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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs September 11-12, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
2. DX Loggings - Ralph Perry - 12 Sep 2011 (Ralph Perry)
3. Last Call - 'Pacific Story' Competition (Radio Heritage Mail)
4. FREE Pacific Radio Guides (Radio Heritage Mail)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:13:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
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Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 11-12, 2011
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** ANTARCTICA. 15476, which bore a carrier last Thursday heralding LRA36`s
return, remained silent Monday Sept 12 at several chex: 1231, 1243, 1320, 1335,
1439. However, propagation was quite poor, e.g. Turkey carrier barely
detectable on 15450 during the first hour. However2, what few signals there
were on 19m came mainly from lower latitudes, e.g. Cuba; and Chile as usual was
inbooming on 17680 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 12:
10300, fair-good at 1256; no others found, not even 7970; very poor at 1445
15780, fair at 1436 with flutter; no others 11-19 MHz. Aoki explains:
15775 SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng 1430-1500 1234567 Chinese 100 95 Dushanbe-Yangiyul
TJK 06848E 3829N SOH a11 15750-15795
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. Yet another check for the anomalous 17625 transmission from R. Cairo
heard the past week, Sept 11: at 1925 and 1955, not even a carrier audible, but
there was one on 15270; meanwhile, Kuwait had a good signal on 15540, so
propagation was OK at least below 17 MHz. Could be that 17625 has been taken
off the air, if it was a mistake all along. Further monitoring needed.
Ernesto Paulero in Argentina also checked Sept 11 at 2010, finding no signal on
17625 (but had been closing anyway at 1956), nothing on listed Fulani frequency
11510 either (that`s scheduled 1845-2000), but a medium signal and very low
audio on 15270 with Arabic music, characteristic of Cairo (that`s scheduled
English at 1900-2030) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 9905-9910-9915, Sept 12 at 1235, DRM noise, this time unmarred by RTTY
QRM. Presumably KTWR still testing new transmitter after its analog Chinese
service until 1230*. Has this been monitored by the DRM-capable crowd?
Searching the drmna yg on 9910 only gets hits on an HCJB phone number!
How about the DRM DX forum? Not a bit on 9910 or KTWR at
http://www.drmrx.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=22
Nor any entry for KTWR or 9910 on the DRM DX comprehensive(?) schedule
http://www.baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/drmdx/main&sort=kHz,UTC
Apparently word of this newest DRM broadcast has yet to reach them. And only
analog tuners such as myself will run across the DRM signals whose noise stix
out like a sore thumb among analog broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Circa sunrise MW DX Sept 12, UT:
640, Sept 12 at 1206, after long or late NA, XEJUA sign-on, barely audible vs
WWLS et al. probably including KFI; Cant? shows:
640 XEJUA Milenio TV (audio del canal) Cd. Ju?rez, Chih. 5,000 D
670, Sept 12 at 1153, saludos to numerous individuals and families apparently
on ranches in rural areas, mentioned San Eugenio, Coahuila, La Joya; from Radio
Ranchito, ``aqu? en Torre?n``. Cant? shows:
670 XETOR Radio Ranchito Torre?n, Coah. 1,000 250
BTW not to be confused with another 670 with a similar name:
670 XEIS La Rancherita Cd. Guzm?n, Jal. 5,000 1,000
680, Sept 12 at 1158, ``Digital 680, XEFO``, rock music, so:
680 XEFO ?xtasis Digital Chihuahua, Chih. 5,000 250
(``680`` was pronounced ``seiscientos ochenta``. If they had said
``seis-ochenta`` I would have rendered it 6-80)
I did not hear ``?xtasis`` mentioned, but watch out for another one:
680 XESON ?xtasis + FM 99.1 Hermosillo, Son. 1,000 1,000
710, Sept 12 at 1159 wrapping up apparent gospel huxter with website
http://www.vinonuevo.net --- homepage gives street address, but never city!
Only by zooming out their google map do I find that it is in Ciudad Ju?rez,
Chihua2. 710, however, is the usual dominator here, XEDP with full ID at 1200,
La Ranchera de Cuauht?moc, 7500 watts etc.:
710 XEDP La Ranchera Cd. Cuauhtemoc, Chih. 7,000 100
990, Sept 12 at 1203 after NA, sign-on by XEER, vs a lot of QRM:
990 XEER Radio Lobo Cd. Cuauhtemoc, Chih. 5,000 250
1030, Sept 12 at 1209, R. F?rmula plugging its webstream, world news by W,
brief comments by M:
1030 XEYC Radio F?rmula Cd. Ju?rez, Chih. 5,000 500
1300, Sept 12 at 1213, ``Radio M?xico Noticias``, 6:13 time, ``tr?fico en las
puentes internacionales``, i.e. duration of current backups on the
international bridges including Zaragoza a bit downstream from Ju?rez:
http://www.puenteinternacionalzaragozaysleta.com/
Or was it ``los puentes``? That page uses the masculine; my Random House
dixionary says mf meaning the word is both/either masculine/feminine like
frente, mar; maybe it depends on the sense. Anyhow, XEP again, making a fast
SAH with KAKC Tulsa, and soon losing out to it:
1300 XEP Radio 13 Cd. Ju?rez, Chih. 38,000 200
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 11835, Sept 12 at 1410, RNW with Earthbeat, about
plastix, including an intriguing idea to build a 10,000-square-kilometer
inhabitable floating island out of plastic refuse, much of which is polluting
the oceans. Initially good with enough oomph to prevent QubaRM from 11830, but
by 1430 losing out to RHC`s ACI. 11835 is 250 kW, 50 degrees from MADAGASCAR,
nowhere near USward, but one of the last remaining English broadcasts we can
sometimes hear from Hilversum (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PRIDNESTROVYE. Can someone tell me if Radio Prednistrovia is still on the
air? If so when? (cedwa2000 a.k.a. reggaerockers, indiana, Sept 11,
primetimeshortave yg via DXLD)
This 15-word question without even a signature will get a slightly longer
answer:
Yes, it`s still on the summer frequency 9665. Checked UT Sunday Sept 11 at 2148
while playing Slavic songs, probably Russian, as they do in the second half of
each language`s half hour. 2130 was probably English as scheduled. At 2200 a
3-pip timesignal one second late, and into French; 2220 check, music again;
2230 3-pip timesignal two seconds late, opening German to Europe and North
America; 2244 ID I think as R. Pridnestrovye but a.k.a. Radio PMR/DMR, then
music. 2300 no timesignal and 9665 switches to Voice of Russia World Service
opening English. Signal was S9+20 but increasingly fluttery.
PTSW shows the English portions:
http://home.centurytel.net/danielsampson/country.txt
Moldova R. PMR 1730-1800 Eu, M-F 9665
Moldova R. PMR 1930-2000 Eu, M-F 9665
Moldova R. PMR 2130-2200 NA, Su-Th 9665
EiBi shows:
9665 1700-1730 Mo-Fr MDA Radio PMR Pridnestrovye R Eu
9665 1730-1800 Mo-Fr MDA Radio PMR Pridnestrovye E Eu
9665 1800-1830 Mo-Fr MDA Radio PMR Pridnestrovye F Eu
9665 1830-1900 Mo-Fr MDA Radio PMR Pridnestrovye D Eu
9665 1900-1930 Mo-Fr MDA Radio PMR Pridnestrovye R Eu
9665 1930-2000 Mo-Fr MDA Radio PMR Pridnestrovye E Eu
9665 2000-2030 Mo-Fr MDA Radio PMR Pridnestrovye F Eu
9665 2030-2100 Mo-Fr MDA Radio PMR Pridnestrovye D Eu
9665 2100-2130 Su-Th MDA Radio PMR Pridnestrovye R Eu
9665 2130-2200 Su-Th MDA Radio PMR Pridnestrovye E Eu
9665 2200-2230 Su-Th MDA Radio PMR Pridnestrovye F Eu
9665 2230-2300 Su-Th MDA Radio PMR Pridnestrovye D Eu
However, latest HFCC does not show ``KCH`` 9665 on the air before 2200,
obviously incorrect. The earlier broadcasts to Europe may have really switched
to a lower frequency now. Note that the scheduling is local M-F only, so after
2100, it is UT Sunday-Thursday instead.
Timeanddate.com shows Moldova is currently on East European Summer Time of UT
+3 instead of normal UT +2. In past years, aside from lower frequencies during
standard time, everything would shift one UT hour later for winter to stay on
the same local clock time. Last B-season, English was at 2230 on 6240, same
frequency for all the others.
Things may be different this year, as Putin is reorganizing Russian timezones.
Except for detached Kaliningrad, one hour earlier, the western end of Russia
and vicinity will start using UT+4 all year, while Moscow time had been UT+3 in
winter. Winter time has effectively been abolished, so Moscow and everywhere
westward except Kaliningrad will stay on DST of UT +4. And some timezone
boundaries are also redrawn.
This could mean that Moldova/Pridnestrovye will move clocks *forward* instead
of *backward* one hour on October 30 to stay in step with Moscow, and this is
likely to affect SW broadcasts, which after that will not have to cope with
local time changes twice yearly.
OR NOT??? http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchange.html?n=177
while aware of the major changes in Russia, still claims that Chisinau will go
back from UT +3 to UT +2 on October 30.
The additional complication is that Moldova proper is not part of Russia, while
the portion known as Pridnestrovye considers itself part of Russia, so little
M/P could wind up with two timezones two hours apart, and no telling what would
happen with the shortwave broadcasts, but probably go with Russian time (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9330-CUSB, Sept 11 at 2155, open carrier again from WBCQ; meanwhile,
on 7415, `Marion`s Attic` was fairly audible with a whistling/birdtweeting
song. This show, Sundays at 21-22, could have benefited from the stronger
frequency 9330 if the usual customer is not being transmitted! Yet 7415 is
gradually improving before 2200 as the sun gets lower, also good news for WORLD
OF RADIO listeners Thursdays at 2130 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3215, Sept 11 at 0542, WWCR competes with WBCQ for the dead-air
sweepstakes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15565, Sept 12 at 1438, poor with ``Redeemer Liveth`` Family
Radio theme, S Asian language. HFCC shows Oriya at 14-15, 500 kW, 90 degrees
from Nauen, GERMANY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 3325, Sept 12 at 1222 a just barely audible carrier. Ron Howard
has been reporting RRI Palangkaraya Sept 8-9 reactivated after a brief absence.
In the past bimonth in DXLD there has been only one report of R. Buka PNG,
3325, Aug 9 at 1214, so I have my doubts it is active, but without some
definite programming one can`t be positive which it may be. Ron Howard on a
California beach was hearing several PNGs Sept 12 until 1212, but doesn`t
mention 3325. 3325 is easy to check here with BFO slightly offset from 7325 CRI
Japanese, then tuning down 4.000 MHz, ditto 2325 VL8, down 5.000 MHz (nothing
audible now).
3205, Sept 12 at 1223 a slightly stronger carrier here, even better than 3185
WWRB, both buried in high noise level, post-sunrise; probably PNG, as heard by
Ron (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9989.0-SSB, Sept 12 at 1234, 2-way in Spanish, suffering from
9890 Thailand het, (and SSB QRM to it), plus 9885 VOA Spanish splash (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:17:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ralph Perry <[email protected]>
To: Anker Petersen <[email protected]>, Cumbre DX
<[email protected]>, DX Clube Pernambuco
<[email protected]>, dxld <[email protected]>, DXplorer
<[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, Lista Conexion Digital
<[email protected]>, Mark Taylor <[email protected]>,
Mosquitto Coast Mosquito Coast <[email protected]>, NASWA Yahoo
Group
<[email protected]>, Ontario DX Association
<[email protected]>, PlayDX Yahoo Group
<[email protected]>, "Rich D'Angelo" <[email protected]>,
Shortwave-Radio <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] DX Loggings - Ralph Perry - 12 Sep 2011
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UNID/PERU? - 4955.00, call it unid but extremely likely R Cultural Amauta,
Huanta, at 1038 9/11 with segued instl MOR selections leading up to OM SS anmts
1045 over the front end of a pop song.? More OM SS anmts at 1049. ? First
decent opening to the Andes in a bit -- other regional stations noted coming in
well, see next item.?? Very nice fqy precision if indeed Amauta, as they've
usually missed by .01 at 4954.99 kHz.? (Perry - Illinois)
PERU - 5039.19,? Radio Libertad de Junin, good signal at 1051 check on 9/11
after noting likely Amauta, a favorite and first time heard in a little while.?
Local sunrise finally getting late enough so that LA stations signing on later
than *1000 have a chance to be hrd in IL.? Interesting selections of modern,
mellow Andes fusion instrumentals, featuring deeply reverbed? fiddles,
pinkillos, quenas and arpa, in a familiar huayno-type melody.? Segued to
another 1055 and OM ID at the top of the hour.?? Very happy this station keeps
hanging in there, one of our most beloved old-timers from OA Land, along with
the likes of R Tawantinsuyu 6175a and a few others . . .? Evidently Junin is
quite an unattractive town, though, at least as described in the new
travel+history book "ANDES" by Michael Jacobs.? Sure is pretty on the 60 meter
band, however!? (Perry - Illinois)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 3385, Radio East New Britain, Rabaul, well heard 9/10
1115-1130 and again 9/11 at 1125.? Other 90 meter PNGs not noted, however.? PNG
island style choral pops, some selections of syncopated dance mx, OM pidgin
anmts.? On 9/11 hrd with lush island chorals.? Always fun to listen to Rabaul,
takes me back to the 1960s!? (Perry - Illinois)
ECUADOR - 4814.98, R. El Buen Pastor, 1030 with HC pasillos, weak signal and
bad static.? 1042 t/ck by OM and then into sermon in SS.? (Perry - Illinois)
ETHIOPIA - 9705.01, tent R. Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, noted weakly at the close of
transmission on 8/31 at 2055, closing anmts in progress and into a choral NA at
2059.? Carrier cut at 2101.45.? No ID but a nice fit with Ethiopia's
schedule/fqy profile.? Still a bit early for decent propagation on 31 meters,
give this a few more weeks for much more enjoyable tuning. (Perry - Illinois)
BRAZIL - 4925.24, presumably R. Educacao Rural, Tefe, now heard many mornings
with best signal in the band but IDs elusive.?? On 9/7 heard with telephone-in
show, YL in studio and callers weaker.? On 9/8 routine morning musical
programming with polka-like instls and OM PP anmts. 9/11 at 1009 tune in, again
telephone show with listeners.? Can't catch an ID yet but is sure to come as
signal is there almost every morning lately, vying with 4885 as champion of the
Brazilians, hi.? (Perry - Illinois)
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Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois
Drake R8B;? Japan Radio NRD-545;? Eton E1;? Hallicrafters SX100;? Knightkit
Star Roamer
Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408
Longwires (150' + 100'); Tuned Multi-Turn 20" Small Loop;? Single-Turn Coax
Loop.
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:21:11 +1200
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Subject: [HCDX] Last Call - 'Pacific Story' Competition
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