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published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
Today's Topics:
1. Log (Arnaldo)
2. Relays via 9290 khz (Arnaldo)
3. LOG-S (ka4prf)
4. News from the IRCA/NRC Joint Broadcast Test Committee (Jim Pogue)
5. Some KIWI notes for what they are worth. (Ron Killick)
6. LOGS IN B-biweek of August (Zacharias Liangas )
7. Re: Dxers Unlimited's weekend edition for 22-23 Sept FEEDBACK
ON THE E-MAIL DISTRIBUTION WILL BE APPRECIATED ....
(Prof.Arnaldo Coro Antich)
8. Peru, China, Malaysia (Dave Valko)
9. Sept 21-22 logs ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
10. Radio Gloria International this Sunday (tom taylor)
11. recente logs (Maurits Van Driessche)
12. Latest logs-Ultimas captaciones (Arnaldo)
13. HCDX logs between 2007-09-22 0000 UTC and 2007-09-23 0000 UTC
(Risto Kotalampi)
14. September 2007 - Shortwave Radio Stations Competitions
(YoungStars RadioClub)
15. Glenn Hauser logs September 21-22 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 06:14:26 -0300
From: "Arnaldo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Log
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], NoticiasDX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Domesticas Y Tropicales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED], playdx2003
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RUSSIA
9765 Radio Tikhy Okean, Vladivostok, 0830-0845, September 22, Russian,
Interval signal, very clear identification by male, announcement by female,
bulletin news read by female, short report, local song, 34433
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 06:15:58 -0300
From: "Arnaldo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Relays via 9290 khz
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
NoticiasDX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Domesticas Y Tropicales
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED],
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Info by Tom Taylor
Relays via 9290 khz
September 22nd
Radio Six International 07.00 -08.00UTC
paralel 945AM,Riga100,5FMeXtra and www.radionord.lv
Radio City 08.00 -09.00UTC
September 23rd
Latvia Today 19.00 -20.00UTC
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:10:40 +0100
From: "ka4prf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] LOG-S
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Robert Wilkner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Logs
DSWCI Logs DSWCI Logs DSWCI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Ivan_Lebedevsky"
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Malaysia, 6049.62, RT Malaysia, 1012-1020 At tune in, noted a male in comments
until 1013 when music presented. The WRTH says this is Wai FM relay, if I am
reading it correctly? Signal was threshold. (Chuck Bolland, September 22,
2007)
Indonesia, 4750, RRI Makassar, 1025-1035 With male in Indonesian comments
between musical selections. signal is good this morning. (Chuck Bolland,
September 22, 2007)
Boliva, 5952.44, Emisoras Pio XII, 1042-1055 Setting here for a couple of
minutes with no signal except the carrier heard. At 1044 audio fades in with a
male in Spanish comments. Unfortunately, the audio continues to fade in and
out. Signal was poor. (Chuck Bolland, September 22, 2007)
China, 6150, 1050-1100 Noted Firedarke Jamming here until 1100 when it went
off. Didn't hang around to see if they came back later. Signal was good.
(Chuck Bolland, September 22, 2007)
Malaysia, 7295, RT Malaysia, 1100-1115 Noted a male in English Language news.
The WRTH says this is Traxx FM transmitting 24 hours, General Service in
English. Signal was just a bit under fair. (Chuck Bolland, September 22, 2007)
Clewiston, Florida
NRD535D
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:55:37 -0500
From: "Jim Pogue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] News from the IRCA/NRC Joint Broadcast Test Committee
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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KWWN 1100 kHz Las Vegas, NV
Bill Croghan, WB?KSW, Chief Engineer for Lotus Broadcasting of Las
Vegas tells us the new KWWN has been on the air now for about three days as
of Sept. 21, running unmodulated carrier (except for ID?s) often at less
than 1 KW for tuning and testing.
?It has been many short tests mostly at the lower power levels, but we
have run the day pattern at the full 20 KW,? he relates. ?As you might
imagine, a 20 KW two tower day pattern wasn?t to difficult, but the 2 KW
night pattern with four towers, on the next property over from two diplexed
1 KW stations located near in frequency, has been a challenge. We expect to
start running longer tests, still primarily unmodulated, next week and the
week after and hopefully will ask the FCC for Program test authority in the
next two weeks. After receiving that, we will probably start sending the
Deportes, Hispanic ESPN programming with ID's at the top of the hour for
KWWN. It?s a long drawn out process that must proceed at the FCC required
rate and through the hoops they mandate. I'll let you know when we start
doing more.?
Once they are through the testing phase, Bill has promised a full
fledged DX Test over KWWN. If you hear them testing before then, you can
send your reception reports to: Lotus Broadcasting, c/o Bill Croghan, 8755
W. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89147.
KCKN 1020 kHz Roswell, NM
Jerry Kiefer has promised us a DX Test (maybe 2) from his station.
Right now it looks like early November.
?I?ll have an exact date shortly, sometime the first week or two of
November on a Sunday night to get some good winter skywave,? Jerry said in a
recent e-mail.
Our thanks go to retired BTC Coordinator Les Rayburn for getting the
wheels turning on these two tests. We?ll provide more information when the
details are nailed down.
Jim Pogue ? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.dxtests.info
IRCA/NRC Joint BTC Coordinator
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:52:59 +1200
From: "Ron Killick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Some KIWI notes for what they are worth.
To: <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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All times/days UTC
3.2/3.3 1900 PapuaNiu Guinea. Many pre-opening tests audible.
Some of music linked
no id's, fairly standard procedure. No
Africans on my set though.
4930 1750 Botswana, VoA in English, then Ndebele at 1800 to
Zimbabwe, returned to EE
at 1830, all good, but had gone by 1850 17/9.
Only taken 3 weeks to get
sufficient to make a report.
6050 1900 Germany-WER, Polish R, Ex at sign on in Russian, web
data, talk and some
music. Off 1930, 09/9.
6060 1800 Germany-JUL, Bible Voice EE id (and again 1815) then very
good in Russian.
1828 web site for programmer www.oldpaths. 07/9
6110 1930 Germany-WER, Polish R poor at sign on in German 10/9, off
2000. Co-channel
CRI in Russian.
7340 1900 Russia-MSK, Family Radio good in Spanish, good ID's and
mailing details. Off
2000 07/9
9495 1900 Germany-WER, Family R ex at sign on in Arabic, plenty of
ID's and Open Forum
details. Off 1959 18/9.
9665 2000 Germany-NAU, Bible Voice, sometimes odd word understood
in Arabic prog
but totally blocked by REE from Madrid in
English. Thursdays. 20/9.
11710 0550 Albania-CER, CRI with EE programme, good copy on
economic news, then
0600 full newscast and China Drive. 18/9.
11730 1900 Germany-JUL, AWR s/on in Arabic, 1930 Tachelhit, 2000
French, off 2030.
Good with EE id at each point, some web data
and id's during prog. 20/9
13780 1900 Germany-WER, Family Radio, good at sign on in Arabic,
usual ids throughout
to 2000 close. 19/9.
15535 2330 Russia-VLD, Radio Free Asia s/on with EE id, then
Vietnamese programme.
Mostly talk but some Vietnamese songs.
Still a good signal at 0030 close.
Jammer (like a siren) only weak and no
problems in copy. 20/9.
Receiver-Sony ICF6800W with 40m Long wire E-W.
73
Ron Killick
Christchurch. N..Z.
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:08:29 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] LOGS IN B-biweek of August
To: <>
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Hello
Below is a fraction of the logs I heard on the second bi-weekend in
Fourka Kassandra, Chalkidiki western finger. Too many to dos so far
made me sharing the typing process the log in about 3 weeks , which
is now uploaded on this page on th web
http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/94/LOGS_August_15-30
with pictures and info on the burnings including a map of the burned
sites and much more including a big ,isgting of clandestine stations
Please dedicate some time to look into the above link
The next days will upload several logs with audio in the site
Below you will find some of the most important logs (the `top of the
top').
??? LIBYA?? 9590 Lahir Africa 1952 with talks by OM on AR . talks on
Tanzania . An IS reel after 1997with ID as LAhir Africa hen 200 with
hilife songs Liangas 29.8.7 Fourka Greece Also with audio ..
AUSTRALIA 2325 VL 8T tenant Creek , once again and on 2030 . tals
in English , music on 2031 , 24132 Also 2485 with same signal level
Liangas 29.8.7 Fourka Greece
AUSTRALIA 9475 possibly R Australia at 1539 with temperatures .
man in eng, Aty 1541 with a `country' song and man talking over it .
1544 with old pop (Sinatra type ) . On TOH with unclear ID and YL into
news. 33433 . At 1428 /19/8 as 224x2 QRM 9480 Abhazia. ID at 1500
Liangas 18/9/7 Fourka Greece
BANGLADESH 4750 Bangladesh betar 1525 with a prog in Hindi but
OM mentioned Mena and bangla . headline news in Eng after ID " this
is Bangladesh betar " , mentioning on elections , analytical on 1532 ,
and university quality. A commentary on 1540 (a delegation about
destabilizing the country ). Resume of weekly news and mention on
Ramadan . About education institution. 34333 Liangas 23 August 2007
Fourka Greece
CHINA 4820 Lhasa 2012 with Arabic songs. An ALFA noticed on
2014 but immediately followed with Arab songs .music style changed
on 2020 with Turkic (Tajik or Uzbek? discos ) Liangas 18/9/7 Fourka
Greece
CLAND 6225 Radio Racya 1532 with news in Russian with ID , 1539
about production business econimics . ID at 1545 . song at 1528 . ID by
YL then ith a theme on culture and with many mentions on BLR
`Hvalev' > Mini news near TOH 1600 . "Wo sluhaci radio racya
"Liangas 20.8.2007 Fourka Greece
CUBA 11760 R Cuba with French program , though carrier seems S2 ,
audio is low . at 1950 and not audible due to very strong .11755
(Farda? )Ame condition on 2000 but clear on 2100 with highlights on
2113 . ANtioanl news and sports 2104 . Cuba brazil , panamierican ,
United force ... 35434 for 2000 slot Liangas 20.8.2007 Fourka Greece
Liberia [from Meyerton? ]13760 Star radio NF 0702 with political news
. about Dr Bandi (Ghandi?) Liberian telecoms , authority, , ID on 0716 ,
immigration and criminal practices , 45534
Also CTN same freq on 0730 with `weekly preview' , starting with a
tribal song , theme on malaria , and CCT Liangas 19 August 2007
Fourka Greece
MSIA 5965 Klassik National FM 1635, 70's Malay songs then 1636
with 50's song (P ramlee) Short talks by man , then wsith a traditional
on 1639 . 22432 using narrowband .Nice to listen again to them.
Liangas 18/9/7 Fourka Greece
MSIA 7295 TRaxx 1509 with 241x2 > music at 1558 and clock . Itme in
KL , followed by news read by YL . QRM 7300 by VOR (for 1600 ) ,
1610+ with pp songs including Duran Duran Liangas 19 August 2007
Fourka Greece
New Zealand 7145 RNZI ? 1610 YL with talks in Eng , then a ballad
song , Co Ch a russian lag station (VoR?) 1618 with political news
224x2 Liangas 18/9/7 Fourka Greece
SINGAPORE 6150 R Singapore 1500 news , ref on Malysia and
possibly interview about an exercise . About IS chi then a report .
continue with regional news . 21542 QRM by Austria 6155 and another
carrier on 6150 Liangas 23 August 2007 Fourka Greece
SUDAN 4750 R Peace 1630 with talks in a African language . 1635 with
children singing under a drum play . `This is radio peace broadcasting
on 4750 on the SW bands' 1649 with children again singing . CNR
underneath Liangas 23 August 2007 Fourka Greece
THAILAND 7155 Vo Thailand , people with very good English . R
Thailand on 1955 and with many adverts . 32442 in AM narrow filer ,
from very strong stations in both sidebands Liangas 20.8.2007 Fourka
Greece
TUNIS 7190 Tunisia 0658 with arab songs , man with ID `idaatu
watania ke tuinisia ` followed with two more ID s . News heads after the
clock . soprt of adverts with mini music jingles and short talks on 0704
. Tune in back 0714 but station signed off Sinal 35544 <p> Liangas
20.8.2007 Fourka Greece
VIETNAM 7220 V of Vietnam 2102, news prg inFRench with news and
reports . ID at 2118 , then music program . starts with a hymn type .
Audio gap after the end of the music program on 2128 . Spanish
program with ID on 2130 announcing about the socialist country of
Vietnam 45443 Liangas 19 August 2007 Fourka Greece
http://zlgr.multiply.com (raidio monitoring site plus audio clips )
http://www.worldisround.com/articles/302315/ (Litohoro) 321199/Tinos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachgr pictures upload
.
on my main : www.geocities.com/zliangas
-tty-px.html : test of various TTY programs
-ethics.htm : greek ethics , days and institutions
-frape.htm: the greek way of cofee !!!
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
greekdx @ otenet dot gr ---
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:54:59 -0400
From: "Prof.Arnaldo Coro Antich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Dxers Unlimited's weekend edition for 22-23 Sept
FEEDBACK ON THE E-MAIL DISTRIBUTION WILL BE APPRECIATED ....
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com,
[EMAIL PROTECTED], "Gayle Van Horn (MT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joe
Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Radio Havana Cuba
Dxers Unlimited
Dxers Unlimited?s weekend edition for 22-23 Sept 2007
By Arnie Coro
Radio amateur CO2KK
Hi amigos radioaficionados anywhere were you are ! Maybe participating
in a radio amateur DX expedition at a remote island , or perhaps
listening to my show with your kitchen radio as amigo Craig in Ottawa
often does? Or you may be soldering the last two or three connections to
your brand new regenerative receiver, that in a few seconds will start
picking up, hopefully, many short wave stations. You may be one of the
very few radio amateur operators that have ever called CQ from a space
ship? or one that has experienced the brute force of a hurricane when
trying to fix up an antenna in the middle of a storm? Radioaficionados
around the world enjoy this hobby in many different ways, and your
budget may be big or small, but as you all know well, radio is a very
enjoyable hobby , an excellent way of spending whatever little spare
time we may have?
Join me for the next sixteen minutes, at this edition of Dxers Unlimited
that will provide you just now with an update about solar cycle 23, the
one that has really defied all forecasts and keeps on moving along at
zero sunspot count for many days ? Yes amigos, scientists will now have
to face the reality that solar minimum is still very much with us, and
that March and April of 2007 were not the two months of minimum solar
activity for the present cycle? Item three: imagine a receiver that is
powered from a single 1.5 volts battery? now , imagine still further
that this receiver uses very, but very little current? and despite those
two solid facts, the receiver is capable of picking up amateur radio
stations at least two or three thousand miles away. Add to that the fact
that the circuit is extremely simple, and that in the still experimental
prototype, just four rather common transistors are used? The cross
coupled regenerative detector circuit in a Wheatstone bridge balanced
configuration is the proper name for this circuit, that has already
stirred up a lot of building activity among the very enthusiastic
membership of the YAHOO Regenerative Receivers list?
The circuit of this receiver is still under development , but results
achieved so far have proven to be really amazing?
Two transistors connected in a cross coupled Wheatstone bridge balanced
regenerative detector are provided with a well designed antenna input
filter and a very smooth acting regenerating control.
Of course that some precautions must be followed regarding the circuit
actual layout? For example the coil used in the tuned circuit must be
wound symetrically and the coupling coil from the input bandpass filter
must be placed exactly at the center of the two windings into which the
coil is split to give way for the input coupling.
If you really are looking for optimum results from this circuit then my
advice is that you spending some time matching the two silicon
transistors used bo build the detector is a worthwhile effort.
Transistors can be matched for direct current gain quite easily ,
because you don?t need to know the actual current gain of the devices,
because what we are looking for are two transistors that have almost
identical gain.
As regards to the audio amplifier section, it can be built with just two
transistors, or you can add a third stage to further boost the audio
output? So you end up with a receiver that has a two transistors
regenerative detector and a two or three transistors audio amplifier
that feeds a pair of low impedance headphones.
This type of receiver is a lot easier to assemble by a beginner than
even the simplest of direct conversion or
Superheterodyne receivers?The parts count is pretty low, so assembling
this little radio won?t cause financial problems to your pocketbook !!!
Stay tuned for more radio hobby related items coming up in just a few
seconds when Dxers Unlimited?s weekend edition continues?
???
Si amigos , yes my friends, oui mes amis , you are listening to Radio
Havana Cuba , and here is our solar update, that for the first time in
many, many years shows that during fifteen consecutive days optical
observations done by the world?s most important observatories have
registered absolutely no sunspots? In other words, for the past two
weeks the sunspot count was ZERO, and it is expected to remain at that
level for a few more days. Together with the zero sunspot count , we are
receiving information about microwave radiation from the Sun, that is at
the minimum possible level ever registered at the 10.7 centimeters
wavelength? With zero sunspots and solar flux between 65 and 70 units,
the daily maximum useable frequency curve moves up very slowly after
local sunset, and it never reaches frequencies above 25 megaHertz, while
at the same time the highest possible frequencies that do propagate for
a few hours every day, rarely if ever move above 18 or 19 megaHertz? As
a good friend of mine that has lived through solar cycles 19, 20, 21, 22
and now 23, has told me this week, this extremely low number of sunspots
is an unprecedented event? ? Arnie, - he said ? ever since I started to
listen to short wave stations when I was a teenager way back in 1956,
never before HF propagation conditions have been so poor ?, and yes
amigos, I fully agree with my friend, as yours truly also started to
listen to the short wave bands during the mid nineteen fifties ?
Now here is our technical topics section, that is becoming more and more
popular according to the e-mails sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Today this part
of the program will be devoted to the switched mode power supplies that
are becoming now so popular for both amateur radio transceivers and all
types of computers that require to be powered from the AC mains, or that
need the batteries to be recharged periodically. The big problem with
switched mode power supplies is that they can be designed and assembled
according to very different criteria, that cause them to be very useful
in some instances and terrible for radio applications in others.
Switched mode power supplies when properly designed and built provide
excellent voltage regulation, and they also have built in protection
against high voltages and current overloads? They weight a lot less than
the typical linear transformer powered units, and that?s one of the main
reasons of their widespread use. But, be aware when buying or building a
switched mode power supply? You can end up with a useless power supply
because the unit may generate such high level of radio frequency noise
as to make your reception impossible on some bands, and very difficult
in others? The most recent switched mode power supply designs ,
especially aimed at using them for radio applications, provide extensive
shielding and radio frequency filtering? that can be so good as to be
practically impossible to detect the presence of noise from the
extremely low frequencies all the way up to the high VHF band that is
considered to be the top frequency range where the switched mode
supplies can still generate annoying noise that will interfere with
radio reception.
A well designed and built switched mode power supply will be more
expensive, will be enclosed inside a steel box, and will have radio
frequency filtering at the power line input and also at the direct
current output . By using higher quality components and higher switching
frequencies, interference caused by these power supplies can be
minimized, making them a very attractive option for radio amateurs
traveling with their transceivers?and the same criteria are true for
laptop and notebook computers that nowadays are considered to be
essential for the operation of any DX expedition?
??
Yes, we do QSL, we do verify reception reports sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or
VIA AIR MAIL to Arnie Coro, Radio Havana Cuba, Havana, Cuba , and now
here is our antenna topics section here at the weekend edition of Dxers
Unlimited?The two meters amateur band is by far the most popular one
worldwide, and this is due to the existence of relatively low cost,
compact and energy efficient portable and mobile FM transceivers? In
many instances, commercial equipment can be adapted for amateur radio
use, making possible to buy a very nice FM multi-channels transceiver at
very low cost. But, those radios either come with a very simple
helically wound short antenna for the handie-talkies, or with no antenna
at all in the case of mobile or desktop transceivers. That?s why
amateurs can save a lot of money and learn also a lot about antennas by
homebrewing them for the 2 meters FM band. You can make a much more
efficient antenna for your handheld FM transceiver using readily
available materials, and some of the more popular directional antenna
systems for base stations are also easy to build and to adjust. There
are even some antenna designs that , if built to exact specifications
won?t need any additional adjustment, that?s the case of a two element
YAGI system than , as I have just said , if built exactly as explained
by its designer, will produce a very clean radiation pattern and the
impedance at the feedpoint will be very near 50 ohms, so there is no
need for any matching systems that require adjustments with the use of a
VHF standing wave ratio meter. The other antenna that shows a feedpoint
impedance very near 50 ohms if built following the design formula is the
so called MOXON Rectangle, a compact two element parasitic array, that
is becoming a favorite among not only two meter band users, but also as
an excellent beam antenna for other bands? You can calculate the MOXON
antenna dimensions with a very easy to use computer program that allows
you to design it with whatever materials are available locally? Si
amigos, sure my friends, the two meters ham band is the world?s most
popular one, and you can enjoy it much more by adding external high gain
antennas to handheld, mobile or fixed stations.
And now just before going QRT, to underscore, solar activity at rock
bottom levels for the past two weeks , with zero sunspot count and solar
flux all the time below 70 units, something that scientists expect to
continue for at least one more week, when maybe, and I repeat, maybe a
new sunspot active region may signal an end to this extremely long
period of no activity? VHF low band propagation will improve for areas
where transequatorial signals are usually heard at this time in the
Northern Hemisphere? Hope to have you listening to our midweek edition
next Tuesday and Wednesday UTC ? and don?t forget to send your signal
reports and comments about this program to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or VIA AIR MAIL
to Arnie Coro, Radio Havana Cuba, Havana, Cuba
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:38:16 -0400
From: "Dave Valko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Peru, China, Malaysia
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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PERU 4857.47 R. La Hora (pres.) 2326 Presumed nx pgm w/M anncr, 2327 into ad
block including one mentioning Cusco. Back to M anncr at 2329. Another ad at
2333, back to tlk. Mx pgm at 0001. Ad block 0009-0011. Went off in mid-anmnt
at 0021:55. Really noisy conditions this evening and too much noise to ID.
(Valko 20-21 Sept.)
PERU 4746.87 R. Huanta Dos Mil (pres.) 1025 Nice camposina mx, 1028 ad
w/dialog between M and W in Indian lang including phone numbers at end. More
ads, poss. ment of Huanta. Live studio W anncr at 1033 also in Indian lang.
Mic audio was a bit too bassy. Good signal this morning but faded quickly.
(Valko 22 Sept.)
CHINA 5050 V.O. the Strait 1045 end of mx, then long discussion between M
and W in Asian lang. (not CH), then Pop ballad at 1057. M and W returned 1059.
Whistling mx bridge. 1100 ToH instru. mx signature which I believe I've hrd
in the past, then nice ID by different M, and tlk by M and W for a minute (nx
headlines??). 1101 fanfare mx and tlk by W, pres. nx. Fair signal. Other
60mb Chinese coming in. 4920 was best. (Valko 22 Sept.)
Just when conditions started to peak this morning right at 1100, I got some
horrible static local QRM nearly wiping out the Tropical bands. I heard this
in the recent past and thought it was just a one-time thing, but maybe it isn't.
MALAYSIA 7295 Traxx FM 1113 Nice signal w/M tlking in EG about Islam. Into
Pop mx a few minutes later. Good signal this morning and near 100%
readability. (Valko 22 Sept.)
MALAYSIA 5964.94 Klasic Nasional, Kajang Sounded like the Koran at 1120
(the Sun was setting at Kajang right at this time), M anncr briefly, then mx
after 1122. Couldn't get any other details as the signal was weak and was
suffering from the lcl static QRM and adjacent channel slop QRM. Didn't think
to check for //7270. I'm sure 7270 would have been coming in as 7295 was good.
(Valko 22 Sept.)
NEW ZEALAND 3935.07 Radio Reading Svc No sign of this today. Technical
problems?? (Valko 22 Sept.)
73 Dave
RX: JRC NRD-535D, Hammarlund HQ-129X, Collins R-388, and various portables
including the Sony SW-77
Ant: 60 meter T2FD, 60 meter Windom
QTH: Dunlo, PA, USA
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:22:33 EDT
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**BOLIVIA. 4699.41, Radio San Miguel, Riberalta, 0910-0930,
Sept 22, local Bolivian music. Spanish announcements. Poor.
Weak. (Brian Alexander, PA)
**BOLIVIA. 4716.67, Radio Yura, Yura, 1005-1020, Sept 22,
Spanish talk, rustic Bolivian music. Rapid-fire announcements.
Poor. Weak. (Brian Alexander, PA)
**BOLIVIA. 6079.99, Radio San Gabriel, La Paz, 1040-1100,
Sept 22, Presumed with non-stop nice local flute music, rustic
vocals. Fair level but overall poor signal due to DRM QRM on
low side. (Brian Alexander, PA)
**EGYPT. 12050, Radio Cairo, 0040-0055, Sept 22, strong signal
strength but very distorted, unusable audio with Arabic talk, Mid-east
music. (Brian Alexander, PA)
**HONDURAS. 3339.96, HRMI, Radio Misiones Internacionales,
0650-0900+, Sept 22, Reactivated. Had been off the air the past
several weeks, but now back on the air. Spanish religious talk with
English translations heard past 0715. Later heard with a variety of
Spanish pops/ballads. local music. IDs as "Radio MI" and "Radio
Misiones Internacionales". Still here at 1100 check. Fair signal.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
**NIGERIA. 6089.84, Radio Nigeria, Kaduna, 2135-2201, Sept 21,
Poor under DRM noise with vernacular talk. Covered by Anguilla-
6090 at 2201 sign on. (Brian Alexander, PA)
**NIGERIA. 7275, Radio Nigeria, Abuja, 0550-0620, Sept 22, English
religious talk. ID & news at 0600. Weak but in the clear. (Brian Alexander,
PA)
**PERU. 4746.87, Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, 0950-1010, Sept 22,
Peruvian music. ID, Talk in local language. Weak. (Brian Alexander, PA)
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:44:22 +0100
From: "tom taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Gloria International this Sunday
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
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Radio Gloria International Relay
Radio Gloria International will be on the air this Sunday
September the 23th on 6045 KHz at 12.00 UTC
Good listening
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:01:44 +0200
From: "Maurits Van Driessche" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] recente logs
To: "Hard-core" <Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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11818khz R.Brazil Central,Goiania B 21/9 2112utc Pr. talks about
Franco + id good 34333
11780khz R.Nac. do Amazonia, Brasilia B 21/9 2135utc Nice B. music
good 34333
11784.80khzR.Guaiba,Porto Alegre RS B 21/9 2151utc Speech in Pr. about
Brazil fair 23222
5910khz Marfil Est?reo,Lomalinda CLM 21/9 2204utc Female talks in sp.
and clm. music 33333
5952.50khz Em Pio XII,Sieglo Viente BOL 21/9 2219utc Local news in
sp. and mx. good 43333
6009.55khz LV de Tu Conciencia,Pt Lieras CLM 21/9 2231utc Relig. px.
in sp. about Cristo fair 33333
6020khz R.Gaucha,Porto Alegre B21/9 2247utc Female talks about Brazil +
id 32222
6019.50khz R.Victoria,Lima PRU 21/9 2300 Cont. talks + full id 33333
6035khz LV Guaviare,S.J. Guaviare CLM 21/9 2317utc I.D R.Nacional de
Cultura de Colombia good 34333
9599.30khz Radio UNAM,Mexico City MEX. 21/9 2331utc Female talks in
sp. v. poor incoming qrm Vatican r. 22222
9690khz V.of Nigeria,Ikorodu NIG 22/9 0823utc Talks in Hausa about
S.Africa on 0820 id in E. good 34333
9525khz V.of Indonesia ,Jakarta INS 22/9 0847utc E.pop music and talks
about INS. bad modulation 32222
Neen dit is zeker geen Dx weekend ,gewoon even wat slaap gelaten.
Diff. antennes RX NRD545 Gr.Maurits
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:58:18 -0300
From: "Arnaldo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Latest logs-Ultimas captaciones
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com, NoticiasDX
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Domesticas Y Tropicales
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, DEXISMO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
playdx2003 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, DXLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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CLANDESTINE
6300 RADS Republic Arabic Saharaui Radio, 2140-2145, September 22, Arabic,
local songs and short announcements by male & female, 24432
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
DJIBOUTI
4780, Radiodiffusion Television de Djibouti, Djibouti, 2154-2200, September 22,
Vernacular,
local songs, short announcement by male,
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
MAURITANIA
4845 Radio Mauritania, Nouackchott, 2125-2132, September 22,
Arabic, male with Holy Koran, 24432
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
MOLDOVA REP.
7430 Family Radio English BCB to Europe via Chisinau. 2147--2152,
Sept.22, English,
long talk by male, 24432
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
NIGERIA
4770 Radio Nigeria, Kaduna, 2135-2140, September 22, Vernacular,
talk or news by male, 24442
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:05:01 +0000
From: Risto Kotalampi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] HCDX logs between 2007-09-22 0000 UTC and 2007-09-23
0000 UTC
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Hard-Core-DX.com logs from 2007-09-22 0000 UTC to 2007-09-23 0000 UTC
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Please visit http://log.hard-core-dx.com/ for the real time logs
and to submit your logs to the HCDX Online Log.
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:23:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: YoungStars RadioClub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] September 2007 - Shortwave Radio Stations Competitions
To: Hardcore DX <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
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Links for September-2007 - Shortwave Radio Stations can be accessed at
http://www.geocities.com/ysrc_india/Competitions.htm
73!
Hari Madugula,
Young Stars Radio Club,
Hyderabad.
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Message: 15
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:38:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 21-22
To: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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** BIAFRA [non]. V. of Biafra International via WHRI, 15665, Friday Sept 21 at
2041 tune in with speaker denouncing atrocities of Gowan, etc. Signal VG fading
deeply during which the long-path echo could be heard. 2053 played `God Bless
Africa`, 2055 sign-off ID still imagining it is on ``15.67 MHz``, some hilife
music and 2159 WHRI closing. Meanwhile, I was also hearing NIGERIA, q.v. It
seems VOBI has some vague plan to increase from weekly to daily broadcasts, so
should check this on non-Fridays too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. CKZU, 6160, Vancouver coming in well at 34443, Sept 22 at 1259 with
ID as ``CBC Radio One in British Columbia``, plug local ``North by Northwest``
show following news, 1300 World Report (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR. I just happened to be tuning past 11960 at 1314 UT Sept 21, and
heard yet another HCJB automated ID in Spanish STILL announcing both its
frequencies incorrectly. After a brief quotation from Plato (no Christian, he),
claimed to be on 11760 and 9745, and I had also just tuned by its weaker //
which is really 11690. Quite aside from its theology, HCJB`s credibility as a
SW broadcaster has reached rock-bottom (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EGYPT. R. Cairo, English to Europe, 9990, Sept 21 at 2155, woman speaking
but only bits of what she was saying could be heard at modulation peaks, and
then extremely distorted; music mixed in came thru with fewer dropouts, but
overall, a total loss, as it has been for sesquidecades, perhaps Egypt`s
greatest embarrassment (well, after civil rights violations). Moot from *2159
WWCR 9985 opening with steel drums (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HONDURAS. During 90m bandscan Sept 22 around 0545, besides REE Costa Rica on
3350 there was a much weaker Spanish signal on 3340, presumably HRMI active
once again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 4750, presumed RRI Makassar, with muezzin at the rather late hour
of 1338 UT Sept 21; not much else was left on 60m, not even Cuba 5025. High
local noise level.
4790, presumed RRI Fak2, Qur`an at 1304 Sept 22; unlike the morning before,
this signal outshone 4750 which also had Qur`an but not //. 4605 weak with
talk, and nothing audible on 4870 or 4920 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. VON, 15120, very strong signal, even much stronger here than VOBI
via WHRI 15665, as if in a radio war, Sept 21 at 2045 woman talking in English,
but awful muffled modulation, so on that basis alone the choice between them
was easy. Off at 2056* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Very weak spur on 17919, and one matching on 17621, thus from KVOH
17775, Sept 21 at 2047. I could barely match the audio on modulation peaks.
This is about what I would expect as the fundamental was not at super-strong
level as it sometimes can be, bringing up the spur levels with it (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** UKRAINE. Last spring, RUI announced plans to move the NAm transmitter from
7440 to 5830 on Sept 23, but this did not happen. We still heard it on 7440,
Sept 21 at 2315 check in Ukrainian, so presumably continuing until 0400
including the English hours at 0000 and 0300. This sked appears to be the
updated one: http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/index.php?id=162
showing some of the other planned changes did take place on Sept 20, not Sept
23, and some did not. English to Europe at 21 has moved to 5840, and 5830 is in
use at 0000 and 0300, or does that transmitter stay in Ukrainian overnight?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. RNV CI via Cuba, missing from 15290, at 1955 UT check Sept
21 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1670 kHz, Sept 21 at 1325, distorted talk and wavering het
against residual skywave signal from broadcast station. Suspect it`s the
talking house in Enid I recently reported mobile from local range, within a
dekameter of it.
BTW, I am still hearing the low het on 1600.0, at the same time, indicating an
off-frequency broadcast station, yet to be singled out. I would guess it is
around 100 Hz plus or minus, so none of the entries on
http://www.myradiobase.de/mediumwave/mwoffset.txt appear to fit, tho KCKK
Colorado doesn`t have a precise entry yet; propagationally (still audible here
at that hour, and reliably audible at night), it would be a good prospect
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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