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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs November 22, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Nov 22 Logs ([email protected])
3. Glenn Hauser logs November 21-23, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:09:45 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 22, 2012
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** AUSTRALIA. 5982 & 6008, Nov 22 at 1405, no spurs audible from R. Australia
5995. Mike Cooper sent a press report that there was a grassfire at the
Shepparton site about the same date I was hearing the spurs, perhaps caused by
the wiring, so I wonder if the spurs were a cause or effect of the fire?
11880, Thu Nov 22 at 1540, discussion of US politix, interview with Politifax
guy, RA show originating with RN; 11880 now opens at 1530 on 50 degree beam, so
useful here after 9580 is off at 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Nov 22 around 1355: none found 18-12 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [non?]. 12045, Nov 22 at 1357 pseudo-drama in English about cooking
and dating, then some Chinese. I figured it was CRI`s end-of-hour language
lesson filler, but looking it up, find VOA Chinese is scheduled until 1400 via
Saipan. However, that Must Be Jammed, as Aoki reminds us with an as*erisk, so
could jamming source have been CRI English for a change? Had not noticed such a
good signal before, with ACI from 12050 WEWN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 5745, Nov 22 at 1151, R. Mart? is on, good signal and no
jamming yet, unlike 5980, 6030. OCB has just expanded schedule to originally
planned 11-14 UT on 5745, now that WTWW has found another frequency, 5830
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 13780, Nov 22 at 1536, RHC is missing, supposedly on until 1600, and
still going on the other 11, 15, and 17 MHz channels (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. 12055 // stronger 12070, Nov 22 at 1538 in Swahili, i.e. DW
via RWANDA during this hour. HFCC shows 12055 is non-direxional while 12070
aims due south; that`s not a Swahili-speaking area, Zambia and beyond (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. 15485, Nov 22 at 1531, no signal from V. of Tibet via Talata,
which we heard a few days ago and remains listed in Aoki, but never listed in
HFCC. Nor is it on an adjacent frequency in case a jumparound be required to
avoid jamming. Plenty of Eurasian signals audible on 19m, anyway. What now?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 960, UT Thu Nov 22 at 0600 UT, KGWA Enid manages to modulate
instead of providing a Fox-hole, for the second night; is my understation DX
window done for? Will keep checking (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1000, Thu Nov 22 at 1208 UT, KTOK OKC has replaced its morning
newstalk on this holiday with a 2-hour musical program for Thanksgiving,
featuring various US military bands playing instrumental inspirational music,
starting with ``God of Our Fathers`` by the US Marine Band, then ``Shaker
Melody``, by a US Army band. Announcer gives scriptural background for each
piece. The music is nice, but this whole concept is a clear violation of
Separation of Church and (Military) State (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES [non]. 15330, Nov 22 at 1430, R. Mart? has a fast SAH and CCI
under, more of a QRM problem than jamming at the moment. HFCC shows the R.
Veritas Asia relay in Urdu via SMG VATICAN is here at 1430-1457 with 250 kW at
70 degrees, AND 1430-1500 with 250 kW at 89 degrees, to non-identical CIRAF
targets: presumably only one is really in effect (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. Anomalies at BSKSA: 17625, Nov 22 at 1346, Qur`an on here, but
no signal on usual // 17615. Per Aoki, 17615 runs HQS to 1557 and 17625 until
1357. At 1439, now it`s the reverse with 17615 on and 17625 off.
17705, Nov 22 at 1346, open carrier/dead air, and still so at 1434. This is
supposed to be BSKSA General program 1 at 1155-1457. Meanwhile 21505 was
nominal with good signal and modulation. They forgot to apply modulation to
17705; oh well (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [and non]. 15170, Thu Nov 22 at 1332, checking REE via COSTA RICA just
to be sure there`s no Basque: `Diario Hablado` concludes with sports item, then
Castilian interview with proprietor of an Elvis-themed wedding chapel in
Madrid; costs only 40 Euro?
At 1349, presumed // 21540 direct is well buried by SSOB Qur`an from Quwait,
which stubbornly refuses to end this collision by operating on its
long-registered frequency 21520 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15434 & 15746, Nov 22 at 1350, no spurblobs audible today from VOA
Spanish 15590, unlike 24 hours earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3195 & 5050, Nov 22 at 0446, both WWRB frequencies are off; 3185
Brother Scare was dead air for a bit, then resumed. Hope a temporary problem,
and one or both will be on 24 hours later for WORLD OF RADIO, UT Friday 0430
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, Nov 22 at 0444 check, WORLD OF RADIO 1644 was ready in time for
first airing on WRMI, UT Thursday 0430; but totally blocked by wall-of-noise
jamming. Tnx a lot, Arnie! Further WRMI airings: Sat 0900, 1600, 1830, Sun
0900, 1630, Mon 0530, Tue 1200. BTW, by 0626 Nov 22, WRMI was audible with R.
Praga in Spanish atop pulse jamming.
First audible WOR airing should be Thursday 2200 on WTWW-1 9479; then UT Friday
0430 on WWRB 3195 and/or 5050; UT Saturday 0230v on Area 51 via WBCQ
5110v-CUSB; Saturday 0630 on HLR 7265, 1630 on HLR 6190; Saturday 1830 on WRN
via SiriusXM 120; UT Sunday 0500 on NEW 5830 from WTWW-1. Possibly sometime the
same Saturday evening/UT Sunday on WTWW-2, 5085 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 840, Nov 22 at 1230 UT, ``Christian teaching on KWG#``, and `Grace to
You` show; good in null of WHAS, loops NW/SE. Must really be KWDF, 8 kW
daytimer in Ball LA, which is NW of Alexandria. NRC AM Log shows it starts at
0700 ET = 1200 UT, but FCC AM Query says altho it has a PSRA of 500 watts, in
November only, it does not apply due to WHAS! However, legal November sunrise
has just happened at 1230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1300, Nov 22 at 0647 UT, sports references to ``UT``, so could it be
one of the Tennesseeans? No such luck: ``AM 1300 The Zone`` and further talk
about the Texas Motor Speedway, so it`s KVET Austin (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. 15770-15775-15780, Nov 22 at 1533, fairly strong DRM signal should
decode if one cared to bother: HFCC shows Vatican Radio, 125 kW at 90 degrees,
1530-1550 (Sundays to 1558) in English. How many DRM receivers exist east of
Holy See? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6135+, Nov 22 at 1403, heterodyne audible here, with likely
explanation from Ron Howard`s log Nov 20: Shiokaze has reverted to 6135.0 at
1330-1430, and Madagascar varies around 6135.19, which would be long path. The
het is on the hi side of 6135 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:46:47 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected]
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Subject: [HCDX] Nov 22 Logs
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** BANGLADESH. 15105, Bangladesh Betar, *1228-1300*, Nov 22,
test tone at 1227. Sign on at 1228 with IS and opening English ID
announcements at 1230. English news, commentary. Subcont
music. Strong signal strength but equally strong hum making
reception difficult. (Alexander-PA)
** BANGLADESH. 15505, Bangladesh Betar, *1357-1430*, Nov 22,
carrier on at 1356. Sign on at 1357 with IS. Time pips at 1400 and
opening announcements in listed Urdu. Talk and subcont music.
Good but with slight hum. (Alexander-PA)
** BANGLADESH. 15505, Bangladesh Betar, *1513-1520+, Nov 22,
Sign on with IS. Opening announcements and talk in listed Hindi at
1515. Very weak. (Alexander-PA)
** CUBA. 6270, 5955, RHC spurs, 0635-0700*, Nov 22, very weak
leapfrogging spurs of 6060 and 6165. 6270 leapfrogging spur of
6060 and 5955 leapfrogging spur of 6165. 105 kHz separation
between each frequency. English programming. Thanks to previous
tips from Ralph Perry and Glenn Hauser about these spurs.
(Alexander-PA)
** DJIBOUTI. 4780, Radio Djibouti, *0300-0330, Nov 22, sign on with
National Anthem. Arabic talk at 0300:40. Local flute music at 0301.
Qur`an at 0302. Talk at 0311. Indigenous tribal music at 0327. Poor.
Weak in noisy conditions. (Alexander-PA)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Radio Africa, 1805-1947*, Nov 22,
US produced English religious programming. ?Radio Africa? ID
announcement at 1827 along with email address and contact information.
Back to English religious programming at 1828. Another 1 minute ?Radio
Africa? ID announcement at 1927 with myway.com email address and
address in Nigeria. Abrupt sign off. Fair. (Alexander-PA)
** MALI. 5995, RTVM, *0555-0800*, Nov 22, sign on with guitar IS.
National Anthem at 0557. Short flute IS followed by opening French
ID announcements at 0558. Vernacular talk at 0600. Wide variety of
African hi-life music, local tribal vocals, and Afro-pop music after 0601.
Some French talk. Sign off at 0800 with flute IS. Very good signal and
good modulation. Rarely heard this strong. (Alexander-PA)
** MALI. 9635, RTVM, *0800-0810, Nov 22, sign on with flute IS and
opening French ID announcements. Vernacular talk at 0801. Strong.
Very good signal. (Alexander-PA)
** MEXICO. 6184.99, Radio Educaci?n, 0525-0606*, Nov 22, some
local ranchero music. Spanish Radio-drama with some short breaks
of instrumental music. Small portion of National Anthem at 0604:25
along with talk. Abrupt sign off. Transmitter off at 0613:18. Weak
but readable. (Alexander-PA)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6924.9, WMPR, 2055-2115, Nov 22,
techno-pop dance music. ID: ?WMPR, truth, love and understanding?.
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:08:46 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 21-23, 2012
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** ANGUILLA. 2820, Nov 23 at 0044 UT I am searching the 2 MHz band for MW
harmonix, and may have finally found one --- gospel huxter in English, at some
peaks can tell he is over-assertive, but not hyper-assertive.
But could also be some kind of mixing product or image from SW, so I check some
of the bigsigs for a match: not // 3185, 5070, 5830, 6115 --- but oh oh, it is
// and synchronized with 6090, i.e. DGS. Unlikely he`s also on some MW 1410 or
940 station to produce an harmonic here, so start figuring:
2 x 2820 = 5640. Add the DX-398 IF of 450 kHz and what do you get? 6090! Since
the receiver IF is involved, we know it`s just an image. (The DX-398 also
``hears`` WTWW-1 weakly on 4930 = 5830 minus 2 x 450). Furthermore, 2820 is not
synchronized with the other DGS via WWCR on 13845 which as usual has faded way
down prior to 0100 QSY to 5935 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 4716.84 approx., Nov 23 at 0035, weak station with music,
presumably R. Yatun Ayllu Yura, in Yura, which I measured exactly one biweek
before on 4716.64, and others have reported circa 4716.7.
5580, JBA carrier at 0040, likely the Bolivian too.
6105.5v, so far no luck even hearing a JBA carrier from reactivated R.
Panamericana. Is Ralph Perry or anyone still hearing it evenings? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4814.64, Nov 23 at 0038, music and Portuguese announcements vs
CODAR, and must use USB tuning to take out uteblob on lo side which is also an
obstacle to the hi side of 4810 R. Logos. Recheck at 0058 when M&W are talking,
0101 some electronic SFX, 0102 ID mentions OM and ondas curtas 62m, don`t catch
the name or callsign. But the only Brazilian around here is Rdif. de Londrina,
Paran?. Website indicates they are totally religious format, and also calls
4815 ``ondas curtas 62m`` rather than onda tropical. However, Ralph Perry and
Jim Young have measured it on 4814.97 in recent days (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 15191.4, Nov 23 at 0103, very poor signal in Portuguese, no doubt R.
Inconfid?ncia on its usual off-frequency. Was checking this since in the
radioescutas group this has been listed as inoperative. Maybe it`s skipping
over most of Brasil and they can`t hear it there; or irregular (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CROATIA [non]. 7375, Nov 23 at 0025, checking Voice of Croatia via Nauen,
GERMANY, where two transmitters have been producing a beat circa 20 Hz apart,
very annoying: apparently fixed, but now there is irregular propagational
flutter, unlike more southerly paths from 7465 Albania and 7475 Greece, e.g.
Modulation sounds slightly ``hollow``, i.e. not precisely synchronized, but
adequate.
I had notified Walter Brodowsky of MBR about the non-synchronization problem:
``Hi Walter, We have been bothered by the fact that the two Nauen transmitters
carrying Croatia on 7375 are not zero-beat in frequency, between 0000 and 0400
UT. In fact, I estimate they are some 20 Hz apart, altho I cannot measure it
exactly. This rapid flutter really impedes listenability. Believe me, altho one
is aimed at South America, there is plenty of signal from it reaching us in
North America to cause this problem. Could you look into having them match the
frequencies precisely? Best wishes, Glenn Hauser, Oklahoma, WORLD OF RADIO``
And he replied Nov 21:
``HI Glenn, many thanks for your observation and letting us know about it. I
forwarded your very valuable information towards SW Radio Station Nauen so that
the Technical Staff there can look into this issue and I hope the problem will
be solved very soon. All the best to you and hope to hear again from you in the
future.
Best regards
Walter Brodowsky
Head of Short-Wave
Senior Expert Sales Short-wave``
Followed by another reply Nov 22:
``Good Morning Gentlemen, Many thanks for all your efforts in this matter. The
problem should be solved now: There was a technical failure at Nauen which
avoided the synchronization between the different frequency control units of
the two transmitters which were broadcasting simultaneously on 7375 kHz. As
long as each transmitter is broadcasting as a "stand alone" solution and not in
simulcast mode with another transmitter such an error is very difficult for
being remarked. Therefore, I would like to express our thankfulness for letting
us know about the very specific problem which helped us a lot to find this
technical problem and solve it. Please let us know in the future if there would
be trouble again.
Best regards
Walter Brodowsky
Head of Short-Wave
Senior Expert Sales Short-wave``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR. 4781.72 approx., Nov 23 at 0035, as I tune in, Spanish timecheck
for 19 horas, 35 minutos, i.e. UT-5; ``m?sica, en Oriental, tu Radio``. Earlier
this month in the mornings at *1100, Bob Wilkner in FL had R. Oriental, Napo,
on 4781.64, and Ralph Perry in IL on 4781.68 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 9490, Nov 23 at 0104 check, R. Rep?blica has VG signal with
hardly any jamming audible, nor any spurs! Keep it up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [and non]. 7255, Nov 22 at 2117, VON with African music, whilst
serving as BFO for North American LSB ham declaring that ``Metamucil is very
similar to Ex-Lax``. At 2152 music, 2154 audio cutting in and out, then
non-English announcement; 2200 in a language which says ``Salaam Aleikum``, not
Arabic, and probably Hausa as scheduled, while the previous language was
Fulfulde.
I was checking this out because, as mentioned on WORLD OF RADIO 1644, Bruce
Fisher in New York as of Nov 19 had been hearing an unlisted VON English
transmission for a few days at 2130-2200, very good to excellent on 7255.
Thorsten Hallmann in Germany has also noted some variations in VON`s known
schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 4747.1, Nov 23 at 0033, weak station with music, no doubt R. Huanta
2000 on characteristic frequency.
5120 and 5460, JBA carriers at 0040, likely the Peruvians (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [and non]. PRIDNESTROVYE, 7290, Nov 23 at 0028, VOR is poor with
QRhaM, counting 1-2-3, whistling, carrier het on and off, etc. In this case the
North American ham is perfectly within his rights, as VOR is the intruder and
has no business broadcasting *to* North America inside our hamband (and also on
7250). There are plenty of spots they could use above 7300. Even worse, 7290 is
a favorite spot for hams in the rare AM mode (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050 // 3215, Nov 23 at 0107, WWRB is back on and using both
transmitters; sounds like Pastor Cain from SC, who is also our lead-in to WORLD
OF RADIO at 0430 UT Fridays.
First audible WOR airing was confirmed inbooming on 9479, Thursday Nov 22 at
2200+ on WTWW-1; and yes, complete now to its 29-minute duration, altho
switching back to SFAW afterwards, back-announced as if I were PPP (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1480, Nov 21 at 2048 UT, new KBXD Dallas is already skywaving in with
gospel music, frequent IDs with variety of slogans including ``The answer to
your prayers``, and plugging their 50 kW power. Way over KQAM Wichita
groundwave on caradio, but fading down to nothing and back up. 2100 into
`Financial Survival` with Cedarstrom which isn`t exactly religious. KQAM might
even have issues with this in their coverage area? (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) [Date correct, omitted from previous report]
** VATICAN. 7250, Nov 22 at 2155, poor signal in Arabic, which turns out to be
Vatican scheduled 2140-2200, 250 kW, 108 degrees from SMG; while I was
expecting V. of Russia in English, also scheduled here at 21-22, 275 degrees
from Moskva. However, its North American beam of 315 degrees, 500 kW from
``Krasnodar`` starts at 2200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 2335 kHz, Nov 23 at 0056 UT, in searching for MW harmonics, very
poor signal here with music, but since it ends in -5, not a likely harmonic;
nor is it so easily explained as 2820 (see ANGUILLA). On the 2 MHz band but not
higher, I am now hearing some lightning crashes, which per the Weather Channel
map for nighttime golfers, would be coming from a storm line between southern
Missouri and central Illinois (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 119, Issue 23
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