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Today's Topics:
1. Re: [dxld] Ron's logs (Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX)
2. Re: [dxld] Ron's logs (Glenn Hauser)
3. Glenn Hauser logs December 27-28, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
4. Visit the Pacific this winter (Radio Heritage Mail)
5. New Retro Radio Dial Series 1953 (Radio Heritage Mail)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 13:16:31 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX" <[email protected]>
To: "DXLD" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Ron's logs
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Some logs of this morning:
TAIWAN 15319.798 RTI Paochung Taiwan in English service at 03-04 UT, not
jammed, noted S=9+20dB at remote unit in Nara JPN. Nice light instrumental /
music show was in progress, various sounds.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 28)
SAUDI ARABIA 15284.982 At 0400 UT Dec 28 logged 1000 Hertz test tone at
Riyadh SW channel, but Swahili registered program started suddenly crash
midst at 04.02:30 UT a little bit late. Female announcer, S=9 signal on
Ceylon island remote SDR unit.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 28)
INDIA 15209.976 Usually one of the AIR Goa Panaji units on odd frequency,
at 0404 UT Dec 28 in Persian foreign service. News on terrorists in PAK/AFG
border region. S=9 signal in Colombo Ceylon remote unit.
15184.960 Much worse very bad scratchly and whistling audio of AIR Hindi
service from - tentat. - Aligarh tx site towards foreign workers in
NE/Arabian peninsula. Around the 1400 Hertz mark annoying whistle tone - of
wobbling type visible on Perseus screen. 13 kHz wide distorted signal
between 15178.5 to 15191.1 kHz. At 0410 UT Dec 28.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 28)
MYANMAR 9730.830 Myanmar Radio Rangoon heard on S=8-9 fair level on
remote post in Sri Lanka, at 0425 UT Dec 28. Dance music box and nice
Burmese girl singer.
9590.0 Thazin Radio Naypyidaw. At 0430 UT strong carrier, start of typical
Burmese vernac national domestic program, a lot of xylophone music, S=8-9
proper signal into Ceylonese remote rx unit. Aoki Nagoya list show Lhao
language service, starts at 0430 UT.
9459.989 Another odd frequency service from Rangoon? Myanmar Radio Rakhine
service in Burmese heard at proper S=9 signal level on remote unit on
Ceylon. Modern pop music with local South Asian tone flavour.
At 0438 UT Dec 28.
5915.0 Faint UNID signal, but rather from Zambia Africa ? , not from
Naypyidaw Myanmar, - after sunrise in SoAsia.
9730.822 Myanmar Radio Rangoon logged with music phone-in program at 1005
UT Dec 28. S=9+10dB signal noted on SDR remote unit in Colombo.
Maybe an tx/antenna check?
9590.0 Thazin Radio Naypyidaw noted few seconds on air by probably
technical check of the engineer at 10.11 UT.
5915.0 Myanmar Radio Naypyidaw heard performing flute music at 1018 UT Dec
28, S=7-8 nice signal on remote unit at Ceylon. At 1205 UT S=9+15dB from
Naypyidaw, better than Rangoon signals.
6164.993 Myanmar Rakhine BC stn Naypyidaw. S=7-8 signal noted on SDR remote
unit in Colombo. Nice girl singing. 1022 UT Dec 28. S=9+20dB at 1141 UT,
7345.0 Thazin Radio Naypyidaw, tentat. local girl in scheduled Kachin
language. S=9+15dB signal noted. 1025 UT Dec 28. S=9+20dB strength
at 1204 UT.
7200.118 Myanmar Radio Rangoon, S=8-9 fluttery signal around 1026 UT Dec
28. At 1030 UT no +/-15 kHz spurs either side this time !
Wandered a little down, measured at 1200 UT on 7200.103 kHz.
S=9+15dB in Ceylon. And at 1210 UT also observed the two accompanied
spurious on exact +/-14249 Hertz away either side, stronger on 7185.854 but
also 7214.353 next to CRI Russian powerhouse.
5985v not on air at 1030 UT. But further check at 1147 UT Dec 28 revealed:
5985.836 kHz Myanmar Radio Rangoon in performance of singer group on air.
Strenth only S=8-9. Despite Naypyidaw are stronger on remote unit in Ceylon.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 28)
INDONESIA 9660.051 After sunrise in South Asia 31 mb outlet of RRI
Jakarta in Bahasa Indonesian domestic service decreased much via Andaman Sea
path, only S=4 signal on threshold level at 0428 UT Dec 28.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 28)
VIETNAM 9635.744 Vietnamese language talk observed at 0432 UT Dec 28 of
Voice of Vietnam 1st domestic sce from Son Tay outlet. S=5 poor suffering
signal after sunrise. Scheduled 2145-1700 UT.
9839.856 Voice of Vietnam Son Tay 'endless' opening procedure program hymn
between 0955 til 1000 UT. ID signature followed, S=8 strength in remote unit
on Ceylon.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 28)
CHINA 9410 Came across of distorted audio signal of CNR5/CNR8 Chinese
service at 1008 UT Dec 28, S=7 fair signal on remote post. Strange signal,
more signal portion on upper sideband.
9410 kHz 1000-1705 UT 44S BEI 100kW 163deg 0 206 Chinese CHN CNR RTC
But could also be a jamming action against Taiwanese sce ?
9410 Fu Hsing BS 1100-1300 UT Chinese 10kW non-dir from Kuanyin-TWN
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 28)
LAOS 6130.0 Lao National Radio Vientiane performed girl singing at 1030
UT Dec 28, and another CNR stn co-channel underneath, likely PBS Xizang
Lhasa Tibet in Tibetan language.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 28)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Howard" >
To: "DXLD" >
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 9:34 PM
Subject: [dxld] Ron's logs
MYANMAR. Hard to keep up with their various tx assignments!
5915, Myanmar Radio, Dec 27 at 0951 in the clear till covered by
turn on of CRI tx at 0955.
5985.80, Myanmar Radio, *1129, Dec 27. Noted open carrier at
1127; on with indigenous theme music; in vernacular. Frequently
changing tx here! On 25th heard on 5985.00.
7200.1, Myanmar Radio, 1008, Dec 27. Quick check found them fair.
9730.80v, Myanmar Radio, 1010, Dec 27. Heard with slight drift. A check
at 1103 found they had switched tx to exact frequency tx. Really in a state
of flux!
(Ron Howard, San Francisco at Ocean Beach, CA, Et?n E1, dxldyg via dxld)
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 07:55:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], HCDX <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Ron's logs
Message-ID:
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You must mean 9680+ -- Glenn
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On Sat, 12/28/13, Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX <[email protected]> wrote:
INDONESIA 9660.051 After sunrise in South Asia 31 mb
outlet of RRI
Jakarta in Bahasa Indonesian domestic service decreased much
via Andaman Sea
path, only S=4 signal on threshold level at 0428 UT Dec 28.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 28)
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 09:45:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 27-28, 2013
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** CHINA. 9455 & 9355, Dec 27 at 1947, Firedrake fair on both, and reliably so,
jamming RFA Chinese via Saipan on both for several hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11750 y 15230, Dec 28 at 1249 are both open carrier/dead air from RHC,
and 15230 is yet the OSOB almost an hour before sunrise here. 11750 would be
warming up for at 1300 start, but 15230 is supposed to modulating from *1200.
9850 is still on at 1402, not its scheduled successor per Aoki also on the
160-degree antenna, 15340. Another one is tardy, 13780. By 1444 check, 13780 is
going, but 15340 is only open carrier/dead air. By 1522 both are modulating,
congratulations.
13740, Dec 28 at 1405, CRI English relay back on proper frequency today after
error on 13650 yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 9420, Dec 27 at 1947, Greek music, F-G as Avlis has been more active
on its prime frequency lately.
9420, Dec 28 at 0110, Greek discussion atop CRI; not // 7450 at 0112,
undermodulated Greek music.
Wonder what will happen if anything when 2014y arrive? These SW transmissions
have held up remarkably long after the worker/management dispute started last
summer (Glenn hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 11670, Dec 27 at 1944, just as I tune in, YL in English is saying
goodbye, then dead air. Looks like the AIR GOS at 1745-1945 would have been
listenable here, beamed 325 degrees with 500 kW from Bengaluru. Hindi to follow
for an hour, then back to English at 2045 but at 280 degrees per Aoki; which
also shows both English segments *jammed by the ChiCom (presumably with white
noise), but not the Hindi interval. Trouble is, too many Chinese understand
English now! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9775, Dec 28 at 1352, musical pr?lude again to R. Free
Chosun; today it`s rather choppy with degraded propagation, fair with flutter.
1401 underway in Korean but with ``Jingle Bells Rock`` playing underneath. Is
this a serious clandestine?? They do play a lot of music later in the bihour
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 570, Dec 28 at 1258 UT, song in Spanish with low audible het, dead
giveaway it`s Monterrey NL, 1300 confirmed by full ID with call letters XEBJB,
street address, into news headlines. WRTH 2014 says slogan is Radio 570 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 700, Dec 28 at 1304 UT, weather, then live DJ greeting listeners and
families in various colonias around Parral, and Hidalgo, dominating frequency,
ranchera song ``Ay, mam?`` by YL with quite a set of pipes; then ``buenos d?as
en XEGD, La Poderosa``, 1308 ID for 700, 90.3 and web from Hidalgo del Parral,
Chihuahua. WRTH 2014 shows 5000/250 watts with that slogan, while IRCA 2012 had
it as Ke Buena, 1000/200 watts. And Cant? today shows 5000/1000, also La
Poderosa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DGIEST)
** MEXICO. 6185, Dec 27 at 1950, JBA carrier in full daytime, presumed another
bit of XEPPM evidence. Even at night, modulation is quite low so not very
useful. BTW, they have a DX/media program on SW only, most UT Thursdays at
0030-0100, `Sinton?a Libre` with plenty of musical relief, better heard from
the archive (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 7375, Dec 28 at 0113, VG signal from special UT Saturday
airing of The Mighty KBC via GERMANY, singing ID, ad in Dutch for Blaupunkt
AM/FM/SW radio; Eric in English asks for e-mail, 0114 ``Oasis``. 0125 ``We Will
Rock You`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Dec 28 at 0054, JBA carrier from R. Chaski (or Chaski R. as WRTH
2014 puts it, 5 kW), until cutoff at 0101:52.5* which is 22 seconds later than
last check 4 days ago = 5.5 later on the average per day (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES [non]. 15320, Dec 28 at 1522, Tagalog talk with loud music mix
at equal level, seems unrelated, and apparent double input to transmitter
and/or studio error; 1525 music stops and only talk heard, defaulting to
English to say ``Brothers and Sisters of St. Paul``. It`s R. Veritas Asia,
relay via VATICAN, 107 degrees back to Middle East Gastarbeiter, but as usual
from SMG site, plenty of signal bleeding off in other direxions. Aoki and EiBi
correctly show time for this as 1500-1553, while HFCC registration is for
1630-1700 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9370, Dec 27 at 1948, WWRB is *still* (again?) open
carrier/dead air like it was at previous check 1519, or rather just barely
modulated with Brother Scare; now there is maybe a trace of modulation.
BTW, Jeff White has advised Juan Franco Crespo in Spain that the 20-22 UT
broadcast to Europe has replaced 15440 with 7730, all in English for the moment
(i.e. B.S.). Just checked the WRMI graphic frequency schedule at 1740 Dec 28:
still showing 15440. That`s quite a drop, almost exactly by 50% (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1701 monitoring: no longer at 0300 UT Saturday on Area
51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, so not even checked Dec 28. Now confirmed is the
replacement time for that, UT Mondays 0400v. Meanwhile: UT Sunday 0029v on
WTWW-2 5085 (we hope, as not on the air last week, and played previous program
the week before); and UT Sunday 0501v on WTWW-1 5830 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490, Dec 28 at 0100, WBCQ with `Allan Weiner Worldwide` not only
here but // 9330-CUSB and 5110v-CUSB, but *not* synchronized, as apparently
each transmitter has a different feed routing (partly via internet, Area 51 HQ
in Maryland?). 7490 is JBA apparently still QRP, so 9330 is best; Allan`s
opening sermon until 0116 when he gets Mal on the phone (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, UT Sat Dec 28 at 0117, WRMI in its fill-music loop, German
song, then polka at 0118. Had been a preacher until 0115; according to just
updated program schedule grid dated Dec 28, the 0115 UT Saturday program was
supposed to be `Christ Gospel Broadcast`. Totally free of jamming at the
moment; not due to propagation since 9490 Radio Rep?blica (still via France,
how much longer?) is buried under wall-of-noise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 850, UT Sat Dec 28 at 0637, surprised to hear a female hosting `Coast
to Coast AM`, most unusual, via KOA (and countless other non-synchronized
frequencies); admonishes callers not to use 4-letter words as her guest is
discussing swearing, both casual and causal. Casual swearing serves no purpose
other than to show the person is too lazy to think of and utter the proper
word, and doesn`t care how it damage her reputation. Causal swearing is
exclamatory and forgivable especially if from injury. Before next break,
hostess IDs as Dr. Kathryn (?) Alpert (?)(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 910, Dec 28 at 0645 UT, singing ID sounds like ``WHMO`` but no
match in the NRC AM Log or FCC AM Query. Closest fonetikaly is WAKO in
Lawrenceville IL, U3, 500/50 watts with an AC/OLD format (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5910, Sat Dec 28 at 0619, off-frequency HJDH has a LAH, at a time
when nothing else is scheduled on 5910. Would not even be TWR warming up from
Austria since its 0644-0659 broadcast in Polish is M-F only. Does not work out
to be an RHC mixing product either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7560, Dec 28 at 1356, 1 kHz tone, fair with flutter; stops at
1359, transmission break, then resumes until at least 1420. By 1406 there is
some weak talk CCI underneath. EiBi, Aoki, and HFCC all agree what`s supposed
to be here 7 days a week: BBCWS at 1330-1430, going from Bengali to Hindi at
1400 and switching sites from Thailand to Uzbekistan. So both sites lost common
satellite feed? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 1745 UT December 28
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:53:28 +1300
From: "Radio Heritage Mail" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Visit the Pacific this winter
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December 28 2013
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 17:02:31 +1300
From: "Radio Heritage Mail" <[email protected]>
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Subject: [HCDX] New Retro Radio Dial Series 1953
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December 29 2013
DX Clubs, editors, radio media
New Retro Radio Dial Series 1953
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