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Today's Topics:
1. November 19-20 logs (Mikhail Timofeyev)
2. SPURIUS SIGNALS OF ERA 1179 THESSALONIKI (Zacharias Liangas )
3. Logs for th 17th of November (Zacharias Liangas )
4. BBG Broadcasts Reach Record Audiences (Zacharias Liangas )
5. Glenn Hauser logs November 19-20, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
6. Re: Glenn Hauser logs November 19-20, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
7. Logs from NH-USA, Nov 15-18 (Scott R. Barbour Jr.)
8. Re: [dxld] Logs from NH-USA, Nov 15-18 (Glenn Hauser)
9. Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA (Stewart MacKenzie)
10. CRI and CNR B-11 schedule from Nagoya DX Circle
(Wolfgang Bueschel)
11. Glenn Hauser logs November 20-21, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:33:18 +0000
From: Mikhail Timofeyev <[email protected]>
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Cc: HCDX DX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] November 19-20 logs
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Here are my November 19-20 logs.
Receiver: Drake R8A
Antenna: Long wire (30 m)
Location: St.Petersburg, Russia
Time: UTC
73!
Mikhail Timofeyev
DSWCI member no. 2987
http://dxcorner.narod.ru
6249.6 1506-1521 PIR Delta Radio (tentative), 20/11, Dutch, OM talk
with mention of Modern Talking songs, folk music and songs, 1518 pop
song - very strong signal, and almost good due to local noise and
fading, also some other pirate stations were noted at this time on
5814.5, 6295, 6299.7, 6305.15v, 6325, 6400.7 and 6970
4830 1443-1501'40* MNG Mongolian Radio, Altay, 20/11, Mongolian, YL
talk, Mongolian song, OM talk and orchestral national anthem - almost
fair at the beginning, then poor due to local noise and RTTY QRM, //
7260 poor under VOR
12759U 1222-1239* USA Arm Forces Network, Diego Garcia, 20/11,
English, OM talk - strong signal, but almost unintelligible muffled
audio (just sent them an email about this problem)
5995 1152-1200 AUS Radio Australia, Brandon, 20/11, English, OM/YL
dialogues about Australian society - poor with local noise and slight
QRM from 5990 (CRI), switching over to DRM mode at 1159'10
9330U 1128-1148 USA WBCQ, Monticello, 20/11, English, non stop pop
songs, 1129'58-1131'17 OM talk with postal address of Good Friends
Radio Association in Canada (P.O. Box 456, Orangeville, Ontario, L9W
5G2) and their site and e-mail addresses - mostly fair with local
noise, // http://www.thestreamtv1.com/thestreamtvmodern_003.htm via
IHEAR stream
9765 0950-1010 NZL Radio New Zealand International, Rangitaiki, 20/11,
English, OM talk aboout US rock'n'roll music with some songs of the
50s and 60s, 0959'55 time pips and "Radio New Zealand news..." with
final weather report, then rock'n'roll program again - good with
slight local noise, fading and muffled audio due to the long distance
9760 0748-0800'00* J Radio Nikkei, Chiba-Nagara (tentative), 20/11,
Japanese, YL/OM talks - very weak under local noise, but I hope to
catch them during the next DXpedition near St.Petersburg
9665.1 0728-0740 B Voz Missionaria, Florianopolis, 20/11, Portuguese,
YL/OM shorts talks wiyj mention of "onda curtas", Brazilian songs -
poor under local noise, but without any heterodyne thanks to Pyongyang
5980 0713-0723 USA Radio Marti, Greenville, 20/11, Spanish, OM/YL
dialogues about Cuba, Cuban songs - fair and even better with local
noise and periodical CW QRM during 13 seconds (each minute), //6030
weak under Cuban noise jamming
5446.5U 0635-0647 USA Arm Forces Network, Key West, 20/11, English,
CBS news format program (tentative) with OM talks - strong for this
low frequency this morning, but poor-weak under very strong CW signals
(each second) and sligjt local noise, //7811U poor-fair with local noise
11765.00 0613-0625 B Radio Deus e Amor, Curitiba, 20/11, Portuguese,
OM homily with mentios of 'Amor" and "Deus e Amor" - strong and almost
good with slight local noise and QRM from 11760 (BBC), //9564.85 fair
11760 0536-0600'00* J Radio Japan, Yamata, 20/11, Russian, OM news,
info about their MW relays, interview with one Japanese writer about
Kyrgystan, etc. - almost good with local noise, blocked by BBC at
0559'52, //11715 weak
5940 0459'55-0521 RUS Radio Rossii, Magadan, 20/11, Russian, time
pips, ID, OM news and weather report, YL sport news, Yury Loza song
called Zima (Winter) and then Mezhdunarodnaya panorama - poor-almost
fair with slight heterodyne, //6075 fair and even better till 0519
when CVA came on the frequency
5915 1828-1844 ZMB Zambia NBC, Lusaka, 19/11, Vernacular, mostly OM
talks with some short fragments of local music, 1841'35 local YL song
- poor-fair with local noise
15349.14 1808-1822 MRC RTV Marocaine, Nador, 19/11, Arabic, OM sport
talks including fragments of some football reportage - fair with local
noise
17695 1307-1321 ZMB Christian Voice, Lusaka, 19/11, English, OM talks,
pop songs - poor under powerful utility station on 17693-17694 and
best in USB to avoid it
6075 1232-1300* RUS Radio Rossii, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 19/11,
Russian, OM talk about baroque music with some musical fragments, ID
at 1257'39 and sign off after final time pips - poor with local noise,
QRM from 6070 (BLR), then almost fair starting from 1252 and poor-weak
again starting from 1258'04 under CVA interval signals
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:42:11 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
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Subject: [HCDX] SPURIUS SIGNALS OF ERA 1179 THESSALONIKI
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SPURIUS SIGNALS OF ERA 1179 THESSALONIKI
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1124 (S7), 1235 (S20) , 1287 (s7) are the spurious of 1179 Era 1. I have made
a contact
with the main offices of ERA and they told me they know the problem but cant
do for the
moment ,possibly due to financial (I think) reasons . These spurs are on
random on offs
Also 1044 has modulation problem with strong buzzer and low audio . They surely
know the
problem but the repair is pending Standard rig : ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40
heads
Sennheiser
Please read and distribute this 15 year research article
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________________________
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........
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, 20 Nov 2011 18:42:11 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
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Subject: [HCDX] Logs for th 17th of November
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Logs for th 17th of November
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......... the date of Polytechnic ....rebellion logged on
http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/40
About 37 years ago there was a protestation against the MIlitary Junta . this
maes a
foundation for the schools and the universities to have this day as job off
day
Below are logs of that day That day was excellent in terms of propagation in
general Used
my notebook based on DXMIX and WWDXC listings including some band scan ...
15545 IRIB? 1048 with a discussion in farsi 45433/13840 45333
1124 (S7), 1235 (S20) , 1287 (s7) are the spurious of 1179 Era 1. iave made a
contact with
the main offices of ERA and they told me they know the problem. These spurs
are on
random on offs
1590 R Queen //1360 (relay from Makrigialos! ) 1110+ from Katerini with
oldies. Both are 20
and 45 km far from Thessaloniki . After a call to him for signal logging he
put my name in
his dedication list ! (and told me that 1360 was a relay ). His signal had
some QRM from
other station
9525 V o INd 11494 with gamelans S5 max 34222 quite good fir the time ?
15720 RNZI 1154 with old pop songs ID 1154 with short ID then again by OM
then a song
S4 25312 on inv V 2x 16 m , S7 on 16H
9955 YFR 1157 with a hymn , station IS followed by talks in Koran hen again
IS and s off
S2
9960 Khmer post 1159 starting with xylophones and YL talking in Khmer . Above
noise
signal S1
9560 BBC 1205+ with news in ENg but noticed American pronunciation and
continuous talks
about USA <S2 with strong QRM from 9560.5 R Ethiopia and very much time without
ID
9170 CNR 1219 YL with talks in CC /Amoy and immediate music , S1 in the 16 h
antenna,
nearly zero on other
9200 Firedragon heard on 1220 with S5
15120 SABC 1225 R Saudi Arabia with prg in Hindi with somehow low modulation
max
signal S9 42443
15160 the unIDed in previous post in Vietnamese as per Aoki is RFA Cambodian
(indeed
very closely heard) , has been again heard with S7 in the 16 H antenna
15170 TWR 1236 discussion between 2 women , in Indo max S7 34333
9990 R Azadi RFE 1242 in Pushtu with a phone interview IDs in between .
Mentions of
Afghanistan an the Ramadan period S5 35333
9280 YFR 1245 with orchestra type song S7 retune on 1392 with opera like
gospels Also
1402 //6240 with S3 355333
5950 RNZI 1305 with OM in English with news and some mention of NZ and
government .
reports about elections and mention on Taiwan ID 1307 S2-3
15190 Brother Stair 1320 with a quite shouting pastor blaming the today's
religion system
and mixing politics Quite overwhelming talking ! S5-7 44434 . This reminds me
our priests
who many times blame the political system and their dangerous (and sometimes
antipatriotic
)mistakes.....
4980 XJBPS 1324 with very early picking and signal S1 with music . This
possibly verifies
my older reception inside the city
5965 unIDed (Aoki says CRI ) in Korean , with music then then YL in Korean S6
9835 Rtm surprisingly high signal up to S2 on 1325 using the 16 H antenna
1529o R Pakistan 1344 with a max of S7 and sometimes bad though trebly
modulation
Strong QRM from 15285 CRI ? with S20 requires USB reception . ID 1346 with talk
in Urdu .
Next in between Hindi /afghan song // 11585 (clear)
11540 YFR NF in English 1349 under strong FDM of S9
11560 NF suppose FRN Korea (Aoki says RF Chosun)1355 with talks in Korean
with
classic music YL with possible ID with ref in Tokyo. Same time 11640 was
vacant
11520 TWR n Urdu 1407 with OM with talks S9
7510 TWR 1415 with spiritual Hindi (ref Jesus too ) song and a mention 'indi
pasarke a
islam' ,YL again mentioning Jesus after a flute play and the most important
word i think
heard in Hindi" parameshwar" I dunno what it means Signal S9
4750 Bangladesh 1425 OM with talks in HI like lang with traditional HI music
background .
YL talking on 142620 Mixed with CNR carrier but audio is cler S6
4840 AIR Mumbai till 1435 with news in English , YK with news in Hindi after
an ID
4920 AIR Chennai 1437 with talks by OM in Tamil and mention of Korea . Xizang
under them
S7 34233
4950 AIR Kashmir 1439 with news in Hindi Many mentions of Pakistan S5
5010 AIR 1444 playing old (western )song with ID in English . an opening of
zamfir's version
of a 80s song (i think 'witout you' )possible advert with mention Trivandrum S7
5050 Beibu bay?? 1448 with a SA12 only carrier level hearing soem pop music
Better using
LSB to avoid a carrier on 5051
6225 for DVB 1455 is heard here a string FDM signal of S9 or possibly not
audible here due
to nulled lobe?
11710 on 1625 as in previous log there was a very bad modulating signal
with AIR .
'Today 17' there is a low level signal from CNR /CRI under a S9 carrier .
Passes 1630
without and content ...
12160 ??? 1629 YL talking in CH and mentioning Xinjiang . Off at 1631 retune
The lower
signal from USA is hard with S4 with better signal in 16H
7505 WYFR 1642 in Urdu with talks in slow pace S9
And 3 for 18/11
15105 Tatarstan awazy 0424 with orchestral music S5-7
12133.5 AFN 0427 S2 but heard well
9940 Miraya? 0452 with song OM with talks in English then ID S9
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
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:42:10 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] BBG Broadcasts Reach Record Audiences
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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BBG Broadcasts Reach Record Audiences
http://www.bbg.gov/pressroom/press-
releases/BBG_Broadcasts_Reach_Record_Audiences.html
November 15, 2011 | Washington, D.C. Email Print
(WASHINGTON, D.C.-November 15, 2011) U.S. government funded international
broadcasters reached an estimated 187 million people every week in 2011, an
increase of 22
million from last year's figure, according to new audience data being made
public by the
Broadcasting Board of Governors.
"We are pleased that people the world over are responding in unprecedented
numbers to our
high-quality journalism and active audience engagement," said BBG Chairman
Walter
Isaacson. "The ability of our broadcasters to inform, engage and connect
audiences through
traditional and social media alike lie behind these impressive results and will
be essential to
driving future audience reach and impact."
The record numbers, released in the BBG Performance and Accountability Report
(PAR),
measure the combined audience of the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free
Europe/Radio
Liberty (RFE/RL), Radio and TV Marti', Radio Free Asia (RFA) and the Middle
East
Broadcasting Networks (Alhurra TV and Radio Sawa). The report details impact
on
audiences around the globe including people in the world?s most repressive
media and
political environments.
The BBG?s PAR follows on the heels of BBG?s latest strategic plan, Impact
through
Innovation and Integration, which sets an over-arching objective of making BBG
the world?s
leading international news agency working to foster freedom and democracy with
the goal of
reaching 216 million people weekly by 2016.
This year there were significant audience increases in Afghanistan, where
RFE/RL and VOA
together reach 75% of adults weekly; in Egypt, where Alhurra TV doubled its
weekly audience
to 15% in tandem with the Arab Spring; and in Indonesia, where VOA?s aggressive
affiliate
strategy has boosted weekly audiences to some 38 million adults.
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.
While radio remains the BBG?s number one media platform, reaching 106 million
people per
week, television?s growth puts it at 97 million people. The Internet audience
was
approximately 10 million, with the largest online audiences measured in Iraq,
Russia,
Indonesia, Egypt and Iran.
* Download 2011 Performance and Accountability Report (PDF)
* BBG 2011 Audience Overview (PDF)
* BBG Research Methodology (PDF)
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
________________________
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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
------------------------------
Message: 5
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:55:21 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 19-20, 2011
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** ANGUILLA [and non]. 11775, Nov 20 at 1407, heavy QRM atop PMS making ripple
SAH; my first guess was Persian. Nothing in HFCC to account for this, of
course, since all India registrations are still missing as of Nov 18, but Aoki
shows AIR Nepali, 1330-1430, 250 kW, 25 degrees via Panaji, GOA (also jammed
Tibetan at 1215-1315). Despite Caribbean Beacon being aimed 320 degrees so DGS
could hear himself in Los ?ngeles (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Nov 19, before 2400:
11500, poor at 2346; none in the 10s, 12s
13920, good at 2346
14700, very poor at 2343
14970, very good with flutter at 2344
15970, very good with flutter at 2344
16100, fair at 2344
16700, fair at 2344
16980, fair at 2344
17170, fair at 2345
Nov 20, before 1400:
9200, fair at 1352
before 1500:
12600, very poor at 1455, also CW QRM; none higher
12230, poor at 1455
9200, fair at 1456; none in the 11s, 10s, 8s, 7s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA [and non]. 17800, Sunday Nov 20 at 1517, REE big signal in f?tbol
discussion, about one second behind weaker // 17755 direct, and strong // 17595
direct from SPAIN. Cariari relay is supposed to be on 17850! Must have punched
the wrong frequency starting at 1400; still 17800 at 1553.
Fortunately, no harm done so far, as Bulgaria`s registrations on 17800 for
14-15 AM and 14-15 DRM are wooden. But it will be a big problem at 18-19, when
DW Hausa is on via MADAGASCAR. 1812 check: they`ve fixed it by now, with REE
back on 17850 and DW in the clear on 17800, whew (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 15230, Nov 19 at 2342, RHC in Brazilian Portuguese with
short/long path echo, i.e. a 38-megameter trip round the globe.
13690, Nov 19 at 2357 I tune in early enough to catch the RHC frequency
announcement, picking a channel that is not likely to be cut off in the middle
of it, while // 13640 might be as the European service is closing: only ones
given are ``13640, 13690, 11840, 9540, 9710, 5040``. At 2358 I quickly verified
which 31m channels were really on the air: 9810, 9740, 9710, and NOT 9540 which
appears erroneously on evening schedules, while really just mornings. 9740 was
strongest and 9710 was the first to go off. So they`re still totally confused.
Then at 0000 UT Nov 20 I switch to 5040, and it is opening in English, unlike
24 hours earlier when it was Creole; so apparently English as in new schedule
is still supposed to be at 00-01 if the tapes aren`t mixed up.
13750, Nov 20 at 1357, this Sunday I tune in early enough to tell whether RHC
is colliding with VOA Spanish until 1400: Yes, VOA barely audible underneath
huge RHC // 13675 and 13780. There is no reason whatsoever for RHC to run 13750
on Sundays only --- it was originally for the Venezuelan relay which has been
gone for five months and only sporadically before that. The 13750 transmitter
is apparently the same one used weekdays on 9850, now missing.
At 1404, 13750 dead air, about to turn off? No, at 1436 it`s remodulating as
`En Contacto` #47 for 2011y is starting its new time until 1450 // 13670,
13780, et al., but 9850 still missing. Meanwhile, by 1411, weaker 9540 was
audible in the clear, after being blown away by WHRI during the previous hour
Sundays only.
Pedro Sedano`s monthly DX report from Zaragoza, Spain was featured, lamenting
that two more stations have (almost) dropped Spanish on SW: LV de Grecia except
for 5 minutes a week [when??, due to no longer relaying R. Filia], and Bible
Voice Broadcasting which used to have a Sunday semihour via Germany [no loss
there]. He also referred to B-11 as having started on Oct 25 --- no, it was Oct
30, always the last Sunday of October, which in 2009y was indeed Oct 25. BTW,
13750 had some ACI from Cuba`s CRI relay on 13740 when it was playing music,
despite perpetual undermodulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT [and non]. 13580, Nov 20 at 1451, big varying tones and noise vs VOA
Kurdish, 250 kW, 150 degrees from Wertachtal, GERMANY. This could easily be
taken for jamming, but I think it must be R. Cairo ``warming up`` prior to
15-16 Albanian service, 250 kW, 315 degrees from Abis, also USward. VOA went
off at 1459, leaving the tones, flutter and CODAR, and at 1459:40 the tones and
other noise stopped abruptly, proving they had been deliberately transmitted,
and unintelligible talk started, deficient low modulation, presumably Albanian.
Thus it is inadvisable for VOA Kurdish to use 13580 at this time, lacking a
co?perative crash-start from Cairo (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 15050, Nov 20 at 1425, no trace of DRM or AM, nor later in the hour,
from AIR`s 13-15 Sinhala service; off the air today? Would expect MUF to
support it as usual. VBS on 9870 was in well (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. 17605, UT Sat Nov 19 at 2340, western classical music is still
running in this Sunday-morning-ghetto hour relay of NHK in Japanese, now
scheduled 22-24, 250 kW, 170 degrees from BONAIRE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15540, Nov 19 at 1813, R. Kuwait is still here and in English,
propagating well today, 1814 ending yet another episode in the never-ending
Sunni series, `The Pious and Rightly Guided Caliphs`, to be continued tomorrow
at 1800+ (and so it was, again VG signal Nov 20 at 1812, but high noon is an
inconvenient time here); 1815 Nov 19 jarringly into rock music. Probably faded
down and out well before 2100*; not checked further on Nov 19.
Or maybe not, as surprised to find 17550, Nov 19 at 2341 in Arabic music, fair
with heavy flutter, as scheduled for A-11, but NOT B-11 per HFCC. There is no
direct B-11 replacement for this 20-24 service to C&W NAm, closest being 9880
at 21-24, 500 kW, 310 degrees to Europe. Is that on the air, or transmitter on
17550 instead? We suspect Kuwait has just kept running its A-11 schedule,
ignoring B-11, as also still on 21540 in Arabic until 1500, instead of 21520.
Even more amazing in the HFCC B-11 registrations for Kuwait is 11950,
2200-0230, 150 kW DRM, 350 degrees to C&W NAm in ENGLISH. This transmission
previously listed on 11675, was imaginary, and probably here too. Is anyone
hearing DRM noise, let alone DRM decoding from 11950? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOROCCO [and non]. 15349.1, Nov 19 at 1811, IMM has shifted down to here
after being closer to 15349.5 in the 15 UT hour as heard earlier same day.
Sounds like sports discussion in Arabic. BTW, IMM has a constant whine on its
own transmission here, distinct from any hets it may cause with on-frequency
stations. I assume this meant R. Nacional, ARGENTINA close to 15345v was no
longer blocked, nor should it be on M-F when it`s RAE in foreign languages!
15349.1 still the spot Nov 20 at 1420 in Arabish, long-path echo too and its
own low whine. But this is still a big problem at 15-16 only, again making huge
het with 15350.0 RVA via VATICAN at 1519 check. During this hour until 1600,
IMM should stay on 15345, but such a neat solution is probably impossible.
Maybe RVA will move if Morocco stix with 15349+.
Not much signal Nov 20 at 1818 on 15345 from presumed Argentina, but still in
the clear with IMM still on 15349+, boding well for the English hour M-F at
18-19, and more Eurolangs until 22 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** POLAND [non]. 15770, Nov 20 at 1423, good signal with cowboy ballad in very
minor key, but lyrix sound Russian; then Russian announcement mentioning
polski, and more music; gone at 1433 recheck. I at first guessed R. Liberty or
the like, but it`s really PRW/PRES, 1400-1430, 125 kW, 70 degrees from
Woofferton UK, in Russian. As usual, it`s far easier to hear Warszawa [non] in
any language but English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 6875, Nov 20 at 0624, RTI via WYFR still in wrong language,
German instead of Spanish; usual excellent signal here on westward Mexican
beam, but surely not so in Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA [and non]. 7275, Nov 20 I am monitoring exactly when RTT turns off
this frequency contrary to the always-wrong HFCC registrations showing -0730*.
Really cuts off at 0626:42* --- but right back on a couple sex later! For
another few minutes until off for good at 0630:15*, in the meantime still //
7335 which continues. Never noticed such a post-broadcast before.
Afterwards, 7275 was left with a weak carrier, no modulation detectable,
suspected FRCN, Abuja, NIGERIA, which is surely overridden in its coverage area
too while Tunisia is on. Is anyone hearing that with any modulation at any
time? Used to be on the air mornings only. Aoki shows 0530-1200 in
Hausa/vernaculars, 100 kW non-direxional.
North American hams mostly avoid at night the upper 100 kHz of the 40m band
they are entitled to use, because of all the broadcast QRM, but not during
contests! SSB all over the place, including 7273-LSB, NN3W in Virginia calling
CQ Contest with no Tunisia ACI after 0630 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 15420, Sat Nov 19 at 1813 no signal from WBCQ which is normally on at
18-22 daily with `Global Spirit Proclamation`, the anapaestic androgynous
preacher from Fence Lake NM (and Saturdays also 15-18 with Overcomer, Operation
Rescue, Overcomer. It may have also been missing before 16 as I was
aroundtuning).
Checked again Sunday Nov 19 at 1841, 15420 has large S9+20 open carrier, which
is more than usual from WBCQ, hardly reduced, and without modulation you would
not realize it`s normally USB. No sign of BBC now, since in B-11 it`s not
scheduled on 15420 after 1800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. `The Communicators` followed up last week`s appearance by VOA
Director David Ensor, this week with Brian Conniff, President of USG`s Middle
East Broadcasting Networks, 2330-2400 UT Saturday Nov 19 on C-SPAN-1. Should
repeat on C-SPAN-2, Monday Nov 21 at 1300, Tuesday Nov 22 at 0100 UT. Here`s
the video link, found only by searching:
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302684-1
He talked a lot more about Alhurra than Radio Sawa, since TV is so much more
important than radio. Strangely enough, his position and MBN are not mentioned
on the C-SPAN page until you play the video (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9385, Nov 20 at 0621, Brother Scare is still blathering here! WWRB is
stuck on its day frequency instead of 3185, which is vacant. By this hour, 9385
signal is only poor, no match for WWCR 5890 with BS an echo behind. Next check
1350, 9385 is still on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1591 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW 5755 webcast, UT
Sunday Nov 20 at 0500. Upcoming on WRMI 9955 & webcast: Sun 1830, Mon 1230. On
WBCQ Area 51 5110v-CUSB & webcast: UT Monday 0400v. On WRN via SiriusXM 120
satellite & webcast: Sunday 1830. Full schedule at
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 9955, WRMI, Sunday Nov 20 at 1414 with YL preacher in
English, roughly equal signal level with something in Chinese making
ripple-fast SAH. HFCC B-11 shows it`s KTWR GUAM in ``yue``, 1400-1430 except
Saturdays, 100 kW, 285 degrees. Aoki however has KTWR B-11 on 9955 at 1400-1430
as: Hui on Sundays, M-F in Cantonese, different azimuths 305 and 315 degrees
respectively. In any event, if it isn`t DentroCuban jamming, it`s other
FCC-authorized SW stations QRMing WRMI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15000, Nov 20 at 1515, trying to copy the poorly-enunciated and
rushed WWV announcement: it`s something about GPS Constellation status
broadcasts being discontinued from 2359 UT November 30; instead go to a website
or pay for a phone call to a 703-AC hotline. First part about this aired in
previous minute :14+. Nevertheless, the :15+ announcement ran over and had to
be cut off at :15:45 in time for WWVH`s voice announcement, inaudible here at
the moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15580, Nov 20 at 1432, big open carrier with some hum, still
there a few minutes later. Probably Greenville testing prior to the only time
it`s currently scheduled here, at 1700-1730; but blotting out any sign of VOA
English scheduled via South Africa at 14-15 on 15580 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) collision with VOA 13750: see CUBA [and non]
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:32:18 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 19-20, 2011
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One mistake on a date: not Nov 19 but 20 for this part about
** U S A:
Checked again Sunday Nov 20 at 1841, 15420 has large S9+20 open carrier, which
is more than usual from WBCQ, hardly reduced, and without modulation you would
not realize it`s normally USB. No sign of BBC now, since in B-11 it`s not
scheduled on 15420 after 1800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
------------------------------
Message: 7
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:21:24 -0800 (PST)
From: "Scott R. Barbour Jr." <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs from NH-USA, Nov 15-18
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3250? HONDURAS R. Luz y Vida San Luis 1120-1133 Nov 18 SS; Lite mx; M announcer
w/ ID ancment at BoH; talk over mx; W announcer at 1132 & sig rapidly f/out;
poor. (Barbour-NH)
3365? PNG presumed R. Milne bay Alotau 1140-1153 Nov 17; Brief announcer
between island mx; poor. (Barbour-NH)
4860? INDIA AIR Delhi 0127 Nov 16 Hindi; M & W announcers w/ talk & vcl mx thru
BoH; v. weak & poor. (Barbour-NH)
5019.9v? SOLOMON ISLANDS SIBC Honiara 1144-1204* Nov 18. Island mx; announcer
in (P) EE between selections, sounds like taking listener requests; mx bit & W
announcer at 1202 followed by NA; poor but audible when 5025-Rebelde not
playing mx. (Barbour-NH)
5910? COLOMBIA Alcaravan Radio Peurto Lleres 0816-0832 Nov 16 SS; M announcer
w/ brief talk between LA mx selections; fair. (Barbour-NH)
5940? RUSSIA R. Rossii Arman 0834-0845 Nov 16 RR; M & W announcer over mx;
fair;? //5930 Petro K`-poor. (Barbour-NH)
6135? BRAZIL R. Aparecida Aparecida 0938-0955 Nov 17 PP; LA ballads & talk;
fair-poor; //5035-poor. (Barbour-NH)
7580? N. KOREA Kujang 1040-1102 Nov 17 listed JJ; Korean ballads/martial mx;
brief W announcer at 1043; more mx until W announcer at 1049; carrier from 1050
until IS at 1100; brief announcer; NA into M announcer w/ martial mx;
fair-poor. (Barbour-NH)
9410? CHINA CNR-5 Beijing 1100 Nov 15 CC; M & W announcers over mx; //7620;
both fair-good. (Barbour-NH)
9430? PHILLIPINES FEBC Bocaue 1108-1117 Nov 15 EE/CC; M announcer in EE re film
"The Sound of Music; W w/ CC translation; mx from film; URL at 1113 that I
couldn't fully copy & Manila contact info; M & W ancrs at 1115 w/ talk; phone
fx & talk over mx; good. (Barbour-NH)
9490? PHILLIPINES presumed RCI Tinang 1136-1159* Nov 15 CC; M announcer w/
talk; remote rpt w/ crowd noise at 1142; ballad; soundbites in unid. language
w/ CC translation; M & W announcers over mx at 1158; pulled the plug
mid-sentence; no discernible ID noted; fair-good. (Barbour-NH)
9705? CHINA V. of Pujiang Shanghai 1159-1218 Nov 16 CC; Mx at t/in; brief M at
1201 followed by more ballads; format of W announcer between selections from
1206 thru t/out; fair; //5075-poor. (Barbour-NH)
Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA
NRD-545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:45:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
[email protected], "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Logs from NH-USA, Nov 15-18
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Scott,
The only R. Rossii on 5930 now is Monchegorsk in NW Russia. See HFCC, Aoki. In
B-seasons, Pet/Kam switches to 6075.
Wasn`t it the other way round in A-season when you (?) had 5930 as Monchegorsk
but it was really Pet/Kam, with Monchegorsk at midday? Now the path should be
dark enough.
73, Glenn Hauser
--- On Sun, 11/20/11, Scott R. Barbour Jr. <[email protected]> wrote:
5940? RUSSIA R. Rossii Arman 0834-0845 Nov 16 RR; M & W announcer over mx;
fair;? //5930 Petro K`-poor. (Barbour-NH)
Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USANRD-545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m
dipole
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 14:57:50 -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
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From: Stewart MacKenzie <[email protected]>
Subject: Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA
To: "DXLD-GH" <[email protected]>, "Japan Premium" <[email protected]>,
"RUSDX" <[email protected]>, "Shortwave World" <[email protected]>
Date: Saturday, November 19, 2011, 5:28 PM
>>>
ARGENTINA?? Radio Nacional?? 15345? 0040 GMT? Spanish? 433? Nov 20? Two OMs
with ongoing comments.??? MacKenzie-CA..
?
CHINA?? CPBS?? 11750? 2327 GMT? Chinese? 433? Nov 10? YL and OM with comments.
//11740[333], 11710[444], 11670[333], 11630[433], 11610[333].??? MacKenzie-CA..
?
CHINA?? China Radio Intl-CRI?? 11650? 0000 GMT? English? 444? Nov 20? OM with
comments on connections with Australia and the USA. YL with comments 0005 GMT.
//11790[444], 11885[444], 9570[444], 6020[444] via Alabania.??? MacKenzie-CA..
?
CUBA?? China Radio Intl-CRI Relay?? 15120? 0035 GMT? Spanish? 444? Nov 20? OM
with ongoing comments.??? MacKenzie-CA..
?
JAPAN?? Radio Japan-NHK?? 11665? 2345 GMT? Japanese? 433? Nov 19? OM ancr with
classical music.? OM with comments 2356 GMT.? Time pips and off the air 0000
GMT.???? MacKenzie-CA..
?
KOREA North?? Voice of Korea-DPK?? 15100? 0032 GMT? Chinese? 333? Nov 20? YL
with comments in Chinese. In Spanish by 0036 GMT.? //15180[333].???
MacKenzie-CA..
?
SPAIN?? Radio Exterior Espana-REE?? 11680? 2335 GMT? Spanish? 444? Nov 19? YL
with comments and vocal music plus an OM with comments 0026 GMT???
MacKenzie-CA..
?
SPAIN?? Radio Exterior Espana-REE?? 9765? 0027 GMT? Spanish? 333? Nov 20? YL
with comments followed by some men singing.??? MacKenzie-CA..
?
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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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:21:31 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXplorer"
<[email protected]>, "DXLD" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] CRI and CNR B-11 schedule from Nagoya DX Circle
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http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/cn/crib11.htm
http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/cn/cnrb11.htm
also Voice of Tibet schedule:
http://www1.s2.starcat.ne.jp/ndxc/vt.htm
73 wb df5sx
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:04:01 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 20-21, 2011
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** ARGENTINA. 15345.0+, Nov 20 at 2159, R. Nacional has now escaped collision
with Morocco as the latter unexpectedly shifted yesterday to 15349.5 and then
15349.1. LRA has heavy flutter unlike Morocco, and a big 4+kHz het between them
now allows separation by side-tuning (or tighter selectivity; LRA is closer to
15345 than IMM is to 15349). Song in progress keeps playing thru accurate
auto-timesignal at 2200. Not totally in the clear until IMM cuts off around
2215 rather than nominal 2200, and then LRA continues into the evening, but
copy is tough with all the flutter and only fair signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA [non]. 15240, Nov 20 at 2225, items about Piltdown Man hoax,
refers to ``on the right side of this picture``, as if this were television ---
maybe it is! RA has been caught relaying ABC TV news channel soundtrack before;
it`s ``On This Day`` in history feature, also about release of the Beatles`
White Album, Dr. John R&B singer born in 1940y. This doesn`t seem right to me
for Nov 20 --- sure enough, Googling quickly finds Dr John was born on Nov 21:
``Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack, Jr. (born November 21, 1940),``
http://www.rhythmandtheblues.org.uk/public/shadesartists/drjohn.htm
I`ve got news for you Downunderites: it may be Nov 21 where you are, but at
2225 UT, it`s still Nov 20 from America to western Europe! So hold off on the
historical advances, please.
Back to business: 15240 audio quality doesn`t sound like Shepparton but is
putting in a much better signal than Shep // 15515, furthermore not
synchronized. HFCC B-11 shows nothing at this hour for RA from anywhere ---
that`s because the ChiCom forbid RA or any other station from including relays
via vile breakaway province Taiwan in HFCC.
Aoki is under no such political restrixions: ``15240 R. AUSTRALIA 2200-2330
1234567 English 100 205 Tainan TWN 12010E 2302N ABC b11``. Then at 00-08 on
15240 it really is Shepparton at 30 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 15190, Nov 20 at 2311, R. Inconfid?ncia is playing the 2nd movement
from Beethoven's "Path?tique" piano sonata, a.k.a. the theme music for
`Adventures in Good Music` with the late Karl Haas. Always nice to hear
classical on SW, but the signal is pretty rough with flutter, like Argentina on
15345+. Perhaps this is a regular classical program on Sundays (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Nov 20, before 2400:
11500, very poor with flutter at 2336
12600, fair at 2338
12670, fair at 2338
13970, very poor with het at 2340
14700, fair with flutter at 2340; none in the 15s
16980, fair at 2343; none in the 17s, 18s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11840, Nov 20 at 2337, RHC is about 2 minutes into this week`s `En
Contacto` as heard earlier entirely at 1436-1450, i.e. started at 2335 this
Sunday, unlike 2345 last Sunday. So amend the schedules to tune in by 2335 in
case they repeat the earlier start. Of course :35 past whatever hour should be
nominal but they have previously run it later during this program block, and
even omitted it from published schedules (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 7405, Nov 20 at 2219, rock song in English, what`s this? O, just
R. Mart? since it`s // 9565 tho 7405 jamming is lite if at all, unlike an hour
later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT [and non]. 9365+, Nov 20 at 2323, very distorted spur from something,
soon matched to even more distorted strong signal from R. Cairo Arabic on 9305.
9365 makes a scratchy sound upon WTJC 9370, undermodulated. Tsk2, but serves
them right for putting out their own nasty spurs periodically. Could not hear
one matching 60 kHz lower around 9345 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 15650, Nov 20 at 2315, Greek music on VG signal, then Greek
announcement from VOG. No flutter from here, unlike BRAZIL on 15190, KUWAIT on
17550, qq.vv. The VOG sked from DX Mix News Nov 11 in DXLD 11-46 shows 15650
going off at 2250, after a 105 degree beam to ME from 1800. Yet it was much
better than // 9420 axually aimed 323 degrees USward before and after 2300.
15650 supposedly switches to 15630 between 2250 and 2300 but stays on the 105
antenna opposite us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 15320, UT Sunday Nov 20 at 2238, AWR Wavescan is underway from KSDA,
better than we can usually hear it from WRMI where it is produced, furthermore
with several repeats just deleted in curtailed 9955 schedule. Jeff White is
reading script by Adrian Peterson about the first Radio Free Asia in 1951-1953,
transmitted from Philippines, with callsigns ``dee zed`` this and that. Note,
Jeff, that the Filipinos say ``zee`` like their former colonial masters,
Americans.
Then another story about the early AFRS; Luigi Cobisi`s report from Europe; and
DX report from Bangladesh voiced by Salahuddin Dolar; finally some fill music
from Alaska about the Bering land bridge, cut off the air at 2259* (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9445, Nov 20 at 2215, AIR ending commentary on Syrian crisis, into
feature on arts/film festival in Panaji. Best here but // 11670 and hummy 7550.
Enjoy the dynamic sound of ionospheric India while you can, as they vow to
replace *all* 54 SW transmitters, domestic and external, with DRM by 2015, all
analog off by 2017. See
http://www.facebook.com/notes/national-association-of-shortwave-broadcasters/drm-progress-in-asia/308932825803170
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. Once again R. Kuwait defies conventional propagation: not heard from
nominal *2000 on 17550 but rechecked at 2318 (after 2 am in Kabd), there it is
in Arabic; at 2345 it reads S9+15 with heavy flutter, unlike a few other 16m
signals from S America, E Asia, Pacific. 2400 ID and talk mixed with music,
stingers, so not a regular newscast, cut off the air in mid-word at 0004* Nov
21. Unlike HFCC, Aoki claims this is in the MOI B-11 schedule:
17550 R. KUWAIT 2000-2400 1234567 Arabic 500 350 Sulaibiyah KWT 04745E 2910N
MOI b11 --- i.e. aimed almost over the pole toward C&W N America (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOROCCO. 15349.1, Nov 20 at 2158, IMM is still on its latest frequency
choice, away from Argentina [q.v.] on 15345.0+ (the latter is closer to 15345
than IMM is to 15349), which is a big improvement, but not quite enough, as a
4+ kHz het beats away between them now; with sufficient signals, either can be
avoided by side-tuning a bit. Mikhail Timofeyev, St. Pete, measured this Nov 19
at 1808 on 15349.14.
2200 is the nominal closedown time of IMM, but keeps going with Arabic ID,
news. Finally cuts off around 2215. This signal does not suffer from flutter
like Argentina (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 15315, Nov 20 at 2201, RNW in Dutch, good signal, but is
it Greenville substituting for the ratty Bonaire transmitter, or has that now
been repaired; as of when? Expectation was to be fixed by Nov 18 or so. Were
any other relays via Bonaire affected, and if so how? Perhaps the answer will
be here:
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/rats-damage-one-of-the-bonaire-transmitters#comment-3677185
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 11830, Nov 20 at 2217, VOR in English conversation, fair signal a
second ahead of // 7250. 22-23 on 11830 is 250 kW, 64 degrees from Pet/Kam to
WNAm, a strange isolated transmission, not followed by another frequency from
there until 0200, and local time is only 2-3 pm PST. 7250 is via ``Armavir`` in
western Russia. 7290 effectively takes over from 11830 at 2300 from
Pridnestrovye, but now it`s still Radio PMR in Russian on UT Sunday = local
Monday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15420-CUSB, Nov 20 at 2157, WBCQ with preacher, but not the A.A.
(androgynous anapaest). Close-down is shown as 2200 on the WBCQ program
schedule, but now stays on past 2200; at 2202 outro as ``Living Word at
Aggressive Christianity``, then dead air for a biminute; 2204 music and opening
Word of The Spirit. I guess both are subprograms of listed `Global Spirit
Proclamation`, but
http://schedule.wbcq.com/main.php?fn=show_program&id=19
says it`s `Lord of the Spirit` rather than Word; maybe. Next check at 2231,
15420 is still on but dead air again; 2236 introed by spooky banshee music,
another episode of WOTS/LOTS starts; after intro by normal voice, A.A.
preacher/ess from Fence Lake takes over. Next check 2259, off the air. Maybe
extended an hour since got a late start past 1800 today, still open carrier at
1841 as in my earlier report. FCC allows WBCQ on 15420 any time between 12 and
23.
7490, Nov 20 at 2326 during some preacher, WBCQ again has heavy QRM from BBC
Thailand co-channel, or almost, as WBCQ has again wandered off-frequency enough
for a low audible het. Meanwhile, clear 7505 goes to waste, reserved for WRNO,
off the air for a year (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. On Nov 16, Peter W Hansen in NY reported monitoring WYFR on all its
frequencies between 22 and 05 as in English, whatever the originally scheduled
language for B-11. I`m not about to duplicate that effort, but it seems to be
so: Nov 20 at 2207-2213, not only are 12160, 11580 and 9690 all in English as I
bandscan by them, but they are back with Harold Camping`s Bible studies. Sounds
like an elder voice, rather hoarse, but not his eldest, as heard until R-day.
These were supposed to be in Spanish, Spanish and Portuguese, respectively. We
can only wonder what has happened. Maybe there is a huge power struggle behind
the scenes --- Foreign-language announcers quit or fired, and HC or his ilk
again ascendant? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, Nov 20 at 2208, WTWW-3 in Brazilian Bible readings; during a
pause between chapters I can hear a low-frequency cueing tone, WTFK? This bears
no resemblance to the nominal
``New schedule to start shortly:
Central UTC
6-9 am Russian 1200 - 1500
9-12 Arabic 1500 - 1800
12-3pm French 1800 - 2100
3-6pm German 2100 - 0000
6-9pm Spanish 0000 - 0400
9-12 Portuguese 0400 - 0600
12-3am English 0600 - 0900
3-6am English 0900 - 1200`` at
http://wtww.us/pages/program-schedule.php
And Arabic is always heard from sign-on around 1400; never heard any Russian.
After a brief period running all night, goes off around 0600. The earlier time
for Portuguese certainly makes sense, as 04-06 UT is 02-04 am in Bras?lia. I
haven`t checked the exact timings of the others (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 12050, Nov 20 at 2209, Spanish is so distorted it`s worthy of RHC ex
12040 et al., but no, this is WEWN`s frequency and this is R. Cat?lica Mundial
as soon confirmed by content // 13830, and not // RHC frequencies. There`s
continuous crackle during W&W conversation, and to make it even more fitting,
the accent sounds Cuban. Recheck at 2320, it`s just as bad, awful distortion
and breakup. Is no one paying attention at Vandiver to their own output? Mother
Angelica needs to listen to her own SW station. Gone after 2400, so I looked
for the next frequency 5810 but it had not come on several minutes past then
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5580.2, Nov 21 at 2332 I detect a weak carrier vs the high local
noise level (besides that, worse below 6 MHz, I never get much in the middle of
the 5 MHz band --- antenna must not resonate there.) 23 hours earlier, Bob
Wilkner in S Florida reported tentatively, R. San Jos? (de Chiquitos), Bolivia
on 5580.17 at 0020 Nov 20 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 107, Issue 21
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