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Today's Topics:
1. HH Lokalradio and R Gloria this weekend (tom taylor)
2. Glenn Hauser logs January 31-February 1, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
3. DX Loggings -- 1 Feb -- Ralph Perry (RALPH PERRY)
4. Glenn Hauser logs February 1-2, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
5. WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Top News #1102 (Michael Bethge)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 16:12:06 -0000
From: "tom taylor" <[email protected]>
To: "tom taylor" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] HH Lokalradio and R Gloria this weekend
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HH Lokalradio and R Gloria this weekend
HH Lokalradio:
Saturday 02th of February
05.00 -- 08.00 UTC on 7265 KHz
08.00 -- 11.00 UTC on 6190 KHz
11.00 -- 17.00 UTC on 7265 KHz
All reports to: <mailto:[email protected]>
[email protected] Thank You!
Radio Gloria Internationalal:
Sunday 03th of February
08.00 -- 10.00 UTC on 9480 KHz
All reports to: [email protected] Thank You!
This Sunday, MV Baltic Radio will be working on the transmitter after 10
UTC.
Thank you and best 73s, Tom & Roland
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 11:09:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 31-February 1, 2013
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** ALBANIA. 5985, Feb 1 at 0616, fair signal in Arabic, not noticed before.
HFCC shows it`s CRI via C?rrik, at 05-07, 240 degrees. I thought this was on
7210, and I think it has been earlier in B-12, both listed as 240 degrees so
perhaps they are alternates, along with 9590 at 140 degrees? No, WRTH shows all
three at once, and after all they have six x 150 kW transmitters available
until 2018y (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 2325 & 2485, Feb 1 at 1242, JBA carriers are all that the VL8s
manage today while I am concentrating on MW harmonix (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 4717, Feb 1 at 0102, R. Yatun Ayllu Yura, Yura, is consistently the
best and clearest evening signal from Bolivo-Peruvians on 60m, but it`s still
tough copy; some talk audible, with ACI from vestiges of Andrews crypto
messages in SSB on 4724.5. Not that I`ve ever heard that RYAY ID as listed
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 6120, Feb 1 at 0624, despite very poor signal, unmistakable wacky
wailing of Davi Miranda, easier to hear thanks to Cuban absence from 6125 (and
RHC Spanish on 6120 is not overtime either this late tonight). It`s Super R?dio
Deus ? Amor, S?o Paulo, shown in Aoki as 10 kW at 320 degrees USward.
BTW, the accent on the ? is essential as it means ``is``, = God is Love, and
without the accent it means ``and``. If you need to make it easy, writing it e?
is acceptable. It seems that accenting S?per, however is not necessary
according to a native speaker, altho R?dio is necessary, as without it, the -i-
is stressed, meaning ``I radiate``. DXers dealing with Portuguese and Spanish
names should learn and employ basic proper orthography. It`s not that hard. Or
copy sources that are correctly spelt (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 6165 & 6125, Feb 1 at 0620, RHC English is missing from both
frequencies, but still on 6060 & 6010, 5040, surely sufficient. Also
unavoidably silenced the usual 6270 spur of 6060 leapfrogging over 6165, and
6205 of 6125 over 6165. Could not make out Chad or anything else on 6165, but
audiblized the CBC vs CBC het on 6160/6160.9. And absence of 6125 facilitated
BRAZIL q.v. on 6120 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. Montsin?ry spurs from 9490 R. Rep?blica for the third night
in a row I have checked, Feb 1 at 0127: 9606 and 9374 are obviously there, and
9454, 9526. Don`t hear the others around 9490 at the moment (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HAWAII. 2863-USB, Feb 1 at 1237, weak SSB signal noticed as I was tuning for
harmonix on AM: very repetitive message says ``no reports to --- [something]``
after each location: Ontario, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Seattle-Tacoma, then repeating them all, stops at 1238. Presumed KVM70,
Honolulu, the VOLMET listed here for H+25 and H+55, which must make way for JIA
Tokyo at H+40 and H+10 on same frequency, per
http://www.dxinfocentre.com/volmet.htm
Sounds like VOLMET automated info completely crashed; what happened? Is this
unusual? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA [and non]. 4820, Feb 1 at 1332, YL talk sounds S Asian, and fast SAH,
or possibly flutter. The two stations here are AIR Kolkata and Xizang PBS,
Lhasa, TIBET. What is the Hz separation between these two normally? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 2850, Feb 1 at 1155, KCBS is audible along with all the much
closer MW harmonix, and generally stronger than them, especially peaking near
sunrise here at 1329 with triumphal band music, S9+18; 3480 also audible with
usual het, jamming vs V. of the People from KOREA SOUTH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 2910, Feb 1 at 1155, the best signal on the harmonic band is still
XEVT, Villahermosa, Tabasco, as previously IDed. By 1245 it`s declined to JBA.
Meanwhile I am chasing others on 2240, 2250, 2660; see UNIDENTIFIED and USA
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 4835.03, Feb 1 at 0053, looking for R. Ondas del Suroriente,
Quillabamba, on its new frequency: I can tell there are two very weak carriers,
one of which is slightly on the hi side, matching Pedro F. Arrun?tegui`s
measurement. Could the other be AIR Gangtok, SIKKIM, the only other 4835
listed, and scheduled to open at 0100? That would be nice too! Surely no VL8A
at this hour, 10:30 am in the NT. Straining to hear something near hourtop, but
tonight WWCR has cut 4840 on before 0059, steel drum sidebands a minute earlier
than last night, totally overcoming the adjacent carrier pair (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Feb 1 at 0100 the ChiCom jammer cuts off, opening frequency for
R. Chaski, but it`s very poor tonight, and further bothered by splat from 5990
CRI Cuba relay which erroneously stays on until 0100:20* for the opening of
`Beyond Beijing` in English. At 0101:15 the usual muffled non-Spanish(?)
announcement, but so bad I instead switch on the BFO to time the exact second
the transmission will be cut: 0105:01*, a few sex later than last three nights.
I wonder where reports are from other Latin American DX hunters about 5980 ---
and 4835? Maybe they`ll show up eventually.
See two letters from Baptist missionary Bruce Maddux on his website about
what`s going on there, the first from Nov 25, 2012:
http://www.bmmcusco.org/Maddux/RadioProject/bruce_maddux_rdo_proj.html
And the second from January 26, 2013:
http://www.bmmcusco.org/Maddux/bruce_madduxpl.html
mentioning they have had a DX report from Chicago, and he will be away in Lima
from Feb 1 to 15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PRIDNESTROVYE. 7290, Thursday Jan 31 at 2147, I notice that Radio PMR is in
French, not English as scheduled for both 2100-2115 & 2145-2200. So they are
still mixing up the language rotation with only one hour a weekday left on SW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 15435, Feb 1 at 1530, BSKSA has Arabic program modulation
today, atop the humbuzz; at 1546 a whine has been added to R. Riyadh, 500 kW,
310 degrees USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOMALILAND. 7120, Feb 1 at 0435 check, weak signal talk in presumed Somali
from R. Hargeisa, still audible. A year ago we could only dream of this
becoming rather routine. Better time is circa 0330 sign-on, and for those much
further east, Kouji Hashimoto, Japan sends another report of sign-off times,
most days during January varying only from 1859* to 1903* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [non]. 9625-9630-9635, Jan 31 at 2358, DRM noise is already on for the
REE`s only acknowledged Spanish transmission left for North America at 00-02.
Need to reconfirm 11810-11815-11820 too for South America, only one hour at
00-01; someone recently reported this on 11810, instead of 11815 as center
frequency.
I`m glad I tuned to the only remaining English broadcast to NAm, on 6055 at
00-01 UT Feb 1, in plain old AM, because after the news, at 0010-0034 there was
an excellent program on Philip Glass` latest opera ``The Perfect American``
about Walt Disney, which has just premiered at the Teatro Real in Madrid. This
radio show was equally about Disney, Glass and his music, and author of the
novel on which it`s based, Peter Stephan Jungk.
Retrieve the Jan 31 broadcast via this archive:
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/emision-en-ingles/
or specifically:
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/emision-en-ingles/english-language-broadcast-31-01-13/1680343/
Here`s a review just published by the NY Times:
MADRID ? Peter Stephan Jungk?s novel "The Perfect American" is a surreal,
meditative, episodic account of the last days of Walt Disney. . .
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/arts/music/the-perfect-american-by-philip-glass-at-teatro-real.html
>From 0034, next program on REE was ``Three Cornered Hat`` an informal
>conversation among the English staff, first about the monarchy, prompted by
>Beatrix` abdication, later about fish.
Kudos to REE for keeping on the shortwave air this top-notch hour in English;
but it`s supposedly on borrowed time, as it was briefly canceled last fall but
resumed after listener (and staff!) protests.
21610, and // 11815 via COSTA RICA, Feb 1 at 1336, Chinese instrumental music
--- oh2, is REE for at least the third time lately relaying CRI by mistake? No,
I am faked out. Soon follows discussion in Castilian about Ai Wei Wei, so that
was just an illustration. 21610 for a change without any echo (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 15535, Feb 1 at 1531, VG signal as usual, but open carrier/dead
air instead from R. Dabanga, via SMG VATICAN site scheduled 1529-1627. Keep
monitoring and finally at 1543 one fragment of R. Dabanga singing ID, more dead
air; 1544 SID again and now programming follows in Arabish. Hard to tell where
the fault was: studio, link, or transmitter site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [non]. 15485, Feb 1 at 1547, fair signal from presumed V. of Tibet via
MADAGASCAR as scheduled from 1530; but when I looked for it around 1535,
nothing audible. Did it just fade in or come on late? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA [and non]. 7275, Feb 1 at 0626 tune-in, IWT has already stopped
modulating, and timer cuts transmitter off at 0626:48*, uncovering NIGERIA
which tonight is JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1654 monitoring: first SW broadcast confirmed on
WTWW-1 9479, Thursday Jan 31: must have started at 2159:19, since after I say
``Mexico`` in the intro at :41, cut to top-of-hour WTWW ID, then rejoin as I am
already in first item, also skipping ``standard disclaimer``. Repeat: UT Sunday
0500 (or 0459) on 5830.
Also confirmed UT Friday Feb 1 at 0428 on WWRB 3195, with 5050 still off the
air this week. I was monitoring webcast at first where fill music, ``Over the
Rainbow`` was playing, then Dave ID, and WOR starting early with no problems.
Next: UT Saturday 0230v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB. It`s become the rule
rather than the exception lately for live `Allan Weiner Worldwide` to run
several minutes past 0230, so stay tuned. When he renders a prayer to Jesus,
you know it`s about over.
On WRMI 9955: Sat 0900, 1600, 1830, Sun 0900, 1630, Mon 0530, Tue 1200
On Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB: Sat & Wed 0630 & 1630.
On WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat 1830
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 2660, Feb 1 pre-sunrise I am tracking this and other MW harmonics:
presumed KGLD, Tyler TX as per previous reports, but I would still like to
catch an ID: at 1155, JBA talk audible, with the noise level alone registering
S9+8 on the FRG-7 meter. At 1242 a bit better with music; at 1255 as I am
listening, the carrier strength steps up, so suspect they just made the
February ``1300`` local sunrise change from 500 to 1000 watts on fundamental
1330; but there is not much modulation. At 1257 it just seems to be open
carrier; 1258 gospel solo starts, no ID heard at 1300, just music continuing at
S9+12 vs noise level; 1308 music is a bit stronger. 1312 surprise, an
announcement by some guy asking ``prayer warriors`` to check out his Facebook
wall; 1314 produced PSA with woman narrating, child voice and then man voice
mixed with music, seems anti-crime, 1315 back to music. 1326 another anti-crime
PSA from the USDOJ, National Crime Prevention Center,
and more gospel music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific MW carrier search Feb 1 at 1319-1323 UT finds: 594,
693, 747, 774, 882 and 1566, with 774 strongest but still JBA. Today`s Enid
sunrise is 1333 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 2240 kHz, further chex for the harmonic first heard around
sunrise: Nothing audible in the evening, UT Feb 1 at 0000 or 0053.
2240, resumed monitoring at 1157 UT when there is a JBA carrier in the S9+5
noise level; but a stronger one on 2250 I stay with for a while, see separate
log. Recheck 2240 at 1215, no improvement, but re-recheck at 1220, now a much
stronger signal than 2250 or than 2240 was earlier, with vocal music; did it
just sign on or step up power? 1223 announcement; 1230 signal surges a bit;
1235 another announcement. At 1239, 2240 is JBA but stronger than 2250; at
1245, 2240 is gone. Looks like 1215 is the best time to catch it. Probably 2 x
1120 or 4 x 560 from Mexico, as previously heard in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 2250 kHz, Feb 1 at 1157 as I start my pre-sunrise harmonic
search, a JBA carrier here, and stronger than the one on 2240. The only MW
frequency which would harmonicize on 2250 is 750. (It would be ironic of this
turn out to be KSEO in Durant, SE Oklahoma, which I have yet to hear on its
fundamental, day or night, and wonder if it`s really on the air.) 1215 still
JBA carrier; 1239 weaker than 2240, but at 1245 and 1256, 2250 is still audible
while 2240 is gone. Yet I have not been able to pull any audio on 2250. (With
only two nearby AM stations, 960 and 1390, I am pretty familiar with where
their harmonix and mixtures land, e.g. 2350, not 2250) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5660-, Feb 1 at 1248 weak talk in English found here on AM as I
am tuning 3 MHz up from the harmonic on 2660; 5660 is slightly on the low side.
This does not work out to be any harmonic from a MW channel; maybe a shortwave
leapfrog or difference product I have yet to figure out. First suspect should
be WWCR, some combination of 15825, 9980, 5935, 4840 on the air at this hour
along with MW 1300 WNQM at same site, which BTW I see has had an STA for low
power due to repairs. 5660 has some QRM from ute bursts on the hi side (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 17:24:40 -0600
From: RALPH PERRY <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [HCDX] DX Loggings -- 1 Feb -- Ralph Perry
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SURINAM - 4989.99, Radio Apintie, Paramaribo, 0813 ? 0844 on 1/26
with 1950s pops, very weak. Again on 1/27 at 0938, seemed a rlg show
for Sunday morning. Tuff station, almost never hrd well. (Perry,
Illinois)
PERU ? 5980.00, Radio Chaski, Urubamba, Dpto. Cusco, tnx to TN tip,
first hrd this on1/26 at 2355 tune-in with YL + choir. Signal held up
pretty well until I left it at 0020, altho after TOH, Chaski was
underneath some serious QRM. (But at least no het, as signals were
dead zero-beat). Lucky to snag nice recorded ID at 0000, w/OM
mentioning ?Radio Chaski!? and ?5980 kHz . . . onda corta.? Then short
folklorico theme as conclusion of the recorded ID. Same canned ID
heard at approx. 0000 the following night, too. On that evening 1/27,
tuned in earlier and noted Chaski signal abruptly coming up about
2315. Nondescript inspirational SS rlg pgming, ending with a capella
choir at 2355 singing familiar hymn, ?Praise To The Lord, The
Almighty?. And again, at 0000 came that same recorded ID. QRM really
blew Chaski out of the water this night, though, from 0000 making
reception impossible for me. Mornings, the fqy is swamped by R. Marti
and the jammers chasing same. (Perry, Illinois)
PERU ? 4810, Radio Logos, very good signal morning of 1/27 at 0940,
best heard on low side of blipping CODAR QRM. Nice patter from DJ
with program of campesino favorites and locally-produced folksy hymns.
At 0946, he mentioned (studio clock seemingly running slow): ?4 de la
ma?ana y 44 minutos, 4 y 44, Uds. Escuchando a la emisora ?. la hora
de esperanza ? las 4 de la ma?ana en Radio Logos.? Then came coro of
YLs singing in QQ, a nice huayno with the full accompaniment of
guitars, charangos and flutes. Signal kept improving thru to 1030
t/o. (Perry, Illinois)
BRAZIL - 4965.00, Radio Alvorada, doing better than average this past
week, noted most mornings around 1000+; good ID 1003 on 1/28. (Perry,
Illinois)
PERU ? 4747.11, Radio Huanta 2000, many mornings around 1030. On 1/27
rapid-fire ads by OM and Yl at 1033, then mention of ?Banco de la
Comunidad de Huanta? at 1035. Full ID for ?Radio Huanta 2000? and
mention of ?una voz internacional?. Into OA folklorico pgming.
Signal still there most mornings past 1100, but not signing on until
1015 at the earliest. Doing well 1/28 at 1041 with long ad string
and nice folklorico selections to the hour. At 1100, ?En todo el
pa?s, son las 6 y Radio Huanta acompa?arles . . . ? (Perry, Illinois)
ECUADOR ? 4814.98, Radio El Buen Pastor, presumed, definitely an
Ecuadorian here and doing fairly well after 1100 several mornings this
week. Ecuadorian music the tip-off and I think I recognize the
ultra-bassy voiced locutor from before. Ad string 1/27 at 1105 under
blipping ute QRM. Signal still there, but weak, at recheck 1135.
(Perry, Illinois)
PERU ? 5025, Radio Quillabamba, very nice (relatively speaking!) 1032
on 1/28, underneath Rebelde but clear enough with shrill quenas and
yipping Quechua ?rap? f/by OM SS anmts. Caught 5 a.m. t/ck at 1036
f/by another nice huaynos presented by YL with quenas and guitar.
Also logged 1/29 and 1/30. (Perry, Illinois)
ECUADOR ? 6050.00, HCJB, Pichincha, relaying the local AM service, 2/1
at 1027-1056. OM ancr mainly speaking QQ but his patter is liberally
sprinkles with SS words. Lovely musica ecuatoriana and frequent t/ck
IDs such as at 1033, ?Cinco treinta y tres, 5-33 en H C J B . . .
programa de las provincias . . . ? Program was assisted by the famous
Ecuadorian ?Casa de la Cultura? and featured a folklore group from
Provincia Imbabura. Fun stuff and am glad this one is still there!
(Perry, Illinois)
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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)
335-foot bidirectional BOG 150 deg/330 deg) for LA/SE Asia
DXEngineering RPA-1 preamp
Phased Longwire + Small Loop
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 20:55:49 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 1-2, 2013
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** ARGENTINA [and non]. 11710.7, UT Sat Feb 2 at 0115, RAE has nice signal in
Japanese talk and song, approximately measured here, escaping het from much
weaker 11710.0 by tuning USB. The external service is UT Tue-Sat only. I am
checking this because someone recently reported RAE on the other side of 11710,
``11709`` while I`ve always found it on the hi side. 11710.0 would be CNR1
Beijing, until 0130, only thing in Aoki, and no doubt a bit of an obstacle to
RAE reception in Japan, even if it should propagate that far over an unlikely
mostly daypath (? Or night? it`s close to antipodal) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 4717, Feb 2 at 0055, poor signal, music with a beat, once again no
doubt R. Yatun Ayllu Yura, Yura, best of the Andean signals on 60m (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 6134.8, Feb 2 at 0128, R. Santa Cruz, good signal with tropical
music, no het tho always off-frequency. This is a good example of exotic
stations benefiting from ISWBC closedowns: since St. Petersburg self-destructed
at yearend, there are no major broadcasters anywhere on 6135 during a BBC break
from 0000 to 0430 --- altho Aoki lists R. Aparecida, Brasil, until 0300 but not
even a het audible from it, probably inactive as on some other channels. RSC
also stays on much later than 0110* as in Aoki, sometimes as late as 0300
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. 14950.8, Feb 2 at 0117, NO signal from Salem Stereo, which was
last heard Sept 30, 2012. I do check this occasionally in case there`s a
comeback and/or in case low winter MUFs up here have been to blame,
unpropagating should it exist. Note to DSWCI: DO NOT PUBLISH THIS AS A LOG ---
it is a NON-LOG, but possibly useful info (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6165, Feb 1 at 0621, in my previous report about RHC being off the air
at this time, I neglected to mention that altho at first it seemed off, I then
detected a carrier on 6165, presumably RHC but much weaker than the usual
strength, and no modulation.
I`m reminded of this because a reply about my log came from Steve Luce in
Houston TX: ``Glenn, at 0450 Feb 1, I heard RHC weakly on 6165, but a big
surprise was the second harmonic on 12330, which was much stronger than the
fundamental. Modulation somewhat low, but solid carrier. Nothing heard on 3X
multiple of 18495``
At that time I didn`t think of checking for the harmonix; evidently the
transmitter was grossly mistuned, as RHC continues to rack up anomaly after
anomaly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 4980, Feb 2 at 0057, fair signal in Turkic, no doubt
Xinjiang PBS Uighur service from Urumqi again, where sunrise is 0126 UT today =
9:26 local time even in far western ``China`` where they are forced to go by
the UT+8 Beijing clock instead of UT+6 as it should be. 5060 then found as good
in Chinese, but the Kazkah service on 4850 is only at the ``algo`` level.
Ron Howard replied to my previous log: ``Hi Glenn, Here in Calif. the reception
of PBS Xinjiang, in assume Kazakh, on 4850 varies a great deal from day to day.
On a good day sounds like this recording
https://www.box.com/s/wcpul1wwdn4xgd9rw7lc
[1209-1211 UT Jan 28] Of course this is best when AIR Kohima is off the air.``
Well, I wouldn`t mind hearing Kohima instead! Recordings of which Ron has also
provided (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. Fourth night in a row, Montsin?ry is again radiating
parasitic distorted FMy spurblobs with no modulation intelligence at the usual
displacements from undermodulated 9490 Radio Rep?blica, at 0134 check Feb 2:
approx. 9258, 9374, 9455, 9525, 9606, but too much signals from Greece on 9420
and Vatican on 9560 to be sure of that pair previously detected (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Feb 2 at 0058, time for another try at R. Chaski, once again
music mixing with Chinese from the CNR1 jammer, which cuts off promptly after
the 0100 timesignal. Weak music continues in the clear, hymn tune, 0102:35
segu? to other music, and unlike the past few nights, no announcements at all
until cut off the air at 0105:10*. Seems to be precessing a few sex later each
time. Bruce Maddux, Baptist missionary who runs the station, has commented that
R. Chaski used to be on SW until some 10 years ago, so some research is in
order:
Via LA SW Logs, a comprehensive listing by frequency of Peruvians in the
1992-2002 period shows it was logged around 5981 only during one year, 1998:
http://www.mcdxt.it/HKPeru1.htm
Radio Chaski, Cusco (ex- 6087.9 [in 1997y])
5981.0 Feb 23 1101 s/on
Prgr: Alabanza en la ma?ana, La devocional del d?a
5981.5 Mar 31 0018
5981.4 Apr 20 2215
5981.5 Jul 19 1105
5981.4 Aug 27 1104
This huge listing was compiled by Henrik Klemetz and Rafael Rodr?guez, and
includes lots of out-of-band stations, harmonix and spurs.
Some other Peruvians have occupied 5980: Radio LTC, Juliaca, in 1996-1997; my
handy WRTH 1991 shows 5980, R. Programs del Per?, Lima, OBX4M but *inactive. In
that edition, Peruvian SW listings by frequency on pp. 341-343 consume almost
two pages, altho some take two lines rather than a limit of one line currently
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 9996, Feb 2 at 0117, second pips I can hear already when tuning wide
selectivity LSB to 10000 for WWVH to determine the current correxion factor for
40-Hz tuning steps on the DX-398 in order to measure ARGENTINA. At 0119, 9996
switches to binary info, the usual pattern for RWM Moskva/Taldom on its unique
frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [non]. 7290, Feb 2 at 0132, VOR English fair signal but with a hum.
Looks like they picked one of the worst transmitters to retain, PRIDNESTROVYE,
but maybe it was the cheapest (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9330v-CUSB, 7490-AM, 5110v-CUSB, Feb 2 at 0120, this 0100-0230+
sesquihour+ believed to be the only time WBCQ runs all three transmitters in
//, for the live `Allan Weiner Worldwide` --- Since I have two receivers handy,
compare them, and find they are all unsynchronized! 5110 comes first, 7490
follows 5 seconds later, and 9330 follows 24 sex behind 5110 or 29 sex behind
7490. Must be a very convoluted setup for feeding the transmitters right next
to each other, starting with AWWW presumably originating from Allan`s winter
residence in Florida, referring to ``up in Monticello`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1654 monitoring: confirmed starting on time 0230 UT
Saturday Feb 2 on Area 51 first monitored on webcast, and then confirmed good
signal at 0255 on WBCQ 5110v-CUSB.
Next: UT Sat 0630 & 1630 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB in Germany.
Saturday 0900, 1600, 1830; Sunday 0900, 1630; Monday 0530, Tuesday 1200 on WRMI
9955. UT Sunday 0459 on WTWW-1 5830. Also Saturday 1830 on WRN via SiriusXM 120
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 2240, Feb 2 at 0050 UT as I start to check the 2 MHz
harmonic band in the evening, a surprisingly strong signal is here with
preacher in English, but some total fade-outs. This, combined with the lack of
any signal when I switch the DX-398 to LSB or USB indicates it`s an image, not
really there. Punching in some of the strong US SW signals, sounds like the
same thing as on WTWW-1 5830, so I get another portable and sure enough, they
match. How does it land on 2240? I haven`t figured that out, but the receiver
IF of 450 kHz is likely involved. None of the other WTWW frequencies were on or
audible at this time: 12105, 9905, 5085, so it`s surely not a mix taking place
in Lebanon. I`m reporting this to make a point of what is not really DX that
one must still be aware of.
However, I am sure the signal I am hearing around sunrise on 2240 is something
else, since it shows none of these symptoms, and is in Spanish, so a true
harmonic from 1120 or 560.
Also, it`s important to note that my evening DX sessions around 0100 are
usually performed with the DX-398 on the porch (35 degrees F tonight) with
short random wire around the eaves, while in the mornings I`m using the main
rig, FRG-7 inside with longwire outside, much less subject to such images. In
the evening I am avoiding household noise sources, altho TVI perhaps from the
neighbors is still present on many frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Feb 2 around 0053 UT, stepping thru the 2 MHz band, besides the
known harmonix on 2660 and 2910, I also find JBA carriers on 2480, 2800 and
2860, which are likely to produce more harmonix if they can be pulled above the
noise level.
Remember R. San Carlos, Costa Rica, was being heard three years ago on 2859.8,
2 x 1429.9. 2480 and 2800 bear hundreds of possible US fundamentals on
graveyards 1240 and 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 2660, Feb 2 at 0049 UT, some music is audible here vs the noise
level, same frequency where in the morning I have been getting KGLD, Tyler TX,
2 x 1330. Can`t tell if the music is gospel tonight. Still audible at 0106, and
at 0125 with BFO I can tell that besides the music there is a second carrier on
a slightly different frequency. So there is at least one other 2 x 1330
harmonic showing up on 2660; and KGLD itself if properly operating legal night
power, would be only 77 watts on the fundamental.
However, FCC Correspondence File for KGLD shows it also has a post-sunset
authority (PSSA) for February of, in CST and watts:
6:00- 6:30 | 102.0 |
6:30- 7:00 | 51.0 |
7:00- 8:00 | 36.0 |
So there would not be any point in employing it after 0030 UT when the night
power is more than the PSSA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 4835, Feb 2 at 0056, like 24 hours earlier I am getting two very
weak carriers on slightly different frequencies, before WWCR blasts on 4840
around 0059, probably R. Ondas del Sur Oriente, Quillabamba, Per?, and AIR
Gangtok, Sikkim, the only two stations known to be on 4835 at this time on the
darkside or grayline; unless there is a spur or mixing product from somewhere
else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2013 09:47:18 +0100
From: "Michael Bethge" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
"Fernando Luiz de Souza" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Top News #1102
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