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Today's Topics:
1. BBC returns to Sri Lankan airwaves after 14-month absence
(Arnaldo)
2. Thur Dx (Charles Bolland)
3. Log Voice of Islam MLA (Theodor Averbeck)
4. LOgs for 21.4 (Zacharias Liangas )
5. Glenn Hauser logs April 21-22, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
6. Thurs afternoon Dx (Charles Bolland)
7. Glenn Hauser logs April 22-23, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:59:25 +0200
From: "Arnaldo" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: DXLD <[email protected]>, playdx2003
<[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] BBC returns to Sri Lankan airwaves after 14-month
absence
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The BBC World Service has reinstated its FM programming on Sri Lankan national
broadcaster SLBC after suspending the service in February 2009.
The programming was removed following "deliberate interference" with the
broadcasts, though BBC content remained available via shortwave radio channels
and online. At the time SLBC's chairman said it was his duty to censor the BBC
"at a time of war", as fighting intensified between troops and Tamil Tiger
rebels.
"The BBC wishes to rebuild its partnership with SLBC - part of a strong
relationship with listeners in Sri Lanka that goes back to the 1940s. We have
been reassured by SLBC that our contractual agreement will be respected, which
guarantees that our programmes in English, Sinhala, and Tamil are broadcast
uninterrupted," says Peter Horrocks, director of BBC Global News, in a press
release.
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:41:50 -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] Thur Dx
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Indonesia, 4869.92, RRI Sorong, 1100-1110, Noted a
threshold signal here with a female
in Indonesian language comments. Probably giving the
news, although the signal was too
thresy to hear much. As I prepared to tune away, the
signal improved just a little. The female
continues her comments. (Chuck Bolland, April 22,
2010)
Indonesia, 4749.93, RRI Makassa, 1111-1120, With a
male in Indonesian language comments,
while flute music was played in the background, noted a
fair signal here. At 1115 a female
joins in with comments. Signal was fair. (Chuck
Bolland, April 22, 2010)
WinRadio G305e/pd
26.27N 081.05W
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:58:55 +0200
From: Theodor Averbeck <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Log Voice of Islam MLA
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Log Data
Frequency kHz 15295
Date 2010-04-21
Time UTC 0900
Transmitter at Kajang MLA
T-Coordinates 3.0108627894905418 101.78359866142273 or +3? 0' 39.11", +101?
47' 0.96"
Report about News in Islam-Politics
Language English and (particular) Malaysian
SIO 544
TX-Website http://www.vom.com.my/
73 Theo
RX AOR AR7030 Mod - Ant DIY - Loc JO42DR
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:46:39 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] LOgs for 21.4
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Please look at my page about my latest trip
http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/273
http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/274
This logs:
http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/278
CHINA? 7280 1440 with talks , news and reports in Cantonese (RFA per
EIbi ) S4-5 33433
Russian songs @1500 from Byelorussia with ID (Hrodna)
?? 7260 ?? 1454 with music .(per Eibi Xinjiang PBS ) At 1500 with station
in p Finnish language
CHINA 7620 CNR 5 at 1955 with talks in CC. Very nice and rare signal at S5
found be /9355 (this with delay of ca 0.3 sec )
ARGENTINA 15345 RAE 2000 with ID Huna RAE . At 2004 with IS/ID
carousel in many languages then prg in French on 2006 . S7 35333
CANADA 15235 RCI 2004 news about refugees and the volcanic eruption
in Ireland S20
CUBA 15370 RHC 2007 with news , sudden audio gap . mean signal S3
Arabic at 2030
USA 15550 U 2009 talks with signal S2 max
cland 7515 unIDed to N Korea on 2027 Peculiar case of QRM intruder
(jammer?) in the LSb part with spark-like type or up&downward carrier shift
to -700HZ
cland 7530 unIDed to N Korea on 2031 with talks by YL in Korean S9 34433
Please read and distribute this 15 year research article
http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e
Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd
________________________
http://zlgr.multiply.com (radio monitoring site plus audio clips ) MAIN SITE
http://sites.google.com/site/zliangas (replacement of geocities)
http://zliangas.blogspot.com (radio tech , gadgets, grk ethics)
http://www.youtube.com/zach0gr some videos
http://www.myspace.com/310100806
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=770974854
http://www.worldisround.com/articles/302315/ (Litohoro) 321199/Tinos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachgr pictures upload
http://www.google.com/reader/shared/06600224598981072865 (social
news )
http://zlgr.stumbleupon.com (my social 'bookmarks' )
http://del.icio.us/gr_geek1
........
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
greekdx @ otenet dot gr ---
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:43:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 21-22, 2010
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** ANTARCTICA. LRA36 is supposedly scheduled 12-15 UT, only on M/W/F, so after
hearing it Monday, I did not even check for it Tuesday, heard it again
Wednesday but did check for it Thursday April 22 as I was already only 26 kHz
away on Ankara. By golly, there is a carrier with some pop music audio on 15476
(not 15475) at 1308. In fact this is a better signal than previous days,
peaking around 1315, but soon declining to hardly any audio by 1330, and
nothing but a carrier past 1421. So Radio Nacional Arc?ngel San Gabriel may
also be active on other weekdays. Trouble is, there is another carrier at least
as strong around 15478, and even stronger 15480 in Belarussian, Poland via
Woofferton UK at 1300-1430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 9650, Sackville again running KBS World Radio in Korean, April 22 at
1413 instead of default RCI ID and IS loop (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHINA. Replacement of Firedrake by CNR1 jamming on April 21 has been
explained by Sei-ichi Hasegawa and Robin Harwood as due to the anniversary of
the Qinghai earthquake. Apparently the ChiCom felt it would be inappropriate to
jam with such lively music on such a sad occasion. Of course this does not make
the jamming any less evil.
Now on April 22 it`s back to Firedrake as the audio source: at 1310 fair on
10970 but none of the other `970s. at 1405, 13970 has an open carrier with het,
flutter, and FD cuts on at 1405:45. At 1408 FD also on 13300 about the same
level as 13970. At 1409 also on 12950. 1411 on 10300 and stronger 10440 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. April 22 did not start monitoring until 1235 and could still hear
music on 4870-, 46 minutes after LSR in Enid, surely RRI Wamena. And much
stronger 4750 RRI Makassar with Indonesian talk. Must have been a good Indo
morning propagationally, but just as well to miss with all the static crashes
below 5 MHz from T-storm lightning in central Kansas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KAZAKHSTAN. 15450, April 22 at 1421 fair signal with flutter in unknown
language, but giveaway Family Radio riff. Aoki says it`s Sindhi via
Almaty-Nikolayevka site, power and azimuth unknown. Not BBC which had
originally been scheduled on this frequency at 1330-1500 via Armavir, Russia.
Do the Kazakhs not care what crusading use is being made of their transmitters?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. I was too engrossed in the daytime MW DX opening April 20 to even
think of checking for Kuwait`s new English frequency 15540, which I had
discovered the day before; but April 21 I tuned in at 1757 to hear music
already, and 1800 accurate timesignal, R. Kuwait ID and opening English, some
music, 1801 program summary, 1802 another show about Islam; the Kuwaitis do
their duty. Fairly good signal; still fair at 2048 during more pop music (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 18057.9, just barely audible carrier here, April 22 at 1424 but no
doubt the previously multi-IDed Radio Victoria, Lima, on its distinctive third
harmonic frequency, maybe a shade closer to 18057.8. I then looked for activity
on the ``17m`` hamband just above, and found only one weak signal, on
18151-SSB. Never could catch his call, speaking English with a Spanish accent,
but he did mention K8EHB fonetically more than once. Had the impression that
was his QSL manager rather than contact at the moment, but K8EHB at qrz.com
says nothing about such management. The LA station gave his QTH as Miraflores
(or Villaflores?) in the ``central part of ---``. Miraflores is of course a
well-known district of Lima, but I was already in a Peruvian state of mind. At
1430 he was calling QRZ? I wish hams would put as much effort into conveying
their own callsigns clearly and frequently (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 17705, BSKSA program 1, April 22 at 1335 M&M conversation in
Arabic, one of them apparently on the phone; occasional strumming interludes.
1400 news headlines with a stinger after each; one mentioned George Mitchell.
1415 some traditional music, 1417 resuming interview. This frequency now
scheduled at 12-15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [non]. UNIDENTIFIED. 15540, we still have a mystery from before 1330
to 1400*. April 22 at 1322 there is a wavering het and hum over a bit of audio.
This is presumably from Pakistan`s Tamil service until 1330. Then the het went
away and there is still a mixture of two audios with flutter. At 1336 it seems
that one of them could be Chinese, but not sure. At 1400 there is a two(?) pip
timesignal, and carrier off a few seconds later; the two signals` disappearance
is closely co?rdinated.
Then I check the April 22 edition of Aoki, and the answer has been added: Voice
of Tibet, via Dushanbe-Yangiyul, TAJIKISTAN, 100 kW at 131 degrees, 1300-1400
in Tibetan except for Chinese at 1315-1330. I wonder if this is the `extra`
broadcast VOT says they put on to convey condolences to Tibet after last week`s
earthquake on the Tibetan plateau, and complain that the ChiCom kept jamming it
anyway despite pleas to turn it off. See http://tinyurl.com/29a4zlx as found by
Alokesh Gupta and http://bit.ly/99M3cj as found by Yimber Gavir?a. And Yimber
forwards this from VOT website http://www.vot.org/ ---
VOT starts message line to quake victims
VOT encourages all those who want to have their message of support or
condolences transmitted on short wave radio to Tibet to call the VOT main
editorial office in Dharamsala. Your message will be recorded and included in
our daily transmissions. To send your message call VOT at +91 1892 222384 or
e-mail to info @ vot.org
VOT - Shortwave broadcast frequency and time
Frequency mHz UTC time
on/around 15.520 11:00 - 12:30
around 15.540 12:30 - 13:15
around 15.430* 13:30 - 14:00
17.560* 13:30 - 14:30
* Transmissions on 15.430 mHz between 7 and 7.30pm and 17.560 mHz between 7 pm
and 8 pm Indian time are best options for listeners in India
Contact
Voice of Tibet Foundation (adm. office) Kirkegata 5, 0153 Oslo NORWAY
Telephone: (+47) 22 11 12 09 Fax:
Email: editor @ vot.org info @ vot.org oystalme @ gmail.com
Note that our log on 15540 does not correspond to the schedule above (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 15450, VOT, at last fairly audible for Live from Turkey, now
scheduled only on the 1230 Thursday broadcasts, April 22 starting later than
usual at 1303 after Agenda. Seref is prime host for this one too, but I did not
stay with it as irresistibly drawn to Antarctica nearby. Tuned back and forth a
few times and did not hear any callers but instead music fill and the
multi-lingual ID filler toward the end (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Since I was checking Kuwait 15540, extremely convenient to see if
WJHR is active on 15550-USB: yes, April 20 at 1803 a bit of hymusic which I
recognize as what`s on their only (?) produced ID, and JIP their exclusive
gospel huxter. Pretty good signal, but not heard at 2048 recheck (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13845, WWCR inbooming at 1406 April 22, with free seed offer from
Alex, while 15825 was much weaker --- so the HF sporadic E MUF must have been
between those two frequencies, and/or 15825 is running much less power than
13845. At 1420 still the same situation, but 15825 is strong enough to tell
that it is squealing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, but only listening on webcast, WRMI at 1502 Thursday April 22
finally has replaced The Happy Station, now with some DX program in Spanish
playing interval signals, CRI`s at the moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) ###
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:29:54 -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] Thurs afternoon Dx
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Bolivia, 6134.79, Radio Santa Cruz, 2304-2320 Noted
RSC on a clear freq for a change, with
probably news in Spanish language by a male. At 2307,
live comments continue by two males.
At about 2310, a female comments briefly with the
males. Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland,
April 22, 2010)
Bulgaria, 6200, Radio Bulgaria, 2313-2330, Noted a
broadcast of Spanish language news being
presented by a male and female. At 2316, flute music
followed by an ID in Spanish. Signal
was fair. (Chuck Bolland, April 22, 2010)
WinRadio g305e/pd
26.27N 081.05W
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:28:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 22-23, 2010
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** ANGUILLA. 11775, University Network remains off the air as it has been all
week, at 1809 UT check April 22. At this hour DGS could be heard on WWCR 13845,
whew. Still off around 2100, so no ACI to RNA Brasil on 11780. Aw, shux, 6090
is back on at 0120 April 23, // WWCR 5935 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. Checked WRMI 9955 for signs of jamming April 22 at 2041, but
neither jamming nor WRMI audible. The latter may be signing on at 2100, when
WORLD OF RADIO is scheduled on Thursdays, but by next check 2124, nothing but
jamming noise/pulsing was audible on 9955; meanwhile WOR had been confirmed by
webcast as running on WRMI. Thanx a lot, Arnie! No jamming anyway on WWRB 3185,
UT Friday 0330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. R. Kuwait was heard on new 15540 for the 18-21 English broadcast on
April 19, not checked 20, heard again April 21; checked April 22 and --- it`s
in Arabic, instead! At 1805 news with musical stingers, good but fluttery
signal.
Is English back on 11990? No, that is still vacant. 1818 still in Arabic on
15540, ditto 2015; at 2100 5+1 timesignal, fanfare and news in Arabic; frequent
mentions of Amerikiyah, and arraiz. 2108 same fanfare news theme but cut off
the air before it could finish.
Typical unreliable operation and now we have no idea what their intent is; was
it Arabic by mistake today? English on some other unfound frequency today only
or henceforth? English on no frequency? It`s right around sundown before
Friday, so a weekend variation? And what about the onetime morning English at
0500-0800: is it anywhere now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WBCQ runs both 7415 and 9330-CUSB weekdays at 18-19, but 9330 usually
cuts off shortly after 1900, frustrating those starting to listen to WORLD OF
RADIO on Tue, Wed or Thu. However, Thursday April 22 after confirming that WOR
had started at 1900, on our portable in a parking lot we could also hear WOR
1509 concluding at 1929, ID, plug for new clients, and WBCQ starts Amos & Andy,
9330-CUSB still on the air. A good thing too, since 7415 was just barely
audible out here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Sporadic E observations on nearby HF stations April 22: 13845 WWCR
was inbooming at 1406 UT, but at next check 1809 it was not, back to normal. At
2043, 15825 was inbooming during country music show. TV-FM Skip log showed lots
of VHF activity in the morning, but not in the afternoon.
15610, WEWN very strong at 2044, and thus adding its mushy spur to WYFR 15600
in Romanian; also detectable on 15620 with BFO on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15550-USB, WJHR audible at 2045 April 22 with perpetual preacher,
probably with sporadic E-assist as WEWN was very strong on 15610, WWCR on 15825
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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