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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs April 24, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Retro Radio Dial VIC/TAS Australia 1988 (Radio Heritage Mail)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:56:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
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Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 24, 2013
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** ALGERIA [non]. 7295, April 24 at 0519, Issoudun does it again! Mixture,
double audio feed of RTA Qur`an service and Arabish talking on the other at
equal levels. 9535 is // with Qur`an only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 21725, April 24 at 0518, RA, poor signal, but // inbooming 15515.
OSOB at this very late hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. 15505, April 24 at *1358:15, BB carrier on, very poor with IS
and hum, timesignal ending at 1359:42. At least manages to propagate a bit
transpolar despite degraded conditions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 4717.15 approx., April 24 at 0059, Andeanish vocal music with
shouted interjexions, right thru hourtop past 0103, as Radio Yatun Ayllu Yura,
Yura is on the hi side of 4717 instead of usual considerably to the lo side.
Also best signal from them in some time, even tho our sunsets are latening, now
0113 UT, but it`s already some three hours after sunset in Bolivia. 0106 M&M
about ``la virgen``, must be secs-talk show, or ??? 0108 sounds like a produced
exhortative commercial. I am now avoiding the x-word, even in abbreviating
seconds, since I suspect that triggers yahoomail rejexions. If so, grow up!
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. With propagation so poor today, don`t expect much in the way of
Firedrake (non), and I just find CNR1 jammers, none higher than:
12500, very poor at 1343
12870, very poor at 1343
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 11760, April 24 at 1341, heavy CCI to RHC, presumably the China radio
war, CNR1 vs SOH, but no sign of the 8-kHz spur constellation around it, maybe
due to degraded propagation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 9880, April 24 at 1218, operatish arias interrupted by Korean
announcement at 1219; still Korean past 1232. HFCC shows it`s merely KSDA
during this hour, so the music must have been Christian-religious (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9870, April 24 at 1307, AIR VBS with vocal pop music, over CCI from
CRI for a change, but there should not be any such collision; no switch to DRM
yet. It seems the previous news about DRM this week jumped the gun. Alokesh
Gupta reports April 23 in dx_india yg: ``Update: The new 500 kW AM/DRM
transmitter from Riz is under final stage of installation & DRM tests expected
by next month. Also the correct email ID to send reception reports for 9870 kHz
AM is: rajendiran45 at yahoo dot com`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA [non]. 12160, April 24 at 1346 good signal with flutter, S Asian
singing, but some crackle on the carrier; 1357 announcements, 1358 mentions TWR
India address. Aoki shows this semihour is Hindi daily, extended earlier and/or
later on certain days, 100 kW, 131 degrees from Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN.
I`d much rather hear R. Tashkent with such a signal, but the Uzbekibekibekis
are more interested in foreign exchange, even from Christians, than propagating
their own propaganda (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11510, April 24 at 1339, Denge Kurdistan is poor but
propagating well enough to enjoy the wailing rather than talk after 1400.
Today`s Aoki shows site as PRIDNESTROVYE until 1500 with 100 kW, then Bulgaria
with 50 kW until 1900. But latest DX Re Mix News, Bulgaria, April 23 shows
a.k.a. KCH with 250 kW until 1500, then Issoudun, France with 250 kW. Anyhow,
I`m never listening after 1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. Correxion: originally I wrote time as 2132, but it must have been
2032, since English ends at 2100:
17550, April 20 after 2000, R. Kuwait`s next frequency is quite poor, but by
2032 it`s much better at good level, in fact quite stronger than English on
15540 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. UNIDENTIFIED. 660, April 24 at 0455 UT tuning in early trying to
nail down the hummer post-0500: dominant is lively Mexican music, but by 0456
an understation is playing choral Mexican NA, and that`s likely to be the
hummer; yes: 0500 NA stops and hum surges. (Every station signing off with an
anthem, anywhere, should be required to insert a quick legal ID *after* it!)
660, April 24 at 0524 & 0536 UT, IDs in passing for 98.9, La Lupe, mixing with
others, so that`s XEACB, Ciudad Delicias, Chih., not the hummer (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15120, April 24 at 0516, VON with hum and some distortion, YL
talking about women & girls in technology; S9+10 peaks (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7325, April 24 at 1200, JBA carrier, presumed Wantok Radio
Light. Ron Howard and Walt Salmaniw confirm it was off the air during this hour
yesterday, but was on earlier and later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, April 24 at 0058, R. Chaski carrier is audible as I bundle up to
brave the 36-degree porch, as we are having record low temps. Definite abrupt
cutoff at 0104:15*. (My previous report also mentioning the streetlite firing
at 0107, had the wrong UT date on it, April 22 instead of 23; sigh) (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 12030, April 24 at 1338, very poor signal mainly exhibiting big hum;
per Aoki, it`s the Vladivostok-Rasdolnoy site of VOR in English, 500 kW, 230
degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [non]. 15525, April 24 at 1359 good open carrier, 1400 cut on a few
sex late theme and announcement, presumably V. of Tibet as scheduled via
MADAGASCAR. No doubt jammed, but none heard as this transequatorial path has
great propagational advantage here vs degraded hi-latitude conditions, tho
Talata aims NE instead of NW toward us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA. 7275, April 24 at 0512, IWT is gone again, altho 7285 S Africa and
7295 Algeria via France are in normally. Not on 7225 either, night frequency
which is sometimes on by mistake. Will it be off for another week like the
recent hiatus? How about the other transmissions? Check 17735 at 1600-2010v* if
you can get it, or 7225 at 1655-2110, or 7345 at 1900-2310 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 690, April 24 at 0456 UT, tuning in early to hear KGGF sign-off, it`s
already in open carrier, vs KTSM El Paso, and no taps tonite around 0500, altho
a Mexican NA could be heard weakly mixing. At 0459 KTSM ran a TX DOT seat-belts
PSA, 0500 Fox ``news``, 0506 C2CAM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VIETNAM. 12019.3 approx., Wednesday April 24 at 1245, ``VOV Letterbox``
replying to Richard that they will not abandon shortwave; also has new QSL
design since last year. Next reply to a Nigerian about whether Vietnam has
diplomatic relations with. YL with considerable accent but still mostly
readable on fair signal with flutter; 1257 says ``goodbye till next time`` and
no other sign-off, dead air until 1300 opening Indonesian with Vietnamese
accent too.
Aoki shows 177 degrees on 12020. A major drawback of the otherwise excellent
Aoki list is that nominal/rounded frequencies are shown, not perpetual
off-frequencies like this which could be very helpful to identification; but
would take up at least two scarce columns in the listings. HFCC does not
either; EiBi has room for decimal frequencies in some entries, yet shows this
also just as 12020. VOV is far enough above RTTY on lo side to avoid it, and
fortunately nothing on 12020.0 to make a het, fooling casual listeners into
believing VOV is really on 12020 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15420 approx., April 24 at 1224, weak SSB scratching from an
intruder, maybe Spanish; notable in that it`s the only signal propagating on
the 19m broadcast band, with 16 and 13m also dead almost half a sesquihour
after sunrise here at 1146; much degraded propagation with K-index of 3 at
1200, but ``no storms`` per WWV. Grew to K=4 by 1500.
An hour later at 1336, 13 and 16m are still dead, not even RHC, but some
signals on 19m, notably low-latitude 15400 HCJB Australia and 15340 Cuba,
little else (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:33:38 +1200
From: "Radio Heritage Mail" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Retro Radio Dial VIC/TAS Australia 1988
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Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.com
April 25 2013
Australia 1988
Victoria/Tasmania AM
Retro Radio Dial
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A fascinating look back 25 years ago to 1988 and radio stations that
could be heard in VIC/TAS Australia has just been released by the
Radio Heritage Foundation at www.radioheritage.com.
As well as a complete list of AM stations along the dial, the
new feature includes the name of the radio station owners of that
era, nearly all of which were local corporations and individuals in
the days before mergers and acquisitions led to big changes in what
Australians could listen to.
Retro Radio Dial VIC/TAS Australia 1988-2013 is the latest of a new
series exploring all Australian & US states in the coming months, as
well as other parts of the world.
The feature includes the Top 20 music Hits of 1988, popular
movies and books and other aspects of popular culture that add to the
flavor of the AM & FM radio dials of the past 25-50 years.
The Retro Radio Dial series also includes features exploring radio as
early as 1928 in California, Japan and Shanghai in 1941, Hawaii in
1961, Idaho and Texas in 1963, ACT/NSW Australia in 1988 and many new
titles are currently in preparation.
The Radio Heritage Foundation is an independent non-profit
organization with no connections to the broadcasting industry or any
government agency, and is supported by people worldwide who think
it's important to protect radio memories for the future. Content at
www.radioheritage.com is free.
Come along and visit the VIC/TAS Australia AM radio dials in 1988
with us. There's even a place for you to share your own radio
memories of those times.
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.com
The Global Radio Memories Project
'where today's people connect with yesterdays radio'
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 124, Issue 25
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