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Today's Topics:
1. Last logs of 2011 (L?cio Bobrowiec)
2. Glenn Hauser logs December 30-31, 2011 [more] (Glenn Hauser)
3. correction (L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec)
4. 3333.440 R Bila Hora - Czech nostalgy radio on new years eve
(Wolfgang Bueschel)
5. Dec 29-31 Logs (Brian Alexander)
6. Glenn Hauser logs December 31, 2011-January 1, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
7. Cold War Shortwave Radio (Zacharias Liangas )
8. Clay County man speaks to kids for Santa over short-wave
radio (Zacharias Liangas )
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:40:21 -0800 (PST)
From: L?cio Bobrowiec <eefi...@yahoo.com.br>
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Subject: [HCDX] Last logs of 2011
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15120, Voice of Nigeria, Ikorodu. December, 29 1800-1813 female in
English talks ?meet the people; Nigeria?, female on African music ?welcome to
Landmark program?. Medium modulation level, hum and het noise, 33433
(lob-B).
?
1205, RTV Tunisia, Sfax. December, 29 1814-1825 two male in Arabic
conversation, slow
and melodic music. 25433, (lob-B).
?
3950, China, PBS Xinjiang, Urumqui. December, 31 0148-0156
studio female and outside male in Chinese talks, male on music sounding like
ads. 35433, (lob-B).
?
4500, China, PBS Xinjiang, Urumqui. December, 31 0214-0222
Mongolian (listed) male talks, exotic and strange instrumental music,
predominant female and male talks, short instrumental music, back male. 35433,
(lob-B).
?
4330, China, PBS Xinjiang, Urumqui. December, 31 0223-0233
Kazakh (listed) male and female talks, short folk music, female outside. 45433,
(lob-B).
?
4755, Micronesia, PMA-The Cross
Radio. December, 31 0814-0828 eloquent preacher in English ?not according;
God?,
male on music ?we hope?, fraternal instrumental music. Partially readable,
25333
(lob-B).
Happy new year for everyone
?
73?s
?
L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec
Embu SP Brasil (23?39?S-46?53?W)
SW40 - Dipoles and Longwire
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:50:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 30-31, 2011 [more]
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** AUSTRALIA. 9580, went with R. Australia for 2012y arrival at the shifted
time of 1300 UT (9590 had heavy CCI at 1255, presumably CRI Russian despite due
NW from SZG site). At 1257 two guys with timecheck for 11:56. Seems they are on
rooftop of the ABC building in Melbourne awaiting fireworx display; 1259, 1
minute to go. At 1300 no timesignal, just a verbal countdown ending about a
sesquisecond late. Then lots of explosions as the guys tried to be heard over
them. Said fireworx were set off from tops of other buildings, controlled by 30
computers. Mentioned Triple J and 774, i.e. the ABC Melbourne frequency
better(?) known as 3LO.
1305-1310 back to studio for delayed RA newscast mentioning bigger/biggest
fireworks show at Sydney. 1310 music and back to the roofguys who in the
meantime have gone down to the studio too, mentioning simulcast with RA for the
next two hours, phone numbers with 774 in them too. Sydney`s fireworks are set
off from barges in the harbo, rather than downtown buildings as in Melbun
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRUNEI. For New Year`s in the UT+8 zone I decided to try something exotic,
according to Lou Josephs` recommendation at http://newyearslive.blogspot.com/
Listened online to RTB from about 1520 Dec 31, mostly pop music with DJ in
local language; 1555 Qur`an segment; 1600 no timesignal but apparently marking
new year, 1602 sounds like national anthem, followed by speech, probably by the
Sultan, one of the world`s richest oligarchs, until 1612 jingle ID ``National
FM, Radio Brunei`` but only the ID and occasional words were in English, back
to pop music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake December 30 before 2400:
9200, good with flutter at 2340; none in the 11s, 10s
12500, good at 2338
13970, poor with flutter at 2334; maybe over some CCI
15900, fair at 2335; none in the 14s
16100, fair at 2335
16980, poor at 2336
17170, fair at 2337
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [and non]. NHK World Radio Japan always has a live music show on New
Year`s Eve, from domestic radio or TV, so well before 1500 UT = midnite I start
listening to that from 1313 via CANADA 11655 relay. Lots of songs, audience
applause in big auditorium with PA reverb by announcers, chatting between
performances. 1348 `Sukiyaki` in heartfelt, not bouncy rendition; 1357 `Sakura`
in a poppier version. 1443 Auld Lang Syne ending that program, 1445 back to
pre-produced feature, including 1449 banging on something.
Knowing that Sackville will cut off the transmission just before 2012, I have
retuned to 9750 direct which by 1458 has just as a good a signal if not better,
but with some SAH, likely PBS Nei Menggu, Hohhot as in Aoki, or maybe Kuwait,
but not defunct Malaysia as still in HFCC. 11655 does cut off by 1459, and 9750
continues with gong, then accurate timesignal at 1500, more gongs periodically
during speech (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 9650, KBS World Radio`s Korean hour via Sackville at
14-15 happens to be during the final hour of 2011y there, so I listen to a bit
tuning back and forth with Japan. They did play Auld Lang Syne at 1409; also
goes off too early at 1459 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, Dec 31 at 0645, IGIM Nouakchott is on and chanting, a lot
weaker than the Gregorian chanting on 7250 Vatican (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [and non]. More attempts to hear R. Taiw?n Internacional as scheduled
in Spanish relays: 11885, Dec 30 at 2353, Chinese vs Chinese, i.e. RTI Taiwan
vs RTI WYFR at about equal levels, instead of Spanish via WYFR. 2359 blotted by
CRI turned on early with tail of usual end-of-hour dispensable filler, `Let`s
Learn Chinese` lessons, giving chin...@cri.com.cn address. I was thinking CRI
English at 0000 would be Sackville, but on 11885 that`s only at 13-14; at 00-01
HFCC shows it`s 500 kW, 200 degrees from Xi`an. After 0000 Taiwan was off and
WYFR continued in WYFR English, instead of scheduled WYFR Portuguese; by 0030,
it was atop Xi`an.
At 0227 Dec 31, once again RTI Spanish was missing from 9355, instead RTI
English // 5950 and 9680, but 11995 via GUIANA FRENCH finally bore RTI in
Spanish with ID instead of open carrier or silence. After 0600, 6875 via WYFR
still in German, not Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 5845, Dec 31 at 1327, very weak B-B-C- chimes, prior to what?
Bengali, 250 kW, 325 degrees via Thailand at 1330-1400. And I see in HFCC
that`s followed at 14-18 by BBC DRM, 100 kW, 290 degrees from Thailand on
5840-5845-5850; for the DRM listener in Sri Lanka? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1540, Dec 31 from 0657 to 0715 UT, tried to hear the WKVQ Eatonton GA
DX test, which was scheduled with only two days notice, but never heard any
Xmas music, CW IDs or sweep tones, just this:
1540, Dec 31 at 0702 UT, after Mexican music, ID in English ``This is KEDA, San
Antonio, Texas, your Jalape?o radio station``. It was dominant even on my E-W
longwire also suitable for the high end of MW on the FRG-7; also tried to null
it on the DX-398 but not much success, only bringing up some weaker talk
station, presumably KXEL. 0710 another ID for `Jalape?o Radio` mixing Spanish
and English. No sign of the other Texans, closer KZMP, or KGBC with CRI, which
must have lesser signals at night than KEDA`s 1 kW. BTW, those calls mean in
Spanish ``stay`` as in ``with us`` = queda. I guess they don`t consider
`Jalape?o Radio` to be an politically incorrect stereotype.
As for the WKVQ test, no power was stated in the publicity but they have a 10
kW non-direxional daytime authorization, which should have been employed for
this post-midnite test. Yet initial reports I have seen indicate spotty
reception even in the East with several 50 kW stations to contend with, but did
make it as far as Manassas, Kansas City and Omaha (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Nothing ever happens on weekends, so VOA Spanish doesn`t bother with
newscasts, just music fill shows at 13-14 UT Saturdays: I check again Dec 31
whether there is any jamming, none heard on 9885, 13750 or 15590. At 1317
`M?sica Country` is underway with top 2011 hits from Billboard; 1329 dead air
almost a minute as usual, 1330 reopening 5-4-3-2-1 countdown, `?xitos
Latinoamericanos` yet this show presents Spanish-language hits from inside USA,
as of course EUA is now officially part of LA.
UNIDENTIFIED. 5085.0, Dec 31 at 0637, S9+22 big carrier, with continuous
middle-C tone (circa 256 Hz); continued for a while; next check at 0650 it was
gone. Suspect a test from WTWW-2 on one of its planned frequencies (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
------------------------------
Message: 3
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:34:42 -0200
From: L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec <eefi...@yahoo.com.br>
To: <Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: [HCDX] correction
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The log about RTV Tunisia, the frequency was wrong, right is as follows; thanks
by Jorge Freitas' notice the mistake:
12005, RTV Tunisia, Sfax. December, 29 1814-1825 two male in Arabic
conversation, slow and melodic music. 25433, (lob-B).
Happy New Year to everyone
73's
L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:02:31 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesch...@web.de>
To: "DXplorer" <dxplo...@yahoogroups.com>, "HCDX"
<hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] 3333.440 R Bila Hora - Czech nostalgy radio on new
years eve
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reply-type=response
As every year on last night of the year Radio Bila Hora is on the air.
orchestra Karla Blaha at 1900 UTC.
CZECH REPUBLIC R Bila Hora
Um 1844 UTC auf 3333.444 kHz die Tschechische Version eines Peter Alexander
songs.
Die Musik kommt aus den 50ziger und 60ziger Jahren - Nostalgie pur.
73 wb df5sx
wwdxc germany
----- Original Message -----
From: "Klaus Fuehrlich" Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: [A-DX] R Bila Hora
Hallo, Listenh?rer,
wie seit 2008 geh?rt zu jedem Sylvester ist heute
Radio Bila Hora wieder auf 3.333 kHz. aktiv. Das Signal
ist hier im Raum Dresden stabil, aber viele RTYY- und QRM auf der
QRG. Leider beschr?nkt man sich auf Tschechische Ansagen und Musik,
zumindestens in dem von mir gerade verfolgten Zeitraum 18.00 - 18.30 UTC.
Mein SINFO : 43343
Best`73, Klaus
Ja, und kommt gut rein....
Die Liste kann nicht besser sein als wir selbst,
ohne unsere AKTIVE TEILNAHME.
danke Christoph !!!
QTH: Radebeul bei Dresden
RX: NRD 545-DSP
Ant..; 20-m-long wire
(A-DX Dec 31, 2011)
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:50:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Alexander <brian384...@aol.com>
To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] Dec 29-31 Logs
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** ERITREA. 9730.03, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, 0310-
0335, local Horn of Africa music. Vernacular talk. Very weak modulation.
// 7175 - fair but with some occasional HAM adjacent channel splatter.
Dec 31. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** MADAGASCAR. 5010.18, Radio Madagasikara, *0229-0245, sign
on with local African pop music. Short 25 second IS at 0230 followed by
choral National Anthem. Opening announcements at 0233. Malagasy
talk. Weak. Poor in noisy conditions. Dec 31. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** NIGER. 9704.99, LV du Sahel, 2230-2300*, French talk. Euro-pop
and Afro-pop music. Local chants at 2255. Closing announcements at
2258 followed by flute IS. Choral National Anthem at 2258:35. Two
second test tone at 2300 and off. Poor to fair with some adjacent
channel splatter. Irregular. Dec 29. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** SUDAN [non]. via FRANCE. 7315, Radio Tamazuj, *0359-0430, sign
on with opening ID announcements. Echo announcements. Arabic talk.
Local music. Many ?Huna Radio Tamazuj? IDs. Into Radio Dabanga
programming at 0429 with ID jingles. Good. Fair on // 11940 via
MADAGASCAR. Very weak/threshold signal on // 13800 via UAE.
11940 about 1-2 seconds ahead of 7315. Dec 31. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
?
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
?
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:22:15 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 31, 2011-January 1, 2012
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** BRAZIL. Much of it currently on DST, they imagine that 2012 arrives at 0200
UT instead of 0300 or 0400, so I check out RNA 11780 at 0158 UT January 1: good
signal with upbeat song, 0159:30 to legal ID for 980 kHz with 300 kW from EBC,
but no mention of SW which has slightly greater reach, no timesignal, standard
opening of ``Al? Brasil`` show ``nesta madrugada de domingo``, ``novo dia, novo
programa`` and finally: ``feliz ano novo``. And now it`s time for the New York
Philharmonic on PBS` NYE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 9420, Dec 31 at 2259 noticed VOG back on this frequency after more
than a week`s silence, with Greek music, but I already missed their midnight at
2200. Still on at 0011 check Jan 1 with Greek talk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** RWANDA. 6055, Dec 31 at 2251, lively music and French talk, mentioning
Rwanda; fair signal until totally blocked by *2259 REE IS before its French
service. Tnx to tip from Brian Alexander who heard RRR`s extended broadcast on
Xmas Eve and said they also do it on NYE. Local midnight was already at 2200 UT
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. REE can be depended upon for a good time on New Year`s Eve. (No more
competition from DW in the UT+1 zone for our attention.) I pick the strong CR
relay on 15125 for the Jahrwechsel at 2300 UT, tuning in at 2259 to hear bells,
2300 twelve strikes of some big clock, ``Feliz 2012`` and cut immediately to IS
and sign-off! At least they kept it on a few minutes longer than usual for the
big moment, before the CR transmitters take their usual break, so then it`s
back to Noblejas:
9535 as usual is the best signal here after 2300, and I wind up listening to it
for two hours straight (also on weaker 9620, 6125, and poor 11680). At 2301 a
novelty song is playing, which turns out to be the first of many; harmonies are
sorta Sephardic, tho this is hardly Jewish New Year. 2304, ``Bienvenidos a 2012
en Radio Nacional, Radio Exterior, Radio Cinco y Radio Tres`` as the four
networks are combining for this special dance party of music from the 30s to
the 50s. I noted most of the details for the first hour. The two M hosts spoke
very rapidly and I couldn`t catch all the titles. Much of the music was
American, with Nueva York mentioned often:
``Boola, boola, boola`` sorta English lyrix, by Orquesta de Swing. 2307,
``Swing, swing, swing, swing; sing, sing, sing, sing``. 2310 acknowledged their
first cablegrama de 2012; were encouraging listener input, dedications. Then
something by Louis Prima from 1951y. Messages in from Boston, Nueva York,
Par?s, mentioned 78 rpm and some of their records sounded that old altho not
scratchy. A mambo by Tito Puente. 2317 mentioned that show lasts until las 2 de
la madrugada = 0100 UT; 4-network ID again; song from 1947y. 2321 Conga de NY,
also 1947? 2323 QSL an e-mail from Bel?n, Nuevo M?jico. 2328 ``Cannonball
Yodel`` from Manhattan, 1953y, a train engineer yodeling about going thru a
tunnel, no, not the Wabash. 2332, really funny if somewhat sexist novelty song
about women who ``Talk, talk, talk``; 2335, bluegrass on banjo; 2337 segu? to
promo for a show on R. 3, ``de ocho a nueve, no se mueve``. 2338, ``Ain`t
Nobody Here But Us Chickens``, etc., etc.
RNE has an impressive library of old American tunes. They also played some
more from Latin America.
2355 crosses to RNE in the Canarias where another midnight is imminent, playing
greetings from individuals in each(?) of the seven islands. Jan 1, 2012 at 0000
full toll of twelve with each counted off upward, one by one; 0002 back to
music. 0005, 9535 cuts off air so I quickly check the alternates as above, but
by the time I get back to 9535 it has resumed. I also checked English on 6055,
but nothing special there, probably playing back something from last year. On
9535 at 0015 mentioned they had got 5 mil mensajes, and more great music bits
until 0100. Don`t need no stinkin` Internet to enjoy all this direct on my SW
radio! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non?]. 15715, Dec 31 at 2218 something is here on this normally vacant
frequency, and I do mean vacant: nothing ever listed on it in any of the B-11
schedules: Africanish music, good signal with flutter, then French
announcements, 2221 discussion mentioning Dakar and S?n?gal several times,
mixing with more music. 2236 finally ID in passing as ``BBC Afrique, programme
sp?cial pour 2012``. Signal degrading, but still heard past 2300, 2318, even
0006 Jan 1. The flutter is typical of Ascension on 19m, likely site (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1597 monitoring. 9955, Sat Dec 31 at 1830, my internal
noise sources are off, so I try to hear me on WRMI: yes, can just barely make
out the WOR theme. I assume it`s better in the Caribbean and Latin America.
WRMI is currently on the air between 15 and 23 UT only on Sats & Suns. Repeats
Sunday at same time, plus 1630. Other airings: UT Sunday 0500 on WTWW 5755; UT
Monday 0330v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 10000, Dec 31, 2011y at 2359, I didn`t even try to find an audible
BBC frequency, amid my bihour with Spain, but on #2 receiver cannot miss the
official start of UT 2012y, precisely pipped by WWV at 0000:00 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZAMBIA. 17695, Dec 31 at 1940, CVC 1Africa VG signal, better than CVC Chile
17680, but lots of IADs making a salvation story unlistenable; not that their
thinly-disguised monomania is ever listenable. Then a longer period of dead
air. I see that Jorge Freitas in Brasil independently noted the same problem
after change to 13590, Dec 31 at 2016-2021, ``Transmission with constant cuts
in the modulation``. God`ll get `em (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
------------------------------
Message: 7
Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:26:19 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <gree...@otenet.gr>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Cold War Shortwave Radio
Message-ID: <4f0018ab.30786.100...@greekdx.otenet.gr>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
wathch my baby's videos!
http://zlgr.multiply.com/video/item/93
http://zlgr.multiply.com/video/item/92
Cold War Shortwave Radio
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/december2011/cold_war_shortwave_radio.htm
Paul Dougherty has released a collage of shortwave recordings made during the
Cold War in
1985.
The YouTube description reads:
Cold War Shortwave was created in 1989 using off-air recordings made while I
was traveling
in Europe circa 1985. This was a time when propaganda was harsh, before the
Gorbachev
inspired thaw.
The collage was done with Soundwave from Impulse, my first experience with
non-linear,
random access editing.
Watch Cold War Shortwave
Thanks to Mike Barraclough for spotting this itemStandard 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: 8
Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:26:18 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <gree...@otenet.gr>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Clay County man speaks to kids for Santa over
short-wave radio
Message-ID: <4f0018aa.27501.100...@greekdx.otenet.gr>
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wathch my baby's videos!
http://zlgr.multiply.com/video/item/93
http://zlgr.multiply.com/video/item/92
Clay County man speaks to kids for Santa over short-wave radio
http://jacksonville.com/community/clay/2011-12-23/story/clay-county-man-speaks-kids-santa-
over-short-wave-radio
Posted: December 23, 2011 - 11:04am | Updated: December 24, 2011 - 9:13am
Advertisement
By Charles Broward jacksonville.com Copyright 2011 The Florida Times-Union. All
rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.
December 23, 2011 - 11:04am
Clay County man speaks to kids for Santa over short-wave radio
If all the power goes out on Christmas Eve, at least one man in Fleming Island
will still be
able to give updates on Santa Claus? whereabouts as he makes his way toward the
First
Coast.
That?s because Joe Bassett?s short-wave radio system can run off his car
battery if
necessary.
Bassett is one of seven radio operators throughout the United States and Canada
who will be
working the airwaves today, available to speak for Santa to those with a
transmitter and
children eager to know where he is on his delivery route.
The "Santa Claus Net," a holiday initiative of the Maritime Mobile Service
Network for about
20 years, will be transmitting on the 14.300-megahertz frequency 3 to 7 p.m.
today and
Christmas Eve.
The radio operators serve as "Santa?s helpers," repeatedly performing radio
checks, to which
anyone can respond. Bassett said he most often reports Santa?s movements and
takes
present requests.
Sometimes he said he has even been able to get Ole? St. Nick to speak to the
children
himself, though he said Santa is careful not to make any promises on what he
might leave
under the tree.
"It?s a boat-load of fun," said Bassett, 48. "And it really does help us
[operators] prepare for
emergency conditions."
There are approximately 60 amateur operators who volunteer their time and
equipment year-
round to the network, which assists those in distress on the high seas or in
need of
communication from foreign countries.
"I?ve talked to Russia on just 5 watts," Bassett said.
He said he communicates with amateur radio operators in Europe and Asia on a
daily basis,
bouncing short-wave signals over the oceans, off the Earth?s ionosphere.
That kind of range is likely comforting for Santa, knowing he can reach his
helpers even
when his iPhone loses a signal.
For more information go to www.gladeskywarn.org/santa.html.
Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/community/clay/2011-12-
23/story/clay-county-man-speaks-kids-santa-over-short-wave-radio#ixzz1iC1Nhrts
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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Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
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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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