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Today's Topics:
1. a corexion and logs (Zacharias Liangas )
2. Latest from Libya: new 21660 (Glenn Hauser)
3. Glenn Hauser logs February 24-25, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
4. Re: [dxld] Glenn Hauser logs February 24-25, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:42:56 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <gree...@otenet.gr>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] a corexion and logs
Message-ID: <4d67dc10.28574.236...@greekdx.otenet.gr>
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this log has a small but important error : it is not Aparecida but
Bandeirantes
(this log appears on http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/337)
Therefore it should be read as:
9645 Bendeirantes 0529 with talk in PP S0 Clock on 0530
Also for 23 : 9465.3 0515 was better for USB with talk in PP , with mentions
for civilization . Poor under QRM 9645 posisbly R Vatican
Ansd several more logs:
9670 unIDed (Amh? ) sattion with horn of Africa song 0528 to 0533 tune out
. Also 24th with talks in nIDed lang Fair in both days
and for
1650 nIDed station again with news Audio at:
http://www.mediafire.com/?fspeisbi2wjne39 or
http://www.mediafire.com/?hn33yh3aw2t9r72 or
http://www.mediafire.com/?y911yctk945c09g (16bit)
1660 !! with songs on 0512 and 0514 and short talks in between . Adbvert in
0517 S3 on AM mode
two audios at
http://www.mediafire.com/?wr36si5xy0ihqix
http://www.mediafire.com/?thubjshb5vdf2e6
hhis
http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/337
two brazilians with songs that time :
4885 Para with signalS7 on 0520+
4985 RBC with S3 //11815 with marginal signal
Standard rig :
ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser 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: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:25:55 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Latest from Libya: new 21660
Message-ID: <541762.35016...@web114004.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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** LIBYA. V. of Africa monitoring Friday Feb 25, for the scheduled 1400-1600
English on 17725, 21695:
1405 tune-in, no signal on 21695, and Spain is JBA on 21610, 21570, but I still
think Libya is not on the air. 17725 at 1406 but not in English, think it`s
Swahili, talking about Africa, Fatah.
1408, 17725 goes to open carrier, 1410 English ID beginning late, drumming,
usual pompous announcer, says something about ``ending the conflict``, mentions
9-9-99, a significant date? Yes: see below. Rough copy with deep fades. 1412 YL
ID and drumming. 1414, frequency announcement claiming this is ``17850``. 1424,
17725 is even weaker during music. Still nothing on 21695. Break for breakfast.
1457, 17725 is too weak to copy, and no 21695, tho Kuwait in Arabic is OK on
21540, Spain on 21570, 21610.
1520, I check 13m once again and guess what, 21660 is now on with the
easily-recognizable VOA OM English announcer, instead of 21695. It cuts off the
air for a split second now and then, but copy is better now than 17725. 1524 I
start rolling tape --- you never know, when this could be the final broadcast,
forever.
(Elsewhere on real news sources, fighting is reported west of Tripoli, which we
know is not far from the Sabrata SW transmitter site on the coast about halfway
between Tripoli and Tunisia.)
1524 another boring canned talk on the African Union, 1528 music; 1535 I resume
listening after a phonecall, now it`s the YL speaking and copy is tough again,
fading down. 1537 canned frequency announcement again, one of which is the
imaginary 17850.
1543, repeat the canned frequency announcement, yes, now with BOTH of them
wrong. Could it be sabotage, at the studio and/or transmitter site, to minimize
listenership?? Still saying ``21695 and 17850``.
1545, ``special program on the unity of Africa, thanks to the great revolution
of Al-Fatah``, history starting in 1969y; now fading in much better. 1546
mentions Nasser, Nkrumah, Mobutu, and repeatedly, ``the leader of the
revolution of Al-Fatah``, presumably referring to Q`Daffy, but I never hear him
mentioned by name in these talx. Is that usual? A ``declaration`` of some
significance was made on 9-9-99 --- I assume in the Western calendar, tho Libya
has a different one where that date would have no such numerological
significance, or did they just change the names of the months and keep the
numbers the same? 1555, outro program claiming ``the unity of Africa has been
achieved``. Several more momentary transmitter breaks in a row during music.
1556 ID, music; 1559, closing English ``until tomorrow, Voice of Africa from
the Great ---`` and modulation cut before ``Jamahiriyah``, more sabotage?
Probably just usual incompetence. After a few sex of dead air, opening French,
but it`s muffled and distorted, plus the music with it.
After confirming that 17725 is still running //, I quit and start compiling
today`s lengthy log report which will take a few more hours, starting with this
which I am releasing in advance. Refer later to the final version in case I
make any changes or additions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:30:02 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs February 24-25, 2011
Message-ID: <716184.65311...@web114016.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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** ANTARCTICA. 15476, Feb 25 at 1355 and 1425 chex, not even a carrier, so
LRA36 apparently did not meet its target date for reactivation. Maybe Monday
Feb 28? Assuming its schedule will again be M-F 12-15. Should also check for it
at other hours including previously used 18-21, so I did at 2032 Feb 25:
nothing, altho 15345 had a hefty het between Argentina and Morocco. Back At
1355, weak signal on 15480, presumably Turkey about to close. Also beware of an
unID and unlisted transmitter on 15475 which Ron Howard heard recently (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CYPRUS [non]
** AUSTRALIA. 15400, Feb 25 at 1355 hymn, 1356 W&M speaking Chinese, ergo HCJB
Kununurra making a rare appearance via longpath. And also on 15340 as a big het
against Morocco 15341 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 7290, Feb 25 at 1145, Chinese language lesson, urok presented in
Russian, VG signal, per Aoki is CRI, 500 kW, 37 degrees from Shijiazhuang site
for DVR, but also USward. Aoki also shows CNR1 on 7290, 100 kW, 222 degrees
from Beijing 572 site. Do CNR1 and CRI really operate co-channel? No sign of
any QRM. There are many other such internally conflicting registrations (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake, Feb 25:
8400, VG but fluttery at 1147; no Sound of Hope or anything else audible
under, even during brief pauses in music. Gone at 1209 check.
10300, JBA at 1154. No others encountered in bandscans during next four hours
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. 7540, Feb 25 at 1513 oscillating whoop-whoop jammer against
something in Chinese. BBCWS Chinese is here a bit longer, to be terminated in
one month on March 25, M-F 1300-1530, 250 kW, 20 degrees from THAILAND, but
unfortunately overlaps a semihour with V. of Mesopotamia via Ukraine, which
ought to stay on 11530 thirty minutes longer at least on weekdays. The Chinese
I heard had an echo, so presumably additional CNR1 jamming rather than BBC
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. 6035, Feb 25 at 1117, bits of rather distorted Spanish on peaks,
vs bleed from 6030 DentroCuban Jamming Command; presumed La Voz del Guaviare,
known to be active, and which I never hear during my preferred monitoring
windows earlier and later (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS [non]. 15478-15503, OTH radar pulses, presumed from here, Feb 25 at
1426, uncomfortably close to the LRA36 frequency 15476, q.v.
13855-13880, OTH radar pulses, also presumed from here, Feb 25 at 1503 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAM. 5765-USB, AFN still missing another day, Feb 25 at 1228 and some later
chex (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4052.5-, R. Verdad, Feb 25 is on earlier than sometimes, at 1124
with sermon in English mentioning Jesus Christ, resurrexion. 1130 outro of
`Thru the Bible Radio` with program contact info. 1131 local ID in English as
Radio Truth, asking for reports and offering banner and QSL, accompanied by
organ(?) music. Then hymn medley, local performance? With small choir and
piano, such as `Bless?d Lord Jesus`, `Softly & Tenderly`, `Faith of our
Fathers`, 1139 `He Walks with Me`.
S9+12, SIO 333, BFO helps; it`s atop a lite het from 4050, probably KWMO x 3,
and with not very tight unmodified FRG-7 selectivity, after 1130 also some USB
from the 4045 marine weather net based in Florida. Fortunately, the bonker
around 4040 was far enough away.
Recheck at 1156, still audible with `Let My People Go`, 1202 `Swing Low, Sweet
Chariot`. BTW, at this hour, TGAV had a better signal than the finale of BBC
Mundo in Spanish on WHRI 9410! see UK [non]. 1222 still playing hymns but
weakening vs the 4050 het.
BTW, with such specific program details, I am more interested in documenting
what I heard than suppressing info in order to thwart phony QSL-hunters. DXers
are hereby notified that they are on their honor to pick up and report the
station themselves; and station QSLers are equally on notice to beware of false
reports suspiciously matching mine (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HAWAII. Besides THAILAND [q.v.] as I was tuning down from 9765 to 5765, Feb
25 at 1229, I also passed a US marine weather broadcast on 8764.5 in the usual
distorted SSB transmission --- is anyone paying attention? Any ham running
overdriven SSB like that would be ashamed, and quickly advised of it by his
peers. Did not hang around to ID it, or pin down the frequency but seemed
8764.5 instead of 8764.0, as listed here:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/hfvoice.htm
for three US Coast Guard stations, NMN Chesapeake VA, NMC Pt Reyes CA, and NMO
Honolulu. Schedule does not show end times, but the one starting most recently
at 1200 is NMO, so presumed this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HONDURAS [and non]. 3250.0, Feb 25 at 1223, weak Spanish, no doubt HRPC,
with SAH, no doubt Korea North, both very close to nominal frequency, and
matching MW 1250 stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 4895, Feb 20 at 1327, best of several weak 60m frequencies matching
AIR outlets, YL in S Asian language past 1330. Was hoping for an English
newscast. Probably AIR Kurseong with Kolkata programming. I was thinking this
had been reported slightly off, but measured right on 4895.0 now. Only other
possibility is Mongolia. Most AIR stations have a long English newscast at 1530
but that is too late for us in deep North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 3325, Feb 25 at 1316, usual Indonesian chat show, ergo RRI
Palangkaraya, peaking now after sunrise, as not much audible an hour earlier.
1332 still going with conversation.
3345, at 1334 talking going to music while 3325 is also in, so I presume RRI
Ternate, rather than PNG Poppondetta believed inactive.
Right after first getting 3325, checked 4750 for RRI Makassar, Feb 25 at 1317,
YL song, CCI from second carrier slightly offset, 1322 announcements after
heavy-beat rock, 1325 kids` voices, ads? S9+20 but fighting the hi local noise
level, which I fear prevents my hearing the other more exotic 60m Indonesians
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, VOI is back in force, after missing three mornings in a
row. Feb 25 at 1152, VG signal with music marred by IADs, Chinese? 1218 check,
in usual slow Japanese, talking about Brunei Darussalam, IADs. I was too busy
logging lots of other stuff to check during the 1300 English hour, or 1400
Indonesian, but at 1508 I found 9526- still on with the bonus broadcast on
borrowed time in English: YL with news, lite het, lite hum, not too many IADs.
1511 `Commentary` about Libya, call off the mercenaries, etc. 9680 RRI had gone
off by now. 1514 `Today in History` including something about Nasser in 1964,
Marcos later. Just as TiH was ending, cut off the air at 1518:25* (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ISRAEL [and non]. 13850, Feb 25 at 1502 poor in Persian from Kol Israel, 250
kW, 90 degrees from Tel Aviv-Yafne, plus a low het. Could be Iranian jamming,
but per Aoki, Sound of Hope may also be here 21 hours a day, and consequently
ChiCom jamming. Did not seem to be Firedrake (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ITALY [non]. No one heard the publicized IRRS test on 5775 (not 5975,
apparently) on Feb 24, and Ron Norton now says that had to be canceled at last
minute due to ``technical problems``. Instead, they are testing Feb 25-27 at
18-20 on 9435 to Europe, reports wanted. That presumably includes WORLD OF
RADIO Saturday at 1900, but it`s not clear whether they are still using
Slovakia 6090 as well. They will continue on MW axually from Italy, 1368 and
1566.
I checked 9435 at 1900 Feb 25, and heard only a very weak carrier, but
certainly not for NAm, anyway. Presumably the new frequency will replace the
Slovakia site about to close. Wolfgang B?schel thought Gavar, Armenia would be
most likely on 5775. It`s up to astute monitors to figure out the real sites,
since Ron also says,
``Some of you asked about TX location, however: it is our policy that while we
always make public the target area(s), the exact transmitter location(s) may
change over time, and always remains strictly confidential.`` Nevertheless,
WRTH 2011 says it has been: SLOVAKIA.
An additional test is 0930-1230 on 9510 to Europe, Feb 25 and 28 (Friday and
Monday). IRRS was already running 9510 at 09-13 Sat & Sun, presumably Slovakia
so far (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5985, quick check Feb 25 at 1413 amid LIBYA and other
monitoring, to reconfirm that Shiokaze is still here and in English on Friday,
along with het from MYANMAR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KUWAIT. 21540, Feb 25 at 1357 fair signal in Arabic, 1459 ID, mentions of
Islamiyah, no CCI from SPAIN now which may be off, tho still on 21570, 21610,
q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBYA. V. of Africa monitoring Friday Feb 25, for the scheduled 1400-1600
English on 17725, 21695:
1405 tune-in, no signal on 21695, and Spain is JBA on 21610, 21570, but I still
think Libya is not on the air. 17725 at 1406 but not in English, think it`s
Swahili, talking about Africa, Fatah.
1408, 17725 goes to open carrier, 1410 English ID beginning late, drumming,
usual pompous announcer, says something about ``ending the conflict``, mentions
9-9-99, a significant date? Yes: see below. Rough copy with deep fades. 1412 YL
ID and drumming. 1414, frequency announcement claiming this is ``17850``. 1424,
17725 is even weaker during music. Still nothing on 21695. Break for breakfast.
1457, 17725 is too weak to copy, and no 21695, tho Kuwait in Arabic is OK on
21540, Spain on 21570, 21610.
1520, I check 13m once again and guess what, 21660 is now on with the
easily-recognizable VOA OM English announcer, instead of 21695. It cuts off the
air for a split second now and then, but copy is better now than 17725. 1524 I
start rolling tape --- you never know, when this could be the final broadcast,
forever.
(Elsewhere on real news sources, fighting is reported west of Tripoli, which we
know is not far from the Sabrata SW transmitter site on the coast about halfway
between Tripoli and Tunisia.)
1524 another boring canned talk on the African Union, 1528 music; 1535 I resume
listening after a phonecall, now it`s the YL speaking and copy is tough again,
fading down. 1537 canned frequency announcement again, one of which is the
imaginary 17850.
1543, repeat the canned frequency announcement, yes, now with BOTH of them
wrong. Could it be sabotage, at the studio and/or transmitter site, to minimize
listenership?? Still saying ``21695 and 17850``.
1545, ``special program on the unity of Africa, thanks to the great revolution
of Al-Fatah``, history starting in 1969y; now fading in much better. 1546
mentions Nasser, Nkrumah, Mobutu, and repeatedly, ``the leader of the
revolution of Al-Fatah``, presumably referring to Q`Daffy, but I never hear him
mentioned by name in these talx. Is that usual? A ``declaration`` of some
significance was made on 9-9-99 --- I assume in the Western calendar, tho Libya
has a different one where that date would have no such numerological
significance, or did they just change the names of the months and keep the
numbers the same? 1555, outro program claiming ``the unity of Africa has been
achieved``. Several more momentary transmitter breaks in a row during music.
1556 ID, music; 1559, closing English ``until tomorrow, Voice of Africa from
the Great ---`` and modulation cut before ``Jamahiriyah``, more sabotage?
Probably just usual incompetence. After a few sex of dead air, opening French,
but it`s muffled and distorted, plus the music with it.
After confirming at 1604 that 17725 is still running //, I quit and start
compiling today`s lengthy log report which will take a few more hours, starting
with this which I am releasing in advance. Refer later to the final version in
case I make any changes or additions.
Such as this: don`t know how long 21660 would stay on, and not rechecked until
1900, when there is a very weak carrier. Could be a birdie of some local
source; nothing now scheduled at any time on 21660, an ex-BBC frequency (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND. 5950, Feb 25 at 1345, someYL named Russell with a contemporary
blues/dixieland song, 1348 health and welfare phone numbers for Christchurch,
IDs as ``Radio New Zealand`` (not National, nor International), and certainly
not the Maori music show scheduled Fridays at 1330 on RNZI. Rescue stories,
including a couple who managed to complete their planned marriage ceremony
despite the quake. See also VATICAN [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** RUSSIA [non]. Earl Higgins in MO, was hearing an unID language Feb 17 on
9965 before the V. of Russia Portuguese service at 2300 listed as via ARMENIA;
nothing scheduled before then. I finally remembered to check this on Feb 24:
2255 some very weak and fluttery talk, but cannot determine the language, also
with residual Cuban pulse jamming since 9965 is the R. Rep?blica daytime
frequency altho by now it is on 5954.2v instead; and also splatter/overload
from WWCR 9980; 2259 VOR IS starts. Anyone else with better luck by now?
KHBN = T8WH Palau is also registered on 9965 from 2200 past 2300 but the two
transmitters there are really on 9930 and 13590 per WHR sked, and the unID
language does seem to be from the same VOR transmitter (Glenn Hauser, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 21570 and 21610, REE, Feb 25 at 1458 with BFO on I notice that both
signals are slightly unstable, unusual for Noblejas. I am reluctant to report
as such, since who am I to say my FRG-7 BFO is more stable than their 350 kW
transmitters --- except, I compare to e.g. Sackville 9610, and other 13m
frequencies, and their pitch does not vary a bit, unlike 21570 and 21610,
warbling slightly. It could also be caused by Doppler effect thru the
ionosphere, except in this case there is no significant fading. It might also
be caused by extremely strong signals overloading my receiver, but these are
not. It would be nice if some other monitors took note of these and other
apparently unstable transmitters. They are easy to see with Perseus (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA. 12130, Feb 25 at 1429, fluttery signal in Vietnamese, 1430
mentioning Washington. Is R. Free Asia, Iranawila, 14-15, 250 kW, 73 degrees.
No jamming noted; do the VietCom ever try? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA [and non]. 13585-13590-13595, DRM noise mixing with musical AM
modulation, Feb 25 at 1431, still at 1505. Scheduled as BBC, or is it DW? Via
Trincomalee, 1400-1658, 90 kW, 5 degrees, versus CVC ZAMBIA, 100 kW AM, 315
degrees USward. Great co?rdination! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** THAILAND. 6765-USB, Feb 25 at 1229 I have zero beat 9765 REE/CR in order to
be tuned right on AFN Guam 5765-USB, which is not heard, and as I am tuning
down in 1.000-MHz steps, I hear a bit of music on 6765! No doubt it`s Bangkok
Meteorological Radio, one of those rare utilities which does play music/IS
along with its quasi-broadcasts. Very poor signal, and nothing further heard in
next few minutes, so either faded or in a break. Not listed in Aoki, but EiBi
is more amenable to utility stations, showing it has 2-hour broadcasts in
English and Thai thruout the day, separated by 1-hour breaks. Their other
frequency is 8743, both deserving deliberate pursuit. I don`t see BMR in WRTH
2011, tho it seems like it used to be? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [non]. There had been lots of publicity among Spanish DX groups
lamenting that BBC Mundo would make its final shortwave broadcast on Feb 25,
1200-1215 via WHRI 9410 and Guiana French 11860. Since I was awake, I made a
point of catching it. Thought about taping it, but would have to get out of bed
to find my patchcord, so never mind: anyway, it`s available online! Per Horacio
Nigro, at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/servicios/2009/03/000000_podcast.shtml
for a while, anyway. At the outset, both 9410 and 11860 were rather weak, 11860
slightly better despite 25m having been virtually dead a few minutes earlier,
except for plenty of Anguilla 11775, and a bit of WEWN on 12050.
At 1200, anchor Claudio Rojas mentioned that this would be the last broadcast
after 63(?) years of BBC in Spanish. At 1209, 9410 still weak and fadey. At
1213 they were really despeding themselves, also from Miami bureau, someone
named ?lvarez; said they will still produce a weekly podcast in Spanish on
jueves. After seven decades, ``Desde Londres, Claudio Rojas les dice, hasta
siempre``. (``Until forever``, the Spanish way of saying a final farewell). A
long play of the beeping BBC news sounder, and 1215 cut to English, joining in
progress news of, Libya! Only now has the 9410 signal built up to good
strength.
Of much less note, this was probably also the final BBCWS SW broadcast in
English from and to ANY part of the Americas, M-F 1215-1300, which has always
seemed to be nothing but fill for the rest of the hour. BBC is also canceling
its specific Caribbean service in English, but not for another month, and it`s
extremely strange that they never bothered to put it on these SW frequencies
when they were available. We`ll have to check next week whether the 12-13 M-F
transmission is still on the air only in regular BBCWS English on either
frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17740, big open carrier with some hum, Feb 25 at 1521 and still/again
at 1604, presumably IBB Greenville warming up for 1700 transmission (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WWRB on new 2390 // 5050 during WORLD OF RADIO 1553, UT Friday Feb 25
at 0433, after announcement by Dave Frantz asking for reports, saying results
on 2390 have been very good. Here, it`s much better than 5050. I check the
webcast at 0500 when WOR should still be on, having started late, but that is
already in Bible-readings. I assume our program was allowed to finish on at
least one of the SW frequencies, as it did once before on 3185 when this
happened.
Dave says he plans to bring 3215 back on shortly with station promotions, and
will run 2390 all-night. However, not yet, as it was off at 0604 check.
George McClintock tells me that WWCR left 2390 about a decade ago because there
were not enough receivers tuning that band, and because of ``ducting`` causing
the signal to reach Australia, but not much in North America beyond 500 miles;
up to 500 miles, it was great. As for receivers, where the signal is extremely
strong, and where there are cheap AM radios, this should break thru as a 2xIF
image on 1480 or 1490 --- a deliberate tactic of the late, lamented Radio
Huayacocotla, Veracruz, M?xico when it was on 2390 and denied a real MW
frequency. Of course, there are plenty of stations in USA on 1480 and 1490
already (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1320, Feb 25 at 1400 UT, checking out the Spanish unID, but by this
hour a US station in English is dominant, KOLT ID, and KOLT.com, into Fox News
Radio, looping NW/SE, from Scottsbluff NE. 1403 cut to local weather, hi 19, lo
9 [F], the ``Hometown Family Radio News forecast``, 1404 mentions west
Nebraska.
KOLT used to be in Spanish on weekends only, and noted as such in NRC AM Log
2010-2011, but their website which is really http://www.koltam.com now says
ESPN Radio on weekends, instead of farrightwingnuts weekdays, such as Glenn
Beck calling George Soros a Communist at final check 1420. Also shows new(?)
slogan I have not yet heard spoken, `The Talk of Wyobraska` --- I guess that`s
sexier than `Neoming` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1530, Feb 25 at 1310 UT rock music, and DJ announces ``no school
today at Northern Valley``, repeated. Name is a bit generic but let`s hope for
some good Google hits. Yes: near the top of 39,300 of them is this:
http://www.nvhuskies.org/ which is in the small town of Almena KS, Norton
County, along the Nebraska border, and guess what, there is a 1 kW/500 W psra
1530 in Norton, KQNK, so that`s it! Strangely enough, the Northern Valley
website has nothing about school being canceled; they should listen to KQNK
like I do. Temps very low (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [non]. After so much effort on my part to get schedule-providers to
show Vatican Radio correctly as Spanish instead of English at 1200 on 9865 via
Sackville, including the latest WRTH Update --- NOW, it`s back to English! As
it should be, of course, according to VR`s own schedule. Maybe my frequent and
latest reports about this finally got back to HQ and/or Montr?al and/or
Sackville.
9865, Feb 25 at 1149, Spanish is weak suffering QRDRM from NZ 9865-9870-9875.
Fortunately for English listeners, that`s off at 1200 as signal is also
improving. Recheck at 1209, in English re pope meeting visiting president of
Lebanon (let`s see, is he mandated to be a Christian?), refers to
http://www.vaticanradio.org for more info, ``this morning``.
Then NASA audio of the liftoff of Discovery (which was at 2153 UT Feb 24,
including the carefully scripted hype which, as a great proponent of space
exploration, I do not begrudge them). Finally mentioned again that it is ``this
morning, February 25``, and plugged the saint-of-the-day, whose name I missed,
but did not sound like St. Donatus, the one listed on VR`s handy slick 2011
Catholic Calendar received in the P-mail. Since it`s now 13:12 in The
City/State, I suppose this was a playback of one of the earlier shows, perhaps
the 0250 UT to North America previously relayed by Sackville, and which had
been bumped for months by a playback of the longer broadcast in Spanish. Now,
will the 1200 English stick? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Tran-Pacific MW carrier bandscan just before sunrise Feb 25 at
1255, in USB mode on DX-398: 594, 648, 747, 774, 828, 972, 1566, not in that
order. At 1302 detected 1593, 1566, 1134, 1053, 972 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1320, Kirk Allen in OK asked me to check out his unID Spanish as
``La Poderosa`` but never any real ID, which he has been getting as late as
1500 UT, so he thinx it`s likely a domestic rather than a Mexican such as XECPN
in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, which sometimes uses that slogan. I`m not sure
where that info comes from, as not shown as such in WRTH 2011 or IRCA 2010, but
rather Radio Noticias, ergo a news format rather than music.
Feb 25 I start checking at 1250 UT and 1320 has Spanish music dominating, and
hard to null for a fix. At 1253 announcer mentions ``7 minutos``, a timecheck
before some hour or other, not caught; heavy CCI. 1308 music and DJ, and now it
seems to be coming from the bearing of Piedras Negras or vicinity. Chex at 1400
and later brought only Americans in English such as KOLT; see U S A (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:11:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Glenn Hauser logs February 24-25, 2011
Message-ID: <380495.46244...@web114009.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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The first time cited in this item was typoed, not 1357 but 1457, fixed:
** KUWAIT. 21540, Feb 25 at 1457 fair signal in Arabic, 1459 ID, mentions of
Islamiyah, no CCI from SPAIN now which may be off, tho still on 21570, 21610,
q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
I also meant to add that :
** GUATEMALA. R. Verdad is celebrating its eleventh anniversary Feb 26, with
special programming in the afternoon/evening (also webcast), congratulations.
And has a new QSL card. See and hear:
http://www.radioverdad.org/
and DXLD 11-08, at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1108.txt
We broke news about this new station to the DX community in 2000, so have
always had a fondness for TGAV and its generosity to and appreciation of SW
listeners, now the last remaining active SW station in Guatemala (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. Replying to our non-log of LRA36 on Feb 25, Roberto Scaglione of
http://www.bclnews.it says, ``Our contributor Marcello Caneva in Misiones
contacted today Base Esperanza; broadcasting could be resumed next week, they
hope 1100-1800 UT. Radio staff are not yet there. Last year staff at:
http://www.bclnews.it/pictures/P3280014.JPG
However, Harold Frodge in Michigan reports a very weak carrier centered on
15476, Feb 25 at 2002 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ITALY [non]. The IRRS test on 9435 which I could barely detect, is reported
by Harold Frodge, MI, at 1929-1945+, 25-Feb; SIO=253 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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