS talk; SIO 433 [Burnell-NF*]

1070 BRAZIL R. Cultura (ZYH643), Paracuru CE, AUG 27 2303 - Clear ID then mellow Brazilian ballad; SIO 433 with QRM from another Brazilian and the rapidly rising signal of R. El Mundo [Burnell-NF*]

1070 COLOMBIA Emisora Atlantico, Barranquilla, JUL 21 0357-0416 - LA pop music, ID many times as "Emisora Atlantico", fair. [Trelford-JAM] AUG 28 0415 - Fair; long ad string with many mentions of Barranquilla businesses and street addresses, nostalgic music. [Conti-NH]

1070 CUBA CMKS network, Guantanamo AUG 28 0400 - Good; sign-off with anthem // 1060. [Conti-NH]

1080 MEXICO XEXK Poza Rica VER, AUG 16 2110 - Man with sports report. [Wiseblood-TX]

1090 VENEZUELA Union R., Caracas AUG 28 0725 - Poor; woman with news // 640, mixed with an unID beautiful music station in WBAL null. [Conti-NH]

1120 MEXICO unID, XEBGH (?), AUG 29 0300 - over/under KMOX, noted frequently this summer while listening to Cardinal Baseball. This signal seems to peak during Mark McGwire plate appearances, causing me to miss Jack Buck's call of several home runs. Call letter ID at top of hour, but unsure of city: loops due south [Forsman-MS]

1130 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HIRL Santiago, JUL 22 0826-0855 - news, talk show, ID as "Cadena Noticias-Santo Domingo", relay HION, fair, interference from KWKH. [Trelford-JAM]

1140 VENEZUELA La Voz del Caribe, Porlamar AUG 28 0350 - Good; "Once cincuenta minutos" time check, mention of Porlamar, La Voz del Caribe Ids, merengue music. [Conti-NH]

1150 CUBA R. Bayamo (CMKX), Entronque Bueyato, AUG 27 0439-0500 - SS ballads, woman announcer, ID and anthem at 0500; SIO 342 [Burnell-NF]

1160 BERMUDA VSB3, Hamilton, AUG 6 0020 - BBC news about Brazil's involvement with organ transplants. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1180 CUBA R. Rebelde, AUG 30 1530 - // 710, 670, with fair daytime signal [Forsman- MS]

1190 ARGENTINA R. America (LR9), Buenos Aires, AUG 8, 0417-0433 - News and slogans "Radio America informa;" SIO 333 [Burnell-NF].

1190 MEXICO XETOT Tampico TAM, AUG 8 1956 - full ID "transmitiendo con 5 mil watts de potencia", now with EE light rock music! [Wiseblood-TX]

1200 VENEZUELA R. Tiempo (YVOZ), Caracas, AUG 9, 0100 - Unusually clear with lottery ad, ID [Burnell-NF].

1220 CUBA CMGY, Central Espana, AUG 30 0410 - soft but lively vocals, peppered by scripted by banter by man and woman, often mentioning "26";fair/good in XEB null [Forsman-MS]

1240 ECUADOR HCRF3 Zarima, JUL 24 0726-0825 - LA pop vareity, ID as "Radio Nacionl", ID repeated several times, only Radio Nacional listed in Central or South America on this frequency. [Trelford-JAM] (There is a Radio Nacional in Venezuela on this frequency - Jim)

1260 COLOMBIA HJDV Ibaque, JUL 25 0717-0831 - LA pop music, ID as "CARACOL, Colombia", only Caracol listed as 24 hours, only other location is San Andres Island. [Trelford-JAM]

(As Ray knows, what is "listed" may be not be accurate during sporting events, political campaigns, and beauty contests! - Jim)

1280 PUERTO RICO WCMN Arecibo, JUL 26 0735--0805 - LA pop music, ID as "WCMN, Arecibo", fair. [Trelford-JAM]

1340 COLOMBIA HJFB Bogotá, AUG 1 0125-0135 - LA pop music, several Ids as "Radio Uno", fair, interference from WPBC. [Trelford-JAM]

1380 CUBA R. Cadena Agramonte (CMFA), Central Brasil, AUG 27 0313-0400* - Program of old Latin tunes, s/off ID at 0359, "Patria o Muetre, Venceremos, " and anthem; SIO 222 with QRM from RCN (1380.02 kHz) and a Venezuelan [Burnell-NF]

1389.98 PUERTO RICO R. Noroeste (WISA), Isabela, AUG 27 0339-0354 - Local "Voz del Evangelio" program, actual "Radio Noroeste, Isabela" at 0351; SIO 333 over WPLM [Burnell-NF]

1390 HONDURAS HRVC Tegucigalpa, AUG 4 0042-0133 - religious talk show, fair. [Trelford-JAM]

1390 PUERTO RICO R. Noroeste (WISA), Isabela, AUG 8, 0245-0307 - Religious talk, ID's around 0300 and into another religious program; SIO 242 but faded away and finally sank below WEGP [Burnell-NF].

1400 GRENADA Harbour Light of the Windwards, Carriacou, AUG 8, 2325 - Caribbean-accented preacher; SIO 322-1, getting clobbered by semi-local CBG [Burnell-NF].

1420 VENEZUELA YVNZ Maracaibo, AUG 8-9 2345-0056 - LA pop music, ranchera, ID as "Radio Maracaibo", fair. [Trelford-JAM]

1440 MEXICO XECCC Guadalajara. AUG 12 0854-0914 - talk and LA pop music, ID as "Radio Guadalajara", fair to 0900 then deteriorates. [Trelford-JAM]

1470 VENEZUELA R. Vibracion (YVSY), Carupano, AUG 8, 0220-0235 - Horseracing then into music pgm after 0230; up to SIO 444, but some deep fades [Burnell-NF].

1470 PERU CPN Radio (OAX4B), Lima, AUG 8, 0331-0402 - In a dogfight with at least 2 other SS stations; some peaks with man and woman exchanging news items, many ID's but none really clear until 0359; SIO 322 at peak [Burnell-NF]. (very nice - Jim)

1510 BRAZIL R. Difusora do Descobrimento (ZYH493), Porto Seguro BA, AUG 26 2300-2310 - Ads, sound effects, promo for sports on "Super Radio Difusora do Descobrimento" at 2304; SIO 232, mixing with unidentified Brazilian [Burnell-NF]

1550 MEXICO XENU, Nuevo Laredo, AUG 30 0250 - tune into ranchero, over/under black gospel station. Call letter ID and frequency given at 0300 [Forsman-MS]

1580 HONDURAS HRCR Tegucigalpa, AUG 21 0704-0722 - two women talk, choir, fair with interference from Barranquilla. [Trelford-JAM]

1610 ARGENTINA AUG 4 0824-0845 - Sounded like play-by-play of football game, crowd sounds. Only South America or Central American station on this frequency. No sign of Dr. Scott. Tentative, any ideas? [Trelford-JAM] (I have heard of Cuban spurs appearing in this part of the band. Can anyone help Don? - Jim)

1640 ARGENTINA? R. Bolivia, Buenos Aires, AUG 28 0131-0136 - Tentative; nice Andean-style vocals, longish pauses without announcements between the songs; SIO 252 with lots of QRN (Hurricane Bonnie on a rampage in North Carolina at the time); R. Esmeralda on 1620 was strong at the time. Arnaldo Slaen in Buenos Aires had alerted me to this station a few weeks ago, cf. IDXD 65-28. I could not monitor longer because my battery died! [Burnell-NF*] (another bunny bites the dust! - Jim)

Jean speaks: "Auroral conditions recently provided some interesting DX. I was especially pleased to nab a 250-watt Brazilian (1510) from home on a loop. After work on August 27 it was foggy and raining, but I decided to drive down to Renews anyway. When I had set up a 220-m wire, pointed at eastern Brazil, I

switched on the set and every 10-kHz channel, except those with local stations (590, 640, 800, 930, 1210), was dominated by the government "A Voz do Brasil" news program. At 2300 UTC every Brazilian returned to its own program and most of the interesting channels (i.e., not Brazilian powerhouses like 1040, 1100...) became blobs of intertwining signals, but I managed to extract some IDs. I had to knock off just after 0130 UTC when my deep-cycle battery croaked!"

Bruce speaks: "Major geomagnetic storm levels produced some interesting Latin American DX on

August 28. DX from the south was actually better at home in New Hampshire than it was a week ago from mid-coast Maine. Most of the action was from Colombia and Venezuela though, with little from the Caribbean islands."

Robert speaks: "I hope to be a regular contributor to your column. This time of year is interesting in regards to reception of low powered Mexican stations. At 1100, many Mexicans sign on, and there is a growing window of about 40 minutes before local sunrise. Sometimes there are so many Mexicans

signing on that it is impossibe to scratch the surface over this water path. It is often a grey-line path also. A Beverage oriented toward Mexico might also yield signals from down-under later this month."

TRANS-PACIFIC DX

1503 AUSTRALIA First TP to produce audio this spring/summer DX season on JUN 10 and has remained the best bet during a very poor TP season with bits of audio JUN 19, JUL 31, AUG 14. Also a very strong carrier AUG 31 probably would have produced good audio but spent my time on expanded band stations. Actually two stations here about 1 Hz apart. [Moore-FL]

1629 AUSTRALIA Good carrier AUG 31 1052 but did not pursue as I moved up the band. [Moore-FL]

1638 AUSTRALIA AUG 31 1056 - bits of music. [Moore-FL]

1665 AUSTRALIA AUG 31 1056 - man noted briefly in passing, weak down in noise. [More-FL]

1683 AUSTRALIA AUG 31 1054-1108 - musical selections with woman announcer in and out of the noise, but peaked for about 30 seconds at 1059 for nice tape of woman announcer in language and then into music. Both Greek and Arabic language stations have been reported here. [Moore-FL] (Ray, I’m sure that Paul Ormandy, one of our IDXD correspondents from "down there", would be happy to ID that tape for you! - Jim)

Ray speaks (and well he should!): "My best expanded band reception since super reception of the RPH stations on 1620 and 1629 in the late ‘80’s. I dread the proliferation of domestic stations into the expanded band since that will raise the background noise level by 10 to 20 dB and make reception of 400 watt stations ten thousand miles away impossible, as it is now in the standard band. Best bets for anyone wanting to try TP receptions are 1548, 1512, 1503 and 1098 (Marshall Islands) in the perios from 20 minutes before local sunrise to sunrise. This period of dawn enhancement often has a sharp peak of 30 seconds to a minute or so when the signal pops out of the noise. This may be repeated once or twice."

(Thanks for the instructions, Ray! Now all I have to do is get up before sunrise ... Jim)

STATION NEWS

CLANDESTINE: 1575 The Voice of the Military Forces and the Internal Security Forces: I sent a reception report and a cassette tape to the Iraqi National Accord office in London. I received a hand-written letter 26 days later from Mr. H. Hmoud that included the following: "We 'Iraqi National Accord' received with thanks your letter dated 9 July, 1998, concerning 'Voice of the Military Forces and the Internal Security Forces.' The Iraqi National Accord for years has its broadcasting station 'Al

Mustaqbal,' which means 'The Future,' and it broadcasts directly to inside Iraq. Our friends and colleagues inside Iraq who are listening to Al Mustaqbal broadcasting mention that they monitored 'Voice of the Military Forces and the Internal Security Forces.' But our movement, the Iraqi National Accord, has nothing to do with it, and unfortunately we have no idea who is responsible for such a Voice."

[Burnell-NF]

FRANCE: VT4 1071 - several nights in August tests with music were heard on this frequency. VT4 Belgium tested from Lille with 35 kW. They are investigating the possibilities of starting up a new radio station. 702 ex-RMC is now used by Radio Notre Dame in Paris. Power not known, but they are heard 18-2000 UTC. . [Media Network via BE in ARC AUG 14]

IRELAND: Since 30 August an unidentified transmission has appeared on 1593kHz carrying United Christian Broadcasters. In mid evening (2100 UTC) a strong signal heard in Eastern UK mixing with the German relay of RFE; at this time programme is in // with 1386 kHz. At 2315 hrs they are heard in the clear on 1593. Still weakly audible at 0700 UTC on 2nd Sept > suggests that tx is either very high power or not too distant. Who has 1593kHz capability? Germany from a old site - not the VOA/RFE relay site? I'd be surprised if 1593 was activated from 2 sites in Germany though. Can anyone on the DF Circle get some directions on this signal? BTW the signal on 1593 is distorted and over-modulated. Appears to be

spot on frequency. [Steve Whitt e-mail] The transmissions on 1593 continue but the modulation quality is improved. I spoke to Alan Ball (UCB's station director) who seemed to be unaware that this was happening so soon. He appeared to be expecting 1593 to be used, perhaps from next Easter, assuming that negotiations were successful. He denied that the signal was coming from Germany but would not be drawn on its source. So come on DF'ers let's find it! Alan did confirm the cessation of 1386kHz next Sunday 13 September and that there would be no immediate replacement on MW for it. It is just possible that Alan wouyld be interested in reception reports on 1593 if UCB are about to buy air time. [Steve Whitt e-mail] UCB newsletter for September announces they spent 1.5 million on buying new AM transmitters for 594 and 1593. 1386 will cloe down shortly and not be used any longer. The two AM frequencies will come from Ireland, where the authorities don’t inists you get a licence, or even international frequency clearance! (UCB operate many unlicensed transmitters there). They say they will use 1593 after dark, and 549 by day. Indeed, they already use 594 by day, but it sounds to be very low powered, maybe 1 kW. They recently asked for about £3.5 million from supporters, and say in their newsletter they raised about half that. £1.5 million buys quite a lot of AM transmitter - but I very much doubt they will be using more than 50 kilowatts, although if UCB follow their track record Im sure they will claim more:) Incidentally, they are still claiming that they OWN 279 KHZ LW and that Rusia gave them a licence to broadcast from the Isle of Man. Their understanding of legislation and international agreements is clearly a bit off beam. [Paul Rusling (UK) e-mail]

ISLE OF MAN: Isle of Man advertises longwave licence: The Isle of Man government has finally advertised for applicants to run a 500Kw longwave radio station from the island. Readers of Newstide and it's predecessors will know that this advertisment is the latest stage in a campaign to establish a new longwave station on the island - a campaign that has been running since 1993. The advertisment warns that applicants will be expected to go through the normal planning and enviromental impact assesment process with regards to the establishment of the considerably extensive transmission site and tower needed for the broadcasts, and notes that planning permission will not be automatically granted. A requirement to broadcast on reduced power at night is also noted. The station will transmit on a frequency of 270Khz, and should be heard clearly over most of the UK. Bids are expected from The Isle of Man International Broadcasting Company, United Christian Broadcasters, and a "Radio Caroline" (but this is NOT the

Peter Moore official Radio Caroline - but another group using the name!) [From www.newstide.com via

Andrea Borgnino IW1CXZ [a.borgnino@agora.stm.it] in [hard-core-dx@kotalampi.com]]

NETHERLANDS: The Dutch Ministry of Transport and Water Management has assigned the following frequencies to non-national commercial radio stations:

1035 kHz Echt 2.20 kW to Hoppa Radio

1332 kHz Utrecht 2.20 kW to Hoppa Radio

1485 kHz Den Haag 1.25 kW to Hindoestaanse Omroep Stichting

1485 kHz Tilburg 1.25 kW to Visie Marketing & Media

1557 kHz Amsterdam 2.20 kW to Max FM (AmstelRadio)

1584 kHz Utrecht 1.25 kW to Stichting Gooiland Radio

1602 kHz Leeuwarden 1.25 kW to Quality Radio

The AM frequencies are available immediately. Also, 33 FM frequencies have been assigned, which will probably be available from New Year. The lucky ones were selected on basis of criteria like already

transmitting, market share and advertising and sponsor revenue. Most stations were already active on cable. AmstelRadio, however, was not active on cable, but on DAB! The official announcement can be found (in Dutch) on http://www.minvenw.nl/cend/dvo/persinfo/persberichten/980901.5759.html .

Quality Radio of 1602 kHz is unlikely to be the same as Q Radio on 1224 kHz, because Q Radio is a national station, not a regional one. Also, their 1224 kHz transmitter in the IJsselmeer covers the north

of the country (or at least most of it) already, so a transmitter at Leeuwarden would be superfluous.

[Gerben Vos via Hard-Core DX e-mail]

NEW ZEALAND: Should any of you want a listing of all NZ MW stations and addresses,

please send me an e-mail and I'll oblige. [Paul Ormandy, 33 Greta Street, Oamaru, New Zealand, paulorm@es.co.nz]

NICARAGUA: "A friend of mine returned from Managua, Nicaragua, last week where he helped install a new 10kw transmitter for Radio Mil on 1000kHz. The station began using the new power on Tuesday September 1. The station name was changed last year when a Spanish religious group purchased it.

Currently running about 6am-6pm local time but will gradually expand to 24-hours. All religious format. Formerly YNFF, Radio Fiesta. He didn't know what the formal calls are. Transmitter site is about 15-miles from central Managua near a lake." [B. Cronin e-mail to IDXD]

POLAND: 1305 Radio Free Belarus is using this transmitter in Bialystok 60 kW for programs. Schedule not known. [BE in ARC AUG 14]

SPAIN: Play-DX #987 (Italy) has published a detailed list of Medium Wave stations in Spain, including networks and local addresses. Play-DX prints this list usually twice each year, which is prepared by Jordi Brunet, Catalunya, Spain. The list notes that RNE11359 is currently off the air.

UNITED KINGDOM: The latest issue of Medium Wave News (UK) has an extensive list of all LW and MW stations in the United Kingdom. There are also numerous technical articles in the September issue

PUBLICATIONS, ETC.

Hard-core-DX is an internationally distributed list of SW and MW "hot" tips. For more information, please check http://www.iki.fi/rko/hard-core-dx/ or email Risto Kotalampi, risto@kotalampi.com. Many of the news items you see here in IDXD are gleaned from Hard-core-DX.

CONTRIBUTORS (@ = via e-mail)

@Jean Burnell, St. John's NF; Drake R8A with loop antenna; Also Dxing at Renews NF with a

220-m wire towards Brazil [NF*] [ jburnell@plato.ucs.mun.ca]

@Mark Connelly (WA1ION), Dxing from Plymouth MA ("P"), Rowley MA ("rw"), Drake R8A, cardioid array with BBL-1 broadband loop & APW-1 active whip; 100 m wire at 135 deg.; Superphaser-1 phasing unit. [WA1ION@ix.netcom.com]

@Bruce Conti, Parker River NWR, Rowley, MA; R8A, MWDX-5, wires 180-m east, 120-m west. [BACONTI@aol.com]

@Robert Forsman, WK5X, Pascagoula, MS; DX375 with internal antenna. [wk5x@hotmail.com]

Steve Kennedy, Coal Township PA.

Raymond S. Moore, LaBelle FL; Homebuilt receiver, R8, Model 105 aqnd 108 spiral loops.

Don Trelford, St. Anns Bay, JAMAICA

Steven Wiseblood, Brownsville TX; GE Superadio III, loosely couples to small tuned loop antenna.

@Dan Ziolkowski Hamburg NY; SONY 201, KIWA Pocket Loop [DanZiolkowski@compuserve.com]

CLAMORING FOR DX: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DX CLAMS

(edited to save space by Jim Renfrew)

PART I: Granite Pier (report by Mark Connelly)

Aart Rouw, a chemical engineer from Germany, was on a business trip to the New England states and decided to join in a mini-DXpedition, US-style. He and I parked out on the pier just before sundown. The site was initially fairly crowded as a boat race was just ending. The weather was uncommonly hot and humid and, until the wind picked up, there were more insects about than are normally encountered at the seaside. Aart figured he'd do better joining me at the Drake R8A in my car, rather than trying to DX with a portable. When the roof-top antennas were all set up, we were getting some decent signals from Europe that made Aart think that he may have been listening from somewhere near his "home turf". The UK Talk Radio stations on 1089 and 1053 popped up with good audio, as did Virgin-1215. Germany on 1422 came through well, and a weaker parallel signal was in there on 756. Aart recognized Dutch talk from the Netherlands talk station on 1395. Stations from Spain were in there with their typically strong signals on many frequencies. VOA Kuwait on 1548 peaked at 0108 UTC / 9.08 p.m. local. Latin Americans were pretty much a no-show; even the Caribbean splits and YVKS-750 were unimpressive. Domestic-DX-wise, there were Newfoundlanders coming in all over the dial, including some less-common ones like 1010 with country music behind WINS. When Aart got back to Germany, he wrote: "Dear Mark, In the mean time I made it safely back to Germany. Thanks again for your impressive demonstration of TA-DX from your sea side listening post. I hope your mosquito bites have also healed already. These creatures were certainly having a field day of their own with the two of us in the car!"

Part 2A: Parker River NWR (Report by Bruce Conti)

In what has become a new tradition to greet the DX season, a few hardy members of the Boston Area DXers (BADX) got together for dinner at the Clam Box restaurant in Ipswich, MA, followed by a mini-DXpedition at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Rowley, MA. This year, three of us braved the bugs at the salt marsh site; Mark Connelly, Gary Thorburn, and myself. For the most part, it was a typical summer DX session for that site, with Spain and northern Africa dominant on many frequencies. But it was nice to hear the abundance of transatlantic signals, even if they were just the usual. There

was also an unusual signal on 1680, perhaps a Boston area pirate with Spanish and English religion and Indian-influenced music, very poor audio quality, and using call letters that sounded like WLFW. Mark demonstrated some of the new loop vs. whip cardioid technology. While veteran car DXers Mark and I were satisfied with the minimal comforts of compact vehicles, Gary took car Dxing to the next level with a card table and desk lamp setup in the back of his minivan, using a loop on a tripod in the parking lot and a Beverage-length wire. We all had Drake R8/A receivers. Assuming Mark will submit his typically thorough bandscan, I’ve submitted some of the more interesting catches from DX Clams ’98. (Mark and Bruce’s reports are included above - Jim)

Part 2B: Parker River NWR (Gary Thorburn’s report)

Now it's time to hear from the junior member of the expedition. We have all marvelled at the extensive and descriptive logs that Mark turns in. If you are like me, you have fired up your receiver on a good night at home and tried to hear some of this stuff. Perhaps like me, you've been disappointed. So over the past couple years, I eagerly joined some mini-DXpeditions, to learn this obscure trade. Three years ago Bruce, Mark, myself, Paul McDonough, Eric Cottrell and maybe a couple others met at Hospital Hill in Rockport MA. With a marginally adequate receiver, but a clearly inadequate antenna, I came home with nothing more than about two Euro LW broadcasters in my log below 1700 kHz. They say admitting you need help is the first step. So a year ago, armed with a new Drake R8A, I joined Mark & Bruce at the Rowley marsh site, looking for some help. We strung out two long wires at right angles across the marsh, and Mark tapped my R8A into a splitter which followed his phasing and regen equipment. Think of it! Cable radio, engineered by Mark Connelly. When Mark heard something interesting, he'd shout the frequency and I'd scramble to tune it on my radio too, before he detuned the regen and went looking for something else. That trip taught me two things. First, that all those MW TA's are really there, if you have a good site and good antennas. At home, 25 miles inland, I had heard hets on the more reliable TA frequencies. But at the shore there are hets everywhere, and audio behind many of them. Second, I learned that tuning a R8A to hear those signals, often separated by only a kHz or two from a local station, requires listening in sideband, with skillful use of narrow filters and the passband control. Techniques that I used on shortwave to improve the listenability of weak or QRM-ridden signals are essential on MW just to hear them at all.

Some of Gary’s Long Wave loggings: 0000-0300 UTC, AUG 6, 1998, Rowley, MA;

153 Arab music ( Algeria? )

162 Music, Allouis, France

198 BBC, Droitwich, UK

177 Music, ( Germany? )

207 Two stations, one voice, one music ( Iceland? Germany? )

234 FF male announcer, American oldies. ( Luxembourg? )

252 Algeria, over "Atlantic 252", Ireland

IS THE INTERNET RUINING OUR HOBBY?

Although the Internat can be an excellent tool in the enjoyment of a hobby, many hobbies are finding people get interested in the Internet, and forego their original hobby in favoour of computers and the Internet in general. The ham radio and radio listeneing hobbies are particularly vulnerable, as most people involved with them have an interest in the technical aspects of radio, the ability to gather information and be entertaining (SWLing) or the ability to communicate with other people world-wide (hams).

Amateur Radio in particular is feeling the brunt of the problem. Why go through the anguish of sitting for difficult exams to obtain a transmitting licence, when you can just walk into a computer store and buy yourselfa ticket to communicate world-wide with like-minded people at the click of a button? A strong willed person can get on the internet with an outlay of under $400 for a 486 with a 2nd hand modem. Some in the radio establishment have recognised this problem and are actively campaigning to drop the morse code requirement for getting an HF licence. Unfortunately, the hard-headed ones are hanging onto the morse legacy for dear life. if they don’t let go soon, they may be the last Hams, watching their hobby die an un-natural death.

We in the radio listening hobby must actively monitor the ever-changing Internet technology and promote it as a hobby-enhancing tool. We should also use it as an effective tool in attracting people to our hobby. It is far more challenging and fulfilling extracting a hard-to-hear station off shortwave than just connecting to an audio feed on a website. [NZ DX Times, AUG 1998]