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Today's Topics:
1. Additional A-17 changes of WCB Madagascar World Voice in
Spanish from March 26: (Ivo Observer)
2. Re: [dxld] Additional A-17 changes of WCB Madagascar World
Voice in Spanish from March 26: (Wolfgang Bueschel)
3. SWLDXBulgaria News March 23-24 (Ivo Observer)
4. Glenn Hauser logs March 23-24, 2017 (Glenn Hauser)
5. Re: [dxld] VaticVatican Radio?s English SW broadcast to Asia
come to an end (Wolfgang Bueschel)
6. JRX Logs: March 24, 2017. (Jota Xavier)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 09:50:21 +0000
From: Ivo Observer <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Additional A-17 changes of WCB Madagascar World Voice
in Spanish from March 26:
Message-ID:
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MADAGASCAR A-17 last minute changes of WCB Madagascar World Voice
from March
26:http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/03/a-17-last-minute-changes-of-wcb.html
--
73!
Ivo Ivanov
*QTH*: Sofia, Bulgaria
*Equipment*: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
*Web: *http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 16:35:36 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "DXLD" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Additional A-17 changes of WCB Madagascar
World Voice in Spanish from March 26:
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9820 kHz is requested by BBC Seela Oman relay
to Somalia / Africa target at same time.
Maybe is a keyboard glitch error,
meant rather 9720 kHz instead of 9820 kHz.
wb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Hauser [email protected] [dxld]" >
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: [dxld] Additional A-17 changes of WCB Madagascar World Voice in
Spanish from March 26:
> So CFRX 6070 is saved --- MWV will be on 6190 instead for both Spanish
> broadcasts 02-04 UT. Glenn
> --------------------------------------------
> On Fri, 3/24/17, Ivo Observer [email protected] [dxld] wrote:
>
> Subject: [dxld] Additional A-17 changes of WCB Madagascar World Voice in
> Spanish from March 26:
> Date: Friday, March 24, 2017, 9:50 AM
> MADAGASCAR A-17 last minute changes of WCB Madagascar World Voice from
> March 26:
> http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/03/a-17-last-minute-changes-of-wcb.html
>
> -- 73!Ivo Ivanov
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 15:39:38 +0000
From: Ivo Observer <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] SWLDXBulgaria News March 23-24
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AUSTRALIA Reception of Reach Beyond Australia on March 24:
1300-1400 on 9645 KNX 100 kW / 305 deg to SoAs English
1405-1435 on 11980 KNX 100 kW / 305 deg to SoAs English
A-17 new frequencies of Reach Beyond Australia from March
26http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/03/reception-of-reach-beyond-australia-on.html
GERMANY Reception of DWD Deutscher Wetterdienst March 23-24
2000-2014 on 6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German CUSB &
2014-2030 on 6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu, open carrier
1201-1219 on 6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German CUSB &
1219-1230 on 6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu, open carrier
Summer A-17 of DWD Deutscher Wetterdienst eff.from March 26
0600-0630 on 6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German CUSB
1200-1230 on 6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German CUSB
2000-2030 on 6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German
CUSBhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/03/reception-of-dwd-deutscher-wetterdienst.html
USA(non) Summer A17 changes of R.Farda, R.Free Afghanistan & R.Free
Asiahttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/03/summer-a17-changes-of-rfarda-rfree.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: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 17:13:21 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 23-24, 2017
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** ANGUILLA. 11775, March 23 at 2010 check, no signal from CB, as the saga of
this dysfunxional station continues.
6090, March 24 at 0105, on at S9+25 but dead air; at 0604 it`s off, but when
will it ever die for good? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL [and non]. 6180 & 11780, March 23 at 2314, RNA/RNB still off the air
for the fourth night; at 0105 March 24, a JBA carrier on 6180, no doubt CRI
English, southward from East Turkistan at 00-02, which is to continue in A-17;
while Brazil refuses to participate at all in HFCC, despite being the country
with the most private SW broadcasters still active, besides RNA/RNB (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11760, March 24 at 1327, RHC is totally out of whack with huge
crackling noise blob; can`t even discern any music or talk modulation. By 1340
recheck it`s back to normal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CZECHIA [non]. 9955, March 24 at 0053, R. Prague is already wrapping up
English, with music fill ``for our satellite listeners``, still refusing to
acknowledge that WRMI is providing them SW airtime! The full schedule extracted
from WRMI website now that DST shifts have occurred is:
1200 on 9955 6855 Mon-Sat
2330 on 5950 [daily?][also 6855?]
0030 on 9955 Tue-Sat
0230 on 6855 11580 [daily?]
Do not believe the far outdated info on R. Prague`s own website!
http://www.radio.cz/en/static/about-radio-prague/how-to-listen-to-radio-prague
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5040 // 11880, March 23 at 2315, RHC confirmed in English about the
Ecuadorian elexion. It`s always amusing when a dictatorship attempts to report
on a democratic process without any sign of embarrassment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 7254.93, March 24 at 0557, VON is on with soft music at S9+30, 0558
switch to the non-soft percussion interval signal, always a treat to hear
during this biminute before starting Hausa at 0600, now undermodulated (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. Channel A-48, March 24 at 1558 UT, a flash of NTSC video not
locking in, just as I hear a Vance jet fly overhead: airplane scatter
visiblizing KOCY-LP in OKC as still on the air. I often let the NTSC TV set run
on ch 48 in the mornings, even when there is no tropo enhancement like today.
[and non] Or channel 2 in case some sporadic E DX from Canada (if any), or
Latin America should appear; fat chance. This map may be helpful, but afraid it
is not up to date:
http://www.dxinfocentre.com/TV2.pdf
as all the Mexicans are certainly off. Plain dots denote NTSC=analog stations,
circled dots ATSC=DTV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, March 24 at 0055, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, until autocutoff
at 0103:24; that is 60.5 seconds later than last Chaski-check nine days ago,
March 15 until 0102:23.5*, so averaging 6.7 seconds later per, right on
``schedule``. A17 HFCC still shows no other users of 5980 around this time, but
no doubt spurious Cuban pulse jamming will be there occasionally (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA [non] 6080
** U A E. 7285.098, March 24 at 0314, way off-frequency JBA carrier. HFCC shows
it`s BBCWS in Arabic via DHA, 250 kW, 255 degrees to NE Africa at 03-04 only,
and gone in A-17. Why is it so difficult for some major SW sites to achieve
accuracy, when we with consumer SW receivers (R75 in this case) can easily
detect their offness? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 6080, March 24 at 0605, VOA going from news to `Daybreak
Africa`, fair over pulse-jamming. It`s typical Cuban style altho there is no
reason for it being here, other than annoying VOA listeners even in English.
Possibly: leapfrog mixing product of 5980 jammer over 6030 jammer another 50
kHz higher. B16 VOA schedule is 05-07 via SAO TOME at 20 degrees. In A17, VOA
6080 English to Africa usage will be: 03-04 at 350 degrees from Botswana; 04-07
at 138 degrees from SAO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1870 monitoring: confirmed Thursday March 23
at 2130 on WRMI 11580, very poor with local high noise level. Also confirmed
Thu Mar 23 at 2354, the 2330 on WBCQ 9329.94v-CUSB, S9+20. Next:
Fri 2230 WRMI 11580 to NE, 6855? to WNW, 5950 to S
Fri 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0730 HLR 6190-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1530 HLR 7265-CUSB to WSW
Sat 1930v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sat 2230 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0310v WA0RCR 1860-AM ND
Sun 1030 HLR 9485-CUSB to SW [ex- 1130 expected due to MESZ]
Sun 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0300v WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130 WRMI 15770 to NE, 6855 to WNW
Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 6855 to WNW
Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE, 6855 to WNW
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 7490.0, Thu March 23 at 2308, WBCQ with `Uncle Bill`s
Melting Pot` playing enjoyable Balkan, Zydeco music. Very close to on-frequency
at the moment, but there are traces of another station underneath slightly
offset from this. Would that be BBCWS? 7490 had been in use at 23-24 UT only
via THAILAND, which was closed at end of 2016. Many such frequencies were
replaced by other sites, as in
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2016/11/bbc.html
which despite being obviously updated post-Thailand, ``ex-NAK``, is still dated
November 20! But this one is not on it.
7490.00, March 24 at 0537, WBCQ is on-frequency but off-Scare; playing hymns
not // TOM on WRMI 7570 nor WWCR 5890; 0539 another gospel tune and it`s //
another WBCQ, 9330v-CUSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7780, March 23 at 2311, this transmitter with nothing but WRMIBS, is
missing, and still absent at further chex 0317, 0540 March 24. It`s #9 at 151
degrees, nominally 22-12 UT. (At 2311, the other 7s, 7730 and 7570 were
nominal.)
9395, March 23 at 2312, the 24/7 ``Oldies`` channel of WRMI is not really, for
now it`s Brother Scare, possibly substituting for 7780 which is off the air.
But we`ve heard him before for limited periods on 9395, a complete and accurate
program schedule for which is still not provided. Checking 6855 at same time,
very poor with music, maybe Oldies?
6855, UT Friday March 24 at 0052, Xmas music. I suspect `Xmas Radio` is running
7 days a week during this hour, as nothing fills magenta the rest of the week
on the WRMI grid beyond UT Monday |. Still only novelty/secular tunes heard
during my brief chex, nothing sacred (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 12002.5-USB, March 24 at 1325, two-way in Spanish (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 1713 UT March 24
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:20:49 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, "Yahoogroups"
<[email protected]>, "DXLD" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] VaticVatican Radio?s English SW broadcast
to Asia come to an end
Message-ID: <CB3A030603D340A3A6CFCD6864A1FCD1@HNPC2>
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requested still reservation towards CeAS, ME, NE and all Africa in A-17:
7360 0300 0330 47SE,48SW,52NE,53WSMG 250 151 0 216 CVA English
7360 2000 2030 46SE,47W SMG 250 180 0 156 CVA English
9660 0500 0530 52SE,53W,57N MDC 250 258 0 822 MDG English
9660 1730 1800 47SE,48SW,52NE,53WMDC 250 320 0 822 MDG English
9670 2000 2030 46 SMG 250 210 0 151 CVA English
9800 1530 1600 41,42S,43SW PHT 250 283 0 216 PHL English Sat
11625 0630 0700 46 SMG 250 210 0 151 CVA English
11700 1530 1600 41,42S,43SW PUG 250 280 0 146 PHL English Sat
13765 0630 0700 46E,47W SMG 250 184 0 616 CVA English
15570 1730 1800 52SE,53W,57N SMG 250 168 0 218 CVA English
15595 0630 0645 38E,39,40S SMG 250 107 0 216 CVA News_En
15595 1130 1200 38E,39,40W SMG 250 107 9 616 CVA Liturgy Fri
15595 1615 1630 38E,39,40S SMG 250 107 9 616 CVA News_Mi
17590 1130 1200 38E,39,40W SMG 250 112 14 616 CVA Liturgy Fri
17785 0700 1030 53W,57NE SMG 250 155 -15 218 CVA Special
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Terry [email protected] [dxld]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2017 7:10 PM
Subject: VaticVatican Radio?s English SW broadcast to Asia come to an end
Vatican Radio24 March 2017
Vatican Radio?s English shortwave broadcast for Asia has come to an
end, with its last transmission going out Friday evening, after nearly 60
years of service. However this does not mean it has disappeared altogether.
What ultimately closed on March 24 as Vatican Radio?s English Service for
Asia, is however very much alive online on Vatican Radio?s website. The
gradual phasing out of Vatican Radio?s shortwave frequencies is seen as part
of the reform of the Roman Curia or the central administration of the
Catholic Church here in the Vatican, called for by Pope Francis. The Pope
established the new dicastery or office of the Secretariat for
Communications on June 27, 2015, ?bringing 9 media bodies of the Vatican,
including Vatican Radio, under the Secretariat?s direction, with the purpose
of overhauling, streamlining and ultimately merging them as a cohesive unit.
What ended on March 24 as Vatican Radio?s English Service for Asia began way
back in 1958. The only ?English programme of Vatican Radio then, headed by
Jesuit Father Thomas O?Donnell, was repeated a number of times in different
directions, ?including towards Africa and South Asia. It was a weekly
10-minute news broadcast for India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. However, the
need for special programmes adapted to the ?distinctive cultural needs and
tastes of Africa and South Asia gave way to independent programmes for
?these two regions. ?In 1964 South Asia got a boost when Pope Paul VI
visited Bombay (today Mumbai), India for the 38th International Eucharistic
Congress from 2nd to 5th of December. Hence in May 1965, the Indian Section
officially came into being with a 10-minute broadcast twice a week each in
the evening in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam , while English went on air daily
Monday through Saturday. In 1982, all the four languages began
re-broadcasting their evening programmes the following morning. Three years
later ? on May 12, 1985, the Malayalam programme got extra airing time,
broadcasting for 15 minutes in the morning, whereas the rest continued
broadcasting for 10 minutes.
In 1986, Pope John Paul II visited India from January 31 to February 11.
Just prior to this visit, on January 7th that year, Hindi, Tamil and English
were given extra time, and so all the four languages began broadcasting
daily for 15 minutes each, in the morning, which was a feature programme.
The evening transmission consisted of 6 minutes of news only. By the end of
1986 the evening 6-minute news increased to 10 minutes and was repeated the
following morning.
On March 25, 1990, Hindi, Tamil Malayalam and English began broadcasting for
15 minutes each, repeating it the following morning. And from Sept. 23,
1993, the four languages were transmitting for nearly 20 minutes each,
repeating the evening programme twice the following morning.
It was on Oct 24, 1993 that the fifth language, Urdu, that is spoken mainly
in Pakistan but is also widely followed in India, especially in the north,
was added to the Indian Section. It began with a 7-minute Sunday programme,
as part of the Hindi programme. On March 30, 2003 Urdu became a stand-alone
programme, broadcasting for 15-minutes on Sundays and Wednesdays, and
repeated the following mornings. The Urdu programme however closed down in
September, 2013, after nearly 20 ?years of service. On May 16, 2015, Vatican
Radio marked the 50th anniversary of its Indian programmes with a ?Holy
?Mass and a reception.
Vatican Radio?s English SW broadcast to Asia come to an end
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 21:08:48 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jota Xavier <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] JRX Logs: March 24, 2017.
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
JRX Logs: March 24, 2017.
FRANCE.** 13740. Mar 24 at 1814, Radio France International, Issoudun-F, in
French. Man annnouncer talks News; 1820 Woman and man talks News; ID. Very good
transmission, 45544.** 15360. Mar 24 at 1906, Radio France International,
Issoudun-F, in Portuguese. Man annnouncer talks; 1907 A interview with Elma
Almeida, Cape Verdean singer; 1909 Variety news and external reporter
participations; ID & web; 1910 New A17 sked in portuguese; "Lusofonia": Invited
- returns with Elma Almeida and pieces of your songs; 1920 Man and woman talks
a News resume; 1923 Economy; 1930 ID and sign-off. RFI with very good signal
and modulation this afternoon, 55544.
INDIA.** 13695. Mar 24 at 1830, All India Radio, Bangalore-IND, in English. Man
annnouncer talks News; 1833 A song; Man talks. AIR with good signal and fair
modulation, 45433.
NIGERIA and non.** 7255. Mar 24 at 2010, Voice of Nigeria, Abuja, Lugbe-NIG, in
Hausa. Man annnouncer talks & talks in very fast hausa, and says Nigeria many
times. log until 2028. VON has a good signal, slight interfence by China Radio
International, Baoji-Xinjie, in Russian, this afternoon, 44433.
OMAN.** 15140. Mar 24 at 1842, Radio Sultanate of Oman, Thumrait-OMA, in
Arabic. Men annnouncers talks, in conversation and say Islam; 1844 Koranic
chant; 1848 Qur?an recitation; 1857 A song and a prayer, presumably; 1900 Man
and woman annnouncers talks News, I think. End log at 1905UTC. RSO has a rare
good to fair (usually poor) transmission, this afternoon, in my location, 45433
to 35433.
SPAIN.** 15390. Mar 24 at 1933, Radio Exterior de Espana, Noblejas-E, in
Spanish. World Cup 2018 Playoffs. Men annnouncers talks about the football game
Israel and Spain this night; Announcers very exciting with RNE-REE game
transmission; 1942 Israel National Anthem; 1944 Spain National Anthem; 1947
Game starts; 2000 Spain: 1st goal. RNE-REE has a very good signal and
modulation, 55544.
TURKEY.** 9625. Mar 24 at 2035, Voice of Turkey, Emirler-TUR, in French. Man
annnouncer talks News; Woman talks, ID in many languages; 2047 Turkish Press
today; 2053 Turkish songs. VOT with good signal and fair modulation, 45433.
DXer: Jose Ronaldo Xavier?Location: Cabedelo-PB, Brazil (UTC-3)RX (s): Tecsun
S-2000Antenna: Longwire
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