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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. Fri DX (ka4...@peoplepc.com) 2. Glenn Hauser logs July 24, 2009 (Glenn Hauser) 3. Radio Gloria International this Sunday (Tom Taylor) 4. Brandon Jordan Logs - July 24 (Brandon Jordan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:18:57 -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] Fri DX Message-ID: <002201ca0c50$8a7b8bf0$fac8a...@hp98588948284> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Indonesia, 4750.00, RRI Makassar, 1000-1030, Noted a weak signal here on the hour with Indonesian language comments from a female. This is followed with Qu'ran prayer by a male which lasts until 1011. More brief comments then music. The signal is threshold at this time and needs to be checked later. Rechecked this freq at 1045 and noted that the signal had improved to a poor level as a male and female conversed. (Chuck Bolland, July 24, 2009) Bolivia, 3310, Radio Mosoj Chaski, 1032-1045, At tune in heard a male and female in Spanish comments. At 1034 music is heard. At 1038 more comments are heard. Signal was threshold during this time. (Chuck Bolland, July 24, 2009) Peru, 5039.19, Radio Libertad, 1040-1100, Thought I'd check Libertad this morning just for "kicks". Sure enough the station was fading in very well with Spanish comments from a male followed by Huaynos music. The signal continued to improve. (Chuck Bolland, July 24, 2009) Peru, 4775, Radio Tarma, 1045-1100, Eventhough the signal was very poor, noted single male in Spanish language comments. Later noticed a female joining in with comments. Signal was threshold by 1100. (Chuck Bolland, July 24, 2009) Bolivia, 6075, Radio Causachun Coca, 1057-1115, Noted a single male in Spanish language comments at tune in. He talks until 1100 when canned promos or ADs are heard. Just guessing, but this is probably the only Bolivian station that is exactly on their assigned frequency. And I'd venture another guess that, that is because they haven't run into any interference yet. I don't see any problem with Bolivian stations retuning their signal to off frequency slightly. Since they usually have low power, it is easier to pull them out of the pile up. After the promos the male continues to talk. By 1107 Causachun had faded badly to threshold. (Chuck Bolland, July 24, 2009) I reluctantly decided to stop listening by 1115 UTC this morning, although I felt there were still some decent DX left. My dogs had been awake since about 4 A.M. local time and were anixous to get out the door to do their business and go for a walk. So I decided to pull the plug so to speak now. Watkins Johnson HF1000 27.27N 080.56W http://www.orchidcitysoftware.com/IMAGE59.HTML MAGNA UPDATED ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:57:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: d...@yahoogroups.com Cc: s...@maimlman.qth.net Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 24, 2009 Message-ID: <249385.92202...@web51105.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 ** ALASKA. 7355, KNLS, July 24 at 1232, ``Hit Me With Your Best Shot`` by Pat Benatar, 1233 talk feature Author`s Journal, but really a sermon about Paul, the religionist credited with pumping up the Jesus myth, quoting from I and II Timothy. 1238 back to music ``from the 80s, 90s and today`` by Pet Shop Boys. F-G signal with deep fades. At 1246 checked // 9780 and could detect English underneath the Chinese radio war. KNLS is certainly a curiosity as one has no interest in its music or its preaching, but WCBC must think it`s the best way to pull in unchurched suckers in the FE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 9660, July 24 at 0519, two stations in English mixing about equally. Normally I just hear R. Australia, which is listed as only 10 kW via Brandon at 00-08; but Vatican is also on there at 0300-0530, the final semihour in English, 175 degrees from SMG (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake July 24: at 1240, audible on 8400 and 9000; at 1345 JBA on 14430, not on 13500, 13970; at 1346 better but only poor on 15150, none higher (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SUDAN [non]. 13840 good in unknown language, July 24 at 0513. That`s R. Dabanga via Madagascar at 0430-0527, 330 degrees. Should have heard jingle IDs as before if I had listened a little longer. Was also getting VOA Kurdish via same on 15380; see U S A [non] (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [non]. 9410, BBC Mundo via WHRI, Friday July 24 listened to last few minutes 1253-1300* when playing music fill not classical, but jazzed up Gershwin, etc., medley on flute, clarinet with orchestra. At least it`s not the top-20 as on Tue and Thu (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. VOA, 9760 via PHILIPPINES, July 24 at 1320 found Dan Robinson with report on a hearing about USG external broadcasting, including whether replacing SW with internet in Russian was a good idea. Here`s the full story: http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-23-voa63.cfm `Lawmakers: US Government Broadcasters Crucial to Soft Power Outreach` with audio linx running 5:35: http://www.voanews.com/mediaassets/english/2009_07/Audio/mp3/robinson_broadcasting_23Jul09.mp3 Surprised to find a new signal on 11725, July 24 at 1338 with pop music, VOA Music Mix promoting new time for country show Fridays at 1400. At 1343 identified this hour as ``World`s Best Variety on the [singing ID:] VOA Music Mix Network``, now featuring Brian Wilson. 1400 abruptly shifted to news on hour, now // 17585 Greenville and only a slight reverb apart from it. Loud and steady signal on 11725 probably Greenville too, tho 11740 VOA Korean via Tinang was also in well. At 1405, 17585 stayed with news hour, while 11725 split back to VOA Music Mix, ``Mary Morningstar with Country Hits, USA``. Is that her real name? She`s among the presenters on this page: http://www.voanews.com/english/Entertainment/MusicMix-presenters.cfm On 11725 at this time we usually hear, if anything, Harold Droning, from the YFR relay via Pet/Kam, RUSSIA at 11-15, but no trace of him now. RFE/RL Russian had also been scheduled on 11725, 13-15, switching from Lampertheim to Biblis, GERMANY at 1400, but no trace of that either. Meanwhile, 11725 VOA does not show yet on online schedules, let alone http://www.voanews.com/english/about/frequenciesAtoZ_e.cfm 11725 was still going at 1430 so unseems a transmitter test, but who knows whether it will be there tomorrow? 15380 fair with uncertain language I first guessed was Persian, July 24 at 0509; sounds like VOA. Instead it`s Kurdish via Madagascar, 05-06, 359 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. As I tuned across 7 MHz in AM, July 24 at 1220, encountered on 7210.0-LSB, speech in Spanish which even before switching to SSB could tell was not in conversational tones required by ham radio. It could have been a one-way clandestine broadcaster, but really just an exile ham obviously reading a political polemic, anti-Ch?vez, Zelaya, accusing Ch?vez of being a narcotraficante. Pause for ID as N1NR, in contact with weaker signals, WT4WT, and W4N--. Then said he had been reading from un peri?dico de Londres. 1227 moved on to recipes. I previously logged him in January on same frequency, as in DXLD 9-002 under CUBA [non] and ARRL callsign lookup IDed N1NR as Roig, Nelson, in Bushkill, PA. Now I also look up his contact, WT4WT, and he`s Barreto, Sergio R, in Trenton, FL. The third one was probably W4NNN as before, Carter, Robert V, in Conyers GA. BTW, Roig, of Catalan provenance, I think is pronounced like `Roach` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. As I started to downscan the 16m SWBC band, July 24 at 1350, first came upon some weak intermittent 2-way SSB intruder, which I think was centered on 17896.5, and sounded like Chinese rather than Spanish. Needs much further checking (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ### ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:22:23 +0100 From: "Tom Taylor" <em...@blueyonder.co.uk> To: "Tom Taylor" <em...@blueyonder.co.uk> Subject: [HCDX] Radio Gloria International this Sunday Message-ID: <bd552d2a0a284bb8b4758bd0aa4a5...@dellcb21k2j> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Radio Gloria International this Sunday Date 26TH of July 2009, Time 0900 to 1000 UTC Channel 6140 KHz The transmissions of Radio Gloria will be broadcast over the transmitting station Wertachtal in Germany. The transmitter power will be 100 000 Watts, and we will be using a non-directional antenna system (Quadrant antenna). Good listening 73s Tom ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:12:15 -0500 From: Brandon Jordan <bcdx....@gmail.com> To: cumbr...@cs2.ralabs.com, d...@yahoogroups.com, HCDX CONTRIBUTIONS - LATEST <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, na...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [HCDX] Brandon Jordan Logs - July 24 Message-ID: <4a6a3fcf.7080...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. R. Malabo, Malabo, 6250, July 24, *0502 - OC noted beginning 0456 until brief sign-on announcement by female speaker in Spanish at 0502 then directly into orchestral National Anthem. Signal initially poor, but much improved by 0530 with vocals with guitar accompaniment. Long monologue by male lasting to just past the top of the hour, brief music into news bulletin at 0606 UTC. (Jordan-TN) ** GUINEA. (tentative) R. Conakry, Conakry, 7125, July 24, *0624-0704* - noted again, this time at sign-on with fair carrier signal. Very weak modulation, but above threshold audio was noted more reliably, especially after 0645 UTC which corresponds with sunrise at the transmitter enhancement. Lively male speaker in French, brief music selections. Station off at 0704 UTC, not sure if this was intentional sign-off or not. (Jordan-TN) ** MALI. R Bamako, Bamako, 5995, July 24, *0554-0758* - on with 1 khz tone, guitar interval signal beginning at 0555 and orchestral National Anthem at 0558 UTC. Female speaker French at 0559 with greetings and chatter. Male speaker in Arabic at 0614 continuing past 0630 as signal improved. Koranic recitations from 0634 to 0645 UTC followed by traditional tribal vocals. News bulletin in French read by man at 0700 as signal slowly faded. Left the air less than a minute after RA Brandon came on the air 0758 with Waltzing Matilda IS. (Jordan-TN) ** SUDAN [non]. Affia Darfur via Nauen, 5995, July 24, *0259-0330* - poor signal in RHC splatter, best in LSB. North African vocals, similar to music heard on Radio Cairo, interspaced with Arabic announcements. Monologue by man from 0315 UTC, likely news. Clear mention of Darfur. (Jordan-TN) ** TANZANIA. (tentative) Voice of Tanzania, Zanzibar, 6015, July 24,*0257 - generally poor signal, chatter in presumed Swahili, Hi-Life music. Slowly fading, no sunrise at transmitter enhancement noted at 0330 UTC. (Jordan-TN) -- Brandon Jordan - Memphis, TN, USA bcdx....@gmail.com - http://www.bcdx.org Perseus SDR - Wellbrook ALA100 End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 79, Issue 25 ********************************************