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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs April 11-12, 2014 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Re: Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 136, Issue 16 (maurits van driessche)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 10:13:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
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Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 11-12, 2014
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** AUSTRALIA. 15240, April 12 at 0533, separate service from RA Shepparton, not
// 15300 or 13630. Discussing cyclone-related problems with callers to
1-300-801-222, and its ``phugoid`` motion, i.e. wandering back and forth,
normally applied to aircraft. Some flights to Cai[r]ns have been diverted or
canceled; someone reports a live (presumably) power line down on a road which
hasn`t been dealt with, so her neighbors are out warning people away from it.
0538 ID as ``ABC Far North``, more calls; 0600 newscast mentions 120 kph winds,
100 ml of rain. From which studio does this originate??
Like previous cyclone-hits to Queensland, RA has dedicated a SW transmitter and
30-degree antenna at Shepparton to relaying local services back to the area,
due to [real or expected?] outages of ABC FM/AM transmitters. Per Ivo Ivanov,
15240 is scheduled 22-09 UT, and 6150 at 09-22, which others first heard on
April 11.
6150, April 12 at 1239, is still not // 9580, but in another country music show
and discussion rather than cyclone coverage at the moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. 15505, April 12 at 1358, very poor carrier with flutter from BB,
can`t make out a tone or IS, but just barely detect the mistimesignal ending at
1359:43.5 today. Gentlemen, set your clox! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 6180, April 11 at 2343, RNA is back on frequency and back in whack,
normal clear modulation, after being totally out of whack for a few days
putting extremely distorted pulsing on 6160 and spreading to at least four
adjacent channels. This follows Jorge Freitas forwarding my previous report
about this to EBC. So the Canadians on 6160 are again unblocked, and no pulsing
QRM to RHC 6165. Furthermore, I am hearing no het or CCI on 6000 RHC, so the
other transmitter is either off or adjusted. See CANADA, CUBA (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 2749-USB, April 12 at 0146, I am enjoying an unusually low local
noise level for some reason except for occasional storm crashes, audiblizing
marine weather around Nova Scotia by YL who sounds human; if not,
well-disguised. Hard to catch locations cited, but winds are in knots, seas are
in feet and visibilities are in miles (who cares about ceilings?). 0147 goes
into forecasts from Saturday into Monday, back to conditions as of 1930 local
time; partial ID mentions ``Coast Guard Radio Station, Bay of Fundy``. Then
navigational warnings with coordinates of obstruxions, etc., in southwest Nova
Scotia, then SE coast of NS; 0151 into French by same announceress. This
source:
http://dxinfocentre.com/mb.htm
shows it`s VAR-3, ``Fundy``, but where is it really? There are lots of towns
along the Fundy Bay coast, but I don`t see any named Fundy. VAR-3 broadcasts
start at :40 or sometimes :10 past certain hours including 0140; alternates
with three other stations on 2749-USB, VCO in Sydney, VCS-2 in Halifax also at
:40 or :10 past, and VCN, Rivi?re-au-Renard QC at odder times, :37, :47, :07,
or :17 past hours not occupied by the first three. VCN also is bilingual but
not VCO or VCS-2. Nothing heard now on 2598-USB, the NL/QC frequency for more
of this, altho VOK from Labrador, or VOK-4 from Hopedale, should have started
at 0137 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 6160, April 12 at 0130, CBC discussion in English, more likely CKZN
than CKZU this early, now out from total annihilation by Brazil off-frequency
from 6180 and putting out huge pulsing mess for a few days; but still plenty of
ACI splash from 6165 Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 17560, April 11 at 2350, fair signal with flutter in Chinese,
eclipsed by the bigsig from 17550 Kuwait. Nothing scheduled now, but apparently
CNR1 jammer getting a headstart on the VOA Mandarin transmission from 0000 via
Tinang.
Morning survey of CNR1 jamming:
12910, April 12 at 1355, CNR1 jammer, poor with flutter
13795, April 12 at 1354, CNR1 jammer, very poor
13830, April 12 at 1353, CNR1 jammer, poor, seems Firedrake mixed
15115, 15195, 15265, April 12 at 1352, usual inband CNR1 jammers
15580, April 12 at 1349, CNR1 jammer, very poor, het 15582 V of Tibet
16100, April 12 at 1348, CNR1 jammer, JBA [usually best of the bunch]
16360, April 12 at 1348, CNR1 jammer, very poor
16920, April 12 at 1348, CNR1 jammer, very poor-poor
17300, April 12 at 1349, CNR1 jammer, poor with flutter; no 18s, 14s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [non]. See USA: 1520
** CUBA. 6000, April 12 at 0131, RHC English is hetless as BRAZIL [q.v.] has
either turned off or fixed its off-frequency from 5999.6; however I don`t hear
any other modulation, but I do hear some crackling pulsing QRM to RHC --- could
that be Brasil? If so, nowhere near as bad as it had been on 6148-6170, so //
6165 is also clear. Have noted this before on RHC 6000 and figured it was
probably one of their own countless transmission problems.
5025, April 12 at 0525, R. Rebelde is off, but 5040 RHC is still on.
6165, April 12 at 0527, RHC English is seriously undermodulated here, and
almost as low on 6100, 6060; while OK modulation during music on 6000, 5040
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 13605, April 12 at 1413, R. Mart? with VG signal atop the
jamming, while // 11930 is maybe JBA beneath the wall of noise. 13605 sounds
like they have jacked up the power to full 250 kW today, rather than one-third
or so, in a death-wish? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 15410, April 12 at 1406, Chinese fair signal with heavy
flutter, English clip, and 1409 few notes of a hymn tune, which was very
misleading since this is listed as CRI Chinese service via Kashgar to Europe
this hour only; already found it not // 9845 CNR1 jammer and/or VOA Thailand
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, April 12 at 1351, KBSWR is JBA, useless during
mailbag/DX show this Saturday --- more evidence that KBS is not serious about
broadcasting to North America, and/or clueless about propagation. Direct
service remains quite iffy, as G1 level geomag storms occurred in past 24 hours
with solar flux at 138, and K indices at 1200 & 1500 April 12 were 3. Plenty of
bigsig relay airtime is available on WRMI, WHRI, etc. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 17550, April 11 at 2348, R. Kuwait in Arabic to C&W North America,
VG strength but extremely heavy flutter; in fact, the SSOB, exceeding 17860
Australia by a wide margin. This transmission at 20-24 UT, i.e. starting out at
23 hours local time, 300 kW at 350 degrees is more like a propagational
experiment. It can ``ride the MUF`` on a good night, but on a bad one it will
be above it, inaudible. This is the case most of the winter seasons when the
transmission still exists, apparently, burning countless megawatthours for
nothing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 15420.1-CUSB, April 12 at *1355.6, WBCQ pr?lude ID and
IS loop from ``The Planet`` mixing with BBC Somali via SOUTH AFRICA on 15420.0,
meaning that the additional carrier from BBC makes the pitch of WBCQ music
sound way sour, off-key --- even worse the Brother Scare opening organ music
from 1400, but BBC goes off at 1401.2*. It almost seems like WBCQ and BBC are
finally co?rdinating, with BBC Somali daily at 1400-1500 except Saturday at
1300-1400 instead, per Aoki, not HFCC --- Saturday being the only day `BCQ
comes on this early due to the live Sabbath service at TOM Tabernacle off I-95.
But it`s probably only coincidental, since BBC shuttered Seychelles, and now
relies on the slopperators at SENTECH who should have turned this off before
1400.
15770, April 12 at 1411, BS via WRMI has fair signal but barely modulated;
while blasting away on 9980, 9930, sufficient on 9955, 9370, 9690? But there`s
never enough BS to go around (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [non]. 15525, April 12 at 1404, V. of Tibet via MADAGASCAR is fair, so
I stand by for the jump to 15530, which happens at *1408:07. Can`t make out any
ChiCom jammers on or around, but likely funxioning, and left behind (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 9870, April 12 until 0156* tune in just in time to hear a bit of the
VOT IS played after Spanish service; quick retune to 9770 finds that running
just a little longer, then both are off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5920, April 12 at 0133, TruNews interviewing estranged son of late
evil huxter Fred Phelps, // synched with 7385, i.e. both WHRI. Same show
roughly a minute behind (not timed) on 5850 // 7455 WRMI.
Like Brother Scare, Wiles wastes his resources by duplicating coverage on two
SW stations, apparently not understanding the broad coverage of each, and even
on the same two bands!
BTW, on the DX-398 I am hearing a weak mixture of 7385 and 5085 WTWW BS on 2300
kHz, which is the difference between the two, obviously a receiver-produced
image. I get lots more of these especially on 120m; the PL-880 is even worse
with ghosts on other bands if there is any overload from an external antenna
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1520, April 12 at 1257 UT, Chinese lesson in English, typical CRI
filler in last 5 minutes of hours, roughly equal level to KOKC and cannot
separate them, also virtually zero-beat with an occasional fade. ID should come
shortly! At 1300 UT three similar announcements including ``programming
provided by G&E [GNE?] Studios``, comments to 1-877-913-xx89, or a gmail
address. 1301 ID for KGBC, and into non-Chinese news, but 1309 recheck, now
it`s the well-known voice of the CRI native announcer talking about missing
plane. This is not // CRI English on 9570 via Cuba.
1520 is not KGBC, which is 1540 Galveston, but its sister station KYND Cypress
TX, both of which relay CRI as both are considered necessary to cover most of
the Houston metro area --- and conveniently second-adjacent. NRC AM Log 2013
shows KYND has a CP to increase day power from 3 to 25 kW and it sure sounds
like this in now accomplished.
Yes: FCC AM Query now shows licensed for 25 kW day, 18 kW critical hours,
nothing about a CP any more.
Oh oh, look at this now licensed day pattern:
http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1568756-122038.pdf
big circular lobe to the ESE, tiny lobe and/or nulls toward the NNW, i.e.
OK-ward. The 3-tower CH pattern is the same but filed separately:
http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1568756-122040.pdf
What I am hearing does NOT correspond to these; non-direxional now?
And/or KOKC is again on reduced power, as overcoming it here should be quite a
feat. Both are in almost the same direxion from Enid, so no nulling one or the
other (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1700, April 12 at 1305 UT, two sports talk stations in English, i.e.
KBGG Des Moines IA and KVNS Brownsville TX, but *no* Tejano music, so much
closer KKLF Richardson TX whose format recently flipped to that, must be off
the air. In fact, I think I was not hearing it for a day or two (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [non]. 7305, April 12 at 0159, no signal from Greenville-B, so I
wonder if the VR relay still exist. Comes on a bit late, 0201 VR IS plays, 0202
opening Spanish; as IBB continues to violate Separation of Church & State. But
wait, there`s more:
15470, April 12 at 1347, Vietnamese spoken clearly one-syllable-at-a-time, by
fluent but non-native reading script? Good signal from VR as scheduled
1315-1400 westward via TINIAN. If the Holy See can use USG facilities, why not
our very own gospel huxters? God forbid (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1713 UT April 12
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 23:37:45 +0200
From: maurits van driessche <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 136, Issue 16
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5J9FAQ_xx8
Dear Wolfgang ,make this video for you about the 49MB .You can see some
nice Brazil stations ( RN de Brazil 6180khz)
And thanks for the tip that GH his birthday :-)
73,
Maurits
Belgium
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> 1. Re: Glenn Hauser logs April 10-11, 2014 (Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX)
> 2. Fri Dx (Charles)
> 3. Re: Fri Dx (Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX)
> 4. WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Top News #1157 (Michael Bethge)
> 5. Toshiba, RP-F11 Antenna sought... (R. Colin Newell)
> 6. Glenn Hauser logs April 11, 2014 (Glenn Hauser)
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 08:49:13 +0200
> From: "Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX" <[email protected]>
> To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>, "DXLD"
> <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 10-11, 2014
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glenn Hauser" Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 5:15 AM
> Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 10-11, 2014
>
>> BRAZIL [and non]. 6148-6170, April 10 at 2327, as I notice RHC [see CUBA]
>> on 6165 now for the `Mesa Redonda` breakaway, there is also heavy
>> interference from some extremely out-of-whack signal making rapid pulses
>> across this range, and strong enough to QRM Cuba on 6165 itself. Could it
>> be RHC`s own transmitter doing this? A ute, a radar?
>> No, recheck at 0053 April 11 as RHC is off again, and now I can hear bits
>> of speech modulation in the pulses. RNB/RNA is still missing from 6180, so
>> could this be what`s become of it? Yes! The modulation peaks match what I
>> hear on their other frequency, 11780. Cuba apparently put 6165 on because
>> of the other RNB making a big het with otherwise OK modulation from 5999.6
>> onto RHC 6000.0, and now Brazil is gettin` `em on the new frequency too,
>> ha2. The heavy pulsing QRM continues at 0105 as RHC is now in English back
>> on 6165, and still with the heavy het on 6000 too, the only other English
>> frequency until The Cuban Five overkill at 0500. Recheck at 0252, no
>> change, still pulsing and hetting both. RNB`s 250 kW transmitters
>> periodically go out of whack and it takes a while to get them back in
>> whack. Doesn`t anyone around Rodeador Park turn on a radio and listen to
>> their own output?
>> (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
>
> BRAZIL RNB program around 0615 UT April 11 is on footprint exact 5999.604
> kHz, but hit heavily by nearby adjacent RHC powerhouse on 6000 kHz, latter
> S=9+30dB or -37dBm tremendous signal.
>
> RNB WAS NOT on 6180 kHz, channel is empty.
> See below of 6155 kHz distorted signal instead..
>
> Heard very well too, on 11780.005 kHz at 0620 UT
> on S=9+15dB or -59dBm level.
>
> Distorted like FM modulation scratchy signal on fundamental 6155 kHz comes
> definitely from RNB program \\ 11780 kHz outlet, very same program on
> wideband range 6144 to 6166 kHz. S=9+20dB or - 55dBm,
> noted on remote SDR units in Canada and western USA.
>
>
>> CUBA. 6165, April 10 at 2327, RHC is on this frequency at unscheduled
>> time --- it`s the `Mesa Redonda` TV simulcast, // 6000, which has that
>> nasty Brazilian het on it, so apparently the reason for adding 6165. This
>> hour is separate from other RHC Spanish not // on 11670, 15230, and an
>> echo apart on 6070. But BRAZIL, q.v., gets RHC on 6165 too!!
>> 15370, April 10 at 2331, RHC Portuguese with modulation somewhat
>> suppressed and distorted, but good signal level.
>> (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
>
> CUBA Before 0600 UT heard both Rebelde 5025 and RHC 5040 kHz in 60 mband.
> S=9+35dB like -45dBm strength signal. After 0600 UT only Radio Rebelde
> remained on 5025 kHz.
>
> RHC from 0600 UT April 11
> 6000 kHz S=9+30dB -47dBm
> 6165 kHz S=9+35dB -42dBm - but lower modulation,
> compared than 6000, 6060, and 6100 kHz.
> 6060 kHz S=9+35dB -42dBm - clean audio feed, but some 100 Hertz BUZZ
> 6100 kHz S=9+30dB -47dBm - but sratchy audio feed, somewhat distorted
> feed line.
>
> 73 wb
>
>
>
> - - -
> GH - This report despatched at 0316 UT April 11
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 12:03:45 -0000
> From: "Charles" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>, "Anker Petersen"
> <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "Glenn
> Hauser"
> <[email protected]>, "'HardcoreDX'" <[email protected]>,
> <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
> <[email protected]>
> Subject: [HCDX] Fri Dx
> Message-ID: <24263F60AFB64D0AA190D2E78D75B7C2@CharlesBolland>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Indonesia, 9525.968, Voice of Indonesia, 1128-1145, Noted a very weak
> signal here as a female
>
> comments in possibly Chinese which is schedule for this hour. Can't pull
> out the exact language
>
> since the signal is very weak at this time. Not much left of the station at
> 1145. (Chuck Bolland,
>
> April 11, 2014)
>
>
>
> China, 4557.00 Voice of the People, Tentative, 1145-1200, Noted a female
> and male in Chinese
>
> language comments. Signal was very weak and not easy to hear and was gone
> by 1158.
>
> (Chuck Bolland, April 11, 2014)
>
>
>
> Excalibur
>
> 26N 081W
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 16:25:00 +0200
> From: "Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX" <[email protected]>
> To: "HCDX" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [HCDX] Fri Dx
> Message-ID: <2B708C87E48B4EFD8C714669ADA65BA9@HNPC2>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> reply-type=original
>
> Charles,
> your Excalibur seems once again "misaligned".
>
> For some weeks or months now VoINS Cimanggis is mostly
> lower frequency on 9525.891 kHz [not 9525.968].
> At present in Indonesian also at 1400 UT April 11.
>
> Or better tell the hcdx ng even pure vague 9526 kHz frequency instead.
>
> Check your 31 mb screen against ready even broadcaster like RA SHP 9475,
> CRI Russian 9525.000, and WWVH 10.000 kHz
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles" Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 2:03 PM
> Subject: [HCDX] Fri Dx
>
>> Indonesia, 9525.968, Voice of Indonesia, 1128-1145, Noted a very weak
>> signal here as a female comments in possibly Chinese which is schedule for
>> this hour. Can't pull out the exact language since the signal is very
>> weak at this time. Not much left of the station at
>> 1145. (Chuck Bolland, April 11, 2014)
>
> and 4557 kHz VoP is always a service in Korean language from southern Korea
> towards the northern D.P.R. of Korea for many years now,
> see Aoki Nagoya frequency list as
>
> 4557 VOICE OF THE PEOPLE 0455-2300 1234567 Korean 50 ND Kyonggi-do
> KOR-south 3735N12650E VOP b13 // 3480, 3912, 4450 kHz.
>
> and jammed by North Korea sure.
>
> 73 wb
>
>
>> China, 4557.00 Voice of the People, Tentative, 1145-1200, Noted a female
>> and male in Chinese language comments. Signal was very weak and not easy
>> to hear and was gone by 1158. (Chuck Bolland, April 11, 2014)
>> Excalibur
>> Hard-Core-DX mailing list
>
>
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>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 19:35:23 +0200
> From: "Michael Bethge" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>,
> "Fernando Luiz de Souza" <[email protected]>, "Faustino Prado
> Moreira" <[email protected]>
> Subject: [HCDX] WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Top News #1157
> Message-ID: <0B09AC04F6C247D285E2B64D18760A2D@BETHGEZUHAUSE>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> The latest edition (11 April) of the WORLDWIDE DX CLUB "Top News",
> compiled by Wolfgang Bueschel, has been posted:
>
> http://topnews.wwdxc.de
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael Bethge
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 10:47:30 -0700
> From: "R. Colin Newell" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [HCDX] Toshiba, RP-F11 Antenna sought...
> Message-ID:
> <canl-chnezxdq3pby8z1-wbgkhgb7g7xnfcbldioquompcc7...@mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Kind of off topic - BUT: I Have a prized radio collection and a golden rule:
>
> Never loan out any radios to the curious.
>
> I broke that rule the other day -- to a young enthusiast... and Lord knows
> we need more radio enthusiasts...
> Loaned a young man (30+) my *Toshiba*, *RP-F11 - *and even before
> he got to play with it, he snapped the antenna off at the pivot point!
>
> This after a clear warning: This is a RARE radio. This radio is NOT
> replaceable or repairable.
> BE Careful with this radio...
> Even after all those warnings, there was a ham fist event that damaged the
> radio.
>
> If anyone out there has a dead or spare
> Toshiba, RP-F11 that they want to share with me for parts, I would be
> forever in their debt!
>
> And Folks: DO NOT Loan out radios unless you are prepared for the worse
> case scenario!
>
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