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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs, July 3-4, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Re: Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA (Glenn Hauser)
3. WBCQ TOM 7490 (Wolfgang Bueschel)
4. Re: [dxld] voice of Turkey missing (Wolfgang Bueschel)
5. China mainland jamming type against US Uyghur program 01-02
UT (Wolfgang Bueschel)
6. Glenn Hauser logs July 4-5, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 08:30:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: NASWA <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs, July 3-4, 2012
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** CHILE. 11880, July 3 at 2145 trying to reconfirm whether NHK Portuguese is
still outgoing this semihour via CVC site; cannot pull it thru the noise at
first but at 2155 I can barely hear some Sakura and Brazilian, so it`s still
there. See also ECUADOR [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake July 4, before 1300:
13920, poor at 1257, none lower
14700, good at 1257
15555, fair-good at 1258
16100, fair at 1259
16920, good at 1259
After 1300:
15550, good at 1303, ex-15555 before 1300
15485, fair at 1303. These which are active right after hourtop are vs V. of
Tibet via Tajikistan which is always on split frequencies, rather than Sound of
Hope (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 17730, July 3 at at 1934, RHC on wrong frequency! In French discussion
about Napoleon, ``Libert?, ?galit?, Fraternit?`` as if the Cuban commies were
any authorities on those ideals; two YLs in echoey venue, plus background
noise, 1936 back to studio where it`s obviously RHC, mentioning L`Alliance
Fran?aise de la Habane.
Until now this transmission has been on 17750, while 17730 is their morning
frequency in Spanish, when it is paired with 17580 after 1300. 17730 still on
the air instead of 17750 at 2121 check in Spanish when it`s now // 17705.
Possibly RHC decided to move off 17750 to avoid being squeezed between Romania
and Spain, and no longer any ACI from 17735 defunct RCI. Time will tell.
9790, July 4 at 0445, CRI Chinese relay, bigsig accompanied by horrible
squeals, more obvious by side-tuning to accommodate their high variable pitches.
13130-13160, July 4 at 1305, as I am tuning by hunting for Firedrake,
modulation spike spurs in Spanish peaking around 13150, easily matched to 13780
bigsig from RHC. No others found closer or further (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR [non]. 11920, July 3 at 2300 checking the HCJB Portuguese relay
which this week is reported to be testing Wertachtal, Germany, instead of
CHILE, as Calera de Tango is being phased out? HCJB is to return there from
July 8, but only until monthend when they will need a permanent replacement.
Poor signal with fading, but I haven`t checked this from Chile lately to
compare, and anyway it hardly matters here, far off-target. As I tune in, I am
surprised to hear them mention Guiana Francesa, with contact info for QSL, so
it appears they are testing via Montsin?ry instead of Wertachtal.
Info about the 2245-2445 tests July 1-7 being via Germany came from Horst
Rosiak of HCJB on the A-DX list via Kai Ludwig, and Horst ought to know.
Arrangement no doubt made thru MBR which also operates the GUF relay with TDF,
so switching around internally would be an easy matter. Wolfgang B?schel had
already suggested they should use GUF instead of Germany to reach Brasil.
Nothing to be found about this in HFCC registrations, nor in a frustrating
search thru the HCJB websites, one of which still shows long-abandoned 15295
direct from Ecuador for the Portuguese service! (But I did discover prayerful
plans for a new 1 kW SW station in Chazuta, Per?, near Tarapoto.) (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CHILE
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190.0, R. Africa finally shows up again after a couple
weeks(?) of absence, July 3 at 1929 with a hymn, 1930 mumbler sounds like the
now-encarcerated-for-175-years Tony Alamo. Tnx to tip from Jorge Freitas in
Bahia, I was looking for this again first at 1925 on the FRG-7, and heard a big
het zero beat at F#5 on my keyboard = 740 Hz, but then on the DX-398 on the
porch, no such het, so it was coming from an inside computer still running.
Only outside could I detect a much weaker carrier about twice that far up, no
doubt R. Inconfid?ncia. Back inside at 1945 I`m hearing F# again, certainly an
improvement over Tony Alamo (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sporadic-E analog TV DX in progress July 4 when I turn on TV at 1348
UT:
1348 on 2, CCI from south with animation, so probably net-5; also signs of
video on 5
1402 on 2, loud Spanish in tabloid show about movies
1410 on 2, zero-beat CCI, seems peaking SSE rather than SSW, so likely M?rida
and Canc?n
1418 on 2, f bug in LR, i.e. net-4, probably via XHY-TV M?rida
1432 on 2, net-5 promo
1433 on 4, PSAs from Gobierno Federal, letterboxed with open captioning in
black strip abottom and other info atop
1433 on 4, bug in UR includes XV (as in fifteen), maybe part of ad rather than
ID, then singing ad for 43 canales (a cable or satellite purveyor? Only 43?),
now not letterboxed; canal 5 promo
1435 on 3, now // 4 with canal-5, audio slightly ahead of 4
1437 on 3, toons, net 5 no doubt
1513 on 2, net-7 bug LR in studio game(?) show
1529 still channels 2, 3 and 4, CCI in and out as opening continues (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15120, July 4 at 0437, open carrier with some hum, heavy flutter,
presumably VON already warming up. Unchecked further, but that would not
necessarily mean the 05-07 English transmission managed to stay on the air
thruout (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Happened to turn on C-SPAN at 1320 UT July 4, while breakfasting on
our own grapes, and the subject was Voice of America, in a series on Foreign
News Bureaux. Guest, Steve Redisch, Executive Editor of VOA, who as a federal
employee, ex-CNN, has to admit that me makes $162K a year. But it`s a good
backgrounder to what VOA does, taking call-in questions from mostly uninformed
dentro-Americans; also brief clips of VOA TV shows. It`s a 45-minute segment,
available here:
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/SteveR
At closing gave schedule of others in the FNB series this week:
Mon Al Jazeera, Tue DW, Thu CCTV, Fri BBC America.
Who is the YL hosting this? Looks familiar as if previously on some commercial
channel. Never saw her name on screen as CSPAN downplays personalities. Had to
go back and play the start of another segment to see her name for a split
second: Libby Casey. CSPAN is not the place to make a name for yourself (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11715+, July 4 at 1307, KJES is back with Bible quotation in English
by OM, then YL hymn; good but not great signal, and undermodulated. First time
I`ve heard The Lord`s Ranch in over a month. It`s slightly hi, no more than
11715.1. Maybe assisted by sporadic E which is soon up to VHF from Mexico.
Last previous report of this I can find was by Harold Frodge, MI, 29 May at
1308 on 11715.2. Last time I heard KJES was May 30 at 1933 on 15385+, despite
periodic chex for it since on all three frequencies, including 7555, and
non-reporting of non-logs. So it took a holiday to get them back (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 09:32:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: Adrian Peterson <[email protected]>, Anker Peterson
<[email protected]>, BCL NEWS <[email protected]>,
Duane
Fischer <[email protected]>, Hard Core DX
<[email protected]>, Prime Time Shortwave
<[email protected]>, SWL QTH <[email protected]>,
Stewart MacKenzie <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
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--- On Mon, 7/2/12, Stewart MacKenzie <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> SPAIN ? China CPBS Realy ? 9690? 1814 GMT? Chinese?
> 433? July 1st ? YL and OM with comments. ??
> MacKenzie-CA..
>
Spain does not relay CPBS (China domestic service), and not scheduled here. If
you would consult HFCC or Aoki you would see immediately that it`s R. Free Asia
in Chinese via Tinian, and/or the CNR1 jamming.
73, Glenn Hauser
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 03:01:10 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] WBCQ TOM 7490
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USA 7489.952 WBCQ acc HFCC list, carrying TOM program?, 0052 UT July 5th.
weak signal here in Europe, hit heavily by UTE STANAG like signal on
7490-7496 kHz range.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 5)
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 03:13:00 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] voice of Turkey missing
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TURKEY 9770 9870 TRT Spanish service scheduled daily 01-02 UT, heard
properly on 9770 kHz, S=9+15 db sidelobe signal into central Europe,
at 0108 UT July 5.
\\ and much less strong 20 degrees southwards to SoAM on 9870 kHz S=6-7, hit
by co-channel AIR Delhi Hindi co-channel.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 5)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 2:45 AM
Subject: Re: [dxld] voice of Turkey missing
> TRT Turkish 0000-0200 7260 kHz on air to Asia,
> powerhouse S=9+30dB in Germany.
> 0040 UT July 5. 73 wb
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "gletourneau" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 12:44 AM
> Subject: [dxld] voice of Turkey missing
> Hello all,
> just a quick note ... Voice of Turkey english at 2200 UT missing from 9830
> khz today july 4th 2012
> Gilles Letourneau, Montreal ,canada
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 03:46:46 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] China mainland jamming type against US Uyghur program
01-02 UT
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CHINA/USA [LITHUANIA/MARIANA ISL-Tinian/TAJIKISTAN/UAE}
Tonight 01-02 UT July 5th noted a different BUZZY NOISE jamming sound,
additional to the CNR talk jammer co-channel. Probably from China mainland
against US RFA Uyghur service on 9350 Yangi-Yul TJK,
9400 Sitkunai-Lithuania, 11895 and 11945 Al Dhabbaya-UAE,
17635 from Tinian island.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 5)
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 21:26:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: NASWA <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 4-5, 2012
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
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** COLOMBIA. 1140, July 4 at 0216 UT on the caradio as we are parked awaiting
the Enid fireworx show near Meadowlake Park, I am still trying to ID the
Spanish gospel stuff I am hearing here if it`s not XEMR Monterrey, which isn`t
supposed to be religious. A clear ID as ``Radio Esperanza 11-40 AM`` goes by,
plus praise music in Spanish. Can`t wait to get home and google on that, which
leads right to: Cartagena, Colombia. WRTH also lists that slogan for HJKO, 10
kW in Cartagena, and nothing else in Latin America on 1140. See
http://www.radioesperanza1140.com/nosotros.html
Programaci?n page shows a strange schedule, weekdays 1:30 am to 8:15 or 8:30 pm
[UT - 5 = 0530-0115/0130], except Fridays all night UT Saturdays, but quite a
bit less on weekends; I assume it is incomplete. `Enfoque a la Familia` is at
0530, which should not be too hard to recognize if it`s still vigent. It would
be nice to hear a call sign or Cartagena mentioned too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. 14950.76, July 4 at 2330, Salem Stereo, Rioblanco, Tolima, is back
after missing several days since its original spurt of activity; tnx to tip
from Brian Alexander who heard it signing on at 2245. I am getting very poor
signal with Mexican-style music occasionally peaking from the noise level.
Frequency approx. by clicking 19 times upward out of 25 per kHz, i.e. 40 Hz
each from 14950.0 on the DX-398; 0057 July 5 a little better, almost readable,
with continuous talk, sermon? past 0103. Not checked again until 0302 when the
carrier was still detectable. Maybe if they`ve got the SW- transmitter fixed up
now, they will be running it longer hours. According to Henrik Klemetz, Salem
Stereo lost their FM license and found webcasting to be insufficient, so they
hope to get a SW license after testing this; or, why bother with that? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 17750, July 4 at 1945, RHC French is back on scheduled frequency,
instead of 17730 yesterday, which as I suspected must have been mistake,
RadioCuba failing to change frequency on transmitter from the morning
transmission ending at 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 9490, another check of R. Rep?blica via GUIANA FRENCH, UT July 5
starting at 0058, no carrier yet and no jamming either, altho 5955 is getting
heavily jammed, with a het, maybe the buried 5954.3v Costa Rica transmitter.
*0058.5 big carrier on 9490, and mixing with weak talk in English, not matching
WHRI 9860, but maybe overload matching second-adjacent WTWW 9479, which
fortunately is about to switch to 5755. 0100 as before R. Rep?blica starts with
Cuban NA, sign-on mentioning no frequencies, 0101 `La Cuba que Perdura`
(endures) show talking about Cuban culture, and still no jamming audible (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 11920, July 4 at 2244 open carrier, 2245 HCJB opening in
Kulina. It`s the same speaker we always hear, probably a non-native missionary
who learned enough to proselytize. 2259 finally switched to some singing. 2300
opening in Portuguese. I wanted to be sure I heard it right 24 hours earlier.
Yes, not Wertachtal Germany, as originally publicized, but they explicitly say
this broadcast is via Guiana Francesa, and prompt reception reports to a CP in
Curitiba, or [email protected], also a phone number, offering QSL. 2331 heard
tail of QSL offer repeated, then diaadiacomdeus.com.br sponsored by the First
Baptist Church of Curitiba. Poor but sufficient signal. Is the site
contradixion another case like Fiji? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
See also CUBA [non] 9490
** MEXICO. The TV DX opening I started logging in previous report and cut off
at 1530 UT July 4 continued all day long, most of the time channels 2 thru 6
and for a while into FM too, until finally about over at 0100 UT July 5. The
best opening so far this year, and as good as any last year. It`ll take a while
to compile it all, so I`m not holding up the rest of this report for it (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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