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Today's Topics:
1. DX Listening Digest 7-158; WOR 1387 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Aventure FM (aurel chiochiu)
3. QSL from Micronesia also (Steve -O)
4. 'The Cross' V6PM, Micronesia QSL Received (Terry Palmersheim)
5. Re: Christmas DX Memories anyone ? (Joe Strain aka Yodar)
6. Re: DXAsia about to be relaunched (Alok Dasgupta)
7. Ultimas escuchas (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO)
8. Radio St.Gabriel (Frank Schuettig)
9. 100s. transmission of SWR (Alpo Heinonen)
10. Re: Dxers Unlimited mid week edition for 25-26 December 2007
WITH SEASONS GREETINGS FROM HAVANA !!! (Prof.Arnaldo Coro Antich)
11. Logs (Manuel M?ndez)
12. Glenn Hauser logs December 24-25 (Glenn Hauser)
13. Ultimas escuchas. 25 dic 07 (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO)
14. HCDX logs between 2007-12-25 0000 UTC and 2007-12-26 0000 UTC
(Risto Kotalampi)
15. Dec 24-25 Logs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 22:05:33 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] DX Listening Digest 7-158; WOR 1387
To: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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DX Listening Digest 7-158 has now been posted at
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt or http://dxld.worldofradio.org
and now also without delay at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld7158.txt
CONTENTS:
WOR 1387 / AFGHANISTAN non / ALBANIA / ANGOLA / ARGENTINA / AZORES / BOLIVIA /
BOUVET ham / BRAZIL / CANADA +non VOCM+ / CHAD / CHILE / COLOMBIA / CHRISTMAS
ISLANDS nons / COLOMBIA +non / CONGO DR non / CUBA +non / CYPRUS / ECUADOR /
EQUATORIAL GUINEA / ERITREA / ETHIOPIA +non / FIJI / GERMANY / GREECE /
GUATEMALA / INDONESIA / INTERNATIONAL INTERNET Airborne / ISRAEL / KURDISTAN
+non / LIBERIA +non / MADAGASCAR / MALI / MAURITANIA / MEXICO / MICRONESIA /
MONGOLIA / MOROCCO / NEW ZEALAND / NIGERIA / OKLAHOMA KOMA / OMAN / PAPUA NEW
GUINEA / PERU / QATAR / RUSSIA +non / RWANDA / SAINT BARTHELEMY ham / SAINT
HELENA / SCARBOROUGH REEF ham / SERBIA non / SIERRA LEONE non / SPAIN / SRI
LANKA ham+ / SUDAN / SURINAME / TAIWAN / THAILAND / TUNISIA +non / TURKMENISTAN
/ UGANDA / USA WBCQ / USA WHRA / USA non YFR / USA WBGO/WFUV/Pirates / USA WDET
/ USA Blues/WMPR+ / USA NPR / USA WLS-TV / USA KUNM+ / USA WCNZ / USA Shrikes /
VIETNAM non / VIRGIN ISLANDS US / WESTERN SAHARA non / YEMEN / ZAMBIA +non /
ZIMBABWE +non / UNIDENTIFIED 700 / UNIDENTIFIED 5880 / UNIDENTIFIED 6220 /
TESTIMONIALS / LANGUAGE LESSONS / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / DIGITAL BROADCASTING
/ PROPAGATION
For restrixions and searchable 2007 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but
have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn
NEXT SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1387 **flexible times
Tue 1130 WRMI 9955**
Tue 1630 WRMI 7385
Wed 0830 WRMI 9955**
WORLD OF RADIO, CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL SCHEDULE:
Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite
and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
For updates see our Anomaly Alert page:
http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html
WRN ON DEMAND:
http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24
WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN NOW AVAILABLE:
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Regards, Glenn Hauser
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:10:42 -0500
From: aurel chiochiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Aventure FM
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Anyone having any Aventure FM tapes ???
Aventure FM broadcasted from Paris, Lyon, Chambery, Grenoble and Reims roughly
between 1987 and 1989 !!!
Paris 105.9 MHz
Lyon 95.7 MHz
Chamb?ry 91 MHz
Grenoble 96.9 MHz
Reims 90.5 MHz
It only lasted about two years in Paris and just a few months in 1988-'89 as
far as the other cities are concerned.
If anyone has any airchecks, station jingles, some DJ chatter, etc. please feel
free to change them.. I have many good signals peaks airchecks of Radio Coro
780 kHZ, 3800 km between Venezuela and Montreal and I exchange them for any
AVENTURE FM aircheck, the station of the SIRPA, Scouts de France, Bayard Presse
and La Guilde Europ?enne du Raid....
May the good DX be with you !
Bogdan Chiochiu
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:02:20 -0500
From: "Steve -O" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] QSL from Micronesia also
To: <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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hello,
I also received the QSL today also from PMA The Cross. All details are the
same as yours. I send them an Email report back in early October.
Naswa VIC 182.
Steve Price
Johnstown, PA
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:17:32 -0000
From: "Terry Palmersheim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] 'The Cross' V6PM, Micronesia QSL Received
To: <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Received a very nice full detail QSL card today from Roland Weibel who is PMA's
IT/ Development Assistant (according to their website) and now, apparently,
their Radio Station Mgr., in 2 months for a CD recording, SASE & prepared card,
neither used. I sent the package to the Guam address but the card was stamped
and postmarked from Pohnpei. NASWA country C/V# 224. Nice Christmas present!
Terry Palmersheim, KC7LDP
Helena, MT
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:50:31 -0800 (PST)
From: Joe Strain aka Yodar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Christmas DX Memories anyone ?
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Thank you. I agree! My first MODERN radio was the ATS 803 and when I got the
ATS 909 from radio shack for $99 I went to town on an antenna for an apartment
project
I have since used as my major radio for it's accurate tuning and logging
capability, the computer controlled received RX 320 which works well on my
outdoor active antenna off my front porch.
But thanks to the 'old time stories", I reflect back to the three tube regen
Dad gave me to build from Allied radio and I regret in my ignorant ute failing
to make proper use of such a marvelous and simple radio concept. (The
oscillator squeals p*ssed my Mother off!)
So I am going back to TenTec for their Regen receiver kit for some cheap fun
either $32.00 or $89.00
Delivers in January. Can't wait!
yodar
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From: Steve -O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:52:30 PM
Subject: [HCDX] Christmas DX Memories anyone ?
All.
Best wishes to everyone in this holiday time. Maybe Santa's sleigh can
trigger some solar activity for us as the DX season continues...
I am sure that we radio buffs all have some memorable holiday DX Logs,
some big, some small. Here are two of mine that have stuck with me for
many years. I enjoyed writing them and resurrecting the memories into
words. Maybe others can relate.....
it was Christmas Eve back in the early 1980's or so. It was the first
real day off from school to start the holiday break, which was very
welcomed to myself as a teenager at the time. Christmas Eve seemed to be
the longest day of the year for me, so I would always try to somehow
occupy myself every waking moment until all the family, festivities, and
gifts started later that evening. I began my morning by going over to
the desk in front of my bedroom window, firing up the Sangean ATS-803
radio, and check out the bands. It was snowing and blowing outside my
window, adding a very special touch, excitement, and atmosphere to the
Christmas season. When I was scanning the 31 meter band, I came across
a strong station playing the "Ray Conniff Christmas Album". I knew
this record because Mom would frequently play it during the Holidays. I
was enjoying the music so I stuck with it. Ray Conniff's "White
Christmas" was playing from some foreign land just as it was happening ri!
ght outside my window before my eyes. It was somewhere around 14-15
hours gmt (9-10 AM local time) when the station broke. They gave ID as
"This is the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, Colombo". I was very
excited as I pulled out the WRTH to look them up. Sure enough they
were on 9720 as I caught the frequency announcement. They also gave a
time check which did not sound right to me. The minutes did not
correspond to GMT. I then learned about Sri Lanka's time difference ! This
may
not sound like much but it was a very memorable and special experience
to add to some "tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago."
The QSL came that hot summer.
Again, it was Christmas Eve back in the early 1990's when I sat down to
the R-5000 one local late afternoon to check out the bands. It was a
cold and clear afternoon with a beautiful sunset glistening upon a
blanket of snow with a nice late afternoon moon in the sky. I started the
DX session on 90 meters and then to 60 meters. Both bands had their
regular stations propagating. Things were quite normal. However, my
interests were sparked when I found a very strong signal on an odd
frequency of 4975. The broadcast contained a program of traditional holiday
music with a deep voiced strongly accented English announcer. Hoping
this was my first good catch of Uganda, I had zero beat the frequency to
4976 and quickly paralleled it to 5026. To my total and utmost
surprise, it was them. The signal was armchair quality and the reception of
Radio Uganda that Christmas Eve afternoon could have matched my local
AM/MW stations. Radio Uganda was holding the meter well into the re!
d zone. The programming consisted of traditional Christmas songs and
hymns. One of the songs was the upbeat version "Mary's Boy Child Jesus
Christ (was born on Christmas Day)". Others consisted of Mitch Miller
carols and songs from many other familiar artists. On that Christmas
Eve, my parents, grandparents, and I enjoyed supper to some holiday
programming, not coming from WKYE-FM, but from Radio Uganda ! As we were
heading out the door for church later on, the extended broadcast was
still going strong as the announcer said "We will switch programming to
Vatican City for Midnight Mass with Pope John Paul II." And they did.
With that, I powered down and headed out for my own Mass to start the
holiday festivities with a memory I will never forget. We still
converse about the "Radio Uganda Christmas Eve" fifteen some-odd years later.
Oddly enough, I have never heard Radio Uganda of that signal quality
since that Christmas Eve. The QSL came that spring.
Does anyone else have any cool memorable Christmas DX ?
Stephen Price
Johnstown, PA
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:18:35 +0530
From: Alok Dasgupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] DXAsia about to be relaunched
To: Andy Sennitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"[EMAIL PROTECTED] Com" <[email protected]>,
"[EMAIL PROTECTED] Com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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FYI.
The host server in UK is down since the morning of 23rd. The support
team informed us that they're trying their best to restore the server
since there is some serious problem and due to the holiday period it
will take some time to repair the server.
Sorry for the inconvenience to all of you.
Merry Christmas to all of you from the DXAsia team.
-Alok Dasgupta.
On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:22:09 +0100
Andy Sennitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> DXAsia, the website that specialises in broadcasts to and from South
> Asia, is about to be relaunched in a new style. The new version of
> the site will tentatively go live on Christmas Day, 25th December,
> unless there are any last-minute hitches.
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:28:23 +0100 (CET)
From: JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Ultimas escuchas
To: Frecuencia DX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Saludos cordiales.
BIELORRUSIA 6090 Belaruskoye Radio 1, 17:45-17:50, escuchada el 24 de
diciembre en bielorruso con emisi?n de m?sica cl?sica, en paralelo por 6115,
SINPO 33343.
6115 Balaruskoye Radio 1, 17:50-17:52, escuchada el 24 de diciembre en
bielorruso a locutor con comentarios presentando m?sica cl?sica, emisi?n en
paralelo por 6090, SINPO 32332.
GUINEA ECUATORIAL 15190 Radio ?frica 2, 10:02-10:07, escuchada el 25 de
diciembre en ingl?s a locutor con comentarios, parece un serm?n ya que lo hace
gritando, se aprecia de fondo una ligera se?al con voz de mujer, probablemente
de CRI, SINPO 44444.
HUNGRIA 6025 Kossut Radio, 17:40-17:45, escuchada el 24 de diciembre en su
servicio en h?ngaro con la emisi?n de m?sica navide?a, bonita canci?n,
probablemente alg?n tipo de villancico, locutor y locutora con comentarios,
SINPO 44444.
MOLDAVIA 7370 R.PMR, 18:00-18:10, escuchada el 24 de diciembre en ingl?s,
sinton?a, locutor con presentaci?n, ID ?...Moldova?, referencias a la
independencia de Rusia, referencias a ?President Alexandre Parasan?, SINPO
45554.
RUSIA 5905 Radio Rossii, 17:28-17:35, escuchada el 24 de diciembre en ruso
con ID, locutor anuncia ?M?sica Radio Rossii?, segmento de m?sica pop rusa,
SINPO 44444.
Jos? Miguel Romero
Burjasot (Valencia)
Sangean ATS 909
Antena Radio Master A-108
YAESU FRG-7700
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:52:28 +0100
From: Frank Schuettig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio St.Gabriel
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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I'm looking fot a address of "Radio St.Gabriel" 4960 KHz from PNG.
Frank Schuettig
Sanur / Bali
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:01:14 +0200
From: "Alpo Heinonen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] 100s. transmission of SWR
To: "aurel chiochiu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], Perez Ricardo
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Whitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Dear listeners,
Scandinavian Weekend Radio is on air just now 25th December 2007 (24hours).
Please join to our 100s. transmission since our start in July 2000.
We are on MW 1602 kHz, 5980/ 6179 kHz 49 mb and 11690/11720 kHz 25 mb.
http://www.swradio.net
Merry Christmas,
Alpo Heinonen
Scandinavian Weekend Radio
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:05:57 -0500
From: "Prof.Arnaldo Coro Antich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Dxers Unlimited mid week edition for 25-26
December 2007 WITH SEASONS GREETINGS FROM HAVANA !!!
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected],
[EMAIL PROTECTED], Departamento de Correspondencia Internacional
RHC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, WRTH International Editor
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Radio Havana Cuba
Dxers Unlimited
Dxers Unlimited?s midweek edition for December 25-26 2007
By Arnie Coro
Radio amateur CO2KK
Hi amigos radioaficionados around the world and circling our planet in
Earth orbit? Seasons greetings and a happy new year 2008 with more
sunspots is my wish for you listeners of Dxers Unlimited that are now
facing yet another chain of day after day of zero sunspots ? That?s the
end of solar cycle 23, yes it is, and we have yet to see at least one of
two more high latitude and reverse magnetic polarity sunspot groups in
order to be really sure that cycle 24 has already started. Do remember
that solar cycles don?t switch from one to the other by turning off the
old one and turning on the new one? Both solar cycles, the old and the
new co-exist during several months and scientists believe that that?s
exactly what is happening right at this end of the year 2007? More about
HF propagation and a Sporadic E events forecast at the end of the show?.
Item two: with zero sunspots and the solar flux down to baseline levels,
the 21 megaHertz or 15 meters amateur band is absolutely dead for most
of the local daylight hours, with maybe a brief opening , but that?s it,
we will have to wait until solar flux stabilizes above 90 to 100 units
to see 15 meters come back to life? meanwhile, as we wait for more
sunspots , the 18 megahertz or 17 meters and the 17 megahertz or 16
meters bands are the best daytime options for Dxers? 18 megahertz for
radio amateurs and 17 megaHertz or more precisely from 17.5 megahertz up
to 18 megahertz for short wave listeners that want to pick up
international broadcast stations? Item three: with the Sun now again
absolutely quiet, the night time reception of the lower frequency bands,
from 100 kiloHertz up to 5 megaHertz is extremely good, providing
excellent Tropical Band DX and also nice two way contacts for radio
amateurs operating on the 160 and 80 meters bands? More radio hobby
related information coming up in a few seconds, when Dxers Unlimited?s
mid week edition continues after a short break for station ID? I am
Arnie Coro in Havana ?
????.
You are listening to Radio Havana Cuba, the name of the show is Dxers
Unlimited and yes, sure amigos, we do verify reception reports, we do
QSL, and Dxers sending reports during the next few weeks with the
postal mailing address included will be receiving our nice 2008 pocket
calendar and RHC?s QSL? Now item four: Olivia is the name of a very
interesting and rugged digital communications keyboard to keyboard mode
that was created by Pavel Walotcha, the same Polish radio amateur that
formed part of the team that started the digital revolution on the ham
bands by launching the PSK31 digital mode and that together with Peter
Martinez, a British radio amateur of Spanish ancestors, made the PSK31
computer code freely available to the world?s amateur radio community in
a very nice gesture that is fully appreciated by ham radio operators
around the world. Now Pavel has provided us with Olivia, a wider
bandwith mode that has an almost hard to believe capability of providing
a communications link despite very weak signals and even under heavy
interference from other stations near the same frequency the Olivia
stations are operating. You can learn more about the Olivia keyboard to
keyboard digital communications mode by running a search engine request
with the words Olivia , the plus sign and then amateur radio, in order
to obtain the fastest and most consistent results from your search.
Olivia is very easy to use and my opinion is that it will be winning
more and more users as radio amateurs now using PSK31 realize that with
Olivia they can achieve better and more reliable communications. Amateur
radio is constantly developing and digital voice is slowly growing, but
that?s going to be the subject of an analysis at an upcoming edition of
Dxers Unlimited.
Item five: Also related to digital communications modes as used by
amateur radio operators during this rock bottom end of solar cycle 23.
Monitoring the 40 meters band during early Tuesday UTC day, that is
shortly after 9 pm my local time, or zero two hours UTC, I found the
band practically empty, with very few stations operating? After running
a propagation analysis software program with the solar data for the past
five days, I arrived at the conclusion that the maximum useable
frequency was barely reaching seven megaHertz, something that explained
why so few stations were heard.
During extended periods of extremely low solar activity the ionosphere
becomes so weak after local sunset, that it is not surprising to see the
maximum useable frequency to drop down below seven megaHertz an even
lower amigos? That?s solar minimum at its worst !.
Item six, here it is , once again, your favorite section of Dxers
Unlimited? LA NUMERO UNO? You have questions and Arnie tries to answer
them? you can send your radio hobby related questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ,
or VIA AIR MAIL to Arnie Coro, Radio Havana Cuba, Havana, Cuba.
Today?s first question came from a long time listener in India. Rajiv
tells me that at this moment he is not able to pick up our station on
the shortwave bands, and he rightly assumes that this is because of the
very low solar activity? but Rajiv who lives in the garden city of
India, Bangalore, the home of the nation?s electronic and other high
tech industries, is able to read the scripts of the program that are
made available to several short wave listeners clubs e-mail distribution
lists. Rajiv tells me that he wants to obtain the electronic files of
the Super Islander amateur radio transceiver to compare the circuit
diagrams and design philosophy with a similar project that is becoming
very popular among Indian radio amateurs.
Ok amigo Rajiv? I have already sent you all the files including some
nice digital photos of the first prototype of the Super Islander, that
as you will see, has two final amplifier options , one built using NPN
RF power transistors, and the other one using two vacuum tubes that are
very easy to find here in Cuba from recycled TV sets. The Super Islander
is a single band transceiver that can be built for the 160, 80 or 40
meter bands. Here in Cuba amigo Rajiv, the most popular amateur band
nowadays is two meters, using the FM narrowband mode, and the second
most popular band among Cuban radio amateurs is 40 meters, that?s why
most of the Super Islanders are built for operating between 7.000 and
7.150 kiloHertz. The double sideband signal generated by the Super
Islander simple circuit is very stable, and very few if any radio
amateurs that contact stations using the Super Islander are able to
detect that it is a double side band and not a single side band signal
what they are hearing. One of the most outstanding features of the Super
Islander single band amateur radio transceiver is that it is modular, so
those who want to build it, are able to build and test each module as a
single project, and after all the modules are fully tested, then they
are easily wired together . The parts count, that is the number of
components required to build a Super Islander was kept intentionally as
low as possible, both to simplify its construction and to increase the
reliability. I hope that amigo Rajiv in Bangolore , India will be able
to make good use of the Super Islander?s files, and maybe even go ahead
and build one , as the parts required are almost universally available,
because that was one of the design requirements that I set when starting
the Super Islander project more than fifteen years ago?.You can learn
more about this simple amateur band transceiver by sending a request for
the Super Islander files to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? I will send it as a dot zip
file and you will be able to see circuit diagrams, photos and full
descriptions of the different modules of this nice little rig, that has
proven itself under the most difficult circumstances, like handling
emergency communications links during tropical storms.
??.
Si amigos, yes my friends, oui mes amis, you are listening to the mid
week edition of Dxers Unlimited, your favorite radio hobby program
covering the more than 82 ways that you and I enjoy this wonderful
hobby? from homebrewing a nice little ham band transceiver like the just
mentioned Super Islander and then using it on the air, to watching a TV
DX signal come and go when a Sporadic E cloud is providing enough
ionization for a station operating on frequencies as high as
80 megaHertz to be seen more than a thousand miles away? Sure, radio is
a fascinating hobby and you will never be bored with it, as there is
always something new that can be done, like for example milliwatting,
that is trying to make amateur radio two way contacts while running less
than one Watt of power? one Watt is a thousand milliwatts, and that?s
why this particular form of QRP or low power operation is also known as
milliwatting. I have a little transistorized transceiver for the 20
meters band that can operate running even down to 100 milliWatts, or a
tenth of a Watt , and amazing as this may sound to some of you , I have
already worked 35 countries using the 20 meters CW transceiver while
running it at the one tenth of a Watt power output level?There are
several international radio clubs devoted to low power or QRP operation,
among them the GQRP Club that edits the very fine SPRAT magazine that
provides readers with very nice technical articles about low power
radios and how to operate using them. The website of the GQRP club is
located at www.gqrp.com , again the URL of the GQRP website is
www.gqrp.com. Yes amigos, joining an amateur radio club is very
important if you really want to be up to date on what?s going on in a
particular field of amateur radio, in this case the GQRP club membership
provides you with information about QRP contests, and a treasure chest
of extremely useful tried and tested technical information that you can
put to very good use when homebrewing amateur radio equipment?
And now amigos, as always at the end of the program, when I am here in
Havana, ready to copy Arnie Coro?s Dxers Unlimited?s HF plus low band
VHF propagation update and forecast? Solar activity is and will continue
to be for the next several days at very low levels? Zero sunspots seen
during the past six days? solar flux around 70 units and the spotless
Sun is also free of coronal holes, so we will enjoy also an extremely
quiet geomagnetic field, certainly good news for low frequency bands
Dxers, both short wave listeners and radio amateurs? Expect more
sporadic E openings to happen as we are now riding trough the peak of
the winter E skip season? I wish you all Seasons Greetings and hope that
next year you all will be listening to my Dxers Unlimited?s show, that
as always, I will try to make it as attractive and interesting as
humanly possible for your enjoyment? Happy New Year amigos !
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:50:23 +0100
From: Manuel M?ndez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs
To: "Glenn Hauser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Spain
Escuchas realizadas en Friol
Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW 7600 G
Antena de cable, 10 metros, orientada WSW
BOLIVIA
4409.8, Radio Eco, Reyes, Beni, 2358-0015, 24-12, locutor presentando bonito
programa de canciones latinoamericanas, saludos a los oyentes: "Mensaje para
nuestra oyente...", "Atenci?n, mensaje para Javier Cuellar", "Radio Eco",
canciones latinoamericanas. 25322. (M?ndez)
4699.3, Radio San Miguel, Riberalta, 2343-0030, 24-12, locutor, espa?ol, "Siete
de la noche con cuarenta minutos aqu? en La Voz del Norte". Locutora,
comentarios: "Cada pa?s, cada familia...". 24322. (M?ndez)
4716.7, Radio Yura, Yura, 0005-0013, 25-12, locutor, locutora, comentarios,
espa?ola, m?sica boliviana. Se escucha mejor en LSB. 24322 variando a 14321.
(M?ndez)
5952.5, Radio Pio XII, Siglo XX, 2302-2310, 24-12, locutor, locutora, espa?ol,
comentarios, se?al muy d?bil y con interferencia en 5950 y 5955. Se escucha en
LSB. 12321. (M?ndez)
HONDURAS, 3340, La Voz de Misiones Internacionales, Comayaguela, 0446-0453,
25-12, locutor, espa?ol, comentarios religiosos. Se?al muy d?bil. Audible en
LSB. 14321. (M?ndez)
MEXICO
6010, Radio Mil, M?xico DF, 1006-1020, 25-12, canciones rom?nticas
latinoamericanas, identificaci?n por locutor: "En Radio Mil, Vive M?xico",
"Nueve grados, Radio Mil". Se?al muy d?bil, pero sin interferencia de La Voz de
tu Conciencia. 14321. (M?ndez)
6185, Radio Educaci?n, M?xico DF, 0859-0945, 25-11, Locutor, identificaci?n:
"Radio Educaci?n, 1060 Amplitud Modulada, transmitiendo desde ... Colonia del
Valle". "Entrecruzamiento, todos lo martes y jueves a las 20 horas". "Todos los
d?as, de lunes a viernes, escuche nuestro noticiero, a las 8 de la ma?ana, 2 y
media de la tarde y 8 de la noche". Canciones y m?sica cl?sica. 44444. (M?ndez)
9599.2, Radio UMAN, M?xico DF, 2250-2257, 24-12, m?sica cl?sica, locutor y
locutora, comentario sobre grupos editoriales de M?xico, libros. 24322. (M?ndez)
PERU
4746.9, Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, 0012-0020, 25-12, locutor, espa?ol,
comentarios, anuncios comerciales. Interferencia de China en 4750 kHz. 23322.
(M?ndez)
4790.2, Radio Visi?n, Chiclayo, 0635-0720, 25-12, canciones religiosas,
comentarios: "Gloria a Dios en el nombre de Jes?s". "La Voz de la Salvaci?n".
35222. (M?ndez)
4955, Radio Cultural Amauta, Huanta, 2334-0020, 24-12, locutor, locutora,
espa?ol, comentarios religiosos, quechua. 14321. (M?ndez)
5014.5, Radio Altura, Cerro de Pasco, 2322-2355, 24-12, locutor, espa?ol,
anuncios comerciales, canciones navide?as, Villancicos, anuncios: "Departamento
de Pasco". 24322. (M?ndez)
6173.8, Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cuzco, 0021-0033, 25-12, locutor, espa?ol,
comentarios, se?al muy d?bil. Se escucha en LSB. 14321. (M?ndez)
BRASIL
3325, Radio Mundial, Sao Paulo, probable, 0440-0455, 25-12, locutor, portugu?s,
comentarios. Se?al muy d?bil. 14321. (M?ndez)
4865, Radio Alvorada, Londrina, 0642-0653, 25-12, portugu?s, programa
religioso, lectura del Rosario. 24322. (M?ndez)
4784.6, No identificada, 0738-0749, 25-12, portugu?s, transmisi?n del programa
de Radio Aparecida: "Estamos coa nosa m?sica", anuncios comerciales, "5 horas
47 minutos", identificaci?n: "Radio Aparecida". Comprobado, mismo programa que
Radio Aparecida en 5035 kHz. 24322. (M?ndez) ?Radio Brasil, Campi?as ? Radio
Caiari, Porto Velho retransmitiendo Radio Aparecida?.
6010, Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 0750-0802, 25-12, portugu?s
,locutor, comentarios y m?sica brasile?a. 23322. M?ndez.
9505, Radio Record, Sao Paulo, 0921-0937, 25-12, canciones brasile?as, locutor:
"Mais m?sica na Record", "AM 1000 kHz. Radio Record, m?sica, m?sica, m?sica,
suplemento m?sical.". 24322. (M?ndez)
9615, Radio Cultura, Sao Paula, 0918-0921, 25-12, canciones brasile?as. 34333.
(M?ndez)
9630, Radio Aparecida, Aparecida, 0913-0917, 25-12, locutor, anuncios
comerciales, identificaci?n: "Radio Aparecida". 34333. (M?ndez)
9645, Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, 0906-0912, 25-12, locutor, portugu?s,
noticias de Sao Paulo, "Temperatura en Sao Paulo...". 34333. (M?ndez)
11735, Radio Transmundial, Santa Mar?a, 1834-1837, 24-12, canciones religiosas,
locutor, identificaci?n: "Radio Transmundial, a Radio que est? con a palabra".
34333. (M?ndez)
11780, Radio Anhanguera, Goiania, 1838-1845, 24-12, locutor, locutora,
portugu?s, comentario sobre compras de Navidad en Sao Paulo, "4 horas 38
minutos". 34333. (M?ndez)
11785, Radio Guaiba, Porto Alegre,1828-1833, 24-12, locutor, comentario de
f?tbol. 24322. (M?ndez)
11804.8, Radio Globo, Rio de Janeiro, 0809-0835, 25-12, "Radio Globo presenta o
show de Antonio...", programa musical, "Seis horas trece minutos neste d?a de
Nadal".24322. (M?ndez)
11915, Radio Gaucha, Porto Alegre, 2209-2213, 24-12, locutor, portugu?s,
comentario de f?tbol, equipo Gremio de Porto Alegre. 24322. (M?ndez)
11925, Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, 2213-2218, 24-12, "Especial Nadal de
Bandeirantes", canciones, anuncios comerciales. 44444. (M?ndez)
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:27:12 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 24-25
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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** BELGIUM. 9970 not often heard here, but when it is, has to be RTBF, the
frequency`s only occupant at any time, direct from Wavre, not a relay as in the
case of VRT. Dec 25 at 1444 a familiar novelty song, 1446 announcement in
French (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and non]. Dec 25 at 1417 I started bandscanning 8-9
MHz, which I often skip, lacking broadcasters, but should not. At 1418 I came
upon 8122 SSB, where detailed weather info was being given for the Sea of
Cortez and vicinity, mainly gales 25-30 kts, 10-12 foot seas tonight. This was
by a REAL HUMAN BEING, no robot, a very informal old salt, colorful accent and
language, a guy who knows his stuff, making it a meteorology and geography
lesson at the same time. He talked continuously until 1434 when he passed it
back to ``Lovely Rita``, apparently the NCS with a much weaker signal; her call
seemed to end in 796. Turns out this was the Amigo Net, closing until tomorrow
afternoon/evening, the speaker having been Don, WBQ557, I thought he said,
Oxnard, California. Rita said they were going to QSY to 4149 USB, but Don
continued with another contact, also a station he could barely hear in
Mazatl?n, then discussed the weather outlook for Isabela. I believe I have
logged this net before, but can`t find it on that frequency in searching my
logs. But he`s really WPXU557, Don Anderson, per schedule I got by a bit of
Googling: http://www.pacsea.org/n6hgradio.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) Viz.:
** TUNISIA [and non]. I often listen to RTT 7190 around 0630-0700 for its Arab
music tho it`s hardly soporific. For the first time on Dec 24 at 0643-0650+ I
heard some deliberate QRHam, some guy exactly on frequency as BFO for his SSB
counts, ``1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, testing?` Never heard him say anything
else or ID. This raises an interesting question. Yes, hams in Americas are
totally free to use this frequency, but are they totally free to use it in a
one-way 5+ minute `test` without ID? Thinly disguised jamming.
BTW, Tunisia is not breaking any rules; this transmission per HFCC at 04-08 is
265 degrees to CIRAF 37, which is Algeria and Morocco; it is just bleeding over
here, even tho its 500 kW often makes it the best signal inside the 41 mb in
OK. Unlike Croatia/Germany, Slovakia, etc., which really do broadcast to
Americas inside our 40m hamband (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Don`t usually hear WBCQ 17495 on weekday mornings, but there it was
Dec 24 at 1445 with GFRN // 9330. Nothing from DVOBurma via Madagascar on 17495
this date (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Dimitse Tewahedo started as usual Monday Dec 24 at 1900 on WHRA
11785; they play a lot of music, good value for money? But at 1905 the
transmission cut off, abruptly back to WHRA in English, announcing frequency
change to 7520! OCS, then claimed they were ``now on 7520`` but really still on
11785 which had just opened 6 minutes earlier. 1907 into WHR English gospel
music fill programming; still the same at 1944 recheck. Obviously, some glitch
caused the program automation to run the QSY announcement at 1905 instead of
1958. Was there any human oversight to prevent or fix this ASAP? Of course not!
Will the Ethiopians get their money back? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. The only somewhat unusual signal on 25m, Dec 24 at 1850 was
rather muffled talk in unID language, on 11805. Then at 1856 mentions Family
Radio, and Oakland. O no, not again. Did not recognize it as Swahili, but
listed as such via Madagascar. I am also disappointed that even RNW
availablizes its resources to this wacky ministry, seemingly bent on
broadcasting via every conceivable SW relay site. This is the 50 kW transmitter
aimed 320 degrees for EAf, so not too far from our azimuth too. Note: after
1900 RN uses the same frequency in English, but on much different heading, and
via South Africa instead! The least RN could get out of this would be some
broadcasts via Okeechobee (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 13
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:23:54 +0100 (CET)
From: JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Ultimas escuchas. 25 dic 07
To: Frecuencia DX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Saludos cordiales.
COREA DEL NORTE 3560 Voice of Korea, Kujang, 17:52-17:59, escuchada el 25 de
diciembre en ?rabe a locutora presentando tema de m?sica pop local, SINPO 34433
ESLOVAQUIA 9825 Radio Miraya FM, 16:35-16:40, escuchada el 25 de diciembre en
alg?n dialecto africano a locutor con comentarios en programa musical, con
emisi?n de m?sica disco pop, fragmento de car?cter navide?o con felicitaciones
de varias personas con m?sica de un villancico, se escucha tanto en ingl?s c?mo
en dialectos africanos, ID ?Miraya FM?, SINPO 44444.
ETHIOPIA 9559 Radio Ethiopia, 16:21-16:32, escuchada el 25 de diciembre en su
servicio ingl?s con emisi?n de m?sica pop mel?dica, la frecuencia exacta no la
conozco, pero con la Sangean la escucho mejor en esa frecuencia, fuertemente
interferida por CRI en su servicio en ?rabe por 9555, a las 16:30 tonos
horarios tocados por una campana, locutor y locutora con comentarios, apenas se
les entiende, probable referencias a Sud?n, SINPO 33443
RUSIA 7560 Radio Huriyo Ogadenia, 16:00-16:05, escuchada el 25 de diciembre
en somal? a locutor con presentaci?n e identificaci?n, m?sica de sinton?a,
peque?o fragmento de canto del Cor?n, locutor con noticias, referencia a
Somalia, SINPO 34343.
SUDAFRICA 4880 SW Radio ?frica, 17:43-17:46, escuchada el 25 de diciembre en
ingl?s a locutor con entrevista a invitada, SINPO 34433.
TAJIKISTAN 7245 Voice of Tajik, 16:06-16:08, escuchada el 25 de diciembre en
Dari a locutora con comentarios, se aprecia por momentos de fondo a Radio
Mauritania en ?rabe, SINPO 33432.
YEMEN 9780 Radio Yemen, 16:09-16:15, escuchada el 25 de diciembre en ?rabe a
locutora con ID ?..yemen?a..arab?a..?, comentarios, m?sica de sinton?a,
comentarios entre fragmentos musicales, probablemente con lectura de titulares,
m?sica folkl?rica local, SINPO 45454.
PIRATA 6220 Mystery Radio, 16:15-16:20, escuchada el 25 de diciembre con
emisi?n de m?sica disco electr?nica, SINPO 35443
Jos? Miguel Romero
Burjasot (Valencia)
Sangean ATS 909
Antena Radio Master A-108
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Message: 14
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 23:05:03 +0000
From: Risto Kotalampi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] HCDX logs between 2007-12-25 0000 UTC and 2007-12-26
0000 UTC
To: [email protected]
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Message: 15
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:02:01 EST
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [HCDX] Dec 24-25 Logs
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**ETHIOPIA. 7110, Radio Ethiopia, 2050-2100*, Dec 24, Horn of
Africa music. Some music with a more Mid-East sound. Amharic
talk. Sign off with National Anthem at 2059. Good signal.
// 5990-weak, poor with DRM QRM. 9 MHz frequency not heard.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
**LIBERIA. 4759.97, ELWA, 2225-2302*, Dec 25, English religious
talk. Choral mx. Contemporary Christian music. Sign off with National
Anthem. Poor in noisy conditions & CODAR QRM. (Brian Alexander, PA)
**NIGER. 9704.99, LV du Sahel, Niamey, 2205-2301*, Dec 25,
French talk. Variety of French pops-ballads, Afro-pop music. Phone
talk. Koran at 2255-2259. Short IS on flute followed by choral National
Anthem. Poor in noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)
**OMAN. 15140, Radio Sultanate of Oman, 1430-1445, Dec 25,
Very weak. Barely audible but able to hear English news at 1430-
1440 with their distinctive short music jingles. More English talk at
1441 but just to weak to decipher. Lost in noise at 1445. (Brian
Alexander, PA)
**SLOVAKIA. 9825, Miraya FM, via IRRS, *1459-1505, Dec 25,
"Miraya FM" ID & English news at 1500. Poor with co-channel QRM.
Wiped out at 1505 by DRM QRM. (Brian Alexander, PA)
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