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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs June 17-18, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Calendar of SW Specials, Farewells (Glenn Hauser)
3. New on RNZI - Urban Radio from Noumea (Radio Heritage Mail)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 08:59:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: NASWA <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs June 17-18, 2012
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CALENDAR OF SW SPECIALS & FAREWELLS
Since a lot is happening in the next few weeks, I have put together a
day-by-day schedule so we don`t miss important events in the history of
broadcasting. Besides re-posting it to various DX groups, the latest updates
will be here:
http://www.w4uvh.net/calendar.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 6180 and 11780, June 18 at 0433, RNA missing from both frequencies;
11780 usually manages to stay on, if 6180 does not. Brazilian DXers are
exasperated with this behavior (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA [and non]. 15330, 15235, 17735, Sunday June 17 at 2005-2059, the
penultimate `Maple Leaf Mailbag` from RCI again presented by Terry Haig,
substituting for Ian Jones. More mail from distressed listeners about the
imminent demise of RCI, and some ironic musical selexions. At 2049, plugs the
RCI Action Committee website, and a listener who is trying to set up a `Save
RCI` website, [email protected] --- except he did not spell
Alan/Allen/Allan/Alun or Anderson/Andersen, so you may have to try all the
combinations.
I *must* listen to this on SW, but if you missed it, you will be forgiven for
listening to the archived audio on demand via http://www.rcinet.ca This
transmission is expected to be the very last English broadcast from RCI next
Sunday June 24.
6080, June 18 at 0512 check, Sackville again tonight has put CRI English on
wrong frequency instead of 6190, colliding horribly with NHK Spanish via
Bonaire (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CUBA [non]; VATICAN
[non]
** CHINA. Firedrake June 18 before 1300:
13920, poor at 1247 mixing with fax
13970, very poor at 1247
No others audible 10-18 MHz during very disturbed propagation.
WWV reported at 1200 and 1500:
``Solar-terrestrial indices for 17 June follow.
Solar flux 124 and estimated planetary A-index 39.
The estimated planetary K-index at 1200 UTC on 18 June was 2.
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level occurred.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 9830, June 18 at 0429, weak RHC signal here // 9810, evidently spur
from that, or mixing with 9790 China relay transmitter.
9965 & 9945, June 18 at 0430, matching pulsing spurs from wall of noise jamming
centered on 9955 against WRMI. Neighbors of any jammed frequency, beware!
9820 & 9880, June 18 at 1219, RHC 9850 bigsig is putting modulation spike spurs
out here.
9270, June 18 at 1222 as I tune across, hear a trace of RHC audio matching
another receiver in the background on 9850, but this may have been receiver
overload as could not get FRG-7 preselector to peak on it. The 9850/9550 mixing
products should be on 9250, 10150 at 300 kHz intervals (the weaker transmitter
on 9540 cannot mix with them as it`s from the other site an echo apart) (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 13820, June 17 at 2003, big open carrier, with some noise --- is
it jamming or a b?isbol crowd? But never any talk, unlike 9565, 11930 R. Mart?
Greenville which is play-by-play. 13820 goes off at 2003.5* uncovering a much
weaker signal with BB game. 2000 is when 13820 is supposed to be handed over
from Greenville to Sackville for another bihour, but GB just helped the Cubans
to block the signal via Canada. The RM Sackville relays are of course another
casualty of the CBC`s decision to close Sackville. I suppose they were started
for times when GB was at peak usage for other services, but a little juggling
ought to allow IBB to run Mart? three-frequencies-at-once all by itself from GB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 7210-LSB, June 18 at 1125, N1NR, Nelson Roig in Pennsylvania has
his anti-Castro rants interrupted by rude noises he refers to as ``el burro``;
apparently mechanically or electronically generated, but unclear whether a new
form of DentroCuban jamming or one of his buddies playing around. Certainly an
entertaining frequency every morning (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 9595, June 18 at 1206, baroque electronic music, presumably Tomita
rather than Carlos, which R. Nikkei often plays, much better than // 6055
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15540, June 17 at 1959, oh, oh, R. Kuwait has again switched from
English to Arabic; at least the poor signal with Qur`an has to be in Arabic;
2055 recheck, inaudible with poor propagation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MALAYSIA. 9835, June 18 at 1204, Qur`an with fair signal, no doubt the RTM
relay from Sarawak via KL back to Swk. Must be vesper time? Sunset at Kuching
was 1046, KL 1124 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sporadic E analog TV DX June 17, UT:
1430 onward, bits of video CCI mostly on 2 from south
1630 on 2, baloncesto = basketball from south, Spanish narration
1700 on 2, CCI, also signs on ch 4
1700 on 5, dubbed movie with gringos, from S, net 5 bug UR; XHGC?
1705 on 3, b?isbol in Spanish
Nothing ever stayed in for long, and mostly gone by 1800
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11550, Sunday June 17 at 1401, WEWN Spanish frequency at tune in
sounds like Polish, briefly, then into YL in English with OM in Spanish
voice-over.
7555, Monday June 18 at 1208, Jezebel story in English, crackly modulation, on
this Spanish frequency. Something about stoning-to-death. Kept expecting a
voice-over to start but never did. Good for gringo WEWN fans as the only real
English frequency, 11520 was JBA, as was the other Spanish, 12050 in very
degraded propagation conditions. 1214 recheck still in English on 7555. By
1250, 7555 had YL in Spanish replacing the English (not just voiced-over), then
resumed // improved 11520 for organ music fill. This is when they broadcast
their own mass live, normally // except for voice-overs. Perhaps the translator
overslept, still recovering from a weekend of debauchery, soon to be nullified
by confession. (Please, I am not being anti-Catholic, just pro-rational, as all
wacky religionists are equally subject to contradixion.) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1621 monitoring: missed checking the UT Monday 0500 on
WRMI 9955, but unavoidably awake June 18 at 1131 so checked the next scheduled
airing: some talk, but unsounds like me, under the jamming. Confirmed on
webcast that WRMI was really airing WOR. Presumably YFR Korean via PALAU as
allowed to be scheduled co-channel 9955. It`s off after 1200 and the jamming
ramps up as WRMI is relaying R. Mart? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1510+, June 18 at 0445 UT, slightly wavering het from off-frequency
station with sports talk, phone 1-800-777-2951, looping NE/SW. This points to
usual culprit, KCTE Independence MO, which is both a daytimer and a perpetual
off-channel broadcaster. That phone number doesn`t google to anything
significant, tho (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [non]. 13730, June 18 at 1200, Vatican Radio, warped ``World News``
via Sackville, now makes no pretense of being secular, starting with a story
about what Pope Benedict said at Sunday`s Angelus. Anchor is the
appropriately-named Christopher Wells and he always opens with ``good
morning``, when it`s afternoon in the See. Is he deliberately addressing his
American audience, or is it several hours delayed? This and BS/TOM on WINB
13570 were the OSOBs with degraded propagation, and 15 MHz was totally dead; by
1225 only could hear 15230 Cuba there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1430, June 18 at 0444 UT, ululating Balkan or ME music slightly
dominant over the jumble, seems NE/SW. Normal suspect would be KZQZ St Louis,
but would not expect such programming from ``Hot Talk/Cool Oldies``, tho it
could be a Sunday night break away from format; lots of stuff on their website
http://kzqz1430am.com/index.php
not including a simple program schedule. Insane! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 09:50:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Calendar of SW Specials, Farewells
Message-ID:
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CALENDAR OF SW SPECIALS, FAREWELLS
Dates, days and times are strictly UT
MONDAY JUNE 18 +
This is the final week for Radio Canada International, probably also for CBC NQ
9625, and relays via Sackville. You may want to make an effort to listen more
than usual before the Last Days scheduled below.
THURSDAY JUNE 21
2130-2145 British Antarctic Survey special, 9850 & 5950 Skelton UK, 7360
Ascension; or may be 2130-2200, and possibly on WED JUNE 20 instead
FRIDAY JUNE 22
2100 until 2100 SATURDAY JUNE 23 "MidsummerRadio", special from Scandinavian
Weekend Radio, Finland, low power on 25 and 49m; hard to hear beyond Europe
http://www.swradio.net/index2.htm
SATURDAY JUNE 23
1200-1214, final Vatican Radio English via Sackville: 13730
SUNDAY JUNE 24
0000-0059 Maple Leaf Mailbag, finale from RCI: 11700 via Kunming
1500-1559 Maple Leaf Mailbag, finale from RCI: 11675 via Kunming; 15125 via
Urumqi, East Turkistan
1800-1859 Maple Leaf Mailbag, finale from RCI: 17810 Skelton UK (should be
audible in NAm), 11765 Skelton, 9530 Kashi, East Turkistan
2000-2059 Maple Leaf Mailbag, finale2 from RCI Sackville: 17735, 15330, 15235
RCI Chinese, French, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese final broadcasts should also
be June 24, ending at 2330* UT on 11990, 13760, 15455:
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A12&broadc=RCI
June 24 also appears to be the final day on air for Sackville relays of other
stations. It is unclear whether all of these will be gone once the UT day June
25 starts, but assuming they are, listen UT June 24:
NHK World Radio Japan: English 0500-0530 on 6110, 1200-1230 on 6120; Japanese
0200-0500 5960; 1300-1500 11655
Vatican Radio: English 0250-0315, Spanish 0320-0400 both on 7305, 9610; Spanish
1130-1214 13730
Voice of Vietnam: English 0100-0130, 0230-0300, 0330-0400 on 6175
KBS World Radio, English: 0230-0300 9560, 1200-1300 9650; Spanish 0200-0230
9560, 0600-0700 6045; Korean 1400-1500 9650
China Radio International: who cares? Too many and plenty will be left from
elsewhere
Radio Rep?blica, 2300-0200 on 9490 [or only until 0000?]
1100-1127 Cartas @ RN, finale of mailbag show on RN Spanish 9895 & 6165-Bonaire
1130-1157 Cartas @ RN, finale of mailbag show on RN Spanish 6165- Bonaire
1200-1227 Cartas @ RN, finale of mailbag show on RN Spanish 9715 & 6165-Bonaire
MONDAY JUNE 25
0000-0057 Cartas @ RN, finale of mailbag show on RN Spanish 6165- Bonaire
0100-0157 Cartas @ RN, finale of mailbag show on RN Spanish 6165- Bonaire
0830-0900 Fiji Democracy & Freedom Movement, 11565 via WHRI, weekly
This is the final week for Radio Netherlands. You may want to make an effort to
listen before the Last Show special scheduled below
FRIDAY JUNE 29
0200-0400 PCJ Radio Special farewell to RNW, on WRMI 9955
For more details visit http://www.pcjmedia.com
A bit cheeky to schedule this at the same time as RN`s own Last Show!
0159-0257 RNW`s Last Show special to ENAm, 6165-Bonaire [not 11640]
0259-0357 RNW`s Last Show special to CNAm, 6165-Bonaire
0459-0557 RNW`s Last Show special to WNAm, 6165-Bonaire; NZ/SEAu 12015-Bonaire
In case there are any further changes from the `final` schedule:
http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/were-changing
Will Tom Meyer appear on this one? He does in Spanish:
1000-1057, RNW farewell broadcast in Indonesian: 17840 & 21485 Madagascar,
15300 & 15565 Sri Lanka; maybe also at 1100, 2100 [or June 28]
1330-1430 RNW Spanish farewell program with live video stream, including
interview with Tom Meyer; repeated on SW the following evening on usual
frequencies; see SAT
1400-1457 RNW`s Last Show special to Asia, 9800-Sri Lanka
1800-1957 RNW`s Last Show special to Africa, 17605-Vatican [audible in NAm]
1859-2057 RNW`s Last Show Special to Eu 6065
1900-2057 RNW`s Last Show Special to Af 7425-Madagascar
1900-2057 RNW`s Last Show Special to Af 11615-France
1900-2057 RNW`s Last Show Special to Af 15495-Vatican [maybe audible in NAm].
2057 UT is really The End, for English
SATURDAY JUNE 30
0000-0057 & 0100-0157, RNW Spanish Farewell program [that`s what they say,
unlike English which will end the previous night. Also check UT Friday June 29
in case that is correct date for Spanish too], 6165- Bonaire. See
http://www.rnw.nl/espanol/radioshow/cartasrn-en-v%C3%ADsperas-del-
%C3%BAltimo-programa
VATICAN RADIO is also canceling most of its SW and MW broadcasts to Europe, and
SW to Americas as of July 1. Presumably many of them will last be aired on June
30, altho the Sackville relays may have ended a week earlier. See
http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=A12&broadc=VAT
Many of the SMG transmissions to elsewhere are audible in NAm; also via
Madagascar; and especially BONAIRE: 0030-0200 15470 in Portuguese, Spanish;
0230-0250 6040, 9610 in French. Since these are after 0000 UT, will their last
day be UT June 30 or July 1?
2359-2400, LEAP SECOND, the 61-second minute on WWV, WWVH and all the world`s
timesignal stations
http://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/bulletinc.dat
FRIDAY JULY 6
2100 until 2100 UT July 7, Scandinavian Weekend Radio monthly broadcast
expected, not confirmed; see June 22
THURSDAY JULY 12-SUNDAY JULY 15
R. Hami, Finland, low-power special on 6170, 1584, 94.7. Details:
http://radiohami.fi/
FRIDAY JULY 13
BBC Radio 3 Prom Concert season starts, until September 8
http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms
This calendar will be updated and reissued as needed
Latest edition: http://www.w4uvh.net/calendar.html
(Glenn Hauser, 1640 UT June 18, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:35:35 +1200
From: "Radio Heritage Mail" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] New on RNZI - Urban Radio from Noumea
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.com
June 19 2012
RNZI Airs new Radio Heritage
Feature - Urban Pacific Radio
from Noumea, New Caledonia
_____________________________
Join us from Monday, June 25 2012 to explore the world of breakfast
radio on several of the few local FM radio stations in Noumea on the
Mailbox program from Radio New Zealand International.
With a population of some 165,000, Noumea is one of the most European
and largest urban areas in the Pacific islands.
This is not just the Pacific of golden beaches, swaying palm trees
and the gentle roar of the distant surf. This is also high population
density, traffic jams, shopping malls, and six radio stations
competing for listeners in a tense political atmosphere.
You can listen directly via shortwave radio from RNZI in New Zealand,
or audio on demand [for the following month] with full details of
current broadcast frequencies [both DRM and analog] and times
possible for your area as well as audio downloads at www.rnzi.com.
We'll take you to the home of breakfast radio personalities Gege at
Oceane FM, Robert Canal at Radio Rhythme Bleu, and JB at NRJ.... as
well as introduce you to Radio Djiido, Nouvelle Caledonie Premiere
and Radio O.... and tell you how you can join them all for breakfast!
New Caledonia has blocked the airwaves to new stations for many
years, and of these six, two are owned by the French government, one
is part of a French commercial network, one has close connections
with another French network, and just one fully serves the local
Kanak people.
Local listeners are denied the wide range of stations, formats and
viewpoints found on the mainland, but this strange situation reflects
local politics as New Caledonia struggles to find a way forward that
satisfies those for and against independence from France.
Each of the stations featured has a well designed website, usually a
good Facebook page, and wonderful coverage maps to download and print
as souvenirs of your visit to Noumea, the Riviera of the South
Pacific.
So join us from Monday, June 25 2012 as we enjoy breakfast with the
radio DJ's from Noumea, New Caledonia on the Mailbox program from
Radio New Zealand International [www.rnzi.com].
You can also use our Pacific Asian Listener and Pacific Traveller
Radio Guides at our global website www.radioheritage.com. Use our
Google Search to find more features about broadcasting in New
Caledonia.
Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization
connecting radio, popular culture, history and heritage with useful
radio guides and features for free community use at
www.radioheritage.com.
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 114, Issue 19
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