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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs November 15-16, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
2. QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 16 NOV 2013 (Albert Muick)
3. Glenn Hauser logs November 15-17, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 09:33:09 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 15-16, 2013
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** ASCENSION. 21640, Nov 16 at 1357 past 1358, BaBcoCk interval signal prior to
BBC Hausa, poor signal but now free of REE QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11880, Nov 15 at 2156, RHC is again in wrong language today, French
instead of scheduled Portuguese (so was that at 2100 instead?) (Typo in
yesterday`s report: time was 2157) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 11985, Nov 15 at 0050, we`re in luck: AIR Khampur is running that
mystery 36-37 note interval signal again instead of the Sinhala service --- and
I am all set with my recorder. Taped a bit of it now, but better at 0102 past
0110. A couple of times I heard a few words toward the end of the cycle, not
sure whence. Here`s a clip from 0102. Can anyone in India or elsewhere
recognize the tune or explain its significance?
http://www.w4uvh.net/11985IS.rm
11740, meanwhile, supposed to be // Sinhala via GOA, is definitely playing some
other music after 0100 once the ChiCom QRM is off(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 5950, Nov 16 at 0054, very poor signal here from something, as I was
checking for Bolivia on 5952.4 ? not heard. Per EiBi, HFCC, and Aoki, it can
only be the IRIB Tajik service at 0050-0220, 500 kW, 50 degrees via Sirjan
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9775, Nov 16 at 1509, songs, fair with flutter, from R.
Free Chosun via ?? listed Tajikistan I doubt. Earlier usually it`s all talk in
Korean (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 780, Nov 16 at 0125 UT with WBBM completely nulled --- and tnx to
KSPI for having turned off its carrier --- YL concluding ``El Reporte``
interviewing another YL; ID as ``La Poderosa, 103.algo y 780 AM``, PSA mentions
Aguascalientes, but not a clincher as it`s federal from the SEP; more SHVA
exclamations as ``La Poderosa``, then long mysterious-music interlude past 0130
(``Dark Shadows`` theme?).
Guess what: no such slogan for 780s in Cant? but at least three stations have
FMs in the 103s, in Jalisco and the two Tamaulipans. It`s probably the usual #1
here, XESFT in San Fernando, a.k.a. La Triple T (referring to what? Not the
callsign), 5000/1000 watts and FM 103.7. IRCA 2012 log and WRTH 2013 do not
show any ``Poderosa`` here either. In the state-and-city listing, Cant? linx to
this website for La Triple T: http://radioavanzado.com but it`s only ``coming
soon`` (in English). However various Wikipedia linx do say XESFT is ``branded
as La Poderosa``. So there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Channel 2 analog, Nov 16 at 1549 UT, signs of sporadic E from the
south; and then on channel 4 a bit of Spanish audio makes it thru. Ham Es map
in the next hour
http://www.dxmaps.com/spots/map.php?Lan=E&Frec=MUF&ML=M&Map=NA&DXC=N&HF=N&GL=N
shows lower MUFs and not between here and Mexico (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6940+AM, Nov 16 at 0113, poor signal with music, the only
pirate around; 0116 says ``on a web receiver in Alberta``, ID as Radio True
North (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Nov 16 at 0048, carrier from presumed R. Chaski. Since it was
missing after 0100 last night, I am tracking it carefully from 0059, and it
does cut off at 0100:08*, so the timer was reset on November 15! At the
previous rate, we were not expecting this until almost yearend at circa six
minutes past the hour. I predict it will resume precessing about 5.25 seconds
later each night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOMALILAND. 7120-AM, Nov 16, JBA carrier from presumed R. Hargeisa cuts off
at 1400:10* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 21640, Nov 16 at 1357, REE is finally here ex-21630, avoiding
collision with BBC Ascension, and after 1500, with WHRI. At 1441 I notice that
both 21640 and 21610 exhibit a long/short path echo. This seems improbable on
21 MHz requiring a long night route, but only other explanation would be short
route off the back mixing with backscatter which would be an even quicker echo.
Eike Bierwirth also confirms new 21640 and says according to the REE schedule
via programasdx, at 13-16 it`s daily; only the 16-17 portion is weekdays only
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490, Friday Nov 15 at 2240, `Behaviour Night` on WBCQ, great show of
old records, this time circa 1930, college rally songs, including Northwestern;
2255 medley of Canadian national songs, all in jazzed-up versions of the era;
from some `Hits of the Week` albums. Sir Scratchy concludes by plugging
`Marion`s Attic` for more music like this on Sundays at 2200. For the next two
or three months we may enjoy sufficient reception of both, with WBCQ
propagating this far west circa sunset. WBCQ makes no seasonal adjustments in
frequencies or scheduling, except for DST shifts, like a domestic broadcaster
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5830, Nov 16 at 1348, open carrier/dead air yet again from WTWW-1,
and still such after QSY to 9475 at 1443 and 1508 chex; where`s our PPP?
Meanwhile, 9930 WTWW-2 is modulating with the Brother Scare Sabbath service, as
well as via 9980 WWCR.
As if that`s not enough in the 9.9s, from December, WRMI will also be running
The Last Days Prophet of God northwestward from Okeechobee after 1500 on 9955!
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1200, Nov 16 at 0103 UT, I am again looking for the Brazilian
talk with WOAI nulled (which Rocco Cotroneo in Rio suggests may have been a
Brazilian trying to sound like Spanish; and that the signal seems like it is
too close for Brasil. I must agree, as I also checked 1220 and 1100, both
nights and did not find any signs of Brasil.)
Now there is a song but can`t be sure of language; 0106 tape fast-forwarding,
sound-effect? Strange. This makes a 200/minute SAH with WOAI, 3.33 Hz, less
than the <4 Hz I was getting 24 hours earlier, but more than the other
WOAI-nulled station I had at 0650, 2.5 Hz. Of course one or more of them could
vary, but unlikely;
BTW, WOAI is certainly not 36 Hz hi as in mwoffsetts, but close to, within a
very few Hz of 1200.000 as compared to other 10-kHz channel stations above and
below. BTW2, WOAI never seems to be running IBOC noise any more, unless in
complete daytime, tho it`s still shown as fully active here:
http://topazdesigns.com/iboc/station-list.html
Wasn`t WOAI one of the ``HD`` pioneers? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1733 UT November 16
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 15:59:52 -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 16 NOV 2013
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One lonely QSL this week, hopefully more next week!
USA, WZAP 690, Bristol VA, no data "Thank you very much! It is
confirmed." email from Glen Harlow, WZAP board operator and Part-Time
Announcer in less than 7 minutes for English email report and MP3 audio
clip. They fired up their 10kW daytime operation at sunrise and I was
able to hear it well, some 455 miles away. Email sent to wzapradio at
aol dot com to the attention of Chuck Lawson as instructed on their
website www.wzapradio.com.
73
Al Muick
Whitehall PA USA
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 20:01:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 15-17, 2013
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** CUBA. 9795-9805 & 9820-9830 approx., field of buzzes apparently radiating
from the RHC 9810 transmitter between them, altho not equidistant. Buzzing
spurs like this have come from other RHC frequencies before, one of countless
kinds of failures from RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** DIEGO GARCIA. 12759-USB, Nov 17 at 0132, pleased to detect some JBA talk
signifying that AFN is still on the air from here, its final SW site, and on a
better occasion will become readable again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 9770, Nov 16 at 1950, piano concerto, fair signal and always
nice to hear Western classical music on SW, but at 1955 disrespectfully talks
over the music before it can finish, as signal is degrading to poor, and off
the air by 1957. HFCC shows it is merely a CRI Chinese hour on the ubiquitous
500 kW, 308 degree azimuth from Kashgar for Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 15190, Nov 16 at 1927, mixture of gospel huxter
in English = R. Africa, and somewhat underneath, a song presumably = R.
Pilipinas, which just stops at 1929 without closing announcement. And R. Africa
abruptly starts another g.h. at 1930 without the previous one formally closing.
Recheck at 1959 another one is just opening with ``Wonderful Words of Life``.
Are they attempting to run on-time now? Well, time is running out, to be
replaced by WRMI Okeechobee from December 1, altho we have no official word
from Pan American Broadcasting that the EqG unit will be permanently closing
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 9420, Nov 17 at 0109, presumed Thessaloniki studio playing bossa
nova song in English, ``Call Me``, then another song in English. So no more
classical music on Saturday nights from ERA3 network. Very good signal, anyway
and *still* on the air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 11670, Nov 16 at 1954, Indian classical vocal music, and very good
signal, some flutter. If you went by HFCC you would have a choice of 500 kW,
230 degrees from Sabrata, Libya; or 100 kW, 220 degrees from Thumrait, Oman.
Fortunately, we know that both of these are imaginary, and the station really
on 11670 but not in HFCC, is AIR, 500 kW, 325 degrees via Bengaluru, amid its
Hindi hour toward Europe at 1945-2045 which is preceded and followed by English
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 11985, Nov 17 at 0054, AIR is very poor with talk, but better than
11740 with its SAH and ChiCom CCI. At 0101 with 11740 now in clear, the two do
seem // with song, so apparently AIR has succeeded today in broadcasting the
Sinhala service on its scheduled frequencies. So far I have only this reply
about the identity of the IS I recorded here 24 hours earlier:
``May be the interval signal of some other radio station, pre recorded, must
have been accidentally played. 73 de arasu VU2UR``
Yes, but I have now caught them doing it on at least three occasions (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 11510, Nov 16 at 1948, Denge Kurdistan, fair signal with
Kurdish wailing, via Issoudun, FRANCE, not Bulgaria, according to Sofia`s Ivo
Ivanov, at 16-20, and via PRIDNESTROVYE before 1600 when I usually listen
during the 14-15 mostly-music hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 13650, Nov 16 at 1939 Arabic interview, good signal but fluttery;
1957 Kuwait ID, and again at 2000, opening akbar = news, but cut off abruptly
at 2000:21*. That`s when it supposedly ascends to 17550 for North America
central and west, but it`s not propagating any more. Nor was 15540, the English
frequency checked at 1939; however at 2004, now there is a very poor fluttery
signal with music, presumably R. Kuwait (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 7375, UT Sunday Nov 17 at 0053, The Mighty KBC ID, Eric
proclaiming 125,000 watts into the stratosphere, but it`s not enough from Nauen
for a strong, steady signal this week, nor to overcome noise from the storm
that blew thru here a couple hours ago; yet fair and sufficient if not to enjoy
the music to its fullest, as he then plays Bad Manners.
Wayne Heinen of NRC reported that Kraig Krist had a new weekly spot on the
station as of last week, but unknown when during the bihour, and I don`t catch
him in several rechex. There`s really too much going on at the same time
Saturday nights, including WORLD OF RADIO, and a pirate or three, plus many
other logs as in this report. Kim`s Radiogram is ending at 0133, back to music
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6930-USB, Nov 17 at 0106, Wolverine Radio ID, then ``Pistol
Packin` Mama, Lay That Pistol Down``; good signal, and still at 0139. Also
heard by many others, until 0218*:
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,13865.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6967-USB, Nov 17 at 0055, fair signal from pirate with
country song, 0057 off, or rather pause before starting a narrative song. As I
was checking the other pirate on 6930 at 0106, it must have gone off, no more
at 0107. It was also UNID for everyone else who heard it between 0024 and 0105
reporting at
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,13862.0.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OMAN. 15140, Nov 16 at 2001, choral NA on fair signal, 2002 Arabic ID from
R. Sultanate of Oman. Need to get a recording of the complete anthem sometime
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Nov 17 at 0059, JBA carrier from presumed R. Chaski, until
cutoff at 0100:07*, which is a second *earlier* than last night. Now I have
doubts this is still Chaski, as not following its long-established pattern of
shifting 5.25 seconds later each night.
And so close to 0100, it could be instead the CNR1 jammer closing down after
VOA Tibetan via Sri Lanka, or even the latter. Is Chaski still being heard
earlier in the hour by Claudio Galaz in Chile? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [and non]. Correxion: at 1358 I mentioned frequency for Vietnamese as
9775, while I meant to repeat it as 9625; replace with:
9625, Nov 15 at 1349, big steady open carrier; stronger than the OC on 9775
prior to R. Free Chosun, from??? At 1358, 9625 already in Vietnamese, so per
Aoki, it`s RTI, 14-15, 300 kW, 250 degrees from Paochung, that site still in
business. Other E Asian signals are also VG today but only below 12 MHz; such
as Taiwan in Japanese on 9735; Japan in Japanese on 9750 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 15420, Nov 16 at 1932, BBCWS due west from Seychelles, good
signal concluding news headlines, then `Science in Action`. Only problem is
WBCQ co-channel --- or almost, with its reduced carrier making a low audible
heterodyne. Since WBCQ is nominally USB, we ought to be able to hear BBCWS in
the clear by tuning LSB --- but there WBCQ also has a reduced, but not totally
suppressed, LSB transmission. Same situation as on 5110 --- same transmitter?
Those two frequencies are never, or hardly ever, on the air at same time.
12095, Nov 16 at 1940, fortunately find another BBCWS frequency with no QRM and
same program, topic being aftermath, IDing the dead from Typhoon Haiyan; 1942
on to SALT = Southern African Large Telescope, at a remote location in South
Africa, but it lasts only four minutes and is mainly about the facility`s
economic impact on the community, not its scientific mission. 12095 is also via
Seychelles but aimed 10 degrees north of due west; switches to Ascension at
2000 while 15420 closes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1695 monitoring: confirmed from 0029:36 UT Sunday Nov
17 on WTWW-2, 5085. Next: Sunday 0501 on WTWW-1, 5830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, Nov 17 at 0133, Jeff White is talking about his plans for
taking over the Okeechobee transmitters, including the PanAm broadcasts of R.
Africa to be on 21525, effective December 1. But most of the time Jeff is
overridden by Cuban pulse jamming, which we dearly hope will be less of a
problem if not eliminated by the big move.
Not that Cuba will stop jamming 9955, but WRMI will have a lot more oomph
against it. Program must have been `Viva Miami`, with multiple airings, but
best for now to listen online: per DX/SWL/Media programs, the next few times
are: Sunday 1215, 1515, 2015, Monday 0145 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ZANZIBAR. 11735, Nov 16 at 1949, ZBC enjoyable music on fair signal with
flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0402 UT November 17
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 131, Issue 16
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