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Today's Topics:
1. Hamburger Lokalradio and MV Baltic this Sunday (tom taylor)
2. Glenn Hauser logs May 11-12, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
3. May 11-12 Logs (Brian Alexander)
4. Hamburger Lokalradio and MV Baltic UP-DATE (tom taylor)
5. Glenn Hauser logs May 12-13, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
6. Logs (Manuel M?ndez)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 14:47:47 +0100
From: "tom taylor" <[email protected]>
To: "tom taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Hamburger Lokalradio and MV Baltic this Sunday
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Hamburger Lokalradio and MV Baltic this Sunday
Dear Listeners,
Hamburger Lokalradio and MV Baltic Radio are on this Sunday the 13th May
2012.
Station Name UTC Time Slots Channels station
emails
:
HH Lokalradio 05.00 to 08.00 7265 kHz
[email protected]
MV Baltic Radio 08.00 to 09.00 7265 kHz
[email protected]
HH Lokalradio 09.00 to 14.00 7265 kHz
[email protected]
All stations are relayed via MV Baltic Radio from G?hren in Germany.
Good Listening 73s Tom
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 11:28:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: NASWA <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 11-12, 2012
Message-ID:
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** BELGIUM [non]. 17880, May 12 at 1408, DX-Antwerp thirtieth anniversary
special is underway, fair signal but deep fading via Guiana French, 250 kW on
311 degree beam to E North America. I listen for the rest of the hour, to hear:
1408, announcements of full schedule for all these specials, in French, German;
address for QSL: dxaqsl @ gmail.com
1410, schedules in Spanish, Arabish
1415, English talk, lamenting closing of several SW stations or reduxions;
tropical band stations in Africa are disappearing too as equipment wears out
and is not replaced, relying on FM instead; likewise, Latin America. Russia
makes DRM a national standard [not any more!] but remains to be seen whether
this will save SW elsewhere. Says DXA has about 100 members, including strong
core of a dozen. Promotes their `open days` following weekend May 19-20 with
schedule of events; and will have a fortieth anniversary broadcast if there is
still SW 10 years from now.
1421, disco music, ``That`s the way I like it``
1422, Jonathan Marks, greeting from Media Network and self-promotion
1424, Mika greeting in English and Finnish from dxing.info
1425, music, YL in Dutch talking about several SW stations
1432, more disco
1433, Victor Goonetilleke, Sri Lanka greeting; someone else concluding with
``tot siens``; someone in English on behalf of Benelux DX Club
1434, French; deep fades
1441, still French, about the open days events, music
1442, DSWCI greeting in English and Danish, presumably Anker Petersen
1443, greeting from gh of WOR and DXLD, in English
1444, German, about the OD schedule
1450, music, ``Radio ? seems like a friend to me``
1454, open carrier until 1500*. No further announcements, closing or sign-off;
something missed?
1657, standing by on 21680 for the repeat to WNAm from GUIANA FRENCH, only 9
degrees further west at 320. *1659:45 much stronger and unfading carrier than
at 1400; 1700 opening ``Special transmission for 30th anniversary of
DX-Antwerp``, then same announcements in Dutch, French, German, Spanish,
Arabish; 1702 full schedule in English, QSL info, 1704 Dutch, 1706 French, and
this is where I came in three hours earlier.
Retune 21680 at 1754 to hear whether there was more modulation, but it`s
already in dead air again, with some hum, much stronger than RFI GUF in French
Africawards on neighboring 21690. Tuning further around 13m, I find suspicious
hummy and not clear carriers circa: 21565, 21644, 21664, 21716, 21788, 21797.
The hum was at a somewhat different pitch than 21680, and wondering if it was
some local device, but 21797, which was stronger than the lower ones, cut off
at precisely the same time as 21680, 1800*, and then all the others had
vanished too. I bet that if I had listened before 1754, I would have heard
distorted DXA Special audio on them. Note that these do not match up neatly as
equally-spaces displaced spur multiples. It should be interesting to find
whether the final repeat, in DRM at 20-21 on 17870-17875-17880 also has spurs,
tho only 100 kW instead of 250 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 6180, UT Saturday May 12 at 0458, RNA is on again; looks like this
and 11780 have changed to all-night schedule every night instead of UT Sundays
only, making it more of an ACI problem for XEPPM 6185.
11765, only other 25m Brasilian audible at 0515 May 12, much weaker than 11780
but sufficient; nothing on 11815 or 11925 which sometimes are on and audible in
the nightmiddle. 11765 seemed like news or at least talk in normal voices, but
after some music at 0535, it was back at 0537 to wacky wailing gospelhuxter
Davi Miranda, from ZYE726, SRDA Curitiba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 15330, and better 15235 and best 17735, May 11 at 2017-2026, RCI
English `The Link` is discussing its own fate, report from parliamentary
correspondent Amanda Pfeffer in Ottawa. Interviewed IBB guy; Alan Familiant,
former RCI director; one Liberal MP who wants to save RCI, and another,
Conservative, who had never heard of it until she asked him about it. Offered
glimmers of hope, before moving on to next subject. Listen to first part of
this May 11 edition here:
http://www.rcinet.ca/english/program/the-link/home/
or this undated excerpt, really the same thing, 11.5 minutes:
http://www.rcinet.ca/english/column/the-link-s-top-stories/15-28_2012-05-11-the-future-of-international-broadcasting/
But says towers in New Brunswick will likely be torn down at the end of this
process (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA [non]. 6080, May 12 at 0500, CRI English stays here as Sackville
fails again to change to 6190 where scheduled, and this time I tune in early
enough to witness the terrible collision it causes with NHK Radio Jap?n in
Spanish via BONAIRE, both equally bigsigs. Come on!
11750, May 12 at 1224, Sackville has failed to put R. Japan on wrong frequency
today, returning it to BBC London during arts show, incidentally USward from
THAILAND (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake May 12, before 1300:
11500, poor at 1256
12600, fair at 1256
13920, fair at 1257
13970, fair at 1257
14700, poor at 1258
15555, fair at 1258
15900, good at 1258
15970, good at 1258
16100, good at 1258
16980, good at 1258
17250, very poor at 1259-1300*
Before 1400:
16100, very good at 1336, none higher
15940, very good at 1338
15900, fair at 1338
15615, fair at 1338 mixing with WEWN
15495, poor at 1336
14800, very poor at 1338
13850, very poor at 1341
12600, very poor at 1341
11500, very poor at 1341 but // 16100
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. 5910, UT Sat May 12 at 0544, HJDH good and clear with music, no
QRM past 0545, as the TWR Polish service via Wertachtal at 0545-0600 is M-F
only, and not on 7225 via Austria either tonite (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. Slipshod RadioCuba operators produce this May 12:
6000, RHC English is still here at 0503, supposed to finish at 0500; in `This
Day in History` segment (always something revolutionary and/or negative about
the US), and not yet on 6010 which is supposed to start at 0500. NOT the same
transmitter, as 6010 is soon on with carrier while 6000 is still going,
modulation off and on, and from 0505, 6010 keeps modulating. Now I can tell
6000 and 6010 are an echo apart, i.e. different sites. The missing frequency
was 6125 while 6000 was still on, as 6050 and 6060 were already normally in
English. Strangely, 6000 does not display the same undermodulation that 6125
does. By next check 0541, 6125 is on and 6000 is off.
9790, large open carrier with hum is still on at 0513 May 12, following CRI
relay ending at 0500.
11840, RHC music is still on at 0516, Spanish supposed to end at 0500. But 9810
is off, and so is 5040, which was already running IS at 0455 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [non]. 21690, May 12 at 1303, surprised to hear RFI in French still
on the air past the 1200-1300 hour scheduled, poor signal. Finally cuts off at
1306:40*. Meanwhile heard nothing on 17620 or 15300. HFCC shows 21690 is via
GUIANA FRENCH during this hour, changing to Issoudun from September 2 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ISRAEL [and non]. 15850, May 12 at 0120, pop music at S9+10 level, much
better signal from Galei Tzahal than we get at other dayparts; Greece 15650 was
also good (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 9650, May 12 at 1225, KBSWR in English again with strange
audio artifacts at peaks of modulation. Since I have never heard same on any
other Sackville transmissions, I conclude it is the fault of something closer
to Seoul.
1250 retune to find Kevin O`Donovan in progress giving V. of Greece schedule,
something about XM, propagation from SWPC; 1252 on to Tech Tips from Jeff in
Baltimore, telling us about what he is going to tell us next week about which
of the five leading browsers are best to use on KBS website (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, May 12 at 0538, IGIM poor signal sounds like Qur`an but
not chanting (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 6185, May 12 at 0458, XEPPM poor signal but modulation sounds
sufficient, if it weren`t for Brasil expanding 6180 schedule to ACI it; lucked
out tonight on the other side, with CRI via CANADA from 0500 again on wrong
frequency 6080 instead of 6190; just weak BBC audible on 6190. Not that it
matters, as XEPPM is still signing off at 0500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. Not understanding much Dutch, I couldn`t justify spending
its last 24 hours with R. Nederland, but tuned in again just before The End,
May 11 at 1958, when 21555 was very good from BONAIRE. A bit of the national
anthem played, then a sad song, watch ticking, heartbeat, historic Dutch
announcement judging from the scratches on the record, and one final word,
``nil``, then carrier cut immediately at 2000***************.
As expected, various regular Dutch transmissions are now gone:
6190, May 12 at 0122, nothing, but Spanish still on 6165 Bonaire
6165, May 12 after 0500, nothing; also ending the NHK leapfrog on 6250
9650, May 12 at 1305, at last, no big collision with CRI English via CANADA;
had been RNW Dutch via Tinang, Philippines. We are truly out of touch with the
Dutch (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15120, UT Sat May 12 at 0520, VON has VG signal with less hum than
usual, in some reggae music, then resuming mailbag so I forewent ontuning and
listened for a while: acknowledged report from Jorge Ra?l somebody in Jalisco
(they sure don`t know the first thing about Spanish pronunciation at VON). He
reported to *VON* that he heard *1Africa* on 9430! back in January. They think
he must have been listening to 9690, since that`s VON`s only frequency on that
band, altho his report was during the 0425-0500 period with a number of songs
and commentaries, SINPO (with a long I) 44444.
Hostesses say it`s ``difficult to reconcile`` his report with VON since they
don`t start until 0445 [and not on any 9 MHz frequency then], and go on to plug
a number of their own programs at times on 9690, 15120 that he should listen
to.
Nevertheless, they are sending him a QSL card! plus sticker and magazine. 0528
outro the `Listeners` Letters` show; addresses englishvon @ yahoo.com or
englishservice @ voiceofnigeria.org
CVC 1Africa, Zambia, was on 9430 at 04-06 in the B-10 season, as in WRTH 2011,
but later dropped the segment before 0600 on any frequency, as in WRTH 2012. So
he could not have been hearing it on 9430 in January of this year. And
certainly had nothing to do with VON, altho those 1Africa broadcasts are aimed
*at* W Africa, mainly Nigeria, and onward across North America. Total SNAFU
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 640, May 12 at 1348 UT, ESPN Radio promo after promo, from what
used to be WWLS: no IBOC noise on at the moment, whence seems like it is less
and less imposed, fortunately. 1400 ID as ``KWPN AM, Moore-Norman, a Cumulus
station``. I had been wanting to catch their new ID for the record, as another
W-call far west of the Mississippi bites the dust.
But this one was not really heritage; it was strangely granted on 12/7/81
according to FCC callsign history for facility 22190, when it replaced WNAD,
which really was a heritage call at the University of Oklahoma, which got out
of the radio business (only to resume it years later with KGOU, class-A FM
non-commercial, yet on 106.3, with much inferior coverage, altho has now built
up spotty relays at several other locations in the state). We can only assume
having that the old W- call made it easier to get a new W-call.
I thought 640 was a Clear Channel station operating out of 50 Penn Place in
OKC. But application/ownership info shows it was previously owned by Citadel,
WAPI in Birmingham AL, and before that by Citadel, KKOH in Reno NV! I assume
that`s just for bookkeeping. Now they obviously want to brand it more clearly
as an ESPN affiliate.
While I was at FCC, took a look at their day and nite patterns: 5 kW day has
major lobe to the SW, not much toward Enid tho not a full null. 1 kW nite has
null west toward KFI, of course, and a lesser null to the east, protecting
what? Memphis, I guess. Major lobes sort of kidney-shaped toward NNE and SSE
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 15385, May 11 at 2015, VG signal in Castilian, what?? It`s REE on
wrong frequency instead of 15110, which is absent, and this transmitter has
brought with it the distortion on peaks altho not the spurs. 15385 is used by
REE earlier in the day, so forgot to change frequency! 15110 normally starts at
*1855, so I bet this made huge collision with KJES, entitled to 15385 at
1800-1930 (unless it happened to be off the air today), and also making a het.
Hope this happen again during that sesquihour so I can witness it! Was
discussing pel?culas, and still on 15385 at 2107+.
15160, May 11 at 2333, today this is the best of REE`s Noblejas-only
frequencies, and 11680 is indeed blocked by former colony Cuba. And it is in
Catalan, closing with a different theme than we used to hear in our mornings,
2335 into Galician, with familiar sea-shanty theme. So it`s M-F 2330-2335
Catalan, 2335-2340 Galician (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 6190, May 12 at 0458, fair signal from BBCWS in English, about to
be blasted away by CRI/Sackville? Not tonight, stays on wrong frequency 6080
instead to collide with NHK Spanish Bonaire, so BBCWS remains audible past
0500. That`s 7 am in SOUTH AFRICA, where later and later sunrises now are in
its favour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 17650, May 12 at 1334 HOA? Music and 1335 announcement, fair
signal. HFCC and Aoki shows it`s IBB/VOA Somali, 250 kW, 139 degrees via
VATICAN at 13-14 since April 17. SMG is sure relaying a lot of IBB stuff now;
fortunately there is no reciprocity via Greenville, but there is via Tinang and
Tinian, still raising church/state separation issues (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, May 11 at 1820, WTWW-3, Bible service is missing; certainly
not due to propagation as nearby 12160 WWCR is inbooming/ Ditto almost 24 hours
later at 1815 May 12. Something must be wrong. And we are still awaiting
regular service from WTWW-2 which tested 9990, 5085 three months ago (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5110v-CUSB, UT Saturday May 12 at 0137, I am a bit concerned as WBCQ
Area 51 is still playing music instead of WORLD OF RADIO at nominal time 0130.
0145, still music. But at next check 0150, WOR has started. Meanwhile I check
http://www.worldmicroscope.com and find that Area 51 has been re-expanded to 7
days a week!
``Thanks to an appeal from Allan Weiner and resulting donations, we are pleased
to return to daily operation on 5110. Look for new and interesting programming
Monday through Thursday from 8 to 10 p.m. US eastern time (0000 to 0200 UTC) on
5.110 MHz.`` And longer hours on other nights: UT Sat 0000-0300 [tho this week
must have run past 0300 with half-sesquihour Jean Shepherd after late WOR]; Sat
23-Sun 03, and Sun 23-Mon 03 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050, May 12 at 0455, very good open carrier, and still at 0543,
presumably WWRB not turned off after programming finished at 0400; why? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5810, May 12 at 0456, WEWN is reactivated on this Spanish frequency,
playing ``Regina C?li`` IS (equivalent to steel drums QSY music on WWCR), and
off at 0456:48*. Was suffering from squeal. Then I retuned to 7555, whether it
would also reactivate there: not for a while, but finally on at *0502 with
carrier, 0503 adding modulation in progress. 0546 in ``por su dolorosa pasi?n``
monomania, not squealing on this frequency.
Instead, at 0517, much weaker only fair signal on 11870 could be heard
squealing, making it seem that they also swapped transmitters. I wonder if
there was also a break in 11870 broadcast. 7555 must be back to normal 05-13
schedule, as also still on at 1232 during usual morning mass in English being
voiced-over in Spanish. The original in English is on 11520, with crackles
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CHINA: Firedrake 15615
** U S A. 9955, UT Sat May 12 at 0512, WRMI, poor signal but no jamming, with
preacher in English, instead of R. Vaticano in Spanish on latest WRMI
programming grid dated March 31; probably other changes by now too, needs
updating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
------------------------------
Message: 3
Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 20:23:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Alexander <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] May 11-12 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
** BIAFRA [non]. via GERMANY. 11870, Radio Biafra, London,
*2000-2100*, sign on with local music and opening announcements.
Discussion in an mix of vernacular and English. Short breaks of local
music. Poor in noisy conditions. Thur, Sat only. May 12. (Brian
Alexander, PA)
?
** CYPRUS. 9760, Cyprus Broadcasting Corp, *2216:30-2244:30*,
sign on with Greek music and Greek talk. Very good. Slightly weaker
on // 5925, 7220. Fri, Sat, Sun only. Irregular. May 11. Not heard the
next day, May 12. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, Radio Nac - Bata, *0536-0555,
sign on with Spanish talk. Afro-pop music. African choral music.
Weak. Poor in noisy conditions. Very irregular sign on time, varying
between 0453-0539 the past 2 months. May 12. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** EUROPE. PIRATE. 6249.98, Radio Spaceman, 2345-0019*,
pop music. Shoutouts. ID. Poor. Weak in noisy conditions and
occasional rtty QRM. May 11-12. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** INDIA. 9704.97, All India Radio, 2300-2315, audible after Niger
signed off at 2300. English news. ID. Commentary. Local music.
Weak. Very weak on // 9950. Fair on // 13605. May 12. (Brian
Alexander, PA)
?
** NIGER. 9704.99, LV du Sahel, 2215-2300*, local music. Indigenous
vocals. French talk. Local chants at 2255. Short flute IS and choral
National Anthem at 2258. Four second test tone at 2300 and off.
Fair to good. May 12. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6925 USB, WPON, *2318-2340, IDs.
Parody song of Queen?s Bohemian Rhapsody. Rap music. George
Carlin bit. Good. May 11. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6925 USB, Rave on Radio, 0100-0120,
music by Johnny Cash and others. ID. Weak. May 12. (Brian Alexander,
PA)
?
?
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
?
?
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 03:47:23 +0100
From: "tom taylor" <[email protected]>
To: "tom taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Hamburger Lokalradio and MV Baltic UP-DATE
Message-ID: <22BAF6F852FB44BD94FE4AE63EE5B358@dellcb21k2j>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hamburger Lokalradio and MV Baltic UP-DATE
Dear Listeners,
Hamburger Lokalradio and MV Baltic Radio are on this Sunday the 13th May
2012.
Station Name UTC Time Slots Channels station
emails
:
MV Baltic Radio 08.00 to 09.00 9480 kHz
[email protected]
HH Lokalradio 09.00 to 14.00 7265 kHz
[email protected]
All stations are relayed via MV Baltic Radio from G?hren in Germany.
Good Listening 73s Tom
------------------------------
Message: 5
Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 21:08:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: NASWA <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 12-13, 2012
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
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** AUSTRALIA. 19000, May 13 at 0100 I tune in R. Australia amid its neat new
frequency span 23-01, but it`s off to change antennas midway. Wait and wait,
and finally good carrier comes back on at *0102:54, adding modulation at
0103:13 as news is joined well in progress (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 28415-USB, May 13 at 0024, nothing much on 10 meters except a
Brazilian accent here and another on 28420-USB. Not regular contacts, no IDs
heard, and at 0029, 28415 is playing bits of music on and off, improper
behavior for a ham, so apparently a CBer who should be about 1 MHz lower in the
freeband. 0030 some chimes and sing-a-long.
27 MHz, however is full of mostly Spanish signals and hets, no doubt from Latin
America. Brazilian DXers have been complaining about hearing overpowered
American CBers all over 11m, vs their own ``PX`` stations which supposedly
maintain only a few legal watts. I suppose PX- is the legal prefix for such
stations, part of the ITU allocation for Brazil, unused by real hams? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 15191.4, May 13 at 0037, poor signal in Brazilian, up to fair peaks,
R. Inconfid?ncia. Frequency measured by the count-the-clix-on-the-DX-398-BFO
method [25 per kHz = 40 Hz each], after noting the current offset vs WWVH
15000.000, but I could be one or two off. Coincidentally, Jim Ronda in Tulsa
had just logged it a bihour earlier: ``Hi Glenn: I noted this afternoon at 2246
R. Inconfid?ncia on 15191.3 at exceptionally good level. I did zero beat the
frequency as 15191.3 with both the R 75 and the NRD 545``. Nor was it
``exceptionally good`` when I heard it. Meanwhile, WYFR stayed far, far away on
15745 until 0045* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11915, May 13 at 0047, M&W conversation in Brazilian, poor signal
from R. Ga?cha, but better than 11925, R. Bandeirantes. HCJB must have just
concluded at 0045 its impudent intervention on 11920 also in Portuguese, via
Chile (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CROATIA [non]. 9925, May 13 at 0044, Voice of Croatia is back on summer
frequency, good but not as solid as 7375 used to be. I suppose, all things
considered over the entire 22-05 UT span to the Americas, 9925 is better for
the May-August period. HFCC shows the dates for this are 10 May to 6 September,
then back to 7375. Now there are two Wertachtal, GERMANY 100 kW transmitters
overlapping between 23 and 03:
22-03 at 255 degrees, 03-05 at 330 degrees
23-01 on 300 degrees, 01-03 at 315 degrees
Summer timings for English quarter hours are 2215 and 0200; Spanish 2230 and
0230; otherwise in Croatian, with lots of unfamiliar pop music. The 100 kW
direct non-direxional broadcast takes over at 0500, now on 7410 instead of 7370
in B-season. We might hear it at the start before sunny fadeout, with EiBi
showing 5 minutes of English news daily at 0600, too late? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 13855, May 13 at 0019, poor signal with open carrier --- or rather,
just barely modulated. What could it be? Cairo, of course! As scheduled this
season in Arabic at 2330-0045, Spanish 0045-0200, 250 kW, 286 degrees from Abis
to CIRAF 10 & 11 = Mexico, Central America and Caribbean, per Aoki and HFCC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 15190, May 12 at 1909 two stations are here
making a SAH of 4 Hz, one of them with music, the other preaching in English
--- obviously R. Pilipinas and R. Africa respectively. (R. Inconfid?ncia is
probably on too, but not propagating much, and is way off-frequency now as
confirmed by log a few hours later.). Recheck at 1929: preacher is on top, but
other station is barely audible under, then from 1930 only R. Africa, the
sign-off time of R. Pilipinas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SERBIA [non]. 9685, UT Sunday May 13 at 0041, IRS is on in Serbian, fair in
the noise, but gone at 0100 recheck. It remains undependable, as Aoki shows the
0030-0100 English broadcast on UT Mon-Sat shifts to 0100-0130 on Sunday = Day
1. The WRTH A-12 update seems more correct:
``Serbian
0000-0030 daily NAm 9685bij
0000-0100 m.....s NAm 9685bij
0100-0130 mtwtfs. NAm 9685bij
English
0030-0100 .twtfs. NAm 9685bij``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [and non]. 15385, May 12 at 1908, neither KJES nor REE was to be
heard, unlike yesterday when REE was on 15385 by mistake. Today it is back on
correct 15110. But these things tend to happen again and again, so let`s keep
checking. The two could collide between 1850 and 1930.
Instead, I am rewarded by another panoply of spurs from the Cariari, COSTA RICA
relay centred on extremely strong 17850, May 12 at 1914, at multiples of
intervals of somewhere between 13 and 14 kHz above and below: I did not attempt
to pin them down to the tenth of a kHz, so approx., and more or less weakening
the further away from 17850 with sports:
Below: 17725, 17739, 17753 (vs REE Noblejas 17755!), 17767, 17781, 17795
(obscured by BBC), 17809 (not heard here, why?), 17823, 17836.
Above: 17864, 17878, 17891, 17905, 17919, 17933, 17947, 17960, 17974, 17988,
18002, 18016, 18030. Except for the very outer ones, all of these had some
audio easily identifiable as REE. That`s out to nine spurs below, and thirteen
above, including the skips. Do I hear 10, or 14? Next time. The one on 17878
could have disrupted the DX Antwerp DRM special at 20-21 centered on 17875 from
Guiana French, unchecked since I had already heard two transmissions in the
superior AM mode (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12028-12072, May 12 at 1928, the extent of the hash surrounding
strong WEWN 12050 in Spanish, which on the fundamental is also marred by the
usual squealing. The hash gradually diminishes as one tunes away from 12050,
but detectable to this extent at this moment. A true airwaves hazard for other
stations. The spur field is always there, the range depending on just how
strong the signal be. Similar surrounding 11870 later in the evening (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 21310-USB, May 13 at 0026, ham who says he has a speech impediment,
causing his voice to go up and down, so keep your finger on the RF gain, he
jokes --- and it certainly does, but no stopping him from hamming without
resorting to CW or digital modes. Was afraid I could not copy his call, but I
am pretty sure it was KB3RN, as he spoke clearly without fonetix, i.e. per
ARRL/FCC lookup:
TITTERTON III, EDWARD G, KB3RN
855 MANATAWNA AVE
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19128
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 4045, May 13 at 0057 I am hearing a mix of WWCR signals, one saying
changing frequency to 5890, with steel drums, and cuts off at 0058. Therefore,
that was WWCR-4 on 9890, and the mix was with WWCR-2 on 5935, which had started
an hour earlier. 9980 minus 5935 = 4045! This was on the DX-398 on the porch,
and could have been due to receiver overload rather than transmission, and I
had no time to check it on another receiver.
I was tuning around here looking for WUG-2B, Army Corps of Engineers in
Memphis, for Armed Forces [non] Day cross-band contacts, but unheard on 4030 or
any of the other five publicized frequencies. 4055 TGAV was already audible,
tho (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1616 monitoring: confirmed on very strong 5755,
starting UT Sunday May 13 at 0500 on WTWW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 11:49:09 +0200
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 Lugo
Sony ICF SW 7600 G, cable antenna, 8 meters
BRAZIL
9645, Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, 0552-0610, 13-05, Portuguese, male,
comments, identification: "Bandeirantes". 24322. (M?ndez)
9665, Voz Missionaria, Cambori?, 0601-0612, 13-05, Portuguese, religious
songs and comments by male. // with 5940. 24422. (M?ndez)
9675, Radio Can?ao Nova, Cachoeira Paulista, 0555-0620, 13-05,
religious, songs and comments. 24322. (M?ndez)
9820, Radio 9 de Julho, Sao Paulo, 0604-0713, 13-05, Portuguese,
religious program "Com a Mae Aparecida". 23432. (M?ndez)
11815, Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, 0701-0715, 13-05, Brazilian songs
and Portuguese comments. 34433. (M?ndez)
EQUATORIAL GUINEA, 15190, Radio Africa (presumed), 0530-0540, 12-05,
male with English comments, religious. 34433. Also listened 0550-0604,
13-05, female with religious program, mentioned "Radio Bible Station".
24322. (M?ndez)
GERMANY, 9480, MV Baltic Radio, 0840-0851, 13-05, male, comments,
German, pop music. 24322. (M?ndez)
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 113, Issue 13
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