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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs February 25-26, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
2. New Radio Heritage Competition - WIN ([email protected])
3. Radio Gloria International is on this Sunday (Tom Taylor)
4. Logs from NH-USA, Feb 24-26th (Scott R. Barbour Jr.)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:55:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 25-26, 2010
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** ARGENTINA [and non]. 15345.2, RAE IS recognizable under much stronger but
undermodulated Morocco closer to 15345.0, Feb 25 at 2059 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. The Kunmingers are improving their switching skills. Instead of a
minute or more of REE IS at 1359 on 7220, Feb 26 at 1359:00 it was just open
carrier, and REE IS lasted only a few sex from about 1359:50 before cutting to
CRI opening. Of course, Beijing master control should not be sending REE feed
at all at this time on this circuit (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 7585 fair with Firedrake atop something else, Feb 26 at
1437; not audible on 8400 for a change. Also very weak FD on 9380 as heard
previous mornings, in splash from WWRB 9385.
ChiCom jamming on 7585 remains mysterious, as the only thing scheduled at this
hour is Vatican Radio in Hindi via Tajikistan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 11680, RNV relay missing Feb 26 at 1526 uncovering something
in Arabic, i.e. BBCWS, Rampisham. I know RNV was on a few minutes earlier with
broken-English voiceover something in Spanish, but was not going to bother to
log it, until its absence became notable. What would Sim?n say?
13740, CRI English relay at 1528 Feb 26, squeal getting worse, and its pitch is
affected by intentional talk modulation. The squeal is more obvious by tuning
slightly above or below to the sidebands. We wonder if those new ChiCom
transmitters being installed on Cuba will get rid of this problem, or will they
just be used for a much higher priority task, jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, R. Africa, Feb 25 at 2101 tune-in to hear a loop
of one somewhat musical syllable with the pitch changing as long as it lasts,
repeated 270 times per minute. This kept going until 2110 when someone woke up,
briefly cut to a different sound, then to R. Africa canned ID, radioafrica @
myway.com spelled out but as announcer was about to give postal address, ``you
may also write us. . .`` that was cut off to a hymn introducing next gospel
huxter, ``Unchanging Truth``, from the Ojai Valley Baptist Church, California,
http://www.ovbaptist.com also spelt.
Next to WYFR 15195 via Ascension, about equal strength but separable. Maybe not
so easily where both of them aim, at Africa. The strange 10-minute loop hints
that R. Africa may have moved from the reel tape into the digital age for which
it is not ready (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HONDURAS. Re the unID extremely distorted Spanish on 3290/3287 I have heard
between 02 and 0355* on two occasions: not on every night, but David Crawford,
FL, tells me he was able to identify its ``tortured FM`` as Radio Luz y Vida,
nominal 3250; that was my second possibility after HREZ 3340, both of which
have been missing from their assigned frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. VOI, 9525-, Feb 26 at 1444 still on the air during this hour when
it is often absent, YL talk in presumed Indonesian but could be Malay, or has
that language been totally dropped? Good modulation. At 1504 non-English song,
1508 ID in English but back to IndoMalay talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. In a previous report about NHK via Bonaire on 17605
with classical music during the UT Sat 2300 hour, I mentioned that there was
another Japanese semi-hour at 2100. Correxion: the parameters are indeed the
same, 170 degrees, but that broadcast is RNW Dutch, as heard Feb 25 at 2106,
quite good signal despite aimed across S America, and // 17810 which was
running one second behind, no accident to even out power consumption; the
latter aimed due east from Bonaire but also good here to the northwest (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 18057.9, R. Victoria, Lima, third harmonic of 6019.3, could not pull
in the fourth morning I tried, but did manage that afternoon, Feb 25 at 2109
with just barely audible singing. We are fortunate its frequency is unique,
making re-IDs unnecessary (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SYRIA. 12085, am lucky to get a carrier from R. Damascus, let alone any
readable audio; Feb 25 at 2113 there was weak talk seemingly in English, with
whine and flutter, ute QRM of intermittent ``running water`` on the lo side,
recurrent beeps on hi side. No signal on 9330 despite the absence of WBCQ.
English is scheduled on both at 21-22.
Enough of that. Kris Janssen in Belgium, voluntary PR agent for Syrian
broadcasting, reports in DXLD 10-08:
RADIO DAMASCUS BACK ONLINE! Dear radio Damascus friends, After being for a
while off-line, it is with great pleasure that I can announce the reappearance
of Radio Damascus on the internet. You can download the audio recording of the
daily program of Radio Damascus on the internet at the following direct links :
http://www.syriaonline.sy/radio.php or at
http://www.radio-damascus.net
Now also available as a podcast:
http://radiodamascusenglish.podomatic.com
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9369.8, WTJC back on the air after two days` absence following
haywire spurs all over the place, Feb 26 at 1440 with hymn, 1441 over to hoary
old Alex Scourby Bible reading. Strong signal and no spurs for a while, still
off-frequency, and rather distorted modulation on fundamental.
Recheck at 1502, WTJC now has het from a 9370.0 station, as IBB has
transitioned from Udorn to Tinang, upping signal USward; distorted hymn, still
no spurs, preacher citing Hebrews XI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. It`s only Friday, Feb 26, but WINB has prolonged 9265 past usual
1400*, at 1441 with Brother Scare praying to Almighty Yahweh, then taking a
call from a brother in Virginia, who is listening on 3215 (not now!), echoed a
sesquisecond later on WWRB 9385. At 1501, 9265 with Hallelujah Chorus, WINB ID
and address, muffled, but back to BS in progress. Seems Stair does not build in
any station-break pauses, so he gets interrupted and de-interrupted by stations
which axually care to legal ID. What a pro operation! Still going at 1530 on
9265 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, WRMI still rather weak when audible at all, and presumably has
still not got the NW antenna fixed which used to give them a much better signal
USward. UT Fri Feb 26 around 0150, altho not jammed, I could not hear WORLD OF
RADIO at all, but confirmed it was on the stream as scheduled. At 1448 French
talk for Haiti with lite jamming pulses. 1509 R. Prague English relay without
jam, about Olympix. Now it has SAH and CCI from Taiwan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 5055, looking for Vanuatu, Feb 26 at 1345; may have
been trace of carrier, but instead found hand-keyed CW, including multiple-dot
correxion notices. Call sign after DE was JTT55? Not sure of the last two
numbers, but definitely JTT something, so presumably Japan unless tactical
call.
Nikkei 3925 and 6055 were in well at the time, as I had just tuned down one MHz
to be sure I was on exactly the right frequency for Vanuatu. 5030 Sarawak was
also audible, and carrier from 5020 Solomon flanking Cuba.
1350 into long message with no IDs heard. 1400 some SSB QRM started, but
fortunately on low side. 1401, JTT-- finally said K. Pause and then on and off
to 1408, back again at 1412, intermittently. Possibly part of this was from
another station in contact, but frequency/pitch, strength and style all sounded
the same.
Searching on that callsign I got a relevant hit from Igor in an old Spooks
newsletter at
http://www.cvni.net/radio/nsnl/nsnl032/nsnl32ms.html ---
``A unid Japanese station on 5052 kHz, callsign JJV56. Copied at 0951 UTC on
15-12-2000. Info wanted.
de jjv56 qrk 4 k
de jjz37 qrk 4 k
de jjt44 qrk 4 k
de jju22 qrk 4 k
de jjt88 ar qrk 4 ii qsy k
de jjt55 r va ****************
de jjv56 r va
de jjz37 r va
de iit44 r va
de jju22 r va va``
``va`` sent as a single character ...-.- with no break is usually rendered as
``sk`` -- is making it ``va`` a Russian convention? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 13645, last Friday`s sensation, a big signal heard in Brazil
between 16 and 17, speculated to be V. of Southern Azerbaijan, a no-show here
this Friday Feb 26. Even before Albania closed 13640 at 1558, could hear weak
13645 signal, no doubt India, which went off at 1559:30* and then monitored
straight thru until 1639, hearing nothing at all except occasional ute noise
pulses.
Maybe Saturday? Or another once-yearly transmission like ??mrang, a mistake, or
sporadic, who knows. I hope they were also looking for it today in Brasil, but
no further posts about it yet on the radioescutas group (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:23:23 +1300
From: [email protected]
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Subject: [HCDX] New Radio Heritage Competition - WIN
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:01:08 -0000
From: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
To: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Gloria International is on this Sunday
Message-ID: <ad6c7c7a60f74003a4c9ca3e7edc5...@dellcb21k2j>
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Radio Gloria International is on this Sunday
Radio Gloria International is on this Sunday the 28th of February 2010
on 6140 KHz. At 10.00 to 11.00 UTC on our winter schedule.
M.V.Baltic. Information:
MV Baltic Radio relay service Schedule for Wintertime 2010
1st Sunday - MV Baltic Radio
3rd Sunday - European Music Radio (April)
4th Sunday - Radio Gloria International
We wish you good listening and good reception! 73s Tom
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:38:19 -0800 (PST)
From: "Scott R. Barbour Jr." <[email protected]>
To: DXLD <[email protected]>, DXplorer <[email protected]>,
HCDX <[email protected]>, Gayle Van Horn
<[email protected]>, NASWAyg <[email protected]>, Mark Taylor
<[email protected]>, Dave Valko <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs from NH-USA, Feb 24-26th
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Nice window to the Pacific Rim & Oceans this morning, Feb 26. Nothing
remarkable, but did hear stuff that I haven't heard a trace of in quite some
time; Guam, HCJB-Oz, NHK Japan & Taiwan. Signals from Thailand, Vietnam, the
various CRI, CNR & VOR sites from 7200-7300 were booming in too, though I
didn't bother to log any as I can usually hear these most days, even when
conditions are less than stellar. Unfortunately, 7295-Malaysia was a no-show,
as it has been here all winter.
3309.98, BOLIVIA, R. Mosoj Chaski Cochabamba, 1009-1015, Feb 24, Spanish.
Announcers w/ talk & mx bits; lengthy talk by M announcer; mx at 1014;
fair-poor. (Barbour-NH)
4755, BRAZIL, R Imaculada Conceicoa Campo Grande, 0318-0332, Feb 26,
Portuguese. M announcers w/ religous sounding talk; ballad at 0327;
brief talk at 0331 & back to mx; v. weak. (Barbour-NH)
4775, USA, WWCR Nashville, 1020, Feb 24. S8+40 carrier w/ no audio; still there
during several rechecks. (Barbour-NH)
4990, SURINAME, presumed R. Apintie Paramaribo, 0238-0302, Feb 26,
English/vern. '80s power ballad by Heart; several other pop ballads in
English thru ToH; very brief, canned announcment on occasion, no more
than one or two words; (T) "Apintie"; poor; best in ECCS-LSB.
(Barbour-NH)
5010, MADAGASCAR, RTV Malagasy Antananarivo, 0302-0314, Feb 26, listed
Malagasy. lively indigenous music, very nice; M & W announcers at
0308 w/ passing ment. Madagascar; prg intro at 0310 followed by M &
W banter/interview; booming signal in reduced carrier USB. (Barbour-NH)
9745, TAIWAN, presumed V. of Han Kuanyin, 1128-1142, Feb 26, Mandarin. Ballad
at t/in; W announcer; mx bit followed by banter w/ M announcer; ballad at 1142;
good. (Barbour-NH)
9750, JAPAN, NHK-R. Japan Ibaraki, 1144-1202, Feb 26, Japanese. Ballad; talk w/
two M
announcers; "Take me out to the Ballgame' in EG at 1153; M announcer from 1154
w/ mx bits; W over mx at 1159 w/ (P) ID announcment, listened for ments. of
"NHK" & "Rajio Nippon" but nothing close; 5+1 pips at 1200 followed by ancr w/
nx; fair-good w/ Kor'an-like chanting underneath from 1200, presumably via
co-ch. V. of Malaysia. (Barbour-NH)
9910, GUAM, KTWR Agana, 1209-1217, Feb 26, Mandarin. W announcer w/ brief
instrumental mx at 1210; contact info over mx at 1211; M & W announcers from
1212 then just M announcer; good. (Barbour-NH)
15400, AUSTRALIA, HCJB Kununurra, 1226-1237, Feb 26, English. M & W announcers
w/
Slo-English prg regarding making a doctors appointment & what to expect at the
hospital;
weak-poor & fading by t/out. (Barbour-NH)
Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA
NRD-545, RX-350D, MLB1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 86, Issue 27
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