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Today's Topics:
1. BlueStar Radio relay today (Tom Taylor)
2. Sunday a-m logs (Bruce Barker)
3. Today special transmission Blue Star Radio (Arnaldo)
4. Fw: Decision on ZLXA 3935 kHz (Anker Petersen)
5. Question (Hector Perez-Diaz)
6. Re: Question (Charlie Prince)
7. MW LOGS (JG3GCI)
8. Fwd: Swiss tips (Paolo De Berti)
9. DX Listening Digest 9-012; WOR 1446 (Glenn Hauser)
10. Logs (Manuel M?ndez)
11. Re: Late delivery of WRTH ([email protected])
12. Feb 7-8 Logs ([email protected])
13. foreign LW-MW logs + 1 noteworthy domestic log (aurel chiochiu)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 08:25:20 -0000
From: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] BlueStar Radio relay today
To: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <237812af561040ca9694b50412eb2...@dellcb21k2j>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
BlueStar Radio
Date 8th of February 2009
Time 1300 to 1400 UTC
Channel 6140 KHz
The transmissions of BlueStar Radio will be broadcast over
the transmitting station Wertachtal in Germany.
The transmitter power will be 100 000 Watts, and we will
be using a non-directional antenna system (Quadrant antenna).
Good listening 73s Tom
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 09:36:30 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bruce Barker <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Sunday a-m logs
To: NASWA <[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
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4915?? BRAZIL?? Radio Difusora de Macapa in Macapa?? Feb. 8?? at 0545 heard OM
and YL playing nice selection of Ragtime music?in Portuguese.?? Minor fading
and Minor QRM?? (Barker-PA)
4985?? BRAZIL?? Radio Brasil Central?? Feb 8.?? ID in Portuguese at 0900 but
too much noise to pick up much detail.?? (Barker-PA)
5995?? MALI?? RTV du Mali?? Feb 8?? 0720?? Long talk by OM in French.?
Difficult to copy because RHC was splattering badly from 6000..?? (Barker-PA)
6005?? ASCENSION ISL.?? BBC-WS?? relay to W. Africa?? 0600 OM and YL with news
of Africa.?? (Barker-PA)
9645.23?? BRAZIL?? Radio Bandeirantes??? Sao Paulo?? At 0630 picked up OM with
good selection of Portuguese pops.?? (Barker-PA)
9660?? VATICAN?? Vatican Radio?? At 0635 Feb. 8 heard?OM?talking about human
rights abuses in Sub-Saharan Africa.?? Then 'Panorama' a program?devoted
to?news about Africa.?? Bells of Saint Peters at 0658?until the plug was pulled
at 0659.?? (Barker-PA)
9665?? BRAZIL?? Radio Voz Missionaria??(presumed because no ID was heard) ?Feb.
8 at 0645? OM playing religious music in PT.?? (Barker-PA)?
Bruce Barker-Broomall, PA ? Equipment:? NRD-535D and an Alpha Delta DX Sloper
antenna
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 07:06:58 -0300
From: "Arnaldo" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Today special transmission Blue Star Radio
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: Carlos Felipe <[email protected]>,
[email protected], NoticiasDX
<[email protected]>, Domesticas Y Tropicales
<[email protected]>, [email protected],
playdx2003 <[email protected]>, DXLD
<[email protected]>,
[email protected], [email protected]
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reply-type=original
BlueStar Radio
Date 8th of February 2009
Time 1300 to 1400 UTC
Channel 6140 KHz
The transmissions of BlueStar Radio will be broadcast over
the transmitting station Wertachtal in Germany.
The transmitter power will be 100 000 Watts, and we will
be using a non-directional antenna system (Quadrant antenna).
By Tom Taylor
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 11:08:34 +0100
From: "Anker Petersen" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Fw: Decision on ZLXA 3935 kHz
To: "Glenn Hauser" <[email protected]>, "Hard-core DX contributions"
<[email protected]>
Message-ID: <2b12618484ae46e2838ffea7e39e7...@pavilion>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Dear friends,
Today came this message from the QSL Manager of ZLXA about a Board decision of
making a final SW broadcast on 3935 kHz on 20-22 March for us international
DX-ers.
Please publish this special event.
Best 73,
Anker Petersen
Danish Shortwave Club International
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelvin Brayshaw
To: [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 12:31 AM
Subject: Decision on ZLXA 3935 kHz
Dear Friends
Following a meeting of the Board of N.Z. Radio for the Print Disabled Inc. on 2
Feb 2009,
below is an extract from the Secretary's reply to my letter of 26 January in
which I discuss
the possible closure of our shortwave service.
Quote:
The Board of the NZ Radio for the Print Disabled considered all the facts
presented but
came to the decision to cease broadcasting as ZLXA on 3935 kHz forthwith. The
main
reason for this decision is the state of the valves on the transmitter. We
would need to
renew the four valves (4/400c) at a cost of approximately $3000 also the cost
of power at
$400 per month and an annual licence of $700 combined makes this broadcasting
service
completely unfeasible.
We are at this point in time trying to raise finance to replace the MW
transmitter which
suffered damage during last year's storm.
The Board, though, has agreed to broadcast on 3935 kHz over a weekend from
5.00pm
Friday 20th March through to Monday morning 23rd March 2009, (0400 20/3 - 1900
22/3 UTC),
depending on the transmitter functioning for that period.
This is the best that we can do to enable the many international DXers to
receive our
transmission for one last time.
Unquote.
As you will appreciate, for an organisation reliant on grants and donations to
continue serving
our listening community, the shortwave component is no longer viable.
Therefore, RRS will maintain
local broadcasts on 1602 kHz (2XA) and 107.3 MHz FM only.
Kindest regards & Best DX
Kelvin Brayshaw
QSL Manager
NZ Radio Reading Service
LEVIN
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 06:53:25 -0500
From: "Hector Perez-Diaz" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Question
To: <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <000301c989e3$d9fbf740$8df3e5...@net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Anyone knows where I could get a service manual ore ven the owners manual
for a Grundig Sat 3400? Information appreciated
Luigi
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:26:24 +0100
From: Charlie Prince <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Question
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15
Hola, Hector! Bon giorno Luigi!
http://cgi.ebay.ch/Grundig-Service-Manual-Satellit-3400-CAS_W0QQitemZ150260978366QQihZ005QQcategoryZ12053QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262
Vy 73s from Germany!
> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: "Hector Perez-Diaz" <[email protected]>
> Gesendet: 08.02.09 12:13:04
> An: <[email protected]>
> Betreff: [HCDX] Question
> Anyone knows where I could get a service manual ore ven the owners manual
> for a Grundig Sat 3400? Information appreciated
>
>
>
> Luigi
>
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:04:43 +0900
From: JG3GCI <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] MW LOGS
To: HCDX <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP
792KHz Seoul Broadcasting System. 7 Feb,at 1558-1605 in Korean. SIO:343.
ID at 1559.
Reception Receiver:Panasonic RX-ED77
*************************
J G 3 G C I Yasuhiro Kubo
Kobe-city, HYOGO.JAPAN
JCC#270105
*************************
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 16:25:13 +0100
From: Paolo De Berti <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Fwd: Swiss tips
To: BCL News <[email protected]>, [email protected],
Hardcore DX <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed;
delsp=yes
Inizio messaggio inoltrato:
> Da: Paolo De Berti <[email protected]>
> Data: 8 febbraio 2009 06:01:02 GMT+01:00
> A: BCL News <[email protected]>
> Oggetto: Swiss tips
>
> day 07.02.2009
>
> 9505 kHz at 2050 Utc Radio Record Sao Paolo BRA Details: pgr
> portugues" domingo de fotball Botafogo e Sao Paolo, aqui 18 horas e
> 56 minutos - good signal
>
> day 08.02.2009
>
> 4799.8 kHz at 0415 UTC Radio Buenas Nuevas, san Sebastian PRU
> Details: pgr spanish " La palabra de Dios" - good signal
>
> 4885 kHz at 0425 UTC Radio Clube do Par?, Belem BRA Details: pgr
> portugues "Clube da madrugada, aqui es 1 hora e 30 minutos - good
> signal
>
>
>
>
>
> Paolo De Berti - Switzerland
> Aor 7030 - Long wire 45m
> [email protected]
>
>
>
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 08:48:29 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] DX Listening Digest 9-012; WOR 1446
To: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
DX Listening Digest 9-012 has now been posted at http://www.dxld.org
or http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt or http://dxld.worldofradio.org
and now also without delay at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld9012.txt
CONTENTS:
WOR 1446 / ALBANIA / ALGERIA non / AUSTRALIA VL8 / AUSTRALIA VNG / AUSTRIA /
BRAZIL / CANADA CKZU/CKZN / CANADA CKDH / CANADA CCG / CHINA / CUBA +non /
CZECHIA / DENMARK DRM / ECUADOR / EQUATORIAL GUINEA / ERITREA / ETHIOPIA +non /
FINLAND / GERMANY / GREECE / GREENLAND +non / GUATEMALA +non / GUIANA FRENCH /
GUINEA / INDIA +non DRM+ / INDONESIA / INTERNATIONAL WATERS European pirates /
IRAN / IRELAND non / JAPAN / KALININGRAD / KOREA NORTH +non / KOREA SOUTH /
KUWAIT / MADAGASCAR / MALAYSIA SABAH / MALI / MEXICO / MYANMAR / NEPAL /
NETHERLANDS non / NICARAGUA / NORTH AMERICA Pirate / OKLAHOMA KFXY / OKLAHOMA
DTV / PALESTINE non / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / PERU / RUSSIA / SAUDI ARABIA / SERBIA
+non / SOLOMON ISLANDS / SOMALIA / SOUTH CAROLINA non / SPAIN / SUDAN non /
SYRIA / TAIWAN non / TRINIDAD & TOBAGO +non / UK BBCWS / USA +non VOA / USA non
AFN/AFRTS / USA KJES / USA WBCQ/WRMI / USA NPR / USA WRNI / USA KGOW / USA
Media Concentration / USA KNAU / USA KRKO
/ USA LPFM/FCC / YEMEN / ZANZIBAR / ZIMBABWE / UNIDENTIFIED 3623 /
UNIDENTIFIED 4750 / UNIDENTIFIED 6074 / UNIDENTIFIED 6092 / UNIDENTIFIED 8000 /
UNIDENTIFIED 9630 / PUBLICATIONS / CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES / RADIO EQUIPMENT
FORUM / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS / WORLD OF HOROLOGY /
PROPAGATION
For restrixions and searchable 2008 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but
have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn
NEXT SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1446
Mon 0600 WRMI 9955
Mon 2300 WBCQ 7415 [confirmed Feb 2]
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955
Tue 1630 WRMI 9955
Wed 0600 WRMI 9955 [or new 1447]
Wed 1630 WRMI 9955 [or new 1447]
WBCQ is also airing new or archive editions of WOR M-F 2000 on 7415
Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite
and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or
http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org
For updates see our Anomaly Alert page:
http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html
WRN ON DEMAND:
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OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO:
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or http://wor.worldofradio.org
Regards, Glenn Hauser
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:16:34 +0100
From: Manuel M?ndez <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs
To: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Espa?a
Escuchas realizadas en Friol
Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW7600 G
Antena de cable, 10 metros
ALEMANIA, 6140, BlueStar Radio, 1318-1325, 08-02, canciones,
identificaci?n en ingl?s a las 1320: "Good Afthernoon, you are listening
to BlueStar Radio, 6140 kHz, BlueStar Radio". 45444. (M?ndez)
MEXICO
6010, Radio Mil, M?xico D. F., 1001-1009, 08-02, canciones
latinoamericanas, identificaci?n, locutor: "En Radio Mil vive la m?sica
de M?xico". Se?al muy d?bil y ya desapareciendo por lo avanzado de la
ma?ana en mi lugar de escucha. Audible en LSB. 14321. (M?ndez)
6185, Radio Educaci?n, M?xico D. F., 1018-1023, 08-02, canciones en
espa?ol. Se?al d?bil y ya desapareciendo por lo avanzado de la ma?ana en
mi lugar de escucha. 14432. (M?ndez)
BRASIL
9645, Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, 1046-1052, 08-02, locutora,
portugu?s, cometarios. 24322. (M?ndez)
11725, Radio Novas de Paz, Curitiba, 1023-1026, 08-02, canciones
religiosas, locutora, comentarios. 23322. (M?ndez)
11735, Radio Transmundial, Santa Mar?a, 1020-1023, 08-02, locutor,
locutora, programa religioso, comentarios. 23322. (M?ndez)
11765, Super Radio Deus ? Amor, Curitiba, 1017-1025, 08-02, locutor,
portugu?s, predicaciones, en paralelo con 11804.8. 34333. (M?ndez)
11780, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 1015-1017, 08-02, locutor,
portugu?s, comentarios. 34333. (M?ndez)
11804.8, Radio Globo (Super Radio Deus ? Amor), Rio de Janeiro,
1012-1015, 08-02, locutor, portugu?s, religioso, predicaciones. 24322.
(M?ndez)
11915, Radio Gaucha, Porto Alegre, 1026-1055, 08-02, locutor, portugu?s,
comentarios, locutora, anuncios comerciales, canciones. 24322. (M?ndez)
------------------------------
Message: 11
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:46:46 +1100
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Late delivery of WRTH
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed"
Quoting "Sean Gilbert, International Editor - WRTH" <[email protected]>:
Well, on the other hand here in Australia we received our books on the 12th
December, (I think it was), just sold the last one yesterday at the
Wyong field
Day. I am aware of a number of folks in Australia trying to save 20-00 (AUD),
thereabouts to get a WRTH. So it will be interesting when these are
distributed
around Australia.
Cheque/draft on Friday to England.
Regards
Johno
> I have noticed that quite a few people are/have had problems with the
> delivery of WRTH2009. The publisher is also aware of this and has asked me
> to send the following explanation:
>
> "We are very sorry for the delay in shipping of WRTH 2009 by Amazon.com.
> Copies of the book reached the Port of New York on December 16. They were
> trucked from there in a sealed container direct to the distribution center
> in Virginia, USA. They should, and could easily have been, released from
> there before Christmas. For some reason they did not get released
> *officially* until January 15. We think they were actually released on
> February 2.
>
> We are aware that the late delivery to Amazon has also had an impact on
> readers and clubs all over the world who ordered from Amazon.com or from
> websites who do so.
>
> This is the worst distribution performance ever in any country for any
> edition of WRTH. Next year we will be using a different distribution system.
>
>
> Nicholas Hardyman
> Publisher
> World Radio TV Handbook
> --------------------------------------
> I can only apologise for the distribution problems from Amazon. You can
> order direct from our website http://www.wrth.com as well as your usual
> sources.
>
> Regards,
> Sean Gilbert, International Editor - WRTH (World Radio TV Handbook)
> Web: http://www.wrth.com
> Email: [email protected]
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> ANT 1: Wellbrook ALA1530+ @ 1.5m agl + MFJ1026 Phaser
> ANT 2: Inverted Half size G5RV @ 6m agl
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 18:17:49 EST
From: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Feb 7-8 Logs
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
** BRAZIL. 9564.95, Super Radio Deus e Amor, 0125-0140, Feb 8,
Portuguese preacher. Short music breaks. Poor. // 11764.96 - poor
to fair. // 6060 - weak under Cuba. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** EGYPT. 9250, Radio Wadi El Nile, Abu Zaabal, 2257-2300*, Feb 7,
tune-in to Qur`an followed by Arabic announcements, closing music
and off. Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** ETHIOPIA. 7110, Radio Ethiopia, 2000-2102*, Feb 8, US pop
music, Euro-pop music, rap music. Several Christina Aguilera tunes.
Amharic talk. Sign off with National Anthem at 2100. Good signal.
// 9704.19 - poor/weak. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** ETHIOPIA. 9559.48v, Radio Ethiopia, *0659-0710, Feb 8, sign on
with electronic keyboard IS. Talk in unidentified language at 0700.
Horn of Africa music at 0704. On 9559.48 at sign on, drifting up to
9559.84 by 0710. // 7165 - both frequencies weak. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** GUINEA. 7125, Radio Conakry, 0620-0645, Feb 8, Tentative
with Afro-pop music. Local tribal music. French announcements.
Good-strong carrier but weak modulation. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** UGANDA. 4975.97, UBC, 2120-2130*, Feb 8, continuous hi-
life music. Abruptly pulled plug at 2130. On late. Poor to fair.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
** U.S.A. Pirate, 3433 USB, WTCR, 0254-0330+, Feb 8, lite rock
music. WTCR-Twentieth Century Radio IDs. Strong. Very good
signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, U.S.A.
Equipment: TenTec RX-340, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:04:09 -0500
From: aurel chiochiu <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] foreign LW-MW logs + 1 noteworthy domestic log
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], Mike Brooker
<[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], christophe genaudeau
<[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], Perez Ricardo
<[email protected]>, Sylvain Naud <[email protected]>,
"olivier.tequi" <[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
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Warm greetings to all of you !
The TA activity has lessened year on Thursday night on LW and was pretty much
inexistent on MW. I wonder if the trend has continued Friday night, but as I
was buzy with my German (who's Grammar only bear little ressemblence with the
English one) I can't tell much as I didn't bother to change the batteries for
the astonishingly well built PK's Shielded Magnetic longwave loop and during
the brief checks I did on my Sanyo MCD-S830 barefoot, I couldn't get the
slightest trace of a TA, especially on the low-end where DXing is easier for me.
Latin American mediumwave DX continue to be abysmal. I haven't heard Coro for a
few weeks and the only South Americans that seem to be heard during such
below-average conditions seems to be YVKS-750 and HJAJ-760, though it's still
challenging to hear at least those ones during such subpar non-auroral
conditions. It's interesting to count at least one South American or non-Cuban
Caribbean signal (ex.: ZIZ-555) during what is for everyone a domestic
feeding-frenzy at, to a lesser extent, a TA feeding-frenzy experience !
Into the logs now:
Trans-Atlantic DX (all times UTC)
153 unID FEB 8 0445 - woman talking in an unID language. Very weak and noisy !
SINPO 15231 ! Algeria was tentatively received here on 2 or 3 occasions, but it
could be something else this time, like Germany or maybe Romania. (Chiochiu-QC)
153 ALGERIA Alger Cha?ne 1 / RT Al Jazaira Radio Wahad, Bechar FEB 6 0220 -
Presumed with Arabic music at the same time the Tipaza transmitter on 252 kHz
(actually 253 to get rid of local UL on 248) was almost booming in with Dance
music. Weak-poor level with the PK's Shielded Magnetic longwave loop set to
amplify the lowest frequency possible ! I think the frequency limit is 162, not
153 or 150 kHz; I doubt it is a receiver problem. I never get good audio on
153, though Algeria is almost a pest for several DXers in eastern North America
! (Chiochiu-QC)
162 FRANCE France Inter, Allouis FEB 2 0358 - booming in with weather reports
about icestorms, time pips, followed by a short newscast, then an obscure (to
me!) lite rock number. Very good, booming in with some heavy static scratches
from a thunderstorm somewhere mid-Atlantic, but NO computer-related growl or
CATV noises ! SINPO 45243. +FEB 4 0440 - with a radio drama regarding some
marginal woman (sexual workers) working in "maisons closes". Quite good with,
surprisingly, no computer hash that night ! SINPO 35443 +FEB 8 0400+ - with
their usual Sunday litterature related program. Good, but noisy signal. SINPO
45232 ! (Chiochiu-QC)
171 MOROCCO Medi Un, Nador JAN 31 0130 - special request for the "Por Ella"
smash salsa hit of Victor Manuel and "Tous les cris, les SOS" of Daniel
Balavoine. Usually fair-good when tuned to 173 kHz to avoid a growl on the
low-side of this channel ! +FEB 8 0105 - with an eclectic set of Arabic vocals
(Middle Eastern pop, Algerian and / or Moroccan, ra?, trad, dance, etc.) that
were taped as I was going to a party ! The only LW broadcaster with even
half-decent audio the past night ! Geomagnetic conditions were unsettled !
(Chiochiu-QC)
183 GERMANY Europe 1, Felsberg (Saarlouis) FEB 8 0504 - This one, France-162
as well as Algeria-252 were the longwave broadcasters with listenable signals
the past night around midnight local (0500 UTC). SINPO 45333 ! +FEB 9 0330 -
Good through some annoying buzz, playing an old-fashionned disco-sounding
French song. SINPO 45242 ! (Chiochiu-QC)
189 ICELAND Rikisutvarpid, Gufuskalar FEB 4 0420 - playing a wide variety of
English and Icelandic pops that did include the "Message In A Bottle" early
80's smash hit by The Police. Very good, SINPO 45544 ! This and Europe 1 on 183
kHz are usually the strongest longwave broadcasters in the Montreal area !
(Chiochiu-QC)
198 ENGLAND BBC Radio 4, Droitwich - threshold to poor and noisy during most
of the past week. (Chiochiu-QC)
207 MOROCCO RTM, Azilal FEB 5 0310 - Presumed with apparent Arabic
programming (traditionnal Arabic music and plaintive male talk) in heavy beacon
QRM. Best ever audio from this one ! (Chiochiu-QC)
252 ALGERIA Alger Cha?ne 3, Tipaza FEB 1 0410 - woman with weather forecast
in French with temperatures ranging between +14 degrees and twenty-something.
Definitively not a local receiver-generated image from a local French-speaking
Montreal AM broadcaster ! Finally had some decent audio here. Fair reception !
+FEB 6 0210 - back-to-back dark-edged ra? influenced house tracks over assumed
Ireland ! SINPO 33332 Poor-fair reception ! +FEB 8 0510 - in and out with news
as well as weather repports that dealed with rain and snow and temperatures
lower than the average for this time of the year in Algeria. After the weather
repport, the female announcer kept talking about Algeria. Good to fair signal
stregth, but splatter from the local UL non-directionnal beacon on 248 kHz made
readibility quite a thrill after the wx repport ended (even when detuned to 253
or 254 kHz in AM Narrow Mode) ! Still, during the wx repport, Algeria-252 was
armchair (SIO 433-4) ! (Chiochiu-QC)
252 IRELAND RTE Radio One, Clarkestown FEB 9 0335 - Man in Irish-accented
English slightly over Algeria. Both very poor with heavy QRM from local UL
non-directionnal beacon on 248 kHz. SINPO 22432 !
585 SPAIN Radio Nacional de Espa?a - Radio Uno, Madrid FEB 1 0340 - playing a
Cuban jazz song, then male announcer in Spanish talking about how the Cuban
music became a major force worldwide. Fair-good signal w/ at least partial
readability. Medium-level splash from 580 and 590. Better fidelity in AM Wide
mode on the Sangean CST-818 / PK's Shielded Magnetic longwave loop combo !
SINPO 33524 - still a lovely nice sound - the Sangean CST-818 does sound
reasonabily good and the reception was quiet in spite of a rather poor quality
- the overall of the SINPO is personal and subjective ! The antenna was set to
amplify around 500 kHz which is the highest frequency that this loop can be
tuned to ! When the batteries are fresh, the Sangean CST-818 / PK's Shielded
Magnetic LW loop slightly outperforms the Sanyo MCD-S830 in the 500s. When the
batteries are average, the reception is slightly better than on the Sangean
CST-818 barefoot and slightly mushier (poorer) than on the Sanyo M!
CD-S830 barefoot. (Chiochiu-QC)
Pan-American DX (all times UTC)
526 BAHAMAS ZLS, Stella Maris FEB 1 0231 - Non-directionnal beacon throwing
some very slight splatter against Cuba-530 on the Sangean CST-818 / PK's
Magnetic Shielded longwave loop combo in AM Wide Mode. SIO 243 poor-fair !
(Chiochiu-QC)
530 CUBA CMBQ, Radio Encicloped?a, La Havana FEB 1 0230 - playing a Muzak
instrumental version of the Billy Ocean's 1984 smash Dance hit "Caribbean
Queen". Fair-good in CIAO null on the Sangean CST-818 / PK's Shielded Magnetic
longwave loop which was set to amplify the highest frequency (500 kHz) which
throws quite some gain around the bottom end of the mediumwave band too !
Slight splatter from ZLS-526, in CIAO null ! SINPO 34433. This one isn't quite
as regular as the former Radio Visi?n Cristiana tx in South Caicos, it is at
least slightly weaker than RVC-530, though it does make in at listenable levels
even during below-average conditions to the Caribbean ! (Chiochiu-QC)
555 ST KITTS ZIZ, Basseterre FEB 8 0520 - back-to-back calypso music with
some English-Caribbean DJ chatter using the TALKOVER effect, part of it was
Carnaval related. Switched to BBC World Service by 0600 UTC ! Very good peaks
with slow fadings that were deep, though it always comeback at the very good
level mark. SINPO 45434. I still have the radio on at a very low volume with
barely noticeable splash from semi-local WEVD-550 at 4:30 PM (1630 EST - 2130
UTC). (Chiochiu-QC)
750 VENEZUELA YVKS, Caracas, DF FEB 7 0320 - Woman in Spanish noted in
passing at a nice but fadey quality and atop WSB. Very regular, easier for me
than Coro-780 which is unheard here since a couple of weeks (last heard in
January of 2009, of course, but weaker than YVKS-750). +FEB 7 0125 - w/ the
"Ventana Deportiva" sports program. Poor-fair signal w/ some good peaks. Deep
fadings, WSB QRM ! (Chiochiu-QC)
760 COLOMBIA HJAJ, RCN Cadena Bas?ca, Barranquilla FEB 6 0025 - news repport
regarding someone who died, followed by ads, one of them being for "Banco
Popular" with the "est? es s? banco" slogan then time pips at 0030 UTC (1930
EST; 7:30 PM local) leading once again to "RCN Noticias..." news. This and
YVKS-750 are the only South Americans that reach Montreal during such abysmal
Latin American conditions ! Radio Coro in the Falc?n state is missing here...
+FEB 9 0145 - woman host taking call from listeners that were, among other
things, bothered by their work. Unstable propagation, deep fadings, very good
peaks in WJR null ! SINPO 45422. With WTIC-1080 staying quiet with their IBOC
hash, I may always try to pick up Emisora Atlantico HJIJ-1070 now that
hard-to-null CBA Moncton is gone for good ! However, as I write this, at 9:02
PM Eastern (0202 UTC), WJR Detroit has become unnulable ! Grrrrr...!
(Chiochiu-QC)
North American DX (all times EST)
550 WGR Buffalo, NY 0200 - legal ID "Sports radio Fife-Fifty WGR Buffalo" with
the Sanyo MCD-S830's barefoot perpendicular to the wrong direction SSE instead
of WSW. Fair level ! Condx must have been quite good toward Buffalo, since this
one is rarely making above the 550 kHz jumble ! I think it beams away from
Montreal in order to protect semi-local WEVD and former semi-local CHLN ! WEVD
beams north-west, to protect CHLN from the north-north-east and WGR from the
south-west. I wonder what is the directionnal pattern of WGR and why I heard
them with the radio oriented toward the wrong bearing ! (BC-QC)
Additionnal comments: DXing the TAs has up and downs and the unsettled and not
completly quiet conditions make LW a bit noisier than it used to just 1 or 2
weeks ago !
A nice discovery of the last couple of days and nights was the ability of the
PK's Shielded Magnetic longwave loop I had for present this Xmas, when tuned to
amplify the highest frequency to provide reasonabily good reception on the
botton of the mediumwave band and, if the batteries are fresh, to outperform
the Sanyo MCD-S830 / internal ferrite bar combination. With this in mind, we
are seriously thinking of purchassing a dedicated mediumwave antenna from
Australia as well as, maybe, a tropical band one. Even though the number of
tropical bands broadcasters are diminishing quickly, there are still obviously
some mediumwave harmonics on the 2 and 3 MHz band that could be heard using a
decent antenne setup, so everything is not lost yet.
Last, but not least, I finally joined the NRC, so I should be able to have more
success mediumwave than I had during the first half of the 2008-2009 season and
as I seldom watch TV in English, it would get my English as good as my Spanish
which has dramatically improven over the past couple of weeks
Also, more or less radio-related (more about my psychological ability to DX
rather than the DX itself), the inability to see my girlfriend which I really
love (someone in her family died) has turned off my appetite for DXing, though
writing this repport seems to make that lack of DXing appetite fade away like a
strong domestic fading away leaving a Venezuelan or Colombian in the clear !
Heading toward astrology, everything should have improven by the last day of
February, even though I'm scared since too many times my emotional
sensitivities put my mind away from DXing, otherwise I would have been more
active...
The interest in airchecks peayed off once again, after having found Aventure FM
jingles (Paris, 1988), I found unscoped airchecks from CKMF 94 Dance Music
(94.3 MHz) from Montreal, from 1985-1989... Seems like 2009 is a good year for
me !
Appologies for my inability to post anything to ABDX during the past week...
Things are changing !
I'm included lots of details such as "non-directionnal beacon" instead of NDB
in order to avoid confusing the non-DXers who are curious about my hobby, who
are friends of mine and who are receiving those logs as well.
I'm trying to make it short this time, since the next exam is already knockin'
on my door.
This repport is brought to you by Bogan Chiochiu DXing from Pierrefonds
(Montreal's West Island), Quebec, Canada using the Sanyo MCD-S830 barefoot as
well as the Sangean CST-818 / PK's Shielded Magnetic longwave loop combo
May the good DX find yourself in perfect shape !
Bogdan Chiochiu
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 74, Issue 9
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