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Today's Topics:
1. (no subject) (RALPH PERRY)
2. Re: 6270 unID (Glenn Hauser)
3. Glenn Hauser logs November 8-9, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
4. HH Lokalradio this Saturday (tom taylor)
5. Recent Logs ([email protected])
6. Nov 9 Logs ([email protected])
7. Madagascar 5010 reactivated ([email protected])
8. Re: [DXplorer] Madagascar 5010 reactivated (Wolfgang Bueschel)
9. Glenn Hauser logs November 9-10, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 08:40:51 -0600
From: RALPH PERRY <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [HCDX] (no subject)
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UNID ? 6270, unid station, possible clandestine or religious, noted
11/9 at 0415 past 0430. OM droning on in SS until 0427 when
martial-type marching band music, then YL and OM alternating. Weak
signal with muffled modulation and very deep (nearly total) cyclical
fades, such as I?ve experienced on groundwave xmsns ex Central
America. Can?t tell yet if religious exhortation or political ? but
may be the latter as perhaps heard mention of ?imperialismo?.
Checked Marti for //s, thinking a spur, but no match. Help, anybody?
(Perry, Illinois)
SOMALIA - 7120, R. Hargaysa, noted several mornings this week in the
1300-1400 time slot, definitely (at times) with English pgming. Best
on 11/8 at 1335-1401* pulling the plug after some kind of ME instl
theme song, perhaps Somali NA . Pretty good signal, but very low
modulation and not easy to understand much, but fragmentary EE was
100% certain, between conversing OM and YL. Also noted 11/6 at
1314-1325, when fading early; and 11/3 1343-1350 with decent signal
holding up later this date, but trouble from rising noise level this
date. (Perry, Illinois)
ECUADOR ? 6049.93, HCJB, Pichincha, domestic service noted with
carrier signing on *0823 on 10/30. At 0825, lovely pasillo featuring
HC flute and guitar. At 0827, interesting rendition of Ecuador
national anthem as an organ solo with small coro of vocalists joining
in . . . rather amateurish-sounding but fun. 0827 YL with opening
anmts in SS and QQ for ?H-C-J-B? and citing ?frecuencia onda corta?.
0830 started morning programming with brief snippet of sanjuanito
followed by a preacher starting his sermon in QQ and SS. (Perry,
Illinois)
UNID ? 4824.50, possible LA, hearing an open carrier signing on
several mornings this week after 1030 but never quite bursting into
fully modulated programming. Carrier holds up until band fades for
Andeans, toward TOH. At times sounds like possibly something already
down in the muck, but this is very uncertain, probably infamous
?imagination level modulation?, hi. Note: assuredly not Sicuani,
which was noted on its trademark fqy 2 kHz higher on one of the same
mornings this showed up. Am hoping might signal the return of LV de
la Selva, Iquitos, which formerly was on 4824.47. Perhaps their
engineers working away on this? . . . Something to watch. (Perry,
Illinois)
----------------------------------------------------
Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois
Drake R8B; Japan Radio NRD-545; Eton E1; Hallicrafters SX100
Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 + Quantum Phaser
antenna unit (customized for tropical bands)
355-foot bidirectional BOG positioned 150 deg / 330 deg for LA / SE Asia
Phased Longwire + Small Loop
------------------------------
Message: 2
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 07:58:20 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Subject: Re: [HCDX] 6270 unID
Message-ID:
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Ralph,
``Imperialismo`` is certainly a hallmark of Radio Habana Cuba, not Radio Marti.
Likely a leapfrog mixing product. Doing the math, 6060 leaps over 6165 another
105 kHz higher, to land on 6270. Surely you would find // audio on 6060 or many
other RHC frequencies in Spanish. Since RHC English on 6165 is new, this
particular mix on 6270 would not have appeared previously.
It`s great that some of these are still around 49m, in the post-Bonaire and
post-Sackville era.
73, Glenn Hauser
--- On Fri, 11/9/12, RALPH PERRY <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: RALPH PERRY <[email protected]>
> Subject: [dxld]
> To:
> Date: Friday, November 9, 2012, 8:40 AM
> UNID ? 6270, unid station,?
> possible clandestine or religious, noted
> 11/9 at 0415 past 0430. OM droning on in SS until 0427 when
> martial-type marching band music, then YL and OM
> alternating.???Weak
> signal with muffled modulation and very deep (nearly total)
> cyclical
> fades, such as I?ve experienced on groundwave xmsns ex
> Central
> America.? Can?t tell yet if religious exhortation or
> political ? but
> may be the latter as perhaps heard mention of?
> ?imperialismo?.
> Checked Marti for //s,? thinking a spur, but no
> match.? Help, anybody?
> (Perry, Illinois)
>
> Ralph Perry, Wheaton, Illinois
> Drake R8B;? Japan Radio NRD-545;? Eton E1;?
> Hallicrafters SX100
> Dentron Super Tuner + Ameco PLF-2 + Palomar P-408 + Quantum
> Phaser
> antenna unit (customized for tropical bands)
> 355-foot bidirectional BOG positioned 150 deg / 330 deg for
> LA / SE Asia
> Phased Longwire + Small Loop
------------------------------
Message: 3
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 10:26:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 8-9, 2012
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
** ASIA [non]. 11605, Nov 9 at 0027, ``you have been listening to Radio Free
Asia`` a bit of music, carrier cut but right back on. No I haven`t, I just
tuned in! Strangely enough, no IBB transmissions are in latest HFCC B-12 on
11605. That`s because as in Aoki, it`s via detested Taiwan:
11605 2330-0030 TWN R.FREE ASIA Vietnamese Tanshui 1-7
However, at 0030, music continues, along with whoops and Asian language,
long-path echo. Nothing scheduled now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 4716.64 approx., Nov 9 at 0035, very poor signal with LA music, but
off-frequency closely matches recent report by Bob Wilkner on 4716.63 of Radio
Yatun Ayllu Yura, Yura. Pleased to be getting it at all, with local noise level
here on 60m usually intolerable, but it helped to recess to the porch and the
DX-398. See also PERU (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 5952.44 approx., Nov 9 at 0043, music with drumming, poor signal,
presumed Radio Pio Doce, Siglo Veinte, on its characteristic off-frequency;
I`ll concede the last digit to Andy Robins, who also had it a few nights ago at
this time on 5952.45 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 990, Nov 9 at 0710 UT, CBW with CBC Overnight, correspondent reports
on banning porn in Egypt, severe Hurricane Sandy damage to Santiago de Cuba
(both stories we have heard little about on mainstream US media). Kept me awake
longer than I wished, 0719 Public Radio International ID, music break, 0720
`The World` is the program (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 17495, Nov 9 at 0018, Chinese with good signal, scheduled
as CRI at 00-03, 500 kW, 193 degrees from Beijing site.
17645, Nov 9 at 0019, different Chinese than on 17495, and this one has CCI,
i.e. CNR1 programming jamming VOA Chinese, 250 kW, 349 degrees from Tinang,
PHILIPPINES during this hour only.
15385, Nov 9 at 0020, same mix as on 17645, except stronger here, where PHT
even has exactly the same parameters. But deep in the mix I can hear some
Firedrake too for good measure.
One would expect normally extreme jamming levels to be stepped up even further
during the ChiCommie Party Congress. But no jamming here:
15145, Nov 9 at 0022, reasonable-sounding discussion by American-accented guest
about how capitalism plays a part in Chicommunism, i.e. CRI English at 00-02,
500 kW, 215 degrees from Beijing site
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 5025, Nov 9 at 0034, R. Rebelde is off the air again, and
replaced by RTTY; almost as if they are co?rdinating? Rebelde is back on at
0624 check and no RTTY, sounds like Gardel, and outro quotes ``el abismo,
nuestro porvenir`` (the abyss, our future), and mentions Tito G?mez, RCA Victor
records from the 1940s. Kudos to R. Rebelde for a lot of good music, much more
so than RHC.
5040, Nov 9 at 0624, so much for Arnie`s new English hour --- RHC is in
Spanish, while the overkill quad on 49m remain in English. Ending ``la estampa
de hoy`` segment. Does that mean stud, illustration or press review as my
dixionary suggests? RHC is not supposed to be in Spanish on any frequency after
0600, so maybe the latest SNAFU by RadioCuba; back to English? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 9490, Nov 9 at 0015 I am checking the R. Rep?blica relay much
earlier tonight as it was missing last night at 0154 from the 00-02
transmission, but it is also absent now: nothing but wall-of-noise jamming
audible, while normally RR/GUF is well atop that, at least during the first
part of the broadcast. So, no spurs either! I suspect TDF has taken the
transmitter down to fix it, tho one would expect some substitution to keep the
RR service airborne (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 640, Nov 9 at 0705 UT, long choral NA ends, full ID for FM XHHHI on
99.3, XEHHI on 640, Los Cuarenta Principales from Chihuahua, 0706 slightly late
TC as ``son las doce``, into top-40 music. Cant?:
640 XEHHI Los 40 Principales + FM 99.3 Hidalgo del Parral, Chih. 10,000 1,000
--- Nice to get this other Chihuahuan, than XEJUA in Ju?rez we hear around
sunrise, but supposedly only a daytimer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 660, Nov 9 at 0700 UT, Chihuahua state song, fanfare and maybe
jingle ID but could not copy it, then cuts off the air. Cant? shows the only
Chihuahuan is:
660 XEACB La Lupe + FM 98.9 Cd. Delicias, Chih. 3,000 1,000
Most unusual to hear an XE axually going off the air at midnite. Left quite a
hole on the dial (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 960, UT Fri Nov 9 at 0600-0605, KGWA Fox-hole silence
audiblizes mainly ABC News, presumably KMA Iowa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Nov 9 at 1302, KEOR on again with open carrier, and little
KMOX until it fades back in with slow SAH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** PERU. 4774.9, Nov 9 at 0037, very poor signal with some Andean music, also
weak bonker QRM nearby. No doubt R. Tarma, which Bob Wilkner has measured here,
altho Brian Alexander had it on 4774.96 in the morning.
4789.9, Nov 9 at 0039, noisy carrier, perhaps R. Visi?n (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 5860, Nov 9 at 0045, weak vocal music, poor with flutter. HFCC
shows it`s IBB Persian, i.e. R. Farda, 250 kW, 316 degrees from Iranawila
during this hour, plus another bihour at 01-03 when they change antennas, from
316 degrees at a -24 slew, to 299 degrees at a +24 slew; why? At 0300, Kuwait
takes over R. Farda on 5860 for the next 5.5 hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** THAILAND. 13745, Nov 9 at 0023, news about the Mideast, Sudan/Israel, good
signal but with flutter on R. Thailand`s new B-12 frequency for North America.
I should have stayed tuned at 0030 to observe what happen when the beam change
from eastern to western North America, i.e. 6 to 30 degrees out of Udorn. Per
HFCC this is accomplished by removing the -24 degree slew during the first
half, so maybe there is no need to break transmission (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 13725, Nov 9 at 0023, BBC news in English, 250 kW, 25 degrees
from Nakhon Sawan during this hour only, comparably good signal to R. Thailand
on 13745 from further east (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9479, Nov 9 at 0015, WTWW-1 with SFAW/PPP is still on the air but
blasting daytime signal is now dropping out, post-sunset; and 5745 not yet on.
For the past couple weeks, WTWW-1 has been running an announcement that they
``will`` be changing from 9479 to 5745 at 6 p.m. (Central = 0000 UT), but the
part of the announcement giving the effective date is covered up by another Ted
Randall announcement, the standard hourtop ID. I assumed this would happen on
November 4 with the end of DST, and maybe it was supposed to, but not tonight,
and it`s still on 9479 at 0033 with growing het. Even at first check there was
a definite heterodyne from some station really on 9480. According to HFCC B-12,
the only station on 9480 after 0000 is: 2155-0100 CNR Tibetan via Beijing
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1642 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, 9479, Thursday
Nov 8 starting just before 2201 UT after local ID and QSY announcement. Shifted
time for the Saturday night repeat is 0500+ UT Sunday on 5745. Will WTWW-2 be
on 9990/5085 this week?
WOR also confirmed on WWRB, 3195, UT Friday 0431, and 5051 is no longer on the
air. Both webcasts carried KJV Bible, no WOR streamed.
Next: Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, UT Saturday at new time of 0230v.
On Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265: Sat 0630 and 1630, unchanged.
On WRMI 9955: Saturday 0900, 1600, 1830; Sunday 0900, 1630; Monday 0530;
Tuesday 1200.
On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Saturday 1830.
Plus many more webcasting and FM affiliates, in updated schedule:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1580, Nov 9 at 0723 UT, Radio Disney teeny-bopper music from E/W,
obviously KMIK in Tempe, Arizona is again/still out of whack with day
facilities at night, 50 kW dominating frequency; // same music on 1690 Denver.
Awake too early at 1255, more Disney music, and also with IBOC noise peaking
1567 and 1593, bothering XERF 1570. 1580 has heavier CCI and SAHs than in the
nightmiddle, and 1690 to compare is barely audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1680, Nov 9 at 0725 UT, correspondent report about China vs Japan,
outro as ``Bloomberg, Tokyo``. It`s KRJO, Monroe LA, now with BBN, // weaker
1660, KUDL Kansas City KS (``KMBZ Business Channel``), as the two often match
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. 7250, Fri Nov 9 at 0615, fair signal in Swedish, a surprise, since
B-12 schedule of VR, spreadsheet via Alokesh Gupta at
http://tinyurl.com/9xzqqdh
claims the ``Scandinavian`` service at 0600 UT is on MW 1260 only; relented for
SWLs, or in error on 7250? Presumably ends at 0620 when 1260 is committed to
Albanian daily.
WRTH 2012 showed the language rotation at 0600 was:
Swedish Wed/Thu/Fri/Sun
Finnish Mon/Sat
Norwegian Tue
Danish never
6075, Fri Nov 9 at 0618, French with heavy African accent, ID in passing as R.
Vaticaine. This is another anomaly, as the schedule claims this transmission is
on 11625 and 13765 only, both direct, unlike both frequencies earlier,
color-coded orange for Madagascar, no doubt a tribute to ex-Netherlands (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LSITENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM [and non]. 11965, Nov 9 at 0025, intermittent but not regularly
spaced tones, mixed with siren, almost sounding like bird calls, but quite
repetitive. It`s VietCom jamming against IBB Vietnamese, little of which was
audible here, 250 kW, 278 degrees from Tinang, Philippines at 0000-0030 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1480, Nov 9 at 0028 UT and several chex in next quarter-hour, open
carrier, making same SAH as heard before of approx. 12 Hz with KQAM Wichita
among all the other signals; presumed KBXD Dallas testing again this way well
after sunset. Jerry Kiefer guesses it was at 25 kW and over the weekend will
run some audio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1240, Nov 9 at 1259 UT, pizza ad mentioning Harrison County, so
that should be a good clue, but then an ID for Sportsradio KFH, 98.7, ESPN,
i.e. Wichita KS, ex-1330 swap with KNSS. It sure seemed like the same station,
but MW signals, especially graveyards can be extremely volatile, more so around
sunrise.
This convenient index of US counties
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_U.S._counties
shows there is no Harrison county in Kansas, just:
Harrison County: IN; IA; KY; MS; MO; OH; TX; WV
I check only the closest for matches: not Missouri, but Harrison County TX is
close to Kilgore altho in another county, where 1240 is inhabited by KDOK. Too
tenuous.
BTW, KFH runs only 630 watts, presumably because its antenna is too efficient,
and on daytime groundwave for a long time, we`ve found it to be weaker than its
predecessor (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 20:48:27 -0000
From: "tom taylor" <[email protected]>
To: "tom taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] HH Lokalradio this Saturday
Message-ID: <81C29BEF76384B3CA53A6622C2D86E13@dellcb21k2j>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
HH Lokalradio this Saturday
05.00 to 11.00 UTC on 7265 KHz
11.00 to 17.00 UTC on 6190 KHz
All reports to: [email protected]
<http://mail.google.com/a/sky.com/h/mjewv27lu9pv/?&v=b&cs=wh&to=m.kittner@fr
eenet.de>
Good Listening
73s, Tom
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 18:48:43 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Recent Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
7290 RUSSIA VOR 2240 OM German ID, MX vocals OM 'aufwiederschein'
at 2250, MX a number of vocals. Announcement by YL EE of broadcast
being 24/7. OM with NX. 11/8. (ERVINE-TX)
7375 CROATIA VOC ZAGREB 0240 YL/OM dialogue, presumed Croatian. Local
MX, vocals by group. 0300 ID, NX and commentary in EE. 0310 ID and more
local MX. 11/9. (ERVINE-TX)
9480 WTWW USA 2215 EE WOR with Glenn Hauser with announcement that 1480
kHz KVXV? Dallas was opening up again. Into GLG EE that 'station was
moving down to 5745 kHz at 6:00 PM ' 11/8. (ERVINE-TX)
ICOM-75, SONY 2010, AOR LOOP LA-380
Thank you
Jerry
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 20:31:28 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Nov 9 Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
** BANGLADESH. 15105, Bangladesh Betar, *1228:25-1300*,
Nov 9, sign on with IS. Opening English announcements at 1230
and into talk and subcont music. Fair signal strength but very weak
modulation. (Alexander-PA)
** CHAD. 6164.96, RNT, *0501-0515, Nov 9, abrupt sign on with
French talk. Afro-pop music. Poor. Weak under a very strong Cuba
on 6165. (Alexander-PA)
** MEXICO. 6184.99, Radio Educaci?n, 0535-0600*, Nov 9, Spanish
radio-drama with short pieces of opera/classical music. Programming
ended at 0600 with transmitter off at 0609. Poor. Weak.
(Alexander-PA)
** NIGER. 9705.39, LV du Sahel, 2137-2259*, Nov 9, tune-in to talk
in unidentified language. Local African tribal music. Indigenous vocals.
Chants at 2254. Short flute IS at 2257 followed by National Anthem.
Short 5 second test tone at 2259 and off. Very weak modulation, but
slightly stronger than yesterday. (Alexander-PA)
** THAILAND. 9720, Radio Thailand, 1233-1250+. Nov 9, tune-in to
English news. ID. Traval promos. In the clear with a weak but readable
signal, but deteriorated to a barely audible level by 1245.
(Alexander-PA)
** ZANZIBAR. 11735, ZBC, 2050-2123*, Nov 9, tune-in to traditional
Mid-Eastern music. Swahili announcements. Only an open carrier at
2100-2103. Programming back on at 2103 with many canned ?Spice
FM? IDs, promos and Swahili announcements. Western style pop
music. Abrupt sign off. Good overall signal but transmitter was
slightly noisy and had a weak hum. (Alexander-PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
------------------------------
Message: 7
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 21:44:02 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Madagascar 5010 reactivated
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
** MADAGASCAR. 5010.00, Radio Madagasikara, 0200-0240+,
Nov 10, carrier + USB. Reactivated. Tune-in to inspirational music,
choral music. Announcements. African Hi-life music. IS at 0228.
Choral National Anthem at 0228:45. Local guitar music and opening
announcements at 0230:45. Malagasy talk. Local African music at
0232. Weak but readable in noisy conditions. Checked yesterday for
these guys but nothing heard. Thanks to tip from Ron Howard and
others. (Alexander-PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
------------------------------
Message: 8
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 04:03:48 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXplorer"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [DXplorer] Madagascar 5010 reactivated
Message-ID: <E479CF53DD6C4BD4AC3CA28416820CBD@HNPC2>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
5010.006 - just measured.
Depends of daily SunSpot conditions, this morning Nov 10th at
0255 UT could only trace a threshold signal in Germany, could identify
chorus pop music with MDG flavour, but no details so far. S=3 fluttery
73 wb df5sx
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 3:43 AM
Subject: [DXplorer] Madagascar 5010 reactivated
> ** MADAGASCAR. 5010.00, Radio Madagasikara, 0200-0240+,
> Nov 10, carrier + USB. Reactivated. Tune-in to inspirational music,
> choral music. Announcements. African Hi-life music. IS at 0228.
> Choral National Anthem at 0228:45. Local guitar music and opening
> announcements at 0230:45. Malagasy talk. Local African music at
> 0232. Weak but readable in noisy conditions. Checked yesterday for
> these guys but nothing heard. Thanks to tip from Ron Howard and
> others. (Alexander-PA)
>
> Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
> Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
------------------------------
Message: 9
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 21:11:21 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 9-10, 2012
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
** ALBANIA. 6100, Nov 10 at 0227 tune-in, R. Tirana with pop music, and ``end
of our program for today; goodnight from Radio Tirana`` then switch to IS, 0230
opening English with usual B-12 schedule claiming this is on the air 7 nights a
week instead of 6. So the only scheduled English at 0230 got a prepeat, but
from how early, 0200? Probably not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA. 13363.5-LSB, Nov 10 at 0034, LTA feeder is on and in again, song
in English, ``I Love You So``, 0035 DJs talking over it, introducing
comerciales, a looong adstring, including speech-compressed tags, websites in
.ar, ``espacio publicitario``; 0040 ``tu radio``, QRM for a couple of minutes
from Enid acoustic sirens; still ads past 0042, 0043 headlines including
something about Uruguayan transit, Pope on Twitter, finally back to a song.
Never caught an ID of the originating station. But:
As I mention on WORLD OF RADIO 1642, Eduardo Peralta within Argentina heard a
new one Nov 8 at 0154, ``Metro 95.1, well-known FM station from Buenos Aires;
at 0154 "Fin espacio publicitario", into English rap music at 0156. Terrible,
noisy quality``. That matches what I was hearing tonight. Gone at 0100 recheck
when there might have been an ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA. 11711v, Nov 10 at 0044, RAE good signal, het, in Portuguese with
a porte?o accent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 4700, Nov 10 at 0022, JBA carrier and a trace of modulation,
probably R. San Miguel, heard in the mornings by Andy Robins and Bob Wilkner on
4699.95 or 4699.9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 4717-, Nov 10 at 0014, presumed Radio Yatun Ayllu Yura, Yura, is in
again tonight with music, better at 0022, and at 0047 it`s become the best of
the 4.7+ MHz signals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 5580.2, Nov 10 at 0023, JBA carrier, matching the frequency
reported by Bob Wilkner for Radio San Jos?, Oct 21 and 25 during the previous
hour. On 4 November he had it on 5580.16 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 5952.44, Nov 10 at 0046, Radio Pio Doce in Spanish, blasted away by
CRI Spanish via Cuba on new 5950 ex-5990, and causing a big het to it, but no
contest here about which dominates. RPXII was in the clear 24 hours earlier; we
can only hope the Cubans punched up the wrong frequency rather than a permanent
change (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4925, Nov 10 at 0029, poor in Portuguese with timecheck for 20 horas
and something, i.e. UT-4 zone which makes it R. Educa??o Rural, Tef?, Amazonas
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 2748.7-USB, Nov 10 at 0054, weak signal with weather, sort of
British accent, then some different voices, traffic contacts? 0057 it`s French
Canadian with an English accent, mentions ?les de la Madelaine. I know I`ve
heard something like this before: see DXLD 11-12, and also 10-48.
One schedule at http://www.dxinfocentre.com/mb.htm#O%20ATL
shows three Coast Guard stations in NS in rotation with Grindstone, Quebec,
i.e. Magdalen Islands, but the latest one starting before 0054 as VCO Sydney
from 0040. The CCG schedule at
http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/RAMN2012/Atlantic/Part2
agrees: ``MCTS Sydney / VCO - Broadcasts Time UTC 0040 Frequency 2749-J3E
RADIOTELEPHONY`` J3E means single sideband, suppressed carrier. And there is no
listing now for VCN or Grindstone, which apparently has been decommissioned
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 15340, oops! Nov 9 at 1929, we find the RHC new frequency to
Europe instead broadcasting cut numbers in MCW, i.e. tones on a regular AM
carrier. Cut numbers are ten Morse letters each standing for a different
number, easier and quicker to copy than the five dits/dahs making up each
proper Morse code number. And they are sent in groups of five each, then
pauses, just like we hear on various frequencies in the 5.8-5.9 MHz range late
at night. Of course, we already know these spy numbers, as well as the
Spanish-spoken variety, are from Cuba, but putting them on an RHC frequency
will make this a little harder to deny, if the dentroCubans even try to.
Not only is it an RHC frequency, but obviously an RHC transmitter, sharing the
site with the DGI spy numbers service, as finally at 1934 the numbers suddenly
stop, replaced by the RHC French service already in progress.
5950, Nov 9 at 2305, surprised to find CRI English here with good modulation,
and not on 5990, so must be the Cuban relay, which in HFCC B-12 is still shown
on 5990 for 23-24 English and 00-01 Spanish. A mistake, or are the ChiCom
rubbing in Taiwan`s departure from 5950 via WYFR? We`ll see subsequently. If
not the only occasion for CRI/HAB on 5950, it`s the first, as yesterday before
0100 it was certainly not there when I was getting BOLIVIA, q.v. unimpeded on
5952.44.
Yes, at 0024 UT Nov 10, CRI Spanish is still on 5950, and now has a big het
from Bolivia, even bigger at 0046 when I can hear some of its audio in the
sideband of ChiCuba.
5980, Nov 10 at 0046, jamming pulses against nothing, the R. Mart? frequency
used only from 07 to 13.
6165, Nov 10 at 0050, big open carrier is already on prior to RHC English at
01-07.
5025, Nov 10 at 0233, R. Rebelde has big continuous het on the hi side,
probably that unID transmitter, which usually sends RTTY, approx. 5025.64
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 6180, Nov 10 at 0048, M&W in English discussing natural
wonders. Must be CRI via Kashgar, scheduled 00-01 southward, tnx to the absence
now for more than a week of RNA/RNB Brasil (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 9490, Nov 10 at 0012, R. Rep?blica, missing 24 hours earlier,
is back with huge signal atop the Cuban jamming. The spurs have been
suppressed, no longer heard up around 9500, tho there is still a lot of hash
closer in, around 9485/9495 at 0032 check.
But TDF still hasn`t fixed the 49m spurs out of NHK relay transmitter on 5960
after 0200: Nov 10 at 0227 I am still hearing the blobs around 6076, 5994,
5926, 5844 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 6185, Nov 9 at 2308, XEPPM is already on with Mexican music. Guess
they start at 2300 even during standard time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NEWFOUNDLAND. 6160.9, Nov 10 at 0051, no carrier detectable from CKZN which
has been off-frequency for a few months. Meant to check earlier before Cuba on
6165, but that carrier was already on by 0050. There was a weak signal on
6160.0. So is CKZN off, or back on frequency to collide more directly with
CKZU? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 4746.75, Nov 9 at 0018, weak signal with music and talk, probably R.
Huanta Dos Mil, which may vary a little around 4747. On Nov 4 in the morning,
Andy Robins had this tentatively on 4747.08
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1642 monitoring: confirmed on Area 51 via WBCQ
5110v-CUSB, starting promptly at 0230 UT Saturday November 10. Better signal
here, now one hour later into the nightside thanks to the end of DST, and so it
should be elsewhere westward. Next:
Saturday 0630 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265, 1 kW from Germany
Saturday 0900, 1600, 1830 on WRMI 9955
Saturday 1630 on Hamburger Lokalradio 6190, 1 kW (new, ex-7265)
Saturday 1830 on WRN via SiriusXM 120
UT Sunday 0500 on WTWW-1 5745 (ex-0400)
Sunday 0900, 1630 on WRMI 9955
Monday 0530, Tuesday 1200 on WRMI 9955
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9479, Nov 10 at 0030, again tonight WTWW-1 is still on its day
frequency altho it`s night and signal has dropped to poor level and with
growing het from China(?) 9480 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1480, Nov 10 at 0033 UT, open carrier from the direxion of Dallas is
dominating, i.e. KBXD testing (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1620, Nov 9 at 2035 UT, sports talk, which means that KOZN in
Nebraska is already skywaving, barely one bihour after local mean noon, but the
sun is steadily sinking to lower and lower zeniths. These on the caradio; an
hour later at 2134 I am hearing ``Newstalk 16-20, WTAW``, College Station TX
from the south where the sun is of course still higher than here or Nebraska,
but low enough (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4417, Nov 10 at 0021, fair and steady open carrier, wonder what?
Probably North American ute, too strong for a South American broadcaster (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4775, Nov 10 at 0015, something very weak here, probably R.
Tarma, Per?, but there is also a Brazilian, R. Congonhas (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4825.0, Nov 10 at 0025 two nearby signals making a het, one of
which is right on - probably R. Can??o Nova, Brasil, while there are two
Peruvians reported, one slightly lower, one slightly higher, La Voz de la Selva
and Radio Sicuani respectively, but are all currently active? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4864.7, Nov 10 at 0027, music, het from another station. R.
Logos, Bolivia was reported on the low side of 4865 but not this low (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7255, Nov 9 at 0730, very poor broadcast signal, maybe Arabic?
First guess would be Nigeria, except Aoki and EiBi B12 show no usage of 7255 by
VON in the mornings. How about Belarus? 250 kW from Minsk is here at 05-08, say
HFCC and EiBi, but Aoki says 04-07 (more timezone confusion). Nothing else at
this hour in any of them, and HFCC excludes anything from Nigeria. BBC English
from Ascension is finished with 7255 at 0600, all agree (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 119, Issue 10
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