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Today's Topics:
1. World Cup Denmark vv Holland (Wolfgang Bueschel)
2. Glenn Hauser logs June 13-14, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
3. Logs on 13th and 14 (Zacharias Liangas )
4. Dxing in 1949/ History (Robert Wilkner)
5. Log 11/Jun (Jorge Freitas (Yahoo))
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:06:29 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "DXLD" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
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Subject: [HCDX] World Cup Denmark vv Holland
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At present live coverage in Dutch language 1100-1600 UT,
reception location in southwestern Germany.
5955 NAU 500 210 S=9+50dB
6165 BON 250 210 nothing heard, Spanish
7235 ISS 250 065 S=9+20dB
9455 BON 250 320 nothing heard
9595 WER 250 300 S=8-9 dead zone
9620 NAU 500 011 S=9+5dB, back lobe, U.K., Scandinavia, St.P., Moscow
9670 SNG 250 140 not heard, Ins
9715 BON 250 290 not heard
9895 NAU 500 230 S=9+10dB
11850 SNG 250 090 not heard, Ins
13700 WER 500 120 S=8-9, dead zone
13700 WER 500 240 S=8-9, dead zone
13730 MDG 50 245 not heard
15755 GUF 250 080 not heard
15755 BON 250 080 from 1230 UT
17505 UAE 500 110 S=2, Ins, difficult RRI power 17510
21485 MDG 250 045 nothing heard
21590 ISS 500 150 S=3, dead zone
73 wb
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:10:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs June 13-14, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** ALBANIA [and non]. 13755, checking R. Tirana again Monday June 14 at 1430,
whether they are still announcing the B-09 English schedule at the outsets:
unheard, altho an extremely weak carrier was detectable on frequency. Other
European reception on 13 MHz band missing, so maybe just bad propagation rather
than off the air. 13760 French and 13650 Korean from North Korea were fair by
comparison. Even Zambia 13590 was poor. 15 MHz: Spain Sephardic 15385 at 1438
was JBA carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36 carrier JBA Monday June 14 at 1400, not 15475
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. TVDX June 13: 1958 UT on analog channel 2, CTV logo, and ad for
Sturgeon Falls mentioning a golf course, antenna NE. Two possibilities: CHBX
Sault Ste Marie, and CKCO-2 Wiarton Onts. Both are over 400 km by road from
S.F., which is just west of North Bay, but Wiarton on the Bruce Peninsula near
Owen Sound, is closer by boat or air directly across Georgian Bay. It looks
like neither would be serving North Bay area which has a separate CTV
affiliate, but the golf course may be a big draw inspiring long trips from
elsewhere in the province (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake June 14: Nothing found between 19 and 8 MHz in the few
minutes before 1359, nor after 1400, except:
14700, JBA at 1444.
15140, VG at 1354-1355 --- as I`ve noticed before, during these minutes of the
hour there are some bad edits, as we hear bits of music cut off before
resuming. But who cares? It`s just a jammer.
15755, F-G at 1437, and 15140 is now off. 15755 must be today`s landing spot
for SOH, as in my June 12 report it was on 15760 and per Aoki varies
15700-15795. Except SOH supposedly takes a break between 1430 and 1500, and the
June 14 Aoki shows no more Uzbekistan site, but all 131 degrees via
Dushanbe-Yangiyul, Tajikistan site at 1230-1300, 1400-1430, 1500-1530 on 15750v.
11990, CNR1 jammer against VOA Chinese via Novosibirsk (do the Russians care?
Ha), which was totally inaudible here, June 14 at 1406 with Chinese
conversation presumably about World Cup since those damned vuvuzelas were
sounding continuously. Evidently a game was not axually in progress, due to
lack of cheering or any sounds of axion, and still the case at 1429.
If the ChiCom (and other broadcasters) have soundproof studios at the stadia,
the 140 dB horns penetrate them; more likely they think it`s neat to mix in
this ambient noise deliberately. // 11805 weaker, and // 11785 off by now, more
jammers. At 1447 I noticed that 11990 audio had a slight reverb, rather than a
more displaced echo, but could be two transmitters, or deliberate double audio
to enhance jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 9885, DentroCuban Jamming Command grinding against nothing,
UT Monday June 14 at 0002 since VOA Spanish is only one hour on weekends from
2300 --- except it seems like the Greenville carrier is still on, slightly
attenuating the jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBERIA. 4025, presumed Star Radio carrier just barely audible, June 14 at
0612, and again slightly on the low side by comparison to Cuba 5025 (which is
not necessarily on 5025.000 itself) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Correxion to my previous report about the two channel 3 stations:
Mexicali is XHBC, not XHBQ. Sporadic-E TVDX, all times UT:
June 13 at 1800, channel 2 fade in, Spanish from SSW, but did not develop;
instead had CANADA [q.v.] a couple hours later.
UT June 14: 0201 on 2, Julio Mor?n with Noticiero Fin de Semana, seems from
SSW. Googling doesn`t help.
0226, MUF up to channel 6 video, guy in white coat wearing tie
0232 on 6, 9:32 clock in LR = CDT zone, talkshow with at least 3 people around
a desk.
0235 on 5, FUERA large letters on screen; looks like star bug in UR = XEW-2
net, Canal de las Estrellas
0244 on 6, bug for Azteca-7 net in UR, film drama. There are about 4 full-power
possibilities. Per TVG, movie is ``Gol!`` on this net altho in brief glimpses I
did not see any f?tbol.
0245 on 5, drama breaking into color; same-offset CCI i.a.
0300 on 3, promo for soccer on Televisa-2 net, but I think this was Televisa-5
net (XHGC) as per promo for it two minutes later. This can all get quite
confusing and misleading with cross-promotion among different Televisa nets,
different Azteca nets, etc.
0303 on 3, political ad for PT = Partido del Trabajo (Workers` Party ? must be
a minor one).
0305 opening weakening now down to mostly channel 2 with m?lange of signals
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 32, local KXOK-LP Enid, UT June 14 at 0325 is back with
programming, OK Wildlife show, just in time for another storm to hit us. Yes!
At 0341, back to ``No signal!`` screen, and the circlish logo in the middle I
see is bluish, not whitish. 1530 it`s back again with ancient Vincent Price B&W
movie.
The analog channel 36 in OKC, KHCM-CA, bringing Univisi?n into the city from
primary station KUOK-35 in of all places Woodward, had been a marginal signal I
could usually pick up by aiming right at OKC, but has been absent for a few
days. Not sure what is going on here, as in FCC TV Query I do not see a DTV
replacement for it on same or any other channel. Licensee is ``Oklahoma Land
Company``. Univisi?n has another relay in OKC on channel 48, less often seen
and not lately either, per W9WI.com KWDW-LP, same licensee, also analog only.
OKC DTV reception starts breaking up whenever there are storms around here, and
that is often currently. I have been somewhat surprised to find equal or better
reception of OETA & OKLA at times on channel 38 translator from Ponca City,
K38AK-D, 13.560 kW ERP.
I wish OETA would reactivate its closer one west of Medford, due north of Enid
on channel 46, but it`s currently shown as DK46AH, i.e. deleted; analog
coverage area included Enid tho few knew about it:
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=LD1123587.html
N.B. the advisory that Census has deleted Tiger Map service, but FCC retains
what it has on its servers.
Monday morning into the afternoon, the OKC stations are in fullbore coverage of
the floods in OKC: no, not affecting us in Enid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** PRIDNESTROVYE. 9665, Radio PMR in English, UT Monday June 14 at 0002,
somewhat better signal than VOR on 9890. PMR is off the air on UT Sat and Sun,
and the transmitter might as well be used for VOR those days only at 00-02
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [non]. The new DRM transmitter of REE at the Cariari de Pococ?, COSTA
RICA relay is still bleeding far beyond the legal 10-kHz bandwidth so touted by
DRM as making it a good neighbor to analog signals. June 14 at 0004, shortly
after opening of 2-hour transmission centered on 9630, I can hear the DRM at
least as far as plus and minus 20 kHz, not 5 kHz, i.e. down to 9610 and up to
9650, or slightly beyond both.
Yes, the major brunt of this DRM is in the 9625-9635 band, but instead of
cutting off sharply at the edges, it progressively becomes weaker, and I can
imagine what it would look like on a spectrum analyzer.
So 9625 CBC Northern Quebec is totally blocked for two prime evening hours ---
so much for Randy Bachman`s Vinyl Tap and Saturday Night Blues and their fan in
Costa Rica. It probably bleeds even further than 20 kHz in proximity to the
transmitter.
Plus, REE itself direct from Spain, presumably // programming on 9620 is
degraded by the DRM jamming; not much I can detect on other 9610-9650 channels.
This and all other DRM transmissions should be moved OUT of the analog SW
broadcast bands, where they cannot possibly be good neighbors, into the fixed
bands, e.g. for this to the middle of the 10 MHz band, where there is plenty of
open space; just ask Sound of Hope and Firedrake.
DRM proponents originally decided that in order to get noticed, they should be
mixed right in there with the analogs. They certainly succeeded in that,
especially here, right smack dab in the middle of the 31m band, despite the
overwhelming negative PR it causes for the entire idea.
BTW, the 00-02 DRM transmission to NAm could easily contain English for the
first hour, but I suppose it does not, as the CR relay has never condescended
to do that even in analog (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [non]. 11510, presumed VOA Tibetan via Thailand, June 14 at 1450,
sounded like Chinese to me, plus hi and lo pitched tones, so really hearing
additional ChiCom jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 17640, BBCWS via Ascension, June 14 at 1442 poor but at fadeups
talking about balls, and with vuvuzelas JBA, so surely World Cup special. This
is probably the best of the lot for BBC reception during afternoon WC
broadcasts = morning in America, boo hoo (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. WWCR-4 chex for WORLD OF RADIO: 9980, yes, Sunday June 13 at 2355, VG
signal; starts at 2330. 5890, no, UT Monday June 14 at 0332, still some
preacher contrary to online program schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9370, tune by WTJC, UT Monday June 14 at 0006 and it is not in Arabic
like 24 hours earlier, so it`s not every day; instead, program of hymns in
English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9479, WTWW relaying SFAW, June 14 at 1402 as I was trying to detect
an Australian carrier on 9475 to compare to 15476, while SFAW had double audio,
both PPP and his announcer talking at the same time. Besides being full of
Aryan racist nonsense, SFAW is clearly not up to the task of professional
international broadcasting, also with unexplained long periods of dead air,
etc. This reflects poorly on WTWW, altho they are not to blame for such lapses
from their client (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [and non]. Yimber Gavir?a found on the alopresidente website that
El Hugazo has moved his show 7 hours later this month in order not to conflict
with silly ballgames. Usual start time is 11 am Venez = 1530 UT, so now will be
at 2230 UT. Since the Cuban relays have become quite sporadic anyway, that
would be even more inconvenient for RHC to integrate into its Sunday evening
schedule, but one may look around for him. BTW he won some kind of award from
Latin American announcers (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:56:12 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs on 13th and 14
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Logs on 13th and 14
http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/294
On 13th
9480 R Rosii double 4 1329 with EG msx and short talks S9 45544
9690 AIR GOS 13489 with old bolly songs 1351 with ID by OM followed by
news in EG 34232
9750 Kuwait 1358 with Arabic songs 1400 ID S9 43433
9705 R Ethiopa /7110 1433 with HoA songs ,phone ins by om x2 + YL ,
S24432
9780.14 Yemen? 15124 with folk songs , talks by YL 32xx2 best using USB
to avoid cross QRM by another Arabic station
12180 ?? 1533 with prg inENg and spiritual songs , marginal signal
7610 Playback via R Amica 1540 with old songs
9630 & 9645 Xinjiang in KZ 1555 (both on S7 ) wuth talks , song , advert in
mixed KZ and CC , no TOH clock , ref to a radio zhurnal
looked also today Mon with signal lower on 9645 and some QRM from a
carrier on 9650
ON 14th
26k R Mariya 1551 with song , OM talking in IT , ID . some numbers 20 58
12 9 16 then 1553 with music . Marginal ta best very little time with S1-2 on
the 2x16 m inv
On 13th
9480 R Rosii double 4 1329 with EG msx and short talks S9 45544
9690 AIR GOS 13489 with old bolly songs 1351 with ID by OM followed by
news in EG 34232
9750 Kuwait 1358 with Arabic songs 1400 ID S9 43433
9705 R Ethiopa /7110 1433 with HoA songs ,phone ins by om x2 + YL ,
S24432
9780.14 Yemen? 15124 with folk songs , talks by YL 32xx2 best using USB
to avoid cross QRM by another Arabic station
12180 ?? 1533 with prg inENg and spiritual songs , marginal signal
7610 Playback via R Amica 1540 with old songs
9630 & 9645 Xinjiang in KZ 1555 (both on S7 ) wuth talks , song , advert in
mixed KZ and CC , no TOH clock , ref to a radio zhurnal
looked also today Mon with signal lower on 9645 and some QRM from a
carrier on 9650
ON 14th
26k R Mariya 1551 with song , OM talking in IT , ID . some numbers 20 58
12 9 16 then 1553 with music . Marginal ta best very little time with S1-2 on
the 2x16 m inv
Please read and distribute this 15 year research article
http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e
Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd
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........
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: 4
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:21:10 -0400
From: Robert Wilkner <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [HCDX] Dxing in 1949/ History
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Interesting DXing document from 1949!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130400330204
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:21:36 -0000
From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "Cumbre
Lista" <[email protected]>, "Hard Core DX"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Log 11/Jun
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2010 Jun 14 2106 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction
Center
#
# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 14 June follow.
Solar flux 73 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 5.
The mid-latitude K-index at 2100 UTC on 14 June was 1 (6 nT).
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours.
Are 2320 UT, and the propagation is horrible on all bands. Few stations
tuned here.
11500 12/Jun 1615 MADAGASCAR, R Dabanga, in Sudanese. Announcer interview
people on the phone. The announcer speaks several times Radio Dabanga. Good
signal. (Jorge Freitas-B)
11920 14/Jun 2247 CHILE, HCJB, in Kulina. Male talks and paused. Probably
with a religious sermon. The 2258 UT the signal drops. The 2300 UT start
programming in Portuguese with ID. Moderate signal. (Jorge Freitas-B)
15280 13/Jun 1130 SINGAPORE, BBC, *presumed* in English (identified). Male
and female talks. The propagation here today in my location is very bad. A
surprise the reception of the BBC from Singapore, with azimuth of 13
degrees, according to the list Aoki, and 100 kW. Very weak signal and
degrading. (Jorge Freitas-B)
73 and good listening.
Read the DX News bulletin in Portuguese:
<http://sharex.xpg.com.br/files/6939534507/DX%20_NEWS_02.pdf.html>
http://sharex.xpg.com.br/files/6939534507/DX _NEWS_02.pdf.html
Jorge Freitas
Local time -3 UT
Feira de Santana Bahia 12?14?S 38?58?W
Brasil
Degen 1103
Dipole antenna, 19 meters - east/west - Balun 4:1
Skype: jorge.freitas.fsa
Escutas (listening, my blog): <http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006>
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006
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