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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs July 29-30, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
2. July 28-30 Logs (Brian Alexander)
3. July 29-31 logs (Mikhail Timofeyev)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 13:00:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
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Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 29-30, 2011
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** CHINA. Firedrake July 30; poor propagation at first, but came up with some
`new` frequencies, prompted by choices of jamming victims, as SARFT is totally
reaxionary:
Before 1200:
16100, JBA at 1150. NO others found 10-19 MHz, altho CNR1 and CRI had some
signals on 13590, 13720, 15250, 15480, 15670. Only poor signals from anywhere
at this hour above 15 MHz
Before 1230:
11500, fluttery carrier at 1221, but no music. NO others found up to 18 MHz by
1225
Before 1330:
15280, fair with flutter at 1327 [see 15290 below]
15425, poor at 1327. Yes, not 15430 as previously; had to make sure on YB-400
rather than parallax on the FRG-7; no others below 16 MHz. July 30 Aoki has V.
of Tibet on 15427 at 1300-1306 via Tajikistan; 15430 at 1330-1400 via UAE.
Close enough. Probably was same target when on 15445
Before 1400:
16100, very good with flutter at 1335
15525, very poor at 1345
15290, poor at 1347; was 15280 20 minutes earlier, above. July 30 Aoki almost
accounts for these in reverse with V. of Tibet via Tajikistan at 1330-1401 on
15292, 1401-1430 on 15283; no such hets audible here
12900, very good with flutter at 1337; same site as 16100?
12025, poor at 1337 mixing with Chinese, CNR1 jammer
11500, good at 1338; no others 10-19 MHz
Before 1430:
17560, poor at 1421. Unusual spot: Nothing in July 30 Aoki to account for this
but HFCC has: V. of Tibet, 250 kW, 45 degrees via Madagascar at 1400-1430
15790, poor at 1421 // 17560. Nothing in HFCC to explain it but Aoki July 30
has Sound of Hope via Tajikistan on 15795 at 1400-1430
14950, good at 1427; no others 10-19 MHz
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. More missing transmissions:
17560, July 29 at 2003, 2019, RHC to Europe absent (allowing unimpeded
spash-free reception of ME music on R. Kuwait 17550 Arabic to C&W NAm). 17560
back on next day July 30 at 1936 in French.
13740, July 30 at 1428, CRI relay in English is missing. It had been on 9570 in
the 12-13 hour. Now RHC itself on 13680, 13780 as usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [and non]. 17610, July 30 at 1152, blues song in English, poor with
fades, then reggae until abrupt 1200* without any announcement; how rude!
Scheduled here is RFI, 500 kW due west from Issoudun in French at 11-12 to
CIRAF 7S, 8S, 10E, 11 and 12N, i.e. Enid and vicinity southward! The 270 degree
bearing heads more toward Mexico/Central America. This may be another frequency
for the M?t?o Marine weather broadcasts at 1133, more easily heard via GUF on
13640, and always filled out with RFI musique.
15515, July 30 at 1202, RFI via GUIANA FRENCH, good with clip of Pres. Obama,
voice-over translation to Spanish with heavy gringo accent. Wonder who did
that, the White House? Surely RFI could do better, as then followed by more
news announced in proper Spanish: YL refers to US debt as ``14 billones de
d?lares`` --- oh oh, are they using the confusing alternate million/billion
notation instead of trillion? Everybody, abandon that for unequivocal metric
``terabux``.
15300, July 30 at 1650, RFI weak in French. Mike Cooper and I are wondering
what the current hours on this frequency are: is it really all the way from 04
to 20 TU as HFCC-registered, and also in Aoki, EiBi? Plus with overlapping
transmissions, apparently more than one transmitter/antenna at times.
17850, July 30 at 1701, about equal collision between RFI in French direct and
REE in Spanish via COSTA RICA; meanwhile, 17855, 17860, 17865, 17870, 17875,
17880, 17885, 17890 are all vacant plus many more on the lower side (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 6230, July 30 at 1134, noise jamming here, presumably against
unnamed S. Korean clandestine, which however, S. Hasegawa says is not on until
1200-1240 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALAYSIA [and non]. 6050.0, July 30 at 1130, RTM apparently back here from
spate on 6049.6, as no audible het, just a subaudible one on HCJB 6050.0 with
automatic 3+1 timesignal and Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 15310, July 30 at 1706, hard rock with screaming, typically
eclectic music of RRI, as soon IDed in passing at 1708, in Romanian, 300 kW,
285 degrees via Galbeni for France at 17-20 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. 6220, July 30 at 1134, weak signal sounds like kids singing. Per
Aoki, only here at 11-12 is YFR via Hu Wei, in Burmese.
6240, July 30 at 1134, weak signal with music, maybe Korean? No, Aoki says this
one is YFR in Chinese via BauJong at 11-16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) See also KOREA NORTH 6230
** U K [non]. 15370, July 30 at 1332, 168.5 hours after last log of this weekly
Saturday BBC transmission: vocal music, uncertain language but could be Somali.
It`s mostly music, break at 1352 for brief announcement could have been in
French; 1400 accurate 5+1 timesignal, and talk, also sounds like French
intonation but can`t be sure, and signal keeps fading until just about gone by
1420.
Last week at the outset I was hearing bits of French and English, but this is
scheduled at 13-16 via South Africa in Somali (HFCC); via South Africa in
English (Aoki); via Cyprus in Somali (EiBi and WRTH May update). I wish those
who could receive it better would resolve the language/site question, next
Saturday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9370, July 30 at 1143, no signal from WTJC, tho e.g. WBCQ was quite
strong on 9330. Last few days, WTJC has been weakish and spurfree. Did it quit
working because Jesus come to them already; a breakdown; or deliberately off
for repair? Probably the middle one (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 9955, July 30 at 1139, WRMI preacher in English clear of
jamming, unlike wall of noise on 9965 vs Rep?blica. Now if only WRMI were free
of jamming Mondays at 1130. After 1200 the jamming is back (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12160, July 30 at 1615, `Ask WWCR` new edition #344 says: major
schedule change coming August 1: Brother Scare time will be halved instead of
24/7 on WWCR-4, retaining 05-11 on 5890, 14-20 on 9980. [It was BS, no doubt,
who decided to cut time on WWCR in half.]
Instead of filling with other programming, most of that time will be off the
air for a while, allowing for more convenient maintenance not only of #4
transmitter, but the others by swapping them around, but continuing to operate
on scheduled frequencies. Pastor Butch somebody will take one of the remaining
hours at 0100 UT [9980 is currently running until 0200].
Recently found a bunch of (modulator) cards in a nail (mail?) bin needing to be
rebuilt. This discovery was worth $16K, as they cost $600 each. They have now
all been checked, repaired, tested and ready to use. [Unspoken of course, but
my frequent complaints about WWCR-1 `squealing` have finally had an effect:
It`s defective modulator cards which cause this. We`ll see if that stop. And
how about the spurs?]
The 11 hours per day of down-time also provide an opportunity to test a new
frequency, 17580, in the 20-22 UT period. Tests will be without any
frequency-change announcements and without advance notice. They haven`t even
tuned up the transmitter yet for that frequency. 17580, a rare inband channel
for WWCR, has been cleared by Tom Lucey at FCC, who however thinks according to
VOACAP theory, it probably won`t be effective.
Neither host can remember WWCR ever operating on 17 MHz, but maybe some
listeners can: Yes, in the early years WWCR was somewhere in the 17.5s for a
while, I recall, 17535? Then preferred 15 MHz. If they decide to keep it, as
yet unknown whether 17580 will be OK for the B-season. [Current HFCC A-11 shows
no ACI or CCI to 17580 during those hours] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 12100, July 30 at 1709, WTWW-3 is on and still in Arabic. Originally
was to be in 3-hour language blox, but is always in Arabic already when cuts on
circa 1300. Guess their exact schedule is still flexible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 17575, July 30 at 1644, poor signal with singing and drumming;
one particular drum pitch came thru best every few sex. 1656 still similar
music, 1659.6 music stops, and off at 1700* without any announcements; how
rude! Uplooked later, it`s AWR in Somali via Wertachtal, GERMANY, 250 kW, 135
degrees at 1630-1700 daily (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. 15570, July 30 at 1608, fair signal in Swahili, 1611 hilife music.
1656 still going, mentions Somalia. I was wondering about this one until 1659
the VR IS played. VR A-11 schedule folder shows Kiswahili at 1600-1615, 1615
Somali on Saturday only; 1630 Amharic, Tigrino [sic] daily. HFCC says 250 kW,
139 degrees from SMG. [During the 16-17 UT hour I was on inside antenna due to
much-needed T-storm dropping a semiinch of rain upon us] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 13635, July 30 at 1631, surprised to find S9+20 open
carrier, strong and steady, must be from North America, then tone test on and
off; 1633 Elvis song, and talk about his ``black blues``, apparently a
documentary, but 1634.5 cut that off for some other music until 1635*. Left a
receiver on 13635, but never came back by 1656. Such behavior likely from IBB
Greenville as a test-only frequency. Nothing is scheduled on 13635 now or later
from anywhere. By 1645, a similar big carrier had come up on 17820 prior to
1700 VOA Portuguese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:47:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Alexander <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] July 28-30 Logs
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** BAHRAIN. 9745, Radio Bahrain, 0200-0220, July 30, carrier + USB.
Local chants. Poor to fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** ERITREA. 9830.03, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, 0319-0335,
July 30, vernacular talk. Horn of Africa music. Weak but readable.
// 7174.99 - poor to fair with occasional HAM QRM. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** GUINEA. 7125, Rdif Nationale, 2235-2353*, July 28, local Afro-pop
music. French and vernacular talk. Abrupt sign off. Fair to good. On the
air about 1 hour later than usual. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** U.S.A. 7449.43, 7480.57, WWCR Spurs, 0050-0058*, July 30, weak
but readable WWCR spurs from 7465. Spurs +/- 15.57 kHz away from
7465. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** U.S.A. 7504.44, 7535.56, WWCR Spurs, *0059-0115, July 30, weak
but readable WWCR spurs from 7520. Spurs +/- 15.56 kHz away from
7520. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
?
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 03:29:35 +0000
From: Mikhail Timofeyev <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: HCDX DX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] July 29-31 logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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2325 1944-1958 AUS ABC Northern Territory, Tennant Creek, 29/07,
English, OM talk with other OM by phone, pop songs - poor with local
noise, // 2310 weak-poor, 2485 poor-fire and as ABC Darwin on
http://www.abc.net.au/res/streaming/audio/windows/local_darwin.asx
with 40 seconds delay
3200 1805-1817 SWZ TWR, Manzini, 29/07, English, Thru The Bible with
Dr. J. Vernon McGee - fair with local noise
3325 0129-0148 B R Mundial, Sao Paulo, 31/07, Portuguese, OM talk,
0030'17 song - poor with local noise, then weak due to downward
propagation, tentative // http://radiomundial.com.br/aovivo/
3345 2019-2034 INS RRI Ternate (tentative), 29/07, Koran YL singing,
then local music - poor, then weak under local noise (it seems the
modulation is not OK), also stream is out of work on http://www.rriternate.co.id
3365 0150-0202 B R.Cultura, Araraquar, 31/07, Brazilian songs - weak
under local noise and best in LSB
4814.97 0204-0218 B R.Difusora de Londrina, 31/07, Portuguese, OM/YL
religious talk, songs - fair-poor with local noise and best in LSB
4935.24 0018-0029 B R. Capixaba, Vitoria, 31/07, Portuguese, OM public
speech - weak and then almost inaudible in local noise, tentative //
http://www.radiocapixaba.com.br/
4955 0108-0123 PRU R.Cultural Amauta, Huanta, 31/07, Spanish, OM
religious-like long talk, 0022'48 music and OM ann - poor with local
noise and utility QRM, best in LSB
4965 1736-1746 ZMB CVC 1Africa, Lusaka, 29/07, English, pop song, then
"Telecom, News and Sports" with YL/OM talks about 2014 World Cup, etc.
- fair and better with local noise only, // 13590 almost good
4949.76 0224-0232 AGL R.Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos, 31/07,
unintelligible signal with pop music at least - weak under local noise
(strong carrier with very low audio level)
5909.93 0049-0102 CLM Alcaravan Radio, Puerto Lleras, 31/07, Spanish,
OM short ann, local songs - poor with local noise and CRI on 5905
starting from 0057
5915 1725-1729'52, 2042-2047 ZMB Zambia NBC, Lusaka, 29/07,
Vernacular, YL/OM dialogues, also at 2042 with Afropop music and OM
talk - poor under Krasnodar carrier + tone starting from 1727'24,
blocked by DW at 1729'53, fair signal at 2042 with local noise and
splashes from 5920 (VOR)
5939.86 2314-2329, 0234-0238 B Voz Missionaria, Balneario Camboriuu,
30/07, Portuguese, Brazilian song, 2319'51 OM/YL sermon in the
cathedral with mention of Am?m and Aleluia - fair with local noise, //
http://tunein.com/radio/Radio-Voz-Missionaria-s107606
/ with 36 seconds delay, also at 0234 with strong signal, but fair-
almost good only due to het. (IRN)
6010v 2333-2341 B R.Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 30/07, Portuguese,
OM talk - weak with local noise and het. (BHR), best in LSB, no any
signal on 15190 under local noise at this time
6010 2342-0002 B BHR R.Bahrain, Abu Hayan, 30-31/07, non-stop western
pop songs and instrumental music of the 80s - fair-almost good with
slight het., weak station in the background and splashes from 6015 (CHN)
6015 0257'53-0312 TNZ R.Tanzania, Zanzibar, 31/07, Swahili, interval
signals, pause, 0300'25 OM talk, then OM Koran-like singing without
music, 0307'18 OM/YL talks - fair-poor at the beginning and then poor-
weak due to downward propagation and splashes from 6010 (BLR) and 6020
(CRI)
6055 1714-1724 RRW R.Rwanda, Kigali, 29/07, Vernacular, YL/OM talks
with mention of Rwanda - unusually strong signal and almost good with
slight local noise and splashes from 6050 (CHN)
6070 0243-0253 B R.Capital, Rio de Janeiro 31/07, Portuguese, YL/OM
religious talk (very similar to cathedral sermon on 5939.86 at 2319) -
poor-weak under BLR, // http://www.radiocapitalrio.com.br/
6080 1703-1713 KWT R.Kuwait, Kabd, 29/07, Arabic, YL news with OM
phone reports - strong signal, but fair only due to BLR, AUS and one
more weak station in the background, // 13650 very good
6100 1625-1634 KRE KCBS, Kanggye, 29/07, Korean, national songs - poor
with loca noise only, // 11679.83 fair-almost good
6398.72 1608-1618 KRE Pyongyang BS, Kanggye, 29/07, Korean, national
songs - poor-fair, // 6250.36 fair
9515 2049-2057 B R.Marumby, Curitiba, 29/07, Portuguese, OM talk, two
Brazilian YL songs - poor with local noise and empty carrier till
2055, then weak under CNR2 (two more Brazilian stations were at this
time on 9565.28 fair and 9586.68 weak)
9650 1635-1655* AFS R.Sonder Grense, Meyerton, 29/07, Afrikaans, OM
dialogues with short musical pauses - poor at the beginning, then poor-
fair with slight local noise and splashes from both sides (CHN and IRN)
9660 2110-2124 AUS R.Australia, Brandon, 29/07, English, YL/OM reports
from Egypt with voices from the streets, and tentatively from
Washington, etc. - poor with local noise, then poor-weak due to
downward propagation
9705 2221-2235 NGR Voz du Sahel, Niamey, 30/07, French, OM phone-in
talks with listeners and Afro Pop music in the pauses, ID at 2231'43 -
almost good with fading and local noise
9745 2237-2250 BHR R.Bahrain, Abu Hayan, 30/07, Arabic, OM phone-in
dialogue with other OM - unusually strong signal, but almost good-fair
due to local noise, TWN in the background and BBC on 9740
11830 1106-1118, 1149-1157 CUB R.Havana, Cuba, 30/07, Spanish, YL/OM
talks, fragments of Cuban songs - poor with local noise and splashes
from 11825 (CHN), fair at 1149
73!
Mikhail Timofeyev
Saint-Petersburg
Russia
Drake R8A and 30 meters long wire
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