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On Friday, January 12, 2018 Robert Wilkner <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Dave, Such excellent logs. Best 73 Bob Dave Valko wrote: > 6940U PIRATE (NA) An Unidentified Radio 0007 Pop song this > time, then same robo voice ID as hrd earlier “Welcome to An > Unidentified Radio, which is a clever name for an unknown radio > station”, Rock song. Weaker and poor at this time. (Valko 2 Jan.) > > 6185 UNID. Just as I tuned in at 1311, someone w/fairly > strong signal playing Classical mx suddenly went off. R. Educacion?? > (Valko 2 Jan.) > > 11828.3v INDIA AIR Panaji Already on at 1326 w/what sounded > like northern India mx. Deadair 1329, M anncr (too weak to copy), > then into subcont. mx. Drifting up faster than usual today, abt 100 > hz per min. crossing RFE/RL on 11830 at 1336. Was a faulty xmtr of > 11620 but has since been fixed. (Valko 2 Jan.) > > 7181.56 ERITREA V.O. Broad Masses 2 Signal w/1 kHz tone at > 0258. Switched from the tone to HoA mx at 0301:24. W anncr mixing > w/the mx. Then into HoA song at 0302. Poor signal w/Ham QRM. > Unusual to find this at 0300 now. (Valko 4 Jan.) > > 5025.02 PERU R. Quillabamba Rebelde off and this hrd weakly at > 1122 w/M anncr in SP. OA flute mx at 1123 briefly and diff. M anncr. > Got to the freq too late. Wonder if Rebelde was off at 1000 sign on > time. (Valko 6 Jan.) > > 9645 VATICAN Vatican R. 0940-1030* special pgm for > Orthodox Christmas w/MOR rel.-sounding mx and M w/short anmnts in > Ukrainian after abt every third song, once at 1006. Went off at 1030 > w/out any anmnts. Thought it might be Bandeirantes returning at > first. Tnx Wolfgang Bueschel and Ivo Ivanov. (Valko 7 Jan.) > > 7200 MYANMAR Myanmar R. (pres.) Surprised to find a > signal here at 1140 w/pgm of Asian Pops and M anncr hosting. > 1153-1158 familiar-sounding W anncr perhaps a nx bulletin. M anncr > again and back to mx. Came back at 1227 and found improved signal > w/more mx, M and W anncrs at 1229, brief mx intro 1230 then W > w/apparent nx going all the way to 1259. Peaking around our sunrise > at 1240 but then a lot of Ham QRM after that. (Valko 10 Jan.) > > 6035 BHUTAN BBS Surprised to find it on this morning > mixing w/Yunnan at 1200 (Yunnan in usual mx and BBS w/tlk by M), then > clear of Yunnan once it went off at 1201:43. 1202 indigenous mx > briefly, then soft-spoken M w/apparent nx. More lcl mx on stringed > instru. at 1213, M once again, and lcl string mx cont. at 1216 for abt > 45 sec. then diff. deep-voice M anncr to 1218. Mx briefly again then > canned anmnt by alternating M and W followed by the same deep-voiced > M, and more lcl mx w/M subtle M vcl until suddenly going off at > 1224:51. The incessant Cuban jammer on 6030 always causes slop QRM > for 6035. (Valko 10 Jan.) > > 11 JANUARY 2018 Micro-DXpedition > > No luck with the Aussies 5045 Ozy R. or 5055 4ZK. They were both > there, just not strong enough to get any audio. Had a very weak > signal on 3260, but what was most likely Palangkaraya on 3325. (Valko > 11 Jan.) > > 2850 NORTH KOREA KCBS Pyongyang Fair signal at 1058 > w/end of the usual opera-like mx. Filler mx to 1100, then M in KR, > cont. mx, and more tlk. Voice audio muffled. More opera-like mx at > 1315. Was still able to get audio on this w/M anncr in KR at 1330. > Almost an hour after sunrise. (Valko 11 Jan.) > > 6060 COLOMBIA LV de tu Conciencia 1118 lively Tropical > mx, then what sounded like a Johnny Cash song, 1123 canned ID by W, > and back to mx. Whenever the signal is up in this area, it’s > horrendously distorted. Had to use FM mode to get any kind of > readable audio. Nothing else worked. And even with the FM mode, it > was unusable most of the time. At 1125:38, it suddenly jumped back > down to 6009.90 and the audio was perfectly fine. End of song then > another canned anmnt by W, but the signal there went off at 1126:24 > while the W was speaking. (Valko 11 January) > > 7200 MYANMAR Myanmar R. Poor signal at 1134 w/Asian > Pop-like mx, before changing the BOG antenna direction, then better at > 1143 w/tlk by W. Decent signal at 1200 w/M and W pgm hosts. Still > going w/mx at 1228, then same M and W again. Both in unison briefly > at 1229. 1230 soft mx and diff. W host w/ment of Myanmar and then bit > of EG words counting off apparent important points once mentioning > “Three, historically…abnormal behavior…”. Really tough to copy due to > signal and anncrs accent. Tnx to Ron Howard, he states this was the > Distance Learning Service. Signal gone by 1342 check, and indeed > Ron’s said they went off at 1332. (Valko 11 Jan.) > > 4760 ANDAMAN ISLANDS AIR Port Blair?? Just a carrier here > at 1155. Getting blasted by a UTE on the low side and strong CODAR on > top. (Valko 11 Jan.) > > 4750 BANGLADESH Bangladesh Betar Nice subcont. mx at > 1153. W anncr at 1155, followed by more subcont. mx. On top of China > which was on 4749.99. (Valko 11 Jan.) > > 6035 no sign of Bhutan. Only Yunnan here today going off at 1200:56. > (Valko 11 Jan.) > > 7530 CLANDESTINE (TAJIKISTAN) National Unity R. (via > Dushanbe) OC already on at 1156. Fanfare and W w/apparent opening > anmnts in KR at 1200, and cont. fanfare mx. 1201 mx and anmnt by W, > then alternating tlk by same W and M. Fair signal. Still readable at > 1310 but not quite as strong. (Valko 11 Jan.) > > 7906U VIETNAM Was able to get varying strengths of audible > signals from Hai Phong R. at 1213, Vung Tau R. at 1225, Da Nang R. at > 1235, Ben Thuy R. at 1250, Ho Chi Minh R. at 1305, but none of the > subsequent others past 1400. Hai Phong and Ho Chi Minh were about > equal and the best. (Valko 11 Jan.) > > 4790 CHINA Already had an OC here at 1240, presumably > getting the CNR1 jammer ready for BBC’s transmission at 1300. (Valko > 11 Jan.) > > 4765 TAJIKISTAN R. Tajikistan Did a quick check and found > W speaking in the apparent Tajik lang. at 1256. Wouldn’t have been > that bad of a signal if not for the awful CODAR. (Valko 11 Jan.) > > 4790 TAJIKISTAN BBC Signal already on at 1256. 1258 M > w/EG w/short 20 second ID and website anmnt over mx, and repeated > about every 35 seconds. Apparent Uzbek pgm start at 1300. Didn’t > seem jammed by 1303 t/out. But just getting hammered by CODAR. > (Valko 11 Jan.) > > 6085 JAPAN Shiokaze Sea Breeze Signal on at 1259, then > usual soft piano mx and opening anmnt by M, but it sounded like JP. > When hrd in the past on Thursdays, they signed on w/W anncr in EG. > Poor signal. Tnx Ron Howard, says this was a repeat of the special 7 > Jan. joint broadcast between Shiokaze and Furusato no Kaze in JP. > (Valko 11 Jan.) > > 7560 ALASKA (USA) KNLS Huge signal at 1307 w/rel. Pop > song going on and on and on. Closing w/M in CH at 1358, then theme > mx. Dead air, IS start at 1400, and CH opening ID at 1401. (Valko 11 > Jan.) > > 9743.62 UNID. Found a fairly strong OC here at 1323 w/QRM from a > strong TWR India. (Valko 11 Jan.) > > 9749.81 KUWAIT R. Kuwait AR Pop-like mx w/M vcl 1324. > Suddenly went off abt 1326 and didn’t return. Good signal. (Valko 11 > Jan.) > > 5985 MYNAMAR Myanmar R. Burmese tlk by W anncr > 1331-1333+. Came back later at 1402 and hrd M anncr still audible but > getting some slop QRM from a huge 5970 WEWN. (Valko 11 Jan.) > > 7120 SOMALILAND R. Hargeisa M anncr here very weakly at > 1342. HoA mx briefly and cont. tlk. Some CW QRM on the high side. > Checked at 1325 for EG nx but it was too weak and severe Ham QRM. > (Valko 11 Jan.) > > 7625 UZBEKISTAN V.O. the Wilderness Easy mx on a wind > instru. and KR tlk by W over the mx at 1357 continuing to 1401 t/out. > (Valko 11 Jan) > > 6045 CLANDESTINE (SOUTH KOREA) V.O. Freedom Came here at > 1402 and found CNR1 off and this in the clear with a KR version of the > Kenny Rogers song “Coward of the County”. (Valko 11 Jan.) > > 4885 CLANDESTINE (SOUTH KOREA) Echo of Hope Still barely > getting just a bit of audio w/tlk by W at 1405. The last thing > audible on the band. (Valko 11 Jan.) > > 5915 ZAMBIA ZNBC/R. One Per Ron Howards tip, found back > on w/OC at 0238, then start of Fish Eagle cry IS past 0245. Very poor > and had to tune in LSB to avoid tremendous slop QRM from 5920 WHRI. > Will have to try later when WHRI is off. Tnx Ron, and Eike Bierwirth, > Richard Langley and Bill Bingham in DXLD. (Valko 12 Jan.) > > Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop antenna. > On the micro-DXpedition, used a 315 foot BOG at 320 degrees, changed > to 20 degrees. > > > 73 > > Dave Valko > Dunlo, PA, USA > _ > 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 _ 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. 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