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Today's Topics:
1. log (Vincent LECLER)
2. Logs July 4 and 5 (Bruce Barker)
3. Vanuatu log (L?cio Ot?vio)
4. Re: Log Solit?rio (Antonio L. Garcia)
5. Glenn Hauser logs July 4-5, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
6. Logs from NH-USA, July 3-5th (Scott R. Barbour Jr.)
7. Off topic (Arnaldo)
8. July 4-5 Logs ([email protected])
9. foreign logs including a new one on shortwave (aurel chiochiu)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:45:22 +0200
From: "Vincent LECLER" <[email protected]>
To: "DXLD" <[email protected]>, "RADIODIFFUSION F"
<[email protected]>, "HCDX" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] log
Message-ID: <862f15a2162547d9beb93d93ff6ec...@prorpri01>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Hi All,
Log from last few weeks:
20090620 2210 6165.0 RNT,N'DJAMENA TCD
344 French
20090621 0930 15180.0 BBC ARABIC,SKELTON G
455 Arabic
20090621 0935 17505.0 BBC ARABIC,ZYGI CYP
333 Arabic //15180 KHZ
20090621 0945 17490.0 CRI,KASHI CHN
455 English
20090621 0945 17750.0 CRI,KASHI CHN
233 English //17490 KHZ
20090621 0946 17570.0 CRI,URUMQI CHN
455 English //17490 KHZ
20090621 0949 17690.0 CRI,JINHUA CHN
133 English //17490 KHZ
20090621 0950 15210.0 CRI,KUNMING CHN
233 English //17490 KHZ
20090621 0958 17545.0 RADIO FARDA,UDON THANI CLN
244 Farsi
20090622 0658 15570.0 RADIO VATICAN,STA MARIA DI GALERIA CVA
455 English
20090622 0659 13765.0 RADIO VATICAN,STA MARIA DI GALERIA CVA
455 English //15570 KHZ
20090622 0700 15555.0 CVC INT.,TASHKENT UZB
244 English "CVC RADIO.AM"
20090701 2057 11810.0 RADIO ROMANIA INT.,GALBENI ROU
555 English
20090701 2059 11810.0 BBC WS,ASCENSION ASC
244 English
20090701 2108 6005.0 BBC WS,MAHE SEY
344 English
20090701 2110 9915.0 BBC WS,ASCENSION ASC
344 English //6005 KHZ
20090701 2118 5990.0 RADIO SENADO,BRASILIA B
244 Portuguese
20090701 2125 5920.0 VOR,TBILISSKAYA RUS
555 Portuguese
20090701 2126 7310.0 VOR,BOLSHAKOVO RUS
555 Portuguese //5920 KHZ
73 de Vincent
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:29:38 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bruce Barker <[email protected]>
To: NASWA <[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], "D'Angelo, Richard"
<[email protected]>, Markokpik <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs July 4 and 5
Message-ID:
<743584317.362681246786178283.javamail.r...@sz0048a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
4845?? MAURITANIA?? R. Mauritanie?? 7/04//09?? 0717-0730.?? Still on, but
faint.? OM reciting prayers in Arabic.? Middle Eastern/North African style
music at 0730 tune-out.? Extremely weak signal, just barely readable.? Nothing
heard the following day this same time slot.? (Barker-PA)
5910?? COLOMBIA?? Marfil Estereo.?? 7/04/09?0835-0845.? Om in Spanish playing
back-to-back?music then a long block of ads and station promos.? Lots of
'Marfil Estereo' ID's.? Fair signal.?? (Barker-PA)
6010?? COLOMBIA?? La Voz de tu Conciencia, Puerto Lleras?7/04/09? 0746-0810.??
Female preacher in EE being translated into SS by an Om. There was no ambient
sound to indicate if this was recorded in studio or live before a congregation
as in previous loggings.? No ID at ToH.? Transmission?had a flutter and a?hum.?
Poor.? (Barker-PA)
9635?? MALI???RTV du Mali,?Bamako.? 7/05/09? *0800-0820.? Sign-on with flutes
and drums .? ID announcement by Yl in French, who continued talking in
vernacular until 0810, when some splendid tribal music was played.? This was
followed by an Om talking until 0820 fade out.? Signal was poor.? (Barker-PA)
9690?? NIGERIA?? Voice of Nigeria.?? 7/04/09 0810-0835.??? Tuned in to apparent
newscast by an Om in listed Hausa.? At 0815 a different Om came on with what
sounded like more Nx or perhaps commentary.? He mentioned Rwanda and Zimbabwe.?
Clear ID at 0830 in Hausa and in English: "This is the Voice of
Nigeria...?...Lagos"?? Signal was poor to fair.? (Barker-PA)
Bruce Barker, Broomall, PA.? Equipment:? NRD535D and an Alpha Delta DX Sloperr.
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 07:54:55 -0300
From: L?cio Ot?vio <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, "Anker Petersen" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Vanuatu log
Message-ID: <001c01c9fd5f$3eb01f60$6738e...@home>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
3945, R. Vanuatu, Port Vila. July, 5 (language with English words between)
0806-0910 male talks mentioned "Port Vila; islands...", 0834 sound of a car
with siren followed by a slow speech male; romantic pop and reggae music, 0856
male talks, 0900 canned talks on music by female "program", Pacific choral but
melodically seeming religious music. Good, constant signal level, 35333.
Returning to listen from 0928 to 1002, basically music selections & talks;
music was with a pacific elements crossing world pop music, from romantic to
hip hop style; many IDs "R. Vanuatu; R Vanuatu, voice of..." Monitored two top
of the hour and don't heard that "flute signature". Its signal was better than
in 2006 considering actual propagation, better than the best moments of SIBC.
At peak 45434 (lob-B).
With a signal like this, even the Lorena DX Camp members with their 500kW
station's logs, will be able to log Vanuatu.
73's
L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec
Embu SP Brasil - Sony ICF SW40 - dipole 18m, 32m.
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 12:24:44 -0300
From: "Antonio L. Garcia" <[email protected]>
To: "Radioescutas" <[email protected]>, "Hard Core DX"
<[email protected]>, DX Clube do Paran?
<[email protected]>, Associa??o DX do Brasil
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Log Solit?rio
Message-ID: <0970e81a9f694103b61a997988adf...@33843727fde4453>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Na grava??o feita pelo Morato tem uma identifica??o em voz feminina. Quem sabe
voc? n?o consegue entender algo como: "This is Monaco Radio". No in?cio da
parte gravada, me parece voz de OM em franc?s.
no WRTH consta:
RADIO MONACO (Comm.) - new entry -
Web: radio-monaco.com
kHz: 4363, 8728, 13146, 17260
Summer Schedule 2009
French Days Area kHz
0700-0703 daily Atl,Med 4368mco, 8728mco,
13146mco, 17260mco
1100-1103 daily Atl,Med 4368mco, 8728mco,
13146mco, 17260mco
Notes: News relays via Monaco Radio utility station for seamen.
USB. Irregular.
Garcia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fabricio Silva" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: [radioescutas] Log Solit?rio
Amigo,
Hoje, absolutamente, n?o consegui capt?-la novamente. Mas tenho paci?ncia!
Forte 73
Fabricio
--- On Sat, 4/7/09, anderson torquato <[email protected]> wrote:
From: anderson torquato <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [radioescutas] Log Solit?rio
To: [email protected]
Date: Saturday, 4 July, 2009, 12:20 PM
Fabricio:
vou monitorar aqui em garopaba tambem pra ver se consigo sintonizar.
anderson torquato
Garopaba-SC
----- Original Message -----
From: Fabricio Silva
To: radioescutas@ yahoogrupos. com.br
Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 9:30 AM
Subject: [radioescutas] Log Solit?rio
Caros amigos,
Log de ontem, 3 de julho de 2009:
Captei em 17.260 Khz USB uma emissora que acredito ser a Monaco Radio,
emissora meteorol?gica do sul do Mediterr?neo. O SINPO era de 22222 e a
condi??o da escuta n?o foi muito favor?vel, apesar de ser em ingl?s, idioma
que domino.
A emissora estava encerrando transmiss?o ?s 1600 UTC. Pretendo monitor?-la
hoje novamente. Se algu?m puder me ajudar a confirmar essa suspeita, fico
grato.
Fortes 73
Fabricio Andrade Silva
Tubar?o - SC
Sony ICF 7600 GR
Loop Blindada
[As partes desta mensagem que n?o continham texto foram removidas]
[As partes desta mensagem que n?o continham texto foram removidas]
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:38:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 4-5, 2009
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
** CUBA. Nightly check of RHC to see if they are still running more Spanish,
less English tnx to the Honduran golpe. Yes, July 5 at 0545: 11760, 6140, 6120
and 6000 in Spanish; 6060 and 6010 in English with DXers Unlimited, but 6060
quite distorted, Arnie cutting out and in.
At 0548 Spanish announcer plugged today`s Mesa Redonda Informativa from
Cubavisi?n studios to be at 1500 UT = 11 am local, titled ``d?a decisivo del
contra-golpe en Honduras``. WTFK? None mentioned, but we have been discovering
by monitoring the ones in use after previous daily 1500 sign-off. See below.
At 1342 on 11760, mentioned special programming for Honduras, and 1343 starting
En Contacto late --- the DX program normally scheduled at 1335-1350. Began as
usual with birthday greetings and ``Cumplea?os Feliz`` ditty to the tune of
``Happy Birthday to You`` --- is it still due royalties in Spanish, and in
Cuba? Ha. Strange thing is, I had also heard a snippet of it around 1341 as I
tuned by and assumed E.C. had already started, so was that a false start, then
cut off for obsessive Honduran topic?
Next on the show was Antonio Buitrago of REE`s DX program, and then explaining
SINPO. At 1343 I checked for parallels, and 11800 was only open carrier, but by
1349 undermodulation identifiable as RHC. 12000 apparently missing again; see
RUSSIA. The five 22m channels were on, but 13680 had occasional audio breakups
at 1351. At 1357 the medical show was underway, so not sure just when En
Contacto ended, but suspect it was curtailed.
Quick check at 1516 for the MRI special mentioned above: 11690, 11760, 11800,
13760 all audible. 11760 by far the strongest, 13760 just barely, mixing with
Korea North. Probably also on 5965, 6000, not checked this time. Another Sunday
without any Al?, Presidente (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. VOI still on 9526-, July 5 at 1353 poor during music and no
multi-carrier hets; but from 1357 the usual big het from CRI Russian pr?lude on
9525.0 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LAOS [non]. Hmong Lao Radio, 11785 via WHRI, Sunday July 5 at 1339, speaker
in Hmong in a very echoey hall. If I had listened to the whole hour, might have
heard some English as Wendel Craighead did the day before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Bob Wilkner often asserts that XEQM M?rida is well heard in Florida
around 1300, but no such luck here. However, July 5 at 1324, 6105v was deeply
fading in and out enough for me to detect an IFE PSA, then music with a heavy
beat and shouting.
IFE is the government agency administering elexions, and most of the frequent
government PSAs on Mexican radio the past many months have been from IFE. In
fact today, July 5 is elexion day in M?xico, for the legislative branches only;
details:
http://www.electionguide.org/election.php?ID=1452
So maybe IFE PSAs will now diminish. What a weird idea, holding elexions on
Sunday when most people aren`t at work! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sporadic E the afternoon of July 4: around 1900 UT I was seeing some
seafaring movie with characters wearing those funny triangular hats
(vertically, not horizontally which are tricorns), dubbed in Spanish, same on
both channels 2 and 3. Checking TV Guide online listings for Cablevisi?n in
M?xico DF, nothing fits on any network. Then I see starting at 2:30 (1930 UT!)
``Capit?n de Mar y Guerra`` on the XHGC-5 network ? that`s ``Master and
Commander`` from 2003y starring Russell Crowe. At 1938 on 3, a red bug in the
upper right, I think a stylized 5 for this network. Anyhow, the movie was on at
least a semi-hour before it was supposed to be; or the TVG listings were at
fault (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. July 4 at 1951 UT I was checking FM for DX from M?xico, as TV was
skipping in, but no luck. Instead noticed a strange RDS from KXXY-96.1 OKC:
SAVE / YOUR / RADIO / DOT ORG --- nothing else as it cycled over and over.
http://saveyourradio.org is a petition drive to Congress against radio stations
having to pay royalties on music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. VOR Chinese, 12000, July 5 at 1341 quite distorted but could not
detect any Havana mix (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 11:17:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Scott R. Barbour Jr." <[email protected]>
To: Cumbre DX <[email protected]>, DXLD <[email protected]>,
DXplorer <[email protected]>, HCDX
<[email protected]>, Gayle Van Horn
<[email protected]>,
NASWAyg <[email protected]>, Al Quaglieri
<[email protected]>, Mark Taylor <[email protected]>, Dave
Valko <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs from NH-USA, July 3-5th
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
3340, HONDURAS, HRMI Comayaguela, 1010-1020, July 5, Spanish. Continuos
contemporary religious ballads; fair tho signal starting to deteriorate at 1020
t/out. (Barbour-NH)
3945, VANUATU, presumed R. Vanuatu Port Vila, 0933-1002, July 5, vernacular.
Announcer w/ talk in unid. language b/w vernacular "island" mx selections; over
mx at times; diff. ancr joins briefly at 0948 then format resumes thru ToH;
weak-poor; gradually fading under increasing band noise; pretty much unusable
by ToH; tnx C. Seager tip via JB. (Barbour-NH)
4699.3, BOLIVIA, presumed R. San Miguel Riberalta, 0245-0249*, July 5, Spanish.
Male ancr w/ rapid-fire talk until pulled the plug at 0249 w/ no discernible
s/off announcement; weak but readable. (Barbour-NH)
4775, PERU, presumed R. Tarma Tarma, 0250-0300*, July 5, Spanish. Male ancr
between musical selections; pulled the plug at 0300 sharp; poor; battling w/
CODAR for dominance. (Barbour-NH)
4800, INDIA, AIR Hyderabad, *0018, July 3, vernacular. IS; Vande Mataram
followed by s/on ancment & Hindi music; weak-poor; 60m AIRs still audible at
s/on here. (Barbour-NH)
5860, KUWAIT, R. Farda Kabd 0213-0227, July 5, listed Farsi. Middle-East type
pop mx & ballads; ID announcment w/ Radio Farda URL at 0217; fair. (Barbour-NH)
9725, TUNISIA, RTV Tunisia Sfax, *0159-0215, July 4, Arabic. Crash-start w/
stringed instruments; ancr w/ s/on ancment into choral-like AR mx; brief ancr
into mx; announcer w/ lenghty talk from 0208; poor-fair w/ huge splatter from
9735 VO Russia via French Guiana. (Barbour-NH)
12140, KUWAIT, R. Free Afghanistan Kbad, *0229-0241, July 5, listed Pashto.
Open carrier; Intro mx (IS?) & s/on ancment at 0230; headlines w/ ments. of
Taliban & Obama; various nx reports from 0233 thru t/out; fair-poor; fading
in/out by 0240. (Barbour-NH)
Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA
NRD-545, RX-350D, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 16:24:22 +0200
From: "Arnaldo" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: playdx2003 <[email protected]>, DXLD
<[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Off topic
Message-ID: <01b201c9fd7c$4a839840$94b2c...@windowsv03oj4t>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Learn Korean with new KBS World Radio book
KBS World Radio, the overseas broadcasting branch of the Korean Broadcasting
System, has published a 244-page conversation textbook for people who want to
study the Korean language.
"Let's Learn Korean," the fourth language lesson project by KBS World Radio, is
the nation's first multilingual Korean language conversation guidebook.
The text of the book is in ten different languages including English, Chinese,
Japanese, Russian, French, Spanish, Arabic and Vietnamese, among others. The
book is designed mostly for beginners and those at the intermediate level.
It targets foreign residents and multicultural families living in Korea, as
well as Korean immigrants around the world.
Let's Learn Korean is comprised of 20 lessons that introduce different
situations in airports, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, department stores and
popular tourist sites in the country.
Kim Hyuk-dong, a producer in the English news service department of KBS World
Radio, said that one of the strong points of the textbook is that it provides
everyday examples of dialogue that visitors and residents often will use.
"People studying the language can learn basic expressions through this book,"
he said. "Visitors coming to Korea can use those expressions starting the
moment they arrive at the airport in Korea."
Each lesson includes vocabulary practice as well as a section that introduces
Korean culture and the country's lifestyle.
A CD recording that contains voices by KBS anchormen is included with the book.
KBS officials say it is a helpful tool to learn pronunciation and improve
listening comprehension skills.
"With the accompanying CD, students can practice repeating after each word or
sentence. The textbook can therefore be especially useful to those who are
trying to learn Korean on their own," Kim said.
In a press release, the radio station said that it expects the book will "help
enhance the communication capabilities of foreigners visiting the nation and
help the globalization of the Korean language and culture."
Let's Learn Korean is being distributed for free at certain Korean embassies
abroad and Korean language institutions as well as through KBS World Radio.
The contents of the book and the audio recordings are also available at the KBS
World Radio Web site (http://world.kbs.co.kr).
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 18:00:43 EDT
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] July 4-5 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
** ETHIOPIA. 7110.06, Radio Ethiopia, 2040-2101*, July 4, Horn of
Africa music. Talk in listed Amharic. Sign off with National Anthem.
// 9704.18 - both frequencies poor, weak in noisy conditions. (Brian
Alexander, PA)
** HONDURAS. 3340, HRMI - Radio MI, 0615-0630, July 5,
contemporary Christian music. Several English ID announcements
at 0619, 0622, 0623 and 0627 with ?Radio MI? IDs and mention of
San Bernardino, California address for reports. Poor in noisy
conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, U.S.A.
Equipment: TenTec RX-340, two 100 foot longwires
**************Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes for the
grill. (http://food.aol.com/grilling?ncid=emlcntusfood00000005)
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:48:10 -0400
From: aurel chiochiu <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Cc: Juan Carlos Lemieux <[email protected]>,
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], "Tudor M. Vedeanu"
<[email protected]>,
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected],
Girard Westerberg <[email protected]>,
[email protected], [email protected], Jorge
Medina <[email protected]>, Jorge Garcia
<[email protected]>, [email protected], "olivier.tequi"
<[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] foreign logs including a new one on shortwave
Message-ID: <00a001c9fdd3$6fd58200$6900a...@b>
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Warm greetings to all of you !
Nothing unusual was heard on either LW or MW... However the last night, I had
the pleasant surprise of tuning into an Algerian clandestine on 6300 kHz and
almost fell asleep listening to a man chanting the Koran... This was my best SW
catche in a while... Right now, I'm listening to a run-of-the-mil major
international broadcaster from Greece on 9420 kHz (actually it is better on
9421 kHz to reduce adjacent channel splatter from 9415), but is more
entertaining that the endless talk programs coming out of the French
broadcaster and more than pay off of finding the WANTED MOROCCO PEST ON 207 KHZ
RUNNING LOWER POWER ACCORDING TO A GERMAN DXER WHO VISITED PORTUGAL RECENTLY.
Into the logs:
Trans-Atlantic DX
162 FRANCE France Inter, Allouis JUL 5 0320 - "Comment voyager ?..." trip
related px with chatter relating trips to Bretagne (in westernmost France) and
to the Tibet ! Huge, peaking well over a growl from a nearby computer (that was
nulled somewhat when I looped north-east/south-west) and audible a little bit
on the Sangean barefoot just like RMC-216. (Chiochiu-QC)
171 MOROCCO Medi 1, Nador JUL 4 0230 - back-to-back Arabic vocals
interspersed with short comments by a woman in Arabic as well. Very good peaks
(i.e. around 0238 UTC), but also very poor ones with deep and slow fadings, but
not that bad overall. Overall SINPO 45323 + JUL 5 0230 - briefly fair with ra?,
otherwise way down in the noises the past night unlike the other night when
they were dominant, by far... They seem to habe dropped the bilengual
late-night French-Arabic request show ! Sad ! They used to carry that show on
weekends and on special weekdays. (Chiochiu-QC)
183 GERMANY Europe 1, Felsberg JUL 4 0246 - playing an oldfashionned French
chanson inside their talkshow... The signal was quite good, but static
scratches made following program content more challenging, even though it was
in French which is almost like a second mothertongue for me ! (Chiochiu-QC)
207 GERMANY Deutschlandfunk, M?nich JUL 4 0208 - Tentative with female opera
classical vocal... Very poor and noisy, but QRM-free, almost useless. No sign
of most wanted 207 RTM Azilal even though 171 quickly faded up to huge peaks.
Per SINPO 25221 (Chiochiu-QC)
216 FRANCE RMC Info, Romoules JUL 4 0405 - Very good / huge, interview with a
traveller from Montreal that spoke in accented French ! Audible a little bit on
the Sangean barefoot with the PK antenna on another corner of the room. SINPO
44444 thanks to greyline sunrise enhancement ! (Chiochiu-QC)
252 ALGERIA Alger Cha?ne 3, Tipaza JUL 5 0255 - Tentative; two men discussing
in an unID language... Even with local UL NDB on 248 kHz attenuated to a great
extent, the reception was mushy and fadey, the fades were more rapid that those
I'm used to when DXing the lower half of the longwave broadcast band; it almost
sounded like a flea powered signal on shortwave. Probably Algeria as still
hanging on after 0400 with the same pitifully hard-to-follow program content
with the sun shinning brightly at the co-channel Irish transmitter.
(Chiochiu-QC)
6300 ALGERIA RASD JUL 5 0620 - Man chanting the Koran followed by man with
comments in Arabic then what seemed to be a short musical interlude. Fair-poor
overall with utility QRM that was avoided using AM Narrow, but more exciting
than the run-of-the-mil of longwave Trans-Atlantics and the almost inexistent
mediumwave Pan-Americans. NEW ! Very excited about this one ! SINPO 23542
(Chiochiu-QC)
9420 GREECE Foni Tis Helladas JUL 5 2255 - just heard an accented woman
saying "You are listening to the Voice of Greece" in English over a nice
instrumental music jingle. Not as entertaining as the 6300 Algerian
clandestine, but still nice to listen to from time to time. Around 2300 UTC
improved with the 9415 kHz pest signing off ! SINPO 33433 at 2255 UTC and SINPO
45544 at 2300 UTC ! (Chiochiu-QC)
Pan-American DX
640 CUBA CMBC, Radio Progreso, Guanabacoa JUL 5 0406 - Presumed with Spanish
romantic vocals in mess. SIO 323. (Chiochiu-QC)
780 VENEZUELA YVNM, Coro, Falc?n JUL 3 0405 - Apparent romantic vocal very
poor in as deep as possible a null of both CFDR and WBBM. (Chiochiu-QC)
6185 BRAZIL Radio Nacional do Brasil JUL 5 0600 - Brasilian pops and ID...
Good atop a fluttery Mexican... SINPO 44544. Seems like Mexico performs very
poorly on SW and Colombia too... This is one of the few remaining South
American domestic SW broadcasters ! Sad ! (Chiochiu-QC)
Domestic DX
88.1 WHDX St Louis, MO 6/30 2005 - faded at the ToH ID, but the man announcer
mentioned St Louis several times. Huge signal almost local-like, EXCELLENT with
some fades ! SINPO 45324 This is the only one from the June 30 opening that I
IDed for sure ! (BC-PQ)
Additionnal comments:
I made a short aircheck of the 6300 mysterious Arabic clandestine
broadcaster... If anyone is interested in it, please let me know !
Also, my encoding cable seems broken once again, so I would go to La Source
next week to replace it ! This is perphaps the most bothersome event in my DX
carrer right now. I don't see myself DXing without airchecking... Last, but not
least, it becomes extremely difficult to find empty tapes... Does anyone knows
for sure when the last Maxell tapes will "leave the market alone" ? I badly
miss them, because my main rigs are also providing high-quality tapes and our
Sony XR-A33 AM Stereo car radio works with tapes, so for me tapes are more than
useful, they are mandatory ! Like I told my YV friends, I'm more into
collecting airchecks than into collecting QSLs, even though I have 3 of them !
Thanks to all of you who answered my inquiry regarding Morocco-207 ! Very much
appreciated ! So it would seem they are better heard on MW than on LW these
days (with CHNC-610 I will start hunting them on 612 kHz providing the solar
activity will still as low as it used to be the last season) !
Before I eave, I would like to suggest the friends from Barinas to purchase a
PK LW Loop, since the huge tropical trees and the poor ground conductivity in
areas such as Barinas are destroying the weak Trans-Atlantic signals on LW !
This report is brought to you by Bogdan Chiochiu in Pierrefonds (Montreal's
West Island), QC DXing LW using the Sangean ACS 818-CST / PK's Shielded
Magnetic loop, MW using the Sanyo MCD-S830 / PK AM Shielded loop and SW using
the Sangean ACS 818-CST / random wire terminated into a broken Yagi in our yard
May the good DX be with you !
Bogdan Chiochiu
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 79, Issue 6
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