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Today's Topics:
1. Regarding Mp3-players (bjorn fransson)
2. Radio Damascus on the Asiasat 2 satellite (kris)
3. Glenn Hauser logs August 2-4, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 10:17:40 +0000
From: bjorn fransson <[email protected]>
To: Hard-Core Hard-Core-DX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Regarding Mp3-players
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Hi,
Thanks to all of you, who sent so many positive responses to my question about
Mp3 players for DX-ers. I haven't found any yet, mostly because I haven't
tried, but I will surely do - thanks to you.
73 from Bj?rn Fransson
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 08:05:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: kris <[email protected]>
To: Kris Janssen <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Damascus on the Asiasat 2 satellite
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Dear radio-friends
I received a letter and reception report for Radio Damascus from Mr. Aaron Tiu
who is a listener in the Philippines.
The interesting thing is that he writes in his letter that he listens to Radio
Damascus on the Asiasat 2 satellite. I was not aware that Radio Damascus is
besides Hotbird, Arabsat and Nilesat also on Asiasat 2.
I asked my friends at Radio Damascus to check this out with the technical
department. If this is true, it's great news as this gives an extra outlet to
reach more listeners for Radio Damascus in the Asia region too. I am quite sure
that not many persons are aware of this possibility to tune in to Radio
Damascus.
I will also put the parameters to tune in to Radio Damascus on the Asiasat 2
satellite very soon on the unofficial Radio Damascus website at :
http://www.radio-damascus.net .
Satellite: Asiasat 2 satellite at 100.5 E
Frequency: 3820
Polarization: Vertical
Symbol Rate: 27500
Provider Name: Arabsat/ ASBU Bouquet/ Mux
Channel Name: Radio Sout Al-Sha'ab (Voice of the People) A-pid: 1512
Radio Damascus uses the Sout Al-Sha'ab (Voice of the People)channel from
1600-2400 UTC.
Kris Janssen (Belgium)
Radio Damascus Listeners Club
http://www.radio-damascus.net?or
http://www.syriaonline.sy/radio.php?or
http://radiodamascusenglish.podomatic.com?(as a podcast)
http://www.radio-damascus-listeners-club.tk?or
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/radio_damascus
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 11:54:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 2-4, 2009
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** CHINA. Firedrake August 2: at 1310 audible on 9000, not 8400. At 1330, fair
on 11300, none higher. August 3: not checked.
August 4: at 1255, poor on 9000, not 8400; at 1258 good but with flutter on
11300; same at 1358.
It`s not clear whether the lack of reception on 8400 and higher channels is due
to poor propagation and/or seasonal reduxion in jamming as Keith Perron
predicted, now that we are two months past the Tiananmen anniversary (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RHC has usually been in Spanish on 11760, but Aug 4 at 0526 they were
back in English as per schedule, // 6140, 6060 and 6010, interviewing an
American about The Cuban Five, injustice; named Susan Grok (sp?) talking to
Lena. Meanwhile RHC Spanish was on 6120, 6000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. As I tuned across R. Mart?, Sunday August 2 at 2129 on 13820
heard them plugging TV Mart? transmission times, which I unfortunately was not
prepared to copy, but I think they mentioned both a VHF and UHF channel, late
at night, as well as satellite channels.
And also plugged RM on 1620 kHz for east and central Cuba at 10 pm-midnight M-F
= 0200-0400 UT Tue-Sat --- of course via WDHP Virgin Islands, not mentioned as
such. This forces the DentroCubans to jam 1620 with a domestic network, and for
a lot more than 10 hours a week. WDHP, is it really worth it?
But this was not only on 13820: plus loud distorted plus and minus 50 kHz FMy
no-carrier spurs from Greenville around 13770 and 13870, // 11930 as well. How
convenient that RM spurs on 13 MHz band do not collide with RHC or its spurs.
At least the GB spurs are sporadic rather than permanent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, August 2 at 2115 found S9+18 signal but extremely
undermodulated, which was just fine for a screaming YL (?) preacher, from R.
Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. VOI checks: 1333 August 2 in English, still slightly below 9525.0
with hum; August 4, ditto but since it`s Tuesday, this must be Banjarmasin:
1301, introducing ``Exotic Indonesia`` co-produxion with RRI there, 1304 news
from Jakarta starting with crash of plane which left Jayapura, then another
news item switching back to Banj studio. Often in the Banjarmasin segments
there was some crosstalk on the feed. 1333 Today in History, including the Gulf
of Tonkin Resolution. 1337 interviewing guest from New Zealand; 1353 talk on
ancient history of Banjarmasin. 1357 ruined by CRI Russian pr?lude on 9525.0
before VOI could wrap up the English hour.
BTW, it`s more concise and a lot easier to follow log reports which
consistently as I try to do, put the times before each program detail, rather
than --- ``at xxxx``. And the date should go with the first time mentioned,
rather than at the very end or even in the credit line. When there is a date in
the credit line, it should mean the date of the report, not necessarily same as
date of reception (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PORTUGAL [and non]. RDPI, tuned in at 1959 August 2 just in time to hear
timesignal at 2000*. Checked against WWV a minute later, it was accurate to the
second. But I noted the frequency as 15540, while it must really have been
15560 as scheduled Sat/Sun until 2000.
An hour later at 2100 I happened to be tuned to REE via Costa Rica on 17850,
and their time signal was one second slow, partly but not completely due to the
satellite-delayed feed from Madrid, unless it take three hops (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Aug 4 at 1353 I checked 18770 before WWCR, and as soon as I tuned in
I heard the ``voice of the last days prophet of god``, i.e. WWRB second
harmonic audible weakly peaking to S6 thanks to sporadic E and // 9385. Then at
1355 I tuned WWCR 15825 and sure enough, it correlated with super-strength
signal carrying black gospel music show which replaced Tony Alamo. However,
13845, the UN/DGS/PMS channel, was absent again tho still running via Anguilla
11775 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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