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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs October 1, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
2. WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Top News #1132 (Michael Bethge)
3. Cuba 4765 (Arthur Delibert)
4. Re: Cuba 4765 (Arthur Delibert)
5. Glenn Hauser logs October 1-2, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
6. Very good transatlantic DX today 2/10 (Zacharias LIangas)
7. Last Day +1 (Radio Heritage Mail)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 09:08:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 1, 2013
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** CHINA. 9410, Oct 1 at 1236, poor signal in Chinese but OK modulation,
presumably CNR5 Beijing, which is no longer crashing to a noise blob any more,
it seems (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE [non]. 9420, Oct 1 at 0539, no signal from ERT at a time when it
normally inbooms, so is it finally all over for the Voice of Greece? Plenty of
European signals are making it, such as ALBANIA 9515, 9590; FRANCE 9535;
VATICAN 9645; ROMANIA 9700.
Nor can I hear anything on 15630 or 15650 at 1341 past 1400 Oct 1; at 1550
there is something on 15630, but not in Greek; Aoki shows R. Liberty in Tajik
via FRANCE during this hour.
BTW, how long did the surprise ERT English newscast last at 1305-1315v? I could
never hear it but others were reporting it only for about a week in August, I
think (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, Oct 1 at 1311, VOI English with two reports from Sydney,
probably about immigration issue; 1318 now it`s the Tuesday connexion from RRI
Banjarmasin, Borneo, about education and water quality; totally in the clear,
sufficient modulation, but fluttery and weakening from fair to poor by the
half-hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 693, Oct 1 at 1200, JBA 3+1 NHK timesignal, i.e. JOAB, NHK1, 500 kW
from Tokyo; among several other TP carriers; see UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 9750, Oct 1 at 1234, ``As Time Goes By`` by woman singer in English,
then Japanese announcement. It must be American Standards night at NHK too
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 570, Oct 1 at 1202 UT, XEBJB mentioning conditions at Monterrey
airport; weak audio problem, much louder with canned announcement for
``Notiradio 570`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 650, Oct 1 at 1206 UT, 6:06 TC, XETNT, Los Mochis, news branded as
``F?rmula Noticias`` but local origination about Hurricane Manuel damage to
Sinaloa. WRTH lists this as W Radio, which would seem to be contradictory
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 800, Oct 1 at 1210 UT, ``Donald Duck`` scratchy modulation can be
heard somewhere between and below KQCV and XEROK, previously traced to XEDD, La
Tremenda, Montemorelos NL, which goes haywire, maybe worst in the mornings
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1300, Oct 1 at 1219 UT, Billy Joel`s ``Piano Man`` in English
ending, then oddly timed opening of ``Radio M?xico Noticias`` in Spanish from
Grupo Radio M?xico, originating in Chihuahua Capital, but this via XEP in
Ju?rez. Usual dominant signal at SRS on day power of 38? kW, too bad for Tulsa
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1020, Oct 1 at 1217 UT, KOKP Perry is *still* breaking up
severely, unlistenable for at least the fifth day in a row (Glenn Hauser, Enid,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 5930 Pet-Kam, // 5940 Magadan, Oct 1 at 1227, ``Blues in the Night``
by Sinatra(?), including whistling segment; it must be American Standards night
at Radio Rossii during its final hour before midnite sign-off. 5930 is a couple
words ahead of 5940 which is quite weaker this time, respectively rating fair
and poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Mountainlake tropo map for VHF hams shows huge red blobs all the way
from the Tex/Mex border to the Great Lakes, so I turn on DTV at 1437 UT,
finding nothing very far beyond Wichitans, except:
RF 49, KTKA 49-1 Topeka KS, with local ad, Rachael Ray; also 49-2 is KTKA-WX,
a.k.a. Storm Track Weather, map and forecasts, current conditions rotating in
Topeka, Emporia, Manhattan, Concordia, etc. with music track including
cinematic. Also 49-3 with KTKACW+ ID on PSIP. In solid for a while past 1500;
took a few photos of 49-2 and 49-3, to be linked later.
RF 18 at 1451 UT, KCPT-1, KCPT-2 and KCPT-3 virtual 19s are also in with PBS
varieties from Kansas City.
RF34 at 1452 UT, WDAF 4-1 Kansas City barely decodes. Many other DTVs with BAD
signals. Also scanned channels 2-59 for any signs of analog signals, but none
seen, not even KWKD-LP 28 Wichita; is it still on? Nor KETM-LP 17 Emporia; is
it still on?
I also rotated southwards but nothing unusual breaking thru from that direxion
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. TP carrier search Oct 1 at 1158-1201 UT: JBA on 693, 738, 747,
774, 882, 972, 1008; including NHK TS on 693: see JAPAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15643-SSB, approx., Oct 1 from 1342 intermittently, 2-way in
Spanish barely audible, noticed when I was trying for Greece on 15630, 15650
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 21:11:09 +0200
From: "Michael Bethge" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
"Fernando Luiz de Souza" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Top News #1132
Message-ID: <88C352D8C0264C46B266E3D50DC2ADCF@BETHGEZUHAUSE>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
The latest edition (01 October) of the WORLDWIDE DX CLUB "Top News",
compiled by Wolfgang Bueschel, has been posted:
http://topnews.wwdxc.de
Best regards,
Michael Bethge
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 20:39:15 -0400
From: Arthur Delibert <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Cuba 4765
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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A not-very-strong carrier appeared on 4765 at 00:30 tonight, and a male
announcer in Spanish a few minutes later. Not enough to move the S-meter, and
sometimes the audio fades to nothing. I don't think this is anywhere near 50
kw, maybe not even 5.
Not parallel to 5025 or 5040.
Art Delibert, N. Bethesda, MD
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 22:19:07 -0400
From: Arthur Delibert <[email protected]>
To: Stephen C Wood <[email protected]>
Cc: DXLD <[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Cuba 4765
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Signal is much stronger here in Maryland now too. Clear ID heard at 02:03.
But it seems like they could step up the modulation or turn up the teble a bit
on the announcers, who don't seem to come through as clearly as the music. I
think they're tweaking the system as they go along.
Signal level outside of the immediate Cuba area may be suffering if they are
intending this broadcast to be a "shower service" for Cuba and the Caribbean
-- i.e., most of the signal beamed upwards, and then bouncing off the
ionosphere and showering down on the immediate area.
Art Delibert, N. Bethesda, MD
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 01:44:11 +0000
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Cuba 4765
Radio Progresso - Relatively fair signal here in Massachusetts at 0140 with
lots of Cuban music,occasional announcements and ID's in Spanish. Peaking at S6
but lots of static affecting copy. Not armchair levels that 5025 & 5040 are at.
Stephen WoodHarwich,Mass
From: "Arthur Delibert" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 8:39:15 PM
Subject: [HCDX] Cuba 4765
A not-very-strong carrier appeared on 4765 at 00:30 tonight, and a male
announcer in Spanish a few minutes later. Not enough to move the S-meter, and
sometimes the audio fades to nothing. I don't think this is anywhere near 50
kw, maybe not even 5.
Not parallel to 5025 or 5040.
Art Delibert, N. Bethesda, MD
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 20:23:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 1-2, 2013
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** BOLIVIA. 3310, Oct 2 at 0107, looking for R. Mosoj Chaski after last night`s
surprise, but only a JBA carrier now which could be it if not a remnant of my
local KCRC/KGWA mix. The Big 3 sources disagree on when RMC goes off, 0100,
0130 or 0200. Yesterday WWV reported ``Solar radiation storms reaching the S2
level occurred.`` Also today at 0000: ``Solar radiation storms reaching the S2
level occurred``.
4717-, Oct 2 at 0052 check, it`s another night for Yura to be off early: no
signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4885, Oct 2 at 0104, now a squealy blob is here, QRMing presumed R.
Clube do Par?, the regular one if not the two other ZYs listed. It`s the same
thing I had been hearing just above 4875 abutting R. Roraima, so now I suspect
this wandering blob has nothing to do with either station and could even be
Oklahoman. Is anyone else hearing it now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4985+, Oct 2 at 0116, Brazuguese raised voices but maybe not to the
extent of futebol-mania, same as heard on 11815, then some music, both very
poor. 4985 is slightly on the hi side compared to WWV with BFO. Therefore these
are R. Brasil Central, Goi?nia; haven`t heard it on 60m in a long time. Clear
of any QRM now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11855, Oct 2 at 0109, poor R. Aparecida is suffering from the noise
field emitted by super-strong 11870 WEWN, Catholix vs Catholix! (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHAD [and non]. 6165-, Oct 2 at 0056, undermoduated music typical of RNT,
apparently back to overnight again, but within a couple of seconds, RHC open
carrier comes on earlier than usual, covering it up completely before its 0100v
English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 4765, Oct 2 at 0052, I start checking for the alleged new SW
frequency of R. Progreso starting tonight: only two very weak signals on
slightly offset frequencies producing a double pitch on the BFO (rather like
4775 always with Peru+Brasil but that`s stronger now), so surely not Cuba on
4765, but Brasil and/or Tajikistan?
At 0057 one of them is noticeably strengthening with romantic music, so I
compare it to MW 890, and seems the same, i.e. it really is R. Progreso, but
quite weak compared to 5025 R. Rebelde, not to mention all the RHC SW
frequencies starting with 5040.
0058 ID as Radio Progreso and axually announcing this new frequency 4765! (Then
I`m off to check Chaski and other circa 0100 stuff.) At 0106 recheck, 4765 is
still weak; 0120 tune-out, it`s fair at best. Arnie said, ``Transmitter power
is registered at 50 kiloWatts and a classic high departure angle antenna will
be used as required for the Near Vertical Incidence Skywave transmissions.``
5025 is also supposed to be NVIS, but never convinced me since it obviously
puts out plenty signal in the horizontal plane. This one I can believe is NVIS
with restricted DX coverage, and/or: as it`s experimental, they were still
powering it up gradually, not anywhere near 50 kW yet. Other monitors also
noted the low but increasing strength. Schedule is 0030-0400 UT, mostly with
the `Nocturno` music program (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 15630 // 9420, Oct 1 at 2038, very poor signals with same music, so
Voice of Greece isn`t gone yet tho it was inaudible 7 hours earlier. 9430, Oct
2 at 0051 it`s back to normal with VG signal, // weaker 7475 and much weaker
15650 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 11985, Oct 2 at 0059, AIR Khampur is once again failing to carry the
scheduled Sinhala service, instead a fluttery whine --- or is it a deliberate
tone? If so, feeble; no IS anyway this time, still same at 0102, while 11740
via GOA is properly musical, good with flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** JAPAN. Typo in previous report: this is NHK-2, not NHK-1:
693, Oct 1 at 1200, JBA 3+1 NHK timesignal, i.e. JOAB, NHK2, 500 kW from Tokyo;
among several other TP carriers; see UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1020, Oct 1 at 2000 UT, KOKP Perry has *finally* been fixed to
keep modulating without hiccuping for the past pentaday, Fox Sports ID, 2003
George Carlin`s football vs baseball routine, a real classic and surely the
best thing ever broadcast by Triple Play Sports Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1640, Oct 1 at 1900 UT, legal TOH ID for FCC Facility 87168, as
``KZLS, Hennessey-Oklahoma City``, no mention of Enid since it flipped
yesterday from KOAG All-Ag to True Oldies, ex-99.7 FM Mustang. FCC website is
allegedly out of service thanks to a minority of anti-government Republican
wackos who axually got elected into the government thru the stupidity of too
many Americans.
But FCC AM Query is still working and I don`t think I am looking at a cache,
tho I have gone to the 87168 page before. It still shows *ENID* as the *only*
city of license, and has made the call switch from KOAG to KZLS. It seems Mr
Champlin is all too eager to divorce himself from his Enid roots with yet
another station edging away from us.
But then, when I click on the call sign changes link,
http://www.fcc.gov/shutdown-page.html?Facility_id=87168&Callsign=KZLS
I do get an out of service redirect: ``We regret the disruption, but during the
Federal Government-wide shutdown, the FCC is limited to performing duties that
are immediately necessary for the safety of life or the protection of property.
FCC online systems will not be available until further notice.``
Anyhow, we now enjoy having a local quality signal for a while on True Oldies,
especially since we have lost it on FM from OKC and AM from Wichita. And
fortunately, the buzz constantly accompanying All-Ag has also been removed
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Obs on 1610 GSPSP, 1270 KRVT, 1210 KGYN: See U S A
** PERU. 5980, Oct 2 at 0055, poor signal from R. Chaski but enough for
modulation to be audible; soft, vaguely ``inspirational`` instrumental music
continues thru 0100 past 0101 as I note some overmodulation distortion; finally
just before 0102, jingle and off-time check for ``son las 20 horas``, net ID
for Red Radio Integridad. Cutoff comes at 0105:45*, about 6 seconds later than
yesterday, as the witching hour of 0106 draws ever closer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3390-USB, Oct 2 at 0107, a weak Navy MARS net is here as I am
searching for LA BC DX on 90m: one call copied is NNN0ANX, who is Frank in
Tennessee per a list of Navy Marine Corps MARS ALE Licenses, along with a lot
of others by first name and state only at:
http://www.navymars.org/national/ale/NMCM_MARS-ALE%20_Stations.pdf
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 11870, Oct 2 at 0109, WEWN is extremely strong, and along
with it a noise field extending out plus/minus 20 kHz, bothering particularly
another Catholic station, tsk2, 11855 R. Aparecida; and something on 11885,
which Aoki points to Urumqi. Fortunately WEWN fades down as the evening wears
on until it`s no problem after 0500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Noted on the caradio while in a hot-spot, relatively lo-noise mall
parking lot in the western side of Enid, on daytime groundwave:
850, Oct 1 at 2002 UT, two very weak signals with slow SAH, one in English =
KOA Denver at the extreme edge of its range, and one in Spanish = KJON
Carrollton (Metroplex) TX (hijacked from Anadarko OK).
1270, Oct 1 at 2005 UT, two stations with very slow SAH, one in Spanish = KRVT
Claremore (Tulsa) OK, one in English = KSCB Liberal KS. Ads after the news
include for local business, and then for homes mentioning Liberal, Kansas,
removing any doubt, another one at the extreme edge of its 5 kW ND groundwave
just across from the OK panhandle near Guymon (tho KGYN 1210 is always in with
twice the power ND). Then into a talkshow which is anything but Liberal.
1610, Oct 1 at 2008 UT, hum from the abandoned but still powered-up TIS at
Great Salt Plains State Park, NW of Enid. It becomes much more audible on the
road just north of Enid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic MW carrier search Oct 2 at 0110-0114: JBA ones on:
1305, 1215, 1206, 1053, 1026, 954, 945, 783, 774, 684 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 08:18:39 +0300
From: Zacharias LIangas <[email protected]>
To: [email protected];, [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], ;
Subject: [HCDX] Very good transatlantic DX today 2/10
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain
Please reply to [email protected]
http://zliangaslogs.blogspot.gr/2013/10/very-good-transatlantic-dx-on-2-10.html
Very good transatlantic DX today
Here are a series of audio samples from 2-10
Reception in Mountainous point in Thesalloniki today using R75 and 16 H antenna
from
Zacharias Liangas
1540 ??? 0353 sample http://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/26918819
Reception in Mountainous point in Thesalloniki today using R75 and 16 H antenna
from
Zacharias Liangas
1570 Spanish 0349 S2 sample http://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/26918821
Reception in Mountainous point in Thesalloniki today using R75 and 16 H antenna
from
Zacharias Liangas
1610 American 0332 with S5 samplehttp://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/26918823
Reception in Mountainous point in Thesalloniki today using R75 and 16 H antenna
from
Zacharias Liangas
1620 Cuban? 0337 S3 samplehttp://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/26918825
Reception in Mountainous point in Thesalloniki today using R75 and 16 H antenna
from
Zacharias Liangas
1640 single only station S2 0341
Reception in Mountainous point in Thesalloniki today using R75 and 16 H antenna
from
Zacharias Liangas
1700 Spanish (Cuba?)0344 S5 samples
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/26918829
0344 on LSB http://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/26918817 0347 with AM wide
filter
my radio shack: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/album/282394
http://delicious.com/gr_greek1/zak (all my pages )
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 20:12:06 +1300
From: "Radio Heritage Mail" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Last Day +1
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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