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Today's Topics:
1. BTC Podcast #9 is now ready (Jim Pogue)
2. Anguilla 6090 off the air ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
3. RNT Chad frequencies (Jari Savolainen)
4. Re: RNT Chad frequencies (Wolfgang Bueschel)
5. Morocco (Hector E. Perez)
6. Jordon log ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
7. Glenn Hauser logs February 8-9 (Glenn Hauser)
8. New edition of Radio Stations in the UK now available (bdxcuk)
9. Radio Netherlands launches Chinese website (Zacharias Liangas )
10. LOGGING 6310 .... (Zacharias Liangas )
11. Escutas (Antonio L. Garcia)
12. Guam, Tanzania & Yemen logs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
13. HCDX logs between 2008-02-09 0000 UTC and 2008-02-10 0000 UTC
(Risto Kotalampi)
14. Bolivian Logs from NH-USA, Feb 8th (Scott R. Barbour Jr.)
15. Re: DXERS UNLIMITED´S WEEKEND EDITION FOR 9 - 10 FEBRUARY
2008 (Glenn Hauser)
16. 4905 Chad (Giampiero Bernardini)
17. Re: Dxers Unlimited?s weekend edition for 9-10 February 2008
(Prof. Arnaldo Coro Antich)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 22:39:35 -0600
From: "Jim Pogue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] BTC Podcast #9 is now ready
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BTC Podcast #9 has been uploaded and is now ready for listeners. Thanks to
J.D. Stephens for another excellent program. Click on this link to have a
listeners:
http://www.dxtests.info/podcasts/BTC_Podcast_9.mp3
73s, Jim Pogue
IRCA/NRC Joint Broadcast Test Committee Coordinator
Memphis, Tennessee USA
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 03:14:27 EST
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [HCDX] Anguilla 6090 off the air
To: [email protected]
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**NIGERIA. 6089.85, Radio Nigeria, Kaduna, 0620-0645, Feb 9,
Anguilla off the air leaving this station audible with vernacular talk.
Local tribal music. Local drums. Strong level but poor reception
due to DRM QRM. (Brian Alexander, PA)
**BRAZIL. 6089.95, Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, 0705-0725,
Feb 9, Anguilla off the air leaving this station audible with Portuguese
preacher. Weak. Poor with QRM from Nigeria & DRM QRM.
// 9645.24-very weak. (Brian Alexander, PA)
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 11:24:51 +0200
From: "Jari Savolainen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] RNT Chad frequencies
To: "CDX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "DXLD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"DXP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>
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7 February 2008 at 1900 R Chad had a frequency announcement on
4905 kHz. I noted they announced one 41 mb frequency, but couldn't
make out what it was. Jean-Michel Aubier in France had a listen to
the audio file and he says:
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"Not easy to unsterstand with their african accent !
The man announces 7120 kHz in the morning and 4905 kHz in the evening + 94.5
MHz in N'Djamena
No precise schedule given."
------
So, 6165 was changed to 7120.
Many thanks, Jean-Michel and many thanks also to Mauno Ritola and Henrik
Klemetz for their help.
Jari Savolainen
Kuusankoski
Finland
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 11:31:52 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] RNT Chad frequencies
To: "DXLD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>, "Jari Savolainen"
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Usually in the past x6165:
4905 0430-approx.0730 + 1800-2300
7120 0730-1030 Fri/Sat
1030-1800 daily
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jari Savolainen" <Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 10:24 AM
Subject: [HCDX] RNT Chad frequencies
> 7 February 2008 at 1900 R Chad had a frequency announcement on
> 4905 kHz. I noted they announced one 41 mb frequency, but couldn't
> make out what it was. Jean-Michel Aubier in France had a listen to
> the audio file and he says:
> ------
> "Not easy to unsterstand with their african accent !
> The man announces 7120 kHz in the morning and 4905 kHz in the evening +
> 94.5 MHz in N'Djamena. No precise schedule given."
> ------
>
> So, 6165 was changed to 7120.
> Many thanks, Jean-Michel and many thanks also to Mauno Ritola and Henrik
> Klemetz for their help.
>
> Jari Savolainen
> Kuusankoski
> Finland
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 07:36:23 -0400
From: "Hector E. Perez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Morocco
To: <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Anyone in the NA area has heard this station ? This morning at 10:55 utc I was
getting a somehow fair signal which my Passport shows at Morroco on 9575 khz..
Heard it for some time but No ID. Female voice and soft music.
Luig
San Juan
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 10:23:55 EST
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [HCDX] Jordon log
To: [email protected]
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**JORDON. 11690, Radio Jordon, 1755-1838*, Feb 8, on late in
English with local pop & US pop music. English news at 1800. At
1802 back to a variety of local pop, US pop & rap music. "Radio
Jordon, 96.3 FM" IDs. Abruptly off at 1838. Strong, but co-channel
QRM at 1800 from a weak unidentified station. Both stations in at
equal levels at times. Deutsche Welle listed for 1800. (Brian Alexander, PA)
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 12:35:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 8-9
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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** ANGUILLA. DGS missing from 6090, Feb 9 at 0707 check, uncovering some
extremely distorted talk, perhaps two stations mixing. Is Nigeria this bad like
it is on some other frequencies? 11775 also missing Feb 9 at 1445, but on when
rechecked at 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHAD. Everything back to normal? 4905 heard again Feb 8 at 0630 with usual
music, 0641 announcement; heavy CODAR QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CROATIA [non non]. V. of Croatia, 6165, 0700 Feb 9 with ID, news in English,
34533, some CCI, but frequency is totally blocked by huge widespread signal
from Bonaire until 0657* By 0704 already back to music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. The DentroCuban Jamming Command continues to cause immense and totally
unnecessary collateral damage to non-exile broadcasters. Feb 9 at 0703, XEPPM
6185 was putting in a very good signal with a cantata --- but bubble jamming
could be heard on the frequency, also spreading to 6190 (but not heard on 6180
with Brasil, and maybe RHC carrier still on). The only time 6185 `needs` to be
jammed is at 0200-0400 with R. Rep?blica, but at least one jamming transmitter
on a given frequency can often be heard ticking away during what should be
off-hours. (And I see that the RR and consequent DCJC QSY to 6185 from 6100
still hasn`t made it into EiBi or Aoki, despite first discussed here months
ago.) During 0200-0400, of course, 6185 is a total loss for R. Educaci?n and
its would-be listeners.
After 0700 Feb 9 I also tuned around 49m looking for other spurious Cuban
jamming and found some, around 6135, which would be another leftover from Radio
Rep?blica at 2200-2400; this bothered NHK on 6145. On the lower side the
jamming merged with jamming-like DRM on 6125-6130-6135 from Sines, 40 degrees
during this hour.
Also heard some lite jamming around 6085, which might be explained as a mix of
the heavy, and not left-over DCJC against Mart? on 5980 and 6030, another 50
kHz higher. 6030 in particular was broad, with spikes extending well past 6025
and 6035 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JORDAN. R. Jordan, 11690, reactivated a few days ago, heard here Feb 8 at
1440 with Arabic pop music, 1446 announcement by YL in French; Jordan strong
enough to make RTTY on lo side evitable simply by tuning slightly to hi side.
1500 timecheck, ID in French by OM. Had a SAH of about 4 Hz, presumably with
HCJB scheduled until 1500, altho no audio heard from it; but SAH still there at
1530; 1537 phone call on the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. MW report of the WABV-1590 DX test, WAIK heard instead: see DXLD
8-017; Daytime MW bandscan: see DXLD 8-018; also on MW DX lists (gh)
** VENEZUELA [non]. Sat Feb 9 sat on 11680 from 1500 waiting for RNV CI via
Cuba to appear. Carrier finally on at 1505:40 and program joined in progress at
1506. Unlike previous Saturdays, no English, all in Spanish to 1522 tune-out.
Great way to build an audience! Also, RHC 13680 carrier stayed on until 1510*
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 11:17:40 -0000
From: "bdxcuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] New edition of Radio Stations in the UK now available
To: "DXLD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
The new 2008 (21st) edition of Radio Stations in the United Kingdom is now
available from the British DX Club.
Radio Stations in the UK is a comprehensive 68-page guide to BBC,
commercial, community and low power AM/FM services on MW and FM,
with lists in frequency order and by station name. It includes transmitter
power and site details, plus contact information. Frequencies are
cross-referenced to help you find parallels. It includes a separate section
covering Radio Stations in the Republic of Ireland.
Its been two years since the last edition was published so there are
numerous changes, including almost 100 new community radio stations.
Radio Stations in the UK is a must for anyone interested in UK domestic
radio - from the keen mediumwave or FM DXer to the casual listener. Why
not order a second copy to keep in the car - we have a special price for two
copies!
PRICE per copy (includes postage):
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:59:29 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Netherlands launches Chinese website
To: <>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Radio Netherlands launches Chinese website
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/features/media/080208-chinese-website
08-02-2008
HILVERSUM - On Monday 11 February, Radio Netherlands Worldwide
(RNW) will be launching its new Chinese-language website
www.rnw.nl/chinese in Amsterdam.
The site is aimed at Chinese people with a special interest in the
Netherlands and provides Dutch news and background information. It is the
first time RNW has targetted China. The site is designed to help promote
press freedom and pluralism in China long-term.
There will be daily news reports from the Netherlands and a review of Dutch
newspapers on the site. It will also include topical pieces where the Dutch
view is of interest to China, for example, the environment, water
management, health care and culture. Chinese people will gain information
on the Netherlands and Dutch society.
Limits
The website will have to take some account of the limitations in China.
RNW's Deputy Editor-in-Chief, China expert Ardi Bouwers, explains:
"We've chosen a realistic approach without setting ourselves editorial
limitations. Bearing in mind the very specific information contained on the
site, we don't expect to be blacked out by the Chinese government
straightaway". However, the editorial team are not going to avoid politically
sensitive issues. "We intend to make use of what room we believe is
available. If risky topics are considered to be within the scope of the site,
we'll publish."
RNW has chosen an approach which looks to the future, and it will continue
to analyse China's media landscape and the state of press freedom into the
years after the 2008 Olympic Games. "We hope the website will be a bridge
for Chinese people on the lookout for information. We hope to extend what
we do as soon as new possibilities open up," says Ardi Bouwers.
Launch event
RNW is launching the site on 11 February at Amsterdam's Pakhuis de
Zwijger. Speakers at the launch event, whose theme is 'China and the
Internet: opportunities and limitations', will include Xiaoying Zhang of
Deutsche Welle, Jeroen de Kloet from the University of Amsterdam and
China and Internet expert, Xiao Qiang, who is flying from the United States
to attend.
Editorial staff please note
Those interested in attending must register for the meeting. Please contact
Marjolein Klaassen-Hulst of Radio Netherlands Worldwide on 035-67 24
212, 06-5115 6394 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] She can also provide
further information about the website, interviews and press photos.
Each week, Radio Netherlands Worldwide informs tens of millions of people
about developments in the Netherlands, Europe and the world via radio,
television and the Internet. RNW provides an independent, objective,
unbiased and trustworthy source of news to its global audience in ten
languages, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:13:12 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] LOGGING 6310 ....
To: <>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/144
when trying to listen to R Cochiguaz:
ON 2225 on 8/2 with a dutch pirate IDed as 'Double K'with a telephone 30-
293007 on 6308.2 drifting upwards. Signal S5 but enhancing by time.ON
2203 and then with S9 and QRG 6311 playing Blondie , dream on
OM 0607 on 6310 with R L Arboc with rythmic music and again drifting
upwards , identified on 0646 with continuous IDs and signal S5
Liangas 8+9 feb
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Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 16:19:05 -0300
From: "Antonio L. Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Escutas
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]>, "Santa
Rita DX Clube" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Escutas realizadas em Jo?o Pessoa-PB - HI22nu
R?dio: SW7600GR - Antena: Vertical 6m
21630 LONDRES: BBC, via Ilha de Ascens?o 09/02/2008 1816-1823 em frances, OM
pos. transmitindo partida futebol 35333 (Antonio Garcia, Jo?o Pessoa-PB -
Brasil)
17510 USA: Global Catholic Network, Vandiver 09/02/2008 1824-1829 em esp., OM
c/rezado um ter?o; prega??o 35333 (Antonio Garcia, Jo?o Pessoa-PB - Brasil)
17575 USA: Family Radio, Okeechobee 09/02/2008 1830-1835 em portugu?s, mx
religiosa; OM c/prega??o 25232 (Antonio Garcia, Jo?o Pessoa-PB - Brasil)
17595 ESPANHA: Radio Exterior de Espanha, Noblejas 09/02/2008 1836-1841em esp.,
OMs c/coment?rios esportivos 45334 (Antonio Garcia, Jo?o Pessoa-PB - Brasil)
17680 CHILE: CVC a Sua Voz, Santiago 09/02/2008 1843-1850 em esp., OM
c/coment?rios; mx OM c/tradu??o 35333 (Antonio Garcia, Jo?o Pessoa-PB - Brasil)
17715 ESPANHA: Radio Exterior de Espanha, Noblejas 09/02/2008 1851-1856 OMs
c/coment?rios esportivos 45444 (Antonio Garcia, Jo?o Pessoa-PB - Brasil)
Antonio Laurentino Garcia
PR7BCP
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 16:02:16 EST
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [HCDX] Guam, Tanzania & Yemen logs
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
**GUAM. 11690, AWR-Voice of Hope-KSDA, Agat, 1600-1629*,
Feb 9, Jordan off the air again leaving this station audible with
English religious programming of talk & music. // 9585 - both
frequencies weak. (Brian Alexander, PA)
**TANZANIA. 11735, Radio Tanzania-Zanzibar, 1759-1815, Feb 9,
local drums at 1759. Time pips & English news at 1800-1809.
"Spice FM" IDs. Swahili talk at 1809. Good signal. No English heard
the previous day, February 8. (Brian Alexander, PA)
**YEMEN. 9780.06, Republic of Yemen Radio, San?a, 1815-1840,
Feb 9, Euro-pop & local pop music. English programming but
muffled audio difficult to understand. ID at 1829 as "You are tuned
to the English service of the Republic of Yemen Radio broadcasting
from San?a/Aden". English news at 1830. Back to Euro-pop music
at 1835. Weak signal. Lost in noise at 1840. (Brian Alexander, PA)
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 23:05:03 +0000
From: Risto Kotalampi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] HCDX logs between 2008-02-09 0000 UTC and 2008-02-10
0000 UTC
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 17:15:55 -0800 (PST)
From: "Scott R. Barbour Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Bolivian Logs from NH-USA, Feb 8th
To: Cumbre DX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, DXLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
DXplorer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, HCDX
<[email protected]>, Gayle Van Horn <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>,
Al Quaglieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mark Taylor
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BOLIVIA, 5996.4, presumed R. Loyola, 1007-1014, Feb 8,
Spanish. M ancr w/ talk; weak w/ heavy 6000-WYFR
splatter. Need to try during the 0945-1000 window when
WYFR is silent.(Barbour-NH)
BOLIVIA, 4699.35, R. San Miguel, 1016-1032, Feb 8,
Spanish. Two M w/ talk thru BoH; weak but
clear.(Barbour-NH)
BOLIVIA, 4781.4, presumed R. Tacana, 1033, Feb 8,
Spanish. Heard just about a minute of W ancr before
signal wiped out by 4780-R. Coatan s/on. Poor under
CODAR.(Barbour-NH)
Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, NH-USA
R8,R75,NIR10,MLB1,200'Beverages,60mDipole
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Message: 15
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 18:15:51 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DXERS UNLIMITED´S WEEKEND EDITION FOR 9 - 10 FEBRUARY
2008
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected], ODXA yg
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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If he were not referring to a ``self-proclaimed expert`` or ``guru``, I would
think he was talking about me, since I have made just such comments about
phoning-in! But I have never proclaimed myself to be any such thing. Where
would he get that idea?
OK, tnx for the explanation, but then other announcers` voices must be
processed very differently since they are of higher fidelity, which with RHC`s
huge signals is certainly a benefit rather than a detriment (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
#######
Re:: Item four: Some of the self proclaimed gurus of international
broadcasting sometimes fumble the ball and just loose it... for
example, a friend e-mailed me this week a comment about my shows, in
which the self proclaimed expert affirmed that my programs where sent to the
station via a phone link.... Well, once again the guru missed... what really
happens is that when I arrive at Studio 6, my sound engineer of many years now,
Jose Costa Pupo, knows that the audio frequency equalizer must be set according
to my own optimized frequency response curve... The shape of the curve is
optimized for voice, so you won?t hear audio below 250 cycles per second, or
above 3000 cycles per second... And sure, it does sound much better under
difficult propagation conditions... So amigos, just for your information... no,
they are not phone-in as many times proclaimed by a constant critic of Radio
Havana Cuba... it is just your?s truly optimization of the frequency response
to achieve the best possible reception of voice signals via short wave...
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Message: 16
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:02:05 +0100
From: "Giampiero Bernardini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] 4905 Chad
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4905 RNT Radio Chad with a great signal on Saturday 9 morning, here in
Milan, at 0520, in French with nice Afro songs and news at 0530. Very strong
signal. Id "Radio Chad". According to many reports the radio is back
broadcasting from a temporary office, in private building.
rx SDR-14
ant T2FD
SW blog: http://radiodxsw.blogspot.com/
Ciao
Giampiero
Giampiero Bernardini
Milano, Italy
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Message: 17
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:28:45 -0500
From: "Prof. Arnaldo Coro Antich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Dxers Unlimited?s weekend edition for 9-10
February 2008
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RADIO HAVANA CUBA
DXERS UNLIMITED
DXERS UNLIMITED?S WEEKEND EDITION FOR 9 - 10 FEBRUARY 2008
BY ARNIE CORO
RADIO AMATEUR CO2KK
Hi amigos radioaficionados all around the world, and moving in orbit
around Planet Earth,and
according to recent headlines, never before so many radio amateur
operators have
gathered in space... although one of them is scheduled to return back to
Earth in a few days.
Let?s hope that many newcomers to amateur radio may be able to make
their first contact
with other hams orbiting the Earth during the next few days... Space ham
radio operation is
one of the more than 83 ways that you can I can enjoy amateur radio,
although not many
of us have the opportunity of flying into Earth orbit !!!. By the way,
two way contacts on the
two meters amateur band with spacecraft flying in low space orbit is
quite easy using very
simple equipment... a two meters band hand held FM transceiver, a
handie-talkie, and
a three or four element portable Yagi antenna is all you will need to
contact fellow radio
amateurs orbiting the Earth.... Item two: Just back from a surprise
trip to Venezuela and
a one week very short vacation here in Havana amigos... and still
catching up with the
backlog... I had the nice opportunity of visiting Radio Nacional of
Venezuela, and also
climbing to one of the mountains sorrounding Caracas, to see the unique
AM broadcast
band site of YVKE Mundial 550 kiloHertz and Radio Nacional of
Venezuela?s Canal
Informativo 630 kiloHertz stations, that are now sharing the same
antenna system.
YKKE Mundial 550 kiloHertz is a frequent DX catch in North America
during this solar
minimum and its 130 meters high tower stands high above the Avila
mountain, overlooking
Caracas. More about my visit to Venezuela , where I was invited to
attend the Radio
Club Venezolano amateur radio organization?s ceremony of installation of
its newly
elected executive committee, later in today?s weekend edition of Dxers
Unlimited.
I am Arnie Coro, radio amateur CO2KK, your host here at this twice
weekly radio hobby
program.... I will be back with you in a few seconds, after a short
break for station ID...
.......
Si amigos, this is Radio Havana Cuba, the name of the program is Dxers
Unlimited, and yes
we do QSL, we do verify reception reports with a beautiful QSL card that
you will keep
in your collection and show to your friends for years to come. This is
our weekend edition
and now here is item three : Dxing from South America... an eyewitness
report... Sure
I had done it before... I remember very well my first stay in Rio de
Janeiro way back in
1981, during the ITU Region II Medium Wave Conference, where I used for
the first time
the Sony ICF 2001 digital receiver that was just coming out to the world
market. I bought
the receiver on my way to BRAZIL, during a four day stopover in Panama
City, and
was able to enjoy for the first time ever the use of a portable digital
receiver. Our own
50 kiloWatt transmitter operating on 15340 kiloHertz was easily heard at
Rio de Janeiro?s
beautiful Hotel Nacional, designed by worldwide known Brazilian
architect Oscar Niemeyer...
The Sony ICF2001, the grand-daddy of today?s portable digital receivers,
behaved very
well from the 19th floor room of the Hotel, overlooking the San Conrado
beach, near
the famous Copacabana and Ipanema white sands strips... But in Caracas,
many years later
reception was quite different from the seaside location in Brazil... I
was using another Sony
portable, the ICF 7600G, and a short length of wire hanging down from
the window...
As expected, the location, a valley totally sorrounded by high
mountains, made reception
of AM broadcast band DX practically impossible, although the magic of
short wave brought
a lot of signals despite the extremely low solar activity that prevailed
during my stay
in Venezuela...
Item four: Some of the self proclaimed gurus of international broadcasting
sometimes fumble the ball and just loose it... for example, a friend
e-mailed me this week
a comment about my shows, in which the self proclaimed expert affirmed
that my programs
where sent to the station via a phone link.... Well, once again the guru
missed... what really
happens is that when I arrive at Studio 6, my sound engineer of many
years now, Jose
Costa Pupo, knows that the audio frequency equalizer must be set
according to my
own optimized frequency response curve... The shape of the curve is
optimized for voice,
so you won?t hear audio below 250 cycles per second, or above 3000
cycles per second...
And sure, it does sound much better under difficult propagation
conditions... So amigos,
just for your information... no, they are not phone-in as many times
proclaimed by a constant
critic of Radio Havana Cuba... it is just your?s truly optimization of
the frequency response
to achieve the best possible reception of voice signals via short wave...
Item five: More about my visit to Venezuela... Radio Nacional of
Venezuela is now involved
in a nation wide expansion and modernization of its broadcast
facilities, that includes
the installation of a large number of FM broadcast band transmitters to
increase the
coverage even to the most remote locations. The installation of several
new AM broadcast
transmitting stations is also now in the works, using solid state
transmitters and highly
efficient folded monopole vertical antennas. Most of the new AM
broadcast band sites will
be serving two of Radio Nacional of Venezuela?s national programs, by
means of a diplexer
arrangement that allows using the same antenna system for transmitting
two different
AM band frequencies . This is a very sound and economical approach that
has been used
for a long time by AM stations around the world, and now it is even a
more efficient approach
thanks to the use of the vertical folded and grounded monopole antennas,
that also provide
additional protection for the solid state output modules of the modern
transmitters...
So, in the not too distant future, I am sure that Dxers in South
America, the Caribbean
Central America and North America will be able to pick up the new
Venezuelan AM transmitters
broadcasting Radio Nacional of Venezuela different programs, as several
of these sites
will be using power outputs in the 10 to 50 kiloWatt range... the kind
of power that makes
possible frequent DX pick up from distances of more than one or two
thousand miles away...
..................
You are listening to Radio Havana Cuba, the name of the show is Dxers
Unlimited, and you
can send your signal reports, comments about the program and radio hobby
related questions
to [EMAIL PROTECTED], again, very easy to remember and to type too...
[EMAIL PROTECTED], VIA AIR MAIL
you can get in touch by sending a postcard or letter to Arnie Coro,
Radio Havana Cuba,
Havana , Cuba... and now the weekend edition of Dxers Unlimited
continues via short wave
and from 05 to 07 UTC we are also on the world wide web via streaming
audio from
http://rhc.cu.... Amigos, amateur radio once again demonstrated its
unique ability to
provide much needed emergency communications during natural disasters...
The recent
tornadoes that produced terrible loss of life and destruction in the
United States of America
were, once again, an occassion to show how ham radio operators could
provide inmediate
help and assistance to those in charge of handling the emergencies, when
all traditional
communications systems failed due to the devasting effects of the
twisters... Every
amateur radio operator should always keep an emergency kit ready , so as
to be able
to help his community when the need comes to provide effective links
that don?t require
the backup and support of sophisticated systems that despite all
efforts, always seem
to go out of order when the natural or man made emergency situations
occur...
And now amigos, just before going QRT, now back in Havana, at RHC Studio 6
and with the audio frequency equalizer set for optimum response to my
voice...
here is Arnie Coro?s HF plus low band VHF propagation update and forecast.
According to solar scientists the almost never ending long, long end
tail of solar
cycle 23 seems to be going to last for at least several more weeks...
predictions
call for extremely low solar activity , rock bottom solar flux near 70
units and
lower, and zero sunspots for at least six more weeks... so , short wave
propagation
conditions will be limited to the lower frequency bands, with daytime
propagation
reaching only up to 18 or 20 megaHertz. Night time maximum useable frequency
on some paths will dip even below 7 megaHertz , something typical of
extremely
long periods of very low solar activity. For Low frequency bands Dxers,
in the range
between 100 kiloHertz and 2 megaHertz, propagation conditions will be
ideal during
periods of quiet geomagnetic activity... and when the eventual solar
coronal hole
sends a stream of charge particles to hit the Earth?s magnetosphere...
then the
AM broadcast band will bring in some rare and nice DX especially to the
South of
your location. Amateur radio operators that enjoy the use of the 160
meters band
will be able to work some nice DX during the rest of February and early
March...
possibly the best conditions for 160 meters for many years to come...
Hope to
have you all listening to the mid week edition of Dxers Unlimited ,
Tuesday and
Wednesday UTC days, and don?t forget to send me your signal reports ,
comments
about the program and radio hobby related questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or
VIA AIR
MAIL to Arnie Coro, Radio Havana Cuba, Havana, Cuba... and to all of you
that
missed my show during my surprise trip to Venezuela and one week vacation
in HAVANA and wrote e-mails asking about me... thank you very much to
all amigos..
fortunately I am in good health and enjoying our wonderful radio hobby
as always !!!
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 62, Issue 10
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