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Colin Newell) 3. Glenn Hauser logs July 29-30, 2021 (Glenn Hauser) 4. Glenn Hauser logs July 30-31, 2021 (Glenn Hauser) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 06:24:14 +0000 From: Manuel M?ndez <manuelmend...@gmail.com> To: "DX WOR groups" <w...@groups.io> Subject: [HCDX] Radiodifusora Acreana, Rio Branco, 4885, on air now, 0620, 30-07 Message-ID: <emc700eca5-087f-40c4-b404-d48b4c1dd5e8@desktop-r2815fq> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Manuel M?ndez Lugo, Spain Log in Reinante, NW of Spain Tecsun PL-880, cable antenna, 8 meters BRASIL, 4885, Radiodifusora Acreana, Rio Branco, 0525-0621, 30-07, Brazilian songs, QRM from Radio Clube do Par? on the same frequency with Radio Bandeirantes news but stronger Acreana. , heard id. at 0820 " 1 hora 20 minutos...A Difusora esta con voc?", also checked the program with the Radiodifusora Acreana online signal and matches . Very irregular this station on shortwave, months without heard it. 23432. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 09:15:50 -0700 From: "R. Colin Newell" <coffeecan...@gmail.com> To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [HCDX] Tribute to Ian McFarland Message-ID: <4249889d-1d11-473f-b311-3dfe3ebd1...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Radio Canada International?s former voice of the nation, Ian McFarland, lives the quiet and humble life of a widower on Southern Vancouver Island, near Duncan, British Columbia. To many of us, Ian?s voice guided us through some of the greatest times in shortwave history and into the more troubled and meager phases of the medium. I, for one, at the impressionable age of 13 composed my first reception reports to RCI in the 1970?s - and felt, like many, that the good times could never end. Times did change, but I?ll always remember the salad days of International broadcasting - and Ian?s tireless dedication and contributions to our seemingly endless selection of content on the dial. Please join me in acknowledging Ian McFarlands contribution to the world of radio. Please send your comments and well wishes to me, Colin, at rnew...@shaw.ca and I will add them to a giant greeting card in time for his next birthday. Now in his 80?s I think Ian will appreciate the gesture? legends of radio: may they never be forgotten. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2021 23:01:27 +0000 (UTC) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: WOR DXLD <w...@groups.io> Cc: Short-Wave Radio Listening <s...@mailman.qth.net> Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 29-30, 2021 Message-ID: <2064779898.938262.1627686087...@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 ** CHINA. CNR1 jammer check, July 30 at 1343: S8-S6 of Chinese on 13130; but only JBA or JBA carriers on 13530, 13020, 12850, no others in the 12s-13s nor 16s (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6060, July 30 at 0614, RHC English, S9+10 at first seemed dead air, but then JBM with no buzz. 6000 & 6165 & 5040 are off, leaving only 6100 sufficient. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA [and non]. 7435 & 7335, July 29 at 0619, R. Mart? is off again; apparently the unrest in Cuba it stirred up has subsided. Since at least July 12 it had extended past previous midnight closing at 0400 UT, presumably all-night until new day start at *1000. But pulse jammers are still running on 7435 & 7335; and as for 40m hamjamming, similar noise against nothing on 7215 and 7157 only, rather than several more amorphous peaks as before (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** OKLAHOMA. 93.9, July 30 at 1602 past 1620 on random caradio chex, dead air from KIMY, gospel huxter in Watonga; still so at 1729 UT. Standard inquiry? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** PERU [non]. Replies to my report on 5800 WRMI special, July 29 at 0300-0400: ``Regarding Per? le canta a las Am?ricas, Not sure what to make of the squeal being described, I briefly monitored over 20 SDRs at various locations during the broadcast and did not note this although other audio quality was variable depending upon location. We'll see what comes in from the other reception reports. The conversational part of the program was a three-way Skype between Lima, Peru, Durango, Mexico and Chicago USA. The best audio available in that situation was going to be good telephone (vs studio) quality, but the locations were authentic. The music was added later in the mixdown, which accounts for the difference. Our upcoming special for M?xico in September will be a similar situation, with two locations in M?xico. This producer will agree to disagree on the question of "more music, less talk". Those fully fluent en espa?ol received some cultural context to the bicentennial as well as about the songs and artists themselves, and although that is admittedly not always to the taste of all listeners, it is here - context - where radio can still add value to music in a world where most listeners can just as easily pull up songs on the Internet with better audio quality. The promotional support as always is highly appreciated. --"Uncle Bill" Tilford, Chicago, Illinois`` ``The "squeal" problem with WRMI's 5800 kHz transmitter is real. although I'd describe it as a "warbling whistle." On my SDR waterfall, there are two unstable audio traces around 2 and 4 kHz from the carrier on both sidebands. These have been noted consistently during the Europirate relays organized by Texas Radio Shortwave the last few weeks. As Glenn mentioned, this is almost certainly caused by a problem with the transmitter's modulator. 73, Andy Robins, Kalamazoo, Michigan USA`` ``Does that turn up at just some azimuths maybe? Perhaps we'll find out soon`` -- Tilford There is only one azimuth ever scheduled for 5800: 160 degrees, same as 4980 and 9955 (gh) ``Hola Glenn, Muchas gracias por tu reporte, hasta ahora hemos recibido 14 reportes, tuvimos muy buena cobertura a nivel mundial. estamos muy contentos, y te agradezco mucho tu promoci?n, yo mismo la escuch? en WOR la semana pasada. Tu informe es muy cr?itico e interesante, te cuento, tratamos de imitar el estilo de las emisoras tropicales de los a?os 70, la voz femenina que nos acompa?? es la de mi ex mujer. Hicimos este programa para divertirnos y honrar al Per? en su bicentenario, yo soy historiador especializado en las relaciones diplom?ticas entre Per? y M?xico. Te mando tu verificaci?n junto con un abrazo`` -- Alejandro Vallebueno QSL: https://www.w4uvh.net/PeruWRMI5800.pdf Or #128 via http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** ROMANIA [and non]. 7310, July 30 after 2200, RRI in English to Europe also reaches Maryland SDR just fine. Also weaker on 5945. Too much piles up at this hour, also Turkey on 9830, Spain on 17855 M/W/F; hard to choose which or keep switching around (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 13565-CW, July 30 at 1349, HIFER beacon repeating ID K6FRC over and over quite readable vs CODAR; before retiring I had tuned to 13564-USB to remind me to check this first thing in morning. Claiming only 1.8 milliwatts from Patterson CA, any relog of K6FRC remains notable, and certainly not every day, but never very far from 1400 making me wonder if it really run constantly. Seldom heard are any of the dozens of other such beacons listed on the 13550-13570 ISM band (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2097 monitoring: confirmed first SWBCs, UT Fri July 30 at 0130 on WRMIs: 5850 VG direct; 7780, S9/+20 into UTwente Holland SDR. Also confirmed Fri July 30 at 2030 on IRRS via AM Italia, 918 kHz, this week not cut off after 5 seconds but apparently complete until 2059, S9+32 including high noise level at first via Noale SDR, but VG non-noisy by the end. In Arctic Radio Club mv-eko, a QSL shows AM Italia, 918 kHz, 4.5 kW, folded monopole antenna on 55 m tower from Granze (PD). No mention of Villa Estense as location. Well, the two are only 4+ km apart, both 31 km SSW of Padova. A previous talk program was chopped off at 2029.5 for IRRS only ID, then WOR. Next: 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1801 UT Saturday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 918-Italy 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2000 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy 2200vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW [last week: 0300 Mon] 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [off air last week] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 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 Chuck Ermatinger: Eureka MO, for two contributions via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 4840, July 29 at 0617, S9+30 of dead air from WWCR. This happens frequently, sloppyrator asleep, literally? at the switch. Meanwhile, TOMBS continues on 3215 & 5890, the latter lowly modulated compared to 5935 PMS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 2301 UT July 30 ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2021 03:51:41 +0000 (UTC) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: WOR DXLD <w...@groups.io> Cc: Short-Wave Radio Listening <s...@mailman.qth.net> Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 30-31, 2021 Message-ID: <1835449343.964009.1627703501...@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 ** CUBA [and non]. 7345, July 30 at 2350, no signal from R. Mart?, DRM or AM. Had been running DRM daytime starting at 1700 until 0200, but UT July 28 had switched to AM. Now gone but pulse jamming remains. No other RM AM signals on 7 MHz band yet nor 6030 to start at 0000 but 5980 already running, tough luck for R. Chaski, Per? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. 5800, UT Sat July 31 at 0200, Cool AM Radio, another pirate relay via Texas Radio SW via WRMI; VG via Tennessee SDR. Rock music none of which I recognize, nor which I think is ever announced by name or performer? Frequent heavily produced liners and IDs, main voice doing a very good American accent, invites reports to coolamra...@hotmail.com 0214 banjo music; 0232 ID with website www.coolam.nl; 0244 plug supporting free radio, address again. 0256 closing with tnx to WRMI and TRSW for availablizing this. Closes with ``I`ll give you a kiss``, ``and now for something completely different``; `Yellow Rose of Texas` theme; 0300 into `Viva Miami` in Spanish, starting with info about then upcoming special broadcast on 5010, Monday July 26 of Oasis-1210 coverage of that march on Washington; and mailbag; 0315 into Mideast music fill; 0325 Cayman Holiday; 0339 still World Music fill with that perennial, `Sandunga` on marimba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** NORTH AMERICA. 9610-USB, July 31 at 0038, hard rock at S7-S8 into Missouri SDR, tnx to hot tip from Vance-MI in latest Free Radio Weekly just arrived that after emitting on 9530 and 9520 as heard since 2320 by Robins & Zichi, Mix Radio International had switched to 9610. It`s quite in the clear there; hard rock with breaks for canned IDs and/or address at 0048, 0051, 0136, 0148, 0154, still past 0200 when I am mainly listening to Cool AM Radio on 5800 via WRMI; and MRI still going on 9610-USB at 0250, 0317, 0341 chex. Had been on lower 9 MHz channels as early as 1806 July 30, and announced frequency changes here: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,84476.0.html BTW, earlier around 2350 July 30 check of 6.9-MHz pirate band found no activity; quite a bit in HFU an hour later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2097 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday July 31 at 0130 on WRMI 9395, VG S9+10/20 via east Tennessee SDR which in SAM mode shows frequency offset +29.7 to 29.8 Hz. Next: 1801 UT Saturday IRRS 7290-Bulgaria to WNW, 918-Italy 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2000 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0400] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 918-Italy 2200vUT Sunday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW [last week: 0300 Mon] 2230 UT Sunday WRMI 9955 [jammed?] to SSE 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7730 to WNW 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 5800 to SSE 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW [off air last week] 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 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 Chuck Ermatinger: Eureka MO, for two contributions via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to woradio at yahoo.com One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 4840, July 29 at 0617, S9+30 of dead air from WWCR. This happens frequently, sloppyrator asleep, literally? at the switch. Meanwhile, TOMBS continues on 3215 & 5890, the latter lowly modulated compared to 5935 PMS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. (7489.9v), UT Sat July 31 from 0000, WBCQ webcast with `AAAWWW` starting William Tell Overture. Tomorrow is the 175th anniversary of founding of Monticello, so A&A are participating in 10 am parade. Lauds how well the little town has treated WBCQ; population down to less than 1,000 [2,010 census or Rand McNally estimate was only 400!]. Jason will be broadcasting the parade on WBCQ`s AM & FM stations on 780, 94.7 & 98.3 but probably not SW on short notice. A&A visit the scenic Maine coast on a day or two off, and found that lunch for two now costs $93 at their favorite restaurant; good food, but ?!?! Lamenting inflation, minimum wage increases, etc. That annoying caller Tim interrupts again this week at 0017, so I zone out, but he`s pushing gold and silver when I zone back in. 0029 Allan laments that FCC is not taking any axion on his application to buy WHRI; against AW`s dedication to religious and Free Speech broadcasting? Not as pointed or detailed as his memo I quote verbatim on WOR this week. 0043 finally datestamp as 30 July YOOL 2021, and quadri-casting on 7490, 6160, 4790 and 3265. Since 3265 has not been heard lately, I quickcheck one of the Rochester NY remotes where it is indeed JBA; the Kiwi in Maine run by the same ham is unavailable. 0050 Free Radio Weekly has just arrived, so he reads a few items, just frequencies, station names and some content, no times or credits; he mentions Mix Radio International but overlooks hot-off-the-press news that it just moved to 9610-USB, where I am also hearing it, see NORTH AMERICA. Larry Will just sent a report on WBCQ frequencies now. 0056 update on the SuperStition; blew up about 3 weeks ago. Thal?s in France is fast-tracking a replacement PA tube and will air-freight it within weeks rather than months. Hard to get tower crews in to work on the antenna due to Covi-nation. Says recent events have trimmed 2-3 years off his lifespan, but Angela is young and beautiful as ever; she jokes that his distress has affected her too. 0100 he reiterates that as a Man Of Science, he understands how vaccines work and urges them. Angela still thinks vax result from Chinese bio-weapon and should not be trusted. Prayer and again runs just past 0101+ into Hal Turner time. Here is John Carver`s version: ``Tonight's show started on time on 4790, 6160 and 7490. Allan and Angela in the studio. The usual banter between Allan and Angela. Allan announced that tomorrow is the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of Monticello. Said that they would all be riding in the parade. He also mentioned that Angela was related to several people in Monticello. Allan then complains about spending ninety-three bucks for lunch while touring coastal Maine with Angela. Angela wonders whether the new minimum wage accounts for the huge increase in prices. Phone call from Tim at 0017 and things get a bit confusing with all the stuff that Tim is saying. Then the talk turns to finance, interest rates, credit cards, debit cards, people today not understanding how business really works. Then Allan jumps to talking about the FCC and states that he can't understand why there hasn't been a decision made yet on the purchase of WHRI. Phone call at 0039 with a reception report and some comments about a caller a couple weeks ago. Another phone call at 0049. Reading of the new edition of Free Radio Weekly at 0050. Sorry but I missed the last five minutes of the program and can only assume that things went well. John, Mid-North Indiana`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 0351 UT July 31 End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 223, Issue 31 *********************************************