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Today's Topics:
1. RNGE Bata in 5-6 UT slot this UT morning (Wolfgang Bueschel)
2. QSL News (Daniel Wyllyans)
3. UNIDentified European Pirate on 9293 kHz, December 27
(Ivo Observer)
4. Escuchas para el evento : XMAS DX- DIEXISMO NAVIDE?O
(Daniel Wyllyans)
5. 11860 R Sana'a via tentat. Saudi Arabia (Wolfgang Bueschel)
6. Logs (Manuel M?ndez)
7. Glenn Hauser logs December 27-28, 2015 (Glenn Hauser)
8. JRX Logs December 27-28, 2015. (Jota Xavier)
9. DX Listening Digest 15-51; World of Radio 1805 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 06:59:41 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, "DXLD" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] RNGE Bata in 5-6 UT slot this UT morning
Message-ID: <A9D2F9BC82064FA4A67F57CA16A4401F@HNPC2>
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ECUATORIAL GUINEA 5004.998 RNacional Guinea Ecuatorial (R Bata) is on air
this morning Dec 28 around 0535-0600 UT, but really low signal on THRESHOLD,
too tiny, no program details recognized so far.
CUBA 5040 kHz RHC in 5-6 UT slot WAS NOT ON AIR this morning,
R Rebelde on 5025 kHz noted with poor S=6...8 signal only.
USA 4840 WWCR Nashville with S=6 signal too, only weak this morning.
SAO TOME 4960 VoA French service at S=9+10dB level at 0548 UT.
wb
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 05:14:14 -0200
From: Daniel Wyllyans <[email protected]>
To: Hard-Core-DX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] QSL News
Message-ID:
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QSL News
QSL Atlantic Radio 2000 International 7265 kHz
Atlantic Radio 2000 International, listened on 29-Nov-2015 between
8:00-8:59 UTC at 7265kHz via SDR Twente. eQSL received on 7-Dec-15 for
report to [email protected]
http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com.br/2015/12/qsl-atlantic-radio-2000-international_27.html
Sandipan Basu Mallick / DX SOCIETY (The world of radio)
====
QSL Reach Beyond Australia 15340 kHz
Reach Beyond Australia, listened on 04-Dec-2015 between 14:45 ~ 15:58 UTC
at 15340kHz. eQSL received on 7-Dec-15 for report to
[email protected]
#dxunlimited
Sandipan Basu Mallick / DX SOCIETY (The world of radio)
http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com.br/2015/12/qsl-reach-beyond-australia-15340-khz.html
=====
QSL Happy Hanukkah Radio 6950 kHz
Happy Hanukkah Radio, Pirate Station, listened on 06-Dec-2015 between 13:28
- 13:43 UTC at 6950kHz SDR Twente. eQSL received on 08-Dec-15 for report to
[email protected]
#dxunlimited
http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com.br/2015/12/qsl-happy-hanukkah-radio-6950-khz.html
===
QSL Radio Studio X 1584 KHz
NEW CONFIRMATION RECEIVED:
Radio Studio X, AM Stereo - Momigno, Italy - English/Italian service -
Listened in Morrinhos, CE, Brazil, by DX-er Jos? Maranh?o, via remote
receiver locatet in The Natherlands. Date: December 06, 2015; between 2325
- 2357 UTC, on the frequency 1.584 KHz (Medium Waves) - SINPO: 23222
(Medium interference detected) - Equipment utilized: Computer connected
with Web SDR system (Remote receiver located in the University of Twente,
Enschede, The Netherlands, and Antenna Mini-Whip, PAORTD) - Received e-QSL
and cordial e-mail, in just 02 days after sent RR by email.- V/S: Il team
di Radio Studio X - QTH: [email protected]
Jos? Maranh?oDX SOCIETY (The world of radio)
http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com.br/2015/12/qsl-radio-studio-x-1584-khz.html
====
QSL AIR - All India Radio - Bangalore, India 9910 kHz
NEW CONFIRMATION RECEIVED:
AIR - All India Radio - Bangalore, India - Listened in Morrinhos, CE,
Brazil, by DX-er Jos? Maranh?o, in September 09, 2015; between 2245 - 2300
UTC, on the frequency 9.910 KHz. SINPO: 55444 (No interference detected) -
Equipment utilized: Radio receiver Tecsun PL 660 and Antenna Long wire (12,
5 m.) - Received: Only QSL card by traditional mail, in 83 days after sent
reception report, by email.- V/S: Director (Spectrum management & Synergy)
- QTH: [email protected]
Jos? Maranh?o DX SOCIETY (The world of radio)
http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com.br/2015/12/qsl-air-all-india-radio-bangalore-india_27.html
========
QSL RHC - Radio Havana Cuba 5040 kHz
NEW CONFIRMATION RECEIVED:
RHC - Radio Havana Cuba - Bauta - English service - Listened in Morrinhos,
CE, Brazil, by DX-er Jos? Maranh?o, in October 10, 2015; between 2345 -
0000 UTC, on the frequency 5.040 KHz. SINPO: 35333 (No interference
detected) - Equipment utilized: Radio receiver Tecsun PL 660 and Antenna
Long wire (12, 5 m.) - Received: Only QSL card by traditional mail, in 58
days after sent reception report, by email.- V/S: No V/S - QTH:
[email protected]
Jos? Maranh?oDX SOCIETY (The world of radio)
http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com.br/2015/12/qsl-rhc-radio-havana-cuba-5040-khz.html
===============
QSL Happy Hanukkah Radio 6950 kHz
Happy Hanukkah Radio, Pirate Station, USA, listened on 12-Dec-2015 between
13:14 - 13:38 UTC at 6950 kHz via WebSDR at NJ. eQSL received on 13-Dec-15
for email to [email protected]
#dxunlimited
Sandipan Basu Mallick / DX SOCIETY (The world of radio)
http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com.br/2015/12/qsl-happy-hanukkah-radio-6950-khz_27.html
========================
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 07:20:12 +0000
From: Ivo Observer <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] UNIDentified European Pirate on 9293 kHz, December 27
Message-ID:
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UNIDentified European Pirate on December 27:
1400-1530 on 9293 unknown tx site, very
poorhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/unidentified-european-pirate-on.html
Free Radio Service Holland on Dec.27,
videoshttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2015/12/schedule-of-free-radio-service-holland.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: 4
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 08:46:46 -0200
From: Daniel Wyllyans <[email protected]>
To: Hard-Core-DX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Escuchas para el evento : XMAS DX- DIEXISMO NAVIDE?O
Message-ID:
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Escuchas para el evento : XMAS DX- DIEXISMO NAVIDE?O
Aproveito e compartilho com vo?es meus primeiros FAX recebidos .
4332 kHz FAX Punta Arenas Magallanes , Chile (CBM) 01:50 UTC , Codigo RST
557 , Dia 26 deciembre 2.015
4317 kHz FAX ( Tentative ) , New Orleans (NMG ) 02:07 UTC , Code RST 344
, Day 26 Dicember 2.015
Sotware utilizado para decodificar: MULTIPSK
RX : Tecsun S-2000 Antenna Long wire 700 Meters
List frequencys of FAX : http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/rfax.pdf
73 Daniel Wyllyans Nova Xavantina MT Brazil
http://dxbrazilsw.blogspot.com.br/2015/12/fax-en-4332-khz-fax-punta-arenas.html
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 14:25:40 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, "DXLD" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] 11860 R Sana'a via tentat. Saudi Arabia
Message-ID: <C0F96C06134F4F8583B2D814355425AD@HNPC2>
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SAUDI ARABIA {tentat.} 11859.998 noted at 1240 UT Dec 28 on remote SDR
unit at Doha Qatar on Arabian peninsula.
S=9+10dB or -64dBm signal.
Broadband signal of 11855.05 to 11865.05 kHz frequency range.
Noted military like army chorus songs of the muslim Arabic terrorist
fighter.
Followed by extended Arabic language news at 13.00 to 13.10:20 UT.
Professional radio program service type.
Signal strenght worldwide at 1310 UT on Dec 28
NIL in JPN, CZE, USA
S=1 lower than threshold FIN, AUT, BEL, GB/IRL
S=2 in St. Gallen SUI, Calabria ITA
S=6 on ham radio HNG unit with excellent antenna, Ancona ITA.
INDONESIA 9524.981 VoIndonesia English sce from Cimanggis, poor S=6
signal, noted in Qatar Perseus remote post at 12.35 UT Dec 28. Young lady
singer, mix of Indonesian and Pacific South Sea song, smooth and sweet.
73 wb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel"Sent: Monday, December 28, 2015 6:28 AM
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 27, 2015
> and in Doha Qatar and DARC Amberg Bavaria Germany :8015 port
> remote SDR net units checked the 25 mb again at 0440 - 0505 UT Dec 28:
>
> 11859.9965 R Sana'a tent via Riyadh S=8 at 0440 UT.
> (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 28, 2015)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wolfgang Bueschel"
> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2015 5:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 27, 2015
>
> SAUDI ARABIA 11859.9965 Radio Sana'a only heard as S=7-8 in Doha Qatar
> remote SDR site at 0356 UT, HQ prayer. The only remote SDR unit on Perseus
> net.
>
> Real NIL - NOTHING heard on downunder Brisbane Australia, Greece, Italy,
> Moscow, Switzerland, Belgium, and also NOTHING as signal on various
> German remote SDRs.
>
> Only heard as S=3 tiny signal just on threshold level on DARC Amberg
> Bavaria, like port :8015 as 4_loops,
> not signal on :8014 and :8016 ports of DARC Amberg remotes - nothing.
>
> At same time between 0315 and 0410 UT,
> in Brisbane AUS, Uwe's Perseus in Thailand, Qatar and Calabria Italy:
> 11860 ARS nil-nothing of Riyadh, 0315 UT.
> 73 wb
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 14:49:24 +0100
From: Manuel M?ndez <[email protected]>
To: "DX Listenig Digest" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Spain
Logs in Friol
Sangean ATS-909X, Tecsun PL-880
Cable antenna, 8 meters, Degen 31MS active loop antenna
ARMENIA, 4810, Armenia Public Radio Yerevan, 1658-1720 and 1830-1840, 27-12,
Armenian comments and songs, identification at 1701: "Yerevan...", at 1830
program in Arabic. 33433. (M?ndez)
CONGO, 6115, Radio Congo, Brazaville, 1725-1829*, 27-12, French, comments, at
1745 Vernacular comments and songs, at 1801: "Radio Congo, le journal", news,
French, at 1822 "La musique de Radio Congo", musical program. Signal cut off at
1829. 13321. (M?ndez)
INDIA
4810, AIR, Bhopal, 1657-1715, 27-12, Hindi music. Interference from Yerevan on
same frequency. // 5010. 12221. (M?ndez)
4880, AIR, Lucknow, 1704-1735, 27-12, Hindi music, at 1730 news in English.
24322. (M?ndez)
5010, AIR, Thiruvanthapuram, 1652-1740*, 27-12, Hindi music, at 1730: "This is
All India Radio", news in English, at 1735 comments in vernacular and close.
14321. (M?ndez)
MALI, 9635, Radio Mali, Bamako, 1712-1725, 27-12, French, sport comments.
14321. (M?ndez)
TAJIKISTAN, 4765, Tajik Radio,?Dushanbe, 1708-1725, 27-12, Tajik comments.
24322. (M?ndez)
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 20:23:57 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 27-28, 2015
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
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** AUSTRALIA. 12065 & 12085, Dec 28 at 1413, R. Australias are at equal levels,
instead of normally 12065 much weaker than 12085, due to differing azimuths.
Something has changed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [non]. See USA: 1520 KYND
** CUBA. 1620, Dec 28 at 0317, as I tune in, ``Parada de ?xitos, Rebelde``, and
// 5025, so not relaying the FM network instead this time. WRTH 2016 has three
Rebeldes on 1620, two of which are in Ciudad de la Habana province, 5 kW in
Guanabacoa, and unknown power in El Sapo, surely one of those rather than the
third, 1 kW in far-off Guant?namo. One other Cuban 1620 is R. Bayamo, Granma
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9860, Dec 28 before 0330, no sign of R. Cairo, English to western N
America, as alleged in WRTH 2016 for 0200 UT.
I also listened to more of the `livestream` version of Cairo in English,
recorded Dec 25-26, and found that the YL announcer with a very heavy accent
after news headlines closed the 2300 UT broadcast at about 2425 announcing the
frequency as 9965, and that news times are ``1:15 and 2:25 Cairo local time`` =
2315 and 0025 UT; ``Merry Christmas and Happy New Year``. Just music played to
fill out the sesquihour before switching to Arabic. May we assume there is no
livestream version of any 0200 UT broadcast, which may no longer exist at all?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA [and non]. 9870, Dec 28 at 1415, AIR Vividh Bharati via Bengaluru with
familiar march theme, for news break? Heavy CCI from CRI English via Xian
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1030, Dec 28 at 0635 and at many other times, dominant signal is
Spanish talk, which no doubt is XEYC, R. F?rmula, in Ju?rez, Chihuahua, 1/1 kW,
rather than 50/5 kW XEQR, R. Centro in the DF, almost twice the distance whence
signals are remarkably rare (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENINNG DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 800, Dec 28 at 1340 UT, KQCV OKC is OFF! As of 1625 UT
check, OG&E System Watch has more than 57K outages across central OK; more than
8000 in OKC proper, many more in suburbs, including almost 4000 in Mustang,
close to the KQCV site (and 1254 in Enid, but so far only a few power glitches
here). 800 still off 5 hours later.
Even when KQCV is actively gospel-huxtering English in the evenings,
gospel-huxtering in Spanish can be heard along with it, no doubt the
super-powering TWR 800 BONAIRE.
XEROK 800 is still negligible but supposedly on the air at very low power. The
new 2015 IRCA Mexican Log still has it as 50/50 kW, no mention of any
degradation; likewise the new 2016 WRTH: despite numerous non-logs from myself
and others the last several months (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1640, Dec 28 at 0316 UT, KZLS Enid-OKC is open
carrier/dead air yet again; some weak talk underneath and at 0357 UT, probably
WTNI Biloxi MS. KZLS still dead air at 0630 UT and still at 1350 UT. We have an
ice storm around here with considerable power outages, but the site east of
Hennessey obviously has power; just can`t get any programming, a very frequent
situation when there is nothing untoward to explain it (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. ANOTHER ice storm has hit us. In Enid, anyway, it`s not
as bad as the Thanksgiving one. Icy limbs but all the leaves are gone now, and
the weakest were already broken. But there are still a lot of power lines down
elsewhere so time for another FM bandscan on the PL-880 to see what`s abnormal
(in addition to 800 KQCV OKC missing, separate log). Dec 28 at 1352+ UT:
88.3, K202BY Enid, Family Radio, OFF since last storm, never back
88.5, KZTH Piedmont, continuous hi pitched tone, and barely audible lo pitched
tone at same time! Yet parent station 89.7 KJTH is OK
89.1, K206CA Enid, Oasis, had been on, but now OFF
89.3, KIEL Loyal, seems also off, tho not always audible
90.3, KHEV Fairview probably off, tho not always audible
90.5, KGVV Goltry OFF
93.7, KSPI Stillwater seems off; no, at 1434 UT on but weak
95.7, KXLS Lahoma/Enid, OFF
96.9, KQOB Enid/Crescent/OKC, OFF
[this allows another ``Bob``, on 97.1 to be audible: at 1420 UT, after Wichita
weather, ``97-1 Bob FM, where Bob plays everything`` such as country-rock to
follow: KIBB 18.5/18.5 kW Haven KS --- NW of Wichita, toward Hutchinson, not to
be confused with South Haven on OK border]
99.7, KNAH Mustang, OFF
104.1, KMGL OKC is on, and finally no more Xmas music
105.1, KOSB Perry, OFF
105.5, K288FX, North Enid, on but only NOISE, evidently open feed from primary,
which is KYLV 88.9, but I thought it was OK. Back to normal later
105.7, KRDR Alva OFF, so KROU Spencer is again audible carefully
107.1, KNID North Enid OFF
Later check starting at 1740 UT for anything different:
88.5, KZTH is OFF, no more intoning
88.9, KYLV is apparently on but weak (see 105.5 above)
After 1811 UT, on more selective caradio,
90.9, KOKF Edmond, Air One is OFF; normally merges with same on 91.1 KKRD
Enid, still on
97.5, KPAK Alva, is OFF
106.7, KTUZ Okarche is OFF; Spanish, had been on earlier today
AM:
800, KQCV OKC is still off
1280, KSOK Arkansas City KS, just across the border, is the only other notable
absence on midday groundwave
1640, KZLS Enid-Hennessey-OKC is dead air again
On cable TV, KOCM, Suddenlink 6 and 106 is missing ? just black, no error
message. Antenna is still getting a signal on RF 46, tho bad --- this one is
always marginal (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1805 monitoring: confirmed UT Monday Dec 28 starting
at 0402 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5109.7-CUSB; Jean Shepherd ran a bit over with his
hilarious stream-of-consciousness. 1805 also confirmed at 0430 on WRMI webcast
of 9955, unchecked on SW. Next:
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3195, Dec 28 circa 0310, WWRB is still on here, with the Tullahoma TN
preacher, but at 0352 recheck it`s off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1130, Dec 28 at 0323 UT, open carrier/dead air from NE/SW, surely my
semi-local KLEY Wellington KS, supposed to be 250 watts daytime and PSRA, ONE
WATT at night. Ditto at 0634 UT, but by 1343 UT it`s recovered (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1520, Dec 28 at 1346 UT, KOKC OKC talk with severe interference,
often atop it, and almost zero-beat, from C&W music: must be KYND Cypress TX,
and 1349 UT conveniently breaks for ID in American English, ``1520 KYND``.
This is one of the stations which had been relaying China Radio International,
but no more, as discussed on WOR and DXLD (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST) Viz.:
G&E STUDIO/CRI PROGRAMMING GONE FROM DOMESTIC U.S. STATIONS?
It appears that G&E Studio, which was affiliated with China Radio
International, might have lost funding from its arrangement with CRI and has
discontinued its leased broadcasts on stations in the U.S., including KYND 1520
and KGBC 1540 here in the Houston area. Much discussion of this on the
RadioDiscussions.com Houston board.
KGBC is now running Hum Tum Radio, a South Asian targeted format produced in
Houston (and also heard on 106.1 FM here) while KYND is running music fill
while it searches for another programmer to lease time on the station.
This new development might have something to do with the Chinese government's
reevaluation of its international media efforts as mentioned by Keith Perron on
this forum a few months back.
The G&E Studio website is still there:
http://gestudio.us/
Glenn, you have frequently reported hearing KYND during critical hours (daytime
only station) so look for something different underneath KOKC (Stephen Luce,
Houston, Texas, Dec 22, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1805, DXLD)
This CRI relay deal thru a ChiCom front organization in the US got a lot of
negative publicity a few months ago, after the FCC had turned a blind eye to
it. So now the question is whether CRI has also disappeared from several other
cities, e.g. 1120 in Washington DC, 1540 in Philadelphia, etc. Even 1540,
Toronto?
As for KYND, its pattern is supposed to be a circle tangent eastward,
groundwave to interfere with the Lafayette LA station, not KOKC, which remains
self-degraded at only 10 instead of 50 kW, since a tornado broke one of its
towers last May; well, how long to replace it if they are ever going to?
Here`s a LOT more about the CRI situation from Radio Discussions Houston board.
http://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?691609-KYND-Cypress-Off-the-Air
b-turner is obviously someone in charge of KYND: (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
Our programmer cancelled their programming. While we could have gone live at
the studio, we wanted a more 21st century option. And certainly getting stuck
in the mud at the tower site was a given but maybe not after a couple of dry
days. We needed a couple of days and a piece of equipment to pull that off, so
in lieu of airing silence or being stuck in the studio the whole time, we shut
down until we got our ducks in a row. In fact, I met with our engineer
yesterday (both of us visiting family and it just happened to be the same city,
minutes away from each other), and I was able to pass of what he needed from
me. I see the piece we needed came in and we're up.
>From my understanding G&E Studios created most of the programming heard on the
>English version with a few from China Radio. When China decided to stop
>things, G&E had to cancel us and I understand all of the English language
>stations they were on throughout North America. Like usual, no matter the
>terms of a contract, when cancellation comes, it is always without warning,
>unexpected and not a win-win for any involved parties. In fact your client
>might not know until the final moment as well. That is simply the nature of
>the business.
Finding a new qualified programmer sometimes feels like trying to win the
lottery. You don't know them, how to find them and they don't know you, but whn
everything aligns, somehow you connect. Meanwhile you are painfully aware of
the revenue loss (b-turner, Dec 21, radiodiscussions.com Houston via DXLD)
Yep, everything is changing. And I can see why. Cost for one thing, younger
audience more adept to listening via network services rather than over the air,
also. Portable devices these days aren't a traditional radio of course, they
almost all have internet connectivity now. I wonder if the openings on SW will
attract some new blood? I don't see the bands going to complete waste, nor do I
ever see them being what they once were, just impossible with today's world,
and I don't see the ham bands getting extended either, just not that crowded.
So is this re-evaluation of China's radio efforts due to the same thing that's
going on everywhere, or does this have something to do with the news stories
recently about Chinese Radio and their government propaganda machine? Bill have
you heard anything about why the cancel of the programming? (Chris, KF5JMD, Dec
22, ibid.)
Allow me to try to explain a bit about the CRI deal: G&E Studios is an American
company that had a client, China Radio International. G&E leased stations and
placed programming on them. Some programming came from CRI but much originated
from American hosts (using Los Angeles Air Talent) who did shows on subjects
like technology, sports, financial and other subjects. G&E was hired to do this
by CRI.
After 5 years, the funding for this was stopped resulting in G&E no longer
having a client and a bunch of stations they leased mow needing programming and
a new paying client. I suppose the Chinese 'reevaluated' and dropped the ax. It
is my understanding the English language version was stopped everywhere in
every city G&E leased a station to carry the programming. This would not be a
just Houston thing. I really enjoyed having G&E as a client, really nice
people, understanding and very reasonable in their dealings, a truly rare find
(b-turner, Dec 22, ibid.)
Possibly anything to do with this, I wonder? BTW: As I said before I liked the
programming.
http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6752877/feds-radio-chinese-ownership
``FEDS INVESTIGATE RADIO BROADCASTER OVER ALLEGED CHINESE OWNERSHIP
11/3/2015 by Associated Press
Federal regulators are investigating a U.S. radio broadcasting company that is
reportedly majority-owned by a unit of a Chinese government broadcaster..
A spokesman for the Federal Communications Commission confirmed Tuesday that
the agency will open a probe into G&E Studio Inc., a Los Angeles-based company
reportedly owned by James Su, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from
Shanghai.
The company leases stations and air time, and broadcasts in more than 10 cities
across the U.S., including Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco.``
This site`s story about it makes it out to be a "Covert" Radio Network, LOL..
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3302100/Investigation-launched-emerges-California-firm-s-radio-broadcasts-backed-Chinese-government.html
``INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED INTO COVERT CHINESE RADIO NETWORK BROADCASTING IN 12
U.S CITIES AND BACKED BY THE BEIJING GOVERNMENT
Report revealed some radio broadcasts are being backed by the Chinese --- G&E
Studio Inc is 60% owned by state run Chinese Radio International --- The firm
is owned by James Su, a naturalized US citizen born in Shanghai --- He owns or
leases virtually all the air time on at least a dozen US stations``
I spent a lot (100's) of hours listening to 1520AM KYND while I worked at my
shop, and can say that yes, some of the programming from G&E/CRI was obviously
hand picked by the Chinese Government, along with the fact that a lot of the
big news stories involving China mysteriously were just left out of the
programming entirely. But still it was a good listen, and informative (KF5JMD,
ibid.)
Interesting posts. "G&E Studio Inc is 60% owned by state run Chinese Radio
International"; "The company leases stations and air time". G&E does not own
stations from what I know (and I sure don't know it all). The Daily Mail
article clearly says that: G&E does not own any U.S. stations, but it leases.
So, let's clarify: you rent a space to open, say a hair styling salon on the
corner of a busy intersection. You pay the rent and attend to your customers at
that location. My question, does the salon operator own the building? Next
question: Is the salon owner leasing the space from the building owner? If you
rent/lease a home, do you own it?
I think it might be fair to say 60% of their revenue came from the client China
Radio International. What I find interesting is how a naturalized citizen can
be foreign ownership. Sure, they could be a 'front' but a citizen is not [sic]
a citizen.
For the record, I have never seen, spoken to or dealt with Mr. Su. If he was
leasing the station I manage, I think I'd know it or I'd have some contact at
some point over half a decade. I have known of the people I dealt with prior to
them coming to us about the lease. In fact they had been involved in radio in
Houston.
Covert is really a funny way to describe things since most of the programming
came from independent air talent in the Los Angeles area who were hired to do
shows on topics like finance, sports, entertainment and such.
They would have been very covert if they were still on by making fun of the
Miss Universe blunder and how Mr. Harvey's post misspelled Philippines and
Colombia. Scary covert stuff indeed. My point is most all programming I heard
was the same sort of stuff you'd hear elsewhere on the radio dial.
It is true the English language programming, while mostly originated in Los
Angeles, was paid for through CRI who hired G&E Studios to originate
programming and broadcast a couple of shows off of CRI's English Service. Even
the news originated from Los Angeles air talent, was simply rip and read, with
local weather and traffic added.
This would be akin to the BBC hiring an American company to place BBC
programming on stations in the USA and authorizing that company to originate
programming of interest to the American public. The BBC is known as a state
broadcaster (b-turner, ibid.)
Yep, that's me jocking from my cheap studio at the house. That's what I get for
being an old top 40 jock back in the day when you only spoke over the music and
shut up before the lyrics began. We were having some problems today and the
engineer will be out there in the morning to see why what couldn't go wrong
did.
I mean we are talking something like turning on the radio, then you walk away
from it 5 minutes and for some reason without human intervention, it turns
itself off. All you can do is scratch your head, turn it back on and watch it
for a while to see if it does the same thing. Then again, if you watch it, it
never messes up. It waits until you are not watching it. Or at least that's my
experience with equipment that is to do what it is supposed to do (b-turner,
Dec 22, ibid.)
** YEMEN [non]. 11860, Dec 28 at 1439, R. Sana`a with rousing music, S9+10 but
IADs; 1441 dramatic music and narration, interrupted at 1441:22.5 for Maghrib
Call to Prayer, still marred by intermittent audio dropouts. This is only 5.5
seconds later than yesterday, so they are again failing to keep up with the
sunset shifting later at a faster rate. This time I don`t notice any R. Ashna
underneath in the Qur`anic pauses, so has IBB finally moved Kuwait away?
Inconclusive about that so far.
As for where this Sana`a is really transmitted from, I have previously
suggested that 11860 could be from more than one transmitter site. Three
reasons for this:
1, Altho it is reported to be on air 24 hours, only one segment circa 1330-1530
UT provides any significant signal here, and then it is remarkably good. I
haven`t heard any abrupt signal changes, however.
2, Bill Bingham in South Africa has been monitoring, and reports this:
``It seems that 11860 supplies a useful signal into South Africa for just a few
minutes after our local sunrise (around 0314 as I reported on Dec 25), and
again at around our local sunset and later. Tonight (Dec 28) it was audible
when I tuned in at 1620, with an S4 signal, improving slightly to S4-S5 by
1700. Our local sunset tonight was at 1702. As of 1730 there had been no
further improvement, and reception suddenly got worse when considerable
co-channel QRM began at 1730 through to about 1755, possibly AWR to North
Africa. Just before the QRM ended, a considerable SAH started at 1754, as
though another transmitter had started up on the same frequency. When the SAH
stopped at about 1758, signal was suddenly up to S7 peaking at S9 and perfectly
readable``
3, And earlier there was this from Para?ba: ``Clandestine: 11860, 12/23
1841-1855 Radio Sana?a, Jeddah [sic], in Arabic. Traditional Arabic song; OM
talks; fair signal and poor modulation, 35332 (DXer Jos? Ronaldo Xavier (JRX),
Cabedelo - Brazil, Degen DE1103 / Tecsun S-2000, Hard-Core-DX mailing list via
DXLD)``
The modulation is *never* ``poor`` when heard here in the 1330-1530 period ---
so different site at 1841-1855??? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6870.0-AM, Dec 28 at 0308, very poor S7 signal with talk, 0349 a
JBA carrier, presumably a pirate. HF Underground has no logs of this, and the
frequency only had two other unIDs this year in Sept and earlier in Dec (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 21585, Dec 28 at 1506, JBA carrier. Nothing at all is listed on
21585 in latest HFCC or EiBi or Aoki. In the mostly vacant 13m band, any
carrier stands out with BFO. At this time, 21690 RFI Swahili via Issoudun is
S7, while 21675 WRMI is only JBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. RF 2, Dec 27 at 1743 UT, weak NTSC video fades in, then a bit of
audio to go with it. 1746 definitely Spanish audio, seems novela. Tiny text bug
in lower right, unfamiliar and unreadable. In and out for a few minutes,
nothing further. 6m map shows the only sporadic E is across northeast US, MUF
67 MHz.
My antenna remains permanently aimed about 170 degrees to favor Mexico and
Oklahoma City. I habitually assume something like this is Mexico, but that`s
becoming less so and with their apag?n anal?gico Dec 31, the band will be more
open for more exotic Latin American analog TV DX which still exists (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 2024 UT December 28
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 21:29:06 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jota Xavier <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] JRX Logs December 27-28, 2015.
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
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JRX Logs December 27-28, 2015.
ALGERIA
++11775 12/28 1945-1957 R.Alg?rienne,Issoudun,in Arabic.OM talks; Prayer,
recitation,presumed; fair broadc,45433.
ARGENTINA
++15345 12/28 2032-2042 RAE,B.Aires,in French. YL talks,ID,mx; 2034 OM
talks,ID, freq; fair stn,35433.
CHINA
++9890 12/27 0100-0108 CNR13,Lingshi,in Uyghur.Time Signal,OM talks;YL talks;
good signal and modulation, 45444.
++12055 12/27 0003-0015 CNR17,Lingshi,in Kazakh.A kazakh mx;OM talks;slight
interference by FEBC R. on 12055kHz; very good stn,54544.
INDIA
++11620 12/27 0019-0026 AIR,Bangalore,in Urdu. OM talks;traditional mx;ID,very
good stn,45444.
IRAN
++7225 12/27 0028-0047 VoIRI,Kamalabad,in Spanish. YL:ID,freqs,website;0030 YL
presents a Newsletter: headlines and details nxs;fair stn,35443. Parallel on
9445,in spanish,33442.
NIGERIA
++7255 12/28 2020-2030 VoN,Abuja-Lugbe,in Hausa.OM talks; fair signal and
barely audible modulation or unlistenable;35331.
PHILIPPINES
++9925 12/28 1915-1930 R.Pilipinas,Tinang,in English. YL talks,ID;Musical prgr;
OM talks;song; 1928 OM:ID,website,Postal Addr,NA,1930 s/off;fair broadc,45333.
SPAIN
++15390 12/28 2100-2120 REE,Nob,in Spanish. TS,ID,OM:News;pgm "Espa?oles en la
Mar";Invite to pgm"Salvamento Mar?timo"; excellent broadc,55544.
THAILAND
++9390 12/28 2000-2010 R.Thailand,Udon Thani,in Germany. IS,ID;OM/YL talks in
slow germany;YL reading nxs,presumed.2011 A song My fair Lady.Today,R.Thailand
has a fair signal and poor modulation,35432.
Note: At 2042,english txn on 9390kHz,45444 ! 2045-2059 Thai pgm w/ a very good
signal and modulation.
UNITED STATES
++9535 12/28 1933-1940 AWR Africa,Nauen,in Arabic.OM talks and talks;45444.
++11920 12/27 0115-0122 Family R.,Okeechobee,in Spanish. OM talks,ID,website,
e-mail ([email protected]); rlg song; pgm La Biblia Habla; Interference
by CRI on 11925kHz; poor broadc,33432.
dxer Jose Ronaldo Xavier (JRX)
Cabedelo - Brazil (UTC-3) location
receiver(s) Sony ICF-SW100S/Tecsun S-2000
Portable Telescopic antenna
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 05:23:03 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Cc: NASWA <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] DX Listening Digest 15-51; World of Radio 1805
Message-ID:
<[email protected]>
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DX Listening Digest 15-51 has now been posted at
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1551.txt
and also soon, sometimes delayed at
http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt
Alternatively, latest DXLD 15-51 is also here until next issue:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxlatest.txt
CONTENTS:
WOR 1805 / AFGHANISTAN +non / ALASKA +non / ALGERIA / ANGOLA / ANTIGUA &
BARBUDA / ARGENTINA / ASCENSION +non / AUSTRALIA VL8 / AUSTRALIA non HRI /
AZERBAIJAN +non / BAHAMAS / BAHRAIN / BANGLADESH / BELARUS / BHUTAN / BIAFRA
non / BOLIVIA / BRAZIL ham+ / BULGARIA / CAMBODIA non / CAMEROON non / CANADA
+non CFRX+ / CANADA CKZN/CKZU/CBC / CANADA RCI / CHILE / CHINA +non / COLOMBIA
/ CRIMEA / CUBA +non / CZECHIA / DOMINICAN REPUBLIC / EAST TURKISTAN non /
ECUADOR / EGYPT / EQUATORIAL GUINEA / ERITREA non / ETHIOPIA +non / EUROPE
Pirates / FALKLAND ISLANDS +non / GERMANY +non GOA / GREECE / GUAM +non /
GUATEMALA / INDIA / INDONESIA / INTERNATIONAL INTERNET GCR/WOR / INTERNATIONAL
WATERS +non MWC / IRAN +non / IRELAND non / ISRAEL / ITALY / KASHMIR / KOREA
NORTH +non / KOREA SOUTH / KURDISTAN non / KUWAIT / KYRGYZSTAN / LIBYA /
LITHUANIA / MEXICO +non / MYANMAR / NETHERLANDS non / NEWFOUNDLAND / NEW
ZEALAND / NICARAGUA / NIGERIA +non / NORTH AMERICA Pirates / NORWAY / OKLAHOMA
KCR
C / OKLAHOMA KUSH / OKLAHOMA +non KFSW / OKLAHOMA KCRC+ / OKLAHOMA Ice Storm /
OMAN / PAKISTAN / PALAU / PERU +non / PHILIPPINES / RUSSIA +non / SAUDI ARABIA
/ SOLOMON ISLANDS / SOMALIA non / SOMALILAND +non / SOUTH AFRICA / SOUTH
CAROLINA non / SPAIN +non / SRI LANKA / SUDAN +non / SWAZILAND / SWEDEN / SYRIA
/ TAIWAN +non / TAJIKISTAN +non / TURKEY / UKRAINE / UK BBC / UK BBCWS / USA
LORAN / USA ham WG2XFW / USA WLO/KLB / USA BBG / USA +non VOA / USA non RL /
USA +non WOR/WRMI/WBCQ/WA0RCR/HLR / USA WBCQ / USA WRMI / USA WTWW / USA WWCR+
/ USA WRNO / USA WJHR / USA Debates / USA KTSA / USA KHSE / USA KKZN/KDSP+ /
USA WFNO / USA WWL/KOA / USA KSGL / USA WTIC/KYW / USA KNZZ / USA WIRL / USA
WTTL / USA KHEY / USA KBWD / USA WFOR / USA KZQZ / USA KCTE / USA KYND/KGBC/CRI
/ USA KRVA / USA KATZ / USA KSVE / USA KDMT/KDDZ/KBUD/KNUS / USA W231CT/Florida
pirate / USA Xmas / USA Baseball / USA MSNBC / UZBEKISTAN / VENEZUELA / VIETNAM
+non / YEMEN non / ZAMBIA / ZANZIBAR / UNIDENTIFIED
783 UNIDENTIFIED 1309 / UNIDENTIFIED 4870 / UNIDENTIFIED 5931 / UNIDENTIFIED
5982 / UNIDENTIFIED 6035 / UNIDENTIFIED 6175 / UNIDENTIFIED 7270 / UNIDENTIFIED
9600 / UNIDENTIFIED 10000 / UNIDENTIFIED 12065 / UNIDENTIFIED 15150 /
UNIDENTIFIED 87.9 / TESTIMONIALS / PUBLICATIONS / LANGUAGE LESSONS / MUSEA /
DIGITAL BROADCASTING / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / PROPAGATION
For restrixions and searchable 2015 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
[also linx to previous years]
NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but
have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn
WORLD OF RADIO 1805 CONTENTS: *DX and station news about:
Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bhutan, Biafra non, Brazil, Bulgaria,
Cambodia non, Canada, Czechia, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia non,
Europe, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Korea North non/South, Libya,
Nigeria, North America, Norway, Per?, Solomon Islands, Sudan, Sweden,
Tajikistan, USA, Venezuela, Yemen non
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1805, December 24-30, 2015
Thu 1230 WRMI 9955
Thu 2100 WRMI 7570 [confirmed]
Fri 0200 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB [confirmed]
Fri 2130 WRMI 15770 [confirmed]
Fri 2130 WRMI 7570 [confirmed]
Sat 0730 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB Hamburger Lokalradio
Sat 2030v WA0RCR 1860-AM
Sun 0415v WA0RCR 1860-AM [confirmed]
Sun 0900 WRMI 5850
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5110v Area 51 [confirmed]
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 [confirmed]
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955
Wed 1415 WRMI 9955
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v
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For updates see our Anomaly Alert page:
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DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS:
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them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated,
inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to
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Best DX wishes, Glenn Hauser
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 156, Issue 31
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