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Today's Topics:
1. Latvia Today Transmission Time - 21st December (Tom Taylor)
2. St. Petersburg Regional Center (Bill Harms)
3. La Rosa de Tokyo para este fin de semana!!!!!! (Arnaldo)
4. Escuchas/Escutas/Logs (Arnaldo)
5. Re: St. Petersburg Regional Center (Mikhail Timofeyev)
6. Christmas Time on European Music Radio (Arnaldo)
7. logs (L?cio Ot?vio)
8. Glenn Hauser logs December 19-20, 2008 (Glenn Hauser)
9. DX Afternoon type ([email protected])
10. foreign DX catches logged (NOV 4 - DEC 20, 2008) (aurel chiochiu)
11. Madagascar & other logs ([email protected])
12. the Grundig Eton G5: a major disappointment (aurel chiochiu)
13. brand new domestic DX logging (aurel chiochiu)
14. EMR - Internet repeat times (Tom Taylor)
15. Re: Glenn Hauser logs December 19-20, 2008 (Wolfgang Bueschel)
16. Logs for Al Muick 20/21 December (Albert Muick)
17. Re: the Grundig Eton G5: a major disappointment (Glenn Hauser)
18. Re: the Grundig Eton G5: a major disappointment (Glenn Hauser)
19. Re: [mwdx] Re: the Grundig Eton G5: a major disappointment
(aurel chiochiu)
20. Re: the Grundig Eton G5: a major disappointment (Mike Brooker)
21. Re: the Grundig Eton G5: a major disappointment (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:01:16 -0000
From: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Latvia Today Transmission Time - 21st December
To: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <006401c96289$e5c515b0$34d96...@dellcb21k2j>
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Relays this weekend via 9290 kHz
December 20th
Latvia Today 10.00- 11.00 UTC
December 21st
EMR 14.00 - 15.00 UTC
Latvia Today 15.00 - 1600 UTC New Time
Good Listening 73s Tom
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:14:45 -0500
From: Bill Harms <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] St. Petersburg Regional Center
To: DXLD <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Does the St. Petersburg Regional Center still directly verify reception
reports? I sent an email to the one listed on someone else's QSL and
have gotten no response yet. Also, their web site appears to be down or
the software is not working properly.
Bill Harms
Elkridge, Maryland
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:40:13 -0300
From: "Arnaldo" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] La Rosa de Tokyo para este fin de semana!!!!!!
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], NoticiasDX <[email protected]>,
Domesticas
Y Tropicales <[email protected]>,
[email protected], [email protected], playdx2003
<[email protected]>, DXLD <[email protected]>,
[email protected]
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La Rosa de Tokio es una producci?n realizada en los estudios de LS11 Radio
Provincia de Buenos Aires, La Plata , Rep?blica Argentina.
Este fin de semana tenemos algo muy particular, ya que vamos a hablar
justamente de lo que se conoci? en su momento como el Imperio Italiano: el
imperio colonial italiano que, por supuesto, fue hace mucho tiempo, y fue
disuelto con la rendici?n de Italia en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Se revisar?n las emisoras m?s representativas de la ?poca colonial y se
irradiar?n archivos hist?ricos imperdibles. No dejen de escucharlo!!!!
ESTE SABADO 23:00 HORA ARGENTINA (01:00-02:00 UTC)
POR 1270 KHZ Y POR INTERNET: www.amprovincia.com.ar
LA ROSA DE TOKIO, UNA MIRADA DIFERENTE DE LOS MEDIOS DE COMUNICACION.
Email: [email protected]
Conduccion y Produccion: Omar Jos? Somma y Juan Manuel Natale.
Columnistas permanentes: Arnaldo Slaen, Marcelo Arias, Viviana Toledo
Oubi?a, Dino Bloise, Ruben Guillermo Margenet, Jose Bueno, Jose Miguel
Romero Romero, Gabriel Saravi.
Y el aporte de radiodifusores, conductores, expertos en medios, dxer?s y
fanaticos del mundo de la radiodifusion.
EMISORAS QUE EMITEN EL PROGRAMA:
Miami - EEUU - WRMI Radio Miami Internacional (onda corta)
Mosc? - Rusia - La Voz de Rusia (onda corta)
San Antonio -Chile - Radio Oxigeno- 88.5 MHz
Programas DX (audio a demanda)
http://es.geocities.com/programasdx/larosa.htm
Garre - BsAs - Frecuencia9- 91.1 MHz dom 9hs
Henderson - BsAs - FM Amanecer- 92.5 MHz sab 11hs
Campo Grande - Misiones - Radio Mas- 93.3 MHz sab 11hs
La Toma - San Luis - Ondas FM- 100.5 MHz
Sierra de Los Padres -BsAs - Radio Nativa- 102.5 MHz dom 15hs
25 de Mayo - BsAs - Radio FM PZ- 101.5 MHz dom 8hs
Lezama - BsAs - FM La Nube- 104.1 MHz
Santa Rosa ? La Pampa - FM Tiempo- 107.9 MHz
Pedro Luro - BsAs - FM10- 91.9 MHz
Saldungaray - BsAs - FM Saldungaray- 100.5 MHz sab 12hs
Colon - BsAs - Emisora Colon- 90.1 MHz dom 13hs
Lobos - BsAs - FM Reencuentros-102.7 MHz
Justo Darack - San Luis - FM Mix- 99.9 MHz sab 13hs
Necochea - BsAs - FM Top- 99.5 MHz sab,dom 7hs , dom 21hs
Perez Millan - BsAs - Radio Perez Millan- 98.1 MHz
Coronel Suarez - BsAs - FM Santa Maria- 106.1 MHz sab 22hs
Bolivar - BsAs - Radioactiva- 93.9 MHz sab 11hs
Salazar - BsAs - FM Salazar- 103.7 MHz dom 10hs
Martinez ? BsAs Emisora Educativa El Hornero- 107.5 MHz sab 15,30hs
Capital Federal ? Ciudad de Bs.As. AM1710- 1710Khz dom 14hs
Carlos Tejedor- BsAs- FM Lasser- 91.3 MHz
General Lamadrid- BsAs - FM Estilo- 92.7 MHz
Pila ? BsAs - FM Municipal- 97.9 MHz
San Juan - San Juan - Dynamis FM- 94.5 MHz
Rodeo - San Juan - Dynamis FM- 95.3 MHz
Jachal - San Juan - Dynamis FM- 94.9 MHz
Calingasta - San Juan - Dynamis FM- 97.3 MHz
Valle F?rtil - San Juan - Dynamis FM- 95.7 MHz
Las Flores ? BsAs - Shalom FM- 107.1 MHz
Alta Gracia ? C?rdoba - Sierras FM- 95.1 MHz
Cordiales 73
OMAR SOMMA-JUAN NATALE
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:46:46 -0300
From: "Arnaldo" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Escuchas/Escutas/Logs
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: Carlos Felipe <[email protected]>,
[email protected], [email protected],
NoticiasDX <[email protected]>, Domesticas Y Tropicales
<[email protected]>, [email protected],
playdx2003 <[email protected]>, DXLD
<[email protected]>,
[email protected]
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BRAZIL
5970 Radio Itatiaia, Belo Horizonte, MG, 2302-2309, December 18, Portuguese,
actuality talk by male, 23432
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
DJIBOUTI
4780 Radio Djibouti, Djibouti, 0340-0346, DEcember 18, Vernacular,
short talk and very nice local music, 24432
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:48:11 +0300
From: Mikhail Timofeyev <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] St. Petersburg Regional Center
To: Bill Harms <[email protected]>
Cc: DXLD <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R; delsp=yes; format=flowed
Dear Bill,
yes, we verify all correct reception reports - but, of course, for
our transmitters only (that located in St.Petersburg and
Leningradskaya oblast).
Regarding RTRN regional web sites: many of them (including
St.Petersburg's one) will be out of use approx. till Dec 31st because
of the technical works with new servers in Moscow...
Mikhail Timofeyev
St.Petersburg
20.12.2008, ? 13:14, Bill Harms ?????(?):
> Does the St. Petersburg Regional Center still directly verify
> reception reports? I sent an email to the one listed on someone
> else's QSL and have gotten no response yet. Also, their web site
> appears to be down or the software is not working properly.
>
> Bill Harms
> Elkridge, Maryland
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>
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:16:43 -0300
From: "Arnaldo" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Christmas Time on European Music Radio
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], [email protected],
NoticiasDX <[email protected]>, Domesticas Y Tropicales
<[email protected]>, DXLD
<[email protected]>,
playdx2003 <[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Message-ID: <007b01c96294$78dad920$04d9e...@arnaldo>
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Info by Tom Taylor: Christmas Time on European Music Radio
Christmas Time on European Music Radio - 21st of December 2008
6140 khz - 1300 to 1330 utc Paul Graham (Christmas oldie programme)
1330 to 1355 utc Colin King with the Jackie History (part
4)
1355 to 1400 utc Tom Taylor - EMR up date
9290 khz - 1400 to 1500 utc Mike Taylor with the Christmas Mail Box
EMR schedule for January - February and March 2009 is:
January - 13.00 to 13.30 utc Tom Taylor + Jackie History (part 5)
February - 13.00 to 13.30 utc Tom Taylor + Jackie History (part 6)
March - 13.00 to 14.00 utc Tom Taylor + Jackie History (part 7)
Happy Christmas to all our Listeners from European Music Radio !
(Mike and Tom Taylor - Paul Graham - Colin King and all the staff of EMR)
Good Listening and all the best for 2009 73s Tom
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:38:51 -0200
From: L?cio Ot?vio <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] logs
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "Anker Petersen"
<[email protected]>
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4770, Nigeria, R. Nigeria, Kaduna. December-20 EE 0605-0612 OM and YL talks,
many mentions "Nigeria". Some CODAR, 32322 (lob-B).
7140, Korea, North, Voice of Korea, Kujang. December-20 KK 0742 male and female
talks, 0749 instr. music, audio off. Quick enhancement 333333 (lob-B).
7200, Sudan, R. Ondurman(tent.). December-20 AA 0802-0811 OM and YL talks, 0806
sounded like ad, Bob Marley music. 24322 (lob-B).
7285, Mali, R, Mali(tent.), Bamako. December-20 0813-0822 short African music,
YL talks (seems Vern.) returning African music. 23333 (lob-B).
73
L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec
Embu SP Brasil - Sony ICF SW40 - dipole 18m, 32m
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:27:14 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 19-20, 2008
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** CANADA [non]. 11895 good and clear Dec 20 at 1505, disgusting sermon in slow
English about bringing a female (animal?) without defect as a sin offering,
slaughtering and pouring out the blood on the altar, removing the fat and
burning it, avoiding unclean stuff; Leviticus V mentioned.
What does PWBR `2009` say this is? AWR Guam is the only bar, but summer-only
and language-other, so that would be a bum rap. EiBi and Aoki have the answer
as usual: Bible Voice Broadcasting, 90 degrees to South Asia at 1500-1530 when
English is only on Saturdays; EiBi says Nauen, Aoki says Wertachtal. The
Franco-Germans are always jumping the sites around, presumably for logistical
reasons (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. RHC, 9550, Dec 19 at 2306 news in English, with clear echo
during brief fades. Suspect this was long-path, quite a haul from here at some
38 megameters. SE Asian signals were inbooming such as VOA on 9490, which is
Tinang at 200 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SLOVAKIA. R. Slovakia International IS and ID in English at 1427 Dec 20 on
6055, weak with flutter, 1430 into German as scheduled. Europe on 49m at this
time of day is quite a treat, but surely possible at solstice, and just a band
away from regular Pridnestrovye at same hour on 7370. Beam of 305 degrees from
RSO helps too, exactly the same azimuth used for English to NAm at 0100, still
intruding in the 40m hamband on 7230. This being a Saturday instead of a
Friday, the usual dominant on 6055, R. Nikkei was already off at 1415 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. Weak signal on 9541.5, Dec 20 at 0730 with talk, seems
English intonation; a bit better at 0735, mostly YL talking and occasional bits
of music. Just not enough against noise level, but BFO helped and proved it was
not drifting. What else could it be on this frequency? Next check at 1407, no
trace of a carrier, just something on 9540.0 masked by QRDRM from 9540-9550,
BBC/DW Woofferton 100 kW, 114 degrees. I really wonder if SIBC is running 31m
24 hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SWEDEN. 9400, weak with umlauty language Dec 20 at 1511. As a -00 frequency,
first suspect naturally Bulgaria, but not this time: Radio Sweden in Swedish
scheduled from H?rby. An hour earlier I was getting it much better on 11540 as
I was confirming Solomon Islands was not being heard on 9541.5, but instead a
carrier from something matching 2.0 MHz below on 9540.0. Anyhow, seems Radio
Sweden/Teracom facilities survived the earthquake a few days ago (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 11810, weak signal in Arabic, Dec 20 at 1501, pronouncing a website
with English letters including .net. I assumed it was Jordan but EiBi and Aoki
agree Jordan is off by then, and V. of Turkey is opening Arabic at 1500, until
1700, 252 degrees from Emirler, so that is how I will list-log it, presumably,
the .net also a positive clew (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. Nice to hear Bow Bells preceding BBCWS transmission on 12095, Dec 20 at
1459, but only until 1459:30 opening, and 1500 into stupid ballgames, this
being a Saturday when BBC wastes its vast resources on such Sportsworld
nonsense. Good signal from Rampisham, 250 kW at 95 degrees for this bihour.
Originally, out-of-band 12095 could be used only from UK sites, but now you
never know. At other dayparts, it`s Cyprus or Ascension. Also noticed
timesignal on the hour was about 1 second late compared to WWV; so why bother,
misleading countless listeners about the correct time? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 10000, very weak singing and talk underneath WWVH, Dec 20 at
1418. Maybe another instance of mixing product between 31m transmitters,
Jordan? No trace of WWV. WWCR 9980 had not yet built up to overpowering
strength desensitizing and blocking WWV/H most of the day, and there did not
seem to be other super-power signals on 31m which could cause receiver
cross-modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:11:01 -0000
From: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] DX Afternoon type
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Message-ID: <000501c962e7$79613170$8effe...@hp98588948284>
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Ethiopia, 7110, Radio Ethiopia, 2034-2100 Noted African type music at tune
in. Lyrics of the music was Swahili. Off and on a person in Swahili
comments.
At 2055 a male and female present the news. This is followed by the NA and
then off the air. Signal was fair to good. (Chuck Bolland, December 20,
2008)
Rwanda, 6055, Radio Rwanda, 2030-2058, In tune in, noted brief music.
This was followed at 2031 with Qur'an type chanting. At about 2034, a male
in
language(?) comments. Music followed until about 2058 when a female talks
briefly. At this point either the signal faded or it went off the air, but
nothing heard beyond that. Signal was poor. (Chuck Bolland, December 20,
2008)
Clewiston, Florida
WINRADIO G305e/pd
Dipole
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:32:35 -0500
From: aurel chiochiu <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] foreign DX catches logged (NOV 4 - DEC 20, 2008)
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], Adrian Cronauer <[email protected]>,
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected],
Perez Ricardo <[email protected]>, [email protected], Devilish
Giovanna <[email protected]>, "Philippe ..."
<[email protected]>
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Reception repport from:
Bogdan Chiochiu DX'ing from Pierrefonds / Montreal's West Island, QC, Canada
using the Sanyo MCD-S830 barefoot; also using the Sangean CST-818 rx with the
Austrlian PK's Shielded Magnetic LW loop
Pan-American DX
530 CUBA, Radio Enciclopedia, La Habana - is this station famous for
instrumental music in the vein of the former YVRQ "Radio Aeropuerto" format on
910 (switched to Errey-Coo 910 in 1986) ? Heard occasionally at fair level
(steady and fair during the best condx), though not as easy as one would think.
RVC missing. (Chiochiu-QC)
540 unID "Radio Cadena La Voz de la Victoria" DEC 12 0153 - live announcer
playing SS christian vocals (some were vallenato sounding) ans talking about
the birth of Jesus Christ the masochist and about several chapters in the
Bible. Most likely guess would be HJKA, Radio Autentica with a brand new
slogan, since it had Colombian sounding program. However, RCN-760
(Barranquilla) wasn't in at the time. I'm puzzled with this one ! Any help
would be greatly appreciated ! Are there any domestics broadcasting in Spanish
on 540 ? Nicaragua used to be regularly reported by DX'ers a tide older than me
in the 70s and 80s, but it's definitively something else than YNOW Radio
Corporaci?n, Managua. Didn't sound like previously logged by me XEWA.
(Chiochiu-QC - in it's null, of course, CBAF in Windsor, ON since condx were
not even slightly auroral)
555 ST KITTS, ZIZ, Basseterre DEC 20 0020 - playing a calypso song full of
falsetto harmonies. Digusting, but even this kind of awful stuff has it charms
when it is thrown in a bunch of slight splatter from 550 and 560 with a
dark-edged remote sound, almost like trying to reach out a remote island
somewhere very far. + DEC 20 0225 - with BBCWS. Fair-good. Probably more
reliable than a lot of their SW transmissions since they aren't beaming toward
NA anymore. (Chiochiu-QC)
570 CUBA, CMEA, Radio Reloj, Pil?n DEC 14 0043 - with woman complementing
the real nature of socialism, then RR code ID and TC (time-check - this
abbreviation is seldom used). Good over/under WSYR Syracruse and other pests.
Regular and the only reliable Radio Reloj in the Montreal area. (Chiochiu-QC)
640 CUBA, CMBC, Radio Progreso, Guanabacoa DEC 14 0227 - woman romatinc SS
vocal, presumably part of the nightly "Nocturno" Adult Contemporary px that R
Progreso is famous for. Noted in passing while tuning from 555 to 940 (local)
for enjoying the Coast to Coast parapsychological show before falling asleep.
(Chiochiu-QC)
750 VENEZUELA, YVKS, RCR, Caracas, Distrito Federal DEC 9 0129 - Several
adverts including one for a liquor store, then almost legal ID followed by
programming announcement. SINPO 44444, unbelievable, almost as strong as a
short-skip domestic regional pest such as WICC 600 in Bridgeport, CT. I almost
should be damned for not having had my tape running when I caught this in order
to provide a transcribed ID here. Huge ! The past night (DEC 19/20 UTC), as I
showed what AM DX sounded like to an older friend, they were noted with
apparent baseball mixing with WSB, as South Americans were almost nil.
(Chiochiu-QC - Seems like the only YV that gives their call-letters with any
degree of regularity is Mundial Y-V-K-E on 550 kHz, one that is inaudible
during strong high-latitude condx despite the demise of CHLN-550 - Bogdan).
760 COLOMBIA, HJAJ, RCN Cadena Bas?ca, Barranquilla NOV 5 0305 - "La m?sica y
s?s artistas" px with a man interviewing another man who had the opportunity to
meet a Cuban singer who succesfully escaped from Cuba, followed by an item
about Michael Jackson. SINPO 44434-3, fairly deep fadings, but slow deep
fadings and huge peaks in WJR null. The only HJ I seem to hear with any degree
of regularity anymore. + DEC 17 0200 - completly obliterated, if there, by
WABC-770 who forgot their IBOC hash all night, obliterating both
Barranquilla-760 and possible Coro, estado Falc?n on 780. (Chiochiu-QC)
Trans-Atlantic DX
153 ALGERIA, RT Al Jazairi Radio Wahad, Bechar DEC 17 0234 - Bits of AA male
talk and AA music getting through local computer generated noise and
overloading QRMing (mixing products). There are a lot of mixing products on the
Sangean receiver. SINPO 22212-1. Quickly lost and too much noise to wait for a
later fade-in. (Chiochiu-QC)
162 FRANCE, France Inter, Allouis DEC 17 0230 - EE pop mx show with detailed
announcements concerning the discography of some popular American group
followed by the morning show. One of the items was about the FNLA (Front
national de lib?ration de l'Afghanistan) requesting French troups to comeback
and to leave Afghanistan alone. Fair with some computer noise. SINPO 34232.
(Chiochiu-QC)
171 MOROCCO, Medi Un, Nador DEC 17 0335 - traditionnal plaintive Arabic music
(not ra? !) followed by male in arabic who mentioned "arba" (four / 4 - the
only Arabic I could make out, not because of the poor reception, but because my
knowledge of AA is almost nil). Fair-good, stronger than France-162 and the
strongest LW broadcaster. SINPO 34333. // 9575 NOT audible, as with such low
solar activity, the nighttime MUF is around or just below 9 MHz (anyway, 9575
kHz is usually heard here on mid-to-late afternoons, like know If I just had my
Sangean turned on with the longwire connected). (Chiochiu-QC)
549 ALGERIA, RT Al Jazairi Radio Wahad, Les Trembles DEC 17 0216 - TENTATIVE
! bits of audio trying to get through as I tuned on the low-side of 550, around
548.5 or 549 on the analog dial-ruled GE Superradio-like Sanyo MCD-S830
(barefoot !), could not get it when I tuned on the high side (551 or 552) of
the 550 channel. A Drake R8B rx with the same antenna gear, but with LSB would
have nailed down this one easily. (Chiochiu-QC)
585 SPAIN, RNE Radio Uno, Madrid - what can I say about this one, very strong
with fair-good modulation making readibility so-so especially when considering
that my Spanish is slightly poorer than my English (although by a slight
margin). Often heard with singing contest and one night in November heard with
the announcer asking several of his listeners about the city capitals of the
world. Often good, occasionnaly very good, sometimes weak-fair, the easiest TA
for me ! During my chemo, they used to have a flamenco show on Friday late
nights / Saturday early mornings "madrugada", but not anymore as last night
heard only with chatter. My friend was astonished, but his noteworthy surprise
didn't last for long, since the reception was poor by non-DX standards i.e. DEC
20 0040 - woman with small chat into a techno version of Mamma Mia by Abba,
poor-fair though it peaked stronger thought the evening. (Chiochiu-QC)
1134 CROATIA, Hrvatski Radio, Zadar DEC 20 0020 - playing apparently a
Croatian alternative rock song then male in Croatian. Occasionally huge, though
mostly eaten by splatter and overspills from 1130 which it more or less
overcame, also deep fadings, SINPO 41522 (a weird SINPO, but we are talking
right now about the most distant station I've ever IDed, aren't we ?). Unheard
on the Sangean CST-818 even in Narrow band position which is more selective
than my Sanyo, but, unfortunatly, much selective than it. But things are about
to change ! (Chiochiu-QC)
Comments: lots of things undergoing for me. Seems like my passion for DXing has
reappeared with a lot of devotion to LW DXing, even though using the almost
done Sangean / PK's Shielded Magnetic loop combo I only had usable audio on
Tuesday evening.
I found that keeping the antenna close enough to the radio's ferrite bar
improove reception. Connected it is hard, because the antenna jack is not of
the same shape. But, we purchased this week, from Ontario, an Eton G5 AM/FM/SW
protable which receives LW as well for which the critics are more than awesome
! The radio arrived Friday and tonight I will be setten up for a new era of
DXing, LW broadcasters, something that has eluded me for years (I remember
having an obsession with Atlantic 252, even though Aventure FM, la radio de
l'arm?e overcame it easily, but that's another story...).
Also, we are looking today for an antenna jack, in the case we can't connect
the antenna to the Sangean and/or to the Eton G5.
Maybe next year, we will purchase a Drake R8B or something like that, though
budget can be a problem. I think, for the level of DXing I do (mostly foreign
LW/MW Broadcasting with a VERY limited amount of domestic north-American
listening, much less than a few years ago, since it don't impress me so much -
for me it's more thrilling, more exotic and, most important of all, more
unbelievable to pick up a HIGH POWERED BUT DISTANT station several thousand of
miles away, than a low-powered relatively nearby station), I would need a Drake
R8B, since the value of the Sanyo MCD-S830 is excellent as a back-up receiver,
but has its share of problems - when it is overused or tuning very fast I heard
noises while tuning which stops when I'm right on the frequency I want to
listen to, suffers from low sensitivity on the 790-1000 kHz area, I don't know
why, since it has communication receiver-level sensitivity around 530-780 and
1134 with fairly decent though not spectacular selectivity, !
etc. I'm sometimes ashamed I opted for a Grundigh Eton G5, instead of trying
to find an used Drake on EBay. One of my idols, the charismatic, yet
overhwelmingly patient Mark Connelly in MA is doing wonders with his Drake and
is able to discern YVKE-550 and Algeria-549 with ease, yet we are interested in
the same kind of stuff TAs and MW LAs with some very limited domestic NA DXing
on mediumwave (I see the MC name popping every now and then in DDXD, but see it
one issue out of two in IDXD, something I would perphaps never accomplish,
since I'm more unstable and have other radio-related as well as unrelated
hobbies aside from DXing).
The drawback of the Sanyo MCD-S830 as being a substandard performers in the
800s and 900s is still an important one and I have to use my critical sense for
it. They were times when YVRQ-910 was huge on the car-radio and it was either
threshold or inaudible on the Sanyo MCD-S830 barefoot. There are so many LAs in
the 800s and early 900s, between CJAD-800 and CINW-940 just waiting to be
logged and I can't really hear them. I do have a MW loop antenna, intended for
use within the Sangean CST-818 that I'll probably connect to the Grundig Eton
G5, but I lost one of the connecting cables. Anyone heard any good of the
Justice AM antenna ?
As far as auroral condx, noone were noted this fall, not even the slightest
one, even though some evenings the Latins tried to mix with the domestics and
occasionally winned the battled, especially on 580 and, maybe, 540.
Well, sounds like I should try and see if some TAs are starting rolling over
the MW band in the midst of IBOC hash...
May the good DX be with you !
Bogdan
Btw.: We finally found a connected for the LW loop antenna so instead of
standing over the Sangean's barefoot I can connect it directly. I can do the
same with the Grundig G5 Eton one... Unfortunatly, we couldn't find the Grundig
Satellite 750 rx at La Source...
------------------------------
Message: 11
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:17:19 EST
From: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Madagascar & other logs
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
** BANGLADESH. 7250, Bangladesh Betar, *1228-1240, Dec 20,
sign on with distinctive IS at 1228. Talk at 1230. Flute music at 1240.
Poor. Weak under a stronger China Radio Int in English. No sign of
China yesterday, but today China was the dominate station on this
frequency. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** ETHIOPIA. 7110, Radio Ethiopia, 2020-2100*, Dec 20, Afro-pops.
Local Horn of Africa pop music. Amharic talk. Sign off with National
Anthem at 2059. Fair but weak co-channel QRM. Poor to fair on
// 9704.18. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** INDIA. 4840, AIR-Mumbai, 0205-0220, Dec 20, talk. Hindi vocals.
Weak but readable. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** MADAGASCAR. 5010, RTV Malagasy, 2030-2210+, Dec 20, local
pop music. Afro-pop music. Malagasy talk. Weak but readable. On
late tonight. Reduced carrier USB. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, U.S.A.
Equipment: TenTec RX-340, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:16:09 -0500
From: aurel chiochiu <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] the Grundig Eton G5: a major disappointment
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], Sylvain Naud
<[email protected]>
Message-ID: <00e201c962f8$f14174a0$6900a...@b>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Hello !
I'm writing again because we just tested the Grundig Eton G5 receiver and we
are highly disappointed... We get overload on every frequency on both LW and
MW. It overloads even worse than the Sangean CST-818 rx with local 1450 kHz
Arabic station wipping out any signal on 550 in both the DX and LO mode. In LO
it is just SLIGHTLY weaker...
I purchased it, because a lot of the interesting LW channels such as Tipaza-252
or Azilal-207 were hammered by local false mixing products between CINF-690,
CFAV-1450 and CHUC-1450 on the Sangean CST-818, but with this rx things are
only worse. While the 550 RECEIVER-GENERATED spur is poor-strenght using the
Sangean CST-818 barefoot, it is SEMI-LOCAL-like with excellent strenght
semi-Hi-Fi using the Grundig Eton G5 receiver... I wonder why CHUC the 1450
Arabic station in Le Parc Industriel de Saint-Laurent generates spur on 550 in
all the radios in our house (even on a broken Venturer clock radio) WITH THE
EXCEPTION of the Sanyo MCD-S830 AM/FM Hi-Fi chain with tape copy and recorder
which cleanly receives the weak WEVD Vermont groundwave and skywave from
low-power domestic regionals, as well as occasionally YVKE-Venezuela without
any 1450 local receiver-generated spur and even better had a TA het on 549. Is
there a mathematical formula for a signal on 1450 to appear on 550 d!
ue to overload concerns ?
We need some advice concerning European LW DXing and a receiver able to cope
with strong signals.
I'm very sad; looks like I can't do too much longwave DXing and I'm sure the
fault is the receiver...
What should I do ? We purchased the Eton from Ontario...can we get back and
what should we do in order to get it back ?
I'm so disappointed an old Phillips LW/MW transistor from my grandmother got so
sadly broken. Aside from having a sentimental value, it hardly suffered any
overload, had the dynamic range and the sensitivity just about as good as the
Sanyo MCD-S830 portable, if any drawbacks, it was less selective than my Sanyo,
but this was hardly a problem on LW, especially on the nearly empty 153-198 kHz
section of the band... Of course, the 2002-2003 DX season was full of solar
flare, so aside from a threshold unID around 180-185 kHz which I *guessed* was
Europe 1, I didn't received anything on LW. Of course with the Loop antenna
placed close enough to the receiver's ferrite bar, as I do with the Sangean
CST-818, magic things could happen... Maybe it's a God's lesson to finally
purchasse an used Drake R8B ?
Is the Drake R8B along with the AOR, the Icom and the Degen the only options
for LW DXing ? Is there anything even *SLIGHTLY* cheaper ? I would really like
to hear at least 162 and 171 regularly... Now, 171 is badly covered by mixing
products on the Eton G5...
Listen, I have severe overload on 150, 171, 180, 210, 252 just 4 kHz above the
UL beacon on 248, 550 and several other channels...
On SW and on FM is a different story. It even beats the Sangean CST-818 with
Radio Rebelde particularly easy on 5025, but I'm more interested in TA and LAs
on LW and MW rather than SW DXing these days...
I have one project in order to calm down my negative thoughts: a research
project concerning the best affordable receiver for picking up overseas
powerhouses in the 153-279 kHz.
May the good DX bless your receiver and your ears !
Bogdan Chiochiu in Pierrefonds / Montreal, QC, Canada
------------------------------
Message: 13
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:31:01 -0500
From: aurel chiochiu <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] brand new domestic DX logging
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Message-ID: <00e901c962fb$04b23130$6900a...@b>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
NA domestic DX:
Heard on the Sanyo MCD-S830 barefoot:
550 WGR Buffalo, NY 1814 EST - out of the poor-strenght domestic caught a live
sports announcer with the mention of a team "in Buffalo"; very briefly alone
for less than 1 minute before fading back under the rather weak domestic mess.
NEW ! I'm lucky CHLN has moved to 106.9 FM rendering both 549 and 550 free for
DX ! (BC-QC)
Heard on the Grundig Eton G5 barefoot:
550 WGR Buffalo, NY ??? Well not, instead CHUC Saint-Laurent, QC 1814 - instead
of getting the weak domestic mess that included the brand new catche of WGR,
got here at an excellent level Arabic dance music, followed by a Celine Dion's
personal remake of "Feliz Navidad" with season's greetings in both Arabic and
French. This is clearly a receiver-generated local spur ! I get a lot of them
on LW ! It's even worse... (BC-QC)
As I showed my mother that, she just couldn't believe how a Hi-Fi
entertainement receiver (the Sanyo one) that intentionally might have
notoriously bad AM could receive at a poor but clean level an assorted amoutn
of distant USA domestics, while on the Grundig Eton G5 we had an overspill from
a signal that I showed her could ONLY be received on 1450, AND NOT on 550,
while on the Eton G5 it was audible on both 550 and 1450, as well as on various
LW channels mixing with CINF-690 and CFAV-1570.
I knew only good things about the Eton G5, I didn't believed it overloads so
badly. With the LO button turned on, it still receives the 1450 local on 550
with a very slight background hiss...
Well, seems like I'll only have mediumwave and shortwave to deal with, unless I
find SOMETHING GOOD on LW...
I'm so disappointed...I'm always ready for changes (albeit postive ones) in my
DX career !
May the good DX bless your ears !
Bogdan Chiochiu in Pierrefonds / Montreal, QC
------------------------------
Message: 14
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:40:07 -0000
From: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] EMR - Internet repeat times
To: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <005201c962fc$4a19b850$34d96...@dellcb21k2j>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Christmas Time on European Music Radio - 21st of December 2008
EMR/ Internet repeat times
All programmes are repeated via the EMR internet stream at:
www.emr.org.uk click on the ?EMR internet radio? button which you
will find throughout the website (see the menu on left).
All EMR programmes will be repeated at the following times: 1700 - 2000 utc.
Transmission Times ? 21st December 2008
6140 khz - 1300 to 1400 utc
9290 khz - 1400 to 1500 utc
The Radio Jackie book can be bought from www.jackiebooks.com
The price in the UK is ?10 + postage & packing.
Good Listening and all the best for 2009 73s Tom
------------------------------
Message: 15
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:52:40 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 19-20, 2008
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
<[email protected]>, "W. Glenn Hauser_actual" <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <16fc7e4f30da4b898632ec2e0dd8f...@hnpc2>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
BBC via VTC Rampisham 12095 kHz 1500-1700 UT to TUR, NE and ME 250kW at
95degr
but OK-USA is about reverse side at 300-310 degrees azi.
wb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Hauser" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 7:27 PM
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 19-20, 2008
** U K. Nice to hear Bow Bells preceding BBCWS transmission on 12095, Dec 20
at 1459, but only until 1459:30 opening, and 1500 into stupid ballgames,
this being a Saturday when BBC wastes its vast resources on such Sportsworld
nonsense. Good signal from Rampisham, 250 kW at 95 degrees for this bihour.
Originally, out-of-band 12095 could be used only from UK sites, but now you
never know. At other dayparts, it`s Cyprus or Ascension. Also noticed
timesignal on the hour was about 1 second late compared to WWV; so why
bother, misleading countless listeners about the correct time? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
------------------------------
Message: 16
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 05:55:17 +0430
From: "Albert Muick" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs for Al Muick 20/21 December
To: <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <005601c9630b$01293e40$037bba...@com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
QTH: Kabul, Afghanistan
RX: WinRadio G303e
ANT: 200m Longwire/Randomwire
ACC: Palstar MW-550P Mediumwave Preselector
5050 CHINA, VO Strait, heard at 2311 on 20 Dec with Mandarin chat between
male and female announcer, one solid ID (confirmed w/live stream from their
website) and occasional intro/outro mx. Weak signal but no QRM and mixing
w/Guangxi FBS co-channel. Guangxi much weaker, but needed....
so.... returned at 0001 and:
5050 CHINA, Guangxi FBS, heard clearly at 0001 on 21 Dec w/VT news by YL
annxr and occasional chanting-like music. In the clear once VO Strait signs
off at 2400 with weak sigs and somewhat annoying QRM from PBS Xinjiang on
5060. This was not noticeable with VO Strait. They also have live
streaming but it doesn't work and neither does their feedback form. No
email addies on the website, so I will wing it and try "info" and
"webmaster," unless one of you kind souls can help me out with the correct
email for this station.
Well, it's coming up on Xmas (and a day off for DXing!). Can't believe how
this year flew by. I haven't had too much time for anything because of QRM
issues with our WiMax which I have been intrepidly tracking down with a
spectrum analyzer. So how 'bout them shoes in Baghdad, eh? Haven't laughed
that hard in years! I especially like what the folks on YouTube did with
it, with the Three Stooges throwing pies....(anything with the Three Stooges
is instant win IMHO).
Hope everyone is well, and maybe I'll get some good DX in this evening after
work.
73s de Al
"Our society's values are being corrupted by advertising's insistence
on the equation: Youth equals popularity, popularity equals success,
success equals happiness."
- John Arbuthnot Fisher
------------------------------
Message: 17
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:51:34 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] the Grundig Eton G5: a major disappointment
To: [email protected], aurel chiochiu <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], Sylvain Naud
<[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Bogdan,
Too bad you got another cheap radio with little image rejection. Hearing 1450
signal on 550 is not a spur (which implies it is transmitted by the station),
but an inherent characteristic of radios with an IF (intermediate frequency) of
450 kHz. Double that, subtract from true frequency, and you get the image
produced in the receiver. There is the formula. Sometimes the IF is 455 in
which case the image is 910 kHz below. A double-conversion receiver (mainly for
shortwave) should reduce or eliminate this problem.
73, Glenn Hauser
--- On Sat, 12/20/08, aurel chiochiu <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: aurel chiochiu <[email protected]>
>
> I'm writing again because we just tested the Grundig
> Eton G5 receiver and we are highly disappointed... We get
> overload on every frequency on both LW and MW. It overloads
> even worse than the Sangean CST-818 rx with local 1450 kHz
> Arabic station wipping out any signal on 550 in both the DX
> and LO mode. In LO it is just SLIGHTLY weaker...
>
> I purchased it, because a lot of the interesting LW
> channels such as Tipaza-252 or Azilal-207 were hammered by
> local false mixing products between CINF-690, CFAV-1450 and
> CHUC-1450 on the Sangean CST-818, but with this rx things
> are only worse. While the 550 RECEIVER-GENERATED spur is
> poor-strenght using the Sangean CST-818 barefoot, it is
> SEMI-LOCAL-like with excellent strenght semi-Hi-Fi using the
> Grundig Eton G5 receiver... I wonder why CHUC the 1450
> Arabic station in Le Parc Industriel de Saint-Laurent
> generates spur on 550 in all the radios in our house (even
> on a broken Venturer clock radio) WITH THE EXCEPTION of the
> Sanyo MCD-S830 AM/FM Hi-Fi chain with tape copy and recorder
> which cleanly receives the weak WEVD Vermont groundwave and
> skywave from low-power domestic regionals, as well as
> occasionally YVKE-Venezuela without any 1450 local
> receiver-generated spur and even better had a TA het on 549.
> Is there a mathematical formula for a signal on 1450 to
> appear on 550 due to overload concerns ?
------------------------------
Message: 18
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:52:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] the Grundig Eton G5: a major disappointment
To: [email protected], aurel chiochiu <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], Sylvain Naud
<[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Bogdan,
Too bad you got another cheap radio with little image rejection. Hearing 1450
signal on 550 is not a spur (which implies it is transmitted by the station),
but an inherent characteristic of radios with an IF (intermediate frequency) of
450 kHz. Double that, subtract from true frequency, and you get the image
produced in the receiver. There is the formula. Sometimes the IF is 455 in
which case the image is 910 kHz below. A double-conversion receiver (mainly for
shortwave) should reduce or eliminate this problem.
73, Glenn Hauser
--- On Sat, 12/20/08, aurel chiochiu <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: aurel chiochiu <[email protected]>
>
> I'm writing again because we just tested the Grundig
> Eton G5 receiver and we are highly disappointed... We get
> overload on every frequency on both LW and MW. It overloads
> even worse than the Sangean CST-818 rx with local 1450 kHz
> Arabic station wipping out any signal on 550 in both the DX
> and LO mode. In LO it is just SLIGHTLY weaker...
>
> I purchased it, because a lot of the interesting LW
> channels such as Tipaza-252 or Azilal-207 were hammered by
> local false mixing products between CINF-690, CFAV-1450 and
> CHUC-1450 on the Sangean CST-818, but with this rx things
> are only worse. While the 550 RECEIVER-GENERATED spur is
> poor-strenght using the Sangean CST-818 barefoot, it is
> SEMI-LOCAL-like with excellent strenght semi-Hi-Fi using the
> Grundig Eton G5 receiver... I wonder why CHUC the 1450
> Arabic station in Le Parc Industriel de Saint-Laurent
> generates spur on 550 in all the radios in our house (even
> on a broken Venturer clock radio) WITH THE EXCEPTION of the
> Sanyo MCD-S830 AM/FM Hi-Fi chain with tape copy and recorder
> which cleanly receives the weak WEVD Vermont groundwave and
> skywave from low-power domestic regionals, as well as
> occasionally YVKE-Venezuela without any 1450 local
> receiver-generated spur and even better had a TA het on 549.
> Is there a mathematical formula for a signal on 1450 to
> appear on 550 due to overload concerns ?
------------------------------
Message: 19
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:10:34 -0500
From: aurel chiochiu <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [mwdx] Re: the Grundig Eton G5: a major
disappointment
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Message-ID: <008b01c96319$b0c9d7c0$6900a...@b>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Warm greetings Glenn !
I'm actually back at the computer since a bunch of powerlines-like noise (TV
sets in the neighborhood ?) appeared throwing away any audio from the 585
Spaniard and likely others...
I think in the Sanyo, the IF is around 910, since I do get like a pulsating
growl right on 540 with bits of poor-strenght audio from the 1450 local tx
which dissapears when tuning on either the low or the high side of 540 and it
sounds really weak...
What double-conversion receiver would you suggest me ? We might try out a few
in the medium price range if there are any MEDIUM...
May the good DX be with you !
Bogdan Chiochiu in Pierrefonds / Montreal
----- Original Message -----
From: Glenn Hauser
To: [email protected] ; aurel chiochiu
Cc: [email protected] ; Sylvain Naud
Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 8:52 PM
Subject: [mwdx] Re: [HCDX] the Grundig Eton G5: a major disappointment
Bogdan,
Too bad you got another cheap radio with little image rejection. Hearing 1450
signal on 550 is not a spur (which implies it is transmitted by the station),
but an inherent characteristic of radios with an IF (intermediate frequency) of
450 kHz. Double that, subtract from true frequency, and you get the image
produced in the receiver. There is the formula. Sometimes the IF is 455 in
which case the image is 910 kHz below. A double-conversion receiver (mainly for
shortwave) should reduce or eliminate this problem.
73, Glenn Hauser
--- On Sat, 12/20/08, aurel chiochiu <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: aurel chiochiu <[email protected]>
>
> I'm writing again because we just tested the Grundig
> Eton G5 receiver and we are highly disappointed... We get
> overload on every frequency on both LW and MW. It overloads
> even worse than the Sangean CST-818 rx with local 1450 kHz
> Arabic station wipping out any signal on 550 in both the DX
> and LO mode. In LO it is just SLIGHTLY weaker...
>
> I purchased it, because a lot of the interesting LW
> channels such as Tipaza-252 or Azilal-207 were hammered by
> local false mixing products between CINF-690, CFAV-1450 and
> CHUC-1450 on the Sangean CST-818, but with this rx things
> are only worse. While the 550 RECEIVER-GENERATED spur is
> poor-strenght using the Sangean CST-818 barefoot, it is
> SEMI-LOCAL-like with excellent strenght semi-Hi-Fi using the
> Grundig Eton G5 receiver... I wonder why CHUC the 1450
> Arabic station in Le Parc Industriel de Saint-Laurent
> generates spur on 550 in all the radios in our house (even
> on a broken Venturer clock radio) WITH THE EXCEPTION of the
> Sanyo MCD-S830 AM/FM Hi-Fi chain with tape copy and recorder
> which cleanly receives the weak WEVD Vermont groundwave and
> skywave from low-power domestic regionals, as well as
> occasionally YVKE-Venezuela without any 1450 local
> receiver-generated spur and even better had a TA het on 549.
> Is there a mathematical formula for a signal on 1450 to
> appear on 550 due to overload concerns ?
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Message: 20
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:26:22 -0500
From: "Mike Brooker" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] the Grundig Eton G5: a major disappointment
To: "aurel chiochiu" <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], Sylvain Naud
<[email protected]>
Message-ID: <86b7383ada99485f9e749810a8b60...@kevalpc>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
> Hello !
>
> I'm writing again because we just tested the Grundig Eton G5 receiver and
> we are highly disappointed... We get overload on every frequency on both
> LW and MW. It overloads even worse than the Sangean CST-818 rx with local
> 1450 kHz Arabic station wipping out any signal on 550 in both the DX and
> LO mode. In LO it is just SLIGHTLY weaker...
>
>
I've had a Grundig G5 for about a year, and am quite happy with it. I
haven't had major problems with overloads and images even in the slop-filled
greater Toronto area market. It's not a battery eater like the YB-400. But
it still can't beat my 30 year old Panasonic RF-2200, which I will be using
later tonight to try for the WOON-1240 test.
73
Mike Brooker
Toronto, ON
------------------------------
Message: 21
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:46:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] the Grundig Eton G5: a major disappointment
To: [email protected], aurel chiochiu <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
I am reluctant to make specific receiver recommendations. There are lots of
reviews out there, and no doubt others have first-hand experience with
receivers benefiting from good image rejection. 73, Glenn
--- On Sat, 12/20/08, aurel chiochiu <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: aurel chiochiu <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [HCDX] [mwdx] Re: the Grundig Eton G5: a major disappointment
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008, 9:10 PM
> Warm greetings Glenn !
>
> I'm actually back at the computer since a bunch of
> powerlines-like noise (TV sets in the neighborhood ?)
> appeared throwing away any audio from the 585 Spaniard and
> likely others...
>
> I think in the Sanyo, the IF is around 910, since I do get
> like a pulsating growl right on 540 with bits of
> poor-strenght audio from the 1450 local tx which dissapears
> when tuning on either the low or the high side of 540 and it
> sounds really weak...
>
> What double-conversion receiver would you suggest me ? We
> might try out a few in the medium price range if there are
> any MEDIUM...
>
> May the good DX be with you !
> Bogdan Chiochiu in Pierrefonds / Montreal
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Glenn Hauser
> To: [email protected] ; aurel chiochiu
> Cc: [email protected] ; Sylvain Naud
> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 8:52 PM
> Subject: [mwdx] Re: [HCDX] the Grundig Eton G5: a major
> disappointment
>
>
> Bogdan,
>
> Too bad you got another cheap radio with little image
> rejection. Hearing 1450 signal on 550 is not a spur (which
> implies it is transmitted by the station), but an inherent
> characteristic of radios with an IF (intermediate frequency)
> of 450 kHz. Double that, subtract from true frequency, and
> you get the image produced in the receiver. There is the
> formula. Sometimes the IF is 455 in which case the image is
> 910 kHz below. A double-conversion receiver (mainly for
> shortwave) should reduce or eliminate this problem.
>
> 73, Glenn Hauser
>
> --- On Sat, 12/20/08, aurel chiochiu
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > From: aurel chiochiu <[email protected]>
> >
> > I'm writing again because we just tested the
> Grundig
> > Eton G5 receiver and we are highly disappointed...
> We get
> > overload on every frequency on both LW and MW. It
> overloads
> > even worse than the Sangean CST-818 rx with local
> 1450 kHz
> > Arabic station wipping out any signal on 550 in both
> the DX
> > and LO mode. In LO it is just SLIGHTLY weaker...
> >
> > I purchased it, because a lot of the interesting LW
> > channels such as Tipaza-252 or Azilal-207 were
> hammered by
> > local false mixing products between CINF-690,
> CFAV-1450 and
> > CHUC-1450 on the Sangean CST-818, but with this rx
> things
> > are only worse. While the 550 RECEIVER-GENERATED
> spur is
> > poor-strenght using the Sangean CST-818 barefoot, it
> is
> > SEMI-LOCAL-like with excellent strenght semi-Hi-Fi
> using the
> > Grundig Eton G5 receiver... I wonder why CHUC the
> 1450
> > Arabic station in Le Parc Industriel de
> Saint-Laurent
> > generates spur on 550 in all the radios in our house
> (even
> > on a broken Venturer clock radio) WITH THE EXCEPTION
> of the
> > Sanyo MCD-S830 AM/FM Hi-Fi chain with tape copy and
> recorder
> > which cleanly receives the weak WEVD Vermont
> groundwave and
> > skywave from low-power domestic regionals, as well
> as
> > occasionally YVKE-Venezuela without any 1450 local
> > receiver-generated spur and even better had a TA het
> on 549.
> > Is there a mathematical formula for a signal on 1450
> to
> > appear on 550 due to overload concerns ?
>
>
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