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Today's Topics:
1. DX Listening Digest 10-06 February 10, 2010; World of Radio
1499 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Re: [dxld] Deutsche Welle: Satellite Broadcasts Blocked Once
Again (Wolfgang Bueschel)
3. Log 12/Feb (Jorge Freitas (Yahoo))
4. Fri Morn DXing (Charles Bolland)
5. New edition of Radio Stations in the UK (BDXC-UK)
6. Glenn Hauser logs February 11-12, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
7. Recent DX (Dave Valko)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:03:46 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] DX Listening Digest 10-06 February 10, 2010; World of
Radio 1499
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DX Listening Digest 10-06 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/dxld1006.txt
CONTENTS: have not been compiled yet, due to the lateness of the hour but the
issue is available. Contents will be inserted later Feb 12 at following link:
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 1499 headlines:
*Background to Darwin closing, Chinese New Year and numbers stations
*News about people in Cuba, Oklahoma
*Jamming leads to new clandestines, frequency-hopping
*How to contact Radio Republica
*Future plans for Ecuador, Somalia, Sri Lanka, IBB
*Transmitter problems at Goa, Solomon Islands, Turkey, Zambia
*English from Myanmar
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1499, February 11-17, 2010
Thu 2000 WBCQ 7415 9330-CUSB?
Fri 0100 WRMI 9955 [ex-0200]
Fri 1530 WRMI 9955
Fri 2130 WWCR1 7465
Sat 0900 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 9510 [second, fourth, fifth Sats]
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 4755
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 0230 WRMI 9955 [new]
Wed 1630 WRMI 9955 [usually first airing?]
Wed 1930 South Herts Radio 3935
Wed 2000 WBCQ 7415 9330-CUSB?
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
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:13:20 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Deutsche Welle: Satellite Broadcasts
Blocked Once Again
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> Bettermann pointed out the Deutsche Welle's Farsi service via shortwave in
> and around Teheran has been a problem for quite some time.
Never heard about this before ...
pure nonsense? local Tehran PLC hiss ?
DWL Bulgarian was jammed by Bulgarian communist dictatorship til Dec 1988,
Amharic broadcasts in last year by broadband DRM-like hisssing data jamming
by Ethiopia.
Regularly Iranian army security services jamms whole transmissions of
VoIranian Revolution, VoIranian Communist Party, Radyo Dengi Kurdistana
in 3 and 4 MHz band.
Kol Israel remaining Persian service in 9, 11 and 13 MHz band is also jammed
regularly.
wb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alokesh Gupta" Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 7:39 AM
Subject: [dxld] Deutsche Welle: Satellite Broadcasts Blocked Once Again
Deutsche Welle: Satellite Broadcasts Blocked Once Again,
As of Wednesday, February 10, 2010, the broadcast of Deutsche Welle's
television program has been jammed once again. According to the information
received by Germany's international broadcaster, the satellite interference
- like that in December 2009 - is most likely coming from Iran.
In a letter to the Iranian Embassy in Germany, Director General Erik
Bettermann insistently objected to the "direct interference of the reception
of international information offerings". He went on to say that the repeated
limitation of freedom of opinion and freedom of speech by the Iranian
administration is "no longer acceptable". The Director General pointed out
that not only has the television broadcast been jammed, but that Deutsche
Welle radio and especially Internet content has been censored by Iran.
Since Wednesday afternoon, DW-TV's satellite broadcast has been selectively
jammed. The signal, which is broadcast using Hotbird 8, a satellite that
provides programming for Europe and bordering regions - including Iran - was
available for a few hours overnight, but was once again jammed on the
morning of Thursday, February 11.
Hotbird 8 is also used as relay point for the Nilesat satellite and the
provider of Deutsche Welle's live stream service - both of which were also
affected due to the interference. In this respect, there have been problems
in receiving DW-TV programming for Europe (English and German) and for the
Arab world (Arabic and English) as well as the Farsi radio service. The
DW-TV ARABIA broadcast has in the meantime been re-established using a
Hotbird transponder.
Deutsche Welle had already experienced interference on December 7-8, 2009 on
its Hotbird transponder. According to the information provided by Eutelsat,
the source of the interference could be clearly localized and identified:
the jamming signal came from Iran.
Bettermann pointed out the Deutsche Welle's Farsi service via shortwave in
and around Teheran has been a problem for quite some time. However, radio
programming was still available on the website www.dw-world.de/persian and
although this was regularly blocked, users in Iran knew of technological
ways to access it.
(Press Release)
------
Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:39:08 -0000
From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, "Hard Core DX"
<[email protected]>, "Cumbre Lista"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Log 12/Feb
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6020 12/Feb 0910 AUSTRALIA, R Australia, in Pidgin. A real surprise this
listening today! OM and YL talk, pop mx. The 0916 UT OM comments outside the
studio. The 0923 UT reggae mx. The 0926 UT OM with a short talk and more
music. Listening confirmed the link on line
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/flash/listen/default.htm . The 0930 UT
enter R Nederland from Suriname, completely covering the sign. 24332.
Recorded in my blog (Jorge Freitas-B)
7270 12/Feb 0945 MALAYSIA, RTM Wai FM. In Kayan/Kenyah. Pop mx. The 0948 UT
YL talk about background music on the music of Kenny G. The 0950 UT OM talk.
Greater involvement of YL in talk, alternating with OM and pop mx. 34333.
Recorded in my blog (Jorge Freitas-B)
9575 12/Feb 1000 USA, Family Radio, PP. Still suffers from QRM from Radio
Med 1. Still suffers QRM from Radio 1 Med. The transmission is fully
committed, a waste. (Jorge Freitas-B)
73
Jorge Freitas
Local time -3 UT
Feira de Santana Bahia
Brasil
Degen 1103
Dipole antenna, 19 meters - east/west - Balun 4:1
Skype: jorge.freitas.fsa
Escutas (listening): http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:10:48 -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] Fri Morn DXing
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Bolivia, 3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, 1025-1035 Noted
music with a male
and a female talking in Spanish over the music. This
continues during
the period. Signal was poor to threshold. (Chuck
Bolland, February
12, 2010)
Peru, 4746.90, Radio Huanta Dos Mil, 1040-1100 Noted a
person in
Spanish language comments. There happens to be a
utility station
on this same freq that is mixing with Radio Huanta Dos
Mil, making
copy difficult. Signal was poor here. (Chuck Bolland,
February 12,
2010)
Bolivia, 5952.40, Radio Emisoras Pio XII (pres),
1055-1101, Using the WR G305e,
noticed a carrier on the spectrum display at 5952.40,
sandwiched between
WYFR on 5950 and a weaker station on 5955. However, as
far as Pio XII is
concerned, I couldn't catch any audio. I am thinking
they left their transmitter
running, but no program may be scheduled. Just a guess.
The fact remains
that I can't pull out any audio to help with the ID.
Rechecked at 1149 and
the carrier was gone! (Chuck Bolland, February 12,
2010)
Korea, 6002.90 Echo Of Hope,(pres) 1105-1110, Again
using the WR G305e, noted a
carrier display on this frequency, but could not pull
out any audio; however, the
station is there. Tried with the 545 and had the same
negative results. Rechecked
at 1150 with the NRD545 and still couldn't hear any
audio. However, at
1151 noted a 5 second tone that came up which was being
transmitted every
5 seconds. That means something - doesn't it? I
seem to recall that Russia
uses this type of entry before they transmit VOR? I
retuned to 6005 and can
hear the 5 second carrier there too, so it's not being
transmitted on 6003 as I
assumed earlier. However, the carrier for Korea is on
6003 still. See the
Russia logging for WYFR below. (Chuck Bolland, February
12, 2010)
note: Most of the above logging is me thinking out
loud.
Peru, 6019.20, Radio Victoria, 1115-1120 With the
usual format for this time of
the day, noted a male in Spanish language religious
comments. Had to tune
out the Het from Australia on 6020 in the process.
Victoria was poor. Don't ask
my why I must log this station every morning, I don't
know? Maybe it's the
challenge? (Chuck Bolland, February, 12, 2010)
Korea, 6285, Voice of Korea, 1135-1145, Noted a
program of music, Korean style,
at tune in. Between selections, a male comments in
French. Signal was poor.
(Chuck Bolland, February 12, 2010)
Russia, 6005, WYFR, Komosomolsk, 1200-1205 Noted 5
second tones prior to the hour, then on the
hour WYFR's theme music followed by intro in language
Korean by a female.
This was followed by a bunch of religious music and
news by a male. Signal was
fair. (Chuck Bolland, February 12, 2010)
Used: Winradio G305e for graphics
NRD-545 for audio
Live: 26.27N 081.05W
Excuse the errors
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:10:24 -0000
From: "BDXC-UK" <[email protected]>
To: "Hard Core DX" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] New edition of Radio Stations in the UK
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:24:28 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 11-12, 2010
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** ALBANIA. 13640, R. Tirana to NAm, Feb 12 at 1530 resumed English after an
excursion into Albanian the day before; Friday feature program after the news
to be ``Albanian Outstanding Personality Profile``; usual good clear signal,
and now there`s not a chance of QRM from Darwin 13635 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 15340, Feb 12 at 1355 talk in unID language, with a big het from
Morocco 15341, presumably HCJB Kununurra as scheduled in Hindi 1330-1400. I
wonder if the QRMorocco is a problem in India? I don`t hear the het later when
Morocco is still on 15341 until about 1500 and wonder if HCJB really closes
earlier than scheduled 1530? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 9905 with two stations in Chinese about equal level and SAH
of 1.2 Hz between them, i.e. R. Free Asia via PALAU, and CNR1 ChiCom jamming,
Feb 12 at 1504 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RHC`s English listeners in the nightmiddle usually have at least one
frequency on 49m, but Feb 12 at 0710 check they were all in Spanish: 6060,
6120, 6140, 6150; the usual very lo-fi compressed audio on 6120 compared to the
others.
DCJC pulses against nothing (? Or R. Rep?blica, other exile peanut-whistles?)
Feb 12 at 0716 on 6520, just over 24 hours since heard same on 6580. With BFO I
could make out a very weak carrier on 6522, possible target. Nothing on 6580 at
first, but next tuneby at 0717 found same noise going on 6575.
More but not all the DCJC transmissions have added multi-tone beeping to the
mix, such as 11930 vs Mart? at 1526 Feb 12. Perhaps their own monitors got
bored with the usual programming and decided to liven it up a bit.
Grinding noise wall with no tones on 11600, Feb 12 at 1732 check, believed to
be against a R. Rep?blica transmitter in Central America, guess which country,
not California as I first assumed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 18065-18090, OTH radar pulsing, presumed from here, Feb 12 at 1428
inside the so-called 17-meter hamband. Go get `em, intruder busters (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR. I have looked for HD2IOA timesignal station on 3810 numerous times
in the 0600-0700+ UT period, with no results, but Feb 12 at 0655 there it was
with quite readable signal on LSB (not USB as some reports have it), time
announcements every 10 seconds in Spanish, which go for example: ``Al oir el
tono, ser? la una hora, 55 minutos, 20 segundos`` (pause), beep.
As soon as I had heard this a few times, on came the hams at exactly the same
frequency, W6LC in California 200 miles N of the Bay Area, with KI4THY in
Lynchburg TN, discussing this station, which one of them opined was ``a
military beacon in Ecuador`` --- well yes, it`s military of the Instituto
Oceanogr?fico de la Armada, but can`t they tell it`s a timesignaller?
The QSO was wrapping up after 0659 as I was hoping for a full ID. Something
like that may have been inserted around 0659:40 but am not sure; clear of QRhaM
for a while again after 0700. I checked against WWV which only announces time
once a minute, and it was right on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA. 7165, Feb 12 at 1512 with weak music vs SSB hams coming and going;
7110 at same time with weak talk and music vs CW hams, but nothing on 7175.
Long path, both Gedja transmitters, per Aoki with V. of Democratic Alliance on
7165, R. Ethiopia on 7110 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. 15640, am still hearing DW in German after 2200 UT, altho DX
Mix News Bulgaria reported the relay via WHRI had been cancelled. Wolfgang
B?schel also finds it on IBB Monitoring clips Feb 7 and 8 (Glenn Hauser, Feb
11, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. During nice 13m opening, see SAUDI ARABIA, much weaker signal
audible on 21560 with NHKWNRJ in English via FRANCE, Feb 12 at 1426 // only a
reverb apart from same program via Canada 11705 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 7580, very weak signal with music and talk in Japanese, 0720
Feb 12 --- VOK Japanese service is here at 0700-1250 and 2100-2350, per Aoki,
with Farda and Cairo occupying most of the rest of the time. VOK also audible
on 7140 with Pyongyang Pangsong homeservice relay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 6104.8, another capture of XEQM, M?rida, Yucat?n at what seems to be
its ideal time here, after 0700 UT: Feb 12 at 0704, numerous promos as
``Candela --- la m?s grande`` which is quite a claim for a 250(?) watt SW
station, but of course they aren`t really talking about the only transmitter we
can hear. Good peaks at S9+10 but deep fades, another characteristic of this
for some reason.
Quick ads for Coca Cola, carnaval, plus Noticieros de la Cadena RASA, segunda
emisi?n, lunes a viernes 7-8 de la noche. Clock always seems fast: 0706
timecheck as 1:07, phone, text numbers; 0709 TC for 1:11. Hyper OM DJ keeps
chattering and won`t let the music just play unimpeded (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1170, KVOO Tulsa has resumed IBOC noise on the sides, after
several days` respite. Feb 11 around 2045 UT on the caradio I found a spot
quiet enough to evade local noise override and could tell it was there again,
so that explains the IBOQRM against KSL-1160 I was getting the night before at
0715.
Yes, KSPI 780 Stillwater is putting out spurs, as previously noted hets on 770,
780 and 790 on the 10-kHz stepping caradio. Feb 12 at 2157 I tried on the
DX-398 portable, and from Stillwater direxion, could detect weak carriers very
close to 776 and 784 kHz, which have really been there for months (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAIPAN. 11635, VOA Indonesian, Fri-Sat-Sun 14-15 additional service heard
Feb 12 at 1455, good signal but it was in English! Somewoman being interviewed
about climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, with consecutive translation, but rudely
chopped off at 1458:05* as transmitter no doubt needed somewhere else, and the
program producers in Washington make no such concessions by building in natural
breaks or interval-signal pauses (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA [and non]. 13m is hopping again tnx to solar flux reaching 94,
but it`s supposed to cycle downward again soon. BSKSA with good strong S9+10
signals, Feb 12 at 1420 on 21460 with HQ, separate Arabic on 21505 // 21640 ---
and none of them buzzy! Signals at first rivalled Spain on 21610, 21570, 21540,
but Riyadh faded down before Noblejas. Libya also in well on 21695, NHK English
via France audible on 21560 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SIERRA LEONE [non]. 11875, Cotton Tree News, currently via Rampisham UK,
fair Feb 12 at 0731, two heavily accented OM in English discussing Commonwealth
(Games?), right next to WEWN 11870 but more or less separable. In the A-seasons
this is on 15220 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. After widely-heard testing in late January on 5755, 9480/9475, WTWW
silent as expected first week of Feb since George McClintock was away at HFCC
Kuala Lumpur. Now that he`s back, I asked him, what`s next, and he replied Feb
10:
``Still repairing some RF modules but ran out of parts today. Programming to
start sometime next week. We will first program the transmitter with audio for
several days. This will be without the transmitter being on to fully test
computers and the streaming audio on the Internet. Then several days of
programming tests with the transmitter on.
``After that, full time broadcasting. There are still several 24 hour
programmers that want a transmitter. I will make a last minute decision based
on what is best for WTWW to add transmitters and programmers in some logical
order. This actually makes sense since one of them is not ready at this time.
The best laid plans of men ---``.
BTW, don`t you believe that I ever heard WTWW on 5955, as typoed in the Feb
BDXC-UK Communication (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7095, WWCR mixing product of 4775 leaping over 5935 just barely
audible at peaks above threshold, Feb 12 at 0722. Talk by former porn star who
now dresses modestly and professes to be a linguistic and Bible scholar, could
make // 5935 PMS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, WRMI, Feb 12 at 0724 VG steady S9+10, tnx to solar flux of 94
as of Feb 11, YL talking about Haitian gang problem, as another R. Prague relay
via WRN was about to end; no jamming audible.
Yet another Prague relay in English having ended at 1528, station was
attempting to give its transmission schedule in French, when WRMI cut to a
promo for a preacher Sat 11:30 am, 9 pm and one other time.
Since WRMI has trouble updating its website, Jeff White sends us new xls
program grids from time to time in ET, and the Feb 12 edition has been
availablized on the DXLD yahoogroup, showing that to be: Tell the World
Ministry for 15 minutes, the other time being Sat 7:45 am EST.
1529:30 UT WRMI ID, 1530 WORLD OF RADIO 1499 as scheduled on Fridays; fair
signal, no jamming, but weak SAH from YFR Russian via Taiwan and overload from
PPP WWCR 9980 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Observed the day before in Spanish prior to 1600, WINB appears to
have filled in the 2-hour gap at 14-16 UT still showing on its program
schedule. 13570, Feb 12 at 1434, English preacher saying that sinning
Christians will have a harder time in hell than pagans; hmmm. Modulation has
been repaired temporarily, but the carrier remains slightly unstable when
BFO-checked, vs CODAR.
At 1507 another guy in English with anti-Obama, anti-government monolog edited
together eliminating natural pauses. Listened a while, and apparently it`s the
very same entity he refers to in third-person, Peter Schiff, who is primarily a
gold-pusher, but also has ambitions for the US Senate from Connecticut
(Googling soon confirms this), discussing how he gets more financial support
from bigger states, but hasn`t really mounted a full campaign yet. 1516 took a
caller from Denmark who apologized for being a foreigner getting into this
discussion. Still going past 1531 with another alien caller (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 11985, Feb 12 at 1527, arrgh, there he is on another new
frequency, wacky Brother Camping with Open Forum from YFR, usual clix on lo
side from DCJC spur(?). During previous hour only, 14-15, 11985 bears VOA
English via Lampertheim with echo, but what`s the site for this? I sure hope
casual foreign listeners don`t think Camping is with VOA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1660, Feb 11 around 2100 on caradio, dominant station is carrying
caraces, no sign of classical music. Could this be KXTR Kansas City KS?? No
music heard later, and at 0053 UT Feb 12, there was sportstalk about the
Jayhawx, i.e. KU, nearby Lawrence KS, so it looks like KXTR has undergone a
radical format change, and not some propagational quirk inbringing the next
closest 1660 stations, Fargo and Waco, which are both ESPN.
Or has it? KXTR 1660 has previously broken away from classical to carry stupid
minorleague ballgames, mostly in the evenings. Website http://www.kxtr.com
would still make you think it`s nothing but classical, not sports, but if you
click on schedule page all you get is a further link, to coupons! Somehow, it
seems KXTR 1660 is not that serious about classical music programming.
The classical format also runs on the HD2 IBOC channel of the 98.1 FM station,
so possibly the Entercom group considers that to be primary instead of surely
secondary based on possible listenership, and uses 1660 as a dumping ground for
sports specials or whatever needs to pre-empt the stated format.
What`s on the stream may stay classical? It was anyway when checked later
around 0130:
http://player.streamtheworld.com/_players/entercom/player/?id=KXTR
I was also monitoring 1660 around 0005 UT Feb 12, and was definitely hearing
some Mexican music down in the mix --- most likely KXOL in Brigham City UT,
which is now a latino hotbed? This almost an hour before Feb local sunset there
of 0100 UT, so still on 10 kW day power; much more likely than another SS, but
religious, Merced CA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 6297.2, have not heard LV de la RASD for at least a
couple weeks at various chex after 0700 UT; is anyone hearing them morning or
evening? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZANZIBAR. 11735 is another signal we have not heard for quite a while; via
BDXC-UK Communication as of Jan 30, Victor Goonetilleke in Sri Lanka said he
had not heard it since Dec 4 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6010, steady S9+10 open carrier Feb 12 at 1515-1516*, and could
barely imagine XEOI underneath. Similar level to Australia 5995 but it was not
so steady. Likely North American source, such as Greenville or maybe Sackville?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:29:10 -0500
From: "Dave Valko" <[email protected]>
To: "Dan Sheedy" <[email protected]>, "Guy Atkins" <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "David Sharp"
<[email protected]>, "Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec" <[email protected]>,
"Nicolas Eramo" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Recent DX
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INDIA/BRAZIL??? 3364.961 AIR Delhi, India?? and 3365 R. Cultura, Araraquara,
Brazil?? Definitely 2 stations here first noted at 2350. Stronger signal,
which was pres. India, was just below 3365. Tlk by what sounded like 2
different soft-spoken men anncrs in Indian dialect. W joined in at 2355. Mx
on both stns at 2357-2359 and M briefly in what sounded like PT. The apparent
ZY on 3365 coming up a little after 0005. Will try to be on the freq by 2330
tomorrow. (11 Feb)
PERU 4955 R. Cultural Amauta (pres.) 2353 tlk in SP by W and M just before
I started getting the computer/Perseus set up. Went off suddenly in
mid-sentence by W at 2359:53. Readable signal but didn't hear any ID. (11 Feb)
PERU 4857.41 R. La Hora (pres.) 2355 sounded like usual nx pgm by M anncr.
Some sound bites. Just not quite clear enough w/CODAR QRM to copy. Went off
at 0019 while I was checking 3365 briefly. (11-12 Feb)
PERU 5485.52 R. Reina de la Selva 0024 great signal w/campo mx. 0025 into
lively Huayno. ID between songs while tuned in on the Perseus. 0027 another
live anmnt by M host w/song anmnt "Andina ??", ment of Lima, gave what sounded
like a phone number, TC, ID, and ".cantando de la noche.". Back to mx. Nice
signal. (12 Feb)
PERU 4824.47 LV de la Selva Coming in at 2355 w/canned anmnt by M, then
lively Tropical mx before ToH. 0030 end of anmnt by M and more of the same mx.
0033 very short canned pres. promo, back to mx. Pgm promo's at 0049. Seemed
gone when I checked at 0102. (11-12 Feb)
UNID. 5955 Costa Rica, TIQ, or Guatemala, TGNA back on?? 0034 tlk by W in
SP, then generic LA mx. W returned at 0041 and had sound bite of M reporter.
Deep f/out 0039-0041. 0051-0053 M anncr sounded canned. 0054 canned anmnt by
M over piano mx. 0056- LA mx w/male chorus. Obliterated by 5950 and 5960 at
0100. Still there and a little audio poking through though. Tinny audio, and
not at all sounding like a major established broadcaster. Tough w/who else but
WYFR splattering all over. R. Netherlands here at 0900. Other than that,
nothing heard in the morning to 1103. (12 Feb)
BRAZIL 11915 R. Gaucha 0110 M in PT w/apparent nx, 0111 W joined in and
gave ment of Gaucha. Decent signal w/S.F. at 94, A at 6, and K at 1. Our MUF
was 12 mhz and over the northern hemisphere was 7 mhz. (12 Feb)
NORTH KOREA 11730.05 V.O. Korea 0017 usual slanted nx by alternating M and
W in EG. Actually quoted "..the South Korea's, Voice of the People...". ID at
end of nx at 0019. Fair. (12 Feb)
SURINAM 4989.98v R. Apintie 0610, pgm of Rom. ballads. Nice singing
"Apintie" ID jingle by women chorus at 0615 between songs. Into "Crazy for
You" by Madonna, another ballad by W vclist, then "Nightshift" by The
Commodores, and canned ID by M. Caught another ID anmnt by W at 0637. 0704 W
anncr w/ment of Surinam and ID. No change in reception conditions at 0800
check. Fairly strong signal, but would have been really easy if the modulation
would have been up to 100% and there wasn't any splatter QRM from the 4985 ZY.
Did drift up about 10 or 15 hz. (12 Feb)
Used both NRD-535D and Perseus receivers with T2FD and Tee antenna's
73 Dave
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