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To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to hard-core-dx-requ...@hard-core-dx.com You can reach the person managing the list at hard-core-dx-ow...@hard-core-dx.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Hard-Core-DX digest..." ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt Today's Topics: 1. Logs 21+22/1 (LIAGKAS ZAXARIAS) 2. Re: [dxld] Koran chanting on approx 9190.96 (Wolfgang Bueschel) 3. Re: [dxld] Re: Bangladesh Betar on 4752 (Wolfgang Bueschel) 4. Glenn Hauser logs January 29, 2013 (Glenn Hauser) 5. Re: Glenn Hauser logs January 29, 2013 (Glenn Hauser) 6. Glenn Hauser logs January 29-30, 2013 (Glenn Hauser) 7. DX and Shortwave meetings of 2013 (Risto V?h?kainu) 8. $5074* Funding Shortfall Deadline (Radio Heritage Mail) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:24:28 +0200 (EET) From: LIAGKAS ZAXARIAS <gree...@otenet.gr> To: cumbre...@yahoogroups.com, hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com, playdx2...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [HCDX] Logs 21+22/1 Message-ID: <21301493.7034.1359462268027.javamail.tom...@elgreco.otenet.gr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; format=flowed 21/1/13 4976 UBC Uganda 0446 ?UBC news? S9 15160 Australia 0439 news S0 1476 Arabic station with Arabic songs of 70-80s S6 on horizontal antenna 1260 ERA Rhodos with S9+20 signal 22/1/13 9819.3 R 9/7 0402 ? with adverts and a web address S5 Same time 11765 RDA is S9 , 11780 is S3 and 11815 is S5 11885 XJPBS 0405 with talks S5 max ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:01:59 +0100 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesche...@web.de> To: "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Koran chanting on approx 9190.96 Message-ID: <1753EA19703E4B0FAD152B22BF59749F@HNPC2> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Scheduled at Al Fitahab 100 kW ITU antenna type #804 log-periodic horizontal 804 LPH 16/33.9/3.1/36.9/1.5/26/600 visible 3 x revolving type horizontals at 15 35 12.68 N 32 26 44.46 E http://goo.gl/maps/ej7G4 7200 Sudan 03-22 UT, 210 degr, 9505 Sudan 04-08 UT, 110 degr, 16-22 UT, 210 degr. Reported also in the past on 11650 and 15725 kHz. PTT Khartoum was 9220 kHz, Khartoum Air 9212 and 9231 kHz. {according Klingenfuss lists} ----- Original Message ----- From: "Partha Sarathi Goswami, Siliguri, W.B., India" <dx...@india.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [dxld] Koran chanting on approx 9190.96 > On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Robin L. Harwood > <robroy...@yahoo.com.au>wrote: > > Glenn was Sudan from Omurdan at one time on 9200? It would fit the > timeframe > and content. It didn't sound as if it was a spurious transmission either. > > Robin Harwood VK7RH > Norwood, Tasmania 7250 > > It could be as recently I found 7200 kHz also with better signals, so it > needs to be monitored if the 9200 reactivated and drifted down to 9191 > kHz > 73s ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:09:37 +0100 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesche...@web.de> To: "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Re: Bangladesh Betar on 4752 Message-ID: <1A605297633849E0BFBB1F9E22AD8F54@HNPC2> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original BGD 4752 - heard today Jan 29th at 1115 UT on remote rxs in Finland and far northern Sweden. But now at 1655 UT seemingly an Indian subcontinent language by male voice, radio seemingly aligned back now on exact 4750 kHz. 73 wb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve" <steve.calv...@ntlworld.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 4:38 PM Subject: [dxld] Re: [HCDX] Bangladesh Betar on 4752 Hi Everyone......I have been copying Bangladesh Betar on 4752kHz although the frequency tends to drift.....not heard thus far today 29th Jan. Steve. UK. Flex Radio 1500. Half size G5RV. --- In d...@yahoogroups.com, "Wolfgang Bueschel" wrote: > > Yes Jorge, > Bangladesh Betar is now heard with like Holy Quran singer program at 1630 > UT > Jan 28 > on exact 4752.000 kHz, as has been always from last week onwards. > > 73 wb > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jorge Freitas" > To: ; "Hard Core DX" ; > > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 4:47 PM > Subject: [HCDX] Bangladesh Betar on 4752 > 4752 28/Jan 1521 Bangladesh, Bangladesh Betar in Bengali. Om talk. QRM > CODAR > at 1528. At 1529 instrumental music. A few seconds without modulation. At > 1530 Yl Starts the program in English, ID. Listening in radio remote from > Twente, NL. Recorded in http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006/14188794/ 33333 > (Jorge Freitas-B) > 73 Jorge Freitas > Feira de Santana Bahia > 12?14?S 38?58?W - Brasil ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:18:10 -0800 (PST) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: d...@yahoogroups.com Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 29, 2013 Message-ID: <1359479890.37266.yahoomailclas...@web161302.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 ** CHINA. 7435 // weaker and SSB QRhaMed 7220, Jan 29 at 1358, Radio Exterior de Espa?a interval signal is still being played by the confused ChiCom before CRI`s Nepali broadcast; both via Kunming site, but SARFT master control in Beijing is to blame (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. Circa 1510 Jan 29, RHC fails to transmit a galaxy of spurs surrounding 11760 today, unlike yesterday; what`s wrong? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EAST TURKISTAN. 4850, Jan 29 at 0057 weak signal with some program modulation vs hi local noise level. Must be PBS Xinjiang, Kazakh service, 100 kW, ND from Urumqi as per Aoki, at 2340-0325; nothing else scheduled. BTW, following my recent remark, I see that Aoki has corrected all the spellings from ``Urumqui``! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also ETHIOPIA ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. 9565.6v, Jan 29 at 1512, big het no doubt caused by the always-off-frequency Ethiopia. It`s making a pitch on my keyboard primarily at E5 = 659 Hz, but shifting irregularly a semitone higher to about F5 = 698 Hz. Approached another way by counting the clix at 40-Hz steps above 9560 on the DX-398, I get 13 = only 0.52 kHz, so possibly the other weaker station it is hetting is slightly below 9560? Unlikely, as it must be CRI Chinese via Kashgar, only other thing scheduled. And before 1600 it`s not R. Ethiopia, but the clandestine service for Eritrea, V. of Democratic Alliance, until 1530 in Tigrinya Tue/Thu/Sat, other days Arabic per WRTH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUIANA FRENCH [and non]. Suspicious open carrier, which I am tentatively pinning on Montsin?ry due to previous behavior, e.g. on 11995, leaving transmitter on air long after end of scheduled broadcasts: 11740, Jan 29 at 0612, fast SAH upon weak station in French, which is ROMANIA, not what one might guess from old schedules, Vatican which now does not start here until 0700 (altho we know how unreliable they are too). 11740 is of course, the NHK GUF relay in English to NAm at 0500-0530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALI. 5995, Jan 29 at 0610, open carrier, S9+18, seems too strong for MALI, which does start around 0600 typically with very low modulation. But nothing else is scheduled. Considering the civil war in Mali, it`s fortunate that the government radio station stays on the air at all, but some modulation would be helpful. REE Costa Rica had previously in A-12 been on here by mistake, but tonight it`s on proper 5965 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5980, Jan 29 at 0052 I start monitoring for the new R. Chaski, Cuzco. Good sign: there is CCI from two stations, but also splat from CRI Habana 5990 which is about to finish. At 0059 I am hearing both music and a Chinese announcement. Chi station timesignal ends at 0100* and off the air, still hearing instrumental music, maybe with a religious tinge? Muffled announcement follows. I have a pretty good ear for Spanish, but I could not recognize it as such, so Quechua? After another bit of music like a fanfare, more talk and now I definitely pick out a few Spanish words. This cuts off the air abruptly at 0104:50*. So altho I have not heard an ID, I am now positive it is R. Chaski. The Chinese station would be CNR1 jammer of VOA Tibetan via Sri Lanka. And no Cuban pulse jamming audible now, despite R. Mart? in the madrugada. News about R. Chaski from other sources: Thomas Nilsson in Sweden heard it January 23 during an earlier window at 22-23 UT and contacted the station. Reply came from one Bruce Maddux, so it would appear English is fine. He said they had begun in November after many years off the air, and Thomas was the first international listener to contact them. (We all have been remiss in not finding it before PFA did!) Station says schedule is 05-10 & 17-20 local time, rather than -22 as PFA first reported. 20 local = 01 UT, so this closure and the previous one I heard UT Jan 26 a few minutes after 01 fit that schedule. Thomas` recording of it a few days later: http://www.thomasn.sverige.net/5980-130126-2259z-Radio_Chaski.mp3 This was on exactly 5980.018. Seemed zero-beat with the ChiCom jammer to me, no SAH noticed. Rafael Rodr?guez in Colombia says it rebroadcasts the signal of Red Radio Integridad, matching the webcast at http://redradiointegridad.com so expect to hear that ID as well as R. Chaski. BTW, Pedro F. Arrun?tegui in Lima has more Peruvian news for us: R. Ondas del Sur Oriente, Quillabamba just moved Jan 28 from 5120 to 4835.03, heard at 2310-2422 // Radio Felicidad 1110 in Lima, romantic music, but with local programming starting at 00 UT. His clip of it has been posted to the DXLD yg. Not sure what the evening schedule is, when I never heard it on 5120, but last February, Dave Valko found the transmitter on long before modulation started in the mornings, 1104 one day, 1041 the next. I wonder if the QSY also signifies it has become duly licensed and thus eligible for an in-band frequency. WRTH 2013 showed *no* callsign on 1 kW 5120, and a schedule of 10-03. I guess previous Peruvian on 4835, and still in Aoki, of course, R. Mara??n, is long gone. Quillabamba will now collide with Sikkim in the mornings and/or VL8A as long as it keeps on 60m instead of 120m; and WWCR 4840 ACI on the air from 01 to 13 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA. 15435, Jan 29 at 1507, the Buzzing Service of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is back! Nothing but a big buzz; at least it`s not spreading to other frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:33:23 -0800 (PST) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: d...@yahoogroups.com Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 29, 2013 Message-ID: <1359484403.31335.yahoomailclas...@web161304.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sigh: another correxion needed: in the body I referred to 9560 twice instead of 9565. Also adding jamming and other comments. Replace previous item with this: ** ETHIOPIA [and non]. 9565.6v, Jan 29 at 1512, big het no doubt caused by the always-off-frequency Ethiopia, longpath? nominal 9560, and sometimes varying even below that. This is making a pitch on my keyboard primarily at E5 = 659 Hz, but shifting irregularly a semitone higher to about F5 = 698 Hz. Approached another way by counting the clix at 40-Hz steps above 9565 on the DX-398, I get 13 = only 0.52 kHz, so possibly the other weaker station it is hetting is slightly below 9565? Unlikely, as it must be CRI Turkish via Albania, only other thing scheduled. And before 1600 it`s not R. Ethiopia, but the clandestine service for Eritrea, V. of Democratic Alliance, until 1530 in Tigrinya Tue/Thu/Sat, other days Arabic per WRTH. Also weak residual Dentro-Cuban pulse jamming audible, despite Radio Marti usage of 9565 only at 20-24 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:34:17 -0800 (PST) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: d...@yahoogroups.com Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 29-30, 2013 Message-ID: <1359524057.85690.yahoomailclas...@web161301.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 ** EGYPT. Early UT Jan 29 there were several reports on the DXLD yg of Qur`an on 9190v. What could it be? Tarek Zeidan later identified the accent as Egyptian, and the prayers were for dawn, which should not start until around 0300 UT in Cairo. But early the next UT day, Wolfgang B?schel in Germany reported: ``R Cairo 9191.013 kHz at 0012 UT on Jan 30: S=9 signal in Germany. EX 0000-0700 9305 ABS 250 kW 315 deg NoAM Arabic General Service. Separate program in English on 9965 kHz. 73 wb`` To which I replied: ``I rather suspected this, and am about to check it too, but the ex-frequency should be 9905, which replaced 9305 months ago. Glenn`` Then at 0057 UT Jan 30, I start monitoring, but nothing to be heard around 9190. Or 9905. 9965 is on the air. (There is also a weak blob of something around 9258 which turns out to be a spur from Guiana French q.v. 9490.) Note that Cairo formerly used several frequencies in the 9200-9300+ range, but never intentionally below 9200. I have noticed previously that the 9905 transmitter altho scheduled straight thru 00-07, often was not on the air during the first hours of that span (nor was 9305 which it replaced). At 0105, as I have the BFO on 9190 at 0107, I briefly hear a VFO swishing back and forth across --- maybe that`s the Cairo transmitter, very unstable, but it doesn`t stick. Another check at 0249: still no 9190; some wandering signal like a sounder crosses weak WINB 9265, soon up across 9285. At 0255 I find that 9905 is on the air with Qur`an; 9965 other Arabic service is just barely modulated; 9720, the English frequency is just a humbuzz; and still nothing around 9190. Other monitors were not hearing it tonight either, except Wolfy earlier. It appears at this time that Cairo is back to abnormal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUIANA FRENCH. 9258, Jan 30 at 0057, weak blob of something detectable despite the T-storm noise from northeast of here. After I have checked out Peru and Egypt, I look further for spurs of the 9490 Montsin?ry relay at 00-02 of RMI`s Radio Rep?blica: there they are again, 9374 and matching 9606, plus and minus 116 kHz from 9490. Unlike last night, this time besides the big hum, there is some modulation of R.R. on both of them, a lofi phoneline feed. I look for others closer to 9490: yes! Weaker ones on 9526 and 9454, hum-roar just barely modulated, fortunately not interfering with anything; these are plus and minus 36 kHz from fundamental. There is yet another pair, however, which do interfere plus and minus 70 kHz from 9490: about 9420 vs Greece, and 9560 in S Asian language, scheduled as Vatican in Tamil. The first-heard blob on 9258 now obviously comes from this too, as it is 232 kHz below 9490, double the other spurs at 116 kHz, and further has a match on 9722 vs the just barely modulated Cairo English on 9720, all heard around 0116. Summarizing all these spurs, all approx., maybe plus or minus 1 kHz, as the blobs don`t have sharp carriers for accurate measurement: low high separation from fundamental 9490 9258 9722 232 kHz 9374 9606 116 [strongest ones] 9420 9560 70 9454 9526 36 The last two are likely really matched, one pair the doubles of the other, just like the further pair of pairs above them. These spurs closely match the displacements previously heard in the 02-04 period from the NHK Japanese relay on 5960 from Montsin?ry; a quick check tonight at 0255 did not produce them, vs the high noise level, but have been heard many times before, e.g. 5844, 5890, 5924, 5996, [6030, masked by Cuban radio war], 6076, which are also 36, 70 and 116 kHz above and below the fundamental. Now I need to look for plus and minus 232 = 5728, 6192. It was not necessary to monitor these on my main receiver with longwire, but only with the DX-398 on the porch, and a shortwire, with better frequency readout. All of these, of course, should be totally suppressed to avoid interfering with other stations and to maintain a `clean` operation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 4835, Jan 30 at 0112, no sign of R. Ondas del Sur Oriente, as per Pedro F Arrun?tegui`s report the night before. I need to check an hour earlier before WWCR come son 4840, but even with BFO I cannot detect a carrier on 4835, yet can hear CODAR sweeps; it`s a poor South American night, weak signals e.g. on 4885 Brasil, 4790 Per?. Recheck at 0255, still just CODAR. So was it on the air during this period? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 5980, Jan 29 at 2259, checked for R. Chaski, Cuzco, when Thomas Nilsson in Sweden has heard it, but as expected this is too early here, nothing. Jan 30 at 0058 another try at R. Chaski, much like last night, mixing with Chinese, presumed CNR1 jammer, but unlike last night, there is quite a lot of storm noise from the Mississippi Valley area. Again the ChiCom goes off at 0100* after timesignal, and I still hear music; 0100:30, muffled announcement again I can`t recognize as Spanish; 0101:45 fanfare music and talk again like 24 hours earlier; 0103:20 more music, talk with Spanish intonation, and cut off the air at 0104:52* give or take a few sex, a close match to last night 0104:50* --- looks like they let a timer turn it off, regardless of the programming in progress. It`s fortunate that they do run a few minutes past 0100 in the clear (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:13:46 +0200 From: Risto V?h?kainu <risto.vahaka...@helsinki.fi> To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [HCDX] DX and Shortwave meetings of 2013 Message-ID: <20130130081346.horde.mlav87lk4wcm4laptbudoa3.vahak...@webmail.helsinki.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed; DelSp=Yes Here is a list of some radio (especially shortwave and DX) related meetings of this year. I hope this is of interest. Updates and corrections (deadline February 15) are very welcome to risto.vahaka...@helsinki.fi. Shortwave Radio Meetings - 2013 Date: February 6-10 Location: Solingen-Wald, Germany Description: DX Camp Organization: Radiofreunde NRW More info: christof.pr...@gmail.com Date: February 13 Description: UNESCO World Radio Day Dates: March 1-2 Location: Plymouth Meeting (near Philadelphia), PA, USA Description: Winter SWL Fest More info: www.swlfest.com Expected attendance: 150 Date: March 2 (1430-1700 BST) Location: Reading International Solidarity Centre (RISC), 35-39 London Street, Reading RG1 4PS, England Organization: Reading International Radio Group Expected attendance: 20 More info: www.bdxc.org.uk Note: Reading DX meetings are held with about 2 months interval (next one on May 11th) Dates: March 17-19 Location: Alexanderplatz, Berlin Description: Radiodays Europe, a conference on radio and its future More info: www.radiodayseurope.com Dates: March 29-April 4 Location : Hoherodskopf, Germany Description: DX-Camp Organization: RMRC More info: m...@rmrc.de Dates: May 15-17 Location: Birmingham, AL (at WEWN) Description: Annual NASB Conference Oganization: National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters+DRM Consortium, USA More info: www.shortwave.org Dates: May 17-19 Location: Dayton, Ohio, USA Organization: Dayton Hamvention Expected attendance: 20000 More info: www.hamvention.org Dates: May 31-June 2 (tentative) Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Description: DX-Parlamentet 2013, the annual meeting of the SDXF Organization: The Swedish DX-Federation (SDXF) More info: www.sdxf.se Dates: June 14-16 Location: Ish?j, Copenhagen, Denmark Description: Annual General meeting of DSWCI Organization: Danish Short Wave Club International (DSWCI) More info: www.dswci.org Dates: June 28-30 Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany Description: Ham Radio, biggest annual hamfest in Europe Expected attendance: 20000 Dates: August 2-4 Location: Ut? Island, Finland Description: The Annual Summer Meeting Organization: The Finnish DX Association Expected attendance: 80 More info: r...@sdxl.org Dates: August 24-25 Location: Tokyo, Japan Description: Big ham fair with a SW sector (Japan SW Club stand & lectures) Organization: Tokyo Ham Fair Expected attendance: 30000 More info: ohta...@live.jp Dates: September 6-9 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Description: European DX Conference, the annual meeting of EDXC Organization: European DX Council (EDXC) Expected attendance: 50 More info: www.edxc.org, mika.p...@clix.pt Dates: September 6-11 Location: Berlin, Germany Name: IFA Internationale Funkausstellung Description: Consumer Electronics Fair - Including Radios Dates: September 13-17 Location: Amsterdam, Holland Decsription: IBC 2013 More info: www.ibc.org Dates: September 21-22 Location: Gwalior, India Description: Hamfest India Dates: October 1-6 Location: Wohnste bei Sittensen, Germany Description: DX Camp Organization: Hamburger Freunde des Rundfunkfernempfangs More info: dl1...@darc.de Dates: October 10-13 Location: near Berlin, Germany Description: DX Camp Organization: Berliner Empfangsamateure More info: wellenj...@gmail.com Date: November 30 Location: Hannover, Germany Description: Interradio More info: www.interradio.info -- Risto V?h?kainu tietotekniikka-asiantuntija Helsingin yliopisto Tietotekniikkakeskus/j?rjestelm?palvelut p. 050-529 2909 ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:28:38 +1300 From: "Radio Heritage Mail" <i...@radioheritage.net> To: i...@radioheritage.net Subject: [HCDX] $5074* Funding Shortfall Deadline Message-ID: <380-22013133062838...@radioheritage.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Radio Heritage Foundation The Co-operative Global Radio Memories Project www.radioheritage.com January 30 2013 $5074* Donations needed to give free website access to 10,000! 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