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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs November 28-29, 2016 (Glenn Hauser)
2. 1566 HLAZ Q: & Tech Details (Paul B. Walker, Jr.)
3. log Nov 29 at 1520 UT, 1815 UT, 1838 UT, 1854 UT
(Wolfgang Bueschel)
4. TP Report 11/29- WOW!! (Paul B. Walker, Jr.)
5. JRX Logs: November 28, 2016. (Jota Xavier)
6. Glenn Hauser logs November 29-30, 2016 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 06:36:18 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 28-29, 2016
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** CUBA. 9565-9595, Nov 29 at 0131, CRI English relay on 9580 is
buzzing/crackling out to a 30-kHz range, including QRMing the other CRI English
relay on 9570 via Albania, which is quite weak relatively tonight. And the
ChiCom thought it was smart to situate // relays only ten kHz apart! (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. 7360, Nov 29 at 0230, JBA carrier for the publicized
`Menschen und Geschichten` special in English to North America. (Not 7250 where
originally planned, belatedly thinking better of broadcasting in the ham band.)
FARMENIA is not exactly ideal site for transmitting to North America. Thanks
for trying (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. 17640, Nov 28 at 1813 check, still no MWV English. Suspect only
one transmitter is operational and being used this hour for Russian on 9570.
One of them is certainly active and well audible after 2100 on 11610 in Chinese
to Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEWFOUNDLAND. 6159.96, Nov 29 at 0138, JBA carrier, presumed CKZN, which I
was not hearing at all 19 hours earlier so maybe very low MUF then, as Philip
Hiscock who lives 5 km from it, says he`s not noticed any outages. But CKZU,
also on 6160v remains off so at last maybe with better propagation we can hear
CKZN without CBC vs CBC CCI (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENNG DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 5960 // 7325, UT Tue Nov 29 at 0142, RRI reading reports from
listeners including bits of provided info about their towns, etc. 0145 music
break and more until 0152.
This contradicts listings in DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS which has Listeners
Letterbox from the Saturday 18 UT thru Sunday 12 UT broadcasts; or is it DX
Mailbag? I did not hear a program title. DXM we have at xx40-xx45 (only 5
minutes) into the hour-long UT Mon/Wed/Fri broadcasts, but this is UT Tuesday.
I fear other entries are for wrong days. RRI`s own detailed program sked
display inconveniently defaults to local time of UT+2, but can be changed to UT
or rather GMT 0:
http://www.rri.ro/en_gb/program
For ``today`` November 29 Tuesday, it does not show either program on the 0100
broadcast! But DXM on the 12 & 18 UT; LL on the 04 only for Tuesday. For Nov 30
Wed, DXM is shown on the 01 & 04 emissions only.
Perhaps the display is confused about days of week vs timezone conversions,
and/or the programmers are. Most stations would repeat a certain day`s program
content into the next UT day for North America where it is still the previous
day. And when you go from one day to another you have to keep resetting the
timezone for UT. Most user-unfriendly. Only hours of monitoring could sort out
what they are really doing --- and then, would it be consistent? (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 7730, Nov 29 at 0127 via WRMI, Brother HyStairical is
replaying yet again his April attack on antagonist Mr Glenn Hauser. I happen to
tune across 7730 again at 0225, and there it is again. Apparently playing it
every hour circa :25 past, as per additional logs. Tnx for all the publicity,
Ralphie! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1853 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday November 29 at
0030 on WRMI, 7730, as expected now that frequency is reactivated; good, but
not very good signal. 7780 is still off. WOR also confirmed UT Tue Nov 29 after
0030 on WBCQ, 9330v-CUSB, JBA on the low side. Next:
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11580, Nov 28 after 1400, WRMI with World Music while all the other
frequencies except 9395 and 21675 are BSing. More World Music before 2100 on
11580, and after 2100 on 9955; at first with some lite pulse jamming, then
clear. So there are three hours, or parts of hours, still World-Musicking on
Mondays and probably other days (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9475-, Nov 29 at 0132, WTWW-1 is S9+25, always off to the low side,
but dead air instead of SFAW. At 0133 some bits of distorted audio attempting
to break thru; wiggle that patchcord! Back to dead air. Still so at 0149, vying
with WEWN for wasting the most watts. 9475 still dead at 0154, but 12105-,
WTWW-3 is not only on in Russian, but propagating at S9+20. WTWW-2 is neither
on 9930 nor on 5085 and their four spurs each (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 15610, Nov 28 at 2106, WEWN is S9 but deeply fading during seemingly
secular news, but outro before 2108 as ``Ave Maria Radio News``, so it`s bound
to be tainted. 15610 had been inaudible and presumed off seven hours earlier.
5810, Nov 29 at 0145, WEWN Spanish is S9+40 but dead air. Meanwhile, 11520
English is OK at S9. I leave a radio on 5810 and no more modulation until
turning off transmitter just before 0154 instead of modulating it all-night;
until then, at 5 times the rated power of WTWW, WEWN would be the winner in the
wasting-watts sweepstakes, at least on a minute-by-minute basis (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9275, Nov 28 at 1813, WMLK still silent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7635.2-USB, Nov 29 at 0134, 2-way in Spanish, closing with
``buenas noches`` and called each other by name rather than callsigns. Not
INTRUDERS, in this range: that`s for broadcasters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 0637 UT November 29
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:54:02 -0500
From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <[email protected]>
To: RealDX <[email protected]>, Hard-Core-DX
<[email protected]>, Mailing list for the
International
Radio Club of America <[email protected]>, NRC <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] 1566 HLAZ Q: & Tech Details
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I got an EQSL from HLAZ and an answer to some questions about their tech
details.
Paul
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: FEBCEPD
Date: Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 2:51 AM
Subject: RE: 1566 HLAZ Reeption Report
Dear Paul B. Walker, Jr.,
Please note the following verification E-QSLs for your reception report:
Frequency : 1566kHz
-----------------------------
Language : Korean
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Name : Paul B. Walker, Jr.
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Date : 18 November 2016
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Time :02:07 - 02:09 (KST)
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(KST-9=UTC)
Frequency : 1566kHz
-----------------------------
Language : Korean
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Name : Paul B. Walker, Jr.
-----------------------------
Date : 16 November 2016
-----------------------------
Time :02:57 - 03:01 (KST)
-----------------------------
(KST-9=UTC)
Thank you for your reception report! Also, in response to your inquiry
about our 1566kHz station, it runs on 250 kilo-watts of power. It has six
towers, and it is multi-directional. This means that the west-beam signal
covers China. The north-beam signal covers the Korean peninsula, the
northeast portion of China, Europe, and the eastern portion of Russia.
Finally, the east-beam signal primarily covers Japan and the northeastern
Pacific region. I hope this clarifies things for you a bit!
Best regards,
Chung Soo Kim
Manager of International Relations
Far East Broadcasting Company - Korea
Mail: MPO Box 88, Seoul 04067, South Korea
Loc.: 56 Wausan-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul 04067
Ph: +822-320-0431/ Cell: +8210-358-7184
Fax: +822-320-0229
Alternate E-mail: [email protected]
*From:* Jonathan Mortiz [mailto:[email protected]]
*Sent:* Wednesday, November 23, 2016 3:03 AM
*To:* Chung Soo Kim
*Subject:* Fwd: 1566 HLAZ Reeption Report
Hi Chung Soo,
This was emailed to us and forwarding it to you!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Jonathan
Begin forwarded message:
*From: *Ethan Froelich <[email protected]>
*Subject: FW: 1566 HLAZ Reeption Report*
*Date: *November 21, 2016 at 11:25:25 AM PST
*To: *Jonathan Mortiz <[email protected]>
I don?t know where this should be sent to, and if you should get these, but
I have no clue what to do with it.
*From: *"Paul B. Walker, Jr." <[email protected]>
*Date: *Sunday, November 20, 2016 at 11:28 AM
*To: *FEBC Info <[email protected]>, FEBC New Media <[email protected]>, "
[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]
>
*Subject: *1566 HLAZ Reeption Report
Hello FEBC,
I hope this finds your staff doing well.
I have been a DX'er (long distance radio listener) on and off for 20 years.
I usually would just listen for domestic AM signals but have recently begun
the hobby of searching for Transpacific and transatlantic signals on 9khz
split channels from here in Alaska.
I wanted to send in a reception report for one of the FEBC signals, 1566
HLAZ. I listen from Galena, Alaska which is a village of 500 people in the
central part of the state, 300 miles west of Fairbanks, 300 miles eats of
nome and about 300 miles Northwest of Anchorage.
I can hear 1566 HLAZ every morning for several hours at a time, If I chose
to but it's -15 below out most mornings so I don't scan the dials too long.
I listen using a Lower HF225 or Grundig Sattelit 750 with 2 225 foot long
wires and a Wellbrook ALA1530LNP.
On November 20th, I had a man preaching in Russian and SINPO rating for
this would be 55555, no noise, fading, interference and a perfectly solid,
clean signal. Audio recording is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCdXwJX4yq0
On November 17th, 2016 I had 1566 HLAZ at 1707UTC with an asian language
version of "Silent Night" Once again, a SINPO of 5555 as the signal was
incredibly strong almost to the point of needing attenuation.. clean, clear
and no fading. Audio recording here: https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=STUD-jdJp7o
On November 15th, 2016 I had 1566 HLAZ at 1757UTC with a man talking in an
asian language and mentioning FEBC at the end of his talk before some
classical interlude music played, followed by a woman talking and
mentioning Jesus Christ.. Just a few seconds before 1800UTC, an older style
FEBC jingle played. A SINPO rating for this broadcast would be 55445. There
was just a slight bit of noise but no fading or interference. Audio
recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4fNCZTqsro&t=145s
Would it be possible for you to send me a QSL card confirming my reception
of 1566 HLAZ? I would very much appreciate it!
Are you able to tell me how much power 1566 broadcasts with, how many
towers it uses and what direction it's signal beams in? The signal is
incredibly strong on a consistent basis here, so I am curious
Regards,
Paul B. Walker, Jr.
PO Box 353
Galena, Alaska 99741-0353 USA
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 20:38:31 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "DXLD" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] log Nov 29 at 1520 UT, 1815 UT, 1838 UT, 1854 UT
Message-ID: <4E45F983487C4E4198044CBF6676897F@HNPC2>
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reply-type=original
ERITREA/ETHIOPIA 7146.557 Noted proper VOBME 1 Asmara Eritrea signal
when tuned into 41mb around 1530 UT on Nov 29, V.O. the Broad Masses of
Eritrea 1, Asmara, S=9+35dB signal on remote SDR unit at Doha Qatar ME.
Covered by 27 kHz broadband WHITE NOISE JAMMING from Gedja Jawe site in
Ethiopia, on 7132 to 7159 kHz signal width.
And also catched the other one VOBMEritrean Asmara Dimtsi Hafash on
7174.991 kHz at S=9+30dBm signal level at 1535 UT on Nov 29,
HoA music played in performance, string instruments played.
When checked both VOBME Asmara outlets, noted Ethiopian noise jamming
of 22 kHz bandwidth on 7164 to 7186 kHz. S=9+30dB noise signal strength
heard in Doha Qatar ME remote posts this afternoon.
Both Asmara Eritrea bcasts end at 1833 ... 1834 UT daily.
7235.775 ... wandered up and down to x.787 kHz,
Ethiopian radio at S=9+25dB signal strength heard on
Doha Qatar remote unit at 1545 UT.
SOMALIA 7119.999 Somali ham radio band intruder heard at S=9+35dB
signal strength, at 1515 UT on Nov 29. BBC Somali program
UAE 6180.095 One of the four Al Dhabbaya transmitters,
but always odd fq, S=9+15dB noted at 1815 UT on Nov 29
on eastern Thailand remote SDR unit.
BBC Somalia service 1800-1830 UT.
ALBANIA 7464.974 Radio Tirana Shijak broadcast center site in French
language service to neighbouring countries / Western Europe.
As always still remaining AUDIO DISTURBED signal,
for example listen to the included MP3 format recording.
Still visible 9 x 100 Hertz distance apart main power disturbtion
audio signal peaks on either sideband,
plus +/-50 and +/-150 Hertz peak strings too.
Listened at tune-in at 1838, til 1854 UT.
Varying S=9+10dB shortwave signal strength, noted so far
in southern Germany, Belgium and Madrid Spain
remote Perseus SD Receiver units today.
Shijak broadband signal was 8.4 kHz wide spread during music pieces.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Nov 29)
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:24:22 -0900
From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <[email protected]>
To: RealDX <[email protected]>, Hard-Core-DX
<[email protected]>, NRC <[email protected]>, Mailing
list
for the International Radio Club of America <[email protected]>,
[email protected], CIDX <[email protected]>, ODXA yg
<[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] TP Report 11/29- WOW!!
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It was -24 below this morning while DXing between 1745 and 2030UTC but man
there was stuff everywhere and most of it ranged from fairly listenable and
easily understandable to GREAT.
I had 26 listenable signals too, INCLUDING my semi local 50,000 watt KJNP
1170 Fairbanks, Alaska (300 miles to my east) being blasted out of the
water by an Asian. In the 1170 clip below, you can hear KJNP well well
underneath whatever/whoever I have on 1170!
Galena, Alaska, USA
Grundig Sattelit 750
225 foot long wire
DXEnngineering HF PreAmp
KCBS 657 good signal and no splatter from KFAR 660 (10kw, 300 miles to my
east)
657 audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aHi3q6e8TE
666: Pretty good signal, sounded similar to 729 (see below)
666 audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb72jcGieGA
729: Overall, pretty good signal with male singer.
729 audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa2bNMSyeIg
738: Music with a pretty good signal, something is heardslightly under it.
738 audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ0Ljz4iSrw
819: Noisy, crappy signal but a bit of Pyongyang in there.
819 audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMahmFSBDdU
819 about a half an hour later with the Video Game Jammer very evident
819 audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMahmFSBDdU
837 Fair to good signal with man talking, another man talking under him.
837 audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9sWrbw-UVA
864: A bit of a noisy signal but easily understandable, listenable music.
The speech was modulated a bit lower then the music and not quite as easily
understood
864 audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3NYTZyRJj8
KCBS 873: Pretty good signal with a little side chatter from nearby
stations.
873 audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUdYKu95GTo
954 song or promo music ending with woman talking. Pretty good signal
954 audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEbavCs8oFo
1008 Good signal with a woman talking.
1008 Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFCvioixLW0
1044: Lower side of good signal with some noise, a little fading but
overall good.
1044 audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5VDKjMhQho
1053 Pretty good signal, a little noise under it from another station. You
can hear a woman talking when 1053 goes dead air for a few seconds.
1053 Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njf0OwgxZwo
1098 Decent signal but a little noise and another station under it, I think
1098 audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXR3gK8GU2g
1134: Near local like with music!
1134 audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJycbqLETo0
*1170: Whoever this is is blasting in over semi local 50kw KJNP 1170(300
miles to my east). you can hear KJNP well well underneath whatever/whoever
I have on 1170!.*
*1170 audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPPC4gGBxGY
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPPC4gGBxGY>*
1206: At least thats what i think this is, I don't have it marked in my
ntoes for some reason
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVcMZHrFZxk
1242: Pretty strong signal as usual. Sounds like the same programming heard
on 1260 (see below)
1242 Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nNP4fAMI-k
1260: Pretty good signal, with men talking, sounds like part of a morning
show or something.
Audio here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65lbNeVB2fw
1286: Fair signal, a little noise and something else under it.
1286 audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VnaYa4dygs
1377 Excellent signal with only a slight bit of noise.
1377 audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UOMwvY214Y
1386 Pretty good signal with a slight bit of noise. Music playing.
Audio here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ2JY_uyzhU
1440: Pretty strong signal and no noise or interference really to speak of
1440 Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qg3vevka-E
1566: HLAZ blasting the doors off here as usual with 250,000 watts and 6
towers.
1566 audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0bOKhYxG70
1593: A bit noise but lower side of good signal with a man talking.
1593 Audio here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtwtZ5zqM_s
Unknown: I forgot to note the frequency on this one, despite the good signal
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f30rI_BmN_Y
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 23:16:51 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jota Xavier <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] JRX Logs: November 28, 2016.
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
JRX Logs: November 28, 2016.
ARGENTINA** 15345. November 28, 2016. 1949-1957, RAE Argentina al Mundo,
General Pacheco, in Italian. Woman annnouncer talks, music clips and talks; A
?Argentine song; ID in many languages. Broadcasting with fair signal and
distorted audio, 35443.
CLANDESTINE** 9400. November 28, 2016. 2047-2103, Denge Mesopotamia, Maiac, in
Kurdish. Kurdish songs; 2100 Man and woman annnouncers talks. Broadcasting with
fair signal and poor modulation, 35432.
CUBA** 11840. November 28, 2016. 2205-2217, Radio Habana Cuba, Quivican, in
Spanish. Man and woman annnouncers presents News; ID, local time; External
reporter talks news about Fidel death. Good signal and fair modulation, 45433.
Parallel log on 15370kHz, Bauta, 45444.** 11880. November 28, 2016. 2130-2140,
Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta, in Portuguese. IS, ID. Man annnouncer talks about
this special transmission In honor of the death of F. Castro: Life and Work.
Good signal, fair modulation, 45433.
ECUADOR** 9530. November 28, 2016. 2151-2158, HCJB-Radio Akhbar Mufriha,
Ascension, in Hassinya (Pulaar). Man annnouncer talks; A brief song; Woman
annnouncer talks. Fair signal and modulation, 35533.
EGYPT** 9900. November 28, 2016. 2018-2027, Radio Cairo, Abis, in French. Man
annnouncer talks; A short song. On-air, but very and old distorted audio
transmission, 35331.
GUINEA** 9650. November 28, 2016. 1905-1930, Radio Guinea, Conakri, in French.
Man annnouncer talks; ID; Woman annnouncer talks; Local songs. Broadcasting
with good signal and moderate interference by China Radio International, on
9645kHz, Kashgar, in French. 43443 (sometimes, 43432).
INDIA** 9445. November 28, 2016. 2219-2230, All India Radio, Bangalore, in
English. Indian songs; Man annnouncer talks, ID, AIR schedule in english.
Station has a good signal and fair modulation, 45433.
JAPAN** 17540. November 28, 2016. 2141-2150, NHK Radio Japan, Furman, in
Portuguese. Men annnouncers presents NHK News; ID; Japanese Class: Lesson 34.
Station with good signal and modulation, 45444.
NIGERIA (Target to)** 12050. November 28, 2016. 1934-1940, Dandal Kura,
Ascension, in Kanuri. Men annnouncers talks; ID. Excellent signal and
modulation, 55555.
PHILIPPINES** 9455. November 28, 2016. 2259-2307, FEBC Manila, Bocaue, in Mien
language. IS, ID many times. Man and woman annnouncers talks. Fair
transmission, 35433.
ROMANIA** 9610. November 28, 2016. 2000-2015, Radio Romania International,
Tiganesti, in Spanish. IS, ID. Woman annnouncer presents a programming of the
day and next, news highlights; ID. Frequency with very good signal and
modulation, 55544.
SAUDI ARABIA** 11930. November 28, 2016. 1942-1947, BSKA, Riyadh, in Arabic.
Men annnouncers talks; Holy Qur?an recitation, presumably; The Qur?an chant.
Station with excellent signal and modulation, 55555.
UK** 9410. November 28, 2016. 2038-2045, BBC, Al Seela, in Arabic. A song; Man
and woman annnouncers talks, laughs; Other song. Very good signal and
modulation, 45544.
DXer: Jose Ronaldo Xavier (JRX).Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil (UTC-3).RX (s):
Sony ICF-SW100S.Antenna: Portable Telescopic.
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 04:44:20 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs November 29-30, 2016
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** ALBANIA. 7360, Nov 29 at 1847, JBA carrier. The PL-880 is still tuned to
7360 following last night`s abortive attempt to hear the People & Stories
special via Armenia, so what is this already, only a quarter-hour after local
mean noon? HFCC shows CRI French via Albania! at 18-20, 150 kW, 310 degrees
from C?rrik, i.e. aimed right on toward us beyond France. CRI does this without
even trying, while R. Tirana, Shijak, can no longer reach us while presumably
trying (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, Nov 29 at 1850, still not a trace of LRA36 here during
alleged ~18-21~ UT M-F broadcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EAST TURKISTAN [and non]. 7480, Nov 30 at 0151, humroar is mixing with a bit
of talk modulation adding up to S7, i.e. RFA Uighur via TAJIKISTAN this hour.
Likely ChiCom jamming rather than defective transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ERITREA. 7146.561-AM, Nov 29 at 1415, JBA carrier, no doubt VOBME-1 by long
path; remeasured at 1451, I get 7146.555. I believe my previous report of
7146.600 on Nov 25 was miscalculated, as all reports indicate this one varies
hardly at all. And today there is nothing from VOBME-2 near 7175, 7180, 7185,
or 7190 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH. 7215, Nov 29 at 1408, world news with American accent, VOA? No,
it`s KBS World Radio, of course, as per 1413 ID and on to next show. Fair
signal direct, 264 degrees for S Asia, so not exactly off the back for us, yet
incomparably better than the so-called North American service on 15575,
inaudible now during Korean hour, and no doubt also during the preceding
English hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. 17640, Nov 29 at 1849, still no signal from MWV English. 17640,
Nov 29 at 2034, no signal for the other English APR broadcast either.
9495, Nov 29 at 1902, very poor signal with praise(?) song, presumably MWV
Russian as scheduled, so active for this unlike preceding and following hours
on 17640 in English. JRX in Brasil logged this in Russian, Nov 27 at 1942-1955
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 6185-, Nov 29 at 1856, JBA carrier, slightly on low side, from Radio
Educaci?n, OSOB this close to noon at about 1180 miles (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15115-15120-15125, Nov 29 at 1855, DRM noise indicates Voice of
Nigeria is doing it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1530, Nov 30 at 0123 UT, Mexican music dominant, up to S9+30 by
0125 UT when a super-hype voice actor yells an ID but all I can copy clearly is
FM frequency ``100.3``. At 0130 UT, ``La estaci?n que marc? la diferencia [. .
.], Ke Buena``. By 0134 UT it`s off or outfaded, but 0149 UT seems the same is
back with music. By 0157 UT the only Spanish on 1530 is definitely from N/S,
i.e. KGBT in the RGV; see log of that under U S A. Surely the original 1530 is
5 kW KXTD Wagoner OK (Tulsa market), daytimer which has been caught before way
after sunset. NRC AM Log shows its FM as on 104.9, so what would be on 100.3 in
or near Tulsa? WTFDA Database shows:
KCXR 100.3 TAFT 4.0 125.0 35-48-42 95-34-11 QUE BUENA REGIONAL MEXICAN
But does not show it // to 1530 or any AM. Taft is just west of Muskogee,
further than Wagoner, and with 4 kW not really covering Tulsa. That`s why they
also have this 29-watter in the big city:
K285GW // KXTD-1530 104.9 TULSA 0.029 0.0 36-06-25 95-47-13 QUE BUENA
REGIONAL MEXICAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 6950, Nov 30 at 0155, no pirates, but a readable signal here,
which matches 1390 KCRC Enid, of which this is the fifth harmonic. It`s not
always readable, so what causes it to vary? Sometimes genuine pirates are on
6950 with no QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Nov 30 at 0057, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, Urubamba, until
autocutoff at 0105:35*, which is 33.5 seconds later than last check Nov 25
until 0105:01.5*, averaging 6.7 seconds later per, just right on the expected
slippage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ROMANIA. 5960 // weaker 7325, UT Wed Nov 30 at 0120, I`m monitoring RRI
English hour to North America for what it really contain. Now it`s economic
info about Romania, outro until 0124 as `Bizness Klub`, then `Cultural Events`.
0141 recheck, now reading reception reports, including from Japan, someone in
Mississippi who couldn`t get enough DRM signal, Kazakhstan, Russia, outro until
0146 as `DX Mailbag`, then `People & Places`. OK, what does the online schedule
say? A good match for the 0300 LT Nov 30 listings:
3:00 English 5
Newsreel : News bulletin + Commentaries/Reports
Contest/Promo/Report of the Day
Business Club
Cultural Event/Famous.From Romania
The Athlete of the Week
Truly Romanian
DX Mailbag
New Names on the Cover/People and Places
The same lineup is shown for two hours earlier, English 4 at 01:00 local = 2300
UT Tue, and for three hours later, English 6 at 6:00 local = 0400 UT Wed.
English 1, later the same UT day at 14:00 local = 1200 UT, has a different set
of programs. If I back up to ``yesterday`` = Tuesday, the same set shows for
English 1 at 14:00 local = 1200 UT, English 2 at 20:00 local = 1800 UT.
However, all the Monday broadcasts are shown as `Listeners Letterbox`, just to
confuse things. The DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS page is being updated, but we`re not
yet sure about what happen on Sat & Sun, as the RRI schedule page shows only 5
days at a time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOMALILAND. 7120.0, Nov 29 at 1457, JBA carrier from presumed R. Hargeisa,
long path. Nothing here earlier in this hour during its break, to resume at
1500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 7570, Nov 29 at 0725 via WRMI, Brother HyStairical yet
again playing back the bit about his plans to be on 100 SW frequencies and
attacking me for being an ``antagonist`` who just doesn`t get it. Au contraire,
he`s a deluded egomaniac, dangerous to anyone who believe him (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. 7445, Nov 29 at 1847, barely audible carrier, just after noon
here, no doubt BBCWS in English, 250 kW, 315 degrees from MADAGASCAR, i.e.
aimed at us beyond West Africa. This is BA compared to JBA on 7360 Albania,
i.e. stronger than that, but not sufficient for anything beyond the timesignal
which seems to finish 1 or 2 seconds late after 1900; due to satellite feed
routing? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1853 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday November 29 at 2130
on WRMI 15770, fair. NOT confirmed UT Wed Nov 30 at 0056 for the WBCQ
9330v-CUSB broadcast scheduled for 0030. (Nor any signal detectable during the
next sesquihour.) Meanwhile, 9265 WINB is S6. Next:
Wed 1415.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9330v-CUSB, UT Wed Nov 30 at 0201, no signal from WBCQ during
scheduled `Amateur Radio Roundtable`, the frequency still alleged for Nov 29 at
http://tmedlin.com/blog-3/
Nor on 5130v-AM. Neither frequency has been on/audible tonight during the past
sesquihour. He moved from 5 to 9 MHz for better summer propagation, but ought
to hurry up and move back to 5 for winter (tho even that signal here has been
very poor lately) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5850 // 7730, Tue Nov 29 at 0724, both these very good WRMIs are //
and again playing `World Music` instead of BS. Probably also repeated `Viva
Miami` mailbag at top of hour to a quarter after.
7730, UT Wed Nov 30 at 0057 check, more World Music on WRMI before switch at
0100 to Brother Scare.
11530, Nov 30 at 0059, WRMI ID in Spanish for 9955! at S5, YFR IS and F?mily
Radio remnant Spanish service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490.03-AM, WBCQ, Nov 30 at 0116, rock songs; 0126, Johnny Cash`s
Folsom Prison song, interval of swearing at a cop, YL song; 0130 ABC News
sounder and ``Deadfrog News Break``, faux nieux about ham radio correlating
with balding; 0132 song about pizza pie; plenty of F-bombs. `Deadfrog Radio` is
the weekly 01-02 Wed show produced by a guy allegedly really imprisoned. Could
easily pass for a pirate (of which there were none to be heard on the 6.9 MHz
band tonight). (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9275, Nov 29 at 1850 check, still no revival of DEJOM on WMLK. Nor at
2034, when it`s also too early for 9265 WINB to have come on (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17775, Nov 29 at 2036, KVOH is still on more than a sesquihour after
nominal 1900 sign-off, with praise music in Spanish splattering about 12 kHz
above and below, not quite reaching 17790 WRMIBS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5085, Nov 30 at 0153, WTWW-2 is blasting in at S9+55 with Xmas music,
0202 ID, and into QSO Live. It was not on earlier in the 01 UT hour (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1530, Nov 30 at 0157 UT, Spanish ad in d?lares, somewhat American
accent, loops N/S unlike the Ke Buena I was getting earlier, i.e. KXTD Tulsa.
Maybe that daytimer finally went off by now. This is certainly 50/10 kW KGBT in
Harlingen TX, a Univisi?n Am?rica affiliate, but no top-of-hour ID, right into
a song (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0444 UT November 30
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 167, Issue 32
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