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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs May 8-9, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Miraya FM? on 11680 (Zacharias Liangas )
3. More logs 7-9/5 (Zacharias Liangas )
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 09:44:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
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Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 8-9, 2011
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** ANTARCTICA. 15476, Monday May 9 at 1301, LRA36 is on with music. 1307 next
music is at a feverish pace, no doubt encouraging fast-dancing to keep warm, as
at 1311 announced the temperature as -21 C, on `Amanecer Austral` show; 1312
with phone numbers, seemed to mention date as ``9 de marzo`` but maybe was
really ``mayo`` with that zh sound prevalent in the Southern Cone and beyond.
(``Argentine Antarctica`` might be described as the ``Northern Cone``,
literally, of that continent as normally displayed on imperialist maps). Signal
now peaking S9+18, stronger than UK het from 15480. 1314 music under and up. By
1335 it faded to much weaker, only S3-6, unreadable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 5045, May 9 at 0554, some music is making it thru unlike anything
else from SAm on 60m, no doubt R. Cultura do Par?. Maybe reception is picking
up with seasonal changes. Haven`t been able to hear much of it for months
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake May 9: Checked at 1542, the major lightning area
on the Weather Channel golfer map is western Wisconsin, plus a little spot in
central Missouri.
7970, poor at 1250 with lots of summer storm noise as above
10300, fair at 1256; fair-good at 1319 when most of the others were not yet
back on
11500, fair at 1257, mixing with other signals, het; at 1325 better and
dominating over other signals with talk, het
12240, fair at 1258
13130, fair at 1259; good at 1327 // 10300
13850, good at 1258; an unusual one, hetting WWCR 13845. Aoki shows as Sound of
Hope at 20-17, no doubt only in use sporadically
13920, fair at 1327 // 13130
15430, poor at 1359
15555, very weak carriers here and 15558 at 1329, not sure if FD audio, but
likely usual jumparound vs V. of Tibet
15670, CNR1 jamming dominating vs RFA in Tibetan via UAE, before 1300, and at
1333 could also hear FD // 13130, but no RFA, jammer vs jammer! Also audible at
1358
15900, poor at 1328 // 10300; very poor at 1358
16100, poor at 1259-1300*
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 15190, R. Africa, checked 24 hours after it
vanished following a long period of cutting on and off twice per second ---
still absent May 8 at 2117. By 2148 the WYFR carrier was on; no sign of ZYE522
meanwhile (typo in WRTH 2011 as ZYE622) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 15630, May 9 at 0543, VOG with music and Greek announcement, good
signal in the nightmiddle, much better than 11645 with R. Fil?a service. John
Babbis warns that another general strike is scheduled for May 11, so anticipate
more classical music fill:
``Greek unions state they will hold a 24-hour general strike Wednesday, 11 May,
2011 --- A general strike will be held in Greece on May 11 against the
government's austerity measures after a leading union joined on Tuesday a
previously declared labor mobilization. The ADEDY union that represents civil
servants said it was joining a strike announced Monday by GSEE, the country's
main worker group that defends private sector staff. European trade unions from
the ETUC will also be gathering in Athens next month for a congress on May
16-19. The general strike is the second this year held against unprecedented
cuts imposed by the Socialist government in its efforts to reduce a gaping
deficit and a soaring debt that nearly bankrupted the country last year.``
[source?] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9690, May 9 tune in at 1323 just in time to hear hum-only convert at
1323:37 to add music modulation, not IS; presumably the Tibetan service
supposed to be only on three other frequencies. AIR better watch out: if the
ChiCom hear any Tibetan on 9690 they`ll start jamming it too (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, May 9 at 1323, VOI is very poor but seems English, as well
as a check before 1300. Atsunori Ishida confirms that this frequency continues
to be only in English. I check the main website, http://www.voi.co.id and it
forwards to http://en.voi.co.id titled ``VOI Indonesia Latest Radio News,
Broadcast International in English Language`` with auto greeting whether you
want to hear it or not. Dropdown at upper right still linx to other languages,
but when I tried Spanish, it wanted to install a CAB! Deutsch did go to a
German page. Both English and German include dire warnings like this:
Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's
timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the
date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and
you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone
identifier. We selected 'Asia/Jakarta' for 'WIT/7.0/no DST' instead in
/home/ambiucom/public_html/voi.co.id/german/libraries/joomla/utilities/date.php
on line 198
and an identical one for line 56. I did not do any spelling of a timezone
identifier! Not there on the French page. Second try on Spanish got to proper
page, also without timezone warning. Each includes ``AV on demand``, linking to
nothing. SNAFU (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBYA. 17725, May 9 at 1402, no carrier detectable de VOAf from the GJ,
supposed to be in English, but too soon to draw any conclusions (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOROCCO. 15345.1, May 8 at 2145 in Arabic, so RTM is still on, evidently
until 2200v* even if they are really on UT+1 now. No sign of Argentina, but
this one was slightly off-frequency to hi side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [non]. 21480, no signal at all detectable from Hamada Radio
International via Wertachtal, Monday May 9 at 1403; has that been canceled?
Other usual 13m signals were in weakly on 21470, 21505, 21540, 21610, 21630,
21655. Not on 21810 either, where HRI was once reported (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 17750, May 9 at 0542, good signal from VOA Kurdish, 250 kW due
north from MADAGASCAR. Some JBA CCI this time, way over R. Australia collision.
It`s the SSOB with the only other one being 17855, R. Free Asia, Saipan, very
poor. Note and remember:
JBA = just barely audible
ACI = adjacent-channel QRM, i.e. 5 kHz away
CCI = co-channel interference, i.e. same channel, or almost so
OSOB = only signal (or station) on band
SSOB = strongest station (or signal) on band
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 17530, May 9 at 1403, pop music from R. Sawa via KUWAIT, still
on this same frequency for more than a week! Vying for the longevity award
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 18530, May 8 at 2122, JBA music, sounds like Martha Garvin, and sure
`nuff, // 9265 WINB she is belting away her ``Musical Memories`` hymns,
accompanying self on piano. Second harmonic always radiating when 9265 is on,
just waiting for enough propagation. Wish I knew what the power on 18530 is,
but I`m sure not even WINB knows (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12787.5, May 8 at 2148, very strong and extremely distorted SSB
masculine robot with marine weather; quotes NWS Weather Predixion Center,
Washington DC, for west-central North-Atlantic continental shelf, etc., etc.
Mispronounces ``d?cimal`` something like ``dec?minil``. Geez. But the worst
thing is the awful maladjustment of the transmitter which has been going on for
months on this and other USCG frequencies. Searched the 33908 posts so far in
the UDXF yg on that frequency and got zero hits, nor on 12787, but instead
12788.
Dave Alpert posted this on Nov 4, 2010, source not cited:
NOAA's National Weather Service Marine Forecasts Broadcast by USCG
``Gulf of Mexico Region NMG - New Orleans (MSY)
Broadcast Time GMT (Zulu) Station Location Station Call Sign
Frequency (kHz, USB) Forecast Type
0330Z MSY NMG 4316 8502 12788 Offshore, Hurricane
0515Z MSY NMG 4316 8502 12788 High-seas, Hurricane
0930Z MSY NMG 4316 8502 12788 Offshore, Hurricane
1115Z MSY NMG 4316 8502 12788 High-seas, Hurricane
1530Z MSY NMG 4316 8502 12788 Offshore, Hurricane
1715Z MSY NMG 4316 8502 12788 High-seas, Hurricane
2130Z MSY NMG 4316 8502 12788 Offshore, Hurricane
2315Z MSY NMG 4316 8502 12788 High-seas, Hurricane
Broadcast of hurricane and other weather broadcasts from this station
may on occasion be preempted, as the transmitters are shared with the
radiofax broadcast.``
So I guess it is still the 2130 broadcast from NMG, which needs serious
engineering attention! But beware: other USCG stations probably share frequency
depending on time schedule. IIRC, 8502 has also been heard with the same
problem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9370, WTJC distorted spur situation, May 9 at 0532: peaking around
9320, 9345, 9495, 9420, i.e. plus/minus 25 kHz and multiples. At 1256, worst on
9395, mixing with distorted BS splash from 9385 WWRB. At 1322, WTJC was louder
on 9395 spur than 9370 fundamental. At 1407, splatter from 9385 WWRB so bad on
9395 that it obscured the WTJC spur, commercial station vs fundamentalists!
Yes, Capt. Frantz notified us May 8 that WWRB is no longer a ministry ---
``Greetings: Many changes at WWRB shortwave:
WWRB is no longer a Ministry; it is a commercial radio station: Our web page
http://www.wwrb.org is being updated to reflect this change. We ask our clients
& potential clients to no longer address our staff as 'Brother' or 'Sister'
WWRB shortwave no longer provides Free airtime to broadcasters; In keeping with
other shortwave stations` policies, open airtime slots until sold will be
filled with various specialty programs.
WWRB shortwave is now open to all broadcasters` political and religious points
of view. WWRB does not discriminate. On air conduct will in good taste, and
respectful.
WWRB is reviewing our rate card and structure in relation to other shortwave
stations.
WWRB is changing Global - ONE broadcast frequency from 2390 to 5050 kHz for
the summer. Some programming will move to 3215 & 3195; working out the details
with our broadcasters.
WWRB shortwave is installing Audio Processing equipment to enhance / augment
our broadcast audio chain. Global-ONE is the first transmitter to be updated.
WWRB is adding 15 MHz to our broadcast line up. 15 MHz frequency to be
announced. Antenna Azimuth will be 045 degrees, rhombic antenna 150 feet high.
Antenna will be calibrated by using one of our Radio survey aircraft, N 5259Q.
Airline Transport, WWRB's parent company, has received FAA approval to
construct an 'All weather' runway with full Instrument Landing System (ILS)
capability. This runway will be 36 / 18.
Airline Transport's Runway 28 / 10 ILS / DME has been upgraded.
WOW, we have been and will be very busy! Regards, (Captain David L. Frantz,
Chief Pilot, Airline Transport)``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 21:09:33 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
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Subject: [HCDX] Miraya FM? on 11680
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Miraya FM on 11680
http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/360
Today 9.5 during the morning radio search I found Miraya test transmission IS
reel on
0419Z and on 11680 kHz advising for 9710 kHz and another freq which I did n?t
noticed
though signal was quite good .Also found to be //15590 and synched. I was a bit
confused for
the name (as Villarreal ) but the mirayafm.org . Is it a new transmission??
Just look at the file uploaded on
http://www.mediafire.com/?293s8k590hpcw8u
and on my webage
Standard rig : ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser
Please read and distribute this 15 year research article
http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e
Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd
________________________
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........
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
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 21:14:07 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] More logs 7-9/5
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/360
Logs for 7/5/11
6943 1843 OM with 3-5 fgs on DSB (suppressed carrier ) S10 and bad audio.on
1902 found
transmission using USB + carrier mod on RU with 3 fgs
7970 SOH? 1905 with talk in Chinese and poor signal S2 142x1 Also heard on 8-5
on 2128
Found no Chinese parallel on 5 and 11 MHz therefore I suppose is SOH
8/5/11
11725 RNZI on 1959 with music , clock , ID RNZI with immediate news (first
with headlines
) then detailed . S7 324432 LSB suffers QRM from A Brazilian station (poss
Marumby )
carrier on -200 Hz Still heard a bit under Marumby on 2136
11500 ?? 2125+ 2135 with music and talks in CC and signal just S2
9/5/11
9455 a spur from R Cairo //9305 with a horrible modulation and signal S7
15720 RNZI 0407 with signal S7 34333 . News , ID , `afternoon? prg called by YL
with
discussions
9670 Miraya today with great signal S9 on 0402 with news in English
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
email: greekdx_@_otenet.gr web: http://zlgr.multiply.com
web2: http://sites.google.com/site/zliangas (replacement of geocities)
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102-3,Tecsun PL200 , Chibo
C300/c979,
Yupi 7000 ,
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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