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Congratulations to the National Radio Club for 70 years of DXing excellence! Here’s to 70 more, beginning with the outstanding efforts of these fine DXers as the unprecedented third peak of sunspot cycle 23 continues. Mark Connelly reports, "Recent auroral activity has provided for some interesting DX, especially during the 10-11 SEP session at the Rowley, MA salt-marsh site." The logs tell the story.

Transatlantic DX

153 ALGERIA Chaîne 1 Bechar SEP 10 2323 - Man and woman with Arabic talk; at low audio level on massive carrier. [Connelly*rw-MA]

162 FRANCE France-Inter Allouis SEP 10 2322 - French teletalk; good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

171 MOROCCO R.Mediterranee Internationale Nador SEP 10 2321 - Bongo drum and flute, male Arabic vocal; huge! [Connelly*rw-MA]

189 ICELAND Rikisútvarpid Gufuskálar SEP 10 2320 - Man and woman in Icelandic; fair to good. [Connelly*rw-MA]

198 UNITED KINGDOM BBC R.4 Droitwich et al. SEP 10 2323 - BBC talk; under a big carrier that was probably the Algerian. [Connelly*rw-MA]

207 MOROCCO RTM Azilal SEP 10 2317 - Female Arabic vocal; over QI and MJ beacons. [Connelly*rw-MA]

252 ALGERIA Tipaza SEP 10 2325 - Talk by woman with children's voices in the background; atop SKR and MVM beacons. [Connelly*rw-MA]

531 SPAIN RNE R.5 synchros SEP 11 0140 - Parallel 585 with Elton John song; poor. [Connelly*rw-MA]

549 ALGERIA Chaîne 1 Les Trembles SEP 10 2329 - Parallel 153 with Arabic talk by man; poor to fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

567 IRELAND RTE R.1 Tullamore AUG 9 0353 - country vocal, English talk; fair. [Connelly*B-MA]

576 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN RNE R.5 synchros SEP 11 0139 - Parallel 585 with Elton John; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

585 SPAIN RNE R.1 Madrid SEP 11 0139 - Parallel 621 with "Candle in the Wind" by Elton John; fair to good with WEZE phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]

603 MADEIRA RDP Pico de Arieiro SEP 11 0137 - Tentative; possibly this with music not parallel to France or Spain; poor. [Connelly*rw-MA]

612 MOROCCO RTM A Sebaa-Aioun SEP 10 2330 - Parallel 207 with moaning a cappella vocal. + SEP 11 0125 - Parallel 819 with Arabic vocal; huge! [Connelly*rw-MA]

621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN RNE R.1 synchros, Santa Cruz de Tenerife et al. SEP 10 2332 - Bits of Spanish newstalk; in tough WZON slop. + SEP 11 0136 - Spanish talk about the US President; local-like. [Connelly*rw-MA]

639 SPAIN RNE R.1 La Coruña SEP 11 0133 - Spanish teletalk; to fair peak. [Connelly*rw-MA] SEP 20 0115 - Strong het against WNNZ and unID 640 domestics. [Conti-NH]

684 SPAIN RNE R.1 Sevilla SEP 10 2337 - Music, then man and woman in Spanish; to fair peak with WRKO phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]

702 MOROCCO RTM Sebaa-Aioun SEP 11 0132 - Arabic music; poor, in static. [Connelly*rw-MA]

711.05 WESTERN SAHARA RTM Laayoune SEP 11 0130 - Fat carrier but weak audio on Arabic music. [Connelly*rw-MA]

774 SPAIN RNE R.1 synchros SEP 11 0126 - Man in Spanish; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

783 MAURITANIA R.Mauritanie, Nouakchott SEP 10 2255 - Parallel 4845 with Arabic discussion program (at least three people in studio); fading up over CFDR slop. [Connelly*rw-MA]

819 MOROCCO RTM Rabat SEP 11 0125 - Parallel 612 with almost-operatic Arabic vocal; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

882 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN COPE synchros SEP 10 2340 - Fast Spanish talk; fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

891 ALGERIA Chaîne 1, Algiers SEP 11 0119 - Bits of Arabic music; poor. [Connelly*rw-MA]

999 SPAIN COPE Madrid AUG 31 0402 - Spanish news about political parties and the city of Cádiz; good. [Connelly*B-MA]

1088 ANGOLA R.Nacional, Mulenvos SEP 11 0050 - Rhythmic music; over weak 1089/1090 hets. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1089 UNITED KINGDOM TalkSport synchros AUG 9 0408 - Talk about travel Web sites, then news about recent kidnapping case in the UK; good strength. [Connelly*B-MA]

1098 SPAIN RNE R.5 synchros SEP 11 0051 - Woman in Spanish; fair, over other. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1179 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN SER synchros SEP 10 2354 - Spanish teletalk; just fair, but better than the 1180 jumble. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1206 FRANCE France Bleu, Bordeaux SEP 11 0137 - Man and woman in French; good. [Connelly*rw-MA] SEP 20 0045 - Tentative; woman in French and music, this was supposed to switch to the France Info news/talk network. [Conti-NH] See International News.

1467 FRANCE TransWorld Radio, Roumoules SEP 8 0348-0359 - Fair with religious music (hymns) and woman in unID language. Interesting that this was one of a very small group of TA's that made it just before the major aurora later the same day. [DeLorenzo-MA]

1503 SPAIN RNE R.5 synchros SEP 11 0033 - Woman in Spanish; poor to fair. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1521 SPAIN SER Castellón SEP 8 0419-0431 - Tentative; fair with male DJ in Spanish and variety of pop music including Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl." [DeLorenzo-MA]

Ben speaks: On September 18, I had a number of TA signals after 2200 EDST. About 22. I had fair signals from Croatia-1134, Lille-1377, Bordeaux-1206, Saudi-1521 and a mix on 1575. Very little on the lower end of the band. Plus a possible on 1314, which might be a good sign. Eastern DXers, take a look.

Pan-American DX

530 TURKS & CAICOS R.Visión Cristiana Internacional, South Caicos AUG 31 0741 - "Maddona" religious song, male Spanish singer, loud signal. [Stromsted-MA] SEP 6 0257 - "Renovación Carismatica" program, mentioned "PO Box 202, New York City," then into Radio Visión Cristiana ID; local-like. [Connelly*Y-MA] SEP 16 0718 - With woman speaking for a long time in Spanish. [Redding-AZ]

535 GRENADA GBC St. George's SEP 06 0710 - BBC news relay, European news items, Yugoslavian reports that Serbia and Montenegro may have trouble operating in a single market, and in Israel, another terrorist attack. [Stromsted-MA]

540 MEXICO XEWA La Voz de la América Latina, San Luis Potosí SEP 08 0834 - ID as "W Radio, 900," then Mexican music. + SEP 12 1006 - Teletalk, dominant signal. [Stromsted-MA]

540 unID SEP 15 0101 - "You are listening to BBC Radio 1," clear signal but unknown station. Does anyone know who this could be? CBT (CBC) Newfoundland? [Stromsted-MA] WWCS once upon a time carried the BBC, now it’s R.Disney. So I would guess that it was indeed the CBC overnight relay of the WRN.

550 JAMAICA RJR AM Service, Westmoreland SEP 10 0358 - "Rockin’ on Jamaican Radio," island music, male English singer, "What a Lovely Day," parallel 700 and 720, mixed in 550 kHz jumble. [Stromsted-MA]

555 ST. KITTS & NEVIS R. ZIZ Basseterre AUG 31 0741 - Caribbean music, male English lyrics, poor. + Sep 06 0748 - BBC news (also carried on 820 by WNYC), talking about English reaction to unilateral US Iraq action, alarm by Russians, etc. + Sep 11 0036.- BBC news, male and female presenters talking about the Taliban. [Stromsted-MA] SEP 8 0501 - BBC news; poor. [Connelly*B-MA]

580 PUERTO RICO WKAQ R.Reloj, San Juan SEP 10 0914-0930 - Well atop channel with news by man in Spanish, frequent IDs and jingles using both the slogan and the call letters. WTAG phase-nulled. [DeLorenzo-MA]

590 MEXICO XEE Durango SEP 16 0023 - With three girls singing "mucho, mucho más," all off key and seemed to be having fun announcing. They played grupera and dance music with English and Spanish lyrics on the different songs. Escucha primera vez. [Redding-AZ]

600 CUBA CMKV R.Rebelde, Urbano Noris SEP 5 0314 - Parallel 1180 with old style operatic male Spanish vocal, then Spanish talk by woman; good. [Connelly*Y-MA] SEP 10 0435 - Parallel 1180. News, female /male Spanish presenters, over other Latin stations. [Stromsted-MA]

640 BRAZIL R.Bandeirantes, Porto Alegre SEP 09 0225 - Tentative; replaced R.Guadeloupe in a fade in with Brazilian non-stop music and several Portuguese male announcements but faded five minutes before -on hour- break, with R.Guadeloupe fading in. This is a long shot, as the only high powered Brazilian station on the frequency, could also be Venezuela, Cuba or Guadeloupe? [Stromsted-MA]

640 GUADELOUPE R.Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre SEP 5 0301 - French teletalk; over Venezuela. [Connelly*Y-MA] SEP 8 2316-2352 - Loud and clear with male DJ in French and French Caribbean pop music. Way over WNNZ with no trace of Cuba at this time. [DeLorenzo-MA] SEP 10 0253 - Male French call in, loud. [Stromsted-MA] SEP 11 0135 - Woman in French; mixed with CBN Newfoundland. [Connelly*rw-MA]

640 VENEZUELA YVQO Unión R., Puerto La Cruz SEP 5 0303 - "Unión Radio Noticias" ID, news, fanfare music, news ticker sound effect; loud, rising over Guadeloupe. [Connelly*Y-MA]

670 VENEZUELA R.Rumbos, Caracas SEP 10 0036 - Male Spanish newscast, three or four bells between items, alone on channel. [Stromsted-MA]

690 ANGUILLA Caribbean Beacon, The Valley SEP 9 0005-0008 - Fair atop channel with announcement "Visit Dr. Scott's website at www.doctorgenescott.com" followed by bridge of saxophone music. Then into sermon by Dr Scott before a live audience at 0007. CINF beginning to compete by 0008. [DeLorenzo-MA] SEP 10 0758 - Under CINF; male English preaching non-stop. [Stromsted-MA]

690 unID SEP 11 1017 - Presumably México; slow ranchera music, male Spanish vocal with tuba accompaniment, dominant over CINF. [Stromsted-MA] R.Recuerdos, Colombia is another possibility with a nostalgia format.

699.65 VENEZUELA YVPQ R.Sur, Puerto Ordaz SEP 11 0131 - Tentative; believed this (because of Burnell's earlier log) off channel a bit with weak-audio Spanish talk. [Connelly*rw-MA]

700 JAMAICA RJR Montego Bay SEP 08 0858 - Slow and romantic soul music female English vocal with chorus, good signal with low frequency het over WLW, parallel 720. + SEP 10 0301 - Advert, "Let’s get ready to roll," at local Ford agency, over WLW. [Stromsted-MA]

710 CUBA R.Rebelde, La Julia and others, SEP 06 - Call in, male and female Spanish, under WOR, parallel 670, 1180, 5025, etc. [Stromsted-MA]

720 JAMAICA RJR AM Service, Innswood SEP 08 0858 - Parallel 700, under WGN then rising to dominance, better modulation than RJR on 700 kHz. Female Caribbean English accented emcee. At 0913, talk show and call in. [Stromsted-MA]

720 VENEZUELA YVQE R.Oriente, Porlamar SEP 09 0135 - Over WGN, with ID, then tropical music, Mexican male Spanish vocal, then male/female talk hosts, alone on the channel. [Stromsted-MA]

730 MEXICO XEX La Nueva X, México SEP 10 0054 - Mexican ranchera style music, male Spanish vocal, over CKAC. + SEP 11 1008 - Ranchera music, trumpets, etc. alone on channel, no CKAC or WGN (720), all music, no break. Good signal. [Stromsted-MA]

750 VENEZUELA YVKS RCR Caracas SEP 5 0323 - Spanish talk about Venezuelan workers, politics; good, over WSB. [Connelly*Y-MA]

760 BRAZIL ZYH588 R.Uirapuru, Fortaleza SEP 11 0127 - Portuguese preaching; loud, well over two or three Spanish-language stations. [Connelly*rw-MA]

760 COLOMBIA HJAJ RCN Barranquilla SEP 5 0118 - RCN news about an event happening "domingo, en Cali." [Connelly*Y-MA] SEP 10 0008-0012 - Loud and clear with news by man in Spanish and references to "RCN" and "RCN Bogota." Cuban R.Reloj noted weakly under with news and code "RR" IDs. Was trying to get Brazil but no luck. [DeLorenzo-MA]

760 CUBA CMCD R.Reloj, Las Mercedes SEP 5 0146 - Reloj news and time-ticks show; mixed with HJAJ/WJR. [Connelly*Y-MA] SEP 10 0337 - News, with clock ticks and RR code, loud. [Stromsted-MA]

770 VENEZUELA YVKK R.Nacional de Venezuela, Valencia SEP 11 0128 - R.Nacional de Venezuela ID; over Colombia and WABC. [Connelly*rw-MA]

780 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ZBVI Roadtown, Tortola SEP 5 0144 - Caribbean English announcer, then "I'm Not a Girl" by Britney Spears; slightly over R.Coro and CFDR. [Connelly*Y-MA]

780 VENEZUELA YVMN R.Coro, Coro SEP 8 0458 - High-speed (soca-influenced) tropical dance-party music, then Coro jingle and Radio Coro spoken ID; over WBBM/CFDR. [Connelly*B-MA] SEP 09 0219 - Salsa music, alone on channel, excellent signal. [Stromsted-MA]

800 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES PJB TransWorld Radio, Bonaire SEP 5 0133 - Spanish preaching and Transmundial mention; good, over jumble. [Connelly*Y-MA]

810 PUERTO RICO WKVM San Juan SEP 11 0125 - Spanish religion; over others. [Connelly*rw-MA]

820 ST. KITTS & NEVIS Trinity Broadcast Network, Charlestown SEP 5 0251 - US preacher mentioned "God's plans for us", "bringing you out into the light," and "supporting our worldwide ministry." Good, over rumble from probable Cuban. [Connelly*Y-MA] + SEP 11 0123 - Emotional preacher and crowd sounds; way over WNYC. [Connelly*rw-MA]

830 CUBA R.Reloj, Holguín SEP 5 0135 - Reloj program with ticker, RR beeps; under WCRN. [Connelly*Y-MA]

840 CUBA unID SEP 13 - News in Spanish, mentions Guantánamo. Dominant signal. [Stromsted-MA] Likely Doblevé, Santa Clara.

840 HAITI 4VEH Cap Haitien SEP 5 0245 - Accented French man implored audience to listen ("Ecoutez !"), then a sermon followed; good, over Cuba. [Connelly*Y-MA] SEP 09 0216 - Tentative; religious preaching, loud by male French preacher. [Stromsted-MA]

890 CUBA CMDZ R.Progreso, Santiago de Cuba SEP 5 0146 - Old-fashioned Cuban jazz / cocktail music, then talk "Ritmo de Radio Progreso de Habana"; local-like. [Connelly*Y-MA]

895 ST. KITTS & NEVIS VON Bath Village SEP 11 0011-0015 - Fair with talk program in Caribbean-accented English. The host was interviewing two representatives of a railway on St. Kitts. [DeLorenzo-MA] SEP 11 0117 - Reggae music, then talk by man mentioning VON and a Web address. [Connelly*rw-MA]

900 VENEZUELA YVMD Mara Ritmo 900, Maracaibo SEP 12 2358 - Excellent in early auroral opening. Upbeat instrumental and very clear "Mara Ritmo 900" ID with mentions of Venezuela. New. [Kenneally-CT]

920.55 COLOMBIA t HJAA Emisora Fuentes, Cartagena SEP 11 0114 - Emotional male Spanish vocal and Colombian style accordions; dumping all over WHJJ. [Connelly*rw-MA]

930 MEXICO XEQS Fresnillo, Zacatecas SEP 16 0500 - With Mexican national anthem then ID and into a banda song. Primera vez, #669. [Redding-AZ]

940 CUBA R.Reloj, various stations SEP 11 0948 - Clock ticks and RR code, male Spanish reading news above/below CINW. [Stromsted-MA]

940 MEXICO XEQ Enamorada 940, México SEP 11 1012 - ID then slow romantic Mexican song, "señora" in lyrics, male Spanish vocal, then voice over during segue to new song. Loud! CINW was not heard. + Sep 12 0915 - More romantic Mexican music, "Enamorada radio." [Stromsted-MA]

940 PUERTO RICO WIPR San Juan SEP 11 0111 - Fast Spanish newstalk about preparedness at US military bases in Puerto Rico, then item mentioning Caguas; slightly over a huge pile of others. [Connelly*rw-MA]

970 VENEZUELA R.Mundial Oriental, Barcelona SEP 09 0240 - Lively tropical music, then ID. Female Spanish, up over domestics then quickly faded into a jumble of stations. + Sep 10 0159 - Religious sermon, male Spanish, over/under other Spanish stations. [Stromsted-MA]

980 COLOMBIA HJES RCN Cali SEP 08 0225 - Presumed; news in Spanish, mentioned Medellin and Colombia, Spanish advert. Briefly over domestics. [Stromsted-MA]

1000 COLOMBIA HJAQ RCN Cartagena SEP 5 0158 - RCN, "Suceso," and "la radio de Colombia" slogans, mention of romantic music program "Viva el Amor," then local ID, "en Cartagena, HJAQ, mil kilohertz"; excellent, alone on channel. [Connelly*Y-MA]

1000 MEXICO XEOY R.Mil, México SEP 14 0935 - Mexican music, over WMVP Chicago, parallel XEOI 6010 (weak). [Stromsted-MA]

1010 BRAZIL ZYH625 R.CBN Fortaleza SEP 10 2342 - Upbeat religious-sounding Portuguese female vocal; fair with WINS phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1020 VENEZUELA YVRS Mundial Margarita, La Asunción SEP 5 0205 - Promo for Venezuelan "fútbol" teams; atop KDKA. [Connelly*Y-MA]

1050 MEXICO XEQOO R.Pirata, Cancún AUG 3 0702 - Mixing with CHUM, assumed XEG and others during WEVD silent period - playing long Spanish studio dance music selections. At 0700 jingling electronic chimes, R.Pirata ID, more chimes, and Spanish talk by man. New. Thanks to Ron Gitchier for help on ID. [Kenneally-CT]

1050 MEXICO XEG La Ranchera de Monterrey, Monterrey SEP 11 1018 - Tentative; ranchera music under WEVD (with sports talk). [Stromsted-MA]

1060 MEXICO XEEP R.Educación, México SEP 03 0958 - Sounded like national anthem, a march with trumpets, then flattened by local station sign-on at 1000. + SEP 14 0922 - Traditional Mexican music interval, good signal over KYW, parallel 6185. [Stromsted-MA]

1080 VENEZUELA YVQJ R.Barcelona, Barcelona AUG 13 0203 - WTIC off for scheduled maintenance, leaving fairly lousy conditions. Heard contemporary Latin ballads and lively announcer. Radio Barcelona ID just after top of hour. New. [Kenneally-CT]

1100 BRAZIL ZYK694 R.Globo, São Paulo SEP 10 2351 - Portuguese talk by man; now dominant, fair strength. + SEP 11 0054 - Now LOUD (!) with reverberated Portuguese talk by man. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1100.07 unID SEP 11 0052 - Brassy music, Spanish vocal; briefly over Brazil-1100.00. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1110 VENEZUELA YVQT R.Carúpano, Carúpano SEP 5 0209 - Carúpano ID, Venezuelan political talk with mentions of cities including Cumaná; local-like, wasting WBT. [Connelly*Y-MA] + SEP 11 0055 - Modern dance-club music; huge. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1130 BRAZIL ZYJ460 R.Nacional, Rio de Janeiro SEP 11 0101 - Likely this with Portuguese talk under WBBR. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1160 ANTIGUA Caribbean R. Lighthouse, St. John's SEP 11 0047 - Old-style country religious vocal; over Bermuda. + SEP 11 0059-0100 - Good with conclusion of People's Gospel Hour with mailing addresses in Halifax, NS and Boston, MA. This was followed by a thickly-accented ID mentioning Antigua. My best-ever reception of this. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1160 BERMUDA VSB3 Hamilton SEP 10 2352 - Parallel 5975 with BBC talk about religion, atheism; excellent, over WOBM and Antigua. [Connelly*Y-MA]

1170 COLOMBIA HJNW CARACOL Cartagena SEP 5 0240 - News with CARACOL mention; loud / dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]

1170 MEXICO XEIB Caborca, Sonora SEP 16 0658 - With ID, slogan "Super Banda" and then playing cumbias. Primera vez, #670. [Redding-AZ]

1180 CUBA R.Rebelde, Villa Maria SEP 5 0314- Parallel 600 with old style operatic male Spanish vocal, then Spanish talk by woman; local-like. [Connelly*Y-MA]

1200 VENEZUELA YVOZ R.Tiempo, Caracas SEP 5 0229 - Fast Spanish talk, Radio Tiempo ID; over WKOX/WTLA/others. [Connelly*Y-MA] + SEP 11 0046 - Woman read phone numbers for legal assistance in Caracas; good in tight null of WKOX's Spanish religious program. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1280 BERMUDA VSB2 Hamilton SEP 10 2359 - Religious choral music, announcer mentioned "Bible Broadcasting Network"; over WEIM/WFAU/WADO. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1350 unID SEP 11 0041 - Likely Puerto Rico (WEGA) here with Spanish-language sporting event; momentarily atop CKAD/WGPL/LA's pile-up. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1420 VENEZUELA YVNZ R.Marabina, Maracaibo SEP 11 0040 - Marabina mention; over/under WBSM and second Spanish talker. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1470 VENEZUELA unID SEP 11 0038 - Either R.Vibración (Carúpano) or R.Latina (Valencia) here with fast Spanish talk and Venezuela mentions / adverts; mixed with WLAM-ME, all other domestics were in the cardioid array null. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1480 PUERTO RICO WMDD Sonido 1480, Fajardo SEP 11 0005 - Puerto Rican adverts; over/under WSAR. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1520 unID SEP 11 0032 - Probably R.Minuto, Colombia here with Spanish preaching; strongly dominant for a few minutes, then it faded into a big jumble of Latin Americans. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1540 BAHAMAS ZNS1 Nassau SEP 9 - In the car this morning 20 miles southwest of St. Augustine, Florida. I usually don't hear ZNS-1 at night. I've heard them in the past during the day in Jacksonville, FL when WOBS 1530 was dark - this was several years ago. [Gitschier-FL] SEP 11 0009 - Caribbean English man mentioning local stores, then a report about the 2001 Bahamas government budget statistics; briefly atop WPTR. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1620 US VIRGIN ISLANDS WDHP Fredriksted, St. Croix SEP 5 0125 - 1950's era country & western, soft-spoken Caribbean English DJ; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]

1660 PUERTO RICO WGIT Canóvanas SEP 11 0012 - Spanish newstalk; to good peak over presumed FL station with NJ totally phased. [Connelly*rw-MA]

1699.5 unID SEP 10 2232 - Probably a domestic pirate here with Afro-Caribbean music (Haitian?); over growl. [Connelly*rw-MA]

Erik speaks: Finding more DX on my N/S wire as winter approaches. There are several stations that seem to be regulars here in central Massachusetts; XEWA, R.Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Venezuela (750), and XEQ R.Enamorada (940). I soon will repair my European wire to enjoy the approaching winter TA DX season!

Mark Connelly WA1ION, Billerica MA [*B-MA], and DXing from Parker River-Nelson Island wildlife refuge salt-marsh, Rowley, MA [*rw-MA], and Pier 7 Resort, South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA [*Y-MA]; Drake R8A (home and Rowley); Sony ICF-SW7600G (S.Yarmouth); Flag antenna and sloper (home); two active whips spaced 60 m, FCA-1 feedline coupler, Superphaser-2 phasing unit (Rowley).

Bruce Conti, Nashua NH; R8B, MWDX-5, 15/23/15-m east/west Double-Ewe.

Ben Dangerfield, Wallingford PA. <ben-dangerfield@worldnet.att.net>

Marc DeLorenzo, Marstons Mills MA; JRC NRD-525, two 80-ft noise-reduced slopers, Mini-DXP-3 phasing unit. <MarstonsMarc@aol.com>

Ron Gitschier, Jacksonville-St. Augustine-Palm Coast-Palatka FL; car radio, on the road. <RGITSCHIER@doyle.navy.mil>

Rick Kenneally, Wilton, CT; Drake R8B, Sony 2010, 1100-ft south wire, 900-ft east wire, Quantum QX Loop, Quantum phaser. <woodlandview@yahoo.com>

Kevin Redding, Mesa AZ; Chris Cuff Delco AM Stereo modified radio, Kenwood R-1000, Gerry Thomas antenna matcher, and Space Magnet 2 antenna. <amfmdx@fastq.com>

Erik Stromsted W1ZBT, Pepperell MA; Yaesu 1000MP, terminated NE long wire and unterminated N/S long wire. <microwaveadvances@charter.net>

GERMANY: SWR (Suedwestrundfunk) has changed its MW programs on July 1^st. The new word program is called Suedwestrundfunk Content-Radio with the official abbreviation SWR Cont.Ra. This new program is actually created as a value added DAB program but it is also used for the MW transmitters. All evening programs for immigrants are now included in SWR Cont.Ra and thus valid for all SWR frequencies. [Herman Boel/EMWG, Frekvensnytt, FSDXF] According to the German Kontakter magazine, VIVA TV now confirmed that the VIVA-Radio project is dead, at least for the time being. This concerns Jülich 702 and Nordkirchen 855, both 5 kW. Reportedly the transmitters were already installed (at the shortwave site and the existing 549 kHz site, respectively) and at least 855 was already on air with 1 kHz tone. It is uncertain so far what will happen with these frequencies now. [Kai Ludwig, SEP 16, DX Listening Digest]

MEXICO: XEPET La Voz de los Mayas, Peto, Yucatán, changed frequency from 740 to 730 kHz in Jaunary 2001, but is still listed as 740 on all the Mexican lists! And XEDD El Doble-D, Montemorelos, Nuevo León, has changed frequency from 1560 to 800 kHz, with 100 kW in AM stereo. [Steven Wiseblood, Corazón DX]

PARAGUAY: There is something new from Radio América, Paraguay. Mr. Adán Mur, technical assistant of the station, told me in a private mail, that there are plans to reactivate 7740 kHz. He points out, that the station already used this frequency some time ago with good results. Here now an overview concerning all relevant frequencies of Radio América: 1480 normal outlet; 1610 testing, omnidirectional; 7300 directed to Buenos Aires; 7740 planned, directed to La Paz; and 15185 planned, omnidirectional. [Michael Schnitzer, Germany, www.DXing.info]

73 and Good DX!

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