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Today's Topics:
1. WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Top News #1603 (Michael Bethge (WWDXC))
2. lofgs on 7-1 via the local kSDR (Zacharias Liangas)
3. fwd: Klingenfuss - English References / Radio User / The
Spectrum Monitor (Risto Kotalampi)
4. JRX Logs January 8, 2025 (Jota Xavier)
5. Glenn Hauser logs January 8, 2025 (Glenn Hauser)
6. Glenn Hauser Log Roundup January 2-8, 2025 (Glenn Hauser)
7. Happy new year with this long MW report in ex-home
(Zacharias Liangas)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 09:24:42 +0100
From: "Michael Bethge \(WWDXC\)" <[email protected]>
To: "Michael Bethge \(WWDXC\)" <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Cc: "Bueschel, Wolfgang" <[email protected]>, "Bedanta Das"
<[email protected]>, "Faustino Prado Moreira" <[email protected]>,
"Fernando Luiz de Souza" <[email protected]>, "Richard Lemke"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] WORLDWIDE DX CLUB Top News #1603
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The latest edition (08 January 2025) of the WORLDWIDE DX CLUB "Top News",
compiled by Wolfgang Bueschel, has been posted:
http://topnews.wwdxc.de
(or http://www.wwdxc.de/topnews.shtml / https://www.wwdxc.de/topnews.shtml)
It can also be downloaded as a .txt file at: http://bcdx.wwdxc.de.
Best regards,
Michael Bethge
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 12:20:01 +0000 (UTC)
From: Zacharias Liangas <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [HCDX] lofgs on 7-1 via the local kSDR
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
https://zliangaslogs.wordpress.com/2025/01/08/ksdr-7-1-in-ths/
Zacharias Liangas
PL330 + ext antennas/ RSP1a/SpyHF+D
exMusic Producer Greek Music Refuge / Dangdut? and Beyond
https://youtu.be/8VJ__oppkLs the pool
https://bit.ly/3OZixtr? disclaimer on my writinghttps://linktr.ee/zliangas? all
my pages?
>From now and for an unknowntime, at least for 3 years, I will not use any
>radio except the remote SDRs forDXing. Recently we moved from the village back
>to the city in a space thatprohibits the use of desktop DXing, a place flooded
>by high levels of noise inthe LMHF bands. The radio is now used mostly for FM,
>for news listening.we runpolitically lively condition with always very
>interesting twits every day ..
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 10:57:59 -0800
From: Risto Kotalampi <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] fwd: Klingenfuss - English References / Radio User /
The Spectrum Monitor
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
-------- Original Message --------
From: [email protected]
Sent: January 8, 2025 5:34:20 AM PST
To: "Prof. Dr. Hansjoerg Biener" <[email protected]>, kai999
<[email protected]>, Andreas Volk <[email protected]>, Michael ADDX
<[email protected]>
Subject: fwd: Klingenfuss - English References / Radio User / The Spectrum
Monitor
Klingenfuss - English References:
vy73 de wolfie
fwd:
Georg Wiessala. ex Editor of Radio User (formerly Shortwave Magazine), United
Kingdom, in The Spectrum Monitor, United States of America - February 2025:
a.. 2025 Shortwave Frequency Guide ... "It takes dedication to compile a
hefty HF guide like this, and this is evident in its pages. In short, an
impressive amount of reliable and tried-and-tested, evidence-based information
has, once again, been condensed clearly and in a logical format by J?rg
Klingenfuss and his team of dedicated global experts and radio monitors. Over
the last few years, some overall tendencies have emerged in this dependable
yearly manual. Among these are, for example, the length and dependability of
the listings, the delivery of much-needed critical political and historical
context to many of the entries, the value of the wealth of extra information
provided - most of which is not to be found elsewhere - the emphasis on modern
systems, such as receiving transmissions via the Kiwi SDR (web-based
Software-Defined Receivers) Network, and, last but not least, the foregrounding
of current and developing digital data transmissions, plus a look at the future
of HF radio. There is a balance to be struck here: on the one hand, J?rg
Klingenfuss does, of course, promote, for obvious reasons, the continued
relevance of HF over-the-air radio transmissions, 'traditional DXing', as it
were. On the other hand, there is also a strong current here, and on the
website, promoting internet-based methods, like WebSDRs, KiwiSDR, and so on,
all of which are not, of course, 'real' radio, in the eyes of many. In fact, on
the covers of the books under review here, they are being advertised as
conducive to 'SDR Fun', simply because Klingenfuss needs to go with the times,
as it were. While, therefore, on the one hand, the books point to the many
exposures and downsides of the internet and online-based radio, like
susceptibility to censorship and switch-off, unequal global distribution or
tracking, it also extols the very virtues of the medium it criticises. It's a
balancing act that, perhaps, only J?rg Klingenfuss can pull off with
credibility. As b
efore, the 2025 SFG relies on a wealth of first-rate screenshots to make its
point, and to whet the appetite of every self-respecting radio enthusiast. The
screengrabs are not just here for decoration, they shed light on points of
technology and show what is possible on HF. This is evident in the introductory
chapters on utility and broadcast signals monitoring, which are 'must-read'
sections with ?ber-informative content, which is far in excess of what many may
reasonably be expected from a frequency guide like this. At the end of each
section, there is further information, bringing this book to the forefront of
contemporary developments. The bit I enjoyed most here (page 195) was the short
section on the use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) models in radio
traffic monitoring and frequency analysis, courtesy of Rolf H?nggi, one of the
SFG's contributors. Together with other sections in this book, this seriously
made me want to learn more about the functions of pro
fessional digital data decoders, such as go2MONITOR. I strongly recommend that
you take a look at these pages before you check out the frequency lists.
Section 4.4., in particular, on Internet, SATCOM and HF Radio in Dictatorships
- Censorship of the Internet and Restricted Online Access vs. Free Worldwide
Shortwave Reception for Everybody is a necessary overture to pursuing a hobby
that lives inside, and through, politics and international relations. No other
guide, as far as I know, contains such eye-opening details, and J?rg
Klingenfuss deserves high praise for reminding us of this vital framework.
Short Wave does not 'track' you, you do not have to open an 'account', 'log in'
or submit to other such data-gangstery, or be 'cookiefied'. In conclusion, this
remains the most comprehensive guide currently available, and it looks set to
remain the go-to gold-standard reference for many years to come in our
ever-changing world. Essential, accurate, reliable and highly recommend
ed, indeed."
b..
c.. 2025/2026 Guide to Utility Radio Stations ... "Here, as throughout the
other Klingenfuss publications, the point is driven home that Short Wave
remains an irreplaceable wireless communications tool. And an inherently
anonymous, terror-proof one, I might add. Statements like these are not just
part of a Klingenfuss sales ploy; they merit repeating, especially in the world
of data communications, which accounts for a whopping 77 per cent of the HF
bands, compared to a mere 22 per cent for both amateur radio and broadcasting.
The preparatory section here ... is almost identical to the one in the SFG
except for some of the screenshots. If you only buy the GURS, then, once again,
the preliminaries do merit close reading. Here you have almost a short textbook
on data transmissions on HF in itself. Section 10 ... contains screen grabs of
many of those digital data stations, such as HFDL. For me, this part simply
constitutes a highly enjoyable visual reference and educational r
esource. -
d..
e.. 2025 Super Frequency List on CD ... "A wealth of international HF radio
resources at a glance - including a full-text concurrent word search
functionality via the F9 key. Try, for example, putting in 'Navy' or 'RAF' (in
small letters) or searching elsewhere, by frequency, start time, station,
country, modulation or language, using some of the other function keys. This CD
is a joy to explore and use. You will also appreciate the other text files on
this disk and the professional screenshots in the eponymous sub-directory
('Grafikdateien') made with top-of-the-range professional decoder programs,
such as PROCITEC, WAVECOM, go2MONITOR, and a host of others."
f..
g.. Conclusion ... "What can I say: J?rg and his team have done it again! Buy
these books and CDs and you will find that, not only do you now have the most
up-to-date listings of global broadcast and utility radio stations in this
Universe at your fingertips, but you will also learn about much more than
simple frequency compilations: conspiracy theories about shortwave monitoring,
the future of HF radio, the current solar cycle, the geopolitical quagmire that
we are in at the moment - all these and much more gets a mention in these
books, and deservedly so. Our hobby is not one you can undertake in isolation
from others and world events."
(https://www.thespectrummonitor.com/index.aspx> Febr 2025
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 23:15:22 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jota Xavier <[email protected]>
To: Hard-Core-DX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] JRX Logs January 8, 2025
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
JRX Logs January 8, 2025
Receiver (s): XHDATA D-808
Antenna: Longwire 10m
All times Universal Time
ALGERIA
** 13855. Wed, Jan 8, 2025. 2022-2040, Ifrikya FM, Ouargla-ALG, in Hausa, this
time. Woman announcer in conversation w/ a man; 2027 A brief music and man
talking with other man; Woman participation too; 2039 Music. Good reception:
45544.
MADAGASCAR
** 9765. Wed, Jan 8, 2025. 2141-2151, MWV-Palavra Alegre, Mahajanga-MDG, in
Portuguese. ID by woman announcer; A religious song by choir; 2145 Man says ID
and makes a christian message and ends with" God Bless You!" Music. Good
reception: 45554.
** 11610. Wed, Jan 8, 2025. 2130-2140, MWV-The Light of Life, Mahajanga-MDG, in
Chinese. Man preaching; 2134 A brief music and starts woman communication. Fair
reception: 35533.
TURKEY
** 9625. Wed, Jan 8, 2025. 2056-2110, Voice of Turkey, Emirler-TUR, in French.
Woman communication; 2059 French songs; 2107 A turkish song. Good reception:
45544.
UZBEKISTAN
** 7605. Wed, Jan 8, 2025. 2042-2052, Free North Korea Radio, Tashkent-UZB, in
Korean. Man communication; 2044 Music; 2050 Man and woman announcers talking.
Poor reception: 35422. CLA Station.
** 7625. Wed, Jan 8, 2025. 2113-2123, The Voice of the Martyrs, Tashkent-UZB,
in Chinese.Man announcer talking; Woman participates too. Poor reception:
35422. CLA Station.
JRX (Jos? Ronaldo Xavier)
Cabedelo-PB, Brazil (UTC-3)
Lat: S 6?58'48" / Long: W 34?49'48"
SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL
DX Map Location HI22NX
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 00:10:45 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: WOR DXLD <[email protected]>
Cc: Short-Wave Radio Listening <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 8, 2025
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
{Last report was misyeared as 2024 - inevitably...}
** CUBA [and non]. 870, Jan 8 at 0738 UT, wobbler against WWL at more
rapid rate than usual, likewise on 1040 against WHO, further implying
some relation between the two. However in WRTH 2025, the one Cuban on
1040 is not at same site as any of the three on 870. If intended as
jamming, IIRC, WWL was one of the stations co?pted by USG during Cuban
Missile Crisis in 1962y, but probably not WHO. But was 1040 a USG
frequency from the Keys before 1180? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** MEXICO [and non]. 800 kHz, Jan 8 at 0737 UT, distorted mess from
XEERG, NL, is worse than usual vs KQCV. When are they ever going to
fix it or turn it off? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. 95.1, Jan 8 circa 2200 UT, OG&E downtown Enid lowpower,
which was deadair in $tereo when last checked a biday ago, is still on
and has resumed, but very undermodulated as before, now with pop music
such as ``Jolene`` rather than Xmassy (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)
** SPAIN. 17715.09v, Jan 8 at 1856, REE IS, S7/9+10 direct, the SAm
beam, compared to 9690, NAm beam which is JBA direct: clear triumph of
LUHF over azimuth, i.e. much better on higher frequency for SAm, than
lower one for us in NAm; 1859 s/on the two WHem frequencies as 19-03
UT weekdays, 15-24 weekends. 17715 seems to be drifting downward as it
warms up. At 1908 into UTwente, S8/S9 on 17715.013.
By 2300 for token Wednesday English, 9690, 17715 and 17755 achieve NO
signal direct, and 12030 but a JBA carrier. So I check it at UTwente,
where 9690 is JBA, but 12030 is fair at S8 but fadeouts (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 5960.003+, Jan 8 at 2318, TRTWorld S9+5 direct but too hi
noise level; VG S9+35 into UTwente with in-depth report from a large
Palestinian neighborhood in SW Chicago (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 257 MCW kHz, Jan 8 at 0728 UT, JYR, 25-watt NDB at York,
Nebraska. Seldom heard despite one of closest in that state, and
`local` to the Total Solar Eclipse area we visited.
341 MCW kHz, Jan 8 at 0726 UT, DNI, DeNIson TX NDB is JBA but not the
other 341, OIN, OberlIN KS.
251 MCW kHz, Jan 8 at 0730 UT, some beacon hard to copy, probably AM,
AMarillo TX, mixing with another. No obvious familiar ones listed
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 2276 monitoring: ``Good evening Glen... World
of Radio was missing on WRMI's 9395 kHz tonight (7:30 PM EST Tuesday
here in GA). It was replaced by Wavescan. Wavescan aired again 1 hour
later on the same frequency. Just wanted you to know. Love your show.
Regards, Hank Blackwood``
NOT confirmed UT Wednesday January 8 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, rather
Wavescan, despite it also one hour later on same. System G sked now
shows WS at both times and not WOR. That leaves us with no airings on
one of the best frequencies across North America. I asked Jeff if he
can find any other time for WOR on it - or maybe 9455 when it`s back
in full service. Now he has replied that WOR will resume on 9395 at
0030 UT Wednesdays, tnx.
Confirmed, however, UT Wednesday January 8 at 0030 on SW Radio,
Germany, 3975.004-, JBA into UTwente but S7/S8 into further Sligo,
Ireland SDR.
Confirmed Wednesday January 8 at 2030 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975,
S7/S8 into Sligo, nothing into UTwente.
Also confirmed Wednesday January 8 at 2200 on WBCQ, 7490 -75 Hz =
7489.925, S9/+10 into Maryland SDR. Preceded not by `Pirate Joe
Extravaganzo` but by TOMBS. Next:
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1730 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 3975.
Thanks this week for financial support from Chris Krug, Tulsa OK, a
contribution via PayPal in US funds but not necessarily, to woradio at
yahoo.com, and says, ``Warmest Holiday Greetings, Glenn! Thanks for
all you do!``
One may also contribute by money order or check on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 5085, Jan 8 at 0354, no signal from WTWW-2, nor earlier but
I might have missed it; nor before 0100 on 9475. 9930/5920 WTWW-1
continue to be reliable with TOMBS (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 13845, Jan 8 at 1902, no signal from WWCR-3 direct, while
12160 WWCR-2 inbooms. By 1937, 13845 is JBA. At 1943, 13845 is also
JBA into UTwente, where it`a aimed toward Europe at 40 degrees. 9980
WWCR-4 deliberately off M-F at 17-23 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 1580, Jan 8 at 0749 UT, super-hype voice actor [SHVA] in
Spanish, ``1580 y 98.1``. Of few USSS on 1580, NRC AM Log has a hit:
WHLY South Bend IN, U2 1000/500 watts, La Raza. This group is headed
by 98.1, a mere translator, W251AR, and also includes a 1460 station
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1360.02 kHz approx., Jan 8 at 0742 UT, Mexmxmix, 0745
Spanish ID as ``1360 AM y 96.3 FM``. I can find no such AM/FM
correlation in IRCA Mexican Log, NRC AM Log, WTFDA FM Database, broad
search; nor in MW offsets, anything that far off+ anywhere. In case it
were really 93.3 or 106.3, same search with no hits. Have been hearing
the LAH for a long time. The off-frequency one is not necessarily the
one in Spanish. IRCA lists two Mexicans active and 3 CPs on 1360. In
NRC AM Log, by language and proximity, the three most likely are KGMR
Clarksville AR, KTNZ Amarillo TX and KMNY Hurst TX. Both Texans are
religious which this unseems. Ideas? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0010 UT January 9, 2025
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 02:42:19 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser Log Roundup January 2-8, 2025
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
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_2025_0102_0108.txt
73, Glenn Hauser
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 10:07:13 +0000 (UTC)
From: Zacharias Liangas <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [HCDX] Happy new year with this long MW report in ex-home
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
1-3/1/25 in the mountain of Thessaloniki using the PL330radio plus the AN20
antenna, trying to kill the local noise that comes from? various sources has
much better results than the SDR in the town!?? This was my nightly WORK , with
around 2?3 hours per session?
https://zliangaslogs.wordpress.com/2025/01/06/mw-logs-retsiki-1-3-1-25/
Zacharias Liangas
PL330 + ext antennas/ RSP1a/SpyHF+D
exMusic Producer Greek Music Refuge / Dangdut? and Beyond
https://youtu.be/8VJ__oppkLs the pool
https://bit.ly/3OZixtr? disclaimer on my writinghttps://linktr.ee/zliangas? all
my pages?
>From now and for an unknowntime, at least for 3 years, I will not use any
>radio except the remote SDRs forDXing. Recently we moved from the village back
>to the city in a space thatprohibits the use of desktop DXing, a place flooded
>by high levels of noise inthe LMHF bands. The radio is now used mostly for FM,
>for news listening.we runpolitically lively condition with always very
>interesting twits every day ..
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