TRIED TO POST THIS AS A COMMENT TO ROBERT RUSHS MENTION OF ORLEANS, MA IN REPLY TO ALLEN WILLIE ... but it kept bouncing so Im attempting it as a separate post. For Roberts amusement, logs from Orleans, MA DXpedition around this time last year. For a number of reasons I havent been doing much DXpedition stuff this year, though I hope to get in one or two outings before the snow flies. Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION - Times / dates = UTC / 2013 Orleans, Cape Cod, MA, USA (GC= 41.8072 N / 69.9537 W) (41° 48.43 N / 69° 57.22 W) (beach area: northeast end of Tonset Road, near Weeset Road) map: chowdanet/markc/pictures/orleans_dxsite1.gif Receiver: Microtelecom Perseus Antenna: cardioid-pattern Micro-SuperLoop on car roof, square, 2 m per side, with Clifton Laboratories Z10130A amp on east bottom corner to speaker wire to 2:1 transformer to W7IUV amp, and 9:1 transformer on west corner to speaker wire to 500 ohm null-adjust potentiometer, qsl.net/wa1ion/loop/car_roof_loop.htm ====================================================== *** TRANSATLANTIC DX *** 531 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, Fkirina Wilaya dOum El Bouaghi, SEP 18 2326 - // 549 with pop vocal; mixed with Spain. 531 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 18 2325 - Spanish talk; briefly over Algeria. 549 | ALGERIA | Jil FM, Les Trembles, SEP 18 2326 - // 531 with pop Arabic vocal; loud. 558 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 18 2350 - // 738 with man & woman in Spanish; in bad WGAN slop. 567 | SYRIA (t) | Radio of Syrian Arab Republic (1st pgm), Damascus, SEP 18 2351 - male a cappella chant seemed // 828; poor. 576 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 18 2325 - man in Spanish; poor. 585 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Madrid, SEP 18 2326 - talk // 774; fair. 603 | FRANCE | France Info, Lyon-Tramoyes, SEP 18 2359 - // 945 with James Bond theme, then France Info music, woman in French; fair. 603 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 18 2326 - Spanish talk // 774; over France. 612 | MOROCCO | RTM A, Sebaa-Aioun, SEP 18 2330 - Arabic talk by man, then segment of a male vocal with strings. 621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, SEP 18 2326 - Spanish talk // 774; fair to good. 630 | TUNISIA | RTT, Tunis-Djedeida, SEP 18 2325 - female Arabic vocal; under WPRO. 639 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, La Coruna et al., SEP 18 2325 - Spanish talk // 621; fair. 648 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Badajoz et al., SEP 18 2330 - classical music // 585, 621, 774; poor. 657 | ITALY | Rai R.1 synchros, SEP 18 2325 - Italian teletalk with two men; over Spain. 665.77 | IRAN | IRIB1, SEP 18 2358 - piano & strings // 936; audio separable from 666 jumble by listening on lower sideband. 675 | NETHERLANDS | R. Maria, Lopik, SEP 19 0000 - religious chorus, bit of talk, Vatican interval signal; through WRKO slop. 684 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Sevilla, SEP 18 2325 - Spanish talk // 621; good during pauses in WRKO slop. 693 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, SEP 18 2330 - classical music // 585, 621; under UK. 693 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. 5, Droitwich et al., SEP 18 2325 - talk about interrupted sleep, taking care of a baby; good. 702 | unID | ?, SEP 18 2325 - reverberated Koranic chant; LOUD. 711 | FRANCE | France Info, Rennes, SEP 18 2325 - man & woman in French; fair. 729 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, SEP 18 2325 - // 738 with man in Spanish; fair. + SEP 18 2330 - classical music // 621; to good peak. 738 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Barcelona, SEP 18 2300 - // 729 with man in Spanish; fair through CHCM slop. 747 | NETHERLANDS | R.5, Zeewolde (Flevoland), SEP 18 2325 - Billy Swan I Can Help (1974); loud. + SEP 19 0000 - Carole King Its Too Late, woman in Dutch, Radio 5 jingle; very good. 756 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Braunschweig & Ravensburg, SEP 18 2325 - public address by man in German // 153; good. 765 | IRAN | IRIB 1, Chahbahar, SEP 18 2330 - Farsi talk by man; poor. + SEP 18 2350 - // 936, 1368 with piano, strings. 774 | EGYPT | Middle East R., Abis, SEP 18 2350 - group Arabic chant; over Spain. 774 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, SEP 18 2325 - man in Spanish // 621; over Egypt. 783 | MAURITANIA | R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, SEP 19 0001 - Arabic music; slightly over Spain. 783 | SPAIN | Rock y Gol Radio Miramar, Ctra. Conseria (Barcelona), SEP 19 0001 - Spanish news; almost equal to Mauritania. 792 | FRANCE | France Info, Limoges, SEP 18 2326 - woman in French; slightly over Spain and something Middle-Eastern-sounding. 801 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, SEP 18 2330 - classical music // 585, 621; mixed with other(s). 801 | unID | ?, SEP 18 2325 - music not parallel to Spain RNE outlets. 801.06 | unID | ?, SEP 19 0000 - growl against Spain. 810 | SPAIN | SER, Madrid, SEP 18 2350 - SER talk // 1179; mixing with WGY and stronger BBC Scotland with CJVA briefly off. 810 | UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND) | BBC Radio Scotland synchros, SEP 18 2350 - BBC discussion of night shift work; over WGY and SER during brief drop-out of CJVA (which was back on a few minutes later with a huge dominant signal). 819 | EGYPT | ERTU, Santah, SEP 18 2326 - female Arabic vocal, orchestra; fair. 828 | SYRIA (t) | ORT Arab Syrienne, Deir el Zawr, SEP 18 2351 - male a cappella chant seemed // 567; poor. 837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 18 2325 - fast Spanish talk by man; about equal strength to co-channel France. + SEP 18 2330 - excellent! 837 | FRANCE | France Info, Nancy, SEP 18 2325 - woman in French // 792; evenly mixed with COPE. 855 | ROMANIA | Romania Actualitati, Bucuresti, SEP 18 2350 - instrumental // 1179; under Spain. 855 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, SEP 18 2326 - man with talk // 684; good. 864 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Villebon-sur-Yvette, SEP 18 2325 - cover version of Four Tops Reach Out, Ill Be There; fair. 873 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 18 2325 - dance music, excited Spanish talk by man & woman. 882 | unID | ?, SEP 18 2330 - Mideast-sounding male vocal; mixed with UK and COPE. 882 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.Wales, Washford, SEP 18 2325 - rock music; over COPE. 890.985 | ALGERIA | Chaine 1, Algiers, SEP 19 0000 - dance music, woman in Arabic; huge, over unID vocal music station (Portugal?). 909 | ROMANIA | Romania Actualitati, Jucu, SEP 18 2326 - vocal // 1179; under UK. 909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.5 synchros, SEP 18 2326 - // 693 with discussion about sleep; good, way over Romania. 936 | IRAN | Urumiyeh, SEP 18 2330 - Farsi talk by man, Iran mentions, string music. + SEP 18 2351 - // 1368 with piano & strings; fair. 936 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 18 2359 - // 855 with Spanish male cover version of disco oldie I Will Survive, then pips, Radio Nacional de Espana ID; coming up over Iran. 945 | FRANCE | France Info, Toulouse, SEP 18 2325 - mention of Canada in French talk by man & woman // 1206; LOUD! + SEP 18 2359 - SEP 19 0000 - // 1206 et al. with James Bond theme, France Info music, woman in French; good. 954 | SPAIN | Onda Cero, Madrid, SEP 18 2326 - Spanish teletalk mentioned Italia; good. 963 | TUNISIA | RTT, Tunis, SEP 18 2325 - Arabic male vocal, orchestra; good. 972 | GERMANY | NDR Info, Hamburg, SEP 18 2325 - two men in German; loud, getting by WZAN pest. + SEP 18 2330 - ARD Info, Nachrichten mention. 972 | SPAIN | RNE synchros, SEP 18 2331 - classical music // 621; under Germany. 981 | ALGERIA | RTVA Chaine 2, Algiers, SEP 18 2325 - Arabic teletalk with two men; loud. 999 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA R.Quran, Tabuk, SEP 18 2350 - Koranic a cappella male vocal; dominant. 999 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 18 2326 - man in Spanish; over Saudi Arabia and 1010 WINS IBOC. 1008 | NETHERLANDS | GrootNieuwsRadio, Zeewolde (Flevoland), SEP 19 0000 - religious folk vocal by man, talk by man (possibly Dutch); in WINS slop. 1026 | IRAN | IRIB 1, Tabriz, SEP 18 2331 - male Mideast chant, strings; in WBZ slop. 1026 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 18 2325 - // 1179 with fast Spanish talk including shrill-voiced woman; over Mideast-sounding station and 1030 WBZ slop. 1044 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 18 2325 - // 1179 with fast Spanish talk including shrill-voiced woman; slightly over 1030 WBZ IBOC. 1053.1 | LIBYA | Libyan Jamahiriya, Tripoli, SEP 18 2325 - man in Arabic; dominant over growl from 1053.0 stations. + SEP 18 2331 - male Arabic group vocal, drumming. 1062 | unID (IRAN ?) | ?, SEP 18 2358 - male group Mideast vocal; to fair peak. 1071 | IRAN | IRIB/Radio Maaref, Qom, SEP 18 2325 - Farsi talk, also heard at 2330 UTC. Thanks to Mauno Ritola on RealDX list for ID help. + SEP 18 2350 - talk // 1332; fair. 1080 | IRAN | IRIB 1/VOIRI, Abadan, SEP 18 2330 - male Koranic vocal; mixed with SER Spain and under WTIC. 1080 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 18 2326 - talk, sweep tone // 1179; way under WTIC. + SEP 18 2331 - // 873 with man in Spanish; just a bit under WTIC. 1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, SEP 18 2326 - two men talking about world-class footballers; LOUD! 1098 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 18 2325 - man in Spanish // 855; fair. 1107 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 18 2325 - man in Spanish // 855; fair. 1116 | IRAN | IRIB1/VO Rebel. Iraq, Bandar Lengeh, SEP 18 2358 - // 936, 1503, 1574.97 with piano music, then calm talk by man; to good peak over Spain. 1116 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 18 2325 - man & woman talk // 1026, 1179. 1125 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 18 2325 - Spanish talk // 1098; in jumble. + SEP 18 2359 - // 855 with Spanish male cover version of disco oldie I Will Survive, then pips, Radio Nacional de Espana ID; over others. 1126.5 | unID | ?, SEP 18 2325 - off-channel carrier, fragment of audio (Arabic?). 1134 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 18 2325 - two men in Arabic; fair. 1134 | unID (KUWAIT suspected) | ?, SEP 18 2359 - pop Mideast male vocal; over Spain. 1143 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 18 2330 - // 1134 with bits of teletalk, man in Spanish; poor in CBI slop. 1152 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 18 2325 - discussion // 738; fair with synchro-echo / reverb. 1170 | SLOVENIA | Radio Capodistria, Beli Kriz, SEP 19 0000 - Italian talk by woman, Radio Capodistria ID, Alan Parsons Project Eye in the Sky; mixed with WWVA. 1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 18 2350 - SER Spanish talk; under Romania. 1179 | ROMANIA | R. Romania Actualitati, Galbeni-Bacau et al., SEP 18 2326 - vocal // 909; mixed with SER. + SEP 18 2330 - Radio Romania Actualitati ID, dance music; over SER. 1188 | IRAN | R.Payam, Tehran, SEP 18 2330 - 3 ascending notes, talk by man; to good peak. 1197 | unID | ?, SEP 19 0007 - Koranic male vocal; through WXKS slop. 1206 | FRANCE | France Info, Bordeaux, SEP 18 2325 - // 945 with French talk by man & woman, mentions of Canada, Syria, the Assad government; loud. 1215 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 18 2325 - man & woman in Spanish; over UK. 1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Absolute R. synchros, SEP 18 2350 - Run to You by Bryan Adams; good, over Spain. + SEP 19 0001 - Queen Another One Bites the Dust; loud, over Spain. 1224 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 18 2325 - Spanish talk, then music; mixed with Mideast-sounding station. 1242 | FRANCE | France Info, Marseille, SEP 18 2359 - // 945 with James Bond theme, France Info music, woman in French; fair. 1251 | LIBYA | Libyan Jamahiriya, Tripoli, SEP 18 2325 - Arabic talk by man; to good peak. 1259.845 | unID | ?, SEP 18 2325 - growl against CKHJ. 1269 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Neumunster, SEP 18 2326 - woman in German; through CJCB/WTSN slop. 1269 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 18 2350 - Spanish talk; sometimes over Germany. 1287 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, SEP 18 2330 - Spanish fast-talking man; in WRNI slop. 1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, SEP 18 2325 - fast Spanish talk by man; slightly over Sudan / UK / others jumble. 1305 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 18 2325 - // 1152, 1314 with man in Spanish; good. 1314 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 18 2325 - // 1152, 1305 with man in Spanish; over growl carriers (1313.9, 1314.09). 1323 | unID | ?, SEP 19 0001 - British-accented news by man; poor. 1323 | unID | ?, SEP 18 2326 - a cappella male chant; fair. 1332 | IRAN | R. Tehran, Tehran, SEP 18 2350 - Farsi talk // 1071; poor to fair. 1332 | ROMANIA | Romania Actualitati, Galati, SEP 18 2358 - // 909, 1530 with bluesy male vocal; poor. 1341 | NORTHERN IRELAND | BBC Radio Ulster, Lisnagarvey, SEP 18 2325 - two men in English discussion; poor. 1368 | IRAN | IRIB 1, Sari, SEP 18 2351 - // 936 with piano and strings; fair. 1377 | FRANCE | France Info, Lille, SEP 18 2326 - // 1206 with French talk about Assad of Syria; good. 1395 | unID | ?, SEP 19 0000 - 4+1 pips, music, talk by man; poor. LATER IDED AS ARMENIA 1404 | FRANCE | France Info synchros, SEP 18 2326 - // 1206 with French talk about Assad of Syria; fair. 1413 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 18 2325 - talk // 1305; fair. 1422 | ALGERIA | RTA, Algiers, SEP 18 2325 - uptempo orchestra and male Arabic pop vocal with refrain ah rahkida; loud, over Germany. + SEP 19 0000 - Arabic male vocal, 5+1 pips, man in French mentioning Bamako, Mali; loud, over Germany. 1422 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Heusweiler, SEP 18 2325 - // 756 with German man giving speech in echoey hall; signal in background behind huge Algeria. 1431 | DJIBOUTI | R. Sawa, Arta, SEP 18 2325 - Arabic talk; in WKOX slop. 1440 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Damman, SEP 19 0000 - high-energy Arabic male vocal and orchestra // 1521; slightly under WRED Red Sox game. 1458 | ROMANIA | Romania Actualitati, Constanta, SEP 18 2350 - music // 1179; under UK. 1458 | UNITED KINGDOM | Sunrise Radio, Brookmans Park, SEP 18 2350 - Bollywood male vocal; mixed with Romania, others. 1485 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 18 2326 - // 1116 with talk; poor. 1494 | FRANCE | France Info synchros, SEP 18 2325 - // 1206 with man in French; poor. 1503 | IRAN | IRIB 1, Bushehr, SEP 18 2358 - // 936, 1116, 1368, 1574.97 with piano music, then calm talk by man; under Spain. 1503 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, SEP 18 2358 - Spanish talk; slightly over Iran. 1511.935 | unID (GREECE ?) | ?, SEP 18 2325 - growl against 1512.0 Saudi. 1512 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Jeddah, SEP 18 2325 - a cappella Koranic male vocal; a bit over the 65 Hz low-side growl. 1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, SEP 18 2325 - man in Arabic mentioned Iraq; HUGE! 1530 | ROMANIA | Romania Actualitati, Mihaileni & Mahmudia, SEP 18 2358 - vocal // 909, 1332; way under WCKY. 1547.86 | unID | ?, SEP 18 2325 - growl against low side of 1548 jumble. UK mentioned on recent mwoffsets Yahoogroup. 1557 | FRANCE | France Info, Fontbonne, SEP 18 2325 - two men in French // 1206; fair over WQEW slop. 1574.97 | IRAN | IRIB1, Ghaen, SEP 18 2358 - // 936, 1116, 1503 with piano music, then calm talk by man; behind UAE and about 30 Hz lower in frequency. 1575 | ITALY | RAI Radiouno synchros, SEP 18 2330 - jazz // 657; way under R. Farda UAE. 1575 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | R. Farda, Al Dhabiya, SEP 18 2326 - Mideast dance-club music; LOUD. + SEP 18 2330 - Farda ID; good. 1584 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 18 2326 - fast Spanish talk by man // 1116; fair over others. 1593 | KUWAIT | R. Free Iraq, Kuwait City, SEP 18 2326 - pop Arabic vocal; poor. 1593 | ROMANIA | Romania Actualitati, Ion Korvinn, SEP 18 2350 - dance-rap music // 1179; poor to fair. 1602 | SPAIN | SER synchros, SEP 18 2325 - talk, snippet of music // 1116; to fair peak. *** PAN-AMERICAN DX *** 560 | unID (GUYANA?) | ?, SEP 19 0007 - Bollywood / Indian vocal; under WGAN. 580 | PUERTO RICO | WKAQ, San Juan, SEP 19 0007 - WKAQ ID; loud, over WTAG & CFRA. 670 | VENEZUELA | YVLL, R. Rumbos, Caracas, SEP 18 2330 - NotiRumbos and Radio Rumbos IDs; good, dominant. 1160 | BERMUDA | VSB3, Hamilton, SEP 18 2330 - BBC discussion; in and out of mix with WOBM, others. 1610 | ANGUILLA | Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, SEP 18 2325 - US male preacher talking about eating and drinking unworthily; LOUD. 1620 | US VIRGIN ISLANDS | WDHP, Fredriksted, SEP 18 2325 - calypso / reggae vocal; over Cuba. *** AUDIO FILES *** 670 | VENEZUELA chowdanet/markc/dx_audio/yvll-670_20130918_2330z.mp3 675 | NETHERLAN chowdanet/markc/dx_audio/holland-675_20130919_0000z.mp3 693 | UNITED KINGDOM chowdanet/markc/dx_audio/uk-693_20130919_0000z.mp3 747 | NETHERLANDS chowdanet/markc/dx_audio/holland-747_20130919_0000z.mp3 756 | GERMANY chowdanet/markc/dx_audio/germany-756_20130919_0000z.mp3 765 | IRAN chowdanet/markc/dx_audio/765_20130918_2330z.mp3 936 | IRAN chowdanet/markc/dx_audio/iran-936_20130918_2330z.mp3 945 | FRANCE chowdanet/markc/dx_audio/france-945_20130919_0000z.mp3 972 | GERMANY chowdanet/markc/dx_audio/germany-972_20130918_2325z.mp3 chowdanet/markc/dx_audio/germany-972_20130918_2330z.mp3 1008 | NETHERLANDS chowdanet/markc/dx_audio/1008_20130919_0000z.mp3 1071 | IRAN chowdanet/markc/dx_audio/1071_20130918_2325z.mp3 chowdanet/markc/dx_audio/1071_20130918_2330z.mp3 1170 | SLOVENIA + WWVA-WV chowdanet/markc/dx_audio/Capodistria+WWVA-1170_20130919_0000z.mp3 1188 | IRAN chowdanet/markc/dx_audio/iran-1188_20130919_0000z.mp3 1395 | ARMENIA chowdanet/markc/dx_audio/1395_20130919_0000z.mp3 1422 | ALGERIA chowdanet/markc/dx_audio/algeria-1422_20130919_0000z.mp3 1440 | WRED-ME + SAUDI ARABIA chowdanet/markc/dx_audio/wred+saudi-1440_20130918_2350z.mp3 1575 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES chowdanet/markc/dx_audio/uae-1575_20130918_2330z.mp3
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