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It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt Today's Topics: 1. Glenn Hauser logs July 23-24, 2012 (Glenn Hauser) 2. DX QUIZ 2012 results (Jaisakthivel) 3. Experimental WebSDR 0-19 MHz) at PA3FWM's home has been taken offline. (Horacio Nigro) 4. Uruguay: Em. Chan?, Tacuaremb?, SW unofficial stn, currently inactive. (Horacio Nigro) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:16:15 -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 23-24, 2012 Message-ID: <1343142975.50215.yahoomailclas...@web114016.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 ** AUSTRALIA. 9580, July 24 at 1259, RA very good with promo for `Download This Show` about guilt-free online shopping if it benefit some charity. No time given, so is it download-only, not on the air? I have to hunt thru each day`s RA Pacific program schedule until I find it: Sat 0030, Mon 1330. It`s really from ABC Radio National where it is scheduled (in local times I assume), Sun 9:30 pm, Thu 2:30 pm, not bothering to present the different RA times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 11780, July 24 at 0502, RNA is overmodulated, distorted, producing rough sidebands, and // 6180 is not much better at 0510. RNA was recently reported to have installed ``new equipment to improve the sound quality``. I`m afraid it it`s quite the contrary. Listeners inside Brazil keep complaining they can`t hear one frequency or the other or at least not well. This is, after all, intended for the sparsely populated Amazon region, where one or the other should propagate well depending on the time of day, and they carry on well USward, 6180 only at night and 11780 best at night, into the dayedges (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake July 24, circa 1230: 11785, at 1233 I think FD may be in the jamming mix of CNR1 vs VOA Chinese via Thailand, but others too weak to make a //; maybe not 12320, poor at 1227 with flutter 15435, very poor at 1229 with flutter 15900, very poor at 1230 with flutter 16100, JBA at 1230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. 9305, July 24 at 0507, how is R. Cairo general service doing tonight? Humbuzz over some bits of presumably Arabic modulation, totally unreadable but an improvement over nothing but wideband buzz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9526-, July 24 at 1305, usual very weak carrier from VOI hetting something on 9530, no reception possible, but since I am ready to turn on the computer and it`s Tuesday, I bring up VOI stream at: http://en.voi.co.id/streaming/voi-streaming-a.php Played OK with few hiccups, but no `Exotic Indonesia` connexion to RRI Banjarmasin this week, just the usual string of regular features from Jakarta, including an ID with the three imaginary frequencies, 11785, 15150 and 9525, by the clueless announcer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. 15540, fair signal July 23 at 2049, R. Kuwait interrupts the pop music to ask for reception reports to the Frequency Department, but could not copy postal address. Someone might tell them they have not been on 11990 for years, and this frequency is in English, not Arabic as they keep registering it? Back to a bit more music before 2050-2053 News In Brief. Reverse of usual situation, song at 2053 is easier to understand, ``I Wanna Be a Billionaire So Frickin` [sic] bad``. Well, at least the Emir is, no doubt. As always, whatever music is playing gets interrupted at 2058 for sign-off announcements. It never times out right, which requires planning, back-timing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 12105, July 23 at 2046 check, WTWW-3 is off, while neighbor 12160 WWCR is inbooming. Next check 0458 July 24, just before usual cutoff at 0500, no 12105 either, so off all day? 1500 has been the nominal sign-on time lately, I think, but still missing at 1501 July 24, while WWCR is again audible on 12160. Whatever happen with WTWW-3 and WTWW-2 transmitters, WTWW-1 is almost always on, 9479/5755; at 1502 SFAW was referencing something from 2001y, as a lot of their 24/7 stuff is archival following death more than a year ago of Pastor Pete Peters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. July 24 at 0506, WTJC is hymning [not a word redlined by MS Word spellcheck, and I don`t recall adding it] way off frequency with fair signal at best. Seldom anything to het from 9370, I had not noticed it was further off 9370- than usual until Wolfgang B?schel measured it on ``9367.722 at 0455 UT July 23, and later on at 0540 UT noted on lower 9367.713 kHz``. At 1225 I check it out on my approximate het-vs-keyboard method. With YB-400 BFO set on 9368.0 I get a C-sharp above middle C; on 9367.0 I get a hi F-natural, i.e. 277 and 699 Hz, so splitting the difference that would put WTJC on 9367.71, close enough. This is way outside the legal FCC tolerance of .0015% which at 9370 would give them a far-too-generous range of only plus/minus 140.55 Hz. It`s always something at WTJC --- at least no spurs at the moment, but also undermodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Re my previous item: ``15430, July 23 at 1401, open carrier off at 1401:15*. HFCC, Aoki and EiBi have nothing scheduled here between 12 and 15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` Ron Howard found a reference to 15430 in DXLD 11-38, when on Sept 15 at 1350, Wolfgang B?schel heard a buzzy Firedrake jammer against V. of Tibet which had outwitted them, really on 15537. That likely explains it: if I had tuned in two minutes earlier probably would have heard Firedrake (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 02:17:27 +0800 (SGT) From: Jaisakthivel <ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in> To: ardic <ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in> Subject: [HCDX] DX QUIZ 2012 results Message-ID: <1343153847.12221.yahoomail...@web192306.mail.sg3.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 International Winners 1. William Patalon III, USA ??Domestic Broadcasting Survey?Sponsor by Danish Short Wave Club International (DSWCI), Denmark. 2. Ed McCrry, USA ??Broadcast in English?Sponsor by?British?DX Club (BDXC), England. 3. Dmitry Mezin, Russia ??Communication?Sponsor by British?DX Club (BDXC), England. 4. Rudolf Sonntag, Germany ??European Medium Wave Guide (EMWG)?Sponsor by Herman Boel, EMWC. 5. Nobuya Kato, Japan ??European Medium Wave Guide (EMWG)?Sponsor by Herman Boel, EMWC. 6. Matthias Martin, Germany ??Dxers Guide?One year E-Subscription. 7. Jorge Luis Medina, Venezuela ??Dxers Guide?One year E-Subscription. 8. Christian Ghibauda, France ??Dxers Guide?One year E-Subscription. 9. Bjorn Fransson, Sweden ??Dxers Guide?One year E-Subscription.Indian Winners Indian Winners? 1. Ganesan.M, Goa ??WRTH?2012 Sponsor by WRTH Publishers. 2. Saravana Jothi, Coimbatore ??WRTH?2012 Sponsor by Mr. Toshimichi Ohtake (JSWCI) 3. Muralidhar.M, Bangalore ? Collection of 20 years?WRTH?archive CD Sponsor by ADDX, Germany. 4. Sivaraj.K.C, Idappadi, TN ??COBY CX CB12?Bands AM/FM/LW/SW Radio Sponsored by Radio Free Asia, USA. 5. Muhammad Shamim.S, Kerala ? Long wire Antenna Sponsor by DX Antwerp, Belgium. 6. Ulaganathan.M, Thiruneelagudi,TN - Long wire Antenna Sponsor by DX Antwerp, Belgium. 7. Girish Chadaga, Bangalore - Long wire Antenna Sponsor by DX Antwerp, Belgium. 8. Hirithick.R, Chennai - Long wire Antenna Sponsor by DX Antwerp, Belgium. 9. Karthick.A, Chinnalapatti, TN - Long wire Antenna Sponsor by DX Antwerp, Belgium. 10. Vetrivelraj.S, Idappadi, TN ? DW T-shirt + DW Pen Sponsor by DW Radio. 11. Brijesh.E.P, Kerala ? DW T-shirt + DW Pen Sponsor by DW Radio. 12. Santhoshraj.S, Idappadi, TN ? RTI T-Shirt Sponsor by Radio Taiwan International. 13. Kannan.S, Thirukkannamangai, TN ? DW Pendrive Sponsor by DW Radio. 14. Mitul Kansal, Haryana - DW Pendrive Sponsor by DW Radio. 15. Mohammed Ilyas.R, Hubli, KA - DW Pendrive Sponsor by DW Radio. 16. Rajesh Chandwani, Gurgoan, HR ??Passport to World Band Radio?anniversary edition Sponsor by Japan Premium. 17. Shanmugam.N.T, Thasappagoundanputhur, TN ??WRTH?Collectors edition Sponsor by Dr.T.Elampooranan, Chennai. 18. Bedanta Das, Assam ? DW T-shirt + DW Cards Sponsor by DW Radio. 19. Sekar.P.S, Thalaignayiru, TN ? DW kit (Square Puzzle, Bag, Pen) Sponsor by DW Radio. 20. Arun.K, Meenatchipalayam, TN ? DW kit (Square Puzzle, Bag, Pen) Sponsor by DW Radio. 21. Shanmugasundaram.S, Madurai ? DW kit (Card game, Bag, Pen) Sponsor by DW Radio. 22. Anitha.K, Meenatchipalayam, TN ? DW kit (Card game, Bag, Pen) Sponsor by DW Radio. 23. Sivaramakrishnan, Chennai ? DW Card game Sponsor by DW Radio. 24. Kumaran.V.S, Cuddalore ? DW Card game Sponsor by DW Radio. 25. Hemanth Kumar.B, Chennai ? DW Card game Sponsor by DW Radio. 26. Porunai Balu.S, Nellai, TN ? DW Square Puzzle Sponsor by DW Radio. 27. Subramaniam.A.M, Neyveli, TN ? DW Card game Sponsor by DW Radio. 28. Shanmugam.N, Manachanallur, TN ? DW kit (Card game, Pen) Sponsor by DW Radio. Not fulfill the entry rules (But with good points) 1. Dinesh.T.D, Andra Pradesh. 2. Mohammed Aslam, Uthar Pradesh. Special QSL receivers. 10. Dennis Allen, Australia. 11. Terje (Terry) Nielsen, New Zealand. 12. John Wright, Australia. 13. Harold Woering, USA. 14. Simon-Peter Liehr, Germany. 15. Koichi Saito, Japan. 16. Pecolatto Bruno, Italia. (Jaisakthivel, Ardic DX Club-ADXC, Tirunelveli, India) ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:24:41 +0100 (BST) From: Horacio Nigro <hanigr...@yahoo.es> To: Nigro Horacio <hanigr...@yahoo.es> Subject: [HCDX] Experimental WebSDR 0-19 MHz) at PA3FWM's home has been taken offline. Message-ID: <1343157881.19121.yahoomail...@web133102.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 This experimental WebSDR at PA3FWM's home, covering 0 to 19 MHz, has been taken offline, as announced a few days in advance. There are several reasons for this: * The nearby system at the University of Twente is finally available again, at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901. * The antenna at the university seems to be much better, judging by the number of users there and here over the last few days. * Running this system occupied equipment that I would rather use for other things (such as further development of the hard- and software). * I continuously needed to be careful about possible thunderstorms and disconnect the antenna in time. * I never intended to run such a system permanently from my home anyway; I only did so because of the antenna problems at the university site. For now, the frequency range of the system at the university site is limited to 8 bands of 600 kHz each. However, it is planned to change it to general coverage of the HF spectrum in the future, like this site used to have. Thanks everyone for using the test system over the past year or so! Comments can be sent to pa3...@websdr.org . (http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8903/ via Horacio Nigro, Uruguay) ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:11:06 +0100 (BST) From: Horacio Nigro <hanigr...@yahoo.es> To: Nigro Horacio <hanigr...@yahoo.es> Subject: [HCDX] Uruguay: Em. Chan?, Tacuaremb?, SW unofficial stn, currently inactive. Message-ID: <1343160666.23643.yahoomail...@web133106.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Uruguay.? Em. Chan?, Tacuaremb?, the unofficial SW trasmitter relaying a local FM comunity stn in Department of Tacuaremb?, Uruguay (central part of the country) and which was monitored in the Southern South America region, during the last two years around 5.9 MHz (very variable) is currently inactive, due to power costs. Anyways,they stat their broadcasts would resume in the future. New data to report is their postal addr: Barragu? 395, Barrio La Palma, Tacuaremb?.? E-mail: emisorachanatacuare...@hotmail.com (Horacio Nigro, Uruguay, via telephone contact with the stn, Jul 24) End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 115, Issue 25 *********************************************