IRCA FOREIGN LOG 10th Edition +Hrd again w/light Inst mx at 0456 on 1/4. Poorer than before. (PM-OR) DX World Wide – West +NRK 0244 12/29 country music occasionally coming thru clearly in domestic TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ROUNDUP slop (I've logged & QSLed this one with this early Mon morning country-music show before). First time I've had audio from this one all season. [Stewart-MO] 162 FRANCE , Allouis, 0230 3/7. Male DJ hosting a program of mainly EE pop +2/15 0503 Poor to fair signals in NN talk and oldies mx. Only TA on the MW songs. Fair signal, but much weaker than Iceland. (NP-AB) band. (VAL-DX) +0406 4/18, pop song in FF. (NP-AB*) 1467 FRANCE , Romoules TRW, 12/27 2309 Fair signals peaking w/good Choraol 189 ICELAND , Guguskalar Rikisutvarpid, 2/15 0032. Fair signals with Icelandic mx and rel mx. Het on this one was huge! New station and new Country on talk and a mix of mx some in EE. Only LW station to produce audio. MW. (SA-MB) (VAL-DX) 1512 SAUDI ARABIA , Jeddah BSKSA, 12/27 2248 poor signals w/AA mx and talk. +0227 3/7. Very good signal w/EE lang R&B pop/rock songs hosted by man in New station. (SA-MB) what I presumed was Icelandic. Ranks up there as the best signal I've hrd +12/29 seemed to sign on right at 0300 with no announcements, int signal, from them. (NP-AB) anthem, or anything, just Koranic chanting. Weak but clearly audible in +0430 4/18. Woman giving wxcast in presumed Icelandic, several mentions of KOMA-1520 slop by using USB. [Stewart-MO] Keflavik and Jan Mayen. Back to pop mx 0435 Great signal. (NP-AB*) 1539 t GERMANY , Maindlingen Evangeliums Rundfunk, 0348 4/18. Rel choral song 198 ENGLAND , Droitwich BBC, 0410 4/18. BBC WS ID, then into "The World sung in GG. (NP-AB*) Today". (NP-AB*) 1544 ALGERIA , Tindouf (Clandestine), 12/27 2323 poor signals, assume it was 567 UnID , weak audio here and a fairly strong het at 0545 12/23. (PM-OR) them w/AA talk & mx. New. (SA-MB) 693` AZORES , Terceira RDP, 12/28 0257 poor signals in slop but could get some 1619 NETHERLANDS , Scheveningen PCH, 12/27 2236 poor w/Morse Code Ids. PP talk and bits on mx. New station and country. (SA-MB) (SA-MB) 738 SPAIN , Barcelona RNE1, 12/28 0156 poor signal but //855 new. (SA-MB) 1619 UnID , weak atop freq w/Morse Code ids 0400 12/27 and 0352 12/28. This 756 UnID , weak audio w/mostly het at 0550 on 12/23. (PM-OR) beacon is a good barometer of TA CX. I usually hear it once a year. (LG-MT) 774 SPAIN , synchros RNE1, 12/28 0223 poor signals w/SS mx //855. New. 1619.5 NETHERLANDS , Scheveningen PCH Scheveningen Radio, still operating (SA-MB) as of 12/29 (I've read that it was going off the air soon); noted around 0330 819 UnID , het here w/no audio listened off and on 12/23 0445-0700. (PM-OR) with CW IDs and data bursts repeated over & over & over & over.... Report 855 SPAIN , Murcia RNE1, 12/28 0018 Good signals w/monster het almost as sent. [Stewart-MO] strong as Norway-1314. Hrd woman in SS lots of mx. Good signals hrd 1620 NETHERLANDS , Scheveningen PCH, noted at fine level 0710 2/6 cutting recheck 0210, it was still weak at 0630! (SA-MB) through WPHG. First TA from here, taped. No sign of other TAs (no hets) +0307 12/29 //585 with jazz vocal by woman fighting bad domestic slop (684 above 1500 kHz. (PT-WA) was in a deep fade at this time, it had been in pretty well earlier with Spanish PAN-AMERICAN DX ROUNDUP talk). Despite the high power, modulation always seems a bit low on these RNE stations, at least this far inland. [Stewart-MO] 529 TURKS & CAICOS , RCVI, strong hetting 530 0810 on 9/27, an in SS w/steel 963 t FINLAND , Poro, poss the station here in GG? 0639 12/23, with White drums in background, "R Vision Cristiana Internacional" ID. (bp-WA*) Christmas in GG? man ancr briefly. WRTH lists them in GG at this time, very +Rel mx and ID at 0500 9/11. Anmt was in SS as a musical vocal, then ID for poor at best, but a very strong het noted 12/24, 12/27, 12/28. (PM-OR) Turks and Caicos and into EE, stating that the station was simulcast on 981 UnID , Weak het on high side of CKNW 0533 12/28. (bp-WA) WWRV Patterson NJ on 1330, back into SS that is relayed to another place. 1008 CANARY ISLANDS , Radio Los Palmas, 12/28 0216 poor w/SS mx. New. Sorry I couldn't get the relay site, was very weak. (RD-AZ) (SA-MB) +10/18 at 0735+ hrd rel mx, local TIS pest in Martinez was off, normally NSP. 1017 UnID , 0343 4/18 traces of pop mx, too weak to ID language. (NP-AB*) Was especially surprised to hear this on a YB305 w/internal antenna. Was 1035 UnID , fair carrier 12/23 and 12/24 at 0550 no audio hrd. (PM-OR) not even looking for this, just dial spinning with the new "toy'. New country for 1044 MOROCCO , Sebaa-Aioun RMI, 12/27 2348 fair lots of AA mx. New. (SA-MB) me. (RT-CA) (That YB sounds like a pretty good "toy" hi. PM) 1044 UnID , 0418 4/18. An ancr in what sounded like GG talking over the Blue +From 2000 (UTC?) 11/8 with ID listing the stations that broadcast. These Danube Waltz, possibly MDR Dresden. (NP-AB*) (I've got this guy QSLed guys really blast into Arizona and sometimes hrd on a Sony Walkman is from the East Germany days. PM) pretty much proof. (RD-AZ) (They pretty much block 530 to the East many 1053 UnID , strong het here at 0610 12/23. No audio. (PM-OR) nights here in the NW too. PM) 1062 UnID , DENMARK? 0409 12/21 tune by Celine Dion talk by DJ unk lang. Also +Strong w/SS 0453 3/21. (bp-WA) noted "Jingle Bell Rock" later on. (NP-AB*) +3/17 0200 very strong signal in CKHL null. SS mx and EE ID which also +Weak carrier/het 0429 12/28. Denmark? (bp-WA) included WWRV-1330. New Country. (DS-BC) +Fair het here 12/23 0557, but no audio. (PM-OR) 540 UnID , 2/15 0145 poor signals w/SS talk and possible ID as "O-V". (VAL-DX) 1089 UNITED KINGDOM , Talk Radio, 0436 12/21 EE talk (phone-in) pgm noted 540 MÉXICO , Monterrey XEWA, 2/15 0150 Good sigs over CBK w/mx. (VAL-DX) call from Gary in Liverpool, ID as "Talk Radio" at 0500. (NP-AB*) 540 MÉXICO , Tijuana XEBACH, 7/26 with classical mx and QRM from other 1098 SLOVAKIA , Nitra, 0353 12/21 Presumed the one w/EZL mx. (NP-AB*) Mexican at 1223. (CB-HI) 1107 SPAIN , synchros? 0336 4/18 man and woman in conservation in SS Likely +2329 playing nice Classical mx o/u XEWA 10/15. (RD-AZ) the RNE5 synchros which was logged here before. (NP-AB*) 550 MÉXICO , Ciudad Cuauhtémoc Chih XEPL, very low under an already very 1125 CROATIA , Deanovac HRT, 12/27 2329 poor but clearly //1134. New. weak KLLV signal giving ID at 0600 5/3. (RD-AZ) (SA-MB) 590 t CUBA , Santa Clara CMBF R Musical Nacional, 0220 12/31 with Saint-Saens 1134 CROATIA , Zadae HRT, 12/27 2222 Poor but copyable signals w/man and 2nd Piano Concerto during classical music pgm called "Festival CMBF". ID at woman talking in Slavic Lang. New Station and New Country. (SA-MB) 0228 "CMBF, R Musical Nacional. I've heard classical music here before 1134 UnID , 0234 12/29, pop music (sounded like American R&B in English), quite looping southeast but couldn't ID it 'til now. They seem to run this network on good briefly around 0254, but only announcement noted, at 0302, was too this freq occasionally instead of listed Rebelde – a tremendous improvement weak to ID language. [Stewart-MO] as far as I'm concerned, hi! [RS-MO] 1161 UnID , Weak het on KSL 0455 12/27. (bp-WA) 595 t DOMINICA, 0215 12/20 fairly strong carrier, but no audio, also noted on 21st, 1179 t SWEDEN , prob the one with the repeated IS at 0535 12/24. Fairly good at not nearly as strong. (NP-AB*) times. Tent taped report sent! Next to Norway, this was the strongest TA hrd. 600 UnID , Mexican noted with typical bouncy Nortena accordion accompanied (PM-OR) music looping southwest, surfaced briefly in domestic mess around 0136 on 1179 UnID , het here 0529 12/27. Sweden? (bp-WA) 12/31, but never got an ID on it. [Stewart-MO] 1197 GERMANY , Munich VOA, 0318 4/18. Talk by man in unk eastern Euro lang. 620.57 UnID , Mexican still putting a het on 620, and still eluding positive ID; VOA jingle noted at 0330. (NP-AB*) modulation seems to be fairly low. Checked it several times evening of 12/31 1215 UNITED KINGDOM , Virgin Radio sites, 12/27 2302 poor to fair on peaks but came up empty as far as ID. [Stewart-MO] w/EE rock mx. New station. (SA-MB) 620.59 MÉXICO , Rio Bravo XEGH, 1/14 (presumed) poor but readable at times in +0326 12/21 in and out w/bits of EE Rock mx.