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Today's Topics:
1. Logs (Manuel M?ndez)
2. Glenn Hauser logs January 5-6, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
3. New Pacific Travellers Radio Guides (Radio Heritage Mail)
4. Log Report for Al Muick (Albert Muick)
5. Jan 6 Logs (Brian Alexander)
6. 6090v Kaduna NIG (Wolfgang Bueschel)
7. Re: 6090v Kaduna NIG (Mikhail Timofeyev)
8. Re: 6090v Kaduna NIG (Wolfgang Bueschel)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:36:38 +0100
From: Manuel M?ndez <[email protected]>
To: DX Listenig Digest <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Spain
Logs in Friol
Sony ICF SW 7600 G
Cable antenna, 10 meters
ECUADOR, 6050, HCJB, Pichincha, 0910-0918, 05-01, Ecuadorian flute
music, female, comments in quechua. 24322. (M?ndez)
INDIA
4920, AIR, Chennai, 1622-1627, 05-01, Hindi music. 24322. (M?ndez)
5010, AIR, Thiruvananthapuram, 1626-1633, 05-01, Hindi music. 24322.
(M?ndez)
ITALY, 5000, Time Signal Station IBF, Torino, 1602-1615, 05-01,
Identification by male announcements in Italian, French and English:
"IBF, IBF, IBF, Standard Frequency and Time Signal from the National
Electrotechnical Institute, Turin, Italy". 24322. (M?ndez)
MEXICO
6010, Radio Mil, M?xico D. F., 0855-0920, 05-01, Latin American songs,
identification at 0900: "Radio Mil, radiomil.com.mx", locutor, "Radio
Mil, informaci?n..., Radio Mil, transmite desde, Paseo de la Reforma,
radiomil.com.mx", identification song "Vive M?xico en Radio Mil". 14321.
(M?ndez)
6185, Radio Educaci?n, M?xico D. F., 0907-0930, 05-01, classic and lyric
music. 24322. (M?ndez)
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 10:15:26 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 5-6, 2012
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** ALASKA [and non]. 9655, Jan 6 at 1510, some English under RRI in Arabic,
with SAH, in usual collision with KNLS, habitually won by RRI, despite both
being off-the-back, 270 and 140 degrees respectively (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALGERIA [non]. 9390, Jan 5 at 1803, no carrier detectable from scheduled
relay via FRANCE; WWRB 9385 with Brother Scare was not strong enough to obscure
9390 if it were on. Wolfgang B?schel the last three days has been monitoring
all the France and Algeria broadcasts, and finds RTA is still on air ONLY at
19-20 on 7455, 11955. However:
``TDA erected two new 250 kW shortwave sites at Bechar (curtain antennas 49/41
mb, 31/25mb, at 135 degrees) and Ourgla (curtain ant at 206 degrees) on
existing LW and MW TX sites. And daily 12 broadcasting hours rent at Issoudun
will soon be ceased after completion of these two Algerian installations (wb,
wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 6)`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 7365 and 9825, Jan 6 at 0638, heavy pulse jamming against
nothing long after R. Mart? is off these frequencies; slightly higher pitched
pulsing on 9955 against WRMI with news in Spanish from R. Praga, which was
holding its own at the moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also
U S A: WRMI
** FRANCE [and non]. 21690 is one of the RFI frequencies which has not been
deleted, poor signal in French Jan 5 at 1816, presumably still 17-20 via GUIANA
FRENCH. Wolfgang B?schel monitors 21690 at 12-13 and 17-20 via GUF, none of the
former times via ISS. 15300 ISS, missing earlier, is poorly audible here at
1808. Wolfgang B?schel observes 15300 on air only at 06-08, 12-13, 17-19.
Still nothing around 0435 from the ex-English RFI frequencies 7425, 9805, nor
Algeria [q.v] relay on 5865. Until 0657* poor signal still on 7390 from RFI in
French as IDed just before cutoff; previously and perhaps still scheduled
04-07; Wolfgang B?schel confirms that.
As of Jan 6, the HFCC sked for RFI has still not been updated to remove all the
deleted transmissions!
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B11&broadc=RFI
What is going on is now emerging. I asked Walter Brodowsky of M&B about this,
and he replied Jan 6:
``Glenn, I just received the response from TDF at France as following:
RFi has decided to stop the Spanish transmission from ISS and GUF.
Best regards, Walter Brodowsky``.
But that`s not all! Jean-Michel Aubier in France found the story linked below
and says, ``RFI could stop SW and MW transmissions at the end of 2013. For the
time being, RFI could cut 32 hours on SW (could... or has ?)``
http://www.radioactu.com/actualites-radio/noi_139246/rfi-l-ifg-preconise-l-arret-de-la-diffusion-en-ondes-courtes-et-moyennes/
Mike Cooper digests and summarizes the article:
``Glenn: As I read the article, TDF planned to cut 32 hours of shortwave as
part of a new contract effective January 1, 2012. The reduction would involve
the broadcast in French for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, broadcasts in
Portuguese and English for the African continent and broadcasts in Spanish for
Central America and Cuba.
It wasn't mentioned in the article Mr. Aubier pointed out, but it appears that
the M?t?o Marine broadcast has also been cut [was 1133 UT on 13640 via GUF,
17610 ISS]. An article written by Arielle Cassim, who was the announcer on the
program, says the last broadcast was on December 31. She posted her comment at:
http://www.seableue.fr/fin-du-bulletin-meteo-marine-de-rfi/
Cutting SW programming to the Democratic Republic of the Congo comes at a
particularly bad time, since the DRC's Communications ministry "cut the signal
of RFI," according to an AFP report. The government objects to RFI's reporting
since the contested re-election of President Joseph Kabila. The government in
Kinshasa totally cut RFI between July 2009 and October 2010, accusing it of
"demoralizing" the army.`` This refers to FM relays in the DRC.
Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, also forwards a VOA News story about the Congolese
disconnexion, from Scott Stearns | State Department:
The United States says authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should
restore broadcasts by Radio France International. Those frequencies were
blocked this week over the station's reporting on political opponents of
President Joseph Kabila.
Congolese authorities say they switched off RFI's six FM frequencies while a
new, state-run media regulatory authority considers the station's coverage of
the long-time opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland says the move breaches
freedoms of speech and should be reversed immediately. . .
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/US-Calls-on-Congo-to-Restore-RFI-Broadcasts0-136767223.html
No one but us seems concerned about RFI`s abrupt cancellation of all its
Spanish and English SW broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non] 5985 via JSR Tokyo/Yamata, JAPAN, Jan 6 at 1350, Shiokaze
is still not back to English on Fridays; is there any on other days now??
Programming also abnormal, violin and piano music and dramatic narration, hard
to tell whether Korean or Japanese, but 1404 ID in Japanese; meanwhile with
QRMyanmar from 5985.8 or so carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15540, Jan 5 at 1800, no sign of a signal from R. Kuwait`s English
service, which recently made it to Massachusetts at 1900; before spring, it
will still take an unusually good propagation night to get it out if it is
still really on the air daily at 18-21. However, just before dispatching this
report, Jan 6 at 1802, RK *is* audible here with poor signal starting the daily
show promoting Sunnislam (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA [and non]. 7245, Jan 6 at 0637, prayerful-sounding Arabish rather
than chanting, perhaps because it`s the Fribbath, weak vs Vatican mass on 7250
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 92.9, Jan 5 at 2106 UT I notice that KBEZ Tulsa is calling itself
``The Bob FM``, rock music. Had not noticed that before, but may be nothing
very new on a station I usually ignore. No such slogan in the last FM Atlas XXI
published May 2010y. Confirmed at http://www.929bobfm.com/ where ``we play
anything``. Really? I want to hear, say, Monteverdi.
95.7, Thu Jan 5 at 2107 UT, KXLS Enid ``Lahoma``, breaking from format of
whatever music they usually play, is broadcasting some silly ballgame, sounds
local, probably HS BKB? Odd time for that.
Another such SBG was heard on 93.3 at same time, i.e. local translator K227AT
in Enid of KIMY 93.9 Watonga, instead of gospel. Or was it the same game with
different loyalty? Yes, Enid Public Schools calendar shows tournaments are in
progress both for boys` and girls` basketball, some at Watonga, but no times
given.
KIMY and translator are now part of a network covering most of OK and vicinity,
map:
http://www.thegospelstation.com/dyn/showpage.php?id=37
And they do admit to broadcasting the religion of sports, no details
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 15280 // 17540, VG signals Jan 6 at 1517, RRI with US rock song in
English by autotuned YL, yet this is the Arabic service, as IDed at 1518,
``Sawt al-Romania``. How about playing some Arabic, or even Romanian music? see
also ALASKA [and non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SEYCHELLES [non]. 11985, Thursday Jan 5 at 2147, poor signal with music and
unknown language, presumably FEBA in Pulaar, 250 kW, 27 degrees from ASCENSION,
registered as 2145-2215 daily except #4 = Wednesday, which however when last
logged on Tuesday Jan 3 was running VTC music loop; unchecked on Wed (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 6875, Jan 6 at 0639 check, RTI via WYFR still in German
instead of Spanish. Also so strong it is again putting that weak image(?) on
6750 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 17655, Jan 5 at 1813, VOA Portuguese via Greenville is
still here, ex-17650, altho as of Jan 6, HFCC listings still show the ex:
17650. How long does it take to get new info in there, anyway? Also with
long-path echo, some 38 megameters around. And // weaker 15670 which during
this semihour M-F only is Botswana (but at 17-18 daily it`s S?o Tom?, and the
additional tack-on Fridays only at 1630-1700 is Wertachtal) (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1598 monitoring; first SW broadcast confirmed Thu Jan
5 at 2200, VG on WTWW 9479; second at 2230 on WBCQ 7490 (and not much BBC QRM
from Thailand, seems to have abated); third at 0433 UT Friday Jan 6 on WWRB
3195 after 20 seconds of respectful silence following the Anderson SC preacher
(meanwhile WWRB 5050 with separate programming now).
Repeat on WTWW is UT Sunday 0500 on 5755; WRMI 9955 airings: Sat 0900, 1600,
1830; Sun 0900, 1630, 1830; Monday 1230. On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun
1830, Sun 0930 UT. Plus many more on webcast from WRMI and others; full
schedule:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 9955, Jan 6 at 1408, preacher in English from WRMI vs heavy
SAH and CCI from KTWR as well as lite pulse jamming. With everything Jeff White
has done for HFCC and NASB, you`d think other broadcasters would cut WRMI some
slack and stay off 9955, but KTWR GUAM is here at 1400-1430; HFCC says language
is `yue` while Aoki shows Sunday in Hui, M-F in Cantonese, and off Saturdays
only. At 1436, WRMI relay of R. Eslovaquia Internacional had less QRM after
KTWR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1600, Jan 5 at 1817 UT, only a quarter-hour before local mean noon,
Vietnamese which must be from KRVA in The Metroplex TX, is overriding English
groundwave from KUSH Cushing OK, and making a SAH of about 7 Hz. So here`s
high-band skywave at midday, altho only 400 km away, and as we head from
solstice to equinox, less and less likely, but should hold up a few more weeks
from even greater distances if sought (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 17487-17501, Jan 5 at 1812 spurious talk extremely distorted, seemed
to match bigsig from NWS marine weather feminine robot on 17362-USB, i.e. WLO
Mobile AL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11532.0, Jan 6 at 0632 UT, no broadcasters audible on 25m, but
huge S9+25 signal here, open carrier, then brief segment of digital racket,
back to carrier past 0652. Presumed part of the Cuban spy agency, and could
well be using a same 250 kW transmitter as RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 09:38:44 +1300
From: "Radio Heritage Mail" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] New Pacific Travellers Radio Guides
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Travellers Radio Guides
www.radioheritage.com
January 7 2012
NEW Pacific AM & FM Radio Station Guides
________________________________________
You can now use our free 2012 Travellers Radio Guides covering
Melanesia Pacific, Micronesia Pacific and Polynesia Pacific at
www.radioheritage.com.
These authoritative guides list all local AM and FM radio stations
across the Pacific region and are designed to help travellers "stay
safe - stay connected" when visiting the islands for vacation or
business.
The guides include important travel tips: why travel with an
AM/FM/shortwave radio; why travellers should not rely on mobile phone
radio; and where and how to get vital news and other information
during tropical cyclones [typhoons/hurricanes], and civil unrest.
These new guides are in addition to the Australian AM & FM radio
guides recently launched at www.radioheritage.com and the existing
Pacific Asian Listener AM & Shortwave radio guides.
Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization
connecting radio, popular culture, history and heritage at
www.radioheritage.com.
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:05:33 -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 oriented NNW-ESE
AUSTRALIA, VMW Wiluna Meteo, 12362 USB, heard at 2140 on 06 January 2012
with maritime weather including sea heights. Several IDs. Male voice
had that borderline quality where it was hard to tell if it was real or
synth'ed. Very weak, but no QRM and no major QSB. At this time of day,
probably due to the loop qualities and orientation.
BRAZIL (TENT)., Possibly Radio Aparecida on 11855 at 2350 on 06 January
2012 with long talks by a woman in Portuguese, then a booming
announcement by a man and continued talk. Station was weak and somewhat
under-modulated, so I could not get a clear enough ID even on USB or
Synch AM. Another long booming announcement on the hour, and definitely
Portuguese, so I am going with Aparecida, supposedly running only 1kW.
Time to do the Snoopy Dance! After only a couple of weeks of arguing
with my local utility (PP&L), I finally got them to repair the 500kV
transmission line which runs about 300m behind my property and was a
real buzzkill almost 24/7. They also cleaned up a few of their utility
poles again. Now 518kHz is free for NAVTEX DX and overall noise is down
about 15dbB. I am now at something approaching normal listening conditions.
73
Al
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 20:14:52 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Alexander <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Jan 6 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** BRAZIL. 9665.02, Voz Mission?ria, 0610-0635, Portuguese
inspirational music. Portuguese announcements. Weak in noisy
conditions. Slightly stronger on // 5940.04 - but poor with adjacent
channel splatter. Jan 6. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** DJIBOUTI. 4780, Radio Djibouti. I have been trying to hear Djibouti
the past 2 nights but nothing heard during the 0300-0330 time period.
Jan 5, 6. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** LIBYA. 11600, Radio T?l?vision Libye - Radio Libye, *1612-1806*,
sign on with French talk and lite French instrumental music. French
ballads. IDs. Talk. Fair, but some occasional strong noise. Jan 6.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** MADAGASCAR. 5010.18, Radio Madagasikara, 0220-0240, tune-in
to local African music. Short 25 second IS at 0229 followed by choral
National Anthem. Opening Malagasy announcements at 0232. Local
African music. Weak. Very poor in high noise level. Jan 6. (Brian
Alexander, PA)
?
** MAURITANIA. 7245, IGIM, *0550-0610, abrupt sign on with local
chants. Good. Jan 6. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** MEXICO. 6009.96, Radio Mil, 0850-0905, Spanish pop music.
Spanish IDs at 0859 and back to Spanish pop tunes at 0900. Poor in
noisy conditions. Jan 6. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** SOMALIA [non]. via Woofferton, 11740, Radio Damal, 1910-1929*,
tune-in to a mix of local chants and indigenous music. Abrupt sign off.
Good. Jan 6. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
?
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 05:18:55 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "DXLD" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] 6090v Kaduna NIG
Message-ID: <60702BABC4024BA2AC3631C06EF1E342@HNPC2>
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reply-type=original
NIGERA 6090.002 Radio Nigeria Kaduna regional service in Hausa from
Kaduna-Jarji outlet footprint has changed now, measured som 43 Hertz up at
0410 UT Jan 7. Was 6089.859 kHz on Jan 4th, but adjusted now close to
Caribbean Beacon (University Network) from Anguilla. Muffled Kaduna signal
suffered some feed phone line flutter.
73 wb
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 05:09:04 +0000
From: Mikhail Timofeyev <[email protected]>
To: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
Cc: DXLD <[email protected]>, HCDX <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] 6090v Kaduna NIG
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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I think this was Ethiopia. Kaduna right now at 0505 near 6089.85 as
usually, but with weak signal this morning...
73!
Mikhail
07.01.2012, ? 4:18, Wolfgang Bueschel ???????(?):
> NIGERA 6090.002 Radio Nigeria Kaduna regional service in Hausa from
> Kaduna-Jarji outlet footprint has changed now, measured som 43 Hertz
> up at
> 0410 UT Jan 7. Was 6089.859 kHz on Jan 4th, but adjusted now close to
> Caribbean Beacon (University Network) from Anguilla. Muffled Kaduna
> signal suffered some feed phone line flutter.
> 73 wb
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 06:24:21 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
<[email protected]>
Cc: Mikhail Timofeyev <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] 6090v Kaduna NIG
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reply-type=original
Oooh sorry,
many thanks Mikhail for your correction. The feed line problems surprised
me at 0410 UT - though ...
6089.859 yes is the footprint now, measured at 0523 UT Jan 7th again. Kaduna
program started late this morning.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 7)
73 wolfy df5sx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mikhail Timofeyev" Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 6:09 AM
Subject: Re: [HCDX] 6090v Kaduna NIG
I think this was Ethiopia. Kaduna right now at 0505 near 6089.85 as
usually, but with weak signal this morning...
73! Mikhail
07.01.2012, ? 4:18, Wolfgang Bueschel ???????(?):
> NIGERA 6090.002 Radio Nigeria Kaduna regional service in Hausa from
> Kaduna-Jarji outlet footprint has changed now, measured som 43 Hertz up
> at
> 0410 UT Jan 7. Was 6089.859 kHz on Jan 4th, but adjusted now close to
> Caribbean Beacon (University Network) from Anguilla. Muffled Kaduna
> signal suffered some feed phone line flutter.
> 73 wb
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