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Today's Topics:
1. Best wishes and prayers as the storm approaches (Colin Newell)
2. Glenn Hauser logs October 29, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
3. Fw: Radio PMR B12 (Wolfgang Bueschel)
4. Re: [dxld] Voice of Russia gone from 4795 kHz (Wolfgang Bueschel)
5. Re: [dxld] Fw: Radio PMR B12 (Glenn Hauser)
6. Re: [dxld] Fw: Radio PMR B12 (BDXC)
7. Oct 29-30 Logs ([email protected])
8. Glenn Hauser logs October 29-30, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:38:31 -0700
From: "Colin Newell" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Best wishes and prayers as the storm approaches
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
Sending out positive vibes, thoughts and
prayers to the millions of folks in the
path of Sandy.
Over the next 48 to 72 hours, radio is
going to play a key roll in keeping track
of what's happening out there...
Facilitating rescue, bringing news to loved ones,
getting people out of harms way.
This is what radio is all about folks!
Best of luck and God bless.
==================================================
Colin Newell - Victoria B.C. DXer and Ham - VA7WWV
ICOM 703+ / DRAKE R8 / ETON E1 / Kenwood R2000
Antennas: Wellbrook ALA100's " Workman Verticals
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:53:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 29, 2012
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
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** BANGLADESH. 15105, Oct 29 at 1259, S Asian music, hum, Bangladesh Betar
sign-off in English; poor.
15505, Oct 29 at 1359, very poor with hum, 1400 music to open Urdu, but so poor
I cannot detect an inaccurate timesignal today, shux (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA [and non]. 6120, Oct 29 at 1227, NHK English relay continues, `R.
Japan Focus` concludes, 1229 full English schedule announced not including
6120! Off at 1230* after some Sakura, but no RCI IS or ID. Was also audible on
replacement 15190 via GUIANA FRENCH.
11655, Oct 29 at 1313 check, NHK Japanese Sackville relay is still going too.
9650, Oct 29 at 1240, KBS World relay transmission is still going, despite
nothing but tone mixed with clacking, same as on 9560 at 0200.
9625, Oct 29 at 1240, CBCNQS very poor signal in apparent Inuktituk, much
weaker than the pointless KBS relay on 9650.
As the Sackville deathwatch is prolonged. Doubt there has been a reprieve, but
as Kai Ludwig speculates, the site is abandoned and the automation just keeps
mindlessly running what had been scheduled whether there is any correct program
input or not. At least on the weekend, but now it`s 9:40 am Monday in NB. Maybe
it`s all destined to turn off Oct 31, end of month rather than Oct 27, end of
A-12 season? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6010 and much weaker 6060, Oct 29 at 0544, incompetent RHC has their
feeds mixed up again, as both these are in Spanish, leaving English only on
6050 and 6125. In fact, Spanish is supposed to be on zero frequencies after
0500.
15510 approx., Oct 29 at 1358 as I am tuning in Bangladesh on 15505, a
distorted spur from RHC no doubt coming from very strong 15340 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, Oct 29 at 1242, VOI missing for the second day, no carrier
at all vs China radio war on 9530. Atsunori Ishida shows nothing heard today or
since the start of the 1200 Japanese broadcast Oct 28 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGST)
** IRAN [and non]. 17650, Oct 29 at 1314, CRI French via Kashgar, EAST
TURKISTAN, again in huge collision with signal of equal level in Arabic,
mentions Amerikiyah, M&W talking, not VOA format; 1319 music is considerably
distorted and with BFO the carrier is even unstable.
Suspect IRIB, and searching for //s, none found on 19m, but bingo on 22m,
13750, except it`s running behind 17650 by about three seconds. I must have
overlooked Iran line in HFCC B-12 for 17650, so certainly not VOA via Vatican,
as speculated yesterday, but Zahedan, Kamalabad:
17650 0530 1430 38,39 ZAH 500 289 0 145 1234567 281012 300313 D ARABIC
13750 0830 1430 39 KAM 500 178 0 146 1234567 281012 300313 D ARABIC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [and non]. 6055, Oct 29 at 1231, formerly clear signal from R. Nikkei
now has CCI! Despite being properly registered as 24 hours in HFCC by NHK on
behalf of ``NSB``, the ChiCom have usurped the frequency 6055: 12-13, CNR
Mongolian, 100 kW, 15 degrees from Beijing site; and also 14-15, CRI Khmer, 100
kW, 200 degrees from Nanning site. Take that, you island-grabbing enemy! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5910, Oct 29 at 1330, piano theme and Shiokaze opening in
Japanese, definitely here ex-5985 as presumed from yesterday; poor signal
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALAYSIA. 5964.71, Oct 29 at 1234, het on lo side of CRI Korean on presumed
5965.00, at approximate D4-pitch note per my keyboard, which is 294 Hz.
Yesterday was not hearing the het at all. Ron Howard says R. Klasik is normally
on 5964.71 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 6185, Oct 29 at 0546, ``Take 5`` on piccolo! from XEPPM. Tnx to
central Mexico`s slightly more sensible termination of DST a week earlier than
along the border and El Norte, R. Educaci?n is now on the air one UT hour
longer until 0600, and in the clear with nothing on 6180 or 6190, which is
helpful since their modulation is under. I suppose it is also starting one hour
later, 00 instead of 23 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 5950, Monday Oct 29 at 1330, RNZI Mailbox is already underway
with Bryan Clark`s DX report, his first since July; habitually starts two or
three minutes early. Fair reception, but I recommend listening online to hear
well his several clips of DX catches, including XEARZ 1650; R. Guar?ni [sic],
Argentina on 1650.13; Hargeisa 7120; Bangladesh 7250; Libya active on 11600 in
Arabic at 2000, sometimes as late as 2100; Salem Stereo 14950.8, but not since
Sept. 30. He also mentions R. T?val? reactivated on 621 which he can hear on
the coast under a co-channel NZer. Bryan will be back in two weeks. This time
must have started up to 4 minutes early, as playback begins with some
Marshallese music which was long over by 1330.
The latest RNZI Mailbox is always at this URL for a biweek:
http://www.rnzi.com/audio/mailbox.mp3
then replaced by a new one, and the previous one moved to this URL:
http://www.rnzi.com/audio/mailbox2.mp3
EXCEPT: Oct 29 at 1620 when I play back the previous one, it`s the same as the
new one! And in fact both are labeled as such.
Followed at 1341 by Mike Byrd propagation report, 1343.5 the real mailbox
segment mainly about 11725 reception (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Oct 29 at 1420 UT, a little area tropo from OKC visiblizes KOCY-LP
ch 48 which is *still* in analog with Estrella TV, and signs of NTSC on ch 19,
which is KUOT-CA. Soon fading out, much weaker 19 going first (Glenn Hauser,
Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 9830, Oct 29 at 0540, VOR starting `This is Russia` show, very good
new frequency, ex-13775, fine modulation unlike neighboring R. Rossii, 9840
buzzer from Taldom. 9830 is 250 kW, 64 degrees from Pet/Kam to WNAm including
Alaska at 04-06. Last winter the two collided on 9840; they finally got the
message and avoided that problem. I hope the RTTY infesting 9830 all day
earlier will not be a hazard now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOMALILAND [and non]. 7120, Oct 29 at 1354, presumed R. Hargeisa source of
JBA carrier, eclipsed by a stronger carrier around 7119, presumably a ham which
then went off, but then CW QRM mainly from hand-keyed AE0SL who per QRZ.com is
Stanley D Leeson, 6337 152nd St, Hugo, MN 55038, USA and who, it is safe to
say, is not interested in monitoring an AMBC from Hargeisa by long-path, but
who includes family and wedding pictures on his QRZ.com site. But we digress
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY [and non]. 9700, Oct 29 at 0539 Turkish music, ex-11980, and 9700 is
ex-RRI, Romania which had similar good signals here all summer in morning
Eurolangs including English. Now RRI has abandoned 9700 completely which it
``inherited`` from defunct neighbor R. Bulgaria. TRT now has 9700 at 0500-0700
in Turkish, 500 kW, 310 degrees from Emirler to W Europe and USward too.
Interesting to contrast the always minor-key sad-sounding music from Turkey
with the happy major-key music from Greece on 9420, which continues to be
reactivated during this timespan, // 7475 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 11890, Oct 29 at 1306, BBCWS starting `World Briefing` with
reports from US about H. Sandy, initially how George Stephanololopolous
alarmingly headlined it on GMA. Fair but sufficient signal, so note this for us
Americans not supposed to hear BBC on SW: 13-15, 250 kW, 25 degrees from
THAILAND for E Asia, but also USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5745, which both WTWW and R. Mart? planned to be using, is occupied
by neither, Oct 29 at 1235 check, just OTH radar probably from China covering
5730-5770. But at 1351 I can barely hear R. Mart? and make it // 11930 as the
OTHR continues with added SSB QRM to one side, and apparently no jamming unlike
11930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:55:53 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "DXLD" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Fw: Radio PMR B12
Message-ID: <FCC11B320CF443BB96E614DC585C82C3@HNPC2>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8";
reply-type=original
MOLDOVA {separated PREDNESTROVIE} PMR Tiraspol B-12 schedule
7290 18-23 UT Monday-Friday, Ru, En, Fr, Ge
1900, 2100 Russian
1800, 2000, 2200 English
1930, 2130 French
1830, 2030, 2230 German
1815 1845 1945 2015 2045 2145 2215 2245 Music
999 03-05 UT Monday-Friday: Russian
Russian, Ukrainian, Moldavian
621 17-22 UT Monday-Friday
FM everyday 04-22 UT
74, 100.1, 100.7, 103.4, 104.0, 105.0, 106., 106.4, 106.5 MHz
73 wb,
open-dx,
(via wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 29)
---- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012
Subject: Radio PMR B12
via open_dx:
http://www.radiopmr.org/about/27/Cetka-veshhaniya
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:08:27 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Voice of Russia gone from 4795 kHz
Message-ID: <0886EA09484E48BFA99E9CC0DCDC47C6@HNPC2>
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reply-type=original
Yes, seemingly replacement to 4780 kHz for Yangi Yul broadcast,
due of China 4980 kHz from Urumchi location.
4780 1200-1900 39-41 DB 100kW 180degr TJK VOR
73 wb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tudor Vedeanu" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 5:16 PM
Subject: [dxld] Voice of Russia gone from 4795 kHz
> Checking on 4975 kHz today (Oct. 29) I noticed Voice of Russia in English
> (TX Dushanbe-Yangiyul) is no more on that frequency. VoR website says the
> new frequency is 4780 kHz, and indeed at 1608 UT I can hear the same
> buzzing I used to hear on 4975 (probably an old TX malfunction) but only a
> faint trace of modulation.
>
> Tudor Vedeanu
> (Gura Humorului, Romania)
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:07:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], HCDX <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Fw: Radio PMR B12
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Surely the last part of this is as usual UT Sunday-Thursday, after local
midnight, whenever that is now, 2100? 2200 UT? Glenn
--- On Mon, 10/29/12, Wolfgang Bueschel <[email protected]> wrote:
MOLDOVA {separated PREDNESTROVIE} PMR Tiraspol B-12 schedule
7290 18-23 UT Monday-Friday, Ru, En, Fr, Ge
1900, 2100 Russian
1800, 2000, 2200 English
1930, 2130 French
1830, 2030, 2230 German
1815 1845 1945 2015 2045 2145 2215 2245 Music
999 03-05 UT Monday-Friday: Russian
Russian, Ukrainian, Moldavian
621 17-22 UT Monday-Friday
FM everyday 04-22 UT
74, 100.1, 100.7, 103.4, 104.0, 105.0, 106., 106.4, 106.5 MHz
73 wb,
open-dx,
(via wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 29)
---- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012
Subject: Radio PMR B12
via open_dx:
http://www.radiopmr.org/about/27/Cetka-veshhaniya
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:35:23 -0000
From: "BDXC" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, "HCDX" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Fw: Radio PMR B12
Message-ID: <9522DDB6F0E64703983AEB45E516A65D@DaveVAIO>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
I confirmed Radio PMR yesterday (Sunday) on 7290 kHz signing on at 2200 UTC.
It carried Russian at 2200-2230 and English at 2230-2300 before switching to
Voice of Russia in English at 2300.
So the schedule is probably UTC 1800-2200 Mon-Fri and 2200-2300 Sun-Thurs ? as
in A12
The original source gives the time as 2000-0100 East European time.
73s Dave
From: Glenn Hauser
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 7:07 PM
To: [email protected] ; HCDX
Subject: Re: [dxld] Fw: Radio PMR B12
Surely the last part of this is as usual UT Sunday-Thursday, after local
midnight, whenever that is now, 2100? 2200 UT? Glenn
--- On Mon, 10/29/12, Wolfgang Bueschel <mailto:bueschelww%40web.de> wrote:
MOLDOVA {separated PREDNESTROVIE} PMR Tiraspol B-12 schedule
7290 18-23 UT Monday-Friday, Ru, En, Fr, Ge
1900, 2100 Russian
1800, 2000, 2200 English
1930, 2130 French
1830, 2030, 2230 German
1815 1845 1945 2015 2045 2145 2215 2245 Music
999 03-05 UT Monday-Friday: Russian
Russian, Ukrainian, Moldavian
621 17-22 UT Monday-Friday
FM everyday 04-22 UT
74, 100.1, 100.7, 103.4, 104.0, 105.0, 106., 106.4, 106.5 MHz
73 wb,
open-dx,
(via wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 29)
---- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012
Subject: Radio PMR B12
via open_dx:
http://www.radiopmr.org/about/27/Cetka-veshhaniya
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:35:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Oct 29-30 Logs
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** BANGLADESH. 15505, Bangladesh Betar, *1513-1545*, Oct 29,
sign on with IS. 6 time pips and programming in listed Hindi at 1515.
Subcont music. Poor. Weak at sign on. Deteriorated to a barely
audible level by sign off. (Alexander-PA)
** BRAZIL. 5035, Radio Aparecida, 2310-2330, Oct 29, inspirational
music. Portuguese talk. // 6135.12, 9629.93, 11854.94. All frequencies
weak. (Alexander-PA)
** CHAD. 6164.96, RNT, *0454-0600, Oct 29, sign on with French
talk. African hi-life music. Local drums at 0529. Good. (Alexander-PA)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Radio Africa, 1800-1855, Oct 29,
US produced English religious programming. Radio Africa ID
announcement at 1822 along with email address and address in
Ghana. And another Radio Africa ID announcement at 1852 with
contact information. ?Hour of Decision? religious program at 1853.
Fair signal strength but poor, somewhat muffled audio. (Alexander-PA)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6925 USB, Rave on Radio, 2310-2350,
Oct 29, SSTV signal heard at 2310, 2324 and 2342. Stevie Wonder
tune. ID. ?2012 Halloween Show?. Poor in noisy conditions.
(Alexander-PA)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6925 USB, Wolverine Radio, 0105-0130,
Oct 30, lite bluesy style music related to stormy weather conditions. IDs.
?Stormy Weather? song, SSTV at 0129. Poor to fair in noisy band
conditions. (Alexander-PA)
** SOMALILAND. 7120, Radio Hargaysa, *0330-0400, Oct 29, sign
on with IS. Talk at 0331. Qur`an at 0332. Talk at 0337. Some Horn
of Africa style music and talk after 0349. Good. (Alexander-PA)
** THAILAND. 9535 NF, Radio Thailand, *2000-2015*, Oct 29, New
Frequency. ex-9680. Opening English ID announcements at 2000
and into German programming at 2001. Fair. (Alexander-PA)
** THAILAND. 9535 NF, Radio Thailand, *2030-2115*, Oct 29, New
Frequency. ex-9680. Sign on with English ID announcements and
into ?Radio Thailand?s News Hour? program. Chimes at 2045 and
into Thai programming at 2046-2115*. Fair. (Alexander-PA)
** U.S.A. 5696 USB, US Coast Guard, 1940-1955+, Oct 29, Coast
Guard Search and Rescue operation during Hurricane Sandy.
(Alexander-PA)
Brian Alexander Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:18:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 29-30, 2012
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
** ALBANIA. 6100, Oct 30 at 0227, R. Tirana IS on new frequency for B-12, only
fair signal but no jamming or other QRM. 0230 opening announcement still gives
A-12 times and frequencies: seasonal changes always seem to take the studio by
surprise. Program preview includes news, cultural activities of the week,
sports. SINPO 35433 altho local noise level holds it down, which a much
stronger signal like Anguilla 6090 could overcome. Greece still audible as well
on 7475, but we hope the 6 MHz channel will penetrate better thru the darkest
winter nights to come (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA [and non]. 5960, Oct 30 at 0239, Sackville just won`t let go of this
ex-NHK Japanese relay frequency, but instead of R. Japan they are playing a C&W
song in English, then a song in French! These are way atop what sounds like
Japanese talk, and then a Japanese song, no doubt the proper NHK relay via
Guiana French. Last night they were both with R. Japan an echo apart. See also
JAPAN [non]; KOREA SOUTH [non]; VIETNAM [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 5025, Oct 30 at 0234, R. Rebelde, plus considerable RTTY
QRM. A few nights ago, R.R. was off and we were only hearing the RTTY, which we
had never noted QRMing the station, perhaps because we are not usually tuning
around at this hour. R.R. may well have gone off to try to identify the source,
so whence is it? Something new? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 15330, Oct 29 at 1955, R. Mart? back on this B-season-only
frequency, so now the jamming Cuba has been running all summer is doing some
``good``, altho certainly ramped up to full bore now. But RM goes off at 2000
and moves to also jammed 9565, while // 11930 and 13820 continue (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. R. Cairo check Oct 30 at 0235 finds some differences from last night:
9905 is missing, and so is ex-9305, the extremely distorted Arabics
9965 is also missing, the undermodulated/distorted one
but it can`t be due to propagation since:
9720 is still there with JBM English, ex-9315
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 15190, Oct 29 at 1957, R. Africa, fair signal
with gospel huxter; off the air at next check 2007; meanwhile YFR English via
Ascension is still on 15195 from 20 to 22 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. 15275, Oct 29 at 1956, DW in English, VG signal discussing
spacesuits, rudely cut off the air at 1957. Well, that`s what the schedule
calls for, 1900-1957, 250 kW non-direxional from RWANDA. This transmitter has a
squeal on it like on one of the WEWNs and several others around the world.
15275 is used at many various hours from DW Kigali starting at 0630, but only
this last 0.95 hour in English. Someone please tell the studio to wrap it up by
:57!
9655, Oct 29 at 2005, here`s DW English again, with `Africa Link`, not as
strong but has same squeal as 15275; bet it`s exactly the same Kigali
transmitter. This one is in English at 2000-2057 and 2100-2200 at 295 degrees
USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. See CANADA [and non]; JAPAN [non]; KOREA SOUTH [non]
** JAPAN [non]. 11935, Oct 30 at 0239, after hearing the mess on 5960, see
CANADA, what`s going on here? Still for another night playing nothing but the
NHK IS and IDs in English in Japanese, while 5960 under Sackville appears to
have NHK Japanese programming. How much longer will it take to get all this
straightened out?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH [non]. 11635, Oct 30 at 0110, KBS World Radio, Spanish relay
confirmed at new time 01-02 and new frequency via GUIANA FRENCH, only fair
signal here aimed toward S America. TDF thought it was going to be at 03-04 on
15400. No sign of that at 0332 check.
Sackville may have turned off the ex-Vietnam frequency 6175, but the ex-Korea
frequency 9560 is still on with tone and clacking, Oct 30 at 0228, i.e.
ex-Spanish at 0200-0230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Oct 29 at 1930 UT, KEOR is not on the air. Wayne Heinen,
editor of the NRC AM Log, says, ``A look at the Silent STA filing at the FCC
says that the reason the station went silent back in June was "technical".
Maybe they replace a part or two, run a few tests and then shut it off and try
to find another way to fix it``.
Maybe, but as I said before, if it was ever on the air this past June, we
missed it completely, and/or it was very brief; as it had also been off the air
for many months before that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PRIDNESTROVYE. 7290, Oct 29 at 2214, fair signal in English from Radio PMR
on B-season channel, ex-9665. Their undated schedule page
http://www.radiopmr.org/about/27/Cetka-veshhaniya
shows 7290 at the top, 9665 at the bottom, and times in EET which apparently =
UT +2 with English starting at 18, 20 and 22 UT M-F. Except their usual pattern
is to run the 22 UT broadcasts on Sun-Thu, since by local time, those are also
M-F at midnite; need to reconfirm that they start at 2200 Sunday and stop at
2200 Friday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. Taking a look at the B-12 VOR schedule which J-M Aubier pointed to,
http://english.ruvr.ru/engradio/
I am surprised to see 15 and 17 MHz frequencies in the evening to North America
--- higher than in the summer, and must be hitting us from E Asia, not Europe.
Will they work? They sure do tonight, Oct 30 at 0237 check with `In Between`
conversation: 17665 and 15630 are very good, in fact the SSOBs! And 17690 is
there but considerably weaker. What are the spex? HFCC shows
15630 0200 0600 1,2,6 P.K 250 67 0 288
17665 0200 0400 1,2,6 P.K 250 61 0 288
17690 0200 0400 1,2,6 VLD 500 50 0 218
Pet/Kam always does better here than Vladivostok for some reason, considerably
further away, despite twice the power (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH AFRICA. 15480, Oct 29 at 1958, guitar and flute hymn audio is cutting
off and on, 2000 AWR theme, ID and Voice of Hope in English, introducing
Arabic. Still cutting out past 2008, a shame with some more neat music. I had
no idea what the site would be until uplooked: Meyerton at 19-21 in Arabic.
Looks like SENTECH has big problems; or AWR does in getting the audio in from
Battle Creek or wherever (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [non]. 15125, Oct 29 at 1958, REE COSTA RICA winter frequency is on,
but in the meantime, NIGERIA has started regular DRM broadcasts centered on
15120, causing QRDRM to REE/CR --- serves them right for QRDRMing neighbors of
9630 in the evenings. The 15125 collision is timed just right on M-F at 18-20,
but longer hours on weekends per REE B-12 schedule, all to S America and not
strong here in NAm --- Sat 16-23, Sun 12-23 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9350, Oct 29 at 2006, tuning across I note that VG signal from WWCR
in Bible reading has modulation problems, hitting on peaks only; unlistenable.
Is no one noticing at 1300 WWCR Avenue? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7506.4, Oct 30 at 0111 check, WRNO with usual very strong signal and
heavy distortion on gospel huxter modulation no one in his right mind would
listen to. Hmmm, nor would anyone in his right mind if it were perfectly
modulated. Wrong minds, yes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050, Oct 30 at 0110, WWRB with remote report about the storm ---
could it be live? But then cut back to studio for preacher with I-told-you-so
rant correlating it with prophecy. 3195 is not on at this time. Next check at
0233, both are on in // with Martha-like hymnbelter before preacher takes over
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM [non]. 9640, Oct 30 at 0110 during English, VOV`s new North American
service via UK replacing Sackville, not only is on too high a band for winter,
but this particular frequency is a bad choice, only 10 kHz from 9630 REE/CR
QRDRM which until 0200 is covering up to 9645 at least. 0229 check, 9640 is off
the air, but back on at 0232 for next English, poor with fading, 25432. They
must be making a beam change before 0230. But none shown in HFCC, just
continuous 294 degrees from Woofferton to E North America at 0100-0300 and
0330-0400. Meanwhile, Sackville has finally turned off VOV`s former frequency
6175, at 0228 check; last two nights they had kept running it with BabCoCk
music for hours and hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 118, Issue 31
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