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Today's Topics:
1. Dxers Guide July - September 2008 (sakthi vel)
2. Big L 1395 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
3. Trends in Tropical Bands broadcasting 2008 (Gayle Van Horn)
4. log (Lucio Otavio)
5. AM Wed Logs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
6. Glenn Hauser logs August 5-6, 2008 (Glenn Hauser)
7. HCDX logs between 2008-08-06 0000 UTC and 2008-08-07 0000 UTC
(Risto Kotalampi)
8. Re: logs on 9552, 7135 (Glenn Hauser)
9. Glenn Hauser logs August 6-7, 2008 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:36:35 +0530 (IST)
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Subject: [HCDX] Dxers Guide July - September 2008
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:07:29 -0400
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Hi there,
does anybody know what happened to BIG L 1395 kHz?
Nothing audible here since about August 1st.
Greetings
Alexander Schulz-Luckenbach, Taunusstein, Germany
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 14:42:44 -0400
From: "Gayle Van Horn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Trends in Tropical Bands broadcasting 2008
To: "Cumbre DX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "ODXA"
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I have just posted, courtesy of Anker Petersen, his new feature,
Trends in Tropical Bands broadcasting 2008, on my shortwave
radio blog.
An excellent in-depth work, one that will likely generate
much conversation. Enjoy!
Gayle Van Horn W4GVH
Teak Publishing
World QSL Book
Shortwave Central Blog:
http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/
Monitoring Times: SWBC Logs/
QSL Report/SW Guide Editor
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 05:57:18 -0300
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Subject: [HCDX] log
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4991, Peru, R Manantial, Ancash/Huancayo. August-5 SS 2250-2302 sounded like a
religious ceremony from a wide place, male and female voices amplified and
saturated, 2256 canned anmts, music and return to ceremony . 4885 QRM, 23232
(lob-B).
73
L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec
Embu SP Brasil - Sony ICF SW40 - dipole 18m, 32m
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:04:00 +0100
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Subject: [HCDX] AM Wed Logs
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Peru, 6019.41, Radio Victoria, 0821-0840 Noted a male and female
in Spanish Language comments until 0831. At that time music is
presented. Live comments back at 0837 from a male. Lots of noise
grinding away at the signal which is poor. Consequently, this makes
it difficult for a decent logging. (Chuck Bolland, August 6, 2008)
Russia, 5920, Radio Rossii, 0906-0920, Noted a male in Russian Language
comments. This is happening while WBOH is mixing in
with their religious music and comments. Rossii's programming continues
with a female in Russian comments. Both signals (Rossii's and
WBOH's) are equally strong which is noteworthy I think. Rechecked this freq
at 0938 and Rossii was nil heard. (Chuck Bolland, August 8, 2008)
Chile, 6110, CVC (Voz Cristiana), 0925-0935 Noted music until about 0929
then canned promos and comments in Portuguese language. Shortly after,
music begins again. Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland, August 6, 2008)
Japan, 3925, Radio Nikkei, 0936-1000, At tune in noted steady music
for a few minutes. This was followed by a female in Japanese Language
comments and subsequently by a male in comments. He continued
talking until 1000. Signal was poor. (Chuck Bolland, August 6, 2008)
Clewiston, Florida
NRD545
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 08:38:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 5-6, 2008
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** ANGUILLA [and non]. No sign of DGS, 11775, Aug 6 at 1221 or 1323, just
Firedrake. From past experience, we must not jump to any conclusions that
Caribbean Beacon has broken down permanently, it is getting so irregular.
Believe it was on 6090 as usual the night before, and it could have been on
6090 now tho inaudible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 17830 with some non-jammed Chinese, Aug 6 at 0530; listed as CVC
Darwin (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. VOA Korean service, 11740 via Philippines, usually good
here for the American song segment, but as that ended 1318 August 5, it was
suffering co-channel in Chinese. Are the Chicom helping out the Chocom with
defacto jamming? This is apparently CNR2, scheduled 11-16 on 11740 via Lingshi
site, 100 kW at 286 degrees, which BTW per EiBi is shown as in English during
this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. Late-night opening on 16m, August 6 at 0528 brought RFA
Tinian in Chinese on 17880 // 17615, slightly unsynchronized with an reverb
between them, mixing with Firedrake.
Only far out of band Firedrake found between 8 and 18 MHz after sunrise Aug 6
was 10250, both at 1212 and 1323 recheck, presumably against Sound of Hope. One
can only conclude that all the SOH operations OOB with tiny Taiwan ham
transmitters serve only to tie up some jammers (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. R. Rebelde, normally a loud and clear signal on 5025 belying its
alleged NVIS antenna, Aug 5 at 0549 and for at least several minutes
thereafter, was nothing but a big hum, with traces of modulation. Wiggle that
patchcord! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GABON. ANO, 17630, once again Aug 5 had built up to a good signal by 1400,
but unlike the day before, continued with music past 1400, finally talk in
French at 1404. So much for news on the hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** INDONESIA [and non]. VOI again dominating 11785, but not enough to avoid
QRM, especially since it`s responsible for making a het from 11784.9 or so: Aug
6 at 1216 in Indonesian hour when the problem was mainly Firedrake on 11785.0,
talking about Mahendra and korrupsi. At 1217 Suara Indonesia ID and YL with
This Day in History feature on Aug 6 being Independence Day for Jamaica, and
then something about Nueva Granada, = Colombia/Venezuela/Ecuador, mentioning
Bogot?, Santa F?, and Sim?n Bol?var. A brief side-tune to RHC in Spanish on
11760 found them also saluting Jamaica! Recheck at 1306 when 11784.9 was in
English news, still dominant but with that awful self-inflicted het while
nearby frequencies such as 11770, 11790, 11795 were vacant. 1307:30 commentary
on eradicating corruption, 1311 This Day in History about --- you guessed it,
Jamaican independence, where Liz is still Queen (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** IRAN. 15530 with Qur`an, Aug 6 at 0533, then into Spanish about the ``amigos
de Al?``, fair with flutter. Then gave complete schedule of Spanish broadcasts
including this one for NAf/SEu, also on 17785 where there was a barely audible
signal; mailing address, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 15530 is 289 degrees from Kamalabad.
There were lots of other signals on 15 and 17 MHz, not so many on 11, 12 and 13
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. NHKWNRJ in English on 9625, August 6 at 1207 making 5 Hz SAH atop
poor CBCNQ, // 9695, 165 and 240 degrees respectively from Yamata (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. R. Mauritanie is sporadic, and could not hear it around 0600
August 6 on 4845. Then Chris Greenway reports that a coup is in progress, so
worth looking for this or daytime frequency 7245. Coincidentally, the
July/August issue of Saudi Aramco World has an excellent illustrated and
audible article about the history of the station; see DXLD 8-089 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 9690, Aug 4 at 2202, good signal with tonal language, and nothing
on 7255, so I suspect it was VON on 9690 by mistake, especially since it cut
off abruptly at 2206. Earlier around 2040 I tuned past 15120 which I assumed
was VON. WRTH May update had them on 15120 in English until 21, then 7255 in
French 21-22, 7255 in Hausa 22-23 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. RRI`s new 300 kW Continental transmitter at Galbeni was doing well
on 15220, Aug 6 at 1226 in English to Europe but also toward us farther on.
Nice clear modulation for a change, about a museum in Bucharest. 1230-1233
brief Romanian lesson about vacationing on the Black Sea coast. 1233 pick of
the week(?). 1239 Romanian musician playing Beethoven on piano. Seems their
broadcast is made up of a string of mini-features. Problem was some RTTY on the
hi side about 15223, which has no business inside the 19m SWBC band, but
evitable by tuning to the lo side. 15220 at 12-13 was previously registered as
Tiganeshti site at 307 degrees. Signal comparable to Turkey 15450, Bulgaria
15700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. Tuned across 5945 at 1159 August 6 just as Bible Voice was IDing in
English, with addresses, and now with its own website,
http://www.biblevoice.org and 1200 into Mandarin. Per Aoki, on Wednesdays this
is amid a Chinese block from 1130 to 1215, via Khabarovsk, 100 kW, 218 degrees.
It was squeezed by Magadan in Russian on 5940, Okeechobee in English on 5950.
On 5970, Aug 6 at 1157, SAH against very undermodulated Costa Rica, and typical
intermittent Russian tune-up tones, 1201 recheck YL in Korean and Family Radio
theme. This is YFR via Komsomol`sk/Amure, 250 kW at 213 degrees (Glenn hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. BSKSA, 15380, qontinuous Qur`an, Aug 6 from 1245 to 1300, then
timesignal about one second fast, news in Arabic. Is Rihyadh, 310 degrees,
intended to go no further than Turkey at 12-14, but reliably onward toward NAm
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** THAILAND. DRM on 17835-17840-17845, Aug 6 at 0530. This is BBC, testing? 35
kW, 25 degrees at 0300-0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WRNO, 7505, continues sporadic or on limited schedule; UT Aug 5 at
0100 check, not on the air, but it was running with music at 0325 recheck. Also
Aug 6 at 0229 ID, 0230 peacher. If anyone finds a definite program or
transmission schedule, let us know (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 23:05:01 +0000
From: Risto Kotalampi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] HCDX logs between 2008-08-06 0000 UTC and 2008-08-07
0000 UTC
To: [email protected]
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Africa
9250 Aug 5 2134-2140 Egypt: R.Wadi El Nile. SINPO- 25222. Cleiber, Brazil
Asia
9552 Aug 5 2153-2158 Indonesia: RRI Makassar. SINPO- 34433. Cleiber, Brazil
South America
7135 Aug 5 2102-2107 French Guyana: R.POLONIA via Montsinery (GUF). SINPO-
54544. Cleiber, Brazil
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:52:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] logs on 9552, 7135
To: [email protected]
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> Subject: [HCDX] HCDX logs between 2008-08-06 0000 UTC and 2008-08-07 0000 UTC
> Asia
>
> 9552 Aug 5 2153-2158 Indonesia: RRI Makassar. SINPO-
> 34433. Cleiber, Brazil
This has not been a reported in a long time. Interesting to see it is active,
especially since 4750 is so irregular. Could you include some program details
in your logs?
>
> South America
>
> 7135 Aug 5 2102-2107 French Guyana: R.POLONIA via
> Montsinery (GUF). SINPO-
> 54544. Cleiber, Brazil
This is relay via Nauen, Germany, 250 kW, 220 degrees, not French Guiana.
73, Glenn Hauser
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 21:30:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 6-7, 2008
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** GERMANY [non]. DW, 6075 at 0118 August 7 was overridden by two US stations
in English, which I soon determined were WWCR as on 7465, and local KCRC 1390
sportstalk in Enid producing a 10 Hz SAH. 7465 minus 1390 = 6075. This was a
local overload problem since I had clipped on a longwire to the DX-398 whip,
and it disappeared as I turned down the RF gain, but that was too low for much
of a signal from DW. I mention this only because others might encounter similar
anomalies, not because anyone else would be able to hear it (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HUNGARY. Magyar Radio confirmed on new 5940 to NAm, August 7 at 0113 in
Hungarian during 1-hour broadcast, with QRM from WWCR/DGS 5935, but at least no
longer co-channel collision with Cuba on 5965, which had been going on for
months. Cuba in Spanish still there // 6140 at 0123 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. V. of Justice [sic], Aug 7 at 0131 on 9495 giving schedule on SW and
satellite, also mentioning 7235 so I checked that: a bit stronger there but
with lite ham QRM on the sides. 0132 into Qur`an, as always, before getting on
with the business of America-bashing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. I listened to R. Mauritanie`s webcast off and on Aug 6 via
http://wm-live.abacast.com/radio_mauritania-wm-32?.wma Heard segments in
vernacular, French and Arabic at unpredictable intervals, as well as
characteristic music. The French seemed to be repeating an announcement about
the coup, mentioning Muhammed Abdul Aziz. Stuttering feed perhaps caused by
overloaded circuits, 16 kHz/16 kbps says the Winamp. At 0104 UT Aug 7 I looked
for 4845 but heard nothing but the ute QRM. Even before the coup it was quite
irregular. Webcast still funxioning at 0420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. I checked out a number of RRI transmissions August 6 into UT August
7, now that new 300 kW Continental transmitters are operating from Galbeni.
Reference to the schedule compiled by Wolfgang B?schel. During some of the
broadcasts two good frequencies were audible, so apparently both new
transmitters are funxional, altho the previously cited apology on their website
still appears.
22-23 English: at 2242, poor on 9790, too close for comfort to Sackville DRM
9795-9800-9805. Others inaudible: 11940, 9645, 7185 --- the latter was reported
yesterday with the new transmitter, good in Europe but too early to make it
here in summer.
23-24 Spanish: 9745; 9655, 11880, 11935 ? I missed this one
00-01 English: at 0017, 11790 was G to VG with wonderful folk music, ID. No CCI
or ACI. A winner. Not audible on 9775.
00-01 Romanian: at 0018, 9525 G, M&W talking in Romanian. No 11960.
01-02 Romanian: at 0105, 9525 still good, RRI ID, nothing heard on 11960.
01-02 French: at 0106, 6130 VG with news about Romania. No ACI or CCI.
Something too weak to ID on 9575 squeezed between two different programs in
English of CRI and CRI.
02-03 Spanish: at 0235, G on 5975; something else on 9645; not heard on 9520 or
11945.
03-04 English: at 0330, VG on 6150, eclipsing BBC Ascension 6145, but some side
QRM from it so helps to tune slightly to hi side. Doesn`t sound like RRI ---
because it`s Network Europe, as announced in mid-program after a segment on
human rights. To be positive it was really RRI, I caught the closing at 0355
mentioning broadcasts to North America an SE Asia, IS and off.
I can`t find any program schedule on the website http://www.rri.ro and the page
``what`s on this week`` is blank. Furthermore, winter timings one hour off are
still shown for the English broadcasts on the right margin! For that matter,
there`s no frequency schedule either, truncated as it may be during the
transition period, not even a link to one on the English page. There is a link
to one on the French page but it`s blank. Nor anything about Network Europe on
the English page, tho there is a link to Euranet on the Spanish page. Their
website needs a lot of rectification! Nothing heard on 9645, 9735 or 11895
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. VOR, 15425 via Pet-Kam, August 7 at 0111 was quoting the station`s
head about Olympic coverage, in English, Russian and Chinese via their portal.
Good signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WRNO, 7505, August 7 at 0125 check, Mawire preaching. Good audio, but
who wants to listen to yet another egocentric preacher who imagines he`s in
touch with God? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WWCR, 7465, had talk show a few minutes earlier, but Aug 7 at 0126
for at least a minute or two was broadcasting a telephone busy signal at the
rate of approximately two per second. Huge signal also contributed to receiver
overload mix on 6075; see GERMANY [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Brother Scare may have pulled out of 5110 and 9330, but he`s still at
odd times on WBCQ 7415, e.g. UT Thursday Aug 7 as I tuned by at 0127 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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