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Today's Topics:
1. Ivo Ivanov SW News Aug.18-19 (Ivo Observer)
2. Shortwave test broadcast today from Italy (Ivo Observer)
3. Re: [dxld] Re: Rodney's Logs from Las Vegas, Nevada
(Wolfgang Bueschel)
4. Glenn Hauser logs August 18-19, 2015 (Glenn Hauser)
5. VIRI IRIB again on very odd freq (Ivo Observer)
6. JRX Logs August 18-19,2015. (Jota Xavier)
7. Re: VOGreece on 9420 (Wolfgang Bueschel)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 07:54:14 +0000
From: Ivo Observer <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Ivo Ivanov SW News Aug.18-19
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EGYPT Observations of Radio Cairo on August 18
1600-1800 on 13820 ABS 250 kW / 091 deg to SoAs Urdu, as scheduled A-15
1600-1800 on 17840 ABZ 250 kW / 170 deg to CEAf Swahili, inactive BUT heard
1700-1730 on 9280 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg to N/ME Swahili, instead of Turkish
1730-1900 on 9280 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg to N/ME Turkish, as scheduled A-15
1800-1900 on 9490 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu Italian, as scheduled A-15
1900-2000 on 9665 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu German, as scheduled A-15
1900-2000 on 9685 ABS 250 kW / 005 deg to EaEu Russian, as scheduled A-15
2000-2115 on 9665 ABS 200 kW / 325 deg to WeEu French, as scheduled
A-15http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/egypt-observations-of-radio-cairo-on.html
GREECE Voice of Greece on shortwave from 1900UT Aug.18 until 0610UT, Aug.19
August 18
1920&2000 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek, co-ch VIRI IRIB
in Arabic
1920&2000 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 285 deg to WeEu Greek, terrible audio & hum tone
August 19
0500-0514 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to NoAm Greek
0500-0514 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to NoAm Greek, terrible audio & hum tone
0514-0600 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to NoAm Vary*
0514-0600 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to NoAm Vary*, terrible audio & hum tone
from 0600 on 9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to NoAm Greek, both freqs off at 0610UTC
from 0600 on 9935 AVL 100 kW / 323 deg to NoAm Greek, terrible audio & hum tone
* in Serbian, Spanish, Arabic + music, all other languages are not on
air
today!http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/voice-of-greece-on-shortwave-from.html
INDIA Change the frequency/transmitter of All India Radio in DRM:
1615-1715 on 9595 BGL 500 kW / 335 deg to EaEu Russian AM unchange
1615-1715 on 11620 BGL 500 kW / 335 deg to EaEu Russian DRM, ex AM
1615-1715 on 15140 ALG 250 kW / 312 deg to EaEu Russian AM, ex
DRMhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/change-frequency-and-transmitter-of-all.html
USA Cancelled transmission of World Harvest Radio International
WHRI:http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/cancelled-transmission-of-world-harvest.html
VATICAN Unscheduled brodcast of Vatican Radio in Croatian on August 19:
0525-0530 on 7250 SMG 100 kW / 026 deg to EaEu, before Latin Mass at 0530
0525-0530 on 7250 SMG 100 kW / 326 deg to WeEu, before Latin Mass at
0530http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/unscheduled-brodcast-of-vatican-radio.html
--
73!
Ivo Ivanov
*QTH*: Sofia, Bulgaria
*Equipment*: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
*Web: *http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 13:34:06 +0000
From: Ivo Observer <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Shortwave test broadcast today from Italy
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ITALY Shortwave test broadcast, consisting of non stop music today
from
Italyhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2015/08/shortwave-test-broadcast-today-from.html
--
73!
Ivo Ivanov
*QTH*: Sofia, Bulgaria
*Equipment*: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
*Web: *http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 18:39:21 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, "DXLD" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Re: Rodney's Logs from Las Vegas, Nevada
Message-ID: <2F755331159743B3B606F96DA6272712@HNPC2>
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INDONESIA re 9526v kHz
9525.980 kHz was even poorly logged at S=3 with carrier in 09.55 to 10.00 UT
slot on Wed Aug 19, Voice of INS Jakarta Cimanggis pre-program 10 UT
procedure.
ETHIOPIA At 14.26 UT on Aug 19 logged Radio Ethiopia on 7235.174, ...
wandered up and down few 10 Hertz, to 7235.165 kHz.
EGYPT At 14.45 and 14.55 UT noted two opening procedures of Radio Cairo, on
fingerprint exact frequencies:
13580.035 - S=9+10dB in southern Germany, and heard a 1002 Hertz test tone
in 1448 to 1500 UT, as a loop some 3 minutes lasting and a break of
3 seconds in between, like a repeat loop. Albanian registered to start at
1500 UT.
Also visible are both 1002 and 3006 Hertz tone peaks, but NOT ON 2004 Hertz!
The other Radio Cairo engineer test opening procedure noted on
15160.002 kHz, similar typical Cairo Egypt tone tests on 1003 and 2006 Hertz
seen visible at 1457-1500 UT, followed by registered Uzbek language program.
SAUDI ARABIA 13774.962 BSKSA Riyadh's Urdu sce, S=9+15dB sidelobe signal
heard in southern Germany. scheduled 1200-1457 UT.
Logged at 1440 UT on Aug 19. Endless feature reading.
FRANCE 13680 NHK Radio Japan program in Persian language, relayed via
Issoudun TDF France bcast center site, ID at 1444 UT on Aug 19. S=9+25dB
strong heard in southern Germany.
wb df5sx
----- Original Message -----
From: "[email protected] [dxld]"Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 6:11 PM
Subject: [dxld] Re: Rodney's Logs from Las Vegas, Nevada
> ...this morning, although R. Australia was booming on 9580Khz as always,
> the rest of the 31 meter band was pretty dead at 1300z. So I missed VOI
> signing on in english yet again. By 1330z it had improved slightly and I
> could barely make out a carrier on 9526khz (or whatever fraction thereof).
> 73s --Rodney
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 09:40:24 -0700
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 18-19, 2015
Message-ID:
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** ALASKA. 11765, Aug 19 at 1409, JBA carrier, presumed KNLS English on revived
schedule, per S. Hasegawa. Propagation really degraded today without even the
CNR1 jammers. From Aug 18, he says, they have two transmitters going again
resulting in this English schedule:
0800-0900 11870 English
1000-1100 11870 English
1200-1300 11870 English
1400-1500 11765 English
1000-1100 9655 English
1200-1300 7355 Open Carrier [probably supposed to be English]
1500-1600 9920 English
Oh2, CRI English via Urumqi, East Turkistan is also registered 14-15 on 11765,
212 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11860 & 13740, Aug 19 at 1410 & 1411, RHC is open carrier/dead air on
these, normal music in Spanish service on 11950, 15230, 15370, 15730; very poor
at 1414 on 9820, poor-fair on 9640 --- and as a bonus, at 1412, undermodulated
RHC on 15700 instead of CRI English relay! (earlier, CRI was normal on 9570)
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9315, Aug 19 at 0227, R. Cairo is JBM in English, poor around S4; a
little more signal a few minutes later, but without adequate modulation, what`s
the point?
9965, Aug 19 at 0233, R. Cairo, presumed Arabic, undermodulated, whine, S8.
Nothing audible on 13850, too hi for MUF if on (Glenn Hauser, oK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. The RF 29 KTUZ Shawnee (= OKC} transmitter carries three Spanish
channels with widely divergent PSIPs in an attempt to appear competitive. 48-1
with Estrella TV, 36-1 with Univisi?n, and the original 30-1 with Telemundo.
Except a few days ago, altho unlogged, I noticed two of them were displaying
differently: 36-2 and 48-3, but now Aug 19, back to all showing up as -1; why?
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OMAN. 9740, Aug 19 at 0229, ME music, presumed RSO on the frequency
registered for 22-24 UT only. Must have collided with Iran which is legit on
9740 at 0120-0220 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 1521.0, Aug 19 at 0240, carrier hetting KOKC OKC, which has
got to be the 2-megawatt BSKSA Duba transmitter in the NW corner, the #1 beacon
for trans-Atlantic MW DX conditions; WRTH shows sked is 15-03 UT, which seems
strange, except they obviously find it worth running only during night hours.
>From mid-August, the ``season`` is supposedly back for us. Can`t pull any
>audio on 1521 or detect anything on 1566 or 1512 (Glenn Hauser, OK, NRD-545,
>ALA-1530S [but I can also hear the 1521/1520 het merely on the DX-398 with
>ferrite], DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 9370, Aug 19 at 0227, double audio from Brother Scare
via WWRB as he is giving contact info on at least one of them (which he spends
an awful lot of time doing, spelling out M-I-N-I-S-T-R-Y and other difficult
words for his brain-dead psychophants), presumably a mixup at studio; by the
time I tune to // 3185 it`s cleared up. Anyhow, day frequency 9370 is again
running into the night, but maybe not overnight as it`s AWOL when it should be
on at next check, 1415 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 17855 > 17715, following yesterday`s surprise appearance of Arabic at
2200 and English at 2230 via all four REE frequencies, I`m all set for a repeat
on August 18. At 2200 TS and IS, and standard Spanish closing frequency
schedule, more IS till 2205 and open carrier for a while longer. So Aug 17 was
a fluke or experiment, but if it can happen once, it can happen again (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1786 monitoring: confirmed Wednesday August
19 at 1315, fair on WRMI 9955. I forget to check 7265-USB via Utwente at 1430
from Hamburger Lokalradio, where it was NOT heard a week ago; did anyone notice
whether it`s on this week? Next: Wednesday 2100 on WBCQ 7490
After which WOR 1787 should be ready to start Thu 1130 on WRMI 9955, Thu 2100
on WRMI 7570 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5898.8, Aug 19 at 0214, as I am slowly bandscanning on the NRD-545,
notice that a carrier cuts on and off irregularly around this frequency; on the
PL-880 I match the brief audios to what`s coming from 5890 WWCR. Not heard on
the low side, however, for a match which would be near 5881.2.
5980, Aug 19 at 0251, JBA leapfrog mixing product of WWCR 5890 over 5935
another 45 kHz higher. I often hear this in the 0500 hour with a mixture of BS
and PMS, if the Cuban pre-jamming of R. Mart? allows, since that doesn`t really
come on 5980 until 0700. The WWCR spur is roughly equal to fundamental R.
Chaski on 5980, but never a problem for it until 0106*v, as WWCR does not start
5890 until 0200 UT Tue-Sat, 0300 Monday and 0400 Sunday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7730, Aug 19 at 0226, no signal from WRMI on WOOB frequency inherited
from WYFR, prompting me to check their latest frequency schedule. WRMI-1 is now
on the air only one hour per day, 03-04 on 7730 with RTI in Spanish, 222 degree
azimuth (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9975, Aug 19 at 0230, KVOH somewhat muffled/undermodulated, with Pat
Conrad`s `Classic Jazz` hour, which is now 02-03 UT Tue-Sat, while his other
jazz and swing shows on weekends are an hour later at 03-04 UT Sun & Mon. My
computer remembered this page for schedules:
http://kvoh.net/wp-content/uploads/KVOH-Program-Grid-English.pdf
but it displays ``This is somewhat embarrassing, isn?t it? It seems we can?t
find what you?re looking for. Perhaps searching can help.`` Or going back to
the homepage to find the English & Spanish programs via:
http://kvoh.net/wp-content/uploads/KVOH-Program-Grid.pdf
17775, Aug 19 at 1413, not even a carrier detectable from KVOH, but presumably
on, not propagating. Anyhow, KVOH is still on the 9975 air despite a close call
with wildfires. I had asked Ray Robinson about that and he replied Aug 18,
``Hi, Glenn. Thanks for your concern. Yes, there have been two fires in Simi
Valley in the last 5 days or so. The first, a fairly small one, was about a
mile north of our KVOH transmitting site, but the fire fighters quickly got a
handle on it. There was no real threat to the SW site, but it was actually
closer to our FM transmitting site (KWSV, 99.1 The Ranch), and we were
concerned about that for a few hours. However, in the end there was no problem.
The second, a much larger fire, and one that has been shown on national news,
was at the other end of the valley, about 10 miles from our sites, so again no
threat to either KVOH or KWSV.
We are still working hard to get the Harris 100 kW unit on the air. It has been
fully refurbished from end to end, and numerous components have been replaced.
We are still working on the electrical hook-up and on the antenna feed line
switching, but we're getting close!``
Ray also explains that the delay in Zambia is caused by a drought and lack of
reliable hydroelectric power; more details on that to come (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6818.5-USB, Aug 19 at 0247, some net perhaps MARS discussing how
to tune; truncated call of one station is 9CC. Searching, seems I have no
previous logs on this frequency, nor anywhen in DXLD (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7268.0-USB, Aug 19 at 0223, some ham on USB instead of LSB, the
conventional SSB default on 40, 80 and 160m. Previously heard one on
7262.0-USB. Maybe there is a little segment set aside for this? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1640 UT August 19
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:04:18 +0000
From: Ivo Observer <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] VIRI IRIB again on very odd freq
Message-ID:
<canvtgkdvz1cg-h72rwde5jqj-kmchaky2jzpgu4oybltovf...@mail.gmail.com>
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VIRI IRIB Zahedan again on very odd freq 9421.2, instead of 9420 from 1655
UTC, August 19
--
73!
Ivo Ivanov
*QTH*: Sofia, Bulgaria
*Equipment*: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
*Web: *http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 21:03:46 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jota Xavier <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] JRX Logs August 18-19,2015.
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
JRX Logs August 18-19,2015.
----
ICOM IC-R6/Sony ICF-SW100S receivers.
Portable Telescopic antenna.
--- ??
References: Aoki,EiBi,WRTH & Others.
--- ?? ???
COUNTRY
+KHz Date UTC ITU Station,Location/Relay,Language;Program Details,SINPO.
=======================================================
BRAZIL
+9820 8/19 0125 B R.Nove de Julho,Sao Paulo-SP,in Portuguese;The Rosary;OM
talks w/listener by phone;f/out,f/in;moderate QRM:buzz transmitter?,UNID
Jamming? till 0130 and a station returns normal modulation; 33432;After
0134utc,returns jamming (probable) and blocking? this transmission.
CHINA
+9490 8/19 0015 CHN CRI,Kunming,in Sinhalese lang;OM talks;0025 Music pause;OM
talks;very poor or barely audible broadc;25331.
Note: no signal of R.Republica this time!
+11780 8/19 0113 CHN CNR1,in Mandarin lang;jammer blocked all R.Nacional
(Brazil) modulation this time; In cartain moments of this
transmission,R.Nacional makes a slight interference (I=4,perhaps?) in CNR1 !
Incredible! 44433.
CUBA
+15370 8/18 2347 CUB RHC,Bejucal,Portuguese sce;cms abt biodiversity; 2355 A
good cuban music;ID,postal addr;good signal and modulation;45444.
GREECE
+9935 8/18 2340 GRC VOG,Avlis,in Greek lang;greek songs;VOG continues w/ a
strong transmitter buzz in this freq.;good signal and barely audible
modulation; 42441.
+9420 8/19 0224 GRC VOG,Avlis,in Greek;Musical pgm:all greek songs;35432..
INDIA
+9450 8/19 0055 IND Athmik Yatra R.,Nauen-D,in Magahi lang;YL talks;Ends? of
pgm,ID; at 0100 start a pgm in Sindhi lang;OM talks:ID;Today,exceptionally,this
sation has a good signal and modulation;45444!
IRAN
+9510 8/19 0031 IRN VOIRI,Zahedan,in Arabic; A long Holy Qur?an cantic;breve
Qur?an recitation;0040 Qur?an cantic continues;good signal and fair modulation;
45433.
SOUTH AFRICA???
+5980 8/19 0311 AFS Channel Africa,Meyerton,in English;OM talks;YL talks;very
poor or barely audible broadc;25431.
UNITED STATES
+9475 8/19 0004 USA WTWW,Lebanon-TN,in English;Pastor makes a long christian
preaching;says Corinthians verses;very good broadc;45544.
Jose Ronaldo Xavier (JRX)
Cabedelo - Brazil (UTC-3)
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:01:24 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "DXLD" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] VOGreece on 9420
Message-ID: <2A13D3837FDF4F70AA02AB57DF0496F7@HNPC2>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
GREECE Voice of Greece Avlis transmission.
9935v is stronger than 9420 tonight.
9420.0055 kHz at 21.45 UT on Aug 19, strong POWERFUL signal of S=9+30dB in
southern Germany.
But ALSO HIT BY A WHINE WHISTLE TONE varying-wandered in
9421.320 kHz frequency range of 10 to 20 Hertz wobbling.
\\ 9934.947v footprint odd frequency. Annoying BUZZ tone accompanied the
S=9+40dB ERT audio signal from Avlis here in southern Germany
at 21.50 UT on Aug 19.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
9934.947v -- BUZZ signal like GARDEN FENCE showed in Perseus browser screen
8 times! x accompanied buzz spur peak signals - each sideband - peaks at
varying-wandering 281, 562, ... 844 ... Hertz apart distance ... , each
sideband.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 19)
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