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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 Morn DX (ka4...@peoplepc.com) 2. Christmas special: HCJB Australie in German (Stephan Schaa) 3. Re: Christmas special: HCJB Australie in German (Stephan Schaa) 4. Fire puts RNW Madagascar relay station off the air (Andy Sennitt) 5. Logs (Manuel M?ndez) 6. Glenn Hauser logs December 25, 2009 (Glenn Hauser) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:08:57 -0000 From: <ka4...@peoplepc.com> To: <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "ALF" <alf.e.pers...@telia.com>, <wghau...@yahoo.com>, "Robert Wilkner" <r...@earthlink.net>, "Marie Lamb" <mal...@cumbredx.org>, <ka4...@peoplepc.com>, <gaylevanh...@monitoringtimes.com>, "Gayle Van Horn" <gayl...@brmemc.net>, <d...@yahoogroups.com>, "DSWCI" <l...@directbox.com>, <cumbr...@cs2.ralabs.com>, "arnaldo slaen" <sl...@ciudad.com.ar> Subject: [HCDX] Fri Morn DX Message-ID: <874241c0b9504984bc3aa32631b58...@virtualxp66406> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Bolivia, 4796.42, Radio Lipez Uyuni, 0926-1100, At 0926 noted just a carrier here. Noted a slight trace of audio by 1008 however with a male in SP comments. The audio disappeared as quickly as it had appeared by 1013. (Chuck Bolland, December 25, 2009) Austria, 6155, Radio Austria International, 0940-1000, Noted a program of Religious comments in German language from a male and a child with organ music in background. Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland, December 25, 2009) Indonesia, 4749.94, RRI Makassar, 0948-1000, Noted a male in comments between musical selections. Signal is just now beginning to fade in although the carrier has been audible for a good half hour or more. On the hour a female comments in Indonesian while presenting more music. (Chuck Bolland, December 25, 2009) Solomon Islands, 5020, SIBC, 1015-1030 Noted a female in comments from 1015, although I couldn't detiremine the language she was using? It could have been English or Pidgin, not sure? At 1018 it seem like canned promos were being presented. Signal hasn't improved by 1030. It's threshold. (Chuck Bolland, December 25, 2009) Guam, 5765, AFRTS, 1035-1045, Tune in to a call in show for a minute or two, then at 1036 CNN Radio News. AT 1040 back to the call in show. Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland, December 25, 2009) Bolivia, 5952.37, Emisoras Pio XII, 1040-1100 Thought I had a catch here, but noted only a carrier with no audio. In the meantime, I hadn't heard Pio XII in the mornings if I recall correctly? Usually I'd have a good signal in the early evenings here in Florida but nothing in the mornings. (Chuck Bolland, December 25, 2009) Bolivia, 6134.72, Radio Santa Cruz, 1050-1100, Noted a very weak signal here with typical music. Lots of splatter and QRM from a Brazilian nearby. Happy to hear that Santa Cruz is still broadcasting eventhough she's very weak. (Chuck Bolland, December 25, 2009) Bolivia, 6155.17, Radio Fides, 1056-1105, The same situation here with Fides just about gone for the day, noted music being broadcast until the hour. That's about all that is heard from this threshold broadcast. (Chuck Bolland, December 25, 2009) Watkins Johnson HF1000 26.27N 081.05W Just updated - Magna.zip at: http://www.orchidcitysoftware.com/IMAGE59.HTML ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:49:21 +0100 From: "Stephan Schaa" <sc...@dieseite.de> To: <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: [HCDX] Christmas special: HCJB Australie in German Message-ID: <20091225124920.7b9f3580d...@smtp-out002.kontent.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello to all of you out there and merry christmas! I just wanted to make a little announcement that today, 25.12.2009 there will be a special transmission from HCJB Australia, Kununurra in the german language towards europe from 15.00 - 15.30 UTC. The time-slot/frequency combination is not perfect, but anyway: There's a special QSL Card your everybody that received the programme and writes to the german departement of HCJB. 73, Stephan ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:51:14 +0100 From: "Stephan Schaa" <sc...@dieseite.de> To: <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: Re: [HCDX] Christmas special: HCJB Australie in German Message-ID: <20091225125113.b7c845986...@smtp-out002.kontent.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Upps, I forgot the frequency: It's 15340 khz on the 19m Band. 73, Stephan > -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Stephan Schaa [mailto:sc...@dieseite.de] > Gesendet: Freitag, 25. Dezember 2009 13:49 > An: 'hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com' > Betreff: Christmas special: HCJB Australie in German > > > Hello to all of you out there and merry christmas! > > > I just wanted to make a little announcement that today, > > 25.12.2009 > > there will be a special transmission from HCJB Australia, > Kununurra in the german language towards europe > > from 15.00 - 15.30 UTC. > > The time-slot/frequency combination is not perfect, but > anyway: There's a special QSL Card your everybody that > received the programme and writes to the german departement of HCJB. > > > 73, Stephan ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:22:50 +0100 From: "Andy Sennitt" <an...@euronet.nl> To: <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: [HCDX] Fire puts RNW Madagascar relay station off the air Message-ID: <9930015e72994294afde693196fe7...@dc5100> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Fire has broken out at Radio Netherlands Worldwide's relay station in Madagascar. Firefighters from the Madagascan capital Antananarivo managed to bring the blaze under control within hours. The cause is not yet known. Broadcasts from Madagascar will be suspended for at least two days and possibly up to a week. This means that large parts of Africa and Southeast Asia will be unable to receive RNW shortwave broadcasts for the time being. Satellite and internet broadcasts are not affected. I have no more details at the moment. I will of course publish updates in the Media Network blog when I have more information. So far I have not received any details of substitute transmissions, and I imagine that because of the Christmas holiday it's quite difficult to arrange things at short notice. Andy ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:36:41 +0100 From: Manuel M?ndez <manuelmend...@gmail.com> To: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> Subject: [HCDX] Logs Message-ID: <4b34f829.8020...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Manuel M?ndez Lugo, Espa?a Escuchas realizadas en Friol Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW7600G Antena de cable, 10 metros, orienta WSW AUSTRALIA,15340, HCJB, Kununurra, *1500-1515, programa especial de Navidad, en alem?n para los DX-istas de HCJB, locutor, identificaci?n: "Quito, Ecuador", frecuencia, direcci?n: "Quito, Ecuador, South America". Comentarios. 33333. (M?ndez) BRASIL. Muchas emisoras brasile?as ofrecieron programas especiales con motivo de la Navidad. 4885, Radio Clube do Par?, Bel?m, 0721-0845, 25-12, "Programa especial Nadal Clube", locutor, canciones brasile?as. 34433. (M?ndez) 4935, Radio Capixaba, Vitoria, 0550-0640, 25-12, locutor, portugu?s, comentario religioso, predicaciones. 24322. (M?ndez) 4985, Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, 0706-0820, 25-12, "Programa especial Nadal Na Beira da Mata, com Carlos Veloso" "Na Beira da Mata, feliz Nadal", "Na Beira da Mata, ?ltimo programa do ano 2009", comentarios y canciones brasile?as. 35433. (M?ndez) 5940, Voz Missionaria, Cambori?, 0612-0815, 25-12, portugu?s, locutor, comentario: "A palabra do Se?or", "Esta madrugada", canciones religiosas. A las 0759 identificaci?n: "Transmite Voz Missionaria", "Missionaria", "Missionaria". 24322. (M?ndez) 6010, Radio Inconfidencia, Bello Horizonte, 0704-0715, 25-12, locutor, portugu?s, comentarios: "Nadal", "Brasileiro". Muy d?bil. 13221. (M?ndez) 6185, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasilia, *0700-0820, "Bon d?a Amazonia, Bon d?a Brasil", "Programa especial Nadal", canciones brasile?as. A las 0800: "Radio Nacional da Amazonia, programa especial". A partir 0820 se deteriora la se?al y predomina Radio Educaci?n. 24322. (M?ndez) 9565, Radio Tupi, Super Radio Deus e Amor, Curitiba". 0841-0855, 25-12, locutor, portugu?s, predicaciones: "Pentecostal Deus e Amor" 34433. (M?ndez) 9695, Radio Rio Mar, Manaus, 1021-1110, 25-12, portugu?s, canciones religiosas navide?as. 24322. (M?ndez) 11815, Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, *0830-0945, 25-12, "Programa Na Beira da Mata especial Nadal". "A festa Brasileira", "Radio Brasil Central, comunicando para o mundo" 35433. (M?ndez) 11915, Radio Gaucha, Porto Alegre, 1015-1025, 25-12, locutor, portugu?s, comentarios. 24322. (M?ndez) COLOMBIA, 5910, Marfil Estereo, Lomalinda, 0557-0620, 25-12, canciones latinoamericanas, identificaci?n, comentario sobre premiso de loter?a. 34433. (M?ndez) CUBA, 5025, Radio Rebelde, 1005-1020, 25-10, noticias de Cuba, programa "Haciendo Radio", locutor, corresponsales, identificaci?n: "En Radio Rebelde seguimos haciendo radio". 45444. (M?ndez) ECUADOR, 6050, HCJB, La Voz de los Andes, Pichincha, *0828-1002, 25-12, 0828 himno, locutora, probable en quechua y frases en espa?ol, identificaci?n: "HCJB, Quito, 690 AM, onda corta 6050 kHz". 0830 Se?ales horarias, comentarios y m?sica del Ecuador, mencionan "Voz de los Andes", "Nochebuena", "HCJB, Hoy Cristo Jesus Bendice". 34433. (M?ndez) GUINEA ECUATORIAL, 5005, Radio Nacional, Bata, 2140-2215, 24-12, locutora, anuncios, canciones africanas. A las 2200 noticias por locutor. 35433. (M?ndez) INDIA, 5010, AIR Thiruvananthapuram, 1733-1746, 24-12, noticias en ingl?s, luego comentarios en vernaculo, locutor, locutora. 34433. (M?ndez) MEXICO 4800, XERTA, Radio Transcontinental de Am?rica, M?xico D. F., 0846-0910, 25-12, locutor, comentario religioso en Espa?ol. Se?al muy d?bil. 15321. (M?ndez) 6010, Radio Mil, M?xico D. F., 0809-1017, 25-12, locutor: "Radio Mil te desea una feliz Navidad", canciones latinoamericanas y espa?olas, "Radio Mil", "En Radio Mil, programa especial el 31 de Diciembre a las 10 de la ma?ana", "Radio Mil, en donde vive M?xico". A partir 0950 se fue deteriorando la se?al. 24322. (M?ndez) 6185, Radio Educaci?n, M?xico D. F., 0915-1025, 25-12, m?sica cl?sica. A partir 1010 se deteriora la se?al. 34433. (M?ndez) MONGOLIA 4895, Mongolian Radio, Murun, 2228-2240, 24-12, m?sica mongol, locutor, comentarios, mongol. 24322. (M?ndez) 12095, Voice of Mongolia, Ulan Bator, 1030-1040, 25-12, programa en ingl?s: "This is the Voice of Mongolia in English", "Welcome to the Voice of Mongolia", locutora, comentarios. 34433. (M?ndez) PERU 4746.9, Radio Huanta 2000, Huanta, 2337-2348, 24-12, locutor, locutora, comentarios, anuncios. 14321. (M?ndez) 4790.1, Radio Visi?n, Chiclayo, 0613-0850, 25-12, locutor, comentario religioso, canciones. "En el nombre de Jes?s, Gloria a Dios", "La Voz de la Salvaci?n", "El pastor C?rdoba". 24322. (M?ndez) 5120.2, Radio Ondas del Suroriente, Quillabamba, 2246-2257, 24-12, canciones peruanas. Muy d?bil. 14321. (M?ndez) 6019.4, Radio Victoria, Lima, 0728-0810, 25-12, locutor, entrevista con oyentes. Predicaciones. 34433. (M?ndez) ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:13:13 -0800 (PST) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: d...@yahoogroups.com Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 25, 2009 Message-ID: <959711.26173...@web51104.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 ** CHINA. Firedrake Dec 25 at 1453: just barely audible on 8400, inaudible on 9000, 10210, 11300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. RHC Dec 25 at 0557: 6140 very lowly modulated with music // 6060 and 6010, ergo English service this time; whilst Spanish was on 6150 and 6120 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. VOI, now only a smidgin below 9526.0, Dec 25 at 1453 from music into English promo announcement as ``being the first, being different, being the best`` --- but is it really, when the next thing they do is play Xmas songs by Chipmunx? 1455 another English ID, then Jingle Bells --- it`s hard to imagine a one-horse-open-sleigh in Jakarta! But never mind. After CRI Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN het came up at 1457, VOI still on top with Merry Xmas song. I had concluded that VOI was again running the English hour 60 minutes late instead of Malay at 14-15, but at 1459 ID in Indonesian (mentioning Bahasa Indonesia, not Malaya), ending with English slogan ``sound of dignity``. And at 1500 transition announcement from Malay to English, so now we/they are really confused. But audio cut off before English could start, just open carrier with unimpeded hum until 1503:50* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** IRAN. 9575, GIRI, Dec 25 at 1456, good modulation for a change and also good signal during a Qur`an qlip, Russian comment; JBA on // 9730. No ecumenism here, not a jingle bell to be heard; it is just another Friday, after all (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 5910, Shiokaze = Sea Breeze has moved again, from 5985 back to 5910, Dec 25 at 1419, another English Friday, M announcer talking about Kim Jung-Il and other North Korean matters, his accent not so heavy that I could not understand almost every word. So this was a `news` program rather than an abductee-listing program. No QRM, fair signal and 1426 into wrapup by YL mentioning they are originating in Tokyo, Japan. No doubt Ron Howard will be pleased JSR is again away from Myanmar 5985, tho it makes no difference here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. 15110, one of the better extracontinental signals on 19m, Dec 25 at 1511 with Arabic music, announcement; 1600 heavy beat Arabic rock, announcements; altho did not catch ID, it is surely R. Kuwait as scheduled. WRTH 2010 says to S Asia at 1115-1800. I wish WRTH would include azimuths, but they never do --- after all, adding so many three-digit numbers might require another signature (or maybe not: there is still a lot of white space in tabular listings). Aoki shows this as 500 kW, 230 degrees as of A09, which would not be to S Asia; registered as 100 degrees to CIRAF 41, which is indeed S Asia, but this is certainly not in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO [and non]. 6185, XEPPM, Dec 25 at 0559 with Mexican national anthem, as required at local midnite; atop Vatican co-channel rippling SAH which would not be so fast if XEPPM would get on frequency. Then live ID only for MW 1060 with 100,000 vatios (However, WRTH 2010 shows night power cuts to only 20 kW! No wonder it is seldom heard here on 1060, and always subject to lots of QRM.) No mention of SW, which compared to MW must be inconsequential for the DJ, if he is even aware it exist. 0600 is when separate SW programming ends and MW simulcast begins. It so happens that 6185 is useless until 0557 when CRI via Sackville closes powerful 6190. That has been expanded to last three hours from 0300. Radio Educaci?n also has co-channel from Bras?lia until 0300 per Aoki, but does it really stay on that late during DST? And also VOR in Spanish via St. Pete. No longer on the HFCC roster, XEPPM is treated by international broadcasters as if it does not exist. But then 250 kW Radio Nacional da Amaz?nia is also a phantom to them, accounting for VOR`s self-defeating frequency choice (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NETHERLANDS [non]. The Media Network newsletter this week pointed out that RNW in English is now relayed in NAm by WRMI since it is carrying WRN at 0500-0600 on 9955 (it`s UT M-F, not Tue-Sat, tho), as previously reported in DXLD. So I checked for it UT Fri Dec 25 at 0547, but nothing was audible other than weak DentroCuban pulse jamming. The MUF at midnight fluxuates a lot, and sometimes WRMI is just not propagating, if it is not off the air, aimed SSE anyway rather than NW. In reality, RNW reception is much more reliable when in English to W Africa via Bonaire, even Madagascar, when that is not off the air for up to a week due to a fire, as currently the case. One of the other Florida SW stations, WYFR is always handy for propagation comparisons, and it was not to be heard on its five 31m channels, while often they are inbooming. Hardly any signals were audible between 9.7 and 10 MHz, making me think the band was about dead, but then encountered a strong REE Costa Rica on 9675, VOA Greenville French on 9480, WTJC 9370, weaker but sufficient ANO Gabon on 9580, Zambia on 9430, Greece on 9420 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PALAU. 9965, unusually something between WRMI and WWCR, Dec 25 at 1517, strong signal with American preacher, ``there is a mighty God``. I consulted the B-09 Broadcasts in English booklet from the British DX Club I keep next to the radio instead of defunct PWBR, and hunting thru the 1500 UT listings, soon found T8WH in vernacular/English. At 1535 recheck it had changed to Korean. Once the computer was on, today`s Aoki agrees it is T8WH, daily in English until 1530, then daily in Korean from 1530 with Nippon no Kaze clandestine; the azimuth switches from 318 to 345 degrees but I did not notice much difference here. Merchant marine Larry Fields is visiting Palau and tried to find T8WH. The locals had never heard of it, and he did not find it, despite driving toward where it was supposed to be, racking up $75 in taxi fare. Google Earth mapping researched by Wolfgang B?schel shows it on the opposite side of the island from Koror, and Kai Ludwig suggests the antennas may be obscured by trees until you are right upon them. Larry is still on the island for another week and is going to try again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [non]. 6055, Dec 25 at 0609 with hilife music, then continuous discussion in French mentioning Sekou Tour?, no doubt prompted by the current violence in Guinea. At first I imagined it would be RWANDA, which had been heard a few hours earlier on extended Xmas eve broadcast, and after all it is scheduled from 0300; but this was no doubt the semi-hour in French from BBCWS via Ascension, another competitor for Radio Nikkei (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. A wonderful Xmas gift from WINB in the form of convicted and sentenced to 175 years child-sex predator Tony Al?mo (he is still entitled to have his pseudonym accented as he wishes), Dec 25 at 1602 on 13570 as he was trashing the United Nations. I can think of another SW station I hesitate to identify which is also still broadcasting this monster, according to its schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ### End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 84, Issue 26 ********************************************