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It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt Today's Topics: 1. Meow FM enters Himachal (Jaisakthivel) 2. Unofficial station on SW from Uruguay monitored (Horacio Nigro) 3. Mon MOrn Dx, (ka4...@peoplepc.com) 4. EOTC Holy Synod Radio in 15195 (Jorge Freitas (Yahoo)) 5. LOG 14/Dez (Jorge Freitas (Yahoo)) 6. LOG 14/Dez == CORRECTION (Jorge Freitas (Yahoo)) 7. Glenn Hauser logs December 14, 2009 (Glenn Hauser) 8. Firedrake mx against RFA (Wolfgang Bueschel) 9. Anguilla-6090 off (J.D. Stephens) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:05:22 +0530 (IST) From: Jaisakthivel <ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in> To: dx india <dx_in...@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [HCDX] Meow FM enters Himachal Message-ID: <249281.57954...@web95416.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Meow FM enters Himachal Meow FM channel, a 24-hour station of the India Today group, has launched its services in Shimla on 104.8 frequency. ?The Meow experience is full of good music, sensible talk, humour and live interaction,? said head of programming, Shimla station, Shraddha Mishra. The Shimla FM channel was launched by Chief Minister P K Dhumal. ?The Shimla station will cover nearby areas including the towns of Bilaspur, Solan, Sarahan, Kasauli, Mandi, Kufri, Rohru and Narkanda,? he said. - Himachal.us 14/12 The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:45:35 +0000 (GMT) From: Horacio Nigro <hanigr...@yahoo.es> To: Horacio Nigro <hanigr...@yahoo.es> Subject: [HCDX] Unofficial station on SW from Uruguay monitored Message-ID: <947942.45621...@web28102.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 URUGUAY. (unofficial) 5931v. Emisora Chan?, Tacuaremb?, at 2310 on Dec 12, ad string by w, w/mention "FM Chan?" several cellular phone numbers heard but difficult to copy, "...segunda hora de Emisora Chan? desde Tacuaremb?", by young m. At 2320 start recording on my mp3, mx: Christina Aguilera at 2324, Horoscope reading by same young m, mx, "curso de autoestima, psicolog?a". Some kind of "decalog"reading. Gloria Est?fan "Coraz?n Partido" mx at 2352. Fq is now 5928! at 2353 so wildly drifting downwards in fqcy. QRK varies from 2 to 4, some QSB. Ad string at 0002 by young w. Mentions: manicura, cellular 099 830653 ... "El Diamante", Carpinter?a en aluminio, etc. Called to a "Fabiana" whose phone was mentioned in the ad string, and she tells me the station is a Communitary one. She recognizes my surname and asks me if I am a relative from a hairdresser living in Tacuaremb?. And I answer yes he's my father's cousin. Fqcy is 5924 at 0110. s/off 0110. Again on Dec 13 at 1306 mixing w/ new Brazilian on 5940, Voz Mission?ria, Cambori?, w/ mx polka, fqcy drifting to 5925 at 1436... adstring: "Barrio Nuevo Tacuaremb?, a couple of cell phones., one of them 099 76 39 29. Mexican classic theme: "Alla en el Rancho Grande". S/off 1438.(Nigro, Uruguay, "El Pinar" DX trip) Horacio A. Nigro Montevideo Uruguay ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:19:22 -0000 From: <ka4...@peoplepc.com> To: <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "ALF" <alf.e.pers...@telia.com>, <wghau...@yahoo.com>, "Robert Wilkner" <r...@earthlink.net>, "Marie Lamb" <mal...@cumbredx.org>, <ka4...@peoplepc.com>, <gaylevanh...@monitoringtimes.com>, "Gayle Van Horn" <gayl...@brmemc.net>, <d...@yahoogroups.com>, "DSWCI" <l...@directbox.com>, <cumbr...@cs2.ralabs.com>, "arnaldo slaen" <sl...@ciudad.com.ar> Subject: [HCDX] Mon MOrn Dx, Message-ID: <59438bb4d0664c34888ded383de3f...@virtualxp66406> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Brazil, 5955, Radio Gazeta, (pres)1057-1101, Noted two males in Protuguese language comments prior to the hour. On the hour however, the signal is completely blocked by China on 5960. Brazil was fair then nil on the hour. (Chuck Bolland, December 14, 2009) Peru, 6019.30, Radio Victoria, 1103-1115, Not much of a signal here, but could hear a weak signal of Spanish comments from a male mixing with anothe station on 6020. (Chuck Bolland, December 14, 2009) Russia, 6075, Radio Rossii, 1105-1120, Noted a male in Russian language news at tune in. As I listen the signal seems to be peaking around 1109 UTC for the period. I can still hear DW under Rossii. Every once in awhile a canned ID is presented. Signal was fair to good during the period. (Chuck Bolland, December 14, 2009) Watkins Johnson HF1000 26.27N 081.05W http://www.orchidcitysoftware.com/IMAGE59.HTML MAGNA UPDATE ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:49:48 -0000 From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <jorgefreitas_...@yahoo.com.br> To: <dx_log_bra...@yahoogrupos.com.br>, <radioescu...@yahoogrupos.com.br>, <dxcl...@yahoogrupos.com.br>, "Hard Core DX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, <cumbr...@n2jeu.net>, <d...@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [HCDX] EOTC Holy Synod Radio in 15195 Message-ID: <426888.94818...@smtp148.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Local time -3 UTC 15195 14/Dez 1603 RUSSIA, EOTC Holy Synod Radio, *tentative*, in Amharic, from Samara, with 200 kW. Top of the transmission with an Arabic music, similar to a religious song (Radio station of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church in Exile), this was followed with OM talk. The 1607 UT Arabic music. Signal weak, comes with a strong sound of airplane turbine. The 1620 UT the QRM sometimes fails, you can hear some clear statements of OM. Until the 1630 UT, condition of listening remained unchanged. The 1633 UT Arabic mx. The 1640 YL talk. (Jorge Freitas-B) 73 Jorge Freitas SWL1023B Skype jorge.freitas.fsa Escutas (listening): http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006 Blog DX: http://www.ipernity.com/blog/75006 Blog Pessoal http://www.ipernity.com/doc/107414/ Feira de Santana Bahia - Brasil 12?? 15' 1.57" S 38?? 58' 40.30" W Degen 1103 Antena Dipolo de 16 metros Balun 4:1 Dire??o Leste/Oeste "De Certa forma, as pessoas s?o como esponjas; elas t?m a tend?ncia de absorver o que est? ? sua volta. ? muito f?cil adotar, mesmo sem querer, as atitudes, os padr?es e os tra?os de personalidade daqueles com quem temos muito contato" "Mesmo que n?o me escutem ainda assim eu falarei, pois sei que as paredes t?m ouvidos" (JJFS) ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0000 From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <jorgefreitas_...@yahoo.com.br> To: <dxcl...@yahoogrupos.com.br>, <d...@yahoogroups.com>, <dx_log_bra...@yahoogrupos.com.br>, <cumbr...@n2jeu.net>, "Hard Core DX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, <radioescu...@yahoogrupos.com.br> Subject: [HCDX] LOG 14/Dez Message-ID: <869886.70341...@smtp131.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Local time -3 UT 9605 14/Dez 1735 RUSSIA, Voice of Asena, *presumed*, in Tigrinya, from Samara, with 250 kW, OM talk, the 1736 UT mx (another station opposition to the government of Eritrea). Signal weak. The 1735 UT what seems an OM by phone. The 1746 UT traditional pop music from Eritrea, then OM talk. (Jorge Freitas-B) 9885 14/Dez 1754 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, *presumed", Radio Horyaal, in Somali, from Dhabbaya, with 250 kW, YL talks, seemed YL interviewing an OM on the phone. The 1800 UT end tx by YL. Light QRM from Family Radio at the same frequency. Signal weak. (Jorge Freitas-B) 73 Jorge Freitas SWL1023B Skype jorge.freitas.fsa Escutas (listening): http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006 Blog DX: http://www.ipernity.com/blog/75006 Blog Pessoal http://www.ipernity.com/doc/107414/ Feira de Santana Bahia - Brasil 12?? 15' 1.57" S 38?? 58' 40.30" W Degen 1103 Antena Dipolo de 16 metros Balun 4:1 Dire??o Leste/Oeste "De Certa forma, as pessoas s?o como esponjas; elas t?m a tend?ncia de absorver o que est? ? sua volta. ? muito f?cil adotar, mesmo sem querer, as atitudes, os padr?es e os tra?os de personalidade daqueles com quem temos muito contato" "Mesmo que n?o me escutem ainda assim eu falarei, pois sei que as paredes t?m ouvidos" (JJFS) ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:34:28 -0000 From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <jorgefreitas_...@yahoo.com.br> To: <d...@yahoogroups.com>, "Hard Core DX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, <cumbr...@n2jeu.net> Subject: [HCDX] LOG 14/Dez == CORRECTION Message-ID: <331152.4217...@smtp142.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Local time -3 UT 9605 14/Dez 1735 RUSSIA, Voice of Asena, *presumed*, in Tigrinya, from Samara, with 250 kW, OM talk, the 1736 UT mx (another station opposition to the government of Eritrea). Signal weak. The 1745 UT (not 1735 UT) what seems an OM by phone. The 1746 UT traditional pop music from Eritrea, then OM talk. (Jorge Freitas-B) 73 Jorge Freitas SWL1023B Skype jorge.freitas.fsa Escutas (listening): http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006 Blog DX: http://www.ipernity.com/blog/75006 Blog Pessoal http://www.ipernity.com/doc/107414/ Feira de Santana Bahia - Brasil 12?? 15' 1.57" S 38?? 58' 40.30" W Degen 1103 Antena Dipolo de 16 metros Balun 4:1 Dire??o Leste/Oeste "De Certa forma, as pessoas s?o como esponjas; elas t?m a tend?ncia de absorver o que est? ? sua volta. ? muito f?cil adotar, mesmo sem querer, as atitudes, os padr?es e os tra?os de personalidade daqueles com quem temos muito contato" "Mesmo que n?o me escutem ainda assim eu falarei, pois sei que as paredes t?m ouvidos" (JJFS) _______________________________________________ Cumbredx mailing list cumbr...@n2jeu.net http://n2jeu.net/mailman/listinfo/cumbredx ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:40:07 -0800 (PST) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: d...@yahoogroups.com Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 14, 2009 Message-ID: <659312.42254...@web51101.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 ** BRAZIL. 11925, R. Bandeirantes, SP, Dec 14 at 0708 with 5:08 timecheck, report on Copenhagen demonstrations with constant music bed indicating they are not serious about purveying news; deep fades but fair peaks, even better than 11780 RNA with 25x the nominal power --- but the latter signal suffering due to desensitizing effect on the receiver by super-strong Cuba 11760 too close to it. WRTH 2010 shows 11925 as *inactive, certainly not the case as we and others have reported it frequently in the past months (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake Dec 14 at 1422: very poor on 8400 with heavy flutter; inaudible on 9000, 10210, 11300. Ron Howard in California thinx Sound of Hope has changed schedule to emphasize local morning broadcasts, when he hears lots of FD on several frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. 9955, WRMI jamming against, by DCJC seemed worse than ever, Dec 14 at 0702, not only the usual roar, but additional whiny noise mixed in for a different sound. Possibly ramped up by Arnie in retaliation for being confronted with the jamming issue? Without embargo, a bit of WRMI Spanish remained audible, same at 0708. What show is being jammed? Odds are it`s a preacher rather than a FueraCuban. The latest WRMI program grid we have, dated Nov 1, shows English UT Mondays at 0700 = 2 am EST, the Wire Light Infomercial, so something must have changed. Certain other days of the week it`s listed as a Radio Prague bonus but that too should be in English. See also CZECHIA [non]. RHC, Dec 14: Once again I have heard the Spanish DX program ``En Contacto`` at a secret unscheduled time, not mentioned by them or in Jos? Bueno`s weekly publicity about the show on several romance-language DX lists: on 6150 and 6120, ending at 0651 UT Monday, so started at 0636. Before 0700, 6140 was in English but at 0710 it was in Spanish with music // and in synch with super-strong 11760, while 6150 and 6120 were synched with each other but not 11760/6140, an echo apart. 6010 was off, while 6060 remained on in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CZECHIA [and non]. DentroCuban Jamming Command was as usual blowing away WRMI with a wall of noise on 9955, during the 1400 UT hour Dec 14. But jamming abated during R. Prague English relay from 1500. WRMI probably still not back on NW antenna but absence of jamming audiblized the SSE antenna, poor and fading but building a bit to S9+15 by 1510 when Prague had a talk for the third Sunday of Advent, about a cleric faking something. Before that, the Sunday mailbag segment from 1504 (as always 24 hours late on the WRMI 1500 UT relay), at 1507 was answering listeners, Lenfant Lee in China, Yukiko Maki in Japan, Thaddea (?) Nielson (?) in New Zealand, about future of its own SWBC, but could not copy details. So found the audio on demand at http://helix.radio.cz:8080/ramgen/rm/EN/09/12/EN091213-14-high.rm And this is what she said: ``At the moment all we can say is that the status quo will be maintained until February 1, 2010. What will happen after that date is still the subject of discussion between Czech Radio and the Foreign Ministry. We will of course update you on the matter as soon as we know more. In the meantime, thank you for your interest and support.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9526v, no trace even of a carrier from VOI, Dec 14 at 1434 during Malay hour, and nothing on 9525 either this hour to block it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. 9575, GIRI, Russian service via Sirjan site, Dec 14 at 1433 had good signal tho fluttery, but just barely modulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN. 3925, R. Nikkei, already audible in Japanese at 0714 Dec 14, i.e. 16:14 JST, tnx to earliest sunsets now. Hams kept away for the moment. Nothing audible on 3945, another Nikkei or Vanuatu frequency, except SSB nearby. 6055 was also audible before 0700, and one might hear it as early as 0600 when Spain closes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA SOUTH. 9640, Dec 14 at 1427, slow notes on vibes (?), interspersed with YL IDs in Korean starting ``Radio Hangkuk. . .`` So I knew it had to be KBS, altho uplooked later on page 454 of the 2010 WRTH, the Korean ID quoted does not simply say that! Poor signal by comparison to KBS Korean via Sackville on 9650 which was slightly splattering. At 1430, 9640 switched to Vietnamese, which chex with WRTH 2010; and in Aoki, this is the only semihour that KBSWR is now using 9640, 100 kW, 225 degrees from Kimjae. WRTH says the IS is ``Oh Bright Moon``, a children`s song played on glockenspiel. Can`t say I am familiar with it preceding English broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. Dec 14 at 1455 just as Spain closed 15385, I was hearing buzzes here and there, on and off from 15375 up past 15500, suspected as attempts to turn on the Buzzing Service of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia transmitter, nominal 15435. But nothing of any of that at 1501. It was sure on at next check 1514, blotting 15410-15450 with horrible ratchety frying noise; as BSKSA reinforces the evidence each day that their engineering is totally incompetent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. REE Emisi?n Sefarad, 15385, Monday-only, Dec 14 at 1442 in Castilian at the moment, interview explaining januc?; 1446 back to Ladino for feature about anniversaries, such as the 100th of the death of composer Isaac Alb?niz, 1450 guitar playing a tango by another composer; 1452 upwrapping with e-mail address sefarad @ rtve.es and 1453 sign-off, schedule, back to giving wrong frequency! Claimed to ME/Mediterranean Mon 1425 on 15325! Tue 0115 to SAm 11780 [so colliding with Bras?lia, or really on 11795 as otherwise announced? I have yet to confirm which]; and Tue 0415 to NAm on 9690. Gave REE 6-digit PO Box address, e-mail again, fanfare and cut off at 1455* before it could resolve. 15385 back on weaker a few minutes later with REE regular Castililan service. Sefarad reception was very good today on 15385 here far from the target area. I always enjoy the music and the `strange Spanish` spoken (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. Big problem at The University Network, Dec 14 at 0656: PMS audio cutting on for a split second, then cutting off with a thumping sound, over and over averaging once per second but irregularly, sometimes on for more than a split second. This was occurring in synch on both Anguilla 6090 and WWCR 5935, so obviously occurs somewhere upstream from either radio station --- could be anywhere from TUN studio in LA to the satellite transponder. This continued thru 0700 with music bits and studio announcer with 800 number, etc. (neither station bothers to insert a local ID at hourtop). Still the same well past 0700. Is no one paying attention in LA, aboard the satellite, at Nashville or The Valley? Not checked again until 0716 when 5935 had become OK, while 6090 was still upbreaking. In fact, they were no longer //, so someone was paying attention at WWCR, where they must have switched to an in-house backup recording. It all sounds the same, anyway, so it`s remarkable that TUN doesn`t dump the satellite expenses and just play a one-hour CD over and over at transmitter stations! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. The dirty 13845 parasitic from WEWN`s 13835 transmitter, quite strong on the fundamental, was way atop weak PMS via WWCR on 13845, Dec 14 at 1438. This has gone on for years, plus and minus 10 kHz from at least one WEWN transmitter. You`d think the victims such as WWCR and WYFR would raise hell about it. Maybe because they are not without sin? Long ago, when I brought it to the attention of WEWN, they tried to blame it on my receiver, and still haven`t fixed it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WJHR check of 15550-USB, Dec 14 at 1440: nothing. However, at 1501 it was on and heard it weakly with same ID I recorded on first log anywhere six days earlier, then into gospel music and preacher. Compared it to its nearest neighbor geographically and frequencially, WEWN on 15610: that signal was S9+8 with fading, certainly not solid, but incontrovertibly on and transmitting Xmas music. 15550-USB was poor, just barely audible, and at next check 1515 was gone --- cannot tell if it went off the air or propagation resumed being unfavorable after a brief opening. I had thought WJHR was off the air Sunday morning Dec 13, but Brian Alexander, PA, managed to hear it weakly at 1615-1650 between my two chex at 1505 and 1720 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WRMI, 9955: see CUBA [and non]; CZECHIA [and non] ** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 6297v, LV de la RASD providing some rollicking good music in the nightmiddle, Dec 14 at 0720, with ululating and wailing, still good signal at 0756 last check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ### ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:43:53 +0100 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesch...@web.de> To: "HCDX" <hard-core...@kotalampi.com>, "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [HCDX] Firedrake mx against RFA Message-ID: <b20c5c762a244f8e9618abd70acf8...@hnpc2> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original CHINA/SAIPAN/TAIWAN/TINIAN 7385 RFA from Taiwan. Came across Firedrake jamming music again against RFA Mandarin Chinese in 1800-2000 UT slot Dec 14th. Noted Firedrake also on \\ Tinian channels 5810 5990 6095 7445(-20), and on RFA Palau relay 9875. But no firedrake music noted on Tinian outlets 11790 and 11945 kHz here in Europe, this could be due of no propagation from Chinese jamming tx site towards central Europe in 25 mb around deep nighttime 1900 UT. wb ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:31:28 -0800 (PST) From: "J.D. Stephens" <jdstephens...@yahoo.com> To: Cumbre DX <cumbr...@n2jeu.net>, HardCore DX <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: [HCDX] Anguilla-6090 off Message-ID: <916289.88509...@web55603.mail.re4.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii For those who might want to try for Amhra State Radio, at 0315 UTC, Anguilla is silent on 6090. 73, J.D. Stephens j...@bellsouth.net (Primary) jdstephens...@yahoo.com (Alternate) End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 84, Issue 15 ********************************************