Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 16:21:24 -0400 To: idxd@nrcdxas.org From: Fred Vobbe Subject: [NRC-IDXD] IDXD-6629 - For Release AUG 5, 1999 ========================================================================== NATIONAL RADIO CLUB - INTERNATIONAL DX DIGEST 66-29 - For Release AUG 5, 1999 USPS: Jim Renfrew, 61 Wilcox St., Rochester NY 14607-3832 USA. E-Mail: JimRenfrew@Delphi.com ========================================================================== GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT IDXD: Welcome to the e-mail / Internet version of "IDXD" which appears 30 times each year in "DX News", the 66 year old publication of the National Radio Club a non-profit corporation chartered in the state of Kentucky). For subscriptions and other information about the NRC please write to: DX News Subscription Center, PO Box 118, Poquonock, CT 06064-0118 USA. Annual subscriptions (US funds only, please): USA $24 new subscriber, $22 renewals; Canada $25/$23; MÉXICO/Caribbean: $29/$27; All other countries: $36/$34. 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But I will be soon camping out on the empty 690 and 740 channels, and I hope you will too! I just received a QSL card from the Caribbean Beacon 690. I'd written to them before, but they put "1610" on the card, so I thought I'd try again, and this time they got it right. Please be sure to follow the exact reporting format that you see below. It saves me a lot of time! TRANS-ATLANTIC DX 153 GERMANY DeutschlandRadio, Donebach, JUL 10 0257 - classical piano; poor to fair. [Connelly*H-MA] 162 FRANCE Allouis, JUL 9 0259 - interspersed FF talk and music; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] 183 GERMANY Europe No. 1, Saarlouis, JUL 9 0255 - good with Afro-Caribbean (zouk / reggae) influenced dance music with FF vocal. JUL 10 0258 - emotional FF vocal; good. [Connelly*H-MA] 189 ICELAND Rikisutvarpid, Gufuskalar, JUL 10 0256 - pop group vocal; poor. [Connelly*H-MA] 198 UNITED KINGDOM BBC WS synchros, JUL 9 0254 - // 5975 with talk about the field of biometrics (identifying people by voiceprints, DNA, fingerprints, etc.); fair. [Connelly*H-MA] 216 FRANCE TWR Monaco, Roumoules, JUL 9 0251 - FF talk, teletalk. [Connelly*H-MA] 234 LUXEMBOURG RTL, Junglinster, JUL 9 0250 - man in FF; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] 252 IRELAND Atlantic 252, Clarkestown, JUL 9 0248 - high-energy electronic dance music; good. [Connelly*H-MA] 531 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, JUL 1 0148 - // 855 with folk vocal; poor. [Connelly*R-MA] JUL 8 0307 - music, R. Nacional de Espańa ID; over 2 others (likely Algeria / Madeira). [Connelly*H-MA] 549 ALGERIA Les Trembles, JUN 27 0050 - AA vocal; poor. [Connelly*R-MA] 549 GERMANY (t) JUN 26 0324 - somewhat Caribbean-influenced pop vocal; over Algeria. [Connelly*O-MA] JUL 30 0145 - DLF, fair; classical music parallel a good signal on 756 khz. [Conti-NH] 558 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, JUL 8 0319 - // 585 with C&W-influenced music; poor, over other. [Connelly*H-MA] JUL 29 0055 - Poor to fair; woman in Spanish battling with WGAN and lightning. [Conti-NH] 567 IRELAND RTE, Tullamore, JUN 26 0322 - talk about Irish rock bands including Thin Lizzy: "You know that 'The Boys are Back in Town' was the real breakthrough." Excellent signal. [Connelly*O-MA] JUL 1 0141 - man & woman with EE discussion program; through WGAN splash. [Connelly*R-MA] JUL 30 0215 - Fair; man in Irish-accented English and rock music. [Conti-NH] 567 SPAIN RNE synchros JUL 29 0105 - Fair; man in Spanish // 558. [Conti-NH] 576 SPAIN RNE5, Barcelona, JUL 9 0314 - SS phone interview, actually better than // 585. [Connelly*H-MA] 585 SPAIN RNE1, Madrid, JUL 8 0311 - // 774 with festive Latin American style (salsa-merengue) vocal; very good. [Connelly*H-MA] 603 MADEIRA RDP, Pico de Arieiro, JUL 9 0345 - // 693 with PP version of Tom Petty's "Learning to Fly"; poor, in mix with Spain. [Connelly*H-MA] 603 SPAIN RNE5, Sevilla / Palencia, JUL 8 0313 - // 585 with SS talk mentioning Cordoba; poor. [Connelly*H-MA] 612 IRELAND Athlone, JUN 26 0321 - '70s-era Meatloaf vocal; good. [Connelly*O-MA] JUL 1 0141 - dance-rock music (style of Technotronic); dominant. [Connelly*R-MA] 612 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun, JUL 1 0105 - serious AA talk by man. [Connelly*R-MA] JUL 10 0013 - AA violins, female vocal; LOUD ! [Connelly*H-MA] 621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN RNE1 synchros, JUN 27 0003 - pre-sunset fade-up. JUN 27 0047 - loudest TA: absolutely local-like with fast SS politically-related talk. JUL 1 0140 - torch song type vocal // 684; good. [Connelly*R-MA] JUL 9 2359 - emotional vocal, then SS talk into pips at 0000. [Connelly*H-MA] 639 SPAIN RNE1, La Coruna, JUL 8 0321 - // 774 with man in SS; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] 648 SAUDI ARABIA (t) Jeddah, JUN 27 0057 - AA talk by man, mention of "arabiyah es saudiyah" (Saudi Arabia); dominant. [Connelly*R-MA] 657 SPAIN RNE5, Madrid, JUL 8 0335 - // 585 with man in SS; to fair peak with WFAN phased. [Connelly*H-MA] 675 NETHERLANDS R. Ten Gold, Lopik, JUN 27 0120 - old soul hit "Reunited" by Peaches & Herb; fair through WRKO slop. [Connelly*R-MA] 684 SPAIN RNE1, Sevilla, JUN 26 0216 - // 855 with SS talk; poor to fair. [Connelly*O-MA] JUL 1 0139 - // 774 with romantic '40s-style vocal; good, through WRKO slop. [Connelly*R-MA] 693 AZORES RDP, Santa Barbara, JUL 9 0341 - // 836 with folkish female vocal, PP male announcer; good. [Connelly*H-MA] JUL 15 0130 - Weak; pop music over RNE-Spain, het against Anguilla-690. [Conti-NH] 693 UNITED KINGDOM BBC, Droitwich et al., JUN 26 0320 - panel discussion with mentions of India; good. [Connelly*O-MA] JUL 30 0110 - Fair; telephone talk in English through heavy thunderstorm interference. [Conti-NH] 702 MOROCCO (t) RTM, Sebaa-Aioun, JUL 1 0110 - possible AA talk; poor. [Connelly*R-MA] 711.04 WESTERN SAHARA Laayoune, JUN 27 0045 - AA talk at a low audio level on a huge carrier; WOR phased. [Connelly*R-MA] JUL 9 2358 - AA talk, group vocal. This and Canaries-621 were the first-to-arrive strong pre-sunset TA's. [Connelly*H-MA] 729 SPAIN RNE1, Oviedo et al., JUN 26 0205 - // 684 with SS talk; poor to fair with CKAC phased. [Connelly*O-MA] JUN 27 0113 - // 1107 with man & woman in SS; fair. [Connelly*R-MA] 738 SPAIN RNE1, Barcelona, JUN 27 0043 - operatic vocal, then SS talk; good. [Connelly*R-MA] 747 NETHERLANDS Flevoland, JUL 1 0116 - female ballad vocal, then Dutch talk by man; fair to good; over CBGY splatter. [Connelly*R-MA] JUL 10 0202 - man in Dutch; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] 756 GERMANY DeutschlandRadio, Braunschweig/Ravensburg, JUL 1 0137 - female soprano operatic vocal, violins; good. [Connelly*R-MA] 756 SPAIN R. Euskadi, Bilbao, JUN 27 0123 - SS teletalk. [Connelly*R-MA] 765 SWITZERLAND RSR, Sottens, JUL 1 0129 - light classical music; fair. [Connelly*R-MA] 774 SPAIN RNE1 synchros, JUN 27 0112 - // 1107 with SS rock, then talk by man; good. JUL 1 0131 - SS teletalk; fair, through CFDR-780 splatter. [Connelly*R-MA] JUL 8 0040 - SS political teletalk; loud. [Connelly*H-MA] 783 SPAIN COPE, Barcelona, JUL 8 0237 - // 837 with SS teletalk; poor to fair, in a jumble with 1 or 2 others (likely Syria & Portugal). [Connelly*H-MA] 792 SPAIN SER, Sevilla, JUN 26 0211 - SS newstalk; some WSKO slop. [Connelly*O-MA] 801 SPAIN RNE1 synchros, JUL 8 0235 - // 855 with man in SS; poor. [Connelly*H-MA] 819 MOROCCO RTM, Rabat, JUN 27 0039 - AA vocal sounded like one heard poorly on 207 longwave. [Connelly*R-MA] 836 AZORES RDP, Pico da Barrosa JUN 27 0035 - uptempo vocal; fair, Canaries-837 het notched. JUL 1 0145 - plaintive male ballad; poor in 837 QRM. [Connelly*R-MA] 837 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN COPE synchros, JUN 26 0215 - woman in SS; fair, over 836 het. [Connelly*O-MA] JUL 1 0135 - SS teletalk; huge, stronger than 836. [Connelly*R-MA] JUL 8 0034 - SS talk; good. [Connelly*H-MA] 846 ITALY Rome, JUN 26 0215 - classical music; good. [Connelly*O-MA] JUL 8 0157 - classical music. [Connelly*H-MA] 855 SPAIN RNE1, Murcia et al., JUN 26 0216 - // 684 with SS newstalk; fair to good. [Connelly*O-MA] JUL 1 0135 - SS group talk; in WEEI slop. [Connelly*R-MA] 864 SPAIN RNE1, Socuellamos, JUL 1 0149 - // 855 with male folk vocal, acoustic guitar; poor, but dominant. [Connelly*R-MA] 873 SPAIN SER R. Zaragoza, Zaragoza, JUL 8 0154 - rapid-fire SS talk with synchro-echo. [Connelly*H-MA] 882 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN COPE synchros, JUN 27 0006 - man & woman in SS; fair. JUL 1 0134 - SS newstalk; good, over UK. [Connelly*R-MA] 891 ALGERIA Algiers, JUN 26 0317 - emotional AA female vocal; to good peak. [Connelly*O-MA] JUL 1 0134 - AA vocal; big carrier, light audio. [Connelly*R-MA] JUL 8 0026 - AA vocal, strings, drums; then AA teletalk. [Connelly*H-MA] 909 UNITED KINGDOM BBC, Moorside Edge et al., JUL 1 0125 - EE telephone interview; over AA-sounding co-channel station and slop from WABI/WNEZ. JUL 1 0151 - interview about options for students who cannot complete a full university curriculum; strong signal. [Connelly*R-MA] 918 SPAIN R. Intercontinental, Madrid, JUL 1 0151 - SS teletalk; poor in CJCH/WHJJ slop. [Connelly*R-MA] 936 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, JUL 1 0132 - SS talk by man; mixed with a second station that had music. [Connelly*R-MA] 54 SPAIN R. Espana, Madrid, JUL 1 0127 - man with SS talk mentioning education, then there was an interlude of an operatic-style vocal; to very good peak. [Connelly*R-MA] JUL 8 0225 - folk vocal. [Connelly*H-MA] 999 SPAIN COPE, Madrid, JUN 27 0030 - hetting CKBW. [Connelly*R-MA] JUL 8 0218 - fast SS newstalk by man; sometimes splittable from CKBW. [Connelly*H-MA] 1008 CANARY ISLANDS Las Palmas, R. Las Palmas / RadioVoz, JUN 27 0027 - local SS talkshow; poor to fair. JUN 30 2352 - fade-up. [Connelly*R-MA] 1017 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, JUL 8 0217 - SS talk; poor in static crashes. [Connelly*H-MA] 1026 SPAIN SER synchros, JUN 26 0314 - // 1179 with man & woman in SS; to fair peak. [Connelly*O-MA] 1035 PORTUGAL R. Nacional, Lisboa, JUN 26 0312 - sad-sounding PP vocal with piano backing; poor, slightly over ohers. [Connelly*O-MA] 1044 MOROCCO Sebaa-Aioun, JUN 30 2353 - AA vocal; poor to fair. [Connelly*R-MA] 1044 SPAIN SER synchros, JUN 26 0223 - man & woman in SS; good. Slight growl present, possibly from one of the synchros being a bit off frequency. [Connelly*O-MA] JUL 1 0154 - SS interview with man & woman; excellent / local-like. [Connelly*R-MA] 1053 SPAIN COPE, Zaragoza / Castellon, JUL 1 0155 - fast SS talk; over/under UK. [Connelly*R-MA] 053 UNITED KINGDOM Talk Radio synchros, Start Point et al., JUL 1 0155 - EE teletalk; over/under Spain. [Connelly*R-MA] 1062 DENMARK Danmarks R., Kalundborg, JUL 1 0157 - mellow pop vocal in EE by a group with a Scandinavian accent, then Danish talk by man, followed by dance music. HUGE signal. [Connelly*R-MA] 1089 UNITED KINGDOM Talk Radio synchros, JUN 26 0227 - EE teletalk; to fair peak with WBAL phased. [Connelly*O-MA] JUL 1 0036 - fair with talk about several opinion polls taken among young people. [Connelly*R-MA] 1098 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, JUN 27 0025 - SS talk, music; over growl. JUL 1 0205 - SS news; over probable Slovakia. [Connelly*R-MA] 1107 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, JUN 26 0255 - // 855 with SS teletalk; to good peak. [Connelly*O-MA] JUN 27 0112 - // 774 with SS rock, then talk by man; fair to good. [Connelly*R-MA] 1116 SPAIN SER synchros, JUN 26 0254 - fast SS news by woman. [Connelly*O-MA] JUL 1 0202 - // 1044 with SS news; fair. [Connelly*R-MA] 1125 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, JUL 1 0203 - // 1107 with SS news by woman; fair. [Connelly*R-MA] 1134 CROATIA HR, Zadar, JUL 1 0202 - Slavic talk by woman; over/under Spain. [Connelly*R-MA] 1134 SPAIN COPE synchros, JUN 26 0252 - SS teletalk; to good peak. [Connelly*O-MA] 1143 SPAIN COPE synchros, JUN 27 0024 - fast SS talk by man, then a telephone interview; poor to fair. JUL 1 0207 - SS talk in mess; growl from something on 1143.08. [Connelly*R-MA] 1152 SPAIN RNE5 synchros, JUL 1 0208 - echoey SS talk; over other. [Connelly*R-MA] 1179 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN SER synchros, JUN 26 0306 - good with SS news and teletalk. [Connelly*O-MA] JUN 27 0010 - SS news; over second station. JUL 1 0004 - SS news & a report from correspondent at a remote location. [Connelly*R-MA] 1188 unID JUL 1 0200 - seemed like EE talk (though perhaps Dutch or Flemish from Belgium), then pips; poor. [Connelly*R-MA] 1197 GERMANY (t) VOA Relay, Munich, JUL 1 0158 - probably this with Slavic talk. [Connelly*R-MA] 1215 UNITED KINGDOM Virgin R. synchros, JUN 26 0235 - Bruce Springsteen (or similar) vocal; to fair peak. [Connelly*O-MA] JUL 1 0209 - "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer; excellent local-like signal. [Connelly*R-MA] 1251 LIBYA Tripoli, JUN 26 0237 - bits of AA vocal; poor with tough WBGA/WKBR/WARE/WMTR slop. [Connelly*O-MA] 1296 SPAIN COPE, Valencia, JUN 26 0238 - SS teletalk with man and woman; excellent. [Connelly*O-MA] JUN 27 0013 - teletalk; through slop. [Connlly*R-MA] JUL 29 0415 - Fair to good; report by a man in Spanish through thunderstorm interference. [Conti-NH] 1296 SUDAN Reba, JUN 26 0250 - a repeated 11 or 12 note interval signal came on and totally buried co-channel Spain. JUN 26 0300 - end of interval signal, march music (anthem), pips (5 groups of 2 short beeps, then one long beep), then AA talk by man; good. [Connelly*O-MA] 1314 NORWAY NRK, Kvitsoy, JUL 1 0212 - Norwegian vocal in a folk / country style like that of Gordon Lightfoot; excellent signal during an unusually good northern opening for this time of year. [Connelly*R-MA] 1359 SPAIN Arganda, JUL 1 0224 - SS talk by man; tough CKBC slop. [Connelly*R-MA] 1404 unID JUL 1 0213 - bits of music. [Connelly*R-MA] 1422 GERMANY DeutschlandRadio, Heusweiler, JUL 1 0020 - Whitney Houston (or similar) vocal; fair. JUL 1 0223 - classical piano; excellent. [Connelly*R-MA] 1521 SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA, Duba, JUL 1 0222 - huge warm-up carrier (preceding 0300 official sign-on). [Connelly*R-MA] 1530 SAO TOME E PRINCIPE VOA Relay, Pinheira, JUN 26 0302 - // 7105 (and clearer because of less QRM): VOA EE news mentioned ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. African news about Nigeria, Liberia, and other countries followed. Strong, over WSAI. [Connelly*O-MA] 1539 SPAIN SER, Manresa/Elche, JUL 1 0220 - // 1044 with SS teletalk by man & woman; over second station (Germany ?); WDCD phased. [Connelly*R-MA] 1543.8 unID JAMMER (MOROCCO ?) JUL 1 0010 - rough jamming-type carrier; poor. [Connelly*R-MA] 1548 UNITED KINGDOM unID station, JUL 1 0011 - light pop music; poor. JUL 1 0214 - British announcer and nostalgic pops including "The Old Lamplighter"; poor. [Connelly*R-MA] 1550 ALGERIA RASD Clandestine, Tindouf, JUL 1 0013 - male AA vocal; slightly over domestics. [Connelly*R-MA] 1575 SPAIN SER synchros, JUN 26 2352 - bits of SS talk; over slight growl. JUL 1 0014 - woman with SS news. [Connelly*R-MA] 1583.6 CEUTA RadiOlé, JUN 26 0306 - Moorish style vocal; poor. The 1.8 kHz bandwidth and LSB were used to split this away from the SER-1584 het. [Connelly*O-MA] JUN 26 2340 - male SS vocal; pre-sunset fade-up. JUL 1 0015 - pop SS vocal with operatic influences; good, stronger than SER-1584 this time. [Connelly*R-MA] 1584 SPAIN SER synchros, JUN 26 0307 - SS news; poor. Used 1.8 kHz bandwidth and USB to minimize Ceuta-1583.6 QRM. [Connelly*O-MA] Bruce speaks: "Despite having to deal with high levels of thunderstorm interference, transatlantic DX has been coming in -- a nice surprise for July. This might be an indication of good conditions for autumn. Transatlantic DX typically starts to pick up around here by mid-August, with the best conditions September through November." PAN-AMERICAN DX 530 TURKS & CAICOS R. Visión Cristiana, JUN 26 0904 - jazz, R. Vision Cristiana ID; loud. [Connelly*H-MA] 535 GRENADA GBC, St. George's, JUL 1 0142 - light rock, Carib-EE talk by man, then old C&W song "Your Cheatin' Heart"; poor. [Connelly*R-MA] 539.92 NICARAGUA YNOW R Corporación, Managua, AUG 2 0957-1007 - tune/in to program "Escuela Caracol" (or somesuch) with slow-talking SS man, ranchera song, 1003 M "Esta es YNOW," music fill, station chimes theme (three-notes, the third being very long), then "Desde Managua, Nicaragua" by man. Into more patter. Very good. [Krueger-FL] 555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS ZIZ, Basseterre, JUL 6 0229 - Carib-EE talk, segment of a speech; poor, in WGAN slop. JUL 10 0005 - soca music; very good on Carib-sloper. [Connelly*H-MA] 570 CUBA R. Relój, JUN 26 0905 - Reloj news & time program. [Connelly*H-MA] 593.1 CUBA R Rebelde, unknown site, AUG 2 1007-1025 - big het noted here, closer inspection showed it was Rebelde (parallel 1180, et. al.) with low modulation. No Cuban on 590 (thus not a spur) until recheck at 1022, when the 590 powerhouse transmitter was up and running (and as usual with Rebelde audio, pre-1100 R Musical Nacional net programming). Another recheck after 1100 had 593.1 extremely poor and soon lost, while 590 continued with post-1100 GMT Musical net. So, there's definitely a Rebelde transmitter on (seriously nominal) 590 still. [Krueger-FL] 600 BRAZIL R. Gaucha, ZYK278, Porto Alegre, JUL 10 0012 - likely this with PP political speech or preaching; over others with WICC phased. [Connelly*H-MA] 600 CUBA R. Rebelde, CMKV, Urbano Noris, JUN 26 0905 - Rebelde SS news. [Connelly*H-MA] 620 BRAZIL R. Assuncao Cearense, ZYH590, Fortaleza, JUL 10 0030 - excited PP speech, Fortaleza mention; over WZON-ME baseball game. [Connelly*H-MA] 620 CUBA R. Rebelde, Colon / Moa, JUN 26 0907 - // 600 with SS speech. [Connelly*H-MA] 630 PUERTO RICO WSKN, San Juan, JUL 10 0417 - SS talk with local mentions, laughing, joking; just under WPRO and over CFCY/CHLT. [Connelly*H-MA] 640 CUBA R. Progreso, Guanabacoa / Las Tunas, JUN 26 0905 - Progreso and "Viva la revolucion !" mentions. [Connelly*H-MA] 650 COLOMBIA RCN Antena Dos, HJKH, Bogotá, JUL 6 0058 - Colombian sports report, mentions of Copa America. [Connelly*H-MA] 670 CUBA R. Rebelde, CMQ, Arroyo Arenas, JUN 26 0823 - running R. Relój service at this time. JUL 6 0226 - still doing R. Relój programming instead of Rebelde. [Connelly*H-MA] JUL 27 0815 - Fair; salsa music // 710 and 5025. [Conti-NH] 670 VENEZUELA R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, JUN 27 0116 - Rumbos doorbells, SS talk about Caracas; good. [Connelly*R-MA] 690 ANGUILLA Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, JUN 26 0202 - US EE preaching; good; atop SS Latin American. [Connelly*O-MA] JUL 7 0800 - preaching; dominant. [Connelly*H-MA] JUL 17 0045 - Dr. Gene Scott // KAIJ 5810, good after WOKV-Florida pattern change. [Conti-NH] 690 CUBA R.Progreso, Jovellanos JUL 27 0805 - Fair; salsa music // 640, over Anguilla. [Conti-NH] 690 BRAZIL R. Dragao do Mar, ZYH587, Fortaleza, JUL 10 0028 - slow PP vocal, talk; bassy audio; atop Anguilla. [Connelly*H-MA] 690 COLOMBIA R. Recuerdos, HJCZ, Bogotá, JUL 6 0137 - old-style SS vocal, Colombia mentions; poor, in jumble. [Connelly*H-MA] 700 COLOMBIA R. Net, HJCX, Cali, JUL 6 0109 - fast SS talk, crowd noises, CARACOL mention; good, over others. [Connelly*H-MA] 700 JAMAICA RJR, Montego Bay, JUN 26 0319 - Caribbean EE local events mentions, then mellow reggae. [Connelly*O-MA] JUL 10 0240 - "RJR" mention, Carib-EE talk. [Connelly*H-MA] 705 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES Kingstown, JUL 10 0019 - slow Caribbean EE talk by man; poor. [Connelly*H-MA] 720 CUBA R. Progreso, CMHC, Cienfuegos, JUN 26 0204 - "Radio Progreso de Habana" ID; in jumble with CHTN and YVQE. [Connelly*O-MA] 720 VENEZUELA R. Oriente, YVQE, Porlamar, JUL 6 0222 - old-fashioned slow folk vocal (man with drum & accordion accompaniment), talk "en Radio Oriente, la seńal de Venezuela", then a fast song; over CHTN. [Connelly*H-MA] 750 VENEZUELA RCR, YVKS, Caracas, JUL 6 0130 - Venezuela local adverts; through static. [Connelly*H-MA] 759.8 CUBA R. Relój, Las Mercedes & Guanabacoa, JUN 26 0209 - Relój SS news, ticks, code RR's. [Connelly*O-MA] JUL 10 0201 - Cuba news, clock ticks; dominant over growl from 760.0 stations. [Connelly*H-MA] 760 BRAZIL R. Record, ZYH888, Fortaleza, JUL 10 0021 - PP religion; to fair peak; dominant over a low background rumble. [Connelly*H-MA] 760 COLOMBIA RCN, HJAJ, Barranquilla, JUN 26 0208 - SS Colombian economic news; best received on USB to dodge Cuba-759.8 growl. [Connelly*O-MA] JUL 6 0116 - // 770 with sports report mentioning Paraguay and Peru, ray gun sound followed; over slight Cuba growl. [Connelly*H-MA] 760 VENEZUELA R. Puerto La Cruz, YVQQ, Puerto La Cruz, JUL 1 0130 - Venezuelan sporting event in SS, frequent mentions of "la pelota" (the ball), adverts / jingles, numerous Venezuela references. [Connelly*R-MA] 770 COLOMBIA RCN, HJJX, Bogotá, JUL 6 0116 - // 760 with SS sports report; under WABC. [Connelly*H-MA] AUG 2, 1016-1024 - newscast by SS man with item on Kosovo at tune/in, station promo, then back to news with Bogotá items. Very good. [Krueger-FL] 780 VENEZUELA R. Coro, YVMN, Coro, JUN 26 0834 - brassy merengue song, R. Coro ID, then folk-style vocal with accordion. JUL 6 0118 - high-energy dance music with rap influences, R. Coro jingle, then a slow romantic song. [Connelly*H-MA] 830 CUBA R. Relój, JUN 26 0213 - Relój code "RR's"; mixed with St. Kitts and WCRN. [Connelly*O-MA] 830 ST. KITTS & NEVIS TBN, Basseterre, JUN 26 0212 - religious C&W vocal // 7510; through phased WCRN. [Connelly*O-MA] 840 CUBA CMHW, Santa Clara, JUL 6 0125 - "programa de la noche" promo, "dobleve" (W) slogan, Habana mentions; good, dominant. [Connelly*H-MA] 860 VENEZUELA R. Enlace 860, YVYE, Valle de la Pascua, JUL 8 0031 - "Valle de la Pascua" mentions getting through the static crashes. [Connelly*H-MA] 940 COLOMBIA RCN, HJGB, Cali, JUL 7 0722 - "la radio de Colombia" slogan; over XEQ/Cuba/unID domestic. [Connelly*H-MA] 940 CUBA R. Relój, JUN 26 0842 - Reloj SS news, code RR's; in jumble with others. [Connelly*H-MA] JUL 13 0855 - Poor; RR code IDs heard through XEQ-Mexico and unID stations. [Conti-NH] 940 MEXICO XEQ, Mexico City, JUN 26 0858 - automated "La Tropi-Q" ID by woman, then uptempo group vocal; over Reloj Cuban. [Connelly*H-MA] 940 unID (domestic?) JUN 26 0221 - classical music program, then EE announcer: similar to programming that used to be on now-silent CBM. [Connelly*O-MA] 940 VENEZUELA R. Fe y Alegria, YVLU, Campo Mata, JUN 27 0125 - "Fe y Alegria" ID surfaced over the stew of other co-channel signals. [Connelly*R-MA] 940 VENEZUELA R. Punto Fijo, YVNN, Punto Fijo, JUL 1 0153 - R. Punto Fijo ID; over others. [Connelly*R-MA] 940 MEXICO XEQ Mexico JUL 14 0445 - Fair; Major League Baseball All Star Game play-by-play in Spanish, many "la cerveza es Corona" ads. [Conti-NH] 940 PUERTO RICO WIPR San Juan JUL 13 0100 - Good; "...por nueve cuarenta AM" promo and "Esta es WIPR AM San Juan" ID followed by fanfare into news. [Conti-NH] 950 CUBA R Relój, Sancti Spiritus, 2133+ JUL 24 - noted back here with usual powerhouse daytime local level signal. This can probably safely be confirmed as the same transmitter (listed Sancti Spiritus site) that moved to 670 for a few weeks (c.f. my 6/14/99 log). The 670 channel is now back to the much weaker Rebelde audio (Arroyo Arenas listed site), as prior to the 950 move. (Krueger-FL) 1000 COLOMBIA RCN, HJAQ, Cartagena, JUN 26 0846 - Colombian news by man & woman in SS; in mix with CKBW and WMVP. [Connelly*H-MA] 1050.31 unID JUN 26 0225 - het against WEVD. [Connelly*O-MA] 1060 CUBA CMDX, Baracoa, JUN 26 0226 - romantic music at low audio level; over KYW. [Connelly*O-MA] 1135.8 unID JUN 26 0253 - weak het against Spain-1134 (not sure if Trans-Atlantic or Pan-American). [Connelly*O-MA] 1140 VENEZUELA La Voz del Caribe, Porlamar, JUN 26 0229 - "La Voz del Caribe" ID; through WRVA/CBI. [Connelly*O-MA] 1160 BERMUDA VSB3, Hamilton, JUN 26 0232 - // 5975 with trumpet fanfare then BBC economic news about the Microsoft trial, stock prices, genetically-altered foods, and the closing of some North American copper mines. Over WVNJ/WOBM/WSKW. [Connelly*O-MA] 1170 COLOMBIA CARACOL, HJNW, Cartagena, JUN 26 0251 - "voz de Colombia" slogan; over WWVA. [Connelly*O-MA] 1180 MEXICO unID, AUG 2, 1043-1047 - tune/in to conclusion of ranchera song, SS man and woman, ads, laser sound effects. Probably the Mexico City station, unfortunately. Way under the Cuban Rebelde transmitter. [Krueger-FL] 1320 CUBA R Artemisa, Artemisa, Habana, AUG 2 *1059-1102 & 1748-1810 - tentatively the one. Tune/in to presumed sign-on, with vocal NA, man and woman after. Extremely poor due to semi-local WAMR-Venice co-channel (relaying Tampa's 1250 WDAE "The Sports Animal"). Recheck 1748+, SS man and woman, mostly modern jazz instrumental. Muzak and soft SS vocals, but still pretty much useless due to WAMR. However, NOT parallel 1260-Enciclopedia (positive canned ID 1759 by woman), Musical, Rebelde or Progreso. Unable to hear anything on 1330 (listed as an Artemisa parallel). [Krueger-FL] 1375.02 ST. PIERRE ET MIQUELON RFO, JUN 26 0239 - FF public speech, then commentary; good. [Connelly*O-MA] 1390 HONDURAS HRVC LV Evangelica, Tegucigalpa, AUG 2 1024-1042 - first time logging this one here. Have tried numerous times at local night, but decided to give it a shot at the much better enhanced post-sunrise Central American window. Tune/in to woman with ranchera song, SS man 1030 with ID, station promo, reference to beísbol, into nice harp music (which punctuated twice later--apparently the morning program theme). Then into SS Christian lyrics male vocal set to a ranchera tune. Overall poor (weak) level, but parallel excellent 4819.17 throughout. Lower power 1 kW relay also listed on 1390 in WRTH for Santa Rosa de Copan, though I'm happy with the presumed higher-powered Teg site. [Krueger-FL] 1500 VENEZUELA YVRZ, Cumana, JUL 1 0223 - lively music, SS local mentions; over/under WTOP. [Connelly*R-MA] 1529.54 unID JUN 26 0305 - low het against Sao Tome and WSAI. [Connelly*O-MA] 1610 ANGUILLA Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, JUN 26 0308 - // 690 with preaching about the Ark of the Covenant; good. [Connelly*O-MA] JUL 1 0218 - US EE preaching; over Woods Hole, MA and Hampton, NH TIS's. [Connelly*R-MA] Mark speaks: "I (and the rest of my family) spent several days at East Harwich, MA on Cape Cod. We all did usual tourist activities including the beach, shopping, and dining out. I also managed a bit of DX. The band conditions notes may be of interest to the Grayland, WA DXpedition crew and also to Bruce Conti, who recently DXed from Florida. The best time to listen was undoubtedly from one half hour before local sunset to 2 hours after sunset. This corresponds roughly to a 2345 UTC start time and 0215 UTC end time. Low frequencies on the MW band proved more useful than the higher end of the dial. The best opening was from 0000 to 0100 UTC on 10 JUL when four Brazilians (600, 620, 690, and 760) were logged at good strength. Surprisingly, on several evenings, northern European low-banders such as Ireland-567, UK-693, and Netherlands-747 were very strong. Madeira Islands on 603 made an appearance. Usual blasters such as the various Canary Islands, Spain, and Morocco low-band signals boomed in around sunset but tended to submerge into domestic slop after 0200 UTC. The same was true of Venezuelans and the Caribbean splits (535, 555, 705): initially good, but in the "dumper" later in the evening. Cubans weren't that strong. PJB-800 was buried by the Canadians. The Atlantic Canada stations were huge: even CBNA-600 St. Anthony, NF was good, easily overriding more common CKCL, WICC, and Latin Americans. CKGA-650 Gander held its own against Antena Dos and WSM. CBL-vacated 740 is now firmly the property of CHCM, with occasional hints of WJIB and Cuba well under. Other CBC-network vacated channels are 690 and 940. 690 has a Brazil / Anguilla mix at sunset; later on Brazil drops out and Colombia and Cuba fade in, though Anguilla's preaching stays dominant overall. On 940, WIPR-PR, 2 Venezuelans, Colombia and the religious domestics (WADV, WKGM) mix it up in the early evening. Cuba, Mexico, and WINZ (FL) join in later. I used two slopers off the tops of ~ 20 m tall pitch pine trees at the E. Harwich house. One sloper was aimed 75 degrees for southern Europe and the other 165 degrees for the Caribbean. A 100 m wire on the ground was aimed at 100 degrees. It didn't exhibit much directionality and it was used mostly as a noise-reducing ground radial. A inverted triangular K9AY loop of 8.5 m per side was tested briefly. Nulls of New York City stations were achievable, but generally phasing the two slopers gave the deepest "pest" nulls. All logs were made on a Drake R8A receiver. STATION NEWS GERMANY: 153 & 177 will carry DLF-programs in the future and 207 & 261 will carry the DLR Berlin transmissions (Mobi radio news) [ARC Newsdesk e-mail] 729 Bayerischer Rundfunk has now moved both transmitters in Würzburg and Hof to this fq, ex 520. They are broadcasting B5 Aktuell on this frequency with a power of 200 W. Delete 801 mentioned in WRTH-99 (BE in ARC Newsdesk e-mail] According to Bayerischer Rundfunk Munich technical dept MW Wuerzburg 729 now operating on increased power 500 watts. It is expected that the Hof transmitter (like the Wuerzburg one an ancient 1 kW unit, running on reduced power 200 watts) will be retuned from 520 into 729 inthree or four weeks. [Michael Fuhr-D, Jul 4, BC-DX 418A in ARC Newsdesk e-mail] Funkhaus Europa is a new name of the corporation between WDR, RB and SFB4. Frequencies mentioned are 720, 774 and 936 kHz [BE in ARC Newsdesk e-mail] AFN will move the entire HQ from Frankfurt to Mannheim. 873 kHz will be closed at the end of 1999 and perhaps privatized [BE in ARC Newsdesk e-mail] LW Burg 261 is using the former ex 783 kHz antenna of GDR era. The 324-m-mast has been rebuilt for LW use. The transmission container is placed direct on the foot base of the mast. The exact transmission time of RADIOROPA 2.6.1 (spelling as created by the station) on LW 261 is from 0555-0008 CET (0355-2208 UTC, outside the DST one hour later) with crash start and abrupt cut off respectively, while the program continues overnight on satellite. As well-known, own programming is produced at Magdeburg in a little studio, housed in the office rooms of the "ADN" news agency. From there the stuff is feeded through a ISDN circuit to Luxembourg, where an automatic server system handles all switchings between jingles, mx and satellite take-overs. The herewith created program signal is transmitted via the "Astra" satellite system in the German "ADR" system. At the Burg site the LW 261 signal is aired through a 324 metres tall mast, erected in 1953, which was originally designed for the 2 x 250 txs on then 782, from 1978: 783 kHz 1000 kW "RW 1000" type Made in USSR unit, and now modified for longwave operations. [portion of longer report by Kai Ludwig-D, Jun 28 in Medium Wave Circle e-mail, originally from Wolfgang Büschel's BC-DX # 417] HONDURAS: Radio America's website includes a very detailed listing of AM & FM stations in Honduras. It takes some time to load, but is a nice resource. The main URL is: . I haven't looked through the whole site yet, but it looks great. [Don Moore e-mail] MALTA: 999 Radio Malta is now broadcasting 24 hrs [Horst Rauch via BE in ARC Newsdesk e-mail] NETHERLANDS: 675 will probably change owner very soon (BE), 828 Will change to Classic Rock during the autumn (BE), 1332 Hoppa Radio has been testing on this frequency from a transmitter at Alphen a/d Rijn, 30 km from Utrecht (Ruud Voss in EuroLog) , 1485 Haagstad Radio has been heard testing with very low power in Hindustani (Kotalampi's webpage) [All via ARC Newsdesk e-mail] POLAND: Tests have been been reported on 198 kHz in connection with a major frequency reshuffle and transmitter upgrade planned for this autumn. On September 1st, the a 1000kW LW transmitter at Solec Kujawski (near Bydgoszcz) will be unaugurated on 225 kHz. It will replace the 600kW back-up transmitter in Raszyn near Warsaw which has been working on 225 kHz since the collapse of the Gabin (Konstantynów) mast in 1991. Polskie Radio is planning to use Raszyn on 198 kHz during daytime for one of its programmes after September (Bernd Trutenau) 936 The Polish P3 has been heard testing on this frequency?! (Horst Rauch via BE) [all via ARC Newsdesk e-mail] SERBIA: Beograd 1 was reactivated on 684 kHz, but its signal is much weaker than it was before its collapse during the Kosovo war. Novi Sad still relays only Beograd 1 on 1107 kHz without own programs (have not heard anything else). Pristina (1413 kHz) is still silent. [Karel Honzik (Czech Rep.), in Medium Wave Circle e-mail] TURKEY: I've noticed particularly good reception of Turkey on 180 kHz here in the UK as late as 2345 UTC on recent nights. Presumably they have extended their hours. Maybe 24hrs now? Also signal is noticable stronger than in the past; maybe more power? I could not find other Turkish outlets to check if they were on extended hours as well. [Steve Whitt, Medium Wave Circle (UK) e-mail] CONTRIBUTORS @Mark Connelly WA1ION, Billerica MA, DXing from East Harwich MA ["H"], South Orleans MA ["O"], and Rockport MA ["R"]; Drake R8A, Euro-sloper (length 28 m, max. height 20 m, optimum bearing 75 deg.), Carib-sloper (length 28 m, max. height 20 m, optimum bearing 165 deg.), longwire (on ground: 100 m at 100 deg.), experimental triangular K9AY loop (8.5 m per side, oriented E-W), BBL-1 broadband loop, APW-1 active whip, Superphaser-1 phasing unit. e-mail = WA1ION@ix.netcom.com Web = http://members.aol.com/MarkWA1ION/weblink.htm @Bruce Conti, Nashua NH; R8B, MWDX-5, MWT-3S, 15-m loop, 30-m east sloper. @Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL; NRD-535, HQ-180A, ICF-2002, YB-400, dipoles, Scotka loop. ________________________ Frederick R. 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