25-26 November 2016: Don Moore and his parents were kind enough to host
another DX session at his parents home in Zion, PA. Brett Saylor and I
joined Don for the night of DX and were not disappointed. Although Don
had a number of TAs earlier in the week, almost nothing was showing up
the night that we convened for the official session. Instead, LAs were
improved. Due to space limitations and to eliminate redundancy, I
edited out my MW loggings here. However, you can view our loggings,
info, pictures, and also listen to some of our recordings on Brett's
Zion DX session website at
http://www.radiodxing.com/zion2016/zion2016.html I want to point out
that loggings continue to be added as the SDR recordings are being
reviewed. Besides Bretts webpage, you can also watch a short video made
during the DX session posted on Youtube at https://youtu.be/wGeU46dOJdc
Please have a look.
9525.89 INDONESIA V.O. Indonesia 2000 instru. mx w/W voice-over
EG ID anmnt, then canned anmnt by M. (Valko 25 Nov.)
15475.97 ANTARCTICA LRA36 (tent.) Certainly sounded like mx at
2052. Positively had mx on very short peaks at 2053:25, 2101:15,
2102:05. M anncr at 2104:55?? Went off at 2109:05. Tuned in USB.
(Valko 25 Nov.)
5914.99 ZAMBIA ZNBC/Radio One 2135 M host in vern. taking phone
callers. Ment of Zambia. Brief Afro Pops between callers at 2144.
Getting some co-channel QRM at this time. Suddenly went off at 2145:30.
(Valko 25 Nov.)
9345 ARMENIA TWR India (via Yerevan) Signal on at 1243, IS
at 1244, then M w/opening ID anmnt including freqs, then brief rel.
choral song w/many hallelujahs, and studio W anncr host. (Valko 26
Nov.)
17845 UAE R. Ergo (relay) 1248 tlk by W in apparent Somali,
HoA mx. W returned at 1258, then choral singing. And off at 1259:28.
Really fady signal. Have never had any luck hearing this. Used the 820
foot 60° BOG. (Valko 26 Nov.)
5990 CHINA Qinghai PBS Notice a carrier w/1 khz test tone
at 2229 and started recording. Tone off at 2241 and lively dramatic
instru. started 27 sec. later. 2250 usual s/on routine of instru.
anthem song, instru. mx and opening CH anmnt by M, and a slew of canned
anmnts to the ToH. Usual soft signature melody, 2+1 higher pitched time
ticks at 2300, and W w/ID. Best ever hrd but still slop QRM from 5985
WRMI. A video of the reception can be found at
https://youtu.be/eg_ipa-X6Ek (Valko 26 Nov.)
7520 INDIA AIR Delhi Could hear subcont. mx plainly under
National Unity R. OC at 1159. Audible mixing w/NUR when they were
tlking. (Valko 3 Dec.)
11895.09 BRAZIL Super R. Boa Vontade Surprised to find this coming
and audible after 1010 w/PT rel. tlk by alternating M and W pgm hosts
over instru. mx, same with a very strong signal received on a kiwi
SDR.hu web rx from Pardinha S.P. Brazil. 1014 web site by W anncr.
1015:55 W mentioned Boa Vontade, and “Cristo” at 1016:50, and amor and
palabra. ID anmnt by M at 1020:45. Most readable audio yet but very
fady. Peaking 1015-1020. Nearly as good as Brasil Central. Porto
Alegre was already 2 hours into daylight at this time but still 2 hours
before sunrise here. Nothing on 9550 here but huge signal in S.P. All
other 25mb ZYs (11735, 11765, 11780, 11815, 11855, 11925, 11935) there
at this time. (Valko 4 Dec.)
4 December 2016 Micro-DXpedition:
RX: Perseus SDR
ANT: 313' Beverage (BOG) aimed at 60°.
Duration: 1415-2100 UTC.
4920 USA UNID. Getting a spur or something here at 1419. I
thought it was 5015 WRMI at this time but it wasn’t // later. Could be
a harmonic of my lcl stn WCRO on 1230. Didn’t think to check. (Valko
4 Dec.)
4835 AUSTRALIA ABC Local R., Alice Spring Could still just
barely hear the M anncr host through the CODAR at 1426. Caught it again
later on the long path peaking around 2040. (Valko 4 Dec.)
7590 CLANDESTINE North Korea Reform R. (via Uzbekistan)
1434 tlk feature by M. Lang. didn’t sound like KR until 1440. W anncr
briefly at 1442, then back to M w/interview of another M. W again at
1445:50 plainly audible. Another peak at 1448:00. Still tlking when I
returned at 1455. Still there at 1517 check w/tlk but very weak. Due
to the late time, figured this time of the year would be the only chance
of hearing this freq, and I was right. A video of the reception can be
found at https://youtu.be/pPwPgOppcrE (Valko 4 Dec.)
15140 OMAN R. Sultanate of Oman 1449 Pop/Dance mx, 1451 M in
EG w/song anmnt then tlk about European Soccer sounding almost like a NA
Pirate. Strong but low modulation. (Valko 4 Dec.)
15190 BULGARIA IRRS, (relay) Big OC at 1459, 1500 start w/EG
interview in progress w/pgm "Counterspin". IRRS addr by M at 1504,
Asian Rock mx, Addr at 1529, start of the next segment and signal gone
at 1530:45. Good. A video of the reception can be found at
https://youtu.be/SuiqGrw1RQA (Valko 4 Dec.)
6165 INDIA AIR Bengaluru, Nice signal w/subcont. at 1427,
ID by M w/freq in apparent Sindhi at 1430. Later, subcont. vcl mx from
1522. M anncr at 1526. Much weaker than earlier, but audiable. Still
getting mx at 1540. Better at 1555 w/more mx. A video of the reception
can be found at https://youtu.be/NEmqv9KYhRY (Valko 4 Dec.)
17850 CLANDESTINE V.O. Independent Oromo (via Issoudun) OC
at 1558, 1600 pgm start w/HoA choral music and M w/clear voice-over ID
opening anmnt. 1601 anmnt by M w/instru. mx, then feature by W w/ment
of democracy, Somalia. M came in, then the severe jamming started at
1604. Fairly good until then. A video of the reception can be found at
https://youtu.be/jUb0jqW7oUM (Valko 4 Dec.)
15124 MALI CRI (relay) 1608 found 1 khz off-freq w/tlk by M
in AR, then Pop-like orchestral vcl mx. M returned 1611. Poor to fair
and fady. A video of the reception can be found at
https://youtu.be/Y4TxNYrP2Cg (Valko 4 Dec.)
6150 PIRATE (NA) R. Iluminati While watching the band in the
display, saw this come on w/OC at 1630:40, then nice ID/IS routine of
IDs over beginning of “Bitter Fingers” by Elton John played over and
over. 1634-1637 “Soul and Inspiration” by The Righteous Brothers.
1637-1639 started “Bend Me, Shape Me” but was having trouble with the
signal going off. 1639 “Love Is All Around” by The Troggs. Second only
to 6070 CFRX in strength. Good strength and nice audio. S9+10 at 1641.
A pleasant coincidence I was tuned to the band when this came on. A
video of the reception can be found at https://youtu.be/ZpW9_gVfBFk
(Valko 4 Dec.)
15240 USA WWRB, 1658 M tlk in EG abt their Rhombic ant., freq
as "15 point 2-4-0 megacycles shortwave", Ugand service, listeners
abroad, rpt request, website, etc., and ended asking listeners to stay
tuned for their Uganda pgm. Deadair for a min. or so, then R. Munansi
on in mid-speech by M. 1704 signal suddenly jumped up in strength.
(Valko 4 Dec.)
15170 CLANDESTINE V.O. the Oromo Liberation (pres.) Found a
white noise jammer on 15165 at 1658 t/in, but there was nothing else on
the freq. Carrier came on 15170 at 1659, then HoA flute mx at 1700
followed by poss. M anncr, but the signal was too weak and the jammer
was splashing up on the freq. At 1702, the jammer suddenly jumped up on
15170 making it completely useless. (Valko 4 Dec.)
6190 OMAN BBC (relay) 1724 w/M play by play of Soccer game,
//17780. One of the signals on 49m seen right through the mid-day.
(Valko 4 Dec.)
17765 CLANDESTINE V.O. the Front for Independent Oromo (via
Issoudun) Signal on at 1729:45, then 1730 bdcst start w/M giving
opening ID anmnt over HoA flute mx. 1731 W anncr, then white noise
jammer started but not 100% effective. 1732 HoA instru. mx and W cont.
w/ment of radio, Oromo, etc. Not very strong and fady. A video of the
reception can be found at https://youtu.be/Aoi0Wxv0iBg (Valko 4 Dec.)
11735 ZANZIBAR ZBC 1757 countdown pgm w/M host ending
w/”number moya”, then W anncr w/sev. IDs, drum IS, slow time ticks, then
M w/EG TC, ID, and nx. Had story on PA tax code. Have to tune in
Zanzibar to get our own lcl nx!! Found at 1916 w/just OC, no audio. A
video of the reception can be found at
https://youtu.be/68dlPQAB-fo (Valko 4 Dec.)
7146.55 ERITREA V.O, Broad Masses of Eritrea Finally in the
clear of Ham QRM w/M anncr interviewing M remotely. 1812 into nice HoA
mx w/vcl by child. M anncr host returned and then went into “In the
Summertime” by Mungo Jerry of all things!!! A video of this can be
found at https://youtu.be/mNoMQrsXieg More HoA mx, then final nxcast
1827-1831, choral patriotic song to 1833, This was only a weak
visible-only signal in the display a half hour earlier. Comes up really
quickly around 1800. Amazing that this was totally clear the entire
time from 1810 to s/off. (Valko 4 Dec.)
7175 ERITREA V.O. Broad Masses of Eritrea Couldn’t find
this earlier probably because of all the Ham xmsns, but noted at 1824
after changing laptop batteries. Nice signal. Interesting that the
plug was pulled on this and 7146.55 at the same time at 1835:32. (Valko
4 Dec.)
6030 GERMANY Bible Voice Bdcsting 1836 M anncr preaching in
EG. No sign of R. Oromiya. Weak but readable. Better at 1918 but QRM
from Oromiya as it had come on. BVB ID at 1929, and continuing. (Valko
4 Dec.)
7120 SOMALIA R. Hargeisa 1845 M pgm host w/what sounded
like nx pgm w/many remote rpts.. Ments of Somalia and Somaliland. Was
lucky to catch an ID at 1900:05, and again at 1901:10 seconds before
going into their closing song, and off at 1901:55. Most audio hrd from
them in quite a while. Would’ve been really nice if the audio would’ve
been up to 100%. (Valko 4 Dec.)
6145 ARMENIA R. Menschen & Geschichten End of Pop song at
1907 and M anncr in GM w/ID, then took phone caller. Good signal. A
video of the reception can be found at https://youtu.be/pNpR1zEDEao
(Valko 4 Dec.)
6040 IRAN V.O. the Islamic Rep. of Iran Signal came on
around 1922, then deadair until mx started at 1928 for abut 30 seconds
before going off. Audio finally came on at 1958 w/mailbag pgm. Very
strong. (Valko 4 Dec.)
6205.08 Presumed Coast FM at 1942. Way too weak to get any
audio yet. Finally getting some mx at 2010. Slightly better by 2025.
Looked gone by 2042. (Valko 4 Dec.)
5950 ETHIOPIA V.O. the Tigray Revolution 1952 M DJ trying
to take a phone call w/many “hello”s before finally getting the caller
on. Into HoA mx. (Valko 4 Dec.)
6925 PIRATE (NA) R. Free Whatever 2013 big signal old time
oldie “Look At Him Now”. 2020 “Radio Free Whatever Time Wrap”. Strong.
A video of the reception can be found at https://youtu.be/0V0RJhCnq3A
(Valko 4 Dec.)
4996 RUSSIA RWM 2039 CW IDs, then time ticks on the
subsequent minutes. Quite strong and surprised to find it here. A
video of the reception can be found at https://youtu.be/QJPDHXO33mg
(Valko 4 Dec.)
7265 PAKISTAN Azad Kashmir R. 1209 simple M vcl subcont.
singing to 1218. Found // that hrd on Aussie web rxs. Into a song at
1218 w/wailing vcl. Faded just enough after 1220 to make it really
difficult. Of course China came on at 1230. (Valko 5 Dec.)
3375.07 BRAZIL R. Municipal 1006 ZY Pop song, 1008 lively canned
anmnts by M w/ment of Brasil, then same M DJ over mx at 1009-1013. Was
able to catch 1 mention of Municipal and Brasil and ID at 1012:15.
Back to mx at 1013. Very difficult due to faulty 60 hz buzzing xmtr.
(Valko 6 Dec.)
5010 UNID. Strong OC noted here as early as 1025. Thought
it might be Taiwan or China returning, but no audio noted past 1200.
Also found on KiwiSDR web rx in Montana and Australia. Also found later
in the day at 2145+. Jim Young also had it out west. (Valko 6 Dec.)
6035 CHINA Yunnan PBS Surprised to find this on at 1212
w/Classical mx, long periods of silence between songs. Still going at
1245. No too bad when it was peaking around 1225-1230. Ron Howard said
he had it to 1346. (Valko 6 Dec.)
9545 CHINA CNR1 Found here at 1247 w/M and W hosting pgm in
CH, //9500. Went off near the end of the ToH time ticks. I don’t
recall ever hearing this freq before. Is this new?? (Valko 6 Dec.)
9500 IRAN V.O. the Islamic Rep. of Iran Usual soft piano
signature song at 1250 mixing abt equally w/CNR1. Choral anthem-like
song at 1253, then into the Koran at 1254. (Valko 6 Dec.)
7175 ERITREA V.O. the Broad Masses of Eritrea 1333-1349 tlk
by M in lang. and mx bridge at 1336, and M continuing w/occas. remote
reporter to 1352, then HoA mx for abt 45 seconds (the beat was
prominent), and M continued. Found parallel to that hrd on the SV3EXP
KiwiSDR web rx in Greece. Nothing noted here on 7146.55 and no audio
detected here on 7120 or on the web rx in Greece. (Valko 6 Dec.)
4949.73 ANGOLA R. Nacional Angola 2354 soft PT Pop song, 2357 M
DJ in PT, 4 time ticks, TC, then nx pgm segment by M w/siren SFX. (A
crime report??) 0002:20 nice ID by M followed by the siren SFX again,
then live M anncr tlk w/ment of Angola. M DJ was having trouble taking
phone call on the air at 0125. Usual ToH routine at 0200. Nice signal.
A video of the reception can be found at https://youtu.be/3Ki0eVC2JzA
(Valko 6-7 Dec.)
73
Dave Valko
Dunlo, PA USA
Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop and 153 foot Delta Loop
_
Hard-Core-DX mailing list
[email protected]
http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/
_______________________________________________
THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed
and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License
published by Michael Stutz at
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
