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Today's Topics:
1. QSL Radio Farda (Artur Fernandez Llorella)
2. QSL from WRN (Artur Fernandez Llorella)
3. Sign of modern times... audio cassettes ar becoming scarce...
(Horacio Nigro)
4. Re: Sign of modern times... audio cassettes ar becoming
scarce... (Paul McD)
5. Jan 9 Logs (brian384...@aol.com)
6. Glenn Hauser logs January 8-9, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 09:54:57 +0100
From: Artur Fernandez Llorella <af...@hotmail.com>
To: playdx groups <playdx2...@yahoogroups.com>, hard-core-dx HCDX
<hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, Frecuencia DX
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Subject: [HCDX] QSL Radio Farda
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Radio Farda, 1575 KHz, via Dhabbaya, UAE.
Received in 4 weeks full detailed RFE/RL QSL (including name of the programme
and transmitter site) from HQ in Prague. v/s Renata Simonkova.
Artur Fern?ndez Llorella
Catalonia, Spain
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Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 09:58:52 +0100
From: Artur Fernandez Llorella <af...@hotmail.com>
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Subject: [HCDX] QSL from WRN
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WRN Premier League Programme, 5800 KHz, via Ukraine.
Received in 3 weeks full detailed electronic QSL (including name of the
programme and transmitter site, simply "Ukraine"). Report sent to
freqd...@wrn.org. v/s Michiel Wood.
Artur Fern?ndez Llorella
Catalonia, Spain
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 07:53:08 -0800 (PST)
From: Horacio Nigro <hanigr...@yahoo.es>
To: Horacio Nigro <hanigr...@yahoo.es>
Subject: [HCDX] Sign of modern times... audio cassettes ar becoming
scarce...
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Sign of times... audio cassettes begin to be scarce in shops overhere in
Uruguay, So. America. The down side of this is that mp3 recorders with "line
in" input capable of recording directly from the radio set are still very
uncommon in the market,and I believe this also happens globally from my search
on the Web.
I asked in a specialized audio shop for mp3 recorders, yesterday and the model
they sell is around USD 500,oo. That's intended for professionals but not for
more general use.
I used a Zen Creative Nano I bought in 2005 in Spain but it became unusable
when it felt from my hands a few months ago. Other Creative mp3 with recording
line-in capabilities I know of had problems caused by its display generating
noise in the recording.
Horacio A. Nigro
Montevideo
Uruguay
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 08:19:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Paul McD <paul46...@yahoo.com>
To: HardCore DX <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Sign of modern times... audio cassettes ar
becoming scarce...
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Hi Horacio,
I use a RCA RP5140 handheld recorder. It's about half the width of a pack of
cigarettes, but slightly taller and the same depth. It records directly into
MP3 format. It doesn't have a line-in jack, but it does have a microphone-in
jack. So I simply use an attenuating cable from my radio (Drake R8) to the
recorder.
Frys.com has the recorder for roughly 30USD, which is a lot less than 500USD.
Amazon.com also used to sell them until recently.
It uses two AAA batteries, which is unfortunate. I would have preferred AA
batteries. But I use rechargeable AAA batteries, so it's not a problem.
If you have a friend in the US who buys stuff for you, I'd say have him buy
the recorder at Frys.com and then have him mail it to you.
BTW, I have no connection whatsoever with RCA or Frys or Amazon or anything
mentioned in this email. I'm just a satisfied customer, putting in his two
cents.
Hope this helps.
-Paul
Massachusetts, USA
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From: Horacio Nigro <hanigr...@yahoo.es>
To: Horacio Nigro <hanigr...@yahoo.es>
Sent: Sat, January 9, 2010 10:53:08 AM
Subject: [HCDX] Sign of modern times... audio cassettes ar becoming scarce...
Sign of times... audio cassettes begin to be scarce in shops overhere in
Uruguay, So. America. The down side of this is that mp3 recorders with "line
in" input capable of recording directly from the radio set are still very
uncommon in the market,and I believe this also happens globally from my search
on the Web.
I asked in a specialized audio shop for mp3 recorders, yesterday and the model
they sell is around USD 500,oo. That's intended for professionals but not for
more general use.
I used a Zen Creative Nano I bought in 2005 in Spain but it became unusable
when it felt from my hands a few months ago. Other Creative mp3 with recording
line-in capabilities I know of had problems caused by its display generating
noise in the recording.
Horacio A. Nigro
Montevideo
Uruguay
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 12:38:30 EST
From: brian384...@aol.com
To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] Jan 9 Logs
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** CANADA. 6660, CHU Time Signal Station, 1450-1500, Jan 9,
2nd harmonic. 2 x 3330. Fairly strong but occasional utility QRM.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 6250, Radio Nac, Malabo, 0530-0600+,
Jan 9, Spanish talk. Afro-pop music. Spanish pop ballads. IDs as
?Radio Nacional? and ?Radio Malabo?. Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** ETHIOPIA [non]. via Samara, Russia, 7530, Ginbot 7 Radio,
*1701-1730*, Jan 9, Presumed. Abrupt sign on with talk in listed
Amharic. Some Horn of Africa music. Fair signal. // 9610 - very weak
under a strong Radio Canada Int. Tues, Thur, Sat only. (Brian
Alexander, PA)
** EURO-PIRATE. 7610.05, Radio Amica, 0135-0200, Jan 9, lite pop
music. IDs. Italian announcements. Poor in noisy conditions but
occasional peaks up to a fair level. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** SUDAN. 7200, SRTC, 0218-0250, Jan 9, local vocals. Arabic talk.
Qur`an at 0241. Weak. Poor with occasional HAM QRM. (Brian
Alexander, PA)
** SUDAN [non]. via Slovakia, 9825, Miraya 101 FM, *1459-1514, Jan 9,
time pips & IDs at 1500. IDs as ?Miraya 101? and ?Miraya 101 FM?.
English news at 1501. Arabic talk at 1513. Poor. Weak in noisy conditions.
Co-channel QRM from VOA until their sign off at 1501. (Brian
Alexander, PA)
** SUDAN [non]. via Wertachtal, Germany, 13740, Radio Dabanga,
*1530-1627*, Jan 9, IDs. ID jingles. Arabic talk. Short music breaks.
Poor. Mixing with a strong China Radio Int in English via Cuba. In the
clear after 1600 when China signs off. Fair but high pitch tone on
// 13800 - via Madagascar. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** SUDAN [non]. via Issoudun, France, 7315, Radio Dabanga,
*0430-0440, Jan 9, sign on with ID announcements. ID jingles. Arabic
talk. Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 11:14:28 -0800 (PST)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 8-9, 2010
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** BRAZIL [and non]. Jan 9 at 0647 noticed that RNA open carrier was on 11780
but no modulation yet. 6185 also still had XEPPM with Cuban music unimpeded.
But at *0648:30, carrier and modulation from RNA cut on 6185 overriding XEPPM,
and shortly after at *0645:45 modulation cut on // 11780 with a song about the
madrugada in progress (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. RNGE making another sporadic appearance on 6250.0 (right
on, compared to Vatican 7250.0), good S9+12 signal Jan 9 at 0625 with Spanish
news mentioning Bata and Malabo, 0626 a timecheck for 7:21 so that explains why
news often starts well past hourtop. Frequent stingers, f?tbol news; 0627 ute
beeps begin to QRM on lo side. 0648 still audible but weakening, as the
equatorial sun rises almost vertically building up D-layer absorption. The
accent sounded Castilian to me, to be expected but I wonder if native speakers
could detect some ex-colonial accent pegging it on EqG? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. Despite threats of another strike at RFI, ops seem normal, e.g.
15300, Jan 9 at 1513 talk instead of Musique fill, 1524 phone interview with
someone in San Francisco about latest tech news concerning mobile phones.
At Media Network there have been no follow-ups to this Jan 6 story:
http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/rfi-unions-call-indefinite-strike-from-7-january
But Mike Cooper sent us this Jan 7: ``AFP reports today that the indefinite
strike at RFI has been postponed for 24 hours, after only 2 percent of
employees participated. RFI said 97 percent of its programs would air despite
the strike`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LAOS [non]. 11785, Sat Jan 9 at 1506, Hmong up-and-down singing, i.e. Hmong
World Christian Radio, reminding me that I had tuned past this frequency a few
times in the 14-15 hour, and Hmong Lao Radio was missing, no WHRI transmission
at all. What will happen Sunday at 14-15? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OMAN [and non]. 15140, Jan 9 at 1440, fluttery signal averaging S9+5 with
music but very undermodulated, so I felt better about yet again not having
tuned in early enough to hear English news from R. Sultanate of Oman at 1430,
since it probably would have been a strain to make anything out of. Similar
signal level on decent Romanian transmitter 15170 was adequate to enjoy the
music, understand the speech, without CRQRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** PALAU. I was surprised to hear Spanish gospel huxter, ``La Verdad para el
Mundo`` at 1431 Jan 9 on 9965. Speaker spoke good Spanish but North American
accent detectable. First wondered if WRMI had pulled a fast one and shifted out
from under 9955 jamming, tho jamming pulse splatter also bothered 9965, and
altho WORLD OF RADIO was supposedly underneath Arnie`s noise at this time on
9955. La Verdad para el Mundo is in fact carried by WRMI at another time per
http://www.wrmi.net/schedule.php
And the signal level, modulation could have been WRMI.
La Verdad para el Mundo closing mentioned Billy Graham, and was upwrapping with
an apartado in Villa Rica, Georgia 30180! Did they pick that town just so they
could use a Spanish name? It`s halfway to AL west of Atlanta on I-20. Top
Google hit on zipcode to confirm that name also informed us V.R. had 45
registered sex offenders in 2007, helpful info.
Here`s more than you would ever want to know about that town:
http://www.city-data.com/zips/30180.html
including the fact that it`s hardly a latino hotbed despite the name,
presumably developer-chosen to appeal to affluent Anglos desiring a taste of
the exotic:
``96.8% of residents of 30180 zip code speak English at home. 1.8% of residents
speak Spanish at home (42% very well, 27% well, 25% not well, 6% not at all).``
But I digress. Back to the 9965 signal, whence if not WRMI? Retune at 1445
found open carrier, commercials giving 800 numbers for mortgages, 3-step plan,
then USA network sports capsule about NBA axion. 1448 more dead air for a
minute, 1449 finally World Harvest Radio ID, English gospel song.
A new WHRI transmission to Latin America? No! at 1457 more WHR promos, not //
another broadcast on 9930 which just went off at 1458:20*, and back to 9965 in
time finally to hear a T8WH ID at 1458:30, then Peter Sumrall preaching.
Palau in Spanish?! Perhaps for colonial remnants in Guam, Philippines (where
many people have Spanish names whether they speak it or not). WHR website is
not cooperating, failing to display program schedules, but does deny that such
a program title exists in any of them. 9930 is also T8WH, both supposedly in
Mandarin, which is not closely related to English or Spanish. Wrong feed? Who
knows (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES [non]. 11715, Jan 9 at 1507, RVA via Vatican, animated Tagalog
W&W conversation, but throwing in English expressions, such as ``much happiness
in the coming year``, ``join us in Facebook``. And another day with zero sign
of KJES during scheduled transmission (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PORTUGAL. 15560, RDPI with weekend transmission to NAm, Jan 9 at 1511 was
giving periodic but seemingly randomly scheduled detailed frequency/schedule
announcement, including satellite info. Squealing slightly audible during
pauses, but VG signal. SW included 21655, 15560, but added that because of
technical problems, there would be no ``extraordinary`` transmissions to Africa
after 2000, or weekends after 1700, i.e. silly ballgame specials.
Perhaps Carlos can explain exactly what the cause is --- one transmitter or
antenna out of order, or the usual lack of personnel available to make manual
switching changes beyond 9-5? If they are still extending broadcasts to other
targets, those should certainly be mentioned as audible in Africa for backup.
But SW stations where people do not actually listen to SW, tend to think they
have discrete targets with no overlap (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY. VOT has 11815 to itself, no REE/CR collision, on Saturday mornings,
so Jan 9 at 1415 might have enjoyed the music on VG signal --- but modulation
poor, rather like English on 12035. TRT really needs to work on the modulation,
especially at ?akirlar site --- or, who knows, a problem feeding it without
degradation from studio to site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WRMI 9955 transmitter problem: UT Sat Jan 9 around 0635, during La
Rosa de Tokio segment about broadcasting in Bahrain, including a clip of an FM
station, a few times a minute WRMI would irregularly dump off the air for a
second or a split second. Fortunately, no jamming audible then (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also PALAU
** U S A. 11855, WYFR English, at 1411 Jan 9 story time show in Saturday
morning kidblock, had audio cutting off and on, mostly off. Unless attenuated
FRG-7, during pauses could hear cross-mod from even more powerful 11830 WYFR
Spanish, which was constantly, not intermittently audiblized. 11830 is 315
degrees OKward, while 11855 is 355 degrees ONward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 9760, VOA via PHILIPPINES, Jan 9 at 1453 ending ``On the Line``
interview on how to fight terrorism, using force, persuasion and some other
tactic, with ``thanks for watching``. Standard rant about TV programs
pretending to be radio programs and insulting non-viewing audience. As a matter
of fact, aside from possible captioning, or lip-reading, even watchers would
not get much out of it unless they were also listening! 1455 USG editorial
about Yemen, SOS Clinton talks with Qatari PM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Altho I was hearing Arabic(?) QRM to Havana 13770, Jan 7 at 1431,
unlisted, did not hear any 24 hours later, nor 48 hours later at 1443 Jan 9, so
perhaps it was a mistaken transmission (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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