[HCDX] Summer schedules update file.
The WRTH editorial team is pleased to announce that an update for the Summer (A10) schedules file is now available for download for http://www.wrth.com. The file is 131kB in size and is in PDF format, which requires the free Adobe Acrobat reader (available from http://www.adobe.com) to open. Please feel free to propagate this information as you wish. Regards, Sean Gilbert, International Editor - WRTH (World Radio TV Handbook) Email: sean.gilb...@wrth.com Web: http://www.wrth.com RX : Icom IC756PRO; Racal RA1792 ANT : 10.5m OCF dipole @ 10m; ALA1530 @ 3m ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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] Updated A10 file available
An updated version of the recent A10 schedules file has been uploaded to the WRTH website: http://www.wrth.com which addresses some issues that have arisen since the original file was published. Changes have been highlighted in red text to enable easy identification. Regards, Sean Gilbert, International Editor - WRTH (World Radio TV Handbook) Email: sean.gilb...@wrth.com Web: http://www.wrth.com RX : Icom IC756PRO; Racal RA1792 ANT : 15.5m Inverted Vee @ 10m; ALA1530 @ 3m ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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] 18 March Log
Log for 18 March, using the Racal RA1792 and Wellbrook Loop. AUSTRALIA Radio Australia 11660 via Shepparton, in Chinese, 1301 18 Mar. yl reading news. Heard mentions of Taliban. ID at 1304.50 : "Radio Australia" by YL, then OM took over. (s6) - (S.Gilbert, UK) Radio Australia 11760 via Tanshui, in Chinese, 1403 18 Mar. YL with talk and Oriental music. Fighting with BBC and CRI for dominance. (s5 QSB) - (S.Gilbert, UK) CHINA Firedrake? CNR1 jammer (presumed) 11500, , in music, 1219 18 Mar. Instrumental Chinese music, then horns and drumming. (s7) - (S.Gilbert, UK) CRI 11640 via Xian, in Chinese, 1251 18 Mar. YL and OM talking. Can hear some of the jamming music from 635 (which is getting stronger) in the background, which is audible even with a 3kHz filter. (peaking s3) - (S.Gilbert, UK) CNR2 (pres) IA Lingshi, in Chinese, 1346 18 Mar. YL and OM talking. Noisy signal, signal becomes unreadable on QSB troughs. (s4) - (S.Gilbert, UK) CRI 11760 via Kunming, in English, 1352 18 Mar. Colliding with BBC and R.Australia. (s8) - (S.Gilbert, UK) CRI 11785 via Kashi, in Chinese, 1408 18 Mar. Chinese instrumental music then into OM talk. (s9+20) - (S.Gilbert, UK) CRI 11920 via Cerrik, Albania, in French, 1510 18 Mar. OM and YL talking and laughing before playing French pop song. (s5-s7) - (S.Gilbert, UK) IRAQ Denge Mezopotamia (pres) 11530 via Mykolaev, in Kurdish, 1225 18 Mar. om talk. (s7) - (S.Gilbert, UK) KOREA Radio Free Chosun 11560 via Gavar, in Korean, 1229 18 Mar. om talk then instrumental music, with YL talking over and brief ID at 1235. (s5 deep QSB) - (S.Gilbert, UK) N. MARIANAS KFBS 11650 via Saipan, in Russian, 1255 18 Mar. Religious talk in English, being translated by OM into Russian, sentence by sentence. Finished at 1258, after final sentence translation, then music and Ann at 1300. (s7 QSB) - (S.Gilbert, UK) KFBS 11580 via Saipan, in Chinese, 1236 18 Mar. 2 YL's talking. (s7 with rapid flutter/QSB) - (S.Gilbert, UK) POLAND Polish Radio (External Service) 11675 via Moosbrun, in English, 1305 18 Mar. OM reading Listeners reception reports. Then on to "Listeners Questions". (s9+20) - (S.Gilbert, UK) Polish Radio (External Service) 11770 via Rampisham, in Russian, 1405 18 Mar. OM talking, then music jingle before back to talk. (s8) - (S.Gilbert, UK) ROMANIA Radio Romania International 11870 via Tiganesti, in Russian, 1453 18 Mar. YL and OM talking over background music. Mentions of e-mail and Russia then web address given. IS start at 1456:15 - carrier off at 1457:30 (s8) - (S.Gilbert, UK) TURKEY Voice of Turkey 11815 via Cakirlar (HFCC), in Turkish, 1447 18 Mar. Turkish song sung by OM, then talk between 2 OM's. (s9+20) - (S.Gilbert, UK) UK BBC World Service 11760 via A'Seela, in English, 1404 18 Mar. OM talking about football. Co channel with CRI and Radio Australia. No one station dominant all fading in and out and over the top of each other. (s5) - (S.Gilbert, UK) BBC World Service (presumed) 11895 via Kranji, in Chinese, 1458 18 Mar. YL singing a lively Oriental song followed by OM talking. Pips at 1500. then carrier off. Can hear another stn weakly in Chinese. No ID heard. BBC is scheduled to 1530. (s6) - (S.Gilbert, UK) BBC World Service 11915 via Kranji, in Nepali, 1503 18 Mar. OM interviewing another OM on telephone. (s9) - (S.Gilbert, UK) USA Family Radio Worldwide 11535 via Okeechobee, in Chinese, 1227 18 Mar. OM talk with occ. comments from YL. (s8) - (S.Gilbert, UK) RFA (presumed) 11590 via Kuwait, in Tibetan, 1239 18 Mar. om and yl talking but huge buzzing QRM (presumed from CNR jammer) although can still make out the audio clearly underneath. (s7 with QRM) - (S.Gilbert, UK) VOA 11635 via Udon Thani, in Chinese, 1243 18 Mar. suffering from co channel QRM from jamming stn. Can hear OM and YL talking but can also hear Chinese music and the jamming signal is about 1-200Hz LF giving a heterodyne. Best in USB. (s4 at best) - (S.Gilbert, UK) VOA 11705 via Tinang, Philippines, in English, 1339 18 Mar. Ann: "Peter Simpson for VOA News, Beijing" after news report, then continues with report from Brian Cann(?). (s8) - (S.Gilbert, UK) Adventist World Radio (AWR) 11725 via Nauen, in Chinese, 1342 18 Mar. YL with long talk, then guitar music and YL singer (in Chinese). Some quite severe distortion on signal troughs. (s9+20) - (S.Gilbert, UK) VOA 11840 via Irana Wila, Sri Lanka, in Pashto, 1449 18 Mar. 2 OM's in talk. Fluttery QSB taking signal into noise on troughs. (s6 QSB) - (S.Gilbert, UK) Family Radio Worldwide 11935 via Nauen, in Tamil, 1512 18 Mar. OM, with strong accent, talk. (s9+10dB) - (S.Gilbert, UK) VATICAN CITY Vatican Radio 11850 via Santa Maria de Galeria, in Hindi, 1451 18 Mar. YL with mentions of Ghandi, then OM talk. (s8) - (S.Gilbert, UK) - 73, Sean Gilbert - Buckingham, UK.
[HCDX] 15 March Log
No monitoring over the weekend due to SWLing in the RSGB Commonwealth CW contest on the ham bands. Found unusually good conditions on most bands. 3 5MHz/80m was open to New Zealand early on Sunday morning. 7MHz/40m opened to Oceania Saturday evening and Sunday morning, 21MHz/15m had great signals from all over Africa, while 14MHz/20m was open to just about everywhere during the 24 hours of the contest. The only band that was poor was 10m/28MHz where I only found a couple of stations. Today though, 10m was open to Western Australia, the first VK I have heard on that band since 2007 Here are todays broadcast loggings: CHINA CRI 15230 via Sackville, in English, 1432 15 Mar. OM translating a YL talking in Chinese about friendship, then back into China Drive prgr. (s9+10) - (S.Gilbert, UK) CUBA Radio Habana Cuba (presumed) 15120 via Habana, in Spanish, 1353 15 Mar. Presumed to be RHC. YL talk with some music. Heard in clear occasionally over BSKSA. Most of time beating with or below Saudi Arabia. Appears to be a few Hz off frequency as there is a SAH when the two stns are near the same strength. (s5) - (S.Gilbert, UK) EGYPT Radio Cairo 15080 via Abis, in Arabic (I think), 1338 15 Mar. Incredibly distorted audio. Worst I have ever heard R.Cairo. OM announcer. Overall this signal is not useable. Urgent repairs needed! Switched to FM and the signal is just as understandable as it was in AM, if not slightly better! (s8) - (S.Gilbert, UK) FRANCE Radio France Internationale 15300 via Issoudun, in French, 1445 15 Mar. 2 OM's talking. Some flutter and what sounds like utility/digital (4-6 short pulses then 1 longer pulse, rough/raspy sounding signal on AM or SSB, certainly not CW). QRM on signal. (s7) - (S.Gilbert, UK) Radio France Internationale 21580 via Issoudun, in French, 1208 15 Mar. YL talk, various mentions of "President", comments from om's. Rapid, deep QSB from s4 to unreadable. (s4-s0) - (S.Gilbert, UK) GERMANY Deutsche Welle 15275 via Kigali, in German, 1439 15 Mar. YL and OM. Playing excerpts from an American accented speaker (sounds like a politician) and then presumably translating and commenting on it. OM with ID in German. (s9) - (S.Gilbert, UK) INDIA All India Radio 15050 via Dehli, in Sinhala, 1328 15 Mar. YL singing Bollywood type song. Then OM with slower song. Audio level dropped very noticeably when songs finished and OM announcer started. Audio so low it is difficult to hear more than an occasional word against background noise on the signal. (s2-s7) - (S.Gilbert, UK) KUWAIT Radio Kuwait 15110 Kabd, in Arabic, 1347 15 Mar. OM with talk, into instrumental ME music with comments from OM. (s9) - (S.Gilbert, UK) LIBYA Voice of Africa (presumed) 21695 Sabrata, in Swahili (presumed), 1230 15 Mar. very weak today, ME style music. YL heard. Even using SSB with DSP noise reduction, it is very difficult to make out what language is being used. (http://www.hfradio.org.uk Icom IC756pro, Racal RA1972 Inverted Vee @ 10m; Wellbrook ALA1530 @ 3m MFJ1026, SEM Multifilter, 'Dream' DRM Software ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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] Log for 12 March
AUSTRALIA Radio Australia 11660 Shepparton, in English, 1424 12 Mar. OM talking about the use of language and speech in conversation. It sounds like the interview was recorded in a cave/tunnel or some where that gives the voice a very hollow sound, certainly not in a studio. Strong splatter from 665, best on LSB with 2.5kHz b/w. 'Artwork' program and "Radio Australia" ID by YL. Audio back to studio quality before returning to the man in the cave. (s9+20) - (S Gilbert, UK) CANADA Radio Canada International 11975 Urumqi, in English, 1532 12 Mar. OM interviewing about companies investing in training for immigrants. (s9) - (S Gilbert, UK) CHINA China Radio International 11665 via Urumqi, in English, 1448 12 Mar. 2 YL's and OM talking about driving and public service drivers (in Great Britain) and their wages in relation to national average. (s9+20) - (S.Gilbert, UK) CZECH REPUBLIC Radio Prague 11600 via Litomysl, in English, 1413 12 Mar. OM talking to the director of "All That Glitters", www.oneworld.cz, mentioned, then business news with Chris Johnson. (s9+20) - (S.Gilbert, UK) EGYPT Radio Cairo 12170 via Abu Zaabal, in English, 1606 12 Mar. OM chanting. Pauses in chanting for about 10-15 secs then starts again. YL with ID and details of following prgr. Audio rather muffled. YL discussing prophets and religion. (s9+10) - (S.Gilbert, UK) GERMANY Deutsche Welle 12080 via Woofferton, UK, in Russian, 1600 12 Mar. ID at sign on, a few seconds before 1600. YL with news, mentions of various countries, including Australia. Email and web address given at 1603:15. (s9 QSN to s4) - (S.Gilbert, UK) INDIA All India Radio 11620 via Dehli, in English, 1416 12 Mar. OM with ID as General Overseas Service of All India Radio" then news read by YL. (s9+20 but QSB to s6) - (S.Gilbert, UK) IRAQ Denge Mezopotamya (pres) 11530 via Mykolaiv, in Kurdish, 1355 12 Mar. om with long talk then 2nd om joined in. Some deep QSB at times. (s6) - (S Gilbert, UK) NETHERLANDS Radio Netherlands Worldwide 12080 via Dhabbaya, UAE, in English, 1537 12 Mar yl talking, gave ID and email/web address at end of program. Carrier off at 1557, just a few seconds after the YL had closed the program. Signal has deep QSB. At 1559, carrier on and DW started up. (s4) - (S.Gilbert, UK) PAKISTAN Radio Pakistan 11565 via Islamabad, in Urdu, 1408 12 Mar. usual bad distortion. OM talking after music, then back into more Pakistani style music, this is when the distorted audio is really at it's worst (s9 with QSB to s5) - (S.Gilbert, UK) PHILIPPINES Radio Veritas Asia 11715 Via Santa Maria di Galeria, in Filipino, 1508 12 Mar. YL talk then ID "Radio Vertias Asia", a few words in English, such as what is your address in Saudi", 2 YL's talking kept mentioning Saudi Arabia and Radio Veritas Asia. Gave schedule as from 28 March, several words of English in middle of Filipino sentences, sounds very strange! (s9+20) - (S Gilbert, UK) SWEDEN Radio Sweden 11540 via Horby, in Russian, 1406 12 Mar. om with talk, commenting on excerpts of another om/yl talking (not in Russian). (s9+40) - (S.Gilbert, UK) UK BBC World Service 12095 Rampisham, in English, 1604 12 Mar. News covering an explosion in Lahore then items about British Airways and Indian Cricket. (s7) - (S.Gilbert, UK) USA Voice of America 11705 via Sao Tome, in Hausa, 1451 12 Mar. om talk then sung "VOA", lively music background to what sounds like an interview in the street. (s5) - (S.Gilbert, UK) VATICAN Vatican Radio 11850 Santa Maria di Galeria, in English, 1515 12 Mar. ID This is Vatican Radio's English Service to South East Asia". YL presents prgr "Come and See", this week about human trafficking. (s9+20) - (S.Gilbert UK) Using the Icom for todays log with both antennas at the same time. I run them through the MFJ1026 phaser so that I can eliminate some local QRM, and also take advantage of the differing signal pick up of both antennas (they each hear signals that are inaudible on the other). - 73, Sean Gilbert - Buckingham, UK. http://www.hfradio.org.uk Icom IC756pro, Racal RA1972 Inverted Vee @ 10m; Wellbrook ALA1530 @ 3m MFJ1026, SEM Multifilter, 'Dream' DRM Software ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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] 11 March log
Some incredibly strong signals around today, the strongest being from CRI which was reading 50dB over 9 on my Icom's S-meter. Interesting result when listening to CRI. Because the sites used were quite a distance apart, even though they were both in Western China, there was a sight echo as the signal from the furthest site took longer to arrive (I would think that was the reason, it was too short to have been long path vs short path). I could hear the echo by using the 'dual watch' feature of the Icom, which is like using a second receiver but it only really works in the same band and mode as the main receiver. The audio levels from the main and sub receiver are balanced with a front panel control. The audio from both of the receivers are fed to both headphone channels, rather than having the main receive in one earphone and the sub receive in the other earphone, as is the case with some of the Yaesu radio's. This means that the echo is easy to hear. CHINA CRI 13670 via Kashi, in English, 1306 11 Mar. China Drive prgr. Talking about the high rate of kidney disease in China. Massively strong signal. (s9+50) - (S.Gilbert, UK) CRI 13790 via Ürümqi, in English, 1309 11 Mar. China Drive, //13670 but 10-15dB weaker. Slight echo between the two (using dual receive on Icom), caused by differing sites/distances. (s9+40) - (S.Gilbert, UK) IRAN VOIRI 15545 via Sirjan, in Arabic, 1553 11 Mar. Female with talk. (s9+20 QSB to s6) - (S.Gilbert, UK) NETHERLANDS Radio Netherlands Worldwide 13740 via Madagascar, in Dutch, 1647 11 Mar. om talking, with comments from another om. Mentioned 'Dutch' and 'Europe' a few times (s9+30) - (S.Gilbert, UK) SAUDI ARABIA BSKSA 15435 Riyadh, in Arabic, 1547 11 Mar. Wailing/chanting, lots of long pauses with blank carrier. 30dB QSB every few seconds, like aircraft flutter but is continuous so could be change in ionosphere. (s9+40 some QSB) - (S Gilbert, UK) SUDAN Radio Dabanga 13800 via Madagascar, in Arabic/Sudanese, 1533 11 Mar. ID Radio Dabanga" and frequent mentions of Darfur by OM. (s9+20 ) - (S.Gilbert, UK) Radio Dabanga 13800 via Nauen, in Arabic/Sudanese, 1638 11 Mar. OM talking with comments from another OM. Music jingle between programme segments. (s9+40) - (S.Gilbert, UK) USA Family Radio Worldwide (WYFR) 13695 via Okeechobee, in Chinese, 1300 11 Mar. Clarinet music followed by OM and YL talking in turns. (s4-s7) - (S.Gilbert, UK) Voice of America 13870 via Botswana, in Swahili, 1634 11 Mar. OM and YL mentioning various place names in Africa such as Mogadishu and Somalia. (s9+10dB) - (S.Gilbert, UK) Radio Martí 13820 via Greenville, in Spanish, 1634 11 Mar. om and yl talking some background QRM from BBC WS (Ascension Isl) on same QRG but Martí much stronger. (s7) - (S.Gilbert, UK) Radio Farda 13615 via Lampertheim, in Farsi, 1304 11 Mar. (s6-s9) - (S Gilbert, UK) - 73, Sean Gilbert - Buckingham, UK. http://www.hfradio.org.uk Icom IC756pro, Racal RA1972 Inverted Vee @ 10m; Wellbrook ALA1530 @ 3m MFJ1026, SEM Multifilter, 'Dream' DRM Software ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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] SW Logging program
I mentioned the logging program I was using in my last post and it provoked some interest but,me others, could not find it. Having contacted the author, he gave me the URL. The home of B-Log and NewLog is now here: http://www mindspring.com/~tom2000/ . Great (free) software but very difficult to find on the web at the moment. 73 Sean ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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] Fw: DRM
Monitoring DRM from The Disco Palace to Europe: FRANCE 6015, 1400-, The Disco Palace, Mar 8. Carrier on at 1400:41 secs, straight into already playing pop song - // 15745. DRM mode B, SNR 22.1dB. DRM ID: 'The Disco Palace'. Unlike the other broadcast this did not chop off the song to give ID. NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 15745, 1300-, The Disco Palace, Mar 8. Test transmission scheduled 1300-1825. Carrier on at 1259:50. cut straight into already started Leo Sayer song then cut off before finish to ID 'Feel the music - the Disco Palace'. Other IDs given say station name first. DRM ID The Disco Palace'. DRM Mode B. SNR 19.5dB 20.96kbps stereo. Drop outs as SNR drops more frequent than from Issoudun. After 1400 // 6015. Using Racal RA1792 and Inverted Vee @ 10m. 73, Sean Gilbert Buckingham, Bucks. IO92MA Web: http://www.hfradio.org.uk RX 1: IC756PRO, CI-V, SEM Multifilter RX 2: Racal RA1792 ANT 1: Inverted Half size G5RV @ 10m agl ANT 2: Wellbrook ALA1530+ @ 3m agl ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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] KBS World Radio log
9760kHz 1105 27 Feb, KBS World Radio DRM broadcast to Eu. ID is "VT Digital" not "KBS World Radio" as I would have expected. On 9545 (also from Woofferton) the DRM ID is "BBC & DW" as expected. Regards, Sean Gilbert, International Editor - WRTH (World Radio TV Handbook) Email: sean.gilb...@wrth.com Web: http://www.wrth.com RX : Icom IC756PRO; Racal RA1792 + Dream software ANT : 15.5m Inverted Vee @ 10m; ALA1530 @ 3m ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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] CVC Special DRM Txn 22-24 Feb
INDIA: 23 Feb 10, 1215 UTC, 17590kHz, CVC DRM ID: CVC Test India; SNR: very poor at 8.5dB; DRM Mode C at 9.18kbps, mono. No audio recovered, signal just not strong enough for demodulation but solid ID obtained using PC 'Dream' software and unmodified Racal RA1792 (16kHz B/W filter with -6kHz BFO offset in CW mode) with the ALA1530. I will try earlier tomorrow in the hope that propagation is more favourable. I am certain that if this was an analogue signal, I would have had no problems listening to it as it was a decent strength, but obviously not clear enough for digital - such is the price of 'progression'. Regards, Sean Gilbert, International Editor - WRTH (World Radio TV Handbook) Email: sean.gilb...@wrth.com Web: http://www.wrth.com RX : Icom IC756PRO; Racal RA1792 ANT : 15.5m Inverted Vee @ 10m; ALA1530 @ 3m ---Original Message--- Date: 02/18/10 17:28:55 Subject: [Cumbre DX] CVC Special DRM Txn 22-24 Feb CVC Special DRM Transmission to India for RadioAsia conference in New Delhi from Juelich, Germany. Date : 22-24 Feb 2010 Language : Hindi Frequency : 17590 kHz Time : 0830 -1230 UTC Reception Reports appreciated. ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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] Disco Palace
DRM: 6015kHz @ 1400, ID: "The Disco Palace" (A06021), Issodun (actual carrier switched on at 45 seconds late), pop music - "If I can't have you" by Yvonne Elliman, then Star Wars theme by Meco (disco version, not the John Williams one). Canned, sung ID at 1415: "All night, feel the music - Disco Palace", then back into music - Dr Hook (When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman). Bit Rate: 20.96kbps Stereo; SNR 22dB; Last track/album info given at end of song, in info box (using Dream software). Website given as http://www.thediscopalace.com and email as i...@thediscopalace.com. Some very brief dropouts at the beginning, like the signal was being clipped - may be software related but not noticed on any other DRM signal, seemed to settle down after about 5-10 minutes. ---------- 73, Sean Gilbert, International Editor - WRTH (World Radio TV Handbook) http://www.wrth.com Web: http://www.hfradio.org.uk RX : Racal RA1792 + Dream software ANT : ALA1530 @ 3m ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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] DRM log
As there are not many logs from DRM monitoring, I thought I would give it a go now I can actually decode DRM (using a Racal RA1792) and Dream software: DRM log from 7 Feb: 13810 0840 BBC/DW from Sines SNR: 23.5dB ID: "BBC & DW" Playing pop songs - English 11900 0842 BNR HORIZONT from Sofia SNR: 18dB ID: "BNR DIGITAL" male and female talking - Bulgarian 11635 0845 VOICE OF RUSSIA from Taldom SNR: 22.5dB ID "VOICE OF RUSSIA" Pop songs and male explaining the meaning of each song - English 9870 0849 RNZI Could hear digital hash but nothing decoded except for partial header. 9780 0850 Radio Exterior de Espana from Noblejas. SNR: 19.3dB ID "REE Noblejas". female talking - Spanish 9610 0853 BBC/DW from Sines SNR: 22dB ID: "BBC & DW", Playing pop songs - English 6095 0856 RTL Radio from Junglinster. SNR: 17dB. ID: "RTL Radio" Pop music - German. Conditions do not appear that good today compared to some recent mornings. Regards, Sean Gilbert, International Editor - WRTH (World Radio TV Handbook) Email: sean.gilb...@wrth.com Web: http://www.wrth.com RX : Icom IC756PRO; Racal RA1792 ANT : 15.5m Inverted Vee @ 10m; ALA1530 @ 3m http://www.hfradio.org.uk ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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] WRTH B09 Updates file available for download.
The WRTH editorial team is pleased to announce that a file containing updates to the Winter/B09 schedules is now available to download from the WRTH website: http://www.wrth.com and click on the "Latest PDF Updates" link You will need the free Adobe Acrobat reader (available from http://www.adobe Com) in order to view this file. The file is 234kb in size and contains schedule updates for international and Clandestine/Target broadcasters plus details of 3 new stations. We hope you find this a useful accompaniment to the printed WRTH. Regards, Sean Gilbert - WRTH International Editor ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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] WRTH A09 Schedule file available for download
WRTH is pleased to announce that the 'A' season schedules file is available for download from the WRTH website at: http://www.wrth.com and follow the links. The file contains schedules for over 230 international and clandestine/target broadcasters. The schedules file is in PDF format (you will require the free Acrobat reader (v6 or above) available from http://www adobe.com) to read the file. The file is 102 pages long and is 355kb in size. We hope you find this a useful accompaniment to the printed WRTH. Regards WRTH editorial Team WRTH Website: http://www.wrth.com Email: sean.gilb...@wrth.com (International Editor) ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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] Late delivery of WRTH
I have noticed that quite a few people are/have had problems with the delivery of WRTH2009. The publisher is also aware of this and has asked me to send the following explanation: "We are very sorry for the delay in shipping of WRTH 2009 by Amazon.com. Copies of the book reached the Port of New York on December 16. They were trucked from there in a sealed container direct to the distribution center in Virginia, USA. They should, and could easily have been, released from there before Christmas. For some reason they did not get released *officially* until January 15. We think they were actually released on February 2. We are aware that the late delivery to Amazon has also had an impact on readers and clubs all over the world who ordered from Amazon.com or from websites who do so. This is the worst distribution performance ever in any country for any edition of WRTH. Next year we will be using a different distribution system. Nicholas Hardyman Publisher World Radio TV Handbook -- I can only apologise for the distribution problems from Amazon. You can order direct from our website http://www.wrth.com as well as your usual sources. Regards, Sean Gilbert, International Editor - WRTH (World Radio TV Handbook) Web: http://www.wrth.com Email: sean.gilb...@wrth.com - RX : Icom IC756PRO, CI-V, SEM Multifilter ANT 1: Wellbrook ALA1530+ @ 1.5m agl + MFJ1026 Phaser ANT 2: Inverted Half size G5RV @ 6m agl -- ---[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
