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Today's Topics:
1. Radio Gloria International this Sunday (Tom Taylor)
2. Sat Dx (Charles Bolland)
3. Somalia Islamists al-Shabab ban BBC transmissions (Arnaldo)
4. Radio Station Location (Hector (Luigi) Perez)
5. Re: Radio Station Location (Glenn Hauser)
6. New Domestic Broadcasting Survey (Anker Petersen)
7. Glenn Hauser logs April 9-10, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
8. April 10 Logs ([email protected])
9. Log Bolivia (Eike Bierwirth)
10. Glenn Hauser logs April 10-11, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:43:41 +0100
From: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
To: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Gloria International this Sunday
Message-ID: <62f24305a6d64fee8939868eb2a74...@dellcb21k2j>
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Radio Gloria International this Sunday
Radio Gloria International is on this Sunday the 11th of April 2010
At 09.00 to 1000 UTC on our normal channel of 6140 KHz.
M.V.Baltic. Information:
MV Baltic Radio relay service Schedule for Summer 2010
1st Sunday - MV Baltic Radio
2nd Sunday - Radio Gloria International ( New Time Slot )
3rd Sunday - European Music Radio (April )
We wish you good listening and good reception! 73s Tom
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:02:44 -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] Sat Dx
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Peru, 6019.30, Radio Victoria, 0939-1000, At tune in,
noted the usual preacher in Religious
discourse with the sops and pleading that is his forte.
Signal was good even though it
was mixing with another on 6020. (Chuck Bolland, April
10 2010)
Bolivia, 3310, Radio Mosoj chaski, 0945-1000, Noted a
female in Steady Spanish comments.
This continues during the period. Signal was poor.
(Chuck Bolland, April 10, 2010)
Bolivia, 4796.40, Radio Mallku, 0953-1000, Just an
indication on the display that there's
a station here. Audio is not fading in with the signal
this morning - too much noise.
(Chuck Bolland, April 10, 2010)
WinRadio G305e
26.37.34.65N 081.05.34.19W
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:53:14 +0200
From: "Arnaldo" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], playdx2003 <[email protected]>,
DXLD <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Somalia Islamists al-Shabab ban BBC transmissions
Message-ID: <002a01cad872$21f0c8e0$03b8c...@windowsv03oj4t>
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The Somali Islamist movement al-Shabab has banned the BBC and closed down
transmitters broadcasting the Somali language service inside the country.
Al-Shabab accused the BBC of fighting against Islam and supporting the
transitional federal government, which the rebels are fighting to overthrow.
The group said the BBC had been broadcasting the agenda of crusaders and
colonialists against Muslims.
The BBC said it was strictly impartial and spoke to all sides in the conflict.
The BBC has been broadcasting its services in Somali, Arabic and English across
the country on a series of FM frequencies for at least a decade, and surveys
suggest it is one of the most widely listened-to news services in Somalia.
'Strict standards'
Al-Shabab ordered all of the BBC's transmitters to be shut down.
A statement by al-Shabab demanded that any organisation transmitting the BBC,
or the Washington-based Voice of America, should cancel their contracts.
Al-Shabab and its allies control most of southern and central Somalia and all
but a few districts of the capital, Mogadishu.
They have been fighting to establish an Islamist administration of their own in
place of the current government.
The BBC's broadcasts have been taken off the FM bandwidth, but are still
available on shortwave and the internet.
In response to the statement, the head of BBC Africa, Jerry Timmins, said the
organisation spoke to all sides in the conflict, including al-Shabab, adhered
to strict standards of impartiality and editorial independence and rejected any
suggestion otherwise. (BBC News)
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:16:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Hector \(Luigi\) Perez" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Station Location
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
RADIO STATION
LOCATION A FRIENDLY DILEMMA
?
For a long time, I have had in
my mind this friendly dilemma: where is the real location of the station I am
listening at?
?
My shack is this ?small
sanctuary? where I sit at home without been disturbed by no other thing than a
good radio program.?
?
I have many radios at my
shack; some very old but in mint condition, some other, modern ones.?
?
I also have a good number of
special stations that I tune to for the quality of their programs. Among them,
Radio Havana Cuba,
Radio Canada International,
Radio Miami, DW Germany, Radio Netherlands and Radio Bulgaria. And then, I tend
to
compare, the way I hear at them with different radios and different antennas. ?
?
To pick an example, I have an
old Kenwood R-2000 receiver which I consider a Killer. The quality of its
audio, its sensitivity and selectivity makes this old receiver maybe my best
one. Among the radios I have had, only the JST-145 (JRC) transceiver has been
the only radio that I could say has gone nose by nose with my old R-2000.
?
And then as I said, here comes
alone the programs aired which I hear from start to end. But, hand by hand with
the station and its program, I strongly consider the place where the signal is
been
aired.
?
I love to compare, how my old
Kenwood pulls out a distant signal from a distant station compared with any
other of my radios. Same issue goes for my portable radios and not willing to
detour from the main idea of my script, I have to say, that my Grundig YB-400 is
another Killer.
?
My great frustration?? As I said before, the location, where the
program is being aired.?
?
One of these days I will love
to hear for instance, Radio Korea
(North) or Radio Vietnam on
the heart of Hanoi,
but not to hear any of those from a different location or station where time was
purchased to air the program.?
?
Occasionally, I see postings
from folks claiming they heard a certain radio station and I ask myself: did
they
really hear the station? or just the program aired from some other place. Such
postings should read: Radio Rumania
via CRI.
?
Am I going confused? I don?t know.
?
Best 73s to all
?
Luigi (San Juan, P.R.
------------------------------
Message: 5
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:28:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: "Hector \(Luigi\) Perez" <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Radio Station Location
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Luigi,
I agree it is important to know where SW signals are really coming from. But
this info is readily available, if you consult current A-10 schedules, e.g.
linked from my home page, http://www.worldofradio.com
You have to understand/reference the different abbreviations used to indicate
transmitter sites.
Yes, you are a bit confused --- ``Rumania via China`` is a bad example. RRI is
ONE station that does not use relays abroad, and have excellent signals
nonetheless thanks to new transmitters and antennas installed at two domestic
sites a year and two ago. (They did have some DRM via other countries, but not
currently, doing their own DRM too, what a waste.)
Voice of Korea (North) does not use external relays either (who would want to
help them?), so if you hear VOK it`s bound to be direct. Should not be that
difficult even in your location.
73, Glenn Hauser, OK
--- On Sat, 4/10/10, Hector (Luigi) Perez <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Hector (Luigi) Perez <[email protected]>
> Subject: [HCDX] Radio Station Location
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Saturday, April 10, 2010, 9:16 AM
>
>
>
>
> RADIO STATION
> LOCATION A FRIENDLY DILEMMA
>
> ?
>
> For a long time, I have had in
> my mind this friendly dilemma: where is the real location
> of the station I am
> listening at?
>
> ?
>
> My shack is this ?small
> sanctuary? where I sit at home without been disturbed by
> no other thing than a
> good radio program.?
>
> ?
>
> I have many radios at my
> shack; some very old but in mint condition, some other,
> modern ones.?
>
> ?
>
> I also have a good number of
> special stations that I tune to for the quality of their
> programs. Among them,
> Radio Havana Cuba,
> Radio Canada International,
> Radio Miami, DW Germany, Radio Netherlands and Radio
> Bulgaria. And then, I tend to
> compare, the way I hear at them with different radios and
> different antennas. ?
>
> ?
>
> To pick an example, I have an
> old Kenwood R-2000 receiver which I consider a Killer. The
> quality of its
> audio, its sensitivity and selectivity makes this old
> receiver maybe my best
> one. Among the radios I have had, only the JST-145 (JRC)
> transceiver has been
> the only radio that I could say has gone nose by nose with
> my old R-2000.
>
> ?
>
> And then as I said, here comes
> alone the programs aired which I hear from start to end.
> But, hand by hand with
> the station and its program, I strongly consider the place
> where the signal is been
> aired.
>
> ?
>
> I love to compare, how my old
> Kenwood pulls out a distant signal from a distant station
> compared with any
> other of my radios. Same issue goes for my portable radios
> and not willing to
> detour from the main idea of my script, I have to say, that
> my Grundig YB-400 is
> another Killer.
>
> ?
>
> My great frustration?? As I said before, the location,
> where the
> program is being aired.?
>
> ?
>
> One of these days I will love
> to hear for instance, Radio Korea
> (North) or Radio Vietnam on
> the heart of Hanoi,
> but not to hear any of those from a different location or
> station where time was
> purchased to air the program.?
>
> ?
>
> Occasionally, I see postings
> from folks claiming they heard a certain radio station and
> I ask myself: did they
> really hear the station? or just the program aired from
> some other place. Such
> postings should read: Radio Rumania
> via CRI.
>
> ?
>
> Am I going confused? I don?t know.
>
> ?
>
> Best 73s to all
>
> ?
>
> Luigi (San Juan, P.R.
------------------------------
Message: 6
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:28:05 +0200
From: "Anker Petersen" <[email protected]>
To: "Hard-core DX contributions" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] New Domestic Broadcasting Survey
Message-ID: <5ad5bab14ba6467eb26e500e7be69...@pavilion>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"
Dear DX-friends,
I have just published a new, fully updated edition of the Domestic Broadcasting
Survey, the 12th Edition.
Please have a look at http://www.dswci.org/news/2010/1004/dbs-12.pdf for
further information.
Best 73,
Anker Petersen
Denmark
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:01:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 9-10, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
** CANADA. 9650, KBS World Radio due a further refund from RCI, April 10 at
1454-1459* once again playing RCI IS, French and English ID loop instead of
lost Korean service as scheduled 14-15. I believe I had heard Korean normally
sometime earlier in the hour as I tuned past (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake April 10: at 1315, good on 8400, fair on 10420 and poor on
10440, the latter two being unusual landing spots. None others found from 11 up
to 18 MHz. But at 1321, FD best of all on 9365 against nothing co-audible, and
so strong it bothered WTJC on 9370.
HFCC has nothing currently at this time on 9365, but Aoki shows Sound of Hope =
Xi Wang Zhi Sheng could be there 24 hours with 1 kW from Taiwan, thus provoking
the ChiCom jamming, probably 500 kW from a suitable internal skip distance to
prevent hundreds of megaChinese from being corrupted by harmless Falun Gong
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5970, new RHC frequency, already on air at 2145 April 9 in Spanish,
fairly good signal. Is this on the brand-new schedule at
http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/c_frecuencia/frecuencias.htm --- of course not!
Shows 5970 only at 01-05 in English, 07-11 in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. As I was finding RHC on unscheduled 5970 at 2145 April 9, also
audible weaker on 6030 was Radio Mart?, and no jamming audible. This is now
starting at 1800, and we wonder how good a signal it can get into Cuba at
midday, jamming or not.
Also confirmed RM`s new 9460 with good signal at 0256 check April 10, no
jamming audible. It`s on the sked now as ``temporary`` at 01-04.
Saturday April 10 at 1339, R. Mart? with ``Arte Latino`` show about ``Olbga de
Cuba`` and her singing career in exile, 9805 with heavy jamming, 11845 VG over
jamming. Closing produxion credits already at 1352 and on to next show,
``Enfoque a Am?rica Latina`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. Jos? El?as D?az G?mez, Venezuela, on his blog bandscanning for
easily-heard Spanish-language broadcasts,
http://sintoniadx.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!956BF69EACAB477D!3372.entry
includes Radio Rep?blica on 9780 sometime in the 02-03 and 03-04 hours. That`s
a new unlisted frequency and unknown to me, so I check for it April 10 at 0256
--- nothing there, tho propagation is poor on 31m. However, Vatican English via
Sackville is audible on 9610. About the only signal making it weakly from
Europe is China via Spain on 9690.
JEDG says he heard "La Voz de los Cubanos Libres`` on 9780, dates not noted,
but he scans only on local Mondays-Fridays, and will check for it again. I
don`t recall RR using that specific slogan, so unless he heard an axual RR ID,
possibly this was some other hitherto unknown exile clandestine. Per HFCC, only
Yemen and CNR China are registered on 9780 during parts of this bihour. Others
please be on the lookout for this! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 4920, April 10 at 1234, weak signal with talk, from intonation sounds
like English, ergo AIR news on the hour via Chennai, and also similar but
unseemed // on 5010 via T`m. Several other weak signals on 60m from AIR
frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 6165, April 10 at 1255, poor signal in S Asian singing. I will
confidently list-log this as AIR Sindhi service via Delhi-Khampur site, 250 kW
at 65 degrees in B-09, rather than VOV-4 Hmong service, 50 kW, ND from
Hanoi-Xuan Mai site in A-10, both per Aoki.
While Aoki has only B-09 India info so far, these instances also check with
latest A-10 info as in http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm which however lax
azimuths (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 15050, April 10 at 1448 fluttery signal peaking at S9+10 but
absolutely no modulation; went off somewhere around 1500. This can only be the
AIR Sinhala service as scheduled 1300-1500, 250 kW from Delhi-Khampur site at
174 degrees, so longpath? Preceded by Tamil at 1115-1215. Is it unmodulated
too? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 4870, weak music at 1234 April 10, presumably RRI Wamena; while
4750 Makassar was much stronger atop CCI (Glenn Hasuer, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, April 10 at 1332, VOI English with daily Miscellany
segment, but despite good modulation this time, her accent was so heavy that I
could barely understand a word. One of her last may have been ``oxycontin``
before cut to open carrier with hum at 1334, and still the case at 1338 when I
upgave (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALAYSIA [and non]. 6175 in Chinese April 10 at 1252 with constant audible
het on low side. Aoki has CNR1 from Beijing 572 site, 100 kW, 37 degrees
USward, while VOM Kajang in Indonesian, 100 kW non-direxional. Ron Howard
confirms this date that VOM is in fact on 6174.40, so must be a 600 Hz het,
assuming CNR1 be spot on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Radio Educaci?n, 6185, does it again tnx to eclectic late-night
music format when you never know what to expect: April 10 at 0555 traditional
bluegrass lovesongs with wonderful harmony (in English!); 0603 full ID for MW
and SW; 0605 on to a couple of contrasting Linda Ronstadt songs, ``You`re No
Good`` and ``When Will I Be Loved``. No CCI, and strong enough to overcome ACI
from CRI/Sackville 6190 before that QRTed at 0559 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1580, KOKB Blackwell, April 10 at 1434 UT in open carrier;
still/again the case three and four hours later. Clearly this station has close
to zero listeners, not including anyone in its own management or engineering
(ha, ha), let alone anyone around Blackwell who would care enough to tell them
that they are forgetting to modulate. Meanwhile sibling station KOKP 1020 Perry
is nominal with sportstalk (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. More futile attempts to hear Voice of Russia`s only listed frequency
in English to North America before 0200, 9890: UT April 10 at 0100 the
DentroCuban Jamming Command and VOA Spanish have just evacuated 9885, but
that`s no help, as on 9890 there is still only a trace of a carrier. If really
500 kW, it`s dissipating long before here, perhaps keeping the ionosphere warm
at the first reflexion point (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [non]. CUBA is still negligently jamming 9810, which was abandoned
three months ago by Radio Rep?blica, despite the fact that in A-10 Voz de Rusia
is trying to broadcast Spanish to Latin America on that very same frequency,
via GUIANA FRENCH. April 10 at 0101 I can hear VOR`s news in Spanish under the
noise, and it`s // and synchronized with much stronger 9735, which is unjammed.
Yes, during the 01-02 hour only, VOR is using both 9810 and 9735 via GUF, at
320 and 195 degrees respectively. Meanwhile, they can`t spare a minute of
airtime on this or neighboring transmitter and 320 degree antenna USward in
English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 5940 with coloratura soprano, April 10 at 1245, poor signal but in
the clear and well-modulated, unlike // 5920 Pet/Kam motorboating itself; 1248
Russian interview.
5940 is registered with HFCC A-10 as R. Rossii from Okhotsk site, 17-13 UT; but
more realistically, Aoki says it`s Magadan at 02-13 and 1700-1910.
At 1254 found Russian talk on 7200 // 5940 but an echo apart, shortly back to
coloratura. Could not hear any QRM on 7200; tho Korea North is also here, Aoki
says that finishes around 1250; nor Myanmar which may use 7200 only in its
mornings. All of them plus Sudan have no business on this borderline channel
between ham and broadcast bands.
R. Rossii on 7200 is Yakutsk at 1900-1500, Aoki and HFCC agree, but not on
other details: HFCC says 250 kW at 45 degrees, while Aoki says 100 kW
non-direxional. WRTH says 250 kW but thinx azimuths are too technical, never
worth publishing, just like ex-PWBR.
At 1256 April 10, 7220 in Russian not // 7200; that turns out to be VIETNAM,
q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. VOA news at 1304 April 10 on 7575, report from DXer Dan
Robinson at the White House (who since March 1 has been promoted from Capitol
Hill correspondent --- congrats!), good signal and 1305 into Jazz America,
theme this week Billie Holliday, n?e Eleanora Fagin (sp?). VG signal and I
think I`ll take her over Martha Garvin on 7490, see WWCR. 7575 is 21 degrees
from Tinang, PHILIPPINES, on the air during this hour only on Sat & Sun (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WWCR-3, 7490, Saturday April 10 at 1314 still with Martha Garvin`s
Musical Memories, contrary to published schedule; she was doing hymns in
alfabetical order by title, A-B-C. This signal is so strong that it
desensitizes the receiver roughly plus/minus 35 kHz, between 7455 and 7525
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9265, WINB at 1318 UT Saturday April 10 with that eruptive preacher
who takes long pauses, as if steam is building up over and over until he blows,
then screams at ever-increasing level; he mentioned pentecostal.
Even tho dated March 14, as if it were actualized because of the start of DST,
the WINB program schedule still shows a 5-hour difference between ET and UT,
instead of the correct 4 hours, so which are we to believe? How can they be so
ignorant? What I was hearing must have been either:
08:00A / Sat-1300...Apostolic Asssembly [sic!] or
09:00A / Sat-1400...Terry Blalock
Second harmonic 18530 was not expected to propagate, and did not (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO chex April 10: at 1341, just barely audible on WRMI
9955, as I was mentioning WOR is sometimes jammed --- but it was not this time;
glad to be proven wrong, temporarily.
1630 Sat airing on 12160 confirmed on WWCR-2 webcast until 1700, did not get
stuck into looping (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Believe I have not heard KJES once since A-10 began, e.g. no sign of
it on 11715 at 1345 check April 10, and nothing else on frequency either. Also
zilch on 15385 at 1837. So is KJES totally off the air again? FCC schedule
shows it is supposed to be, with azimuths:
11715, 13-14 70 toward OK; 14-15 350; 15-16 150
15385, 18-19 270, 19-20 100
7555, 01-02 335, 02-0230 20 --- So is anyone hearing them anywhere, anywhen?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX L LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15420-CUSB, WBCQ, is on early Saturdays only for the Brother Scare
Sabbath: April 10 at 1358 tuned in to ID loop I had not heard before, not Allan
Weiner`s voice, ``You`re listening to WBCQ, Monticello, Maine, the United
States of America, The Planet`` and then a riff of band music. I was trying to
count the number of notes but only heard it twice, maybe 22 to 25, so is this
the WBCQ interval signal now?
Then to longtime produced ID with Allan`s voice, singing jingle ID, and 1400
join BS in progress, but immediately interrupted for a quick legal ID only as
if that were necessary. 1403-1404 dumped off the air. Even then, no co-channel
QRM audible, due to poor extracontinental propagation, but BBC Seychelles is
now scheduled at 13-17, alternating English, Somali and Swahili on westward
beams, depending on the hour and the day.
BTW, one column in HFCC shows the mode, D for analog and N for DRM, but WBCQ is
one of few entries as T, which must mean USB, even tho there is no T anywhere
in the words ``upper sideband`` (there is no N in ``digital`` either, but it`s
from French = num?rique; I don`t remember how they get D for ``analog``). I
have not searched the entire register, but T is also listed for WJHR 15550, and
WBCQ 9330 --- but not WBCQ on 5110; or 17495, which surely would be if really
in use (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 18980, WYFR Spanish poor at 1445 April 10, // 15130. WYFR is now the
sole worldwide occupant of this peculiar SWBC band, as IBB is no longer listed
on 19010 from Kuwait. WYFR: 18930 at 1600-2200, 18980 at 1400-2145 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [non]. 9610, April 10 at 0256 in English, must be VR as scheduled
from 0250 via Sackville, as I was scanning the band to find what few signals
were still making it, unlike alleged Radio Rep?blica on 9780 --- see CUBA
[non].
I see that VR in Spanish and French until 0250 are via BONAIRE, so it should be
interesting to monitor how well they switch sites, without overlap? SAC is
unsuitable for French at 0230 since it`s too close to Qu?bec; Bonaire no doubt
inbooms there aimed 350 degrees, while English to follow is 240 degrees from
SAC across the USA. And VR Spanish via Bonaire 0100-0230 emanates at 170
degrees for CIRAF 12-15, i.e. all of S America, including the Southern Cone, an
area abandoned by R. Nederland itself, except Patagonia = CIRAF 16 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM. As I was hearing R. Rossii on 5920, 5940, 7200, see RUSSIA, also
found non // W&W Russian talk at 1256 April 10 on 7220, but 1257 to open
carrier. Per Aoki it`s VOV in Russian, 100 kW, 27 degrees from Hanoi-Sontay so
also USward, at 1230-1300 and also 1130-1200 (plus Chinese on same at
1200-1230, 1300-1330). Do not see also INDIA 6165 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:49:58 EDT
From: [email protected]
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Subject: [HCDX] April 10 Logs
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** BOLIVIA. 6134.82, Radio Santa Cruz, 1000-1010, April 10, Bolivian
music. Spanish ID announcement at 1005. Promos. Announcements.
Good signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** BRAZIL. 9665.11, Radio Voz Mission?ria, Florian?polis, 0120-
0140, April 10, Portuguese preacher. Contemporary Portuguese
religious music. Weak in noisy conditions. // 11749.89 - very weak.
// 5939.97 - fair level but noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** BRAZIL. 11765, Super Radio Deus ? Amor, Curitiba PR, 0100-
0115, April 10, Portuguese religious talk. ID at 0102. Announcements.
Promos. Contemporary Portuguese religious music. Emotional
preacher at 0108. Poor to fair with adjacent channel splatter.
// 6060 - weak under Cuba. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** ETHIOPIA. 6890, Radio Fana, *0258:40-0310, April 10, sign on
with IS. Amharic talk at 0301. Horn of Africa music at 0306. Weak
but readable. // 6110 - weak under Cuba. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6950 USB, WLDJ, 0140-0146*, April
10, lite pop music. Woman announcer. ID as ?WLDJ, Voice of the
Last DJ.? Sign off with SSTV. Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** UGANDA [non]. via France, 15410, Radio Y?Abaganda, *1700-
1800*, April 10, sign on with non-stop tape loop consisting of tones
and tape loop saying ?We?re sorry you've reached a station that is
unavailable at this time. Please try again later" along with "Live 365"
jingle. Into vernacular talk at 1733. Abrupt s/off at 1800. Poor to fair
in noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 03:58:28 +0200
From: "Eike Bierwirth" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Log Bolivia
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Pio XII is audible right now in Germany on 5952.46 kHz (11 April, 0150 UTC),
weak but not bad for a Bolivian station (listening in USB to avoid 5950).
73,
Eike
Leipzig, Germany
JRC NRD-525 with PA0RDT Mini-Whip
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:53:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
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Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 10-11, 2010
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** CHINA. See RUSSIA for 9890 clash, 9900; CUBA [and non] for jamming on 9810;
MALI
** CUBA. Two new frequencies of RHC confirmed, 9525 // synchronized 12020 in
Spanish allegedly to South America but fine in the North, at 2305 April 10 and
an echo apart from 12030 to Central America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 9810 still with heavy noise from the DentroCuban Jamming
Command, April 10 at 2304 when Radio Rep?blica used to appear. During this
hour, CRI`s Mongolian service may be too far away to suffer, but at 00-02 the
innocent victim will be VOR in Spanish via Guiana French. See RUSSIA [non].
Meanwhile, Radio Rep?blica is really on 9490 via RMI via Sackville, VG signal
at 2306 talking about the hunger-strikes by political prisoners inside Cuba;
it`s way over jamming which is at the pulse-level rather than wall-of-noise
level. RR at 23-02 was originally M-F, but now Saturdays, and shall we make it
daily including Sundays too?
Again, no sign of anything on 9780, at 0225 check April 11, when Radio
Rep?blica had allegedly been heard elsewhere (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 9187-9212, over-the-horizon radar pulses, presumed from here April
10 at 2309 with typical 25-kHz bandwidth; yes, propagation from that worldpart
is good again, Voice of Greece also in on 9420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MALI. 7295, at 2311 April 10 CRI in Chinese via Bamako, either
undermodulated or under a zero-beat amateur carrier to spoil it; or both. This
area is a favorite of hams for AM instead of SSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 18057.9, after a dry spell this week, the third harmonic of Radio
Victoria, Lima is audible again, April 10 at 2222 with bits of Spanish
peaking/peeking thru the not too bad noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
This item in previous report had the azimuths swapped. Please replace with
corrected version:
** RUSSIA [non]. CUBA is still negligently jamming 9810, which was abandoned
three months ago by Radio Rep?blica, despite the fact that in A-10 Voz de Rusia
is trying to broadcast Spanish to Latin America on that very same frequency,
via GUIANA FRENCH. April 10 at 0101 I can hear VOR`s news in Spanish under the
noise, and it`s // and synchronized with much stronger 9735, which is unjammed.
Yes, during the 01-02 hour only, VOR is using both 9810 and 9735 via GUF, at
195 and 320 degrees respectively. Meanwhile, they can`t spare a minute of
airtime on this or neighboring transmitter and 320 degree antenna USward for
English, which would really inboom vs our struggles to hear 9890 direct (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [non]. 9965 at 2256 April 10, open carrier but it`s motorboating,
obviously unstable with BFO on, which seems to be all too common a problem in
the CIS, like 5920 Pet/Kam. 2259 some ``Russian tones`` and 2300 with hum as
loud as the fitful modulation which sounds rather like Portuguese. Yes, per
EiBi it`s VOR to Brasil at 23-24, followed by Spanish, via ARMENIA, probably
not a good idea to pick as a relay site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [and non]. VOR English to North America finally semi-audible on the
only frequency they deign to provide, 9890 direct from ``Armavir`` = Krasnodar,
April 10 at 2228, apparently an interview between W&M, but very low key and his
low-pitched voice is no match for the assertive higher-pitched ChiCom
co-channel!
This is a semihour before we have CubaRM and VOA to contend with adjacently
from 9885, but now we have a direct clash from China. Aoki says 9890 bears CNR1
at 1955-2300 from Lingshi 725 site, 100 kW at 286 degrees. No problem way over
here in CNAm? Wrong! It`s slightly weaker than VOR at first, but gaining,
making both of them unusable. It`s also // clear 9900, Beijing 572 site, says
Aoki.
The program grid at http://english.ruvr.ru/radio_broadcast/schedule/ shows
Saturdays at 2230+ VOR airs Timelines, but the sked is still dated to expire
March 27 before the timeshift! Is it really the current sked, just forgot to
change the dates? Apparently, as Rich Cuff forwards one he received by e-mail
showing current A-10 dates and same program at this hour.
Anne Fanelli in NY says it was the unmistakable Estelle Winters at 2255, good
reception, where apparently China was not a problem. But how was it five
minutes later?
I checked again just before 2300. By 2257 the Greenville carrier was on with
its own problems: see USA. At 2259 I could still make out the VOR IS mixing
with Chinese announcement but wideband splash from VOA`s rap music after 2300
blew away VOR, even tho the ChiCom CCI was supposed to be over (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. Conditions are finally getting back to normal after the disturbances
early in the week. Maybe even better than normal, as I have REE inbooming on
17595, April 10 at 2217 UT, some 3.5 hours after local sunset at Noblejas, //
also strong 15110. Furthermore, weaker // on 17755 also audible. Per Aoki,
17755 at 161 degrees and 17595 at 248 degrees run as late as 2200 only on
weekends. But they were still on; did not pay much attention to programming but
it was a remote interview with some hum on the feed, same on all frequencies;
not live sports which might explain the extension unless it was post-game.
17595 is 248 degrees, not even USward. Also very strong via Costa Rica on
17850, 340 degrees. It and 15110 direct at 302 degrees which are USward, are
both scheduled until 2300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 9935, something in Spanish, April 10 at 2229, immediately
mentioning 21 de mayo de 2011, so it`s only F?mily Radio predicting the end of
the world. How will Harold weasel out of that one, if he survive that long? A
good time to go camping.
9935 is too weak to be Okeechobee and not // 15130. How do the French Guianans
feel about broadcasting such nonsense from their country? Ha, they have no say,
and I bet not even one percent know what`s going out at 215 degrees from
Montsin?ry, now more world-famous than Devil`s Island, on a par with Kourou.
6985, April 10 at 2310, in French, must be WYFR as scheduled, 355 degrees, but
only fair signal and much weaker than Spanish on 6915 at 160 degrees, both 100
kW. This does not compute (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9330-CUSB, WBCQ is on with another weekend special from Area 51, =
Area 93. At first I thought two stations were mixing, but that was the way the
music was presented on the modulation, soon clearing up to one thing at a time,
and of course, exact SSB tuning is critical with music. Nothing audible on
15420 or 5110, and not // 7415. At 2250 a ``legal ID`` on 9330 for WBCQ.
Recheck at 2313, with Radio TimTron WorldWide giving his mission statement, now
// 7415 and weaker // 5110-CUSB has also become audible. I had checked the Area
51 blog on Friday but nothing then about additional frequencies this weekend;
short notice (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. While monitoring VOR on 9890, see RUSSIA, I was dreading VOA upcoming
on 9885. At 2257 its open carrier is on --- no, there is some weak modulation
already, from Radio Mart? as quickly confirmed by // 6030. 2259 VOA YDD sign-on
in English, but mixing with R. Mart? frequency announcement in Spanish.
If RM is still in the mod mix after 2300 it`s buried under VOA`s ``De Capital a
Capital``, right into rap music, with widebland splash blowing away Russia on
9890. Did not keep listening long enough to tell whether the DentroCuban
Jamming Command also hit it, but why bother blocking this apolitical program?
Indeed, that does not usually stop them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. By 2300 April 10, WWCR-4 on 9980, which blasts in all day, is
beginning to fade down as Unshackled #2682 is starting on Saturday. I hope this
does not bode ill for reception of WORLD OF RADIO #1507, at its new time of
2330 Sunday. Hmm, that other show is 1175 episodes ahead of me. Must buckle
down and get busy.
7465, April 10 at 2314, WWCR-1 ending The Victory Hour (would you believe
quarter-hour?), with squeal quite audible on this transmitter, not to be
confused with some sirens in Enid arriving via compression waves at the very
same time. Next show opens with a Bible citation not even bothering to identify
itself (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. I have been noticing this for a week or two, but haven`t logged
it. Since it`s pervasive, about time to outpoint another intruder in the 31m
SWBC band: centered on 9871, some sort of loud utility noise at 2258 April 10,
heavily QRMing a broadcaster on 9870 but the latter went off a minute later,
presumably BSKSA to Europe as scheduled but also USward. 9871 is also there at
many other times, likely to mar VBS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 88, Issue 11
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