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Today's Topics:
1. The transmission network of the Ruhunu regional Service of
SLBC upgraded. (Jaisakthivel)
2. Sat Morn Dx ([email protected])
3. Broacast band loggings from the Radio Shack in Fredriksfors,
Sweden (Ronny Forslund)
4. Glenn Hauser logs August 21-22, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
5. LOG 22/08/2009 (Jorge Freitas (Yahoo))
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:01:58 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <[email protected]>
To: dxld <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] The transmission network of the Ruhunu regional
Service of SLBC upgraded.
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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The transmission network of the Ruhunu regional Service of SLBC upgraded.
The transmission network of the Ruhunu regional Service of the
Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation has been upgraded. Accordingly, a
new transmission with a capacity of five kilowatts is in place from
today. This measure to enhance the quality of transmission is one step
in the programme of SLBC Chairman Hudson Samarasinghe to improve the
transmission network in Deniyaya. (Source: SLBC Website)
_______________________
Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:14:00 -0000
From: <[email protected]>
To: "worlddx" <[email protected]>, "Robert Wilkner"
<[email protected]>, "Marie Lamb" <[email protected]>, "Logs
DSWCI
Logs DSWCI Logs DSWCI" <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, "Chuck B" <[email protected]>,
"Anker Petersen" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
"CUMBREDX" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Sat Morn Dx
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Peru, 6019.30, Radio Victoria, 0910-0920, Noted the "Crying
Preach" in religious comments during the period. Plenty of splatter
from 6020 stations. Victoria was poor. (Chuck Bolland, August
22, 2009)
Russia, 5920, Radio Rossii, 0923-0935, Noted a male in Russian
language comments, followed immediately with Russian choir type
singing. No sign of WBOH yet. Maybe they are skipping over
me? Rossii is armchair at this time however. At 0928 the announcer
returns with more comments. On second thought, when the male
is in Russian comments, I can hear a slight signal from WBOH under
Rossii. At 0929, more music which is possibly from the earlier
years before the 1917 revolution or maybe after? What was their
recording technology like in those years, don't know? Checked
5940 for parallel and heard a weak signal there with same program.
Rossii was good on 5920 KHz when I dropped it at 0935. (Chuck Bolland,
August 22, 2009)
Korea, S. 6155, KBS, 0947-1000*, Noted a couple of females in
Japanese language conversation at tune in. Something like music is
heard at 0953. This is followed with more Japanese comments from
a female. At 0957 more music presented. This will probably be the
last of it for today since this schedule should last until 1000. We'll see?
At 0959 closing comments from two females in Japanese who say
goodby. This is followed by an ID in English from a male. Signal
off at that time. (Chuck Bolland, August 22, 2009)
Watkins Johnson HF1000
26.37N 081.05W
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:11:58 +0200 (CEST)
From: "Ronny Forslund" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Broacast band loggings from the Radio Shack in
Fredriksfors, Sweden
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Some broadcast band loggings made by Jan Edh at the radio shack of Delsbo
Radioklubb in Fredriksfors, Sweden:
NORTH AMERICA
1450 20.8 0216 AM Gold, Bermuda ?This is the...AM Gold?. Not its usual
format, this time a more sacred style of music.
SOUTH AMERICA
COLOMBIA
1070 20.8 0155 HJAH Emisora Atlantico, Barranquilla jingle and id.
Stronger than Santa F?. JE
1190 20.8 0202 HJCT La Voz de la Costa, Barranquilla with id and promos.
Later religious programme. 1190,337. JE
1290 20.8 0233 HJKY RCN Girandet (1289,995). ?www.rcn.com? plus news
promo. JE
1310 20.8 0231 HJJZ Radio Manantial, Bogota. Muffled audio. RNV plus
another Spanish speaking station. JE
1370 20.8 0243 HJKX Radio Mundial Autentica, Bogota dominant, with another
two Spanish speaking statins on fq. JE.
1400 20.8 0230 HJKM Emisora Mariana, Bogota. Very strong snd steady
although both Harbour Light and CBG came in now and then. ?Una radio para
nos?. JE
1430 20.8 0258 HJKU AM 14-30, Bogota. Promo for breakfast show. Exact fq
1430,063. JE
1450 20.8 0252 HJN? La Carinosa, Manizales. ID with time, frequency etc.
1450,027. JE
VENEZUELA
1020 20.8 0159 YVMX Radio Calendario, Maracaibo with lots of id:s. Another
LA on 1020,003 sofar unid... JE
1330 20,8 02.57 HJFE Antena 2, Pereira with call letter ID plus sports. JE
(Jan Edh, Delsbo Radio Club, in the 'From the Radio Shack' blog
http://www.radioenthusiasts.blogspot.com )
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:30:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 21-22, 2009
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** CANADA. CHU is rarely strong enough here to tell, but as Liz Cameron, MI,
has been noting, there is some buzz mixing with the 7850 signal, Aug 22 at
1221. It`s more obvious with BFO on, and the transmitter seems slightly
unstable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Searching every kHz between 8 and 19 MHz for Firedrake, Aug 22
between 1200 and 1300, only found one, and it is new, 10210, poor with flutter
at 1230. Next check at 1310, inaudible, altho next2 check at 1359 there it was
again, but carrier cut off at 1400:30.
A few months ago FD was showing up in the 10.2+ MHz range, no doubt prompted by
Sound of Hope using such frequencies. By golly, today`s edition of Aoki already
has 10210 as a [possibly] 24 hour 1 kW Xi Wang Zhi Sheng SOH outlet, from
Taiwan, 119-55 E. 26-10 N, and *jammed of course.
As for the absence otherwise of far out-of-band FD, this happened about the
same time as Typhoon Morakot, so I theorize that many of the SOH low-power
ham-type transmitters on Taiwan were blown off the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. Missing the night before, Marfil Est?reo back on 5910 air Aug 22
at 0538 with typical music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. My thorough morning bandscan Aug 22 encountered DentroCuban Jamming
Command pulses in some odd spots, probably spurs from nearby intentional
jamming frequencies, or one of the innumerable transmitters on each victim
channel mistuned.
1220 on 7378, covering 7375-7380, from 7405? Sometimes there is jamming against
nothing on 7365 when not in use by Mart?, not now.
1229 on 9930, lite pulses, no sign of scheduled T8WH Palau, vs very heavy
jamming against inaudible WRMI 9955, which itself is totally uncalled-for as
WRMI is now broadcasting R. Prague 7 days a week during this entire sesquihour.
Commies vs ex-Commies? How many poor DentroCubans are starving because of this
waste?
1246 on 9775, more weak but unmistakable pulsing, probably related to the heavy
jamming on 9805 Mart?. Collateral victims in this case would be Fu Hsing,
Taiwan, and/or CNR-2 Beijing, unheard, in their own radio war. Notice that
these Cuban jamming spurs(?) are typically 25-30 kHz on the lo side, not the hi
side of the prime frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 5980, R. Mart?, Aug 22 at 1159:30 cut off the air just as SW QSY
announcement was starting, before any of the next batch of frequencies could be
mentioned, leaving listeners stranded. How about a bit closer co?rdination
between Miami and Greenville if not Washington? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. 13860 with YL in French, Aug 22 at 1234. It`s DW via Sines,
PORTUGAL during this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. Have not bothered to report VOI lately, but for the record, still
going with English hour on 9524.9, Aug 22 at 1316 check reminiscing about the
Japanese occupation. Signal rather weak; it was much better an hour earlier in
Indonesian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 6070, free of CFRX QRM so now the big roar from Pyongyang`s
ailing transmitter can be heard in the clear, Aug 22 at 1204. Hardly any
program modulation makes it thru the self-inflicted QRM, but heard a bit of
music and 1210 traces of talk. Per Aoki, This is VOK`s Japanese service at
0900-1250, 125 kW, 109 degrees from Kanggye, which no doubt has an audience in
Japan of approximately zero. How many poor North Koreans are starving because
of this waste? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. KBSWR, 9650 via Canada, paused in bandscanning
Saturday Aug 22 to listen to a few minutes of Worldwide Friendship mailbag
show. At 1248 the YLs were reading some listener comments from website, but I
heard no apology for publishing contest winners` full e-mail addresses.
1251-1254 weekly listening tips from Kevin O`Donovan in Farmington NM: LRA-36
currently being heard in Europe; Brunstr?m heard RAE 15344; Willie`s Place
(Nelson) is on Sirius 64 and XM something this weekend. If KBS is not enough
for you from Korea, TBS-EFM is a 24-hour English station from Seoul, with
Korean and Western pop music, some live news and talk shows, such as 11-13 UT
``In Town`` hosted by Sue Pa[r]k of KBS itself with pop hits and messages,
webcast via http://tbsefm.seoul.kr
Checking that website, they case it ``tbs eFM``, and the show is axually ``M
Town``, the hostess a.k.a. Park Su-yeon,
http://tbsefm.seoul.kr/efm/pro_main_mtown.jsp?id=mtown
So what does M stand for, music/messages? BTW, TBS stands for Traffic
Broadcasting System so no doubt we will also know all about the latest jams.
Contact Kevin at dxshow @ gmail.com
Back to Seoul for the last few minutes, some KBS program previews for following
week, but unfortunately ``today`s program highlights`` has been eliminated from
KBS website in all languages. However, little by little they are enabling
streaming to work on Macs, and also are twittering the latest news in English
every minute (?!) via http://twitter.com/kbsworldradio
I notice KBS just refers to `Korea`, not `ROK`, or `South Korea`, as if there
were none other (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also NETHERLANDS
[non]
** MEXICO. R. Mil, 6010, in the clear with fair signal, Aug 22 at 1200 with SEP
PSA, ID for XEOY 1000 only, jingle and into music show, where Mexican music
lives.
RASA M?rida, 6104.7, Aug 22, must have intuned just in time at 1205 as heard ad
in Spanish strangely giving website ending in .uk, but big het from 6105.0, and
also squeezed by stronger 6100 and 6110 signals. In next few minutes, could not
pull any further audio from XEQM, which faded down quickly, but still able to
het. 6100 is CRI in Russian via Beijing site; 6105 is Taiwan in Cantonese via
Kouhu; 6110 is ChiCom jamming/VOA Tinian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) See also UNIDENTIFIED 6045
** NETHERLANDS [non]. Hearing RNW in Dutch where I should not: 6225, Aug 22 at
0521, quite readable as BONAIRE leapfrog of 6165 over NHK relay this semihour
only on 6195.
Also as soon as KBS via Sackville [see KOREA SOUTH] quit at 1259 Aug 22, RNW IS
and Dutch announcements for Indonesia via Tinang, PHILIPPINES in clear for less
than a minute until Sackville came back on with CRI relay. Sack is switching
from 268 to 240 degrees during this break, and CRI does come in a bit stronger
here, but RN continues audible underneath until 1330 at varying levels
depending on day-to-day propagation fluxuation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 13845, WWCR with very poor signal at early hour of
1235 Aug 22, not Brother Scare but certainly someone else preaching on The
Overcomer Ministry, for // 3185 WWRB, but 13845 a few sex ahead of 3185 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. 9735, RTI Japanese service reactivated, Aug 22 at 1317, poor signal,
no spurs today on 9730 or 9740. This is the Tainan transmitter that was blown
off by typhoon, and temporarily replaced by 7130 from another site, where
nothing was audible today. FE reports indicate this came back several days ago
but first time I`ve heard it again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. The first WWCR airing of WORLD OF RADIO 1474 confirmed on new
experimental 15820 ex-15825, Friday Aug 21 at 2029:30 (rather than starting as
early as 2028:30 sometimes), only fair signal here in the skip zone with no Es
to help. Also Aug 22 at 1238 still on 15820, for how much longer? poor with
preacher (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also SOUTH CAROLINA [non]
** U S A. WRNO must have been testing longer hours on 7505v, but Aug 22 at 0515
it was off as usual. Propagation was a bit strange, but surely would have heard
some sign of it if on.
Also at 0510, 0515, WEWN absent from 7555 and 11870, but they have been missing
quite a bit of airtime lately.
At 0515, usually dominant WYFR was JBA on 9680 and 9715, even less on 9355 and
9385, but good on 7730, so the MUF had plunged to between 8 and 9 MHz (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. A few weeks ago I found a time when World Harvest Radio was axually
broadcasting DXing with Cumbre on SW, Sunday 1200 on WHRI 9410. The online
schedule still shows it also Saturday on same, so finally checked for that Aug
22: NOTHING, not even on the air at 1223, so WHR`s fantasy scheduling is
reconfirmed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 9490, Aug 22 at 1225 M&M conversation, sounds like a mix
between Korean and Japanese --- maybe Korean with a Japanese accent? That must
surely affect some individuals with a cross-cultural background, but would not
expect to be heard on VOA, which this turned out to be per schedule, 1200-1300
via Saipan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Shortly after I tuned in 6045, Aug 22 at 0529, BBC Hausa via
Ascension went off abruptly while still talking, but before it did I was
noticing a fast rippling SAH, like we used to get from slightly off-frequency
and very low-powered XEXQ San Luis Potos?, which has not been reported in
months. And I never hear any trace of it around 1200/1400 when frequency is
clear. However, after BBC off there was no audio to pull. Could also have been
the new Uruguayan; nothing else scheduled, but bears further investigation
0530-0600 before 6045 is blocked another hour by KBSWR via Sackville (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISITENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6950-7000 approx., over-the-horizon radar pulsing/clicking,
presumably China, at 1214 Aug 22. Then also heard a matching segment 6800-6840
peaking at 6820 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:43:39 -0000
From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
"Hard Core DX" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] LOG 22/08/2009
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Ap?s um tempo sem DX, umas escutas para sentir a propaga??o que continua
baixa. Percebi menos ru?dos tanto el?tricos, do meu local de escuta, quanto
atmosf?rico principalmente em OT, mas infelizmente n?o se sintonizava nada
at? as 2140 UTC.
5920 22/08 2113 RUSSIA, Voice of Russia, PP, desde Krasnodar, com 200 kW, OM
apresenta nx, 35333 (Jorge Freitas-B)
5940 22/08 2105 ZAMBIA, CVC, EE, desde Lusaka, com 100 kW, pop gospel mx, (a
saudosa CVC....!!!), as 2107 UTC uma animada apresenta??o entre OM e YL,
vinheta, 24332 (Jorge Freitas-B)
6020 22/08 2058 MADAGASCAR, Family Radio, EE, desde Talata-Volondry, com 50
kW, OM fala em considera??es finais, ID e sinal ID, fim tx, uma surpresa
essa escuta, uma pena ter sido no final da tx, 23332 (Jorge Freitas-B)
6050 22/08 2045 TIBET, PBS Xizang, em Chinese, desde Lhasa, com 100 kW,
curta fala de YL entre bonitas musicas orquestradas, inclusive algumas
ocidentais, (lembrando do artigo do colega Wilson Rodrigues no ATDX
impresso, realmente uma programa??o agrad?vel do outro lado do mundo em um
idioma dif?cil e a "agrad?vel" escuta caracter?stica de OC), durante a
agrad?vel escuta ouve-se de vez em quando o canto de p?ssaros, 34333 (Jorge
Freitas-B)
6055 22/08 2039 LITHUANIA, Voice Islamic Rep Ira, SS, desde Sitkunai, com
100 kW, OM apresenta nx, poss?vel QRM de fundo da R Rwanda em FF e na mesma
freq??ncia, 23332 (Jorge Freitas-B)
6060 22/08 2035 ARGENTINA, R Nacional Argentina, SS, desde General Pacheco,
com 30 kW, an?ncios, ID e logo ap?s uma entrevista do locutor a um OM pelo
telefone, 33333 (Jorge Freitas-B)
6110 22/08 2005 ETHIOPIA, R Fana, em Amharic, desde Addis Ababa, com 100 kW,
pop mx caracter?stica Et?ope, moderada a forte QRM n?o identificada, as 2010
UTC OM fala, apesar da QRM a qualidade da modula??o ? boa, parece um efeito
de som em uma sala vazia que deixa clara a modula??o, as 2014 UTC nova
sequ?ncia musical, sinal melhorando, 23332 (Jorge Freitas-B)
6125 22/08 1954 ROMANIA, R Romania Int, em serbian, desde Tiganesti, com 100
kW, YL com coment?rios finais e ID, as 1955 UTC sinal ID e fim da tx, 35333
(Jorge Freitas-B)
6250 22/08 1928 EQUATORIAL GUINEA, RN Guinea Ecuatorial, SS, desde Malabo,
com 10 kW, sequ?ncia de pop mx africana, as 1931 UTC OM apresenta nome do
grupo musical e continua a falar, ap?s mais uma sequ?ncia musical OM fala e
informa ID, muitos coment?rios sobre Malabo, completamente inaud?vel ap?s as
1950 UTC, 25332 (Jorge Freitas-B)
6300 22/08 2118 ALGERIA, Nat.R.of Sahara ArabD Rep., AA, desde Rabouni, com
20 kW, inflamado discurso de OM, 35333 (Jorge Freitas-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 Balun 4:1
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"
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