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It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt Today's Topics: 1. R free Sarawak & Shuab Xaa (Zacharias Liangas ) 2. Logs (Manuel M?ndez) 3. Glenn Hauser logs November 23-24, 2010 (Glenn Hauser) 4. Fw: [A-DX] Log: 9.950 KHz - AIR (Wolfgang Bueschel) 5. Re: [dxld] Fw: [A-DX] Log: 9.950 KHz - AIR (Wolfgang Bueschel) 6. Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA (Stewart MacKenzie) 7. Nov 24 Logs (brian384...@aol.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:43:54 +0200 From: "Zacharias Liangas " <gree...@otenet.gr> To: <> Subject: [HCDX] R free Sarawak & Shuab Xaa Message-ID: <4cec278a.2653.eb...@greekdx.otenet.gr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII logs on 22-11 http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/313 7590 R Feee Sarawak 2228 ih open carrier OM in a local lang saying 3 pagi with instrumental play background mentioned something as R veritas a website , a afro music style then a phone in 2243 a song played with guitar and a boy as singer . QRM from a FSK like sporadic stream on -2kHz S5 34333 but under modulated 7530 Suab Xaa Moo Zoo started with a zero level signal on 2230 that gradually increased to S4 at peaks At 2238 with a CC style song 15232 Please read and distribute this 15 year research article http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd ________________________ http://zlgr.multiply.com (radio monitoring site plus audio clips ) MAIN SITE http://www.delicious.com/gr_greek1/@zach (all mypages !!) ........ Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece greekdx @ otenet dot gr --- Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108, Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000 Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:17:56 +0100 From: Manuel M?ndez <manuelmend...@gmail.com> To: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> Subject: [HCDX] Logs Message-ID: <4cece654.8030...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Manuel M?ndez Lugo, Spain Logs in Lugo Grundig Satellit 500 and Sony ICF SW 7600 G Cable antenna, 8 metrers BRAZIL, 9695.7, Radio Rio Mar, Manaus, 0955-01006, 24-11, brasilian songs, at 1002 male voice, Portuguese, identificaci?n: "Radio Rio Mar, Manus, Amazonas, Brasil". 24322. (M?ndez) 15190, Radio Inconfidencia, Bello Horizonte, 0913-1000 , 24-11, female, Portuguese, news, identification: "InconfidenciaL", male: "Agora 7 horas 17 minutos", international news, news about Kampuchea, "Agora 7 horas 22", "Inconfidencia AM". At 0646 in this frequency only listened Radio Africa with religious English program but now Radio Africa has gone away. At 1000 strong interference from China Radio International. Signal fluctuating between 34333 to 14321. (M?ndez) ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:16:12 -0800 (PST) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: d...@yahoogroups.com Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 23-24, 2010 Message-ID: <619369.53599...@web51105.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 ** ANTARCTICA. 15476, another LRA36-less day, no sign of it Nov 24 at 1422 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 15190, Nov 23 at 2326, R. Inconfid?ncia without Equatorial Guinean QRM, during a program promo. Frequency seems unstable, flutter. Compared to Argentina 15345, which is stronger, less unstable and fluttery (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake Nov 24: 8400, nothing at 1405; did not make any chex before 1400. But at 1455 I am getting very poor signal, sounds like two stations, so some signs of Sound of Hope too. 10500, nothing at 1405 or 1455. Did not make total bandscan 8-18 MHz, but no others noted in most of that range swiped (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 9955, pulse jamming with tones, Nov 24 at 0616 amounts to the SSOB (strongest signal on band)! Conditions are quite degraded, with only traces of WYFR on 9985 et al., tho doing better on its 7 MHz frequencies, and no victim WRMI audible at all on 9955, during scheduled UT Wednesday CDHD Brigade 2506 exile show in English (which I heard part of later at 1545 on webcast, discussing American-born Marco Rubio and prospects for Republicans in Congress). Nothing to explain this situation from WWV: ``Geophysical Alert Message Solar-terrestrial indices for 23 November follow. Solar flux 75 and mid-latitude A-index 7. The mid-latitude K-index at 0600 UTC on 24 November was 1 (7 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUAM. 5765-USB, AFN missing again Nov 24 at 1348. Seems to be on one day, off the next, but sometime we fear it will stay off. Also looked for the daytime frequency 13362.5, which is supposed to start at 2200 per Aoki, but no sign of it Nov 23 at 2325. Is it really in use at all? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUIANA FRENCH. 17875-17880-17885, more unscheduled DRM noise, Nov 24 at 1354, but gone at 1448 recheck. This plus yesterday`s DRM on 15270-15275-15280 is belatedly explained by: ``FYI, today November 24th, a DRM transmission from Montsin?ry (French Guiana) to Bras?lia is scheduled: 10.00-12.00 UTC on 15275 kHz 12.00-14.00 UTC on 17880 kHz Wishing you successfull listenings. 73 / regards. Jacques GRUSON F6AJW (Via drmna list via Alokesh Gupta, India, dxldyg via DXLD)`` So why is GUF transmitting to Bras?lia, one or two days only? Some conference or DRM demo? It`s a point-to-point service, so even more reason to put it in the fixed, not broadcast bands. And what was the programming content? Obviously, of no consequence (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDIA. A major strike by workers at All India Radio has greatly disrupted broadcasts, with many SW frequencies off the air, and abnormal programming or fill music on those remaining. Alokesh Gupta, Jose Jacob and Ashok Satpathy have filed extensive reports about this on the dx_india yg. At one point no AIR signals at all could be heard on 60m, and many MW channels were also missing, allowing DX to come in. The 48-hour strike is scheduled to end at 0330 UT Nov 25. That explains why 9425 and 9690 were absent Nov 23, while 9870 remained, so I check them again on Nov 24 at 1349: 9870 fair but fluttery as usual with music. 9690 is also on with vocal music, and something on 9425, but can`t tell if it`s AIR. At 1411, 9690 S. Asian vocal music but suddenly cuts off at 1411:30* while 9870 continues. At 1458, 9690 is back on and now it seems // 9870 during tabla. This would be quite abnormal, demonstrating that Bengaluru transmitters are just putting on fill music from the same source rather than individual programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LIBYA [and non]. 17800, V. of Africa for second day here instead of 17725, but never overcoming its already occupant, Deutsche Welle: Nov 24 at 1353, just CCI under DW, and // 21695, so evidently this does also apply to the 12-14 Swahili from Libya. At 1424 and 1448 chex, VOA English is still way under DW German on 17800. So should DW move to 17725 if Libya won`t stay on that clear frequency? Both are broadcasting to Africa so it`s bound to be a huge clash there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 18058-, Nov 24 at 1519, JBA carrier with bits of modulation at peaks, i.e. R. Victoria, Lima, 3 x 6019.3+ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 9440, Nov 24 at 1407, big hum/buzz over barely audible non-English talk, seems S Asian. Per listings this has to be YFR in Assamese at 14-15. HFCC says 300 kW, 110 degrees from Armavir, while Aoki says 200 kW, 147 degrees from Krasnodar, which is really another name for the same site. EiBi sides with HFCC as Armavir. But, tnx to the Russians, the poor Assamese are having to strain to hear the nonsense propagated by Harold Camping`s minions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [and non]. 6075, DW German via Sines and Woofferton, Nov 24 at 0619 for once without motorboating QRM from R. Rossii, Petropavlovsk/Kamchatskiy. I figured hi-latitude paths were sufficiently degraded to wipe it out temporarily. However, at 1335, 6075 R. Rossii is just about motorboat-free during music, then Russian announcement, but with BFO, carrier is still unstable. No doubt it`s only a temporary respite. 8GAL followed at 1400: see UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SARAWAK [non]. 7590, another check for R. Free Sarawak (Percuma), presumably via TAJIKISTAN, Nov 23 at 2325, but only a JBA carrier here. It is being reported sufficiently from Europe, 2230-2330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 17765, another frequency now infested by the Walterbore, Nov 24 at 1355, weaker than adjacent WYFR 17760 but the latter not up to full strength yet. DX Mix News, Bulgaria says Nauen: ``1300-1400 on 17765 NAU 250 kW / 070 deg EaAs``. Brother Scare continues to be heard on 15495, and also on 17485 at 1508 running about one second ahead of WWCR 9980. HFCC shows 17485 as 15-16, 100 kW, 180 degrees from Wertachtal, also GERMANY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: WINB ** TURKEY. 11815 is often a mess of NHK vs REE via COSTA RICA, but Nov 24 at 1522 I am enjoying some Asian music in the clear, M&W discussion between each piece past 1540 and at 1542 mentioned Azerbaijan a couple of times. After 1530 something else was SAHing underneath. TRT is scheduled in Turkish at 1400-1700, 250 kW, 320 degrees from ?akirlar to Europe, but also USward, per HFCC; while Aoki says it`s 1400-1655, 500 kW, 310 degrees from Emirler. Why do we have so many minor contradixions from different sources citing B10 schedules? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 18530, WINB Nov 24 at 1425, JBA at fadeups with unmistakable ranting of Brother Scare, 2 x 9265 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also SOUTH CAROLINA [non] ** U S A. 5755, WTWW has extended an hour later in the morning, still on with PPP at 1348 Nov 24. That gives us another blessed hour on 31m free of its overload, leaving only WWCR 9980 to cope with, but indeed WTWW had switched to 9479 after 1400. George McClintok informs me that a new audio processor has been installed, sounds a little more bassy now. I agree, but makes little difference. The big problem remains extreme overload from the 9479 signal all day, and the fact that it is off-channel, which causes 1-kHz hets to appear with the overload against many other 31m frequencies. George also says that PPP has OK`d some non-Scriptures for America programming, starting with Ted Randall`s QSO show, but no details yet. Target date for WTWW #2 transmitter: Feb 1, 2011; possibly some carrier tests before then. Poles are up for the #2 transmission line; probably will string the wire early next year (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 17775, KVOH strong with distorted music, Nov 24 at 1801. Guess what? ``NASB member KVOH, La Voz de Restauraci?n, in California is selling a 50-kilowatt shortwave transmitter. It is an RCA BHF-100B which is around 40 years old. It was originally used by HCJB and went to KVOH about 15 years ago. It is currently configured to operate on two frequencies: 9975 and 17775 kHz. The location is Simi Valley, California ? about an hour north of Los Angeles. The transmitter weighs 24,000 pounds. Those who would like more technical details may contact the station's engineer, Jim Shossner, at +1-805-581-5398 or Pastor Rene Molina at +1-323-445-5428. (Veraliz Cuellar, KVOH, vcuel...@restauracion.com).`` (Nov NASB Newsletter via DXLD) BONUS! With this transmitter you also get spurs on 17920v and weaker 17630v, modulation is distorted on the fundamental, and it never really operates on 9975, so is it really possible there? Does this mean KVOH is getting a new transmitter to replace it, or is giving up on SW? They should pay someone to take it off their hands, on the condition that it be used only for parts, rather than vice versa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. 13655, Nov 24 at 1417 pause for some nice harp music, 1418 adding flute and morphing into ``Deutschland ?ber Alles``. This is certainly not DW, but some gospel huxter co-opting the music for the German national anthem. Quickly revealed as such by next tune, orchestral ``Know Redeemer Liveth``, and talk in S Asian language, USA address of Family Radio. Has some echo, long/short path. Listed as YFR via Wertachtal, GERMANY, 14-16, 500 kW, 90 degrees in Sindhi and during next hour, Kannada. Need to check out Deutschland ?ber Alles in a hymnal, next time I am in a church for a cultural event. Why wait? Google reminds us it`s originally by Haydn in his Kaiser Quartet, public domain so open to corruption (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. For the second morning, VOA Spanish is on 13750 instead of 13715, so apparently not a mistake: Nov 24 at 1351 with item about huge crime rate in Rio de Janeiro. Has this change been made on the VOA website? http://author.voanews.com/english/about/frequenciesAtoZ_s.cfm Of course not! How about on the Spanish page linked from it? http://www.voanews.com/spanish/news/ We defy you to find any mention of shortwave frequencies there, even a link back to the A-Z page (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. 11765, Nov 24 at 1504 American-accented news in English, 1505 into gospel music, so it`s a huxter? No, VOA is scheduled during this hour only at 100 kW via Lampertheim, GERMANY. HFCC says 108 degrees, Aoki says 96 degrees. This was audible only because 11760 RHC was off and on, as they were reconfiguring for daytime broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 6074, Nov 24 observations of 8GAL: CW marker starts at 1400, same time as the 6-second-late timesignal from R. Rossii, which is not motorboating much today [see RUSSIA]. Copied standard marker: ``VVV CQ CQ CQ DE 8GAL 8GAL K``. Yes, like yesterday sent 8GAL twice, not thrice (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ### ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:43:32 +0100 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesch...@web.de> To: "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com>, <dx_in...@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [HCDX] Fw: [A-DX] Log: 9.950 KHz - AIR Message-ID: <ba228ca4e1154f468a1bea6556a0e...@hnpc2> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original AIR strike tonight Nov 24. AIR Bangalore played Indian film music on 6180 kHz at 1910 UT, but has co-channel QRM bei DRM from Romania, the RRI twin from Saftica in Italian 1900-1927 UT. BGL transmissions are the only AIR on SW tonight. 6180 Ar, 6280 En/Hi, 7550 En/Hi. 7410 and 9445 BGL are OFF tonight, also all others OFF at Aligarh and Delhi Khampur 6120, 9470, 9620, 11935 kHz. (wb) On A-DX ng noted 9950 kHz at 1905 UT - AIR in DRM. (Norbert Graf) ... but heard 9950 empty here in Stuttgart, nothing in DRM at 1925-1930 UT. ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:41:34 +0100 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesch...@web.de> To: "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com>, "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, <dx_in...@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Fw: [A-DX] Log: 9.950 KHz - AIR Message-ID: <7f58811dada5468baca396161b7ba...@hnpc2> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Here in EUR heard AIR at 2030 UT only: BGL only on 6280, 7550, and 9425, latter towards Far East - reverse signal not very strong. All others are OFF air. 73 wb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 8:43 PM Subject: [dxld] Fw: [A-DX] Log: 9.950 KHz - AIR > AIR strike tonight Nov 24. > > AIR Bangalore played Indian film music on 6180 kHz at 1910 UT, but has > co-channel QRM bei DRM from Romania, the RRI twin from Saftica in Italian > 1900-1927 UT. > > BGL transmissions are the only AIR on SW tonight. > 6180 Ar, 6280 En/Hi, 7550 En/Hi. > > 7410 and 9445 BGL are OFF tonight, > also all others OFF at Aligarh and Delhi Khampur 6120, 9470, 9620, 11935 > kHz. (wb) > > On A-DX ng noted 9950 kHz at 1905 UT - AIR in DRM. (Norbert Graf) > > ... but heard 9950 empty here in Stuttgart, nothing in DRM at 1925-1930 > UT. ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:23:13 -0800 (PST) From: Stewart MacKenzie <wdx...@yahoo.com> To: Anker Peterson <anker.peter...@mail.dk>, Arnie Coro <ar...@rhc.cu>, BCL NEWS <bcln...@yahoogroups.com>, Duane Fischer <dfisc...@usol.com>, Hard Core DX <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, Marie Lamb <mal...@cumbredx.net>, 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] Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA Message-ID: <595314.94948...@web30702.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >>> COSTA RICA?? Radio Exterior Espana Relay-REE?? 3350? 0316 GMT? Spanish? 333? Nov 21? YL with comments in the Diaria program.??? MacKenzie-CA. CUBA?? Radio Rebelde?? 5025? Spanish? 333? Nov 21? OM singing with bongo drums music.?? Mackenzie-CA. CUBA?? Radio Havana Cuba-RHC?? 5040? 0340 GMT? Spanish? 444? Nov 21? OM with comments followed by cuban band music 0342 GMT.??? MacKenzie-CA. MARIANAS, North??? VOA Relay?? 21580? 0032? Chinese? 333? Nov 20? YL with comments plus an OM with comments.??? MacKenzie-CA. UNITED STATES, Tennessee?? WWCR #1?? 3215? 0313 GMT? English? 433? Nov 21? YL with a sermon on praying for your self.? Choir music 0315 GMT.??? MacKenzie-CA. UNITED STATES, Tennessee?? WWCR-#3?? 4840? 0335 GMT? English? 444? Nov 21? OM with DX Party Line reports followed by World of Radio? 0330 GMT.??? Mackenzie-CA. UNITED STATES, Tennessee?? WWRB?? 5050? 0345? English? 444? Nov 21? OM ancr with YL and OMs singing.??? MacKenzie-CA. UNITED STATES, Texas?? KAIJ?? 5755? 0350? English? 444? Nov 21? OM with vocal singing?with guitar music. . .Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA Huntington Beach, California, United States of America Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650 "World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive" ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:04:02 -0500 (EST) From: brian384...@aol.com To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [HCDX] Nov 24 Logs Message-ID: <8cd5a53c8a56add-e84-b...@webmail-d062.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" ** BRAZIL. 15190v, Radio Inconfid?ncia, 2200-2245, Nov 24, Portuguese talk. Poor with unstable, wobbly carrier mixing with Equatorial Guinea. Better signal on // 6009.93. (Brian Alexander, PA) ? ** COSTA RICA. 5936.22, ELCOR - Radio Republica, 0340-0400*, Nov 24, Spanish talk. Local music. IDs at 0358, 0400. Very weak. Stronger on // 5954.22. Also heard a weak carrier on 5972.22. Apparently these are spurs of 5954.22, +/- 18 kHz. At sign off the carriers were gone on all three frequencies at the same time. Thanks to tips from David Crawford and Terry Krueger. (Brian Alexander, PA) ? ** ETHIOPIA. 9705.0, Radio Ethiopia, 2005-2100*, Nov 24, Reactivated with Amharic talk. Local Horn of Africa music. Sign off with National Anthem. Fair, but with QRM from a weak Niger 9704.99. No //s heard. Not heard in some time. In the past the frequency was closer to 9704.2. (Brian Alexander, PA) ? ** MAURITANIA. 7245, Radio Mauritanie, 0050-0058*, Nov 24, Arabic talk. Local guitar music. Vocals. Abrupt sign off. Good. (Brian Alexander, PA) ? ** NIGER. 9704.99, LV du Sahel, 2100-2205+, Nov 24, French talk. Local flute at 2154 and tribal music. French talk. Afro-pop/rap music. Fair. Weak under Ethiopia prior to 2100. (Brian Alexander, PA) ? ** SUDAN. 7200, ORTC, *0236-0300+, Nov 24, sign on with local tribal music. Qur`an at 0244. Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA) ? ? Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires ? ? End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 95, Issue 25 ********************************************