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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs December 9-10, 2016 (Glenn Hauser)
2. JRX Logs: December 10, 2016 (Jota Xavier)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 00:38:55 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 9-10, 2016
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** ARGENTINA. 15345.255v, Dec 9 at 1828, S3 signal, maybe trace of modulation
during alleged RAE ATTW English hour on a Friday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA. 2859.82, Dec 10 at 0128, no signal from presumed R. San Carlos
second harmonic like last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6000, Dec 9 at 0700, RHC in Spanish, probably just switched from
English and about to sign off, like all the other English frequencies already
have.
11760, Dec 10 at 2147, S9+20 open carrier, RHC warming up for *2200? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. 9540.158, Dec 9 at 1842, S6 signal JBM, what`s it?? Aoki shows R.
Cairo Italian hour, 250 kW, 315 degrees from Abis, and, o yes it`s recently
been reported (as ``9540``):
``9540, 30.10.16, 1810, R. Cairo, Italian: It's a shame: Only carrier no audio!
XXXXX (Roberto Pavanello, Italy, Nov DX Fanzine, Dec 1 via DXLD)``
``9540, 25.11.16, 1846-1853, R. Cairo, via Abis, Italian: ID, Program on Islam,
News + Arab song, 53443, heard for first time after years with a decent
modulation (Antonello Napolitano, Taranto, Italia, Nov DX Fanzine, Dec 1 via
DXLD)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MADAGASCAR. 17640, Dec 9 at 1805, MWV is on at S9+20 with song, English hour
a.k.a. African Pathways Radio, and short propaganda pieces for the severely
degraded attention spans of their target audience; also with a condescending
tone --- but wait, all evangelism is condescending by definition.
17640, Dec 10 at 1825, MWV is on again, for the fourth day in a row! Must be a
record. Also the repeat at 2006 but poor by now.
11610, Dec 10 at 2146, MWV NLS in stilted Chinese to Europe at S9+5 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 720, Dec 10 at 0157, ``Continuamos en El Fon?grafo 700-20 AM``
non-ID, overcoming WGN, another Chicagoan attenuated by auroral conditions.
When this happens I keep hoping to hear something deeper, such as R. Cat?lica
in Nicaragua; El Fon?grafo is only XEJCC Ciudad Ju?rez, Chihuahua, 25 kW
daytimer until 0200 per IRCA Mexican Log 2015; 1 kW per WRTH 2016, both as
``Extremo 720``. Let`s hope both catch up with current name in new editions out
shortly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 780, Dec 10 at 0134, Spanish station is over WBBM in auroral
conditions, plug for a torneo de pesca (fishing tournament), federal PSAs,
non-ID as ``La Poderosa, 103.7 FM, 780-AM``, into music. That all fits for
XESFT, San Fernando, Tamaulipas, 5/1 kW. Also mentioned Victoria, i.e. the
state capital, Ciudad Victoria; on the NRD-545 with fixed antenna; at 0156
recheck on the rotatable DX-398, separable from WBBM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6925.04-AM, Dec 10 at 2133, pirate already audible here,
music with heavy disco beat at S9+5, somewhat undermodulated, and carrier
wobbling. Still same at 2149 but a little stronger to S9+10. Several logs here,
all from further east, say it was Channel Z with an Xmas show, Blondie; none
with a precise frequency, just 6925:
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=31553.0
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 13550, Dec 9 at 1830, weak signal mixing two modulations, red flag
as a local overload/external mixing product between a strong SW signal from
elsewhere, and an Enid MW station: exactly: 13550 minus 1390 KCRC = 12160 WWCR
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAO TOME E PRINCIPE. 13860, Dec 9 at 1833, S5 signal with talk, in English?
HFCC shows VOA ``sna`` = Shona at 1800-1900 M-F. But Aoki confirms that the
final half hour M-F of the 1700-1900 UT Zimbabwe service is in fact English;
the rest of it a complex rotation of Shona, Ndebele and English in 20-minute
segments (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. 5980, Dec 10 at 2138, VP S8 signal with Turkish style song, so
presumed VOT as scheduled until 2200, 250 kW at 310 degrees USward. Fortunately
they`re off in time not to block Chaski (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTEING DIGEST)
** UGANDA [non]. 15240, Sat Dec 10 at 2010, VP signal in presumed Luganda, from
R. Munansi via WWRB; equivalent signal to 15825 WWCR, with no sporadic-E
enhancement today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1855 monitoring: UT Sat Dec 10 at 0041, JBA
carrier on 9330v, so presumably it`s on via WBCQ; 9265 WINB is marginally less
JBA. K index is 5, with G1 storms. Sat Dec 10 circa 1545 via UTwente SDR,
nothing audible on HLR 7265 but a weak non-WOR program, presumably CRI Hindi
and/or Azad Kashmir Radio, themselves attenuated by poor propagation. Not
confirmed Sat Dec 10 after 2330 on 9330, no signal at all from WBCQ altho 9265
WINB is fair. Next:
Sun 0410v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1130 HLR 9485-CUSB to SW [experimental]
Mon 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0400v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0430 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 1200 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE
Tue 2300 WRMI 9955 to SSE [NEW]
Wed 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 2200 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Thu 0030 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5850 // 7730, Friday Dec 9 at 0702, WRMI again playing the latest
`Viva Miami` episode, Jeff in the field interviewing someone about the wonders
of Everglades National Park. NOT `Media Network Plus` as now shown on the
schedule grid for this hour on 7730. Probably filling rest of hour with World
Music as before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15770, Sat Dec 10 at 2120, WRMI with `Dub Politico`, droning,
stumbling speaker with a political angle I have yet to figure out, since I
can`t stand to listen to him, 2129 an F-bomb (so that`s OK now on WRMI as well
as WBCQ?) as he closes with contact info e-mail implying his name is E J Oliva.
2130 no ID and right into `Made in Italy` which of course is not in English.
Skedgrid now shows `Dub Politico` at 2100-2115 and blank block at 2115-2130, so
now a half-hour show? The only other airing, UT Sat 0100 on 11580, allegedly
remains a quarter-hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490, UT Sat Dec 10 at 0126, JBA carrier during WBCQ `Allan Weiner
Worldwide`; 5130+ is S8 but VP vs noise. Talking about WHVW, but really too
poor to follow. Nothing on 3250v. K-index is 5, with G1 storms. It would be
helpful if regular listeners to AWWW who can hear it better would send us
detailed notes of new programming info he usually includes somewhere in the
show, as the best/only way to find out about it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9275, Dec 9 at 1805, no signal from WMLK, which had been on
yesterday; and it isn`t even Sabbathday yet (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 12160, Dec 9 at 1834 tuneby, Alex Jones, InfoWars on WWCR. Jones is
the most hateful talkshower, expounding lie after lie, ``fake news``, leading
stupid listeners to violence at worst, voting for buffoons at best.
WWCR shares the blame for propagating his vileness; fortunately AFAIK the only
SW station doing so, but how many others would welcome him on if approached?
Has WWCR no shame? This is only one of several Jones segments on WWCR, also on
6115, 5890, 4840, whose spans I am not about to publicize.
Strangely enough, his website does not provide an affiliate list but claims
``160 AM, FM and SW stations``. Tune-in.com has 104 entries, but many of them
are duplicates. I was expecting to see some major market talk stations on the
list, but most of them are minor; the least minor being KPNW Eugene OR, WCGO
Chicago and KMJ Fresno. Since the GCN is involved, no doubt he`s on a number of
pirate FMs which he had better not publicize (Glenn Hauser, ok, DX LISENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 9930, Sat Dec 10 at 1928 on BST-1 caradio, I hope to catch the tail
of `Theatre Organ of the Ozarx`, but instead WTWW-2 is DEAD AIR. This continues
to be the case past 1934 when the program normally ends, and further chex at
1947, 2005, 2119! Final check of the dead air at 2143 on the NRD-545 reads
S9+50 on 9930, accompanied by the usual spurs at plus/minus 12.9 and 25.8 kHz,
9917.1 at S9 with hum, 9904.2 S6 but a bigger hum; 9942.9 at S7; 9955.8
obscured by too much WRMI 9955.0 QRM with World Music; come on, Jeff! With some
luck, Organ show may appear around 0200 UT Sunday on 5085.
Looks like the whole WTWW 9930 transmission has been a total waste, as Ted was
paying more attention to 9475 with his hamshow; and 12105 OK in English at 1947
check. What a laughingstock he has made of WTWW, and the bosses back in
Laporte, Colorado don`t know or don`t care (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
This report despatched at 0039 UT December 11
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 00:37:27 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jota Xavier <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] JRX Logs: December 10, 2016
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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JRX Logs: December 10, 2016.
ALGERIA
** 7335. December 10, 2016. 2212-2220, Radio Algerienne, Issoudun, in French/
Arabic (not Arabic only). Woman annnouncer talks News; 2214 Man annnouncer
talks in Arabic and following, Qur?an chant. Station with fair signal and
modulation, 35433.
CLANDESTINE
** 9400. December 10, 2016. 2056-2105, Denge Kurdistan, Kishinev, in Kurdish.
Kurdish songs; 2100UT: Man annnouncer talks news, presumably. Station with fair
signal and poor modulation, 35432.?
CUBA
** 15370. December 10, 2016. 2015-2030, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta, in
Portuguese. Man annnouncer talks; A song; RHC announcement: Pocket Calendar
2017. ID. The world of sports : News. RHC Contest: 55th Anniversary.
Transmission with good signal and fair modulation, 45533 (rare, 45544).
ECUADOR
** 9530. December 10, 2016. 2147-2202, HCJB Radio Akhbar Mufriha, Ascension, in
Hassinya-Pulaar. A song; Man annnouncer talks, makes a preaching, presumably.
Tribal song; IS, ID, e-mail. Station with good signal and modulation, 45444.
FRANCE
** 7205. December 10, 2016. 2035-2043, Radio France International, Issoudun, in
French. Man and woman annnouncers talks; A song, conversation.Fair
transmission, 35433. Parallel log on 9790kHz, Issoudun, 45544.
INDIA
** 9445. December 10, 2016. 2122-2130, All India Radio, Bangalore, in English.
Indian song; Man annnouncer talks. Poor transmission, 35332.
SAUDI ARABIA
** 11930. December 10, 2016. 1843-2000, BSKSA, Riyadh, in Arabic. The Holy
Qur?an: chants and recitations. Excellent signal, very very slight
interference?by Radio Marti and very good modulation, 55544 (rare, 54544)..
** 11930. December 10, 2016. 2000-2015, BSKSA, Riyadh, in Arabic. The Holy
Qur?an chant. Excellent signal, slight interference (sometimes, moderate) by
Radio Marti, after 2000UT, 54544/ 53543.
TURKEY
** 9625. December 10, 2016. 2107-2115, Voice of Turkey, Emirler, in French.
Turkish songs; Man and woman talks; ID in many langguages; A song. Broadcasting
with fair signal and modulation, 35433. Parallel log on 5970kHz, 25332.
UK
** 9410. December 10, 2016. 2044-2054, BBC, Al Seela, in Arabic. Man and woman
annnouncers talks. Transmission with very good signal and fair modulation,
45533.
USA
** 9265. December 10, 2016. 2115-2120, WINB, Red Lion, in English. Woman
annnouncer preaching, presumably. Very poor to barely audible transmission,
25332/ 35331.
** 12105. December 10, 2016. 2137-2142, WTWW, Lebanon, in Portuguese. Man
annnouncer (Pastor) makes a biblic preaching. Very poor transmission, 35432.
VATICAN
** 11900. December 10, 2016. 2203-2210, Radio Vaticana, Tinian, in Mandarin.
Man annnouncer talks; Woman talks. Broadcasting with fair signal and very poor
modulation, 35332.
DXer: Jose Ronaldo Xavier (JRX).
Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil (UTC-3).
RX (s): Tecsun S-2000.
Antenna: Portable Telescopic.
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 168, Issue 12
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