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Today's Topics:
1. BBC World Service's Hindi short-wave service saved from
closure (Alokesh Gupta)
2. BBC Special transmission to Ascension . (Zacharias Liangas )
3. June 20-22 Logs (Brian Alexander)
4. Re: BBC Special transmission to Ascension . (Jari Savolainen)
5. Re: BBC Special transmission to Ascension . (Rik van Riel)
6. Glenn Hauser logs June 21-22, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
7. http://www.eibispace.de/ (maurits van driessche)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:04:42 +0530
From: Alokesh Gupta <alokeshgu...@gmail.com>
To: HCDX <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: [HCDX] BBC World Service's Hindi short-wave service saved
from closure
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BBC World Service's Hindi short-wave service saved from closure
Foreign secretary agrees to give an extra ?2.2m annually for three years
from the Foreign Office budget
The BBC World Service's Hindi short-wave broadcasts have been saved from the
axe after the foreign secretary, William Hague, agreed to give extra money
to the highly regarded international broadcaster.
More at :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jun/22/bbc-world-service-hindi
Related stories :
http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=47341&c=1
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/8591312/BBC-World-Service-receives-2.2m-funding-boost.html
(Thanks to Naleen Kumar for the links)
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Alokesh Gupta,VU3BSE
New Delhi
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:49:42 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <gree...@otenet.gr>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] BBC Special transmission to Ascension .
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BBC Special transmission to Ascension . Jun 22, '11 4:27 PM
BBC Special transmission to Ascension .
http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/380
Signal levels
5950 2132 S10 44434
7295 2133 S9 44434
7360 2134 S10 424x2 QRM CNR?
9850 2136 S8 44434
Prg heard:
ca2129 start referring to " a midwinter broadcast"
talks bat janes and?? For a 'wishing you a happy "
2135 a young girl asking for a come back
Abt Jimmy Hown , a celebrity , Radio 4
2141 a lengthy ID , with McKinney's message
Abot celebrations , Cambridge (2144)
2152 happy birthday
Listener's letters
215910 off (9850 )
Accompanied here (in the blog i mean )are two recs on 2135 (rec7 )and 2153 (rec
10) .In the
2153 recording these are the time slots of changing the freqs: 0135 to 7295 ,
0309 to 7360
and 0400 to 9850
Attachment: EN007.mp3
Attachment: EN010.mp3Standard rig : ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser
Please read and distribute this 15 year research article
http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e
Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd
________________________
http://zlgr.multiply.com (radio monitoring site plus audio clips ) MAIN SITE
http://www.delicious.com/gr_greek1/@zach (all mypages !!)
........
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
greekdx @ otenet dot gr ---
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:00:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Alexander <brian384...@aol.com>
To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] June 20-22 Logs
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** ERITREA. 7204.98, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea - program 1,
*0255-0325, June 22, sign on with IS. Vernacular talk at 0300. Local
Horn of Africa style music. Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** ERITREA. 9830.03, Voice of the Broad Masses of Eritrea - program 2,
*0256-0325, June 22, sign on with IS. Vernacular talk at 0300. Some
local Horn of Africa music. Weak. // 7174.98 - poor in noisy conditions.
Heard tonight on 9830.03, but lately they seem to change their 9 MHz
frequency every couple of days between 9715.03, 9820.03 and 9830.03.
(Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** ETHIOPIA. 9705, Radio Ethiopia, *0259-0325, June 22, sign on
with IS and opening ID announcements. National Anthem at 0300.
Chimes at 0301. Some local Horn of Africa style music. Amharic
talk. Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** KURDISTAN [non]. via Ukraine, 11530, Denge Mezopotamya,
0415-0433, June 22, Kurdish music. Indigenous vocals. Kurdish
talk. Poor to fair in noisy conditions. In the clear with WYFR no longer
using this frequency. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
** NIGER. 9704.99, LV du Sahel, 2245-2312*, June 20, noted on the
air a little later than usual with local tribal music. Indigenous vocals.
Vernacular talk. Qur`an at 2307. Short flute IS and National Anthem
at 2310. Four seconds of a test tone at 2312 and off. Poor to fair with
adjacent channel splatter. (Brian Alexander, PA)
?
?
Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires
?
?
?
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:25:18 +0300
From: "Jari Savolainen" <jari.savolai...@pp8.inet.fi>
To: <hard-core...@kotalampi.com>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] BBC Special transmission to Ascension .
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Hmmm, wasn't this bcst to Antarctica, not Ascension?
73, Jari
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <gree...@otenet.gr>
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 4:49 PM
Subject: [HCDX] BBC Special transmission to Ascension .
> BBC Special transmission to Ascension . Jun 22, '11 4:27 PM
>
>
> BBC Special transmission to Ascension .
> http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/380
>
> Signal levels
> 5950 2132 S10 44434
> 7295 2133 S9 44434
> 7360 2134 S10 424x2 QRM CNR?
> 9850 2136 S8 44434
>
> Prg heard:
> ca2129 start referring to " a midwinter broadcast"
> talks bat janes and?? For a 'wishing you a happy "
> 2135 a young girl asking for a come back
> Abt Jimmy Hown , a celebrity , Radio 4
> 2141 a lengthy ID , with McKinney's message
> Abot celebrations , Cambridge (2144)
> 2152 happy birthday
> Listener's letters
> 215910 off (9850 )
>
> Accompanied here (in the blog i mean )are two recs on 2135 (rec7 )and 2153
> (rec 10) .In the
> 2153 recording these are the time slots of changing the freqs: 0135 to
> 7295 , 0309 to 7360
> and 0400 to 9850
>
> Attachment: EN007.mp3
> Attachment: EN010.mp3Standard rig : ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads
> Sennheiser
> Please read and distribute this 15 year research article
> http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e
> Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd
> ________________________
> http://zlgr.multiply.com (radio monitoring site plus audio clips ) MAIN
> SITE
> http://www.delicious.com/gr_greek1/@zach (all mypages !!)
> ........
> Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
> greekdx @ otenet dot gr ---
> Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
> Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
> Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:13:22 -0400
From: Rik van Riel <r...@surriel.com>
To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: Re: [HCDX] BBC Special transmission to Ascension .
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On 06/22/2011 12:25 PM, Jari Savolainen wrote:
> Hmmm, wasn't this bcst to Antarctica, not Ascension?
Yes, it was a special midwinter broadcast to the people
of the British Antarctic Survey, with lots of messages
from their families, etc...
One of the frequencies was transmitted from Ascension.
Maybe this is what confused Zacharias.
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:37:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs June 21-22, 2011
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** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36 still absent, June 22 at 1246, 1311, 1350 chex
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake June 22. Not checked before 1300 today.
16980, good with flutter at 1349
15970, fair at 1352
15900, good with flutter at 1352
15555, JBA at 1313, het on lo side; no others until 1320 with 10300. I may have
been bandscanning ahead of the cut-on times in the interim
15515, poor with flutter at 1351, ex-15555
14700, JBA at 1352
13920, fair at 1353
13130, very poor at 1353
11500, fair at 1356
10300, fair at 1320; poor at 1357
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 17560, June 21 at 1937 tune-in, open carrier, 1938 RHC opening French
service with theme, 33 degrees, news, apparently starting late (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Lots more sporadic-E analog TV DX, Spanish from the south, June 21,
UT:
2315 on 2, soccer
2315 on 4, novela from net-13, fade-in strong briefly and then gone
2318 on 3, f?tbol // 2
2321 on 3, novela? including nun in habit, upper-right bug a large 3 in a
circle, below it time 18:21, temp 39. XHP?
2322 on 3, mix with f?tbol briefly sno-free. Teams in UL are MEX vs CGO. CGO?
Chilpancingo? Camargo? Seems unlikely.
2335 on 5, f?tbol, showing up on all channels at one time or another, but I
don`t see any network bug on them in any corners?
2338 on 4, net-13
2340 on 4, net 2 Star-60 bug UR in novela
2341 on 6, f?tbol // 3, still no net bug
2347 on 3, f?tbol now snow-free; I have not been listening to the boring audio
commentary, but turn up the sound now and learn that CGO = CONGO, but which
one? Apparently this game is playing in Morelia, of all places, FIFA sponsored,
but not exactly World Cup.
2348 on 3, VIVO bug in lower right on the f?tbol, and something unreadable
below the VIVO (=live). Partly off-screen on overscanned TV
2348 on 5, same with audio running about a second behind 3, and very different
audio quality
UT June 22:
0019 on 4, weather girl with temps around M?xico, including McAllen
0019 on 4, CCI to above with Azteca-13 novela
0046 on 5, novela from net-4; f?tbol on 2, 3, 4, 6
0121 on 4, net-5 novela // 3
0140 I finally check FM for Spanish, but all I hear is 92.7, mentions
Chihuahua, and Radio Fiesta, but signal seems too steady for Es; maybe it`s
Wichita. Bad ACI from KOMA 92.5. Cant? list does not have any Chihuahuan on
92.7 nor a Radio Fiesta anywhere. Yes, never mind, it`s KANR Wichita confirmed
at http://www.fiesta927.com/index.htm
Es Opening lingered at low level mostly ch 2 mix for another hour or two. TV
not turned on again until:
1444 on 2, Spanish mix, also on 4. 2 has talk show with net-7 bug in LR
1452 on 2, above mixes with net-5 toons, // 3 in the clear
1500 on 2, net 7 bug in UR, 27 degrees, 10:00 clock
1505 on 5, YL cooking show, strange script bug in LR, Vida in largest type,
show name after a smaller word; then the same bug at same time also in UL, plus
10:05 clock
1521 on 6, infomercial? Large phone number at bottom starting with 81
1534 on 2-6, all channels full of CCI. I must switch to FM soon!
1539 on 6, net-2 bug UR, clock LR, CCI
1539 on 6, CCI and then snow-free net-5 toon
1543 on 93.1, interview, M in studio with advice to W on phone. RDS tries to
lock but will not. Because of local translator on 93.3 and CCI on 93.1, I
axually hear this one best on the DX-398, battery power, whip antenna only, by
side-tuning to 92.95 or 93.05. At 1600, one of the CCI stations IDs as 93.1,
Colonia Rodr?guez, Matamoros. Therefore per Cant?:
93.1 XHAAA La Caliente Reynosa-Matamoros, Tamps. 50,000
1545 on 96.5, two talk shows in Spanish mixing
1547 on 97.7, romantic music
1548 on 105.9, RDS immediately displays MEGA 1059; Spanish talk mentions San
Antonio, or is it Juan Antonio? Cant? list IDs this as:
105.9 XHNA Mega 105.9 Matamoros, Tamps. 4,950
1557 recheck, still/again in with RDS displaying, ads and PSA from gobierno
federal
1550 on 96.5, ads mentioning Plaza Mocambo, and Electr?nica Gonz?lez at 5 de
mayo 1437, both of which google directly to Veracruz, i.e.
96.5 XHRN Ke buena Veracruz, Ver. 39,330 per Cant?
1551 PSA for Secretar?a de Salud, 1552 M?quinas Rio Blanco --- this also
Googles to Veracruz, besides Argentina. 1553 ``Ke Buena 96.5`` ID
1554 on 97.7, phone conversation with a business plugging phone number several
times, 809-67-92. This checks for San Lu?s Potos?. Also CCI on 97.7; 1558 the
SLP station is playing `Tubular Bells` with birthday greetings from live DJ.
1602 ad for Zoriana department store chain. 1603 Banco Oro Fansa(?) ad. No,
Google shows it`s Banco de Ahorro Famsa, with offices all over the country, so
no help there. But at 1604, mentions San Lu?s Potos? in ID, so:
97.7 XHSNP La Caliente San Luis Potosi, S.L.P. 50,000, per Cant?.
1602 on 96.5, one of the CCI, $tereo with norte?a music mentions Linares.
Probably this as no other 96.5 listed in vicinity:
96.5 XHARR Conexi?n FM Dr. Arroyo, N.L. 25,000
1605 on 92.7, something Spanish, fades out, but RDS display is stuck on UE HA
--- partial, perhaps a music rather than station ID.
This huge opening continues during following hour but I have more to do than
stay with it. At 1638, ch 2-6 still full of co-channel QRM. At 1650 on 6, a
mention of Aguascalientes surfaces in the audio.
At 1707, the 6m Es map http://www.vhfdx.info/spots/map.php?Lan=E&Frec=50&Map=NA
shows only four Mexican hams making contacts.
1730 on 6, amid the QRM, graphic 6 TV presenta, probably XHCGA Aguascalientes,
similar logo on Oglethorpe`s site. And hardly any originating 6`s (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAO TOME. 4960, June 22 at 0520, weak signal vs noise with something
talking, 0542 just a carrier left. No doubt the VOA relay, 100 kW, 30 degrees
in French at 0530-0630 M-F only. Today`s sunrise there was at 0531 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TURKEY [and non]. 15450, VOT, which was inaudible to very poor the past two
days, back in force June 22 at 1247, S9+22 VG signal, better than Bulgaria
15700, and much better than Greece 15630. The Wednesday feature `Letterbox` was
starting, with no shortage of mail to acknowledge, none from any names I
recognized in the DX hobby, and little from North America, but from places such
as Japan and Greek Cyprus. SW appears to be alive and well in this case. 1304
started program over by mistake, then cut to Question of the Month, and then
Turkish pop music fill for the rest of the hour. I switched to Qur`an from
Sa`udi on 17615/17625 for more placid breakfast serenade, as we never hear
Qur`an from secular Turkey, tsk2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [and non]. Special annual BBCWS service to the British Antarctic Survey,
June 21: as expected, inaudible here on 5950, 7295, 7360, and a JBA carrier on
9850.
However, an AM ham in Los Lunas, New Mexico had a fine signal calling CQ on
about 7293.5, K3IAN. (Los Lunas is a strange name, deriving from the prominent
Luna family in the 1700s. In proper Spanish, the collective ``the Lunas`` would
lack the S, just ``Los Luna`` --- only if they were all female would it be Las
Luna. The gringo ham, transplanted from Pennsylvania or so, pronounced it more
like Las Lunas, S of Albuquerque. Not to be confused with the other town of
Luna, from the same family, next to Arizona and hit by wildfires.)
``The BBC has already posted a recording of the half-hour broadcast at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/2011/06/110620_antarctic_midwinter_broadcast_2011.shtml
(Chris Greenway, UK, 1712 UT June 21, BDXC-UK yg via DXLD)``
So I listened to that later --- yes, mostly greetings from family to the
40-some people at the Antarctic station, plus from a few celebrities. Like last
year, some music bits were mostly in background, no time to play them
completely, starting with the mandatory ``Here Comes the Sun`` (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11954.5, intruding Spanish 2-way SSB weak at 1356 June 22, as
also heard 25 hours earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. The mystery 1000 Hz tone tests (or open carriers) were really
hopping around June 22, as I tried to track them in time order:
1346 first found TT on 17750. Keeps going but at *1357:30 SAH of 3.2 Hz starts
from another carrier. Tone goes off at 1359:49* just in time for VOA Kurdish to
open on the other (via Wertachtal). Then I start hunting for the tone elsewhere:
1401 on 17800, YFR theme and open S Asian language, listed Sindhi via
Wertachtal, but *1401:49 tone test cuts on over YFR with SAH; shortly goes to
OC and back off.
1403 on 17750, VOA Kurdish again has SAH from the carrier until its 1403:35*
but no tone.
1404 on 17630, open carrier atop presumed CRI Mali. Still OC at 1406, 1410, no
tones heard. This may not be related to the others.
1406 on 18900, strong OC but went right off as soon as I tuned in.
1406 on 18960, TT, then OC until 1407*
1407 on 19020, OC and TT back to OC to 1408*
1408 on 19000, OC and TT, back to OC, 1408:50-1409* TT again
1411 on 11620, poor with TT and off
1412 on 11980, poor with TT; 1415 JBA, 1427 either off or fadeout
Would someone please check the IBB RMS files for clues as to who was
transmitting from where on any of these frequencies? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:06:05 +0200
From: "maurits van driessche" <mauritsvandriess...@skynet.be>
To: <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, <shortwavewo...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] http://www.eibispace.de/
Message-ID: <FD7860E6052F48128819674E100B05C2@PCvanSAMSUNG>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
http://www.eibispace.de/
Update
73,
Maurits Van Driessche
Belgium
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