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Today's Topics:
1. #197 Reception in S?o Bernardo SP, BRAZIL - December 18, 2019
(Rudolf Grimm)
2. Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Greetings on Board Christmas Eve
(Manuel M?ndez)
3. 1340 kHz Phone Busy Signal (Paul B. Walker, Jr.)
4. Glenn Hauser logs December 17-18-19, 2019 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:46:53 +0000
From: Rudolf Grimm <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] #197 Reception in S?o Bernardo SP, BRAZIL - December
18, 2019
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#197 RECEPTION IN S?O BERNARDO SP, BRAZIL - GG66rg
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December 18, 2019 (Time in UTC)
Rx: KiwiSDR (PY2-81502 SWL - S?o Bernardo SP BRAZIL)
Antenna: PA0RDT Mini Whip
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SHORTWAVE
ASCENSION ISL.: 17640 kHz BBC, via Georgetown, French, 18/12 1158. The
traditional interval signal 'BBC' (With only the three repetitive musical
notes). 1200 time pips, time checking. Id 'BBC'. Instrumental music, news.
35543 (RG). Tx via Georgetown w/27? Az to Northern Africa.
CHINA: 17670 kHz China Radio International, via Kunming, 18/12 1045. Female
announcer, Chinese song, sign-off on 1057. 25542 (RG). Tx via Kunming w/135?
Az to Oceania region.
IRAN: 17595 kHz VOIRI, via Sirjan, Hausa, 18/12 1231. Male communication,
'Iran... Afrika'. 35543 (RG). Tx via Sirjan w/248? Az to Africa.
KUWAIT: 17760 kHz Radio Kuwait, Sulaibiyah, Filipino, 18/12 1118. Male
communication, id 'Radio Kuwait', instrumental music, several mentions to
Kuwait. 35543 (RG). Tx from Sulaibiyah w/84? Az to Southeastern Asia.
ROMANIA: 17640 kHz Radio Romania International, Tiganesti, French, 18/12
1132. Male communication about North-American compositions, a song by female
voice YL: 'Radio Romania International'. 45554 (RG). Tx from Tiganesti
w/247? (300 kW) to Northern Africa. The prolonged emission of signals
pointing directly to Northern Africa affects South America, which is why
they are well received in Brazil.
USA: 6195 kHz NHK World Radio Japan, via Cypress Creek, Portuguese, 18/12
0858. Instrumental music, time pips, begin of transmission in Portuguese
language. Male voice: 'Em ondas medias, ondas curtas e Internet, voc? est?
em sintonia com a programa??o da NHK... ligue-se no Jap?o'. 45554 (RG). Tx
via Cypress Creek w/167? Az to Brazil.
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(RG) - Rudolf Grimm PY2-81502 SWL
S?o Bernardo SP, BRAZIL
http: //dxways-br.blogspot.com
YouTube: GrimmSBC
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 19:26:03 +0000
From: Manuel M?ndez <[email protected]>
To: "DX WRO groups" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Greetings on Board Christmas
Eve
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Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Spain
Like last years, on December 24 Norddeutscher Rundfunk will broadcast
the program "Gru? an Bord", "Greetings on Board".
Here is the text from its website in German and at the bottom in English
(translated from Google) with times and frequencies:
https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/sendungen/Gruss-an-Bord-So-empfangen-Sie-die-Sendung,grussanbord534.html
"Gru? an Bord": So empfangen Sie die Sendung
Es hat Tradition und verspr?ht eine ganz besondere vorweihnachtliche
Stimmung: An Heiligabend werden von 20.05 Uhr - 22.00 Uhr und von 23.15
- 24.00 Uhr auf NDR Info Gr??e an die Seeleute in aller Welt gesendet.
Und das auf den unterschiedlichsten Kan?len und technischen Wegen,
sodass die Gr??e und Botschaften auch garantiert auf allen sieben
Weltmeeren empfangen werden k?nnen.
Zwei M?nner stehen auf einer Schiffsbr?cke - einer schaut durch ein
Fernglas hinaus aufs Meer. ? dpa-Bildfunk Foto: Carsten Rehder
Die Schiffsbesatzungen haben mehrere M?glichkeiten, die Sendung "Gru? an
Bord" zu empfangen. Auch die Kurzwelle geh?rt dazu.
Die Livestreams der Sendung (20.05 bis 22 Uhr und 23.15 Uhr bis 24 Uhr
MEZ) finden Sie hier: NDR Info und NDR Info Spezial. Zus?tzlich gibt es
die M?glichkeit, die Sendung ?ber die NDR Radio-App zu h?ren. NDR Info
ist au?erdem ?ber UKW, DAB+ und DVB-S Radio zu empfangen, NDR Info
Spezial lediglich ?ber DAB+ und DVB-S Radio.
Damit alle Besatzungen an Bord - auf den Meeren oder in den H?fen - die
Traditionssendung empfangen k?nnen, hat der NDR H?rfunk zus?tzlich
Kurzwellen-Frequenzen angemietet:
In der Zeit von 19 bis 21 Uhr UTC (20 bis 22 Uhr MEZ) sendet die
Kurzwelle ?ber folgende Frequenzen (UTC ist die Abk?rzung f?r die
koordinierte Weltzeit, Universal Time Coordinated):
"Gru? an Bord" via KurzwelleFrequenz Zielgebiet
6.080 kHz Atlantik - Nord
11.650 kHz Atlantik - S?d
9.800 kHz Atlantik/Indischer Ozean (S?d Afrika)
9.740 kHz Indischer Ozean - West
9.570 kHz Indischer Ozean - Ost
6.030 kHz Europa
In der Zeit von 21 bis 23 Uhr UTC (22 bis 24 Uhr MEZ) sendet die
Kurzwelle ?ber folgende Frequenzen:
"Gru? an Bord" via KurzwelleFrequenz Zielgebiet
6.145 kHz Atlantik - Nord
9.830 kHz Atlantik - S?d
9.590 kHz Atlantik/Indischer Ozean (S?d Afrika)
9.740 kHz Indischer Ozean - West
9.675 kHz Indischer Ozean - Ost
6.155 kHz Europa
NDR Info sendet den "Gru? an Bord" von 20.05 bis 22 Uhr MEZ.
Anschlie?end folgt von 22 bis 23.15 Uhr MEZ die ?bertragung der
Christmette aus der Kirche St. Maria Magdalena in Bochum-Wattenscheid.
Anschlie?end h?ren Sie bis 24 Uhr MEZ den zweiten Teil von "Gru? an
Bord".
Ab dem sp?ten Abend finden Sie einen Mitschnitt der Sendung zum
Nachh?ren hier - aus rechtlichen Gr?nden allerdings ohne gro?e Teile der
Musikeinspielungen."
"Greeting on board": How to receive the program
It has a long tradition and exudes a very special pre-Christmas mood: On
Christmas Eve, from 8.05 p.m. to 10 p.m. and from 11.15 p.m. to
midnight, greetings are sent to seafarers all over the world on NDR
Info. And this on a wide variety of channels and technical channels, so
that greetings and messages can also be guaranteed to be received on all
seven seas.
Two men are standing on a ship bridge - one is looking out through
binoculars at the sea. ? dpa-Bildfunk Photo: Carsten Rehder
The ship's crew have several options for receiving the "Greetings on
Board" program. The short wave is one of them.
You can find the livestreams of the program (8.05pm to 10pm and 11.15pm
to midnight CET) here: NDR Info and NDR Info Spezial. There is also the
option of listening to the program via the NDR radio app. NDR Info can
also be received via FM, DAB + and DVB-S radio, NDR Info Spezial only
via DAB + and DVB-S radio.
So that all crews on board - on the seas or in the ports - can receive
the traditional broadcast, NDR radio has also rented shortwave
frequencies:
In the period from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. UTC (8 p.m. to 10 p.m. CET), the
shortwave transmits via the following frequencies (UTC is the
abbreviation for coordinated universal time, Universal Time
Coordinated):
"Greetings on board" via shortwave frequency target area
6.080 kHz Atlantic - North
11,650 kHz Atlantic - south
9,800 kHz Atlantic / Indian Ocean (South Africa)
9,740 kHz Indian Ocean - West
9,570 kHz Indian Ocean - East
6.030 kHz Europe
>From 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. UTC (10:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. CET), the
shortwave transmits via the following frequencies:
"Greetings on board" via shortwave frequency target area
6.145 kHz Atlantic - North
9.830 kHz Atlantic - South
9,590 kHz Atlantic / Indian Ocean (South Africa)
9,740 kHz Indian Ocean - West
9,675 kHz Indian Ocean - East
6.155 kHz Europe
NDR Info sends the "Greetings on board" from 8.05pm to 10pm CET. This is
followed by the transmission of the Christmas mass from the Church of
St. Maria Magdalena in Bochum-Wattenscheid from 10 p.m. to 11.15 p.m.
CET. You will then hear the second part of "Greetings on board" until
midnight CET.
As of late evening, you will find a recording of the program for
listening here - for legal reasons, however, without large parts of the
music recordings. "
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:42:30 -0700
From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <[email protected]>
To: ABDX <[email protected]>, Hard-Core-DX
<[email protected]>, [email protected], NRC-AM
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] 1340 kHz Phone Busy Signal
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Well, how ?bout them apples... WXKX 1340 Clarksburg, WV files to go silent
after problems with the phone line delivering audio to the transmitter and
the phone company refuses to repair the phone line
On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 11:48 AM MarkWA1ION via Groups.Io <MarkWA1ION=
[email protected]> wrote:
> The usual 'scrum' on 1340 at night here, more or less in order of more
> common to less, is:
>
> WBAN-ME
> WMID-NJ
> WNBH-MA
> WIRY-NY
> WSTJ-VT
> WMSA-NY
> WYBC-CT
> WGAW-MA
> WBNC-NH
> WVNR-VT
> WHAT-PA
>
> Given that I have not noted the busy signal here, I guess we can rule out
> any on the above list.
>
> Mark Connelly, WA1ION
>
> South Yarmouth, MA
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> On Thursday, December 12, 2019 Paul B. Walker, Jr. <[email protected]> wrote:
> On and off for the last few months, SOMEONE on 1340khz has been running a
> telephone busy signal over and over all night long.
>
> This has been best heard in an area form Western-ish Ohio, up to Southern
> Ontario and over to Western New York. I don't recall it been
> logged/reported south of say WV and the further west/north you go then Ohio
> and the further east you go than say Syracuse, it gets real week. It's
> being heard in the central Vermont area tonight for the first time, but
> very weak. It's also being weakly heard in the Twin cities.
>
> From what I've heard it seems like it's best in a line from outside
> Cincinatti up to Rochester, NY
>
> Whats going on?
>
> Paul
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 03:09:59 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: WOR DXLD <[email protected]>
Cc: Short-Wave Radio Listening <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 17-18-19, 2019
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** BRAZIL. 6180, Dec 18 at 0009, RNA on again, in the clear before
CRI/CUBA hits by 0100; slightly better than // 11780 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 7850-CUSB, Dec 18 at 1924 and still at 0255 Dec 19, CHU
back on this air! To stay this time? Last time I heard it was Nov 29
but only briefly, gone again. System status as of 0215 UT Dec 19
https://nrc.canada.ca/en/chu-short-wave-station/
shows 7850 back on air as of Dec 17 at 1430 but think we would have
noticed it earlier if really on to stay by then (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6060, Dec 18 at *0000:24, RHC Spanish cuts on the air with
frequency schedule, interrupted by modulation and/or carrier cutting
off and on and off and on again; S9+30 when on. Something`s always
wrong at RHC. So WRMI, q.v., could still safely use 6060 before 0000
as still claimed on its skedgrid, but now on 9425 instead (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MALI. 13630, Dec 18 at 1856, S9+10/20 open carrier, 1900 sharp
China-Plus sign-on in English, first news about Macau; also weaker //
11640 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, Dec 17 until 2354:46.5* approx., R. Chaski carrier
cutoff under Cuban noise jamming despite no OCB; that would make it 2
seconds earlier than two nights ago, averaging only one per, so maybe
in margin of error (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 15225, Dec 18 at 1515, ME music with flutter. Had not
noticed this before next to RHC, but it`s SBC program 1 from 1500 per
EiBi, from 1450 per Aoki/NDXC, from 1500 per HFCC, 500 kW, 295 degrees
to NW Africa. JBA by 1549. Most of the daytime, 19m is a deadband
except for Cuba and bits of the few US stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2012 monitoring: confirmed Wed Dec
18 from 2100:20 on WBCQ 7490.045v, soon remarking that 576 kHz Algeria
is 600 kW, 30x the power of another FM station on AM, WSB with 50 kW;
make that only 12x! It`s hard to imagine any American MW station
running 600 kW.
Also confirmed UT Thu Dec 19 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, VP S7-S9 in noise.
First airings of WOR 2013 should be:
Fri 0900 on Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB
Fri 2300 on WRMI 9955
Sat 0130 on WRMI 5010 5850 7780
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9425, Dec 17 at 2302 & 2352, Dec 18 at 0002, SMTV on WWMI
new frequency remains on the air as I first reported yesterday; but
I`m out and don`t check whether it`s really the new RAE in Spanish
frequency too after 0100 Dec 18.
WRMI skedgrid late Dec 18 still shows no 9425! Just imaginary 6060 at
2100-2400 and 5800 at 0000-0200. 6060 BTW is neither occupied by RHC
until *0000:24 Dec 18 cut on with frequency schedule.
9425, Dec 18 at 2157, SMTV is already on as expected, and in case
there were any doubt, 2159.5 WRMI ID by Zanotti. 2351 SMTV still
audible, but by 0128 Dec 19 recheck inaudible, apparently faded out
like the other 9 MHz WRMI channels with K-index of 2 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 4840, Dec 18 after 0700, dead air from this WWCR again,
while 3215 and 5935 continue modulating their gospel huxters (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Momentous day Dec 18 for impeaching acting president Drumpf,
all-day coverage of House debate on major TV networx and cable news
channels --- but it`s business as usual on radio.
At 0017-0025 UT Dec 19 I scan the AM band twice for any // altho not
synchronized, to live TV coverage, and find such ONLY on 1170 KFAQ
Tulsa, and 1110 KFAB Omaha! The latter has cut away for ads at 0022,
but resumes by 0028.
Everything else is normal music, gospel-huxtering, sports or talk
formats, even the all-news stations like WBBM 780. Most of those
stations tilt far-right, but the event is rather important, with
Republicans and Democrats evenly alternating their different-universe
speeches. On FM it`s even worse, no one carrying it except KOSU from
NPR.
After 0100 shortly before the final voting on the Articles, I also
check TV channels via cable, to find live coverage ONLY on:
KFOR-4-NBC, KOCO-5-ABC, CSPAN-1, I24, CNN, MSNBC; Fox ``news`` shows
Rep. Schiff summing up on split screen while an anchor talx over him;
typical. KWTV-9-CBS did have all-day coverage, until 2330 UT when it
was the only major network still doing evening news, altho mostly
about Topic T (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1150, Dec 19 at 0023 UT, Mexmx roughly WSW-ENE with KSAL
nulled; maybe per NRC AM Log, Albuquerque KNMM listed at 1500/105
watts in Spanish but format undefined beyond that. Or El Paso KHRO,
5000/380 Radio Ministar in Spanish but supposed to be religious (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1520.7, Dec 18 at 1913 UT, once again, weak but constant
het upon 1520.00 KOKC OKC. Glad once before at midday I made sure that
het was 1521.00 as in Sa`udi Arabia, but not this; again suspecting
winter skywave from one of our closer 1520s, such as KRHW Sikeston MO
in the southeast; others in IA and TN about the same distance. KRHW is
supposed to have a null toward KOKC but we are slightly north of that
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
This report dispatched at 0310 UT December 19
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 204, Issue 19
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