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Today's Topics:
1. Thur Dx (Charles)
2. 14-15 Loggings (Dave Valko)
3. Glenn Hauser logs August 15, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 13:48:32 -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] Thur Dx
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Peru, 4809.993, Radio Logos, 1030-1045, Using USB mode and notch to get a
clear signal,
noted R. Logos in steady music program. Did not or could not hear any
comments between
the music selections. Signal was poor with QRM. (Chuck Bolland, August
15, 2013)
Indonesia, 4749.993, RRI Makassar, presumed, 1040-1050, Noted a faint
signal here with
a female commenting. Language was difficult to determine, but believe she
was speaking
Indonesian language. At 1042 a male began to comment followed with music.
Signal was
very weak. (Chuck Bolland, August 15, 2013)
China, 4939.973, Voice of Strait, 1050-1100, Initially noted a male in
Chinese comments for
five minutes then a few bars of music, followed by a female in Chinese
comments. Signal
improved from a poor to fair during the period. (Chuck Bolland, August 15,
2013)
Excalibur
26N 081W
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 10:45:45 -0400
From: "Dave Valko" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, "John Herkimer"
<[email protected]>, "Ralph Perry" <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, "Larry Yamron" <[email protected]>, "Ron
Howard" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "Partha
Sarathi Goswami, Siliguri, West Bengal, India"
<[email protected]>, "Mauno Ritola" <[email protected]>,
"Robert Wilkner" <[email protected]>, "bds2psu" <[email protected]>,
"Scott R. Barbour Jr." <[email protected]>, "Thomas Nilsson"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] 14-15 Loggings
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PAKISTAN 15265 R. Pakistan 1859 instru. NA and off. Nice strong
signal!! One of the strongest signals ever heard. Hrd around 1750 earlier
but weak w/AR-like mx. (14 August)
BRAZIL 11854.97 R. Aparecida Many IDs. (MP3 at this link
https://app.box.com/s/tm2zlf3ajii4qlubw7eq ) (14 August)
SAUDI ARABIA 11915 BSKSA (Holy Koran Svc) Koran recitation at 2301, cut
off and signal leaving the air at 2302:18 with //11820 going off at 2302:30.
Excellent signal on both. (14 August)
BOLIVIA 6024.97 R. Patria Nueva (very pres.) First noticed the carrier in
the display at 2220. Was totally in the clear as the Chinese wasn't on. Very
slowly improving. Sounded like bits of mx at times after abt 2330. Definite
deep-voiced M anncr at 2349:50. Mx at 2357:10. 6020 V.O. Vietnam came on at
2358:20 and blasted it out, then 6030 came on less than a minute later. Too
bad conditions weren't better. (14 August)
PERU 5024.91 R. Quillabamba Another rarely heard one in the clear!! 0016
found Rebelde off and this in very weakly w/definite OA campo mx and M anncr.
0018 canned anmnt by M. 0028 flutes poking through nicely and canned amnt.
0030 pleasant haunting campo mx. Still playing mx w/nice flutes at 0039:00.
0047-0048 presumed Rebeldes carrier was going on and off. Quillabamba clear at
0049 again thankfully. 0051 Rebelde back on, then off. 0054 back on to stay.
0100, Rebelde off again. End of W anncr, canned anmnt, laser shooting SFX,
then back to nice Andean flute mx (0104:00 record). 0105:30 long tlk by live
studio W anncr. Ment of Peru. Hrd M in background several times, and tlk by
diff. W at remote QTH at 0120. 0121 Rebelde back going on and off. Was still
there along w/Rebelde at 0206, but gone at 0221 check. Very noisy. (Perseus
screenshot at this link https://app.box.com/s/wnuvpzsvhcnezoek6wyt ) (15
August)
BRAZIL 4885.02 R. Clube de Para 0857:00 full ID then stn theme song
ending w/canned anmnt by M, then horse race trumpet, and live M anncr. (MP3 at
this link https://app.box.com/s/rtqlyoo12vqbwm76hb3l ) (15 August)
BOLIVIA 3310 R. Mosoj Chaski Buzzing carrier already on at 0855 but think
it was there as early as 0815. Start of bdcst at 0901:40 rooster crowing at
least 3 times, then M anncr w/full ID over instru. Andean mx, instru. NA, M
w/anmnt over instru. mx including another ID and website and ending w/ment of
radio. High static noise ruined nice reception. (15 August)
UNID. 4709_99 UNID 0914:00 - 0915 and 0915:55 nice XE-like mx. Audio is a
little distorted on the bass. 0917:00 ID promo in SP sounding like "Extra,
Extra, ?? mi horas. ?? la emisoras, radio ??. Radio 15-70 AM, informativa,
radio deportivas, ?? de la ??", then live M with a few words. 0923 rapid LA
dance song, oddly out of format. (MP3 at this link
https://app.box.com/s/atksjellrn2fs5ssv37x ) (15 August)
AUSTRALIA 4835 ABC Alice Springs 1028 live M tlking abt pgms and
mentioning "ABC local radio". Promo leading up to BoH. 1030 usual fanfare and
"ABC news" ID and into nx by W. Surprisingly readable amid WWCR QRM. (15
August)
SOLOMON ISLANDS 5019.88 SIBC 1030 end of EG speech w/ment of tourism.
Live studio W anncr w/short outro, then ad for South Pacific Oil Industries,
then another ad w/ment of P.O. Box 1160, Honiara addr. Live W again w/ment of
program and "10 o'clock". Then into C&W song followed by an island song.
Peaked around this time. (15 August)
MYANMAR 7200.09 R. Myanmar 1057 Big signal w/slow SE Asian Pop song.
Overmodulated. Tlk by usual W at 1104 w/instru. bridge like a Yardbirds song
twice. Back to lively C&W-like song w/W singing off key at 1108. (15 August)
MYANMAR 6165 Thazin R. 1109 definitely SE Asian Pops mixing w/CNR.
Plainly heard when CNR was in tlk. 1116, 1123 mx while tlk on CNR again.
Played their usual fast jingle melody at 1128.40. Tnx Ron Howard tip. (MP3 at
this link https://app.box.com/s/yl0rvm8f8t22krwj2brc )(15 August)
MYANMAR 5985.8 R. Myanmar 1138 tlk by M and W in Burmese then into mx
briefly at 1141:30, and canned anmnt by M at 1142, W anncr again briefly, mx
bridge, and W again. (15 August)
73 Dave
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 08:59:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 15, 2013
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** BANGLADESH. 15505, August 15 at 1356, BB tonetest is JBA; 1358 IS; congrats
on the timesignal ending only 0.5 second late after 1400! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake [non] CNR1 jamming August 15 before 1300; once again,
propagation is quite degraded:
12910, very poor at 1254, also with CCI? Unusual spot, new frequency?
15970, very poor at 1254; none in the 13s, 14s, 16s, 17s, 18s
August 15 before 1400:
14980, very poor at 1347; none in the 13s, 12s
15900, poor at 1345; also poor 15 MHz inbanders
16100, very poor at 1345
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 7370-7440, Aug 15 at 0552, wall-of-noise jamming against
7405 R. Mart? (which nevertheless is quite readable), bleeds out plus/minus 35
kHz, with individual pulses of a certain pitch; adjacent to 7365 center of
another pulse jammer against nothing of quite different pitch and faster rate.
I`ve also noted bleeds like this surrounding other Cuban jammers; would it be
too much to ask Arnie for them to be confined to the target frequencies at the
times they are really on? Of course it would!
6125, August 15 at 0554, RHC English anomaly now is the absence of this
frequency, while the overkill quartet of others are nominal.
Including 6010 at 0555 August 15, not 6000, despite this from Alan Pennington,
BDXC-UK: ``Radio Havana Cuba noted still with English on 6000 kHz this morning
(Aug 14) at 0509 after scheduled close of English on this frequency. Reason was
given at 0540 by Arnie Coro in the mid-week edition of 'DXers Unlimited': ``RHC
are testing 6000 kHz 0500-0700 UTC to Pacific Coast of North America for the
next few days (starting UTC day Aug 14) in replacement of 6010 kHz.`` Not
tonight, they aren`t! That would certainly be welcomed by HJDH (and XEOI if
it`s on? Haven`t heard or seen reports of it at any hour for some weeks again)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 15050, August 15 at 0134, very poor signal with music, 0135 talk;
besides something worse on 11620, this is all I can get from AIR for the
special independence day ceremonies. None of the 7 MHz regional channels were
audible, nor did I expect them to be (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 730, August 15 at 0608 UT, choral Mexican NA is playing, apparent
long-version if it started circa 0600; 0609 short Chihuahua state anthem with
choir, but mainly male soloist; listen for keyword ``chihuahuense`` not to mix
it with other states. Plenty of QRM tonite rather than often dominant signal,
so maybe not running day power of 50 kW. 0610 full ID as Ke Buena, XEHB on FM,
and AM 730, street address in Hidalgo del Parral; mentions Radiorama group ``la
cadena que une a M?xico``; ``no hay m?s; estamos contigo`` and into banda music
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15120, August 15 at 0549, a rare appearance of VON, good signal
level but quite low modulation during song; not much distortion, anyway (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1682: completed in time for first airing on WRMI, UT
Thursday August 15 at 0330, unconfirmed. Next:
Thursday 2100.5 on WTWW-1 9479
UT Friday 0326v on WWRB 5050
UT Saturday 0200v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
Saturday 0630 & 1430 on HLR 7265-CUSB
Saturday 1500 on WRMI 9955
UT Sunday 0400.5 on WTWW-1 5830
The previous Sat & Sun 2329v on WTWW-2 9930 may or may not appear; last week
Saturday did not, while Sunday did. Brother Scare has been heard affirming that
he will (soon?) be on this transmitter 24/7 with 5085 overnight (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 670, August 15 at 0601 UT, as I null WSCR I am getting not
only Cuba, but another English-speaking sportstalk station; 0604 YL refers to
```the mothership``, and CBS Sports Radio. First checked KBOI schedule in case
it`s out of whack, but not. Then affiliate list
http://radio.cbssports.com/stations/
leads right to KWXI Glenwood AR, which is supposed to be a 5 kW daytimer! And
the only CBSSR affiliate on 670 besides WSCR itself, but which had different
programming.
Then checking FCC AM Query, no hit on KWXI! That`s because the call changed Feb
1, 2013, as we then find by searching 670 and AR: Now it`s KHGZ --- but it is
still licensed as 5 kW daytime *only*, non-direxional. They do have a PSRA
ranging from 1 watt in the winter to 500 watts in the summer; and a PSSA
ranging from 1 to 3 watts, depending on the time in the evening, yearound ---
but of course that has nothing at all to do with being on the air at 1 am
local!
It`s not the first time I have caught KWXI cheating. Previously logged Oct 5,
2012 at 0544 UT in similar situation with definite ID. ``KWXI`` should be a
desirable pronounceable call ``Quicksy``; wonder if they sold it off to some
other station? Anyhow, inapplicable to any current AM or FM station.
BTW, without KWXI/KHGZ getting in the way, WSCR and CMBA used to be precisely
zero-beat, never a SAH nulling one or the other, but lately they have been
SAHing each other (WRTH shows 13 Rebelde transmitters on 670, two of which are
50 kW; surely not all of them are zero-beat) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
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