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Today's Topics:
1. Tue DX 2 (Charles)
2. URGENT: EMR Internet stream changed ! (tom taylor)
3. 17-18 Sept. Loggings (Dave Valko)
4. Glenn Hauser logs September 17-18, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
5. Sept 16-18 Logs (Brian Alexander)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:40:21 -0000
From: "Charles" <ka4...@peoplepc.com>
To: "'Ankeer Petersen'" <anker.peter...@mail.dk>, "'Bob Wilkner'"
<r...@earthlink.net>, "'Chrissy Brand'" <chriss...@hotmail.co.uk>,
"'DXLD'" <d...@yahoogroups.com>, "'Gayle Van Horn'"
<gaylevanh...@monitoringtimes.com>, "'Glenn Hauser'"
<wghau...@yahoo.com>, "'Hard-Core-dx@hard-core-dx.com'"
<hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "'Liz Cameron'"
<ale...@yahoo.com>,
"'Marie Lamb'" <mal...@mailbox.syr.edu>, "'Short Wave World'"
<shortwavewo...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] Tue DX 2
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China, 4940.00, Voice of Strait, Tent. 1059-1110 Prior to the hour, noted
time pips until 1100, then a female announces ID (missed) followed by her
and a male in possibly a news broadcast in Chinese language. At 1105,
news finished with musical break, then more comments from a male. Signal
was threshold. (Chuck Bolland, September 18, 2012)
Indonesia, 9680l.00, Radio Republic Indonesia, 1127-1140, Tune in with
music. On the half hour, ID followed with Indo language comments.
Signal was fair with some fading. (Chuck Bolland, September 18, 2012)
Excalibur
26N 081W
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:42:29 +0100
From: "tom taylor" <em...@sky.com>
To: "tom taylor" <em...@sky.com>
Subject: [HCDX] URGENT: EMR Internet stream changed !
Message-ID: <3A191CCAABA84FC285D4CA276E0793C2@dellcb21k2j>
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URGENT: EMR Internet stream changed !
Dear EMR Internet listeners,
Our Internet streaming server has just changed, and some listeners are
having difficulty in
listening to our internet service, if you are having difficulty, please try
one of the following links:
1/ "EMR Internet radio" link on the EMR website, this was updated late last
week: www.emr.org.uk <http://www.emr.org.uk/>
2/ The new address you should use is:
http://helios.cloudnl.net:8000/emr.ogg
3/ or click this to launch your audio player:
http://helios.cloudnl.net:8000/emr.ogg.m3u
Good Listening!
All the best
Tom & Mike Taylor
PS. EMR Relay on 6005 KHz via Radio 700 this Sunday between 08.00 and 09.00
UTC ( not confirmed )
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:51:03 -0400
From: "Dave Valko" <djva...@verizon.net>
To: "Hardcore DX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: [HCDX] 17-18 Sept. Loggings
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BRAZIL 4875 R. Caiari 0858 studio M anncr over mx w/TC "A 4:?? do
Caiari...radio...Sao Paulo...", tone, then full canned ID anmnt by M "R.
cultura,
radio ??. ?? familia ?? 1,?30 kilohertz ondas media, ?? 4...metros ondas
tropicais,
Porto Vehlo ??". Couple slick canned anmnts, mx bridge, then studio M anncr
again
w/ment of Porto Velho and Bon dia Porto Velho, bon dia ??", and more morning
greetings. Pleasant ZY mx briefly, then more anmnts ending w/more "bon dia"s.
0904 Ranchera-like song. 0907 more anmnts by M host. Glad to finally ID this.
(17 Sept.)
PERU 4789. 9 R. Vision Surprised to find this one w/good audio at t/in.
However it did go into distortion slightly every once in a while. Live M
w/ment of
Chiclayo, then clear 0902:40 canned ID. Clear ID again during song at 0904:30.
Another at 0905:50 during song. And another 0922:25. (17 Sept.)
BOLIVIA 4699.95 R. San Miguel Short canned ID at 0930:30 followed by a
couple
more canned anmnts. (17 Sept.)
UNID. 6160.06 UNID. Around 0935, thought I was hearing PT tlk by M while
checking for CKZU. Didn't realize until about 15 min. later that there was
indeed
another signal here besides CKZU and CKZN. R. Boa Vontade maybe?? (17 Sept.)
MONGOLIA 12085 V.O. Mongolia 1043:20 end of lcl song and studio W anncr
w/ID
and then reading from listeners letters. Cut her off at 1058:07. Oddly way
over
adjacent R. Australia 12080 for once. (17 Sept.)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3235 R. West New Britain 1059 studio M anncr in Tok
Pisin
w/apparent PSAs, 1100-1103 instru. NA, then W anncr w/ment of
"...program...you're
listening to...", and ment of West New Britain. Pop mx briefly at 1112 then W
again w/ID and pgm notes. 1113 slow Pop ballad but very low level. (17 Sept.)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3260 R. Madang Decent level w/island mx at 1059. W
anncr in
Tok Pisin w/ment of program and celebration, and gave freqs w/ment of "...3,260
kilohertz in the shortwave 1, and 90.4...", then more island mx. W again at
1107,
and long lively island song. More of the same. Fading after 1110. (17 Sept.)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3315 R. Manus 1059 live bdcst from some sort of event.
1100
studio M anncr w/ment of PNG, then slow island song. 1107 native drums then W
w/intro for NBC nx and immediately into nx. 1110 more nx by M anncr to at
least
1116. Like other PNG stns, it was fading after 1110. Best PNG reception in a
long
time. 3204.97 and 3365 also on. (17 Sept.)
CLANDESTINE 3480 V.O. the People (pres.) Signal here w/strains of audio.
Did
get M anncr vcl mx at 1101, but mostly just at threshold. (17 Sept.)
MYANMAR 7185.75 R. Myanmar 1115-1201 Asian Pop mx pgm hosted by W anncr.
M
anncr at 1201 but Hams all around were interferring at this time. 5985.82 was
getting blasted by R. Marti. I did get bits of audio at times there. (17
Sept.)
MYANMAR 7110 Kachin R. Still getting audio an hour and a half after
sunrise,
1232. Signal still showing up in the display around 1325 but not at 1355. (17
Sept.)
No sign of 8294U Ho Chi Minh R. 1305. Thought might have a chance at this with
the
typhoon near Japan/Korea. (17 Sept.)
BANGLADESH 15505 Bangadesh Betar 1358 OC w/tone, 1359 IS once, 5+1 long
time
ticks, W w/opening anmnt, subcont. mx bridge, another anmnt, then more mx.
Better
than 15105 heard earlier at 1230. (17 Sept.)
No chance for V.O. Mongolia on 12015 at 1530 EG as RTTY was just blasting away.
SOUTH AFRICA 15235 Channel Africa 1700 EG ID by W and into nx. Weak but
clear. (17 Sept.)
R. Pakistan didn't seem to be on the air at 1700. No signal noted at all. (17
Sept.)
CLANDESTINE 11980 R. Damal (via UAE) (pres.) 2120 long impassioned tlk by
M
in mid-east lang. abruptly cut off in mid-sentence at 2129:33. Not very strong
but
clear. (17 Sept.)
UNID. 9595.45 Buzzing carrier here at 1015 QRMing Japan. Couldn't detect
any
audio. India maybe?? Not there at 1103 recheck. (18 Sept.)
73 Dave Valko
Dunlo, PA USA
NRD-535D and Perseus SDR
Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153' Vertical Triangle Delta Loop
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:25:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 17-18, 2012
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** AUSTRALIA. 12080, Sept 18 at 1252, fair signal from some station playing
`Waltzing Matilda` over and over, presumed R. Australia testing with IS
normally heard too seldom, but why? Kept a receiver on here and was still going
at 1311, 1325, 1330, but off at 1344. This frequency is normally 10 kW AM from
Brandon, at many hours, but finishing with DRM at 11-12; now it`s surely strong
enough to be the spare 100 kW transmitter at Shepparton (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. 15105, Sept 18 at 1237, BB, JBA carrier with flutter; 1245
music. Not a good transpolar day, but at least it`s detectably on. 1316 it`s
also on this time and a bit better, with music into presumed Nepali.
15505, Sept 18 at 1411, very poor with flutter in presumed Urdu service (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 18, before 1300:
12980, fair at 1254; none in the 11s, 10s, 9s, 8s or 7s
14700, poor at 1251; none in the 13s
14870, poor-fair at 1246; CB QRM all thru the 14 MHz range from a 27185 CBer a
block away, grrrr!
15555, poor at 1239
16980, very poor at 1246 with flutter; none in the 17s
Before 1330, incomplete:
15495, fair at 1327
15565, fair at 1327
After 1400, incomplete:
15605, fair at 1411
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 9564-9565, Sept 18 at 0546, whining sound, unseems of local origin,
not the usual pulse/bubble jamming overrun we get from the DentroCuban Jamming
Command.
15230, Sept 18 at 1238, RHC is somewhat distorted with noise around the
sidebands.
11860, Sept 18 at 1254, RadioCuba manages to punch up the correct RHC frequency
today, instead of 11680 yesterday before 1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 11995, Sept 18 at 0509 and still at 0549, presumed GUF with
the S9+12 megawatt-wasting open carrier plus some hum (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 9760, Sept 18 at 0548 Japanese talk, soon // 9595, slightly better on
9760; 9595 is R. Nikkei program 1, 9760 program 2, but obviously simulcasting
at least now. 9760 goes off at 0610 except weekends per EiBi (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA [and non]. 7245, Sept 18 at 0523, IGIM is on and chanting, but
quite undermodulated; much better level e.g. on Tunisia 7275 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 980, Sept 18 at 1202 UT, news report on ``digitalization`` of IMER
stations in Mexico City being completed, so this must be the IMER station in
Cananea, Sonora again, XEFQ. See also 1570 XERF log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1000, Sept 18 at 1204 UT, NA ending and Ciudad Ju?rez mentioned,
making slow SAH with KTOK OKC, nulled as best I could. So it`s the usual XE SRS
occupant as in Cant?:
1000 XEFV La Rancherita Cd. Ju?rez, Chih. 1,000 D
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1300, Sept 18 at 1217 UT = Enid LSR today, Radio M?xico Noticias,
from Ciudad Ju?rez, also greeting listeners en El Paso, Las Cruces, Univ?rsity
Park, but not Enid. XEP has no problem overriding Tulsa around LSR, more so
than other 1220+ stations, with its odd 38 kW daypower, vs 200 watts at night,
but I wonder about its direxionality if any. Maybe the pending new NRC Pattern
Book will show it. Cant?:
1300 XEP Radio 13 Cd. Ju?rez, Chih. 38,000 200
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1570, Sept 18 at 1219 UT, XERF with glowing report on IMER`s
digitalization of its 9 stations in the DF having been completed, lauded even
by Pres. Calder?n himself`s soundbite (pato cojo hasta el 30 de noviembre).
Must be continuation of report started earlier on 980 XEFQ, q.v. They
enumerated 94.5, 105.7 and 107.9 but did not hear any other FMs or AMs
mentioned specifically. IMER website
http://www.imer.com.mx/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=269&Itemid=91
shows only 7 stations in the DF, the others being 660, 710, 1220, 1350, so
these are presumably now IBOC too; the ``digital`` system not specified, but
AFAIK, DRM lost the battle, and IBOC is already running on a few commercial
border stations (FM only?). Previous news was that all IMER stations nationwide
would be digital by yearend. This program is from the ``Sistema Nacional de
Noticias`` (a.k.a. Antena Radio?). 1570 soon losing out to another SS at 1222,
ESPN; See OKLAHOMA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [non?]. 1570, Sept 18 at 1222 UT, I have been listening to XERF
(see MEXICO), when another SS appears, sports talk ``para todo el pa?s``, ESPN
Deportes. Pronounced ``i-es-pi-en``, i.e. the letters as in English, which the
network mandates everyone to say, to forestall Spanish snickers about male
members (a word I avoid only in case of spam filters).
An unwieldy brand name in English is even more so in Spanish; IIRC it
originally meant Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (on cable TV). I
don`t find a single SS ESPN affiliate on 1570 in NRC AM Log 2012 --- I went
thru all 63 listings twice; no quick searching on paper --- and as previously
mentioned, no affiliate list can be found on the ESPN-D website (if anyone has
one, please let us know!).
Can it be nearest 1570, KZLI Catoosa/Tulsa? How about 1530, which we already
know is ESPN Deportes in that market? At 1306 UT when XERF is no longer a
problem, I compare the two. Yes, ESPN Deportes on 1570 // 1530, except 1530 is
unsynchronized a fraxion of a second behind 1570. Both loop east/west. 1530 and
1570 have previously been simulcast in Tulsa with some other format,
temporarily? They are jointly owned, along with 1270, so anything could happen,
but you`d think a simulcast would be synchronized, so 1570 could still be
somewhere else. Another question for Bruce Winkelman inside Tulsa.
Program notes: at 1306 the program is apparently called ``Raza Deportiva`` (if
not RASA, a network), talking about f?tbol, US teams, Mexican, even Real
Madrid. So is it only about soccer or American football too? 1313 on 1570,
promo for Iespien Deportes Radio; now both are weakening, but not fading at
same time. The Tulsans at 100+ miles do benefit from skywave vs groundwave.
Wikipedia thinx 1570 Tulsa is still Que Buena, which is really now on 1270, and
linx to http://lamegatulsa.com/home/ which claims 1570 AM is La Mega. Beware:
vamping music loop launches automatically. Please stop! Try to launch live(?)
audio on Winamp but no funciona. This website could be on autoplay two years
out of date judging from one date I can find on it. Has Twitter linx to ``7
days ago`` full of innumerable duplicate twits from one Diana Reyes, apparently
a music promotriz.
Another approach: search on ESPN Deportes 1570 leads to an ESPN app provided by
970/1570 La Raza in Jaxonville FL, but no evidence that their 1570 WVOJ axually
carries ESPND, and even with 10 kW day power, it`s way too late for that to be
making it out here (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PRIDNESTROVYE. 9665, Sept 17 at 2115, enjoying the music from Radio PMR,
presumably the usual fill in the last half of each semi-hour language broadcast
--- but at 2120 a timesignal! And starting Russian. Axually the TS was 10
seconds late ending at 2120:10, if they were shooting for 2120, certainly an
odd time for a TS and for starting a language. Per EiBi, Russian is supposed to
be at 2200-2230 UT Sun-Thu, as well as 1800-1830 and 2000-2030 M-F. Are other
languages getting jumbled and signaled thus? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SOMALILAND [non]. 7120, Sept 18 at 1414, still zero signal from R. Hargaysa;
I optimistically check this each morning before turning off the radio and
turning on the computer. Its oceanic longpath has made it to the west coast of
North America by 1400; and 7110 Myanmar, by a quite different path over
Mongolia, still has a JBA carrier a bihour after sunrise here, so there is hope
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [and non]. 11880, Sept 18 at 1332 I am surprised to hear Chaikofsky`s
Piano Concerto No. 1 on REE via Costa Rica; lost feed and filling? No, same
thing but 6 seconds ahead on 17595 Noblejas direct, instead of ``Espa?oles en
la Mar``. What happened to that? 1334 YL outros first movement of this music,
described as a ``duel between the piano and the other instruments``; then gives
phone number for karaoke --- what? Maybe REE has plugged into some other
domestic network such as Radio Tres. Is there a holiday, or a strike? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 690, Sept 18 at 0538 UT tuneby, ``news on demand at KTSMRadio.com``.
Tnx very much. Hey, that used to be on 1380; swapped with KHEY so KTSM gets the
10/10 kW bigsig while KHEY was demoted to 5/0.5 kW, even worse with much
smaller hiband coverage. NRC pattern book shows 690 throws almost all its night
signal SSW for great coverage of Chihuahua in English, with tiny lobes or nulls
(hard to tell which) toward us and KGGF Coffeyville KS (and Montreal whether
anything is there or not), and KGGF gets to aim right toward El Paso at night!
Yet at the moment KTSM has the edge here. I demand to know why (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1010, any doubt that the SS religion I was getting here came from
Phoenix has now been eliminated: Sept 18 at 1205 UT, OM sermon again, looping
east/west. 1230 still in, now SS YL with announcements of church service
schedules, some partly en ingl?s, with numerous 602-AC phone numbers. 1232 ad
in Spanish for Christian Auto Care. Hmm, how can you tell if your car is
Christian? One can only hope. 1233 ad for an abogada also with a 602-phone who
handles immigration cases. So it is without a doubt: KXXT, COL Tolleson AZ,
surely on 15 kW day power and pattern eastward rather than 250-watt night
power, despite it being only 5:30 am there MST; a bilingual religious station
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1460, Sept 18 at 1215 UT, ``Thunder Country 97.3 and 1460``, weather.
Therefore it`s 1 kW KKOY, Chanute KS, while 97.3 is a mere translator, K247AT,
per NRC AM Log, yet they give it top billing, as any FM surely deserves (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9885, Sept 18 at 1417, open carrier and tone test briefly, S9+10
to 1418*. Probably Greenville B, which will not be broadcasting VOA Spanish on
this frequency until 2330; or maybe S?o Tom? for French at 2100 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:56:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Alexander <brian384...@aol.com>
To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] Sept 16-18 Logs
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** BANGLADESH. 15105, Bangladesh Betar, 1250-1259*, Sept 17,
tune-in to English news. Sub-cont music. Weak but readable.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nac, Bata, 0525-0550,
Sept 18, Spanish talk. African choral music. Lite instrumental music.
Weak. Poor in noisy conditions. Irregular. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** MALI. 5995, RTVM, *0559-0620, Sept 17, sign on with flute IS and
opening French ID announcements. Vernacular talk at 0600. Wide
variety of local tribal music, indigenous vocals, and Afro-pop music.
Strong signal strength but weak modulation. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** MALI. 5995, RTVM, 2325-0004*, Sept 17-18, wide variety of Afro-pop
music, local tribal music and indigenous vocals. French announcements.
Poor. Weak with adjacent channel splatter. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** NIGERIA. 15120, Voice of Nigeria, 0600-0610, Sept 16, local African
drums IS at 0600 and English World News. Poor to fair with weak
hum in audio. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** NIGERIA. 15120, Voice of Nigeria, *0446-0500+, Sept 17, sign on
with IS. ID announcements. Weak. Poor in high noise level. Too poor
to pull out any further program details. Much stronger signal at 0608
check with English news. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6925, XFM, 0455-0501*, Sept 16,
lite instrumental music. ID at 0501 sign off. Weak. Poor in noisy
conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** PERU. 4789.91, Radio Vision, 0555-0620, Sept 17, Peruvian
religious music. Spanish announcements. Poor in noisy conditions.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
** SUDAN, SOUTH. 15725, Voice of South Sudan Revolutionary
Radio, 0501-0515, Sept 17, tune-in to African tribal music. Talk in
listed Arabic. Weak. Poor in noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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