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Today's Topics:
1. KNLS B10 (Alokesh Gupta)
2. Tues Morning Dx (Charles Bolland)
3. Glenn Hauser logs September 20-21, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
4. Re: [DXplorer] Very sad news: GABRIEL IVAN BARRERA. passed
away on Sept 14 [5 Attachments] (G V A GUNATILLAKA)
5. RF water meters (Glenn Hauser)
6. Logs (Robert Wilkner)
7. Logs for Al Muick 21 September (Albert Muick)
8. Re: [Tvfmdx] RF water meters ([email protected])
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:59:38 +0530
From: Alokesh Gupta <[email protected]>
To: Alokesh-Hotmail <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] KNLS B10
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KNLS B10
Schedule Starting October 31st, 2010
|
Time Freq(khz)Language
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0800-0900 7355 English
0800-0900 9655 Mandarin
0900-1000 6150 Russian
0900-1000 9655 Mandarin
1000-1100 7355 English
1000-1100 9655 Mandarin
1100-1200 6150 Russian
1100-1200 9655 Mandarin
1200-1300 9655 English
1200-1300 7355 English
1300-1400 7300 Mandarin
1300-1400 6150 Mandarin
1400-1500 7355 English
1400-1500 7300 Mandarin
1500-1600 6150 Russian
1500-1600 7300 Mandarin
1600-1700 6150 Russian
1600-1700 7300 Mandarin
1700-1800 6150 Russian
1700-1800 7300 Mandarin
Newly designed website at : www.knls.org/
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Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi,India
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:41:55 -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] Tues Morning Dx
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Bolivia, 6134.85, Radio Santa Cruz, 1000-1015, At tune
in noted a program of
local type music. Between tunes canned comments and
ID. Signal was good
for a minute or two at 1000, but then dropped into the
noise to a poor level. However,
things improved by 1015 and Santa Cruz was at a good
level by then with language
lessons. Chuck Bolland, September 21, 2010)
Peru, 6019.26, Radio Victoria, 1005-1015, With the
usual Het type QRM from
station on 6020KHz, noted a male and female in Spanish
conversation on
Victoria. The interference is tremendous. (Chuck
Bolland, September 21, 2010)
Bolivia, 4699.98, Radio San Miguel, 1017-1030, At tune
in heard a male in Spanish
comments which continued during the period. Signal was
poor however. (chuck
Bolland, September 21, 2010)
Indonesia, 4750, RRI Makassar, 1130-1145 At tune in,
noted a female in Indonesian
live Indonesian comments. This is followed by canned
promo by a male. At 1134,
female talks. Signal is fair but audio is poor.
(Chuck Bolland, September 21, 2010)
WinRadio G31DDC
26.37N 081.05w
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:11:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 20-21, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
** ANTARCTICA [and non]. 15476, LRA36 missing again, this week on a Tuesday,
Sept 21 at several chex, 1232, 1326, 1354, 1404, no carrier ever detected,
while 15480 Rampisham was JBA from the outset (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHILE. 17680, CVC La Voz, which was missing all morning Sept 20, back in
force Sept 21 with gospel rock at 1234, in fact the SSOB by far (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 21:
8400, fair with flutter at 1218
10970, good with flutter at 1225, not at 1324. No others found up to 18 MHz.
Also had 10970 on Sept 15, but there was a long gap before then since previous
log on May 4.
6030, Sept 21 at 1336, Asian talk and music, flutter, only one signal audible,
well after the DentroCuban Jamming Command and Radio Mart? are finished with
6030. At first I thought it was S Asian, then Chinese. Aoki shows AIR New Delhi
in Hindi, as well as CNR1 Beijing 572 in Chinese, AND, Ming Hui Radio, Chinese
via Tanshui, Taiwan during this hour only and *jammed. CFVP Calgary is also no
doubt buried somewhere underneath. As usual I will prioritize the jamming as
most likely to be heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. OTH radar, presumed from here, Sept 21 at 1237 spanning 9370-9400
with strong pulsing; but the stations at the edges could escape it by
side-tuning, WTJC and FEBC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 9855, at 1244 Sept 21, Chinese with echo, could be long/short path
from CRI Chinese service, 215 degrees from Beijing. You know you have a PR
problem (read that public relations, OR People`s Republic), when any reception
of your station is just as likely to be a jammer as a legit broadcast. But Aoki
shows nothing to jam here at this hour.
7205 // 7215 in Chinese music, Sept 21 at 1338. 7205 is weaker but clear; 7215
has co-channel QRM. During this hour, CRI Chinese service is listed on both,
via Beijing and Xi`an, respectively, while CRI Japanese service is also listed
on 7215, same time, same frequency, same site Xi`an. That could well explain
the QRM, tho such a situation would surely be counter-productive. Some genius
may have decided that since the two services aim in different direxions, 73 and
190 degrees, this is feasible. CRI should double up on a lot more frequencies
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, R. Verdad which had been inaudible at this hour UT Monday,
was back and best heard yet, UT Tuesday Sept 21 at 0529, talking over music.
Still tough copy, and I found it hard to pin down the carrier with BFO on,
concluding that it`s quite reduced carrier plus USB (and a trace of audio on
LSB, but is the DX-398 doing that or their temp transmitter?). 0535 just hum,
and I first thought it had faded down or turned off, but this was just dead
air; 0537.6 starts singing gospel hymn in English with piano accompaniment.
0546 brief announcement and more gospel music; 0550-0553 another pause; 0559
``The Time Has Come to Say --- (Good Night?)`` song in English, brief
announcement, could not tell if in English too, brief hymn; 0601 YL
announcement, presumed sign-off and choral/orchestral Guatemalan national
anthem, long version of about 4 verses to 0605*. Perhaps they have bumped up
the power to 100 watts now, and/or propagation is improving.
As for the English, program schedule at
http://www.radioverdad.org/programaci%C3%B3n
shows ``Spiritual Songs`` in the 05-06 UT hour Tue-Sun. Also that alternating
with other English programs UT Mondays 03-04 and 05-06.
Whenever I seek the Truth on 4055, I also check 4050 for anything. Nothing at
0605, but at 1203 Sept 21 something was there, presumably 3 x 1350 KWMO
Washington MO; nothing audible on 4055, too late after sunrise? Chiquimula
ephemeris is here:
http://www.gaisma.com/en/location/chiquimula.html
showing today`s SR/SS are 1147-2355 UT. At 14-48 North, they do not vary much
during the year, but at winter solstice, sunshine will contract to 1218-2333 UT
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI, Tuesday Sept 21 at 1301 Jak YL introducing usual OM
RRI Banjarmasin colleague, this time sounded like his name was Fatma, another
time like Fato, while the YL anchor in Jakarta is more certainly Rachma, tho
probably else-spelt. VG signal with some hum; OADs are rarer and not too
annoying, or am I just getting used to them? Except for a dropout of about 5
sex at 1319, and the quick ones became more frequent later in the hour.
1304 into newscast alternating from Jak and Banj studios with other announcers,
hard to understand. 1316 introduced as a ``dignatorial`` but its speaker called
it a ``commentary``. 1320, Banj guy says we can listen to their stream via
http://www.rribanjarmasin.info (I`ve yet to try it since at this hour I am
into SW monitoring with computer off.)
1321, Today in History: World Peace Day, something about JRR Tolkien. 1324
about the Floating Market Festival in Banjarmasin, Sept 25-27, and still/again
discussing it at 1335. Part of this was relayed from the FRG-7 with 110-foot
E-W longwire, to my insensitive breakfast table DX-390 via feeder on 90.7 FM.
Rest of hour I move on to other monitoring (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 21540, Sept 21 at 1330 spaghetti-western movie music with Arabic
talkover, no Spanish audible, and SSOB, virtually OSOB with only a trace of
Spain on 21570. By 1357 REE was able to cause a fast SAH on 21540, while Libya
21695 had become the strongest station on band. Per registrations, there is a
6-hour overlap on 21540 at 09-15 UT between Kuwait and Spain, incredible, as
this sparsely-used 13m band has plenty of open frequencies. R. Kuwait is aimed
toward Europe, while Spain is toward Africa, so everything else being equal,
Kuwait has the advantage here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KYRGYZSTAN [non]. 15165, Sept 21 at 1229 heard a bit of Russian, them
vamp/fill music, sufficient signal vs much stronger REE/Costa Rica on 15170,
but 15165 off without announcement at 1230*. Aoki says it`s R. Liberty in
Kyrgyz via Biblis, GERMANY; natch, Russian is still the most important second
language, RSL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBYA. 21695, V. of Africa, Sept 21 at 1400 opening English with ponderous
Afro-centric declamations, at the moment better than // 17725, but these
fluxuate a lot (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALAYSIA. 6049.6, Sept 21 at 1202, the weak het caused by Asyik FM/Suara
Islam against something (HCJB?) on 6050.0 is back, and still at 1238; I had
noticed it missing Sept 19, and Ron Howard confirmed that as of Sept 18, the
RTM frequency had been off the air for well over a week when checked in the
13-15 UT period.
Malaysia kept providing a stronger het from 6174.4, bothering CNR1 Beijing 572
on 6175.0 at 1238 Sept 21; it`s 37 degrees USward per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Re DXLD 10-37: 1500, KPGM Pawhuska/Bartlesville, whose signal was
absent on daytime chex Sept 13-14, had resumed by Sept 20 at 1910, 2120 UT;
weak signal on caradio provided no ID, but surely this, the only groundwave
signal on 1500 normally audible here.
Also Sept 21 at 1504 UT starting Back to the Bible, discussing Nehemiah, as if
what some ancient scribe allegedly wrote had any relevance today. Religious
format also chex vs nostalgic KJIM Sherman TX, whose 1500 signal skywave kix in
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [and non]. 15170, Sept 21 at 1356, Russian in the clear at S9+18,
certainly plenty of signal even tho BBC aims 70 degrees with 300 kW via
Woofferton. Earlier, REE/Costa Rica was on 15170 and dominant, but must have
dumped off for a while. It was back at 1405, S9+25 atop BBC which was still
audible underneath (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM [non]. Happened to tune by 6175, Sept 21 at 0527 and VOV relay via
CANADA was still talking Vietnamese, so I timed when it was cut off, at approx.
0527:40 for the VTC/Babcock theme loop until 0529*
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:18:15 -0700
From: G V A GUNATILLAKA <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [DXplorer] Very sad news: GABRIEL IVAN BARRERA.
passed away on Sept 14 [5 Attachments]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
TERRIBLE SAD NEWS TO HEAR THIS. hE WAS A GREAT MAN/DXER AND FRIEND. i AM IN
THE usa AS i SEE THIS. mAY HISMEMORY LAST FOR A LONG LONGTIME. tOO GOOD A MAN
TO LOSE.
vICTOR
----- Original Message -----
From: Horacio Nigro <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 6:48 am
Subject: [DXplorer] Very sad news: GABRIEL IVAN BARRERA. passed away on Sept 14
[5 Attachments]
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
> Here's a rough translation of the email text from DXer Hugo Lopez,
> CE3BBC Chile,
> which is enclosed below and has just being circulated in various DX
> reflectors:
>
> "The saddest news of Radio that happened to me in my life is to
> share with you,
> the news on the sudden death of our comrade and friend, GABRIEL
> IVAN BARRERA.
>
> He arrived in Santiago to share the celebrations of the bicentenary
> of his
> dearly beloved CHILE.
>
> The land of his birth has also sought today to be the departure.
>
> It happened tonight, September 14, at 23:15Chilean Time due a
> fulminant heart
> attack.
>
>
> It was among antennas and radios in my shack, Internet sharing and
> enjoying our
> passion.
>
> Thanks to each and every one of you, who shared with and felt my
> best friend.
>
> 73 compadre, from where you deliver us your wisdom that one day you
> shared with
> me.
>
> I love you infinitely.
>
> Hugo L?pez Carmona
>
> Contact: [email protected]
> Horacio A. Nigro
> Montevideo
> Uruguay
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Mensaje reenviado ----
> De: Dario Monferini <[email protected]>
> Para: PLAYDX2003 <[email protected]>
> CC: BCLNEWS <[email protected]>
> Enviado: mi?,15 septiembre, 2010 06:41
> Asunto: [playdx2003] Hugo L?pez Carmona:Un infarto card?aco
> fulminante el
> fallecimiento de GABRIEL IVAN BARRERA. 14 de Septiembre 2010
>
>
> Partida del mejor de los mejores, GIB
>
>
>
>
> La m?s triste de las noticias de Radio que me ha tocado vivir es
> la que hoy la
> vida me ha entregado y comparto con ustedes, el fallecimiento de
> nuestro GRAN
> CAMARADA Y AMIGO DE TODOS, GABRIEL IVAN BARRERA.
>
> LLeg? a Santiago para compartir las fiestas del bicentenario de su
> querido y
> amado CHILE.
> La tierra que lo vi? nacer hoy ha querido tambi?n ser la de su
> partida.Un infarto card?aco fulminante esta noche de 14 de
> Septiembre, a las 23:15
> horas de Chile fue la hora del mayor DX de Gabriel.
>
> Estaba entre antenas y radios en mi shack, compartiendo Internet y
> gozando de
> su gran pasi?n.
> Gracias a todos y cada uno de ustedes, que compartieron y
> estimaban a mi mejor
> amigo.
> 73' compadre, desde el lugar donde est?s entr?ganos tu sabidur?a
> la que un d?a
> me compartiste.
> Te ama y quiere infinitamente.
> Hugo L?pez Carmona
> Contacto : [email protected]
>
> http://conexiongra.com.ar/viajea.htm
> Gabriel Iv?n Barrera - H?ctor Goyena - Norberto Pugliese - Enrique
> Wembagher -
> Miguel Castellino - Nicol?s Eramo - Arnaldo L. Slaen
>
> TRIP TO CHASCOMUS http://conexiongra.com.ar/fotosdx.htm
>
> "Actualidad DX" DX program (sound file devoted to LRA36 by Gabriel).
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2TZf-Ta_Mc
>
>
>
>
> (Play DX YG via
>
> Horacio Nigro
> Montevideo
> Uruguay
>
>
>
>
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:18:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], BDXC-news yg <[email protected]>,
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] RF water meters
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
City of Enid has started replacing all water meters with newfangled ones which
do not require a person to walk around and read each one individually each
month --- instead they radio-in their readings on a frequent basis, with all
kinds of useful info, like detecting leaks so customers can take action
immediately.
But they also will have an antenna sticking out of the ground --- watch out,
mowers! And there may be criminal penalties for tampering with them.
WTFK? Nobody bothers to tell us that. But I can see the noise floor going up
noticeably all over the city, not just around traffic lights. Let alone the
potential for direct interference on intentional or unintentional frequencies.
I suspect this system is more than just transponders, but individual
transmitters on every lot. OTOH, if they are not transponders, they would have
to occupy a huge number of discrete frequencies to avoid interfering with each
other.
Does anyone have experience, positive or negative, with these things elsewhere?
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:48:12 -0400
From: Robert Wilkner <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [HCDX] Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Noted at 2320 to 2345 21 September
3250 Honduras Radio Luz y Vida, San Luis
3375.34 Brasil Radio Municipal S?o Gabriel da Cachoeira
4055.13 Guatemala, Radio Verdad, music fair signal, at best.
4409.8 Bolivia, Radio Eco, Reyes
4451.14 Bolivia, Radio Santa Ana, Santa Ana de Yacuma
5580.21 Bolivia Radio San Jos?, San Jos? de Chiquitos, silent for
several weeks
73s
Bob
Pompano Beach Florida US
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 06:38:29 +0430
From: "Albert Muick" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs for Al Muick 21 September
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
QTH: Kabul, Afghanistan
RX: WinRadio G303e
ANT: 100m Longwire/Randomwire
ACC: Palstar MW-550P Mediumwave Preselector
5050 21 SEP, 1623 UTC, INDIA, AIR Aizawl, with light music and occasional
Hindi announcements by woman. Good strength carrier, but fluttery and very
low modulation.
5985.8 21 SEP, 1520 UTC, MYANMAR, Myanmar Radio and Television with English
pops and occasional announcements in Bamar and English. Full station ID in
English at 1530 into English news and commentary with some symphonic music
into Bruce Springsteen (!) at 1542. Very strong signals with some initially
bad QRM from CRI on 5990 which gradually subsided.
I finally got most of the paperwork cleared off my desk, only to have
another huge project dropped on me. I do now have some time to DX before I
get deluged again.
I'm rather happy with the Myanmar logging. This is the first time I've
heard them in English and at such a strong signal level. I wonder if there
is possibly a transmitter power increase or an antenna change. Now let's
see if they QSL.....
Hope everyone's well.
73
Al
"An American has no sense of privacy. He does not know what it
means. There is no such thing in the country."
- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:35:22 EDT
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [Tvfmdx] RF water meters
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Here in Bloomington,MN we have a gas meter with a battery that is replaced
about every 10 years. It sends a signal to a street light pole that has a
box attached to a Yagi antenna. I suspect the box then sends a signal out to
a central location. Our water meter is connected to a read-out on the
house exterior and they walk around to obtain a reading every several months.
The power meter is read through the power line(s). This also applies to my
northern MN cabin power meter-they call it a 'turtle meter', as it takes 24
hours to get a reading in the Duluth, MN area.
With all that, I've never had a noise problem with any of them.
In a message dated 9/21/2010 5:18:51 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
Does anyone have experience, positive or negative, with these things
elsewhere? (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
John Ebeling, Bloomington, MN
Lat: 44.8369 Long: 93.3163 Grid: EN34iu
Two Pioneer TX 9500 tuners,modified, with RDS units
Two Stereo Probe 9 antennas (one hand rotated @ cabin)
Various Tape Recorders
One vertically mounted FM dipole
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