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Today's Topics:
1. Possible purchase of a Yaesu FT 450D (Paul)
2. Glenn Hauser logs August 24, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
3. August 24 Logs ([email protected])
4. NEW 'Pacific Story' Competition (Radio Heritage Mail)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:37:59 +1200
From: "Paul" <[email protected]>
To: "Hard-Core-DX" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Possible purchase of a Yaesu FT 450D
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Hi
I am looking for a replacement for my Yaesu FRG 7000 which was damaged by a
couple of 6.3 earthquakes here in Christchurch, New Zealand. As I have a ham
licence, I decided it would be a better idea to get a transceiver rather than a
receiver on its own. I've been looking around and have found a Yaesu FT 450D
which might do the job. It fits the budget which is helpful.
I would be very grateful to hear any comments about this rig, from what I have
read so far the reviews seem favourable but none mention SWL performance. I
would be grateful to hear of any feedback any of you have on this transceiver
particularly its performance on medium wave. I expect like many other sets this
band will have been desensitised, any modifications needed that anyone knows
about would also be helpful
Many thanks
Paul
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:44:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
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Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 24, 2011
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** ALBANIA. 13625, Aug 24 at 1430, still no signal from R. Tirana. We wonder
how much longer only one Shijak transmitter will be in use? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANGUILLA. 11775, Aug 24 at 1317, CB is gone again. Maybe stuck on inaudible
daytime frequency 6090 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BULGARIA [and non]. 11600, for some reason, R. Bulgaria runs open carrier
here during most of the semihour preceding 0530 German, as often noted. Just to
be sure of the source, we kept listening Aug 24 from 0523, and also // 9600,
which by then was also OC. 9600 started IS at 0529, but 11600 did not, just
cold start of German opening at 0630 becoming // 9600. Wastes 300 kW with all
that open carriering.
Then 11800, Aug 24 at 0534, S9+22 open carrier with flutter, atop a much weaker
station which was modulating, heard BBC mentioned. This must be another case of
R. Bulgaria, but here wasting only 170 kW from Plovdiv, prior to the Spanish
broadcast at 0600, and covering up BBC Hausa, 250 kW, 160 degrees from
Woofferton at 0530-0600.
At first I thought it was one station just barely modulated, but became obvious
it was a big carrier atop a different station, since when the carrier faded in
strongest, the modulation was suppressed, and when it faded down, the audio
loudened. Must be zero-beat as there was no regular SAH, which would also have
made it obvious there were two (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake August 24, before 1300:
10300, very good at 1230
12980, very good at 1233
13130, poor at 1234
13920, very good at 1234
13970, very good at 1235; none in the 14`s
15900, very poor at 1237
16980, poor at 1237
17170, poor at 1238
Before 1330:
16980, fair at 1322
15290, poor at 1322
14720, very good at 1324
13920, good at 1324
12980, good at 1324
12025, very poor at 1324 with CCI from presumed CNR1 jammer
10300, fair at 1323
Before 1400, only had time to find this:
15280, poor at 1359 mixing with buzz/noise jamming, ex-15290
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 12778-12803, OTH radar pulses, presumed from here, Aug 24 at 0522
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1040, Aug 24 at 1203 UT, no XE legal ID amid two songs, the first
refraining ``no quiero perderte``, so must be rom?ntica, just ``La Once[?], FM
90.1, La Primera, N?mero Uno``, which is enough to ID it as XEGYS, Guaymas,
Sonora, as also heard four days earlier. Not much else was showing from Mexico
around sunrise today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9385, Aug 24 at 1327 tuning past Brother Scare on
WWRB, he is mentioning several frequencies, 15610, 7290, 5890, 13810, 17485,
9655, 9385, wanting phone calls or e-mail reports, as he is ``contemplating
covering the entire earth`` well on the way to doing so (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 9535, surprised to hear English instead of Spanish here, Aug 24 at
0146. Has REE resumed the 01-02 English hour it deleted from us years ago? No!
This is an interview with some musician about upcoming concert appearances in
July. He speaks for about a minute in English, then not voiceovers but
consecutive translation by YL. She must have a great memory or note-taking
ability; this lasted until 0153 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 15450, Aug 24 at 1246, VOT fair concluding very brief `Review of
Foreign Press`, one of two Wednesday features, into `Letterbox`. Sorry, MEGO
during programs reading routine reception reports, but they do encourage
writers to say something significant making them more likely to be quoted. It`s
over by 1301, `Question of the Month` (is it a trick?), 1302 music fill for the
rest of the broadcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15580, Aug 24 at 1400 // stronger 17545, VOA News repeatedly
refers to ``Mister Gadhafi (sp?)``, apparently having stripped him of his
self-assigned rank of Colonel. Axually, ``Mister`` is a sign of respect, no
doubt a VOA policy, which no domestic US broadcaster accords him, but they
don`t like to bother with ``Mister Obama`` either, how quaint. Hmmm; what does
BBC call MAQ?
15580 and 17545 were about one second apart, lost track of which was ahead,
despite latest HFCC showing both via S?o Tom?; Aoki, however, shows 17545 as
Botswana. If both be really from same site, that would be another case of
deliberately offsetting to even out power consumption peaks, like they do at
Bonaire, Tinian/Saipan et al. IBB keeps swapping sites around for no particular
reason (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 7385, one WHRI broadcast which is not imaginary lasts until
1300, but Aug 24 at 1255, the gospel huxter has heavy double-CCI from two
stations in Chinese, one being the CNR1 kidshow often heard during the 8 pm
ChiCom hour, // 7365, and the other no doubt RTI being jammed. BTW, PBS Xizang,
Lhasa, TIBET is also listed on 7385 until 1300; not a chance to hear it here,
or in Asia either, no doubt. 7365 CNR1 does not become a jammer until Taiwan
starts there too at 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15750, Aug 24 at 1251, discussion in English of Genesis I, 1255
outro as `Voice of Bible Study` with the late [somebody], from Family Radio,
off after 1300. Had not been hearing this before, must be new relay from
somewhere; not yet in HFCC or Aoki tho YFR does use Wertachtal on 15750 at
16-17 in Amharic. Has audio processing boost atypical of WYFR itself. The
latest YFR HFCC sked at
http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A11&broadc=YFR
does not show 15750 before 1300 either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1460, Aug 24 at 1211 UT, plugging something coming up at 8:10, ads
for Dairy Queen in Cleburne, Hawaiian Falls, Family Medicine. Cleburne is
pronounced with a long E. This has to be KCLE in Texas, despite its city of
license really being Burleson! Cleburne is S of Fort Worth on I-35W, while
Burleson is halfway to Fort Worth from there. Studio and postal addresses are
in Cleburne. This was atop our OK 1460, KZUE El Reno in Spanish. Reno is also
pronounced with a long E in English, and I suspect even in Spanish the pressure
is heavy to do so, if I could ever catch an ID. Now how do you pronounce
Burleson? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15585, Aug 24 at 0131, open carrier with heavy flutter, then 1000
Hz tone comes on, steps down to lower tones, resumes 1000 Hz, off again to OC;
S9+18 peaks. Uplooked later, the only thing scheduled here in HFCC is VOR,
Pet/Kam, 200 kW, 245 degrees at 01-05. Aoki shows this is supposed to be VOR in
Russian at 01-03, English at 03-05 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:14:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] August 24 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** CHAD. 6165, RNT, 2220-2229:35*, August 24, Afro-pop music.
French announcements. Sign off with National Anthem. Poor to fair.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
** ERITREA. 9830.03, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, 0323-0330,
August 24, vernacular talk. Horn of Africa music. Weak but readable.
// 7175 - poor with HAM QRM. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** GUINEA. 7125, Rdif Nationale, 2215-2251*, August 24, hi-life music.
Indigenous vocals. Rustic tribal music. Vernacular and French talk.
Abrupt sign off. Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** ITALY [non]. via Romania, 15610, IRRS, 1259-1359, August 24, tune-in
to classical music. IRRS ID at 1300 and into lite instrumental music.
English Overcomer Ministry program with Brother Stair at 1305. Covered
by WEWN sign on at 1359. Poor to fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6925.34, WBOG, 0115-0122*, August 24,
pop music. ID at sign off. Good signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** ZAMBIA. 5915, ZNBC/Radio 1, 0242-0305, August 24, tune-in to Fish
Eagle IS. Choral National Anthem at 0254. Vernacular announcements
at 0256. Local tribal music. Weak to very weak levels. (Brian Alexander,
PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:58:00 +1200
From: "Radio Heritage Mail" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] NEW 'Pacific Story' Competition
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