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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs February 25-26, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
2. SW tips in Bocca di Magra Italy (Giampiero Bernardini)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:35:26 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 25-26, 2009
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** AUSTRALIA. 12010, poor with RA news in English, Feb 25 at 2201. Seldom-heard
frequency, at least by me; per Aoki it`s via Darwin at 22-24, 250 kW, 317
degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. Dentro-Cuban Jamming Command with a different sound than
usual against R. Mart?, 7405, Feb 25 at 2234. Carriers putting out warbling,
almost musical pulses, from 1 or 2 kHz on the low side, but also bothering
Radio Bulgaria in English on 7400 --- why should the Cubans care about those
ex-Commies?
The same type of jamming heard on 9955, Feb 26 at 1411, allowing bits of WRMI
to be audible, as well as some weak grindjamming too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. I meant to point it out in time, but Radio Verdad, Guatemala`s
ninth anniversary was February 25. Still no sign of their coming back on the
air on 4052.5. I`m sure Dr. Edgar Amilcar Madrid is sad to be passing another
anniversary without being able to broadcast on SW, altho I was able to connect
to the low-quality stream, mentioning their 9th anniversary at 1509 UT. And a
local celebration Saturday the 28th at 4 pm on the campus in Chiquimula. If you
have ever heard or QSLed Radio Verdad, you might send him a greeting. Contact
info is at http://www.radioverdad.org At 1512 cooking show, Todos a Cocinar,
with Scott Joplin theme music (Glenn Hauser, Feb 26, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. Since VOI had shifted to 9525.0 on February 24, and was missing
Feb. 25, I looked for it again on Feb 26 at 1400. At first I thought it was
still missing, but there was a very weak signal on 9525.0, which at 1402 I
could recognize as VOI, starting, rather than ending English at this time with
usual YL announcer, contact info. 1403 news. So has this English transmission
been permanently shifted an hour later as well as 900 Hz lower, and maybe to a
less favorable antenna? Only time will tell (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** IRAN [non]. As I was looking for Syria on 9330, Feb 25 at 2129 --- nothing,
noticed 9335, in unID language I was trying to figure out, but off abruptly at
2130* without ID. Only thing that fits per Aoki is R. Farda via Sri Lanka at
1900-2130, 250 kW, 344 degrees. I see that Harold Frodge, MI, was listening to
this at exactly the same time and came to the same conclusion. Obviously the
studio and transmitter make no effort to co?rdinate openings and closings
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PORTUGAL. RDPI with super-signal on 12040 during stupid ballgame coverage,
announcer willingly losing sanity, Feb 25 at 2117, and // 11960 only slightly
weaker; the two combined to produce a very weak but definitely audible mixing
product on 12120, another 80 kHz higher, but no match could be detected on
11880, 80 kHz lower. Both fundamentals are listed as 300 kW; 12040 at 300
degrees toward us and 11960 at 226 degrees toward S America (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAIPAN. Rechecking RNW relay in Indonesian on 15280, after yesterday`s log
when the audio kept looping back and repeating itself every few seconds --- Feb
25 at 2204 it was much better, doing that only once a minute or so, but still
unacceptable. News about Schipol crash of Turkish jet.
More interesting was the long/short path echo I was hearing when the signal
faded a little. This goes out on azimuth 225 degrees, which crosses eastern
Indonesia near Sorong, Kendari, etc., far from the Java population centers.
Then it carries on across the Indian Ocean near Crozet, the South Atlantic, and
South America; while the short path, 45 degrees off the back, hits North
America on the Oregon coast, and crosses central Kansas, only two degrees away
from Enid, 47 degrees from Saipan. LP is approximately 11,200 miles longer than
the SP, which divided by the 186,000 miles per second speed of radio, amounts
to a delay of 0.06 second (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 11915, Feb 25 at 2200, time signal 4 seconds fast, Saudi ID,
poor in Arabic, // 11820 somewhat better, by 2203 Qur`aning. 11915 is 295
degrees, 11820 320 degrees from Riyadh, both 500 kW, per Aoki, and are the Holy
Qur`an service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. IBB Greenville again late starting the VOA Creole service: Feb 25 at
2202 just big open carrier on 11895, 2203 cut on modulation. This and the two
other Kriyol broadcasts are expected to shift one UT hour earlier March 8 when
Washington goes on DST even tho Port-au-Prince does not.
BTW, March 8 is the earliest possible date for DST to start in NAm under
current rules, second Sunday, thus producing two sesquiweeks, rather than only
two weeks, of confusion until most of the other DST-observing areas bring it on
the last Sunday in March, the 29th when the A-09 frequency changes also go into
effect (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5920, WBOH, STILL with open carrier only for the third day, Feb 26 at
0643; at least this allowed RFI to be heard clearly on 5925 without splash.
Nothing audible on 9370 from WTJC, probably just not propagating in the
nightmiddle. At 1348, 5920 still with OC and het, 9370 strong and modulated
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5755, WEWN, Feb 26 at 1345 just with background noise for a minute or
two. That`s what we get for their putting the ``Daily Mass: Our Lady`` TV show
on the radio at 1300-1400. Finally YL with (fake?) British accent prays to
Mary, since Jesus is busy (?). 1352 also found same service on 7555, but on
this frequency the squealing helps to fill up the dead air, and voice-over
translation into Spanish. No translations needed when service went into Latin,
which everyone understands, or should I say, no one? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 6300 with considerable open carrier before 0700 UT Feb
26, so I stayed with it and at 0700 LV de la RASD band played (national?)
anthem, somewhat undermodulated, generator hum, and usual ute on low side, 0701
sign-on in Hassania Arabic, Qur`an soloist, still at 0706. Before 0700*, Cairo
had a much louder signal on 6290 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 13970-14000, presumed over-the-horizon radar pulses, Feb 26 at
1417. Looks like they were careful to keep it out of 20m; I looked for a twin
elsewhere in the 13-16 MHz range, but did not find any. Normally they are
within 100 kHz of each other (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:10:16 +0100
From: "Giampiero Bernardini" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] SW tips in Bocca di Magra Italy
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>
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BOC-15 Short Wave Report 14 February - 20 February 2009
Dx-Nights Bocca Di Magra (La Spezia) 44? 02,70' N - 09? 59,40' E
Giampiero Bernardini and Dario Monferini
4319 Usb 16-18/02 1715-1735 AFRTS Diego Garcia, Upi News, Ee News Buffalo Jet
Crash. Good/V.Good Boc15
4780 14-19/02 1805-1955 R.Tv Djibouti, In Arab, Strings Sounds, Strong Codar
Utility Noise (Irregular) Good/V.Good Boc15
4835 15/02 2135-2155 ABC, Australia, Tx Tennant Creek, Ee, Noted only this
day. Suff Boc15
4845 15-19/02 1900-2245 R. Mauritania, Arabic News & Talks. Good Boc15
4885 15-20/02 2140...0605 R. Clube Par?, Belem, Brazil, Songs Carnival, Ids.
Poor/Suff Boc15
4905 15-19/02 1800-2230* R. Tchad, Afro Pop In FF, Nx, Talks Good/V.Good Boc15
4915 14+16+17/02 2237....0455 R. Difusora Macapa', Amap?, Brasil. Talks Pp.
Poor/Good Boc15
4925 16-18/02 2325-0001 RRI Jambi, Indonesia, Nxs, Local News 2330,Id, Love
Ambon 2359, Nasional Nx 0000. Suff/Good Boc15
4925,25v 17/02 2236-2240 R. Educadora Rural Tef?, Brasil, Talks In PP. Suff
Boc15
4985 15-17/02 2150-2225 R. Brasil Central, Goiania, Brazil. Carnival Sunds,
Sport Live. Poor/Suff Boc15
5005 15+17+19/02 1930-2230 R. Nacional Bata, Guinea Equatorial. In Spanish, Id,
News, Songs, Phonecalls. Suff/Good Boc15
5010,9v 15+18+19/02 1756-1915*v Radio Tv Malagasy, Malagascian & Talks, Id,
News, Folk Music Sounds Like Tahitian. Suff/Good Boc15
5025 15-20/02 2230-0815 R. Rebelde, Cuba, Caraibic Sounds, Ids, Slogans, News,
Sports, Last Signal To Fade Out In 60 Mt. Suff Boc15
5066,33v 18/02 0417-0420 Tele Radio Candip, Bunia, Congo. Low Modulation,
French Talks. Suff Boc15
5100 18/02 0358-0402 R. Bana, Eritrea, Address : Ministry Of Education, P.O.
Box 609, Asmara. News In Amharic. Good Boc15
5770 Usb 15/02 1502-1529* Myanmar Defences Forces Radio, light music, talks,
News, S/Off with Xylofon Play. Hrd also with Grundig G6 Portable ! Poor/Good
Boc15
5989,48 18/02 0408-0415 R. Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Afro Corn sounds.
Good Boc15
6220 15/02 1540-1555 Mystery Radio, Pirate, Pop Mx, Disco Dance Mix, Id,
Jingles. Suff/Good Boc15
6300 15-19/02 0745-; 1835-2359*v RASD Radio Nacional Saharaui, Ids. Arabic, In
Spanish 2315 News, Reports. Suff/V.Good Boc15
7295 15/02 1520-1530 Radio Traxxx Fm, Malaysia, Heawy metal & Punk sounds, mad
Dj, Jingles, Ids. Heard also with pocket Grundig G6. Suff/Good Boc15
9610 15/02 *0900-0930 Studio DX 295, DX-program hosted by R. Scaglione, via
AWR , Tx Germany. www.studiodx.net hrd with Degen 1103. Suff Boc15
11735 15+19/02 1532-2000 R.Tanzania, Zanzibar, In Swahili, News In English At
1800-1815. Hrd also with Grundig G6. Suff/V.Good Boc15
My Short Wave blog: http://radiodxsw.blogspot.com/
Receivers : AOR 7030, Perseus PC, SDR-IQ, RF pace SDR-14, CiaoRadio H101,
Winradio G33EM, Degen 1103 (FM filters 80 + 110 kHz), ATS 909 Sangean (FM
filters 80 + 110 kHz) pocket Grundig G6
Antenna: Wellbrook LFL 1010
Giampiero Bernardini
Milano, Italy
Rx: Drake SPR-4 & R-4C (with DDS4); RFT EKD 315; Perseus; RFSpace SDR-14 &
SDR-IQ; CiaoRadio H101 & H102; Winradio G33EM Marine; AOR AR7030+ AR5000+
AR3000A-DX; TenTec RX320 & RX321; Icom R7000 & R71E (both mod. by Capra),
PCR1000, R2500; Lowe HF150; Kenwood R5000 & tuner KT-6040; Grundig Satellit
500, 700, 3400 & G6 Aviator; Yamaha T-85; Sangean ATS 909 mod. & DT-220; Degen
DE1103; Redsun RP2100; Alinco DJ-X3; Technisat MultyRadio 1 (In all FM rx I
use 110/80/53 kHz filters)
Ant: wire 30 m.; RKB 5, 9 & 10 elements FM; RF Systems T2FD 15 m. long;
Wellbrook LFL 1010, loop by A.Capra, PA0RDT Mini Whip, Magnetic Loop L101,
Miracle Whip, RGP3 Ferrite Loop, Kiwa Pocket Loop
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 74, Issue 27
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