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Today's Topics:
1. QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 09 NOV 2013 (Albert Muick)
2. Glenn Hauser logs November 9-10, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
3. Bangladesh, 4750 (Arthur Delibert)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 05:31:47 -0500
From: Albert Muick <[email protected]>
To: DXLD <[email protected]>, HCDX <[email protected]>,
Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 09 NOV 2013
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USA KCNZ, Cedar Falls IA, 1650. Date/frequency confirmation letter via
email in 343 days for English report and audio CD via first-class mail
with 2 first-class stamps as return postage, follow-up fax to station
fax line, and finally a follow-up via email to station GM with copy of
the report and audio MP3. Verification came 3 days after last follow
up. V/s:*Janelle Rench, Office Manager. ****Janelle (at 935themix dot
com . Station address: *
*721 Shirley St., Cedar Falls, IA 50613
*USA WWRC, Washington DC, 1260, full data email verification in 379
days for email English report to comments at 1260wrc dot com (which
failed although still listed on their website) and a follow up to Bob
Jones, Broadcast Operations Director at bobj at wava dot com. Thereupon
we had an exchange of emails with Bob verifying with a personal email 14
days after my initial follow-up.
73
Al Muick
Whitehall PA USA
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 09:24:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 9-10, 2013
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** ANGUILLA. 11775, Nov 9 at 2215, DGS is still on past usual 2200 close, VG
signal, way above 11780 Brasil. No DST shift, just normal sloppiness before
switch to 6090 night channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL [and non]. 10000, Nov 10 at 0144, YL voice with ``Observat?rio
Nacional, 23 horas, 44 minutos, 40 segundos``, etc., and pips every dekasecond,
mixing with equally weak WWV and WWVH. During the 0145 minute has to combat the
unreadable WWVH propagation report. And vs NIST tone after 0146. Obviously
giving local DST of UT-2 now rather than UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 17720, Nov 9 at 2104, what`s become of RHC`s frequency to
Europe? Not checked before 2100 when it was trilingual for a sesquihour, but
yesterday it stayed on past 2104 with dead air, traces of French. No
propagation problem now, as the hybrid numbers/digital transmitter is VG,
blasting in on 17480 with carrier, then YL numbers and bursts, in fact the
SSOB, virtually the OSOB.
Surely 17720 will be back on after 2200 at new 22-24 UT timing? NO, it isn`t.
Hunting around for a replacement, none found on 17 or lower bands, 15 or 13
MHz. Only regular frequencies: at 2217 in Spanish, 11840, an echo apart from
9810 & 9710. 11880 in English.
6060, 6100, 9810, 11760, 11840, Nov 10 at 0054, RHC Spanish music fill hour is
playing the song in English ``Tie a Yellow Ribbon``, which they probably view
as critical of Yanqui imperialist foreign policy. 6100 modulation is distorted;
and 6060 has heavy CCI, as also on it at this time are: Iran, Sichuan, Brasil,
Argentina: could not match it to 15345v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 9297-9323, Nov 10 at 0105, low-pitched OTH radar pulsing, presumed
from here in typical 25+ kHz bandwidth. Exactly same sound also heard at 0142
on 9918-9943, when the lower one has gone (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 7390, Nov 10 at 0630, RFI French has a fast rippling SAH from
another stronger signal, open carrier? Albania doesn`t start 7390 until 0800.
More likely a second transmitter at Issoudun: such TDF self-collision mixups
have happened before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 9420, Nov 10 at 0626, good signal from Avlis, despite all the
disruptions, riot police raiding HQ building, etc., still doing the EPT
Sunday-morning thing of Byzantine chant; also with recitations by female voices
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA [and non]. 4840, Nov 10 at 0046, JBA carrier, presumably AIR Mumbai,
50 kW ND, which starts at 2355 per Aoki --- now possible because WWCR is not
opening here until 0100 instead of 0000 during DST (even tho propagationally it
would make more sense to open it *earlier* in the winter rather than later).
Next check at 0136, WWCR is on, presumably from about 0100. No Latin American
broadcasters nor anything else are known in the world on 4840 but AIR and WWCR
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA [and non]. 11740, Nov 10 at 0100, 5+1 timesignal, last pitch higher,
and off. I was tuning in for AIR Sinhala service via GOA as in A-13, so is it
still here or not, lacking a B-13 schedule from them? Per Aoki and HFCC, the
11740 transmitter closing at 0100 is CNR at Lingshi 725 site.
This does uncover a much weaker signal which could be AIR. What about 11985
Delhi/Khampur which was supposedly // 11740? Better signal there with S Asian
music, which could really be the Sinhala service for once. Aoki now claims to
have B-13 info for AIR which does show both of them, same as in A-13. But I
think such Aoki labels are often assumptions, projexions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9775, Nov 10 at 1333, big open carrier for R. Free Chosun
at 1400 is already on way early again; still very good signal during show at
1450, equivalent to 9800 VOA Korean Tinang. No way, I say again, that this is
from listed Tajikistan site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 21630, Nov 10 at 1401, REE is still here despite collision with
ASCENSION, BBC Hausa. After `Amigos de la Onda Corta`, which I was listening to
on better 17595, at 1355 they announced there would be a frequency change from
21630 to 21640 at 13-17 for listeners in Central America, so they are doing
something about this clash, but not yet today. Recheck 1446 Nov 10, still on
21630 as well as 21610. This also resolves the collision with WHRI after 1500
weekends on 21630, which I still heard yesterday. NOW: how about getting off
21540 vs Kuwait? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1694 monitoring: confirmed at new time and frequency
from WTWW-2, UT Sunday Nov 10 at 0030 on 5085, ex-Sat 2330 on 9930. Maybe
repeats UT Monday like last week. Also confirmed on WTWW-1 at new time UT
Sunday Nov 10 at 0501, still on 5830.
Following at 0100+ Nov 10 on 5085 was Amateur Radio Newsline, including a
report from NZ at 0106 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5830, Nov 10 at 1256, WTWW-1 is in open carrier/dead air; still/again
OC/DA after switch to 9475 at 1408; SFAW had resumed by 1447 check (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11870, Nov 9 at 2217, seems WEWN Spanish is already on here with
squeal and R. Vaticano relay, including its own RV IDs in passing. In A-13,
11870 did not switch from 13830 until 0000 UT.
Would you believe that WEWN *still* hasn`t posted a B-13 schedule at own
website, still A-13 dates?
http://www.ewtn.com/radio/freq.htm
Also linx to ``shortwave update`` popup, undated but probably elderly:
http://www.ewtn.com/radio/freq.htm
``In keeping with Mother Angelica's vision of spreading the Good News to the
corners of the world, EWTN Radio reconfigured its shortwave radio service to
better accomplish this goal. In addition to Europe and Africa, EWTN Radio is
now reaching into India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia - plus increased
coverage (in Spanish) to Cuba, South America, Mexico and the Caribbean, praise
God! EWTN Shortwave radio broadcasts (WEWN) are not available to most people in
North America.``
Then goes on to explain about affiliates, satellite, and online access. Guess
what: EWTN Radio *is* available to ``most people in North America``: all they
need to do is turn on a SW radio!
HFCC as of Nov 8 and FCC B-13 registrations show 11870 WEWN at 0000-1000 UT
only! Wait a minute: Romania in Spanish to S America is on 11870 at 22-23, and
that should put in a signal like this here. I assumed the R. Vaticano IDs would
be from WEWN which does relay RV at 2200-2230 but that`s M-F only and this is
Saturday. OTOH, the ``WEWN squeal`` is on this 11870 signal, and no CCI from
another station; unlikely RRI would be talking about Radio Vaticano, let alone
relaying it. This needs rechecking and also whether 13830, 12050 are still on
and // (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 580, Sunday Nov 10 at 1305-1308 UT, after CBS news and WIBW
Topeka ID, President`s weekly address, about honoring veterans. Traces of XEMU
Spanish in background. Followed by ad, not Republican rebuttal, tho WIBW surely
runs that at some other time. Finding Presidential address is tough as it`s so
short, presumably originally airing about 24 hours earlier on Saturdays, up to
every station`s scheduling whims. Maybe different networks re-availablize it at
different times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [and non]. 3975, Sunday Nov 10 at 0636, no signal from VR when Latin
mass is scheduled daily, and heard previously; yet DRM noise from BBC
Woofferton 3950-3955-3960 is quite audible and propagating. VR is heard on 6075
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** WAKE ISLAND. 18140-USB, Nov 10 at 0124, very poor signal from somestation
making very quick contacts with 5-9 signal reports, mostly US stations. I
listen until 0130 and *never* hear this station`s call nor a mention of Wake,
just the calls of stations contacted, and 5-9s.
18140 is a nominal frequency for the current K9W DXpedition until Nov 15. I`ve
been checking all their frequencies from 80 to 10 meters, at various times,
(3790, 5403.5, 7082, 14185, 21285, 24955, 28485), hearing no sign of them until
now, and often other QSOs in progress.
There ought to be a rule: no single ham contact is complete, verifiable and
eligible for any contest or DXCC, without at the very least, both stations
speaking the call of the station contacted AND THEIR OWN CALL, preceded by
``this is`` or ``from``, at least once! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. TA carrier search Nov 10 at 0109: only one I can detect, JBA, is
693 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 14:38:33 -0500
From: Arthur Delibert <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
"arthur.delibert" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Bangladesh, 4750
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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BANGLADESH, 4750.0, 11:50 - 12:12. Presumed to be the one here with talk, a
few bits of music around TOH. No clear ID heard, but a couple mentions of
"Bangladesh" just before TOH. Fair signal. Unlike RRI Makassar (which was not
heard at all today, even as a het), this one is pretty much right on 4750.00,
or maybe 4749.99. When the magnetic field is disturbed, as it is today,
propagation at my local SR moves from the area of PNG and Indonesia farther
westward, toward the Indian subcontinent. (Art Delibert, N. Bethesda, MD,
11/10/13)
Art Delibert
N. Bethesda, MD
AOR AR-7030
Pennant antenna facing NW, with DX Engineering pre-amp
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