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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs August 29-30, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
2. MVBR + HLR Transmissions on this weekend (TOM TAYLOR)
3. WRTH 2014 Earlybird DX Pack (Radio Heritage Mail)
4. DX Listening Digest 13-35; World of Radio 1684 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 09:57:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 29-30, 2013
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** ANGUILLA. 6090, Aug 30 at 0509, DGS service during music break is *still*
buried underneath continuous self-imposed noise, 24 hours after first noticed,
and also that way earlier Aug 29 on day frequency 11775. Finally at 1306 Aug
30, 11775 is back in whack but with rippling SAH, CCI against PMS from the CNR1
jammer vs AIR in Tibetan via Goa, shortly even worse by comparison (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. 9580, 12065, 9475, and with CubaRM, 6150, R. Australia, Friday
August 30 at 1250 interview with an INTEL guy who is into steampunk, on `Future
Tense` --- what? 1230 Friday is supposed to be `Innovations`, as confirmed on
current RA program schedule, with F.T. on Tuesdays at 1230.
But it seems there has been no Innovation since July 12, so apparently FT is a
suitable replacement/substitute. In fact, even stranger, this episode is the
one not supposed to start until September 1 via Radio National, so RA listeners
got it in advance:
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/steampunk3a-where-history-and-the-future-collide/4915548
There are audio linx already which I haven`t tried, but no transcript yet
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. 15505, Aug 30 at 1357, BB very poor with tone, 1359 IS,
timesignal ending at 1359:57, opening Urdu (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11780, Aug 30 at 0057, RNA is back in whack, regular AM instead of
extremely distorted and wideband FM, 24 hours earlier. Jorge Freitas, Bahia,
says it was OK by 1805 UT Aug 29, and the problem happened after a several-hour
blackout in much of Brasil, once the power came back on. Still OK at 0513 Aug
30 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 690, Aug 30 at 0539 UT, Qu?becois interview stands out in the mix of
other signals with KGGF KS open carrier. First thought is CBF Montr?al, but
that`s long gone, its replacement anglais. Loops NNW anyway, so this has to be
CBKF-1, Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, the CBC = SRC Premi?re Cha?ne outlet which
NRC Pattern Book 2005 shows with a minor nite lobe in this direxion, otherwise
mostly northward. A predominantly French town? Supposed to serve also Swift
Current, Moose Jaw, even Regina? Hearing any French on 690 is certainly a
rarity here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Quick check of 12-18 MHz, Aug 30 at 1358-1359, finds no Firedrake
[non] CNR1 jamming or Firedrake (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11680, Aug 30 at 0058, RHC is absent from this scheduled frequency
instead of Spanish or wrong-language French as previously.
5040, Aug 30 at 0508, `Cuba Campesina` type story-telling song from RHC; can
this be the English hour as scheduled? No! English talk on the other
frequencies, 6060, 6125, 6165, so this must be the Spanish service which is
supposed to stop at 0500 on all frequencies.
Meanwhile 6000 English is absent, but there at 0526; seems it often comes up
late; now at 0526, 6165 is undermodulated with some hum, and also CCI
underneath making rippling fast SAH, so would that be Chad? Remember it`s
allegedly a 250 kW transmitter.
The entire Cuban national territory is in a wacky off-timezone, as Aug 30 at
almost 1332 UT I heard RHC TC on 15340 as ``las 9:30 en todo el territorio
nacional``. They should listen to Reloj Nacional which is no more than a few
seconds off. So 15340 is back on today to collide with HCJB Australia. But
13780 is absent at 1358 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, August 30 at 0059, JBA carrier from R. Chaski on FRG-7, seemed
to go off about 0102:49.5* but there remained another carrier until 0103:19.5*,
both approximate due to fading. Projected Chaski-cutoff should have been about
0102:45*, 10.5 seconds beyond last check 48 hours earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 13m has good signal from 21540 Kuwait, so ``15m`` should be open for
hams around there; but all I hear are a Russian and a Ukrainian, q.v., working
mostly US stations in the northeast, frequencies approx. due to weak signals:
21225-USB, Aug 30 at 1347, RN3GL, Mike, about 400 km south of Moscow, working
stations in New England, New Jersey. So he`s not too far away from UR4MKY.
QRZ.com shows:
RN3GL
Mikhail V. Yuyukin
398036
Lipetsk, ul. Katukova 30-12
Russia
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA. 7275, August 30 at 0546, notice that IWT is gone before usual
closing just before 0600; I had been dozing to its music around 0535 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UKRAINE. 13m has good signal from 21540 Kuwait, so ``15m`` should be open
for hams around there; but all I hear are a Ukrainian and a Russian, q.v.,
working mostly US stations in the northeast, frequencies approx. due to weak
signals:
21255-USB, Aug 30 at 1339, UR4MKY calling CQ; says he is in the eastern part,
and fonetik calls easy to copy. QRZ.com shows:
UR4MKY
Taras Kudimov
P.O. Box 207021
94207, Alchevsk
Ukraine
That`s in the easternmost province of Ukraine, Lugans`k. Profile and photos
show he`s 21 years old (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1684 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW-1, 9479, Thursday
August 29 after 2100 (by tape while we were out to see `The Butler` movie).
Confirmed on WWRB 5050`s webcast, UT Friday August 30 from 0329. At 0328 I
started to hear some false-starts, cue-ups? underneath the preacher, whom Dave
then cut off to announce that WOR is coming up, and WWRB has made a number of
changes/improvements, notably in internet service. Site is out in the middle of
nowhere, so needs own microwave link to get it from Charter Cable headend some
20 miles away, but that was hit by lightning and had to relocate it, now
working well. Next WOR airings:
UT Sat 0200v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
Sat 0630 & 1430 on Hamburger Lokalradio, 7265-CUSB 1 kW
Sat 1500 on WRMI 9955
UT Sun 0401 on WTWW-1 5830
Maybe 2329v Sat or Sun on WTWW-2, 9930; or 0000v UT Sun or Mon on WTWW-2, 5085
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7555, 11520, 11870, Aug 30 at 0512, all WEWN frequencies are missing;
12050, 11550, 15610, Aug 30 at 1305, 1357, all WEWN frequencies are still
missing. NWS shows there have been *no* storms around Birmingham, just fair
skies, so some other reason; mowing around the antennas? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Re my EWTN unID on 690: icurapossumhunter2 in SC, a.k.a. KJ4HYD, just
posted this to the ABDX yg:
Traveler`s Guide to American Catholic Radio, 15 August 2013, from Catholic
Radio Update, a 2-page pdf. It *does* list one 690 EWTN (default network
u.o.s.), and there it is:
New Orleans WQNO 690 & 104.9
So EWTN website`s own info is out of date showing two other AM stations there,
and confirming my suspicion based on direxion and propagation that it was the
690 in New Orleans, which had been WIST, with Yahoo Sports Radio, as in last
year`s NRC AM Log as of August.
Then checking FCC AM Query, 690 in NO is indeed now WQNO, owned by Catholic
Community Radio, and calls changed from WIST on 12/19/2012. It`s now 10/5 kW
with different direxionality day and night, but they have a CP for 9.1/0.016
kW, which hardly seems an improvement; also a slight change of coordinates
along exactly the same longitude but 9 seconds further south in latitude,
essentially on the same property (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Some
quick replies:
WQNO 690 is going non directional; dropping 3 out of their 4 towers. I think
their array was damaged by Katrina back when they were a talk station (Paul B
Walker, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
And the 5 kW night power would explain why they were totally dominating
Birmingham at night (with Montr?al nulled) when I was in Iowa City back on
August 13-14. According to radio-locator.com, WQNO, ex-WIST, ex-WTIX, should be
throwing practically all of its night signal out into the Gulf. 73, (Rick Dau,
South Omaha, Nebraska, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 4316-USB, Aug 30 at 0518, YL with marine weather, VG signal strength
but horrible modulation: background noise and distortion at modulation peaks.
It`s been this way for months if not years; no amateur would allow her rig to
be so out of whack, but this is professional? The comprehensive schedule of
marine weather broadcasts at
http://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/Maritime_Weather_Transmissions
shows at this time it is:
``0515 New Orleans, LA (NMG) (NMG-2) U.S. Coast Guard 4316, 8502, 12788 kHz
UNITED STATES - Atlantic and Gulf Local Notice to Mariners and weather``
She sounds like a real human, rather than a robot, while a roboYL is giving
non-// but similar marine weather on weaker 4369-USB at 0520, citing lots of
co?rdinates in the Atlantic, and with good modulation. BUT that frequency (nor
4368, 4370) is not listed at any time in HFUG list! Searching UDXF yg logs, we
find 4369 as a WLO Mobile AL frequency but not reported since last year (Glenn
Hauseer, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17095-CW, Aug 30 at 1334, CQ DE WHL marker once, then ute bursts,
1337 another ID. A couple logs in UDXF this year from Vincent Lecler, France
show this as St. Augustine Radio (Florida) on 17095.1; but what is its purpose?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 960, Aug 30 at 0501-0505 UT during Fox-hole of local KGWA running
open carrier only, this time on the SRF-59 I am able to hear *without* nulling
KGWA, a station with sports news and scores in English; bearing on it is
NNW/SSE. Unknown which network but all-American so can`t be CFAC Calgary which
I have DXed before in this window thru KGWA.
Now the guessing begins. Based on last year`s NRC AM Log with format info, most
likely is KOVO Provo UT with FSR, and which the old Pattern Book shows with a
minor lobe this way. But it`s more NW than NNW. Another one I have yet to ID is
KROF in Abbeville LA (Lafayette market), listed as talk format if not sports,
95 watts non-direxional. KNEB Scottsbluff NE direxion also fits with 350 watts,
but supposedly C&W format. I can hardly wait to recheck these formats in the
new NRC AM Log.
BTW, I have a QSL card from KOVO endorsed ``third harmonic 2880 2/12/1969 at
6:50-7:38 pm MST``, from Glenn K. Shaw, CE. I think that was when I was in
Denver. I subsequently reached a policy decision *not* to try to QSL harmonix,
since that would encourage them to be suppressed, and indeed never heard that
one since. 2880 in Enid is occupied by KGWA`s harmonic (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:46:50 +0100
From: TOM TAYLOR <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [HCDX] MVBR + HLR Transmissions on this weekend
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MVBR + HLR Transmissions on this weekend
This Saturday the 31st of August is Hamburger Lokalradio as normal.
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!
MV Baltic Radio celebrates its 9th Anniversary
This Sunday MV Baltic Radio celebrates its 9th Anniversary with music from
the golden age of rock music.
MV Baltic Radio also recalls an interview with the great German event
manager Fritz Rau.
Am Sonntag feiert MV Baltic Radio seinen 9. Jahrestag mit Musik aus der
gro?en Zeit der Rockmusik.
MV Baltic Radio erinnert auch mit einem Interview an den gro?en
deutschen Veranstaltungsmanager Fritz Rau.
Sunday, 1st of September
08.00 to 09.00 UTC on 7265 KHz
09.00 to 10.00 UTC on 9480 KHz
All reports to: MVBR: [email protected] Thank you!
European Music Radio will return in October!
Good Listening!
73s
Tom
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 16:41:34 +1200
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 21:46:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Cc: NASWA <[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] DX Listening Digest 13-35; World of Radio 1684
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DX Listening Digest 13-35 has now been posted at
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1335.txt
and also soon, sometimes delayed at
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt
CONTENTS:
WOR 1684 / AFGHANISTAN / ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS / ANGUILLA /
ANTARCTICA +non / ARGENTINA +non / AUSTRALIA +non VL8A/RA / AUSTRALIA
HCJB / AUSTRALIA VMW/VMC / AZERBAIJAN / BANGLADESH / BOLIVIA / BRAZIL /
BULGARIA / CANADA CFBC / CANADA CHRF / CANADA Humsafar / CANADA
CKMX/CFVP / CANADA +non CFRX / CANADA CKZU/CKZN / CANADA RCI / CANADA
CFHD / CHINA +non / COLOMBIA / CONGO / CUBA +non / EAST TURKISTAN /
ECUADOR / EGYPT / ETHIOPIA / EUROPOE Pirates / GERMANY / GREECE / GUAM /
INDIA +non / INDONESIA +non A13+ / INTERNATIONAL VACUUM non War of the
Worlds / IRAN / ISRAEL +non / ITALY non / KOREA NORTH +non / KOREA SOUTH
/ KYRGYZSTAN / MALAYSIA / MEXICO / MICRONESIA / MONGOLIA A13 / MYANMAR
A13 / NEWFOUNDLAND / NEW ZEALAND non? / NIGERIA / NORTH AMERICA Pirate /
OKLAHOMA WKY / OKLAHOMA KOKP / OKLAHOMA KEOR / OKLAHOMA KGYN / OKLAHOMA
KIHN / OKLAHOMA KOAG / OKLAHOMA KCRC / OMAN / PAKISTAN / PAPUA NEW
GUINEA / PERU +non / PRIDNESTROVYE / QATAR non / RUSSIA / RWANDA non /
SARAWAK non / SAUDI ARABIA / SERBIA non / SOLOMON ISLANDS / SOUTH
CAROLINA non / SPAIN +non / SRI LANKA / SUDAN non / TAIWAN / TAJIKISTAN /
THAILAND A13 / TIBET +non / TRANSKEI +non / UGANDA / UKRAINE / UK non
BBCWS / USA +non WSY70 / USA +non VOA+ / USA +non
WOR/WTWW/WWRB/WBCQ/WRMI/HLR / USA +non WTWW / USA WBCQ / USA +non WINB /
USA WRMI+ / USA WRNO / USA WEWN / USA WWCR / USA non TWR / USA ham
KJ5JK? / USA LYQ/WQHL966 / USA KTNN / USA WQNO/WIST+ / USA WGN / USA
KKOB / USA KDKA / USA KDYL / USA WBT / USA KPHN / USA FCC/TIS / USA
WV1XBF / USA WTNI / USA W807/Celestial / USA WBAI / USA WRNN /
UZBEKISTAN / VATICAN +non / VENEZUELA ham / VIETNAM +non A13+ / ZANZIBAR
/ UNIDENTIFIED 4995 / UNIDENTIFIED 6925 / UNIDENTIFIED 6933 /
UNIDENTIFIED 9359 / UNIDENTIFIED 11900 / UNIDENTIFIED 17505 /
TESTIMONIALS non / PUBLICATIONS / MUSEA / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / RADIO
EQUIPMENT FORUM / PROPAGATION
For restrixions and searchable 2013 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
[also linx to previous years]
NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but
have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn
WORLD OF RADIO 1684:
*DX and station news about: Afghanistan, Andaman & Nicobar Islands,
Anguilla, Antarctica, Brazil, Canada, Germany and non, Guam, India,
Indonesia, Israel, Micronesia, New Zealand, Oklahoma, Papua New
Guinea, Rwanda non, Serbia non, Taiwan, Thailand, UK non, USA
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1684, August 29-September 4, 2013
Thu 0330? WRMI? 9955 [confirmed on webcast]
Thu 2101? WTWW? 9479 [confirmed]
Fri 0326v WWRB? 5050 [confirmed at 0329 on webcast]
Sat 0200v WBCQ? 5110v-CUSB Area 51 [confirmed at 0232 on webcast]
Sat 0630? HLR?? 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [confirmed last week]
Sat 1430? HLR?? 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1500? WRMI? 9955
Sat 2330v WTWW? 9930 [apparently canceled?]
Sun 0401? WTWW? 5830
Sun 2330v WTWW? 9930 [last week instead Mon 0004 on 5085]
Tue 1100? WRMI? 9955
Wed 0630? HLR?? 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [unconfirmed]
Wed 1430? HLR?? 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio [unconfirmed]
Thu 0330? WRMI? 9955 [or maybe 1685 if ready in time]
Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite
and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or
http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org
For updates see our Anomaly Alert page:
http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html
WRN ON DEMAND:
http://www.wrn.org/listeners/#world-of-radio
WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN:
http://www.wrn.org/listeners/customize-panel/addToPlaylist/98/10:00:00UTC/English
OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO:
http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
or http://wor.worldofradio.org
DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS:
Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of
them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated,
inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to
manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues:
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser
Best DX wishes, Glenn Hauser
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 128, Issue 31
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