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Today's Topics:
1. Log Voice of Turkey (Theodor Averbeck)
2. Mon Morn DX (Charles Bolland)
3. Glenn Hauser logs April 18-19, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
4. Re: Glenn Hauser logs April 18-19, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
5. Glenn Hauser logs April 19, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
6. R.THAILAND A10 (Alokesh Gupta)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:21:12 +0200
From: Theodor Averbeck <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Log Voice of Turkey
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Log Data
Frequency kHz 13635
Date 2010-04-19
Time UTC 1130
Transmitter at Emirler TUR
T-Coordinates 39.40151479315123 32.85583734512329 or +39? 24' 5.45", +32? 51'
21.01"
Report Talk about News
Language Turkish
SIO 544
TX-Website www.trt.net.tr
73 Theo
RX AOR AR7030 Mod - Loc JO42DR
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:24:10 -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] Mon Morn DX
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Bolivia, 4699.96, Radio San Miguel, 0925-0935, Noted a
male in comments briefly, then music is
presented. I checked this over the weekend in the
mornings and didn't hear anything here. So
maybe San MIguel is off the air on Saturday and Sunday
mornings? Don't recall if I haven't heard
them on previous weekends? At 0933 live Spanish
comments from a male with mentions of
"San Miguel". Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland, April
19, 2010)
Russia, 5940, Radio Rossii, Magadan, 0935-1005, At
first had difficulty pulling this in due to heavy
splatter, but by 0950, the splatter had abated and a
program of music and Russian comments
was heard. Most of the comments were from a female.
On the hour time ticks (5,1) followed
by canned ID and then news from a female. Signal was
poor. (Chuck Bolland, April 19, 2010)
Korea/Unident, 6003, Echo of Hope or Jammer, Tent,
1005-1015, Noted a strong carrier on 6003.
After some fine tuning, heard a signal of Korean music
with cybals, drums and flutes. I am
assuming this is EoH and not the jammer from North
Korean which is also listed here? Regardless,
I can only hear/see one signal on this freq at this
time. According to the schedule that AOKI has for
both EoH and the Jammer, Echo of Hope is up on Saturday
and Sunday only, while the jammer is
suppose to be up all week. So EoH should be off the
air this morning. Noise is overwhelming making
it difficult to hear audio. (Chuck Bolland, April 19,
2010)
Argentina, 6060, Radio Argentina, 1016-1030, Noted a
male in female in Japanese language comments.
This is the regular Japanese language program scheduled
between 1000 to 1100 on weekdays.
Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland, April 19, 2010)
Korea, S, 6518, Voice of the People, 1043-1050, Noted
a person in Korean language comments. Signal
is weak and threshold. (Chuck Bolland, April 19, 2010)
Korea, S, 6600, Voice of the People, 1048-1055, Noted
a parallel signal with 6518 KHz and a person
in Korean language comments. This signal was slightly
better than 6518 KHz's signal with a fair
level. (Chuck Bolland, April 19, 2010)
WinRadio G305e/pd & NRD545
26.37N 081.05W
I need a good link/url for Google Maps. One that will
take me immediately to the site where
I can enter a position and pull up a picture or
locality? Any help?
Thanks
Chuck
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:47:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 18-19, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** ANTARCTICA. Looking for LRA-36, 15476, on new schedule of M/W/F 12-15 UT:
Monday April 19 at 1313 there is a carrier on 15476 (not 15475), vs much
stronger Russian on 15480 --- or rather Belarussian, as listed Poland 74
degrees via Woofferton UK at 1300-1430.
Kept on straining to hear 15476+, a smidgin on the hi side, which seems to be
AM/DSB rather than RC/USB, but too weak to be positive, especially with all the
QRM. Also suffers from intermittent utefarts preceded by 3 beeps centered about
15470.
By 1319 fades up a bit and at this level there should be modulation audible,
but the latter does not start showing until 1322, when I can detect some music.
Generous FRG-7 S-meter fluxuates S3 to peaks at S9. Nothing but music heard to
1332 as 15480 QRM weakens somewhat. By 1343, LRA36 is peaking to S9+5 but not
much help and soon lost to increasing local noise level.
It`s time anyway to turn my attention to the OKC bombing sesquidecade memorial
service on four local TV channels, covered much more briefly on all the
national news networks. Hasta mi?rcoles y viernes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 6676-USB, VOLMET from *1230 April 19, first noted as ACI to
Honolulu 6679; included Townsville, Adelaide, each with `QNH` barometric
readings in millibars (I think).
Per http://www.dxinfocentre.com/volmet.htm this is AXQ-429 from Brisbane, and
on 6676 the half-hourly rotation is Brisbane, Calcutta, Bangkok, Karachi,
Singapore, Bombay, or if you prefer, Brisbane, Kolkata, Krung Thep, Karachi,
Jurong, Mumbai. Hmmm, does Brisbane have an alternate Aboriginal name? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake April 19: at 1247, nothing on 8400, but good on
9365, where nothing is known to be scheduled, so must be latest landing spot
for a Sound of Hope jam-magnet, itself inaudible.
9845, Voice of America singing ID jingle made it thru CNR1 jamming at 1250
April 19, back to Chinese. VOA is via Saipan during this hour only, then Tinang.
Firedrake alone, at 1307 fair on 13970, at 1308 good on 13500, at 1309 fair on
14970 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. RHC anomalies April 19: at 0515, no signal on 5970, so
impossible to tell whether it would have been in Spanish or English. This
allowed NHK 5975 to arrive unimpeded, English via Rampisham to Europe, and also
no ACI to REE/Costa Rica 5965, tho plenty of CCI.
At 0516, RHC English 6010 was playing hard rock music, splattering to 6000 and
6020, the latter bothering CRI English via Sackville: Commies vs Commies!
Spain 6055 was also playing hard rock music, overpowering RHC on 6060, but
Spain soon had Spanish announcement (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA [non]. Tnx to tip from Ivo Ivanov, Radio Xoriyo Ogadenia heard on
new frequency at new time, April 19 at 1435 poor-fair in presumed Somali talk,
1441 a bit of HOA music, soon back to talk, and fading down some. Frequency is
in the clear. This is 300 kW, 160 degrees from PRIDNESTROVYE, Mondays and
Fridays only since April 16 at 1430-1500, replacing M & F 1815-1845 on 7425 via
Armenia, which of course had no chance of reaching deep NAm, and apparently did
not work that well to Ogaden either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HAWAII. 6679-USB, April 19 at *1225 following New Zealand, VOLMET for
Alaskan airports including Cold Bay, Anchorage, King Salmon. If robotic, very
well done and sounds human. One might have thought it was from Anchorage, but
1230 ID as Honolulu Radio, and continued. Per DX Info Centre, call is KVM70,
and schedule is 25 and 55 minutes past each hour. Next up is JIA Tokyo at :10
and :40 so Honolulu can run up to 15 minutes each. It has a lot of territory to
cover (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. Just as I tuned in 11695, April 19 at 1302, heard ``irib.ir``
pronounced with English letters, and back into S Asian language, Qur`an with
long pauses. What are we going to do when they start pronouncing URLs only in
Persian or Urdu?
Per Aoki, 11695 is VIRI Urdu service at 1300-1427, 500 kW, 118 degrees from
Kamalabad. Soon found // on 11805, but there mixed with Chinese, CNR1 vs VOA
Thailand. IRIB on 11805 is 500 kW, but 178 degrees from Kamalabad. I should
think the China radio war would cause a bit of QRM in Pakistan too (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH. 7275, April 19 at 1158 found KBS IS and IDs in Korean and
English, 1200 opening Korean program. Per Aoki this is 250 kW non-direxional at
08-11 and 12-14 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. 3912, April 19 at 1210, solo singing briefly holding
its own against SSB QRhaM, i.e. V. of the People, clandestine from South to
North; no jamming audible as usually the case.
3480, the usual KNDF clandestine from North to South, was missing, as was any
jamming upon it. Trace of the VOK 3560 feeder (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 6679-USB, April 19 at 1224 with VOLMET for NZ, sounds like a
human instead of a robot, concluding with Auckland ID until 1225* and
immediately followed by Honolulu; see HAWAII. DX Info Centre says callsign is
ZKAK, scheduled at 20 and 50 minutes past each hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 3905.0, weak AM talk at 1214 April 19, presumed Radio New
Ireland, SSB QRhaM, barely audible compared to Korea 3912, and much stronger
Nikkei 3925 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020, tuned in 1202 April 19 just in time to hear a bit of
music, sounds like anthem, then open carrier from 1203 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** THAILAND [and non]. 7575, VOA World News Now, April 19 at 1245 dumped off
the air twice during Earth & Sky segment, causing most of this brief feature to
be lost. Otherwise reception was sufficient. Latest info on the needlessly
complex IBB transmitter usage on this frequency, subject to change without
notice:
12-13 daily Thailand 30 degrees, USward
13-14 Sat/Sun Tinang 21 degrees, USward
14-15 M-F Thailand 268 degrees
15-16 daily Thailand 268 degrees
22-23 M-F Tinang [or UT Sun-Thu??] 270 degrees
23-24 daily Tinang 270 degrees
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9330-CUSB, WBCQ on the air for another Area 51 test on extra
frequency, Sunday April 18 at 2135 during International Radio Report from CKUT,
which I had started listening to on webcast. Nothing audible on 5110, and 7415
too deep in local noise level to hear presumed simultaneous Marion`s Attic.
If only I could get a reliable 9330 time for WORLD OF RADIO, as 7415
Tue/Wed/Thu at 1900-1930 has limited range in spring/summer daytime (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7170, April 19 at 1235, DRM-like noise centred here, but not
quite 10 kHz wide. Surely no broadcaster would dare, so maybe a ham
experimenting with DRM-like mode? Might also have been Ethiopian jamming in
radio war with Eritrea, except no broadcast signals found on 7110, 7165, 7175
or 7185, and a bit early for long-path (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11500, again with open carrier, good signal but fluttery, 1253
April 19; 1259 some intermittent tones, 1300 still OC with occasional chirps
probably from adjacent ute. 1305, still open carrier. Per Aoki, V. of Russia
via TAJIKISTAN, is scheduled 1200 English, 1300 Hindi, 1400-1500 English,
apparently failing to apply modulation. Sound of Hope and Firedrake also appear
on 11500 but no sign of that today, unless it was instead a FD transmitter in
OC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:12:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 18-19, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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WTFK?? 15540!
** ETHIOPIA [non]. Tnx to tip from Ivo Ivanov, Radio Xoriyo Ogadenia heard on
new frequency at new time, April 19 at 1435 poor-fair in presumed Somali talk,
1441 a bit of HOA music, soon back to talk, and fading down some. Frequency is
in the clear. This is 300 kW, 160 degrees from PRIDNESTROVYE, Mondays and
Fridays only since April 16 at 1430-1500, replacing M & F 1815-1845 on 7425 via
Armenia, which of course had no chance of reaching deep NAm, and apparently did
not work that well to Ogaden either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:17:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 19, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** CHINA. Firedrake, April 19 at 1909, fair on 11700. Here`s one that must be
against RFA Chinese via Tinian, unheard tho scheduled 18-20, rather than
against Sound of Hope (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11600, DCJC wall of noise is still going here all day, such as April
19 at 1909, presumably against never-confirmed low-power Radio Rep?blica
transmitter in Central America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15540, surprised to find good signal here with pop music at 1856
April 19; 1900 no ID heard but into English program ``Pioneers of
Civilization``, about the contributions of Muslim scholars for ten centuries.
Opened with a credit to something-Choice Produxions, and then Allah-Akbar song.
M narrator has American accent, W has Britishish accent, speaking slowly and
clearly and with musical produxion.
You learn something every day: Allah created man from a leech. Finally got down
to business at 1904 focusing on a mathematician, Ali Ben-Hamza (sp?). But
whence is it? Modulation good, so can`t be Cairo or Damascus on a new
frequency, but who else in Arab world has English at this hour? Kuwait! Check
11990 where English has been scheduled for ages at 18-21 UT: nothing there.
Will go back to 15540 again later.
At 1910, 15540 weakening and still no 11990; 15540 much weaker than Portugal on
15560. Next check at 2015, rock music, poor signal now vs noise level, and
still music past 2035 with no announcement breaks. At 2100 time signal, ID in
Arabic mentioning Kuwait, news theme and news in Arabic, but cut off the air at
2104*.
Later, checking the references, primetimeshortwave still has 11990 as the 18-21
English frequency. EiBi too, 11990 for English to Europe at 18-21, and 15540
during the same pair of sequihours is supposed to be DRM in Arabic!
Aoki has a match, tho, with 15540 as R. Kuwait A-10 analog English from MOI at
18-21, 150 kW, 310 degrees, i.e. USward as well as UKward.
Altho Aoki got it, the complete R. Kuwait/MOI A-10 transmission schedule has
been slow to come out; not yet in DXLD nor in the bclnews.it archive, for
instance.
After 2200 I looked for DRM from Kuwait on 11670-11675-11680 as previously
scheduled to North America, but unfound. Another new A-10 frequency is per
Aoki:
11950 R KUWAIT (DRM) 2200-0230 1234567 Arabic 150 350 Sulaibiyah
Checking at 2247, I can`t hear any DRM around either frequency, but by now
maybe just not propagable.
This DRM schedule does not now show anything for Kuwait!
http://www.drm-dx.de/ nor can I find any recent forum mentions of Kuwait DRM
logs here or at the drmna yg (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15385 checked April 19 at 1911, not even a carrier detectable from
KJES during its scheduled sesquihour on this frequency, next to RHC 15380
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:35:45 +0530
From: Alokesh Gupta <[email protected]>
To: Alokesh-Hotmail <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] R.THAILAND A10
Message-ID:
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Radio Thailand,World Service
Effective March 28, 2010 as per A-10 seasonal change
Time Language Target Frequency(KHz)
----------------------------------------
0000-0030 English *Live US-East 15275
0030-0100 English *Live US-West 15275
0100-0200 Thai US-West 15275
0200-0230 English US-East 15275
0230-0330 Thai US-East 15275
0530-0600 English *Live Europe-Africa 17655
1000-1100 Thai Middle East 15275 (Re-Run from 1800-1900 UTC txn)
1100-1115 Vietnamese Asia-Pacific 7260
1115-1130 Khmer Asia-Pacific 7260
1130-1145 Lao Asia-Pacific 6030
1145-1200 Burmese Asia-Pacific 6030
1200-1215 Malaysian Asia-Pacific 11870
1230-1300 English Asia-Pacific 9890
1300-1315 Japanese Asia-Pacific 9575
1315-1330 Mandarin Asia-Pacific 9575
1330-1400 Thai Asia-Pacific 9575
1400-1430 English Asia-Pacific 9575
1800-1900 Thai Europe 7570
1900-2000 English Europe 7570
2000-2015 German Europe 9680
2030-2045 English Europe 9680
2045-2115 Thai Europe 9680
Radio Thailand,World Service(HSK9),
Public Relations Department,Royal Thai Government
236 Vibhavadi Rangsit Road,Din Daeng,Bangkok 10400
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Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi, India
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