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Today's Topics:
1. Shortwave services of European Union, foreign radio stations
shut (Jaisakthivel)
2. Mon dx (Charles)
3. Re: [dxld] Shortwave services of European Union, foreign
radio stations shut (Glenn Hauser)
4. Glenn Hauser logs July 8, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
5. Glenn Hauser logs July 8-9, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
6. (no subject) (Zacharias LIangas)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 18:40:41 +0800 (SGT)
From: Jaisakthivel <[email protected]>
To: ardic <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Shortwave services of European Union, foreign radio
stations shut
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
The 72-year-old V. Balasu?bramanian, who used to tune into popular foreign
radio stations like Radio Netherlands, Germany?s Deutsche Welle (DW) and Radio
Taiwan Intern?ational to get updates about the day?s happenings is sad as most
of the radio stations in the European Union and various other parts of the
world have started to close down their short wave service.?
?
These radio stations cite lack of funds and growth of technology, which
integrates radio into smart phones, as the main reasons for shutting down their
SW services. Some top radio stations like British Broad?casting Corporation and
DW have also closed their transmitter sites in Trincomalee (service for South
Asia) as they found it difficult to make ends meet.
?
?When I started to listen foreign radios six decades ago there were about 30
stations but today you don?t have so much on air. Some have moved to Internet
and local FM, while others have closed down their services,? he said with a sad
face.
?
Recalling how he use to tune into Radio Australia for cricket commentary on
weekends, Balasubramanian pointed out that it never happens today as the
station had stopped its short wave broadcast.?
?
?Australian government had to spend $30 million for its SW service and with
people's hue and cry over the use of public money, the government withdrew the
service,? he added.
?
Professor T. Jaisak?thivel, president of Ardic DX club, listing out radio
stations, which had closed their shortwave service, said that some popular
radio stations had moved to digital radio platform to offer their services.?
?
?Some radio stations have even stopped sending their programme schedules, QSL
cards and pennants. One can understand the burden on their exchequer so it?s
obvious that these stations want to cut down their expense for which they have
closed down their service,? he said. Written by??N. Arun Kumar
Source:?http://www.deccanchronicle.com
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 12:06:34 -0000
From: "Charles" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, "Anker Petersen"
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "Glenn
Hauser"
<[email protected]>, "'HardcoreDX'" <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Mon dx
Message-ID: <4CAA8A21C0D04557A7CD26A7496BCFB8@CharlesBolland>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Bolivia, 4699.935, Radio San Miguel, 1015-1030, Noted a weak signal here
with a male in
Spanish comments. The audio fades in and out during the period. (Chuck
Bolland, July 8, 2013)
Peru, 4809.976, Radio Logos, 1020-1030, Noted two males in Spanish
comments with each other
during the period. Signal was poor. (Chuck Bolland, July 8 2013)
Peru, 4835.036, Radio Maranon, presumed, 1023-1030, At tune in noted steady
music here. After
a minute or two a utility station comes on the freq causing interference.
Noted some comments
during the period by a female. Signal was threshold with interference.
(Chuck Bolland, July 8, 2013)
Peru, 5039.197, Radio Libertad, 1040-1050, Noted a weak signal here in
steady music. Audio
is not solid. It fades in and out with music. Signal is poor. (Chuck
Bolland, July 8, 2013)
Excalibur
26N 081W
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 07:40:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Shortwave services of European Union,
foreign radio stations shut
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Let`s not get ahead of ourselves! R. Australia has NOT (yet?) closed its SW
service, surely still including cricket on Saturday evenings. Grandstand is
scheduled all the way from 0200 to 1300 UT on Saturdays.
Why did you not correct this blunder?
Glenn Hauser
--- On Mon, 7/8/13, Jaisakthivel <[email protected]> wrote:
?
The 72-year-old V. Balasu?bramanian, who used to tune into popular
foreign radio stations like Radio Netherlands, Germany?s Deutsche Welle (DW)
and Radio Taiwan Intern?ational to get updates about the day?s happenings is
sad as most of the radio stations in the European Union and various other parts
of the world have started to close down their short wave service.??These radio
stations cite lack of funds and growth of technology, which integrates radio
into smart phones, as the main reasons for shutting down their SW services.
Some top radio stations like British Broad?casting Corporation and DW have also
closed their transmitter sites in Trincomalee (service for South Asia) as they
found it difficult to make ends meet.??When I started to listen
foreign radios six decades ago there were about 30 stations but today you
don?t have so much on air. Some have moved to Internet and local FM, while
others have closed down their services,? he said with a sad face.?Recalling how
he use to tune into Radio Australia for cricket commentary on weekends,
Balasubramanian pointed out that it never happens today as the station had
stopped its short wave
broadcast.???Australian government had to spend $30 million for its SW service
and with people's hue and cry over the use of public money, the government
withdrew the service,? he added.?Professor T. Jaisak?thivel, president of Ardic
DX club, listing out radio stations, which
had closed their shortwave service, said that some popular radio stations had
moved to digital radio platform to offer their services.???Some radio stations
have even stopped sending their programme schedules, QSL cards and pennants.
One can understand the burden on their exchequer so it?s obvious that these
stations want to cut down their expense for which they have closed down their
service,? he said. Written by??N. Arun
KumarSource:?http://www.deccanchronicle.com
__._,_.___
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 12:30:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 8, 2013
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
** BANGLADESH. 15505, July 8 at 1358, BB IS is JBA, enough to clock the
timesignal as ending at 1359:39.5. Will they ever set their timesignal
accurately? If not, why bother. Because it sounds precise even if it`s anything
but. Fool the people. Who`s comparing to WWVH in Bangladesh? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. After first getting XHTAU and XEFB on channel A2, July 8 at 1444 UT
I hear some English while the antenna is still aimed southward:
1444, with 1-800 number, .ca website; so rotate to find video peak from north,
YL gospel huxter is quoting Chuck Colson
1455, studio talkshow continues, in and out. Seems to be a bug in UR I cannot
make out
1457, fade-in to show along with the hosts, ``866-273-4444 toll-free
prayerline``. Also a large 100 in the LL along with some small lettering I
can`t make out
1458, outro show from `Crossroads`, Brampton Ont, and Niagara Falls NY addresses
1459, Global Evening News at Six promo
1500, SHAW bug in LR, other bugs in UL and LL. Now show is `The Doctors`,
medical advice
Weak signal continues in & out following hour.
1600, now a cooking show, good at 1605
The Ontario network stations would all be in noon news now. At first I thought
I had CIII-TV-2, Bancroft Ont., a Global station, but its EDT programming is
one hour of real time ahead of what I am getting which matches TV Guide CDT
listings for Winnipeg, i.e. CKND-TV-2 Minnedosa, Manitoba:
9:30 am [1430 UT] 100 Huntley Street
10:00 am [1500 UT] The Doctors
11:00 am [1600 UT] Chef at Home
Crossroads Christian Communications produces 100 Huntley Street
1616, brief surge mentions ``a Manitoba website``
Now the 6m map shows Es all over the USA, but not a bit into Canada, and only
one little line into Chihuahua; rotating, no Mexican TV now, so back to north
1624, ad for a Manitoba golf club, atop CCI from ? But Global keeps dominating,
1625, chef show about Louisiana cuisine
1630, into real estate show, `The Unsellables`, so still CKND-TV-2.
1643, another good peak, Manitoba Stampede ad; 1645 recycle cans at Winnipeg
Blue Bombers games
During this opening, the MUF has never gone above channel 2, ALL THE ABOVE,
until:
1644 on 4, some video starts to show, bits of English;
1648 on 4, ad for chilltowin.com; 1649 promo for `So You Think You Can Dance`;
back to `e-talk` show as scheduled for CTV Winnipeg; 1652 snow-free. This must
be CHYB-TV, 100 kW in Brandon MB.
1700 on 4, CTV news about Manitoba, somepol steps down from cabinet
1700 on 2, not news but `Design, Inc.` show as sked on Global Winnipeg
MUF pokes into FM band: see separate log
1733 on 2, still in, interview singer, `Entertainment Tonight` [sic]
1745 on 2, still in but about to disappear
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. Sporadic E TV-DX opening from Manitoba on 2 and 4 barely reaches the
FM band as I am waiting for it on 88.1, the ATS-909 with whip antenna only but
signal maybe bouncing off the TV antenna, July 8, UT:
1655, fade in rock music and back out. W9WI.com shows not a single 88.1 in MB,
not even low-powers.
1702, Canadian news about the pol quitting cabinet; train explosion in Quebec;
1702, ``That`s MBC news,`` Prince Albert, Sask. ad; 1703 for White Bear Lake
golf course; 1705 lengthy weather for all over Sask., including first-nation
areas, Uranium City; 1707, ``95 dot 5, MBC`` ID; fade out; 1710 fade-in with
music; 1714 after song, ``MBC Network Radio``, phone 425-4101 or toll free
877-425-4101; DJ is Dale Rothman(?), shtick about ``be a kid again day``, such
as by making silly faces. 1722 another fade in with music; 1724, Mike on the
phone making a request from Prince Albert.
This is CJLR-FM-3, 49 kW in Prince Albert SK, but originates with CJLR-FM-6,
95.5 in North Battleford. MBC is the Missinipi Broadcasting Corp. Distance to
P.A. is 1220 miles.
I logged 88.1 before on July 27, 2011 and had some nice correspondence with
people at the station. All that is in DXLDs:
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1130.txt
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1131.txt
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1132.txt
7+ minutes of clips from that occasion are at
http://www.w4uvh.net/CJLR3.rm
mostly in native language.
I also have combined clips of three fade-ins this time at:
http://www.w4uvh.net/cjlr3_20130708.rm
roughly 1705-1707, 1714-1717, 1722-1726 UT. Sorry, it starts out a bit loud
till I turned it down; 9+ minutes; so:
Condensed version to 3+ minutes taking out most music and fades:
http://www.w4uvh.net/cjlr3_20130708c.rm
At peaks of 88.1, I also tuned the DX-398 to 99.1, the next-up full-power
station in Prince Albert, but did not hear it. I certainly did hear the other
radio`s local oscillator on 98.8 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 6135, re my log of CNR1 July 7 at 1222, no known jamming target, Ron
Howard explains: ``Originally CNR1 was on 6135 to jam RTI:
`DX RE MIX NEWS #788 (July 1):
Frequency change of Radio Taiwan International:
1000-1500 NF 6180 HUW 100 kW / 310 deg to EaAs Chinese, ex 6135`
Guess they stayed on 6135 just to be sure RTI did not return again,
even though they did start up on the new 6180 RTI frequency?`` (Glenn Hauser,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake, July 8 before 1330:
13795, very poor with CCI at 1325
All the rest are CNR1 jammers:
12500, poor at 1324
15545, JBA at 1327, het on lo side
15570, very poor at 1327, same het on lo side; none in 14s, 16s, 17s
CNR1 echo jamming much stronger on 15115 and 15195, which were not formerly
Firedrake (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sporadic E opening in progress at tune-in July 8, with antenna south
on NTSC channel A2, UT:
1413, Spanish audio; 1416 CCI, then peak of one signal with Elecciones 2013
full-screen grafix, returns for yesterday in Tamaulipas, then Coahuila and
Chihuahua. This is during INFO 7 news show with Azteca net-7 bug in LR along
with 9:18 clock and 24 degrees at 1418. So it`s XHTAU in Tampico
1420, fade to another ch 2, with MATUTINO EXPRESS on set, f-bug (Televisa
net-4) in LR, TELEACTIVA in UR, i.e. XEFB-TV Monterrey NL
1421, mentions Azteca Nordeste, and ``siete 7`` promo, i.e. this subnetwork:
1422, XHTAU dominates. Large INFO 7 in middle of set/screen between W & M
anchorette (stage left) & anchor. Also reads info7.mx below it. Peaks snow-free
for a bit. Headlines at screenbottom but not crawling, rather flipping
vertically. Full story about vacationers having problems(?) or overloading the
Monterrey bus station, as this morning cast originates in Monterrey tho relayed
from Tampico. 1427 it`s quite dominant, then fades in and out.
At 1444 I start to hear English on channel 2 so rotate to CANADA, q.v., maybe
missing more from Mexico. (XHRIO in Matamoros switched from Fox in English to
MundoFox in Spanish some time ago. So how do you see Fox in the RGV?) (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, July 8 at 1255, WTWW-3 Bible Worldwide is already on in
Russian, unusual as normally comes on after 1300; CCI and SAH from KSDA
Chinese. Intention per WTWW schedule is to start at 1100 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 4840, UT Monday July 8 at 0400-0430, `The Talking Machine Show` on
WWCR is replaying last week`s episode. Is this SOP? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11979, July 8 at 0523, without BFO, the weak 11980 Turkey carrier
suffices to audiblize some CW sending 7 over and over in code: --... Almost
sounds hand-keyed; at least the pauses between the sevens vary. There are 28
repetitions per minute. What in the world is going on here?
11980, as we noted before, is also infested by RTTY intruder inside the SWBC
band, poor signal at 1408 July 8, but probably unrelated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 13650-13300-, July 8 at 1403, buzz sort of like OTH radar, and I
realize it is slowly moving downward; hard to determine bandwidth as it moves,
but less than 25 kHz. Perhaps a cross with an ionosonde. I sit on 13500 and
then jump to 13400 to time how long it takes for it to decrease by 100 kHz:
about 50 seconds; then to 13300: another 52 seconds for it to cross there. Call
it 51 average. Thus the frequency is ``decelerating`` at the rate of 510
seconds per Megahertz or 0.51 seconds per kHz, or the other say round, 1.96 kHz
per second = kilohertz per second per second. We need a handy name for this
unit, but MegaHausers is already taken = megacycles per minute (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15400, July 8 at 0517, 1000 Hz tone making slight SAH with weaker
R. Dabanga, Madagascar. Nothing on 15150, where 1 kHz tones were being heard
during this hour until last night, when Wolfgang B?schel found it on 15400. Now
the 15400 tone cuts off at 0531* as R. Dabanga continues.
This is getting suspicious, as 15150 is also a R. Dabanga frequency via
Madagascar, but at a totally different time, 1529-1627 (plus R. Tamazuj at
1500-1529). Thus I suspect the tones are jamming from Sudan, except they were
at first mixed up about which frequency to attack in the morning. The other
morning frequency, 11650 via Vatican at 0400-0557 has long been marred by
continuous tone jamming.
As for 17690 tone, checking again for that I hear a weak 1 kHz circa 17693.5 at
0518, which I am now writing off as out of some local device, altho how an
exact 1000 Hz tone arises is unclear.
17690 is scheduled only for R. Azadi (Free Afghanistan) alternating Dari and
Pashto all the way from 0230 to 1430, with a variety of sites, switching at
0530 from Sri Lanka to Thailand; unheard (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 20:30:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 8-9, 2013
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
** BOLIVIA. 5952.44, July 9 at 0056, R. Pio Doce is quite audible in dialog,
probably Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 6154.9, July 9 at 0100, YL talk seems Spanish, from Radio Fides,
much weaker than 6134.8, R. Santa Cruz. I see reports of both as on 6155.000
and 6135.000, trailing or defaulting zeroes being allowed to misimply that they
are really on exact frequencies, never the case. Study the concept of
``significant digits`` and override your logging program or imprecise frequency
display (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4915, July 9 at 0055, R. Daqui is gone early again, and still
nothing on alleged // 11835v either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 6070, July 9 at 0049, still no signal from CFRX; will it ever come
back this time? Despite someone having reported it 48 hours earlier (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6060, July 9 at 0003, still at 0058, 0107, RHC Spanish audio is
continuously breaking up severely, altho stronger than // 6100 which is OK, as
are all the others I check: 9810, 11680, 11760, 11840, 15230. Wiggle that
patchcord!
As usual ragged start to English: at 0103, 6000 is going late, but 6165 is
still off; its carrier on by 0105, and modulating before 0106 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 17550, July 8 at 2045, nice to hear R. Kuwait`s C&W NAm service in
Arabic music with fair signal, in fact somewhat better than English with rock
music on 15540. News at 2051; 2058 sign-off by announcer still blithely
asserting that 15540 is in the ``25-meter band``, quick military band anthem,
accurate 5+1 timesignal to 2100, switch to fanfare introducing Arabic news
which no doubt will be cut off in a few minutes after paralleling 17550 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEWFOUNDLAND. 6159.96 approx., July 9 at 0050, poor signal in English,
surely CKZN back on (near) frequency after months circa 6160.8 producing a big
het with CKZU and anyone else. Before sunset here, and way before sunset in
Vancouver, surely this one is CKZN, as first noted by Thomas Nilsson, Sweden,
July 7 at 0232 and July 8 at 0300 with CBC IDs and news on 6159.966 both times,
but ``a little unstable and trembling``. I needed to get this before 0100-0700
when bigsig from Cuba blox on 6165 (unless it fails). Best time to get local
info on CBC is the weather about :05 after the news, but altho RHC was late
tonight, still off at 0103, it was on by 0105 and modulating before 0106.
CKZU had also stayed slightly on the lo side of 6160, so when both are mixing
later in the night, it will be interesting to compare how far apart they be
now. SAH sure beats an AH (Glenn Hauser, OK< DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, July 9 at 0058, R. Chaski as usual barely audible with talk in
hash/splash/noise level, until carrier cut at 0104:45.75 or so = 5.25 seconds
later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 08:48:27 +0300
From: Zacharias LIangas <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected];
Subject: [HCDX] (no subject)
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain
Please reply to [email protected]
Logs 3/7
9695Deewa 1353 with seemingly reports S5 mentions of Islamabad , religious
?
9725 ?? 1402 relig prg in Russian 1404 with song S 9
9380 N K Free radio 1407 talk by YL Korean S1 /V antenna
9565. 1410 rather poor signal , un IDable due to fast fades and low signal ,
but
poss Farsi carrier on -30 Hz > IRIB dari per eibi
9716 harmonic of 1620 at 1415
9800 R Romania intl with ID on 1427 strong QRM in lSB by nearby QBPL carrier
4810 AIR Delhi 2213 extended program , in Hindi S7
6260 pirate 2215 pop songs S7
4/7
4825 Cancao Nova? PP 0344 S1
4885 Para 0344 talks SA3
4976 Uganda 0345 S1
5025 Cuba 0345 talks S5
5040 Cuba 0345 S6
15160 R A 0346 talsks S7
http://delicious.com/gr_greek1/zak (all my pages )
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