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It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt 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 (d...@fl.net.au) 12. Feb 7-8 Logs (brian384...@aol.com) 13. foreign LW-MW logs + 1 noteworthy domestic log (aurel chiochiu) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 08:25:20 -0000 From: "Tom Taylor" <em...@blueyonder.co.uk> Subject: [HCDX] BlueStar Radio relay today To: "Tom Taylor" <em...@blueyonder.co.uk> 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 ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 09:36:30 +0000 (UTC) From: Bruce Barker <brbar...@comcast.net> Subject: [HCDX] Sunday a-m logs To: NASWA <na...@yahoogroups.com>, topn...@wwdxc.de, wghau...@yahoo.com, hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com, gayl...@brmemc.net, cumbr...@cs2.ralabs.com, d...@yahoogroups.com, rdange...@aol.com, markok...@tds.net Message-ID: <570304493.5053461234085790158.javamail.r...@sz0048a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 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 ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 07:06:58 -0300 From: "Arnaldo" <sl...@ciudad.com.ar> Subject: [HCDX] Today special transmission Blue Star Radio To: <condigl...@yahoogroups.com> Cc: Carlos Felipe <d...@mandic.com.br>, radioescu...@yahoogrupos.com.br, NoticiasDX <noticia...@yahoogroups.com>, Domesticas Y Tropicales <domesticasytropica...@yahoogroups.com>, cumbr...@cs2.ralabs.com, playdx2003 <playdx2...@yahoogroups.com>, DXLD <d...@yahoogroups.com>, hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com, bcln...@yahoogroups.com Message-ID: <003b01c989d5$0167f7c0$1e221...@arnaldo> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; 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" <anker.peter...@mail.dk> Subject: [HCDX] Fw: Decision on ZLXA 3935 kHz To: "Glenn Hauser" <wghau...@yahoo.com>, "Hard-core DX contributions" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> 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: anker.peter...@mail.dk ; secret...@radiodx.com ; i...@radioheritage.net Cc: i...@radioreading.org 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 $700 combined makes this broadcasting service completely unfeasible. We are at this point in time trying to raise finance to replace the MW transmitter which suffered damage during last year's storm. The Board, though, has agreed to broadcast on 3935 kHz over a weekend from 5.00pm Friday 20th March through to Monday morning 23rd March 2009, (0400 20/3 - 1900 22/3 UTC), depending on the transmitter functioning for that period. This is the best that we can do to enable the many international DXers to receive our transmission for one last time. Unquote. As you will appreciate, for an organisation reliant on grants and donations to continue serving our listening community, the shortwave component is no longer viable. Therefore, RRS will maintain local broadcasts on 1602 kHz (2XA) and 107.3 MHz FM only. Kindest regards & Best DX Kelvin Brayshaw QSL Manager NZ Radio Reading Service LEVIN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.19/1939 - Release Date: 02/06/09 17:28:00 ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 06:53:25 -0500 From: "Hector Perez-Diaz" <np...@prtc.net> Subject: [HCDX] Question To: <Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com> Message-ID: <000301c989e3$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 ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:26:24 +0100 From: Charlie Prince <cha...@radiojoystick.de> Subject: Re: [HCDX] Question To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Message-ID: <732848...@web.de> 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" <np...@prtc.net> > Gesendet: 08.02.09 12:13:04 > An: <Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com> > 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 > > ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- > > Order your WRTH 2008: > http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 > ---[End Commercial]----------------------- > ________________________________________ > Hard-Core-DX mailing list > Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx > http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ > _______________________________________________ > > THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed > and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License > published by Michael Stutz at > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html > --? Mit?freundlichen?Gruessen?/?Kind?regards Charlie?Prince RADIO?JOYSTICK Postfach?10?08?12 45408?Muelheim?an?der?Ruhr ALLEMAGNE Fax:?+49?1212?511301202 Cell.:?+49?179?3615394 http://www.myspace.com/djchapri http://www.radiojoystick.de -- Member?of?NEXUS?International?Broadcasting?Association. Listen?to?us?each?1st?saturday?of?every?month?on?9510?kHz ____________________________________________________________________ Psssst! Schon vom neuen WEB.DE MultiMessenger geh?rt? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.produkte.web.de/messenger/?did=3123 ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:04:43 +0900 From: JG3GCI <komachik...@yahoo.co.jp> Subject: [HCDX] MW LOGS To: HCDX <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> Message-ID: <498ed86b.10...@yahoo.co.jp> 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 ************************* ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 16:25:13 +0100 From: Paolo De Berti <pdebe...@gmail.com> Subject: [HCDX] Fwd: Swiss tips To: BCL News <bcln...@yahoogroups.com>, radior...@yahoogroups.com, Hardcore DX <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> Message-ID: <d17cfd5f-d78d-4d9b-8f17-33fb74d94...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Inizio messaggio inoltrato: > Da: Paolo De Berti <pdebe...@gmail.com> > Data: 8 febbraio 2009 06:01:02 GMT+01:00 > A: BCL News <bcln...@yahoogroups.com> > 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 > pdebe...@gmail.com > > > ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 08:48:29 -0800 (PST) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> Subject: [HCDX] DX Listening Digest 9-012; WOR 1446 To: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: <999812.45335...@web51107.mail.re2.yahoo.com> 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: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN NOW AVAILABLE: http://podcast.worldofradio.org or http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/podcast.php OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org Regards, Glenn Hauser ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:16:34 +0100 From: Manuel M?ndez <manuelmend...@gmail.com> Subject: [HCDX] Logs To: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <496634f2.1070...@gmail.com> 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: d...@fl.net.au Subject: Re: [HCDX] Late delivery of WRTH To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Message-ID: <20090209064646.2mpf3thgao4w8...@www.alwaysonline.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed" Quoting "Sean Gilbert, International Editor - WRTH" <sean.gilb...@o2.co.uk>: 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: sean.gilb...@wrth.com > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > RX : Icom IC756PRO, CI-V, SEM Multifilter > ANT 1: Wellbrook ALA1530+ @ 1.5m agl + MFJ1026 Phaser > ANT 2: Inverted Half size G5RV @ 6m agl > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- > > Order your WRTH 2008: > http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 > ---[End Commercial]----------------------- > ________________________________________ > Hard-Core-DX mailing list > Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx > http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ > _______________________________________________ > > THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed > and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License > published by Michael Stutz at > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html > ------------------------------ Message: 12 Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 18:17:49 EST From: brian384...@aol.com Subject: [HCDX] Feb 7-8 Logs To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Message-ID: <c7c.43e5d97f.36c0c...@aol.com> 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 **************Who's never won? Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?ncid=emlcntusmusi00000003) ------------------------------ Message: 13 Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:04:09 -0500 From: aurel chiochiu <a...@videotron.ca> Subject: [HCDX] foreign LW-MW logs + 1 noteworthy domestic log To: baco...@aol.com, m...@yahoogroups.com, latinm...@yahoogroups.com, hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com, condigl...@yahoogroups.com, playdx2...@yahoogroups.com, nrci...@aol.com, Mike Brooker <aum...@idirect.com> Cc: pepe8...@hotmail.com, christophe genaudeau <christophegenaud...@hotmail.com>, ve2...@yahoo.com, curious.geo...@att.net, venezuelanqslh...@yahoo.com, Perez Ricardo <canadac...@hotmail.com>, Sylvain Naud <esn...@globetrotter.net>, "olivier.tequi" <olivier.te...@laposte.net>, grasdou...@hotmail.com, da_18gu...@hotmail.com, o_p_nimig...@yahoo.com, bourdeau_annemari...@hotmail.com, pklo...@bigpond.net.au, minimarc...@hotmail.com Message-ID: <000e01c98a6b$7586ebc0$6400a...@b> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 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 *******************************************