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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs August 22, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Re: Glenn Hauser logs August 22, 2012 (Wolfgang Bueschel)
3. Fw: Glenn Hauser logs August 22, 2012 (Wolfgang Bueschel)
4. Glenn Hauser logs August 22-23, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 08:58:55 -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 22, 2012
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** BANGLADESH. 15105, Aug 22 at 1250, Bangladesh Betar, very poor with S Asian
music during presumed English semihour. Breakfast of generic shredded wheat and
then other DX intervened, so did not check for the usual 1315 Nepali service on
15105 until 1344, when there was a JBA carrier from something (else?). But at
1349 BB was on with carrier and tone slightly above C#6 = 1110+ Hz until 1352*.
15505, August 22 at 1353, I find the same tone here as had been on 15105 a few
minutes earlier, 1110+ Hz. 1359 switches to IS better than usually heard so I
record to illustrate it on WORLD OF RADIO. 1400 timesignal is 14 seconds slow,
ID and sign on in Urdu mentioning Bangladesh Betar, and Pakistan. Finished
circa 1430 and at 1431, 15505 has weakened, still on with open carrier and
het/hum (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4915, Aug 22 at 0518, variety of romantic music, Brazilian
announcements, better than 24 hours earlier but still poor vs 1/minute CODAR
wipers. I would have settled for one mention of ``Macap?`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake August 22, before 1300, all with flutter:
16100, poor at 1253; none in the 17s, 14s, 13s, 12s
15555, fair at 1253, het on lo side
Before 1400:
15605, poor at 1339 with WEWN 15615 squishy spur QRM from 15606
15485, good at 1343 with flutter
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9305, Aug 22 at 0524, R. Cairo with almost readable distorted Arabic
instead of customary totally useless buzz. Officially scheduled 19-07 UT, but
around 0150 I had noticed it was not on the air, as has happened before (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 9595, Wednesday Aug 22 at 1308, R. Nikkei fair with mix of Japanese
and English by same speaker, presumably language lesson, mentioned ``the pearly
gates`` a few times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES [non]. Aug 22 checking out the frequency changes that R. Veritas
Asia has just made via the two VATICAN relays, belatedly escaping QRM problems
which had been there since the beginning of A-12 if not before:
15330, Aug 22 at 1430, RVA IS in the clear but with some splash from 15340
Cuba, opening Urdu, S9+15; ex 15435 which was OK except for early starts by
Saudi Arabia before 1500.
15320, Aug 22 at 1458 open carrier, no IS but 1500 RVA ID, poor signal with
Filipino, ex 15350 which had that horrible het from Morocco 15349.1.
(At 1430, AWR Chinese had been on 15320, but off in time for RVA. HFCC shows
starting July 2 and for the remainder of A-12, site for that is Trincomalee,
Sri Lanka instead of Nauen, Germany thru July 1. On 15350 at 1430 there is
still a big het clash with Morocco 15349.1, i.e. Gospel for Asia via Wertachtal
until 1500). (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Altho I put them under CUBA in yesterday`s report as coming from
RHC 11760 transmitter, the 8-kHz-spaced very weak carriers in the 11.7 MHz
range may still be coming from something else.
Aug 22 I am searching for them starting at 1242, and none of them heard altho
RHC 11760 is strong enough; but there is another one on 11734 vs North Korea
11735, instead of 11736; I had heard that one before too, presumably unrelated.
As 1300 approaches I am standing by on 11775 Anguilla, and yes, the 11776 het
starts at 1300 sharp. Meanwhile on another receiver, 11760 RHC continues
without any break in transmission, so they have made no change at 1300 which
could account for this. Since the 8-kHz spaced carriers are centered on 11760,
plus and minus up to 3 x 8 kHz, to 11736 and 11784, but none further detected,
something on 11760 is still the most likely source of them. What else is on
11760 at this time? CRI English via Kunming, but also with same parameters for
two hours at 1200-1400. What else comes on 11760 at 1300, covered up here by
RHC? Nothing in Aoki or HFCC, but EiBi shows: 11760 1300-1430 AUS Radio
Australia M EAs /TWN.
That almost fits, except yesterday we confirmed the carriers stayed on until
1500 when RHC went off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11995, Aug 22 at 0504, the ``signal to nowhere`` open carrier
with some hum as always on the air, it seems, before and after 0500; TDF
transmitter-control automation misprogramming? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15515, Aug 22 at 1340, good signal with announcement asking for
e-mail reports to transmissiont...@gmail.com then some BaBcoCk musical IS, and
``you are listening to a test transmission``, bits of other music, Gypsy? cut
off at 1341*.
(That uncovered some other much weaker signal, presumably Kuwait which has just
started a lengthy Arabic service at 59 degrees on 15515 at 10-05 since August
17, per Aoki. DX Mix News, Bulgaria also reported this ``additional
unregistered frequency`` as 12-15 from Aug 17, revised to 12-24 on August 20.)
Then I look for BaBcoCk testing on 15180 which had previously been reported
during this semihour, and at 1344 there it is, fair signal peaking at S9+5,
first with steel drum/orchestral music, and ``You are listening to a test
transmission``. Bits of other music followed, only a few seconds of each before
changing to something else. 1345 ``please e-mail your reception reports to
testtransmiss...@gmail.com`` and more music alternating with ``test
transmission`` announcement. This cuts off at 1347, and then not found on 15515
or anywhere else on the 19m band. I have sent them a report inquiring about the
transmitter site and purpose of these tests. Could be only for staff training
purposes as they have done previously (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:28:11 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesche...@email.de>
To: "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "DXLD"
<d...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 22, 2012
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Yes, R Kuwait seems on 15515 kHz superpower HQ muslim program an hour ago at
15 UT.
UNID 15438 kHz bcast.
But now at 1600-1630 UT an UNIDENTIFIED Chinese bcast programm on odd
15438.0 kHz channel, next to Riyadh Arabic on 15435.0 kHz.
Is that a SoH relay via Yangi Yul Tajikistan ?
73 wb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Hauser" Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 5:58 PM
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 22, 2012
15515, Aug 22 at 1340, good signal with announcement asking for e-mail
reports to transmissiont...@gmail.com then some BaBcoCk musical IS, and
``you are listening to a test transmission``, bits of other music, Gypsy?
cut off at 1341*.
(That uncovered some other much weaker signal, presumably Kuwait which has
just started a lengthy Arabic service at 59 degrees on 15515 at 10-05 since
August 17, per Aoki. DX Mix News, Bulgaria also reported this ``additional
unregistered frequency`` as 12-15 from Aug 17, revised to 12-24 on August
20.)
Then I look for BaBcoCk testing on 15180 which had previously been reported
during this semihour, and at 1344 there it is, fair signal peaking at S9+5,
first with steel drum/orchestral music, and ``You are listening to a test
transmission``. Bits of other music followed, only a few seconds of each
before changing to something else. 1345 ``please e-mail your reception
reports to testtransmiss...@gmail.com`` and more music alternating with
``test transmission`` announcement. This cuts off at 1347, and then not
found on 15515 or anywhere else on the 19m band. I have sent them a report
inquiring about the transmitter site and purpose of these tests. Could be
only for staff training purposes as they have done previously (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:34:54 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesche...@web.de>
To: "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "DXLD"
<d...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] Fw: Glenn Hauser logs August 22, 2012
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Yes, R Kuwait seems on 15515 kHz superpower HQ muslim program an hour ago at
15 UT.
UNID 15438 kHz bcast.
But now at 1600-1630 UT an UNIDENTIFIED Chinese bcast programm on odd
15438.0 kHz channel, next to Riyadh Arabic on 15435.0 kHz.
Is that a SoH relay via Yangi Yul Tajikistan ?
73 wb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Hauser" Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 5:58 PM
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 22, 2012
15515, Aug 22 at 1340, good signal with announcement asking for e-mail
reports to transmissiont...@gmail.com then some BaBcoCk musical IS, and
``you are listening to a test transmission``, bits of other music, Gypsy?
cut off at 1341*.
(That uncovered some other much weaker signal, presumably Kuwait which has
just started a lengthy Arabic service at 59 degrees on 15515 at 10-05 since
August 17, per Aoki. DX Mix News, Bulgaria also reported this ``additional
unregistered frequency`` as 12-15 from Aug 17, revised to 12-24 on August
20.)
Then I look for BaBcoCk testing on 15180 which had previously been reported
during this semihour, and at 1344 there it is, fair signal peaking at S9+5,
first with steel drum/orchestral music, and ``You are listening to a test
transmission``. Bits of other music followed, only a few seconds of each
before changing to something else. 1345 ``please e-mail your reception
reports to testtransmiss...@gmail.com`` and more music alternating with
``test transmission`` announcement. This cuts off at 1347, and then not
found on 15515 or anywhere else on the 19m band. I have sent them a report
inquiring about the transmitter site and purpose of these tests. Could be
only for staff training purposes as they have done previously (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 21:32:23 -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 22-23, 2012
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** COLOMBIA. 14950.75, Aug 23 at 0248, Salem Stereo has quite a fair signal
during a ballad about El Se?or (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA. 17833-17867, Aug 22 at 1853 check, REE Cariari relay on 17850 is
only splattering out to +/- 17 kHz, no further spikes detectable (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** DJIBOUTI. 4780, Aug 23 at 0305, R. Djibouti is on with Qur`an, fair signal
making 7 bars on the DX-398, altho doesn`t sound that strong. Several earlier
chex still did not find it at 0300, so must have come on a bit late. Only
African audible on 60m but I`ll take it. No sign of VOA Botswana scheduled to
start 4930 at 0300; nor CVC Zambia on 4965 which has now been abolished, per
Wolfgang B?schel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ETHIOPIA. 6110, Wed Aug 23 at 0257, poor signal with repetitive music, seems
an IS. The last two descending notes repeat the previous two. 0259 some other
music and announcement but too weak. If I were list-logging strictly by Aoki,
the conclusion would be V. of Azerbaijan which starts at 0300, but the trouble
is, it`s been off SW for years, altho not so indicated by Aoki and wasn`t it
really on 6111? Aoki shows R. Fana, Ethiopia not starting until 0330 M-F, but
0300 on weekends.
However, EiBi has R. Fana starting at 0300 daily, and the WRTH agrees altho
without any language details. Fana is certainly the most likely, sunrise just
right at 0317 UT in Addis Ababa, but Tibet is also on here (too late in the
daytime, sunrise 2328 UT), and so is AIR Srinagar, Kashmir (sunrise at 0030
UT).
I was about to report this as UNIDENTIFIED, until I checked the clip at
http://www.intervalsignals.net/files/eth-fana_national_240112.m3u
and there`s a match! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 2, Aug 23 at 0018 UT, I have the analog TV on producing snow, when
fades in a weak sporadic-E signal from the SSE; about all I can see is IFE in
big letters briefly, i.e. a PSA for the Mexican Federal Elexion Institute, so
it`s probably XHY-TV in M?rida. Same station was reported a few hours earlier
in South Carolina (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 31-2, MundoFox via KXOK-LD Enid subchannel, Aug 22: I keep an eye
on it most of the afternoon as I am using its video to go with WORLD OF RADIO
audio being recorded on VCR master. The video is really low quality, as input
to KXOK, rather like a low-bit web feed, not typical DTV breakup in
transmission. Continues to be in squeeze-o-vision. Contrary to my previous
remark, MundoFox does have news I must have overlooked, as promoed several
times, for 6/5c time, meaning 2200-2230 UT. So I have another look at the
network`s program schedule, and there it is, Noticias, M-F at ``6-6:30 pm``.
But I don`t have time to listen to it and evaluate it today: besides, BBC World
News America is on at the same time on OETA. Strangely, altho Enid is still not
on the drop-down list to ``selecciona tu ciudad``, the MF website knows by IP
than I am in Enid and displays local weather across the top of the schedule
grid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9844 & 9876, approx. centers, Aug 23 at 0120 check, the nasty WHRI
9860 spurblobs are back 24 hours after first heard. All gone at 0226 recheck,
so apparently on the air at 01-02 only rather than registered 01-03. Later
looked up what these might be interfering with, and what luck, nothing at all
scheduled anywhere on 9840, 9845, 9875 or 9880 during this hour. So the
horrible engineering of WHR is unimpeded for all to hear. How long before the
fix it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1631: ready in time for first airing on WRMI UT
Thursday 0330 on 9955; then Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon
0500, 1130. Elsewhere:
Thu 2100 on WTWW 9479
UT Fri 0330v on WWRB 5050
UT Sat 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB (delayed until 0200 last week, but
apparently an anomaly; keep listening after 0130)
UT Sun 0400 on WTWW 5755 (had transmitter failure at first last week)
WOR 1631 includes a clip of Bangladesh Betar IS and sign-on at 1400 on 15105. A
longer version is at:
http://www.w4uvh.net/bbetar.rm
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 3200, Aug 23 at 0251, very poor signal, maybe a trace of music.
Not a spur from 3215 WWCR as this is only a shade below 3200.0 and the WWCR-1
spurs seem to have been suppressed, nothing around 3230 either. It`s been a
long time since I`ve heard a MW harmonic, new or old, so hoping for a 2 x 1600,
but it`s probably just TWR Swaziland, which is scheduled to open at 0255 in
Ndebele (except Sundays English) with 50 kW at 3 degrees from Manzini. BTW, the
religious station that WDX6AA keeps reporting on 3215 is only WWCR, not AWR
Madagascar (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15580, Aug 22 at 2000, Besides VOA African Beat, the second
station is colliding again today. Sounds Japanese, but not sure. Did not tune
in early enough to get an opening ID if any. Can anyone tell what this is?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, 2004 UT Aug 22, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
No replies, and I didn`t have time to keep listening amid World of Radio
produxion; but checking latest HFCC and Aoki I see that the 20-21 UT hour of
VOA English on 15580 is now scheduled from Madagascar, not Botswana [which is
on before 2000].
What else is Talata doing then? Nothing at all at 2000-2030 but:
``11850 2030 2100 46,47,52 MDC 250 305 -15 159 1234567 250312 281012 D Fra MDG
NHK NHK 13036`` says HFCC. Now to see if we can get a 15580/11850 match after
2030 (Glenn Hauser, 2300 UT Aug 22, ibid.)
So this could still be two programs coming out of one transmitter, just Talata
instead of Botswana. We know the Madagascar relay does have a feed available
from R. Japan used at this and other times, and has also been caught relaying
the wrong station before, i.e. R. Dabanga on 13765 before Vatican at 0500
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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