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Today's Topics:
1. Erratum: Radio Joystick Relay at 10:00 h GERMAN time...
(Charlie Prince)
2. MV Baltic Radio is on 6005 khz this Saturday (TX power of 1
kw) (Tom Taylor)
3. Radio Joystick Relay on 9515 kHz (Tom Taylor)
4. LA ROSA DE TOKYO PARA ESTE FIN DE SEMANA: CHARLA DE CAFE
ENTRE DIEXISTAS RIOPLATENSES (Arnaldo)
5. EL MUNDO DE LA RADIO (Arnaldo)
6. Fri Morn Dx (Charles Bolland)
7. RTI QSL and T-shirt Contest (Ashik Eqbal Tokon)
8. 17495 Dushanbe TJK Voice of Russia program. Help.
(Wolfgang Bueschel)
9. DX Listening Digest 10-13; World of Radio 1506 (Glenn Hauser)
10. logs of Apr 2nd (Wolfgang Bueschel)
11. Log 02/Apr (Jorge Freitas (Yahoo))
12. Glenn Hauser logs April 1-2, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 09:56:30 +0200 (CEST)
From: Charlie Prince <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Erratum: Radio Joystick Relay at 10:00 h GERMAN
time...
Message-ID: <4825865.589167.1270194990592.javamail.fm...@mwmweb001>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
It's easier to bear in mind
that RADIO JOYSTICKs time ALWAYS
is 10:00 h GERMAN time!
So please listen at 8:00 h UTC tomorrow!
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 08:59:15 +0100
From: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
To: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] MV Baltic Radio is on 6005 khz this Saturday (TX power
of 1 kw)
Message-ID: <5d9390069a514b24ad60134a8835f...@dellcb21k2j>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
MV Baltic Radio is on 6005 khz this Saturday (TX power of 1 kw)
Dear Listeners,
MV Baltic Radio is on the air this Saturday the 3rd of April 2010.
The frequency will be 6005 khz, and the time slot will be 0900 utc.
For more information, please email MV Baltic Radio on the day of the
Transmission.
Good Listening 73s Tom
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 09:26:40 +0100
From: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
To: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Joystick Relay on 9515 kHz
Message-ID: <b65aa116f50d4509abb106fab95e6...@dellcb21k2j>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Radio Joystick Relay on 9515 kHz
Dear Listeners,
The relay of Radio Joystick is on this Saturday the 3rd
of April 2010 on 9515 khz.
The Transmission time is between 0800 to 0900 utc with a
power of 150 KW via the IRRS.
Radio Joystick is on the air every 1st Saturday of the month
at the same time and on the same channel.
Good listening 73s Tom
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 07:37:17 +0200
From: "Arnaldo" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], norberto pugliese
<[email protected]>, [email protected],
Programasdx <[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected], NoticiasDX <[email protected]>,
Domesticas
Y Tropicales <[email protected]>,
[email protected], playdx2003 <[email protected]>,
[email protected], Jaime Baguena <[email protected]>,
[email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] LA ROSA DE TOKYO PARA ESTE FIN DE SEMANA: CHARLA DE
CAFE ENTRE DIEXISTAS RIOPLATENSES
Message-ID: <000901cad226$8e803ec0$aaa8c...@windowsv03oj4t>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
La Rosa de Tokyo, el programa semanal de DX y medios de comunicaci?n irradiado
a trav?s de LS11 Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires (AM1270
Khz;www.amprovincia.com.ar y una importante red de emisoras de frecuencia
modulada, amplitud modulada y onda corta de la Argentina y el resto del mundo)
La Rosa de Tokyo se irradia los s?bados desde las 0900 hasta las 1000 hora de
la Argentina (1200 a 1300 horas UTC).- En caso de querer escuchar el programa
en cualquier momento pueden visitar la excelente p?gina programas DX en
http://programasdx.com/larosadetokio.htm
El programa correspondiente al fin de semana del 03 y 04 de Abril (que en d?as
posteriores se puede bajar de la p?gina programasdx.com) estar? dedicado a
irradiar una aut?ntica charla de caf? entre Omar Somma y Arnaldo Slaen con dos
diexistas amigos invitados: Norberto Pugliese y H?ctor Enrique Goyena. En una
amena y desestructurada charla se hablar? sobre diexismo en particular y
radiodifusi?n en general.
Recuerden que los d?as subsiguientes podr?n volver a escuchar este programa
haciendo click en http://programasdx.com/
No se pierdan los archivos sonoros hist?ricos con los cuales se ilustrar? el
programa.
Omar Somma y Arnaldo Slaen
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 07:51:41 +0200
From: "Arnaldo" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], Programasdx
<[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected], NoticiasDX <[email protected]>,
Domesticas
Y Tropicales <[email protected]>, playdx2003
<[email protected]>, DXLD <[email protected]>,
[email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] EL MUNDO DE LA RADIO
Message-ID: <00a601cad228$91e773b0$aaa8c...@windowsv03oj4t>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Amigos:
Hemos renovado el sitio www.elmundodelaradio.com por lo cual los invitamos a
visitarlo con regularidad puesto que el mismo es actualizado d?a tras d?a.
73
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 12:55:57 -0000
From: "Charles Bolland" <[email protected]>
To: "ALF" <[email protected]>, "Arnaldo slaen"
<[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 Dx
Message-ID:
<!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAMcpx2KDL2JFmEyXbvynxonCgAAAEAAAAOc/[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Solomon Islands, 5020, SIBC, 0850-0925, Initially
noted a female in comments as
she continues talking until 0958. Then a male
comments. Signal was poor.
(Chuck Bolland, April 2, 2010)
Peru, 4790, Radio Vision, 0900-0910, Noted regular
program for a moment
after tuning in, but by 0905, the format turned to
religious. Signal was
better than usual suggesting that they may have worked
on the transmitter?
They seemed to be off the air last week, so that might
be a possiblity that they
did something to the transmitter. Signal was fair.
(Chuck Bolland, April 2, 2010)
Peru, 6019.30, Radio Victoria, 0930-0945, Noted a male
in religious sermon.
This is the usual fellow who puts a lot of emotion into
his preaching. I like
to call him the "weeping preacher". Anyway, signal is
best heard in LSB
mode because Australia is on the upper side of the
signal and can't be
notched out with the WinRadio G305e, because there is
no notch!.
(Chuck Bolland, April 2, 2010)
Bolivia, 6134.80, Radio Santa Cruz, 0905-1000, At tune
in, noted a couple
of females in conversation. Found this using the
WinRadio G305e, but
had to switch to a real receiver to hear the audio.
The WR just doesn't fill
the bill for DXing. There's never enough audio
available, eventhough the
signal can be seen in the spectrum display. Getting
back to the logging,
noted a male joining in with the ladies as the time
passed. Signal was
fair on the Watkins Johnson HF1000. Best heard in LSB.
Rechecked
this at 1028, and noted that the signal had improved to
a fair to good even
using the WR. Noted a female and male in Spanish
language comments
then. Chuck Bolland, April 2, 2010)
Bolivia, 3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, 0955-1010, Setting
on this for a
few minutes before any audio is heard; however, at
1003, noted a female
talking in Spanish briefly. This occurs only for a
minute. The comments
keep dropping out. Music at 1006. Signal was
threshold. (Chuck Bolland, April 2, 2010)
Papua New Guinea, 3315, 1007-1020, Noted a person in
Pidgin language comments.
This is another threshold signal where the audio is
just barely audiable. (Chuck
Bolland, April 2, 2010)
Papua New Guinea, 3325, Radio Buka, 1010-1020, Noted a
male in steady Pidgin
comments. Signal was poor with tons of noise and
crashes. (Chuck Bolland,
April 2, 2010)
Brazil, 3375.40, Radio Educadora, 1020-1030, In here
with Bras Pop music,
followed with Brazilian language comments from a male.
Signal was poor to
fair. (Chuck Bolland, April 2, 2010)
Indonesia, 9680, RRI Jakarta, 1037-1045, Noted a male
in Indonesian comments
briefly, then into typical music. Signal was good this
morning. (Chuck Bolland,
April 2, 2010)
Indonesia, 9525.90, Voice of Indonesia, 1041-1050, At
tune in, noted music, which
was not typical Indonesian type. Between tunes, noted
a female in Indonesian(?)
language comments. According to the latest AOKI
database, English is scheduled
during this time period. However, noted that ID's
given between tunes was
in English. Maybe they didn't have an English speaking
announcer for live comments?
Anyway, the signal was good this morning. (Chuck
Bolland, April 2, 2010)
New Zealand, 9655, Radio New Zealand, 1120-1130, Noted
a program of local news
and comments all in English. Many mentions of
Wellington prior to ID. "and that's
Radio New Zealand International's ....." Signal was
Good. Could not find this
listed in the WRTH or AOKI's database. Even so, I
recall this being a long time
frequency for RNZ. (Chuck Bolland, April 2, 2010)
Receivers used this time: WinRadio G305e/pd
Watkins Johnson
HF1000
JRC'S NRD-545
ALL HOOKED UP TO THE SAME DIPOLE ANTENNA VIA A SWITCH
26.27N 081.05W
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 15:32:57 +0000 (GMT)
From: Ashik Eqbal Tokon <[email protected]>
To: Hard Core DX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] RTI QSL and T-shirt Contest
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Radio Taiwan International (RTI) is giving away a limited number of t-shirts
and Special QSL Cards to the listeners around the world to thank you for the
support of the radio station under "Listen to RTI and Win a T-shirt" Contest.
To enter for a chance to win a t-shirt, you can send ?an email or a reception
report about the reception condition in your part of the world. RTI will send
you a Qualified Shortwave Listener (QSL) card along with a contest entry card.
Return the contest entry card back to RTI with your name and mailing address.
There is no limit to the number of entries listeners can send. Photocopies of
the card, however, will not be accepted..
Deadline :?Mail your contest entry card to RTI with a postmark between April 1,
2010 and August 15, 2010 to enter the drawing.
More Details on :http://www.rti.org.tw/big5/2010Activity/2010QSL/english.aspx
Enjoy RTI and win the contest
73 from
Ashik Eqbal TokonRajshahi, Bangladesh
------------------------------
Message: 8
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 17:33:43 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "DXLD" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] 17495 Dushanbe TJK Voice of Russia program. Help.
Message-ID: <00deef5c880f4689a047628b8d274...@hnpc2>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
17495 Still a puzzle at this end.
In past days as well as Apr 2nd noted Voice of Russia program in Urdu 14-15
and Hindi 15-16 UT on very high frequency of 17495 kHz, observed here on two
different rxs.
Was puzzled a bit of an intermodulation on Dushanbe, Chita, Irkutsk, or
Novosibirsk site. But no formula works so far. [ 6 + 11.5 MHz, 9.9 + 7.55
MHz
neither].
Dushanbe 17495 kHz is scheduled from 0700-1000 UT for VoRUS towards South
Asia and AUS/PAC.
So maybe the engineers let the tx on air still in the afternoon
til 1600 UT ? Or just propagation test into South ASian subcontinent?
wb
------------------------------
Message: 9
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 10:36:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] DX Listening Digest 10-13; World of Radio 1506
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
DX Listening Digest 10-13 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/dxld1013.txt
[as has been happening lately, upload of this edition as dxlatest has not been
immediate, but has been immediate at the last -1013 link above]
CONTENTS:
WOR 1506 / ALBANIA / ANGOLA / ANTARCTICA / ARGENTINA +non / AUSTRALIA RA /
AUSTRALIA HCJB A10 / AUSTRIA A10 / BAHRAIN / BELGIUM non DRM / BHUTAN / BOLIVIA
/ BOUGAINVILLE +non / BRAZIL +non / BURMA non / CANADA CBC / CANADA
CRTC/FM/CIOC / CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC / CHINA +non / COLOMBIA +non / CUBA
+non / CYPRUS +non / CZECHIA +non A10 / DJIBOUTI non / ECUADOR / EGYPT /
EQUATORIAL GUINEA +non / ETHIOPIA +non / FRANCE non / GERMANY +non A10 / GOA /
GREECE / GREENLAND / GUAHAN / ICELAND +non / INDIA +non / INDONESIA /
INTERNATIONAL VACUUM +non Iran jams / IRAN non / IRELAND / ITALY non / JAPAN
+non / JORDAN +non / KOREA NORTH +non / KOREA SOUTH / KURDISTAN / LAOS non /
MADAGASCAR +non / MALAYSIA/SARAWAK / MAURITANIA / MEXICO +non / MONGOLIA /
MOROCCO / MYANMAR / NETHERLANDS non / NEW ZEALAND / NORTH AMERICA pirate /
OKLAHOMA OETA / PAKISTAN / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / PERU / PHILIPPINES +non A10+ /
POLAND non / ROMANIA +non A10 / RUSSIA +non A10+ / SAUDI ARABIA /
SERBIA non / SLOVAKIA A10 / SOLOMON ISLANDS / SOMALIA non / SOUTH AFRICA A10 /
SPAIN +non / SRI LANKA A10 / SUDAN non / SURINAME / SWEDEN / SYRIA / TAIWAN /
THAILAND / TURKEY / UGANDA +non / UK VT/Babcock / UK BBCWS / UK non WRN / UK
Pirates / USA +non VOA A10+ / USA WORLD OF RADIO/WWCR/WRMI / USA WTWW / USA
WJHR / USA WWRB / USA WEWN / USA WWCR A10 / USA WBCQ / USA KJES / USA WINB /
USA WYFR A10 / USA KWMO / USA World Focus+ / USA WDCN+ / VENEZUELA non /
VIETNAM non / UNIDENTIFIED 6150 / UNIDENTIFIED 9775 / UNIDENTIFIED 11735 /
UNIDENTIFIED 15106 / UNIDENTIFIED 15390 / UNIDENTIFIED 15868 / UNIDENTIFIED
18420 / UNIDENTIFIED 18450 / UNIDENTIFIED 19440 / PUBLICATIONS / TINY TRAP /
LANGUAGE LESSONS / WORLD OF HOROLOGY / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / DIGITAL
BROADCASTING / PROPAGATION
For restrixions and searchable 2010 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but
have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn
WORLD OF RADIO 1506 headlines:
*More new A-10 season schedules for Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Netherlands, New
Zealand, Philippines, Pridnestrovye, Russia, South Africa, Turkey
*DX news from Antarctica, Brazil, Central African Republic, Egypt, India,
Madagascar, Philippines, Saint Helena
*Clandestines for Ethiopia, Madagascar, Uganda
*World of Horology: Mexico, Pakistan
Correxion to WOR 1506: at 16:50 into the show, some Spanish broadcasts via
Bonaire are not R. Netherlands, but relays of other stations:
0059-0227 9610 Vatican
0400-0430 6195 Japan
0500-0530 6080 Japan
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1506, April 1-7, 2010
Thu 1900 WBCQ 7415 9330-CUSB?
Thu 2100 WRMI 9955
Fri 0030 WRMI 9955
Fri 0330 WWRB 3185
Fri 1430 WRMI 9955
Fri 2030 WWCR1 15825 [NEW]
Sat 0800 WRMI 9955
Sat 0800 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 9515
[not this week, but second, fourth, fifth Saturdays, maybe]
Sat 1330 WRMI 9955
Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160
Sat 1800 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 7290 [NEW]
Sat 1900 WRMI 9955
Sun 0230 WWCR3 4840
Sun 0630 WWCR1 3215
Sun 0800 WRMI 9955
Sun 1515 WRMI 9955
Sun 1900 WRMI 9955
Sun 2330 WWCR4 9980 [NEW]
Mon 0330 WWCR4 5890 [NEW]
Tue 1530 WRMI 9955
Tue 1900 WBCQ 7415 9330-CUSB?
Tue 2230 WRMI 9955 [NEW]
Wed 0030 WRMI 9955
Wed 1530 WRMI 9955
Wed 1900 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
------------------------------
Message: 10
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 21:12:16 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] logs of Apr 2nd
Message-ID: <bb08e08ceb4946db940004382ecee...@hnpc2>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
ARMENIA 15480 DVB Democratic Voice of Burma program via Yerevan Gavar
Kamo site, Burmese at 1430-1530? April 2nd. Noted at 1435-1440 UT. Typical
"metallic modulation sound" of former USSR gear. S=8-9 level in Germany.
CHINA 15140 Firedrake music jammer, much, much stronger than the day
before. S=9+10dB on April 2nd at 1410 UT.
CUBA 13680 RHC La Habana in Spanish at 1300-1400 UT Apr 2nd, covered by
IBB Radio Svoboda via VT-group Rampisham relay from 13.59:45 UT. Equal
signal level then. \\ RHC SP on 13780 kHz underneath DWL German via VT-group
Woofferton relay. Both RHC S=3-4.
But different Cuban program, likely Radio Nacional de VEN, observed at same
time on 15120[and BSKSA Bangla co-channel] and 15360[S=7] kHz. Speech to the
crowd transmission, on "...capitalism, ... musulm?n ..., dinero ...".
Presidente de Angola on visit.
FRANCE/TAIWAN 15225 R Taiwan International via Issoudun France in Russian
language. 500 kW powerful beast, S=9+10dB in the dead skip zone Germany.
1400-1500 UT.
GUAM 15425 KTWR Guam accompanied by heavy BUZZ like 60 Hertz, in Korean
at 1400-1515 UT, S=9+10dB, Apr 2nd.
TURKEY 11955 TRT Cakirlar in Turkish to foreign workers in NE/ME worked
overtime, scheduled 0600-1300 UT, but also on air til 1400 UT today Apr 2.
Broadband coverage and some peak spurs on 11941 to 11972 kHz range of 25 mb.
UNID 17495 Still a puzzle at this end.
In past days as well as Apr 2nd noted Voice of Russia program in Urdu at
14-15 UT and Hindi 15-16 UT on very high frequency of 17495 kHz, observed
here on two different rxs.
Was puzzled a bit of an - expected - intermodulation of Dushanbe[11755],
Chita[9745], Irkutsk[9445], or Novosibirsk[6070] site. But no formula works
so far. [6 + 11.5 MHz, 9.9 + 7.55 MHz neither]. {frequency channels used in
B-09 season}
Dushanbe 17495 kHz is now scheduled from 0700-1000 UT for VoRUS towards
South Asia and AUS/PAC.
So maybe the engineers let the tx on air still in the afternoon
til 1600 UT ? Or just a propagation test into South Asian subcontinent?
wb
------------------------------
Message: 11
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 22:31:24 -0000
From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, "Cumbre Lista" <[email protected]>,
"Hard Core DX" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Log 02/Apr
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
6225 02/Apr 2015 SOUTH AFRICA, RTE, EE. OM and YL seem interviewing a
singer. Snippets of music are played. Sometimes, there are snippets of music
on the violin. At 2026 UT end of the interview. At 2029 full ID by YL. And
TX at 2030 UT. Moderate signal. (Jorge Freitas-B)
7465 02/Apr 1929 ALBANIA, R Tirana, in German. At 1929 UT signal ID. At
1930 UT beginning of the program in German. OM talks. I had the impression
that before 1929 UT I heard the program in Italian. The colleague Dario
Gabrielli cites this scheme in Italian: 19:00 to 19:30 UTC 7520. Weak
signal. After 2000 UT, in English, / / 13640 with the signal a little
better. (Jorge Freitas-B)
7515 02/Apr 2033 UZBEKISTAN, Radio Free Chosun, in Korean. OM and YL talks.
Between short music. Many noises in my electrical network. Moderate signal.
(Jorge Freitas-B)
7525 02/Apr 2043 Firedrake Chinese with moderate signal. (Jorge Freitas-B)
11720 02/Apr 1601 GUAM, AWR, EE. ID by OM and YL, after gospel mx. Moderate
signal, no QRM. At 1608 UT OM talks, comments from the bible and then more
gospel music. Moderate signal. (Jorge Freitas-B)
15080 02/Apr 1435 EGYPT, R Cairo, in Arabic. OM presents news. Moderate
signal. There was a considerable improvement in the modulation. (Jorge
Freitas-B)
15090 02/Apr 1425 KUWAIT(?), VOA (Radio Ashna), in Dari. OM talks. At 1425
UT What looks like a speak from a woman outside the studio. Moderate signal,
no QRM. At 1430 UT ID by YL and nx. (Jorge Freitas-B)
15105 02/Apr 1412 ASCENSION, BBC, in Hausa. OM and YL talks. At 1413 UT ID,
at 1415 UT and tx. Signal was fair. (Jorge Freitas-B)
15110 02/Apr 1357 KUWAIT, R Kuwait, in Arabic. OM and YL talks, seemed an
interview. At 1358 UT YL talks and music by Kenny G. At 1400 UT ID, after
YL talks between short Arabic instrumental music. Moderate signal (Jorge
Freitas-B)
15140 02/Apr 1349 ROMANIA, RRI, in Russian. OM and YL talks between short
Romanian folk music, several mentions of Bucharest. At 1350 UT ID. Signal
was fair. (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>
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006
------------------------------
Message: 12
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 20:05:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 1-2, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
** CHINA [and non]. 9355 // 9905 in Chinese, fair signals at 1906 April 2. RFA
is scheduled via Saipan and Palau, respectively; only heard one signal on each,
so either it was RFA without any jamming audible, or jamming without any RFA
audible, but if China, it was plain programming, not echofeed (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. The 2030 English broadcast of RHC was missing a few days ago as I
checked several times during that hour on 11760 and other frequencies, but she
was back April 2 at 2037 talking about journalists being ambushed in Honduras.
15330 has mostly been free of DentroCuban Jamming Command since a day after the
A-season began, but April 1 at 1801 noticed irregular pulses against nothing.
Probably only one of the panoply of jamming transmitters screwed up (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) More about Mart? under U S A
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 15190, not a doubt that it`s Radio Africa,
April 2 at 2114 open carrier plus hum (and also think I noticed it around 2100
or earlier). Kept tuned this time and real modulation did not start until some
soft hymn singing at 2126, gradually loudening.
Next check at 2208, disgraced child-sex evangelist Tony Alamo was to be heard,
but without any co-channel from WYFR Portuguese, which supposedly starts at
2200 in A-10. WYFR Spanish on 15130 not as strong as usual, but surely there
would be some trace of it on 15190 if on the air. 2226 check, WYFR is finally
on, atop Alamo. This transmitter seems to be especially erratic. BTW, the
Brazilian who thought he had R. Inconfid?ncia reactivated on 15190 agrees it
was probably WYFR instead, scheduled until 0045 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** FRANCE [non]. I`ll bet you didn`t know that RFI has a Brazilian service.
It`s not in the WRTH 2010 or February update, tho they have had a Portuguese
service to Africa. April 2 at 2045 I am hearing RFI on 21690 via GUIANA FRENCH
with a Brazilian accent, at 2059 music break, 2100 into Spanish. The 2100
Spanish broadcast in B-09 was supposedly only on 17630.
Unknown whether the Brazilian service is daily or what time it starts. To
further confuse matters, 21690 is supposedly only in French intended for
Africa, not Latin America, aimed 75 degrees at 17-22 UT. Maybe another program
feed screwup at Montsin?ry.
This page http://www.portugues.rfi.fr/node/15397
claims that Brazilians and all Americans must listen only via satellite; the
only SW frequencies in Portuguese are for Africa at other times. So was this
really a program from the African service, even tho voiced by a Brazilian? Must
try to listen again, if it show up again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. Correxion: My earlier report was really R. Japan in Spanish via
Bonaire: ``6080, new frequency for RN 0500 in Spanish via Bonaire, March 28
until 0530* with mailbag in last few minutes. Very big signal at 290 degrees
for Mexico and Caribbean, Until uncovered at 0530, totally blocking VOA English
via S?o Tom? from 0500 to 0700`` (Glenn Hauser, April 2, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1580, KOKB Blackwell, not off the air, just not modulating, April
2 at 2033 UT. // 1020 KOKP Perry was modulating sportstalk normally. First
noted 1580 silent in the car several minutes earlier, and could not be sure
whether there was a silent carrier or not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. See SPAIN [and non]
** SPAIN [and non]. We keep finding REE in frequency conflicts, which leads us
to believe there is something deficient in their shortwave frequency planning
and management, tho certainly not 100% their fault.
12015, April 2 at 1858 a US Government editorial in English on VOA, about
Nigeria, well over the always-running radioteletype, and mixing with REE IS
underneath. Then VOA into sign-off routine, 1900 timesignal and REE opening
Arabic, M-F only, but it`s underneath the RTTY here.
9690, April 2 at 2039, about equal levels between a station in French and one
in English. French was talking about homophobie, not // RFI on 21690. At 2047
the other one played some Romanian folk music, soon accompanied by RRI ID. At
2056 the RRI IS was mixing with REE giving its address in French and then its
own IS until 2057* while RRI was on a bit longer and briefly in the clear.
How could two European transmitters of 250 and 300 kW be on the same frequency
at the same time? Perhaps because RRI`s 2030 English broadcast at 307 degrees
is supposedly targeted at eastern North America only, a rather early hour for
that, and of course, also perfectly targeted and much better timed for UK.
Spain is aiming 110 degrees for north and central Africa, Mideast, so they
couldn`t possibly overlap, right? Directly off the back from Noblejas is 290
degrees, USward. At least the latter is M-F only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12015, VOA Greenville now here at 17-19, English to Africa concluding
at 1858 April 2 with USG editorial about Nigeria, very good signal but with
constant RTTY QRM, which has been on that frequency for years: so why do
broadcasters keep going onto it and why doesn`t the RTTY object, whatever it
is? See also SPAIN [and non] which overlaps before 1900 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15550-USB, WJHR active April 1 at 1802 with same old preacher; peaks
at S9+15 when he screams ``hell, no``, presumably denying the existence of the
hot place. Not audible 24-26 hours later (Glenn Hauser, OK, April 2, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WWCR`s April program schedule shows that transmitter 4 is no longer
24/7 Pastor Pete Peters, no doubt due to all his new airtime on WTWW. This
opens up lots of time for other stuff on 9980 or 5890, including two additional
airings of WORLD OF RADIO: Sunday 2330 on 9980, UT Monday 0330 on 5890. Tnx to
Thomas Nyberg for pointing this out first, and tnx to WWCR!
Also, #2 has shifted from 9345 to 9350 at 21-24. Confirmed April 2 at 2212,
usual VG signal, during preacher. Golden Age of Radio is filling time on 9350:
Wed 2300-2400; Sat 2105-2200; and Into the Blue, Sat 2200-2300. GAOR is also
occupying at least seven other hours per week at various times and frequencies,
and ITB, three (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WTWW remains on 9479 instead of 9480 when checked, April 2: at 1312,
not up to full strength yet, has a 1 kHz het from something on 9480 and a 4 kHz
het from R. Australia on 9475. At 1903 when CRI via Albania is on 9480, only a
trace of its het could be detected here. After 2200, no hets audible unlike the
day before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. I hesitate to mention this without the proper spin, so: Harold
Camping is desperately trying to add more and more languages to infest more and
more cultures with his end-of-the-world nonsense as there are only 13 months to
go. Tuning across WYFR 11865, April 2 at 1343, in English they were asking for
people who speak Oromo, Shona, Somali, Zulu and an Nguni (? Niugini?) language.
7520, April 2 at 2215, WYFR in Spanish during this hour, had stronger CW QRM
from 7519. From the cadence if not axual copying, I am pretty sure these were
Cuban spy cut numbers; not the first time these two disservices have fought
over a frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Radio Mart? violates separation of church and state once again: On
13820, April 2 at 1856 noticed a mass in progress, as if it were WEWN! Pretty
good cantor, shortly identified by announcer as St. John`s Passion. Hardly any
jamming audible here, but heavy jamming on // 11930. Not only that but the next
time I noticed R. Mart?, at 2220 on 6030 sounded like more of the same, mass
with bits of German, Latin, Spanish, Italian mixed up.
No doubt these are Good Friday specials, but what are US taxpayers doing paying
for a government station to broadcast services of one particular religion to
one particular country? O sure, DentroCubans are in dire need of Catholic
radio, despite the Church having reached an accommodation with the Cuban state
years ago, and big 24-hour unjammed Spanish signals from Birmingham. Even if
there were no such deal, this would be totally against American principles.
Stop it! Or start broadcasting ALL OTHER RELIGIONS (and ATHEISM) to Cuba on R.
Mart? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15730, something strange is happening: April 1 at 1804 I hear an
AM open carrier, and then it suddenly changes to DRM, and it has ragged edges,
extending well beyond the ``only-10-kHz`` bandwidth that DRM proponents claim,
out to 15720 and 15740. This bothers a weak VOA Portuguese AM signal on 15740,
which is via MADAGASCAR. Then the DRM cuts on and off at 1809.
Checked again April 2: at 1850 the DRM centered on 15730 is ragged again,
extending at least 15715-15745. After 1900, at 1908 it`s accompanied by TDP DRM
via Bonaire at 15750-15760, i.e. almost continuous noise from 15715 to 15760.
What`s this on 15730? Not a single mention of that frequency on the drmna yg or
the DRM RX fora. Once again I hear DRM without a DRM receiver, while those with
DRM receivers do not tune around enough to find something like this and
identify it.
Possibly it could be the Bonaire transmitter maladjusted, but note that I have
heard it both with and without the nominal Bonaire frequency 15755. Bulgaria
has also registered a bunch of DRM frequencies around here, but supposedly not
scheduled here and now nor is it on
http://www.drm.org/for-listeners/live-broadcast-schedule/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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