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Today's Topics:
1. Radio Japan Bengali frequency change (Swopan Chakroborty)
2. Re: [EDXC] OFFICIAL INVITATION (Dr. Anton J. Kuchelmeister)
3. Voice of America news broadcasts jammed in Ethiopia (Arnaldo)
4. Lugar introduces bill to permanently authorize Radio Free
Asia (Arnaldo)
5. Help! (Arnaldo)
6. hello friend (cesar P.DS)
7. Cupid Radio on 15060.14 (brian384...@aol.com)
8. afternoon log March 14th (Wolfgang Bueschel)
9. Captaciones/Escutas/Logs (Arnaldo)
10. VO Democratic Alliance (shortw...@clubmember.org)
11. Fwd: VO Democratic Alliance (shortw...@clubmember.org)
12. March 13-14 Logs (brian384...@aol.com)
13. Glenn Hauser logs March 14-15, 2010 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:51:04 +0530
From: Swopan Chakroborty <snc...@yahoo.co.uk>
To: Hard Core Dx <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Japan Bengali frequency change
Message-ID:
<ffcd79a31003132321r393be1faya9addce8365e4...@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Radio Japan Bengali programme will change frequency from 7400 kHz to 6155
kHz at 1300-1345 UTC from 28th March 2010.
Thanks,
Swopan Chakroborty
Kolkata, India
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:48:44 +0100
From: "Dr. Anton J. Kuchelmeister" <a...@kaynou.de>
To: "European DX Council" <e...@hard-core-dx.com>
Cc: Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [EDXC] OFFICIAL INVITATION
Message-ID: <op.u9juripxk0l...@home-008>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed;
delsp=yes
There seem to be problems with mailing via the EDXC mailing list, and
unfortunately the causes are not really known to the public. Only for
certain authors? Only occasionally? Also, the mailing list administrator
seems to be quite busy, and usually seems to be fed up with other
priorities.
I guess it would be no major task to once set up the EDXC mailing list
correctly, and open for all subscribers. But the Management seems to be
reluctant to go for that, for reasons we do not really know. I do not
share this attitude.
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:54:10 +0100, Hermod Pedersen wrote:
...
> [I have mailed comments some times earlier, only to find that they do
> not pass through.]
> [Only conclusion is that everything is censured. Correct?]
> [In that case I guess we will have to open a more open channel for
> debating EDXC issuses.]
> [If now anybody outside the inner circle really cares? I do, as long as
> independant clubs use member fees to finance what seems to be a totally
> internal affair.]
>
> /Hermod Pedersen,
> Malmo, Sweden
Now, if you Hermod do see a possibility to open up an alternative
communications channel, please bear in mind that this then will need
continuous care and maintenance, too. But possibly you have have the means
and the time?
At least Hermod you probably know that this years's EDXC conference is
scheduled to take place in Ankara, Turkey, September 30th thru October
3rd, 2010. If you need the full details and agenda, let me know and I
would be happy to supply them to you.
Kind regards,
Anton
(Munich, Germany)
------------------------------
Message: 3
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:38:26 +0100
From: "Arnaldo" <sl...@ciudad.com.ar>
To: <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Cc: DXLD <d...@yahoogroups.com>, playdx2003
<playdx2...@yahoogroups.com>, cumbr...@cs2.ralabs.com,
bcln...@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HCDX] Voice of America news broadcasts jammed in Ethiopia
Message-ID: <002e01cac330$3235beb0$3ba0c...@windowsv03oj4t>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Voice of America (VOA) reported today that its transmissions to Ethiopia are
being electronic jammed. The Ethiopian government denied responsibility.
VOA cited "international shortwave radio monitors" and complaints from
listeners in Ethiopia since February 22 about static the U.S. government-funded
station's daily, hour-long shortwave broadcast from Washington in Amharic-the
country's main official language. CPJ independently collected widespread local
accounts of interference exclusively on the Amharic service. VOA's half-hour
broadcasts in the other two local languages, Afan Oromo and Tigrigna, were
broadcasting normally, the sources said. David Borgida, a VOA spokesman told
Bloomberg News the station had not identified the source of the interference.
"The Ethiopian government has long had a hostile relationship with VOA and that
is why we view their denial of responsibility with some skepticism," said CPJ
Africa Program Coordinator Tom Rhodes. "We note that the Ethiopian government
has neither offered to investigate nor fix the problem."
In media interviews today, government spokesman Shimelis Kemal denied any
government involvement. "This is absolutely a sham," he told CPJ, adding that
"the Ethiopian government does not support the policy of restricting foreign
broadcasting services in the country. Such practices are prohibited in our
constitution."
Kemal was the government prosecutor who charged 21 journalists, including five
Washington-based VOA journalists, with anti-state crimes over their coverage of
the aftermath of disputed elections in May 2005. Under his leadership, the
Ethiopian Broadcasting Authority, the governmental authority responsible for
issuing print and broadcast licenses, in 2009 ordered private station Radio
Sheger to drop VOA newscasts and briefly revoked the accreditations of two VOA
stringers, according to CPJ research.
Kemal told CPJ the allegations were part of a "smear campaign" by "opposition
Web sites in the diaspora" ahead of general elections in May.
VOA is one of a handful of foreign-based independent stations, including
Deutsche Welle and Addis Dimts Radio, a station operated by the banned
opposition movement Ginbot 7, that have reported ongoing or recurring
interference of their broadcasts, according to CPJ research. Also in 2009,
Meleskachew Amaha, a VOA stringer, was thrown into prison for three weeks on
false tax charges that were later dismissed.
Source: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:39:05 +0100
From: "Arnaldo" <sl...@ciudad.com.ar>
To: <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Cc: cumbr...@cs2.ralabs.com, playdx2003 <playdx2...@yahoogroups.com>,
DXLD <d...@yahoogroups.com>, bcln...@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HCDX] Lugar introduces bill to permanently authorize Radio
Free Asia
Message-ID: <003201cac330$47610e70$3ba0c...@windowsv03oj4t>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar introduced legislation that would promote the free
dissemination of information in East Asia through the permanent authorization
of Radio Free Asia (S.3104).
Sens. Kaufman (D-DE), Franken (D-MN), and Inouye (D-HI) are original cosponsors
of the bill.
Congress created Radio Free Asia (RFA) in 1996 to broadcast news into Burma,
Cambodia, China, Laos, North Korea, Tibet and Vietnam in local languages and
dialects. The hope at the time was that the nations served by RFA would loosen
their grip on censorship as their economies modernized and living standards
improved; however, these reforms never materialized.
The human rights non-governmental organization Freedom House, which monitors
press freedom throughout the world, has noted that censorship and intimidation
of the media have worsened in the areas served by RFA, particularly in the last
five years as documented in its annual Freedom of the Press Index. RFA still
can only reach most of its audiences through short-wave radio and via the
internet using proxy servers. Governments routinely jam AM transmissions and
hack into RFA's websites and servers.
RFA has been funded by Congressional appropriations each year since it began
broadcasting but it has never been permanently authorized. Rather, its
continued existence is dependent on annual legislation extending its life by
another fiscal year.
"Recent high-profile cyber attacks underscore the reality that certain
governments still believe in blocking uncensored news from their citizens,"
Sen. Lugar said. "Permanent legal authority for Radio Free Asia would send a
strong signal that the U.S. supports freedom of the press across the globe."
(BIG News)
CPJ denuncia interfer?ncia de emiss?es da VOA em amarico
Addis Abeba - O Comit? para a Protec??o de Jornalistas (CPJ, baseado em Nova
Iorque) denunciou hoje, sexta-feira, a interfer?ncia das emiss?es em amarico
(l?ngua oficial et?ope) da r?dio p?blica americana, Voz de Am?rica (VOA) na
Eti?pia.
"VOA indica que tem havido um controlo electr?nico das suas emiss?es
internacionais em ondas curtas, e h? queixas dos ouvintes na Eti?pia, desde 22
de Fevereiro de 2010", informou o CPJ num comunicado, afirmando igualmente
registar-se uma colecta de informa??es", sustenta.
A VOA diz ainda que "h? testemunhos locais, relatando interfer?ncias que
afectam unicamente o servi?o em amarico".
"A meia-hora de programas di?rios noutras duas l?nguas locais, o oromifa e o
tigrigna, s?o emitidos normalmente", segundo as fontes citadas pelo CPJ.
O governo et?ope mantem desde longa data uma rela??o hostil com a VOA e ? por
isso que se considera a sua declara??o de n?o responsabilidade com cepticismo.
"N?s notamos que o governo et?ope n?o propos um inqu?rito, nem resolveu o
problema", estimou Tom Rhodes, respons?vel para ?frica do CPJ.
Interrogado pela AFP, o secret?rio et?ope para as Comunica??es, Shimeles Kemal,
indicou que "essas acusa??es s?o infundadas".(Portal Angop)
------------------------------
Message: 5
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:23:12 +0100
From: "Arnaldo" <sl...@ciudad.com.ar>
To: <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Cc: radioescu...@yahoogrupos.com.br, cumbr...@cs2.ralabs.com,
condigl...@yahoogroups.com, playdx2003 <playdx2...@yahoogroups.com>,
DXLD <d...@yahoogroups.com>, bcln...@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HCDX] Help!
Message-ID: <004501cac336$714a8580$3ba0c...@windowsv03oj4t>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
UNID
5080 UNID (tentative: WTWW, Lebanon in Tennessee, USA), 1008-1015, March 14,
English,
Religious talk by male (in english), 24422
Strong QSB.
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
------------------------------
Message: 6
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:16:32 +0100
From: "cesar P.DS" <cp...@hotmail.com>
To: <frecuenci...@hotmail.com>
Subject: [HCDX] hello friend
Message-ID: <snt142-w33023ef4a0ea82b2bba78cfa...@phx.gbl>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:47:54 EDT
From: brian384...@aol.com
To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] Cupid Radio on 15060.14
Message-ID: <a97b.cc0fada.38ce5...@aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
** EURO-PIRATE. 15060.14 Cupid Radio, 1500-1544+, March 14,
pop music. ID announcements. Acknowledged listeners? reports.
Threshold/very weak but occasional peaks up to weak to fair levels.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot long wires
------------------------------
Message: 8
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:09:45 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesch...@web.de>
To: "HCDX" <hard-core...@kotalampi.com>, "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] afternoon log March 14th
Message-ID: <e47eb421ce064415812979e5efb00...@hnpc2>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Excellent propagation condition this afternoon March 14th even on 13, 16,
and 19 mb.
USA For the first time in past two years I heard reliable signals from US
stations in 13 mb again. 21640 WHRI noted on S=4 level at 1635 UT March
14th. YFR from Okeechobee Florida in Russian noted with S=7 level on 21745
kHz at 1640 UT.
English at 1700 UT from WBCQ Kennebunk on 15420 kHz, S=8 level, ahead and
severe interference to BBCWS nx from Meyerton outlet.
13570 WINB Red Lion, funky bohemian like signal, like "rasp ssb mode" sound
at 1710 UT, English sermon, S=6-7.
ASCENSION ISL 17700 Southern Sudan Interactive Radio Instruction to Sudan,
noted here in southern Germany at 1600-1700 UT from Ascension with Arabic by
S=9+10dB level.
CHINA/TAIWAN 9380 Firedrake jamming music noted here, against -
supposedly - Xi Wang Zhi Sheng SOH from Taiwan, noted the jammer in
1730-1750 UT time slot, S=7 level.
GERMANY/ETHIOPIA 11810 Voice of Oromo Liberation via Wertachtal noted
1700-1800 UT, Suns only. But JAMMED heavily by Ethiopian broadband HISS
jamming.
LIBYA 15215 LJBC Sabrata in French "Voice of Africa" program with phone in
program, terrible distorted small 2 kHz wide audio feederline quality -
phone in from somewhere in Africa, at 1655 UT March 14.
SRI LANKA 11750 SLBC Ekala 300 kW unit in Sinhala to ME foreign workers,
noted S=9+20dB, March 14th at 1730-1740 UT.
UNID but probably RHC with R Nac de Venezuela program on 17750 kHz at 16-17
UT, poor S=6 level.
UAE 9650 Came across 'dimmed' Polish Radio Warsaw in English via VT-group
Al Dhabbaya relay at 1800-1900 UT, only suffers by fair S=6-7 level. Also
low modulation, like noted previously also on DWL transmissions in 49 mb
last winter. This location has never been observed with reliable signals
from VT-group relay arrangements towards Europe.
wb
------------------------------
Message: 9
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:00:29 +0100
From: "Arnaldo" <sl...@ciudad.com.ar>
To: <condigl...@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com, NoticiasDX
<noticia...@yahoogroups.com>, Domesticas Y Tropicales
<domesticasytropica...@yahoogroups.com>, cumbr...@cs2.ralabs.com,
playdx2003 <playdx2...@yahoogroups.com>, DXLD
<d...@yahoogroups.com>,
bcln...@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HCDX] Captaciones/Escutas/Logs
Message-ID: <01ce01cac38f$780edca0$3ba0c...@windowsv03oj4t>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
BRAZIL
9819,12 Radio Nove de Julho, Sao Paulo, SP, 0940-0950, March 11, Portuguese,
Time Cheek, announcement and ID as: "hora serte....6 y 45 minutos...en la Nove
de Julho, Sao Paulo". Greetings to Guarulhos, 34433
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
4840 WWCR, Nassville, TN, 0953-0957, March 09, English,
religious talk by male & female, 34333
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
VANUATU
5055 Radio Vanuatu, Port Vila, 0945-0950, March 09, Vernacular,
local songs, announcement by male in vernacular, 24232
(Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina)
------------------------------
Message: 10
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:16:04 -0500
From: shortw...@clubmember.org
To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] VO Democratic Alliance
Message-ID: <8cc8162f96ad89a-1904-4...@web-mmc-m01.sysops.aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
7165, 21/2 1505, Voice of Democratic Alliance, 343, talk in Arabic with
music in between mentioning Eritrea, Sudan, Yemen (Tony Ashar, West
Java, Indonesia)
------------------------------
Message: 11
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:49:05 -0500
From: shortw...@clubmember.org
To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] Fwd: VO Democratic Alliance
Message-ID: <8cc8249e5cdc708-1f44-2...@web-mmc-m01.sysops.aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
-----Original Message-----
From: shortw...@clubmember.org
To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Sent: Mon, Feb 22, 2010 6:16 am
Subject: VO Democratic Alliance
7165, 21/2 1505, Voice of Democratic Alliance, 343, talk in Arabic with
music in between mentioning Eritrea, Sudan, Yemen (Tony Ashar, West
Java, Indonesia)
------------------------------
Message: 12
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:32:41 EDT
From: brian384...@aol.com
To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] March 13-14 Logs
Message-ID: <208c7.15f4db95.38cec...@aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
** ARGENTINA. 6060, Radio Nacional, 0020-0045, March 14,
Spanish programming with live sports coverage. Weak under Cuba
and Brazil. // 15345.25 - weak but readable. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Radio Africa, 2110-2120, March 14,
very strong but overmodulated audio producing a somewhat distorted
signal. Very emotional English preacher. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6876 AM, The Crystal Ship, 2210-2325,
March 14, IDs. 70s pop music. Fake ads. Very good. (Brian Alexander,
PA)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6924.43 AM, Captain Morgan, 2250,
March 13, Blues music. Twilight Zone theme music. ID. Weak.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6924.4 USB, Barnyard Radio, 1950,
March 13, punk music. ID. Poor. Weak but readable. (Brian Alexander,
PA)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6952.6 AM, WHYP, 1445-1500, March
14, rock music. ID. Discussion about pirate radio. Good signal. (Brian
Alexander, PA)
** NORTH AMERICA. [Pirate]. 6955.27 AM, WMPR, 2157-2206*,
March 14, electronic dance music. Computer voice ID. Good.
?WMPR-Micro Power Radio? ID. (Brian Alexander, PA)
** SUDAN [non]. via Slovakia, 7385, Miraya FM, 0315-0600*, March
14, local music. Arabic talk. Many ?Miraya? jingles. English news at
0402-0411. IDs as Radio Miraya and Miraya FM. Back to Arabic
programming at 0412 with local music and Arabic talk. Fair signal.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot long wires
------------------------------
Message: 13
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:20:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 14-15, 2010
Message-ID: <143385.70402...@web51107.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
** CHINA. Firedrake March 14: 8400 VG but with flutter at 1357 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 17705, March 14 at 2248 check, RHC in French (definitely, not Creole).
Supposed to be in Guarani at this time per WRTH and its own schedule
http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/c_frecuencia/frecuencias.htm
Next check of 17705, March 15 at 0009, lofi Cuban jazz piano music, then into
propaganda in Quechua about the ``terremoto`` in Haiti and how much Cuba has
aided the victims. Come on! The Quechua surely have their own word for
earthquake, experiencing them long before first contact with the Spaniards, and
don`t need to depend on Spanish for that term (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. R. Mart? has shifted its programming one UT hour earlier due to
DST in Miami, and Habana compliantly goes along with it by matching its own
clox to USA EDT = UT -4.
Sunday March 14, on 7405, Arte Latino show all about ``Guantanamera`` and
Jose?to Fern?ndez, in progress at 1340, i.e. starting at 1330 instead of 1430
as in winter. No jamming audible either on this frequency; possibly the DCJC
has become confused. While Mart? programming has shifted, there may not be any
UT change in transmissions and frequencies until A-10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, R. Africa still broadcasting child-sex evangelist
convict Tony Alamo, his bored tones immediately recognizable at 2216 March 14.
Next check at 2251 the signal was off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUAHAN. 15320, KSDA during AWR Wavescan, UT Sunday March 14 at 2251, good
with report from Philippines segment about volcanoes, the Provincial Mindanao
Network (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9524.9, VOI again on its alternate frequency instead of 9525.9,
March 14 at 1404 during music, good signal, fair modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6876, at 2220 March 14, music but too weak vs local noise.
Much stronger at next check 2255. Figured it was The Crystal Ship, and
confirmed by John Poet when I opened my e-mailbox later. He said he might
switch to 5385 at 2330, and at my next check 0024 UT March 15, there was 5385.3
with comedy bit made up of out-of-context clips from records (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. VOA Creole normally makes DST shifts to one hour earlier despite lack
of DST in Ha?ti, but want to be convenient for Washingtonians. With all the
additional transmissions prompted by the quake, how this all shakes out may be
more confusing than usual.
March 14 at 2210 I found 11905 on the air, but not 13725 or 15390; all three
had previously been used for one of the overt hours at 22-23. Those may all
have been running now at 21-22, unchecked yet. At 2244, 11905 was still going
and 7590 had been added. The latter used to start at 2300 to fill in a gap.
At 2302 LVA was to be heard only on 7590 and 5835. At 0018 on 5835, and nothing
on 7465 even tho WWCR is on 7490 during that hour now. At 0115 LVA on 5835 and
7465, not 5890 or 7590. Perhaps this will all start to fall into place by
Monday or later this week, with no help from the outdated and incomplete VOA
A-Z language schedule.
VOA Spanish also timeshifts, surely causing nothing but confusion everywhere
but Cuba which like a lapdog, keeps its clox in step with the nonsensical USA
DST change dates.
The evening broadcast is supposedly daily at 00-01 on 5890 and 9885, but both
frequencies absent March 15 at 0005 check. Was this already on at 23-24, or
taking Sunday night off? After 0100, A Fondo, which is falsely shown as daily
on the A-Z schedule, was nowhere to be heard on listed 7340, 9415 or 11625.
When it comes back by UT Tuesday, will it have shifted one hour earlier too?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17540, March 14 at 1443, YL sermon on KJ vs other versions, long
pauses in `live` service recorded ``tonight``, 1445 referring to Ephesians VI:
12.
VG, at least as strong as WYFR 17760. Nothing ordinarily heard on 17540 during
morningly bandscans, but this is registered daily at 14-15 only, from WHRI to
NAf/ME, i.e. Tunisia to Oman. Must be in use only on Sundays, or just started
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. From next week on WWCR 3215, WORLD OF RADIO will be at 0630 Sundays,
but this week something else was still on at that hour, so presumably WOR went
out at 0730 UT March 14, one more time before the clockshift.
WWCR-3 already on 5070 instead of 12160, March 14 at 2218 UT. Instead of
previous practice, keeping about the same UT frequency schedule before and
after DST change date, while programming all moved one UT hour earlier, the new
schedule just posted at the last minute for the next two weeks until A-10
begins, shows most of the frequencies are also changing one UT hour earlier
than before, e.g. 12160 to 5070 at 2200, and 5070 to 4840 at 0200 instead of
0300. It really does not make propagational sense to go from 12 to 5 MHz an
hour *earlier* when the sun is setting *later* and later; that`s one of the
`benefits` of our wonderful DST nonsense.
This means the DX block now at 0200-0300 UT Sundays, including WORLD OF RADIO
at 0230, will remain on 4840 instead of 5070 as we had anticipated; and the
Friday 2030 UT airing will remain on 7465 instead of 15825. We can`t complain
about that.
In CDT and UT, showing nominal powers and azimuths, here`s the full
WWCR B09 Schedule March 14, 2010 to March 28, 2010:
from http://www.wwcr.com/transmitter-sched.html
Transmitter #1 - 100 KW - 46 Degrees
12:00 AM-04:00 AM 0500-0900 3215
04:00 AM-06:00 AM 0900-1100 9985
06:00 AM-03:00 PM 1100-2000 15825
03:00 PM-07:00 PM 2000-0000 7465
07:00 PM-08:00 PM 0000-0100 7490
08:00 PM-12:00 AM 0100-0500 3215
Transmitter #2 - 100 KW - 85 Degrees
12:00 AM-07:00 AM 0500-1200 5935
07:00 AM-07:00 PM 1200-0000 13845
07:00 PM-12:00 AM 0000-0500 5935
Transmitter #3 - 100 KW - 40 Degrees
12:00 AM-06:00 AM 0500-1100 4840
06:00 AM-11:00 AM 1100-1600 7490
11:00 AM-05:00 PM 1600-2200 12160
05:00 PM-09:00 PM 2200-0200 5070
09:00 PM-12:00 AM 0200-0500 4840
Transmitter #4 - 100 KW - 90 Degrees
12:00 AM-06:00 AM 0500-1100 5890
06:00 AM-08:00 PM 1100-0100 9980
08:00 PM-12:00 AM 0100-0500 5890
(Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. At 1911 UT Sunday March 14, WORLD OF RADIO just barely audible on
WRMI 9955, mixed with pulsing from the DentroCuban Jamming Command. Tnx a lot,
Arnie! Has been scheduled for some time Saturdays and Sundays at 3 pm ET, now
1900 UT. This also confirms that WRMI is on the air Sunday afternoons, unlike
weekdays. The latest WRMI program schedule grid has been posted on the DXLD
yahoogroup (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WBCQ normally shifts all its programming one UT hour earlier when DST
starts, since it runs on local clock time. This is especially problematical for
its lowest frequency, 5110 with Area 51, which now has another hour of daytime
absorption to contend with, and growing, as we zip past the equinox in another
week.
The Sunday transmission had been starting at 2200 UT with Pirates Week, and
2230 International Radio Report, so are these now one hour earlier? Checked the
webcast and P.W. had already started at 2100, but 5110 not audible here.
Meanwhile, Marion`s Attic has shifted to 2100 UT Sundays on 7415; that was JBA
here, but it took another hour before 5110 became JBA at 2218 check with
something else.
March 14-20 program scheduling for Area 51 is now available at
http://www.worldmicroscope.com showing something else replaced I.R.R. at 2130
Sunday, this week only? It still shows WORLD OF RADIO (webcast only) at 8 pm
Thursday, i.e. now 0000 UT Friday.
Same website/blog also has lots of audio from the SWL Winterfest, including the
6-hour non-broadcast Saturday night March 6. Also: ``This may be the last year
the Fest is held at the Best Western Towamencin; the location for next year?s
event is undermined at this time``. How about moving it to the center of the
country, so I might appear (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WTWW check March 14-UT 15: tune-in 9480 at 0001 and still on with
country gospel music, shortly off at 0002*. This time the QSY to 5080 was
quick; in fact they got there before I did tho I had waited a few sex before
punching in 5080 on the DX-398 keypad. Same music continued in progress,
presumably from the PPP feed. I thought they might have shifted the changeover
time with DST. See also UNIDENTIFIED 9480 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. WWRB has also moved a UT hour earlier: At 0119 March 15, 3145 was
already on with Brother Scare, 3185 with other programming, and WWCR on 3215
which WWRB now uses only until 0100, then changing to 3145 which continues to
be an unregistered frequency, tho perhaps the FCC knows about it (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WTJC, 9370, March 15 at 0012 in lofi Arabic talk, 0013 hymn in a
minor key, 0015 more sermon. Had not tried to measure it lately, but now it`s
only slightly low, not more than 40 Hz or so.
On Feb 26 I had put it at 9369.8, and Brian Alexander found it drifting as low
at 9369.76. They`ve picked just the right time to broadcast in Arabic, when
most speakers are sound asleep (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** WESTERN SAHARA [non]. 6297.1, March 14 at 2221, some very enthusiastic talk,
and somewhat staider announcement at 2241, R. Nacional de la RASD. Missed
hearing anything definitely in Spanish as supposedly happens at 23-24; next
check at 0003 March 15, open carrier still on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Shortly after WTWW [see USA] left 9480 at 0002 March 15, for
5080, I checked 9480 again at 0006 and there was an open carrier, still at
0011. Strong, but not as big as WTWW had been. Presumably VOA GB tuning up for
its next broadcast on that frequency which would not be until 0530-0630 M-F in
French to Africa (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
My previous report, starting with China on 15550, had the wrong dates in the
subject line, March 12-13 instead of 13-14. Thus unopened it may have appeared
to be a duplicate of the original March 12-13 report which was really totally
different. ###
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 87, Issue 15
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