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Today's Topics:
1. Text message alerts boost 'ham' radio contacts
(Zacharias Liangas )
2. Ham radios still popular in the age of Skype and the Internet
(Zacharias Liangas )
3. Glenn Hauser logs July 3-4, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
4. REE in AUS (Wolfgang Bueschel)
5. FREE Pacific Radio Guides July 2011 (Radio Heritage Mail)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:15:18 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <gree...@otenet.gr>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Text message alerts boost 'ham' radio contacts
Message-ID: <4e11a0c6.28749.58a...@greekdx.otenet.gr>
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Text message alerts boost 'ham' radio contacts
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/june2011/sms_dx_alerts.htm
Radio amateurs now have a helping hand in their quest for contacting rare or
distant radio
stations.
'DX Station' is an innovative SMS text message service that alerts radio
amateurs when the
sought-after radio station's signal is spotted on the radio dial.
In this internet age, the radio amateur hobby is still very popular, with
millions of licensed
'hams' around the world. Many of them operate on the shortwave bands, where it
is possible
with relatively simple equipment to contact radio amateurs in distant countries.
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) offers a range of awards and
certificates for
amateurs who succeed in contacting other hams in more than 100 countries. Those
who
achieve contacts with every country are eligible to join the coveted 'Honor
Roll' - an
achievement which can take decades of hard effort to obtain. Awards are also
offered by the
Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) for contact with ham stations on islands.
To assist in tracking down those elusive radio signals from far-flung corners
of the globe, DX
Station operates a network of automated radio receivers, which constantly
monitor the radio
amateur bands for sought-after stations, and then instantly sends a text
message alert to
those hams who have indicated their interest in contacting that particular 'DX'
station.
The use of real-time text messages gives subscribers to DX Station a
competitive advantage,
since they can hopefully contact the distant radio station before their
colleagues join the fray.
Since thousands of hams may be seeking contact with a single amateur radio
station, the
resulting cacophony of calling stations can hopefully be avoided by being
'first to know' that
the rare station is on the air.
DX Station cannot guarantee that the radio amateur will be able to contact the
distant station
- that is down to radio signal propagation and the efficiency of antennas and
transceivers of
both calling and receiving radio station. But it can certainly put the canny
ham ahead of the
crowd!
The DX Station text messaging service can be used on more than 800 mobile
networks
worldwide, and the low monthly subscription fee is easily paid by Paypal or
credit card.
These fees, which include a quota of text message credits, are used to maintain
the network
of automated radio receivers that the DX Station service relies upon for it's
operation.
A reduced fee trial is offered for the first month of subscription. Alert
profiles are managed via
a user-friendly interface on the service web-site at www.dxstation.com
Contact Details:
Web-site : www.dxstation.com
Email : q...@dxstation.com
Standard rig : ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser
Please read and distribute this 15 year research article
http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e
Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd
________________________
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http://www.delicious.com/gr_greek1/@zach (all mypages !!)
........
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
greekdx @ otenet dot gr ---
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:15:18 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <gree...@otenet.gr>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Ham radios still popular in the age of Skype and the
Internet
Message-ID: <4e11a0c6.21091.58a...@greekdx.otenet.gr>
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Ham radios still popular in the age of Skype and the Internet
Posted: July 1, 2011 - 6:52am | Updated: July 1, 2011 - 7:08am
By LOGAN TUTTLE Copyright 2011 . All rights reserved. This material may not be
published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
PENINSULA CLARION
http://juneauempire.com/state/2011-07-01/ham-radios-still-popular-age-skype-and-internet
KENAI - When Bill Nelson was growing up in the small town of Westport, Ore., he
knew
there had to be a better form of communication than two tin cans tied together.
His family?s radio had a short wave band on it so he could hear short wave
broadcasts. In
some instances, he was hearing broadcasts from other countries.
Nelson?s interest was instantly piqued.
"That was a fascination to hear radio from around the world," said Nelson, who
now lives in
Kenai.
These were broadcasts not by radio stations, but by individuals controlling
short wave
broadcasts. In 1961, Nelson received his first ham radio license. He has been
an operator
ever since.
Ham radios are the last line of communication during an emergency where power
outages
would disrupt just about everything.
"When I think back to the big earthquake of `64 where all forms of
communication were
knocked out that relied on power, cell phone systems may or may not pick up the
slack," said
Max Carpenter, Moose Horn Amateur Radio Club Director. "With a big emergency,
the ham
radio will probably be the only means of communicating any distances at all."
The reason ham radios will still be functional is due to the fact they are
mostly powered by
generators or battery systems. Most operators can go portable, if needed, able
to broadcast
from a number of different areas. "All we have to do is set this stuff up, as
long as the roads
are open we can get out and do communications for public service, (send)
messages to help
the police and emergency responders," Nelson said.
Carpenter has been a ham radio operator for almost 30 years, he used to work
with a group
called React, that would monitor C.B. channels for emergencies when a friend
told him how
much more he could do with a ham radio.
Much like Nelson, Dale Hershberger was about 14 when he started listening to
shortwave
broadcasts on the radio his family owned. As he heard more people talking on
the radio, his
interest expounded. Hershberger was a licensed ham radio operator 14 years
later.
Although their titles read "amateur radio operators", Hershberger said that is
not completely
accurate. "We?re all professionals in our field," Hershberger said. "We?re
professional
amateur operators.
Hershberger and several other "professional amateur operators" could be found
Saturday not
alone behind the knobs of a radio, but gathered together for an annual event
they said they
all look forward to.
The American Radio Relay League is a national association for amateur radio.
Every year, an
event called Field Day is hosted, where operators are encouraged to set up
their radios using
only generators or batteries to ensure the goal of "being off the grid". Nelson
said he counted
about 500 contacts from the Moose Horn club alone.
"That?s pretty good for us because the stations in the Lower 48, they?re
talking to one another
with their beam antennas pointed at each other," Nelson said. "It?s hard for
them to hear us,
the beams are directional antennas pointing east and west, and we?re kind of
northwest so
we don?t have usually have a whole lot of success.
"But it?s always fun anyway."
The Field Day lasts throughout the night - it started Saturday and ran through
Sunday
morning. Nelson estimated there were about fifty people coming in and out
during that time.
Ham radio is not something that is going away any time soon, he contends.
There are more than 700,000 ham radio operators in the United States alone,
Nelson said.
Tests are required to become an operator, but nowadays, the questions and the
answers are
available online.
"If you?re a good memorizer, just go through the tests," Nelson said. "We
didn?t have that
before, we had manuals and books - you didn?t know what the test questions were
going to
be."
Operating ham radios may be somewhat of an unknown hobby, but the reality is
that these
operators are responsible for informing the public during emergencies.
"Ham radio is not dead, most people seem to get the mind set that you don?t
need that kind
of stuff. We have our cell phones, all we gotta do is punch in the numbers,"
Carpenter said.
"Cell towers are not always going to be available if the big emergency does
come along."
Standard rig : ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser
Please read and distribute this 15 year research article
http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e
Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd
________________________
http://zlgr.multiply.com (radio monitoring site plus audio clips ) MAIN SITE
http://www.delicious.com/gr_greek1/@zach (all mypages !!)
........
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
greekdx @ otenet dot gr ---
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 09:45:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 3-4, 2011
Message-ID:
<1309797950.41154.yahoomailclas...@web114015.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
** CANADA. Some sporadic E but in and out with rather weak signals:
July 3 at 1838 UT on analog channel 3, French with FIFA women`s game. Hard to
tell, but seemed a bit NNW, so maybe SK or AB rather than CBWFT Winnipeg due N.
The DX Sherlock 6m map showed the main Es patch right over OK, which means that
was of no use for us.
UT July 4 at 0105 on 2, `Family Guy` from NNE, Global bug LR. Not // Fox OKC
KOKH-24, or at least not synchronized, but I think a different episode. 0120
Global promo. This signal is offset plus or minus with narrow 20-kHz beat bars
from another. 0143 still on with a Fox toon, same offset. Now it does seem to
be same ep as KOKH a few sex apart. Based on direxion, it`s one or both of the
two Globals in Ontario. Both CIII2 and CFGC2 are shown as offset plus on the
map at http://www.dxinfocentre.com/TV2.pdf
But can`t completely rule out not CKND2 in Manitoba from north, which is offset
minus (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake July 4 by semihour segments; just before 1300:
16980, JBA at 1257
15900, poor at 1258
14950, good at 1259
14720, fair at 1258
13970, poor at 1259
1300-1330:
15900, poor at 1318
14720, fair-good at 1319
13970, good with flutter at 1319
12980, fair at 1321
12270, good at 1321
11500, fair at 1321; no 10`s
1330-1400:
15900, poor at 1340
14720, fair at 1340
13970, good at 1339
13920, poor at 1339
12980, poor at 1338
12270, fair at 1338
11785 unlike yesterday, at 1337 no FD, just CNR1, Chinese CCI with SAH
11500, poor at 1338
1400-1430:
14950, poor-fair at 1417
13970, fair at 1417
11500, poor at 1420
10300, very poor at 1420
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 17560, Sunday July 3 at 2042 I am surprised to hear RHC with Esperanto
in progress, usual VG signal but during this semihour it is supposed to be in
Arabic, to Europe --- where else? Talking about Esperanto Congress coming up in
S?o Paulo, Brasil. Next check at 2102, outro French broadcast claiming it was
at 2000-2030, and into Spanish with `Memorias Culturales` archival program.
2000-2030 is the scheduled time for French to Americas on 11760, while to
Europe on 17560 it is supposed to be 1930-2000. Totally SNAFU!
The RHC website was slow to connect at 1505 UT July 4 as I wanted to see what
it says about Esperanto now. Took several attempts, and then was intermittent
as I tried to navigate within. Finally got to
http://www.radiohc.cu/eo/index.php/interesaoj/frekvencoj.html
which to no surprise unmentions this, just the usual 07, 15 and 2230
broadcasts. And I don`t see anything about the congress, which they really
hyped last summer when it was in Havano, Kubo (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CYPRUS [and non]. 17520-17545, July 4 at 1413, OTH radar pulses presumed
from here, messing up R. Sawa via KUWAIT, 17530, RSDM.
(Right-smack-dab-in-the-middle; next time I say RSDM will not need to explain
it; well, close enough, 17532.5 being the true RSDM of this range) (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 17560, July 4 at 1307, very poor signal but several mentions of
Indonesia amid `busy` music ground. So I assume it`s in Indonesian, but whence?
WRTH A-11 update shows VIRI at 1230-1330 via Sirjan in Indonesian, but HFCC
lists this as Kamalabad in `Melau` which apparently means Malay, not a language
in the WRTH schedule for Iran (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 13650, July 4 at 1301, VOK IS and NA, poor, better on 13760,
much better on 11710, poor on 11735. Same programming now, but 13650 and 11735
are Chinese service, 13760 and 11710 English, destined to diverge (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS [non]. 9650, July 4 at 1326 I am hearing the orange-tinted
anthem under CRI English via CANADA, i.e. the RNW relay via Tinang,
PHILIPPINES, so I stay tuned to tell if there will be a PS in English. No,
that`s still suppressed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 15640, July 4 at 1416, dirty jamming noises, I thought, by
Ethiopia against some Amharic service, but no, it`s really DRM of BBC/DW, 90
kW, 5 degrees from Tinco at 14-18. This DRM was quite `rough` as I tuned
across. Really hard to tell from jamming, and the Ethiopians are thought to use
DRM transmitters from Chinese aid as jammers (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SUDAN [and non]. 13730, July 4 at 0512, the oscillating tone jammer thinx R.
Dabanga via UAE is still on this frequency, and maybe it is. As usual, R.
Dabanga is audible here only on 13620 via MADAGASCAR, good signal but with
continuous tone jammer underneath (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15420-CUSB, since WBCQ was on an extra hour Saturday with `Radio
TimTron Worldwide` until past 2200, I hope to have a chance to hear `Marion`s
Attic` 24 hours later, as 7415 is inaudible. Tune-in July 3 at 2101 `Global
Spirit Proclamation` is still on but at next check 2104 it`s off; shux (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. To commemorate the Fourth of July and American
Exceptionalism, NIST has activated two extra WWV frequencies! (Axually, the 10
MHz transmitter is out of whack again producing spurs.) July 4 at 0539 I am
hearing WWV on 9901 and 10099 kHz, weakly but clearly, while 10000 itself is
S9+20, not unusual, perhaps with some HF sporadic-E help.
Both still there at 1323; 10099 means the ham on 10101 with automated CQ does
not need any other BFO: KI4UUZ, who is per ARRL lookup: GILES, JONATHAN U,
KI4UUZ, PO Box: 486, Vonore, TN 378850486. Fortunately, unlike last time, no
WWV spurs at plus/minus 50 kHz to QRM other broadcasters and aeros. 9901 did
have a het from something on 9900, i.e. Vatican in Vietnamese via Tinang, per
HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. 7245-7250-7255, July 4 at 0545 there is DRM noise! Normally here is
analog Vatican Radio with Latin Mass during this semihour, introduced in
various other languages. VR does have a DRM transmitter, and SMG must have
switched it from AM to DRM, by mistake? Otherwise someone else was totally
blocking them. Recheck at 0559, nothing there in DRM or AM. The DRM covered
traces of BBC Ascension on 7255, and would have marred Mauritania if it were on
7245 that early. VR uses 7250 intermittently all day long, so wonder if DRM
came back later. See also USA [and non], WWV.
17765, July 4 at 1312 VR IS, very poor, 1315 opening Vietnamese. Sometime
around 1315 they rotate from 65 to 72 degrees going from Chinese to Viet (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9385, July 4 at 0555, soft repetitive music, maybe a loop,
transmitter breaks off and on, then stayed off. May have been spur coming from
REE Costa Rica 9630, very strong there and then with similar sounds. WYFR used
to occupy 9385 at this time before its drastic cutbax (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 19000, July 4 at 1343 surprised to hear gospel music at slow
ballad pace, I think in Spanish, good signal but the FRG-7 produces its own
birdies every exact MHz, i.e. causing het and blockage. It went off around 1348
or 1349 and did not return during the following hour. WYFR is the only US
station ever to use this band, so I`ve asked them if they were testing (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 01:57:59 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesch...@web.de>
To: "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "DXLD"
<d...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] REE in AUS
Message-ID: <4FC0117C2443444386719878727C4A93@HNPC2>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
SPAIN Yesterday finnished the topnews column very late in European
nighttime.
So, tried monitoring on some remote software defined radio units in
Australia.
15160 Surprised to hear REE Noblejas in Spanish at 0110 UT via long path
propagaci?n across Azores, Colombia, Easter Isl, and southern Pacific, I
guess. Phone in and talk by two men on la novelista, informacion el litoral.
S=9+20dB much stronger as compared various WYFR Spanish outlets[for example
15440 YFR in Sp at 0120 UT S=6], latter with different azimuth to concede.
11680 On July 4 at 0140 UT same program from REE Noblejas at S=9+10dB
signal level. And also // 9620 from REE Noblejas S=9 signal at 0156 UT
July 4. But heard short 2 minutos with Portuguese Fado music singer on 'la
mejor m?sica'. // Fair S=7-8 signal on 9535 kHz with IS+ID at 0200 UT
July 4.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 4)
CHINA 9710 CRI in Spanish via Kashi site across Sout America via Pacific
to AUS. S=8, language lesson Mandarin-Spanish at 0152 UT July 4.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 4)
FRENCH GUIANA/RUSSIA 9810 Voice of Russia in Spanish via Montsinery, S=8
in Australia, across the Pacific, la novela desde La Habana Cuba. At 0149 UT
July 4 el baile en Moscu.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 4)
GREECE 15650 ERT Avlis program to South East Asia, PAC, AUS/NZL, S=8
signal at 0123 UT July 4. Greek mx noted also on AUS remote rx unit.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 4)
NEW ZEALAND 15719.986 Odd signal from RNZi Rangitaki, nx started at 0129
UT July 4. S=9+10dB in Brisbane. About compensation law against nuclear test
program of France in south sea in 1966 year. NZ firearms and gun control
program. Item on private hospitals in Port Moresby-PNG.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 4)
PHILIPPINES Odd 15279.400 heard an UTE signal like jamming? against RVA
Manila's Urdu program 15280 even, on July 4 at 0117 UT, S=5-6 level.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 4)
TURKEY 9770 TRT Emirler in Spanish, IDs in many languages at 0151 UT July
4, S=8 talk on Pan-Europa.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 4)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Hauser" Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011
UNIDENTIFIED. 9385, July 4 at 0555, soft repetitive music, maybe a loop,
transmitter breaks off and on, then stayed off. May have been spur coming
from REE Costa Rica 9630, very strong there and then with similar sounds.
WYFR used to occupy 9385 at this time before its drastic cutbax (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 16:56:34 +1200
From: "Radio Heritage Mail" <i...@radioheritage.net>
To: i...@radioheritage.net
Subject: [HCDX] FREE Pacific Radio Guides July 2011
Message-ID: <380-2201172545634...@radioheritage.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Media Release
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July 5 2011
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