[DX] Loki: 23.09.2010

2010-09-23 Thread Risto Kotalampi
Hei, 

Ohessa lokaukset edellisen 7 vuorokauden ajalta.

Ko. lokin saa myös Online Logista (log.hard-core-dx.com) 
seuraavasti: klikkaa hae, lisätty jälkeen: 2010-09-16 2200 UTC, 
lisätty ennen: 2010-09-23 2200 UTC, klikkaa Hae. 

73! 

Risto 

PS. Tämä on automaattinen postitus. Jos havaitset siinä virheitä, laita 
minulle sähköpostia. 

Eurooppa
		

		189

		10.9.

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		ISL: RÚV, Gufuskálar. Alkaa syksyn merkiksi kuulua heikommillakin vehkeillä.   JTS  

		
Brittein saaret
		

		1260

		17.9.

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		G: UNID.  Tämä kuulutteli "Double-X Radio" tai "Doubleoaks Radio" mikä lie, brittiaksentilla kuitenkin. MJ  

		
Iberia
		

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		E: Euskadi Irratia, Bilbo / Bilbao.  Puheli baskiksi. Syvä QSB. JTS  

		
Afrikka
		

		171

		10.9.

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		MRC: Medi 1, Nador. // 9575 kHz.   JTS  

		


		4780

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		DJI: RTD Djibouti.  Puheohjelmaa. USB QRM:n alla, LSB OK. JTS  

		


		4845

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		MTN: R Mauritanie, Nouakchott.  Arabiaa. JTS  

		


		7172

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		ERI: Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea, Asmara.  Arabiaksi; ID. Taajuus oli vähän heilahtanut. JTS  

		
Aasia
		

		702

		18.9.

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		IRN: VOIRI Kiashar.  Turkilta kuulostavalla kielellä eli azeriksi; 1700- georgiaksi. JTS  

		


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		18.9.

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		TJK: R Tojikiston, Yangiyul.  Musisoi; 1920 ID. JTS  

		
Pohjois-Amerikka
		

		600

		24.10.09

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		CAN: CJWW Saskatoon, SA.   LEM280  

		


		600

		24.10.09

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		USA: WMT Cedar Rapids, IA.  Jalkapallon lumoissa. LEM280  

		


		620

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		VAN: CKCM Grand Falls NL.  "VOCM next news"rVOCM. MDK  

		


		930

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		USA: KSDN Aberdeen SD.  ABC-nx. (Perkaus jatkuu - kuinka kuuntelija sen kestää?). MSO  

		


		1060

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		USA: KGFX Pierre SD.   MJ  

		


		1100

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		USA: KNZZ Grand Junction CO.   MJ  

		


		1160

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		USA: KSL Salt Lake City UT.  "KSL Salt Lake City". MDK/N  

		


		1220

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		USA: KLBB Stillwater MN.   MJ  

		


		1230

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		USA: KSBN Spokane WA.  "Moneytalk 12-30, KSBN Spokane". MJ  

		


		1260

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		USA: WPNW Zeeland MI.   MJ  

		


		1260

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		0100-

 	
	
		USA: WSUA Miami FL.   MJ  

		


		1270

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		USA: WTSN Dover NH.  Pahat EU-roiskeet hellittivät sopivasti, kun heitti kutsun 10 s ennen tasaa. JVH/N  

		


		1290

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		USA: KKAR Omaha NE.  Yön ainoita jenkkejä KVNS-1700 ohella. Outoja kelejä. MJ  

		


		1350

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		USA: WOYK York PA.   MSO  

		


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		USA: WRED Westbrook ME.  "WRED..sportcenter..Big Jap". MDK/N  

		


		1460

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		0100-

 	
	
		USA: KDMA Montevideo MN.   MJ  

		


		1460

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		USA: KXNO Des Moines IA.  "Des Moines sportstation KXNO". MDK/N  

		


		1470

		21.9.

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		USA: WRWB Huntington WV.  Ensimmäinen lokaus Lapin uudesta kuuntelupaikasta, Aihkiniemestä, Partakosta. Kelit eivät kummoiset ja aikaa meni vielä laitteiston virittelyyn. Tässä DX-kuunteluun tarkoitetussa paikassa on jatkossa 10 hyvin maadoitettua beveragea suuntiin 250-71 astetta. 30 neliön täysin varustettu parakki tuli paikalle keskiviikkona ja torstaina se oli käyttökunnossa, sähköt kytkettynä. Paikan erikoisuus on kompostoiva, haihduttava sisävessa. Mukana oli yksi Suomen vanhimmista radioharrastajista, 83 vuotias isäni. Ensimmäisellä pediksellään! AIH1  

		


		1500

		12.9.

		0059-

 	
	
		USA: KSTP St. Paul MN.  "new 1500 espn" ID tnx avusta JKZ. MDK/N  

		


		1510

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		USA: KCKK Littleton CO.  "Mile High news-radio". MDK/N  

		


		1510

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		USA: KCKK Littleton CO.  Jokunen jenkki tulee silloin tällöin läpi jopa tuolla Super-KAZ:lla , mikä ei kuitenkaan vastaa kunnon beveregea . Mäelläni on jotakin kiusallista QRM:ää noin taajuuksilla 900-1400 kHz . Pörinä alkoi 6.9.2010 ! KAZ kestää häiriöitä kuitenkin kohtuullisen hyvin . YK  

		


		1510

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		USA: WRRD Waukesha WI.  Mahtisignaalilla, oma id tasalta. Muuta mainittavaa ei kyllä ollut liikkeellä. MJ  

		


		1560

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		USA: KKAA Aberdeen SD.  Tämä oli muistaakseni korottanut yötehoaan ja kyllä tuntuu. MJ  

		
Keski-Amerikka
		

		860

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		MEX: XEUN México D.F.  "Radio UNAM". Saa kunnian olla tällä erää keikan viimeinen puhtaaksikuunneltu meksikaani, minulle uusia meksikolaisia löytyi kaikkiaan 42 kpl, joista 20 on jo kuitannut(JJK). LEM280  

		


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		PTR: WVOZ Radio 

[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 23, 2010

2010-09-23 Thread Glenn Hauser
** ALASKA. 2863-USB, Sept 23 at 1156, weak VOLMET in American English, 
fortunately far enough from COSTA RICA, q.v. 2859.8; several sites alternate 
each semihour, and per http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/VOLMET at 
H+25-30, and +55-60 it`s Anchorage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ALBANIA. 7390, Sept 23 at 0628, R. Tirana IS, 0630:16 opening in Albanian. 
Fair signal at S9+18 with fading, but usual undermodulation. Considering this 
is non-direxional for Europe, doing well to make it here. Also has some QRM 
from 7405 DentroCuban Jamming Command, bleedover or spur (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36 barely audible with some music at 1350 Sept 23, 
weaker than Rampisham 15480, and no better later on; but at least confirmed 
active today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRIA. 17610, a good source of exotic HOA music, Sept 23 at 1450, and a 
good signal altho weaker than adjacent BSKSA 17615. This is the Afar hour, of 
all things, from AWR, 300 kW, 145 degrees via Moosbrunn, so we are close to 
directly off the back, 325 degrees. It`s hard to imagine the lyrix in this 
traditional music form are Christian, but surely they must be, as the SDA 
invade yet another culture with a well-established religion of its own (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 23: none heard 8-18 MHz between 1130 and 14, 
especially checking the prime hangouts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COSTA RICA. 2859.8, tnx to a tip from Brian Alexander reminding us of the 
harmonic, last heard 6+ months ago, it`s still there, and oncoming fall/winter 
conditions should audiblize it better. Sept 23 at 1117 I hear some Mexican 
music, stronger than North Korea 2850; 1119 a brief announcement may have 
mentioned San Carlos, for this is surely R. San Carlos, off-frequency as 
before, 2 x 1429.9. 

WRTH 2010 says it`s TIRDVC, 3 kW on 1430 from Ciudad Quesada at 1115-0200, but 
no mention of the harmonic! making this CR`s only active SW station, if you 
don`t mind fudging HF a bit below 3 MHz. By 1135, it had become weaker than 
2850 and bothered by intermittent local line noise bursts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. RHC keeps us guessing with their anomalies: Sept 23 at 0622 I find 
Spanish on: 5040, 5970, 6120, 6150 (6150 and 5970 usually in English); English 
was really only on 6010, 6060. 

At 0623, The 5040 transmitter was fulcrumming the 5025 Rebelde transmitter, 
producing a weak mix of the two audios, leapfrogging to 5055, fading out and 
in, not to be taken for Vanuatu, the long-gone TIFC Costa Rica still in the 
WRTH 2010 frequency list, or one of the Brazilians (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST) 

** FRANCE [non]. 13640, RFI Spanish service via GUIANA FRENCH, Sept 23 from 
1220, usual VG signal, but nothing heard in Spanish, just RFI Musique, 
including ``Calico`` at 1224; 1228 RFI IDs, no Spanish. Must be another 
disruption, as today`s another general strike in France. Thought it might be 
extended past 1230 as sometimes happens, but off at 1229:38, clearing TRT music 
on 13635 which I then enjoy.

9955, RFI English is now relayed by WRMI M-F at 1400-1430 instead of R. Prague; 
I imagine Jeff White worked out such a deal at HFCC Zurich in August, but why? 
RP is still scheduled at other times on WRMI. To confirm Sept 23 at 1408, heard 
English news, YL interview OM on phone about Cambodia and Vietnam, former 
French sphere of influence, hardly Czech, but still not certain it was really 
RFI until 1415 timecheck as quarter past the hour, ID and on to other features. 

Must be pulled off WRN, which has RFI English also at 1400-1430, a transmission 
which used to be on RFI`s own SW too. Maybe it`s really live, unlike 
yesterday`s news from Prague. Signal today was poor, but no jamming; more of a 
problem was splatter from VOA 9945 music for Indonesia, 200 degrees from 
Tinang, Philippines, but only on Thu-Fri-Sat; plus Brother Scare overload from 
WWCR 9980. 

But, what will happen when WRMI switches from EDT to EST, the semihour for this 
becoming 1500-1530, while RFI stays at 1400? Or maybe not, via WRN (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. I was unavoidably awake before 1100 UT Sept 23, so made the best 
of it by monitoring, starting with 4055 for R. Verdad, nominal sign-on 1100, 
but nothing heard at 1059-1104 and later chex. However, at 1124 it was on with 
prayer(?) or at least preaching in Spanish; 1127 music. BFO needed, but it was 
hard to tune exactly so the music sounded right, even by first zeroing in on 
Nikkei 6055. 

Just about no carrier from TGAV at this time, and then like Bob Wilkner, I 
concluded at 1150 there was an FM element to the transmission, as during pauses 
there would be sort of a carrier, unstable. Still audible but almost gone by 
1159. 

I never heard the choo-choo SFX as used to air around 1130, despite ``El Tren 
del Evangelio`` still on the schedule for 

[HCDX] LOGs FOR 19+20/09

2010-09-23 Thread Zacharias Liangas
LOGs FOR 19+20/09
http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/302
Sunday 19-9
9630 XJPBS 1339 a singer with traditional  melodies OM YL with talks in 
presumably Mongolian About S10 //9645 at S7 max

9335 RFA? 1343 with talks in Bamar S5 33434 over Damascus

15070 Cupido radio 1345 with old pop song 1348  ID by man and talks in 
English with some music in background (songs from 80s) S5 35344 some 
little QRM from  R Cairo which is a dead carrier!


15350 TWR 1400 'THis is  TWR' then with prg in Hindi

15410 DW in Russian on 1425 with a history  program about Hitler, and 
listing speeches from him , and anti-Semitism S10

15245 V o Korea 1647 with operas , program in French S5 35343

6240 cland to Korea with YL on 1655 with talks over a Japanese song anD 
again 1658  with another Japanese song 1701*

6220 Mystery radio 1716 with pop songs S7-9

Monday 20-9

4840 WWCR 0355 with web adress mentioned many times S8
4885 Clube de para ?? 0401  with LA pops S5
4915 Macapa ? 0403 old LA songs S7
5040 RHC 0405 songs S7
5045 ? 0406LA songs?  S7
9745 Bahrain 0408  S2

9975 KTWR 1330 Agana in Chinese  with many IDs and signal S7 . At 
1330+  with prg in Cantonese from a different transmitter with S5 signal

11570 Open Radio North Korea 1415  with talk sin Korean S5 via 
Uzbekistan
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Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd

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http://sites.google.com/site/zliangas (replacement of geocities)
http://zliangas.blogspot.com  (radio tech , gadgets, grk ethics)
http://www.youtube.com/zach0gr some videos

http://www.myspace.com/310100806
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=770974854

http://www.worldisround.com/articles/302315/ (Litohoro) 321199/Tinos 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachgrpictures upload 
http://www.google.com/reader/shared/06600224598981072865  (social 
news )

http://zlgr.stumbleupon.com  (my social 'bookmarks' )
http://del.icio.us/gr_geek1

Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece 
greekdx @ otenet dot gr  ---  
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000 
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop 

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Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 23, 2010

2010-09-23 Thread Glenn Hauser
What was I thinking? There is of course also ELCOR, 5954+, with Radio 
Republica, believed to be from Costa Rica, lacking any hard confirmation, and 
it`s absent from WRTH 2010, altho it was in 2009 but lacking details, not even 
a number) address entry. Glenn

--- On Thu, 9/23/10, Glenn Hauser wghau...@yahoo.com wrote:

 ** COSTA RICA. 2859.8, tnx to a tip from Brian Alexander
 reminding us of the harmonic, last heard 6+ months ago, it`s
 still there, and oncoming fall/winter conditions should
 audiblize it better. Sept 23 at 1117 I hear some Mexican
 music, stronger than North Korea 2850; 1119 a brief
 announcement may have mentioned San Carlos, for this is
 surely R. San Carlos, off-frequency as before, 2 x 1429.9. 
 
 WRTH 2010 says it`s TIRDVC, 3 kW on 1430 from Ciudad
 Quesada at 1115-0200, but no mention of the harmonic! making
 this CR`s only active SW station, if you don`t mind fudging
 HF a bit below 3 MHz. By 1135, it had become weaker than
 2850 and bothered by intermittent local line noise bursts
 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)


  
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[HCDX] Thur DX

2010-09-23 Thread Charles Bolland
Peru, 6019.41, Radio Victoria, 2330-2345, This evening
noted Radio Victoria on 6019.41 KHz without
any nearby QRM at least for a few minutes.  Heard a
male in steady Spanish language comments
for awhile.  The first gent is joined by another male
and female.  Signal was fair to poor.   (Chuck
Bolland, September 23, 2010)
 
Bolivia, 6134.83, Radio Santa Cruz, 2342-2359, Noted
music initially with the usual het needing
notcing out on 6135 KHz.  Believe a male and female
talk in Spanish over the music.  Condition 
seem to be slightly better this evening as RSC is at a
fair level here.   (Chuck Bolland,
September 23, 2010)
 
Bolivia, 3310.12, Radio Mosoj Chaski, 2354-2359,
Noted steady popular music.  At 2356 a
female(believe?) talks briefly in Spanish.   Signal is
very poor but readable at about 80
percent.   Back to music after a few comments.   (Chuck
Bolland, September 23, 2010)
 
South Africa, 3320.16, Radio Sonder Grense, 0001-0015,
Noted a male in Africaans language
news until.  After that it sounds like a female talks
for a number of minutes.  Signal was
fair.  (Chuck Bolland, September 23, 2010)
 
 
India, 4920.15, AIR, Chennai, 0013-0025,  At 0013,
noted Interval signal until 0015.  At that time
a female comments (probably ID) and singing by a group
which is probably NA.  Incidently, 
the interval was a wind instrument continous tune with
about five notes to it.  At 0016
a female comments in Hindi which is followed with
charmer type music.  Signal was
fair throughout.   (Chuck Bolland, September 24, 2010)
 
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Re: [HCDX] 1521 and 1539?

2010-09-23 Thread Glenn Hauser
--- On Thu, 9/23/10, Glenn Hauser wghau...@yahoo.com wrote:

 UNIDENTIFIED. I sometimes check out
 the hi end of the MW band late at night, using the same E-W
 longwire to the FRG-7 as for SW. Something strange, Sept 23
 at 0635 UT I was hearing a het of about 1 kHz on KOKC 1520,
 from 1521 --- that`s too late for Saudi Arabia, which is
 commonly audible earlier. And a het of almost, but not quite
 the same pitch, from 1539 against jumble of signals
 including an open carrier on 1540. 
 
 These do happen to be Region 1 MW channels, but such a pair
 is suspicious, as if a station on 1530 were running a 9 kHz
 tone test, or spurs of the same frequency. The 1521 and 1539
 signals were fading, so not an artifact of some local
 appliance, altho 1539 was somewhat unstable judging from the
 pitch fluxuation. 1539/1540 het pitch was slightly higher
 than the 1521/1520 het, so if they were coming from a 1530
 transmitter, it was slightly on the lo side. Could not make
 out any audio from them. Ideas? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
 LISTENING DIGEST) 

UNIDENTIFIED. 1521, het on KOKC 1520, Sept 24 at 0212, surely Saudi Arabia, 
which if nothing else penetrates the North Atlantic darkness. Reminds me that 
the night before I was also getting such a het at the very late hour of 0635 
UT, which led me to dispense with SA as a source and look for another 
explanation, such as a spur or tone test from a domestic 1530 station, 
especially since there was another one like it on 1539. Now at 0212, there is 
no 1539, so putting that aside, I am rethinking this.

Early reception from East Asia or Pacific might be possible in winter, but now 
it just seems too early, and there are no powerful 1521 or 1539 transmitters in 
those areas.

0635 has to be long after sunrise anywhere in Saudi Arabia, but just where is 
Duba, the site of 1521? Would you believe it doesn`t rate a dot on the WRTH map 
of the Middle East? O yeah, that`s for SW sites only, but there is a lot of 
blank space in SA. One of my atlas collexion quickly locates it in the NW 
corner, just across from the tip of Sinai, and it`s right on the coast, which 
makes it the best possible site to reach Europe and beyond. 

So when is sunrise there? Little Duba is also unrecognized as of any 
significance by Gaisma.com but there is a listing for a city not too far away, 
Tabuk: 
http://www.gaisma.com/en/location/tabuk-sa.html
which shows 0623 local = 0323 UT. 

Considering that this is the most powerful MW station in the world, 2 
megawatts, could it still be penetrating by skywave three hours after sunrise 
through sheer brute force? It is after all, routinely reported at least two 
hours before sunset along east coast North America, right?

The great circle path from Duba to Enid crosses Brussels, Manchester, Belfast, 
so in those locations of the UK or vicinity, just how late at this time of year 
can you still hear BSKSA on 1521? If it gets that far still at 0635 UT, then it 
could also reach here. Blocked by anything? WRTH frequency list has only: two 
stations under 1 kW in UK, one each 5 kW in Spain, 27 kW in Russia, 100 kW in 
Iran (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)


  
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[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 24, 2010

2010-09-23 Thread Glenn Hauser
** CANADA. 6070, CFRX still open carrier only, Sept 24 at 0113 check. When will 
they notice at HQ and get around to going out to the transmitter site to fix 
it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COSTA RICA. After checking on R. Verdad, 4055+, see GUATEMALA, I looked for 
R. San Carlos on 2859.8, Sept 24 at 0200, but no trace of it. Up to its old 
trix, varying sign-off time considerably around 0200. The nominal sign-on at 
1115 could be informative (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. UT Sept 24 I checked for R. Verdad earlier than before, at 0200 
UT. Music audible around 4055, and still at 0235, but lacking a reference 
carrier, it`s very difficult to get it to `sound right` with the BFO on, and 
once zeroed on Spain 6055, TGAV audio still is not clear, so it`s slightly off, 
I think to the hi side, and mushy sounding with some FM component rather than 
pure SSB. 

Dr Madrid confirms they are still running only 50 watts with the backup 
transmitter, but ``we`ll try to increase it a little bit tomorrow``, and 
assures us they will be back on 4052.5 when the big transmitter is reactivated, 
probably around the end of October (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. As I was checking 90m, noise level not too bad, Sept 24 at 0207, 
found very weak signal on about 3199.5 and another like it on 3230.5; strained 
to make traces of audio // 3215 WWCR but could not, too weak. Nevertheless, 
these are surely the oft-reported spurs of the WWCR-1 transmitter, which does 
the same when on 7465. Maybe also when on 15825, but fundamental from that is 
rarely strong enough here to audiblize spurs so far down.

These have been reported periodically by Brian Alexander, PA, since Dec 8, 
2007, and have varied slightly from 3199.38 to 3199.48, 3230.52 to 3230.62.

Furthermore, tnx to a tip from Sean Travers, who had been noting it previous 
two nights, WWCR quit 3215 and was opening with steel drum IS at 0358 Sept 24 
on 3255 instead. I was not listening closely to what they said, if they axually 
mentioned why they were on 3255, but instead of programming, it became open 
carrier, still such until a country hymn singer started at 0454. The program 
listed for 04-05 UT Tue-Sat in the Sept schedule is Truth House with Dr. E.C. 
Fulcher. 0458 announced frequency change back to 3215, and off 3255.

I suppose this means when WORLD OF RADIO comes around UT Sunday at 0630, it 
will still be on 3215, but if not, check 3255 or vicinity.

Nothing about such a test or frequency change on the home page. It seems odd 
they would leave 3215 with no known problems (or has some 
military/government/utility user complained?), for a frequency already used by 
BBC via South Africa at 0300-0600. WWCR is certainly capable of overriding that 
in North America, but could cause problems for BBC in W Africa, and why risk 
collision when you don`t have to? 

So did it bring the plus/minus 15.5v kHz spurs with it? Seems so: at 0450 I was 
getting some weak otherwise unexplained carriers around 3239.5 and 3270.5. WWCR 
on 3255 could also be a problem for HRPC and its listeners on 3250; did not 
seem to be on after 0400 tonight but sometimes it is, and was hearing it 
earlier around 0210 when WWCR was still on 3199.5, 3215 and 3230.5 (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. George McClintock of WTWW advises me Sept 23: switch from 9479 to 
5755 has been moved forward an hour to 23 UT. The morning switch from 5755 to 
9479 will also be moved an hour, later, sometime in October, 13 instead of 12 
UT, to compensate for longer nights, shorter days. Registrations are flexible 
enough to accommodate such variations as needed.

How is transmitter #2 coming? A crew is coming shortly to do some work on it. 
Looks like it will not be on the air until next year. Transmitter #3? About 80% 
likely to be obtained this year, but it too will take some time after #2 to 
become operational. #1 has been working well, has run 30 days with very little 
downtime (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1531 missing from WWRB, UT Friday Sept 24 at 
0330-0400. Too late, I discovered they had a corrupted file so could not air 
it; instead, big band music fill. I make a sad face. Now with the good file, 
perhaps they will be able to fit it in some open slot instead during the 
following week, and if so and notified in advance, I`ll let everyone know 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 9830, VG signal Sept 24 at 0154 in fraxured French --- must be 
Kriyol, then into instrumental music with religious overtones, 0158 ``Gott Sei 
die Ehre``, theme, so it`s Family Radio, but WYFR? Modulation unsounds like 
Okeechobee, and no Creole on their own schedule. 0158 says ``The Sound of the 
New Life, Family Radio en langue créole`` and off at 0158.6. 

This is a new service, started 27 August, really 250 kW, 306 degrees from 
Guiana French, at 01-02, tho hardly necessary with WYFR itself 

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Today's Topics:

   1. Glenn Hauser logs September 23, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
   2. LOGs FOR 19+20/09 (Zacharias Liangas )
   3. Re: Glenn Hauser logs September 23, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
   4. Thur DX (Charles Bolland)
   5. Re: 1521 and 1539? (Glenn Hauser)
   6. Glenn Hauser logs September 24, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)


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Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:28:34 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 23, 2010
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** ALASKA. 2863-USB, Sept 23 at 1156, weak VOLMET in American English, 
fortunately far enough from COSTA RICA, q.v. 2859.8; several sites alternate 
each semihour, and per http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/VOLMET at 
H+25-30, and +55-60 it`s Anchorage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ALBANIA. 7390, Sept 23 at 0628, R. Tirana IS, 0630:16 opening in Albanian. 
Fair signal at S9+18 with fading, but usual undermodulation. Considering this 
is non-direxional for Europe, doing well to make it here. Also has some QRM 
from 7405 DentroCuban Jamming Command, bleedover or spur (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36 barely audible with some music at 1350 Sept 23, 
weaker than Rampisham 15480, and no better later on; but at least confirmed 
active today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRIA. 17610, a good source of exotic HOA music, Sept 23 at 1450, and a 
good signal altho weaker than adjacent BSKSA 17615. This is the Afar hour, of 
all things, from AWR, 300 kW, 145 degrees via Moosbrunn, so we are close to 
directly off the back, 325 degrees. It`s hard to imagine the lyrix in this 
traditional music form are Christian, but surely they must be, as the SDA 
invade yet another culture with a well-established religion of its own (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 23: none heard 8-18 MHz between 1130 and 14, 
especially checking the prime hangouts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COSTA RICA. 2859.8, tnx to a tip from Brian Alexander reminding us of the 
harmonic, last heard 6+ months ago, it`s still there, and oncoming fall/winter 
conditions should audiblize it better. Sept 23 at 1117 I hear some Mexican 
music, stronger than North Korea 2850; 1119 a brief announcement may have 
mentioned San Carlos, for this is surely R. San Carlos, off-frequency as 
before, 2 x 1429.9. 

WRTH 2010 says it`s TIRDVC, 3 kW on 1430 from Ciudad Quesada at 1115-0200, but 
no mention of the harmonic! making this CR`s only active SW station, if you 
don`t mind fudging HF a bit below 3 MHz. By 1135, it had become weaker than 
2850 and bothered by intermittent local line noise bursts (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. RHC keeps us guessing with their anomalies: Sept 23 at 0622 I find 
Spanish on: 5040, 5970, 6120, 6150 (6150 and 5970 usually in English); English 
was really only on 6010, 6060. 

At 0623, The 5040 transmitter was fulcrumming the 5025 Rebelde transmitter, 
producing a weak mix of the two audios, leapfrogging to 5055, fading out and 
in, not to be taken for Vanuatu, the long-gone TIFC Costa Rica still in the 
WRTH 2010 frequency list, or one of the Brazilians (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST) 

** FRANCE [non]. 13640, RFI Spanish service via GUIANA FRENCH, Sept 23 from 
1220, usual VG signal, but nothing heard in Spanish, just RFI Musique, 
including ``Calico`` at 1224; 1228 RFI IDs, no Spanish. Must be another 
disruption, as today`s another general strike in France. Thought it might be 
extended past 1230 as sometimes happens, but off at 1229:38, clearing TRT music 
on 13635 which I then