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Today's Topics:
1. FW: ARLB015 Commercial Interests Petition FCC for High Power
Allocation on Shortwave Spectrum (Bill Smith)
2. Re: FW: ARLB015 Commercial Interests Petition FCC for High
Power Allocation on Shortwave Spectrum (Zack Widup)
3. Free stations of LA (L?cio Bobrowiec)
4. Glenn Hauser logs July 11-12, 2023 (Glenn Hauser)
5. Glenn Hauser log roundup July 6-12, 2023 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2023 16:56:45 +0000
From: Bill Smith <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] FW: ARLB015 Commercial Interests Petition FCC for High
Power Allocation on Shortwave Spectrum
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Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 11:33 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: ARLB015 Commercial Interests Petition FCC for High Power Allocation on
Shortwave Spectrum
SB QST @ ARL $ARLB015
ARLB015 Commercial Interests Petition FCC for High Power Allocation
on Shortwave Spectrum
ZCZC AG15
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 15 ARLB015
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT July 12, 2023
To all radio amateurs
SB QST ARL ARLB015
ARLB015 Commercial Interests Petition FCC for High Power Allocation
on Shortwave Spectrum
The ad hoc group "Shortwave Modernization Coalition" petitioned the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow data communications
on multiple bands within the HF 2 - 25 MHz range with up to 20 KW,
including in bands immediately adjacent to spectrum allocated to the
Amateur Radio Service. This group appears to represent high-speed
stock trading interests.
The FCC has assigned it RM-11953. Comments are due by July 31, 2023,
and reply comments by August 15.
While the petitioners exclude the amateur bands, high power
operations on immediately adjacent bands are proposed. The ARRL is
reviewing the petition.
A copy of the petition can be found in PDF format at:
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/1042840187330/1 .
NNNN
/EX
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2023 12:33:44 -0500
From: Zack Widup <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HCDX] FW: ARLB015 Commercial Interests Petition FCC for
High Power Allocation on Shortwave Spectrum
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There are a number of these in the Chicago area. I just went by one on
Sunday. See photo attached. This was in Yorkville, IL. It looks like they
are using a log-periodic and a couple SteppIR antennas.
Zack W9SZ
On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 11:56?AM Bill Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows
>
> From: ARRL Web site<mailto:[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 11:33 AM
> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
> Subject: ARLB015 Commercial Interests Petition FCC for High Power
> Allocation on Shortwave Spectrum
>
> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB015
> ARLB015 Commercial Interests Petition FCC for High Power Allocation
> on Shortwave Spectrum
>
> ZCZC AG15
> QST de W1AW
> ARRL Bulletin 15 ARLB015
> From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington CT July 12, 2023
> To all radio amateurs
>
> SB QST ARL ARLB015
> ARLB015 Commercial Interests Petition FCC for High Power Allocation
> on Shortwave Spectrum
>
> The ad hoc group "Shortwave Modernization Coalition" petitioned the
> Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow data communications
> on multiple bands within the HF 2 - 25 MHz range with up to 20 KW,
> including in bands immediately adjacent to spectrum allocated to the
> Amateur Radio Service. This group appears to represent high-speed
> stock trading interests.
>
> The FCC has assigned it RM-11953. Comments are due by July 31, 2023,
> and reply comments by August 15.
>
> While the petitioners exclude the amateur bands, high power
> operations on immediately adjacent bands are proposed. The ARRL is
> reviewing the petition.
>
> A copy of the petition can be found in PDF format at:
> https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/1042840187330/1 .
> NNNN
> /EX
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2023 20:24:50 +0000 (UTC)
From: L?cio Bobrowiec <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Free stations of LA
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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6925kHz, Radio Compa??a Worldwide, Chile; 09/07, 2300 ? 2309 music, 2305 female
in unreadable Spanish announcements, Ray Coniff style music. The first 3
minutes was very weak, then it start to improve and the rest of listening was
as poor to fair signal quality (LOB-B).
https://on.soundcloud.com/XXNx9
6935kHz, Radio AD149, Argentina; 11-12/07, 2351 ? 0048 english pop/rock
selections as Iron Maiden, Elton John (Sacrifice), Eric Clapton (Tears in
Heaven, Wonderful Tonight) Lionel Ritchie, Queen, Police (Every Breath You
Take), AC/DC, Guns And Roses (Where Do We Go?). This station is characterized
by technical errors as abruptaly interrupting music, long pauses between songs
etc; plays every day music selection by style like on this day just pop/ rock,
another day just regional music etc; very rare to hear an announcer, only heard
one time in all listens I made of this station. Better signal than usually
heard, fair to good but deteriorating in the end. Sign off at 0048 (LOB-B).
https://on.soundcloud.com/3MSdS
Tecsun 310et?
Wire 14m,? dipole 18m?
Embu SP Brasil
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 00:00:32 +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 11-12, 2023
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** CUBA. 11850, July 12 at 0332, RHC is S7/9+20 but suptorted Spanish;
15230 is S7/S9 but undermodulated; 9535 audible, weaker; but one
frequency, 11670 has VG modulation and strength. Something`s always
wrong at RHC.
6000 is the only English frequency, July 12 at 0351, S9+30/45 but
undermodulated with hum. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA [non]. 5024.9, July 12 at 0353, JBA carrier with R. Rebelde
missing. Something`s wrong at RadioCuba. R. Quillabamba, Per?, has
been reported elsewhere and elsewhen on such an offset, but this may
be a local birdie since it varies down to 5024.7 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** EGYPT. 9884.961, July 11 at 2332, as scheduled, R. Cairo has moved
from 9899.961 by 2330 for Arabic to follow Portuguese toward South
America --- and at exactly the same -19 Hz offset, as UTWente displays
both, but modulation now is even worse, only bits at peak spikes.
There is also heavy lightning over Netherlands and this S9+30/40
bigsig is not enough to suppress it completely. Also an RTTY-like
warble. Something continues egregious in Egypt (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** MEXICO [and non]. 1670, July 12 at 0401, ``Focus est? contigo``,
into EZL or love song; Sportstalk in English soon takes over, no doubt
WOZN Wisconsin. First time I`ve managed to catch XEFCR, Focus Radio,
10 kW in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, a relatively new station. With a name
like that and on the border, I was wondering if it`s ever in English.
Steve Ponder had reported it June 23 so I asked him.
``Glenn, The ID?s and announcements that I have heard over several
nights of monitoring XEFCR Focus Radio (1670 kHz) have been in
Spanish. I haven?t heard any English, which is unusual to me, since
Reynosa is not that far from McAllen and Pharr. I will continue
monitoring the frequency ? Steve Ponder, N5WBI, Houston, TX`` (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. Heavy tropo on maps around Enid, so a DTV bandscan July
12 at 1544 UT: BAD signals on RF: 10, 11, 14, 17, 22, 31, 34, 36.
Still at 1620, 17 is mostly bad, occasionally 3ABN, K17JN-D, so Enid`s
only local TV signal is again being overcome by DX. Decoding well are
20 KQCW-HD, 19-1 CW for Tulsa from Muskogee - and this one has NO
extra channels, what a waste. Rabbitears shows suffix as KQCW-DT; and
RF 34, 28-1 ION, KTPX-TV Okmulgee and its panoply of seven extras. At
1650 occasional decodes on RF 34 of 41-1 KMYT-TV Tulsa (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** SINGAPORE. 12025, July 12 at 1627, BBC English relay for ME, S5/S8
direct and insufficient to copy -- on ITS FINAL DAY. Walt Salmaniw, BC
reported at 1503:
``[WOR] BBC Singapore off from tomorrow 13 July 2023 --- Listening to
12025 just before 15:00 with the BBC bells, and then an announcement
that the BBC site at Singapore is going off the air tomorrow and will
no longer be available. They gave an internet option only. Very good
into Masset, although there is a weak sounding grinding sound --
either from the transmitter (I think), or another transmitter. Walt``
Kai Ludwig, Germany replies: ``The exact wording: "We start to tell
you that from tomorrow we're closing our Singapore transmitter." So
much for the replacements effective 16 July, as still shown in the
public HFCC data.
So it could be that the very last Kranji transmission has already
started, even that the St Mary-le-Bow bells have already for the very
last time introduced a BBC transmission, or are they still inserted
anywhere else?
Anyway: The very first piece of hard evidence at all. And perhaps the
only statement from the BBC on this matter at all. Kai Ludwig``
And Kai provides this historic recording July 12, 2023, at 1459 UT:
https://www.w4uvh.net/BBC_Singapore_closure_announcement.mp3
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SPAIN. 17855, Wed July 12 at 2200, token English from SNR, news and
2206 feature is ``a guided tour of the Royal Opera House in Madrid``,
a.k.a. in Spanish just `Teatro Real`. Interview with some official
about history of the building, etc., during a celebratory week. VG
S9/+15 into Maryland SDR and the other three frequencies also audible
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 11650, July 12 at 0330, Arabish language,
S7/S9+5 and HornofAfricish music -- yes, it`s R. Tamazuj via
MADAGASCAR just starting, to be followed by another hour of R. Dabanga
until 0530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 11785.009, July 12 at 2200, VOT English is not off the air,
S9+35/45 into UTwente, but first I`m listening to simulSpain.
2225-2231 `Feeling Supreme/The Healing Spring` tips for breast-feeding
mothers how to avoid gassy babies. Mostly music then, except 2237
`Always By Your Side` plug; 2250 usual canned s/off; 2251.4 IS,
2253.5* off (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [non]. 7260, July 12 at 0348, VG S9+20/30, VOA Somali via
VATICAN, violating Separation Of Church And State, sked 0330-0400
only; before, during, and after that, Mongolia and East Turkistan
could also be on 7260, but by 0600 it`s only Vanuatu to be heard
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2198 monitoring: ``From: Richard
Lemke, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, the desk of Richard?s listening
Post, Radio: JRC NRD-535 HF, Antenna: random long wires in the trees,
Dear Glenn: Confirming World of Radio #2198, not great reception this
week, WRMI:
15770, very weak, 2230, 2244. 2259, confirmed, 2258, July 8 UTC 2023
[Sat: ?? NOT confirmed here, rather replaced by Soteriah -- gh}
9395, nothing heard very weak, 0159, July 9 UTC 2023 [Sun; also
canceled]
9395, 0030, very weak heard, 0031, July 10 UTC 2023 [Mon: ?? you mean
Tue 11? Or Mon 10 at 0030 on 7780?? -- gh] 73?s, Richard``
Confirmed Tuesday July 11 at 2330 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/15 into Maryland
SDR.
Also confirmed Wednesday July 12 from 2059:45 = 15 seconds early on
WBCQ 7490 -70 Hz = 7489.930, S7/S9 into Maryland SDR. Next:
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
Next WOR 2199 should be ready for download early UT Friday July 14.
Thanks this week to John, N9JL: ``Hello Glenn, I routinely listen to
your weekly podcasts, and really enjoy them. You consistently provide
your listeners with a broad cross-section of SW and BC band related
information. In only 30 minutes I know the stations I should be tuning
for over the following several days. Please accept this small
contribution in support of your on-going efforts. 73, John, N9JL,
Lutz, EN51vm, Shorewood IL`` -- with a check to Glenn Hauser, P O Box
1684, Enid OK 73702
One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds to:
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 7489.930, Wed July 12 at 2130, WBCQ S7/S9 into Maryland SDR,
new program following WORLD OF RADIO -- who could ask for a better
lead-in? `Plain Old Doug Show`, brief intro, then straight novelty
Dixieland tunes, 2153 brief outro with email, 2154 into `Line Break` -
these are two survivors of `Radio Angela`, which previewed them this
way before it was decided to stop:
10:30pm-10:55pm EDT (Fridays 0230-0255 UTC):
Plain Old Doug Show
Host: Doug Feldmann (US)
Format: Doug is a long-time loyal WBCQ listener who began to try his
hand at making shows for us. Often featuring early string band music
but sometimes heads off into completely different directions.
Email: [email protected]
10:55pm-11:00 pm EDT (Fridays 0255-0300 UTC)
Line Break
Host: T.D. Walker (US)
Format: Poetry. T.D. Walker is the author of poetry collections and
science fiction stories as well as a shortwave radio enthusiast.
Includes selections from several other poets.
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.linebreakshortwave.com/
2130 Wed is still shown as an *available timeslot on the never
up-to-date BCQ websked. BTW, on Sunday July 9 at 2200 another ATS was
occupied by another repeat of `AAAWWW`, but Bill Tilford says he plans
to resume that hour with his two main shows, FTIOM and UBMP each once
a month:
``Beginning August 6, Julio Cesar Pereira and I will be purchasing a
shared weekly hour Sundays 6-7 pm [EDT = 22-23 UT] on 7490 (right
after Marion's Attic) - I will be taking week 1 with From the Isle of
Music and week 3 with Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, Julio weeks 2 and 4
with Ginga Brasil! Unlike 5130, 7490 does livestream (but does not
archive) on the wbcq.com website. Marion's Attic and Behavior Night
have already been on the frequency for many years as was FTIOM and
UBMP for a few. At this writing, while the shortwave press has
lamented Radio Angela's passing, there has not been a sufficient
listener groundswell to be able to have any significant leverage with
possible sponsors. Personally, I am moving on, but with good feelings
about what we did while we did it.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 7505, July 12 at 0347, WRNO in presumed Hindi but having to
resort to English to slowly convey their Fort Worth postal address,
S9/+30. Still not running overnight, off circa 0645 recheck (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 91.5, July 12 at 2213 UT, another futile check for Es FM DX
at least accomplishes this: KSNS, Medicine Lodge KS, is now into its
sixth day of dead air as first noted July 7 but probably started
earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 2359 UT July 12
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 02:21:29 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser log roundup July 6-12, 2023
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Please note and spread the word - for those not on a list where my almost-daily
all-band but mainly SW log reports appear -- or for those who are but find this
a more convenient archive, weekly merged roundups of all these reports in their
original form are posted early every UT Thursday via:
http://www.worldofradio.com/Hauserlogs.html
The latest one direct:
https://www.w4uvh.net/ghlogs_2023_0706_0712.txt
73, Glenn Hauser
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 247, Issue 13
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