Re: [HCDX] [IRCA] A Unique DXing Liocation

2016-06-26 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Low noise is everything in DX. What station used it? Walt On Sunday, 26 June 2016, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: > This is my spot by the banks of the Yukon River, taken at 3:15AM Saturday > morning. > > Click this link for the image: >

Re: [HCDX] Guatemala 4055

2016-06-08 Thread Walter Salmaniw
A pretty easy catch for us on the west coast. They are, however, never very strong. The last hour or so is usually in English. 73, Walt On Tuesday, June 7, 2016, coffee_canuck wrote: > With EE ID's address, schedule at 0558 UTC - > > Never heard before. > > Drake R8

[HCDX] I'm travelling in the Pacific in November: Any DXers out there?

2009-10-26 Thread Walter Salmaniw
I'm going to be travelling between October 30th and December 2nd between Sydney, Australia and LA aboard Holland America's Amsterdam. Our ports of call include Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Napier, Tauranga, Auckland, Bay of Islands, Apia, Tonga, Honolulu, Kona

Re: [HCDX] the last logs before our trip to Romania

2009-05-15 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 07:37 AM 5/15/2009, you wrote: Bogdan, FM DXing from planes in flight is frowned upon, since the IF oscillator in your ``receiver`` transmits at short range and may interfere with aeronautical communications above 108 MHz, if not navigation, not to mention possible harmonics higher. I

Re: [HCDX] latest foreign LW / MW / WiFi logs OT

2009-05-10 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 07:18 PM 5/9/2009, you wrote: Warm greetings to all of you ! After two very quiet weeks, the solar activity is starting to climb again, not enough to enhance Latin American mediumwave reception, but definitively enough to block TA LW reception, especially Iceland-189... During the first day

Re: [HCDX] ClewistonUSA Sun Morn DX

2009-05-03 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Chuck, as I recall, I think that the Tatarstan broadcast was discontinued during the past year. I may be wrong. If you hear them, the IS is very distinctWalt At 03:21 AM 5/3/2009, you wrote: Russia, (pres) 11925, GTRK, (Pres) 0935-0958*, Noted a very weak signal here with music at tune

Re: [HCDX] ClewistonUSA Sun Morn DX

2009-05-03 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 11:47 AM 5/3/2009, you wrote: Was always on air via SW relay in Russia. Never discontinued. Always strong in Germany, and much better audio feed since last summer: 9690 R.TATARSTAN 0610-0700 Tatar/Ru 250 60 Samara RUS 11925 R.TATARSTAN 0810-0900 Tatar/Ru 100 310 Samara RUS 15110 R.TATARSTAN

[HCDX] CKZN 6160 well heard on the west coast

2009-03-20 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Hearing CKZN at very good levels on 6160, with CKZU just barely audible. All this at 02:30 UTC on the west coast..Walt Salmaniw, Victoria,BC ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[End

[HCDX] FRN.net

2009-03-15 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Darn it! One of my favourite websites, www.frn.net is off with the following message: frn.net expired on 03/09/2009 and is pending renewal or deletion. Hope it was just an oversight! .Walt ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009:

Re: [HCDX] Logs for Al Muick

2009-01-25 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 04:08 PM 1/25/2009, you wrote: 7105POLAND, Polish Radio heard at 1630 on 25 Jan in D with news, commentary and interviews. Severely beaten about the head and shoulders by China National Radio on 7110 who was splattering, rendering Polskie R.'s signal almost useless. Xmsn to central

[HCDX] Solomon Islands 9541.51

2008-12-10 Thread Walter Salmaniw
I'm getting the SIBC at fair level now at 06:50 UTC on 9541.51 with an improving signal since 06:30 tune-in. Not much more than threshold initially, but now at fair level, although there's a bit too much local noise to make much out from the transmission. Fun to watch the improving signal,

Re: [HCDX] Logs for Al Muick Tajikistan

2008-12-08 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 07:12 PM 12/8/2008, you wrote: 7245TAJIKISTAN, VoT, heard at 0945 on 08 Dec with EG program consisting of continuous pop music and one EG annx at 0951. Tajik programming started at 1000 with some pretty dramatic martial mx, thundering ID by OM, into soviet-style national anthem and

[HCDX] RTM Sarawak 5030

2008-11-09 Thread Walter Salmaniw
MALAYSIA 5030 RTM Sarawak is being very well heard on the west coast, now that CNR1 has vacated the frequency. Strong signal at 15:45 tune-in. 9 November, 2008. I was hoping to hear a sign-off announcement, but the transmitter cut at 16:00 (the audio anyway) and then the transmitter

Re: [HCDX] Logs for Al Muick 30-31 October

2008-11-01 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 05:06 AM 11/1/2008, you wrote: Lvov [Lemberg] Krasne at http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=49.901769lon=24.668814z=13.9r=0src=yh Wolfy, please don't use the name Lvov, unless in the past tense. Like Peking, Peiping, etcnow Beijing), the proper name is Lviv (formerly Lemberg (German),

[HCDX] Ruud Vos

2008-10-20 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Does anyone have a current email address for Ruud? The one I have bounced.Walt. ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]---

[HCDX] Good DX conditions continue

2008-09-30 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Great long distance DX conditions continue. Already at 01:25, I'm hearing CKZN once again from Newfoundland on 6160 (actually slightly low...closer to 6159.98) with the Q program. Possibly CKZU is barely, just barely audible underneath. Good reception, and it's still another hour until

[HCDX] 6160 CKZN audible tonight

2008-09-29 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Thanks to Colin Newell for pointing out that CKZN is coming in very well right now at 03:00 UTC on 6160 with local ID for 990 Cornerbrook and one other and into CBC news. It's been years since I've heard them, but as I recall it was this time of the year and audible day in and day out, so go

Re: [HCDX] [shortwaveworld] Russia 7200

2008-09-20 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 02:33 AM 9/20/2008, you wrote: Hi all, I am getting a lot of static on this logging. Everyone is saying it's Radio Rossii even after they listen to the recording I posted. I can't hear Rossii in the ID, but I don't hear Yakutsk either. So I am going to correct this to Radio Rossii to

[HCDX] WRNO 7505 ?not full power?

2008-09-20 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Been noticing WRNO off frequency and a lot weaker than before the Hurricane. They've been on 7505.1 and a lot weaker than usualactually carrier is pretty strong, but modulation is way down there. ID at 01:25. Wonder what's up down there...Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC ---[Start

[HCDX] Fwd: Re: CFRX - 6070

2008-09-07 Thread WALTER SALMANIW
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[HCDX] RSI sign off on 6080

2008-07-31 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Tuned in at 13:50 to catch the last few minutes of RSI. Time check for 9:55 at 13:55 and into the final news in English. Reception not quite as good as I've previously heard during the last few weeks, but perfectly readable. Weak cochannel with music noted at 13:57. // 6150 just audible

Re: [HCDX] CW KPH

2008-07-13 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 08:56 PM 7/12/2008, you wrote: Excellent on 4247 at 0450 UTC 7/13. S9+20 Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager 426 is coming in just fine here in Victoria with a weather synopsis, with 4247 extremely strong in //, as well as 6477.5 (same extremely strong), 8642 (not quite as strong),

Re: [HCDX] KPH

2008-07-13 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 08:02 AM 7/13/2008, you wrote: Walter, Post this to the HCDX list for me. You said: The only channel I'm not getting is 500 kHz. Not sure whyperhaps they're not on the air as promised...Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC (06:45 UTC) The reason you didn't receive 500 kHz is that you were

Re: [HCDX] CW KPH

2008-07-12 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 12:39 PM 7/12/2008, you wrote: Nostalgia live: CW Maritime stn from California ! KPH will return to the air for commemorative broadcasts on 12 July at 1701 PDT (13 July at 0001 UTC). Transmissions are expected to continue until at least midnight PDT (0700 UTC). KPH will transmit on 426, 500,

Re: [HCDX] Fuel Crisis Threatens Majuro Broadcasters

2008-07-05 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 03:40 AM 7/5/2008, you wrote: ___ Fuel Crisis Threatens Majuro Broadcasters ___ According to reports from Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands in the north-west Pacific, supplies of diesel and coconut oil to

[HCDX] 6080 RSI still on

2008-07-03 Thread Walter Salmaniw
I'm listening to the English service of Radio Singapore International on 6080 as I type this at 12:20, // to weaker 6150 (under CC cochannel). Signal in the clear except for some adjacent splatter, so appears that they will more likely sign-off at the end of this month. Overall good

Re: [HCDX] logs

2008-06-21 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 06:36 PM 6/21/2008, you wrote: Russia, 7125, RadioKompaniya, Moldova, 0115- 0140, Steady Russian language comments and features with males and a female doing the talking. Except for the language, this format sounds like talk radio News stations here in the states several years ago -

[HCDX] Radio Victoria 6019.4

2008-06-21 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Good reception right now at 02:29 of Peru's Radio Victoria. Not quite armchair, but pretty close. Using LSB, of course, to escape the loud het from 6020. Interesting that a few minutes ago, I heard Caracas and Radio Vera Cruz (I think) mentioned. Running about S6 on the meter up to S7, and

Re: [HCDX] Log

2008-06-19 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 12:38 AM 6/19/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peru, 6019.38, Radio Victoria, 0830-0840 Noted a female and a male in conversation(Spanish), with each other. Between 0800 (if on) and 0857 UTC, Radio Victoria is in the clear. This freq isn't used by others (i.e. CRI, R. Nederland) until 0900

[HCDX] 15170 sick transmitter

2008-05-15 Thread Walter Salmaniw
What the heck is going on with 15170? I'm listening at 03:11 UTC 16May with just a very strong loud buzzing sound. No audio otherwise heard. Is this the BSKSA? Anyone else hearing the same thing?...Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC, Canada ---[Start Commercial]- Order

[HCDX] The end of DRM?

2008-02-25 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Here's something that came like a lightning bolt out of the blue. Can't say that I'm surprised, though. I'm glad I didn't spend big $$ on DRM programs/or the few receivers out there. Looks like there'll never be any either from the report. Still, it was a little bit of fun decoding the very

[HCDX] Tropical bands very much alive!

2008-02-18 Thread Walter Salmaniw
I've just returned from a short vacation in Maui, Hawaii. In my possession, I brought along my Kaito/Degen 1103 portable receiver along with about 20' of random wire. As is so often the case, my monitoring recaptured some of the thrill that has been lost in recent years as tropical band

[HCDX] HAARP test

2008-01-19 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Well no point in sticking around. Compared to last night, conditions are dismal. Tonight, 6792.5 is heard at 20 dB at best above the noise floor, with the moon bounce still audible weakly most times. Sounds a lot like the 2nd hour did on 7 megs last night. I don't think I'll bother to stick

[HCDX] HAARP Test heard

2008-01-18 Thread Walter Salmaniw
I'm hearing quite nice moon bounce best using USB tuned to 6791.8 USB. HAARP itself is very loud at S9+10 or more, whereas the moon bounce is quite weak, heard in that 3 second time frame after the 2 sec HAARP signal. CW seemed to work (exactly on 6792.5, but the bounce wasn't so obvious, nor

[HCDX] (no subject)

2008-01-02 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Well, not exactly the far north, but just south and west of Ketchikan, AK on the Queen Charlotte Islands (now known as Haida Gwaii). I DX'd for 4 days using 4 antennae: A permanent N/S mini 450' Beverage, terminated at the north end. A TP BOG (about 1000') aimed about 300 deg, but gradually

[HCDX] DX adventures from the far north

2008-01-02 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Sorry folks, but I forgot to add a subject line on my last posting, so here it is again! Well, not exactly the far north, but just south and west of Ketchikan, AK on the Queen Charlotte Islands (now known as Haida Gwaii). I DX'd for 4 days using 4 antennae: A permanent N/S mini 450'

[HCDX] 5030 cochannel

2007-11-06 Thread Walter Salmaniw
MALAYSIA 5030 15:39 6Nov07. For the past few mornings I've noticed a relatively strong cochannel under CNR1 China. I presuming this must be RTM Sarawak. Sometimes gets up to almost the level of CNR1 before fading down again. Nothing noted, by the way, of PCA on 4755.26 lately

[HCDX] PMA well heard this morning

2007-10-08 Thread Walter Salmaniw
4755.26 MICRONESIA Pacific Missionary Aviation The Cross, Oct 8 1357 - Good reception finally this morning with excellent modulation. No announcement except very briefly at 14:00 by same YL. Really difficult to make out what she said despite the good reception, though. Otherwise fairly

[HCDX] Pacific Missionary Radio 4755.26

2007-10-04 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Thanks to Mauno Ritola for pointing out that this station has resumed broadcasting. I'm hearing them this morning from tune-in at 14:20 and they're still going now at 14:44, although the non-stop music seems to have suddenly stop. I announcement at 14:32 by a YL, ending with Radio. Not a

[HCDX] Solomon Islands

2007-09-01 Thread Walter Salmaniw
SOLOMON ISLANDS 5019.85, 1246-, SIBC Sep 1 Ron Howard e-mailed me a report that this station was off the air, but today I can hear them (presumably them) at weak but readable levels in English with presumed BBC relay programming. Signal seems to be gradually improving as dawn approaches.

[HCDX] A few loggings from Masset, BC

2007-08-27 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Hi, folks. Just returned from a 4 day visit to Masset, and was able to DX for 3 mornings (ie Sat - Mon). The first morning was rather disappointing as I had erected a 1000' West BOG which was dead in the morning, so I had to use my permanent N/S 450' Beverage only. Went to track down the

[HCDX] Goodgle Earth Antenna array

2007-07-19 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Fellas, what do you make of this antenna array located at 49deg 35'40.58N and 23deg 58' 06.42E in an area south of Lviv in Ukraine. Supposedly was a military establishment, but no longer in service. Quite an interesting array very well visualized with Google Earth. I immediately considered

[HCDX] A Renewed interest in DXing

2007-07-19 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Folks, Mika Makelainen has kindly posted the final version of my article entlitled, A Renewed Interest in DXing regarding my recent trip to Europe, with a Kaito 1103 in tow. The article and photos can be viewed at the dxing.info website:

[HCDX] European loggings from Kremenchuk, Ukraine

2007-07-15 Thread Walter Salmaniw
As always, Vlad Titarev did much to facilitate my visit to Ukraine. We spent a wonderful evening at his inner city oasis in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk. He has one of the most impressive dx shacks that I've ever seen along with a decent urban antenna farm. The morning of the 4th

[HCDX] Final European report from SE Ukraine

2007-07-15 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Below are my final loggings during my recent European trip. They're all from a rural area about 70 km from Luhansk in the extreme south-east of Ukraine. A very good quiet location, even using just the Kaito 1103 and a few feet of random wire. I recorded many interesting segments on my Edirol

[HCDX] UK loggings

2007-07-14 Thread Walter Salmaniw
This is the first of a series of DX reports during my recent travels in Europe. From Vancouver, my first stop was Stansted, UK near London where I spent a wonderful night at a small BB and dx'd using my small Kaito 1103 portable and it's provided random wire antenna. Interesting recordings

[HCDX] Shiokaze 9485

2007-07-14 Thread Walter Salmaniw
TAIWAN 9485, 1301-, Shiokaze Sea Breeze Jul 14 Very good reception with their usual sign-on in English as reported previously by Ron Howard. 'This is Shiokaze, Sea Breeze from Tokyo Japan' Some splatter on lower side, so USB works best by far. Much better than yesterday. The same

[HCDX] European loggings from Gdansk, Poland

2007-07-14 Thread Walter Salmaniw
This is the second part of my European journey. I flew from Stansted to Gdansk on Ryanair (not recommended!) and occupied a 6th floor flat at a naval academy residence between the 23rd and 28th of June in Gdynia, Poland. Same receiverKaito 1103 with it's short random wire antenna, but

[HCDX] Part 3 of European loggings

2007-07-14 Thread Walter Salmaniw
I've now moved on to Ukraine, and specifically to western Ukraine, land of many castles and gently rolling hills. The area was rural with minimal RF noise, although our time was short to dx. Here is a smattering of results from this part of my trip. From here we travelled south and west into

[HCDX] European Loggings: Part IV from the Carpathian mountains

2007-07-14 Thread Walter Salmaniw
The next part of the journey involved driving into the lovely Carpathian Mountains. This was the quietest RF area of my travels. If you've never experienced low (no) RF, than it's a real treat.No noise between channels at all. One assumes that there is a technical glitch, but there

[HCDX] UN Radio

2007-05-14 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Noticed in a recent Economist that UN Radio is looking for a new head of the service, based in New York, in case anyone is looking for a job there! Walt Salmaniw, Victoria -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database:

[HCDX] RUI 7440

2007-04-08 Thread Walter Salmaniw
It's rare to hear good audio from RUI on the Pacific Coast of North America, but tonight (UTC Monday), reception is at S9 + 10 with English programming at 03:25 on 7440. Last night was also quite decent, but perhaps not quite as good. Transmitter site is Lviv rather than the previously used

Re: [HCDX] Laptops and noisy power supplies (SMPS) ..............

2007-03-17 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 11:09 AM 3/17/2007, you wrote: Hi everybody, I wonder how you managed to solve the known problem of laptop power supplies (SMPS) and their noise. At my old IBM laptop it was not so bad but at my new Fujitsu-Siemens laptop its switching power supply produces quite a strong noise on LW, MW

[HCDX] Masset loggings

2007-02-21 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Folks, here's the complete record of loggings during my recent stay on the Queen Charlotte Islands in northern B.C. Errors are purely my own, and attributable to lack of sleep, dxing for 7 to 10 hours daily. 2 receivers, the AOR 7030+ and the NRD 535D. 3 Beverage antennae (2 N/S, and 1 E/W),

[HCDX] Pirate movie produced

2007-02-06 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Just heard a 10 minute clip on our local CBC Radio 1 on Pirate Radio USA. Apparently this was a FM Seattle pirate. While no longer on the air, they produced an independent movie on Pirate radio which is being shown in Victoria tomorrow night. I recorded the segment which runs 1.18 MB. If

[HCDX] YLE final NA broadcast

2006-12-31 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Hoped to hear YLE's final EE broadcast to North America on 12000 between 16:00 and 16:57. Unfortunately all I'm getting is a wopping S9 + 20 open carrier with what seems like some slow CW buried in the signal . It's actually on 12.000.26 or so. I can hear snippets of audio beneath this

Re: [HCDX] A few loggings from Tofino, B.C.

2006-12-25 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 12:11 PM 12/25/2006, you wrote: (commenting on the terrible reception conditions for a while now) Merry Christmas to all! Actually got enough WWV on 15Mhz to set the time on a watch I bought my Mom for Christmas... There were a few signals on 19m and 20m (SSB) and a few things on 25m.

[HCDX] A few loggings from Tofino, B.C.

2006-12-24 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Merry Christmas to all! A few days ago, I spent several days in Tofino, BC on the west coast of Vancouver Island, and a destination spot for hot dx. Trouble was (and is), the conditions have been nothing short of atrocious. Today, for example, I could barely hear WWV on any frequency. It's

Re: [HCDX] What now ILG data base has gone?

2006-11-16 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 05:33 AM 11/16/2006, you wrote: Hi I have used the ILG broadcast data base for many years now and have been sad to see it closed. http://www.ilgradio.com/ilgradio.htm I was wondering what alternatives there are? A crummy alternative, in my opinion, is the HFCC database. I just downloaded

[HCDX] Guyana on with a decent signal

2006-11-09 Thread Walter Salmaniw
GUYANA 3291.20, 0540-, Voice of Guyana Nov 10 Surprisingly good reception all this evening with BBCWS programming. Nothing strong, but clearly audible. Normally this station's reception has been at threshold or just above. I'm listening right now using the R390A along with the SE3 with audio

[HCDX] new Diego Garcia frequency

2006-09-09 Thread Walter Salmaniw
DIEGO GARCIA 12759, 1436-, AFRTS Sep 9 Thanks for the tip via Franck Baste in France via dxld, AFRTS is still heard on this new? frequency or a repeat punch-up error. Barely audible at tune-in at 14:13 but at fair to good level at 14:36. NPR programming. This would be a nice change if

[HCDX] Loggings from Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands 19-23July

2006-07-24 Thread Walter Salmaniw
SRI LANKA 15475, 0341-, Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation Jul 20 Wonderfully warm programming. Very old fashioned with wooly audio, and wishing everyone a good Thursday morning. Greetings to listeners in Bangalore, and also Dubai. Exclusively western music, including 'I believe in music, I

[HCDX] Undercover Radio 6924.99

2006-07-04 Thread Walter Salmaniw
USA (PIRATE) 6924.99, 0458-, Undercover Radio Jul 5 About a S7 signal with QSL details at 05:00 and email as [EMAIL PROTECTED] (?). Then went on to describe diving in the Solomon Islands. A fair bit of summer static too, but virtuallly 100% readable. Strange KIPM type programming. With the

Re: [HCDX] RNZI

2006-05-09 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 08:39 PM 5/9/2006, you wrote: Just finished watching the NHL playoff hockey game and tuned into RNZI on 15720 kHz at 0330 UTC. Seems they are in digital mode at the moment... Right you are, Mick. Very strong here covering about 15712 to 15729 with DRM. I don't have any software to decode

[HCDX] Final HCJB English broadcast

2006-05-06 Thread Walter Salmaniw
ECUADOR 12005, 1300-, HCJB May 6 Fair to good reception and improving as dawn proceeded. Mostly a S7 signal. Final analog broadcast of DXPL followed at 1300 by a special farewell program bringing together a number of HCJB personalities and plans for digital shortwave, etc. Much discussion of

[HCDX] Radio Australia at 0500

2006-04-26 Thread Walter Salmaniw
AUSTRALIA 15160, 0505-, Radio Australia Apr 27 Surprisingly good reception in an otherwise almost dead band at this time, several hours after my local sunset. Shepparton is listed with 100 kw from 0500 to 0800. Heard equally well last night. Plenty of parallels noted including: 15515

[HCDX] Loggings from the Amazon

2006-04-15 Thread Walter Salmaniw
My apologies for the tardiness of this report, but hopefully it may be of some interest to you as reports from the Amazon and the Galapagos Is. are rather sparse. I spent three weeks in Quito, Ecuador and environs, the Napo River (a major tributary of the Amazon), and finally the Galapagos Is

Re: [HCDX] Pulsed tone

2006-03-07 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 06:15 PM 3/7/2006, you wrote: Hello All; There is a pulsed tone on 4.799. signal varies about 1 s unit when the pulsed tone is transmitted. Pulses are approximately 60 times a minute. Time now in New York Stat, USA 0214z. Overall the signal is S7 to S9 with some QSB. Ralph Ferrara ---[Start

[HCDX] Logs for Feb 11 and 12 from Victoria, BC

2006-02-12 Thread Walter Salmaniw
GUAM 9585, 1600-, KSDA Feb 12 'From the regional headquarters in Singapore, this is Wavescan'. Not a great signal at S7 with much deep fades, but readable. 6th edition of the program. Is this program available yet for download like in the old days? Improving nicely during the program to SIO

[HCDX] RSH The Reality 4 -- important --

2006-02-05 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Folks, below is the final installment regarding efforts to resurrect Radio St. Helena. Below is Robert Kipp's e-mail to me (and Joe Talbot), and below that I've copied the text that was sent as a pdf file. Now, I'm unable to vouch for the UK and European addresses, but I can assure all of the

Re: [HCDX] ALE

2006-01-24 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 08:43 AM 1/24/2006, you wrote: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 MBG, UNID ALE [RX][CH 12][TWS MBG][TWS MBG][R] [07:02:10][CHN 12][SND][ ][TWS][MBG ][AL2] BER 27 SN 00 24 - 01 - 2006 07.02 UTC 5435,5 KHz ALE # posted by SWL STATION I0-5639 @ 16:35 0 comments 8TU.UNID ALE [RX][CH 10][TWS

[HCDX] Third info letter re Radio St Helena

2006-01-20 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Here's the third of four information letters from Robert Kipp in Germany. He tells me that in the last letter he will provide information regarding monetary donations, so please stand by: Radio St. Helena : The Project Our Project to put Radio St. Helena back on the air on shortwaves and to

[HCDX] Further on Radio St. Helena

2006-01-19 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Folks, here's further information about what is required to get RSH back on the air, via Robert Kipp in Germany: Radio St. Helena : The Dream We all now have a singular chance to take part in the revival of the famous international, multi-media (Telephone, FAX, Email), listener-interactive

[HCDX] Radio St. Helena situation

2006-01-18 Thread Walter Salmaniw
I just received the following from Robert Kipp in Germany concerning resurrecting Radio St. Helena SW broadcasts. I do hope one day that this will come to pass. Maybe all that would be needed is a donation of a decent HF transmitter! Radio St. Helena : An Update Back in September we

Re: [HCDX] Tirana

2006-01-13 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 01:30 PM 1/13/2006, you wrote: Saludos cordiales,ultimas escuchas. ALBANIA 7465 R. Tirana, 20:10-20:28, escuchada el 13 de Enero en francés a locutora con comentarios y segmentos de música clásica, ..Albani transmisión en francais, SINPO 34232. ALBANIA 7465 R.Tirana, 20:50-20:58,

Re: [HCDX] Non-English loggings

2006-01-05 Thread Walter Salmaniw
I'm thankful for the list and all those who contribute. I'm sure the vast majority of the list members are anglophone. I happen to also speak and write Ukrainian, and have a passing knowledge of French and Russian. I have the distinct impression that a number of the list members seem to use

[HCDX] Travelogue from the Caribbean

2006-01-03 Thread Walter Salmaniw
I hope that this is not being too far out of line, fellas, but I thought that I might share a little bit of my travels the past couple of weeks. We left Victoria on the 19th, and returned last night 1/1/2006. We spent a week aboard the Costa Mediterranea, a 980 foot, 85,000 tonne behemoth.

[HCDX] Travelogue to the Caribbean

2006-01-03 Thread Walter Salmaniw
One last thing I forgot to mention and nothing to do with radio, but worthy to add to my recent travelogue. We spent a couple of days in Ft. Lauderdale and Miami Beach (South Beach) after the cruise. No radio listening but I did see the biggest most expensive homes and yachts I've ever seen,

[HCDX] Alex's Radio Page

2005-12-14 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Anyone know what happened to www.dxprograms.net (also known as Alex's radio page)? I found it a handy place to download many radio programsWalt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database:

Re: [HCDX] Alex's Radio Page

2005-12-14 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 03:09 PM 12/14/2005, you wrote: Anyone know what happened to www.dxprograms.net (also known as Alex's radio page)? I found it a handy place to download many radio programsWalt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC I can answer my own question. It's been moved to:

Re: [HCDX] [Cumbre DX] MEXICO ? Why not ?

2005-12-10 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 06:37 PM 12/10/2005, aurel chiochiu wrote: Good Evening again ! Due to the quite abysmal conditions on medium-wave AM, I decided to try SW. I taped some nice ranchera, IDs and short segment of nx from Radio Educación 6185 around 0100 UTC, but on the other hand no sign AT ALL of Radio

[HCDX] WJTC 9370

2005-12-07 Thread Walter Salmaniw
USA 9369.75, -, WJTC Dec 8 Thanks to the tip from Hans Johnson, tuned in at 23:45 to a S9 + 10 signal with religious programming, and then into Christmas carols. At , full ID for both WJTC on 9370 and WBOH 5920. At 00:12 the signal is starting to deteriorate as dusk descends. About

Re: [HCDX] Unid 2850

2005-11-09 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 03:44 PM 11/9/2005, you wrote: This is North Korea. Bill Harms On 9 Nov 2005 at 13:52, benjamin pierce wrote: Picked up what sounded like Russian music at 1540 UTC on 2850 -Pacific DX Northern California And not in Russian. They are in Korean, of course, with many SW parallels.

Re: [HCDX] R.UKRAINE B05

2005-10-24 Thread Walter Salmaniw
the Ukrainian site is completely in Ukrainian. I couldn't find any transmitter sites on their English website, though. It's 14 years since independence, and let's accept the proper spellings! Remember, Beijing was once Peking and Peping!.Walter Salmaniw, Victoria. PS: While I vent another

[HCDX] Grayland loggings from last weekend.

2005-10-22 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Last weekend a die-hard group of dxers met to scan the bands between long-wave through medium wave and into the shortwaves. The majority of us monitored from Thursday night through to Sunday morning, although John Bryant was able to stay another couple of days. Conditions were incredibly

[HCDX] 1323

2005-10-22 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Good audio now at 0535! A radio play or something..Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.4/146 - Release Date: 10/21/2005 ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV

[HCDX] Kamchatskaya Radio and other Far East frequencies

2005-10-20 Thread Walter Salmaniw
RUSSIA 5940, 0448-, Radio Rossii Oct 20 Network programming noted at this hour with light bantering between men and women. Parallel to previously reported 5920. 5940 is about 1/4 second ahead of 5920. Good reception on both frequencies. Also heard on 7320 which is in sync with 5940. 5920

[HCDX] Finally a logging!

2005-10-08 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Fellas, I've been spending about all my time on the medium-waves, and specifically searching for trans-Pacific dx. The earlier part of the week was exceptional with up to 33 stations heard with audio including in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, North and South Korea, China, Russia, Taiwan, and

Re: [HCDX] Latest Coorong DXpedition report

2005-10-04 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 07:24 PM 10/4/2005, you wrote: Hi Guys Here's the DXpedition report from a couple of weekends to the Coorong in August at http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/coorong_2005_08.dx Ummm not quite sure what else there is to say.. Craig Edwards You had me rolling on the floor,

Re: [HCDX] ABC Western Australia 7875,05 kHz USB

2005-09-24 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 08:14 AM 9/24/2005, Jouko Huuskonen wrote: September 24 listening to ABC News and Weather Report at 1305 UTC on 7875,05 kHz USB with S9 signal strength. Really good reception and nice programming, too. Oops, spoke too soon. Audio at reasonable levels now at 14:25. Could then be on

[HCDX] Grayland, WA DXpedition 11 - 12 June, 2005

2005-06-12 Thread Walter Salmaniw
'This weekend, John Bryant, Guy Atkins, and myself once again convened in the Grayland, WA area for a mini-dxpedtion. Conventional wisdom states that with the longest day approaching, DXing takes a back burner to normal summer pastimes. Needless to say, this notion has been dismissed soundly

[HCDX] Wantok Radio 7120

2005-05-25 Thread Walter Salmaniw
This morning, in Victoria, BC, I again set the 7030+ timer on for 0830 to 1030, with the Recall-Pro. Nothing at all at 0830, but within a few minutes started hearing audio. Peak again on the west coast is between 0855 and 0920. No time pips or IS at the TOH, but I thought I might have heard

Re: [HCDX] [dxld] First report of Wantok Radio Light (?)

2005-05-24 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 07:58 AM 5/23/2005, you wrote: ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 7120, 0830-1200 May 23, Wantok Radio Light, Port Moresby. Tentative reception of this new PNG Christian outlet first noted with religious-sounding music fading in at 0830. Four musical tones noted at 0900:20, followed by possible ID by woman.

Re: [HCDX] KOL ISRAEL to end

2005-05-24 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 09:22 PM 5/21/2005, Konnie Rychalsky wrote: Please note Shortwave transmissions is due to cease on June 30, 2005 per web page www.israelradio.org Nothing new here, Konnie. KOL Israel has been on death's door step for years now. The cynic in me views this as just another political ploy for

[HCDX] Loggings from Victoria, BC

2005-04-28 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Little time for DXing these days, but here are a few loggings nonetheless: PARAGUAY 9737.0, 0338-, Radio Nacional Apr 23 Still on at this late hour. Carrier is strong, but very undermodulated, with EZL Spanish vocals and talk. I'm using either USB, or LSB with Notch to follow this one...lot's

[HCDX] Loggings from Victoria, BC

2005-04-17 Thread Walter Salmaniw
A rather lackluster morning. Not much time these days for dxing, but here are three loggings from this morning: CANADA 6030, 1432-, CFCP Apr 17 Good reception with the Lutheran Hour. Well over 2 cochannels Chinese ( Udorn, Thailand with IBB according to HFCC A05 and presumed Chinese jammer),

[HCDX] Fwd: Loggings from Victoria, BC

2005-02-27 Thread Walter Salmaniw
A very, very good morning, especially on Trans Pacific MW, but also on SW. Here's a sampling of what I have been hearing, using primarily my new Icom 756Pro2, but also a Collins R-390A with SE-3 (a superb combination, usually outperforming all my solid state receivers), and the Ten-Tec 340.

[HCDX] Re: ILG Password???

2005-02-26 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 01:00 PM 2/26/2005, Thomasroth wrote: Hi all, anyone ever try to get a password from the ILG folks??? I've been trying for I don't remember how many times now. Not a word at all from them... 73 de Thomas Kathmandu/Nepal I did get a new password in January, I think. What I have noticed is

[HCDX] Grayland, WA loggings from last weekend

2004-10-24 Thread Dr. Walter Salmaniw
Sorry for the delay, but no time since my return last Sunday from Grayland, WA where I DX'd with Guy Atkins, Chuck Hutton, Bruce Portzer, Nick Hall-Patch, and John Bryant. We had the usual 3 Beverages oriented to the NW, W and SW. Fantastic MW conditions on one of the mornings, and I still

[HCDX] A few more loggings from Victoria, BC

2004-09-07 Thread Walter Salmaniw
With the holiday Monday, I was able to DX a bit yesterday and briefly this morning. A few more logs of interest possibly: PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA 4890, 1345-, NBC Port Moresby Sep 6 Good reception, although conditions are not as good as yesterday, with a more rapid drop off at dawn. Time check

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