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Today's Topics:
1. logs of May 12 til 16th (Wolfgang Bueschel)
2. Glenn Hauser logs May 15-16, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
3. appeal : feedback on the reporting of Radio Damascus with
regard to the exceptional events taking place in Syria. (kris)
4. Re: logs of May 12 til 16th (Glenn Hauser)
5. Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA (Stewart MacKenzie)
6. RF PRO-1A vs. ALA1530 Loop Antenna Comparison Review (Guy Atkins)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 16:12:12 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesch...@web.de>
To: "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com>, "HCDX"
<hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: [HCDX] logs of May 12 til 16th
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ARMENIA [to Korea] 15720 Radio Free Chosun in Korean at 12-13 UT via
Yerevan Gavar site. Modern pop music heard like from popular song contest.
Strength S=6-7 here in EUR.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 16)
AUSTRALIA/PALAU/SINGAPORE/TAIWAN/UAE re odd 15240 kHz outlet of RA:
RA Shepparton on English nx at 2300 UT May 7, S=6 signal on 15240.140 odd
channel, but \\ 15415 kHz from same site was even frequency !? Same odd unit
noted also on May 9th at 2320 UT, on 15240.121 kHz.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 6/7/9)
On A-10 season RA used 15240 kHz TAIWAN 2200-2330 UT English too. So I guess
all these 'oddity' transmissions came from Taiwanese relay sites instead.
Noted RA ball live broadcast May 15 at 0605 UT on odd 15290.145 kHz too,
S=9+20dB in Japan. Scheduled via Tainan-TWN site 0600-0630 UT. Noted an very
exciting penalty situation report. \\ 11945 13630 13690 15160 15415 and
17750 kHz on even frequency.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15)
A schedule dated April 10 received from Radio Australia lists transmissions
from Shepparton and Brandon only.
15240 kHz is not shown to be used at 2300 UT from either site - this
frequency is on air from 0000-0800 UTC only via SHP at 30 deg. The same
transmitter is shown to be operating on 15230 kHz, with the same bearing, at
2200-0000 UTC.
There is no registration with the HFCC for 15240 kHz at 2300 UT which
suggests that Wolfgang is correct, and that it is indeed via Taiwan. And
similarly for 15290 - not on RA's sched, and not registered with the HFCC.
(Noel R. Green-UK, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15)
Here is RA schedule of previous (northern) summer. 73 wb
A10. RA offshore relays currently are as follows:
5935 ABU DHABI 2200-2330 Indonesian
9490 ABU DHABI 2300-2330 Burmese
9965 PALAU 1100-1300 English
" PALAU 1300-1430 Mandarin
" PALAU 1600-1630 Burmese
11550 TAIWAN 0400-0430 Indonesian
" TAIWAN 2200-2230 Indonesian
11745 TAIWAN 0500-0530 Indonesian
11760 TAIWAN 1300-1430 Mandarin
11875 ABU DHABI 2200-0000 English
15225 PALAU 0000-0030 English
15240 TAIWAN 2200-2330 English
15350 TAIWAN 0000-0030 Indonesian
15640 PALAU 0100-0130 Burmese
17800 PALAU 0400-0430 Indonesian
" PALAU 0500-0530 Indonesian
In A-11, a lot of difference:
6140 Kranji 1100-1300 English
9490 ABU DHABI 2300-2330 Burmese
9590 ABU DHABI 2200-0000 English
9655 Kranji 1600-1630 Burmese
9695 ABU DHABI 2200-2330 Indonesian
9965 PALAU 1300-1430 Mandarin
" PALAU 1430-1500 English
" PALAU 1600-1630 Mandarin
11700 Kranji 0500-0530 Indonesian
11780 Kranji 0100-0130 Burmese
12005 Kranji 0000-0030 Indonesian
17800 PALAU 0400-0430 Indonesian
" PALAU 0500-0530 Indonesian
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15)
CHINA 5050 Vo Beibu Bay Radio with smooth Chinese pop music singer at
1530 UT May 15. Heard on the upper flank, due of OHR like wiper signal on
5031 til 5051 kHz. S=7-8 signal. See also 5030 Sarawak, Malaysia.
17485 Surprisingly wide band signal of 16 kHz bandwidth on S=9+25dBm
strength level, despite of secondary target here in EUR. CRI Kashi site in
Arabic towards ME/NE. Extended Chinese violine music.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15/16)
CHINA 11845.506 Xianyang site tx seemingly very odd all the time. Noted
again at 0705 UT May 15 with CNR second program.
3280 VoPujiang, Shanghai, narrow audio bandwidth. Many ID's at 1430 UT, May
15, in Chinese/Amoy, S=9+5dBm.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15)
CUBA 15120 RHC Bauta or San Felipe 'Titan' outlet at 1110 UT May 13,
S=6-7 here in EUR. Also \\ 15230 on clear channel, but lower signal strength
of S=5.
15360 kHz suffers heavy QRM by US-IBB R Mashaal outlet to central Asia from
Iranawila site on CLN, 1217 UT May 13.
All other 25 mb channels from Cuba doesn't work on our noon 11-13 UT slot
during April-Sept periode. Covered by a lot of other services co-channel,
like 11690 CRI Xian English, 11760 CRI Kunming English and BBC Oman, 11830
nothing observed, 12040 VOA Chinese from Iranawila and CHN jamming.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 13)
11830 RHC in Spanish at 1147 UT, featured reports from local provincias,
like from Provincia Cubana de Granma. S=9+30dBm, \\ weak at same time on
11760, and very tiny on 11690, 12040, 15230 kHz. 15120 S=9+5dBm{but
co-channel QRM Riyadh in Bengali on odd 15119.968 kHz, heavy 60 Hertz BUZZ
tone}, 15360 at S=9+20dBm signal strength.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 16)
INDIA 15795 AIR Bangalore in Chinese sce S=5-6 strength, played Indian
film music at 1200 UT May 13. Signal covered co-channel by CHN jamming, -
talk spoken jammer - not Firedrake mx.
\\ same AIR programme + jammer on 17705 kHz, but stronger at S=9+10dB level,
heterodyne QRM by BSKSA Riyadh-ARS co-channel. On 3rd AIR-Chinese channel
11840 kHz only China mainland talk jammer in Chinese on air today.
15409.957 AIR Panaji site, carried Thai language service at 11-12 UT, noted
weak S=7 signal at 1134 UT, very distorted audio feeder line, many breaks in
between.
12025 AIR Panaji, Hindi, terrible audio quality at 1642 UT May 15.
4759.907 and rather 4760.0 kHz, two different programs, probably two AIR
services from Port Blair and Leh, at 1510 UT May 15.
4870.021 AIR Voice of Kashmir in Kashmiri at 1516 UT May 15, S=8 signal.
5015 Terrible noise audio of 60 Hertz BUZZ (like BSKSA Riyadh) signal noted
at 1523 UT May 15. Similar terrible broadcast signals from Khampur site on
9620 kHz Persian, and 9950 kHz in Swahili.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 13/15)
INDONESIA 3345 RRI Ternate noted with talk by some females in Indonesian,
1440 UT May 15. S=5 signal in Japan.
9525.959 Voice of Indonesia, very weak and poor under threshold level at
1618 UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15)
ISRAEL 15850 Galei Zahal armed forces radio from Yavne in Hebrew, usually
poor signal these days, but today at May 16 rather more than fair level at
S=8. Talk on Herzl ...
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15)
JORDAN 15290 Jordan Radio Amman from Al Karanah site, excellent audio
quality, Arabic mx at 1127 UT May 13. S=9+20dB in EUR. Professional sounded
station ID by female at 11.28:04 UT, followed by short news bulletin
1128-1130 UT by male announcer. TX switched off suddenly midst on the news
sentence at 11.29:50 UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 13)
KOREA D.P.R./KOREA Rep. Of/TAIWAN 11679.773 KCBS Pyongyang at 0715 UT
May 15, S=9+15dBm on Tokyo site rx. 11679.802 noted again at 1635 UT, S=6-7
strength. 6398.619 Pyongyang BS Kanggye in Korean, time signal pips at 1600
UT, S=9+25dBm.
6517.978 and \\ 6600.0 both Voice of the People program in Korean at 1605
UT May 15, jammed by North Korea, S=9+15dBm.
9705 North Korean jamming against KBS Seoul in Korean language to Near
East, Arabian peninsula, NoAF, to foreign workers, 16-18 UT. But jamming not
marked in Aoki list.
At same time 1630 UT similar jamming against Furusato no Kaze via Tainan-TWN
site on 9780 kHz, mentioned frequencies and web site address at 1628-1630
UT.
2349.715 KCBS Pyongyang Sariwon - shrill female chorus singer noted at 1420
UT. S=5 signal. \\ Disturbance channel on 3350 kHz at 1443 UT. 2850.027
S=9+20dBm, 6250.458, 9665.473 at 1623 UT. Also close by 3959.0 and 3970.565
kHz, S=7-8. Not in Aoki list: 5700 kHz at 1545 UT, S=7-8.
On May 16 at 1130 UT 9665.416 at 1130 UT.
11679.847 KCBS Pyongyang at 1140 UT May 16.
3560 feeder of Voice of Korea, La Voix de Coree, Kujang noted at 1445 UT
May 15, S=9+15dBm. But feeder seemingly is not noise free and mixed with
another different program feed content from the BC house?
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15)
MALAYSIA 5030.022 RTM Sarawak FM, nice guitar music, ID at 1520 UT,
covered by a like wiper signal!? 1525 UT May 15. S=8-9 level. 5031 to 5051
kHz wiper signal, OHR type of China or Australia ?
6049.619 RTM Sarawak program via Kajang at 1550 UT May 15, S=9+5dBm on
remote rx in Japan.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15)
MOROCCO 15341.137 wandered to x.144 kHz between 1125 UT and 1220 UT, May
13. RTM Nador tx site, carried boring Arabic monotonous mens chorus singing.
S=7-8 fair signal here in EUR, despite main lobe towards 129 degrees to
Saudi Arabian peninsula target.
On May 16 at 1215 UT noon political talks, nx, and culture film report from
Cannes, France?, on 15341.144 kHz, wandered down til 1250 UT then on
15341.129 kHz, S=8-9 level.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 13/16)
PAKISTAN 3975 Probably Radio Pakistan Islamabad in Urdu/Kashmiri, noted
on weak level at 1455 UT, May 15, S=5-6, deep fade signal on remote rx in
Japan.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15)
PORTUGAL/KOREA D.P.R. 15180v Terrible audio signal mixture and 30 Hertz
hum observed at 1110 UT May 13. RDP Lisbon on 15179.991 and co-channel
VoKorea Pyongyang as La Voix de Coree in French towards Canada and Americas
on 15179.964 kHz hit each other. RDP presenter of Catholic mass live
coverage - Fatima mentioned often -.
<http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/Articolo.asp?c=486580>
On May 13th, the Church celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima. During
his May 2010 visit to Portugal, Pope Benedict presided a special mass for
tens of thousands of pilgrims on this feast day in Fatima, to honour the
tenth anniversary of the beatification of Francisco and Jacinta, two of the
three children to whom Our Lady appeared in the small Portuguese village
almost a century ago. The two shepherd children died when they were still
very young.
But Sr. Lucia Dos Santos, the last of the three to survive, lived in her
convent in Coimbra, Portugal until her death in 2005 at the ripe age of 98.
Pope John Paul II had a special relationship with Sr. Lucy as she is also
known.
Theirs was a friendship that spanned decades,- until the Pope John Paul's
own death in 2005, less than two months after the passing of Sr. Lucy. The
two had kept in touch regularly - up to the very last days of their lives -
and as you'll soon hear in this program by Tracey McClure, with special ...
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 13)
SAUDI ARABIA 9714.989 Surprisingly odd frequency BSKSA Riyadh in Arabic
Quran morning prayer performance, followed by Arabic nx at 0500 UT May 16,
S=5-6 weak signal in EUR. All other Riyadh outlets in 25 to 16 mb were on
even frequencies this morning.
But at 1305 UT noted BSKSA Riyad's Holy Quran program on odd 17625.032 kHz,
and \\ 17895.000, both S=9+20dBm, 12-14 UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 16)
SRI LANKA 15209.367 YFR in Marathi language via Ekala Ceylon tx relay
site started with ID at 1330 UT. On upper flank noted S=8-9 in EUR, but
heavy QRM here on adjacent CRI Kashi powerhouse in French at main lobe on
15205!
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 13)
TAIWAN UNID NUMBER STATION 10182 Very weak signal of a number station
in - probably - SoEaAsian language noted at 0722 UT May 15. Signal just
above threshold, puzzled me, I couldn't even recognize the exotic language.
ENIGMA website reported 10182 New Star Broadcasting in Mandarin from Taiwan.
11549.851 YFR via Tainan-TWN site in Indonesian langauge at 1135 UT May 16.
S=2-3 just above threshold, here in EUR.
11714.891 RTI Tainan-TWN in English played modern Chinese pop singer at
1145 UT May 16. Weak and fluttery in EUR.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15/16)
TAIWAN/CHINA SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng and Chinese mainland jamming situation
at 06-07 UT May 15.
Firedrake music with some SOH talk underneath noted on 7970 10300 12240
12900 13920 14700 15900 16100 16980, and 17170 strongest of all outlets.
SOH or CNR talk jammer? - heard at 0630-0730 UT on totally distorted 13820
kHz, S=8 signal in Japan. \\ 10968.00 11500 12600 12980 13980 14470 14960
15970 16700 16980 17920 kHz.
350 Hertz heterodyne noted in 13-14 UT slot on 15265v kHz, scheduled RTI
CBS2 Tanshui relay in Chinese to mainland China, unindentified UTE? peak on
15265.343 kHz.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15/16)
TAJIKISTAN/CHINA/GERMANY 15543.00 Voice of Tibet on usual odd frequency
from Dushanbe Yangi Yul tx site in Tibetan, at 1214 UT May 13. Heavy CHN
Firedrake music on adjacent 15540 kHz.
Same on May 16 at 1200-1230 UT, VoT 15543 kHz S=8 signal slight stronger in
EUR than Firedrake music on 15540 at S=5-6 level. But from 1230-1300 UT VOT
on 15547 kHz then, and accompanied Chinese Firedrake music jammer 8 kHz up
on 15555 kHz.
11794.920 Voice of Russia in Arabic via Orzu-TJK, seldom odd frequency in
CIS, noted at 1640 UT May 15, S=6 level.
4765.044 Seldom odd frequency broadcast of Tajik Radio from Yangi Yul-TJK
at 1504 UT May 15, S=5-6 in Japan.
15645 kHz Radio Free North Korea via Dushanbe Yangi Yul-TJK, short sentence
in Japanese at 1425 UT, then followed by Korean speech. Scheduled 12-14 UT?
S=4-5 only in EUR.
15675 RFA ID in English, mentioned Tibetan service here at 1230 UT,
apparently 5 kHz up of registered 15670 kHz from Dushanbe Yangi Yul site, on
latter 15670 still Chinese talk echo jamming. -- and next door 15680 kHz
another US propaganda R Azadi in Dari via Wertachtal site with 500 kW.
At 1340 UT observed VOT via Dushanbe Yangi Yul site on 15279.0 kHz. But no
Firedrake music jammer occured here close by ! Instead China jamming by
Firedrake music occured on 'lonely' 15430 kHz, some 151 kHz away, much
effective for VoT audience...
And another VOT service at 13335-1400 UT logged on 15542 kHz hit by Chinese
firedrake music of 15540 kHz.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 13/15/16)
THAILAND/CHINA/UAE 17515 Seldom strange mixture from 1255-1300 UT
fade-out of YFR Cambodian program via Al Dhabbaya-UAE 12-13 UT, but covered
by a strong carrier of (empty) waiting Chinese jamming tx, which started
sudden crash start at 1300 UT S=9+25dBm, seemingly to cover(in EUR) BBC
Uzbek program from Nakhon Sawan-THA, scheduled here at 1300-1330 UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 16)
UNIDENTIFIED 5700 maybe SOH or Korean language signal at 1545 UT, S=7-8.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15)
USA 9330.113 WBCQ The Planet, Monticello, at 0450 UT May 16, S=8-9.
Program "Radio For Eleven", address P.O.Box 416, Ontario. 9330.111 kHz at
1120 UT.
9369.984 WTJC Morehead City, observed in our European morning at 0455 UT
May 16, S=8-9. 9369.941 kHz at 1125 UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 16)
VANUATU 3945 (Tentat.) fluttery signal of western pop mx, probably from
Port Vila, S=5-6 signal, 1450 UT May 15.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15)
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Log of reception on May 12 at 0000-0045 UT on remote SDR unit in SoAS:
3320 Tentat. R Sonder Grense, Afrikaans/English fragments at 0010 UT, S=5
signal, the only bc signal in 90mb at that time.
3985{3984.992} Croatian Radio from Deanovec, well modulated heard on S=6-7
level at 0017 UT.
4760 AIR Port Blair tentat., male singer up to S=5 signal, weak and fluttery
at 0019 UT.
4800 AIR Hyderabad, played flute music at 0022 UT, S=9+15dB.
4810 AIR Bhopal, IS at 0023 UT, S=9+5dB.
4840 AIR Mumbai, S=9+5dB at 0026 UT.
4880 AIR Lucknow in Hidi talk, weak at S=7 level.
4910 AIR Jaipur noted with S=8 fluttery signal at 0027 UT.
4920 AIR Madras, one of the strongest signal at S=9+25dB level.
4940 AIR Guwahati, fluttery weak signal of S=5 level, logged at 0029 UT.
4950{approx. 4949.971} AIR Kashmir Srinagar, long IS play at 0030 UT, weak
S=7 signal.
Unid English talk noted on 4965 kHz, I guess was CVC Lusaka, from Makeni
ranch transmitter site. At 0040 UT May 12, weak S=6-7 signal. No co-ch
Shimla heard.
4970 AIR Shillong very weak, under threshold S=3-4 at 0044 UT.
5010 AIR Thiruvananthapuram, typical subcontinent music(for foreigners ears)
at 0047 UT, most strongest 60 mb signal at S=9+30dB level.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 12)
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 09:28:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
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Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 15-16, 2011
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** ANTARCTICA. 15476, May 16 tune-in at 1230 and LRA36 is already on with
pr?lude, S7 to S9+10 peaks. I figured I had time for a quick Firedrake scan,
see CHINA. Retune at 1238 just in time for ``Soy Feliz`` theme and XYL bidding
us buenos d?as, mentioning bicentenario of something, phone numbers, one ending
in 0054. By 1250 with music has built to S9+18, so not too distracting from the
Endeavour launch at 1255. Still music only past 1300, 1314. By 1415 music has
declined to only S8-S9+8, somewhat weaker than the Slavic on 15480 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake May 16:
16100, JBA at 1234
14700, very poor at 1235
13920, fair at 1235 with heavy ute QRM
13850, poor at 1235
12980, fair at 1235
12240, fair with flutter at 1235, only open carrier
11500, fair with het, CCI
Next group post 1300:
16100, poor at 1344
15970, fair at 1344
15430, fair at 1345
14900, good at 1345
13920, good at 1346 now over the ute
11500, fair at 1422 now atop the QRM
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11760, I meant to check earlier for RHC as listed by WRTH Update for
Sundays only after 1530, but nothing there at 1720 May 15. Probably was a stray
line from a previous schedule that did not get deleted.
13880 had been on a few minutes before, produced by 13680 leaping over 13780,
but May 16 at 1347, RHC is absent from 13680, breakdown? Next check at 1420,
it`s back (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 15530, May 16 at 0527 nice ME music, pr?lude if not IS, 0530 three
notes, Spanish ID as Voz de la Rep?blica Isl?mica de Ir?n, choral anthem, 0531+
into Qur`an, the qantor introduced by name. Fair signal with heavy flutter
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 9595, surprised to hear Japanese pop music Monday May 16 at 1410, as
R. Nikkei used to sign off earlier, but Aoki now shows it until 1500 M-F, -1130
Sat, -1230 Sun (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOROCCO. 15345+, RTM, May 15 at 2059 Arabic music and talk at S9+20, but
modulation not up to par; 2059.5 to open carrier, and off at 2100.0* precisely,
so certainly no doubt about sign-off time now, and hour earlier due to DST. May
have uncovered an extremely weak signal on 15345-, which would be Argentina.
However, May 16 at 1416 it`s still on 15341, so did not switch to 15345 at
nominal 1400 during DST; hardly any het from HCJB audible today (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1430, on a Sunday drive slightly NW of Enid, had sufficient
reception of KALV Alva, despite its near-null, to tell at 2130 UT May 15 that
they are still IDing as ``AM Stereo 14-30, KALV, Alva``.
As in DXLD 11-19, ``F.C.C. FINES: MM&K of Alva, Inc. Licensee of KALV(AM) Alva,
Oklahoma Fined $7,000, for failing to timely file a license renewal application
for the Station, and for continuing to operate the Station after its license
expired (IRCA DX Monitor April 22 via DXLD)``. There was also something fishy
about their FM (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [and non]. 15385, Monday May 16 at 1424 open carrier, 1424:46, only
one iteration of IS before 1425 beginning weekly Emisi?n Sefarad, fair signal,
no frequency schedule given at outset. Later on it sounded like plain old
Castilian to me.
But more interesting was 11880 via Costa Rica // 15595 direct, `?frica Hoy`,
playing HOA music from Eritrea, concluding at 1428 by asking listeners to tell
them by what platform they listen, to africahoy @ rtve.es. I vote for onda
corta! Also gave lengthy physical postal address once which I could not copy
completely, not that I am ever going to use it. Anyway, it`s on page 474 of
WRTH 2011; evidently they have abandoned the 6-digit apartado; box rent too
expensive? These two followed with the weekday quadrilingual news headlines,
Portuguese first, Justin Coe in English at 1435-1437.5 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15795, at 1720 May 15, has a hymn playing, OM soloist with piano, so
now WWRB test on new frequency is underway. Only fair signal, but better than
very poor one from 15825 WWCR. Helps to be a bit further away and/or the
rhombic antenna lobe is more favorable. In the next 3 hours some others
reported it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15825, May 16 at 1316, WWCR is inbooming at S9+25 such that the
squeal accompanying #1 is audible along with `Inspirations Across America` with
commercials, tnx to sporadic-E boost, but by 1345 it`s sunk back to very poor
level, while 15610 WEWN with Mo. Angelica is now getting a boost to S9+25,
another 1-megameter signal from a different direxion. But no Es on VHF yet by
1620 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 860, MW bandscan on Sunday May 15 at 2148 found dead air on this
frequency, normally KKOW Pittsburg KS. On caradio it was hard to tell whether
carrier was also off, but I think it was on. By 2202 recheck they were making
up for the silence by running double audio! Local commercials, plus CBS News
and its commercials, ``20/20 Weather on KKOW . . . Classic Country, 860 AM``.
Geez, doesn`t anyone monitor their own station? Even worse foulups have
previously been caught more than once from the other big 10 kW signal in the
area, KGGF 690 Coffeyville (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. Yet another Sunday without El Hugazo, May 15. I did not
even check the SW frequencies via CUBA before consulting the website which made
another excuse due to some other pre?mptive event. If and when he ever come
back, `Al?, Presidente` never starts at 1400, as still claimed on the RHC
schedule, and consequently in the WRTH Update, but always after 1530, and then
may run well past 1800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 55.25 MHz, after some Mexican Es TV DX earlier May 15 at
1438-1452+, the MUF poked hi enough again to channel 2 video, briefly around
1726 UT for a silly ballgame; at first I thought it might be b?isbol, but a
brief clearer look showed it to be f?tbol; with CCI.
Chances are 99% it was from M?xico, antenna SSE, but to maintain my interest I
will hope it was from further afield. The past two summers without US analog
blockage, I have never managed to ID any TVDX beyond Mexico or possibly Cuba.
Meanwhile the TV stays parked on snowy channel 2 much of the time (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 12:57:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: kris <kris251...@yahoo.com>
To: Kris Janssen <kris251...@yahoo.com>
Subject: [HCDX] appeal : feedback on the reporting of Radio Damascus
with regard to the exceptional events taking place in Syria.
Message-ID: <250387.51093...@web130105.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Dear radio friends,
My friends at Radio Damascus asked me to launch an appeal to provide them with
feedback and comments on the reporting of Radio Damascus with regard to the
exceptional events taking place in Syria.
You can write them at :
Radio Damascus
P.O. Box 4702
Damascus
Syrian Arab Republic
or send your comments by e-mail at :
radiodamascusengl...@yahoo.com
Best regards,
Kris
Belgium
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 15:38:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com, HCDX <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] logs of May 12 til 16th
Message-ID: <859699.27025...@web114015.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
--- On Mon, 5/16/11, Wolfgang Bueschel <buesch...@web.de> wrote:
> MALAYSIA???5030.022? RTM Sarawak FM,
> nice guitar music, ID at 1520 UT,
> covered by a like wiper signal!? 1525 UT May 15. S=8-9
> level. 5031 to 5051
> kHz wiper signal, OHR type of China or Australia ?
Seems like you are describing CODAR, right? (gh, DXLD)
>
> TAIWAN/CHINA???SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng and
> Chinese mainland jamming situation
> at 06-07 UT May 15.
>
> Firedrake music with some SOH talk underneath noted on 7970
> 10300 12240
> 12900 13920 14700 15900 16100 16980, and 17170 strongest of
> all outlets.
>
> SOH? or CNR talk jammer? - heard at 0630-0730 UT on
> totally distorted 13820
> kHz, S=8 signal in Japan. \\ 10968.00 11500 12600 12980
> 13980 14470 14960
> 15970 16700 16980 17920 kHz.
In this last part, do you mean that all those // frequencies were not with
Firedrake? (gh, DXLD)
>
> 350 Hertz heterodyne noted in 13-14 UT slot on 15265v kHz,
> scheduled RTI
> CBS2 Tanshui relay in Chinese to mainland China,
> unindentified UTE? peak on
> 15265.343 kHz.
> (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15/16)
The het is always there during this hour; surely just another jamming technique
(gh, DXLD)
>
> UNIDENTIFIED???5700? maybe SOH or
> Korean language signal at 1545 UT, S=7-8.
> (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 15)
Second harmonic of KCBS Pyongyang on 2850 (gh, DXLD)
>
> USA???9330.113? WBCQ The Planet,
> Monticello, at 0450 UT May 16, S=8-9.
> Program "Radio For Eleven", address P.O.Box 416,
> Ontario.? 9330.111 kHz at
> 1120 UT.
It`s Radio 2:11, Orangeville, Ont., as I have often mentioned (gh)
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 16:30:38 -0700 (PDT)
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: <845311.5585...@web30705.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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>>>
CHINA?? Xinjiang PBS?? 7275? 0430 GMT? Chinese? 333? May 9? YL and OM with
comments.?? Mackenzie-CA..
COSTA RICA?? Radio Exterior Espana Relay-REE?? 9630? 0359 GMT? Spanish? 333?
May
9? YL and OM with comments and REE ID 0400 GMT in the Diaria program.
//9620[333]Spain.??? Mackenzie-CA..
ENGLAND?? Voice of Germany-DW Relay?? 9480? 0407 GMT? German? 333? May 9? OM
with comments. OM with DW ID 0410 GMT.??? MacKenzie-CA..
GREECE?? Foni Tis Helladas?? 9420? 0415 GMT? Greek? 333? May 9th? YL with
comments.??? MacKenzie-CA..
ROMANIA?? Radio Romania Intl-RMI?? 7310? 0425 GMT? English? 433? May 9? Two OMs
with comments on terrorists getting supplies from China.??? MacKenzie-CA..
RUSSIA?? Voice of Russia-VOR?? 9735? 0345 GMT? Spanish? 433? May 9? YL and OM
with comments.? Then OM singing opera music.??? Mackenzie-CA..
SPAIN?? China Radio Intl Realay-CRI?? 9690? 0350 GMT? English? 444? May 9th?
Two
OMs with comments on the? American Idol TV show.? YL with China Studio program
ID 0355 GMT.? //9790[433]via Cuba.??? MacKenzie-CA..
...
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
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 19:58:11 -0700
From: Guy Atkins <d...@guyatkins.com>
To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] RF PRO-1A vs. ALA1530 Loop Antenna Comparison Review
Message-ID: <banlktikfe_ghdovha0vfpzk-_uybvyj...@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
For the last few months I've been doing some methodical comparing of the
signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio of many stations as heard through the Pixel
Technologies RF PRO-1A and Wellbrook Communications ALA1530 active loop
antennas. Using the spectrum analyzer qualities of the Perseus SDR receiver
I've been able to be very objective on which loop antenna gives the best
reception on all the LW, MW, and HF bands.
I've written a detailed review of the two loops which contains S/N charts
for all bands, plus a selection of "A-B" comparison MP3 recordings and the
original MS Excel spreadsheet file of raw S/N data available for download.
I've sent the review to some DX hobby web sites for possible publication,
but Wellbrook has chosen to make the PDF file available now for download
from their site:
http://www.wellbrook.uk.com/reviews/ALA1530-vs-RFPRO-1AReview.pdf
I hope you find the comparison review useful. It was very interesting and
refreshing to use a receiver like Perseus as a S/N measuring tool rather
than just making observations "by ear" as I've done for all my previous
reviews and articles over the years.
73,
Guy Atkins
Puyallup, WA USA
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 101, Issue 17
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