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It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt Today's Topics: 1. KBC (Manuel M?ndez) 2. INDIA RADIO FORUM 2009 (Jaisakthivel) 3. Very Important update (Mike) 4. Radio Damascus : better modulation - maintenance operations - more audio recordings (kris) 5. 4955 (Ruud Vos) 6. Logs: 6600 Voice of The People, audio. (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO) 7. 9827 Voz de Am?rica en franc?s. (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO) 8. 9840 Radio Rep?blica, ?nueva frec? (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO) 9. City selling NOAA weather radios (Yimber Gaviria) 10. DXCPR - MW/SW brasilian radio stations update - Version 20090425.01 (Marcelo Bedene) 11. Dxers Unlimited, 25 y 16 de abril, por Arnaldo Coro (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO) 12. Re: Antarctica (Don Jensen) 13. on the air now (Robert Wilkner) 14. DX Listening Digest 9-036; WOR 1457 (Glenn Hauser) 15. RUSIA 9665 Voz de Rusia, espa?ol. Nuevo servicio. (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:22:10 +0200 From: Manuel M?ndez <manuelmend...@gmail.com> To: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> Subject: [HCDX] KBC Message-ID: <xmj.ya$crqpj.ypebvscvvp5x4f...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:38:09 +0530 (IST) From: Jaisakthivel <ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in> To: ardic <ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in> Subject: [HCDX] INDIA RADIO FORUM 2009 Message-ID: <122057.42384...@web95410.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 INDIA RADIO FORUM 2009 Mumbai, 27th May Taj Land's End Hotel, Mumbai, India EXCELLENCE IN RADIO AWARDS Awards Ceremony will be on 27th May after the Forum Register for the forum, CONTACT THEM ON On Conference: Contact Janet Alcantara - Conference Director +65 6736 1472 or ja...@pim-asia.com On Sponsorship & Branding: Contact Rajika Mittra - Special Project Director +91 98 3611 2078 or raji...@pim-asia.com (Jaisakthival, Chennai, India) Cricket on your mind? Visit the ultimate cricket website. Enter http://beta.cricket.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:52:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Mike <mikesn...@yahoo.com> To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [HCDX] Very Important update Message-ID: <575758.49216...@web53111.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Dear all Thanks to those of you who have signed up to our petition. Please be aware that it is the stated aim of the web master at number 10 to remove any signatory who adds anything more than a simple first and second name. Please do not add call signs or comment as it may very well be removed. I have protested this but in the meantime there is nothing I can do about it. Please pass this on to other radio groups. Regards Mike www.ukqrm.org Save world band radio from PLT http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/SaveShortwave2/ Have your say today and don't let those that would block this freedom win! ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:18:03 -0700 (PDT) From: kris <kris251...@yahoo.com> To: Kris Janssen <kris251...@yahoo.com> Subject: [HCDX] Radio Damascus : better modulation - maintenance operations - more audio recordings Message-ID: <961274.15481...@web50409.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Subject : (a) better modulation levels of Radio Damascus' shortwave transmitters planned by the engineering department (b) short break in shortwave for maintenance operations at Radio Damascus' shortwave transmitters (c) audio recordings for all language sections of Radio Damascus online Dear Radio Friends The audio recording of the daily program of Radio Damascus is now online for all language sections (English, German, French, Spanish, Turkish, Russian and Hebrew). Before only the English and German programs were available but since today the other language sections followed. You can find all the recordings by going directly here : http://www.rtv.gov.sy/index.php?m=541 The German program can also be downloaded on the Radio700.info platform on this location : http://www.radio700.info/index.php?country=start (choose the country "Syrien" from the drop down menu on the left side) And the Spanish section has an alternative download site here : http://aquidamasco.podomatic.com And I have some other great news. I received today an email from my dear friends at Radio Damascus that the engineer in charge of the shortwave transmitters is aware of the terrible modulation problem and will take measures to raise the modulation level with priority. My friends at Radio Damascus also informed me that starting April 28th, there will be a short break in the shortwave transmissions from Damascus to perform some maintenance work on the transmitters (maybe this is related to the modulation operations). They will try to keep the interruption of the shortwave transmissions as short as possible, so it should only take a short while! If the shortwave transmitters are down, you can still listen to Radio Damascus through the audio recordings on the internet or in digital audio quality on the different satellite feeds : Hot Bird at 13.0?E : 12380 Mhz Nilesat at 7.0?W : 11823 Mhz Badr / Arabsat at 26.0?E : 12054 Mhz Here once again the full schedule of Radio Damascus : 1600-1700 UTC/GMT Turkish daily 9.330 Khz, 12.085 Khz and satellite 1700-1800 UTC/GMT Russian daily 9.330 Khz, 12.085 Khz and satellite 1800-1900 UTC/GMT German daily 9.330 Khz, 12.085 Khz and satellite 1900-2000 UTC/GMT French daily 9.330 Khz, 12.085 Khz and satellite 2000-2100 UTC/GMT English daily on satellite 2100-2200 UTC/GMT English daily 9.330 Khz, 12.085 Khz and satellite 2200-2300 UTC/GMT Spanish daily 9.330 Khz, 12.085 Khz and satellite 783 Khz Mediumwave : 1600 - 1830 UTC/GMT Hebrew 1830 - 1900 UTC/GMT Russian The Radio Damascus staff does highly value when you write to them with your commentaries about the programs or reception reports about the transmissions and you will get in return a nice postcard to confirm the reception (QSL-card) and a program schedule. Their address is : Radio Damascus P.O. Box 4702 Damascus Syrian Arab Republic http://www.radio-damascus.net email : radiodamascusengl...@yahoo.com http://www.radio-damascus-listeners-club.tk or http://groups.yahoo.com/group/radio_damascus http://www.rtv.gov.sy (RTV Arabic Website) http://www.rtv.gov.sy/index.php?m=541 (audio recordings) http://www.radio700.info/index.php?country=start (alternative download site for the German program) http://aquidamasco.podomatic.com (alternative download site for the Spanish program) http://www.syriaonline.sy (RTV English Website) greetings Kris Belgium ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:36:16 +0200 From: "Ruud Vos" <sh...@wanadoo.nl> To: <Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: [HCDX] 4955 Message-ID: <004e01c9c76f$6e86e000$6402a...@uw4b58d8528225> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello friends, This weekend I heard on 4955 Khz a brazilian station, no station Id alas enough. I hope one of our brazilian friends on the list can help? Between 0100 - 0130 I heard a religious programme, from 0130 till 0150 about brazilian rocksongs, suddenly signing off at 0150 without announchment. TNX for the help! 73! Ruud Vos Utrecht Holland ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:14:59 +0000 (GMT) From: JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO <jmromero782...@yahoo.es> To: undisclosed recipients: ; Subject: [HCDX] Logs: 6600 Voice of The People, audio. Message-ID: <4159.80382...@web25705.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Saludos cordiales. Clandestinas ARMENIA 7530 Radio Free North Korea, Yerevan-Gavar, 19:03-19:06, escuchada el 26 de abril en coreano a locutora con comentarios, SINPO 34443 COREA 6600 Voice of The People, Kyonggi-do, 20:50-20:55, escuchada el 27 de abril en coreano, locutora con comentarios y segmento m?sica de opera, SINPO 22322 Audio: http://jmromero782004.podomatic.com/ Pirata 6220 Mystery Radio, 18:48-18:58, escuchada el 26 de abril con emisi?n de m?sica disco dance de los a?os 70 y 80, ?Bony M?, tema pop mel?dico, cu?a de ID, SINPO 34443 6870 Playback Int., 19:08-19:15, escuchada el 26 de abril con emisi?n musical, cu?a de ID, m?sica de los a?os 50 y 60, SINPO 45444 Jos? Miguel Romero Burjasot (Valencia) Espa?a Sangean ATS 909 Antena Radio Master A-108 ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:27:43 +0000 (GMT) From: JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO <jmromero782...@yahoo.es> To: undisclosed recipients: ; Subject: [HCDX] 9827 Voz de Am?rica en franc?s. Message-ID: <904306.2046...@web25708.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Saludos cordiales. SAO TOM? 9827 Voz de Am?rica, Pinheira, 21:15-21:25, escuchada el 27 de abril en franc?s a locutor en conversaci?n con invitado, noticias de Dakar, locutora con ID, locutora anunciando E-mail y direcci?n web, m?sica de sinton?a, SINPO 45444 Jos? Miguel Romero Burjasot (Valencia) Espa?a Sangean ATS 909 Antena Radio Master A-108 ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:45:06 +0000 (GMT) From: JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO <jmromero782...@yahoo.es> To: undisclosed recipients: ; Subject: [HCDX] 9840 Radio Rep?blica, ?nueva frec? Message-ID: <538930.35993...@web25701.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Saludos cordiales. 9840 Radio Rep?blica, 21:28-21:41, escuchada el 27 de abril en espa?ol a locutora en conversaci?n con invitado, referencias a Cuba, cu?a de iD, cu?a del programa ?Barrio Adentro?, SINPO 44444 Frecuencia no listada en Eibi ni en Aoki, ?nuevo servicio?, ?desde donde transmite?. Jos? Miguel Romero Burjasot (Valencia) Espa?a Sangean ATS 909 Antena Radio Master A-108 ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:04:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Yimber Gaviria <dxrep...@yahoo.com> To: dxe...@gmail.com Subject: [HCDX] City selling NOAA weather radios Message-ID: <519712.68726...@web32404.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii The City of Verona has partnered with Dane County Emergency Management in obtaining 250 NOAA Weather Alert Radios for citizens to take advantage of the National Weather Service's 24-hour weather broadcast system. NOAA Weather Radio in Madison - available online at www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/ nwr.php - is broadcast on a frequency of 162.55 MHz. The National Weather Service broadcasts continuous weather information 24 hours per day. When conditions warrant, the Weather Service can interrupt programming to broadcast special weather statements and official severe weather "Watches" and "Warnings." The radios, available to Verona residents, are $25 each, including sales tax, and can be purchased at the Verona City Center, 111 Lincoln St., the Verona Public Library, 500 Silent St. or the Verona Senior Center, 108 Paoli St. The city encourages the use of Weather Alert Radios to receive warning information directly from the National Weather Service. It is the most timely, most reliable, and most credible source of weather warning information available. The radios are small and works a bit like a pager. Normally muted and quiet, they can be activated by a special code transmitted by the National Weather Service. Once activated, most weather radios will sound an alerting tone to get your attention and even wake you up if you are sleeping. You will then receive a message describing the situation, directly from the source of the warning. By special arrangement, NOAA Weather Radio in Dane County also broadcasts warnings for all types of hazards, both natural (such as severe weather) and man-made (such as an evacuation resulting from a toxic chemical release), making the weather radio a true, all-hazards warning device. A new Specific Area Message Encoding or "SAME" technology allows the radios to be programmed to receive and display alerts and warnings that apply only to Dane County. And most weather radios are equipped with battery backup, enabling you to receive warning information even if the power is out. Individuals with hearing impairment can also get these warnings by connecting a weather radio to other types of attention-getting devices such as strobe lights, pagers, bed-shakers, personal computers and text printers. The radios will be available until May 29 or all units are sold, whichever occurs first. Source: The Verona Press http://www.veronapress.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=1454&TM=25504.42 via Yimber Gaviria, http://yimber-gaviria.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:21:17 -0300 From: "Marcelo Bedene" <marcelo.bed...@onda.com.br> To: "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: [HCDX] DXCPR - MW/SW brasilian radio stations update - Version 20090425.01 Message-ID: <826fc4a1df244f8792e81a9f8c28b...@home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" DATABASE ON-LINE: http://www.dxclube.com.br/ DX CLUBE DO PARAN? Atualiza??o da lista de emissoras brasileiras OM/OT/OC - Vers?o 20090425.01 MW/SW brasilian radio stations update - Version 20090425.01 Nova denomina??o: New denomination: 780kHz - Princesa AM, Porto Alegre-RS ( ExPampa) 1330kHz - Eldorado, Ribeir?o Preto (Ex-Cultura) Freq??ncia alterada para: Frequency changed to: 640kHz - Educadora, Porteirinha-MG (Ex-620kHz) 1500kHz - Liberdade AM, Cangu?u-RS (Ex-1490kHz) 1600kHz - Vox AM 1600, Muritiba-BA ( Ex-1580kHz) Corre??o do nome da emissora: Correction name station: 1240kHz - Pirapora AM, Pirapora-MG 1350kHz - Liberal Jaguaribana, Morada Nova-CE 1470kHz - Jornal AM 1470, Indaiatuba-SP 1520kHz - Continental (Grande Rio), Rio de Janeiro-RJ 1560kHz - Grande Rio, Itagua?-RJ 1600kHz - Vox AM 1600, Muritiba-BA Atualizada as Redes: Updated radio networks: IURD - Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus IPDA - Igreja Pentecostal Deus ? Amor MIL - Rede Mil?cia Sat EVANG - Rede Evangelizar de r?dio RCR - Rede Cat?lica de R?dio ELDO - Rede Eldorado de R?dio CAN - Rede Can??o Nova Web link corrigido: Web link changed: 590kHz - Difusora Regional, Cruzeiro do Oeste-PR 630kHz - Cacique, Lagoa Vermelha-RS 810kHz - Educadora, Ub?-MG 810kHz - Can??o Nova, S?o Jos? do Rio Preto-SP 930kHz - RBN (Boas Novas), Manaus-AM 1020kHz - Independente AM, Aquidauana-MS 1080kHz - Clube, Ponta Grossa-PR 1130kHz - Super Marajoara, Belem-PA 1160kHz - Cacique AM, Sorocaba-SP 1200kHz - Clube AM, Fortaleza-CE 1210kHz - Jornal, Garanhus-CE 1210kHz - Vanguarda, Sorocaba-SP 1240kHz - Pirapora AM, Pirapora-MG 1240kHz - Arapongas AM, Arapongas-PR 1260kHz - Gazeta, Macei?-AL 1280kHz - Tupi AM, Rio de Janeiro-RJ 1290kHz - Metr?pole AM, Salvador-BA 1320kHz - Vit?ria AM, Videira-SC 1340KhZ - S?o Luis, S?o Luis-MA 1360kHz - Iracema, Ipu-CE 1370kHz - Gazeta AM, Alegrete-RS 1520kHz - Torre Forte, Birutama-SP 1530kHz - Porto Feliz, Monda?-SC 1550kHz - Clube, Itarar?-SP 1560kHz - Grande Rio, Itagua?-RJ Novos links na WEB: News web links: 560kHz - Costa do Sol, Araruama-RJ 610kHz - Bandeirantes, Catanduva-SP 620kHz - Municipal, Tenente Portela-RS 650kHz - Terra, Santos-SP 850kHz - Iracema, Juazeiro do Norte-CE 1130kHz - Castro, Castro-PR 1160kHz - Difusora, Laguna-SC 1250kHz - Difusora, Guarapuava-PR 1270kHz - Clube AM, Natal-RN 1270kHz - Cidade, Sum?-PB 1310kHz - Integra??o AM, Restinga Seca-RS 1330kHz - Jaguariaiva, Jaguariaiva-PR 1330kHz - Diplomata AM, S?o Marcos-RS 1340kHz - Pitaguary, Maracana?-CE 1350kHz - Clube AM, Campina Grande-PB 1350KhZ - Liberal Jaguaribana, Morada Nova-CE 1370kHz - Capital do Agreste (RCA), Itabaiana-SE 1380kHz - Parna?ba AM, Rio Parna?ba-MG 1470kHz - Jornal AM 1470, Indaiatuba-SP 1470kHz - Guananc?s AM, Itapag?-CE 1520kHz - Internacional, Quedas do Igua?u-PR 1580kHz - Laguna, Jardim-MS Colabore enviando as suas informa??es para: marc...@bedene.com.br Help us sending your informations to: marc...@bedene.com.br 73 EQUIPE DO DX CLUBE DO PARAN? CURITIBA-PR-BRASIL www.dxclube.com.br ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:54:10 +0000 (GMT) From: JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO <jmromero782...@yahoo.es> To: undisclosed recipients: ; Subject: [HCDX] Dxers Unlimited, 25 y 16 de abril, por Arnaldo Coro Message-ID: <151416.56180...@web25704.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Dxers Unlimited Saturday, April 25, 2009 Dxers Unlimited weekend edition 25-26 April 2009 Radio Havana Cuba Dxers Unlimited Dxers Unlimited's weekend edition for 25-26 April 2009 By Arnie Coro radio amateur CO2KK Hi amigos radioaficionados around the world... big hello to all three million PLUS of you nice people that like me enjoy this wonderful hobby a lot ! Welcome to the weekend edition of your favorite radio hobby program, coming to you via short wave and also from 05 to 07 UTC as part of our streaming audio from www.radiohc.cu. Here is now our first news item... one lonely sunspot, , yes, a small lonely short living sunspot, that according to scientists belonged to solar cycle 24 broke the 25 days in a row of ZERO sunspots, but it vanished after just a very short existence. Some heliophysicists are optimistic after seeing that minute sunspot, while others are not ... In the meantime, we continue to watch , and the extended tail end of cycle 23 continues to dominate solar inactivity. Item two: Sporadic E is here, and it came a bit earlier than usual... reports from many dyed in the wool 10 meters band operators confirm E skip openings at such odd hours as 10 or 11 pM local time. I also realized that a sporadic E layer was overhead of my station while working on 40 meters and having two way contacts with stations located just 50 to 200 miles away in the evening, something that can only happen if there is a sporadic E cloud right overhead. Item three: Have you ever heard of Class E radio frequency amplifiers ?. If not, it is about time to do an Internet search engine exploration and find out about that type of super high efficiency amplifiers, that will boost your signal tremendously while using minimum energy from the power supply. But NO, those Class E amplifiers are not LINEAR, so they can only amplify a constant carrier... nevertheless they are an excellent choice for operating CW under battery power. Item four: The StingRay 65 antenna for 2 meter band handie talkies will boost both your transmission and reception at very low cost, as you can homebrew it from half of a TV rabbit's ears antenna and the connector used by your HT , plus a bit of epoxy resin and the usual dose of ham radio ingenuity !. Si amigos, there are more than 84 ways of enjoying this wonderful hobby, and here at Dxers Unlimited you will always be learning something new...be it how to build and install your own backyard radio telescope to pick up Jupiter's radio signals ,or assembling a simple one diode, plus one transistor and one integrated circuit receiver that will be featured here today in our technical topics section. Keep listening to Radio Havana Cuba, as Dxers Unlimited continues in just a few seconds... ............. Si amigos, you are listening to the weekend edition of your favorite radio hobby program, Dxers Unlimited with yours truly Arnie Coro... and here is as promised earlier our technical topics section.... The One Plus One Plus One short wave receiver... a unique very simple project that can be built during a few hours of your spare time... I will start by describing this direct conversion receiver . The name comes from the fact that it uses one signal diode, one transistor and one integrated circuit. So that's why I have named it the One Plus One Plus One short wave radio. This receiver does need an external antenna . The input circuit is formed by a simple resistive attenuator, and a dual tuned bandpass input circuit , to which a signal diode is connected. The signal diode acts as an ultra simple product detector, when it is also fed with radio frequency energy coming from the one transistor local oscillator. At the output of the mixer we have audio from the station that we want to pick up, and it is fed to the integrated circuit audio frequency amplifier. This is a barebones receiver by all engineering standards, but it is really amazing how nicely it works when connected to an external antenna ! My prototype's signal mixer product detector diode was changed several times, in order to determine which type provided the best performance, and I must say that the 1N914 and IN4148 series proved to be excellent, with other types of diodes also working OK. I even tested a super high performance microwave diode, and at the other end, a type 1N34A that was built more than 55 years ago ! The most critical circuit of this One Plus One Plus One short wave receiver is the local oscillator, because it must be very stable in order for to receiver to work properly. As a matter of fact, one of the tests that worked very well was to use a quartz crystal to control the oscillator's frequency. I happened to have an exactly 6 megaHertz frequency crystal, and using it the One Plus One Plus One , I am able to receive our own Radio Havana Cuba's transmitter that operates on that frequency. The frequency of the quartz crystal must be set exactly to six dot zero , zero, zero, zero, in order to be able to receive in the so called exalted carrier mode , that requires an ultra exact local oscillator frequency. The experiment proved to be very interesting, as our transmitter's operating frequency is kept within plus or minus two to three cycles per second, because we use a very sophisticated frequency synthetizer. During the local morning hours here in Havana when we use the 6000 kiloHertz frequency to broadcast the Despertar con Cuba program in Spanish, I was able to keep the One Plus One Plus One fully synchronized with the transmitter so the audio coming out of the loudspeaker was of excellent quality. Replacing the crystal controlled oscillator with a field effect transistor variable local oscillator , it was possible to pick many stations on the 40 meters amateur band, using CW and single side band voice modes, and I could also hear the digital modes, easily recognized around 7070 kiloHertz. When one of the local radio amateur visited my workshop recently and saw the breadboard version of the One Plus One Plus One, he asked how it could be further improved, and that started a long analysis about how direct conversion receivers can be optimized, that lasted more than two hours. At the end of the conversation he left with one of my hombrew double balanced mixers, a pair of field effect transistors a low noise audio transistor and a type LM380 integrated circuit audio amplifier, that he soon interconnected producing a very nice performing direct conversion receiver, that as expected is much more complex than the ultra simple One Plus One Plus One radio from which he picked up the design concept. You can learn more about the One Plus One Plus One direct conversion short wave receiver, by sending an e-mail to info...@enet.cu, with the request for the One Plus One Plus One direct conversion receiver files ... .......... Si amigos, yes my friends, oui mes amis... the spring and summer Sporadic E season seems to be already in progress, and 10 meter band operators where the first one to find out about the presence of those elusive patches of very high ionization that move fast at altitudes of between one hundred and one hundred and fifty kilometers above the Earth. One way of knowing that a sporadic E propagation event is in progress is by monitoring the segment of the ten meters amateur band that is used by beacon stations, that transmit automatic Morse Code identification of their callsigns and locations. Those of you that own amateur transceivers with a scanning function, can simply set the low end of the scan fro 28.1 and the high end to 28. 5, so as to maximize the probability of finding activity of the band, not only from the beacons, but also from hams that operate digital and single side band voice modes from 28.1 to 28.5 . When the 10 meters band is open by means of the sporadic E skip , the distance that can be reached is shorter than when the band opens via the much higher altitude F2 layer , but anyway, it is certainly nice to hear the band open for DX ! Now our next item, also related to the already in progress E skip signal, this time it has to do with TV and FM broadcast band DX... TV DX from stations located in the United States of America will change totally when the analog blackout takes over, and only digital TV signals will be on the air from the USA. TV Dxers that already are learning about digital TV from far away locations , have told me that the digital signals are not as enjoyable to watch because of the very nature of the transmission mode. The digital TV signals are seen OK maybe for a while, then the picture freezes up, then it just vanishes, and there is no intermediate condition... in other words, it is quite different from analog signals that slowly fade in and out, without those on and off switching that is present with the digital TV DX. FM broadcast band Dxers will continue to enjoy the analog stereo the way it is, but in the future a new FM band broadcast standard may replace it, something that like in the case of digital TV will require totally different new receivers. ....................... ASK ARNIE, is now tied up with the HF propagation update and solar activity report as the number one most popular section of the program... according to the e-mail messages sent to inforhc at enet dot cu, or VIA AIR MAIL to Arnie Coro, Radio Havana Cuba . Here is ASK ARNIE today, with a question sent by listener Vladia from Russia. Vladia picks up our 6000 kiloHertz English language program when we are broadcasting to North America,the signal travels over the North Pole and reaches Vladia's home QTH from 05 to 07 UTC !!! Vladia wants to know why our signals on that band are stronger during certain part of the year , and are much more difficult to pick up at another times. She refers that the periods around the spring and autumn equinoctial seasons, when signals are much better than during the summer season. She also explains that during the winter season, signals of our 6000 kiloHertz frequency can be picked up much earlier in the evening her local time, but the signals are not as strong as during the spring and autumn seasons. The answer to your question amiga Vladia, is that the ionosphere goes through several seasonal changes that are especially seen on very long range propagation of radio signals. And I must add that running 250 kiloWatts to an almost 20 decibels gain antenna, does help to enhance the reception at very long distances. And now amigos, here is our Dxer Unlimited's HF plus low band VHF propagation update and forecast, that also includes a solar activity report to help you plan your short wave listening and amateur radio activities... Solar activity once again back to extremely low levels, after the very short life of the high latitude sunspot of cycle's 24 magnetic polarity. The E skip season is now picking up, and that may lead to some nice short skip contacts on 20 meters, plus longer range QSO's on the 10 and 6 meter bands. Expect a fast drop in the maximum useable frequency about two hours after sunset your local time... with the later arriving signals coming from the West and Northwest of your location. Send your signal reports and comments about the program to info...@enet.cu or VIA AIR MAIL to Arnie Coro, Radio Havana Cuba, Havana Cuba Posted by Arnaldo Coro at 9:49 PM Labels: Dxers Unlimited 25-26 April ------------------------------ Message: 12 Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 10:57:43 -0500 From: "Don Jensen" <dnjkeno...@wi.rr.com> To: <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: Re: [HCDX] Antarctica Message-ID: <001801c9c687$bc6d3cd0$0201a...@jensen> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Yes, there is no such place as "San Gabriel" in the Argentine sector of Antarctica The location is Base Esperanza, the largest of several Argentine Army bases on the Antarctic Peninsula (others include Base San Martin, Base Gen. Belgrano, etc.) I think, perhaps, the Archangel Gabriel is a patron saint of the Argentine military. Because the base -- albeit small and barren -- is a stopping off point for various Antarctic cruise ships, and their passengers are welcome ashore, Esperanza is an odd mixture of scientific work and tourism. It has a permanent population of only about 55. There is a school for the 22 children among them. Because there are quite a number of visitors, there are lots of great photos on line including great panorama views that one can both pan and zoom to get great detail! One also can find a map of the various buildings. Using it for comparison with the panoramic photos on other sites, (gigapan.org and others) one easily can see, close up, the exterior of RN Arcangel San Gabriel, and its antenna tower, some distance away from the "station" on a rocky bit of high ground. It is quite interesting. --don ------------------------------ Message: 13 Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:34:02 -0400 From: Robert Wilkner <r...@earthlink.net> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: [HCDX] on the air now Message-ID: <49f640ea.5070...@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed 2310 to 2330 both of the following have been logged in several location in Florida: 4834.93 Bolivia, R. Virgen de Remedios, Tupiza. 4835.42 Peru Radio Mara?on, Jaen 73s Bob ------------------------------ Message: 14 Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:43:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net Subject: [HCDX] DX Listening Digest 9-036; WOR 1457 Message-ID: <472356.22522...@web51102.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii DX Listening Digest 9-036 has now been posted at http://www.dxld.org or http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt or http://dxld.worldofradio.org and now also without delay at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld9036.txt CONTENTS: WOR 1457 / ALBANIA +non / ANTARCTICA / ARGENTINA / AUSTRALIA CVC / AUSTRALIA +non RA / AUSTRALIA ABC / AUSTRALIA VL8 / BAHRAIN / BANGLADESH / BELARUS / BIAFRA non / BOLIVIA +non / BRAZIL +non / BULGARIA / CANADA CFRX / CANADA Calgary 700 / CANADA CRTC / CANADA CJNL/CHNL / CANADA CKDH / CHAD / CHECHNYA non / CHINA +non / COLOMBIA / CROATIA / CUBA +non / CYPRUS / CZECHIA / DJIBOUTI / ECUADOR DRM / EGYPT / EQUATORIAL GUINEA / ERITREA +non / ETHIOPIA +non / EUROPE Pirates / FALKLAND ISLANDS / FRANCE non / GABON / GEORGIA / GERMANY +non / GREECE / GUIANA FRENCH DRM / GUINEA / HONDURAS / ICELAND / INDIA / INDONESIA / INTERNATIONAL INTERNET Global Voice/ACB/WOR / INTERNATIONAL VACUUM Jupiter / IRAN +non / ISRAEL / KOREA NORTH +non / KURDISTAN non / LAOS / LIBERIA / LITHUANIA / MADAGASCAR / MALAYSIA / MALI / NETHERLANDS +non / NEWFOUNDLAND / NEW ZEALAND / NIGERIA / NORTH AMERICA Pirates / NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS +non / OKLAHOMA Radio Oklahoma / OKLAHOMA KOSN+ / OKLAHOMA KCSC/KHEV+ / OKLAHOMA KGWA/KOFM/KCRC/KXLS/KNID+ / PAKISTAN / PAPUA NEW GUINEA +non / PERU +non / PHILIPPINES / POLAND +non / ROMANIA / RUSSIA +non / RWANDA +non / SAIPAN DRM / SAO TOME / SAUDI ARABIA / SERBIA +non A09 / SEYCHELLES non / SLOVAKIA / SOLOMON ISLANDS / SOUTH AFRICA / SPAIN +non / SRI LANKA / SUDAN +non / SYRIA / TAIWAN non / THAILAND +non / TIBET +non / TURKEY +non / UGANDA / UKRAINE / UAE / UK +non BBCWS+ / UK BBCR4 / USA +non BBG/VOA / USA +non IBB/VOA / USA WEWN / USA WWCR/WOR / USA WNYW/KUSW/KSL+ / USA +non WYFR / USA non CVC / USA WOAI / USA WARM / USA WRNI / USA +non WJR/KKZN+ / USA TIS / USA WDCN / USA WFSM/KLRZ / USA KERA/KMPX/KDTN/KXAS/KDFI/KXTX/KXTA+ / USA WCHU/WICD / USA WYBE / USA Al Manar / USA FCC/ham address / VATICAN / VENEZUELA +non / VIETNAM non / WESTERN SAHARA non / ZAMBIA +non / ZANZIBAR / ZIMBABWE non / UNIDENTIFIED 2410 / UNIDENTIFIED 6160 / UNIDENTIFIED non 6937 / UNIDENTIFIED 9233 / UNIDENTIFIED 9347 / UNIDENTIFIED 11665 / UNIDENTIFIED 11885 / UNIDENTIFIED 17850 / PUBLICATIONS / RADIO PHILATELY / LANGUAGE LESSONS / CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / PROPAGATION / TIPS FOR RATIONAL LIVING For restrixions and searchable 2009 contents archive see http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1457, April 22-29 Wed 0500 WRMI 9955 Wed 1530 WRMI 9955 Wed 1900 WBCQ 7415 Thu 0530 WRMI 9955 Thu 1900 WBCQ 7415 Fri 0000 WBCQ 5110-CUSB Area 51 Fri 0100 WRMI 9955 Fri 1130 WRMI 9955 Fri 1900 WBCQ 7415 Fri 2030 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 7290 [not 1930] Fri 2030 WWCR1 15825 [or 2029] Sat 0800 WRMI 9955 Sat 0800 IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS/IBA 9510 [except first Sat] Sat 1630 WWCR3 12160 Sun 0230 WWCR3 5070 Sun 0630 WWCR1 3215 Sun 0800 WRMI 9955 Sun 1515 WRMI 9955 Mon 0500 WRMI 9955 Mon 2200 WBCQ 7415 Tue 1100 WRMI 9955 Tue 1530 WRMI 9955 Tue 1900 WBCQ 7415 Wed 0500 WRMI 9955 [or new 1458 starting here?] Wed 1530 WRMI 9955 Wed 1900 WBCQ 7415 Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN NOW AVAILABLE: http://podcast.worldofradio.org or http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/podcast.php OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO: http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org Regards, Glenn Hauser ------------------------------ Message: 15 Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:24:29 +0000 (GMT) From: JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO <jmromero782...@yahoo.es> To: undisclosed recipients: ; Subject: [HCDX] RUSIA 9665 Voz de Rusia, espa?ol. Nuevo servicio. Message-ID: <883205.12647...@web25706.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Saludos cordiales. RUSIA 9665 Voz de Rusia, 04:45.05:00, escuchada el 28 de abril en espa?ol a locutor con bolet?n de noticias, locutora leyendo poema, despedida, sinton?a, emisi?n en paralelo por 9880, sin emisi?n en 9735 ni en 9945, SINPO 44444. Jos? Miguel Romero Burjasot (Valencia) Espa?a Sangean ATS 909 Antena Radio Master A-108 End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 76, Issue 29 ********************************************