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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs October 2, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Glenn Hauser logs October 1-3, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
3. 15530.017 R Dabanga heard on remote Perseus at Piliyandala
Ceylon, Oct 3, at 05 UT (Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX)
4. Re: 15530.017 R Dabanga heard on remote Perseus at
Piliyandala Ceylon, Oct 3, at 05 UT (Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 08:54:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 2, 2013
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** CUBA [and non]. Propagation disturbance produces some interesting results,
Oct 2 at 0512, especially RHC transmitters. English on 6000 and 6165 are still
solid as usual, but 6060 and 6125 are weak and fluttery: apparently those two
are aimed further north/east and are bouncing off the aurora or some disturbed
area in the ionosphere.
The 9 and 11 MHz bands are almost dead; weak RNZI on 11725, weakened RNA on
11780.
Some other signals remain strong but with unusual flutter on them: 5085 & 5830
WTWW; 5890 & 5935 WWCR; 3185 WWRB; and even southerly signals are fluttery:
3350 REE/CR; 4055 TGAV; 7355 BBC Ascension.
These are still strong and steady without flutter: 3215 & 4840 WWCR; 6175
Vietnam/WHRI. WWV is very poor on 10000, degraded on 5000, and OK on 2500. By
e-mail, WWV reported at 0600:
``Geophysical Alert Message
# Solar-terrestrial indices for 01 October follow.
Solar flux 107 and estimated planetary A-index 5.
The estimated planetary K-index at 0600 UTC on 02 October was 6.
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level occurred.
Solar radiation storms reaching the S2 level occurred.
Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be moderate.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level are expected.
Solar radiation storms reaching the S2 level are expected.``
Next check at 1150 UT Oct 2, SW is almost dead except for some nearby signals:
Anguilla 11775, Cuba on 11, 9 and 6; Greenville/Vatican on 7305; TGAV on 4055;
Australia on 9580, 6150 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 15160, Oct 2 at 1354, fair-poor signal in Russian when most
extra-continental stations are still outwiped by the propagation disturbance.
Aoki shows at 1330-1357 it`s RRI, 52 degrees from Tiganeshti, way offbeam to
here.
BTW, 15160 has an interesting sequence of co?rdinated stations from 13 to 16:
1300-1330 also Russian, from France; 1400-1457 Arabic from Galbeni, Romania;
and 15-16 Cairo in Uzbek (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. Sigh: another typo I must correct from previous report. Second
reference said 9430 instead of of course 9420: ``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. 9420, Oct 2 at 0051 it`s back to normal with VG
signal, // weaker 7475 and much weaker 15650``
BTW, Robert Gray, Plano TX was hearing what seemed like Spanish on 9420 at
2330-0030 UT Oct 1-2, maybe just the music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 9595, Wednesday Oct 2 at 1230, R. Nikkei 1 with English lesson,
explaining in Japanese such expressions and terms as ``we ate out`` and ``very
high frequency``; poor signal, but not much else making it from Asia,
especially on almost-dead higher bands (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 540, Oct 2 at 1154 UT, Los 40 Principales promos and ads:
540 XEWA Los 40 Principales + FM 103.9 San Luis Potos?, S.L.P. 150,000 150,000
per Cant?. Still seriously doubt it`s anywhere near 150 kW any more, hardly a
dominant signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 720, Oct 2 at 1158 UT, Extremo 720, full ID on FM and AM with powers
in Ciudad Ju?rez, but also mentions Coahuila (unseemed XEDE mixing in). Wish I
could have caught details for XEJCC as Cant? shows no FM and the power listed
on 720 must be wrong (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 760, Oct 2 at 1159 UT, full ID for Antena, also 102.5 FM, Chihuahua,
Chihuahua. 760 is XEES (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 880, Oct 2 at 1229 UT, full ID for 10 kW on 880, also for FM 103.5
in Los Mochis, ``La Rancherita`` tho in talk, not music programming now; never
hear the Planeta name, as in Cant? which must now be pass?:
880 XEPNK Planeta + FM 103.5 Los Mochis, Sinaloa 10,000 2,000
Also pass? are the ``Milenio Radio`` name listed in IRCA Log 2012. AND: ``Canal
880, La Super-Estaci?n`` in WRTH 2013! What next?? No problem yet from nulled
KRVN NE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 930, Oct 2 at 1204 UT, I cannot null WKY OKC completely, but there
is another Spanish station which I have suspected as KHJ Los ?ngeles. However,
this one seems really Mexican, mentions Hidalgo, timecheck in CDT and refers
several times to ``88.9`` as its identity in passing; 1207 TC as ``7 con 7
minutos``, ``Panorama Informativo`` no doubt originating in M?xico DF.
Hard to get a fix on this one vs WKY but remains audible further SW than LA
would be. Of the nine XEs on 930, this one is most proximate in Cant?:
930 XESHT La M?s Buena + FM 102.5 Saltillo, Coah. 1,000 250
So is this the one relaying XHM Siempre 88.9? Whose website
http://siempre889.com/la-estacion/
says ``Comenzamos el d?a con Noticias en la emisi?n de Panorama Informativo con
Alejandro Villalvazo (6:00 hrs.), continuamos con m?sica en compa??a de Charo
Fern?ndez (10:00 hrs...)``
It`s an ACIR group station, so who`s ACIR on 930? Here`s the affiliate list
sorted by program
http://siempre889.com/la-estacion/cobertura-nacional/
starting with Panorama Informativo; inconveniently without frequencies or
calls, just cities and slogans, but there is nothing in Saltillo; so do any
others match up on 930? The slogans are all too vague; only city-matches are
Colima with Amor, and Veracruz with Mix, whatever those stations really are.
Cant? for Colima shows Amor is 1430 & 99.7; Veracruz Mix is 1090 and 88.5, so
dead ends there.
Could this 930 Spanish be some other US station? None known anywhere around
here in 2013 NRC AM Log. Unless e.g. KLUP in San Antonio has flipped; stranger
things have happened (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 91.7, Oct 2 at 1319 UT, Ben Allen announces that today is his last
day at KOSU, before moving to a new job at WITF in Pennsylvania; many tnx he
says, to KOSU for giving ``this Yankee`` a chance. Before that he was with WFUV
in NYC. Here`s his portrait and fuller goodbye:
http://kosu.org/2013/10/ben-allen-to-leave-kosu-october-2/
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 670, Oct 2 at 0526 UT, ``Hog Call Sports`` making SAH with Cuba, with
WSCR easily nulled, so KHGZ Glenwood AR, 5 kW daytimer is cheating again. It
doesn`t take an FCC closedown for them to do it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 28, Oct 2 around 0400 UT I am now getting signs of NTSC video frame
bars, but not locking in, while pointed at Wichita when KSNW-DT 45 is in solid,
so apparently KWKD-LP Wichita is still on the air in analog, Daystar. KSNW is
generally the prime DTV signal from Wichita, but unfortunately the one without
any subchannels, just NBC on 3.1. It`s the one not blocked by imaginary K45EJ
in Enid of KSBI-51 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 21:38:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 1-3, 2013
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<[email protected]>
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** BOLIVIA. 5952.4, Oct 3 at 0104, Radio Pio Doce`s unique frequency is active
unlike several nights, but too much storm noise from Nebraska to hear anything
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL [and non]. 4883, Oct 3 at 0054, the squealing blob tonight is on the
low side of the 4885 broadcaster, requiring off-tuning to the hi side to avoid
it.
4985, Oct 3 at 0054, the RTTY is back, totally blocking R. Brasil Central if it
could otherwise be heard like it was last night. Maybe the USG shutdown
affected the RTTY absence, and could again; as well as numerous other
military/ute QRM situations! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHAD. 6165-, Oct 3 at 0056, undermodulated music is back, no doubt from
N`Djamena which is sometimes all-night, sometimes not; before RHC blox it
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 4765, Oct 3 at 0051, R. Progreso on new SW frequency, with music; some
modulation distortion, perhaps a remnant of the old Soviet relay transmitter
unmothballed? Much stronger than 24 hours ago, but still quite weaker than 5025
R. Rebelde which is supposedly same 50 kW power and same type of NVIS antenna.
4765 is not strong enough to overcome the rather high storm noise level over
Nebraska tonight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9967, Oct 3 at 0102, Qahira is 2 kHz off-frequency with big carrier,
whine, and barely audible distorted Arabic modulation. This has happened
occasionally before. Why not? Everything else is out of order (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 15190, R. Africa is back! Oct 2 at 1857,
fruitlessly hunting for some music to accompany my nap, instead find fair
signal with YL gospel huxter in English. Got to be R. Africa again on this
frequency. No CCI from Philippines. Per usual pattern, no break or ID at
hourtop, but continues as I doze; 1924 wrapping up with address in East
Liverpool, Ohio 43920 and prayer request line 330-385-8873, which trace to
Robert Hull.
Pause of less than a minute, no ID or any announcement, then starting another
gospel huxter, ``Ruth Benedict Presents the Truth``, sounded like, but searches
on that lead nowhere. May have lasted another quarter- or half-hour before
probable closedown.
As I said in DXLD 13-17 of April 24, 2013,
``The last presumed & preserved log of it in DXLD was by Harold Frodge, MI, Feb
19 at 1835 (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1666, DXLD)``
Nor have there been any since until now. Previously was also active irregularly
around 1500, 0600. At least we have not yet heard imprisoned sex-offender Tony
Alamo on it again from out of the depths of his archives.
15115-15125, Nigeria DRM is also audible, and 15140 weak AM probably Oman
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 11985, Oct 3 at 0058, AIR Delhi-Khampur, poor fluttery signal with
music instead of carrier, tone or IS, so maybe really on the correct Sinhala
service today; seems // 11740 Goa, but it`s unusually worse, very poor (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Oct 3 at 0057, R. Chaski is poor with talk and music past 0100,
vs storm noise level; cut off at 0105:49.5* which is 4.5 seconds later than
yesterday. I almost missed the timing as a quiet katydid had crept up my table
on the porch and onto my antenna plug into the DX-398, so I quickly blew her
off to the floor, apparently stunned for a while, but then crawled away, I hope
unharmed. A couple nights ago it was a long-legged spider instead. An orb
weaver also likes to set up a few feet away (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 9770, Oct 3 at 0100 I catch the sign-on announcement of La Voz de
Turqu?a in Spanish, and OMA, she`s speaking the wrong frequencies, 9650 and
9410, which were the B-12 channels when one hour later at 02-03!! Have the
wrong frequencies been announced thruout the A-13 season with less than a month
left in it? They`ve also messed up English announcements, and no telling how
many other languages, a station so out of it that they can`t even convey their
own basic information accurately. Also on weaker // 9870, mixing as usual with
AIR VBS. I keep checking this area for several spurblobs but those have not
recurred since the one night I was hearing them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9830-10000, Oct 3 at 0108, WWV modulation spike spurs during weather
info are still emanating as far as 170 kHz down from fundamental in clear
spots. Not as strong as previously, but neither is the source (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Re: ``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
Oct 1, 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, Lawrence, 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 photos of 49-2 and 49-3:
49-2: http://www.w4uvh.net/ktka-wx.jpg
49-3: http://www.w4uvh.net/ktkacw+.jpg
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 22819, Oct 2 at 1737, very weak signal sounds like car alarm
cycling, on AM, no BFO needed. Checked after new query about it on DXLD yg from
Gilles Letourneau, Montreal, who was hearing it much better [skip the ad with
the haircut sounds]:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yot4EbGLhpQ&feature=c4-overview&list=UUw7FKchRP3oVw4Nh_L7oPAQo
This was already discussed in DXLDs 13-33 and 13-34, under UNIDENTIFIED;
apparently concluding after lots of speculation that it is a radar in Australia
called TIGER; brush up your Portuguese. Of course now it`s well before sunrise
in all of Australia, when the MUF is hardly likely to reach 22+ MHz (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 07:36:50 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX" <[email protected]>
To: "DXplorer" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
<[email protected]>, "HCDX" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] 15530.017 R Dabanga heard on remote Perseus at
Piliyandala Ceylon, Oct 3, at 05 UT
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Surprisingly heard on remote Perseus unit at Piliyandala Ceylon, Oct 3, at
05 UT,
set up by Victor; and Uwe - as visitor touring Sri Lanka.
UAE Heard new frequency for Radio Dabanga, Arabic southern Sudan target on
15530.017 kHz (ex 15550.030), which seems a new frequency from Al Dhabbaya
UAE realy site, left 15550 kHz in order to avoid CNR1 co-channel
interference. In \\ to 15400 Madagascar relay.
vy73 de wolfy
> formerly on 15550 kHz, but co-channel QRM by CNR1...
>
> CHINA/UAE 15550 Bad mixture of two signals, of CNR1 Beijing on even
> 15550, and Al Dhabbaya UAE of R Tamazuj in Sudanese Arabic on odd
> frequency 15550.030 kHz and some BUZZY signal til 0427 UT. But then heard
> suddenly R Dabanga ID and TX switched OFF, ... and switched ON again at
> 0428 UT, but on even 15550.000 kHz - with supposedly an other TX unit at
> UAE...
> (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 15, 2013)
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 07:41:18 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX" <[email protected]>
To: "DXplorer" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
<[email protected]>, "HCDX" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] 15530.017 R Dabanga heard on remote Perseus at
Piliyandala Ceylon, Oct 3, at 05 UT
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But now, from 0530 UT changed to 15550.0 kHz again, -- strange ...
73 wb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX" <>
To: "DXplorer" <[email protected]>; "DXLD" <[email protected]>;
"HCDX" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2013 7:36 AM
Subject: 15530.017 R Dabanga heard on remote Perseus at Piliyandala Ceylon,
Oct 3, at 05 UT
> Surprisingly heard on remote Perseus unit at Piliyandala Ceylon, Oct 3, at
> 05 UT,
> set up by Victor; and Uwe - as visitor touring Sri Lanka.
>
> UAE Heard new frequency for Radio Dabanga, Arabic southern Sudan target
> on
> 15530.017 kHz (ex 15550.030), which seems a new frequency from Al Dhabbaya
> UAE realy site, left 15550 kHz in order to avoid CNR1 co-channel
> interference. In \\ to 15400 Madagascar relay.
> vy73 de wolfy
>
>
>> formerly on 15550 kHz, but co-channel QRM by CNR1...
>>
>> CHINA/UAE 15550 Bad mixture of two signals, of CNR1 Beijing on even
>> 15550, and Al Dhabbaya UAE of R Tamazuj in Sudanese Arabic on odd
>> frequency 15550.030 kHz and some BUZZY signal til 0427 UT. But then heard
>> suddenly R Dabanga ID and TX switched OFF, ... and switched ON again at
>> 0428 UT, but on even 15550.000 kHz - with supposedly an other TX unit at
>> UAE...
>> (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 15, 2013)
>
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