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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs July 27-28, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Syria (Eike Bierwirth)
3. July 26-28 Logs (Brian Alexander)
4. Sat/Sun DX (Charles)
5. Re: [dxld] Re: Voice of Tigers, 12140 (Wolfgang Bueschel)
6. Logs (Manuel M?ndez)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 09:49:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: na...@yahoogroups.com, s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 27-28, 2012
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** CHINA. Firedrake July 28 before 1300, started too late, heard only:
15970, fair with flutter at 1259-1300*
After 1300:
15485, good at 1302, modulation on and off and on, het on lo side
15560, good at 1300-1301+, but gone at 1308
15570, fair at 1308, ex-15560? But now with additional noise jamming
Before 1330; still no full 11-18 MHz bandscan performed:
15500, fair at 1323
15560, fair at 1323, ex-15570, ex-15560
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. 5910-, July 28 at 1104, HJDH has gone from ordinary music to a
vocal/choral Colombian NA, 1106 IDs from Alcarav?n Radio on 1530 and 6010 also
mentioned, but didn`t hear any 5910; weakening, probably about to fade out.
Gaisma.com doesn`t deal with Puerto Lleras, nor is it in the first atlas I pick
up from my pile. WRTH map shows it RSD in the middle of Colombia, SE of Bogot?
on the way to San Jos? del Guaviare. The latter is in Gaisma.com with a sunrise
today of 1050 UT, 3 minutes later at the capital; at only about 3 degrees
north, HJDH SR varies only about 16 minutes during the entire year (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, July 27 at 1921, Amerenglish gospel huxter, not
Tony Alamo, so R. Africa is back after missing a while; a bit stronger at 1941,
but gone at next check around 2020. Seems they never stay on past 2200 like
they used to. Harold Frodge, MI in the MARE Tipsheet July 27 observed that this
had not been heard in a few weeks, ``15190 seems to have dried up``; but it`s
moist again. Not heard at 0508 check July 28 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GREECE. 15630, July 27 at 1945, ERT is ignoring the Olympix! Just usual
Greek music, and even at 2026 the slightly over-worn `Zorba the Greek` theme,
while the opening ceremony is underway. O well, it`s not in Athens this time.
Maybe they couldn`t afford the rights (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526, July 28 before and after 1300, no carrier at all detectable
from VOI, tho 9680 had the usual pileup of RRI, RTI and ChiCom jamming. I had
seen a report that VOI was 4 Hz *above* 9526 on July 26 and wanted to check
that out; altho I can`t measure it that precisely, it`s easy to tell which side
of 9526 it`s on once the YB-400 BFO is zeroed with WWV, then observing the
pitches stepping 1 kHz up and down; and so far I have always heard it very
slightly on the lo side. But appears to be off the air today, and Atsunori
Ishida agrees, not heard since 1500 UT July 26, and was also absent on July 25.
See what I can make out of a non-log? Well, something missing from where it`s
supposed to be is not insignificant (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. 17670, July 28 at 1325 fair signal with Vietnamese singing, then
talk, by 1331 sounds like a sermon. It`s AWR at 13-14, 250 kW, 60 degrees, way
offbeam for here, but yet another example of the terrific coverage of this now
salvaged relay site for the post-RNW era; perhaps assisted by near-antipodal
focusing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sunrise MWDX July 28, UT:
590, July 28 at 1119, ``Radio Paco`` mentioned amid music, sure sounds like an
ID slogan, but no Mexicans listed anywhere by that name. Since I have just been
getting XENK Mexico City on 620, a good bet is the 590 in the DF, officially
XEPH, ``La Sabrosita``, which can be loosely translated as ``mouth-watering``.
Trying to avoid being too distracted by the cheesecake infesting the website,
at http://www.sabrosita590am.com.mx/v3/paginas/programacion.php
I find that the Saturday 6-8 am bloque musical is deejayed by one Francisco
Su?rez, who could easily nickname himself ``Radio Paco``. Q.E.D.
620, July 28 at 1111 UT, classic rock in English, ``He Ain`t Heavy; He`s My
Brother`` by the Hollies; good signal, would R. Disney in The Metroplex play
that? Probably not and the signal is too good for KMKI. 1116 ``Lo mejor de los
70``, and Radio 6-20 ID, various federal PSAs, promos, Asociaci?n de Radio del
Valle de M?xico clinches it must be XENK in the DF. Is also selling this music?
1118 ``El Cat?logo de Oro``, next ``Ophelia`` in English; is it all?
``Internacional`` may be a code-word for that. Per
http://www.mexicoradio.tv.com ---
``620 XENK Radio 6.20 Audio M?sica de cat?logo internacional. 50,000 watts d?a,
5,000 watts noche desde San Andr?s de la Ca?ada, [Estado de] M?xico Grupo
RASA.`` and the logo claims AM stereo. This signal should have been strong
enough to audiblize that but my AM stereo radio is gathering dust. Website is
simply the enviable http://www.620.com.mx Gaisma.com shows DF sunrise today as
1212 UT, later than I would have guessed, more than a semihour after Enid`s
1135; but being further west and much further south accounts for it (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15120.0, July 28 at 0509, VON with weekly mailbag including hum but
not too bad. Reading report asking for QSL, and again saying she could not
match it with schedule; launching pad for going on to give times for several
programs, `Landmark`, `Evergreens`, `Musical Heritage`. Ivo Ivanov recently had
this on 15121 and was wondering if that shift would continue (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [non]. 17775-17880, July 27 at 1922, approximate extent of modulation
spike spurs from REE Cariari, COSTA RICA relay on 17850, where the fundamental
was distorted and somewhat undermodulated, again causing the spurs to ooze out
around the edges.
Main victim: BBCWS on 17795, see U K. Next check 1942, splatter on the hi side
up to 17955, now encompassing 17885 in Hausa, i.e. BBC via ASCENSION at
1930-2030. REE was talking about f?tbol and also the Olympix, maybe digression
from own coverage of opening ceremony? At 2000, REE turns the noisemaking
duties over to TDP DRM via GUF centered on 17875 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 15725, July 28 at 0506, V. of South Sudan Revolutionary
Radio at S9+12 with best signal here in quite a while, tho fluttery, opening
procedure including chanting. Better than 15580 VOA Botswana, but weaker than
Dabanga/Madagascar 15400 which has a direxional advantage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [and non]. 17795, July 27 at 1923, this is the `best` frequency from
BBCWS during presumed live coverage of the Olympix opening ceremony, but it is
insufficient, made worse by the spurs from 17850 Spain via Costa Rica. Per
HFCC, this transmission only started July 20, at 18-20, 170 degrees from
Woofferton, but I`m sure I was hearing it before that date; maybe there was
some modification, or hiatus. Also on 17795 at 16-18, 55 degrees via Ascension.
BTW, posters to internetradio are saying that BBCWS has suspended on-demand
access even to news programming, as Olympic rights issues trump everything.
(Fortunately I am still getting Prom Concerts OD from BBCR3, an every-summer
event in London; I just hope they don`t ever mention the Games.)
NBC-TV in the USA makes us wait until `prime time` to see the OOC, and as they
always do, give certain unlucky strings of parading nations short-shrift due to
commercial breaks, instead of just ``stopping tape`` and resuming where they
broke off, as would have been entirely feasible on a long-delayed broadcast. At
least instead of skipping them completely, each time they did a quick recap of
the victims, with no closeups of the often elaborate costumes, and few banal
geographical titbits for ignorant Americans, until picking up further down the
line with [non] `live` coverage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, July 27 at 1917, WTWW-3 is back on after missing a few days,
in Arabic, but noticeably weaker than neighbor 12160 WWCR. Must be keeping
below 50 kW threshold to avoid burning out another insulator on rhombic
antenna. George McClintock sent some photos showing him removing the bad one,
apparently not replacing it as they are just spaced every so often along the
lines. I suppose that`s OK as long as there are no heavy winds to short the
wires together. Previous short caused some grassfires underneath, so this is a
serious matter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1627 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday July 28 at 0130
on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB. First checked webcast for prompt start, and
later in the semihour 5110: fortunately the USB avoided the ute QRM on the LSB.
Next airings:
Sat 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 0500, 1130 on WRMI 9955.
UT Sun 0400 on WTWW 5755
Tue 0930 on HLR 5980
Also on WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9367.75, July 28 at 1315, WTJC `9370` gross off-frequency measured
here by keyboard F#5 = 740 Hz pitch against BFO on 9367.00; also compared to
9369.00 whence it made a D#6 of 1245 Hz, which would have amounted to 9367.755;
so with all the variables and margin of error, let`s call it 9367.75, the last
digit always open to question. Programming? O, the usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 91.7, KOSU carrying NPR `Weekend Edition Saturday` had a neat
5-minute feature on radio jingles at 1344 UT July 28. Text, illustrations and
audio:
http://www.npr.org/2012/07/28/156997028/the-not-so-distant-history-of-radio-jingles
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
------------------------------
Message: 2
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 23:27:16 +0200
From: "Eike Bierwirth" <eike.bierwi...@gmx.de>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com, hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] Syria
Message-ID: <20120728212716.137...@gmx.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Radio Damascus puts a strong signal with relatively decent modulation on 9330
kHz. Right now in English with "News and views from Damascus Radio" and an
oriental song at 2125 UTC, 28 July 2012. S=4.
73,
Eike
Leipzig / Germany
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:32:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Alexander <brian384...@aol.com>
To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] July 26-28 Logs
Message-ID: <8cf3b38c62bbdb3-1e8c-2d...@webmail-d034.sysops.aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
** BIAFRA [non]. via GERMANY. 11870, Radio Biafra, London,
*2000-2100*, July 28, sign on with African music and opening ID
announcements in English and vernacular. Vernacular talk. IDs.
Occasional English. Fair at sign on, but deteriorated to a weak signal
in noisy conditions by sign off. Thur, Sat only. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Radio Africa, 1757-1900+,
July 28, US produced English religious programming with gospel
music and religious talk. Gone at 1958 check. Fair signal. Mostly
good audio. Irregular. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** NIGERIA. 15120, Voice of Nigeria, *0458-0510, July 28, abrupt
sign on with English preview of upcoming programs. ID. Email address.
News at 0500. Good signal strength but with a slight whine in audio.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6925 USB, WPON, *0000-0035, July
26, pop/rock/rap music. ID. Editorials about world economies. Obama
speech. Good. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6925 USB, Radio Ga Ga, 0228-0231*,
July 28, pop music. ID at sign off. Poor in thunderstorm static.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** SOUTH SUDAN. 15725, Voice of South Sudan Revolutionary
Radio, *0500:34-0510, July 28, sign on with African tribal music. IDs.
African vocals. Talk in listed Arabic. Fair to good. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
?
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 01:30:24 -0000
From: "Charles" <ka4...@peoplepc.com>
To: "'Ankeer Petersen'" <anker.peter...@mail.dk>, "'Bob Wilkner'"
<r...@earthlink.net>, "'Chrissy Brand'" <chriss...@hotmail.co.uk>,
"'DXLD'" <d...@yahoogroups.com>, "'Gayle Van Horn'"
<gaylevanh...@monitoringtimes.com>, "'Glenn Hauser'"
<wghau...@yahoo.com>, "'Hard-Core-dx@hard-core-dx.com'"
<hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "'Liz Cameron'"
<ale...@yahoo.com>,
"'Marie Lamb'" <mal...@mailbox.syr.edu>, "'Short Wave World'"
<shortwavewo...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] Sat/Sun DX
Message-ID: <E2DAA05A66064B78B7A564FCEDE2535F@CharlesPC>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Peru/Bolivia, 4809.985, Unident, 0035-0100, At tune in, noted a very weak
signal with a male
talking briefly. He was followed by a female (I think?) then music
presented. Someone
said this might be Peru, Radio Logos? The audio is very weak and in the
noise, it's difficult
to give any details that are certain. At 0051, ordinary Peruvian or
Bolivian Huaynos type music
with the flutes and singing. I can still see the signal using the Excalibur,
but the audio is
gone after 0100. However, that could be due to fading and not the station's
schedule
being terminated at 0100? (Chuck Bolland, July 29, 2012)
Bolivia, 6134.815, Radio Santa Cruz, 0105-0120 Noted music at tune in until
0107 when
a male comments. After a few brief comments, music continues. Traditional
stuff with
flutes and things. Fades into the noise by 0120. (Chuck Bolland, July 29,
2012)
Excalibur
26N 081W
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:28:55 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesche...@web.de>
To: "DXplorer" <dxplo...@yahoogroups.com>, "HCDX"
<hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, <d...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Re: Voice of Tigers, 12140
Message-ID: <8BC9382C2B1A4BC0B234EBBBC30D3213@HNPC2>
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reply-type=original
Well comment dear Victor,
everything important has been said,
the successor to raise its head again?
probably program twice a week via CIS TX site...
vy73 Wolfy df5sx
wwdxc Germany
----- Original Message -----
From: "G. Victor A. Goonetilleke" <vict...@slt.lk>
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: [dxld] Re: Voice of Tigers, 12140
> Who are the Tamil Tigers, what has the LTTE done, an organizaion
> banned even in India after they assassinated the Prime Minister of
> India. Banned in the US and many other countries as a terrorist
> organisation and the list will go on. Anyone can do any amount of
> research on the Internet to find out anything in favour or against.
>
> However, mature SWLs/DXers should respect DXLD and DX club bulletins
> and DX groups and not post non DX material of a political nature.
> If the Al Queda sympathizers start posting anti US and NATO stuff in
> here, Nigerians against Biafra and Pakistani and Kashmiri
> sympathizers anti India posts, we will degenerate in to a mudslinging
> match between folks who have SWLing as a secondary interest.
>
> I have no objection to posting any amount of clandestine information
> as you Glenn and I have been doing from your days in Korat
> Thailand, but we have been mature and dignified enough to walk that
> fine line between dxing and low politics.
>
> Lets stick to the high standards of DXing in here. There are enough
> sites to go posting partizan political stuff.
>
> Victor Goonetilleke.Sri Lanka
>
>>
>><http://www.salem-news.com/articles/july282012/sri-lanka-olympics.php>http://www.salem-news.com/articles/july282012/sri-lanka-olympics.php
>><http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/london-2012-uk-tamil-community-set-for-mass-protests-as-sri-lankas-controversial-president-confirms-he-will-attend-olympics-7976331.html>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/london-2012-uk-tamil-community-set-for-mass-protests-as-sri-lankas-controversial-president-confirms-he-will-attend-olympics-7976331.html
>><http://sports.dailymirror.lk/2012/07/26/tamil-diaspora-to-protest-against-lankans-at-london-olympics/>http://sports.dailymirror.lk/2012/07/26/tamil-diaspora-to-protest-against-lankans-at-london-olympics/
>>---
>>Alokesh Gupta
>>New delhi
>>
>>
>>On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Glenn Hauser
>><<mailto:wghau...@yahoo.com>wghau...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>Who are `they`? Surely not the IOC. There is certainly an SL
>>delegation, but hard for us to tell if any of them are Tamils. Is it
>>Tamils from Sri Lanka that are not allowed by the SL government?
>>There are seven athletes pictured and named here:
>><http://www.london2012.com/country/sri-lanka/athletes/>http://www.london2012.com/country/sri-lanka/athletes/
>>(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
>>
>>--- On Sat, 7/28/12, Jaisakthivel
>><<mailto:ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in>ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>>
>>From: Jaisakthivel
>><<mailto:ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in>ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in>
>>
>>Subject: Re: [dxld] Re: Voice of Tigers, 12140
>>
>>To: <mailto:d...@yahoogroups.com>d...@yahoogroups.com
>>Date: Saturday, July 28, 2012, 10:59 AM
>>
>>12140 khz Tamil revolutionary song played. In between they broadcast
>>news. Tamil Nadu major party politician VaiKo spoke about his
>>support to the procession in London. they don't allow Sri Lankan
>>players To play in London Olympics. (Jaisakthivel, ADXC,India)
>>
> --
> G. Victor A. Goonetilleke 4S7VK,
> "Shangri-la"' 298 Madapatha Road,
> Piliyandala. Sri Lanka.
>
> E-mail: vict...@slt.lk
> victor.goonetill...@gmail.com
> Skype: victorgoonetilleke
> +941 12614098 Mob: +94 718328336
------------------------------
Message: 6
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:38:45 +0200
From: Manuel M?ndez <manuelmend...@gmail.com>
To: DX Listenig Digest <d...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs
Message-ID: <501504a5.1080...@gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Spain
Logs in Friol
Sony ICF SW 7600 G
Cable antenna, 10 meters
BRAZIL
4915, Radiodifusora Macap?, Macap?, 0526-0540, 29-07, Brazilian songs,
male, comments. 24322. (M?ndez)
4985, Radio Brasil Central, Goainia, 0524-0535, 29-07, Brazilian songs,
male, comments. 24222. (M?ndez)
5940, Voz Missionaria, Cambori?, 0518-0535, 29-07, religious songs and
comments, Portuguese. Parallel with 9665. 22322. (M?ndez)
5970, Radio Itatia, Belo Horizonte, 0533-0550, 29-07, male and female,
Portuguese, comments, mentioned Belo Horizonte. 14321. (M?ndez)
9820, Radio 9 de Julho, Sao Paulo, *0600-0632, 29-07, male, religious
comments, program "Com a Mae Aparecida". 24322. (M?ndez)
COLOMBIA, 5910, Alcarav?n Radio, Puerto Lleras, 0502-0530, 29-07, male,
identification: "Esta es la hora en 1530, las 12 de la noche y 6
minutos", "Alcarav?n Radio, 1530 AM y 5910 kHz, onda corta, desde
Colombia, Alcarav?n Radio", Latin American songs, "Alcarav?n Radio,
m?sica con acorde?n". 34433. (M?ndez)
COSTA RICA, 3350, Radio Exterior de Espa?a, Cariari, 0508-0600*, 29-07,
male, comments, Spanish, identification: "Radio Exterior de Espa?a".
24432. (M?ndez)
EQUATORIAL GUINEA, 15190, Radio Africa, *0545-0640, 29-07, female,
English, religious comments, songs. 34433. (M?ndez)
GERMANY, 7265, Hambuerger Lokal Radio, 0540-0610, 28-07, program in
Spanish, songs and comments and at 0600 program in English. 34433. (M?ndez)
GUATEMALA, 4055, Radio Verdad, Chiquimula, 0515-0606*, 29-07, male with
religious comments in English, religious songs, identification at 0557:
"Estaci?n Evang?lica Radio Verdad, onda corta 4055 kHz banda de 75
metros, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Centro Am?rica", anthem. 15321. (M?ndez)
ITALY, 10000, Time Signal Station Italcable, 0735-0950, 29-07, time
signals, pulses five seconds before minutes, pulse with 00 seconds, male
time announcements each minute in Italian: "hora 7 e 45", identification
by female in Italian each 15 minutes: 00, 15, 30, 45: "Italcable,
stazione radio Italcable, trasmissione sperimentale del segnale orario,
frequenza dieci megahertz...". Between second 05 and 55, music. 24322.
(M?ndez)
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