MEXICO 6010 R. Mil (pres.) Went off at 0336:58. Was wobbling again about +/-4 hz. (9 Sept.)
COLOMBIA 6009.98 LV de tu Conciencia Had a double carrier 10 hz above the main from about 0130 check. No doubt about it as it was mirroring the main signal as it drifted. It started weakening and breaking up around 0310 and disappeared completely by 0314. This is one of the strangest signals on the SW bands. (9 Sept.) AUSTRALIA 4910 ABC Tennant Creek 1001 on here this morning not switching over to the 120mb channel. End of Pop song and M anncr w/song anmnt. Request phone number. 1028 ment of nx coming up, pgm previews and goodbyes 1029, canned promo, 1030 fanfare and ABC nx ID by W and said nx. ABC Local R. ID promo at end of nx at 1035. (9 Sept.) PERU 5023.94 R. Quillabamba (tent.) Getting the carrier here at 1008. I could hear a M tlking at 1011 when I notched out Rebelde but there was way too much splatter QRM. (9 Sept.) AUSTRALIA 2485 ABC Katherine 1015 end of Pop song and M DJ host w/song anmt and phone number again, //4910, and 4835. (9 Sept.) MICRONESIA 4755.5 The Cross 1027 "The Cross R." ID w/pgm name. Decent signal but really noisy. (9 Sept.) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3384.994 NBC East New Britain Found a little bit low at 1046 w/W anncr in native dialect. (9 Sept.) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3364.983 NBC Milne Bay Also off freq at 1047. Bougainville was right on 3325, but Madang was on 3264.995. (9 Sept.) AUSTRALIA 2368.48 I see a signal on this freq at 1050, probably Symban, but way to weak. (9 Sept.) BELARUS 11730 R. Belarus 2100 nice signal today with audio a little stronger than usual. 2100 ID by M in EG then feature. The speed of the tlking seemed fast. Faulty tape machine?? 2109-2111 contact info and sked anmnts. Abt 100% copy. (9 Sept.) BRAZIL 4875.51v R. Difusora Roraima (reactivated) 0037 anmnt but couldn't copy, Reggae-like ZY Pops. Signal came up well at 0042. 0044 couple words and another song. 0048 short canned anmnt, then live M DJ in PT. Back to mx at 0052. Caught the full ID w/freqs at 0106. At times when the signal would peak, it didn't seem as distorted. Was up tas high as 4875.65. Some QRM from occas. UTE bursts just below. (10 Sept.) SRI LANKA 11905 SLBC 0131 ID and website. (10 Sept.) CHINA 7315 CNR1 1036 while watching the band, I saw a signal pop on here for about 10 seconds, tuned in immediately and hrd M tlking in CH. Checked other freqs and it seemed // to CNR1. Was just here for that short period of time not to return. (10 Sept.) AUSTRALIA 4910 ABC Tennant Creek 1028 here again this moring, failing to switch over. Good signal. (10 Sept.) MAYNMAR 6165 Thazin R. 1104 mixing with and audible w/usual SE Asian Pops slightly under CNR6. (10 Sept.) MYANMAR 5915 Myanmar R. 1145 tlk by W in Burmese definitely not // 5985.78 which also had a W tlking but at much higher-pitch. 5985.78 went into mx at 1146 while tlking continued on 5915. 5985.78 much clearer and a bit stronger than 5915 which was getting splattered by 5910. (10 Sept.) SOUTH KOREA 9570 KBS World R. 1156 usual oriental IS w/IDs by M. (10 Sept.) BANGLADESH 15105 Bangladesh Betar 1231 opening EG anmnt w/pgm rundown by W, usual subcont. mx intro and M w/nx. Best heard in quite some time. (10 Sept.) TAIWAN 7379.94 Sound of Hope Signal of CNR1 on 7280 was already on at 1054 when I tuned in. Then the Sound of Hope signal came on. At 1055 the CNR1 signal increased in power. At 1100 exactly, both stns started pgming. The low 60 hz het was audible. (10 Sept.) BRAZIL 6104.75v R. Filadelfia Signal came on at 0952 and drifted down as usual. Getting some audio at 0955 w/ZY Pops, brief canned jingle at 0956 and more mx. But there was fading and there was just too much CNR1 QRM. (11 Sept.) CHINA 6105 CNR1 While passing through, I noticed there was EG at 0950. I quickly calibrated the Perseus, came back, and there was no audio. Just an OC. Maybe they pumped in EG pgming to test the audio prior to 1000 s/on. At 1004, I did hear a long sound bite of speech by W in EG seemingly abt China and human rights. Maybe they played this soundbite at 0950 for a test of the audio. (11 Sept.) SURINAM 4989.99 R. Apintie 0858 drum IS, then instru. NA, what sounded like a long ad in Sranan Tongo by M, then lively instru. Jazz mx w/voice-over opening anmnts by live studio M DJ including a nice ID w/Paramaribo QTH and ment of FM stereo at 0900:35 and cont. tlk. Jingle by W and into usual MOR instru. mx they play every morning. Surprised this was coming in steady as it was quite fady just a half hour earlier. Best heard in a while. (12 Sept.) PERU 4789.88 R. Vision 0923:05 nice clear strong short ID by M. 0925:40 ID promo by M between songs, then another ID by diff. M at 0928:10. Playing "El Condor Pasa" at 0929:15 then into intro for "La Voz Salvacion" pgm w/ment of preacher host Francisco Codoba Rodriguez. Stronger than usual this morning. (12 Sept.) UNID. 4709.99 UNID. Canned anmnt at 0947:30 but couldn't copy anything, then 0950 slow Ranchera song. Only a rare peak when it was audible. Not strong enough over ToH. (12 Sept.) PERU 4747.09 R. Huanta Dos Mil Signal popped on at 1012:40 w/morning nx pgm w/M host already in progress. Ments of Huanta. Was hoping it would be on no later than 1000 with a good signal but alas not to be. (12 Sept.) PERU 4774.91 R. Tarma Signal came on at 0954:26, then the xmsn started at 1000:24 w/canned "Buenas dias Peru" and s/on ID anmnt w/freqs and website by M over OA instru. mx. Fairly good. (12 Sept.) INDONESIA 4869.92 RRI Wamena 1112:25 - 1114 M w/at least 6 site IDs, speech soundbite, then M again 1116:30 - 1118 w/at least 5 more IDs. (12 Sept.) CHINA 4920 Xizang PBS 2346 M tlk in pres. Tibetan. Definite M tlk on 6200 sounded //. Also found //6025 at 2355 which was good. (12 Sept.) PERU 4747.09 R. Huanta Signal popped on at 091003:00 nice ID by M as "R. Huanta AM" and "R. Huanta". 1008:30 possible Huanta Dos Mil ID. (13 Sept.) UNID. 4755 had a signal here hetting against The Cross just after 1000. By 1012 it was just about gone. (13 Sept.) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3385 NBC East New Britain 1104 outstanding signal w/nx by M in Tok Pisin. Nearly 100% copy. 1109:20 NBC East New Britain ID and credits, then more nx. Peaking at t/in and fading quickly after. (13 Sept.) INDONESIA 4749.953 RRI Makassar (pres.) 1121 end of mx and then tlk by W in what sounded like IN. M anncr later at 1128, and back to mx at 1130. Getting a het from 4750.0. (13 Sept.) BRAZIL 9645.41 R. Banderiantes Simple "Bandeirantes" ID by M after time ticks at 2300 ToH, another ID at 2301:35. Full ID w/freqs by M at 2302:20. Fairly good and clear at this time. Finally got the full ID. (13 Sept.) BRAZIL 9665.69 Voz Missionaria 0014 C&W style rel. EG mx, then into a tropical LA-like song. Way up on this freq now. Good signal. (14 Sept.) ********************************************** 14 SEPTEMBER 2013: After turning on the Perseus at home and noticing a nice signal from R. Vision and a fairly steady signal from 4709.99, decided to try a micro-DXpedition to this new site. I wasn't thrilled about the location as it's on the stripcut and slants slightly downhill, but laying out the BOG along the road would be easy and it was in direct line for eastern Asia and the Andes. Conditions just seemed horrible in general. What looked like a promising LA morning before I left turned out to be awful at the stripcut. Another disappointment was that 4910 ABC had switched over. 31mb was also very poor. 9680 RRI was really weak. The Myanmar freqs were a bust. At least the 90mb PNGs did come up to a decent level for about a half hour. That was the only bright spot of the trip. RX: Microtelecom Perseus SDR with ARR preamp. ANT: 315' Beverage (BOG) at 352° QTH: Reclaimed stripmine Duration: 0950-1140 UTC Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 92 A Index = 9 K Index = 1 No storms. X-Ray Flux was A7. WX: Rising fog and low clouds. About 42° F. PERU 4747.09 R. Huanta Was just on the edge of noise. Could barely make out talk by M at 1002. (14 Sept.) UNID. 3345 NBC Popondetta?? Definite tlk by W anncr at 1003, sounded like Tok Pisin. When I returned at 1006, it was gone. Other PNGs starting to come in at the same time. Was just a little weaker than ENB. (14 Sept.) SOLOMON ISLANDS 5019.88 SIBC Playing "Night Fever" by the Bee Gees amid the Rebelde slop at 1036. "Its a Heartache" by Bonnie Tyler at 1123. (14 Sept.) UNID. 3320 A bit of a signal here at 1042. No doubt North Korea. (14 Sept.) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3325 NBC Bougainville 1050 live choral rel. song. 1055 soft spoken M anncr w/ment of night, nx, and programs. 1057 into lively island mx. 1101 really bassy canned anmnt, another canned anmnt, same live M DJ again, 1102 brief mx filler, then 1103 TC and live M again to 1107 and Pop mx. 1115 M DJ gave the chart position of the song just played. Getting some CHU slop from :30-:40 each minute. Strength about on par w/Milne Bay. (14 Sept.) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3384.995 NBC East New Britain 1055 tlk by M in Tok Pisin w/ments of family, and diff. M thanking him at 1057. Skeds of something at 1101 w/dates and times, and phone number given. Ment of East New Britain. 1102-1106 ad/promo block, then live studio M DJ, and into Reggae island song. 1114 same M DJ w/end of anmnt giving TC, and back to mx. Deadair after song at 1118, then ad block including one w/ment of Independence Day long weekend, and a couple giving phone numbers and ment of Rabaul. 1122 M DJ w/PSA and ment of NBC and contact number. Good but getting some computer noise from above. (14 Sept.) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3364.984 NBC Milne Bay 1055 tlk by M, possibly rel. pgm. 1058 M anncr w/outro and rel. choral mx. 1100 M returned over the choral mx w/TC and anmnt. 1101 Dance Pop mx. 1105 studio W DJ tlk w/ment of transmission and holiday, then more Pop mx. 1110 jingle w/something like "we got the power". 1114 W DJ again and a few canned anmnts ending w/jingle by very deep-voiced M, and back to Dance mx. 1121 W DJ again, then ads. (14 Sept.) PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3260 NBC Madang 1050-1122+ live remote from event of some sort w/tlk by M and W in Tok Pisin, and occas. native mx. 1050 ment of "...government long Papua New Guinea...", town, Madang, celebration, anniversary, province. 1115 ment of Madang by W, later Highlands by M. Seemed to peak around 1110-1115 and quickly faded. (14 Sept.) INDIA 4970.006 AIR Shillong 1130-1140 was rock steady on this freq. (14 Sept.) ************************************** ZANZIBAR 11735 ZBC 1751 usual W anncr at recording start, then Afro Hi-life mx to W anncr with a few words and drum IS at 1759. 5 slow ending w/1 long tick, then M w/8 min. EG nx. ID during nx quickly at 1805:30 as "This news comes to you from ZBC". Ended the nx w/his name given, then W anncr returned at 1808-1811 and did hear 1 ment of Zanzibar, and back to mx. Pleasant Hi-life mx at 2058, then AR mx at 2059 briefly and W anncr voice-over ending w/ment of "Spice FM", then into jingle w/siren-like SFX and M anncr but immediately cut off at 2101. Kind of surprised to hear what little EG I could. (14 Sept.) PIRATE (EUROPE) 6304.8 R. Wilskracht Pop mx at 2300 t/in. Prob. canned deep-voiced M anncr at 2304:00 but couldn't copy. Guys in the chat IDed as Wilskracht. 2307:40 live anmnt by M but couldn't copy. Too fady, too much noise, and just too weak to copy or recognize songs. Thought it might be Paardenkracht w/slightly diff. name but the anncr certainly didn't sound the same. (14 Sept.) BRAZIL 6135 R. Aparecida 0918 TC by M between ZY Pops, //11855.09 which was better. This freq QRMed by R. Santa Cruz of course. 0921 M anncr again briefly and jingle ID. (15 Sept.) 73 Dave Valko Dunlo, PA, USA Perseus SDR Wellbrook ALA1530S+, and 153' vertical triangular Delta Loop _ 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
