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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs September 8-9, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Re: QSL Report of the past 2 months (Mauno Ritola)
3. LZ2GPB's broadcast logs for 09/10.09.2013 (Georgi Bancov)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 09:41:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 8-9, 2013
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** BANGLADESH. 15505, Sept 9 at 1355 tune-in, BB carrier is already on; 1355.4
add tone; IS not start until 1359.3; timesignal ending at 1400:03, theme and
opening Urdu; very poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BOLIVIA. 4717-, Sept 9 at 0058, Yura signal is missing for the second night,
tho 60m South American carriers elsewhere are seldom enough to push any
modulation northward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake [non] CNR1 jamming Sept 9 before 1300:
13480, very poor at 1259-1300* with timesignal
16100, poor at 1257
16450, fair with flutter at 1257, first one noted, unusual channel
17080, poor at 1258
17170, very good with flutter at 1258; none in the 18s, hi 15s, 14s; ran out of
time before 1300 to check the 12s.
Firedrake [non] CNR1 jamming Sept 9 before 1400:
13830, very poor with flutter at 1348; none in the 12s, 14s
15115, good at 1352 with usual almost equal CCI; none 16s, 17s, 18s
15195, very poor at 1352 also with noise jamming
15540, fair at 1351, het on hi side (a bit earlier at 1343 I was getting a
distorted spur/mix from local KCRC-1390 on 15540, unknown formula)
15570, fair with het on lo side at 1351
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also TIBET [non]
** CUBA. 17720, Sept 8 at 2132, RHC `European` service with modulation very
suppressed; then cuts off the air briefly while someone kicks the transmitter,
and it comes back on with sufficient modulation.
11840, Sept 9 at 0057, dead air from RHC here, while 11680 & 11760 are OK with
music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN [non]. 17540, Sept 8 at 2130, NHK World R?dio Jap?o opening Brazuguese
service, VG via WHRI. I think it`s now safe to say this is the best signal from
R. Japan in North America (at least beyond the skip zone from Furman), since
NHK abandoned English to us; so all you have to do is learn a little Portuguese
(I already have). Probably a lot of the features are exact translations of what
you would hear in English, anyway. I used to hear Spanish and English topix
running // within a few seconds of each other on the evening relays (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [and non]. 620, Sept 9 at 1205 UT, Mexican NA goes to Chihuahua SA,
so as expected, XEBU, dominant XE on 620 here; Cant?:
620 XEBU La Norte?ita + FM 91.7 Chihuahua, Chih. 5,000 1,000
Tho this time it`s under sports talk in English, surely KTAR Ph?nix; my nearest
620, KMIK Plano TX Disney (hijacked from KWFT Wichita Falls), is easily
overcome, tho on daytime groundwave it conspires with 640 Moore to inundate 630
with IBOC noise; otherwise Denver or St Louis might barely make it (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 670, Sept 9 at 1201 UT, just as I start SRS MW session, ID as
``Radio Ranchito, del Grupo Radio M?xico``, revealed by Cant? as:
670 XETOR Radio Ranchito Torre?n, Coah. 1,000 250
This signal quite weak compared to many more XEs still skywaving in the low
band from further west (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Sept 9 at 0055, carrier from R. Chaski; *0056 my streetlite RF
starter fires up, a minute or two earlier each evening, everything else being
equal such as a clear sky at sunset; 0102 usual fanfare introducing creationism
crap, cut off the air at 0103:40*, five and a half seconds later than yesterday
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [non]. 7435, Sept 9 at 0457, poor-fair signal with jazz; 0459 Russian
announcement with no discernible ID before cutoff at 0500* sharp. I was about
to conclude it was R. Rossii, but HFCC shows IBB, 100 kW, 55 degrees from
Lampertheim, GERMANY at 03-05, i.e. R. Liberty/Svoboda (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 5020-, Sept 9 at 1159 I am sitting here waiting for SIBC to
cut the carrier, which happens at 1200:15*. Settled on this after missing
Micronesia 4755+ already off at 1158+ tune-in; and 90m signals from PNG were
too weak to mess with; many of which also let a timer cut them off around this
hour, regardless of programming in progress (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** TIBET [non]. 15525, Sept 9 at 1401, V. of Tibet with loud & clear signal,
belying its aim northeast from MADAGASCAR, while we are northwest, but boosting
Talata`s reputation as a great site for reaching North America from the other
worldside, always unintentionally. Intermittent ``running water`` and other ute
noises, but no jamming! Until *1403:15 near zero-beat carrier on and 1403:30
adding CNR1 modulation. More H2O briefly at 1406. At 1410 I realize that the
CNR1 jamming is alone on 15525.
15520, Sept 9 at 1410, VOT has shifted here to avoid the jamming, altho still
has some ACI 5 kHz het & splash if not carefully tuned. I keep expecting CNR1
to follow it, but never does, SARFT monitors asleep at the switch. VOT still in
clear on 15520 at 1418; 1420 a bit of English with a website:
http://www.internationalbuddhistconfederation.com
(which is HQ in New Delhi) and at 1423 another bit of English comments being
translated. Could those be from Dalai Lama himself? (BTW, in the news lately is
that Indian government is promoting dying-out Buddhism, at least for tourism.)
The start-on-one-frequency, draw-the-jammer, then-switch-to-another tactic is
well-known enough to be shown as such in Aoki, happening at 1408 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9930 before 2400 Sunday Sept 8 and 5085 after 0000 Monday Sept 9,
several spot chex show WTWW-2 has stayed with Brother Scare unlike 24 hours
earlier UT Sat/Sun when breaking away for Ted Randall and gh shows (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11861 & 11879 approx., Sept 9 at 0057, squishy squealing spurs from
WEWN Spanish 11870, are still there while the fundamental signal is strong
enough. Taking the Spanish transmitters down for a couple days was certainly
not in order to fix them; it never is (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 690, UT Monday Sept 9 at 0501, KGGF Coffeyville KS is playing
``Battle Hymn of the Republic`` again before Taps and sign-off but not
carrier-off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 880, Sept 9 at 1208 UT with KRVN N/S nulled, all I hear is ``La
Ranchera`` slogan. Unfortunately no Mexicans in any of the three listings are
named that; a recent change? Or could be a US station; there are already a few
SS on 880. I was about to file this as unidentified will I googled La Ranchera
880 and found this dated July 18, 2013:
http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/120421/el-sol-nashville-becomes-la-ranchera
DAVIDSON MEDIA GROUP Spanish Variety WMDB-A/NASHVILLE has tweaked its brand
from "El Sol 880" to "La Ranchera." You can check out the new look and sound
here:
http://www.laranchera880.com/
FCC AM Query shows call is still WMDB (NOT WMDB-A!!), with 2.5 kW day, TWO
WATTS night, pace WCBS, always non-direxional. September SR/SS: 1130/2400 UT.
Also has PSRA protecting WCBS (and/or CMAB!) of 47 watts in Apr/Sep/Oct; 2 to
10 watts other months except Feb with a hefty 500; and N/A May-Aug (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 17530+, Sept 9 at 1336, VOA Somali via VATICAN has QRM! Low
audible heterodyne (LAH) I think on the hi side, but difficult to tell which;
also with some modulation I can`t make out. Het goes off at 1339.7*, *back on
shortly; 1341.7* off again and still off at 1353 check.
Doubt anything in Somalia is sophisticated enough to jam outside broadcasters;
at least I don`t recall any such previously. Nothing else listed anywhere on
17530 at this time. Here`s a suspect:
Either a spur or total off-frequency jump from R. Pakistan, nominal 17520 from
1330 in Urdu, API-5 unit from Islamabad, 250 kW, 282 degrees per Aoki (which I
did not notice on 17520 at all). Of the East Turkistanis, 17560 was in a lot
better than 17630 or 17650, so there was propagation from that area (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 00:53:58 +0300
From: Mauno Ritola <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HCDX] QSL Report of the past 2 months
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Hi Kurt,
21.8.2013 5:51, Kurt Enders kirjoitti:
> MADAGASCAR
>
> Radio Dialogue, 12105. Letter came back from Zimbabwe as undeliverable
> to the Bulawayo address given in WRTH.
I asked R. Dialogue and the address is correct. Maybe Zimbabwe post
doesn't want to deliver letters to that address. Try via email:
[email protected]
73, Mauno
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 12:00:44 +0300
From: Georgi Bancov <[email protected]>
To: dxld <[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected], BCLNEWS <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
[email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] LZ2GPB's broadcast logs for 09/10.09.2013
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*Here is my extended log for the last night. There was an unexpected power
outage for a few hours starting at 2 o'clock local time. The noise floor
(it's not that high here) dropped to zero and it was a real pleasure for me
to scan the bands.*
*2325*: Chaine 3 from Algeria with excellent signal on *252 kHz*. A program
of oriental music and occasional talk. *SINPO*: 45544
*
*
*2327*: Galei Zahal is off the air on *6885 *kHz. Checked all other
frequencies, including 6973, 7635, 9235, 10340, in case of a frequency
change, but found nothing on them too.
*
*
*2330*: Excellent signal from WWCR Nashville on *13845*. A Bible reading
program program of a male preacher. *SINPO*: 55555
*2330*: AIR National Channel in Hindi with excellent signal on *9425 kHz*.
A program of Hindustani music.
Tajik Radio 1 in Tajik language with excellent signal on *4765*. Very good
modulation. Morning talk program.
*2335*: Digital utility signal, similar to Link-11, transmitting on 3745
kHz inside the 80 meters ham radio band. The Russian military beacon,
well-known as *The Pip* also transmit in the 80 meters band - on 3756 kHz.
*WWCR* on *6875 kHz* providing excellent reception here, except for some
weak *STANAG-4285 QRM*.
Italians talking in 5050 kHz USB with huge 59 signal. I have no idea what
they were talking about. Also no ide if these are licensed mariners or just
freebanders.
I also have a good signal from Rebelde (5025) and Radio Habana Cuba (5040)
with the usual summertime QRN.
Good signal from Radio Clube Do Para on 4885 kHz. *SINPO*: 45343
*Russian pirates* (also known as radio hooligans) are talking in AM in the
lower part of the 3MHz. Most of them are pretty strong but with instable
carriers and a bit scratchy audio. Among the frequencies I logged last
night are: *3010, 3020, 3050, 3085, 3105, 3130, 3150, 3165*. Also found
Russian pirates making QSOs on 6666 kHz.
Olympia Radio on *2799 kHz USB* with good signal. A female voice reading
sets of numbers in Greek, probably coordinates?
Excellent signal on *12105 WTWW*. A programming in Spanish. *SINPO*: 55555
*0000*: Fair signal from *WTWW* on 9930 kHz. *SINPO*: 34443. Occasional
OTHR interference. Gospel music into *WTWW ID*on the top of the hour.
Both *5935* (WWCR) and *6090* (Caribbean Beacon) are carrying University
Network and both are suffering from Chinese QRM here.
- 5935 - 43443 - co-ch PBS Xizang
- 6090 - 34443 - co-ch China National Radio 2
*WWCR* on *4840 kHz* fair with co-ch from *AIR Mumbai*.
*0006*: WTWW with fair signal with strong STANAG 4285 QRM on 5085 with
Brother Stair programming. Other US stations at that time:
- 5920 - *WHRI* - Music - 55544
- 5935 - *WWCR* - Pastor Melissa Scott reading listeners' letters.
Getting stronger - 54444
- 6090 - *Caribbean Beacon* - 42432 with co-ch from China National Radio
2, which is still strong.
- 6875 - WWCR. A discussion on the US polytic to wind up conflicts in
the Middle East by financing terrorist organisations, such as Al-Qaeda and
also the Syrian rebels. *SINPO*: 54554, STANAG 4285 QRM.
- 7490 - *WBCQ* - Brother Stair programming - weak with some UNID QRM.
- 7520 - *WWCR* - Good signal with some noise. *SINPO*: 45343
- 9265 - *WINB* - Talking about the Muslim Brotherhood. *SINPO*: 35533
- 9330 - *WBCQ* - *SINPO*: 25522
- 9370 - WWRB - Brother Stair programming. *SINPO*: 54444, weak CW QRM
- 11520 - *EWTN WEWN* in English. *SINPO*: 55544
- 12105 - *WTWW* in Spanish. *SINPO*: 45444
CHU Canada with fair signal on 7850 kHz.
*0040*: AIR Kohima is on the air with news and sport bulletin in English.
4850 kHz. *SINPO*: 34343
*Some amateur radio logs:*
- *0045*: 40m - I5REA (59) - W2UHA (55)
- *0050*: 40m - IZ2STU (59) - calling CQ DX
- *0107*: 40m - IX1IXG (59) - KA4TQP (43)
- *0132*: 40m - PJ2BB (53) - DF9VH (59)
*0114*: Dear air from *Radio Habana Cuba in English* on *6000* and *6165 kHz
*. *6060 kHz* in Spanish with excellent signal.*SINPO*: 55555, *6100* is
weaker with a *SINPO* of 35333.
*0130*: Radio Republica ID on the half hour. Weak jamming was heard
underneath. *SINPO*: 54554
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2013/09/0910092013-broadcast-logs.html
--
SWL: LZ2-004 HAM: LZ2GPB <http://qrz.com/db/LZ2GPB>
QTH locator: KN22IV
144MHz: 7-element yagi, 2-element HB9CV, Yeasu-VX150 5W portable
*LW, MW, SW DX:* multiple beverages and Inverted-V antennas
Satellite: Paraclipse Hydro 228cm, Invacom SNF-031, Invacom-ADF-120+DM500s
Georgi Bancov
73!
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