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Today's Topics:
1. Logs/QSLs for Al Muick (Albert Muick)
2. Emisora pirata en el aire hoy!!! (Arnaldo)
3. Voice of Zimbabwe entrenches monopoly of airwaves (Arnaldo)
4. Sat Morn (Charles Bolland)
5. logs (L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec)
6. Logs from NH-USA, August 2-3 (Scott R. Barbour Jr.)
7. logs (Robert Wilkner)
8. Glenn Hauser logs August 4-7, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 14:31:32 +0430
From: "Albert Muick" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs/QSLs for Al Muick
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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QTH: Kabul, Afghanistan
RX: WinRadio G303e
ANT: 100m Longwire/Randomwire
ACC: Palstar MW-550P Mediumwave Preselector
Hello all. Been a long time since I have had time for DX, but am back now
permanently in Kabul, having been stuck in Kandahar for almost 9 months
without equipment and spending almost 3 months in hospital after some
wounding. Apologies to all whom I owe letters to, I will catch up as time
permits.
In the few periods that I have had time to DX, reception has been much
better. Our group moved to a new guest house and the local noise dropped by
almost 18dB! I have been able to erect a new, albeit shorter, antenna and
now have proper grounding pits dug, for better MW and LW DX. I am just
signing on for a 3rd year (yeah, I know, I'm an idiot) and expect to be able
to give much more time to the hobby.
I will be heading for R&R to Pattaya, Thailand on the 2nd of September and
will do some DX from there as well. Hoping to get some South Pacific and
Asian MW DX in from that location.
The QSLs reported below are form the last four months, but the information
is still timely, so I have included them.
73 and good DX to all,
Al
1269, 03/AUG, 2258 UTC, UAE, Radio Asia with Malay and Indian slow ballads
and occasional ID. Good signals, minimal QRM. Normal summer QRN and
occasional deep fades. Second logging of these guys. Now if I can just get
them to QSL!
5025, 05/AUG, 2150 UTC, AUSTRALIA, Northern Territory Shortwave Service VL8K
Katherine in EG talks between YL announcer and OM interviewee, interspersed
with light pop music. Positive ID at 2200. Weak to fair sigs and no QRM
except for an occasional RTTY blast on 5023 causing issues.
6435.5, 05/AUG, 2041 UTC, SWITZERLAND, HEB Berne Radio utility station with
SITOR bursts and occasional CW Marker of CQ DE HEB. Probably the last
chance for a shortwave logging from this country. Weak, but clear signals.
Interesting Maritime Mobile service from a landlocked country.
QSLs
======
CYPRUS, CyBC, 963, f/d view of studios card in 42 days for EG report and US
$2 return postage.
CYPRUS, NORTHERN (TURKEY), Bayrak RTV, 1098, n/d thank you letter in 126
days for EG report US $3 return postage. V/s Arben Fetoshi, Director of
RTK.
GERMANY, Radio 700, 6005, 1kW(!), f/d card of Spanish tourist destination
they are recommending in 80 days for EG report and US $2.00 return postage.
GERMANY, Deutschlandfunk, 6190, f/d studio card in 97 days for EG report and
US $2.00 (returned).
GERMANY, Bayrischer Rundfunk, 6085 DRM, f/d antenna card in 63 days for EG
report and US $2.00 (returned).
GERMANY, Suedwestrundfunk, 576, f/d logo card in 67 days plus branded
post-it note pad and program guide for EG report and US $2.00 return
postage. V/s: Udo Merzig
GERMANY, Evangeliums Rundfunk, 1539 (700kW!), f/d Mainflingen antenna card
in 54 days for EG report and US $5.00. V/s: Juergen Werth and Lothar Ruehl
GERMANY, DDK9 Deutscher Wetterdienst, 10100.8, n/d email QSL in 1 day for EG
email report of RTTY intercept. V/s: Wilfried Behncke
ISLE OF MAN, Manx Radio, 1368 (20kW), date only large island view card in 54
days plus station pen for US $2.00 return postage.
JAPAN, Nikkei Radio Broadcasting Corp., 6055, f/d caricature of listeners
card in 54 days for EG report and US $3.00 return postage.
MAURITIUS, MBC, 684, n/d email QSL in 73 days from Cyril Nankoo, Ag Chief
Engineer. This was followed in a couple of weeks by an MBC gift pack with a
pen, DVD about the extinct Dodo bird and an MBC polo shirt, which, sadly, is
(I'm ashamed to admit) too small for me. All this for US $5.00 return
postage. I have a good correspondence going with Cyril and he informs me
they are moving into new HQ there soon!
R?UNION (FRANCE), FR3 Radio R?union, 666, f/d "Rotatable Antenna in Issoudun
France" card in 80 days for FR report and US $5.00 return postage. No V/s,
however the comments section listed "surprising!" as the station's comment.
Report was sent to R?union, however reply came from TDF Radio Business Unit,
Shortwave Department, Montrouge France
"Deru kugiha utareru" ("The protruding nail gets hammered down
first").
- Japanese proverb
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 07:09:40 +0200
From: "Arnaldo" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], NoticiasDX
<[email protected]>, Domesticas Y Tropicales
<[email protected]>,
[email protected], DXLD
<[email protected]>, "Grimm, Rudolf Walter"
<[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Emisora pirata en el aire hoy!!!
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El colega Federico Fuleston informa que una emisora pirata estar? emitiendo
desde las 23 UTC de hoy s?bado y hasta las 11 UTC del lunes.
La misma operar? la frecuencia de 7600 Khz, en modo AM.
La emisora estar? emitiendo en forma continua m?sica y quiz?s alguna
identificaci?n como "Onda Libre Argentina".
Ser? de gran importancia que los colegas puedan monitorear la frecuencia en
diferentes horarios y desde distintos lugares, haciendo saber la calidad de
recepci?n a Federico Fuleston a la siguiente direcci?n electr?nica:
[email protected]
73 & 55
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 07:17:09 +0200
From: "Arnaldo" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], playdx2003
<[email protected]>, DXLD <[email protected]>,
[email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Voice of Zimbabwe entrenches monopoly of airwaves
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Voice of Zimbabwe, a subsidiary of the state-controlled Zimbabwe Broadcasting
Holdings (ZBH) was officially launched in the Midlands capital of Gweru on 30
July 2010.
Voice of Zimbabwe was established in 2007 and broadcasts on shortwave frequency.
While the restrictive Broadcasting Services Act (BSA) acknowledges the
three-tier broadcasting system comprising public, private and community radio
stations broadcasting, no single private player has been allowed to enter the
broadcasting sector since its enactment in 2001.
Equally, the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) is still to call for
applications for licences for community radio stations, nine odd years after
the enactment of the BSA.
Zimbabwe has the dubious distinction of being among the very few African
countries without privately owned commercial television and radio stations as
well as community radio stations, 30 years after independence from colonial
rule.
The country is therefore in breach of the principles of the African Charter on
Broadcasting which encourages members states to adopt the three-tier
broadcasting system and transform state-run broadcasters such as ZBH into truly
independent public service broadcasters.
In a report presented at the MISA-Zimbabwe 2010 AGM held in Bulawayo on 31
July, the organisation's Chairperson Loughty Dube urged Zimbabweans to raise
the decibels in their agitations for a liberalised broadcasting environment.
" MISA-Zimbabwe therefore takes this opportunity (of the 2010 AGM) to
reiterate its calls for the government to free the airwaves and allow for the
entry of new players in the broadcasting sector as well as community radio
stations as stipulated under the African Charter on Broadcasting's three-tier
broadcasting system," said Dube.
"The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation should equally be transformed into a
truly independent public broadcaster for it to fulfil its public service
mandate as stipulated in terms of the African Charter on Broadcasting and the
SADC Principles and Guidelines on the Conduct of Democratic Elections."
(www.thezimbabwean.co.uk)
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 11:41:01 -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] Sat Morn
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Peru, 4746.95, Radio Huanta Dos Mil, 1023-1030, Noted
a female in Quechua or Aymara
language comments. Noted mentions of "Peru" here and
there. Signal was fair this
morning. (Chuck Bolland, August 7, 2010)
Peru, 4775, Radio Tarma, 1032-1045, Steady Huaynos
music noted at tune in.
At 1041, noted a canned comment by a female which was
probably TC.
Signal was poor. (Chuck Bolland, August 7, 2010)
Peru, 4826.50, Radio Sicuani, 1034-1045, Not much of a
signal, but noted two males
in conversation. Signal was poor. (Chuck Bolland,
August 7, 2010)
Peru, 4954.99, Radio Cultural Amauta,(TENT) 1048-1100,
Noted a person in Spanish language
comments. Signal was just a little less than the noise
crash which blocked any solid
copy. By 1053 a second person comments before music.
Signal was threshold. (Chuck
Bolland, August 7, 2010)
Peru, 4974.76, Radio Del Pacifico, (per) 1055-1100, At
tune in, noted music. At 1058 the signal
improves slightly revealing music still. Never got
solid copy with this station as it remained
threshold the entire period. (Chuck Bolland, August 7,
2010)
Solomon Islands, 5019.76, SIBC, 1101-1110, Noted a
male in steady English language comments
which sounded like the news. Signal was fair but very
muffled. (Chuck Bolland, August 7, 2010)
China, 5925, CNR5, 1105-1110 Noted a male in Steady
Chinese language comments with a parallel
signal on 7620 KHz. Both were good this morning.
(Chuck Bolland, August 7, 2010)
Vietnam, 5925, VOV (TENT), 1105-1110 Noted a station
here under China's signal of CNR5. Not
audible always, just when CNR5 pauses briefly. Not
absolutely sure if it's VOV, but using an
Asian language. Signal was threshold. (Chuck Bolland,
August 7, 2010)
China, 5955, CRI, 1105-1120, Noted a period of news in
English. The male doing the reading was
either Aussie or English, not a Chinese judging from
his dialect. I thought I was listening to R.
Australia until I heard the ID. Signal was good.
(Chuck Bolland, August 7, 2010)
Thailand, 11785, Voice of America,(per) 1130-1145,
Noted a number of persons giving news reports
in Mandarin(?) possibly. Signal was poor. I Was
looking for an Indonesian, but probably not
using this freq? Signal of VOA was fair with
splatter. (Chuck Bolland, August 7, 2010)
NRD545
26.37N 081.05W
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 14:04:55 -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] logs
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15476, Antarctica, RN San Gabriel. August, 03 1220-1235 two female in
discussion until announcements "comenzamos con m?sica", Spanish Pop music;
43433. August, 04 1415-1428 romantic Spanish music selections, male "desde la
Base Esperanza..transmite..LRA36..", back same kind of music; 45434. August, 05
1448-1503 Spanish Pop music, female talks "continuamos con nuestro programa"
about Argentinean films, back Spanish Pop selections; 43444. August, 06
1157-1218 tune in carrier was on, 1206 audio started with Argentinean Folk
music, male announcements, female talks "ol?, muy buenos dias, un poco nublado
el dia de hoy..sensaci?n t?rmica de -9? C, temperatura m?xima 1? C, progn?stico
de ventos moderados"; 44434, (lob-B).
4950, R. Nacional Angola, Mulenvos. August, 04 2232-2243 male talks in
Portuguese about film director Frank Capra, Titanic film soundtrack, English
Pop music. Het, 33433 (lob-B).
5025, Peru, R. Quillabamba, Quillabamba. August, 04 2244-2255 messages service
and ads by male in Spanish alternating Quechua, ads "tenemos motores el?tricos
y productos de carpintaria", local music, ads of a drugstore by female, music
sounding like Brazilian Sertanejo but in Spanish. At tune in a battle agaisnt
Cuba, but from 2255 changed to a mixing product; 22432 (lob-B).
4990, Suriname, R. Apintie, Paramaribo. August, 07 0648-0703 English romantic
music selections, canned male and child voice ID "R. Apintie", Lenny Kravitz
ballad. 35333, (lob-B).
4025, Liberia, Star Radio. August, 07 0703-0713 male in studio and outside
"you're listening Star Radio..Liberia, Monrovia", female talks. 35333, (lob-B).
73's
L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec
Embu SP Brasil - Sony ICF SW40 - Dipole 18m, 32m.
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 12:42:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Scott R. Barbour Jr." <[email protected]>
To: DXLD <[email protected]>, DXplorer <[email protected]>,
HCDX <[email protected]>, Gayle Van Horn
<[email protected]>, NASWAyg <[email protected]>, Mark Taylor
<[email protected]>, Dave Valko <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs from NH-USA, August 2-3
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Couple items I've been dragging around this week. Too busy working & enjoying
the excellent, New England summertime weather, to post in a timely fashion.
5020, SOLOMON ISLANDS, SIBC Honiara, 0922-0935, August 3, vernacular. M
announcer w/ lengthy talk thru BoH; poor-fair in ECCS-LSB w/ mild 5025-Rebelde
splash. (Barbour-NH)
5055, BRAZIL, R. Difusora Caceres, 0142-0204, August 2, Portuguese. EZL
pops/ballads & occasional announcer between selections; ID announcement &
jingle at 0201; couple of ads then back to mx; fair. (Barbour-NH)
9930, PALAU, T8WH Koror, 0957-1000*, August 3, English. End of religious talk;
contact info & literature offer for "...(?)..Fellowship International.."; WHR
ID & S. Bend, IN contact info; off at 1000 sharp; fair at best. (Barbour-NH)
Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, NH-USA
NRD-545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2010 19:06:59 -0400
From: Robert Wilkner <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [HCDX] logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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3250 Honduras, Radio Luz y Vida, San Luis, 0035 om en espanol good
signal 4 August, 1037 carrier on, no audio, 7 August [Wilkner]
3290 Guyana, GBC 0940 flute instrumental usual om announcer, under
t-storm " 60 million dollars" for something 0945 modern subcontinental
music 7 August [Wilkner]
3375.34 Brasil Radio Municipal S?o Gabriel da Cachoeira, upbeat music
0935 ID banda de 90 metros, good strong signal till 1005 tune out 7
August [Wilkner]
4754.9. Radio Imaculada Concei??o, Campo Grande, MS 0040 om in
Portuguese 5 August [Wilkner]
4795.85 Bolivia Radio Lipez, Uyuni 0935 strong signal with flauta
andina, locutor and music, "en Bolivia...kiloHertz" ID under t-storms
1000 Buenas Dias, music bridge stayed in till 1055 recheck, 5 August.
Good AM lock on R8 [Wilkner]
4835.42 Peru Radio Mara?on Jaen 1021 with om and music under adjacent
slop. 5 August. [Wilkner]
4840 WCCP with East coast West coast hip hop dispute, gangsta influence
on baroque classic harpsichord 1012 - 1013
4955 Peru Radio Cultural Amauta Huanta 1030 Excellent Peruvian vocals,
Time check at 32 minutos by om, excellent signal. Enjoyable 7 August
[Wilkner]
5019.9 Solomon Islands, SIBC 1010 some audio with Radio Rebelde in
remission. 7 August [Wilkner]
5480.30 Unid with audio, weak and fading 1015 on 5 August [Wilkner]
5952.46 Bolivia Pio XII, Siglo Veinte 1012 om and yl with clear
signal,[ no Cuban/Costa Rican "yo mama drama" jamming]. Children's
voices, om over percussion solo, good AM lock on the R8. 5 August.
[Wilkner]
6010 Mexico Radio Mil, M?xico City 0953 to 1000 ID Disco music
reminiscent of Whit Stillman films http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001775/
7 August [Wilkner]
Robert Wilkner
Pompano Beach, Florida
Drake R8 - Icom 746Pro-DL - NRD 535D -
Elliptic Low Pass Audio Filters
http://www.kongsfjord.no/ [See Dallas Files]
Dallas Lankford, 7/4/05, rev. 5/26/08
60 meter band dipole ~
Noise Reducing Antenna
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 17:57:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 4-7, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** ANGUILLA. 6090, DGS as usual Aug 7 at 0534 check during jazz music break //
WWCR on both 5935 and 5890. Some downunderite had reported The Overcomer
Ministry on 6090! But that is unbelievable. It`s also incredible how anyone
could confuse Dead Gene Scott with Brother Scare, each with inimitable voice
and style. However if MEGO, all gospel huxters may sound alike (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. 15476+, LRA36, at 1255 Aug 5, YL with a discussion in Spanish;
1259.5 song. Best reception in a while, fading from S3 to S9+5 peaks, and even
better than Cuba on 15380. 1318 still songs; nothing on 15480 to het it, and
Turkey 15450 also inaudible with somewhat auroral conditions. 1338 YL mentioned
``Esperanza`` which would have helped to definitize the log if I weren`t
already positive, mixing with music but weakening. Now I have local VHF 2-way
repeater image QRM, fortunately only brief intermittences. 1353 still audible
with rap, and past 1404 when I quit. Maurits Van Driessche, Belgium, had
measured it on 15476.020 on July 29 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Tho Ron Howard found Firedrake had resumed sporadically on 8400, when
I checked Aug 7 at 1305, nothing audible in noise level and poor propagation,
neither FD nor Sound of Hope; nor anywhere up to 13 MHz before 1300 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. Reinforcing my impression that my recent log of DW German on
9465 was unusual, compared to the nightly reception on 9480, even tho both are
listed as from Rwanda: Aug 5 at 0524, 9480 was VG while 9465 was only poor.
9480 is 30 degrees, 9465 180 degrees --- neither favorable for here around 315
degrees, so why the disparity? Possibly we are normally in a big sidelobe from
one and a null from the other. Also could be that for maintenance or whatever,
DW made a temporary site substitution not listed. BTW, 9480 changes to
Woofferton site after 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also
UNID 9479
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI with problems again, Aug 7 at 1303, big S9+25 carrier
featuring nothing but hum for modulation. 1305:10 joined English news in
progress, and lessened hum; must have wiggled that patchcord (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBERIA. 4025-, usual presumed Star Radio situation, very weak carrier, with
BFO on, slightly lower when compared to the Cuban signal 1.000 MHz higher, Aug
5 at 0509. And Aug 7 at 0538 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX SITUATION)
** LIBYA. As first noted by Ivo Ivanov on Aug 6, V. of Africa`s new frequencies
were missing. Then Aug 7 at 0530 check, I found nothing audible on 9870 and
9880 which had been in Arabic from VOA. Other broadcasts were also reported
missing by other monitors, and on Aug 7, Joe Hanlon, NJ, found English at 14-16
was back on the previous pair, 17725 and 21695 which had been replaced a few
weeks ago by 15235 and 15240. So have all the old times and frequencies been
reactivated? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [continued from last report]. Another ch 2 fade-in at 1742 UT Aug 4,
now with Azteca-7 news bug in LR with temp 32, 12:42 clock, no doubt XHTAU
Tampico. Soon with 10-kHz-away offset CCI in video only ads in English
including Bug Barrier, surely XHRIO Matamoros, still analog in English as Fox
affiliate. Both gone within a minute. A bit more Mexican Es touched channel 2,
Aug 4 at 2034 UT, when some Spanish faded in briefly from the SSW with ads
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. 6250, weak Spanish at 0509 Aug 5 again proved to be //
strong Spanish on 6080, i.e. Bonaire relay of NHK, leapfrogging over another
Bonaire transmitter on 6165, RNW Dutch, the fulcrum and consequently the spur
offgoing at 0527, while 6080 continues a bit longer. No sign of Equatorial
Guinea on 6250. Anyone reporting Spanish on 6250 before 0527 must rule out 6080
// to assume it is EqG (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1580, KOKB Blackwell still defaults to open carrier for
long periods of time, presumably losing webfeed and nobody is around to start
it back up immediately. Was OC Aug 6 at 2345 UT; also 1310-1415+ Aug 7 for
another Spanish-mystery DXing session, see UNIDENTIFIED; and also still OC at
1815 UT.
1120, Aug 7 at 1815 I heard rap, from KEOR Sperry-Tulsa. Bruce Winkelman in
Tulsa noted that the station it used to simulcast, KJMU 1340 Sand Springs, was
off the air instead at 0011 UT Aug 6, while 1120 KEOR had soul music. He says
1340 was still silent at 0334 UT Aug 6, and at 1300, while at 1315, 1120 had a
preacher instead of urban contemporary music.
1240, at 1815 UT Aug 7, from a `hot spot` store parking lot in western Enid,
had an echo from ESPN Radio, i.e. two stations unsynchronized on same network:
KADS Elk City OK underneath the dominant daytime signal here, KFH Wichita KS,
which must have changed format from News/talk as in 2009 NRC AM Log.
780, KSPI Stillwater OK is still putting out spurs at 774 and 786 kHz as I last
reported in April. These are especially obvious on the 10-kHz-step caradio,
making hets against weak signals on 770 and 790, e.g. Aug 7 at 1829 (Glenn
Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. DXing with Cumbre had not been reported on SW for many months,
despite still appearing on the WHR program schedule search at
http://www.whr.org/Program-Schedules.cfm#DETAILED_SCHEDULE_SEARCH
If you enter Marie Lamb as program host, you get 22 scheduled airings per week
[or 17 if 5 of them are duplicates], but upon many chex, those SW frequencies
have not really been on the air.
But is WHR at least webcasting DWC at these times? We need to invoke some
Angels this weekend. Two current WHR scheduled times on Saturday we could check
are:
1600 on 17520 Angel 5
1830 on 11785 Angel 6
This independent archive of DX programs http://www.rfprograms.com/ has no DWC
since last August. At that time per
http://cdxpodcast.ralabs.com/archives/category/announcement
Marie had been making excuses about once a month for not producing a program.
On the program website, the latest `new show` listed was for 15 May 2010. Has
DXing with Cumbre disappeared, gone almost 3 months already?
http://cdxpodcast.ralabs.com/archives/category/new-show
So we monitored the Angel 5 webcast from before 1600 UT Sat Aug 7. At 1600, on
came DWC! In the intro, Marie said it was #664, recorded Thursday, August 5,
2010. Mentioned is also on iTunes under hobby podcasts, and on WRN to Europe,
no time given; have to look it up. Said she had not done a program last week,
however, and wrapped it up at 1618, but theme played on and on until 1620, only
20 minutes instead of 30; then Rhapsody in Blue filling out the semihour! Quite
lo-fi on the music. After the usual opening plugs for Cumbre and sponsor, Chris
Lobdell was on from 1605 and still until 1618 or so with his pirate report(s).
Meanwhile around 1610 we also checked 17520, and to our amazement, it was
really on the air with DWC. So now we have one time to add to the SW DX program
listings. However, next one per WHR schedule was absent, no signal on 11785 at
1830.
Unfortunately, WWCR has moved the 12160 airing of WORLD OF RADIO to the very
same time on Saturdays, 1600 instead of 1630, as also confirmed Aug 7 by
monitoring and webcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WYFR the 13m OSOB, Aug 7 at 1836: 21485 German, 21525 French, better
21670 Spanish; not especially strong, but interesting that at the moment,
English on the 13 MHz band were weaker, 13615 and 13690 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. I was visiting Wichita KS Aug 5-6, a respite from radio, altho I went
to a concert co-sponsored by KMUW; but on the way back made some obs in the car:
1390, at 2342 UT Aug 6, KCRC Enid had considerable CCI from Spanish music.
Position: just N of South Haven barely inside KS. Skywave was already kicking
in. NRC AM Log 2009 indicates the only Spanish match in neighboring states to
OK, indeed anywhere in mid-America, is KDQN in De Queen AR, which is near the
SW corner of that state. NRC Pattern Book shows it non-direxional unlike KCRC
which aims WNW. Not a chance of hearing KDQN dentro-Enid, of course.
1500, nostalgia music, no doubt KJIM from N Texas, Aug 6 before 0000 UT, and
when rechecked at 0006 had robotic weather from NWS, but no definite locations
caught. Briefly wondered if there were a HAR/TIS on this frequency, but soon
back to nostalgia; and at 0012, ``AM 1500, KJIM, The Memory Maker``, dominating
frequency, Pawhuska no problem. Listened to it for some time, but at 0100
recheck ``The new ESPN 1500, KSTP`` was taking over. I thought KJIM, a 1 kW
direxional daytimer, might have just signed off, but FCC shows 0115 UT as the
official LSS for Sherman TX in August.
1560, ``The Game``, very dominant at 0054 Aug 7, with Houston weather promo,
0056 ID as KGOW, 1560 AM, Bellaire TX. Totally over KOCY OKC. At 0100 much
weaker with CCI, as it had just cut from 50 kW day power toward the NNE, to 15
kW night power toward the SSE.
1580, KOKB Blackwell OK, we were even closer to than in Enid, enjoying its nice
uncluttered open carrier, Aug 6 at 2345, tho with volume upturned could also
hear skywavers underneath it; getting all set for another Saturday morning
13-14 UT Spanish fiesta: see UNIDENTIFIED.
1610 kHz: KTA (Kansas Turnpike Authority) has several useful HAR transmitters
along the route. A robotic YL voice gives weather info from Kansas City to
Topeka to Wichita, but it`s jerky with inhuman intonation and pauses; some
other segments are voiced by real people, like please do not run over highway
workers and incur a double fine. Could not hear anything on 530 from KTA as I
have further into OK, but the T-storm noise was worst at the low end of the
band.
1660, Aug 6 at 2351 sportstalk about baseball, while earlier in the hour, prime
format classical music was in from KXTR Kansas City KS. We know this station
often pre-empts cl for SBG, so presumably that`s it, sure to dominate in
Kansas. But wait --- they are talking about Fargo-Morehead, and Winnipeg, so
must be KQWB, quite a nice signal overriding KC. But wait again! Discussion
soon turns to talk of Kansas City team, KXTR ID in passing, and referencing
http://www.tbonesbaseball.com/ where we find:
``The Kansas City T-Bones have partnered with Entercom for the 2010 season to
bring you all 100 regular-season T-Bones games! T-Bones game broadcasts will be
featured on KXTR 1660 AM, with select games on 610 Sports Radio KCSP. Join the
"Voice of the T-Bones" Brian Bruce for all the action.``
Anyhow, a nice lesson in not jumping to ID conclusions. I suppose a sense of
humor is to be commended, but being named for a cut of steak might not appeal
to all players. Still, the beefier, the better, tnx to steroids. KC is of
course famous for meat packing, but hardly the capital of such, vs Chicago,
Omaha, Amarillo, etc.
Strangely, the listen live link from streamtheworld.com when checked 22 hours
later, altho visibly active, was really silent, and displayed the strange call
KUDLIO.
1680, ``Old School 1680 AM, KRJO`` quite a good dominant signal as late as 0050
UT Aug 7 as we were passing thru Medford OK. Aug sunset in Monroe LA is
officially 0100, so it was getting the max out of 10 kW day power (Glenn
Hauser, KS and OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 840, in daytime bandscan from hotspot parking lot in western
Enid, 1818 UT Aug 7, could hear SAH of between 6 and 7 Hz on this frequency.
KTIC, 5 kW in West Point NE, has been audible here daytimes under optimum
conditions, but what could the other be? KWDF in Ball, central LA seems next
closest, 8 kW. Also possibly WHAS Louisville KY, KVJY in Pharr, extreme S TX
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1580, another Saturday morning, Aug 7, so another session trying
to pull anything identifiable out of the Spanish sportstalk I have been getting
for weeks, only on Saturdays between 1300 and 1400 UT, underneath the open
carrier from KOKB Blackwell OK, when applicable, and usually it is.
1312, tune-in, discussing Mundial de Sud?frica. 1318 rolled tape until 1404 and
may listen to it again sometime for any further details.
1322, tone and interruption by NWS flash flood advisory for NE Arkansas, which
is hardly applicable to KHGG in NW AR. But KHGG is the main QRM to the Spanish,
KHGG losing out as the hour proceeded.
1323, Spanish fades back in; 1329 still sports talk, mentions Copa Am?rica
2007. 1332 mentions about three times for upcoming partidos (games), maybe to
be broadcast by same station. Then mentions Los ?ngeles, Dallas, and some
league with three or four initials in Spanish.
1345, fadeup again. This hour is just two guys conversing; not taking callers.
1348, break for promo or ad by screaming totally insincere announcer. Who falls
for that? 1350 ad for leche(?), price in pesos(?), I think, which of course
points to USM rather than USA source.
1351, sports discussion mentions El Salvador, Europa. KHGG seems to be gone by
now.
1356, copied phone number clearly in Spanish: 633-8340. See below.
1359 fading, back up at 1403, still Spanish. 1404 another hard-sell ad, back to
sports. 1410 mentions f?tbol americano. 1415 gone as I quit; KOKB still open
carrier.
Googling on 633-8340, pronounced 6-3-3-83-40 we get some intriguing hits; of
course there could be others:
In 479 AC there is Massage Envy in Rogers AR, i.e. in KHGG coverage area.
In 719 AC, Health Partners in Colorado Springs, i.e. KREL country.
In 602 AC, it`s an active number in Phoenix, KMIK, territory, but everyone
wants me to pay to find out who it belongs to.
Also hits in 307 AC for a window company in Cheyenne WY, but no 1580s around
there; and in the 575 AC for Nara Visa NM, ditto (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. As I was bandscanning before retiring UT Aug 7, at 0531 came upon
big het against DW German via Rwanda on 9480; it`s normally in the clear. DW
was still stronger, and could not make out what the station on 9479 was saying.
Since WTWW is the only station in the world at any time on that frequency, I
figured they were for some reason on day frequency instead of 5755. Checking
5755, nothing there, so that seemed to clinch it.
I notified WTWW, and later heard back from Ted Randall that he and other
engineers were working on a problem with the frequency change gearbox and the
power level, but he says it was not on the air when I heard it, altho they did
switch back and forth to 9479 when troubleshooting at 0400-0410; and was back
on 5755 when finished at 0730. It seems highly improbable to me that any other
station would have been putting a spur on 9479 just when WTWW was experiencing
these problems, but let`s see if we hear it again and can ID it as something
else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 92, Issue 8
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