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Today's Topics:
1. Monday morning tips (Giampiero58)
2. DX Loggings - R Perry - 4 April (Ralph Perry)
3. Glenn Hauser logs April 3-4, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
4. Few tips (Giampiero58)
5. Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA (Stewart MacKenzie)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 13:55:56 +0200
From: "Giampiero58" <giampier...@fastwebnet.it>
To: <d...@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: HCDX <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: [HCDX] Monday morning tips
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Monday morning. Voice of Malaysia with nice signal.
Ciao
Giampiero
RX: Collins 51S-1 - Drake R4-C (Perseus as spectrum monitor)
ANT: T2FD
QTH: Milano, Italia
SW blog: http://radiodxsw.blogspot.com/
11530 4/4 0850 Denge Mezopotamya, Clandestine in Kurdish, songs and music,
fair
11945 4/4 0900 Radio Australia, in English, news. Fair
13630 4/4 0845 Radio Australia, in English, reports, fair,some QRM from
Turkey 13635
15195 4/4 0819 Radio Tatarstan, Russia, old popular slow songs and music,
few talks mentioning Tatarstan. Really pleasant. Fair/good
15295 4/4 0750 Voice Of Malaysia, nice pop songs, ids in English,
announcement of Voice of Islam in 5 minutes. Jingle at 0759. Good
15295 4/4 0800 Voice of Islam, Malaysia, start of the program with some Holy
Kuran and translations - explanations in English. Good
15715 4/4 0808 Radio Mashaal, Clandestine to Pakistan, reports, some ids.
//15740 (tx?). Fair
15850 4/4 0815 Galei Zahal, Israel, pop songs, few talks, weak with fading
17880 4/4 0835 Radio Sawa, via Kuwait, usual songs program, fair
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 06:48:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ralph Perry <ralphpe...@yahoo.com>
To: undisclosed recipients: ;
Subject: [HCDX] DX Loggings - R Perry - 4 April
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA - ** RADIO FLY ALERT ** 5960, pres. Radio Fly. Thanks to web
tip from Super DXer Dave Valko (an old DX buddy from wayyyy back), tuned this
today at 1134 4/4 to hear fairly good signal 1134 with pop music, relaxed OM
with muffled EE anmts and a program of ballads and lush orchls. Everything
about the signal and pgming seem to fit the PNG fingerprint but not yet 100%
IDed -- unfortunately needed to leave the radio to attend to other obligations,
so unable to wait for the 1200a*, so that's for tomorrow, when can 100% ID.
Only noise noted at 1205 recheck. First heard as a rather weak and almost
unworkable, fluttery unid 4/1 at 1010-1045, seemed a news program including
sporting event game clips, but totally unable to decipher at this point. Left
it thinking might even be an LA station! Even before nailing the 100% ID,
wanted to alert all that the PNG window is open, even in midcontinental USA.
Spring and Fall equinoctial reception, esp grayline, always a good time for
Pacific DX. For a DXer long 'out of the game' and only recently returned, this
was a first-time Radio Fly log for me. Big fun. (R Perry, Illinois)
MALAGASY - 5010.29, Radio Madagasikara / R Nationale Malgache, Antananarivo,
absolutely BOOMING signal 0315 on 4/2 anmts in FF and vernacular lang, possible
radio play. 0327 echo anmts / adverts, and into Afr instl mx 0328 featuring
small group with guitar, bass. (R Perry, Illinois)
MEXICO - 6009.96, Radio Mil at 1037 on 4/3, program of romantic ballads, OM
and
YL SS anmts. 1045, "Gracias por su sintonia a Radio Mil!". Fadey signal,
comes
up to good level and than regularly ducks back into the muck. Also 4/4 at 1020
with nice signal. Question: what is the source of the low fqy het on this
one? Something interesting in there . . . (R Perry, Illinois)
PERU - 6019.18, Radio Victoria, Lima, noted 1050 t/in. Sun morning rlg pgm,
OM
SS sermonizing. 1056 lush orchl theme, 1058 church bells. Poor/fair signal
and
horrendous side splatter from R Australia 6020 powerhouse signal. Best hrd in
LSB-ECSS. (R Perry, Illinois)
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 10:55:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 3-4, 2011
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** ANTARCTICA [and non]. 15476, still no carrier from LRA36, Monday April 4 at
1251, 1317, and at 1401 when Polskie Radio via UK was OK on 15480 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 15190, UT Monday April 4 at 0054 sounds like a national anthem, deep
fades but good at peaks. Ends at 0059 with Portuguese mention of
http://www.inconfidencia.com.br and corresponding e-mail address; also 21 horas
(tho it`s now 22 local in Beautiful Horizon). 0100 full ID with MW, SW and FM
callsigns and frequencies of R. Inconfid?ncia. Sufficient reception after WYFR
Portuguese is thru blocking it all the way from 2200 to 0045.
I admit to not being familiar with the Braz NA, as it is seldom heard (seldom
played?) by all the SW stations Brazil is still so fortunate to have. But as I
recall, it does seem to be the one linked here in midi, with interesting
background about it:
http://www.wazamar.org/Nederlanders-in-Brazilie/a-volkslied-brazilie-tekst.htm
So does ZYE522 make a habit of playing NA at this time? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake April 4:
8400, VG at 1230; VG also at 1323, and no SOH audible during pause
10300, Chinese talk, poor at 1228, with SAH, so evidently Sound of Hope is for
the moment atop FD!! At 1255, FD atop but now very poor. At 1323, fair FD and
no SOH audible
10970, good at 1228, first one encountered this morning; poor at 1320
11500, VG at 1245, better than 10970; poor at 1320
13130, fair at 1250
13970, good at 1247. No others heard up to 18 MHz by 1253
15900, fair at 1315, not before 1300; now no others up to 18 MHz
At 1409, no FD audible anywhere above 8 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 11830, RHC on new frequency as expected, April 4 at 1243
with `Gaceta Cultural`, VG and hard to tell if WYFR carrier is on yet, probably
not. // 11760 and an echo apart, 11690, not 11730 which does not oncome until
1300. 12040 is still on, mixing with ChiCom jamming and VOA. WYFR 11830 OC does
come on at *1254, IS and sign-on at 1259 also mentioning 11865 and 11910 but
only the latter is // programming.
Commies vs Christian Camping cultists! WYFR has been using 11830 forever, but
blissfully ignorant RHC frequency manager Arnie Coro picks it anyway. Axually,
this is a good idea: all RHC frequencies should be arranged to collide with
WYFR, since no one wants to hear the nonsense both of them spew! A tremendous
conservation of frequencies. WYFR is 315 degrees, due NW from Okeechobee, i.e.
blasting across central USA on its way to Vancouver. In next hour past 1400,
the two took turns dominating 11830 as the other would slightly fade, but
always with an unacceptable mixture.
The RHC online transmission schedule at
http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/c_frecuencia/frecuencias.htm
has now been updated to show 11830 as to ``New York`` at 11-15, and the new
European frequency as *17560* from 1930 in French, not 17650 nor 17550, both
reported previously and corrected(?).
We can hardly wait until 1930 to confirm which is really in use. If it is
17560, that will be colliding with VOA, also in French, due east from BONAIRE
until 2030 daily.
Other new RHC frequencies of note:
9710 at 21-23, 13670 at 21-04, both for Caribbean.
12020 at 21-05 to Chile will collide, Commies vs Commies, with Vietnam 12020v
at 22-24 including English at 2330. Contrary to
http://programasdx.com/rhca11.pdf
9620 is not on RHC`s own schedule at 23-04 to SAm, but still on 9770. 9620
would have been a huge collision with Spain (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GERMANY [non]. 17650, April 4 at 1338 good signal talking about Afghanistan,
1359 DW jingle and ID, mentions Dari. Schedule is:
1330-1400 Dari, 1400-1430 Pushto, both 500 kW via Rampisham UK, but making a
3-degree antenna shift between them from 92 to 95, i.e. from northern to
southern Afghanistan; does that really make a difference? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA [and non]. 9526-, VOI after missing two days, is back April 4, at
1233 good in Japanese, repeating words, probably Indonesian lesson. 1349 check
still on in English hour with ID, ``sound of dignity`` slogan, music; from 1357
usual ChiCom 9525.0 het (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** JORDAN. 11960, April 4 at 0458, Arabic music and announcement but cuts off
the air at 0459:10*. Presumably R. Jordan. A-11 registered as 0500-0715, 500
kW, 250 degrees from AKA site (Al Karanah), and had recently been heard after
0500, but I bet Jordan just went on DST. Yes, WRTH 2011 says it started March
28, UT+3 instead of UT+2, so broadcasts are one UT hour earlier, and this one
is only one hour long, anyway, starting at 0400? And anyhow, neighbor Turkey,
q.v. continued on 11980 past 0500, so we were not bereft of ME music and
culture (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBYA. 17725, VOAf from the GJ, April 4 at 1400 starting English on time for
a change, with still-imaginary frequencies announced, 21695 and 17850; but too
poor here vs my cable DTV box bubble-jammer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15120, April 4 at 0449 big hum, must be VON warming up. Yes, at
0450 talking drumming starts, melody and rhythm remind us of a Perry Como tune,
``Don`t Let the Stars Get In Your Eyes``, probably coincidental. 0452 ID as
``Voice of Nigeria, Laygoss``.
Bad/under modulation but S9+15 and now the OSOB --- no sign of Australia on
15160 or 15240 nor any other African sites. Then I look up in HFCC (which lacks
Nigeria), and see 15160 does not start until 0500, but 15240 should have been
on since 0000. By 0503 check during news, VON signal has dropped markedly but
still with its signature hum/whine (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NORTH AMERICA. 6815-AM, following a tip from TCS mailing list, presumed The
Crystal Ship, UT April 4 at 0040, hard rock music but too little signal, too
much noise. BTW, to keep up with where lightning is striking around the USA,
even for non-golfers, see
http://www.weather.com/maps/activity/golf/uslightningstrikes_large.html?from=mapofweek
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 13620, April 4 at 0455, good with flutter, the SSOB, only other
significant signal being Russia 13775. Talk is Arabic-like but also seems
tonal, which Arabic is not. 0500 lo-fi speech continues thru hourtop, but 0502
R. Dabanga singing and spoken IDs. This is 250 kW, 330 degrees from MADAGASCAR
so also USward, at 0430-0527 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. Sound of Hope: makes it past Firedrake on 10300: see CHINA
** TURKEY. 11980, 0458 April 4 Turkish music, 0500 accurate timesignal and
presumed news theme, news talk. Scheduled now 04-06, 500 kW, 310 degrees from
Emirler to Europe, also USward when propagation cooperate. See also JORDAN
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 9330-CUSB, April 3 at 0603, gospel rock with good signal.
Must be WBCQ with prolonged Radio 2:11 broadcast. Current (?) schedule at
http://schedule.wbcq.com/main.php?fn=sked&freq=9330
shows nothing but Good Friends Radio Network, 1300-0400 daily. Also at 0507
April 4 with praise music.
Compared to CHU 3330, WBCQ is slightly on the low side of 9330 --- but is CHU`s
frequency really ``standard``, i.e. extremely accurate like its time? WBCQ is
normally a bit off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9825, UT Sunday April 3 at 0413, Chris, Lobdell`s ``Pirating with
Cumbre`` segment amid `DXing with Cumbre`, VG signal. Tnx to Wolfgang B?schel
tip the week before when B-10 might still have been in effect, so was not sure
it would still be there this week. Is on current online WHR schedule for 0400
Sundays on 9825, so in this case the SW frequency listed is really on the air!
This has been duly entered on the A-11 update of our DX/SWL/MEDIA PROGRAM
schedule, along with one other DWC SW airing which needs to be reconfirmed, Sun
0730 on 11565:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxpgms.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WINB has been missing a lot of airtime lately, and it`s not just
because 13570 doesn`t usually propagate overnight. No sign of that April 3 at
0607 while Zambia and Australia were good on 13590, 13630, 13690.
But also at 1403 April 4, not on 9265, nor 13570, clear of QRM to CODAR, while
at 1405, ``running water`` appeared briefly centered on 13571.5, also free of
WINB QRM. Still nothing from it at 1426 check. I wonder if such utilities have
objected to WINB being on 13570? Website sked as of March 13 still claims it is
24 hours, either on 13570 or 9265, except for one-minute QSY breaks:
http://www.winb.com/schedule.htm
Both still absent at 1724 check April 4. Breakdown, or did program contracts
run out and it no longer pays to run the wobbly old transmitter 24/7? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 03:31:05 +0200
From: "Giampiero58" <giampier...@fastwebnet.it>
To: <d...@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: HCDX <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: [HCDX] Few tips
Message-ID: <FD4795CC4EC94F20B756299259113D59@Bernardini>
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Here some tips. Propagation a little better.
Ciao
Giampiero
Giampiero Bernardini
RX: Perseus
ANT: T2FD
QTH: Milano, Italia
5910 5/4 0040 Radio Alcaravan, Colombia, real nice songs, weak/fair, fading
5954.69 5/4 0048 Radio Republica, via Costa Rica, Elcor tx, politics, traces
of jamming, fair
6134.79 5/4 0053-0111* Radio Santa Cruz, Bolivia, songs, "Radio Santa Cruz,
la primera", great ids, Radio Santa Cruz song off at 0111, fair
9330 5/4 0027 WBCQ, USA, religious talks, only the upper side of the carrier
modulated, fair
9675 5/4 0033 Cancao Nova, Brazil, religious talks, in Portuguese, good
10000 5/4 0038 Observatorio Nacional & WWV mixed, both with fair signal and
clear announcements
11665 5/4 0003 CVC, Chile, very nice Latin songs, talks about family, in
Spanish. Good
11710.68 5/4 0008 RAE, Argentina, songs and tango, talks about democracy in
Argentina, in Portuguese. Good
11764.95 5/4 0014 Super Radio Deus ? Amor, religious talks, fair
11815 5/4 0018 R. Brasil Central, football live, good
11905 5/4 0022 Sri Lanka BC, slow traditional songs. Fair/good
15190 4/4 2330 Family Radio & Radio Inconfidencia, both in Portuguese,
fighting on the same frequency. I wonder why WYFR started to broadcasts here
?!
15250 4/4 2338 Radio Nacional Venezuela, via Cuba, political talks about
Venezuela in Spanish and English. Fair/good
15345.07 4/4 2344 RAE, Argentina, Tango music, nice as usual, in Spanish,
fair/good signal
15720 4/4 2350 Radio New Zealand Int. In English, interview, news on the
hour. Weak
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 20:37:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Stewart MacKenzie <wdx...@yahoo.com>
To: Anker Peterson <anker.peter...@mail.dk>, Arnie Coro
<ar...@rhc.cu>, BCL NEWS <bcln...@yahoogroups.com>, Duane Fischer
<dfisc...@usol.com>, Hard Core DX <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>,
Marie Lamb <mal...@cumbredx.net>, Maryann Kehoe <atl...@webtv.net>,
Prime Time Shortwave <primetimeshortw...@yahoogroups.com>, SWL QTH
<s...@mailman.qth.net>
Cc: Adrian Peterson <adr...@awr.org>, Allen Graham
<agra...@hcjb.org.ec>
Subject: [HCDX] Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA
Message-ID: <31899.23929...@web30702.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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>>>
ALBANIA?? Radio Tirana?? 7425? 0340 GMT? Albanian? 333? April 1? OM with
comments and? a YL singing 0342 GMT.??? MacKenzie-CA..
ASCENSION?? BBCWS Relay?? 7255? 0325 GMT? English? 444? April 2? OM with
comments on?gambeling ?in Australia.? OM with comments on current sports 0327
GMT.? BBC ID by an OM 0329 GMT.??? MacKenzie-CA..
GREECE?? Voice of Greece?? 7475? 0335 GMT? Greek? 333? April 1? OM singing then
a YL with comments.?//9420[232].??? ?MacKenzie-CA..
GUINA, French?? Voice of Russia Relay-VOR?? 7335? 0312 GMT? Spanish? 433? April
2? YL with comments. Music vocals 0314 GMT. //7330[333]via Moscow.??
MacKenzie-CA..
IRAN ???? Voice of the Islamic Republic???? 7375? 0305 GMT? Arabic? 333? April
2? OM with comments -- a very noisy frequency.????? MacKenzie-..
SOUTH AFRICA?? Channel Africa?? 7230? 0332 GMT? English? 333? April 2? Two OMs
with comments.??? MacKenzie-CA..
UNITED STATES,? Maine??? WBCQ?? 7415 0344 GMT? English? 333? April 1? OM asking
for $25 cash be sent to him for religous book.? YL with comments on dieting by
vitamins.??? MacKenzie-CA..
VATICAN STATE?? Vatican Radio-VR?? 7305? 0320 GMT? Spanish? 444? April 2? Two
YLs with comments and VR ID. OM with VR ID 0323 GMT. Two YLs with mote
commets.??? MacKenzie-CA.
Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
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