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Today's Topics:
1. NOTTURNO ITALIANO (RAI INT.)ON SW TAPED IN FINLAND (francesco)
2. tips (Giampiero Bernardini)
3. Logs Indonesia y V. od Delina. (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO)
4. HCDX logs between 2007-10-02 0000 UTC and 2007-10-03 0000 UTC
(Risto Kotalampi)
5. Re: Dxers Unlimited's script for mid week edition 2-3 October
2007 (Prof.Arnaldo Coro Antich)
6. DX Club (Bedanta Das)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 17:12:59 +0200
From: "francesco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] NOTTURNO ITALIANO (RAI INT.)ON SW TAPED IN FINLAND
To: <[email protected]>
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NOTTURNO ITALIANO (RAI INT.)ON SW TAPED IN FINLAND
MAUNO RITOLA HAS BEEN ABLE TO TAPE RAI INTERNATIONAL ON 6060 kHz FROM PRATO
SMERALDO ON 01 OCTOBER AT 0358-0400 UTC. THIS MAY BE ONE OF THE LAST DOCUMENTS
OF RAI INTERNATIONAL ON SW.
OUR DEEP APPRECIATION TO MAUNO.
The audioclip is available at
http://swli05639fr.blogspot.com/
73's Francesco
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 03:17:50 +0200
From: "Giampiero Bernardini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] tips
To: "CUMBRE-DX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "DXLD"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Hard-Core-Dx" <[email protected]>
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Some tips,
very good Bhutan on 6035, San Miguel still on 4699,4 and Difusora Macapa
with problems to its transmitter
3396 1/10 2341 ZBC, Zimbabwe, songs, fair
4699,4 2/10 0046 Radio San Miguel, Bolivia, songs, poor
4746,88 2/10 0055 Radio Huanta 2000, Peru, talks, poor
4790 1/10 2335 Radio Pakistan, talks and chants, good
4800 2/10 0102 Voice of China, Qinghai, in EE till 0106 then in Chinese,
fair
4815 1/10 2331 Radio Difusora do Amazonas, Brazil, talks, fair
4825 1/10 2324 Radio Educadora Braganca, Brazil, sport, fair
4828 1/10 2320 Voice of Zimbabwe, music, fair
4835,576v 1/10 2315 Radio Mali, Bamako, afro music, very good
4915 1/10 2310 Radio Difusora Macap?, (pres.) Brazil, good but at 2314 off
air, tx problems?
4925 1/10 2305 RRI Jambi, Indonesia, news, poor
4965 1/10 2301 Voice of Africa, Zambia EE talks & songs, good
5010 2/10 00 0040 AIR Thiruvananthapuram, India, Indian songs, good
5040 2/10 0044 AIR Jeypore, India, songs, fair
6035 1/10 2358 BBS, Bhutan, open carrier and start of BC with music and
female id at 0000 good, fading
6155 2/10 0020 Radio Republica, Clandestine to Cuba, economics talks, good
RX: WinRadio G33EM
ANT: 30 meters wire
73
Giampiero
Giampiero Bernardini
Milano, Italy
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 20:19:45 +0200 (CEST)
From: JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs Indonesia y V. od Delina.
To: Frecuencia DX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Saludos cordiales.
INDONESIA 11785 Voz de Indonesia, 17:00-17:20, escuchada el 2 de octubre en
espa?ol, sinton?a, cu?a de identificaci?n en ingl?s, identificaci?n en espa?ol,
locutor con bolet?n de noticias, espacio ?El comentario?, espacio musical
indon?s, SINPO 44333.
Clandestina para Eritrea.
17690 V. of Delina, 18:00-18:10, escuchada el 2 de octubre en tigrilla,
comienza la emisi?n con identificaci?n en ingl?s de WHRA, a continuaci?n una
serie de cu?as de la emisora, locutor con saludo y presentaci?n, comentarios
con referencias a Am?rica, SINPO 55555.
Audio: http://jmromero782004.podomatic.com/#
?De donde transmite esta emisora?, por la se?al supongo que desde alg?n lugar
de Europa.
73 Jos? Miguel Romero.
Burjasot (Valencia)
Espa?a
Sangean ATS 909
Radio Master A-108
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 23:05:02 +0000
From: Risto Kotalampi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] HCDX logs between 2007-10-02 0000 UTC and 2007-10-03
0000 UTC
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:11:34 -0400
From: "Prof.Arnaldo Coro Antich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Dxers Unlimited's script for mid week edition 2-3
October 2007
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Radio Havana Cuba
Dxers Unlimited
Dxers Unlimited?s mid week edition October 2 -3 -2007
By Arnie Coro
Radio amateur CO2KK
Hi amigos, welcome to our mid week edition , coming to you Tuesdays and
Wednesdays UTC days. I am Arnie Coro , radio amateur CO2KK your host
here in Havana, and as always it is my pleasure to share with you about
seventeen minutes of on the air and on the web time. Here is now item
one of today?s program: The Headline : Back to Zero , yes back to zero
sunspot count after a very short break , when a single small sunspot was
seen? according to a recent analysis by a group of well known solar
scientists, cycle 23 actual minimum has required no less than three
revisions, and it has certainly extended beyond all forecasts. Another
relevant piece of information about this solar cycle is that the number
of consecutive days without sunspots has so far extended into two series
of great significance, when compared with other previous solar cycles.
For short wave listeners and amateur radio operators, as well as for
professional users of the HF spectrum, cycle?s 23 extended minimum has
already had a very significant negative impact, including, in the case
of amateur radio, rather low scores during the latest contests !!!
Item two: Less time on the air, or more time using the highly efficient
digital modes, like the PSK31 keyboard to keyboard brainchild of G3PLX
Peter Martinez that with just 10 Watts transmitter output and even a
very simple antenna is capable of providing nice two way amateur radio
contacts. Yes less time on the air is one option for ham radio operators
at this present stage of the solar cycle, that can then be devoted to
more home construction of radios, one of the 81 wonderful ways of
enjoying our wonderful hobby. At a recent edition of Dxers Unlimited, I
talked about new approaches to the design and construction of simple
short wave receivers, that have already proven to be quite feasible for
the average home builder? The Wheatstone Bridge Regenerative Receiver
Circuit is now available in both a vacuum tubes and a solid state
devices versions .. The solid state version provides amazing performance
according to my breadboard prototype tests, and it is also quite amazing
that this receiver works from a single 1.5 volts battery and requires a
current of less than one milliampere to provide full output into the
headphones. The circuit is very simple, and easy to reproduce without
requiring the use of a printed circuit board? as a matter of fact you
can assemble it using the now classic small islands technique, that is
gaining favor among homebrewers of ham radio gear?
Si amigos, yes my friends, oui mes amis? HF propagation conditions may
be very poor, band openings above 20 megaHertz rare or non existent, but
the radio hobby has so many different aspects that can be enjoyed ,
among them homebrewing receivers that have a very special sound when you
use them? because I can assure you that a radio that you assemble has a
unique sound to your ears? build your first homebrew radio and when it
starts bringing in stations, even if the first one is the local AM
broadcast band super power 50 kiloWatts transmitter , you will agree
with me that your homebrew radio has that very special sound too?
Stay right here on this same frequency or world wide web connection ?
Dxers Unlimited?s mid week edition will continue in just a few seconds
amigos ?
??
This is Radio Havana Cuba, the name of the show is Dxers Unlimited and
here is item three of the show? ASK ARNIE, la numero uno, the number one
most popular section of the program? The question that I will be
answering today here came from Australia, more precisely from Perth,
where amigo Ian picks up RHC?s 9550 kiloHertz frequency during the two
yearly equinoctial periods with what he describes as ?amazing
reception?? Amigo Ian wants to know more about the best antennas for
picking up very distant stations, that may be reaching his receiver at
very low angles above the horizon. Well Ian, low take off or receiving
angle antennas are difficult to install at urban locations, and the only
type of antenna that provides really low take off and receiving angles
above the horizon suited for an urban area is unfortunately prone to
picking up a lot of man made noise, something that will make reception a
lot more difficult.
During solar cycle 21 , I had installed a vertical antenna for the 20
meters amateur band that was about 120 electrical degrees high, and had
six elevated radials . The antenna itself was installed on my rooftop,
but the bottom of it was elevated about three meters from the reinforced
concrete roof. The six radials worked as the elevated ground plane, and
this antenna provided wonderful DX contacts around the world while using
less than 100 Watts. The zero decimal thirty three wavelength vertical
with elevated ground plane sent out and received signals at very low
angles above the horizon , and it worked so well that several of the
local ham radio Dxers visited me just to see the antenna, as during pile
ups, I often made contact with the rare DX station before the owner of
the best 20 meters 4 element Yagi antenna in town.
He was scratching his head how could CO2KK could beat him breaking a
pile up, when he had installed a huge 4 element full size 20 meters
Yagi? and I had to spend quite some time to explain to him that he would
need at least a 120 feet or about 36 meters high tower, in order to
achieve the low take off angle that my elevated ground plane was
providing. Fortunately at my city location, the noise level is rather
low, because as I have explained here several times, the man made noise
, man made interference is mostly vertically polarized, so a vertical
antenna picks up a lot more local noise than a horizontally polarized
antenna?
Amigo Ian, I have already sent to you the sketch of the elevated ground
plane antenna for 20 meters, which is the most popular DX band among
radio amateurs. You will also see in the drawings a table of dimensions
for the 17, 15, 12 and 10 meters band. An elevated ground plane antenna
for the lower frequency amateur bands like 30, 40 and 80 meters will be
difficult to build and install, and that?s why I didn?t include
information about them.
Now another question , this one came from Canada , where the short wave
listening hobby is , according to my analysis, a mostly winter time
activity for many Canadians? although as my good friend Bob Chandler ,
radio amateur VE3SRE from Toronto has told me, the summer time ham radio
contests, like the one held during Canada Day national celebration are
also very popular? The question came from
Quebec City, where amigo Robert lives. He wants to know about amateur
radio satellites, and how easy or how difficult it is to operate using
them. Well amigo Robert, ham radio satellite activities , in my opinion,
have gone down significantly after the failure of several of the most
popular birds, as the satellite enthusiasts call them. As a matter of
fact, the failure of RS10 and RS12 , followed by Oscar 40 has left out
of the picture both the simple station operators and those who spent a
lot of time and resources to install a complex Earth station to work the
Oscar 40 satellite. At this moment the amateur satellites that are
available provide very short time windows to communicate, due to the
fact that they are all in the so called Sun synchronous orbits, at
rather low altitudes, and they don?t have , as far as I know, HF bands
inputs or outputs? So amigo Robert, we must wait and see if a new ham
satellite project in the works can finnally be completed , and a Molnya
elliptical orbit satellite can be launched ? As regards to your question
about why there are not stationary ham radio satellites, like the ones
used for telecommunications and relaying TV signals, the answer is a
very simple one amigo: they cost a lot of money, and so far it has
proven impossible for any of the amateur satellite organizations to
collect enough resources to even think of starting such a project.
Another possible approach would had been to find a geostationary orbit
satellite to which an amateur radio transponder could be attached, but ,
again, so far, this has proven to be impossible?
You can still have fun with a dual band 70 centimeters and two meters FM
transceiver and a simple hand held antenna by communicating with the low
earth orbit ham satellites that are now in operation , but your fun will
have a very limited time , because even on the best passes, the time
available to communicate is limited to fifteen minutes or less.
And now amigos, just before going QRT, here is Arnie Coro?s Dxers
Unlimited HF plus low band VHF propagation update and forecast? Solar
flux continues at very low levels, with the actual flux measurements not
going over 67 or 68 units? and do remember that the lowest registered
microwave solar flux was 64 units? Sunspots are non existent? sunspot
count again zero after a brief spell when a very small sunspot emerged
and then vannished? Expect daytime maximum useable frequencies not to
exceed 20 megaHertz for 90 percent of the time, and barely moving above
21 megaHertz for very short periods on the best possible propagation
paths, that again will be North to South, and vice versa, with the East
to West path showing the worst propagation , as expected during extended
periods of very low solar activity. Trans equatorial DX season still in
progress, with options opening for 6 meters band ham radio operators for
nice contacts from the South of the US, Mexico and the Caribbean, to
Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia, and slightly less
chances of contacts on six meters via TE scatter to Chile and Peru. Join
me next Saturday and Sunday UTC for the weekend edition of Dxers
Unlimited, and don?t forget to send your signal reports, QSL requests
and comments about the program to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or VIA AIR MAIL to Arnie
Coro, Radio Havana Cuba, Havana, Cuba
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 23:59:29 +0530
From: "Bedanta Das" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] DX Club
To: [email protected]
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Dear sir/Medam
Thanks for your website. we are publish a new DX web page plz visit our
site and send any of your consept to us.
site address is http://www.geocities.com/indiadx/idxa.htm
email is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks,
Bedanta Das
1-No.Galiahati.
Near Night School.
Barpeta.781301. Assam.India
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