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Today's Topics:
1. Logs for Al Muick - HAPPENING NOW (Albert Muick)
2. Oct. 13 - 15 logs (L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec)
3. Radio Incofidencia now on air, 15189.7 (Manuel M?ndez)
4. Glenn Hauser logs October 16, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
5. Logs for Al Muick (Albert Muick)
6. Glenn Hauser logs October 14-16, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
7. Oct 15-16 Logs ([email protected])
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:21:41 +0430
From: "Albert Muick" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs for Al Muick - HAPPENING NOW
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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QTH: Kabul, Afghanistan
RX: WinRadio G303e
ANT: 100m Longwire/Randomwire
ACC: Palstar MW-550P Mediumwave Preselector
On-air now, as of 1448 UTC
5770 16 OCT, 1448 UTC, MYANMAR, Myanmar Defense Forces Radio, with talks by
man in presumed Burmese interspaced with light female vocals. Fair signal
with moderate fading, but only about 42% modulation as measured here. I had
to use synchronous AM, and could still barely make out what was going on.
No QRM.
Supposed to be on until 1530. Go get 'em!
73s
Al
"The character inherent in the American people has done all that has
been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the
government had not sometimes got in its way."
- Henry David Thoreau
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:01:54 -0200
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] Oct. 13 - 15 logs
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6297, Algeria, RASD, Rabouni. October, 13 2131-2141 male talks in an uncertain
language, short music back male, music with some Arabic style, male segment.
23332; October, 15 2206-2216 male and female talks, short music. Statics,
deterioring 23232 (lob-B).
15476, Antarctica, RN San Gabriel. October, 15 1326-1337 Spanish romantic
music, female in Spanish talks segment "continuamos con nuestro
programa..informaci?n general", back Spanish romantic music. 44333, (lob-B).
73's
L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec - Embu SP Brasil - Sony SW40 - Dipole 18m, 32m, Longwire
22m.
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:07:22 +0200
From: Manuel M?ndez <[email protected]>
To: Anker Petersen <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Incofidencia now on air, 15189.7
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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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
BRASIL, 15189.7, Radio Inconfidencia, Bello Horizonte, 1620-1707, 16-10,
escuchada en este momento, locutor, portugu?s, comentarios:
"Apresentamos... o noso Brasil", m?sica, canciones brasile?as. A las
1700 anuncios comerciales, identificaci?n: "... onda media, ... , ondas
curtas, 49 metros, 6010 kHz, Radio Inconfidencia", "Boa Tarde", "A Radio
Inconfidencia". 24322. (M?ndez)
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 10:22:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 16, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** CHINA. Firedrake Oct 16:
10500, poor with heavy flutter at 1242.
There is also heavy flutter on all East Asian signals 9-12 MHz, including the
CNR1 jammers. No other Firerakes found up to 18 MHz by 1249. The heavy flutter
certainly does not correlate with WWV:
``Solar-terrestrial indices for 15 October follow.
Solar flux 82 and mid-latitude A-index 4.
The mid-latitude K-index at 1200 UTC on 16 October was 0 (3 nT).
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours.``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RHC check Oct 16 at 0538: English on 5970, 6010, 6060 and 6150;
Spanish on 6120, 5040. Altho usually the case, this is anomalous in the sense
that the RHC schedule at
http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/c_frecuencia/frecuencias.htm
continues to claim that after 0500, English is only on 6060 and 6150!
The even more outdated schedule of English in English at
http://www.radiohc.cu/ingles/c_frecuencia/frecuencias.htm
shows 6010, 6060 and 6140, the latter replaced months ago by 5970
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 9965, wall-of-noise jamming underway at 1402 Oct 16. Now we
know for sure what is going on here. Radio Rep?blica has been announcing this
frequency as well as 5955: daily at 7 am to 5 pm Cuban time (1100-2100 UT) on
9965, and 5 pm to midnight (2100-0400 UT) on 5955, in addition to the weeknight
relays via Sackville and weekends via WRMI.
2100 fits as the earliest time 5954 has been reported, and the end of jamming I
have observed on 9965, but I doubt if RR is on before the jamming in the
morning starts at 1358. I have still, NEVER been able to detect it on 9965, nor
has anyone else I am aware of, unlike many reports of RR vs jamming on 5955. It
looks as if this is the same transmitter which changes frequencies at 2100, but
if it`s ELCOR it doesn`t have much punch, so could just be a ham unit in Costa
Rica or vicinity.
With BFO on 9965, I could tell there was a carrier underneath the noise, but
likely collateral victim R. Australia in Chinese until 1430 via Palau. ``KHBN``
continues on 9965 until 2200 with other clients and some more RA later in our
daytime.
Why bother? Only to tie up some jammers which could do more damage elsewhere,
and to hold high the flag of freedom. RR really ought to jump around to some
different frequencies to keep the DentroCuban Jamming Command on its toes, as
long as they are carefully chosen not to interfere with anyone else. I assume
the DCJC heard these announcements long ago, if not axually RR, since the
jamming has been on 9965 now for months.
Meanwhile on 9955 there was weaker jamming at 1402, but still plenty to
inaudiblize the Saturday morning airing of WORLD OF RADIO on WRMI, itself weak;
confirmed on webcast. Tnx a lot, Arnie! We may try again at 1730, Sunday 0800,
1530, 1730; or WWCR UT Sunday 0230 on 4840, 0630 on 3215 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055.0, R. Verdad just barely audible at 0542 Oct 16, matching
frequency with Spain 6055.0. At 1143 music is audible, now matching Nikkei on
6055.0. On Oct 15 received this from Dr. Madrid:
``Thank you, Glenn. Your report digest is very valuable to us.
No, we are not with our big transmitter yet. It's the small one. But, next
Sunday 17th, I am leaving for Guatemala City to meet Eng. Ralph Borthwick, from
Canada, and he will finish to repair our big transmitter, and install a much
better antenna (I have started such installations already). God willing, we may
be on the air around the 25th of October with our whole power. You can
understand that the damage of our transmitter was severe, as no Guatemalan
technician was able to repair it. Thanks God for the recent help of Eng. Ralph
Borthwick, who was the designer of our transmitter, and is helping us so kindly.
I just received a report from Russia (October 9th), and it provides very much
data, as a proof of his fair noisy reception. As soon as I have time to do so,
I will send you your QSL Card and our "Radio Pack". Thank you again. Dr. ?dgar
Am?lcar Madrid, Manager and Director`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [and non]. TP carrier scan Oct 16 at 1158 with DX-398 in USB: only
audible on 774, 747 and 567. 747 is as usual best, NHK-2 Sapporo, JOIB. That
makes 567 likely NHK-1 also Sapporo, JOIK, tho only 100 kW compared to 500.
There are some higher-powered Asians further inland on 567, unlikely.
Closer to sunrise at 1223 I do it again, this time with DX-398 in LSB: carriers
on 1053, 828, 774, 747, 594, 567 and 1134 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** LIBYA. 21695, V. of Africa, Oct 16 at 1250 in Swahili, has a ripple on the
modulation and with BFO the carrier is also unstable. Same situation at 1320 on
// 17725. Altho E Asian signals have heavy flutter, Libya does not, so I think
the ripple is really emanating from their transmitters, not Doppler-affected
propagation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Circa sunrise XE MW DX Oct 16:
580, at 1202 Mexican NA from WSW, vs WIBW nulled as best I can; most likely
XEFI Chihuahua where it`s 6+ am. Lost it at sign-on time. 1204 talking about
festival de sand?a, (watermelon fest).
760, at 1209 from WSW, Spanish W&M discussion of alcoholic support groups. One
possibility in Chihuahua, two in Sonora.
800, at 1236 doing better against nulled OKC than yesterday, same YL recounting
recent murders in various colonias, such as Melchor Ocampo. Of course, every
Mexican city probably has one named that, but surely this is Ciudad Ju?rez,
murder capital, XEROK.
850, crooner with nice song in Spanish, from WSW in KOA null, making SAH of
about 6 Hz, but 1216 goes to Cruzada con Luis Palau, who says he will take only
8 minutes to discuss II Corinthians: 10. He`s perhaps the most
widely-syndicated gospel huxter in Latin America. Losing signal by the time
it`s over around 1230. Very likely XEM, Chihuahua, Renacimiento 850 per WRTH.
1040, at 1218 UT, 6:18 TC, then string of government PSAs, such as for CNDR
(Comit? Nacional de Derechos Humanos), C?mara de Senadores (can you imagine the
US Senate providing PSAs about the good work it does?), IFE (Instituto Federal
Electoral), and here`s the clincher, Instituto Electoral de Chihuahua. Makes
SAH with WHO, nullable. Only hear ``Mil Cuarenta`` not full IDs, 1221 to rock
song in English. The only 1040 Chihuahuan in WRTH is XEHES, Radiorama Siglo
XXI, Chihuahua city, and Cant? http://mexicoradiotv.com/listchih.htm agrees
** OKLAHOMA. 1670, the 1317 Cansler Drive talking house on the west side of
Enid continues to be heard much stronger than before, as far east as downtown
Enid, well atop the co-channel hash from other THs. So Oct 14 around 1815 UT I
drive to that address to confirm whether it`s still there. Previous photo:
http://www.w4uvh.net.1670th1317ca.jpg
[in last report there was an error in this URL]
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 5930, the motorboating Pet/Kam transmitter already audible at 0540
UT Oct 16 in Russian.
To find Pet/Kam at gaisma, you have to look under EUROPE, for all of Russia!
http://www.gaisma.com/en/location/petropavlovsk-kamchatskiy.html
It shows local time as UT+11, but DST is in effect, with local time sundown for
Oct 16 at 18:27. Yet when I am checking this at 1515 UT, the local time clock
shows 04:15! That would be UT +13, not +12. So was sundown at UT 0627 or 0527?
Perhaps it`s confused by my having to set my computer on Azores Daylight Time
in order to make it = UT.
Gaisma also has a grayline map for the current time, but not clear how to reset
it, so go to http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Earth
where the terminator map may be set for any date and time. At 0527 UT Oct 16,
it was still day in Pet/Kam, at 0627 UT sunset, so my log was an hour before
SS. At 6 MHz, of course, it should get out considerably earlier than that,
especially with lowering solar elevations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. Having heard 720 KDWN Las Vegas a few times around sunrise here, I
find a similar weak signal east/west on 840, Oct 16 at 1232 UT, hoping it`s
KXNT. Rand Paul clip in cast from ``Newsradio 84``, poor with KOA IBOC, but
shux, this is still WHAS as IDed at 1235 from Louisville KY, over full-day
path, so not such a bad catch itself (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1650, Oct 16 at 0459 UT, Spanish ad for Bible study course, ID for
``1650 AM, Radio ---, KB-``, ergo Radio Luz, KBJD Denver, per NRC AM Log.
Spanish on the X-band grabs my attention, but chances of anything being foreign
are remote (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1590, the 1 kW day-power non-direxional WGBW DX test was
intermittently audible here, from Two Rivers WI (just north of Manitowoc on
Lake Michigan, not far from Green Bay ---- hmm, maybe that`s what the calls
stand for: they have a CP to move to Denmark, closing in on GB) --- but always
with severe QRM from dozens of other 1590 stations, plus cacophony of SAH
fading as they can`t all agree to transmit on 1590.000. Bits of WGBW would
occasionally slightly overcome the QRM.
Oct 16 at 0508 UT, heard WGBW ID; 0513 brief tone; 0519:40 longer tone till
about 0520, then calliope tune; 0523:30 ``WGBW, AM 1590 . . . This is a test.
We will return to regular programming . . .``; 0526 sounds like phone caller on
the air, a DXer somewhere? Or could have been from the QRM. 0533:40, bugle tune
denoting ``charge!``.
I was getting this on the DX-398 inside with AC power, internal ferrite antenna
only, aiming NNE. (The FRG-7 with E-W longwire had 1590 dominated by something
else, in regular schedule with weather at 0534.). Thanks for running the test,
as hearing WGBW here otherwise would be unlikely, unless tuning up to radiate
on second harmonic 3180 (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Finally I am standing by to catch the sign-on of WPJK, 3160,
Orangeburg SC: Oct 16 at 1128 open carrier is on; 1131 brief opening of only
some 30 seconds mentioning FCC authorization, address and station manager. And
immediately into gospel music until 1137 when YL Saturday DJ ``Lady B`` spoke,
vs OM on weekdays, more music. S9+18.
When you think about it, of the several thousand US AM stations on 860 and
above, it`s rather incredible that only an occasional one like this manages to
get out on the second harmonic band 1720-3400 kHz. I suppose their harmonic
filter slipped off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Sometimes the 5 MHz WWCR channels inboom in the nightmiddle,
sometimes they are JBA. Oct 16 at 0540, 5890 and 5935 are very poor, so no
problem for 5930, see RUSSIA; WTWW 5755 was somewhat better but non-solid, tnx
to its rhombic being a little further away. However, I am equally totally
uninterested in listening to Brother Scare, dead Doctor Gene Scott, and
paranoid Pastor Pete Peters, respectively (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 3985-LSB, Oct 16 at 1145, Badger Weather Net, NCS KB9GO with lots of
check-ins; instead of all communicating only with NCS, he tells each one to
call another station, in a round-robin. One was N9HR; another KC0CXV or CXB?
There was a weak AM carrier on frequency, but still needed BFO; per Aoki that
would be Echo of Hope, and/or Juche jamming.
The final April 1, 2007 edition of Nets to You showed this with Not-DST and DST
UTs:
1100 1000 3985 BADGER WEATHER (Wisconsin) Daily
Plus a number of other Wisconsin nets later on same frequency.
ARRL`s FCC lookup finds:
WILTSE, JOHN R, KB9GO, 4571 COUNTY TRUNK M, RUDOLPH, WI 54475
Wrensch, Thomas J, N9HR, N7900 Hillcrest St, Oconomowoc, WI 53066
But KC0CXV is in Nebraska and there is no -CXB, maybe misheard (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [non]. 11625, something in French, Oct 16 at 0452, i.e. Vatican via
MADAGASCAR, 295 degrees at 0430-0500 (after which VR switches to its own SMG
site for English). 11625 was almost the OSOB, joined only by French on 11690,
i.e. R. Okapi via SOUTH AFRICA. A selective opening with bands above 10 MHz
otherwise dead (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1539, during WGBW 1590 test tuned around and detected a weak
carrier here from the NE/SW, Oct 16 at 0528. An hour earlier and a few weeks
later than last log, this could really be from Europe, i.e. 700 kW
Evangeliumsrundfunk, Mainflingen, Germany. A weaker carrier on 1557, which
would be 300 kW Nice, France. Nothing audible on 1521 or any other high-band TA
frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 2855 approx., Oct 16 at 1142, SSB with inverted speech so
uncopiable, tho sounded like a YL voice. Was checking the North Korean on 2850,
which only had a JBA carrier today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Analog ch 48, the Univisi?n relay, continues to be seen here, but
never with perfect video; has ghosting and sync problems. Peaks from NE
direxion, where nothing is known on that channel. Can`t be too far away, as
when in, stays steady signal.
Oct 16 from 0030 UT a weakish signal steadily builds up to good level by 0430.
Also even better, checked next morning from 1300 UT, with kidvid. I was all set
at 1359 to photo the local OKC/KUOK ID, but it didn`t appear. Again at 1459 did
not see it, but signal was fading down, gone by 1530.
Earlier both Wichita and Tulsa DTVs were in including both KSNW-45 and KOTV-45,
separable by rotation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 06:35:00 +0430
From: "Albert Muick" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs for Al Muick
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
531 16 OCT, 1536 UTC, INDIA, AIR Jodphur in English news with stomping
signal. S9+ and way over the co-channel Iranian stations. Slight fade and
low-level QRM from Iran. I also submitted a reception report via their
online form at: http://www.allindiaradio.gov.in/recepfdk.html and we'll see
how that works.
567 16 OCT, 1754 UTC, RUSSIA, Radio Rossii, Volgograd, in Russian playing
old showtunes, into time pips and ID in Russian on the hour. This is a
1000kW operation according to WRTH. Good signal levels with moderate fading
and very little QRM.
So I was piddling about on mediumwave last night, and got a couple of
surprises, as above. Also upgraded Ubuntu on my Netbook from 10.04 to 10.10
last night and am rather uncomfortable with the new layout. Also having
trouble with audio in WINE. I was hoping to use the netbook for DXpeditions
and travel, since my main laptop has lots of valuable data on it and is a
heavy old beast (much like myself). No matter, I'll solve it, but if anyone
has experience in WINE and the ALSA drivers, I'd love to hear from you.
I think Iran on 531 must have been on low power, as normally they dominate
the channel, unless it was just weird propagation conditions, which is also
entirely possible! ;-)
73s and good DX to all!
Al
"Democracy is an abuse of statistics."
- Jorge Luis Borges
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:24:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 14-16, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
** BRAZIL [and non]. Following a tip from Manuel M?ndez, Friol, Spain, that he
was getting R. Inconfid?ncia on 15189.7, 16 Oct at 1620-1707, I looked for it
at 1808. But 15190 was totally dominated here by discussion in another
language, with bits of English, presumably R. Pilipinas as also heard
yesterday, but stronger now. Inconfid?ncia is only a het. Wonder if R. Africa
will continue to be absent until 2200 when WYFR takes over?
By 1830, however, I am not hearing anything on 15190, using a different
receiver and antenna. Did Pilipinas go off much earlier than scheduled 1930?
Anyhow, we know now that ZYE522 can vary both sides of 15190 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 17705, Oct 14 at 2101, I realize that RNV relay which I had on before
2100 but not paying attention to, has just re-opened a new hour of
transmission. It`s supposed to conclude by 2100; still going around 2105, but
off the air at next check 2114. RadioCuba asleep at the switch again, but
interesting that the RNV program feed automatically(?) started repeating. [Date
is correct; inadvertently omitted from previous report] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Geez, I messed it up again, the URL for my previous photo of 1317
Cansler, Enid Talking House. Those dratted slants and dots. Try again:
http://www.w4uvh.net/1670th1317ca.jpg
I am still hunting for new photo of the hornets` nest, as Paul Swearingen
requested; if I can`t find it, will go back and take another one, altho it was
rather prosaic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. The GCN pirate in Enid has remained more or less active
on 99.9, never again caught on alternate 99.7 since the one time I heard it
there; but checking Oct 16 at 2047 UT, it`s not on either frequency. Weak
signal on 99.9 turns out to be KLUR Wichita Falls TX, despite being parked on
the north side of a 2-storey storefront, which ought to block it compared to
clear shot eastward toward KTCS Fort Smith AR at about the same distance, which
otherwise tends to be the occupant of 99.9. 2048, Country 99.9 KLUR ID, 2052
another KLUR ID, plug a concert going on now in Wichita Falls on Market Street,
and apparently a live remote from it.
Meanwhile 99.9 on the caradio was getting meteor bursts of some other music for
split seconds about once per minute, at 2048, 2049 and 2052, a reminder that
it`s about time for the Orionids, peaking Oct 21, these being precursors?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 21610, not accustomed to hearing REE on 13m well past local noon, but
Oct 16 at 1854 I hear good signal with announcements of e-mail address arabe @
rtve.es being spelt out with the letters in Spanish (never mind the accent),
then English, then French! Well, yeah, you can`t spell it in Arabic, so poor
monolinguals are out of luck unless they can spell in one of those three
foreign languages. 1856 the REE fanfare once, IS once and off at 1856:30*. It`s
250 kW, 110 degrees from Noblejas at 17-19 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 15185, Saturday Oct 16 at 2045, fair signal with English
lessons for French, much weaker than // 15730. The VOA schedule has Hausa M-F
at 2030-2100 on 15185, French Sat/Sun at 2030-2100 on 15185. Originally both
were from Botswana, but French aimed 20 degrees further east. As we reported a
few days ago, one of the Botswana transmitters broke down, so on weekdays,
15185 had Greenville backing it up, resulting in a much stronger signal here.
Now on Oct 16, the big signal is on 15730, Greenville as usual, so this 15185
must be back to Botswana, or somewhere else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. For the third evening, I am again getting Univisi?n on analog ch
48 from the northeast. Already at 2315 UT Oct 16, the signal is beginning to
show without horizontal synch (my old B&W TV set does that on very weak
signals, and no horizontal hold!). By 2330 it synchs up and I reconfirm it`s //
but not time-synchronized with Univisi?n direct feed on Suddenlink cable 61. As
before, the signal is extremely steady, strengthens little by little; by 0050
it is still snowy and audio is not making it, but rock-steady.
I had asked Trip Ericson and Doug Smith for their evaluation of this, based on
my previous reports:
``The only station that fits the profile, as far as I can tell, is
KUKC-LP [Kansas City MO]. I recall hearing, at one time, that several stations
owned by Equity Broadcasting carried a single Univision feed which I distinctly
remember included the affiliate in Jackson MS. I don't recall if it included
KUKC. - Trip, http://www.rabbitears.info``
``Agreed. The only Univisions I know of on 48 in Oklahoma or states bordering
it are KUKC, KWDW OKC, and KVSN Pueblo, Colorado (which is not only the wrong
direction but a DTV station) -- Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View, TN EM66``
BTW, rabbitears.info for KC Market 31 does not include KUKC-LP, even when
expanded. I get my info on it from W9WI.com and FCC TV Query.
The ch 48 relay call of KUOK in OKC (Nichols Hills) is indeed KWDW (alluding to
Woodward?), not KWTW as I was writing it before.
Once again I compare by rotating the antenna between the SSE and the NE, and
the signal from NE is much stronger, than from SSE (KWDW). Including at 0041 UT
Oct 17, when I had just seen an OKC ad cutaway on 48 from the NE, during S?bado
Gigante. And more of that later. When I previously saw OKC ID and ads when
looking at 48 from the NE, could it have really been KWDW at the moment instead
of the mystery? This check indicates not so.
Here are the arguments against it being KUKC-LP, Kansas City MO, the closest
known Univisi?n station in that direxion from here:
1, It`s 249 miles away (401 km), with only 12.7 kW ERP. It might be DXed with a
very good tropo opening, but steadily every night and morning? This is the kind
of reception one would expect from 100 miles max, a station on the verge, which
fades out in the daytime, but with a little humidity in the evenings and
mornings, comes back up.
Possibly there is a very stable duct between KUKC and here? That seems
extremely unlikely, at least on an overland path. Hepburn`s tropo maps for
Saturday morning showed we were along the edge of an enhanced tropo area (only
purple) to Kansas City, but that also includes points closer.
2, Any station in Kansas City would not be carrying Oklahoma City ads and IDs.
3, offsets: when I originally saw this, KWDW was getting 10-kHz offset QRM from
the other station carrying UNI. KWDW is zero offset, and W9Wi.com shows KUKC as
ZdH, which I assume means it is also zero, so that does not fit; dH meaning
direxional, horizontally polarized? These abbrs. are not explained anywhere I
can find at W9Wi.com. BTW, KUKC-LP will eventually move to channel 39 as
KUKC-LD for which there is a CP. Then we can forget about ever seeing it, vs
KWTV-39 OKC.
4, If this is coming in, why aren`t other much more powerful Kansas City market
stations? Initially I was not looking for them specifically, but I am tonight,
manually tuning thru all the RF channels. None of the KC channels on Trip`s
market 31 list show any signal at all (other than the ones blocked by OKC);
except something on 18, KCPT?
No, that`s probably Ponca City OK KTEW-LD, as OETA-38 is also in from there and
decoding, about same direxion as KC. I do another full UHF manual tune at 0122,
and now some channels correlating with Tulsa and Wichita are showing signs, but
not decoding, as the antenna is aimed about halfway between them, yet nothing
from e.g. WDAF-34 in KC, while I am looking at the snowy but steady mystery 48
on my analog set.
Is my C-490 antenna fooling me, with very strange lobes at ch 48? This would
have to be pulling in a stronger signal from about 120 degrees off than when
aimed directly at the OKC station. I have not noticed it doing that in any
other case. Beamwidth is typically most narrow at the top end of UHF.
Could it be cable leakage? No, RF channel 48 does not equal a cable channel 61,
where UNI is in Enid, and after all, that is direct, not via KUOK. Could it be
someone`s home distribution system in Enid? That would not be fading in and out
according to area tropo enhancement. And besides, would it be exactly tuned to
offset plus or minus?
It seems to me this has to be an unknown transmitter much closer than Kansas
City but in that direxion, perhaps somewhere around Ponca City OK. Was there
ever a channel 48 translator or LPTV there? Perhaps someone forgot to turn it
off, or figured they would keep Univisi?n into Ponca without going to the
trouble of licensing, etc. Maybe someday I will try visiting PC with a portable
analog TV set, tho my old Radio Shack 5-incher is the worse for wear.
The question is, how the KUOK-35 Woodward DTV signal is getting to this channel
48 analog relay. Certainly not off the air direct from Woodward, too far away.
And also too far for reliable pickup of the lowpower in OKC on channel 36. And
why does the signal I see have ghosting on it? A DTV input could not have that,
of course.
If there is an affiliate list at http://www.univision.com it is well hidden;
only seems to concentrate on major markets. Searching site on KWDW and KUOK
produced zero results. Searching KUKC only led to several stories about
Eslovaquia en el Mundial!
Maybe I should ask KUOK itself. But would they give me a straight answer, if
they should know about this? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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** BRAZIL. 15189.64, Radio Inconfidencia, 2141-2200, Oct 16, local
music. IDs at 2143 and 2200. Portuguese talk. Fair to good signal but
fairly well covered by WYFR at their 2159 sign on. (Brian
Alexander, PA)
** ETHIOPIA. 7210, Radio Fana, *0257-0340+, Oct 16, sign on with
IS. Vernacular talk at 0301. Horn of Africa music. Covered by BBC
at *0300-0329*. Fair signal after BBC 0329 sign off but occasional
HAM QRM. Also heard // 6110 - very weak under Cuba. (Brian
Alexander, PA)
** LIBYA. 21695, Voice of Africa, 1513-1531, Oct 16, surprisingly
strong signal booming in but with some distortion. English news about
African Union. ID. Afro-pop music. English news at 1531. // 17725 -
also very strong and slightly distorted. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** NIGERIA. 7350, Radio Nigeria, Abuja, *0543-0630, Oct 16, carrier
on at 0541 but actual sign on at 0543 with test tone. Possible
National Anthem at 0546. Talk at 0548. Local music at 0549. ?Radio
Nigeria? IDs at 0558 and 0559. English news at 0600. Very weak.
Too weak in noise to pull out many program details, but signal
improved somewhat at 0600. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** SUDAN. 7200, SRTC, *0218-0431*, Oct 15, sign on with Qur`an.
Arabic talk. Chirping bird. Local music. Poor. Mixing with a strong
Iran. Fair signal after Iran signs off at 0328. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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