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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs July 8-10, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
2. some morning logs July 11 (Wolfgang Bueschel)
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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:01:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
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Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 8-10, 2012
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** CHINA. Firedrake July 10: higher bands again almost dead, none heard 11-18
MHz except:
14980, very poor at 1233 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. 14950+, July 10 at 0155 check, Salem Stereo has almost good signal
during music. Once again inaudible after 1200 with higher bands almost dead.
The site http://www.distancefromto.net has quite a detailed database, e.g.
knows where Rioblanco is, 4303 km, or 2674 miles SE of Enid (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 7405, July 9 at 0525, this DentroCuban jammer against non-R. Mart? is
accompanied by a noise field wider than usual, worst peaks around 7395 and
7415, but gradually declining, extending out to approx. 7290-7480. Woe betide
innocent bystander stations trying to use any of these frequencies, suffering
collateral damage, from the Cubans who don`t give a damn about anyone else, bad
neighbors.
And this is UT Monday, when R. Mart? attempts a 6-hour truce which is now
routinely ignored. Similar situation 24 hours later at 0525 July 10, besides
the wall of noise on 7405, worst jambuzz parasitic peaks circa 7385, 7425.
Ho hum, more messups from RHC: 11760, July 10 at 0504, RHC English is still on
here late, until cut off at 0506*. Then I check which 49m frequency is missing:
6010. Pops on there at *0506:25 with English in progress, but keeps cutting off
and on and off and on, finally stays off at 0508, and back at *0513:48
evidently to stay.
9550 is missing July 10 at 1206 and later, while 9540 and 9850 are on, as all
three are supposed to be running between 11 and 13, plus weakest 9540 for
another bihour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR [non]. 11920, July 9 at 2300, HCJB opening Portuguese now giving
site as ``Santiago de Chile``, where it was originally until last week`s tests
via Wertachtal, Germany, instead of originally erroneously announced Guiana
French. On July 8 they were still claiming to be on via Germany, one day longer
than publicized. Not much difference in reception here, still poor.
BTW, the real site is Calera de Tango, CHILE, which is 92 km NNW of Santiago,
as per this handy website to find distances between cities by name without
messing with exact coordinates:
http://www.distancefromto.net/
which also displays miles, and path between them on a Google map. See also
COLOMBIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, July 9 at 0524, IGIM is on and chanting, S9+20 but
undermodulated. Don`t often hear it this early (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Much more sporadic E analog TV DX. Believe it or not, I`m not
logging everything I see or hear, as I can`t pay undivided attention to the TV
for hours on end; just the highlights, picking up where last report left off UT
July 8:
1516 on 2, net-5 promo fades up, antenna SSW, its default for M?xico
1520 on 4, some video with ad
1552 on 2, Spongebob, so net-5, CCI
1601 on 4, exercise show, heavy 10 kHz CCI
1604 on 5, video only in and out with ads
1700 on 2, still heavy CCI
1712 on 3, telltale almost zero-beat CCI and, rotating, find it is indeed
coming from WSW to W, i.e. the two BCN stations which should never have been
permitted so close as Tijuana and Mexicali on the same offset, no less.
Stronger one has Televisa logo bug in UR, with the word TELEVISA below it, and
in much smaller type another word I can`t read, but I`m sure it must be
MEXICALI as usual and later glimpsed. The stronger one as usual is XHBC
Mexicali.
1719 on 4, net-7 bug UR, not from the SSW but further west. Two possibilities
per W9WI.com: XHCAN Cananea, Sonora, but it`s zero-offset and this one has fine
beat bars indicating it is offset plus or minus. That leaves XHNCI, 20 kW in
Manzanillo, Colima, which is plus
1723 on 6, some video showing
1724 on 5, studio show, bug in UR I can`t make out but bet it is XHAQ Mexicali
along with powerful signal on 3 from XHBC
1725 on 3, music from studio, and guy speaking with high squeaky voice, still
Televisa Mexicali(?) bug in UR
1728 on 5, now I can make out an Azteca-13 bug in UR = XHAQ
1729 on 3, make out MEXICALI tiny letters on Televisa bug from XHBC; studio
music, heavy zero-CCI at times from XHTJB, net-11 in Tijuana
1732 on 4, VG video now with net-13 bug in UR, show is `El Sketch` comedy, plus
or minus offset
1733 on 6, net-5 Spongebob, i.e. XETV Tijuana, also peaking west
1739 on 4, snow-free ads for Huggies, Halika motorcycles, Milky Way, Azteca-13
promos, fades. Two possibilities: XHIT Chihuahua2, or XHHSS Hermosillo, Sonora
1823 on 3, now something peaking SW rather than SSW or WSW
1836 on 3, promo for texting the androgynous horoscopist Walter
1900 on 3, European Grand Prix coverage, refers to ``Triple-A`, Televisa bug
UR, seems still XHBC with the XHTJB zero-CCI
1910 on 2 and 3, some weaker CCI remains
1914 on 3, XHBC is marred by America-One audio CCI cutting on and off, as a
local VHF 2-way mixes with a local FM, probably 91.1. Fortunately this does not
happen much
2003 on 2, snow-free dubbed movie, with UR bug of the Grupo Pac?fico oval
around an italic 2, with stylized seagull around the LR rim of it, plus calls
below it: XHI-TDT --- that means televisi?n digital terrestre (as opposed to
sat?lite), a term I thought was typical of Spain rather than Mexico. Of course
this signal is still analog, so slightly misleading but they also have UHF DTV
channel
2011 on 2, IFE PSA, same station?
2039 on 2, 3 and 4, some weak signals still from SW, including lucha libre on
3. I was out from 2040 to 2246
2246 on 2, opening still going with some CCI
2358 on 2, drama, net-7 in UR
2358 on 4, drama from SW, not // 2
UT July 9::
0017 on 2, fade-in, musical variety show
0045 on 2, net-7 bug UR
0100 on 3, from west, Televisa Mexicali ID, zero CCI again from Tijuana
0100 on 2, net-7 bug UR, from west: this is something new, at least to me; what
is listed? W9WI.com shows XHENT-TV, 50 kW in Ensenada BCN, nothing else on
Azteca 7 anywhere near. Is this a new analog transmitter in the post-KNXT/KCBS
channel 2 era?
0100 on 5, net-13 bug UR, from west, i.e., XHAQ
0100 on 6, net-5 bug UR, i.e. XETV Tijuana
0136 on 3, attempt to photo a slide ``Hola, Mexicali`` = XHBC
0157 on 2, fades in again with net-7 promos from west, = XHENT
0157 on 3, promos for Televisa Mexicali, and local Notivisa newscast; is that
name used anywhere else?
0158 on 2, big V flashes on screen, with Veracruz, but doubt it`s from there
now, nor Venevisi?n, Venezuela, whose logo it resembles
0202 on 2, program promo but no ID. This opening is finally over
1452, turn on TV next morning: channels 2-6 full of CCI
1517 on 4, brass band in a park. Bug in LR with 6-digits CDT clock only
including seconds ticking by
1520 on 4, net-4 f bug in LR, discussing sports in `Matutino Express` as
visible on backdrop
1521, start checking FM: 88.1 with IFE PSA overcomes weak OK stations, best
with antenna at vertical position, gloating over how well the elexion was
carried out
1522 on 6, hoy bug in LL, so net-2
1523 on 88.1, ``Comadre, M?s M?sica`` slogan, so it`s XHRE, Celaya, Guanajuato
again
1526 on 5, Banorte ad from west, snowfree, no doubt XHAQ Mexicali
1526 on 3, also snowfree, XHBC, but zero CCI from XHTJB
1526 on 4, net-5, poor; on the west coast the possibilities are XHMAF in
Mazatl?n, Sinaloa, 100 kW, or the more desirable XHLPB, La Paz, BCS, 51.84 kW,
per W9WI.com
1527 on 88.1, Jesus Christ and KCFY promos, many IDs in passing heard for next
5 minutes. This is 3 kW, Yuma AZ, so FM opening from S and W simultaneously;
1530 on 88.1, KCFY ``Music made to share`` slogan
1530 on 88.3, Spanish overrides local Family Radio translator, ads with
602-phone numbers, i.e. Phoenix AZ area, contracted from what used to cover the
entire state just a few years ago. Promo/ad for Mundo Fox, canal 6, y canal 40
en Phoenix; it`s a commercial adstring, including a body shop. These are
fully-produced hard-sell commercials, not ``underwriting announcements`` by any
stretch of the imagination! Must be KNAI in Phoenix, which final FM Atlas of 3+
years ago slogans as ``Radio Campesina``. How do they get away with operating a
commercial station so blatantly on the non-commercial band? C?sar Ch?vez should
be ashamed; his foundation runs it
BTW, it`s almost a vanishing breed, apparently a share-timer with KPHF of
Family Radio. W9WI.com shows them both licensed with exactly same 22.500 kW
power, same latitude 33-35-47.00N, but different longitudes and antenna
heights: 112-5-29.00W and 304m for KNAI; 112-5-31.00W and 297m for KPHF; so are
they really not sharing the same transmitter and antenna? What a waste. Is
there anything in the FCC licensing info about how the time is shared? Did not
dig that far. BTW2, 88.3 is the only FM frequency where no (legal) stations
anywhere in M?xico are listed by Cant?
1536 on 88.7, Spanish music briefly atop KLVV in Ponca City OK
1536 on 90.3, CCI to OK station
1537 on 90.7, Spanish muscles aside the ACI on both sides, DJs talking, taking
phone calls; more below
1539 on 5, Azteca Noticias; program seems HECHOS AM with a big `H` logo
[``morning events``], still XHAQ Mexicali
1539 on 90.7, Spanish greetings to listeners in Nuevo Laredo --- there are no
90.7 stations in either Laredo, nor anywhere near in Mexico per Cant?; I`d have
to locate all the obscure Texans on 90.7 to rule out a rimshot from that side,
but unlikely. So is it a national-network show or acknowledging a DX report?!
Then ad/live plug for a champ? called Folicue (sp?)
1541 on 5, Azteca-13 promo as ``Canal Oficial de los Juegos Ol?mpicos``, so
rules out all the Televisa channels. I previously saw Olympix promo on an
Azteca-7 channel, so I expect they will both Olympize with all the simultaneous
event overload; and if not, could always be cross-promoting the opposite
channel. XHAQ still
1544 on 90.7, same station as above continues, M&W DJs chattering, with rock &
roll jokes, and one about a gato with 16 lives (?). 1545 says hoy`s temp will
be 40 grados.
Since I am still getting strong BCN signals on TV, I conclude that this must be
the 100 kW in Mexicali, XHMOE, Los Cuarenta Principales. Fade out at 1548. Then
the western TV opening fades out too while southern continues, altho I had been
concentrating on the former direxion
1600 on 3, tv3 bug in UR = XHP Puebla2
1619 on 88.1, Red mentioned, IFE PSA, mixing KMSI OK; no doubt XHRED, M?xico DF
1624 on 88.1, ``Los 40 Principales, 88.1`` jingle, i.e. XHZN, Zamora,
Michoac?n; mixing with talk, ads from XHRED
1628 on 6, bug in LR says ``Venga Alegr?a``, show name with 11:28 clock = CDT;
snow free, adult woman in bunny costume (ears but no corset, not Playboy
voluptuous), for kids?
1628 on 6, CCI from chanting ceremony, Aguascalientes 6 bug recognized in UL
1637 on 6, weak with large net-2 star logo, contrasting shades left and right,
but not as usually seen at an angle to make it appear 3-D; instead, head-on. At
first I thought it might be the Multimedios star as in Oglethorpe, but doesn`t
match its design, so not Le?n or Tampico
1642 on 6, hoy bug LL, clock 11:42, so net-2
1642 on 5, hoy bug LL, clock 11:42, ``La Escuelita`` skit; means kindergarten?
How did we wind up with this German word, anyway?
1700, opening is weakening, CCI on 2-4 only
1704 on 4, net-5 with animation, // 3 with CCI. (When these are dark, violent
dramas, suppose I should not call them toons)
1709 on 4, ad offering concessions for taxis in Torre?n, i.e. XELN
1736 on 4, net-13 novela, no audio at first, then MUF fades up
1742 on 4, sitcom, probably net-2 star in UR, but it`s usually partly off my
overscanned screen
1751 on 4, Canal de las Estrellas promo = net-2; 1752 promo something about the
Olympix here too, but maybe just trials
1819 on 2, heavy CCI but nothing on higher channels; Tuxpan and Tampico
mentioned
1828 on 2, credit roll, title of show/movie is MORT UNBOUND. Googling
immediately linx that to [evil] Penguins of Madagascar. Sorry, I haven`t kept
up with this genre
1836 on 2, little CCI left
1850 on 4, some video appears briefly, still CCI on 2; then over for now
2106 on 2, weak video, Laura talkshow (at first I thought it was Cristina with
similar look), net-2, peaks SW, not SSW
2108 on 2, ID of 3 lines flashes on and off at upper left but I can`t read it
in the couple seconds it shows
2109 on 2, audio fades in, but have to close down for local storm
2315 on 2, video fades in from SW
2346 on 2, ``Pron?stico 5 Dias``, 5-day forecast, highs in the 30s; CCI; can`t
pull a local reference
2352 on 2, net-2 big star bug head-on at right side of screen
UT July 10:
0016 on 3, finally a supered local ID I can read at upper-right in white, stays
on long enough during upfade: XEZ-TV / C. Culiacan Gto, during net-2 novela.
W9WI reconfirms the only XEZ on 3 is: 50 kW in Zamorano, Quer?taro.
The C. stands for Cerro, or mountain peak. This transmitter I have seen for
some 50 years; its location has been referred to as El Zamorano or Quer?taro,
but as in the ID, the axual site is atop that mountain, which Googling shows is
WSW of Qro. city and closer to the SW of Celaya, Guanajuato. Elevation is
2820m.
Not, of course to be confused with the totally different Culiac?n city = ciudad
in Sinaloa which also has a channel 3, XHQ with local origination, and also
frequently DXed. Photo matching what I saw: http://tvdxexpo.com/tvsguan.html
No more TVDX tonight, nor the following morning, allowing me to catch up on
these logs; there was Es however up to at least 16 MHz MUF, with WWCR inbooming
on 15825 while F2 reception was near-nil on higher bands (Glenn Hauser, Enid
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 6040, July 10 at 1152, M&W talking with English
intonation, very poor signal, but no QRM: SINPO 15431. Tnx to CRI for
abandoning Sackville, which had been on 6040 at 10-12! Altho they have not
bothered to remove all those transmissions from their own schedules. 1200 no
timesignal, but change to another voice, presumably NBC News, and fading down
from already very weak signal, half a sesquihour after sunrise here.
This was discovered yesterday by Ron Howard in California, much earlier in the
night. 6040 happens to be a long-*inactive (never-active?) frequency as in WRTH
2012 for NBC Milne Bay, but I suspect it`s from Port Moresby, added for elexion
coverage, and may well disappear when the dust settles. Many others have logged
it in the meantime, some on remote receivers. They say it`s // some but not all
of the NBC 90m frequencies, but not exactly synchronized. Another possibility
is a temporary relay by R. Australia, Brandon or Shepparton; I have an inquiry
out to them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 15725, July 10 at 0521, V. of South Sudan Revolutionary
Radio, presumed the JBA carrier here, after having been audible several nights
straight; frequency almost matching RNZI on 11725, as propagation even from
Africa is very degraded: 15400 Dabanga/Madagascar only poor, VOA Botswana 15580
very poor, nothing from Nigeria 15120 which was probably off anyway (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 9830, July 9 at 2245, very poor signal under the pervasive RTTY,
presumably VOT in degraded propagation; someone reported it totally inaudible
recently (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, July 9 at 1857, WTWW-3 is back on in Arabic contrary to
schedule, only fair signal with degraded propagation, after having been totally
missing earlier in the day.
WTWW-1 is normally very reliable on 9479/5755, but July 10 at 1205 shortly
after QSY, 9479 is on with dead air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7506+, tuned in WRNO just in time July 9 to hear preacher cut off in
mid-word at 0400:08*. Maybe they are depending on a timer to turn the remote
transmitter on and off, rather than a caring human being. July 10 at 0205
check, nothing but open carrier/deadair (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 06:37:43 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "DXLD" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] some morning logs July 11
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ANGOLA 4949.745 R Nacional Mulenvos widely reported these days in North
American dx outlets, heard fade-out around 0400 UT July 11, very tiny S=5
signal here in western Europe.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 11)
CANADA {tentat.} 9625.000 Even frequency still from Sackville? Probably
follower of suspended Northern sce from Quebec?, noted 0350 UT July 11 with
English sermon by men in kind manner. At 0415 UT two woman talked by phone
and discussed, in English of course.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 11)
CYPRUS/IRAN 9565 BBC London's Persian service via Zyyi Cyprus relay
jammed heavily by Iranian government on that channel, but \\ 11855 kHz
channel NOT JAMMED though. Similar jamming heard earlier also on 7320 kHz at
0230-0330 UT time range. Few signal peaks visible around 9565 kHz at least 3
Iranian bubble jamming signals, latter typical also heard against of Kurdish
opposition stations in 75 and 60 mb. Strongest bubbler on 9564.222 kHz, and
additional annoying 800 Hertz interference whistle tone too.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 11)
ERITREA 7174.990 one of the rather stronger morning signals from HoA, like
Radio ETH 9705.003 too. 7175v on S=8-9 signal in Germany. 0317 UT July 11.
Low modulation, Voice of the Broad Masses Arabic sce, HoA typical music.
\\ from same TX site 7204.983 odd frequency signal too, Voice of the Broad
Masses program in Tigre language instead, at 0325-0330 UT July 11.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 11)
ETHIOPIA 9705.003 Radio Ethiopia in Amharic language service, S=8-9
signal at 0348 UT July 11, HoA music. Very same program also heard on a
second channel in 31 mb on 9558.611 kHz, as widely dx press reported
WANDERING stn centered today July 11 around 0355-0400 UT segment.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 11)
SOUTH AFRICA 7214.980 a similar East African / HoA service, heard nearby,
coming from TWR Africa service on Sidamo language via Meyerton AFS relay
site. Wed only at 0330-0345 UT. S=9+15dB signal into Germany.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 11)
UNIDENTIFIED Re WRNO appearance? When checked at 0315 UT July 11, only
carrier visible on 7506.380 kHz but no any program content, S=6-7 here in
Germany. But wondered, had ties with WRNO worldwide signal ?
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 11)
73 wb
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