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It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt Today's Topics: 1. Glenn Hauser logs June 22-23, 2012 (Glenn Hauser) 2. Calendar of mostly SW Specials, Farewells, June 23 update (Glenn Hauser) 3. European Music Radio up-date (tom taylor) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:10:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: d...@yahoogroups.com Cc: NASWA <na...@yahoogroups.com>, s...@mailman.qth.net Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs June 22-23, 2012 Message-ID: <1340464202.19833.yahoomailclas...@web114008.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 ** CANADA. 6110, June 23 Sackville does not turn on the NHK World R. Japan relay in English until the opening minute is almost over, *0500:40. I was getting worried (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake June 23, befoe 1200: 9970, fair-good at 1142, none higher until: 15900, very poor at 1146 16100, JBA at 1146 After 1200: 15435, poor at 1209 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 6000, June 23 at 0501, RHC is late again in turning this frequency off and turning 6125 on for the last bihour of English, // 6010, 6050 and 6060. 5955, June 23 at 1136, lite pulse jamming marring CRI English direct, so the DCJC still thinx R. Rep?blica, Costa Rica is here, altho probably only in the evenings; Commies vs Commies! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, June 22 at 1917 no signal from R. Africa (nor Philippines, nor Brasil). Last log I`ve seen for it was June 15, altho I had not logged it since June 1 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. 13785, June 23 at 1215, assertive speaker in Arabic, poor signal. It`s the 6-sesquihour transmission of IRIB, 500 kW, 178 degrees from Kamalabad at 0530-1430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. 15540, June 22 at 1916, quick check of R. Kuwait finds it with western pop music, not Arabic today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Sporadic E analog TV DX, June 22, UT: 1430 on 2, first signs of video today from south 1612 on 3, Televisa program promo, loud audio, then non-comedic dark animation for younguns; so probably net 5, probably XHBQ Zacatecas 1613 on 2, TeleVer bug in UR, novela, so XHFM, Veracruz 1633 on 5, CCI including a discussion 1633 on 4, speech, maybe political 1635 on 6, MUF briefly reaches video here; tried FM but none heard 1636 on 5, TeleVer, video only, novela, so XHAJ, Las Lajas 1651 on 4, MUF down to here, net-5 toon, with zero-CCI beat bars 1651 on 5, briefly parallel 4 above 1659 on 2, hoy, net-2 program at conclusion? 1708 on 2, +tv bug in UR, i.e. m?sTV, i.e. XEWO, Guadalajara 1803 on 2, convoluted bug in UR I have not seen before; looks like a large lower-case a with other stuff overlain; maybe Cristina or similar talkshow, Televisa closing credit, then Televisa M?sica with a video 1810 or so the opening finishes 2300 on 2, Es fades in again 2332 on 2, classic video of a concert aria or lied; TELEACTIVA in upper right, so XEFB Monterrey NL; surprisingly cultural UT June 23: 0011 on 3, Televisa promo, net-5. Opening continued but I switched to SW trying to ID the Spanish station on 14950+, see UNIDENTIFIED 0245 on 2, next check opening is still going, CCI in and out for more than an hour more 0351 on 2, newscast, with constant crawler, Televisa bug in LR 0412 still some video on 2 but almost gone as I call it a night (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 15115-15120-15125, Friday June 22 at 1917, DRM noise confirming VON is active, presumably to take Saturday & Sunday off as usual. 15110 Spain behaving itself, no spurs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 17530, June 22 at 1919, big open carrier, atop station in French, ergo it`s VOA vs VOA! At 1930, S?o Tom? hands 17530 over to Greenville for continuation of French, but GB is already on. It should be warming up on some open nearby frequency instead, as is often the case. I don`t blame GB but IBB HQ for scheduling such an unnecessary site swap in the middle of a transmission and failing to assure there will not be such overlaps (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 15385, June 22 at 1916, still no trace of KJES; nor on 7555 at 0142 June 23 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7490, June 23 at 0503, open carrier, WBCQ not turned off yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VATICAN [non]. 15470, June 23 at 0143, VR IS on VG signal via BONAIRE; 0145 opening Spanish again. I think they run the same half-sesquihour twice at 0100 & 0145. VR says their Portuguese service preceding at 0030 will continue past July 1, but I haven`t found a similar statement about Spanish. 13765, June 23 at 0515, VR in African English, this time with a mosquito-like buzz/whine of slightly varying pitch. Is due west from Madagascar; I remain uncertain whether this is self-inflicted. Has anyone noticed such on other relays from there? 13730, June 23 at 1210, VR in English, what was suspected to be the final one via Sackville, since there`s no English on Sundays, but now it seems post-RCI, the site may keep some other relays going for a while longer. We`ll see on Monday. Story about PBXVI being concerned about the growth of non-Catholic sects in Latin America, pentecostal and evangelical; solution: be better ``Christians``. At 1213 announcement that as of July 1, this transmission will no longer be audible in Europe on MW, or in America on SW, but still on internet. Off at 1214* without any IS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 14950.7, June 22 at first check 2311, JBA signal from the mystery LA station, so I`ll get back to it later as TVDX from Mexico is still incoming. June 23 at 0040, can hear some music, unseems religious but maybe Mexican; 0045 it`s a JBA carrier; 0054 announcement. I find slightly better reception on the porch with the DX-398 and a few meters of wire, than on the FRG-7 in the shack with much longer wire. 0054 announcement, maybe sermon past 0100, mentions Satan?s at 0103. 0122 is no better so I quit for a while again. Annoying regular noise bursts from some local source at the rate of 90/minute. >From 0159 I start recording some of the peaks when there are announcements. >Now it`s Mexican style but it`s also religious music mentioning ``oraci?n``; >0200 announcement, 0201 timecheck ending ``6 minutos``, more music. 0205-0206 as I am recording again, announcement interrupted by street light firing initially with a large RF burst, but noise level then settles back down, by when music has resumed. More announcements at 0209, 0214, nothing copiable. Around 0220 I hear that very weak het again, likely Firedrake starting up on 14950 even. 0224 music peaks stronger, unseems religious or Mexican. 0225 YL timecheck for 9:29, so 4 minutes fast: OM voice says ``La hora exacta en --- (fade)``, YL voice says automatically, ``9 de la noche, 29 minutos``. That`s the UT-5 zone, same as here, and also: M?xico, Panam?, Colombia, Ecuador, Per? ? one of those. The sporadic E into VHF might be boosting this a bit, but on HF the geographic span affected is much broader than on VHF, so not necessarily Mexico. 0227 fades up, religious music mentions ``mi se?or``. Another TC I can`t copy. 0229 announcement, ID, I think mentioning ``Ciudad de Pasto`` i.e. Colombia. If not Pasto it`s fonetically similar. 0231 timecheck in same format as 9:36: ``La hora exacta en CVC(?? Or something fonetically similar; doubt it is really CVC La Voz), so 5 minutes fast, then an Aleluya song. 0234 announcement but weaker; 0235 het grows 0240 still on later than last night, but weaker, het and I quit 1219 I check again and singing is barely audible, in and out, then JBA; 1237 a brief peak with harmonies, and now het from presumed Firedrake 1240 mentions ``una vida nueva`` but this is certainly not KNLS; pitch of het compared to keyboard is approx. 750 Hz. 1301 the het is still heard, after I expected FD to make its usual break, but nothing more copiable from the unID. I have put up a clip of the Pasto (?) mention, and the 9:36 ID and timecheck, and welcome any ideas about what others hear them say: http://www.w4uvh.net/14950.rm (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 10:39:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> Subject: [HCDX] Calendar of mostly SW Specials, Farewells, June 23 update Message-ID: <1340473165.64982.yahoomailclas...@web114004.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 CALENDAR OF mostly SW SPECIALS, FAREWELLS Dates, days and times are strictly UT UPDATE SUMMARY since last edition: Add Hamburger Lokalradio tests June 23 & 24, and WORLD OF RADIO special time; add R. Gloria and European Music Radio June 24 sked; amend Vatican Radio 1200 broadcast, maybe another week? See June 23 and 25. RCI The Link finale was June 22: see item under June 24. This post includes update info only, now integrated into full calendar at http://www.w4uvh.net/calendar.html RCI`s weekday program, The Link, finale was June 22. Steve Luce says there was an ``emotionally charged farewell`` toward the end. You may want to retrieve it from website while available. SATURDAY JUNE 23 1200-1214, final Vatican Radio English via Sackville? 13730. Announced at 1213 that this would no longer be on SW or MW from July 1, so check Monday if it last another week here. 1700-2300 on WTWW-2 9990, from http://www.qsoradioshow.com/ [another post also gave the 12-6 pm time as EDT rather than CDT] The QSO Radio Show will once again be broadcasting ?Field Day Live? on Saturday from 12 PM CDT to 6 PM CDT on International Shortwave Radio. This year the broadcast will be on the new WTWW just outside of Nashville TN with 100,000 watts of power and heard around the world. This is double the power than the years before now on the new WTWW facility so the outreach will be phenomenal! The phone number to call to get on the air is 615-469-0702. Should the phones get real busy feel free to email us your phone number and we will call you back. Let?s have a great Field Day and share it with millions listening all over the world. We have some things to give away. Ted Randall will be announcing the giveaway live on air! HOWEVER, 9990 NOT ON THE AIR checked at 1730 UT; now what? SUNDAY JUNE 24 0500-0800, 1000-1100, 1300-1700: Hamburger Lokalradio tests on 7265, 1 kW via Goehren, AND including special airing of WORLD OF RADIO at 0630, plus New Letters on the Air before it at 0600, per Thomas Voelkner. Tom Taylor gives schedule for related broadcasts today: European Music Radio 08.00 to 09.00 6005 kHz Radio Gloria 08.00 to 10.00 7265 kHz Radio Gloria 09.00 to 10.00 6140 kHz Radio Gloria 09.00 to 10.00 6005 kHz Radio Gloria 11.00 to 13.00 9480 kHz [note this will now cross WTWW from *1200 on 9479 --- gh] Radio Gloria 15.00 to 16.00 via ColoRadio.org ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 03:18:46 +0100 From: "tom taylor" <em...@sky.com> To: "tom taylor" <em...@sky.com> Subject: [HCDX] European Music Radio up-date Message-ID: <22404BFA60974D32BCDDD742374E877A@dellcb21k2j> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" European Music Radio up-date Dear Listeners, This morning EMR will only transmit on 6005 KHz via Radio 700 between 08.00 to 09.00 UTC. We will be back to our normal schedule on the 3rd Sunday of July. Good listening. 73s Tom End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 114, Issue 24 *********************************************