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Today's Topics:
1. Broadcasters condemn Iran interference (Arnaldo)
2. Zambia: ZNBC shortwave transmitters for radios 1 and 2
Breakdown (Arnaldo)
3. Brazil, Cuba, Guatemala?? (Dave Valko)
4. Feb 12-13 Logs ([email protected])
5. Glenn Hauser logs February 12-13, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
6. Feb 13 Logs (Wolfgang Bueschel)
7. Glenn Hauser logs February 13, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:11:59 +0100
From: "Arnaldo" <[email protected]>
To: "DXLD" <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], playdx2003
<[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Broadcasters condemn Iran interference
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Three international broadcasters have condemned Iran for 'deliberate electronic
interference' in their broadcasts.
Voice of America, the BBC and German service Deutsche Welle said the new wave
of jamming of satellite services began yesterday as Iran marked the 31st
anniversary of the Islamic revolution.
In a joint statement, the three say the Iranian authorities were using the same
satellite services to broadcast freely around the world while denying their own
people programmes coming in from outside.
Earlier, the US accused Iran of an 'information blockade' saying the phone
network, text messages and internet had all been blocked.
US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley reiterated US calls on the Iranian
leadership to grant citizens what it says are universal rights to gather and
express themselves freely.
'It is clear that the Iranian government fears its own people,' Mr Crowley said.
Iranians have a right to have access to information, communicate and express
their views, he said.(rte.ie)
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:22:09 +0100
From: "Arnaldo" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: DXLD <[email protected]>, playdx2003
<[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Zambia: ZNBC shortwave transmitters for radios 1 and 2
Breakdown
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The Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) shortwave transmitters that
carry the Radio 1 and 2 signals in the short wave band have developed a
technical fault.
ZNBC Public Relations Manager Miriam Mtonga disclosed the development in a
statement to ZANIS in Lusaka yesterday.
Ms. Mtonga said the situation means that listeners in remote areas will not be
able to access the service.
Ms. Mtonga said the technical fault requires importation of spare parts which
has since been instituted by the national broadcaster.
She has, however, said ZNBC is doing everything possible to normalize the
situation.(LusakaTimes)
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:23:31 -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] Brazil, Cuba, Guatemala??
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BRAZIL 5970 R. Itatiaia 2300 nx pgm w/M host. Ad block at 2304 starting
w/nice ID promo. 2308 great promo w/freq given and M screaming "ITATIAIA!!!".
Good signal and fairly clear except for a little splatter from an adjacent
freq. (12 Feb)
BRAZIL 9505 R. Record 2316 lucky to t/in right when they played the full ID
anmnt w/jingles. Fair signal. (12 Feb)
GUATEMALA?? 5955 TGNA?? Already getting some LA Pops at 2323. Got a little
better over the following 5 min. Tlk by M anncr. Ment of manana 2337.
Chatter between M and W pgm hosts noted after 2340. 2352 reporter sound bites.
Excited tlk by M at 2358 w/ment of nacional, and continuing over ToH. After
fanfare, same W returned at 0002 and was apparently tlking on phone w/M
reporter to 0012. Soft song to 0017, then W again. Possible ment of "la
palabra" at 0023 during M tlk. More soft mx at 0040. 0051 canned ID anmnt by
M. First word definitely sounds like "radio" and the second could very well be
"Cultural". Just not quite strong enough and too much slop QRM. This stn has
me intrigued because of its amateurish-like audio quality. Doesn't sound at
all like a major broadcaster. (12-13 Feb)
CUBA 15250 R. Nacional de Venezuela relay 2319 long political
cmntry/feature in EG w/W host, 2325 mx. 2329 ID and contact info in SP by W
over mx, then M w/pgm intro. Good. (12 Feb)
BRAZIL 3364.95 R. Cultura?? This was the only stn here at 2330. Sounds
like the ZY. 0006 getting a little more stronger w/ZY Pops. No sign of pres.
India 3365 to 0030. (12-13 Feb)
73 Dave
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:20:56 EST
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Feb 12-13 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** ARGENTINA. 15345.17v, RAE, 2237-2300+, Feb 12, lite Argentine
instrumental music. Spanish announcements. ID. Frequency drifting.
Was on 15345.17 at 2237 and 15345.12 at 2318 check. Fair signal.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
** BRAZIL. 11765, Super Radio Deus ? Amor, Curitiba, 0055-0115,
Feb 13, ID announcements at 0101. Local religious music.
Portuguese preacher. Fair signal. // 6060 - weak under Cuba.
// 9565.22 - threshold signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** COLOMBIA. 6010.03, LV de tu Conciencia, Puerto Lleras,1035-
1115, Feb 13, Spanish religious talk. National Anthem at 1102
followed by ID, short music breaks and back to Spanish religious
talk. Poor in noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** COLOMBIA. 6035, LV del Guaviare, San Jos? Guaviare, 1033-
1110, Feb 13, children?s chorus. Spanish talk. Local music. IDs.
Promos. National Anthem at 1058. Spanish announcements at 1100.
Spanish talk. Fair but some noise on frequency. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** MADAGASCAR [non]. via Pridnestrovye, 15670, Radio Mada Int.
*1530-1600*, Feb 13, test tones at 1527. Sign on at 1530 with
Malagasy talk. Sat, Sun only. Fair signal level but poor overall signal
due to co-channel QRM from Miraya 101 FM. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6850.7 AM, MAC Radio, 1632-1730,
Feb 13, old Radio Prague IS at 1632. ID. Rock music. Good.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6876.07 AM, The Crystal Ship, 1640-
1727*, Feb 13, music by Pat Benatar, Bruce Springsteen and others.
Very good signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** SUDAN [non]. via Slovakia, 15670, Miraya 101 FM, 1420-1600,
Feb 13, tune-in to pop music by Beyonce and others. Vernacular
and English talk concerning Sudan. ?Miraya FM? ID at 1431 followed
by Afro-pop music and some Western pop music. Time pips at 1500
followed by ?Miraya 101? ID and English news, Gave mirayafm.org
website. Arabic talk at 1511. Fair signal until 1530 when hit with
co-channel QRM from Radio Mada Int at their 1530 sign on.
Radio Mada on the air Sat, Sun only. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** THAILAND. 12095, Radio Thailand, *0030-0040+, Feb 13, abrupt
sign on with English programming. Promo for Thai Airways at 0031.
English news at 0034. Fair to good. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:09:54 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 12-13, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** ALASKA. 6890, KNLS fair and clear signal, better than usual, Feb 13 at 1417,
playing ``Puttin` on the Ritz``, into talk feature about Irving Berlin which
soon turned into a tract from this stealth evangelizer, ending with ``If heaven
had a refrigerator, your picture would be on its door``, which I find to be a
non-sequitur, not buying into their wacky god-view. This was barely but safely
on the edge of ChiCom OTH radar from 6890 to 7000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 4460, CNR1 with apparent live New Year`s Eve concert by
singer, Feb 13 at 1410; also heard same on 6040 and several other 49m channels,
some of them jammers.
Altho the live concert may have been over by 1540, the CRI Sackville relay on
13675 had some nice traditional music, concluding with an evocation of a few
notes from The Internationale at 1546, IDs in English and Chinese.
Do the Chinese also make a big deal of the exact arrival of midnight = 1600 UT?
I`m sure when the lunar calendar was invented there was no such precise
standard timekeeping (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. OTH radar pulses, presumed from here, Feb 13 at 1422 on 6890-7000,
1424 on 6535-6585 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake, Feb 13 at 1435, good on 8400, nothing on 9000, 10210 or
11300 areas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA [and non]. 5910, HJDH, Feb 13 at 0713 VG signal but with sermon
instead of peppy music, bummer, and still with lite ute QRM aside. So checked
the other HJDH, 6010 at 0714 and there was a rumbling het between it and XEOI,
never zero-beat, one of which had a dramatic dialog, the other music (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 9955, WRMI, completely blocked by heavy jamming around 1430
Feb 14 when WORLD OF RADIO is scheduled on Saturdays; also at 1608 when DX
Partyline is allegedly on. Tnx a lot, Arnie! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. OTH radar pulsing, presumed from here, Feb 13 at 1459 covering
16870-16900 --- they should all be so far out of broadcast bands, unlike at
1519 on 15537-15560, all frequency ranges approximate, abutting RDPI 15560.
Another one safely out of band but clashing with CODAR, tsk2, 13430-13460 at
1535 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR [and non]. 3810-LSB, another check 24 hours later for HD2IOA, Feb 13
at 0659; yes, audible underneath spoiler hams N3TOA and K5ENU, no spring
chickens but juvenilely making up funny fonetix, such as ``elephants near
utopia``, or ``even nuns urinate``. Hee, hee.
I was straining to hear HD2IOA underneath them during the 0659:40-0659:50 UT
segment when I thought a full ID was inserted Feb 12, and did succeed in making
out the word ``Armada``, so that is definitely when it departs from
time-announcements only. Furthermore, one of the hams thanked the Ecuadorian
for making a top-of-hour ID, as reminder that hams should ID too (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA [non]. 6260, Feb 13 at 1425 weak and fluttery signal with S Asian
music and talk; it`s CVC`s Hindi service which still exists on SW via
UZBEKISTAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9680, RRI domestic relay Feb 13 at 1603, gamelan concert with
singing, still at 1621 drama with singing. Normally this goes off around 1500v.
9526- VOI was also on at 1605 causing het to 9525, no doubt CRI Kashgar, EAST
TURKISTAN, weaker. 9526- sounded like something reverent tho not strictly
Qur`an, 1607 over to YL talking non-English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 4800, Feb 13 at 0708 fair with YL singer vs CODAR, then ID as ``La
nueva estrella, XERTA ---`` but fade during the rest and not sure they were
still calling themselves Transcontinental; music bed had a bit of ``Blessed
Assurance``, so still religious, on to continuous talk, rough copy but seemed
sermonic.
Also quick check of 6104.8 found XEQM reaudible at 0722 with music (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also COLOMBIA [and non]
** PORTUGAL [and non]. 13 meters again lively on Feb 13, after solar flux up
another couple points to 96 on Feb 12; and the K-index at 1500 Feb 13 of 1.
21655 RDPI music with VG S9+10 signal plus classical music from Spain 21610 and
21570 at roughly equivalent levels (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 15670, Miraya FM via IRRS SLOVAKIA, Feb 13 at 1510, YL ending
English news with the ``main points again`` --- we know what her model is,
don`t we? She pronounces it Mir?ya, so that`s still OK, but the canned ID by OM
afterwards pronounces it M?ra, so take your pick. And into an Arabic dialect.
I have been trying to get Radio Mada and Miraya FM off the same frequency where
they have been colliding Sat & Sun ever since Miraya moved to 15670 from 9825 a
few weeks ago; so I was listening carefully to see if Mada would show up on my
suggested alternative, 15680.
At least the Pridnestrovye carrier for Mada was not on so early this time, no
SAH or anything yet on 15670 at 1517. By 1524 the open carrier had come on,
atop Miraya producing 3 Hz SAH, but no intermittent Russian tones until 1525.
Carrier cut off and on a few times; 1527 tones atop Miraya. At 1530 sharp, Mada
starts modulating in presumed Malagasy, making both stations unintelligible.
During the next semihour, 15680, 15660 as well as their adjacent frequencies
remained tantalizingly empty as the Two M`s fought it out on 15670, until Mada
was finished at 1600*.
I believe Mada intends to move, but obviously this seemingly simple shift could
not be accomplished yet, probably having to go thru several layers of
bureaucracy (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. Radio Mart? via Greenville with dead air for at least four
minutes, 1520-1524 UT Feb 13 on all three frequencies, 15330, 13820 and 11930;
a pity since all were way atop DentroCuban Jamming Command at the moment, but
at least allowed us to make out the beeping tones underneath 15330, 11930, but
not 13820. 1524 all resumed with talk about a b?isbol lanzador, i.e. pitcher
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Altho WINB had infilled the 14-16 UT gap the day before, it was
completely missing from 13570 and 9265, Sat Feb 13 at 1452 check, 1535, and
even at 1611 when 13570 is normally on. Transmitter trouble? CODAR thanks them
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LI STENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15420-CUSB, WBCQ carrier on over BBC at 1531 Feb 13; tho missing from
own schedules, this frequency carries Brother Scare on Sabbath mornings only,
but from when, exactly? I left a receiver on frequency and waited, and waited.
WBCQ is far enough off to produce a rippling SAH with BBCWS in English via
Cyprus, but no loss since there is no significant programming, only
Sportsworld.
Finally at 1614 a bit of rock music starts playing from Maine, 1615 cut to BS,
1616 cut back to an ID loop by Allan Weiner which sounded like just ``BCQ,
Monticello, Maine, USA`` repeating several times, then back to BS again, which
I now found to be 7 seconds ahead of WWRB 9385 (and WBCQ 9330 not on).
Does this mean WWRB has him on seven-second delay in order to mute him in case
he says something untrue? Hardly! And with electricity so expensive in remote
Monticello, it`s difficult to fathom why BCQ would run half a sesquihour with
no modulation, unless BS is paying for it anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. I make regular chex of 4050 in case KWMO Washington MO make it thru,
but usually not. Feb 13 at 0705 there was just barely audible music presumed
from this 1350 station, current champ in the third-harmonic radiation category
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1660, KXTR Kansas City KS still plays classical music part of the
time, such as 0724 UT Feb 13, at the moment atop multiple SAHs from other
1660s, notably Waco.
BTW, 24 hours after I was hearing NASCAR nonsense on 1660, presumed KXTR,
around 2100 UT on the same caradio, nothing audible on 1660, and not much else
on X-band either. Conditions vary markedly from day to day, with the Sun`s
slight ascension negligible, altho the trend is certainly against daytime DX,
only 5 weeks from equinox! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM [non]. 15195, good signal Feb 13 at 1455, ballad in Vietnamese, 1456
RFA theme music, ``This concludes our evening program; good night from
Washington``, more instrumental music, but final ID cut off at 1458:10*, ``This
is Rad----``. 14-15 hour scheduled via TINIAN, Standard remarx about lack of
co?rdination between studio and transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6925, music at 1422 Feb 13, no doubt a pirate. Carrier may have
been reduced but hard to tell underneath ChiCom OTH radar 6890-7000 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17450, another of my occasional logs of the ear-splitting whine
centered here, which with BFO on, one can tell consists of multiple carriers
within each kHz beating against each other, from 17420 to 17490, Feb 13 at
1502. What and where in the world is it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) ###
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:04:41 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Feb 13 Logs
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AUSTRIA 17610 AWR Afar language program via Moosbrunn transmission center
in Austria. 1430-1500 UT fluttering with Horn of Africa music at S=8-9
level.
CUBA/SAUDI ARABIA 15120 Equal level of RHC Spanish from Quivican, romantic
canci?nes of the 50ties, and from Argentina; and BSKSA Riyadh in Bengali
co-channel. At 1445 UT RHC S=8. \\ 15360 RHC, latter co-channel ahead of
superpower 500 kW RFI Issoudun in Persian.
13770 UNID - tentatively RHC Spanish. Noted on few occasions in past weeks,
but was still a puzzle. Nothing found on the usual SW frequency lists. But
today Feb 13 at 1530-1535 UT noted Spanish nx read by female staff reader,
signal just above threshold.
RHC schedule shows 13770 kHz at 1100-2300 and 0000-0500 UT in direction of
Buenos Aires, South America, latter which is on totally extreme differ to
the Quivican - Europe path. Only tiny S=3-4 level.
GERMANY 15315 YFR to India in Malayalam language. S=8 signal some 120
kilometers away of the TX site. With accompanied "round-the-globe" echo,
which occurs often in 14-15 UT slot, at least on powerful WER, NAU, or SMG
Vatican Radio transmissions.
INDONESIA 9525.96v Came surprisingly across of VoINS German program from
Jakarta Cimanggis at 1715 UT. In peaks up to S=9+20dB at 1715-1720 UT with
newscast program, which read slowly by charming exotic female reader. ID
"Stimme Indonesiens". Scheduled in actual schedule fact as VoINS Arabic
program at that time, and German section should be scheduled to begin with
90 minutes later.
Now at 1730 UT interference became stronger on adjacent channel: YFR Arabic
at 17-18 UT via VT-group Rampisham with 500 kW on 9530 kHz even in direction
of 105 degr, strong beast S=9+40dB. Best reception of Indonesia on portable
Eton E1 set SYNC function mode and Pass Band Tuning by minus 700 Hertz
shift.
KOREA D.P.R. 11545 Arabic UNID station at 1547 UT at S=9+20dB level most
likely Voice of Korea, Pyongyang at 1500-1757 UT in Ar, En, Ar segments.
LIBYA 17725 LBJ "Voice of Africa" from Sabrata, Libya, S=9+30dB, ID at
1435 UT "...broadcasting from the Great Libyan Arab Jamahiriya..." ... nx by
female like "AFG + PAK region most trouble for US America..." \\ 21695 tiny
S=4 signal. En nx at 1434-1442 UT, like Pakistan atomic dilemma. 1443 UT
reading from GREEN book.
MADAGASCAR 13800 Radio Dabanga in Sudanese Arabic via RNW Madagascar site
observed at 1540 UT on Feb 13. S=9+20dB in southern Germany. ID of the
station sung five times running one after the other. Underneath around
13799.00 another signal like interference tone of 1000 Hertz heard
accompanied. But latter could be an UTE signal on odd channel.
MOLDOVA/SLOVAK REP 15670 at 1500-1508 UT the 300 kW unit at Grigoriopol
Maiac Moldova switched on and off again and again with S=9+20dB level, to
prepare the antenna matching for 1525 UT opening procedure. Scheduled
1525-1600 UT Sat/Sun Radio Mada Internationale towards Madagascar at 160
degr via the revolving antenna at Maiac site.
>From RNW Media Network:
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/radio-mada-internationale-on-the-web
"Radio Mada Internationale, the clandestine shortwave station supporting the
deposed president of Madgascar Marc Ravalomanana, also has a website at
<radiomada-int.blogspot.com/> and a YouTube channel at
<www.youtube.com/user/radiomada>
The website contains audio files of the station's broadcasts. As far as I
can see, the station doesn't as yet have its own logo."
Still 15670. Miraya 101 FM via Rimavska Sobota Slovak Republic to Sudan?
underneath. IRRS brokered, S=6 tiny level, English nx at 1504 UT onwards,
dead zone groundwave signal at my location. "Miraya FM" ID in En at 1511 UT,
then changed from English to local Arabic instead.
PAKISTAN 11565 Radio Pakistan Islamabad-PAK at 1420 UT on Feb 13, S=8-9
\\ 7510 which was S=6 only. QRM by 7505 FEBC Manila in Mandarin, and much
stronger 7515 (x9670) RFA Tinian in Vietnamese at S=8 signal.
SOUTH AFRICA 11785.03v little odd - two stations observed on 1643 UT Feb
13. Ahead an African station in Arabic like SSIRI Southern Sudan Interactive
Radio Instruction from Meyerton-AFS, which is registered by 100 kW unit at
zero degrees true north. S=9+20dB at 1640-1650 UT, underneath an unid Arabic
singer.
11819.97v Another slightly odd outlet from Meyerton-AFS is Saturday only
BBC Swahili service at 1430-1750 UT via Sentech AFS transmission center.
SRI LANKA 11750 SLBC Ekala scheduled in Sinhala language via the 300 kW
TX gift by NHK World Tokyo. On schedule at 1500-1900 UT towards Middle East
to the Ceylonese nationals as Foreign Workers living on the Arabic
peninsula. S=9+20dB at 1635 UT Feb 13. Typical increased spring time
propagation appearance here in Europe.
TURKEY 12035/15300 TRT English on Feb 13 at 1400-1420 UT. 12035CAK
suffered a little by buzz content, and had only 20% of modulation level.
Much, much stronger \\ signal of sideback lobe 15300EMR Emirler transmission
on S=9+20dB signal. Co-channel RFI transmission at ISS is only 600
kilometers away, so mostly on dead zone signal level, S=4 today 14-15 UT.
USA 15210 YFR Okeechobee in En at 1450 UT suffered by a strange UTE like
hiss/buzz signal. Scheduled 14-16 UT, S=6-7 signal in Germany.
WWCR Nashville on 15825 kHz noted with two accompanied spurious signals on
15809.39 and 15840.61 kHz at 1513 UT Feb 13. English sermon "to win
Christus..." S=9+30dB on 15825 kHz.
ZAMBIA 13650 Tentat CVC 1Africa Lusaka S=6-7 at 1520 UT Feb 13, via
CVC Lusaka Makeni ranch site, SW 4965 6065 9430 9505 13590 13650 kHz
15 32 18.89 S 28 00 09.83 E on Google Earth.
wb Feb 13
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 7:18 PM
Subject: [dxld] Feb 12-13 Logs
> ** MADAGASCAR [non]. via Pridnestrovye, 15670, Radio Mada Int.
> *1530-1600*, Feb 13, test tones at 1527. Sign on at 1530 with
> Malagasy talk. Sat, Sun only. Fair signal level but poor overall signal
> due to co-channel QRM from Miraya 101 FM. (Brian Alexander, PA,
> DX Listening Digest)
>
> ** SUDAN [non]. via Slovakia, 15670, Miraya 101 FM, 1420-1600,
> Feb 13, tune-in to pop music by Beyonce and others. Vernacular
> and English talk concerning Sudan. "Miraya FM" ID at 1431 followed
> by Afro-pop music and some Western pop music. Time pips at 1500
> followed by "Miraya 101" ID and English news, Gave mirayafm.org
> website. Arabic talk at 1511. Fair signal until 1530 when hit with
> co-channel QRM from Radio Mada Int at their 1530 sign on.
> Radio Mada on the air Sat, Sun only. (Brian Alexander, PA, DX
> Listening Digest)
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:11:51 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 13, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** AUSTRALIA [non]. 11550, at 2255 Feb 13, over-dramatized portrayal of a
family reunion, veddy British with lots of assenting interjexions,
for-he`s-a-jolly-good-fellow, so what English service is this?
None at all. It is R. Australia`s Indonesian service promoting a peculiar brand
of English learning, as eventually switched to Indonesian explanation of what
had just been heard; apparently less with-it than Kangguru.
2259 cut to Waltzing Matilda and off --- or so I thot tho uplooked later in
Aoki, and RA`s Indo website, this transmission via Taiwan is supposedly
2200-2330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHILE. The HCJB Portuguese relay spurs from 11920 CVC Calera de Tango, vary
considerably; have been 20 kHz away, but Feb 13 at 2303 as closely as I could
measure their mushy centers, they were plus and minus 15.9 kHz, i.e. 11904.1
and 11935.9. When will they get around to eliminating these? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake, Feb 13 at 2315, poor with flutter on 7495. Also JBA on
8400. No known target at this hour, tho Chinese from RFA is on 7495 until 2200
via Tinian, and VOA Chinese from 0000 via Thailand. Did Sound of Hope insert
itself into the gap?
Normally CNR1 would be used to jam the biggies, so the oppressed Chinese people
cannot hear what America is trying to say to them; meanwhile the USA is
bombarded with multiple unjammed CRI relays in English via Canada, Cuba, Spain,
Albania (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Transmission of RHC`s 2030-2130 English broadcast is still irregular
and problematic. Sat Feb 13 at 2114 check, nothing but Spanish on 11730, 11760,
11770, 11800, lo-fi interview with a revolutionary veteran? Dog barking in
background, no DXers Unlimited.
17705, Feb 13 at 2057 upwrapping RNV relay with IS iterations and off. But back
on with weaker signal at 2235, poor in French with RHC mid-ID during Journal
Parl? about Afghanistan.
This semihour is on the schedule as Guarani, but French has been substituting,
since as we all know, there are oodles of people who understand both. Does RHC
really have any living Guarani-workers on its meagre payroll?
Calling a radio newscast a ``spoken newspaper`` seems rather archaic, but also
occurs in Castilian as ``diario hablado``. Are they admitting they are just
reading directly from a newspaper? Radio/TV require material to be rewritten in
a different more conversational style; broadcast journalism 101 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. As I was checking Lavwadlamerik on 7590, also noted big signal on
7580 from R. Cairo`s western NAm service in English, adequately modulated
during Arab music, but 2315 worn-out recording of Cairo news theme, and OM with
undermodulated news I soon gave up trying to copy; the propagational fading was
louder than the audio. Back to OK modulated music by 2329, but most of next
semihour was a YL reading a script about some cultural topic, too low to
understand. A pity, since someone no doubt put a lot of effort into writing and
reading it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN [non]. 7520, R. Farda with usual mostly-pop music format, some western,
with Persian announcements, good but fluttery Feb 13 until 2330* cut modulation
abruptly and carrier a semiminute later. It`s 2100-2330 via SRI LANKA (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 27185, NWS relay on CB calling channel, big signal heard at two
different locations in Enid a few miles and a sesquihour apart, Feb 13 at 2110
and 2236 UT. Usual lo-fi audio but hardly any worse than the original on
162.475 MHz. Frequent casual IDs are ``Enid Weather Radio``.
The site of WXL48 is really on a tower SW of Enid near Drummond. This means
that if a tornado is approaching from the SW, which is most likely, the radio
can get blown off the air first when we need it most. Never mind, NWS radio
isn`t that good with real-time warnings; tune to OKC TV stations if you can.
I don`t often monitor CB, so don`t know if this relay is constant or frequent.
I suppose it`s convenient for CBers who don`t have a weatheradio, but surely
another less busy channel would have been preferable. This was a nice day with
no urgent weather info, before another coldwave hits.
Aside from the QRM problem, this might skip out, now that the F2 MUF is
uppicking. Strength meter varied slightly with modulation, so not full carrier,
but some SSB to it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. After the three Lavwadlamerik frequencies in the 22 UT hour, 15390,
13725 and 11925 closed at 2300, I went to 7590 and waited for it to upcome.
Finally did at 2302, at first with hum and undermodulated, then brought up to
normal level at 2303. 7590 remains a secret frequency missing from the VOA
Creole schedule, filling in the gap at 2300-0100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 11560, Olympic theme music, fluttery at 2258 Feb 13, 2300 VOA
ID and news in English, also weaker // 11840. These are both Tinang,
PHILIPPINES, the latter just starting at that hour, 21 and 349 degrees
respectively, the former USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Masculine robot voice with high seas marine weather info, on SSB with
distortion and splatter, Feb 13 at 2318 on 8502 and 4316; also // but not so
distorted on 13089, 8764, 6501. These are USCG frequencies; schedule from
http://www.yachtcom.info/MarineSSB.htm
which could be two years old from the 2008y date on site:
US Coastguard Weather Transmissions
Station and Callsign Frequencies, Times (GMT)
USCG Chesapeake (NMN) 4426 kHz, 6501 kHz, 8764 kHz, 13089 kHz, 17314
0330, 0515, 0930, 1115, 1530, 1715, 2130, 2315
USCG Pt Reyes (NMC) 4426 kHz, 6501 kHz, 8764 kHz, 13089 kHz, 17314
0430, 1030, 1630, 2230
USCG New Orleans (NMG) 4316 kHz, 8502 kHz, 12788
0330, 0515, 0930, 1115, 1530, 1715, 2130, 2315
USCG Honolulu (NMO) 6501 kHz, 8764 kHz, 13089
0005, 0600, 1200, 1800
Note that some frequencies are shared, but at 2315, NMG is on 4316 and 8502;
NMN on 6501, 8764 and 13089. NMG New Orleans is the one with the worst
distortion/splatter problem, and has been this way for a long time. Caused by
overdriving the audio input? And/or transmitters desperately need an overhaul
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Dave Valko, PA, has been hearing an unID with amateurish-sounding
tinny audio, Spanish talk and music on 5955, which used to be a Costa Rican and
Guatemalan frequency, in the 2323-0051 period the last two evenings, Feb 12-13,
but not heard in the mornings.
So Feb 13 at 2327 I looked for it, but could only detect a very weak carrier vs
big signal from WYFR English on 5950. Remember that the transmitter
manufacturer ELCOR in Costa Rica has tested equipment previously around this
frequency, so maybe they are sporadically at it again. At that time any
reactivation of TIQ was ruled out, and TGNA seems equally unlikely. Worth
further pursuit (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17450, ear-piercing wide-band, multi-carrier whine reported
earlier Feb 13 was still/again going at 2234 recheck. It isn`t heard every day,
but when it is, makes its mark. I am quite sure it is not local but
ionospherically propagated, so how about some other observations and
explanations? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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