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Today's Topics:
1. Other few tips (Giampiero58)
2. Glenn Hauser logs September 24, 2010 [MORE] (Glenn Hauser)
3. Hi end of AM broadcast band (Richard Brock)
4. Sept 24 Logs ([email protected])
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:10:24 +0200
From: "Giampiero58" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Other few tips
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Tips:
11665 24/9 0103 Voz Christiana, Cile, long talks, Spanish, fair
11775 24/9 0100 Radio Mart?, Clandestine via USA, great id, fair
11780 24/9 0056 Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brazil, sport live, fair
11815 24/9 0048 Radio Brasil Central, talks and songs, weak-fair
12133,5 24/9 0040 AFN, Key West, USA, reports, in USB, fair
13730 24/9 0030 Radio New Zealand Int., Reports, interview, weak
Ciao,
Giampiero
RX: SDR-14; Ant: T2FD; QTH: Milano, Italia
Giampiero Bernardini
Milano, Italia
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:47:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 24, 2010 [MORE]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** ALASKA. 7355, heard preacher in English around 1230, presumed KNLS; next
check 1251 fair signal going from music to anti-science, anti-thought, Creation
Moment; just before it, there was ``running water`` ute QRM. No doubt the
faithful concluded that it was God`s will for the QRM to stop flowing in time
for His C.M. to be in the clear. First time in weeks I have heard KNLS well
enough to ID during its only known English hour; conditions have to be just
right. Their new website
http://www.knls.org/whats-going-on.html
contains this info headed September:
``Transmitter Challenges --- In June, we told of the problems with one of
KNLS?s two transmitters. Problems continue, as the malfunctioning transmitter
is 25 years old, and the challenge of obtaining replacement parts has been
daunting. But we?re continuing the effort. The newer transmitter is operating
fine, so the KNLS English Hour is currently available one hour a day on 7355
khz on the 41 meter band at 1200 hours UTC. The English broadcast will soon add
two more hours on the newer transmitter. By this time next month, the KNLS
English Hour should be available three times daily.
KNLS is on the air daily from 800 hours UTC (Universal Coordinated Time [sic],
also known as Greenwich Mean Time) to 1800 hours UTC.
KNLS broadcasts in Chinese, Russian, and English. When the old transmitter is
repaired, the English Hour will be carried at 800, 1000, 1200, and 1400 UTC.
You get times and frequencies of all KNLS broadcasts through this link
http://www.knls.org/broadcasting-front.html
These frequencies are in effect until October 31st. Assuming the old
transmitter stays down for a while, which appears likely, we?ll let you know
the new times and frequencies on the newer transmitter.``
However, the ``Current Broadcast Schedule`` as linked above contradicts! It
does show only one frequency at a time, but English at some different
additional times; can anyone confirm them?
Time (khz) Meters Language
0800-0900 11870 25 Russian
0900-1000 11870 25 Chinese
1000-1100 11870 25 English ***
1100-1200 11870 25 Chinese
1200-1300 7355 41 English
1300-1400 9920 31 Chinese
1400-1500 7355 41 Chinese
1500-1600 9920 31 English ***
1600-1700 11765 25 Russian
1700-1800 11765 25 Russian
Since it`s 1530+ as I write this, I pause to check for the new English
broadcast at 1500 on 9920. Using the DX-398 on the porch with reel-out antenna
plugged into the jack, to get away from computer noise inside, there is a
signal, but too weak to be sure it`s in English and KNLS.
Then I accidentally touch the radio`s whip terminal to a metal railing into the
ground and voil?, the signal goes up enough to recognize it as English in
typical KNLS format. So much for antenna vs ground theory. I`ll have to try
this on other frequencies and times.
As usual, KNLS is one of the earliest stations to post its next-season
schedule,
http://www.knls.org/broadcasting-front/next-schedule-front.html
which for B-10 has English at 08, 10, 12 and 14 all on 7355, plus 9655 at 1200;
and a new frequency for some others, 7300. 9655 looks problematic, probably
colliding with DW/Sri Lanka and Kashgar, so English at 12 might wind up on
alternate 9615 instead, but that also collides with CRI. However, colliding
with Asian stations is nothing new for KNLS, target only Asia (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36, Sept 24 at 1301 very poor with music, just enough
to confirm it is on the air this Friday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 6070, still open carrier only from CFRX, Sept 24 at 0607; and around
1245 mixing with North Korea audio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 24: conditions from E Asia poor.
8400, just barely audible at 1250
10500, JBA at 1256
No others up to 15 MHz heard before 1300
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Contrary to 24 hours earlier, RHC Sept 24 at 0608 check had English
back on four frequencies instead of two: 5970, 6010, 6060, 6150, the last one
muffled, with Spanish on 6120, 5040 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 6250, on the air Sept 24, still weakly audible
in presumed Spanish at 0607; while SASASAM, WESTERN SAHARA [non] was much
stronger with usual chantfest on 6297.1. Don`t often hear both of them at once
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, caught R. Verdad at sign-off playing Guatemalan NA, Sept 24
at 0601, but QRM from ute bursts. It`s a beautiful piece of music I recommend
hearing clearly online from one of the NA sites (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI English hour at 13-14 has been on the air every day
this week, tho not always logged. Still VG signal but annoying with occasional
audio dropouts. In the 1335-1336 minute Sept 24, I counted five OADs very
irregularly spaced, all but one during the first semiminute. At 1336 was
transitioning from Miscellany to Music Corner featuring a pop singer, name
sounded like Inez Cynthia, so back to Mesopotamia, see KURDISTAN, for some much
more exotic music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11530, V. of Mesopotamia, Sept 24 at 1333, fair with
Kurdish music, flutter to S9+12 peaks, 1343 featuring rapid ululations, heard
past 1356, during the Friday-morning-feast of folk music from several stations,
but I favored this one over NZ`s Maori music on better 6170, Bulgaria on 15700,
and Indonesia`s pop on 9526-.
This season, WYFR has wisely quit using 11530 after 0845, leaving Denge
Mezopotamya in the clear, currently scheduled 0400-1600 per Aoki via Mykolaiv
(Nikolayev), UKRAINE. It seems the PKK ``terrorists`` with legal problems in
Denmark HQ vs their Roj TV, have had no problem keeping the radio broadcasts
going tnx to the collaboration of TDP in Belgium (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. Re my previous report of VOA`s Sudan in Focus, M-F 1630-1700
scheduled on 9675, 12015, 13825, but missing from the show`s audio file, Kim
Elliott replied later Sept 23:
``Hi Glenn, The audio link is working now, at least here. Listening to the RMS
in Cairo, it sounds like there were some switching problems earlier this week
-- "Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Praha" ID loop and Special English heard --
but proper audio is on the frequencies as of 23 Sept.
Listen for yourself....
http://africa.ibbmonitor.com/rmsweb/ui/sound_query.php
Under Broadcasters, click VOA
Under Languages, click SUEN
Under Locations, click CAIR
Under Dates, click ALL (don't forget this step)
On the next page, under Frequencies, click ALL
Farther down the page, click Listen
You will get several links to mp4 files
73 Kim``
Hiroshi in Japan via Sei-ichi Hasegawa, DXLD yg, also reported that SIF started
Sept 23 instead of Sept 20, the frequencies Sept 20-22 carrying the RFE/RL ID
loop. It seems that IBB often has such problems getting its act together for
anything new (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. BBCWS news in English at 1304 Sept 24 giving optional cutaway
``BBC News`` cue for affiliates who find three minutes of world news plenty,
and BBC is so happy to accommodate them --- both on 17830 and 17640, but not
synchronized, 17640 a few words ahead of 17830, despite both via Ascension; and
at 1306, 17640 goes into Friday Documentary while some other not // feature is
on 17830, another example of the absurd fragmentation of BBCWS programming.
17640 is at 114 degrees to C & S Africa, while 17830 is 65 degrees for the
Nigeria-Gabon region, who must have separate programming. By 1325 both had
faded down to unusability here. BTW, 21 MHz was dead this morning (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Just as I tuned by 1470, Sept 24 at 1233, heard ``NewsTalk 1470,
KYYW`` ID but no location, back to Bill Bennett. Thank you very much, no need
to listen more than a few sex for his nonsense. KYYW is in Abilene TX, maybe
first time logged here.
O, I am sure I heard it sesquidecades ago under original calls KRBC, which
ended on 10/30/1984, and since then has had six other calls, the current ones
starting 6/24/2004, as conveniently compiled by FCC at
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=40997&Callsign=KYYW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Re previous report of WWCR switching to 3255 for an hour at
0358-0458: the person tipping me was Travers DeVine, not Sean Travers, he
reminds me, since he normally signs only as Travers (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1521, checked almost 24 hours later, Sept 24 at 0600, no carrier,
or het audible on KOKC 1520; nor 1539. I am still hoping MW DXers in northern
UK will comment on whether 2 MW Saudi Arabia is still audible there as late as
0635 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 02:05:41 -0400
From: "Richard Brock" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Hi end of AM broadcast band
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I want to report what I'm hearing per Glenn Hauser's report of strange
tones and hets in this range of frequencies. I tuned from 0439 until 0522 UTC
on september 24, 2010. I heard no test tones in this range, I listened to KHRW,
Sikeston, Mo. on 1520 KHZ and tuned off to 1521 and didn't hear tones. WDJZ on
1530 religious with an ESPN station underneath. 1540, Waterloo, Iowa. I tuned
to 1539 and heard a het underneath them. On and near 1550 I was hearing a weak
signal in Spanish. Cuba? There is a mish mash of broadcasting in this range
making Identification of broadcasters difficult. In the mess a couple of times
I could hear unidentifiable weak foreign broadcasting. I don't know if this
information is helpful or not. Off topic but I'm not familiar with the regions.
Is North America including Canada region 1? Thank you in anticipation of
replies, Wishing good DX to all.
Rich Brock
Beaver, Pa.
(near Pittsburgh)
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 20:47:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Sept 24 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** CHAD. 6165, RNT, *0427-0445, Sept 24, sign on with Balafon IS.
National Anthem at 0430. French talk. Afro-pop music at 0435. Poor.
Weak in noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** COLOMBIA. 6009.99v, LV de tu Conciencia, 0415-0500, Sept 24,
English religious talk with Spanish translations. Fair signal. Slightly
unstable frequency drifting. Noted on 6009.99 at 0417. 6010.04 at
0439. 6010.02 at 0441. 6010.01 at 0500. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** COSTA RICA. 5954.18, ELCOR - Radio Republica, 0345-0400*,
Sept 24, Spanish talk. Closing ID announcements at 0358-0400.
Poor to fair mixing with a somewhat weak jammer. (Brian Alexander,
PA)
** GUATEMALA. 4054.98, Radio Verdad - Radio Truth, 0505-0605*,
Sept 24, tune-in to ?Through the Bible? English religious program with
talk and gospel music. Sign off with National Anthem at 0601. Greatly
reduced carrier USB. Very little carrier evident. Poor signal with strong
utility station on high side and audio slightly distorted. (Brian
Alexander,
PA)
** GUINEA. 4899.97, Familia FM, 2335-0002*, Sept 24-25, French
pops/ballads. Afro-pop music. French talk. Weak. Very poor with
CODAR QRM. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** SUDAN [non]. via Slovakia, 9740, Radio Miraya, via IRRS, 0401-
0413, Sept 24, English news about southern Sudan. ?Radio Miraya?
IDs. Gave website. Into Arabic talk and local music at 0413. Poor with
adjacent channel splatter. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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