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Today's Topics:
1. FEBA B10 (Alokesh Gupta)
2. Oct. 23 logs (L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec)
3. Vatican special txions (Eike Bierwirth)
4. Log Oct 23 - ERA5 (Wolfgang Bueschel)
5. LOgs for 18.10 (Zacharias Liangas )
6. Sat DX (Charles Bolland)
7. DX Listening Digest 10-42 October 22; World of Radio 1535
(Glenn Hauser)
8. Glenn Hauser logs October 22-23, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:53:36 +0530
From: Alokesh Gupta <[email protected]>
To: Alokesh-Hotmail <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] FEBA B10
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
FEBA Radio Broadcast Schedule,Winter B10
31st October 2010 to 27th March 2011
Tx Site Codes - ASC Ascension Island DHA Dhabayya
ERV Yerevan Armenia KIG Kigali Rwanda
MOS Moosbrunn Austria NVS Novosibirsk Russia
TAC Tashkent Uzbekistan WER Wertachtal Germany
Day 1 = Sunday (ITU Convention)
NORTH INDIA, NEPAL, TIBET
Days Frequency Metre Site
Time UTC 1234567 Languages kHz band code
-------------------------------------------------------------------
0015-0030 smtwtfs BANGLA rural 7485 41 TAC
0030-0045 s..w... HINDI 7485 41 TAC
0030-0045 .mt.... MIXED LANGUAGES 7485 41 TAC
0030-0045 ....tfs BANGLA 7485 41 TAC
0045-0100 smtwtfs HINDI 7485 41 TAC
1200-1230 smtwtfs TIBETAN 15215 19 DHA
1430-1445 smtwtfs URDU 9650 31 DHA
1445-1500 ...wtfs KASHMIRI 9650 31 DHA
1445-1500 smt.... MIXED LANGUAGES 9650 31 DHA
1500-1530 smtwtfs BANGLA rural 7485 41 TAC
SOUTH INDIA
Days Frequency Metre Site
Time UTC 1234567 Languages kHz band code
-------------------------------------------------------------------
0130-0200 s...tf. TELUGU 6140 49 DHA
0130-0200 .mtw..s MIXED LANGUAGES 6140 49 DHA
1400-1430 s...... ENGLISH 12045 25 DHA
1400-1415 .mtwtfs MALAYALAM 12045 25 DHA
1415-1430 .mtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 12045 25 DHA
PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN
Days Frequency Metre Site
Time UTC 1234567 Languages kHz band code
-------------------------------------------------------------------
0200-0230 s...... URDU 7315 41 DHA
0200-0215 .mtwtfs URDU 7315 41 DHA
0215-0230 .mtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 7315 41 DHA
0200-0230 smtwtfs PASHTO 6125 49 DHA
0230-0300 smtwtfs DARI 6125 49 DHA
0300-0315 smtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 6125 49 DHA
0800-0830 smtwtfs URDU 15205 19 DHA
1400-1430 smtwtfs URDU 7230 41 NVS
1430-1500 smtwtfs MIXED LANGUAGES 7230 41 NVS
1500-1530 smtwtfs DARI 9400 31 ERV
AFRICA, ETHIOPIA, SUDAN
Days Frequency Metre Site
Time UTC 1234567 Languages kHz band code
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1600-1630 s...tfs AMHARIC 9900 31 ERV
1600-1630 .mtw... GURAGENA 9900 31 ERV
1630-1700 smtwtfs AMHARIC 9900 31 ERV
1600-1630 smtwtfs ETHIOPIA 11875 25 KIG
1630-1700 smtw... TIGRINYA 9850 31 DHA
1630-1700 ....tfs AMHARIC 9850 31 DHA
1700-1730 smtwtfs OROMINYA 9595 31 KIG
1730-1757 smtwtfs TIGRINYA 9595 31 KIG
1700-1730 smtwtfs SOMALI 6180 49 DHA
1730-1800 smtwtfs ETHIOPIA 7510 41 ERV
1830-1845 smtwtfs FRENCH (Cent+West Af) 15250 19 ASC
2145-2215 .mt.tf. HASSINYA/PULAAR (WAf) 11985 25 ASC
MIDDLE EAST
Days Frequency Metre Site
Time UTC 1234567 Languages kHz band code
-------------------------------------------------------------------
0800-0830 smtwtfs ARABIC 15220 19 MOS
1900-1930 smtwtfs ARABIC 7235 41 WER
1900-2030 smtwtfs ARABIC 9550 31 KIG
-------------------------------------------------------------------
FEBA Radio, Ivy Arch Road, WORTHING BN14 8BX, UK.
www.febaradio.info
---
Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 08:20:30 -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. 23 logs
Message-ID: <002001cb729c$e882c520$356e2...@home>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
4990, Suriname, R. Apintie, Paramaribo. October, 23 0445-0454 male in Dutch
talks, Pop music, English romantic. Poor, 25222 (lob-B).
3960, 4025, Liberia, Star Radio. October, 23 0440, 0503 was silent, (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, 23 Oct 2010 14:52:18 +0200
From: "Eike Bierwirth" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Vatican special txions
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Special transmissions of Vatican Radio, Sunday 24 October 2010, with
frequencies not usually in use by VR
Pope Well-Spoken Number Sixteen feat. Catholic Mass from St Peter, concluding
the Middle-East synode
Start: 0720 UTC (no end time given)
Commentary in various languages on these frequencies:
585 Italian for Rome
1611 German for Europe
5965 Italian for Europe
7225 German for Europe
15550 Arabic for Middle East
17585 Portuguese for Africa
17630 Arabic for Middle East
17710 French for Africa
English via Internet only
http://www.radiovaticana.org/it1/trasm_spec.asp?cod=txs_2010_10_24_ita.asp
73,
Eike
Leipzig / Germany
--
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:06:44 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Log Oct 23 - ERA5
Message-ID: <8ba9ec8ac52146feba544a590d9d0...@hnpc2>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
GREECE 15630 After 4 weeks repair the 3rd TX unit is back on air,
Today Oct 23 6-10 UT on 15630 pretty strong signal, well modulated, usual
morning break between 1000 and 1049 UT, at 1049 UT til 2250 UT also on 15630
to Atlantic. \\ 9420 EUR, and local domestic ThesSaloniki Programm on 9935
kHz too.
73 wb
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 21:44:43 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] LOgs for 18.10
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Please check this : http://www.oocities.com/zliangas/ (my geocities.com
page !!! saved by oocities )
Logs for 18.10
http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/307
6310 pirate on 1937 with old rocks S2-3 max
7540 Denge Mezopotamia 1953 with an Arabic song ON 1954 filled with
anthem then ID R D M 34433
4975 KAampala 2004 with old pops . Overmoded 34243
7210 VoKorea 2008 korean with man with a peaking talks S3-5 strong
QRNM from 7205 and 7215
7505 Free N Korea R 2025 with talks by YL and OM separately Light music
in-between and background including Korean pops S7 35333
7495 Kuwait? 2103 prg 'Idaatu Kuran El karib ' with talks in Arabic2106 with
kuranic verses S10 45544
7480 Open R North Korea talks in Korean by YL /OM on 2107. S5 having
problems from FSK on 7482 and 7475 (a CW signal )
7465 ?? 2112 with talks in Spanish , about a politic programming , then with
a radio Dx program (Uruguay, R Amateur Intl??? and recording from WRMI
) S3
Please read and distribute this 15 year research article
http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e
Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd
________________________
http://zlgr.multiply.com (radio monitoring site plus audio clips ) MAIN SITE
http://sites.google.com/site/zliangas (replacement of geocities)
http://zliangas.blogspot.com (radio tech , gadgets, grk ethics)
http://www.youtube.com/zach0gr some videos
http://www.myspace.com/310100806
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=770974854
http://www.worldisround.com/articles/302315/ (Litohoro) 321199/Tinos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachgr pictures upload
http://www.google.com/reader/shared/06600224598981072865 (social
news )
http://zlgr.stumbleupon.com (my social 'bookmarks' )
http://del.icio.us/gr_geek1
........
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
greekdx @ otenet dot gr ---
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
------------------------------
Message: 6
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 19:33:50 -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 DX
Message-ID:
<!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAMcpx2KDL2JFmEyXbvynxonCgAAAEAAAAEVkMLk4yEpFrt/[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Kuwait, 15540, Radio Kuwait, 1845-1910 Prior to the
hour noted steady music which was
mainly popular tunes. On the hour full ID as Radio
Kuwait followed by a segment of
English comments. Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland,
October 23, 2010)
WR-G31DDC
26N 081.W
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:49:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] DX Listening Digest 10-42 October 22; World of Radio
1535
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
DX Listening Digest 10-42 has now been posted at http://www.dxld.org
or http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt or http://dxld.worldofradio.org
and now also without delay at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1042.txt
[as has been happening lately, upload of this edition as dxlatest has not been
immediate, but has been immediate at the last -1042 link above]
CONTENTS:
WOR 1535 / AFGHANISTAN non / ALASKA / ALBANIA / ANGOLA / ANTARCTICA +non /
ARGENTINA / AUSTRALIA VL8 / AUSTRALIA HCJB B10 / AZORES / BAHAMAS / BANGLADESH
/ BARBADOS / BOLIVIA / BRAZIL +non / BULGARIA B10 / CANADA +non CKWX+ / CANADA
CFGT / CANADA CFRX / CANADA CKZU / CANADA +non RCI/VTC/VOV/CRI/RNW/IBB / CANADA
CBC / CHINA +non / COLOMBIA / COSTA RICA / CROATIA non / CUBA +non B10+ ham+ /
CURACAO +non / CYPRUS / DJIBOUTI / DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ham+ / ECUADOR /
EQUATORIAL GUINEA +non / ERITREA +non / ETHIOPIA +non / EUROPE Pirates / FIJI
non / FINLAND / FRANCE / GAMBIA non / GERMANY +non B10+ / GREECE / GUADELOUPE
ham / GUATEMALA / GUIANA FRENCH / GUINEA / GUYANA / HONDURAS / INDIA /
INDONESIA / IRAN / IRELAND non / ISRAEL / ITALY non B10 / JAPAN +non B10+ /
KOREA NORTH +non / KOREA SOUTH / KURDISTAN non / KUWAIT / LIBERIA / LIBYA /
MADAGASCAR / MALAYSIA / MAURITANIA / MEXICO / MONGOLIA / MOROCCO / MYANMAR /
NETHERLANDS +non B10 / NETHERLANDS ANTILLES non /
NEWFOUNDLAND +non / NEW ZEALAND B10 / NIGER / NIGERIA +non / NORTH AMERICA
pirate / OKLAHOMA KEOR / OKLAHOMA KGHM+ / OKLAHOMA Talking house / OKLAHOMA GCN
/ OKLAHOMA KLHO+ / OKLAHOMA +non? KUOK/KWDW/KCHM+/48 / OKLAHOMA KOCB/Cool /
OKLAHOMA KWTV / OMAN / PAKISTAN B10 / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / PERU / PHILIPPINES
B10+ / POLAND non / PORTUGAL / PRIDNESTROVYE / ROMANIA / RUSSIA +non / RWANDA /
SAINT HELENA non / SCOTLAND +non ham / SLOVAKIA B10 / SOLOMON ISLANDS / SOUTH
AFRICA / SOUTH CAROLINA non / SPAIN / SRI LANKA / SUDAN +non / SURINAME /
SWEDEN +non / SYRIA / TAHITI / TAIWAN +non B10+ / TAJIKISTAN / THAILAND +non /
TIBET / TUNISIA +non / TURKEY / UGANDA non / UKRAINE / UK +non BBCWS/BBC / UK
BBCR3 / USA BBG / USA +non VOA / USA +non WOR/WRMI/WBCQ/WWRB/IRRS / USA FCC /
USA WWCR/WEWN / USA KJES / USA WBCQ / USA KVOH / USA WINB / USA WWRB / USA WJHR
/ USA WRNO / USA +non WYFR / USA WHRI / USA WSM / USA
KTNN/KKOB/KNST/KURM/KFYO/WHAS/WWL/KPSZ/KRWZ/KWOS/KRMO/KIJN/KFAB/KLTK/KCXL/KOIL/KSOK/KNSS/KBJD
/ USA WGBW / USA KOZI / USA KWJX/KZSF / USA ham N2II / USA NPR/Schorr / USA
KPFK+ / UZBEKISTAN +non / VATICAN +non / VENEZUELA non / VIETNAM +non / WESTERN
SAHARA non / ZAMBIA / ZIMBABWE / UNIDENTIFIED 738+ / UNIDENTIFIED 1539 /
UNIDENTIFIED 2855 / UNIDENTIFIED 5050 / UNIDENTIFIED 5130 / UNIDENTIFIED 5840 /
UNIDENTIFIED 8840 / UNIDENTIFIED 9575 / UNIDENTIFIED 15261 / UNIDENTIFIED
48350/48380 / UNIDENTIFIED 48 / TESTIMONIALS / PUBLICATIONS / LANGUAGE LESSONS
/ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS /
PROPAGATION / TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING
For restrixions and searchable 2010 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but
have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn
WORLD OF RADIO 1534 HEADLINES:
*DX and station news from: Antarctica, Australia, Brazil, Canada,
Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Germany, Greece,
Hawaii, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Laos, Liberia, Lithuania, Morocco,
Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Saint Helena [non], Sweden, Tibet, Uganda,
UK, USA, Venezuela, Western Sahara [non]
WORLD OF RADIO 1535 HEADLINES:
*New season schedules of English from Albania, Cuba, Germany, Italy,
Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Taiwan
*More DX and station news from Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica,
Europe-pirate, Greece, Guatemala, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Mexico,
Nigeria, Philippines, UK, USA, Zambia
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1535, October 21-27, 2010
Thu 1500 WRMI 9955
Thu 1900 WBCQ 7415
Thu 2100 WRMI 9955
Fri 0330 WWRB 3185
Fri 1430 WRMI 9955
Fri 2030 WWCR1 15825
Sat 0800 WRMI 9955
Sat 0800 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 9515
[second, fourth, fifth Saturdays, maybe]
Sat 1400 WRMI 9955
Sat 1600 WWCR2 12160
Sat 1730 WRMI 9955
Sat 1800 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 7290
Sun 0230 WWCR3 4840
Sun 0630 WWCR1 3215
Sun 0800 WRMI 9955
Sun 1530 WRMI 9955
Sun 1730 WRMI 9955
Tue 1530 WRMI 9955
Tue 1900 WBCQ 7415
Tue 2230 WRMI 9955
Wed 0030 WRMI 9955
Wed 1530 WRMI 9955
Wed 1900 WBCQ 7415
Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite
and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or
http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org
For updates see our Anomaly Alert page:
http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html
WRN ON DEMAND:
http://193.42.152.193/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24
WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN:
http://www.wrn.org/wrn-listeners/world-of-radio/
http://www.wrn.org/listeners/world-of-radio/rss/09:00:00UTC/English/541
OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO:
http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
or http://wor.worldofradio.org
Best DX wishes, Glenn Hauser
------------------------------
Message: 8
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 16:33:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 22-23, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
** BRAZIL [and non]. As I was saying last time under EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Now
without side-QRM or co-QRM I can concentrate on 15190 once again: very weak
carrier there, maybe R. Inconfid?ncia. At 2102 Oct 22, Morocco 15345 had a
slightly variable het from weaker Argentina, so there was some propagation from
South America.
And updating: At 0057 UT Oct 23, after WYFR is off 15190, I find a very poor
signal on 15189.9 with talk by YL. Can`t make out the words, but the intonation
fits for Brasilian/Portuguese. After 0100 mixing in some music bits. Only QRM:
occasional spikes from incomparably stronger North Korea on 15180 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 9570, CRI relay Oct 23 at 1203 just open carrier instead of
Cantonese; wake up, RadioCuba! Back in biz at next check 1256 pronouncing
website in English: http://www.chineseradio.com.cn
13920.4, Oct 23 at 1314, RHC spur with whine, resembling the squeal on 13680,
rather than 13780, both of which had very good signals as usual and also
co?perated to leapfrog upon 13880, but 13920 is something else, and unmatched
by any mirror on the low side: nothing like it audible around 13440, 13540 or
13640 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 6250.0, Oct 23 at 0613, weak talk could be Spanish, and
presumably RNGE; some ute QRM. With sunrise underway, it really helps when they
sign on a semihour earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. In last report, fixing typo on the first time
cited, 2008 UT not 2018:
15190, R. Africa, which conveniently went missing last week just as ZYE522
reactivated 15190, heard again for the first time Oct 22 at 2008, lo-fi gospel
singer, S9+18 and no QRM, not even a het detectable during music. At 2013 YL
preacher allowed a very lite het to be audible, but so weak I could not tell
with BFO whether it was on the hi or lo side of R. Africa, which maintains a
tight frequency, whatever its other failings, such as long periods of dead air
between huxters. . . (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 7450, Oct 23 at 0538 VOG with Greek music, better here than // 9420.
Gone at next check 0603. Come to think of it, this frequency has been missing
at night, like 15630 has been in the daytime.
At 1310, I find 15630 is also back on the air, fair with Greek talk and music,
better than Turkey 15450 which was flutterier. Wolfgang B?schel also heard
15630 again from 0600 after four weeks` downtime. John Babbis says, ``I think
the set-up for that transmitter is:
0000-0350 15650 105
0400-0550 7450 323
0600-1000 15630 285
1000-1100 BREAK
1100-2250 15630 285
2300-2400 15650 105`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055.0, R. Verdad, Oct 23 at 0549 reads S9+12 with music, better
than usual, fades, 0559 gets mushy and can`t tell if NA is playing later. Still
on standby 50 watts, but expects to reactivate refurbished main transmitter
with new antenna and revert to 4052.5 within a couple days (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [and non]. MW TP carrier search Oct 23: in USB mode on the DX-398,
upward 1208-1240 UT: 594, 747 and 774; LSB mode downward at 1210-1213, snagged
only 828 and 774; back to MEXICO on 10-kHz channels (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR [and non]. 13840, Oct 23 at 0533, the OSOB (only signal on band)
is French from NHK, as relayed 295 degrees this half hour. (I could file this
under JAPAN [non], but the point of this item is how propagation was behaving;
however, NHK in Russian was audible direct at same time on 11715) (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. ORTM has been reported missing from 4845 lately, but I hear an
unexpected signal on 7245, Oct 23 at 0605 with soporific wakeup chanting rather
like SASASAM`s on 6297, and like we used to hear on 4845, and still going at
0615. Surely it`s Mauritania on its daytime frequency much earlier than the
usual switch circa 0800. Maybe it means they cannot operate on 60m for some
reason. I rechecked 4845, and could not detect even a carrier in sideband of
WWCR 4840. I check 41m just about every night at this time, and am sure I was
not hearing anything on 7245 previously. Also inaudible on its MW 783, which
more easterly North Americans often hear (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sunrise DX Oct 23 on the DX-398 with internal antenna only:
550, Oct 23 at 1214, 6:14 TC, rooster, Cuauht?moc promo for something at 300
pesos, PSAs, from XEPL, Chihuahua, a regular.
610, Oct 23 at 1232 from the SW, news of Caborca and Guasave, Sinaloa, with
music stingers in between items, with single word ``Altavoz`` = loudspeaker,
the day`s upcoming local events. So XEGS, Guasave.
660, Oct 23 at 1219, ads for celular, sounded like Barbacoa Cacoy, Morelos,
probably street rather than state; s?bado 23 de octubre, M&W with missing or
wanted person info. 1221 ad for exterminator (of bugs), phone 472-09-33,
another ad to phone 472-43-63? ``Buenos d?as . . . se espera 11 grados,`` into
romantic music. Nothing much googlehits except the phone number and
exterminador leading to Ciudad Delicias, Chihuahua, whence XEACB transmits on
660.
680, Oct 23 at 1216, promo Cadena Cinco news, 1217 ad for something in Colonia
del Bosque; loops SW, but too much CCI. Unfortunately, that Colonia is too
generic, as they are all over Mexico. Cinco may refer to Televisa network 5
XHGC, so which station on 680 is in Grupo W? Here`s the list, showing 680 =
Chihuahua:
http://www.wradio.com.mx/emisoras.aspx
There is a Colonia del Bosque not in Chihuahua city, but 47 km down the highway
at Meoqui. Pretty good circumstantial evidence, maybe not quite enough to be
positive it`s XEFO; but I`m not counting.
700, Oct 23 at 1229, open carrier from the southwest, with some crackles maybe
from transmitter, past 1230, so I move on, but rechecked at 1243, now Spanish
talk from the WSW, phone 52-3-13-13. That clix as the number of a psychologist
in Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, i.e. XEGD, and no hits for the only other
likely possibility, Etchojoa, Sonora. At 1245 gives phone number again twice (I
also discover that my Indigo watch light transmits on this frequency! O for the
good ole days of clean, pure radium dials.)
710, Oct 23 at 1235, TC for 25:7, ``La Ranchera de Cuauht?moc`` singing ID,
24:7 TC, karaoke ad. XEDP.
870, Oct 23 at 1238, TCs for 6:38, XETAR ID, local Guachochi announcements
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. We continue to find an anomalous situation comparing the
two Woodward DTVs on adjacent channels. Oct 23 at 1450 UT, low-power KOMI-34 is
decoding, while high-power KUOK-35 is not. Possible explanation is that 35 has
too much CCI from other stations, such as KMTW Hutchinson KS, about 90 degrees
away, and very strong with tropo help when pointing toward it. KSNC-22 (``2``),
Great Bend KS was also in with NBC Satmorn kidvid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PALAU. 9945, Oct 23 at 1159 came upon T8WH ID with usual South Bend address,
cut off before fightin`-words ``Onward Christian Soldiers`` theme concluded,
and by the time I tuned down to 9930 it had already switched there, starting YL
preacher in English. Angel 3 is indeed scheduled to move from 9945 to 9930 at
1200, staying on the same type 146 antenna at 318 degrees, which facilitates
the quick QSY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 5930, only a week to go before the Pet/Kam motorboat moves to its
winter channel 6075. Oct 23 at 1259 can`t make out much modulation, but at 1300
I can copy the 6-pip timesignal and compare it to WWV, which reaches hourtop
five sex earlier. We remain incredulous that the Russkies have allowed this
sorry situation to go on for years, Saudi-like (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** TUNISIA [and non]. 7275, RTT manages to appear on its correct frequency for
second morning in a row, after alternating with 7225. Oct 23 at 0537 music, and
rather undermodulated compared to Algeria/FRANCE on 7295, BBC/ASCENSION on 7255
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 17695, Oct 23 at 1305, loud & clear S9+15 in news including 1307
clip of SOS Clinton, ``The Department of State does not comment on ---``,
quickly voiced over, more news by YL. I recalled this is a Radio Farda
frequency, but unseems Persian. Uplooked later in Aoki, we find that 1300-1330
is a break from Farda on 17695, instead BBC Uzbek via Rampisham, subject to
ChiCom jamming but none heard now. Until 1300 it is Farda via Sri Lanka, and
Farda resumes from 1330 via Lampertheim (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3160, Oct 23 at 1156 can make out some gospel music under T-storm
noise, so WPJK x 2 is still harmonicizing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9980, WWCR-4 with Brother Scare, Oct 23 at 1321 accompanied by huge
buzzy spurs out to 9970 and 9990, far more than your usual SWBC bandwidth. The
buzz goes on even when The Overcomer is pausing, coming out of his incredibly
dirty uplink audio. I shudder to think what it would look like on a scope, but
perhaps someone could send a screenshot to us and WWCR.
Wanted to compare it to TOM via WWRB 9385, but Oct 23 at 1322 it`s open carrier
again. Are we going to have another amodulated day? No, it`s going at 1325, BS
arguing with a caller on whether he believes in The Rapture (yes, he does, and
claims to know when, but I guess he is not saying, unlike Brother Harold;
Maranatha). Some of the buzz is also audible on WWRB, but much less severe, as
it seems they are doing a better job of filtering it out (not always the case).
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1535 confirmed on WRMI 9955, Saturday Oct 23 at
midpoint 1414; poor signal, but no jamming; nor on 9965 vs Rep?blica. The 1600
UT Saturday airing of WOR on WWCR 12160 was disrupted. Mick Delmage in Alberta
tells me the transmitter was off the air at 1600, but had come on by 1620
check. Remaining chances on WWCR are UT Sunday 0230 on 4840, 0630 on 3215; on
WRMI 9955, Sunday 0800, 1530, 1730, and more on Tuesday, Wednesday (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 720, another log of KDWN Las Vegas NV cutting to non-direxional day
pattern one hour earlier than authorized, and going from zero to sufficient
signal here on the way to Chicago: Saturday Oct 23 at 1244:40 UT, during
infomercial by a Dr. Pincus for his ``Omega-Krill`` with an 800 number. Yeah,
cut out the middlefish and eat krill ourselves! That makes sense? More
entertaining than far-right Angle-pusher Heidi Harris on weekdays (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 6297.1, Oct 23 at 0606, open carrier with
characteristic roaring noise, presumably SASASAM as usual on this
off-frequency, but no modulation yet; was going to compare its chanting with
7245 MAURITANIA, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 940+, every morning during Mexican SRS sessions, I hear a lo het
on the hi side of this frequency, looping E/W so can`t be XEQ in the DF which
is considerably off-channel. What I get may be local (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) ###
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 94, Issue 24
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