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Today's Topics:
1. Fw: [dxld] RUSSIA R. Rossii leaves SW -- (Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX)
2. Glenn Hauser logs January 8-9, 2014 (Glenn Hauser)
3. Logs from NH-USA, Jan 3-8 (Scott R. Barbour Jr.)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 13:53:42 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX" <[email protected]>
To: "DXLD" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Fw: [dxld] RUSSIA R. Rossii leaves SW --
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short log at 1130-1250 UT at Moscow unit:
585 RUS - Radio Rossii, Perm, low modulation
593 RUS - R Rossii odd channel, ? Radio Rossii, Izhevsk
612 RUS - Narodnoye Radio: 0400-1600, Kurkino 20kW, S=9+55dBm
621 RUS - R Rosssi, ? Makhachkala or Syktyvkar
657 RUS - Kavkaz Radio/Voice of Russia, Grozny, S=3-4 in Finland
738 RUS - World Radio Network, Kurkino 5kW, Pol/Ru 1143 UT S=9+55dB
765 RUS - Radio Rossii / Radio Karelii, Pedaselga, S=9+5dB in MSK
S=9+30dB in FIN
810 RUS - Voice of America, VOA Learning English report, Kurkino 10kW
US history in Learning En, in 1808 year President Madison,
trade with Britain and France stopped. S=9+45dB signal
little buzzy audio underneath some 100 Hertz peaks fence
828 RUS - Radiogazeta Slovo / Pravoslavnoe Radio, St-Petersburg
855 RUS - Radio Rossii, Kamenka, S=4 in FIN
bad echo at :
873 RUS - Radio Rossii, St.P.Olgino, and Moscow Lesnoy 250kW at S=9+50dB
918 RUS - Radio Rossii, Arkhangelsk, weak signal in Moscow, S=9+30 in FIN
936 ??? Ukraine R ?
972 UKR - Ukrainske Radio 1, Nikolaev, weak on threshold level.
999 MDA - Russian program, Not R Rossii, rather Radio Pridnestrovye
1035 EST - Radio Eli, Tartu (200 kW) - 24h in Russian
(Tartuiskoye Semeinoye Radio) S=9+25dB
1053 RUS - Radio Mariya, Sankt-Petersburg (10 kW), S=9+20dB
1080 RUS - Radio Rossii / Radio Mordovii, Kovylkino 100kW
1089 RUS - Radio Teos, Popovka S=4-5 in FIN
1134 RUS - Radio Teos, Kurkino 5kW, nice rel singer, S=9+35dB
1395 ARM - Radio Rossii, Gavar
1485 LVA - Radio Merkurs, Riga, probably ?
"unter der roten Laterne von St. Pauli..." 1246 UT
1521 CHN - CRI Russian from Urumqi, S=3-4 poor but understand progr
S=6-7 in FIN at 1248 UT.
gloomy now in Russia - no LW sce at present on air anymore at Moscow,
only Polskie Radio 225 kHz S=6.
BUT at 1200 UT heard LW 171 kHz R Rossii again, S=6 in Moscow, S=9+15dB in
Finland, so seemingly Armavir Krasnodar is on air for a noon political
magazine? Mentioned a lot of Grozny, Sotschi and Chechen Rep.
171 RUS - Kavkaz Radio, Tbilisskaya (1200) Russian at 1200 UT,
but seemingly Chechen telephone interview about Islam at 1252 UT
S=9+5dB in Stockholm Perseus unit.
73 wb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX" Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 2:31 AM
Subject: Re: [dxld] RUSSIA R. Rossii leaves SW --
> short log at 0121 UT
> 585 RUS - Radio Rossii, Perm
> 657 RUS - Kavkaz R, Grozny
> 765 RUS - Radio Rossii / Radio Karelii, Pedaselga
> 828 RUS - Radiogazeta Slovo / Pravoslavnoe Radio, St-Petersburg
> 873 RUS - Radio Rossii, Olgino
> 1035 EST - Radio Eli, Tartu (200 kW) - 24h in Russian
> (Tartuiskoye Semeinoye Radio) S=9+35dB
> 1053 RUS - Radio Mariya, Sankt-Petersburg (10 kW), S=9+20dB
> 1080 RUS - Radio Rossii / Radio Mordovii, Kovylkino 100kW
> 1287 RUS - Grozny? / or KGZ in Russian
> 1395 ARM - Radio Rossii, Gavar
>
> gloomy now in Russia - no LW sce at present on air anymore,
> only Belarus on 279 kHz.
> 73 wb
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 10:09:07 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 8-9, 2014
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** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [non]. 15190, Jan 8 at 2026 check, R. Africa Network via
WRMI has good signal level but very undermodulated. The mod level on this is
never up to par, nor on the preceding frequency before 2000, 17790. WRMI sked
shows it`s transmitter #7; its only other use is also on the 87 degree antenna
toward Bata, on 9840 at 04-08, when it`s running Brother Scare. On that
service, I have noticed no undermodulation problem, so it looks like RAN is
responsible for it on the feed coming out of California.
17790, Jan 9 at 1410 check, Brother Scare is ranting here, as RAN is running
him again, but nowhere near the minimum two-hour stretches he prefers;
presumably filler (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 11675, Jan 9 at 1513, YL in Russian, fair signal; a bit of music
reminds me of Iran, and per Aoki it`s exactly that, VIRI at 1420-1520, 500 kW,
320 degrees from Sirjan. In fact, it`s the only station at any time on 11675,
also for one other sesquihour at 1250 in Urdu, in that case via Kamalabad
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 9665, Jan 9 at 1416, two stations mixing, one with
piano music, the other talk, making SAH of 112/minute = 1.87 Hz apart. 1424
both are in music, one obviously North Korean style choral. KCBS Pyongyang, of
course, and Aoki shows during this hour the other one must be CRI in Sinhala,
500 kW, 258 degrees from Jinhua 831 site --- Commies vs Commies! (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 9775, Jan 8 at 1351, R. Free Chosun pr?lude, mostly-girl
group with nice harmony in love song, so a fourth piece if on and heard early
enough, before 1352 usual YM singing ``I`m here for the long run``, etc. Good
signal, not transpolar (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 650, Jan 9 at 1320 UT, correspondent crediting self as for F?rmula
Noticias, then several mentions of Guamuchil, and discussion of carne de puerco
market prices. Guamuchil is a place in Sinaloa, so no doubt the usual sunrise
dominator, XETNT Los Mochis (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 700, Jan 9 at 1325 UT, hypo announcer atop another station in
Spanish, kept referring unhelpfully to ``esta emisora``; 1327 introducing music
in Yaqui and some other language. Surely it`s the indigenous outlet, XEETCH,
Etchojoa, Sonora, which the 2013 IRCA Mexican Log now received reminds us
broadcasts in Spanish, Yaqui, Mayo and Garijio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 5900, Jan 9 at 1339, ``Moscow Nights`` tune playing, then Chinese
announcement, poor-fair. This is one of the remaining Voice of Russia
frequencies still on the air. Until Dec 31 it was Mongolian this hour via
Vladivostok, but per HFCC since Jan 1 it`s Chinese at 10-14, 152 degrees from
Irkutsk. If we could hear it after 1500 it would be in English due south from
Irkutsk, the only non-DRM SW site remaining for VOR in any language (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 9675, Jan 8 at 2031, poor signal in uncertain language, slow
deliberate talk as if not a native-speaker. Once again it must be Turkish, as
scheduled from R. Riyadh until 2100, inadvertently aimed USward as well, making
for this odd reception. Cut off already at 2053* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 9665, Jan 8 at 2053 poor signal with music, French announcement, REE
sign-off 2056 with uncopied frequencies, IS briefly. According to EiBi, the
20-21 French service M-F is supposed to be on 9570 and 9605, while the 18-19
French is listed on 9665; are they confused? 9665 is also registered after 1900
for Spanish on weekends. EiBi shows 9665 currently for English M-F at 19-20,
along with 9605 for Africa. So maybe they failed to change this transmitter
from 9665 to 9570 at 2000 today?
21540 & 21630, Jan 9 at 1412, for the record in another year, REE is *still*
colliding with other stations on the otherwise almost-vacant 13m band: Kuwait
on 21540 and BBC Ascension Hausa on 21630, which is on top at the moment. Third
REE channel 21610 remains in the clear. This monumental case of frequency
mismanagement continues in 2014 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 11840, Jan 8 at 2029, VOA French on fair signal via BOTSWANA,
cut off in mid-word at 2030* as scheduled; but why doesn`t the programming make
a natural break? Geez, how rude. Sans au-revoir! But Francophones may then tune
up 10 kHz to 11850 for NHK opening French via MADAGASCAR with better signal
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12105, Wed Jan 8 at 2027, WTWW-3 is back on, with Arabible, VG
signal; also Thu Jan 9 at 1404 in Russian. This transmitter had been absent
earlier on Jan 8 and also on Jan 7 and 6 as I previously noted, which were
Mon-Tue-Wed, not the alleged two-days-off per Ivo Ivanov`s schedules of Wed &
Thu.
George McClintock explained to me at 1759 UT Tue Jan 7: ``#3 is down NOW due to
the extremely cold weather. I am not sure how the transmitter would respond.
With our water leak of last week, I have been to the site every day. I will
have Ted bring up #3 when the temperature goes up today`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7570, before 2400 UT Jan 8 and after 0000 UT Jan 9, past 0300, it`s
nothing but Brother Scare on WRMI, not RMI programming as heard in the
0100-0245 period the day before. So much for a northward RMI frequency in prime
time. Do the programs in English really prefer to be aimed southward instead of
northward? But carrying on from the days of the single Wilkinson at Hialeah,
English and Spanish are all mixed in together, even tho 13 different
transmitters are now available (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also
EQUATORIAL GUINEA; USA: WOR
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1703 monitoring: again not completed in time for first
airing at 0430 UT Thursday Jan 9 on WRMI 9955. So first airing is ready for
1330 Thursday on 9955. Once again, our 29-minute show won`t fit into the slot
available. This time rather than music fill, R. Prague hasn`t quite finished
talking by 1330:05 when cut off for WRMI ID by Andy Sennitt, delaying start of
WOR playback until 1330:37. As I am starting the last item before propagation,
about two additional times on WRMI itself, cut to `Scoreboard` at 1359:06, then
surprisingly skips any ToH ID and 1400 right into next preacher. So 29:00
minutes of WOR would have fit into the slot if the ID hadn`t run before it.
That`s progress. Also: transmitter/antenna switch from 160 to 315 degrees
happens early today at 1353:03, very smoothly as I am talking, with hardly a
glitch, and suddenly the pulse jamming is greatly suppressed and WRMI comes in
much louder. Further:
Thu 2201 on WTWW-1, 9475
UT Friday 0430v on WWRB, 3195 [tune early; last week already at 0426-]
Saturday 0730 & 1530 on Hamburger Lokalradio 7265-CUSB
Sat 2130 on WRMI 7730 toward Europe
UT Sun 0030 on WRMI 9495 toward S America
[both these maybe, as experimented last week]
UT Sun 0030 on WTWW-2, 5085
UT Sun 0501 on WTWW-1, 5830
UT Mon 0400v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
Tue 1200 on WRMI 9955
Wed 0730 & 1530 on HLR 7265-CUSB
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 1809 UT January 9
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 12:09:39 -0800 (PST)
From: "Scott R. Barbour Jr." <[email protected]>
To: dxingwithcumbre <[email protected]>, DXLD
<[email protected]>, DXplorer <[email protected]>, HCDX
<[email protected]>, NASWAyg <[email protected]>
Cc: Dave Valko <[email protected]>, Mark Taylor
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs from NH-USA, Jan 3-8
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4750 BANGLADESH presumed Bangladesh Betar Shavar 1144-1202 Jan 8; M & W
announcers in listed Bengali; mx bridge at 1145 & brief W announcer into SC
vocal mx; brief announcer at 1151 & back to ballads; filler mx at 1159 into W
announcer w/ (P) ID at ToH; p-f in ECCS-USB. (Barbour-NH)
4940 CHINA V. of the Strait Fuzhou 1111-1125 Jan 5 CC; W announcer w/ talk & mx
bits; ballad at 1117; brief talk over mx at 1123 then back to W announcer & mx
bits; poor. (Barbour-NH)
4970 INDIA presumed AIR Shillong 1132-1144 Jan 8; Carrier here w/ imagination
level audio poking through in ECCS-LSB. (Barbour-NH)
5900 RUSSIA V. of Russia Irkutsk 1049-1102 Jan 3 CC; M & W announcers between
mx bits; ID at ToH followed by announcer; poor in ECCS-LSB. (Barbour-NH)
5910 COLOMBIA Alcaravan Radio Puerto Lleras 1102-1117 Jan 3 SS; Mx & M
announcer w/ ID announcement & (P) ads; talk from 1105 through t/out; poor.
(Barbour-NH)
6110 ETHIOPIA R. Fana Addis Ababa 0335-0351 Jan 7; M ancr in listed Ahmaric;
joined by diff. M, sounded like phone interview; HoA mx bits w/ M & W
announcers, mostly M; indigenous vcl mx at t/out; poor-fair w/ studio announcer
sounding best; //5950-weak. (Barbour-NH)
6165 CHINA CNR-6 Beijing 1129-1144 Jan 3 CC; Ballads w/ M announcer betweeen
selections; fair; //9620-poor. (Barbour-NH)
7205 SUDAN presumed Sudan RTVC Al-Aitahab Jan 7 AA; Call to Prayer at t/in; M
announcer w/ talk; Ko'ran-like chanting at 0315; poor/weak w/ a few inaudible
periods. (Barbour-NH)
7505.81 USA presumed WRNO New Orleans 0404-0433 Jan 7 EE; Classic &
contemporary Xmas mx; continuous w/ no ID/ancments at BoH; several years ago,
after some outfit in TX-USA took over, I heard WRNO w/ the same format. Sent my
rpt to the New Orleand address & received a QSL reply from TX-USA address
saying at the time they were b/casting w/ a low powered, ham unit. (Barbour-NH)
9420 UNIDENTIFIED 0242-0303 Jan 7; M ancr w/ talk in unid lang. &
Middle-Eastern flavored mx, some ballads & some w/ "yipping" vcls; (P) ID w/
wind instruments at ToH followed by brief M & W announcers between mx bits;
fair; Voice of Greece or whatever they call it these days?? (Barbour-NH)
9690 NIGERIA V.of Nigeria Ikorodu 2039-2056* Jan 5; W announcer w/ brief talk
between Afropop-style mx selections; M announcer at 2056, bit of mx then pulled
the plug; fair w/ usual bad modulation. (Barbour-NH)
9715 AUSTRIA BVB Moosbrunn 1902 Jan 5 EE: M announcer w/ prg hi-lites followed
by relg ballad; announcer at 1906 into recorded sermon; fair. (Barbour-NH)
11670 INDIA AIR Bangalore 1834-1848 Jan 6 EE; "Faithfully Yours" mailbag prg;
ID at 1845 into commentary w/ interview re 1915 & Gandhi; fair. (Barbour-NH)
11680 N. KOREA KCBS Kanggye 2103 Jan 5 KK; Frantic & rapid fire M & W
announcers; martial mx at 2115; fair; propaganda machine must be running at
full speed these days. (Barbour-NH)
11735 ZANZIBAR ZBC Dole 1825-1902 Jan 5; W announcer in (P) Swahili between
Bollywood style mx selections; M announcer at 1846 w/ talk & mx bits; almost
sounds like some sort of "devotional" prg; percussion & 5 pips at ToH; W
announcer into (P) nx w/ no discernible ID noted; f-g; always enjoy logging
this one. (Barbour-NH)
Scott R. Barbour Jr. Intervale, N.H. USA
NRD-545, MLB-1, 200' Beverages, 60m dipole
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