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Today's Topics:
1. EMR relay this Sunday (Tom Taylor)
2. Radio City (Manuel M?ndez)
3. two free stations (Zacharias Liangas )
4. Glenn Hauser logs December 17-19, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
5. Dec 18-19 Logs ([email protected])
6. logs (L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec)
7. Mexico (Robert Wilkner)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:12:54 -0000
From: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
To: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] EMR relay this Sunday
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EMR relay this Sunday
Date 20th of December 2009
Time 10.00 to 1100 utc
Channel 6140 khz
Programmes:
10.00 Tom Taylor programme
10.30 Mike Taylor (Mail Box programme)
HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR LISTENERS!
ALSO A GREAT NEW YEAR!
EMR Internet radio service on Sunday and Monday
Programme repeats are at the following times:
10.00, 13:00, 16:00, 19:00, 22:00 utc
Please visit www.emr.org.uk and click on the "EMR internet radio" button
which you will find throughout the website (see the menu on the left).
Please send all reception reports to: [email protected] Good Listening
73s Tom
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:18:45 +0100
From: Manuel M?ndez <[email protected]>
To: Conexi?n Digital <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio City
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Espa?a
Escucha realizada en casco urbano de Lugo
Grundig Satellit 400, antena telesc?pica
SLOVAKIA, 9510, Radio City, 0948-1000*, 19-12, m?sica pop en ingl?s,
locutor, comentarios, identificaci?n: "Radio City", "Radio City, the
station of the cars" "Radio City, e-mail: [email protected]". A las
0959: "This is Nexus, IRRS Milano, signing off". 45444. (M?ndez)
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:55:29 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] two free stations
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Two free stations
http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/253
Cupid radio 15070 at 0903 with rock songs , 0905 with Rinus making this
first ID and short talks . Program consisted at most with old rocks . Re-
tuned after a long stop fie to shopping on 1037 listening AC DC
Signal S3 at start with max to S7 on 1040 and 35544 . Sad to listen that on
1140 he had to stop broadcasting
Radio City 9510 with prg mostly old German and Western songs and signal
S10 or 44544 but on 0913 lo qrmed signal was stronger gaining to 43543
for RC .
Look at my daughter: http://zlgr.multiply.com/photos/album/93
Liangas Dec 19 THS Greece
Please read and distribute this 15 year research article
http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e
Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd
________________________
http://zlgr.multiply.com (radio monitoring site plus audio clips ) MAIN SITE
http://sites.google.com/site/zliangas (replacement of geocities)
http://zliangas.blogspot.com (radio tech , gadgets, grk ethics)
http://www.youtube.com/zach0gr some videos
http://www.myspace.com/310100806
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=770974854
http://www.worldisround.com/articles/302315/ (Litohoro) 321199/Tinos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachgr pictures upload
http://www.google.com/reader/shared/06600224598981072865 (social
news )
http://zlgr.stumbleupon.com (my social 'bookmarks' )
http://del.icio.us/gr_geek1
........
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
greekdx @ otenet dot gr ---
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:35:33 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 17-19, 2009
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** BIAFRA [non]. As noted last Friday Dec 11, V. of Biafra International was
missing from WHRI 15665 at its previously scheduled time of 19-20 UT.
As 1900 approached on Dec 18, I checked the WHR and VOBI websites. At WHR, VOBI
is now nowhere to be found; checking the Angel-1 and Angel-5 schedules, other
things are shown Friday during this hour (and surely not both of them are
really on same frequency at same time!).
Their own website http://www.biafraland.com/vobi.htm still shows 15280 Fri
20-21 UT which was used only briefly sometime last year.
They do have an audio file for Dec 11 which I belatedly started listening to,
in case there be any explanation. After many minutes of anthems and the usual
sign-on routine, they finally got to the anti-Nigerian `news`, and at that very
point the file started hiccuping, buffering, even backing up and repeating
itself. This was on their own clipstream player rather than downloading first
for an external media player.
During the first quarter-hour, at least, nothing at all said about any change
in their schedule. Or for that matter, anything at all about their schedule,
but they gave up on that some weeks ago as the frequency kept being changed. I
listened until the same announcer switched into Igbo.
At 1900 UT Dec 18 checked 15665 anyway and it was off the air. Perhaps Angels 1
and 5 cancel each other out? Axually, a great deal of the WHR SW schedule on
their website is imaginary. It makes sense only to go on the air when they have
paid programming, instead of WHR-produced fill, but why do they claim otherwise?
So are VOBI done for? We might look around for a replacement transmission in
the 19-22 UT period this Friday, but if any, they aren`t saying. So far, no
reports of it received. And we shall see whether a Dec 18 audio file be
forthcoming. Not as the final hour of UT Dec 18 was ticking away, nor at 1617
check Dec 19 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL [and non]. RNA, Bras?lia, at 0640 Dec 19, 11780 on the air with open
carrier only, so checked 6185 and it was also on but already modulating music
atop XEPPM. By 0643, 11780 was // in violin with guitar accompaniment.
During the OC I could also hear Pastor Pete Peters as WWCR 5890 was overloading
and making a harmonic in the FRG-7; along with DGS 5935 mixing with WEWN
fundamental on 11870. I checked these on the YB-400 and found them much
stronger, which doesn`t compute unless they depend on internal receiver
circuitries` harmonic-suppression capabilities. There seemed to be a threshold
effect on the FRG-7 as the WWCR audio would surge in and out (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Dec 18 at 2211: poor on 9000, not audible on 8000, 10210 or
11300, but might have been on some higher ones had I sought them out.
Dec 19 at 1434: 11300 poor with flutter, 10210 JBA, 9000 zilch, 8400 fair
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Re previous report of RHC expanded schedule on 9600 instead of 6140:
later rechecking the `official schedule` sent out by e-mail, it already showed
9600 in Spanish at 23-05; so it`s only after 05 that was new for it. But next
night, UT Dec 19 at 0530 check, no 9600, back on 6140 in Spanish // 6120, 6150.
This increases the probability that op had neglected to change 9600 to 6140 at
0500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA [and non]. Transpolar signals were good Dec 18, altho fluttery. At
2136 the AIR GOS had music on 7550 // 9445 intended for Europe. At 2138 the
National Channel on 9425 was ending a dekaminute newscast in English with
sporting items, 2140 into Hindi. For the next icosaminute we had a choice of
two different nearby Indian music channels, plus Greek on 9420. At 2200, 9445
went to news in English ending at 2210 after cricket stuff vs Sri Lanka much
like a semihour before on the other service, then commentary about a nuclear
deal with Russia: the latter segment had muffled and hummy audio, apparently a
studio problem.
9690, AIR GOS, Dec 19 at 1415, good signal but always with hum, lecture on
Indian classical music. 1425 ending press review mostly about Pakistan, then
``Mainly for Tourists`` about the northern state of Haryana, which we don`t
hear much about since it`s dominated by Delhi. Handy map I found:
http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/haryana/haryana.htm
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9525.9+, VOI back in Malay during the 14 UT hour Dec 19, at 1432
check, whilst it had been erroneously in English 24 hours earlier. I thought
the frequency had edged a bit higher than previously, and Ron Howard measured
it on 9525.96v, Dec 17 at 1505. Now when rounding we should really call it
9526- (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND [and non]. I have not reported it lately, but RNZI monitoring in
our mornings is still a writeoff due to the collision with VOR in Chinese on
6170 due west from Khabarovsk, such as Dec 19 at 1439 talk about Canterbury and
Christchurch, mixed with Russian music. VOR is finished at 1500, but by then I
have noticed several times there is not much signal left from NZ which is
scheduled until 1750 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, Dec 19 at 0635, no WRMI and no jamming audible either. Both of
them must have been off as WYFR was inbooming on 9985 and four other 31m band
frequencies. Still the same at 1548 check. A truce, or something else wrong?
Surely only coincidental. Earlier on UT Dec 19 Jeff White told me:
``Glenn: I think we have the northern antenna fully operational again. It's on
as I write this (0100-0300 UT Saturday) with Faith the Dog special 0200-0300.
Next times it will be on are: 1500-1700 UT Saturday, 2000-2100 UT Saturday
(Faith the Dog again), 1500-1700 UT Sunday, 0500-0530 UT Monday (La Biblia
Explicada), 1500-1700 UT Monday (and 7 days a week as usual). Jeff``
I enquired again and Jeff replied at 1611 UT Dec 19: ``Glenn: Well, it was OK
for a few hours going north last night, but something got messed up again with
the northern antenna, and it was causing problems with the transmitter; we had
to shut it down. We've just now gone back on the air (going south) and so far
it's OK, but it may be off and on for a few hours yet while they make some
adjustments. We're trying to get in touch with our consulting engineer to see
what he thinks may be wrong with the northern antenna. Jeff`` (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Afternoon DXing from caradio, nondirexional whip:
1660, no sign of KXTR Kansas City, but a weak 3-way SAH could be detected at
2015 UT Dec 18, presumably traces of the TX, ND and MI stations. KXTR website
has referred to being off the air periodically for antenna work. It currently
shows this, now outdated, so they are still not finished:
``KXTR WILL NOT BE BROADCASTING ON 1660AM FROM 8AM TO 6PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
UNTIL DECEMBER 14 SO THE FINAL PHASE OF WORK ON OUR TOWER CAN BE COMPLETED.
KXTR WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM AT WWW.KXTR.COM AND BROADCAST IN HD AT 98.1 FM
HD2. THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE!``
1250 Spanish and 1090 EWTN from the KC area were in well, so skywave was
obviously in play, and KXTR should have been easily audible if on. I hope the
`work` does not include diminishing the skywave component.
Talk on 1670 also in, no doubt WTDY Madison WI (I had also heard it Dec 17
around 1800, close to low noon at 1832 UT = 1200 LMT); and no sign of CJEU
Gatineau QC.
1210, KGYN Guymon OK still ailing with very weak groundwave signal, but barely
audible ``US Country`` slogan at 2020 Dec 18, SAH between two other very weak
signals.
1560, at 2015 UT, our nearest groundwave station on that frequency, KOCY, 1 kW
Del City (why license to this SE suburb of OKC? It was originally much further
off to the SW in Chickasha as KWCO, which stood for Women`s College of
Oklahoma; KOCY were heritage calls which should have stayed on 1340); now 1560
is Radio Disney, already getting heavy QRM from a skywave pileup, mainly
something with a talk show. And one of them far enough off-frequency to cause a
rumbling audible het (such as 30-40 Hz, maybe).
Next check at 2035 it was even worse; besides the rumbling AH, there were also
a SAH of 6 Hz, and another faster SAH. So that`s at least three or four
stations. At 2100, Houston-orientated sportstalk on top, obviously 50 kW KGOW
``Bellaire`` TX, but no legal ID to be heard. 2101 played PSA for
http://texasflu.com and then at 2102 ID only as ``1560 The Game, happily
filling the holes in your life``, which I must say is a distinctive slogan
altho it leaves me cold; what holes? Is that any way to talk to a proud
listener? Probably played then, since a golf ad was to follow, ha2.
Rather tight major daytime lobe is at 14 degrees, and one of the nulls at 330
degrees; we are roughly halfway between them, meaning considerably off the
boresight.
http://www.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1222668-101220.pdf
This is the same station that got out widely a few months ago during a
hurricane/flood emergency when running day facilities at night, and relaying
news from a local TV station, KPRC `2`, as I recall. Low sun now means it gets
plenty of daytime skywave propagation.
1370, rechecked again in the afternoons of Dec 17, and 18, still no groundwave
signal from KGNO Dodge City KS, which used to be a daytime fringe regular here.
It`s still on the books as non-direxional, day power 5 kW, an heritage station,
but does it exist any more? It`s now part of a 20-station group all over
Kansas, so just another cog. I should phone and inquire, 620-225-8080.
Coverage map at http://www.rockingmradio.com/kgno.htm shows the ``0.5 mV/m``
contour extending into OK no further than Alva in Woods county, but it should
be audible here over the Ogalalla aquifer with much less signal than that. Er,
make that microvolts per meter; what difference does a little factor of three
orders of magnitude make? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:43:00 EST
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Dec 18-19 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 6250, Radio Nac, Malabo, *0537-0610,
Dec 18, 19, abrupt sign on with Spanish talk. Radio Nacional ID.
Good. Heard Dec 18 & 19 at the exact same sign on times.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
** ERITREA. 9560.44v, Voice of Peace & Democracy, via Radio
Ethiopia transmitter, 1815-1836*, Dec 18, Presumed. Tune-in to talk
in listed Tigrinya. Horn of Africa music. Fair signal but constantly
varying between 9560.30-9560.45. Very weak on // 7165. Listed for
Mon, Wed, Fri only. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** EURO-PIRATE. 15070.3, Cupid Radio, 1455-1510+, Dec 19, ID.
Rock music. Acknowledged listeners? reports. Poor to fair. Occasional
peaks up to a good level. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6925 USB, Weak Radio, 1050-1100,
Dec 18, rock music. ID. Very good. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6930 AM, X-ray Radio, 1050-1110,
Dec 18, ID. Re-broadcasting ?Cutting through the Matrix? program
with talk about world order. Email at [email protected]_
(mailto:[email protected]) .
Fair to good. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6930 AM, X-ray Radio, 0300-0335,
Dec 19, ID. Email at [email protected]_
(mailto:[email protected]) . Re-broadcasting
Pirates Week program. ?Pulse of the Planet? program at 0328. ?X-ray
Radio? ID at 0330. Country music. Strong. Very good. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6925 USB, Radio Free Euphoria, 0435-
0447, Dec 19, ID, Novelty music. Pop Christmas music. Good signal.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
** SUDAN [non]. via Slovakia, 9825, Miraya 101 FM, *1459-1515,
Dec 19, time pips & IDs at 1500 followed by English news at 1501.
IDs as ?Miraya 101?, ?Miraya 101 FM? and ?Miraya FM?. Gave
mirayafm.org website. Arabic at 1512. Fair signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** ZIMBABWE [non]. via Madagascar, 11610, Radio Voice of the
People, 0410-0450+, Dec 19, tune-in to vernacular talk. IDs. Short
breaks of African music. English at 0441 with talk about human rights
in Zimbabwe. Poor to fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:18:44 -0200
From: L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, "Anker Petersen" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] logs
Message-ID: <000b01ca80d7$b9f007c0$2531b...@home>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
7255, Voice Of Nigeria, Ikorodu. December, 18 French 2126-2137 Hi life music,
male on music, short music, 2135 male returning followed by Pop music. Strong
co-channel QRM, 32532 (lob-B).
4010, Kirgizstan, Kirgyz Radio, Bishkek. December, 19 Kirgyz (listed) 0156-0207
slow two male talks with pauses. 25222 (lob-B).
7200, Sudan, R. Ondurman, Al Fitahab. December, 19 Arabic 0423 male "R.
Ondurman", seems news program, many mentions of "Sudan", 0430 abrupt s/off.
34543 (lob-B).
6020, Peru, R Victoria, Lima. December, 19 Spanish 0741-0800 male talks seeming
a Peru's news program, 0757 female "somos una nueva imagem en radio", male on
music "R. Victoria". 23322 (lob-B).
7245, R.Mauritanie, Nouakchott. December, 19 Arabic 0801-0808 male talks,
sometimes eloquent, on Arabic music. Clear, 24433 (lob-B).
9635, R. Mali (tentative), Bamako. December, 19 Vernacular 0811-0821 male
talks. 33533 (lob-B).
9765, R. New Zealand International, Rangitaiki. December, 19 0822-0831 old
Christmas music, followed by, seems a Christmas story drama. Good, 34544
(lob-B).
73's
L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec
Embu SP Brasil - Sony ICF SW40 - dipole 18m, 32m.
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:12:45 -0500
From: Robert Wilkner <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [HCDX] Mexico
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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4800 Mexico XERTA, strong at 2251 with om ballad en espanol; gone at
recheck 2305. Transmitter problems? 19 December
Sixty Band seems open to Latin America at this time. Brasil, Bolivia and
Peru noted
73s
de Bob
Pompano Beach, La Florida
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