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Today's Topics:
1. DW and you - Contest results (Jaisakthivel)
2. DW: User of the week (Jaisakthivel)
3. more logs #2 (Zacharias Liangas )
4. Glenn Hauser logs March 27-28, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
5. DX Loggings - R Perry - 28 March (Ralph Perry)
6. Fqy Typo Correction - Brazil (Ralph Perry)
7. Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA (Stewart MacKenzie)
8. EWTN Radio Network Celebrates 20 Years on Air (1282)
(LIAGKAS ZAXARIAS)
9. Adventist World Radio Revisits Sri Lanka (LIAGKAS ZAXARIAS)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:39:57 +0800 (SGT)
From: Jaisakthivel <[email protected]>
To: ardic <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] DW and you - Contest results
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Countless users took part in the ?DW and you!??contest??? and DW would like to
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Hao L., China
Issa Ibrahim N., Tanzania
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Jos? Miguel M., Argentina
Juan C., Mexico
Ksenia S., Ukraine
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Nataliya K., Ukraine
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entries.
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www.dw.de)
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:58:17 +0800 (SGT)
From: Jaisakthivel <[email protected]>
To: ardic <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] DW: User of the week
Message-ID:
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If you are a devoted DW user and would like to be presented as DW's next ?User
of the Week? on?
myDW? Then please simply fill in their short form on the following link and you
will be notified if you choose?
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:42:45 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] more logs #2
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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http://sites.google.com/site/zliangas/pl200 NEW::::: review for PL200
More logs
This is the second part of the previous line of logs
ALso notice that in mediafire i have uploaded on the lang part recs in Wolof
and Malayalam
http://www.mediafire.com/myfiles.php#7fwpl575bnw5u
Also to add frm theprevious email for 11505
11505 unIDed 1748 and 1557 with talk about Sudan in Vn .Sudden s off 1759
There is a
sample in the following address :
The file can be heard there:
http://soundcloud.com/greekdx/en004-11505
And here are the remain logs
Sat 24
4845 R.Cult.Ondas Tropicals 2205 today with S9!!
7370 V o Vietnam 2217 with prg in Veit S30!!
7220 Cypros Broadcasting 2224 with Greek lang program religious itinerary in
Cypros S20
12160 WWCR 2240 a song with guitar , talks in SP S5 34222 very fast fade
Sun 25
5005 Bata is back ? 2002 with a pop song S7 34322 sudden s/off 2007
9835 RTM 2009 with song , then adverts S5 on the 16H antenna
6055 Rwanda 2013 talks by OM in VN a tribal like song with ref to Rwanda 2016
man sings
2017 a phine in. Best in LSB (but still having QRM , in USB is a DRM feed )S7
11970 R Romania Intl has been heard instead of Damal S9
6985 pirate ?? 20204 with old pops (80s) Talks by OM in English 2029 song from
Tina
Turner S1 max
15235//15330 R Canada? 2032-3 music program with old rock and roll .Prg in
English
'chicking now over' Both S7
15825 WWCR 2037 with signal S7 45423
9505 must be CVC 2041 with a religious prog from what the bible says Later
heard abt
cvcmedia.tv 34422
9630 Aparecida ? 2025 with bolero style songs , talk in PP 15221
9645.36 Bandeirantes 2050 OM with intense and fast talks ,possibly sports
program Best in
USB using narrowest possible filter
9730 VoV? 2055 with an English rock song , YL with talk sin English ,also
mentioning email .
Deard air 205830 then prg in French on TOH .Poor
7295 TraxxFM ? 2103 with news in Malaysian !!! S4
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
________________________
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 PL200/550/600, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:19:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: NASWA <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 27-28, 2012
Message-ID:
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** CHINA [and non]. 15615 and // 15660, March 28 at 0505 in Chinese, probably R
Free Asia as scheduled via TINIAN, rather than CNR1 jamming which surely
accompanies them.
11805, March 28 at 1357, English talk mixing with Chinese, but gone at 1358.
VOA Chinese is scheduled 13-15, switching from SAIPAN to Tajikistan site at 14,
always with CNR1 jamming, either one of which could have included bits of
English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake March 28:
13970, poor at 1429; none in the 12s, 11s
15615, fair with flutter, CCI and het on lo side at 1424
15800, fair at 1427
15870, fair at 1427; none in the 14s, 16s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA [and non]. 11815.0, March 28 at 1356, NHK J-pop with no het from
REE relay; by 1436 I am hearing only Spanish, no NHK, no het, so not
off-frequency today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5360v, March 28 at 0522, the stray and wandering DentroCuban pulse
jammer soon varies to 5363 or so as I compare it to 7365 which is pulsing at
the same rate but not exactly synchronized, likewise on 5745 and 5980, none of
which need R. Mart? jamming at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. Morning of March 28, RHC has pre?mpted all its wake-up
programming for live coverage of Pope Benedict XVI`s big mass in the Plaza de
la Revoluci?n, as RHC turns into a religious broadcaster! Found at 1337 on
13780 and all the other frequencies.
Then also heard different coverage of same ceremony on WEWN Spanish, 12050 and
11550. Here the anchor was more excited. WEWN English on 9390 plus spurs at
1350 was not covering the ceremony directly, but discussing Ratzinger`s
wardrobe.
Radio Mart? joined in too, March 28 at 1341 on 11845 which was *not* jammed,
but 11930 with heavy jamming, and 13830 with RM audible equal to the jamming
level. Of course, 11845 is right next to 11840 RHC for at least a few more
days, possibly discouraging them from jamming 11845, but as time goes on, 11840
overcomes 11845 anyway here.
Thence I started watching it on cable TV too, this time covered by both
Telemundo and Univisi?n as well as with English commentary, EWTN.
At 1417, in prolog to the pope, a Cuban papist quoted from Daniel 3, a grisly
story about a ``white-hot furnace``, like the Plaza, I suppose, judging from
all the oversized parasoles.
At 1439 I compared the delays on the different stations:
Radio Mart?, 29 seconds behind RHC
WEWN, 6 seconds behind RHC
What about America`s other `Catholic` SW station, KJES? No surprise that this
offshoot yahweh cult is ignoring the Pope as usual, instead usual stuff barely
modulated with hum on 11715v at 1435.
I searched the 9 thru 17 MHz bands for any special Vatican Radio frequencies,
but none found, in keeping with none yet added to
http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/trasm_spec.asp?cod=txs_2012_03_28_ing.asp
Why not for this major event?? However, I got a reply from Vatican Radio
frequency management that 15470 in use late UT March 26 was via BONAIRE and
11945 from 0000 March 27 was direct from SMG:
``The 15470 kHz was broadcast from Bonaire beaming Brazil, the 11945 kHz was
broadcast from Santa Maria di Galeria beaming to Mexico, 250 kW HER 4/4/.5
293?. Best regards. Sergio Salvatori, Vatican Radio
Frequency Management``
However2, per
http://www.radiovaticana.org/en1/trasm_spec.asp?cod=txs_2012_04_01_ing.asp
VR now has a special broadcast planned for Palm Sunday April 1 from 0725 UT:
``From St. Peter's Square, Benediction of Palm and Olive branches, procession
and Holy Mass presided over by Pope Benedict XVI followed by the recitation of
the Angelus. Live Broadcast from 09.25 a.m.
- in English for Asia on kHz 17590 SW, for the Rome area on MHz 93,3 FM and via
Internet on Channel 1
-in French for Africa on kHz 15550 SW, for the Rome area on MHz 103,8 FM and
via Internet on Channel 2
-in German for Europe on kHz 9645 SW, for the Rome area on kHz 1.611 MW and via
Internet on Channel 3
-in Portuguese for Africa on kHz 21675 SW and via Internet on Channel 4
-in Italian for Italy on kHz 6075 SW, for the Rome area on kHz 585 MW, MHz
105,0 FM and via Internet on Channel 5
-in Spanish for Europe on kHz 13620 SW and via Internet on Channel 6`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. V. of Greece hasn`t put up an A-12 schedule, John Babbis says they
don`t reply to E-mail, and their HFCC registrations are a joke, full of wooden
entries. So only by monitoring can we figure out what their real schedule is.
15650, March 28 at 1359 I hear their haunting IS, presumed national anthem, and
onward with Greek announcements and music past 1500 full ID and theme, all the
while with co-channel QRM from another station producing fast SAH, registered
as R. Liberty in Turkmen via Wertachtal, Germany at 14-17. Still the same at
1646, and Mauno Ritola heard VOG still on 15650 after 1700, but no 9420, where
is it?
Sometime later they switch from 15650 to 15630. By 1913 they are on 15630
instead, sounds like sports coverage, which I have also noticed lately in their
evenings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA [and non]. 9526-, March 28 at 1316, zero signal from VOI. Yes,
they might as well turn it off if they can`t modulate. Still off at 1438 check,
unable to produce even a het upon 9525 CRI Russian.
Once again proving that propagation is not the problem, 9680 RRI domestic
service is quite good over its Taiwan/Mainland CCI, canned ID right as I tune
in March 28 at 1322, ``R-R-I [ee], Jakarta``, apparent credit roll with
dramatic music for preceding show, 1323 different music, ID, announcing song
``I`m Sorry, Goodbye``(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 15555, March 28 at 1333, Qur`an and then talk in Japanese, which means
it has to be VIRI, yes, now scheduled 1330-1430, 500 kW, 60 degrees from
Kamalabad. There is also a D-note het above hi C, = 587 Hz, matching that heard
on 15340 between HCJB and Morocco. What are the chances of that? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. 15720, March 27 at 1809, NHK English with sufficient signal at
new time for Africa, 1800-1830, 250 kW, 295 degrees from MADAGASCAR, replacing
1400-1430 on 21560 via France (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15540, March 27 at 1810, R. Kuwait English very weak and unusable,
but axually improved to sufficient by 2035 during western pop music (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 940, March 28 at 0542 UT, something in Spanish dominates, with no
audible het --- could this mean that XEQ or even XEMMM are back on-frequency?
850, in absence of KOA (off the air or QRP?), March 28 at 0545,, talk
mentioning Rio Verde, San Lu?s Potos?, Banc?mer ad, federal PSA about
calentamiento global (global warming; why don`t we hear any like that from the
USG? Mexican stations are required to carry government PSAs, unlike Americans,
optional fillers), ``El Planeta Terra``, ``Milenio Televisi?n presenta`` more
talk, i.e. XEM Chihuahua per Cant?, 500 watts at night. IRCA Log 2011 did not
have this with Milenio, instead ``Renacimiento 850``, changed affiliation?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. March 28 at 1557 UT I notice that after months of snow, channel 2
suddenly has some analog TV DX from the south in Spanish, a rare VHF sporadic-E
opening in March. Distracts me from compiling this report, further HF
monitoring, and preparing for WORLD OF RADIO 1610, which I might not be ready
to produce until Thursday morning.
1557, ch 2 in Spanish, and now just barely visible video on 4.
Antenna SSE aimed at OKC. I check the 6 meter skip map and see only one puny
path from Mexico City to Costa Rica, but the TV/FM Skip Log has been active
with unID TV Es for almost an hour.
1618, ch 2 with PSA from the Gobierno del Estado de Sonora, and signal improves
as I rotate toward the SW. The leaning-2 with seagull logo bug is in the
upper-right. This could be either Los Mochis or Ciudad Obreg?n, Sonora, both of
which have an XHI-TV on channel 2 but with different programming. This
confusing situation is explained at http://tvdxtips.com/mexlogosch2.html
And then there is XHQ-2 in Guamuchil, Sinaloa, part of the same group with same
logo, relaying XHQ-3 from Culiac?n.
1623, ch 3 with net 5 toons, audio soon following; 2 with CCI
1624, ch 3 is supering a local ID with small white letters in the upper right
starting with X, but can`t make it out before it crawls offscreen!
1647, ch 4 mixing toon audio with other video; soon toon video too // ch 3,
likely net-5 both
1647, ch 5, now video is starting to show 10 MHz higher
1648, ch 6, MUF builds another 6 MHz, some video and audio here; looks like the
B?rguer-Rey circular logo flashing by midscreen
1700, ch 5, now there is zero-offset CCI, dominant being a weight-loss ad or
infomercial
1701, ch 6, movie opening credits by FILMEX, then title ``Ojos de Juventud``;
from title style and music, seems like an oldie; no CCI
1701, ch 4, CCI including a game show
1701, ch 3 and 5 // toons, net-5
1705, ch 4 with video CCI making a wavering audible het: one station has an
unstable transmitter
1711, ch 4 audio mentions `Festival de Zacatecas` but not necessarily
transmitted from that state; CCI
1744, after lunch of another home-grown asparagus omelet, opening has
diminished to only weak CCI on 2, but rebuilds up:
1750, ch 2, gull logo of XHI-2 on mike in front of interviewee, and same in
upper-right, tho partly cut off my overscanned screen
1750, ch 4, Smurfs from net-5
1809, antenna is still SSW, but audio on ch 2 says ``aqu? en M?rida``, so
rotating SSE it`s stronger, XHY. Clock shows 12:09 as most of M?xico is still
on CST for another few days, even tho further east than here. Has bug in LR of
sunburst logo, and tv2; MILENIO and some other large wording across the bottom
to the left, so are they Milenio TV network now, mostly heard as an audio
soundtrack relayed by MW stations? Still going local(?) talkshow past 1830.
1842 audio ID in passing as SIPSE Televisi?n. Again at 1902 UT.
1811, ch 4 has net-5 Smurf toons, accompanying XHY-2 so suspect also from
M?rida
1834, ch 3, from the SSW with male chef doing cooking show
1835, ch 4, from SW with novela, possibly Galavisi?n bug upper-right, zero CCI
from Smurfs/M?rida still incoming from SE; soon fades, but opening continues
past 1852.
1917, ch 2 still has some competing signals.
By 1830 the 6m skip map was full of signals mostly across S & W USA, but not
much with Mexico (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOROCCO [and non]. 15345+, March 27 at 2045, IMM making D# het below middle
C, i.e. 155 Hz presumably with ARGENTINA, which is probably off-frequency too.
15340.6, March 28 at 1348, IMM undermodulated Arabic, but quite a het against
weaker 15340.0 HCJB Austallia, hi-D on my keyboard nominally 587 Hz, strangely
the same pitch as heard on IRAN q.v. 15555
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. RNW never learned their lesson last A-seasons, nor CRI,
big collision resuming on 9650: March 28 at 1308, CRI English `China Drive` via
Sackville has heavy CCI from YL in Dutch, which is once again the Tinang,
PHILIPPINES relay, 1300-1327, listed at 250 kW, 200 degrees, but so strong here
I could easily believe it`s really on the 21-degree antenna. My heart bleeds
for poor CRI, so hard to hear otherwise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [and non]. 15120.0, March 28 at 0501, good signal with open carrier,
no hum, and no modulation from VON which normally starts around 0445 after tone
test. Meanwhile other African signals were in well, 15400 Dabanga, 15580 VOA.
15120 cut off at 0507, then right back on, but at next check 0513 gone again as
apparently they gave up at the old Ikorodu transmitter site on getting any
audio from the Lagos studio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1000, March 28 at 0540 I am not getting KTOK OKC at all,
just something in Spanish from the SW. Next check after sunrise, KTOK is
detectable but much weaker than it should be on daytime groundwave.
KTOK has been undergoing an antenna reconfiguration (eliminating the tall
center tower of the antenna system pursuant to the construction permit
BP-20100830ABU). See the third of four entries, the CP, at:
http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?state=&call=ktok&arn=&city=&freq=530&fre2=1700&type=0&facid=&class=&list=0&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9
The reduction from the electrically awkward 148 degrees to 112 degrees will be
an operational benefit without any significant effect on coverage. This may
result in some off air time while construction is occurring.
The reason for use of the original 148 degree tall center tower is not known,
but is not an unusual characteristic. Taller center towers in the center of
inline arrays with odd numbers of towers were not an uncommon design in the
heyday of expansion of AM service post WW-II (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. 9430, March 28 at 1315, songs, distorted and unstable carrier,
1317, ``The best things come to you when you least expect them``, repeated,
alternating with Chinese talk, from FEBC Bocaue, now tweaked a bit better
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 15510, March 28 at 1332, VOR in Pashto, I think, good modulation,
flutter. I am about to conclude they have fixed the modulation problems here
since last summer, when at 1349 recheck during music, IADs occur. HFCC and Aoki
agree it`s 250 kW, 140 degrees from Samara at 12-14 mixed with Dari.
15640, March 28 at 1500, English news starting with item axually negative about
Syria, Assad government torturing children! After some items about Russia, news
ended already halfway thru the 1603-1604 minute, VOR ID. Aoki A-12 still has
only outdated A-11 info for this as VOR in Russian at 15-18 via Moskva site.
HFCC A-12 only shows 13-18 without specifying languages (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SERBIA [non]. 9685, UT Wed March 28 at 0029, IRS IS, good with flutter, 0030
sign-on English to N America, 250 kW via Bijeljina, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, rather
muffled audio, and could not copy the frequency announced after Europe`s 6100
(which does NOT apply to this hour). Confirms anyway new time and frequency, ex
0130v on 6190, but it`s supposed to be UT Tue-Sat, and was absent on Tue March
28, while VOR/PRIDNESTROVYE was in well on 9665. This time, disturbed
propagation conditions make 9665 only poor with heavy flutter (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH AFRICA [and non]. 7285, March 28 at 0517, talk in Afrikaans mentioning
Johannesburg, doubtless R. Sonder Grense, much stronger than usual and now
rivaling 7275 Tunisia signal. Scheduled 05-08, 100 kW, 290 degrees from
Meyerton, favoring US. At 0518, WWV reported K-index at 0300 was 4. BTW,
Algeria via France still gone again from 7295 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 15080, 15090, 15100, 15120, 15130, 15140, approx., spurs emanating
from REE 15110 transmitter, March 27 at 2037, progressively weaker the further
out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [and non]. 11650, March 28 at 0508, 1000 Hz tone jamming vs R. Dabanga
via VATICAN, which ran a singing ID at 0510.
// 15400 via MADAGASCAR much better and unjammed, about 1 second ahead of 11650.
15550, March 28 at 0529, whine slightly oscillating jamming only with IADs, no
Dabanga audible as usual on this way offbeam transmission, 225 degrees from UAE
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9980, March 28 at 0039, very strong open carrier. Has to be the
WWCR-4 transmitter mostly dedicated to Brother Scare, and which per the WWCR
website transmitter sked is on air from 12 to 01 UT, but according to the
separate program schedule is ``signed off`` after 21 weekdays, 20 weekends,
except back on UT Suns only at 0030 for `Unshackled`; why bother for that
unpaid filler? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 790, March 28 at 0550 UT, Fox Sports Radio dominating from N/S. Only
one around here that fits is KBME Houston, presumed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 850, March 28 at 0545 UT, no signal from KOA Denver which normally
inbooms here at night, instead something in Spanish: see MEXICO. Can KOA be off
the air? Further north signals are not aurorally diminished, WCCO 830 plus IBOC
sidebands bothering 820 and 840, CBW 990. Next check at 1248 after sunrise, at
first suspect KOA is still off, vs weak Spanish, probably KJON TX, but then
fades in a bit interviewing a forest-fire victim in Jefferson County. Reduced
power at KOA? (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1030, March 28 at 1244 UT, ``Thanks for listening to Gather Round
Morning Show with Greg Harris on 1030 The Light``, gospel music. That slogan
means KCWJ Blue Springs MO per NRC AM Log, rather than my first choice, KCTA 50
kW daytimer from Corpus Christi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM [non]. 9555, March 28 at 0513, Vietnamese music, and announcement,
mentioning Ho Chi Minh, with 6175 missing again; 0515 another song and talk;
0527:40 cut off VOV for BaBcoCk IS to 0529* after first note only of RCI IS.
Turns out this is not a mistake, but a deliberate change now shown at:
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A12&broadc=VOV
taking over from 6175 until 0428*
9555 0430 0528 6,7W Voice of Vietnam BAB Vietnamese Sackville 45N53 064W19 277
250 1234567 25-Mar-2012 28-Oct-2012
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 10000+, March 28 at 0511, utility noise hash QRMing WWVH from the
hi side. What is this? Certainly does not belong in the Standard Frequency
band. Shows up occasionally, also in daytime against WWV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:00:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ralph Perry <[email protected]>
To: Anker Petersen <[email protected]>, Cumbre DX
<[email protected]>, DX Clube Pernambuco
<[email protected]>, dxld <[email protected]>, DXplorer
<[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, Lista Conexion Digital
<[email protected]>, Mark Taylor <[email protected]>,
Mosquitto Coast Mosquito Coast <[email protected]>, NASWA Yahoo
Group
<[email protected]>, Ontario DX Association
<[email protected]>, PlayDX Yahoo Group
<[email protected]>, Radioescutas Yahoo Group
<[email protected]>, "Rich D'Angelo"
<[email protected]>, Shortwave-Radio
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] DX Loggings - R Perry - 28 March
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
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BRAZIL - 5069.97, Radio Capital, Rio, lucky to bump into this during a
temporary silent period for CFRX on 3/26, local Sun night / Mon morning, at
0843 random tune-by.? Very good signal with live-sounding OM in PP giving
discourse, perhaps recording of a live speech.? He occasionally thumped podium
to accentuate his points, hi..? 0846 the studio ancr came in with quick spot,
in PP, and then speech resumed.? At 0850, CFRX cranked back up and obliterated
the fqy.? Interesting to note that CFRX was there at 0800 tune-by.? (Perry,
Illinois)
UNID BRAZIL - possibly a new Brazilian (or at least, an old one on a new fqy)
on 6035.00 at 0906 on 3/26.? Tune-in with OM giving fqy info in progress in PP
and then into PP ballads at 0809, something of an updated Abba sound.? Fair sig
and no QRM.? 0815 OM PP anmts wishing all MBD and then into another ballad at
0817.? Degrading by 0830, lotsa atmospheric noise and no ID.? Almost entirely
gone by 0842.? Might speculate a QTH in the far, far eastern portion of Brazil
that juts out into the Atlantic?? Not noted when fqy checked on 3/28, same
time. (Perry, Illinois)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - 7324.97, presumed Wantok R. Light, hrd again 3/26 and 3/28,
same pattern as before . . .. and thanks again to Dave Valko for spotting this
one.? Seems to fade in approx 0855 or so, when OM ancr hrd and then orchl
theme.? Into nx by YL (or high-pitched OM) at top of the hour, which goes on
until signal fades out for me. Both times, lost for good by 0915.? Would
speculate that the grayline tilt briefly enhances the signal and then it takes
a dive.? Weak at best but great fun to log.? (Perry, Illinois)
OMAN - 15140, R. Sultanate of Oman, 1735 with nice signal on 3/26, apparently
AA nx show.? Sounded like remote discussion by phone between OM in studio and
reporters on location, one a YL.? Occasional deep fades but nice signal,
indeed, at peaks.? Checked again at 1810 on 3/28 but only noted poorer signal,
though same program.? (Perry, Illinois)
BOLIVIA -? 6134.82, Radio Santa Cruz, Sta. Cruz de la Sierra, great big signal
at 0025 on 3/28, with program of modern LA rap mx, segued local pops. Fqy wide
open and only lite het, notchable.? 0030 ad string and then very nice ID as
"Radio Santa Cruz" at 0033, f/by station's jingle.? Very amusing!? (Perry,
Illinois)
BOLIVIA.- 5952.42, Radio Pio Doce, extremely nice signal 3/28 at 0038 with
interview program which seemed to be about the upcoming Semana Santa
festivities in Bolivia.? Recorded interviews from organizers (last year?),
etc.? 0048 funky whistle and percussion marching-style huayno.? Best signal out
of these guys in a long time, for me.? (Perry, Illinois)
BOLIVIA - 3310.00, R. Mosoj Chaski, noted 0943 on 3/28 thru 1001, YL discourse
interspersing with plucked CP-style guitar riffs. Fair signal on a very good
morning for the Andes -- this one hard to hear, here.? Same morning, time,
Peruvian R. Tarma 4774.96 really bombing in.? (Perry, Illinois)
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Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois
Drake R8B;? Japan Radio NRD-545;? Eton E1;? Hallicrafters SX100;? Knightkit
Star Roamer
Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 + customized (tropical bands)
Quantum Phaser antenna unit
Longwires (150'? Skyloop + 100'); Tuned Multi-Turn 20" Small Loop;? Single-Turn
Coax Loop
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:01:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ralph Perry <[email protected]>
To: Anker Petersen <[email protected]>, Cumbre DX
<[email protected]>, DX Clube Pernambuco
<[email protected]>, dxld <[email protected]>, DXplorer
<[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, Lista Conexion Digital
<[email protected]>, Mark Taylor <[email protected]>,
Mosquitto Coast Mosquito Coast <[email protected]>, NASWA Yahoo
Group
<[email protected]>, Ontario DX Association
<[email protected]>, PlayDX Yahoo Group
<[email protected]>, Radioescutas Yahoo Group
<[email protected]>, "Rich D'Angelo"
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Subject: [HCDX] Fqy Typo Correction - Brazil
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Correcting typo:
BRAZIL - 6069.97 (not 5069.97 - typo!), Radio Capital, Rio, lucky to bump into
this during a
temporary silent period for CFRX on 3/26, local Sun night / Mon morning, at
0843 random tune-by.? Very good signal with live-sounding OM in PP
giving discourse, perhaps recording of a live speech.? He occasionally
thumped podium to accentuate his points, hi..? 0846 the studio ancr came in
with quick spot, in PP, and then speech resumed.? At 0850, CFRX
cranked back up and obliterated the fqy.? Interesting to note that CFRX was
there at 0800 tune-by.? (Perry, Illinois)
----------------------------------------------------
Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois
Drake R8B;? Japan Radio NRD-545;? Eton
E1;? Hallicrafters SX100;? Knightkit Star Roamer
Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar
P-408 + customized (tropical bands) Quantum Phaser antenna unit
Longwires (150'? Skyloop + 100'); Tuned Multi-Turn 20" Small Loop;? Single-Turn
Coax Loop
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:42:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Stewart MacKenzie <[email protected]>
To: Adrian Peterson <[email protected]>, Gerry Dexter <[email protected]>,
Anker Peterson <[email protected]>, BCL NEWS
<[email protected]>, Duane Fischer <[email protected]>, Hard
Core DX <[email protected]>, Maryann Kehoe
<[email protected]>, Prime Time Shortwave
<[email protected]>, SWL QTH <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA
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>>>
ALBANIA?? China Radio Intl Relay - CRI??? 9570? 0112 GMT? English? 333? March
11?? OM with news items from Albainia. Then a YL? on their
constitution.????????? Mackenzie-CA..
CANADA?? Radio Canada Intl?? 9765? 0017 GMT? Spanish? 333? March 11?? YL's with
Choir music.??? Mackenzie-CA..
CUBA?? Radio Havana Cuba?? 9740? 0115 GMT? Spanish? 333? March 11? YL
mentioning Cuba often. Also an OM with comments in Spanish.???? Mackenzie-CA..
GREECE?? Foni Tis Helladas?? 9420? 0107 GMT? Greek? 333? March 11? Two OMs with
comments.??? MacKenzie-CA.
RUSSIA?? Voice of Russia? VOR?? 9830? 0019 GMT? Spanish? 444? March 11? Banjo
music, YL at 0121 GMT with comments. OM singing by 0122 GMT.???? MacKenzie-CA..
SPAIN?? Radio Exterior Espana? REE?? 6055? Spanish? 444? March 9? IS s/o at
0100 GMT then followed by aon OM with comments.??? MacKenzie-CA..
UNITED STATES, Pennsylvania?? WINB? 9265? 0057 GMT? English? 333? March 11??
Music choir singing. OM with an ID at 0100 GMT.Followed by an OM with
comments.?? MacKenzie-CA..
UNITED STATES, Maine??? WBCQ? 9330? 0105 GMT? English? 333? March 11? OM with
comments. ?? Mackenzie-CA..?
Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
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SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:00:57 +0300 (EEST)
From: LIAGKAS ZAXARIAS <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] EWTN Radio Network Celebrates 20 Years on Air (1282)
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EWTN Radio Network Celebrates 20 Years on Air (1282)
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/ewtn-radio-network-celebrates-20-years-on-air/
by JOSEPH PRONECHEN 03/24/2012 Comments (3)
EWTN photo
ON THE AIR. Mother Angelica and the late Piet Derksen, a Dutch businessman,
devout Catholic and philanthropist who helped Mother Angelica launch EWTN?s
worldwide shortwave operation, WEWN, in 1992. EWTN Radio is celebrating its
20th anniversary.
? EWTN photo
EWTN Global Catholic Radio Network marked a huge milestone on March 7 to
celebrate its 20th year on the air: It added its 180th affiliate when Bishop
Cirilo Flores of San Diego flipped the switch to launch KCEO 1000 AM.
On hand for the festivities were San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers,
his wife, Tiffany, and attorney Charles LiMandri, the co-chairpersons who
helped raise the funds for this new station.
The occasion included another milestone, too. This affiliate also is Immaculate
Heart Radio?s 26th station that broadcasts EWTN radio programming throughout
California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. Immaculate is EWTN?s largest
affiliate group.
?This is a great event to expand in San Diego,? said Immaculate?s president,
Douglas Sherman. ?The station reaches almost 4 million people, and a million of
these are Catholic. That we can reach that many people full time has huge
significance in our service to the Church.?
Right after San Diego?s launch, seven more stations, from Delaware to Texas,
have either started airing or will air within 45 days, bring the total of EWTN
affiliates to 187.
Sherman said the radio group?s partnership with EWTN goes back 17 years, when
he and son Branigan visited Mother Angelica to obtain her permission to put
EWTN (shortwave) programming on an AM/FM station they wanted to start in the
Lake Tahoe/Reno, Nev., area.
?We were the first in the country to sign a contract with EWTN to provide
24-hour programming,? Sherman noted. ?Ave Maria beat us to get on the air in
fall 1996, and we started Jan. 2, 1997.?
That meeting also gained them something else: Mother Angelica?s prayers. She
prayed over father and son. Today, Father Branigan Sherman works for Immaculate.
The new station is a major one, as San Diego is the 17th-largest radio market
in the country. It boosts a potential listening audience of more than 130
million people for EWTN radio total.
EWTN radio is available in 19 of the country?s top 35 radio markets, including
San Francisco, Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit, Seattle, Washington and Boston. This
does not count millions more listeners who are reached via shortwave and Sirius
Satellite Radio Channel 130.
?Basically, from the time John Paul II introduced the idea of the New
Evangelization, you can follow the growth of Catholic radio,? pointed out EWTN
Radio?s general manager, David Vacheresse.
Emphasized Sherman: ?None of us in Catholic radio would probably be here today
if not for Mother Angelica and her commitment to provide
programming up on satellite for anyone who could start (an AM/FM) radio
station.?
With San Diego launched, Sherman is turning his attention to the only major
California city without Catholic radio in English: Los Angeles.
Most likely, Rivers will be involved in fundraising there, too. He?s sold on
the impact Catholic radio can have. A few years ago, he and Tiffany saw a short
video of Immaculate?s impact.
?The biggest thing was seeing how many lives are touched,? he said. ?Catholics
were coming back to the Church. There were those who chose life when they tuned
into Catholic radio when going to the abortion clinic. There were so many
powerful stories.?
Rivers and his wife then wanted to be part of bringing Catholic programming to
San Diego.
But, says the NFL star, it goes beyond a local station. Rivers heard a fellow
speaker at a recent men?s conference he spoke at in Alabama sum up the Catholic
journey this way: ?We have two jobs: to get to heaven and to take as many
people as possible.?
?Catholic radio helps get that done,? Rivers said. ?It helps nourish our own
faith and helps bring others. It?s something as simple as a radio station, yet
is impacting millions of people.?
The other San Diego station co-chairperson, LiMandri, knows firsthand the
impact of Catholic radio. He was lead attorney for the National Organization
for Marriage in the Proposition 8 initiative to make the definition of marriage
between one woman and one man. He also represented supporters of the Mount
Soledad cross, a court case involving the presence of a cross at a veterans?
memorial.
?I became aware of the power of radio from those campaigns,? he said. ?As you
know, the mainstream media is not very cooperative or willing to share the
fullness of the truth on these issues, and we?ve had much more success getting
our message out through the radio.? Initial results showed ?how powerful radio
can be doing the Lord?s work. It?s a great way to inform people what the
(culture war?s) challenges are and what Catholics in particular are facing
these days.?
?We know EWTN has fidelity to the magisterium, and we don?t have to worry about
our message getting diluted,? he said.
Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kan., summed up the value of Catholic
radio on EWTN?s Life on the Rock last fall: ?Catholic radio
is a bishop?s best friend, as far as I?m concerned, because it gives us an
opportunity to get our message to our people unfiltered.
?I think the Lord is providing us at this moment with this very powerful and
effective tool to educate our people. I look at Catholic radio as the most
effective adult-education formation tool that I have.?
Catholic radio, he added, ?is a very non-threatening way for someone who isn?t
Catholic to become acquainted with the faith, and it is bearing this fruit that
Mother Angelica foresaw.?
Joseph Pronechen writes from Trumbull, Connecticut.
Read more:
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/ewtn-radio-network-celebrates-20-years-on-air/#ixzz1qUyMV4Rp
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:04:01 +0300 (EEST)
From: LIAGKAS ZAXARIAS <[email protected]>
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Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Adventist World Radio Revisits Sri Lanka
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Adventist World Radio Revisits Sri Lanka
on 03.15.2012
http://www.radioworld.com/article/adventist-world-radio-revisits-sri-lanka/212362
After a quarter century absence from the radio-broadcasting scene in Sri Lanka,
Adventist World Radio is returning to the island on March 25.
AWR aired for almost 40 years (starting in 1950) via the Radio Ceylon shortwave
service near Colombo, Sri Lanka. It was the first syndicated Christian
broadcast from this station. Radio Ceylon then became Sri Lanka Broadcasting
Corporation and in 1988 AWR moved to its own shortwave station, KSDA in Agat,
Guam.
AWR is returning to Sri Lanka for a three-month stint, lasting until the end of
June, and will transmit via the Deutsche Welle station near Trincomalee. AWR
says the transfer will allow them to carry out maintenance on curtain antennas
1 and 2, and to install an additional curtain antenna at the Guam site.
AWR encourages international radio monitors to submit reception reports on the
temporary AWR usage of the Trincomalee shortwave station. Reception reports are
welcome via regular mail, together with a suitable form of return postage, or
via e-mail. The AWR scheduling for the new Sri Lanka broadcasts can be obtained
from the AWR website.
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 111, Issue 29
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