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Today's Topics:
1. Sat Morn (Charles)
2. Sat Morn (Charles)
3. Recent Loggings (Dave Valko)
4. Loggings Oct. 6 (Arthur Delibert)
5. Glenn Hauser logs October 6, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
6. Re: Glenn Hauser logs October 6, 2012 (Wolfgang Bueschel)
7. DX Listening Digest 12-40; World of Radio 1637 (Glenn Hauser)
8. Re: Glenn Hauser logs October 6, 2012 (Wolfgang Bueschel)
9. Re: Glenn Hauser logs October 6, 2012: Algeria non (Glenn Hauser)
10. Glenn Hauser logs October 6-7. 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 10:54:50 -0000
From: "Charles" <[email protected]>
To: "'Ankeer Petersen'" <[email protected]>, "'Bob Wilkner'"
<[email protected]>, "'Chrissy Brand'" <[email protected]>,
"'DXLD'" <[email protected]>, "'Gayle Van Horn'"
<[email protected]>, "'Glenn Hauser'"
<[email protected]>, "'[email protected]'"
<[email protected]>, "'Liz Cameron'"
<[email protected]>,
"'Marie Lamb'" <[email protected]>, "'Short Wave World'"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Sat Morn
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Bolivia, 6134.80, Radio Santa Cruz, 1010-1020, Noted a male in Spanish
Language comments. Noise on this frequency this morning is terrible,
but still can make out some audio. Signal was poor. (Chuck Bolland,
October 6, 2012)
Peru, 4747.09, Radio Huanta Dos Mil, 1020-1030, Noted a male in Spanish
comments between Huaynos Musical selections. Signal was poor and fading.
(Chuck Bolland, October 6, 2012)
Peru, 4775.00, Radio Tarma, Pres, 1022-1027, Just steady music here with not
live details noted. Signal was poor with noise. (Chuck Bolland, October
6, 2012)
Peru, 4955.00, Radio Cultural Amauta, 1037-1045, At tune in, noted Huaynos
type music with a male commenting in Spanish over the music. The music
continues while the signal remains at a poor level. (Chuck Bolland, October
6, 2012)
Peru, 5039.19, Radio Libertad, 1044-1055, Signal is almost gone due to
local sunrise, but hearing some Spanish comments from a male with music
also. Signal is threshold at this point. (Chuck Bolland, October 6, 2012)
NRD545
26N 081W
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 11:20:14 -0000
From: "Charles" <[email protected]>
To: "'Ankeer Petersen'" <[email protected]>, "'Bob Wilkner'"
<[email protected]>, "'Chrissy Brand'" <[email protected]>,
"'DXLD'" <[email protected]>, "'Gayle Van Horn'"
<[email protected]>, "'Glenn Hauser'"
<[email protected]>, "'[email protected]'"
<[email protected]>, "'Liz Cameron'"
<[email protected]>,
"'Marie Lamb'" <[email protected]>, "'Short Wave World'"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Sat Morn
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Thailand, 5875.00, Radio Thailand, 1100-1115, Noted a male in Vietnamese
language comments (scheduled), until 1115 when end of Vietnamese schedule.
Many mentions of Thailand during comments. At 1112 music is presented until
1113 when male gives station details it seems? At 1114 details are given in
English. "this is ... Radio Thailand broadcasting from the ... in Bangkok
Thailand." This is followed with chimes. Signal was good.
At 1115 another segment commences in unknown language. Also good
signal. (Chuck Bolland, October 6, 2012)
26N 081W
NRD545
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 11:39:19 -0400
From: "Dave Valko" <[email protected]>
To: "Hardcore DX" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Recent Loggings
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ZANZIBAR 11735 R. ZBC 1940-2056:20* Usual pgm of AR mx and host M anncr
in SW
every so often. 1958 short anmnt by M over mx w/ment of Dar-es-Salam. 5+1
slow
time ticks, then local nx by M starting w/ment of radio in what sounded like a
very
fast "ZBC Radio" ID, then several ments of Zanzibar. 2005 another anmnt
w/"Radio
ZBC" ID. Went off the air in mid-song again before ToH. Fair to good signal.
Tnx
Brian Alexander info on new ID via Ron Howard. (4 Oct.)
5 OCTOBER 2012: Since I was hearing bits of audio on 3385 at 0845, I decided
to
try going out again. It wasn't until I was just about at the pond that I chose
to
try running the BOG through the field. Did so at 340 degrees, closer to Asia.
When I started I was shocked to hear at least some audio on all the PNGs!! It
looked really promising. Not overly noisy either. It was quite fady though.
The
PNGs were stagnant again however until they started suddenly rising around
1105.
In 10 minutes they were getting decent. And by 1125 they were peaking. A
little
later than Wednesday.
RX: Microtelecom Perseus SDR with ARR preamp.
ANT: 315' Beverage (BOG) at 340? (through the field this time)
QTH: Pennsylvania State Game Lands #26, adjacent to the field below the pond.
Duration: 0935-1245 UTC
Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 113 A Index = 2 K Index = 0 No storms.
WX: Clear. Warm, upper 50's.
BOLIVIA 6154.95 R. Fides 0947 found out the instru. song played during
canned
s/on anmnts is "Stairway to Heaven"!! 0951-0953 choral NA. 0953 soft vcl mx,
0954
short canned anmnt by M, then soft vcl by M. 0959 usual W anncr on in Aymara.
Unfortunately CNR came on then too. (5 Oct.)
PERU 3329.54 Onda del Huallaga Carrier at 0935 but didn't get any audio
then.
Very weak Huayno mx at 1007 then. Still weak LA mx 1024 amid CHU modulation
all
over (can only notch out so much!!). 1026 lively canned anmnts but just a
little
too weak. Did catch ment of Peru. (5 Oct.)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3385 NBC East New Britain Around 0943 much better than
on
the 3rd. 1010, 1030, 1050, 1100 no change. Starting to improve slightly at
1105.
Right at readability. 1045 ad block w/contest anmnt and apparently a feed
store,
then deadair. Finally ment of New Britain weakly at 1047, then Pop song
"Breathless", then 2 ads at 1051 and studio M returned. 1100 2 ads, live M,
then
1102 usual signature and NBC nx. 1118:00 ID by W during nx "NBC East New
Britain
Provincial news". Department store ad, start of lumber ad and then just a
white
noise, must have been having tech problems. 1229 finally a bit of mx, then
live
speech w/occas. clapping. 1137 studio M anncr returned, and tlk abt the "World
Teachers Day" celebration. Still getting W anncr at 1218, then ads or promos.
The
only one showing up at this time. (5 Oct.)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3235 NBC West New Britain 1119 live M anncr w/ID over
instru. version of "Careless Whisper" again. Ballads. 1126 live M anncr then
Reggae song, and conchshell blowing and M again w/ID and ment of what sounded
like
a slogan "The Voice of ??" but couldn't copy as it was too fast. Then
classical mx
and short EG ID MW and FM freqs by M, and studio M anncr. Then a long tlk.
Studio
voice audio was muffled and kind of difficult to copy. (5 Oct.)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3325 R. Buka Nothing but a very weak carrier by 1030.
Just
a little bit of audio w/M tlk at 1122. Nowhere near as strong as on the 3rd.
(5
Oct.)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3204.97 NBC Sandaun 1113 easy C&W-like song. 1115 W
anncr
w/poss. ment of NBC, and PSAs and messages w/ment of Saturday, phone number,
Highlands, Vanimo, children, 1119:45 NBC Sandaun ID. 1120-1025 Island Pop
song.
1126 canned anmnt by M over mx w/ment of PNG. 1126-1129 Reggae-like song.
1129 W
anncr w/TC then canned inspirational PSA anmnt by M and W in EG abt education,
(no
doubt about "World Teachers Day") over instru. mx 1030-1032. 1132:50 W w/ID,
freq
90.7, and TC. 1032 Island song w/C&W flavor, turned down after a minute then
long
tlk by W but couldn't determine subject to 1150. (5 Oct.)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3260 NBC Madang Usual nx by W to 1109, then live studio
M
anncr. PSAs and messages. 1122 ad/promo block w/last ending w/ment of NBC.
1124
live M again w/TC and ment of Madang. 1137 incredible signal!!! M shouting
during
EG speech by local Madang politician promising 1,000,000 kina to the Province
of
Madang and audience applause. Better than East New Britain. 1140-1146 island
mx,
then lively M anncr w/apparent live event including laughing by people. Back
to
studio anncr at 1149, then speech. (5 Oct.)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3315 R. Manus 1122 W anncr w/sev. ments of Lorengau
before
going into lively island song. 1127:40 W w/ment of Manus and then Lorengau
during
PSAs. 1129 M w/speech. (5 Oct.)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3365 NBC Milne Bay, The Voice of Kula 1125 end of song
and
nice quick ID w/freqs by live studio M anncr and tlk abt some lcl event.
1128-1133
uptempo island song, then live M again w/song anmnt and greetings ".a very good
night to you, and I do hope.you had a wonderful day today.here in town.". Then
government official speech. (5 Oct.)
MYANMAR 7110 Thazin R. 1214 playing "Mickey" by Toni Basil!! Still
getting
some Asian Pop mx at 1235. (5 Oct.)
BANGLADESH 15105 Bangladesh Betar 1226 OC, then tone start. 1228:15 IS
start. 5+1 time ticks, then M w/short opening anmnt, usual pleasant subcont.
mx,
then nice ID w/freq/beam "Hello there. This is the External Service of
Bangladesh
Betar broadcasting ?? shortwave...", and pgm rundown. 1231 subcont. mx bridge,
then
W w/nx starting w/ID. Undermodulated and a bit of hum in the signal. A little
slop QRM from 15115. (5 Oct.)
BRAZIL 9695.3 R. Rio Mar 1018 ad block at t/in. Ments of Manaus. Cont.
of nx
pgm w/M and W hosts. 1022:50 usual very short singing ID jingle to start ad
block.
5 time ticks and TC by M at 1030. 1030:20 nice clear full ID w/all freqs
followed
by jingle. Fortunately Japan had gone off and it was in the clear. 1031:15 EG
slogan in ad ("... ?? gets you"). Another ID/promo at 1032. Still fair w/soft
ZY
Pops at 1047. QRM from R. Japan 9695 which was //9625. Both Japan and Rio Mar
about equal. (6 Oct.)
MYANMAR 7200.102 R. Myanmar Found here this morning at 1045 w/tlk by M
weakly, before peak. Was on at 1110 check but gone at 1113 recheck. (6 Oct.)
CHINA 9810 CNR-2 Tlk by M and W hosts in CH w/promos 1058-1100, 5+1 time
ticks, then Beijing ID. //9515, 9620. (6 Oct.)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3385 R. East New Britain Again, PNGs beginning to peak
at
1115. Way down just 10 minutes prior. ID at 1115. Playing Darude "Sandstorm"
then phone caller at 1122, then into Reggae song. 1127 "Get ready for a lot of
fun" jingle. (6 Oct.)
ANDAMAN IS.?? 4760 AIR Port Blair?? 1133 very weak signal here but
sounded
like tlk by M, and tlk by W at 1137 and mx 1140. M again 1143. Abt equal
w/RRI
Makassar 4749.96. Other poss. Indians abt same strength on 4895, 4950, 4970,
4990.
(6 Oct.)
SOUTH KOREA?? 4925 MND R.?? Signal came on the air at 1158:27. Too weak
for
audio. Must be MND. (6 Oct.)
THAILAND 9890 R. Thailand 1242 nx by W in EG, 1143 ID by M, then canned
PSA
on education and couple more anmnts, then 1245 canned ID/pgm promo by M again.
Decent signal but just blasted by VOA Greenville 9885. Had to use USB to make
it
even semi-readable. (6 Oct.)
73 Dave Valko
Dunlo, PA USA
At home: NRD-535D and Perseus SDR
Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153' Vertical Triangle Delta Loop
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 12:52:13 -0400
From: Arthur Delibert <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Loggings Oct. 6
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA, R. East New Britain, 3385.0, 11:20 - 11:55. Male anncr with
call-in show mostly in local language, but with some ads in English; pop mx.
Signal had dropped considerably by 11:40, but bits of audio still there at
1155. This is typically the best PNG station at my location, but it's
occasionally hit with RTTY. (Delibert, N. Bethesda, MD, 10/6). SOLOMON
ISLANDS, SIBC, 5019.87, 11:06 - 11:18, with news in English, ID at 11:07:30,
into mx at 11:13. Somewhat readable when Rebelde not playing mx. Still
audible at 12:00 recheck, with male anncr with prayer in English, unreadable
announcement by female, anthem(?) and s/off. (Delibert, N. Bethesda, MD,
10/6). Art Delibert, N. Bethesda, MD. NRD535D with SE-3 synch detector,
Pennant antenna aimed NNW with DX Engineering pre-amp
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 10:00:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 6, 2012
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** ALBANIA. 9590, Oct 6 at 0527, CRI Arabic relay remains distorted, unlike //
9515 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALGERIA [non]. 9535 at 0527 and 7295 at 0534, RTA relays via FRANCE are both
on and modulating tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. 15105, BB English before 1300 unchecked Oct 6, but nothing for
Nepali after 1315.
15505, Oct 6 at 1358 carrier on with tone, then BB IS at 1358:30, very poor
with flutter, but cut off the air at 1359:50 before I could criticize their
timesignal, and still off at 1404. So much for Urdu today, depriving tens of
millions of Pakistanis from contact with the East Wing; and one Oklahoman
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 6180, Oct 6 at 0535, RNA now with VG signal // 11780 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 6175, Oct 6 at 0525, relay of VOV is back on wrong frequency tonight
instead of 9555, with Vietnamese music. NHK English relay was however
funxioning properly on 6110 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Oct 6, circa 1330:
12670, poor at 1326; none in the 13s, 14s, with degraded propagation
15490, poor at 1335; none in the 16s, 17s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6116 approx., Oct 6 at 0537, huge noise blob with traces of
modulation, so with another receiver I search for matchups elsewhere on 49m:
soon obvious that it`s RHC English like on 6010, 6050, 6060, 6125, but unseems
out of 6125 transmitter, as no match on the hi side. I keep tuning thru entire
band and finally find a match around 5904, barely far enough away from Colombia
if one tunes to its upper side from 5910.
Bingo, these are spurs out of the 6010 transmitter at plus/minus 106 kHz.
Listening closely to 6010 itself, it also has a bit of whine at same pitch as
the spurs, and is somewhat undermodulated. Could the spurs axually be multiples
of 53 kHz? No, none heard around 6063 or 5957. What about further multiples of
106? Yes, detectable but weak around 5798, 6222, 6328, 6434.
This behavior is suspiciously similar to what 17580 does in the mornings, altho
at very different multiples; same transmitter? Oct 6 that was already off
before I fired up after 1300.
17730, Oct 6 at 1446, RHC in English! Playing a knockoff of Procol Harum song,
sounds like, during Spanish service switching to news sounder at 1447.5. Did I
say news? I mean, propaganda. Seems this is international anti-terrorism day,
or some such, with the US being the culprit against Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Oct 6 at 0549, English talk about Jesus Christ,
poor signal. R. Africa must have come on in the last few minutes as not heard
in previous tuneby. Nor have I heard it lately in our afternoons, tho maybe not
checking early enough before irregular sign-off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GREECE. 9420, Oct 6 at 0528, V of Greece remains reactive for a second day,
very good signal. I`m looking forward to 24 hours later on UT Sunday when they
traditionally aired a Greek Orthodox service, violating separation of church
and state, but oh, the music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH [and non]. 11995, Oct 6 at 0529, no signal from open carrier
with hum, as occasionally happens, but it has always come back. Turkey 11980
managed a poor signal tonight. However, at 0530 I notice a similar-pitch hum on
12045 instead, S9+5 mixing with some broadcast modulation, i.e. DW Portuguese
via Rwanda. 12045 is not a GUF frequency at any time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5985, Oct 6 at 1339, seemed Chinese, but at 1348
Japanese, no giveaway sad piano music here, but presumed Shiokaze, from Japan,
which Ron Howard reported just moved again yesterday from 6135 back to 5985,
English on Fridays. Also barely audible het from Myanmar on hi side (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11510, Oct 6 at 1355, Kurdish music, ululations, fair
signal with flutter, continuing past 1400 from Denge Kurdistan. HFCC claims
site is `SMF`, UKRAINE, since 1 September, 300 kW, 129 degrees all the way from
0300 to 1900. However, HFCC participants are allowed to post disinformation
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, Oct 6 at 0534, still no signal from IGIM, if they are ever
on the air at all. Seems most other monitors are reluctant to report non-logs
like this, which are necessary to establish what is really going on at a
station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 620, Oct 6 at 0604, Mexican NA segu? to Chihuahua SA, i.e. XEBU
Chihuahua city (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 710, Oct 6 at 0554 UT, Chihuahua state anthem is already playing,
mixing with KCMO, i.e. XEDP Cuauht?moc (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOROCCO [and non]. 9579+, Oct 6 at 0527, M?di Un off-frequency hetting
9580.0 Africa No. Un, GABON, with only music modulation from the latter
audible. This time het continued way past 0530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15120, Oct 6 at 0520, VON good but some hum, interviewing author;
by 0550 with music it`s the SSOB. Most other signals on 19m are from Africa and
E Asia, not Australia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 960, Oct 6 at 0500 UT, KGWA Enid continues with modulation instead
of a 5-minute hole; this was UT Saturday as I am trying to establish a pattern
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [non]. 9630, Oct 6 at 0529 via COSTA RICA, REE with electronic music
theme closing `Amigos de la Onda Corta`. Missed it, but at least I have
confirmed it`s still on air at 0505 UT Sats, unlike 1230 Sundays (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 15400, Oct 6 at 0548, R. Dabanga via MADAGASCAR with fair
signal; it`s no longer so reliable as in summer here/winter there, and // 11650
via VATICAN is better (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15265, Sat Oct 6 at 1410, sufficient signal from VOA with `On
the Line` discussion, interviewing Reuters` Pentagon correspondent about
betrayals by murderous Afghan trainees; 1415 on to another guest. And still
more talk rather than vapid music fill after 1430, discussing presidential
debate. HFCC shows 14-15 daily is 100 kW, 100 degrees from S?o Tom?, but also
lists MBR Issoudun during this hour on weekends, which must be wooden,
fortunately. Then found stronger // VOA on 17530 but a few words behind 15265.
HFCC says this one is also Pinheira, at 124 degrees, but why aren`t they
synchronized if really same site? Some sites deliberately de-synchronize in
order to even out power consumption (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9330-CUSB, Oct 6 at 0528, open carrier/dead air from Radio 2:11 =
Good Friends Radio Network = TV soundtrack via WCBQ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15615, Oct 6 at 1335, WEWN English, poor signal with co-channel fax
QRM, presumed Australia but at least no Firedrake on, above or below 15615
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. If anyone missed the first three airings of WORLD OF RADIO 1637 on
WTWW, WWRB or WBCQ, there`s one more good chance on SW tonight: UT Sunday 0400
on WTWW 5745. Also on WRMI 9955: Sat 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 0500, 1130
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 730, Oct 6 at 0516 UT tuneby, ``KKDA, Soul 73`` and music. Surprised
to hear this Grand Prairie TX (DFW) 500-watter instead of XEX or some other
Mexican, but none of them at least for the moment. KKDA pattern does have a
main lobe northward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1030, Oct 6 at 0500 UT, open carrier with hum N/S from presumed
KCTA Corpus Christi TX 50 kW daytimer is still going; nulling it, at 0503 I
hear SRN News, seems like the start of the cast, delayed, instead of mid-break.
NRC AM Log 2012 shows KVOI Cortaro AZ (Tucson) is on that net, 1 kW at night,
most likely the one, close to right angle from CC. But also SRN on WCTS in MN,
and if the 50 kW daytimer in NC happens to be on overnight, WDRU. Earl Higgins
in St Louis says the OC was covering WBZ at 0300 Oct 6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 55.25 MHz, Oct 6 at 1532 UT a split-second burst of NTSC video on
channel A2 thanks to a meteor, antenna aimed south and surely from Mexico. I
still run my old 12-inch analog Zenith TV set several hours a day in mostly
vain hope of seeing some sporadic-E DX, no doubt shortening its lifespan by an
equivalent amount as it`s otherwise nothing but snow. So this was a treat
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 20:32:57 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 6, 2012
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FRANCE to ALGERIA/SAHEL zone
1800-2000 13820 ISS 500 kW 162 deg to CeEaAF, confirmed Oct. 2, 55555
Yes, RTA also heard again on Oct 6th, when checked from 1800 UT. Symphonic
orchestra concert heard and interspersed by female annmt in Maghreb Arabic,
this symphonic program lasted til 1831 UT. Newscast from 1831 UT.
Very tiny weak Spanish program underneath from North America.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 6)
GREECE Once again heard in 1300 - 1400 UT slot Oct 6th, both noted Voice of
Greece 9420 and 15650 in Greek, and ERT-3 Radiophonikos Stathmos Makedonias
on 9935 kHz, which is always a little weaker than 9420 kHz.
On Oct 6th at 0240 UT heard Voice of Greece on 7475 kHz S=9+15dB
signal, 9420 kHz S=9+30dB signal here in Germany.
7475 left the air approx. 0255 UT,
9420 left the air for short periode around 0258-0300 UT,
but latter came back on air at 0300 UT with different
antenna azimuth, decreased signal here in Germany then.
But NO TRACE of 3rd channel, at least no propagation at my post.
Nothing heard on 11645 and 15630 kHz either, but on 15650 kHz noted US Radio
Liberty Uzbek sce from Udorn Thani Thailand just above threshold.
[later] When checked VoGreece Avlis again at 0355 UT Oct 6th,
heard 11645 kHz joined on air, proper signal seemingly via 002 degrees
antenna? S=9+25dB powerful.
9420 on S=9+5 dB level, seemingly via 285 degrees azimuth towards central
America ?
Nothing heard on 7450, 7475, 9935, 12105, 15630, 15650 kHz.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 5)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mauno Ritola" Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: Voice of Greece at 0530
> 5.10.2012 8:59, Frequencies kirjoitti:
> GREECE Surprise, today October 5 I heard Voice of Greece in Greek:
> 0530 on 9420 (35543), 11645 (35443) and 15630 (55444)
> Maybe it will resume 24 hours broadcasting. Please check today.
>
> 73! Ivo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Hauser" Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 7:00 PM
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 6, 2012
ALGERIA [non]. 9535 at 0527 and 7295 at 0534, RTA relays via FRANCE are both
on and modulating tonight.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
GREECE. 9420, Oct 6 at 0528, V of Greece remains reactive for a second day,
very good signal. I`m looking forward to 24 hours later on UT Sunday when
they traditionally aired a Greek Orthodox service, violating separation of
church and state, but oh, the music.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frequencies" Subject: ERA-3 + ERA-5
GREECE Additional two hours of ERT-3 Radiophonikos Stathmos Makedonias in
Greek on Oct.5:
1200-1400 on 9935 (45544)
GREECE Additional two hours of ERA-5 Voice of Greece in Greek on Oct.5:
1200-1400 on 15650 (45444)
1200-1400 on 9420 (55544)
73! Ivo
------------------------------
Message: 7
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 12:14:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Cc: NASWA <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] DX Listening Digest 12-40; World of Radio 1637
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DX Listening Digest 12-40 has now been posted at http://dxld.org
or http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt or http://dxld.worldofradio.org
and now also without delay at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1240.txt
[as sometimes happens, upload of this edition as dxlatest has not been
immediate, but has been immediate at the dxld1240.txt link above]
CONTENTS:
WOR 1637 / ALBANIA / ALGERIA non / ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS +non / ANGOLA /
ANTARCTICA / ANTIGUA & BARBUDA / ARGENTINA / AUSTRALIA Symban / AUSTRALIA VL8 /
AUSTRALIA RA / AUSTRALIA +non HCJB / AUSTRALIA VMW/VMC / BAHRAIN / BANGLADESH /
BELARUS / BIAFRA non / BOLIVIA / BRAZIL +non / BULGARIA / CAMBODIA +non /
CANADA CFOS / CANADA CHRC / CANADA CBW / CANADA CBC Kamloops+ / CANADA CHHA /
CANADA VOV/NHK / CANADA CBCNQ / CANADA +non RCI / CANADA CBC/ATV / CANARY
ISLANDS / CHAD +non / CHILE +non / CHINA +non / COLOMBIA / COSTA RICA / CROATIA
non / CUBA +non / CYPRUS / DJIBOUTI / EAST TURKISTAN / ECUADOR / EGYPT /
ERITREA / ETHIOPIA +non / EUROPE Pirates / FRANCE / GABON / GERMANY +non / GUAM
/ GUATEMALA / GUIANA FRENCH +non / HAWAII / HONG KONG / INDIA / INDONESIA /
INTERNATIONAL non-news / IRAN +non / IRELAND +non / ISRAEL +non / ITALY +non /
JAPAN +non / KASHMIR / KOREA NORTH / KOREA SOUTH +non / KURDISTAN non / KUWAIT
+non / KYRGYZSTAN / LAOS / LIBYA /
MADAGASCAR / MALAYSIA / MALI / MAURITANIA / MEXICO / MICRONESIA / MOROCCO +non
/ MYANMAR / NETHERLANDS +non / NEWFOUNDLAND / NIGER / NIGERIA / NORTH AMERICA
Pirates / OKLAHOMA KGWA+ / OKLAHOMA KTOK / OKLAHOMA KITO / OKLAHOMA
KOCY-LP/KUOK/KOCM/KXOK/KOCO / OMAN / PAKISTAN +non / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / PERU
+non / PHILIPPINES / ROMANIA / RUSSIA +non / SAAR +non / SAO TOME E PRINCIPE /
SARAWAK non / SAUDI ARABIA / SEYCHELLES non / SOLOMON ISLANDS / SOMALIA non /
SOMALILAND +non / SOUTH AFRICA / SOUTH CAROLINA non / SPAIN +non / SUDAN non /
SUDAN SOUTH non / SYRIA / TAIWAN / TAJIKISTAN / TANNU TUVA / THAILAND / TIBET
non / TUNISIA / TURKEY / UKRAINE / UAE / UK +non BBCWS / USA WWV / USA BBG/OCB
/ USA +non VOA+ / USA non RL / USA WOR/WTWW/WWRB/WBCQ/WRMI+ / USA WTWW / USA
WBCQ / USA WRNO / USA KJES / USA WEWN / USA WWCR / USA WHRI / USA non YFR / USA
non AWR B12 / USA +non WTWW/WEWN+ / USA KFRM / USA WBAP / USA KKOW / USA KHAC /
USA KLMR / USA WMIX / USA KKIM /
USA KMMQ/FCC / USA KEXS / USA KFAB / USA WINK / USA WPHT / USA KRND / USA TIS
1650 / VANUATU / VATICAN +non / VIETNAM +non / YEMEN / ZAMBIA / ZANZIBAR /
ZIMBABWE +non / UNIDENTIFIED 530 / UNIDENTIFIED 930 / UNIDENTIFIED 1000 /
UNIDENTIFIED 1030 / UNIDENTIFIED 1180 / UNIDENTIFIED 1450 / UNIDENTIFIED 1610 /
UNIDENTIFIED +non 1650 / UNIDENTIFIED 6925 / UNIDENTIFIED 6945 / UNIDENTIFIED
7600 / UNIDENTIFIED 11877 / UNIDENTIFIED 11930 / UNIDENTIFIED 15151 /
UNIDENTIFIED 26050 / TESTIMONIALS / PUBLICATIONS / WORLD OF HOROLOGY /
DX-PEDITIONS / CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES / LANGUAGE LESSONS / MUSEA / DIGITAL
BROADCASTING / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS / PROPAGATION
For restrixions and searchable 2012 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
[also linx to previous years]
NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but
have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn
WORLD OF RADIO 1637 HEADLINES:
*DX and station news about: Algeria non, Andaman Islands, Antarctica,
Bahrain, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada and non, China non, Germany and non,
Guatemala, Iran non, Ireland, Kashmir, Mauritania, Micronesia,
Netherlands non, Niger, North America, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Solomon
Islands, Somaliland, Spain, Sudan and South Sudan non, USA, Vietnam
non, Zimbabwe
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1637, October 4-10, 2012
Thu 0330 WRMI 9955
Thu 2100 WTWW 9479 [confirmed]
Fri 0329v WWRB 5050 [unable to play back]
Sat 0130v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51
Sat 0630 HLR 7265 Hamburger Lokal Radio
Sat 0800 WRMI 9955
Sat 1500 WRMI 9955
Sat 1630 HLR 7265 Hamburger Lokal Radio
Sat 1730 WRMI 9955
Sun 0400 WTWW 5745
Sun 0800 WRMI 9955
Sun 1530 WRMI 9955
Sun 1730 WRMI 9955
Mon 0500 WRMI 9955
Mon 1130 WRMI 9955
Tue 0930 HLR 5980 Hamburger Lokal Radio
Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [or maybe 1638 if ready in time]
Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite
and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or
http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org
For updates see our Anomaly Alert page:
http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html
WRN ON DEMAND:
http://www.wrn.org/listeners/#world-of-radio
WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN:
http://www.wrn.org/listeners/customize-panel/addToPlaylist/98/09:00:00UTC/English
OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO:
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DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS
Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of
them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated,
inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to
manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues:
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser
Best DX wishes, Glenn Hauser
------------------------------
Message: 8
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 21:42:56 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 6, 2012
Message-ID: <CDEF8411D514447FA1368D2FDDDFD3E1@HNPC2>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
FRANCE to ALGERIA/SAHEL zone
RTA via Issoudun at 1900-2000 UT Oct 6, fair signal on 13830 in short skip
zone up to 1000 km - and I guess powerful in Algeria and CeAF target.
And poor on \\ 11775 kHz, which suffers here in Europe by co-channel CRI
German sce til 1957 UT, but will be on clean channel til 21 UT then.
GREECE At 1930 UT ERT-3 Radiophonikos Stathmos Makedonias on 7450 kHz. And
on 9420 kHz powerhouse Voice of Greek, and also \\ fair signal on 15630 kHz.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 6)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel"
To: "HCDX" >; "DXLD"
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 6, 2012
> FRANCE to ALGERIA/SAHEL zone
> 1800-2000 13820 ISS 500 kW 162 deg to CeEaAF, confirmed Oct. 2, 55555
>
> Yes, RTA also heard again on Oct 6th, when checked from 1800 UT. Symphonic
> orchestra concert heard and interspersed by female annmt in Maghreb
> Arabic, this symphonic program lasted til 1831 UT.
> Newscast from 1831 UT.
>
> Very tiny weak Spanish program underneath from North America.
> (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 6)
>
>
> GREECE Once again heard in 1300 - 1400 UT slot Oct 6th, both noted Voice
> of Greece 9420 and 15650 in Greek, and ERT-3 Radiophonikos Stathmos
> Makedonias on 9935 kHz, which is always a little weaker than 9420 kHz.
>
> On Oct 6th at 0240 UT heard Voice of Greece on 7475 kHz S=9+15dB
> signal, 9420 kHz S=9+30dB signal here in Germany.
>
> 7475 left the air approx. 0255 UT,
>
> 9420 left the air for short periode around 0258-0300 UT,
> but latter came back on air at 0300 UT with different
> antenna azimuth, decreased signal here in Germany then.
>
> But NO TRACE of 3rd channel, at least no propagation at my post.
>
> Nothing heard on 11645 and 15630 kHz either, but on 15650 kHz noted US
> Radio Liberty Uzbek sce from Udorn Thani Thailand just above threshold.
>
> [later] When checked VoGreece Avlis again at 0355 UT Oct 6th,
> heard 11645 kHz joined on air, proper signal seemingly via 002 degrees
> antenna? S=9+25dB powerful.
>
> 9420 on S=9+5 dB level, seemingly via 285 degrees azimuth towards central
> America ?
>
> Nothing heard on 7450, 7475, 9935, 12105, 15630, 15650 kHz.
> (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 5)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mauno Ritola" Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 8:37 AM
> Subject: Re: Voice of Greece at 0530
>> 5.10.2012 8:59, Frequencies kirjoitti:
>> GREECE Surprise, today October 5 I heard Voice of Greece in Greek:
>> 0530 on 9420 (35543), 11645 (35443) and 15630 (55444)
>> Maybe it will resume 24 hours broadcasting. Please check today.
>>
>> 73! Ivo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glenn Hauser" Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 7:00 PM
> Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 6, 2012
>
> ALGERIA [non]. 9535 at 0527 and 7295 at 0534, RTA relays via FRANCE are
> both on and modulating tonight.
> (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
>
> GREECE. 9420, Oct 6 at 0528, V of Greece remains reactive for a second
> day, very good signal. I`m looking forward to 24 hours later on UT Sunday
> when they traditionally aired a Greek Orthodox service, violating
> separation of church and state, but oh, the music.
> (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frequencies" Subject: ERA-3 + ERA-5
> GREECE Additional two hours of ERT-3 Radiophonikos Stathmos Makedonias
> in Greek on Oct.5:
> 1200-1400 on 9935 (45544)
>
> GREECE Additional two hours of ERA-5 Voice of Greece in Greek on Oct.5:
> 1200-1400 on 15650 (45444)
> 1200-1400 on 9420 (55544) 73! Ivo
------------------------------
Message: 9
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 15:09:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: HCDX <[email protected]>, DXLD <[email protected]>,
Wolfgang Bueschel <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 6, 2012: Algeria non
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<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Wolfy,
I assume you meant 13820 as in first item, not 13830.
Totally buried by Cuban jamming and Marti here on 13820.
I could hear Arabic under 11775 Anguilla just before 2100, and after 2100 a JBA
carrier on 7495.
Glenn Hauser, OK
--- On Sat, 10/6/12, Wolfgang Bueschel <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Wolfgang Bueschel <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 6, 2012
> To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD" <[email protected]>
> Date: Saturday, October 6, 2012, 2:42 PM
> FRANCE to ALGERIA/SAHEL zone
> RTA via Issoudun at 1900-2000 UT Oct 6, fair signal on 13830
> in short skip
> zone up to 1000 km - and I guess powerful in Algeria and
> CeAF target.
>
> And poor on \\ 11775 kHz, which suffers here in Europe by
> co-channel CRI
> German sce til 1957 UT, but will be on clean channel til 21
> UT then.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wolfgang Bueschel"
> To: "HCDX" >; "DXLD"
> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 8:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 6, 2012
>
> > FRANCE to ALGERIA/SAHEL zone
> > 1800-2000 13820 ISS 500 kW? 162 deg to CeEaAF,
> confirmed Oct. 2, 55555
> >
> > Yes, RTA also heard again on Oct 6th, when checked from
> 1800 UT. Symphonic
> > orchestra concert heard and interspersed by female
> annmt in Maghreb
> > Arabic, this symphonic program lasted til 1831 UT.
> > Newscast from 1831 UT.
> >
> > Very tiny weak Spanish program underneath from North
> America.
> > (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 6)
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Glenn Hauser" Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012
> 7:00 PM
> > Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 6, 2012
> >
> > ALGERIA [non]. 9535 at 0527 and 7295 at 0534, RTA
> relays via FRANCE are
> > both on and modulating tonight.
> > (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
> >
>
------------------------------
Message: 10
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 20:30:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 6-7. 2012
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
** ALGERIA [non]. 11775, Oct 6 at 2057, Arabic music audible under Anguilla,
the long cigar-puffing pauses of DGS being helpful, a benefit he could never
have imagined at the time. Is revived RTA transmission via Issoudun, FRANCE at
19-21 to Africa. The collision should be worse in NE America, further off the
beam from Anguilla to Los Angeles, so DGS could hear himself. Off after 2100,
and RTA supposed to go to 7495 for another hour, but at 2102 the best I can
pull is a JBA carrier vs much stronger 7490 WBCQ; forgot that 9375 was
scheduled too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 9810, Oct 7 at 0017, RHC Spanish with humbuzz marring Fidel(?) on Los
Cinco; 0042 now the buzz is overpowering the audio, still at 0108. Not to be
outdone by Cairo, French Guiana (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. As I am checking out various rude noises on the 9 MHz band, see
GUIANA FRENCH, I have to include Cairo, Oct 7 at 0003, but that`s too early for
anything on 9305 or 9315. At 0014, 9965 stronger than 9374 has quite a humwhine
and no intelligible programming. By 0039, 9315 is on with carrier, no
modulation, but not 9305, which is supposedly on straight thru from 19 to 07
UT, but have noticed absences before around this time. At 0200, 9305 is finally
on in Arabic, somewhat less distorted than usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) See also UNIDENTIFIED 9276
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Oct 6 at 1933, fair signal from screaming
preacher, R. Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 7475 & 9420, Oct 7 at 0201, V. of Greece is still on with music,
instead of previous 0200*, a propitious sign that we can expect 9420 still to
be on past 0500 with Greek Orthodox Sunday musical service (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH [and non]. 9374 approx., Oct 7 at 0003, big FMy humblob, just
barely modulated. Rather like Cairo is capable of, but nothing yet from there
on 9305 or 9315. At 0027 I find another blob on 9276 but they are not //, and
there is nothing equally between them on 9325. See UNIDENTIFIED for more on
9276.
At 0036 Oct 7, yet another spurblob on 9606 with whine at the same pitch as
9374. Now these two do match, as I hear an announcement in Spanish mentioning
5955 kHz, bingo! It`s Radio Rep?blica, 9490 equally between 9374 and 9606 by
116 kHz. Each blob spreads about 4 kHz, 2 on each side. Come to think of it,
the pitch of the humwhine resembles what I have been hearing for weeks on
11995.
9610, Oct 7 at 0103, Vatican Spanish via doomed BONAIRE has started with VG
signal, yet bothered by the GUF spur on 9606 which will be there for another
hour; and every night? Fundamental 9490 is so far, enough above the
wall-of-noise jamming to be mostly readable if one cares to put up with the
blather from paranoid dentroCubans (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. 11850, Oct 6 at 2058, novelty song with orchestra, French ID
from R. Japon, signing off with schedule as 0530-0600 on 11730 and 13840
(except the frequencies I heard sounded different), and 2030-2100 on 11850; 4+1
timesignal, 2100 open carrier for a while. 13840, not heard lately, and 11850
are via MADAGASCAR, 11730 Issoudun (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOROCCO [and non]. 9579.12, Oct 6 at 2104, M?di Un off-frequency transmitter
making 880 Hz but slightly wavering het against 9580.0, presumably Gabon at
this hour. Oct 7 at 0040, the 880 Hz is on again, altho not heard a few minutes
earlier, apparently intermittent transmission. Or is the 9580 station
responsible? HFCC shows Vatican registered simultaneously for the entire A-12
season at 0025-0200 both from SMG and UZBEKISTAN, with the latter making a beam
change at 0040 from 163 to 131 degrees; which is it? Forget both after 0100,
when CRI English via CUBA on 9580 now beats the het, one syllable behind //
9570 via ALBANIA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9400, Oct 7 at 0002, Mighty KBC from Netherlands is
making its special broadcast to North America as previously publicized,
inconveniently at the same time as WTWW-2 test on 9990, so I am tuning back and
forth and also encountering other interesting stuff on 31m. KBC signal peaks at
S9+10 but sounds much weaker at first, barely modulated? 0005 a bit better with
music, 0006 announcement seems English, very poor, more music; 0009 I recognize
``Surfin` USA``. 0022 announcement, ID, KBC jingle. No better at 0027. At 0107
I give it a generous SINPO of 34433, and wonder what the slight QRM is from?
HFCC: R. Liberty in Uighur 100 kW, 79 degrees via LITHUANIA at 0100-0200. Why
would KBC pick a frequency for a special already occupied by another European??
I assume reception was better further east, altho not sure we need another
station to play classic rock to us on SW. I do recommend that if they want to
continue reaching North America,
they need a better transmitter site and frequency management to avoid any
collisions.
During the first hour I compare 9400 to some other stations from Europe, and
found 9400 wanting: 9420, Greece is considerably stronger. 9700, Romania in
English is very good, and on 11965 good enough; 9685, Serbia is stronger. Altho
KBC did not reveal transmitter site, the coverage map indicates from SE Europe,
and Wolfgang B?schel is convinced it was Kostinbrod (Sofia), what`s left of SW
capability from BULGARIA. Since it did not compare well to neighboring Romania,
Greece or Serbia, I have my doubts. Spaceline, the program broker, is involved
not only with Bulgaria but also with ARMENIA, which from reception quality
would be more like it. The only other convenient Armenian signals to compare
were on the next band up, 12060 and 12155 V. of Russia in Spanish, which at
0043 were also poor, much like 9400, but they are also beamed further south.
Uplooked later in HFCC, other ERVs I might have checked were 7270 and 12140;
but presumably wooden entries as
neither in Aoki nor EiBi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SERBIA [non]. 9685, Oct 7 at 0041, IRS in Serbian, as I compared it to KBC
on 9400, which was weaker if really from Bulgaria. At 0101, IRS is now in
English by that rather boring and accented YL announcer, and this is again
contrary to their own schedule as in EiBi, which shows NO English on the NAm
frequency UT Sundays, and not even on the air after 0100:
9685 0000-0030 SRB Int. Radio Serbia SR NAm /BIH
9685 0030-0100 Tu-Sa SRB Int. Radio Serbia E NAm /BIH
9685 0030-0100 Su-Mo SRB Int. Radio Serbia SR NAm /BIH
9685 0100-0130 Mo-Sa SRB Int. Radio Serbia SR NAm /BIH
However, Aoki has it right showing English at 0100 is UT Sundays only:
9685 R.SERBIA INT. 0000-0030 .234567 Serbian 250 310 Bijeljina SRB
9685 R.SERBIA INT. 0000-0100 1...... Serbian 250 310 Bijeljina SRB
9685 R.SERBIA INT. 0030-0100 .234567 English 250 310 Bijeljina SRB
9685 R.SERBIA INT. 0100-0130 1...... English 250 310 Bijeljina SRB
9685 R.SERBIA INT. 0100-0130 .234567 Serbian 250 310 Bijeljina SRB 02008E 4433N
IRS a12 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 9535, UT Sunday Oct 7 at 0030, REE is starting `Amigos de la Onda
Corta`, so another airing confirmed, but will it still be absent from Sunday
1230? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. All three WEWN transmitters are acting up, perhaps more obvious
because of enhanced HF sporadic-E propagation producing very strong signals,
Oct 6 at 1939:
12050 Spanish, with hash out to 30 kHz, 12020-12080
13830 Spanish, with squeal on channel, but not spurring outward
15610 English, usual squishy spurblobs peaking at plus and minus 9 and 18 kHz,
but also audible in between 15592, 15601, 15619, 15628, and the top one
bothering 15630 Voice of Greece (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, Oct 6 at 1943, pleased to find WRMI jamming-free, allowing
poor-fair signal to be more or less readable, during report about Maoists in
India. WRN North America schedule shows Sat at 1930 is Radio Australia with
`Asia Review`. I hope WRMI was just as audible a bihour earlier during WORLD OF
RADIO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15550-USB, Oct 6 at 2054, Scott Mock`s favorite preacher he pushes
thru WJHR. I`ve seen some reports of this as 15550.1, but whenever I hear it
including now it`s right on 15550.0 (reference frequency, no carrier), e.g.
with BFO matching the JBA carrier from 17550 Kuwait one biMHz higher (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. George McClintock notified me Saturday afternoon that WTWW-2 would be
on the air again that evening, from 2300 UT with other programming, and then
from 0000 UT Sunday Oct 7 until 0400 or later, Ted Randall with another music
and call-in show. He didn`t mention frequencies, so I assumed it would be on
usual 9990 until 0100 QSY to 5085, but this did not eventuate.
>From 2300, nothing on either frequency; at 0000, still nothing, tho WTWW-1 is
>still inbooming on 9479. By 0007 check, 9990 has come on with classic rock. At
>0018 Ted is inviting requests, plays some ABBA. At 0059 he is introducing a
>new program `Nightshift` to be previewed tonight, after which he will be back
>(when?). Turns out to be from Rod Hembree, who lauds SW as superior to
>unreliable internet, from Quick Study Television = Radio 2:11 = Good Friends
>Radio-TV Network in Orangeville, Ontario. Just as he is starting, WTWW canned
>ID fires and talks over him and he then plays some music. I check WBCQ
>9330-CUSB, and QSTV/211/GFRN programming there is not //, and the signal much
>weaker than WTWW on same band (as it always is vs. 9479).
Meanwhile WTWW-2 has stayed on 9990 rather than QSYing to 5085 as expected at
0100, altho WTWW-1 9479 did to 5745. I notice at 0109 that 9990 is starting to
fade down, so at least tonight 0100 would have been a good time to change
frequency. I needed to turn the computer back on, so tuned a radio nearby to
5085 expecting to hear WTWW come on whenever, but never did, maybe too much
local noise. Another check at 0200 found 5085 now on and very good with ID,
then ``Classical Gas`` but marred by IADs: problem in the studio-transmitter
feed? And so it goes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZANZIBAR [and non]. 11735, Oct 6 at 2056 tune-in to song, cut off at
2056:39*, no doubt ZBC, which others have also reported chopping off the
transmission before hourtop. Poor signal, but better than nothing I had been
getting all summer; just need to listen a bit earlier. This was much better
than the other thing to check Saturdays during this hour, 11870 V. of Biafra
London, which was JBA from UK site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9276 approx., Oct 7 at 0027 spurblob with unreadable distorted
modulation, while I was figuring out the ones on 9374 and 9606, to which this
was not // and not related. No matching spur found, nor a fundamental // on the
band. One possibility would be Cairo, missing from 9305, where it resumed by
0200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15061.5-LSB, Oct 6 at 1931, 2-way in Spanish: stronger signal has
engine noise, mentions ``el vuelo`` (flight), and one of them mentions ``a ver
que pasa`` (see what happens). Since this is an off-route aero band, maybe
legit, but sounds suspicious. Why don`t these ever ID, inside or outside the
SWBC bands? Also surprised to find him in LSB, vs usually preferred USB which I
was trying to tune at first (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15456-USB, Oct 6 at 1936, weak Spanish 2-way (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 118, Issue 7
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