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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs May 21-22, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Recent QSLs (Brandon Jordan)
3. Brazil ready to evaluate the DRM standard while deciding its
digital radio future (Jaisakthivel)
4. Radio Gloria International this Sunday (Tom Taylor)
5. May 22 Logs ([email protected])
6. Re: LOG 9680 Indonesia (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 09:07:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 21-22, 2009
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** AUSTRALIA. CVC Darwin, May 22 at 0536 with YL in Chinese on 17830; 340
degrees; next to it on 17820 was weaker singing, which chex as CVC Indonesian
service, 290 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA [and non]. RA in English, 13630, May 22 at 0551 during interview,
but QRM from CW sending Vs, and then into brief message with DE but could not
catch ID. At first I thought it might be part of the program production with CW
effect in the background, but not present on // 15160, 15240.
After 0610, RA had an engrossing talk mentioning the threat of frozen methane
melting at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, as well as the dire effect on
American and European climates if the Gulf Stream stops keeping Europe mild and
heat builds up in the Gulf. I wanted to hear all of this again, but the RA
program schedule shows Asia Pacific Business at this time on Fridays, and its
content does not match! I did find a web page about this potential devastation:
http://armageddononline.tripod.com/methane.htm
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRIA. Only a month from Solstice, Europe now making it up to 14 MHz in
the nightmiddle: 13730 in Austro-German at 0555 May 22, fair signal. I wanted
to reconfirm the token English newscast around 0608, elsewhen heard on 6155,
but missed it as I was trying to track down a local noise source, since the
heavier line noise has abated; at 0614 however, I barely caught OE1 going from
French back to German. Solar flux had inched up to 72 on May 21 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BULGARIA. 11600 at 0559 May 22 with `space music`, IS and opening French as
``Radio Bulgarie Internationale`` --- do they add International to their
English ID now? If so, I have not noticed it. Neither English nor French
webpages put International(e) in the title:
http://www.bnr.bg/RadioBulgaria/Emission_French/
So perhaps it should be rendered ``Radio Bulgarie (internationale)``. Then at
0601 on 11800 found R. Bulgaria in Spanish giving its entire transmission
schedule in that language (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake, May 21 at 1333 on 11300, better than and not //
13970 or 9000, while inaudible on 8400, so ex-that? Good thing I bothered to
scan that far out-of-band, so I continued up to 19 MHz, and found something
else interesting instead; see U S A.
Firedrake, May 22: at the very late hour of 0533, there it was on 18320 with a
poor signal. 17 and 15 MHz were full of Asian signals, including CNR-1 jamming;
see below. At 0544 also FD poor on 15600 and not // 18320. At 0556 a trace of
FD on 13970.
Not so good the next morning: at 1317, no FD audible on 11300. At 1350, none on
11300, 13970, 15150, 15600 or 18320, but poorly audible on 9000 // 8400. Also
checked entire out-of-band ranges from 10000 to 19000 with no others found.
Unlike some previous mid-night openings, May 22 had both ChiCom CNR-1 jamming,
and R. Free Asia audible at same time; site and azimuth info from Aoki and/or
HFCC:
0535 on 17880, mix of two different Chinese services, one of which is CNR-1
jamming. The other, RFA SAIPAN, 310 degrees.
0536 on 17615, similar to 17880; one audio source was // 17880, and the other
was not, i.e. RFA with deliberate delay of a few seconds: RFA, TINIAN, 295
degrees.
0542 on 15635, Chinese audio with echo, // 17880. Target RFA via Irkutsk,
RUSSIA, 152 degrees, itself not audible.
0549 on 15615, CNR1 jamming mixed with other Chinese audio. RFA TINIAN, 279
degrees.
0630 on 17880, Chinese talk with `diamond` music theme as heard a few times
before, mentioned Mei-Guo, good over other Chinese audio. I think it is RFA on
top at the moment, but either one could have been mentioning America, of course.
Other catches from China, altho not jammers:
0540 on 15785, Chinese M&W not // 17615, fair, since this is CRI itself, Xi`an
354 degrees toward Mongolia and W Siberia. Not good news for Galei Zahal if it
is really 24h on this frequency; no sign of it.
0543 on 15665, M&W conversation in Russian, fluttery, CRI ID ``MPK``; Kashi 308
degrees; 0545 // 15445, same.
0547 on 15465, CRI English ID in passing, address. Kashi 209 degrees
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RHC absent again from 13780, May 21 at 1340, and not on its ex, 15370,
either. This also removed the 13880 and 13580 mixing products with 13680, still
running, as well as 13760, 15120, 15360, all checked, plus 12000, this time
somewhat atop the VOR Chinese co-channel from Khabarovsk.
May 22 at 1311, 13880 was back and therefore fundamental 13780 as well, at the
moment with clips of Obama vs Cheney speeches the day before. Today RHC had
more advantage over VOR 12000, still problematic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. Happened to hear R. Mart? promoting TV Mart?, May 22 at 1301 on
7405, saying people could see it on channel 20. The channels have changed from
time to time, but I wonder why this is seldom if ever reported by US TV DXers.
You`d think Gulf tropo would bring it in even if the signal is direxional and
weakish usward. So is this now from the plane, or an aerostat, or ground-based,
and what hours is it on the air, surely not 24?
What else is on channel 20 in Florida? WBBH Fort Myers would have been the
biggest problem but it has already migrated to 15 for DTV. However, 20 is the
permanent DT for WLRN Miami, 625 kW with a CP for 870. There are also
lower-powered stations in Melbourne, Tampa-Saint Petersburg and faraway Panama
City (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Looking for Firedrakes, May 21 at 1345, instead encountered weak
signal with singing on 18770, fading in and out and/or with modulation pauses.
Must be a harmonic: yes, // 9385 WWRB in Brother Scare service but someone else
singing and testifying at the moment. 18770 peaked at S4, and with the FRG-7
preselector peaked on 18770, not 9385, so despite the usual extremely strong
signal on the fundamental, I think this was a true transmitted harmonic,
usually inaudible but propagating now tnx to an increasingly frequent seasonal
sporadic-E opening, correlating evidence being WWCR 15825 inbooming (but no
sign of it on 19960 = 2 x 9980), so once again WWRB is one-up on WWCR in the
spurious department. Hey Dave, how much power are you putting out on 18770? I
think it must be a pretty good QRP DX catch. Such a short skip distance,
slightly over a megameter, is possible only with E-layer skip, not F-layer.
Next day May 22 at 1352, since WWCR was again inbooming via sporadic E on
15825, I searched for the WWRB harmonic on 18770, but could not detect even the
open carrier this time:
WWRB, 9385, S9+22 at 1348 May 22, nothing but hum, having lost the Brother
Scare feed again; enough signal to put weak spurs detectable on 9317 and 9453
hetting 9320 and 9455 stations, but at least there was no modulation on the
spurs either. Altho I could have heard him on WINB 9265, I preferred 9385 for
another enjoyable break from B.S. rants, so kept listening to the hum; at 1357
and again at 1359 inserted WWRB IDs, but nothing else. Finally at 1404 joined
in progress Alex Scourby Bible readings, via Walterboro, or default fill from
Manchester? Left the receiver running down low, not paying much attention, but
realized at 1530 that it was again modulation-less; fitfully resumed Scourby at
1539 at low level, taking another two minutes to bring him up to normal level
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WWV, 20000, May 22 at 0534, correlating with a late sporadic-E
opening in WNAm still being reported into VHF, tho not much of that here. Time
to check for KOA 25950 or anything else on 11 meters, but nothing heard yet
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 12:32:47 -0500
From: Brandon Jordan <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected], HCDX CONTRIBUTIONS
- LATEST <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Recent QSLs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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**Ethiopia - Amhara State Radio, Bahir Dar, 6090 khz - friendly email
reply with verification statement from Dereje Moges, Station Director,
in less than 24 hours. This was for my April 24 reception during
Caribbean Beacon silent period. Email address dereradio2000 [at]
yahoo.com. He did not respond to my query if he had received my original
airmail report mailed to Bahir Dar, Amhara Province, Ethiopia. Many
thanks to Bj?rn Fransson, Sweden, SWB via DXLD for reporting the email
information! (Jordan-TN)
**German Fed. Rep. - The Overcomer via Media Broadcast, Juelich, 17485
kHz, f/d eQSL with site in 80d after 1 f/up, via QSL-Shortwave [at]
media-broadcast.com, v/s Michael Puetz. (Jordan-TN)
**German Fed. Rep. - D.D.R. (German Dem Rep & E. Berlin) - The Overcomer
via Media Broadcast, Nauen, 13810 kHz, f/d eQSL with site in 80d after 1
f/up, via QSL-Shortwave [at] media-broadcast.com, v/s Michael Puetz.
(Jordan-TN)
**Japan - R Nikkei, Nagara, 6055 kHz - f/d card in 22d for 1$ (Jordan-TN)
**Taiwan - WYFR via Yunlin, 9280 kHz - f/d card with-out requested site,
multiple booklets, in 7d for 1$ (Jordan-TN)
**North American Pirate stations. Most of these eQSLs can be viewed at
disgraceland.info
Barnyard Radio, 6925 USB - f/d "donkey" eQSL in 1d for email report.
(Jordan-TN)
Calling Marco Radio, 6925 USB - f/d "standing sleeping monkey" eQSL in
1d for email report. (Jordan-TN)
Radio Cinco de Mayo, 6925 USB - f/d 2009 eQSL in 1d for email report.
(Jordan-TN)
Radio Ga-ga, 6925 USB - n/d "pirate bikini" eQSL in 1d for email
report.(Jordan-TN)
Radio Ga-ga, 6925 USB - p/d "sammich" eQSL in 1d for email report.
(Jordan-TN)
Radio Station XXP, 6925 USB - f/d "skull and crossed-swords" eQSL in 1d
for email report. (Jordan-TN)
Thinking Man Radio, 6925 USB - f/d "wooden thinking man" eQSL in 1d for
email report. (Jordan-TN)
Voice of KAOS, 6925 USB - f/d "secret agent/license to broadcast" eQSL
in 1d for email report. (Jordan-TN)
WEAK Radio, 6925 USB - f/d "picnic site transmitter" eQSL in 1d for
email report. (Jordan-TN)
WEAK Radio, 6925 USB - f/d "Popular Electronics" eQSL in 1d for email
report. (Jordan-TN)
WEAK Radio, 6925 USB - f/d "Elvis Big Cup" eQSL in 1d for email report.
Very nice! (Jordan-TN)
WEAK Radio, 6925 USB - f/d "antenna on tripod" eQSL in 1d for email
report. (Jordan-TN)
WFUQ Radio, 6925 USB - n/d "evil zombie flipping the bird" eQSL in 1d
for email report. (Jordan-TN)
Yellow Rhino Radio, 6925 USB - f/d yellow rhino eQSL for special "Marco
the Fake'o" show in 1d for email report. (Jordan-TN)
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 00:10:35 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <[email protected]>
To: dxld <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Brazil ready to evaluate the DRM standard while
deciding its digital radio future
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Brazil ready to evaluate the DRM standard while deciding its digital radio
future
This major breakthrough for Digital Radio Mondiale was announced during the
25th ABERT Broadcasting Congress in Brasilia, Brazil (19-21 May).
Seven experts representing the DRM Consortium (from BBC, Digidia, Dolby,
Fraunhofer IIS, TDF, and Thomson Grass Valley) were invited to this congress
and made well received presentations in the plenum. In addition, DRM in the AM
bands with multimedia elements Slideshow and Journaline, DRM+ with 5.1 Surround
Sound, and DRM/AM simulcasting were demonstrated during the 3 days of the
congress, while live transmissions from Chile, Ecuador and French Guyana could
be listened to on the latest generation of DRM receivers.
During the opening session of the congress on May 19th, the Brazilian Minister
of Communications Helio Costa announced an upcoming public consultation period
of 180 days. The aim of this consultation is to choose the most adequate
digital radio system fulfilling all broadcast requirements of Brazil.
DRM has confirmed throughout the congress, attended by 1500 participants, its
readiness and willingness to lead this evaluation, together with Brazilian
partners and the general support of the Brazilian authorities. The preparation
of these trials has already started during the congress.
The DRM Consortium will contribute to the selection of the best digital radio
solution for Brazil. The open, global DRM Digital Radio Mondiale standard was
recently officially chosen by India and Russia for their radio broadcasting
bands.
(Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India)
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 20:15:59 +0100
From: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
To: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Gloria International this Sunday
Message-ID: <cd9e4ad4f42b4eaeb04f956a53230...@dellcb21k2j>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Radio Gloria International this Sunday
Date 24TH of May 2009
Time 0900 to 1000 UTC
Channel 6140 KHz
Radio Gloria will be broadcasting over the transmitting station in
Wertachtal 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: 5
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 20:54:03 EDT
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] May 22 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Radio Africa, 2245-2304*, May 22,
fairly clear English religious talk with very little distortion but
closing
announcements at 2302 with very distorted, barely intelligible ?Radio
Africa? IDs along with contact information. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** ISRAEL. 15785.01, Galei Zahal, Tel Aviv, 2040-2110, May 22,
Hebrew talk. Local pop music. Good level but slightly distorted audio.
Weak // 6973.00. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** OMAN. 15140, Radio Sultanate of Oman, 1428-1500, May 22,
tune-in to lite instrumental music. Gongs/chimes at 1430 followed
by their theme music & English news at 1431-1439. Theme music
and ID at 1439. US pop & Euro-pop music at 1440-1500. Very weak
but occasional peaks up to a weak but readable level. Lost in noise
at 1500. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** SUDAN [non]. via Slovakia, 15650, Miraya 101 FM, 1458-1525,
May 22, tune-in to Euro-pop music. Several ?Miraya 101 FM? IDs at
1501 followed by English news. Arabic talk at 1510. Afro-pop music
at 1514. Weak but readable. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** SYRIA. 9330, Radio Damascus, 2110-2200, May 22, tune-in to
English news. Local music. Commentary. News headlines at 2158.
National Anthem at 2159. Spanish at 2200. Fair to good level but
the usual very poor audio with hum & low modulation. 12085 not
heard. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, U.S.A.
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 18:58:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: Hard Core DX <[email protected]>,
[email protected], [email protected],
"Jorge
Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] LOG 9680 Indonesia
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Jorge, Yes, it is in Aoki:
9680 RRI Jakarta 2200-1300 1234567 Indonesian 250
316 Jakarta-Cimanggis INS 10651E0623S RRI 6 23
-106 51
73, Glenn Hauser
--- On Wed, 5/20/09, Jorge Freitas (Yahoo) <[email protected]>
wrote:
> 9680 20/05 0910 INDONESIA, RRI Jakarta, in Indonesian,
> from
> Jakarta-Cimanggis, with 250 kW, such transmission is not in
> the lists EIBI
> and AOKI, pop mx, at 0916 YL and OM Talk, at 0925 YL and OM
> talks with a
> child and the soft background mx, at 0926 ID by OM ?RRI
> Jakarta?, after pop
> mx, very good signal, 45444 (JJFS-B)
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