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Today's Topics:
1. DX thur Morn (Charles Bolland)
2. three mediumwave logs - am stereo + Cuba (aurel chiochiu)
3. Glenn Hauser logs January 28, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
4. WWCR Leaving 3240 (J.D. Stephens)
5. DX Listening Digest 10-04; World of Radio 1497 (Glenn Hauser)
6. New MW QSL card (WYLL) (Patrick Martin)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:08:00 -0000
From: "Charles Bolland" <[email protected]>
To: "ALF" <[email protected]>, "Arnaldo slaen"
<[email protected]>, "Bjorn Fransson" <[email protected]>,
"Bob Wilkner" <[email protected]>, "brainman214"
<[email protected]>,Carlos GonA?alves<[email protected]>,
"Cumbre" <[email protected]>, "DSWCI" <[email protected]>, "Gayle
Van Horn" <[email protected]>, "Glenn Hauser"
<[email protected]>, "Hard-core-dx" <[email protected]>,
"Marie Lamb" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] DX thur Morn
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Czech, 9880, Radio Prague, 1105-1120, Noted a program
of German language news
and features. At 1110 a male gives live ID. Signal
was poor to fair with some fading.
(Chuck Bolland, January 28, 2010)
Guam, 9910, KTWR, 1112-1120, With a very weak signal,
noted a female in Chinese
language comments. This continues but noise is very
loud. Turned off all electric
appliances and lights, even the computer, but the noise
remained. It's tough DXing
in the dark. (Chuck Bolland, January 28, 2010)
Unid/Russia, 9720, Family Radio, WYFR, 1130-1145, This
is listed in AOKI coming via a
relay in Novosibirsk. Signal is poor and can't
exactly identify the language although
it sounds like English. Heard the WYFR theme music as
well as a partial URL
link in English on the half hour. This could be WYFR
from Okeechobee, Florida
too. Many times that signal skips over my location
since I am so close. At 1137
a female talks in English. So the 1100 to 1200 sked
for WYFR listed in AOKI is
suppose to be Cantonese. The listing in EIBI says that
WYFR broadcasts on 9720
between 1200 to 1300 in Cantonese. The signal has
really deteriorated by 1145.
(Chuck Bolland, January 28, 2010)
Chile, 9780, CVC International, 1145-1200, Noted a
male and female in Spanish language
comments. At 1150 music presented. Signal was good.
(Chuck Bolland, January
28, 2010)
NRD545
26.27N 081.05W
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:43:24 -0500
From: aurel chiochiu <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Cc: Jorge Medina <[email protected]>, Juan Carlos Lemieux
<[email protected]>, [email protected], Pierre CHABOT
<[email protected]>, "Philippe ..."
<[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected],
Kyru Rex <[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected],
"Tudor M. Vedeanu" <[email protected]>, [email protected],
"olivier.tequi" <[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected], Jorge Garcia
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] three mediumwave logs - am stereo + Cuba
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Warm greetings to all of you !
While the Radio Coro 780 peaked up nicely for a few minutes, I put the tape to
delet the low-signal parts and now, I'm glad to admit, I have a full C90 tape
with 780 oddities: Radio Coro on one side and WTEM in Maine, a daytimer with
Post Sunset Authority staying on late with it's full power on the other one !
But the best is yet to come: armchair copy of KCJJ-1630 with over and under the
co-channel QRM and CJRS Radio Shalom splatter ! Unbelievable, but true...do not
really sounds like they switched to their 1 kW night rig, though it may seem
stronger because they are omnidirectionnal !
Into the logs:
1630 KCJJ Iowa City, IA 01/28 0154 EST - End of ad bloc, "Hot Talk, Hot Hits"
jingle with very clean stereo separation during a very good signal peak,
followed by an Alicia Keys number. Also heard a couple of dozens of minutes
earlier with a man host talking about the best way to take care of a golden
retriever (like the very sensitive one I already breed and cheers). SINPO 43523
and I more reliable than WIRY-1340 as far as its signal strength goes, at least
that's the way it was the past night. I'm very happy with this one ! Heard with
a fair level of QRM from WDAG (also new !) and a Spanish Mexican playing
ranchera that was probably the one in Wyoming. Also some IBOC hash, unsure from
who... Is there something IBOC on 1620-1640 in the northeast or even further
into the midwest that could potentially harm KCJJ in the Montreal area ? Still,
not too bad overall, as far as the reception goes ! How many IBOC "badcasters"
are slicing the X-band ? (BC-QC)
1680 WTTM Princettown, NJ 01/28 0235 EST - in order to get it in CQuam, I
almost had to break the dial which stopss right at 1678 or 1679 kHz, sounded
like some stereo separation on WTTM, maybe just a fake ? Always hard to tell
with those forced stereo sets like my trusty Sony CFS-6000 (which works very
well between 515 and 1670 kHz) and the poor stereo separation on ranchera
music, though I thought I had one instrument one side and the other on the left
side with the voice in both channels, though it was hard to tell. Fadings on
the X-band are choppy and my inability to tune right to 1680 made the fadings
sound even more unbearable than on KCJJ ! (BC-QC)
600 CUBA CMKV, Radio Rebelde, Urbano Norr?s JAN 28 0422 UTC - woman doing a
speech against racism and taking phone calls from her listeners. Atop CKAT !
Heard on the Sony SRF-A1 barefoot while walking the dog near the C?res park in
Pierrefonds. Briefly good, then overtaked by QRM. Condx toward Latin America
generally very poor. (Chiochiu-QC)
Additionnal comments:
While I've only slept 4 hours the past night, I've dreamed a lot... Time to get
ready for walking the dog and starting to do that Spanish homework with the
Radio Coro tape in mind !
This report is brougt to you by Bogdan Alexandru Chiochiu DXing using his Sony
CFS-6000 with the passive tunable PK AM loop or the Sony SRF-A1 barefoot while
walking the dog - both excellent for mediumwave and DXing and Motorola C-Quam
listening !
May the good DX be with you !
Bogdan Chiochiu
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:28:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 28, 2010
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** CHINA. 7585 again bearing Firedrake against unknown target, Jan 28 at 1455;
good signal but heavy flutter, while 8400 was very weak and not positive it was
//. Only thing listed on 7585 at this time is Vatican in Tamil via Tajikistan
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [non]. 11605, good in rapid-paced French morning program, Jan 28 at
0655; sounded like commercials, but surely not on RFI, which is scheduled here
via SOUTH AFRICA, 0500-0700 but only 100 kW at 345 degrees, consequently USward
as well. 0700 time signal about 7 seconds late, 8 am timecheck in Paris, news,
but cut off abruptly at 0702* --- another example of sloppy operations at
SENTECH, Meyerton (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA [and non]. VOI, 9526-, Jan 28 at 1459 was on causing heavy het to
CRI 9525.0 via EAST TURKISTAN, and also still at 1508 when CRI was trying to
talk to us in English.
RRI, 9680 much better in the clear at 1459 Jan 28, good with gamelan orchestra
and singing. This continued right thru hourtop until 1504 when switched to a
bit of Western orchestral music and then cut off the air at 1504:30* without
any ID, announcement or sign-off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [and non]. 6104.8v, Jan 28 at 0724 the irrepressively peppy upbeat
music XEQM plays in the nitemiddle for insomniax, several sex of dead air, then
YL DJ and produced IDs mentioning 95.3, ``la m?s grande``. Good at peaks
revealing somewhat distorted modulation, but usual deep fades. 0728 she gave
timecheck for 1:29 over music, then also put phone caller on air. 0729-0731 a
carrier went on and off a couple times on 6105.0 causing het: probably TWR
tuning up prior to its 0745 start via Nauen (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 15235, Jan 28 at 1525 SW Asian language talk and music, lively show
but could not catch ID. Did not think it was Arabic, until uplooked later and
found RRI is scheduled in Arabic 15-16 on 15235, 247 degrees from Tiganeshti.
Maybe that`s what Arabic sounds like with a Romanian accent (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. Buzzing Service of the Kingdom of Sa`udi Arabia, 15435
transmitter still blotting large portion of 19m Jan 28 at 1530, but somewhat
less than on Jan 27. Exact range varies from minute to minute, as well as from
day to day, probably more due to intensity of propagation than of transmission.
On a much less sensitive receiver, it was much less noticeable.
The 4-per-minute pulsing at the edges reached 15160-15220, the full brunt
15220-15500, but not much above 15500 as it`s assymetrical --- altho with such
a wide blob, could be riding or bridging the MUF. Final check at 1555 found the
boundary between pulsing and brunting around 15250 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. A few hours before President Obama`s State of the Union
address, I found out the special frequencies VOA was going to use to broadcast
it live at 0200-0330 UT Jan 28:
Africa: 909, 1530, 4930, 6080, 9885, 15580
Asia: 11705, 11745, 13680, 15260, 15445, 15520, 17845
Middle East: 9550, 9780
Not expecting to hear much in the night from relays presumably
Eastern-Hemispheric, I quickly tuned thru the list around 0209 UT. The only
ones heard for sure were 4930, when the President had not quite started and the
announcer mentioned voanews.com; shortly afterwards found 9885 better as
welcoming applause was ongoing. Nothing audible on the others except traces of
carriers on a few of them. Both 4930 and 9885 normally open at 0300 via
Botswana, but the earlier hour could also have been via S?o Tom?, or even
Greenville on 9885.
BTW, I also noticed that the secret VOA Creole transmission at 02-03 was
lacking 7590 but still on 7465, apparently not covering the speech. Perhaps the
7590 transmitter was needed for SOTU; we`ll have to see if it`s back following
nights.
REE Spain has also been known to broadcast voice-over translations of such
significant US live events on 6055, but not this time (Glenn Hauser, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:24:37 -0800 (PST)
From: "J.D. Stephens" <[email protected]>
To: HardCore DX <[email protected]>, Cumbre DX
<[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] WWCR Leaving 3240
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Saw the below news item posted on WWCR's website:
Beginning 31 January, WWCR will cease to operate on 3.240 MHz. WWCR's
Transmitter #1 will broadcast on 7.465 MHz from 2100-0200 UTC.
73,
J.D. Stephens
Hampton Cove, AL. USA
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:44:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] DX Listening Digest 10-04; World of Radio 1497
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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DX Listening Digest 10-04 has now been posted at http://www.dxld.org
or http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt or http://dxld.worldofradio.org
and now also without delay at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1004.txt
CONTENTS:
WOR 1497 / ALBANIA +non / ANTARCTICA +non / ARGENTINA +non / ARMENIA /
AUSTRALIA +non CVC / AUSTRALIA non RA / AUSTRALIA HCJB / AUSTRIA / AZERBAIJAN /
BAHAMAS +non / BELGIUM non DRM / BOLIVIA / BRAZIL / BULGARIA / BURMA non /
CAMEROON non / CANADA RCI / CANADA CKZU/CKZN / CANADA CFVP / CANADA +non CFAC+
/ CANADA CISL / CANADA CHU / CHAD / CHINA +non / COLOMBIA / CONGO / CUBA +non /
CYPRUS / CZECHIA +non / DIEGO GARCIA / DJIBOUTI / EAST TURKISTAN / ECUADOR +non
/ EGYPT / EQUATORIAL GUINEA / ESTONIA / ETHIOPIA +non / GERMANY / GREECE /
HAITI +non ham+ / HONDURAS / INDIA +non / INDONESIA / IRAN / ISRAEL / ITALY non
/ JORDAN / KASHMIR / KOREA NORTH +non / KURDISTAN / KUWAIT / LAOS +non /
LIBERIA / MADAGASCAR / MALAYSIA/SARAWAK / MEXICO +non / MONGOLIA / MOROCCO /
MYANMAR +non / NETHERLANDS non / NETHERLANDS ANTILLES / NEW ZEALAND / NIGERIA
+non / NORTH AMERICA Pirates / OKLAHOMA KMUS / OMAN / PALAU / PAPUA NEW GUINEA
/ PARAGUAY / PERU / PHILIPPINES / POLAND
non / RUSSIA +non / SAUDI ARABIA / SLOVAKIA / SOLOMON ISLANDS non / SPAIN /
SRI LANKA / SUDAN non / SURINAME / SWAZILAND / SYRIA / TAIWAN +non / TAJIKISTAN
/ THAILAND / TUNISIA / TURKEY +non / UGANDA / UK Scilly / UK ham / UK non BBCWS
/ USA +non VOA / USA WTWW / USA ham WB8PUM/W2XKE / USA WWCR/WSNL / USA WRMI /
USA +non AWR / USA +non WYFR / USA WEWN B09 / USA WBCQ / USA WJHR / USA WWRB /
USA +non ham / USA USCG / USA HIFERS / USA KEDM/WOR / USA
WNAX/KFYR/KFRM/KCRS/KWMT / USA KZMP/KTNO/KZUE/WGEM/ESPN+ / USA
KRCN/KZEE/KFXR/WSKR / USA KGBC / USA WTNI / USA KB5XSZ/KBSZ / USA FCC/Quello /
USA WGGH / USA EAS / USA FCC/Pirates / USA Air
America/KQKE/KGO/C2C/KABC/WIBW/WWKB/KKEE/KPHX+ / USA WARV / USA YPR / URUGUAY /
VATICAN / VENEZUELA +non / VIETNAM / YEMEN / ZANZIBAR / ZIMBABWE non /
UNIDENTIFIED 830 / UNIDENTIFIED non 4330 / UNIDENTIFIED 5940 / UNIDENTIFIED
6104 / UNIDENTIFIED 9394 / UNIDENTIFIED 15140 / UNIDENTIFIED 15725 /
UNIDENTIFIED 15800 /
UNIDENTIFIED 21745 / TESTIMONIALS / TINY TRAP / LANGUAGE LESSONS / MUSEA /
DIGITAL BROADCASTING / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / PROPAGATION
For restrixions and searchable 2010 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but
have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn
WORLD OF RADIO 1497 headlines:
*Reactivations from Argentina, Greece, Indonesia
*Darwin shortwave site to be dismantled, off the air after Jan 31
*Vienna MW 1476 antenna to be demolished by end of February
*MW harmonics from Colombia and Paraguay
*Coping with Cuban jamming
*More on special broadcasts for Haiti
*DX news from Indonesia, Philippines, Solomon Islands
*Program news from Poland
*The Saudi buzz versus 19 metres
*WTWW test widely heard
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1497, January 29-February 3, 2010
[note WRMI is off the air or on reduced power/schedule; still webcast]
Fri 0100 WBCQ Area 51 5110-CUSB
Fri 0200 WRMI 9955
Fri 1530 WRMI 9955
Fri 2130 WWCR1 7465
Sat 0900 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 9510 [2-weekly from Jan 29?]
Sat 0900 WRMI 9955
Sat 1430 WRMI 9955
Sat 1730 WWCR3 12160
Sat 1900 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 6170
Sat 2000 WRMI 9955
Sun 0330 WWCR3 5070
Sun 0730 WWCR1 3215
Sun 0900 WRMI 9955
Sun 1230 South Herts Radio 5835
Sun 1615 WRMI 9955
Sun 2000 WRMI 9955
Tue 1630 WRMI 9955
Tue 2000 WBCQ 7415 9330-CUSB?
Wed 1630 WRMI 9955 [usually first airing]
Wed 1930 South Herts Radio 3935
Wed 2000 WBCQ 7415 9330-CUSB?
Thu 2000 WBCQ 7415 9330-CUSB? [aired 1496 instead Jan 28]
Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite
and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or
http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org
For updates see our Anomaly Alert page:
http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html
WRN ON DEMAND:
http://193.42.152.193/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24
WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN:
http://www.wrn.org/wrn-listeners/world-of-radio/
http://www.wrn.org/listeners/world-of-radio/rss/09:00:00UTC/English/541
OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO:
http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
or http://wor.worldofradio.org
Best DX wishes, Glenn Hauser
I have just noticed that the sujbect line of last week`s notification for 10-03
read 10-02, but the info within was correctly for 10-03.
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:09:19 -0800
From: [email protected] (Patrick Martin)
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] New MW QSL card (WYLL)
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII
1160 WYLL IL, Chicago, received a very nice blue and grey FD
printed QSL card in 10d for snail mail report. Already had an e mail
reply. V/S: Paul Easter-CE, also QSLer for WIND-560. Enclosed business
card. I enclosed SASE and CD report. Nice to have another great QSL
card. Never logged the old WJJD, so finally getting 1160 under any call
with KSL on 1160, is a real thrill for me. Address: 25 Northwest Point
Blvd, Suite 400, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007. (PM-OR)
Patrick Martin
KGED QSL Manager
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 85, Issue 29
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