[HCDX] QSL Report from Al Muick

2013-12-31 Thread Albert Muick
Thus ends this year for QSLs! December has been a good month!. SERBIA International Radio Serbia 9685, not one, but *two* separate letters with Listeners' Club noted on the front and pictures of their broadcasting center and antenna arrays in only 853 days for English report on Serbian

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 09 NOV 2013

2013-11-10 Thread Albert Muick
USA KCNZ, Cedar Falls IA, 1650. Date/frequency confirmation letter via email in 343 days for English report and audio CD via first-class mail with 2 first-class stamps as return postage, follow-up fax to station fax line, and finally a follow-up via email to station GM with copy of the

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 02 NOV 2013

2013-11-02 Thread Albert Muick
CANADA CJYE 1250 Oakville ON, date/frequency letter and sticker in 15d for mint stamps. V/s Don Millar, Program Director. USA, KAAY 1090, Little Rock AR, full data logo card and personal note from Gordon Ross Stepus in 10 days for US $1 return postage (returned). Lucky to have caught

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 05 OCT 2013

2013-10-06 Thread Albert Muick
It has been a long dry spell with nothing to report. Hopefully, this lone QSL will now herald a breathrough in the response impasse that I am currently plagued with! USA, WDEV, 550, Waterbury VT, full data QSL letter and station sticker in 47 days for English report via 1st class mail, audio

Re: [HCDX] Amazing night for longwave!

2013-08-17 Thread Albert Muick
/2013 23:59, Albert Muick wrote: These stations are all coming in here in eastern PA now with S2-S4 signals! 162 France Inter playing Riders of the Storm by the Doors at 0348 UTC 17 August 2013 - S4 SINPO level 171 Radio Medi from Morocco coming in with French/Arabic female vocals @ 0349 UTC

[HCDX] Amazing night for longwave!

2013-08-16 Thread Albert Muick
These stations are all coming in here in eastern PA now with S2-S4 signals! 162 France Inter playing Riders of the Storm by the Doors at 0348 UTC 17 August 2013 - S4 SINPO level 171 Radio Medi from Morocco coming in with French/Arabic female vocals @ 0349 UTC on 17 August 2013 - S2 198 BBC

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 27 JUL 2013

2013-07-27 Thread Albert Muick
MOLDOVA, Teleradio Moldova, Chisinau, 873, no data letter via registered airmail confirming my reception of their programming while at Kandahar Airfield. Also included postal first day cover celebrating 80 years of Radio Moldova (really nice!) in 994 days for English airmail report and 2

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 20 July 2013

2013-07-20 Thread Albert Muick
NORTHERN CYPRUS, TURKISH REPUBLIC OF, Bayrak Radio and Television Corporation, Lefkosa, 1098 kHz, full data map/scenes card as well as a full data letter via registered mail in 1228 days for English airmail report and US $3, follow-up via registered airmail in English with US $3, a follow-up

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 29 JUN 2013

2013-06-29 Thread Albert Muick
BRAZIL RÁDIO EDUCAÇÃO RURAL DE TEFÉ, Amazonas state, 4925.24, full data paper QSL and local postcard in 48 days for Portuguese airmail report and mint stamps. V/s. Thomas Schwamborn SLOVENIA Radio Murski val, 648 date/time letter in 24 days for English airmail report and mint stamps. V/s

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 22 JUN 2013

2013-06-21 Thread Albert Muick
MOZAMBIQUE Radio Mozambique, Maputo, 738, no data Portuguese thank you letter and frequency list via registered mail in 810 days for Portuguese airmail report and 2 IRCs, an email follow-up in Portuguese, and finally an EMS letter in Portuguese to the attention of the Director with US $5

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending

2013-06-15 Thread Albert Muick
CHINA, HONG KONG S.A.R. Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Corp., 864, full data QSL letter in 809 days for English airmail report and 2 IRCs, a follow up via email, a follow-up via fax, and finally a follow-up letter via English airmail with mint stamps. Heard while still in Kandahar,

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 08 JUN 2013

2013-06-08 Thread Albert Muick
CANADA CFZM Toronto ON, 740, date only email verification in 624 days for English airmail report and US $2, follow-up via email, follow-up via registered airmail and US $2.00 and finally follow-up via English airmail with mint stamps return postage. QSL email arrived 4 days after final

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 01 June 2013

2013-06-01 Thread Albert Muick
BRAZIL, Radio Difusora de Macapa, 4915, date and time only letter on station letterhead and local postcard in 28 days for Portuguese airmail report and US$2.00. V/s Juliana Alves Coutinho, Gerente. QSL came via EMS (!). GERMANY, Radio Prague via Kall, 7310, full data Special QSL for their

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending

2013-05-18 Thread Albert Muick
AUSTRALIA, Australia VOLMET, Ningi QLD, 11387, date only letter in 35 days for English airmail report and US $2 (returned). Very kind letter from V/s Paul Sadler, Media and Communications Advisor for AirServices Australia. Paul states that they no longer issue QSL cards and he was not

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 12 MAY 2013

2013-05-11 Thread Albert Muick
ECUADOR, HCJB, Pichincha, 6050, full data Wildlife in Ecuador card in 48 days for English report to German service and US $2.00 return postage. V/s Horst R. Also sent cardboard Spanish pennant and cloth German Service pennant. GERMANY, LifeFM Cork, via Weenermoor, 3995, full data QSL

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 04 MAY 2013

2013-05-04 Thread Albert Muick
BRAZIL, Radio Aparecida, 11855, full data station building card in 204 days for Portuguese email report and follow-up in Portuguese with US $5 in return postage. QSL arrived with stickers via priority mail 45 days after follow-up. TAJIKISTAN, Radio Free Asia 15195 (relay), full data 2013

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 27 April 2013

2013-04-27 Thread Albert Muick
This week's QSLs are brought to you by the letter U.: UK, RAF Volmet, 11253, date/frequency/time slot letter in 35 days for English airmail report and US $2 return postage (returned). V/s Squadron Leader John A Lawson, BEng RAF, john dot lawson748 at mod dot uk. For anyone who is

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 20 April 2013

2013-04-20 Thread Albert Muick
JAPAN, Tokyo VOLMET, 13282, full data form letter in 14 days for English airmail report and US $2 (returned). Also sent very nice cover letter. V/s in Japanese and not able to be read by myself. MALAYSIA, Voice of Malaysia, 15295, full data email and promise of printed QSL to be sent in

Re: [HCDX] [UDXF] update on the MHz 'FDM liek beacon'

2013-04-13 Thread Albert Muick
_ 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

Re: [HCDX] [UDXF] update on the MHz 'FDM liek beacon'

2013-04-13 Thread Albert Muick
Hi Zaxarias, The repeated DTMF in your sample are the numbers: 28322489. It repeats and does not change in your sample. Can you get us a waterfall display of the signal? Or a spectral display? From just hearing it, at first blush, I would have said RFI until I heard the DTMF. I think

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 13 April 2013

2013-04-13 Thread Albert Muick
BENIN, TWR Benin, Parakou, 1566, full data transmitter-building-generator eQSL in 1 day (!) for English email report sent to Lorraine Stavropoulos, lstavrop at twr dot org. Really a very nice eQSL, signed by Ms. Stavropoulos. A friendly verifier. ITALY, ItalCable, 1, date/frequency

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 06 April 2013

2013-04-06 Thread Albert Muick
SOMALIA, Radio Hargeisa, 7120, full data transmitter/studio card in 12 days for English report and US $5 return postage. V/s Baldur Drobnica, Consultant. Address used: Radio Hargeisa, C/o Konsularische Vertretung of the Republic of Somaliland, Zedernweg 6, D-50127 Bergheim, Germany. I have

[HCDX] ERITREA 9705

2013-04-06 Thread Albert Muick
Voice of the Broad Masses, Eritrea, banging in here at 0309 UTC on 9705 kHz 07 April 2013 with reggae style and Horn of Africa music. Hanging steady at S9 +. Mixing it up pretty good. Occasional transmitter fault-offs and they were on with a guitar interval signal with male/female

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 30 March 2013

2013-03-30 Thread Albert Muick
USA, KFAB 1110, Omaha NE, date and frequency only card in 542 days for English report via first class mail with first class stamp as return postage, and follow-up via email to Program Director. QSL arrived 234 days after follow-up. No idea what the sudden catharsis was, but I _am_ grateful.

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 16 March 2013

2013-03-16 Thread Albert Muick
ESTONIA, Radio Eli / Family Radio Estonia, 1035, full data paper card QSL in 507 days for English Airmail report and 2 IRCs, follow-up via International Priority Mail with US $3. QSL received in 23 days after last follow-up. No V/S. Also sent three station leaflets listing frequencies.

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 02 March 2013

2013-03-02 Thread Albert Muick
USA, WHK, Cleveland OH, 1420 full data PDF eQSL with picture of transmitter in six days for English email report. V/s Brett Patram, CE bpatram(at)salemcleveland(dot)com . Brett says he enjoys getting reception reports from all over and is a very friendly QSL'er! USA, WWJ, Detroit MI, 950,

[HCDX] Radio Gaucha, Porto Alegre Brazil 11915

2013-02-17 Thread Albert Muick
Radio Gaucha, Porto Alegre, Brazil is putting in rather decent sigs right now on 11915 at 2320 UTC on 17 February with two announcers in discussion. Signal is in the clear with moderate fading. Al Muick Whitehall PA USA Microtelecom Perseus / Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop _ Hard-Core-DX

[HCDX] Voice of Tigray Revolution - Ethiopia

2013-02-17 Thread Albert Muick
The Voice of Tigray Revolution on 5950 from Addis Ababa Ethiopia is putting in a fair signal and is unmolested by QRM at the moment. At 0455 on 17 February a musical program was just finishing, and the station is scheduled to be on the air until 0530. Al Muick Whitehall PA USA Microtelecom

[HCDX] Africa No. 1 on 9580

2013-02-16 Thread Albert Muick
Africa No. 1 on 9580 is coming in with a nice strong signal now at 0605 UTC on 1 February with African vocals and French announcers. Verified against live stream. Usual terrible QRM from Medi 1 on 9579, so best to listen in USB. Al Muick Whitehall PA USA Microtelecom Perseus / Wellbrook

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick Part 2

2013-02-09 Thread Albert Muick
USA, WQOQ385/596, 1680, Hampton Roads Area, Virginia, full data, very friendly QSL letter in 120 days for English report via first class mail with 2 first-class stamps as return postage. I had almost given up hope on this one! This is a Highway Advisory Radio Station, running 10 watts into

[HCDX] WINB on 9273 kHz

2013-02-09 Thread Albert Muick
Greetings All, This might be old hat, but WINB from Red Lion PA is on 9273 kHz right now. Have heard them there since discovery at 2250. They had an Asian lady preaching for quite a while until positive ID at 2300. Her program continued for some time and she was very hard to understand,

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick

2013-02-08 Thread Albert Muick
VENEZUELA, Radio Rumbos, 670, no data friendly QSL email in 463 days for Spanish airmail report with 3 IRCs and several failed follow-ups before I found a valid email address for them. Email QSL comes 60 days after last follow-up to rrumbos670am(at)gmail(dot)com . V/s Francisco Vargas,

[HCDX] Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to All

2012-12-24 Thread Albert Muick
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all DX'ers and listeners. May the best DX come your way! Al Muick, KD3WU Whitehall PA USA Microtelecom Perseus / Wellbrook ALA1530P _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx

[HCDX] ORTM 5995 kHz @2330

2012-12-24 Thread Albert Muick
ORTM Mali, 5995 kHz is coming in at 44433 right now on 5995 with African music and a full station ID on the half hour. I heard some French and other languages I could not ID. Al Muick Whitehall PA USA Microtelecom Perseus / Wellbrook ALA1530P _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 08 December 2012

2012-12-09 Thread Albert Muick
ARGENTINA, RAE, 11710, full data logo card in 464 days for English airmail report and US $2 with follow-up report in Englsh via registered airmail and US $20.00 requesting return by same method (of course it wasn't!). QSL arrived 190 days after follow-up. V/s Luis M. Barassi, Director. Also

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick

2012-12-02 Thread Albert Muick
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, ZBVI Radio, Tortola, 780, full data Logo card and personal letter apologizing for the long delay in 400 days for English airmail report and 1 IRC and English email follow-up to zbvi(at)surfbvi(dot)com. QSL arrived in manila envelope with several beautiful stamps 82

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 17 November 2012

2012-11-18 Thread Albert Muick
CANADA, CKDO Oshawa ON, 1580, full data antenna field card in 15 days for English email report to steve(at)kx96(dot)fm (their FM outlet). V/s Ron Comben GERMANY, DCF39 European Radio Ripple Control, Burg, 139 kHz, full data antenna mast/number data card in 393 days for English report via

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick

2012-10-26 Thread Albert Muick
RUSSIA, TWR India via Novosibirsk, 11930, full data letter on TWR India letterhead (PDF) and full data eQSL of Bonaire mediumwave towers in 829 days! This started off with an English airmail report to their India address with US $2 return postage, with a follow-up in English with US $5 via

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick

2012-10-01 Thread Albert Muick
CANADA, CFOS Owen Sound, ON, 560, date/frequency letter in 276 days for 1 IRC and English airmail report and follow-up via fax to +1-519-371-4242. QSL received 24 days after fax follow-up. V/s Robert Coyne, Chief Engineer, who also stated they did not receive my first report. ZAMBIA, CVC

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick

2012-09-10 Thread Albert Muick
DENMARK, DR Radio, Kalundborg, 243, f/d letter in 280 days for English report via airmail + 1 IRC return postage and follow-up via email to drkommunikation(at)dr(dot)dk. QSL letter arrived 9 days after email follow-up. V/s Luciano Glar-Zabeo, Customer Advisor, Danish Broadcasting

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick

2012-08-27 Thread Albert Muick
BRAZIL, Radio Brasil Central, 11815, full data scenes from Goiania card in 348 days for Portuguese airmail report and 2 IRCs and follow-up in Portuguese via registered airmail with US $5 return postage. QSL arrived 37 days after follow-up with US $5 returned. SOUTH AFRICA, RTE Radio

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick

2012-08-21 Thread Albert Muick
BARBADOS, Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, 900, no data confirmation of reception email from Pearson Bowen, Program Manager in 297 days for English airmail report and 1 IRC and follow-up via email. Verification email arrived 1 day after follow-up. Pearson stated they had mailed me a QSL

Re: [HCDX] MW bandscan East Caribbean

2012-08-05 Thread Albert Muick
Thanks for this!  Good work!  It really comes in handy to have up-to-date info when one is DXing this area and the fall/winter seasons is soon upon us. 73 Al Muick Williamsport PA  USA From: Stig Hartvig Nielsen hart...@wmr.dk To:

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick

2012-08-01 Thread Albert Muick
BELGIUM, OSU Oostende Radio, 518, NAVTEX, no data map QSL card and letter in 255 days for English report via airmail and 1 IRC. V/s Walter Philipsen. Very nice sized card with history on the back. Station is actually OSU versus OST, which, according to the history on the card, ceased to be

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick 25 June 2012

2012-06-25 Thread Albert Muick
Hello All, It's been a long time since I have had anything to report. The well has been essentially dry, and I have been corresponding via registered airmail as well as talking with several consulates about retrieving outstanding QSLs. COLOMBIA, Radio Alcaravan , 5910, full data card and

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick

2012-04-15 Thread Albert Muick
CANADA, CKOC, Hamilton Ontario, 1150, full data logo/flag eQSL in 64 days for English airmail report and 1 IRC. V/s Chris Fernick, Chief Engineer INDIA, AIR Thiruvanathapuram, 5010, full data Footprint of Buddha card via New Delhi in 661 days for English email report, then follow-up via

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 10 March 2012

2012-03-10 Thread Albert Muick
It's been a Caribbean kinda week ANGUILLA, The Caribbean Beacon 11775, full data transmitter building/antenna drawing card in 189 days for English airmail report and US $2.00 in return postage and follow-up email in English. QSL received 48 days after email follow-up to

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 03 March 2012

2012-03-03 Thread Albert Muick
USA, KXEL Waterloo, IA, 1540, full data QSL sheet with picture of towers in 19 days for English report by first-class mail with US $1 (returned) for postage. V/s Mark (Illegible), Chief Engineer. Also sent some nice pictures of their transmitter and a very friendly cover letter from Joyce

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick 27 February 2012

2012-02-27 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Whitehall, Pennsylvania, USA RX: WinRadio G303e ANT:Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop 580 WHP, Harrisburg PA, heard at 0905 UTC on 27 February with special DX test for IRCA, NRC, et al. Male announcement of test and its purpose, sponsors and station address along with QSL

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 25 February 2012

2012-02-26 Thread Albert Muick
MOLDOVA (TRANSNISTRIA), Radio Pridnestrovie, 9665, full-data QSL page with map and photo of rotating antenna structure in 144 days for English airmail report and 2 IRCs. USA, WSM Nashville TN, 650, very nice date/time Aircastle of the South folder card in 176 days for English first-class

[HCDX] Mediumwave station in Costa Rica looking for investor or partner

2012-02-20 Thread Albert Muick
A notice posted in the Broadcast and Radio Professionals group in LinkedIn gave notice that a mediuimwave station in Costa Rica is looking for an investor or a partner, and gave the contact email of radiopacsur(at)gmail(dot)com . The station is Radio Pacfico Sur on 1480 kHz with 5kW. Their

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 18 February 2012

2012-02-18 Thread Albert Muick
CANADA, CINA, Missisaugua ON, 1650, returned my report with we find authentic, written on top right first page in 47 days for English report via airmail with 1 IRC. IRC was returned. V/s Neeti Prakash Ray, President. neetiray(at)gmail(dot)com Also enclosed business card. Slow and quiet

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 11 February 2012

2012-02-11 Thread Albert Muick
CANADA, Polskie Radio via Sackville, 15260, full data Bedzin Castle card in 47 days for English airmail report and 1 IRC. COSTA RICA, WRMI/Radio Republica DX Test, 5954, full data Banana Plantation card in 31 days for English email report on their special DX test, January 7 2012. V/s Jeff

Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Re: Log Report for Al Muick 29 January 2012

2012-02-04 Thread Albert Muick
into the bc and freq files, which are generated from the csv file with a date filter. These and more codes are explained in the readme.txt. Sorry for the confusion! 73, Eike Original-Nachricht Datum: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:46:45 -0500 Von: Albert Muick radioresearch_field_operati

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending February 4 2012

2012-02-04 Thread Albert Muick
CANADA, CFR Trenton Military VOLMET, 6754, no data thank you letter with pictures of their station on high-quality color laser printer in 153 days for English airmail report and US $2.00 return postage. V/s Master Corporal Jonathan Perreault. Address: 8 Wing Telecommunications and

Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Log Report for Al Muick 29 January 2012

2012-01-30 Thread Albert Muick
on this frequency yesterday. Unless someone comes up with any evidence to the contrary, I am going to call this Vo Iran in Hindi. Al Muick Whitehall PA USA On 1/29/2012 23:11, Albert Muick wrote: Glenn, I have just sent you a copy of the .csv file from EiBi from 15 January 2012 listing Oman in the 1400

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick 29 January 2012

2012-01-29 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Whitehall, Pennsylvania, USA RX: WinRadio G303e ANT:Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop BRASIL Radio Brasil Central 11815, coming in about S4 right now at 2350 UTC on January 29 2012. This could be a good night for Brazilians. Playing Brazilian and international oldies and pops

Re: [HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick 29 January 2012

2012-01-29 Thread Albert Muick
Hi Glenn, EiBi has Oman here 1400-1730 UTC in their 15 January update. I'm also wondering if Iran would have had the Arabic Koranic chanting on a Hindi program? Haven't listened to Iran in ages, so I do not know for sure. Is there anyone else has heard this? Guess I did get lucky with

Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Log Report for Al Muick 29 January 2012

2012-01-29 Thread Albert Muick
Glenn, I have just sent you a copy of the .csv file from EiBi from 15 January 2012 listing Oman in the 1400-1730 time slot. Could not send it to the group, so that was ex parte. I am OK with calling this Iran, but I will make sure tomorrow, if just for my own peace of mind. I am beginning

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 28 January 2012

2012-01-28 Thread Albert Muick
BRAZIL, Radio Voz Missionaria, 9665, f/d absolutely stunning A4-sized QSL certificate in 19 days for Portuguese airmail report and 2 IRCs. Certificate has signatures of the President, Vice-Preseident and Director of Radio on it. Also sent some station brochures that list frequencies and

[HCDX] FCC fines Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania AM station

2012-01-26 Thread Albert Muick
This is what happens when you don't do maintenance and try to bluff your way past the FCC Enforcement Bureau. Stroudsburg station WPLY is shut down and faces bankruptcy on many fronts. The station, WPLY 960, has been off the air since June, with its tower system in shambles. It was running

[HCDX] Globe Wireless stations VJS and VIE Australia

2012-01-26 Thread Albert Muick
I've found out some information, by necessity, regarding Globe Wireless coastal stations in Australia, VJS Perth Radio and VIE Darwin Radio. I have been trying to QSL for some time now, and found a reference to TELSTRA on the main Globe Wireless site. I followed the link to the TELSTRA site

[HCDX] ZIZ St. Kitts

2012-01-24 Thread Albert Muick
If anyone on the east coast is still awake At this moment, 0455 UTC, 25 January 2012, ZIZ National Broadcasting Corp. of St. Kitts and Nevis is coming in with a fair signal on 555 kHz in English relaying the BBC. There is a local ID on the hour and they are scheduled to switch back to

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 21 January 2012

2012-01-21 Thread Albert Muick
CANADA XMJ329 Canadian Coast Guard, 518, f/d card with NAVTEX information and frequencies on rear of card in 28 days for English report and 1 IRC sent via airmail. V/s Frank Dwyer, Officer-In-Charge, who returned the IRC. SWITZERLAND, HEB BernRadio 13025.5, f/d antenna/logo card in 145

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 14 January 2012

2012-01-14 Thread Albert Muick
AUSTRALIA, VMW Waluna Meteo, 12362, f/d logo e-QSL in 2 days for English email report. V/S N. Chandran, n(dot)chandran(at)bom(dot)gov(dot)au . CANADA, CFVP 6030, f/d large logo card with cowboy on horse and antenna (drawing) in 81 days for English airmail report and US $2.00 return

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 07 January 2012

2012-01-07 Thread Albert Muick
ALBANIA, Radio Tirana, 7465, f/d woman in native costume drawing card in 489 days for English airmail report on French transmission with US $5.00 return postage and a follow-up via registered airmail and 2 IRCs. QSL received 49 days after follow-up. I received an email of December 6th 2011

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick

2012-01-06 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Whitehall, Pennsylvania, USA RX: WinRadio G303e ANT:Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop oriented NNW-ESE AUSTRALIA, VMW Wiluna Meteo, 12362 USB, heard at 2140 on 06 January 2012 with maritime weather including sea heights. Several IDs. Male voice had that borderline quality where

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 24 December 2011

2011-12-25 Thread Albert Muick
USA WINB, 9265, f/d logo card in 114 days for English report via first-class mail and one first-class stamp as return postage. V/s Fred W. Wise Slow week! My only QSL came from WINB, which is only 80 miles away from me. :-) Hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday! 73 Al Muick

[HCDX] Merry Christmas

2011-12-24 Thread Albert Muick
Merry Christmas, Season's Greetings and all the best for the New Year. May yours be joyous, peaceful and prosperous! 73 Al Muick Whitehall PA USA ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[End

Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Log Report for Al Muick 23 December 2011

2011-12-24 Thread Albert Muick
, but EiBi and WRTH 2012 do not show them there. Hope you and yours have the best Holiday possible! 73, Al On 12/24/2011 08:45, Mauno Ritola wrote: 24.12.2011 1:52, Albert Muick kirjoitti: JAPAN (non), Furusato no Kaze, 9550, transmitting from Taiwan, in Japanese with talk by female and male

Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Log Report for Al Muick 23 December 2011

2011-12-24 Thread Albert Muick
, Albert Muick kirjoitti: Hi Mauno, That may be. Thank goodness I had a def ID, and this was definitely *not* Vietnamese. My Asian language skills are poor at best, but Japanese and Vietnames have distinctly different sounds. I do not see CRI scheduled there anywhere, only this station. I have

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick 23 December 2011

2011-12-23 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Whitehall, Pennsylvania, USA RX: WinRadio G303e ANT:Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop, oriented NNW-ESE JAPAN (non), Furusato no Kaze, 9550, transmitting from Taiwan, in Japanese with talk by female and male announcers. Heard at 1337 UTC on 23 December. Announcements were

[HCDX] iBiquity, NAB Fastroad Release Asymmetrical IBOC Sideband Lab Tests Results

2011-12-22 Thread Albert Muick
Here's a new report on IBOC, which may interest the FM DX'ers and radio listeners out there. If you are of a technical bent, you can download a PDF copy of the report from the article. No mention of any tests or results on the medium wave band.

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick 19 December 2011 - CORRECTION RE VOICE OF PUJIAN

2011-12-20 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Whitehall, Pennsylvania, USA RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop 9705 - The station I reported as tentative, Voice of Pujian, Shanghai China, has been investigated by both myself and Ron Howard, and it seems that it is indeed the Voice of America from

[HCDX] HAPPENING NOW - TDF DRM TEST FROM FRENCH GUIANA

2011-12-20 Thread Albert Muick
TDF is DRM testing from French Guiana as of my 2040 UTC tune in 0n 17755, 20 December 2011. Reports requested to engenharia.ra...@ebc.com.br Go get 'em! Currently 22dBm SNR at my location. 73 Al Muick Whitehall PA USA ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011:

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick

2011-12-19 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Whitehall, Pennsylvania, USA RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop, oriented N-S 560 CANADA, CFOS, Owen Sound, Ontario, heard at 1101 UTC with short local news, into some international news, full station ID, and anti-drink-driving PSA and the morning show

Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Re: QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 17 December 2011

2011-12-18 Thread Albert Muick
Feb16, 2006 3). Letter for TWR Nov 28, 2007 all verisigned by Kathy Otto, Broadcast Planning. Rgds, Tony Ashar --- In d...@yahoogroups.com mailto:dxld%40yahoogroups.com, Albert Muick radioresearch_field_operations@... wrote: SOUTH AFRICA Channel Africa 15325, full data thank you letter from

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 17 December 2011

2011-12-17 Thread Albert Muick
GREECE Voice of Greece 7475, full data Prince of the Lilies card in 97 days for English airmail report and 2 IRCs. Also sent nice wall map of Greece. SOUTH AFRICA Channel Africa 15325, full data thank you letter from Sikander Hoosen of Sentech, the national transmitter network owner in

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick

2011-12-13 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Whitehall, Pennsylvania, USA RX: WinRadio G303e ANT:Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop (oriented N-S) ACC:Hoka Code 300-32 Demodulator v3.08 5890, USA, VoA Greenville, heard with Spanish programming about world journalism at 0118 UTC on 13 December 2011. SINPO 55544. Hoping

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick

2011-12-12 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Whitehall, Pennsylvania, USA RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop 530 CANADA, CIAO Toronto, in Hindi with subcontinental music and commercial announcements with telephone numbers given in English. Heard at 1006 UTC on 12 December 2011. SINPO 42433 with bad

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 10 December 2011

2011-12-10 Thread Albert Muick
BAHAMAS, ZNS Broadcasting Corp. of the Bahamas, 1540, date/freq. letter in 65 days for English airmail report and US $2.00, v/s. Deon Morris, Programming Manager, d(dot)morris(at)znsbahamas(dot)com . Station heard shortly after local midnight on October 4, battling it out between WDCD and

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 26 November 2011

2011-11-26 Thread Albert Muick
external service off. Heard with WinRadio G303e rx and terminated 100m wire from 60 foot tower. Ms. Tan also confirms that 594 kHz is no more. The QSL eMail reads: */Greetings Mr Albert Muick,/* I apologize for the late reply on this matter; the report is correct by our station logs. The previous

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 19 Novembert 2011

2011-11-18 Thread Albert Muick
AUSTRALIA, VMC Charleville Meteo, Charleville QLD, 16546 USB, f/d logo/flag e-QSL in 2 days for an email English report. Thanks for Alokesh Gupta for pointing me to the correct person to send the reports to! You can send yours to Mr. Navin Chandran, N(dot)Chandran at bom(dot)gov(dot)au .

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick

2011-11-14 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Whitehall, Pennsylvania, USA RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: 100m longwire 518 ICELAND, TFK Grindavik Radio, heard at 0354 UTC on 14 November 2011, in SITOR-B with NAVTEX transmissions in English. Fair signals but very clear as no one else was operating on freq at the time. This is

Re: [HCDX] Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 107, Issue 13

2011-11-13 Thread Albert Muick
I think I know what's happening here. The other week, all of my messages were coming through as blanks also. It seems that HCDX no longer converts richt text to plain text and simply strips everything out that is rich text. I kinda sorta remember that my things always went through before

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending

2011-11-12 Thread Albert Muick
I sent the good stuff at the beginning of the week to share the news about Radio Burkina, but I do have one more which arrived today: BRAZIL, Radio 9 de Julho, 9819.8, no data thank you letter in 45 days for Portuguese report and 2 IRCs via airmail. Also sent a few stickers. V/s Pe. Jose

[HCDX] VMC Meteo, Charleville, QLD, Australia

2011-11-11 Thread Albert Muick
AUSTRALIA VMC Charleville Meteo Heard at 1338 today, 11/11/11 on 16546 kHz with sea weather read by a man in English. Mentions of Cairns and Point Danger. At 1354 and annnouncement: End of transmission from VMC for this part of the program. About a minute later, back on with full ID,

[HCDX] Commemorative transmissions from IBF, Turin Italy

2011-11-11 Thread Albert Muick
Earlier today, 11/11/11, Giampiero Bernardini, gave us a tip for IBF's commemorative transmissions from Turin Italy on 5000 kHz. I don't think I have a hope of hearing them from my QTH, due to the signal of WWV as well as local QRM, but I did go to a remote receiver located in Cumbria, UK.

[HCDX] Logs for Al Muick 05-07 November 2011

2011-11-07 Thread Albert Muick
Not too much to report, so FRANCE, 3AC Monaco Radio 8728 USB, 07 November 2011, 1020 UTC. I was waiting for this one, camped out on the frequency. Finally, just barely above the noise I heard the Monaco National Anthem and then an ID in French by a man in French, into weather

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Special

2011-11-07 Thread Albert Muick
I am sending this part of my QSL report out early because of the timeliness of the Radio Burkina information. BANGLADESH, Bangladesh Betar 4750, f/d National Monument card in 455 days for English report via Airmail with US $5.00 and English follow-up via registered mail with return receipt

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending

2011-11-05 Thread Albert Muick
CHILE, CVC Voz Cristiana, 17680, f/d Transmitter Site card in 63 days for Spanish airmail report and US $5.00, to Santiago, Chile address. Card is completely in English and posted from Chile, although sporting a US return address. This is a very nice card on good stock, with about six

Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Re: QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending

2011-11-05 Thread Albert Muick
. - Original Message - From: Wolfgang Bueschel To: Albert Muick radioresearch_field_operati...@yahoo.com; DXLD d...@yahoogroups.com; HCDX hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 11:17 PM Subject: [dxld] Re: [HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending Prangins

Re: [HCDX] 1700 kHz French/Creole re-send due to many blank postings in HCDX

2011-11-04 Thread Albert Muick
lesson, Herr Doktor. 73 Al On 11/4/2011 11:49 AM, Dr. Anton J. Kuchelmeister wrote: Hi Al, On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:37:16 +0100, Albert Muick wrote: ... and Voix Divine has stolen the call letters of a station in Syracuse, NY. What leads you to this conclusion, couldn't it also be the other

Re: [HCDX] 1700 kHz French/Creole re-send due to many blank postings in HCDX

2011-11-04 Thread Albert Muick
a knowledge quest at hand. Yes, this is supposed to be a friendly list. Let us keep it as such. 73 Al On 11/4/2011 3:59 PM, Dr. Anton J. Kuchelmeister wrote: On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:24:16 +0100, Albert Muick wrote: ... Perhaps a little researching on the web would have yielded the same

Re: [HCDX] French on 1700 kHz

2011-11-03 Thread Albert Muick
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[HCDX] 1700 kHz French/Creole

2011-11-03 Thread Albert Muick
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[HCDX] 1700 kHz French/Creole re-send due to many blank postings in HCDX

2011-11-03 Thread Albert Muick
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Re: [HCDX] [Bulk] Re: 1700 kHz French/Creole re-send due to many blank postings in HCDX

2011-11-03 Thread Albert Muick
. Kuchelmeister wrote: Well, the message still IS blank. Did you intend to add some more details in its body than just those given in the Subject line? On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:58:47 +0100, Albert Muick wrote: ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: ... ---[Start

Re: [HCDX] 1700 kHz French/Creole re-send due to many blank postings in HCDX

2011-11-03 Thread Albert Muick
Let us see if this message goes through. Hello Carmen, I don't know if your entire message came through, as it looks a little cut off in the beginning. So in your bandscan from Bishop Playground in Quincy, MA (according to Google), you have these.pirates? The FCC does not list any

[HCDX] Happening Now 1700 kHz

2011-11-02 Thread Albert Muick
All, I am hearing French on 1700 kHz with religious hymns. Very calm speaking from the announcers and a mixed choir on the religious music. It's not a multiple of anything as far as I can tell, no French Canadian stations on there, and it seems to have a Caribbean accent to it. Anyone

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