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Today's Topics:
1. Meow FM enters Himachal (Jaisakthivel)
2. Unofficial station on SW from Uruguay monitored (Horacio Nigro)
3. Mon MOrn Dx, ([email protected])
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)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:05:22 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <[email protected]>
To: dx india <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Meow FM enters Himachal
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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/
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:45:35 +0000 (GMT)
From: Horacio Nigro <[email protected]>
To: Horacio Nigro <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Unofficial station on SW from Uruguay monitored
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:19:22 -0000
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, "ALF" <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, "Robert Wilkner" <[email protected]>, "Marie
Lamb" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, "Gayle Van Horn"
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "DSWCI"
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "arnaldo slaen"
<[email protected]>
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
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:49:48 -0000
From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
"Hard
Core DX" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] EOTC Holy Synod Radio in 15195
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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)
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:19:48 -0000
From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "Hard
Core
DX" <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] LOG 14/Dez
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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)
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:34:28 -0000
From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, "Hard Core DX"
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] LOG 14/Dez == CORRECTION
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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)
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:40:07 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 14, 2009
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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) ###
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:43:53 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD" <[email protected]>
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
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:31:28 -0800 (PST)
From: "J.D. Stephens" <[email protected]>
To: Cumbre DX <[email protected]>, HardCore DX
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Anguilla-6090 off
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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
[email protected] (Primary)
[email protected] (Alternate)
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