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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs November 22-23, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Radio Rossii Krasnoyarsk on 6085 (???????? ?????????)
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Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:48:49 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
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Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 22-23, 2011
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** CANADA. 9625, Nov 23 at 0649, no carrier, let alone tone, from CBC NQ after
0606*; after all our discussion about their leaving the transmitter on all
night, seems to have stopped doing that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
See also TAIWAN on 9625 later
** CHINA. Firedrake Nov 23, before 0700:
13130, poor at 0643; none lower
13920, good at 0643; none higher
Before 1400:
11500, JBA at 1354; none lower
12670, very good at 1355; none in the 13s, 14s, 16s, 17s
15455, fair at 1357 --- unusual spot, presumably because V. of Tibet was 2 or 3
kHz away at this time, lite het audible. 15455 is an otherwise good clear
frequency, only used two hours a day by FEBC
18180, very good at 1359-1400*
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 9540, Nov 23 at 1349, no RHC to be heard on one of its minor
transmitters, just something in Chinese, listed as CRI westward from Kunming.
Missing from 11690 too, but still on 9850, 11750, 11760, 11840, 13670, 13780,
15380 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9305, Nov 23 at 0659, R. Cairo as always here in extremely distorted
Arabic, but they`re right on the button in closing down: 0700 full strike of
the Cairo version of Big Ben (what do they call him?), and immediately off the
air at 0700.6*.
This monstrosity goes on for 12 hours every day, half of our lives! Starting at
1900, 250 kW, 315 degrees from Abis for Europe and eastern North America. Tnx a
lot! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. 17650, Nov 22 at 2032, surprised to hear NHK IS & IDs in
Japanese and English until 2033:40, plus open carrier until 2035:20*. It`s the
new French broadcast at 2000-2030 prolonged for some reason. BTW, Aoki still
lacks this entry as of Nov 23 at 1300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
See also NETHERLANDS [non]
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 21480, Nov 23 at 1437, the RNW test from MADAGASCAR of
used transmitter from Sweden heard again, `Earthbeat` show interviewing a woman
experimentally living in very confined space, then about crowded living
conditions in Mumbai which as an almost-island can`t expand to suburbs.
Good strength but flutter and heavy Doppler effect making the frequency wobble
with BFO on. Reports from Europe where this is aimed indicate much better
reception. But it`s not to test propagation, instead transmission quality, and
don`t expect it to lead to any revival of English broadcasts to Europe, let
alone North America, to be finished in a few more days. Will it nevertheless
leave Talata with increased capacity (plus another one on the way)? Or as soon
as in regular service, will they decommission old transmitter(s). Or have they
already, to make room for the new ones? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PRIDNESTROVOYE [and non]. 7290, Nov 22 at 2038, poor signal in English,
improving gradually, seems talk about politics/history. 2044 Radio PMR ID and
English sked as 1830, 2030 [M-F]; 2230 [UT Sun-Thu], contact info, 2045 into
music fill and QRhaM starts.
Is IRRS still colliding with this at 19-20, which is a bit early to hear here?
HFCC shows `MIL`, which is really Tiganeshti, ROMANIA, at 19-20 on Fri-Sat-Sun
only, plus 1830-1900 on Sundays only, in English. Incredibly, Aoki still shows
this as Rimavska Sobota, Slovakia, which was replaced many months ago as
transmitter site but never admitted by IRRS.
Aoki has the 19-20 segment as The Overcomer, 7 days a week. IRRS` own
day-by-day program schedule agrees with that, as European Gospel Radio with TOM
at 19-20, something else tacked on Sundays from 1830. Of course, Radio PMR is
weekdays only, which for them means not on the air between 2100 Friday and 2100
Sunday, so is the transmitter also off the air then? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 17820, Nov 23 at 1440-1457* enjoyed music selexion from RRI,
including jazzed-up popular classix with saxophone lead; no announcements at
all and cut off the air rudely. It`s a bihour in Romanian from 1300 at 285
degrees from Galbeni, usually very good signal here, probably domestic service
relay.
BTW, on another unlogged frequency, I heard their Arabic ID as ``Sawt
ul-Romania`` which means Voice of Romania; do they say that in any other
languages? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. 9625, Nov 23 at 1425, W&M mixture of Vietnamese and Mandarin,
pauses, repetitions, must be language lesson, but which way? Presumably
teaching Chinese to Vietnamese, since this is the Viet service of RTI at 14-15;
atop low het from always off-frequency CBCNQ, buried underneath (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 6875 again: see USA WYFR
** TURKEY. 15200, Nov 23 at 1507, poor signal in Arabic with flutter over CCI
past 1530. It`s VOT Emirler, at 15-16, and the CCI is KTWR listed in English
until 1525/1535 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also unID intruder
earlier on 15202
** U K [non]. 9900, Nov 23 at 1343, fair signal with B-B-C- chimes; I keep
running across BBC at odd hours like this, traditionally for offset Burmese
service; is this another? Yes, 1344 opening in Burmese, HFCC shows 1345-1430,
100 kW, 340 degrees from SINGAPORE and it will add another quarter hour from
1430 on 1 December --- because of Myanmar allegedly opening up? Why don`t they
even out the schedule to 1330-1430, i.e. top-of-hour to TOH in Burma (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 7490, I am looking for WBCQ, Nov 22 at 2047, but no signal
despite own program schedule showing starting at 2000 M-F with `Challenge
Ministries`. Have they gone back to 7415? Some very weak signal there, surely
too weak to be WBCQ, presumably CRI English via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN, now
scheduled 20-22, 308 degrees toward Europe and USward, plus another hour
southward at 23-24.
7490 WBCQ does pop on with fair signal at *2100 jingle ID, right into
survivalist commercial for freeze-dried food. One of the great advantages of
domestic SW is being able to turn off the transmitter when not needed, not
really an option on AM or FM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 6875, Nov 23 at 0655, German ID from RTI relay via WYFR, contact
info, still wrong language instead of scheduled Spanish.
Finally I asked Dan Elyea at Okeechobee about anomalies in WYFR scheduling,
also replacing their own Spanish and Portuguese with English. His reply Nov. 22:
``Dear Glenn, The answer to all your questions is that our entire program
automation system is out of service --- a meltdown. The only feeds available
for transmission at any given time are those coming in on the program feed
channels. This is not a planned change of schedule. When repairs are finally
made (still several days away), all those schedules will run as they were
published at the beginning of the season. The deviation from schedule is all a
result of the loss of our system. Only real time feeds are possible at
present.``
I still don`t understand why RTI would be feeding German at 0600, for which no
relays are scheduled anywhere (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 15400-15990, Nov 23 at 1402, spur spikes from overdriven WWCR-1
15825, first noted in 15940-15990 range with clip from Mitt (not his first
name) on slanted newscast; then found mostly 15400-15900, peaking circa 15675;
worst during following hour of black gospel music, interfering with countless
other SW stations. At 1533, could still hear the spikes during relatively calm
preachertalk, from +15520 to 15900+ peaking around 15680 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. 15185-15190-15195, Nov 23 at 1530 DRM from VR to India,
ex-15175-15180-15185 where I first reported them earlier this month. Must have
reached same conclusion as I did that they had to get away from Indian AM on
15175. Victor Goonetilleke in Sri Lanka sent us some comments on DRM, including
that despite 30 over 9 signal from 15190, no audio was coming thru (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11532.0, Nov 23 at 0648, open carrier vs het from 11530,
presumably V. of Mesopotamia; probably Cuban spy transmitter previously heard
late-nites with occasional data bursts on this and other strong carriers near
the broadcast bands (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15202-SSB, probably USB, Nov 23 at 1406, intruders in colloquial
Spanish, one station much stronger than the other, only understood one word,
``camarones``, so poachers gabbing about their catches? Fortunately, nothing
much to bother in this part of the broadcast band tho a very weak carrier on
15200 where nothing is listed in HFCC or Aoki this hour, unlike after 1500; See
TURKEY (Glenn Hauser, OK DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:52:56 +0700
From: ???????? ????????? <[email protected]>
To: "????-???-??-???" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Rossii Krasnoyarsk on 6085
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On November 23, I noted that the afternoon transmission of Radio Rossii
Krasnoyarsk had been expanded from usual 50 minutes to 1 hour and was
relayed on 6085 from 05.00 to 06.00. I don't know if morning and evening
transmissions are also expanded.
Vladimir Kovalenko, Tomsk, Russia (Icom IC-R8500, wire 120 meters long)
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