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Today's Topics:
1. NBC Papua New Guinea activates 4890/6040 (Radio Heritage Mail)
2. Glenn Hauser logs July 11, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
3. sShortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA (Stewart MacKenzie)
4. Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA (Stewart MacKenzie)
5. Re: Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:41:09 +1200
From: "Radio Heritage Mail" <i...@radioheritage.net>
To: i...@radioheritage.net
Subject: [HCDX] NBC Papua New Guinea activates 4890/6040
Message-ID: <380-22012731111419...@radioheritage.net>
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Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.com
July 11 2012
Breaking News........
Papua New Guinea
NBC uses 4890 & 6040
for National Elections
______________________
NBC National Radio in Port Moresby has re-activated 4890kHz on
shortwave for breaking coverage of the national election results
currently underway across the country. This frequency is additional
to 6040kHz heard at the same time with the same program, which is a
simulcast with Kundu TV. Both transmitters are located at Port
Moresby, although 6040 is nominally licenced to Alotau in Milne Bay.
However, NBC Milne Bay says it is only broadcasting on 3365 and two
FM frequencies.
Am currently listening to NBC Port Moresby 4890 via Sydney Global
Tuners with VG signal.. it's a simulcast with Kundu TV network,
giving phone numbers to call the studio as 325 9382 or 325 0084, or
text SMS 7288. Phone in report from NBC Morobe at 10.52 UTC, late
news started at 11.06 UTC. Chief Electoral Officer is calling on
Returning Officers to abide by the law after many complaints. NBC
swamped with hundreds of texts. Signal deteriorating slightly by
11.12 UTC compared to tune in at 10.40 UTC. So 4890 has been
reactivated, and this broadcast is clearly //6040 which is at poor
quality in comparison. I have maintained for several years that the
higher power NBC Port Moresby tx were still available for use in
special circumstances. Election 2012 is obviously such a
circumstance! Now 11.14 UTC and much harder to copy.
This is the best opportunity in years to hear PNG NBC shortwave
outlets because of these crucial national elections and coverage.
If you hear ANY NBC signals this month, please send me details so we
can make sure the WRTH 2013 has accurate coverage. Or, at least, as
accurate as possible.
Email me: radioherit...@gmail.com with news and notes please.
Thanks & 73
Dave Ricquish
PNG Country Editor, WRTH
Radio Heritage Foundation
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 08:13:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: NASWA <na...@yahoogroups.com>, s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 11, 2012
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** ANGUILLA. 11775, July 11 at 1330, no signal from Caribbean Beacon, tho I had
heard DGS when I tuned by earlier around 1240 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake July 11, before 1300:
12980, poor at 1248; none lower
13920, JBA at 1248
13970, fair at 1248
15560, very poor at 1249
15970, poor at 1249; none higher, 16m is still dead
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. 14950+, July 11 at 0245 check no signal audible from Salem Stereo;
but at 0514 Spanish with peak to very poor level, 0515 ``la voluntad de dios``
in a verse quotation, then automated YL voice with Salem Stereo ID, timecheck
for 12:20, as usual about 5 minutes fast. I wonder if they do that deliberately
to overcompensate for delay on stream, which came first? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. More mixups at the master of the genre, RHC:
5040 is still on with open carrier at 0510 July 11.
11760, July 11 at 0513 and 0521, English is still on here instead of closing at
0500. 6010 is missing, 6125 is open carrier, leaving only 6050 and 6060
funxioning properly; ahh, redundancy! By 0523, 6125 has started modulating
anyway, still no 6010 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 9490, July 11 at 0057 tuned in R. Rep?blica early to see if
there is any jamming yet since resuming via new site GUIANA FRENCH, but RR was
already running programming, ``ni el tirano ni su hermano`` referring to Castro
& Castro; 0100 Cuban NA and ID, 0101 ``Pasos a la libertad`` (steps toward
freedom) program. No frequencies mentioned.
Has the schedule been expanded, or did they just turn it on a bit early? Last
week the carrier was coming on at 0058:30 and no modulation until the anthem at
0100 sharp. Still could not detect any jamming, but when on, the GUF signal is
so huge at this angle onward, that it might be overriding some, more so than
Sackville could accomplish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Glenn: Yes, RR decided suddenly to expand to two hours, 0000-0200, as of last
night. The extra hour from 0000 to 0100 will continue until at least Dec. 31,
then possibly back to one hour from 0100 to 0200. Sign-off (i.e. cutoff of
carrier) should now be at 0157:00. I haven't heard any jamming yet either. The
Montsin?ry signal is extremely strong, as you noted, but I would think we could
detect some jamming if it were there (Jeff White, RMI, ibid.)
However, long after RR was over, at a time it never did broadcast, 0459 July
11, 9490 had some lite pulse jamming, and also at 1332, as once a frequency is
jammed, at least these ``residual markers`` will continue to show up at any
other hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 1570, July 11 at 0508 UT after the NA and the State Anthem, I try
again amid the US QRM to catch the new FM frequency XERF is announcing along
with 1570. It`s either 103.9 or 106.9 (tres y seis sound a lot alike), due to a
fade/distortion as that number was being spoken; power 4,000 watts, but could
not copy the callsign either. Nothing about it on the IMER website, so I resort
to the webstream
http://www.imer.gob.mx/phpwrappers/player5/info.php?emisora=11
Around 1445 UT they have programming from the virtual station Radio M?xico
Internacional with `Antena Radio` newshour. ID at 1501 says XHRF on 103.9.
It seems we are in for a lot more confusion about Mexican callsigns; trying to
ID something else, Terry Krueger got this explanation from Fred Cant? of the
http://mexicoradiotv.com/coahuila/index.htm listings which still don`t show any
FM for XERF, but fortunately when searching the entire site, no other use of
XHRF:
"There is a actually a lot of that going on right now because of Mexico's
transition from AM to FM. AM stations are being assigned an FM channel and by
default the new FM is assigned the XH-- equivalent of their XE-- AM calls. So
XEZS's FM will be assigned XHZS. As near as I can tell they'll only change it
if the holder of the XH call complains or is widely known. In most cases the
change involves inserting a letter E. So XEZS's new FM may be reassigned the
calls XHEZS." (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [non]. 11880, July 11 at 1240, REE via COSTA RICA has again lost the
Basque semi-hour; instead, ordinary Castilian in feature about some valuable
documents being stolen from Santiago de Compostela (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 15725.0, July 11 at 0516, very poor signal seems Arabish,
matching 11725.0 from NZ. At 0500 I was not detecting anything on 15725.
Presumed V. of South Sudan Revolutionary Radio. Really poor propagation
conditions lately (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7506+, July 11 at 0244 check, WRNO is on with big carrier, but
just-barely-modulated if at all (could be crosstalk from another transmitter);
occasional beeps, tho. Confirms our assumption that they aren`t really serious
about SW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Note that in my previous report of Es from MEXICO, two Arizona
stations were mixed in, here broken apart for the record:
Amid big TV DX opening from BCN, MEXICO, a couple Arizona FMs intervened July
9, UT:
1527 on 88.1, Jesus Christ and KCFY promos, many IDs in passing heard for next
5 minutes. This is 3 kW, Yuma AZ, so FM opening from S and W simultaneously;
1530 on 88.1, KCFY ``Music made to share`` slogan.
1530 on 88.3, Spanish overrides local Family Radio translator, ads with
602-phone numbers, i.e. Phoenix AZ area, contracted from what used to cover the
entire state just a few years ago. Promo/ad for Mundo Fox, canal 6, y canal 40
en Phoenix; it`s a commercial adstring, including a body shop. These are
fully-produced hard-sell commercials, not ``underwriting announcements`` by any
stretch of the imagination! Must be KNAI in Phoenix, which final FM Atlas of 3+
years ago slogans as ``Radio Campesina``. How do they get away with operating a
commercial station so blatantly on the non-commercial band? C?sar Ch?vez should
be ashamed; his foundation runs it.
BTW, it`s almost a vanishing breed, apparently a share-timer with KPHF of
Family Radio. W9WI.com shows them both licensed with exactly same 22.500 kW
power, same latitude 33-35-47.00N, but different longitudes and antenna
heights: 112-5-29.00W and 304m for KNAI; 112-5-31.00W and 297m for KPHF; so are
they really not sharing the same transmitter and antenna? What a waste. Is
there anything in the FCC licensing info about how the time is shared? Did not
try to dig that deep. BTW2, 88.3 is the only FM frequency where no (legal)
stations anywhere in M?xico are listed by Cant? (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:59:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Stewart MacKenzie <wdx...@yahoo.com>
To: Adrian Peterson <adr...@awr.org>, Gerry Dexter <g...@wi.rr.com>,
Anker Peterson <anker.peter...@mail.dk>, BCL NEWS
<bcln...@yahoogroups.com>, Duane Fischer <dfisc...@usol.com>, Hard
Core DX <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, Maryann Kehoe
<atl...@webtv.net>, Prime Time Shortwave
<primetimeshortw...@yahoogroups.com>, SWL QTH <s...@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [HCDX] sShortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA
Message-ID:
<1342043945.41838.yahoomailclas...@web162902.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>>>>>>
BONAIRE?? Radio Japan Relay? NHK?? 15265? 2330 GMT? Japanese? 444? July 10?? OM
with comments plus a 2nd OM with comments. YL with comments at 2334 GMT.???
MacKenzie-CA..
COSTA RICA?? REE Spain Relay? 17850? 1843 GMT? Spanish? 444? July 10?? Two OMs
woth comments plus some music.?? MacKenzie-CA..
CUBA?? Radio Havana Cuba? RHC? 17750? 2250 GMT? Spanish? 444? July 10? YL with
comments plus an OM with RHC ID and into comments.? Suddenly of the air 2257
GMT.
MacKenzie-CA..
CUBA?? Radio Havana Cuba? RHC?? 17705? 2302 GMT? Spanish? 333? July 10? Bongo
music with a YL singing.? YL woth RHC ID 2305 GMT.???? MacKenzie-CA..
RWANDA?? Voice of Germany Relay? DW? 21780? 1838 GMT? French? 333? July 10? Two
OMs with comments.?? MacKenzie-CA..
NEW ZEALAND?? RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTL?? RNZI?? 15720? 2313 GMT? English? 444?
July 10? YL singing. OM on band music 2317 GMT? YL singing a song "Please Do
Not Leave Me..????? MacKenzie-CA..
NORT MARIANNAS?? Radio Free Asia? RFA?? 15585? 2320 GMT? Chinese? 444? July 10?
YL and OM with comments.? //15430 [444] via North Mariannas.?????
MacKrenzie-CA..
UNITED STATES,? Tennessee?? WWCR?? 13845? 2338 GMT? English? 444? July 10? YL
preaching from the Bible..??? MacKenzie - CA..
Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC
SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:30:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Stewart MacKenzie <wdx...@yahoo.com>
To: Adrian Peterson <adr...@awr.org>, Gerry Dexter <g...@wi.rr.com>,
Anker Peterson <anker.peter...@mail.dk>, BCL NEWS
<bcln...@yahoogroups.com>, Duane Fischer <dfisc...@usol.com>, Hard
Core DX <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, Maryann Kehoe
<atl...@webtv.net>, Prime Time Shortwave
<primetimeshortw...@yahoogroups.com>, SWL QTH <s...@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [HCDX] Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA
Message-ID:
<1342045850.88178.yahoomailclas...@web162906.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>>>>>>
CANADA?? China Radio Intl CRI?? 6190? 0520 GMT? English? 333? July 10? YL and
OM with comments. This is a very noisy frequency.????? MacKenzie-CA..
CHINA?? China Radio Intl? CRI?? 9555? 0507 GMT? Chinese? 444? July 10? YL with
comments. MacKenzie-CA..
COSTA RICA?? REE Relay Spain?? 9630? 0459 GMT? Spanish? 444? July 10? OM
singing. YL with REE ID 0500 GMT.? OM with comments 0501 GMT with a YL.??
MacKenzie-CA..
CUBA?? China Radio Relay? CRI?? 9790? 0456 GMT? Chinese? 444? July 10? OM
singing pop music.? YL with comments 0457 GMT.? Suddenly off the air 0458
GMT.??? Mackenzie-CA..
CUBA?? Radio Havana Cuba? RHC?? 11760? 0445 GMT? English? 444? July 10?? YL
with comments on Cuban culture such as Ballets, films coming from Cuba???
MacKenzie-CA..
CUBA?? Radio Havana Cuba? RHC?? 11840? 0438 GMT? Spanish? 433? July 10?? OM
with coments.? YL with coments 0453 GMT.? Music 0455 GMT.? //11690[333] and
9810[444]. MacKenzie-CA..
GERMANY?? DW via UAE?? 12045? 0434 GMT? English? 433? July 10? Two OMs with
coments. OM how the public is interested in how hot weather is every where!!!??
MacKenzie-CA...???
Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC
SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:34:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: Adrian Peterson <adr...@awr.org>, Anker Peterson
<anker.peter...@mail.dk>, BCL NEWS <bcln...@yahoogroups.com>,
Duane
Fischer <dfisc...@usol.com>, Hard Core DX
<hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, Prime Time Shortwave
<primetimeshortw...@yahoogroups.com>, SWL QTH <s...@mailman.qth.net>,
Stewart MacKenzie <wdx...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA
Message-ID:
<1342049647.2321.yahoomailclas...@web114019.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
--- On Wed, 7/11/12, Stewart MacKenzie <wdx...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> CANADA?? China Radio Intl CRI?? 6190? 0520 GMT?
> English? 333? July 10? YL and OM with comments. This is a
> very noisy frequency.????? MacKenzie-CA..
Stewart, haven`t you heard that CRI relays via Canada ceased June 24? You are
presumably hearing BBC via South Africa, which CRI used to cover up. I also
hear it weakly.
> CHINA?? China Radio Intl? CRI?? 9555? 0507 GMT?
> Chinese? 444? July 10? YL with comments. MacKenzie-CA..
This is Voice of Vietnam in Vietnamese via CANADA (which has not been
terminated yet), not CRI in Chinese via China!
> CUBA?? Radio Havana Cuba? RHC?? 11760? 0445 GMT?
> English? 444? July 10?? YL with comments on Cuban
> culture such as Ballets, films coming from Cuba???
> MacKenzie-CA..
I won`t say this one is wrong, since I too have heard RHC on 11760 in English,
after 0500, tho 11760 is supposed to be in Spanish and off at 0500.
73, Glenn Hauser
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