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Today's Topics:
1. Sept. 27 - Oct. 02 logs (L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec)
2. Sat Morn Dx (Charles Bolland)
3. Glenn Hauser logs October 1-2, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
4. R. Nacional Brasilia relay on 5045kHz (Karel Honz?k)
5. Oct 2 Logs ([email protected])
6. Glenn Hauser logs October 2-3, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 07:34:30 -0300
From: L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, "Anker Petersen" <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Sept. 27 - Oct. 02 logs
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4990, Suriname, R. Apintie, Paramaribo. September, 27 0825-0836 slow music with
slight religious style; 25232. September, 30 0700-0715 old English romantic
"all by myself", Michael Jackson music, male talks in Dutch, instrumental
version of Cole Porter by Kenny G. 35333, (lob-B).
4950, R. Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos. September, 28 2305-2315 news program,
male outside "4? encontro econ?mico" studio male "pol?tica da UNITA..paz na
democracia de Angola", sports news. Static, 33333 (lob-B).
6250, Equatorial Guinea, R. Nacional, Malabo. September, 29 0548-0601 male in
Spanish outside "luta pela polic?a..praticando atos de barbarismo..j? se
encuentra sob cust?dia de la polic?a", male studio "buenos dias..para que pase
una manhana agrad?bile..se encuentre en Malabo..Panorama Nacional". 33333,
(lob-B).
7275, RTV.Tunisia (tentative), Sfax. October, 01 0602-0612 male and female
talks in uncertain language, short music. 25432, (lob-B).
6020, Peru, R. Vict?ria, Lima. October, 01 0829-0839 male in Spanish outside
talking about Ecuator's coup tentative "en lo momento, los n?meros de la
polic?a..las personas feridas..Rafael Corr?a..en lo pal?cio"; 24322. October,
02 0820-0830 sports news by male "desportes..en San Fernando el atacante..la
seleci?n del p?lo enfrenta la Rep?blica Dominicana", general news "Banco
Central compr? 4 millones de Dollares del mercado cambi?rio", ads "serv?cios
computadorizados en color", canned ID by male on 5th Symphony "desde Lima..R.
Vict?ria". 35322, (lob-B).
73's
L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec
Embu SP Brasil - Sony ICF SW40 - Dipole 18m, 32m; Longwire 22m.
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 11:19:57 -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 Dx
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Bolivia, 6134.80, Radio Santa Cruz, 0959-1010, At tune
in, which was later than usual, noted
local type music. At 1002 canned ID, "... Santa Cruz
.. Bolivia" Signal was good this morning
with no interference from Brazil. (Chuck Bolland,
October 2, 2010)
Noted: Have a carrier on 3985 KHz at 1015-1020, but no
audio heard due to weak signal.
This might be an RRI station.
Indonesian, 3325, RRI Palangkaraya, 1020-1030, At tune
in, noted a male singing the
Qu'ran or simular until 1025. Following this, a male
in comments which was very low
in the noise. Back to music at 1026. Signal was
threshold. Using Ishida's Monttoring
Report. (Chuck Bolland, October 2, 2010)
Indonesia, 3345, RRI Ternate, (TENT)1028-1030, Notice
a carrier on this freq but no
audio. Signal was threshold. (Chuck Bolland, October
2, 2010)
Peru, 4746.96, Radio Huanta Dos Mil, 1030-1045, Noted
local type music unti 1033
when a male talks in Spanish. He continues during the
period. Signal was poor.
(Chuck Bolland, October2, 2010)
Peru, 5039.39, Radio Libertad, 1040-1050, Noted a very
threshold signal next to
Radio Havana Cuba. Heard a person in comments only.
(Chuck Bolland,
October 2, 2010)
Peru, 6019.33, Radio Victoria, 1043-1050 A halfhour
ago I could not pull Victoria out
of all of the QRM, but now it's rather easy. Noted a
program of music at tune in,
but still plenty of QRM on 6120 which is notched.
(Chuck Bolland, October 2, 2010)
Australia, 2485, ABC, Katherine, 1050-1100, Noted two
males in English language
comments. Signal was poor, but audible. (Chuck
Bolland, October 2, 2010)
Unident, 2340, 1000-1115 Noted music on this frequency
simular to what I've
here from stations on Papua New Guinea. In my personal
DB I have PBS, China
on this freq, but the music sounds like it's from Papua
New Guinea. Can't find
anything listed. Starting to fade by 1113. (Chuck
Bolland, October 2, 2010)
WR-G31DDC
26.37N 081.05W
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 09:41:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 1-2, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** AUSTRALIA. 15400, HCJB, best heard in a long time, during DX Partyline,
Saturday Oct 2 at 1323, talk about HDTV viewers resorting to antennas, new vs
old technology, somehow morphing into a Tip for Real Living, gotcha! 1325 onto
Yukiko`s Asian DX News, including cancellation of R. Saint Helena Day next
Saturday, but then quoting a sesquimonth-old log of 5030 Sarawak. QSL address:
jswcqsl @ live.jp
Then Allen Graham ``here in Quito`` replies to letter from someone in Adelaide,
and show does not end until 1330:40 so must have started at 1316+. Time varies,
as Anker Petersen has heard it starting at 1313. ID as ``HCJB Global Voice,
Melbourne, Australia``, nothing about Kununurra, plus own e-mail address. 1331
immediately into Chinese.
Meanwhile the other transmitter on 15340 was equally good and with similar
modulation, in Hindi, benefiting from 15341 being Moroccoless.
BTW, HCJB`s September newsletter reports they are negotiating with the Abies,
who apparently have the power to nix electrical supply:
``Update of Native Title negotiations
As you know, we are waiting on the granting of permission for
easements that will enable us to proceed with the High Tension Power
Line to our new transmitter building.
Recently our Kununurra Site Manager, Peter Michalke, met with the
traditional owners of the land and their legal representative to
discuss this issue. These ladies later visited our site at Kununurra
and spent time looking at our property and asking questions. The
meeting went very well and they were pleased to share time with us. In
the traditions of Aboriginal culture, we expect the ladies to discuss
this more widely in their community before passing a decision to the
MG Corporation.
This was a major step forward. Please give thanks that the meeting
took place and pray for God?s enabling for smooth passage through to
the legal stages. Please continue to pray that this issue will be
resolved quickly and favourably.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL [and non]. 6070, Oct 1 at 2326, undermodulated CFRX no stronger than
CCI with fast SAH, CVC Chile as currently scheduled? No, not // 11665, and is
beginning to sound like David Miranda, i.e. Radio Capital, Rio, which Ron
Howard has also tentatively heard at a later hour.
5970, Oct 1 at 2333, poor signal but in the clear with typically enthusiastic
Brazilian announcer, Oct 1 at 2333, not // 11765 SRDA with David Miranda.
Presumably the listed R. Itatiaia, Belo Horizonte.
Meanwhile, SRDA Curitiba on 11765 was again accompanied by much louder wide and
extremely distorted spur circa 12174, 2335 Oct 1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake Oct 2: No 8400 or 9380 but:
10500, poor with heavy flutter at 1258; fair with heavy flutter 1358
11100, even worse but recognizable at 1258; not audible at 1358
No others found up to 18 MHz after 1305.
15670, however had traditional Chinese orchestral music, but unseemed part of
the standard Firedrake medley, Oct 2 at 1321. Per Aoki, this is jamming vs RFA
Tibetan via UAE; maybe what CNR1 was playing at the moment? By 1400, YFR via
Wertachtal, GERMANY overrode the Chinese music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 9440, Oct 2 at 1304 poor signal but recognizably Esperanto,
i.e. CRI via Nanning 954 site, 100 kW, 200 degrees per Aoki. QRDRM on hi side,
i.e. 9445, VOR via Irkutsk at 12-16, 32 kW, 235 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
13710, Oct 2 at 1314, French service from CRI but playing song in English,
``Fly With Me``. 1317 French talk about Chinese participation in some EU
activities, pronouncing Shanghai with proper tones. CRI`s French service seems
quite eclectic. To Europe via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN.
15100, Oct 1 at 2347, weak and fluttery, sounds Chinesish. Yes, Per Aoki this
is CRI in Cantonese, via Jinhua Youbu 831 site, followed by two more hours in
other minority languages, Hakka and Amoy, and apparently colliding with Korea
North after 0000 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA. 9630, REE relay, Oct 2 at 0531 tune-in to open carrier only;
then fitful spikes of modulation, eventually staying on, more or less. Wiggle
that patchcord! I wonder, if when in DRM on 9610-9630-9650 at +00-02 UT, they
have the same audio dropouts? Why not, same input route, no doubt. Trouble is,
in DRM you don`t get a silent carrier, thus no reduxion in noise despite lack
of modulation, another conceptual failure of the entire idea (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 17705, rechecking the very strong RHC transmitter heard 24 hours
earlier: Oct 1 at 2333 in Portuguese, again buzzy on both sides, worst at
17665-17680, 17685-17695, and 17715-17750. There may well have been a matching
notch 20-25 kHz on the hi side, but that was occupied by WYFR on 17725.
At 2348, found RHC Portuguese (Brazilian) also on 15380, but NOT // 17705. Did
not listen long enough to figure out if they were seconds or minutes out of
synch or totally different. One was in philatelic segment.
This is a strange situation, but per online sked, 17705 has a semihour
Portuguese at 2330-2400, while 15380 has a fullhour at 2300-2400, so the
content is different (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. 5980, Oct 2 at 1253, Russian tune-up tones, 1302 weak talk by
YL in Chinese. It`s DW via Vladivostok, RUSSIA, 240 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 4920, Oct 2 at 1231, very poor signal with lite flutter, news in
English, from AIR Chennai. 60m has been unproductive here for Asians in the
mornings, at least vs the noise level I have to cope with, so pleased to get
this anyway. Perfect grayline:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Earth
4950 also had a signal, would like to suppose Srinagar, but surely Shanghai
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 3325, Oct 2 at 1235, outstanding signal from RRI Palangkaraya,
compared to PNGs and everything else on 90m except WWRB 3185. Romantic song at
first, but from 1237 YLs conversing in Indonesian, then with OM too (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI, excellent signal Oct 2 at 1306, news in English, but
still plagued by occasional audio dropouts. This could be the number one
external service in English audible in North America during this hour, if only
they would fix the modulation and employ announcers without so heavy accents
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 2850, KCBS with soprano praising Kim (what else?), Oct 2 at
1242, S9+15; the radio war with het on 3480 also audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALAYSIA/SARAWAK. 5030, Oct 2 at 1247 pop vocal music, poor, but improving;
at this moment, RMS becomes strong enough to overcome the fading-down R.
Rebelde 5025 ACI, but it too will soon fade (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MYANMAR. All the dentro-Myanmarian frequencies are tough to hear here, but
Oct 2 at 1229, WYFR 5985 definitely has a het of slightly less than 1 kHz on
the hi side, i.e. 5985.9, surely from Yangon. At 1253, WYFR is off and 5986- in
the clear with talk, could be Burmese but too weak to be sure. By 1255, DRM was
bothering all the way from Brandon 5995 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Oct 2 started checking 90m at sunrise, 1235 UT, finding
weak carriers and some audio on several NBC channels, eclipsed by good signal
on 3325 from INDONESIA [q.v.], such as 3365, 3345, 3315, 3290 --- and 3275, one
I don`t usually hear, music at 1236, still 1240 island music, but very poor.
This is presumed R. Southern Highlands, Mendi, the only broadcast station in
the world on 3275. Is it sporadically active? Checking the DXLD archive, there
were two reports in September, one in June, three in January, mostly from Dave
Valko in PA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Altho I did not go back to Government Springs Park, made a point of
rechecking 24 hours later some of the oddities heard then, using same receiver
and antenna at home QTH. Plus a second receiver to check for parallels.
5800 was again audible Oct 1 at 2308 in Spanish about obispos, naturally making
me suspect WEWN, and indeed it was // and synchronized with 12050 and weaker
13830. Very weak signal on 5800, not always audible, and better on the reel-out
antenna than a longer clip-on. At 2315 there again seems to be a mix with even
weaker audio, and a het.
I am suspecting this is one of those local mixing products between a strong SW
signal and a local MW, rather than a 49m leapfrog, perhaps coming off some
metal object. B minus A, using either of the WEWN frequencies does not compute
either with any recognizable frequency-station. One or both of my locals on 960
and 1390 may be involved, in which case no one else would hear this on 5800.
Last night I was listening as 5800 disappeared at 0000 sharp. If a local mix is
involved, that would point to WEWN closing down. Both 13830 and 12050 do switch
to other frequencies, 5810 and 11870, at 0000, but normally the change is
axually made a few minutes before the hour. I was not monitoring at that time
tonight.
The third WEWN transmitter, English on 11520, which could also be involved,
continues past 0000. Juggling various harmonics and mixing products of 960 and
1390, I have yet to come up with any figure which correlates with 5800 or
either WEWN fundamental.
A more remote possibility is that 5800 is a harmonic of one of the growing
number of MW stations carrying the EWTN Spanish network, Radio Cat?lica
Mundial. That would come from 580 (x10), 1160 (x5) or 1450 (x4). Disappearance
at 0000 could be explained by a powerdown or antenna change. However, I would
not expect that to be synchro with WEWN after a satellite link (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1532 confirmed on WRMI 9955, Saturday Oct 2 starting
at 1400:30; weak but audible with lite pulse jamming, perhaps bleedover from
wall of noise against nothing(?) on 9965 which had also just started. Jeff
White informs us that the Sunday morning airing of WOR has been reinstated, but
at 1530 instead of 1515.
And the WRMI website http://www.wrmi.net has just been redone, now linking to
frequently updated program schedule grid; however, the Sept 29 edition still
shows WOR Sundays at 1515.
As for WWCR, Tom Nyberg points out that their website now says:
``WWCR is testing the frequency 3.255 mHz on Transmitter #1. From 2 October - 8
October, WWCR will broadcast on 3.255 mHz INSTEAD of 3.215 mHz from 0100-0900
UTC.``
They of course mean MegaHertz, not milliHertz; so previous test hours on 3255
are being expanded, and affects this Sunday, WORLD OF RADIO at 0630; however,
UT Oct 2 around 0530 they were still on 3215. The October program guide now
posted shows no changes in WOR scheduling:
Fri 2030 15825
Sat 1600 12160 [reconfirmed Oct 2]
Sun 0230 4840
Sun 0630 3215 [3255 this week at least]
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non?]. 6165, where I heard RNV Sept 30 in the 23-24 UT hour,
without explanation, absent when rechecked 24 hours later Oct 1, 2300, 2330,
2345, while usual 13680 and 15250 via CUBA were inbooming. The mystery remains
and we should continue to check 6165 for it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 6297+, Oct 1 at 2344, SASASAM with oud and soft
singing, fair signal, better than it had been at 0603 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Oct 2 around 1215 UT I performed another TP carrier scan of the
MW band, and detected many of the same ones as last few mornings, but not as
strong; 105, 90 and 60 m were hopping, however (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Re previous 1081 item: ``persistent het on KRLD, Oct 1 at 0521
UT, presumably off-frequency Latin American as the TA channel is also 1080.``
On WTFDA-AM, 1081 was also reported by Curtis Sadowski, Paxton IL, Oct 1: ``One
curious thing I've had here recently, a station running a test tone on 1080
overnight. Then suddenly went into classic R and B at 0503 CDT [1003 UT] one
morning, and 0517 the other. Real, real obscure early fifties stuff, like from
1951 to 1954 or so, no IDs I could get, but went into CNN news at TOH before
fade out.``
Saul Chernos replied: ``I have also heard this test tone on 1080 at Burnt River
ON. I haven't linked any programming to it, but suspect something west of me.
Perhaps Owosso MI given the format? Was WOAP looking at a site or some other
transmitter change? Or am I mistaken about that?``
I thought I had checked 1079 and did not hear a carrier, so did not believe it
was a DSB tone (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5935, where BBCWS in English was heard 24 hours earlier, vacant
when rechecked several times Oct 1 from before 2300 to 2345. May have been a
test, or a fluke, Meyerton running overtime. But since not audible before 2300
either, maybe SOUTH AFRICA was not propagating today. Was it heard again at the
DX Camp in Germany? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 19:08:08 +0200
From: Karel Honz?k <[email protected]>
To: Wolfgang B?schel <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] R. Nacional Brasilia relay on 5045kHz
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BRAZIL
5045 Radio Nacional Brasilia heard on this frequency on October 1, 2010
around 0400UTC. Most probably relayed by R?dio Cultura do Par? - an unusual
format here instead of the former regular musical program called "Cultura
Madrugada". Frequent "Radio Nacional Brasilia" IDs.
Karel Honzik, CZE
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 19:21:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Oct 2 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** BRAZIL. 6070, Radio Capital? 2220-2235, Oct 2, tentative with
Super Radio Deus ? Amor programming with Portuguese preacher.
Weak. Poor, mixing with Canada. // 11765, 9587.76. Also // 6060 -
weak under Argentina. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** BRAZIL. 12175, Super Radio Deus ? Amor, 2205-2230, Oct 2, spur
from 11765 with Portuguese announcements, promos, ID at 2207.
Local religious music and preacher. Very distorted blob in SSB but a
somewhat better signal in AM mode. Weaker spur on // 11355.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
** CHAD. 6165, RNT, 2225-2259*, Oct 2, French talk. Wide variety
of Afro-pop music, Western pop music, and local tribal music. Sign
off with National Anthem. Good. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** MADAGASCAR. 5010.01, Radio Madagasikara, 0220-0305, Oct 2,
reduced carrier USB. On the air at approximately 0220 with Malagasy
talk. IS at 0226. Choral National Anthem at 0227. Local guitar music
at 0229 and Malagasy talk. Contemporary sounding religious music.
Local music. Lite instrumental music. Early sign on time. (Brian
Alexander,
PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 21:53:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 2-3, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** CHINA [non]. 9470, CRI English, Oct 3 at 0107, S9+22 with flutter, and
despite that, much better signal and audio than supposedly for North America
they could manage on // 9570 via Albania and 9580 via Cuba, none of which were
synchronized with each other.
Bet it`s Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN: yes, another of countless broadcasts from
there to Europe at 308 degrees, but who is listening at 2 or 3 am?? Remained
good here far off-target for the rest of the hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 11970, DentroCuban Jamming Command, Oct 3 at 0037, wall of
noise against nothing: this hour of VOA Spanish, cum Radio Marti, ``A Fondo``
is on the air UT Tue-Sat only but this was Sunday. Furthermore, VOA schedule at
http://author.voanews.com/english/about/frequenciesAtoZ_s.cfm
claims the 25m frequency for this is 11625, not 11970, but wasn`t 11625
abandoned last spring?? (also daily at 23-24 VOA Spanish only). Yes: we caught
11970 ex-11625 first on April 5 as in DXLD 10-14! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, could not detect even the carrier from R. Verdad, Oct 3 at
0104 or 0235, so suspect it is off. Inquiry out to them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9870, AIR VBS, mostly pop Indian music, VG signal S9+20, Oct 3 at
0039, graylineish, but flutter. About as good at 0135, and somewhat weaker at
0200. Ron Howard reminds us to look out for special broadcasts from India for
the Commonwealth Games, starting shortly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 9560, KBS World Radio via CANADA, UT Sunday Oct 3 at
0201, already opening Antena de la Amistad, DX/mailbag show, on which I have
recently guested; wasting no time with news or anything since this is a
truncated semihour transmission, but infinitely longer than the primetime KBS
devotes any more to English relays, very good signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENNG DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. With WWCR temporarily on 3255 instead of 3215, Oct 3 at 0231 I
was able to hear something else on 3215, weak music in and out, using DX-398
only with whip; improved when I clipped on some wire at 0235, could hear some
talking about Afghanistan. This is AWR via MADAGASCAR, really a domestic
service since it`s in Malagasy, 0230-0330, 50 kW, 20 degrees from
Talata-Volondry 3, per EiBi. Some relay/host countries forbid domestic
broadcasts in their own language (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 9525, continuous classical organ music without announcements, Oct 3
at 0109 past 0130, big mix with R. Habana Cuba also on 9525! The music only
slightly weaker than Cuba, producing a SAH varying between 120 and 132 beats
per minute, i.e. 2.0 to 2.2 Hz.
Without a reference at hand, I was trying to figure out whence: Vatican plays
some organ music, WEWN might too, or even WYFR, but no // found on any of their
frequencies. 0148 recheck, now they are both talking and the QRM says ``shi``,
so I figure it`s Romanian. Off after 0200 freeing RHC.
Yes, RRI is indeed scheduled here at 00-02, 300 kW, 310 degrees from Galbeni to
eastern North America. Must have been colliding all A-season with RHC, because
as an outlaw station, RHC refuses to co?perate with others by registering its
frequencies with HFCC, and RRI must have assumed the channel was unoccupied!
BTW, at 0109 RHC frequency manager Arnie Coro was to be heard with his regular
Saturday science spot, about mp3s played too loud damaging hearing.
Per EiBi, the // for RRI is 7355 where I should have found that great organ
music in the clear (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. I was standing by for WWCR-1`s frequency change from 7465 to testing
3255. Oct 3 at 0057 still on 7465 with preacher, but a few sex later it was
off, so went to 3255 and waited. Came on at 0058.5, steel drums, announcing
3255 opening; seems the drum tune went on longer than usual, and a bit further
on in the cut. 0100 a separate announcement that 3255 was being tested, reports
to 3255 @ wwcr.com and then cut to preacher in progress. Seemed like the same
one as on 7465, but two different ones are scheduled, so guess not; they can
all sound alike.
At 0150 I remembered to check 4840, for Ask WWCR where they might be talking
about this 3255 test. Indeed Brady and Jerry did, from 0154. Altho the note on
the website says the test at 01-09 UT would be for one week, Brady hinted it
would be for two weeks, or anyway a minimum of seven days. This is why: to see
if anyone objects, that is, any fixed operators in the US, since the FCC has no
list of them and the only way to find out if a frequency is clear is to test on
it.
They are hoping for no objexions, but if they get a call from the FCC, will
immediately go back to 3215 earlier than seven days, and 3215 is still being
maintained available. This long-hours test is only for that purpose, but WWCR
really wants to use it for only two hours in B-10 season, 5-7 pm CDT/CST.
However testing at those hours now would not be useful since it`s (mostly) in
the daytime. WWCR is ``pioneering new frequencies`` and ``is not trying to step
on anybody``.
It seems they are only concerned about complaints from US fixed users, not
broadcasters in other parts of the world, nothing said about possible
interference to or from them. Yet, we know, and they surely know from HFCC
registrations, that BBC is also on 3255 via South Africa at 03-06.
I suspect there could be method in their madness in picking such a frequency
--- already occupied by some broadcaster, and thus less likely to have utility
users who would object; yet a broadcaster weak and far enough away to blow away
in North America. And BBC may even have agreed to this at HFCC as too far to
bother their target area in southern Africa; besides, they are not using it
anyway between 2200 and 0300. (The same was true of picking 2390 years ago,
already used by Mexico and Guatemala; not so far, tho.)
At 0102 I could detect a carrier on 3250, no doubt HRPC in Honduras, another
religious broadcaster, now QRMed by WWCR. Will they object? If they do, will
they have any standing as far as FCC and WWCR are concerned? At 0229 after MW
TA scan, I was monitoring on the portable DX-398 only with whip antenna, and
HRPC was doing better against WWCR, hymn with guitar, and 0232 YL announcement
in Spanish. When I clipped on a wire, this made matters worse as WWCR became
unbearable.
But, it seems they have no plan to use 3255 after 0100 UT once the test period
is over, or in B-10. Remember this Sunday at least, WORLD OF RADIO at 0630 is
to be on 3255, as it was on 4840 at 0230 while all this was going on 90m.
They never answered why it was necessary to leave 3215: WWRB, which in A-10 has
3215 tied up until 0100, will continue to do so in B-10; WWCR-1`s summer
frequency before 0100 is 7465, but they don`t want to use it in the B-season as
too high for good propagation, rather be on 90m. They tried other channels on
that band last winter.
Meanwhile, temporarily vacating 3215 later in the evening opens it up for AWR
via Madagascar at 0230-0330, which I could hear tonight, q.v. (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. While I was checking out WWCR on new 3255, I also observed what WWRB
was doing, Oct 3: At 0100, 3215 with Brother Scare had gone off as usual, even
tho WWCR was not going to be on it tonight; 3145 (as always unlisted by FCC and
HFCC) did not cut on with him until *0102.
Another WWRB transmitter on 3185 had open carrier at 0100, cut to an annoying
``fast-busy`` telephone signal for a few sex, OC again, and at 0101 opening
``Signs of the Times International Radio Broadcast`` with ``CQ`` once in Morse
code! But it`s just another wacky paranoid gospel huxter, then starting ``Proxy
News 666`` for October 2.
A third WWRB transmitter was on 5050 with something else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Eastern North American MW DXers have been reporting lots of
trans-Atlantic catches lately, so I do a complete bandscan at 0208-0225 UT Oct
3, DX-398 only with internal antenna, on AC, stepping 9 kHz with BFO slightly
mistuned to detect carriers, same as I have been doing in the morning for
trans-Pacifix.
I did it twice, once set on LSB and once set on USB, as that makes a difference
in audibility when you are too close to 10-kHz channels. Lots of carriers
detected, but none strong enough with that equipment to pull audio, not in the
order heard:
531, 549, 621, 639, 666, 675, 693, 711, 747, 864=vs KOA IBOC, 873, 909, 972,
999, 1017, 1044, 1071, 1089, 1143, 1152, 1206, 1215, 1251, 1296, 1305, 1314,
1377, 1413, 1422, 1521, 1557.
A few of them 1 kHz away from 10 kHz channels were more detectable in AM mode,
just hearing the het against the NAm stations. I also had a strange carrier on
1083, but suspect local/internal origin as could not get a null on it. At times
a few of them peaked to better strength than the others: 909, 1089, 1206. All
this should motivate me to employ better antennas and receiver? Not yet; maybe
it will someone else in deep North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5775, approx., Oct 3 at 0145 as I was tuning away from WTWW,
encountered 2-way SSB --- but try as I might, could not get it to resolve, no
matter which way I tuned slightly up and down. It was ``inverted speech``, an
old technique to add some privacy when SW was used for point-to-point
international telephone conversations.
The audio frequencies of speech are reversed, high vs. low and then re-reversed
at the other end. I assume the equipment is not that complicated, but unlikely
to be in the hands of casual SWLs, at least not 50 years ago. Seldom run across
it now. Is it a common feature in high-end communication receivers, or included
in computer-controlled demodulation techniques? Could not figure out the
language from the way it sounded. Also makes it hard to pin down the reference
frequency where they carrier should be inserted. To make it worse, rather than
simple inversion, several different audio frequency bands could be jumbled and
then unjumbled (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Another check another 24 hours later, for the 49mb anomalies
first heard in the 23-24 UT hour Sept 30: Oct 2 around 2320, no BBC on 5935, no
Venezuela on 6165; and no WEWN on 5800, tho the latter may have been detectable
if I had kept at it a little longer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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