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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs December 12, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
2. new york volmet heard here+new RTI stuff (Robbie j.)
3. Log Report for Al Muick (Albert Muick)
4. log (Jorge Freitas (Yahoo))
5. The Top 5 Radio Books for Xmas (Radio Heritage Mail)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:37:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 12, 2011
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** CANADA. 6030, Dec 12 at 0610, Xmas song by Loretta Lynn, must be CFVP
Calgary, as DentroCuban jamming is again absent this UT Monday while R. Mart?
is resting at 04-10. Still QubaRM tnx to overload from RHC 6010 and 6050, with
Morse code introduxion of DXers Unlimited at 0612 vs this hectowatt signal
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHILE. 17680, Dec 12 at 1530, CVC La Voz with fully-detailed announcement
about their $500 contest. One listener per month wins that; seems they are more
interested in knowing *why* you listen to them on SW, than getting formal
reception reports. Gave text number and postal address. Winners also get to
meet (? in some way) their favorite announcer. I assume saying ``Escucho para
ganar quinientos d?lares`` would be a bit crass, but eligible? Are the winners
chosen by truly random drawing or does what they say matter? You never really
know, dealing with stations on a politico-religious mission, and not subject to
FCC rules (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Dec 12, before 1500: None at all found between 1450 and
1455, tuning down the entire range from 19 to 7 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [and non]. 9765, // 7220, Dec 12 at 0619, hilife musique fill on RFI
English frequencies, as the strike rolls on. Au contraire, 7390 French service
is in French, not musique at 0628.
17690, Dec 12 at 1419 via GUIANA FRENCH, RFI Spanish service is not
music-filled, instead promoting its near-worldwide availability on various
iphone apps. 17620 French service direct en musique. But at 1504, 17620 has
news in French. Of course the non-struck French service already plays musique
part of the time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 6165, Dec 12 1355, what a pleasure to hear something besides Chinese
all over the 49m band! Instead, S Asian songs, 1400 timesignal (maybe from
QRM), brief announcement in unknown language, and change to other music. Aoki
shows this is the AIR Sindhi service from Delhi/Khampur site. BTW, 6165 is
really crammed full of overlapping usages, such as Vietnam VOV4, and China
CNR6, both supposedly also on before and after 1400, not to mention Chad and
Zambia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA [and non]. 9526-, Dec 12 before 1400, nothing but the VOI carrier
detectable aside huge China radiowar on 9530; at 1453 in the clear with piano
music, 1456 Indonesian ID mentioning English word ``dignity``, IADs in more
piano music. But *1457.5 CRI 9525 carrier came on making het, while VOI
remained atop! Until VOI cut off at 1458*. Yet, I could still hear a weak het,
so maybe VOI had just switched to another antenna. By 1545 I could make out
some weak Chinese on 9526 so VOI was still/again on the air, bettering CRI 9525
Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 6055, Dec 12 at 1403, Jappop (or should I say J-pop), with
EltonJohnish heavy beat, sounds like Japanese syllables pronounced with gaijan
accent, impure vowels. Bring back Isao Tomita on R. Nikkei! (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 5955, Dec 12 at 0614, Dutch in the clear, no jamming from
Cuba any more vs absent R. Rep?blica. If it`s in Dutch, the odds are very high
its RNW, and even higher that it`s not transmitted from Netherlands. This hour
is via Vatican, even tho I assume RNW is not obliged to follow papal dicta.
Later compared to the trio of 31m channels, and found no pair of the quartet
were synchronized. At 0623 in time order: 9865 first, 9895 second, and 9830
third. In strength order, 9895 first, 9865 second, 9830 third. Sites: 9895
Pridnestrovye, 9865 Bonaire, 9830 Wertachtal. Note Bonaire is not on top in
this case; see also RUSSIA. At 0626, 9865 cut away from the others to play NA
due to its semi-hour instead of full-hour broadcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OMAN. 15140, Dec 12 at 1430, YL with news in English, S9+15 peaks, but
undermodulated and hard to follow. Something about Syria. This is R. Sultanate
of Oman, of course, not BBC as claimed by some downunderite (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 9840, Dec 12 at 0627, R. Rossii Moscow site is absent. No signal,
despite RWM binary audible on 9996, and Turkey q.v. in better than usual on
9820. Can the ptb finally have moved this off 9840 colliding with VOR English
to NAm from DVR which runs until 0600? Need to check further nights, before
0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 5890, Dec 12 at 0615 via WWCR, Brother Scare really in
a lather, and with self-imposed echo, just for emphasis?
Just for giggles, on Dec 12 at 1630 I check the website to see how his schedule
info stax up vs reality:
For starters, this notice in red still appears:
``New Shortwave 300,000 watt at 18:00 UTC on 15.190`` --- the time being way
off, of course, 13-15 UT via IRRS via ROMANIA.
For SW schedule, you have to go to Downloads > Radio Schedules > Shortwave
Radio at
ftp://www.overcomerministry.org/RadioSchedule/Short%20Wave%20Radio.html
STATION FREQ PLACE TIME DAY TIME ZONE [all blank]
WWRB 3185 6 Pm-9 Am Sun-Sat
WWCR 5890 10 Pm-8 Am Daily
AFRICA 7190 West Africa 10 Am-11 Am Tuesday
WBCQ 7490 8 Pm-11 Pm Daily
WWRB 9385 All Day Sun-Sat
UK 9460 Europe 10 Am-11 am Daily
WWCR 9980 10 Pm-4 Pm Daily
EUROPE 13810 Europe 10 Am-11 Am Daily
AFRICA 15190 South Africa 9 Am-10 Am Thursday
AFRICA 15190 East Africa 3 Pm-4 Pm Monday
FAR EAST 15190 Far East 9 Am-10 Am Daily
EUROPE 17580 Europe 11 Am-Noon Daily
WBCQ 15420 10 Am-Noon Saturday
As always, this schedule is undated, with times all mixed up, not in UT, and
many of them wrong!
WWCR times are really 5890 at 06-12 UT, 9980 at 15-21 UT; extra hours on UT
Sundays: 05-06, 21-22. We hear 17580 from Germany at 15-16 UT, so 11 am-noon
would refer to non-existent EDT! The 15190 `Far East` station at 9-10 am is
really IRRS via Romania, which is really running two hours at 13-15 UT. Note
that 7290 is no longer mentioned, which had been 19-20 UT, so is that really
off the air, given up to Pridnestrovye? EGR with Overcomer is still on IRRS`
own schedule:
http://www.nexus.org/NEXUS-IBA/Schedules/mon.htm
The other 15190 listings for parts of Africa, and 7190, are Very Interesting
--- these are the imaginary frequencies of R. Africa, Equatorial Guinea, so
B.S. thinx he is on that station. 7190 has not been confirmed for many years,
and 15190 if active might be turned on only for these broadcasts, in what
timezone???
7190 at 10-11 am Tuesday: If EDT = 14-15 UT Tue; if EST = 15-16 UT Tue; If UT
+1 as in parts of W Africa, = 09-10 UT Tue
15190 at 9-10 am Thursday to S Africa: if EDT = 13-14 UT Thu; if EST = 14-15 UT
Thu; if UT +2 = 07-08 UT Thu
15190 at 3-4pm Monday to E Africa: if EDT = 19-20 UT Monday; if EST = 20-21 UT
Monday; if UT +3 = 12-15 UT Monday
So the possible times to check 15190 for this are: Monday 12-15 or 19-21 UT;
Thursday 07-08 or 13-15 UT. 7190: Tuesday 09-10 or 14-16 UT. It`s also not
inconceivable that the evening African broadcasts on 15190 are coming from
IRRS/Romania, lacking 7290, even tho the scheduling originally applied to
Equatorial Guinea (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 15385, Dec 12 at 1435, open carrier, dead air, yet another foulup
from REE when the weekly Monday Sephardic service is supposed to be running at
1425-1455. 1442 finally started modulating in progress with mix of music and
announcements; jingle and off at proper time of 1455*. All the time, heavy
splash from 15380 RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 9820, Dec 12 at 0625, this eastward TRT Turkish frequency with music
is unusually sufficient, still better on the westward // 9700 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 9760, Dec 12 at 1547, VOA Spe-cial Eng-lish talk about
violinist Itzhak Perlman; big signal, but also with humbuzz and
undermodulation. Now I am leaning toward this being a defect in the IBB Tinang,
PHILIPPINES transmitter itself rather than another carrier atop (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9330-CUSB, Dec 12 at 0616, open carrier/dead air from WBCQ when GFRN
is supposed to be on overnight; same at 0628, but back in business around 1400
check. This happens so much that I am beginning to wonder if it`s deliberate,
like no longer 24h GFRN but WBCQ leaves the carrier on all night to keep it
from icing up? Rechecking the 9330 sked at
http://schedule.wbcq.com/main.php?fn=sked&freq=9330
on Dec 12, it still shows GFRN 24 hours, except M-F 23-24 `Money Talk`, which
is also on 7490 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9670, Dec 12 0618, tone test on and off and on. HFCC, Aoki and
EiBi all have nothing at all on 9670 between 03 and 11 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:46:59 -0800 (PST)
From: "Robbie j." <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] new york volmet heard here+new RTI stuff
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Hey All, Heard new york Volmet here in south Wyo. on 13.270 mhz the other
night. They were eak, but i copyed them! They were giving weather reports for
several east coast airports. Volmet is used by pilots to get weather at major
airports on the coasts. Couldn`t snag the Can. broadcast this time though.(have
heard them before here too)? Also got a nice x-mas deal from RTI. A new sked.,
x-mas card signed by the English staff, and an (unfilled out) x-mas QSL with a
pic. of the English staff.(now I can see the people that I`ve been hearing!)
Good dx to all, Robbie in south Wyoming
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:57:08 -0500
From: Albert Muick <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], DXLD <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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QTH: Whitehall, Pennsylvania, USA
RX: WinRadio G303e
ANT: Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop
530 CANADA, CIAO Toronto, in Hindi with subcontinental music and
commercial announcements with telephone numbers given in English. Heard
at 1006 UTC on 12 December 2011. SINPO 42433 with bad QRM from
Enciclopedia Cuba, co-channel.
8422 GUAM, US Coast Guard Station NRV heard at 1317 UTC on 12 December
2011 with SITOR bursts and morse IDs as NRV. SINPO 34543
9280 TAIWAN, WYFR relay in special English with sermon. Heard at 1249
UTC on December 12, 2011. SINPO 35433. I can almost imagine the guy at
the pulpit waiving his arms very slowly and slow-motion thumping the
good book as he speaks this. "Special English" seems to have all but
disappeared from the bands.
9335 KOREA, NORTH, Voice of Korea KCBS, heard at 1235 UTC on December
12 2011. Very irate sounding woman (or higher pitched man) ranting away
in Korean. Almost laughable. Also played glorious march music for the
enjoyment of the listening audience. SINPO 45433. This is supposedly
aimed at Latin America, which begs the question of how many people in
Latin America actually speak Korean and listen to this? For a nation
that is so broke, they sure expend a lot of money sending their
propaganda to an area where the language is probably not understood.
9350 TAJIKISTAN, Radio Free Asia, heard at 1210 UTC on December 12 2011
with Tibetan talk and RFA jingles. SINPO 25432
11890 SINGAPORE, BBC Relay heard at 1448 UTC on December 12 2011 with
English talk and commentary. SINPO 35423. Very fluttery propagation.
17745 UNITED KINGDOM, Sudan Radio service via Woofferton (per EIBE
listing in 11 December CSV table) with Arabic talk and African music, at
1620 UTC on December 12 2011. SINPO 45433.
21495 FRENCH GUIANA, TDF DRM test heard at 1729 UTC on 12 December 2011
with banging sigs at 20db SNR and gone suddently at 1736, with possible
antenna switch or tx off. Briefly re-appeared at only 8dB SNR and then
gone altogether. Requesting reports to
engenharia(dot)radio(at)ebc(dot)com(dot)br and
engenharia(at)ebc(dot)com(dot)br via the infor bar scroll.
I am *very* impressed with the noise cancelling and properties and
superior performance of the Wellbrook loop which I just installed
yesterday evening! I can now hear things that were in the dirt and
noise with my previous longwire.
I am hearing a lot of NDBs as well and plan to spend a lot more time on
the tropical, mediumwave and LF bands now.
73
Al Muick
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:32:13 -0200
From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, "Hard Core DX"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] log
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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7540 12/Dec 1756 UKRAINE, Denge Mezopotamya, (PRESUMED) in Kurdish. Arabic
music. Time off at 2000. 35433 (Jorge Freitas-B)
11600 12/Dec 1603-1653 LIBYE, Radio & TV Libia, In French. At 1603 start of
transmission. OM short speech and music. The 1612 only carrier without
modulation. At 1640 OM talk. At 1644 YL talk. Modulation with a sound bass
and a little distorted. Mention the revolution and Libya by YL. At 1652
Lebanese traditional music. At 1703 ID by OM. 35433 (Jorge Freitas-B)
15075 12/Dec 1718 INDIA, ALL INDIA RADIO, in Hindi. OM short talk and local
pop music. 35433 (Jorge Freitas-B)
15190 12/Dec 1941 BRASIL, R Inconfid?ncia, in Portuguese. Continued absolute
this frequency, here in my chat. (Jorge Freitas-B)
73
Jorge Freitas
Local time -2 UT
Feira de Santana Bahia 12?14?S 38?58?W
Brasil
Dipole antenna for 16 meters
Degen 1103 - All listening in mode of filter Narrow the 6 kHz.
Escutas (listening, my blog): <http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006>
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:06:48 +1300
From: "Radio Heritage Mail" <[email protected]>
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Subject: [HCDX] The Top 5 Radio Books for Xmas
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