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Today's Topics:
1. Fri Dx (Charles B)
2. Logs from N.H. USA, Sept. 6-11th (Scott R. Barbour Jr.)
3. Glenn Hauser logs September 10-11, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
4. Ultralight Kchibo receivers tests (Giampiero Bernardini)
5. Sept 11 Logs ([email protected])
6. DRM Receiver Profiles released at IBC 2009 (Jaisakthivel)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:50:02 -0400
From: "Charles B" <[email protected]>
To: "Anker Petersen" <[email protected]>, "Bob Wilkner"
<[email protected]>, "Charles B" <[email protected]>, "dxld
dxld"
<[email protected]>, "Glenn Hauser" <[email protected]>,
"hard-core-dx hard-core-dx" <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, "shortwaveworld shortwaveworld"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Fri Dx
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Bolivia, 4699.96, Radio San Miguel, 1035-1050 Not much to report on this.
Noted a male in Spanish language comments during the period.
The signal kept fading to nil and was gone by 1050.
(Chuck Bolland, September 11, 2009)
Indonesia, 9680, RRI Jakarta, 1048-1133 With a very nice
signal this morning, noted two males in a Indonesian
Language conversation at tune in. Later canned promos
which was followed with the Qu'ran (hope I got the correct?).
This type of activity continued until the hour.
Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland, September 11, 2009)
Indonesia, 9524.94, Voice of Indonesia, 1057-1105, Prior to the hour,
noted a program of English language possibly. The signal was
very weak at this time and difficult to hear. However, at 1103,
noted a female in possibly Chinese language comments. The
signal improved considerably at 1103 which suggested that the
beam had been adjusted for this transmission. So the signal went
from poor to good. (Chuck Bolland, September 11, 2009)
Thailand,(relay) 11785, Voice of America, 1130-1205, Noted a
transmission of Chinese language comments and features with
the usual VOA theme between segments and some English
heard when a recorded comment was presented.
Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland, September 11, 2009)
China, 11785, China Radio International (tentative), 1130-1205.
Okay this station was on top of the VOA's transmission above
and was transmitting in Chinese language. Thought I might
hear Indonesia here at 1130, but Japanese was schedule
for them at that time and I didn't hear any Japanese during
the entire period. So, going with CRI for this one which
never missed a beat in their broadcast. Signal was fair to
good. (Chuck Bolland, September 11, 2009)
Watkins Johnson HF1000
26.37.34.65N 081.05.34.19W
Note: I have been out of service lately. Last Friday we had
a very bad lightening and thunder storm in this area and it was difficult
to avoid all of the static electricity bouncing off of the structures around
here. I heard a couple of loud claps over my dwelling that sounded
rather ominous, but I had disconnected all of my equipment. So I had
nothing to worry about, or did I? None of my receivers were hit, but
my TV antenna amplifier took a hit and so did my computer modem
via the telephone line. Live and learn. I think I am going to start passing
on these failures to my homeowners insurance?
Last year during the raining season, a similar incident occurred. A
very serious Lightening Storm was in progress with lightening hitting
all around the area. I had disconnected my antennas and grounding
from my receivers. However, one bolt of lightening found one of my
antenna feedlines and travel along into my house eventhough the line
had been disconnected with no where to go, the lightening exploded
in a ball of static electricity inside my home. Talk about ones life
flashing before his eyes? Even when everything is disconnected,
the power that exist in these storms is awesome and a mere space
of a few inches between the receiver and the antenna line, isn't going
to stop a billion watts of power from getting into ones equipment.
It seems like a billion to me.
Chuck
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:58:30 -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 N.H. USA, Sept. 6-11th
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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3279.8, ECUADOR, presumed LV del Napo Tena, 0950-1005, Sept 11, Spanish. W
announcer w/ talk b/w ballads; M ancr w/ religous talk; no ID noted; best
listening in ECCS-LSB. (Barbour-NH)
3925, JAPAN, R. Nikkei Tokyo-Nagara, 1007-1018, Sept 8. Familiar format of
classical/instrumental mx; poor; //6055 & 9595-good; I don't usually hear all
three parallels at the same time. (Barbour-NH)
4790.11, PERU, R. Vision Chiclayo, 0303-0315, Sept 9, Spanish. Announcer w/
continuos SP religous talk; fair-poor; slipping under band QRN. (Barbour-NH)
9580, GABON, Afrique Numero Un Moyabi, 1953-2002, Sept 6, French. FR talk under
dominant, co-channel Romania; in the clear after Romania 1958* w/ pop mx; 4
pips at ToH w/ ID; M ancr w/ nx; fair-good. (Barbour-NH)
9615, RUSSIA, WYFR Irkutsk, 1413, Sept 8, English. Usual fare w/ "Open Forum";
fair at best listening in ECCS-LSB; also noted on 9865 Petro-K; too poor to
determine if //. (Barbour-NH)
11710.47, N. KOREA, V. of Korea Kujang, 1428-1444, Sept 8, French. W ancr w/
talk; ID in passing at BoH; KR ballad at 1433; ancrs w/ talk; ID at 1442;
fair-good. (Barbour-NH)
11735, ZANZIBAR, RTZ Dole, 1847-1903, Sept 6, Arabic/listed Swahili.
Kor'an-like chanting under co-channel unid.; sounds Portuguese; possibly Brazil
tho 3:00 PM N.H. time seems early for that; 5+1 pips at 1901 followed by M ancr
w/ nx; soundbites; poor-fair. (Barbour-NH)
12000, AUSTRALIA, CVC Darwin, 1447-1504, Sept 8, Mandarin. Announcers w/ pop mx
& banter; ID at 1503; right back to mx; fair at best listening in ECCS-LSB.
(Barbour-NH)
15345, MOROCCO, RTV Marocaine Nador, 1927-1947, Sept 6, Arabic. Mx; Kor'an-like
chants at 1930; canned ID ancment at 1936 followed by prg. intro; W ancr w/
talk; (P) radio drama at 1944; good. (Barbour-NH)
Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA
NRD-545, RX-350D, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:57:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 10-11, 2009
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36 detectable carrier Sept 10 at 1910, 2036 with a bit
of music mixing with Greenville DRM, certainly unexpected, but both signals
quite weak. Later found that some other North Americans were getting LRA36
better this date (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA [and non]. 6070, CFRX, Sept 10 at 1218 with local Toyota ad; also
fast SAH of about 10 Hz, and no roar from ailing North Korean transmitter which
normally runs until 1250 or so. Therefore, I suspect the SAH, also noted
previously around 1256, is from that same NK transmitter which has been
remedied at least for now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. We are still suffering from local hi noise levels, especially on the
trop bands, but signals must be picking up as on Sept 10 between 1229 and 1234
I was getting some audio on 4950, Chinese? should be V. of Pujiang, and 5050,
Vietnamese? should be Beibu Bay Radio. Also 4460 CNR1. 5030 CNR1 is audible
just about every morning, tho overshadowed by Cuba 5025, so I rarely bother
logging it. Plus several Korea North frequencies, q.v.; also CNR1 at 1243 with
kids voices including artificially higher-pitched, sped-up, // on 7365, 7305.
Per Aoki, both 7365 and 7305 at this hour are genuine broadcasts from
Shijiazhuang 724 site and not jammers!
Firedrake, Sept 10 at 1247 on 8400, good with flutter, also 9000. Sept 11 at
1310 poor on 10210 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 4750, becoming audible vs the noise level, Sept 10 at 1233,
Indonesian, so RRI Makassar, vs the co-channel stations which should go
elsewhere than 4750. Also audible Sept 11 at 1245 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 5890, VOA Korean, usually in the clear, but Sept 10
at 1225 had roaring jammer and still at 1332; 24+ hours later, in the clear
again. Ron Howard theorizes that The Dear Leader doesn`t have enough jammers to
go around, so targets vary from day to day. See also CANADA [non], where 6070
is supposed to be an intentional NK broadcast in Japanese rather than jamming.
The KNDF clandestine frequencies from N to S Korea: Sept 10 at 1233 on 4557,
this one making the oscillating jamming sound, so that`s from the South? Also
CODAR in the mix; at 1235 singing on 4450, flutter, CODAR, no jamming heard. At
1236 on 3480, jamming and het like on 4557.
The 105-meter band was back with 2850 KCBS audible in music at 1239 Sept 10
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. RNW via Tinang, PHILIPPINES, 9650, Sept 10 at 1312 just
barely audible under CRI via Sackville, and virtually on same frequency, unlike
the day before when RNW was relatively strong and hetting (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3385, Sept 10 at 1237 a bit of Pidgin? talk and music
audible, presumed Radio East New Britain, best of the PNG channels here at this
still too-late hour shortly after local sunrise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 11920, RRI with lively pop music show, Friday Sept 11 at 1320-1340,
IDs in Romanian for Actualitatsi service. Fair signal tho not aimed usward, 285
degrees from Galbeni. Still miss their defunct morning hour in English, but
this will have to do (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 11620, Sept 10 at 1940 with accordion music, announcement in English
soon recognized as Justin Coe, ergo REE, weekday hour to Africa (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DGIEST)
** U S A. WINB continues to show disrespect for the Stars & Stripes and the
National Anthem: 9265, Sept 10 at 1259 sign-off announcement starts by talking
over the Star Spangled Banner (as if their airtime were too precious to
separate them), 1300 off. It seems they do not come up on 13570 ASAP as per
schedule. That was still inaudible at 1319. Does it start around 1400? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WEWN spurs: Sept 10 at 1403, Spanish on 11550 accompanied by filthy
FM rackets on 11540 and 11560. At 1408, 11550 had weakened a bit and suffered
itself from the Taiwan off-frequency het (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WBCQ, 7415, JBA here during 1900-1930 UT Thursday Sept 10 first
airing of WORLD OF RADIO 1477. Before 1900 I had noticed 9330-CUSB on air with
usual financial infomercial, and 9330 was also on at 1933 check with Amos &
Andy, which is scheduled on 7415 only. So did much better daytime signal on
9330 too stay on air between 1900 and 1930 with World of Radio? Wish I had
thought to check. Try that henceforth in case (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 5970, Sept 10 at 1215, chant-like speech in Asian language
causing fast SAH of approx. 15 Hz with REE Costa Rica. 1227 ``Know Redeemer
Liveth`` hymn theme, Korean, contact addresses for Family Radio. Per Aoki at
12-13 this is YFR via Komsomol`sk-na-Amure, DVR, while REE is direct from
Spain, the latter obviously incorrect (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZANZIBAR. 11735, RTZ, provided some nice Arab music to doze by, Sept 10 from
1950 to 2020 when went back to mostly talk. Lo audible het thruout but Zanzibar
atop and not too bothersome. Is Radio Rossii active there, or was the het
internally produced? Nothing else listed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5785-5845, presumed OTH radar clix from China, Sept 10 at 1225.
And 4840-4890 at 1232 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. SSB intruders, 11789.9, again being heard on apparently regular
morning schedule in tonal Asian language, Sept 10 at 1405, intermittent
conversation, last heard around 1428 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:40:33 +0200
From: "Giampiero Bernardini" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Cc: Mwdx List <[email protected]>, [email protected], HCDX
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Ultralight Kchibo receivers tests
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<5b9bd0362fae1340b6aab3c4ca7afe7702fef...@exch04.local.avvenire.it>
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Ciao,
Ho appena postato sul mio blog le prove di diversi ricevitori ultralight
Kchibo, DSP e non. Ci sono anche diverso foto. Se a qualcuno interessa
puo dare un occhio qui:
I just posted on my blog a text about the tests I made with some Kchibo
ultralight receivers, DSP and not. It is in Italian but you can use an
on line translate tool:
http://radiodxinfo.blogspot.com/
Buon fine settimana
Giampiero
Giampiero Bernardini
Milano, Italia
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:45:32 EDT
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Sept 11 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA-36, 1830-1900, Sept 11, very weak
with bits & pieces of Spanish ballads, Spanish talk. Tentative.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
** ARGENTINA. 6059.99, RAE, 2307-2325, Sept 11, Spanish
ballads. Spanish talk. ID. Strong but some adjacent channel splatter.
Weak on // 15345.00. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** ARGENTINA. 15345.00, RAE, 2040-2055, Sept 11, classical
music. ID. French talk. Weak but in the clear. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** ETHIOPIA [non]. via Julich, Germany, 13830, Radio Oromiyaa
Liberation. *1730-1800*, Sept 11, sign on with Horn of Africa music
and opening ID announcements. Vernacular talk. Horn of Africa
music. Fairly well covered by noise jammer at 1732. Fri only.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
** EURO-PIRATE. 7550.04, Radio Amica, 2115-2200, Sept 11, lite
pop music. Italian announcements. ID. Poor. Weak. Improved to a
fair level at 2300 check. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** NIGER. 9705, LV du Sahel, Niamey, 2100-2301*, Sept 11, back
on the air after being silent for about a week or so. Qur?an, French
and vernacular talk. Tribal chants. Qur?an at 2255 followed by short
flute IS and choral National Anthem at 2259. Fair to good after Ethiopia
9704.18 signed off at 2100 but severe adjacent channel splatter at
about 2258. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** SUDAN. 7200, SRTC, 0445-0451*, Sept 11, Presumed. Sounded
like Sudan here with Arabic talk. On the air a little later than their
usual 0430 sign off. Poor. Weak. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** ZANZIBAR. 11735, Radio Tanzania-Zanzibar, 1800-1815, Sept 11,
English news. ?Voice of Tanzania-Zanzibar? ID. Swahili talk at 1809.
Arabic style music at 1814. Good signal but difficult to understand
the English due to thick accent. Weak unidentified co-channel QRM.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:20:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jaisakthivel <[email protected]>
To: dxld <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] DRM Receiver Profiles released at IBC 2009
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Amsterdam, 11th Sep 2009: The DRM Digital Radio Receiver Profiles, which define
minimum functionality for different classes of digital radio receivers, have
been released in Amsterdam at IBC today. The Profiles aim to help manufacturers
build stand-alone DRM or multi-standard receivers and stimulate digital radio
markets across the world.
The Receiver Profiles offer significant benefits to all stakeholders in the
radio market; for broadcasters they provide assurance that their services will
be receivable and for manufacturers that their technology investments will be
supported by a wide choice of services. For consumers the Receiver Profiles
ensure that the products they purchase have the necessary features to offer
consistent quality and assured levels of interoperability across their region
and beyond. Regulators can use the Receiver Profiles to develop strategies and
policies for digital radio broadcasting within national boundaries or with
reference to trans-national and harmonised markets.
The Profiles have been developed by the DRM Consortium with the aid of its
member experts representing silicon chip manufacturers, consumer device
manufacturers, radio broadcasters and other experts from across the industry.
The development of the Receiver Profiles has taken into account important
market considerations including the consumer experience, manufacturing issues
and broadcaster requirements.
Lindsay Cornell, Chairman, DRM Technical Committee and BBC?s Principal Systems
Architect, says: ?Products conforming to the DRM Receiver Profiles will provide
a step change in usability over analogue radios. The Profiles are composed of
mandatory features which must be implemented and recommended features which
offer enhancements with wide appeal. Manufacturers may offer additional
features in order to differentiate their product from others.?
Ruxandra Obreja, Chairperson DRM and Controller Business Development, BBC World
Service, says: ?The DRM Consortium will actively encourage its members to adopt
the DRM Digital Radio Receiver Profiles. With ETSI approval of our system
enhancement to include DRM+, DRM offers a total solution for digital switch
over. The Receiver Profiles should stimulate the receiver manufacturing
industry paving the way for full DRM roll-out?
The DRM Receiver Profiles document can be accessed by clicking on the link
below. http://www.drm.org/press
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Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India
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