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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Radio Guinea 9650khz & Zanzibar 11735khz (Jari Savolainen)
   2. Re: Radio Guinea 9650khz & Zanzibar 11735khz (Wolfgang Bueschel)
   3. SWLDXBulgaria News Sept.19-20 (Ivo Observer)
   4. Re: Kairo USA & Poor Shipping/Customer Service Policies
  (Paul B. Walker, Jr.)


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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 09:49:16 +0300
From: Jari Savolainen 
To: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." ,   hard-core-dx

Subject: Re: [HCDX] Radio Guinea 9650khz & Zanzibar 11735khz
Message-ID: <03edd18d-45bc-1802-f88c-4e107d73e...@pp8.inet.fi>
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Hi Paul.

I don't know the situation in Zanzibar nowadays but

around 1999 the engineer at Sauti ya Tanzania Zanzibar

informed that the 25 meterband antenna is rhombic and

transmissions were meant for Zanzibarians working

in Oman/Persian Gulf area.

73, Jari Savolainen, Finland



On 17.9.2016 1.55, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
> I'd love to know that the beam/azimuth of Zanzibar Broadcasting's 11735khz
> signal is. It's listed as 50kw non directional, but solely based upon the
> signal I get from it everyday here in Alaska., there's no way it's non
> directional.
>
> BUT, a google map trip was taken and the ZBC site found, showing what is
> clearly a directional antenna set up.
>
> Also, I'd love to know what the power and beam/azimuth for Radio Guinea
> 9650khz in Conarky, Guinea is. A friend and I located on googlemaps what we
> re pretty sure is their shortwave transmitting site, right in Conarky! The
> site looks like 6 towers in an arched backwards C configuration
>
> ZBC's 11735 power is listed but the beam isn't correct. I haven't seen
> Radio Guinea's power/pattern/beam details anywhere.
>
> Any ideas? I have my theories on Radio Conarky based on the signal I'm
> hearing but I don't want to taint anyone elses ideas.
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:47:08 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" 
To: ,"Jari Savolainen"
,  "Paul B. Walker, Jr."

Subject: Re: [HCDX] Radio Guinea 9650khz & Zanzibar 11735khz
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Yes, that was the old installation maybe TZA Chumbuni 7.2 km away of Dole,

TX were always very odd fq from Dole like 6014.5 or 11734.1 kHz.
These were object of DXers scene discussion in Oct/Nov 2003, when the SW tx
WERE OFF totally.

But not the most modern BBEF Beijing Made in China TX and curtain antenna
seen on Google M/E, which outlet is very even x.000 kHz now.


The Chinese built the new BBEF  TX up in 2004 year:
Appeared after 20 months again in July 2005.

6015 kHz even appeared on Dec 2004 first test,
and the even 11735 kHz outlet regular on air from July 2005 again.


> Maybe I'm stating the obvious, but have we considered that this may be a
> relay from somewhere else? Tanzania was never on any other freq but just
> below 11735. This is how I always ID'd the tx. With it being exactly back
> on 11735.00 suggests to me a different tx, and with more and more
> broadcasters relying on relays from fewer and fewer organizations, the
> thought has crossed my mind. Any other omments?
> (Walt Salmaniw-BC-USA, dxld July 11, 2005)

- - -

see the 1998

Re: [HCDX] Kairo USA & Poor Shipping/Customer Service Policies

2016-09-20 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr. 
As a further update...

The Kaito USA ebay sales man Jason under the multimeter_depot user name
replied to me again saying "We only ship to the 48 states"

That is pretty low class and shoddy business practices. USPS Priority Mail
in a flat rate box costs no more to Alaska, then it does to say, Kentucky
or Maine.

Funny, I can go to Kaito's own website order the same radio and have it
shipped via USPS Priority Mail to Alaska.

I know multimeter_depot is the ebay side of Kaito USA based upon the
receipt I got from paypal, showing me where my money went.

The owner of Kaito USA and I traded a few emails and desptie me telling him
twice I'd placed the order anyways, he asked, "So, did you yet place the
order with us or not?"

I've let everyone i know on multiple websites, email lists and facebook
groups of Kaito's poor decision and custom service.. also making it
impossible for alaskans to call your toll free number I can assure you many
of us will be buying form Anon CO in china in the future when we need
Tecsun Radios.

I don't wanna be mean, but I will gladly take my money where it's wanted
and easily acceptable.\

And guess what? The tecsun just shipped out, to my friend in Herndon VA!
 (I had it shipped to a friend in the lower 48 who will then ship it to me!)

On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 12:00 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Apparently, the fine folks at Kaito USA think Alaska is a US protectorate
> and not one of the 50 US states, therefore ebay orders from them
> (multimeter_depot or Montclair, CA) wont ship to Alaska or Hawaii...
>
> But guess what? Ordering off their website kaitousa.com results in you
> being able to ship to Alaska via priority mail.. which costs no more in a
> flat rate box then to somewhere in the lower 48!
>
> So, I sent a message to the ebay account of yours and asked why your
> company doesnt ship ebay sales to alaska and hawaii. Jason replied with
>
>  "Sorry, we had many problems with US protectorates order, so we decided
> to ship to 48 states only.."
>
> And then when I try and call Kaito USA's Toll free number, it says the
> toll free number I've called can't be dialed from my area.
>
> Kaito USA must really not want any business from Alaska or Hawaii. Well
> guess what? I'll buy my next Tecsun PL880 from Anon-Co in China I guess!
>
> I've bought 2 PL880's in the last month. I';ll gladly put my money
> somewhere that my business is wanted
>
> Paul Walker
> Galena, Alaska
>
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[DX] IBC News

2016-09-20 Thread Kari Kallio 
Hello everyone!
This is our new schedule of the weekly broadcasts to Italy and Europe. Since 
this week there will be 3 hours of broadcasting every Wednesday on 6070 kHz, 
with new times, and we add also 30 minutes on medium wave, on 1584 kHz of Radio 
Studio X; in detail:
- EVERY WEDNESDAY 18-21 UTC (20-23 CET) on 6070 kHz
- EVERY SATURDAY 20-20.30 UTC (22-22.30 CET) on 1584 kHz
"IBC DIGITAL" is still on the air at 20.30-21 UTC in OLIVA MFSK32 and OLIVIA 
16-500 on 6070 kHz and the last 5 minutes of transmission on 1584 kHz in MFSK32.
We invite you to listen to our new transmissions and send reception reports to 
our mail i...@europe.com .
Of course we continue our broadcasts from Okeechobee FL, USA, with the usual 
schedule:
- EVERY FRIDAY 01-01.30 UTC on 9955 kHz
- EVERY SATURDAY 01.30-02 UTC on 11580 kHz
"IBC DIGITAL" is on the air last 5 minutes in MFSK32.
Good listening and decoding!
73's
Saverio via KKX
IBC - ITALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
mail: i...@europe.com
http://www.ibcradio.webs.com
FB: @ITALIANBROADCASTINGCORPORATION
TW: @RADIOIBC



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[HCDX] SWLDXBulgaria News Sept.19-20

2016-09-20 Thread Ivo Observer 
CUBA   Good signal of Radio Habana Cuba in 16mb, Sept.19
from 1330 on 17580 BAU 100 kW / 160 deg to SoAm Spanish
from 1330 on 17730 BAU 100 kW / 130 deg to SoAm
Spanishhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/good-signal-of-radio-habana-cuba-in.html

EGYPT   Unidentified station with Egyptian music, Sept.20
till 0931 on  9600 unknown transmitter site, good signal:
till 1034 on  9550 unknown transmitter site, weak
signal:http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/unidentified-station-with-egyptian_20.html

ERITREA   Reception of Voice of Broad Masses of Eritrea 2 Dimtsi Hafash, Sept.19
1408-1508 on  7175 ASM 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Amharic, fair to good, QRM HAM's
from 1508 on  7175 ASM 100 kW / non-dir to EaAf Amharic + strong
digital 
jamminghttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/reception-of-voice-of-broad-masses-of_20.html

GERMANY   Good signal of DWD Deutscher Wetterdienst on Sept.20
from 0604 on  6180*PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German in CUSB
from 0624 on  6180*PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu open carrier
* co-ch weak  6180 BRA 250 kW / 344 deg to BRA  RN da
Amazoniahttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/good-signal-of-dwd-deutscher_20.html

GREECE   Reception of Voice of Greece on 9420 & 11645 kHz, Sept.19
0600-0710 on  9420 AVL 170 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3 and off
0600-0715 on 11645 AVL 100 kW / 182 deg to NoAf Greek*tx#1 and off
*3-5 minutes news bulletin in Serbian, Romanian, Spanish, Russian,
Albanian and Arabic. Today missing languages are Polish &
Italian.http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/greece-reception-of-voice-of-greece-on_20.html

INDONESIA   Reception of Voice of Indonesia in English, Sept.19
1302-1402 on  9525.9 JAK 250 kW / 010 deg to EaAs, weak to
goodhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/reception-of-voice-of-indonesia-in_20.html

NUMBERS STATION   S11a Cherta in 41 mb and 31 mb on Sept.20
0915-0918 on  7317 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB
1020-1031 on  9960 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian
USBhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/s11a-cherta-in-41-mb-and-31-mb-on-sept20.html

SOUTH KOREA   Good reception of KBS World Radio, Sept.19
1300-1400 on  9645 KIM 250 kW / 305 deg to EaEu
Russian:http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/good-reception-of-kbs-world-radio-sept19.html

SUDAN   Poor signal of Radio Omdurman Sudan on very odd freq., Sept.19:
1430-2100 on  7206 ALF 100 kW / 210 deg to CeAf Arabic, instead of
7205http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/poor-signal-of-radio-omdurman-sudan-on.html

USA   Very weak signal of WJHR Milton, Sept.19:
1425&1520 on 1 JHR 050 kW / 005 deg to WNAm English
USBhttp://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.bg/2016/09/very-weak-signal-of-wjhr-milton-sept19.html



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Ivo Ivanov

*QTH*: Sofia, Bulgaria
*Equipment*: Sony ICF-2001D 30 m. long wire
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Re: [HCDX] Radio Guinea 9650khz & Zanzibar 11735khz

2016-09-20 Thread Wolfgang Bueschel 

Yes, that was the old installation maybe TZA Chumbuni 7.2 km away of Dole,

TX were always very odd fq from Dole like 6014.5 or 11734.1 kHz.
These were object of DXers scene discussion in Oct/Nov 2003, when the SW tx
WERE OFF totally.

But not the most modern BBEF Beijing Made in China TX and curtain antenna
seen on Google M/E, which outlet is very even x.000 kHz now.


The Chinese built the new BBEF  TX up in 2004 year:
Appeared after 20 months again in July 2005.

6015 kHz even appeared on Dec 2004 first test,
and the even 11735 kHz outlet regular on air from July 2005 again.



Maybe I'm stating the obvious, but have we considered that this may be a
relay from somewhere else? Tanzania was never on any other freq but just
below 11735. This is how I always ID'd the tx. With it being exactly back
on 11735.00 suggests to me a different tx, and with more and more
broadcasters relying on relays from fewer and fewer organizations, the
thought has crossed my mind. Any other omments?
(Walt Salmaniw-BC-USA, dxld July 11, 2005)


- - -

see the 1998 history letter copy:

TANZANIA   11734  The Voice of Tanzania Zanzibar (thats the official name),
QSL-letter (partial data), for a taped report in 28 days, verie signer was
Abdulrah'man M.Said (for the director of the Voice of Tanzania Zanzibar),
return postage 2 IRCs, nice stamps on their air mail envelope.
Some quotes: "The Management is very much happy with your report It is
very unfortunate that at the moment we do not have a QSL-CARD [Isn't that
the phrase from a lot of other stations, too?], but I hope this letter will
serve the pupose [It does!]." "We have 178 personnel. We run a 15 hrs tx
every day from 0600 oclock to 0900 oclock in the morning and later on from
1200 noon to 2400 oclock midnight." "We have two txs, a 50 kW SW tx and a
50 kW MW tx located 5 km apart." "Furthermore I would like to request
yourself to do some printing of the said QSL-CARD WHICH ARE OF GREAT DEMAND
HERE. We will be using the cards to answer back our listeners all over the
world."
[I'd wish, all stns would do this !].
Addr: The Voice of Tanzania Zanzibar, Department of Broadcasting, P.O.Box
1178, Zazibar Tel: 31985/33718/32324 Fax: 31985.
(Martin Schoech-D, March 23, 1998)

and German National Enzio Gehrig (lived in Spain) had visited the station
and engineers staff too in July 1999, and reported of the radio
organization:

RTZ employs more than 150 people, including 18 announcers and 10
technicians. The stn bcs 8 hrs a day on 11734 using a 50 kW Chinese made
txer and a rhombic antenna directed towards Oman, where a large number of
Zanzibar nationals reside. A parallel progr is bc during 18 hrs daily on
585 MW, using a Harris txer, also 50 kw. All bcs are in Swahili, incl a
rebc of a 30 min DW nx progr which is txed by satellite directly from
Cologne to Zanzibar three times a day.

En bcs are planned for the future. Also, the stn has plans to bc in FM
stereo if they can get the funding from the Tanzanian govt. The bc house is
impressive, and was built in 1993 with financial and technical help from
CHN.


- Original Message - 
From: "Jari Savolainen" 

To: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." ;
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Radio Guinea 9650khz & Zanzibar 11735khz


Hi Paul.
I don't know the situation in Zanzibar nowadays but
around 1999 the engineer at Sauti ya Tanzania Zanzibar
informed that the 25 meterband antenna is rhombic and
transmissions were meant for Zanzibarians working
in Oman/Persian Gulf area.
73, Jari Savolainen, Finland


On 17.9.2016 1.55, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:

I'd love to know that the beam/azimuth of Zanzibar Broadcasting's
11735khz signal is. It's listed as 50kw non directional, but solely based
upon the signal I get from it everyday here in Alaska., there's no way
it's non directional.

BUT, a google map trip was taken and the ZBC site found, showing what is
clearly a directional antenna set up.

Also, I'd love to know what the power and beam/azimuth for Radio Guinea
9650khz in Conarky, Guinea is. A friend and I located on googlemaps what
we re pretty sure is their shortwave transmitting site, right in Conarky!
The site looks like 6 towers in an arched backwards C configuration ZBC's
11735 power is listed but the beam isn't correct. I haven't seen Radio
Guinea's power/pattern/beam details anywhere.

Any ideas? I have my theories on Radio Conarky based on the signal I'm
hearing but I don't want to taint anyone elses ideas.
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Re: [HCDX] Radio Guinea 9650khz & Zanzibar 11735khz

2016-09-20 Thread Jari Savolainen 

Hi Paul.

I don't know the situation in Zanzibar nowadays but

around 1999 the engineer at Sauti ya Tanzania Zanzibar

informed that the 25 meterband antenna is rhombic and

transmissions were meant for Zanzibarians working

in Oman/Persian Gulf area.

73, Jari Savolainen, Finland



On 17.9.2016 1.55, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:

I'd love to know that the beam/azimuth of Zanzibar Broadcasting's 11735khz
signal is. It's listed as 50kw non directional, but solely based upon the
signal I get from it everyday here in Alaska., there's no way it's non
directional.

BUT, a google map trip was taken and the ZBC site found, showing what is
clearly a directional antenna set up.

Also, I'd love to know what the power and beam/azimuth for Radio Guinea
9650khz in Conarky, Guinea is. A friend and I located on googlemaps what we
re pretty sure is their shortwave transmitting site, right in Conarky! The
site looks like 6 towers in an arched backwards C configuration

ZBC's 11735 power is listed but the beam isn't correct. I haven't seen
Radio Guinea's power/pattern/beam details anywhere.

Any ideas? I have my theories on Radio Conarky based on the signal I'm
hearing but I don't want to taint anyone elses ideas.
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