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Today's Topics:
1. Returned letters ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
2. Re: Logs for Al Muick Tajikistan (Walter Salmaniw)
3. Unident ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
4. Re: (no subject) (Wolfgang Bueschel)
5. Re: Returned letters (Wolfgang Bueschel)
6. CHU to 7850 January 1 (Glenn Hauser)
7. Glenn Hauser logs December 7-9, 2008 (Glenn Hauser)
8. Condition on greece(clashes ) and logs (Zacharias Liangas )
9. Logs for Al Muick 09 December (Albert Muick)
10. CINF-690 (aurel chiochiu)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 08:17:39 +0200
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [HCDX] Returned letters
To: [email protected]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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My reception report to Musigw?lle 531
bounced back with following sticker:
Retour an Absender Poststelle wurde vor 3 Jahren
Geschlossen. Wir bitten um Kenntnisnahme. Danke
Ihre Briefzustellregion Basel.
I used the address:
DRS Musigw?lle 531
Novarastrasse 2
4024 Basel
What is the correct address?
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My reception report to Avtoradio-Ukraine
bounced back with stamp "Unknown". I used the
address:
???????? ??-? 36 ?,
???? 03113 ???????
What is the correct address?
Reijo Alapiha
Joensuu Finland
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:35:30 -0800
From: Walter Salmaniw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Logs for Al Muick Tajikistan
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
At 07:12 PM 12/8/2008, you wrote:
>7245 TAJIKISTAN, VoT, heard at 0945 on 08 Dec with "EG" program
>consisting of continuous pop music and one EG annx at 0951. Tajik
>programming started at 1000 with some pretty dramatic martial mx, thundering
>ID by OM, into soviet-style national anthem and long-winded station ID by
>OM/YL. Good sigs w/minor QRM from 7240 and splattery PBS Xizang.
Wonder what happened to the planned major expansion of Tajik external
broadcasts from a year or two ago. Remember they were going to have extensive
English broadcasts on a number of frequencies....never happened. 7245 is the
only channel I've ever heard them with their external English
broadcast......Walt.
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 11:02:07 -0000
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Unident
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Unident, 6195.82, 1047-1100 Noted a signal off freq slightly with a female
in Spanish language comments. Judging from the "tone" or speech tempo, she
sounds like a Peruvian person. The signal is too poor to copy details
unfortunately. At 1054 a male joins in with Spanish comments. If I had to
decide who this is, I'd go with Radio Cusco from Cusco, Peru. Didn't do
any research to see if Cusco has been up this high lately. BBC is sharing
part of this frequency. (Chuck Bolland, December 9, 2008)
Clewiston, Florida
NRD545
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 13:31:58 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] (no subject)
To: "Hard Core DX" <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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NHK Radio Japan Bonaire Neth Antilles relay 22-24 UT in Japones.
wb df5sx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Antonio L. Garcia" Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 1:59 AM
Escutas realizadas em Jo?o Pessoa-PB HI22nu
R?dio: IC-R1500 - Antena 3DX3
17.605,0 2317-2322 8/12 NO ID, Desconhecido, UNKNOWN, De Origem Asi?tico (D)
falas de OM e YL. semelhante ao japon?s. 25333
Antonio Laurentino Garcia PR7BCP
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 15:09:12 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Returned letters
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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SRG Media Services
MSC Distribution
Leutschenbachstrasse 95
CH-8050 Zuerich
Switzerland
Hot line tel. +41 848 88 44 22
e-mail: distribution.helpdesk @ srgssrideesuisse.ch
vs Mr. Biagio Bongiovanni
old? TV services? address:
SRG Media Services
MSC Distribution
Fernsehstrasse 1-4
CH-8052 Zuerich
Switzerland
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 7:17 AM
Subject: [HCDX] Returned letters
> My reception report to Musigw?lle 531
> bounced back with following sticker:
>
> Retour an Absender Poststelle wurde vor 3 Jahren
> Geschlossen. Wir bitten um Kenntnisnahme. Danke
> Ihre Briefzustellregion Basel.
>
> I used the address:
> DRS Musigw?lle 531
> Novarastrasse 2
> 4024 Basel
>
> What is the correct address?
> ------------------------------------------
> Reijo Alapiha
> Joensuu Finland
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 07:10:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] CHU to 7850 January 1
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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** CANADA. Hello Glenn, Well, the day has come when the frequency of CHU will
be changed. The change goes into effect January 1, 2009.
Below is the text that will appear on our web site.
Have a happy holiday. Raymond Pelletier
============================================
Frequency and Time
Institute for National Measurement Standards
National Research Council Canada
M-36, room 1026
1200 Montreal Road
Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R6
Tel: (613) 993-3430
Fax: (613) 952-1394
raymond.pelletier @ nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Government of Canada
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CHANGE YOUR SHORTWAVE RADIO DIAL
After seventy years of broadcasting Canada's official time, NRC's
shortwave station CHU will move the transmission frequency for the 7335 kHz
transmitter to 7850 kHz. The change will occur on 01 January 2009 at 0000 UTC.
CHU is a part of NRC's system for disseminating official time throughout
Canada, broadcasting 24 hours a day from a location approximately 20 km
south-west of Ottawa. Listeners hear tones to mark the seconds, voice to
announce the time in French and English, and digital data to set computers.
The atomic clocks at CHU are part of the ensemble of clocks in the time and
frequency research laboratories in Ottawa, at the National Research Council
Canada. The NRC clocks are used in conjunction with clocks in the time
laboratories of other countries to construct the
internationally accepted scale of time, UTC (Coordinated Universal
Time), which is now the reference for official time used by all
countries. UTC is the modern implementation of Greenwich Mean Time.
"Coincidentally, this frequency change comes at a time when NRC is
investing resources to refurbish the aging transmitters at CHU in order to
provide clear, dependable shortwave services as part of NRC's mandate to
disseminate time to all Canadians." said Ray Pelletier, Technical Officer at
the NRC-Institute for National Measurement Standards, who oversees the CHU
facility "The shortwave time service is especially beneficial for those in
remote locations where there is limited access to internet and telephone
communication. CHU also provides a back up against failure of other services."
In April 2007, the International Telecommunications Union re-allocated
the 7300-7350 KHz band from a fixed service to a broadcasting service.
Since then, interference on the 7335 KHz frequency has come from many
information broadcasters around the world.
CHU listeners in Canada and around the world who have for so long
considered the 7335 kHz frequency exclusively for time signals, are very vocal
about this interference. We have heard from amateur radio
operators, watchmakers, astronomers, and navigators who use the tones
and voice signals. As well, comments were received from those who use
the carrier as a calibration source at a distance for their equipment.
To give notice to users, CHU will broadcast an announcement in both
English and French. More information can be found at
http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_e.html and
http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/main_f.html
Comments about the CHU change can be sent by e-mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Raymond Pelletier, CHU, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
As of Dec 9, nothing at above site about 7850. This NRC website also mentions a
leap second to be added at the end of 2008y:
http://time5.nrc.ca/timefreq/bulletin_tf-b.html (gh)
Monitored around 1430 UT Dec 9 on 7335, no announcements being heard yet about
the frequency change or the leap second.
And here`s another website with the history of CHU, etc.:
http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/time_services/shortwave_broadcasts_e.html
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 07:41:01 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 7-9, 2008
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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** ALBANIA. R. Tirana, 13720, English to NAm, Dec 8 at 1530 with usual full
schedule in English to open each broadcast; fair modulation. This being a
Monday and/or a holiday, no news, but immediately into feature about a Moslem
holiday and how well the Orthodox, Catholix and Moslems get along in Albania,
their customs, etc. What about Protestants and Atheists? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. CHU, 7335, Dec 9 around 1430, operations normal, but I expect them
to start announcing the frequency change to 7850 will go into effect January 1,
and there will also be a leap second at the end of 2008y (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. R. Canada Internal, 9610, Monday Dec 8 at 1547, surprised to hear
them in Portuguese, with program for crian?as, then into chanson in French;
1549 RCI ID in English, and back to Portuguese which is actually an English
lesson for immigrant children. Now I`m totally confused, since the schedules at
http://www.rciviva.ca/rci/PDF/2008Fall/H08_SW_24h_SIMP.pdf
and http://www.rciviva.ca/rci/PDF/2008Fall/RCI-TECH-B08-ENG.pdf
claim at 1535-1604 on 9610, RCI is in Russian on weekdays, Ukrainian on
weekends! Have they decided just to throw out all the individual language
segments and mix them all up? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 11835 with heavy jamming, Dec 8 at 2327 but could not hear any
Radio Rep?blica. May have been replaced by WRMI direct on 9955 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 11520, under WEWN Spanish heard station in English giving
frequencies at 1358 Dec 9. That`s RNW opening hour via Madagascar at 50
degrees, so they assume there will be no collision in S Asian target area.
Still, knowing a bit about SW propagation, I would not pick a frequency also
used by a superpower station on the other worldside.
The anomaly of RNW opening English on 6105 at 1359 via Tinang, Philippines, was
not repeated Dec 7 as the transmitter did not come on until after 1400 when VOA
Chinese was underway (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. RRI on new 11970 ex-17745 for the 1300 English broadcast to Europe
(and NAm beyond); Dec 9 just tuned in 11970 in time to hear the IS at 1356 but
quite poor signal compared to Romanian on 11940 which continued another hour;
how could that be?
17745 was 300 kW, 307 degrees from Tiganesti, so 11970 should be too, while
11940 is 300 kW, 285 degrees from Galbeni. 17745 used to come in well on good
days, but that leaves // 15105 which should remain reliable. Anyhow, 11970
collides with WYFR until 1345 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 9625, two stations in English mixing with 3 Hz SAH at about equal
level, one surely CBC NQ, but at 1428 Dec 8 the other IDed as BBC World Service
--- what? Same Dec 9 at 1423 check, quickly confirmed as BBCWS by // 5975 via
Thailand, interviewing Jamaican PM. Not scheduled on this frequency; supposed
to be Channel Africa in English at 14-16. Meyerton putting the wrong feed on
the air? SENTECH has been notified (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WRMI, 9955, Tue Dec 9 at 0610 in Viva Miami, Jeff & Tha?s White in
Spanish about Cusco, Peruvian Xmas music. Good with no jamming but deep fades.
S Florida was dominating 31m at this time, also WYFR but not much else. 0619
WRMI into DX Partyline but not the latest edition, dated Nov 29. Did not have
these on my DX program schedule, as not on WRMI`s program schedule, just 06-07
M-F miscellaneous repeats of DX and other programs. Viva Miami is sometimes
only 7 minutes long now to fill out odd purchased times. Also AWR Wavescan
after 0630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 9385, Dec 8 at 1541, usual huge signal from WWRB in Brother
Scare service, but now some other preacher in progress, obviously influenced by
B.S., accusing the Jesuits of ``dirty work``. More interesting was the
undercurrent of co-channel interference in Korean. EiBi and Aoki say it`s R
Free Asia via Sri Lanka, while HFCC says Saipan.
What does PWBR `2009` say? Saipan, but language is only ``other`` and jammed.
Hey, what about WWRB! NO listing of WWRB on 9385 at all, despite having used
that frequency as early as the A-06 season per FCC. WWRB also does not make the
cut on page 326 about US stations. If you think PWBR info is comprehensive, you
are seriously mistaken; for that you need the World Radio TV Handbook (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 13700 with talk in S Asian language, Dec 8 at 1512 past 1530;
at 1523 paused for a different announcer to mention something about kiloHertz.
I`m not going to specify their presumed genders but you have a 50-50 chance of
guessing right. Fair signal and would have been OK if not for much stronger
WYFR in Spanish on 13695 splattering. What does PWBR `2009` say, stored right
next to the radio, and the computer in another room not yet upfired? NOTHING.
Believe me, I don`t have to go looking for PWBR`s shortcomings. They just keep
appearing frequently when I try to look up an unID! B-08 online listings, of
course, have the answer. YFR in Hindi at 14-16 via Germany, tho which site is
contradictory, Nauen or Wertachtal. Family Radio vs Family Radio! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WINB is quite flexible about when it switches frequencies. 13570v
missing Monday Dec 8 at 1540, so I check 9265v --- yes, still going there,
non-Brother Stair preacher. On Saturdays for sure they extend 9265 much later
to accommodate the B.S. Sabbath service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
###
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:29:16 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Condition on greece(clashes ) and logs
To: <>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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First about the news in Greece with the demonstrations and the clashes :
It all started with the killing of a 15 years old boy sot by a cop. Very soon
the
young people , most of them scholars organized the demonstrations across
all Greece in a totally peaceful way . However together with them anarchist
people from supposedly the left wing, were demonstrated together with the
scholars at first and then caused clashes with the police. As of yeasterday
night these clashes have been escalated to the level main streets on the
major cities (about 15) to be closed to the traffic with major problems to
happen in Athens and Thessaloniki.
IN Athens for example , about 6-7 buildings have been fired by Molotov
bombs, more than 180 stores windows tob be broken so that foreigner
groups to plunder these stores (aslo a video has been aired from a
nationwide TV channel).Nearly most of the centre of Arthens has been
destroyed together with the Christmas tree ,and one or two parts from he
university and were to fire a ministry. And everything has been made from
not more an 1000 people!
IN Thessaloniki , my city about 300 people for the so called 'counter
dominating groups' had clashes against the police and broken the windows
of the stores in two .A police dept has been fired by ca 50 people. IN the
polytechnic university , they broken several offices and possibly stolen
several computers.
IN another city these groups have surprised a TV channel and aired a
video clip but then gone off .
Be noticed that the police had the order no to do any clashes against these
groups , in order not any more blood to be spilled after the first killing .
The young boy has been buried today morning
http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e
Here are several logs of yesterday 8th
CHINA 5030 CNR 1 1428 with talks by OM in Chinese with beat of old
American song , 1429 adverts. S2 only . Bassy audio
MYANMAR 5770 Myanmar def 1431 , heard some high pitched tones
followed by talks . Very low modulation , mixed with RN background . Better
using LSB to avoid a FSK stream At 1438 wtih a pop like music , max S1-2
CHINA 6937 Yunnan PBS 1436 with traditional voicing style S2 max , low
volume 1502 with just carrier
CHINA 5060 XJPBS 1450 inline talks Good signal
CHINA 4750 Qinghai PBS 1453 adverts Rave style song on 1458 and
seems back to advert or discussion . after the clock with 23 hours Beijing
time then ID As qinghai PBS then with news 44333 some QRM from other
stations including a FSK CW on 4751
TAJIKISTAN 4765 Radio Tajikistan 1504 OM with news in Tajik (very clear
language) . Clear freq S9 max
KIRGIZ 4795 Kyrgystan 1505 with OM in news //4010 but nearly zero
modulation S3
INDIA 4840 Mumbai 1507 with old Bollywood songs , 1514 adverts S9
34322
cland 4845 Kurdish cland 1510 YL with talks in Farsi 1518 with tradi/folk
song S5 23232
Jammer 4860 fast pulse jammer 1515 with S10
India 4880 AIR Lucknow 1520 news and reports in Hindi S3-4 34233
India 4895 AIR Kurseong 1524 being // 4880 & 4840 (news in Hindi )S5-7
34333
IN'SIA 4925 unsure if on 1526 was signal from Jambi .Poor carrier
INDIA 4920 AIR Chennai 1527 with talks in Tamil , QRMing Lhasa S7 max
BTW 4930 VoA 1603 news on ZWE , S5 24232
and to add for 9th :
4905 Rdiff.Nat. Tchadienne 1609 with talks in VN by OM. 1613 with hilife
songs Signal S9 44334
INDIA/MDG 5010 AIR Thiru.... and RTM 1615 mixed together with RTM
being slightly stronger S7
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Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:22:04 +0430
From: "Albert Muick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs for Al Muick 09 December
To: <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
QTH: Kabul, Afghanistan
RX: WinRadio G303e
ANT: 200m Longwire/Randomwire
ACC: Palstar MW-550P Mediumwave Preselector
252 TAJIKISTAN, Tajik R. heard at 1842 on 09 Dec w/ OM/YL alternating
Tajik talk and several station IDs, local mx. Consistent strong signal as
one might expect from longwave. Very slight fade. WRTH lists as 150 kW
621 EGYPT, ERTU V.o. the Arabs, heard at 1915 in AR w/ OM/YL in a sort
of radio play interspersed with beat music. Very loud signal w/o much QRM
and minimal QSB. As it should be for 1000kW!
Well, not too much DX done on the 9th. 'Tis the season for Xmas parties,
repairing antennas, etc.
Hope everyone had a good DX day!
73s de Al
"Do you value people who won't benefit you or only those who might
contribute in some way to your success? Great team players truly
value others as people, and they know and relate to what others
value."
- John C. Maxwell
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:24:57 -0500
From: aurel chiochiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] CINF-690
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected]
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
For several months in a row, our local CINF "Infos Six Quatre-Vint-Dix" on 690
kHz was overmodulated and put some annoying splatter against 670 and 710 as
well as some very slight splatter on 660 during the daytime when this channel
wasn't covered by megapest WFAN New York City.
The hought something was changing was driving to a local French Caribbean party
in downtown Montreal, the sound on 690 was distorted, then two days later,
right now, WOR is local-like with almost no-splatter, while a few weeks ago it
was listenablem vbut annoyingly listenable.
Unfortunatly, with the WFAN IBOC's hash on 670, this does not do much good. It
could be better if WFAN-660 and CUBA-670 would have lowered down their power
too.... I miss Radio Rumbos on 670. I had a few tapes which have been stoled
since, but Radio Rumbos was my first YV MW catche. Now, the only most-music YV
on MW anymore is Coro, Falc?n, YVNM on 780...
May the good DX be with you !
Bogdan Chiochiu
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