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Today's Topics:
1. ETH odd v7236.950 kHz. (Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX)
2. Glenn Hauser logs May 12-13, 2014 (Glenn Hauser)
3. Glenn Hauser logs May 12-13, 2014 part 2 (Glenn Hauser)
4. Glenn Hauser logs May 14, 2014 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 18:46:49 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel_DF5SX" <[email protected]>
To: "DXLD" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] ETH odd v7236.950 kHz.
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ETHIOPIA 7236.923 ... 7236.993 Hefty wandering signal from Gedja Jawe
Ethiopia noted on May 12th and 13 again, 1530 UT, after break of some weeks
now. Very odd signal wandered approx. 60 Hertz up and down. Scheduled
broadcast at 0300-2100 UT, - I guess.
Radio Ethiopia, Voice of Democratic Alliance, and Voice of Peace & Democracy
scheduled here.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 13)
CHINA 9410 Once again CNR 5th light pop mx program from Beijing #491 site
(acc Nagoya Aoki list) has a TERRIBLE AUDIO SCRATCHY quality signal.
Sometimes 20 kHz wide, and also accompanied by some spurious signals in
lower side of the 31 meterband. Scheduled at 1000-1705 UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 13)
INDIA 9470.972 Very odd signal of AIR National Channel in Hindi&English
via Aligarh site. Scheduled at 1320-0043 UT acc Eibi list. Noted at 1620 UT
May 13, hit by powerful adjacent signal from RA Shepparton, carrying
religious Gregorian chorus of students.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 13)
INDONESIA 9525.892 Odd frequency signal of VoIndonesia from Cimanggis in
Arabic, 16-17 UT, logged downunder in Australia at 1630 UT May 13, S=8
at -80dBm level.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 13)
TAIWAN [to VIETNAM] 9564.916 RFI Paris in Vietnamese language, scheduled
15-16 UT via Taipei-TWN site. Noted low modulated on sidelobe in
Queensland-AUS downunder, S=9+5dB or -70dBm strength. TX off 16.00:45 UT.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 13)
UAE 9819.990 IBRA Radio in Tigrinya, 1630-1700 UT Suns-Weds via
Al Dhabbaya-UAE Babcock brokered, on Thurs-Sats in Amharic language.
S=8 -79dBm signal.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 13)
UZBEKISTAN 7530 Voice of Martyrs from Tashkent UZB here bcast 1600-1730
UT, mixed music and talk program in Korean language. Fair S=7 or -83dBm
signal strength, fluttery signal, heard downunder in Australia on remote SDR
unit.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 13)
UNID OTHR broadband 9250 - 9310 kHz, 1610 UT May 13 S=8 in AUS.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews May 13)
and exERT rebells radio Avlis Greece also heard on 9935 kHz at 1640 UT.
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 11:09:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Glenn Hauser logs May 12-13, 2014
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** AUSTRALIA. 15530, May 13 at 0508, R. Australia on new frequency, as I had
just found 15300 missing, which is scheduled 0300-0600; // 15240 a little
weaker as usual. Why move??? No CCI or ACI known to 15300, while 15530 has Iran
in Russian at 0450-0520 but not audible here under Australia tonight. Possibly
a mistake? Dan Sheedy in California also heard 15530, wondering if a punch-up
error for 15300? Check again May 14.
9580 & 12065, May 13 at 1210, dead air from R. Australia carriers --- oh2, has
the budget cut just announced already killed RA? No, still modulating on 9475,
interview about injured birds; 1211 modulation comes up on the first two
frequencies. But there may be further disruptions, uncertainty.
Robin Harwood VK7RH, Tasmania, tells the DXLD yg: ``Both ABC and SBS have their
budget cut by 1% plus ABC loses contract for Australian Television network.
Foreign Aid Budget also heavily cut. If Australian Television network is closed
as is likely, will probably flow over to Radio Australia as well``.
John Figliozzi also relies on Tasmania: ``Info to assist in analysing ABC
Budget outcomes | Tasmanian Times``
http://shar.es/SOxEh
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 11780, May 13 at 0511, RNA still rough modulation and unstable
carrier. At first thought 6180 was off again, but then detectable // in heavy
music splash from 6175 Vietnam/South Carolina (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 9850, May 13 at 1204, open carrier/dead air from RHC, while 9820 is
JBA under China. At 1206, modulation has started on 9850 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Keeping an eye on NTSC channel A2 for some time, May 12 at 2252 UT
finally some signals fade in with antenna SSE toward OKC; stronger co-channel
interference when I shift to SSW.
2300 on 2, old movie or travelog with scenes of DF landmarx, music
2314 on 2, still heavy CCI but think I glimpse the Gala TV = Televisa-9 net
swirl bug in the lower right; 2318 strengthening
2318 on 4, now MUF up to here with CCI; and one weak fading video on 5
2330 on 4, chat show with audio; 2331 inserted across top of screen in very
large font: XELN-TV. No mistaking that! Would that every Mexican TV station ID
this way, instead of tiny type in the corner. Lasted 5-10 seconds as I
scrambled for my camera, but too late. XELN-TV is 100 kW from Torre?n,
Coahuila, per W9WI.com on Televisa-5 net. IIRC, 50 years ago this was a low
power one and quite a catch. LN presumably alludes to Laguna, now a dried-up
but landmark ex-lake.
2332 on 5, animated ad, generic Televisa bug in LR
2335 on 4, Soriana ad with grocery prices; nationally the same?
2348 on 4, novela; on 2 novela; on 5 heavy CCI; on 3 algo
2351 on 5, Televisa net-5 bug in LR, video only; 2352 All-Bran ad
2355 on 4, bug in UR with triangles? Maybe Azteca-13. UnID.
Opening is still going full force, but I am going to a choral concert at Enid
High; no FM Es noted on caradio anyway in transit.
UT May 13, back to TV and the opening is still going:
0125 on 2-5, still Es CCI, 2 and 4 strongest
0126 on 4, talk show, Azteca-13 bug UR
0129 on 2, `The Simpsons`, dubbed, CCI. It`s just not the same without the
original vocal characterizations; guess Harry Shearer and Hank Azaria don`t dub
in Spanish?? 0132 looks like a tiny ID supered UR, illegible. Simpsons closing
theme at 0135. I wonder which network / station this is on. Very time-consuming
to search out, and I really don`t want to mess up my local settings on
TVGuide.com
I jockey the antenna and find the peak signals are still from the SSW, not SW
or WSW
0133 on 3, Televisa-5 net bug in LR
0140 opening fading down but still CCI at least on 2
0226 on 3, Televisa-5 net bug in LR; 0247 net 5 with KARAOKE big font
0300 opening about to fade out with lite CCI on 2 and 3 a bit longer
Monitoring from 1415 UT May 13, no Es showing until:
1651 on 2, CCI starts, also algo on 4
1653 on 2, novela, tentative TELEACTIVA bug UR = XEFB Monterrey NL; fade out
again, what next? Nothing develops in next hour, just some weak CCI (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 1809 UT May 13
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 11:18:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Glenn Hauser logs May 12-13, 2014 part 2
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** SARAWAK [non]. 15460, May 13 at 1215, all talk by M, Malayish-sounding, so
presumably Iban, from R. Free Sarawak, which has been trying several
frequencies lately including this one, now settled, ex-15420? Often not audible
at all, but today declining from poor to very poor by a bit of music before off
at 1230*. Site presumably still via RVA, Palauig, PHILIPPINES. Yes, Ron Howard
heard it on 15460 today from 1056: https://app.box.com/s/i73ivmuhv8hl52aqt8co
As in DXLD 14-19, Hansjoerg Biener reports:
``For the first time ever, Reporters Without Borders published a list of
profiles of "100 information heroes" for World Press Freedom Day (3
May). Searching the list, I found four international broadcasters, two
working for established international stations, two working for
programmes which in DX circles are often labelled as clandestine.
PETER JOHN JABAN --- Known by the pseudonym of "Papa Orang Utan," Peter John
Jaban is the voice of Radio Free Sarawak, a London-based shortwave radio
station that broadcasts to local communities in the jungles of the Malaysian
province of Sarawak, on the island of Borneo. A member of Sarawak?s Iban
community,
Jaban already defied the authorities by turning his previous radio
station into a forum for criticizing exploitation and expropriation of
the native population by the associates of Sarawak?s billionaire chief
minister Taib Mahmud. Radio Free Sarawak has to operate clandestinely
in Sarawak, where the authorities regard it as "seditious," jamming
its broadcasts and hacking its website in an attempt to prevent it
from spreading its "lies" and "poisoning the spirit of the people."
Since returning to Sarawak in 2012, Jaban has lived in constant fear
of being arrested but that doesn?t stop him from commenting
ironically: "I much appreciate the honour of this recognition, not
least because it may be useful if I am arrested.``
Taken from (Document in English)
https://www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de/fileadmin/pdf/ROG-Helden_der_Pressefreiheit_2014.pdf
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 12105, May 13 at 0513, TOM is poorly audible vs CODAR,
from WTWW-3. If #3 transmitter needs to substitute for inoperative #2, I wonder
why they don`t put it on the #2 frequencies, 5085 night and 9930 day? BTW, the
two SW schedules on the Overcomer Ministry website are total disasters as
always, mixing current and outdated info, wrong frequencies, wrong stations,
incomplete (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TIBET [non]. 18990, May 13 at 1255, very poor signal with fast SAH. This
must be the Tuesday 12-13 frequency for the jumparound R. Free Asia Tibetan
service via KUWAIT on this otherwise empty band. 1258 music, 1300 two
timesignals mixing, one 5 seconds fast and then everything off. Maybe I was
hearing two CNR1 jammers unsynchronized as to time and exact frequency.
18980, May 13 at *1300, now RFA Tibetan via Kuwait is here, musical theme, and
alone on frequency. Not until *1310 does CNR1 blast on, overriding it, much
stronger and // 11785. EiBi has added all these, but not specifying days of
week! Back to Aoki, which fits: 18980 Tuesdays & Fridays at 11-12 & 13-14;
18990 same days at 12-13 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15825, May 13 at 1311, WWCR with black gospel music, `Inspiration
Across America`, good signal now but highly variable depending on time of day
and whether sporadic-E short-skip boost it. Part of the 15825 schedule is soon
moving to a new frequency. But why? There are no other broadcasters on 15820,
15825 or 15830, and we never hear any ute interference either. Did Dr Jerry see
my remark that WWCR no longer needs to be so far out of band to have a clear
frequency? It will still remain on the Far Right of the 15 MHz band, on new
15795, now in HFCC as of May 13, effective from 1 June but only at 09-13, while
15825 is still also registered from 09 to 22, so evidently will remain after
1300 and still be available earlier if 15795 doesn`t work. 15795 is not a good
choice: EiBi shows AIR in DRM Chinese at 1145-1315, thus also jammed; but the
real schedule avoids most of this by QSYing at 1200, from the WWCR website and
starting already May 19:
``WWCR A14 Schedule May 19, 2014 to Aug 31, 2014
Transmitter #1 - 100 KW - 46 Degrees
12:00 AM-04:00 AM 0500-0900 3.215 MHz
04:00 AM-07:00 AM 0900-1200 15.795 MHz
07:00 AM-05:00 PM 1200-2200 15.825 MHz
05:00 PM-08:00 PM 2200-0100 6.115 MHz
08:00 PM-12:00 AM 0100-0500 3.215 MHz``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [non]. 15440, May 13 at 1231, poor-fair signal in Russian; a few
minutes earlier had noticed open carrier here. EiBi shows it`s Vatican Radio to
Siberia via IBB Tinang, PHILIPPINES; thus violating Separation of Church and
State, the US Government`s exclusive arrangement with the one and only religion
it recognizes for relay deals. Yet the RCC has its own SW station in the
Philippines, Radio Veritas Asia with time to spare after 1230: see SARAWAK
[non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 8785-USB, May 13 at 1151, Japanese OM talking: sounds like a
broadcast, not a traffic list. Perhaps marine weather. Stops at 1156; back
briefly at 1158 maybe attempting a contact. From 1200, ACI from WLO/KLB on 8788
but only for brief ID info at hourtop. Searching various utility resources on
8785 gets very few hits. From UDXF yg:
``8 April 2011: 8785 USB 1131z: Japanese sounding OM reading long message.
Perhaps maritime informational broadcast? Brandon Menifee CA USA
http://solarix.net``
``6/27/10 11:45 UTC 8785 USB Unid Japanese OM steady talk as if talk show
host. If you are willing to have a listen and clue me in as to what he was
talking about I can send the recording. Tried to upload to the group site but
it was too large as I had used highest quality recording. Many thanks in
advance, Eric Cisar, Everett, Washington USA
Icom PCR - 1000, Long wire``
``27 June 2010: 8785.0Khz usb Unid Japanese OM steady talk as if talk show
host. 12:02:08UTC (2010-06-27) (Bubba99 in Washington, USA on
StarChat#wunclub)``
``8.785,00 JC.. - ..... J GYOGYO RADIO J3E/USB 29-nov 2210 NW/WX JAP - 2011,
Bruno Casula``
Searching on ``Gyogyo Radio`` gets ONE hit to this page,
http://www.pg9hf.nl/pdf/Util_J.pdf
which lists numerous Gyogyo stations in Japan, with callsigns and locations but
no frequencies. Gyogyo clearly is not a place itself. Googling around, it seems
that the word has something to do with fishery. Could be just news from home
for the extensive oceanic fishing fleet. How about specific info from Japan on
this station? Callsign, agency and location? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Re my two reports of oldtime radio on 13560+, Harry Smith
replies, ``Hi Glenn, It could possibly be a FCC Part 15 station on 13.560 MHz
in the U.S. A certain amount of r.f. radiated power is legally allowed on that
frequency, though it is originally intended for such uses as RFID. Because that
frequency is used for RFID, it is relatively easy to modify parts and equipment
to get a signal on 13.560 MHz``
Frequent chex since then have sometimes found `hash` around the frequency,
could be local, or maybe real RF IDing? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15615, May 13 at 1216 good strength open carrier aside 15610
WEWN. I keep on it, hoping for something identifiable. 1217* off, *1218 back
on, 1220* off and on and off 1221*, etc. 1227 adds 1 kHz tone past 1230, back
to OC at 1232. Bit of music at 1235, back to OC until finally cut off for good
at 1253*. WEWN strength and spurs were not building up until 1300. No
broadcaster listed on 15615 except RFA Tinian in Chinese at 04-07, plus jamming
of course. EiBi also shows VMW Wiluna, W Australia with meteo fax on 15615, but
not heard now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1819 UT May 13
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 20:11:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Glenn Hauser logs May 14, 2014
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
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** AUSTRALIA. 15300, May 14 at 0300, yes, R. Australia is back here tonight,
not 15530, but with news in English. A token French broadcast had been
scheduled 0300-0315 M-F; what became of that? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) See also UNIDENTIFIED 15300
** BRAZIL. 6120, May 14 at 0101, poor signal with music, presumably the
Brazilian SRDA so I check 11765 on the other radio and they are // and almost
synchronized as both go into wacky wailing gospel huxter Davi Miranda. 6120 is
ex-R. Globo, in S?o Paulo, while 11765 is Super R?dio Deus ? Amor, Curitiba.
BTW, if you lose the acute over the e, you are misstating the name as ``Super
Radio God AND Love`` instead of ``Super Radio God IS Love``. Accents matter!
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 9810, May 14 at 0113, RHC Spanish modulation is cutting out, on usual
very poor signal here, // much stronger 11670 and an echo apart from it, so
from the two different sites. Aoki shows 9810 as 100 kW, 340 degrees from
Habana --- no way, with that crummy signal that it`s toward USA. RHC`s own
schedule claims it`s for Central America,
http://www.radiohc.cu/interesantes/estaticas/frecuencias
which is more like it, roughly off the side here with minimized signal (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 12070, May 14 at 0129, R. Cairo Spanish service with no program
modulation at all, very strong signal with some hum, and motorboating spikes,
extending out plus/minus 25 kHz ranging 12045-12095. // 11710v has plenty of
Spanish program modulation here and very distorted, plus Argentine het. Other
// 9315 is also somewhat distorted and overmodulated, but much better by
comparison (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 9430 VG > 7475 F > 15650 VP, May 14 at 0105, Elleniki Radiophonia
still going on all three Avlis transmitters, woman in Greek mentioning
socialism (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, May 14 at 0100, R. Chaski carrier and enough to push thru some
talk modulation, still running later and later until cutoff at 0111:08* which
is 17.5 seconds later than last check two sesquidays ago May 11 when it was
0110:50.5, averaging 5 and five sixths seconds later per 24 hours (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050, UT Wednesday May 14 at 0116, WWRB-1 is on the air again, with
Terry Blalock preacher, who seems to have cultivated Tourette`s Syndrome to
make himself sound more assertive. 9370 also on with BS but unheard on 3185
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9330-CUSB, May 14 at 0117, Rod Hembree preaching as if were an
American, fair signal on WBCQ. This frequency has been inaudible a lot lately,
especially in the daytime; was unsure if due to propagation or QRP. It used to
be listed on WBCQ schedules as 24 hours (or rather 23, except for some
financial show), but in A-14 HFCC it`s shown as 12-06 only. Now the WBCQ
program schedules have been updated to show Hembree`s Good Friends Radio
Network (which includes programming from various other gospel huxters), greatly
reduced on 9330 but added at certain times to two other WBCQs:
5110: 0200-0500 UT Tue-Sat
7490: 0200-0500 UT Sunday
9330: 2300-0200 daily plus UT Mondays until 0500
Hey, Assad, now`s your chance to get R. Damascus thru to North America before
2300 without `BCQ blockage!
7489.72, May 14 at 0120, BS via WBCQ measured this far off-frequency but
nothing to het it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7505.20, May 14 at 0118, WRNO back on the air at full strength,
gospel rock, but somewhat undermodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 13560.68 approx., May 14 at 0122, JBA AM carrier with spoken
programming, vs CODAR and much stronger hash on the lo side, so best heard in
USB mode. Just too weak, but the third time this has shown up here, the last
two with old-time radio shows. Could be someone`s part-15 device for his own
use; or a pirate?
BTW, when I`m DXing in the 01-02 UT period, I always check for pirates on the
6.9 MHz band, but mostly don`t hear any there. When I do, I surely report those
logs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15300, May 14 at 0131, open carrier/dead air on fair signal.
Nothing scheduled here until 0300; see AUSTRALIA. RA already audible at 0131 on
poor 17795, fair 17840 during country music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0311 UT May 14
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