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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs November 11-12, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Glenn Hauser logs November 12, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
3. Equatorial Guinea (Manuel Mendez)
4. Re: 4985.5 (Mauno Ritola)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 22:03:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
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Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 11-12, 2013
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** CUBA. Two+ weeks after B-13 officially began, and one+ week after DST ended
in areas under Yankee influence, RHC characteristically begins adjusting its
frequencies, having refused to cooperate with most other countries in advance
HFCC planning. Observations November 11:
17720 is now gone, nothing at 2033 Nov 11; had been for Europe at 1930-2100,
and sporadically after 2200 in Spanish.
13680 is the replacement for 17720, in Arabic at 2033 Nov 11, news about Cuba.
I figured it would drop to the 13 MHz band like most winters. 13680 is an old
RHC frequency revived, once used in the mornings, but not at all in A-13. So
this should apply to 1930 French, 2000 Portuguese, 2030 Arabic --- and 22-24
Spanish? Not exactly ---
13680 is off at 2102 check, and still off at 2252. See below.
11880 is in French at 2109 Nov 11, as previously, except yesterday when 11860
was employed instead, also for English after 2200. Recheck 2240, yes also back
on 11880 today in English. 11860 evidently was a mistake.
15370 is still the French frequency (except Esperanto Sundays) at 2230,
confirmed at 2252 Nov 11, only fair.
Where`s the European broadcast in Spanish at 22-24, ex-17720? At 2252 I find
Spanish on 11840, still suppressed modulation, 9810, 9710 and 5040. Nothing on
the 17 MHz band.
13860! At 2302 Nov 11, VG signal, opening ``?ltima hora`` de la `Revista
Iberoamericana`, i.e. second hour, so may have started at 2200 without my
noticing. Gives schedule as 5-7 pm Cuban standard time = 22-24 UT, on *13680*,
13740, 11840, 9710, 9810, 5040 in typical Soviet-style disorder. So 13860 must
be *today`s wrong frequency*, mis-punch for 13680 where we may expect to hear
it subsequently. 13740, however, is vacant at 2302, but the others are
confirmed.
15230, open carrier at 2252; 2259 IS and opening French, undermodulated.
13780 and 6000, Nov 12 at 0038 are carrying the separate `Mesa Redonda` TV
soundtrack, which is a sporadic, non-daily service. VG signal on 13780, and
neither // to 11840. 13860 is off by now.
6070, Nov 12 at 0049 past 0104, RHC Spanish mainstream on NEW FREQUENCY, left
vacant by CFRX. Use it or lose it! As I informed the ODXA ASAP. (Altho IIRC
vaguely, in a previous season RHC showed up on 6070 despite CFRX.) This is much
stronger than and an echo apart from // 6060. 6070 apparently replaces 6100,
and it`s still on at 0418. What was wrong with 6100? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Nov 11 at 2020, poor signal with gospel huxter in
English, and het on hi side from Brasil, so R. Africa is back after some
transmitter problems. Still not up to snuff, at 2052 undermodulated, some hum,
almost readable, no het.
15190, Nov 11 at 2256, open carrier with good signal past 2305. I did not
notice this a few minutes before, but probably R. Africa.
However, as Kai Ludwig points out, among the WYFR frequencies to become WRMI is
15190 on the 87-degree African beam at 20-23, and Jeff`s press release says one
of their clients will be Pan American Broadcasting, so it looks like Okeechobee
will replace the Bata transmitter for this service, and likely do a much more
reliable job of it. (The other 87 degree regs are 21525 at 14-20, and with
different CIRAFs, 9355 at 04-08) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. 11800, Nov 11 at 2103, DW news in English via RWANDA, where
else? good signal, but weaker than // 12070. OTOH, 11800 is not squealing.
11800 is non-direxional, vs 295 degrees on 12070, which explains the disparity
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 11670, Nov 11 at 2107, AIR with news in English about Kuwait
business, good signal, with some flutter, but undermodulated and with lite
whine, // fair 9445 with exactly same pitch whine (both listed Bengaluru site)
and // 7550 too poor to evaluate its whine if any.
11985, Nov 12 at 0058, there it is again! That mysterious multi-note interval
signal from AIR Khampur and once again I don`t have my recorder handy. Poor
signal, undermodulated and flutter. Still going past 0105, instead of Sinhala
service. Previously heard Oct 24, as in DXLD 13-44, 36 or 37 notes on keyboard.
But what is this signifying? The Sindhi service should have started at 0100 if
that were it; its listed 5990 was still covered by China/Cuba at 0059.
Jose Jacob tells me Nov 12: Dear Glenn, Yes, lot of mysterious things (feeds)
observed on AIR frequency 11985, especially at 0045-0115 Sinhala schedule. The
info is that AIR now using new satellite feeds which is yet to stabilise may
be. Lot of wrong feeds are observed lately!
Please note that my site is already updated based upon my monitoring etc. Not
many changes are observed from A-13 period. Please see
External Service Time Wise: http://qsl.net/vu2jos/es/time.htm
External Service Language Wise: http://qsl.net/vu2jos/es/Language.htm
AIR Complete SW schedule: http://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm
--- Tnx, Jose, especially still lacking any official skeds from AIR!
11740, Goa site, supposed to be // 11985 for 0045-0115 Sinhala: at 0058
dominated by China CCI, and can`t hear the mystery IS; at 0102 AIR in clear,
definitely with different music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ISRAEL. 6885, Nov 12 at 0035, music amid SSB and CW QRM, presumed Galei
Zahal, best heard in a long time. No pirates around (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** JUAN FERNANDEZ. 21270-USB, Nov 11 at 2055, ID for XR0ZR, as the Robinson
Crusoe DXpedition continues. Pileups are a few kHz higher (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Nov 12 at 0048, very poor carrier with some modulation, no
jamming tonight, until Chaski cut-off at 0103:41.5* which is 16 seconds later
than 3 nights ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 9675, Nov 11 at 2042, fair signal with Turkish talk, and 2044
music mixed, so is it TRT? No, HFCC shows BSKSA in Turkish here at 1800-2100,
500 kW, 340 degrees from Riyadh, so also USward. Off at 2108 check. Encountered
when I was hunting for VOA Hausa new frequency.
9555, Nov 11 at 2109, poor-fair in Arabic with music background. Aoki shows R.
Riyadh, General first program, at 1755-2300, 500 kW, 295 degrees (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 11680, poor Nov 11 at 2105, REE`s Brazilian-accented YL in Portuguese
service, with clips of someone in Castilian. HFCC shows this hour only in
Spanish. Aoki is correct with Portuguese, 21-22 M-F (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 9689.1, Nov 11 at 2041, one station in Hausa, and it`s
off-frequency V. of Nigeria, as now for sure, VOA has vacated 9690 which it
started using B-13 at 2030-2130 M-F via France and UK, also in Hausa! Until we
exposed this horrible collision last week. Still no replacement found on 31m
for VOA. (Today`s Nov 11 HFCC still shows VOA Hausa 2030-2100 on 9690 via
Issoudun, but followed at 2100-2130 in French instead of Hausa, via Woofferton.
But not heard at 2108 either, VON still sole (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050-USB, Nov 12 at 0045, Bible reading or story, // 3215 AM but much
stronger on 5050; so WWRB is again trying the pure USB mode on 5050. Last time
I heard this was Feb 22 as in DXLD 13-09. Dave was plugging for clients to
double their power with 200,000 watts by buying both 3215/3195 for the east and
5050 for the west, but I wonder if one did now specifying USB? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1430, Nov 12 at 0110 UT, KZQZ St Louis is still VG and managing to
dominate the crowded regional channel with classic rock, surely on 50 kW day
pattern aimed at us (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ZANZIBAR. 11735, Nov 11 at 2104, ZBC nice music, fair with flutter, and
still on at 2105, but off by 2110 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. TA carriers JBA Nov 12: 1521 het on 1520 KOKC SB game at 0109;
882 at 0120; no others noticed in non-exhaustive search (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 960, Nov 12 at 0113 UT, I find I can almost totally null local
KGWA tnx to a stronger than usual signal at that critical point --- sports talk
mentioning TCU football, call from a coach, 866-485-7042, which I took to be
the toll-free call-in number for this show, but searching on that leads to
nothing but a 2005 page for Golf Gifts Fore U in Lagrange IN. As it faded into
the QRM before ads, gave some network ID. Doesn`t fit with KGKL San Angelo
programming, altho a Texan would be most likely. KMA Shenandoah IA at least has
a program schedule, http://www.kmaland.com/site/broadcast_schedule.html
with minute-by-minute details --- until 6:30 pm when it becomes vague (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6915-RCLSB, Nov 12 at 0123, looking for North American pirates,
but all I find is the very bass voice Spanish guy here saying ``Hola qu? tal
hola`` over and over, and sometimes counting uno-dos-tres. Yes, it seems like
he has a reduced carrier plus LSB, no USB; quite strong signal (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0603 UT November 12
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 10:07:22 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 12, 2013
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** CUBA. 6000, Nov 12 at 1316, RHC is still on here, squeezed between Australia
5990-6000 QRDRM, and N Korean jamming noise quite like DRM, centered on 6003.
Couldn`t happen to a nicer station. Continues to weaken during this hour well
post-sunrise.
RHC finally issued new B-13 schedule effective Nov 11; I had already discovered
most of it by monitoring Nov 11 as in previous report. 6000 is scheduled from
12 to 14. Full sked has been posted to the DXLD yg (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN [and non]. 5920, Nov 12 at 1325, fair signal with Qur`an, 1328 talk in
unID language; 1330 three chimes, mention Iran, IRIB news theme including
vocalising. HFCC shows this is VIRI`s Kurdish service, 500 kW non-direxional
from Kamalabad at 1320-1620. Along grayline, this could be short path more
likely than long path this time of year.
17840, Nov 12 at 1351, Qur`an atop Romania[n] with variable SAH of about 5 Hz,
and // 17500 in clear. At 1450 RRI in the clear on 17840, since the IRIB Arabic
collision is over at 1420, 500 kW, 289 degrees from Zahedan, after a 9-hour
span from 0520; while 17500 lasts only 6 hours until 1620, 500 kW, 259 degrees
from Kamalabad. How much longer will it take RRI to move? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5910, Nov 12 at 1329 open carrier, 1330 Shiokaze from
JAPAN opening in Chinese this Tuesday. ID sounds like ``shi-yang guangbo
dientai`` but WRTH 2013 quotes Chinese ID as ``Zheshi Shiokaze, Chaofeng
Bosong``. Also says a QSL card costs a $10 donation. Hmmm, maybe WORLD OF RADIO
could raise some funding that way (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9775, Nov 12 at 1357, R. Free Chosun open carrier was not
on much earlier today, and now it`s fluttery, and not comparable to stronger
and steadier VOA Korean Tinang on 9800. 1400 sign-on with theme, Korean, still
flutter. So is it really from Tajikistan site today, or at least something
further west, more trans-polar than Philippines? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO [and non]. 24960-USB, Nov 12 at 1455, here`s a hot DX spot working
mostly Europeans, such as HA0NAR who tried again and again; and only
occasionally giving his own call, which I still can`t copy for sure after
listening over half an hour! Mostly in heavily accented English talking too
fast, occasionally Spanish if the contactee should understand it. Seems all
simplex, calling on same frequency with the intermittent pileups. Most of the
time, the callers only utter their own indicativo, and so does the DX station,
theirs, not his! Often he asks for ``only 3`` or some other number in their
callsigns to lessen the pileups. His signal is stronger than most of them,
surely not far from here. Eventually I build up a partial call, X#1P. So it`s
probably Chile or Mexico. Then I search thru recent ham DX bulletins, and
finally find this in ICPO of Nov 8-15:
``09/11/2013: Manuel XE2HUQ, Saul XE2HQI, Craig XE2HWJ and Felix XE2I will be
active as XF1P from Isla Partida (NA-124) on 9-16 November. They plan to
operate SSB and CW on 160-10 metres. QSL via XE2HUQ (direct only). [425 DX
News]``
Here`s their website, with aerial shot of this uninhabited (except for seals),
internetless island in the Gulf of California:
http://www.qrz.com/db/XF1P
PARTIDA Island, NA-124, Group Name: Baja California Sur State South East group
(11 islands), Located in the Gulf of California, 24?32'1''N, 110? 22' 10'W
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. RF32, WQOS306, the TV-OK intercity relay transmitter at the same
downtown Enid location as RF31, KXOK-LD, has been missing for a few days, as of
Nov 12 at 1554 UT check. It `looked like` a regular ATSC DTV transmission with
same stuff as on RF 31 but noticeably weaker signal. This was explained in DXLD
13-21:
``The RF32 signal is as you suggest, an STL licensed as a relay rather than
broadcast. Its call sign is WQOS306. It's a very narrow-beam antenna,
vertically polarized, aimed straight at the Lamont K35JY-D transmitter site
(Trip Ericson, http://www.rabbitears.info ibid.)``
RF31 continues with TV-OK, Retro TV on main channel 31-1; 31-2 still constant
full color bars only with PSIP as M-FOX; and 31-3 still black and silent with
PSIP as Azteca. So KXOK has shrunk from six distinct program transmissions to
one. RF32 was the original NTSC analog channel of KXOK, and I have wondered
whether they also fired up the 32 DTV as ``protexion`` (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES [and non]. 9520, Nov 12 at 1341, JBA carrier, still R. Veritas
Asia in Sinhala? Yesterday it was in well. Still next to 9526- VOI also JBA
carrier, which is still overrun by the 9530 China radio war even on `Exotic
Indonesia` Tuesdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 5900, Nov 12 at 1326, open carrier, then talk in uncertain Asian
language, 1329 VOR announcement and IS. HFCC shows Mongolian this hour, 100 kW
due west from Vladivostok. Other VOR usage of 5900: 10-13 Mandarin, 14-15
English; plus Irkutsk English at 15-18. Don`t you believe SLBC defunct Ekala
still listed with B-13 dates thru March 2014y, 35 kW at 1230-1630! I don`t
think they *ever* used 5900 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 21630, Nov 12 at 1353, REE is still here // 21610, and at 1355 once
again canned announcement that 21630 is moving to 21640, but when? Madrid,
please tell Noblejas about it! 21630 is still heard at 1452; and the third REE
13m channel remains on 21540 colliding with Kuwait. HFCC Nov 11 now shows both
21630 and 21640 with identical parameters at 13-17, and both for the entire
B-13 datespan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1807 UT November 12
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 19:00:35 +0000
From: "Manuel Mendez" <[email protected]>
To: "DX Listenig Digest" <[email protected]>
Cc: Manuel Evernote <[email protected]>, World Band
Radio <[email protected]>, Noticias DX
<[email protected]>, Electronic DX Press
<[email protected]>, Robert Wilkner <[email protected]>, Hard
Core
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Equatorial Guinea
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Manuel Mendez
Log in Lanzarote, Canary Islands
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, now on air whit good signal, 1800, Oct 12, male
with Vernacular comments and African music. Good. Listesned all days between
1800-2100, Vernacular and Spanish program, some days weak, but today good
signal.
15190, Radio Africa, 0630, Oct 12, litened all days in the morning with
religous English program. Good. (Mendez)
Enviado desde Smartphone BlackBerry
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 01:00:25 +0200
From: Mauno Ritola <[email protected]>
To: Dave Valko <[email protected]>, [email protected], Henrik
Klemetz <[email protected]>, [email protected],
[email protected], "Partha Sarathi Goswami, Siliguri, West Bengal,
India" <[email protected]>, Robert Wilkner
<[email protected]>, bds2psu <[email protected]>, "Scott R. Barbour Jr."
<[email protected]>, Thomas Nilsson <[email protected]>,
[email protected], John Herkimer <[email protected]>,
Ron Howard <[email protected]>, Ralph Perry
<[email protected]>, James Young <[email protected]>, L?cio
Ot?vio Bobrowiec <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HCDX] 4985.5
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No carrier visible today at 2300. Maybe they are on weekends only?
73, Mauno
9.11.2013 14:33, Dave Valko kirjoitti:
> Heard a station this morning from 1102 past 1125 UTC on 4985.5.
> Definite man announcer, possibly preaching, with music on occasion.
> Faded out as the late Latin Americans do at this time here. I checked
> my recordings and the man announcer does sound similar to the one on
> R. Voz Christiana that was heard on 4985 last year. I haven't seen
> any loggings of it lately. Is R. Voz Christiana on 4985.5 now?? Here
> is a link for a recording from this morning, 1103-1104 UTC.
> https://app.box.com/s/8fgidhi3sl29zcgjzfxm
> 73 Dave
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