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Today's Topics:
1. Radio Tirana, German new colour QSL serie (Wolfgang Bueschel)
2. FEBC (Charles Bolland)
3. Logs from RMRC DX camp (Eike Bierwirth)
4. Re: Dxers Unlimited's mid week edition for 31 July 1 August
script (Prof.Arnaldo Coro Antich)
5. Hawaii - Oahu gets another dose of sports radio (Paul)
6. HCDX logs between 2007-07-31 0000 UTC and 2007-08-01 0000 UTC
(Risto Kotalampi)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:07:41 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Tirana, German new colour QSL serie
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
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From: "Dr. Anton J. Kuchelmeister" Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 6:51 PM
Subject: [A-DX] Radio Tirana, Deutsch: ab Sommer neue Farb-QSL
ALBANIA New R Tirana QSL series on R Tirana German service.
Coloured postcard format.
1) Bay of Saranda
2) Himara beach
3) Voskopoja near Korca
4) Beach and hotel at Jale
Look at
<http://rthk.agdx.de/>
or
<http://www.agdx.de/rthk/>
Radio Tirana, Deutsch: ab Sommer neue Farb-QSL. Auf Initiative und
Erledigung durch den deutschsprachigen Radio Tirana Hoererklub, dessen
Klubleiter Werner Schubert, gibt es nun (ab Sommer 2007) vier neue QSL fuer
Deutsche Sendungen von Radio Tirana:
FarbQSL der Serie A:
Tourismus (ab Sommer 2007; jeweils Postkartengroesse 10,5 cm x 15 cm)
Die 4 Karten dieser Serie zeigen:
1) Bucht bei Saranda
2) Strand bei Himara
3) Voskopoja bei Korca
4) Strand und Hotel in Jale
Auf der Web Site des deutschsprachigen Radio Tirana Hoererklubs sind diese
FarbQSL anzuschauen:
<http://rthk.agdx.de/>
bzw. auch
<http://www.agdx.de/rthk/>
Zur Erinnerung: derzeitiger Sendeplan von Radio Tirana in Deutsch
Mo-Sa, 1800-1830 UTC, 1458 kHz
Mo-Sa, 1930-2000 UTC, 7465 kHz
(via Dr. Anton J. Kuchelmeister-D DK5TL, wwdxc BC-DX July 29)
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 10:36:12 +0100
From: "Charles Bolland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] FEBC
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Robert Wilkner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[email protected]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Logs DSWCI Logs
DSWCI Logs DSWCI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Philippines, 9430, Far East Broadcasting Corp. 1015-1035, Noted a male and
Female
Chinese (Mandarin scheduled) language comments until 1030. At 1030 music
presented.
This is suppose to be parallel on 9400 KHz (ex-9405), but couldn't hear it on
either, only
9430 KHz. Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland, July 31, 2007)
Clewiston Florida
NRD535D
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:51:07 +0200
From: "Eike Bierwirth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs from RMRC DX camp
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These are a few of my logs from the RMRC DX camp in Langenselbold, near Hanau,
Central Germany. Conditions seemed favourable, and the good performance of the
RMRC dipole antenna helped a lot. The dipole was approx. 10 meter long each
side, and the central point was hoisted up a flagpole. I used it on my JRC
NRD-525 receiver.
ETHIOPIA. Radio Ethiopia was heard in Somali on 26 July, 12.22 UTC on both
frequencies in parallel: 7165.0 and 9560.6 kHz, with SINPO 32432 and 33322. It
was heard again on 28 July at 1358 UTC, now on 9560.3, listed as Afar language,
which may well be so to the sound of it, then at 1400 heard their IS and then
the Arabic program, SINPO 32422.
BRAZIL. Radio Cancao Nova was heard in the middle of the day on 9675 kHz at
12.37 UTC on 26 July with SINPO 34322. They brought a sermon in Portuguese.
NIGER. La Voix du Sahel, heard on 26 July at 1302 UTC on 9705 kHz with French
news about the "president of the Republic of Niger, the safeguard of the
constitution". SINPO 34433. Also heard on 29 July at 0605 UTC with SINPO 33443.
PALAU. Heard a chinese talking station which presumably is T8BZ Koror from
Palau. Received on 9965 kHz on 26 July at 1348 UTC with SINPO 23422.
MOLDOVA. The breakaway station Radio DMR from Pridnestrovye was heard with
their English broadcast on 26 July, 1600 UTC at SINPO 53443. Pridnestrovyan
officials seemed to be annoyed by a declaration of the EU parliament that human
rights were neglected in the arrest of two terrorists in that forgotten part of
Europe.
MADAGASKAR. Radio Madagasikara, music, national anthem, 3 x IS and sign off.
Heard on 26 July at 1854 UTC with SINPO 33322.
AUSTRALIA. I heard all 3 transmitters of the NTSS network on all 6 frequencies
- all for the first time! 26 July, 1902 UTC, phone-in show about football
coaching, on 2485 (SINPO 35333), 2325 (25322), and 2310 kHz (22322). ID as "ABC
Darwin" after the 1930 news. A little later I heard them sign off at 2130, and
re-appear on 60m: 4835 (SINPO 33333), 4910 (33333) and 5025 kHz (42333) with
another news edition.
BELARUS. Kanal Kultura seems still to be on: music heard on 7265 kHz on 27 July
at 1345. SINPO 34322. Unfortunately no ID, but what else could it be?
TANZANIA. Radio Tanzania Zanzibar still very strong, heard on 27 July at 1950
UTC on 11735 kHz with 54543. Speech, IDs, news.
SINGAPORE. A whole bundle of Mediacorp stations also made it around the globe
on 27 July: The Malayan Radio Warna, heard at 2325 UTC on 7235 kHz with SINPO
53443, chatting about a festival and numerous references to Malaysia and
Singapora (sic). The Tamil Oli 96.8 FM on 7275 kHz, heard at 2335 UTC with
SINPO 43433 (ads and music). The English 938-LIVE with report and jingle/ID at
2342 UTC, SINPO 32432. And traces of the Mandarin channel (dunno which FM
station actually was relayed) could be heard beneath RHC and Radio Prague on
6000 kHz at 2348 UTC, SINPO 22422.
COLOMBIA. La Voz de Guaviare, ID, jingle, national anthem and sign off, heard
on 28 July at 0258 UTC, SINPO 33322.
MONGOLIA. Voice of Mongolia, English news and festival report, 28 July
1000-1030 UTC, 12085 kHz, SINPO 34322.
LATVIA. Special LIVE broadcast of the Rhein-Main Radio Club with reports about
the DX camp where I heard this broadcast, featuring interviews with
participants, myself included, recorded a few hours earlier on the camp site
(not a campsite!). 9290 kHz via Ulbroka, on 28 July, 1700-1900 UTC, booming in
with 55555.
BOLIVIA. Radio Mosoj Chaski heard for the first time, 3310 kHz, 29 July, 0120
UTC, music and phone-in, SINPO 34232. Closedown at 0135 UTC.
BRAZIL. Radio Mundial, with woman in Portuguese, on 29 July at 0138 UTC, 3325
kHz, SINPO 22222.
BOLIVIA. Radio San Miguel on new 4691.39 kHz, on 29 July at 0154 UTC, music
program, closedown without anthem at 0252 UTC. SINPO 34232.
GUATEMALA. Radio Buenas Nuevas, 4799.80 kHz, moving down to 4799.78, heard on
29 July at 0229 UTC. Music, sermon, phone-in show. Frequency announcement in
Spanish at 0423 UTC, close-down 0425 UTC, later than listed. SINPO 32222. Lots
of static.
SUDAN. The state radio from Omdurman was heard with equal level to Radio
Bulgaria (in Russian) on the same frequency on 7200 kHz (29 July, 0300 UTC)
with news in Arabic. SINPO 52432.
BRASIL. Radio Difusora de Macap?, music, frequencies and clear ID in
Portuguese, heard on 29 July at 0332 UTC on 4914.95 kHz. SINPO 32222.
UK. US gospel station "Leading the Way" via Skelton, in combined
English/Russian language broadcast, heard on 9845 kHz at 0340 UTC on 29 July.
SINPO 35433.
ETHIOPIA. Radio Fana, drums and talk on 7210 kHz on 29 July at 0407 UTC. SINPO
34222.
ERITREA. Voice of Broad Masses noted back on 7100 kHz, nothing of 7090. HoA
music and talk, 29 July, 0410 UTC, SINPO 22322.
IRAQ/KURDISTAN. Voice of Iraqi Kurdistan apparently still there, oriental music
heard under heavy utility QRM on 6335 kHz (29 July, 0440 UTC) with SINPO 42432.
PERU. A single Peruvian log: Radio Victoria with brass music heard on 6019.53
kHz on 29 July at 0451 UTC, SINPO 32322. Not heard on 9720.
ANGUILLA. On the air this time, Gene Scott with his usual speeches was heard on
6090 kHz, but I tuned away very fast not only because of the program but also
because it was buried between the two strong DRM signals on 6085 and 6095. 29
July, 0525 UTC, SINPO 41431.
ALBANIA. Trans World Radio, 29 July, 0531 UTC (a little late), with what seemed
to be a multilingual loop, the Polish part seemed to say that they have
problems with their antenna. SINPO 44444.
COLOMBIA. Marfil Est?reo heard well on 5910 kHz on 29 July at 0532 UTC. Music
program with jingles after each second song. SINPO 34323.
GUINEA. Radio Conakry, earlier than listed in WRTH, heard with non-stop african
music on 7125 kHz (29 July, 0630 UTC). Severe fading. SINPO 34322.
Altogether, 768 logs from 104 countries in 3 days. Good DX!!!
73,
Eike
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:51:54 -0400
From: "Prof.Arnaldo Coro Antich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Dxers Unlimited's mid week edition for 31 July 1
August script
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected],
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Radio Havana Cuba
Dxers Unlimited radio hobby program
Dxers Unlimited's weekend edition for 31 July 1 August 2007
By Arnie Coro
Radio amateur CO2KK
Hi amigos radioaficionados, it's certainly nice to share with you a
little more than a quarter of an our devoted to our wonderful hobby,
yours and mine... RADIO... I am Arnie Coro, radio amateur CO2KK and here
is item one of today's show... solar activity has gone down dramatically
during the past few days, with many days of zero sunspots count, giving
scientists a nice opportunity of increasing their knowledge about
complex process that take place 93 million miles away from Earth and
that have such a dramatic influence in the way radio signals propagate
via the ionosphere.
Item two: News from Norway, about the new 60 meters or 5 megaHertz
amateur band... for those who thought this was going to be a ham band
that will only be of interest in Tropical regions, here is a news item
that will certainly change that perspective:
Norwegian radio clubs are now experimenting on 60 meters, during the
long summer days way up North.
Registered Norwegian radio club stations there have enjoyed special
permission to test on 5 MHz .
Almost all of these club stations have one-letter call sign
suffixes and, in some situations, they may use the LE prefix instead of
the more common LA prefix typically used by Norwegian amateurs.
The special 60 meters authorization is restricted for use in emergency
communication or training, and Norwegian stations may not work stations
outside of Norway on 5 MHz.
Norway's elongated shape makes it impossible to communicate from one end
of the country to the other on 80 meters, and 40 meters "have its
shortcomings" during hours of darkness. "We are only allowed to use the
two frequencies 5.410 and 5.420 MHz, all modes, 100 W," a Norwegian
amateur league official said and he added that 60 meters can only be
used for communication
between Norwegian club stations engaged in emergency communication or
training for such communication, so this does not include any station
outside of Norway." Well, amigos, in my opinion, this is a step in the
right direction that will eventually lead to the telecommunications
authorities around the world realizing the importance of granting radio
amateurs more privileges to operate on the 60 meters band, a segment of
the radio spectrum that is particularly effective to assist during
emergencies...because of the excellent propagation conditions that are
possible for short range communications via sky wave on that frequency
range.
And more news, here at Dxers Unlimited's midweek edition, this one has
to do with the continuing positive impact of the decision about
removing article S25 from the International Telecommunications
Convention..S25 was the article of the Rules and Regulations e that made
mandatory that radio amateurs had to take a Morse Code Test if they were
to be allowed to operate on the HF bands.
News come from Papua New Guinea where theP29Z-prefix hams, that had VHF
only permits were granted HF access
Rick Warnett, P29KFS, reports that the principal legal officer for
PANGTEL, the telecommunications regulatory agency in Papua New
Guinea-has already authorized HF operation by those holding a Limited
Amateur Operator's Certificate of Proficiency (P29Z-prefix call signs).
So from now on, don't be surprised if you copy P29Z prefix call signs on
the HF amateur bands... More radio hobby related news and technical
information coming up in a few seconds, after a brief musical interval...
This is Dxers Unlimited's midweek edition coming to you from Havana, I
am Arnie Coro......
..........
Si amigos, this is Radio Havana Cuba, the name of the show is Dxers
Unlimited, and YES, SURE... we do QSL one hundred percent here, send
your signal reports and comments about our programs via e-mail directly
to me ... send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, again,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, or VIA AIR MAIL to Arnie Coro,
Radio
Havana Cuba, Havana, Cuba... Now Dxers Unlimited continues with more
radio hobby related information: Cell phones and amateur radio!!!
Everybody knows that whenever there is a massive emergency, cell phones
simply stop working, or in the best possible scenario, it is very
difficult to communicate using them. BUT, simple , relatively low cost
amateur radio two meters and seventy centimeter band equipment, that is
not dependent on super sophisticated computerized technologies like the
cell phone systems, continue to work nicely ,providing reliable
communications links that are not dependent of the number of users of
the system, the main limitation of cellular communications . That's why
amateur radio two meters band and 70 centimeter band repeaters continue
to be regarded as a most reliable way of communicating during
emergencies, something that here in Cuba we have confirmed here many times!
By the way, a low cost handheld FM two meter band transceiver and a very
simple antenna system is all you will need to stay in touch via a
repeater, even under the worst weather conditions.
Don't forget, if you are located in an area where hurricanes may hit, to
keep at hand an emergency preparedness kit that should include enough
batteries and a small AM-FM portable radio, as well as antennas and
other accessories for your amateur radio equipment. Providing emergency
communications is one of the most solid reasons why the amateur radio
bands are still allocated to the amateur radio service amigos... Keep
this always in mind, and help your local radio club emergency
coordinator as much as you can...
......
Coming to you from Havana, this is the weekend edition of Dxers
Unlimited amigos!
Now here is LA NUMERO UNO, our most popular section of Dxers
Unlimited.... YOU have questions and Arnie tries to answer them...Today,
I'll be answering not one, but three questions sent in by Dxers
Unlimited's listeners that are certainly of a great general interest to
radio hobby enthusiasts worldwide
Here is today's first question... Arnie, I am already experiencing a
lot of line noise on my radio coming from a nearby
13 kilovolts power line... what's going to happen if my utility starts
selling INTERNET service using the so called BPL or broadband over those
power lines...
ANSWER: I am afraid that if that happens you can't do anything, as the
noise level from 1 to 250 megaHertz in your area will increase
dramatically if BPL is brought into service... Already several European
nations' telecommunications authorities have decided to prohibit BPL
systems; yes they have simple banned BPL, after doing tests that
demonstrated that such systems could become a serious menace even to
vital safety of human life communications, including air traffic control
systems.
My own personal opinion is that BPL is doomed to failure, but not before
it causes a lot of problems to other users of the radio frequency
spectrum, because no engineer in his right state of mind can assure you
that those systems would not have radiation leaks that will interfere
with other users.
Question number two, pregunta dos... from listener
Mary Lou in the US state of Georgia. Mary Lou wants to know why does she
sometimes hear short wave broadcasts with a hollow sound, a sort of
echo... Well amiga , this happens when the short wave signals travel
from the transmitter to your radio along two different paths , and one
signal reaches your radio first than the other...The time difference
between the two arriving signals is what makes the audio of the station
sound in that particular way... And this is yet another reason for short
wave broadcast stations to limit the power of the transmitters to the
level required for a particular propagation path...Running five hundred
kilowatts transmitters to reach a target audience located one thousand
five hundred miles away or even less is not only a waste of money, but
is also frequently the cause of poor reception quality due to multi-path
propagation!!! Question number three:
This one is bit more technical; it came from South Africa, where
listener Mowani wants to know how he can repair a solar panel that no
longer is generating electricity. Well amigo Mowani, according to a
friend of mine that works for COPEXTEL the Cuban company that has
installed thousands of solar photovoltaic systems all along our
archipelago, sometimes solar panels stop working due to corrosion
problems at the terminals where the solar cells are connected... My
amigo Luis told me that you should very carefully check the connections
of the terminals, and proceed to clean them, or in case that you find a
broken wire to replace it with one of the same diameter... Luis also
said that a bad solar cell can make a panel totally inoperative, and
that he had fixed some panels by just going ahead and opening it and
placing a wire bridge across the bad solar cell. As you may realize,
solar cells produce about 700 millivolts each, so in order to achieve
the typical 14 to 16 volts open circuit voltage required to charge 12
volts storage batteries the solar panel must be assembled using many
series connected cells... One bad cell in the series will render the
solar panel useless, but as Luis my amigo said, with patience, care and
some technical ability , you can in many cases, make the panel useable
again !!! But don't forget, after you have it working again, to provide
protection against corrosion of the electrical terminals, and also to
give the panel's supporting structure a new coat of anti-corrosion
paint, followed by two coatings of high quality enamel paint... Service
life of well built solar panels is considered to be no less than ten
years, and experts here in Cuba where more than eight thousand solar
photovoltaic systems are already in use, believe that the life of the
expensive panels can be extended to up to 20 years with proper maintenance.
And now amigos, as always at the end of the program when I am here in
Havana, get ready to copy Arnie Coro's Dxers Unlimited's HF plus low
band VHF propagation update and forecast... Solar activity very low,
with solar flux below 71 units all the time .Several Dxers Unlimited
listeners have reported excellent late season Sporadic E skip events
this past week, with one especially impressive opening on July 29^th
that extended all over North America and the Caribbean, with the maximum
useable frequencies reaching well past the FM broadcast band and higher,
and of course giving also 6 meters and 2 meters bands ham operators a
chance to work some nice DX. The geomagnetic field is very quiet, but
summer conditions continue to expand the ionosphere during the daytime,
keeping the HF bands in rather poor shape during the local daylight
hours. See you all at the weekend edition of the program next Saturday
and Sunday UTC day's amigos!!!
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 07:19:13 +1200
From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Hawaii - Oahu gets another dose of sports radio
To: "Hard-Core-DX" <[email protected]>
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KUPA 1370 Reactivated
Oahu gets another dose of sports radio
THE talk was all Bill Walsh all the time on the sports radio station
yesterday afternoon.
Yes, it was probably on the sports station you're accustomed to
listening to, but it was also on KUPA-AM 1370.
The long-silent KUPA is broadcasting the national network programming
of Fox Sports Radio.
Utah-based Broadcasting Corp. of America bought the station two years
ago for $650,000 from another Utah company.
The station has a long history of call-letter changes, despite being
mostly off the air since Hawaii Public Radio Inc. sold it in 2002.
Broadcasting Corp. President Nathan Drage, an attorney, at first
thought he might put Hispanic programming on the station. By the time
his purchase closed in April of 2006, however, he was thinking about
sports programming -- and sports it is.
He could not be reached yesterday to provide details, such as the
studio or transmitter locations or whether he intends to put local
programming on the air.
At least four Oahu radio stations now traffic in sports talk: KUPA,
KKEA-AM 1420; KUMU-AM 1500; and KORL-AM 1180.
KKEA, branded as "Honolulu's ESPN Radio 1420 AM," has been doing
sports-talk the longest and its morning show, hosted by veteran
sports-talker Bobby Curran has a devout following.
KUMU has recently rounded up a variety of well-known morning show hosts
to go head-to-head against KKEA, including Jim and Kanoa Leahey,
attorney and sports fanatic Jeff Portnoy and another duo -- Bob Hogue
and Jai Cunningham. Longtime broadcaster John Noland recently joined
KUMU in the afternoons, where his part-sports show is up against
another local sports show on KKEA.
KORL's sports block was added last year in a time brokerage agreement
with Starcomm Wireless. Its programming airs from 6 to 10 p.m. Monday
through Friday and from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturdays, according to the KORL
Web site.
At the moment, the difference between KUPA and its sports-spewing
brethren is that the stations also sell blocks of time for other types
of programs.
http://starbulletin.com/2007/07/31/business/engle.html
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:05:02 +0000
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