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Today's Topics:
1. LOG 12/10 (Jorge Freitas (Yahoo))
2. QSL Report (J.D. Stephens)
3. SLBC resumes its transmissions on Wanni service (Alokesh)
4. Glenn Hauser logs October 12, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
5. Update to WBOH Info (J.D. Stephens)
6. Radio Prague Closing (Paul)
7. CVA via RVA in B09 (Alokesh)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:43:14 -0000
From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
"Hard Core DX" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] LOG 12/10
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Ontem ? noite, 11/10, e hoje pela manh?, 12/10, a propaga??o saiu de folga
para aproveitar o feriad?o e estava pior do que nunca, rss. Emissoras com
500 kW chegavam aqui com sinal d?bil e o sil?ncio pairava sobre todo o
espectro das ondas curtas. At? OM eu tentei ontem e n?o achei nada que
merecesse um log. Essas emissoras africanas costumam chegar freq?entemente
por aqui, apesar de ultimamente estar muito dif?cil se ouvir as tr?s juntas
como nesse dia.
7110 11/10 1925 ETHIOPIA, R Ethiopia, em Amharic/Oro./Tig., desde Addis
Ababa-Gedja, com 100 kW, tradicional mx Et?ope, as 1928 UTC OM e YL
apresentam nx e citam Obama (provavelmente o assunto do momento sobre o seu
contestado premio Nobel) 35433 (Jorge Freitas-B)
7125 11/10 2046 GUINEA, R Conakry, em French/Dialects, desde Conakry-Sofon.,
com 100 kW, pop mx Guinea, as 2050 UTC OM em franc?s talk e logo ap?s mais
pop mx, parece ser um programa musical, 35333 (Jorge Freitas-B)
7175 11/10 1932 ERITREA, Vo Broad Masses 2, desde Asmara-Selae Daro, mx pop
nacional Eritrea, leve QRM de radioamador, (n?o escrevi mais detalhes da
recep??o pois tive a satisfa??o de conversar pelo skype com o colega Marcio
Martins Pontes nesse momento), 35333 (Jorge Freitas-B)
9800 11/10 1919 SRI LANKA, Affia Darfur/Hello Darfur, AA, desde Irana Wila,
com 250 kW, YL parece entrevistar uma mulher, as 1920 UTC ID e in?cio de nx
por OM, 45333 (Jorge Freitas-B)
11635 11/10 1817-1830 BOTSWANA, Radio Sawa (Affia Darfur/Hello Darfur), AA,
desde Selebi-Phikwe, com 100 kW, OM e YL Talk o que parece ser nx, as 1820
UTC men??o a Obama, ap?s 1829 UTC diversas men??es a Darfur, as 1830 UTC mx
?rabe, fim da tx as 1830 UTC, 23332 (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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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:52:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: "J.D. Stephens" <[email protected]>
To: QSL Information Pages <[email protected]>, QSL Weekly
<[email protected]>, Cumbre DX <[email protected]>, HardCore
DX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] QSL Report
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
QSL Report:
ITALY: Radio Amica (Europirate). 7550 partial data letter for e-mailed
report. V/s: Michele. (Stephens - USA)
U.S.A.: Radio Casablanca. 6940 full data "Bogart & Bacall" QSL for
e-mail report. (Stephens - USA)
J.D. Stephens
Hampton Cove, Alabama, USA
[email protected] (Primary)
[email protected] (Alternate)
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:38:23 +0530
From: "Alokesh" <[email protected]>
To: "Alokesh-Hotmail" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] SLBC resumes its transmissions on Wanni service
Message-ID: <01cb01ca4b5e$a2201120$c233e...@alokesh>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
SLBC resumes its transmissions on Wanni service
Mon, Oct 12, 2009, 07:07 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Oct 12, Colombo: The Wanni service of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation,
which has been suspended temporarily due to the war in the North in the past,
resumed its service again. SLBC confirmed that the Wanni service had commenced
a testing transmission this morning. SLBC is transmitting its services to the
Wanni region from Irattaperiyakulam in Vavuniya. The Wanni service suspended
its broadcasting in 2002 due to the heavy fighting between Sri Lanka Army and
the LTTE. According to the SLBC sources the service will transmit its programs
in both Sinhala and Tamil languages.
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_091/Oct1255354668RA.html
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Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi, India
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:16:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 12, 2009
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
** AUSTRALIA. All three VL8s doing well Oct 12 at 1243 in // English discussion
as I was on 2325 and heard a promo/ID for ``783, ABC Alice Springs``; this time
it was somewhat stronger than 2310, and weakest on 2485. Do they ever announce
the SW callsigns and frequencies, or are they turned on and forgotten? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Oct 12 at 1352: 8400 JBA with Spanish 2-way SSB QRM on lo
side; also JBA on 9000. Has been a few weeks since I`ve heard any of the higher
OOB channels on 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17 or 18 MHz ranges; I assume FD and Sound
of Hope are still there, just not propagating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. RHC anomaly check Oct 12 at 0530: ops normal on 49m, English service
but in music on 6140, 6060, 6010; Spanish on 6120, 6000. 11760 Spanish JBA and
so the constellation of spurs were inaudible. No phones ringing to be heard, or
squeals noted. But:
5898, Oct 12 at 0536, spy number/letter transmitter surely as powerful as any
RHC broadcast outlet, 250 kW, with phone ringing every few sex along with huge
hum. 0540 briefly overridden by huger multi-tone data burst, then resumes
ringing. A theory: that`s one way of ``calling up`` the spy info, and it
finally answered. The ringing sound is like what you hear out of your phone
earpiece, not what you hear coming out of the phone`s ringer (electronic anyway
these days, not mechanical), so no open mikes need to be involved. Could be
crossed wires in the exchange, or wires too close, so that the ringing circuit,
always running on standby to be switched into a connexion which needs to be
ringing, gets into the line from spy-central to transmitters.
For the third day in a row, the RHC 11760 transmitter is putting out multiple
spurs: Oct 12 at 1353 sufficiently modulated to be taken as intentional, tho
with hum, on 11811.2 playing Guantanamera, and 11708.8. The further ones
weakening progressively with same tone mixed in, again detectable down to 11197
and up to 12221, roughly, every 51.2 kHz. Some had really big clashes such as
12016 with the resident RTTY.
At 1446, found 13780 still with squeal but not 13680 or the others (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. The AIR Aligarh extremely distorted blob was centered on 9475 Oct 12
at 1327, i.e. right on top of R. Australia in Chinese, also detectable; blob
spread from 9470 to 9490, still peaking at 9475 at 1456 check.
9425, AIR Bengaluru, clear // distorted 9475v, Oct 12 at 1430 with Akashvani
ID, 5+1 timesignal but one second late compared to WWV! I wonder how it would
compare to ATA. Right into news in English about Pakistan releasing Mumbai
terrorist (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA [and non]. 4925, RRI Jambi, Oct 12 at 1249 peaking S9+10 in
Indonesian mentioning ``berita2`` and ``warta berita`` (news), a sure tipoff as
to language. Then to some choral music, with something similar on Makassar 4750
but not // as soon one was talking and one was musicking. The two about same
signal level, but 4925 has CODAR QRM. Both still audible at 1326 but weakening.
3325, where it`s always a question whether PNG or RRI Palangkaraya, Oct 12 at
1255 the best extracontinental signal on 90m so I stick with it a while. 3335
and 3385 PNG also audible, the latter still at 1326. On 3325, W&M dialog,
rather dramatically expressed. Sure sounds Indonesian rather than Tok-Pisin,
and not English; I did not pick up any Indonesian keywords, but did catch a
reduplication which is more likely Indonesian than TP. YL kept giggling right
thru hourtop with no discernible ID, finally 1302 into song. 1319 back to phone
calls and more giggling, 1324 music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. R. Free Asia, 5810: see U S A [non]
** LIBYA [and non]. While 5810 is still holding up from the west as late as
1500 [see USA [non]], it`s also peak time for highest frequency openings from
the east: Oct 12 at 1506, 21695 in surprisingly well, muffled and lo-fi but
good S9+8 signal level in discussion of aid by Western agencies to Africa, 1510
ID as Voice of Africa from the Great Jamahiyah, for the moment a bit better
than // 17725.
Only other signals on 13m were Spain on 21610 and 21570, about equal to Libya
in strength but much better in modulation during music at 1508 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OMAN. I always look for R. Sultanate of Oman on 15140 when bandscanning
between 14 and 15, and usually can`t hear any trace of it. But on Oct 12 at
1435 weak YL in English, presumably news on the half-hour, undermodulated and
suffering from WYFR 15130 splash. 1438 started mixing with music, and 1440 just
music, Western-sounding song of some sort (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SWAZILAND. I normally find TWR rather boring to log, but they do have a nice
chime IS, Oct 12 at 1452 on 9635 atop Chile and/or Vietnam making SAH; between
each three iterations every 35-40 sex, inserted ID in English as ``Trans World
Radio, Swaziland``. 1455 already opening in some obscure language, per Aoki
Malagasy at 53 degrees, except on Sundays when it`s French (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WEWN, 12160 in English, Oct 12 at 1447 with heavy CODAR QRM, worst I
have heard it on a major SWBC station. Must have been at least two CODARS mixed
in, and hard to believe 40 watts could do that to 250 kW, which is the power
FCC says WEWN is now running. Catholix vs CODAR! At this time at least weak
CODAR swishes could be heard all the way between 12100 and 12330 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Has been quite a while since I snared the spurs from KVOH, but not to
be outdone by RHC, they succeeded Oct 12 at 1514 when fundamental 17775 was VG
at S9+20 level in Spanish preaching from Pedro, and could also hear // audio in
distortion but mostly big hum, centered on 17630 vs CRI English via Mali, and
17920 vs nothing but potentially harmful to aero comms. Checked for more spurs
further out at 145 kHz intervals, but none audible. One might have been weakly
on 17485, but if there, overcome by too much Brother Scare via J?lich. More
could show up later in day if fundamental build up higher than only 20 over 9.
Previously the spurs had been 1 kHz closer to or further from fundamental, so
the exact offset varies somewhat, why? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. Usually hear VOA English on 7575, which is Thailand at 14-16,
but Oct 12 at 1457 nothing audible, instead 7545 which is Tinang, PHILIPPINES,
outro to VOA Editorial, previewing plenty of frequencies following hour for
Border Crossings, but could not copy all of them due fades. 7545 has some ute
digital QRM on lo side mixed with SSB voice.
After an open carrier a few minutes earlier, at 1500 found VOA English also on
7520, which is supposed to be Tinang too with 2 x 250 kW at 200 and 270
degrees. Announcer gave wrong timecheck as 1400, then news. This was an echo
apart from 7545 despite being same site.
One last check of 50m at 1503 Oct 12 to see if anything is still making it from
Asia: yes, peaking S9, Korean on 5810, which is almost Asia, TINIAN, RFA just
starting a 4-hour midnight broadcast to Juche victims huddled under the covers
secretly monitoring the Outside World with their earbuds or barely audible
pillow speakers, instead of getting some much-needed sleep in their miserable
lives as slaves of The Dear Leader. Or so RFA hopes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15895-15925, OTH radar pulses, presumed Oct 12 at 1445; at 1512
also 17515-17545, both fortunately clear of SWBC victims (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:54:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: "J.D. Stephens" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: HardCore DX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Update to WBOH Info
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
There is a typo in the URl for Fundamental Broadcasting Network in the previous
message concerning WBOH's closing:
?
"Website: with streaming audio www.fnbnradio.com
at 10:00 AM Labels: WBOH Newport NC, WTJC Newport NC"
?
Correct URL is www.fbnradio.com? (no extra 'n' after the 'f').
?
73,
J.D. Stephens
[email protected] (Primary)
[email protected] (Alternate)
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:31:04 +1300
From: "Paul" <[email protected]>
To: "Hard-Core-DX" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Prague Closing
Message-ID: <4fcf7f4c102548a49e555328db645...@windowspaul001>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
It has just been announced that the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs is
looking for Radio Prague to end all shortwave transmissions from the Czech
Republic at the end of 2009. This would be an irreversible step. Radio Prague
is the only customer at Litomysl and this would result in the closing and
dismantling of that transmitter site.
Full story here:
http://bclnews.blogspot.com/
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:38:00 +0530
From: "Alokesh" <[email protected]>
To: "Alokesh-Hotmail" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] CVA via RVA in B09
Message-ID: <08c101ca4bb2$662bf860$c233e...@alokesh>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
CVA via RVA in B09
Sun, 11 Oct 2009
For the first time Vatican Radio (CVA) is going to use regularly - Radio
Veritas Asia (RVA) transmitter in the Philippines to India in B09 schedule
period for their second morning transmission at 0200-0320 hrs. Earlier this
service was relayed via Russian transmitter and at present it is coming from
Santa Maria. This should improve reception in South Asia. This service
comprising Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and in English(repeat of 0040-0200 hrs
transmissions)at 0200-0320 hrs can be heard on 15460 kHz in B09 ie.
effective 25th October 2009.
RVA via CVA in B09
Mon, 12 Oct 2009
In Exchange Radio Veritas Asia will use Santa Maria transmitter of Vatican
Radio in B09 in Urdu at 1430-1457 hrs on 9585 kHz and Filipino to the ME at
1500-1553 hrs on 11715 kHz w.e.f 25th October 2009.
(Alok Dasgupta via http://dxasia.info/news/)
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