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Today's Topics:
1. Tues Morn Dx (Charles Bolland)
2. Re: [dxld] Radio Habana Cuba collision with RDPi
(Wolfgang Bueschel)
3. Re: [dxld] Radio Habana Cuba collision with RDPi (Glenn Hauser)
4. Glenn Hauser logs November 29-30, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
5. Logs (Manuel M?ndez)
6. Glenn Hauser logs, November 30, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
7. Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA (Stewart MacKenzie)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:09:20 -0000
From: "Charles Bolland" <[email protected]>
To: "ALF" <[email protected]>, "Arnaldo slaen"
<[email protected]>, "Bob Wilkner" <[email protected]>,
"brainman214" <[email protected]>,Carlos
GonA?alves<[email protected]>, "Cumbre" <[email protected]>,
"'DSWCI'" <[email protected]>, "Gayle Van Horn"
<[email protected]>, "Glenn Hauser"
<[email protected]>, "Hard-core-dx" <[email protected]>,
"Marie Lamb" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Tues Morn Dx
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Peru, 6019.266, Radio Victoria, 1040-1100, Noted a
male in Spanish comments which
sound like religious chatter. Signal's not that
prominent this morning as the splatter
causes some problems. (Chuck Bolland, November 30,
2010)
Peru, 5039.20, Radio Libertad, 1058-1110, Tried to
pull the audio out on this one, but
could not hear anything except the carrier. Gave the
the hf1000 and 545 a chance
too, but they were not any better. (Chuck Bolland,
November 30, 2010)
Guyana, 3290.00, Voice of Guyana, 1105-1110, Noted a
male in English language comments.
Signal was threshold. (Chuck Bolalnd, November 30,
2010)
Indonesia, 9680.06, RRI Jakarta, 1125-1135, Noted a
female in Indonesian language presenting
news or commentary. Can hear a second station mixing
with Jakarta ever so slightly. It's
frequency measures on 9680 exactly, while Jakarta is
slightly off freq. It could be Taiwan which
is schedule for this time slot too on the same
frequency. At 1130 music from Jakarta.
Jakarta was at a good level. (Chuck Bolland, November
30. 2010)
Indonesia, 9525.96, Voice of Indonesia, 1131-1140,
Noted a female in Chinese language comments.
So much splatter and noise on this band now, making for
poor copy. (Chuck Bolland, November 30, 2010)
Thailand, 11750.00 Voice of America, 1159-1210 "This
is the Voice of America signing on". On the
hour news in English presented. Signal was good.
(Chuck Bolland, November 30, 2010)
WinRadio G31DDC
Excalibur
26N 081W
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:26:22 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "DXLD" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Radio Habana Cuba collision with RDPi
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Henrik and Glenn,
as Arnaldo explains in long sentences, - the ITU Geneva is a bureaucratic
monster. But the "real music" - we say in Aleman -, frequencywise on
shortwave registration plays on HFCC organization meetings, with nearly 7000
registrations each twice a year, done by 120 engineers from various
international broadcasting organizations.
I guess only a single time in Johannesbourg South Africa, Arnaldo Coro was
guest on this twice a year HFCC meeting.
Annual HFCC membership cost some hundred dollars a year, RHC and Arnaldo
Coro can ill afford such in their Cuban annual budget ... - I guess.
Unfortunately Cuba is to be cushioned against reality in many aspects of
international cooperation.
vy73 Wolfgang df5sx JN48OR
----- Original Message -----
From: "hklemetz" Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 2:55 PM
Subject: [dxld] Radio Habana Cuba collision with RDPi
> Glenn,
>
> RDPi Frequency Manager wants to know if there is still a clash between
> RDPi and Radio Habana Cuba on 12040 just as you noted on Sat Nov 27 at
> 2250.
>
> I wonder if Arnie Coro is now going to tell listeners on his show that RHC
> have become victims of intentional co-channel interference.
>
> Henrik Klemetz, Sweden
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:23:15 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Radio Habana Cuba collision with RDPi
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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I seriously doubt that the cost of HFCC membership is the obstacle with RHC.
Arnie has managed to visit the USA a few times with friends or professional
groups paying the bills; surely the other 120 engineers at HFCC would chip in
enough to cover RHC`s membership, if necessary, in order to have it on board
and avoid all these problems. Glenn
--- On Tue, 11/30/10, Wolfgang Bueschel <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Wolfgang Bueschel <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [dxld] Radio Habana Cuba collision with RDPi
> To: "DXLD" <[email protected]>, "HCDX" <[email protected]>
> Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 10:26 AM
>
> Henrik and Glenn,
>
> as Arnaldo explains in long sentences, - the ITU Geneva is
> a bureaucratic
> monster. But the "real music" - we say in Aleman -,?
> frequencywise on
> shortwave registration plays on HFCC organization meetings,
> with nearly 7000
> registrations each twice a year, done by 120 engineers from
> various
> international broadcasting organizations.
>
> I guess only a single time in Johannesbourg South Africa,
> Arnaldo Coro was
> guest on this twice a year HFCC meeting.
>
> Annual HFCC membership cost some hundred dollars a year,
> RHC and Arnaldo
> Coro can ill afford such in their Cuban annual budget ... -
> I guess.
>
> Unfortunately Cuba is to be cushioned against reality in
> many aspects of
> international cooperation.
>
> vy73 Wolfgang???df5sx? JN48OR
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "hklemetz" Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 2:55 PM
> Subject: [dxld] Radio Habana Cuba collision with RDPi
>
> > Glenn,
> >
> > RDPi Frequency Manager wants to know if there is still
> a clash between
> > RDPi and Radio Habana Cuba on 12040 just as you noted
> on Sat Nov 27 at
> > 2250.
> >
> > I wonder if Arnie Coro is now going to tell listeners
> on his show that RHC
> > have become victims of intentional co-channel
> interference.
> >
> > Henrik Klemetz, Sweden
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:38:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 29-30, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** ALBANIA. 13640, Nov 30 at 1532, Klara opening R. Tirana broadcast after
mandatory 2-minute schedule announcement, about Liberation Day Nov 29,
undermodulated as usual, but almost readable with some strain. R. Tirana is
well aware of the undermodulation problem, and many other listeners have
complained about it. It seems the studio-transmitter feed needs to be at a low
level to avoid distortion, but could it be boosted up to normal level once it
gets to the Shijak transmitter? There too it may be thought necessary to ease
off to avoid damaging the old units (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, ditto all my previous reports since Nov 12: no sign of a
signal from LRA36, Nov 30 at 1411, 1434 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Nov 30:
8400, JBA at 1353; nothing audible at all [NAAA] on 10500 at this time and no
others found in next semihour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. DentroCuban Jamming Command continues to run amok far beyond the hours
it is ``needed`` on certain frequencies. I am hearing the same weak pulse
jamming Nov 30 at 0612 on 9490, 9825, 9955 and 7365, unlike the wall of noise
jamming against Mart? on 6030 and 7405 (which are just pileups of multiple
pulsers). Only 9955 has a victim on the air, WRMI, but totally inaudible.
9490 is R. Rep?blica via RMI via Sackville which finishes at 0300. 9825 is
Mart? which finishes at 0100. 7365 is also Mart? which finishes at 0500.
Meanwhile, the electrical expense these jammers against nothing consume (let
alone the jammers against something) could better be spent on the downtrodden
Cuban people, forced to accept food rationing short of starvation, and numerous
other privations. This merely reconfirms that for the unelected and dictatorial
Cuban government, the bodies of the People are the lowest priority; keeping
their minds clean of contrary ideas is paramount. Popular Revolution, my foot!
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA [and non]. 9560.2, lo het Nov 30 at 1356 against R. Australia in
English, but it cuts off at 1357, uncovering weak Horn of Africa music, so the
R. Ethiopia transmitter has varied to here today (much closer to nominal, than
Nov 25 at 1355 when I found it on 9555.6). Not checked again until 1528 when
the het was now marring something in Chinese.
Per Aoki and HFCC, both CRI via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN, and RCI via Yamata,
JAPAN are in Chinese this hour on 9560! 174 and 240 degrees respectively but
theoretically no collision as to different CIRAFs 41 and 44S, i.e. S Asia and
SE China respectively; and I was hearing only one of them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 5765-USB, AFN on the air today Nov 30, at 1403 with news, 1407 still
talking but can`t copy any details beneath the cable DTV box bubble jammer I am
loath to unplug and later force to rescan every time I undertake a SW DX
session (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4052.5-, R. Verdad unheard lately. As of Nov 30, Dr. Madrid
reports that there are further problems with the new 500 watt transmitter, so
he has put the 50-watt unit back on for now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, now I don`t feel much sense of loss when I miss most of
the Tuesday Exotic Indonesia hookups between VOI and RRI Banjarmasin --- as
they refuse to fix the intermittent audio dropouts. I did tune in at 1354 Nov
30 long enough to confirm that the show did go on, with music Plus IADs, then
Jak announcer and Banj guy discussing the artist (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISGTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5910, Shiokaze, Tuesday Nov 30 at 1408 is in Japanese, YL
over sombre piano music. Sounds like she is saying ``thank you`` every so
often, but maybe it`s really a similar-sounding Japanese word, like senkyu?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBYA [and non]. 17800, a theme from Beethoven`s Ninth, so is it Deutsche
Welle? Of course not! It`s V. of Africa`s English service to Africa, one of its
perpetual musical bits, mixing about equally with German from DW via PORTUGAL
to Africa, the collision continuing since last week when VOA inexplicably moved
here from clear 17725.
Last time I wondered if MAQ had an issue with Germany, but it would seem not;
however, he does have an issue with Switzerland, close enough? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Viz.:
Best Columns - Europe
Switzerland: We?re pioneers in crafting racist ads
Now a far-right group has upped the ante with its ads in support of a bill to
automatically expel any foreigner who commits a crime, said Rachad Armanios in
Le Courrier. posted on November 4, 2010, at 4:05 PM
Switzerland has rapidly become the world leader in racist political posters,
said Rachad Armanios. We started last year, with the infamous billboard that
persuaded the country to ban minarets. It?s visually quite stunning: A forest
of minarets, each one pointy as a spear and evocative of a missile, sprouts
from the Swiss flag, while in the foreground a woman peers menacingly out of
the eye-slits in her burqa. Then came the anti-immigration poster showing three
white sheep kicking a black sheep out of the pasture.
Now a far-right group has upped the ante with its ads in support of a bill to
automatically expel any foreigner who commits a crime. One poster consists of a
photo of Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi and the words "He wants to destroy
Switzerland" ? a reference to the strained relations between Libya and
Switzerland since 2008, when Qaddafi?s son was arrested in Geneva for allegedly
assaulting two servants. In what it called "the best interests of the state,"
the government has banned the Qaddafi posters. But thanks to the controversy
they caused, the ads have already succeeded ? everyone in Switzerland now knows
what they say. The lesson is that extremist propaganda works. "In this game,
democracy is taken hostage." (The Week, Nov 12, via DXLD)
** OKLAHOMA. 1690, the next chapter in the saga of Enid`s talking house
transmitter: Finally the afternoon of Nov 29 I go to the address on the
recording, 3509 McClaflin Drive in the SE corner of Enid. Before 2100 UT in
central Enid I am hearing it as usual, tho skywave from Chicago and Denver is
already coming in, making TH sound wishy-washy, i.e. unstable FMy carrier just
like Greg`s units formerly on 1670. Without the QRM it sounds OK.
But a sense of foreboding increases as I approach the address --- the TH signal
fades out, so nothing but the X-band stations when I am parked in front of it.
There is no sign on the curb about this being a TH, but the inhabitants are
home so I ring the doorbell. The gentleman who answers is rather surprised,
assures me the house is not for sale, but he did buy it two years ago from Ms.
Sabedra!
So this is a leftover transmitter stored somewhere else which somehow got
turned back on recently, playing the old loop. Returning to central Enid I can
again hear it around the intersexion of Maine and Van Buren, but now there is
too much skywave. As I go further west, it is lost again. The realtor`s office
is about five blox further north on VB, but a previous drive-by there did not
find any signal peak.
So this presents another find-the-transmitter challenge, which needs to be
conducted at low noon when there is least skywave QRM. Once I have found it, I
will inform Ms Sabedra- and urge her to turn it off. My apologies to DXers
everywhere else, but their chances of hearing this more than a mile away are
minuscule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY [and non]. 11815, TRT atop the CCI with SAH of ~6 Hz, Nov 30 at
1508-1516 with vocal music, sad-sounding song, as Sheref says is typically
Turkish, long talk segments before and after. 320 degrees from ?akirlar to
Europe, but also USward. Since it`s after 1500, the other station is Japan, not
Costa Rica (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3185, dead air/open carrier, Nov 30 at 0621, again no one minding the
store at WWRB when feed from Brother Scare fails; this is hardly a complaint,
but an observation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 720, KDWN Las Vegas NV: you may recall that during October I was
hearing this almost any morning from 1245 UT, as it was switching to
non-direxional 50 kW day pattern one hour earlier than authorized, apparently
due to confusion about the difference between PDT and PST.
In November the legal sunrise time was 1415 UT, so KDWN might have been
switching at 1315 instead, but I never could hear it then, nor even at 1415,
which was too far past sunrise eastward. Apparently it finally dawned on them,
and resumed switching at the correct time as of Nov 1, let alone Nov 7 with the
end of PDT.
I make one more try on Nov 30 at 1415, but still hear nothing but a weak mix of
WGN and KSAH. LVNV axual sunrise this date is 1432 UT and will reach its latest
in early January at 1452. Meanwhile, legal FCC sunrise for KDWN in December and
January is 1445 UT. So possibly by late Dec it will be able to propagate
briefly from 1445, but it really needs to resume switching one hour too early
at 1345 to reach this far east (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1190, Nov 30 at 1421 UT from NW/SE I am hearing siren-like sounds and
other electronic music, not your average commercial radio fare, so presume it
is KVCU, Boulder CO, the student-operated ``AM Revolution`` at the University
of Colorado, which FCC AM Query affirms ``operates as a noncommercial
educational station``, with daytime power of 6.8 kW nondirexional. November
official FCC sunrise is 1345 UT, and December 1415.
By 1423 it was overtaken by a station looping N/S with a house-buying ad,
7-digit phone-number so unlikely KFXR from The Metroplex, 1424 Xmas music,
maybe KVSV Beloit KS, tho its 2.3 kW lobe goes NW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6074, one must tune in early to catch the 8GAL CW marker for
sure: Nov 30 it starts at 1359:20 with standard V/CQ message, and finishes by
1400, when I was not noticing the 6-second late timesignal normally heard as
the last gasp of motorboating 6075 R. Rossii, Petropavlovsk/Kamchatsky
transmitter. That stayed on a while longer versus the Chinese successor.
Tnx to Ron Howard in California who sent me a clip of 8GAL recorded at exactly
the same time I was hearing it Nov 25 at 1400. I was astounded by how strong it
was on Asilomar Beach, totally overriding audio from RTI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:57:15 +0100
From: Manuel M?ndez <[email protected]>
To: DX Listening Digiest <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Spain
Logs in Friol, 27 Km. W of Lugo
Grundig Satatellit 500 and Sony ICF SW 7600 G
Cable antenna, 10 meters, faced WSW
BRAZIL
4915, Radiodifusora Macap?, Macap?, 0540-0621, 28-11, Portuguese, male,
identification: "Radiodifusora Macap?, 74 anos com voc?, Difusora, a
melhor programa?ao", "Difusora AM", Brazilian songs, advertisements.
34433. (M?ndez)
5045, Radio Cultura do Par?, Bel?m, 0512-0620, 28-11, Brazilian songs,
some songs in English" male voice: Portuguese, comments. 34333. (M?ndez)
9695.8, Radio Rio Mar, Manaus, 1010-1020, 28-11, Brazilian songs,
identification by male: "6 horas y 13 minutos, Radio Rio Mar". 24322.
(M?ndez)
11725.2, Radio Marumbuy, Curitiba, 0914-0920, 28-11, female, religious
comments, Portuguese. 14321. (M?ndez)
11780, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, 1006-1012, 28-11, female,
comments, Portuguese. 24322. (M?ndez)
11735, Radio Transmundial, Santa Maria, 1003-1015, 28-11, Portuguese,
religious, identification: "Radio Transmundial, 25 metros, 11735 kHz, 31
metros, 9530 kHz, transmitindo desde Santa Mar?a, Rio Grande do Sul,
Radio Transmundial, a radio que est? com a palabra.". 24322. (M?ndez)
15190, Radio Inconfidencia, Bello Horizonte, 0850-0935, 28-11, Brazilian
songs, comments, identification: "Agora 6 y 54, Inconfidencia de Radio".
At 0902: "Onda media, 1290 kHz, ondas curtas, 49 metros, 6010 kHz, 19
metros, 15190 kHz, Inconfidencia, emisora da rede Inconfidencia de
Radio, Bello Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.". 24322. (M?ndez)
COLOMBIA, 5910, Marfil Estereo, Lomalinda, 0510-0810, 28-11,
Latinamerican songs, "Llaneras", at 0750 identification by male: "La
hora en Marfil Estereo, son las 2 de la ma?ana y 49 minutos". 34433.
(M?ndez)
ECUATORIAL GUINEA
6250, Radio Nacional, Malabo, 0520-0545, 28-11, African songs, at 0530
Sunday religious program: "Alegr?a en otro domingo, campa?a de la
Navidad, buenos d?as, Cristo est? aqu?". 23322. (M?ndez)
15190, Radio Africa, 1620-1642, 28-11, English, religious songs, male,
comments. 23322. (M?ndez)
GUATEMALA, 4052.5, Radio Verdad, Chiquimula, 0502-00602*, 28-11, male
voice, Spanish, religious comments, identification: "Radio Verdad", at
0509 English, program "Spiritual Songs", religious English songs and
comments. Identification, anthem and close down. 14321. (M?ndez)
INDIA
4810, AIR, Bhopal, 1613-1618, 28-11, Hindi music. 14321. (M?ndez)
4840, AIR, Mumbai, 1614-1617, 28-11, Hindi music. 24322. (M?ndez)
4880, AIR, Lucknow, 1612-1614, 28-11, Hindi music. 24322. (M?ndez)
4895, AIR, Kurseong, 1610-1612, 28-11. English, male and female,
comments. 34433. (M?ndez)
4910, AIR, Jaipur, 1609-1611, 28-11, 24322. Hidi music. (M?ndez)
4920, AIR, Chennai, 1607-1609, 28-11, Hindi music. 13221. (M?ndez)
4940, AIR, Guwahati A, 1604-1607, 28-11, Hidi music. 24322. (M?ndez)
4950, Radio Kashmir, 1616-1640, 28-11, Male, comments, vernacular, Hindi
music, female, English. 14321. (M?ndez)
5010, AIR, Thiruvananthapuram, 1635-1637, 28-11, Hindi music. 23322.
(M?ndez)
5040, AIR, Jeypore, 1637-1643, 28-11, Hindi music. 13221. (M?ndez)
MEXICO
6010, Radio Mil, Mexico, D. F., 0830-0850, 28-11, Latinamerican songs,
Spanish song, singer Alex Ubago "Sin Miedo a Nada", identification: "En
Radio Mil celebramos el ... aniversario, La Virgen de Guadalupe,
Asamblea Constituyente", "En Radio Mil, estamos de viaje". 14321. (M?ndez)
6185, Radio Educaci?n, Mexico D. F., 0621-0830, 28-11, classic music,
Mexican songs, song "Vuela, vuela, gavil?n". At 0702 identification:
"Buenos d?as, Radio Educaci?n.". 34433. (M?ndez)
PERU
6019.3, Radio Victoria, Lima, 0523-0630, 28-11, male, Spanish, program:
"La Voz de la Liberaci?n". 24322. (M?ndez)
9720, Radio Victoria, Lima, 0750-0810, 28-11, male, Spanish, "Iglesia
Pentecostal Dios es Amor".
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:23:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs, November 30, 2010
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** BRAZIL [and non]. 15190, was not hearing much from R. Africa, Nov 30 before
2200, but at 2210 I get two weak signals on slightly different frequencies, and
a rapid warble with BFO on; somewhat less rapid on Argentina 15345v, so once
again it seems trans-equatorial Doppler is in effect. This is never evident on
Chile 17680, such as rechecked just now. Dominant audio on 15190 is Brazilian,
from R. Inconfid?ncia, easy to tell apart from the low-key mumbler and
convicted child sex evangelist Tony Alamo during this hour from Guinea
Ecuatorial (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 11965, Nov 30 at 2202, Indonesian announcement, Suara ? something, but
cut off the air at 2202:40*. Back on at *2203:15 and seems slightly stronger,
an overdue antenna change? W&M continue conversing with musical background.
This is KSDA at 2200-2230, 100 kW, 255 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1690, I have now tracked down the errant talking house in Enid.
First I went back to the office of Smith Realty at 528 N Van Buren:
http://www.w4uvh.net/SmithRealty.jpg
And made sure the signal was not emanating from the building behind this sign.
No, it was DFed to ESE from there. Driving east a few blox, the signal audibly
increased on the caradio. Did a loop around the neighborhood, and soon around
1930 UT Nov 30 came to a much stronger signal in the 600 block of West Elm,
across from Emerson Middle School. Parked across the street from a likely
house, 607,
http://www.w4uvh.net/Sabedra.jpg
and on the DX-398 as I walked up the driveway the signal finally started to
inboom, lighting up the signal meter.
Obviously this was it, confirmed by a car in the driveway with the same phone
number on the back window as announced on the 1690 loop. Before I could knock
on the door, a young lady emerged, having seen me approach, and it was Samantha
Sabedra- herself! Since she had stepped into the windchill with bare arms, and
I was all bundled up, I kept the conversation brief, but she told me she has
about 5 TH transmitters in her house, and was working on this one to redeploy
it.
Was not sure of the frequencies of the others, but they are on the signs to go
with them. Too bad; I was going to offer to take 1690 off her hands if she no
longer wanted it (tho I am less than impressed with the modulation and
frequency stability). She is aware of Greg`s TH units, says he has been pushing
other realtors to use them, and there is a third agency here that has some,
Exit Homesellers.
Samantha says she has been selling real estate for four years. Her own house is
nice but not in an upscale neighborhood; across from a school is undesirable
due to noise and congestion, even if you are not a convicted sex offender for
life. It`s rather modest, no doubt compared to some of the dwellings she has
handled. Unlike Greg, she`s probably too young to have seven children, and thus
the urgency to rack up many large commissions. What is a realtor`s typical
commission, anyway?
Once I start hearing 1690 with a new loop, or other TH frequencies, I will know
where to find her for more info, such as what kind of antennas are in use. A
bit later this day, but before skywave QRM, she was just barely audible on the
caradio near the intersexion of West OKG and Cleveland, barely one sesquimile
away, but penetrating a built-up mostly residential, partially commercial path
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SEYCHELLES [non]. 11985, Dec 30 at 2154 a signal I have not noticed before,
West African string music (hereafter Bulge of Africa (BOA) music), 2155
announcement not in Arabic.
I consult the ever-more-stale final volume of PWBR `2009` I still keep by the
radio, and find a possibility, FEBA UK via various locations, Thu and Fri to
WAf at 2145-2215, 250 kW, Winter.
Retuned at 2159, it`s switched to French, ``tous les vendredis, ? 21h45, en
11985``. Name of service starts with Akhbar, and address is an Apartado in
M?laga, Espagne. 2200 into Arabic, ``Huna al-Akhbar ---`` something, a bit of
French again, I think, and into yet another language. Signal is poor and
fading, and CODAR has just started swishing across it at 2200. Re-retune just
in time to hear carrier go off at 2215:02*.
Despite announcement that it`s Friday, this is really mardi = Tuesday! We go to
current references for the answer.
HFCC shows:
11985 2145 2215 46S ASC 250 27 2356 311010 270311 D 10700 Pulaar G FEB VTC
Aoki shows:
11985 FEBA RADIO 2145-2200 .23.56. Hassinya 250 27 Ascension
11985 FEBA RADIO 2200-2215 .23.56. Pulaar 250 27 Ascension ASC
01423W 0754S FEBA b10 VT --- So they agree this transmission is really Mon,
Tue, Thu and Fri.
EiBi shows:
11985 2145-2215 1245 G FEBA Radio PU WAf /ASC
HFCC and EiBi have it supposedly only in Pulaar, but the first language I heard
fits for the Western Sahara dialect a.k.a. Hassania; EiBi`s day-of week numbers
are inconveniently one-off from Aoki and HFCC, 1=Monday, but equivalent to the
others.
About Pulaar, says Wikipedia:
``Pulaar is a Fula language spoken primarily as a first language by Fula people
and Tukolor (or Toorobe) in the Senegal River valley area traditionally known
as Futa Tooro, and further south and east. Pulaar speakers, known as
Haalpulaar'en live in Senegal, Mauritania, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and western
Mali.
According to Ethnologue there are several dialect differences, but all are
inherently intelligible.
Pulaar is not to be confused with Pular, another variety of Fula spoken in
Guinea-Conakry (including the Fouta Jallon region). The Pulaar and Pular
varieties of Fula are to some extent mutually intelligible, but require a
separate literature.
Pulaar is written in a modified Latin alphabet but historically was written in
an Arabic script known as ajami (see Fula orthographies).
[edit] Linguistic features``
World Almanac 2002 says Morocco was 98.7% Moslem, no separate figure for
Western Sahara, but likely no less so. The Christian evangelists have a long
way to go.
This may be the same ministry as on the `HCJB` `Arabic` service at 2100-2145
daily on 12025, in B-seasons via Sackville, which also gives an address in
M?laga (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17775, after missing a few days, KVOH is back with a vengeance, super
S9+25+ signal (my FRG-7 meter isn`t accurately calibrated beyond S9+20), during
gospel music, Nov 30 at 2136, and enough to audiblize the bonus whiny spurs its
for-sale transmitter provides, around 17920 and less so but same pitch around
17630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:53:22 -0800 (PST)
From: Stewart MacKenzie <[email protected]>
To: Anker Peterson <[email protected]>, Arnie Coro
<[email protected]>, BCL NEWS <[email protected]>, Duane Fischer
<[email protected]>, Hard Core DX <[email protected]>,
Marie Lamb <[email protected]>, Maryann Kehoe <[email protected]>,
Prime Time Shortwave <[email protected]>, SWL QTH
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Cc: Adrian Peterson <[email protected]>, Allen Graham
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Subject: [HCDX] Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA
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BRAZIL?? Radio Nacional Da Amazonia?? 11780? 2310 GMT? Portuguese? 444? Nov 29?
YL and OM with vocal singing,??? MacKenzie-CA.
CHINA?? CPBS?? 11750? 2315 GMT? Chinese? 333? Nov 29? YL and OM with
comments.??? MacKenzie-CA.
CUBA?? Radio Havana Cuba-RHC?? 12040? 2238 GMT? Spanish? 444? Nov 29? YL and OM
with comments. OM with RHC ID 2239 GMT.? //9820[433], 11770[444].???
MacKenzie-CA.
MARIANA, North??? KFBS Saipan?? 12090? 2233 GMT? Vietnamese? 333? Nov 29? OM
with comments.??? MacKenzie-CA..
PHILIPPINES?? VOA?? 11805? 2305 GMT? Indonesian? 333? Nov 29? YL and OM with
comments and a VOA ID often..? //15205[333] Philippines.??? MacKenzie-CA..
RWANDA?? Voice of Germany Relay-VOG/DW?? 12025? 2245 GMT? German? 444? Nov 29?
OM with DW ID. YL and OM with comments, //11865[333], 11875[433]Rwanda,
15640[322]via Cypress Creek-USA.??? MacKenzie-CA..
TAIWAN?? Radio Taiwan Intl? 11805? 2255? Chinese? 322? Nov 29? OM with comments
and being jammed!!!??? MacKenzie-CA,,
UNITED STATES, Greenville-NC?? Radio Marti? 11920? 2252 GMT? Spanish? 323? Nov
29? OM with comments plus being jammed possible by Cuba!????? Mackenzie-CA.
Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
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