Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 255, Issue 31
Send Hard-Core-DX mailing list submissions to hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to hard-core-dx-requ...@hard-core-dx.com You can reach the person managing the list at hard-core-dx-ow...@hard-core-dx.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Hard-Core-DX digest..." Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ ___ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt Today's Topics: 1. Glenn Hauser logs March 30, 2024 (Glenn Hauser) 2. B23/A24 logs (Eike Bierwirth) -- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 23:45:39 + (UTC) From: Glenn Hauser To: WOR DXLD Cc: Short-Wave Radio Listening Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 30, 2024 Message-ID: <2118110503.2140073.1711842339...@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULES updated for A24 and DST in Europe will be available by 0400 UT March 31: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html ** ANTARCTICA [non]. 15475.98 RC USB, Sat Mar 31 at 2226, NO signal of LRA36 into Argentine SDR; 2303 recheck something distorted and at first there seems to be a JBA RC, then just heavy splash from 15480 Chinese. Not in B23 skeds, but HFCC A24 shows CNR Beijing in Chinese from 2300, 100 kW at 222 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 15034 USB, March 30 at 1513-1518+, Trenton Military with at least 5 minutes straight of `no report received` from several Canadian locations only, even Trenton itself. At least the timechex are correct. It would be interesting to know exactly by what routing reports are received, and where and how the failure(s) may occur (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, March 30 at 1820, RHC in French, with squeal, only S7 into Maryland SDR and zero signal into UTwente. WRTH 2024 showed Arabic at 1900-1930 on 15140, which one would expect to find at 1800 during DST, since we know that English has shifted from 2000 to 1900. Homepage also says ``Ahora Reproduciendo Arabe`` but we hear Spanish instead, not French either. So is there any Arabic now on RHC? Certainly Arabic website: https://www.radiohc.cu/ar Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALI. 5995, March 30 at 0619, NO signal direct from ORTM, no noise blob either (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [non]. 5960, March 30 at 2305, no signal of VOT into UTwente, but *2315.7 Chinese from EAST TURKISTAN chops on. May be ordinary TRT failure, but I should have checked 11785 after 2200 in case they got a jump on A24. That`s wherewhen English to us should be, or not, for the next 7 months. HFCC shows no CCI or ACI, but Brasil`s bigsig on 11780 is never registered (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2236 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday March 30 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+20/30 direct. Also confirmed UT Saturday March 30 at 0400 on WTWW 5085, VG direct Also confirmed Saturday March 30 at 1542 the 1530 on SW Radio, Germany, 6160.001, S9+5/10 into UTwente. From next week: 1430 Also confirmed Saturday March 30 at 1700 on WRN North America webcast. >From next week: 1600 Also confirmed Saturday March 30 at 1857 the 1830 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975.001, S9/+10 into UTwente. From next week: 1730 on 3975 & 6160. Also confirmed Saturday March 30 ending at 2003 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+5/15 into nearby SDR so startd about 1934. Also confirmed Saturday March 30 after 2030 on WRN North America webcast. From next week: 1930 Also confirmed Saturday March 30 after 2100 on WRN Europe webcast. >From next week: 2000. Next: UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0500] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy 2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160 1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2235][SW suspended but still streamed?] 1400 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NN
[HCDX] B23/A24 logs
Some observations during the B23/A24 switchover, all via the great KiwiSDR in Kuopio/Finland at http://kiwi-kuo.aprs.fi:8073/ with a Bonito Megaloop FX antenna. Frequencies in kHz, Time/Dates in UTC. 1386 LTU Ukrainian Radio via Lithuania, News in Romanian. 2024-03-30 2117 5 3782 BRB Contest ham station 8P5A heard with QSOs with Polish and Croatian stations. 2024-03-31 0215 47 3955 D Channel 292 carries Brother Stair. Angry sermon. 2024-03-31 0150 55433 4765 CUB Radio Progreso active with music, weak with fading. 2024-03-31 0219 25311 4940 CLM/VEN Estación 4940, Christian sermon in Spanish, one of the best signals on the band. 2024-03-31 0220 35333 5025 CUB Radio Rebelde is also active today, playing the typical music. 2024-03-31 0223 3 5085 USA WTWW is coming in well, music. 2024-03-31 0225 35333 5156.8 RUS Channel Marker "L" in Morse code, strong. 2024-03-31 0227 599 5590.0 UZB Channel Marker "V" in Morse code, strong. 2024-03-31 0228 589 5830 UZB Iran International via Tashkent, discussion in Farsi. 2024-03-30 2104 55333 5900 BUL Brother Stair is still using this outlet, chanting and sermon. 2024-03-31 0016 53433 5915 MYA Myanma Radio, weak with talk // 5985 which is stronger(25432). 2024-03-31 0017 14321 5920 D HCJB Weenermoor, storytelling in Russian language. Parallel 3995: 55433. 2024-03-31 0020 35333 5925 CHN CNR 5 via Beijing, Chinese pop. Parallel: 7385(co-channel with Xizang), 9665(het with Voz Missionaria), 765, 837, 1116 all heard on Finnish KiwiSDR! 2024-03-30 2109 43433 5970 DNK Radio 208, rock music. Parallel 1440 audible under(!) unid Chinese station. 2024-03-30 2118 45433 6015 KOR KBS, pop music, with ticking KRE noise jammer in the background. Parallel 1170 also heard with co-channel pop station from Europe. 2024-03-30 2123 43433 6035 UZB BBC via Tashkent in English about pregnancy issues, still from B23 schedule, will disappear for A24. 2024-03-31 0147 3 6060 IRN IRIB via Sirjan, Turkish Ramadan special program, song. Low modulation. 2024-03-31 0148 55433 6080 F TDF DRM Test as listed in HFCC-A24, strong DRM noise. KiwiSDR decodes this to poor audio in French. ID text "AAC(1000) TDF DRM EEP Data 8.08 kbps". Info text: "Diffusion DRM assurée par l'operateur TDF". 6130 HOL Radio Europe, Techno music with jingles in English and Dutch between songs. "All the power, all the music you want!" and at 0204 "This is Radio Europe". 2024-03-31 0155 35433 6180 CHN and non, bad mix of last B-23 Chinese program via Cuba and new A-24 Russian program via Kashi, both 42332, also slight het probably caused by Brazil. 2024-03-31 0208 42332 7230 IRN IRIB via Sirjan, special Ramadan broadcast in Turkish, chanting, low modulation. 2024-03-31 0238 54432 7245 TJK Voice of Tajik, Tajik program, talking and instrumental music, ID "Radio Ovozi..." 2024-03-31 0240 3 7435 USA Radio Martí, Spanish talk // 7365, still on B-23 schedule. 2024-03-31 0245 44433 73! Eike Birmingham, Alabama, USA _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ ___ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 30, 2024
WORLD OF RADIO SCHEDULES updated for A24 and DST in Europe will be available by 0400 UT March 31: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html ** ANTARCTICA [non]. 15475.98 RC USB, Sat Mar 31 at 2226, NO signal of LRA36 into Argentine SDR; 2303 recheck something distorted and at first there seems to be a JBA RC, then just heavy splash from 15480 Chinese. Not in B23 skeds, but HFCC A24 shows CNR Beijing in Chinese from 2300, 100 kW at 222 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CANADA. 15034 USB, March 30 at 1513-1518+, Trenton Military with at least 5 minutes straight of `no report received` from several Canadian locations only, even Trenton itself. At least the timechex are correct. It would be interesting to know exactly by what routing reports are received, and where and how the failure(s) may occur (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15140, March 30 at 1820, RHC in French, with squeal, only S7 into Maryland SDR and zero signal into UTwente. WRTH 2024 showed Arabic at 1900-1930 on 15140, which one would expect to find at 1800 during DST, since we know that English has shifted from 2000 to 1900. Homepage also says ``Ahora Reproduciendo Arabe`` but we hear Spanish instead, not French either. So is there any Arabic now on RHC? Certainly Arabic website: https://www.radiohc.cu/ar Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** MALI. 5995, March 30 at 0619, NO signal direct from ORTM, no noise blob either (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** TURKEY [non]. 5960, March 30 at 2305, no signal of VOT into UTwente, but *2315.7 Chinese from EAST TURKISTAN chops on. May be ordinary TRT failure, but I should have checked 11785 after 2200 in case they got a jump on A24. That`s wherewhen English to us should be, or not, for the next 7 months. HFCC shows no CCI or ACI, but Brasil`s bigsig on 11780 is never registered (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2236 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday March 30 at 0130 on WRMI 5850, S9+20/30 direct. Also confirmed UT Saturday March 30 at 0400 on WTWW 5085, VG direct Also confirmed Saturday March 30 at 1542 the 1530 on SW Radio, Germany, 6160.001, S9+5/10 into UTwente. From next week: 1430 Also confirmed Saturday March 30 at 1700 on WRN North America webcast. >From next week: 1600 Also confirmed Saturday March 30 at 1857 the 1830 on SW Radio, Germany, 3975.001, S9/+10 into UTwente. From next week: 1730 on 3975 & 6160. Also confirmed Saturday March 30 ending at 2003 on WA0RCR, 1860 AM, MO, S9+5/15 into nearby SDR so startd about 1934. Also confirmed Saturday March 30 after 2030 on WRN North America webcast. From next week: 1930 Also confirmed Saturday March 30 after 2100 on WRN Europe webcast. >From next week: 2000. Next: UT Sunday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 0230vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0500] 2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy 2130 UT Sunday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW 0300vUT Monday WBCQ Area 51 6160v to WSW 0830 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 6160 1930 UT Monday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 0330 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to SW 1300 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1200 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB 1230 UT Wednesday Unique R, NSW 5035-USB or 3210-USB [previous #2235][SW suspended but still streamed?] 1400 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 [also web-, phonecast; jammed?] 1930 UT Wednesday SW Radio, Germany 3975 & 6160 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S 0130 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW 1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160 As noncommercial services, financial support appreciated. Thanks this week to Richard Colgan, TX for a contribution via PayPal to woradio at yahoo.com and says, ``Thanks for your work. Best wishes and 73`` One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to: Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 9475, March 30 at 1816, music as I tune in, cuts off air immediately. Also at 1841, huge open carrier on and off quickly, into Maryland SDR. Must be WTWW testing. But not on air at 2115 check, despite supposed start at *2000. It is on at 2340 blasting hymn (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 2345 UT March 30 _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ ___ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html