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Today's Topics:
1. RDP Sines farewell (Wolfgang Bueschel)
2. 17780 Sines Portugal, DWL Amharic (Wolfgang Bueschel)
3. Glenn Hauser logs October 28-29, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
4. QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 29 October 2011
(Albert Muick)
5. Re: QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 29 October 2011
(Glenn Hauser)
6. Re: [dxld] Re: QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 29
October 2011 (Albert Muick)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:07:57 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "BCLNEWS" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>, "DXLD" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] RDP Sines farewell
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PORTGUGAL 11995 Last RDP Lisbon broadcast via Sines shortwave site in DRM
mode ended at 10.00:02 TX cut off. S=9+5dBm signal here in Stuttgart, in
So-We Germany.
73 wb
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:17:42 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "BCLNEWS" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>, "DXLD" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] 17780 Sines Portugal, DWL Amharic
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17780 1600-1700 39SE,48N 250kW 110degr to last day 291011 Amharic DWL DWL
S=8-9 in Eur. 73 wb df5sx
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:03:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 28-29, 2011
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
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** AUSTRALIA. 9580, Oct 29 at 1310, RA has dumped `Saturday Night Country` for
continuous news coverage of the QANTAS lockout and grounding of all flights in
response to industrial axion by the unions --- we had not heard a word about
this before on American media. Inconveniences many, including several
Commonwealth prime ministers who have been meeting in Perth and just want to go
home. A moment before 1358* cutoff, announcer said we had been *watching*
coverage on ABC. I don`t think so (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Oct 29, before 1300:
7970, fair at 1256
10300, good at 1259-1300*
12230, fair at 1258
13970, poor at 1256
14700, fair at 1257
15900, fair at 1257
16100, fair at 1257
After 1400:
17570, fair at 1413; meanwhile some signal talking on 17560, which I assume is
V. of Tibet via Madagascar, outwitting the ChiCom, by jumping back and forth
between the two (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [non]. 13640, I tuned in a bit too late to reconfirm R. Tirana on this
frequency erroneously before B-11 starts, Oct 29 at 1458, instead hearing CRI
English with Chinese lesson, 1500 into bilingual `Beyond Beijing`, and by 1501
heavy CCI from another station in Chinese-only.
CRI English via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN is A-11 scheduled on 13640 at 15-16,
but probably just turned on at *1457 with tail of previous hour. Then it`s RFA
Mandarin via TINIAN, also on 13640. The CRI broadcast serves to jam that.
Also heard Chinese on 13755 // weaker 13680; Cuba now off. These are listed in
Aoki only for CRI in Chinese via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN, so not doing jamming
duty there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. 17840, via Sines, PORTUGAL, good Oct 29 at 1415 with silly
ballgame in German, // fair 15330 via Woofferton, UK and not synchronized.
Well, we won`t have to bother with this nonsense any longer as this is the last
day for *any* German-language SW from DW.
One may find which other stations are still broadcasting in German via
http://www.addx.de/Hfpdat/plaene.php
Check the AM/DRM box only to get rid of all the satellite and internet
listings, but there is no way to get rid of the DRM and AM/MW, i.e. AM/SW only.
The list would get even shorter if one could sort out the gospel huxters. As of
Oct 29, still not showing B-11 info. We have previously found this source to be
unreliable for other languages, retaining outdated info even tho the current
date be autodisplayed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15540, Oct 28 at 1800 I could detect that the weak signal here was
not // 13650 as it had been the last few days, i.e. R. Kuwait in Arabic instead
of English. At 2005 the 15540 signal had axually improved to peaks of S9+10,
with Western rock music, typical of the RK English service. Finally at 2050
English ID, timecheck, fanfare and news headlines --- so the 18-21 English
service on 15540 is back! at least for now. But B-11 HFCC prolongs the fixion
that this is in Arabic, 150 kW, 310 degrees from Kabd to western Europe (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBYA [and non]. 11600, are the newbies at R. Libye still doing a French
service at 1600v-1800v? I never got much of a signal here, but Oct 29 at 1650
check there is absolutely no carrier audible, while I am getting stuff on
11610, probably RFA Saipan and/or jamming, and 11620, India in Russian via
Bengaluru (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA [and non]. 15160, Oct 29 at 1411 talk with QRM (jamming?) from 1 kHz
tone peaking 15159 and 15161 with BFO. Only scheduled here is RRI in Arabic via
Galbeni at 14-15. Maybe it`s another of those mystery tests, unheard for
several weeks now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 17745, Oct 29 at 1509, lots of African music, choral and
instrumental. It`s Sudan Radio Service, 1500-1657, 250 kW, 114 degrees from
Sines, PORTUGAL in last day of service before it is closed down and dismantled.
Thought I`d better listen as SRS may be hard to hear from now on. Past 1650,
almost all-music with occasional non-English announcements; one at 1511 was
about malaria, sounded non-Arabic. I suppose it is ``Sudanese``, as described
in Wikipedia:
``Sudanese Arabic is the most widely spoken language in the country. It is the
result of a mixing of Egyptian Arabic and Arabic from the Arabian peninsula
with local languages (El Rutana). This has resulted in a variety of Arabic that
is unique to Sudan, reflecting the way in which the country has been influenced
by both African and Arabian cultures``
Finally at 1637 an English announcement hard to understand but concluding with
Sudan Radio Service ID. Why is the EDC devoting all this airtime to music
instead of information?? We do enjoy the music.
B-11 HFCC shows that this transmission will continue where it is, merely
shifting site to Woofferton UK, 300 kW, 126 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SWEDEN [and non]. 28943-USB, Oct 29 at 1419, the 10m band is suddenly full
of SSB signals up to 29000. It takes a contest to get the band occupied,
previously vacant above 28600. I monitor this spot for a while, a YL saying
``SI3A`` fonetically over and over, presumably meaning that is her call hoping
some unknown station will answer. QRZ.com lists with her portrait:
SI3A
Liv Ulla (YL) Norrm?n
Logevaegen 3
SE-862 41 Njurunda
Sweden
At 1424 also heard SP4YPV, POLAND, and at 1458 EI2II, IRELAND (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 13635, Oct 29 still on at 1408, good signal with Turkish music. TRT
is supposed to close this frequency before 1300; getting slipshod at
season-end? In B-11, not scheduled at all here, instead 15350. The full
Turkish-language new sked per HFCC:
01-03 6000
05-07 9700, 9820
07-10 11925
07-13 15480
07-14 15350
14-17 11815
17-22 5980, 6120
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1588 monitoring: Saturday Oct 29 at 1509, can barely
recognize my voice on 9955 WRMI, weak signal, remnant pulse jamming, and CCI
from presumed YFR Russian via Taiwan. Further WRMI airings are: Sat 1730, Sun
0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 1130, 1530, 2130, Tue & Wed 1530.
On WTWW: UT Sunday 0400 on 5755
On WBCQ: UT Monday 0300v on Area 51 5110v-CUSB
On Hamburger Lokalradio: Tuesday 1030 on 5980 [now on winter time]
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:20:48 -0400
From: Albert Muick <[email protected]>
To: DXLD <[email protected]>, HCDX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 29 October 2011
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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GERMANY, AFN Europe, Weisskirchen, 873, f/d logo/towers e-QSL card in
less than 3 hours for English email report, V/s Glenn Wells, Frequency
Manager, AFN Europe. This station was heard via a remote receiver in
Northern Ireland. Mr. Wells states that the correct address for paper
reports is AFN Europe, Frequency Management, CMR 418, Unit 29405, APO AE
09058 USA. If you are happy with an eQSL, you may email him at
glenn.l.wells (at) us(dot)army(dot)mil and they will verify 100%. The
management there is enthused about receiving reports, and the eQSL is
quite nice!
TAHITI (FRENCH POLYNESIA), Radio Polynesie, Papeete, 738, date/freq
English letter in 535 days for French report and US $5.00 sent via
airmail, and follow-up report in French with 3 IRCs via registered mail
with return receipt. QSL received 45 days after follow-up report. This
station was heard on Kandahar Airfield Afghanistan, and is another APO
mail disappearance victim. V/s. Christophe Marquand, Directeur de
l'Antenna Radio. Mr. Marquand also returned my IRCs and sent his
business card and a very nice station ballpoint pen!
USA, KSM (Bolinas, CA) 16914, date only KSM Radiogram in 59 days for
English report via first class mail and US $2.00 return postage. This
is one of the Grande Belles of the utility coastal stations from back in
the day. They operate every Saturday, and you can find the schedule
under www.radiomarine.org and secure one of these QSLs for yourself!
V/s Paul Shinn, Maintenance. The QSL came from him at PO Box 175,
Valley Springs, CA 95252.
Anyone else remember the old "Nudie Cutie" card that Radio Tahiti used
to send out back in the 70's when they were on shortwave? My AFN Europe
QSL from the early 80's was a very drab drawn microphone card. They've
come a long way.
Snow is falling heavily here in Whitehall at the mo', and depending on
what source you listen to, we are expecting 3-10 inches. I refuse to
drive in it, so I have the entire weekend to just DX!
73
Al Muick
Whitehall PA USA
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:04:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: DXLD <[email protected]>, HCDX <[email protected]>,
Albert Muick <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 29 October
2011
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Al,
Yes, indeed, mine has been in my gallery:
http://www.w4uvh.net/tahiti.jpg
QSL reports are interesting but ``there`s something missing``, i.e. details of
the original reception, especially time? How did you manage to get Tahiti in
Afghanistan, with all the higher-power Asian stations on 738??
We think of Tahiti being way, way, distant, but it`s axually much closer to PA
(about 10 megameters) than to Kandahar (10 kilomiles). It`s about the same
distance in the other direxion from Tahiti to western/northern Europe as it is
to Afghanistan.
73, Glenn Hauser
--- On Sat, 10/29/11, Albert Muick <[email protected]>
wrote:
> TAHITI (FRENCH POLYNESIA),? Radio Polynesie, Papeete,
> 738, date/freq English letter in 535 days for French report
> and US $5.00 sent via airmail, and follow-up report in
> French with 3 IRCs via registered mail with return
> receipt.? QSL received 45 days after follow-up
> report.? This station was heard on Kandahar Airfield
> Afghanistan, and is another APO mail disappearance
> victim.? V/s. Christophe Marquand, Directeur de
> l'Antenna Radio.? Mr. Marquand also returned my IRCs
> and sent his business card and a very nice station ballpoint
> pen!
>
> Anyone else remember the old "Nudie Cutie" card that Radio
> Tahiti used to send out back in the 70's when they were on
> shortwave?? My AFN Europe QSL from the early 80's was a
> very drab drawn microphone card.? They've come a long
> way.
>
> 73
>
> Al Muick
> Whitehall PA? USA
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:23:04 -0400
From: Albert Muick <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: HCDX <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Re: QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 29
October 2011
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
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