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Today's Topics:
1. ARGENTINA: Hoy se celebran 91 a?os del comienzo de la
radiodifusi?n argentina (Arnaldo)
2. Re: US time stations jammed? (Glenn Hauser)
3. Re: US time stations jammed? (Mauricio Molano S?nchez)
4. Glenn Hauser logs August 26-27, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
5. (no subject) (L?cio Bobrowiec)
6. Re: [SWL] Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA (Duane Fischer, W8DBF)
7. Re: US time stations jammed? (Paul)
8. Glenn Hauser logs August 27, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
9. Re: US time stations jammed? (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 06:52:24 +0200
From: "Arnaldo" <[email protected]>
To: "playdx2003" <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] ARGENTINA: Hoy se celebran 91 a?os del comienzo de la
radiodifusi?n argentina
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Su nacimiento fue casi una travesura: no es casual que los hayan llamado
"locos". Pero la locura de Enrique Tel?maco Susini y de sus amigos (C?sar
Guerrico, Luis Romero Carranza y Miguel Mujica) se convirti? en un hecho
hist?rico que al resto del mundo le cuesta aceptar: fue en la Argentina donde
se realiz? la primera transmisi?n radial con continuidad de todo el mundo, hace
exactamente 91 a?os.
Contin?e leyendo esta nota y un peque?o homenaje fotogr?fico en
http://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com/
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 07:20:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], Karel Honz?k
<[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HCDX] US time stations jammed?
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I was exaggerating somewhat. However, the fact remains that Russia thought it
better to use 4996, 9996, 14996, if not to be `kind`, at least to avoid
interference to their own advantage, and China keeps to the even frequencies. I
believe the STFT `bands` are allocated 10 or 20 kHz wide, so more stations
could be spread out a bit.
Note that in WRTH listings, Spain also offsets EBC to 4998 and 15006, altho on
a very limited schedule of 1030-1055 and 1000-1025 M-F respectively. Does
anyone really hear them active? Mode is not given, CW?
Glenn
--- On Sat, 8/27/11, Karel Honz?k <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Karel Honz?k <[email protected]>
> Subject: [HCDX] US time stations jammed?
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Saturday, August 27, 2011, 2:58 AM
> > ** CHINA. 10000, Aug 26 at 1257,
> beeps of higher pitch mixing with WWV/WWVH. 1259 began Morse
> IDs on MCW over and over as BPM, i.e. China`s WWV at Lintong
> (Mt. Li), Shaanxi. Too bad on pp 668-669, WRTH 2011 does not
> show details such as ID times, in this case during minutes
> :29 and :59. Even in the standard-frequency arena, the
> ChiCom brazenly QRM US broadcasts, while the Russians are
> kind enough to offset their timesignals -4 kHz (Glenn
> Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
>
>
> Is it really so that the US time stations have a monopoly
> over internationally allocated time signal and frequency
> standard frequencies and all other time stations (from
> China, Brazil, Argentina, Korea...) in fact "brazenly" jamm
> their operation? I think I read this for the first time in
> my life... but maybe I have missed something...
> Clarification appreciated, thanks.
>
> Karel Honzik, CZE
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:04:13 +0100 (BST)
From: Mauricio Molano S?nchez <[email protected]>
To: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], [email protected], Karel Honz?k
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] US time stations jammed?
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> Note that in WRTH listings, Spain also offsets EBC to 4998
> and 15006, altho on a very limited schedule of 1030-1055 and
> 1000-1025 M-F respectively. Does anyone really hear them
> active? Mode is not given, CW?
from official web site:
http://www.armada.mde.es/ArmadaPortal/page/Portal/ArmadaEspannola/ciencia_observatorio/06_Hora#Hora2
"...Transmisi?n de se?ales horarias en HF, durante dos periodos de 25 minutos
diarios, en 15006 y 4998 KHz. Respectivamente, entre 10:00 y 11:00 horas UTC.
Temporalmente fuera de servicio."
73s
Mauricio Molano
Salamanca
ESPA?A - SPAIN
RX site: Aldea del Cano, C?ceres.
LAT: 39?17'09.70 N LONG: 6?19'00 W
RX: PERSEUS. ANT: WELLBROOK ALA1530S+
(http://moladx.blogspot.com/)
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 09:40:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 26-27, 2011
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** ALBANIA. R. Tirana: No signal on 9860 or 7425 at 0020 UT Aug 27. No signal
on 7425 at 0333 either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANGUILLA [and non]. 11775, Aug 27 at 1241, PMS is back on, over Cuban
nonsensical pulse jamming a semiday out of phase from when it is really
`needed` against R. Mart?. Has Anguilla considered economic sanxions or at
least diplomatic protests against Cuba for this? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 15400, Aug 27 at 1248, HCJB sufficient in English,
rarely audible, but it`s just a sermon. If they really wanted to lure in
secular listeners, they should not have abandoned stealth evangelism by
cancelling `DX Partyline`. Meanwhile the other transmitter was providing a
hefty het upon Morocco 15341; long paths? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CANADA. 6160, Aug 27 at 1223, talk in accented English about women`s rights
(or lack thereof) in Brasil, fading in and out. Must be CBC Overnight via CKZU
Vancouver; 1228 outro show as `Women in the Spotlight`, I think; 1229 intro
`World Football` from BBCWS. That`s around 5:30 am PDT Saturday; this schedule
http://www.cbc.ca/overnight/schedule.html
shows `Witness` before 5:30 am, could be, altho I do not find that topic shown
on the BBCWS programme site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. Most Firedrake frequencies missing Aug 27; what`s going on?
Certainly not due to propagation as numerous usual CNR1 jammers and CRI
frequencies were still audible up to 18 MHz. See TAIWAN 10300.
1240-1250, NO Firedrake found 10-19 MHz, but among many others:
1246, Chinese CCI on 15795 and 15670, CNR1 jammers
1248, Chinese CCI also on 15250, 15115, CNR1 jammers
1250, CRI in Chinese on 17650, English on 17490, via EAST TURKISTAN
After 1300, found just a couple, in-banders:
15280, poor at 1322-1330*, vs het on 15282; no jump found after 1330; at 1332
carrier/het on 15288, and algo on 15290, not Firedrake
15285, very poor at 1358, not earlier; no others up to 19 MHz (this was the
only FD that S. Handler in IL found today in a 2-hour sweep)
12025, very poor at 1326 mixing with CNR1 jamming
No others 10-19 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9950, Aug 27 at 1259 open carrier, 1300 opening in Korean
with music, good signal enough to shoulder aside the DentroCuban jamming on
9955; is via TAIWAN, Nippon no Kaze, as it is known in Japanese,
anti-kidnapping service, but could not make out such an ID nor in Korean. HFCC
misleadingly lists this transmission as Babcock via CHINA in Japanese! See also
TAIWAN 9960 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [and non]. Sunrise skip MW DX:
610, Aug 27 at 1159, ``S?lo por la G-S``, 5:59 time, therefore per Cant?: 610
XEGS La Ley Guasave, Sin. 1,000 500
But did not hear ``La Ley`` mentioned; still vigent?
1160 mystery, solved: not a Mexican: see U S A (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Surprised to see KFOR-27 OKC with totally green screen and nothing
else during the `Tonight Show`, UT Saturday Aug 27 at 0408, and kept that way
almost until 0426, dead audio too until suddenly rejoined during Richard Engel
interview rerun. Both OTA RF 27, and via Suddenlink cable. Meanwhile, OTA 4.2
had usual continuous weather, and 4.3 with Ant TV, `Benny Hill`, no
greenscreens there.
This is a favorite time of night for EAS tests to interrupt programming (tho I
hadn`t noticed it on any other station), so I wonder if the EAS thingie got
stuck?? They do use a similar shade of green for background of crawlers at
screentop when funxioning normally. Was no one paying attention at KFOR master
control?? Hmmm, are EAS tests not required on subchannels too?
Earlier in the afternoon, the finale of Jeopardy on Channel 4 had `technical
difficulties` so on the following newscasts KFOR had to apologetically tell
viewers who won, twice! Meanwhile, KROU 105.7 antenna is being installed upon
the KFOR tower (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. 10300, Aug 27 at 1239, weak Chinese, no Firedrake, presumed Sound of
Hope. Firedrake was also widely absent today; see CHINA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. 9960, Aug 27 at 1301, Vietnamese squeezed between DentroCuban
Jamming Commands on 9955 and 9965; not in HFCC, but Aoki as Family Radio via
Tainan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** THAILAND. 9890, Aug 27 at 1235, R. Thailand in fairly well during English
news about a bombing; at first thought re Pakistan, but apparently in Thailand
itself, southern unrest vs new government, then other political news of
Thailand. By 1258 more flutter in talk about heart attacks, ulcers. BTW, VOA
was missing from 9885, see U S A (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 15450, Sat Aug 27 at 1248, VOT talking about R. Free Asia, perhaps
its special off-topic Japanese QSL this weekend, so must be an on-week for `DX
Corner`; poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1160, Aug 27 at 1203, 7:03 time on ``La Super Equis, 11-60 AM`` in
KSL null, then live YL DJ. Cant? has 5 Mexicans on 1160, none with this slogan,
nor any X in the callsigns after the first letter! How about the one in
X-alapa, Veracruz, XEBE, Radio Perote? That`s really too far east at this hour,
and too far-fetched.
Could it be a US domestic? Googling finds Super X was the name of Albuquerque
1190 a dekayear ago, and currently of 1250 in Kansas City, but that`s no help.
Maybe it`s a syndicated/group name? It`s in the CDT zone. There are two Texans:
KVCE in Highland Park, address in Houston; and KRDY San Antonio as in Radio
Disney per last year`s NRC AM Log. Has one of those Hispanicized?
Aha, got it, by changing the Google from Equis to X: it`s merely Kansas City,
http://www.lasuperx1160.com/ Just try to find a callsign on that website! Last
year`s NRC-AM log has KCTO, Cleveland MO, address in Liberty MO, talk/oldies
format. FCC AM Query shows it`s still KCTO, COL Cleveland. That`s such a speck,
it`s not in the Rand McNally index, but finally found it south of KC MO on the
MO side of the border, while address in Liberty KS is way up on the NE side of
KC. But is the site in KS or MO? Longitude is 94-36-28. This source
http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/ks_geography.htm
says Kansas starts at 94 degrees 38 minutes west, so that puts it in MO, barely.
So what has become of KYYS 1250 Kansas City KS, which had been ``La Super
Equis``? It`s easy to hear here but had not paid much attention to current
sloganeering; still in Spanish, anyway. Domain http://www.lasuperx1250.com/ has
expired (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WEWN, all three transmitters missing earlier on Aug 26, but at 2124
found 15610 back on, poor in English about Guatemala; 13830 very poor in
Spanish, nothing on 12050. So one transmitter is down, two are back.
Then UT Aug 27 still found on two out of three:
0537 on 11870, usual poor signal in Spanish, but nothing on 7555
1231, nothing on 7555
1240, 12050 fair with organ music during morning mass; squeal at 1356
1244, 13580 with same mass in original English, peaking S9+10 and cannot hear
any +/- 9 kHz spurs, making me wonder if they have swapped transmitters while
one of them is down?
1325, 13580 is stronger now, still no spurs audible, but:
1357, 13580 now is strong enough to audiblize the spurs; never mind
1358, 15610 weak but audible with Regina C?li IS, ex-13580; nothing on 11550
after 1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9885, Aug 27 at 1239, VOA Spanish missing, but still going with
weekend music fill on 13750, 15590. Hurricane Irene is now buffeting
Greenville-B, but ancient transmitters are subject to breakdown anyway. See my
yesterday`s report for full Greenville schedule, more frequencies to check if
missing.
UNC-TV has produced a video visit to VOA GB, must see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR0Wdg0rwgk
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9370-, Aug 27 at 1233 and 1355, no signal from WTJC; no doubt off due
to Hurricane Irene. Newport is at the southern end of the Cape, only a few
miles inland. God`s wrath for daring to represent Him without permission?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:37:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: L?cio Bobrowiec <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] (no subject)
Message-ID:
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11945, Nigeria via Germany, Hamada Radio Int. August, 22 1932-1940 male in
Hausa talks, ?Hausa...R. Hamada Int., Nigeria?, short bridge music to another
male voice, male outside. 45333, (lob-B).
9580, Gabon, R. Africa No.1, Moyabi. August, 24 0904-0916 male and female in
French talks, ?commission... agriculture?, male and female on music sounding
like ads, Pop music, Pop Ballad. 33333, (lob-B).
9580, R. Australia, Shepparton. August, 24 1011-1018 male in English talks,
outside female ?Australia?, canned male ?R. Australia, ABC news right now!?,
female on instrumental music. 35443, (lob-B).
9710, Australia, Shepparton. August, 24 1018-1026 English Pop music, female in
Tok Pisin talks ?Australia?, female by phone in talks with studio. 35443,
(lob-B).
11945, R. Australia, Shepparton. August, 24 1027-1035 two male in English
conversation, outside male, studio female. 33533, (lob-B).
73?s
L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec
Embu SP Brasil
SW40 - Dipoles and Longwire
?
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:10:09 -0400
From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <[email protected]>
To: "Stewart MacKenzie" <[email protected]>, "Anker Peterson"
<[email protected]>, "BCL NEWS" <[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
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [SWL] Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA
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A special THANKS! to our old friend Stewart for his long suffering and
diligent sharing of his Short-Wave logs with all of us. He has done this for
... Who knows how many decades! Not a century yet, but him doing so would
not come as a surprise to me!
Great work OM. Good DX and if you discover where the heck the propagation
has gone to, let us know!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stewart MacKenzie" <[email protected]>
To: "Anker Peterson" <[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]>; "Gerry Dexter" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 7:28 PM
Subject: [SWL] Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA
>>>
BULGARIA Radio Bulgaria 9700 0028 GMT Bulgarian 222 Aug 24 YL with comments.
//11700[222]. MacKenzie-CA..
CANADA China Radio Intl Relay-CRI 6145 2340 GMT English 333 Aug 23 YL and OM
with comments. A very noisy frequency MacKenzie-CA..
GREECE Foni Tis Helladas 9420 0018 GMT Greek 322 Aug 24 OM with comments and
some folk vocal music. Mackenzie-CA..
PORTUGAL Radio Netherlands Intl Relay- RNI 9445 0021 GMT Dutch 333 Aug 24
Two Oms with comments. MacKenzie-CA..
SPAIN Radio Exterior Espana-REE 0024 GMT Spanish 333 Aug 24 YL and OM with
ongoing comments. MacKenzie-CA..
UNITED STATES, North Carolina Radio Marti 7365 0004 GMT Spanish 333 Aug 23
YL and OMs in a conversation.
Mackenzie-CA..
UNITED STATES, Tennessee WWCR-1 7465 0006 GMT English 333 Aug 24 Two YLs
with commentson A 3.2
earthquake in the Washington areas. MacKenzie-CA..
UNITED STATES, Pennsylvania WINB 9265 0012 GMT English 333 Aug 24 OM with
Bible commentry on a very noisy freq.
Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:30:50 +1200
From: "Paul" <[email protected]>
To: "Hard-Core-DX" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] US time stations jammed?
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If all the stations used their own frequencies, there would be little point
in having internationally allocated standard time frequencies.
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Hauser" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; "Karel Honz?k" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 2:20 AM
Subject: Re: [HCDX] US time stations jammed?
I was exaggerating somewhat. However, the fact remains that Russia thought
it better to use 4996, 9996, 14996, if not to be `kind`, at least to avoid
interference to their own advantage, and China keeps to the even
frequencies. I believe the STFT `bands` are allocated 10 or 20 kHz wide, so
more stations could be spread out a bit.
Note that in WRTH listings, Spain also offsets EBC to 4998 and 15006, altho
on a very limited schedule of 1030-1055 and 1000-1025 M-F respectively. Does
anyone really hear them active? Mode is not given, CW?
Glenn
--- On Sat, 8/27/11, Karel Honz?k <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Karel Honz?k <[email protected]>
> Subject: [HCDX] US time stations jammed?
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Saturday, August 27, 2011, 2:58 AM
> > ** CHINA. 10000, Aug 26 at 1257,
> beeps of higher pitch mixing with WWV/WWVH. 1259 began Morse
> IDs on MCW over and over as BPM, i.e. China`s WWV at Lintong
> (Mt. Li), Shaanxi. Too bad on pp 668-669, WRTH 2011 does not
> show details such as ID times, in this case during minutes
> :29 and :59. Even in the standard-frequency arena, the
> ChiCom brazenly QRM US broadcasts, while the Russians are
> kind enough to offset their timesignals -4 kHz (Glenn
> Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
>
>
> Is it really so that the US time stations have a monopoly
> over internationally allocated time signal and frequency
> standard frequencies and all other time stations (from
> China, Brazil, Argentina, Korea...) in fact "brazenly" jamm
> their operation? I think I read this for the first time in
> my life... but maybe I have missed something...
> Clarification appreciated, thanks.
>
> Karel Honzik, CZE
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:11:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
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** CANADA [non]. 17810, Aug 27 at 1847 as I tune in to RCI they are talking
about immigrants from South Asia, so it`s still ``Radio Canada Immigration``
despite supposed change of focus. VG signal I was sure came from Sackville, NB,
but uplooked later, it`s 175 degrees from Skelton, UK! BBCWS in English on
17795 was just about as good, and that`s Skelton too, 180 degrees. The other
two RCi frequencies at 18-19 are 11765 Skelton on 9530 Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. 15620, Aug 27 at 1850, good signal in Hausa from DW via
RWANDA, except for squishy spur around 15619 from WEWN 15610, now built up to
strong level, maybe some sporadic-E boost, which hasn`t made it into VHF for a
fortnight or so as the summer TV/FM DX season ends (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 15360, Aug 27 at 1852, thought it was Japanese pop music,
but excuse me, it must have been Korean. 1854 Russian announcement. Scheduled
is KBS, 250 kW, 62 degrees via Rampisham UK at 18-19. Yet another service that
will have to find another site if Ramp gets shut as planned by Xmas (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 15310, Aug 27 at 1855, vocal music with disco beat, uncertain
language. 1900 5-pip timesignal, Romanian news about North Carolina, ergo RRI
as scheduled, 17-20, 300 kW, 285 degrees toward France (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 15825, Aug 27 at 1904, Brother Scare // 9980, and a
reverb apart from 9385 WWRB. There he is, occupying even more spare time on
WWCR; pdf sked still dated Aug 1 shows him on 15825 Sat 19-20 and Sun 1745-2000
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. As far as I can tell, Greenville frequencies have been off
since before 1300 UT. Definitely missing: Portuguese from 1700 on 17820; French
from 2000 on 15730.
The rest are Radio Marti, heavy jamming as usual, so can`t be positive there is
no RM signal under, perhaps at reduced power. At 2011, I could hear a trace of
Spanish on 13820 under jamming, but that`s because Sackville takes over at
20-22. If there is protracted silence from Greenville, Sackville would be the
obvious choice for extended hours of RM.
RM 11930 and 9565 are scheduled until 2400;
VOA Spanish at 23-24 on 5890, 9885 and 12000
(Glenn Hauser, 2044 UT Aug 27, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Update: at 2305 Aug 27 check, the VOA Spanish service is unheard on 5890, 9885,
12000, tho some DentroCuban jamming is still on these frequencies.
We can see on the radar maps that Greenville has been hit hard by Hurricane
Irene, but the wraparound winds from the N/NE are moving on up the coast. The
problem at Greenville B is that the circuit breaker on the 69 kv line needs to
be reset, but it`s outside in the rain and not a good idea to open the cabinet.
As per previously gathered GB schedule, the only transmissions for the rest of
early UT Sunday are R. Mart?: 6030 at 0000-1300, 7365 at 0000-0300, 11775 at
0000-0100, 7405 at 0300-0700 and 1200-1400, 5980 at 0700-1200, 9805 at
0900-1300. 11775 continues at 01-03 via Sackville (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9370-, WTJC remained off the air at 1912 UT Aug 27; I checked later
exactly where the eye of H. Irene made landfall, and it was Cape Lookout, which
is right next to Morehead City and WTJC Newport (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) ###
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:30:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: Paul <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HCDX] US time stations jammed?
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
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Accurate time is one thing; accurate `standard` frequencies are another, not
necessarily combined. There are several time stations operating way outside the
standard frequency bands, notably CHU. Glenn Hauser
--- On Sat, 8/27/11, Paul <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Paul <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [HCDX] US time stations jammed?
> To: "Hard-Core-DX" <[email protected]>
> Date: Saturday, August 27, 2011, 6:30 PM
> If all the stations used their own
> frequencies, there would be little point in having
> internationally allocated standard time frequencies.
>
> Paul
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Hauser" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>;
> "Karel Honz?k" <[email protected]>
> Cc: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 2:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [HCDX] US time stations jammed?
>
>
> I was exaggerating somewhat. However, the fact remains that
> Russia thought it better to use 4996, 9996, 14996, if not to
> be `kind`, at least to avoid interference to their own
> advantage, and China keeps to the even frequencies. I
> believe the STFT `bands` are allocated 10 or 20 kHz wide, so
> more stations could be spread out a bit.
>
> Note that in WRTH listings, Spain also offsets EBC to 4998
> and 15006, altho on a very limited schedule of 1030-1055 and
> 1000-1025 M-F respectively. Does anyone really hear them
> active? Mode is not given, CW?
>
> Glenn
>
> --- On Sat, 8/27/11, Karel Honz?k <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Karel Honz?k <[email protected]>
> > Subject: [HCDX] US time stations jammed?
> > To: [email protected]
> > Date: Saturday, August 27, 2011, 2:58 AM
>
> > > ** CHINA. 10000, Aug 26 at 1257,
> > beeps of higher pitch mixing with WWV/WWVH. 1259 began
> Morse
> > IDs on MCW over and over as BPM, i.e. China`s WWV at
> Lintong
> > (Mt. Li), Shaanxi. Too bad on pp 668-669, WRTH 2011
> does not
> > show details such as ID times, in this case during
> minutes
> > :29 and :59. Even in the standard-frequency arena,
> the
> > ChiCom brazenly QRM US broadcasts, while the Russians
> are
> > kind enough to offset their timesignals -4 kHz (Glenn
> > Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
> >
> >
> > Is it really so that the US time stations have a
> monopoly
> > over internationally allocated time signal and
> frequency
> > standard frequencies and all other time stations
> (from
> > China, Brazil, Argentina, Korea...) in fact "brazenly"
> jamm
> > their operation? I think I read this for the first
> time in
> > my life... but maybe I have missed something...
> > Clarification appreciated, thanks.
> >
> > Karel Honzik, CZE
>
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