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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs January 14, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
2. LOgs for 8/1/13 (LIAGKAS ZAXARIAS)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:58:03 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
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Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 14, 2013
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** BRAZIL. 11780, Jan 14 at 0629, still no RNB audible but the wideband noise
is still QRMing the entire 25m band, audible roughly 11.4-12.0 MHz, especially
noticeable under weakish signals from NZ on 11725, WEWN on 11870. So continued
much later than previous night, maybe all-night. But by 1400 UT recheck, 25m is
clear of it again, altho RNB is typically inaudible at this daypart.
Brazilian DXers on the radioescutas group have shown no interest at all in this
matter, but Jorge Freitas, in the DXLDyg has been monitoring it via various
remote receivers and thinks my suspicion that the Bras?lia 11780 transmitter is
responsible has merit. Others still hear that normally at other times of day. I
am even wondering if it is a DRM test gone horribly wrong.
Don Moman in Alberta reports: ``Overnight Jan 14th monitoring (using Camstudio
to do a screen grab every 60 seconds) showed our wide band noise went off
abruptly around 0649:30. It then came back on, but over a period of minutes
starting at 0712. At 1010 one could start to see some gaps starting to show in
the noise spectrum and it continued to shrink until I couldn't see it any more
around 1035. I do not believe this was a propagation based fade, considering
the strength and steadiness of their signal all night up to that point. The
band was still quite full of signals. I saw no other wide band noise activity
since then. 73 Don VE6JY`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 13580, Jan 14 at 1507, R. Cairo in Albanian, QRMing itself, such that
the music sounds off-pitch, as well as the distorted talk. Signal strength is
sufficient on this 300-degree beam from Abu Zabaal, also favoring North America
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 5765-USB, Jan 14 at 1337, this is an on-day for AFN, with NBC Today
show segment on celebrities flashing back at papparazzi; wideband OTH radar
pulsing QRM probably from China (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 730, Jan 14 at 1410 UT, Mexican music and ``Ke Buena`` ID before
succumbing totally to 740 KRMG Tulsa 50 kW splash. So XEHB, Hidalgo del Parral,
Chihuahua, surely also running 50 kW, has held up longer than most lowbanders,
a semihour past sunrise here (Glenn hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Jan 14 at 1354 UT, NO signal from KEOR Sperry/Catoosa with
its never-announced or IDed Mexican music; just KMOX. Bruce Winkelman within
Tulsa had first noticed it absent on Jan 13. Still off Jan 14 at 1822 UT
approaching local mean noon.
2 kW daytimer KEOR had been active almost every day and often illegally at
night for almost 3 months since first re-noticed October 18 as in DXLD 12-43,
yet never reported by anyone except Bruce and me, as I search thru both NRC eDX
News and IRCA Soft DX Monitors.
We may not have heard the last of it yet, with its CP for 10 kW day, 7 kW
critical hours, tho you`d think broadcasting for 3 months with nary an ID, and
even at night might get it into a wee bit of trouble with the FCC. But who`s
complaining?
At AM Query I see KEOR is owned by ``La Zeta 95.7``. Googling on that leads to
Bentonville etc., NW Arkansas, KSEC. Yet FCC also shows that on Nov 21, 2012,
sale was ``consummated`` to Rafft Corp., in Rogers TX (NOT AR) (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 11890, Jan 14 at 1434, BBCWS with quite sufficient signal during
`Outlook`, interviewing first a radio station manager in Gao, eastern Mali,
about how he is coping with the Islamist invasion, Sharia law imposed, power
only in the evenings, etc., closing only with his incomprehensible name, not
the name of the station, or godforbid, the frequency. His replies in French
were voiced-over very articulately.
Next interview with a British yachting couple who had been held hostage for two
years in Somalia, finally released thanks to ransom donors who wanted to remain
anonymous. No translation.
Third interview with Suzanne (?), an Afghan rapper who is boldly bucking
persecution of women, also voiced over professionally.
Cut off the air at 1459:30*, having been 25 degrees from SINGAPORE, at 13-15,
carrying on well to North America despite BBC`s best efforts to prevent
Americans from listening on SW. A few sex later, before 1500, a weaker R.
Svoboda comes on 11890, i.e. Belarussian from Woofferton UK (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1651 monitoring: confirmed on WRMI 9955, UT Monday Jan
14 at 0537, roughly equal to the Cuban pulse jamming level, each fading up and
down independently, just as I am freely talking about RHC being an integral
part of the DGI spy agency. Next: Tuesday 1200, Thursday 0430 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3195, Jan 14 at 0637, buzzy open carrier, suspected WWRB on the air
past usual 0500*; other WWRB 3185 and WWCR 3215 were normal (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15630-15680, Jan 14 at 1342, peaking around 15650, modulation spur
spikes matching 15825 WWCR where signal is stronger than usual; sporadic-E
enhanced? 1344 series of promos for WWCR shows on other frequencies. Weaker
spikes also audible circa 16000, i.e. plus and minus 175 kHz or so from
fundamental. Could be these are always radiated, but audiblized only when
fundamental surges to a certain strength. Spikes around 15650 still audible at
1513. WWCR still hasn`t figured out how to suppress its spurs (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 770, Jan 14 at 0647 UT, `Red Eye Radio` program ID, so must be WABC
NYC, the only 770 on their affiliate list
http://www.redeyeradioshow.com/article.asp?id=2531095
I was at first suspecting this weak talk signal in English would be KKOB or
KKOB, but not with that show. Been ages since I`ve heard WABC out here more
than 2 megameters away (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 930, Jan 14 at 0642 UT, `Coast to Coast` recognized, same speaker and
subject as on 860, 850, 840, etc., etc., in WKY OKC null. Searching C2C website
affiliate list at
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/stations
gets only one hit on 930, KSDN in Aberdeen SD, whose 1 kW night pattern is
mainly toward the northeast,
http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/105214-3689.pdf
with very little southward, from close to due north from here; new one, anyway,
presumed (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also UNIDENTIFIED 900
** U S A. 1020, Jan 14 at 1358 UT, sunrise surge from KMMQ Portsmouth NE, clear
with semi-local KOKP Perry OK carefully nulled. Spanish restaur?n ad, slogan as
``La Nueva 10-20 AM, La estaci?n de La Raza`` (which in Chicano thinking must
not be considered racist). So still have not heard the alleged ``Ke Padre``
slogan as in NRC AM Log 2012-2013. Then live DJ with TC, ``un minuto para las
ocho de la ma?ana``, and phoning Celina (sp?) in El Salvador, playing a bit of
Ma?anitas for her, telling her it`s ``Radio K en Omaha, Nebraska`` llamando,
but no sign of a legal ID even as announcing in passing ``8 en punto``; 1402
it`s fading, losing out to KOKP. KMMQ`s official January sunrise for 50 kW day
power is 1345 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1200, Jan 14 at 1424 UT, gospel huxtress in English looping N/S, but
not something WOAI San Antonio would be carrying. No sign of anything else
except weak Spanish, i.e. WRTO Chicago. WOAI had been in a total fade, but soon
came back. So the religion must have been KFNW in West Fargo ND, which in
January may start 50 kW day facilities at 1415 UT, mostly to the north, but
some to the south:
http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1316214-107837.pdf
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1250, Jan 14 at 1428 UT, Capital One ad in English, associated with
sports, 1430 ``Sports Leader, ESPN``, no Spanish at first, which usually
dominates from La Equis, KYYS Kansas City. So presumed KZDC San Antonio TX, the
most likely ESPN outlet anywhere around here, 5 kW non-direxional days, and
seems N/S, tho KBTC in Houston (how do they pronounce it?), south-central
Missouri is also ESPN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 960, UT Monday Jan 15 during another KGWA Fox-hole of dead air, I
make out some harmonica/blues music at 0604 UT which based on unusual format I
suspect is from WABG in Greenwood, Mississippi, but have never been able to
catch any ID from (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15901-SSB, Jan 14 at 1347, 2-way in colloquial Spanish, mentioned
coordinates 95-57 and 23-55, which is off the coast of Tamaulipas in the Gulf,
also at 1350 mentioned ``pescas``, i.e. fishing. I wonder if these
higher-frequency never-IDing Spanish communicators, legal or not, are using
them for short-range contacts with other vessels, or with faraway HQs? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:40:37 +0200 (EET)
From: LIAGKAS ZAXARIAS <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
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Subject: [HCDX] LOgs for 8/1/13
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8/1/13
Brazil 11765 , 11780 and 9819.5 0445 with pretty signals And also 9665 S2
over N Korea
9330 USA WBCQ OM with rater relig 0450 talks S1
12105 WTWW Lebanon 0450 relig talk in PP S1
15160 RA 0452 talks S0
15720 RNZI? 0454 talks ,marginal
7120 Somalia 0456 with S9 7170 is with S3 7205 with S4
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