[HCDX] Corrected Download Link for Perseus WAV File - Cape Perpetua, Oregon, Sept. 10th
Unfortunately I had the wrong link for the Perseus WAV file I mentioned last night in my post about Sept. 10th DX results from the cliff at Cape Perpetua, Oregon. Here is the correct link: http://www.mediafire.com/?022r71udou3thco Sorry for the mix-up. Guy ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[End Commercial]--- 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] Cape Perpetua, Oregon: so Much DX, so Little Time
I know some have been waiting for further loggings from me, from my cliff top DXing on the Oregon coast. I just haven't been able to keep up with all the activity found on the daily 35-45 minutes of Perseus WAVs recorded from Sept. 9-12th! As I've mentioned, I'm on a family vacation so other activities come first. I'm about 75% through the DX for the 10th. When that's done I'll move on to the files for the other mornings. I've been kept busy just digging out signals that didn't appear on the 9th's recordings. There's lots of interesting stuff on these Perseus WAVs made at the cliff, with the compact, broadband FSL antenna! BTW, I measured this cliff's height as 220 feet above sea level, using a GPS. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA DXing at Cape Perpetua (near Yachts, Oregon) ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[End Commercial]--- 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] Cape Perpetua, Oregon Cliffside DXing - Sept. 9th
Yesterday morning before sunrise I sought out the Cape Perpetua, Oregon cliff that has served Gary DeBock so well with a flood of DU DX with his Ferrite Sleeve Loop (FSL) antenna. With Gary's encouragement and supply of a regular tuned FSL, and Chuck Hutton's help with electrical formulas and initial impedance measurements, I was able to convert the FSL into a broadband (non-tuned) loop for capturing the entire band with Perseus SDR recordins. The antenna accompanied me to Oregon, secured inside a container strapped to the roof of our family's vacation vehicle. The 7-inch FSL was converted to broadband use by the removal of the tuning capacitor and the addition of a homebrew 1.6 to 1 turns ratio transformer and a Wellbrook FLG100LN amplified Flag antenna module. (FSL 26/15 turns on Amidon FT140A-J core input of FLG100LN receiver. Chuck calculated the FSL's impedance as 3K ohms at 1.7 MHz; the Wellbrook's input impedance is 1200 ohms.) Here is a photo of the transport container, ready for DXing on the roof of our SUV: https://www.box.com/s/cl9zoe1b85l15md9ma0b Photo of the modded loop: https://www.box.com/s/14ucdam3me28xncfo34t Tests at home showed that the antenna works perfectly well inside the box on the roof of the SUV... there's no need to brave the wind, cold, and possible rain outside on the side of the cliff! I did all my DXing from the comfort of the driver's seat, with the computer and Perseus receiver on the center console. I felt a bit guilty to be enjoying such comfort, knowing that Gary had braved the cold, damp, and darkness at this very same spot! Thanks for blazing the cliff DXing trail, Gary :^) While still in Puyallup I was able to verify that the broadband FSL picks up TP carriers (738 Tahiti) equally well as a full size Wellbrook K9AY antenna. Based on this result I was fairly sure that the antenna would work well in an actual DXpedition situation. See the annotated Perseus screen shot: https://www.box.com/s/t7r0kdzv8aj5jczum1ne Loggings from the first morning of DXing (Sept. 9th) with the broadband FSL were made from just 15 minutes of Perseus WAVs prior to local sunrise at 1349 UTC; although I recorded up through 1400, most of the DX was gone by 1355. I had expected DX to peak right around dawn and continue for a time afterwards like usual at Grayland; instead, the peak DX was at the moment I first turned on the receiver (1338 UTC). The same pattern continued this morning (I still need to go through recordings from the 10th). Tomorrow I'm getting out there earlier, that's for sure! Unlike Gary's visits to this location on Cape Perpetua, my DX experience Sunday morning was nearly all Japan, all the time. Even many frequencies where low power Japanese outlets operate had some (low level) audio. It was quite the experience to receive the stations listed below, on a small antenna strapped to the roof of a vehicle! I'll get to the Perseus WAV files from this morning as soon as I'm able and report the results. However, I need to fit it into time spent at the sunny Oregon beaches, the beautiful coastal Oregon forest, and other non-DX distractions :^) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA DXing at Cape Perpetua, Oregon (1.3 mi. south of Yachats, OR) --- 558 UNID Bass-heavy music at 1338 to faint Aussie accented OM in English. Faint signal. 4GY Gympie? 567 JAPAN JOIK Sapporo, lively Japanese music and talk by two announcers, 1338 UTC. Fair. 594 JAPAN JOAK Tokyo, with a powerhouse signal at 1342 and Japanese announcers having a party, evidently, in the studio (laughing, clinking of glasses, etc.) 612 UNID Faint signal of man talking in English at 1342. Possibly a devotional reading or religious talk, so maybe Radio Rhema, NZ here. 630 NEW ZEALAND Radio National with low level signal and ID at 1400 by male. 657 NORTH KOREA, KCBS Pyongyang with boring talk by female in Korean at 1339 and pompous orchestral music at 1341. Strong signal. 666 JAPAN JOBK Osaka, noted parallel to 594 with party time atomosphere. Fair signal at 1342. 693 JAPAN JOAB Tokyo. Male and female announcers with English lesson on the topic of the history of witches(!) in different cultures. Excellent, strong signal at 1338. 774 JAPAN JOUB Akita noted parallel 693 at 1340 and with a similarly strong signal. 828 JAPAN JOBB Osaka; yet another loud and clear NHK2 parallel here, equal strength to 693 and 774 at 1340. 891 JAPAN JOHK Sendai heard at 1339, parallel to 594 in Japanese. Poor to fair at first but improving to good at 1344. Unidentified station noted in background, possibly in Korean language. 918 JAPAN UNID station at 1338 to 1352, with good signal at times in Japanese but fading out before 1400. Possibly JOEF Yamagata. 927 JAPAN UNID, a faint signal in Japanese noted here, with male and female announcers, 1338-1355. 936 JAPAN UNID, yet another low power Japanese station frequency with audio, but too weak
[HCDX] Grayland Beach State Park WA DXpedition - August 13-15, 2012
Another Grayland DXpedition is in the history books. The August weather there was sunny and warm but unfortunately the DX haul was a bit gloomy. As always I hoped for at least average conditions but it was if a big, muffled blanket was thrown over the band! Still, there were some interesting catches. Logging eleven Hawaiians (with IDs) was the most fun. Surprisingly I heard stations in Ketchikan and Nome, too, with a SW Beverage antenna at 230-235 degrees! That beverage must have had a big side lobe to the northwest. Nome KICY was particular strong and surprising. The underbrush has grown too much at the south field of Grayland--and I'm less motivated to crash through the obstacles and crawl beneath the dense growth as I get older--so the Extended DKAZ antennahttps://docs.google.com/open?id=1E8uYPix1lTs-VBvSJKT0vnuTN-roFnxhDnRS1OFNWxWb7ilbiwIvwSLGh19nI had planned was a non-starter. That was disappointing, as I really wanted to try a DKAZ for the first time. There's a couple of sites at the north end of the park that should work for TPs with the DKAZ in the fall or winter though. The first night I settled for a 35 X 16 ft. terminated loop, suspended about 7 feet above the camp site. Even after maximizing the termination there was lots of domestic splatter. That fact coupled with the mediocre reception netted me only a few catches the first evening. The second day I decided to run out an unterminated Beverage onna bush to the southwest. I ended up with 850 feet oriented as best I could from 230-235 degrees. This Beverage resulted in a HUGE reduction of domestic splatter during daytime tests. I'll have to show you fellas a couple of Perseus screen shots that are on my other laptop right now. Many signals were 40-50db down, and I measured one at 57db reduction from the terminated loop! At night of course the domestic signals really picked up on the Beverage, but it was far better than the loop (oriented on the same bearing). The big difference was doubly surprising, given that it was an unterminated Beverage. This was the first DXpedition for me that RFO Tahiti on 738 didn't make an appearance at all. Very strange. I also didn't note any of the other South Pacific islands like Solomons, Kiribati, Tonga, or Vanuatu. I had quite a few New Zealand stations (mainly RNZ national), but most of them weak and a struggle to hear above the noise floor. It was the same thing with the few Aussies I heard...if I wasn't for the distinctive ABC network trumpet fanfare I wouldn't even be certain I was hearing an Australian outlet in the muck. In most cases I really had to work hard at pulling the DX out of the noise. You can check out 30 audio clips of the DX at this page: http://www.guyatkins.com/dxped/grayland_13aug2012/index.htm 73 Guy Atkins DXing at Grayland Beach State Park, WA Puyallup, WA USA ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[End Commercial]--- 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] Global Perseus WAV Files for Download
From 2007 to 2010 I operated the *Five Below* blog for Perseus SDR enthusiasts, I also hosted Perseus WAV recordings sent in by DXers around the world. Although the blog is history (but available in a 36mb archived ZIP formhttp://realmonitor.com/Five_Below.zip) the Perseus WAV files live on. There are currently 91 files freely available for download at: *http://www.mediafire.com/?1shbad73mby1c *This folder includes the recently uploaded Hawaii recordings made by Dave Aichelman. If you do not own a Perseus SDR, you can still explore the MW band (and often LW too, depending on the file) by downloading and installing the demo Perseus software http://microtelecom.it/perseus/Perseusv21hDemo.zip or using the free HDSDR software http://www.hdsdr.de/. Because these WAV files contain IQ data representing a swath of RF spectrum that Perseus can play back, the files can be very large. The reward for your downloading patience, however, is gaining access to the MW band as heard in other parts of the world than your own. This can be a great way to access local programming, check IDs, or simply vicariously DX from another location. In most cases there are comments on the WAV files, notes on antennas used, etc. found in my archived Perseus bloghttp://realmonitor.com/Five_Below.zip. You'll just need to cross-reference the dates of the WAV file uploading to the articles/entry date in the blog. Thanks to all the Perseus owners who shared their Perseus WAV files with other DXers via *Five Below*. 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[End Commercial]--- 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] Perseus WAV Files Recorded in Hawaii Available
Dave Aichelman, N7NZH, recently made a trip to Kauai, Hawaii and returned with top of the hour (TOH) and bottom of the hour (TOHH) Perseus WAV recordings of the medium wave band. His compact, phased array antenna was mostly aimed south toward Tahiti and the South Pacific. He used a tent-pole micro-loop (7' X 7') and both an FLG100 and ALA100 antenna head. The ALA100 recordings were done on 6/15 with the TOH aimed south and the TOHH aimed east. The 6/11 recordings were done with the FLG100, both aimed south and were about 10db lower signal level. All recordings have the Hawaii stations on them. You can clearly hear Tahiti, Samoa and what is probably Australia and New Zealand. There are a few surprises also. 1610 appears to have 'The Valley' station from the Carribbean and there were numerous Brazillian stations as well. Dave's WAV files are 904MB and 4GB in size (two each from June 11th and 15th), and they are hosted on my Mediafire.com account. So, give your broadband Internet connection some exercise and download the files from: http://www.mediafire.com/?112tbwh3e9a5c The 4GB files are a full eight minutes long, across the top of the hour. Thanks, Dave, for sharing your Perseus recordings with the DXing community! Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[End Commercial]--- 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] RF PRO-1A vs. ALA1530 Loop Antenna Comparison Review
For the last few months I've been doing some methodical comparing of the signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio of many stations as heard through the Pixel Technologies RF PRO-1A and Wellbrook Communications ALA1530 active loop antennas. Using the spectrum analyzer qualities of the Perseus SDR receiver I've been able to be very objective on which loop antenna gives the best reception on all the LW, MW, and HF bands. I've written a detailed review of the two loops which contains S/N charts for all bands, plus a selection of A-B comparison MP3 recordings and the original MS Excel spreadsheet file of raw S/N data available for download. I've sent the review to some DX hobby web sites for possible publication, but Wellbrook has chosen to make the PDF file available now for download from their site: http://www.wellbrook.uk.com/reviews/ALA1530-vs-RFPRO-1AReview.pdf I hope you find the comparison review useful. It was very interesting and refreshing to use a receiver like Perseus as a S/N measuring tool rather than just making observations by ear as I've done for all my previous reviews and articles over the years. 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[End Commercial]--- 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] Correction: 603 kHz from Grayland - Dec. 29
Thanks to the TP DX experience of Nick Hall-Patch and the Korean language fluency of Bill Harms, my 603 kHz station at 1500 UTC on Dec. 29th has been positively identified as KBS2 Korea, not Japan. Bill says: In the 1500 clip you have a definite ID by the female announcer. KBS je-i Radio imnida or KBS radio two in English. Then right before the sounder and the tips, she gave a time check for midnight. Thanks Nick Bill for your help. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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
Re: [HCDX] Grayland DXpedition Logs - Dec. 29-30
Hi Glenn, Great catch on my VoV logging for 6165, which doesn't make sense. I know the time was correct because it's the only shortwave stations I tuned during my local evening on the 29th UTC. Unfortunately I didn't have the receiver recording the band at that time, so I can't replay it and check 6165 vs. 6175. However, I feel it's highly likely I was listening to Sackville on 6175, but glanced at 6165 in my references and thought I was hearing Vietnam direct. I should have noted the inconsistency in the language and listed broadcast time though. Thanks for pointing this out! It's obviously in error. Guy On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Glenn Hauser wghau...@yahoo.com wrote: Guy, Some fine logs there, especially Chad LP. Since all your other logs are in the local morning I am wondering if the time is correct on the final one. That transmitter is supposed to be only in Hmong and Dao, and not on the air at that hour, per Aoki. Besides, that would be almost noon local there. Maybe it was really 6175, where VOV does have English at 0330 via Sackville? 73, Glenn Hauser --- On Fri, 1/2/09, Guy Atkins d...@guyatkins.com wrote: VIETNAM 6165, 0320-0340, Voice of Vietnam, Xuan Mai Dec 29 Poor to fair signal in English; woman announcer with commentary on terrorism in Mumbai and Iraq. (Atkins-WA) ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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] Grayland DXpedition Logs - Dec. 29-30
India Radio, broadcasting from Shillong'. The same announcer repeated the sign-off in Hindi, and then Shillong's carrier was gone at 1632. Fair signal. (Atkins-WA) INDIA 4990, 1629-1631, AIR Itanagar Dec 30 Hindi film music, then female announcer in Hindi with sign-off announcements. Poor to fair level. (Atkins-WA) INDIA 5010, 1659-1702, AIR Thiruvanathapuram Dec 30 Presumed. Threshold signal of subcontinental music to male announcer at 1700, and into tabla and flute music at 1701. Very weak signal. (Atkins-WA) INDONESIA 4750, 1258-1302, RRI Makassar Dec 30 A real mess on this frequency with two Chinese stations (CNR1 and PBS) dominant, and RRI Makassar in the background. Female and male announcers in Indonesian up to 1300 and into presumed news. None of the stations were exactly on 4750, and it was driving the synchronous AM detector crazy! Best in LSB to avoid CODAR swisher. Fair level. Rechecked WAV file from 1400 UTC and Makassar was much clearer. The WAV for 1500 revealed them in the clear, with Song of the Coconut Islands up to RRI network ID and into Warta Berita. (Atkins-WA) SOUTH AFRICA 4880, 1645-1705, SW Radio Africa Dec 30 Talk in unid. African language by various speakers to 1700, then change to male announcer in English language with mentions of Africa, time pips, and into headline news including Israel military action. Fair signal, with some weak co-channel interference from presumed AIR Lucknow prior to 1700. Another African via morning longpath. (Atkins-WA) TIBET 4905, 1630-1635, Holy Tibet Dec 30 Thanks to Walt Salmaniw (whose Dec. 30 logging reminded me that what's listed in some sources as 'PBS Xizang' on 4905/4920 is more accurately Tibet, not China), I was able to log this one 'retroactively'. Having just returned from Grayland I had Perseus recorded files of the 60 meterband that happened to be from the same date and timeframe when Walt was DXing. I had skipped over 4905 //4920 initially, not realizing the frequencies were from Tibet and that English was scheduled for 1630- 1700. After I read Walt's logging I checked the portion of my Perseus WAV file for 4905 kHz at 1630, and there it was. At 1630:40 I heard a female announcer say 'Holy Tibet is the means by which you may visit the roof of the world', and she and a male announcer talked briefly about listening to the station to learn more about 'the terrain, the people, and the culture of Tibet'. Good signal, but modulation could be better. (Atkins-WA) VIETNAM 4739.61, 1258-1303, Son La RTV Dec 30 Presumed. Distorted and poorly modulated signal with male announcer in Vietnamese or tribal language (may have been a phone patch); primative-sounding vocals by woman with screechy stringed instrument at 1259. Announcements by woman at 1301, but couldn't make out an ID. Poor signal. (Atkins-WA) VIETNAM 6165, 0320-0340, Voice of Vietnam, Xuan Mai Dec 29 Poor to fair signal in English; woman announcer with commentary on terrorism in Mumbai and Iraq. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA DXing at Grayland Beach State Park Perseus SDR X2 / Wellbrook Phased Array antenna (proto) / PA0RDT Mini- Whip @ 30 ft. high www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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] Solomon Islands on 31 Meters
SOLOMON ISLANDS 9541.53, 0645-0710, SIBC Honiara Dec 1 Pop music and island tunes, to ID at 0700 and into news read by male and female. Very weak signal about an hour before Honiara sunset, occasionally dropping back into the noise. Hopefully the signal will improve in the next hour. Thanks to Craig Seager for tip. SIBC is reportedly drifting from 9450 to 9452 kHz. Good to find them on 31 meters again! (Atkins-WA) I checked my Perseus files this morning, and SIBC did indeed improve in strength to fair by their 0800 ID newscast. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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] Radio Farda 1575 kHz / UAE Heard in Grayland WA on SRF-39FP
The highlight of my 2-night DXpedition over the weekend in Grayland, Washington was certainly the logging of Radio Farda, 1575 kHz in the UAE. This was during grayline conditions last night (Nov. 2 UTC date), less than an hour past local sunset and just before Al-Dhabbaya, UAE sunrise. It's a distance of 7,538 mi. / 12,131 km., per the Google Earth Distance Tool from the R. Farda antenna array to Grayland Beach State Park! To my knowledge, R. Farda has not been heard before on the West Coast of North America with a receiver of any type, communications receiver OR a cheap portable. I had R. Farda the previous night on my Perseus SDRs before 0200, but didn't realize what I was hearing. I first thought it was an early fade-in of an Asian, but of course 0130-0155 UTC is *far* too early! I never expected to hear a TA on a *barefoot* ultralight portable from Grayland, much less on my Perseus receivers and Wellbrook Phased Array antenna. When I realized that it might have been R. Farda after all, I was more prepared the next evening. Sure enough, a het was first heard and seen on 1575 with the Perseus spectrum display at 0130, and audio faded up with dance / techno music at 0140. Five minutes later between music selections, I heard an Arabic language announcer with mentions of Arabiyya. The best reception (poor-fair level at best) was around 0150 with a pounding, bass-heavy dance / techno tune and Arabic vocals. Would it be possible to hear anything at all on a barefoot SRF-39FP? I had pre-tuned the Sony between a Spanish station on 1570 and 1 kw. KBAL, Lebanon, Oregon on 1280. The radio was ready to go, already rotated for best null of 1280, and waiting for me on the railing of the outside porch. When Farda seemed like it wouldn't get any stronger, I dashed outside the yurt (cabin) in Grayland and slapped on the headphones...woo-hoo!! There was the dance / techno music, in parallel to what I was hearing on Perseus! The signal (only moderately weaker than on Perseus) lasted only 15-20 seconds on the small Sony before it was gone into oblivion on both radios. Here's a short MP3 of how this TA station sounded on the Perseus SDR: http://www.guyatkins.com/files/sdr/grayland_nov08/1575_farda_uae_02nov08.mp3 As luck would have it, my Wellbrook Phased Array (prototype) antenna was oriented approximately correct for grayline reception of Radio Farda--to the Northwest at 300 degrees. Hmm...perhaps this wasn't technically a trans-Atlantic reception, as the grayline took the signal north-northeast over Russia, Siberia, across Alaska, and down along the British Columbia coastline. The only other possible TA noted during this DXpedition was 1008 kHz, heard both nights with dance and electronica music before 0200 UTC, but not found on the Sony ultralight. 1008 may be a reactivated GrootNieuwsradio, Holland, or possibly a Spanish SER station. This Grayland DXpedition was highly productive overall; I'll be sharing full details early this week. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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] Grayland DXpedition Loggings for November 1, 2008
Here's the loggings from the first night of DXing at Grayland this past weekend. There may be a few stragglers as I review the Perseus WAV files further; I still need to go over the 1500 and 1600 UTC top-of-hour recordings. Also, I see that I didn't note any DX on 675 kHz, so I'll need to review once more to make sure I didn't miss Voice of Vietnam commonly heard on 675. There are many top of the hour loggings here, because the recorded files of the SDR are highly useful for checking frequencies at TOH for IDs, parallel content, etc. I'll be going over my November 2nd Perseus recordings soon, and reporting in with any new catches not heard the previous night. Guy - 549 RUSSIA R. Mayak, Nov 1 0900 - Moscow Nights interval signal followed by 5+1 time pips and woman announcer in Russian. Parallel 576. Presumed Khabarovsk location. Poor to fair. (Atkins-WA) 558 SOUTH KOREA HLQH KBS2 Yeong-Il, Nov 1 1200 - Man and woman in Korean; simple piano tune at 1000. Mentions of 'Radio-imnida'. Good level. (Atkins-WA) 567 JAPAN JOIK Sapporo, Nov 1 0729 - Nice acoustic guitar music to 0720 Japanese announcers, parallel to 594. Good signal. (Atkins-WA) 576 RUSSIA R. Mayak, Nov 1 0640 - Lively talk in Russian by man and two women. Quite strong on peaks. Faded to nothingness by 0655, but back up with heavy rock music 0659 and into 'Moscow Nights' interval signal 0700, and then 5+1 time pips. Presumed Khabarovsk location. (Atkins-WA) 594 JAPAN JOAK Tokyo, Nov 1 0658 - Noted with poor to fair signal in Japanese 0658. 3+1 TPs at 0700 and into news. (Atkins-WA) 603 SOUTH KOREA HLSA KBS2 Namyang, Nov 1 0930 - Man and woman announcers in Korean; good signal. (Atkins-WA) 648 RUSSIA Voice of Russia, Nov 1 1000 - Deep-toned bells or vibraharp at 1000, followed by announcements in Korean. Tentative; PAL shows VOR in Korean here, but not in this language until 1200. Good signal. (Atkins-WA) 648 RUSSIA VOR, Nov 1 1400 - Poundingly loud signal of gong tones, male and female Chinese announcers (not Korean as listed in PAL), and Web address spelled out as 'www.vor.ru' and repeated. (Atkins-WA) 666 JAPAN JOBK Osaka, Nov 1 1200 - Excitable announcer in Japanese with sporting event coverage and 'crowd goes wild' in background. 3+1 time pips over announcer at 1200. Parallel to 594. Very good signal. (Atkins-WA) 693 JAPAN JOAB Tokyo, Nov 1 1200 - 3+1 time pips at 1200 and woman announcer in Japanese, parallel to 774. Good signal. (Atkins-WA) 702 JAPAN JOFB / JOKD, Nov 1 0700 - Japanese NHK2 synchros with 3+1 time pips at 0700, parallel 774. Poor to fair signal. (Atkins-WA) 711 SOUTH KOREA HLKA Sorae, Nov 1 1400 - 3+1 time pips, male announcer in Korean. Good in spite of KIRO 710 splatter. (Atkins-WA) 720 RUSSIA Voice of Russia / R. Mayak, Nov 1 1000 - Sign-on at 1000 with VOR interval signal, followed by female announcer in Russian. Strong signal, and nearly dominating 720 kHz. Two other signals heard beneath VOR: one unidentified, but another with ID as 'KDWN, Las Vegas...a broadcast station...where Nevada tunes for breaking news, traffic, and weather 24/7'. (Atkins-WA) 729 CHINA Jiangxi RGD, Nov 1 1200 - A mess of overlapping time pips at 1200 due to multiple transmitters on the frequency. The strongest signal was a presumed Jiangxi with a loud signal in Chinese; man and woman announcer and ad string. (Atkins-WA) 738 CHINA Jilin RGD, Nov 1 0930 - Presumed, with very strong signal. Man and woman in Chinese with advertisement or announcement. (Atkins-WA) 747 JAPAN JOIB Sapporo, Nov 1 0700 - 3+1 time pips at 0700 and into presumed news by male announcer in Japanese. Parallel to 774. Good level. (Atkins-WA) 765 RUSSIA R. Vostok Rossii, Nov 1 1000 - Sound effects past 1000; announcer in Russian at 1000:30. Telephone link with reporter at 1001, and various news items. Good signal. (Atkins-WA) 774 JAPAN JOUB Akita, Nov 1 0648 - An early evening powerhouse, simply booming in with amusing radio drama or folk story. Lots of sound effects and exclamations in Japanese. (Atkins-WA) 819 NORTH KOREA KCBS, Nov 1 1000 - 3+1 time pips at 1000, and woman announcer in Korean. Fair to good level, and parallel to 873. (Atkins-WA) 828 JAPAN JOBB Osaka, Nov 1 0733 - Two men with discussion or interview in Japanese, parallel to 774. Fair to good level. (Atkins-WA) 837 JOQK Niigata, Nov 1 0800 - 3+1 time pips at 0800, and into talk by man in Japanese. Parallel to 594. Fair. (Atkins-WA) 846 JAPAN Unid. NHK1, Nov 1 0800 - 3+1 time pips and into Japanese talk, parallel to 594. JOCP Koriyama most likely, as the strongest Japanese station (5 Kw) on this frequency. Poor level. (Atkins-WA) 873 JAPAN JOGB Kumamoto, Nov 1 1200 - 3+1 time pips and Japanese man and woman at 1200. Good signal and parallel to 774. North Korean KCBS heard in background. (Atkins-WA) 873 NORTH KOREA KCBS, Nov 1 1000 - 3+1
[HCDX] Audio Clips from Exc. Asian MW TP Reception on Oct. 9
I live approx. 120 miles away from the Pacific Ocean (and across a mountain range) on the 302 degree bearing to Japan from my home southeast of Seattle. Trans-Pacific MW stations don't often make it this far inland and/or stand out from the local MW blowtorches. This week, however, has been an excellent one for TP reception in the Pacific NW. The morning of October 9, though, was especially good. Take a listen to the DX clips below, heard in Puyallup on a 35 ft. wide X 40 ft. high Conti terminated loop antenna and Perseus SDR: JOIB Sapporo is on 747, which was barrelling into Puyallup at 1400 UTC: www.guyatkins.com/files/sdr/joib_sapporo_747_home_09oct2008.mp3 Also over the 1400 UTC top-of-the-hour was 963 China Radio International in Russian: www.guyatkins.com/files/sdr/cri_963_home_09oct2008.mp3 and at the same 1400 UTC time here is 972 HLCA: www.guyatkins.com/files/sdr/hlca_972_home_09oct2008.mp3 All three are easy catches from the Grayland DXpedition site and other coastal locations in the Pacific Northwest. To hear them this well in the RF Jungle of greater Seattle over a hundred miles from the coast was a treat! Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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] Orcas Island DX Loggings - September 19
Using the ability to rewind the tape on the entire MW band with the Perseus SDR, it took me 16 hours over two days to thoroughly review the files for the 0530-1500 UTC period of September 19. Whew! Having the luxury of going over and over even the weakest signals with possibilities meant that I was able to log many more stations than during real time DXing. My logs from the 19th alone are below; full details plus a few audio clips and tips for using Perseus are in the newest post on my blog. It was very much an Asian evening, with a handful of South Pacific stations included. I didn't as much as hear a whisper from DU stations, despite using JB's SW Conti Super Loop up until 1030 UTC. 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA DXing from Orcas Island, WA www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com - 279 RUSSIA R. Rossi, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sep 19 1320 - Somber orchestral tune, followed by a capella choir and male speaker in Russian. Fair to good level. (Atkins-WA) 529 ALASKA SQM Sitka, Sep 19 0502 - Poor to fair with Alaska weather and SQM Morse code ID. (Atkins-WA) 567 JAPAN JOIK Sapporo, Sep 19 0932 - Two male announcers covering a sporting event; good level and parallel to 594 JOAK. (Atkins-WA) 576 CHINA Two unid. locations, Sep 19 1200 - Curious half-second echo on all audio, with overlapping 5+1 time pips, and into news in Chinese read by man and woman. All audio suffering from severe echo, likely from non-synchronized transmitters. Fair to good signal level. (Atkins-WA) 594 JAPAN JOAK Tokyo, Sep 19 0910 - Fading in quickly to fair level, with NHK1 news in Japanese by female. Parallel to 837. (Atkins-WA) 621 JAPAN Unid., Sep 19 1252 - Two male announcers talking in Japanese. This station was not relaying 567 JOIK, nor relaying JONK 819, two possibilities per the Pacific Asian Log (PAL). So, perhzps this was JOOK in Kyoto, or the [callsign unknown] station in Nobeoka...based on the process of elimination. (Atkins-WA) 666 JAPAN JOBK Osaka, Sep 19 1324 - Lively talk by two male announcers in Japanese. Fair signal level. Parallel to 567 NHK1. (Atkins-WA) 666 NEW CALEDONIA R. Nouvelle Caledonie, Noumea, Sep 19 1042 - It's been a while since I've heard New Caledonia... male and female announcers in French. The broadcast appeared to be parallel to 738 Tahiti, relaying RFO. Fair signal. (Atkins-WA) 702 CHINA Unid., Sep 19 1025 - Chinese style orchestral music, bothered some by slop from 700, and talk in Chinese by female at 1035 recheck. Poor-fair. (Atkins-WA) 702 JAPAN NHK2, unid. location, Sep 19 1044 - Male announcer in Japanese, parallel to 774. This is either JOFB Hiroshima or JOKD Kitami. Fair level. (Atkins-WA) 720 NORTH KOREA KCBS Kanggye, Sep 19 1318 - Tentative, with very splattered audio possibly in Korean; actual frequency was 719.9. Kanggye is listed as parallel to 657, which was also in Korean at this time, but I could not be sure the two were parallel. (Atkins-WA) 738 TAHITI RFO Papeete, Sep 19 0529 - Het first noted around 0430, then threshold audio 0510, and a few minutes of island music at fair level 0528. Quite a bit stronger with male announcer in French at 0710. (Atkins-WA) 747 JAPAN JOIB Sapporo, Sep 19 0850 - This NHK2 regular was noted quickly fading in around 0850 UTC as sunset began to sweep across Japan. Parallel 774 JOUB Akita also followed the same rapid fade-in. 3+1 time pips at 0900 and into English language news by female announcer. SW Aussie loop (Conti Super Loop) was in use until 1030, when I switched the Perseus SDR to the NW Wellbrook Phased Array while the receiver was recording the band. (Atkins-WA) 756 JAPAN JOGK Kumamoto, Sep 19 1015 - Weak signal of male announcer in Japanese; gone by 1018. Tentative. (Atkins-WA) 774 Unid., Sep 19 1208 - Chinese talk by man heard in the background of a very strong JOUB during pauses in the Japanese/English lesson. (Atkins-WA) 774 JAPAN JOUB Akita, Sep 19 0850 - NHK2 'big gun' noted in parallel with 774 JOIB with a quick fade-in at 0850. (Atkins-WA) 819 NORTH KOREA KCBS Pyongyang, Sep 19 1255 - Patriotic orchestral music to 3+1 time pips at 1300 and male announcer in Korean with an ID that seemed similar to that listed in Pal. 5+1 time pips from a Chinese station heard in the background, along with another one or two stations audible on the frequency, making 819 a real mess. (Atkins-WA) 828 JAPAN JOBB Osaka, Sep 19 0903 - Fair level, with NHK2 English news in parallel to 747 and 774. A few minutes later, around 0928, JOBB and the other NHK2 stations were heard in Spanish with a male announcer!. (Atkins-WA) 837 CHINA Harbin?, Sep 19 1043 - Woman announcer in Chinese at tune-in, followed by a phone interview with another woman which went across the top of the hour without ID. 5+1 time pips heard at exactly 1100, though. Very dramatic 'soap opera' with arguing man and woman actors at 1144 recheck. Very good signal. (Atkins-WA) 837
Re: [HCDX] A Milestone in MW DXing: Perseus SDR Receiver can now Record/Playback Entire MW Band
Hi Jay, It all depends on your DXing techniques and requirements. Not everyone can DX for hours through the night due to work and home schedules, etc. However, the capability of Perseus (and other similar receivers in the future) allow a TIVO-like approach to the hobby. I personally have extremely little use for TV *or* a TIVO, but being able to timeshift my DXing pursuits is just what the doctor ordered! I now have four evenings of 10 hours each recently recorded to hard drive, from a recent DXpedition on Orcas Island, WA. The entire band from each night is waiting for me to track down the DX when *my* schedule allows. I have already thoroughly DX'd through the first evening's recordings (Sept. 19th). It turned out to be excellent for TPs, and I logged 42 Asian and South Pacific MW stations after the fact. It took me 16 hours over two days of vacation to log all the DX I could find from those 10 hours, but it was great fun (how else can you hear 1575 kHz VOA Thailand from North America at high noon? :^) Having the entire band available for rewind means you can spend as little or as much time as you want going over marginal and challenging signals. I know I logged considerably more stations from Sept. 19th by being able to go over the DX again and again, pulling out more details and hopefully IDs. The usefulness of archiving the band this way goes beyond just top-of-the-hour snippets. Signals fade in and out unpredictably, and you never know when a good peak in a signal can occur. Interesting listening, and the all-important station IDs, can happen at any time, not just TOH. I'll also mention that the Asian and South Pacific DX I logged from the 19th was scattered about (in real time) from 0530 to 1500 UTC, not just during the hour or so surrounding dawn enhancement. During mediocre DX evenings, the only DX worth catching often is confined to dawn enhancement. On great evenings like the 19th, neat signals were coming in for almost eight hours. I'm glad I had Perseus and the laptop running to bring it all back. A link to the DX logged is found in this blog post: http://perseus-sdr.blogspot.com/2008/09/dxing-from-orcas-island-day-1-report .html 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com -- Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:46:27 -0400 From: Jay Heyl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [HCDX] A Milestone in MW DXing: Perseus SDR Receiver can now Record/Playback Entire MW Band Being able to record the entire MW band for five minutes before and after TOH would be fantastic. I can't imagine anyone recording the whole band for an extended period except in unusual situations, like a DXpedition or if the power goes out and you can run the whole rig off batteries. Who would have the time to go back and listen to it all? But checking short periods around TOH, that's possible. -- Jay ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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] Report and Pictures of Wantok Radio Light Inaugural Broadcast
This morning I received the inaugural broadcast report from Joe Emert of Life Radio Ministries, with some photos of Wantok Radio Light's big day on the 11th. I've posted it at: http://www.guyatkins.com/files/Journal_5.doc (MS Word file, approx. 355 Kb) 11,000-12,000 people attended this event; no wonder it sounded like quite a crowd out there while Walt and I were sitting with headphones on, eavesdropping on this live broadcast. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] DXpedition to Grayland, WA 11 - 12 June, 2005
trumpet fanfare at top of hour, and
into news. (Atkins-WA)
AUSTRALIA 1116, 1250-, 4BC Jun 12 Beautiful signal with local ads for an
on-line casino, grocery store, and Ford Courier SUV at Brian Berg Ford ('A
hard-working man needs a hard-working ute, at a drive-away price of
$18,990'). ID as 'You're listening to more of the Weekend Shopper on 4BC
Brisbane' and 'Talk 1116 Brisbane, 4BC' by male announcer. Excellent signal
during peaks. A short MP3 recording can be heard here:
http://www.guyatkins.com/files/4BC_Brisbane_1116_kHz_12Jun05.mp3 (Atkins-WA)
FIJI 639, 1203-1215, R. Fiji 1, Drasa Jun 12 Church service broadcast at
tune-in, then South Pacific islands music. Fair to good level, and parallel
to 684 Labasa. (Atkins-WA)
FIJI 684, 1208-1215, R. Fiji 1, Labasa Jun 12 South Pacific style of vocals
and slack key guitar accompaniment; good signal level prior to fades, and
parallel to 639 Drasa and possibly 1152 Rakiraki. (Atkins-WA)
NEW ZEALAND 1125, 1232-1240, R. Sport, Napier/Hawkes Bay Jun 12 Sports talk
with two male announcers with US accented English, with typical relay of a
USA sports network. Discussion about top NASCAR drivers. Fair, clear signal
during peaks. Presumed. (Atkins-WA)
NEW ZEALAND 1332, 1220-1235, R. Sport, Auckland Jun 11 Noted with sports
programming of two male announcers in Kiwi English, possibly parallel 558
Invercargill. Fair on peaks, but over/under presumed 4BU Bundaberg
Australia with oldies hits. (Atkins-WA)
TAHITI 738, 1005-, RFO Tahiti Jun 12 Presumed. Woman with French talk; weak
signal. One of the few TP stations with any audio at all on the band right
now, during poor conditions. (Atkins-WA)
UNIDENTIFIED 1107, 1222-1227, Jun 12 Scraps of English with two male
announcers, possibly Aussie accented. Very low level. (Atkins-WA)
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Re: [HCDX] Wantok Radio 7120
Patrick, Wantok Radio Light's power is 1 kW into a NVIS antenna that is supposed to restrain most of the energy for local coverage, and reduce the skywave propagation. I have a PDF signal coverage map that was sent to me by the engineer at Wantok Radio, and it shows the signal dropping to 20 dBu just past the Solomon Islands. I'm surprised you are hearing the station at S5-S8, as I'm not that much further away from the transmitter than you are, and I've been hearing signal barely above threshold with my Beverage antenna aimed right at Port Moresby (265 degrees). Perhaps sea gain (the coastal effect) does have an effect on the higher bands. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA -Original Message- From: Patrick Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 1:26 AM To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [HCDX] Wantok Radio 7120 Quite loud here on the North Coast, but a lot of Summer type static. I am using the R8/EWE combo. Peaks at S5-S8. Anyone know the power? Sounds at least 10 KW. 73s, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KAVT Reception Manager ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Wantok Radio Light - ID'd on West Coast USA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 7120, 0825-1030, Wantok Radio Light, Port Moresby May 25 First noted fading up above the noise prior to 0830, with contemporary Christian music alternating with talks or devotionals. The signal was still extremely low until past 0930, when it strengthened enough to make out an ID by a male announcer exactly at 0959:38: 'This is Wantok Radio Light, broadcasting to Papua New Guinea on... meterband(?)...'. It took a number of replays of my recording to be certain of the ID, but it is definitely there. At 1000 I heard introductory music and mention of 'Welcome to Focus on the Family...with author and... Dr. James Dobson' at the start of this popular Christian program. It also fits the broadcast schedule at http://www.wantokradio.net which shows Focus on the Family at 7-7:30pm local Port Moresby time. Very pleased with this definite log of this new PNG outlet! I also received an e-mail from Dave Olson, engineer at the station, who said that the 'Bird of Paradise' call I heard at 1101 on 5/23 is actually a warbling siren at the beginning of their Monday evening program 'Community Policing'. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA mod. ICOM IC-756Pro mod. ICOM R-75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] 7120 kHz, Wantok Radio Light, PNG
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 7120, 0830-1200, Wantok Radio Light, Port Moresby May 23 Tentative reception of this new PNG Christian outlet first noted with religious-sounding music fading in at 0830. Four musical tones noted at 0900:20, followed by possible ID by woman. Signal improved very slightly past 0900, with continuous Christian contemporary and possibly PNG church music. The language sounded Pidgin at times, but was much too weak for positive language identification. At 1101:38, I heard a distinctive 'Bird of Paradise' call (national bird of PNG, I believe). An MP3 recording of this can be heard at: http://www.guyatkins.com/files/tentative_WRL_7120khz.mp3. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA mod. ICOM IC-756Pro mod. ICOM R-75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
Re: [HCDX] Logging
Hi Bill, Your catch is KJES, Vado, New Mexico; I've heard them with this very sort of programming before. They are a Catholic broadcaster. RFO Tahiti has been off 15170v for some years now... perhaps 8 years? At least it seems that long! I sorely miss their music; the only way I can catch them now is via their 738 kHz MW frequency. Fortunately I live in an area where they can be heard with regularity and good strength on coastal DXpeditions. Most evenings I have a het from them on 738 here in Puyallup, which is inland from the coast; I last heard audio out of them from my home location in the Fall of 2004. Tahiti had a 25mb frequency too, but it's been off even longer. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 6:58 AM To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [HCDX] Logging Greetings, fellow listees: A. I am new to the list, having returned to SWLing after a 20 year hiatus. I don't usually spend any effort on domestic s/w broadcasters, concentrating instead on (1) European, and (2) Latin American ones. B. However, I heard a station yesterday afternoon that intrigued me. I stumbled on it at 1810Z, 1 May 05, on 15385. A man and a woman were reading in English from, ostensibly, Psalms 109 and 29. It went like this: The Man: The Voice of Yahweh is strong. Followed by: The Woman: The Voice of Yahweh is strong. The Man: The Voice of Yahweh is powerful. The Woman: The Voice of Yahweh is powerful. The Man: The Voice of Yahweh is (...choose any word you want...) Followed by The Woman: etc And on and on like this for at least twenty minutes. After five minutes, the thing was repeated. I listened closely but did not hear an ID. The signal was weak but intelligible. At 1835 Z I clearly heard a female vocal Ave Maria that sounded like Karen Carpenter (Oh how I miss that girl). I had to run an errand at 1900, and got back at 1920, hearing a female duet on a religious song in Spanish, and still hadn't hadn't heard an ID. I am consciously trying to avoid list logging. I knew that Daniel Sampson's Primetime Shortwave shows KJES in English on that frequency, but still had no firm information on the weak signal I heard. Suddenly, at 1930, a very YL boomed out Kah Jota Eh Esse, at least five times louder and stronger than anything that preceded it. C. Equipment: Kenwood R1000 and 80 foot long wire D. Years ago 15170 was used by a station in Papeete, Tahiti. Programming was in French and consisted of island music, and was always a delight to hear. Does anyone know if they're still there? Thanks. Bill Wildes Homewood, Alabama ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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 ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
Re: [HCDX] Superadio II parts
This is exactly what I have done to two different Superadios over the years. The stock switch is abominably poor quality. It's easy enough just to plug or tape-over the opening for the stock switch and install a decent one. I used a small toggle switch in both instances. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 1:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [HCDX] Superadio II parts In a message dated 4/12/05 4:28:20 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jef Jaisun) Anybody out there know where I can get a replacement on/off switch for my GE Superadio II? This one has crusted all up and I don't think I can rehab it. Thx. 73s, Maybe you could just perform a power switch-ectomy, superglue a plastic plug over the hole, and install a different switch, a nice rocker switch perhaps. jw k9rzz ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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 ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Re: Short Wave Log?
Like Walt, I'm a fan of B-Log due to its ease of use and simplicity. I introduced this software to the Grayland DXpedition gang a few years ago, and many of us have switched over to it. Although it's window cannot be resized larger (I think it's fixed at 800x600), the useful loggings export features are a real time-saver. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA -Original Message- From: Walter Salmaniw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 5:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [HCDX] Re: Short Wave Log? At 04:07 PM 3/16/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder if anyone here among the HCDX forum uses a system of eletronic log to follow on stations heard ect. I use a system made by me on Excell (quite simple but serves the purpose) and DXtreme Software . For a few years now, I've been using B-Log. It's free, and very handy to use, but what I like most about it, is the ease of sending out loggings to the various groups. After a DXpedition, in years gone by, it would take perhaps 5 hours on the computer to transfer loggings from paper to a format suitable for the computer. No longer...I simply highlight the selected loggings, and cut and paste, and there you goWalt. ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Xinjiang, China, 972 kHz
972 CHINA Xinjiang RGD, Mar 4 1440 - Noted with brief peaks to good level with Chinese orchestral music and male announcer in minority lang. (listed Kazakh), parallel to 4330 kHz. By 1445, Xinjiang had faded and was replaced by the more common Asian on this frequency-- HLCA KBS Liberty 1 from Korea-- in Korean. This week has been good for TP DX from the more common Japanese MW frequencies, too, such as 594, 747, and 774 kHz. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA mod. ICOM IC-756Pro mod. ICOM R-75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Re: T2FD THE FORGOTTEN ANT.
He's referring to my article on the T2FD (Tilted, Terminated Folded Dipole) on the hard-core-dx.com site: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx/antenna/wire/t2fd.html This is a tried-and-true nonresonant antenna design, known for its low noise receiving characteristics and even impedance over a wide frequency range. The resistor (opposite the feedpoint) is a critical component for achieving good results with the T2FD. Some have called the T2FD a squashed rhombic... another antenna design that includes a resistor to operate properly. The popular Beverage antennas (such as I use these days) also need a terminating resistance if you want to reduce signals and QRM off the back side. There is a Barker Williamson (BW) commercial version of this antenna suitable for transmitting, and it is rated 2kw PEP. The cost is around $350 US, and it is suitable for 1.8 to 54 MHz use. See: http://www.bwantennas.com/ama/fdipole.ama.htm I don't know what BW has done to achieve a patent on this, but it is essentially a T2FD antenna. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 12:09 PM To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [HCDX] Re: T2FD THE FORGOTTEN ANT. In a message dated 2/27/5 11:59:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Where can i get the info. on getting the carbon resistors for the T2FD diapole. I want to purchasa them that will be heavy enoug for yse with a linier amp. jerry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resistors in an antenna? That doesn't sound good. jw k9rzz ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Re: ILG Password???
Same here, Thomas. My old password worked for years, but now everyone needs a new one, and I've had no response to my multiple inquiries. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA -Original Message- From: Thomasroth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 1:01 PM To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [HCDX] ILG Password??? Hi all, anyone ever try to get a password from the ILG folks??? I've been trying for I don't remember how many times now. Not a word at all from them... 73 de Thomas Kathmandu/Nepal ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Re: coax antenna?
Hi Patrick, Two thoughts occur to me on this. The first is that your coax must have been compromising the directionality of your NNW Beverage when you still had the antenna wire hooked up. See John Bryant's article for info on this: www.dxing.info/equipment/coax_leadin_bryant.doc or www.dxing.info/equipment/coax_leadin_bryant.pdf I've used John's techniques to improve the shielding of my own Beverage antennas. There is a type of antenna using just coax on the ground called the snake antenna, which you've probably heard of. It seems to work for some, and not for others. The only reason a snake antenna might work is due to common mode noise transferring from the shield to the inner conductor. Tom, W8JI, says it best at his highly regarded web site: A receiving example of an antenna that works because of common-mode excitation is the Snake antenna. This system accidentally (or intentionally) induces common-mode on a cable shield in order to receive signals. The entire shield picks up signal, the Snake is simply a reverse-fed random wire lying on the ground. See http://www.w8ji.com/common-mode_noise.htm Tom also says: If a feedline is very long and lies directly on or is buried in the earth, ground losses can attenuate conducted noise or unwanted common-mode signals. Unfortunately, we almost never know if the feedline shield is contributing noise, because it is nearly impossible to measure the common-mode noise contribution of the feedline! So, I think you have an accidental randomwire on the ground, and the signal is leaking from shield to inner conductor. 200 feet isn't very long (for directionality along the wire axis) in comparison to even a quarter wavelength on the MW band, so it seems reasonable to me that you might have various lobes from such a short length. If you're going to use a randomwire on the ground, it would be better, I think, to connect the shield directly to your receiver antenna input. Signal strengths would be better, I'd guess, as you wouldn't be relying on leakage between shield and conductor. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA -Original Message- From: Patrick Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 11:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [HCDX] coax antenna? I have discovered an interesting antenna I have purely by accident. I think I mentioned I lost my NNW beverage due to the neighbors taking down the trees. Well the two hundred feet of coax running West is still out there buried in the ground. I hooked it up to the R8 and guess what? It has a very strong lobe to the North!! Why I haven't a clue. Infact during the day CFUN 1410 Vancouver is listenable on it. No other antenna picks it up that well. I notice it on other Vancouver stations too. However, there is one big problem with it. There is a very high whoosing noise level on the bottom part of the band up to about 1200 khz. It sounds like a bad ground type thing. Not man made noise. It is like one of the conductors is not connected type noise. A solid noise that does not vary in strength. Now at night I don't notice it as the signal levels over power the noise. I would really love to use this coax antenna. Do you know how I can get rid of that bad ground type noise? I wonder if I plugged in a matching transformer at the end would take care of it? Any thoughts. It sounds rather interesting as the signal levels are pretty decent if it wasn't for the background noise. I find the coax running West would be that directional to the North, but also my 40 foot vertical seems to have some Northerly directional properties too. Any thoughts? Thanks. Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KAVT Reception Manager ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] DXpedition Loggings Now with Photos on DXing.info
Those interested in seeing some photos along with the DXpedition loggings I posted recently can check out this URL: http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/oceancity_2005_02.dx The DXpedition location was Ocean City State Park, north of the well known Grayland, WA site. 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] DXpedition Logs - Ocean City State Park, WA - Feb 7-8
. Good.
(Atkins-WA)
ZAMBIA 4910, 1634-1708, ZNBC Radio One Feb 7 Male announcer in African
language, with sermon; numerous mentions of 'Janni' or 'Juani' and 'Patmos',
which was likely a Bible story relating to the apostle John who was
imprisoned on the Island of Patmos. Announcer with voice-over organ music at
1656; hymn and choir 1658; 2+1 time pips at 1700. Female announcer with
possible ID and mentions of Lusaka 1701, followed by news items read by a
man, mentioning Zambia, Angola, Malawi, and other locations. Choral anthem
or national song at 1704. Bassy modulation. Very good signal, with AIR
Jaipur faintly in background 1634-1650 with sub-continental music.
Surprisingly strong even at 1 hour 40 minutes past local sunrise and peaking
at 1705, which is Lusaka sunset. Still in at a fair to good level at 1735
recheck, 2+ hours past SR with fast-paced advertisement mentioning many
African music styles such as makossa, soukous, mbqanga, hilife, and others.
Also heard 2/8 with a good signal. (Atkins-WA)
ZAMBIA 4910, 0327-0338, ZNBC Radio One Feb 8 Fading up nicely with Afropops
music and cheery male announcer in vernacular at 0330; mentions of Zambia
and 'ZNBC'. I heard a clear mention of 'Radio Three' just before 0333;
perhaps a promo for another network (?). 2+1 time pips at 0400 and into
short vocal selection by female chorus. Good signal. (Atkins-WA)
ZAMBIA 4965, 0346-0355, Radio Christian Voice Feb 8 Tentative. Weak signal
of Black Gospel music; traditional African choral music (hymn?) at 0348, but
signal lost to the noise by 0355. (Atkins-WA)
ZAMBIA 4965, 1706-1715, R. Christian Voice Feb 8 Presumed. Woman in English
giving web address ('www..' something) at tune-in; Christian contemporary
music 1707; short prayer or devotion 1712, and into Black Gospel music.
Weak signal, nearly two hours past local sunrise. (Atkins-WA)
Guy Atkins
Puyallup, WA USA
DXing at Ocean City State Park, WA
mod. ICOM IC-756Pro mod. ICOM R-75
Kiwa MAP / ERGO
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[HCDX] Longpath African Loggings
BOTSWANA 4930, 1615-1622, VOA Feb 1 on their new 60mb frequency. Interview with a NASA official discussing the upcoming space shuttle flight, and the issues with the heat shield tiles and integrity of the insulation on the booster fuel tanks; questions from phone callers in Kuwait and elsewhere. VOA ID at 1630 and into news. Good signal at one hour past local sunrise. A short MP3 with VOA ID can be heard here: http://www.guyatkins.com/files/voa_botswana_4930.mp3 (Atkins-WA) SWAZILAND 4760, 1609-1615, TWR, Mpangela Ranch Feb 1 Presumed, with male in unid. African language (listed as Tshwa in WRTH). The pace and tone of the talk sounded like a sermon; hymn or religious song at 1615. Best on SW antenna during near-grayline condition. Fair-good level, and strengthening slowly. Slight co-channel interference from presumed AIR Port Blair. (Atkins-WA) ZAMBIA 4910, 1558-1605, ZNBC Radio 1 Feb 1 Best reception so far this winter of Zambia on longpath. Nice fish eagle IS at 1558, drums at 1600, and announcer with 'ZNBC' and mentions of Zambia in unid. language. Into a tribal chant or similar by male, followed by a choral hymn, and into possible news items 1605. Fair to good signal at tune-in, and still fair at 1635 recheck-- 1 hour past local SR and 1/4 hour past Lusaka SS. Best on Southwest Beverage. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA mod. ICOM IC-756Pro mod. ICOM R-75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] India Indonesia Logs
INDIA 4840, 1547-1550, AIR Mumbai Jan 27 Good level in Hindi, with two male announcers in a discussion, and brief sub-continental music interludes. Considerably better signal than 4910 and the other AIR outlets in parallel. (Atkins-WA) INDIA 4910, 1533-1546, AIR Jaipur Jan 27 AIR network program with male and female announcers in English, discussing elections and political issues. Promos and ads noted at 1545. Fair level, but competing with ZNBC Zambia by 1542 (at my local sunrise). Other outlets noted in parallel to Jaipur 4910 included: 4760, 4775, 4820, and 5010. (Atkins-WA) INDIA 4971, 1603-1630*, AIR Shillong Jan 27 Presumed. Continuous pop music tunes to woman in Hindi with announcements and sign-off at 1630* (per WRTH sked). Deteriorating signal past local sunrise, and poor by 1630. Thanks to Ron Howard for tip on off-frequency Shillong. (Atkins-WA) INDONESIA 4925, 1552-1554*, RRI Jambi Jan 27 Soft lagu romantik tune at tune-in; Love Ambon tune 1553 with female announcer and ID, and a quick sign-off at 1554* before the end of Love Ambon. Good signal. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA ICOM IC-756Pro mod. ICOM R-75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Gabon Logging from West Coast USA
GABON 4777, 0513-0533, RTV Gabonaise, Libreville Dec 12 I tuned in at 0513 which is a half hour past Libreville sunrise, but Gabon was still coming in fairly well. Selections of African highlife music were heard, with frequent remarks by a hyper announcer in French, including mentions of Libreville and Gabon. The signal became much tougher copy at 0530 as the terminator moved further west. This should definitely be stronger on the West Coast prior to 0445 or so. Good to hear this one back on the air! Thanks to Mike Barraclough for tip. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA ICOM IC-756Pro mod. ICOM R-75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Africa India Loggings
GUINEA 7125, 2330-0001*, RTV Guinéenne Nov 20 Talk in French by male DJ, French pop music with Soukous and Afro-pops tunes. Occasional mentions of Guinéenne. Some QRM from sign-on tones of presumed Voice of Russia. Sign-off at 0001* with national anthem. Fair to good signal. (Atkins-WA) INDIA 3223, 1533-1539, AIR Shimla Dec 2 Presumed, with female announcer in Hindi, possibly parallel 9425 with AIR network news. Poor signal. (Atkins-WA) INDIA 4990, 1607-1612, AIR Itanagar Nov 22 Presumed. Fair signal of slow sub-continental style vocals, with tabla accompaniment. Male announcer in Hindi at 1611, then into Hindi film music. Some slight QRM from Hunan PBS in the background. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA ICOM IC-756Pro mod. ICOM R-75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
RE: [HCDX] Tropical SW Bands Virtually Empty
Very well stated, Aart. I was going to say basically the same thing to Thomas, but your posting appeared first. The tropical bands may be fading--slowly--, but there are still challenging targets for the persistent DXer. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA -Original Message- From: Aart Rouw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 12:25 PM To: HCDX Mailing List Subject: Re: [HCDX] Tropical SW Bands Virtually Empty Thomas, I can not agree with you. Today there was also the report form the Bavarian DX camp from Michael Schnitzer. This shows there are still interesitng catches to be made on the TB bands. Of course, this is somewhat high performance DX, but I can assure you there is still a lot of interesting stations out there, also for a more average listener. Sure, there is less choice than 5-10 years ago. Especially the number of LA stations (except Brasil and Peru) has decreased dramatically. PNG is still very much active, even on 90m, though often on irregular schedules. Of course the future does not look very bright for TB DX, but it is too early to declare this dead. Regards, Aart Rouw Bühl, Germany - ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Recent Tropical Band Loggings Receiver Comments
A new receiver in the shack here is actually a transceiver-- a mint condition, late serial number ICOM IC-756Pro. My Racal RA6790/GM was auctioned on Ebay to acquire the ICOM. As it turned out, the Racal sold for more than twice what I paid for it, so in the end I upgraded radios with money left over. The RA6790/GM is a fine receiver but tedious at times to use for DXing, with only a single bandwidth available for SSB (unless variable BFO is used in CW mode). In addition, the Racal lacks 12-volt power capability for DXpeditions off the grid. The IC-756Pro is an all-DSP transceiver that accomplishes all filtering (51 bandwidths on SSB), modulation/demodulation, and AGC in the 24-bit IF DSP circuits. The centerpiece of the radio is it's colorful active-matrix LCD screen with useful spectrum display scope. With the MW attenuator mod (2 SMD chips removed and a jumper added) it hears trans-Pacific MW DX as well as my R-75. It's great fun to see the foreign mediumwave stations rise above the noise and show a peak on the scope between the 10-kHz domestics. In every tough DX situation, the 756Pro has outperformed the modded R-75 (which is a hot DX rig in its own right). The audio quality is fine too, for pleasant listening and SWLing. I carefully considered a Winradio G313, but was concerned about strong signal handling. So far I'm very pleased with the choice of the 756Pro. Dave Zantow's lukewarm review of the radio at Davez's receiver pages notwithstanding, I've found this detailed technical review of the IC-756Pro and IC-756ProII to be accurate and informative: http://www.qsl.net/ab4oj/icom/ic756pro_notes.html A good product description is found at ICOM-Japan's web site: http://www.icom.co.jp/world/products/amateur/756pro/index.html (2nd page:) http://www.icom.co.jp/world/products/amateur/756pro/details.html At less than half the cost of a WJ-8711A/HF-1000A or RX-340, the IC-756Pro is worth considering; and if you're a radio amateur you can use the other half of the radio, too g - AUSTRALIA 4835, 1555-1607, VL8A Alice Springs Nov 17 Panel discussion with moderator and male female guests about Iraq war, with mention of Fallujah and other locations. Poor, and fading by 1605; no break noted at top of hour. Parallel 2310 had already faded by 1555, but was heard earlier. Also heard with interview program about US politics at 1550 on Nov 19 with a good signal. (Atkins-WA) CHINA 4905, 1607-1615, Xizang PBS, Lhasa, Tibet Nov 17 Exotic hill country instrumentals and vocals, with wood flute, clanging gongs, and other percussion. Fair signal but deteriorating at one hour past local sunrise; parallel to 4920 (poor) and 5240 (fair). (Atkins-WA) INDIA 4775, 1509-1520, AIR Imphal Nov 19 Male and female rapid talk in Hindi at tune-in, followed by slow, mournful vocals; advertisement or bouncy announcement 1514; brief AIR network jingle, then female announcer or reporter with short items mentioning countries in the sub-cont. region. Noted AIR Kohima 4850 in parallel at 1528. Poor signal initially, but rising to good by 1520. (Atkins-WA) INDIA 4850, 1526-1533, AIR Kohima Nov 19 Male and female announcers in Hindi at 1526, parallel with AIR Imphal 4775. AIR network jingles 1529, and into world news in English by male announcer. Good signal. (Atkins-WA) INDONESIA 3344.81, 1455-, RRI Ternate Nov 19 Mellow Indonesian vocals to announcer at 1458 with a few announcements. Into Love Ambon sign-off theme 1459, male announcer again voice-over with ID and frequency, more Love Ambon, and sign-off at 1503. Fair signal. (Atkins-WA) INDONESIA 4750, 1515-, RRI Makassar Nov 17 Noted Makassar with major transmitter troubles this morning-- strong, motor-like rumbling with occasional brief crackles of distorted speech, and hum on the frequency. One hour later at 1615 the situation was still the same, but without the audio. (Atkins-WA) INDONESIA 4790, 1521-1526, RRI Fak Fak Nov 19 Tentative. Weak signal of Indonesian talk by male, nearly obliterated by a strong CODAR sweeper. (It's curious to watch the CODAR signal on the 756Pro's spectrum scope-- there's clearly an alternating pattern of single, double, and [rarely] triple pulses that sweep from high to low in frequency approximately once per second.). (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA ICOM IC-756Pro mod. ICOM R-75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] GRAYLAND 2004 FALL DXPEDITION: Compiled Loggings for Oct 15-17 (part 2)
with 3 stations listed at 250, 600 and 1000 watts. The latter (presumed) had non-stop rock music, occasionally coming up to very decent levels. At 15:40 there was some talk, but not at a level that I could be certain of the contents. I thought that I had heard an AFN ID at 15:30. Will need to check the MD. At 15:42 there was definitely English noted under VOA. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 1575THAILAND VOA, 1501 10/16 VOA News Now in English good o/another station in American English (probably AFN). News Now good 1218 w/talk about HIV (bp) 1575JAPAN AFN (tentative), 1107 10/17 RB music atop freq (bp) 1575THAILAND 1200-, VOA Oct 17 Strong reception with VOA news now program. (Salmaniw, Grayland, WA) 1575JAPAN AFN stations (3 at 1 kw each) apparently the source of English 1440 10/15 with ads for Microsoft products (Word 2003, etc). (Hutton) 1584.02 unID. 1505 15 Oct. Possible Palau w/ pop mx. (NHP-WA) 1584PALAU (assumed) with fair pop mx 1430 10/15. Songs almost always lead right into the next song and the songs are a mix of US rb, reggae standards, an Oriental pop song, and ??? (Hutton) 1584CHINA unid sometimes rising up out of the growl on the channel 1432 10/15. (Hutton) 1584CHINA 1105 10/17 Chinese talk fair atop channel (bp) 1584JAPAN NHK1 big handful of 100 watt stations nicely parallel 594 1429 10/16. If only I could get a local ID. (Hutton) 1584CHINA but unid 1557 10/16 with Chinese-ish classical mx, pips and ID at top of the hour but I can't make it out. (Hutton) 1593CHINA CNR1, Oct 15 1540 - Chinese opera music heard here, and parallel to 6030. Fair to good signal level. (Atkins-WA) 1593CHINA CNR1 Heilongjiang?, Oct 17 1420 - Dreamy, Chinese orchestral music on vibra harp parallel to 1134, 5030 and 6030, in place of the possible Russian language station heard on 1593 earlier in the evening. Fair level, but reception made tougher by unid. Japanese station on the frequency. (Atkins-WA) 1593RUSSIA Russkoe Radio, Angarsk, Oct 17 1320 - Very tentative, with poss. Russian language beneath NHK2 Japanese (JOTB/JOQB). The Russian male speaker occasionally challenged the Japanese station for strongest on the frequency, but mostly it lurked in the background. (Atkins-WA) 1593JAPAN NHK2 Synchros , Oct 16 1251 - Heard here intermittentantly throughout the DXpedition. Sometimes at very good levels. (Bryant-WA) 1593CHINA CNR1 , Oct 15 1315 - Heard swamping usual dominant NHK2 Synchros with CC talk. // 5040. (Bryant-WA) 1593CHINA CNR1 , Oct 17 1420 - This surfaced from the 1593 furball, clearly //5060 and 6030. Later, after NHK2 sign-off at 1500, this noted //CNR1 1377 and, until 1510, //828 (probable Beijing News Station.) All at fair level only. (Bryant-WA) 1593RUSSIA Russkoe Radio Angarsk (t) , Oct 17 1317 - Three signals were present on 1593: the NHK2 synchros, CNR1 and what sounded clearly RR which dominated for several minutes 1315-1320. The only relevant PAL listing is Angarsk. Tentative this at fair level. (Bryant-WA) 1593CHINA CNR1. 1324 15 Oct. //6030 w/two men in CC, slightly delayed from 6030. (NHP-WA) 1593TAIWAN 1016 10/17 poor but parallel 738 and 1143, only 1 kw! (Hutton) 1593CHINA CNR1, 1208 10/16 Chinese talk o/Japan (bp) 1593JAPAN NHK2, 1319 10/16, weather, local ID I think for JOQB (need to replay minidisc) (bp) 1602JAPAN NHK2 synchros. 1404 15 Oct. Woman in EE nx //774. (NHP-WA) 1602JAPAN NHK, 1229 10/16 Japanese talk //1593 (bp) 1611AUSTRALIA 1014 10/16 pop music, Radio 2 ID fair-poor (bp) 1611unID. 1128 16 Oct. Light pop mx, poor in murk; no ID across the hour. Carriers also noted 1629 1665 1683.3 1701.1 (NHP-WA) SHORTWAVE 2959.95 INDONESIA 1317-, RPDT Manggarai Oct 16 Powerful signal at times, but with deep fading as we approach local dawn. Some Western music, and a fair amount of dead air between selections. Brief talk. I did hear 'Makassar' earlier, but no IDs as yet. Guy Atkins and I tried for about 2 hours in July, never to hear an ID, but reception is much better today. Long monologues by the same OM, with brief musical interludes. At 1350, I noted the same Indonesian vocal on 4790 RRI Fak Fak, as here, but not in parallel. A coincidence, I assume, as there were different announcers afterwards. Another announcer came on after this...a woman with a very penetrating voice, with announcements. Very commonly heard in the South Pacific. Likely person to person messages, as they were repeated twice. Often at armchair level! Still going strong at 14:12! Many names heard like Anton, Katerina, Marta, etc. Mentioned Makassar and Bali at 14:13. I'm sure I heard 'Riverside' a few times too. Finally finished at 14:23, with EZL filler, and then a more lively piece at 14:23:45. More long monologue by the same YL announcer, and then into a CW song at 14:32:30. Call in at 14:34 with mention of Manggarai. More static crashes noted as we approach dawn. Caller
RE: [HCDX] Grayland (North) report 1 OCT 15, 2004
Colin, you were right. Thanks for your comments on the Victoria receptions. Friday AM was a VERY good morning at Grayland, primarily with superb reception from Asia. We could hardly keep up with DX, and it lasted late into the morning. JOQR Tokyo on 1134 was in decent audio past 10:20 AM (PDT) (1720 UTC), and the carrier didn't drop below the noise until 12 Noon (1900 UTC!). (I had a recorder running to check the het after we awoke from our midday snooze.) 1900 UTC is 4-1/2 hours past local sunrise! The other two nights were quite worthwhile in their own right. Bruce and Chuck had a number of Vietnam stations past sunrise while the rest of us needed to get a start on equipment packing. I wish we could have stayed longer! A full report of my loggings to follow... perhaps tomorrow morning as I have an evening commitment tonight. There will be a compiled group logging available on dxing.info and elsewhere, after Chuck Hutton finishes the compilation. 73, Guy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 9:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [HCDX] Grayland (North) report 1 OCT 15, 2004 I have been assigned the task of monitoring the MW band at sunrise from the Southern tip of Vancouver Island while the 'guys at Grayland' are doing their thing (Oct 15-16-17). Here is my initial report. I was up today from 1330UTC on and found the conditions to be slightly above average on Northerly paths to Japan and Korea. Regulars like 747, 774 and 828Khz Syncro NHK were S9+ on the Kenwood R2000 w/ coupled 4' Loop for the duration through sunrise. S. Korea on 972 was easily heard past 1405 with KK News. It had no trouble in the shadow on the 980khz Vancouver B.C. powerhouse. There were lots of big hets, some yielding hazy audio; 738khz, 783khz, 837khz, 873khz, 945khz, 1053khz, 1188khz and a very fady 1575khz.. I am thinking that this was a 'very good' morning at Grayland.. From Victoria, B.C. Canada.. I am Colin Newell ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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 ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is coming out. Preorder yours and support open communications for DXers: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Super TP Mediumwave Conditions This Morning
The ionosphere really cooperated this AM! Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and possibly Russian stations were heard across the low- and mid-band of mediumwave, from 1340 to 1440 UTC. In all, I had 23 mediumwave split frequencies heard with at least threshold audio. Strongest of all were 594 (Japanese), 693 (Japanese), 774 (Japanese), 972 (Korean), and 1143 kHz (Chinese). Particularly noteworthy was 693 JOAB Tokyo with English news, parallel to 774 with Radio Japan news including shortwave frequencies and meterband announcement. A short recording is here: http://www.guyatkins.com/files/JOAB_693_EE_nx.mp3 The announcer in the clip seems to be talking about the overnight mooring of the USS Lake Erie (http://www.lake-erie.navy.mil/) at Hidekei (sp?) Port in Japan, with mention's of the vessel's special defensive radar capabilities. I also had Chinese coming in on 738, which was likely the Hunan Satellite BS station from Changsha, at 200 kw. Most intriguing was a possible Russian station, 657 kHz heard around 1350. If so, it's the R. Rossi station in Chita, Siberia. A short recording is here: http://www.guyatkins.com/files/657_kHz.mp3 Can anyone help confirm the language? I didn't get the frequency exactly at zero-beat in LSB, so it's a bit squawky. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA Modified RA6790GM R75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Possible Russian Lang. on 657 ID'd as Korean
Thanks to everyone who replied to me about the unid station on 657. It's definitely Korean, and one HCDX'er was able to get a few phrases of content: I listened to it a couple of times again and got the following: Socialism , If we can not solve solve World Republic (as in North Korean Republic) possibly a reference to Kim Chong-il (current North Korean leader) Korean peninsula It is a political talk about some sort of a problem on the Korean Peninsula. My inclination is Pyongyang BS. I've logged Russia on mediumwave while DXing at the coast, but I haven't (yet) heard it inland at home. Oh well, Pyongyang is still a nice catch, here in the shadow of the Seattle powerhouses on MW. Guy -Original Message- From: Guy Atkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 11:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [HCDX] Super TP Mediumwave Conditions This Morning The ionosphere really cooperated this AM! Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and possibly Russian stations were heard across the low- and mid-band of mediumwave, from 1340 to 1440 UTC. In all, I had 23 mediumwave split frequencies heard with at least threshold audio. Strongest of all were 594 (Japanese), 693 (Japanese), 774 (Japanese), 972 (Korean), and 1143 kHz (Chinese). Particularly noteworthy was 693 JOAB Tokyo with English news, parallel to 774 with Radio Japan news including shortwave frequencies and meterband announcement. A short recording is here: http://www.guyatkins.com/files/JOAB_693_EE_nx.mp3 The announcer in the clip seems to be talking about the overnight mooring of the USS Lake Erie (http://www.lake-erie.navy.mil/) at Hidekei (sp?) Port in Japan, with mention's of the vessel's special defensive radar capabilities. I also had Chinese coming in on 738, which was likely the Hunan Satellite BS station from Changsha, at 200 kw. Most intriguing was a possible Russian station, 657 kHz heard around 1350. If so, it's the R. Rossi station in Chita, Siberia. A short recording is here: http://www.guyatkins.com/files/657_kHz.mp3 Can anyone help confirm the language? I didn't get the frequency exactly at zero-beat in LSB, so it's a bit squawky. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA Modified RA6790GM R75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] RTM Malaysia, 1475 kHz
1475 MALAYSIA RTM Kota Kinabalu, Oct 6 1357 - Very pleased to find RTM with audio, as yesterday they were just a het. Female announcer in unid. language (Tagalog listed in Pacific-Asian Log) at tune-in, then contemporary Middle-Eastern music at 1358. Poor-fair signal initially, but peaked at good level between 1406 and 1407, finally fading into noise and splatter by 1410. The programming continued with uninterrupted Middle-Eastern music and vocals. At 1405 UTC I found 1475 parallel to 4895 on 60 meters, which carries RTM's Green Network programming. If Kota Kinabalu was parallel 4895 at my 1457 tune-in, then the female announcer would be Iban (usual language heard on the Green Network). A short recording of RTM on 1475 can be heard here: http://www.guyatkins.com/files/RTM_1475.mp3. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA Modified RA6790GM R75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Oct. 6th African Asian Loggings
MALAYSIA 4895, 1405-1600*, RTM Kuching Oct 6 Found with Middle-Eastern instrumental music at good level while searching for a parallel to RTM on 1475 kHz. After 1500, Indonesian style pop music was heard. I listened to 4895 as background music while I did other things in the shack, then noticed RTM go off quickly at 1600*, which is the listed sign-off time. For a short audio file of RTM Malaysia on their mediumwave frequency of 1475, take a listen to: http://www.guyatkins.com/files/RTM_1475.mp3. (Atkins-WA) SINGAPORE 3915, 1602-1604, BBC Kranji Oct 6 BBC World Service news in English with male and female announcers. Fair. (Atkins-WA) ZAMBIA 4910, 1605-1615, ZNBC Lusaka Oct 6 Apparent news items in English read by man; only a few words intelligible due to weak signal and band noise. Afropops music noted at 1614, two hours past local sunrise and during Lusaka sunset. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA Modified RA6790GM R75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] This Morning's TP Mediumwave Logs - Japan, China, S. Korea
594 JAPAN JOAK Tokyo NHK1, Oct 5 1332 - Heard with a possible newscast by serious-sounding Japanese announcer. Good signal. (Atkins-WA) 747 JAPAN JOIB Hokkaido NHK2, Oct 5 1338 - English lessons hosted male and female announcers in Japanese, with cheery phrases like Your career is going nowhere; you should get out of public relations. Good to very good signal during peaks, and parallel to 693 JOAB Tokyo. (Atkins-WA) 693 JAPAN JOAB Tokyo NHK2, Oct 5 1335 - Good signal with male female Japanese announcers presenting English lessons, parallel 747 JOIB Hokkaido. (Atkins-WA) 963 CHINA China Radio International, Oct 5 1345 - Fair signal of Chinese music and male announcer in Russian. Presumed; CRI is usually the one with Russian language on 963. (Atkins-WA) 972 SOUTH KOREA HLCA (KBS Liberty 1), Oct 5 1355 - Female and male announcer in Korean at tune-in. Signal peaking nicely at top of hour with more talk, short orchestral music piece, announcements (ID?) by female, and 3+1 time pips at 1400. Into talk or news items by male announcer as signal quickly faded. I was able to identify 972 as HLCA by paralleling it to 1134 kHz just before 1400. A short MP3 recording of this catch can be heard at: http://www.guyatkins.com/files/HLCA_972khz.mp3 It's a good example of how trans-Pacific MW stations can fade in and out over a short length of time. It's interesting that HLCA's location in Pyongtaek (Dangjin) is on the midwestern coast of South Korea, separated from the Pacific by 100 miles of land and a mountain range. Despite the transmitter's location and my own inland QTH, the signal peaked quite well at 1400 (15 minutes before local sunrise). (Atkins-WA) 1134 SOUTH KOREA KBS Liberty 1, Oct 5 1355 - Good to very good level, and parallel 972 with Korean talk and orchestral music. (Atkins-WA) 1287 JAPAN JOHR Hokkaido HBC, Oct 5 1405 - Fair signal of male Japanese announcer with what sounded like a newscast. (Atkins-WA) 1296 JAPAN JOTR Matsue NHK1, Oct 5 1413 - Tentative. Weak signal of what sounded like an interview or panel discussion between two Japanese males. The audio was pretty much wiped out after 1415, as local Seattle/Tacoma stations went full power at sunrise. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA Modified RA6790GM R75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] RRI Kupang Logging
INDONESIA 3385, 1347-1400*, RRI Kupang Oct 4 Continuous lagu hiburan music and other Indo pops to male announcer in Indonesian with brief talk and ID, then off quickly at 1400*. Poor-fair with local noise making copy tough; I had to review the recording to be sure of the Kupang ID. Thanks to Craig Seager in Australia for first noting this reactivation Sep 12. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA Modified RA6790GM R75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Recent Tropical Band Loggings
INDIA 4775, 1403-1414, AIR Imphal Oct 1 Male announcer in Hindi with news items, and mentioning Mumbai many times and other Indian cities. Different male reporter with sports news, including English words 'tournament', 'tie-breaker' and 'competition'. AIR network ID by woman at 1415, and music interlude. Very good signal at local sunrise. (Atkins-WA) INDIA 4820, 1414-1420, AIR Kolkata Oct 1 Tentative. Fair signal of man in sub-continental language and Indian flute tabla music. Strong co-channel interference from Xizang PBS, China which dominated the frequency. (Atkins-WA) INDIA 4880, 1420-1426, AIR Lucknow Oct 1 Probable. Somewhat noisy signal of Hindi film music. Female announcer in presumed Hindi 1425, and back to music with tabla and vocals. Fair level. Another skewed-path propagational morning, as all Indian signals were best on the West Beverage antenna. Over the last two years, India stations seem to favor this antenna roughly 20% of the time. (Atkins-WA) INDIA 4910, 1431-1433, AIR Jaipur Oct 1 Tentative. Weak, noisy signal of Hindi film music and female announcer in possible Hindi language. (Atkins-WA) INDIA 4940, 1434-1438, AIR Guwahati Oct 1 Presumed. Male announcer with monotone talk in Hindi. Fair signal. (Atkins-WA) INDONESIA 3960.9, 1357-1408, RRI Palu Oct 3 Male announcer with phone interview to Indonesian pop vocals at 1400. Interview continued at 1404, lots of laughing and chatter. Mentions of Palu at 1406. Strong signal. (Atkins-WA) MALAYSIA 4895, 1427-1431, RTM-Kuching, Sarawak Oct 1 Huge S9+20db signal with male announcer in Iban chatting with phone callers. Sentimental, romantic song by Malaysia's answer to Dean Martin at 1428 in Bahasa-Malaysian or Iban; more announcer and caller banter 1430. (Atkins-WA) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 4960, 1439-1530, Catholic Radio Network, Vanimo Oct 1 Strong signal 1/2 hour past local sunrise, with usual contemporary Christian music. Noted continuous religious music to 1530 after reviewing recording; no announcements, IDs, or typical R. Vatican IS at top of hour, so presumed. CRN was still in with poor audio at 1530, 1-1/2 hours past sunrise. Best on West Beverage. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA Modified RA6790GM R75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] TP Mediumwave for Sept. 25th
This morning was another good one for dawn enhancement of trans-Pacific signals. From 1325-1405, I noted ten split-frequencies in with audio, and numerous hets. All but two stations in audio were in the lower half of the band. Two intercepts were worth logging: 738 CHINA Hunan PBS, Sep 25 1355 - Female announcer in Chinese, with generic 'Zhongyang Renmin Guangbo Diantai' ID noted at 1400, and found parallel 4990 shortly thereafter. Fair to good signal. (Atkins-WA) 747 JAPAN JOIB Sapporo NHK2, Sep 25 1345 - Male and Female announcers with amusing English lessons: 'Don't call me a computer geek; I read several social magazines, too!' Good signal level during peaks. JOIB also heard yesterday Sep 24 at a good level. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA Modified RA6790GM R75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Tropical Band Logs for Sept. 23: Indonesia Japan
INDONESIA 2960, 1354-1405, RPDT2 Manggarai Sep 23 Probable. Two women in discussion or interview at 1354; heard one of the women exclaim 'That's the way it is! Talk to me, baby!' in English, and then return to Indonesian talk. Light folk music from 1358 to 1404, then talk by woman announcer; too weak of a signal for ID. Poor level, with occasional peaks to fair. Best on NW Beverage. (Atkins-WA) JAPAN 3970 USB, 1413-1421, NHK Unid. Outlet Sep 23 Two men in discussion in Japanese to instrumental music 1418; mentions of 'NHK' 1421. Fair to good signal with some ham radio QRM. Most likely the 600 watt Sapporo station rather than the further south and weaker Nabeta transmitter. (Atkins-WA) NOT SHORTWAVE, BUT...this week has been another interesting one for trans-Pacific MW DX during the fall equinox period. Japanese and Korean stations continue to be audible on my NW antenna in the few minutes before local dawn (1355 UTC). On Tuesday, JOAK Tokyo on 594 and JOUB Akita 774 were the strongest, while JOQR Tokyo on 1134 has consistently put in the best high band signal. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA Modified RA6790GM R75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Trans-Pacific MW and Tropical Band Loggings
It's been a pleasant surprise to find trans-Pacific mediumwave signals making it through the RF jungle this week. I didn't think I could hear overseas mediumwave at home near my Seattle/Tacoma area powerhouses, but I'm happy to have been proven wrong! However, the tremendous boost in the noise and splatter level when locals increase their power at sunrise precludes any DXing past 1330 these days. The best antenna by far this week was the NW Beverage. I found no hints of Down Under reception, as conditions were dominated by a northwesterly path to Asia. -- MEDIUMWAVE 594 JAPAN JOAK Tokyo NHK1, Sep 5 1250 - Strong signal with male announcer in Japanese; 'NHK' network ID in middle of traditional Japanese music at 1254 before fading. Noted with audio at 1330 recheck. (Atkins-WA) 657 UNIDENTIFIED , Sep 4 1302 - Weak audio by male in unidentified language. Most likely the powerful North Korean station on this frequency, given the predominance of Asian MW DX this week. (Atkins-WA) 666 JAPAN JOBK Osaka NHK1, Sep 5 1318 - I noted a weak signal of Japanese language by male on this frequency at 1318, but it never improved. Likely JOBK, the only Japanese outlet on 666. (Atkins-WA) 693 JAPAN JOAB Tokyo NHK2, Sep 5 1258 - Japanese audio with male announcer heard at tune-in; time pips at 1300 and into news items. Fair to good at peaks. (Atkins-WA) 738 UNIDENTIFIED , Sep 5 1309 - Very weak signal in unidentified language; kept checking back but signal never improved. Best reception on NW Beverage, so possibly the strong Korean HLKG, given the Asian propagation and other Koreans audible. (Atkins-WA) 747 JAPAN JOIB Sapporo NHK2, Sep 4 1310 - Weak audio in Japanese by male and female announcers. Also heard August 5 at a better level. (Atkins-WA) 774 JAPAN JOUB Akita NHK2, Sep 4 1317 - Fair audio by female announcer in Japanese; signal slowly drifted downward into the noise. (Atkins-WA) 972 SOUTH KOREA HLCA Dangjin, Sep 5 1314 - Very good audio during fade-ups with man and woman announcers in Korean; orchestral music during later recheck at 1325. (Atkins-WA) 1053 JAPAN JOAR Nagoya, Sep 5 1314 - This was coming in at a good level with male and female announcers' bubbly talk in Japanese, until the Korean jammer on the frequency rose in strength to make reception tougher. (Atkins-WA) 1062 UNIDENTIFIED , Sep 5 1321 - Faint audio heard on 1062, possibly Korean. If so, this may have been HLKQ in Cheongju (50 kw). (Atkins-WA) 1134 JAPAN JOQR Tokyo, Sep 4 1320 - Fair signal of man and woman announcers in Japanese, and bouncy Japanese pop music before fading at 1325. Also noted on August 5th with audio. (Atkins-WA) 1575 THAILAND VOA Ayutthaya, Sep 5 1323 - Female announcer in a SE Asian language such as Vietnamese or Burmese. Presumed log, but John Bryant to the north of me has been hearing VOA on this frequency at good levels this week, so likely them. (Atkins-WA) -- SHORTWAVE CHINA 3900, 1331-1400, Hulun Buir PBS, Hailar, Nei Menggu Sep 3 Tentative. Weak reception of man and woman announcers in Chinese, with Chinese flute and vocals at 1335. Back to male in Chinese 1336, and buried by noise shortly thereafter. (Atkins-WA) INDONESIA 4604.9, 1326-1458*, RRI Serui Sep 4 Caught tail end of RRI network broadcast, with RRI promo and announcements leading up to 'RRI Serui' ID by male, 'Waktu Timur' time check, other announcements, and into very nice lagu hiburan music. ID again at 1336. Excellent, pounding signal at tune-in; best ever heard. Signal only weakening slightly past local sunrise. Low studio modulation ID by male and voice-over steel guitar type instrument at 1454; Love Ambon tune at 1455 (slightly upbeat, peppy version I've never heard before), and announcer with ID, time check, frequency, and announcements 1456. At 1458* Love Ambon ended with Serui sign-off (1-1/2 hours past local SR). Also heard at great levels on August 5. Can Serui really be just 500 watts? Sounds more like 10 kw. (Atkins-WA) NEW ZEALAND 3935, 1314-1319, ZLXA Levin Sep 6 This station continues at better than usual levels, as noted a week ago and as also reported by Walt Salmaniw. Two men in a panel discussion in English at 1314; fair signal. (Atkins-WA) SOUTH AFRICA 3255, 0416-0420, SABC Meyerton Sep 2 BBC World Service news or commentary by man, with discussion about US Bush adminstration's dealings with Mexico, and into business news 0420. Fair signal at Meyerton sunrise, and parallel to 5975. (Atkins-WA) SOUTH AFRICA 3320, 0432-0438, R. Sonder Grense Sep 2 Tentative. Weak signal of what seemed to be Afrikaans lang. by male. Ute QRM on frequency also, disturbing the copy of Sonder Grense. Fading signal just past Meyerton sunrise. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA Modified RA6790GM R75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! Only $20.97
[HCDX] Trans-Pacific MW Logs
This morning was an excellent one for signs of TP mediumwave DX, with hets heard on 29 split frequencies and audio on three channels. John Bryant, residing to the north of me on Orcas Island, WA, also reports numerous hets and audio this morning. However, it's very interesting that he did not hear the three stations below with audio, although he logged 14 other TPs producing audio from his location (closer to saltwater and further from bothersome MW powerhouses). --- 666 JAPAN JOBK NHK1 Osaka, Sep 2 1306 - Weak audio by male announcer in Japanese; sounded like the end of a newscast. Best on NW Beverage. (Atkins-WA) 693 UNIDENTIFIED , Sep 2 1314 - Male announcer in unidentified language. I kept checking back occasionally as local sunrise approached, but the audio eventually faded down into a het. Best on NW Beverage, so possibly JOAB Tokyo. (Atkins-WA) 1053 JAPAN JOAR Nagoya, Sep 2 1318 - Noted with male announcer in Japanese; brief music interlude, and back to announcer. Weak signal, but strongest on the NW antenna. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA Modified RA6790GM R75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Loggings for Aug 31st
INDONESIA 4000.2, 1347-1401, RRI Kendari Aug 31 Good to very good signal of lagu romantik with female and male vocals. Male announcer at 1358, brief music, then female announcer followed by slick, musical vocal ID 'Kendari' sung by a woman. Male announcer again at 1400 with announcements and some background discussion in the studio with another person, then a return to music. (Atkins-WA) INDONESIA 4869.96, 1335-1345, RRI Wamena Aug 31 Apparent phone interview with reporter, noted parallel to 4750 Makassar. Upon returning to 4870 at 1345, Wamena was off the air. Very good signal while it lasted. Presumed, as 4869.96 is typical for Wamena, and Sorong was last on 4870.9 when I last heard them in July. (Atkins-WA) INDONESIA 4606.5, 1402-1406, RRI Serui Aug 31 Male announcer hosting a phone-in show, with male and female callers. Good, clear signal. (Atkins-WA) NEW ZEALAND 3935, 1310-1321, ZLXA Levin Aug 31 Best reception in a long time of this low-power Kiwi reading service. Three men in a panel discussion talking about New Zealand's economy and how it impacts the rest of the Pacific region and Asia. Fair signal. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA Modified RA6790GM R75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Grayland DXpedition Loggings Comments
relay after sign-off as noted earlier in the week. Excellent signal. (Atkins-WA) 3320 SOUTH AFRICA R. Sonder Grense, Aug 21 0415 - Male and female announcers in Afrikaans; poor signal but seemed to be slowly improving, at Meyerton sunrise. (Atkins-WA) 3325 INDONESIA RRI Palangkaraya, Aug 20 1414 - Excellent, powerful signal at 1-1/4 hours past local sunrise with male announcer and many mentions of Palangkaraya. (Atkins-WA) 3345 INDONESIA RRI Ternate, Aug 20 1419 - Phone interview between male announcer and caller. Very strong signal, almost as clear as Palangkaraya. Conversations seemed to be about the Greece Olympics. (Atkins-WA) 3365 PAPUA NEW GUINEA R. Milne Bay, Aug 20 1208 - Very strong signal with male DJ in Pidgin playing hard rockin' PNG melanesian music. Another PNG outlet on late (not parallel 4890), perhaps for the Friday night youth audience? The following PNG signals were noted earlier at 1145 on August 21: 3260, 3325, 3365, 3385, and 4890. (Atkins-WA) 3385 PAPUA NEW GUINEA R. East New Britain, Aug 20 1205 - On late tonight with female announcer in Pidgin, and RB pop tune. At 1212, ad for PNG Motors 'Buy and Fly' promotion with '3000 Kina spending money' for chance to win trip to the soccer finals. Excellent signal, and not parallel 4890. On August 21 at 1215, East New Britain was at local quality level, featuring the 'New Guinea Top Ten Countdown' with the latest Melanesian pop tunes and male announcer in Pidgin, and local ads. Station promo announcement as 'R-N-B FM, one great song after another' with children's voices. Mentions of FM and shortwave outlets and PO Box at 1236, with 'good night God bless'. (Atkins-WA) 3960.9 INDONESIA RRI Palu, Aug 20 1423 - Powerhouse signal with lagu populer of male vocals. Phone interview at 1437. (Atkins-WA) 3970 USB JAPAN NHK, unidentified outlet, Aug 20 1433 - Male announcers in Japanese with Olympics coverage and background crowd noises; sounded echoey like an indoors swimming competition. Surprisingly good signal for 300 watts at 1-1/2 hours past local sunrise. More likely this is the 600 watt Sapporo station (closer to Grayland via great circle route) than the 300 watt transmitter in Nabeta (Nagoya) further South. (Atkins-WA) 3976 INDONESIA RRI Pontianak, Aug 20 1450 - Female announcer with voice-over somber music, reading a poem or drama. EZL music at 1456. ID at 1500 and mention of frequency and meter band by female, followed by ad or promo. Strong signal well past sunrise. (Atkins-WA) 4910 ZAMBIA ZNBC, Aug 21 0422 - Poor but improving signal at Lusaka sunrise, with male announcer in unid. African language; mentions of Zambia and possibly Lusaka at 0428. (Atkins-WA) 7260 VANUATU R. Vanuatu, Aug 20 0945 - I was hoping for Vanuatu, but no sign of it was found on the frequency, only a low-level unid. station playing flute and orchestral music. This is possibly Mongolian National Radio, but the language at 1000 sounded Russian, not the Mongolian as listed in DBS. No sign of Vanuatu August 21 or 22, either. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA DXing at Grayland, WA 750 ft. SW W Beverages, 950 ft. NW Beverage mod. ICOM R-75 / mod. Racal RA6790GM / Timewave DSP-59+ ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] RE: 3315 R. Manus Parallel 4890 NBC
Hans is correct-- Manus has been relaying the NBC network feed on their 3315 frequency. It's at extremely low level, though. Radio Manus was in at a good level again this morning but after their 1201 national anthem, birdcall, and sign-off, they continued with NBC news and music in parallel to 4890 (no discernable delay). The NBC signal on 3315 is so very weak, however, I'd be surprised if it is audible on the East Coast of the USA. I could barely hear it with my Beverage antenna aimed down-the-barrel at Papua New Guinea. Guy -Original Message- From: Guy Atkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 12:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Unid. Logging on 3315 kHz Hans Johnson of Cumbre DX made a good comment that perhaps my unid. was Manus relaying 4890 Port Moresby after their local sign-off. The odd part is the change from a good-to-very-good level of Manus at sign-off, to the barely readable audio, down in the noise. I'll have to check again tomorrow for 3315 post-1200 and see if it's parallel 4890. The Manus carrier dropped immediately at 1201 after the NA... perhaps they didn't pull the plug out *all* the way g Guy -Original Message- From: Guy Atkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 11:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [HCDX] Loggings for 3315 kHz UNIDENTIFIED 3315, 1202-1215, Aug 16 While reviewing a recording of R. Manus, I discovered a weak signal of a male announcer in English that had been lurking beneath the PNG station. After Manus signed off at 1201 this unidentified station was in the clear, but very weak. The programming was a newscast read by a male announcer, with mentions of 'Southeast Asia', 'Indonesia' and (most interestingly) a clear 'National Radio' at 1204:30. After a long pause, the announcer began what sounded like a commentary that continued until the end of my recording at 1215. The last five minutes were covered by a strong utility transmission, which is unfortunate because the unid voice station was getting stronger. In last year's DXing.info article titled Broadcasting In Laos (http://www.dxing.info/articles/laos.dx), Bob Padula mentioned 'A fourth transmitter is registered, with 1 kW, on 3315, 0100-1800, again for Laos, but not heard recently.' Could this unid be Lao National Radio? 1200 UTC is just past sunset in Vientienne, and a half-hour before my local sunrise. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA Modified RA6790GM R75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Loggings for 3315 kHz
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3315, 0838-1201*, R. Manus Aug 16 Weak, watery audio first noted 0838 with male in unidentified language. Announcements and probable news heard at 0900, and language was definitely Pidgin. Signal continued weak to 1045 when it improved to fair, and was good by 1100 log drums and into news items again. Melanesian music (some quite primative sounding) heard from 1115 to 1145 at a good level, with male announcer in Pidgin mentioning New Guinea occasionally. Old bluegrass gospel tunes and more PNG native music to sign-off announcements at 1159, with mentions of Papua New Guinea, frequency, program, and two IDs as 'Maus Bilong Chauka' 1159 and 1200. Sign-off was at 1201 with the PNG national anthem and the call of the Bird of Paradise. Though I reviewed my recording, I could not find any mention of 'R. Manus' or 'Lorengau'. However, the 'Maus Bilong Chauka' ID matches that shown in the WRTH. After R. Manus sign-off, a weak signal in English was revealed on 3315. I first thought of AIR Bhopal, but a check of Geoclock showed that 1200 is 1-1/2 hours before Bhopal SS; possibly Laos? See separate logging. (Atkins-WA) UNIDENTIFIED 3315, 1202-1215, Aug 16 While reviewing a recording of R. Manus, I discovered a weak signal of a male announcer in English that had been lurking beneath the PNG station. After Manus signed off at 1201 this unidentified station was in the clear, but very weak. The programming was a newscast read by a male announcer, with mentions of 'Southeast Asia', 'Indonesia' and (most interestingly) a clear 'National Radio' at 1204:30. After a long pause, the announcer began what sounded like a commentary that continued until the end of my recording at 1215. The last five minutes were covered by a strong utility transmission, which is unfortunate because the unid voice station was getting stronger. In last year's DXing.info article titled Broadcasting In Laos (http://www.dxing.info/articles/laos.dx), Bob Padula mentioned 'A fourth transmitter is registered, with 1 kW, on 3315, 0100-1800, again for Laos, but not heard recently.' Could this unid be Lao National Radio? 1200 UTC is just past sunset in Vientienne, and a half-hour before my local sunrise. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA Modified RA6790GM R75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] RE: Unid. Logging on 3315 kHz
Hans Johnson of Cumbre DX made a good comment that perhaps my unid. was Manus relaying 4890 Port Moresby after their local sign-off. The odd part is the change from a good-to-very-good level of Manus at sign-off, to the barely readable audio, down in the noise. I'll have to check again tomorrow for 3315 post-1200 and see if it's parallel 4890. The Manus carrier dropped immediately at 1201 after the NA... perhaps they didn't pull the plug out *all* the way g Guy -Original Message- From: Guy Atkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 11:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [HCDX] Loggings for 3315 kHz UNIDENTIFIED 3315, 1202-1215, Aug 16 While reviewing a recording of R. Manus, I discovered a weak signal of a male announcer in English that had been lurking beneath the PNG station. After Manus signed off at 1201 this unidentified station was in the clear, but very weak. The programming was a newscast read by a male announcer, with mentions of 'Southeast Asia', 'Indonesia' and (most interestingly) a clear 'National Radio' at 1204:30. After a long pause, the announcer began what sounded like a commentary that continued until the end of my recording at 1215. The last five minutes were covered by a strong utility transmission, which is unfortunate because the unid voice station was getting stronger. In last year's DXing.info article titled Broadcasting In Laos (http://www.dxing.info/articles/laos.dx), Bob Padula mentioned 'A fourth transmitter is registered, with 1 kW, on 3315, 0100-1800, again for Laos, but not heard recently.' Could this unid be Lao National Radio? 1200 UTC is just past sunset in Vientienne, and a half-hour before my local sunrise. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA Modified RA6790GM R75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 700 ft. Beverage Antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] SE Asia Loggings June 26
INDONESIA 4870.9, 1053-1102, RRI Sorong on June 26 with lagu melayu 1053, female with time check and announcements 1056; ukelele tune, and nice clear ID by woman announcer 1059. Into local news by male, not parallel Makassar 4750. Very good level. (Atkins-WA) JAPAN 3607.5 USB, 1107-1125, NHK Shobu-Kuki, Tokyo on June 26 with animated discussion in Japanese between two men. Japanese bubblegum pop music by female group at 1109. More talk by Japanese males 1114. Into silly version of Daydream Believer by Carol Channing (or parody of her voice). Very good signal, and parallel 3970. (Atkins-WA) JAPAN 3970 USB, 1105-1125, NHK Nabeta, Nagoya 1 on June 26 with with programming parallel to 3607.5. Good to very good signal. (Atkins-WA) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3260, 1025-1035, R. Madang June 26 nice signal with male announcer in Pidgin; several mentions of Madang at 1030; into PNG pop music and vocals. Good level. (Atkins-WA) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3335, 1036-1052, R. East Sepik June 26 with strong signal and Yellow Bird song on electric guitar with excessive wah-wah pedal improvisations--an amusing rendition of this 1960s classic. Female announcer 1044 in Pidgin giving song title. Interview with man 1045 and mentions of PNG. Melanesian sing-sing music by The River Band(?) at 1052. Very good signal. (Atkins-WA) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 4960, 0910-0915, Catholic Radio Network June 26 with holy rosary reading; fair level at tune in. Improving signal at 1001 recheck with Vatican news, and good, clear level at 1050 with Christian contemporary guitar music vocals. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Modded RA6790GM R75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 450 700 ft. Beverage antennas ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Catholic Radio Network, PNG Heard on 4960
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 4960, 0958-1300 June 4 first noted just above threshold level with male female talk in English. Hail Mary, Full of Grace prayers by two people in unison at 1001. Flute music, then PNG sing-sing style of music at 1004. Signal improved to fair over the next half hour, with apparent BBC relay of two Brit-accented announcers to 1027, mentioning Media(?) World News and BBC and also Radio New Zealand at 1028. Vatican Radio interval signal at 1029, followed by xylophone drums. Many mentions of Papua New Guinea by male female announcers 1030-1032. Signal continued to improve slowly to Vatican Radio IS again at 1040. Devotion prayer reading 1045, Vatican IS at 1059, then clear ID by female This is the Catholic Radio Network of Papua New Guinea at 1059:50, followed by song Thy Loving Kindness and instrumental tunes. ID again at 1110 in English followed by mention of Rabaul, but the female announcer switched to Tok Pisin at this point. By 1130 CRN's signal had improved to very good, with a mix of male announcer in Tok Pisin and contemporary religious music to dead air from 1200:40 to 1201:08. Religious tunes continued uninterrupted to 1245, when a recorded mass or devotional segment from the Vatican was introduced by two male announcers. If this very good signal continues, it will be easily audible on the East Coast of the USA... better try for CRN before Wayne Wilson of TE-PNG tweaks the antenna system! (ATKINS-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA Modified RA6790GM R75 450 ft. W, 700 ft. NW Beverages ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] More News on CRN, 4960 kHz
I received another email from Wayne Wilson of T.E. PNG (the comms. firm handling the transmitter installation). He confirmed that the 4960 shortwave transmitter for CRN will definitely be in Vanimo (an FM transmitter was recently installed in Aitape). Wayne also mentioned the transmitter had just been collected by their forwarder. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Catholic Radio Network PNG Transmitter delayed
Wayne Wilson of T.E. PNG Ltd. in Boroko emailed me this status report of the new PNG transmitter for 4960 kHz, after I inquired of CRN if the station was operational: Dear Guy: Fr. Mlak has passed on your enquiry regarding the delivery of the SW transmitter for Aitape. It was delayed due to technical problems with the transmitter driver PCB which are apparently sourced externally by the factory. Now this has been solved and the transmitter should be shipping from the factory this week. We would certainly be interested is your reception report once the station is up and running. The main radiation from the antenna is designed to be high angle, near vertical incidence to reflect back to PNG and out to about 1000km so it will we interesting to see if the signal reaches the US. The other stations in the 3200 3400 kHz band are meant to be running 10,000 watts whereas the Vanimo CRN Tx will be 1000 watts. -- I thanked Mr. Wilson for his reply and asked for an update when testing is about to begin, as well as clarification about the transmitter location (Vanimo or Aitape). If I hear further details I'll pass them along to Hard-Core-DX. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Unid. Carrier on 4960
UNIDENTIFIED 4960, 1045-1105, testing of Catholic Radio Network, Vanimo PNG? Thanks to tip from Craig Seager-OZ ARDXC via Jerry Berg, I also noted an open carrier on 4960 this morning, Apr. 20. I spot-checked timed recordings from both receivers and found an open carrier beginning at 1015. The OC grew steadily in strength to 1044, when it began to change to a raspy, buzzy quality, then off at 1045. A strong, clean carrier began again at 1053 and was continuous to 1105 when my RecAll Pro's recordings finished. I had intended to record to 1205 but I had set the software's timer incorrectly; will check again through 1200 tomorrow. The OC was strong enough to be heard on the East Coast USA, in my estimation. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA Modded RA6790GM R75 Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 700 ft. E-W Beverage ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] HK Weather Broadcast
Finally, something to report on 8749 from here: HONG KONG 8749 USB, *1033-1040*, Hong Kong Royal Observatory, April 10 weather broadcast for China Sea Race 2004. Quite tough copy, but still caught snippets and phrases here and there by woman announcer, such as heavy seas, area A, and area B. This was the first night I've caught any audio at all on 8749. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA modified RA6790GM R-75 receivers Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 700 ft. E-W Beverage ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Correction: HK Weather Broadcast Log
I don't know what my fingers were thinking so early in the morning. I should have typed a sign-off of 1038*. Guy -Original Message- From: Guy Atkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 3:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: HK Weather Broadcast Finally, something to report on 8749 from here: HONG KONG 8749 USB, *1033-1040*, Hong Kong Royal Observatory, April 10 weather broadcast for China Sea Race 2004. Quite tough copy, but still caught snippets and phrases here and there by woman announcer, such as heavy seas, area A, and area B. This was the first night I've caught any audio at all on 8749. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA modified RA6790GM R-75 receivers Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 700 ft. E-W Beverage ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Indo / PNG Loggings
Fairly mediocre reception on the tropicals this morning, but a few were worth noting: INDONESIA 4874.6, 1127-1140, RRI Sorong Apr. 10 with a mix of US RB pop music and female announcer in Indonesian. Mentions of Sorong, Medan, and Jakarta at various times. Good level. (Atkins-WA) INDONESIA 4925, 1140-1202, RRI Jambi, presumed Apr. 10 with a weak signal (initially) of male announcer in Indonesian. Indo pop music 1145, but seemed to be having transmitter problems with signal cutting in and out, and level varying up and down. Much better signal by 1150, with more pops. Male announcer with mention of Jambi at 1159, and into (live?) speech with microphonics, crowd noises, some dead air. (Atkins-WA) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3325, 1115-1124, R. North Solomons Apr. 10 mixing with co-channel Palangkaraya at equal strength. Mournful, PNG tribal music with vocals and stringed instrument to much more cheerful sing-sing choral tune at 1020. Male announcer in pidgin 1123. R. North Solomons seemed to be the only PNG putting on a good show this morning; the remainder of the outlets had weak, watery signals. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA modded RA6790GM R-75 receivers Kiwa MAP / ERGO / DSP-59+ 700 ft. E-W Beverage ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] FURTHER INFO: Hong Kong Yacht Races - Weather Broadcast Schedule
Here's additional information I've gleaned from a closer reading of the yacht race document I was sent. Evidently the April 19-23rd dates I gave originally were for boats heading to the Philippines *after* the Hong Kong race. The actual China Sea Hong Kong Yacht race has just started, and the weather broadcast schedule is below. I have to presume that the times given are Hong Kong local time (see http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=102 for latest HK time and info). Hong Kong is UTC +8 hours, so if 0833 is UTC, then the weather forecast would be in late afternoon... not much help to the yacht crews, as they would nearly be done with racing for the day. 0833 local time makes much more sense to inform participants before setting sail. I could not find any specific information positively indicating local time rather than UTC, however. Here's the weather broadcast information for the actual race: 8749 KHZ DateTimeTime 8th April 2004 1833 9th April 2004 08331833 10th April 2004 08331833 11th April 2004 08331833 12th April 2004 0833 The times above work out to 0033 and 1033 UTC. My apologies for any confusion my previous message caused. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Two TP MW Logs
1134JAPAN, JOQR Tokyo 1415-1420 on Mar. 1 with weak signal of two male announcers in Japanese. Orchestral music heard at 1421. Many hets noted on split frequencies across the MW band this morning. (ATKINS-WA) 1575(p) THAILAND, VOA Ayutthaya 1434-1440 Mar. 1 male announcer in possible Laotian or Khmer; fading into noise by 1440, apparently for good by 1458 recheck. Bruce Portzer's excellent Pacific-Asian Log indicates Lao/Khmer/Viet/Burmese during this time period. Poor-fair. (ATKINS-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA modified ICOM R-75 / Racal RA6790GM Kiwa MAP / Creative Express ERGO 450 ft. western Beverage ant. ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Unidentified 4750
UNIDENTIFIED 4750, 1540-1600*, Feb. 28. Perhaps this is RRI Makassar, surprisingly on-frequency rather than their 4753v frequency of many years; however, programming was unlike any I've heard on an RRI station before. From 1540 to 1556 there was nearly continuous electronica dance music, with a voice-over announcer in possible Indonesian language. Modulation was only fair, and with the constant music it was tough to ID the lang. for certain as Indonesian; it's possible I was hearing Tagalog or similar. As 1600 approached, I was expecting to hear RRI Makassar and possibly the Love Ambon sign-off tune or a scrap of the Song of the Coconut Islands. However, the announcer just continued with rapid-fire talk over the pounding music. At 1600 the music changed to what sounded like a promo or musical ID with a female vocalist singing possible call letters or station name, and then off at 1600*. This fits with Makassar's typical sign-off time, but the nontraditional programming and lack of typical RRI sign-off routine has me wondering. Chuck Bolland in DXLD #4-036 reported 4749.96 at 1100-1110 as a probable Makassar log, but no ID heard. Perhaps Makassar has changed their late-night programming for a younger audience appeal in addition to abandoning RRI network formalities such as SCI, Love Ambon, Jakarta news relay, etc. (ATKINS-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA Modified ICOM R-75 / Racal RA6790GM Kiwa MAP / ERGO / 450-ft. Western Beverage Ant. ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Zimbabwe 3306 // 4828
ZIMBABWE3306, 0250-0315, ZBC Feb. 27 First noted extremely weak signal with Afropops music and announcer in unid. language, parallel 4828. Slightly better signal at 0305 as terminator approaches Gweru, but better signal on 3306 than 4828. Hopefully ZBC's signal will rebound toward 0330 SR, but at 0315 it was sinking into the noise and 4828 was gone entirely. Heard off back end of western Beverage antenna. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA modified ICOM R-75 / Racal RA6790GM Kiwa MAP / ERGO 450 ft. term. Beverage at 270 degrees ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is out! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] DXpedition Loggings from OCSP, Washington State USA, Jan. 11-12
Pyongyang Jan 12 Typical ethereal, lush
instrumentals and soaring female vocal music heard on Pyongyang outlets.
Solemn announcer in Korean 1653. Huge, steady signal dominating both
antennas. (Atkins-WA)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3260, 1103-1120, R. Madang Jan 12 Woman announcer reading
news items in pidgin, with mentions of Papua New Guinea. Fair level. Other
PNGs heard this evening: 3275 R. Southern Highlands (fair, with news and
reggae music); 3290 R. Central (news items from PNG cities); 3325 R. North
Solomons (tentative-- mixing w/Palangkaraya); 3335 R. East Sepik (good, with
rock and roll, parallel 4890); 3355 R. Simbu (vy good with sing-sing music);
3905 R. New Ireland (presumed this-- exc. with pidgin lang. pop music); 4890
NBC (exc. with pidgin rock and roll, parallel 3335). (Atkins-WA)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 9675, 0606-0626, NBC Port Moresby Jan 11 Heard with old
rock roll tunes including Byrds and Hendrix. Woman announcer in English at
0615 with mentions of Port Moresby and NBC. Warbling audio at 0625, and
suddenly off in mid-song at 0626. Very good signal, but interference from
pres. co-channel R. Cancao Nova with sermon in Portuguese. (Atkins-WA)
SINGAPORE 3915, 1729-1731, BBC Kranji Jan 11 Sportcast of soccer game, with
announcers in English. BBC ID at 1730. Excellent signal. (Atkins-WA)
SOLOMON ISLANDS 5019.9, 0959-1008, SIBC Jan 12 Near-local quality signal
with male announcer giving IDs and promos in English ('SIBC... your window
on the world', etc.) at 0959. Local Solomon Islands news items read by
woman, including trade news, Honiara city council elections, AIDS report,
and political office openings. ID at 0707: 'This news is coming to you from
the SIBC, Radio Hapi Isles, Honiara'. String of ads at 1026, including
'Hubba Bubba' bubble gum, and job opening announcements. (Atkins-WA)
SOUTH AFRICA 3255, 0350-0353, BBC Meyerton Jan 11 Male announcer in English,
discussing African regional trade issues. Fair to good signal. (Atkins-WA)
SOUTH AFRICA 3320, 0403-0405, R. Sondergrense Jan 11 News items by male
announcer in presumed Afrikaans. Mentions of Johannesburg. Fair. (Atkins-WA)
SOUTH KOREA 3985, 1639-1647, Echo Of Hope Jan 11 Woman speaker in Korean to
1644 English RB pop song. Excellent S-9 signal. (Atkins-WA)
UNIDENTIFIED 3340, 0435-0503*, Jan 11 English and Spanish Christian praise
music continuous to 0501 presumed ID, but buried in noise and poor
modulation. Off at 0503*. Fair. HRMI-R. Misiones, Honduras? In 2002, this
was a planned freq expansion for HRMI. (Atkins-WA)
VANUATU 7260, 0944-0958, R. Vanuatu Jan 12 Mix of choral sing-sing music and
reggae tunes, with female announcer in Bislama or pidgin. 'R. Vanuatu' IDs
at 0954 and 0958 with mentions of 'Vila' and phone numbers. Excellent
signal. (Atkins-WA)
ZAMBIA 4910, 0406-0415, ZNBC Jan 11 Very good signal of soukous music to
0410, then male announcer or DJ with excited 'One Zambia, One Nation!'
exclamation. Back to afropops music at 0411. (Atkins-WA)
ZAMBIA 4910, 1648-, ZNBC Jan 11 Excellent signal of lively, dance hall
Soukous music; even better signal than earlier shortpath reception. Male
announcer in lang. 1655 with mention of 'Zambia National Trade Union' and
'National Assembly'. 3 time pips at 1700 and time check by male as '19
hours' followed by ID. Parallel 6165, good level. 4910 still going strong at
1725 recheck, 1-1/2 hours past local SR. (Atkins-WA)
ZAMBIA 4965, 1702-, R. Christian Voice Jan 11 Tuned in just in time to catch
full ID and promo: 'You're listening to Radio Christian Voice, bringing you
Good News and a good message all day long... Radio Christian Voice, the
radio for Africa'. Into a capella vocals by male. Good signal. (Atkins-WA)
Guy Atkins
Puyallup, WA USA
DXing at Ocean City State Park, WA
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CORRECTION: [HCDX] DXpedition Loggings from OCSP, Washington State USA, Jan. 11-12
Sorry, AIR has *not* been party to a mega-merger with RRI, nor do they have relay agreements g. This log should be for INDIA of course. Guy -Original Message- From: Guy Atkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 12:15 PM Subject: RE: [HCDX] DXpedition Loggings from OCSP, Washington State USA,Jan. 11-12 Jan. 11 12 snip INDONESIA 4860, 0132-0533, AIR Delhi Jan 12 Woman reading script or news items in Hindi; mentions of Delhi and other cities. Very good level during grayline conditions. (Atkins-WA) snip ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is coming out! Preorder yours now! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Tropical Band Loggings Dec. 5
CHINA 4820, Tibet Peoples BS 0013-0024 Dec. 5 English language lesson with announcer alternating phrases in Mandarin. Fair during grayline condx. Almost gone by 0036 recheck. (Atkins-WA) INDIA 4790 AIR Chennai 0038-0105 Dec. 5 very faint signal at tune-in with sub-continental music and announcer in unid. language; possibly Hindi. signal buried beneath strong space zapper ute (more commonly called the swisher by East Coast North Am. DXers :^) Slightly better level at 0100, but still too weak and buried for ID. More sub-cont. flute and vocals at 0102. (Atkins-WA) MAURITANIA 4845, R. Mauritanie 0026-0035 Dec. 5 phone-in show with announcers and callers in Arabic. Primative-sounding stringed instrument (kora?) alternating with Arabic chatter between two men-- seemed to be a performance by a musician in the studio. Very good reception; best heard here in years. Checked back at 0050 but found only a carrier.(Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA Modified AR7030 R75 / Kiwa MAP / ERGO 450 ft. Western Beverage antenna ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is coming out! Preorder yours now! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
RE: [HCDX] Question about Minidisc recorders
Hi Fabrizio, The following Sony models have various combinations of the features you want, but I don't think any of them have *all* the features. The MZ-B10 comes the closest, I think: http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-B10.html http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-B100.html http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-B50.html http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-R5ST.html If you have a receiver that has a built-in timer switch (relay), you can use a MD recorder with a vox or voice-activated recording mode to automatically start recording when the receiver turns on and sends its audio signal through the connecting cord to the minidisc. 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Fabrizio Magrone Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 6:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [HCDX] Question about Minidisc recorders Hello! I would like to buy a minidisc recorder (portable or deck, it doesn't matter) with the following features: 1) Date/time stamp 2) Long time recording mode (LP4): about 320 minutes 3) Auto Time Stamp (automatic time stamps every xx minutes) 4) On/off timer (capability to automatically switch the recorder on and off at given times) It seems to me that 4) is a rare feature. Does any MD expert out there know of an unit with *all* these features? TIA for any suggestion! 73 Fabrizio ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is coming out! Preorder yours now! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
RE: [HCDX] Question about Minidisc recorders
Hello Max, I remember years ago hearing similar noise to what you described on another DXer's MZ-R3 (R2?) Sony recorder. This is quite an ancient minidisc recorder; I had presumed that these problems were gone from the newer recorders. (Evidently not!) The four models I've owned have had zero interference problems on shortwave or mediumwave... all provided excellent DX recordings: Sony MZ-R4ST Sony MZ-R50 Sharp MD-X5 (CD/MD changer) Sharp MS-702 However, my recordings have all been made from tabletop receivers with metal cases. Perhaps the unshielded plastic case of your ICF7600GR is the problem :^( Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of M. van Arnhem Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 1:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [HCDX] Question about Minidisc recorders Last year I bought a Sony Minidisc recorder to record from my Sony ICF7600GR receiver during travelling. I was very disappointed because of the intereference produced by the MD recorder. Al recordings were spoilt by buzzing noise about every minute or so and lasted several seconds. I wonder if somebody knows which MD recorder works together with portable receivers without producing interference. (BTW : I contacted Sony here in The Netherlands and they knew about the problem; I could return the MD recorder and they restituted my money). Max van Arnhem The Netherlands ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is coming out! Preorder yours now! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Radio Cook Islands: Local Quality 90-Min MP3 Recording Available
A recent discussion thread on Hard-Core-DX about Radio Cook Islands prompted me to make the following MP3 audio files available to the DX community. Each recording is a 45-minute segment of a 90-minute cassette tape I made while visiting Rarotonga in 1993. The files are Zipped together with a Readme to save a bit of file size. The MP3 particulars are 16-bit, 16-kHz encoding in monaural format. If you can only download one of the two segments due to ISP costs, online time, etc., I'd recommend the first recording. Both are enjoyable, but the first MP3 has more programming variety. http://home.comcast.net/~guyw.atkins/files/R_Cook_Islands_1.zip (5 Mb download) http://home.comcast.net/~guyw.atkins/files/R_Cook_Islands_2.zip (5 Mb download) Below is the text of the README file included with each segment: Radio Cook Islands 630 kHz mediumwave Recorded: April 6, 1993 at the Rarotongan Resort (7 km from transmitter) Equipment: Grundig Sat. 500 receiver, Marantz PMD-221 Cassette Recorder The programming of Radio Cook Islands is bilingual, and announcers are fluent in both English and Cook Islands Maori. Music selections on RCI encompass all styles, to appeal to many age groups. This recording was scheduled to include as much local music as possible. A visit with station personnel revealed that Radio Cook Islands' 11760 kHz shortwave transmitter and antenna were destroyed in a fire in May 1992. The outer islands are being served by AM and FM repeaters and RCI will not be reactivating their shortwave outlet. The shortwave transmissions on 11760 were simply rebroadcasts of the 630 kHz mediumwave station. PROGRAMMING NOTES: R_Cook_Islands_1.mp3 National anthem hymn; sign-on announcements music. Music; weather; sign-off announcements national anthem. Local regional news; weather; ads; music. R_Cook_Islands_2.mp3 Party Time music request show; weather; local ads; more music. OTHER NOTES: RCI programming includes all the hallmarks of a small, non-professional station: stuck records tape carts, dead air, poor modulation, and other miscues. However, that's part of the flavor of local radio, and these errors are heard throughout this recording. Particularly noticeable is the bassy, over-modulation of the studio announcer during sign-on announcements (R_Cook_Islands_1.mp3 segment). RCI's headquarters is in downtown Avarua, and their 5 kw transmitter and modern quarter-wavelength vertical antenna is located in the town of Matavera (northeast side of Rarotonga). Guy Atkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Puyallup, WA USA original cassette recording of Radio Cook Islands transcribed to MP3 10/30/03. ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is coming out! Preorder yours now! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
RE: [HCDX] Radio Cook Islands (shortwave)
Kia Orana Niki, Back in late 1992 or early 1993, DXers were puzzled as to the disappearance or lack of loggings of Radio Cook Islands on its 11760 frequency in the 25 meterband. I was curious, too, as RCI was one of my favorite stations to enjoy when the ionosphere cooperated. In April of 1993 I won an award at my workplace that allowed me to take a trip to the destination of my choice. After some consideration, I chose the Cook Islands. Part of my reason was to visit the studios of Radio Cook Island and investigate for myself. Once on the main island of Rarotonga I discovered that RCI was booming in on 630 kHz mediumwave, but was no where to be found on or nearby 11760 kHz. I listened day and night over the first half of a week for the signal, without success. On a beautiful, warm Thursday morning in the Cooks, I strolled through downtown Rarotonga and easily located the facilities of RCI. I introduced myself to the receptionist, and explained my curiousity at the absence of a shortwave signal from their station. She became a bit upset, and INSISTED that they were on the air on shortwave-- she rustled a newspaper in my face and pointed to their advertisement: Radio Cook Islands, 630 MW, 11760 SW. Of course we're on the air, she said, it's right here in the paper. Eventually I spoke with two engineers, who told me that a transmitter fire in a local telecomm building (shared with Rarotonga's phone company equipment) had burned down the RCI shortwave transmitter some months earlier. I don't recall if they mentioned a date, but I got the impression it had happened four or five months before my visit (the gentlemen were very soft-spoken in English with a strong Rarotongan accent). They also said that they had no plans to rebuild or return to shortwave; the nation was served well with their network of FM transmitters and repeaters. After thanking the engineers for the information, I was able to get them to pose in the entrance to the RCI building for a photograph. Later in the day I found the old foundation of the small telecomm building near a city square. The concrete pad showed obvious burn marks and scorches. Before I left the Cook Islands I made a 90-minute local quality cassette tape of Radio Cook Islands mediumwave programming, since my Rarotongan Resort location was only a few miles from the 630 kHz transmitter. I used a Grundig Satellit 500 and a Marantz PMD-221 recorder. For me, it's a very nice audio record of my visit. The tape includes both sign-on and sign-off announcements, IDs, national anthem and hymn, local advertisements, local news weather bulletins, and a lot of that great Cook Island music! RCI's broadcasts sounded much like the SIBC (5020 kHz) does today-- lots of local flavor. Perhaps I could transcribe this to a monaural, low-bitrate MP3 recording(s) for sharing with others if there's any interest. I enjoy DXpeditions to the Washington State coast 3-4 times per year, and I always check out 630 kHz for the possibility of Radio Cook Islands. I've heard lots of interesting mediumwave DX signals from the coast using directional Beverage antennas, but I've yet to hear the Cooks on 630. To my knowledge, the last confirmed logging of the Cooks on MW was by Patrick Martin of Seaside, OR in the 1980s. I've logged Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Tahiti, etc. a number of times on mediumwave, but unfortunately only domestic USA stations on 630. Here's a very good article with photos about Radio Cook Islands: http://radiodx.com/spdxr/Cooks.htm If you're interested in radio from elsewhere in the Pacific, this web site will have your attention for many hours! Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sunny Beach Lodge Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 11:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [HCDX] Radio Cook Islands (shortwave) Kia Orana My name is Niki, I 'm new to the Hardcore DX List, in fact I'm new to this whole DX thing. I read an article from a Wavescan program in 2000, about Radio Cook Islands on shortwave. That's history now, it seems I was 10 years too late. But I've been wanting to find out more about this shortwave service, and what happened when it went off the air. What kind of programs did it air. Perhaps some of you might have recordings of this station. I look forward to hearing from you folks! Regards Niki ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is coming out! Preorder yours now! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
RE: [HCDX] upside down ionosphere / morning logs at 5PM?
Hi, I don't know where you're located (USA?) but 4845 is a Radio Mauritanie frequency. Ramadan has already begun, and the Arabic-speaking stations usually have extended broadcasting hours during Ramadan. If you're on the East Coast of the US, 5pm would have been, very roughly, an hour and a half prior to local sunset. This is not an unusual period of time for 60 meterband DX to begin rolling in. I vote for Mauritania on 4845 as your catch. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of pioneer ten Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 1:02 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [HCDX] upside down ionosphere / morning logs at 5PM? 10-24-03 Heard Solar conditions were going to be good for ocean DX so I got out my morning wire Saturday at 5 P.M. WOW! Started scag through 60 meters looking for some usual Latins when BOOM in comes this guy talking Arabic (4845 at 0044/ off at 0100) at 90 miles an hour with booming signal! Mohamad this and Mohamad that reading off some kind of list...Koran...I thought to myself , this sure as hell ain't Mexico! This was probably either Indonesia or Maylay but at 5 P.M.? There's nothing but daylight between us. I also got PHL - Radio Veritas + I.D. on 11705 at 0023. I never get this direction at this time. What's up? 73s pioneer 10 ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is coming out! Preorder yours now! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] 10/18-19 Loggings
AUSTRALIA 2310 1435-1440, VL8A Alice Springs Oct 19 Male announcers with what sounded like sports talk. Poor level, but heard parallel 2325 VL8T (fair) and 2485 VL8K (good). (Atkins-WA) INDONESIA 3325 1440-1445, RRI Palangkaraya Oct 19 Fair to good signal of slow Indo ballads. Noisy band this morning, and not many DX signals noted. (Atkins-WA) URUGUAY 11735.35, 1755-1815, R. Oriental Oct 18 Tentative. Extremely weak signal at tune-in, with ballads and male and female announcers in Spanish. Fairly sure of a mention of Uruguay at 1805. Back to SS music at 1807. Poor level off the side of the Beverage, but the R75's twin PBT worked well to dig it out from under strong QRM compared to the AR7030. (Atkins-WA) Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA R75 / AR7030 / Kiwa MAP / 450 ft. Beverage @ 270 deg. ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is coming out! Preorder yours now! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
RE: [HCDX] DX LOG-PHILIPPINES
Hi Patrick, Interesting that you should mention DX on the lower half of the band. This morning I was tuning briefly around 1400 UTC before leaving for work, and noticed hets below about 1000 kHz, but none above. I assumed these were the stronger JJ's, but perhaps they were from the Philippines also, or Taiwan on 738 (I had presumed this was the usual Papeete signal). Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA modded AR7030 R75 w/ERGO, Kiwa MAP 450 ft. term. Western Beverage -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Patrick Martin Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 8:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [HCDX] DX LOG-PHILIPPINES So far the best Filipino morning I have heard this season. It all peaked around 1400 UTC. Nothing much in before that. I also heard nothing above 1200. No HLAZ, VOA, etc. The opening did not last long, but it was strong while it did. SNIP ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2004 is coming out! Preorder yours now! Only $20.97 through us. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059685/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] Grayland DXpedition Loggings
Another excellent Grayland DXpedition has come and gone all too quickly. I attended Friday through Sunday, and a highlight was meeting the man behind the dxing.info site, Mika Makelainen (a name familiar to many of you). Mika's employer, YLE TV of Finland, has sent him to Stanford University for a year of fellowship study, so he was conveniently close to Grayland, WA to attend this DXpedition. (Mika, sorry we couldn't arrange for -30 deg. C. weather like you enjoy on Lemmenjoki DXpeditions :^) Besides Mika, the usual group of Pacfic NW DXers was in attendance. I enjoyed the Saturday afternoon show and tell session with topics presented by a number of DXers, and also the traditional Greek meal in nearby Westport, WA. Most of my time was spent doing A-B equipment tests, resurrecting a troublesome ERGO PC-RX control program installation, and simply kicking back and enjoying the LOUD signals from the many Asian trans-Pacific mediumwave stations that were heard. A compiled logging of the Grayland group's MW DX catches will be distributed shortly to the usual MW DX sources. --- Here are the few stations I did manage to make note of: AUSTRALIA 1701.14, 1225-1229, R. Brisvaani, Brisbane Oct 5, presumed. Noted with female talk in Hindi, with subcont. music; low level signal before fading. Reportedly 100 watts power. (Atkins-WA) AUSTRALIA 2310, 1315-1320, VL8A Alice Springs Oct 4 Booming, strong signal of male female announcer chatter; 'ABC... your country music source' at 1316. Noted parallels 2325 VL8T Tennant Creek at fair level, and 2485 VL8K Katherine at good level. (Atkins-WA) INDIA 4775, 1448-1454, AIR Imphal Oct 4 Poor level of subcontinental music beneath 'sweeper' ute. Off suddenly at 1454. Tentative. (Atkins-WA) INDIA 4910, 1442-1446, AIR Jaipur Oct 4 Presumed, with nice subcont. flute music and female vocals in Hindi. Weak announcement or ID 1445. Poor signal. (Atkins-WA) INDONESIA 2960, 1325-1336, RPDT2 Manggarai Oct 4 Male announcer with continuous talk; mentions of Manggarai and Ruteng. Poor, with peaks to fair level. (Atkins-WA) INDONESIA 3325, 1337-1341, RRI Palangkaraya Oct 4 Good level with emotional speech or dramatic reading by man. Mentions of Jakarta. (Atkins-WA) INDONESIA 3345, 1341-1343, RRI Ternate Oct 4 Nice lagu melayu at excellent level; peaking S9+20db. Equal level on all three Beverages. (Atkins-WA) INDONESIA 3960, 1348-1352, RRI Palu Oct 4 Loud signal with talk by male announcer. Mentions of numerous Indonesian cities and 'kilogram'. (Atkins-WA) INDONESIA 3515.45v, 1230-1238, RSPK Ngada Oct 4 Noted with poor signal at tune-in with frequency ID (RS?? Ngada), and news by male announcer. Mentions of various Indonesian cities. Improving to fair by 1237. Drifting signal from 3515.4 to 3515.5 with buzzy audio. Some CW QRM. (Atkins-WA) INDONESIA 4870.9, 1145-1205, RRI Sorong Oct 4, with powerhouse signal of soft lagu populer and lagu romantik music. Male announcer at 1155 with quick ID and into news apparently from local studio at 1200. (Atkins-WA) MALAYSIA 4845, 1455-1502, RTM Kuala Lumpur Oct 4 R. Six in Tamil lang. with male announcer to chimes or tone at 1500, then into news with many mentions of Malaysia. Good. (Atkins-WA) PNG Bandscan Oct. 4, 2003 1145 UTC Grayland, WA 2410R. Enga weak het only 3205R. West Sepik good w/Pigin tk 3220R. Morobe fair w/KCBS 3235R. West New Britain vy good 3260R. Madang fair-good w/PNG pop mx 3275R. Southern Highlands weak het only 3290R. Central het only 3335R. East Sepik good w/Melanesian mx 3365R. Milne Bayfair-good, //3375 4890 3375R. Western Highlandspoor-fair, //3365 4890 with mx by Sting 4890NBC Port Moresbyexc. with 70's mx Oct. 5, 2003 1115 UTC 2410R. Enga weak het only 3205R. West Sepik good with PNG CW mx 3220R. Morobe good with PNG pop mx 3235R. West New Britain good 3260R. Madang good with Gospel mx 3290R. Central exc. S-9 signal with IDs 3335R. East Sepik vy good with Gospel mx, //3365, 3375, 4890 3365R. Milne Bayexc. at S-9, with Gospel mx, //3335, 3375, 4890 3375R. Western Highlandsgood level, //3335, 3365, 4890 4890NBC Port Moresbyexc. S-9 level with Gospel mx //3335, 3365, 3375 - Guy Atkins DXing at Grayland, WA USA R75 / AR7030 / Kiwa MAP / SW, W, and NW Beverages ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2003 is out! Order it now! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059677/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ ___ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may
RE: [HCDX] Portable MW/SW receiver opinion needed !
John, For your purposes I'd recommend the Palstar R30. It's a great value for the money and fits your requirements. If you don't mind a little more weight, a higher quality receiver would be the AR7030. http://www.Palstar.com Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 2:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [HCDX] Portable MW/SW receiver opinion needed ! I am in the market for a portable receiver with the following requirements: - Must fit in backpack/daypack without breaking my back. I still need to be able to ride my bicycle while carrying it. - Must have good performance when connected to longwires/beverages without undue overloading. (perhaps with loose coupling or preselector inline). - Low battery consumption. Either internal or external. - Have a functional S meter (meter or LEDs). - Selectable AGC would be a plus. (or on/off) - Digital readout would be a plus. Something like the Icom R71a or Kenwood R1000 is on the large side. They will fit in a backpack, but are on the heavy side. Perhaps Sony 2010 ? I have some mini dxpeditions in mind and need to find a suitable receiver. Thanks, John Wilke WB9UAI Milwaukee ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2003 is out! Order it now! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059677/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.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
[HCDX] RE: Grayland, WA USA DXpedition Logs
Correction: The Fiji logging may have been a case of what Theo Donnelly has termed DX ears (wishful thinking), as Bruce Portzer mentioned to me that Fiji on 891 has been inactive for some time. Until there's any more definite details, please consider this log as unidentified rather than Fiji. Guy -Original Message- From: Guy Atkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 12:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Grayland, WA USA DXpedition Logs 891 FIJI R. Fiji 2, Jul 13 1115 - This one noted sporadically during the morning with very brief bursts of low-level Hindi programming. More frequently the station on this frequency was 5AN Adelaide, especially the previous evening. (Atkins-WA) ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2003 is out! Order it now! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059677/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www2.hard-core-dx.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
RE: [HCDX] Filters in AR 7030?
Hi Alf, I have a 2.4 kHz crystal filter in my AR7030, which is Kenwood's equivalent to the FL44A. The large case size and pin-arrangement appears identical to the FL44A which I used to have installed in a NRD-525 years ago. I did not need to use any capacitors, inductors or other matching components with this filter, just small-diameter coaxial cable for input/output leads. I mounted the filter to a nearby shielding can with sticky-back back foam tape. Keep the coax leads as short as possible to reduce the chance of signal leakage. This filter works very well for me, and is noticeably better than the stock 2.2 kHz ceramic in the AR7030. best DX, Guy Atkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bonney Lake, WA USA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alf Ardal Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 4:53 PM To: HCDX Mail Subject: [HCDX] Filters in AR 7030? I wonder if any have installed a Icom FL44A filter in their AOR 7030? Is there needed a change of components when installing one? 73's Alf Aardal ---[Start Commercial]- Check out new HCDX web site: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ ---[End Commercial]--- Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www2.hard-core-dx.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
