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Today's Topics:
1. 15515 kHz Arabic in am mode from Kuwait (Wolfgang Bueschel)
2. SWLDXBulgaria News, July 24 (Ivo Observer)
3. Glenn Hauser logs July 23-24, 2017 (Glenn Hauser)
4. NEW ONE!! (Paul B. Walker, Jr.)
5. Re: NEW ONE!! (Paul B. Walker, Jr.)
6. The "Volleyball Net" Loop Antenna (Paul B. Walker, Jr.)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 07:48:35 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "DXLD" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] 15515 kHz Arabic in am mode from Kuwait
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15515kHz 0500-0900 UT towards Ce/EaAS, IRN, KAZ, TJK, weCHN, TWN, KOR/KRE,
JPN, at ITU zones 43,45 KBD 250kW 59degr 0 216 Ara KWT RKW MOI
KUWAIT 15515 Radio Kuwait in Arabic towards Ce and East Asia,
noted July 24 at 0515 UT, Arabic nx read by male presenter,
Radio Kuwait ID "Ida'at Kuwait" in Arabic at 0517 UT.
S=8-9 signal in ME skip zone of Doha Qatar, and \\
local mediumwave 540 kHz S=9+15dB, 1134 kHz S=9 strength too.
S=9+10dB signal strength in Delhi India at 0517 UT.
S=4-5 poor in Brisbane Queensland Australia at 0519 UT.
S=1-2 tiny on threshold in Hiroshima and Tokyo Japan.
S=9+15dB in Moscow Russia remote unit at 0521 UT.
S=9+15dB in central Italy Rimini, Bologna.
S=7-8 backlobe signal into Hungary Europe.
S=7-8 strength also here in southern Germany.
S=6-7 in central Belgium.
S=3 poor and tiny propagation into Liverpool western England.
S=5 in central Sweden.
73 wb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 8:07 PM
Subject: 13650 drm aus Kuwait
KUWAIT Jetzt S=9 Signal im DRM mode, geh?rt in Qatar und ganz West Europa.
> 1700-2000 13650 KBD 250 kW 350 deg to EUR/NoAM Arabic GSce DRM, ex AM.
73 wb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ivo Observer [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2017 10:20 PM
Subject: [dxld] SWLDXBulgaria News, July 20
> KUWAIT Summer A-17 temporarily schedule of Radio Kuwait on July 20:
> 0500-0900 on 15515 KBD 250 kW / 059 deg to EaAs Arabic General Service
> 0800-1000 on 7250 KBD 250 kW / non-dir to WeAs Persian
> 1600-1800 on 15540 KBD 250 kW / 100 deg to SoAs Urdu
> 1700-2000 on 13650 KBD 250 kW / 350 deg to ENAm Arabic GSce DRM, ex AM
> 1800-2100 on 15540 KBD 250 kW / 310 deg to WeEu English DRM mode,ex AM
> (Ivo Ivanov-BUL, hcdx via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 20)
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 18:14:33 +0000
From: Ivo Observer <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] SWLDXBulgaria News, July 24
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SWAZILAND Reception of Trans World Radio Africa via Manzini, July 24
1557-1627 on 15105 MAN 100 kW / 013 deg to SoAf Kirundi Mon-Fri,
weak:http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/reception-of-trans-world-radio-africa.html
U.K.(non) Reception of FEBA Radio via BaBcoCk Al-Dhabayya on July 24
1200-1230 on 15215.1 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to CeAs Tibetan, weak
signalhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/reception-of-feba-radio-via-babcock-al_24.html
U.K.(non) Radio Japan NHK World via BaBcoCk BBC Kranji on July 24
1300-1345 on 11685 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to SoAs Bengali,
weak/fairhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/radio-japan-nhk-world-via-babcock-bbc_24.html
U.K.(non) Reception of FEBA Radio via BaBcoCk Trincomalee on July 24
1415-1428 on 9775*TRM 125 kW / 345 deg to SoAs English Mon, fair/good
*CNR2 on same 9775 BEI 150 kW / 270 deg to EaAs Chinese, weak
signalhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/reception-of-feba-radio-via-babcock_24.html
U.K.(non) Reception of FEBA Radio via BaBcoCk Tashkent on July 24
1500-1530 on 9390 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Bengali,
fair/good:http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/reception-of-feba-radio-via-babcock_14.html
U.K.(non) Radio Japan NHK World via BaBcoCk Tashkent on July 24
1530-1600 on 9600 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to SoAs Hindi, fair
sinalhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/radio-japan-nhk-world-via-babcock_24.html
U.K.(non) FEBA Radio, Radio Sama via BaBcoCk Woofferton, July 24
1700-1830 on 15260 WOF 250 kW / 105 deg to N/ME Arabic, very
good:http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/feba-radio-radio-sama-via-babcock_24.html
USA New program via WRMI Okeechobee tx#1 & tx#6 from July 24 - The Power Hour:
2200-1200 on 7780 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English tx#01 BSTOM as scheduled
1200-1500 on 7780 YFR 100 kW / 044 deg to WeEu English tx#01, 3 hours extension
1200-1500 on 9395 YFR 100 kW / 355 deg to ENAm English tx#06, instead of Oldies
Each hour started with 5 minutes VOA News in English, confirmed via
SDR's in
USAhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/new-program-power-hour-via-wrmi.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: 3
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 17:50:20 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 23-24, 2017
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** COLOMBIA. 6010.103 varying slightly, July 24 at 0419, weak talk S9 but vs OK
storm noise, and music splash from 6000 RHC, M&W alternating. Listening
closely, I realize that the W is in English and the M in Spanish, so one is
translating the other, presumably a sermon. Guess which is the originator? From
La Voz de tu Conciencia. Meanwhile there is nothing circa 5910+ from the other
HJDH, Alcarav?n Radio, which I have not heard for some time beyond a sometimes
JBA carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 11670 // more distorted over-modulated 11760, UT Monday July 24 at
0135, RHC opening `En Contacto` DX program. I`m catching its last airing this
week, since the weekly automatic promos for it on the noticiasdx yg keep
alleging that Manolo de la Rosa is hosting it, but I thought he had retired(?).
YL opens it without identifying herself, nor the `Profesor` who soon comes on
from his home studio, but obviously Coro. He admits that his topic is based on
something he already covered in English on DXers Unlimited. He calls her Marta,
so indirectly we know them both. Ho hum, first topic of conversation back and
forth is the 56th [? Or 58?] anniversary of RHC`s first major transmitter, from
Switzerland, which went on air in late 1959 on 11760, a frequency which they
have retained ever since. [No, I think that didn`t happen until 1961g, which
would make 56 correct!]
Then she mentions a graphic about solar flux which Claudio G?laz forwarded from
the GRA group. Claudio, who writes in very correct Spanish, never puts an
accent on his first A, so I always pronounce him gah-LAHSS --- which is
correct? Anyhow, it`s clear that Arnie, who thinks it`s fine that other DX
programs should be jammed, is now the main voice of the Spanish as well as
English RHC DX programs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5965, July 24 at *1300, very poor signal starts with YL
talking and Shiokaze music from JSR JAPAN. Ron Howard says it moved back here
from 7215 on July 21, and North Korean jamming started the next day. Presumably
English still on Thursdays only, but far too long after sunrise here a
sesquihour earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PRIDNESTROVYE. 9900, July 24 at 0113 algo very poor talk. EiBi shows it must
be TWR via ``Moldova``, 0045-0115 M-F in Hindi, to be followed by another 15
minutes in different languages, ``NE`` on Mondays, which probably means Nepali
(other weekdays: Dzongka, Hindi, or Tibetan) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 11905, July 24 at 0113:30, JBA carrier is already on from SLBC. I
frequently check for this when around a radio at the right time, but it never
gets any better than this. I strain to detect a mis-timesignal from 11 to 19
seconds past 0115 as used to be possible, but no luck yet, just too weak (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1887 monitoring: GERMANY Reception of HLR
relays on 9485-CUSB, July 23: Hamburger Lokalradio
World of Radio#1886 [sic], 1030-1100 on 9485 GOH 001 kW / 230 deg to CeEu
English Sun
http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2017/07/reception-of-hlr-relays-on-9485cusb_23.html
-- 73! (Ivo Ivanov, Sofia, Bulgaria, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Well I hope it was really latest 1887 (gh)
WOR 1887 also confirmed by gh, Sunday July 23 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.3v-CUSB,
good! Also confirmed UT Monday July 24 at 0310 on Area 51 webcast about Ian
McFarland, which is up to 7 minutes in, so started about 0303; also via WBCQ
5129.83v-AM still going at 0329 about Somalia, very poor in noise level. Also
confirmed UT Monday July 24 from 0330 on WRMI 9955, fair. Next:
Mon 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 0030 WRMI 7730 to WNW
Tue 2130 WRMI 9455 to WNW, 15770 to NE
Tue 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1030 WRMI 5850 to NW, 9455 to WNW
Wed 1315 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100 WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330 WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490, Monday July 24 at 1306, checking for `The Power Hour` on WWCR
--- it`s gone! Replaced by some gospel huxter. This was and is a huge signal
here, so TPH now must be sought on inferiors.
9395 // 9495, July 24 from 1305 adstring, via WRMIs and at 1308 TPH resumes
with guest on the line, guess who, Jeff White! Apparently had been on the
previous hour too. Now talking about a $3 SW radio in Nigeria for which he paid
$10, not negotiating, but cheap! Host is named Daniel (what?). Taking lots of
calls for this SW expert.
First one says he remembers Jeff White ``from the Glenn Hauser days``!
Complains that 7780 and 9395 are not well received in Arizona, wants better
frequency for there, and possibly nighttime repeat. Jeff says 7730 is beamed
that way [285 degrees] but does not commit to it. Dan says they are looking
into getting a repeat on WRMI. Caller says can listen to TPH via phone on
605-522-4092. At 1325 Dan says ``WWCR pulled the rug out from us``, meaning the
cancellation of 7490.
WWCR pdf program schedule still dated July 1 and still shows TPH with Joyce
Riley (! Will she continue to broadcast from the grave?) on both WWCR-2 7490
and WWCR-3 13845, M-F at 7-10 am Central and still misconverted to 13-16 UT.
So are they still on 13845? Can`t tell, not propagating yet, but indeed on new
// 7780 from WRMI, but very poor. 9455, which often gets overlooked, and is
still not shown with TPH on the WRMI grid, averages slightly better than 9395,
but both are fading down in sunshine. 9455 interrupted at 1330 for canned WRMI
ID, and adstring. At 1333, 13845 WWCR has temporarily faded in at S9+10,
probably tnx sporadic E. Paranoid caller asks about feds having a black box at
SW stations to take over their programming. Jeff says no, SW stations are
exempt from EAS. At 1337, 13845 has faded down again. At 1339, Bob Biermann
calls in from his north-Georgia pulpit, goes on for some time. At 1345 all
frequencies are poor here, and I listen to KOSU/NPR rest of the hour.
At 1400, 9395 and best 9455 are cribbing VOA News. I should think TPH types
would be horrified by government news; will it last? 7780 is a JBA carrier,
13845 inaudible; and 7490 is calling for hymn #824 to be sung. Always a
3-minute adstring at 5 past the hour, 1405-1408 until TPH resumes, Jeff still
guest. At 1409 YL gives sked as 7-10 am [CDT] on 7780, 9395; 7-8 am on
another(?), 7-10 am on 13845. I`m about to give up at 1411 when all are weak,
but at 1412 find 7780 is suddenly in at good level. Did WRMI switch from a NE
to NW antenna? Now shows on grid as TPH, 1200-1500*, still #1 at 44 degrees
toward Europe. 6m Es map shows I am likely getting more temporary sporadic-E
enhancement from FL. Next a caller with bad echo --- turn your radio down! He
is not instructed. He recommends pre-selectors and DSP to improve reception. At
1420.5 another 4-minute ad break introduced. 1430.0 again interrupted for WRMI
ID and ads. And so it goes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9475 & 5830, July 24 at 0121, WTWW-1 is absent from both possible
frequencies. All other QRGs empty too: 5085, 9930, 12105.
5830 July 24 at 0416 check, now WTWW-1 is on here, as usual suptorted but S9+30
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3185, July 24 at 0121, WWRB is dead air instead of Brother Stair ---
quite an improvement. Means day frequency 9370 is already off. But WWRB`s only
other frequency, 5050 is also off, if it had been on before 0100 this UT
Monday? It`s other gospel huxters, UT Sun-Mon-Tue only starting circa 0000
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1460, July 24 at 0132 UT, YL speaking calmly in Asian language really
stands out --- not Mandarin, but seems tonal, maybe Cantonese, Vietnamese,
Cambodian or even Myanmarianese? At the moment atop some CCI in Spanish, maybe
still KZUE in OK. Loops about 170/350 degrees on the DX-398, so I bet it is
something from the multi-ethnic Houston market. Also makes fast SAH circa 10 Hz
with algo. At 0140 UT, language disappears, replaced by Home Depot, Lowe`s ads
in English, then ``Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN-Radio at Wrigley Field``
(likely KXPN Kearney NE, 5000/56 watts U1).
Later checking NRC AM Log, the obvious answer: KBRZ, Missouri City TX, 5000/125
U1, but applied for 10000/125 U5. FCC AM Query now does not show any such app.
However, KBRZ FCC sunset in July is 0130 UT, so they were a bit late dropping
power; August: 0100* UT.
Physical address in Houston, ETHnic format, ``International Language Radio``,
per NRC. Radio-locator instead calls it ``Sangeet Radio``,
http://www.sangeetradio.com/
which pretends 95.1 FM is its only frequency, but which is really just a measly
translator, K236AR per NRC Log. A.k.a. on website ``No. 1 Desi Hit Music
Station``.
Program sked for ``Weekend`` (so Sat & Sun are identical?) shows 6-9 pm [CDT =
UT -5] `Zeeshan ON AIR` with the ``RJ``, Zeeshan Ishaq. She(?) is not among the
RJs (which means?) in the ``Profiles`` photo gallery. We still don`t know what
language this involves, no doubt obvious to the ethnix. ``About Us`` at
http://www.sangeetradio.com/?page_id=10
still does not enlighten us, but says KBRZ caters to all South Asians. So who
is Zeeshan Ishaq? Searching on that seemingly unique name gets lots of hits, at
least top-10 at linkedin. Adding KBRZ to search gets to this one:
http://zeeshanonair.com/schedule/
indicating it`s a guy who plays Bollywood music, far from what I was hearing.
Also linx to his FB
https://www.facebook.com/Zeeshan-On-Air-951-FM-1460-AM-626258387450241/
where it`s clear he is a Pakistani Moslem, backing Azad Kashmir against Indian
occupation. So maybe he had this woman guest talking on his show when I heard
it, in Punjabi? Urdu? But those are not tonal, I think.
I don`t find any other ETH stations near here that I might have been hearing;
altho there are plenty of SS on 1460 around the country, KBRZ is in fact the
only ETH of the 69 North American stations on 1460 in the NRC AM Log 2016-2017.
It seems I had not logged KBRZ since August and February 2012, also a bit iffy.
Missouri City is on the SW corner of Houston beyond Loop 8 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report despatched at 1750 UT July 24
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 03:48:35 +0000
From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <[email protected]>
To: Hard-Core-DX <[email protected]>, Mailing list for
the International Radio Club of America <[email protected]>, NRC
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] NEW ONE!!
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1150 WCRK Morristown, TN At 0343UTC July 24, 2017(11:43pm Eastern July 23)
Heard Steelers Wheels "Stuck In The Middle With You" followed by a 105.7
CRK FM jingle.
Warren, PA with JRC NRD535D and giant 25x10 foot volleyball net type loop
antenna connected to Wellbrook ALA100LN
Paul
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 00:24:49 -0400
From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <[email protected]>
To: Hard-Core-DX <[email protected]>, Mailing list for
the International Radio Club of America <[email protected]>, NRC
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] NEW ONE!!
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Here's the audio clip of "Stuck In The Middle With You" by Steelers Wheels
followed by the 105.7 CRK FM jingle:
http://www.onairdj.com/WCRK1150MorristownTN_07252017_1143pmEastern.mp3
On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 11:48 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
[email protected]> wrote:
> 1150 WCRK Morristown, TN At 0343UTC July 24, 2017(11:43pm Eastern July 23)
>
> Heard Steelers Wheels "Stuck In The Middle With You" followed by a 105.7
> CRK FM jingle.
>
> Warren, PA with JRC NRD535D and giant 25x10 foot volleyball net type loop
> antenna connected to Wellbrook ALA100LN
>
> Paul
>
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 00:51:14 -0400
From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <[email protected]>
To: Hard-Core-DX <[email protected]>, NRC
<[email protected]>, Mailing list for the International Radio Club of
America <[email protected]>, [email protected],
Short-Wave radio Listening <[email protected]>,
shortwave-swl-antenna <[email protected]>, NASWA
<[email protected]>, CIDX <[email protected]>, ODXA yg
<[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] The "Volleyball Net" Loop Antenna
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I used the Wellbrook ALA100LN amplifier head, 22 gauge single conductor
electrical wire, 2 speaker stands, two 5 foot sections of PVC Pipe and a
desktop mic stand.
To get a quick look at my set up, click this youtube link and fast forward
to 45 seconds into the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE-cWhyfKRA
The antenna is about 25 feet long by about 10 feet tall. The bottom part
does touch the ground in places.
Warren, PA with JRC NRD535D, DXEngineering HF PreAmp and giant "Volleyball
Net" Loop antenna
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