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Today's Topics:
1. Brandon Jordan Logs - Aug 21 (Brandon Jordan)
2. 15785 Galei Zahal in Hebrew (Wolfgang Bueschel)
3. Glenn Hauser logs August 20-21, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
4. Radio Gloria International is on this Sunday (Tom Taylor)
5. Aug 21 Logs ([email protected])
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:36:51 -0500
From: Brandon Jordan <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected], HCDX CONTRIBUTIONS
- LATEST <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Brandon Jordan Logs - Aug 21
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* CANADA. 6160.881, CKZN, St. John's, 0440, Aug 21 - poor to fair signal
with CBC program, talks by men and woman, brief music clips. Noisy crowd
in this part of the band and the fun ended at 0559 when R Nederland
appeared on 6165 kHz. Carrier-only 6160.021 kHz should be CKZU
Vancouver? (Jordan-TN)
** DOMNINCAN REP. 4730.5v, Radio Discovery, Punta Cana, Aug 21 - tried
off and on since o000 UT, but have caught nothing. The usual UTE QRM on
the upper side just left at 0525 and still no discovery. (Jordan-TN)
** ZIMBOBWE. (tentative) 3396.000, Radio Zimbabwe, Gweru, 0411, Aug 21 -
they perhaps have the stability issue under control as they have been
right on 3396.0 all evening. Mainly carrier level and transmitter dawn
enhancement did initiate weak audio level beginning just after 0405.
African pop vocals, not quite Hi Life. Signal really faded quickly after
0418 UT Gweru sunrise. (Jordan-TN)
--
Brandon Jordan - Memphis, TN, USA
[email protected] - http://www.bcdx.org
Perseus + Wellbrook ALA330S
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:28:21 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] 15785 Galei Zahal in Hebrew
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ISRAEL 15785.00 Galei Zahal army forces radio sce in Hebrew, seems back
on 19mb again. Noted today Aug 21 around 1130 UT for the first time since
approx. July 27th. S=5-6 only, deep fades.
GERMANY? 6005 In approx. 1000-1100 UT slot noted an empty carrier with
S=9+15dB level, but no Radio.700 program from Kall-Krekel site so far.
Aug 21. wb.
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:43:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 20-21, 2009
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** AUSTRALIA. RA is regular on 15240, 15160, but not often heard on 15415, as
it was Aug 21 at 0517 with song, in English? Not // the others. 15415 is 329
degrees from Shep, alternating English and Indonesian and this was during a
semi-hour in the latter service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 13635 and 13660 with similar-sounding country gospel YL at 1336
Aug 21, but not //. No wonder: both are CVC Darwin, in English and Chinese
services respectively. Signals about the same too tho not on same azimuths, 303
and 340 degrees. At 1336, 13635 briefly inserted an English announcement; at
1341, 13660 interrupted for brief YL announcement in Chinese (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 7385, now the collision between RTI and ChiCom jamming is
here, ex-7185, and sounds about the same, with a SAH between them, Aug 21 at
1325. So the mess in the hamband on 7185 is finally gone. However, that`s bad
news for previous occupants of 7385, notably Tibet! The Aug 21 edition of Aoki
now has nothing on 7185, but in this time period on 7385 includes:
1000-1700 RTI Kouhu and *jamming since Aug 16
1500-1700 BBCWS via South Africa in English and African languages
0930-1700+ PBS Xizang
0700-1300 WHRI-6 M-F [but not really?]
Firedrake search Aug 21 found only one stand-alone between 8 and 19 MHz: 13500,
fluttery at 1334. Also barely audible // on 12040 where it mixes with CNR1
jamming and VOA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. Marfil Est?reo definitely absent from 5910, Aug 21 at 0509 check.
It`s quite easily heard when active (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Check of RHC Aug 20 at 2010: Spanish on 11760, 11770, distorted 11800,
barely on 13760 eclipsed by Portugal 13755. Per RHC`s own schedule 11770 is
supposed to be in Portuguese at 2000-2030, another victim of the Honduran
oligarchy, or rather RHC`s obsession with Zelaya`s plight.
At 0508 Aug 21, unlike 24 hours earlier, RHC English was back on 6010, and not
audible on 13790, // 6060, while Spanish on 6000, 6120, 6140. At 0514 I could
also detect very weak signal on 11760 with Spanish an echo apart from other
site on 6120.
13880 with remarkably strong S9+12 signal for a leapfrog spur (13680 over
13780), Aug 21 at 1337 with RHC b?isbol report, and as usual much weaker on the
other mix 13580.
DentroCuban Jamming Command goes bonkers, blasting away against nothing: at
least two heavy pulse transmitters, at different rates and fading independently
on 9545 at 0513 Aug 21, long after Radio Rep?blica quits at 0400. At 0515 heard
same type of jamming on 11930, but not synchronized with 9545. 11930 is of
course the R. Mart? frequency in use only at 14-24! Standard remark about
better expenditure would be for feeding undernourished DentroCubans, if not
merely conserving precious electrical fluid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Jeff White advised at 0056 UT Aug 21 that R. Discovery
was on the 4730 air:
``Glenn: We're on tonight in SSB. Maybe I can get George McClintock to switch
it to AM later on tonight and leave it on overnight.``
So I turned off and/or unplugged most household noise sources, computers and
TVs and tried at 0335 UT --- Yes, can detect SSB talking around 4730.5, but too
high atmospheric noise level plus weak (but plenty) RTTY QRM make copying any
details impossible. While weather is finally clear here, there are storms as
close as southern Oklahoma. Tried again at 0506, but nothing heard. What I did
hear earlier was broadcast-type speech, not two-way contacts, and since Brandon
Jordan in TN, previously measured R. Discovery on the same off-frequency, I am
quite sure I had it; altho on this UT date he could not hear it, nor later, so
maybe not on all-night. On the FRG-7 it`s easy to zero-beat WYFR on 7730.0 and
then find that RD is definitely not centered on 4730.0. Presumably about done
with this test as HFCC is wrapping up, but then moving transmitter to Santo
Domingo for eventual regular service. If R. Descubrimiento is licensed, what is
its HI- callsign? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WRNO, 7505, with (temporarily?) expanded schedule, as in previous
report, even more: Aug 20 at 2003 check there is music on frequency, must be
WRNO. Not clear what span their ultimate 12-hour-per-day SW service will
encompass, but would expect it to be mostly night hours if still avoiding
15590. OTOH, 7505 can reach a certain one-hop radius all day, tho liable to
lose out to absorption around noon. 7505 is supposedly available only between
22 and 16 per A-09 version 2 FCC listings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. WRMI, 9955, with (temporarily?) expanded schedule, to include at
least part of WRN relays which are on the webcast M-F at 16-24 = 40 hours per
week: poor but audible Aug 20 at 2004 with English news from Poland (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WWCR still on 15820 ex-15825, Aug 21 at 1339 with gospel music, good
signal. The transmitter schedule on website still shows 15825, but the home
page has this:
``NOTICE!!! As of 18 August, 15.825mHz frequency will temporarily move to
15.820mHz for testing.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 15470-15475-15476-15480, finally able to detect the DRM
test from Greenville with 8 kW, Aug 20 at 2005, only S6-S9 peaks, but plenty
enough to impossiblize any reception of LRA36, the poor unique Antarctican SW
station which don`t get no respect from the big guns (partly Argentina`s fault
for not registering its M-F 18-21 usage with HFCC --- if it`s not in HFCC,
everyone not paying attention may assume it doesn`t exist; or if they are
paying attention, may still pretend it doesn`t exist). The DRM sked is 20-22
UT, started in honor of HFCC Dominican Republic which is about to wrap up, but
it seems the IBB/HCJB DRM experiment from Greenville is supposed to continue
indefinitely; after all, this one is aimed at Europe, not DR, nor is the
9400-9405-9410 test, aimed NW, not a direxion the regular antennas at
Greenville are designed for.
While I was at it, looked for other DRM at 2005: 15275-15280-15285 HCJB with
S9; nothing on 17865-17870-17875 from Guiana French.
Greenville analog on 17895 was only poor vs previous log of weekend Music Time
in Africa, which was probably sporadic-E enhanced (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:14:03 +0100
From: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
To: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Gloria International is on this Sunday
Message-ID: <fa0ce150634f4264b222b630323fa...@dellcb21k2j>
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Radio Gloria International is on this Sunday
Radio Gloria International is on this Sunday the 23rd of August 2009
at 09.00 to 10.00 UTC on our normal channel of 6140 KHz.
M.V.Baltic. Information:
MV Baltic Radio relay service Schedule for summer 2009
1st Sunday - MV Baltic Radio
3rd Sunday - European Music Radio
4th Sunday - Radio Gloria International
We wish you good listening and good reception! 73s Tom
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:27:52 EDT
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Aug 21 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** DJIBOUTI. 4780, Radio Djibouti, *0300-0325, Aug 21, sign on with
National Anthem. Qu?ran at 0301. Arabic talk at 0311. Horn of Africa
music at 0322. Weak, poor with some utility QRM. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** ETHIOPIA. 6170, V of Tigray Rev, *0257-0310, Aug 21, sign on
with IS. Vernacular talk at 0300. Horn of Africa music at 0303. Poor
with strong adjacent channel splatter. // 5950 - weak under Okeechobee.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
** ETHIOPIA. 7165, V of Peace & Democracy, via Radio Ethiopia
transmitters. *0356-0432*, Aug 21, sign on with Horn of Africa music
and several IDs. Opening announcements at 0400 and talk in listed
Tigrinya. Some Horn of Africa music. Fair to good until 0403 when
covered by noise jammer. Constantly drifting on // 9559.85-9560.30,
but with a fair to good signal. Mon, Wed, Fri only. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** EURO-PIRATE. 6870, Radio Playback Int, 2350-0015, Aug 21-22,
Presumed. Pop/rock music. Announcements. Poor in t-storm static.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
** ISRAEL. 15785.0, Galei Zahal, 2115-2155, Aug 21, local pop music.
Hebrew talk. Weak but readable. Better on // 6973.0. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** MALI. 9635, RTVM, *0801-0835, Aug 21, sign on with about 30
seconds of flute IS & into vernacular talk. Rustic tribal music at 0826.
Poor in noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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