Re: [HCDX] Loggings 20-30 December 2016

[rdangelo3--- via Hard-Core-DX]

Dave,
 
I see that the weather cooperated enough to let you back into the great 
outdoors for several DXpeditions.  Some nice loggings to end the year.  I have 
one quick question about the Zanzibar log.  Was the ZBC English news on 20 
December at 1700 UTC or 1800 UTC.  The time check for 9 o'clock fits 1800 (UTC 
+ 3 hours) although the flow of the log seemed to imply 1700 UTC for the 
English news.  I have tuned several times for the 1800 UTC the English news 
feed only to hear Swahili news instead.
 
73, Rich
 
 
 
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Sent: Fri, Dec 30, 2016 7:45 pm
Subject: Loggings 20-30 December 2016



20 December 2016 Micro-DXpedition: 


6200   UNID. Something here at the start 1600. Rock mx coming up at 
1603, and recognized “Shadow Dancing” by Andy Gibbat 1606.  Distorted.  
Suddenly blasted for abt 5 seconds at 1608:40and went off.  Pirate testing 
axmtr??  (Valko 20 Dec.)


7465   SINGAPORE   BBC (relay)  1620 feature w/actualities in EG, 
//7445Madagascar.  Both weak but partiallyreadable.  (Valko 20 Dec.)


6195   OMAN   BBC (relay)  W doing the nx in EG at 1631, //7445 
and7465.  ID at 1632 “BBC news”.  Very weak. Getting nice by 1730.  Very 
strongat 1859 w/ID by W, pgm promo, and signal off.  (Valko 20 Dec.)


7174.99  ERITREA  V.O. the Broad Masses of Eritrea (pres.)  M continuously 
tlking in lang. from1635.  Faded by 1649 but still barelyaudible.  Sounded 
audible again at 1737w/poss. mx,  Gone at 1742 check.  (Valko 20 Dec.)


11735 ZANZIBAR  ZBC  1659 end of anmnt by M w/ment of ZBC,usual ToH 
routine of drum IS, slow time ticks, then deadair with the sound theW EG 
nxcaster shuffling around preparing for the nx then ID to start “Its’ 9o’clock 
East African Time.  Here is thenews from Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation read 
by ??  First the main points”.  (Valko 20 Dec.)


7480   MOLDOVA   R.Payam e-Doost  Really nice signal100% copy w/end of 
feature by W in apparent Farsi and closing by M over instru.mid-east mx.  W 
again, classical mxbridge, then feature by M w/break for MOR vcl song 
1823-1825.  More of the same.  Had the usual trumpet fanfare song at signoff 
but no ID anmnt.  Signal off at1845:11.  Wish I would have been here fors/on.  
(Valko 20 Dec.)


22 DECEMBER2016 Micro-DXpedition: 


7120 SOMALIA   R.Hargeisa  M anncr from 1316 butmodulation way to 
low.  If the modulationwould be at 100%, this would be nice.  (Valko 22 Dec.)


7175 ERITREA   V.O.the Broad Masses of Eritrea  1337 HoA mx, then M 
anncr at 1339, mx bridge,and M again.  More HoA mx at 1342 brieflyand cont. 
tlk.  Not as strong asHargeisa.  No sign of 7146.56 as JimYoung observed 
independently as well.  (Valko 22Dec.)


9381   INDIA   AIR,National Channel, Aligarh  Found hereagain off-freq 
at 1346 w/subcont. mx weakly, then W in pres. Hindi. to at least1352.  No 
better than at home.  For a Youtube video of the reception, use this link  
https://youtu.be/59CiAr6s3Fo  (use 480p quality setting for best viewing)
 (Valko 22 Dec.)


15140 OMAN R. Sultanate of Oman  Signal on at 1359:11.  Audio up at 
1402:18 but not 100% and soundingas though a mic was placed up against a 
telephone receiver.  M w/EG nx. Audio gradually cleared up in 5 min. but still 
weak.  1408 fanfare mx, then ad for Omantel and longslick promo w/list of FM 
stns ending w/ID for 90.4, then live M DJ in EG  at 1411. (Valko 22 Dec.)


2520   USA   WOCO,Oconto, WI  (2 X 1260 harmonic)  First found at 1205 
w/Mw/inspirational message, farming related nx and features.  1221 Joe Prato(?) 
w/wx ending w/ID, live ladyDJ w/current conditions, 1222 Polkas. 1229 DJ w/song 
anmnts and sev. anecdotes.  1230 “USA Radio News”, 1232 wx again, ladyDJ.  
1240-1255 back to Polkas includingone mentioning “Merry Christmas from 
Wisconsin” and “I 

[HCDX] Loggings 20-30 December 2016

[Dave Valko]

20 December 2016 Micro-DXpedition:

6200   UNID.  Something here at the start 1600.  Rock mx coming 
up at 1603, and recognized “Shadow Dancing” by Andy Gibb at 1606.  
Distorted.  Suddenly blasted for abt 5 seconds at 1608:40 and went off.  
Pirate testing a xmtr??  (Valko 20 Dec.)


7465   SINGAPORE   BBC (relay)  1620 feature w/actualities in 
EG, //7445 Madagascar.  Both weak but partially readable.  (Valko 20 
Dec.)


6195   OMAN   BBC (relay)  W doing the nx in EG at 1631, //7445 
and 7465.  ID at 1632 “BBC news”.  Very weak.  Getting nice by 1730.  
Very strong at 1859 w/ID by W, pgm promo, and signal off.  (Valko 20 
Dec.)


7174.99  ERITREA  V.O. the Broad Masses of Eritrea (pres.)  M 
continuously tlking in lang. from 1635.  Faded by 1649 but still barely 
audible.  Sounded audible again at 1737 w/poss. mx,  Gone at 1742 check. 
 (Valko 20 Dec.)


11735 ZANZIBAR  ZBC  1659 end of anmnt by M w/ment of ZBC, usual 
ToH routine of drum IS, slow time ticks, then deadair with the sound the 
W EG nxcaster shuffling around preparing for the nx then ID to start 
“Its’ 9 o’clock East African Time.  Here is the news from Zanzibar 
Broadcasting Corporation read by ??  First the main points”.  (Valko 20 
Dec.)


7480   MOLDOVA   R. Payam e-Doost  Really nice signal 100% copy 
w/end of feature by W in apparent Farsi and closing by M over instru. 
mid-east mx.  W again, classical mx bridge, then feature by M w/break 
for MOR vcl song 1823-1825.  More of the same.  Had the usual trumpet 
fanfare song at sign off but no ID anmnt.  Signal off at 1845:11.  Wish 
I would have been here for s/on.  (Valko 20 Dec.)


22 DECEMBER 2016 Micro-DXpedition:

7120 SOMALIA   R. Hargeisa  M anncr from 1316 but modulation 
way to low.  If the modulation would be at 100%, this would be nice.  
(Valko 22 Dec.)


7175 ERITREA   V.O. the Broad Masses of Eritrea  1337 HoA 
mx, then M anncr at 1339, mx bridge, and M again.  More HoA mx at 1342 
briefly and cont. tlk.  Not as strong as Hargeisa.  No sign of 7146.56 
as Jim Young observed independently as well.  (Valko 22 Dec.)


9381   INDIA   AIR, National Channel, Aligarh  Found here again 
off-freq at 1346 w/subcont. mx weakly, then W in pres. Hindi. to at 
least 1352.  No better than at home.  For a Youtube video of the 
reception, use this link  https://youtu.be/59CiAr6s3Fo  (use 480p 
quality setting for best viewing)

 (Valko 22 Dec.)

15140 OMAN  R. Sultanate of Oman  Signal on at 1359:11.  Audio 
up at 1402:18 but not 100% and sounding as though a mic was placed up 
against a telephone receiver.  M w/EG nx.  Audio gradually cleared up in 
5 min. but still weak.  1408 fanfare mx, then ad for Omantel and long 
slick promo w/list of FM stns ending w/ID for 90.4, then live M DJ in EG 
 at 1411.  (Valko 22 Dec.)


2520   USA   WOCO, Oconto, WI  (2 X 1260 harmonic)  First found 
at 1205 w/M w/inspirational message, farming related nx and features.  
1221 Joe Prato(?) w/wx ending w/ID, live lady DJ w/current conditions, 
1222 Polkas.  1229 DJ w/song anmnts and sev. anecdotes.  1230 “USA Radio 
News”, 1232 wx again, lady DJ.  1240-1255 back to Polkas including one 
mentioning “Merry Christmas from Wisconsin” and “I Love Christmastime”.  
Lady tlking abt what Lena was having for breakfast.  1256 wx sponsored 
by Peterson Ford, and another Polka leading up to ToH.  Signal was 
strong but modulation a little low.  (Valko 23 Dec.)


6115   CONGO  R. Congo (tent.)  Signal came on at 0535:45 and 
almost immediately tlk by M in progress sounding like a remote.  Diff. M 
briefly at 0540.  Sounded like an interview.  Just a little too weak to 
tell the lang.  Sign on time suggests Congo.  Gradually faded.  (Valko 
24 Dec.)


4894.92  BRAZIL??  R. Novo Tempo??  Found a signal here at 0856.  
Nowhere near enough for audio, but did find R. Novo Tempo on the exact 
same freq using Artur Nogueiras SDR.hu web rx.  Nice ID at 0901.  (Valko 
24 Dec.)


4835   AUSTRALIA   ABC, Alice Spring  1419 “2000 Miles” 
Christmas song by The Pretenders, usual W host.  1430 fanfare and ID by 
M leading into the nx.  1440 “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” by W vclist.  
Most audible yet.  Still able to hear the mx at 1457 but not good enough 
to recognize songs.  Last remnants of audio at 1501.  (Valko 24 Dec.)


4920   UNID.   Hearing this again at home like at the SGLs.  
Thought for sure it was // 5015 w/Bro. Stair at 1430, but definitely not 
at 1458 as it had mx and 5015 still had Stair.  (Valko 24 Dec.)


9800   FRANCE  Norddeutscher Rundfunk (via Issoudun)  Signal on 
1859:48 and audio up at 1900 w/W anncr in GM w/ment of NDR and pres. nx, 
then Christmas Eve pgm for sailors at sea w/men and W hosts.  1906 “The 
Christmas Song” in EG.  Poor signal and fady but did improve.  Found // 
to 6125 (Nauen) at 1923 w/”Oh Holy Night”.  (Valko 24 Dec.)


6925.38  PIRATE (NA)  Happy Hanukkah