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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs December 27-28, 2020 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Re: [WOR] NASWA Flashsheet Dec 27 items (Wolfgang Bueschel)
3. Re: [bdxc-news] KBC (Wolfgang Bueschel)
4. JRX Logs: December 26 & 28, 2020 (Jota Xavier)
5. Logs for the Christmas days (km long! ) (Zacharias Liangas)
6. FRS reception: yestedeay (Zacharias Liangas)
7. Glenn Hauser logs December 28-29, 2020 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2020 06:00:42 +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 27-28, 2020
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
** CHINA. 9860, Dec 27 at 2320, Firedragon jammer of traditional
instrumental-only music with lots of percussion, is S9+20/30 with
victim barely audible under, i.e. RFA Mandarin via TINIAN this hour
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** COLOMBIA. 4940, Dec 28 at 0145, usual gospel huxtering in Spanish
from mystery missionary station, S7-S8 into Bonaire SDR. Here, it`s a
JBA carrier vs S9+10 HLNL, while by 0505 at Bonaire during devotional
of pious platitudes and then citing Lucas XVII, it`s S8/S9+ but quite
sufficient. Aoki/NDXC now lists this as:
``4940 0000-2400 CLM La Montana Colombia Spa Maicao 1-7``
And this has now been copied by aggregators such as short-wave.info/
But how were this name and location determined? Perhaps Ron Howard can
find out from his Japanese DX contacts. Maicao is in NE Colombia,
right on the Venezuelan border and on the main highway across the
northern tier, thus a prime destination for Venezuelan refugees or at
least visitors. Further north than the previous DF/guesses (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** KOREA SOUTH. 9805, Dec 27 at 2321, Chinese at S9+20/30 with K-Pop,
i.e. as you would expect, KBSWR as scheduled this hour 100 kW at 205
degrees, so why is it inbooming over here? I guess this does not
provoke ChiCom jamming (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2066 monitoring: confirmed Sunday
December 27 at 2300.2 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6159.94v, S9/+20; IS & ID
loop was playing already at tune-in 2257.
Missed checking 0030 UT Mon Dec 28 on WRMI 7730; anyone hear it?
Confirmed no longer at 0130 UT Mon on WRMI 7780, instead Wavescan.
Confirmed UT Mon Dec 28 at 0230 on WRMI 5800, VG S9+15/20 to Bonaire
SDR, and 7780, S9+5/10 to UTwente SDR; also on WRN webcast
Confirmed UT Mon Dec 28 at 0450 the 0430 on WRMI 9955, VG S7-S9 into
Bonaire KiwiSDR while it`s only a JBA carrier here. Next:
1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 to SSE [pre-empted for FSR]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [pre-empted] [ex-0100]
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
WOR is always a SW program first, but as stations make it harder to
hear, I can`t blame people for accessing a reliable alternative.
Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, who sent a generous
Solsticial check in US$ on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA
One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5950, UT Mon Dec 28 at 0300-0400, `Encore` of classical
music via WRMI, ex-9455, VG via Missouri SDR but somewhat distorted;
direct at 0354 seems less distorted at S9+20 but not enough to
overcome high local xmas noise level of S9+10. Also the transitions
between music and announcements are noisy as if surging automatic
volume control were engaged in produxion (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5085, Dec 28 at 0521, WTWW-2 is strongly on and modulating
rock music. Wolfgang Bueschel also noted the dead air earlier:
``some logs of Dec 26 re US private broadcaster. 5085even WTWW only
empty carrier signal at 0718 UT on Dec 26, and two accompanied
spurious strings seen on 5072.020 and 5097.980 kHz exact. S=9+30dB
powerful noted in Cape Canaveral FL, as well as on NJ and MI states.
Also accompanied by 60, 120, 240, 360, and 480 Hertz spur buzz strings
from the mains. wb`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 830, more replies to thread I started, ``Why is WCCO 830
echoing?`` on the IRCA iog:
Mike VE7SKA cn88/B.C. Dec 24 #15359
``I too have been noticing the echoes on WCCO the last few evenings &
think Glen[n] probably has the answer that the station is testing a
second, auxilliary transmitter. Often echoes on the same frequency
indicate the same syndicated program is being transmitted on two
different DX stations with slight offsets or lags in audio. However,
in this case as others have noted, there are some differences in the
fades that can be heard indicating two transmissions in very close
proximity. 73 Mike, Salt Spring Island BC``
Scott Fybush Dec 25 #15381 IRCA iog:
``WCCO is one of the rare AM stations (I know of fewer than a dozen
around the country) with a full-power auxiliary transmission facility
at a different location. If you look on FCCData.org (by far the best
way to parse the FCC's databases), you'll see it listed under the
BXL-19991004ACA application - the "X" is the giveaway that it's an aux
license:
https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&appid=417231&facid=9642
As others have mentioned on this thread, this is a shorter tower than
the main one - 127.6 degrees at 830, so it will have different skywave
propagation characteristics from the big 194 degree main tower a few
miles to the south in Coon Rapids. (I believe the aux site in Ramsey
used to be a site for the 1470 station licensed to Brooklyn Park,
which has since moved elsewhere.)
Most of the former class A "clear channel" 50 kW AMs have shorter
auxiliary towers at their licensed transmitter sites, sometimes fed by
a completely separate transmitter, sometimes just with RF switching to
allow them to be fed by the normal transmission chain. (Which is
usually more than one transmitter - typically an older transmitter
will be retired to backup duty when a new transmitter arrives;
sometimes big AM stations run alternate mains, with transmitter A
operating for a week, then transmitter B, then back to A, which is a
good way to be pretty sure you have a working standby if the on-air
transmitter fails.)
In those cases, you'd almost never see the main and aux tower both on
the air simultaneously; even if there's a second tower, the RF
interaction between two towers both on the air at the same site would
start tripping alarms immediately.
Even in the rare cases with off-site auxes, there's usually some kind
of fail-safe that keeps both from running at once. Not that it *never*
happened at WBZ, but when the 10 kW aux site at our studio location
was on, we all knew it, because the co-located TV station started
complaining about interference to its video chain. (And now that site
is gone, anyway.) Here in Rochester, WHAM 1180 can't use its backup
site on one tower of sister WHTK 1280 unless the engineers manually
switch WHTK to non-directional operation from another tower in the
four-tower array.
All of which is to say: as nearly impossible as it is for a big 50 kW
AM to be operating simultaneously from two sites, WCCO appears to be
one of the very few places where it actually could happen - two
completely separate sites with separate transmission paths, neither
shared with any other station that would be affected, both operating
unstaffed most of the time, and no co-located studios where someone
would immediately notice the problem.
(And now I'm kicking myself for forgetting to check 830 at 5 AM ET as
I was driving in to WXXI for my airshift this morning. If you're
wondering, we have just one transmitter site, but multiple
redundancies there - multiple audio paths to get to the site, an
emergency studio/newsroom on site that we've yet to actually use, a
generator for power backup, a recent Nautel transmitter that's
actually two redundant transmitters in one, and a 1955-vintage RCA
transmitter that still runs like a charm and gets exercised on the air
now and then.)`` -- Scott Fybush, Rochester NY (via gh, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7719.5-LSB, Dec 27 at 2308, ``over`` in English just as
I get it tuned in, nothing further for a few minutes. Maybe military
such as MARS, but LSB make me suspect it`s a second harmonic from
``80`` meter ham band, i.e. from 3859.75; nothing there either at a
quick check (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7739.9, Dec 27 at 2308, JBA carrier S6-S7, nothing
listed on 7740; maybe Sound of Hope? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS
``DX Juke Box on Thursday night from Radio Nederland was a "must hear"
on my schedule. I hand copied all of Glenn Hauser's tips, and marked
them in WRTH and White's Radio Log for "my personal targets to chase"
list. And now in 2020, I'm still chasing Glenn's tips, as well as all
of the input from this great group of dedicated DXer's. Thanks to all
of you, and I wish you all a Very Happy and Satisfying 2021! 73, Mike
Gorniak`` (WOR iogroup)
This report dispatched at 0600 UT December 28
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2020 10:31:54 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "_ WOR" <[email protected]>, "hcdx" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [WOR] NASWA Flashsheet Dec 27 items
Message-ID: <FC654998234143AD81A647DAB88B6838@HNPC1>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8";
reply-type=original
some Sunday Dec 27 log, 13.00-14.30 UT,
used SDR rxs remotedly:
Cape Canaveral - Florida, and New Jersey US eastern coast line
installations.
6000even CUB OVERMODULATED CLIPPING sound, light popular mx program
of RHC La Habana, via RadioCuba site at Quivican San Felipe
TITAN 250 kW unit, S=9+40dB powerhouse at 13.10 UT on Dec 27
6100even CUB Same RHC Spanish sce via Bauta transmissions center
site, S=9+25dB in NJ US, 13.15 UT, light Overmodulated too !
20 kHz wideband audio block visible on Perseus software screen
9264.984 USA WINB, Red Lion PA private religious sermon program noted.
Fair S=6 signal in short skip zone NJ at 13.19 UT on Dec 27.
9275even PHL FEBC Manila Mandarin Chinese service via Bocaue txion
center site, signal across Alaska, western Canada to NJ US
area. S=8 at 13.22 UT.
9290even ARM TWR India, SoAsian typical {rel} singer group at 13.24 UT
S=7 much fluttery signal from Yerevan Gavar Armenia SW bcast
center across European Russia, Iceland-Greenland path into NJ
and FL east coast target.
9435.011 KRE Voice of Korea, Kujang in English language, S=7-8 much
fluttery signal across Arctic area at 13.27 UT on Dec 27.
What else: 'shrill D.P.R.s Army ladies singer group outlet'
scheduled 13.00-13.57 UT.
9535.003 CUB RHC Spanish from Bejucal bcast center site, talk on
tourismo in 2020 year, poor to fair at 13.29 UT, two BUZZ
strings visible of 120 Hertz apart distance spurious of
mainpower connection. MEX-GTM-CTR-Panama target sidelobe
into CC FL and NJ US.
9605.003 USA Seldom strong short distance signals of WHRI Cypress
Creek SC, also 9839.993 kHz, at New Jersey US remote SDR rx
10 kHz wideband audio block. English sermon at 13.14 UT
and 13.37 UT on Dec 27. S=9+25dB strong armchair.
9650.003 CUB Same RHC La Habana Spanish morning program also via
50 kW former USSR relay site units at Bejucal, towards
Trinidad and Antilles sidelobe signals. S=7 at NJ and CC.
Stn ID and address given at 13.33 UT.
9839.993 USA Probably WHRI English pop mx program, Sundays 13-14 UT,
S=9+30dB strength in NY and NJ US east coast at 13.39 UT.
9900even CLN BBC London Bengali service via SLBC relay site at
Trincomalee Sri Lanka, S=8 in NJ US at 13.58 UT on Dec 27.
9979.992 slightly odd fq USA WWCR Nashville TN (not blown up, hi)
BS TOM roarer En sermon pray, S=9+15dB at 14.02 UT Dec 27.
11559.998 IND Probably from AIR Bangalore bcast center 500/250 kW
beast, Dari service scheduled on their tiny India foreign
service schedule now. S=9+15dB at 14.06 UT in eastern US
state SDR installations.
11760even CUB RHC Bauta site transmission, Spanish morning service
on non-directional fountain signal service into Caribbean
S=9+20dB at 14.08 UT.
11815.017 TUR TRT Emirler transmission, Turkish sce, S=8 14.11 UT
also
12035.006 TUR TRT Emirler transmission, at 13.30-14.26 UT En sce
scheduled, S=7-8, at 14.15 UT.
12025even AUT AWR Urdu service to Pakistan and Bangla Desh South
Asia target, backlobe signal of ORS Moosbrunn Autria site
14.00-14.30 UT scheduled, S=9 straight in NJ US state SDR
12050even USA WEWN#3 Catholic US radio station EWTN in Spanish,
? Vandiver AL site, lowered 100 kW power at 155degrees.
Nice 11.2 kHz wideband audio, excellent technician work
at the TXion center. Seemingly backlobe of the southerly
azimuth to Latin America direction. S=9+20dB at 14.22 UT.
12095even MDG BBC London Somali? sce via MGLOB Talata Volonondry
Madagascar relay facility, at 14.27 UT, S=7 in NJ and
NY US eastern states - remotedly.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Dec 27)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Hauser via groups.io"
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020
Subject: [WOR] NASWA Flashsheet Dec 27 items
9940 THAILAND. HSK9 Radio Thailand WS, Udon Thani, 1402, 12/26/20.
surprisingly good signal right now at 1402 tune-in with EE service, OM
reading the news. The carrier is huge, lots of white noise also being
transmitted. Too bad they are not making use of all that power and
modulating it. (Perry- Il)
11985 MADAGASCAR. Al-Waad Radio, 1902, 12/22/20. AWR Arabic Service
from Beirut studio, via Talata, excellent signal 1902 tune-in with
full ID in progress, including URLs for awr.org and for Al-Waad
TV/Radio (www.al-waad.tv) and email address ([email protected]). Into AA
modern pop religious mx, sounds great actually. OM and YL in duet with
piano and orch, almost sounds romantic. You can also send a report via
their contact form. And yes, they are friendly and will QSL for
Al-Waad. (Perry- Il)
12025 AUSTRIA. AWR Pakistan, Urdu Service via Moosbrunn, 1403,
12/24/20. wonderful FM-like signal at 1403 with sentimental
subcontinental ballad by OM with full orchl accompaniment and chorus.
This service originates from a studio in Lahore. 1405 long religious
message by YL in Urdu. Armchair quality reception. IDs and addresses,
URLs etc at 1415 pgm break. (Perry- Il)
Contributors:
Ralphus Perry, Wheaton, Ill. Equipment: Drake R8B, Dentron Super ?
Tuner, Ameco & Palomar Preamps, Wellbrook Loop, 350? LA BOG, Delta
Skyloop
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2020 13:38:46 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "Bdxc-News" <[email protected]>, "hcdx"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [bdxc-news] KBC
Message-ID: <6B9ED0EFA3DA429FA0E54A81FD19C127@HNPC1>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8";
reply-type=original
MBR Nauen Germany request #17042 271220-271220
a quarter of Thomcast Alliss 500 kW beast, ITU ant type #146,
half amount rows of dipols as ITU ant type #156.
decrease lowered to 125 kW of power,
by MBR FrequencyManagementOrganisation Cologne
6095 0900-1600 18SW,27,28W,37N NAU 125kW 240degr 0 146 1=Sunday
271220-271220 NldEng D MBR MBR 17042 A.332
----- Original Message -----
From: David Smith via groups.io <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: [bdxc-news] KBC
They were using 125kW - received a QSL overnight
73 David
> On 27 Dec 2020, at 16:30, Mike Bott <[email protected]> wrote:
> ?
> On 12/27/20 9:46 AM, Tony Boreham wrote:
> Reception of The Might KBC on 6095 Khz here in Plymouth, Devon Ron O?Quinn
> currently playing Elvis Priestly Recorded Address is masked by an
> intermittent pulse. Long wire 12? up.
> Tony
>
> Actually had them here in central Ohio when they first came up. Signal was
> just above the noise floor on the NRD-535D using the Pixel loop. A couple
> of the east coast Kiwis had them better. Used the U of Twente WebSDR to
> listen.
> -- Mike
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2020 20:17:23 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jota Xavier <[email protected]>
To: WOR DXLD <[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] JRX Logs: December 26 & 28, 2020
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
JRX Logs: December 26 & 28, 2020
Receivers: Sony ICF-SW100 & XHDATA D-808Antennas: Degen 31MS & Sony AN-71
All times and dates are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), same as Greenwich
Mean Time (GMT).
ASCENSION ISLAND** 11810. Mon, Dec 28, 2020. 1844-1858, BBC, Ascension
Island-ASC, in English. Woman and man announcers make an interview with a
woman; 1848 Now, a nice conversation with a man. Very good reception.
CHINA** 7335. Mon, Dec 28, 2020. 1943-1953, China Radio International,
Jinhua-CHN, in Portuguese. No regular programming, but chinese instrumental
music, only. Good reception.
CLANDESTINE** 12050. Mon, Dec 28, 2020. 1953-2005, Radio Ndarason
International, Ascension Island-ASC, in Kanuri. Songs; 1958 Man announcer
talks; 2003 A song. Good reception.
CUBA** 11760. Sat, Dec 26, 2020. 0214-0225, Radio Habana Cuba, Bauta-CUB, in
Spanish. Woman talks news; 0217 A short song and returns woman communication;
0223 Man and woman talk. Good reception.
FRANCE** 11780. Mon, Dec 28, 2020. 1700-1728, Radio France International,
Issoudun-F, in Mandingo. IS and ID; Men announcers present news, with the
participation of external reporters. Very good reception till 1726. Afetr this
time, begins a collision between RFI and Radio Nacional da Amazonia (RNA), with
advantage for RFI.
** 11780. Mon, Dec 28, 2020. 1730-1740, RFI and RNA collision, with moments of
advantage now for one, now for the other.
INDIA** 7380. Sat, Dec 26, 2020. 0145-0200, All India Radio, Bengaluru-IND, in
Sindhi. Indian songs; 0155 Man announcer talks; 0200 Ends. Fair reception.
MADAGASCAR** 13670. Mon, Dec 28, 2020. 1903-1915, MWV - Radio Feda,
Mahajanga-MDG, in Arabic. Man talks ans says ID and website: radiofeda.com;
1906 Man and woman talk, in conversation; 1912 A arabic song. Good reception.?
NEW ZEALAND** 15720. Sat, Dec 26, 2020. 0202-0213, Radio New Zealand Pacific,
Rangitaiki-NZL, in English. Man and woman announcers talk news; 0206 A brief
song and return announcer communications. Fair to poor reception.
OMAN** 9600. Mon, Dec 28, 2020. 1830-1843, BBC, Al-Seela-OMA, in Amharic. ID by
woman announcer; BBC News by woman and man communication. Fair reception.
PHILIPPINES** 12120. Mon, Dec 28, 2020. 1916-1930, Radyo Pilipinas, Tinang-PHL,
in Tagalog. Man and woman in conversation; 1927 Man talks, says ID; 1928 A
piecess of The National Anthem. Fair to poor reception.
Parallel logs on 9960pht and 15190pht, out during this log time.
ROMANIA** 6130. Sat, Dec 26, 2020. 0226-0245, Radio Romania International,
Galbeni-ROU, in French. A song; 0229 Man talks, ID; Woman talks, too; Songs.
Good reception.
** 6180. Mon, Dec 28, 2020. 1932-1942, Radio Romania International,
Tiganesti-ROU, in German. A song; 1935 Woman announcer talks and other song;?
1939 More song. Fair reception.
USA** 7305. Sat, Dec 26, 2020. 0130-0145, Vatican Radio, Greenville-NC, in
Portuguese. No regular programming, but a musical program dedicated to the
Christmas season. Good reception.
** 9385. Sat, Dec 26, 2020. 0411-0425, EWTN-Global Catholic Radio, Vandiver-AL,
in English. Songs dedicated to the Christmas season. No regular programming!
Fair reception.
JRX_Jose Ronaldo Xavier?SWARL Callsign PR7036SWLCabedelo-PB, Brazil (UTC-3)QTH
Locator: HI22NX
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2020 10:25:03 +0000 (UTC)
From: Zacharias Liangas <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [HCDX] Logs for the Christmas days (km long! )
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
I had a short TV DXingMsia and INsia on 25th via stream checking a few national
TVchannels? BY chance I was watching thenews programs ?at time 10xx UTC
starting withSCTI TV
Both countries usenow the or Krismas (from English ) ?instad of the previous
-Spanish- Natal to namethe Christmas. It seems a noticed day if not national
There were many people talking not only on the day butalso on the covid problem
Some of them were Tamil . vaccines are very close tobe reached to the country .
Greece is already receiving the vaccine and we willstart from ?28th. A house
wasfilled with thousands of mini lamps for the feel of ?Christmas in Msia with
inhabitants seeming as Tamil
It is also funthat a Turkish series is aired via the RTM2 on same time!
Subtitles are used. ??Thesame also happens here in Greece with fair audience
numbers stories are verygood and weepy.
Greek TV has musicals on 24-25 and also on 25
All logs arehere
https://zliangaslogs.blogspot.com/2020/12/monitoring-24-2712-long-article.html?
MW logs onyare here
https://zliangaslogs.blogspot.com/2020/12/mw-only-logs-froom-prevous-page.html
https://sites.google.com/site/zliangas/sdr
Zacharias LiangasAirspyHF+Discovery ? with?SDRConsole & 2x16 m antena
Icom? R75 /PL380 /? De1103? radios
https://del.icio.us/gr_greek1/ZAK (all pages)
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2020 20:13:41 +0000 (UTC)
From: Zacharias Liangas <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [HCDX] FRS reception: yestedeay
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Local reception :
3920nothing
5790 nosignal at 0959 nor later
5810-100dbm carrier depth 15 db
7700 -110carrier/120dbm noise
Form websdrin DK listening to FRS? with somebreakouts with around -75dbm
?FRS holland ID as 1000 and more music1001? a rock song LIstened to around 15
minetes only via Web SDR with? rock msuic for all this time MY local reception
was practially nil
https://sites.google.com/site/zliangas/sdr
Zacharias LiangasAirspyHF+Discovery ? with?SDRConsole & 2x16 m antena
Icom? R75 /PL380 /? De1103? radios
https://del.icio.us/gr_greek1/ZAK (all pages)
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2020 04:37:15 +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 28-29, 2020
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
** CUBA [and non]. 13571 approx., Dec 28 at 1535, spurblob of jazz
from RHC 13700-AM, and then find more at 64-65 kHz intervals, better
in FM than AM, and unreadable in SSB: 13636 S9 with F# tone; 13765 S9;
13830 vs victim in AM, i.e. VATICAN in Amharic; 13895; 13960 trace;
13505. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR [and non]. 2598-USB, Dec 29 at 0143 UT,
roboyl with marine weather in English, VP vs high LLNL, but there is
some `reverb` as from two not exactly synchronized transmitters. Only
one scheduled at this time, from 0137, is VOK from somewhere in
Labrador, per: https://dxinfocentre.com/mb.htm
2598 is supposed to be time-shared with 5 or 6 other stations in NL
and Qu?bec, not simulcast. However, EiBi does show two simul sites for
this 0137-0200 broadcast, cw and hd, which translate to
cw - Cartwright NL 53N42'30" - 57W01'17"
hd - Hopedale NL 55N27'24" - 60W12'30"
Both of which are on Labrador mainland, not island rock. Same roboyl
voice on 2749-USB but not checked whether // which is sometimes
deliberate as I recently logged from Qu?bec (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. Thread resulting from my Dec 27 log of KTOK:
``BTW, have not heard IBOC noise from KTOK for ages, tho still flagged
as -I in 2020-2021 NRC AM Log. IBOC ``reported off Dec 2009`` here:
http://www.topazdesigns.com/iboc/station-list.html
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)``
``Glenn et al., The listing of IBOC, as I have stated many times
before, does NOT pretend to track who turned this feature on or off.
It is a listing of those who are authorized to use the digital mode.
73, Wayne Heinen, Editor, NRC AM Radio Log, Aurora, CO``
``Wayne, Sorry, I did not realize that. In that case it would be
helpful to have a separate symbol denoting stations which are axually
in `HD` now. And full- or part-time, day and/or night?
I was under the impression that, unlike pure HD, anystation could run
hybrid HD ad lib without specific permission. Has FCC ever denied it?
They certainly don`t care about adjacent QRM!
Is there any way to check this thru AM Query? I don`t see anything
about HD for KTOK, one way or another; nor for KFAQ which we know is
running it. Could be deeply buried. 73, Glenn``
``Glenn, There is a link on the amq page that takes you to this list?
I usually check it against the database each year prior to publication
however this year, due to my shoulder replacement, I didn?t get all
the usual proofs done. You?ll find both KTOK and KFAQ on the list
https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_list.pl
73 Wayne Heinen``
``Wayne, Tnx but that link gets: `Station Search Error --- You must
specify search criteria values. Go back to the previous web page and
try again.`
But, but, I am not coming from a previous web page. O, here it is:
https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/digital-radio
which leads to: To obtain a list of stations authorized for "hybrid"
operation (analog + digital signals), select one of the following
links: [ AM |
which leads to:
https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_list.pl?Service=AM&digital_status=H
which then leads to:
https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_list.pl
i.e. the exact same URL Wayne gave but it won`t work directly, of 241
stations, alfabetical order by callsign, who cares about frequency or
location? which leads to KTOK info:
`Digital status: hybrid` -- and that`s all --- Glenn``
``Scott Fybush Dec 27 #15519 --- It's a notification, not a
permission. FCCData.org shows whether a station (AM or FM) has
notified digital operation; the flaw, as we see, is there's no process
for indicating cessation of digital operation.``
``As I'm sure you know, the FCC's Prime Directive is "please don't
bother us with details" and, really, licensees aren't required to run
HD in either MA3 or MA1 so why should they care? Same for C-QUAM (for
the 8 stations that still use it! :-D)
I think the listings in the NRC AMRL are fine. The editor (a recently
elected ARRL Life Member!) might consider fleshing out the -I and -$
code definitions to prevent this sort of complaint in future (not that
you can eliminate 100% of complaints ...) -- Peter Laws | N5UWY |
plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!``
``[nrc-am] IBOC Listing in NRC AM Radio Log JZinOK 2:41am #15530
In the case of KTOK, digital notification was made in 2006, but we
haven't used it in many years. It's rather worthless to us now, as
KTOK is carried on KXXY-FM HD2. KWPN 640 Moore OK also has given
notification, but dropped the HD a long time ago. Several FM's here
have given digital notification, but do not use it. All of the iHeart
FM's in OKC use HD. John Zondlo, Yukon, OK`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2066 monitoring: confirmed Monday
December 28 from 1900:49 on IRRS 7290 Bulgaria as heard via UTwente
including any internet delay. Open carrier is on by 1855; 1859:51
cut-on IRRS sign-on; 1900:20 Feature Story News headlines, then WOR.
Only my final word cut off at 1929, ``disclaimer``. As always,
extremely annoying splash from both sides cannot be escaped by LSB,
USB, AM Synch or narrow bandwidth: Vietnam 7280 is worse than East
Turkistan 7295 despite second- vs first-adjacency. Recheck at 1949,
has faded? to JBA carrier on 7290. Next:
0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 [canceled; confirmed]
0230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 [canceled; reconfirmed]
0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 5800 [pre-empted for FSR this week; confirmed]
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE [pre-empted] [ex-0100]
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
WOR is always a SW program first, but as stations make it harder to
hear, I can`t blame people for accessing a reliable alternative.
Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to Gerald T. Pollard, Raleigh NC, who sent a generous
Solsticial check in US$ on a US bank to
Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA
One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 4980, Dec 29 at 0234, WRMI-5 is poorly audible by Bonaire
KiwiSDR, S6-S7 in English, bits of Xmasmx and SMTV talk including ID
at 0244. Must use AM-Narrow to avoid 4985 RTTY. This is on skedgrid as
SMTV for many hours including this one, on 285 antenna but no
comparison to the bigsig we get on 7730 same azimuth. 4980 is the
frequency supposed to be home for 5950 programming bumped off there by
elimination of 9455, but supposedly long-delayed until it is up to
full power, maybe exciter only so far. If that`s the azimuth, 4980
ought to be stronger closer to its aim, at the TWR RGV SDR of
Brownsville TX --- but it is not, only JBA! Something is strange about
all this (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Dec 28 at
0135-0142 UT, contrary to usual method, I`m tuning in 9-kHz steps
downward from 1 kHz above the channels, so anycarrier making a 1 kHz
het can be recognized: 1503, 1422, 1296, 1215, 1107, 1089, 1053, 936,
909, 891*, 882(2), 837(2), 774(2), 747, 711, 639, 621. *strongest. (2)
= at least two carriers beating.
There would have been more below 700 kHz, but currently the local line
noise level is much higher in the 700-300 kHz range, as well as many
SW ranges. Earlier in the afternoon, driving around the neighborhood
tuned to open 1040 kHz where traces of WHO might have been otherwise,
the LLNL did not correlate with any lingering Xmas lighting, but
continued buzzing over a much wider area; and it`s just as bad daytime
as nighttime. Tnx a lot, OG&E (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7530, Dec 28 at 2207, S9/+10 open carrier where normally
nothing; only Aoki shows nearby possibility maybe on early:
``7530 2230-2300 TWN Suab Xaa Moo Zoo(Vo.Hope) Hmo Tamsui Dist 1-7``
It`s also shown same in WRTH 2020 as religious based in Thornton,
Colorado, under USA, not target/clandestine. Website leads to:
http://www.hmongdistrict.org/HiddenPages/SuabXaMooZoo(RadioMinistry).aspx
where there is no info about any current broadcasts, at least not in
English, and the `listen` link leads to a page to *buy* songs.
SXMZ no longer appears in the WRTH 2021, my copy just arrived, at
least not under USA, in the religious broadcaster cross-ref, in the SW
frequency list, nor under Target: Laos or Vietnam. On Nov 5, 2020, Ivo
Ivanov included it in a multi-site roster of ``Winter B-20
frequencies, unregistered in HFCC Database (updated)`` but I find no
recent logs of it. Back on April 25, 2020, Ivo had it in a list of
``missing clandestine {sic} transmissions``, some of which were
subsequently reported. None of this researched until later, so I did
not recheck after 2230 for any showup; QRX another day. Of course in a
shared fixed band, carrier could be a ute (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 13555-CW, Dec 28 at 1520, JBA traces of CW, maybe
finally something besides 13565 K6FRC on the HIFER band, not now.
https://www.lwca.net/sitepage/part15/index.htm
shows ``13554.98~ WV Richwood WV EW98rf CW (h 2020/12)``
but there are 14 more between 13555 and 13556. This was really too
weak to attempt an accurate measurement. I did get WV last Feb 27 at
1455 and March 4 at 1516. Richwood is in the Allegheny Mountains east
of Charleston (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0437 UT December 29
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 216, Issue 31
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