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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs April 28-29, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Logs from NH-USA, April 25-28 (Scott R. Barbour Jr.)
3. Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA (Stewart MacKenzie)
4. April 29 Logs ([email protected])
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:23:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 28-29, 2011
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36: Friday April 29 at 1304, S9 to S9+10 peaks but
undermodulated talk by lively YLs; made out one word: ``micr?fono``. Next check
at 1314 had ACI from 15480 Greenville carrier until its 1315* [see USA]. As
usual, RNASG weakened and by 1400 only trace, while ACI from other stations on
both sides, 15470 and 15480 was stronger. Greenville back on 15480 earlier than
usual at *1416:05 but cut off at 1435:30* after which there was no significant
signal from Esperanza anyway.
Roberto Scaglione in Sicily has more news about it early April 29:
``Hi Glenn, I know something more every week. Last week (Monday 18 and Tuesday
19) they had some trouble to power generators, with a general blackout for a
few hours on Monday. They are on air with 2 kW (just like WRTH says), a 5 kW
transmitter but the generator does not have enough power. Email still not
working. Phone number is working ONLY from Argentina. Until the next``
In Benelux DX, Maurits Van Driessche in Belgium apparently has not been hearing
it, unlike last year when he frequently got LRA36 when we did not. He points to
a Youtube about it, which is a 7-minute 2009 Spanish DX segment from RAE,
illustrated with stills of the station and the base:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2TZf-Ta_Mc
>From there you will also find linx to some others (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
>LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA [and non]. 9625, CBCNQ Sackville still on the air with open carrier,
April 29 at 0559 almost an hour after sign-off, vs stronger REE Costa Rica
9630; after 0600 both of them OC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake April 29: Did not start checking until 1256, so hustled to
scan the bands before usual break at 1300, after which some but not all come
back:
10970, VG at 1257; no 7970 or anywhere below 10970; poor at 1323
13920, VG at 1258
14700, VG at 1258
15900, VG at 1320, somewhat stronger than 15970
15970, good at 1319
16100, VG at 1259-1300*; back on at 1319 check
16980, VG at 1259, 1319
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15540, R. Kuwait again on the air late after closing English at
2100, in Arabic at 2108 April 28, better than // 17750 which is supposed to be
on until 2400 but much more subject to fading and fadeouts (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBYA. 17725, VOAf from the GJ, April 29 at 1417, fair signal and modulation
with YL talking about the beginning of the revolution in 1973, but nothing
about the current counter-revolution! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Antenna TV, the d?but of which on KFOR-TV 27 had been delayed and
delayed since network startup in January, first noted April 24 on 4.3
subchannel. It`s mostly reruns of old sitcoms, judged not to be a significant
threat to the ratings of the main channel. 4.2 continues with weather. Antenna
TV has already been running in several other markets, via spare DTV capacity
only as the name implies, but hardly nationwide. After deleting lots of recent
cookies, I am still hooked into nothing but the Antenna TV schedule when I go
to zap2it on my Firefox. How to get that back to normal? I warn everyone not to
click on the program schedule link at the Antenna TV website (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 15480, R. Sawa monitoring April 29: pre-test caught at
1314-1315* concluding as usual with a weak tone. Apparently not back on until
*1416:05, earlier than usual, but by then LRA36 is about gone from 15476 anyway
[see ANTARCTICA]. Open carrier, until 1429:25 cut on modulation of YL rock song
in English; 1430 cut to a different YL rock song in English --- presumably as
before going from VOA Music Mix to Sawa feed. 17545 after 1430 as usual now in
International Edition, news.
However, 15480 dumped off the air at 1435:30* before we could hear any Arabic
announcements or news. Still off at 1500 and final check 1552, so apparently
never came back before scheduled 1600*. Let us hope this means that GB received
late word that the transmission had been cancelled, rather than another
transmitter breakdown. We shall see, tomorrow (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1562 monitoring: our best early airing, UT Friday
April 29 on WWRB 2390 and 5050, was missing from both frequencies! Instead,
preaching or Bible reading. WWRB later answered my inquiry on what happened?
``Our Microwave link to charter cable was knocked out by the storms.`` I guess
that means they could not download the program. Better luck next week?
On WRMI 9955: confirmed Friday April 29 at 1437; as usual, free of CCI during
this semihour, but weaker than adjacent 9960 music and RTTY, no jamming below
9965. Next WORs: on WRMI, Saturday 0800, 1730, Sunday 0800, 1530, 1730. On
WWCR: Friday 2030 on 15825, Saturday 1600 on 12160, Sunday 0630 on 3215. On
IPAR: Saturday 1800 on 7290 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZAMBIA. 13590, April 29 at 0606, gospel rock with VG signal toward Michigan,
and fair at 1321 in English, so 1Africa is now back on its proper frequency
after a few days on 13599.8 for the 06-20 broadcast. I suspect this is what
happened: main transmitter broke down, and it was replaced by a different
lower-powered backup unit, incapable of operating on the proper frequency. It
might not even have been in Zambia. I heard 13599.8 April 25-27. Bill Bingham
in South Africa had logged CVC using 13590 on April 22-23 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:00:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Scott R. Barbour Jr." <[email protected]>
To: DXLD <[email protected]>, DXplorer <[email protected]>,
HCDX <[email protected]>, Gayle Van Horn
<[email protected]>, NASWAyg <[email protected]>, Mark Taylor
<[email protected]>, Dave Valko <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs from NH-USA, April 25-28
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
3325, BRAZIL, tentative R. Mundial Osasco, 0055-0106, April 28, Portuguese.
Announcer talk; talk over mx at 0057; ancment of sorts at ToH; talk over
campo-like mx thru t/out; v. poor & weak under band noise. (Barbour-NH)
4754.96, PERU, R. Imaculada Conciecao Campo Grande, 0037-0040, April 28,
Portuguese. (P) ads & promos over mx; jingle at 0039; more talk over mx until
abruptly pulled the plug at 0040; fair. (Barbour-NH)
9450, RUSSIA, WYFR Irkutsk, 1038, April 25, English. Usual "Open Forum" fare;
poor in ECCS-USB; //9465-Taiwan. (Barbour-NH)
9930, PALAU, T8WH Koror, 0920, April 27, English. "Midnight Cry" prg w/ Bible
talk; plea for $$ & N. Carolina contact info; fair. (Barbour-NH)
Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA
NRD-545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:40:50 -0700 (PDT)
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
<[email protected]>
Cc: Adrian Peterson <[email protected]>, Allen Graham
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>>>
CANADA?? China Radio Intl relay-CRI?? 13700? 2212 GMT? Spanish? 333? April 28?
YL and OM with comments plus some vocal music in between some of the
comments.??? Mackenzie-CA..
CANADA?? Radio Canada Intl-RCI?? 11990? 2234? Spanish? 333? April 28? YL and OM
with comments. //15455 via Canada.??? MacKenzie-CA..
CUBA?? Radio Havana Cuba-RHC?? 13670? 2220 GMT? Spanish? 333? April 28? YL with
ongoing comments.? MacKenzie-CA..
CUBA?? Radio Havana Cuba-RHC?? 11670? 2242 GMT? Spanish? 444? April 28? Two OMs
with comments? at a sports event.??? Mackenzie-CA..
ECUADOR??? HCJB?? 12040? 2228 GMT? German? 333? April 28? Two OMs with
comments.??? MacKenzie-CA.
JAPAN?? Radio Japan-NHK?? 13640? 2224 GMT? Japanese? 333? April 28? Two OMs
with
comments plus some vocal music.??? MacKenzie-CA..
UNITED STATES, Tennessee?? WWCR-#3?? 13845? 2206 GMT? English? 433? April 28?
YL
with comments on how you can find GOD via the Holy Spirit.??? MacKenzie-CA..
UNITED STATES??? Radio Marti?? 11930? 2237 GMT? Spanish? 333? April 28? Two YLs
with comments.??? 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"
ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC
SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:33:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] April 29 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
** BRAZIL. 11764.94, Super R?dio Deus ? Amor, 0000-0015, April 29,
emotional Portuguese preacher. ID announcements at 0002. Jingles.
Fair to good. Very weak // 6060 under Cuba. Very weak // 9565.26
with adjacent channel splatter. Weak, unstable, drifting // 9594.1v.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** CHAD. 6165, RNT, *0427-0430, April 29, sign on with Balafon IS.
National Anthem at 0430. Weak. Covered by Radio Japan sign on at
0429. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** ETHIOPIA. 9705, Radio Ethiopia, *0258-0320, April 29, sign on
with short IS on electronic keyboard followed by opening Amharic
announcements and National Anthem at 0259. Three gongs at 0300
and Amharic talk. Some electronic music. Horn of Africa music. Poor
to fair with some adjacent channel splatter. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** GUATEMALA. 4055, Radio Verdad, 0600-0603*, April 29, just
caught end of transmission with National Anthem at 0600 tune-in.
Poor to fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** NIGERIA [non]. via Wertachtal, Germany, 9610, Hamada Radio
International, *0530-0559*, April 29, sign on with local music and
opening ID announcements. Hausa talk. Good. Weak // 11970 - via
Nauen, Germany. 9610 running about 1 second ahead of 11970.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
?
**SRI LANKA. 11905, SLBC, *0022-0045, April 29, abrupt sign on
with local music. Hindi talk at 0025. Religious recitations at 0026.
Hindi vocals and local instrumental music at 0030. Fair to good.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** SUDAN. 7200, SRTC, 0305-0430*, April 29, Arabic talk. Local
chants. Local Arabic music. Poor to fair in thunderstorm static.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** SUDAN [non]. via Slovakia, 9670, Radio Miraya, via IRRS, 0310-
0415, April 29, IDs. Arabic talk. ?Miraya? jingles. Pop music. English
talk at 0400 about oil production in Sudan and teaching the youth
about chemical science, English news at 0403:30 about southern
Sudan. Radio Miraya IDs and mention of Mirayafm.org website.
Arabic talk at 0414. Poor to fair with some adjacent channel splatter.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
?
?
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
?
?
?
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