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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs October 27, 2008 (Glenn Hauser)
2. logs from Mosquito (Robert Wilkner)
3. correction 4828 (Robert Wilkner)
4. foreign MW DX logs (mostly Latin) (aurel chiochiu)
5. Glenn Hauser logs October 27-28, 2008 (Glenn Hauser)
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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:18:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 27, 2008
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** AFGHANISTAN [non]. Check of R. Solh via Rampisham, UK, its second day on
13830, Oct 27: at 1308, music with excessive reverb on the drums, so at first I
thought something was wrong with the playback, but cleared up with next piece.
At 1443, no co-channel audible under Solh music, so BVB may have moved, or
remains very much secondary to the RMP off-the-back signal, quite good here
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALASKA [and non]. 12-13 UT is the only KNLS English broadcast on both
transmitters, now for B-08 on 6150 and 6915. Oct 27 at 1255 tried to catch at
least the closing on 6150, but dominated by station in Chinese. Quickly
checking weak 6915, I could detect the same music that was buried on 6150.
Per Aoki A-08, and no doubt continuing, that`s RTI in Chinese, 100 kW at 310
degrees, and indeed at 1300 there was a 3+1 timesignal and ``RTI News`` altho
the program was really in Chinese. KNLS never seems to get its frequency usage
together avoiding stations in its Asian target! Do its donors know this?
At least 6915 is in the clear for KNLS if we can get it on a good propagation
day. The other KNLS English hours are now: 08 7355, 10 6150, 14 6150. The same
blockage occurs on 6150 at 1000, but should be in the clear at 1400 if we`re
not too far east for that to reach (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALBANIA. Monitoring R. Tirana`s new 13720 on its first day, for English to
NAm at 1530-1600: Oct 27 *1525 carrier on at S9+20, good and clear of any QRM.
1527 began IS, some distortion on modulation. 1530 sign-on undermodulated at
first. As always to begin, YL reading complete B-08 transmission schedule in
English, and was correct as I know it to be, but off the air abruptly just as
she was about to give the frequency for 0330. Finally came back on at 1539 with
programming in progress (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRIA. R. Austria International, 13730, Oct 27 at 1313 in English
discussing IMF, Hungary and its financial problems, good signal. Did not check
17855 until 1327 and then found them both in German, but not //, so apparently
one was external service and the other domestic relay. 17855 went off at 1330*
after the gong bong (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BULGARIA. 15700 in A-08 switched abruptly from Bulgarian to DW Russian at
1400, but now it`s R. Bulgaria from 1300 to 1500; enjoyed VG signal with some
great folk music Monday Oct 27 from 1439 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA [and non]. IBB doesn`t give a damn about North Americans being able
to hear CBC on shortwave, for it periodically goes on 6160, and has just done
it again for B-08. Oct 27 at 1252, R. Australia WRN relay buried by VOA
Chinese, as quickly IDed by jingle and mention of Mei-Guo, and making a SAH,
plus Chicom jamming, which now instead of Firedrake is at least two CNR-1
programs echoing against each other and everything else. Still going past 1300.
So now we can forget about listening to CKZU between 11 and 14, when Tinang is
running at 332 degrees to China. I bet this also wipes out CKZU in its target
area of northern BC, and at 1100 could even bother CKZN`s area (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Who knows if this is a permanent change, but Chicom jamming has for
now replaced Firedrake with the alternative: domestic programming, presumably
CNR-1, usually with an offset echo to drive listeners batty and away from
targeted services. Such was noted Oct 27 at 1300 on 6150, 6095; at 1344 on
6030, 6040, 6095; 1355 on 6085; 1402 on 9605 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. DentroCuban Jamming Command still running on 6100 at 0622 UT
Oct 27; previously had noted it went off at 0600, tho it is apparently no
longer needed at all with R. Rep?blica gone from 6100 previously at 0200-0400.
Radio Mart? on reactivated 5745, still unjammed for the second day, Oct 27 at
1306; at 1359 QSY announcement again claimed to be on 9565, 11930, 13820 but
9565 remains imaginary at 1400. Earlier at 1311, I found jamming on 13820 but
no R. Mart? audible; instead something in a S Asian language, which per DTK
B-08 is YFR, 500 kW, 84 degrees from Nauen at 1300-1459. At 1444, tho, R. Mart?
was atop 13820 with the jamming. At 1454 check, reactivated 15330 RM was also
on over jamming.
To confirm whether Cuba has reverted to UT-5 a week ahead of Yankee
Imperialists, monitored RHC 13680, Oct 27 at 1357 and also copied first the
always-misleading frequency announcement read live by Tony: 15120, 15360, from
13 UTC 15370; 13760; from 9 am also 13680; 11760, 12000; 9600; 6000. Why mix
local and UT in the same announcement? And 13680 coming on at 13 UT now = 8 am
local time! He also fails to say that 9600 ends at 1300, and totally omits
6180, also on the air until 13; and the fact that 6000 ends at 14. Why do I
know so much more about RHC`s true schedule than the studionix?
Then at 1359 he gave a live timecheck for ``9 de la ma?ana`` so Cuba is back on
EST. Recheck at 1458 just before sign off: said would resume at 23 UT on 9600,
11680; at 00 on 13760, 11760, 11690, 9600 [so are they on 11680 for one hour,
then 11690? I think not]; 02-05 on 9550, 5965, 6060, 6180; 24-01 on 6000, 6140.
A bit of musical finale, but carriers stayed on and guess what:
At 1500 started playing back Despertar Con Cuba, giving date 27 oct., and time
as 6:03 am! B?rbara Betancourt (sp?) and Tony went on to talk about the time
change, and how they would be on the air until 9 am. No, in the summer you were
on until 11 am (EDT) = 15 UT, and now you are still supposed to run until 15 UT
which is 10 am EST, minus the replay --- which went out on most of the
frequencies, 15370, 15360, 15120, 13680, 12000, but not 13760 or 11760. Finally
at 1505 someone woke up and cut the modulation and then the carriers, with
15120 and 15360 going off first, then a minute later 15370.
I also noticed that 15120 had considerable co-channel QRM at 1456, but it went
off before RHC did so could not ID it. Looks like that was most likely IBB
Lampertheim, a non-VOA service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 7210-SSB, Oct 27 at 1246 heard polemic speech in Cuban Spanish,
just as if it were a scripted, or well-memorized exile broadcast. Tuning by
first in AM, the intonation caught my attention as it sounded like a broadcast
orator, not a conversation. But this guy paused now and then for 2-way
encouragement from others. ``Ra?l Castro vive como un rey``, ``Viva la
Revoluci?n``, spoken ironically. I heard a W4 callsign go by but could not copy
it, nor an N-something.
Checking the final Nets to You, not updated for over a sesquiyear, the only
item on 7210 was Old Goats, in eastern US, daily at UT 1230 ST/1130 DST, which
this unseems altho the speaker may well have been a cabr?n viejo by
coincidence. Nor do I find anything likely on other frequencies around this
time, nor is there anything with Cuba in its name on the entire list. O well;
but might be a regular source of entertainment if tuned in earlier (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CZECHIA. R. Prague`s morning broadcast at 1400 in English to NAm is much
appreciated and comes in well on 13580; Monday Oct 27 just caught the closing
at 1428, which was music, IS once and off at 1429* not wasting time with
reading entire transmission schedule in French. Back on at 1430 after
beamchange with much weaker signal in French; interfering with CODAR at 1445
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE [and non]. ERT using 15650 instead of 15630 in B-08 is bad news for
IRRS/NEXUS-IBA, since their Miraya FM service via Slovakia for Sudan is also on
15650 at 15-18. Oct 27 at 1508 I was hearing ERT with IDs in Greek atop
co-channel QRM causing a fast SAH, which was surely Miraya. Meanwhile, nothing
on 15630, which Greece might as well still be using. At 1830 recheck, however,
Greek was back on 15630, so the current switch time needs to be determined.
Whichever frequency Greece is on between 15 and 18, Miraya needs to be on the
other one, or somewhere else entirely (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. AIR, 9425, Oct 27 at 1433 caught with tail of news bulletin in
English during Hindi service, about rupee/dollar exchange rate, ending at 1435;
not // 9870 VBS which had better signal. Aoki A08 says 9425 is the National
Service via Bangalore, 500 kW at 18 degrees, which has English segments of
varying lengths every hour on the hour from 1330 to 2230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. Whew, altho VOI was absent from 9526 on Oct 26, it was back on
Oct 27, at 1230 in Indonesian talking over music that was too loud by
comparison. 1300 running late with vocal music continuing; 1302 gamelan and
address in Indo, 1303 transition announcement Indonesian to English. 1337
recheck, Let`s Speak Bahasa Indonesia, this episode on what we wear ? clothes,
not applicable to nearly naked tropical natives, I assume. 1404 recheck into
Malay with gamelan and now no het in this hour, with CRI moved elsewhere for
B-08; a final recheck sometime after 1500 found 9526 off the air (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. Sweden may have abandoned us in the mornings, but a few
stations retain English to North America, such as R. Japan, NHK World Network,
11705 via Canada at 1400-1429. Monday Oct 27 at 1417 they had a quite
interesting discussion of space elevator technology (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 13620 with Arabic music at 1523 Oct 27, 1525 seemed a bit of Qur`an,
1527 back to other music. Suspect this is R. Kuwait`s Urdu service which per
Aoki in A-08 was at 1505-1800, 310 degrees, a rather odd azimuth if trying to
reach Pakistan; really for Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. XEPPM, 6185, presumed the one playing Nat King Cole`s soft version
of ``Quiz?s`` with heavy gringo accent, making vowels into diphthongs, Oct 27
at 0623, in the clear at this hour after Vatican and before Bras?lia. With DF
back on standard time a week ahead of us, 6185 should now be running 0000-1200
UT instead of 2300-1100v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. RNZI Mailbox, tuned in Monday Oct 27 at 1345 on 6170, when
Adrian Sainsbury was giving new transmission schedule and explaining why the
previous one was valid for only one week. Oct 26 is a holiday in NZ, so could
not get engineers out to the site to adjust the aerial to handle 17675. Instead
did that a week earlier. Then acknowledged letters from Costas in Cyprus, and a
couple from Texas, all referring to reception on now defunct frequencies such
as 7145, 9655, 9615; show ended at 1351 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PORTUGAL. Looking for R. Portugal on 15560, which has a VG signal on
weekends to NAm, but Monday Oct 27 missing at 1508; I could hear a weak
Portuguese signal on 15690. The B-08 sked in DXLD 8-114 says 15560 is definite
on Sat and Sun, but indefinite on weekdays, for special occasions (like silly
ballgames?). 15690 is scheduled M-F 11-13, 144 degrees to Africa and M-F 14-16,
81.5 degrees to India/ME (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [non]. 13755 with pop song in Russian, Oct 27 at 1521. This is VOR
via Wertachtal, GERMANY at 15-16, 115 degrees. BTW, the VOR B-08 English
schedule, minus relay sites, has been posted a day late at
http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&w=129&p= (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. BSKSA, 15225, Oct 27 at 1455, with Qur`an, VG except for
splash from CRI/Canada 15230. Qur`an still going at 1503 when I found that
15435 had joined it //. 15435 also very strong, and periodically developed some
buzz, at 1506, gone at 1510, back at 1522. It`s there but not yet severe or
constant. Wolfgang B?schel in Germany says he has not been hearing any Saudi
buzz on the frequencies he has been monitoring.
Another BSKSA program was on 13710, Oct 27 at 1524 with Qur`an by a different
more melodic singer; at first I thought it was the Iranian guy heard previously
on 15150 (and maybe it was, if these all really come from recordings.); 1525
BSKSA ID in Arabic, not // 15435 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Checking for Brother Scare via WBCQ, scheduled daily
14-16 on 9330v-CUSB: Missing Oct 27 at 1405, so could only hear him on WWRB
9385. Come on! We desperately need B.S. on three frequencies at once within 120
kHz in the 9.2-9.4 area. 9330 was on at 1432 recheck, but no 15420 as heard
Saturday and Sunday; Oct 27 at 1441, BBC Outlook was weak but clear (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. See GREECE [and non]
** SWEDEN. Now that R. Sweden has cancelled morning English to NAm, I tried to
pick up the 1430 broadcast which has two transmitters at 70 and 100 degrees,
but inaudible at 1432 Oct 27 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** THAILAND. HSK9 is back on 9725 for the English broadcast at 1400-1430 in
B-08; checked Oct 27 at 1401, it was too poor to copy, but no QRM. At least it
no longer has Defunct Gene Scott to contend with from Cahuita; so may make it
on a better day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. VOT, 15350, Oct 27 at 1323 with Turkish rock music, good signal. At
1334 checked reactivated 12035 ex-15450, for the time-shifted English to
Europe, and OK beyond: good signal with jingle and ID amid news in English;
nothing audible on // 11735 aimed eastward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. Found the replacement for 11740 in VOA`s Korean service: 9555,
Oct 27 at 1403, running 3 seconds ahead of 5890. Site? That depends; they make
it so complicated. The 12-15 UT Korean service on 9555 is from 3 different
sites: 1200-1230 Saipan at 325 degrees, 1230-1400 Udorn at 38 degrees,
1400-1500 Tinang at 21 degrees, the latter being most favorable for us, spelt
U-S.
It`s also on Tinang 7235, 329 degrees for the entire broadcast, unchecked, but
probably with plenty of SSB QRM here. And 5890 is Tinang 325 degrees thruout.
Remember the American English music break at 1315 on this service (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 11740, which on Oct 26 bore Vatican in Italian at 1310,
occupied Oct 27 at 1332 by WYFR in French, and probably now blocked by YFR
earlier in the hour as well (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WEWN is still ``the squealer``, audible in the background of Spanish
on 11520, Oct 27 at 1517. Their B-08 schedules have still not been posted on
website, Spanish or English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WINB, 13570v, Oct 27 at 1527, sounds like Tony Alamo, but
time for Tirana 13720 and could not stay with it. Per his website, is scheduled
M-F at 15-16 on WINB, plus other times. I also wonder if he is still on
European Gospel Radio, 5990, Mon-Thu at 0530? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. RNV CI via Cuba, 11680, Oct 27 at 1518 had broken English
YL talking about a supreme court case involving articles 105, 42 and 55 and
Mayor L?pez. My ears glazed over (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9835, Oct 27 at 1340 with buzz, just barely audible modulation
underneath verging on open carrier, flutter. I compared it to the buzz on
13600, and both were of the same pitch, which could be a useful clue. Now sked
on 9835 at this hour is IRIB Kamalabad in Urdu, and maybe AIR Delhi (Glenn
Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 13600 again the next day Oct 27 at 1315 in Russian with buzz. In
A-08, CRI Russian via Xian was on 13600 during this hour, but doubt that is it
now. See also 9835 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:12:16 -0400
From: Robert Wilkner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] logs from Mosquito
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......logs from Mosquito Coast DX News ~ Florida
At 2300 to 2308 the following Peru stations are audible
4824.53 Peru La Voz de la Selva, Iquitos
4826.56 Peru Radio Sicuani, Sicuani with het from Zimbabwe on 4826
4835.42 Peru Radio Mara?on Jaen
4857.39 Peru Radio La Hora Cusco
73s
Bob
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:55:37 -0400
From: Robert Wilkner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] correction 4828
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4826.56 Peru Radio Sicuani, Sicuani with het from Zimbabwe on [4828]
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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:31:47 -0400
From: aurel chiochiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] foreign MW DX logs (mostly Latin)
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Pan American DX (only the less usual ones are included this time):
585 PUERTO RICO, WKAQ, Radio Reloj / El Polder Informativo, San Juan OCT 27
0025 - with woman talking almost continuosly about erection trouble "problemas
de potencia" and selling a long-distance problem that couled heal these
troubles with a number in the 1-800 which is a toll free US number. Only PR is
having the same toll free number as the USA, hence this suspected outlet.
Initially strong, slightly over WTIG and Radio Monte Cristi (HIAF) with bachata
music bumbling way under. Faded completly away before a formal ID could be
secured. Presumed based over previously log of them. Very unusual during
NON-auroral condx, but a semi-regular during AU. Nice catche under such low
solar activity and such high QRM from WTIG. (Chiochiu-QC)
580 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HIAF, Monte Cristi 0040 - bachata tune followed by ID
sounding like "mega,...Radio Monte Cristi...quinientos ochenta" and merengue.
Very strong for a few minutes, way over WTIG while WKAQ has completly faded
away. Nice, the best Dominican here in Montreal. (Chiochiu-QC)
580 has some unusual Latin activity over the past few days (especially
yesturday), but the other channels had regular YVKS, HJAJ and YVNM (Coro,
Falc?n) with often substandard reception, though YVKS was huge at times and RCN
Barranquilla (HJAJ) was listenable, no more, in fight with difficult to null
WJR. 580 had the only noteworthy foreign Pan-American activity on it.
Trans-Atlantic DX:
585 SPAIN, Radio Nacional de Espa?a, Madrid OCT 28 0320 - fair and listenable
(though was HUGE on peaks, with very short deep fades - mostly on rather than
faded !) with the announcer asking a listener the captial city of various
countries "? y cual es la capital de Grecia ? Athena. Esa es una f?cil ?"; "? y
la capital de Chile ? Santiago followed by other kind of listener-announcer
chatter (but I'm away from the radio right now). Quite weird kind of
programming. Instead of asking silly questions, they should play the music, but
since I love geography too, it's quite amuzing and of course it's a thrill to
enjoy and to have armchair copy out of a TA using just a Sanyo MCD-S830
portable barefoot. The most reliable Spanish language DX (even though it's TA)
tonight in the Montreal area. (Chiochiu-QC)
Bogdan Chiochiu DX'ing from Pierrefonds (Montreal's West Island), Quebec using
a barefoot Sanyo MCD-S830 portable
I'm going back to my DX duties while charging my IPod for school.
May the good DX be with you !
Bogdan
Btw.: Spain-585 has faded up to a huge peak !!!
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:57:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 27-28, 2008
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** ALBANIA. Further chex of R. Tirana`s new schedule Oct 27: the English
broadcast at 1945-2000: at 1950 found 11645 fair-good with no QRM, but nothing
audible on scheduled // 7465. However, at 2000 recheck, 7465 was audible with
IS, opening French with schedule, making me wonder if this transmitter was
really off the air when I checked a few minutes earlier. No, the difference is
that the English broadcast is non-direxional while the French brings up the
same 310 degree antenna used for many other broadcasts to western Europe and
North America.
2100-2130 in English: next check was on the DX-398 portable in a grocery
parking lot at 2110. Both 9345 and 7510 were audible, fairly good, with 9345 a
bit stronger. After 2130 in Albanian, only 9345 is on the air and continued to
be well heard. Nothing else heard on 7510 which could also be used. 9345
continued to be heard at several checks, but fading somewhat by 2230.
On the next transmission, 0000-0130 in Albanian, Oct 28 at 0018, 9345 was just
barely audible, and // 6110 fairly good but again with DentroCuban jamming
against former VOA Spanish frequency.
At 0130-0145 English on 9345: not audible by now; 6110 instead probably would
have been, and only a trace of jamming was still to be heard.
0245-0300 English on 7390: poor, but could recognize the woman announcer`s
intonation. 6110 still open except for lite jamming.
0330-0400 English on 6110: fair but with subaudible heterodyne and lite
jamming; the SAH may have come from a jammer as I don`t see anything else
likely to be heard on 6110. 6115 is clear and could be used until 0400 Romania
? but nothing heard there; I guess Tiganesti is still off the air.
0430-0500 English on 6100. About the same as 6110 an hour earlier, including
residual jamming by Cuba. Nothing audible here on 6105, 6110, 6115 or 6120, tho
there are supposedly other European stations on each of them to targets other
than North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA [non]. R. Australia, Indonesian ID on 11550, Oct 27 at 2215. I
assume this is the same usage as in A-08 which per Aoki was 2200-2330, 100 kW,
205 degrees via Tainan, Taiwan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. What has become of Radio Rep?blica? Can`t find it on any of the
former frequencies in the 22-04 UT period, which in A-08 were two hours each on
9515, 9640 and 6100. Oct 27 at 2212 there was relentless jamming on 9515, but
no sign of R.R.; Cuba has been jamming this frequency long hours anyway far
beyond 22-24 whether Rep?blica was using it or not. Not found on 9640, 6185,
6155, 6135 or 6100, so I scanned the entire 6, 7, 9 and even 11 MHz bands
looking for signs of it, but nothing.
They dropped relays via WRMI 9955 previously, and now poking around the website
http://www.directorio.org/ I am beginning to suspect they have decided to
`broadcast` via YouTube rather than shortwave; nothing found about radio
schedules, and what used to be there was long out of date anyway. One can`t
look this up on VTC schedules, since listings were always kept secret (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. Confirming R. Cairo`s new frequencies for English in B-08: 2115-2245
on 6255: Oct 27 at 2203, good signal but undermodulated YL introducing show
whose title I could not copy, about ``excellence of Arabs in the domain of
medicine and surgery``. This is for Europe but carries on well in same direxion
to North America. 2300-2430 on way-out-of-band 6850 to NAm: some R. Cairo
schedules fail to break out this English sesquihour, listing it as Arabic as
well as the following hours on same channel, but Oct 27 at 2326 I confirmed it
is in English, undermodulated as usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. DW`s only Rwanda relay frequency for the 2100 English
broadcast to W Africa, formerly in A-08 well heard onward in NAm on 15205 and
11865, is now 11690, and just as I expected, clashing with perpetual very heavy
RTTY on the low side, checked at closing with ID at 2158 Oct 27 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE [and non]. As I expected, VOG 9420 is now hit by co-channel from
1Africa, CVC Lusaka, Zambia which has inexplicably decided to use the same at
17-22. Oct 27 did not check until 2201 and found Greek music with 5 Hz SAH from
English-speaking station almost as strong, a 21-year-old YL from South Africa
testifying about her faith. So CVC was running a few minutes late, off around
2205 I think, and not heard at 2210 check, just Greece // better 7475 with
sirens, not // Makedonian program on 7450 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. RNW English to Africa via Madagascar, 11655, is fairly
well audible in CNAm at 20 UT, // 17810 Bonaire, and 11655 can also be heard
before 20 starting at 18 in English. However, I was surprised to hear a station
on 11655 closing in English at 2157 Oct 27. I was also checking VOA and DW at
the same time and missed a definite ID on 11655, but RNW is supposed to be here
in Dutch via Madagascar until 2157; feed mixup or am I mixed up? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. REE on new 9640, VG signal and modulation, so has to be direct rather
than via Cariari, Oct 27 at 2200 with news from Radio Nacional --- I believe
REE is no longer allowed to do separate newscasts. This is 19-23 at 290 degrees
from Noblejas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SWEDEN [non]. R. Sweden 2130 in English to Africa via Madagascar, 7390 put
an adequate signal into OK as well on 280 degree beam, at 2150 Oct 27 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. Some more BBCWS frequencies now funxional for uninvited listening
in North America: Oct 27 at 2204 news on 6155, fair signal and in the clear; at
2229 also found it on 6110, weaker but also clear at the moment before Dentro
Cuban jamming; 2232 both into Business Daily. Per VTC A-08 sked, 6155 is 100
kW, 330 degrees from S to W Africa at 22-23 only; 6110 is 300 kW, 180 degrees
from Skelton to N Africa at 21-23 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Of all the hours VOA is on 15580 in B-08, only one is from
Greenville, 21-22 UT, 94 degrees, but also putting a huge signal backwards to
CNAm. Fortunately, that`s for the Music Mix string of shows, such as American
Gold on Mondays, heard wrapping up at 2156 Oct 27. Earlier, 15580 comes via
Botswana, Sao Tom?, Bonaire and UAE. In fact, it`s the highest G-B frequency in
use this winter. Lower ones carry Hausa, Portuguese to Africa, Creole, Mart?,
Spanish and Spe-cial Eng-lish.
Also heard 11610 in VOA news at 2214 Oct 27, item about Russia`s falling
population expected to drop below 100 mega by mid-century; quick lite echo from
long path vs short path. This is Tinang, Philippines at 21 degrees toward us,
same as used for 9345 before 1500, 9760 afterwards, when the latter was also
inbooming in English lessons. At 2214, // 9490 which is Tinang at 200 degrees,
no echo audible there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO confirmed once again still running Monday at 2200 on
WBCQ 7415, as heard Oct 27. Tnx to Allan for this extra airing, which if still
going next week will shift to 2300 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. I am becoming able to recognize the unpleasant pastoring of alleged
sex and child molester ``Tony Alamo``, such as Oct 27 at 2209 on WINB 9265v.
His own website claims to be on WINB at 7 pm EST, while WINB site shows 6 pm
EDT, so the latter is correct (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 70, Issue 28
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