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Today's Topics:
1. Tanzania mission fulfills a dream (Zacharias Liangas )
2. La Rosa de Tokio para este fin de semana: LR5 Radio Excelsior
y su historia (primera parte) (Arnaldo)
3. Glenn Hauser logs January 26-28, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
4. Re: Glenn Hauser logs January 26-28, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
5. 28 January Loggings (Dave Valko)
6. QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 28 January 2012
(Albert Muick)
7. Jan 28 Logs (Brian Alexander)
8. DX Listening Digest 12-04; World of Radio 1601 (Glenn Hauser)
9. QEII 60 Years of Commonwealth Radio (Radio Heritage Mail)
10. Re: Indonesia (Wolfgang Bueschel)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:12:43 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Tanzania mission fulfills a dream
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http://zlgr.multiply.com/photos/album/28
Tanzania mission fulfills a dream
Saturday, 28 January 2012 10:55
http://thecitizen.co.tz/business/-/19292-tanzania-mission-fulfills-a-dream
By Amy West
When Carmel?s Dave and Wendy Banks met in the 1960s, they talked about joining
the
Peace Corps. What they didn?t realize was it would take them more than four
decades to
make it happen.After marrying, raising kids and retiring, they said to each
other, "You know
what we talked about long ago? Maybe we should try it."
The retired couple returned to Carmel in 2010 after spending more than two
years in
Tanzania, educating villagers about HIV prevention, biology and
English.Surprisingly, they
integrated well into the Tanzanian culture.
"If you have gray hair, you?re in," said Dave Banks, 70, a retired
pharmacist.Their Tanzanian
village of about 1,000 people not only respected their elders, but also
respected the customs
of one another. The village, Maringo, had two major tribes, and Catholic,
Muslim and
Lutheran faiths lived and celebrated traditions together, which impressed the
Bankses.
"I think a lot of places in the world could take an example from Tanzania,"
said Wendy
Banks, 69, a retired teacher.
Tanzanians subsist on less than a dollar a day, and a significant number of
people lives with
HIV. The stigma of the disease, especially with women, inspired the Bankses to
start a life
skills club to teach how to prevent the spread of HIV and brainstorm ways for
HIV-inflicted
villagers to support their families.
High school students from the club performed skits and raps for the younger
school kids, and
persuaded even Muslim girls to do condom demonstrations.
Primary education, required in Tanzania, is free, but tuition for high school
costs about
Sh150,000 ($100) a year. Educating boys takes priority over girls, but the
headmaster in
Maringo worked hard to keep the ratio at 50 percent.
To stay in school, girls commonly find older men to finance their education in
exchange for
sexual favors. "Babu" Dave and "Bibi" Wendy worked to teach the women to say,
"No, not
without a condom." "You just don?t know if you get through," Wendy said.
The headmaster also requested their help teaching in a high school with 500
students and
only two teachers. Dave taught biology and Wendy taught English to 80 freshmen
each.
To start the school?s first library, the couple called for donations from
Monterey Peninsula
residents, who mailed nearly 3,000 books. To cover shipping costs of nearly $55
a box, the
community raised $5,000.
The couple?s family also offered support. A granddaughter requested soccer
balls - used or
new - instead of gifts for her 10th birthday, and shipped them with pumps to
Tanzania. One
of the couple?s daughters raised money to finance two girls? education for
three years.The
couple brought with them a laptop, printer, solar charger, shortwave radio and
a power strip,
which proved especially useful in a village that had just one room with
electricity and many
villagers with cellphones that needed charging.
Wendy Banks was struck by villagers? resourcefulness.
"They can do so much with so little," she said.
One memorable side trip seems to bear this out. To get to a larger city a few
hours away, the
couple rode in trucks called dala-dalas, which were crammed with livestock,
people and bags
and had "already lived their life and died," Dave Banks said. On one trip, the
truck got a flat
tire.
The driver used a pile of rocks to jack up the truck, but jammed on the wrong
size spare tire.
Soon after starting up again, the truck ran out of gas. After the driver
borrowed a bike to
travel to the only village with gas, he returned and swished gasoline in his
mouth, spit it on
the carburetor, and they were finally on their way.
"Traveling was just so awful," Wendy said.
"When we got off the bus, we were always real happy," Dave said. The average
age of a
Peace Corps volunteer is 28, and only 7 percent of volunteers are older than 50
or married.
The organization is trying to change that. In November it teamed up with AARP
to reach out
to volunteers with a lifetime of skills and professional experience.
The oldest volunteer currently serving in the Peace Corps is 82, just five
years younger than
the oldest volunteer ever to serve.
But the Peace Corps? rigorous medical background may stymie the process for
older
Americans, who must provide thorough documentation to show a clean bill of
health. Though
both Wendy and Dave were in excellent physical health, the Peace Corps still
requested
medical records dating back to their 20s. Applicants with diseases like
diabetes can serve,
but may be placed closer to medical facilities instead of in remote villages.
For Dave and Wendy, 18 months passed from the time they submitted the
application until
they left for Tanzania. Though they returned a year and a half ago, the couple
still uphold one
of the three Peace Corps goals - promoting a better understanding between
Tanzanians
and Americans. They?ve given numerous talks around the San Francisco Bay Area
and don?t
seem to tire of telling their stories.
In an African culture that respects their elders, but also depends on an
extended family for
support, the Tanzanians thought it odd for two people to leave their home and
family of four
children and 10 grandchildren.
Wendy?s response: "We?ll go back to our family ... and maybe our family will be
better,
because we had this experience to share." (Agencies)
@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
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: 2
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:01:47 +0100
From: "Arnaldo" <[email protected]>
To: "DXLD" <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] La Rosa de Tokio para este fin de semana: LR5 Radio
Excelsior y su historia (primera parte)
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La Rosa de Tokio es un programa dedicado a difundir el apasionante mundo de la
radio y del diexismo que se transmite semanalmente desde los estudios de LS11
Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires.
Difundiremos por espacio de tres semanas consecutivas los programas ya emitidos
dedicados a LR5 Radio Excelsior, una de las emisoras m?s escuchadas del pa?s y
que operaba en la frecuencia de 910 Khz desde la Ciudad Aut?noma de Buenos
Aires, siendo ahora reemplazada por La Red, en la misma frecuencia
No se pierdan los valiosos archivos hist?ricos que ilustrar?n el programa.
Puede ser escuchada los d?as s?bados de 12: 00 UTC a 13:00 Tiempo Universal
Coordinado (09:00 a 10-00 hora LU) por los 1270 Khz y en Internet por
http://www.amprovincia.com.ar/
Adem?s, una extensa red de emisoras de frecuencia modulada de toda la Rep?blica
Argentina retransmite en forma semanal nuestro programa en diferentes d?as y
horarios.
La Rosa de Tokio tambi?n sale por onda corta gracias a las facilidades
brindadas por WRMI Radio Miami Internacional (http://www.wrmi.net/).
Tambi?n puede ser escuchada en cualquier momento entrando en la p?gina
ProgramasDX y haciendo "click" en http://programasdx.com/larosadetokio.htm
Desde este v?nculo tambi?n podr?n acceder al archivo que recaba ediciones
anteriores del programa.
La Rosa de Tokio es producida y conducida por Omar Jos? Somma y Arnaldo Leonel
Slaen y cuenta con la colaboraci?n habitual de Rub?n Guillermo Margenet.
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MAIL al 30303 y activalo ya!
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:59:46 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 26-28, 2012
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
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** BULGARIA [and non]. 15600, Jan 28 at 1453, doomed R. Bulgaria with
traditional women`s choral music we shall greatly miss, as we did a minute
later when most of the rest of the hour was Bulgarian talk. Good signal but as
always marred by squishy spur of varying pitch around 15601 caused by the
recalcitrant WEWN 15610. From Feb 1, they can mess up 15600 all they want to
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 9600, Jan 27 at 1619, interview about Greece in English, fair signal,
maybe BBC? No, it`s only CRI as soon mentioned ``China Drive`` on Easy FM, a
special holiday edition. Is 500 kW, 290 degrees from Jinhua site at 16-17 only
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 7595, Jan 28 at 1351-1400*, Firedrake such as I have not heard for
weeks in this time period, good signal but heavy RTTY QRM a few kHz on the hi
side. Fearing it would be a waste of time to search for more up to 18 MHz, I
did not. Unheard target no doubt Sound of Hope via Tajikistan, as in Aoki at
1330-1400 on 7605, but jumpable anywhere from 7515 to 7640. He also has one SOH
segment on 7595 itself but only at 2230-2300, equally saultable (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 7435 // 7220, Jan 28 at 1358, Radio Exterior de Espa?a IS again
audible from Kunming site as pr?lude to 1400 Nepali service. 7220 had a lot of
SSB QRhaM, by those who fail to appreciate this wacky anomaly (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 13640, Jan 27 at 1437, not on this frequency as it was 24 hours
earlier, but back on scheduled 15380; likewise Jan 28.
13800 & 13840 approx., Jan 28 at 1515, pulse jamming spurs from 13820 vs R.
Mart?, as the DentroCuban Jamming Command refuses to confine its noise to the
bandwidth where really `needed` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 15080, Jan 27 at 1437, Arabic with roaring noise added by R. Cairo,
S7 to peaks S9+5. Is 250 kW, 241 degrees from Abis at 13-16.
15160, Jan 28 at 1505, humbuzz at propeller-pitch, no doubt another Abis
failure, lacking any human-produced modulation, scheduled as R. Cairo in Ozbaki
(Uzbek) at 1500-1600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, Jan 28 at 1406, fair open carrier with flutter, some hum,
maybe a trace of modulation, no doubt V. of Indonesia on its unique frequency,
struggling to get back into service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5985, Jan 27 at 1345, Shiokaze is finally in English
again on Friday! Missing since KIS died; poor signal with usual Myanmar het on
hi side; YL talking but hard to copy with accent, not headline stingers, but
another bit of music inserted at 1348. Still on 5985 24.5 hours later, weak in
unknown language (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOROCCO [and non]. 15349.1, Jan 28 at 1503, pleased to find R Veritas Asia
via VATICAN in the clear on 15350 with ID in passing, but IMM cut on at
*1503:47 causing usual big het, so must have been a momentary failure, as I
think I ran across it during the previous hour before RVA came on (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MYANMAR. 7110, Jan 27 at 1351, presumed Myanma Radio, poor talk on AM with
multiple QRhaM CW hets (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 910, Jan 26 at 2008 UT on caradio, ``KVIS, your weather
authority``, from Miamuh OK, making slight SAH with presumed TX station as
usual, no AH, as someone speculated KVIS could have been source of a het (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7325-, Jan 27 at 1357, usual JBA carrier after CRI cuts
itself off, maybe some music; no better 24 hours later, presumed Wantok Radio
Light (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 15190, Jan 28 at 1504, Brother Scare is still going
via IRRS via ROMANIA, past usual 13-15 broadcast. Had not noticed this before,
but why not? Since 10 am Saturday is when he performs his big live service with
local psychophants assenting and amening. He`s also scheduled to be on WBCQ
15420v-CUSB Saturdays only at 15-16 and 17-18, but not audible there at 1504,
just another presumed weak BBC Cyprus signal
As for 15190, ah?, latest HFCC B11 dated Jan 27 shows 300 kW, 100 degrees from
MILano (meaning Tiganeshti, Romania site), has added a Saturday-only broadcast
at 1500-1700 effective last week, Jan 21. BTW, they also have other preachers
after 1500 as needed: Friday 1500-1515; and from Feb 5, Sunday 1500-1530. The
Friday extension is on 115 degrees instead.
Oops! Vatican`s DRM broadcast to S Asia in English is also on 15185-15190-15195
DAILY at 1530-1600. There must have been a huge collision this Saturday when I
had quit monitoring. Vatican aims to CIRAF 41 only as target, while IRRS
includes 41 among many others, so collision bells should be ringing at HFCC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 17745, Jan 28 at 1510 check, ``Sudan Radio Service`` song, with
echo (backscatter? Seems longpath from Skelton would be unlikely under current
conditions), then YL with same confusing announcement as on previous weeks
about change in schedule as from January 1. Anyhow, still in English during
this hour on Saturdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 6875, UT Sat Jan 28 at 0621, RTI German instead of Spanish via
WYFR, opening `H?rerbriefkasten` with novelty song, sounds funny, but you
really need to understand colloquial Mandarin (Taiwanese?) to get anything out
of it, so do they think their German audience is generally sinolingual?
Mentions that it`s the Jahr des Drachens. This is the week there is supposed to
be a monthly DX report segment from Europeans, but it`s too late so I will have
to try the audio archive later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 15510, Sat Jan 28 at 1501, BBCWS on unusual frequency, good
signal but flutter with news in English. 1506 into clip of scoring in a
footballgame, Liverpool v Manchester United. 1509 found more BBC `Sportsworld`
on inferior // 17780, and at 1514 on 13825 under R. Mart? and jamming spread
from 13820.
Once again, BBCWS blows away scheduled languages to replace them with stupid
ballgames in English at least on Saturdays; HFCC shows:
15510 in Somali daily at 14-15 via Seychelles, and 15-17 via Cyprus
17780 in Hausa daily at 1400-1430 via Ascension, Hausa Saturdays 1430-1700 via
Woofferton
13825 in Somali Saturdays at 1500-1700 via Cyprus
So is this just fill-in on Saturdays to give the Hausans and Somalis a day off?
Or do stupid ballgames in English trump and pre-empt anything else on the BBC
schedule? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 9885, Jan 27 at 0654-0657* open carrier, off after brief
tone-test. EiBi and HFCC show that 9885 is supposed to be transitioning from
S?o Tom? to Meyerton RSA at 0600 daily, both IBB English, i.e. VOA (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 21630, Jan 28 at 1512, another weekend, so WHRI activates 13m again,
and splatters all over the place during wacky gospel huxter in English who is
anti-lust, anti-fornication, and anti-murmuring, according to scripture listing
stuff including seven other things that ``tempt God`` ????. Can`t have that!
The splatter was audible this time from 21540 to 21760 but the fundamental was
only S9+19. With a few more dB it would no doubt cover the entire 13m band as
previously (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, Jan 28 at 1516, CODAR in the clear as WTWW-3 is off the air
--- or almost; I can hear a very weak carrier which I think might be its
exciter, but checking HFCC I see that KTWR is scheduled on 12105 at 15-16 in
Chinese. Another conflict is until 1530, IBB Sri Lanka in Burmese. On former
12100, WTWW had the frequency all to itself. Then WTWW Arabic cuts on briefly
at 1517, then gone again.
Since last Wednesday I have been awaiting confirmation that the WTWW-2 test
broadcast with Ted Randall taking calls on the air will occur this Saturday Jan
28 at 22-24 on 9990, UT Sunday Jan 29 at 00-04, but as of 1645 UT none has
arrived, so I assume it will not be happening this week either; but check just
in case (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1601: confirmed first broadcast Thursday Jan 26 at
2200:30 on WTWW 9479; and 2230 on WBCQ 7490; UT Friday 0430+ on WWRB webcast,
presumably also 3195. Further airings this weekend are: UT Sunday 0500 on WTWW
5755; UT Monday 0330v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; on WRMI 9955: Saturday
1830, Sunday 0900, 1630, 1830, Monday 1230. Also on WRN via Sirius/XM 120 Sat &
Sun 1830, Sun 0930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 720, Jan 26 at 2006 UT on caradio, WGN traffic control, weather is
steady and R5, scarcely a sesquihour after local mean noon. WGN can make it on
groundwave over a megameter away, but I think this was skywave. Checked 670,
where WSCR sometimes mixes with KFTT Denver in the daytime, but now covered by
splatter from WWLS OK 640 IBOC. No chance for 780 WBBM or 890 WLS either with
OK stations upon them (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:08:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 26-28, 2012
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
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** U S A. 12105, Jan 28 at 1516, CODAR in the clear as WTWW-3 is off the air
--- or almost; I can hear a very weak carrier which I think might be its
exciter, but checking HFCC I see that KTWR is scheduled on 12105 at 15-16 in
Chinese. Another conflict is until 1430, IBB Sri Lanka in Burmese. On former
12100, WTWW had the frequency all to itself. Then WTWW Arabic cuts on briefly
at 1517, then gone again.
Since last Wednesday I have been awaiting confirmation that the WTWW-2 test
broadcast with Ted Randall taking calls on the air will occur this Saturday Jan
28 at 22-24 on 9990, UT Sunday Jan 29 at 00-04, but as of 1645 UT none has
arrived, so I assume it will not be happening this week either; but check just
in case (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Fixing typo: the IBB Sri Lanka Burmese conflict is until 1430, not 1530 (and
WTWW starts at 1400) gh
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:32:43 -0500
From: "Dave Valko" <[email protected]>
To: "Hardcore DX" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] 28 January Loggings
Message-ID: <E76AA033365A483693A52A7A8996F9A6@DavePC>
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PERU 4747.08 R. Huanta Dos Mil 1015 end of tlk by M w/nice clear ID, then into
beautiful OA campo mx w/W vcl. Great animated lively shouting in ad at 1033
check. Next ad was in Quechua. Then the next one was about 2 min. long w/addr
and shop hours given. More ads. Fair signal but fady. (28 Jan.)
BOLIVIA 4699.33 R. San Miguel 1017-1025 tlk by M over soft instru. mx w/ment of
"ondas del...", "universal", amigos, amen, palabra. Must of been a rel. pgm.
1025 MOR rel.-like mx. 1027 M again over mx starting w/"Amigos oyentes...",
palabra, amen, universal. Fady but almost 100% copy. Gradually fading. (28 Jan.)
PERU 5039.19 R. Libertad de Junin Nice signal at 1040 w/pleasant tinkly OA camp
mx. Had a nice clear ID earlier at 0958 but wasn't recording unfortunately. M
in echo at 1044 w/ment of San Martin. Then live studio M at 1045 w/another ment
of San Martin, TC, a few more anmnts and back to mx. M returned w/mensaje at
1051. Start of Huayno w/a lot of yipping then M again w/another mensaje. 1054
brief mx and more anmnts w/ment of "onda musical", Peru. Getting a little
splash QRM from Rebelde. (28 Jan.)
PERU 5120.02 R. Ondas del Suroriente Found OC here when checking the band at
1050. M w/long tlk in muffled audio at 1057-1100 w/ment of Peru. Sounded too
early for him. Into campo mx at 1100. 1101:30 canned anmnt during song. M again
at 1104 but really hard to copy. Had to use the passband and notch to eliminate
the UTE on 5121.5. (28 Jan.)
PERU 4955 R. Cultural Amauta Suddenly popped on at 1054:50 w/fast tempo OA mx
already in progress. 1058 live W anncr in apparent Quechua. Fast OA mx again
1100. W returned at 1104 w/ment of Peru and Cusco. Still going at 1107. Good
signal but muffled audio made it difficult. (28 Jan.)
SURINAM 4990 R. Apintie No sign of this today or lately. Off?? (28 Jan.)
PERU?? 6060 The last couple times I checked, I noticed a buzzing w/carrier on
this freq prior to China signing on at 1130. No audio to speak off. Is it the
OA?? (28 Jan.)
LAOS 6130 Lao National R. Too bad this gets squeezed between 6120 Japan and
6140 Cuba at 1200. (28 Jan.)
MYANMAR 5985.86 R. Myanma 1311 both this and 7110 in the clear, but not //.
Continuous tlk by W anncr here while 7110 had their usual soft Pop mx pgm (did
I say "usual"??!!!). Got a nice clear reception of 7110 across their ToH at
1230. The wavering bands of noise I'm getting on the T2FD (one is smack on
7110) was hardly noticeable using the Wellbrook, which is further away from the
house. (28 Jan.)
73 Dave
Perseus with Wellbrook up 4 meters and aimed 40/220 degrees.
Dunlo, PA, USA
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:57:30 -0500
From: Albert Muick <[email protected]>
To: DXLD <[email protected]>, HCDX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 28 January 2012
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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BRAZIL, Radio Voz Missionaria, 9665, f/d absolutely stunning A4-sized
QSL certificate in 19 days for Portuguese airmail report and 2 IRCs.
Certificate has signatures of the President, Vice-Preseident and
Director of Radio on it. Also sent some station brochures that list
frequencies and show transmitter and antenna system. The QSL and
brochures arrived via EMS Post which certainly cost them much more than
the IRCs were worth! As a bonus, I was not inundated with religious tracts!
CANADA, VCK Canadian Coast Guard, Riviere-au-Renard Quebec, 518, f/d
thank you letter in 37 days for English airmail report and 1 IRC for
report on their NAVTEX transmission. V/s. Alain Poirier,
Officer-in-Charge. TX power is 1kW and distance copied is 790.7 miles.
HONG KONG, Hong Kong VOLMET, 6679 f/d information letter in 39 days for
English airmail report and 2 IRC's. V/s. LEUNG, Chi-Lam, Chief
Aeronautical Communications Supervisor. Address: Civil Aiviation
Department, 2/F, Air Traffic Control Complex and Tower, Hong Kong
International Airport, Chek Lap Kok, HONG KONG. Unfortunately, the
various postal services took a small bite out of the bottom of the
envelope, which resulted in "un petit bless?" in the middle of the letter!
USA, KKL Radio, Vashon Island, Washington, 13176, no data thank you on
local postcard in 17 days for US $1 return postage and English report
via first-class mail. Operator describes on the card how they just
squeaked through 3 days without commercial power with the road blocked
by down (sic) trees and electrical debris. "The heat from the sun
coming through the window gives me the strength to survive." This kind
of changes my mind about how nice the Pacific Northwest was supposed to
be....
USA, PIRATE, Radio Ronin Shortwave, 6925, f/d Shogun of the Airwaves
card in 44 days for email English report to
radioroninshortwave(at)gmail(dot)com. This is also an impressive card
on sturdy stock and surely took some time to design and cost to print.
Card arrived in plain envelope postmarked in Buffalo, New York, with a
zip code of 14711 (Belfast, New York) written in the sender section of
the envelope. I'll take off my tinfoil hat now....
USA, WWRB/The Overcomer Ministry, 9385, f/d Brother Stair/Atomic
Mushroom Cloud card in 152 days for English report via first class mail
with 1 first-class stamp, and follow up in English with 2 first-class
stamps. QSL arrived 17 days after follow-up. A note on the included
religious pamphlets stated they never received the first report.
Fairly decent week for QSLs, all things considered. I am quite happy
with the results and hope for even better results in the coming weeks.
The solar activity sure had made the propagation funny! I am finally
seeing ZIZ, St. Kitts and Nevis again after a long hiatus, and I hope to
have them QSL'ed very shortly. I do believe they are the last of the
Caribbean "splits" on mediumwave.
I hope everyone has had good DX coming their way!
73
Al Muick
Whitehall PA USA
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:21:34 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Alexander <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Jan 28 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
** DJIBOUTI. 4780, Radio Djibouti, *0306-0345, abrupt sign on with
Qur`an. Arabic talk at 0318. Indigenous vocals at 0330. Fair. Jan 28.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** DJIBOUTI. 4780, Radio Djibouti, 2050-2102*, Horn of Africa style
music. Arabic talk. Sign off with instrumental National Anthem at
2101. Weak but readable. Jan 28. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** ERITREA. 7174.99, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea - program 2,
*0255-0330, sign on with IS. Vernacular talk at 0300. Horn of Africa
music. Fair. Jan 28. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** ERITREA. 7195, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea - program 1,
*0255-0330, sign on with IS. Vernacular talk at 0300. Horn of Africa
music. Poor to fair. Jan 28. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** MADAGASCAR. 5010.00, Radio Madagasikara, 0218-0240, carrier
+ USB. Local Afro-pop music. Short 25 second IS at 0226 followed by
choral National Anthem. Opening ID announcements at 0229. Malagasy
talk. Local Afro-pop music. ?La Bamba? song. Poor in noisy conditions.
Jan 28. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6924.97, Radio Ronin Shortwave,
0045-0108*, rock music. Pop music. IDs. Email address. Fair level
but weak modulation. Jan 28. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6930 USB, Radio Ga Ga, 0235-0255,
pop music. IDs. Weak. Jan 28. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
?
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:08:59 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] DX Listening Digest 12-04; World of Radio 1601
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
DX Listening Digest 12-04 has now been posted at http://dxld.org
or http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt or http://dxld.worldofradio.org
and now also without delay at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1204.txt
[as sometimes happens, upload of this edition as dxlatest has not been
immediate, but has been immediate at the dxld1204.txt link above]
CONTENTS:
WOR 1601 / ALBANIA / ALGERIA / ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS / ANTARCTICA /
ARGENTINA / ARMENIA / AUSTRALIA +non VL8 / AUSTRALIA Symban / AUSTRALIA +non RA
/ AUSTRIA / BAHRAIN / BANGLADESH / BELARUS / BELGIUM non DRM / BENIN / BHUTAN /
BOLIVIA / BRAZIL +non / BULGARIA / CANADA XMJ329 / CANADA CHHA / CANADA
CRI/NHK/VOV / CANADA CFVP / CHINA +non / COLOMBIA / CROATIA / COSTA RICA +non /
CUBA / DIEGO GARCIA / DJIBOUTI / DOMINICA ham / ECUADOR / EGYPT / EQUATORIAL
GUINEA / ERITREA +non / ETHIOPIA / EUROPE Pirates / FINLAND / FRANCE +non /
GERMANY +non / GOA / GREECE / GREENLAND / GUAM / GUATEMALA / HAITI / HONDURAS /
INDIA / INDONESIA +non / INTERNATIONAL Contests / INTERNATIONAL INTERNET SW
America / INTERNATIONAL INTERNET NetRadio / IRAN +non / IRELAND / ITALY / JAPAN
/ KASHMIR / KOREA NORTH +non / KOREA SOUTH +non / KURDISTAN +non / KUWAIT /
KYRGYZSTAN +non / LAOS / LEBANON non / LIBYA / MADAGASCAR / MALAYSIA / MALPELO
ham / MAURITANIA / MEXICO +non /
MICRONESIA / MONGOLIA / MOROCCO / MYANMAR / NETHERLANDS non / NEW ZEALAND /
NIGER / NIGERIA +non / NORTH AMERICA Pirates / OMAN / PAKISTAN / PAPUA NEW
GUINEA +non / PERU +non / PHILIPPINES / PITCAIRN ham / PRIDNESTROVYE / PUERTO
RICO / ROMANIA / RUSSIA +non / SAINT KITTS +non / SARAWAK non / SAUDI ARABIA /
SERBIA non / SINGAPORE / SOLOMON ISLANDS / SOMALIA non / SOUTH AFRICA +non /
SPAIN +non / SRI LANKA / SUDAN +non / SUDAN SOUTH non / SWAZILAND / SWITZERLAND
/ SYRIA / TAIWAN +non / TAJIKISTAN / THAILAND / UGANDA / UKRAINE / UK Ibrahim /
UK +non BaBcoCk/BBCWS / UK BBCLR / USA WWV/WWVH / USA AFRTS/AFN / USA +non VOA
/ USA WBAP/KSCS/KLIF / USA KOA / USA WOR/WTWW/WBCQ/WWRB/WRMI+ / USA WTWW / USA
WHRI / USA KJES / USA WEWN / USA WWCR / USA +non YFR / USA +non
N1NR/N4RAU/CO8ADK ham / USA WFLF / USA WKLF / USA WHO/KFAB / USA KRSN / USA
WHP/WTKT / USA WA0RCR ham / USA WPUC469 / USA WNEW/WTOP+ / USA Media hatred /
VATICAN +non / VENEZUELA +non / VIETNAM +non /
ZAMBIA +non / ZIMBABWE +non / UNIDENTIFIED 1189/1190 / UNIDENTIFIED 4717/4743
/ UNIDENTIFIED 4724 / UNIDENTIFIED 4864 / UNIDENTIFIED 5365 / UNIDENTIFIED 6050
/ UNIDENTIFIED 6100 / UNIDENTIFIED 7465 / UNIDENTIFIED 9580 / UNIDENTIFIED 9690
/ UNIDENTIFIED 11500 / UNIDENTIFIED non 11690 / UNIDENTIFIED 13745 /
UNIDENTIFIED 15100 / UNIDENTIFIED non 15330 / UNIDENTIFIED 15770 / UNIDENTIFIED
21630 / UNIDENTIFIED 26000 / TESTIMONIALS / PUBLICATIONS / TINY TRAP / LANGUAGE
LESSONS / CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES / WORLD OF HOROLOGY / DIGITAL BROADCASTING
/ RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / PROPAGATION / TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING
For restrixions and searchable 2012 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
For restrixions and searchable 2011 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid1.html
NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but
have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn
WORLD OF RADIO 1601 HEADLINES:
*DX and station news about: Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium
non, Bhutan, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Diego Garcia, Djibouti, Ecuador,
Faroe Islands, France, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico,
Myanmar, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Russia, Sarawak non, Serbia
non, Taiwan non, USA
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1601, Jan 26-Feb 1, 2012
Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [1600 replayed this week]
Thu 2200 WTWW 9479 [confirmed]
Thu 2230 WBCQ 7490 [confirmed]
Fri 0430v WWRB 3195 [confirmed on webcast]
Sat 0900 WRMI 9955
Sat 1600 WRMI 9955
Sat 1830 WRMI 9955
Sun 0500 WTWW 5755
Sun 0900 WRMI 9955
Sun 1630 WRMI 9955
Sun 1830 WRMI 9955
Mon 0330v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB [alternate weeks including this]
Mon 1230 WRMI 9955
Tue 1030 HLR 5980 Hamburger Lokal Radio
Thu 0430 WRMI 9955 [or maybe 1602 if ready in time]
Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite
and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or
http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org
For updates see our Anomaly Alert page:
http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html
WRN ON DEMAND:
http://193.42.152.193/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24
WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN:
http://www.wrn.org/wrn-listeners/world-of-radio/
http://www.wrn.org/listeners/world-of-radio/rss/09:00:00UTC/English/541
OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO:
http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
or http://wor.worldofradio.org
Best DX wishes, Glenn Hauser
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:01:16 +1300
From: "Radio Heritage Mail" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] QEII 60 Years of Commonwealth Radio
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.com
January 29 2012
Listening with Lizzie
British Commonwealth on the Air 1952-53
Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of
Queen Elizabeth II 1952-2012
_______________________________________
"Listening with Lizzie" is the new feature celebrating the Diamond
Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II 1952-2012 just released at
www.radioheritage.com by the Radio Heritage Foundation.
This is a nostalgic review of the radio broadcasting scene across the
then British Commonwealth sixty years ago, when places such as
British Honduras, British Somaliland, Aden, Zanzibar, Gold Coast,
Northern Rhodesia and many other colonies and territories were
contributing to the 'British" world of radio.
You'll enjoy classic ephemera from such stations as the Central
African Broadcasting Station, Cable & Wireless in the Kenya Colony,
the Near East Arab Broadcasting Station from Cyprus, the Commercial
Service of Radio Ceylon, Radio Malaya from Singapore, Radio ZBP
Pitcairn Island, Radio Jamaica ZQI and many others.
"Let's visit the British Commonwealth as the young Queen Elizabeth II
would have found it, and imagine we're listening in to the sounds of
a radio magically sweeping across the dial and across the world, and
picking up the sounds of her realm in 1952-53."
The feature covers Great Britain, Europe, Africa, Asia, the Pacific
and the Americas, and gives a unique insight into how broadcasting
was emerging at different levels across many parts of the globe in
this first decade after the end of the conflicts of World War II.
"Listening with Lizzie" British Commonwealth on the Air is now
available at www.radioheritage.com and is one of a growing number of
new Popular Culture features produced by the Radio Heritage
Foundation.
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radio, popular culture, history and heritage at
www.radioheritage.com. Voluntary annual supporter donation $A25.
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:01:13 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "DXLD" <[email protected]>, "DXplorer"
<[email protected]>, "HCDX" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Indonesia
Message-ID: <6E607A2F6F574086B7B52EA49855CC80@HNPC2>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="ISO-8859-15";
reply-type=original
Re: cannibalising Marconi transmitters at Bonto Sunggu, Sulawesi
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 Subject: Indonesia
> Hallo Wolfgang,
> Greetings from Bandung Java isl, here's rainy and cool, less than
> 24 degrees. But probably much warmer than at your location.
> A little comment on VoINS transmitter to contribute:
>
> INDONESIA (History 1996)
>
> Back in Summer 1996, when they were installing the Bonto Sunggu site in
> South Sulawesi, I was in Ujung Pandang (now Makassar) for some months,
> thus also monitored the test transmissions.
> In addition to the External Service on 9525 kHz they had at certain times
> of the day up to eight frequencies carrying RRI Jakarta Programa Nasional
> simultaneously (from all sites), plus the old tropical band txm
> on 4777 kHz !
>
> Later in the year the test transmissions evolved into a regular schedule,
> they even had two National Programmes, ID'ing as RRI Indonesia programa
> satu and dua respectively.
>
> What happened to all five of the Bonto Sunggu transmitters?
> I don't see them listed nor mentioned anywhere ? Have they in the
> relatively short period of 15 years all broken down due to neglect and
> lack of maintenace ? It's hardly possible that half a dozen txms are so
> worn out that they cannot even be used as spares !
>
> If WRTH 2012 is right, could it be that they have been shipped to Jakarta
> Cimanggis ? For what purpose ? They couldn't have taken the antennas with
> them ?!
> (Gerhard Werdin, on visit in Bandung, INS, Jan 29, 2012)
>
> Beste Gruesse,
> Gerhard
On Mon Jan 16 2012, Noel Green-UK wrote: Re Voice of Indonesia (VOI)
external service is off the air last few days. This is because of technical
fault in the transmitter. VOI is in search of correct spares from the
original equipment manufacturer. But it is not so easy for such old
transmitter and expensive too.
We hope VOI will be back on the air very shortly.
It is interesting to note that the 2012 WRTH says that at Jakarta
Cimanggis there are 2X50kW, 3X100kW and 9X250kW shortwave transmitters.
The TDP listing shows the following at Jakarta Cimanggis:
A series of 50 / 100 kW transmitters installed between 1950-1974 and now
believed withdrawn from service.
Then there are these
3X100kW Harris of 1982
1X250kW THO of 1983 (ordered/or in service)
4X250kW MAR of 1992
3X250kW MAR of 1995
plus
5X250kW MAR of 1996 (ordered.or in service) at Bontosongu
1X250kW THO of 1983 (ordered/or in service) at Padang Cermin
As far as I'm aware, 9680 is regularly on air with a domestic RRI
programme, but now the 9525/6 transmitter is short of spares. So what
happened to all of the other transmitters? Were they installed at all -
and which of them is used on 9525/6?
> Maybe all the cannibalising that can be done to keep it on air is why
> there is only one transmitter left for the FS?
(Noel R. Green-UK, dxld Jan 16, 2012)
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 109, Issue 28
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