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Today's Topics:
1. DX and Shortwave meetings of 2010 (Risto V?h?kainu )
2. Glenn Hauser logs February 2-3, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
3. Thur Early DX (Charles Bolland)
4. Logs from NH-USA, Jan 30-Feb 2. (Scott R. Barbour Jr.)
5. Glenn Hauser logs February 3-4, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:43:39 +0200
From: "Risto V?h?kainu " <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] DX and Shortwave meetings of 2010
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Hello,
here follows a tentative list about DX and SW meetings to be held this
year. Updates and amendments are very welcome.
best 73
Risto Vahakainu
Finnish DX Association
Shortwave Radio Meetings - 2010
Date: February 27 (1430-1700 BST)
Location: Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC), 35-39 London
Street, Reading RG1 4PS, England
Organization: Reading International Radio Group
Expected Attendance: 20
More info: www.bdxc.org.uk
Note: these Reading DX meetings are held with 1-2 months interval.
Next ones: 10 April, 5 June, 24 July
Dates: March 5-6
Location: Kulpsville, PA, USA
Organzation: Winter SWL Fest
Expected Attendance: 200
More Info: www.swlfest.com
Dates: May
Location: Ontario, Canada
Oganisation: National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters
More Info: www.shortwave.org (pages under construction)
Dates: May 14-16
Location: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Organization: Dayton Hamvention
Expected Attendance: 20,000
More Info: www.hamvention.org
Dates: June 4-6
Location: Vejers Beach, Jutland, Denmark
Description: The annual general meeting of DSWCI and listening camp
Organization: Danish Short Wave Club International
Expected Attendance: 30
More Info: www.dswci.org
Dates: June/July
Location: Sweden
Description: The annual DX-Parliament of Swedish DXers
Organization: Swedish DX Federation
Expected Attendance: 30
More Info: www.sdxf.org
Dates: June 25-27
Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany
Description: Ham Radio, biggest annual hamfest in Europe
Dates: July
Location: Mexico
Description: The Annual Mexican DX Meeting
Expected Attendance: 50
More Info:
Dates: August 6-8
Location: Haapavesi, Central Finland
Description: The Annual Summer Meeting
Organization: The Finnish DX Association
Expected Attendance: 70
More Info: www.sdxl.org
Dates: August 21-23
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Organization: Tokyo Ham Fair
Expected Attendance: 30000
Dates: September 3-8
Location: Berlin, Germany
Name: IFA Internationale Funkausstellung
Description: Consumer Electronics Fair - Including Radios
Dates: September 10-14
Location: Amsterdam, Holland
Name: IBC Expo,
Description: Media trade show
Dates: September 30-October 3
Location: Ankara, Turkey
Description: European DX Conference
Organization: European DX Council/Voice of Turkey
Expected Attendance: 50
More Info: www.edxc.org
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 11:41:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 2-3, 2010
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** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake Feb 3: at 1403, open carrier on 8400, and music
modulation resumed at 1404:40 tho not at the level I expected for strength of
carrier. Nothing audible on 9000, 10210, 11300 or vicinity.
After a few days of not checking for the mystery Firedrake on 7585, did so Feb
3 at 1452 and there it is, better than 8400, and something weak detectable
underneath. Still nothing listed in Aoki except Vatican via Tajikistan in S
Asian languages 1430-1550 (Sunday -1558), with Tamil at 1450-1510.
Why would the ChiCom be jamming Vatican in such languages? There could be
something more sinister before 1430 on 7585 but I haven`t noticed it or any
jamming that early (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. DCJC pulsing on 11600 against nothing, Feb 3 at 0610, while RHC had VG
signal on 11760. At 0620 looked for other Cuban jammers against nothing, and
found them on 11930, 9955 and 9565.
But jamming against something, 5745, Feb 3 at 1354 as R. Mart? is still running
there until 1400, and could be heard underneath (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) See also USA: Marti
** CYPRUS. OTH Radar pulsing, presumed from here, but could be from somewhere
else in Eurasia, Feb 3 at 1423 from 15450 to 15475. No broadcasters audibly
affected here tho several are listed. Please get this noise OUT of the
broadcast bands! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI in Indo/Malay, Feb 3 at 1408, but cut off the air at
1409* before I could check the frequency for sure. Atsunori Ishida has updated
his Indonesian monitoring page
http://www.max.hi-ho.ne.jp/a-ishida/ins/
and also had them in Indonesian past 1400 on Jan 26, 28 and 30, until unknown
closing. I heard RRI continuing on 9680 with Indonesian pop songs at 1412
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 7140, Feb 3 at 0700 with VOK IS and anthem, poor, but better
than Guinea 7125. Aoki shows this as 200 kW, non-direxional from Kujang site at
0700-0757 among many other times, from an outlaw nation continuing to intrude
in the hamband (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Since WWCR was inbooming on 15825 the morning of Feb 3, at 1419 and
1528 UT chex, I knew there was a sporadic E opening (and other off-season ones
had been reported the last few days by WTFDA monitors). So as soon as I could,
connected my VHF antenna directly to analog TV set on channel 2. Signs of
activity, but only a few brief fade-ins at 1612, 1640 and 1651 UT. At 1640
there was YL talkshow in Spanish; at 1651 promo for ``Info 7``, i.e. the
Azteca-7 network from somewhere in Mexico.
Unfortunately that`s not enough to go on, since on channel 2 according to
http://www.w9wi.com/channels/2.html
there are five full-power Azteca 7 relays, 10 but mostly 100 kW, in Campeche,
BCN, Chihuahua, Durango and Tamaulipas plus one low-power 1.5 kW in Sinaloa.
Campeche is the most likely here, then Tampico, as the opening was only
affecting the eastern part per the 6-meter DX map showing at the time via
http://www.vhfdx.net/spots/map.php?Lan=E&Frec=50&Map=NA
In fact the main Es patch the last time I looked was over northern Alabama, no
good for Mexico from here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [and non]. 6075, R. Rossii, Pet/Kam, Feb 3 at 1357 tune-in to check
for 8GAL three minutes later; see UNIDENTIFIED 6074. This RR transmitter is
again in very bad shape with severe motorboating; that is, unstable carrier
producing noise against its own modulation even without BFO on. Who would want
to listen to that for content? With BFO on, too unstable to zero-beat, but
heard a few IDs in passing, mixed with music until timesignal 5 seconds late at
1400 and carrier stayed on another minute.
After it and 8GAL were finished, could still detect a very weak carrier on
6075, much weaker than CFRX 6070 and Australia 6080. Aoki no longer shows any
Taiwan on this frequency, and consequently no jamming. However, there is CRI
Urdu via Kashgar, East Turkistan, somewhat more likely than DW via Woofferton
at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. Since the Buzzing Service was fixed on February 2, I was eager
to hear how 15435 would sound on Feb 3. At 1500, Arabic talk heavily marred by
pulsing carrier shifts plus hum. Several times per second irregularly we would
hear chirps. With BFO on, it seems the transmitter is putting out spurious
carriers a kHz or two off main channel, interfering with it. Fortunately this
does not cover the entire 19m band, like the buzz did, but only bleed up to
15450, neatly meeting the OTH radar pulses (see CYPRUS); and not significantly
downward from 15435.
With or without BFO on, the chirps now sound like video game SFX, denoting
gunfire! What a way to exhibit piety in the Moslem world, as Qur`an starts at
1502. At 1509 all we can hear are the sound effects. By 1532 the chirps have
stopped so we can hear some intentional Arabic. The BSKSA engineers are
obviously finally working on this transmitter, trying to get it into whack, but
not yet very successfully. Never a dull moment on 19m in the mornings (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 15385, Feb 3 at 1533 some beautiful a cappella harmonies by YL
singer, then joined by a trio? Or choir. Hard to place language, but not
Castilian. Did not sound African either, but this was just an interlude before
going to phone interview at 1535 with Yolanda ?lvarez of TVE who has made
several trips there, about how bad things are in Africa. According to the B-09
REE program grid here
http://programasdx.com/principal_archivos/parrillareeb09.pdf
the M-F 1530-1600 program is ?frica Hoy, but not on all frequencies (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 15670, Feb 3 at 1421, continuous hilife music, no announcements
heard, and a segu? at 1445. Nothing scheduled, but this must be the M?raya FM
relay via IRRS via SLOVAKIA, which we found on this new frequency the day
before, except that transmission supposedly starts at 1500. Kept listening and
already at 1457 M&W talk in English started, mentioning South Sudan. But signal
is weakening by now and hard to follow; very poor by 1532. So are they now
starting at 1400, or thinking about doing so?
Altho there was no QRM today or yesterday, checking the 15670 listings, we are
reminded that there would be a collision on Sunday and/or Saturday, when
Madagascar clandestine Radio Mada is on 15670 via Pridnestrovye at 1530-1600! I
don`t know about Jan 31, but Ron Howard confirmed that was still in service on
Jan 24, so something may have to give (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. VOT is still a total mess with its English broadcast at 1330-1425v.
Yet again Feb 3 at 1414 I find 12035 with decent S9+8 signal, tho fluttery, but
just barely audible modulation, Turkish music at the moment during a break
within Live from Turkey.
I am long done with trying to help them by pointing out such problems to TRT
directly, as they have ignored my advice too many times in the past. Instead
they will be deservedly ridiculed as incompetents: just another 500 kWh wasted
today (axually slightly less than one hour; but no transmitter is anywhere near
100% efficient, so axually a lot more than 500 kWh wasted).
Meanwhile at 1415, TRT in Turkish on 11815 had usual good modulation, and also
usual collision atop REE via Costa Rica causing a rippling SAH. Double my kWh
wastage comments.
At 1424 I checked the // English frequency, 15300, as usual colliding with
France in French, discussing the situation in Guin?e-Conakry, which was using
this frequency long before TRT mispicked it for B-09. TRT was still on, closing
in English, then IS variations 1425-1427* later than usual, which probably
caused them to be late coming up on the next frequency. Triple my kWh wastage
comments, since 15300 tho adequately modulated is a total loss too, colliding
with France.
France and Turkey were roughly 8 Hz apart causing a `fast subaudible
heterodone`. For SAHs in this range, the way I estimate them is to count
rapidly 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 as I watch the seconds ticking by on my watch; if my
counting stays in synch, that`s the SAH I read. This doesn`t work much above 10
Hz. Slower ones can be counted directly over a 10, 12, 15, or 20 second period,
and then multiplied by 6, 5, 4 or 3 to get the number per minute, then divided
by 60 for the Hz. This method is of course more accurate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U A E. UNIDENTIFIED [non]. 15520, open carrier at S9+5, Feb 3 at 1422, still
at 1430, 1451, 1500 but not afterwards. At the latter times I turned it up and
thought I heard some very weak modulation upon it, but could have been
crosstalk/overload from something else on 19m. What is scheduled here? YFR in
Hindi via UAE, 14-15! Wake up in Dhabbaya! Refund needs to go to Oakland. It`s
only fair, but NOT to be taken as any endorsement of the Camping Anti-Church
Cult (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Following up our discoveries the night before of a new VOA/Radio
Mart? service, new frequency of Lavwadlamerik, collision with WWCR, I was ready
for some intensive monitoring early UT Feb 3.
First at 2304 Feb 2 I reconfirmed that the secret LVA fill-in frequency 7590
was still on the air. I did not think to check 5835 at that time, but at 0026
Feb 3 both of them were running, so 5835 starts either at 2300 or 0000.
WWCR hasn`t decided on a replacement for 7465 at 0100-0200 when LVA is there,
but at 0059 promoted the next program at the top of the hour on 5070, and then
announced that it would be ``performing technical adjustments``, to resume in
one hour, but did not say on what frequency (presumably 3215). Then 7465 went
off.
However, no LVA to be heard there yet. At 0101 comes on the 7465 carrier, but
no modulation until that started to fade up at 0103:45, but faded right back
down to carrier only. By 0107 the LVA modulation seemed back for good, but not
at full level.
Meanwhile, 5835 had continued uninterrupted, and 5960 was on at 0105 check,
weaker than 5835 and don`t know exactly when 5960 started. 7590 had gone off as
usual by 0100. I haven`t caught any LVA frequency announcements on air lately,
but I sure hope they know about 5835, which is the best, least interrupted one
in the evenings.
All the new VOA/RM Spanish frequencies were late coming up, considerably past
0100. Perhaps the Washington/Miami studios should be notified to hold off
starting the service for 5 minutes or so until all the frequencies can be up
and running. Fat chance; that would imply shortwave is a priority rather than
an afterthought.
First to appear, joining ``A Fondo`` in Spanish progress was 7340 at 0102 after
about a minute of open carrier from *0101. At 0103 still nothing audible on
9415 or 11625. At 0104.5 I was finally hearing a carrier on 9415, and at 0106
modulation. These may have started slightly earlier as I was not monitoring
that frequency constantly. At 0106 I could also hear a much weaker signal on
11625, not sure when it started.
Why don`t they start on time? Management has imposed an impossible task on the
engineers at the site. Or maybe it`s just one engineer, night shift, after all.
No one could possibly do that with only two hands, unless just pushing buttons
and even that would be difficult.
He has to switch frequencies, antennas, and audio inputs on about six
transmitters, ideally in half of one minute in order not to miss much
significant programming.
At least there are six running after 0100: 5835, 5960, 7340, 7465, 9415, 11625,
assuming they are all really from Greenville, plus three more for Mart? which
don`t make any change at 0100 --- 6030, 7365 and 9825, plus 9895 for RNW
Spanish relay ongoing 0000-0157 for a total of ten. Make that eleven, since
Special English, weeknights only is still going on 7405 at 0145 check Feb 3,
while its other frequency, 5960, has been turned over to LVA.
So are there eleven usable transmitters at Greenville-B now? No, there are only
nine. Do we have some secret relays from somewhere else, like Furman? There is
no sign of this on WHRI`s Angel 1, 2, 5 and 6 program schedules, but we know
how reliable those are.
I haven`t been able to confirm all the Radio Mart? frequencies during the 01-02
hour due to continuous heavy jamming, so it could be that two of those are
really moved to the A Fondo service for one hour. After all, otherwise RM would
be competing with itself. But is the A Fondo program also on the remaining one,
unannounced?
Before 0100 these are in use for VOA Spanish, Radio Mart?, Lavwadlamerik and
RNW Spanish: 5835, 5890, 6030, 7365, 7465, 7590, 9825, 9885, 9895, a total of
only nine. Check.
What happens at 0200? A Fondo: 9415 is playing standard VOA sign-off, and
carrier stays on a couple minutes, VG signal now. 7340 is already off, clearing
7335 for VOR Spanish via GUF. 11625 too weak to track.
LVA after 0200: 7465 still on, 7590 does not come back by 0215 final check, and
5835 is off; however, by 0203 we notice that 5835 is back on. Perhaps there has
been some site/antenna switch but it is to continue during the final hour
instead of 7590. I am still wondering whether 5835 is really from GB.
After 0200, WHRI has somewhat better signals on 5850 and 5875 than LVA on 5835,
and now the upper pair are // in English with discussion of Haiti relief ---
except 5875 is running about one second behind 5850; why?
WWCR was also banging the steel drums at 0200 starting up on 3215 after the
hour of rest.
This report has been somewhat updated and modified from the original post sent
to the dxldyg only. So if quoting, use this one.
I am spending entirely too much time on my own monitoring and reporting,
falling further and further behind in keeping up with everyone else`s input for
DX Listening Digest and World of Radio, so during this report I was not paying
any attention to content, just tracking the frequencies. Or: am I spending
entirely too much time on DXLD and WOR? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7095, oh oh, a new mixing product, fair signal with two audios
clashing at equal levels. One of them is soon identified as PMS, // WWCR 5935
and Anguilla 6090. Let`s see, 7095 minus 5935 = 1160. That does not fit
anything; MW mixes at WWCR with WNQM are 1300 kHz away. The ham
intruder-watchers are not going to be happy about this!
Checking WWCR`s other frequencies, PPP on 5890 is not the source of the other
audio, nor whoever is on 3215. What about 5070? It`s missing! Finally at 0644 I
come across a huge signal on 4775 --- so WWCR-3 is there instead of 5070,
talking about Monsanto. And guess what, it`s 1160 kHz below 5935, so that
explains the mix on 7095: 4775 leapfrogging over 5935. Or if you insist, 2 x
5935 minus 4775 = 7095.
The same continued past 0700. What`s WWCR doing on 4775 again, a frequency
tested some weeks ago? But that was with the WWCR-1 transmitter, instead of
3240/3215/7465, not the WWCR-3 transmitter now instead of 5070.
I don`t see how this could relate to the WWCR-1 collision on 7465 at 01-02.
That`s when they need a replacement frequency as long as Lavwadlalmerik is on
there. I have no idea how long WWCR had been on 4775 tonight, as I was not
monitoring between 02 and 06. However, a DXLD monitor in South Carolina also
caught 4775 at 0600 with Alex Jones, instead of on 5070. And Noble West in TN
noticed 5070 was off already at 0430.
Regarding the mix on 7095, the trouble with going to any new frequency with
four powerful transmitters right next to each other and sharing an antenna
field is that the new frequency will produce new mixing products which have to
be dealt with individually, filtered or suppressed.
If WWCR keeps running 4775 and 5935 at the same time, 7095 will have to be
removed. There could also be a mix with the 5890 transmitter by the same
formula which would also land in the 40m hamband, 7005; I did not notice
anything there, but I did not compute that frequency until the next morning, so
it needs to be thoroughly checked too next time, if there is one.
15825, WWCR was inbooming for a change Feb 3 at 1419 during Inspirations Across
America, black gospel music hour. Still strong at 1538 with preacher
sadistically discussing boiling crabs alive with some relish, ``joy to the
Lord``, also boiling frogs by slowly heating water they are in.
When WWCR inbooms on 15825 at our too-close one-megameter distance, it has to
be a sporadic-E opening, and indeed this tipped us off to TVDX from Mexico
[q.v.] on channel 2 later in the morning (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WEWN dirty spur from 11520 transmitter, Feb 3 at 0611 against Harold
Camping on 11530. If these two don`t care enough to fix this problem, why
should I? They deserve each other (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See
also U A E
** U S A. Having heard KJES reactivated on 11715 and 15385 on Feb 2, I checked
their third frequency, 7555, UT Feb 3 at 0205, and yes, back there too, but
poor in Ave Maria with guitar accompaniment. This is at 0200-0330 only; if you
hear Catholic stuff elsewhen on 7555, it`s WEWN, currently scheduled only in
Spanish at 0500-1300.
Feb 3 at 1538 on 11715 I could make out the robokids underneath RVA Philippines
in Tagalog via Vatican, with KJES causing low annoying het (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Have not looked for 8GAL mystery CW marker at 1400 UT on 6074 for
a few weeks, so it`s time for another check as we usually lose it sometime
during February. Started monitoring the motorboating R. Rossii 6075 [see
RUSSIA] at 1357 Feb 3. Before its 5-seconds-late timesignal could finish, the
8GAL marker started with standard text in slow CW: VVV CQ CQ CQ DE 8GAL 8GAL
8GAL K. It finished shortly before Pet/Kam turned off the 6075 carrier at
1401*. Splash from CFRX 6070 was a bit of a problem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15500, a bit of SSB caught my ear at 1505 Feb 3 as I was
engrossed in monitoring other 19mb activity, weak and intermittent so not sure
if Spanish, but probably another intruder (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17565, open carrier and intermittent tone test, Feb 3 at 1430,
most likely IBB Greenville tuning up a transmitter used from 1730 in Creole;
but why? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. After hearing the Qur`an tests on 15160, 15360 and 15380 the days
before, suspected Algeria via France, I looked for them again Feb 3, but
nonesuch anywhere on 19m in the hour or more following 1427 when I tried to
hear anything under Cuba 15360; by 1451 there was some other talk audible
there, presumably scheduled RFI in Persian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) ###
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 01:18:04 -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] Thur Early DX
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Bolivia, 4699.97, Radio Miguel, 0026-0045, With a
weak signal, noted ordinary
popular Bolivian music. After one tune a male talks in
Spanish. Signal drops
into the noise somewhat, but still audible at a
threshold level. (Chuck Bolland,
February 4, 2010)
Bolivia, 4716.68, Radio Yura, 0038-0050, Noted music
in progress when tuning
in. This signal has a decent carrier, but the audio is
almost impossible to hear.
(Chuck Bolland, February 4, 2010)
Zambia, 4965, CVC International, 0055-0105, Tuned in
during religious music. After one
tune, noted a series of promos until ID given in
English as, "... this Radio Christian Voice ...".
This was followed with more religious music. Signal
was fair. (Chuck Bolland,
February 4, 2010)
26.27N 081.05W
NRD545
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 19:30:00 -0800 (PST)
From: "Scott R. Barbour Jr." <[email protected]>
To: Gayle Van Horn <[email protected]>, Mark Taylor
<[email protected]>, Dave Valko <[email protected]>, NASWAyg
<[email protected]>, DXLD <[email protected]>, DXplorer
<[email protected]>, HCDX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs from NH-USA, Jan 30-Feb 2.
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3200, SWAZILAND, TWR Manzini, 0308-0326, Feb 1, listed Ndebele/English. Various
announcers w/ religous sounding talk; mx bridges; choral music from 0318-0325
followed by brief announcer & IS/ID loop in EG; fair. (Barbour-NH)
3396, ZIMBABWE, ZBC Gweru, 0327-0342, Jan 30, vernacular. Various announcers w/
brief talk between pop & choral-like mx selections; poor-fair. (Barbour-NH)
[Also] 0204-0232, Jan 31, vernacular. M announcer w/ brief talk between
Afropops thru BoH; one inspirational tune w/ many Hallelujah's; "Zim-bab-we"
shout out in passing; fair. (Barbour-NH)
3925, JAPAN, R. Nikkei Tokyo-Nagara, 0938-0945, Jan 31, Japanese. Familiar
format of classical mx; brief announcer between selections; poor. (Barbour-NH)
4800, MEXICO, presumed XERTA Mexico City, 0238, Jan 31, Spanish. M announcer w/
talk between religous sounding mx; very poor & very noisy. (Barbour-NH)
5990, BRAZIL, R. Senado Brasilia, 1002-1021, Jan 31, Portuguese. Various
announcers w/ talk over & between mx bits; passing mentions of Brazil; ballads;
taking listener phone-calls just before t/out; fair-good. (Barbour-NH)
9575, MOROCCO, presumed R. Mediterranee Int'l Nador, 2038-2101, Feb 2;
French/English. Mx program w/ M announcer in FF between selections; some in EE;
others in FF; Rod Stewart tune & bad cover of Christopher Cross' "Ride Like the
Wind" (not that the original is much better); presumed ID at ToH into news;
poor-fair w/ 9580-Gabon splash. (Barbour-NH)
9580, GABON, Afrique #1 Moyabi, 2101-2132, Feb 2, French/English. M announcer
w/ nx; field reports & ID zingers; mx prg at 2110 w/ announcer sandwiched
between James Brown & Otis Redding bits; prg featured live recording of female
singer (never caught her first name, last name sounded like Jackson) who when
speaking to the audience between songs; used F-bombs as both nouns, verbs &
adjectives! Not offended, just surprised as I've never heard anything like that
in the 10 years I've been listening to SW; fair tho deteriorating by BoH.
(Barbour-NH)
Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA
NRD-545, RX-350D, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole
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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 20:05:24 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
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Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 3-4, 2010
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** FRANCE [non]. While R. Mart? was missing from 7365 at 0100 UT Feb 4, instead
something very strong in Spanish on 7360, a real station, not a gospel huxter,
which I assumed I could look up later --- but nothing listed. So I went back
and monitored from 0115 to 0125. Interview about some art exhibit involving
Iceland, but not until 0124 did they give me a clue, ``aqu? en Par?s``, which
is just what I had figured, as RFI has Spanish at 0100-0130 on 5995, except
that frequency is now missing.
So it`s Guiana French on 7360 replacing it, another February change by RFI.
These February changes are normally planned at the beginning of the B-seasons,
and published in asterisked RFI schedules, but I haven`t seen any this season;
perhaps buried somewhere on the RFI website. Not here:
http://www.rfi.fr/actues/articles/073/article_100.asp
which still shows 5995, but has admittedly not been updated for almost a year!
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. As I was checking Lavwalamerik on 5835 and 7590, Feb 4 around
0010, I also punched up 13725, which LVA uses at least until 2300, but instead
heard a good signal with news in English. That`s BBCWS via Thailand,
incidentally USward at 25 degrees, used during this one hour only, and not
supposed to be overheard by Americans, targeted for China and North Korea.
Hmmm, are there yet more English speakers, however imperfectly, in China than
in North America? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Since I was not sure when new 5835 starts with Lavwadlamerik, I
checked again Feb 3 before 2400 and not on yet; waited and waited past 0000 UT
Feb 4 and it finally popped on at 0004.5, and 7590 also in use during this
hour. A late join-in-progress like that is of course typical of Greenville.
What happened at 0100 UT Feb 4: A Fondo was on 9415 already at 0000; 7340 came
up at 0102:30 or so; 11625 weakly audible by 0104.
LVA at 0100: 5835 continued; 5960 weaker with fast SAH and Chinese QRM; 7465 on
shortly. 5960 QRM must be Urumqi, 100 kW non-direxional with PBS Xinjiang in
Chinese from 2330 to 1800 except for the usual Tue & Thu 08-11 siesta, per
Aoki, but should be fading out as the sun rises over East Turkistan.
R. Mart? frequency 7365 had lite jamming on it but no trace of Mart?, so I
think this transmitter had shifted to one of the A Fondo channels. Not sure
about 6030, still heavily jammed. 9825 also jammed but signals on this band
weakened anyway.
Just as well to be off 7365, as there is now a very strong Spanish station on
7360, which I assumed I could look up later --- but nothing listed. See FRANCE
[non].
What about WWCR, 7465 to avoid colliding with LVA at 0100? Tuned in at 0058,
and announcement started, ``At this time, WW--`` but cut off the air before
anything more could be said. Probably like last night, taking an hour off for
``technical adjustments``; at least, a few minutes later not to be found on
3240, 4755 or 4775, while 5070 was still running. 0215 check: WWCR ops normal
on 3215, 5070, no 4 MHz frequency.
But at 0325 it was again on 4775 instead of 5070. The transmitter schedules
page at the website has not been updated, but the homepage
http://www.wwcr.com/index.html says:
``WWCR's Transmitter #3 will broadcast on 4775 from 0300 to 1200 UT until
further notice``
I did not realize the hours were that long: means that the Saturday night
airing of WORLD OF RADIO, 0330 UT Sundays may well be on 4775 instead of 5070.
Please spread the word. What`s wrong with 5070? No interference problems that I
know of, and 295 kHz isn`t going to make much different versus falling
nighttime MUFs.
WWCR 4775 blox reception in North America of, and perhaps interferes in their
own areas, according to Aoki:
4770, Kaduna, Nigeria from 0430;
4775, AIR Imphal, India, from 1030;
4775, R. Tarma, Per? until 0600 and from 1000;
4775, TWR Swaziland, from 0340;
4780, Djibouti, from 0300 . . .
As I was checking 4775 on the portable, could not hear the mixing product on
7095, but is anyone else hearing 4775 audio mixing with 5935 audio there? Or on
7005, mix of 4775 and 5890? We`ll see what happens on the main rig after 0600,
when we were hearing 7095 last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Another check for KXTR, 1660, Kansas City KS, which was missing the
afternoon of Feb 1: On the caradio at 2015 Feb 3 I am only hearing some talk
station, but about half an hour later some classical music is making it thru,
must be KXTR, but why is it so weak for 10 kW, non-direxional at the top of the
band?
Nearby KYYS, Spanish on 1250 is much stronger by skywave already. I still think
of it as a 5-kW regional as it was when WREN Topeka, but I must not, as it`s
now 25 kW in the daytime, and with a large main lobe aimed 257 degrees. That`s
considerably north of here, and we are on its edge but not in a null, so
apparently its ERP Enidward is still more than 10 kW ND from KXTR --- but I
still have doubts KXTR is running full power (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) ###
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