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Today's Topics:
1. LOGS ON BLACKOUT (Zacharias Liangas )
2. RVA A 07 (Ashik Eqbal Tokon)
3. Logs (Manuel M?ndez)
4. Glenn Hauser logs March 15-16 (Glenn Hauser)
5. WBIX DX Test Final Report (Jim Pogue)
6. Mediumwave database for Perseus users (Willi Passmann)
7. HCDX logs between 2008-03-16 0000 UTC and 2008-03-17 0000 UTC
(Risto Kotalampi)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:52:35 +0200
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] LOGS ON BLACKOUT
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http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/148
Once again our village suffered by two blackouts coming from the strikes
employees's of the national electricity company defeating for the new
insurance bill designed and promoted by the government.
I used the oportunity to use the noise-and-electricity-free time to listen
once
again to some Sw listening with the Degen 1102
There are also some hort logs from thevery short time before going to
work on 0500-0515
MLG 5010 Malagasy with 'western' oldies fair at 1820 Liangas 11/3
IBB? 9320? Sudan /Eth song on 1830 . posibly Amharic langauge on 1831
with news Liangas 11/3
?? 5810 a chinese language station on 1840 under Firedrake . Could not
recognize stations'ID, 43424 Liangas 11/3
After the electricity 'returned'
TW 9745 with pop songs . Poor at S3 till 1931 whn CRI started in
Esperanto
Other logs
4885 Para 0507 with pop sogs S4
4777 Gabon 0508 with talk s by OM S6 < 12/3
4790 Vision 0507 talks S8!
4905 Chad 0508 with hilife songs
4915 Macapa songs S9 343333 mentioning Brazil <13/3
Please read my aricle on SINPO at (one line!)
http://zliangas.blogspot.com/2008/02/sinpfemo-better-signal-tech-analysis-
by.html
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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: 2
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:31:55 +0000 (GMT)
From: Ashik Eqbal Tokon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] RVA A 07
To: Hard Core DX <[email protected]>
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Dear Dxer's
Following are the changes of Radio Veritas Asia for A08 to effect on
Sunday, 30 March 2008.
FROM TO UTC LANGUAGE
12005 11730 0000?0027 Sinhala
9670 11710 0030-0057 Hindi
9510 11945 0030-0057 Bengali
9520 9665 1430-1457 Telugu
17860 11820 0100-0127 Urdu
Happy Hunting
Ashik Eqbal Tokon
Rajshahi, Bangladesh
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:37:24 +0100
From: Manuel M?ndez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs
To: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hard-Core
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Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Spain
Escuchas realizadas en casco urbano de Lugo
Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW 7600 G
Antena de cable, 8 metros
BRASIL
4915, Radiodifusora Macap?, Macap?, 0635-0638, 16-03, portugu?s,
comentarios por locutor y canciones brasile?as. 35433. (M?ndez)
4885, Radio Clube do Par?, Bel?m, 0632-0638, 16-03, canciones
brasile?as, programa "Clube da Madrugada". 25432. (M?ndez)
9695, Radio Rio Mar, Manaus, 1000-1010, 16-03, portugu?s, locutor,
anuncios comerciales, identificaci?n: "Radio Rio Mar, onda media 1290
kHz., ondas curtas, 9695 kHz. faixa de 31 metros, 6160 kHz, faixa de 49
metros, Radio Rio Mar, Manuas, Amazonas, Brasil". 34333. (M?ndez)
11785, Radio Guaiba, Porto Alegre, 1010-1013, 16-03, locutor, portugu?s,
comentarios. 24322. (M?ndez)
11815, Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, 0837-0850, 16-03, canciones
brasile?as, locutor, identificaci?n: "Brasil Central". 33333. (M?ndez)
COLOMBIA, 5910, Marfil Estereo, Lomalinda, 0638-0650, 16-03, bonito
programa de canciones latinoamericanas, identificaci?n por locutor:
"Ahora en Marfil Estereo, s?lo ?xitos". Excelente se?al. 44444. (M?ndez)
LATVIA, 9290, Radio Marina, 1259-1330, 16-03, M?sica religiosa,
identificaci?n en ingl?s a las 1303: "You are listening to Radio Marina,
Netherlands, broadcasting via Latvia on short wave, 9290 kHz, with
religious programe. Radio Marina, P. O. Box 1100, 8300 Emmeloord,
Netherlands". Luego identificaci?n en holand?s, m?sica y canciones
religiosas con comentarios en holand?s. 45444. (M?ndez)
PERU, 4790.2, Radio Visi?n, Chiclayo, 0631-0655, 16-03, locutor,
programa religioso "La Voz de la Salvaci?n". 24322. (M?ndez)
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:48:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 15-16
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** ALGERIA [non]. 7295, March 16 at 0617, eerie chanting, alternating talk in
Arabic and Qur`an, 0620 fading down a bit and fluttering, still past 0632.
Consulting PWBR one has no clues on this one --- certainly not AIR Aizawl,
India or TRAXX FM, Malaysia, the only two 7295 stations shown as on the air at
this hour.
Could not catch any ID, but this is Algeria`s Qur`an service 0400-0700 via
Issoudun, France, 500 kW at 162 degrees, per Aoki, which began in December of
January. Competes with Tunisia 7275/7190 for late night trance-induxion.
Stewart MacKenzie had also reported this as Unknown, March 11 at 0453 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA. RA, 6020, interesting discussion on religion with author Val
Webb, March 16 at 1323-1355, including that Yahweh started out as Abraham`s
city god (each city or clan had one), and then got promoted to the only god;
how Christians limited their god by portraying him in art as an old man, rather
than a breath. Music breaks included Pilgrims` Chorus from Tannh?user, and Do
You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis. This is the Sunday Nights program
originating with ABC Local Radio. The website does not yet have working links
to the latest show, but presumably will be upcoming:
http://www.abc.net.au/sundaynights/
Reception was OK tho buzzy station barely audible underneath, Vietnam? And from
1354, Russian tones preceding YFR via Samara, longpath (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA. Several weeks after it first happened, REE via Cariari de Pococ?
remains exactly 1 kHz off frequency, 5964, obviously the case as it produces a
big het against 5965 stations such as Cuba or Vatican. Now the infexion has
spread to another Cariari relay frequency, 9765. Tuning across 31m, March 16 at
1313, heard a two-pitched het with VOA 9760 and some weak signal on 9765. Yes,
REE on 9764! Checked their other CR frequency, 15170, but it was not on 15169,
yet. In noting the HONDURAS carrier on 3340, Sunday March 16 at 0446, I found
REE on 3350 or so; HFCC has this Tue-Sat only at 0200-0600, but other listings
show it daily, so the latter are correct; anyhow, I should have measured 3350
to see if it is offset too; next time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. Dentro Cuban Jamming Command, running at full force on 6100, March 16
at 0440. No trace of Radio Rep?blica, which supposedly closes on this frequency
at 0400, and I don`t think has ever been reported later than 0400, but hey,
burn up some more megawatts just in case. The collateral victim of this is TWR
Swaziland which opens at 0400 on 6100.
BTW, Aoki says this RR frequency is Sackville, and with WRMI brokering, at
0200-0400 Tue-Sat. But as Jeff White has maintained repeatedly, these RR
transmissions on 49m have nothing whatsoever to do with WRMI, just the ones on
9955; and surely the 6135/6155/6100 broadcasts are 7 days a week.
R. Rebelde, 5025, with b?isbol play by play, 0442 UT Sunday March 16. Rather
late game, approaching local midnite, or is this normal in Cuba? Night games
are no doubt more comfortable in the tropix, but burn up more lighting power
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** HONDURAS. I have noted an open carrier several times late at night on 3340.
I can only assume this is HRMI. Stayed with it 0446-0450 UT March 16, but no
trace of any modulation here between CHU and REE. Wonder if they just turn on
the transmitter and assume it is axually modulating, wasting wattage.
Supposedly scheduled at least until 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** LAOS [non]. So much for trying to second-guess what WHR will do with
scheduling Hmong Lao Radio. Sunday March 9, first day of DST, it was not on in
the 1400 UT hour as it had been all winter on 11785, since DXing With Cumbre
was noted at 1435. Did not check whether HLR was on before 1400. Yet the next
broadcast of HLR, Saturday March 15, WAS on in the 1400 UT hour on 11785, as
heard at 1450. The website http://www.h-lr.com/ with more than a megahit,
continues to claim it is Sat & Sun at 8 am Central time, i.e. 1300 UT!
However, on Sunday March 16, HLR was going at 1310 on 11785, and DXing With
Cumbre was going with Chris Lob,dell at 1440. So will they manage to get HLR on
at 1300 instead of 1400 coming Saturdays?
Hmaybe next weekend they will get it straightened out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. R. Rossii, Petropavlovsk, 6075, monitored 1357-1402 March 16. 5+1
timesignal at 1400 was 4 seconds late compared to WWV, and again no sign of
8GAL, CW on 6074 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Air Force MARS net headed by AFA2AJ, Sunday March 16 at 1317 on
7457-USB. So it probably starts now at 1300 UT, and is daily. I had not
confirmed previously whether it`s LSB or USB. USB is certainly preferable due
to the constant RTTY around 7455; despite LSB being the default on 40m ham band
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Tried for the postponed WNTP 990 Philadelphia DX test UT March 15,
using DX-398 in the yard. Fortunately it had stopped raining a few hours
earlier and things had dried off somewhat. First try around 0420 UT yielded
nothing, nor expected with day pattern toward SE.
Listened intently from 0450 to 0500 during the ND 12.5 kW portion. XET was not
much of a problem, close to a right angle, and no sign of CBW, which can boom
in when K-indices are low. SWPC says: The mid-latitude K-index at 0300 UTC on
15 March was 2 (18 nT). But aimed toward Philadelphia, there was still a pile
of QRM, multiple subaudible heterodynes from all the other stations, almost
like a graveyard. However, at 0451 I could hear an occasional tone, but never
copy any Morse code ID. At times the tones seemed evenly spaced like a
timesignal. Sweeps definitely heard peaking around 0454-0456. So I count this
only on the basis of assuming no other station would be transmitting such
material. Right at 0500 on came the Cuban National Anthem, from the SE,
presumably R. Guam?, Pinar del Rio, as mentioned by Arnie Coro in DXLD 8-031,
if that is the only Cuban on the frequency, but not noticed prior to that. No
IBOC from KTOK-1000 audible, which wipes out 990 here in the daytime.
No doubt those closer to Philly or with better equipment heard the WNTP test
more definitely than I did. Many tnx to Ren? Tetro for putting it on [Later: I
see other reports about the evenly spaced tones as if timesignals] (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7325, weak music audible at 1320 March 13 aside much stronger
Chinese signal on 7330. Presumably Wantok Radio Light, PNG, but it would be
nice to get something more definite (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:18:00 -0500
From: "Jim Pogue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] WBIX DX Test Final Report
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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WBIX DX Test Final Report
Let me think of some appropriate superlatives: spectacular, amazing,
overwhelmingly successful ? nope, they still don?t capture how great this
late-February DX test from Natick, Massachusetts came out. In addition to
being heard in at least 18 U.S. states and 2 Canadian provinces, the test
was also logged in Finland, Norway, Scotland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Here?s the LONG list of DXers who have reported hearing the test:
Mark DeLorenzo ? South Dennis, MA
Dave Hochfelder ? Albany, NY
Steve Howe ? Saint Albans, VT
Curtis Sadowski ? Paxton, IL
Joe Miller ? Troy, MI
Mike Brooker ? Toronto, ON
Craig Healy ? Providence, RI
George Sherman ? Minnesota
Perry Crabill ? Winchester, VA
Mark Gerwlivch ? Markham, ON
Mark Connelly - Billerica, MA
Rob Ross ? London, ON (DXing on an Ultralite radio of course)
Bruce Portzer ? Seattle, WA
Tom Jasinski ? Shorewood, IL
Bjarne Mjelde ? Berlevag, Norway
Jan Edh ? Freddiksfors, Sweden
OJ Sagdahl ? Tronheim, Norway
Andrew Blade ? York, UK
Sig Andersson ? Norrk?ping, Sweden
Torolf Johnsson ? Stockholm, Sweden
Dave Pyatt ? Burlington, ON
Bob Galerstein ? Monroe, NY
Dave Braun ? Wyoming, DE
Scott Fybush ? Rochester, NY
Joe Wozniak ? St. Louis, MO
Rich Line ? Sterling Heights, MI
David Faulkner ? Albany, NY
Torgeir Woxen ? S?rumsand, Norway
Barry Davies ? Carlisle, UK
Shawn Axelrod ? Winnipeg, MB
Neil Kazaross ? Barrington, IL
Jim Wallace ? Charleston, WV
Tim Noonan ? Oak Creek, WI
Steve Francis ? DXing from Newport News, VA
Dave Larrabee ? Columbia, MD
Jim Solatie ? Lemmenjoki, Finland
Eric S?derman ? Norrk?ping, Sweden
H?kan Sundman ? Lemmenjoki, Finland
Ken Baird ? Sorn, Scotland
Kermit Geary ? Walnutport, PA
Jim Paige ? Sterling Heights, MI
Steve Kennedy ? Coal Township, PA
Charles Helms ? Nutley, NJ
Philip Chiello, Jr. ? Elm Grove, WI
Kraig Krist ? Manassas, VA
Leslie Wood ? East Meadow, NY
John Fisher ? North Chelmsford, MA
Mary Karren-Landry ? Poland Spring, ME
John Malicky ? Pittsburgh, PA
Andrew Blade ? Ayrshire, Scotland
It seems that the only DXers east of the Mississippi River who had a
problem hearing the test were those like me here in Memphis who live in
WBIX?s protective null. Likewise, J.D. Stephens and Les Rayburn in Alabama
reported no success in hearing this most desirable test.
A trend that appears to be developing is a greater international
interest in trying for DX tests. This is indeed exciting, and a potentially
strong selling point to station engineers and management for future tests.
Evidence supporting some unrealized potential for future successes in this
area is provided by comments from DXer Mark Connelly in Massachusetts:
?At 0016 EST / 0516 UTC on 24 FEB I had no problem hearing the WBIX-1060
Natick, MA test on the DXTuner receiver located in Ilfracombe, England,? he
wrote. ?Code ID's, sweep tones, and voice announcements came through fine.
Clearly dominating the channel. (Other DXTuners) that had some signal:
Edinburgh, Scotland (poor, much weaker than at Ilfracombe, bits of voice and
tones) Italy and Germany (carrier evident but nil / nearly nil audio)
Caracas, Venezuela (bits of Morse code ID in huge ?furball? jumble).?
Thanks for sharing this fascinating info Mark. Perhaps we need to try
and reach out to DXers in Latin America and encourage them to begin
listening for tests. I have not received any reports from DXers in those
regions on any tests this season.
As the prime BCB listening time begins to transition into nights with
higher QRN levels and more hours of daylight, I am still trying to nail down
just a couple more DX tests. More to follow on these as details become
available.
Once again, our sincere thanks to WBIX Chief Engineer Grady Moates for
agreeing to conduct this test, and to BTC member Paul B. Walker Jr. for his
persistent efforts to arrange it. Now to the task of processing the many
requests for QSLs.
Remember to keep checking the DXTESTS.INFO Web site frequently and
listen to the BTC Podcasts for news and late-breaking developments.
Jim Pogue
IRCA/NRC Joint Broadcast Test Committee Coordinator
Memphis, TN
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:17:59 +0100
From: Willi Passmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HCDX] Mediumwave database for Perseus users
To: HCDX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED],
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Dear fans of SDRs,
top up-to-date frequency lists as eibi and the Nagoya list
are available for shortwave. Mediumwave has been a gap so far, regarding
electronic lists.
But not any longer!
I got the permission from Herman Boel to use his excellent EMWG list as
basis for creating a database, which should be expanded to worldwide
coverage, with the help of DXers worldwide.
Before telling details I would like to point out that the distribution
of the EMWG pdf-version will still be handled solely by Herman Boel.
This reference for mediumwave DXers is available at
http://www.emwg.info/
Herman will remain responsible for content of EMWG as well as for the
European part of the new Excel database, which will be mainly focussed
on Perseus users.
The file offers the following options:
1) frequency is set in Perseus by double clicking an entry
2) stations are shown in Perseus window
3) calculation of sunrise- and sunset times at tx and rx location for
any date you choose
4) calculation of distance between tx and rx location
5) calculation of antenna direction (azimuth)
Preconditon for above calculations (3-5) are the geographical
coordinates of tx locations. By own enquiries and the help of Wolfgang
B?schel (tnx!) more than 200 entries could be georeferenced already.
For a start I merged the existing data with the Nagoya
list to one userlist. As soon as Perseus can handle more than
the three lists hfcc, eibi and userlist, the AM list should be
separated. An according wish was sent to Nico, as well as a request for
a scrollable station window.
As on AM much more stations are active on one frequency than on
shortwave, this makes sense.
Now to the question "How do I get this list?"
Simply by cooperation, it's free of charge! The project is so huge that
a single person cannot collect all data. Just look on the AM frequency
pages of the WRTH, plus schedules and coordinates, and you see what I mean.
Just combining existing data will only be possible when all contributors
use a fixed format.
So everybody who wants to contribute is asked to send me a private mail
and will then get
a) a part of EMWG where only geographical coordinates have to be added, or
b) a frequency, where active stations have to be entered into a
preformatted Excel sheet.
You should anticipate some hours of work.
As soon as I received a contribution and added it to the database, the
cooperator in question will receive all data available at that point of
time.
So in the first instance the European geographical data should be
completed and the North American stations should be added. As this
project is planned as a work in progress over a long period of time, I
hope we achieve a steadily growing database, reflecting knowledge and
effort of many.
Credit notes:
I have to thank the following DXers who helped to come to the recent
status of the AM list:
Herman Boel (EMWG)
Tony Ward (SR/SS calculation)
Wolfgang, OE1MWW (Perseus tuning via Excel)
David Salomon (Eibi format tool)
Wolfgang B?schel (geogr. coordinates)
vy 73,
Willi Passmann, DJ6JZ
www.radio-portal.org
The radio search engine
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Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:05:03 +0000
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