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Today's Topics:
1. Shortwave pirate radio preserved at the Internet Archive
(Zacharias Liangas )
2. BBG Cites Record Audiences (Zacharias Liangas )
3. Glenn Hauser logs November 17, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
4. Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA (Stewart MacKenzie)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:17:46 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Shortwave pirate radio preserved at the Internet
Archive
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look at my shack !
http://zlgr.multiply.com/photos/album/28
Shortwave pirate radio preserved at the Internet Archive
http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2011/11/16/shortwave-pirate-radio-preserved-at-the-internet-
archive/
Posted on November 16, 2011 by Paul Riismandel
Jason Scott is an archivist and historian of computer and internet history
behind such great
projects as textfiles.com, which preserves the wonders of the pre-web internet,
as well as
documentaries on pre-internet BBSs (bulletin-board systems) and text adventure
games.
Appropriately enough, he now works at the Internet Archive, and while catching
up on his
blog I came upon a post about a collection of shortwave pirate radio recordings
hosted at the
archive.
If radio tends to be an ephemeral medium, then shortwave pirate radio is
especially
ephemeral, heard by a very small audience, even if it is scattered across the
globe.
Shortwave pirate listeners tend to be dedicated, and recording airchecks is
often part of the
hobby. However, it?s one thing to record a shortwave pirate broadcast, and a
whole other
thing to catalog and preserve it. Luckily for us an enthusiast who goes by the
name Sealord
did just that, and then digitized the recordings and uploaded them to share.
Radio Metallica Worldwide QSL card
The collection spans the mid-90s through to September 2011. I was pleased to
find a couple
of recordings from a station that called itself Radio Metallica Worldwide,
which broadcast in
the late 90s and mid-2000s. I remember this station well because it transmitted
with a
tremendous amount of power for a pirate and could be heard very clearly across
most of
North America. Back in 1996 and 1997, in my little apartment in Champaign,
Illinois, I listened
to the station many times on my Radio Shack Patrolman SW-60 radio that I?d had
since I was
a kid. Only with lots of effort and patience was I able to pick up any other
pirate stations with
that rig. But Radio Metallica Worldwide came in loud and clear (for shortwave,
that is). In the
October 26, 1997 recording the proprietor, Dr. Tornado, brags of using "10,000
watts of pure
awesome audio power." If true that would outclass most pirates by a factor of
100 or so. The
station was so infamous that it merited an entry in Andrew Yoder?s 2001 book on
Pirate
Radio listening.
There?s plenty of interesting listening to be found, even if shortwave pirates
tend to be
unimaginative music programmers, too often falling back on tired classic and
hard rock tunes
that don?t fall too far afield of FM radio standards. And there have been
archives of shortwave
pirate recordings on the web pretty much since uploading audio to the internet
became
practical in the 1990s. In fact, I?m pretty sure I heard my first shortwave
pirate programs on
the internet (in RealAudio!), which then spurred me to try tuning in the
broadcasts on the
airwaves.
Listening to these recordings only makes me wish there were a similar
collection of FM and
AM pirates.
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One Response to Shortwave pirate radio preserved at the Internet Archive
1.
Tim says:
November 16, 2011 at 4:02 PM
"shortwave pirates tend to be unimaginative music programmers" << You
have to be
kidding, right? Some of the most imaginative music that I've ever come across
has been via
shortwave pirate radio since I began listening in the 1980s. It has been a big
influence on me
and has turned me on to many artists that were previously unfamiliar to me.
Long live pirate
radio, and the music.
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: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:17:46 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] BBG Cites Record Audiences
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look at my shack !
http://zlgr.multiply.com/photos/album/28
BBG Cites Record Audiences
http://www.rwonline.com/article/bbg-cites-record-audiences/24833
Radio remains the medium with the largest reach among those used by the
Broadcasting
Board of Governors. U.S. government-funded radio signals (shortwave, FM and AM)
reach
106 million people per week.
That?s among findings in a BBG report about the reach of Uncle Sam?s broadcast
entities.
Its TV audience has grown to 97 million; its Internet audience stands at 10
million, with large
gains in Iraq, Russia, Indonesia, Egypt and Iran.
Overall, BBG broadcasters "reached an estimated 187 million people every week
in 2011, an
increase of 22 million from last year?s figure," said the BBG.
Chairman Walter Isaacson made the announcement, saying Voice of America, Radio
Free
Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio and TV Marti', Radio Free Asia and the Middle East
Broadcasting Networks (Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa) are reaching audiences
"through
traditional and social media alike."
BBG issued audience numbers in a Performance and Accountability Report.
It found "significant audience increases" in Afghanistan, where it says RFE/RL
and VOA
jointly reach 75% of adults each week; in Egypt, where Alhurra TV "doubled its
weekly
audience to 15% in tandem with the Arab Spring"; and in Indonesia, where BBG
said VOA
has pursued an aggressive affiliate strategy.
"Audiences in many other strategically relevant countries held strong. In
Nigeria, VOA retains
its position as a news source of record with 23 million weekly listeners. In
Burma, VOA and
RFA reach 26% and 24% of adults, respectively, amounting to a weekly audience
of 10
million.
"Audience declines took place notably in Iran, where the government continues
aggressive
jamming of every BBG transmission platform, including satellite uplink jamming;
and
Pakistan, where the media market is increasingly fragmented and use of radio is
declining."
The accompanying chart lists the largest weekly audiences by country for U.S.
International
Broadcasting.
(phto with audiences not shown )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: 3
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:51:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 17, 2011
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** ANTARCTICA. 15476, Nov 17 is another Thursday, so another serious search for
LRA36 is in order during reported 13-15 UT schedule: at 1337 I get a JBA
carrier not on 15476 but on approx. 15474.2 and wobbling slightly, due to
Doppler or instability? 1340 bothered by `Amazing Grace` on bagpipes from
15480! Still JBA at 1346, 1356. On a previous Thursday we had another JBA
carrier around 15475 instead of 15476, so suspect LRA36 is drifting --- if
that`s what it is. It would be nice to have some confirmation from S American
monitors. Have checked other weekdays and not heard any such carriers between
15470 and 15480 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1591, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Nov 17, before 1400:
9200, poor at 1330; replaced maybe 10300, no longer heard?
9350, good at 1330; vs IBB Tibetan via Tajikistan at 11-14
16700, good at 1355; none in the 17s, 15s, 14s, 13s, 12s, 11s, 10s, 8s or 7s
before 1400
18180, poor at 1352, with colloquial Spanish 2-way QRM from 18182-USB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 5980, Nov 17 at 0705, R. Mart? overnight frequency has just
started, now in a drama, and no jamming! Well, barely bubbling underneath if I
strain to hear it in pauses; totally unlike 6030 RM which has wall-of-noise
jamming.
5955, Nov 17 at 0706, moderate jamming is still running here, despite R.
Rep?blica/ELCOR long gone, and instead interfering with something in Dutch,
what else but RNW, which at 0700 had moved from Vatican to Nauen, GERMANY site.
9955, might as well check for jamming here too: at 0708, no, not at the moment,
WRMI poor but clear with R. Prague in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 7220, Nov 17 at 0702, some national anthem, 0703 Korean;
nothing in HFCC at this time, but I bet it`s V. of Korea, an outlaw nation
which refuses to cooperate in HFCC --- Aoki shows really R. P`yongyang service
opening at 0700, 200 kW non-direxional.
9975, Nov 17 at 0707, choral music of the NK ilk: sure enough, Aoki shows V. of
Korea Russian service, 200 kW, 28 degrees also USward.
7580, Nov 17 at 0721, militaristic choral music also NK ilk, 0722 YL narrating
in slow Japanese, poor signal. 200 kW, 109 from Kujang; another one opening at
0700 I normally miss (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 21540, Nov 17 at 1350, R. Kuwait is still here instead of registered
21520, and still colliding with Spain on 21540, i.e. in Basque vs Arabic. Maybe
I`ll only report this once a week as B-11 progresses (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15120, Nov 17 at 0715, VON in French with hum, peaking S9+8, during
interview, with more distortion on the studio mike than someone on the phone.
I wish I weren`t awake this late, but since I am, might as well check WWV 2500
at 0718: SF 142, A 4, K at 06 was 1; no; no (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 9445-9450-9455, Nov 17 at 0710 DRM noise; the odds are that it is
another half-hour broadcast from RRI, which they spread all over the spectrum:
yes, HFCC shows 0700-0730 in German, 300 kW (really, in DRM??), 307 degrees to
northwestern CIRAF 28 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 7320, Nov 17 at 0700, timesignal is 3 seconds late compared to WWV
at 0701! Can`t blame RWM either since previously we have found it tightly
synchronized, i.e. accurate, with WWV 4 kHz away. Then R. Rossii ID. Good
signal but some hum; is regular now from Magadan in eastern Siberia already
audible here hours earlier in winter. HFCC shows it on the air 17-13, 100 kW 45
degrees from `Okhotsk`, but it`s much closer to Magadan at a place really
called Arman. (Just in case someone will be fooled into sending Cold War
bombers to the wrong place.) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9370, Nov 17 at 1332, WTJC is very undermodulated, lo het since it`s
off-frequency vs Asian, but thankfully, no spurs returning yet. FBN says they
will start `Cantatas` after Black Friday:
``Dear Listening Friend, With Christmas just around the corner, we wanted to
let you know that FBN will start our Christmas music the day after Thanksgiving
and keep it going throughout the Christmas season. We will also start airing
our Christmas cantatas and musicals on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
Saturday programs will begin at 10:05 am, Eastern, and weekday programs will
start at 7:05 pm, Eastern. We will also carry a Christmas musical on Sundays at
9:05 pm Eastern``
UTs = 1505, 0005, 0205 respectively; lengths not specified, but each day has a
different subject/title. These will be no pleasure to listen to pro-arte with
submodulation like that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1591: first SW airings from Nov 17 are:
Thu 2200 on WTWW 9479
Thu 2200 on WRMI 9955
Thu 2230 on WBCQ 7490
Fri 0430 on WWRB 3195, 5051
Fri 0600 on WRMI 9955
Fri 1530 on WRMI 9955
Sat 0900 on WRMI 9955
Sat 1600 on WRMI 9955
Sat 1830 on WRMI 9955
Sun 0500 on WTWW 5755
Sun 0900 on WRMI 9955
Sun 1630 on WRMI 9955
Sun 1830 on WRMI 9955
Mon 0400 on WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7270, Nov 18 at 0728 fluttery open carrier has appeared, with
occasional tones on and off, mostly off; OC continued past 0730.
HFCC and Aoki show PBS Nei Menggu amid a long Mongolian broadcast at this time
on 7270, also listing Sarawak which is kaput on SW. But the tones hint at a
Russian, two of which are not scheduled until much later; so, what? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIG DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7275, Nov 18 at 0731, open carrier with less flutter than the one
on 7270; HFCC might make you think it was Tunisia just after sign-off at 0730,
except we know it goes off at 0627*. In progress supposedly on 7275 are KBS
non-direxional, and Wulumuchi in Uighur also non-direxional. How about North
American hams messing around? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:20:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Stewart MacKenzie <[email protected]>
To: Anker Peterson <[email protected]>, BCL NEWS
<[email protected]>, Duane Fischer <[email protected]>, Hard
Core DX <[email protected]>, Maryann Kehoe
<[email protected]>, Prime Time Shortwave
<[email protected]>, SWL QTH <[email protected]>
Cc: Adrian Peterson <[email protected]>, Allen Graham
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>>>>
ARGENTINA??? Radio Argentina Exterior-RAE?? 15345? 2325 GMT? Spanish? 333? Nov
16? YL with comments.? This is a noisy frequency??? MacKenenzie-CA..
?
AUSTRALIA??? Radio Australia-RA?? 15240? 2326 GMT? English? 433? Nov 16? Two
OMs with comments on the status of their economy.??? MacKenzie-CA..
?
BONAIRE??? Radio Japan Relay-RJ? NHK?? 17605? 2302 GMT? Japanese? 444? N0v 16?
OM woth comments.??? MacKenzie-CA..
?
CHINA?? CPBS?? 13610? 2343 GMT? Chinese? 333? Nov 16? Two YLs with comments.???
MacKenzie-CA..
?
CUBA?? Radio Havana Cuba-RHC?? 15370? 2322 GMT? Spanish? 444? Nov 16? OM with
comments plus Cuban band music. YL with comments at 2324 GMT.? //15230[333].???
MacKenzie-CA..
?
JAPAN?? Radio Japan-NHK?? 17810? 2307 GMT? Japanese? 444? Nov 16? IS music.? YL
and OM with comments at 2310 GMT? Bells ringing then a YL with comments 2312
GMT.??? MacKenzie-CA..
?
JAPAN?? Radio Japan-NHK?? 13650? 2326 GMT? Vietnamese? 433? Nov 16? YL with
comments plus some choir music with children singing.??? Mackenzie-CA..
?
MARIANAS, North?? Radio Free Asia-RFA?? 15550? 2318 GMT? Chinese? 444? Nov 16?
YL and OM with comments.??? MacKenzie-CA..
?
I am back!!!? My computer died last week from someone? hacking into my
computer. It now has been repaired and working okay for me.? This is my first
log sheet and I hope to be able send my logs to you all often. Your comments
are always welcomed to me.
?
HAPPY THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY!!!
?
Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC
SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS
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