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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs June 19-20, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Ondas del Sur Oriente, 4775 Unid., SLBC, R. Cairo (Dave Valko)
3. Calendar of mostly SW Specials, Farewells, June 21 update
(Glenn Hauser)
4. Logs from NH-USA, June 18-19 (Scott R. Barbour Jr.)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:58:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: NASWA <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs June 19-20, 2012
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** AUSTRALIA. 16546-USB, June 20 at 0504, marine weather for coast of Victoria,
0506 South Australia citing timezone as ``Central Standard Time`` = UT +9.5, by
masculine voice. Sounds human rather than robotic, but maybe too well emulated.
Distracted by some 2-way SSB on 16540; retuned at 0507 and it was off, so
missed an ID if any. Here`s a schedule by time of world`s marine weather
broadcasts:
http://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/Maritime_Weather_Transmissions
showing this frequency is VMC Charleville, Queensland, at 0430 and 0530, etc.
VMW Wiluna WA`s frequency on this band is 16528 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11780, June 20 at 0520, RNA back up to VG signal tonight, and still
absent from 6180 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake June 20, before 0400:
16980, JBA at 0347. No others found
Before 0500:
15980, JBA at 0459 with QRM de OTH radar up to 15983. No others found
After 1200:
12320, fair at 1220; break a few sex at 1221, bad edit?
13920, fair-good at 1219
14700, fair-good at 1219
14950, fair-good at 1219
15445, poor at 1215, het on lo side
16100, very poor at 1217
16920, fair at 1217
Before 1500:
14700, very poor at 1442; none higher or lower 11-18 MHz
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA. 9430-9830, June 20 at 0515, REE relay on 9630 is putting out
decreasing modulation spike spurs to this extent. 9630 itself is crackly,
distorted. The crap was strong enough to be heard underneath Vietnam via Canada
on 9555 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 15798-15823, June 20 at 0345, OTH radar pulsing, presumed from here,
matched by another one making the same noise at 15490-15515, barely missing R.
Australia if you side-tune upward. Checking again at 0458, now one has shifted
slightly to 15803-15832 or so; and the lower one has been replaced by
15958-15983, bothering Firedrake 15980, see CHINA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 15480, June 20 at 0500, NA, 0501 Russian announcement, quickly into
Qur`an, the standard MO of IRIB, as indeed scheduled, 0500-0530, 500 kW, 320
degrees also USward from Sirjan. Fair signal with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 15540, June 19 at 1914, R. Kuwait has again replaced English service
with Arabic, i.e. Qur`an --- did they get religion? Still the same at 2023 and
now // weaker 17550, altho interrupted by brief non-musical narrations (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15120, June 20 at 0502, open carrier, no modulation, fair signal.
Despite the absence of some hum, surely it`s VON. Still mum at 0525 tune-out
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 13570, June 19 at 1913, WINB is back on with Brother Scare; as in
last report it had been missing earlier this day at 1241 and 1327. Also BS is
back the next morning, June 20 at 1213 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 7555, June 20 at 0514, WEWN, R. Cat?lica Mundial is gone again from
one of its Spanish frequencies, still audible on the other, 11870, and English
on 11520. Next check at 1206, 7555 is still AWOL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:00:05 -0400
From: "Dave Valko" <[email protected]>
To: "Hardcore DX" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Ondas del Sur Oriente, 4775 Unid., SLBC, R. Cairo
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PERU 5120.1 R. Ondas del Sur Oriente The UTE just above was back on again
this evening at 0100. (20 June)
UNID. 4775 There's another station here, besides the ZY on 4774.96, which
goes off around 0100. Must be Tarma. (20 June)
SRI LANKA 15745 SLBC Caught their drum IS weakly at 0125. (20 June)
EGYPT 9315 R. Cairo Was hoping to get a nice recording of their EG bdcst
here following the controversial election, but found the audio was 'doubled'
with the main feed 5 seconds behind a slightly weaker identical feed. The
effect was noted from 0126 t/in to at least 0408, and possibly as late as 0429
but it was hard to tell during mx. The audio the night before was actually
quite good. (20 June)
Awful conditions this morning. Could hardly get anything on 9835 Malaysia.
90mb PNGs a bust. (20 June)
Dave Valko
Dunlo, PA, USA
NRD-535D and T2FD antenna
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:29:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Calendar of mostly SW Specials, Farewells, June 21
update
Message-ID:
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CALENDAR OF mostly 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
2130-2200 British Antarctic Survey special, 9850 & 5950 Skelton UK, 7360
Ascension; or possibly on WED JUNE 20 instead [since this year the solstice
occurs at 2309 UT June 20!]
UPDATE: Wolfgang Bueschel asked Martin Goulding of BaBcoCk Woofferton which
date is correct, and he replied June 22 = Friday! We can only suggest trying
June 20, 21 and if still not heard, 22. BTW, HFCC shows that KBS in French via
France is on 5950 at 20-22, but EiBi and Aoki say only 20-21.
UPDATE: Christian Ghibaudo and Harry Brooks each asked BBCWS Audience Relations
for the correct info, and they confirmed it would be as above on JUNE 21.
FRIDAY JUNE 22
CBC Radio One starts its summer schedule today:
http://www.cbc.ca/radiosummer/
with a number of new programs for the next couple of months; all webcast five
times, once for each zone. Tnx Daniel Say via Mike Cooper.
1800-1900 on 7290: Radio City make-good broadcast via IRRS via Romania; see
also Saturday
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
UPDATE: Alan Pennington refers to this page
http://www.swradio.net/schedule.htm
which says the 25m frequencies will not be used for this (since they are in
white), but shows which hours for 6170 and 5980
SATURDAY JUNE 23
0900-1000 on 9510: Radio City make-good broadcast via IRRS via Romania; see
also Friday
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; Vietnamese
0130-0230 6175; Spanish 0300-0330 & 0400-0430 6175; Vietnamese 0430-0530 9555
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 more than usual before the Last Show special scheduled below
Just a timely reminder that the original schedule for the AWR relay from
Trincomalee in Sri Lanka showed that these broadcasts would end on June 30. A
special QSL card is available, and also a rare (these days) QSL stamp.
Available only from the AWR address in Indianapolis.
Scheduling from the Trincomalee Relay Station, 125 kW
0000 - 0100 11955, 1100 - 1200 15540, 1200 - 1300 15490, 1300 - 1400 17635,
1400 - 1500 12105, 1500 - 1530 15715, 1530 - 1600 7410, 1600 - 1630 11835, 1630
- 1700 11740 ENGLISH, 2100 - 2200 11750, 2200 - 2230 9455 9545, 2230 - 2400
9730 ENGLISH (Dr. Adrian M. Peterson, Co-ordinator - International Relations &
DX Editor, Adventist World Radio)
He didn`t include the languages, but only two are in English which I have
added, per WRTH Update (gh)
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!
Keith Perron on Facebook: Some of the voices you will hear include Jerry Cowan,
Nevil Grey and John van den Steen plus many others. We will take a listen to
some moments from RNW from the late 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s. This includes a
visit to the original Radio Netherlands building and more.
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?
UPDATE: VR will continue to the Americas via Bonaire according to its website,
including 0030 Portuguese 15470 (says Jorge Freitas) and 0230 French 9610 (says
Jean-Michel Aubier). After 0250, 9610 has been switching to Sackville for
English, Spanish to 0400.
2359-2400, LEAP SECOND, the 61-second minute on WWV, WWVH and all the world`s
timesignal stations. It might be interesting to check whether some of the more
obscure ones miss it, e.g. in the next few minutes are they one second out of
step?
http://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/bulletinc.dat
SUNDAY JULY 1
Lars Kalland, SM6NM, has been circulating this info:
SAQ 2012-07-01 Alexanderson Day REMINDER!
We will remind you of the Grimeton Radio/SAQ transmissions on 17.2 kHz, CW,
with the Alexanderson alternator on Sunday July 1, 2012 ,"Alexanderson Day", at
0900 and 1200 UT. We will start tuning up some 30 minutes before message. The
radio station is open to visitors.
There will be activity on amateur radio frequencies with the call "SK6SAQ" from
0915 to 1130 and 1215 to 1300 UT.
Any of following frequencies: - 14035 kHz CW, - 14215 kHz SSB; From 0700 UT
also on: 3755 kHz SSB
QSL-reports are kindly received:
- E-mail to: [email protected]
- or fax to: +46-340-674195
- or via: SM bureau
- or direct by mail to:
Alexander - Grimeton Veteranradios Vaenner,
Radiostationen
Grimeton 72
SE-432 98 GRIMETON, SWEDEN (NB: new address)
Also read our web site: http://www.alexander.n.se/
FRIDAY JULY 6
2100 until 2100 UT July 7, Scandinavian Weekend Radio monthly broadcast
expected, not confirmed; see June 22
THURSDAY JULY 12
The last broadcast from Bush House will be 12 July. Many BBCWS language
services are already originating their programs from New Broadcasting House
(Kim Andrew Elliott) I suppose without inside info it will not be possible to
tell which are which (gh)
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
WORLD OF RADIO: http://www.worldofradio.com
DX LISTENING DIGEST: http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
(Glenn Hauser, 0125 UT June 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:12:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Scott R. Barbour Jr." <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
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Subject: [HCDX] Logs from NH-USA, June 18-19
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4716.61 BOLIVIA R. Yura Yura 0055-0111 June 18 SS; W announcer w/ talk &
occasional mx bits; ID ancment at 0059; huayanos at 0100; ID anmcents at 0103 &
0107; fair in ECCS-LSB. (Barbour-NH)
4747 PERU R. Huanta 2000 Huanta 0035-0056* June 19 SS; M & W announcers in
discussion; mx bridge at 0052 into "live" M announcers; pulled the plug
mid-sentence at 005; fair in ECCS-USB. (Barbour-NH)
4845.21 BRAZIL R. Cultura Ondas Tropicas Manaus 0003-0032 June 19 PP; Animated
discussion w/ M announcers; mx at 0014; M announcer at 0029 thru t/out; fair in
ECCS-USB. (Barbour-NH)
4985 BRAZIL R. Brasil Central Goiania 0117 June 18 PP; M announcer w/ Braspops;
familiar '70s era cover tune; // 11815; fair in ECCS-LSB. (Barbour-NH)
5910 COLOMBIA Alcaravan Radio Puerto Lleras 0748-0806 June 19 SS; Two M
announcers in discussion w/ pips under talk at ToH; discussion continuing thru
t/out; fair. (Barbour-NH)
6010 COLOMBIA presumed LV de tu Conciencia Puerto Lleras 0812-0832 June 19 SS;
M & W announcers w/ brief talk between ballads & instrumentals; tentative ID
ancment at 0818; weak but clear in ECCS-USB. (Barbour-NH)
Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA
NRD-545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole
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