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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs February 21-22, 2021 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Mystery Egyptian Music Station on 9600 kHz, February 22
(Ivo Observer)
3. Re: Glenn Hauser logs February 21, 2021 (Wolfgang Bueschel)
4. Frequencies of Voice of Tibet in 31mb, February 22 (Ivo Observer)
5. #278 Reception in Southeastern BRAZIL - February 22, 2021
(Rudolf Grimm)
6. DAYTIMER DX TEST--WENR 1090 kHz Englewood, TN (Les Rayburn)
7. Glenn Hauser logs February 22-23, 2021 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 05:38:48 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: WOR DXLD <[email protected]>
Cc: Short-Wave Radio Listening <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 21-22, 2021
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
** CUBA. 5040, UT Mon Feb 22 at 0240, RHC tropical, not in dead air,
managing to modulate for a change! So I can listen to `En Contacto`
which has just started, via Bonaire SDR. Main topic is generic info
about amateur satellites starting with OSCAR; a few QSLs on the air
and mention that ``Arnaldo Coro est? nuevamente colaborando en el
programa``. I was listening to hear exactly what they said since
Claudio Galaz, Chile reported Coro was greeted on the previous airing
at 2344-2359 on 13740. So apparently Arnie is better; however he was
still missing from the closing credits. At 0252 onward to the medical
show (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** GERMANY. Trying the weblink roger had provided for more Radio Amrum
programming at 1900-2030 Feb 21: stereo rock music at first, nothing
about Amrum and of course DJ in German only. 1911 finally something
about Amrum, 1915 mention nostalgie; 2025 again about Amrum (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2074 monitoring: confirmed Sunday February 21
from 2300:22 on Area 51 via WBCQ 6160v; first at 2257, IS & ID loop at
S7-S9 via KB0FX SDR; in SAM mode carrier offset at first varying
around minus 62 Hz, i.e. 6159.938, but at 2319 recheck it`s minus
70-76 Hz, i.e. 6159.927v. Maybe a warmup factor, drifting down slowly
and slightly? I guess the WBCQ skews are due to crystal control, hard
to grind precisely, rather than frequency synthesis.
Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 22 at 0030 on WRMI 7730, VG S9+20 direct.
Also confirmed UT Mon Feb 22 at 0230 on WRMI 5800, S9+20/30 to KB0FX;
and 7780, S9+20 to Virginia SDR, but unusually not making it at all to
UTwente with a K-index of 4 - which nonetheless is not producing
auroral cx on MW, e.g. WCCO 830 still in well. Also confirmed on WRN
web/satcast. Next:
1901 UT Monday IRRS 7290 Bulgaria to WNW, 594-Italy
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
Our non-commercial broadcasts and website depend on voluntary support:
thanks this week to Joe Caberlin, Port Colborne, Ontario for some
spare Canadian and US$ 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. 9385, Feb 22 at 0020, WEWN English is unusually strong S9+20
with splash and artifacts down to 9375 especially around 9382.
Anything similar on the plus side obscured by 9395 WRMI (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** U S A. The #1 TV program I must never miss is `Sunday Morning`, on
CBS. When I first moved back to OK in the `90s, I discovered that the
CBS affiliate in OKC was not even airing it! Instead, gospel huxters:
after all, it`s --- Sunday morning. So I prevailed on a friend of mine
in Albuquerque to record and mail the tapes to me. Fortunately, KWTV
eventually started carrying it. Trouble is, the live airtime of 8-9:30
CT is unfortunately early for a night owl who would like to doze at
least until 9:00. Timer record? Yes, if you want to leave the cable
box and its spurs on all night; and KWTV cannot be depended on not to
shunt it to its substation KSBI if there be BREAKING NEWS or WEATHER.
Which meant I had to wake up by 8:00 to be sure to start the recording
on correct channel.
One week recently I did run the timer and got burned, so I had to go
after CBS SM on the website. As I reported at the time, it was
off-putting with rough interruptions for the same group of commercials
at every break. Even when started on time last week, my tape ran out
early so I had to get the last third from the website. Then I was
pleasantly surprised to find an adless stream which lasted only 62
minutes for the whole show and I could skip ahead to the last part I
had missed. So assuming that setup continue, I decide now to rely on
watching full episodes ASAP during following week at
https://www.cbsnews.com/sunday-morning/
OR NOT: now I find that altho there are clearly labeled linx to ``Full
Episode Feb 21``, you only get the first segment before it defaults to
``live`` CBSN. You have to keep going back to the SM page and clicking
anew on each segment, hoping not to miss anything altho they add up to
less than 62. OTOH one can easily skip occasional items about stupid
ballgames, which infested Superbowl Sunday. BTW, altho Suddenlink
cable provides many shows on demand from CBS and other networks, SM
has never been included (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 2959.839, Feb 22 at 0349, JBA carrier unseems birdie,
again suspecting a second harmonic from a Latin American MW 1479.9195
but nothing that far off in mwoffsets (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0539 UT February 22
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:28:27 +0000
From: Ivo Observer <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Mystery Egyptian Music Station on 9600 kHz, February
22
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*EGYPT Mystery Egyptian Music Station on 9600 kHz, February 22:*
0805-0815 on 9600 unknown tx / unknown to ????, 1000Hz tone and
0815-0821 on 9600 unknown tx / unknown to ????, Egyptian music.*Good
signal via SDR Tambov, Russia over weak signal of PBS Xinjiang:*
same time on 9600 URU 050 kW / 230 deg to EaAs Chinese PBS
Xinjiang*The next frequency will be 9550 kHz, but is unknown
(0900-1000UT)*
--
73! Ivo Ivanov
More information on the shortwave listening hobby,
please visit to http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com
QTH-1: Patreshko, Bulgaria
Receiver: Afedri SDR
Software: SDR-Console v2.3(using remote connection)
Antennas: various Inverted V and beverage antennas.
QTH-2: Sofia OK2, Bulgaria
Receiver: Sony ICF-2001D
Antenna: 30 m. long wire
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 12:08:06 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "hcdx" <[email protected]>, "wor" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 21, 2021
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some log of Sunday Febr 21 on eastern Yankee coast installations:
5009.918 UNIDentified, weak and tiny signal -101dBm, likely MDG
domestic Malagasy radio at 03.30 UT Febr 21.
5024.997 CUB Radio Rebelde from Bauta site, typical great Latin
American music at 03.35 UT, S=9+30dB strength.
4764.999 CUB Radio Progreso, 50 kW unit from Bejucal, likely at
01.30-05.00 UT ? - S=9+20dB at 03.38 UT on Febr 21.
3215even USA WWCR Nashville TN scheduled 03 - 06 UT ? S=9+15dB
and fq checked against CHU 3330, WWV 2500 kHz standard.
4885.010 and 4885.028 kHz TWO Brazilians side-by-side, 03.48 UT.
4939.995 BOT VoA Botswana, JBA much weak -104dBm signal into
eastern US coast stns. 03.50 UT on Febr 21.
4939.995 CLM Radio "La Montana" Colombia ?, JBA, in peaks
-88dBm strength at 03.52 UT.
4949.730 AGL Radio Nacional Mulenvos, -104dBm very weak, after
gray line_out on Africa continent, at 03.54 UT.
4960.052 STP Much early sign-on Yankee Doodle at Pinheira Sao Tome
US AGM African relay, daily start in 60 mb, at 03.58 UT.
Monitored some 50 Hertz down-wandered, when checked again
thrice between 03.58:40 and 04.13 UTC, then at the end
settled-down on
4959.997 kHz exact measured then. Took some 14 minutes the auto-
tune align action stopped at 04.13 UT.
5040.001 empty carrier only, no RHC audio at 04.04 UT, S=9+20dB
signal from Bauta RadioCuba bcast center.
5085even USA WTWW shortwave special pop mx program(?), S=9+20dB
13.2 kHz wideband nice audio sound block signal. 04.07 UT
10 kHz wideband OTHR signals much loud in NoAM (USA/CAN) on
5150-5200 kHz around hopping at S=9+20dB level, 6 seconds lasting
radar transmission, also similar at 04.11 UT on 6150 and 9630 kHz
midst in bcast band.
5959.888 KWT MOI Radio Kuwait in Arabic, S=9+20dB signal at 04.14
on Febr 21.
Despite the WRMI 'evens' 5800, 5850, and 5950 kHz noted also talk on
5829.986 much odd fq WTWW, talk on group of President Clinton gun
reform - and Democrats - House of Representatives in 1994 ?
At 04.16 UT AP news agency report on 'super national assault
weapons'; also religious rights about homosexuals matter and
praying for the sexually ill ... S=9+20dB.
5889.996 USA WWCR TOM BS roarer - amongst others in 49 mb at 04.18 UT
S=9+20dB.
5910even CUB CRI Latin America relay site at Quivican San Felipe
250 kW TITAN RadioCuba site, S=9+20dB in MI/NJ, but S=9+30dB
strength in Rochester NY US state. Cantonese CRI service.
6000even CUB RHC English service via Quivican site, DISTORTED audio,
S=9+30dB in NY / NJ US states. Talk comment about
'US diplomats in La Habana embassy during Presidency of Drumb
influence into cultural scene by US Yankees ...'. 04.21 UT.
6020even ROU RRI Galbeni English sce, heavy powerhouse signal into NY,
S=9+35dB at 04.23 UT on Febr 21. 'Romanian literature in the
90ties'.
6049.998 EQA HCJB Quito, local sung by Ecuadorian girls group. Today
Febr 21 at 04.24 UT excellent audio signal, S=9+10dB in peaks.
6060even CUB RHC Bauta in Spanish(!) language section, S=9+25dB and
some annoying co-channel signal of 'Sahel bubble tone' strange
audio out of TDF Paris control center - Issoudun France bcast
center antenna leg 'E' section feeder line ? Against lessee
RTA Algiers in Sahel Arabic service. 04.25 UT on Febr 21.
6080.028 STP VoA English out of Pinheira US AGM relay site, fair
S=8 signal only at 04.27 UT.
6184.972 MEX XEPPM Mexico D.F. Radio Educaci?n, sweet Mexican mx
canciones, like typical Mariachi music, S=9+10dB at 04.34 UT.
6165even D__ NHK Radio Japan via MBR Nauen Germany site, Russian
scheduled at 125 kW 85degr azimuth, but heard NHK RJ English
newscast segment instead, - at 04.35 UT.
Fair S=8 signal sidelobe into NY and NJ installations.
6159.938 USA WBCQ program, much ODD fq outlet, mx program at 04.36 UT
only poor S=5-6 into Rochester NY equipment.
6135.134 BRA Radio Aparecida, BrasPort sermon(?), poor S=5-6 04.39 UT
6125.005 TUR TRT Emirler English sce at 04.41 UT, S=9+40dB powerhouse
like ROU 6020 kHz. Turkish folk mx noted, 11 kHz wideband
excellent 'Ampegon typical' audio signal.
6090even ETH Best of 6090/6110 kHz Gedja signals this Febr 21 morning,
R Amhara, HoA music, S=8 at 04.42 UT, excellent propagation.
7140.020 ERI Asmara outlet in ham radio 40 meterband,
noted close-down at exact 04.44 UT today.
7490.003 USA ? WHRI ? S=9+45dB MUCH POWERHOUSE signal, 04.50 UT,
tremendous 28 kHz wide signal into US eastern coast stns.
9385even USA WEWN Vandiver 1st program, S=9 signal in English language,
Catholic sermon on 04.56 UT.
9420 Greece not on air at 04.57 UT.
9664.983 BRA Likely Voz Missionaria, poor S=6 at 04.58 UT.
9699.998 CUB RHC Bauta site, English letterbox announced just before
05.00 UT, \\ 6000 QUI, 6060 BAU. But Spanish sce noted at 05.02
9535v kHz - and 9650v kHz, latter switch-down at 05.03 UT.
some log of Sunday Febr 21 at 14-15 UT on eastern US installations
at FL and NY states
5829.986 USA WTWW (?) English 01-15 UT ? at 14.10 UT.
6000even CUB RHC Quivican San Felipe TITAN site, S=9+35dB much strong
signal at 14.14 UT, slight audio feeder disturbtion,
11 kHz wideband signal.
6069.994 CAN CFRX Toronto, weak and tiny JBA -98dBm at 14.19 UT into
Cape Canaveral FL site Perseus rx.
9264.985 USA WINB English 'roarer' sermon performance, S=8, 14.21 UT.
9535.002 CUB RHC Bejucal in Spanish towards MEX - Panama country belt
S=9+20dB at 14.24 UT.
9650.004 CUB RHC Bejucal transmission towards Antilles and Trinidad
sidelobe in North-Eastern South AM, S=9+10dB at 14.26 UT.
9979.992 USA Likely WWCR Nashville TN English sermon, S=9+10dB at
14.28 UT.
12000even CUB (Unwanted) RHC Quivican HARMONIC 2 x 6000 kHz, S=8-9
at 14.30 UT on Febr 21.
11760even CUB RHC Bauta non-direction, steep angle fountain like
signal into Caribbean bassin, 26 kHz (!) wideband signal at
14.33 UT.
11780.006 BRA JBA poor S=4-5 signal, R Nacional da Amazonia, 14.35 UT
13700even CUB RHC Spanish, fair signal S=8-9 at 14.37 UT.
13740even CUB RHC Spanish, likely refurbished BBEF Beijing Made in
China TX, proper 16 kHz wideband super audio signal today
from Bauta bcast center ? S=9+25dB at 14.39 UT.
15140even CUB RHC S=9+15dB at 14.42 UT.
15230even CUB RHC S=9+5dB towards Brazil sidelobe at 14.44 UT.
Recording Radio Amrum of 2021Febr21 at 16.18 UT of MP3 Mono
free download
https://app.box.com/s/vpkx1iv77j0nb1g962m0krvwpcg44dv3
Recording Radio Amrum of 2021Febr21 at 16.18 UT of MP3 Stereo
free download
https://app.box.com/s/c2pe5w9mekad0o2t56xu0xhrd5nyh5ez
Screenshot Perseus Radio Amrum of 2021Febr21 at 16.18 UT
free download
https://app.box.com/s/dofcu8a64597n5cjzrg9bn8pfb5qjo2w
Stored also locally an UN_CONDENSED WAV.format huge file locally.
FRANCE 15215 kHz Radio Amrum transmission of 2021Febr21 at 16.18 UT, sorry
came a little late for total recording, I'was out on this lovely spring day.
See free download via box.com access strings, see above.
15215 kHz noted (with 12 kHz bandwidth format) Radio Amrum (Radio ??mrang)
/ from Amrum Island, German North Frisian Islands,
in Rochester NY US state, S=9 or -78dBm, recording at 16.18 UT Febr 21.
Program lasted til 16.58:20 UTC,
when the adresses of the Radio Amrum and Radio Flensburg Germany
facilities given.
17.00:05 switch-OFF Ampegon transmitter
on FMO MBR / TDF Issoudun broadcast center in France.
More RRs taken on KiwiNet in North America between 16.18 and 17.00 UTC.
CT / MA S=9+25 -55 dBm
MA S=9+15 -64 dBm
Maryland S=9+10 -69 dBm
W3HFU S=9+30 -48 dBm
Georgia S=9+10 -68 dBm
Rochester NY S=9+15 -67 dBm
Princeton NJ S=9+10 -69 dBm
North Carolina S=9+20 -57 dBm
WU1T MA state S=9+35 -44 dBm
Dixon IL S=9+15 -66 dBm
Highland NY S=9+35 -43 dBm
CT S=9+30 -48 dBm
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Febr 21)
U S A. 9385, Feb 22 at 0020, WEWN English is unusually strong S=9+20
with splash and artifacts down to 9375 kHz especially around 9382.
Anything similar on the plus side obscured by 9395 kHz WRMI.
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR, Feb 22)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Hauser via Hard-Core-DX" Sent: Sunday, Febr 21, 2021
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 21, 2021
> CUBA. 5040, Feb 21 at 0147, RHC with S9+10/20 of dead air yet
> again. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
>
> CUBA. 6000, Feb 21 at 0155, S9+10/20 of suptorted music on RHC
> English service. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
> WOR)
>
> CUBA. 6180, Feb 21 at 0156, S9+10 of dead air except for occasional
> modulation peaks trying to break thru, during CRI relay. Wiggle that
> patchcord! Cannot hear any RNA Brasil if it be underneath. 6180
> recheck at 0244 via Bonaire SDR, now there is soft undermodulated
> Chinese at S9/+10, still no RNA. Something`s always wrong at
> RadioCuba. After 0300, MWV Madagascar takes over 6180 and CRI/Cuba
> moves to 5910 where the same defect usually continue, but not checked
> tonight.
> (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
>
> ECUADOR. 6050, UT Sun Feb 21 at 0247, surprisingly strong S9+10
> from HCJB`s residual into Bonaire SDR, as to here it`s normally JBA.
> Also surprising is a praise song in English; but 0255 Spanish
> announcement and praise song in Spanish, no break at ToH nor
> timesignal. 0313 M&H chatting in Spanish. 0403 YL lexuring on the
> Quichua saying their culture is machista - to mix genders - i.e.
> hombres dominating mujeres. This is the extended weekend broadcast
> past weekday close circa 0230*v.
> (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
> U S A. (5085), UT Sun Feb 21 at 0115 & 0145 chex, wild rock music
> instead of `Theatre Organ Under The Arch`, on WTWW-2 webcast, not
> before or after nominal 0130V; or was its timing even further off?
> (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
> This report despatched at 1858 UT February 21
> _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 13:42:03 +0000
From: Ivo Observer <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Frequencies of Voice of Tibet in 31mb, February 22
Message-ID:
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
*UZBEKISTAN(non) Frequencies of Voice of Tibet in 31mb, February 22*
1300-1305 NF 9894.0 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9896.8
1305-1313 on 9886.0 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9886.8
1313-1330 on 9864.0 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9864.8
1330-1335 on 9876.0 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9876.8
1335-1340 NF 9884.0 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9876.8
1340-1400 on 9864.0 DB 100 kW / 131 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 9864.8
--
73! Ivo Ivanov
More information on the shortwave listening hobby,
please visit to http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com
QTH-1: Patreshko, Bulgaria
Receiver: Afedri SDR
Software: SDR-Console v2.3(using remote connection)
Antennas: various Inverted V and beverage antennas.
QTH-2: Sofia OK2, Bulgaria
Receiver: Sony ICF-2001D
Antenna: 30 m. long wire
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 00:57:10 +0000
From: Rudolf Grimm <[email protected]>
To: Rudolf Grimm <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] #278 Reception in Southeastern BRAZIL - February 22,
2021
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
February 22, 2021
#278 RECEPTION IN S?O BERNARDO SP (GG66hh), BRAZIL - Rudolf Grimm, PY2-81502
SWL.
Rx: My KiwiSDR (S?o Bernardo).
Antenna: PA0RDT Mini Whip + Headphone.
Brazilian stations: all in Portuguese language.
Times in UTC.
*************************************************************
BRAZIL - B,
11910 kHz (DRM): Radio Nacional FM, 96.1 MHz, Brasilia (via Radio Nacional da
Amazonia, SW facilities), 21/02 2255. Jazz music, international pop songs, id:
'ZYT461, Radio Nacional FM, 96.1 MHz, Brasilia'. 45554.
CHINA - CHN,
5050 kHz: Voice of Beibu Bay Radio, Nanning, Chinese, 21/02 2314. Talk by male
voice communication in Chinese language. 35443. ** Tx w/225? Az to Southeastern
Asia.
FRANCE - F,
15215 kHz: Radio ??mrang, via Issoudun, English / German, 21/02 1632. Id:
'Radio ??mrang'. Interview, phone-in, id in German and English. 35543. ** Radio
??mrang is broadcast just on February 21, a major North Frisian holiday.
GUAM - GUM,
11610 kHz: KSDA Adventist World Radio, via Agat, Vietnamese, 21/02 2240.
Christian message by male voice, prayer. 35553. ** Tx w/285? Az to Asia.
SINGAPORE - SNG,
3915 kHz: BBC, via Kranji, English, 21/02 2303. News Bulletin by male voice
speaker, 'This is the BBC...'. 35553. ** Tx to Southeastern Asia.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - USA,
5010 kHz: Family Radio, via WRMI, Spanish, 21/02 2308. Christian programming,
Bible Reading by male voice. 25542. ** Tx w/181? Az to Central America.
9975 kHz: KVOH Voice of Hope, Rancho Simi, Spanish, 18/02 0032. Male voice
communication. 'KVOH'. Christian song, time checking, message. 35443. ** Tx
w/100? Az to Central America.
*************************************************************
73 & good DX!, rg
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2021 19:31:39 -0600
From: Les Rayburn <[email protected]>
To: N1LF Radio <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] DAYTIMER DX TEST--WENR 1090 kHz Englewood, TN
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
The Courtesy Program Committee (CPC) of the IRCA and NRC are pleased to
announce a special Daytime DX Test for WENR 1090 kHz in Englewood, TN. The test
will run on Saturday, February 27, 2021 starting at 5:00 PM EST (22:00 UTC)
until 6:15 PM EST (23:15 UTC).
This unique DX Test was inspired by a recent article in the MW Circle by Barry
Davies and Steve Whitt, entitled ?Catch a US Daytimer.? It discusses the
possibility of logging daytime-authorized stations in the US during brief time
periods as they near the end of their broadcast day.
The hope is that DX?ers in Europe, along with some in the United States in the
Eastern, Central and possibly Mountain Time Zone will be able to take advantage
of enhanced propagation near sunset to log this station as well. The station
will run only legal voice identification, Morse Code identifications, sweep
tones and sound effects. No music, announcements or other material. This should
maximize the chances of DX?ers hearing this rare daytime station.
Running the test near the end of the broadcast day, rather than during normal
testing hours overnight has some unique advantages:
Allows DX?ers in Europe to take advantage of grayline propagation.
Less interference to Europe and the East Coast from KAAY in Little Rock.
More convenient for Chief Engineer. No late night trip to the transmitter site.
WENR normally runs a classic rock and roll format that is simulcast with their
250 watt FM translator, W285CG. They identify the station using the FM
branding, 104.9, ?The Mountain.? It transmits during daytime hours on a 1,000
watt signal with good coverage into one of East Tennessee?s mid-sized market of
Athens.
Starting at 5:00 PM EST, WENR will sign off it?s normal format of classic rock,
and begin running the DX test material for the next 1.25 hours. Listeners will
be advised to switch to the FM translator on 104.9 to continue enjoying the
music they normally hear.
QSL INFORMATION
Reception reports and verifications will be handled by the Courtesy Program
Committee of the NRC/IRCA. You can send them via e-mail only to:
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
We are modifying our rules for verifications to reflect the reality of limited
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 04:39:44 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: WOR DXLD <[email protected]>
Cc: Short-Wave Radio Listening <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 22-23, 2021
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** CUBA. 13568-trace, 13633, 13766 S7-S9, 13833, Feb 22 at 1524. FMish
spurblobs at 66-67 kHz intervals, with F# tone out of 13700-AM music;
something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 13680, Feb 22 at 2110, S9+10/20 of dead air instead of
European service. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** CUBA. 5040, Feb 23 at 0309, is S7-S9 of dead air in Spanish;
something`s always wrong at RHC. But 6060 is Spanishing with rather
poor signal, while 9535 & 9650 are inaudible with K-index of 4 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA. 5910, Feb 23 at 0316, CRI Plus in suptorted English relay at
S9/+30, but almost sufficient with volume up and close attention.
Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** MADAGASCAR. 6179.944, Feb 23 at 0311, S8-S9 of Aleluya hymn,
``Radiodifusora Cristiana Mundial presenta ---``, i.e. World Christian
Broadcasting, not the other TN station, and quite off-frequency. How
do you say ``worldwide`` in Spanish as opposed to merely ``world``?
Mundial already implies the greater -wide, and can`t be diminished as
an adjective (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2074 monitoring: confirmed Monday
February 22 until 1929:40 on IRRS 7290 Bulgaria, tuned in just in time
via UTwente SDR having missed the start which should have been close
to 1900:40; poor S6-S8 vs usual splash. Then I check the NW Ireland
SDR during `Feature Story News` which follows, better at that skip
distance S8-S9. Next:
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE
2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
2300 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
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USA
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to woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5800, Feb 22 at 0709, S9+20 of dead air. Got to be the
WRMI-10 transmitter still/again on for some reason, amid supposed
0430-2200 (Sat -1400) break. Meanwhile, the next WRMI transmitter,
#12, 5850, which is supposed to be on until 1400, is stronger S9+40
with TOMBS, as apropos for 315 vs 160 degraz (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5890, Feb 23 at 0317, WWCR-4 with non-TOMBS gospel huxter
this hour but with buzz/frying sound, producing peaks around 3-4 kHz
plus and minus. May originate from programmer, E. C. Fulcher rather
than station but which does not filter it out (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 1509.835V, Feb 22 at 2335 UT, following these reports in
this week`s mv-eko of the Arctic Radio Club:
``1510 16.2 2300 KCTE Independence MO. Seriously offset this evening
at 1509.8395. OJS/L = Odd-J?rgen Sagdahl, Trondheim, remote Loran C
(close to Berlev?g [NE tip of Norway] ? 1000 meter 305 grader)
Oid/Tent Nordamerika --- 1510 17.2 0415 Tent KCTE Independence MO
stark med diverse ESPN-promos. 0346 n?gra Missouri-reklamer s?
t?mligen IDad. Speciellt som den ligger v?ldigt snett precis som
tidigare g?nger jag h?rt dem. Drygt 160 Hz l?gt! Brummar fint mot
j?mnstarka CO-stationen som ligger r?tt. BOS``
Despite being much closer to KCTE, I check for such a
far-off-frequency; on the DX-398 in offset SSB compared to 1500 &
1520, there is a 1510-minus looping about NNE/SSW. On the R75 I refine
it to 1509.835 and slightly wavering het against the 1510.00 stations.
Rather than measuring it directly which is difficult with all the QRM,
I match the het pitch I am hearing in AM mode, with same pitch on
1-Hz-step tuning in LSB mode. Also rocking back and forth, 1509.835 is
very close to the center of the signal, give or take a few Hz.
Altho OJS heard it at 23 UT, I`m expecting to get it only until 2400*
which is the official FCC sunset time in February (March: 0030*), for
this 10 kW direxional *daytimer* with major lobes to NNE & SSW. Signal
gradually improves and by 2355 I make out an OSHA PSA and ESPN
mention, and if tuned up to 1510.000-LSB, the audio sounds skewed in
pitch as it should from a lower frequency centre. No ID at top of
hour, however, nor does it go off!
Soon obvious it`s amid play-by-play of silly basketball game. Still
there obvious with its het at 0005, 0021. At 0032 I switch to the
Kansas City SDR of KD4HSO and hear exactly the same het on a stronger
semi-local signal. SAM mode readouts a carrier offset of minus 162v
Hz, plus or minus 1 Hz, which is another very neat fit equivalent to
1509.838v. More BKB, still past 0100 with no ID, starting coverage of
``second half``. Of course, KCTE has FM translators, so why don`t they
turn off the AM as legally required to do? Obviously local sunset is
no barrier, as the other log above was at 0415 UT.
Axually, such extrahourity and offfrequenciness are nothing new for
KCTE; I probably had it Dec 8, 2018. This was also reported in *2014y*
along with corroboration from others:
``1509.8 approx., Feb 26 at 0649 UT, KCTE Independence MO for at least
the fourth night is on the air illegally after daytime with
sportstalk, and far out of frequency tolerance, big het upon poor
WLAC.``
The first report in my archive was on the +plus side from *2011y*, ten
years ago: ``1510+, KCTE Independence MO is still off-frequency
producing audible het against weaker stations, Feb 9 at 1416; ID at
1417. Taped the day before and then checked against a keyboard, close
to F# below middle C, i.e. circa 185 Hz above 1510 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` Now I wonder if I put it on the wrong side?
Strangely enough, current mwoffsets misses KCTE now and ago with only
an interim entry when it must have managed some accuracy as possible:
``1510,0002 KCTE (Independence MO)[-1510.0008] 1400-0200 2018-01-22``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0440 UT February 23
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 218, Issue 25
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