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Today's Topics:
1. Visite el blog del Grupo Radioescucha Argentino (Arnaldo)
2. Log 03/Jul (Jorge Freitas (Yahoo))
3. Sat Morn DX (Charles Bolland)
4. R. Fly, R. La Hora, R. Mosoj Chaski, Voz Missionaria, UBC,
UNIDs (Dave Valko)
5. Save the Gambia Democracy Project (Jorge Freitas (Yahoo))
6. Glenn Hauser logs July 2-4, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 07:34:52 +0200
From: "Arnaldo" <[email protected]>
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Cc: [email protected], NoticiasDX
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 10:52:34 -0000
From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, "Cumbre Lista" <[email protected]>,
"Hard Core DX" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Log 03/Jul
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The noise electrical are increasing daily. I believe that by the end of the
year, DXing only in rural areas.
6050 02/Jul 1949-2001 KUWAIT, R Kuwait, in Arabic. Male and female talks and
short Arabic music. Several mentions of Kuwait. At 1954 play an entire
Arabic song. Looks like a sticker and ID. The UT 2001 strong QRM from Xizang
PBS, overrides the signal. 24333. Recorded in my blog (Jorge Freitas-B)
6055 02/Jul 2020-2028 RWANDA, R Rwanda, *presumed*, in Vernacular (listed,
was not French nor English). The announcer, of female voice, speaks to
listeners on the phone. The phone connection drops constantly. Fair signal,
but with moderate noise and QRM unidentified. Recorded in my blog (Jorge
Freitas-B)
7270 03/Jul 0951 MALAYSIA, RTM Wai FM, in Kayan/Keny (listed, Aoki also
includes other possible local languages). Pop music. At 0952 UT male talks.
Heard with frequently. Good modulation and without noise. I also heard the
RTM Traxx FM in 7295 kHz, but remains in frequency for less time than the
Wai FM. Both with weak signal. (Jorge Freitas-B)
7325 03/Jul 0935-0950 TAIWAN, RFI, *presumed* in Mandarin (identified),
relay broadcast via Taiwan. Male e female talks. At 0944 UT short music and
at 0945 UT female turn to talk. Usually in my location at that time no one
hears almost nothing in 41 meters. First time on my dial. Very weak signal.
(Jorge Freitas-B)
15785 02/Jul 1923-1935 ISRAEL, Galei Zahal, in Hebrew. lively conversation
of male and female voices. At 1926 UT pop music. Today with a reasonable
signal. At 1931 UT back to conversation between laughter in the studio.
Probably an interview with a singer. At 1934 UT more pop music. Recorded in
my blog. 35433. (Jorge Freitas-B)
73 e good listening
Read the DX News bulletin in Portuguese:
<http://sharex.xpg.com.br/files/5101496574/DX_NEWS_03__2_.pdf.html>
http://sharex.xpg.com.br/files/5101496574/DX_NEWS_03__2_.pdf.html
Jorge Freitas
Local time -3 UT
Feira de Santana Bahia 12?14?S 38?58?W
Brasil
Degen 1103 - All listening in mode of filter Narrow the 6 kHz.
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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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 11:02:10 -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] Sat Morn DX
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Peru, 6019.26, Radio Victoria,(pres) 0910-0930, Noted
the Preacher, David Miranda, in his usual dramatic
performance in his sermon. Having to share this
frequency, Victoria's signal is only at a poor
level and David's performance isn't very readable. At
0929, we get a break in the preaching and
music is presented for a few moments. (Chuck Bolland,
July 3, 2010)
Indonesia, 4749.93, RRI Makassar, (pres), 1020-1030,
Tuned in here while a program of music
was being presented. Music continues through the
half-hour without a break, but at 1032 a
female comments briefly. By this time, the signal was
deteriorated to a point where it's almost
gone. (Chuck Bolland, July 3, 2010)
Indonesia, 4869.87, RRI Wamena, (Tent) 1035-1045,
Could not hear any audio, but heard
the carrier for this station and could see it with the
WinRadio. So thought I'd report it for
continuity. (Chuck Bolland, July 3, 2010)
Malaysia, 5030, RTM Sarawak FM, 1045-1100, At tune
in, noted steady singing of local
music, but it doesn't last long as the signal drops
into the noise, ending up as a threshold.
(Chuck Bolland, July 3, 2010)
Peru, 5039.28, Radio Libertad,(Tent) 1056-1100, Using
the WinRadio, noted a presentation on this
freq of a weak signal. Unfortunately, was unable to
pull out any audio for this logging, but felt
it benefical to report this for continuity then.
(Chuck Bolland, July 3, 2010)
WinRadio G305e/pd
NRD545
WJ HF1000
26.37N 081.05W
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 07:30:04 -0400
From: "Dave Valko" <[email protected]>
To: "Cumbre DX" <[email protected]>, "Hardcore DX"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] R. Fly, R. La Hora, R. Mosoj Chaski, Voz Missionaria,
UBC, UNIDs
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5019.97 R. Happy Isles Shania Twain song, M anncr, Island song. Usual
theme melody at ToH, then nx by M w/ID at 1009. Vanuatu 5054.97 was //3945
same time. PNGs 3905, 3385 (OC), 3365, 3325, 3290, 3275, and 5960 //3915
were also in at the same time. (26 June)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3915 R Fly 0921-1000+, Mx pgm of Pops, Island Pops,
and Reggae. M anncr host in PD abt every 10 minutes w/song anmnts and what
sounded like messages. 6 minute apparent nxcast at 0930 starting out w/ID
and TC as "R. Fly, half past 7 long Papua New Guinea. 2010.". Surprised to
find this w/readable signal and clear of any Hams!! And oddly better than
5960 which was covered by lcl QRM. (30 June)
UNID. 4665.35 Carrier here at 0000. LA maybe?? (2 July)
UNID. 3380 A decent carrier here at 0003 and possible audio. (2 July)
PERU 4857.46 R La Hora 0005 w/usual nx pgm and M host. Was playing mx
later around 0020. (2 July)
BOLIVIA 3310 R Mosoj Chaski 0048 Usual live W anncr in Quechua w/ment
of Atlantico. Canned tlk by M, then some pleasant lcl folk mx. Canned
intro anmnt, then pgm segment w/live M tlk, and outro at 0101. More mx to
0106, couple canned anmnts, then live W returned w/occas. guitar mx bridges.
Good at t/in but gradually fading. (2 July)
CROATIA 6164.75 Croatian R. (pres.) Just tlk by M at 0549 but too weak
to determine lang. Must be Croatian R. as Wolfgang Bueschel had it on this
exact freq but at another time. (2 July)
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC?? 7219.97 Central African Republic?? Just a
weak carrier here at 0550. (2 July)
ANGOLA?? 7216.76 R. Nacional Angola?? Another carrier at 0550.
Stronger than 7219.97, but no audio noted. Is here both at this time and in
the early evenings here. (2 July)
BRAZIL 9665.13 Voz Missionaria Found at 0602 but not at 0605. Sign
off?? Didn't check for //'s. Poor to fair signal. (2 July)
BRAZIL 5939.92 Voz Missionaria Found at 2354 w/soft PT rel. mx, //
11749.86. Went over ToH w/out anmnts. This freq strong but QRMed
w/splatter after 2359 when 5935 came on. (2 July)
UGANDA 4975.97 R. Uganda/UBC 0004-0100+ On late again w/Rap and Pop
(or whatever its called these days) mx. W anncr over mx at times including
nice simple "UBC Radio" ID at 0007. More nonstop mx. Live M at 0042, but
the signal had faded and all I could copy was a ment of July 3rd. Took
phone call to 0050 then. Really faded badly, but was still on past 0100.
(3 July)
PIRATE (NA) 6923.3U UNID. 0013 w/"Taking Care of Business" by BTO, then
some kind of canned voice tlk w/several ments of "..radio". Back to mx at
0019. Really tough to copy, not because of strength but because of USB.
Hard Tack R. was reported on the FRN ACE loggings at this time on 6925 also
in USB, but they were playing Bluegrass mx. (3 July)
73 Dave
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 18:46:30 -0000
From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, "Cumbre Lista" <[email protected]>,
"Hard Core DX" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Save the Gambia Democracy Project
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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15225 03/Jul 1815-1830 GERMANY, Save the Gambia Democracy Project, in
English. Carrier opened the 1815 UT, but without the modulation. The 1817 UT
Short African pop music, ID and female talks with several references to The
Gambia. At 1829 UT ID, the announcer says your name and ends with pop music
of Gambia. End of transmission at 1830 UT. Recorded 15 minutes of the
programming. Good signal. (Jorge Freitas-B)
73
Read the DX News bulletin in Portuguese:
<http://sharex.xpg.com.br/files/5101496574/DX_NEWS_03__2_.pdf.html>
http://sharex.xpg.com.br/files/5101496574/DX_NEWS_03__2_.pdf.html
Jorge Freitas
Local time -3 UT
Feira de Santana Bahia 12?14?S 38?58?W
Brasil
Degen 1103 - All listening in mode of filter Narrow the 6 kHz.
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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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 22:06:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 2-4, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** ALBANIA. 7425, R. Tirana, July 3 at 0329 IS, 0330 sign-on, undermodulated
with A-10 English schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL [and non]. 11780, RNA, still on at 0318 UT Saturday July 3, VG signal
but some CCI underneath: only listed is DW in Russian, 30 degrees via RWANDA
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. Had lots of analog Canadian TV DX many hours morning into afternoon
of July 3, ch 2-6, from Ontario to Alberta: CBC with World Cups; others with
Global carrying CBS golf complete with American-patriotic comments. Haven`t
sorted it all out yet, and some of it cannot be with more than one possibility
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake July 3 at 1451-1458 bandscan: none 8-18 MHz.
15170, CNR1 with usual hard-sell tone, VG signal but some fading, July 4 at
0127. To jam VOA Chinese, 250 kW, 30 degrees from Thailand so also USward, yet
no VOA audible underneath. Also strange is that I was not hearing any other
CNR1, CRI, or Firedrake anywhere from 12 to 19 MHz at this time. Maybe
selective opening. What is the transmitter site, please? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 12240, as I tuned across July 4 at 0133, heard some RHC Spanish, VP
fading in and out; quickly confirmed by // 6120 of which this is the second
harmonic; also // but an echo apart from very strong fundamental 12020 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA. 7110, HOA music fair at 0327 July 3, ham CWQRM. Radio Ethiopia
still broadcasts in the 40m hamband. I suppose there are not many Ethiopian
hams with any clout to get them out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. 11655, NHKWNRJ via CANADA, like on Friday also goes American
songbook on Saturday nights: July 3 at 1425, ``On the Street Where You Live``
by Eddie Fisher? 1427 ``Raindrops`` by YL; 1430 ``Cabaret`` by Lena Horne?
1432, ``Days of Wine and Roses``, Andy Williams? 1435 YL announcement in
Japanese; 1435 unknown chanson by Edith Piaf; 1439 OM DJ takes over talking
over music; 1443 Chopin piano, but more talkovers past 1451; cuts off air at
1458* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBERIA. 4025.0, July 3 at 0609 I find the JBA carrier is now matching
5025.0 R. Rebelde, rather than being a tad lower. Presumed Star Radio. I wonder
if Jamie has noted the off-frequency logs and got them to touch it up. It was
much more distinctive when off a bit; we`ll see if it stays (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Lots more sporadic E TVDX, to be enjoyed while it lasts. Here I am
just mentioning a few items, not the total logbook for July 2-3, which I may
get together later. All times and dates UT.
UT July 2 at 0000 on ch 2, fade in something about rayos, but before fade-out,
can make out bug UR of a stylized seagull in a circle, and below it, XHI-TV.
Nice to see a real callsign! See it here under Ciudad Obreg?n, Sonora:
http://www.tvdxtips.com/mexlogos.html and not to be confused with sister
station XHQ over in Sinaloa.
UT July 2 at 2038 on ch 4 from SSE, game show in pesos, uncertain bug in UR
maybe net-2, but nothing on ch 2 from same direxion, rather more to the SSW.
2043 Ting ad for foot odor; Quintana Roo political ad, IFE PSA, 2045 Instituto
Electoral de Quintana Roo.
This seems exotic to me, since I don`t think I ever DXed this state (territory)
during my previous TV activity sesquidecades ago ? probably weren`t any
lowbanders there then. W9WI now lists two ch 4 stations in QR:
XHCEN Canc?n, 50 kW, net-5
XHCQR Chetumal, 41.82 kW, net-2
BUT, there is no ch 2 at Chetumal, while there is a 100 kW at Canc?n, so that
makes what I am getting on 4 Chetumal, at 1366 miles.
UT July 2 at 2212, ch 4 has bug in UR I have queried before, with a dark circle
at the bottom of which are the askew letters tv. Checking the Televisa website,
http://www2.esmas.com/canal4tv I`m pretty sure it`s like the 4TV logo of the
XHTV network. It`s just hard to make out the big black 4 against the
backgrounds. It`s also on this page http://www.tvdxtips.com/mexlogos.html but
under the channel 4 local stations rather than as a network at the bottom.
W9WI does not show any relayer of XHTV on 4, so it`s presumably the DF station
itself --- tho we know that some Televisa independents elsewhere in country do
take some programs from 4TV and some of them could be on 4 too.
Anyhow at this hour there are opening credits in Spanish to an old movie,
including a list of songs to come. TV Guide says it`s ``Pasiones Infernales``
set on an island, which fits the opening scenes, Samoa mentioned. By 2230 on ch
4, movie audio is distorted; hope it`s not that way on XHTV itself. Skip zone
may have moved on.
UT July 2 at 2218, ch 3 is briefly // with same movie! But with a different bug
in UR covering 4TV: tv3 italix, which is XHP Puebla.
UT July 3 at 0139, ch 3, XHBC Mexicali, curvy bespectacled weatheryl wraps up
forecasts and her segment in Notivisa Vespertina.
UT July 3 at 0142, ch 5, XHAQ Mexicali, IEPC PSA, 0144 PSA for Tribunal
Electoral de Baja California. What are we going to do for all these local
references after 4 de julio?
UT July 3 at 0157, ch 4, ads for Suburbia, Soriana, local vote promo mentioning
Sinaloa and Sinaloenses. Unfortunately there are two ch 4 there, each 100 kW:
XHBS Los Mochis, offset minus, net-2; and XHMAF Mazatl?n, offset zero, net 5.
UT July 3 at 0400, ch 2 fades in while antenna is SSW, with bug in lower right:
28 10:00 pm --- and below that
LAS NOTICIAS
So local newscast; 28 would be the temperature, and the clock reveals it`s in
the UT-6 zone, which if I have sorted out DST and non correctly, applies to
only four states. Checking W9WI for full-power targets:
Baja California Sur: 3 stations
Chihuahua: 3 stations
Nayarit: 1 station
Sinaloa: 0
That narrows it down, and if we only knew which one(s) do local news at 10 pm,
or at all, we might nail it. Chihua2 most likely (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. I`m sure I have missed a lot of domestic FM DX, as I have to break
away from TV DXing to do it. There are few relatively open channels and
cookie-cutter formats, non-local commercials and lowbrow music make most of the
DX rather boring to listen to. When Mexico was in on TV, July 2, I hoped for
some FM from there too but instead had to settle for Ohio during a brief
2316-2330 UT session:
2316 on 96.3, Scioto Downs in Central Ohio ad, so WLVQ Columbus. Thought it was
like ``Sayota`` till started Googling for it.
2318 on 97.9, ad for show ``Wicked``, Ticketmaster. Generic Chrysler-Jeep ad,
ending with disclaimer so long, rapid and so unreadable they must have put it
on just for laughs ? but still legally binding? 2320 RDS just reads: HITS. Ad
for H.H. Gregg electronix 4th of July sale. Must be WNCI Columbus, which per FM
Atlas is one of those grandfathered super-powered FMs: 105 kW vertical, 175 kW
horizontal. Does the RDS fit? Never heard of Gregg stores but per
http://www.hhgregg.com/storeLocator.asp they are all over from Indiana eastward
including Columbus area. 850 mile range. Had another hhgregg ad on unID 100.9
at 2324.
2321 on 97.7, ad for something at 212 N. Main in downtown Butler; then another
Butler ad on Sarah Street; some motorco.com. Well, well, this one is not Ohio,
but Pennsylvania, and a real local station: FCC FM Query says the only Butler
on 97.7 is WLER [the W obviously is shot for But], 4.6 kW, between Slippery
Rock and Saxonburg, NNE of Pittsburgh. 1000+ mile range.
2330 on 90.3, Capitol Steps July 4 special starting, probably WCPN Cleveland,
fitting sked at http://www.capsteps.com/radio/ but their station list is
incomplete and frequencies are haphazard. This reminded me to suspend the DX
and go listen to it on KOSU at same time. Laughful. Go hear it on demand if
necessary (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1580, KOKB Blackwell OK once again loses modulation on another
Saturday morning, giving me another chance to try to pull in the daytime-DX
Spanish speaker underneath. July 3 at 1351 UT I can just barely make it out,
fades in some at 1351 and 1401, enough to tell it`s Spanish, but nothing more.
Tried the caradio in garage at 1414 and heard a bit more Spanish before
fadeout.
XEDM Hermosillo if nothing closer possible? There was a sporadic-E opening into
VHF already but not from that part of Mexico. However, Es effects on lower
frequencies than VHF become broader and broader geographically.
KOKB was still OC at 0127 July 4, but by now lots of skywave stations are
possible; July LSS is 0145 UT when they ought to cut power from 1000 to 49
watts, but since they can`t even remote-control their modulation, I have my
doubts about that (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15244.5, intruder, Spanish SSB 2-way July 4 at 0130; quickly
checked on the DX-398 and it`s LSB, not USB. I recently heard this at a very
different time in the 13 UT hour, so it may be in use brazenly any time of day
or night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17450, center of the wide-band whine, made up of multiple
close-spaced carriers beating against each other, as becomes obvious only with
BFO on, at 0320 UT July 3, fair with fading. Band was open westward, e.g. RA
fair on 17750.
And also UT July 4 at 0127, 17450 still audible tho not as strong as it usually
is in the daytime, such as 1452 July 3. Hearing it at evening hours indicates
it is westward from CNAm; could not really tell which way from previous logs in
full day. We are still waiting and hoping for someone to identify what and
whence this is (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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