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Today's Topics:
1. Ethiopia - Why Jamming? (Zacharias Liangas )
2. MW tips from Italy (Giampiero Bernardini)
3. DX Listening Digest 8-004; WOR 1390 (Glenn Hauser)
4. Calling Matthias Ebenkolb (Paul Crankshaw)
5. 11784.58 VoINS (Wolfgang Bueschel)
6. HCDX logs between 2008-01-11 0000 UTC and 2008-01-12 0000 UTC
(Risto Kotalampi)
7. Glenn Hauser logs January 9-11 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:30:36 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Ethiopia - Why Jamming?
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Ethiopia - Why Jamming?
http://www.biddho.com/content/view/761/29/lang,english/
Thursday, 10 January 2008
Image `Ethiopia adopts new tactic in radio jamming, Eritrean State Radio is
now targeted;
`Ethiopia: New tactic employed to jam foreign broadcasts; `Ethiopia is known
to be blocking broadcasts from its neighbor Eritrea...? are now commonly
reported information about Ethiopia.
"Truth and smoke never miss an exit," is a saying in the Eritrean society
used to describe that one cannot squash a truth. Nowadays, although not a
new phenomenon, we have been hearing that the Ethiopian Government is
jamming different media outlets and especially that of Eritrea for fear that
the
Ethiopian people would understand the grave political mistakes the regime is
committing against its people and neighboring societies.
"Ethiopia has adopted a new tactic in its jamming of foreign radio
broadcasts. It is now deliberately transmitting programs from one of its own
stations on the same frequencies as those used by Eritrean state radio..." is
what Cumbre DX Central?s Hans Johnson recently reported.
It is not strange for Eritreans to hear the jamming information, not news for
them of course, for they have experienced it for a long time. The Mengustu
Regime used to jam the Eritrean People?s Liberation Front?s radio, Voice of
the Masses, but failed to cover the truth. It is obvious that liars would try
to
hide the reality at least for a moment. The Ethiopian Government is now
intensively engaged in jamming the truth from its people, but they do not
realize that the world is on an era of information technology. And it is
obvious that the people would question `why the government is trying to jam
different media outlets unless it has fears of the truth.?
Jamming is a clear violation of basic human rights. It is a violation of the
freedom of speech that we read on the Western books. However, the West
provides its killing support for the Woyane regardless what devil acts the
regime is committing.
Jamming would not be a solution, however. There is a growing opposition
against the regime in Addis Ababa since it came to power in 1991. The
opposition groups are now getting stronger and are forming a united front.
There is hostility against the government from in and out side the country.
The people have realized that the Meles regime hardly has a national
mission or works for the national interest. So, if there is any solution that
jamming could bring to Ethiopia is facilitating the regime?s end.
BBC Monitoring (BBCM) has been observing jamming of Eritrean
broadcasts for several months. In November, shortwave transmissions to
Ethiopia from the Voice of America (VOA) and Germany's Deutsche Welle
(DW) also began to be targeted by deliberate and severe noise interference.
Also being jammed are various private opposition radio broadcasts, which
hire
airtime from commercial shortwave transmission facilities abroad to beam
their programs into Ethiopia.
Similar jamming operations against both Eritrean radio and the VOA have
been observed in past years. The current jamming, however, appears to be
particularly intense and systematic.
On 18 and 19 December, BBCM heard Eritrean radio suffering severe
interference from Voice of the Tigray Revolution.
"Well, the Ethiopians are still using noise jamming as well. I tuned in at 1600
today to 7560 where various programs (depending on the day of the week)
are broadcast to Ethiopia. Following the pattern I have observed, the station
is clear when it signs on but the jamming starts within a few minutes," stated
a reporter.
According to different reports, short wave radio monitors have confirmed
that VOA broadcasts to Ethiopia in the Amharic and Afan Oromo languages
have been jammed continuously. The jamming has been confirmed by some
popular western media outlets.
A report once went like this, "BBC Monitoring (BBCM) can confirm that two
major Western broadcasters are suffering consistent jamming of their
transmissions to Ethiopia." However, the government?s higher officials have
blindly denied the truth.
"I do not think this one is true. Of course I have seen the media reporting
saying that, but we do not need, the government does not need to waste its
time on doing so," said the country?s Information Ministry Spokesman. "I
myself have not come across audiences, who are saying so, but the relevant
body may speak on the details, but I do not think this story is true," he said.
Monitors also reported the jamming of VOA's Oromo Service, which
broadcasts on the same frequencies of the Amharic. Oromo is the language
spoken by Ethiopia's largest ethnic group.
Jamming is deliberate interference aimed at preventing the target broadcast
from being heard. The standard technique is to transmit an irritating noise or
continuous music on the same channel as the target. Then what the western
allies of the regime who consider themselves advocators of freedom of
speech would say about this?
Sources: Hans Johnson via Cumbre DX
Media Network
VOA News...
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:47:11 +0100
From: "Giampiero Bernardini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] MW tips from Italy
To: "Hard-Core-Dx" <[email protected]>
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Tips
1190 8/1 0220 Radio America, Argentina, only talks, in SS, fair/good
1220 8/1 0230 Radio Globo, time, news, songs, PP, fair
1370 8/1 0210 Radio da Cidade, SP, Brazil, songs & PP talks, no id, fair
1470 8/1 0200-0400 Vibracion & others, much fading.
1500 8/1 0248 Radio 2000, Venezuela, latin songs, "Loteria Zulia" talks SS
fair/good (I had some doubts, Klemetz & Monferini heard one clip; thanks)
1660 8/1 0425 WGIT Puerto Rico, songs, SS, fair no other TA stations on X
band, only Greeks!
rx: SDR-IQ & wire 30 meters
http://radio-dx.blogspot.com/
Ciao
Giampiero
Giampiero Bernardini
Milano, Italy
Rx: Drake SPR-4 & R-4C (with DDS4); RFT EKD 315; Perseus; RFSpace SDR-14 &
SDR-IQ; CiaoRadio H101; Winradio G33EM Marine; AOR AR7030+ AR5000+
AR3000A-DX; TenTec RX320 & RX321; Icom R7000 & R71E (both mod. by Capra),
PCR1000; Lowe HF150; Kenwood R5000 & tuner KT-6040; Grundig Satellit 700 &
500; Yamaha T-85; Sangean ATS 909 mod. & DT-220; Degen DE1103; Redsun
RP2100; Alinco DJ-X3 (In all FM rx I use 110/80/53 kHz filters)- Ant: wires
30 m.; RKB 5, 9 & 10 elements FM; RF Systems T2FD 15 meters; Wellbrook LFL
1010, loops by A.Capra, PA0RDT Mini Whip, Magnetic Loop L101
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:01:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] DX Listening Digest 8-004; WOR 1390
To: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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DX Listening Digest 8-004 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/dxld8004.txt
CONTENTS:
WOR 1390 / AFGHANISTAN non / AFRICA +non / ALBANIA / ARGENTINA / AUSTRALIA non
CVC / BAHRAIN / BHUTAN / BORNEO / BRAZIL / CANADA CKZU / CANADA CBCR1 / CHINA /
CROATIA B07 / CUBA +non / CZECHIA non / DOMINICAN REPUBLIC / EGYPT / ERITREA
+non / ETHIOPIA non / FRANCE / GERMANY / HONG KONG / INDIA / IRAN +non / ISRAEL
/ KOREA NORTH non / LAOS / LIBYA non? / LITHUANIA / LUXEMBOURG DRM / MEXICO
+non / NETHERLANDS non DRM+ / PAKISTAN / PALESTINE non / PRIDNESTROVYE /
ROMANIA non / SAUDI ARABIA / SERBIA non / SUDAN non / SWAZILAND non / UKRAINE
+non / USA +non VOA/RFE/RL / USA non YFR / USA WEWN B07 / USA KAIJ / USA WMLK /
USA WJIE/WJCR / USA WHRI / USA WBAP/WQCY434/KSCS/WIBC/WQD5396 / USA KKMO / USA
KFI / USA KOOP / USA KRZI / UZBEKISTAN / ZANZIBAR / ZIMBABWE non / UNIDENTIFIED
6074/6075 / UNIDENTIFIED 6128 / UNIDENTIFIED 9152 / CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES /
LANGUAGE LESSONS / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / PROPAGATION
For restrixions and searchable 2008 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
For restrixions and searchable 2007 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid7.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 1390 **flexible times
Fri 2130 WWCR1 15825 [not expected 7465]
Fri 2330 WBCQ 5110-CLSB
Sat 0900 WRMI 9955
Sat 1730 WWCR3 12160
Sat 2230 WRMI 9955
Sun 0330 WWCR3 5070
Sun 0730 WWCR1 3215
Sun 0900 WRMI 9955
Sun 1200 WRMI 9955 [new]
Sun 1615 WRMI 7385
Mon 0400 WBCQ 9330-CLSB [irregular]
Mon 0515 WBCQ 7415 [time varies]
Mon 0930 WRMI 9955**
Tue 1130 WRMI 9955**
Tue 1630 WRMI 7385
Wed 0830 WRMI 9955**
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:
http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/podcast.php
OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO:
http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
or http://wor.worldofradio.org
Regards, Glenn Hauser
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:45:31 +0000
From: Paul Crankshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Calling Matthias Ebenkolb
To: [email protected]
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Was that you I heard being interviewed live on VOCM last night?
"Matthias - a German DXer"
Paul
Troon, Scotland
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:07:19 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] 11784.58 VoINS
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
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INDONESIA 11784.58 VoINS Jakarta reported again in A-DX ng tonight.
Checked the channel around 1930-1945 UT. But slowely fade out into noise ...
reception in Europe after 1900 UT depends on the rx latitude location during
Dec/Jan ... maybe Jose in Spain or Carlos in Portugal have the better cards.
Noted also RNW via Meyerton-AFS at 1900-1957 UT slightly ODD frequency
11805.04 at 1930 UT.
73 wb
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:05:01 +0000
From: Risto Kotalampi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] HCDX logs between 2008-01-11 0000 UTC and 2008-01-12
0000 UTC
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:58:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 9-11
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** AFGHANISTAN [non]. Radio Solh, 15265 via UK, enters another month and
another year still playing exactly the same music every day at the same time,
including the sticking CD at 1346-1349+ as reconfirmed Jan 10. The final tune
before 1500* is growing on me. Yes, it is not only the same music, but
obviously a recording of the same entire transmission, including defects,
replayed day after day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL [and non]. There were reports from Brasil that RNA was either missing
or extremely weak on 11780 and 6180, but I found 11780 inbooming here Jan 9 at
0653 check, with wakeupshow, 4:53 am in the DST areas, but mostly for Amaz?nia
at 3:53 am? Nothing, however, on 6180, unQRMing XEPPM 6185 for a change, which
had some nice and clear jazz going. But Jan 10 at 0641 check, 11780 was
missing, tho Chile was VG on 11805, also audible on 11745 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN [non]. Fair and fluttery signal in Russian, or similar, Jan 9 at 1437
on 5815. Per Aoki this is VOIRIran via Lithuania, 100 kW at 79 degrees,
something you really don`t expect to hear on 50+ meters at this hour, but there
have been some other reports of this from C&W NAm. From 1527 to 1530 they make
a beam switch to 259 degrees for R. Racja from Poland to Belarus (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. As Juli?n Santiago advised, XEXQ has returned to the air after more
than two sesquiweeks; classical music, but only a poor, squeezed signal here on
6045 at 1318 Jan 10. Also audible at 1354 Jan 11 but quite weak (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. XEYU, 9599+, Jan 10 at 1330 with RFI news relay for about 10
minutes; good signal and no significant het (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. Jan 10 at 2230 I found Radio Weather running on WHRI 11765. I forced
myself to listen for a few minutes to confirm my suspicions that Rod Hembree is
palming off on gullible listeners not only his wacky religious views, but
communications news items which are anything but. One of the topix was a Notice
of Apparent Liability for alleged indecency, issued to station WCZR. This is
not easy to look up on the FCC website, but a google search quickly found an
FCC page showing that a NAL for that station was dated February 20, 2004! So
here is a show almost four years old. He later included a Stardate capsule,
which are extremely dated but I did not catch what date if any was announced
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. I have been hearing a CW marker any day I check, on 6075 kHz at
1400-1401 UT. Altho slow speed, copy has been difficult due to QRM. On January
8 I got the entire message without doubt:
VVV CQ CQ CQ DE 8GAL 8GAL K
This follows immediately the timesignal from the R. Rossii broadcast
transmitter on 6075 from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatky which is closing down.
Sometimes the CW message, or part of it, is modulated by that station`s open
carrier, depending on how quickly they turn it off.
I find this intriguing because 8GAL operates on a very regular schedule, has
never been noticed at any other time, and is right smack dab in the middle of
an exclusive(?) broadcast band. The 8A- sequence belongs to Indonesia in ITU
callsign prefix allocations, but this is more likely a tactical call having
nothing to do with Indonesia, altho propagationally possible.
Searching on 8GAL and on 6075 produces zero hits on the 12K+ messages
accumulated in the UDXF yg, altho sometimes I wonder how exhaustive yg searches
are. Nor on recent ITU monitoring reports. Nor is searching the web for 8GAL
productive since that leads to thousands of items with 8-gallon capacity! Any
help on identifying the source of this would be very welcome.
The 6075 CW marker: Did not manage to check at 1400 UT Jan 9 or 10, but on Jan
10 I tuned in earlier at 1320. At that time there was RTTY running, over Radio
Rossii, and the RTTY was centered on the low side, about 6074. I suspect this
is the same station, 8GAL, but I am not equipped to copy RTTY. BTW at 1326 I
also noticed continuous ``dithering`` like RTTY but with no variations, around
6087, possibly as jamming, still there at 1435, and I also sat on 6074 at
1435-1445 but no CW or RTTY heard then.
8GAL, CW marker heard again Jan 11 at 1400-1401 immediately following the
timesignal from R. Rossii at sign-off; its carrier remained on about halfway
thru the marker, but I had set the BFO on 6075.0 to be sure I could still hear
and record all of it. I did not want to touch it, so cannot be positive 8GAL
was on 6074 or 6076, but it was about 1 kHz offset; probably 6074, like the
RTTY I heard the other day. I kept monitoring until 1406 but did not hear any
replies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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