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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs October 23, 2009, part 2 (Glenn Hauser)
2. VOA B09 (Alokesh)
3. SENTECH B09 (Alokesh)
4. Radio Gloria International is on this Sunday (Tom Taylor)
5. Oct 23-24 Logs ([email protected])
6. ENC: [DX CLUBE PR] LOG 24/10/2009 (Jorge Freitas (Yahoo))
7. Glenn Hauser logs October 24, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
8. Bogdan's LW and MW loggings from the past week and one older
goodie & C-quam querries (aurel chiochiu)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:27:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 23, 2009, part 2
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** BIAFRA [non]. V. of Biafra International: did not catch it Oct 16, so I made
sure to check Oct 23 whether they had changed frequency again. No, still on
15665 via WHRI at 1902: altho reception poor with fading, backscatter
hollowness, immediately recognizable with All Hail Biafra anthem. 19-20 Fridays
only. FWIW, in B-09, WHRI has again registered 17520 in Ibo during this hour,
but also on the same 87 degree azimuth 15665 as English, so they`re covered for
either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Stranger and stranger it gets at Radio Habana Cuba. Having heard spurs
surrounding the 11760 transmitter since Oct 10 at other dayparts, in the
morning and nightmiddle, on Oct 23 I checked at 2114 for spurs surrounding
11760, and there they were starting with the nearest, 51.2 kHz above and below
on 11708.8 and 11811.2. The next one up, 11862.4, was putting mush against DW
English on 11865. The next one below, 11657.6, was doing the same on Radio
Australia English on 11660. I could also hear further ones on 11504.0 and
11452.8.
On one previous occasion monitoring after 2200, I had a different set of spur
frequencies since 11760 takes a break and the same POS transmitter was on 11670
for the Venezuelan relay. What about today? Yes, at 2114 quickly found the
nearest pair on 11721.1 and 11618.9, so now displaced only 51.1 kHz, from
11670. Many more of these too found by 2223, up to 12236.1. but that implies
the offset had varied in the meantime to 51.46 kHz, i.e. 11 steps away. The
lowest audible was circa 11150, not measured, which would be 10 steps of circa
52 kHz away. The second one up, 11772.2 was mushing/hetting an RHC fundamental
on 11770 at 2210! It also interfered with the DentroCuban Jamming Command
pulsing on 11775 against nothing just after Anguilla closed and Mart? does not
start there until 0000. The third spur up, 11823.3, QRMed Saudi Arabia on 11820.
But in the meantime it soon became obvious that the programming on 11670 and
the at least 21 other frequencies was not RNV this time, but RHC itself, as at
2212 mentioned Revista Iberoamericana de Radio Habana Cuba, the standard
two-hour late-afternoon magazine show. Not only was RNV missing from 11670, all
the other Habana fundamental frequencies I could find were // with RHC
programming, no RNV anywhere --- it apparently got lost in the shuffle!
An echo apart from 11670, so from other transmitter site: 17660, 13760, 11800,
6000. Besides all the spurs, synchronized with 11670 from same site: 5965,
11770, 13790. The only RHC frequency I could find carrying something else was
17705 in Portuguese at 2219.
Furthermore, the 11670 transmitter had additional closer-in spurs putting
grinding noises at approximately plus and minus 18 kHz, 11652 and 11688. Just
another day at La Voz Esp?rea de Am?rica (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ECUADOR. Checked one of HCJB`s last remaining frequencies, 11920, Oct 23 at
2246 as Kulina, Brazilian Indian language had just started. Same preacher as
always speaking deliberately as if Kulina were not his first language. Probably
a gringo missionary who learned enough to preach in it. Hoped to hear some
reference to a Matthew chapter (rendered in Portuguese), as I did when first I
heard this, but none such in next four sesquiminutes. 11920 did have some QRM
de DentroCuban Jamming Command bleedover from 11930 against Mart?.
On Nov 15, this service along with Portuguese is to switch over to CVC Chile
relay site on same frequency but probably at a later hour when Cuban jamming
should be less of a problem to all those fixed-tuned radios stuck on 11920.
This means the lucky Kulina will also be able to hear on their 11920 radios at
other times of day: Spain in Spanish, BBC in Indonesian via Singapore, CRI in
French via Albania, and IBB in Tibetan via Philippines. They might become very
specialized DXers (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. R. Africa, 15190 with good S9+18 signal and no ACI or
CCI, Oct 23 at 2106 --- but despite this, lo-fi audio with some hum,
undermodulation. Problem probably starts with the crummy consumer mike used by
the African-accented preacher and/or his recording equipment. 2107 to
hallelujah hymn in hilife style as outro theme. It`s the one from White City,
Saskatchewan, of all places, outroed by non-African-accented announcer with
address as [email protected] or Box 714, White City, Saskatchewan, Canada, S4L
5B1. Tho given twice, but not phonetically, duh, could not be sure of e-mail
address afpmi --- some letters could have been similar sounding. Ask for offer
#20081005, obviously from more than a year ago. Then I search DXLD archive on
the postal code and quickly find previous log in 8-046 a sesquiyear ago. It`s
instead afcmi, as in http://www.afcmi.org/
White City is a bedroom suburb on the east side of Regina.
After only a semiminute of dead air(!) R. Africa started the next show at 2111,
Hope for Today, with audio fading up and down, as if a tracking problem on the
cassette tape; continuing a study of Malachi.
I was disappointed not to hear convicted child sex abuse criminal evangelist
Tony Al?mo, a staple of 15190; perhaps he was on earlier or later. BTW, the
date for his sentencing has been postponed from Oct 26 to Nov 13, per one of
the stories in the long list, also concerning the financial trouble his minions
are in, at http://www.tonyalamonews.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. Someone reported DW missing from both Rwanda frequencies
recently, 15205 and 11865 for the 2100 English broadcast to WAf, which is
coincidentally aimed USwards and the closest thing to a North American service
remaining from this station which blew off not only its English but
German-speaking SW listeners in NAm a few years ago. But they were both
inbooming Oct 23 at 2108, and an echo apart on weaker Portugal relay 9735.
Enjoy these while we can; as usual in the B-season they are gone, replaced with
11690 from Rwanda, which may have that RTTY QRM, but hopefully Habana will not
decide to use it too during that hour. The other chance will be Sines on 7280,
and in NAm forget about Sri Lanka on 9545, 13780 --- why try to serve W Africa
from so far away?? Not much demand for transmitter time in S Asia at 2:30 am, I
guess. And that`ll make the Africans try a little harder to hear DW, good for
them.
The previoous 1900-1930 and 20-21 UT English from DW in B-09 will be on one
Rwanda frequency, 9735, not aimed USward 295 degrees like 11690 at 21, but both
at 210 degrees. At 19 we might also hear 11690 from RSA tho aimed at EAf. At 20
we might also hear 9690 from Woofferton at 160, off the back at 340 degrees.
But we surely are not supposed to (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUINEA. Conakry has been reported with greatly improved modulation lately,
but I haven`t been trying at the right time --- until Oct 23 when I found 7125
with a very strong and steady open carrier cutting on and off, while a much
weaker and fadey carrier continuous. One of them was surely Guinea and the
other perhaps some ham hijinx against that recalcitrant intruder (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [and non]. 7255, VON in Hausa, VG signal and modulation at 2204 Oct
23 mentioning Nigeria repeatedly; some QRM from NAm hams underneath, who
incredibly found 7255 a good place to zero-beat and try to communicate without
further BFO, but VON so much stronger that Hauser would not have had any
trouble following the Hausa if he knew how, sir (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1483 audible until ending about 2056:30 Oct 23 on WWCR
15825; not a solid signal and probably mostly backscatter as received back here
in CNAm. Therefore must have started as much as two minutes early 2028.
Contrary to what you might expect with much earlier sunsets and MUF drops in
winter, WWCR again plans to keep 15825 on the air a full hour later starting
Nov 1 with the end of DST, until 2200 before switching transmitter 1 to 7465,
which means that WOR will still be on 15825, with time shifted to 2128 on
Fridays. Maybe it propagates backwards to the sunny west beyond the
megameter-plus skip zone? Try it in New Mexico and beyond (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) ###
------------------------------
Message: 2
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:39:39 +0530
From: Alokesh <[email protected]>
To: Alokesh-Hotmail <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] VOA B09
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
VOA B09
(25 Oct 2009 to 27 Mar 2010)
Afaan Oromoo
1730-1800 UTC 9320 9485 9860 11675 11905 (Mon-Fri)
Albanian
0600-0630 UTC 6035
1700-1730 UTC 7235
1930-2000 UTC 7455
Amharic
1800-1900 UTC 9320 9485 9860 11675 11905
Azerbaijani
1830-1900 UTC 7315 9495 9885
Bangla
0130-0200 UTC 11500 15205
1600-1700 UTC 1575 7435 11500
Burmese
0000-0030 UTC 1575 7430 9325 12120
0130-0300 UTC 12110 15115 17780
1130-1230 UTC 11965 15550 17850
1430-1500 UTC 1575 9325 11965 12120
1500-1530 UTC 9325 11965 12120
1500-1530 UTC 1575 (Sat/Sun)
1530-1600 UTC 1575 9355 11560
1600-1630 UTC 9355 11560
2300-2400 UTC 7430 9325 12120
Cantonese
1300-1500 UTC 1170 7390 9705
Chinese (Mandarin)
0000-0200 UTC 7495 9545 11925 15385 17645 21580
0200-0300 UTC 11925 15385 17645 21580
0700-0800 UTC 9845 11855 11965 13650 13765 15515
0800-0900 UTC 9845 11720 11855 11965 13650 13765 15515
0900-1030 UTC 9845 9855 11720 11855 11965 13650 13765 15515
1030-1100 UTC 9845 9855 11700 11720 11965 13650 13765 15515
1100-1200 UTC 9530 9805 9825 11720 12045 15515
1200-1300 UTC 6040 9530 9785 9825 11635 12045
1300-1330 UTC 6040 7295 9530 9785 9825 12040 13595
1330-1400 UTC 6040 7295 9530 9785 9825 11955 12040
1400-1500 UTC 6040 6105 7295 7525 9785 9825
2200-2300 UTC 6045 7440 9545 9755 9875 11655
Creole
1130-1200 UTC 9660 15390 (Mon-Fri)
1630-1700 UTC 15390 17565
2100-2130 UTC 11905 13725 15390
Croatian
0530-0600 UTC 6035
1930-1945 UTC 6135 7465
Dari (Radio Ashna)
0130-0230 UTC 1296 7595 9335
1530-1630 UTC 1296 9335 9770 11575
1730-1830 UTC 1296 7560 9335 9445
1930-2030 UTC 1296 5750 7560
Deewa Radio (Pashto)
0000-0300 UTC 9370 9380 11575
1200-1500 UTC 7455 7495 9370 9565
1500-1800 UTC 5835 7455 7495 9370
English to Europe, Middle East, and North Africa
0100-0130 UTC 1593
1400-1500 UTC 11985 15205
1500-1600 UTC 9685 11765
English to Africa
0300-0400 UTC 909 1530 4930 6080 9885 15580
0400-0430 UTC 909 1530 4930 4960 6080 9885 15580
0430-0500 UTC 909 4930 4960 6080 9885 15580
0500-0600 UTC 909 4930 6080 9885 15580
0600-0700 UTC 909 1530 6080 9885 15580
1400-1500 UTC 4930 6080 15580 17650 17715
1500-1600 UTC 4930 6080 15580 17715 17895
1600-1700 UTC 909 1530 4930 6080 15580 17715 17895
1700-1800 UTC 6080 13710 15580 17895
1700-1800 UTC 909 (Sat/Sun)
1800-1830 UTC 6080 11975 13710 15580 17895
1800-1830 UTC 909 4930 (Sat/Sun)
1830-1900 UTC 909 4930 6080 11975 13710 15580 17895
1900-2000 UTC 909 4930 4940 6080 11975 13710 15580 17895
2000-2030 UTC 909 1530 4930 4940 6080 11975 13710 15580
2030-2100 UTC 909 1530 4930 6080 11975 13710 15580
2030-2100 UTC 4940 (Sat/Sun)
2100-2200 UTC 1530 6080 15580
English to Zimbabwe
1730-1800 UTC 909 4930 12080 15775
1720-1740 UTC 909 4930 12080 15775 (Fri/Sat/Sun)
1800-1830 UTC 909 4930 12080 15775 (Fri)(3-language talk show, Live Talk)
English to Afghanistan
0000-0030 UTC 1296 7405
2030-2400 UTC 1296 7405
English to Far East Asia, South Asia, and Oceania
0100-0200 UTC 7325 9435 11705
1100-1130 UTC 1575 (Sat/Sun)
1130-1200 UTC 1575
1200-1300 UTC 1170 7575 9640 11705 11730 11750
1300-1400 UTC 7575 9640 9760 11705
1400-1500 UTC 7575 9760 11885 12150
1500-1600 UTC 7575 9485 11525 12150 13735
2200-2300 UTC 5835 6105 7220 7425 7480 9490 11560
2230-2400 UTC 1575 (Fri/Sat)
2300-2400 UTC 6105 7220 7265 7480 9490 9580 11560
English-Special
0000-0030 UTC 1593
0030-0100 UTC 1575 1593 6180 9325 9620 9715 11695 12005 15185 15205 15290
17820
0130-0200 UTC 1593 5960 7405 (Tues/Sat)
1500-1600 UTC 6140 7520 9760 15460
1600-1700 UTC 9395 13600 15445
1600-1700 UTC 1170 (Mon-Fri)
1900-2000 UTC 9585 12020
2230-2300 UTC 5890 7230 9780
2300-2330 UTC 1593 6180 7460 11840
2330-2400 UTC 1593 6180 7460 11655 11840 13640
French to Africa
0530-0600 UTC 1530 4960 6020 7265 9480 9505 (Mon-Fri)
0600-0630 UTC 4960 6020 7265 9480 9505 (Mon-Fri)
1830-2000 UTC 1530 6170 9815 17550
1830-1900 UTC 1530 9815 15225 17580
1900-2000 UTC 1530 15225 17580
2030-2100 UTC 6040 9780 9815 12080 15225 (Sat/Sun)
2100-2130 UTC 9435 9680 9780 9815 (Mon-Fri)
Georgian
1530-1630 UTC 9465 11840
1700-1800 UTC 9395 11840
Hausa
0500-0530 UTC 1530 4960 6040 11710
0700-0730 UTC 4960 11710 15180
1500-1530 UTC 9780 11705 15770
2030-2100 UTC 4940 6040 9780 11705 15770 (Mon-Fri)
Indonesian
0000-0030 UTC 9620 11805 15205
1130-1230 UTC 7255 9725 15165
1400-1500 UTC 9360 11635
2200-2400 UTC 9620 11805 15205
Khmer
1330-1430 UTC 1575 9325 11965
2200-2230 UTC 1575 6060 7260 13640
Kinyarwanda/Kirundi
0330-0430 UTC 7340 9540 11750
1600-1630 UTC 11750 12010 17785 (Sat)
Korean
1200-1330 UTC 1350 5890 7235 9555
1330-1500 UTC 1188 5890 7235 9555
1900-2100 UTC 648 5835 6060 7420
Kurdish
0500-0600 UTC 5945 9690 15225
1300-1400 UTC 11805 15530 17580
1400-1500 UTC 1593 11805 13740 15160
1700-1800 UTC 7550 9650 9815
2000-2100 UTC 1593
Laotian
1230-1300 UTC 1575 9810 11930
Mandarin (Chinese)
0000-0200 UTC 7495 9545 11925 15385 17645 21580
0200-0300 UTC 11925 15385 17645 21580
0700-0800 UTC 9845 11855 11965 13650 13765 15515
0800-0900 UTC 9845 11720 11855 11965 13650 13765 15515
0900-1030 UTC 9845 9855 11720 11855 11965 13650 13765 15515
1030-1100 UTC 9845 9855 11700 11720 11965 13650 13765 15515
1100-1200 UTC 9530 9805 9825 11720 12045 15515
1200-1300 UTC 6040 9530 9785 9825 11635 12045
1300-1330 UTC 6040 7295 9530 9785 9825 12040 13595
1330-1400 UTC 6040 7295 9530 9785 9825 11955 12040
1400-1500 UTC 6040 6105 7295 7525 9785 9825
2200-2300 UTC 6045 7440 9545 9755 9875 11655
Ndebele
1800-1830 UTC 909 4930 12080 15775 (Mon-Thu)
1740-1800 UTC 909 4930 12080 15775 (Fri/Sat/Sun)
1800-1830 UTC 909 4930 12080 15775 (Fri)(3-language talk show, Live Talk)
Pashto (Radio Ashna)
0030-0130 UTC 1296 7595 9335
1430-1530 UTC 1296 9335 11840 12140
1630-1730 UTC 1296 9335 9770 11575
1830-1930 UTC 1296 5750 7560
Pashto (Deewa Radio)
0000-0300 UTC 9370 9380 11575
1200-1500 UTC 7455 7495 9370 9565
1500-1800 UTC 5835 7455 7495 9370
Persian
0230-0330 UTC 7205 9495 9820
1530-1630 UTC 1593 9320 11705 11775
1630-1700 UTC 1593 5850 9320 9540
1700-1800 UTC 1593 5850 9495 9540
1800-1830 UTC 648 1593 5850 9495 9540
1830-1900 UTC 648 5850 9680 9960
1900-1930 UTC 5850 9680 9960
Portuguese to Africa
1000-1030 UTC 17740 21590 (Sat/Sun)
1700-1730 UTC 1530 11775 15545 21495
1730-1800 UTC 1530 11775 15445 21495
1800-1830 UTC 1530 11775 21495 (Mon-Fri)
Shona
1700-1730 UTC 909 4930 12080 15775 (Mon-Thu)
1700-1730 UTC 909 4930 12080 15775 (Fri/Sat/Sun)
1700-1730 UTC 909 4930 12080 15775 (Fri)
Somali
0330-0400 UTC 88.0 5960 11780 15430
1300-1400 UTC 88.0 13580 15620
1600-1630 UTC 88.0 1431 13580 15620
1630-1800 UTC 88.0 13580 15620
Spanish
1130-1200 UTC 9885 13715 15590 (Mon-Fri)
1200-1300 UTC 9885 13715 15590
2300-0000 UTC 5890 5940 9885
Swahili
0300-0330 UTC 7340 9440 (Mon-Fri)
1630-1730 UTC 9565 13870 15730
Tibetan
0000-0100 UTC 7255 7480 9645
0300-0600 UTC 15545 17860 21570
1400-1500 UTC 7255 7470 9670
1600-1700 UTC 7530 7560 11920
Tigrigna
1900-1930 UTC 9320 9485 9860 11675 11905 (Mon-Fri)
Turkish
0430-0500 UTC 7295 (Mon-Fri)
1145-1200 UTC 15240 (Mon-Fri)
1930-2000 UTC 7235 9490 (Mon-Fri)
Ukrainian (Radio broadcasts in Ukrainian
ended on December 31, 2008.)
Urdu (Radio Aap ki Dunyaa)
0000-0100 UTC 972 1539 9520 9765
0100-0200 UTC 9765
1300-1400 UTC 972 1539 7440 9390
1400-2400 UTC 972 1539
Uzbek
1500-1530 UTC 801 5930 6105 7470 9530
Vietnamese
1300-1330 UTC 1575 9325 11695
1500-1600 UTC 1170 5955 9520 9725
2230-2330 UTC 6060 13640
(Re-arranged from VOA website)
----
Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi
------------------------------
Message: 3
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:47:27 +0530
From: Alokesh <[email protected]>
To: Alokesh-Hotmail <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] SENTECH B09
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
SENTECH B09
Adventist World Radio
1700-1730 11925 250 East Africa Swahili
1730-1800 11925 250 East Africa Masai
1800-1830 3215 100 Botswana,Namibia English
1800-1830 3345 100 Zimbabwe,Zambia English
1800-1830 11830 250 East Africa English
1900-1930 15240 250 West Africa Fulfulde
1930-2000 11750 250 West Africa Ibo
2000-2030 11845 250 West Africa French
2030-2100 11845 250 West Africa Yoruba
BBC
0300-0400 6145 100 West Africa English
0300-0330 7235 500 East & C.Africa Swahili
0300-0600 6190 100 Southern Africa English
0300-0600 3255 100 Southern Africa English
0400-0430 11720 250 East Africa Swahili
0400-0500 7445 100 West Africa English
0430-0530 3380 100 S. Mozambique Portuguese*
0430-0530 6145 250 N. Mozambique Portuguese*
0500-0600 11925 250 East & C.Africa Kirundi #
0530-0600 11925 250 East & C.Africa Kirundi ##
0500-0700 11765 100 West Africa English
0600-1600 6190 100 Southern Africa English
0600-1600 9860 100 Southern Africa English
0700-0730 17695 500 West Africa French
0700-0800 17830 500 West Africa English
1430-1745 11820 500 East & C.Africa Swahili #
1500-1530 15105 500 East & C.Africa English
1530-1615 15105 500 East & C.Africa Swahili ##
1530-1630 15105 500 East & C.Africa Swahili *
1530-1700 15105 500 East & C.Africa English #
1600-2200 3255 100 Southern Africa English
1600-2200 6190 100 Southern Africa English
1615-1700 15105 500 East & C.Africa English ##
1630-1700 15105 500 East & C.Africa Kirundi *
1700-1900 15420 250 East & C.Africa English
1745-1800 7230 500 East & C.Africa Swahili
1800-1830 7230 250 Indian Ocean Isles French
1830-1900 5895 100 Rwanda/Burundi Kirundi
2030-2100 3380 100 S. Mozambique Portuguese*
2030-2100 6135 250 N. Mozambique Portuguese*
2030-2100 7260 500 Angola Portuguese*
2100-2200 7445 100 West Africa English
2200-2300 5910 100 West Africa English
* Monday to Friday
# Saturday
##Sunday
Channel Africa
0300-0355 6120 250 East & C.Africa English
0300-0400 3345 100 Southern Africa English
0400-0700 7230 100 Southern Africa English
0600-0655 15255 250 Far West Africa English
0700-1200 9625 100 Southern Africa English
1200-1300 9625 100 Southern Africa Nyanja
1300-1400 9625 100 Southern Africa Lozi
1400-1600 9625 100 Southern Africa English
1500-1555 17860 250 East & C.Africa Swahili
1600-1655 15235 250 West Africa French
1700-1755 15235 500 West Africa English
1900-2000 3345 100 Southern Africa Portuguese
Deutsche Welle
1900-1930 11690 100 East Africa English
EDC
1600-1700 11785 100 Sudan Various *
* Every day but Friday
Family Radio
1800-1900 6045 100 East Africa English
1900-2000 9660 250 East Africa Swahili
1900-2000 6100 100 Angola Portuguese
1900-2000 3955 100 Mozambique Portuguese
1900-2000 3230 100 Southern Africa English
FEBA Radio
1600-1700 12125 250 East Africa Amharic
1730-1800 5890 250 East Africa Silte
Hirondelle Foundation
0400-0600 11690 250 Central Africa French/Various
1600-1700 9635 250 Central Africa French/Various
IBRA Radio
1730-1800 11975 100 Somalia Somali
Radio France International
0500-0700 11605 100 Central Africa French
0600-0700 11830 250 Angola Portuguese
0700-0800 15170 250 West Africa French
1200-1300 17660 250 Central Africa French
Radio Netherlands
1900-2000 11830 500 Middle East Arabic
1900-2000 12080 250 West Africa English
Radio Sonder Grense
0500-0700 7285 100 Northern Cape,RSA Afrikaans
0700-1800 9650 100 Northern Cape,RSA Afrikaans
1800-0500 3320 100 Northern Cape,RSA Afrikaans
RTE
1930-2030 6225 100 Central Africa English/Other
SA Radio League
0800-0900* 7205 100 Southern Africa English
0800-0900* 17860 250 East Africa English
1905-2005** 3215 100 Southern Africa English
*Sunday
**Monday
Trans World Radio
0330-0345 7215 250 Ethiopia 1 56 Amharic
0330-0345 7215 250 Ethiopia 34 Sidamo
0330-0345 7215 250 Ethiopia 2 7 Oromo
0600-0645 11640 500 Nigeria 12345 English
0600-0615 11640 500 Nigeria 67 English
1557-1627 9675 250 Burundi 12345 Kirundi
1625-1655 9660 500 Somalia 12345 Somali
1625-1640 9660 500 Somalia 7 Somali
1718-1733 7265 250 Mozambique 1234567 Yao
Day 1 = Monday; Day 2 = Tuesday, etc.
Voice Of America
0600-0700 9885 100 West Africa English
1400-1500 15580 250 West Africa English
1530-1700 6080 100 West Africa English
1600-1630 11750 100 East Africa Kirundi #
1800-1900 11905 100 East Africa Amharic
2030-2100 9780 250 West Africa Hausa *
# Saturday
* Monday to Friday
Radio Dialogue
1755-1855 3955 100 Zimbabwe English
(Web link via Jean-Michel AUBIER via DXLD, Re-arranged from Sentech website
by Alokesh Gupta)
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:03:42 +0100
From: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
To: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Gloria International is on this Sunday
Message-ID: <a8a457fbcb954efdb35e6bca7a421...@dellcb21k2j>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Radio Gloria International is on this Sunday
Radio Gloria International is on this Sunday the 25th of October 2009
on 6140 KHz. at 10.00 to 11.00UTC on our new winter schedule.
M.V.Baltic. Information:
MV Baltic Radio relay service Schedule for summer 2009
1st Sunday - MV Baltic Radio
3rd Sunday - European Music Radio
4th Sunday - Radio Gloria International
We wish you good listening and good reception! 73s Tom
------------------------------
Message: 5
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:42:33 EDT
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Oct 23-24 Logs
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** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 6025.08, Radio Amanecer, 2240-2305,
Oct 23, Spanish religious talk. Lite instrumental music. Spanish
religious music. IDs at 2303, 2304. Poor to fair in noisy conditions
and adjacent channel splatter. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 6025.08, Radio Amanecer, 1014-1040,
Oct 24, sign on at approximately 1014. Spanish talk. Religious music.
Good signal strength but a poor to fair overall signal due to some
audio distortion & noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** INDONESIA. 9525.89, Voice of Indonesia, 0945-1010, Oct 24,
tune-in to a fair signal strength but very weak modulation. Improved
slightly at 1004 but still very weak. Too weak to catch any program
details. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** ISRAEL. 15786.36, Galei Zahal, 1420-1430, Oct 24, still slightly
off nominal 15785. Hebrew talk. Local music. Good but carrier just
slightly wobbly. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** MEXICO. 6104.76, XEQM, Candela FM, Merida, 1020-1040,
Oct 24, Spanish ballads. Spanish talk. In the clear with a fair signal.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
** ZANZIBAR. 11735, Voice of Tanzania-Zanzibar, 1800-1810 Oct 23,
no English heard today. This on a Friday. Only local Mid-East style
music. Poor in noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:23:06 -0000
From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <[email protected]>
To: "Hard Core DX" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] ENC: [DX CLUBE PR] LOG 24/10/2009
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9590 24/10 1738 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Sudan Radio Service, EE, desde
Dhabbaya, com 250 kW, intermin?vel sequ?ncia de local mx Sudanese, sinal
m?ximo no S-meter, mas ?udio baixo, as 1757 OM talk, mas n?o est? em ingl?s
ele fala em ?rabe, ID com endere?o, fim da tx as 1759 UTC, 34433 (Jorge
Freitas-B)
9695 24/10 1805 GERMANY, R Pol?nia, em Hebrew, desde Wertachtal, com 100 kW,
OM talk, as 1806 UTC mx, pop mx polonesa, ocasional QRM da Radio Rio Mar,
sinal parece melhorando no decorrer da tx, as 1810 UTC OM volta a falar e as
1813 UTC mais mx, as 1815 UTC OM divulga um site, as 1821 UTC YL Talk, as
1828 UTC OM divulga ID e site na internet com despedida e logo ap?s uma mx
no piano e fim da tx, 34333 (Jorge Freitas-B)
9725 24/10 1832 AUSTRIA, Voice Of Vietnan, FF, desde Moosbrunn, com 100 kW,
YL apresenta nx, as 1843 UTC a tradu??o de uma entrevista gravada, as 1847
UTC curta mx vietnamita em instrumento de cordas, as 1858 UTC YL ID e fim
tx, 35433 (Jorge Freitas-B)
15034 24/10 1257 CANADA, CF Volmet, USB, 252 (Jorge Freitas-B)
15090 24/10 1300 KUWAIT, Radio Azadi (Free Afghanistan), em Pashto, desde
Kuwait, com 250 kW, OM com frases curtas e ap?s um sinal, algo como
destacando as not?cias principais, as 1302 UTC OM e YL passam a falar
alternadamente, sinal degradando, 25432 (Jorge Freitas-B)
15130 24/10 1320 S?O TOM? E PRINCIPE, VOA, em Kurdish, desde Pinheira, com
100 kW, uma entrevista via telefone, as 1326 UTC YL diz ID e site, 25332
(Jorge Freitas-B)
15160 24/10 1328 SRI LANKA, R Free ?sia, em Cambodian, desde Irana Wila, com
250 kW, as 1329 UTC ID por YL, na verdade uma colis?o entre a R Free ?sia e
a R Fran?a Int em russo, mesmo hor?rio e mesma frequ?ncia com elevadas
pot?ncias, as duas se alternavam e findaram as suas tx quase ao mesmo tempo,
poucos segundos ap?s a Fran?a encerra a tx, 33443 (Jorge Freitas-B)
15275 24/10 1521 RWANDA, DW, em German, desde Kigali, com 250 kW, OMs em
conversa animada, as 1522 UTC mx, (observemos o azimute de 30, segundo a
lista Aoki, e entendemos o porque do baixo sinal dessa tx mesmo com 250 kW,
levando-se em considera??o tamb?m a baixa propaga??o hoje para os 19
metros), as 1533 UTC OM ou entrevista uma YL ou conversa com uma
correspondente. Voltando a frequ?ncia, as 1555 UTC ID por OM e fim da tx,
apesar de no hor?rio do encerramento a interrup??o da tx foi enquanto o OM
ainda falava algo logo ap?s uma curta mx, 25432 (Jorge Freitas-B)
15350 24/10 1454 GERMANY, Gospel for ?sia, em Bhaojpuri, desde Wertachtal,
com 250 kW, YL com serm?o religioso, pequenos picos de QRM (acredite, da R
Havana Cuba em 15360 kHz que chega com o sinal estourando), as 1456 UTC
gospel mx, as 1457 UTC YL com ID, site e endere?os, as 1458 UTC mx, picos da
QRM da R Havana Cuba se findam um minuto antes, as 1459 UTC fim tx, 24432
(Jorge Freitas-B)
15785 24/10 1543 ISRAEL, R Galei Zahal, em Hebrew, desde Tel Aviv-Yavne, com
5 kW, OM talk e local mx, as 1546 UTC YL talk, (segundo o log do colega
Brian Alexander, a frequ?ncia est? em 15786.36 , verifico que a sintonia ?
realmente melhor em 15786 kHz, com o degen n?o tenho como precisar a casa
decimal da frequ?ncia), sinal fraco, sem QRM (Jorge Freitas-B)
73
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:45:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
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** ALASKA. 7355 on its penultimate day from KNLS, Oct 24 at 1409 talk in
English about the California Trail, from Missouri, 1414 praise music, 1418 more
talk. Poor but audible signal. On Oct 26, English moves to 6890, why? But 7355
remains on in Chinese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 5045, R. Cultura, Par?, ID amid music at tune-in 0606 Oct 24, for FM
93.7, fair. Yet to hear them mention SW. Does the ZYG360 callsign really apply
to SW as well as FM frequency, and AM if any? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL [and non]. R. Bandeirantes would have been doing well on 11925.1, Oct
24 at 0539 with ID in passing, if it were not for a big het from something
properly on 11925.0. Het varied slightly, no doubt tnx to Bandeirantes
transmitter too. Uncertain language occasionally challenged the Brazilian, and
surprisingly at 0545 a timesignal, 5 or 6 pips. The interferer went off at
0559* clearing channel for Bandeirantes.
What was it? BBCWS in Kinyarwanda/Kirundi via South Africa, scheduled in A-09
at 05-06, 7 degrees from Meyerton. Perhaps the beeps merely signaled the
transition from one dialect to another. Unfortunately, this collision continues
in B-09. Brasil sees no point in registering its many non-tropical SW stations
with HFCC, so who`s to know? Most of them can`t manage to tune their
frequencies to .00 so they are a rich source of hets. 11815 RBC was also
appearing weakly as well as on 4985 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BULGARIA [and non]. 15700, DW Russian via UK at 1452 marred by open carrier
causing deep SAH fades: R. Bulgaria must have been uptuning prior to resuming
frequency at 1500. But then turned it off again for a while longer (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Oct 24: at 1418 poor with flutter on both 8400, 9000; at
1422 about the same on 10210 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA [and non]. Suprised to find Vatican Italian in the clear on 5965,
and REE relay on 5975 instead, Oct 24 at 0610. Usual muffled audio from REE and
two guys conversing with Castilian accents, so was pretty sure of identity, but
was casting about for a // to be certain. By this time 3350 and 6055 were off
and 25m channels weren`t making it. Then 5975 cut off in mid-word at 0614. I
retuned to 5965 and so had REE, clashing once again with VR producing heavy SAH
as VR went into French at 0615. Was this an accident, or REE testing a way to
escape the Vaticlash? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. RHC Oct 24: at 0611 found 6140 in open carrier instead of
English or Spanish. Other 49m outlets were nominal, i.e. 6120 and 6000 Spanish,
6060 and 6010 English.
Spurchex later Oct 24: at 1247, RNV relay on 11705 was giving its almost
totally wrong transmission schedule as it has done a myriad of times before;
with very strong het from the RHC 11760 spur on 11708.4, matched on 11811.6. A
quick scan found at least the whine peaking every 51.6 kHz or so between
11194.6 and 12325.4, i.e. 11 steps above and below. Also getting QRMed on 11705
was NHK via Canada at 1427.
At 1458 I noticed that RHC 15120 and 15360 cut modulation to open carriers for
a while longer, helping to audiblize the collision on 15360, which is RFI in
Persian 1430-1500.
I made a point of monitoring around 1500 to see what would happen to the spurs
as RHC changes something on 11760. At 1458:45, 11708 spur went off at same time
as 11760 fundamental, and no doubt all the other spurs went off too.
This cleared 11710 for V. of Korea at 1500 opening in English, but not for
long, Commies vs Commies! Pyongyang`s 13-14 English and 14-15 French are always
ruined by this. Habana came back on at 1501, with weaker signal on 11760 but
still outputting correspondingly weaker spurs around 11708 and 11812, so it`s
the same transmitter after an antenna change, presumably to favor LAm instead
of NAm. Now not hearing ten more spurs on each side.
We`re not through yet --- At 1506:30, I had just tuned into RNV relay on 11680
in English when it dumped off the air, as did 11760 + spurs, power failure at
site? But RHC 11690, which had just started at 1500, stayed on, as did 13760 an
echo apart. We have assumed the echo means two different sites, but there could
be some other reason for unmatched feeds. At 1508, 11760 + spurs returned, but
11680 was still off. At 1514, 11680 still off. Not until my 1537 check did I
find 11680 RNV back on, again in English. And now 11760`s additional spurs had
started to whine again, circa 11452, 11504, 11606, 11657, and 11862, roughly
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. VOI already off 9525.9 by 1515 Oct 24, so instead I hear S Asian
singing and talk on 9530. What does PWBR `2009` say? Nothing except Brasil at
this hour. It`s really KSDA in Telugu talk at 1520, some splash from NHK 9535
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. AIR `9470` Aligarh distortion blob Oct 24 at 1419: centered on 9455
causing some mess to Chinese war on 9450, but Russian KFBS OK on 9465 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. Shiokaze has not been heard here most of the summer due
to scheduling, but making it again now, Sat Oct 24 at 1402 on 5910 with ID in
passing over piano music, in Korean but some Japanese names mentioned; fair
signal. At 1403 punxuated by `busy music` to spark interest in today`s (?)
news(?). This is the station obsessed with alleged North Korean abduxions of
Japanese sesquidecades ago.
Aoki reminds us that it`s 100 kW, 280 degrees from the JSR transmitter in
Ibaragi-Koga-Yamata, Japan with this language rotation since June 23: Sat
Korean; Fri English; Wed Korean/Chinese/English; Sun/Mon/Tue/Thu Japanese. But
not always. Remains to be seen whether there will be any B-09 changes. They had
been switching to another 6 MHz frequency periodically when too much jamming
built up, but not lately? No jamming audible, and I suppose it helps to get
them noticed to be neighborly to VOA Korean on 5890 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** LAOS [non]. Hmong Lao Radio is back! Missing most of October from Sat/Sun
13-14 slot via WHRI 11785, but revived with excellent signal Sat Oct 24 at 1322
check, Hmong talk; 1352 into the ``jungle serenade`` of rustic instrument,
chirps from various creatures, which are nothing like you hear in Hminnesota.
No further announcements; at 1357 cut to piano hymn, and at 1359 to WHR ID,
1400 into the other Hmong show, World Christian Radio which had not been on
hiatus.
Now HLR has a ``current broadcast`` dated 10/25, after a break since 10/11 on
http://www.h-lr.com/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBYA. As soon as I intuned 21695, Oct 24 at 1425, I heard ``the leader of
the revolution`` which was all I needed to know that it was Tripoli and I
should keep ontuning; fairly good signal, tho. I did sweep past it again at
1448, when the riff from Beethoven`s Ninth was involuntarily serenading more
stuff about Q`daffy (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR [non]. No luck hearing the reactivated Radio Mada clandestine.
Schedule was given as Sat & Sun 1530-1600 on 15640 via Moldova in A-09,
changing to 15670 in B-09; however, Media Network noticed their website said
the change would be made already Oct 24. 15635-15645 was as usual occupied by
Sines, Portugal DRM, and if there was anything from Pridnestrovye under it,
could not detect here.
15670, tuned in early at 1525, had Asian talk frequently mentioning Bible, and
also J.C. in some form. W&M dialog kept right on going past 1530, no sign of
Mada. Scheduled in A-09 as YFR in Hindi via Wertachtal until 1600. In B-09,
i.e. from tomorrow Oct 25, 15670 should be clear for Kishinov, 300 kW at 160
degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PORTUGAL [and non]. 21655 with RDPI, first time heard in a longtime, Oct 24
at 1425, Portuguese conversation. It`s scheduled before 1600 only on weekends.
In selective opening, as not much from the Spanish or Saudi 13m triads, just
Libya. 1449 mentioning Madeira, and by then BSKSA making it best on 21640, also
21505-buzz, 21460, and signs of Spain on 21570 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 7330, at 1408 Oct 24, WS of VOR ID in English, very poor, but an
echo apart from stronger // 15605. Per Aoki, 7330 is 230 degrees from
Vladivostok-Rasdolnoy (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 17660, BSKSA in French, Oct 24 at 1450 with heavy flutter,
while Arabic on 21640 was relatively steady. See also PORTUGAL (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Following my previous observation that Brother Scare
was being heard less than usual on the Overcomer broadcasts, some wondered if
he were dead yet. I don`t think so, but just ask Dr Gene Scott about the magic
of tape recording. Earlier on Sabbath Oct 24 I heard his own voice say that
some other Brother, Jack? Would be speaking at 10 am [EDT, God`s timezone].
At 1454 I paused on WBCQ 15420 as the other guy was still preaching, about how
mining causes volcanic eruptions such as Krakatoa. Uh, huh. This was running
eight seconds ahead of WWRB 9385, so get your prophecies first from WBCQ!
However at this hour 15420 had co-channel QRM, i.e. BBCWS Somali via Seychelles
until 1500, then other languages until 1700.
Will this continue in B-09? Yes, and it`s getting worse. In A-09 WBCQ had 15420
to itself at least after 1700, mostly for the benefit of the anapaestic Fence
Lake preacher from New Mexico. But in B-09, BBC plans to use 15420 straight
thru from 13 to 19, all in English, the first hour Seychelles 270 degrees,
14-17 Cyprus 175, 17-19 Meyerton at 5 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. Hams operating illegally, they think with impunity, Oct 24 at 0618 on
3810-3811 in SSB. I had decided to try for HD2IOA on 3810, but instead found
this mess, music being played as I intuned at 0618, ``Old Black Betty had a
child, and the damn thing gone wild``. Plus more racist, sexist remarx,
swearing. Repeatedly taunting contesters such as N4LA to get off the occupied
frequency. Several stations were involved with few IDs, but one called himself
WZed5Q several times. Various other music clips inserted. I had plenty of this
nonsense by 0625. ARRL callsign lookup from FCC database shows: Peak, Michael
L, WZ5Q (Extra) - PO BOX 12646, Lake Charles, LA 70612 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. A few days ago I had a US MW harmonic on 4800, and now one on 4740,
this one definitely identified. As I was heading for Makassar on 4750, which
turned out not to provide much signal today, I was interrupted at 1256 Oct 24
on 4740 by strong, distorted Spanish, obviously a US commercial station.
Lots of PSAs with 800 numbers, some ads inmixed; 1259 one for SSS. Audio mostly
on but sometimes cuts out briefly. Not exactly FM or SSB, but S-meter level
affected by modulation level. At hourtop 1300 accented ID in English for a
W-call on 1580 in Wisconsin! And back to Spanish, 1304 mentions ``sports center
cada 20 minutos``, more ads and PSAs in Spanish including from HUD. 1305 ID as
ESPN Deportes Radio (ESPN letters pronounced in English), 1306 opening ESPN
show ``De Mano a Mano``. 1310 starts fading down, but back up at 1320, more
PSAs, one regarding anti-discrimination, 800 number. 1335 finally a bit of
music, ESPN Deportes again, 1337 sounded like local ad; 1340 another HUD PSA
and website sounded like www.mexicoaffordable.com but that`s not valid.
Threw in one commercial in English at 1342 for holiday-something in Cambria,
phone starting with 920. 1343 outlook for the day`s games in f?tbol italiano,
hondure?o, b?isbol de las grandes ligas. By 1345 had faded out again, but
checked again before hourtop it had revived at 1358 with another Selective
Service PSA, 1359:50 Clear ID in English as: ``WTTN, 1580, Columbus,
Wisconsin`` and back to Spanish. Did not check further as too much else to
monitor.
Meanwhile, I had concluded it was WTTN by consulting the NRC AM Log 2009, which
shows that as the only 1580 in Wisconsin. However, its format info says: OLD -
CNN/DG, ``The Goose`` and some Spanish on Sundays. OLD means oldies, as in rock
music; DG means Dial Global network, variety of music formats and talk shows
(all in Spanish??). There is no separate listing for ESPN`s Spanish sports
network.
Address is axually in Beaver Dam, another nearby town to Columbus as is
Cambria, in Columbia county.
WTTN is 5 kW in daytime, direxional, and only 4 watts at night. FCC pattern
plot shows major lobes at 105 and 290 degrees, minor lobe at 200 degrees, null
at 235, so we are in between those two. See
http://www.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1297309-106702.pdf
That`s for 1580, but what is the pattern and power output on 4740?
Surely the WTTN calls originally (and still?) allude to Watertown, not too far
away, between Madison and Milwaukee, and Watertown is in a major lobe from site
due west of Columbus almost halfway to Arlington. Welcome to America`s newest
tropical band station, but will it last? Surely others tuning for DX on 60m
heard this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WRMI, 9955, usually inaudible in the nightmiddle, was
fairly audible at 0555 UT Sat Oct 24 as La Rosa de Tokio was upwrapping, no
jamming audible from the DCJC. Probably on NW antenna unlike most Saturdays due
to Faith the Dog special scheduled earlier at 0100. VG after 1400 with R.
Prague relay as usual also jamless, but at 1519 recheck, YL preacher in English
was being heavily jammed! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 9325 with continuous 1 kHz tone test, Oct 24 at 1421. Must be
VOA Tinang, PHILIPPINES, as pr?lude to 1430 Burmese; while VOA is already in
Burmese until 1430 on adjacent 9320 via Tinian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. See CUBA [and non] for disruptions to RNV by Cuban
transmitter failures and spurs interfering with self (gh)
Hmmm, it took me about as much time to compile this report, 3.5 hours, as the
axual monitoring concerned consumed. Must rethink my time management
priorities. ###
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:15:42 -0400
From: aurel chiochiu <[email protected]>
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Subject: [HCDX] Bogdan's LW and MW loggings from the past week and one
older goodie & C-quam querries
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Warm greetings !
I have been working very hard on finding Aventure FM tapes and I almost
succeded... Let's see what comes inside my snail mail bag the next few weeks...
I need to talk about Aventure, because the 23rd of October we sadly celebrate
20 years since Aventure FM was replaced by MaXXimum and this is unfortunate for
me ! I love MaXXimum, just it didn't have a goal and wasn't eclectic enough to
keep my mind high on life ! I also like better MaXXimum instead of Fun Radio
rather than MaXXimum instead of Aventure FM ! However, I do enjoy the MaXXimum
airchecks I found, since late 80s dance music will always be a part of my
eclectic musical tastes ! Is anyone having any unscoped MaXXimum airchecks ?
I'll thank you so much !
As far as the DX goes, a lot of good things and a constant, albeit VERY slow
increase in the solar activity could sooner or later provide us with some
astonishing auroral conditions... I'm so glad to see the A and K index both at
2 instead of 0 or even 1 !
The past week, at the MTL-EST cottage, LW was quite good after midnight, but
almost useless during the early evenings time slot... MW was interesting in
that I caught for a few minutes some music on 1215 kHz in heavy domestic QRM
and I actually caught READABLE AUDIO on 623 kHz in AM Narrow mode from the
Canary Islands in a deep WVMT-620 null... WVMT's audio on my fairly selective
Sangean ACS 818-CST goes from 618 to 622 and the Canary-621 het goes from 619
to 623, so 623 in AM Narrow mode was quite clear, but the low modulation and
the slight albeit still bothersome 620 QRM didn't allow me to extract too much
program content. Still, I was rewarded with two mentions of "Radio Nacional" !
Latins are improoving, even though right now I'm only hearing the regulars,
nothing beyond north coast South America !
Into the DX logs:
Trans-Atlantic DX
153 unID OCT 22 0305 - two or three signals mixing. Nothing readable.
(Chiochiu-MTL-EST-QC)
162 FRANCE France Inter, Allouis OCT 20 0503 - to fair-good peak. Didn't took
any specific notes while I was listening, as even though the signal was almost
good, it is often noisier way down there and the station is a run of the mil
catche during average conditions. LW condx were slightly below average with
some pleasant surprises (see 252 below). (Chiochiu-MTL-EST-QC)
171 MOROCCO (no) Medi Un, Nador OCT - still no reception of this station.
However, one night (OCT 22 around 0305 UTC) I caught very weakly some Slavic
talk and some Dance Music which lead to either Ukraine or Russia. Are they
leaving longwave for good in order to allow for better shortwave coverage ? If
Morocco-171 is gone, then hearing Arabic on LW will become more difficult...
Well... (Chiochiu-MTL-EST-QC)
183 GERMANY Europe 1, Felsberg OCT 20 0415 - with the news stories of the
day... A man in Montpellier (southern France) has killed a thief who had a gun
on his hands and was trying to stole gold and money from his house. He was sent
to justice, but he appears to be avoiding jail, since he tried to fight for his
life and the one of his family. Also, weather warnings for southern France and
Corsica concerning huge thunderstorms that were predicted for later the same
day... Often huge with slow and deep fadings, while an annoying buzz was
popping in and out... SINPO 45332 (Chiochiu-MTL-EST-QC)
189 ICELAND Rikis?tvarpid, Gufuskalar OCT 22 0344 - playing some lite rock.
Poor. Condx were poor on OCT 21 / OCT 22 UTC on longwave with some nice, albeit
weak surprises. (Chiochiu-MTL-EST-QC)
198 ENGLAND BBC Radio 4, Droitwich OCT 20 0348 - playing a World Beat program
made by BBC World Service. Fairly good, best signal from them in ages ! I have
to admit, however, that my weekend home isn't the perfect choice for DXing on
198 kHz, because I have a weird noise RIGHT ON this channel !
(Chiochiu-MTL-EST-QC)
207 GERMANY Deutschlandfunk, M?nich OCT 20 0407 - Tentative with woman in
German weakly through some threshold-strength NDBs. (Chiochiu-MTL-EST-QC)
216 FRANCE RMC, Romoules OCT 20 0420 - with their ever lengthy morning
newscast. They carried pretty much the same stories as Europe 1 (see 183
above). Huge, over / under what was perphaps CLB if I understood morse.
(Chiochiu-MTL-EST-QC)
234 LUXEMBOURG RTL, Beidweler and / or Junglister OCT 20 0403 - to good peak
with an item regarding the swine flu (H1N1) vaccine shot and the beginning of
the vaccination campaign... It's scary because I had huge traumas with the
first shots here (I even deleted my Aventure FM 06.10.1988 tape after two
painful shots), but that's another story and isn't related to this log !
(Chiochiu-MTL-EST-QC)
252 ALGERIA Alger Cha?ne 3, Tipaza OCT 19 0246 - playing traditionnal Arabic
music that was midway between ra? and folk. Huge at tune-in, but quickly faded
away leading to Ireland underneath to come atop ! Ireland had its best peak
after 0400 GMT / UTC. SINPO 4232-1 +OCT 22 0340 - playing "Je l'aime ? mourir"
by Francis Cabrel from 1979. Somewhat fair with deep fadings. This station
plays Techno, ra? and French chanson, it is as eclectic as a public radio might
be... It's the French service of Algerian public radio ! (Chiochiu-MTL-EST-QC)
252 IRELAND RTE Radio One, Clarkestown OCT 19 0406 - to fair peak with
traditionnal Irish flutes. SINPO 32322 (Chiochiu-MTL-EST-QC)
585 SPAIN RNE, Madrid OCT 19 0342 - man in Spanish saying that good things
should be done step by step. In fine for a few seconds, best in a while, but
was blowed away a few dozens of seconds later by a buzz. SINPO 35131 due to the
appearance of the awful powerline buzz. 585 is one of the VERY few noisy
frequencies at the Montreal-East cottage, it is noisy ALMOST all the time (see
this log) ! (Chiochiu-MTL-EST-QC)
621 CANARY ISLANDS RNE, Santa Cruz de Tenerife OCT 19 0343 - man talking in
Spanish and saying "Radio Nacional" twice. Poor, detuned to 623 in AM Narrow
mode to avoid 620 QRM, in WVMT-620 null. Too much 620 splatter to pick out more
specific words or program details ! (Chiochiu-MTL-EST-QC).
1215 ENGLAND or SPAIN Absolute Radio or COPE OCT 19 0412 - either of them;
some rock music getting through some annoying splatter. I presumably had Virgin
here during the chemo back in 2005 (see
http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/[email protected]/2618650.html),
so this is my second best attempt at DXing something on 1215 kHz.
(Chiochiu-MTL-EST-QC)
Pan-American DX
555 ST KITTS ZIZ, Basseterre OCT 19 0356 - playing some nice English
Caribbean music. Listened to them for about 1 minute as I was buzzy chassing
TAs on 585, 621 and 1215 ! (Chiochiu-MTL-EST-QC)
600 CUBA CMKV, Radio Rebelde, Urbano Norr?s (Holgu?n area) OCT 23 0011 - Man
with Spanish sports-related comments mixing with WICC and CKAT. Has CKAT in
North Bay, Ontario any plans to switch to FM in order to make the 600 and 603
channels easier to DX ? In Pierrefonds, they are stronger than WICC, while in
Montreal-Est, I didn't gave yet much attention to this overall potentially
attractive channel. (Chiochiu-PIERREFONDS-car-QC)
640 CUBA CMBC, Radio Progreso, Guanabacoa OCT 21 0140 - playing some cuban
salsa inside their daily Ritmos program. Good in mess, in null of the Toronto's
megapest. SINPO 42523. They upped their Habana area transmitter power during
the last few years, but the lack of auroral condx and the crowded frequency (+
WNNZ sometimes "forget" to power down at sunset) means it isn't the easiest
Cuban catche here... Florida is possibly a different story, I don't know... Has
any FL DXer heard an improvement on CMBC-640 during the last couple of years ?
(Chiochiu-MTL-EST-QC)
750 VENEZUELA YVKS, RCR, Caracas, DF OCT 21 0050 - Ad for a restaurant
located near a body training center, then several IDs followed by a news-talk
program. One item of that news-talk program was a meeting between teacher and
father's of all college students in order to help them achieve their
pedagogo-parental goals or something like that... This item was followed by a
news item dealing with water issues. Huge, over WSB ! Consistently stronger
than WSB ! (Chiochiu-MTL-EST-QC)
760 COLOMBIA HJAJ, RCN Cadena Bas?ca, Barranquilla OCT 21 0156 - man in
Spanish advertizing for a website ending in "...punto com punto co" followed by
other announcements. Pretty good in a more or less solid WJR null ! SINPO 33333
(Chiochiu-MTL-EST-QC) +OCT 23 0010 - man in Spanish talking about "siente" (the
only readable world) way under a blockbuster WJR signal on a friend's DX
unfriendly omnidirectionnal whip / car radio combo.
(Chiochiu-PIERREFONDS-car-QC)
780 VENEZUELA YVNM, Radio Coro, Coro, Falc?n OCT 23 0055 - after some trop.
mx. (cumbia), the jock begun his speech with "Amigo conductor...". He is doing
that almost everytime on La Discoteca del Pueblo... It seems to be a show very
listener by car or truck drivers. It was more reliable on 780 AM than on
http://200.6.157.20:8034/listen.pls wich had so many bufferings and the sound
was skipping ! (Chiochiu-MTL-EST-QC) +OCT 23 0216 - a psychologist talking
about why Venezuelan teenagers are taking drugs, for being like their mates
"para parecer a los demas"... Very good with little in the way of fadings !
+OCT 24 0325 - the last of "Romantica Siete Ochenta en el especial" followed by
"las gloriosas notas" of the YV anthem, canned ID and "Ruta Musical Siete
Ochenta". The first number was a salsa vieja Oscar d'Leon one. Huge with deep
fadings but many long peaks at a huge level. SINPO 43534 in a fairly deep WBBM
null using the Sanyo MCD-S830 / PK AM loop combo ! (Chiochiu-PIE!
RREFONDS-QC)
910 CUBA CMAF, Radio Cadena Agramonte, Camag?ey OCT 7 0107-0108 - some cha
cha cha music occasionally fading up under WLAT, in WABI null. Heard on a
broken Kossi AM-FM Hi-Fi portable with its intact ferrite bar and no
additionnal antenna. This was my first foreign log at the Montreal-Est QTH,
before I bringed here the PK AM loop ! (Chiochiu-MTL-EST-QC)
Additionnal comments as well as some additionnal questions:
On 780 AM, Radio Coro is stronger than ever...
Medi Un is missing since over a week on 171 kHz. What's up ?
Have anyone ever used Koss radios ? I have one at the Montr?al-Est cottage with
half-decent sensitivity, but excellent selectivity ! I can hear Latins two
channels away from my locals with not the faintest trace of splatter and one
channel away, the Latins are still DXable... Sooner or later, at Montreal-Est,
I will be hearing something on 790... Of course, CJAD-800 is almost fringy down
there, but that's not a big deal, as back in 2006 I had Radio Reloj on 790 and
even PJB way under CJAD (on the same bearing as my local pest), on 800, so I'm
having high hopes (take a look at
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg15173.html for
understanding my high hopes better as far as the MTL-EST QTH goes) ! I will
move soon once again... I'll keep you updated !
I need to eat, but will comeback later... I'm looking forward chatting with
some of the ever-friendly Venezuelan DXers later this evening, if I don't get
the chance to meet some of my friends from the college radio.
This report is brought to you by Bogdan Alexandru Chiochiu, DXing yesturday
from Pierrefonds (Montreal's West Island) using the Sanyo MCD-S830 / PK AM loop
combo... However, Bogdan Chiochiu was mainly DXing from Montr?al-Est using the
Koss AM-FM / PK AM Loop, the Sangean ACS 818-CST / PK AM loop and the Sangean
ACS 818-CST / PK's Shielded Magnetic longwave loop combo for LW broadcast DXing
May the good DX be with you !
Bogdan Chiochiu
Btw. I: I'm looking for Aventure FM, MaXXimum, La Voix du L?sard, RFM La radio
couleur, Transitalia, Canal 89 and Pacific FM airchecks from the 80's and early
90's
Btw. II: Is WICC-600 still in stereo ? I don't take our old car anymore with
the Sony XFD-A33 AM Stereo tuner, but why I never received WICC in stereo ?
Should I first tune in AM Mono then switch to AM Wide Stereo (Motorola C-Quam)
mode ? What should I do in order to enjoy Motorola C-Quam DXing ?
Btw. III: Are there any LW AM Stereo tuners for Iceland-189 which, here, is
sometimes huge ?
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