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Today's Topics:
1. Excellent Signal from Bangladesh Right Now (Arthur Delibert)
2. Glenn Hauser logs September 5-6, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
3. 3-6 Sept. Loggings (Dave Valko)
4. Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA (Stewart MacKenzie)
5. Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA (Stewart MacKenzie)
6. Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA (Stewart MacKenzie)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 08:32:31 -0400
From: Arthur Delibert <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Excellent Signal from Bangladesh Right Now
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English service on 15105 is easily readable here in Massachusetts.
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 10:07:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 5-6, 2012
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** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 15340, Sept 6 at 1238, JBA carrier only from presumed
HCJB, unlike SSOB status yesterday. By 1323 signal is much better but RHC has
decided to run 15340 today too, atop considerable DU CCI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. 15105, Sept 6 at 1247 very poor signal seems English, and music,
from Bangladesh Betar. 1259:30 to tone, and off at 1300:45* (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 15191.5 [not 15149.5 as mistyped originally], Sept 5 at 0511 as I am
bandscanning across 19m, expecting maybe R. Africa, instead immediately hear
``duas e onze``, i.e. Brazilian Portuguese timecheck which can only come from
R. Inconfid?ncia, Belo Horizonte. Then checked frequency and it`s right here,
maybe 15191.49 but probably within margin of error (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Hi Glenn, Sept 6, per my E1 was indeed on 15191.49 from 0211 to 0221
tune out with excited sports announcer; 0220 a goal was scored; game ended
after 0300; checking at 0323 was still heard with pop song in English. The best
reception heard in a while. Best in LSB; QRN (Ron Howard, California, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake, Sept 6 before 1300, all with flutter:
12230, JBA at 1241
12320, very good at 1241, quite a contrast to 12230
12670, poor at 1241
12870, very good at 1242
13850, very good at 1242
13920, very good at 1242; no fax QRM now
14700, good at 1244
14870, good at 1245
15550, good at 1246
16250, fair at 1248; none in the 17s, 18s. That makes ten at a time
Before 1330:
12320, very good at 1329; none in the 11s, 13s, 14s, 16s, 17s, 18s
15495, poor at 1324, net on hi side
15565, fair at 1325, het on hi side
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 11736, 11744, 11752, 11768, 11776, 11784, 11792, the 8-kHz spurs from
11760 jammer all detectable Sept 6 at 1333. 11735, 11750, 11775 and 11785
broadcasters made considerable hets against them, and clear 11768 was strong
enough to detect a bit of modulation matchable to intentional CNR1 jammer on
11990 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11760, Sept 6 at 2350, RHC is not on the air here, but on 11680 //
11840 and 9 MHz frequencies with music, presumably the usual `Sonido Cubano`
filler in Spanish service. Was checking because Grayson Watson, TX, keeps
hearing the 23-24 RHC English hour on frequencies where it is not supposed to
be, such as 11760 on Sept 4, 11680 on Aug 17, instead of 5040-only (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also AUSTRALIA
** GREECE. 15630, Sept 6 at 2010-2040, V. of Greece with great signal and great
music for nap time, hardly any announcements; weakening somewhat after 2030
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, Sept 6 at 1338, VOI is on today, fair carrier with hum,
but no modulation at all detectable (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH. 6760, Sept 6 at 1232, Korean talk, no jamming, no doubt MND
Radio. Just yesterday Ron Howard discovered a new // for the 1200 broadcast,
4925, ex-5900, so I try 4925: JBA carrier underneath a blob from one of my
local cable DTV converter boxes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, Sept 6 at 0554, no signal from IGIM as it recovers
from/compensates for, all the extra airtime during Ramadan (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 660, Sept 6 at 0600 UT, full ID from the only Chihuahua 660 station,
and then state song. Cant?:
660 XEACB La Lupe + FM 98.9 Cd. Delicias, Chih. 3,000 1,000
The third time I`ve heard it recently without confirming that`s still the ID in
the volatile Mexican radio scene (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 680, Sept 6 at 1159 UT, full ID from ``La Mera Jefa``, including:
``93.7 y 680``, ``la radio que manda``, ``Megamedios, Guasave, Sinaloa``, 1201
`Noticias en Punto`. But did not catch any call letters. Cant? shows:
680 XEORO La Mera Jefa + FM 93.7 Guasave, Sin. 1,000 500
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 700, Sept 6 at 1158 UT, Radio Red ID and promo, temp as 14.7
degrees, presumably at the flagship hi-altitude DF station XERED, while 700 is
XEDKR in Guadalajara; weak but alone on frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 760, Sept 6 at 1202 UT, full ID for XECSI, ?xtasis Digital,
Culiac?n, also mentioned an FM, and defined the format as featuring m?sica en
ingl?s. Then played choral NA in Spanish. Cant?:
750 XECSI ?xtasis Digital + FM 89.5 Culiac?n, Sin. 5,000 250
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 770, Sept 6 at 1204 UT, after NA, 2 or 3 funny voices, 1205 mentions
``Cadena 40 Principales``. The only one on 770 per Cant?:
770 XEREV Los 40 Principales + FM 104.3 Los Mochis, Sin. 5,000 100
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. ``The Cool TV`` with music videos has disappeared from KOCB,
virtual 34.2, RF 33, OKC; now there is just 34.1, labeled KOCB HD. I noticed
this Sept 6 around 2200 UT as I was looking for a subchannel with no captioning
to bother as video accompaniment to my WOR 1633 recording. Perhaps KOCB was not
HD before and they needed the bandwidth? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1633: ready for first SW broadcast Thursday Sept 6 at
2100 on WTWW 9479; also UT Sunday Sept 9 at 0400 on 5755.
On WWRB: UT Friday 0330v 5050 (we hope; wrong programming last week)
On Area 51 via WBCQ: UT Saturday 0130v on 5110v-CUSB
On WRMI 9955: Saturday 0800, 1500, 1730; Sunday 0800, 1530, 1730; Monday 0500,
1130
On HLR: Saturday 0630 on 7265, Tuesday 0930 on 5980
On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15918, Sept 5 at 1958, no signal today as VOA Greenville is YDD
signing on 15730 bigsig, then French; two days earlier there was a dirty FM
spurblob from it, and I did not get to check it one day earlier (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 840, Sept 6 at 1208 UT, checking whether I can still hear KXNT Las
Vegas NV in September as I was in August around this time. No, instead it`s an
adstring including McDonalds, Cornly(?) Iron, 402 area code, ``the 840-pound
radio gorilla of the Midwest, 840-Country``, 1210 joining the Rural Radio
Network for AgNews. So it`s KTIC, West Point, Nebraska, 5 kW daytimer. NRC AM
Log says nothing about gorillas, just the rather staid ``Information Center``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1250, Sept 6 at 1212 UT, dead air for at least a minute. No doubt
it`s the usual dominant SRS signal, KYYS Kansas City KS, La Equis, la
Super-Estaci?n. By 1225 or so recheck, modulating Mexican music (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1510, Sept 5 at 1923 UT, I am driving about 10 miles north of Enid to
release a trapped squirrel who thinx he owns our pecans; they are not even
ready for human harvest yet, but he and his relatives have scattered green
pecan debris all over the ground.
On 1510 I have a weak signal with Mexican music, and it improves slightly as I
get further from the KOKC 1520 splash (which fortunately is mostly talk now).
The ubiquitous SHVA appears frequently, can`t get a definite ID, but ``15-10
AM, s?lo m?sica`` and may have mentioned ``Fiesta``. This sounds familiar, and
I find an old report of this from 2010y!:
``UNIDENTIFIED. 1510, on caradio in the south side of Enid, at 1852 UT
Nov 1 beneath the splash from KOKC 1520 I am hearing bits of Mexican
music. The closest 1510 is 1 kW KNNS Larned KS, near Great Bend,
listed in NRC AM Log 2010 as sports/ESPN format.
Of the seven Texans on 1510, three of them have a Mexican or Tejano
format, mostly in the south except for KSTV Stephenville, between Fort
Worth and Abilene, but really too far from here for groundwave. Then
there`s 10 kW KCTE Independence MO, but it`s another sportstalker.
Google search on KNNS to the Wiki page inserts this: ``Template:
Infobox Radio station - this station is no longer broadcasting as of
early October 2010`` but unseen on the Wikipedia page itself (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST 10-44) And heard more traces of it since (see
also earlier DXLD 10-15 where Royals BB in English was on 1510)``
I would have written almost the same thing now. The new 2012 NRC AM Log still
shows KNNS as ESPN, so apparently this 2-year old flip has gone unnoticed
except by me. KSTV is at least twice as far from here as KNNS, and full-day
groundwave on 1510 from that far into Texas is not to be expected, even tho
KSTV is listed as ``Fiesta AM``. BTW, Larn?d has two syllables, darn it. BTW2,
KCTE 1510 sportstalk in English doesn`t make it here in the daytime from the
Kansas City area, but with skywave it`s still audibly hetting off-frequency.
Now Wikipedia has been updated to confirm this: ``KNNS 1510AM is a regional
Mexican station in Larned, Kansas, near Great Bend. The Regional Mexican format
began in October 2010; before that, it was an affiliate of ESPN Radio from the
spring of 2008 to 2010; before ESPN, it was an oldies station with the slogan
"Music you remember." Before it was an oldies station, it was a general talk
radio outlet``. And the callsign harkens back to ``news``, not to be confused
with KNSS 1330 in Wichita.
And now KNNS has own website:
http://www.lacaliente1510.com/
including the ``s?lo m?sica`` slogan I heard, says it started 15 October 2010,
and streams (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1260, Sept 6 at 1213 UT, weak Mexican music looping NE/SW. At
this hour I have a feeling it`s from the USA, not the USM. No Texans listed as
such; suspect it`s KDLF Boone, Iowa, 5 kW ``La Reina`` as in NRC AM Log (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11995, Sept 6 at 0547, still the open carrier with some hum is
burning megawatts for nothing. How about some other monitoring of this to try
to determine the source? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 13:44:04 -0400
From: "Dave Valko" <[email protected]>
To: "Hardcore DX" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] 3-6 Sept. Loggings
Message-ID: <C2098212503A4185A98A9C8CAAF288BF@DavePC>
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MALAYSIA 5964.7 Klasik Nasional (pres.) Tlk by W at 1053. Somber Asian
vcl mx
at 1056 recheck. M anncr at 1101, then back to Asian Pop mx. W anncr at 1109
after
another song, then M anncr. Decent strength but too noisy to copy. (3 Sept.)
MALAYSIA 6050 Asyik FM (pres.) Tlk by M at 1110 that certainly sounds
like
Bahasa Malaysia. Short jingle and W w/poss ment of radio at 1111:45. Thought
hrd
ment of Sabah and Sarawak. 1113 into more traditional song almost
Arabic-flavored.
1115 short jingle then W returned. 1116 slow song. More Bluesy slow song at
1129
over BoH, then W host at 1134. Fading. Surprised to hear this w/HCJB
apparently
off. (3 Sept.)
BOLIVIA 6154.95 R. Fides OC as early as 0927. Bdcst start at 0945:27
w/instru. mx and full canned ID anmnt by M including AM, FM, and SW freqs, then
into soft mx w/more canned anmnts by M but couldn't copy because mx level was
way
over top voice. Mx bridge to pres. pgm intro and then usual live W anncr in
Aymara
starting w/TC. Andean flute mx at 0952, then W again at 0954 w/accurate TC and
song anmnt, and long tlk by W. Canned anmnts seemed at much lower level than W
voice level. This is tough here especially with the Asian on after 1000.
Noted
the last few days and glad to get the ID. (5 Sept.)
SOLOMON ISLANDS 5019.89 SIBC/R. Happy Isles End of Island Pop song, then
live
M anncr w/greetings and date, ment of Honiaraice, nice canned ID at 1059 by M
"You're listening to the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation, ?? Radio
Happy
Isles". ToH signuature melody, and pres. nx but totally blasted out by Rebelde
when they started playing mx. Strong but Rebelde QRM as always. (6 Sept.)
73 Dave Valko
Dunlo, PA USA
NRD-535D and Perseus SDR
Wellbrook ALA1530S+
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 11:22:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: Stewart MacKenzie <[email protected]>
To: Adrian Peterson <[email protected]>, Gerry Dexter <[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]>
Subject: [HCDX] Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>>>>>>
BONAIRE??? Radio Japan? NHK? Relay??? 15265? 2315 GMT? Japanese? 444? Sept 6?
YLs with comments.????? Mackenzie-CA..
BRAZIL??? Radio Nacional Amazonia??? 11780? 2236 GMT? Portuguese? 333? Sept 5?
YL? mentions Brazil often at 2236 GMT.? Also two OMs with comments.?????
MacKenzie-CA..
CUBA?? Rdio Havana Cuba?? RHC??? 11840? 2239 GMT? Spanish? 333? Sept? 5? YL
with RHC ID.? Yl with comments, two OMs with comments plus some band music.?
//2050 [333].????? MacKenzie-CA..
CUBA?? Radio Havana Cuba? RHC?? 15230? 2310 GMT? Spanish? 333? Sept 5? OM
singing? with Band music.? OM with comments 2313 GMT.????? MacKenzie-CA..
JAMMER?? Radio Free Asia? RFA??? 9540? 1750 GMT? Language Unknown!!?? 222? Sept
5? RFA via North Mariannas.????? MacKenzie-CA..
UNKNOW???? Unknown station?? 12105? 2252 GMT? French? 444? Sept 5?? Two OMs
with comments. Still two OMs with comments 2302 GMT.? Music heard in the
background.??? Mackenzie-CA..
JAPAN?? NHK?? 9835? 1755? Japanese? 333? Sept 5? OM singing opera style.? YL
choir singing 1757 GMT.? OM with comments 1759 GMT.? Time Pips for 1800 GMT.?
OM with comments 1801 GMT.????? Mackenzie-CA..
JAPAN??? NHK?? 13640? 2304 GMT?? Japanese? 333? Sept 5?? YL with comments.?????
MacKenzie-CA..
Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC
SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 11:53:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Stewart MacKenzie <[email protected]>
To: Adrian Peterson <[email protected]>, Gerry Dexter <[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]>
Subject: [HCDX] Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>>>>>>
AUSTRALIA?? RA via Shepparton??? 17795? 0216 GMT? English? 444? Sept 6? OM on
comments made out of what happens in Marriages.? YL against his comments.?????
Mackenzie-CA..
CHINA?? CRI?? 17730? 0225 GMT? Chinese? 333? Sept 6? YL and OM with
comments.??? MacKenzie-CA..
COSTA RICA?? Radio Exterior Espana? Relay?? 15160? 0257 GMT? Spanish?? 333?
Sept 6? Two OMs comments on the World Cups games.????? MacKenzie-CA..
CUBA?? Radio Havana Cuba?? RHC?? 17705? 0227 GMT? Spanish? 333? Sept 6? YL with
comments plus some Band music.? //15230[333],? 6060 [333],? 9620[333],
5040[333].????? MacKenzie-CA..
GREECE?? Foni Tis Helladas?? 12105? 0305 GMT? Greek? 333? Sept 6? OM with
ongoing comments.????? MacKenzie-CA..
RUSSIA?? Voice of Russia?? VOR?? 15425? 0240 GMT? English? 444? Sept 6? YL with
comments on school children using Cell phones.? OM saying children cell phones
for social connections these days.????? Mackenzie-CA..
SAUDI? ARABIA??? BS of the Kingdom?? 15170?? 0253 GMT?? Arabic? 333? Sept 6? YL
singing.? OM with comments by 0255 GMT.????? MacKenzie-CA..
UNITED STATES, Florida?? Radio Taiwan Relay?? 15440? 0233 GMT? Chinese? 444?
Sept 6? YL and OM with comments plus some music.????? MacKenzie-CA..
Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC
SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 19:20:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Stewart MacKenzie <[email protected]>
To: Adrian Peterson <[email protected]>, Gerry Dexter <[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]>
Subject: [HCDX] Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>>>>>>
CUBA?? Radio Havana Cuba?? RHC?? 11840? 2216 GMT? Spanish? 333? Sept 6? OM with
comments.????? MacKenzie-CA..
GREECE?? Foni Tis Helladas?? 12105? 2230 GMT? Greek? 444? Sept 6? Two OMs with
comments.????? MacKenzie-CA..
JAPAN?? Radio Japan? NHK?? 13640? 2235 GMT? Japanese? 333? Sept 6? YL and OM
with comments.????? MacKenzxie-CA..
SPAIN?? Radio Exterior Espana?? REE?? 15110? 2247 GMT? Spanish? 444? Sept 6?
Band? Music Drums.? OMs with comments 2248 GMT.? OM singing 2248 GMT.? OM with
comments? 2252 GMT.? Suddenly off the air 2255 GMT.????? Mackenzie-CA..
UNITED STATES, Tennessee?? WWCR-2?? 9350? 2205 GMT? English? 333? Sept 6? OM
with comments plus a YL often.????? MacKenzie-CA..
UNITED STATES, No Carolina?? Radio Marti?? 11930?? 2220 GMT?? Spanish?? 333?
Sept 6? Two OMs? with comments.? Frequency is also Jammed.????? Mackenzie-CA..
UNITED STATES, Alabama??? WEWN?? 12050? 2223 GMT? Spanish? 333? Sept 6? OM with
comments.? YL with comments 2224 GMT? //13830 [444].????? MacKenzie-CA..
UNITED STATES, Tennessee??? WWCR-3?? 13845? 2242 GMT? English? 444? Sept 6? YL
with comments from the Bible.????? MacKenzie-CA..
Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC
SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS
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