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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs June 30-July 1, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
2. June 30-July 1 Logs (Brian Alexander)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 08:03:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: NASWA <na...@yahoogroups.com>, s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs June 30-July 1, 2012
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** CHILE. 17680, July 1 at 1230 and later, a big hole on the 16m band as CVC La
Voz has disappeared. It was also missing during the day on June 30, and maybe
June 29. Normally it has been the most reliable 16m signal all day long, aimed
toward Mexico and US; unfortunately of zero interest since it`s constant
gospel-huxtering hype aimed at the younger generation, hardly SW enthusiasts.
This is no accident, as Wolfgang B?schel and Kai Ludwig point out HFCC
registrations show the 17680 transmission at 1200-2300 is drastically reduced
to 2100-2300 only; and HCJB is having to search for another relay site, testing
Wertachtal on its same frequencies as from Chile.
The HFCC CVI as FMO schedule shows the 17680 21-23 usage started 29 June; along
with further cuts: 9635 at 21-22 only; 9780 continues at 22-02, and 11665 at
23-02. The Spanish broadcast at 16-18 on 17640 is shown as on the air from 19
to 21 June only; HFCC is unable to indicate in these schedule versions that it
was DRM.
NHK World Radio Japan has also been using Calera de Tango, and its own schedule
still shows those transmissions in effect until Oct 28; the easiest one for us
to check is 2130-2200 in Portuguese on 11880.
So is the Calera de Tango station being phased out? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake July 1, before 1300:
17450, very poor at 1233
16980, poor at 1233
16100, poor at 1233
15980, poor at 1233
15970, good at 1257, ex-15980
15900, JBA at 1233
15555, good at 1256
15545, fair until 1236*
14950, fair at 1237 [no Colombia]
14870, very good at 1237
13130, fair at 1237
12320, very poor at 1237
11500, very poor at 1239
Before 1330:
17450, fair-good at 1327
16980, good at 1327
16920, good at 1327
16100, fair-poor at 1326
15565, good at 1326, ex-15555 before 1300
15495, fair at 1326
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 9650, July 1 at 1250, KBS World Radio via CANADA
continues, about a Korean singer named Kim ? and no clicking audio artifacts
for a change! A fluke, or have they finally fixed it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sporadic E analog TV DX June 30: turn on TV at 2305 UT to find
signals on channel 2, 3, and 5; 2 is mostly CCI; 3 has a movie dubbed in
Spanish; continued most of the hour but nothing more definite (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. 15190.0, June 30 at 1910, yet another attempt to hear R.
Africa, Equatorial Guinea, which seems to have gone silent again, only a weak
signal with YL speaking neither American nor Brazilian, but sounds like
Tagalog, so I assume it is the third possibility at this frequency-hour, V of
the Philippines (until 1930) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 15000 & 10000, June 30 at 2359, I record the Leap Second
from WWVH and/or WWV, but reception is poor on both, and even fades out in the
middle of the minute. After all the promotion for months, they just do it
without any announcement about it now. I should have recorded CHU 14670 which
turned out to have a better signal the next minute as I checked to find it was
indeed in synch with the WWVs after inserting a leap second too (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1623 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW 5755, UT Sunday
July 1 at 0400, with the now to be expected upcut during my opening, the first
part of which is overridden by the legal hourtop ID. Strong signal but heavy
fading here, as I suppose the skip was lengthening to favor points further
west.
Next airings on WRMI: Sunday 1530, 1730, Monday 0500, 1130. On WRN via SiriusXM
120: also Sunday 1730. On HLR 5980 Germany: Tuesday 0930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7555, July 1 at 0516, WEWN Spanish is on tonight, and still at 1254.
It was off the night before, June 30, as well as June 24 and 25. On the air
June 26 and not logged on 27, 28 or 29, so probably on then too (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [non]. 13730, Saturday June 30 at 1203, VR English news via CANADA
still on until 1214*. Was not listening closely, but noticed more bits of music
interspersed than usual. They kept announcing on this transmission that SW
would end as of July 1, yet HFCC registrations show VR via Canada will continue
one more month until July 31. Unfortunately, I woke up too late on July 1 to
check whether this frequency (Sundays all in Spanish 1130-1214) was still on
air.
Must check this Monday and also UT Monday 0250-0400 whether 7305 & 9610 are
still on in English and Spanish and from Sackville. The 0100-0230 Spanish via
Bonaire has already changed from 15470 to 9610, so listen for a site switch
around 0250, and maybe a fleeting RCI IS & ID at start and/or finish.
Portuguese via Bonaire at 0030-0100 is still listed on 15470 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 20:24:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Alexander <brian384...@aol.com>
To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] June 30-July 1 Logs
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** EUROPE. PIRATE. 6324.81, Black Bandit Radio, 0000-0026+,
July 1, pop music, country music. Some polka style music. IDs at
0021 and 0026. Sign off at approximately 0031.Very weak but fair on
peaks. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** MALI. 5995, RTVM, 2340-0001*, June 30-July 1, local tribal music.
Afro-pop music. French announcements. Sign off with National Anthem
at 0000. Modulation stronger than usual, but still weak. (Brian Alexander,
PA)
?
** NIGER. 9704.99, LV du Sahel, 2101-2301*, June 30, audible after
Ethiopia 9705 sign off at 2101. Local Afro-pop music. Euro-pop music.
French/vernacular announcements. Local chants at 2256. Short flute
IS and National Anthem at 2259. Ten second test tone at 2301 and
off. Weak at 2101 but slowly improved to a fair level by 2215.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
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Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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