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Today's Topics:
1. Radio Australia (Hector Perez-Diaz)
2. Glenn Hauser logs June 26-27, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
3. LOG 27062009 (Jorge Freitas (Yahoo))
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:23:41 -0400
From: "Hector Perez-Diaz" <[email protected]>
To: "'Hard Core DX'" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Australia
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I am hearing Radio Australia with a great signal here in Puerto Rico. I am
listening to news and other matters in English via 9580 khz and its 0900 UT
here in my country.
I am using a R-2000 Kenwood Receiver
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:10:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs June 26-27, 2009
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** CHINA. Firedrake check June 27: at 1319 just barely audible on 8400, 9000;
at 1320 JBA on 14420; at 1321 poor on 13970, but significantly better than the
others (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Hardly a day goes by without some self-inflicted discrepancy at RHC,
and there were several June 27: at 1250 during PreLa`s week in review,
continuous rapid audio breakup amounting to a crackle on 9600, while no such
problem on // 11760.
At 1304 I found exactly the same on 13680, no doubt the same transmitter moved
up from 9600. 13760 and 13780 no problem, but the leapfrog on 13880 also had
the breakup. By 1350 the crackle on 13680 had upcleared.
At 1322, the reverse leapfrog on 13580 was about as strong as R. Prague in
English making it unlistenable.
At 1317 found audio on 11760 somewhat rough like a lo-quality internet feed,
but not breaking up, in report about a Cuban aid brigade in Cop?n, Honduras.
At 1335 noticed that 13760, by far weaker than 13680 and 13780 from different
site, had an echo when the signal faded briefly. That could either be
long-path, or receiver overload cross mod from nearby 13780. 13760 also suffers
from co-channel audio, SAH from VOK in English underneath, Commies vs Commies
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. With antenna pointed toward Tulsa, June 27 at 1445 UT, now no sign
of KJRH on analog 2, so Nightlight must have been turned off as scheduled
sometime June 26, when I was still seeing it (I think) at 1351 UT. Originally
KVOO-TV, then KTEW for a while. Era-ending whimper, not bang. KOCO-5 OKC
continues with the NAB DTV loop (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See
also U S A
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. My local, KGWA, 960, Enid, with open carrier after Jim
Bohannon, during news on the hour, 0502 UT June 27, allowing me to detect a 2.4
Hz subaudible het and something sounding like Spanish, so most likely XEK in
Nuevo Laredo. This was on a fixed-position radio, so I got a portable to try to
null KGWA carrier further, but before I could, modulation blasted on again at
0505 after the news hole, and I do mean hole, but no loss as it would have been
Fox! This behavior is not unusual for KGWA, where no one is paying attention,
it being a mere unattended appendage of KOFM, so I may have many more chances
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. What a shame that Voice of Russia, which gives North America only
ONE frequency in English at 0400-0600, is running a transmitter with muffled
and distorted modulation. Despite big signal, S9+20, 13775 via Vladivostok
could be so much crisper and clearer. If it had been, I would have kept
listening to some great Orthodox music at 0533 UT Sat June 27 instead of
ontuning (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. RTI Japanese service, 9735, June 27 at 1254 in open carrier between
transmissions, but that didn`t stop the buzzy spurs from marring 9730 China and
9740 BBC Singapore, this time at exactly same pitch meaning that 9735 itself
was not off-frequency for a change. 1256 modulation resumed on 9735 with a song
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. There was a long Es opening the afternoon of June 26, with Nightlight
seen on and off for hours on channel 4 from the east, but never well enough to
catch an ID if there were any, and numerous stations are running it there.
Earlier, WPBT-2 Miami in again with NL and IDs in between repeats plugging
Comcast, such as 1700 and 1725 UT. I also had a weak DTV signal on 3 at times
such as 2240, but never enough to break thru. Most likely WBRA in Virginia. And
weak DTV on 6 at 2332 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WWRB, 18770, fading in and out at 1954 June 26, weak signal with
Brother Scare, 2 x 9385 tnx to sporadic E.
I urge others to hunt for harmonix of US SW stations during this Es season.
WWRB seems to be the prime radiator, and 18+ MHz a prime range. I`m not going
to figure out all the possible second harmonix of 9 MHz stations in the
daytime, but frequent thorough bandscans 18-25 MHz at least could be
productive.
WYFR with its dozen Okeechobee transmitters would seem a good target in much of
the USA beyond the short-skip zone from the Floridic appendage, but I can`t
recall ever hearing a WYFR harmonic, where suppression must be well-managed.
Most stations` lower fundamentals are not on the air in the daytime, but Es
also happens in the evening, even late at night when you would expect 18+ MHz
to be dead.
Here are the most likely frequency ranges; keep your calculator handy:
17235-18585 = 3 x 5745-6195
18530-19960 = 2 x 9265-9980
21945-23190 = 3 x 7315-7730
22980-24780 = 4 x 5745-6195
23020-24320 = 2 x 11510-12160
27140-27690 = 2 x 13570-13845
27795-29940 = 3 x 9265-9980
28725-30975 = 5 x 5745-6195
29260-30920 = 4 x 7315-7730
30210-31650 = 2 x 15105-15825
Note the overlaps, so once you hear something, you may need to try more than
one divisor, and then match up the audio on the fundamental.
WEWN, despite its other problems, is seldom audible on harmonix, but check for
these, only a partial list emphasizing daytime:
22665 05-13 S
23040 15-17 S
23060 12-15 E
23100 13-22 S
24100 11-15 S
31220 15-24 E
Sackville is another possibility, as are nearby Latin American outlets, even
the low-power ones, which may have poor harmonic suppression (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15315, Harold Droning with VG signal June 27 at 0048 UT check,
first day of a 2-week test until July 11 via Bonaire, as if he needs any more
transmitters radiating flawed theology, unfazed by the world continuing to
exist, abolishing churches, wacky even to mainline Christians; could easily be
mistaken for WYFR.
Well, it proves that Bonaire can still broadcast in English with a fine signal
into North America, even when aimed oppositely, as long as it`s not RNW
programming! Per MN blog, this is 2229-0100 to Brazil at 133 degrees, and
another test on 15580 at 0001-0158 to W S America at 180 degrees, unchecked yet
here.
So 15315, the frequency beloved of RNW Spanish listeners in South America, is
not gone forever, just reborn with slightly different programming as this once
proud site sells out to the dregs. Yes, the end is nearer for Bonaire as an RNW
relay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. 15595, June 27 at 0538 with Latin mass, better than // 11740, a
mid-summer treat (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:22:37 -0000
From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
"Hard Core DX" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] LOG 27062009
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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3310 0119 27/06 ECUADOR, R.Mosoj Chaski, em Qu?chua, desde Cochabamba, com
10 kW, parece advs, as 0120 UTC mx andina em coro de crian?a, caracter?stica
musical da Mosoj, ultimamente tem chegado quase todos os dias e permanece
at? pr?ximo as 0200 UTC, 25332 (JJFS-B)
3280 0123 27/06 ECUADOR, R Voz del Napo, *tentativa*, SS, desde Tena com 2,5
kW, sinal muito fraco, ouve-se uma ou outra fala em espanhol. Esse ? um bom
sinal da abertura da propaga??o para a Am?rica do Sul, visto que aqui na
cidade OT est? quase que imposs?vel, (JJFS-B)
9590 0900 27/06 AUSTRALIA, R Austr?lia, EE, desde Shepparton, com 100 kW,
ID, vinheta, ap?s YL apresenta nx, as 0904 UTC correspondente externo, fala
sobre a morte de Michael Jackson, as 0905 UTC OM ID e continua com
apresenta??o de nx, em // 9475 kHz com sinal mais fraco, sinal degradando
ap?s 0925 UTC, 25332 (JJFS-B)
9985 1405 27/06 ISRAEL, R Israel, em Persian, desde Tel Aviv-Yavne, com 250
kW, YL apresenta nx, em // 11595 kHz, o sinal de 9985 parece ser um pouco
mais forte, mas chega com mais ru?do, 25232. O SINPO para 11595 kHz 25332,
sinais degradam rapidamente, (JJFS-B)
9680 1050 27/06 INDONESIA, RRI Jakarta, em Indonesian, desde
Jakarta-Cimanggis, com 250 kW, mx indon?sia e as 1051 UTC OM Talk, OM
apresenta o programa entusiasticamente entre risos, ocasionalmente essa
emissora aparece e as vzes com um sinal muito bom, consultando o DX Atlas l?
s?o 1753 hora local, portanto entardecer, (obs. N?o se trata da gray line
com a minha localiza??o), sinal come?a a degradar as 1054 UTC, as 1057 UTC
pop local mx por voz feminina, as 1100 UTC leve QRM da R Free ?sia na mesma
frequ?ncia, ID por OM, alias sempre dizem a ID durante a programa??o "RRI
Jakarta", 25432 (JJFS-B)
9930 1012 27/06 PALAU, T8HW Revival Sound, *tentativa*, em Chinese, desde
Koror, com 100 kW, OM e YL falam, som com eco, como que em uma sala vazia,
sinal muito fraco, sem QRM e leve ru?do, (JJFS-B)
73
Jorge Freitas
SWL1023B
Skype jorge.freitas.fsa
Escutas (listening):
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006/home?t=74925&c=6&s=uploaded
Blog: http://www.ipernity.com/blog/75006
Feira de Santana Bahia - Brasil
12?? 15' 1.57" S 38?? 58' 40.30" W
Degen 1103
Antena Dipolo de 16 metros e balun 9:1 em toroide e entrela?ado
Dire??o Leste/Oeste
"De Certa forma, as pessoas s?o como esponjas; elas t?m a tend?ncia de
absorver o que est? ? sua volta. ? muito f?cil adotar, mesmo sem querer, as
atitudes, os padr?es e os tra?os de personalidade daqueles com quem temos
muito contato" Portanto procuremos sempre ser uma pessoa melhor a cada dia.
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