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Today's Topics:
1. Log and help! (Arnaldo)
2. log (Lucio Otavio)
3. New brazilean station on short wave (Arnaldo)
4. PNG, Buenas Nuevas, LW (Dave Valko)
5. Receiver CiaoRadio H102 (Giampiero Bernardini)
6. Relays this weekend via 9290 khz (Tom Taylor)
7. Ultimas escuchas. (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO)
8. Recent Logs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
9. Glenn Hauser logs September 13, 2008 (Glenn Hauser)
10. HCDX logs between 2008-09-13 0000 UTC and 2008-09-14 0000 UTC
(Risto Kotalampi)
11. Weekly logs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
12. Logs from NH-USA, week ending Sept. 13th (Scott R. Barbour Jr.)
13. Glenn Hauser logs September 13-14, 2008 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:15:46 -0300
From: "Arnaldo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Log and help!
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected],
NoticiasDX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Domesticas Y Tropicales
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, DXLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
playdx2003 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED],
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BOLIVIA
6075 UNID, 1050-1105, September 13, Aymara,
?It's a new station from Bolivia?
Reports from Oruro by female, short andean songs and more reports from
Oruro,
Ann. "....pueblos indigenas del mundo ....campesinos de Bolivia....", 24422
Tonight I listened Radio San Gabriel on 6080 Khz (at 2330 UTC) with good
signal
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:55:29 -0300
From: "Lucio Otavio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] log
To: <[email protected]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Anker Petersen"
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3945, Japan, R. Nikkei 2, Tokyo-Nagara. September-13 0822-0836 selections of a
soft female voice singer, lite music. Poor, 24322 (lob-B).
73
L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec
Embu SP Brasil - Sony ICF SW40 - dipole 18m, 32m
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:10:58 -0300
From: "Arnaldo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] New brazilean station on short wave
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected],
NoticiasDX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Domesticas Y Tropicales
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED],
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BRAZIL
9820 Khz Radio 9 de Julio, Sao Paulo, SP, 1345-1405, September 13,
Portuguese,
religious programme conduced by male, religious song by male,
TC, talks abt different activities in Sao Paulo, programme:
"A Caminho do Reino", 44333
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:59:43 -0400
From: "Dave Valko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] PNG, Buenas Nuevas, LW
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[email protected]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Nicolas Eramo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3385 R. East New Britain 1047 mx w/voice-over tlk by M
w/ment of Mr. Tim ?? at t/in, ment of province, islands, September,
government, etc. Sounded like PSAs or local nx. 1058 ad w/many ments of
#1, then ID by live M. Getting some local QRN over ToH. Bird call IS, then
nat. nx to 1103, followed by provincial nx. NBC ID during nx. Signal only
fair, but improved quickly after 1105. (12 Sept.)
Good LW opening this evening. S.F. = 66, A = 1, K = 0 Had audio on these
freqs: 252, 198, 189, 171, and 162 with the last one being best. There were
2 stns on 252, one with Rock mx probably RTE, and the other was in AR
probably Algeria. Also had signals on MW channels with a little audio on
the lower freqs. (13 Sept.)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3334.97 R. East Sepik 1020 tlk by M. 1023 chanting
w/tlk by M including a ment of NBC. Then nothing but nonstop tlk to 1045.
1045 lively island Pop mx. 1048 chimes and bird SFX, then partially copied
pgm promo "?? national radio ?? broadcast Papua New Guinea ?? program ??
islands ?? economic news brought to you.". Then went into more island mx.
Studio W anncr 1055, then more mx. Went over ToH w/mx. Tuned out at 1102.
Signal quality exactly the same throughout. (13 Sept.)
GUATEMALA 4799.78 R. Buenas Nuevas 1102 Ranchera mx at t/in, then pgm and
ID by M. Rel. mx, then M w/ment of programa and San Cristobal. Still
audible at 1140. Equal strength w/co-channel Mexico. CODAR getting worse
by 1140 too. (13 Sept.)
73 Dave
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:03:34 +0200
From: "Giampiero Bernardini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Receiver CiaoRadio H102
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "Herman Wijnants"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Tarmo Kontro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, G?nter
Lorenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Shortwavelistening List"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "SWBC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Willi
Passmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Mwdx List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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If you are interested you can find on my blog a post about new USDR receiver
CiaoRadio HF102 that I could test, it shows great performances on LW and MW.
The post is written in Italian. You can try to use Google free web translator.
Have nice time
73
Giampiero
Giampiero Bernardini
Avvenire
Milano
Rx: Drake SPR-4 & R-4C (with DDS4); RFT EKD 315; Perseus; RFSpace SDR-14 &
SDR-IQ; CiaoRadio H101 & H102; 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: wire 30 m.; RKB 5, 9 & 10 elements FM; RF Systems T2FD 15 m. long;
Wellbrook LFL 1010, loop by A.Capra, PA0RDT Mini Whip, Magnetic Loop L101,
Miracle Whip
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:21:37 +0100
From: "Tom Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Relays this weekend via 9290 khz
To: "Tom Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Relays this weekend via 9290 khz
September 13th
Latvia Today 10.00 -11.00UTC
Radio Casablanca 11.00 -12.00 UTC
September 14th
Radio Victoria 11.00 -15.00 UTC
Latvia Today 15.00 -16.00UTC
Good listening 73s Tom
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:28:57 +0000 (GMT)
From: JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Ultimas escuchas.
To: Frecuencia DX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Saludos cordiales.
BIELORRUSIA 7105 Radio Belarus, 18:05-18:10, escuchada el 13 de septiembre en
alem?n a
locutor con comentarios con m?sica de fondo, se aprecia ligera interferencia de
Radio Farda, cu?a de identificaci?n "..Radio Balarus..", SINPO 54544
UCRANIA 7540 Dengue Mezopotamya, 18:20-18:25, escuchada el 13 de septiembre en
kurdo
con emisi?n de m?sica folkl?rica local, SINPO 43433.
RUSIA 5940 Radio Rossii, 17:55-18:00, escuchada el 13 de septiembre en ruso con
emisi?n
de m?sica pop y rock mel?dico, locutor con ID, comentarios, titulares, SINPO
45433.
Jos? Miguel Romero
Burjasot (Valencia)
Espa?a
Sangean ATS 909
Antena Radio Master A-108
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:34:38 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [HCDX] Recent Logs
To: [email protected]
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** CROATIA. via Germany. 9925, Croatian Radio-Voice of Croatia,
2215-2233, Sept 12, tune-in to local pop music. Two minutes of
English at 2228 with IDs & news. Spanish at 2230. Good. English
scheduled for 2215-2230 but only heard at 2228-2230. (Brian Alexander,
PA)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Radio Africa, 2200-2251*, Sept 12,
the usual US produced English religious programming. ID announcements
at 2249 with contact information to sign off. Fair level but mediocre
audio quality. A very weak WYFR heard underneath. (Brian Alexander,
PA)
**************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog,
plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com.
(http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014)
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:15:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 13, 2008
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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** ALASKA. 7355, Sept 13 at 1510 in Russian talk, fair. Per Aoki can only be
KNLS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. As I was searching the MW band for Ike-related anomalies, I was
sidetracked by good signal on 540 playing ``O, Carol``, and back-announcement
soon recognized as Randy Bachman`s Vinyl Tap on CBC Radio 1, i.e. CBK
Saskatchewan; this was way over XEWA, as sometimes happens when northern
conditions are good. Then at 0605 on 990 it was Radio Netherlands` ``Bridges
With Africa`` program, i.e. via WRN via CBC Overnight via CBW Manitoba. No IBOC
audible from KTOK 1000 at the moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RHC was back in English on 6140, UT Sept 14 at 0212 and 0520 chex, and
after 0600, having been in Spanish 24 hours earlier. So now my theory is that
it was a mistake, probably caused by the studio operator putting up the wrong
tape for the 6140 transmitter. Except for certain obviously live shows like
Mesa Redonda, and maybe Al? Presidente, everything in RHC`s regular schedule is
likely to be recorded earlier in the day to give the censors time to vet it,
and to make sure some announcer doesn`t lose his cool and go on the air
denouncing the Revolution, or indeed say anything the least bit negative about
the government.
Wrong tape theory is abetted by the late start for the news well after 0600.
The only problem is that 6140, 6060 and 6000 when in English have been
synchronized so there would presumably be only one playback going to all three.
O well. Maybe 6140 is at a different site than the other two and that one only
lost its STL so they put up whatever they could get their hands on, like an
earlier Spanish broadcast.
RHC continues to have trouble with the 6000 transmitter and/or antenna.
Normally on until 1400, it was missing again at 1315 Sept 13, good news for the
Korean clandestine on 6003 and the Australian DRM on 5990-5995-6000 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. DW Russian, 15420 via UK, Sat Sept 13 at 1434-1459:30* abrupt
had show with fascinating music on unconventional instruments, reminding me of
Harry Partch. Per website the Sat 1430 show is called Muzprosvet, worth
catching futurely. Unlike Don Jensen, I am not impressed with Google
translation, since all it can manage is transliterating the word as above, not
translating or defining it!
But the blurb about the program at
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,268970,00.html comes out as:
``Business Card transfer
Muzprosvet - a weekly half (as easy to guess the music) Analytical radio. Is it
Andrew Gorokhov. Leading not nourishes tender addiction to any specific musical
direction, having scepticism about any pop culture phenomenon. His genuine
enthusiasm (and envy) causes only traditional music of Africa and Asia.
Typically, in Muzprosvete sounds more or less electrified Western European
music, claim to an independent view on things.
In any case, fans expect from Muzprosveta techno and breykbita, noise and
minimalism. Muzprosvet has its own propaganda (it is - light knowledge) from
Bonn, the main actors of many programs - German musicians. But every attempt to
avoid provincialism and imperialism, Muzprosvet forces to the best paying
attention to a variety of musical events.``
And DW has a link to a site in Latvia and Russia about this,
http://www.muzprosvet.ru/ and it has some audio linx but only for a couple
dates in July. Is there an audio archive of latest shows??
Live stream is at:
http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_livestream/0,,95262_type_liveaudio_struct_298,00.html
After the semiminute break, Russian resumed at 1500 on same 15420 but much
weaker. As to be expected, since this is when sites switch from Rampisham to
UAE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 15050, distorted talk in S Asian language, Sept 13 at 1444, strong
but with flutter. This is AIR Sinhala service scheduled 1300-1500, 100 kW from
Delhi-Kingsway site, per Aoki; also on 15050 at 1115-1215 is the Tamil service,
but different site and power, 250 kW from Delhi-Khampur, both at 174 degrees.
What does this tell us about AIR`s priorities? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 4750, RRI Makassar ID by YL heard immediately at tune-in 1328
Sept 13, then lite romantic music; poor, but better than the only other Indo
audible, 4790. Might have been a good Indo morning if I had started listening a
sesquihour earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 15285, VOT IS, 1359 Sept 13 and opening Arabic at 1400; fair from
Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Tnx to numerous tips on numerous lists, KGOW 1560 Bellaire TX, strong
here at 0512 UT Sept 13, H. Ike coverage reported as simulcasting audio of
KPRC-TV 2. Obviously running day power of 50 kW for the emergency, and Jerry
Kiefer says more like 300 kW ERP usward!
There must have been a lot of changes since the year+old NRC AM Log 2007 which
showed:
KILE Bellaire TX C D3 50000 -psra 154 - CP U5 50000/1000 AP U4. 10614 Rockley
Road, Houston 77099-3514 - 281-564-7064. ETHNIC - 0700-LSS
What is KGOW normal format now, and what does the 2008 NRC Log say?
Radio-locator.com has different address in Rogers TX and says night power is
normally 100 watts; linx to coverage maps too:
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=KGOW&sr=Y&s=C&x=14&y=6
At 0550 UT Sept 13 in the null of WSM, I heard ``News-talk 650`` non-ID, also
tnx to no IBOC audible at the moment from WWLS-640 in the same direxion. I
suspected this was KIKK Pasadena TX, normally daytimer only, but also doing its
part for the emergency, which isn`t much with only a 250 watt transmitter, and
probably getting creamed in Houston by WSM et al.
That is, until I found a perfect match on the slogan in the 2007 NRC AM Log for
CKOM Saskatoon. Other news/talk format stations listed are in AK, CA, MN, and
plain old talk in VA and WY. So can`t be sure (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** VATICAN [non]. Quite a culture clash on 6020, Sept 13 at 1313, Bells of St.
Peter mixing with R. Australia Saturday night country music show, the former
relayed by RVA Philippines, but transmitter off shortly. RA doesn`t think this
is a problem in their target area (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7270, Sept 13 at 1509, strong carrier on and off, presumably a
frustrated ham objecting to the broadcast station uncovered intermittently, in
Chinese talk and music. Per Aoki this could be:
7270*VOICE OF CHINA 1435-1535 1234567 Chinese 100 325 Hu Wei TWN 12024E 2343N
VOC a08
But since there is an asterisk, it is more likely Chicom jamming of the
non-Firedrake variety against VOC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:05:01 +0000
From: Risto Kotalampi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] HCDX logs between 2008-09-13 0000 UTC and 2008-09-14
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:21:53 +0000
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Subject: [HCDX] Weekly logs
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D'Angelo), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (dxld), [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Cumbre DX), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gayle Van Horn),
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6080 SAO TOME VOA Relay EG to Africa 09/12 *0600 Did not hear usual VOA
s/on but nx began at 0601 then 'Daybreak Africa' at 0605 with details on
several African news items as well as report on racial attitudes in America.
Signal lost in band noise at 0632. (Barker Broomall, PA)
6973.33 ISRAEL Galei Zahal (Israeli defense forces radio) 90/13 Hebrew
At 0140 YL playing pop music including 'Both Sides Now' by Judy Collins and
later 'Blue Moon'. Music interrupted at 0200 by time pips, news sounder and OM
with nx until 0203. Then music. Had to chase xmsn from 6973.33 down to
6972.86. Tuned out at 0205. (Barker Broomall, PA)
6985 USA WYFR 09/13 0207 preacher warns against mockers and scoffers and
condemns wine and strong drink (did not mention beer) Tuned out and headed for
kitchen. (Barker Broomall, PA)
7270 EGYPT R. Cairo EG 09/13 0250 YL was trying -- and failing -- to
read EG script about children's books then adult books, including 'Root of All
Evil'. No ID at 0300 but directly into EG nx. Tuned out at 0305. (Barker
Broomall, PA)
7395 Vatican City R. Vatican 09/13 EG 0310-0320* Drama about St.
Bernadette seeing 'The Lady'. YL said this was part 3 of 6 and those who
missed earlier episodes can hear them at R. Vatican website. 0319 bells of
St. Peter's, IS and into SP at 0320. (Barker Broomall, PA)
7505 USA WRNO Worldwide New Orleans 09/13 0340-0403* heard C&W religious
music. DJ Kevin Duncan advised that WRNO may be off the air the next few days
because Hurricane Ike could strike Ft. Worth studios. News at 0350. ID at
0400 and then they should have pulled the plug. But DJ played part of 'Walkin'
to New Orleans' by Fats Domino, gave lengthy ID and then hit the switch at
0403. (Barker Broomall, PA)
11990 KUWAIT R. Kuwait 09/13 EG At 1830 heard time pips, ID and then "It
is 9:30 p-m in Kuwait", followed by om with nx and then music until 1900. YL
with ID then discussion of a Kuwaiti woman belonging to royal family who works
for improved economic conditions and rights for women. Stopped listening at
1905. (Barker Broomall, PA)
17630 GABON Afrique Numero Un 09/13 At 1430 heard beat the band signal!
Banter by two DJs and lots of FR music until 1500 ID by YL. Nx and commentary
until 1510, into ads or promos and more music. Signal was gulped up by band
noise at 1515. (Barker Broomall, PA)
Bruce Barker Broomall, PA Equipment NRD-535D and short longwire.
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:11:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Scott R. Barbour Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs from NH-USA, week ending Sept. 13th
To: Cumbre DX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, DXLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
DXplorer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, HCDX
<[email protected]>, Gayle Van Horn <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]>,
NASWAyg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Al Quaglieri
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6040, BRAZIL, presumed R. Clube Paranaense Curitiba, 0935, Sept 12, Portuguese.
various ancrs; passing ments. Brazil; poor; didn't stay w/ it as I had to leave
for work. (Barbour-NH)
6040, PRIDNESTROVIE, R. PMR Grigoriopol, 2324-2345*, Sept 9, French/German. FR
talk re Serbia; FR svc s/off ancment; IS into GM svc; talk re Hamas &
Hezbollah; good. (Barbour-NH)
7360, BELARUS, R. Belarus Minsk, 2120-2132, Sept 9, English. ID at t/in; W ancr
w/ local nx items; poor-not much to work with; //7105-fair but also noisier.
(Barbour-NH)
7255, NIGERIA, VON Ikorodu, 2105-2121, Sept 9, French. Various ancrs w/ nx b/w
musical bits; fair w/ modulation varying wildly. (Barbour-NH)
9430, ZAMBIA, CVC Lusaka, 0535-0541, Sept 9, English. Usual mx & religous talk;
CVC URL & phone number; poor w/ fades; tnx J. Ronda tip. (Barbour-NH)
9575, MOROCCO, R. Medi Un Nador, 2035-2100, Sept 9, English/French/Arabic. EG
pop mx by Aerosmith, U2, Beatles & others; ancr in FR b/w selections; ID at ToH
followed by nx in AR; poor-fair w/ 9580-Gabon splatter. (Barbour-NH)
Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, NH-USA
R8,R75,CLR/DSP,MLB1,200'Bevs,60mDipole
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:49:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 13-14, 2008
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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** ALBANIA. R. Tirana, 9345, 2320 Sept 13, G signal with Albanian music,
lacking in higher audio frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. See CUBA; MEXICO
** CANADA. Yes, something is very wrong with CFRX, barely a week after its
reactivation from a biyear snooze. Sept 13 at 2253, fair carrier on 6070, but
almost `open` --- occasionally I could make out a bit of modulation in the CFRB
you-must-hear-this style.
CBC NQ, 9625 reception is improving, such as Sat Sept 13 at 2338 with
favourites such as ``Michelle, Ma Belle``, suitably bilingual, and until 2344,
monolingual ``Mona Lisa``, by N. K. Cole, on Randy Bachman`s Vinyl Tap show
from CBC Radio One. Before 2300 I heard laughter, presumably CBC`s new comedy
show, Laugh Out Loud at 2230: http://www.cbc.ca/laughoutloud/ And on weekdays
before 2200 there is Nunavut news (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. Nothing buy heavy jamming audible on 9955, Sat Sept 13 at
2009 when WORLD OF RADIO has been running on WRMI. Also same at 2236 recheck.
Mesa Redonda taking a break on Saturday Sept 13; it is after all, irregular, or
usually M-F only: nothing on 9820 at 2322, raising hopes for new R. Nove de
Julho, Brasil which just opened on that frequency, but nothing more than a very
weak carrier detectable, which could be Xian or Guanxi, China. Several more
chex up to 0003 Sept 14, and 9820 still Cubaless and Brasiless.
The Cuban transmitter for 9820 could have been on 9600 instead, since that
frequency was already running at 2323 in big collision with Vatican in
Vietnamese. Quickly confirmed it was RHC, as music // 11680 but a reverb apart.
RHC normally does not start 9600 until 0000 except maybe Sundays 2330 for
Esperanto. At 2358 RHC modulation was pausing, allowing the VR IS to be heard
in the clear and then off at 0000 as RHC resumed.
Last spring when XEYU was sporadic on 9599.3, all it had to contend with during
the 2300 hour was Vatican, not Cuba. BTW, the Aoki listing of R. M?xico
Internacional on 9600 is incorrect, as that station deceased years ago and did
not use this frequency anyway.
Meanwhile was checking RHC English on 9550 during the 2300 hour, but never
heard DXers Unlimited, Saturday Sept 13. Thought they might squeeze it in, but
still missing by 2345, and instead usual politically-charged stuff. Maybe Arnie
is busy getting all the jammers back to full capacity.
And I must say that with the exception of ``Ed Newman``, and Arnie Coro, RHC is
suffering from M&W announcers with poor dixion and heavy accents. Can`t they
find any more native speakers of English willing to spout the party line? No
more hijackers, soldiers of fortune, traitors or extradition-avoiders to be
made into international radio stars?
Someone questioned whether the DentroCuban Jamming Command, and R. Rep?blica
were really on 9640; yes, reconfirmed Sept 14 at 0002 with RR on top in talk
about the space program, having just switched from 9515 until 2400. Yes, Cubans
must be protected from hearing about space!
RHC, 13760, Sept 14 at 0004, fair carrier but very undermodulated, and
modulation punched up a bit only on spikes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. Tuned in 9760 just in time Sat Sept 13 to hear a bit of Greek music
at 2244 from CyBC, ID mentioning Kypros, good signal // much weaker 5930, but
cut off at 2244:35 while music still playing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** EGYPT. R. Cairo, English to NAm, 9280, Sept 13 at 2310 Arabic music at fair
level, but half-second-late timesignal after 2315 led to drop in modulation
with news theme, and YL beginning newscast. Couldn`t make it out; gave up
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [and non]. While the day before, RNA was all over XEPPM on 6185, on
Sept 13 at 2300, Radio Educaci?n was atop with national anthem and sign-on,
making a low het as usual. Would RNA Bras?lia please go back to 6180 in the
evenings and after 0700? Much obliged (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
see also CUBA
** MOROCCO. R. M?di 1, Nador, deserves its reputation for wonderful music on
9575; Sept 13 at 2328-2326 in Arabic, man singing what seemed like a round,
backed by choral group chanting at a faster rate. 2347 soprano with string
instrument accompaniment, alternating with tenor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 7395, Sept 13 at 2238 with announcements in Indonesian,
soft music, Suara --- something. Is a handy PWBR ``2008`` any help? Of course
not. But at 2250 R. Nederland singing ID. Figured it might be Madagascar but
B-08 schedules show it as via Tinang, Philippines, 250 kW at 200 degrees.
Unusual time of day to be hearing that on 40m; maybe longpath, or equinoxial
conditions kicking in (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WWRB programming improves greatly when gospel-huxter customers are
lacking and Dave Frantz puts on his favorite fill music instead, big band. This
ran during the entire hour Sunday Sept 14, or at least from 0007 past 0055, on
3185. Tho I wonder how few records he has, as the old favorites keep
reappearing, e.g. starting tonight with In the Mood and Delightful, Delovely.
Perhaps these oldies are more suitable anyway for lack of fidelity thru his SW
modulators. Meanwhile at 0007 found 5050 in open carrier with hum; 5745 Brother
Scare with hum; nothing on 6890 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Navy MARS net, 5153.5 SSB, Sat Sept 13 at 2255, QSO between NNN0YQB
and NNN0ADF, discussing lack of stations in East Texas, and how checking into
the SHARES (sp?) net is unproductive with the army MARS guys courteous but not
really interested in what the sailors have to say. Per Google search to
http://www.navymars.org/national/cmi/CMI14-08.TXT YQB is Kenneth in East Texas.
Searching each callsign in the 16,508 posts to the UDXF yg, each got exactly
one hit, and neither was helpful in locating them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9415, Sept 13 at 2318 with constant heavy noise, sounded rather
like DRM, but not wide enough and with BFO I could detect a carrier underneath.
Still the same just before and after 2400 into UT Sept 14. Online schedules
show VOA via Philippines at 2200-2400 on 9415 but in English, so not to be
jammed; also Prague is on 9415 until 2330. The only likely jamming target on
9415 is Taiwan but at 0900-1100 only. Maybe the IBB transmitter was very out of
order, or something totally extraneous (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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