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Today's Topics:
1. RAE 11710 / 15345v on air again. (Wolfgang Bueschel)
2. logs (Zacharias Liangas )
3. The Shortwave Report 01/22/10 Listen Globally!
(Zacharias Liangas )
4. Voice of America Reaches Out to Haiti (Zacharias Liangas )
5. Burmese Media Denies Reports of Mutiny, Attacks BBC
(Zacharias Liangas )
6. Logs (Manuel M?ndez)
7. Glenn Hauser logs January 23, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
8. Logs (Robert Wilkner)
9. Join Radio Heritage from just US$10 ([email protected])
10. Glenn Hauser logs January 23-24, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
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12. Jan 22-23 Logs ([email protected])
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:30:04 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] RAE 11710 / 15345v on air again.
Message-ID: <314c66278d8c4da79f70f874c75f4...@hnpc2>
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ARGENTINA Mail from RAE German service, of Jan 22:
RAE Buenos Aires technicians have got the new transmitter TUBE and repaired
the 11710v/15345v unit. Station is again on air from yesterday Fri Jan 22.
IRAN 15085 IRIB's technician at Kamalabad used an additional 3rd unit for
Swahili noon service at 0830-0927 UT today 23rd. Usually 15085 kHz is used
for the 0730-0827 morning service in Italian and German. \\ 15240 via
Sirjan, and 17660 via Kamalabad, both on service. During cold winter season
the tx house staff use transmitters also as "heating radiator" often ....
73 wb
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:34:07 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/261
20.1.10
4765 Tajik radio 1925 with patriotic song , YL with pompeous talks , ID R
Tajikistan followed by short instrumental music S7 34323 .ON 22.1 signal
was quite steadier as 34343 but QRN from lightnings
21.1.10
7290 unINed 2111 with talks in Korean mixed with CNR S6
9670 R japan in JJ 2114 S3 max 2x2x2
9526 RRI 2116 with just carrier S4 max
9465 AIR 2121 with sitar play S3 max
1440 MW CRi via Lux 2126 with Chinese songs S9
7620 CNR 21232 with classical music S5!!!
22.1.10
4885 Para 0504 songs S6
4915 Macapa 0505 music S3
5005 Bata??? 0507 S3 talks in Sp and music
4845 Mauritanie 1950+ with lengthy talks by OM Another OM with ID on
1855 Quran with chants on 1955 Full ID on 2001 then with news S9 454x4
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: 3
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:19:25 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] The Shortwave Report 01/22/10 Listen Globally!
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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The Shortwave Report 01/22/10 Listen Globally!
by Dan Roberts ( outfarpress(at)saber.net )
Thursday Jan 21st, 2010 5:34 PM
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a
shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files-
broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China,
Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia.
Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (January 22) is up at the website
http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast
quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59)
(NEW! If you have access to Audioport.org there is a higher quality version
posted up there {26.7MB} http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-
info&uid=904&nav=&;)
This week's show features stories from China Radio International, Radio
Netherlands, Radio Havana Cuba, and the Voice of Russia.
>From CHINA- China has continued to experience the most severe winter
weather in 60 years. Google postponed the launch of mobile phones in
China in an ongoing dispute with the government. An editorial from China
Youth Daily concerning the dispute between Google and the Chinese
government. Religious violence has resulted in riots and many deaths in
Nigeria. Britain is planning to ban drinking contests in bars due to a sharp
increase in alcohol induced deaths.
>From NETHERLANDS- Radio Netherlands has eliminated shortwave
broadcasts to North America. The decision is based on their surveys that
find very few listeners in N America. If you ever listen to RN on shortwave,
please let them know- by email to letters [at] rnw.nl or send them a letter to
Radio Netherlands Worldwide, PO Box 222, 1200JG, Hilversum, The
Netherlands.
A year after the start of a tobacco smoking ban in the Netherlands, people
continue to smoke marijuana in coffeehouses and the tobacco ban is not
enforced. In the midst of the human tragedy in Haiti, a political drama is
unfolding, with the French accusing the US of invading Haiti rather than
aiding it.
>From CUBA- More about the situation in earthquake ravaged Haiti,
including Doctors Without Borders being refused landing at the US
controlled airfields. Private security companies in the US are gearing up for
work in Haiti. Blackwater is proposing increasing its presence in
Afghanistan, despite its people being trained for work in Iraq. At the British
Inquiry into the Iraq invasion, a letter from Jack Straw warning Tony Blair
about dubious evidence justifying the military action has surfaced.
>From RUSSIA- A right-wing businessman has won the Presidential election
in Chile. A world conference on alternative sources of energy has begun in
the United Arab Emirate. A commentary about US government spying on
US citizens under the guise of a terrorist emergency- this has spread to the
US spying on citizens in the European Union, which is creating a
controversy.
There is an article about the Shortwave Report by Cassandra Roos on line
at-http://www.campusprogress.org/soundvision/780/big-stories-shortwaves
I was interviewed for an informative weekly radio show Mediageek,
available at http://radio.mediageek.net
All that plus times and frequencies for listening at home. It's free to
rebroadcast, please notify me if you're airing it and haven't notified me in
the last month, please mention the website if you only air a portion. If you
just want to listen and have a slow connection, try the streaming version-
lower sound quality but good enough and way easier if you don't have a
high-speed internet connection. If streaming is a problem because of your
slow connection, download the smaller file- it takes 20 minutes or less, and
will play swell in any mp3 player application (RealPlayer, Winamp,
Quicktime, iTunes, etc) you have on your computer.
This program will be aired on Friday afternoon at 4:30pm (PDST) on
KZYX/Z Philo CA, you might be able to stream via < http://www.kzyx.org >
There are several other streams that work better- <
http://www.freakradio.org >Freak Radio Santa Cruz now streams this
program on Friday at 9:00am.(PDST)
The Shortwave Report may be downloaded as a podcast from <
feed://http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?series=o
utFarpress+presents > or iTunes (search for "shortwave" in podcasts)
Check out the amazing streams at < http://www.radicalradio.org >
And Radio For Peace International at < http://www.rfpi.org >
I hope you'll listen and air this if you're connected with a radio station. I
am
still wondering how to get financially compensated for the 25 hours I put
into this program weekly- any ideas are appreciated. Any stations
rebroadcasting this (or listeners) are welcome to donate for production
costs. You can do so through the website. Many thanks to those that have
donated! No Guilt! (maybe a little)
link for broadcast edition-
< http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/swr_01_22_10.mp3 >(13.3MB)
link for smaller file and streaming-
< http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml >
?FurthuR! Dan Roberts
--"War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something
that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside
group know what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at
the expense of the masses."
--Major General Smedley Butler USMC, 1933
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
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:27:54 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Voice of America Reaches Out to Haiti
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Voice of America Reaches Out to Haiti
Posted January 20th, 2010 at 3:12pm in Ongoing Priorities with 2
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While television and new technologies like Internet and cell phones are the
focus of strategy at the Broadcasting Board of Governors that oversees the
U.S. government?s international broadcasting assets, shortwave radio
remains by far the most effective means of reaching audiences around the
world, particularly in the developing countries. It is far from an outdated
technology, as is sometimes allleged. A highly relevant case in point is
earthquake-stricken Haiti, the poorest and most underdeveloped country in
the Americas.
Since the earthquake on January 12, Voice of America has expanded its
broadcasts in creole to 10.5 hour a day during the week and 9.5 hour during
weekends. The international broadcaster reaches 45 different countries and
has a worldwide audience of more then 125 million with 1,500 hours of
news and programming weekly. The effort to reach out to Haiti is an
example of a desperate need for information being filled that is not related
to the Middle East or the war on terror, which has been the focus of efforts
of U.S. international broadcasting in recent years. To achieve this focus,
the BBG has been cutting important services (like Ukrainian, Georgian and
Russian) and broadcast hours in English to increase programming to the
Middle East. Yet as the case of Haiti shows, surge capacity remains critical
when catastrophic events elsewhere in the world demands it.
What listeners in Haiti will be able to hear on VOA, among other things, is
an interview with former President George W. Bush, assuring Haitians that
the world will not forget about them. As will be recalled, and as proposed by
the Heritage Foundation, Bush was tapped along with former President Bill
Clinton by President Obama to spearhead the earthquake relief efforts on
behalf of the administration. The Haiti Fund started by the two presidents
has so far raised $10 million.
"I fully understand the anguish that the people of Haiti feel," Bush told VOA
"I hope the people of Haiti know that our government is doing everything it
can with our military and USAID to get food, medicine and water to you as
quickly as possible."
"The first lesson, of course, is that aid never gets to the people fast
enough," Bush said. "I fully understand the frustrations and the anger. The
people of Haiti have just got to know we hear their cries of anguish." He
added, "The people of Haiti are not alone."
President Bush also stated that the commitment of the United States will
last beyond the earthquake relief. It will take a monumental efforts and
international coordination and cooperation to create a functioning society in
Haiti, a tough job to begin with and overwhelming at a time when some
200,000 people are believed to have perished. Including short wave radios
among the items that are distributed as aid in Haiti could be saving lives
now, and help rebuild Haitian society later.
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: 5
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:29:50 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Burmese Media Denies Reports of Mutiny, Attacks BBC
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Burmese Media Denies Reports of Mutiny, Attacks BBC
By WAI MOE Saturday, January 23, 2010
http://www.irrawaddy.org/print_article.php?art_id=17647
Burma's state-run media slammed the BBC Burmese Service on Saturday
for reporting alleged cases of mutiny in Pegu Division, saying that the ruling
regime would "never accept any scheme to break up the Tatmadaw
[Burmese armed forces]."
In commentaries run in both Burmese and English, state-run newspapers
accused the BBC of fabricating a series of reports of unrest within the ranks
of the military that have been broadcast by the BBC's shortwave radio
service over the past month.
Low-ranking soldiers in Rangoon
"Since the last week of December 2009, the BBC has been airing
slanderous accusations with the aim of disintegrating the Tatmadaw," the
state-run New Light of Myanmar claimed.
"In fact, the story put in the Internet including the broadcasting of BBC is a
complete fabrication. At the respective regiments and battalions, there was
no mutiny, resignation and discontentment."
Since Dec. 23, the BBC's Burmese-language service has reported several
cases of mutiny involving troops from Light Infantry Division (LID) 66,
based in Prome, western Pegu Division; LID 77, based in Hmawbi and
Pegu; and Military Affairs Security (formerly known as the Military
Intelligence Service).
According to BBC correspondent U Than, who is based in Sangkhlaburi,
Thailand, a number of people were killed or injured in exchanges of gunfire
or during mass resignations of soldiers resulting from economic hardship.
In response, the state media said: "Although we want the Tatmadaw to be
strong and firm, we have noticed that there are still some wicked, narrow-
minded people who want to see it become weak and break up."
"It is crystal clear that skyful liers [sic] made their fabricated news and
stories as they are instructed by their stooges inside the country to break up
the unity of the Tatmadaw and divide it."
A resident of Prome, where one of the incidents allegedly took place, said
he could not confirm the reports of mutiny. "But it is true that like most
Burmese people, Tatamadaw soldiers are suffering economic hardships,"
he said.
The gap between ordinary soldiers and officers in terms of salary and
opportunities is quite huge. Ordinary soldiers earn just 16,000 kyat (US
$16) a month, while the lowest-ranking officers get more than ten times that
amount.
Observers say the downfall of the Burmese military regime will probably
come from conflict within the Tatadaw rather than from political opposition
or any external threat.
According to the influential Economist Intelligence Unit, "Perhaps the
biggest threat to the junta?s long-term grip on power is internal strife."
Following an information leak to the media about secret military ties
between Burma and North Korea, dozens of military and civilian officials in
Naypyidaw were detained and interrogated. A former major, Win Naing
Kyaw, and a staffer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were sentenced to
death for the leak, while another person involved in the case received a
long prison sentence.
Recently the military junta reshuffled six general staff officers from the War
Office to the front lines. Some suspect the reshuffle was related to the
information leak.
Although the BBC Burmese Service first broadcast its reports about the
mutiny among Burmese troops on Dec. 23, the Burmese state media didn't
respond until Saturday.
Journalists in Rangoon said that the government media published the
response to the BBC reports because the reports have been spreading
among Burmese troops across the country.
"True or not, the BBC reports have begun to spread within the Tatmadaw
and across the country," said an editor with a Rangoon-based journal who
spoke on condition of anonymity.
"The ruling generals don't care what civilians think, but they're worried
about what soldiers think. That's why they responded," he added. "This
story in today's newspapers is definitely aimed at soldiers."
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
------------------------------
Message: 6
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:39:20 +0100
From: Manuel M?ndez <[email protected]>
To: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Espa?a
Escuchas realizadas en Friol
Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW7600G
Antena de cable, 10 metros, orientada WSW
BRASIL
9565, Radio Tupi, Super Radio Deus e Amor, Curitiba, 0923-1007, 23-01,
portugu?s, comentario religioso, predicaciones, canciones religiosas.
24322. (M?ndez)
9645.3, Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, 0941-0950, 23-01, locutor: "7
horas 42 minutos", noticias, portugu?s, locutor. 24322. (M?ndez)
9695, Radio Rio Mar, Manaus, *1100-1115, 23-01, inicio transmisi?n,
identificaci?n: "Radio Rio Mar, Manaos", temperatura: "M?xima 32?,
m?nina 25?", "Sete horas na Amazonia", locutor, "Radio Rio Mar,
compromiso", locutora: "Sete horas un minuto", anuncios comerciales,
nueva identificaci?n: "Radio Rio Mar, onda media..., ondas curtas, 9695
kHz, faixa de 31 metros y 6160 kHz, faixa de 49 metros, Radio Rio Mar,
Manaos, Amazonia, Brasil". 24322. (M?ndez)
11915, Radio Gaucha, Porto Alegre, 1015-1026, 23-01, locutor, portugu?s,
comentario sobre la historia de Brasil, canciones. 24322. (M?ndez)
COLOMBIA, 5910, Marfil Estereo, Lomalinda, 0925-0936, 23-01, canciones
latinoamericanas. 24322. (M?ndez)
ECUADOR, 6050, HCJB, La Voz de los Andes, Pichincha, 0933-1020, 23-01,
locutor, quechua, comentarios, menciona "HCJB" y "Jerusalen", canciones
religiosas. A las 1000 se?ales horarias, locutora, quechua, m?sica de
flauta. 24332. (M?ndez)
GUINEA ECUATORIAL, 15190, Radio Africa, 1408-1500, 23-01, locutor,
ingl?s, comentario religioso, canciones, identificaci?n: "Thank you for
listening to Radio Africa, Inspiration Program", "Thank you for
listening to Radio Africa Network", e-mail: [email protected].
34433. (M?ndez)
MEXICO
4800, XERTA, Radio Transcontinental de Am?rica, M?xico D. F., 0936-0942-
23-01, locutor, espa?ol, comentario religioso. Muy d?bil, audible en
LSB. 14321. (M?ndez)
6010, Radio Mil, M?xico D. F., 0929-1039, 23-01, canciones
latinoamericanas y espa?olas, canci?n de Sergio Dalma "Bailar pegados",
identificaci?n por locutor: "En Radio Mil vive M?xico". Se?al muy d?bil,
pero escuchada hasta bien tarde, 1039 UTC. 13221. (M?ndez)
6185, Radio Educaci?n, M?xico D. F., 0945-1042, 23-01, m?sica cl?sica.
24322. (M?ndez)
ESLOVAQUIA, 9510, Radio City, via IRRS, 0950-1000*, 23-01, m?sica pop,
locutor, ingl?s, identificaci?n: "Radio City, the Station of the cars",
e-mail: "[email protected]". 45444. (M?ndez)
PERU, 4790.1, Radio Visi?n, Chiclayo, 0937-0948, 23-01, canciones
religiosas, locutor, predicaciones. Muy d?bil. 14321. (M?ndez)
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 09:50:45 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 23, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** CHINA. OTH radar pulses, presumed from here, Jan 23 at 1337, 5350-5390
QRMing ham radio on 5373 (see USA); also 5775-5825, but this time shifted far
enough up not to QRM AFN GUAM 5765-USB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Jan 23 at 1349: JBA on 8400, NAAA [not audible at all] on
9000, 10210, 11300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6140, RHC in English audible but much weaker than // 6060, 6010 at
0655 Jan 23. Some 24 hours earlier, 6140 was off. But at 0656, 6140 cut to dead
air while English continued on the other two.
This week I chose RHC for musical entertainment on Saturday morning,
``Cancionero Iberoamericano``, on 15120, Jan 23 in progress at 1438 as Tony
G?mez was presenting a frenetic song in English about family planning. Turned
out to be a Barbados segment, followed by a much quieter tune, ``Beautiful
Barbados``. 1446 on to Trinidad & Tobago for a funny calypso song with tambores
met?licos (esteel drums); 1448 time for a bit of something from Aruba, where
most people speak four languages, and the main one, Papiamentu, is a combo of
six. Before news summary, filled with a promo for Habana`s Malec?n (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 6030, tuning by R. Mart? at 0653 UT Sat Jan 23, sufficiently
above DentroCuban Jamming Command to tell they were talking about Tico Vald?s.
Suspect another airing of ``Arte Latino`` apolitical show. They may be running
these evergreen episodes over and over (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI good signal and fair modulation with music during
English hour, Jan 23 around 1335 check; but off the air at next check 1410 when
the Malay hour has been appearing sporadically (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** LAOS [non]. Checking WHRI 11785, Sat Jan 23: on the air at 1357 with gospel
huxter in English, 1359 to open carrier and off during the hour Hmong Lao Radio
used to emanate. 1519 recheck, back on with choppy Hmong talk, badly edited?
for the 1500-1530 semihour of Hmong World Christian Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. BBCWS publicity said they would start their own Creole-language
service Sat Jan 23 and thence daily carried on six FM stations in Haiti at
1410-1430, and `` It will also be available on shortwave.``. WTFK??? Forced us
to hunt, so we did so between 1405 and 1425 Jan 23, scanning all broadcast
bands twice between 5 and 18 MHz (even -22 MHz just in case), and not a trace
of it. No suspicious unID signals anywhere even with music which could be this.
We can confidently say that if BBC Kr?yol is really on SW, it`s not at the same
time as on FM. Same press referred to the existing 12-13 transmission via WHRI
9410 and GUF 11860, which has been converted from all-Spanish to Spanish and
English, but did not say that the Creole service would be inserted into that,
unmonitored today. Seems unlikely, as that would be some two hours earlier than
the FM relay.
Alokesh Gupta found out additional info about BBC Creole: It`s produced in
Miami and presented by Carline Faustin and Simone Degraff, who host a Creole
language program on Miami's public radio, WLRN, but produced and edited by
several BBC personnel. Plans to maintain it at least until Sunday 7 Feb. The FM
affiliates are those of Radio France Internationale, thru which the
pre-recorded program is routed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Re: Haven`t heard WTWW testing the last few days on 9480 or 5755, so
I asked George McClintock how things are going. He says a long test period is
scheduled for Saturday Jan 23, times here changed to UT:
1600-1900 9480
1900-2200 9475
2200-2400 9480
0000-0400 5755 [UT Sunday]
``All this assumes that we have no problems. This will be a test to see how the
transmitter and other equipment hold up with extended transmission time.``
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST 10-03)
And it`s on and running! Huge steady S9+25 signal here with classic rock `n`
roll music at 1608 Jan 23. Frequent IDs by Ted Randall, asking for reports to
tedrandall @ tedrandall.com Stayed on except for a brief transmitter break at
1656. And cut off again abruptly at 1726, stayed off until resuming at 1737.
The shift to 9475 at 19-22 is because YFR is using 9480 during those two
sesquihours via Nauen. Good music, but I suspect that will not be its main
format once WTWW is in regular service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490, WWCR-3, Sat Jan 23 at 1346 with gospel music, hyper DJ inviting
participation by singing groups; not laid-back Rock the Universe with Rich
Adcock. Jan 1 online program schedule no longer shows RTU at all on WWCR, but
Sat 13-14 is Inspirations Across America, and 1400-1430 Country Crossroads.
Nevertheless, at 1412 check it was the piano lady with her Musical Memories,
consistently filling that semihour instead (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. Despite previous info from Media Network that the Bonaire
relay of Lavwadlamerik on 6135 at 1230-1330 would be expanded from M-F to
daily, nothing there at 1325 check Sat Jan 23, nor on // 9505 Greenville
ex-9660 as heard the day before. At least we think the latter be Greenville; if
Kr?yol service demands exceed capacity there, more ad-hoc relays via other
sites might ensue. Absence of the morning broadcast matches press claims of 9.5
total hours on weekends, 10.5 on weekdays, as we had calculated in previous
post constructing full overt and covert schedule.
9310, VOA English at 1521 Jan 23 via Tinang, PHILIPPINES westward, on the
threat of invasive Asian carp to lake Michigan, how to keep them out with
barriers? On the Environment Report, ending all too soon at 1523 for silly
sports segment. Here`s one of many stories, more about the carp:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/21/asian-carp-michigan-rep-i_n_432255.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 5373, Jan 23 at 1337, SSB traffic bothered by OTH radar
spanning 5350-5390, presumably CHINA, q.v. Also bothered by ute beeping from
5368 area. 5373 is one of the five discrete frequencies constituting the ``60
meter hamband`` in the USA [would you believe 55 meters?], as ARRL reminds us
at
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/06/03/1/
``The FCC has granted amateurs 5332, 5348, 5368, 5373 and 5405 kHz``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5900, Jan 23 at 1343 with big hum and no intelligible modulation.
B-09 registrations show Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN site during this semihour with
Vatican relay, but 5900 keeps switching sites with relays of various stations:
0930 Irkutsk, 1200 Pet/Kam, 1300 Novosibirsk, 1330 Tashkent, 1400 Samara. This
might have been the latter warming up before 1400 start of VOR Urdu (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:12:43 -0500
From: Robert Wilkner <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [HCDX] Logs
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logs from Florida-
3329.598v. Peru, Ondas del Huallaga, Hu?nuco 1045 - 1055 om and yl
alternating en espanol, no music but good signal for them. 19 January;
1010 rapid espanol, same yl and om with Ondas de Haullaga ID by yl
salud...emisoras...salud...."21 January [Wilkner]
3250 Honduras Radio Luz y Vida, San Luis 1100 only in espanol, no
english Spanish Gospel translation. [Wilkner]
3364.95t. Brasil Radio Cultura, Araraquara, SP 0950 several days [ rlw]
4699.95 Bolivia, Radio San Miguel, Riberalta 0115; 0030 same om as
before, much weaker signal, 21; 22 January. Tnx Charles Bolland [Wilkner]
4716.68 Bolivia, Radio Yura, Yura 1045 usual woman announcer with CP
music, t-storm crashes 16 Jan. [Wilkner]
4949.9t. Peru Radio Madre de Dios 1040 to 1045e audio en espanol,
difficult log here 14 Jan. [Wilkner]
5039.254 Peru, Radio Libertad, Junin 1040 to 1100 ments de Lima and two
other cities in Peru by yl, no music, fading out 16 Jan. [Wilkner]
5120.366 Peru, Ondas del Suroriente, Quillabamba 1050 om en espanol 17
Jan. [Wilkner]
5580.19 Bolivia Radio San Jos?, San Jos? de Chiquitos 0000 20 January
[Wilkner]
6134.741 Bolivia, Radio Santa Cruz 1040 17 Jan. [Wilkner]
6155.274 Bolivia, Radio Fides 1010 to 1030, om 19 Jan. [Wilkner]
6173.857 Peru, Radio Tawantinsuyo, Cusco 1040 to 1050 19 Jan.
[Wilkner] tnx Charles Bolland
Pompano Beach, Florida
Drake R 8, Icom 746Pro DL, NRD 535D
noise reducing antenna
60 meter band dipole
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:11:03 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
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Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 23-24, 2010
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** ALBANIA [and non]. R. Tirana, 0000-0130 Albanian service to North America,
7425, Jan 23 at 2358 IS but poor signal, and not much audible after 0000.
Chinese had been on 7425 around 2355, which is CRI via Kunming. CRI is also
scheduled on 7425 in English via Kashgar at 00-01. R. Tirana`s other frequency
from Shijak, 6130, had much better signal at 0006 Jan 24, no QRM, but just
barely modulated.
Meanwhile noted rapid clicking QRM covering 7432-7436 or so which at first I
thought was spur from DentroCuban jamming on 7405, but clix still there when
jamming had ceased after 0000. Fortunately, no broadcasts scheduled on 7435
until 0030 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA. Since 11710v was reactivated on Jan 22-23, I look for the other
frequency from same transmitter, 15345, at the earliest opportunity, scheduled
from 2000 on Saturdays with R. Nacional relay. Jan 23 at 2057 there is a weak
signal, sounds Spanish rather than Arabic --- where is Morocco? Is it off or
not propagating? By 2157, 15345 considerably stronger and definitely in
Spanish, 2100 precisely accurate 5-pip timesignal, and talking about Argentina.
Still no sign of Morocco, no het. LRA close to 15345.0.
Next check at 2355 music and Argentine-accented talk, 2358 giving an e-mail
address for R. Nacional, or maybe it was a government PSA. UT Jan 24: 0004
saying they were now transmitting from Mar del Plata. On UT Sundays they stay
on 15345 until sign off nominally at 0230, while on Sundays they use 11710v
instead from 1800 to 0300 UT Mondays.
As for the 25m channel, which I estimated at 11709.4 based on my one-kHz
stepping up and down on the YB-400, Giampiero Bernardini in Italy was listening
at about the same time from 0040 UT Jan 23, and put it on 11710.56 drifting
upward very slowly by about 1 Hz per minute. He also has an FRG-7 but can
measure frequencies much more accurately with SDR-IQ and/or AOR AR7030.
Apparently I got it on the wrong side of the center channel.
Wolfgang B?schel reports that RAE is back on the air because a new tube has
been installed, while Gabriel Iv?n Barrera previously told us that purchase of
a whole new transmitter had been approved in November, so was there a
misunderstanding or is the new transmitter still on the way? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR [non]. HCJB via CVC CHILE, 11920 in Portuguese, Jan 24 at 0008
*still* with dirty FMy mushy spurs including obviously // audio around 11900
and 11940. How can either organization allow these to go on and on? Is anyone
paying attention? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Lavwadlamerik, again Jan 23 with fill-in secret transmission on 15390
until 2100* sharp, and up on successor 13725 at *2102:30. After 2200, 15390 was
off while 13725 remained on; and by 2201, 11905 had also come on late.
Another check at 2359: the secret 7590 channel, only fair signal, cut off with
programming in progress at 2359:50*. Expected it back on within two minutes,
but instead it did not resume until 0007 Jan 24. Wonder why it took so long.
Meanwhile I was also checking the VOA Spanish service which starts at 0000:
9885 was on with music fill shortly after, but // 5890 took a few more minutes
to come up, confirmed at 0009.
Repeatedly not being able to start a transmission by the top of the hour
certainly looks amateurish. Back at HQ they apparently don`t understand that
frequency changes cannot be made in a few sex on these old transmitters, and
need to build in flex programming time at the end of hours, or just plain
pauses for switching time. Many other SW stations have the same disconnect
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WTWW rock music and ID testing continued July 23 on 9480
until 1900 when as scheduled shifted to 9475 to avoid YFR. No difference in
signal strength here, unlike some other places. Only problems, occasional
usually brief carrier drops off the air due to some failsafe circuit, and I
ceased to keep track of those exact lapses. 2200 back to 9480 still with VG
signal. But must have faded down with the sun, as by 2355 was not hearing it at
all, or maybe off; instead, some other weak station, probably the Tibetan
service CNR-11 which starts 9480 at 2155 via Baoji-Sifangshan 724 site per Aoki.
Kept checking 5755 for WTWW`s evening test, but nothing there yet by 0009,
while WWRB was in well on 5745, so WTWW must not have been on. Still no sign of
it at 0054 so the 5755 test may have been scrubbed tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:13:07 -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] PNG
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3385 R. East New Britain Usual pgming w/fairly nice signal
before it started fading around 1245. Really noisy though. Finally went off
at 1334:52 in mid-song. Decent signal on 3325 at 1312, probably Bougainville
after pgm had already ended. Sounded like the Indo was underneath. 3290 was
doing well also but w/QRM from SSB xmsns. Still just barely getting audio by
1329. Looked like the signal was still there at 1400. Disappointed that 3345,
3315, 3275 and 3260 have all been silent lately. (23 Jan)
73 Dave
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:15:32 EST
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Subject: [HCDX] Jan 22-23 Logs
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** ARGENTINA. 6059.99, RAE, Buenos Aires, 1010-1020, Jan 22,
local Argentine music. Portuguese talk. ID. Poor in noisy conditions
and slightly distorted audio. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** ARGENTINA. 15344.94, Radio Nacional, Buenos Aires, 2230-2300,
Jan 23, local Argentine music. Spanish talk. Poor. Weak. (Brian
Alexander, PA)
** BRAZIL. 5990, Radio Senado, Brasilia DF, *0922-0945, Jan 22,
abruptly on with Brazilian pop music. Brazilian ballads. Local folk
music. Portuguese ID announcements at 0930 followed by more
Brazilian ballads and Portuguese talk. Good Signal. (Brian Alexander,
PA)
** BRAZIL. 9565.21, Super Radio Deus ? Amor, Curitiba PR, 0110-
0120, Jan 23, Portuguese announcements. Portuguese preacher.
Weak. Poor with adjacent channel splatter. // 6060 - weak under
Cuba. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6900 AM, WBNY, 2245-2300, Jan 22,
IDs. ?Pirate Week? program. Mentioned WBNY t-shirt giveaway at the
Kulpsville Winterfest. Fair signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6950 USB, WEAK Radio, 0755-0805,
Jan 23, IDs. ?70s pop music. Weak. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** SUDAN [non]. via Germany, 11655, Radio Dabanga, 1700-1727*,
Jan 23, Arabic talk. ID jingles. // 13800 - via Madagascar. Both
frequencies with good reception. 11655 about 1 second ahead of
13800. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** SUDAN [non]. via Sines, Portugal, 17745, Sudan Radio Service,
*1500-1545+, Jan 23, English programming with opening ID
announcements at 1500. Contact information with email address
and phone numbers. ?Lets Talk? drama series with talk about local
elections. Local music at 1527. Into Arabic talk at 1529. English
scheduled for Sat and Sun only. Good signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 85, Issue 24
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