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Today's Topics:
1. Two transmitters discontinued - Rom?nia Interna?ional
([email protected])
2. Glenn Hauser logs August 1, 2023 (Glenn Hauser)
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Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 19:05:26 +0200
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"_ BCLNEWS" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Two transmitters discontinued - Rom?nia Interna?ional
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11950 1300 1500 27SE GAL 300 285 206 1234567 D Ron *
15340 1300 1500 27SE GAL 300 285 286 1234567 D Ron
9520 1400 1430 28SW SAF 100 270 812 1234567 D Ita *
9600 1400 1500 28NW TIG 300 307 205 1234567 D Deu *
11880 1400 1500 28NW TIG 300 307 205 1234567 D Deu
5910 1430 1500 28SW SAF 100 240 812 1234567 D Rup *
5910 1500 1530 29SW SAF 100 30 812 1234567 D Ukr *
11810 1500 1530 29 TIG 300 37 205 1234567 D Rus *
13660 1500 1530 29 TIG 90 37 288 1234567 N Rus
5910 1530 1600 28S SAF 100 270 812 1234567 D Srp *
11830 1530 1600 37 GAL 300 245 286 1234567 D Ara *
15130 1530 1600 37 GAL 300 245 286 1234567 D Ara
15160 1530 1600 39NW TIG 300 142 288 1234567 D Ara
17780 1530 1600 39NW TIG 300 142 288 1234567 D Ara *
5910 1600 1630 28SW SAF 100 270 812 1234567 D Ita *
9500 1600 1700 27SE GAL 300 285 206 1234567 D Fra
11620 1600 1700 39NW TIG 300 142 288 1234567 D Ron *
11975 1600 1700 27SE GAL 300 285 286 1234567 D Fra *
15160 1600 1700 39NW TIG 300 142 288 1234567 D Ron
5910 1630 1700 28SW SAF 100 240 812 1234567 D Rup *
5910 1700 1730 29SW SAF 100 30 812 1234567 D Ukr *
11975 1700 1800 27SE GAL 300 285 206 1234567 D Ron *
13750 1700 1800 27N TIG 90 307 288 1234567 N Eng * S=9+35dB
signal in Germany
15180 1700 1800 27N TIG 300 307 288 1234567 D Eng
15200 1700 1800 27SE GAL 300 285 286 1234567 D Ron
5910 1730 1800 28S SAF 100 270 812 1234567 D Srp *
* on air on August 1st.
-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
From: Glenn Hauser via Hard-Core-DX
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2023 2:36 AM
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 31, 2023
ROMANIA. Re my July 30 logging of RRI English at 2200 on four
frequencies, one of them dead air:
https://www.rri.ro/en_gb/two_transmitters_discontinued-2687864
``Two transmitters discontinued
2023-07-31 13:39:00
Rom?nia Interna?ional
Two out of the five transmitters broadcasting RRI's programmes are
temporarily suspended as of 1 August
The Tiganesti transmitter centre [illustration]
Dear friends, the Radio Romania Board of Administrators decided to
temporarily suspend the use of 2 out of the 5 Radiocom shortwave
transmitters that ensure the broadcast of Radio Romania International
programmes, because of budget cuts. As of August 1, our programmes are
aired via one transmitter in ?ig?ne?ti, one in S?ftica (both of them
near Bucharest) and one in Galbeni (east). As soon as the budget of
the institution is restored, we will resume broadcasts on all 5
transmitters.
The RRI programmes in Romanian, English, French, German, Spanish,
Russian, Arabic, Chinese and Hebrew are affected. All of them may be
received on only one frequency instead of 2, as of August 1, 2023. The
frequencies as well as any other prospective changes operated by
Radiocom further to reception monitoring and to your feedback on
reception quality will be announced in our broadcasts, on our web page
and on Facebook.
Budget restrictions also prompted a reduction of the night time power
of medium wave transmitters that broadcast Radio Romania News and
Current Affairs programmes and of some regional stations.
We invite you to follow RRI's programmes online at www.rri.ro
(including on demand), on SoundCloud, on Android and iOS apps, via
TuneIn and via satellite. You can find more details on our home page.
You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube,
LinkedIn and Spotify.``
Richard Langley replies: ``This message was included verbatim during
the half-hour English broadcast today (31 July) starting nominally at
20:30 UTC although there was a minute or so delay for the start today
at least for the DRM transmission on 11975 kHz. Remains to be seen if
the DRM broadcasts will be axed as of tomorrow.``
July 31 at 2217, `The History Show` is already 50% - only 11800 & 9790
on air, cut 11650 & 9740. Was all AM, no DRM this hour. If it`s all
about the SW power bill, and have really been running 300 kW each,
which not keep them all going at 150? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report despatched at 0035 UT August 1
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 23:16:07 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: WOR DXLD <[email protected]>
Cc: Short-Wave Radio Listening <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 1, 2023
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WORLD OF RADIO HITLIST update
Hi Glenn, My latest Hitlist update.
https://www.w4uvh.net/hitlist.htm
1) Australia - Unique R: added entries for frequencies and programmes
2) Israel - KAN: Updated entry for KAN English news (Thanks to Daniel
Rosenzweig)
3) USA - KVOH: Deleted entries for schedules and live streams as all
have been discontinued
The next update is scheduled for early September. Best wishes and 73,
Alan Roe
** CUBA. 11670, August 1 at 0646, tonight`s extra RHC, Spanish,
S9+10/20 and undermodulated; also with squeal and dirty spurs about
plus/minus 3 kHz. Same symptom I logged July 29 at 0704 on 11760.
Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** EGYPT. 9439.995, August 1 at 2139 check via UTwente, R. Cairo is on
at S9+35/40 with extremely distorted and undermodulated music during
``English`` sesquihour. Something`s always egregious in Egypt, abysmal
at Abis. WRTH shows 2 x 125 kW at Abis only (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 17450.002, August 1 at 1546, S7/S9 into UTwente,
ME music. 1550 there is slightly offset CW QRM, mainly sending
numbers. Now there are two stations making fast SAH, one talking and
one musicking; obviously Deng? Welat and Recep`s jammer. Later by 1615
the additional warbling QRM is like fast RTTY.
Why doesn`t D.W. move away? Perhaps the jamming be not nearly so
effective as it seem from afar. Basic propagation tells us that the
higher the frequency, the further the skip zone. Uzbekistan to
Kurdistanish Turkey may be optimum, while Emirler as a jamming source
in central Turkey may be way too close, but makes Recep feel good, at
least trying to censor it. Emirler to Diyarbakir is 785 km = 488
miles, per distancefromto.net which pinpoints Emirler considerably NW
of Ankara near the Black Sea cost, and Bolu, Duzce, Karabuk --- but
WRTH 2023 map page 57 nestles Emirler right close to Ankara, just to
the south of the capital. Ankara/Diyarbakir: 674 km = 419 miles, even
worse.
Of course it would require constant monitoring by D.W. PKK HQ,
wherever that may be, Belgium per page 673 or WRTH 2023; which also
asserted the 11 and 7 MHz frequencies were via Bulgaria; and constant
contact with the ops in Tashkent effectively to jump around mousily vs
the cattily Turx, but they have done so in the past.
I am checking this after hearing nothing in the 17450-17495 range
direct, nor had noticed anything for several days at random tunethrus,
so could D.W. have made a total frequency change, even to a different
band? Apparently not, but direct propagation from Uzbekistan, even
Turkey has been degraded.
Still clashing past 1800, jamusic generally atop. At 1810, UTwente
displays as 17450.010. By 1847 the rapid rippling SAH is even more
severe, indicating both signals strong and near equal level. At 1921
again with RTTY warble QRM too. Still past 2000.
At 2003 I check direct: two JBA carriers approx. 17450.15 and 17450.26
-- maybe that`s the RTTY transmitter. On UTwente at 2050 now there is
only one VG signal with singing, presumably the jammer, on 17450.002.
By now D.W. may have closed or faded out near midnight. Still no other
signals up to 17500. Still VG music on 17450 past 2137.
At 2158 I make a quick switch to 11785 for VOT English. Cuts on
shortly after 2200 for a few sex without modulation, then off again.
At 2203 I go back to 17450 and find it`s finally off, just the warble
QRM. At 2205 I go back on 11785.008 and find it`s back on to stay amid
news in English, S9+20. I would not be surprised if it`s the very same
transmitter tho can`t be certain on a single receiver whether they
overlapped. For B22 WRTH 2023 showed DW until 2200*, but version 17
Aug 1 of the A23 updater shows 17460v until 2100*.
I`ve been on UTwente continuously for over 6 hours. It`s a great
resource, huge capacity so you can always get on, and no timeouts
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 11785, opening of VOT English August 1 at 2200 is covered
under KURDISTAN [non], following 6+ hours of jamming 17450 Deng?
Welat. Not really paying attn to content this time, but off around
2255, no extra German or Portuguese (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2201 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday August 1 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+10/20 into Missouri SDR.
Next:
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-LSB
1030 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-LSB [previous #2200]
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 William T Hassig, Mt Prospect IL, ``Congrats on
2200 World of Radios`` with a generous check in US funds on a US bank
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. 15610, August 1 at 2006, RCC talk, S5/S6 direct; 2019 EWTN
ID in passing -- so ``more Catholic than the Pope`` WEWN English is
definitely back, gone since last summer. Still registered for entire
A23 at 19-24 UT, 250 kW at 85 degrees. What about at other hours? Was
9385 at 00-09, but IIRC was different transmitter and crashed even
before 15610. And 9470 at 09-13, even rarer if ever. Before that,
15610 also ran 1300-1900, not this morning (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 2315 UT August 1
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 248, Issue 2
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