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Today's Topics:
1. CLN YFR Ekala in English 1530-1630 UT on 15209.356 kHz very
odd signal (Wolfgang Bueschel)
2. Glenn Hauser logs April 17, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
3. ANZAC Radio Heritage 2011 (Radio Heritage Mail)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:23:35 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesch...@web.de>
To: "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com>, "HCDX"
<hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: [HCDX] CLN YFR Ekala in English 1530-1630 UT on 15209.356 kHz
very odd signal
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FYI wb
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:50:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 17, 2011
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** CHINA. Firedrake April 17:
7970, fair at 1237. Again nothing on 8400, replaced by this?
10300, good at 1250, much stronger than 10965/10970; poor at 1316
10965, poor at 1248 // 10970 about equal level; poor at 1316; poor at 1333,
obscured by stronger // 10970, also // 16980
10970, poor at 1248 // 10965 about equal level; gone at 1316; back on good at
1332 // 14950
11150, open carrier with Firedrake-like flutter 1245-1246* Else?
13920, poor at 1253; poor at 1352 with RTTY QRM
14700, fair at 1253 and not // 10300
14950, good at 1327
15430, fair at 1339 // 16100; vs V. of Tibet via UAE
15560, fair at 1349 // 16100, before Portugal is on from 1400. What`s to jam
here? HFCC shows: ``15560 1300 1400 44 DB 100 70 1234567 270311 291011 D TJK
NEW WRN 16445 res`` -- I guess that means in reserve. However, Aoki shows:
15559 1330-1342 TJK * VOICE OF TIBET Chi Dushanbe-Ya 1-7
15562 1335-1407 TJK * VOICE OF TIBET Tib Dushanbe-Ya 1-7
15670, sometimes with FD, but not now at 1349, something in Chinese(?). Maybe
15560 was a mispunch for this? Or CNR1 jamming instead against R. Free Asia in
Tibetan via Tajikistan
16100, good at 1328 and // 16980; better than 16980 at 1333; was listening to
16100 when it cut off at 1400*
16980, good at 1256, fair at 1327; // 10965, 10970, 16100 at 1333
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 6010, April 17 at 0522, open carrier from RHC, vs
Colombo-M?xican hets underneath. 6050 was OK with RHC English. Note to
transmitter operators: both modulation and carrier are necessary to complete
the mission. Put this reminder on a post-it on the unit. O, they probably don`t
have post-its in ancient Cuba, a modern luxury.
15120, Sunday April 17 at 1335, RHC `En Contacto` DX program, an echo apart
from 15230 but not from // 15360 with monthly report from Pedro Sedano, Spain,
including the schedule of HCJB on 6050! Naturally, no mention that RHC is
blocking it for at least 4 hours a night despite pleas to get off.
Later he has a more intriguing item: From Mexico, Radio Insurgente is
broadcasting Saturdays at 09-10 UT on 6000; see http://www.radioinsurgente.org
website. This Chiapan clandestine was in the news several years ago, but no one
(?) ever reported really hearing it. Is it back, or is this extremely stale
info?
Anyhow it has quite a website, ``Radio Insurgente, la voz de los sin voz, voz
del Ej?rcito Zapatista de Liberaci?n Nacional, transmitiendo desde las monta?as
del sureste mexicano`` but `new` latest audio is dated 20 April 2009! The page
``Programas semanales de Onda Corta`` says:
``Estos programas de Radio Insurgente est?n dirigidos a la sociedad civil
nacional e internacional. Se transmiten semanalmente, todos los s?bados a las
15:00 horas (hora del centro de M?xico GMT-6) en la frecuencia 6.0 MHz en la
banda de 49 metros. Cada programa tiene una duraci?n de aproximadamente una
hora. Puedes escucharlos o bajarlos para su retransmisi?n. Para escucharlos haz
clic en Escuchar. Para bajarlos haz clic en el bot?n derecho del rat?n (con la
opci?n "guardar como").``
So it says Saturdays 1500 local time = 2100 UT, not 0900, mis-converted! Except
local time is now UT -5 = 2000 UT, in stark daylight when 6000 if really on the
air is not going to penetrate very far even with decent power which this is
unlikely to enjoy. Unless RHC lend them a transmitter, a theory we have always
doubted. And the broadcasts listed on this page are from no later than 2008y.
Back to RHC itself: being Sunday, 13750 fired up instead of 13680, and // 13780
with own programming at 1415; no signals on 15370 (which did have a suspicious
open carrier at 1338), or 17750. Further check at 1550 found none of the `Al?,
Presidente` frequencies on the air.
For once the A,P website, with a misspelt URL,
http://www.alopresidente.gob.ve/info/2/2093/%5Caluepresidente%5Cno_serutransmitido_por.html
provides some date-specific info, that it will not be aired April 17 or 24:
``El programa dominical "Al?, Presidente", conducido por el comandante Hugo
Ch?vez, no ser? transmitido este domingo 17 de abril, debido al asueto de
semana santa.
La informaci?n la suministr? el ministro del Poder Popular para la Comunicaci?n
y la Informaci?n, Andr?s Izarra, a trav?s de su usuario en la red social
Twitter, @izarradeverdad.
El programa del presidente, es el espacio comunicacional m?s importante del
pa?s, y cuenta con una alta audiencia. La suspensi?n del mismo, tambi?n se
extiende al domingo 24 de abril`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 15245, April 17 at 0526 some nice guitar music causes me to
pause, but it`s mixed with talk in German. Seems like a clash of two stations;
0527 the German changes to YL singing; 0529 Chinese mixed with German. Per HFCC
this is only CRI`s German service, 05-07, 500 kW, 308 degrees from Wulumuchi
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE [and non]. 15630, April 17 at 0534, VOG with usual Sunday-morning
Greek Orthodox off-key singing; at 0532 was also hearing 15595, Vatican Radio
with similar but more tuneful singing in mass, then speaking Latin (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 15530, April 17 at 0531 something in Spanish, poor with flutter, then
into Qur`an, ? la VRII, and so it is, the 0530-0630 Spanish to Europe, 500 kW,
289 degrees from Kamalabad (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. R. Insurgente, EZLN clandestine: see CUBA [and non]
** PALAU. 9930, April 17 at 1312, co-channel QRM between singing and a YL
preacher mentioning her sked on various stations including KFNX 1100 (which
keeps spamming me to buy time for WORLD OF RADIO), and offering free! bookmark
with her schedule on request from 95252 ---
No! It`s not CCI, but deliberate programming, for at 1314 both stop and WHR
promo starts in the clear including long-distance phone number 011+. Is anyone
really going to phone South Bend from Pacificasia?? 1315 ``Easy English
Studies`` by reading Psalm XXIII, follow along in your Bible --- but which of
countless versions? That could be quite confusing unless they match. ``I shall
not want``? What does that mean? Virtually the opposite of current usage.
Archaic! HFCC shows ``HBN`` which really means T8WH, 100 kW, 345 degrees from
Koror (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 12070, fair April 17 at 0537, ``For Me & My Gal``, then Russian
announcement. R. Rossii sure plays a lot of American music - good for them, and
us. HFCC shows 250 kW, 265 degrees from Moscow at 04-08. Meanwhile I checked
VOR English to NAm on 13775 and they were talking about micro?rganisms (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [and non]. 11880 via COSTA RICA, Sunday April 17 at 1233, REE `Amigos
de la Onda Corta` has just started, mentioning some Radio Habana Cuba
frequencies, one of which does not ring true, if I heard it right, so later at
1520 I try to listen to the latest show via
http://programasdx.com/amigosdelaondacorta.htm
but it`s still last week`s program --- and the page still shows both wrong
times for it.
AOC also audible much weaker on the other two CR frequencies, 5970 mixed with
YFR via Komsomol`sk/Amure, and 11815 mixed with Japan. At 1251 I come across
AOC on better 13720 direct from Noblejas in mailbag segment subtitled ``hemos
recibido cartas`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [and non]. 13620, April 17 at 0524 another check of the jammings
against R. Dabanga via MADAGASCAR: once again the continuous tone from another
carrier also producing a subaudible heterodyne; 13730 with oscillating tone and
pulsing, quite a bit weaker. Are they aware of this back in Hilversum, and
thinking of doing anything about it? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 3185, April 17 at 0520 WWRB still with E-Persian Radio from Los
Angeles rather than Brother Scare, traditional Persian music. But by next check
at 1235 on day frequency 9385, back to the doom & gloom of BS. The fun is done!
Now the LDPOG is // but not synchronized with 9980 WWCR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12050, April 17 at 1247, squealing WEWN transmitter nicely fills in
the long boring pauses during daily morning TV mass live simulcast, with
nothing else but an occasional cough. Even so, the order of the mass is to say
the least, extremely predictable, so why keep doing it over and over? God likes
his followers to be in a rut? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 1560 monitoring: 9955, WRMI, Sunday April 17
at 1550 check, cannot detect anything more than a carrier altho not jammed; but
confirmed on webcast. WRMI is still not able to use its NW antenna, and we
often suspect it`s also on the backup 5 kW transmitter instead of 50. Next
airings are: Sun 1730, Mon 1130, 2130, Tue 1530, Wed 0100, 1530.
Thanks to Ivan Huziak, who checked WOR reception in Karlovac, Croatia:
``Hello Mr. Glenn Hauser, This is reception report of your show World of Radio
on Friday April 15, 2011 and Saturday April 16, 2011:
Friday 20:30 UTC on 15825 - no signal
Saturday 16:00 UTC on 12160 - no signal
Saturday 18:00 UTC on 7290 SINPO is: 44455
Saturday 18:00 UTC on 1566 and 1368 MW - no signal
Receiver: Toshiba RT-6390 (made in 1977 year)
Antenna: Whip antenna 90 cm long``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VENEZUELA [non]. No `Al?, Presidente` this Sunday or next: CUBA ###
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:27:32 +1200
From: "Radio Heritage Mail" <i...@radioheritage.net>
To: i...@radioheritage.net
Subject: [HCDX] ANZAC Radio Heritage 2011
Message-ID: <380-220114017232732...@radioheritage.net>
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Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.com
April 18 2011
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ANZAC Radio Heritage 2011
Fighting Voices from
Downunder
____________________________
Radio was still a teenager when called up for active duty in 1939
with the outbreak of World War II but had moved into respectable
middle age by 1970 when the Vietnam War was raging says the Radio
Heritage Foundation in the latest feature at website
www.radioheritage.com.
Released to remember ANZAC Day on April 25 2011, this new feature
looks at how Australian and New Zealand military forces took radio
along with them on their journey to battlefields as far flung as the
Middle East, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, South East Asia, the Pacific, and
even within Australia's Northern Territory.
"Fighting Voices from Downunder' visits the extensive ABC Radio
facilities at Gaza in Palestine, RAAF Madang 'The Voice of the
Islands', 5DR Darwin, 9AF Labuan in the Straits Settlements, AKAA
Yamaguchi 'Voice of the 2NZEF', WLKS Kure, Radio Commonwealth near
the North Korean border, RAAF Butterworth and AFR Vung Tau.
This new feature places ANZAC Radio into context with US Armed Forces
Radio networks in the Asia and Pacific region, and British Forces
Broadcasting and Radio SEAC services.
There are extensive links and references to nearly 40 other AFRS and
related features throughout www.radioheritage.com. Illustrations from
the Australian War Memorial collections accompany the feature, as
well as a previously unseen photo from New Zealand station AKAA.
If you have your own memories, memorabilia and more you'd like to
share about ANZAC Radio or any of the other stations featured, Radio
Heritage Foundation wants to hear from you.
It may be some old photos, booklets, newspaper or magazine articles
or even some recordings. Memories of listening to ANZAC Radio over
the years are also important and wanted because they help people
understand the important role played by ANZAC Radio stations over
several generations.
The Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization
connecting popular culture nostalgia and radio heritage across the
Pacific and its website is www.radioheritage.com where full contact
details can be found. Email: i...@radioheritage.net
Suggested annual supporter donations of A$50 are welcome to help
continue ongoing radio heritage projects including those connected
with ANZAC Radio. Donations can be made by creditcard at
www.radioheritage.com.
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