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Today's Topics:
1. B08 Schedule for Radio Ukraine International (Albert Muick)
2. Fri Morn DX ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
3. Glenn Hauser logs October 30-31, 2008 (Glenn Hauser)
4. Oct 30-31 Logs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
5. VOA QSL ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
6. Help needed on voice recording software ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
7. Re: Voice of Russia - B08 English Service (Dino Bloise)
8. The Shortwave Report 10/31/08 Listen Globally (Zacharias Liangas )
9. Logs for Al Muick 30-31 October (Albert Muick)
10. Glenn Hauser logs October 31, 2008 (Glenn Hauser)
11. Re: [dxld] VOA QSL (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:35:20 +0430
From: "Albert Muick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] B08 Schedule for Radio Ukraine International
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B08 Sked for Radio Ukraine International:
Shortwave broadcasting B08 schedule
(26 October 2008 - 29 March 2009)
Time (UTC)
Frequency (MHz)
Band, m
Transmitter site
Target Area
00.00-05.00
7,440
41
Lviv
North America
01.00-06.00
5,830
49
Kharkiv
Russia
03.00-06.00
7.285
41
Mykolaiv
Russia
06.00-09.00
7,440
41
Kharkiv
Europe
06.00-14.00
15.635
19
Lviv
Australia
09.00-14.00
9,950
31
Kharkiv
Europe
13.00-15.00
7.285
41
Mykolaiv
Russia
14.00-18.00
5,830
49
Kharkiv
Europe
15.00-18.00
6.020
49
Mykolaiv
Russia
18.00-21.00
7,510
41
Kharkiv
Europe
19.00-03.00
9.785
31
Mykolaiv
South America
21.00-01.00
5,830
49
Kharkiv
Europe
Various languages transmission schedule
Language
Time (UTC)
Frequency (MHz)
ENGLISH*
01.00-02.00
7.440, 9.785
04.00-05.00
7.440
06.00-07.00
7.440, 15635
10.00-11.00
9.950, 15635
12.00-13.00
9.950, 15635
15.00-16.00
Via satellites
20.00-21.00
7.510, 9785
22.00-23.00
5.830, 9785
GERMAN*
00.00-01.00
7.510
18.00-19.00
5.830
21.00-22.00
5.830, 9785
UKRAINIAN*
Programmes are transmitted all the other time.
ROMANIAN
18.00-18.30
0.657
20.30-21.00
0.657
22.00-22.30
0.657
"Bureaus are extrusions from the body politic - they are pus."
- Martin H. Fischer
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:15:37 -0000
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Subject: [HCDX] Fri Morn DX
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Bolivia, 6075, Radio Kausauki Coca, (pres) 0950-1040, It's getting tough
to hear this station here. The freq is occupied with others and has back
ground noise inhibiting reception. Anyway, noted a male in Spanish language
comments at 0950 for a minute or two, then the signal faded out. At 1002,
copy returned with a female talking which was followed with fading again.
At 1011, signal returned for a few brief moments then faded again. At 1029
music was heard, but believe that was coming from Radio Rossii which is
on the freq and which took over by 1035. Bolivia was poor to nil during
the period. (Chuck Bolland, October 31, 2008)
Bolivia, 6134.83, Radio Santa Cruz, 1040-1100, I can always count on
RSC to be audible around this time. At tune in, noted a male in Spanish
language comments. He is joined by a female at 1044. Signal remained
poor however. (Chuck Bolland, October 31, 2008)
China, 6185, China Huayi Broadcasting,(pres) 1050-1100 Noted a female in
Chinese language comments with only a brief interruption from a male
at 1054. At 1056, I loose continuity when either a second station on
the freq begins broadcasting or China turns to music which is mixing
with the second station also in music. At 1100 nothing is certain since
the freq becomes a tangle of signals twisted togather making listening
impossible. At 1103 it is evident that the "top gun" in this mess is Mexico
which either faded in all of the sudden or came on the air with music.
I can hear China way down under Mexico with a threshold signal by 1105.
(Chuck Bolland, October 31, 2008)
Mexico, 6185, Radio Educacion, 1103-1110, As mentioned, this came on
the air with music until 1105 when National Anthem is presented. Following
that, ID and a series of canned promos. At 1109 more ID's along with
time. "... Radio "Educacion?" ... Nacional Radio ...". At 1110
Mexican music presented. Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland, October 31, 2008)
Clewiston, Florida
NRD545
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:39:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 30-31, 2008
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** ALBANIA. R. Tirana missing from 9345 at 2140 check Oct 30, nor heard later
at several chex such as 0115. We learned later that the Shijak-1 transmitter is
down, so that leaves only Shijak-2 available for all external service
broadcasting, one frequency at a time. Meanwhile, we are looking for a better 7
MHz frequency than 9345 when the transmitter comes back. 13720 also absent at
1535 check Oct 31 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRIA. R. Austria International, 13730, Oct 31 at 1310 in German tho I was
expecting English. Non-// 17855 inaudible. It would be nice if RAI would put
English on at reliable same times every day; is that too much to ask? Yes, we
are lucky they are still doing any English at all until the big turn-off Dec 31
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 9000, Firedrake, poor at 1257 Oct 31; no signal at 1303 recheck, cut
back on at *1305. This is the usual top-of-hour monitoring pause. Got to hand
it to the DentroChinese Jamming Command, able to DX low-power ham transmitters
of Sound of Hope when we can hear nothing, thus tying up jammers (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBAN. The wacky DentroCuban Jamming Command continues to run its
noise-makers on frequencies long abandoned by hostile broadcasts, or far beyond
the hours currently in use, thus causing collateral damage and wasting precious
worthless Cuban pesos, not to mention scads of electricity which could be
better used by the unfortunate Cuban populace, about to celebrate a
semi-century of oppression. Jamming real broadcasts is bad enough, but these
incompetents also expend countless kWh jamming nothing.
Bandscanning Oct 31, I found: at 0620, pulse jamming on 9885, 9825, 9640 (VOA,
Mart?, Rep?blica, but never on at this hour!); more pulse jamming but of a
slightly higher pitch and slightly higher rate on 9600 and 9565. Probably the
120 vs 132 per minute rates I have previously counted.
9600 is interesting, as I am not aware of any previous or current exile
broadcasting on that frequency; in fact, it is used by RHC itself at certain
hours. This could mean that there is a new anti-Castro-Castro service on 9600
sometime during the 24 hours. I was also hearing DCJC on 9600 spreading
plus/minus 15 kHz, Oct 30 at 2158 as Vatican Radio was trying to sign on in
Chinese.
At 1258, Cuban pulse jamming audible on 9885, 9825, 9805, 9640 (VOA, Mart?,
Mart?, Rep?blica, but again, never at this hour!). Also heavy jamming as usual
on 9955 against WRMI.
A-season-only Mart? frequency 11845 is also still jammed, at 1338 check Oct 31
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HAWAII. Looking for AFN Pearl Harbor on 6350-USB, Oct 31 at 1330, nothing
audible, just the Korean mess on 6348, Echo of Hope and jamming. I again
suspect AFN has completely stopped using 6350; it`s certainly a bad spot with
Aoki A08 showing the 6348 Korean conflict at 03-05, 11-19, and Oct 5-13 only at
22-24 UT. But it also shows AFN LA via PH on 6350 at 15-23, which would be
mostly daytime in Hawaii, and 10320 at 23-15 UT.
Has anyone heard 6350 in months? 10320 was not audible at this time but could
have been on and not propagating. I had previously noted 10320 well after 0600
UT, i.e. ``night`` in Hawaii. Both are still on the listing at
http://myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/ShortWave.aspx
as well as http://www.npr.org/worldwide/shortwave.html
but that is even more out of date, still listing Keflavik, Iceland, which
closed a few years ago, on the same two frequencies! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. VOI missed another day, Oct 31, nothing on 9526 during the 13 UT
hour in English, nor anything audible on 11785v. Hope it`s just one more
temporary breakdown, like Oct 26.
RRI Makassar, 4750, with phone/studio conversation in Indonesian, including
``salaam aleikum``, QRMing CODAR and another broadcaster under, reading S9+15
but still hard to copy. 4790 Fak2 also audible weaker with music, hi-pitch,
off-key singing, which no doubt in the Indonesian context, is on-key, unless
they have something like our TV ``talent`` shows (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [and non]. NHK World, Radio Japan, 11705 now collides with VOA: Oct 31
at 1339 heard both at about equal level, VOA News in English, and Japanese
song, 1340 Indonesian announcement, the two making a slow SAH of less than 1
Hz. VOA is Tinang, 349 degrees to zones 43 and 44, central and eastern China,
while NHK is Yamata, 235 degrees to zones 49, 50 and 54, i.e. SE Asia,
Philippines and Indonesia except New Guinea. So the two signals cross over SE
China, and are bound to interfere with each other in the target areas. Who
signed off on this `share`? Well, there are no duplications in the specified
CIRAF zones, so it must be OK! At least VOA is off at 1400, so R. Japan can
only interfere with itself via Sackville (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. V. of Mesopotamia, 11530 via Moldova, Oct 31 at 1341,
sounds like sports play-by-play enthusiasm, with heavy flutter, but no QRM de
WYFR. I thought WYFR would not have closed until nominal 1345* and it was
totally dominant earlier in the hour, in Portuguese. Now VOM has problems from
WEWN 11520 squeal extending plus/minus 18 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. I don`t notice this when VOI is on 9526, but in its absence Oct
31, 9520 had slow ballad by YL in S Asian language; 1348 brief announcement and
more vocal music at slightly increased tempo. B-08 schedule shows R. Veritas
Asia, 280 degrees in Sinhala at 1330-1357, then Tamil (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Brother Scare audible on 6370 peaking at S9+10 level
but doesn`t sound that loud, Oct 31 at 0609, 2 x 3185 WWRB where the signal is
so strong it`s hard to get an accurate S-meter reading on the FRG-7. Others
have reported this harmonic before, but this may be the first time I`ve heard
it. Unlike 3185, some fading is noticeable on 6370. Now that he`s on WWRB 3270
earlier in the evening, another harmonic is likely on 6540 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. More QSO on WMRI: Sounded like Ted Randall on WRMI early Friday at
0618 UT Oct 31, interviewing YL about space station, good signal and NO
jamming. I guess Jeff put in an extra repeat to fill time. Can we rely on it
for a while and when does it start and end? 73, (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. Re my log of a Coast Guard net chaired by Chesapeake, on 7530 and
11436 SSB, it occurred to me that Chesapeake could be the name of a vessel
rather than a shore station. Googling it, I indeed found such a vessel:
http://www.cgblog.org/2007/12/uscg-photo-of-week-cgc-chesapeake-wlv.html
``Photo of the Lightship Chesapeake. Mr. Leonhardt's caption: USCGC Chesapeake
WLV-116 Baltimore MD 13 Oct 2007``. Is WLV-116 a radio callsign or just some
other designator? A noisy bridge might account for the squeal I was hearing
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. VR, 9600, Oct 30 at 2158 IS, but bothered by inexplicable Cuban
jamming centered here, then sign-on as ``Laudetur`` i.e. Latin slogan plus some
Chinese words, GBDT, what a mix! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:12:22 EDT
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** CHAD. 6165, RNT, 2210-2231*, Oct 30, French talk. African hi-life
music. Sign off with National Anthem. Poor with some co-channel QRM
and adjacent channel splatter. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** CROATIA. (non). via Germany, 7375, Voice of Croatia, 0300-0320,
Oct 31, English ?Croatia Today? news & current affairs program with
news, sports & weather. Local pop music at 0314. Very good. Very
weak on // 3984.97 - via Croatia. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** CROATIA. 6165, Voice of Croatia, 0700-0704, Oct 31, three minute
English news bulletin. IDs. Lite instrumental music at 0704. Very good.
Weak // 9470, 11690 - both via Germany. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 6250, Radio Nacional, Malabo, 0505-0600,
Oct 31, variety of African choral music, folk music, Afro-pop music.
Spanish announcements. Radio Malabo ID. Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** ZIMBABWE. (non). via United Kingdom, 11745 NF, SW Radio Africa,
1715-1730, Oct 31, ?Newsreel? program with talk about human rights
violations in Zimbabwe. Talk about cholera outbreak. IDs. New Frequency.
ex-12035. Very good. (Brian Alexander, PA)
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:47:42 +0000 (UTC)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [HCDX] VOA QSL
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Recent QSL from VOA
I stopped collecting QSL's back sometime in the 70's but decided to start again
recently because there are so many new countries to verify and because I have
so much more time on my hands after retiring from Voice of America.
The first new QSL received came from, of all places, VOA?, verifying??the Sao
Tome relay station.? While it confirmed the site, the rest of the data was
wrong. Frequency was wrong, date was incorrect, time was wrong.? I'm not
certain if I should return it--along with the original letter -- asking for a
correct card?or keep it as is.? Someone somewhere probably has my correct
version, and I have theirs.? And they're wondering, too.? (Bruce Barker-PA,
NRD-535D, Alpha Delta DX Sloper)
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:23:34 +0100
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Help needed on voice recording software
To: "Hard-Core DX" <[email protected]>
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Dear DX-friends,
I have AR7030 Plus receiver and Dell Inspiron 1720 portable computer with Vista
Home Premium software. I was quite active in DX-ing until my retirement in
2000. Afterwards I was busy on other matters and I did not do any DX-ing for
some years. Now I plan to start again and would like to use my computer for
recording. My old casette recorder decided not to work any more after 34 years.
Mauno Ritola helped me to connect my receiver to my computer. He has been using
RecAll Pro program and I decided to try it.
I installed RecAll Pro some days ago for trying it before bying. After the
installation it worked beautifully until next day, when I tried to use it. When
starting it, my computer was completely blocked. I had to reboot my computer,
uninstall RecAll Pro, reinstall it and it worked again until I restarted my
computer. I like the program, but it is too painful to uninstall and reinstall
the program every time I want to use it.
I know that there are a lot of other similar kind of programs available in the
market doing the same thing. However, I would like to have opinions of the
users of those software programs before committing myself
Please reply directly to me that we do not waste space and time of the other
Hard-Core-DX users.
Best regards to everyone.
Esko Ahlroth
243 Route des Marlis
F-01280 Pr?vessin-Mo?ns
France
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:00:42 -0400
From: Dino Bloise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Voice of Russia - B08 English Service
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> 16:11:39 -0400> Subject: [HCDX] Voice of Russia - B08 English Service> > Have
> just posted the Voice of Russia B08 English Service schedule on my shortwave
> blog. Have yet to see this posted else where,> so may be of interest to
> DXers.> Gayle Van Horn W4GVH> Monitoring Times Frequency Manager> Shortwave
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:11:58 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] The Shortwave Report 10/31/08 Listen Globally
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he latest Shortwave Report (October 31) is up at the website
http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast
quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59)
(NEW! If you have access to Audioport.org there is a higher quality version
posted up there {26.7MB} http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-
info&uid=904&nav=&;)
This week's show features stories from China Radio International, Radio
Netherlands, Radio Havana Cuba, and the Voice of Russia.
>From CHINA- China condemned the murder of 4 oil field workers in Sudan.
China has agreed to another round of talks with representatives of the Dalai
Lama. The United Nations General Assembly almost unanimously passed a
resolution telling the US to cease its unilateral embargo against Cuba. The
World Wildlife Fund released a Living Planet Report, calling on all nations to
change the ways they gather and use energy. Many nations, including Iran,
condemned the US air attacks in Syria and Pakistan.
>From NETHERLANDS- Radio Netherlands has eliminated shortwave
broadcasts to North America. The decision is based on their surveys that
find very few listeners in N America. If you ever listen to RN on shortwave,
please let them know- by email to letters [at] rnw.nl or send them a letter to
Radio Netherlands Worldwide, PO Box 222, 1200JG, Hilversum, The
Netherlands.
The US military attack in Syria came as a great shock to everyone- the
reasons and attempted justifications have not been stated by the US- here
are two speculations on why the attack was carried out. University students
from Amsterdam are in the US to observe election day in Ohio.
>From CUBA- A Viewpoint on George Bush's failure to crush Cuba during his
reign, and a survey of his friends in the anti-Castro mafia in the US.
>From RUSSIA- Russia announced that it is willing to help all countries
develop nuclear power, including uranium enrichment for peaceful uses.
Members of the South American Common Market, Mercosur, met in Brazil
to discuss the global financial crisis and call for major reforms to the
international financial system.
There is an article about the Shortwave Report by Cassandra Roos on line
at-http://www.campusprogress.org/soundvision/780/big-stories-shortwaves
I was interviewed for an informative weekly radio show Mediageek, available
at http://radio.mediageek.net
All that plus times and frequencies for listening at home. It's free to
rebroadcast, please notify me if you're airing it and haven't notified me in
the
last month, please mention the website if you only air a portion. If you just
want to listen and have a slow connection, try the streaming version- lower
sound quality but good enough and way easier if you don't have a high-
speed internet connection. If streaming is a problem because of your slow
connection, download the smaller file- it takes 20 minutes or less, and will
play swell in any mp3 player application (RealPlayer, Winamp, Quicktime,
iTunes, etc) you have on your computer.
This program will be aired on Friday afternoon at 4:30pm (PDST) on KZYX/Z
Philo CA, you might be able to stream via
There are several other streams that work better- Freak Radio Santa Cruz
now streams this program on Friday at 9:00am.(PDST)
The Shortwave Report may be downloaded as a podcast from or iTunes
(search for "shortwave" in podcasts)
Check out the amazing streams at
And Radio For Peace International at
I hope you'll listen and air this if you're connected with a radio station. I
am
still wondering how to get financially compensated for the 25 hours I put into
this program weekly- any ideas are appreciated. Any stations rebroadcasting
this (or listeners) are welcome to donate for production costs. You can do so
through the website. Many thanks to those that have donated! No Guilt!
(maybe a little)
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 06:13:17 +0430
From: "Albert Muick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs for Al Muick 30-31 October
To: <[email protected]>
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QTH: Kabul, Afghanistan
RX: WinRadio G303e
ANT: 100m longwire
ACC: Palstar MW-550P mediumwave/LF preselector
Well! I thought things were calming down around here, but I guess the
Taliban had other ideas. We had two suicide bombers in the Ministry of
Information on Thursday. One of them detonated, but the second one
apparently got cold feet and was eventually taken into custody by the
authorities. Not too bad a weekend-day for DX, so without further ado:
873 BANGLADHESH, Bangladesh Betar heard at 00.00 on 30 Oct. with s/on,
call to prayer and some pretty groovy sitar work reminiscent of 70's acid
rock. S/on is officially at 00.00 (06.00 Bangladesh local) per monitoring
and web sked and not 00.30 as listed in WRTH. Truly magnificent S4 signals
without the need for the pre-selctor.
15295 MALAYSIA, VoM English Service heard at 07.00 on 31 Oct. with EG
news, and then a program of 70's/80's pop and rock. Many station IDs and
fair signals with a severe fade. This service is for Asia, so I suspect I'm
off the back of a beam.
15360 SWAZILAND, TWR, heard with Urdu program at 14.13 on 31 Oct. until
s/off at 14.15 then IS and English IDs until 14.16. Very good sigs.
15630 GREECE, VoG heard with Greek programming and pop music with station
IDs at 0920 on 31 Oct. Weak signal and completely wiped out by R. Ukraine
Intl. on 15635. Had to peel them off with my variable IF bandwidth.
15635 UKRAINE, R. Ukraine Intl., heard with Ukrainian programming at 09.50
on 31 Oct. going into English at 10.00 aimed at Australia. S5 signals all
the way here in Kabul. Transmitter site is Lviv (Old Empire: Lemburg) and
100kW.
"The only security for the American people today, or for any people,
is to be found through the control of force rather than the use of
force."
- Norman Cousins: American essayist and editor, long associated
with the Saturday Review, 1912-1990
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:55:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 31, 2008
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** ALBANIA. Both R. Tirana transmitters at Shijak are back on the air, Oct 31
at 2111 with undermodulated music on S9+12 7510 signal; 2123 also heard // 9345
which was somewhat stronger with news in English about Albania; 2126 went to
closing theme on 7510 and cut off at 2127 but came back on for another minute
or so at 2128-2129* Meanwhile 9345 was playing IS from 2128, rating S9+20, 2130
signing on in Albanian with full transmission schedule just like they do in
English. No co-channel from North Korea audible today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BIAFRA [non]. On the last Friday of A-08, Oct 24, V. of Biafra International
via WHRI at 20-21 UT was on 15280, but their website said it was on ``15.67``.
The first Friday of B-08, Oct 31, we made sure to check during that hour, and
there it was on 15665, the scheduled B-08 frequency --- except now their
website says:
``Voice of Biafra International (VOBI)
A SHORTWAVE Radio Broadcast Service
transmitting on 15.28 MHz (on 19 meter band)
at 2000 - 2100 Hours UTC (Universal Time [Coordinated])
equivalent to 9.00 pm-10.00 pm Biafraland time every Friday.
A project of Biafra Foundation, and Biafra Actualization Forum.``
as in http://www.biafraland.com/vobi.htm
Will they ever get synchronized? I was not listening at the opening or closing
when one frequency of the other may have been announced. Reception was a bit
`hollow`, probably back-radiation from WHRI plus backscatter rather than
long-path (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. Despite very strong signal of REE on new 9640, Oct 31 at
2100 with RNE news, I could still hear the incompetent DentroCuban Jamming
Command underneath it, still running the totally uncalled for jamming against
Radio Rep?blica which formerly used this frequency at another time. Isn`t Spain
doing a lot of tourism business with Cuba? Perhaps diplomatic relations should
be broken if Cuba does not desist. Yeah sure, like the Spanish government even
knows, much less cares about this issue.
As for RHC, found 9550 with unmodulated carrier, Oct 31 at 2103; then checked
others: 11760 OK in English; 13680 very weak carrier, but as I strained to
listen, at 2117 I could finally detect it was // 11760 and an echo ahead of it.
At 2113 recheck, Spanish modulation had resumed on 9550. The tiny signal on
13680 again raises the question of whether this recently-added and unreliable
frequency is a secret relay from some other country. One could certainly not
blame propagation for its weakness this time, as nearby 13760 in Spanish was
quite strong.
Either that, or 13680 was Cuba, running at extremely reduced power. All those
jammers against nothing (and something) do suck up a lot of juice, and
naturally take priority over mere outgoing propaganda broadcasts.
At 2207, 13680 had RHC in French // 5965 and leading it slightly. By now the
signal on 13680 had improved and was even reading S9+10 but undermodulated,
while 13760 in Spanish was S9+20 but sounded much stronger than 13680.
I suggest people with the capability try to DF the 13680 signal between 2030
and 2230 or later, in English and French. Same channel at other times, 13-15
with RHC and 23-24 with Venezuela is very strong here and obviously really from
Cuba. And I once heard the two transmitters overlapping around 2250 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. R. Africa still going, 15190, Oct 31 at 2137
check with caterwauling and then long period of dead air, both dead giveaways;
signal only fair now, and bothered by YFR via Ascension which in B-08 has been
expanded from one hour to two, 20-22 UT on adjacent 15195. Before 21, this
being a weekday, it was overwhelmed from the other side by VOA Hausa via
Greenville 15185. However, 15190 itself is no longer colliding with WYFR, as
Okeechobee is no longer using that in B-08 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. I am beginning to wonder if all the broadcasters on 11690
have finally succeeded in driving the RTTY off 11688? Another day with no RTTY
audible during DW English via Rwanda, Oct 31 at 2109 check. At other hours it`s
also used by South Africa, Ecuador, Guam, Germany, China, Cuba (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. RN`s only remaining English broadcast via Bonaire, 20-21
UT on 17810, was inbooming Oct 31 at 2040 check, S9+20 and hardly any fading,
while // 11655 via Madagascar was much weaker and running 3 seconds behind.
Bridges with Africa program, about Rwanda (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND [and non]. Resuming 17675 for B-08, RNZI for yet another season
collides adjacently with CVC Chile which is on 17680 until 2400. RNZI was
getting the worst of it when checked Oct 31 at 2211, especially when CVC was
splashing music, which is a lot of the time. Are there no clearer frequencies
available on 16m? Of course, there are! But neither cares about serving any
audience in North America.
Wait a minute: per its currently dated schedule at
http://www.rnzi.com/pages/listen.php
RNZI is supposed to be on 17675 only after 2236, until 0458, and in DRM, not
AM! So we have another double anomaly from RNZI: the DRM transmitter again
switched to AM, and went on the air at an unscheduled time, of its own volition
or done deliberately without notice from Wellington? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 11680, Oct 31 at 2106 found a strange mixture of Spanish and
Portuguese. This is the REE service to Brasil. The OM announcer said the
correct words in Portuguese, but with a heavy staccato Castilian accent totally
inappropriate for Portuguese of either variety, but which one also hears from
REE`s Galician service. The YL spoke real Brazilian. F-G signal with REE
liners, and ID at 2109 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CUBA
[and non]
** SWEDEN [non]. Another relay from Madagascar of R. Sweden in English, also
arriving in NAm where RS no longer tries to broadcast direct: 9895 at 2030, 320
degrees. Ran across it Friday Oct 31 at 2051 interviewing epidemiologist on
cancer and immigration; trouble is, the modulation kept clipping out at
troughs, making it rather rough-sounding; I did not notice any such problems on
the relay an hour later a few days before, 7395. Maybe it arose in the feed
route rather than the ultimate transmission. Also unprofessional and
demonstrating inadequate contact and coordination between studio and
transmitter: expendable music fill at end of broadcast was cut off abruptly at
2058* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Harold Camping overkill during the 20-21 UT hour on 16m:
Three WYFR frequencies are in use within 40 kHz; some of them are on before or
after the hour in other languages, but during this one hour they all converge
into Open Forum from the same audio feed.
17535 1800-2145 ENGL 315
17555 1700-2145 ENGL 285
17575 2000-2100 ENGL 140
As noted Oct 31 at 2042, Brother Camping was inbooming on all three, the lowest
one being closest to aiming usward. But wait, there`s more --- they all
interact producing leapfrog mixing products. Now, I cannot necessarily blame
all this on coming out of the transmitters in Okeechobee; such overload could
cause the FRG-7 to be involved too. I did switch in maximum attenuation and
could still hear these:
17495 = 17575 over 17535 another 40 kHz down
17515 = 17555 over 17535 another 20 kHz down
17595 = 17555 over 17575 another 20 kHz up
However, I was not hearing:
17615 = 17535 over 17575 another 40 kHz up
All three fundamentals are also on the air between 1700 and 2145 when there
would be various combinations of Spanish, English, Portuguese and French
leapfrogging over each other. You`re asking for mixes like this if you run two
or three transmitters at such geographical or frequency proximity.
I was also hearing evangelical Arabic, only fair on 17690 at 2045. Now in B-08
the only US station on 17690 is WYFR, not WHR as in A-08.
Also WYFR on 9355, before 2100 UT Oct 31 in Romanian, and afterwards very
strong in Spanish. At 2124 could hear weak Chinese underneath, which must be
IBB Saipan, Americans vs Americans! Hard to believe this huge signal from WYFR
here is at 44 degrees to Europe, roughly 90 degrees offbeam from OK (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WBCQ, 15420-CUSB on the air past scheduled 2100*, Friday Oct 31 at
2136 with the Fence Lake NM anapestic preacher. Perhaps they just did not get
around to turning it off on time; however after DST next week, I assume this
will ordinarily run until 2200, and Wednesdays until 2230 for WORLD OF RADIO,
altho by then will be facing usual winter nighttime MUF plunge below 15 MHz. A
higher frequency ought to be used earlier in the day during winter, not later,
but DST/ST leaps trump basic propagation.
WBCQ 7415 still has a pair of very enjoyable music shows on Friday evenings,
Behavior Night at 2100, and Bluegrass State of Mind at 2200. Oct 31 at 2139 I
was sidetracked from bandscanning by Dixieland music such as the Tiger Rag
(hmm, they have tigers in India, so do they also have tiger ragas? Quite an
opportunity for crossover). From next week, of course, both one UT hour later
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:20:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] VOA QSL
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Bruce,
Wonder if this was direct from ST or via Washington? The engineer there used to
be a good direct QSLer until he retired. Since any QSLs at all are a bonus, and
the site is easy to hear, I suggest you just send a new report rather than
making an issue of it. You could ask that they put your name on the reply,
which they apparently did not this time.
73, Glenn Hauser
--- On Fri, 10/31/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I stopped collecting QSL's back sometime in the
> 70's but decided to start again recently because there
> are so many new countries to verify and because I have so
> much more time on my hands after retiring from Voice of
> America.
>
> The first new QSL received came from, of all places, VOA?,
> verifying??the Sao Tome relay station.? While it
> confirmed the site, the rest of the data was wrong.
> Frequency was wrong, date was incorrect, time was wrong.?
> I'm not certain if I should return it--along with the
> original letter -- asking for a correct card?or keep it as
> is.? Someone somewhere probably has my correct version, and
> I have theirs.? And they're wondering, too.? (Bruce
> Barker-PA, NRD-535D, Alpha Delta DX Sloper)
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