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Today's Topics:
1. Thur MOrn Dxing (Charles B)
2. Question About Sweden-1179 (J.D. Stephens)
3. RSI 1179Khz (Christian S)
4. Glenn Hauser logs October 15, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
5. Radio City Relay on 9510 kHz (Tom Taylor)
6. LOG 16/10/2009 (Jorge Freitas (Yahoo))
7. Logs from NH-USA, Oct 10-13th (Scott R. Barbour Jr.)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:48:13 -0400
From: "Charles B" <[email protected]>
To: "shortwaveworld shortwaveworld" <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, "hard-core-dx hard-core-dx"
<[email protected]>, "Glenn Hauser"
<[email protected]>,
"dxld dxld" <[email protected]>, "Charles B" <[email protected]>,
"Bob Wilkner" <[email protected]>, "Anker Petersen"
<[email protected]>, "Gayle Van Horn" <[email protected]>,
"ALF"
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "Noble Noble"
<[email protected]>, "Ron Howard" <[email protected]>,
"swlistener77" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Thur MOrn Dxing
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Ecuador, 4918, 92, Radio Quito, 1019-1030, Tuned in as ID is being presented.
"... escucha Radio Quito ..." canned ID followed with music. Signal remained
at
a fair level during the period. (Chuck Bolland, October 15, 2009)
Peru, 5039.20, Radio Libertad, 1038-1045, Noted Huaynos music with live
comments
from a male between tunes. Signal was barely audible over the noise. (Chuck
Bolland, October 15, 2009)
Peru, 4746.89, Radio Huanta Dos Mil, 1050-1100, With a fair signal, noted
a male in live Spanish comments at tune in. After a couple of minutes
a few bars of music is presented. As mentioned, the signal was fair.
(Chuck Bolland, October 15, 2009)
Peru, 9720, Radio Victoria, 1100-1115, Prior to the hour, noted a weak signal
here; but at 1100 the signal popped out of the noise and was reasonably
readable. Noted a male talking to a female briefly. Shortly canned promos
and ID were heard. After the promos, music was presented. Signal
continued to improve to a fair level. (Chuck Bolland, October 15, 2009)
Indonesia, 9680, RRI Jakarta, 1103-1115, At tune in, noted a good signal with
Indonesian popular music being presented. There's stuff under Jakarta but it's
of no consequence. Jakarta remained at a good level during the period.
(Chuck Bolland, October 15, 2009)
Indonesia, 9525.86, Voice of Indonesia, 1106-1115, Noted a female in Chinese
comments. The VOI has a unidentified type of interference over it. I think
it's
splatter from something on 9530KHz. Anyway VOI remained at a poor level
with the Chinese comments continuing. (Chuck Bolland, October 15, 2009)
Taiwan, 9735, Radio Taiwan International, 1113-1120, With a good signal,
noted a female in Japanese language comments. At 1114 a male commences
to comment. As mentioned signal was good with no interference noted.
(Chuck Bolland, October 15, 2009)
Singapore, 9740, BBC, 1115-1130, Noted an English language broadcast
of news and features. Current schedules list this freq for BBC as being
relayed via Signapore. The signal was good, but it had a slight fade/echo
effect which made it difficult to understand. (Chuck Bolland, October 15, 2009)
Taiwan(TENT), 9745, Han Sheng, Voice of Kuangh, Tent, 1119-1145, Noted a
female in
Mandarin(?) language comments. At 1121 Music heard which continued until the
1125, when the female resumes commenting. Please noted the Tentative labels
above. Signal was fair but muffled. (Chuck Bolland, October 15, 2009)
Watkins Johnson HF1000
26.37N 081.05W
While using the MAGNA Database which is a compilation of the
both AOKI and EIBI datafiles, I am able to pull up different records
on different frequencies rapidly to help with identifying unknown
radio stations. It is a real help in Dxing. If you are interested in
having a free copy, go to:
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The weather person on one of our TV channels has
promised us cooler weather this weekend - 80's. Tomorrow
a cold front will be approaching South Florida. That
will be a welcomed change. The temps have been
in the low nineties since early this year and any
cool weather that ends up in South Florida is very
welcomed. I am wondering if this change will
effect the signals?
Chuck
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:49:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: "J.D. Stephens" <[email protected]>
To: IRCA <[email protected]>, Cumbre DX <[email protected]>,
HardCore DX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Question About Sweden-1179
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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>From: Nick Hall-Patch <[email protected]>
>To: mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>
>Things continued to be bitty beyond some consistent signals on channels like
>1134, >1215, 1269...
>
>But.....sometimes they'd hang in long enough to get? a "parallel" with a web
>stream.
>
>The best was Sweden on 1179 at 0455UT, new country for me.
Not even a carrier noted from this station - even when Denmark-1062 is heard
here recently.? This seems odd.
?
Based on the above logging, is Sweden-1179 now signing on at 0455 rather than
0355?
?
73,
J.D. Stephens
[email protected] (Primary)
[email protected] (Alternate)
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:36:23 +0200
From: Christian S <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] RSI 1179Khz
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Hmm... strange. As we still have UTC +2 till 25th October and RSI uses
winter schedule from 25th October try to listen af RSI at 04.55-07.00
(UTC)
16.45-17.15 (UTC) and 18.00 - 22.30 (UTC).
Directions: 65 and 255 degrees
73 de Chris SM6VPU
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:21:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 15, 2009
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** BRAZIL. Not much making it on 25m, Oct 15 at 0540, besides NZ on 11725 and
11670-11680 DRM, and a trace of NHK Russian on 11715 --- but weakly on 11925
definite Brazilian intonation from R. Bandeirantes; nothing on other possible
Brazilian frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Oct 15: at 1354, fair on 9000, poor on 8400, but much
better to good level on 10210 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RHC anomaly check Oct 15 at 0552: 6140 in English tonight, weak signal
and weak phone ringing still audible in background, then I switched to better
6060 but phone also ringing there as `Ed Newman` was pre-offering RHC`s vaunted
pocket calendar for 2010y, to be available shortly, so get your request in now!
I used to get these, just one little card with Che or some other antihero on
the obverse. I suppose it`s The Five Heroes now.
6010 English was good with no ringing, tough luck, Mr. Stendahl. 6120 and 6000
in Spanish also weaker than usual. 6060 was weak enough to be bothered by ACI
from 6055 Spain, not usually the case in CNAm unlike ENAm, but that shortly
closed down by 0556. Spy transmitter on 5800 at 0558 was open carrier with hum,
no ringing or other extraneous sounds at the moment.
11760 spurs at multiples of plus and minus 51.2 kHz still running Oct 15 at
1409 check, worst at 11708.8 and 11811.2 producing identical 3.8 kHz hets
against NHK via Canada on 11705 and NHK direct in Japanese on 11815. Some
others audible: 11504, the lowest at 11452.8, the highest at 12067.2.
At 1500 on 11760, copied frequency announcement for the no longer secret midday
transmission: 13760, 11760, 11800, 5965, 6000 in typical out-of-order
Soviet-style. Trouble is, no signal on 11800, and heard at 1525 on unmentioned
11690 instead versus RTTY.
At RHC they only read what they are told, and no one has the initiative to turn
on a radio and find out what frequencies are really in use. If they did, would
they be disciplined by the dictatorship? Or are they really so demoralized that
they don`t give a damn? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. AIR Aligarh blob Oct 15 at 1355: centered close to nominal 9470, but
covers 9460-9480 with extremely distorted modulation // 9425 but not exactly
synchronized. After 1400 the main victim was KFBS on 9465 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN [non]. 17670, R. Farda via Wertachtal, GERMANY during this hour only,
1406 Oct 15 with clip of elected Pres. Obama opposing Iranian nuclear
development, a PSA with musical produxion, and presumably translation (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OMAN. 15140, R. Sultanate of Oman, Oct 15 at 1416 barely audible with
western pop music, but not much left by 1430 when news in English should have
started (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Quick check of 90m, Oct 15 as late as 1333, found non //
music audible on 3260, 3335 and 3385 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 17660, Oct 15 at 1405 BSKSA with Qur`an, heavy flutter,
shortly into French; nothing audible on 21 MHz band today. 1515 check, 17660
again Qur`aning, flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WRMI 9955 was as usual well-received during R. Prague relay of
yesterday`s English after 1400 Oct 15, but at 1455 recheck, off the air, and
did not return during following hour when Happy Station was on. Brought up web
stream with a slight hum, and missed only the first few minutes of Keith
Perron`s interview with Bob Zanotti, who among other things revealed, he said
for the first time, that he was badly mistreated by management during the final
months (years?) of Swiss Radio International, as they were trying to get him
and other unwanted staff to resign; it even affected his health. Around 1549
also QRMed on the stream for less than a minute by a bit of Italian, presumably
Studio DX starting to play for another unknown reason (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. VOA frequency usage quite different Oct 15 on 7 MHz band from
what I had observed Oct 14. Are they confused, or just trying to lose
listeners? Now at 1353, 7575 is back on in English but nothing on 7520; 7550
has a strong open carrier. At 1359, 7550 YDD sign-on, ``this is not a test``,
Voice of America jingle, ``Inilah VOA``, therefore Indonesian service, and now
7575 is off. At 1512, I find that 7520 is on in the Spe-cial Eng-lish hour,
with man-on-the-street at Washington Monument.
Another check Oct 15 of 17585 for the site hand-off from Greenville to Botswana
at 1430: GB quite weak, but a break of about 6 seconds before Botswana comes on
stronger, OK with no overlap (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [nonish]. Since AFN Hawaii 10320-USB has been reported with music
instead of talk network, checked Aug 15 at 1338 and found it not // talker Guam
5765-USB. At the moment Hawaii was also talk, in ``One Minute of American
History`` about Wilson getting USA into WWI, the Zimmerman telegram warning
that Mexico could be allied with The Kaiser, so be very afraid. On a somewhat
lighter note, clip of a Hans & Franz routine in fake German accents, but no
pump-you-upping. Immediately followed by a second OMOAH, then military PSAs,
1342 American Forces Network ID, and into C&W music show not // 5765. Next
check at 1401 during some network newscast they were back // or almost, a
syllable or so apart, and by 1413 check again separated with C&W on 10320, talk
on 5765 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15715, strong signal but heavy flutter at 1518 Oct 15,
instrumental hymns ``Were You There?`` and ``I Know My Redeemer Liveth``. What
does PWBR `2009` say? CVC via Wertachtal. No, they`re modern
stealth-evangelists, not playing hoary old hymns! At 1520 S Asian language
announcement but clearly mentioning Family Radio, with Oakland address. Aoki
say it`s 14-16 in Kannada, YFR via Wertachtal 500 kW at 90 degrees. WRTH A-09
update from May agrees. But EiBi says the first hour in English, the second in
Kannada (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Intruder in middle of 31m SWBC band, Oct 15 at 1453 on 9547.0
SSB, 2-way contact in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Over the Horizon radar pulses, presumably from Cyprus, Oct 15 at
1415 on 15990-16015; also at 1448 on 15490-15515, victimizing DW Russian via
Rampisham on 15510, British military vs British civilians! The one straddling
16 MHz also still going. At 1523, more 25-kHz-wide OTHR 13605-13630, this one
QRMing broadcaster on 13625, i.e. RFI Russian via Issoudun. Perhaps the French
should retaliate from their own OTH radar near Paris against some BBC broadcast
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:43:52 +0100
From: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
To: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio City Relay on 9510 kHz
Message-ID: <0335e6c88e214c039af8fc6491107...@dellcb21k2j>
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Radio City Relay on 9510 kHz
Dear Listeners,
This Saturday Radio City will return to the Airwaves via Nexus
(ex. IRRS) with 150 kW on 9510 kHz.
The time slot is 10.00 - 11.00 CET (at the moment 08.00-09.00 GMT).
The first broadcast will be on the 17th October 2009.
Our contact address is still [email protected]
Best regards Radio City - the Station of the Cars
Good listening 73s Tom
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:42:50 -0000
From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
"Hard Core DX" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] LOG 16/10/2009
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Parece que a propaga??o est? para os USA essa noite. Apesar do sinal da CHU
em 7850 kHz est? muito baixo e cheio de ru?dos. Em 15000 kHz a WWV chega com
SINPO 25332, essas duas escutas as 2214 UTC. Boas surpresas quanto a R?dio
Austr?lia em tr?s freq??ncias diferentes e a R Havana Cuba em Guarani com 50
kW. Interessante que a recep??o melhorou com um balum 4:1 daqueles para TV.
Grande quantidade de radioamadores nos 41 metros, mostra de uma propaga??o
melhor nessa noite. Amanh? ? tarde eu irei ? fazenda e espero descansar e
fazer uns bons dxs, estarei de volta no domingo pela manh?. Grava??o da R
Austr?lia em 15415 kHz e da R Havana Cuba em 17705 kHz no blog
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006 .
9280 15/10 2237 TAIWAN, Family Radio, em Chinese, desde Yunlin, com 100 kW,
OM Talk, 45333 (Jorge Freitas-B)
9370 15/10 2210 USA, WTJC, EE, desde Morehead City, com 50 kW, sequ?ncia de
hinos religiosos, voltando as 2235 UTC OM com serm?o religioso, 35333 (Jorge
Freitas-B)
9385 15/10 2200 USA, WWRB The Overcomer Ministry, EE, desde Morrison TN, com
100 kW, at? as 2259 UTC era completamente sobreposta pela R Free Asia em
coreano, somente o t?rmino da transmiss?o a WWRB foi ouvida, OM com serm?o
religioso, diversas cita??es a Deus, em seu site n?o encontrei referencia a
essa frequ?ncia, apesar de j? te-la sintonizado antes inclusive com a sua
ID, as 2202 UTC o orador se exalta e aparecem vozes ao fundo, pode-se
confirmar a escuta pelo site
http://www.overcomerministry.org/content/view/15/40/ , 35333 (Jorge
Freitas-B)
9405 15/10 2242 PHILIPPINES, FEBC Manila, em Chinese, desde Bocaue, com 100
kW, YL Talk, as 2259 UTC ID e OM continua Talk, 35333 (Jorge Freitas-B)
15415 16/10 0038 AUSTRALIA, R Australia, EE, desde Shepparton, com 100 kW,
YL talk e logo ap?s mx dos Beatles, confirma??o da escuta via site
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/flash/listen/default.htm , logo ap?s a mx
YL entrevista um OM, as 0100 UTC OM e YL Talk, *gravado*, bom sinal, 35333
(Jorge Freitas-B)
17725 15/10 2320 USA, R Taiwan Int., SS, desde Okeechobee, com 100 kW, pop
mx de Taiwan, as 2321 UTC YL talk, as 2325 UTC ID, sinal degradando, 25332
(Jorge Freitas-B)
17705 15/10 2340 CUBA, R Havana Cuba, em Guarani, desde La Habana, com 50
kW, OM Talk, as 2342 UTC curtos interl?dios musicais entre falas do OM,
ainda as 2342 OM soletra algo, as 2343 UTC deu para entender que o OM
soletrava o endere?o da R Havana Cuba, as 2344 UTC OM e YL se revezam na
fala, as 2357 UTC pop mx Cubana, as 0001 UTC ID e logo ap?s sinal ID,
programa??o continua com a programa??o em Qu?chua, 25332 (Jorge Freitas-B)
17705 16/10 0027 CUBA, R Havana Cuba, em Qu?chua, desde La Habana, com 50
kW, YL Talk, as 0028 UTC pop romantic mx Cubana, as 0031 fim da mx e logo
ap?s fim da tx, 25322 (Jorge Freitas-B)
17750 15/10 2350 AUSTRALIA, R Austr?lia, EE, desde Shepparton, com 100 kW,
OM Talk, uma longa entrevista de OM no est?dio a outro OM via telefone,
confirma??o da escuta via site
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/flash/listen/default.htm , sinal
degradando, // 17665 kHz que apesar da potencia de 250 kW sinal n?o tem
muita diferen?a, as 0015 UTC sinal em 17750 kHz quase que totalmente
inaud?vel, em 17665 ainda se escuta, SINPO da escuta as 2350 UTC 25322
(Jorge Freitas-B)
17865 16/10 0022 SINGAPORE, DW, em Russian, desde Kranji, com 250 kW,
azimute (segundo Aoki) 25, OM e YL se alternam na fala, as 0023 UTC
interl?dio musical e logo ap?s vinheta DW e OM diz algumas vezes Deutsche
Welle, 25322 (Jorge Freitas-B)
73
Jorge Freitas
SWL1023B
Skype jorge.freitas.fsa
Escutas (listening): http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006
Blog: http://www.ipernity.com/home/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: 7
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:07:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Scott R. Barbour Jr." <[email protected]>
To: Gayle Van Horn <[email protected]>, Al Quaglieri
<[email protected]>, Mark Taylor <[email protected]>, Dave
Valko <[email protected]>, NASWAyg <[email protected]>, DXLD
<[email protected]>, Cumbre DX <[email protected]>, DXplorer
<[email protected]>, HCDX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs from NH-USA, Oct 10-13th
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
A bit tardy with these. "Leaf-peeper" season is finally winding down though.
3365.1, BRAZIL, presumed R. Cultura Araraquara, 0106-0132, Oct 13, Portuguese.
Ballad at t/in; announcer w/ lengthy talk; mx bridge at 0127 w/ brief
announcer; ballad thru BoH;
presumed ID at 0132; poor. (Barbour-NH)
4949.85, ANGOLA, R. Nacional de Angola Mulenvos, 0050-0112, Oct 10, Portuguese.
W announcer w/ talk & mx at t/in; 4 pips at ToH & canned ID; presumed nx &
soundbites; zinger ID at 0104; W announcer w/ up-tempo mx selections; poor-fair
in ECCS-LSB, tho best reception in quite some time. (Barbour-NH)
5019.7, SOLOMON ISLANDS, presumed SIBC Honiara, 1046, Oct 13. Announcer w/ talk
& mx bridge; audible when not blown out by 5025 R. Rebelde-Cuba, tho still too
weak for details & language ID; poor; Ever since Rebelde either upgraded or
repaired their transmitters a few years ago, SIBC, when active, has become a
tough catch at my location. Not so prior. (Barbour-NH)
9740, SINGAPORE, BBC Kranji, 1325-1333, Oct 13, English. "Global Business" prg;
URL & BBC promos; nx headlines at 1330 into "[Technical?] Planet" prg re
cyber-attacks; fair-good. (Barbour-NH)
9760, PHILLIPPINES, VOA Tinang, 1401-1430, Oct 13, English. News re
China/Russia meetings; Far East & Pacific Rim nx; "Daybreak Africa" promo;
puff-piece interview w/ foreign students take on living in the USA; sounded
almost propoganda-ish; fair. (Barbour-NH)
9950, KAZAKHSTAN, presumed V. of Orthodoxy Almaty, *1430-1500*, Oct 13,
Russian. Choral mx at s/on; alternating talk w/ M & W announcer; occasional
choral mx; s/off ancment & mx bit (IS?) at 1459; off at 1500 sharp; poor-weak
but audible. (Barbour-NH)
Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA
NRD-545, RX-350D, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole
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