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Today's Topics:
1. What happened to Solar Terrestrial Activity Report?
(Fabrizio Magrone)
2. Re: What happened to Solar Terrestrial Activity Report?
(Joe Strain aka Yodar)
3. Glenn Hauser logs October 4, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
4. Oct 3-4 Logs ([email protected])
5. Captaciones/Escutas/Logs (Arnaldo)
6. Logs (Robert Wilkner)
7. Logs from NH-USA, Sept 29-Oct 2. (Scott R. Barbour Jr.)
8. Logs (Manuel M?ndez)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:21:15 +0200
From: Fabrizio Magrone <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] What happened to Solar Terrestrial Activity Report?
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Hello,
does someone know what happened to Jan Alvestad's propagation site
Solar Terrestrial Activity Report (www_solen_info/solar)?
It is (was?) a very good source of information about propagation
conditions, in my opinion. Now the site is down and I'm forwarded to
a Sedoparking page that seems to be a source for trojans and other
malicious software. So be aware not to access it.
I can't find a new address for the propagation site, so it seems it
was let to expire. Jan, I miss your pages!
Fabrizio
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 08:28:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Joe Strain aka Yodar <[email protected]>
To: Fabrizio Magrone <[email protected]>,
[email protected]
Subject: Re: [HCDX] What happened to Solar Terrestrial Activity
Report?
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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I go here
http://www.spaceweather.com/
Yodar
words MEAN things
--- On Sun, 10/4/09, Fabrizio Magrone <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Fabrizio Magrone <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] What happened to Solar Terrestrial Activity Report?
To: [email protected]
Date: Sunday, October 4, 2009, 4:21 AM
Hello,
does someone know what happened to Jan Alvestad's propagation site Solar
Terrestrial Activity Report (www_solen_info/solar)?
It is (was?) a very good source of information about propagation conditions, in
my opinion. Now the site is down and I'm forwarded to a Sedoparking page that
seems to be a source for trojans and other malicious software. So be aware not
to access it.
I can't find a new address for the propagation site, so it seems it was let to
expire. Jan, I miss your pages!
Fabrizio
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 10:41:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 4, 2009
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** BRAZIL. The reactivated station on 9675, R. Can??o Nova, Cachoeira Paulista
SP, no doubt the source of Brazilian dialect religious talk, Oct 4 at 0601,
peaking S9+12 but with deep fades. Modulation rather distorted, but carrier
stable. Stronger than other Brazilians on 31m air, 9645v and even weaker 9565.
Hardly any sign of WYFR 9680 to bother, unlike super-signal it sometimes has
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Oct 4 at 1331: 8400 much better than 9000 just barely
audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. 5910 with peppy keep-you-awake music Marfil Est?reo perpetually
plays, Oct 4 at 0625. Did not listen long enough for a definite ID, but surely
HJDH, which operates quite sporadically, not heard for a week or two in routine
late-nite bandscans. And also with ute beepbursts every few seconds from the hi
side around 5911, somewhat escapable by offtuning to lo side (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Once again Oct 4 checked around 0620, RHC English on 6140, 6060 and
6010; Spanish frequency 6120 absent.
At 1503, no sign of any of the Al?, Presidente frequencies, starting with
13750. However, on later: see VENEZUELA [non]
But it`s Esperanto time at 1500, and that was running on 11760; after
``saluton,`` at 1503 took at least 5 minutes to introduce their schedule and
contact info. Sked given was (Sundays only, they should make clearer):
0700 6000
1500 11760
1900 11760
2330 6000 CAm, 5965 Carib, 9600 SAm
Also see new Esperanto website via http://www.radiohc.cu and referred to this
for more Esperanto: http://www.ameriko.org
Schedule above resembles what it was formerly, but is at great variance with
the one claimed on current website presented in Spanish,
http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/c_frecuencia/frecuencias.htm
that Esperanto is only at 1500 on 11760, and ``2400-2430 Sundays on 13790``,
the latter certainly not true as checked last week.
The new Esperanto page is http://www.radiohc.cu/esperanto/index.htm and linx to
http://www.radiohc.cu/esperanto/c_frecuencia/frecuencias.htm
which with Esperanto headings shows schedule in Spanish for all languages
starting with long-abandoned 12000 in Spanish at 11-15.
But after several minutes page had not finished loading to the bottom where
Esperanto schedule resides, and then it gave up. Navigation around the RHC
website is really sluggish!
Second try on a different browser got it to load, showing Esperanto:
Am?rica del Norte 6000 07-07:30 UTC
Norte Centro y Suram?rica 11760/5965 15?15:30/ 19:30?20/ 23:30-00 UTC
Am?rica Central 6120 23:30 -00 UTC
Buenos Aires 9600 23:30 -00
Now, just try to sort out which frequency goes with which time on the second
line amid all those slants! This nonsense pervades the RHC posted schedules.
Anyhow it more or less matches the announcement except for 6000 instead of 6120
at 2330.
Also linx to http://www.ameriko.org where it`s not clear if under Communist
control, but likely so as includes large audio archive of RHC`s broadcasts thru
last week 9/27 at http://www.ameriko.org/radiokubo
And the content of RHC`s Esperanto broadcast is mandatorily just as obsessed
with The Five Heroes, and Zelaya, Ch?vez as are the other languages, so why
bother? I certainly did not bother to keep listening after the introduxion
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. VOI, 9525.9, during English hour at 1333 Oct 4, strong signal but
heavy flutter, which was louder than the modulation! Flutter noise being
multipath interference by the original signal with itself thru the disturbed
ionosphere (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PORTUGAL. 15470, RDPI with much weaker signal than // 15560, Sunday Oct 4 at
1409, discussion of candidates and their gustatory preferences in extremely
slurred conversational Portuguese, swallowing syllable after syllable, gulp.
This frequency is on air weekends only at 14-16, 144 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. Disco lives! thanks to Radio Rossii, Oct 4 at 0617, ``Stayin`
Alive`` playing on both 7320 Magadan and weaker 7200 Yakutsk. Helps to keep
warm in Siberia? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3215, WWCR, Sunday Oct 4 at 0630 starting WORLD OF RADIO 1480
promptly with excellent reception. We can highly recommend this broadcast for
good, broad coverage of North America at least. Only two US SW stations are
smart enough to use 90m, which holds up when higher bands, sometimes even 60m,
are dead, and minimizes skip zone, altho less so than 120m where WWCR gave up
2390 sesquiyears ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. Nothing on any of the Al?, Presidente frequencies via CUBA,
starting with 13750, Sunday Oct 4 at 1500. Next check at 1703 found some of
them running expostulations of Hugo Ch?vez Fr?as, best by far on 13750, JBA on
17750, fair on 12010 echoing against 13750; inaudible and absent? from 13680,
11690 with RTTY. RHC posted schedules, otherwise somewhat updated, continue to
claim this starts at 1400, which it has not for many weeks. One Sunday we
caught 13750 cutting on in progress around 1545 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6170, surprised to find strong signal in English here, W&M
discussion about something in British accents, so BBCWS? Oct 4 at 0620. As I
started to look for //, it dumped off at 0621* and still had not resumed by
0630. Anyway, quite different programming was running on DW 7310, but it did
seem to have been similar by the time I got to BBC 9410. Nothing in the
schedules to account for this, so maybe BBC was testing or on the frequency by
mistake. RNZI starts 6170 at 0659, of course, but seems less likely to have
been them; and anyway I believe I had noticed RNZI earlier in the hour on 11725
where they should be (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Same type of extremely distorted spur as heard yesterday around
9485 was centered about 9432 on Oct 4 at 1334; fortunately just far enough from
AIR 9425 not to bother its strong signal. Hmmm, as I mentioned, the scheduled
// AIR National Service frequency 9470 via Aligarh was missing, and still
missing. Could that be the source of 9485 and 9432? On two receivers, I
attempted to match the `modulation` on 9432 with 9425 around 1349, and it was
sort of similar, but the 9432 signal was so bad that I could not be 75% sure.
If 9432 (or wherever it appears next time) come on just before 1320 like 9425,
that would be a hefty clue that it is indeed what is supposed to be on 9470.
Would listeners in S Asia please check out the blob for this? It may continue
on air all night like 9470 is supposed to (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15080-15105, OTH radar pulses presumed, Oct 4 at 1408, and most
likely from the NE rather than the NW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
###
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 17:56:55 EDT
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Oct 3-4 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** BOLIVIA. 4699.99, Radio San Miguel, Riberalta, 0155-0230,
Oct 4, Spanish ballads. Spanish talk. Poor in noisy conditions.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
** BRAZIL. 6009.95, Radio Inconfidencia, 2325-0010, Oct 3-4,
continuous Portuguese talk. IDs. Good signal. Fair signal with
adjacent channel splatter after 0000. Appears to be irregular.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
** CANADA. 6159.96, CKZN, St Johns, 1900-1920, Oct 4, still
slightly off frequency with English talk. Classical music. Weak
but readable. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 6025.04, Radio Amanecer, 1200-1215,
Oct 4, religious music. Spanish talk. ID announcements at 1203.
Promos. Poor. Weak with adjacent channel splatter. (Brian
Alexander, PA)
** ISRAEL. 15785.88v, Galai Zahal, 1845-1855, Oct 4, Hebrew talk.
Good signal but with a very slight wobbly carrier. Threshold signal
on // 6973. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** ZANZIBAR. 11735, Voice of Tanzania-Zanzibar, 1800-1809,
Oct 4, English news. ID as ?Voice of Tanzania-Zanzibar?. Swahili
talk at 1809. Poor to fair in noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 19:03:38 +0200
From: "Arnaldo" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], [email protected],
NoticiasDX <[email protected]>, Domesticas Y Tropicales
<[email protected]>, [email protected],
playdx2003 <[email protected]>, DXLD
<[email protected]>,
[email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Captaciones/Escutas/Logs
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RUSSIA
5920 Radio Rossii, Yelizovo (p), 0945-0949, October 03, Russian,
Talk by male, 34433
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
5940 Radio Rossii, Arman (p), 0950-0954, October 03, Russian,
talk by male, 22332, instrumental music, //7320 Khz with 24432
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
VANUATU
3945 Radio Vanuatu, Port Vila, 0955-1000, October 03, Vernacular,
music and short announcements, 24132
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:22:22 -0400
From: Robert Wilkner <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [HCDX] Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Logs from Florida and Australia..........
** ANGOLA
4949.746 Radio Nacional de Angola, 2020, Portuguese, full audio and
great local music, enthusiastic male announcer with many local time
checks. // 7216.764, which had much weaker audio. 3 OCT. (David Sharp,
NSW Australia: FT-950, NRD-535D et al.)
** BRAZIL
4885.000 Rdiff. Acreana, 2031, Portuguese, male reverb announcer,
mention of "Rio Branco" and many ments "Brasil." Finally into nice
ballad at 2036. Peaking nicely with my local sunrise. Several other
possible Brazilian long-paths today but this was the strongest. 3 OCT.
(David Sharp, NSW Australia: FT-950, NRD-535D et al.)
** MADAGASCAR
5009.943 Radio Malagasy, 2048, nice ballads and covers, including
reggae version of Leo Sayer's "When I Need You." Don't get to listen
every day at this time but seem to think they stay on late local
weekends, as nominal sign-off is listed as 1900 UT. Pulled plug mid-song
at 2053. Excellent signal. 3 OCT. (David Sharp, NSW Australia: FT-950,
NRD-535D et al.)
** NIGERIA
4769.966 FRCN Kaduna, 2041, continuous hilife music, weak audio but
readable. 3 OCT. (David Sharp, NSW Australia: FT-950, NRD-535D et al.)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2379.9 Brasil Radio Educadora, Limeira, SP presumed the one in
Portuguese 0930 on 3 October. [Wilkner]
3250 Honduras Radio Luz y Vida, San Luis 1108 Gospel program with om &
yl. 1 Oct. [Wilkner]
4699.945 Bolivia Radio San Miguel, Riberalta still in at 1040 to 1050
with strong signal. 1 October. [Wilkner]
4716.633 Bolivia Radio Yura, Yura with flauta and yl, 0956 fair signal
3 October [Wilkner]
4790 Peru Radio Visi?n Chiclayo silent 0900 to 1010 on Oct 3th [Wilkner]
4800 Mexico XERTA noted with weak signal 0935 to 1010 on 3 October
[Wilkner]
5765u Guam with talk on NASCAR 0955 3 October [Wilkner]
73s de Bob
Pompano Beach, Florida, US
Drake R 8 ~ Icom 746Pro DL
Noise reducing antenna
60 meter band dipole
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 18:55:28 -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, Sept 29-Oct 2.
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
3345, PNG, R. Northern Popendetta, 0958-1018, Oct 2, Tok Pisin. M & W
announcers at t/in; M ancr from ToH w/ presumed news; continuos thru t/out;
weak-poor. (Barbour-NH)
4828, ZIMBABWE, presuemed ZBC Gweru, 0106-0133, Oct 2, vernacular. Indigenous
mx, continuos thru BoH; poor w/ mild CODAR. (Barbour-NH)
4920, INDIA, AIR Chennai, 0022-0040, Sept 29, vernacular/English. W announcer
in vern. w/ talk; brief Hindi & clarinet mx bits; presumed commentary at 0030;
"This is All India Radio, the news read by..." in EG at 0035 w/ news in same;
mx at 0040; fair. (Barbour-NH)
4949.83, ANGOLA, presumed R. Nacional de Angola Mulenvos, 0308-0331, Oct 2,
Portuguese. Continuos format of announcer w/ brief talk between mx selections;
poor; logged same freq this past June. (Barbour-NH)
5010, INDIA, AIR Thiruvananthapuram, 0046-0102, Sept 29, venacular. Hindi vocal
mx w/ announcer between mx selections; snippet of "The Godfather" theme at
0056; M & W announcers thru ToH; fair. (Barbour-NH)
5860, KUWAIT, R. Farda, *0200-0214, Sept 29, vernacular. Carrier then
crash-start right into mx; M announcer w/ ID followed by mx; touch-tone fx w/
various announcers; good. (Barbour-NH)
6110, ETHIOPIA, R. Fana Addis Ababa, 0259, Sept 29, vernacular. IS at t/in; M &
W announcers w/ several IDs; M announcer w/ brief talk into HoA-like
instrumental mx at 0303; fair. (Barbour-NH)
9280, TAIWAN, WYFR Yunlin, 1102, Oct 2, Mandarin. "Amazing Grace" in CH; M
announcer over mx w/ passing ment. Family Radio; good. (Barbour-NH)
9525.9, INDONESIA, V. of Indonesia Jakarta, 1107-1122, Oct 2, Mandarin. W
announcer w/ talk & mx bridges; passing ments. of Indonesia; URL at 1121;
poor-fair. (Barbour-NH)
15285, SINGAPORE, BBC Kranji, 1348-1400, Sept 28, English/Mandarin. "BBC
Learning English" prg w/ expressions of dissapointment, "Authentic Real
English" IDs at 1355, as opposed to imitation fake English, I guess, pips & W
ancr at ToH; good until co-channel V. of Turkey IS at 1355. (Barbour-NH)
Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA
NRD-545, RX-350D, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:26:37 +0200
From: Manuel M?ndez <[email protected]>
To: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Espa?a
Escuchas realizadas en Friol
Sony ICF SW7600G
Antena de Cable, 10 metros, orientada WSW
ALEMANIA, 6140, MV Baltic Radio, 0923-0945, 04-10, locutor, alem?n,
identificaci?n en ingl?s: "MV Baltic Radio", m?sica pop en alem?n e
ingl?s. 45444. (M?ndez)
BRASIL
9505, Radio Record, Sao Paulo, 0920-0932, 04-10, portugu?s, locutor,
canciones brasile?as. Interferencia de emisora con programa en chino, en
la misma frecuencia. 23322. (M?ndez)
9565, Radio Tupi (Super Radio Deus e Amor), Curitiba, 0916-0925, 04-10,
locutor, portugu?s, religioso, predicaciones, curaci?n de enfermos.
24322. (M?ndez)
9630, Radio Aparecida, Aparecida, 0914-0918, 04-10, locutor, religioso.
En paralelo con 11855. 24322. (M?ndez)
9819, Radio Nove de Julho, Sao Paulo, 0912-0927, 04-10, locutor,
portugu?s, comentario religioso: "Celebraci?n de Deus", "Esta profec?a",
canciones religiosas. 24322. (M?ndez)
9675, Radio Can?ao Nova, Cachoeira Paulista, 0912-0926, 04-10,
portugu?s, religioso, transmisi?n del santo rosario. 34433. (M?ndez)
9695, Radio Rio Mar, Manaus, *1000-1010, 04-10, identificaci?n: "Radio
Rio Mar, ..., ondas curtas, 31 metros, 9695 kHz, 49 metros, 6160 kHz,
Radio Rio Mar, Manaos, Amazonia, Brasil". Canciones brasile?as. 24322.
(M?ndez)
11725, Radio Novas de Paz, Curitiba, 0940-0955, 04-10, locutor,
portugu?s, comentarios y canciones religiosas. 24322. (M?ndez)
11780, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 0932-0945, 04-10, canciones
brasile?as. 33333. (M?ndez)
11815, Radio Brasil Central, Goainia, 0910-0935, 04-10, canciones
brasile?as, locutor, comentarios, identificaci?n: "Radio Brasil
Central". 34433. (M?ndez)
11855, Radio Aparecida, Aparecida, 0907-0910, 04-10, locutor, portugu?s,
religioso, transmisi?n de la misa dominical. 24322. (M?ndez)
11915, Radio Gaucha, Porto Alegre, 0905-0917, 04-10, canciones
brasile?as, locutor, comentarios, portugu?s. 24322. (M?ndez)
11925, Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, 0901-0905, 04-10, locutor,
portugu?s, comentario: "Primeiro aniversario do programa". 34333. (M?ndez)
MEXICO, 6185, Radio Educaci?n, M?xico D. F., 0855-0905, 04-10, m?sica
cl?sica. 24322. (M?ndez)
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