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Today's Topics:
1. Morning Log 18/07 (Vincent LECLER)
2. MP3 Recorders (Bjarne Mjelde)
3. Re: Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 79, Issue 15 portable mp3 player
recorder with line in (Fredrik D)
4. portable mp3 player recorder with line in Inbox X (Sudipta Ghose)
5. Re: Turkish translation? (Dr. Anton J. Kuchelmeister)
6. Sat Mon Dx (ka4...@peoplepc.com)
7. EMR relay + Internet stream returns (Tom Taylor)
8. OT: TV-2, 3 & 4 Canadians into CT (Konnie Rychalsky)
9. Glenn Hauser logs July 17-18, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
10. foreign LW, MW and SW logs (aurel chiochiu)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:44:02 +0200
From: "Vincent LECLER" <vlec...@orange.fr>
To: "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com>, "HCDX"
<hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "RADIODIFFUSION F"
<dx_...@yahoogroupes.fr>
Subject: [HCDX] Morning Log 18/07
Message-ID: <eb655192a12b4fe4b7fa639fe0c87...@prorpri01>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Hi All,
Radio Habana has changed some English / Spanish schedules.
20090718 0600 5070.0 WWCR,NASHVILLE USA
355 English
20090718 0601 5025.0 RADIO REBELDE,HABANA CUB
255 Spanish "Rebelde"
20090718 0605 6010.0 RADIO HABANA,HABANA CUB
244 English "radio habana cuba"
20090718 0615 6005.0 BBC WS,ASCENSION ASC
255 English
20090718 0624 6060.0 RADIO HABANA,HABANA CUB
233 Spanish
20090718 0625 6120.0 RADIO HABANA,HABANA CUB
222 Spanish //6060 KHZ
73 de Vincent
http://ndbdxingblog.blogspirit.com <http://ndbdxingblog.blogspirit.com/>
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:30:27 +0200
From: Bjarne Mjelde <bjarne.mje...@gmail.com>
To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] MP3 Recorders
Message-ID:
<e63f16740907142330h5ecb6c53tcfe3976bc699a...@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Re. posts from Horacio and Bj?rn:
I have a few iRiver hard drive MP3 recorders that I don't use anymore.They
were very advanced at their day If memory serves me right I have two H-120
and one H-320, all with 20 GB capacity. I also have a few iRiver flash-based
MP3 recorders. All devices have line-in and have been used to record DX.
They are definitely doing their job.
If interested, contact me off-list: bjarne.mjelde at gmail.com
--
>From the world's northernmost DX-er
Bjarne Mjelde, Berlevag, Arctic Norway
kongsfjord.no
arcticdx.blogspot.com
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:07:13 +0200
From: "Fredrik D" <fripp...@home.se>
To: <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 79, Issue 15 portable mp3
player recorder with line in
Message-ID: <ac891262c5cc4969aae552f046406...@nexus>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
I think a Yamaha POCKETRAK 2G would be perfect except for the price. It has
TimeStamp which I miss with my Hi-MD MiniDisc.
http://www.yamaha-europe.com/yamaha_europe/sweden/20_proaudio/20_multitrack_recorders/10_no_category/20_professional_audio_workstation/10_no_series/50_POCKETRAK_2G/index.html
Fredrik Dour?n, Borlange, Sweden.
> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:05:38 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Horacio Nigro <hanigr...@yahoo.es>
> To: Horacio Nigro <hanigr...@yahoo.es>
> Subject: [HCDX] portable mp3 player recorder with line in
> I am looking from info about mp3 players/recorder with line-in recording,
> suitable for DX recording . I had an Creative Zen Nano Plus, simple and
> straightforward and relatively cheap. But it fell to the floor and it
> didn't worked anymore, despite efforts to revive it reinstalling the
> firmware.
> A Web search in general provides somewhat outdated data.
> A price under 50 USD would be fine... and European shops would work too,
> since I bought that Zen in Spain and I have a brother there.
> Thanks in advance for help.
> Horacio A. Nigro
> Montevideo
> Uruguay
> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:33:28 +0000
> From: bjorn fransson <bjornfrans...@hotmail.com>
> To: Horacio Nigro <hanigr...@yahoo.es>, Hard-Core Hard-Core-DX
> <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
> Subject: Re: [HCDX] portable mp3 player recorder with line in
> Hi Horacio and the list,
> I am looking for the same type of recorder, so if you have some
> information, please send me the same as to Horacio or put it also on
> hard-core-DX@hard-core-DX.com .
> Thanks in advance and 73 from Bj?rn Fransson
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:38:11 +0530
From: Sudipta Ghose <onegh...@gmail.com>
To: Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] portable mp3 player recorder with line in Inbox X
Message-ID:
<233af14b0907150908k7eec1ddyd8dad9e5bf28b...@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Hi Group,
I use the creative Zen Neeon 2. It works fine with 2GB capacity. I
have heard that there is another of same capability from COWON.
However, I could not lay my hand on it.
Regards,
SG
--
One of those ... ...
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:42:21 +0200
From: "Dr. Anton J. Kuchelmeister" <a...@kaynou.de>
To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Cc: reijo.alap...@joensuu.fi
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Turkish translation?
Message-ID: <op.uw70ovppk0l...@home-008>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=utf-8
Hi,
I'm afraid this is not a QSL.
Sorry for no better answer,
AJK
On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:02:31 +0200, <alap...@joyx.joensuu.fi> wrote:
> Who can translate this turkish language email? I received
> it from Best FM. Is this QSL?
>
> Reijo Alapiha
> Joensuu Finland
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Lainaus EMRE TUNCER <emretun...@bestfm.com.tr>:
>
> Eveeeet... Maillere en sonunda cevap vermeye ba?lad?m. Ge? cevap i?in
> ?ncelikle ?z?r dilerim. :( G?nderdi?in mail i?in ?ok te?ekk?r
> ederim.;) Tekrar g?r??mek dile?iyle...
>
> iyi GECEL?Kler...
>
> FARK EDENLER VE D??ERLER?... FARK ETT?N M??
>
> EMRE TUNCER
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:54:18 -0000
From: <ka4...@peoplepc.com>
To: "worlddx" <lebedevs...@rambler.ru>, "Robert Wilkner"
<r...@earthlink.net>, "Marie Lamb" <mal...@cumbredx.org>, "Logs
DSWCI
Logs DSWCI Logs DSWCI" <l...@directbox.com>,
<gaylevanh...@monitoringtimes.com>, "Chuck B" <ka4...@peoplepc.com>,
"Anker Petersen" <anker.peter...@mail.dk>, <wghau...@yahoo.com>,
"CUMBREDX" <cumbr...@cs2.ralabs.com>, <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: [HCDX] Sat Mon Dx
Message-ID: <004101ca0796$19be4830$fac8a...@hp98588948284>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Brazil, 5970.01, Radio Itatiaia (p), 0925-0935, Noted a male in steady
Portuguese language comments until 0930. At 0930 a different male
gives possible ID then returns to first male. Signal is threshold. (Chuck
Bolland, July 18, 2009)
Bolivia, 6075, Radio Causachun Coca, 0934-0950, Slide in here while
music was being presented, so wasn't sure what I was listening. At 0937
a male talks live, in Spanish presenting TC and ID. This is followed
with a long discourse - probably news. Signal kept dipping into the
noise leaving blanks in the comments. Didn't matter, since I couldn't
understand much anyway. At 0948, comments finished and music
returns but only for a minute. The male contacts a second fella and
they seem to be talking on the telephone. The signal ended up being
fair. Rechecked at 1043 and signal was still at a fair level. (Chuck
Bolland, July 18, 2009)
Bolivia, 6155.25, Radio Fides, 0952-1000, At tune in, noted two
females in Spanish language conversation or news. It seemed like
news since they were both taking turns commenting. This continued
until 0954 when music is presented which continued through the
top of the hour. Signal was poor. (Chuck Bolland, July 18, 2009)
Peru, 4835.39, Radio Maranon, 1006-1030, Noted a male in steady
Spanish comments at tune in until 1008 when Huaynos music is presented.
Canned ID over music every couple of minutes while a live
TC announcement from the male over music. Signal is fair to good.
(Chuck Bolland, July 18, 2009)
Indonesia, 9524.90, Voice of Indonesia, 1025-1035, Noted a female
in English comments. Signal is rather bad and weak, so it's difficult to
pull out any intel from the comments. (Chuck Bolland, July 18, 2009)
Indonesia, 9680, RRI Jakarta, 1033-1045, Briefly heard music at
tune in which was followed with Indonesian comments from a male.
Signal was fair, on a clear frequency. (Chuck Bolland, July 18, 2009)
Unid 6049.58, 1035-1045, Noted a weak carrier here under HCJB
signal. I am thinking it might be Radio Santa Rosa, Peru, but there's
no audio to help out; so reporting this as an unident. (Chuck Bolland,
July 18, 2009)
Watkins Johnson HF1000
27.27N 080.56W
Magna Updated
http://www.orchidcitysoftware.com/IMAGE59.HTML
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:49:17 +0100
From: "Tom Taylor" <em...@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "Tom Taylor" <em...@blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: [HCDX] EMR relay + Internet stream returns
Message-ID: <aac8db6573374ab499d92b9d68820...@dellcb21k2j>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
EMR relay + Internet stream returns
Date 19th of July 2009
Time 09.00 to 09.30 utc
Channel 6140 khz
Programme Tom Taylor (Music programme)
The EMR Internet radio service returns this Saturday night 18th July 24/7
Programme repeats are at the following times:
0900 - 1200 - 1500 - 1800 and 2000 utc
Please visit www.emr.org.uk and click on the "EMR internet radio" button
which you will find throughout the website (see the menu on the left).
The URL to go directly to the internet service is
http://bereik.net:9290/listen.pls
which you can enter directly into RealPlayer, and I have verified this works
just
fine with Real Player version 10.
Please send all reception reports to: stu...@emr.org.uk
Good Listening 73s Tom
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:57:55 -0400
From: Konnie Rychalsky <dxbo...@hotmail.com>
To: <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, <dx...@nrcdxas.org>
Subject: [HCDX] OT: TV-2, 3 & 4 Canadians into CT
Message-ID: <blu137-w18b78f8ae875c63ebcb98aa9...@phx.gbl>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"
Pass this on (and let me know who's list to copy to):
RIGHT NOW! into SW Connecticut: July 18, 2009; Saturday; 10:45 AM EDT; 1445-UTC
TV-2 RCI in French, Quebec presumed, in and out;
TV-3 semi stable Canadian [too busy to monitor while typing this]TV-4 NTV
Eyewitness News - Canada most stable of all 3 with audio, color images, local
commercials (ID later off tape) (Konnie Rychalsky, SW CT)
_________________________________________________________________
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:34:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 17-18, 2009
Message-ID: <813522.11348...@web51111.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
** CHINA. Firedrake July 18: at 1350 VP on 8400, not on 9000 or 13970, trace on
14430. But at 1352, good on 15150, nothing on any higher frequency. Things were
rather different after 1435: now FD was fair with flutter on 17470, still at
1508, good at S9+10 and less flutter. At 1438, now VG S9+10 on 13970, but just
barely audible on 14430. At 1443, JBA on 9000 and 8400. At 1536 still good on
17470, fair on 13970; at 1537 also good on 13500.
Did not take time to examine which frequencies were // and which not, but
usually there are two different Firedrake music streams. Nor do I try much to
track the other CNR1 echo jamming, but was hearing that at 1440 on 11510 and
11615, which are VOA Tibetan and Mandarin respectively during the 14-15 hour
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RHC check July 18 at 0610: Spanish on 11760, 6120, 6060 and very poor
6000. English on 6010 only, while 6140 was open carrier, still the case at
0630. How many DentroCubans could have had a decent meal for the cost of 250+
kW of electricity wasted in those few minutes?
Wondering if RHC is still on extended schedule, not revealed on their website,
almost two sesquiweeks after the Honduran coup/non-coup? Yes! July 18 at 1500 I
tuned to 13780 which was playing music, but no sign-off or any other
announcement before it went to open carrier at 1502, hetting Austria/Sackville
on 13775. RHC 13680 was also still on with OC.
Then I tuned to 11760 and found RHC news underway // no echo on: 5965, and //
but echoing on 13760, 11690 and 6000. I had already noticed open carrier on
11690 at 1450 making HCJB barely detectable under that and the RTTY, during
Aventura Diexista, Allen Graham interviewing Jeff White about WRMI; which was
Lima Charlie on 11960. At 1510, 11760 dumped off the air abruptly, but was back
on at next check for it 1535. I had also neglected to look for 11800 earlier
but it too was on at 1538, an echo apart from 11760. So that makes a total of
six extra frequencies found after 1500: 5965, 6000, 11690, 11760, 11800, 13760.
Note: we have not had a word about this extended schedule from Arnie Coro; you
need to get your RHC operational news from actual monitoring by yours truly
instead (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. July 18 at 1506 found a collision on 15450 and slow SAH; one
was in Russian and soon heard DW theme music; the other unID language, and both
were gone by 1530. Currently scheduled at 1500-1530
is VOA Uzbek via Sri Lanka, but can`t find any listing for DW! A mistake or
something new, site? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA [and non]. VOI, missing from 9526 or any other frequency during
the 13-14 UT English broadcast the last two days, was back July 18 at 1303
check, but now just a shade below 9525 instead of just a shade below 9526.
Scenario: the 9526v transmitter failed, and it took them two days to get the
9525v one up and running instead. Newscast in progress about the suicide
bombings at Jak hotels; same YL announcer heard thruout the hour doing all the
narration, including around 1330 a feature on batik.
Ron Howard also caught this July 18 after 1100 in Chinese and measured VOI at
9524.88. Normally, there is a big het during the 14-15 hour when CRI in Russian
is in 9525.0, but today after 1400 I heard that without any het, which should
have diminished from approx. 880 to 120 Hz, suggesting that VOI was off the air
during the Malaysian hour today, unless it outfaded completely, unlikely.
When CRI finished abruptly at 1457* no trace of VOI then either when a bit of
its next English broadcast used to follow after 1500. I wonder if they
belatedly took my advice and started moving to 11785 at 1400 to avoid the CRI
QRM --- that`s OK on weekdays, but not here on weekends when WHRI blots
everything else out on 11785 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBYA. 21695, very weak signal occasionally fading up, July 18 at 1355,
music and talk, sounds Swahili, and that matches V. of Africa schedule, to go
into English after 1400; unfavorable azimuth for us of 230 degrees, per Aoki,
which BTW is not toward Swahililand either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. Since WWCR 13845 and 15825 were inbooming, July 18 at
1350, I knew sporadic E was again in axion, as without it these
megameter-distant frequencies are poorly audible. So I checked 18770 for the
WWRB 2 x 9385 harmonic at 1354, and there was Brother Scare`s organ music
steady at S9; at 1431 he was screaming to a chorus of amens.
At 1437 was also hearing BS on WBCQ 15420, much stronger than and running about
one second ahead of // 18770. WBCQ carries him on 15420 Sabbath mornings only.
As for the sporadic E, WWV was also well heard on 20000 at 1354, less than one
megameter, so normally inaudible here without Es. But the MUF did not rise to
channel 2 TV, and there were only a handful of 6-meter ham contacts on the map
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1469 must have started as early as 2028:30 on WWCR
15825, Friday July 17, since it was ending at 2057:15, leaving plenty of time
for the frequency change to 7465 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Tuning across WTJC, 9370v, July 18 at 1300, so-called `news` from
IRN-USA network had a `correspondent` reporting the death of Walter Cronkite,
incorrectly saying he was 90 instead of 92, and getting in a jab that he was a
member of some one-world organization, godforbid. The clear implication from
the tone of this item was ``good riddance``, as to anyone remotely liberal or
fair (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Re previous report of a gospel huxter in English on 1570 instead
of XERF: I checked again July 18 at 0635 UT, this time with the DX-398 portable
which has good nulling capability. XERF was certainly on in Spanish as usual,
but if I nulled it I could hear the preaching in English. But on the FRG-7 with
E-W longwire, I was getting the English station and very little XERF. The LW
must be more direxional than I had realized at this frequency. It was late and
still didn`t get ID, but the two most likely possibilities, roughly at right
angles to Del R?o, are:
KZLI Catoosa/Tulsa OK, but is supposed to have a nostalgia format and NOT be on
the air at night; however we did hear that after sunrise with Imus in the
Morning, which is not a musical show, so they could have preachers too. Token
website is extremely uninformative: http://1570kzli.com/
The other and very likely the answer is a relatively new station in Missouri,
which *is* legally on 24 hours, COL Hollister, address in Springfield, and NRC
AM Log says its format is religion: KBCV, 5000 W day, 3000 W night. The NRC
Pattern Book of 2006, when it was just a CP, showed night pattern with major
lobe NW, minor SE, which means not much of a signal toward Enid, but not in a
total null either, which is directly toward XERF (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:03:48 -0400
From: aurel chiochiu <a...@videotron.ca>
To: latinm...@yahoogroups.com, cumbr...@cs2.ralabs.com,
a...@yahoogroups.com, m...@yahoogroups.com,
condigl...@yahoogroups.com, nrci...@aol.com, baco...@aol.com,
hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Cc: Jorge Medina <jjl...@yahoo.com.ar>, curious.geo...@att.net,
moozoo_cokine6...@hotmail.com, playdx2...@yahoogroups.com, Juan
Carlos
Lemieux <elroockie...@hotmail.com>, angiepao...@hotmail.com,
mtardi...@hotmail.com, lacatl...@live.com, SOAD BENKIRANE
<soadbenkir...@gmail.com>, markwa1...@aol.com, "Tudor M. Vedeanu"
<tmvede...@yahoo.com>, bro...@yahoo.com, ve2...@yahoo.com, Kyru Rex
<kyruk...@hotmail.com>, Jorge Garcia <garcia.jorgegar...@gmail.com>,
minimarc...@hotmail.com, pklo...@bigpond.net.au,
bourdeau_annemari...@hotmail.com, pepe8...@hotmail.com,
venezuelanqslh...@yahoo.com,
flying_dead_corpses_in_the_...@hotmail.com, "olivier.tequi"
<olivier.te...@laposte.net>, o_p_nimig...@yahoo.com,
moreauplais...@hotmail.com
Subject: [HCDX] foreign LW, MW and SW logs
Message-ID: <005a01ca07fc$03056a40$6900a...@b>
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reply-type=original
Warm greetings to all of you !
I have been buzy lately either with preparing invitations for my birthday
party (even so I forgot to call several times a music-minded Peruvian girl
to ensure she will attend my party and I feel ashamed which is why I decided
to write down my logs in order to try forgeting such an upset misunderstood
situation) or chatting with some highly charismatic Venezuelan DXers using
SKYPE. Another reason for my lack of any DXing is that I have highly
annoying high-pitched growl on 172 kHz terribly offending reception of
Morocco's Medi Un (171) that seems to originate from our neighbor's house
(who are on vacation). It can be nulled with the PK LW loop perpendicular to
the North-East, but the Morocco's signal is somewhat weaker. That being
said, it isn't as weak as I have thought, because the directionnal pattern
of Nador-171 is NNW which means some of it signal manages to scatter toward
the northeast of my QTH, even though the correct bearing from Montreal to
Nador (Morocco) is SSE not NE !
That being said, I reactivated last night and I must say I'm impressed with
the 150-450 kHz LW loop... The connector cable was included, so I didn't
need to purchase it the past few days... Another thing to mention: it
amplifies the 153 kHz TA channel properly, though only some moderate hum
could be heard on this channel ! I have some severe noises issues between
198 and 279 kHz meaning I didn't log RMC Info 216 kHz lately... In addition
to those, I'm get a severe high-pitched growl on 234 kHz so unless it stops
during the next few weeks, it would be a while before I relog RTL !
Enough chatter, into the logs:
Trans-Atlantic DX
162 FRANCE France Inter, Allouis JUL 18 0305 - playing one of the latest
Vanessa Paradis tracks, then interview with her. She told she dislike
jolidays on the beach and what she enjoys the most is the performance on
stage... Good signal but static scracthes made readability so-so. This was
the only LW signal that happened to be on a clear frequency without growl
and noises from hte neighborhood downstairs at this late time, while
Germany-183 had already faded out ! (Chiochiu-QC)
171 MOROCCO Medi Un, Nador JUL 18 0255 - woman host of an Arabic music
program containing mostly plaintive Egyptian religious vocals. Very good at
times. Best on 169 kHz in AM WIDE Mode with the PK LW loop perpendicular to
the north-east / south-west which is not too bad as 171 Nador has a NNW
directionnal pattern meaning some of its signal manages to scatter toward
the north-east of my QTH. I took my battery powered Sangean ACS 818-CST
along with the PK LW loop and just came to the other side of the road and
this station was QRM-free ! (Chiochiu-QC)
183 GERMANY Europe 1, Felsberg JUL 18 0210 - carrying French Top 50
memories... Noted at a fair, but very clear level, S3 out of S7 on the
Sangean's reading meter ! (Chiochiu-QC)
189 ICELAND Rikis?tvarpid, Gufuskalar JUL 18 0240 - Tentative with very
weak audio; the first sign of a darkness path of any kind between Montreal
and Gufuskalar ! During the month of June, the only Trans-Atlantic darkness
path allowing Icelandic DX is between Newfoundland and Gufuskalar, because
of the proximity ! (Chiochiu-QC)
198 unID JUL 17 0315 - with man talk. Very threhsold and very noisy, both
man-made and a huge amount of static scratches from a nearby thunderstorm !
Could be unlogged Algeria ! (Chiochiu-QC)
9575 MOROCCO Medi Un, Nador JUL 17 2250 - fair with splatter from 9580 and
9570 kHz; with mostly plaintive Egyptian vocals, religious in nature. When
the darkness path between Morocco and Montreal is viable, LW 171 kHz often
fares better than SW 9575 kHz, as far as its signal strength goes !
(Chiochiu-QC)
11820 SAUDI ARABIA BS Of the Kingdom, Jiddah and / or Riadh JUL 18 2108 -
Fair with koranic male chanting. SINPO 35433. I will be happy when I will be
able to identify them on 594 kHz. 1521 would be impossible given my
equipment, the relative lack of selectivity, WWKB-1520 QRM and, to a lesser
extent, local splatter from overmodulated CFAV-1570. +JUL 18 2122 - SINPO
45533 right now with Koranic chanting ! +JUL 18 2126 - going into a prayer,
then back into Koranic chanting at 2130 GMT with the same SINPO ! +JUL 18
2131 - with a prayer in the form of speech ! (Chiochiu-QC)
Pan-American DX
750 VENEZUELA YVKS, Radio Caracas Radio, Caracas, Distrito Federal JUL 17
0320 - man talking about FM listening issues. Very poor and difficult to
follow with QRM from both WSB in Atlanta and a nearby thunderstorm in my
neck of the woods ! (Chiochiu-QC)
760 COLOMBIA HJAJ, RCN Cadena Bas?ca, Barranquilla JUL 18 0720 - carrying
CNN audio feed in Spanish. They talked about the Latin American countries
with the fewer cases of swine flu. Bolivia was among them. Good in a
difficult WJR null. (Chiochiu-QC)
780 VENEZUELA YVNM, Radio Coro, Coro, Falc?n JUL 18 0625 - carrying Ruta
Musical 7-80 with some great cumbias that were taped. More on that later for
the followers of the LatinMWDX group ! SINPO 42232 in and out of splatter
from both CIGM-790 and WABC-770 that were local-like; not much annoyance
from local CJAD-800 though. Dear Bruce, this one isn't in Distrito Federal,
but in Falc?n which is another Venezuelan "estado". Instead of virtually
inventing logs of Ecuadorian or Peruvian outlets, why not try to consider
each YV estado a new spot on a map rather than a new station from the same
old country ? Mexican estados are allowed as seperate and DISTINCT targets
on IDXD ! Why not do the same with Venezuelan "estados" ? (Chiochiu-QC)
Additional comments:
I have a severe case of noises on several spots on LW, MW and even SW since
several months... Now it has jumped from 162 to 171 kHz leaving France Inter
in the clear but burrying Medi Un... It seams to come out of our neighbor's
backyard, as I did some testing the last night with the radio in the dark !
Any hints on how to solve this awful issue I have with DXing ? On MW, I
can't DX anymore 570, 770, 900 (where I had Cuba a few weeks ago), 1100,
1110 in addition to those channels swamped by awful IBOC hash such as 650
and 670 ! At least WABC is keping its IBOC crud at night, but the growl from
powerlines or guess what other noise factor is destroying WABC-770 (which is
almost local-like here), while leaving 760 and 780 in the clear with just
some adjacent channel splatter from locals or local-like pests !
I have powerline hum between 198 and 279 on LW, which is why I DX mostly the
frequencies below 200 kHz ! What should I say to our neighbors, dear DXers ?
I'm going to walk the dog, but hope to comeback before the Middle Eastern SW
broadcasters switch off their entertaining outlets !
This report is brought to you by Bogdan Alexandru Chiochiu, DXing from
Pierrefonds (Montreal's West Island), Quebec, Canada using a Sanyo MCD-S830
/ PK AM LOOP combo, a Sangean ACS 818-CST / C-LOOP HDSM 150-450 kHz LW
Shielded Magnetic loop combo and a Grundig G5 / random wire connected to a
broken Yagi antenna combo
May the good DX be with you !
Bogdan Chiochiu
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 79, Issue 19
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