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Today's Topics:
1. 15505 nothing heard yet from Radio Bangladesh Betar Khabipur
(Wolfgang Bueschel)
2. Glenn Hauser logs August 12-13, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
3. WEWN off (Eike Bierwirth)
4. Tunisia (Eike Bierwirth)
5. Re: WEWN off (Eike Bierwirth)
6. Firedrake (Eike Bierwirth)
7. Logs from NH-USA, August 12-13 (Scott R. Barbour Jr.)
8. 11565.009 WHRI (Wolfgang Bueschel)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:03:13 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesche...@web.de>
To: "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "DXLD"
<d...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] 15505 nothing heard yet from Radio Bangladesh Betar
Khabipur
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but I think the station is now on 15105 kHz at 1250-1300 UT,
heard some Holy Quran comment in English, and followed by popular western
music.
And typical WHITE NOISE sound audio in the background too. Final annmt at
1259 UT Good Bye.
And since 1300 UT an 1119 Hertz measuring alignement procedure ?
73 wb
CHINA/TAJIKISTAN 15515 HEAVY FIREDRAKE music from mainland China at
1222 UT Aug 13. S=9+25dB powerhouse signal here in Germany. Read also a poor
string on SDR unit browser screen at 15517 kHz, so latter could be the Voice
of Tibet outlet from Dushanbe Yangi Yul, but couldn't trace any VoT program
content today.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 13)
INDIA 15040 Close to the airwave control band AIR from Khampur site
scheduled, heard around opening interval signal at 1212 UT Aug 13, scheduled
from 1215-1315 UT in Burmese at 132degrees (which is backlobe of EUR azimuth
312deg). Heavy UNDERMODULATED reception, S=7 signal in Germany.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 13)
PAKISTAN 15700 Heavily distorted HQ prayer, performed on Radio Pakistan's
Chinese service at 12-13 UT. Noted S=9+20dB signal here in Europe at 1230 UT
Aug 13. They use different - unsymmetric - sideband outlets: LSB like 15696
to 15700, but more broadband distorted on USB side 15700 to 15709 kHz.
\\ 17725 kHz with similar signal strength, but only tiny 10% modulation,
only parts of audio peaks heard "now and then".
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 13)
UAE 15215.029 FEBA Radio in Tibetan from Al Dhabbaya, n o t CNR jammed,
Observed around tune-in 1217-1220 UT Aug 13. S=8 sidelobe strength here in
Germany. Chorus of young female singer, typical chimes, bells and cymbals
heard.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 13)
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:25:14 -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 August 12-13, 2012
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** BANGLADESH [and non]. 15105, as in previous report from Swopan Chakroborty
that it was the Aug 12 test frequency from BB, not so by when I tuned in, BBC
Ascension in Hausa at 1424 August 12 --- since Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria soon
reported that BB was on 15505, heard until 1545*. Several tried to hear it
after then on 15105, 15505 or 15520 with no results. Was 15105 a typo for 15505?
I also tried all three at 1820, when BB should have been in English, but the
only signal was on 15105 in French, i.e. BBC Ascension again.
HOWEVER, it may well have started out on 15105 August 12 since on August 13 it
was definitely on 15105! As I learned later, Ron Howard, Partha Sarathi
Goswami, Wolfgang B?schel and Mauno Ritola were all hearing it earlier, and at
my 1356 tune-in, poor signal with tone test, 1357 the BB IS, 1400 timesignal
about 7 sex late, and opening, Urdu, I think, 1402 mentioning ``Yih Bangladesh
Betar``, but dumped off the air at 1402:35*.
There remained however a very weak het between a signal on 15105 and an E6 or
Eb6 above it, i.e. about 1.3 kHz. Or was it a power and modulation drop at BB
and into a tone test? Their experimental phase can be quite confusing.
Since I was really listening on my 88.1 MHz FM feeder from the FRG-7 to the
breakfast table DX-390, and wanted to finish my strawberries and home-grown
cantaloupe, I did not immediately check the other possible BB frequencies.
You`d think they`d at least stay on the same frequency during a single language
service.
But at 1424, there it is on 15505 instead, with vocal S Asian music, along with
the usual self-imposed noise, altho difficult to distinguish from the
propeller-jammer accompanying Firedrake on adjacent 15500. At 1430 modulation
quit on 15505, but the noise/roar continued, still past 1445, and
Firedrake/noise adjacent was gone by 1434. Recheck at 1638, not heard on 15105,
15505 or 15520=Turkey.
Also, re my Aug 10 log on 15520, `` (Evidently the Ethiopian DRM jamming is
only around 1630-1645 per Wolfgang B?schel and Mauno Ritola).`` They say it was
the Ethiopian-*like* jamming sound, but really noise coming from the BB
transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UNIDENTIFIED 11995
** CHILE. 17680, Aug 13 at 1334, surprise! CVC La Voz is back in the morning
after having slashed its service June 29 to only two hours at 21-23 on this
frequency. Usual gospel rock in Spanish, 1337 ID and sermon; still going past
1400; 1409 talking about affiliates but no mention of SW changes. A revival, or
a test of this doomed site? Still going at next check 1652, so apparently back
to an all-day broadcast on 17680, at least today. No way to find their SW
schedule grid from homepage, but fortunately I have it bookmarked:
http://www.cvclavoz.cl/horario.html
Does it show 17680 re?xpanded? Of course not!
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake August 13, after 1330:
15495, very good at 1330, het on hi side
15570, good at 1330 with propeller noise too;
none in the 17s, 16s, 14s, 13s, 12s
Before 1400:
15605, fair at 1355, plus noise
15485, good at 1355 plus noise
Before 1430:
15500, fair at 1424 plus noise; off by 1434
After 1430:
15280, poor at 1434 mixing with CNR1 jamming vs VOA Tibetan via Thailand at
14-15; looked for a clear FD to // and found only:
12320, poor at 1439; none in the 17s, 16s, 14s, 13s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 15250, Monday Aug 13 at 1153, Chinese is splattering upward
but not downward, bothering BBC English on 15285 via Singapore. Probably
hearing CNR1 jamming instead of VOA Chinese, which per HFCC and Aoki is on this
strange schedule in the 11-12 hour on 15250: 110 degrees from Dushanbe,
Tajikistan daily except Wednesdays when it is instead 315 degrees from Tinang,
Philippines. Maybe that`s maintenance day at DB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. 14950.75, August 13 at 0159 and 0328 chex, nothing detectable from
Salem Stereo, unlike a JBA carrier at 1425 Aug 12 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6050, August 13 at 0159 and 0327 chex, RHC English to NAm is missing
for the second night, leaving only the insufficient signal on 6000. It`s
mysterious how RHC puts such importance on English at 05-07 with four
frequencies, when most of NAm is abed, and neglects prime time 01-05 with only
two, and now only one.
6050, August 13 at 0526, now RHC is on here with English, probably different
transmitter and antenna than previously before 0500, along with the other three
redundant frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9315, August 13 at 0159, R. Cairo English to N America is back
tonight after absence last night; but now 9305 Arabuzzer is absent, as it has
been sporadically. By 0324 recheck, 9305 is back on but not spreading too
badly, and at 0328, 9315 is recognizably in English sign-off with program
summary for the next day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 6700, Aug 13 at 1140, slow talk in Korean, 1148 slow
choral music to 1150, open carrier to 1151*. Ute beeps on hi side but no
jamming, so presumably from the North: no, Aoki says it`s Korean MND Radio,
i.e. from the South, and the 1100-1150 transmission just started August 6;
maybe site is JongAn, 100 kW, non-direxional. Guess the jammers haven`t found
it yet. It`s also on this frequency at 0600-0650.
Meanwhile, plenty of noisy NK Juche jamming on 6600, 6518, 6348, 6300 [Aoki
lists but without a target], 6230, 6015, 6003.
6400, Aug 13 at 1142 triumphal music, no jamming and this really is a NK
broadcast, Pyongyang BS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 13650, August 12 circa 1900, R. Kuwait Arabic to North America has
an improved signal now, same kind of music we hear after 2000 switch to 17550.
15540 at 2050 August 12, R. Kuwait western pop music pauses for news brief in
English, something which was skipped on a previous Sunday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, August 13 at 0533, IGIM is chanting. After Ramadan, I
expect this will again become sporadic so early (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 640, August 13 at 1131 UT, ID for ``Radio Uno, Chihuahua``. Nice to
hear something else from Chihua@ than XEJUA in Ju?rez. Cant?:
``640 XEHHI Radio Uno Hidalgo del Parral, Chih. 10,000 1,000``
Today`s Enid sunrise is 1148 UT, getting 5-6 minutes later every week
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGETST)
** MEXICO. 650, August 13 at 1113, XETNT Los Mochis, Sinaloa, with `Buenos
D?as, Yarderos` show on ``Radio 65, 106.5`` singing ID. I wasn`t sure of that
word until I found it on their program schedule
http://www.chavezradiocast.com/?page_id=395
for 4-6 am [MDT] with Alberto Guerrero, ``El Fogatero``. I still don`t know
what a yardero and a fogatero are, nor does my dixionary, nor does Google
Translate; local slang. Fogatero probably has something to do with fire,
arsonist? He sets fire to yards? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 710, Monday August 13 at 1115 UT, XEDP Ciudad Cuauht?moc with that
preacher in Low German. At tune in the accent is so strange that at first I
think he`s switched to some Indian language until I start to recognize a few
standard German words and my mind lox into it; over at 1126 with ``XEDP, La
Ranchera de Cuauht?moc`` SID; and at 1130, full ID giving priority to their new
FM: XHDP 89.7, then XEDP 710 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 830, August 13 at 1121 UT, ID as ``100.9, la nueva estrella de Radio
Z?calo``, several PSAs and ads, one mentioning Colonia Roma, so along with
Z?calo I naturally think it`s the DF station, but then at 1123 mentions
Saltillo with 100.9 promo, and 6:24 TC. Consult Cant?:
Nothing on 830 in Saltillo, Coahuila; but there is La Norte?ita XEIK in Piedras
Negras. And there is a 100.9 in Saltillo listed as XHSA, La Reina.
Grupo Z?calo is not in the DF at all; we find out all about this by googling to
this story from last October:
http://noticiasderadiodelmundo.blogspot.com/2011/10/mexico-otorgan-2-nuevas-fm-nucleo-radio.html
Says they got two new FM frequencies for Piedras Negras, 96.7 and 100.9, XHVM
and XHIK, to be on the air in six months, in keeping with the `migration` from
AM to FM. So I am getting XEIK, not turned off yet, simulcasting XHIK 100.9.
Neither of the new FMs is listed yet in Cant?`s Coahuila page under Piedras
Negras:
http://www.mexicoradiotv.com/coahuila/index.htm
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 4810, August 13 at 1100 JBA music, perhaps R. Logos, Chazuta, or could
it be Bhopal? It sure isn`t defunct XERTA. Ute blob on hi side not there at
this time. With my noise level, will be lucky ever to get OAW9A any better
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 15215, Aug 13 at 1436, an Overcomer minister other
than Brother Scare speaking on poor signal, IRRS via Romarmenia, but no QRM ---
has VOA Kurdish already left? Yes, the Aug 12 HFCC file now shows that hour via
Wertachtal lasted only from 7 to 11 August, replaced 12 August by 15510 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [and non]. 17850, August 12 between 21 and 22 UT as I was dozing,
listened to REE via COSTA RICA (also on 15110 direct) with live coverage of
Olympic closing ceremonies. Trouble is, the M&W hosts kept chattering Castilian
over the music as they felt obliged to describe what was going on in the visual
spectrum. Heard mentioned Pink Floyd, Fat Boy Slim, Spice Girls, among many
other British performers of yesteryear.
Later caught the NBC playback of the CC from the beginning, noting that after
GSTQ and a token few minutes with a cellist and the LSO, it was all rock music,
except John Lennon`s original ``Imagine`` surpassing genres. Thumbs up for
that, thumbs down for dissing classical music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 7506.4, August 13 at 0326, WRNO is playing music, but it is very
distorted and not fully modulated, followed by some dead air (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12133.5-USB, at 0544 UT Monday August 13, AFN Saddlebunch Keys FL
(NOT Key West where most references move it), Jim Hightower commentary about
Ted Cruz beating a slightly less far-right extremist in Texas primary; as
scheduled UT M-F at this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Weak mystery carriers still on 25m, Aug 13 at 1339: 11784, 11776,
11766 [not noticed before, nothing to het], 11751.5, 11744, 11736. At 1441
still detected on 11784, 11776, 11751.5, 11744 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11995, August 13 at 0528, again tonight open carrier with some
hum/whine. I wonder if TDF Issoudun have forgotten that RFI canceled all its
English broadcasts in January? 11995 is also one of the many registered wooden
frequencies of Bangladesh, but only at 12-20, tho they could really be trying
it now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:00:06 +0200
From: "Eike Bierwirth" <eike.bierwi...@gmx.de>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com, hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] WEWN off
Message-ID: <20120813200006.82...@gmx.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Just scanned 19m, when on 15610 kHz I stumbled upon the end of an announcement
by WEWN, concluded with ID, silent carrier, and c/d at 1939 UTC. I missed most
of the announcement and couldn't get the recorder running in time, but
apparently WEWN is shutting down temporarily to avoid damage to the equipment
due to weather. Wunderground.com reports weak winds and thunderstorm in
Birmingham, the latter being a good reason to disconnect your antenna.
73,
Eike
Zingst / Germany
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:05:02 +0200
From: "Eike Bierwirth" <eike.bierwi...@gmx.de>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com, hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] Tunisia
Message-ID: <20120813200502.82...@gmx.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Tunisia is currently on 7335 // 7225, 17735. 13 Aug 2012, 1801 UTC, already
noted the same at 1945. 17735 S=3 in the clear; 7225 strong; 7335 totally
covered by CRI powerhouse signal, comes through only in silent gaps between CRI
talk (of which there aren't many).
73
Eike
Zingst / Germany
Perseus SDR + 10-DX Active Antenna in the garden.
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:38:05 +0200
From: "Eike Bierwirth" <eike.bierwi...@gmx.de>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com, hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: Re: [HCDX] WEWN off
Message-ID: <20120813223805.82...@gmx.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Yes, they are back already. I can also hear them loud on clear on 15610 (at
2219), mediocre on 13830 and and weak on 12050 at 2230.
Thanks,
Eike
-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:30:19 -0700 (PDT)
> Von: "Magdiel Cruz Rodr?guez"
> An: Eike Bierwirth
> Betreff: Re: [HCDX] WEWN off
> At this moment, 22:28 WEWN is on air, in 15610 KHz English, 12050 Spanish.
> 73's from XE-SWL-24-01 Magdiel Cruz, M?xico.
>
>
> ?http://entre-ondas.blogspot.mx
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:10:52 +0200
From: "Eike Bierwirth" <eike.bierwi...@gmx.de>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com, hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] Firedrake
Message-ID: <20120813231052.82...@gmx.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Firedrake against Sound of Hope on 13 August, 2250 UTC:
Strong signal in northern Germany on 11500, 11970, 12320, 12370, 12670, 12980,
13530 kHz.
Now they just closed down at 2255. This reveals a weak carrier on 12670, even
some modulation audible on weak 12370 and 12320.
The Firedrakes signed back on at 2257 on all these frequencies (after making
the same observation as me, I suppose). Sign off again at 2300, but this time
not revealing any weak carriers. Sound of Hope must have c/d at 2300.
Currently at 2302 and still at 2310, an empty carrier sits on 12230 kHz, S=4.
Earlier today, I heard Sound of Hope without jamming in parallel on 11970
(25422), 12980 (35322) and 12230 (15311) at 2117 UTC.
73,
Eike
Zingst / Germany
Perseus SDR + DX-10pro Active antenna
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:33:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Scott R. Barbour Jr." <srbjr...@yahoo.com>
To: "dxingwithcum...@yahoogroups.com"
<dxingwithcum...@yahoogroups.com>, "d...@yahoogroups.com"
<d...@yahoogroups.com>, "dxplo...@yahoogroups.com"
<dxplo...@yahoogroups.com>, "hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com"
<hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "na...@yahoogroups.com"
<na...@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "djva...@verizon.net" <djva...@verizon.net>,
"handlersmail-na...@yahoo.com" <handlersmail-na...@yahoo.com>,
"markok...@gmail.com" <markok...@gmail.com>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs from NH-USA, August 12-13
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<1344911617.18337.yahoomail...@web164503.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
4699.34 BOLIVIA R. San Miguel Riberalta 0903-0915 Aug 13 SS; Announcement at
t/in; presumed sign-on?; M announcer w/ talk & CP mx; poor though improving.
(Barbour-NH)
4809.5 BOLIVIA R. Logos 0936 Aug 13 SS; Lively LA mx; only way this was audible
was to tune down from nominal 4810 to avoid co-channel ute, which dominates the
frequency at my location. (Barbour-NH)
6115 JAPAN R. Nikkei HS-2 Chiba-Nagara 0842-0900* Aug 12 JJ; Continuous ballads
until M announcer w/ s/off announcement at 0859 mentioning kilohertz &
tentative mention of Chiba; weak but clear in ECCS-USB. I don't believe I have
ever logged their HS-2 before, obviously a benefit of my now having Sunday
mornings off for the first time in 33 years. (Barbour-NH)
7320 RUSSIA R. Rossii Magadan 0942-1002 Aug 13 RR; W announcer w/ lengthy talk
between mx bits; brief M announcer at 0958 w/ touch-tone FX & promos; ID at ToH
into M announcer w/ nx; fair w/ CW QRM at 1000. (Barbour-NH)
9400 PHILIPPINES FEBC Iba 1007-1014 Aug 13 CC; M announcer w/ relg talk w/
brief W announcer over mx at 1008; fair. (Barbour-NH)
Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA
NRD-545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:19:49 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesche...@web.de>
To: "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "DXLD"
<d...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] 11565.009 WHRI
Message-ID: <6C5F8B3E55404598BA97976B27C2E3F8@HNPC2>
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USA 11565.009 WHRI Cypress Creek, English sce sermon "in a quiet manner".
S=9+20dB strength observed on remote SDR rx unit in Australia.
US address given at 0814 UT Aug 14. Something seems wrong with the audio
feed, heard some low level speech echo in background, like "over inductive
radiation recording" from backside magnetic tape ?
73 wb
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