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Today's Topics:
1. Liberia's ELWA burns to the ground (Zacharias Liangas )
2. Morse code far from extinct in shortwave community
(Zacharias Liangas )
3. WBAP 820 (Andree Bollin)
4. Re: Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 107, Issue 13 (Terry L. Krueger)
5. Re: Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 107, Issue 13 (Albert Muick)
6. Glenn Hauser logs November 12-13, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
7. Nov 13 Logs ([email protected])
8. DX Listening Digest 11-45; World of Radio 1590 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:14:25 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Liberia's ELWA burns to the ground
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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http://zliangas.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-post.html
Liberia's ELWA burns to the ground
http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/2011/11/liberias-elwa-burns-to-ground.html
from Shortwave Central by [email protected] (Gayle)
One of Liberia?s oldest radio stations has been destroyed again. The
Monrovia-based Eternal
Love Winning Africa (ELWA) burnt to the ground on Tuesday night. Lee Sonius
with HCJB
Global says, "They lost everything. I?ve already seen some pictures of the
building, and the
destruction was quite widespread. They lost all of their equipment, programmes,
and music."
The fire started around 9 pm local time. As to its cause, "The cause of the
fire has not been
completely determined yet, but it doesn?t look like it was due to an electrical
problem."
Several reports coming out of Liberia have been hinting at arson connected to
political
unrest.
After speaking with the station manager, Sonius explains: "The investigation is
leading more
toward the possibility that it was arson, or that it was intentionally set.
Because the run-off
election was yesterday, I asked him (the station manager) if he thought it
could have anything
to do with the election, and he said, `Well, I can?t rule that out.?"
The good news is that the transmitter was in a separate building and is
unharmed by the fire.
Sonius adds that "they actually had a small, emergency portable studio at the
site of the
transmitter. They are already back on the air in a temporary way."
Sonius was ELWA?s station manager in 1990 when civil war first destroyed the
facility. In
1996, radio ELWA was silenced again during renewed fighting. The staff, with
the help of
SIM, regrouped and rebuilt. Seven years later, HCJB came on board to help
provide most of
the resources for short-wave broadcasts from a unique transmitter and antenna,
which they
developed and installed.
The staff is shell-shocked, says Sonius. "I think the staff at this point must
be thinking, `Why
is all of this happening??" However, Sonius says they?ve come back from total
destruction
before. "We have seen their resilience in the past, and the ministry has been
going on. So I
would be very, very surprised if the staff doesn?t get behind rebuilding and
getting the Gospel
back on the air."
Their ministry journey together will continue, says Sonius. "HCJB definitely
wants to help, and
that?s why I called them this afternoon to just assure them of our intention to
help get them
back on the air. Obviously, they?ll need to rebuild, and they?ll need all the
studio equipment."
The radio station daily broadcast eight hours of English programming and one
and a half
hours of Liberian language programming. About three-quarters of the station?s
income come
from local listeners and churches. Both SIM and HCJB are raising funds to help.
(Source: Mission Network News/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)Standard rig :
ICOM
R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser
Please read and distribute this 15 year research article
http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e
Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd
________________________
http://zlgr.multiply.com (radio monitoring site plus audio clips ) MAIN SITE
http://www.delicious.com/gr_greek1/@zach (all mypages !!)
........
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
greekdx @ otenet dot gr ---
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:14:25 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Morse code far from extinct in shortwave community
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
http://zliangas.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-post.html
Morse code far from extinct in shortwave community
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Morse+code+from+extinct+shortwave+community/5703191
/story.html
Edmonton Journal November 13, 2011 2:07 AM
Re: "Morse code's dots and dashes fade into history; Wartime operators watch
language
dying," The Journal, Nov. 7.
The Journal's obituary to Morse code was a most interesting article, but I
disagree with the
conclusion that the code is a "dying language."
I have been a licensed amateur radio operator for many years; when I passed my
examinations, proficiency in sending and receiving the international telegraph
code at 18
words per minute was mandatory. Morse was only recently removed from the
amateur
exams, but the use of Morse code, and the amateur radio hobby as a whole, is
far from
extinct.
One has only to spin the dial on any shortwave radio to hear this "dying
language."
Hundreds of thousands of radio amateurs worldwide use Morse code on a daily
basis, and
proficiency in Morse is still a mark of special skill. Some novices transmit
slowly, while more
expert operators converse faster in code than is possible using the spoken word.
In emergencies, radio amateurs use Morse code to send vital messages when voice
communications are impossible because of poor reception or improvised
equipment. Often,
amateur radio operators have provided the first or the only communication with
devastated
areas when satellite links and cellphones may be knocked out.
It is true the day of the professional radio operator expert in Morse has been
overtaken by
technology. But, while I have the greatest respect for the veterans of the
Morse Telegraph
Club, I think it's slightly premature to bid adieu to either Morse code or
amateur radio. Both
will be with us for a good while yet.
James Dawe, Edmonton
? Copyright (c) The Edmonton JournalStandard rig : ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40
heads
Sennheiser
Please read and distribute this 15 year research article
http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e
Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd
________________________
http://zlgr.multiply.com (radio monitoring site plus audio clips ) MAIN SITE
http://www.delicious.com/gr_greek1/@zach (all mypages !!)
........
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
greekdx @ otenet dot gr ---
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:15:50 +0100
From: Andree Bollin <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] WBAP 820
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed
hi
has anybody a working email for the tecnic department or chief engineer?
73
ABo
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:37:17 -0500
From: "Terry L. Krueger" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 107, Issue 13
Message-ID: <003e01cca233$46c13240$d44396c0$@net>
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Awesome logs!
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:01:30 -0500
> From: Robert Wilkner <[email protected]>
> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
> Subject: [HCDX] South Florida Logs
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:59:48 -0500
From: Albert Muick <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 107, Issue 13
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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I think I know what's happening here. The other week, all of my
messages were coming through as blanks also.
It seems that HCDX no longer converts richt text to plain text and
simply strips everything out that is rich text. I kinda sorta remember
that my things always went through before and were converted to plain text.
As soon as I started posting everything as plain text, my posts started
going through again.
LFMF = Learn From My Fail
73,
Al Muick
Whitehall PA USA
On 11/13/2011 13:37, Terry L. Krueger wrote:
> Awesome logs!
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>> Message: 7
>> Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:01:30 -0500
>> From: Robert Wilkner<[email protected]>
>> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
>> Subject: [HCDX] South Florida Logs
>> Message-ID:<[email protected]>
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:03:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 12-13, 2011
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** CHINA. Firedrake Nov 13, before 1400:
10300, Chinese talk very poor at 1354, NO FD, so really Sound of Hope?
12230, FD good at 1356; no time to find others before 1400
After 1400:
17570, good at 1416 vs V. of Tibet via Madagascar on today`s frequency
Before 1500:
18200, very good with flutter at 1445; none in the 17s, 16s, 15s, 14s
13970, good at 1448
12670, very good at 1449
12600, fair at 1449; none in the 11s
10300, good at 1450
9315, good at 1451, // 12600 etc.; none in the 8s, 7s. 9315 is an unusual
spot, vs what? VOA in Tibetan via Thailand at 14-15. Not CNR1 jamming today
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RHC has made further schedule adjustments as of Nov 13 --- not Oct 30
when the rest of the world did; not Nov 6 when much of its audience in NAm did,
not Nov 7 when RHC started new frequencies, so we are now into two Weeks of
Confusion. Basically, Spanish morning service has been extended an hour until
1600, and programming within moved one hour later too. We don`t yet know
whether this also apply to afternoons and evenings, and whether they are still
starting at *1100.
9540 as a new unlisted frequency for RHC turns out not so good a choice, since
on Sundays WHRI is blasting it away with gospel huxter`s Bible study at 1346.
In fact, I can`t even hear the weak RHC signal under it. Arnie should have
noticed in HFCC that WHRI is on 9540 Sundays only at 13-14. Afterwards, at
1403, RHC 9540 can be heard, but the much stronger new // 9850 is now off, tho
it had been on at 1347.
At 1408, I find RHC again on 13750, which is a remnant of the long-gone
Sunday-only `Al?, Presidente` service for Venezuela. I wonder if RHC was also
on 13750 before 1400 when VOA Spanish was using it; the two collided on Monday
Nov 7, but since then, RHC had avoided 13750. Also on // 13670 and 13780.
This caused me to look for spurious leapfrog mixing products on new spots.
13810 had an S9+12 carrier, of 13750 leaping over 13780 another 30 kHz higher.
This of course will only happen when those two fundamentals are both on, like
Sundays. But 13810 modulation is just-barely. I have also been expecting one on
13890, i.e. 13670 leaping over 13780 another 110 kHz higher, and think I barely
detect it now vs local cable DTV converter box bubble-jamming. Can`t hear one
on 13830 yet, which would be 13670 leaping over 13750 another 80 kHz higher.
These fundamentals are very strong and synchronized from same site.
Last week, EC was still on at 1335, but this Sunday at 1347 on 9850 I am
instead hearing an `As? es mi Tierra` interview with a Puerto Rican lamenting
inroads of English words into the Spanish language there. But 1352 on to folk
music in `Cuba Campesina` so I assume AEMT was just a segment inside CC, which
used to be aired circa 1230 on Sundays. 1411 RHC mailbag, formerly an hour
earlier.
No, checking the non-updated programming page we find they had been:
12:25 UTC Domingo As? es mi tierra
12:33 UTC Domingo Cuba Campesina
13:00 UTC Domingo Noticiero
13:10 UTC Domingo Amigos de Cuba
13:30 UTC Domingo Bolet?n
13:35 UTC Domingo En Contacto
13:50 UTC Domingo En Compa??a del Doctor
14:00 UTC Domingo Noticiero
14:10 UTC Domingo El Mundo de la Filatelia
14:30 UTC Domingo Bolet?n
14:35 UTC Domingo La Cultura en Cuba
14:53 UTC Domingo Bolet?n Resumen de la Ma?ana
So will `En Contacto` be at 1435 now? Yes! Confirmed starting then on 13750,
13670, 13780, 11840, 11760, 15380, under CRI on 15230, and an echo apart on
weaker signals from RHC`s other site on 11750, 11690, 9540. Manolo opens by
greeting ``amigos de la onda corta``, not to be confused with the title of the
no longer competing REE show (much like the phrase ``world of radio`` being
used by anyone but gh).
Usual first item was happy-birthdays, this time to one listener and one staffer
(the latter female without specifying her age); then an essay about the
threatened status of SW broadcasting written by Juan Franco Crespo, Spain, and
read by Antonio G?mez, the clippery RHC staff announcer. Ended at 1450, then
the ex-1350 show `En Compa??a del Doctor`.
So DX program `En Contacto` has been moved one UT hour later on Sundays; is
this deliberately to escape the time conflict with Spain`s DX program `Amigos
de la Onda Corta` which one biweek ago shifted from 1232 to 1332 UT on its
several frequencies? If so, brought all the others with it.
1500 promo ``Nuestro Caribe`` mentioning a bunch of countries within and
bordering, ``por un comercio justo``. No frequency announcement at this
hourtop, nor as now expected, any sign-off. Instead, 1501 news sounder and
news. 1514 starting `Mundo de la Filat?lia` also latened one hour. Rechecking
frequencies still on now instead of 1500* --- 15380, 15230, 13780, 13750,
13670, 11840, 11760, 11750, 11690(? too weak vs RTTY), 9540.
I did not monitor every single program segment for new timings, but at 1539,
11760 is bearing `La Cultura en Cuba`, ex-1435. So what happens at 1600 now?
RHC ID, but cut off abruptly before any frequency announcement or sign-off,
affecting all the 13 and 11 MHz frequencies. 13670 went off first, while 13780
and 13750 kept open carrier past 1601.
The weekly Esperanto broadcast at 1500 Sundays on 11760 only was replaced by
Spanish, so would it now be at 1600 instead? 11760 did stay on, but at 1602
resumed Spanish, 1603 suddenly cut to Esperanto, mentioning `nova horo`, but
reception too poor to copy details, now with added ACI from Chinese on 11765
(where HFCC shows only Spain in Arabic! But, oui mes ami, you guessed it, Aoki
shows 11765 at 16-17 as jammed Sound of Hope 100 kW from Taiwan; Commies vs
Commies).
Has the RHC Esperanto site been updated to reveal this? Of course not!
Still shown at the slow-loading
http://www.radiohc.cu/eo/interesaoj/frekvencoj.html
``Norte, Centro y Suram?rica 11760 Khz 25 15 - 15:30 UTC
San Francisco 6010 Khz 49 7 - 7:30 UTC
Suram?rica 15370 Khz 19 22:30 - 23 UTC``
BTW, last March, Esperanto briefly switched to 1600 UT, but then went back to
1500 once Cuba changed to DST.
Also, at 1910 UT Nov 13, the RHC Spanish frequency page is not accessible, so
maybe is finally being updated?
Yes, further changes are afoot. At 1927, no RHC English on 11760 any more;
instead AWR with no QRM. Will RHC English shift back to 2000 on 11760, or
somewhere else? I`m already late in finishing and dispatching this report. One
final check at 2000: nothing from RHC on 11760 after AWR is finished and
opening on 11755 instead.
13640 at 1927 Nov 13 has big RHC open carrier, overriding but heavy QRM from
India, and still so as RHC is opening French to Europe at 1932. So 13640 is an
awful choice for RHC to reach Europe, with India already there at 1730-2030,
500 kW, 300 degrees from Bengaluru to Europe, and also in French starting at
1945! Way to go, RHC frequency mis-manager and jamming advocate Prof. Arnaldo
de Jes?s Coro Antich, CO2KK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 15080, Nov 13 at 1413, M&W in very distorted talk, scheduled only as
R. Cairo Arabic from Abis at 13-16; so what else is new? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [and non]. 17620, Sunday Nov 13 at 1417, Spanish interview about
medical matters, voice-overing French comments --- and nothing on 17690, where
RFI Spanish at 1400-1430 is still supposedly scheduled via GUIANA FRENCH. 17620
is nominally amid a long French-only transmission direct from Issoudun. Mistake
in program feed, site, frequency, or a real intentional change? On voudrait
savoir (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [non]. Radio Waves International 28th anniversary special broadcast
via a legal transmitter, Sitkunai, LITHUANIA, UT Sunday Nov 13 at 0200-0400 was
originally scheduled for 7420, before they realized that R. Tirana had just
started using this frequency for English to North America at 0230-0300.
Sigitas Zilionis asked R. Tirana not to use 7420, but R. Tirana refused, and I
suggested ZRC use 7415 instead, which after all, is appropriately an ex-pirate
frequency in NAm, and now also vacated by WBCQ. And so they did. When nothing
was on the air at 0159 and 0200, I wondered what happened, until:
*0201:20 cut on the air joining music in progress, song apparently titled
``Radio Waves``; 0203 sign-on in English, and country music. 0210 liner as
``WCS, the oldie (only?) way for good music``. Several variations of this were
heard later, but what is WCS, a faux-American callsign? SINPO 45444, and this
very good signal held up for the entire bihour. Seems to have been a big
success, with reports like that I have seen from all over North America.
0219 outro a song from `73-`74, mentions 100 kW, 28 years. (Did they ever
acknowledge the transmitter was in Lithuania??) At *0229 I could hear a 5 kHz
het start from Tirana, but no problem separating the two. Nor was there any ACI
from 7410, which bothered Wolfgang B?schel inside Europe. Mostly music,
alternating French and English segments, country music and other music. 0304
RWI ID; 0323 ``Bette Davis Eyes``; 0327 address in English, ID in French,
``WCS`` again. 0343 song in French about ``Radios libres . . . Radio Ca-Ca``;
sounds nasty. 0345, ``Radio Waves is where you heard the great country music``
by over-acting announcer. Past tense, but country music was next again.
0353 ``WCS World and Radio Waves International,`` address B.P. 130, 92504 Rueil
Cedex, France, Europe (I confirmed this on website). 0354, ``From Nashville,
USA --- ``. 0359 outro by someguy with exaggerated West Texas accent,
acknowledging ``the best damn DJs in the whole world``, i.e. the Terrible Twins
of RWI; No formal sign off, but 0400 open carrier, then a few bars of music and
off the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 15050, Sunday Nov 13 at 1412, AIR Sinhala service from Delhi
(Khampur) site per Aoki, is back in AM mode today, tho Jose Jacob in Hyderabad
expected this to stay in DRM from now on. So once again we can enjoy some
music, altho at 1423 it was autotuned rap (in Sinhala or Hindi?), hardly our
favorite style.
BTW, as of Nov 11, HFCC B-11 still lacks *any* registrations from India. What`s
with that, they forgot, or boycott? Expect further collisions like the one
barely headed off from KBC Radio, on 7590 instead of first planned 7550, whose
own DRM test via Armenia Nov 12 at 1800 was a bust anyway. See also CUBA!
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PRIDNESTROVYE. 9895, Nov 13 at 0624, the `Kichinov` relay of RNW in Dutch
still has a big hum on it. We`ve heard that RNW is aware of this, so why do
they put up with it? Other relays on 9865 and 9830 are OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA [and non]. 15170, Nov 13 at 1427 surprised to hear a bit of ``Land
Down Under`` by Men At Work, since that song is seldom heard following loss of
a plagiarism lawsuit in Australia. Spain via Costa Rica and RRI are as usual
mixing here, so am not sure which station this came from, but RRI seems more
likely with its eclectic music format (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [non]. 9765, Sunday Nov 13 at 1353, REE via COSTA RICA, ending `Amigos
de la Onda Corta` still starting circa 1332; mixing with CCI in English, i.e.
CRI via Xi`an at 13-15. At 1355 I tuned across 11910, also hearing REE, rougher
modulation, closing this frequency to Filipinas, among others, and 11910 is via
Beijing, CHINA site! So having a relay deal with the ChiCom hardly guarantees
you a clear frequency anywhere else vs China`s excessive SW usage (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CUBA; ROMANIA
** SUDAN [and non]. 15535, Nov 13 at 1541, unID talk with continuous 1 kHz tone
(not an offset het, as with BFO can be pinned on 15534 and 15536). Mix with
another mystery test? No, the other explanation, just like we used to hear on
13620, tone jamming against R. Dabanga in A-11 around 0500. Now scheduled on
15535 at 1530-1627 is R. Dabanga, 500 kW, 150 degrees via Wertachtal, GERMANY.
We`ve yet to notice any jamming on the 0430-0557 Dabanga broadcast on 7315 via
France (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 6875, Nov 13 at 0616, RTI via WYFR still in German,
voice-overing Chinese QRM, instead of scheduled Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 5845, Nov 13 at 1329, weak B-B-C- chimes, 1330 opening in unknown
language, listed as Bengali, 325 degrees from THAILAND.
5875 and 5975, Nov 13 at 1455 BBCWS in English still audible on 50+ metres, but
NOT //. 5975 also has beep-hets every few sex from on-and-off carrier on 5974,
spaced 2.5-5.0-2.5-5.0 seconds apart, etc., why? 5975 was playing a clip from
R. Peking. 5975 is SINGAPORE, 5875 is THAILAND. IIRC, in a previous hour they
were indeed parallel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7811.0-USB, Nov 12 at 0635, (overlooked it for my previous report),
music instead of talk. Surely it`s AFN, but plugged into some alternative
program stream instead of the usual news/talk one. This type of music with wide
dynamic range and heavy beat is hardly suitable for SSB.
Still on techno(?) music feed next day Nov 13 at 0612, and also at 1407, when
BTW, 12133.5 was absent while IBB Vietnamese via Sri Lanka was unimpeded on
12130 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WTWW-2 transmission but not program test took place as scheduled Nov
12-13:
9990 carrier on at *2159, 2200 very distorted musical modulation, brief break
in transmission, back on still distorted overmodulation, splattering 9940-10030
or so, and then even audible between 9850 and 10120. 2206 ID and more music.
2209 Ted Randall with live announcement, asking for calls to 615-543-9520 or to
[email protected] Said something about the computer going crazy in
playing back music atop music. The spurs continue and at 2229 I find peaks
circa 9977, 10003, somewhat weaker at further out multiples of approx. 13 kHz,
i.e. 9964, 10016, 10029, 10042 and even to 10120 in the ham band and as low as
9850.
Ted was taking phone calls, not quick but long ones, including at 2234 from
KC5FM in OK, and they mention gh and WOR, how our program is for the
aficionado, not general audience. 2322 still spurs covering 9900 to 10050+ at
least. For roughly an hour around 2330-2430, ARRL PR man was on the phone with
one long commercial for ham radio.
Meanwhile, made frequency change a few minutes after 0000 to 5085.
Unfortunately, this too had spur field peaking at 13 kHz intervals, notably
5072 vs WWCR 5070, and 5111 vs WBCQ 5110v. Next caller for half a sesquihour
from 0030 or so was Rod Hembree, visiting AZ, currently buying 23/7 on WBCQ
9330, and my ears glazed over as he started proselytizing.
At 0200, WWCR and WBCQ were off, so the WTWW spurs were clearly audible circa
5072, 5098, also 5059, 5111, 5124. (After 0200 we were distracted by the Radio
Waves International pirate special from FRANCE q.v. via Lithuania on 7415,
trying to monitor both on two receivers.)
At 0238 UT Nov 13, noticed that owner George McClintock himself was phoning in
from the site on 5085, explaining propagation basics, history and legalities of
SWBC in the USA. The entire show was mostly talk from phone calls, with only
brief musical breaks, most of which were requests. As expected, most of the
callers were licensed hams, following an advance publicity barrage via ARRL,
QRZ.com et al. And most of the discussion prompted by Ted was about ham radio,
rather than shortwave broadcasting. Wrapped up at 0400, brief open carrier and
off.
The spurs are a big problem which must be fixed before WTWW-2 begins regular
service. This came from Bruce Portzer in Washington state:
``I'm listening in Seattle and receiving strong spurs on 9977.238 and 10002.762
kHz, the latter dangerously close to WWV. Has anyone else noticed them? Bruce``
The spurs were also monitored and measured as far away as Germany by Wolfgang
B?schel:
``Spurious splatter signals noted here on remote SDR receivers in Northern
Germany, Netherlands, east London-UK, as well as on N1ZZN Hanson-MA-USA remote
SDR site:
9934-9941 kHz, two peaks at 9938.665 and 9938.980
9960-9967 peak at 9964.480
9974-9981 peak at 9977.243
10001-10007 peak at 10002.760
10013-10018 peak at 10015.516
10027-10029 peak at 10028.273.
5085, WTWW 2 Testing, 0130 UT, Nov 13. Still spurious noted also here in
Germany. 5059.490 5072.240 5097.8-Codar covered, 5110.530 next to WBCQ
5109.73-usb and 700 Hertz heterodyne, faint 5123.26 kHz. 73 wolfgang df5sx
germany``
Altho I was not listening to every minute of the 6-hour test, I never heard any
reference on the air to the spur problem. Callers merely reported how strong
the signal was in various places (except 5085 was not making it well to
California at first).
George McClintock replies: ``Glenn, The spectrum analyzer does not show any of
these problems, however I can now look at these specific reports this week. I
will also re neutralize the transmitter again and check it out on the
spect.analy. All of these reports cannot be radiated from this transmitter. If
one or two are correct, they will be addressed. Thanks for sending these
reports to me. Hope to check and figure these reports out this week. George
Mc`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7465, UT Sunday Nov 13 at 0402, `DXing with Cumbre` is in progress on
WHRI, so this is the only confirmed DWC broadcast so far in B-11 that is really
on shortwave, not just the online schedule of WHR. Kept same UT as last week
during DST so no longer on at same hour as WORLD OF RADIO on WTWW, 5755, now
shifted to 0500.
WHRI keeps polluting the entire 13m band when it operates a filthy demented
transmitter upon it: Once again Nov 13 at 1411, the gospel huxter on
fundamental 21600 is spurring and splattering out to 21400 and 21950; worse
during music, and closer to 21600, plenty to make legitimate broadcasters on
21505, 21540, 21560, 21610 unlistenable. Am I the only one who notices or
cares? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1590 monitoring: Confirmed on WTWW 5755, at 0500 UT
Sunday Nov 13, ex-0400. And the modulation breakup has been fixed; George says
the problem was in the WTWW computer which just needed rebooting.
Other airings: on WRMI 9955, Sunday 1630, 1830, Monday 1230, 1630, 2230,
Tuesday & Wednesday 1630. On WBCQ Area 51, UT Monday 0400v on 5110v-CUSB. On
WRN via SiriusXM channel 120: Sunday 1830. On Hamburger Lokalradio, Germany,
5980, Tuesday 1030. Complete schedule including webcasts at
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX ISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 11760, looking for RHC whose first English broadcast is now
missing from 1900-2000 [see CUBA], Nov 13 at 1927 instead is ME-sounding music,
1928 switching to suspiciously Christian tune, 1930 AWR IDs in English,,
French, German, Italian, 1931 back to English to introduce program in
Tachelhit, which is in Aoki as 100 kW, 210 degrees from Wertachtal, GERMANY,
daily at 1930-2000. At 2000, reopening on 11755 instead with listed French via
South Africa, as 11750 in Ibo had just ended (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** VATICAN [non non and non]. 7250, Nov 13 at 0609, poor signal from VR in
English, but again a split second ahead of much stronger // 6075. It`s hard to
be sure with weak signal and noise, but 7250 seems to be more USB than LSB,
along with reduced carrier. I was standing by for the site change to SMG: at
*0628:21 much stronger 250 kW carrier comes on with outro of English semi-hour,
and overlapping audio for a few sex. Can`t tell when Vatican Gardens 10 kW
transmitter is turned off. Then bells, 0630 introducing mass with European
multilingual comments, starting with French, Spanish, English, Romanian (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:15:47 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Nov 13 Logs
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** FRANCE [non]. via LITHUANIA. 9895, RWI - Radio Waves International,
1525-1528*, pop mx. IDs. Address. Poor to fair. Nov 13. (Brian Alexander,
PA)
** LIBYA. 11600, Radio T?l?vision Libye, 1733-1802*, French talk. Many
music bridges of ?Douce France? song. Lite classical music. IDs as Radio
T?l?vision Libye and Radio Libye. Fair. Nov 13. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:43:01 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] DX Listening Digest 11-45; World of Radio 1590
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
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DX Listening Digest 11-45 has now been posted at http://dxld.org
or http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt or http://dxld.worldofradio.org
and now also without delay at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1145.txt
[as sometimes happens, upload of this edition as dxlatest has not been
immediate, but has been immediate at the dxld1145.txt link above]
CONTENTS:
WOR 1590 / ALBANIA +non / ALGERIA / ANGOLA / ANTARCTICA +non / ARGENTINA /
AZERBAIJAN / BAHRAIN / BANGLADESH / BELARUS / BOLIVIA / BOSNIA / BOTSWANA /
BRAZIL / BULGARIA DRM / BURKINA FASO / BURMA non / CAMBODIA non / CANADA CFVP /
CANADA +non KBS / CANADA CFRX / CANADA CKZU / CANADA VOV / CANADA CBCNQ /
CANADA +non CRI / CHILE / CHINA +non / COLOMBIA / CONGO / CONGO DR +non / COSTA
RICA / CUBA +non / CYPRUS / DIEGO GARCIA / DJIBOUTI / EAST TURKISTAN / ECUADOR
/ ERITREA +non / ETHIOPIA +non / EUROPE Pirates / FINLAND / FRANCE +non /
GERMANY +non / GREECE B11 / GUAM / GUATEMALA / INDIA +non DRM+ / INDONESIA /
INTERNATIONAL INTERNET SHR / IRAN +non / ISRAEL / ITALY +non / JAPAN +non /
KALININGRAD DRM / KASHMIR non / KOREA NORTH +non / KOREA SOUTH +non B11 /
KURDISTAN / KUWAIT +non / LAOS / LIBERIA / LIBYA +non / LITHUANIA B11 /
LUXEMBOURG non / MADAGASCAR / MALAWI / MALAYSIA / MALI / MAURITANIA +non /
MEXICO / MICRONESIA / MONACO non / MONGOLIA / MYANMAR /
NETHERLANDS non / NEWFOUNDLAND / NEW ZEALAND / NIGER / NIGERIA / NORTH AMERICA
Pirates / OKLAHOMA KOSU / OKLAHOMA KGYN / OKLAHOMA KXOK / OMAN / PAKISTAN /
PAPUA NEW GUINEA / PERU / PHILIPPINES / POLAND non / PORTUGAL / PRIDNESTROVYE
B11 / ROMANIA / RUSSIA +non B11+ / SAUDI ARABIA / SCOTLAND / SINGAPORE /
SLOVENIA / SOLOMON ISLANDS / SOMALIA non / SOUTH AFRICA / SPAIN +non B11 / SRI
LANKA / SUDAN +non / SWAZILAND / SWITZERLAND +non / SYRIA / TAIWAN / TAJIKISTAN
/ THAILAND +non / TIBET +non / TURKEY B11 / UGANDA non / UKRAINE / UAE / UK BBC
/ UK +non BBCWS / UK RAF / USA BBG/IBB+ / USA +non VOA B11 / USA non RL / USA
WWV / USA WBAP/KSCS/KOA / USA WOR/WBCQ/WTWW/WRMI/WWRB+ / USA +non WRMI+ / USA
WBCQ+ / USA +non WTWW / USA WINB / USA WEWN / USA KJES / USA non AWR / USA +non
WWCR / USA +non WHRI / USA non PAB / USA +non WYFR B11 / USA KTNN / USA KBRT /
USA WUTT / USA KDZA / USA KRSN / URUGUAY / UZBEKISTAN / VANUATU / VATICAN +non
/ VIETNAM +non B11 / WESTERN
SAHARA non / ZAMBIA +non / ZIMBABWE +non / UNIDENTIFIED TP carriers /
UNIDENTIFIED non 1210 / UNIDENTIFIED non 1509 / UNIDENTIFIED 1710 /
UNIDENTIFIED non 5001 / UNIDENTIFIED 6075 / UNIDENTIFIED 6190 / UNIDENTIFIED
non 6270 / UNIDENTIFIED non 7505 / UNIDENTIFIED 9570 / UNIDENTIFIED 14439 /
UNIDENTIFIED 15009 / UNIDENTIFIED 15180 / UNIDENTIFIED 15721 / UNIDENTIFIED
17555-17575/17730/18420-18435-18445/21480 / UNIDENTIFIED 17810 / UNIDENTIFIED
17861 / TESTIMONIALS / PUBLICATIONS / WORLD OF HOROLOGY / LANGUAGE LESSONS /
TINY TRAP / DX-PEDITIONS / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM /
PROPAGATION
For restrixions and searchable 2011 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but
have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn
WORLD OF RADIO 1590 HEADLINES:
*DX and station news about: Albania, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil,
Burkina Faso, Canada, Cuba, France and non, Guam, India, Indonesia,
Iran, Korea, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mauritania,
Micronesia, Netherlands non, Poland non, Russia, Sudan non, Syria,
Taiwan non, Thailand, Uganda non, USA
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1590, November 10-17, 2011
[all times are now unshifted; strictly UT]
Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [repeated 1589 this week]
Thu 1600 WRMI 9955 [repeated 1589 this week]
Thu 2200 WRMI 9955
Thu 2200 WTWW 9479 [confirmed]
Thu 2230 WBCQ 7490 [confirmed]
Fri 0430 WWRB 3195 and 5051 [confirmed]
Fri 0600 WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
Fri 1530 WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
Sat 0900 WRMI 9955
Sat 1600 WRMI 9955
Sat 1830 WRMI 9955
Sun 0500 WTWW 5755 [confirmed]
Sun 0900 WRMI 9955
Sun 1630 WRMI 9955
Sun 1830 WRMI 9955
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB [confirmed]
Mon 1230 WRMI 9955
Mon 1630 WRMI 9955
Mon 2230 WRMI 9955
Tue 1030 HLR 5980 Hamburger Lokal Radio
Tue 1630 WRMI 9955
Wed 1630 WRMI 9955
Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite
and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or
http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org
For updates see our Anomaly Alert page:
http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html
WRN ON DEMAND:
http://193.42.152.193/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24
WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN:
http://www.wrn.org/wrn-listeners/world-of-radio/
http://www.wrn.org/listeners/world-of-radio/rss/09:00:00UTC/English/541
OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO:
http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
or http://wor.worldofradio.org
Best DX wishes, Glenn Hauser
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 107, Issue 14
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