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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs July 17-18, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
2. LOgs 14+15 (Zacharias LIangas)
3. How to Modify an AM Radio to Receive Shortwave Broadcasts
(link only ) (Zacharias LIangas)
4. New TV station for Zimbabwe to launch tomorrow (Zacharias LIangas)
5. Shortwave Radio Oddities Roundup (Zacharias LIangas)
6. Pirate Radio Thrives in Internet Age (Zacharias LIangas)
7. Hamburger Lokalradio & Radio City this weekend (TOM TAYLOR)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:42:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 17-18, 2013
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** CHINA. 9410, July 18 at 1155 and still at 1241, big blob of totally
incomprehensible distorted modulation. Harry Smith in Shanghai reported ``lots
of crackle in the modulation`` from CNR5, July 10 at 1245. Ron Howard,
California found this had been fixed as of July 14 at 1025, but very poor
unusable modulation resumed July 15-17. Aoki shows the site for this is Beijing
491. Apparently not self-imposed to jam Fu Hsing, Taiwan also on 9410 which is
maybe not active (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake July 18:
13795, very poor at 1236
CNR1 jamming instead:
15870, poor at 1232; none in the 17s, 16s, 14s, 13s, 12s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6125, July 18 at 0523, RHC English sports report, marred by eruptions
of buzzes every few seconds, sounds like something arcing, not present on the
// frequencies. Congrats to RHC for coming up with yet another new anomaly.
Never a dull moment, unlike with the programming (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALAYSIA. 9835, July 18 at 1259 I am standing by to clock the 2-pip 1300
timesignal from RTM Kajang, peninsular, relaying Sarawak FM back to Borneo.
It`s 4.5 seconds late, far more than a satellite feed delay would cause (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Monitoring channel 2 for signs of skip from 1400 UT July 17, with
antenna southward:
1427 on 2, brief signal in and out; maybe just meteor scatter
1604 on 2, now sporadic E definitely fades in, peaking southwest, a studio
news(?) show; bug in UR has the word CANAL in the middle, something else above
it, and below it clock 10:04 = MDT/CST an hour earlier than here and most of
Mexico.
AFAIK, the only ch 2 axually using the word CANAL in its logo is XEPM-TV in
Ciudad Ju?rez, Chihuahua, so I take a look at the image on
http://tvdxtips.com/mexlogosch2.html
I see that the font and everything match. The full slogan is TU CANAL, but the
TU is in a dark blue color, low contrast vs the CANAL in light color with dark
background, which explains why I couldn`t make out the TU --- but I keep
looking at my screen and finally see it too, as below. Above CANAL is the temp
and a sun-symbol.
Lower left part of the current program at 1604 has a lower-case j surrounded by
a jagged area, which I could not recognize as the outline of Chihuahua, but I
bet the j stands for Ju?rez. Maybe it`s the outline of the city limits? No,
here it is, for `Hola Ju?rez` show:
http://www.televisaregional.com/juarez/video/148719645.html
two offset superimposed screens(?) as background to the j.
XEPM has been seen lots of times, despite Ju?rez being only 588 miles = 947 km
away, city to city Enid. Yet it was not an extremely strong opening, nothing
above channel 2.
1634 on 2, now fades in station with a different bug in UR --- pretty sure it`s
Grupo Pac?fico, italic number in an oval, but I can`t tell whether it is a 2 or
a 3, i.e. one of the two XHI`s, or the XHQ relay in Sonora or Sinaloa: Ciudad
Obreg?n, Los Mochis or Guam?chil.
There is also a small bird in flight in the lower right corner of the oval,
presumably seagull, hard to see except on Danny`s illustrations.
Obreg?n is 937 miles, Los Mochis 984, Guam?chil 967, all ideal skip distances,
and somewhat less than double the distance to Ju?rez.
1644 on 2, signals in and out, same offset (which fits for XEPM and XHHMA, both
zero). But also zero-offset per http://www.dxinfocentre.com/TV2.pdf
are XHGWA, XHPDT, and XHI, with offset uncertain/unshown for XHQ. So all that
is inconclusive.
1654 on 2, now there is a novela on XEPM, and I can make out the TU CANAL bug
in UR, time 10:54 AM; good video but no audio, as the MUF is somewhere between
55.25 and 59.75 MHz
1655 as I continue to watch XEPM, its own bug is suddenly replaced by the
Televisa net-2 star bug in UR, but only briefly before a commercial with no
distracting bugs. Now there is no color much of the time, as the MUF is also
below the color burst frequency for ch 2 zero-offset: 58.829545 MHz (3.579545
MHz above the video carrier).
1658 on 2, now color is back from another station with the Gala TV swirl bug =
Televisa net-9 in LR during `Despierta Am?rica` originating from Miami, and the
co-anchors have big U`s on their mikes. Tried a few photos, none good enough to
link. In fact, it`s also on Univisi?n at 11-15 UT as we get it on cable in OK.
Looks like it`s delayed at least two hours on this.
XHHMA-TV, Gala in Hermosillo is in exactly the same direxion as Ju?rez from
here, but much further at 913 miles. The Pac?fico stations are all a bit more
to the south.
Next day I laboriously look up XHHMA programming on slow-loading TV Guide (Gala
on cable 23 in Hermosillo, presumably this altho they hate to show
X-callsigns), and NO match ? instead `Verdicto Final` courtroom show? at 9-10
am MST July 17. A further fishing expedition will be too time-consuming. No
other ch 2 stations in NW Mexico are known to be on net-9, so maybe a part-time
relay.
1700 on 2, above starts to mix with something from net-2 in UR, probably XEPM
again; fade out and nothing further (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, July 18 at 0104, R. Chaski carrier until cutoff at 0105:33.5*,
five point five seconds later than yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SUDAN [and non]. 15400, July 18 at 0512 check, 1 kHz tone jammer atop R.
Dabanga via Madagascar, which has become the new normal here. Also
lower-pitched tone jammer against their other frequency, 11650 via Vatican
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050, UT Wednesday July 18 at 0106, WWRB is missing again from 5050
and 3195. I suppose it all depends on whether time is sold/committed any given
hour of the evening (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1678 monitoring: first airing confirmed on WRMI
webcast, UT Thursday July 18 at 0330; and detectable on 9955 at 0342 check with
jamming; tnx a lot, Arnie! Next:
Thursday 2100.5 on WTWW-1 9479
UT Friday 0326v on WWRB 5050
UT Saturday 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB (supposed to shift to 0200 if
and when a new 01-02 show starts, but so far unconfirmed)
Saturday 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB, 1 kW from Germany
Saturday 1500 & 1730 on WRMI 9955
Saturday 2328v on WTWW-2 9930
UT Sunday 0400.5 on WTWW-1 5830 (off the air last week)
Sunday 0730, 1030, 1430, 1830 on test from HLR 15785-CUSB
Sunday 2330v on WTWW-2 9930 (also off the air last week)
Tuesday 1100 on WRMI 9955
Wednesday 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB
Wednesday 1630 on HLR 15785-CUSB if testing again
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED [non]. 11980, July 18 at 0515 check, TRT poor signal is back
unlike last night missing, but now absent is the 11979 single-number CW
intruder sending 7 or 3 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 07:52:34 +0300
From: Zacharias LIangas <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected];
Subject: [HCDX] LOgs 14+15
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http://zliangaslogs.blogspot.gr/
Logs sun 14/7
9526 RRI 1343 with pop songs S3 only
11835 PCJ 1346 with poo signal mean S3
11860 V wilderness 1351 with talks in Korean S4
15785 HLR notted on 1355 with mag antenna with marginal signal
Logs Mon 15/7
http://zliangaslogs.blogspot.gr/
15615 salam watandar 1356 -1402 with signal S2 ma x
12015 V o korea 1403 with hymn etc treid to listen to V o Mogoliaa
15205 PAB? 1418 wth religious prg
15505 bangladesh betar 1420 with old hindi songs (50-60 ) 1430*
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 08:06:05 +0300
From: Zacharias LIangas <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected];
Subject: [HCDX] How to Modify an AM Radio to Receive Shortwave
Broadcasts (link only )
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain
Please reply to [email protected]
http://survivalandbeyond.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Listen-to-Shortwave-Broadcasts-
on-an-AM-Radio.pdf
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 08:06:53 +0300
From: Zacharias LIangas <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected];
Subject: [HCDX] New TV station for Zimbabwe to launch tomorrow
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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https://www.facebook.com/100496510110904/posts/194823300678224
A PRIVATE television station, 1st TV, is expected to be launched in Zimbabwe
tomorrow
using the free-to-air channels formerly used by South African Broadcasting
Corporation (SABC) channels on Wiztech decoders.
The station, which will start broadcasting at 6pm tomorrow, would end the
monopoly by
State broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC).
In an interview yesterday from South Africa, the televisions senior
presenter/producer Temba Hove said they were ready to roll local and
international
programmes on the station and would not be biased towards any political party.
We will be airing on Wiztech where SABC was broadcasting on. We are taking
over and
we will be on Wiztech, Hove said.
1st TV will provide impartial, factual news to the people of Zimbabwe as well
as
broadcasting popular soap operas and comedies.
The team comprises Hove, a former ZBC staffer, Shortwave Radio Africas Violet
Gonda
and executive producer Andrew Chadwick.
Thousands of Zimbabweans own Wiztech decoders and the move will come as good
news to
them.
With the recent loss of SABC from the platform, Zimbabweans have once again
been at
the mercy of the dire production standards and biased reporting of the State
media.
33 years after independence, it is high time that the people got what they
demand
and deserve in respect of their right to information and that is the role that
1st TV
will play, the statement read.
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 08:07:52 +0300
From: Zacharias LIangas <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected];
Subject: [HCDX] Shortwave Radio Oddities Roundup
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Please reply to [email protected]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbhCeWtX9sg
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 08:10:01 +0300
From: Zacharias LIangas <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected];
Subject: [HCDX] Pirate Radio Thrives in Internet Age
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http://www.radioworld.com/article/pirate-radio-thrives-in-internet-age/220315
OTTAWA, Ontario Unlicensed pirate radio stations are thriving in the
Internet
age, despite the fact that most people can now operate their own Web-based
radio
stations without risking arrest.
A vibrant pirate radio scene continues in the United States, and also in
Europe and
to a lesser extent in South America, said George Zeller, a pirate radio
listener/journalist for the past four decades.
This includes a very energetic pirate radio scene on shortwave, and also a
stunningly resilient pirate radio scene on FM and to a lesser extent on medium
wave,
despite the frequent busts by the FCC of FM pirates.
STILL A NEED
There is most certainly a place for pirate radio today although I would
debate
the word pirate, said Gerry Jackson. She is the founder and station manager of
SW
Radio Africa, a pro-democracy station broadcasting into Zimbabwe from an out-of-
country transmitter. We are a normal radio station, producing news and
information
to help inform Zimbabweans in-country.
So why does SWRA pay hefty electricity bills to broadcast on 4880 kHz, rather
than
just streaming its content to Zimbabwe via the Web?
The age of the Internet is far from global, Jackson said. Zimbabweans have
access
to very poor bandwidth, unless they are very rich. Plus 90 percent of the
population
lives in rural areas where there will be virtually no access to the Internet.
She added that there is 90 percent unemployment in Zimbabwe, which effectively
bars
the majority from using whatever Web access is available. In contrast,
shortwave
radio reaches all parts of the country, said Jackson. If one person in your
village
has a radio, then everyone can listen.
Famed pirate broadcaster Allan Weiner. Credit: Allan Weiner WHY THE PIRATES DO
IT
There are many kinds of pirate radio stations. They run the gamut from
hobbyists
broadcasting to their apartment buildings using a low-powered transmitter, MP3
player
and cheap microphone to full-blown professional operations, such as SWRA.
Pirate
radio stations are also big in major urban centers such as New York and London,
where
they tend to lurk at the bottom of the FM bands.
Many pirate stations have been on-air for decades, said Pat Murphy. He is a
long-time
mainstream radio/TV broadcaster in Washington, D.C., pirate radio listener and
volunteer with the Free Radio Network pirate radio fan website, which has
merged with
HFU HF Underground. Long-running pirate stations include Undercover Radio,
WBNY(AM)
(Radio Bunny), Radio Jamba, Wolverine Radio, Channel Z, Blue Ocean, Rave on
Radio,
Red Mercury Labs, [shortwave station] WMPR, Radio Free Speech, Captain Ganja,
Southern Relay Service to name just a few, Murphy said.
PERSISTENCE
Some stations specialize in music, others in commentary and talk. WBNY(AM) is
run by
a pirate operator who calls himself Commander Bunny and has a rabbit-sounding
voice,
has run for president with bumper stickers to boot and is actively sending
out
QSL cards (station confirmation of listener reception reports).
So why do pirate broadcasters risk fines and even jail to broadcast without a
license?
A QSL issued by Weiners Radio Newyork International/RNI on shortwave radio.
Credit: Allan Weiner I think the motives are different for each person,
Murphy
said. Some do it for the thrill of it, others to lend a voice to something
they feel
the mainstream media has ignored, and others do it for the fun of it.
In the case of legendary pirate broadcaster Allan Weiner operator of Radio
Newyork
International, which broadcast off the New York Atlantic coast using ship-based
transmitters in the 1980s the motivation was exercising his U.S. right to
freedom
of speech. My friends and I had tried to open our own station legally, but
were
laughed off by the FCC because we were young and not rich, Weiner said.
Pirate
radio was the only option not just for exercising this right, but allowing
other
ordinary Americans to speak their minds on the radio, and to let everyone have
the
chance to hear them.
Ironically, after decades of pirate broadcasting, in 1998 Weiner succeeded in
attaining FCC licenses for shortwave radio station WBCQ and WREM(AM), now
WXME(AM);
both in Monticello, Maine. Today, he legally owns and operates these two
stations,
plus WBCQ(FM) in the same town.
In large U.S. conurbations such as Miami, New York/New Jersey and the Boston
area,
the majority of pirate radio stations are operated within communities that
have been
effectively priced out of access to the legal airwaves, said John Anderson, an
American academic who has extensively studied pirate radio and operates the
site
www.dyimedia.net. Many of them are commercial, providing an affordable
advertising
outlet for local businesses, he said.
Teenage pirate Weiner broadcasting as Free Radio WXMN(AM) in 1971. Credit:
Allan
Weiner. BOOST FROM THE WEB
As for the risk of being caught? At least in the U.S., the FCC is really a
paper
tiger, Anderson said. Field offices are woefully understaffed, and busting
pirates
is just one small duty that field agents are responsible for.
U.S. fines for unlicensed broadcasting can go as high as $25,000, but since the
FCC
is mandated to reduce fines for people who can prove they cant pay,
five-digit
forfeitures get whittled down to $1,000 or less, he said. Add the fact that
the FCC
doesnt have the same collection teeth as the IRS, plus a five-year statute of
limitations on FCC fines, and it's not unheard of for forfeitures to simply
expire.
At first blush, one would expect to have cut into the pool of potential pirate
broadcasters. After all, sites such as Ustream.tv and Justin.tv let anyone
produce
and stream their own audio and video content, for free.
That said, the Web cant match radios ability to provide one-to-many coverage
immediately and accessibly, said Weiner. There is also a magic to just going
live
on-air that the Web doesnt deliver. Thats the magic of radio, and there is
nothing
like it.
Meanwhile, the Web has proven to be a boon to pirate radio broadcasters in a
number
of ways. For instance, they no longer have to risk either locating their
studio with
their transmitter or antenna because the latter is what gets found and seized
when
regulators track down pirate signals or using STL links to tie the two
together,
said Paul Riismandel. He is a noted pirate radio journalist and co-founder of
www.radiosurvivor.com, a radio news site.
WBNY(AM) Radio Bunny souvenirs and QSLs. Credit: Pat Murphy. With the Web, a
pirate broadcaster can simply stream his or her content to the transmitter. If
it
gets found and seized, the pirates production center remains undiscovered and
secure.
The Web is a great place for pirate radio listeners to band together in chat
rooms,
to share information about stations that are popular, or even on-air right now.
For
broadcasters, the Web is also a source of easy-to-access, cheap and complete
radio
stations. You can now buy a full setup from the Internet for $200, said
Weiner.
When I started as a teenage pirate in the 1970s, broadcasting equipment was
nearly
impossible to find, and what was available was prohibitively expensive.
Finally, the Web has made it much easier and far safer for pirate radio
broadcasters
to respond to listener reception reports the only proof these broadcasters
get that
someone is actually tuning in to their signals. It brought about e-QSLs, said
Murphy. Instead of sending your report to a mail drop, you would send it to an
email
address and in return get a verification via email as an e-QSL.
WBNY(AM) Radio Bunny logo. Credit: Pat Murphy Mail drops were anonymous
locations
where listeners could send their written reception reports. They were used to
prevent
giving out pirate radio station addresses over the air, where the FCC might
hear
them.
The moral to this tale the Internet age has not reduced potential pirates
urge to
broadcast. After all, going online requires an expensive device and a monthly
connection plan, some of which come with data caps, Anderson said. Contrast
that to
radio, which I can get with an inexpensive receiver and no recurring charge,
he
said.
Even today, nothing can touch radio for its reach, immediacy and intimacy,
said
Weiner. This is why the Web is a boon to pirate radio broadcasters, not a
bust.
James Careless reports on the industry for Radio World from Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada.
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 09:01:48 +0100
From: TOM TAYLOR <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [HCDX] Hamburger Lokalradio & Radio City this weekend
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Hamburger Lokalradio & Radio City this weekend
Radio City:
Friday 19th:
18.00 to 19.00 UTC on 7290 kHz via IRRS, and MW 1368 kHz from Padova, Italy
Saturday 20th:
08.00 to 09.00 UTC on 9510 kHz via IRRS, also at 19.00 to 20.00 UTC on 1485
kHz via R Merkurs in Latvia with a weekly separate programme.
Every 4th Saturday:
12.00 to 13.00 UTC via Hamburger Lokalradio on 7265 kHz
Due to very poor propagation the June HLR programme will be repeated.
The email address remains [email protected] Thank you!
Hamburger Lokalradio via MVBR Saturday and Wednesday:
06.00 to 08.00 UTC on 7265 kHz
08.00 to 11.00 UTC on 6190 kHz
11.00 to 15.00 UTC on 7265 kHz
All reports to: [email protected] Thank you!
Good Listening!
73s, Tom
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