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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. Re: Logs for Al Muick (Wolfgang Bueschel) 2. Fw: RUS-DX # 207-C, 17 October 2010 (Wolfgang Bueschel) 3. Radio Inconfidencia on air again now, 15189.7 (Manuel M?ndez) 4. Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation -ZNBC- to go satelite (Arnaldo) 5. Logs (Manuel M?ndez) 6. Oct. 17 African logs (L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec) 7. LA ROSA DE TOKYO PARA ESTA SEMANA: BIELORRUSIA Y UCRANIA (Arnaldo) 8. Radio Inconfidencia en 19 metros (Arnaldo) 9. Glenn Hauser logs October 17, 2010 (Glenn Hauser) 10. Cypriot radio stations (Robert Wilkner) 11. Oct 17 Logs (brian384...@aol.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:08:42 +0200 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesch...@web.de> To: "Albert Muick" <radioresearch_field_operati...@yahoo.com>, "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: Re: [HCDX] Logs for Al Muick Message-ID: <6ef496e461854a948453ae8ebf1e3...@hnpc2> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original RUS Volgograd 567 kHz 1000 kW, 810 kHz 500 kW, 1161 kHz 75 kW Coordinates 48?40'39.82"N 44?24'40.31"E Visible at http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=48%C2%B040%2739.82%22N+44%C2%B024%2740.31%22E&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=19.253434,57.084961&ie=UTF8&ll=48.677729,44.411201&spn=0.009875,0.027874&t=h&z=16 vy73 wb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Albert Muick" To: <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 4:05 AM Subject: [HCDX] Logs for Al Muick > QTH: Kabul, Afghanistan > RX: WinRadio G303e > ANT: 100m Longwire/Randomwire > ACC: Palstar MW-550P Mediumwave Preselector > > 567 16 OCT, 1754 UTC, RUSSIA, Radio Rossii, Volgograd, in Russian playing > old showtunes, into time pips and ID in Russian on the hour. This is a > 1000kW operation according to WRTH. Good signal levels with moderate > fading > and very little QRM. > > 73s and good DX to all! > Al ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:36:50 +0200 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesch...@web.de> To: "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com>, "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: [HCDX] Fw: RUS-DX # 207-C, 17 October 2010 Message-ID: <d4cc4e340d7e4fbb82f17e5c722d0...@hnpc2> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original SPAIN >a program which will conduct Yina Krasnopolsky [probably well known Tina Krasnopolskaya from DWL Russian service Bonn? wb.]. (Vasily Guljaev. Astrakhan, Rossija./?open_dx?) RUSdx Oct 17 ----- Original Message ----- From: "rusdx" Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 Subject: RUS-DX # 207-C, 17 October 2010 ?RUS-DX? # 207 ? ? Broadcasting of Russia, countries of CIS and Baltiya Sunday / 17 , October 2010 Information bulletin of Russian DX League Electronic version. If quoting from the bulletin, please list the original reporter and ?RUS-DX? as a source. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPAIN According to the information from Svetlana Demidovoj (REE), in the near future it is possible There will be on Russian service of this station a program which will conduct Yina Krasnopolsky. The format, the maintenance and other details will be declared later. Yours faithfully, (Vasily Guljaev. Astrakhan, Rossija./?open_dx?) ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:33:33 +0200 From: Manuel M?ndez <manuelmend...@gmail.com> To: Anker Petersen <anker.peter...@mail.dk> Subject: [HCDX] Radio Inconfidencia on air again now, 15189.7 Message-ID: <4cbac2ed.50...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Manuel M?ndez Lugo, Espa?a Escuchas realizadas en Friol Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW 7600 G Antena de cable, 10 metros, orientada WSW De nuevo Radio Inconfidencia, 15189.7 ahora por la ma?ana, 0926 UTC, sin interferencia en 15190 BRASIL 15189.7, Radio Inconfidencia, Bello Horizonte, 0926-0933, 17-10, locutor, locutora, portugu?s, comentarios, anuncios comerciales. 24322. (M?ndez) ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 07:18:51 +0200 From: "Arnaldo" <sl...@ciudad.com.ar> To: "playdx2003" <playdx2...@yahoogroups.com> Cc: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com, DXLD <d...@yahoogroups.com>, cumbr...@cs2.ralabs.com, bcln...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [HCDX] Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation -ZNBC- to go satelite Message-ID: <3e102364781e408f842271f13bcac...@windowsv03oj4t> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Information Minister, Ronnie Shikapwasha has maintained that the ZAMBIA National Broadcasting Corporation -ZNBC- will soon place all its channels on satellite, for effective transmission countrywide. Lieutenant General Shikapwasha told Parliament that government has in next years national budget allocated fifteen Billion Kwacha to enable the corporation secure satellite space for five years. He said the corporation will further buy 48 FM transmitters which will be installed in rural areas in 2011. Lieutenant General Shikapwasha added that the development has been necessitated following the break down of ZNBC Radio One and Two Shortwave signals in February 2010.(http://www.znbc.co.zm) ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 12:23:14 +0200 From: Manuel M?ndez <manuelmend...@gmail.com> To: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> Subject: [HCDX] Logs Message-ID: <4cbace92.3040...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Manuel M?ndez Lugo, Espa?a Escuchas realizadas en Friol Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW 7600 G Antena de cable, 10 metros, orientada WSW ANGOLA, 4949.9, Radio Nacional, Mulenvos, 0503-0510, 17-10, locutor, portugu?s, comentarios. Muy d?bil. 15321. (M?ndez) ARGELIA, 6297.3, Radio Nacional de la Rep?blica Arabe Saharaui, 0712-0720, 17-10, ?rabe, comentarios. 34433. (M?ndez) ARGENTINA, 6060, Radio Nacional, General Pacheco, 2134-2145, 16-10, transmisi?n partido de f?tbol Col?n-Estudiantes de La Plata, locutor: "Uno a cero gana Col?n". 34433. (M?ndez) AUSTRALIA, 5025, VL8K, Katherine, *2130-2135, 16-10, locutora, ingl?s, noticias. 14321. (M?ndez) BRASIL 4845.2, Radio Cultura Ondas Tropicais, Manaus, 2149-2157, 16-10, f?tbol, locutor, comentarios. Mauritania fuera del aire. 14321. (M?ndez) 4915, Radiodifusora Macap?, Macap?, 0640-0710, 17-10, identificaci?n: "630kHz, AM, 4915 kHz, ondas tropicais, Radiodifusora Macap?" "Radiodifusora Macap?, a melhor programa??o de r?dio ", "Radiodifusora Macap?, 64 anos con voc?", comentarios, canciones. 34433. (M?ndez) 5045, Radio Cultura do Par?, Bel?m, 0614-0625, 17-10, canciones brasile?as, locutor, portugu?s, comentarios. 34433. (M?ndez) 9630, Radio Aparecida, Aparecida, 2050-2058, 16-10, locutor, portugu?s, "Boa noite, Brasil", "Este s?bado, a media noite, come?a o horario de verao". "Na Radio Aparecida". 24322. (M?ndez) 9645.3, Radio Bandeirantes, Sao Paulo, 0522-0533, 17-10, locutor, locutora, comentarios, portugu?s, canciones, identificaci?n: "Bandeirantes". 34433. (M?ndez) 9665.1, Voz Missionaria, Cambori?, 2108-2120, 16-10, locutor, portugu?s, comentario religioso: "A nosa Radio, Voz Missionaria", locutor, canciones religiosas. 24322. (M?ndez) 9820, Radio 9 de Julho, Sao Paulo, 0655-0717, 16-10, portugu?s, locutor, programa religioso, entrevista con oyentes por tel?fono. 24322. Tambi?n, 0420-0550, 17-10, programa: "Com a mae aparecida", "Hoje vamos a falar do noso Senhor", canciones religosas, "A protecci?n de Deus", "Sao Paulo", "A nosa Senhora Aparecida de Brasil", "Horario brasileiro", a las 0534: "3 horas e 34 minutos. 24322. (M?ndez) 11725, Radio Novas de Paz, Curitiba, 2104-2107. 16-10, canciones religiosas, locutor, comentario religioso. 24322. (M?ndez) 11735, Radio Transmundial, Santa Mar?a, 1835-1845, 16-10, locutor, portugu?s, comentario religioso: "O Profeta do Senhor", locutora, indentificaci?n: "Radio Transmundial", canciones religiosas. 23322. (M?ndez) 11749.9, Voz Missionaria, Cambori?, 2018-2033, 16-10, locutor, portugu?s, comentario religioso. 13221. (M?ndez) 11765, Super Radio Deus e Amor, Curitiba, 0852-0857, 16-10, locutor, portugu?s, religioso, serm?n. 34433. (M?ndez) 11815, Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, 0902-0921, 16-10, portugu?s, comentarios, identificaci?n: "Radio Brasil Central", canciones brasile?as. 34433. (M?ndez) 11830, Radio Daqu?, Goiania, 2055-2103*, 16-10, canciones brasile?as, identificaci?n: "Radio Daqu?", locutor, cierre a las 2103. 34433. (M?ndez) 11915, Radio Gaucha, Porto Alegre, 2102-2110, 16-10, portugu?s, f?tbol, locutor, comentarios. 24322. (M?ndez) 15189.7, Radio Inconfidencia, Bello Horizonte, 1620-1950, 16-10, locutor, portugu?s, comentarios: "Apresentamos... o noso Brasil", m?sica, canciones brasile?as. A las 1700 anuncios comerciales, identificaci?n: "... onda media, ... , ondas curtas, 49 metros, 6010 kHz, Radio Inconfidencia", "Boa Tarde", "A Radio Inconfidencia". A partir de las1715 eclipsada por fuerte interferencia de otras emisoras, luego, a partir de las 1930 cesa la interferencia, y se vuelve a escuchar con se?al aceptable. A las 1935 clara identificaci?n, locutor: " 4 horas 35 minutos, Seja bemvido a Radio Inconfidencia". 24322. Tambi?n escuchada 0925-0958, 17-10, locutor, locutora, comentarios, anuncios comerciales, canciones, identificaci?n a las 0938: "Onda media, 880 kHz, ondas curtas, 6010 kHz..., 15190 kHz...Radio Inconfidencia", "Bom d?a". A las 0958 eclipsada por China Radio International en 15190 kHz. 24422. (M?ndez) COLOMBIA 5910, Marfil Estereo, Lomalinda, 0506-0735, 17-10, canciones latinoamericanas, identificaci?n: "Marfil Estereo", a las 0730 comentario religioso, por Martin Stendal. 23322. (M?ndez) 6010, La Voz de tu Conciencia, Lomalinda, (probable), 0402-0500, 17-10, locutora, programa "Tu historia preferida", historia sobre una ni?a llamada Florencia, que quiere ser enfermera. "Escriba a nuestro programa: Apartado 260 San Jos? 2120, Costa Rica o para nuestros oyentes en Sudam?rica, Casilla 1423, Cochabamba, Bolivia", a partir de las 0430 canciones religiosas en espa?ol. 24322. (M?ndez) DJIBOUTI, 4780, Radio Djibouti, Arta, 2057-2102, 16-10, canciones, vernaculo. 34433. (M?ndez) INDIA 4840, AIR, Mumbai, 1713-1720, 16-10, m?sica hind?. 24322. (M?ndez) 5010, AIR, Thiruvananthapuran, 1607-1731, 16-10, m?sica hind?, a las 1729 locutora, ingl?s, noticias. 24322. (M?ndez) MEXICO 6010, Radio Mil, M?xico D. F., 0720-0740, 17-10, canciones latinoamericanas, identificaci?n: "Vive M?xico en Radio Mil". 13221. Muy d?bil. (M?ndez) 6185, Radio Educaci?n, M?xico D. F., 0705-0735, 17-10, canciones, l?rica. 24322. (M?ndez) PERU 4790, Radio Visi?n, Chiclayo, 0621-0650, 17-10, locutor, espa?ol, comentario religioso. Muy d?bil. 14321. (M?ndez) 4974.8, Radio del Pac?fico, Lima, 0635-0650, 17-10, canciones religiosas en espa?ol. Muy d?bil. 14321. (M?ndez) 6019.4, Radio Victoria, Lima, 0643-0655, 17-10, locutor, espa?ol: "Nuestro pastor David Miranda", "La Voz de la Liberaci?n". 34433. (M?ndez) 9720, Radio Victoria, Lima, 0536-0620, 17-10, locutor, espa?ol, programa: "La Voz de la Liberaci?n". 24322. (M?ndez) ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 09:18:07 -0200 From: L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec <eefi...@yahoo.com.br> To: <Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com>, <cumbr...@n2jeu.net>, <playdx2...@yahoogroups.com>, <d...@yahoogroups.com>, <g...@apple.email.ne.jp>, "Anker Petersen" <anker.peter...@mail.dk>, <worldbandra...@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [HCDX] Oct. 17 African logs Message-ID: <001301cb6ded$1e99be20$546e2...@home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 4950, R. Nacional de Angola, Mulenvos. October, 17 0455-0507 African music, top of the hour Portuguese announcements by male, time pips, news program "Assembl?ia Nacional autorizada.." male ID "R. Nacional de Angola!". Deterioring, 25333 (lob-B). 3960, Liberia, Star Radio. October, 17 0543-0551 male in English talks. Very weak, 25322 (lob-B). 7350, R. Nigeria, Abuja. October, 17 0558-0615 male in accent English talks, top of the hour announcements by male and female, seems news program, sometimes outside talks with prominent lower level audio than studio, "Nigerians", many mentions of "R. Nigeria", canned male on music sounding like ads. 35443, (lob-B). 73's L?cio Ot?vio Bobrowiec - Embu SP Brasil - Sony SW40 - Dipole 18m, 32m, Longwire 22m. ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:42:24 +0200 From: "Arnaldo" <sl...@ciudad.com.ar> To: <condigl...@yahoogroups.com> Cc: radioescu...@yahoogrupos.com.br, hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com, span...@kbs.co.kr, NoticiasDX <noticia...@yahoogroups.com>, Domesticas Y Tropicales <domesticasytropica...@yahoogroups.com>, Luis Mar?a Barassi <luismbara...@gmail.com>, DXLD <d...@yahoogroups.com>, playdx2003 <playdx2...@yahoogroups.com>, cumbr...@cs2.ralabs.com, "lu5ag.Raul" <lu5ag.r...@gmail.com>, bcln...@yahoogroups.com, Mirian Turkula <mist...@gmail.com> Subject: [HCDX] LA ROSA DE TOKYO PARA ESTA SEMANA: BIELORRUSIA Y UCRANIA Message-ID: <3e6b4a061f424366a1764814464c5...@windowsv03oj4t> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Recuerden que semana a semana el Grupo Radioescucha Argentino colabora activamente con "La Rosa de Tokyo", espacio que se irradia cada s?bado por LS11 Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires. El programa de este s?bado 17 de Octubre de 2010 (que en d?as sucesivos puede escucharse en http://programasdx.com/larosadetokio.htm) estar? dedicado a visitar radiof?nicamente Bielorrusia y Ucrania. Conoceremos su historia y su presente radial, haciendo especial hincapi? en sus emisoras m?s representativas. Tambi?n, se ilustrar? el programa con material sonoro hist?rico. La Rosa de Tokyo es un programa dedicado a difundir el apasionante mundo de la radio y del diexismo que se transmite semanalmente desde los estudios de LS11 Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires. Puede ser escuchada los d?as s?bados de 12: 00 UTC a 13:00 Tiempo Universal Coordinado (09:00 a 10-00 hora LU) por los 1270 Khz y en Internet por http://www.amprovincia.com.ar/ Adem?s, una extensa red de emisoras de frecuencia modulada de toda la Rep?blica Argentina retransmite en forma semanal nuestro programa en diferentes d?as y horarios. La Rosa de Tokyo tambi?n sale por onda corta gracias a las facilidades brindadas por WRMI Radio Miami Internacional (http://www.wrmi.net/). Tambi?n puede ser escuchada en cualquier momento entrando en la p?gina ProgramasDX y haciendo "click" en http://programasdx.com/larosadetokio.htm Desde este v?nculo tambi?n podr?n acceder al archivo que recaba ediciones anteriores del programa. SOMMA, Omar y SLAEN, Arnaldo ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:20:56 +0200 From: "Arnaldo" <sl...@ciudad.com.ar> To: <condigl...@yahoogroups.com> Cc: radioescu...@yahoogrupos.com.br, hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com, NoticiasDX <noticia...@yahoogroups.com>, Domesticas Y Tropicales <domesticasytropica...@yahoogroups.com>, playdx2003 <playdx2...@yahoogroups.com>, cumbr...@cs2.ralabs.com, bcln...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [HCDX] Radio Inconfidencia en 19 metros Message-ID: <70c07519e75e44179a82ceae5a6f6...@windowsv03oj4t> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" BRAZIL 15190 Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, MG, 1340-1400, October 17, Portuguese. Announcement by male as: "....en cualquier parte do pais ligado no Radio Inconfidencia............................". Other ID & ann. as: "Inconfidencia apresento Delirio & Cia", Complete ID as 1400 UTC: " ondas curtas da 19 metros 15190 Khz....emisora da Rede Inconfidencia de Radio............................", SINPO: 34432. Best reception on LSB mode. (Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina) ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:02:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: d...@yahoogroups.com Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 17, 2010 Message-ID: <234236.28789...@web51103.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 ** ALASKA. 7355, KNLS makes a rare appearance here during English hour. I tune by this frequency just about every morning and can`t hear it either due to propagation or sporadicity. Anyhow, Oct 17 at 1210, fair signal talking about Charles Russell, western painter, ``tribute to cowboy life in Oklahoma City, just another stop along the American highway``, i.e. Rte. 66. As always, the secular segments are too short, segu? to ``True Stories from the Bible in Contemporary English``, about Xerxes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 6175, instead of Vietnam in Vietnamese, Oct 17 at 0513 via CANADA, the VTC music fill loop was already running instead of waiting until 0527:30. Babcock master control in London (on BBC premises) must have lost incoming programme feed. Meanwhile, the NHK relay via Sackville on 6110 was normal: that`s a direct exchange with RCI, maybe not routed thru London (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake October 17: none found 8-15 MHz between 1248 and 1255. However, I see that plenty of it is being reported at other times and from other places, e.g. Wolfgang B?schel in Germany, so my lack of it must be primarily propagational (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUATEMALA. 4055.0, R. Verdad JBA at 0514 Oct 17, matching 6055.0 REE (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** JAPAN [and non]. TP bandscan for carriers, Oct 17 just before sunrise: from 1217 upward in USB mode on the DX-398 at 9-kHz steps: 594, 693, 774, 792, 891, 1053, 1098, 1134. From 1223 downward in LSB mode, could hear only 1098, 774; no audios, so flip to 10 kHz for Mexican SRS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. Another search for sunrise skip MW DX, Oct 17. Around 1225, usual suspects on 610, 650, 730, 870, probably relogs so kept seeking elsewhere. 700, at 1231, Mexican NA from the WSW; 1233 quick jingle ID with call letters but could not copy, ``Buenos d?as de XE ---``, TC for 27:7 so is in CST/MDT zone, into canned show ``Consejos para un mejor vivir``, maybe about astrology? At least that was mentioned, soon fading out. Per WRTH the only fit is XEGD, 5 kW, La Poderosa, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua. All others are in the wrong part of Mexico except XEETCH, 5 kW daytimer, La Voz de los Tres R?os, Etchojoa, Sonora, but that`s in the UT-7 zone. ** OKLAHOMA [and non?]. Continuing monitoring of steady but snowy analog signal on channel 48 from the northeast with relay of KUOK-35, DTV Univisi?n from Woodward/OKC: strength did not increase much toward local midnight 0500 UT Oct 17, but the channel 18 DTV ``bad`` signal I was getting from same direxion did turn out to be Ponca City`s KTEW, decoding at 0248 with RetroTV // KXOK-31 Enid, as we also see joint IDs with it on the latter. Was Saturday night B&W horror movie with color breaks by costumed studio hosts and macabre puppets. KTEW PSIP displays as 18-1 KTEW-DT. That rules out KCPT Kansas City reception on 18, further evidence that the ch 48 is not KUKC. Better reception on 48 tnx to morning tropo enhancement. More Univisi?n with OKC ad breaks; at 1430 I catch a supered ID in tiny letters at the upper right, of two lines. The second line says Canal 13 de Cable (not sure of the number), and the first line is mostly off-screen! due to the permanent over-scan of the old Zenith 12-inch set I use for analog DX. Maybe the solution to this is on that invisible line. At 1500 ran regular KUOK ID slide showing calls of ch 36 and 48 relays in OKC, not this one, plus 5-day forecast. Perhaps the UR supered IDs appear only on the half-hour? Unfortunately had faded too far down by 1530. Must keep an eye on that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** PERU. 18057.9, Oct 17 at 1343, very weak carrier, then bits of audio, only music past 1353. R. Victoria, Lima, 3 x 6019.3 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA. 5930, mostly motorboating rather than Russian programming audible, R. Rossii, already at 0516 UT Oct 17, even earlier than the night before. Would be interesting to detect just how early it can be heard, as winter solstice oncomes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TUNISIA. 9725, soprano with Arabic song, Oct 17 at 0506, good signal. Figured it might be Tunisia so checked 7275, and found that // just in time, as 9725 cut off the air in mid-song at 0507:30 after a few sex of dead air, which is the typical pattern when RTT deliberately goes off. Then at 0511:05*, 7275 also cut off the air. That must have been unexpected. Next check at 0605, 7275 was back on along with // 7335 in Arabic talk, news? Per WRTH May update, nominal closetime for 9725 is 0500, along with 12005. HFCC registrations for this read roughly one hour later than reality. Why would RTT go from higher bands before sunrise to lower bands later? 9725 is aimed east, 100 degrees, while 7275 is aimed NW, 340 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 660, Oct 17 at 1235 UT, Dineh drumming and chanting, no doubt from KTNN, Window Rock AZ, with KSKY Dallas nulled. Is this really on night pattern with null toward New York and us? Of course, it`s already sunny eastward from OK, so why not day pattern? No way at this hour it could be degrading WFAN in the Atlantic Northwest (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7415, surprised to find WBCQ still on much later than usual, UT Sunday Oct 17 at 0602 as who else would be playing the Star Spangled Banner? Version by barbershop quartet, nice. I had previously lamented that WBCQ never played the SSB, so hope they make a habit of it, in multiple versions. Now how about all other US SW stations?? Before the last note could resolve, however, cut to buy-some-airtime promo by Allan Weiner; and then to his generic sign-off of ``Free Speech Radio``, which never mentions any frequency or schedule times, carrier cut immediately at 0604*. I wonder what they were running until 0600? Online guide shows off at 0400 after four hours of QSO Radio Show, UT Sundays only (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. Unusual propagation Oct 17 at 0506 prevented WYFR from being heard at all on its 9 MHz channels, 9985, 9715, 9680; the last two usually inboom in the nightmiddle. But still VG on 7520, 6985, 6875, 5985, 5950. Further signals on 9 MHz band were still incoming, e.g. TUNISIA. 11 MHz was almost dead except for weak 11725 NZ, 11780 Brasil. At 0517, even 5985 started weakening, but recovered. WWV reports: ``Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 16 October follow. Solar flux 87 and mid-latitude A-index 5. The mid-latitude K-index at 0600 UTC on 17 October was 3 (26 nT). Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level occurred. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 18125-USB, at 1335-1339 Oct 17, ham speaking Yiddish with American accent mixed with some English. Or was it Low German? Certainly not High German. Did not hear the other side, duplex? Finally IDed at closing as N2II. ARRL lookup shows: Weber, Siegfried, N2II, 718 Colgate Ave, Lanoka Harbor, NJ 08734 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** VENEZUELA [non]. ``Al?, Presidente`` check Sunday Oct 17 at 1632: special frequencies via CUBA are on the air, 17750, 13750 and 12010, but only with RHC programming // 15380, 13680, 11760, 11730, 11690, report from Canad? about b?isbol; is a Cuban team playing there? Maybe El Hugazo will show up later? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15261-SSB, 2-way (or 3-way?) colloquial Spanish contacts, mentioning geo coordinates, barcos, so probably poachers, Oct 17 at 1254; blown away a few minutes later by Sackville 15260 with CRI English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ### ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 18:08:22 -0400 From: Robert Wilkner <r...@earthlink.net> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: [HCDX] Cypriot radio stations Message-ID: <4cbb73d6.1010...@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20101018/twl-eu-trafficking-cyprus-prostitution-r-4bdc673.html NICOSIA (AFP) - ? Cypriot radio stations are working together to put the spotlight on the victims and crack down on customers of a thriving sex trade on the divided island despite some timid visa reforms. "I came to Cyprus to work as a waitress. That is what they told me. Now they force me to sleep with clients! I am not a prostitute. They force me to do it," said a woman speaking on Radio Astra, owned by Cyprus's ruling Akel party. A condemnation follows: "Human trafficking is a serious violation of human rights. The tolerance and use of victims' services is our complicity." The plan to enlighten Cypriots was launched two years ago when the government abolished "artiste" visas for "dancers," often from eastern Europe, in any of the 100 or so cabarets that the holiday island used to have. Since then, the Greek Cypriot authorities in the government-controlled south of the island, which joined the European Union in 2004, say there are only 44 of the clubs left. "The interior minister has changed the rules and now it's better," said Neophytos Neophytou, deputy editor-in-chief of Radio Astra. "But it's still important to inform Cypriot society, especially the young people, to teach them the difference between (consensual) prostitution and trafficking." Monday marks the annual European Day against Human Trafficking which the 27-nation bloc launched three years ago. But experts in the field say Cyprus's abolition of artiste visas -- around 3,000 were issued in 2007 -- has made barely any difference at all, instead moving the problem elsewhere, mostly to bars and massage parlours. "The truth is that two years ago they sold girls with artiste visas, and today they sell them with work visas," said Androulla Henriques, vice president of ACESS-Suisse, an organisation combating sexual exploitation. In a report on human trafficking, the US State Department warned in June against the dangers involved in granting special visas to performing artists and waitresses in Cyprus. And in a letter to Interior Minister Neoklis Sylikiotis, EU High Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg urged Cypriot authorities to "ensure that no type of visa or work permit can be abused for such unlawful purposes as trafficking human beings." Half the applications for work permits are turned down, according to the interior ministry, which says it demands proof of the artists' qualifications and now requires that they come as part of a group. The bars are no longer allowed to employ non-European waitresses. "They changed the name of the visa, the name of the contract, but the situation hasn't changed: the women are still here, and the risk of trafficking also," said Susan Pavlou of the Mediterranean Institute for Gender Studies. She believes the clients, most of whom are married Greek Cypriots according to her organisation, should be prosecuted. Cyprus is also having to contend with a new phenomenon: street prostitution, with Filipinas, Chinese and Vietnamese women offering themselves, day and night, for just a few euros, non-governmental organisations say, to pay back immigration networks. In the Turkish-held north of the island, the situation is even more troubling. Since June, Turkish Cypriot station Radio Mayis has been broadcasting awareness messages in collaboration with Radio Astra. Henriques described the "appalling life" of foreign women in the north who are deprived of their freedom, singling out the garish nightclubs dotted along the westbound motorway out of northern Nicosia. In its June report, the State Department said nearly 1,000 "hostess" work permits were issued last year in northern Cyprus, which has 42 nightclubs, adding that the authorities had no procedures to identify trafficking victims. Sener Elcil, secretary general of the union of Turkish Cypriot teachers, said the police in northern Cyprus do nothing to prevent people trafficking, and are even colluding with the organisers. "Turkey is responsible for these (cabaret) activities. The mafia rules the northern part of the island, and police do nothing. Even worse, they're involved, they hold the passports of the girls when they arrive." ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 20:29:06 -0400 (EDT) From: brian384...@aol.com To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [HCDX] Oct 17 Logs Message-ID: <8cd3c729b97ff41-15b8-27...@webmail-d086.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" ** NIGERIA. 7350, Radio Nigeria, Abuja, *0539-0615, Oct 17, sign on with test tone and local tribal music. Opening English ID announcements at 0540. Choral music at 0541. Religious talk. ID and English news at 0600. Weak. Poor in noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA) ? Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 94, Issue 18 ********************************************