Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 255, Issue 27
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. #334 Reception in Southeastern Brazil ? March 26, 2024 (Rudolf Grimm) 2. Re: [WOR] Saudi Arabia off air? (df...@darc.de) 3. Re: [bdxc-news] DRM on 9810 (df...@darc.de) 4. Re: [bdxc-news] DRM on 9810 (df...@darc.de) 5. Glenn Hauser logs March 26, 2024 (Glenn Hauser) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:12:55 + From: Rudolf Grimm To: Rudolf Grimm Cc: 'Sarmento Campos' , 'Fabricio Silva' , 'M Breyel' , 'Eric Camerato' , "gil.stel...@gmail.com" , 'Michel Viani' , "ashokbos...@gmail.com" , 'Artur Fernandez Llorella' , "marcio.antonio.dia...@gmail.com" , 'Rodolfo Tizzi' , "py2zx@gmail.com" , 'Claudio Moraes' , "dxclubesemfrontei...@hotmail.com" , "glor...@fmlist.org" , 'JACSON - PY1PDF' , "breg...@yahoo.com.br" , "ce3...@yahoo.com" , 'Rubens Ferraz Pedroso' , 'UlyssesGalletti' , 'Joao Paulo de Campos' ,'Ivan Guerini' , 'Gustavo Guaita' , 'Radio Dx' , 'Antonello Napolitano' , "antonio...@yahoo.com.br" , 'Evandro Stanger' ,"renatod...@gmail.com" , 'Mauno Ritola' , 'Pedro Castro' , 'DanielWyllyans PT9008SWL' , 'Antonio Ribeiro da Motta' , "glor...@fmlist.org" , 'Mealne Silva de Andrade' ,'Karl Leite' ,"marcosmza1...@gmail.com" , 'Tore Vik' , 'Wolfgang Bueschel' , "py4tw...@gmail.com" , "'Michael Bethge (WWDXC)'", 'daniel zeger' , 'Manuel M?ndez' , 'Marcus PY3CRX PY2PLL' , "odlano...@yahoo.com.br", "rpass...@uol.com.br" ,'Hard-Core-DX' , "aloncomateu...@gmail.com" , "joemarano...@gmail.com" , Marcos Ant?nio Pacheco , "ortonco...@gmail.com" , "jbal...@gmail.com" , "dan...@tudoradio.com" , "roldaoture...@gmail.com" , Carlos Felipe , "eefi...@yahoo.com.br" , "m...@mediumwave.info" , "esperanzalr...@radionacional.gov.ar" , "astrozo...@gmail.com" , "pe1...@live.com" , "rarag...@yahoo.com" , "w4gv...@gmail.com" Subject: [HCDX] #334 Reception in Southeastern Brazil ? March 26, 2024 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Dear friends, #334 Reception in Southeastern Brazil ? March 26, 2024 On: https://dxways-br.blogspot.com/2024/03/334-reception-in-southeastern-brazil.html DXways-br (Blog): http://dxways-br.blogspot.com 73 & good DX! Rudolf Grimm PY2-81502 SWL S?o Bernardo SP & Ibiuna SP BRAZIL -- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:45:04 +0100 From: To: , "HCDX" , "_ BCLNEWS" Subject: Re: [HCDX] [WOR] Saudi Arabia off air? Message-ID: <8D12D4B2BEBE430DA4F1E28A18FCAA0D@PC3> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" SAUDI ARABIA 11935v kHz Saudi Riyadh faulty 9th TXitter unit, break / sudden close-down at 13.30 UT, S=9+40dB powerhouse signal in Doha Qatar Perseus SDR unit, March 26. But another Saudi SW txion in 25 meterband: 11745.008 kHz Saudi Arab forces radio Al-Azm Radio from Jeddah site at 1332 UT, S=9+25dB strength backlobe in Qatar SDR. Noted Arab Classical singer program, like nice Egyptian classical from R Cairo in the 60ties. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 26) 4 x new SW txs erected in Jeddah new antenna site a decade ago. From: Stephen Luce Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 8:22 PM To: w...@groups.io Subject: Re: [WOR] Saudi Arabia off air? Didn?t the Saudi Broadcasting Authority (ex-BSKSA) install a number of new SW transmitters a few years back? I seem to recall a number of discussions about that on various SW forums. Seems odd that they would give up
[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 26, 2024
** BRAZIL. Stephen Luce, Houston TX, replies to my previous report:
``Glenn, checking the Brasília Kiwi SDR around 0330 UT March 26 I’m
hearing R. Voz Missionária on both 5940 and 11750 with good signal
levels, but nothing on 9665``
Precise frequencies would be helpful. At 1723 I check the ``Brasila``
SDR: only S3 on 5940.110; S5/S6 on 9664.998; S5/S7 on 11750.132, all
// with screaming gospel huxter. Closely calibrated: on same, WWVH
15000 JBA ranging -1 to +3 Hz, no doubt instability of rx or prop, not
WWVH (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** CUBA [and non]. 15140, March 26 at 1940, RHC English VP with
squeal, S3 into Maryland SDR, waterfall showing squeals about 15137.3
and lesser at 15142.7. USB tuning might have helped except there is
much stronger S7/S9+5 Chinese traditional music on 15145, Firedragon
jamming? nothing listed there by Aoki & EiBi between 0800 and 0630,
nor trace of target. As expected, cuts off at 2000* sharp, never
announcement nor timesignal. 15140 better by 2030, RHC going from
French to Portuguese. Still with squeals, not only +/- 2.6 kHz, but
weaker ones about 5.2 around 15134.8 and 15145.2.
I`m checking 15140 because David Crawford, FL, just told me: ``The
Bauta Squealer is in full bloom today (1805Z) --- The RHC carrier freq
is the usual 15140. The diagonal voids are ionospheric fades sweeping
across the freqs. The good high-power Bauta tx is on HM01 duty today.
-- David E. Crawford, Indian River City, Florida`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** SAUDI ARABIA [and non]. UTwente at 1620 March 26 is getting Arabic
on 11935 - the frequency which had been that horrible noise, believed
to be Sa`udi with the Rep of Yemen Radio. Is that it? EiBi also shows
Farda - Farsi until 1630 via Germany. Some other music underneath.
Vatican to start Arabic at 1630 on 11935. Glenn. Thread continues on
WOR iog:
``By 11935 kHz you mean what signal blob without carrier I had
ignored, believing it was a spur from some defective transmitter
operating elsewhere? Yes, something else, sounding like Arabic, too,
can now be heard in the background of the Vatican signal that provides
a carrier. So that could of course be a second Saudi shortwave
transmitter that is still active. Kai`` Ludwig, Germany, at 1638.
Yes, as I reported a number of times, the 11935 blob was the same as
previously on 11915, 11820, 11860 - where originally Rep of Yemen
relay was. Hardly to be ignored. Vatican Arabic did come on at 1629.5,
taking over UTwente. Vatican finished by 1730. At 1732, 11935 with
Qur`an in the clear. But is it Riyadh, and which program, Yemen`s or
not? Apparently SA has finally fixed that transmitter or changed to a
good one. Not // 11745 in Arabic.
Recheck UTwente at 1756, 11935, no signal but *1756 cuts on
immediately to the horrible buzzroar: it lives! past 1800+. So
something else on 11935 earlier, no roar. A few minutes qne hours
later, no signal direct on 11935, just not propagating, but still loud
to UTwente past 2038, 2243. Glenn
Kai Ludwig replies at 1858: ``I made the mistake to tune away from
11935 after 20 seconds or so. Could it be made out if The Buzz came up
with the same muezzin, i.e. the same programme feed? The question is
of course whether it is the same Saudi transmission, being handed over
to another transmitter.
Attached the last seconds of the good 11935 transmission until cutting
off at 1755. It had no faults, the described carrierless blob before
1700 was again something else.
Also attached a snippet of 11745 at 1800 top of the hour. Breaking up
audio as transmitted. The reference to Riyadh should be clear enough,
but no "Al-Azm" whatsoever, not in the whole period between 1756 and
1810 unless I overheard {sic*} it. Instead some mentions of Al
Arabiya, for what it's worth, if anything.
And now I wonder if 11935 The Buzz is our good old friend from years
ago who, if I remember correct, at times splattered over hundreds of
kilohertz. If so it would mean that the Riyadh shortwave plant is
still alive. Kai``
*sic, confusing English: Even when referring to sound rather than
sight, the word is ``overlooked``. ``Overheard`` does not have a
parallel meaning, rather, hearing something by chance or when not
supposed to.
Further replies: ``Didn’t the Saudi Broadcasting Authority (ex-BSKSA)
install a number of new SW transmitters a few years back? I seem to
recall a number of discussions about that on various SW forums. Seems
odd that they would give up on the platform, unless they’ve determined
the audience has gone elsewhere. Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas``
``4 x new SW txs erected in Jeddah new antenna site a decade ago.
11935v, Saudi Riyadh faulty 9th TXitter unit, break / sudden
close-down at 1330 UT, S=9+40dB powerhouse signal in Doha Qatar
Perseus SDR unit, March 26. But another Saudi SW txion in 25
meterband:
11745.008, Saudi Arab forces radio Al-Azm Radio from Jeddah site at
1332, S=9+25dB strength backlobe in Qatar SDR. Noted Arab Classical
singer program, like nice Egyptian classical
Re: [HCDX] [bdxc-news] DRM on 9810
GERMANY 9810 kHz DRM mode decoding: Hearing most of the DRM broadcast from M4J Media (MBR Nauen, Germany with presumed 125 kW) with techno music. A second channel is listed (Journaline and Slideshow, but how does one see this using kiwiSDR? ... it was easy using the DReaM software. All this at 20:40 UT on March 12. (Walt Salmaniw-Masset-BC-CAN, drmna / wor March 12) 9810 kHz 2000-2100 UT to ITU zones 37S,38SW,46,47W NAU 100kW 213degr azi 0 ITU antenna type_146 35/TUE/THUR 291023-300324 N=DRMode MulD MBR 4497 A.AFRIC and requested DRM bcast in A24 season instead: 11615 kHz 2000-2100 UT to ITU zones 37S,38SW,46,47W NAU 100kW 213degr azi 0 ITU antenna type_146 daily request 310324-261024 N=DRMode MulD MBR 3173 A.AFRIC Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 10:21 PM To: bdxc-n...@groups.io ; _ WOR ; HCDX ; ian.brooks4...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [bdxc-news] DRM on 9810 nearby in A24 season: 9815 1900 2000 27W ISS 100 2800 146 1234567 310324 310524 N FraF TDF 4365 DRM-TES but rather B23 season DRM digital on Tuesdays: 9810 2000-2100 Tu,Th D Music 4 Joy DIGITAL E WAf n = MBR Nauen was B23 request entry 9800 Music 4 Joy 2000-2100 1.3.5..English 250 213 Nauen D M4J/MBR a23 Jul.1- 9800 Music 4 Joy 2000-2100 ..3.5.. English 250 213 Nauen D M4J/MBR a23 -Jun.30 From: Ian Brooks Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 9:35 PM To: bdxc-n...@groups.io Subject: [bdxc-news] DRM on 9810 Since 1945 I have been receiving a DRM signal on 9810. Although S/N ratio was initially good, around 18dB, there was no station ID shown on the Dram decoder software, but 2 data channels were shown, both of type MM with a bitrate of 8.64kb/s. As this is a frequency used at other times of the day by Radio Romania, I suspect that it is them. Is MM a multimedia mode? I've tried a web search but can't find anything definitely called MM. The signal is still present @ 2035, but is now much weaker. -- Ian Brooks Verwood, Dorset. 10 miles north of Bournemouth, UK _ 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] [bdxc-news] DRM on 9810
nearby in A24 season: 9815 1900 2000 27W ISS 100 2800 146 1234567 310324 310524 N FraF TDF 4365 DRM-TES but rather B23 season DRM digital on Tuesdays: 9810 2000-2100 Tu,Th D Music 4 Joy DIGITAL E WAf n = MBR Nauen was B23 request entry 9800 Music 4 Joy 2000-2100 1.3.5..English 250 213 Nauen D M4J/MBR a23 Jul.1- 9800 Music 4 Joy 2000-2100 ..3.5.. English 250 213 Nauen D M4J/MBR a23 -Jun.30 From: Ian Brooks Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 9:35 PM To: bdxc-n...@groups.io Subject: [bdxc-news] DRM on 9810 Since 1945 I have been receiving a DRM signal on 9810. Although S/N ratio was initially good, around 18dB, there was no station ID shown on the Dram decoder software, but 2 data channels were shown, both of type MM with a bitrate of 8.64kb/s. As this is a frequency used at other times of the day by Radio Romania, I suspect that it is them. Is MM a multimedia mode? I've tried a web search but can't find anything definitely called MM. The signal is still present @ 2035, but is now much weaker. -- Ian Brooks Verwood, Dorset. 10 miles north of Bournemouth, UK _ 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] [WOR] Saudi Arabia off air?
SAUDI ARABIA 11935v kHz Saudi Riyadh faulty 9th TXitter unit, break / sudden close-down at 13.30 UT, S=9+40dB powerhouse signal in Doha Qatar Perseus SDR unit, March 26. But another Saudi SW txion in 25 meterband: 11745.008 kHz Saudi Arab forces radio Al-Azm Radio from Jeddah site at 1332 UT, S=9+25dB strength backlobe in Qatar SDR. Noted Arab Classical singer program, like nice Egyptian classical from R Cairo in the 60ties. [selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz] (wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 26) 4 x new SW txs erected in Jeddah new antenna site a decade ago. From: Stephen Luce Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 8:22 PM To: w...@groups.io Subject: Re: [WOR] Saudi Arabia off air? Didn’t the Saudi Broadcasting Authority (ex-BSKSA) install a number of new SW transmitters a few years back? I seem to recall a number of discussions about that on various SW forums. Seems odd that they would give up on the platform, unless they’ve determined the audience has gone elsewhere. Stephen Luce Houston, Texas _._,_._,_ _ 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] #334 Reception in Southeastern Brazil – March 26, 2024
Dear friends, #334 Reception in Southeastern Brazil – March 26, 2024 On: https://dxways-br.blogspot.com/2024/03/334-reception-in-southeastern-brazil.html DXways-br (Blog): http://dxways-br.blogspot.com 73 & good DX! Rudolf Grimm PY2-81502 SWL São Bernardo SP & Ibiuna SP BRAZIL _ 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
