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Today's Topics:
1. Instead of IBC Tamil ... (Jaisakthivel)
2. Radio Kitaya (Jaisakthivel)
3. The Voice of Tigers - Pulikalin Kural ? IBC Tamil (Jaisakthivel)
4. MOre logs 23/25/26 11 (Zacharias Liangas )
5. Glenn Hauser logs November 26, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
6. Nov 25-26 Logs ([email protected])
7. Amanacer, V.O. Russia (Dave Valko)
8. Glenn Hauser logs November 26, 2009 part II (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:36:26 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <[email protected]>
To: dxld <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Instead of IBC Tamil ...
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Instead of IBC Tamil (26-12-2009)on 17560 Khz at 1000-1130 UTC carry the
Russian language programmes. (Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India)
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:47:16 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <[email protected]>
To: dxld <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Kitaya
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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CRI Russian Radio Kitaya were on 1115 UTC on 17560 Khz instead of IBC Tamil?!
(Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India)
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:43:52 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <[email protected]>
To: ardic <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] The Voice of Tigers - Pulikalin Kural ? IBC Tamil
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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The Voice of Tigers - Pulikalin Kural ? IBC Tamil
IBC Tamil just now become on air on 17560 KHz at 1200 UT. But the Station
identification said ?Pulikalin Kural ? The Voice of Tigers?, So it is not IBC
Tamil!
In 1990, the Pulikalin Kural started in Jaffna, whereas it withstand from
various attacks over it. 23 times it get attacted but still to service again.
When the people lost their lives on May 16 the voice of tigers had also stopped
its service.
Voice of Tiger also live stream on
http://www.pulikalinkural.com/
http://www.votradio.com/live/live.html
They also broadcast in satellite. The details follow.
Name: NTR- Tamil
Satellite: Eurobird 9
Frequency: 11919
Polarization: Vertical
Symbol Rate: 27500
Fec : ?
Shortwave frequency
IBC Tamil at 0000-0100 UTC on 6045 (via Nauen, Germany)
November 25, 26, 27, 2009
1000-1300 UT on 17560 KHz,
1300-1400 UT on 11510 kHz.
November 27, 2009
1400-1500 UT on 11510 kHz
1500-1800 UT on 6225 kHz
(Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India)
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:25:08 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] MOre logs 23/25/26 11
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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MOre logs 23/25/26 11
http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/247
Time UTC before goin to work (days in brackets )....
4780 Djibuti 0503 talk s s4 (25)
4790 Atlantida 0514 talks S0 (23)
4885 Para 0513 LA msx S5 max (23) / S3(25th)
4915 Macapa 0512 music and talk sby OM S3 max (23) /S3 on 26th
4985 RBC 0503 msx S4 (23)
5005 Bata 0514 with afro discos Just S3 (23)
5025 Rebelde 0511 talks S7 (25)
5035 Aparecida 0509 talks PP S4 (25)
5045 Guaruja? 0508 songs S4 (25)
7110 Ethiopia 0501 msx talk s S4 (25) /S4 (26)
9745 R Bahrain 0512 advert , talk s S2 (26)
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:29:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 26, 2009
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** AUSTRALIA. RA better on 13630 than 13690, Nov 26 at 0632, and on 19m better
on 15160 than 15240 with Future Tense show about audiences turning their backs
on Aussie films, causing a decline in its movie industry. 13630 is 50 degrees
from Shep, while 13690 is 353; 15160 is 65, 15240 is 30 degrees, so those
azimuths fit with observation.
Enid is about 70 degrees, just a bit beyond the Samoas, so these are the ideal
RA transmissions to Oklahoma, and cutting right across the USA from Nogales to
NYC: 00-02 17715, 02-05 15515, 08-14 9580, 17-20 9580, 20-22 11660, 22-24 15560
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. No sign of China on 19m, just Australia, Nov 26 at 0636, so
expected 16m to be dead, but instead found good signal on 17740 with exotic
repetitive music, at 0639 announcement in Chinese; also slightly weaker 17710
with CRI English, Voices of Our World, the Thursday feature interviewing a
Westerner who teaches MBA courses in Beijing.
Seems quite a selective opening, but these two are listed from quite different
sites: 17710 Beijing, 500 kW at 193 degrees; 17740 Xi`an, 500 kW at 190
degrees, with CRI Chinese.
Searched for other signals on 16, and found much weaker Chinese conversation on
17550, which is CNR1 from Beijing, 100 kW, 251 degrees. And a trace of
something on 17880, likely CNR1 jamming of RFA via Saipan.
Interesting that at 0643 I found 17710 coincidentally synchronized with same
program via Sackville on 6115 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. As soon as I mention that 6140 has been consistently in English at
05-07, RHC switches it to Spanish, just to keep us on our toes: Nov 26 at 0611,
interviewing some Brazilian guy speaking Spanish with quite an accent, // 6150
and 6120.
Meanwhile, English on 6060 and 6010, except on 6060 only, heavy audio mixture
from the Spanish service, slightly under, but about 65-35 percent. At 0612
English announcer mentioned Sen. Feingold`s call for the abolition of RTV Mart?
--- that should get him a lot of DentroCuban votes. To confuse matters further,
at 0621 the Spanish service was translating someone speaking in English. The
6060 mix was still going at 0644. It`s always something.
Also checked 25m, and 11760 Spanish was inbooming as it has been lately in the
nightmiddle, with MUFs holding up, 0629 in ``Revista de la Noche, de lunes a
s?bado, una manera de saber``, i.e. one way to find things out --- yeah, just
what the Commie government wants you to know, like topic-A, the Five Heroes,
yawn. S9+25 but along with it a big hum. Then at 0647 rechecked 6150 and 6140
and they were hummy too, but not this bad. Narrowband audio on 6120 made hum
less noticeable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 11670-11695, loud OTH radar pulses, presumed from here, Nov 26 at
1421. Also 13885-13915 at 1426; 12050-12075 at 1533, vs WEWN on one edge,
12050, Russian on 12070, i.e. DW via Woofferton (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GREECE. Rats: tho VOG was on 15630 the day before, clearing 15650 for Miraya
FM via Slovakia to Sudan from 1500, on Nov 26 VOG was back on 15650 at 1437,
and making usual fast SAH atop Miraya after 1500. 15630 must have been an error
rather than ERA finally coming to its senses.
John Babbis notes 15650 resumed too, and has translated a VOG program schedule
showing that at 14-15 weekdays on 15650 and 9420, the Greek music show is
called ``Hello, Patriots`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN [non]. 15410, R. Farda not too enjoyable Nov 26 at 1439 due to heavy
long/shortpath echo. Three different sites are scheduled for this at 11-16:
14-16 is Skelton, UK, 300 kW at 95 degrees. I wonder if the German sites
earlier would have had LP echo: 11-12 100 kW, 85 degrees from Biblis, 12-14 100
kW, 77 degrees from Lampertheim. Echo could also be caused if two sites were
simultaneous by mistake (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. XEQM, 6104.8, audible at peaks as it faded up and down, Nov 26 at
0619, music with Motown flavor, 0623 DJ with someone on phone in Spanish. The
het from something on 6105.0 was even weaker, fortunately; and far enough away
from big signals Anguilla 6090, CRI Sackville 6115 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 15435, BuzzSKSA, Nov 26 at 1531, now with some talk barely
audible under, presumably Arabic. Same buzz pitch weaker with no audio on 11785
at 1536 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. VOT, 12035, fair with IS at 1424 Thu Nov 26, end of English
transmission. A semihour earlier, reception was too poor to copy Live from
Turkey, and // 15300 is a loss colliding with France. But here it is for 24
hours only, starting 23 minutes into the file:
http://www.trtenglish.com/trtinternational/Galeri/AudioMedia.aspx?MedyaKodu=8f2785e0-e386-4fa9-8798-1540689bf9d8&KategoriKodu=d2b66127-a908-46d0-9f57-38d404a5dca1&Dil=en
Just a few characters would have sufficed for a unique file name. This time it
was just the announcers conversing about life and stuff, avoiding overeating
tho not a Thanksgiving special per se (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 13740, CRI English relay via Habana, with considerable QRM at
1427 Nov 26; heard voanews.com mentioned in Asian language. CRI modulation
conveniently lost for a minute but squeal continued, during ululating music
from the understation. It`s VOA Kurdish via Wertachtal, GERMANY, 250 kW, 105
degrees at 14-15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13845, WWCR-2 back on the air this morning, Nov 26 at 1426 with PMS,
VG Es-enhanced signal audiblizing the whine. Also VG on 15825 with black gospel
music show. Ergo, see WWRB harmonic log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. With HF sporadic E causing WWCR to inboom on 13845 and 15825, it`s
time to look for 18770, the second harmonic of neighboring WWRB, Nov 26 at 1433
--- but nothing there, since 9385 is not yet on the air. Wake up, Dave!
Sleeping in late for Tnxgiving? Checked night frequency 3185 but inaudible
there too. At 1509 noticed that 9385 was finally outsending TOM, so checked
18770 again, and there it was, at 1510 with Alex Scourby`s ponderous Bible
reading on the Brother Scare broadcast. Bookkeeping the adjustments for airtime
lost vs paid for must be a hassle (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. R. Nacional de la RASD isn`t always there on 6297: no
sign of it Nov 26 at various chex between 0600 and 0645; meanwhile Cairo`s
distorted Arabic still strong on 6290 at 0645. Now scheduled until 0700, 315
degrees USward from Abis, and with latest sunrises imminent, holds up all the
way till 9 am local (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6074, tuned in late and feared had missed 8GAL V/CQ marker on CW,
Nov 26 at 1400, but it did not start until about 1400:40 and lasted about half
a sesquiminute, vs Chinese broadcasters on 6075 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Besides Australia on 19m, one other very weak signal measured on
15121.1, JBA modulation, Nov 26 at 0635, suspect V. of Nigeria which was heard
around 15121, some 11 hours earlier. New transmitters and antennas have been
installed at Abuja and should be testing on air shortly; but it`s hard to
believe brand-new equipment would be ~1 kHz off. Ron Howard measured it at 1706
Nov 25 on 15120.95, but this was definitely on the hi side (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:52:16 EST
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Nov 25-26 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
** COSTA RICA. 2859.82, Radio San Carlos, 0100-0150*, Nov 26,
2nd harmonic. 2 x 1430v. Spanish pops/ballads. Brief Spanish
announcements. Abruptly pulled plug at 0150. Fair signal. Also heard
at 1115-1135 with lively Spanish music, promos, announcements,
talk. ID at 1123 & Spanish ballads. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** GUINEA. 7125, Radio Guinee, 2215-0014*, Nov 25-26, French
talk. Afro-pop music. Some rustic local music. IDs. Abrupt sign off.
Good signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** IRAN [non]. via Germany, 9760 NF, Radio Farda, *0400-0410,
ex-9585, Nov 26, opening ID announcements in Farsi. Mid-Eastern
pop music. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** SUDAN. 7200, SRTC, *0236-0430*, Nov 26, abrupt sign on with
Arabic talk. Qur`an at 0237. Talk. Short music breaks. Abrupt sign
off. Fair to good. In the clear except for occasional weak HAM QRM.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
** SUDAN [non]. via Slovakia, 15650, Miraya 101 FM, *1459-1512,
Nov 26, sign on with African music. Time pips at 1500:30, IDs and
English news. Gave mirayafm.org website address. Into Arabic at
1511. Poor, difficult copy mixing with Greece on frequency. (Brian
Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot long wires
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:53:29 -0500
From: "Dave Valko" <[email protected]>
To: "Guy Atkins" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, "Nicolas Eramo" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Amanacer, V.O. Russia
Message-ID: <20e47129525b4eac94f9afd81aa1b...@davepc>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 6025.088 R. Amanacer 1213 nice singing ID jingles by
women at 1213 t/in, then into soft rel. sounding song. Good signal but with
some 6020 Australia slop QRM. (26 Nov)
RUSSIA 7295 V.O. Russia, Khabarovsk 1230 instru. mx and RS ID by M at BoH,
then into pres. nx by W. Strong signal w/co-channel stn underneath. (26 Nov)
Perseus SDR with ARR preamp
T2FD antenna for 60 meters
73 Dave Valko
Dunlo, PA, USA
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:40:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 26, 2009 part II
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** ALBANIA [and non]. R. Tirana English at 1945 check Nov 26: about equal
signals on 11635 and 7465, both in clear but undermodulated, 1947 news. The
next English at 2100: Klara Ruci finishing standard 2-minute opening reciting
entire English transmission schedule until 2102, then OM with news: 7430 clear
but undermodulated, while // 9895 was sinking into the noise level, exacerbated
by overload from PPP on WWCR 9980. I assume in Laporte it`s the same way and he
is proud of all the trouble he causes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA [non]. Is LRA36 off the air again from 15476? The last report I
have seen of it was Oct 29 heard in Brasil, as in DXLD 9-079, and it`s been
even longer since Maurits Van Driessche in Belgium has reported it in BDX,
mid-September? But he`s mainly into MW. I strained to detect even a carrier,
Nov 26 at 1937, but nothing; nor 15345 from Bs As, so anyway, propagation not
favorable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Nov 26 at 1412: about equally fair on 8400, 9000, 10210.
Not heard on 11300, where we heard it months ago, despite being on an important
aero comms frequency, which was again being reported by UDXF monitors Nov 25-26
around 2320-2430, -1004, 1420, tho they didn`t know what it was. Don`t blame
us, the ChiCom will say --- we just jam Sound of Hope wherever it appears.
Yeah, right (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 9355 with a deep mix of YFR and Chinese, Nov 26 at 1954,
first the YFR IS mixing with ads(?) in hyper Mandarin, then a bit of classical
music. 1959 YFR introducing Romanian hour, and tried to make out the Chinese
ID, but no go.
Since this is the same frequency where WYFR has previously been heard mixing
two of its own programs in the 06-07+ UT period, Italian/English and
Portuguese/Spanish, first suspicion was that RTI programming via WYFR had
suffered the same fate. No SAH, as signals were zero-beat as far as I could
tell, also making them seem from one transmitter, like the WBCQ case on 15420,
see USA.
At 2029, still the mix but Chinese definitely on top, more so than earlier, a
clue that it`s not all from one transmitter. At 2057 tried again to unravel
this. Chinese even more atop, and very slight fading which could be slight
difference in frequency, or propagational.
At 2100, 5+1 timesignal and clear ID we abbreviate as ``CJKT``, or ``ZRGD`` if
you prefer, so it`s CNR1, and thus separate from Okeechobee! So strong and
steady, could it be via Sackville? No, it`s another of their damn jammers, as
the only Mandarin really scheduled on 9355 at 17-22 is RFA via Saipan at 300
degrees, of which nothing at all was audible here, unlike, we can only hope, in
xenophobic China, where any words at all from its largest co-dependent trading
partner must be blocked from the delicate ears of the people (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11600, there it is again, heavy DentroCuban jamming noise against
nothing detectable at 2033 Nov 26. I am rather sure it was not there earlier in
the hour when I tuned by the frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBYA. 11965, Nov 26 at 1944 hilife music, // 11860, undermodulated, 1948
talk in presumed Hausa as B-09 scheduled from V. of Africa, instead of 11995
where we heard it well into November in prolonged A-09 schedule usage (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. RNW can`t afford one frequency in English for NAm, but
Nov 26 at 2107 it`s on two frequencies in Dutch, 17605 and 17810, running one
or two words apart, depending on the length of the words, in a deliberate
asynchronism of modulation peaks to even out electrical consumption at Bonaire.
How does that convert to savings on the power bill? This makes it impossible to
employ frequency diversity with two receivers, unless you are an echo-enjoyer.
These semihours are at 170 and 90 degrees respectively, so for quite different
targets, tho about the same very good level here, far offtarget from both
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [and non]. Altho it was close to 15121 earlier on Nov 25-26, VON
apparently back to 15120.0, as very weak carrier was measured Nov 26 at 1941,
like another very weak carrier on 15190.0 from Equatorial Guinea, unfavorable
propagation today.
Per Aoki, nothing else scheduled on 15120 at this time, and I also see that the
DRM I heard previously around 15120 was not Nigeria testing, but
WAZ-Nachrichten from Nauen, Germany scheduled at 15-16 only (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. The continuing saga of KGYN 1210 Guymon: Once again the afternoons
of Nov 25 and 26, no signal here on groundwave, unlike the day before, so once
again either off the air, very reduced power, or on night pattern with eastward
null in the daytime (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 18770, WWRB second harmonic with Brother Scare
broadcast, reported earlier Nov 26 at 1510 under USA heading, still/again
propagating by sporadic E at 1926 check, fading in and out from S2 to S7 peaks.
Two frequencies for the price of one might compensate for coming on the air one
sesquihour late (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 9925, with S Asian music, Nov 26 at 1952, quite strong but with
heavy flutter. Turns out to be R. Farda via Iranawila at 324 degrees,
1930-2130; however not much was audible by 2030; MUF got `em? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SWEDEN [non]. 9490 at 2028 Nov 29 in Swedish, so very likely R. Sweden. Yes,
then from 2030 in English, news by Bill Schiller at 2032, magazine of several
feature reports including 2046 toxic denims. Loud and clear, might as well be a
North American service, but really only for Africa, 320 degrees from
Madagascar.
Hey, it really is a North American service too tho they will never say so: the
320 azimuth from Talata exits Africa where Algeria and Morocco meet the
Mediterranean, across Iberia, ultimately transiting our continent from Blanc
Sablon to Superior to Cheyenne WY, i.e. only 7 degrees away from Enid (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17580, VOA French, 1928 Nov 26, with heavy long/short path echo; 94
degrees from Greenville at 1830-2000, but almost twice as far as Nashville or
Vandiver, LP is closer to only 38 Mm than 39, but I`ll take it.
No such problem with Greenville 15580 tho also directly off the back, in
English at 2105 starting VOA Music Mix hour, on Thursdays dedicated to Top 20
with Ray McDonald for the week ending Nov 28 --- but, but, how does he foresee
the future of how things will rank on Nov 27 and 28?? Before any music,
recitation of pop stars` birthdays this week, including septuagenarian Tina
Turner.
Since the current Top 20 are of no interest to me whatsoever, I then tuned to
equally excellent 7465 WWCR for the rest of the hour, Rock the Universe, from
the doo-wop era (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Some serious problems at WBCQ Nov 26, possibly because it`s a holiday
and no one is paying attention:
15420-CUSB at 1931 had not only the preacher on CUSB, but equal mix with rock
music, such as Ringo at 1936. Might have been clash from another station,
except the rock was also on CUSB only, so mixing in from the single WBCQ
transmitter.
Did not listen continuously but on repeated chex heard only music, no
announcements or IDs as to original source of it. Could be studio op had it
playing for his own pleasure, unaware it was going on the air along with the
gospel huxter whom no one in his right mind would want to pay attention to.
Same situation at 2027 when the preaching had switched to the anapaestic Fence
Lake NM one. 2104 ditto, and presumably lasted until 2200*
As soon as I first heard this, checked 9330 and 7415 for WBCQ to see if the
music was from there, but not: a different preacher in // at 1935. Except it
was not 9330, but exactly on 9333.0, CUSB! Finger slipped on frequency keypad?
Figured the old transmitter might be analogically tuned. At 2000, 9333 still on
the air starting WORLD OF RADIO 1488, // 7415. But they cut it off sometime
between then and next check 2027 when 9333 was gone (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13570, WINB, Nov 26 at 1942 with Musical Memories, the same one I
heard several days ago on WWCR, and now it really is Thanksgiving. QRM de CODAR
swishes, and also persistent ute beeping 2-3 kHz on low side. Usual slightly
unstable carrier from WINB itself. WINB schedule shows Martha Garvin`s MM Tue
at 8 pm and Thu at 2:30 pm EDT. But there is no EDT now, duh! Must mean EST as
that fits for 1930 UT Thu, the other meaning 0100 UT Wednesday when on 9265
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. How low can you go and how early and still expect to propagate to
Europe? 5745, WYFR 44 degrees in Arabic from 1900, just barely audible here at
1951 Nov 26; maybe it`s better there as we are close to 90 degrees offbeam
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CHINA [and non]
** VATICAN. 7435 with mass in Latin, Nov 26 at 1939, fair. That means it has to
be WWCR, WEWN or Vatican, but it`s VR scheduled on this frequency, only at
1940-2030, to Egypt and Turkey to Oman and Yemen. EiBi shows 1940-2000 portion
is Rosary to ME, then Italian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. Altho R. Nacional de la RASD was missing in the
morning of Nov 26 at 0600-0645, 6297.1 had some music in the evening at 2056,
much weaker than Cairo on 6290 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZANZIBAR. 11735, RTZ, Nov 26 at 1946, very nice regional music, good
modulation and audio frequency response too unlike so many other third-world
transmitters. Strong enough to muscle Cuba 11730 aside with no problem. Recheck
at 2002 in case English news appear at this alternate time to 1800, but just
heard a mention of habari and back to music. Tempted to keep listening instead
of bandscanning, but duty called (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 83, Issue 27
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