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Today's Topics:
1. Monday Morn DX (Charles Bolland)
2. Logs from Fourka on 9+10 of July 2010 (Zacharias Liangas )
3. Glenn Hauser logs July 11-12, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
4. Arabic unIDs on 9870, 9880 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:40:01 -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] Monday Morn DX
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Brazil, 5990, Radio Senado, 0955-1005, In with music
until the hour when a
female comments in Portuguese. I believe she mentions
"... a voz do Brazil ..."
probably referring to a solgan rather than the
station's name? She is followed
with a male commenting with canned comments that may
have been an ID.
This is followed by news. Signal was fair. (Chuck
Bolland, July 12, 2010)
Bolivia, 6075, Radio Causauki Coca,
(Doubtful),1015-1030, Not much of a signal
here under the noise. Can barely hear a female in
comments. Can't tell if comments
are in Spanish or something else? It's one of those
signals we run into every once
in awhile, that can't be improved beyond threshold. At
about 1022, a stronger
station popped up on 6080 blocking my freq with
splatter. No other details were
obtained. (Chuck Bolland, July 12, 2010)
China, 9380, Firedrake, 1030-1045, Noted the typical
Chinese music used to jam
friendly radio stations that China is in fear of. If
not, why else would they do that?
Regardless, I like the music. (Chuck Bolland, July 12,
2010)
Indonesia, 9525.88, Voice of Indonesia, 1033-1045+
Noted a female presenting
a language lesson of Indonesian and English. Signal
was good this morning.
(Chuck Bolland, July 12, 2010)
NRD545 & WinRadio G305e/pd
26.37N 081.05W
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:27:32 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
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Subject: [HCDX] Logs from Fourka on 9+10 of July 2010
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Logs from Fourka on 9+10 of July 2010
http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/297 with pictures Please follow tihis
link!
Hello again
This time I have been for two days in our other country house in Fourka , we
together (with my wife ) for weekend vacations including some swimming
and some relaxing . By this I used again my De 1102 with reel antenna
from Tecsun for doing some 'easy' Dxing .
9/7
Using the DE 1102 alone!
7125 Guyana 2827 with nice hilife songs 35433
7110 R Ethiopia 2028 with HoA song 33433
15195 Family radio 2031 OM with religious talks 25532
9680 R Thailand 2045 with biz news in Eng 32x32 . Sudden signoff and then
after 10 secs with new sign on for the tai program with t same signal level
11830 R Daqui? (BR) 2050 with adverts and temps 234x2
11815 RBC 2052 songs 21xx2 QRM 11820
4915 Macapa? 2100 LA sogs 2xx2
6305 Pirate 2104 old pops Poor
10/7
Using De1102 and about 4 meters from the reel antenna
9690 Tatarstan Awazy 0641 man with peaking talks 05456 with folk song
good
6210 (mixing prod ) V of Greece 0643 OM with ID fair
7205 PBS Xinjiang? 1655 with trad msx till 1658 then strong signal from R
Rom Intl completely wiped out Xinjiang with local like signal
9170 CNR 6 1621 with pop songs marginal
7435 BBC Hindi (for my ears though Sinhala noticed in Eibi )1637 with fast
talks by M over noisy people conditions including others. Some notices of
BBC dot com . Fair
7220 Fana? (V of Br masses # 2 on Eibi ) on 1640 with HoA music , talks by
OM over string instrument 44534
15410 Abaganda ? 1731 with just open carrier (program ended ?) Good
signal
15225 Save Gambia Project on 1815 , 1817 NOT AVAILABLE . Did they
stopped transmitting, or there was no propagation?
7570 R Thailand 1848 with prg in Tai (it seemed as Viet! ) 44x34
7560 a gospel huxter station in English on 1850 with phone ins 45x34
7520!! R Tirana 1851 with news in English (made in Albania , berisha ,
OECD countries , Kosovo ) Local signal
7290 IRRS ( via SVK ) 1857 with 'DX party line' radio guides from radio
heritage , NAB etc signal ??
4976 Uganda UBC 1918 with forecasts on the incoming football match of
URG<> GER and signal 34333 . That time I was listening together for
some time in between ERA sport , RAI and Uganda
ON 1950 7110 7125 and 7165 with good signal
15380 Radio Havana Cuba 2006 with news in Spanish . Marginal. Heard
for about 20 secs then faded out
5975 (via DHA )WYFR 2016 with discussions //9450 marginal //9740
nothing
9620 KBS 2010 with talks in AR 2018 with 'hot' pop song
9730 V of Vietnam 2052 ID by YL then mentioning about revolution in music
, them song by OM . poor signal
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: 3
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:49:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 11-12, 2010
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** ANTARCTICA. 15476, no trace of a carrier Monday July 12 at 1338 or 1413;
wonder if anyone else had LRA36 or if they were truly missing (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake July 12:
9040, poor at 1314
10500, poor-fair at 1316, JBA at 1421
14700, JBA at 1321, tho CNR1 jammers good on 15265, 15285, 15330 plus
motorboating noise; 14700 very poor at 1415
14960, JBA at 1322; gone at 1415
15555, JBA at 1414 vs WJHR SSB slop and not certain it was FD
17920, fair at 1328, 1410
CNR1 jammer, besides as above:
15520, at 1339 // 15285, but with het on 15521 or so. Had also noticed the het
against V. of Turkey 15520 as it was closing at 1324* after IS. Both this and
15555 are probably inspired by V. of Tibet, which jumps all over the place in
this region; Aoki July 11 had them on 15530 and 15547 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. For the third night in a row, RHC in English instead of Spanish on
6150, at 0542 mailbag with Ed and a Cuban YL sidekick, // 6060, 5970 and this
time 6010 is also in English instead of Spanish instead of English. Spanish on
6120 only, since 5040 was absent, while 5025 Rebelde was on as usual.
Has the schedule at
http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/c_frecuencia/frecuencias.htm
been changed to show English on 6150, let alone the outdated
http://www.radiohc.cu/ingles/c_frecuencia/frecuencias.htm
? of course not!
I guess the lazy person in charge of routing program feeds sticks patch cords
into wrong holes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS [and non]. 13755-13770, weak OTH radar pulses, presumed from here,
July 12 at 1417 vs KOREA NORTH on 13760. Would also bother Vatican which starts
13765 at 1410, not audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. After a spate of good modulation and signals on 9525.9, VOI
strong as ever but lacking any modulation except hum, July 12 at 1310, still
1337 during the English hour. Stayed on past 1357 with het from CRI Russian,
and now there is modulation at 1422 check, Indo talk and music equal to, then
stronger than CRI, but unusable without a notch (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** LIBYA. 17735, July 12 at 1329, poor signal with folk song until 1332 YL
announcement, sounds like Swahili by non-native speaker, mentions Africa,
percussive music, more talk mentioning habara (news?), Afrika, Zimbabwe, 1335
Gamal Abdul Nasser.
All the lists show this hour is YFR in Kannada, a S Asian language, via UAE,
but this sure sounds like Swahili, V. of Africa, Libya to me, which is
scheduled instead on 17725 with Swahili, where nothing was audible. Nothing
audible on 21695 either, supposedly // Libya; only weak signals from Spain
21610, 21570, 21540 detectable on 13m. 17735 went off around 1356, also
matching Libya 17725 schedule. After 1400 could not hear it in English on
either channel.
It looks like Libya has just made some rare frequency changes! Then I got this:
``LIBYA. 15240 kHz, Voice of Africa. Jul 12. VoAfr was on 15240 kHz at 1500 UT
instead of 17725 kHz (I confirmed the frequency on my Grundig G4000A to make
sure it wasn't some spurious signal caused by the Roadstar). Moderate signal
strength at first with no interference with some shallow fading (SIO: 333) with
fading increasing around 1520 (SIO: 222), only to improve around 1530 UT (SIO:
333). Programs about "The African woman's continued success" and another about
cities in Africa. IDs (?This is Voice of Africa from the Great Jamahiriya") at
1510, 1519 and 1531. During this time, I checked 17725 several times but there
was no signal. Had to quit listening around 1535 due to a local thunderstorm.
Hope this is of some use, KH Schmitter, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany (48?N,
7.8?E), Receiver: Roadstar TRA-2350P, Antenna: Sony AN-LP1 active indoor``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. RNW`s all-out coverage only in Dutch of the World Cup
finale, July 11: at 1918 on 15310 via Bonaire, listing all the frequencies
including this one for Carib and FL. It`s running about 1 second behind
Sackville on 13640, 11905. I suppose the game was about to start.
Since nothing much else was going on Sunday afternoon, I condescended to watch
the second half of the game on ABC/Univisi?n with occasional chex of SW RN and
REE which was also covering it with exhausting enthusiasm on 17850, 17595,
15110, 11815, etc. I was trying to figure out why this stupid ballgame
enthralls millions (billions?), some of them even dying because of watching it
in a vulnerable public group.
Due to a 0-0 tie, the game went on and on, until Spain finally won at 2102 UT.
I have a modest suggestion for improving football, and enabling scores a bit
higher than 0-1 after two hours of effort: get rid of the goalies. Since both
sides would lack them, the teams would still be evenly matched, but there would
be a lot more goals, and less likelihood of ties. If this overdid it, then the
goal nets could be smallerized. You`re welcome.
Congratulations to The Netherlands, which will not have to bear the onus of
being known as champs in stupid ballgames, but can redirect efforts toward
worthwhile endeavors such as arts and science. Remember Rembrandt? Leeuwenhoek?
Conquering the East Indies?
Not only does RNW put most of its effort into Dutch rather than English, spoken
by countless millions more, and most Dutch understand English anyway, but it
even broadcasts two separate Dutch programs at once: July 12 at 0526 I am
hearing non // Dutch on 9865 and 9895, but 9865 is about to sign off with
national anthem. 9895 stays on talking about, what else, World Cup, which is
all over. 9865 is via Bonaire to NZ; 9895 via Wertachtal to SE Europe until
0557 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1580, KOKB Blackwell managed to maintain overmodulation distortion
this weekend, July 10-11, preventing any chance of beneath-the-carrier DXing,
but:
1640, KFXY Enid has taken over the open carrier format, with occasional
interruptions. Their automation must really be screwed up, and there is no
human to intervene. Would any listener clue them in? Not me.
First noted July 11 at 1811-1916+ UT, OC whenever checked. I then left a
receiver on frequency for hours, altho not always close enough to hear if
anything came on.
At 2247, the carrier dumped off for a moment as a storm blew thru the
east-of-Hennessey transmitter site.
At 2309, came to life with severe weather alert, probably automatically
overriding ``programming`` on this and sister stations 1390, 107.1. Right back
to OC on 1640. Another one at 2323, and this time I confirm it`s // KCRC 1390
and KNID 107.1; altho synchronized with 107.1, the 1640 audio is a reverb apart
from 1390. IDs are only for ``Chisholm Trail Broadcasting``. NOT including 96.9
which has been spun off to OKC tho Enid is still COL and within prime coverage
area from transmitter near Crescent. Who cares if its listeners get hit by a
tornado?
More OC until 2336 when a truck ad and others cut on; 2339 back to OC; 2340
weather, OC. Well, ads and weather are what really matter.
UT July 12 at 0011 gospel music on for a few sex; wiggle that patchcord? 0013,
Faith 1640 ID, no music. 0023, ``Your favorite southern gospel music on the new
Faith 16-40``, followed by NO music.
0235 still OC but bits of fitful audio here and there.
1323 UT next morning, STILL OC only and at 1426, 1618. Now a new business week
has started and yet no human at CTB has noticed the problem.
BTW, altho my initial observation weeks ago that KFXY had switched to southern
gospel music, ``Faith 1640``, has made it to the MW clubs` listings of format
changes, my significant follow-up has not, i.e. that live sports such as ML
baseball still pre-empts the music, and during the games it reverts to previous
slogan, ``The Score``. Will anyone pick this up now? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. 9680, supersignal from WYFR normally has no competition, but July 12 at
0537 there is equal-level CCI in Russian. This is BBC via Rampisham, 04-06, 500
kW at 47 degrees. Solar flux hit 83 on July 11, and K-index at 06 July 12 was
0. Lots of other good signals from Europe at this time on 31m (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WEWN missing from 12050, July 12 at 1419, tho Spanish VG on 11550
with Taiwan het; and English audible on 13835. So one transmitter is down.
Previous summers, has been off for weeks of maintenance (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 15730, July 11 at 2023 open carrier S9+18 but weak audio
underneath causing SAH. 2029 ``VOA, Washington DC, signing on`` and into French
at 2030. This is another case of Americans vs Americans, VOA interfering with
itself due to unnecessary site changes, frequency overlaps.
Here`s what happens: VOA French at 2000-2030 is daily on 15730 via S?o Tom?. On
Sat and Sun only there is an additional semihour at 2030-2100, but it`s via
Greenville. So GB should crash-start on 15730 and tune up on some other open
channel before 2030 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9870 and 9880 // Arabic YL singer with orchestra, July 11 at
0525. Pause at 0529:55-0530:25 as if closing or something were about to happen,
but then resuming music. Could be Umm Kalthoum, great singer. VG signals on
both. But nothing such is scheduled on either per EiBi, Aoki, HFCC or WRTH
Update.
My guess is VTC, DTK or TDF testing on behalf of Algeria. However, VOA is
scheduled on 9880 M-F at 0530-0600 in French via South Africa, and I heard no
sign of that; so IBB may be in on this, if only to QRX. Saudi Arabia uses 9870
at other times. At 0540 checked 7275 Tunisia, 7295 Algeria via France, but they
were not parallel. That music has also been involved with spy transmissions
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:13:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Arabic unIDs on 9870, 9880
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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The // unIDs in Arabic of yesterday are on again today July 13 from before 0500
UT on 9880 and somewhat weaker 9870, or at least more local interference on the
lower.
0457 reverent-sounding talk, but not Qur`an recitation.
0458 music bit, talk with enhanced reverb, mentioning Allah
0459 oud strumming past 0500
0500+ no ID detectable, but resumes talking, mentions sharia
0503 traditional vocal music
I hope Arabic speakers will identify this. Probably on at least until 0600; was
past 0530 yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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