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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs June 5, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Re: Unid on the 49MB (Glenn Hauser)
3. Glenn Hauser logs June 5-6, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
4. Retro Radio Dial Series adds Asia/Nordic (Radio Heritage Mail)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 10:32:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs June 5, 2013
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** BANGLADESH. 15505, June 5 at 1358 BB is already on with hum and tone,
flutter; 1358:35 starts hum and IS; timesignal ends at 1359:52 and opening
Urdu, very poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. Monitoring channel 2 analog for long hours the last few days with
little to show for it during a sporadic-E lull. But with antenna parked
northward, UT June 5 at 0014 for two or three seconds I see NEWSHOUR, and then
GLOBAL Winnipeg, which is all I need to ID once again CKND-TV-2 Minnedosa MB,
thus confirming it`s still on air in analog. Could it have been meteor scatter?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. No Firedrake, but CNR1 jamming, June 5 before 1300:
None found in 12s, 13s, 14s, 15s at 1245 [except 15800 later below]
16360, poor at 1252
17450, poor at 1252
These two have similar signals to 17490 CRI Kashgar; see also below
15800, good at 1259-1300, but not there a few minutes earlier; modulation stops
after 5+1 timesignal, carrier off at 1300.4*
June 5 before 1400:
13530, fair at 1354 vs CODAR; none in the 12s
13970, poor at 1353
14700, poor at 1353
15800, good at 1347 but weaker than -1300* above
15970, very poor at 1347
16100, poor at 1352
16920, fair at 1352
17170, fair at 1352; none in the 18s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6125, June 5 at 0516, RHC English with Arnie Coro just barely
modulated; OK on 6165, 6060 with Brazilian het, 6010, and also JBA on leapfrog
6270 from 6060 over 6165 another 105 kHz higher.
Ian Baxter, SWsites yg, points to a 3-minute video from CCTV showing the Bauta
transmitter site, TV cooperation with the comrades in China:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWcED5TL5uY
It all looks very modern, belying the crud that comes out of RHC frequencies.
At seconds :24-:28 a map labeled ``Divisi?n Centro Internacional No. 1``
displays the antenna setup, which may not be top-secret, but not to be found in
boycotted HFCC; I add the city-designations RHC publishes without azimuths:
A1-A2 10 [New York]
A3-A4 130 [Rio]
A5-A6 160 [BA]
A7-A8 310 [San Francisco]
A9-A10 340 [Chicago]
A11-A12 non-direxional circle
A13 non-direxional smaller circle
6.7-7.8 MHz approx., June 5 at 0519, RHC-like buzz cuts off periodically for
about a second. Something new here, altho could be local. Suspect out of
jammers near the middle on 7405.
15200-15260, June 5 at 1302, RHC frying noise from defective 15230 out to here,
peaks varying but at 1302 around 15220 & 15240 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 17490 & 17630, June 5 at 1254, CRI English with 17630
stronger and leading by about 2 seconds: Aoki shows 17630 is Urumqi, 17490
Kashgar. Also in well as usual: CRI Chinese on 17650, and CRI French on 17560,
both Kashgar (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. 12015, June 5 at 0423, JBA signal maybe in Spanish. South
Americans have been complaining of little to no reception of NHK relay via
ASCENSION at 0400-0430; me, too! I was thinking this was also on 6195 via WHRI,
but not any more. 5910 via France should be audible as it collides with
Alcarav?n Radio, Colombia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, June 5 at 1350, traditional Korean singing to 1359, as I
wish again I had tuned in earlier for this Wednesday show from KBSWR. Usual
good signal now, and open carrier on way early by 1235 or so before 1300
English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [and non]. 6010+, June 5 at 0055, het pileup, must be at least three
weak signals, the strongest slightly on the hi side, i.e. Brasil, Colombia, and
reactivated XEOI. Earlier I told Juli?n Santiago that I was not hearing XEOI in
the 11-12 UT period when it should be audible since reactivation June 2, and he
replied June 4:
``Hi Glenn: it is going to be on the air from 17:00 to 22:00 hours -Central
time - 2200 to 0300 UT. 73, Juli?n``. So they`ve picked times when they will
confront all this QRM, second only to 05-07 UT when blocked by Cuba. Need to
seek Mil anyway at earlier, later times during this block (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1120, June 5 at 0108 UT, in KMOX null, weak signal with
Spanish preaching. SAH of about 4.5 Hz, and DF fits for KEOR
Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa, R. Victoria, which until now has been nothing but praise
music in Spanish on its very irregular schedule.
Now we must beware of another new Spanish station on 1120, KTXW in Manor
(Austin) TX which has just started testing, ``nostalgic wall-to-wall Spanish
language ballads format`` as `Exitos 11-20`` with 5000/155 watts. Tnx to Artie
Bigley for tip of this thread at
http://radiodiscussions.com/smf/index.php?topic=235285.msg2121776
KTXW is about 90 degrees away from KEOR from my angle, so besides format
difference, not easily confundible here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1460, June 5 at 1404 UT, another check whether KZUE El Reno is
still off the air following the May 31 EF5 tornado: I am getting a JBA carrier
looping due N/S, which fits for KZUE right down US 81, but stepping out in the
yard away from noise sources, no audio but also a SAH from a second very weak
signal. Either KZUE is back on at very reduced power, or it`s two other
stations almost a bihour after sunrise, protracted skywave, such as KCLE or one
of three other Texans; KKOY KS, KHOJ MO, KXPN NE or KZNT CO. Other weak OKC
area stations at normal levels ? 1560, 1490, 1340, etc. 1490 also has a SAH
indicating residual skywave.
As of June 4, there`s nothing new in the Correspondence Folder for KZUE at FCC
AM Query, as they will need to file for an STA to stay off the air or at
reduced power. The Topo map
http://msrmaps.com/image.aspx?t=2&Lon=-97.900000&Lat=35.508333&w=2&ref=G|-97.900000,35.508333
says site is 5 km SE of El Reno, i.e. just north of I-40 whence its tower (if
still up) should be easily visible. Looks like it`s close to N/S Radio Road
intersexion with E/W Historic US 66 which is // I-40. I don`t think there is an
exit to Radio Road from I-40, but there is a turnoff from state highway 3 to
the north, which I am certainly going to take at next opportunity if passable
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, June 5 at 0057, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, until cut off at
0101:47*, 5.5 seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 15016-USB, June 5 until 1303* tail of a crypto message with USAF
reverb, ``do not answer``, ``authentication T-C``, ``this is McClellan, out``,
i.e. the AFB near Sacramento CA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050, UT Wednesday June 5 at 0058, WWRB is on with preaching, and not
on 3195 or 3215. 3185 is not on either with BS, nor is 9370; maybe tried just
as it was in variably-timed QSY procedure. At 0100, closing show on 5050 with
phone 304-679-3615, ``good night, God bless, thank you for listening.`` (That
number traces to Welbilt Homes, Parkersburg WV; repeated, I`m sure I copied it
correctly.)
Dead air, hum level surges to forefront, then phone rings at least 4 times,
each temporarily suppressing the hum. After Chaski-check, I`m back here on 5050
at 0103: now talk about the jet stream being off-track in a W pattern over N
America, with ominous music. Think I`ve heard this before, `Planet X`? (And how
come we never hear about jet stream patterns over other continents??) 3185 is
on now with BS, very poor in storm noise level. Still no 3195, and 3215 is now
WWCR.
The never-dated `Global One` program schedule now matching 5050 at
http://www.wwrb.org/schedule/global_1/combined.pdf
never specifying time zone but it`s EST/EDT, shows on the air only at 00-04 UT,
and on UT Wednesdays at 0100 going from `Brother Ben` to `Truth House`.
So Dave has apparently taken my advice and replaced 3195 with 5050 for the
summer evening broadcasts, hopefully including WORLD OF RADIO UT Fridays at
0329v!
BTW, Aoki listings are confused: showing 3215 as WWRB Overcomer Ministry, which
is *never* on this frequency. 3195 is missing, just deleted or was it ever
included? 5050 is also mislabeled TOM at 22-11 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, UT Wednesday June 5 at 0103 check, WTWW-3 Bible Worldwide
service is now in Arabic as the language schedule continues to be jumbled
around (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5945, June 5 at 0054, WYFR Spanish is gone, as all Spanish and
Portuguese broadcasts were canceled as of June 1. 5945 had been on at
0000-0145, due south. 6115 is still on in English, VG signal northward. Now
more cuts have been notified June 4 from Okeechobee:
``Please note the following changes to the WYFR A-2013 schedule, effective 01
July 2013: Delete
kHz Time (UT) Zone Az Lang
9690 2245-2400 10S, 11SW 222 RTI
11565 0100-0200 12, 13, 15 140 RTI
15440 2145-0100 10 285 RTI
Sincerely, Brenda Constantino WYFR``
There goes our Taiwan English broadcast 22-23 on 15440, leaving only the
0300-0400 on 6115 ? for now. But there`s still almost a month to decide on
further cuts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 17:27:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: hard-core <[email protected]>, maurits van driessche
<[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Unid on the 49MB
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<[email protected]>
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Does not work out to be an exact harmonic from MWBC. Split frequency also makes
it unlikely to be a leapfrog on SW, yet being so close to 5938.000 implies it`s
intentional. That leaves one more good alternative: a sum or difference product
between a regular SW frequency and a 9-kHz-plan MW frequency somewhere in
Europe, both from same site (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
--- On Mon, 6/3/13, maurits van driessche <[email protected]> wrote:
> Unid? on 5938.002khz at
> 2300utc???Sat? 1 jun .? weak audio
> Maurits Van Driessche
> Belgium
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 23:09:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs June 5-6, 2013
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
** BRAZIL. 15189.92, June 6 at 0100, enthusiastic Brazilian, game? From R.
Inconfid?ncia, the best I could estimate it on the DX-398, as others have also
found it on the low side of 15190 lately (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9965, June 6 at 0058, R. Cairo Arabic service, ME song, could be Umm,
and modulation is good! Hard to believe. But:
9720, June 6 at 0058, open carrier, possibly just barely modulated, during
alleged Spanish service, and weaker vs the noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. Following item had wrong frequency, 11835; I must have
had PCJ on my mind; no one notified me before I noticed the next day, here
corrected:
11860, June 4 at 1326 RHC has some CCI, talk, music, very weak underneath.
Presumably Voice of Wilderness, one of the Bible Voice services, 250 kW, 45
degrees from Trincomalee, SRI LANKA, 1300-1400(Sundays -1430) in Korean per
Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [and non]. 6010, June 5 attempting to hear XEOI, R. Mil within its
reactivated limited schedule which Juli?n Santiago D?ez de Bonilla says is
22-03 UT (or maybe -04?):
at 2230, JBA carrier, 3+ hours before sunset here
at 2336, JBA but a little stronger; can compare to Cuba 6000 and 5990, on 5-kHz
DX-398 steps with BFO, and the 6010 is definitely but slightly on the hi side
(despite all their faults, Cubans are usually pretty good about frequency
accuracy).
At 0036 June 6, now sounds like three carriers all on slightly different
frequencies hetting each other, i.e. also Brasil, Colombia.
At 0053, pileup is worsening; some talk audible, but can`t tell whether it`s
Spanish or Portuguese. Busy producing World of Radio, haven`t had a chance to
monitor later, but doubt XEOI will gain any advantage over the CCI (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Still seeking any info about the fate of KZUE 1460 La Tremenda, I
try the local newspaper, El Reno Tribune
http://www.ertribune.com/
Searched on obvious keywords: nothing; even the word radio turns up only once
since May 31, and behind a sign-up wall.
As a penultimate resort, I sent this June 5 via the contact form on their
website and also by direct email to kzue @ aol.com
``Anoto 1460 fuera del aire desde el tornado en su ?rea. No encuentro nada en
las fuentes noticiosas sobre el estado de su emisora. Por favor enterarme.
?Hubo da?os a la antena o m?s?? Espero que no y que vuelva al aire tan pronto
como posible. Buena suerte, Glenn Hauser, Enid``
As an ultimate resort if no answer I may axually have to phone them.
Meanwhile, we can read About Us at
http://www.latremendaok.com/es/band/
and also try to escuchar, but only set off a few notes and no streaming.
Wouldn`t you know it: a few minutes after despatching my inquiry, I tune 1460
again at 2231 UT June 5, to find KZUE is finally back on the air! With federal
PSA, norte?a music.
Checked again at 2336, still good clear signal, amid unaccented English
standard FCC-required announcement about pending license renewal, except that
was in February 2013, and the deadline for comments is (was!) May 1, 2013; back
to music.
Scenario: KZUE had been in touch with FCC about being off the air for a
pentaday, and then realized they had neglected to go thru the required
procedure at license-renewal time! Or maybe the absence had nothing to do with
the tornado, but mixup with the FCC, off until STA`d?
At 0036 UT June 6, a bihour before sunset but skywave is in, English station
with silly ballgame way atop KZUE Spanish; Red Sox mentioned, and can`t null
it, so very likely approx. same direxion KCLE Cleburne (Metroplex) TX which is
frequently heard but not during full daytime.
At 0430 UT I received this nice reply from KZUE`s owner:
``Le agradezco su preocupaci?n; s?, peg? el tornado en la estaci?n en la parte
de enfrente y hubo da?os m?nimos y no en la antena, pero ya gracias a Dios ya
estamos al aire; lo m?s importante que no hubo p?rdidas humanas. Bendiciones,
Nancy Galvan`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, June 6 at 0055, while waiting for R. Chaski to cut off, I fiddle
the clix on the DX-398 fine tuning with BFO to estimate the frequency offset,
since Chuck Bolland reported it June 3 on 5980.138, which seemed too far off.
After comparing to WWV 5000.000, I put this at maybe 5980.04, no more than
that; it`s definitely slightly on the hi side compared to Cuba 5990. Cuts off
at 0101:52.5*, which is 5.5 seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050, June 6 at 0059, WWRB is again on here and not on 3195 (nor
anything on 3215, but 3185 is poorly audible with BS), so we still anticipate
WORLD OF RADIO to be on 5050 from this UT Friday at 0329v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1672: completed at 0535 UT Thursday June 6 so the 0330
airing on WRMI had to repeat 1672 this week.
First SW airing will be Thursday 2100.5 on WTWW-1 9479; then 0329v UT Friday on
WWRB, presumably 5050 ex-3195; UT Saturday 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ
5110v-CUSB; Saturday 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB; Saturday 1500 & 1730 on WRMI
9955; Saturday 2329v on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sunday 0400.5 on WTWW-1 5830; Sunday
2329v on WTWW-2 9930. Also any day any time between 18 and 24 on 9930; 00-01 on
5085 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 20:22:15 +1200
From: "Radio Heritage Mail" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Retro Radio Dial Series adds Asia/Nordic
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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