Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 195, Issue 16
Send Hard-Core-DX mailing list submissions to hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to hard-core-dx-requ...@hard-core-dx.com You can reach the person managing the list at hard-core-dx-ow...@hard-core-dx.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Hard-Core-DX digest..." Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ ___ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. 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. Re: CRI Back on 13630 kHz (Wolfgang Bueschel) 2. New FM city Confresa MT (Daniel Wyllyans PT9008SWL) 3. SWLDXBulgaria News March 12 (Ivo Observer) 4. UN ID'd 1000 (Paul B. Walker, Jr.) 5. Glenn Hauser logs March 12-13, 2019 (Glenn Hauser) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:23:08 +0100 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" To: "DXLD" , "_ BCLNEWS" , Subject: Re: [HCDX] CRI Back on 13630 kHz Message-ID: <0A2C5BF2B028437DAEB7E0E68005586D@HNPC1> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8"; reply-type=original re: MLI - CHN relay site contract. That means due of limited local main power circuit, the origin BBEF 150 kW type manufacture called TBH 522 of 2005 year, were in use as limited down to 100 kW only. Despite the MLI - CHN diplomatic contract mentioned of 150 kW units to be used at the African CRI relay site ? RTM 4783 and 4835v were only by 50 kW of power. MALIChecked yesterday Monday March 11: 7295even MLI CRI Bamako in Mandarin at 23.10 UT in BEL/GER only tiny S=4 or -98dBm, l o w modulated signal, S=8 in Doha Qatar SDR unit, S=9+5dB -68dBm in Massachusetts US state, in New Jersey and S=9+10dB or -63dBm in Cape Canaveral Florida too. 11975even MLI CRI Bamako in Mandarin at 23.14 UT 11975 was tiny weak in MA at S=4-5, S=7 or -86dBm in New Jersey, S=8 -80dBm in Cape Canaveral FL at 23.17 UT, S=7 or -86dBm in Doha Qatar ME. MALI 5995.000 even plus a half Hertz ... RTM Radio Mali Bamako, the 50 kW unit heard l o w modulated in French annmt and long lasting guitar mx program 22.56 to 23.02.30 UT then French talk followed, S=7-8 or -83dBm noted here in west European SDRs. Much QRM by adjacent RHC Quivican TITAN San Felipe outlet across the Atlantic on even 6000 kHz. Compared IBB BBG VoA Botswana relay transmissions at same time / meterbands were always a S-step stronger than Bamako Mali transmissions. 73 wolfie df5sx - Original Message - From: "Wolfgang Bueschel"> To: "DXLD" ; "_ BCLNEWS" ; Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 4:33 AM Subject: Re: [HCDX] CRI Back on 13630 kHz > re: >> the contract between our station and Mali had expired, (...) > > > The new Bamako site was erected in new China antenna design in > 2003-late2004/spring 2005 year, > til came into service in July 2005 and was reported in DXpress then. > I've some CRI Bamako entries in my archive then. > And also visible first in G.E. images of this 2004/2005 year. > > So seemingly there was a 15 years contract, > came into effect between August 2003 and last til 2018, > when CRI forced to stopp their Africa/NE broadcast service there, > ... and DXers told that the world last year. > > >> cloned SW and MW units worldwide (...), > > At this era 2003 - 2005 the Beijing transmitter firm > Beijing BBEF Science & Technology Co., Ltd > erected a lot of 50 kW units, > the website also presents the 50 kW variant TBH 422, > > 100 kW (in Albania renamed to 'SW100F'), > > 150 kW type manufacture called TBH 522 > (in Albania renamed to 'SW100A'), > > cloned SW and MW units worldwide. > > by Beijing BBEF Electronics Group Co. Ltd., > like totally new Bauta-CUB site refurbished by 6 x 100 kW > and erected a total new antenna field there, > > Cerrik-Albania refurbished in TX and antennas, > have got 6 x 150 kW, and an antenna combined switch net > to put 2 TXs together at 300kW of power. > - Original Message - > From: "Jari Savolainen" > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 7:53 PM > Subject: Re: [HCDX] CRI Back on 13630 kHz > > Kai wrote: > "Seemingly" of course means that this is a description of presumed > arrangements. I have never seen any details about the Chinese engagement > in > Mali. > > The question about the site is in fact a very interesting one. First there > is the shortwave-only station at Kati: https://binged.it/2u2i3v5 > Then there is the MW/FM/TV station between Bamako and Kati which has also > shortwave antennas,
[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 12-13, 2019
** BRAZIL. 11780, March 13 at 0137, RNA mentioning stations relaying this program in Pernambuco, TC for 22:38. S9/S9+20 good and hardly anything else on 25m except stronger RHC on 11840, 11760, 11700, 11670. Meanwhile, RNA is not on 6180, leaving it clear for CRI English via Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 6165 & 6100 & 6060 & 6000, Tue March 12 at 0631, all four RHC English, at a variety of modulation levels, remain on this hour (but not 5040), unlike last night, when due to EDT(?) only one of them did. So here we go, utter confusion at RHC about how to cope with clock time changes. Not checked morning or afternoon of Monday March 11 as I was busy preparing and recording WORLD OF RADIO 1973, but by Tuesday March 12 I find things quite different than they were on Sunday, first day of EDT. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 9720, March 12 at 2145, is NOT on the air, despite Sunday having moved English-allegedly-to-Africa into the 21-22 hour instead of 22-23. But today at *2154 the RHC IS starts playing, until 2201 morphing into theme and opening --- French! Then at 2245 check the second half of this hour is back in --- Brazuguese! i.e. where they had been until March 10. 9720 at 2317 check is in --- English! Where it was before, but now // 5040 which has shifted an hour earlier. So now English again starts at 1 am in RSA where it is supposedly aimed, 23-24 UT. Something`s always wrong at RHC. 15370, March 12 at 2144, RHC is in Spanish along with 9640 and very poor 11760; and still at 2211 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 5990, March 13 at 0101, CRI English relay starting news, but cut to dead air at 0101.5, and cut carrier at 0102.4*. Supposed to be turned off before 0100. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also BRAZIL ** CUBA. 11670, March 13 at 0139, RHC Spanish is suptorted < 11700 < 11840 < 11760 in strength and modulation. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 6165 // 6000, UT Wed March 13 at 0143, RHC English with Arnie Coro, must be `DXers Unlimited Mitweek Edition`, but undermodulated on the upper and suptorted unusable on the lower. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MALI. 17630 // 13685, March 12 at 1439, two JBA signals, matching for the two CRI English relay frequencies both active today. Nothing much else audible on 16m except JBA carriers on 17705 & 17615+ Saudis (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1230, March 12 at 1351 UT, WBBZ Ponca City on groundwave ID in passing as ``Sunny 104.7``, so still branding as defunct FM format; I can also get 104.7 which IDs as ``New 104-7, The Bull``, NOT // and playing different music. 1230 does run a legal WBBZ ID at 1401 UT. Another check around 1830 UT finds the same situation, but also with ``WBBZ Sunny 12-30`` IDs. I already dealt at length with this strange situation in my log almost 5 months ago, Oct 17, as also in DXLD 18-43 http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1843.txt So one of our rare W-call legacy stations is still confused about identity (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ROMANIA. 6130 // 7325, March 13 at 0104, RRI English here, rather than 7375 as I logged last night; and nothing now on 7375; too much storm noise to detect any jamming around either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7295-AM, March 12 at 2215, `CQ 40 AM from K3IAM in New Mexico``. Gave callsign only once, during a fade and seemingly unfonetikaly, so not positive of it, but QRZ.com lookup entering K3IAM puts him in Arizona, close, maybe needs updating: ``AA7ST USA flag USA alias for: K3IAM John C Smith 4697 W Cholla Bluff Dr Marana, AZ 85658-4262 USA`` ARRL lookup gets no results for K3IAM, but agrees on AA7ST. He made one more CQ and then gave up. Sorry, no transmitter here or I might have answered. What exactly do we mean by ``alias``, legally in this context? No mention of AA7ST (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1973 monitoring: barely audible to confirm Tuesday March 12 at 2030 on WRMI 7780; using interior longwire during electrical storm. Next: 0930 UT Wednesday Unique Radio 5045-LSB NSW 1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5950 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 9955 2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v UT Thursday WRMI 7730 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 0930 UT FridayUnique Radio 5045-LSB NSW 0729 UT Saturday HLR 6190-CUSB Germany 1130 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 1200 UT Saturday Unique Radio 5045-LSB NSW [March 16/30, alt weeks] 1531 UT Saturday HLR 9485-CUSB Germany 1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 2100 UT Saturday WRMI 9955 0030 UT SundayWRMI 7730 0300vUT SundayWA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315] 0830 UT SundayWRMI 5850 5950 7730 1130 UT SundayHLR 7265-CUSB Germany 2130 UT SundayWRMI 7780 0130 UT MondayWRMI 5950, 9395 0230 UT MondayWRMI 7780 [NEW] 0300vUT MondayWBCQ
[HCDX] UN ID'd 1000
Any idea who on 1000khz would play a Bruno Mars song at 625pm mountain/725pm central, 0225UTC ), which is Hot AC pop? They then played another hot AC/pop song and 5 minutes later signed off entirely or severely dropped power? I dont think its XETAC Tapachula and I found a stream for XECSV 1000 which does appear to play english language music, but couldn't find a previous playlist Im in Laramie, WY Paul walker _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ ___ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
[HCDX] SWLDXBulgaria News March 12
SWLDXBulgaria News March 12 (publications №18701-№18730) BANGLADESH No signal of Bangladesh Betar from March 8 1230-1300 on 15105 DKA 250 kW / 140 deg to SEAs English 1315-1345 on 9455 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to SoAs Nepali 1400-1430 on 15505 DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to WeAs Urdu 1515-1545 on 15505 DKA 250 kW / 305 deg to SoAs Hindi 1600-1630 on 7250 DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Arabic 1630-1730 on 7250 DKA 250 kW / 290 deg to N/ME Bangla 1745-1900 on 13580 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to WeEu English 1915-2000 on 13580 DKA 250 kW / 320 deg to WeEu Bangla Also no signal from Radio Sultanate of Oman March 11/12 0400-1000 on 13600 THU 100 kW / 220 deg to EaAf Arabic 1400-1500 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu English 1500-2200 on 15140 THU 100 kW / 315 deg to WeEu Arabichttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/no-signal-of-bangladesh-betar-radio.html GERMANY Fair signal of DWD Deutscher Wetterdienst, March 12: 1200-1230 on 5905 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German AM mode 1200-1230 on 6180 PIN 010 kW / non-dir to CeEu German AM modehttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/fair-signal-of-dwd-deutscher_12.html GERMANY(non) Deutsche Welle via MBR Nauen & Meyerton on March 12 0630-0700 on 9830 NAU 250 kW / 170 deg to WeAf Hausa, very good & 1000-1100 on 17710 MEY 250 kW / 007 deg to EaAf Swahili, fair/goodhttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/reception-of-deutsche-welle-via-mbr.html GERMANY(non) NHK World Radio Japan via MBR Issoudun on March 12: 1430-1500 on 13725 ISS 500 kW / 090 deg to WeAs Persian, very goodhttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/nhk-world-radio-japan-via-mbr-issoudun.html GREECE Reception of Voice of Greece on 9420 kHz, March 12 0751-0811 on 9420 AVL 150 kW / 323 deg to WeEu Greek*tx#3 *Arabic/Serbian nx and transmitter switches off at 0833UT.https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/reception-of-voice-of-greece-on-9420_12.html KOREA SOUTH Reception of KBS World Radio in 31mb on March 12 1300-1400 on 9645 KIM 100 kW / 304 deg to CeAs Russian, good:https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/reception-of-kbs-world-radio-in-31mb-on.html KUWAIT Very good signal of Radio Kuwait in 16mb, March 12 1000-1200 on 17760 KBD 250 kW / 084 deg to SEAs Filipinohttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/very-good-signal-of-radio-kuwait-in.html MALI Weak signal of ORTM Radio Mali in unknown lang., March 12 from 0825 on 9635 BKO 050 kW / non-dir to WeAf, good modulationhttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/weak-signal-of-ortm-radio-mali-in.html NUMBERS STATION Reception of S06s Russian Lady in 49mb on March 12 0700-0706 on 5760 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB+AM, fair 1100-1106 on 6190 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB+AM, goodhttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-in-49mb.html NUMBERS STATION Reception of S06s Russian Lady in 41mb on March 12 0730-0736 on 7425 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB+AM, good 1010-1016 on 7340 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB+AM, good -1117 on 7230 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB+AM, goodhttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/reception-of-s06s-russian-lady-in-41mb.html NUMBERS STATION Reception of E11 Oblique in 31mb & 40HAM on March 12 0715-0718 on 9963 unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB mode, good 1205-1216 on 6923 unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB mode, goodhttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/reception-of-e11-oblique-in-31mb-40ham.html NUMBERS STATION Weak signal of Cuban Spy Numbers HM01 & S06s Russian Lady, March 12: 0755-0850 on 11635 secret tx probably BEJ 50 kW Spanish Tue/Thu/Sat Cuban Numbers HM01 0800-0806 on 11635 unknown secret tx site to Eu Russian USB+AM mode S06s Russian Lady:https://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/cuban-numbers-hm01-vs-s06s-russian-lady.html NUMBERS STATION Good signal of S11a Cherta in 41mb on March 12 1020-1032 on 7469 unknown secret tx site to Eu English USB modehttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/good-signal-of-s11a-cherta-in-41mb-on.html PALAU Good signal of T8WH Angel 3 World Harvest Radio Int, March 12: from 1100 on 9930 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs English, US Radio Newshttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/good-signal-of-t8wh-angel-3-world.html SAUDI ARABIA Very good signal of Al-Azm Radio, March 12 till 0659 on 11745 JED or RIY / unknown to N/ME Arabic from 0856 on 11745 JED or RIY / unknown to N/ME Arabichttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/very-good-signal-of-al-azm-radio-march.html SAUDI ARABIA(non) Reception of Republic of Yemen Radio, March 12 0700-&0900 on 11860 JED or RIY / unknown to N/ME Arabic, very goodhttps://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.com/2019/03/reception-of-republic-of-yemen-radio.html SOUTH AFRICA Reception of Channel Africa via Meyerton in 16/19mb, March 12 1500-1555 on 17770 MEY 250 kW / 019 deg to ECAf Swahili Mon-Fri, very good 1600-1755 on 15235 MEY 250 kW / 328 deg to WeAf Fre/Eng Mon-Fri,
[HCDX] New FM city Confresa MT
New FM state MT (Mato Grosso) Brazil from year 2018 . 90.3 MHz FM Big FM city Confresa MT http://www.bigfm903.com.br/ 73 Daniel Wyllyans for site radioamericalatina _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ ___ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
Re: [HCDX] CRI Back on 13630 kHz
re: MLI - CHN relay site contract. That means due of limited local main power circuit, the origin BBEF 150 kW type manufacture called TBH 522 of 2005 year, were in use as limited down to 100 kW only. Despite the MLI - CHN diplomatic contract mentioned of 150 kW units to be used at the African CRI relay site ? RTM 4783 and 4835v were only by 50 kW of power. MALIChecked yesterday Monday March 11: 7295even MLI CRI Bamako in Mandarin at 23.10 UT in BEL/GER only tiny S=4 or -98dBm, l o w modulated signal, S=8 in Doha Qatar SDR unit, S=9+5dB -68dBm in Massachusetts US state, in New Jersey and S=9+10dB or -63dBm in Cape Canaveral Florida too. 11975even MLI CRI Bamako in Mandarin at 23.14 UT 11975 was tiny weak in MA at S=4-5, S=7 or -86dBm in New Jersey, S=8 -80dBm in Cape Canaveral FL at 23.17 UT, S=7 or -86dBm in Doha Qatar ME. MALI 5995.000 even plus a half Hertz ... RTM Radio Mali Bamako, the 50 kW unit heard l o w modulated in French annmt and long lasting guitar mx program 22.56 to 23.02.30 UT then French talk followed, S=7-8 or -83dBm noted here in west European SDRs. Much QRM by adjacent RHC Quivican TITAN San Felipe outlet across the Atlantic on even 6000 kHz. Compared IBB BBG VoA Botswana relay transmissions at same time / meterbands were always a S-step stronger than Bamako Mali transmissions. 73 wolfie df5sx - Original Message - From: "Wolfgang Bueschel"> To: "DXLD" ; "_ BCLNEWS" ; Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 4:33 AM Subject: Re: [HCDX] CRI Back on 13630 kHz re: the contract between our station and Mali had expired, (...) The new Bamako site was erected in new China antenna design in 2003-late2004/spring 2005 year, til came into service in July 2005 and was reported in DXpress then. I've some CRI Bamako entries in my archive then. And also visible first in G.E. images of this 2004/2005 year. So seemingly there was a 15 years contract, came into effect between August 2003 and last til 2018, when CRI forced to stopp their Africa/NE broadcast service there, ... and DXers told that the world last year. cloned SW and MW units worldwide (...), At this era 2003 - 2005 the Beijing transmitter firm Beijing BBEF Science & Technology Co., Ltd erected a lot of 50 kW units, the website also presents the 50 kW variant TBH 422, 100 kW (in Albania renamed to 'SW100F'), 150 kW type manufacture called TBH 522 (in Albania renamed to 'SW100A'), cloned SW and MW units worldwide. by Beijing BBEF Electronics Group Co. Ltd., like totally new Bauta-CUB site refurbished by 6 x 100 kW and erected a total new antenna field there, Cerrik-Albania refurbished in TX and antennas, have got 6 x 150 kW, and an antenna combined switch net to put 2 TXs together at 300kW of power. - Original Message - From: "Jari Savolainen" Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 7:53 PM Subject: Re: [HCDX] CRI Back on 13630 kHz Kai wrote: "Seemingly" of course means that this is a description of presumed arrangements. I have never seen any details about the Chinese engagement in Mali. The question about the site is in fact a very interesting one. First there is the shortwave-only station at Kati: https://binged.it/2u2i3v5 Then there is the MW/FM/TV station between Bamako and Kati which has also shortwave antennas, essentially the same set of bearings than at Kati: https://binged.it/2u23rLW These antennas are of a design that appears to be connected with a use of US-made transmitters. And now take a look at this: https://www.swcountry.be/mli.html Anything else remains plain speculation (including the question whether the alleged three transmitters from 1996 have now been refurbished or perhaps completely replaced; all the previous equipment appears to have been decommissioned already years ago, leaving only 2 x CRI plus 9635/5995 ORTM), but at least it is obvious that the history of the Bamako shortwave operations is a bit more complicated and interesting. By the way, any memories how the Radio Beijing relays sounded when they begun in 1987? Was it the same 200...3400 Hz crap with lots of nonlinear distortion as still heard via Switzerland, Russia and France during the nineties? Kai Here's an old (2009) news item about 3 SW transmitters installed by China. Header says 150 kW but text says 2x100 kW for CRI and 1x50 kW for Radio Mali. But who knows. I get an impression these are near Bamako (some 10 km) on the Kati Road. Nearby there is also radio center called Point G - I guess for TV etc. operation. The text says the two shortwave transmitters are leased to China for 10 years (2007-2017). http://malijet.com/a_la_une_du_mali/14052-installation_de_trois_metteurs_ondes_courtes_de_150_kw_le_mali_e.html 73, Jari _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ ___ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or
