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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs July 24, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Glenn Hauser logs July 24-25, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 09:43:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 24, 2013
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** BANGLADESH. 15505, July 24 at 1357, BB IS is JBA, cannot make out any
timesignal, but opening Urdu theme is underway before 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake [non] CNR1 jamming July 24:
12370, very poor at 1433
12040, poor at 1433
No others 12-19 MHz, except:
17810, I was first hearing Chinese here, July 24 at 1429, and quick timesignal
at 1430, so took it to be CNR1 against something, but only scheduled is AWR
Chinese via GERMANY which would not expect to be jammed; and could not make it
match 12040. Further chex of this one needed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 17630, July 24 at 1428, CRI English fair signal, one of the
best on 16m where little else besides Cuba is propagating under depressed
conditions. It`s a few seconds ahead of 13740 via CUBA. I still think the site
is Urumqi, EAST TURKISTAN on the ubiquitous 500 kW, 308-azimuth intended for
Europe, rather than the duplicate HFCC registration for Bamako, MALI, 100 kW at
85 degrees for Africa. A little bit of propagation from Africa, however, next
on 17640, much weaker signal which is DW in Hausa via Rwanda, 250 kW at 310
degrees USward until 1430 (the other E.T. site, Kashgar, finishes CRI
308-degree French at 1400 on 17560, 17650) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, July 24 at 0522, open carrier no doubt R. Verdad. They had
just got some very good news:
``Dear Glenn: I am happy to inform you that I went to Guatemala [City] today,
and the government granted me 20 more years for my short wave frequency of
Radio Truth. I need this news to be spread out. Thank you (?dgar Madrid, Radio
Verdad, Chiquimula, July 23, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``
``?dgar, Very good! I will certainly spread the news. I was about to ask you if
there had been any resolution (Glenn, via DXLD)``
``Thank you, Glenn. I was surprised when they told me that it was for 20 years,
because they were granting only for 15 years. Praise God! (?dgar Madrid, Radio
Verdad, ibid.)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, Wednesday July 24 at 1338, KBSWR with quarterly
questions for July-August-September, responders to which will be entered in a
draw for some prizes. Need to check the website for what the exact questions
are. This really amounts to audience research, so the more replies the better
if SW usage is to be prolonged. Propagation is poor today, few signals on 19m
but at least in the summer this one holds up, and I continue to wonder if it`s
really still on the registered 81 degree antenna to southern South America.
1340 on to `Sounds of Korea`, traditional music show this time on the subject
of tobacco which was once considered great for everyone to smoke, even
children. (I looked it up: as of 2007y, the smoking rate in Korea South was
twice that of the US, ranking 13th and 51st respectively, roughly 2000 vs 1000
fags per year --- of course, that`s per capita adult, meaning those who do
smoke inhale a LOT more poison gas) (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALI. 5995, July 24 at 0509, poor undermodulated signal with African
chanting music. I guess it`s Bamako on the air earlier than usual *0600 for
Ramadan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, July 24 at 0059, waiting for R. Chaski carrier to cutoff as
expected around 0059:29, following 5-6 seconds later each night, but it keeps
going! Until finally 0100:46.5*! This is most unusual. Perhaps they gave the
timer a further nudge, impatient to get it past top of the hour. We`ll hear
whether it resume the usual precession rate hereafter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, July 24 at 1433, WTWW-3 in AraBible, back on the air again,
and also an hour before in Russian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11979, July 24 at 0520, again tonight the number is 8 from the
single-digit CW intruder, beating against 11980 Turkey.
I just spotted another log of this in the UDXF yg:
``11979.0, 8 repeated in CW. Fairly strong signal, but nearly buried by RTTY on
11980.0. had to use a 800 Hz CW filter to dig it out. I had another CW beacon
repeating "5" a few days ago on 11623.0, but I can't
find my notes on it, maybe later: 2057 CW (23/JULY/2013)
(Jack L. Metcalfe - Stanford, KY,
Software Radio Laboratory QS1R SDR
Icom IC-R75 (x2) & Icom IC-R8500
Icom IC-R5, Uniden BCD996T, BCD996XT & AOR AR8200
355' Longwire & 155' Inverted L Sloper Antennas
Diamond D-130J Discone & SAMCO UHF Yagi``
``So this was at 2057 UT? I have been hearing this for several nights now at
*0520-0535*. Here are all my reports on 11979: --- Glenn``
``Yes, 2057 UT. The signal was very strong at times (didn't check the S-meter,
though) and I was using my 355' longwire at the time. It's oriented NE/SW with
the feed point on the SW end. I'm just glad somebody else heard it! I still
haven't found the complete details on the "5" beacon on 11623.0, but I suspect
it was around the same time (Jack L. Metcalfe, UDXF yg via DXLD)``
``FYI - The RTTY mentioned on 11980 kHz is a US Navy transmission from NAU,
Isabela PR. ?mco (Mike Chace Ortiz, UDXF yg via DXLD)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 20:55:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 24-25, 2013
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** ANGUILLA [non]. 11775, checking for the new Brother Scare collision with The
University Network: July 24 at 1957, Anguilla is off the air and only a very
weak signal is audible with some music, then carrier, and from 2000 very poor
with typical TOM music like what`s on 9370 via WWRB (9980 WWCR having just
rudely switched from TOM to that other program for an hour). Recheck at 2055,
still only BS is audible very poorly on 11775.
HFCC shows 11775 until 2000 is CRI German via Kashgar on (what else?) the 308
azimuth, and now at 2000-2200 is TOM via Nauen, GERMANY, supposedly starting
July 1 in defiance of Anguilla but reported only recently as colliding, by Mark
Taylor in WI on July 20 and 2133, and by Russ Cummings, UK, July 22 at 2030,
for whom TOM was atop AIA.
It`s not too unusual for Caribbean Beacon to be missing (or on the day
frequency at night/vice versa with 6090), but I wonder if CB is off
deliberately to monitor the competition, gospel huxter vs gospel huxter! CB is
also missing from 6090 when checked at 0057 July 27, just the Brasilian audible
in Portuguese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEWFOUNDLAND [and non]. 6160, July 25 at 0056-0102+, station in English,
presumed CKZN, has a LAH (low audible heterodyne) from something else; as yet,
Cuba is not up on 6165 to splash. I think it`s still too early before sunset
here and much more so in Vancouver for the second station to be CKZU which at
last check by Wolfgang B?schel was within SAH range of 13 Hz, and it looks like
the only other possibilities are low-powers in Russia and Brasil. Radio Rossii,
Monchegorsk (a.k.a. Murmansk) is supposed to start at 0057 which must be circa
sunrise there in the far north. Or maybe this is a clew: Aoki puts R Boa
Vontade, Porto Alegre on 6161, altho what I heard was nowhere near a 1 kHz het.
Aoki doesn`t split frequencies below 1 kHz; and Rio Mar, Manaus is supposedly
daytime-only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, July 25 at 0058, R. Chaski carrier I am continually monitoring
to catch their newest cutoff: 0059:34.5* UT, which is 11 seconds later than two
nights ago; back in step at 5.5 (or more like 5.25) seconds later per day,
despite the anomalous prolongation until 0100:46.5* one night ago. Maybe the
timer failed and they turned it off manually ASAP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SERBIA [non]. 9685, July 25 at 0054, IRS is again AWOL long before the 0030
English semihour should be over (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1678 monitoring: found the playback halfway thru at
2000 UT Wednesday July 24, on 9930, WTWW-2, and no interruption at hourtop;
among the variable bonus airings thanks to Ted Randall, so this time started at
1945.
WORLD OF RADIO 1679 monitoring: completed in time for first airing on WRMI
9955, UT Thursday July 25 at 0330, confirmed from 0331 on webcast; then:
Thursday 2100.5 on WTWW-1 9479; UT Friday 0326v on WWRB 5050; UT Saturday 0130v
on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB; Saturday 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB; Saturday
1500 on WRMI 9955 (no longer at 1730); Saturday 2328v on WTWW-2 9930; UT Sunday
0400.5 on WTWW-1 5830; Sunday 2329v on WTWW-2 9930. There may also be further
tests from HLR 15785-CUSB, Sunday at 0730, 1030, 1430, 1830, altho they were
not on last week as expected, per Ivo Ivanov (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, July 25 at 0055, WRMI is fair with no jamming during Slovak
lesson from RSI in English; must have missed the 1-minute `WRMI Scoreboard` at
0059, but at 0105 recheck, jamming is on and atop scheduled Radio Vaticana
relay, why? That`s UT Tue-Fri only, with Media Network Plus/PCJ Radio from 0100
UT Saturdays, also jammed? WRMI program grid is now color-coded with Vaticana
in yellow, meaning? Maybe just for variety. Presumably meant to be in Spanish
altho preferably spelt Vaticano in that tongue (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11979, July 24 at 2054, I too can hear the intruding
single-number CW sending 8 over and over in groups of three, as Jack Metcalfe
in KY has reported in UDXF, vs the RTTY on 11980 from NAU in Puerto Rico as
IDed by Mike Chace-Ortiz. Another 15-minute broadcast, from when to when? Like
the ones I am hearing from 0520 also on 11979. Nothing heard here on the other
number-frequency Jack had, 11623 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 127, Issue 27
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