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Today's Topics:

   1. HackRF One: 20 MHz bandwidth on shortwave! (Nils Schiffhauer)
   2. Radio Bata now on air (Manuel M?ndez)
   3. Glenn Hauser logs June 1-2, 2016 (Glenn Hauser)
   4. (no subject) (Manuel M?ndez)
   5. Re: Radio Bata now on air (Wolfgang Bueschel)
   6. Re: Radio Bata now on air (Wolfgang Bueschel)
   7. Glenn Hauser logs June 2-3, 2016 (Glenn Hauser)
   8. Alcaravan Radio (Manuel M?ndez)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2016 16:25:07 +
From: Nils Schiffhauer 
To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] HackRF One: 20 MHz bandwidth on shortwave!
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Hi - the combination of HackRF One and an up-converter gives you access 
to a 20 MHz wide range on HF at once: for record, play, analyze.

This set comes at a humble price tag of ca. 320 US-$ which is traded for 
a resolution of just 8 bit, resulting in a dynamic range of about 50 dB.

Nevertheless, the performance of this combo is stunning. I tested it 
with broadcast (also DRM), utility (SSB and data) and amateur radio 
(digital voice and data). On my experiences, I did a mulitmedia PDF of 
17 pages with 55 screenshots, 21 audio clips and one video (43 MB) wich 
you can download here:

https://goo.gl/HJ1Rk5

It shows how to analyze files of 20 MHz width and up to six hours length 
plus live reception within 20 MHz using parallel decoding of 14 
different HFDL channels.

Comments welcomed!

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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2016 19:08:04 +
From: Manuel M?ndez 
To: "DX Listenig Digest" 
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Bata now on air
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Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=utf-8

Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Spain

Log in Reinante

EQUATORIAL GUINEA, 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, 1903, 02-06, now on air 
with clear signal, Spanish, id. "Radio Nacional", African songs. 14321. 
(M?ndez)

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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2016 19:13:21 + (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser 
To: 
Cc: 
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs June 1-2, 2016
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<587295351.3864104.1464894801708.javamail.ya...@mail.yahoo.com>
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** BANGLADESH. 15505, June 1 at *1400:15, BB carrier is very late cutting on, 
so no mistimesignal heard, and furthermore cuts off at 1401:55*, still off past 
1404 instead of Urdu (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6165, June 1 at 0601, RHC English is just barely modulated here, but 
sufficient on 6100, 6060 and 6000, while 5040 is now off.

19070, June 1 at 1350, RHC harmonic 2 x 9535 is a JBA carrier, but nothing on 
19280 or 19420; correlating with strong signals from the 16m fundamentals: 
17580 at S9, 17730 S9+20. Before these build up, no way the 19 MHz harmonix 
will (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. 4885, June 1 around 1205 I notice no signal from reliable Echo 
of Hope, which nominally starts at 1150 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Earthquake report: UT June 2 at 0129:05 or so, the window rattles 
briefly as I am recording World of Radio. Could have been a sonic boom except 
the jets at Vance seem to be subsonic. Yes, it`s a quake, soon confirmed by 
USGS as 3.1 magnitude, only 14 km ESE of Enid, at 0128:54, 6.2 km deep. So this 
one took only about 11 seconds to get here, one of the closest we`ve 
experienced so far. Thank you, beloved Oil & Gas Industry (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 17895+, June 2 at 1456 I am starting to measure how far 
off-frequency BSKSA is, but Qur`an chopped off the air at 1457*.

13710.020, June 2 at 1541, I do get this HQS measured, poor signal. On May 
21-22, 

[HCDX] Alcaravan Radio

[Manuel Méndez]

Manuel Méndz
Lugo, Spain

Log in Reinante

COLOMBIA, 5910, Alcaraván Radio, Puerto Lleras, 0500, 03-06, after weeks 
without heard it, Alcaravan Radio now on air again with Latin American 
songs, identification, female: "5910 kHz  Alcaraván Radio y 6010 kHz  La 
Voz de tu Conciencia, desde Colombia para el mundo", male: "Alcaraván 
Radio, 1060 AM". 24322. (Méndez)

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[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs June 2-3, 2016

[Glenn Hauser via Hard-Core-DX]

** CUBA. 19420, June 2 at 2344, JBA carrier, no doubt from second harmonic of 
RHC Spanish on 9710 which is very strong, but the important thing is that the 
MUF is now sufficient to handle the tiny signal on 19+ MHz.

6870, June 3 at , JBA but enough audio to match it to 13740 during an RHC 
frequency announcement, of which this is a semi-harmonic, but never announced 
as such on air! No pirates heard active, but a companion to slightly stronger 
6855 WRMIBS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 5005, June 3 at 0159, R. Bata is on with talk, 0200 
music, about S9 but still under the storm noise level, so no good here. 
Europeans had been excited about 5005 staying on the air into their evening, 
apparently unusual, but I didn`t suppose it would remain all night until Dan 
Robinson reminded me. As of 0315 he says, ``seemingly also mentioning in 
Spanish that they are broadcasting to or being heard in various places around 
the world. Quite interesting; it remains to be seen what occasion this was, if 
any.`` A DX test?? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 5980, June 3 at 0057, JBA carrier from R. Chaski, until auto-cutoff at 
0100:24.5*, which is 33 seconds later than last catch one pentaday ago, May 29 
until 0059:51.5*, so averaging 6.6 seconds later per, just right (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH CAROLINA. Further to what Brother Stairway was heard saying on air in 
response to what I said online: altho he denied his supporters are ``suckers``, 
he did not dare to go on, quote and refute what I said right after that, as in 
DXLD 16-20:

``Let me clarify that gospel huxters, epitomized by R. G., are totally lunatic 
--- extreme religionism is really a mental illness. BS spends a huge fraxion of 
his airtime talking about the ministry, send money, money, money, rather than 
axually preaching, and when he does, it`s all doom and gloom, a terrible 
misservice to humanity, appealing with his exaggerated self-assuredness to the 
irrational among us. It`s nothing but an ego trip from the abyss``. Why not? 
He`s even put caller-critix on air, hoping that will bolster sympathizers.

Another item he said that I meant to mention: says I am correct about WBCQ 
testing 3250, and he may very well buy up all the time on it if he gets some 
more money. BTW, lately he`s also been playing very old recordings of self when 
he was much younger and his voice uncroaky, almost unrecognizable today. If he 
hadn`t screamed so much since younger, his voice would not be such a ruin.

BTW2, if I were a believer, I would never accept BS or any other huxter 
claiming to have a closer connexion to God than I (Glenn Hauser, OK, June 3, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15120, June 4 at 2032-2033:45*, steady S9+10 open carrier/dead air. 
No doubt it`s VOA Greenville tuning up for the Bambara broadcast an hour later. 
That`s also on 13670, but checked right now, no carrier there; probably would 
be tested as well, sooner or later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1828 monitoring: confirmed Thursday June 2 at 2100 on 
WRMI 13695, loud and clear (but just before it, BS was mixed with BZ --- 
Brother Scare audio continued during the Bob Zanotti ID).
Also confirmed Thu June 2 at 2330 on WBCQ 9330.0-CUSB, yes, close to 
on-frequency, and good at S9+5. Next:
Fri 2130   WRMI 15770 to NE
Fri 2130.5 WRMI 13695 to NW
Fri 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sat 0630   HLR 6190-CUSB to SW 
Sat 0700   Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sat 1400   Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sat 1430   HLR 7265-CUSB to SW 
Sat 1930v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 
Sat 2230   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Sun 0310v  WA0RCR 1860-AM ND 
Sun 0830   Unique Radio 3210 NSW low-power
Sun 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Mon 0030   WRMI 7730 to WNW
Mon 0300v  WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW
Mon 0330   WRMI 9955 to SSE  
Mon 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Tue 1100   WRMI 9955 to SSE
Tue 2130   WRMI 15770 to NE
Tue 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
Wed 1315.5 WRMI 9955 to SSE
Wed 2100   WBCQ 7490v to WSW
Wed 2330   WBCQ 9330v-CUSB to WSW
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, June 2 at 2357, WTWW-3 is open carrier/S9+35 dead air, ho hum 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 5100.00, June 3 at 0007, S9+15 open carrier/dead air, what`s 
this? Off at 0101 check, but on again at 0202, now S9+30! Certainly strong 
enough to be a 100+ kW broadcaster. Neither 5085 WTWW nor 5050 WWRB is on. Or 
maybe just a ute idling without any RTTY? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6950-LSB, June 2 at 2328, Spanish guy in long monolog, apparently 
about audio equipment; still at 2340 and reply from a contact. It`s nice of 
these `peskies` to prefer LSB, while most of the NAm pirates prefer USB (or 
AM), of which none were heard during this session (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

This report dispatched at 0503 UT June 3
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Re: [HCDX] Radio Bata now on air

[Wolfgang Bueschel]

and CANDIP Bunia COD same power on 5066.391 kHz at 2003 UT, off at 2005 UT.

73 wb

- Original Message - 
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" 
To: ; "DX Listenig Digest" 


Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Radio Bata now on air



5005.001 at 1950 UT S=6-7 or -84dBm here in Germany.
mx program at 2001 UT

73 wb
- Original Message - 
From: "Manuel Méndez" 

Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 9:08 PM
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Bata now on air



Manuel Méndez
Lugo, Spain

Log in Reinante

EQUATORIAL GUINEA, 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, 1903, 02-06, now on air
with clear signal, Spanish, id. "Radio Nacional", African songs. 14321.
(Méndez)
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Re: [HCDX] Radio Bata now on air

[Wolfgang Bueschel]

5005.001 at 1950 UT S=6-7 or -84dBm here in Germany.
mx program at 2001 UT

73 wb
- Original Message - 
From: "Manuel Méndez" 

Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 9:08 PM
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Bata now on air



Manuel Méndez
Lugo, Spain

Log in Reinante

EQUATORIAL GUINEA, 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, 1903, 02-06, now on air
with clear signal, Spanish, id. "Radio Nacional", African songs. 14321.
(Méndez)
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[HCDX] (no subject)

[Manuel Méndez]

Manuel Méndez

Radio Bata, 5005 improving signal now, 1923 to 24322. African songs and id in 
Spanish

Enviado desde TypeApp

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[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs June 1-2, 2016

[Glenn Hauser via Hard-Core-DX]

** BANGLADESH. 15505, June 1 at *1400:15, BB carrier is very late cutting on, 
so no mistimesignal heard, and furthermore cuts off at 1401:55*, still off past 
1404 instead of Urdu (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 6165, June 1 at 0601, RHC English is just barely modulated here, but 
sufficient on 6100, 6060 and 6000, while 5040 is now off.

19070, June 1 at 1350, RHC harmonic 2 x 9535 is a JBA carrier, but nothing on 
19280 or 19420; correlating with strong signals from the 16m fundamentals: 
17580 at S9, 17730 S9+20. Before these build up, no way the 19 MHz harmonix 
will (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA SOUTH. 4885, June 1 around 1205 I notice no signal from reliable Echo 
of Hope, which nominally starts at 1150 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. Earthquake report: UT June 2 at 0129:05 or so, the window rattles 
briefly as I am recording World of Radio. Could have been a sonic boom except 
the jets at Vance seem to be subsonic. Yes, it`s a quake, soon confirmed by 
USGS as 3.1 magnitude, only 14 km ESE of Enid, at 0128:54, 6.2 km deep. So this 
one took only about 11 seconds to get here, one of the closest we`ve 
experienced so far. Thank you, beloved Oil & Gas Industry (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 17895+, June 2 at 1456 I am starting to measure how far 
off-frequency BSKSA is, but Qur`an chopped off the air at 1457*.

13710.020, June 2 at 1541, I do get this HQS measured, poor signal. On May 
21-22, Wolfgang Büschel pinpointed *all* the BSKSA frequencies to three or even 
four decimal places, as in DXLD 16-21. These two he had on: 17894.999 and 
13710.0145 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. 9545.00, June 2 at 0700, I`m up late following completion 
of World of Radio 1828, so tune around, and very pleased to find an S9 signal 
fading to S7 with a commercial in English; right on frequency, and into 
``national news headlines``, 0701 news in detail about the Solomon Islands, 
including some clips; police knocking on doors looking for a suspect soon to be 
charged; tobacco task force. 0708 mid-ID as ``News from the Solomon Islands 
Broadcasting Corporation, SIBC in Honiara``. 0714 repeating the headlines 
(seems traditional BBC format), 0715 lengthy weather forecasts for different 
islands; 0721 music, still songs at 0744, zzz. 

I`m re-awake at 1131 so turn on the R75 to find SIBC is *still* on its day 
frequency, nothing on 5020, and still S7-S9 with music, 1134 sounds like same 
announcer as earlier, 1137 more music before I go back to sleep. Some of it may 
have been in Pijin; altho always English intonation, some of the words were not 
understood. Never any CCI to 9545, but now there is ACI from CRI on both sides, 
Beijing sites: 9540 in Cantonese, 9550 in Vietnamese. I`ve never had any luck 
hearing SIBC 9545 before its normal 0500* and this was much better than ever on 
5020 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 5765, June 1 at 0550 as I tune across WRMIBS, Brother 
HyStairical is talking about me again, alleging I am an Agnostic; refutes my 
comment that his donor-followers are ``suckers``. Also something about Napoleon 
I really don`t get; he seems to have done a very poor job of editing different 
segments together. Then check 5890 WWCR and find it totally not //, playing 
music only.

Alan Gale sends me a longer clip of his latest rant and says, 

``Hi Glenn, Brother Scare is just having a go at you on 11580 kHz at
the moment (2257 UT [May 31]), well at least he gave your WBCQ show a plug, 
even if unintentional. He was ranting on about Napoleon; thought he was going 
to burst a blood vessel. Managed to get about 80% of it recorded, which is 
attached.

Don't think he likes being called Brother Hysterical, but after reading some of 
the reports about him on the net, maybe 'Brother Molestair' might be a more 
appropriate name! :-D

FG Radio has just taken him off now thankfully, I hate to think what his blood 
pressure must be like; all that ranting can't be good for a man of that age``

The Napoleon reference was in DXLD 16-20, a comment from Harold Frodge, as 
clearly attributed, not me! ---

``13695, Overcomer Ministry via WRMI Radio Miami Int’l (presumed); 1445, 
14-May; Bro. HyStairical said, "Napoleon ruled the known world." An audience 
BStress immediately shouted "Halleluhah! {sic}" (Napoleon fan?) B.S. then 
encouraged his flock to shout, and a shouting match ensured [sic]. (I wasn’t 
aware that Napoleon ruled Michigan in the early 1800’s. I’m fairly sure that 
Michigan was "known" then.) S9 (Frodge)``

It seems dear Ralph doesn`t take kindly to being mocked. BTW, credit Harold for 
the ``Brother HyStairical`` monicker (further propagated by Ivo Ivanov), like 
Allan Weiner for ``Brother Scare``; not me (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** THAILAND. 15589.972, June 1 at 0227, HSK9 off-frequency as expected from 
Udorn, very poor S6 signal on 

[HCDX] Radio Bata now on air

[Manuel Méndez]

Manuel Méndez
Lugo, Spain

Log in Reinante

EQUATORIAL GUINEA, 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, 1903, 02-06, now on air 
with clear signal, Spanish, id. "Radio Nacional", African songs. 14321. 
(Méndez)

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[HCDX] HackRF One: 20 MHz bandwidth on shortwave!

[Nils Schiffhauer]

Hi - the combination of HackRF One and an up-converter gives you access 
to a 20 MHz wide range on HF at once: for record, play, analyze.


This set comes at a humble price tag of ca. 320 US-$ which is traded for 
a resolution of just 8 bit, resulting in a dynamic range of about 50 dB.


Nevertheless, the performance of this combo is stunning. I tested it 
with broadcast (also DRM), utility (SSB and data) and amateur radio 
(digital voice and data). On my experiences, I did a mulitmedia PDF of 
17 pages with 55 screenshots, 21 audio clips and one video (43 MB) wich 
you can download here:


https://goo.gl/HJ1Rk5

It shows how to analyze files of 20 MHz width and up to six hours length 
plus live reception within 20 MHz using parallel decoding of 14 
different HFDL channels.


Comments welcomed!

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73 Nils, DK8OK
https://dk8ok.org


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