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Today's Topics:
1. BBG Responds to Heritage Foundation Piece (Alokesh Gupta)
2. New on RNZI - Papua New Guinea Radio (Radio Heritage Mail)
3. Glenn Hauser logs June 11, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
4. Sat DX (Charles Bolland)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:12:23 +0530
From: Alokesh Gupta <[email protected]>
To: Alokesh-Hotmail <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] BBG Responds to Heritage Foundation Piece
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BBG Responds to Heritage Foundation Piece regarding U.S. international
broadcasting policy
http://www.rwonline.com/article/101380
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Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi, India
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:38:23 +1200
From: "Radio Heritage Mail" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] New on RNZI - Papua New Guinea Radio
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Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.net
RNZI Airs New Radio Heritage
Documentary
Papua New Guinea Radio
75 Years On the Air
____________________________
Join us from Monday June 14 2010 when we air our new radio heritage
documentary about Papua New Guinea Radio on the Mailbox program from
Radio New Zealand International.
It's 75 years this year since 4PM Port Moresby began its first
commercial broadcasts to the largely unexplored territory of Papua
New Guinea.
We take a look back at those early days, soon to be followed by an
amazing variety of radio stations that filled the airwaves over the
following decade.
You can listen directly via shortwave or audio on demand [for the
following month] with full details of broadcast frequencies and times
for your area and audio downloads at www.rnzi.com.
You'll hear about the Armed Forces Radio Jungle Network, the
Australian Army Amenities Service network, propaganda broadcasts from
Rabaul, the shared command station 9PA and more about the signals on
the airwaves of the mountains, islands, and jungles of this scattered
archipelago in the south-west Pacific.
Just how do you go about broadcasting to the home of several thousand
local dialects and languages when the only transport your station has
available is the truck that empties the town toilets every night.
Join David Ricquish of the Radio Heritage Foundation for a
fascinating story about early radio in Papua New Guinea and some
enjoyable local music.
You'll also find the story of the joint command station 9PA, and
guides to the AFRS Jungle Network and the Australian AAS network
stations across Papua New Guinea at www.radioheritage.net.
Use our free Pacific Asian Log Radio Guides for full details of AM
and shortwave broadcasters from around the entire region including
Papua New Guinea.
RNZI's Mailbox program from Monday June 14 via shortwave and audio on
demand with full times and schedules for your area now at
www.rnzi.com.
Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization
connecting popular culture, nostalgia and radio heritage across the
Pacific.
It's global website www.radioheritage.net offers free community
access to Pacific Radio Guides and other valuable resources.
Annual supporter packages start at US$10 and your donations keep this
important radio heritage preservation and information project alive.
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:38:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs June 11, 2010
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** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36, not even a carrier detectable June 11 at 1343 or
1438 tho 15480 stations could be, Woofferton and Gavar respectively (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11780, RNA, rather weak this time of day, June 11 at 1456 but
talking about the World Cup; 1517 also back to play-by-play of second half of
Mexico/RSA game, a Portuguese alternative to Spanish from COSTA RICA and CUBA
[qq.vv.]. Broadcasting anything else would be unthinkable, and no doubt lots
more to come from Bras?lia when reception is better (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake June 11:
nothing from 8 to 19 MHz except:
11100, very poor at 1339; gone at 1444
16100, good at 1347 // 11100; gone at 1439
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA. 15170, REE relay with Copa Mundial live coverage in Castilian,
not // 13740 Cuba [q.v.], of same opening game, M?xico vs Sud?frica, June 11 at
1452. At 1513 I noticed that this was NOT // REE direct from Spain on 17595,
with normal programming, music! That`s certainly unusual. Maybe REE did not get
the rights to broadcast it from Spain, just CR? I expect there will be lots
more live coverage one way or another from REE.
What`s this continuous noise in the background, heard on all stations? First
thought it was a siren, then more like an amplified beehive! Perhaps emanating
from Tutu`s yellow and black striped stocking cap; just how cold is it in
Jo`burg now, almost winter? Looks like he`s shivering and huddling. How do I
know what he`s wearing instead of that glorious purple mitre? Because it`s also
on ESPN.
BTW, tho ``RSA`` seems to have fallen out of favour as the short name of the
host country, I see it still in use on scoreboards. Whatever became of
``Azania``, once expected to become the official name of the post-apartheid
nation? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 13740, blew away their scheduled CRI English relay at 14-16 June 11 to
run R. Rebelde instead, live coverage in Spanish of the opening World Cup game
from South Africa, 1447 June 11, Mexico vs RSA. Somewhat undermodulated but
sufficient considering the huge signal. 1453 during half-time break, Rebelde
asserted that it would broadcast ``todos los partidos``. Resumed at 1516 in
time for Mexico to score.
Off the air at next check 1604, but would they have prolonged it if the game
had run longer? Meanwhile I had checked all the other Cuban SW frequencies and
this was the only one out of the ordinary instead of RHC or RNV.
During this world sequence, there are likely to be further special SW
broadcasts from this and other soccer-mad countries, pre-empting regular
programming and perhaps on special frequencies at special times. See also
BRAZIL, COSTA RICA, GERMANY. Rich Cuff says the BBCWS was also carrying this
game, in English altho did not notice it here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) See also JAPAN
** EGYPT. 13580, June 11 at 1501 a bit of muezzining, then announcement in
uncertain language, undermodulated. Only thing scheduled is Cairo`s Albanian
service, also USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY. 13780, June 11 at 1520 once Cuba is off, poor signal in German
about World Cup, buzzing background, so must be live coverage here too; of
course, the opening game is special, but we wonder how many of the other
matches not involving Germany they will broadcast.
13780 is scheduled 06-10 and 14-18 via Woofferton, 18-20 via Sines.
Not that we care a bit about silly ballgames; just covering shortwave
developments. However, this inevitably leads to lots of reporting about what
else is going on in South Africa, which could be useful (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI, fourth day in a row with good modulation! June 11 at
1322 starting Indonesian Wonders (or is it just Wonder?) segment, this time
about some Ambon cake sold by 30 shops in faraway Medan, Sumatera, lite yellow
with many flavours; 1334 recheck already starting Music Corner, so missed
Miscellany. Ruined by ChiCom 9525.0 het from *1357:15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [and non]. 11655, scheduled NHKWNRJ in Japanese via Sackville, Friday
June 11 at 1407 playing Hank Williams, ``Jambalaya``, 1409 ``Your Cheatin`
Heart``, 1412 ``Take These Chains from my Heart``, 1414 ``Honky Tonk Blues``.
Suspected RCI was playing fill music again, having lost feed from Tokyo --- but
no!
1416 Japanese YL back-announcement of these album cuts, and then several from
John Denver: ``Country Roads``, ``City of New Orleans`` (which is about a
train), 1424 ``Sunshine``; 1429 no announcement but switched to Willie Nelson,
``On the Road Again``, ``Blue Eyes Cryin` in the Rain``.
1434 YL Japanese announcement in that ``confidential`` tone they love to
affect. FINALLY, at 1436 we get a singer in Japanese; 1445 ``Dance of the
Hours`` by Ponchielli, on piano. (I must rethink my previous log of jazz album
cuts during this time period as having been deliberate from NHK rather than
fill music from Sackville/Montreal.)
I like NHK`s taste in music, probably a domestic service relay for bedtime
Friday night. Serenaded my consumption of 21 just-picked apricots for
breakfast, our first successful harvest in a few years as we finally evaded
late freezes and had plenty of bee pollination. Yes, our `cots are smaller than
the frankencots in stores, but much more tasty.
11730, June 11 at 1455 with jazz music atop one of RHC`s weaker signals; 1459
``NHK Hoso desu`` ID, but too late to detect if it was // 11655 via Sackville
which was already off; and 1500 opening RCI relay in Chinese, still atop Cuba.
Aoki axually shows R. Japan with a 5-minute transmission in Japanese at
1455-1500, same paramaters as the 1500-1558 RCI relay, 300 kW, 234 degrees from
Ibaragi-Koga-Yamata. But Aoki misses Cuba completely on 11730 tho it has been
on there for several months now. Another DXer recently discovered it (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBERIA. 4025-, no carrier from Star Radio detectable June 11 at 0531; this
time T-storm QRN from SW OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR [and non]. 13710 in French, discussion of Congo and then Central
African Republic, something about a presidential term expiring, June 11 at
0540. It`s VOA via Talata, M-F 0530-0600.
Another French broadcast on 13840, June 11 at 0542 but they keep mentioning
Japon, i.e. NHK also via Madagascar, daily 0530-0600. These two, plus others,
want to split the audience. Not to mention RFI itself on 9790 at 04-08, also
heard at this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. Ron Howard has been noticing that RNZI opened 6170 an hour late
at 1400 on Fridays for two or three weeks, but not June 11: tune-in 1329 to
honky-tonk piano music with bass, sounds like a girl group with old-time
Hawaiian song. Must have started a minute or two early as keeps happening on
RNZI with ``1330`` shows.
Soon program announced as ``Waiata``, which is about Maori music, so could not
possibly have been Hawaiian. BTW, to be just right, put a macron over the a of
Maori. If you can find one.
Glad Waiata is back on SW, one of my MONITORING REMINDERS CALENDAR
recommendations, http://www.worldofradio.com/calendar.html
But no playlists have been posted since 31 January at
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/waiata
6170 signal is descending into the noise level 2.5 hours after LSR; lucky to
get what we can. No het detectable from DZ station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. In previous report about 18057.9 harmonic of R. Victoria I cited the
wrong frequency as fundamental, ``9719.3`` --- I meant to write 6019.3. Perhaps
with some more sunspots we can get it also around 29160 --- a number of third
harmonix of 9 MHz on 10m band were heard long ago. Perhaps more likely would be
30096.5 = 5 x 6019.3 since we know for sure the 6 MHz transmitter produces one
odd harmonic (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAIPAN. 11650, something too close for comfort to NHK relay 11655, June 11
at 1338 ballad, would be good except for Sackville splatter; sounds Russian,
but Aoki lists as Kyrgyz during this quarter-hour daily from KFBS (and also
Beijing in Esperanto during this hour; no sign of it). Would not be surprised
if there was some Russian mixed in with the Kyrgyz, a post-Soviet tribute
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 15285, June 11 at 1344 ``Nessun Dorma`` aria concluding, probably
Pavarotti, but faded out last syllable of ``Vincer?`` before it could resolve,
unforgivable. BBCWS in Chinese, 13 degrees from Singapore, was axually atop the
ChiCom CNR1 echo jamming, but turn up the jamming if this is how BBC treats us!
1345 into BBC Learning English, ``Life is a Journey`` topic. Explanations in
English, not just Chinese, so must be for advanced students (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11715, KJES increased modulation from JBM to fair level, June 11 at
1337 with song about Calvary, YL accompanied by guitar (or ukulele?) (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:24:38 -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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Bolivia, 5952.45, Emisora Pio XII, 0205-0215, It's
almost impossible to hear a weak signal
on this band at this time with so many boomers on every
10 KHz, but Pio XII can be
just barely heard here with a female in Spanish
language comments. Signal is
threshold. (Chuck Bolland, June 12, 2010)
WinRadio G305e/pd
26.37N 081.05W
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