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Today's Topics:
1. AIR Monitoring observations of Aug 14, 201 (Jaisakthivel)
2. AIR Monitoring observations of Aug 14, 201 (Jaisakthivel)
3. Log 15/Aug (Jorge Freitas (Yahoo))
4. Logs (Manuel M?ndez)
5. Sun Morn (Charles Bolland)
6. Glenn Hauser logs August 15, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
7. Re: Glenn Hauser logs August 15, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
8. August 15 Logs ([email protected])
9. Logs from NH-USA, week ending August 15. (Scott R. Barbour Jr.)
10. Fw: Radio St. Helena Day 2010 (Jaisakthivel)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:28:17 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <[email protected]>
To: dxld <[email protected]>
Cc: DSWCI Log book <[email protected]>, Ashok Kumar wwdxc
<[email protected]>, hard core group <[email protected]>,
JAPAN REMIUM <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] AIR Monitoring observations of Aug 14, 201
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AIR Monitoring observations of Aug 14, 2010 in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, Deep
south of India.
kHz Kw Station SIO
3945 50 Gorakhpur 222
4760 10 Leh 222
4775 50 Imphal 222
4800 50 Hyderabad 232
4810 50 Bhopal 222 at 1400
4820 50 Kolkata 222 with Interference
4830 50 Jammu Nil
4837.5 10 Gangtok 222
4840 50 Mumbai 232
4850 50 Kohima Nil
4860 50 Kingsway Nil
4880 50 Lucknow 222
4895 50 Kurseong 212 at 1400
4910 50 Jaipur 322
4920 50 Chennai 444
4940 50 Guwahati 222
4950 50 Srinagar 222
4960 50 Ranchi Nil
4965 50 Shimla 222
4970 50 Shillong 222
4990 50 Itanagar Nil
5010 50 Thiruvananthapuram 343
5015 50 Delhi Nil
5040 50 Jeypore 222 with Interference
5050 10 Aizawl 232
6030 50 Delhi 222
6085 50 Delhi 222 with Interference
9425 500 Bengaluru 333
9470 250 Aligarh 222 with Interference
9575 50 Delhi 222 with Interference
9835 50 Delhi 222 with Interference
9870 500 Bengaluru 333
FM
105.6 - Gyan Vani, Tirunelveli
MW
576 AIR Alappuzha
612 AIR Bengaluru
630 AIR Thrissur
684 AIR Kozhikode
720 AIR Chennai
738 AIR Hyderabad
765 AIR Dharwad
900 AIR Kadapa
936 AIR Tiruchi
999 AIR Coimbatore
1053 AIR Tutucorin
1161 AIR Thiruvananthapuram
1269 AIR Madurai
Receiver: Sony ICF 2010D
Monitor by
Jaisakthivel, Asst. Professor,
Dept. of Communication, MS University,
Tirunelveli - 627012, India
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:28:17 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <[email protected]>
To: dxld <[email protected]>
Cc: DSWCI Log book <[email protected]>, Ashok Kumar wwdxc
<[email protected]>, hard core group <[email protected]>,
JAPAN REMIUM <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] AIR Monitoring observations of Aug 14, 201
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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AIR Monitoring observations of Aug 14, 2010 in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, Deep
south of India.
kHz Kw Station SIO
3945 50 Gorakhpur 222
4760 10 Leh 222
4775 50 Imphal 222
4800 50 Hyderabad 232
4810 50 Bhopal 222 at 1400
4820 50 Kolkata 222 with Interference
4830 50 Jammu Nil
4837.5 10 Gangtok 222
4840 50 Mumbai 232
4850 50 Kohima Nil
4860 50 Kingsway Nil
4880 50 Lucknow 222
4895 50 Kurseong 212 at 1400
4910 50 Jaipur 322
4920 50 Chennai 444
4940 50 Guwahati 222
4950 50 Srinagar 222
4960 50 Ranchi Nil
4965 50 Shimla 222
4970 50 Shillong 222
4990 50 Itanagar Nil
5010 50 Thiruvananthapuram 343
5015 50 Delhi Nil
5040 50 Jeypore 222 with Interference
5050 10 Aizawl 232
6030 50 Delhi 222
6085 50 Delhi 222 with Interference
9425 500 Bengaluru 333
9470 250 Aligarh 222 with Interference
9575 50 Delhi 222 with Interference
9835 50 Delhi 222 with Interference
9870 500 Bengaluru 333
FM
105.6 - Gyan Vani, Tirunelveli
MW
576 AIR Alappuzha
612 AIR Bengaluru
630 AIR Thrissur
684 AIR Kozhikode
720 AIR Chennai
738 AIR Hyderabad
765 AIR Dharwad
900 AIR Kadapa
936 AIR Tiruchi
999 AIR Coimbatore
1053 AIR Tutucorin
1161 AIR Thiruvananthapuram
1269 AIR Madurai
Receiver: Sony ICF 2010D
Monitor by
Jaisakthivel, Asst. Professor,
Dept. of Communication, MS University,
Tirunelveli - 627012, India
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 08:14:49 -0000
From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "Cumbre
Lista" <[email protected]>, "Hard Core DX"
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Log 15/Aug
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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5850 15/Aug 0729 USA, Family Radio, in Spanish. Religious sermon with
references to King Saul. Good signal. (Jorge Freitas-B)
5884 15/Aug 0735 Transmission of numbers in Spanish for female voice. In AM.
Good signal (Jorge Freitas-B)
5930 15/Aug 0736 RUSSIAN, R Rossii, in Russian. OM and YL alternate in a
relaxed conversation. The 0738 musical short vignette. The 0745 short
vignette R Rossii . The 0759 ID with musical vignette. The 0800 beep signal
e ID. 43433. (Jorge Freitas-B)
73
Read the DX News bulletin in Portuguese (New Link):
<http://www.4shared.com/document/FvrnNbIu/DX_NEWS_05.html>
http://www.4shared.com/document/FvrnNbIu/DX_NEWS_05.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: 4
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:41:18 +0200
From: Manuel M?ndez <[email protected]>
To: Conexi?n Digital <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Espa?a
Escuchas realizadas en Friol
Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW 7600 G
Antena de cable, 10 metros, orientada WSW
ANGOLA, 4949.9, Radio Nacional, Mulenvos, 2117-2140, 14-08, canciones,
locutor, comentarios, portugu?s. 14321. Tambi?n escuchada a las
0450-0510, 15-08, canciones africanas, a las 0500 se?ales horarias,
luego locutora, portugu?s, noticias, locutor, identificaci?n: "Radio
Nacional de Angola". 25432. (M?ndez)
BRASIL
4865, Radio Alvadora, Londrina (probable), 0602-0610, 15-08, portugu?s,
comentario religioso. 14321. (M?ndez)
4915, Radiodifsuora Macap?, Macap?, 0505-0540, 15-08, locutor,
comentarios, canciones brasile?as, portugu?s. 34433. (M?ndez)
4985, Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, 0458-0510, 15-08, canciones
brasile?as, locutor, comentarios, portugu?s. 24322. (M?ndez)
5940, Voz Missionaria, Cambori?, 2107-2135, 14-08, portugu?s, locutor,
comentario religioso. 24322. (M?ndez)
6185, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 0510-0750, 15-08, canciones
brasile?as, identificaci?n: Radio Nacional da Amazonia", comentarios.
Se?al fuerte, eclipsando completamente a Radio Educaci?n de M?xico,
cuando lo normal es que a esa hora se escucha a la emisora mexicana.
44444. (M?ndez)
9665, Voz Missionaria, Cambori?, 0543-0555, 15-08, locutor, portugu?s,
comentario religioso. En paralelo con 5940. 24322. (M?ndez)
9675, Radio Cancao Nova, Cachoeira Paulista, 2110-2114, 14-08,
portugu?s, religioso, lectura del Santo Rosario. 32322. (M?ndez)
11750, Voz Missionaria, Cambori?, 2110-2135, 14-08, locutor, portugu?s,
religioso. 23322. (M?ndez)
11765, Super Radio Deus e Amor, Curitiba, 2105-2112, 14-08, portugu?s,
predicaciones, locutor. 34433. (M?ndez)
11780, Radio Nacional da Amazonia,a Brasilia, 2102-2115, 14-08,
noticias, locutor: "Agora en Brasilia 6 horas 3 minutos, Nacional
informa". 34433. (M?ndez)
11830, Radio Daqui, Goiania, 2048-2053, 14-08, canciones brasile?as.
33433. (M?ndez)
COLOMBIA, 5910, Marfil Estereo, Lomalinda, 0511-0710, 15-08, canciones
latinoamericanas, locutor, identificaci?n: "La hora en Marfil Estereo,
es la 1 con 56 minutos". 23322. (M?ndez)
ECUADOR, 6050, HCJB, Pichincha, *0827-0834, 15-08, inicio transmisi?n
con himno, a las 0830 se?ales horarias, comentarios en quechua por
locutor y locutora. 14321. (M?ndez)
DJIBOUTI, 4780, Radio TV Djibouti, Arta, 1807-1820, 14-08, canciones,
vern?culo. 23222. (M?ndez)
PERU
4790, Radio Visi?n, Chiclayo, 0516-0540, 15-08, locutor, comentario
religioso, espa?ol. 14321. (M?ndez)
4974.8, Radio del Pac?fico, Lima, 0533-0606, 15-08, locutor, espa?ol,
comentario religioso, canciones, locutora anunciando "apartado de
correos...". 14321. (M?ndez)
SURINAN, 4990, Radio Apintie, Paramaribo, (probable), 0527-0548, 15-08,
canciones. Muy d?bil. 14321. (M?ndez)
UGANDA, Radio Uganda, Kampala, 1803-1915, 14-08, locutor, ingl?s,
noticias, canciones. 24322. (M?ndez)
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:33:34 -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] Sun Morn
Message-ID:
<!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAMcpx2KDL2JFmEyXbvynxonCgAAAEAAAALNuKw/[email protected]>
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Bolivia, 6134.82, Radio Santa Cruz, 0900-0950, Noted a
brief program of religious
service. This was followed with a flute type interval
signal. At 0901 opening
canned ID "... Radio Santa Cruz ...". Music follows
with a tune about Radio Santa
Cruz. Another canned ID, then more music. Finally at
0908, a male in live Spanish
comments opens the programming. This all was the same
format heard on Saturday
morning at 0900. Usually, the signal is buried in the
noise, but the last couple of
days it's been a different story. The quality of the
signal has been good at least for
the first 20 minutes after 0900 UTC. (Chuck Bolland,
August 15, 2010)
Bolivia, 4795.84, Radio Mallku (Radio Lipez),(TENT),
0950-1000, Regretably there's some confusion here by
me. EIBI says Lipez as the name of this station and
AOKI says it's Mallku. At this time
there's so much noise from the atmosphere that it's
difficult even to hear the signal let alone any
details or names. Noted a female in Spanish comments
between music selections. (Chuck
Bolland, August 15, 2010)
NRD545
26.37N 081.05W
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:00:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 15, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
** CHINA. Firedrake [non], August 15:
Nothing found 8-16 MHz 1315-1343 --- except:
14970, a regular FD frequency, instead had continuous Chinese talk at 1335. Was
it really Sound of Hope? Of course not! // 11990, 11805, 11785, so CNR1 jammer
is running instead. No trace of another station on 14970. Recheck 1359, still
talk, without the usual CNR1 produxion hype, probably subdued due to National
Day of Mourning; 4-pip timesignal and off at 1400* sharp, and still no trace of
even a carrier from SOH; still off at final check 1420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9690, AIR GOS, Aug 15 at 1338 heard regular news announcer, not live
coverage of President`s Independence Day speech, as presumably on most/all AIR
domestic SW outlets. Poor reception, usual hum, and hard to follow on 9690, but
barely audible 9870 not // and nothing on 9425, let alone tropical bands at
this hour. At 1353 heard some military band, commands yelled, commentary from
studio; 1355 speech by OM [?] in reverby locale, alternating with YL studio
commentary, so is this now live coverage? Or does AIR GOS repackage due to
scheduling restraints. Ron Howard says the Hindi version aired on 9425 and
tropical channels at 1330, English version from 1353. And he refers us to
http://presidentofindia.nic.in/sp140810-2.html
for text of her full speech (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1580, KOKB Blackwell, had resumed open carrier, Sunday Aug 15 at
1344 UT; underneath no Spanish but two gospel huxters mixing in English. BTW,
when modulating later on Aug 14, KOKB mentioned its studios in downtown
Stillwater, so both it and KOKP 1020 Perry are merely relays of 105.1 KOSB.
Also, a small correxion to my Aug 14 report: ESPN Deportes show Mano a Mano is
on their schedule as 9 am (EDT), not 10 am, and 1300+ UT is when I was hearing
it. I hope next Saturday at 13-14+ UT some other DX listeners in adjacent
states will check 1580 for Spanish; it`s somebody`s local or semi-local (Glenn
Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. KXOK-LP 32 Enid was first noted off the air Aug 14, and continued
missing Aug 15 --- have they reached the point of closing down analog for good?
You never know with this erratic operation.
KXOK-LD is on 31 with 40 watts, CP for 3.7 kW, but with a little tropo, on 31
we get Univisi 1000 kW from Derby/Wichita, almost north, better than KXOK from
a sesquimile away. It`s far too weak to block DX. UT Aug 15 at 0400 I rotated
the antenna to see if KXOK-LD was still operational. Yes, but antenna
positioning is very touchy, and still get best signal from off the direct path!
--- more toward N Enid. Unless station has really an unauthorized second site
for the DTV antenna, this must be an anomaly of propagation. Perhaps the best
signal with least multipath is reflecting off some struxure, altho there
doesn`t appear to be anything except some trees possibly in the way direct.
At 0400 UT, KXOK-LD 31 was running RTV`s Off Beat Cinema. Altho it was hard for
me to keep a decode on direct antenna, it was OK to the local cable headend
which is only a couple blox away from the listed transmitter site, and has an
outside receiving antenna aimed right at the 40 watts.
Suddenlink, which converted to digital last month, is still sending basic
channels only down the line in analog, 2-22 with some blanx, but higher ones
have been deleted, except ch C70, which is EWTN, for some strange reason, and
the home-shoppers on 98 and 99, which are really in the FM band. This includes
KXOK on C15 analog, as well as C15 digital. I found these were running about
one word apart, DTV behind analog, but both were seven seconds behind my direct
DTV on 31. Apparently cable systems are required to keep basic channels only
available in analog. This includes all the off-air OKC stations.
With KXOK off 32, that leaves us with NO analog TV signals into the antenna.
When tuning for analog TVDX we can no longer punch 32 to be sure the antenna is
properly connected. Next best is ch 36 Univisi?n LP in OKC, but in dead
conditions it`s hard to tell it`s there (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. Another Sunday without El Hugazo, SOB! Aug 15 at 1635
checking scheduled Cuban relay frequencies 12010, 13750, 17750, zilch, no
``Al?, Presidente`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:31:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 15, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
The president`s speech was on Aug 14 at 1330, as others have reported, not Aug
15, so whatever I was hearing on 9690 was a recap, or unrelated. Glenn
--- On Sun, 8/15/10, Glenn Hauser <[email protected]> wrote:
> ** INDIA. 9690, AIR GOS, Aug 15 at 1338 heard regular news
> announcer, not live coverage of President`s Independence Day
> speech, as presumably on most/all AIR domestic SW outlets.
> Poor reception, usual hum, and hard to follow on 9690, but
> barely audible 9870 not // and nothing on 9425, let alone
> tropical bands at this hour. At 1353 heard some military
> band, commands yelled, commentary from studio; 1355 speech
> by OM [?] in reverby locale, alternating with YL studio
> commentary, so is this now live coverage? Or does AIR GOS
> repackage due to scheduling restraints. Ron Howard says the
> Hindi version aired on 9425 and tropical channels at 1330,
> English version from 1353. And he refers us to
> http://presidentofindia.nic.in/sp140810-2.html
> for text of her full speech (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
> DIGEST)
------------------------------
Message: 8
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:15:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] August 15 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
** ARGENTINA. 15344.17, Radio Nac, 2300-2320, August 15, futbol
game with the usual exaggerated "g-o-a-ls". Spanish announcements,
promos. ?Radio Nacional? IDs. Fair. // 6060 - poor with co-channel
QRM from Brazil?s Super Radio Deus ? Amor. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** NIGERIA. 7255, Voice of Nigeria, 2120-2257*, August 15, vernacular
talk. Local tribal chants. Some local drums. Sign off with National
Anthem. Fair to good but with weak co-channel QRM. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:00:31 -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, week ending August 15.
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
3290, GUYANA, GBC Georgetown, 0917-0923, August 14, English. M announcer w/
cover of "Imagine"; greetings to couple getting married later in the day; fair.
(Barbour-NH)
3375.38, BRAZIL, R. Municipal Cachoeira, 0906-0916, August 14, Portuguese. M
announcer between mx bits; up-beat mx & "zinger" announcement of sorts; more mx
& a different "zinger" at 0915; fair. (Barbour-NH)
4699.97, BOLIVIA, R. San Miguel Riberalta, 0914-0920, August 12, Spanish. M
announcer w/ talk & up-beat mx; poor-fair. (Barbour-NH)
4949.94, ANGOLA, presumed R. Nacional de Angola Mulenvos, 0209-0217, August 10,
Portuguese. EZL music w/ a bit of talk; W announcer from 0212; poor.
(Barbour-NH)
9745U, BAHRAIN, presumed R. Bahrain Abu Hayan, 2039, August 10, Arabic. Arabic
mx; very weak; just audible below mild, noise floor. (Barbour-NH)
15190, EQ. GUINEA, R. Africa Bata, 2005-2013, August 10, English. Usual fare of
U.S. based religous programming; fair at best. (Barbour-NH)
Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA
NRD-545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:44:01 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <[email protected]>
To: ardic <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Fw: Radio St. Helena Day 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
?
Radio St. Helena Day 2010? :? Date , Times, and Targets
-------------------------------------------------------------
RSD 2010? will be on? Saturday,?? 09. October 2010
=======================================
????????Target Region?????? Times? (UTC )????????????? Beam Heading
????? ===========????? ==============??????? ==========
??????? EUROPE????????????? 1900 - 2030 UTC??????????? 10 degrees?
??????? INDIA????????????????? 2030 -? 2130?UTC?????????? 70 degrees??
??????? JAPAN???????????????? 2130 - 2300 UTC??????????? 50 degrees??
??????? North America????? 2300 -? 0030 UTC???????????310 degrees?
Gary Walters, Station Manager of Radio St. Helena, has just confirmed the above
information,
and, as usual, Derek Richards will operate the RSD shortwave transmitting
facility.
There will be a special email-address exclusively for the evening of RSD 2010.
As soon as Gary sets up this special email account, we will publish the account
name.
The RSD 2010 QSL cards are being sponsored by the Danish ShortWave Club
International.
Reception reports for RSD 2010 should be sent with sufficient return postage to
RSH using the
special?Airmail?address? via Ascension and the United Kingdom -- exactly the
same procedure
as for the RSD 2009 reception reports. ALL mail to RSH should use this
procedure.
ALL 266 QSLs for RSD 2009 have been mailed and should now be arriving around
the
world.
The sunspot minimum between sunspot cycles 23 and 24 is the longest in history
-- much to the dismay
of shortwave listeners everywhere. This minimum has lasted since 2007 and is
still ongoing. There are not
very many sunspots to "help" propagation, and there is no real sign of
significant change. The UTC-times
for broadcasting to the various target area have been very carefully selected
to
<try> to have the very best
chance of good reception in each area. Also, we need?to have the RSD broadcasts
one after the other.
After RSD 2009, it was decided to change the times somewhat and to move RSD
from
November to
October (as was the case back in the late 1990's -- Thanks, John). RSH hopes
that everyone around the
world has excellent reception conditions?during RSD 2010 and?is looking forward
to your emails and also,
if possible, to your telephone calls.
Gary Walters , Station Manager of Radio St. Helena?via? Robert Kipp
(Jaisakthivel, Ardic DX Club, India)
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