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Today's Topics:
1. ABC Tests on 4835 (Craig Seager)
2. Glenn Hauser logs May 17, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
3. DX Listening Digest 12-20; World of Radio 1617 (Glenn Hauser)
4. Fri DX (Charles)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 23:07:09 +1000
From: "Craig Seager" <shang...@gmail.com>
To: "ARDXC List" <ar...@ardxc.info>
Cc: Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] ABC Tests on 4835
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>From 28 May onwards for a period of a couple of months, there's a chance
you'll hear VL8A running a single-frequency test on 4835 kHz.
This is a high-angle skywave, night service intended primarily for a
domestic audience within 400 km of the transmitter.
The reason for the trial is because the transmitter contractors are unable
to maintain the automation system that controls the day-night change-over
between 4835 & 2310.
Reception reports on the test should be sent to:
Gary Baxter
ABC Transmission Services
Box 9994
Sydney NSW 2001
AUSTRALIA
Conversely, if people want to report on 2310 kHz then it might be an idea to
do so now in case the test becomes permanent.
Note that the address above should be used in all instances, and not that of
Radio Australia.
(Received direct from Nigel Holmes, RA)
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 08:18:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: NASWA <na...@yahoogroups.com>, s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 17, 2012
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<1337267894.83228.yahoomailclas...@web114007.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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** AUSTRALIA. RA reception really degraded: May 17 at 0137, can`t hear it on
usually inbooming 19000, nor on 17795. But by 0233, 19000 has become poorly
audible.
15515, May 17 at 0308, poor signal but enough to tell RA is in French, the new
service for partner stations at 0300 M-F, but not always. By 0505, now back in
English starting `Pacific Beat`, 15515 has arisen to usual very good strength
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 6180, May 17 at 0520, RNA is gone again, but // 11780 is still on
overnight with fair but undermodulated signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CANADA [and non]. 6190, May 17 at 0516, CRI English via Sackville is on
correct frequency tonight, atop much weaker BBC via SOUTH AFRICA (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake May 17, with propagation quite poor:
15570, very poor at 1324; none in the 16s, 14s, 13s, 12s
17560, very poor at 1404, SAH and CCI from V. of Tibet, Madagascar
WWV reported at 1200 and 1500:
``Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 16 May follow.
Solar flux 131 and estimated planetary A-index 9.
The estimated planetary K-index at 1500 UTC on 17 May was 1.
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate.
Solar radiation storms reaching the S2 level occurred.
Radio blackouts reaching the R2 level occurred.
Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor.
Solar radiation storms reaching the S1 level are expected.``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6000, May 17 at 0514 strong open carrier, presumably RHC, not turned
off yet after English to 0500; while English was already going on the four
scheduled frequencies, 6010, 6050, 6060, 6125. Recently, 6125 had been missing
when 6000 was on late, but they have plenty of transmitters to go around after
Spanish ends at 0500. Not checked again until 0532 when 6000 had vanished.
5300, May 17 at 0531, squishy pulse jammer against nothing, as frequently found
wandering around this range, spur? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA [and non]. 15190, May 17 at 0535, S9+10 peaks from R.
Africa with gospel huxter, OM in English, distorted modulation, suspect
defective original recording. Was not on air a semihour earlier when I tuned
across, and still no sign of Nigeria 15120, quite sporadic (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, May 17 at 0517, IGIM fair signal with Arabic talk; 0539
now chanting on better signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA [and non]. 17735, May 17 at 0507, Arabic music, fair signal. Quickly
found // on 7275 and 12005, so confirmed as IWT, then both 17735 and 12005 went
off at 0508*. 7275 continued with a SAH, presumably from FRCN Abuja, NIGERIA
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [and non]. 9915, May 17 at 0522, BBC Arabic has good strength, but with
bad roar, crackle, breakup and carrier wobbling. First impression might be that
this is external jamming, but not a service normally subject to that, so again
suspect something is very wrong at Skelton and/or Woofferton. Can`t BaBcoCk
tell?
7305, May 17 at 0527, B-B-C- chimes, fair signal, 0529 opening in Hausa. Thus
BBC have done as I suggested in this previous item:
``ASCENSION. 7305, April 23 at 0527, BBCWS with announcement loop,
``no programmmes on this channel at present``, which just might
encourage ordinary listeners to tune away, but not me --- 0529 cuts to
Hausa opening. Why don`t they use that biminute for something more
entertaining, like B-B-C- chimes, Oranges & Lemons, or Lilliburlero?``
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) Or Bow Bells
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1617 was ready for first SW broadcast UT Thursday May
17 at 0330 on WRMI 9955; repeats: Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730,
Mon 0500, 1130. Also:
Thu 2100 on WTWW 9479; UT Fri 0330v on WWRB 5050 (last week started at 0335);
UT Sat 0130v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB (last week started after 0145); UT
Sun 0400 on WTWW 5755. Also on WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7555, May 17 at 0518, WEWN Spanish is missing again; other two
transmitters poorly audible on 11520 English, 11870 Spanish. After 1300, all
three poorly audible, 11550, 12050, 15615 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 15866.5-USB, approx., May 17 at 0215, US-military-sounding
contact, only one side heard evidently from an aircraft. Mentioned ETAs, ``drop
a patient off``, ``about an hour out now from the Atlantic(?) test center``.
Mostly silence, occasionally punxuated by ``running water`` blasts, usually two
at a time, one after another, related? At 0225 gave position as 38-47 north,
122-17 west, except I am not sure of the 122, but surely in the Pacific, not
Atlantic. Or rather, those co?rdinates would put it right close to Sacramento
already, overland. This is in a fixed, not aeronautical band, but the military
can transmit wherever they like (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
------------------------------
Message: 3
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 16:14:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: NASWA <na...@yahoogroups.com>, s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] DX Listening Digest 12-20; World of Radio 1617
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DX Listening Digest 12-20 has now been posted at http://dxld.org
or http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt or http://dxld.worldofradio.org
and now also without delay at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld1220.txt
[as sometimes happens, upload of this edition as dxlatest has not been
immediate, but has been immediate at the dxld1220.txt link above]
CONTENTS:
WOR 1617 / ANGUILLA / ARGENTINA / AUSTRALIA RA A12 / BAHRAIN / BANGLADESH /
BELGIUM non / BIAFRA non / BOLIVIA / BONAIRE / BRAZIL / CANADA +non CRI/NHK /
CANADA CBCNQ / CANADA RCI / CHAD / CHINA +non / COLOMBIA / CONGO / COSTA RICA /
CROATIA +non / CUBA +non / CYPRUS +non / DIEGO GARCIA / EAST TURKISTAN /
ECUADOR / EGYPT / EQUATORIAL GUINEA +non / ERITREA / EUROPE Pirate / FIJI non /
FRANCE +non / GERMANY +non / GREECE / GUAM / HONDURAS / HONG KONG / ICELAND /
INDIA / INDONESIA +non / INTERNATIONAL VACUUM / IRAN +non A12 / ISRAEL +non /
ITALY +non / JAPAN +non / KOREA SOUTH +non / KUWAIT / LAOS / LEBANON non /
LIBYA +non / LITHUANIA / LUXEMBOURG / MALAYSIA / MALI / MAURITANIA / MEXICO /
MOLDOVA / MYANMAR / NETHERLANDS non / NEWFOUNDLAND / NIGER / NIGERIA / NORTH
AMERICA Pirates / NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS / NORWAY / OKLAHOMA WNAD/WWLS/KWPN /
OKLAHOMA KCSC / OKLAHOMA KOSU / OKLAHOMA K227AT / OKLAHOMA KOCY+ / OKLAHOMA
OETA / PARAGUAY / PERU +non /
PHILIPPINES A12+ / ROMANIA / RUSSIA +non / RWANDA / SARAWAK non / SERBIA +non
/ SOUTH AFRICA / SOUTH CAROLINA non / SPAIN +non / SUDAN SOUTH non / SWAZILAND
/ TAIWAN / TUNISIA A12 / UKRAINE / UK BBCR4+ / UK +non BBCWS / UK non AWR / USA
AFN / USA WWV / USA +non VOA / USA IBB/BBG / USA WOR/WRMI/WTWW/WWRB/WBCQ+ / USA
WBCQ / USA WRMI / USA WWRB / USA WTWW / USA KJES / USA +non WEWN / USA WHRI /
USA WINB / USA WTJC / USA WRNO / USA WWCR / USA WYFR / USA CODAR / USA KWKH /
USA KFXR / USA WLTG/WTMN / USA WFNY / USA Public Broadcasting / USA Joe Gragg /
UZBEKISTAN / VATICAN +non / VENEZUELA / VIETNAM / WESTERN SAHARA non / ZANZIBAR
/ ZIMBABWE +non / UNIDENTIFIED 1573 / UNIDENTIFIED 6071 / UNIDENTIFIED 9900 /
UNIDENTIFIED Ch 18 / TESTIMONIALS / PUBLICATIONS / LANGUAGE LESSONS /
CONVENTIONS & CONFERENCES / WORLD OF HOROLOGY / MUSEA / DIGITAL BROADCASTING /
RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / DX-PEDITIONS / PROPAGATION
For restrixions and searchable 2012 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html
For restrixions and searchable 2011 contents archive see
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid1.html
NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but
have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself
obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn
WORLD OF RADIO 1617 HEADLINES:
*DX and station news about: Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium non,
Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia
and non, Cyprus, Diego Garcia, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji non, France,
Hong Kong, Iceland, Iran non, Japan, Lithuania, Mali, Mexico, Myanmar,
Netherlands and non, Paraguay, Philippines, Spain, South Sudan non,
Ukraine, USA, Venezuela, Zanzibar
SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1617, May 17-23, 2012
Thu 0330 WRMI 9955
Thu 2100 WTWW 9479 [confirmed]
Fri 0329v WWRB 5050 [last week 0335-]
Sat 0130v WBCQ 5110v-CUSB Area 51 [last week after 0145]
Sat 0800 WRMI 9955
Sat 1500 WRMI 9955
Sat 1730 WRMI 9955
Sun 0400 WTWW 5755
Sun 0800 WRMI 9955
Sun 1530 WRMI 9955
Sun 1730 WRMI 9955
Mon 0500 WRMI 9955
Mon 1130 WRMI 9955
Tue 0930 HLR 5980 Hamburger Lokal Radio
Thu 0330 WRMI 9955 [or maybe 1618 if ready in time]
Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite
and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html or
http://schedule.worldofradio.org or http://sked.worldofradio.org
For updates see our Anomaly Alert page:
http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html
WRN ON DEMAND:
http://www.wrn.org/listeners/#world-of-radio
WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN:
http://www.wrn.org/listeners/customize-panel/addToPlaylist/98/09:00:00UTC/English
OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO:
http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html
or http://wor.worldofradio.org
DAY-BY-DAY ARCHIVE OF GLENN HAUSER`S LOG REPORTS
Unedited, uncondensed, unchanged from original version, many of
them too complex, minutely researched, multi-frequency, opinionated,
inconsequential, off-topic, or lengthy for some log editors to
manage; and also ahead of their availability in these weekly issues:
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser
Best DX wishes, Glenn Hauser
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 01:02:07 -0000
From: "Charles" <ka4...@peoplepc.com>
To: "'Ankeer Petersen'" <anker.peter...@mail.dk>, "'Bob Wilkner'"
<r...@earthlink.net>, "'Chrissy Brand'" <chriss...@hotmail.co.uk>,
"'DXLD'" <d...@yahoogroups.com>, "'Gayle Van Horn'"
<gaylevanh...@monitoringtimes.com>, "'Glenn Hauser'"
<wghau...@yahoo.com>, "'Hard-Core-dx@hard-core-dx.com'"
<hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "'Liz Cameron'"
<ale...@yahoo.com>,
"'Marie Lamb'" <mal...@mailbox.syr.edu>, "'Short Wave World'"
<shortwavewo...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] Fri DX
Message-ID: <A16F6D80DCC14778A8671E265D5CDA61@CharlesPC>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Bolivia, 6134.851, Radio Santa Cruz, 0043-0100 With a program of music and
chatter
by a mail, noted a fair signal this evening, but it having a strong
automatic signal
hitting Radio Santa Cruz on the low side. The notch filter didn't give much
help.
Still Radio Santa Cruz was easy to listen to this evening. (Chuck Bolland,
May 18, 2012)
Brazil, 4878.372, Radiodifusora Roraime, Presumed, 0050-0100 Noted a program
of regular music (Not Braz) with two males commenting in Portuguese between
the tunes.
The signal was poor, but audible enough to ident it as Brazilian. (Chuck
Bolland
May 18, 2012)
Excalibur
26N 081W
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