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Today's Topics:
1. Radio Mada Internationale (bjorn fransson)
2. Glenn Hauser logs November 8, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
3. Clandestine QSL Report (Artur Fernandez Llorella)
4. MW QSL Report (Artur Fernandez Llorella)
5. QSL Report (Artur Fernandez Llorella)
6. Trans Atlantic and Pan American LW / MW logs (aurel chiochiu)
7. AWR new QSL card (Swopan Chakroborty)
8. Glenn Hauser logs November 8, 2009 (more/corrected) (Glenn Hauser)
9. FL logs (Robert Wilkner)
10. Nov 7-8 Logs ([email protected])
11. Logs from NH-USA, week ending Nov 7. (Scott R. Barbour Jr.)
12. Indian Govt. finalises phase III FM radio guidelines
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:52:50 +0000
From: bjorn fransson <[email protected]>
To: Hard-Core Hard-Core-DX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Mada Internationale
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Hi,
Today I finally heard Radio Mada Internationale at 15.30-16.00 UTC on 15670
kHz. Fading and with atmospheric noise around, but fully audible here.
Does anybody know of any contact information?
73 from Bj?rn Fransson, the island of Gotland, Sweden
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 09:22:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 8, 2009
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** CANADA [non]. 13730 at 1420 Sunday Nov 8, first-person testimony in English
with an accent I can`t place, probably somewhere in Britain, and music mixed
in, about miraculous experiences in India, citing Matthew XXIV. Seemed
Catholic-tinged so suspected Vatican, but no: This is the weekend-only
all-English Wertachtal transmission due east at 1400-1500 Saturdays, 1415-1500
Sundays. 1429 outro as Bible Voice Broadcasting, which now has its own website
(not really new, is it?), http://www.biblevoice.org and it broadcasts ``to
Europe and the world``. 1430 on to another preacher pushing J.C., Dr. Kathy
(sp?). Good signal but some splash from CRI Cuba 13740 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Nov 8 at 1304: 8400 in open carrier hourtop pause but still
fluttery, S9+20, resuming music a few sex before 1305; weaker on 9000 at S9+10;
weaker-sounding JBA on 10210 tho also reading S9+10 including the noise level.
At 1322, 10210 had improved markedly to S9+20, flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. OTH radar pulses, presumed from here, Nov 8 at 1307 ranging
9125-9165, but the ChiCom broadcaster on 9170 escaped them, CNR6, Beijing,
probably by design (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. RHC 6120 in big collision with RN in Dutch, Nov 8 at 0601.
RN is using 6120 all the way from 06 to 11, first via Nauen, then Vatican,
Wertachtal.
At 0608, RHC Spanish also on 6150; English on 6140, 6060, 6010.
At 1258, RHC Spanish on 6110, but not on 6150; unsure if it had just gone off,
or previous appearance was abnormal vs KNLS.
Almost a week after the Nov 2 schedule changes at RHC, the Spanish DX program
En Contacto announced the new schedule Nov 8 after 1335, something you are not
likely to hear frequency manager Arnaldo Coro wasting his time on DXers
Unlimited in English.
Manolo went lickety-split and I was not taping so struggled to scribble it all
down; will try to refine from audio file or catch repeat of E.C. which Manolo
said now airs Sundays at 1335, ~2142 to Europe, 0135 Mondays; no mention of the
additional 0535, 0635 times we have captured it!
11-15 15120 Buenos Aires
11-05 6110 N, C, S America
13-22 13730 CAm
11-00 11800 CAm
11-23 13770 Buenos Aires
00-05 ditto
2030-23 9660 Antilles
21-23 11770 Europe
Then Malena added another string of frequencies without times, most of which I
know have been abandoned, but I think she said they were continuing unchanged
until March 2010! 15360(15370?), 13760, 11805, 12000, 9550, 6180, 5965, 11875,
5965(again). Some of those were even abandoned long before Nov 2.
Does this mean the schedule at
http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/c_frecuencia/frecuencias.htm
has finally been updated by Nov 8? Of course not!
At 1410 check, RHC 15120 had lost modulation, just carrier unlike 15360 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also VENEZUELA [non]
** EGYPT. 15710 at 1327 Nov 8, very distorted music, audible only at modulation
peaks from totally out-of-order Radio Cairo transmitter at Abis, that they have
been running here for ages in the 1230-14 Indonesian broadcast. Pity the poor
Indonesian-language staff, all their efforts for nothing as this is the only
time and frequency. They must wonder why they never hear from listeners, but
presumably at least draw their paychex (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 6250, or a tad on the his side, RNGE presumed, Nov 8 at
0602 music still playing, heavy ute QRM. 0605 finally announcement, seems
Spanish but too undermodulated vs too much QRM, 0607 back to a music bit (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. I was waiting for the AIR Aligarh blob, Nov 8 and there it was at
1316 before modulation started; just the `carrier` is enough to produce the
mushy noise, covering 9435-9450; at 1318 traces of the AIR IS drone // clear
9425, 1320 Vande Mataram anthem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. VOI missing from 9525v/9526v for the eighth day in a row, Nov 8
at 1310 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. BSKSA, 17895 in Arabic at 1335 Nov 8, not buzzy unlike another
recent occasion; perhaps they are swapping transmitters around. Another check
at 1412, still abuzzous with heartfelt yodeling of Qur`an? Much better signal
here than French on 17660 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. VOT in Turkish, 15350, Sunday Nov 8 at 1350 with excited announcer,
seemingly play-by-play football, but never heard a ``goooooooaaaaal`` -- what`s
that in Turkish? And strangely, crowd noise was lacking, maybe inside his
insulated booth. Seems to be a staple of Sunday afternoons, whatever it is.
1354 switch to a calmer announcer, 1355 music and closing with transmission
schedule until 1356:40*. Much better here than the English service on 15300 in
deep mix with France producing fast, rippling SAH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9410, where WHRI relays BBC Mundo M-F at 12-13, including music fill
the second semihour, had been carrying DXing with Cumbre Sundays at 1200 in
A-09. The BBC relay does not timeshift, and still there in B-09, but what about
Sunday? Have not checked at 1200 yet, but Nov 8 at 1255 gospel huxter in
English about how many times Elijah prayed; off after 1300, so maybe DWC is
still at 1200 Sundays, inconveniently an hour earlier by local clox even in
Indiana. If so, it could be the only real SW broadcast of the program despite
numerous other timings on the WHR website which previously turned out to be
silent on SW, but maybe webcast. Claimed Sat 1200 was missing, e.g.
Here`s what we get from the WHR website Nov 8 by searching on Marie Lamb as
program host. The displayed days of week in the evening have been changed to
the next UT day on the assumption that the days shown really refer to Eastern
time, and re-organized by day and time, with transmitter #; 1, 2 and 6 are
WHRI; 3 and 4 are T8WH Palau; 5 is WHRA:
Sat 1200 9410-2
Sat 1400 9930-4
Sat 1830 11785-6
Sat 1930 9930-4
Sun 0130 7315-1, 7385-5
Sun 1000 7385-6
Sun 1200 9410-2
Sun 1230 7385-6
Sun 1400 9965-4
Sun 1930 9965-4
Mon 0200 7385-2
Mon 0330 7315-1, 7385-5
Mon-Fri 1930 9965-4
Tue-Sat 0430 5850-1
Has Marie conveyed any such schedule, and/or has she checked it out to confirm
any real SW airings?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. VOA Spanish, 15590, Nov 8 at 1328, very strong Greenville splashing
plus/minus 15 kHz during music, except for one minute pause at 1329 as VOA
pretends to sign off and back on. During that time could hear Spain on 15585
and something on 15600, but both blocked again at 1330, and even BBC 15575
bothered by VOA `m?sica cantry` QRM. Even worse, VOA is just filling time on
weekends lacking any Buenos D?as, Am?rica news magazine, as nothing ever
happens on weekends, right, Speaker Pelosi? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. WRN says to use this URL to access their old WORLD OF RADIO
page:
http://193.42.152.193/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24
but the link from there to the podcast page no longer works.
The New WOR page is: http://www.wrn.org/wrn-listeners/world-of-radio/
And from there you can click on RSS or add to playlist but you have to register
first. I hope this helps, as I myself do not use podcasts.
But problems getting the WOR podcast are still reported; meanwhile, I hope
people will take the modicum of trouble to get it, if not on SW, satellite, AM
or FM, then from our large archive via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
(Glenn Hauser, Nov 8, WORLD OF RADIO, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. Sunday Nov 8 at 1703 I look for Al?, Presidente, via Cuba,
first on what is normally the biggest signal here, 13750, and what do I hear?
RHC itself giving its own address // 13770.
But the other A,P frequencies really are carrying Hugo, strongest on 12010,
then 17750, but both with distorted modulation cutting out. 13680, however,
apparently on a different feed circuit, tho weak, was clear. Also on 11690 but
too much RTTY QRM to evaluate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6146, as I was checking out RHC and KNLS, Nov 8 at 1258 heard
intruding 2-way SSB Spanish contact; reference frequency was really split, not
sure if +0.5 or -0.5 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9210, Nov 8 at 1321, 2-way Spanish SSB matching Firedrake
frequency exactly 1 MHz higher. Can`t call this an intruder as really an
utility band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9245, weak, undermodulated English-sounding talk on unstable
carrier at 1308 Nov 8, reading S9+8 but just barely audible vs local noise
level. Never heard anything on this frequency before and nothing now listed.
Seems like somebody`s spur, but does not match US audio on 9265, 9370, 9385,
nor is it the ubiquitous voice of Harold droning. Further chex needed (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:05:37 +0100
From: Artur Fernandez Llorella <[email protected]>
To: Frecuencia DX <[email protected]>, playdx groups
<[email protected]>, hard-core-dx HCDX
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Clandestine QSL Report
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
QSLs received:
7530, Free North Korea Radio. Received non detailed e-mail confirmation for
report to [email protected] in 2 weeks. v/s Min Jae Oh.
11570, Radio Free Chosun, Received non detailed e-mail confirmation for report
to [email protected] in 3 weeks. v/s Kyoung Hee.
Artur Fern?ndez Llorella
Catalonia, Spain
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:14:55 +0100
From: Artur Fernandez Llorella <[email protected]>
To: playdx groups <[email protected]>, Frecuencia DX
<[email protected]>, hard-core-dx HCDX
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] MW QSL Report
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
QSLs received:
- 990, Radio C?diz. Received partly detailed letter and stickers in 9 weeks.
Address: Paseo Mar?timo 1, 1?, Edificio Reina Victoria, 11010 C?diz, Spain. v/s
Jos? Mar?a Romero, T?cnico.
- 900, COPE Granada. Received full detailed e-mail confirmation in 6 months.
v/s Manuel Mar?n, T?cnico. E-mail address: [email protected].
- 1566, Challenger Radio. Received non detailed e-mail with photos. v/s
Maurizio Anselmo. E-mail address: [email protected].
Artur Fern?ndez Llorella
Catalonia, Spain
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 20:34:44 +0100
From: Artur Fernandez Llorella <[email protected]>
To: Frecuencia DX <[email protected]>, playdx groups
<[email protected]>, hard-core-dx HCDX
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] QSL Report
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Other QSLs received:
AUSTRIA
- AWR Ghana, via Moosbrunn, 11955, full detailed AWR's QSL in 27 weeks direct
from Ghana and signed as "AWR Ghana" for e-report to [email protected].
GERMANY
- Botschaft des Heils, via HCJB via Wertachtal, 6015, QSL, personal letter and
info in 2 weeks for e-report via their web. v/s Renate Schwarz.
- AFN, 1107, QSL for e-report to [email protected] in 5 months. v/s Glenn
L. Wells, Frequency Manager.
- Cheetah Radio, via Wertachtal, non detailed card in 6 weeks for e-report to
[email protected].
LITHUANIA
- RFE/RL, via Sitkunai, 9635, QSL for report to Prague in 7 weeks. v/s Renata
Simonkova, Technology Division.
NEW ZEALAND
- Radio New Zealand, 11725, E-QSL in 5 days for report via their web page. v/s
Adrian Sainsbury.
PORTUGAL
- Radio Prague via Sines, 11700, full detailed QSL (with tx site) in 6 weeks
for e-report to [email protected].
SLOVAKIA
- Radio City, 9510, via Rimavska Sobota, f/d E-QSL in 2 hours for report to
[email protected].
SOUTH AFRICA
- RTE via Meyerton, 6220, full detailed QSL (with tx site) in 20 weeks for
e-report to [email protected].
USA
- WTJC, 9370, full detailed QSL, info, sticker in 4 weeks for e-report to
[email protected].
FREE RADIO
- Radio Boomerang, 6260, E-QSL for e-mail report in 14 weeks. E-mail address:
[email protected]
- Radio Alice, 3900, E-QSL for e-report in 3 weeks. E-mail address:
[email protected]
- SWCH, 6380, E-QSL for e-report in 2 days. E-mail address: [email protected]
- FRSH, 7600, E-QSL for e-report in 1 day. E-mail address:
[email protected]
- Radio Amica, 7550, non detailed E-letter in 2 days. v/s Michele. E-mail:
[email protected]
- Radio Marjubedo, 6305, full detailed e-mail confirmation in 8 months. v/s
Dominic BRI for report to Brandaris Radio.
- Cupid Radio, 15070, full detailed QSL in 3 weeks. Address: Box 9, 8096 ZG
Oldebroek, Netherlands.
- Radio Scotland Int., 6212, full detailed QSL in 4 weeks for e-report to
[email protected].
Artur Fern?ndez Llorella
Catalonia, Spain
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:02:07 -0500
From: aurel chiochiu <[email protected]>
To: Mike Brooker <[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Cc: Jorge Medina <[email protected]>, [email protected], Juan
Carlos Lemieux <[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
"Tudor M. Vedeanu" <[email protected]>, "olivier.tequi"
<[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], Jorge Garcia
<[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Trans Atlantic and Pan American LW / MW logs
Message-ID: <009301ca60ae$5a07ff50$6800a...@b>
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Warm greetings to all of you !
While DX conditions have been excellent so far, I have to blame the dumb
engineers who are reparing the interstate endlessly with a bothersome buzz
going on until shortly before midnight ruining sunset DXing more than ever and
dissapearing as Radio Coro weakens and WBBM becomes unnulable...
Otherwise, I was on the verge of logging Germany on 153 kHz using the brand new
PK LW loop I had for my birthday...
Last night, I went for a ride on my mum's car to escape from the noisy
conditions that prevalates here and I heard some of the regular domestic and
Cubans with tremendous strength. However, it is clear for me that the
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve QTH is far less noisier and I will once again leave for
this one later today !
Now, I'm looking for an antenna to go with the Meducci AM Stereo tuner, even
though a Perseus is also interesting... Do you know a communication receiver
that receives AM Stereo on LW and SW ? Is Iceland-189 in stereo ? Are they're
still pushing out a loud Motorola C-Quam pilot tone like they did a few years
ago ?
It appears that our Sony XR-A33 car tuner doesn't support Motorola C-Quam, as
the Stereo light didn't flash while I was listening to WICC in Bridgeport,
Connecticut QRMing Cuba last night !
Enough speech, into the logs:
Trans-Atlantic DX
153 GERMANY Deutschlandfunk, Donebach NOV 7 0410 UTC - Presumed with
classical music. Poor-fair overall with another station way underneath (Romania
or Algeria). (Chiochiu-Pierrefonds-QC)
162 FRANCE France Inter, Allouis NOV 8 0612 UTC - noted in passing with
French rock music. Fair. (Chiochiu-Pierrefonds-QC)
183 GERMANY Europe 1, Felsberg NOV 7 0401 UTC - promptly heard as the
powerline buzz ended at excellent level with an item about Nicolas Sarkozy.
Excellent, local-like ! SINPO 55555 for several minutes in a row ! The nx was
followed by an interview with someone working at a high-speed party center ("La
Ronde" in French Canadian, "f?te forraine" in original French and "b?lci" in
Romanian). The interview was cut once every 10 minutes to allow from some
Nouvelle Sc?ne French chanson by B?nabar and others. SINPO 45444 10 minutes
later. (Chiochiu-Pierrefonds-QC)
189 ICELAND Rikis?tvarpid, Gufusukalar NOV 8 0640 UTC - Lite rock music mix,
then a sudden switch to 19 century classical organ followed by a conversation
in Icelandic between a man and a woman with a very soothing voice, ideal for
unwinding ! Around 0840, while the radio was still open, they were playing jazz
music as the person who turned off the Grundig G5 ultralight told me today !
(Chiochiu-Pierrefonds-QC)
198 ENGLAND BBC Radio 4, Droitwich NOV 7 0448 UTC - health items. One of the
items was about Australian researching things about the human body. Only fair,
but armchair copy with the Sangean ACS 818=CST tuned to 197 in AM Narrow mode
to avoid noise and QRM ! (Chiochiu-Pierrefonds-QC)
216 FRANCE RMC, Romoules NOV 7 0429 UTC - French sports talk regarding
several soccer teams noted in passing sligthly over what seemed to be the CLB
beacon in South Carolina (I don't understand Morse though).
(Chiochiu-Pierrefonds-QC)
252 ALGERIA Alger Cha?ne 3, Tipaza NOV 7 0430 UTC - morning show
announcements in French. Received with a very good strength, but the modulation
was only fair ! Over a poor co-channel Irish signal ! (Chiochiu-Pierrefonds-QC)
603 unID NOV 6 2237 UTC - Woman talk in unID language hetting badly CKAT-600
on the high-side... Occasionally splittable on the Sanyo MCD-S830 / PK AM loop
combo, but clearly splittable on the Sangean ACS 818-CST / PK AM loop combo
with the receiver detuned to 604 in AM Narrow to get away from 600. Poor signal
and too mushy to see if I heard Spanish out of Spain or French from Lyon,
France. The only mediumwave Trans-Atlantic that I tried to get under local
noisy conditions ! (Chiochiu-Pierrefonds-QC)
Pan-American DX
600 CUBA CMKV, Radio Rebelde, Urbano Norr?s NOV 8 0214 UTC - relaying their
FM feed with IDs such as "M?sica Viva 96.7 Potencia FM" and heard with requests
from listeners living in QTHs like Pinar del R?o. One of them requested a song
by Ricardo Arjona which is one of the most popular Central American rockers
(outside Mexico) and who cames out of Guatemala ! Huge, over / under WICC and
CKAT on the Sony XR-A33 car-radio / omnidirectionnal whip combo ! //670 and 710
! Is WICC in stereo ? They were playing a weird mix of English oldies and
Italian pops, both old and new ! (Chiochiu-car-Pierrefonds-QC)
670 CUBA CMBA, Radio Rebelde, Arroyo Arrenas NOV 8 0404 UTC - playing an
instrumental version of the Cuban classic "Guantanamera". Good, over QRM ! WFAN
had it's IBOC exciter turned off all night long, so no more QRM even after
local midnight. Heard far from the powerlines ! (Chiochiu-car-Pierrefonds-QC)
710 CUBA Radio Rebelde synchros NOV 8 0406 UTC - woman happily announced
things undergoing inside the Solo M?sica px. Briefly good with echo sound, then
overtaked by IBOC hash from WLW-700 Chicago. 690/730 next-to-adjacent local
splatter not much of an issue with the car radio in the Normal filter position
! (Chiochiu-car-Pierrefonds-QC)
760 COLOMBIA HJAJ, RCN Cadena Bas?ca, Barranquilla NOV 8 0425 UTC - Excited
Spanish announcers apparently live from a remote place. Poor under megapest
WJR, in it's uneffective null using the Sanyo MCD-S830 / PK AM loop combo.
(Chiochiu-home-Pierrefonds-QC)
780 VENEZUELA YVNM, Radio Coro, Coro, Falc?n NOV 8 0421 UTC - an
old-fashionned cumbia song ended, then promo for "La Bailanta Siete Ochenta"
followed by a commercial merengue track. Very good, in WBBM Chicago's null !
(Chiochiu-home-Pierrefonds-QC)
North American domestic DX
1600 WWRL New York City, NY NOV 7 2150 EST - with an English Caribbean music
program and frequent IDs... Often excellent and thrashing local CJWI-1610 with
the Sony SR-A33 car radio in AM Wide position ! Author's comments: I could feel
some separation between the right and the left channels, even though they don't
broadcast in STEREO anymore ! (BC-QC)
May the good DX be with you !
Bogdan Chiochiu
This report is brought to you by Bogdan Alexandru Chiochiu, DXing from his
weekend home in Pierrefonds (MTL's West Island), QC using his Sanyo MCD-S830 /
PK AM loop, Grundig G5 / PK LW loop and Sangean ACS 818-CST with the same PK
longwave loop
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 02:24:40 +0530
From: Swopan Chakroborty <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] AWR new QSL card
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
A brand new QSL card is now available from Adventist World Radio.
QSL card # 33 - African young Ladies
Thanks,
Swopan Chakroborty
Kolkata, India
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 13:57:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 8, 2009 (more/corrected)
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
** CUBA. Correcting the RHC Nov 2 schedule changes I copied from En Contacto in
my report earlier today Nov 8:
Good quality off-air recording already available by 2100 UT Sunday at
http://programasdx.podomatic.com/entry/eg/2009-11-08T10_12_45-08_00
and after birthday greetings, the sked info starts at 2:54 into the 13:45 file.
Upon listening to the tape, here is what Malena axually said, in translation:
``The rest [uncited] remain EXCEPT these: 15370, 13760, 11805, 12000, 9550,
6180, 5965, 11875, 5965 [again]. These frequencies will be in effect until
March 2010.``
But this final remark must refer to the previous list with times, not the list
cited immediately prior, they should have made clear. Indeed, RHC had not been
on 15370, 11805, 12000, 9550 or 11875 for a long time before Nov 2, so why
bring them up now? Not only are they running behind about current frequencies,
but even more so about former frequencies.
Also, I typoed 13730 instead of correct 11730. Make it:
13-22 11730 CAm
Notice that new 6150, which has been running after 0500, was not mentioned;
because experimental, or temporary?? And there may be other omissions.
Meanwhile, RHC check Nov 8 at 1943: filatelia show on 6110, 11730, 11760,
13770, the only frequencies found running this Sunday afternoon while several
others were still occupied by Hugo Ch?vez Fr?as; see VENEZUELA [non].
I would not be at all surprised if En Contacto also appears once or twice more
in the 15-20 period as it has after 0500. The program schedule at
http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/c_programacion/programacion.htm
still does not show anything between 15 and 21 or 05 and 11 despite RHC Spanish
expansion to 24 hours as of late June or early July, over a third of a year
ago, tnx to the Honduran golpistas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBYA. Re my ``UNIDENTIFIED: 11995, Nov 7 at 1935 with ME music, then
undermodulated talk unseems Arabic but similar. I was looking for Kuwait
English on 11990, but only a very weak carrier there compared to this good
signal --- but nothing scheduled on 11995 after 1900 when France supposedly
concludes in French.``
Tnx to a log from Harold Sellers, BC, on the last day of A-09, Oct 24, of Libya
in Hausa on 11995 at 1924, now it`s obvious what this must have been, V of
Africa still running the A-09 frequency, not in the B-09 Aoki or HFCC skeds
because this transmission is now supposed to be on 11860 and 11965. 24 hours
later, Nov 8 at 1942 I check them all: nothing audible on 11860 or 11965, but
something much weaker than yesterday on 11995 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. KVOH inbooming on 17775, Nov 8 at 1944 with vocoder-distorted song,
quite distorted on the fundamental but also spurring out at least 10 kHz
sideways. Looked for the further spurs which sometimes appear around 145 kHz
above and below, and yes, some distortion noise peaks circa 17922 and 17638,
probably thence (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. Al?, Presidente still running at 1940 check Sunday Nov 8,
best on 12010, somewhat distorted on 13680, 17750, heavy RTTY QRM on 11690, but
13750 off the air: the latter is the one caught earlier running regular RHC
instead. However, the daily RNV CI 19-20 broadcast on 15290 was inbooming with
Bolivarian programming at 1951, not // to A,P or RHC. Perhaps that`s the
transmitter which would have been on 13750 until 1900 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:39:22 -0500
From: Robert Wilkner <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [HCDX] FL logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Logs
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4800 Mexico XERTA 1345 still in on 7 November, also 6025 Dominican
Republic and 6104.8 Mexico same time with 2010XA and river location.
[Wilkner]
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3250 Honduras, Radio Luz y Vida, San Luis 2320 with religious
programing unaffected by tropical storm "Ida" . 7 November [Wilkner]
3329.56 Peru, Ondas del Huallaga, Hu?nuco 2310 to 2320 om with mx,
talk en espanol, better signal than usual, CHU notched 7 November;
also 2320 better signal on 4 November [Wilkner]
4451.15 Bolivia, Radio Santa Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma 2310 to 2340 sign
off, 7 November [Wilkner]
4700 Bolivia, Radio San Miguel, Riberalta, two gents talking,
conversational spanish..good signal for them... 7 November [Wilkner]
4790 Peru, Radio Visi?n Chiclayo 2340 with religious programming 7
November [Wilkner]
4800 Mexico XERTA noted 1020 to 1040 much improved signal 2 November.
2310 noted 4 November [Wilkner]
4857.38 Peru, Radio La Hora, Cusco 2320 to 2330 on 4 November [Wilkner]
4894.96 Brasil Radio Novo Tempo, Campo Grande PR.. fair signal 2340
with om talk then music...November 7. [Wilkner]
4985.0 Brasil Radio Brasil Central, Goainia 2330 good Brasil music
with om dj, good signal 7 November [Wilkner]
5039.24 Peru, Radio Libertad Junin 1040 fading out with om en espanol,
2 November [Wilkner]
5459.60 Peru Radio Bolivar Cd. Bolivar 2320 first time noted in a week
or so, music, fair signal 7 November [Wilkner]
5580.19 Bolivia Radio San Jos?, San Jos? de Chiquitos 2325-30 music
with fair signal, high band noise. 7 November. Also 4 november same
time. [Wilkner]
6173.92 Peru, Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco noted at 2335, seem there 2300
to 2340 each local evening for Peru. 7 November. [Wilkner]
73s
de
Bob
Pompano Beach, Florida
Drake R 8, Icom 746Pro DL,
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Sonly 2010XA
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noise reducing antenna
60 meter band dipole
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:37:48 EST
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Nov 7-8 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** BURKINA FASO. 5030, Radio Burkina, 2320-2359*, Nov 7, French
talk. Afro-pops. Sign off with National Anthem. Poor to fair. (Brian
Alexander, PA)
** CHAD. 6165, RNT, 2220-2230*, Nov 8, Afro-pop music. French
announcements. Sign off with National Anthem. Poor to fair with
some co-channel QRM. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nac, Bata, *0505:30-0530,
Nov 8, sign on with Afro-pop music. Rustic vocals. Poor. Weak in
noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 6250, Radio Nac, Malabo, 0530-0620,
Nov 8, tune-in to lite ballads. Spanish announcements. Afro-pop
music. Spanish talk. Fair but occasional rtty QRM. (Brian Alexander,
PA)
** GUINEA. 7125, Radio Conakry, 2210-2335+, Nov 8, French talk.
Local marimba music. Local Afro-pop music. Good. Not heard
several hours earlier. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** MAURITANIA. 4845, ORTM, 0805-0835*, Nov 8, Arabic news
program. Local music. Abrupt sign off. Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** THAILAND. 9680, Radio Thailand, 0004-0029*, Nov 8, tune-in to
English news. IDs. Ad for ?Spa on the Lake?. Surprisingly good signal.
Abruptly off the air at 0029 and switched to 12095. (Brian Alexander,
PA)
** THAILAND. 12095, Radio Thailand, *0030-0050+, Nov 8, talk
about local fiber optics company. English news. Ad for Thai Airways.
Fair to good. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:49:36 -0800 (PST)
From: "Scott R. Barbour Jr." <[email protected]>
To: Gayle Van Horn <[email protected]>, Mark Taylor
<[email protected]>, Dave Valko <[email protected]>, NASWAyg
<[email protected]>, DXLD <[email protected]>, DXplorer
<[email protected]>, HCDX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs from NH-USA, week ending Nov 7.
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
4780, DJIBOUTI, RTD Atta, 0308-0333, Nov 3, Arabic. M announcer w/ talk;
passing ments. of Djibouti & numerous "Salama"; HoA-like mx; ID at 0331 into
presumed nx; fair at best. (Barbour-NH)
5030, BURKINA FASO, R. Burkina Ouagadougou, 2043; 2356-0001*, Nov 3, French.
Announcer w/ sounded like a "live" Q & A press conference; re-check at 2356 w/
acoustic mx; announcer w/ s/off ancment at 2358 followed by presumed NA; fair.
(Barbour-NH)
5030, CHINA, CNR-1 Beijing, 1106-1115, Nov 6, Mandarin. Various announcers w/
ads/promos; ID at 1108; M & W announcers w/ talk; good. (Barbour-NH)
5050, CHINA, presumed Beibu Bay Radio Nanning, 1102-1123, Nov 7,
Mandarin/presumed Vietnamese. Announcers over mx at t/in; followed by M & W
announcers between/over mx; at times w/ talk in (P) Vietnamese; f-p; becoming
noisy around 1120; no English noted. (Barbour-NH)
6937, CHINA, presumed Yunnan PBS Kunming, 1124-1139, Nov 6, vernacular. W
announcer w/ brief talks between very nice, instrumental/wind mx; poor & f/out;
best in ECCS-LSB mode; also noted 1132, Nov 7, w/ mx into M announcer; quickly
lost under
noise floor. (Barbour-NH)
7365, THAILAND, R. Thailand Udon Thani, 1325, Nov 4, Mandarin. Battling for
dominance w/ strong co-ch. Mandarin station; (P) CNR-1 Shijiazhuan; Thailand IS
at 1330 & still clashing thru BoH; fair-poor. (Barbour-NH)
9780.05, YEMEN, YRTV Sanaa, 1902-1933, Nov 5, Arabic. Presumed nx at t/in; mx &
talk w/ M & W announcer w/ occasional echo fx between mx bits; fair; no chance
here in NH to check for listed 1800-1900 English; strong 9780-RFE/RL in Russian
via Wertachtal that hour. (Barbour-NH)
9835, CHINA, Xijiang PBS Urumqi, 1143-1157*, Nov 7, Mandarin. Two W announcer
w/ banter; M announcer joins at 1146; announcer over mx at 1155 then pulled the
plug at 1157 sharp; good; //7260-poor, which continued thru ToH; thanks to
Harry Brooks for pointing out Xijiang switches to B09 schedule Nov 9.
(Barbour-NH)
11870, PHILIPPINES, R. Veritas Asia Palauig, 1336-1400, Nov 4, listed Hindi.
Radio drama followed by M & W announcer between mx bits; wind/strings at 1400 &
"Radio Veritas Asia..." ID announcment; good. (Barbour-NH)
Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA
NRD-545, RX-350D, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole.
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Message: 12
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 10:55:18 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <[email protected]>
To: dxld <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Indian Govt. finalises phase III FM radio guidelines
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Govt finalises phase III FM radio guidelines
Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said on Friday that efforts
are on to evolvean independent, autonomous and credible mechanism to look into
the issue of broadcast regulation.
Addressing the first meeting of the newly constituted Consultative Committee of
the Members of Parliament attached to her Ministry, she said the draft
guidelines for Phase III of FM radio services had been drawn up for
consideration of the Cabinet after consultations with the Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India (TRAI). The Ministry was laying adequate stress on
popularizing the Community Radio service, she added.
She also said the proposal for ensuring digitalization of cable services to
address issues such as visibility and carriage fees and introducing Head End in
the Sky (HITS) Policy had been placed before the Cabinet for approval.
Soni said FDI limits would be decided in government on recommendations of the
TRAI.
Members were also informed that the regional Advisory Committees to the Central
Board of Film Certification would be reconstituted shortly.
Soni assured the members that honesty, integrity and transparency would be the
mainstay of the functioning of her Ministry. She assured the members that
periodic meetings of the Consultative Committee would be held according to the
laid guidelines.
Earlier, Minister of State Choudhury Mohan Jatua in his introductory remarks
acquainted the newly appointed Members with the various media units and
institutions of the Ministry.
Members cutting across party lines spoke on wide ranging issues such as Content
and control mechanism for TV Channels; news on FM; community information
services; foreign news channels; FDI limit in media sector; archives for
valuable and prize winning programmers of Doordarshan and Akashvani in addition
to film archives; functioning of censor board; lack of visibility of channels
particularly DD Urdu, and the need for more transparency in the working of
Prasar Bharati.
The meeting began with members paying homage to veteran journalist Prabhash
Joshi who passed away in the early hours this morning. Soni noted that Joshi
was one of the stalwarts and an iconic figure of Hindi Journalism.
Members who attended the meeting included Ramashankar Rajbhar, Dr. Anup Kumar
Saha, Shatrughan Sinha, Dr Barun Mukherji, Mohammed Adeed, Ahmad Saeed
Malihabadi, Bharatkumar Raut, Dr V Maitreyan, Anil Madhav Dave, M P Achuthan,
Jaya Bachchan, and Ranee Narah
Source:
http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/govt-finalises-phase-iii-fm-radio-guidelines
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Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India
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