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Today's Topics:
1. Fwd: ARLX007 WD2XSH Experimental Stations to Be Active on
November 3 (Albert Muick)
2. Glenn Hauser logs October 25-26, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
3. The Shortwave Report 10/21/11 Listen Globally!
(Zacharias Liangas )
4. [bclnews.it] Glenn Hauser logs October 25-26, 2011
(Stewart MacKenzie)
5. [ptsw] Glenn Hauser logs October 24, 2011 [MORE]
(Stewart MacKenzie)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:33:08 -0400
From: Albert Muick <radioresearch_field_operati...@yahoo.com>
To: DXLD <d...@yahoogroups.com>, HCDX <hard-core...@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: [HCDX] Fwd: ARLX007 WD2XSH Experimental Stations to Be Active
on November 3
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:33:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 25-26, 2011
Message-ID:
<1319643233.54334.yahoomailclas...@web114020.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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** ALBANIA. No signals from R. Tirana to be heard UT Oct 26: 0040 on 9860,
7425; 0150 and 0235 on 7425 where there had been English. Nor at 1431 on 13625.
So are any R. Tirana broadcasts on air this week? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Oct 26, before 1300, mostly with flutter:
7970, poor at 1255
10300, good at 1255
12230, good at 1255
12500, very good at 1256
13970, very poor at 1257
14600, poor at 1257
15900, fair at 1258
16100, fair at 1259; none in the 17s or 18s by 1300
Before 1400:
16100, very good at 1346
15545, very good at 1348
15440, noise jamming way over the FD at 1349
14600, very good at 1349
13970, very good at 1351
12500, very good at 1352
12230, poor at 1351
11520, good signal at 1353 but very distorted! And mixing with noise
10300, good at 1353
7970, very poor at 1358
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5040, Oct 26 at 0505, RHC Spanish is still on late past nominal 0500*,
via a squealy transmitter, but not as bad as the one with English on 6150
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 14693-14718, Oct 26 at 1349, OTH radar pulses, presumed from here,
conveniently occupying a space vacated by Firedrake which was on 14600 instead
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15540, Oct 25 at 1757, R. Kuwait is already on, instead of Urdu, in
Arabic speech, mentioning Palestine, Sudan, perhaps a special live event,
because it continued past 1800 without timesignal, and was // 13650 which is
normally in Arabic. 1826 recheck, speech is over, but still in Arabic on both,
so looks like English is kaput from 15540, which now is much stronger than
13650. 1914 rerecheck, both still // with Qur`an. 2000 announcement, back to
Qur`an, and now the // to 15540 is 17550, weaker but at least audible,
ex-13650. 11990, the long-announced English frequency is still not on the air
as it ought to be at 18-21. So no more English from Kuwait on SW; we can`t help
but wonder if the 15540 broadcast was an ``intentional mistake`` whose time has
run out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. The aurora-induced sporadic E opening of Oct 25 continued to bring
in some weak analog ch 2 signals as late as 1815 UT, but no more at 1900 and
several later chex that afternoon (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Pre-sunrise DX Oct 26 UT:
770, Oct 26 at 1225 UT, string of government PSAs, 1228 full ID for XEACH, R.
F?rmula Monterrey, including address and 800 number; 1229 rock song in English
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. RF 32, the duplicate ``TV-OK`` signal same as KXOK-LD on RF 31,
lasted a few more days and is now gone, without any explanation from the Enid
station (Glenn Hauser, Enid, Oct 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. 9960, Oct 26 at 1355, surprised to hear VTC/BaBcoCk fill music loop,
but shortly to Vietnamese announcement. Not in original Babcock A-11 schedule
or HFCC, but Aoki shows Family Radio at 13-14 on 9960, 100 kW, 267 degrees via
Tainan. I guess this is routed thru BaBcoCk, like some other Taiwan relays such
as 9950, Furusato no Kaze at same time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGESET)
** U S A. 9370, Oct 25 at various times I noticed WTJC very undermodulated, and
while that was no bother to any neighbor, I said to myself, ``a bad sign, I bet
they will be squeezing out spurs before long``. And so they were! Oct 26 at
1218, huge distorted blobs around 9395 and 9345, i.e. 25 kHz either side, while
9370 remained very undermodulated. A weaker pair could be heard 50 kHz on
either side, circa 9320 and 9420. However, by 1255, the spurs were gone, no
doubt only temporarily, as WTJC goes thru periodic continuous cycles out of
whack and back into whack (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 920, Oct 26 at 1232 UT, dominant signal looping NW/SE with low-key
local newscast, no hype, no ads, items such as: rock art vandalism in Utah,
call BLM; Wyoming/Colorado water pipeline controversy; local elexions in
Ballard City; Hallowe`en parade route changed in Roosevelt; tri-county health
department sponsoring expired drug drop-off in Vernal. Finally fading at 1239
with increasing religious signal from NE/SW, no doubt KYFR in Iowa. This was
obviously KVEL in Vernal UT, 5/1 kW U2 and should have been on night power
before sunrise even in Enid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1430, Oct 26 at 1245 UT, ``Johnny, Be Good`` by Chuck Berry, 1247 ID
sounded like ``All News KQGZ``, then mixing with `The Buzz` from Tulsa. I think
the first one must have been KZQZ Saint Louis, where 1430 was originally WIL
--- why would they replace a great heritage call with such an ugly
unpronounceable one? FCC patterns show 5 kW daytime with a broad lobe to NNW,
but plenty of signal to the SW; and a 50 kW daytime CP with quite different
pattern, major lobes to the WSW and ENE; is that on air yet? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENINGN DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17550, Oct 26 at 1345, open carrier. Maybe the only thing
scheduled, R. Cairo in Pashto at 13-16, 250 kW, 70 degrees from Abu Zabaal; but
I don`t recall ever hearing it modulating. Also strange open carriers at same
time on 17473.5 stronger than 17477.5, producing a 4 kHz het with sufficient
receive bandwidth (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
------------------------------
Message: 3
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:32:04 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <gree...@otenet.gr>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] The Shortwave Report 10/21/11 Listen Globally!
Message-ID: <4ea85224.6308.7f0...@greekdx.otenet.gr>
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The Shortwave Report 10/21/11 Listen Globally!
by Dan Roberts ( outfarpress [at] saber.net )
Thursday Oct 20th, 2011 5:46 PM
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from
a shortwave
radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at
home. 3 files-
HIGHEST QUALITY BROADCAST, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Free to
rebroadcast. NHK World Radio Japan, the Voice of Russia, Radio Deutsche-Welle,
and
Spanish National Radio.
Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (October 21) is up at the website
http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY
(128kb)(27MB), broadcast quality (16MB), and quickdownload or streaming form
(6MB)
(28:59) Links at page bottom
(If you have access to Audioport there is a highest quality version posted up
there {27MB}
http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&;;)
This week's show features stories from NHK World Radio Japan, the Voice of
Russia, Radio
Deutsche-Welle, ana Spanish National Radio.
>From JAPAN- A covering of thick polyester sheeting is being installed over one
>of the
damaged reactors at Fukushima, in an attempt to reduce the release of
radioactive materials.
5 of 12 schools in a city near Fukushima opened on Monday, with the students
wearing
masks to and from school, and limited to two hours of outdoor exposure. Japan
may ease,
but not eliminate, its 2003 restriction on US beef that was a result of mad cow
disease. The
EU has agreed in principle to tighten rules against the short selling of stock
market shares
and bonds.
>From RUSSIA- The NY Times reported that the Obama administration had
>considered a
cyber attack on Libya before commencing bombing raids there, and another one on
Pakistan.
A commentary on the use of computer warfare, including the Stuxnet virus which
infected
computers in Iran to disrupt its uranium enrichment program.
>From GERMANY- On Thursday morning, as I produce this show, Colonel Gaddafi has
>been
killed in Libya, though how it occurred is not clear. The European Commission
is considering
a ban on ratings agencies publishing their assessments of EU countries in
financial difficulty.
In Rome, at last Saturday's protests against economic inequality, small groups
turned violent,
much to the consternation of the majority of protestors.
>From SPAIN-- A report on the huge October 15th rally in Madrid, where people
>gathered to
express anger at the role of global finance in government.
There is an article about the Shortwave Report by Cassandra Roos on line -
http://www.campusprogress.org/soundvision/780/big-stories-shortwaves
I was interviewed for an informative weekly radio show Mediageek, available at
http://radio.mediageek.net
All that plus times and frequencies for listening at home. It's free to
rebroadcast, please notify
me if you're airing it and haven't notified me in the last month, please
mention the website if
you only air a portion. If you just want to listen and have a slow connection,
try the streaming
version- lower sound quality but good enough and way easier if you don't have a
high-speed
internet connection. If streaming is a problem because of your slow connection,
download the
smaller file- it takes 20 minutes or less, and will play swell in any mp3
player application
(RealPlayer, Winamp, Quicktime, iTunes, etc) you have on your computer.
NEW TIME SLOT on KZYX! This program will be aired on Sunday afternoon at 4pm
(PDST)
on KZYX/Z Philo CA, you might be able to stream via < http://www.kzyx.org >
There are several other streams that work better- < http://www.freakradio.org
>Freak Radio
Santa Cruz now streams this program on Friday at 9:00am.(PDST)
NEWLY CORRECTED!!! The Shortwave Report may be downloaded as a podcast from <
feed://radio.indymedia.org/en/podcast?keys=shortwave++
I hope you'll listen and air this if you're connected with a radio station. I
am still wondering
how to get financially compensated for the 25 hours I put into this program
weekly- any ideas
are appreciated. Any stations rebroadcasting this (or listeners) are welcome to
donate for
production costs. You can do so through the website. Many thanks to those that
have
donated! No Guilt! (maybe a little)
links for this week's edition-
< http://www.outfarpress.com/swr_10_21_11_128.mp3 > (27 MB) HIGHEST QUALITYfind
more material in the generated page
http://www.google.com/reader/bundle/user%2F06600224598981072865%2Fbundle%2Fradio
or
http://goo.gl/Mgbqk
Later i will prepare to send my loggings
The Shortwave Report 10/21/11 Listen Globally!
by Dan Roberts ( outfarpress [at] saber.net )
Thursday Oct 20th, 2011 5:46 PM
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from
a shortwave
radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at
home. 3 files-
HIGHEST QUALITY BROADCAST, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Free to
rebroadcast. NHK World Radio Japan, the Voice of Russia, Radio Deutsche-Welle,
and
Spanish National Radio.
Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (October 21) is up at the website
http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY
(128kb)(27MB), broadcast quality (16MB), and quickdownload or streaming form
(6MB)
(28:59) Links at page bottom
(If you have access to Audioport there is a highest quality version posted up
there {27MB}
http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&;;)
This week's show features stories from NHK World Radio Japan, the Voice of
Russia, Radio
Deutsche-Welle, ana Spanish National Radio.
>From JAPAN- A covering of thick polyester sheeting is being installed over one
>of the
damaged reactors at Fukushima, in an attempt to reduce the release of
radioactive materials.
5 of 12 schools in a city near Fukushima opened on Monday, with the students
wearing
masks to and from school, and limited to two hours of outdoor exposure. Japan
may ease,
but not eliminate, its 2003 restriction on US beef that was a result of mad cow
disease. The
EU has agreed in principle to tighten rules against the short selling of stock
market shares
and bonds.
>From RUSSIA- The NY Times reported that the Obama administration had
>considered a
cyber attack on Libya before commencing bombing raids there, and another one on
Pakistan.
A commentary on the use of computer warfare, including the Stuxnet virus which
infected
computers in Iran to disrupt its uranium enrichment program.
>From GERMANY- On Thursday morning, as I produce this show, Colonel Gaddafi has
>been
killed in Libya, though how it occurred is not clear. The European Commission
is considering
a ban on ratings agencies publishing their assessments of EU countries in
financial difficulty.
In Rome, at last Saturday's protests against economic inequality, small groups
turned violent,
much to the consternation of the majority of protestors.
>From SPAIN-- A report on the huge October 15th rally in Madrid, where people
>gathered to
express anger at the role of global finance in government.
There is an article about the Shortwave Report by Cassandra Roos on line -
http://www.campusprogress.org/soundvision/780/big-stories-shortwaves
I was interviewed for an informative weekly radio show Mediageek, available at
http://radio.mediageek.net
All that plus times and frequencies for listening at home. It's free to
rebroadcast, please notify
me if you're airing it and haven't notified me in the last month, please
mention the website if
you only air a portion. If you just want to listen and have a slow connection,
try the streaming
version- lower sound quality but good enough and way easier if you don't have a
high-speed
internet connection. If streaming is a problem because of your slow connection,
download the
smaller file- it takes 20 minutes or less, and will play swell in any mp3
player application
(RealPlayer, Winamp, Quicktime, iTunes, etc) you have on your computer.
NEW TIME SLOT on KZYX! This program will be aired on Sunday afternoon at 4pm
(PDST)
on KZYX/Z Philo CA, you might be able to stream via < http://www.kzyx.org >
There are several other streams that work better- < http://www.freakradio.org
>Freak Radio
Santa Cruz now streams this program on Friday at 9:00am.(PDST)
NEWLY CORRECTED!!! The Shortwave Report may be downloaded as a podcast from <
feed://radio.indymedia.org/en/podcast?keys=shortwave++
I hope you'll listen and air this if you're connected with a radio station. I
am still wondering
how to get financially compensated for the 25 hours I put into this program
weekly- any ideas
are appreciated. Any stations rebroadcasting this (or listeners) are welcome to
donate for
production costs. You can do so through the website. Many thanks to those that
have
donated! No Guilt! (maybe a little)
links for this week's edition-
< http://www.outfarpress.com/swr_10_21_11_128.mp3 > (27 MB) HIGHEST QUALITY
< http://www.outfarpress.com/swr_10_21_11.mp3 > (16MB) Broadcast Quality
< http://www.outfarpress.com/swr_10_21_11_24_22.mp3 > (6MB) Slow Modem streaming
Website Page-
< http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml >
?FurthuR! Dan Roberts
--"One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly
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- Gaston Bachelard
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:12:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Stewart MacKenzie <wdx...@yahoo.com>
To: Anker Peterson <anker.peter...@mail.dk>, BCL NEWS
<bcln...@yahoogroups.com>, Duane Fischer <dfisc...@usol.com>, Hard
Core DX <hard-core...@hard-core-dx.com>, Maryann Kehoe
<atl...@webtv.net>, Prime Time Shortwave
<primetimeshortw...@yahoogroups.com>, SWL QTH <s...@mailman.qth.net>
Cc: Adrian Peterson <adr...@awr.org>, Allen Graham
<agra...@hcjb.org.ec>
Subject: [HCDX] [bclnews.it] Glenn Hauser logs October 25-26, 2011
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
Subject: [bclnews.it] Glenn Hauser logs October 25-26, 2011
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 8:33 AM
** ALBANIA. No signals from R. Tirana to be heard UT Oct 26: 0040 on 9860,
7425; 0150 and 0235 on 7425 where there had been English. Nor at 1431 on 13625.
So are any R. Tirana broadcasts on air this week? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Oct 26, before 1300, mostly with flutter:
7970, poor at 1255
10300, good at 1255
12230, good at 1255
12500, very good at 1256
13970, very poor at 1257
14600, poor at 1257
15900, fair at 1258
16100, fair at 1259; none in the 17s or 18s by 1300
Before 1400:
16100, very good at 1346
15545, very good at 1348
15440, noise jamming way over the FD at 1349
14600, very good at 1349
13970, very good at 1351
12500, very good at 1352
12230, poor at 1351
11520, good signal at 1353 but very distorted! And mixing with noise
10300, good at 1353
7970, very poor at 1358
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5040, Oct 26 at 0505, RHC Spanish is still on late past nominal 0500*,
via a squealy transmitter, but not as bad as the one with English on 6150
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 14693-14718, Oct 26 at 1349, OTH radar pulses, presumed from here,
conveniently occupying a space vacated by Firedrake which was on 14600 instead
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15540, Oct 25 at 1757, R. Kuwait is already on, instead of Urdu, in
Arabic speech, mentioning Palestine, Sudan, perhaps a special live event,
because it continued past 1800 without timesignal, and was // 13650 which is
normally in Arabic. 1826 recheck, speech is over, but still in Arabic on both,
so looks like English is kaput from 15540, which now is much stronger than
13650. 1914 rerecheck, both still // with Qur`an. 2000 announcement, back to
Qur`an, and now the // to 15540 is 17550, weaker but at least audible,
ex-13650. 11990, the long-announced English frequency is still not on the air
as it ought to be at 18-21. So no more English from Kuwait on SW; we can`t help
but wonder if the 15540 broadcast was an ``intentional mistake`` whose time has
run out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. The aurora-induced sporadic E opening of Oct 25 continued to bring
in some weak analog ch 2 signals as late as 1815 UT, but no more at 1900 and
several later chex that afternoon (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Pre-sunrise DX Oct 26 UT:
770, Oct 26 at 1225 UT, string of government PSAs, 1228 full ID for XEACH, R.
F?rmula Monterrey, including address and 800 number; 1229 rock song in English
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. RF 32, the duplicate ``TV-OK`` signal same as KXOK-LD on RF 31,
lasted a few more days and is now gone, without any explanation from the Enid
station (Glenn Hauser, Enid, Oct 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. 9960, Oct 26 at 1355, surprised to hear VTC/BaBcoCk fill music loop,
but shortly to Vietnamese announcement. Not in original Babcock A-11 schedule
or HFCC, but Aoki shows Family Radio at 13-14 on 9960, 100 kW, 267 degrees via
Tainan. I guess this is routed thru BaBcoCk, like some other Taiwan relays such
as 9950, Furusato no Kaze at same time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGESET)
** U S A. 9370, Oct 25 at various times I noticed WTJC very undermodulated, and
while that was no bother to any neighbor, I said to myself, ``a bad sign, I bet
they will be squeezing out spurs before long``. And so they were! Oct 26 at
1218, huge distorted blobs around 9395 and 9345, i.e. 25 kHz either side, while
9370 remained very undermodulated. A weaker pair could be heard 50 kHz on
either side, circa 9320 and 9420. However, by 1255, the spurs were gone, no
doubt only temporarily, as WTJC goes thru periodic continuous cycles out of
whack and back into whack (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 920, Oct 26 at 1232 UT, dominant signal looping NW/SE with low-key
local newscast, no hype, no ads, items such as: rock art vandalism in Utah,
call BLM; Wyoming/Colorado water pipeline controversy; local elexions in
Ballard City; Hallowe`en parade route changed in Roosevelt; tri-county health
department sponsoring expired drug drop-off in Vernal. Finally fading at 1239
with increasing religious signal from NE/SW, no doubt KYFR in Iowa. This was
obviously KVEL in Vernal UT, 5/1 kW U2 and should have been on night power
before sunrise even in Enid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1430, Oct 26 at 1245 UT, ``Johnny, Be Good`` by Chuck Berry, 1247 ID
sounded like ``All News KQGZ``, then mixing with `The Buzz` from Tulsa. I think
the first one must have been KZQZ Saint Louis, where 1430 was originally WIL
--- why would they replace a great heritage call with such an ugly
unpronounceable one? FCC patterns show 5 kW daytime with a broad lobe to NNW,
but plenty of signal to the SW; and a 50 kW daytime CP with quite different
pattern, major lobes to the WSW and ENE; is that on air yet? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENINGN DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17550, Oct 26 at 1345, open carrier. Maybe the only thing
scheduled, R. Cairo in Pashto at 13-16, 250 kW, 70 degrees from Abu Zabaal; but
I don`t recall ever hearing it modulating. Also strange open carriers at same
time on 17473.5 stronger than 17477.5, producing a 4 kHz het with sufficient
receive bandwidth (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:24:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Stewart MacKenzie <wdx...@yahoo.com>
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Subject: [HCDX] [ptsw] Glenn Hauser logs October 24, 2011 [MORE]
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From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
Subject: [ptsw] Glenn Hauser logs October 24, 2011 [MORE]
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Date: Monday, October 24, 2011, 4:46 PM
It was such a nice fall afternoon that I spent over an hour outside on the
sunny porch, DXing with the DX-398 initially on battery, but hooked up AC once
I decided to stay a while. Plus random wire antenna strung around the area. In
a couple days the temps are to plummet here. This dalliance will probably make
me hustle to get caught up in time for the next WORLD OF RADIO produxion on
Wednesday evening.
** ALBANIA. 13735, no trace of R. Tirana at 1855 or 1958-2000+ Oct 24, for the
1845 and 2000 English broadcasts, which will supposedly last one more week.
It`s really catch-as-catch-can with this station. Presumed Kuwait was making it
thru poorly on 13650; and better YFR via Wertachtal on 13750 until 1900 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHILE [and non]. 17680, Oct 24 at 1452, CVC La Voz which is normally loud
and clear all day, has heavy CCI and a SAH varying around 5 Hz, from something
playing Afro/Asian(?) music. In fact, BBC Somali, 300 kW, 160 degrees via
CYPRUS has been scheduled since 19 July at 1300-1600, but I hadn`t noticed it
before vs CVC which is 100 kW at 0 degrees (or non-direxional?). So far it
looks like this problem will go away in B-11, but UAE could be on 17680 from 10
to 17 --- many of those registrations are wooden (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 13800, Oct 24 at 1856 Firedrake with fair signal; could not do
complete bandscan with the DX-398 but did punch up most of the common FD
frequencies heard earlier in the day, and none others found. Expected it to
vanish at 1900, but continued past 1903, and for the next hour still at 1941,
1953, but gone at 2001. Unlike Sound of Hope which gets a break at the top of
every hour, target here is R. Free Asia in Chinese via Tajikistan at 17-20
which would usually be jammed by CNR1. Aoki shows SOH could also appear on
13800 24 hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 28505-USB, Oct 24 at 1924, I`d recognize that Arnienglish
anywhere, yes, you guessed it, mes amis, CO2KK in person, explaining how Cuba
is a big Antille, plus 4000 little islands in an archipelago, to KB1PXX in
Connecticut (also audible), who hopes one day to SCUBA in Cuba. Arnie says the
best place is Maria la Gorda (Fat Mary) off Pinar del R?o province, where there
are coral reefs, commercial and spearfishing prohibited, visibility up to 30
meters. Also reveling in great 10m propagation now, band opens at sunrise from
Eurafrica. KB1 keeps trying to wrap up contact, but Arnie adds to look out for
club station T46A this weekend in the CQ WW SSB contest. 1927 Arnie calls CQ DX
10m, fonetix mostly as kilo-kilo, but sometimes as King-Kong, ha2 (So Arnie is
the 8000-pound gorilla in the Raum?), next contact another Connecticutter,
John, AB1NT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15540, Oct 24 at 1904, R. Kuwait is fair in Arabic, not English. At
first I hoped it was just a clip about to be translated, but no. 18-21 on 15540
has always been registered as Arabic, and RK`s delegate with the amazing
eyebrows at HFCC Dallas believed that info when I mentioned that the announcers
were always giving the wrong frequency for English, 11990.
Now they may have `corrected` this by changing 15540 to Arabic, but we may
still hope today`s language was another mistake. By 1940 had faded to very poor
and could not be sure of language, but still seemed Arabic. I also had their
intentional Arabic service poorly on 13650 before 1900; but after 2000 when
supposedly on 17550 to C&WNAm, that was inaudible, not surprisingly since lower
15540 was about gone. Further chex of which language is on 15540 at 18-21 are
of course called for. As well as whether they will ever really use 11990, which
they really need to during B-seasons if English is to propagate (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1600, KUSH Cushing is still off the air, no signal Oct
24 at 1910 UT check.
KUSH has an active website with recent local news, but nothing about being off
the air:
http://www.1600kush.com/index.php?section=1
Nor on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/1600kush?ref=ts
Is everyone just listening online and don`t even notice if 1600 is missing?
This is the link:
mms://nick9.surfernetwork.com/kush
and we got it right away at 2320 UT, but not really live, instead the 7-10 am
`Donna & Molly Show` playback. Besides that, it appears the streaming is
limited to live silly ballgames.
They don`t display a complete program schedule; what`s at 10-11 am? Then `The
Michael Smerconish Show` at 11-1 M-F, Neal Boortz at 1-4 pm; what`s after 4 pm?
Then plugs yahoosportsradio at 7 pm to 7 am on the web. Does this mean KUSH is
not bothering to stay on air at night?
One more show may be of interest if they get back on the air:
``Native Air with Hugh Foley, 10-11 AM Saturdays Native American News, Music
and more!``.
FCC AM Query shows SR/SS in October 1230-2345 UT, November 1300-2315, with 1000
watts day, 70 watts night. NRC AM Log adds PSRA of 500 watts, i.e. 1100-1230 UT
in Oct, 1100-1300 first week of November, 1200-1300 thereafter on standard time.
In absence of KUSH I could hear a weak SAH, a bit stronger at 2002 UT with
music from one N/S station, likely KRVA The Metroplex Vietnamese. The other
could be one of the two Nebraskans, KNCY Nebraska City, or KRFS Superior, both
500 watts. NRC AM Log says KNCY is direxional, KRFS not.
Come to think of it, there has not been an audible het on 1600 for a while,
previously pinned on KMDO Fort Scott KS, 770 watts non-direxional, so maybe
that`s been fixed. But I was not getting a signal from its ENE direxion. In
less than a month, skywave will be kicking in by 20 UT on the top of the band,
but don`t think so yet, as no such activity heard in the X-band (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 23860, Oct 24 at 1858, R. Mart? harmonic 2 x 11930 from Greenville is
still audible and readable, escaping DentroCuban jamming on the fundamental
[see earlier Oct 24 log report under CUBA non]. And still at 2000 talking about
human rights declaration. Span of 11930 is currently 14-24, to become 13-22 in
B-11. I again stepped thru the entire 23-25 MHz range but no more harmonics
found, nor where RM could also appear, 19130; and 27640 bore a freebander in
SSB.
Meanwhile the new WRMI 9955 relay of R. Mart? was inaudible under jamming but
at 2240 `Cuba al D?a` confirmed on WRMI webcast, and it`s not // live Mart?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. I am finally hearing some activity in the upper portion of the 28 MHz
ham band: On 29540-NBFM, VG signal slope-tuned at 29538 for distorted
readability on AM, Oct 24 at 1919, NU6O, Joe in California concluded contact
with K3ORH, immediately on to another contact.
29010, Oct 24 at 1922, VG signal on AM from WA3GHM in Levittown PA, with WB5YBZ
which I could not hear (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) More 10m: see
CUBA [and non]
** U S A. Disregard my earlier comment about Kazakhstan kolliding with WBCQ on
7490 at 18-22: that does not start until Oct 30, B-11. Supposed sign-on is 1900
UT, but I could not hear anything of it (nor on 7415 in case there was a
delay); band very noisy, plus probably computer QRN peak around there, which
was still running inside. Checked at 1900, and several more times. 1943 a JBA
carrier on 7490, unknown if WBCQ, still nothing readable after 2000. Meanwhile
as usual there was no problem in hearing WBCQ on 15420-CUSB and 9330v-CUSB,
except there`s nothing on those frequencies worth listening to (but yes, I
know, they pay the bills).
Recheck at 2235, now 7490 is audible with WBCQ // 9330-CUSB, so financial show
instead of Good Friends Radio Network? Yes, at 22-23 M-F, `Money Talk` is
scheduled on both. No co-channel audible on 7490, but it may be different
closer to the terminator (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 21678 approx., Oct 24 at 1913 I am getting some intermittent SSB
talk, but can`t find a spot to demodulate it, an intruder apparently employing
speech inversion, sneaky (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. CODAR exploration on the DX-398 rapidly 5-kHz-stepping downward,
Oct 24 at 1930: 25980-25745, break, 25705-25310 where there is a dip, then more
down to 25200; QRMs freebanders here and there in the so-called 11m ISWBC band.
More CODAR 24860-24600 and 24555-24445, and there is another freebander at 1935
on 24485 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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