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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. Bangladesh Betar testing on 15520 kHz (Swopan Chakroborty) 2. VOA Uzbek, jammed by mainland China jamming service (Wolfgang Bueschel) 3. Glenn Hauser logs August 7-8, 2012 (Glenn Hauser) 4. Re: [dxld] Glenn Hauser logs August 7-8, 2012 (Wolfgang Bueschel) 5. Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA (Stewart MacKenzie) 6. Top 5 Radio Books & More for August (Radio Heritage Mail) 7. Baltic logs 8/8 (Eike Bierwirth) 8. KRE - new equipment in full swing at Kanggye (Wolfgang Bueschel) 9. DX on Thurs (Charles) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 18:57:14 +0530 From: Swopan Chakroborty <snc...@yahoo.co.uk> To: Hard Core Dx <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: [HCDX] Bangladesh Betar testing on 15520 kHz Message-ID: <camfxlodypuopjxhanvnqtc6b2jdsmz_auq6-exxppq1bdf0...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Tonight Bangladesh Betar testing on 15520 kHz. More @ http://swopan.blogspot.in/2012/08/bangladesh-betar-test-broadcast-on.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Swopan Chakroborty <swo...@gmail.com> Date: 6 August 2012 16:59 Subject: Test transmission from Bangladesh Betar To: WRTH Publisher <publis...@wrth.com> Today test transmission from Bangladesh Betar new shortwave transmitter and antenna system, 0400-2000 UTC, 7250 kHz, 250 kW. More @ http://swopan.blogspot.in Thanks, Swopan Chakroborty Kolkata, India ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 17:16:58 +0200 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesche...@web.de> To: "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com>, "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: [HCDX] VOA Uzbek, jammed by mainland China jamming service Message-ID: <02FA68668E6748249C4967985C2F38DD@HNPC2> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original KUWAIT/MARIANA ISLS {Tinian}/PHILIPPINES/THAILAND CNR1 heavy jamming of S=9+30dB powerhouse against VOA Uzbek language service dialy at 1500-1530 UT, to cover national speakers in western China on UZB/KGZ border. Weak 9580PHT, mixture on 11920TIN, best Uzbek reception on 11930UDO channel, and powerful jammed 15100KWT relay transmission. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 8) ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 09:39:51 -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 August 7-8, 2012 Message-ID: <1344443991.4043.yahoomailclas...@web114005.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 ** BANGLADESH [and non]. 15520, Aug 8 at 1558, very weak signal with bits of modulation, presumably Bangladesh Betar, Dhaka, testing its brand-new transmitter toward Europe at 12-20 UT today, as tipped by Swopan Chakroborty? Instead of 7250 tested yesterday. 15520 is an old frequency of theirs, inactive for many years. In the meantime, other stations have been using 15520, currently registered in this time period, first the other ``DHA`` = Dhabbaya, UAE site with YFR at 14-16, the second hour in English; Turkey in English at 1630-1730, Egypt in Fulfulde at 1845-20, so before 1400, 1600-1630, and 1730-1845 should be the best windows. Recheck at 1608, however, what little signal I had is gone, so suspect it was really YFR/UAE; is BB really still on? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake Aug 8, after 1230: 16100, very poor at 1234; none in the 17s 12230, good at 1240 going from open carrier (maybe just a pause) to FD; none in the 13s, 14s, 15s After 1300: 14700, very good at 1317 15560, fair at 1317, het on hi side 16100, fair at 1321; none in the 13s, 12s 17450, JBA at 1324 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 11680, Aug 7 at 2358, RHC music-only, no announcement until 0000, stronger here than on // 11840, which Grayson Watson in Dallas has been monitoring, enjoying the music from 2330, but what program is it? RHC website Spanish program schedule skips the 23-24 hour entirely! Maybe it`s just filler/buffer because in the B-seasons, the 21-23 magazine, Revista Iberoamericana, shifts to 22-24. Since an evening frequency announcement is airing at 0000 Aug 8, I copy it to see what errors this one contain. 17705, 15230, 11760 11840, 11680, 9810, and at 02-06 5040. Well, 5040 closes at 0500 like all the other Spanish frequencies (except when they forget and overrun). I check all those frequencies and find RHC normal, except: 9810, August 8 from 0001, open carrier. I leave a receiver on this frequency with volume turned up to see when they get around to modulating. Never! Still silence at 0006, 0048, 0103, 0130 and beyond. Not paying much attention after 0300, but at 0449 yes, still OC, and at 0500 it has been turned off as scheduled. 9810 supposedly starts at 2100 so there you have 8 hours worth of 250 kW burned for nothing (the minuscule amount of juice my receiver consumed monitoring it was insignificant by comparison, and well worth it). What happens tonight Aug 8 at 0500 transition from Spanish to English? At 0501, both 6010 and 6125 are missing. By 0511 recheck, 6010 is on, and 6125 is open carrier; at 0515, English modulation finally joined in progress, but who needs it anyway, with 6010, 6050 and 6060? Next morning, there are not only dead air in Spanish, but numerous distorted modulation problems --- wiggle those patchcords!! 11860 at 1218, modulation very suppressed and distorted 11760 at 1218, is even worse 11690 at 1218, is not so bad, but still affected this way 9550 at 1223, also needs a better connexion 9540 at 1223, from the other site, is OK, but weaker as usual 9850 at 1228, inherits the open carrier/dead air of yesterday; maybe traces of distorted modulation, almost totally suppressed 6150 at 1231, some modulation, but too much CCI from Asia to evaluate 15230 at 1232, modulation OK, on usual weaker signal 17580 at 1233, undermodulated but not distorted 17730 at 1233, undermodulated with some distortion 11860 at 1313, modulation is finally almost normal, as well as 11760, 11690, 13780 15340 at 1320, mod OK, but heavy HCJB Australia CCI as usual lately (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. 9490, Aug 8 at 0140, R. Rep?blica via Guiana French is still strong but weakened a little close to the end of its 2-hour transmission, allowing Cuban noise jamming to be detectable underneath. I imagine it is just as ineffective Dentro-Cuba, except in near proximity to the jamming transmitters. Hey Arnie, how many are they and where are they located? Likely near population centers, as the Caribbean Island Nation is too small to employ skywave jamming against itself, especially on the higher bands; or do they use NVIS for shorter skip zones? But that`s not useful on the higher bands either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. 15610, Aug 8 at 0509, ME music, undermodulated, 0510 mentions Qahira. So tonite unlike August 2 log, R. Cairo managed to stay on the air past 0405 for the 04-06 Swahili broadcast, 250 kW, 170 degrees from Abu Zabaal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. 15540, Aug 7 at 1930, R. Kuwait in English, YL with a recipe for Ramadan, said was a joint produxion with R. Bahrain. Lasted only two sesquiminutes, back to rock music at 1933 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** LITHUANIA. I belatedly in early August sent a QSL request to RMRC for the June 9 EDXC special broadcast on 11900, and an e-QSL in PDF was received in a few days on August 7 from Michael Haun, Treasurer RMRC, to be added shortly to my gallery via http://www.worldofradio.com/QSL.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. An unusual mix of propagation modes, UT August 8: Around 0230 UT on ch 2 with antenna southward, I see occasional split-second flashes of NTSC video, usually not locking in. Could be Perseids, except really too quick for meteor scatter. Instead I think it is lightning scatter, since there are big storms south of here in central Oklahoma, far enough away not to be an antenna threat here --- but there are no ch 2 NTSC transmitters anywhere around to be propagated that way. Instead, since there is also a fitful minor sporadic E opening from Mexico, my theory is that what I am seeing is Es from Mexico coming down somewhat south of me, and then sparked on a bit further by LS! Later on I am getting brief fade-ins of direct Spanish Es, only ch 2: 0250, that comedy show with childish adults in funny hats, slapstick like 3 Stooges; then slide says LA HORA - algo. One day I will research what this show is, unless someone knows and infills me. 0309, another fade-in of algo, soon gone [algo is short for something] 0352, burst of about a second with Spanish laughter. This is MS. At another time I did not note, I heard some English, suspected XHRIO 0407, fade-in with Olympic docu about Nadia, also with CCI; Es, or MS-influenced Es? Lasted less than a minute 0443 some Spanish audio fades in, but little video. This is unusual, as audio normally comes second, riding in above the video carriers. There may have been more, but it`s time for me to call it a night. 1538 on 2, have been monitoring ch 2 for a bihour, and now MS shows something for a couple of seconds; at 1542 a longer opening, almost a minute, in Spanish with ads, CCI; overlapping meteor bursts or fitful Es, perhaps caused by the MS. 1549 more weak CCI on 2. 6m Es maps are showing several contact paths across central USA. 1558, definitely Es opening building with algo on 4, and Spanish variety show, hoy? past 1600 on 2, CCI. 1612 on 4, Olympic volleyball in Spanish --- or is it men`s net handball, whatever that is called, as live on NBC now. Satellite and/or digital delays make it impossible to match video even if //. Opening continues weakly on 2 as I wrap this report at 1638 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. Aug 8 at 1336 UT, since analog signal from KOCY-48 OKC is somewhat tropo-enhanced showing lucha-libre goons on Estrella TV, I look for other signals. Still no sign of KOHC-CD 45 before official Mundo Fox start Aug 13, just KSNW Wichita coming in off the back. 43 has a `bad` DTV signal of some sort. Seems to peak to SW, rather than N/NNE, so suspect an Oklahoman rather than Kansan. There are translators in Lawton, Seiling, Elk City and Altus. Lawton has 5+ times the power of any of the others, 2.6 kW, but Seiling is closest. From 1336, holds up past 1500 but never decodes (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SLOVAKIA [non]. 9955, Aug 8 at 0050, music, then R. Slovakia International ID in English, no jamming as Cuba suffers it to be free! Even RSI does not acknowledge the WRMI relay which is the only way they survive as a SW station. Under How to Listen at http://www.rozhlas.sk/radio-international-en you have a choice of: internet or satellite However, if you search the site on WRMI, you get its website as a ``partner`` link along with WRN`s. Searching on 9955 gets one misleading hit titled ``cable``: http://www.rozhlas.sk/radio-international-es/como-escucharnos-cable which adds outdated and Spanish-only info: ``Les recordamos a todos los que nos esuchan que a pesar del anunciado cierre de las ondas cortas, los oyentes de Am?rica Latina y el Caribe, durante la temporada de invierno 2011/2012 pueden sintonizarnos en las ondas de Radio Miami Internacional, en la frecuencia de 9955 kHz, en los 31 metros, entre: las 05:30 y las 06:00 ET (El tiempo del este, UTC-5) Nota: todos los d?as las 09:30 y las 10:00 ET (El tiempo del este, UTC-5) Nota: Solamente lunes, mi?rcoles, jueves y viernes las 10:30 y las 11:00 ET (El tiempo del este, UTC-5) Nota: todos los d?as`` [pm, they meant!] Latest WRMI program grid dated July 5 shows RSI in Spanish is really: 0930-1000 Mon-Sat 1230-1300 daily 0230-0300 daily And in English: 0030-0100 Tue-Sat Rechecked 9955 an hour later at 0141, and now there is wall-of-noise jamming during scheduled ``Bible Commentary``, and no, there is nothing else even in Spanish on WRMI at 01-02, as the incompetent DentroCuban Jamming Command marches on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. 15400, Aug 8 at 0450, R. Dabanga is back with usual good signal via MADAGASCAR after having been missing last night. Tuned to 13765 at 0453 a bit too late, only hearing one syllable of something before cut to dead air (except for a little buzzing-flies noise out of the malfunxioning transmitter); suspect another mis-relay of Dabanga prior to Vatican, whose IS started at 0457 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TAIWAN [non]. 7570, Aug 8 at 0450, after at least two nights of apologetic missing programming, RTI is back to normal via WYFR and in correct language too! YL Spanish talk about exports (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TUNISIA. 17735, Aug 8 at 0506, IWT with nice Arabic song, in fact the SSOB and better than // 7275, much better than // 12005 --- but I know it will be cut off rudely and abruptly by timer, as modulation on 17735 stops at 0507:50, and carrier cut at 0508. Only RFA Saipan 17855 had rivalled it on 16m. Then 12005 is also gone (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. 9820, August 8 at 0140, VOA ending Spe-cial Eng-lish news, into health re-port; with C5 het from always off-frequency R. Nove de Julho, Brasil, i.e. approx. 523 Hz, but let`s just call it 9819.5. Seems the IBB frequency manager is oblivious of such problems, since Brasil refuses to participate in HFCC; therefore its numerous SW stations sharing the ISWBC bands do not exist. Current lineup for UT Tue-Sat Special English at 0130-0200 via Greenville-B is only: 184 degrees on 7465, 164 degrees toward Brasil! on 9820 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Received a reply from FBN just after dispatching my last report, responding to this inquiry: Hello, WTJC, Your shortwave signal has been off the air for several days, and I no longer see any mention of WTJC or SW on your website. Have you closed down WTJC permanently? Regards, Glenn Hauser, World of Radio (to FBN, Aug 7 via DXLD) Thank you for writing. Yes, WTJC is officially off the air since August 2nd. In Christ's service, Mrs. Robinson (FBN reply, 1722 UT Aug 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST) So another station quits shortwave for good. Their other SW station, WBOH, 5920v, was last heard on October 2, 2009; by Oct. 22 we were convinced it was off. Adrian Peterson reported it was ``removed from service`` on Oct 31, 2009 (Glenn Hauser, August 7, 2012, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 11776 & 11784, the carrier/hets heard in the mornings, in case they are parasitic from an unknown 11780 transmitter halfway between, like RNA Brazil, I check in the evening when 11780 is inbooming, August 8 at 0143: no trace of them. Aug 8 at 1219, first check this morning, nothing on 11776 or 11784. But at next check 1312, there they are again. Are they coming from something on 11780, if not Brasil? I can only detect an even weaker carrier there, so seems unlikely. 11734, furthermore, at 1242 here is another 1-kHz het! Against VOK in pompous Korean on 11735; still audible at 1311 when VOK has switched to Chinese // 11710 underneath English in double audio feed. 11751.5, the other mystery carrier/het vs Cuba 11750 is again here at 1312 Aug 8 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 13832 approx., Aug 8 at 1238, huge ute noise blob; can detect a very weak AM carrier under it at 13830; blob still there at 1316. Broadcast victim at 11-14 would be IBB Tibetan via Tajikistan, but I doubt this is jamming, it`s so strong here. If it keep up, will also bother WEWN at 17-24; 13830 also registered for YFR via MBR Nauen at 15-16; and RMI something else via MBR Wertachtal, Issoudun on limited schedules, and optimistically by the as yet incomplete Madagascar World Voice at 14-15 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 19:45:55 +0200 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesche...@web.de> To: "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Glenn Hauser logs August 7-8, 2012 Message-ID: <360FC258CE004AABA56A4E9991AC4922@HNPC2> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Yes, heard 2 hrs YFR from Al Dhabbaya and also VoTurkey co-channel in the meantime. 73 wb BANGLADESH Radio Bangladesh sked on their website: The latest schedule of Radio Bangladesh External Services is available in the following link (which matches with what was monitored): <http://www.betar.org.bd/externalservices.html> Bangladesh 7250 - Last WRTH 2010 sked is all on 7250 kHz and seem to be following it and in between maybe as a test filler with Bangla. Good signals. TX has a bit of a hum. ENGLISH 1230-1300 SoEaAS/SoAS 1745-1815* EUR VOIslam 1815-1900 EUR ARABIC 1600-1630 ME BENGALI 1630-1730 ME 1915-2000 EU HINDI 1515-1545 SoAS NEPALI 1315-1345 SoAS Monitoring Observations of Radio Bangladesh External Services, yesterday on 7250 kHz. 1230-1300 English 1315-1345 Nepali 1400-1430 Urdu Around 1600-1630 Arabic, 1630- Bangla (The sked above is incomplete, more monitoring needed) Email id announced is <betar.external @ yahoo.com> (Jose Jacob-IND VU2JOS, DXindia Aug 8) Bangladesh Betar - new transmitter built up on 7250 kHz, test transmissions of foreign service. Quite good reception this evening from Bangladesh Betar external service, resumed on 7250 kHz with a new transmitter. Heard here from tune-in at 1630 UT when it was carrying Bengali until s/off 1730 UT. After a 15 minute pause, the English service commenced at 1745 UT with ID, programme preview and news - currently in progress. English to Europe is scheduled to continue until 1900 UT. Announced as "Bangladesh Betar overseas service". Great to hear this back on SW, it must be at least 3 years since the old 7250 kHz transmitter failed. (Dave Kenny-UK, BrDXC-UK Aug 7) 7250 Dhaka audio quality IS NOT CLEAN. At 1414 UT Aug 7th, local Asian subcontinent lady singer performed. Around 1405 UT, seemingly news reading. But at 1340 to 1347 UT close-down heard 1020 Hertz test tone continously. BCasting pause after 1347 UT, switched OFF totally. From 1400 UT onwards heard accompanied by a 140 to 160 Hertz buzz HUM tone also, also heard during pauses when music stopped and control level is high, at 1418 UT. ! [later] Re 7250 kHz co-channel, before Vatican Radio Rosario starts at 1840 UT, heard both Radio Bangladesh AHEAD with ID at 1818 UT on even 7250 kHz, here on S=9+25dB level, and PROBABLY AIR Malayalam from Goa Panaji til 1830 UT on o d d 7249.979 kHz. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 7) Bangladesh Betar - 7250 kHz. Meanwhile, BB has kept 7250 in the HFCC registration books; note the nominal azimuth changes: 7250 1200 1300 49 DKA 250 140 BGD NBA 7250 1300 1400 42 DKA 250 320 BGD NBA 7250 1400 1500 41 DKA 250 290 BGD NBA 7250 1500 1600 41 DKA 250 305 BGD NBA 7250 1600 1730 39,40 DKA 250 290 BGD NBA 7250 1730 2000 27 DKA 250 320 BGD NBA but that has not kept other stations from using it, some of which may now want to reconsider, disregarding those in the 20-12 UT period: Goa, India to Iran, and as already noted worse, China with an hour in Nepali from Xi'an, and worst of all, Vatican to Europe when BB is aiming at Europe too; additional SMG transmissions at +1155-1840 conveniently expired June 30: 7250 1500 1600 53,57 XIA 500 252 Nepali CHN CRI RTC 7250 1600 1830 39,40 PAN 250 300 Pers/Mal. IND AIR AIR 7250 1840 1900 28N SMG 250 4 Latin CVA VAT VAT 7250 1900 1930 28N SMG 250 4 Mul CVA VAT VAT 7250 1930 2020 27 SMG 250 326 Fr/En CVA VAT VAT (Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld Aug 7) Khabipur 10 most modern SW curtain antennas by Made in China design, in north-eastern corner at 60/240 and 125/305 degr azimuth. <http://goo.gl/maps/eaGnb> Also older lower dipol antennas and non-dir corner-reflector-like antenna, south-westerly at 45 65 115 155 225 245 295 335 degr azimuth. <http://goo.gl/maps/1ATQS> And a lot of more WOODEN registrations of Dhaka too: 17660 0000 0200 49,54 DKA 250 135 15125 0300 0400 41 DKA 250 305 6165 0400 1000 41 DKA 50 0 15320 0500 0600 40 DKA 250 305 9590 0700 0900 37,38 DKA 250 290 15105 1100 1300 49,54 DKA 250 135 7250 1200 1300 49 DKA 250 140 9550 1200 1300 49 DKA 250 140 11995 1200 1300 49 DKA 250 140 13605 1200 1300 49 DKA 250 140 13700 1200 1300 49 DKA 250 140 15505 1200 1300 49 DKA 250 140 6170 1300 1400 42 DKA 250 320 7250 1300 1400 42 DKA 250 320 9550 1300 1400 42 DKA 250 320 11915 1300 1400 42 DKA 250 320 11995 1300 1400 42 DKA 250 320 13700 1300 1400 42 DKA 250 320 7200 1300 1600 41 DKA 50 0 6195 1300 1800 41 DKA 50 0 7250 1400 1500 41 DKA 250 290 9550 1400 1500 41 DKA 250 290 11995 1400 1500 41 DKA 250 305 13700 1400 1500 41 DKA 250 290 13715 1400 1500 41 DKA 250 290 15505 1400 1500 41 DKA 250 290 5995 1400 1600 41 DKA 50 0 7250 1500 1600 41 DKA 250 305 9550 1500 1600 41 DKA 250 305 11995 1500 1600 41 DKA 250 290 13700 1500 1600 41 DKA 250 305 13715 1500 1600 41 DKA 250 305 15505 1500 1600 41 DKA 250 305 15320 1500 1700 39,40 DKA 250 290 13700 1600 1700 39,40 DKA 250 290 15505 1600 1700 39,40 DKA 250 290 17695 1600 1700 39,40 DKA 250 290 17825 1600 1700 39,40 DKA 250 290 7250 1600 1730 39,40 DKA 250 290 9550 1600 1730 39,40 DKA 250 290 11995 1600 1730 39,40 DKA 250 290 11915 1700 2000 27 DKA 250 320 13700 1700 2000 39,40 DKA 250 290 15505 1700 2000 27 DKA 250 320 6170 1730 2000 27,28 DKA 250 320 7105 1730 2000 27,28 DKA 250 320 7250 1730 2000 27 DKA 250 320 9550 1730 2000 27 DKA 250 320 11995 1730 2000 27 DKA 250 320 7210 2300 2400 44 DKA 250 45 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Partha Sarathi Goswami, Siliguri, W.B., India" <dx...@india.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [dxld] Glenn Hauser logs August 7-8, 2012 > It was on at several time frequently but not continuous like yesterday, > already alerted them about the clashes ( > http://www.shortwaveschedule.com/index.php?freq=15520 ), just now Voice of > Turkey was going on with strong signal.... > > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:09 PM, Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > ** BANGLADESH [and non]. 15520, Aug 8 at 1558, very weak signal with bits > of modulation, presumably Bangladesh Betar, Dhaka, testing its brand-new > transmitter toward Europe at 12-20 UT today, as tipped by Swopan > Chakroborty? Instead of 7250 tested yesterday. 15520 is an old frequency > of theirs, inactive for many years. > > In the meantime, other stations have been using 15520, currently > registered in this time period, first the other ``DHA`` = Dhabbaya, UAE > site with YFR at 14-16, the second hour in English; Turkey in English at > 1630-1730, Egypt in Fulfulde at 1845-20, so before 1400, 1600-1630, and > 1730-1845 should be the best windows. > > Recheck at 1608, however, what little signal I had is gone, so suspect it > was really YFR/UAE; is BB really still on? > (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 15:49:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Stewart MacKenzie <wdx...@yahoo.com> To: Tomas Hood <nw...@nw7us.us>, 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>, Prime Time Shortwave <primetimeshortw...@yahoogroups.com>, SWL QTH <s...@mailman.qth.net> Subject: [HCDX] Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA Message-ID: <1344466185.74883.yahoomailclas...@web121801.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >>>>>> ALBANIA?? China Radio Intl Relay?? CRI?? 6020? 0252 GMT? Chinese? 444? Aug 7? YL and OM with comments.????? Mackenzie-CA.. ANGUILLA?? Caribbean Beacon?? 6090?? 0258 GMT? English? 444? AUG 7?? OM ancr with YL choir singing. Then OM ptreacher 0259 GMT.????? MacKenzie-CA.. CANADA?? Radio Japan Relay NHK?? 5960? 0247 GMT? Japanese? 444? Aug 7? YL and OM in a conversation.????? MacKenzie-CA.. CUBA?? Radio Havana Cuba?? RHC?? 5025? 0234 GMT? Spanish? 333? Aug 7? YL singing. Tis a noisy frequency.. // 5040 9322]? Noisy frequency.????? MacKenzie-CA.. ECUADOR?? HCJB GLOBAL?? 6050? 0233 GMT? Spanish? 333? Aug 7?? YL with comments plus some music.????? MacKenzie-CA.. SPAIN??? Radio Exterio Espana? REE?? 6055? 0255 GMT?? Spanish? 444? Aug 7? YL with REE? ID.? Then a YL singing.????? MacKenzie-CA.. UNITED STATES ,? Tennessee ? WWCR #4 ? 5890? 0240 GMT? English? 433? Aug 7 ? OM preaching from the Bible. ? ?? Mackenzie-CA.. UNITED STATES, Tennessee ?? WWCR #2 ?? 5935? 0245 GMT? English? 444? Aug 7 ? 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Buy a GIFT VOUCHER online at any of our stores so you or a friend can choose from an almost unlimited range of books, CDs, DVDs, MP3 downloads and so much more....popular price ranges are $50 and $100. Note: All prices in $US and may differ at the time of your visit to our bookstores. Shipping extra and varies by your location unless specified. To unsubscribe email radioherit...@gmail.com with NOBO in subject line and allow ten working days for removal. ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:46:30 +0200 From: "Eike Bierwirth" <eike.bierwi...@gmx.de> To: d...@yahoogroups.com, hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [HCDX] Baltic logs 8/8 Message-ID: <20120809074630.177...@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" A few more logs from the Baltic shore, with Perseus SDR and DX-10 active antenna out in the garden. BANGLADESH: Bangladesh Betar test transmission, 8 Aug 2012, 2010 UTC, 15520 (55444). Empty carrier with a big hum stretching from 15510 to 15530. Around 2014, an apparently additional signal came on and was switched off again (same spectral range as the hum, but more homogeneously filled; looked like DRM, but DREAM didn't detect any DRM). When checking again at 2025, subcontinental music, slightly overmodulated, ID at 2030. In silent periods between songs, the big hum returned into the audio feed. Some kind of "carrier" accompanied the music at +/- 4.5 kHz which was beyond the modulation range, so it could be filtered out easily. Listened to the music until 2045. At 2100 and 2110 still on, but silent carrier with the big hum. At 2136 and 2152 still empty carrier without the hum; still same signal strength. Screenshots: DRM-like noise switching on: http://tinyurl.com/cs9m2eq The big hum, not the DRM-like stuff: http://tinyurl.com/c8yem3l Big hum in silent period between songs: http://tinyurl.com/d9y6lzd BRAZIL: Radio Nacional da Amazonia in Portuguese, 8 Aug 2012, 2357 UTC, 6180 (55444) with football. A minute later CRI signed on and RNA went to 52442, nice ID heard under the English chat from Beijing. CANADA: Trenton Volmet in English, 8 Aug 2012, 2024 UTC, 15034 USB (25422), with ID. CHINA: PBS Qinghai in Chinese, 8 Aug 2012, 2218 UTC, 6145 (23322). Interview and monologue in what didn't sound like Mandarin (not as tonal). At 2230 switch to CNR-like format with male+female presenter, sounded more like Mandarin now. FRENCH GUIANA: Disco Palace in DRM, 8 Aug 2012, 2048, 17875 (S=2). The DREAM software could decode the ID A06021 and the description "English, Pop music". But no audio decoded at all, at 4-6 dB. GERMANY: Radio 6150, 8 Aug 2012, 2349 UTC, 6070 kHz (35333) with ID loop in German and English, asking me to stay tuned to be there when the station's re-launch comes in August. INTRUDER: UNID Teletype signal with S=3 centered on 5938 kHz, 8 Aug 2012, 2342 UTC. KUWAIT: Radio Kuwait in English, 8 Aug 2012, 2057 UTC, 15540 (55444). Pop music, frequency announcement (correct), national anthem, into Arabic programme at 2100 but sudden c/d after a few seconds. MALAYSIA: Sarawak FM, 8 Aug 2012, 2334 UTC, 9835 (35322) with pop music. MYANMAR: Myanma Radio in tent. Burmese, 8 Aug 2012, 2251 UTC, 5985.8 (35322). First empty carrier with 1 kHz test tones at 2251 and 2254. At 2300 opening theme, then mix of announcements and music. Decent until 2330. At 2340 much weaker; also WYFR 5985.0 started to fade in and produced a het. Nothing heard on other known MR frequencies. TAIWAN: Sound of Hope (tent) in Mandarin, 8 Aug 2012, 2251 UTC, 7105 (25311), man and woman talking. USA: WTWW is on the air again on 12105 kHz, 8 Aug 2012, 2339 UTC, 35333, talk in Spanish about men and women. 73, Eike Eike Bierwirth Zingst / Germany ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 10:21:16 +0200 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesche...@web.de> To: "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com>, "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: [HCDX] KRE - new equipment in full swing at Kanggye Message-ID: <08B0122EEC624929A29D1C7FBAB8D833@HNPC2> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original KOREA D.P.R. Martial Korean brass music followed by VERY SWEET lady singer song, noted 0730 to 0800 UT Aug 9, on various home sce channels targeted also to southern Korea. All BUILT UP / reshuffeled by very new Chinese shortwave transmitters of BBEF Made in China firm for KCBS Pyongyang Kanggye in week of March 2nd to 5th, 2012. All these are always exact on frequency NOW since March 2012 ! I guess these are new SW units, Made in China by BBEF, which North Korean personell had installation training last year in June 2011 at BBEF firm. Korean domestic langs programm noted today on very exact 6100.000 6250.000 6400.000 9665.000 11680.000 kHz. Checked at Japanese and Australian SDR remote units against WWV, WWVH, RWM, CHU, Nikkei, RA Shepparton, R Rossii Magadan. Also against RID Angarsk 5004, 10004, 15004 kHz. <http://irkutsk.com/radio/tis.htm> But uses still old tx equipment at foreign service site of Kujang: A-12 Transmission Schedule of the Voice of Korea, Pyongyang, DPR Korea valid suring summer 2012. 0700-0757 UT Japanese 621 9650.004 11865.025 J Korean (PBS) 7220.008 9344.980 NE CHN Russian 9974.962 11735.017 FE Russian 13760.021 15244.975 Eu - S=7 signal in GER at 0715 UT Aug 9 (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 9) ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 10:11:24 -0000 From: "Charles" <ka4...@peoplepc.com> To: "'Ankeer Petersen'" <anker.peter...@mail.dk>, "'Bob Wilkner'" <r...@earthlink.net>, "'Chrissy Brand'" <chriss...@hotmail.co.uk>, "'DXLD'" <d...@yahoogroups.com>, "'Gayle Van Horn'" <gaylevanh...@monitoringtimes.com>, "'Glenn Hauser'" <wghau...@yahoo.com>, "'Hard-Core-dx@hard-core-dx.com'" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "'Liz Cameron'" <ale...@yahoo.com>, "'Marie Lamb'" <mal...@mailbox.syr.edu>, "'Short Wave World'" <shortwavewo...@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [HCDX] DX on Thurs Message-ID: <294E1BC8FE444C6AB3F9B9DE84E9AAF8@CharlesPC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Peru, 4809.983, Radio Logos, pres, 0945-1010, With a very weak signal, noted a steady period of music being broadcast here. Unfortunately, on the northside of the signal sets a signal that sounds like a FAX chopping away at Radio Logos' weak signal. Notching the interference out does not help much. At 0959 a male breaks into the music with announcements of ID and other information which was too weak and muffled for copy. After a minute of that, music returns. Logos remained at a threshold level. (Chuck Bolland, August 9, 2012) Excalibur 26N 081W End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 116, Issue 9 ********************************************