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published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
Today's Topics:
1. Spaceweather.com (Bill Smith)
2. Re: [WOR] KNLS via Madagsacar ([email protected])
3. Jen's 4th of July Bash on July 2 is up & ready for you
(Glenn Hauser)
4. Re: [bdxc-news] History - 70 years ago in wartime AFN Europe
in the UK was launched. ([email protected])
5. Log Monday July 3 ([email protected])
6. Radio Beacon DP0POL/MM (Bill Smith)
7. Glenn Hauser logs July 4, 2023 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2023 10:18:39 +0000
From: Bill Smith <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Spaceweather.com
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According to Spaceweather.com on July 2nd (2314 UTC) giant sunspot AR3354
exploded producing a long duration X1-class solar flare. Radiation from the
flare ionized the top of Earth?s atmosphere. This caused a deep shortwave
blackout over western parts of the USA and the Pacific Ocean for 30+ minutes.
Anyone notice anything? Bill Smith, Douglas, MA
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2023 16:49:55 +0200
From: <[email protected]>
To: "_ BCLNEWS" <[email protected]>, "_ WOR" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [WOR] KNLS via Madagsacar
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13760 0200 0300 41,42S MWV 100 40 -15 218 Eng MDG MWV WCB 3546
13760 0300 0400 41,42S MWV 100 40 -15 218 Eng MDG MWV WCB 3547
(hfcc.org database A-23)
From: VU2JOS JOSE JACOB, INDIA
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2023 5:51 AM
Subject: [WOR] KNLS via Madagsacar
KNLS via Madagascar
13760 0200-0300 English noted back
(Via Gautam VU3WTI)
--
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
Jose Jacob, VU2JOS
National Institute of Amateur Radio
Hyderabad, India
www.niar.org
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2023 15:32:02 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: WOR DXLD <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Jen's 4th of July Bash on July 2 is up & ready for you
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Subject: The British are coming / Jen's 4th of July Bash heard on Unique R.
July 2 UT Sun 1800-2200+ is up & ready for you
Hi Glenn,
Thanks and happy & healthy, Let Democracy Rule 4th.
My July 4th Bash ... with GB's the British are coming.
plus the full soundtrack to "1776" The Musical. & other goodies.
filled with The American Way themes.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5eypbwi196kn6m2333d29/The-British-Are-Coming-Jen-s-4th-Bash-for-7-2-Sun-UT-on-Unique.mp3?rlkey=g9v8he14ziqljveh1yf0xni69&dl=0
The Real Deal, an All American version of my R & R States, had to be cut off my
cast for the 4th.
Will be re-scheduled for another time due to my commitments, though my show has
a lot to offer the listener, so pick & choose. I think 7 hrs is a lot to digest.
So please have a happy & healthy 4th, & remember:
Democracy is never free --- you need to earn it.
Let the American Dream Rule.
Jen & GB
33'' & 73''
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2023 17:54:41 +0200
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>, "_ WOR" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [bdxc-news] History - 70 years ago in wartime AFN
Europe in the UK was launched.
Message-ID: <69AC2C570D4949C5BC9AC6340C66E370@PC3>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8";
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AFN-Europe
In row of the Allied Military senders in spring 1945,
Start Point-UK during invasion of Normandie era,
Luxembourg site, and
Reichssender Stuttgart Muehlacker MW station
lodged also
AFN American Forces Network Stuttgart 100 kW tx on 1061/1106 kHz
from June 3rd, 1945 til October 1962.
Reichssender Stuttgart Muehlacker on MW 833/574 kHz, 60 / 2x100 kW,
opened 21 Nov 1930, blown up by German SS troops on April 6, 1945.
73 wolfie df5sx
wwdxc
>From July 2004:
Start Point's Special Role Following D Day.
The D Day memorial sces and celebrations were of particular interest to
me. I live near Slapton Sands, where the Americans did most of their
training for 6 June 1944.
I was, however, a little disappointed that there was no mention of Start
Point Transmitting Station in any of the reports, especially by the BBC.
Start Point played an important role in the Normandy landings and for many
months afterwards.
I joined the BBC Transmitter Department at Start Point in 1943 as a Youth
in Training Transmitters (YT) at the age of 15.
Start Point was designed and built in 1939, before the war, to radiate the
then Western Programme on a freq of 1050 kHz, using a 100 kW Standard
Telephone & Cable (ST&C) type C100. The aerial system was two 450-foot
lattice mast radiators; the Northern mast was the radiator and the
Southern a reflector. This gave good coverage for all the West Country and
the Southern part of England.
When I arrived at Start Point, there were two txs, the Original ST&C
operating on either medium wave or short wave, the other a 50 kW Marconi
type SWB18, on short wave. All sces radiated the European Service on
appropriate aerial systems.
When the second front became imminent in May 1944, the ST&C transmitter
was closed down. We didn't know exactly why, but we could guess that it
was something to do with the forthcoming second front landings. Start
Point Medium Wave Transmitter was chosen because of its locality. The
functions of the mast radiators were to be swapped over, the South mast
was to be used as the radiator and the North a reflector, this was to
transmit across the channel to France.
The tx power was increased from the originally designed 100 to 180 kW.
This was quite an engineering feat. It required the four output stage
water cooled valves (4030C) to be increased to eight by using the spares;
subsequently other spare components were brought into sce to avoid
overheating.
On the completion of setting up the tx, we were told that it was in
readiness for transmitting a forces programme to the second front. It was
on standby for many weeks, closed down until D Day plus 2 when we had one
of those urgent priority messages to transmit this Forces programme.
The Programme was the Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme (AEFP). I
remember it being a bright and cheerful opening and directed to all the
armed forces taking part in the landings. There were three main bands, the
British Band of the AEF, the American Band of the AEF (Glen Miller) and
the Canadian Band of the AEF. Dance mx in plenty, light entertainment,
comedy, war reports and nx were the main ingredients.
It was a jolly good mixture of English, American and Canadian programmes.
It transmitted for almost 24 hours a day with maybe a short break at night
for essential maintenance. Occasionally coded information was transmitted
in the way of innocent prose.
As for myself I continued on shift work listening and enjoying this
uplifting cheerful AEF programme for a few months before being sent to
Maidavale and Droitwich on the Technical Assistance A1-B1 courses. On my
return to Start Point, I was put on night shift immediately. All hands
were needed to change freq from 1050 to 583 kHz to increase the ground
wave range to keep up with the allies advancing into France and Germany.
This change in freq had to be done in one night because the troops were
informed that we were changing the freq on the next day and to re-tune to
receive their AEF programme. I do remember that night vividly, more
adjustments to coils and capacitors within the transmitters and ATHs
[Aerial Tuning Huts]. We finished about 6 am just in time for the arranged
start up, indeed we were all very weary, as it was a very hot night.
Start Point was the only tx that transmitted the AEF programme from the
UK. However, much later as the allies advance progressed, relay stations
were used, receiving Start Point and re-transmitting from mobile low power
txs positioned in France and Germany. The sce continued until the
cessation of hostilities in Europe.
(By Stuart Frost. Retired engineer-in-charge, Start Point. This article
appeared in Prospero (newspaper for retired BBC staff) in July 2004; via
Dave Porter via Mike Barraclough-UK, WDXC-UK Contact Aug 2004)
and also gain in 2006
<http://www.bbceng.info/Operations/transmitter_ops/Reminiscences/Reminisce
nces.htm>
1050 / 583 kHz, 180 kW Start Point's special role following D Day.
By Stuart Frost. Retired engineer-in-charge, Start Point.
This article appeared in Prospero (newspaper for retired BBC staff) in
July 2004.
The D Day memorial sces and celebrations were of particular interest to
me. I live near Slapton Sands, where the Americans did most of their
training for 6 June 1944.
I was, however, a little disappointed that there was no mention of Start
Point Transmitting Station in any of the reports, especially by the BBC.
Start Point played an important role in the Normandy landings and for many
months afterwards.
[...]
Start Point was the only tx that transmitted the AEF programme from the
UK. However, much later as the allies advance progressed, relay stations
were used, receiving Start Point and re-transmitting from mobile low power
txs positioned in France and Germany. The sce continued until the
cessation of hostilities in Europe.
<http://www.bbceng.info/Operations/transmitter_ops/Reminiscences/start_poi
nt.htm>
List of Reminiscences:
Approximately in chronological order.
Brookmans Park - Pictures and Memories - Peter Gutteridge
Start Point's special role following D Day - Stuart Frost
Just Another TA Recruit - Gordon Williams
Life at Woofferton 1961-1995 - Eileen Briggs
New: Memories of Ascension - Phil Brooks
and more Ascension pictures - David Dunmall
Collapse of ITA Emley Moor mast on 19 March 1969 - James F Middlemiss
The Channel Islands ferry story - Keith Hayler
(March 2006)
From: Alan Pennington via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2023 11:21 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [bdxc-news] History - 70 years ago in wartime AFN Europe in the
UK was launched.
4th July 1943 is actually 80 years ago today (not 70)!
It's the date the American Forces Network (AFN) was established (not just
AFN Europe):
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3447324/80-years-of-broadcasting-excellence/
73 Alan
On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 10:13 AM, Mike Terry wrote:
(Prior to its decades of post war broadcasts on medium wave from Germany -
Mike)
Radio Magazine on Facebook
3 July 2023
GREAT BRITAIN 70 years ago AFN Europe was launched.
During the war, the AFRS created in London "American Forces Radio Service in
London" aimed at covering the various US bases spread over the British
islands: England, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
The network began airing on July 4, 1943 from the BBC studios. AFN London
moved very quickly to 11 Carlos Place and then to 80 Portland Place.
London's AFN had 31 medium wave stations, all at 50 watts. All broadcasted
on the frequencies of 1375, 1402, 1411, 1420 and 1447 kHz.
In addition to the productions done on site, some of the programs consisted
of AFRS broadcasts transported on the strip from the United States.
The idea for a mobile radio station was first conceived by Major Francis Mc
Aloon in North Africa in early 1943. Shortly after Allied troops invaded
Italy in southern Naples, the radio station began airing. This first mobile
station had been made mainly from equipment captured by the Germans and
Italians.
Based on this conclusive experience, AFRS, preparing to disembark, began to
produce large-scale mobile stations.
The mobile stations consisted of two trucks carrying a studio, a
transmitter, antenna and an electrical group. The transmitter, with a power
of 50 watts, was designed to have a broadcast radius of about 80 km,
standing at a high point.
In parallel with AFN broadcasts, Americans in Europe teamed up with the BBC
and Radio Canada to form the AEF radio service: The Allied Expeditionary
Forces program was broadcast on average waves of 583 kHz from 6 June 1944,
the day of landing up to July 28, 1945.
13 June 1944 Allied Expeditionary Forces Program - AEFP launched at 1050 kHz
In February 1945, the Allied Forces Radio (AEFP) exploded to let every army
have its transmitters.
The ABSIE (American Broadcasting Station in Europe), also known as the
Stripes Network: It was installed in the old AFN 11 Studios Carlos Place and
used the transmitter sites at Moorside Edge, Westerglen and Rampisham were
used on 977 and 1122 kHz with 50 kW powers. The broadcast began on April 30,
1944 and eventually disappeared on July 4, 1945.
AFN London also made a short appearance on short waves in July 1945 on 6080
and 8565khz with 100kw.
After the war, the AFN stopped all activities in Great Britain.
#AFN #AFRTS #USA #WWII #London #radio #AMBroadcasting #media #BBC
#CBCworldwide
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2023 20:40:56 +0200
From: <[email protected]>
To: "_ WOR" <[email protected]>, "_ BCLNEWS" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Log Monday July 3
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USA 9264.985 kHz WINB noted carying English of TOM BS sermon at 22.35 UT
on July 3,
S=7 fair signal here in western Europe.
9330even WBCQ likely WLC English at S=7-8 level, 22.38 UT, but suffers by
severe UTE
siren, 'howling buoy' audio tone noise on exact 9330.005 kHz some Hertz
higher
at 22.40 UT.
9440 kHz - some multi broadband 24 kHz wide audio block of
9439.995 kHz EGYPT Radio Cairo, Abis, S=9+30dB powerful signal on July 3,
22.40 UT.
Switch-off TX Abis little later at 22.45 UT,
let another smaller signal to be heard underneath on
9440.002 kHz exact of BBC London via USAGM relay at Tinang-PHL 22-23 UT.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 3)
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2023 19:09:34 +0000
From: Bill Smith <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Beacon DP0POL/MM
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The scientific vessel/icebreaker Polarstern is still on its scientific mission
and is transmitting from grid square IR72 near the top of the island of
Greenland as of 1800 UTC on July 4 and is currently transmitting on 14.097122
mhz in WSPR mode. Consult the WSPR Spot Database for the latest frequencies.
Bill Smith, Douglas, MA
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2023 23:23:01 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: WOR DXLD <[email protected]>
Cc: Short-Wave Radio Listening <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 4, 2023
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAMS updated July 4
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html
** CANADA. 15034 USB, July 4 at 2220 UT, CHR, a listed callsign
Trenton Military, Ontario, never utters with ID, ``time: 1820Z`` as
it`s still giving EDT and calling it UT!! Std remark about Forces
accuracy. To make matters worse, followed by ``No report received``
from: Calgary, Cold Lake, Winnipeg, Edmonton, and the list repeated
for good measure. But the wx obs and forecast times seem correct in Z.
Something`s always terribly wrong at Trenton (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CHINA. 17880, July 4 at 2217, Chinese music S3/S6. Is CRI Spanish
to S America beamed NW 318 degrees from Beijing site, a long way
across Eurasia, Atlantic (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CHINA. 21490 & 21530, July 4 at 2214, JBA Chinese and carrier, the
OSOBs, i.e. CNR1 jammers as Aoki lists both with nothing but * and
Sound of Hope but not until 2300. Likewise, EiBi (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** CUBA. 15140, July 4 at 1432, RHC, S8/9+10 flanked by +/- ~4 kHz
much weaker but obvious parasitic spurs which I measure individually,
15136.982 and 15144.023; but each wavering so let`s just say 15135.98V
and 15144.02V. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** CUBA. 15230, July 4 at 2222, RHC with S3/S5 of dead air. Supposed
to be in Portuguese from 2200; sorry, brasileiros, no Commie
propaganda today. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 7570, Tue July 4 at 0652, WRMI-11 is OFF,
unusual; or, not any more, as latest skedgrid dated July 1 specifies
7570 on air, with TOMBS at 04-11 UT on Sat & Sun only; that leaves
14-15 and 00-04 daily. The 04-11 S/S only now also applies to WRMI-14
on 5010. Additional restrixions to S/S only TOMBS: 11-15 on WRMI-13
7780; 13-15 on WRMI-12 5850. And extended 15-16 on Sabbathdays only:
9955, 7780, 7570, 5850, 5010 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 11785.023, July 4 at 2245, VOT English with bit by the
badaccentedess, S9+35/45 into UTwente with squeal. Must narrow
bandwidth below 4 kHz to mimimize it. Probably different transmitter
than the .009 one with no squeal. 2252 theme and outro `Weekly
Commentary``: you never in what order or what hourpart any individual
feature may appear. 2253 jumbled s/off, 2254 IS. 2256 restart IS, now
with German IDs interspersed. 2300 TS and whoopee, a bonus German
Sendung today, until?? Still going at 2316. Earlier check direct at
2210 was only S3/S8 with squeal, news item about carbon-neutral,
sports. Something`s always erroneous at Emirler (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2197 monitoring: confirmed UT Tuesday July 4
at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/20 direct: with usual intrusion by Jeff`s
attempt to sell a receiver, ``The World is in turmoil...` between ID
and WORplay. Next:
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
Thanks this week to Ron Howard, Monterey, California for a check to
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702, ``In memory of Noel Green. I
remember all the times he helped me with Radio Pakistan info [he was
an official monitor in the UK]. Thanks for all your help over the
Decades!``
One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 2322 UT July 4
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 247, Issue 5
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