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Today's Topics:
1. Please help and share: Petition to save RCI Sackville from
being dismantled (T Witherspoon)
2. Glenn Hauser logs October 25, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
3. Oct 25 Logs (Brian Alexander)
4. Log of 10/25/2012 (Alex Klauber)
5. MEX at 0434 UT (Wolfgang Bueschel)
6. QSL Report for Al Muick (Albert Muick)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:00:43 +0000
From: T Witherspoon <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Please help and share: Petition to save RCI Sackville
from being dismantled
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Dear DXers,
Interested in a good cause? We're working hard to stop the RCI
Sackville, NB, Canada transmission site from being completely
dismantled.
I've been communicating with the Canadian press and the Departments of
Heritage and Public Safety. It's difficult--if not impossible--to stop
a political process that has already been initiated, but some of us
are making an attempt nonetheless because this transmission site is so
vital.
So I started a petition--it's only been two days, but we have already
received over 200 signatures from around the globe. Clearly, we're not
the only ones who believe that sacking Sackville is a foolhardy plan,
and want Canadian powers-that-be to reconsider.
Here is the petition--take a look at the comments for yourself:
http://chn.ge/TRgSCX
Could please take a few moments out of your day to sign this petition
and have your say? It takes less than a minute. This will
automatically email the appropriate Canadian politicians who could, at
the very least, put a halt to the destruction of the RCI Sackville
site. Also, please consider sharing this with your radio enthusiast
networks, clubs, and email groups. The more voices, the better!
Of course, you don?t have to be Canadian to sign (after all, I?m not),
just someone who cares about radio and believes in its role in
domestic security and international relations. If you are Canadian, I
would also encourage you to use the sample letter to mail a signed
copy to the Ministers of Heritage and Public Safety.
Feeling like Don Quixote today? Join me. Towers up, windmills down!
Sincerely,
Thomas Witherspoon
http://swling.com/blog
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:49:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 25, 2012
Message-ID:
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** ANTARCTICA. 15476, Oct 25 at 1408, pro-forma non-log of LRA36 on another
Thursday a year after last heard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA. 11711v, Oct 25 at 0217, all I am hearing from RAE during its
English hour is noise, and same at 0330 recheck during French. Maybe like an
open FM studio-transmitter link; isn`t anyone paying attention at General
Pacheco? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. 15105, Oct 25 at 1258, bug hum with music, YL in English
sign-off of BB to dear listeners saying next broadcast will be on 41.3 m band,
7250. Not sure if she was referring to Nepali at 1315, or next English
broadcast at 1745; after brief tone, cut off the air taking the big hum with it.
15505, carrier and IS already on at 1357 Oct 25, timesignal ending 17 sex early
at 1359:43, opening Urdu, but I am distracted by what`s going on 15510; see
UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 9555, Oct 25 at 0520, good signal from Sackville`s Voice of Vietnam
relay in Vietnamese music and talk; 0528 heard no BaBcoCk music loop, but RCI
IS and ID before 0529*.
11795, Oct 25 at 1156, KBS World Radio in Spanish talk but voiceovering an
English clip, fair signal, usual characteristic ``clacking`` on feed from Soul
to Sackville. No known replacement for this come Oct 28, tho they could try to
broadcast direct (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Oct 25: no thoro search today but noted:
9680, very good at 1151 with Chinese CCI and a fast SAH, but no RRI
15515, fair at 1356 with het
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 9955, Oct 25 at 1155, wall-of-noise jamming with WRMI inaudible. CBS
News at 1200 reported widespread power outages in eastern Cuba due to
hurricane, but no reduxion in jamming noticeable, mostly from western Cuba, I
suppose, and RHC seemed to be as normal as it ever gets on all frequencies.
15215-15245, Oct 25 at 1256, the RHC 15230 transmitter has matching big buzzy
noise fields extending out 15 kHz either side peaking around 15220 and 15240.
Cleared up by an hour later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 1080, Oct 25 at 0525, Spanish talk looping SE, and SAHing KRLD at the
rate of 80 per minute, same rate as in previous Oct 14 log when I thought I
heard a ``Radio Ciudad de la Habana`` ID instead of listed Radio Cadena Habana,
so I am hoping to confirm that. The CM conveniently fades up but inconveniently
starts playing music, past 0530 when KRLD is regaining (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 11995, Oct 25 at 0515, characteristic carrier with hum is
still/again audible, but very poor strength tonight at first seemed missing
till it faded up a bit (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 15045, Oct 25 at 1257, very poor carrier, just barely modulated.
Suspected to be AIR Delhi/Khampur Burmese service up from now vacant but listed
15040. On second radio I compare to very poor but slightly better signal on
listed // 11620, and by 1301 conclude that they are a match. Fortunately the
15040-15045-15050 DRM was late to cut on after *1303. So AIR is QRMing itself
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 11710, Oct 25 at 1157, open carrier from VOK between
broadcasts, except for bleedover noise from jamming transmitter next to it at
Kujang. Not to be confused with louder noise from ARGENTINA, q.v. (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 540, Oct 25 at 1227, YL DJ with ID as ``La Ranchera de Paquim?``,
i.e. per Cant?:
540 XETX La Ranchera de Paquim? + FM 90.5 Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chih. 1,000 250
As this little station again dominates the channel in just the right
pre-sunrise conditions. What or where is Paquim?? It`s an archaeological zone
around NCG; interesting illustrated article:
http://www.desertusa.com/mag00/aug/stories/paquime.html
So another DX log turns into a learning experience
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOROCCO [and non]. 9579.12, Oct 25 at 0521, M?di Un in Arabic, big het with
Africa No. Un in French on 9580.0 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 960, UT Thursday Oct 25 at 0500-0505, local KGWA`s
dead-air Fox-hole again causes me to null the remaining strong carrier, and
strain to hear anything else: quite a mix of signals, but one slightly dominant
is bluesy music, presumably WABG in Mississippi (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9980, Oct 25 at 1153, Brother Scare is already on
WWCR-4, presumably now from *1100. Sufficient signal almost an hour before
sunrise, but not yet at daytime blast level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SUDAN [and non]. 9505, Oct 25 at 0519, poor signal with almost HOA music,
presumed Voix du Soudan, with some splatter from much stronger Arabic on 9515,
CRI via Albania (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1640: reading for first airing UT Thursday Oct 25 at
0330 on WRMI 9955: confirmed on webcast. Further repeats are: Sat 0800, 1500,
1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730; Mon 0500; Tue 1100.
On WTWW: Thu 2100 on 9479, UT Sat 0130 or 0200 or ???? on 5085, UT Sun 0400 on
5745.
On WWRB: UT Fri 0330 on 5050 and/or 3195
On Area 51 via WBCQ: UT Sat 0130v on 5110v-CUSB
On HLR: Sat 0630 & 1630 on 7265
On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830
Also on numerous webcasting stations as in full schedule:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
Which has direct audio linx, including to new affiliate, WGXC 90.7, Acra NY in
the Hudson Valley, Saturday 1000 UT, and associated webcaster free103point9
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 880, Oct 25 at 1206 UT, Spanish with several AC 713 phone numbers,
loops somewhat east of south, vs KRVN. So it`s KJOZ Conroe TX, religious
rimshotter into Houston (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 950, Oct 25 at 1212 UT, local news, at least three mentions of
Jefferson City, including ``here in Jefferson City`` so I`m confident it`s KWOS
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1180, Oct 25 at 1216 UT, Spanish sports discussing European f?tbol,
so likely ESPN Deportes network, loops NNW/SSE, and surely the only one listed
in NRC AM Log, KGOL in Humble TX (Houston market), 50/3 kW, but must have just
surged to day power at official October sunrise 1215 (November: 1245). Had SAH
and CCI from hard to null Yahoo Sports Radio ``48 hours a day`` in English from
opposite KZOT Nebraska (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1440, Oct 25 at 0538 UT, sports talk with an echo, the main
station looping NE/SW and surely WGEM Quincy IL, and it is same as on KSTP
1500, i.e. ESPN. There are more than half a dozen affiliates elsewhere in the
NRC AM Log, from CA, to TX to OH, PA, NY, MA and ME, none of which look very
likely, many with very low nite powers (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11912: No blob tonite UT Oct 25 around 0216, but I notice a
bigsig from NHK Japanese via Bonaire on 11935, and I have a sneaking suspicion
it was missing last night while the FMy distortionblob was centered on 11912;
the times 02-04 UT fit for that transmission. Did anyone else notice for sure
if 11935 was not on? Should it happen again the next few nights before both
Sackville and Bonaire are kaput, check for // 5960 Sackville, tho probably not
in synch. From B-12 Oct 28, 5960 and 11935 are to continue at 02-04, but then
both via Guiana French (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15510-LSB, Oct 25 at 1357 as I am tuning to 15505 for another
Betar check, something very strange: VOR carrier via Samara mixing with
American military accented transmission, always with ICAO fonetix, ``O2X,
out``. At 1400 he`s ``in`` for another transmission, and by now VOA Kurdish via
Wertachtal provides the BFO. Perfectly zero beat, he could pass for AM instead
of SSB, but why pick such an occupied broadcast frequency? I copied one of his
encrypted series:
``VHLMY27WXMRRG4BQLSBK7KUG2GB``
No guarantees I got every character right; strong enough signal but some
fading/distortion. ``This completes --- 28 characters, O2X, out``. Well, I must
have missed one, only 27 above.
Message intro by repetition at least thrice, ``VH76ST [?] stand by; 22
characters follow``. 1407 ``this completes __ characters, this is O2X, out`` at
1408.
Time for breakfast but rechecked at 1427 he`s still going with another (same?)
28 characters and now his signal is so much stronger than the VOA BFO that it
sounds more like SSB, i.e. insufficient carrier insertion. ``O2X, out``.
No significant hits searching 15510 and 15.510 in the 44,593 posts so far in
the UDXF yg. Nor does O2X appear anywhere as a callsign, and just once
coincidentally embedded inside a huge PGP message.
Nor is O2X to be found in this huge database of military callsigns:
http://www.udxf.nl/MCL.pdf
But it deals with word-name calls rather than random alfanumerix
Or course as a tactical call it may be used only once or often changed
Nor anything near 15510 in this list:
http://www.shortwavewatch.com/15-30.htm
Nor in Klingenfuss` 2002 book (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:11:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Alexander <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Oct 25 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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?
** ARGENTINA. 13363.5 LSB, unidentified Argentine Feeder, 2350-
0010, Oct 25-26, Spanish talk. Ads, jingles, promos. Spanish ballads.
US pop ballads by George Michael, Stevie Wonder. Fair to good.
(Alexander-PA)
?
** BANGLADESH. 15105, Bangladesh Betar, *1228-1300*, Oct 25,
sign on with IS. 6 time pips and opening English announcements at
1230. English talk and subcont music. 5 second test tone at sign off.
Fair signal strength but poor muffled audio with hum. (Alexander-PA)
?
** BANGLADESH. 15505, Bangladesh Betar, *1357-1401+, Oct 25,
sign on with IS. 6 time pips and opening announcements in listed
Urdu. Subcont music and Urdu talk. At 1426 check I only heard an
open carrier with hum. Some talk at 1429 and off. Strong carrier
but poor audio with hum. (Alexander-PA)
?
** BANGLADESH. 15505, Bangladesh Betar, 1529, Oct 25, noted
in passing with listed Hindi talk and subcont music. Strong carrier
but hum in audio. (Alexander-PA)
?
** BRAZIL. 6009.91, Radio Inconfid?ncia, 2235-2300, Oct 25,
Portuguese talk. Jingles. Promos. Frequency not usually this low.
// 15191.40. Both frequencies poor to fair in noisy conditions.
(Alexander-PA)
?
** CHAD. 6164.96, RNT, 0446-0503*, *0513-0550+, Oct 25, tune-in
to French talk African choral music. African hi-life music. Weak
under Japan, but in the clear with a good signal when Japan signed
off at 0459. Abruptly cut programming at 0503 mid-song and turned
off transmitter at 0505. Back on the air at 0513 with hi-life music.
French talk. Promos. Children talking. (Alexander-PA)
?
** CHAD. 6164.96, RNT, 2120-2200*, Oct 25, continuous French talk.
Afro-pop music and Euro-pop music after 2136. Very poor signal.
Weak in noisy conditions but signal slowly improved after 2130.
(Alexander-PA)
?
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Radio Africa, 0552-0603, Oct 25,
US produced English religious programming. Surprised to hear a rare
?Radio Africa? ID announcement at 0557 with Radio Africa IDs along
with email address and contact information in Zimbabwe. Irregular.
Fair to good. (Alexander-PA)
?
** ERITREA. 7185, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, *0256-0325,
Oct 25, sign on with IS. Vernacular talk at 0301. Horn of Africa music
at 0306. // 9715.03 - both frequencies weak at sign on, but impoved
to a fair level by 0325. (Alexander-PA)
?
** SOMALILAND. 7120, Radio Hargeisa, 0334-0410+, Oct 25, tune-in
to talk. Local music noted at 0427 check. Fair. (Alexander-PA)
?
** SUDAN. 7200, SRTC, 0218-0401*, Oct 25, tune-in to local chants.
Arabic talk at 0241. Wide variety of local folk music, Horn of Africa
music, local pop music, and indigenous vocals. Poor to fair in noisy
conditions and HAM QRM. (Alexander-PA)
?
?
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:33:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Alex Klauber <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Log of 10/25/2012
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
25/10/2012
?
Argentina -? R. Argentina Exterior in Japanese on
11710 at 0155. Male hosting a musical show.
?
Bonaire? -? NHK
in Japanese on 15265 at 2342. Two men and a woman talking.
????????????????? Vatican Radio in Spanish to North America on 9610 at
0211.Male apears to be reporting the news.
?
Brazil? -? R.
Nacional Amazonia in Portuguese at 0310 on 11780. Indigenous music program,
then the news hosted by a female? announcer.
?
Canada? -? R.
Japan from Sackville, CA on 5960 at 0254 in Japanese. Male announcer.
At the top of the hour, tones then news.
?
Greece? -? V.O.
Greece on 7475 at 0244 in Greek. Musical broadcast hosted by a male announcer.
Off the air at 0252.
?
Iran -? Islamic Rep. of Iran in Spanish on 9860
at 0136.Male reading the news.
?
Romania? -? R.
Romania in English on 9645 at 0318. A magazine show about Romanian wine industry
and it?s tourist attractions across the country. Show is hosted by a male and
female announcer. Suddenly off the air at 0321. Transmitter problems?
?
Tajikistan? -? Radio Free Asia in presumably Tibetan at 0215 on 9885. Man
talking,
probably reading the news.
?
Taiwan? -? R.
Taiwan on 11710 at 2346 in Chinese. YL and OM presumably reading the news.
?
Moldova? -? V.O.
Russia in Russian at 2356 on 9430. YL delivering the news.? ID at 2357 in
Russian.
?
Spain? -? R.
Exterior De Espana on 9620 at 0202 with a man and woman reading the news
headlines in Spanish.
?
Sri Lanka? -? R. Deewa in Pashto. Female
hostess on 11540 at 0224, taking listener phone calls and playing indigenous
music. Target audience is Pakistan.
?
Alex Klauber, - Rome, NY
Tecsun PL-660
MFJ 1045C Per-selector
200 foot longwire antenna
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 06:39:32 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] MEX at 0434 UT
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MEXICO 6184.989 Tiny Mexican station XEPPM Radio Educaci?n, 0434 UT Oct 26.
Also R Nigeria Kaduna on 6089.853 kHz at 0420 UT.
And super signal from Brazil Super Radio e Amor Portuguese sermon 11764.900
kHz. S=9+20dB level in Germany unbelievable.
WTWN in Port at 0350 UT Radio Play like opera on Pilatus and Barabas bible
feature. 12104.978 kHz, S=8 in Germany.
11690 R Okapi in Vernac and French, dail 4-5 UT, today S=9+25dB suuuper
signal from Meyerton AFS, at 0407 UT Oct 26.
73 wb
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 05:49:54 -0400
From: Albert Muick <[email protected]>
To: DXLD <[email protected]>, HCDX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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RUSSIA, TWR India via Novosibirsk, 11930, full data letter on TWR India
letterhead (PDF) and full data eQSL of Bonaire mediumwave towers in 829
days! This started off with an English airmail report to their India
address with US $2 return postage, with a follow-up in English with US
$5 via registered email, and three (!) follow-ups via email to TWR HQ
with the QSLs finally arriving via email 24 hours after my last email
follow-up. V/s S. Franklin Abraham (fabraham(at)twrindia(dot)org).
Many, many thanks to Bob Hall at TWR HQ in Cary NC who was instrumental
in pushing this through (bhall(at)twr(dot)org).
I guess in the long run, perseverance does pay off with QSLs. I am
astounded that it took so long for the TWR India office to cough up this
QSL. I had also filed numerous reports on their online form on their
website without result.
I also have some bad news about KNX newsradio 1070 in Los Angeles, CA.
I submitted a report in October of last year with return postage since I
had picked them up while on a trip to Nevada. After several email
follow-ups and promises of looking into the matter, I finally received
an email from a gentleman named Steve Niemczyk
(spniemczyk(at)sbc(dot)com) informing me "KNX dropped the QSL program.
Sorry." I has also asked if they would consider doing eQSLs which would
cut down on man-hours required, postage, etc., but received no answer to
that. So it seems that one of our AM broadcasters has followed the path
of a lot of the internationals who now refuse to verify transmissions.
73
Al Muick
Williamsport PA USA
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