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Today's Topics:
1. Thur Morn Dx - MAGNA (Charles Bolland)
2. 4025, Liberia (L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec)
3. Antarctica (Richard Brock)
4. Glenn Hauser logs June 2-3, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
5. Radio Joystick Relay on 9515 kHz (Tom Taylor)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 11:02:46 -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 Morn Dx - MAGNA
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India, 9595, AIR, Delhi,(pres) 1028-1105, Noted a
program of steady music with no comments or ID.
Music was instrumental of old favorites from Broadway
shows. By 1050, the signal begins to
fade but still presenting music w/o comments. At
1059 a female talks in
a unidentifiable language and continues with possibly
the news. Signal was fair at start,
but ended up being poor. (Chuck Bolland, June 3,
2010)
Indonesia, 9525.83, Voice of Indonesia, 1045-1100, At
tune in, noted local type music in progress.
Signal was strong, clear and at a good level. (Chuck
Bolland, June 3, 2010)
Note: Installed an updated version of Magna
(AOKI/EIBI) database at
http://www.orchidcitysoftware.com/IMAGE59.HTML
Although the database Magna has been updated, the
comments on
the web page (IMAGE59) such as the dates, haven't been
updated. Just ignore
the dates.
WinRadio G305e/pd
26.37N 081.05W
It's very hot these days here in Florida and many of us
just naturally slow
down to a crawl due to the heat.
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 09:25:37 -0300
From: L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "Anker Petersen"
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] 4025, Liberia
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5995, R. Mali, Bamako. May, 30 2335-2345 male in Vernacular talking on tribal
music. Clear, 34433 (lob-B).
3912, Korea, South, Voice of the People, Kyonggi-do. May, 31 0937-0947 slow
melodic music, male and female in Korean talks "Pyongyang". 33433, (lob-B).
15476, Antarctica, RN San Gabriel. May, 31 1406-1417 male in Spanish "c?digo
postal.Base Esperanza. muy buenos dias para todos, programa La Esperanza al
Mundo", female announcements, talks about history of Argentina in Antarctica;
33433. June, 01 1436-1446 Pop Spanish selections; 43533. June, 02 1416-1430
female in Spanish, weather report, Pop Spanish selections, male ID in music
break "transmite LRA36. para todo el mundo". 35543, (lob-B).
4460, China, CNR, Beijing. May, 31 2106-2113 female in Chinese talks.
Degrading, 25433 (lob-B).
4950, Peru, R. Madre de Dios, Puerto Maldonado. May, 31 2154-2207 virtuoso solo
acoustic guitar in latin themes, male "grande valor art?stico deste compositor
y guitarrista". 33433, (lob-B).
5005, Equatorial Guinea, R. Nacional, Bata. May, 31 2210-2219 Pop, Afropop
music selections. 24422, (lob-B).
4025, Liberia, Star Radio. June, 01 0715-0736 male talks in English on African
music, many mentions of "Liberia"; degrading, 25322. June, 03 0713-0729 male
talks in English on Afropop music, many mentions of "Liberia". At June, 01
signal was slightly stronger 25332 (lob-B).
7125, Guinea, R. Conakry, Conakry-Sofon. June, 01 0740-0750 male in Vernacular
talks on tribal music; 35533. June, 03 0733-0740 female in French talks
alternating short slow music, outside child voice. 33533, (lob-B).
6170, R. New Zealand Int., Rangitaiki. June, 01 0755-0802 Pacific Pop music,
piece of Steely Dan music, time pips, news headlines by male, outside talks.
45444, (lob-B).
3945, R. Vanuatu, Port Vila. June, 01 English (listed) 0947-1000 instrumental
music alternating male and female talks. 25322, (lob-B).
4940, Peru, R San Antonio, Villa Atalaya. June, 01 2210-2233 folk music
selections alternating female time announcements (-5 UTC), male canned ID "R.
Santo Antonio". 24322, (lob-B).
In my last log about 3905 R. New Ireland, i forgot the time, right is as follow:
3905, Papua New Guinea, R.New Ireland, Kavieng. May, 30 0929-0941 romantic,
Pop, seems local Pop music selections, male in Pidgin in every music break. At
peak 35533, (lob-B).
73's
L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec
Embu SP Brasil - Sony ICF SW40 - dipole 18m, 32m.
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 11:48:58 -0400
From: "Richard Brock" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Antarctica
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Hello DXer's,
Every day I'm tuned and listening to 15476 for Antarctica
if and when they broadcast between 1200 to 1500UTC. So far nothing that I can
hear except open air and a lot of times a motorboating sound. Will keep trying,
I need to hear a broadcast from them thats readible enough to send a reception
report to them, hoping for a reply and I really want a QSL card, that's if they
QSL. Has anyone heard the station lately?
Rich Brock
Near Pittsburgh, Pa. USA
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 10:11:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs June 2-3, 2010
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** CHINA. Firedrake June 3; generally poor reception. When are we ever going to
attain solar flux consistently above 80?
8400, JBA at 1313
11500, fair at 1324 with CCI
13300, very poor at 1328
14700, at 1334, possibly there under local TVI/noise blob
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. RHC English enjoyed four frequencies, June 3 at 0609, as
feeds randomly change on some of them: 5040, 5970, 6010 and 6060; while Spanish
was on 6120 and 6150.
13580, RHC lower leapfrog from huge 13780 signals over 13680, June 3 at 1329
mixing with something, and much weaker than its higher match on 13880. Now the
victim is VOA Somali northward from Madagascar, Prague having abandoned 13580
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI English, somebody turned up the modulation today
unlike yesterday so it`s at good level atop hum, June 3 at 1319 talk about
ASEAN, the YL pronouncing it like ``Afghan``, which was the ``Focus`` segment,
1320 on to ``News in Brief``; music later until 1357 hit by het from CRI
Russian 9525.0 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBERIA. Another attempt to hear Star Radio on 4025: June 3 at 0533 there is
definitely a carrier, and it is very slightly on the lo side, compared to Cuba
on 5025, unless the latter be slightly on the hi side, i.e., with BFO slightly
offtuned, and tuning 1.0 MHz apart on the FRG-7, slightly different pitches are
heard. Still too much T-storm noise, at the moment from the next county to the
east. Without that, and with adequate modulation, I might have been able to log
some details (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. June 2 was another huge sporadic-E TV DX day from here.
Unfortunately a lot of this cannot be traced to a specific station. Times
always in UT. Referenced are the listings at
http://www.w9wi.com/tv-channel-index.html
1417, when I turn on TV, already open up to channel 6. As the day goes on with
2-6 full, I frequently check channel 8 in case there be some hiband skip (and
some was reported elsewhere), but nothing yet. Unfortunately my channel 7 is
blocked by KOCO-DT OKC (as are 9 and 13 tho 9 is supposed to give up for 39
permanently instead).
1420 on 5, talk show with 2M and 2W, mentioning Veracruz, Veracruz. Must be
XHAJ Las Lajas, 100 kW, which is listed on the XHGC-5 net but apparently local
programming at the moment.
1425 on 5, CCI from Smurfs cartoons; also seen earlier on lower channel. 1434
on 5, italic 5 bug in UR, with the cartoons, so XHGC-5 net if not XHGC DF
itself.
1437 on 3, tv3 bug in UR, talkshow. This is XHP Puebla. See very useful logo
reference at http://www.tvdxtips.com/mexlogos.html
1624 on 6, Azteca 13 bug in UR, talkshow. This bug is the Aztec numeral 13, two
vertical lines and three dots to the right (5+5+3). Eight full-power stations
and two low-power fit this description, including Puebla.
Opening continues, but I am too busy to log stuff until ---
1915 on 6, A-13 bug in UR again, may or may not be same as at 1624.
1936 on 5, cartoons from net-5, Pixies, dubbed (XHGC-5 net seems to run
cartoons most of the day)
1930 on 5, toons, El Chavo
1945 on 4, gameshow, kids (or small adults), on trikes negotiating obstacle
course and running into things, ha ha; some are wearing red jumpsuits, others
blue. A bug in LL says DICO, program name? TV Guide listing for XHTV-4 net has
``Se Vale`` at 17-20 UT, including games.
1958 on 6, Azteca-7 net, cartoon. 4 full power and 1 low power listed; CCI from
soccer
2000 on 5, net-5, cartoon credits, El Chavo
2000 on 4, newscast, bug in UR says tv and maybe something else more
identifiable I can`t make out. Maybe XHGV Veracruz, with rtv logo as in
Oglethorpe`s logo reference. Can`t find listing for channel at TV Guide for
Veracruz, which deals only with cable channels.
Only thing close in TV Guide is XEQ-9 Galavisi?n net with ``NX`` which is about
entertainment rather than hard news. The only two stations with net-9 on 4 are
XHBO Oaxaca and XHBK Tapachula.
2008 on 5, ads recorded for later analysis
2017-2027, took a break for FM DX: see USA [and non]
2037 on 5, net-5 with Spongebob, at times // audio on channel 4
2050, opening weakens to channel 4 and below
2201 on 5, ``El Poder de la Fe`` program starts, with large phone numbers and
addresses supered across bottom, alternating Xalapa, Orizaba and Poza Rica, all
Veracruz. No doubt XHAJ Las Lajas again. CCI from Spongebob and again at 2220
2257 on 3, net-5 with Penguins toon. Opening continuing until about 0200, but
no further logs.
June 3: on HF again at 1330+ signs of Es, tho F2 worldwide reception is pits.
1410, TV on to find Mexicans channels 2-5 including toons on 3. Opening not so
strong as yesterday, meaning less QRM on lower channels.
1533 on 2, Azteca-7 net bug in upper right and clock for 10:33 during novela
(?). There are 5 full-power and 1-lower power listed. But two of them are west
of the CDT zone, so that leaves only 4 to pick from.
By 1700 UT opening has weakened, but still plenty of CCI on 2 southward. What I
am really hoping for is an opening from Caribbean/Central/South America at
least double hop, excluding Mexico, so should leave antenna SE a lot of the
time and keep an eye on DX Sherlock which however has been accused of virality
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SWAZILAND [non]. 11640, June 3 at 0614, still at 0632, open carrier
registering S9+10. TWR via SOUTH AFRICA scheduled in English, and normally
heard here. Now all they need is modulation while burning up 500 kW, 320
degrees USward like in the good old Radio RSA days via Meyerton.
Same site also on 11605 in French at 0614, notably weaker, since that`s
Meyerton relaying RFI at 05-07, only 100 kW at 345 degrees, including
modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13845, WWCR inbooming at 1333 June 3, but no signal on 15825. Since
sporadic E was also in play up to 85 MHz, I must conclude that WWCR-1 was off
the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Checking out sporadic E on HF before I turned on the VHF, June 3 at
1335, WWV VG on 20000, normally inaudible this close. Zero ham activity on 21
or 28 MHz, but the CBers were all over 27 MHz working skip, and I noticed an
isolated freeband frequency 26105 with lots of signals, hets as they fail to
accurately tune their AM carriers. Others below the CB on 26735, 26815 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. When channels 2-6 are full of TV DX [see MEXICO], it`s
likely that the FM band is also open. I have not been trying to DX there yet as
it requires undivided attention unlike keeping one eye on the TV screens. But
at 2017 UT June 2 I do deliberately take a break to FM, using the DX-398 with
AC on the south-facing porch, and the whip antenna immediately manipulable to
compensate for QRM, polarizations. There are few open frequencies here any more
with lots of locals, semi-locals and blocking adjacent frequencies too. Spanish
will stand out, compensating for several OK SS stations. I don`t find anything
except:
At 2017 on 87.75, ID in Spanish as ``87.7``, plugging a pastor, then another
slogan but no legal ID, ``87.7, en tu casa, la primera en el dial``, and ad for
Restaur?n El Salvador in V?ctorville, California (which is between San
Bernardino and Barstow), then ``m?sica cristiana que te bendice``, mariachi.
The stereo pilot goes on at fadeups! Shortly heard St. George, Utah mentioned,
a music dedication, so a network program also heard there rather than by
another DXer?
At 2021 87.75 has CCI (mono it seems) from other Spanish talk, 2022 an ad for
Banorte, so this is probably a real Mexican TV station. At 2023, the stereo
station puts phone caller on air, YLs talking, birthday dedication. 2027
timecheck for 1:26 = PDT.
This is of course one of those low-power TV stations funxioning as a radio
station. Old analog stereo TV on channel 6 was a different system and would not
come thru as stereo on an FM receiver, so they are axually running ordinary FM
stereo on a TV audio channel! Yes, I made sure it was really on 87.75, not
87.70. This appears to be another loophole in FCC regs. I have previously
identified the prime suspect in southern California, KSFV-CA, Los ?ngeles,
licensed for 3 kW to Almavisi?n.
But W9WI shows a number of other stations on channel 6 thruout the state, but
disregarding the ones relaying real TV stations or networks, and dealing only
with the ones in the W9WI list which are LICensed rather than just APPlications
or Construction Permits, and disregarding all DTV ones: the only ones with
unaccounted for programming are in the Bay Area or the north: KEFM-LP Chico,
KBKF-LP Glen Arbor, KFMD-LP Redding. The only close one in the south is K06MB,
Indio (between Thousand Palms and Mecca), also 3 kW, but supposed to be running
real TV, ION/RTV.
There is also a KCIO-LP in Victorville, relaying TBN, on analog with app for
DTV, so if that is really on it`s hard to see how another station on 87.75
could have any listeners to benefit from the restaurant ad there. Unless the
same station/network has another outlet in Victorville.
Unfortunately the new FM Atlas does not deal with any of these faux-TV stations
on 87.75 which are really radio, of which there are a growing number around the
country.
On 92.1 at 2025 I was getting Spanish CCI to my local KAMG-LP. Back inside to
the computer and TVs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 21:43:08 +0100
From: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
To: "Tom Taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Joystick Relay on 9515 kHz
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Radio Joystick Relay on 9515 kHz
Dear Listeners,
The relay of Radio Joystick is on this Saturday the 5th
of June 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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