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Today's Topics:
1. Radio St. Helena Day 2010 (Jaisakthivel)
2. Mon morn Dx (Charles Bolland)
3. Glenn Hauser logs August 15-16, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
4. DX NEWS 06 (Jorge Freitas (Yahoo))
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:42:56 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <[email protected]>
To: ardic <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio St. Helena Day 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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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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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:32:44 -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] Mon morn Dx
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Bolivia, 6155.36, Radio Fides, 1025-1035, At tune in,
noted a female in live Spanish
comments. She is joined by a male who comments briefly.
At 1030 comments
continue. Signal was poor. (Chuck Bolland, August
16, 2010)
NRD545
26.37N 081.05W
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:21:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 15-16, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** ALASKA. 9920, KNLS IS very weak at 1501 Aug 16, about to open three(?) hours
of Chinese. Have not been able to hear the only remaining English broadcast at
12-13 on 7355 for several weeks. KNLS was supposedly going to get the second
transmitter working after July 31 and resume new programming in English; have
they? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALBANIA [and non]. 13755, R. Tirana, Aug 16 at 1449, M announcer mentions a
new guidebook in English to archaeological sites has been released.
Undermodulated but S9+20, almost enough to keep CRI/Cuba 13740 S9+30 at bay,
until the latter goes from talk to music splatter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, no sign of even a carrier from LRA36, Monday Aug 16,
after its usual weekend-off, including chex at 1332, 1422, 1454, tho weaker
signals on either side were sometimes detectable, and many more mostly weak
signals from other continents on 19m, not including Argentina 15345v, unfavored
quadrant (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake August 16:
8400, fair-good at 1250
10500, poor at 1258. No others found up to 18 MHz in next hour
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11760, Aug 15 at 1347 RHC`s Spanish DX program En Contacto underway
promoting contest about 50th anniversary of diplorelations with the ChiCom. So
it`s back to its usual spot of 1335 UT Sundays, having been replaced (swapped?)
with stamp show last week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also
VENEZUELA [non]
** CZECHIA [non]. 9955, R. Prague in French, Monday Aug 16 at 1335, H&F
conversing about ``le weekend``, so it`s a late repeat of the Sunday show via
WRMI, fair signal and no jamming but squeezed by Taiwan transmitters on both
sides plus RTTY on 9960. Prague in French is scheduled M-F 1330-1400, except
JIP on Tuesdays at 1345 after English gospel huxter quarter-hour.
However, Prague in English, via WRMI daily at 1400-1430 was inaudible after
1400. Prague in French is supposed to attract listeners in Haiti, tho VOA
concluded SW penetration there is negligible, canceling all its Creole
broadcasts three months after the quake. Otherwise, they would likely have
maintained the original 3 x 30 minutes a day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** INDIA. 15050, Aug 16 at 1454, chanting, poor with heavy flutter. The AIR
Sinhala service southwards from Delhi until 1500. Off-route aircraft, beware
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. VOI, 9525.9 continues to enjoy very good reception in CNAm for
English hour at 13-14, when everything clix. Aug 16 at 1338, slogan as ``Voice
of Indonesia, being first, being different, being the best``, then Music
Corner, mentioning Portuguese, so maybe from Timor? Was off the air after 1400
instead of keeping het with CRI Russian.
9526- signal quality and quantity exceed RRI domestic on 9680, Aug 16 at 1410
with Qur`an, vs rippling SAH. Aoki lists Taiwan in Chinese at 11-17, which
would be jammed, plus VOR in English via Pet/Kam since July 7 at 14-16 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15540, when R. Kuwait says ``News in Brief`` at 2050 UT Aug 15, they
really mean it. Took only three minutes for a handful of headlines, 2053 back
to their beloved primary format, rock music before 2059 signing off (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Results of leaving my analog TV running hour after hour on channel 2
next to the computer: Aug 15 at 2306 UT, a ch 2 fades in with Azteca 7 promo
from the south, presumably XHTAU, Tampico. Fades out within a minute, and
nothing on higher channels. But correlates nicely with a few contact paths on
the 6m Es DX map from someone circa Ciudad Victoria, to central Missouri, etc.
Estimated MUF of 53 MHz was obviously exceeded briefly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOROCCO. 15341, RTM, stix to this off-frequency, Aug 16 at 1443 in Arabic
causing het with 15340, presumably HCJB Australia S Asian service. The Arabic
has a slight echo, long/short path, or deliberate on the modulation for effect
and decreased SW readability?
By 1513, RTM has switched to 15345 (why not 15346?), with slight whine, I think
rather than an Argie het which is often the case. They should do just the
opposite, 15345 before 15, 15340 after. But then they and LRA are both out of
it, not bothering with HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. UNIDENTIFIED. DTV DX is frustrating, with manual tuning on the
converter, because you can often see numerous signal bars, all too weak to
decode. And it`s hard to tell what direxion they are really coming from; they
could be from opposite or side direxions from where aimed, if strong enough.
Trying to peak them by jockeying the rotor is iffy. Aug 15 at 1508 UT aimed
ENE, such are seen on 20-22-28-34-36-47-49. All but 34 and 36 are likely
full-powers from the Tulsa/Muskogee/Okmulgee market which is slightly S of due
E.
Checking W9WI.com, 34 could also be Tulsa, 15 kW translator formerly known as
K15DA. 36 could be KRSC, nearby Claremore. There ought to be some way to pull
out a PSIP ID from such weak signals, even lacking video and audio decode
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 15340, Aug 16 at 1549, poor carrier with flutter, intermittent
Russian tune-up tones. Per Aoki, it will be VOR in Russian via Serpukhov at
16-18 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [non]. 15565, R. Svoboda, Aug 16 at 1330 with ID, Moscow timecheck,
fair. During this hour it`s 500 kW, 85 degrees via Rampisham UK, but preceding
and following hours, 15565 is via Lampertheim, GERMANY; why switch back and
forth? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAIPAN. 11650, Monday Aug 16 at 1259, R. Teos ID in Russian and vamping
music, good at S9+20 but a semiminute later ruined by tinkling NHK IS from
Sackville 11655, and then too much splatter; another Russian announcement
before I fled. Checking Aoki and WRTH May Update for KFBS NMI, while 11650 is
on the air earlier in Russian, and various central-Asian languages, nothing is
accounted for Mondays just before 1300, but daily 1300-1330 is Kazakh, so
apparently was just signing on today. Radio Teos by name is not found either,
as it`s just a program within KFBS, not considered a station itself (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 17705, Aug 16 at 1450 in Arabic, poor. I was thinking this was
one of the Sudanese surrogate services, but not now, merely Riyadh, BSKSA first
program, to Europe and USward beyond, off by 1456 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9980, WWCR-4 now with Brother Scare, new on this
frequency, Aug 16 at 1257, 1319; 1419 someone else preaching for the moment,
but still Overcomer Ministry, about two words behind 9385 WWRB. 1508 check, BS
is also on WINB during this hour, 9335, with heavy CCI and SAH from V. of Korea
and/or R. Ashna, Kuwait --- three frequencies, none synchronized. 9335 a bit
less QRMed by 1556, and at 1601 WINB had switched to 13570 for two hours from
Fence Lake NM.
The WWCR pdf schedule has been updated as of August 16, showing Brother Scare
is now 24/7 on transmitter 4, 9980/5890! Also: Saturdays only 17-20 on 13845
and 18-21 on 12160.
?Is this reflected in BS` own SW schedule now at
ftp://www.overcomerministry.org/RadioSchedule/Short%20Wave%20Radio.html
Sort of, totally botched as usual, mixing up stations and frequencies, showing
3215, 5890 and 12160 as WWRB instead of WWCR; WINB on wrong 9330.
So goodbye to everything else on WWCR-4, including the Sunday 2330 airing of
WORLD OF RADIO on 9980. The four original times remain scheduled on other
transmitters.
FWIW, no PPP on WWCR at all now. PMS/DGS/University Network is now:
5935: daily 00-12. 13845: Sunday 12-24; M-F 15-24; Sat 12-15, 20-24
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 15385, REE Sephardic service, Monday August 16, poor at 1430, closing
fanfare cut off at 1454:45* before it could conclude, geez! There`s always the
loud and clear repeat at 0115-0145 UT Tuesdays on 11795, if they keep
remembering to turn on the transmitter then (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SWEDEN. 13870, Aug 16 at 1605, Farsi talk under heavy RTTY. I was expecting
Israel, but Aoki lists instead R. Sweden, direct. 13870 is scheduled: M-F
1600-1630 with Persian on Mon/Tue/Wed, Assyrian on Thu/Fri; also Kurdish M-F
1630-1700; daily in English at 1530-1600, 1700-1730, Swedish 1500-1530. Get it
while you can (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. KVOH 17775 was missing Aug 14, and I don`t think I noticed it either
on Aug 15; but Aug 16 at 1550, good signal with Spanish preacher; M-F only?
That would probably be too straightforward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 13645, weak Aug 16 at 1602, hymn singing in uncertain language
with organ. It`s only YFR in Arabic via Wertachtal, GERMANY, nothing exotic
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. 11680, Aug 16 at 1459 with RHC news sounder, IS,
ID, 1459.5 cut to OC and soon the RNV IS and sign-on. Usually sloppy switching
by RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 13580, two stations colliding Aug 16 at 1600, CRI IS,
scheduled Russian via Urumqi, EAST TURKISTAN; and by 1603 the other one is
Qur`aning, but not // Saudi 13710. Most likely Cairo, EGYPT is overrunning its
Albanian hour on 13580 at 15-16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:56:11 -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] DX NEWS 06
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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