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Today's Topics:
1. Logs (Manuel M?ndez)
2. 19-23 September Loggings (Dave Valko)
3. Glenn Hauser logs September 22-23, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
4. Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA (Stewart MacKenzie)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 14:52:07 +0200
From: Manuel M?ndez <manuelmend...@gmail.com>
To: DX Listenig Digest <d...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs
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Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Spain
Sony ICF SW 7600 G,
cable antenna, 8 meters
BRAZIL
4915, Radiodifusora Macap?, Macap?, 0550-0605, 23-09, Brazilian songs.
24322. (M?ndez)
5970, Radio Itatiaia, Belo Horizonte, 0602-06,18, 23-09, Brazilian
songs, male, Portuguese, comments, identification: "3 horas nove
minutes, Radio Itatiaia". 24322. (M?ndez)
6180, Radio Nacional de Brasilia, 0545-0615, 23-09, male, comments,
Portuguese, identification: "Radio Nacional". 34433. (M?ndez)
9820, Radio 9 de Julho, Sao Paulo, 0545-0610, 23-09, male with religious
comments in Portuguese, program "Com a Mae Aparecida". 34433. (M?ndez)
11815, Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, 0548-0600, 23-09, Brazilian songs,
identification: "Ondas medias, 1270 kHz, 50 kW, onda tropical, 4985 kHz,
10 kW, ondas curtas, 25 metros, 11815 kHz, 7,5 kW, Radio Brasil Central,
Goiania, Goias, Brasil". 24322. (M?ndez)
15190, Radio Inconfidencia, Belo Horizonte, 0840-1001, 23-09, Brazilian
songs, comments, Portuguese, male, identification: "Inconfidencia",
23322. (M?ndez)
COLOMBIA, 5910, Alcarav?n Radio, Puerto Lleras, 0545-0622, 23-09, Latin
American songs, identification, male: "Alcaravan Radio". 34433. (M?ndez)
GERMANY
9480, Radio Gloria International, *0900-0930, 23-09, male,
identification: "This is Radio Gloria International, 0900 to 1000
UTC...". Pop music and comments. Parallel with 6140. 44444. (M?ndez)
GUATEMALA, 4055, Radio Verdad, Chiquimula, 0548-0608, 23-09, religious
songs in English, identification en various languages, anthem and close
down. 14321. (M?ndez)
PERU, 4790, Radio Visi?n, Chiclayo (presumed), 0055-0623, 23-09, male,
comments. Very weak, best on LSB. 14321. (M?ndez)
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 13:09:50 -0400
From: "Dave Valko" <djva...@verizon.net>
To: "Hardcore DX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: [HCDX] 19-23 September Loggings
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SUDAN 7200 R. Omdurman Suddenly on at 0232:40 w/native mx in progress but
barely modulated. Apparently V.O. Broad Masses also here starting at 0313.
(20
Sept.)
SOMALIA 7120 R. Hargeisa OC followed by HoA mx. Finally a 1 min. anmnt
by M
at 0354:55 in which there were ments of what sounded like "Radio Ree-kah".
More
mx, then diff. M again at 0405:22 w/more ments Radio "Ree-kah". Mx again 0406.
0414:15 more anmnts by same M starting w/ment of Radio Ree-Kah which must be an
ID.
Same thing again at 0423:04. Odd though as I didn't hear this in Ron Howards
recording. Fading after 0400 of course and nearly inaudible by 0445. (20
Sept.)
MAURITANIA 7245 R. Mauritania Unlike yesterday, was not on all night.
Suddenly on at 0621:48 in mid-Koran. (20 Sept.)
BRAZIL 4785 R. Caiari On at 0855:20 w/soft ZY ballad in progress. Full
ID at
0858:34, followed by ID jingles mentioning AM freq. (20 Sept.)
BOLIVIA 4716.7 R. Yura Signal on well before 0955. Audio finally up at
1002:50 w/2 IDs and ment of Bolivia by W during tlk in Ayamara. Mx at very
very
low level. (20 Sept.)
MYANMAR?? 7345 Rakhine BS?? (very tent.) 1056 finally getting a little mx
at
this time but audio ext. weak. Was getting a carrier for about the previous 10
min. CNR blasted it out at 1100. Don't see anything else listed here prior
to
CNR s/on. (20 Sept.)
21 September 2012: Decided to try a micro-DXpedition this morning. I was
disappointed with the propagation. LAs were quite poor. The Myanmar
stations/freqs were hardly audible. The PNGs were the only saving grace. I
wouldn't
quite say they were good, but they were fairly good. 3235 and 3260 were best.
At
330?, the BOG was actually situated perfectly for reception of both Pacific and
Asia. Pacific was much much better. So I don't know if it had to do with
propagation or if the antenna just needed to be laid out in a more northerly
direction.
RX: Microtelecom Perseus SDR with ARR preamp.
ANT: 315' Beverage (BOG) at 330?.
QTH: Pennsylvania State Game Lands #26
Duration: 0850-1200 UTC
Solar Indices: Solar Flux = 117 A Index = 9 K Index = 2 No storms.
WX: Partly to mostly cloudy. Mid-50's.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 7324.97 Wantok R. Light 0906 NBC EG nx by M. 0908 "This
is
the NBC National news". 0915 nIce Wantok NBC nx/promo/ID, then PSA, and live
studio M anncr w/upcoming sked. Voice audio was a little distorted. Another
ment
of Wantok R. Light at 0917. 0918 canned pgm promo, then messages, then into
C&W
style song. (21 Sept.)
CANADA 6159.98 CKZU 0926 mostly stronger than CKZN. CBC documentary w/M
and
W pgm host abt severely ill Autistic person to 0948. "The Current Review"
pgm.,
pgm notes and CBC Radio One ID, filler mx, then CBC nx. Some heavy QSB. (21
Sept.)
BOLIVIA 6134.83 R. Santa Cruz 0939 Big rom. ballad. M anncr w/TC and
song
anmnt w/ment of La Paz, Santa Cruz. Not very strong this AM. (21 Sept.)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3235 R. West New Britain 1009 M anncr in muffled audio.
Ment of PNG, poss. phone numbers, corporation. Soft mx bridge at 1017, then M
again w/ment of Friday night, and cont. mx. 1019 W anncr w/PSAs. Island mx agt
1022. 1029:20 full ID by M over native wind instru. straight tone, canned M, W
ancr w/FM freq, then live W w/ID 1030:30. 1114:40 canned W jingle. 1119:30
studio
W w/what sounded like ID. (21 Sept.)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3260 R. Madang 1031 Reggae song. 1033 studio M anncr
w/song
anmnt. Requests. Ment Friday night 1108:20 W w/vern. nx starting out w/item
about
NBC. Studio M anncr at 1113 w/ID "...NBC station Madang...". (21 Sept.)
3324.889 and 3325 two signals here noted at 1035. Suspect the former is
Palangkaraya and the latter is Bougainville. (21 Sept.)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3365 R. Milne Bay 1035 "We Are the World". "Take It
Easy"
by The Eagles at 1053. (21 Sept.)
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3315 R Manus 1104:35 nice bird call and drums, then into
nx
by W. (21 Sept.)
SOLOMON ISLANDS 5019.88 SIBC/R. Happy Isles 1125 dedication and request
call-in pgm w/W host who answered phone "Hello SIBC" quickly speaking and
slurring
words. Rel. inspirational tlk at
1156. 1200 full closing ID, instru. NA. Good and as strong as Rebelde. (21
Sept.)
AUSTRALIA 2368.48 R. Symban Extremely weak but also peaking for 2 or 3
seconds every once in a while, once strong enough to hear mx at 0842. (22
Sept.)
MICRONESIA (POHNPEI) 4755.5 The Cross 0948 Rock and Pop mx. Tuned away
at
0955. Was already in EG rel. pgm at 1000 when I returned. Went into Pop mx at
1023, and then off the air at 1024. (22 Sept.)
UNID. 9380 Sound of Hope (pres.) 1233 just missed s/on. Getting a weak
signal w/M tlk in what sounded like CH. Oddly was getting more audio w/tuner
bypassed. (22 Sept.)
CHINA Found Firedrake on 12320, 12670, 12980, 13920. (22 Sept.)
NIGER 9705.54 La Voix du Sahel 2247 M in FR between Afro songs. Pretty
good
signal and found off freq today. (22 Sept.)
BRAZIL 6120 Super R. Deus e Amor (pres.) 2251 Rel. tlk by M in PT w/ment
of
espiritu santu, la palabra, Brasil, sanctimoni. 2257 instru. mx and M anncr
briefly, then alternating M and W and audience noise. Canned studio anmnt by
M, a
little more preaching, then full canned slow anmnt by M w/freqs at 2300,
followed
by singing jingle for abt a min. Didn't hear an actual ID though. 2300 noted
time
ticks underneath then V.O. Korea IS. Then at 2302:35, R. Habana Cuba came on
and
blasted it out. (22 Sept.)
VIETNAM 12019.25 V.O. Vietnam 2313 tlk by 2 men ancrs, then W briefly,
and
back to men. Certainly sounded like IN at 2322. Getting better in the next 5
min.
Deadair at 2327. 2330 usual fanfare and EG ID by W and M. Into EG lang. pgms.
(22 Sept.)
BRAZIL 4845.24 R. Cultura Ondas Tropicais (pres.) 2335 hardsell preaching
by
M in PT w/horrible roomy sound to the audio. Thought hrd ment of Brasil. Went
into Pop-like vcl mx at 2340 sounding like it was played over the PA system in
the
room. One or two short canned anmnts at 2359. More nonstop mx. I thought the
audio was just part of the pgm, but it was obviously from the studio. No
chance to
ID due to poor audio. QRM from het on 4844.85. Occas. pulsing UTE QRM too.
Not
very strong. Can't be running more than 5 kw. If this is Ondas Tropicais, it
really went downhill from what it used to be. WWCR not on to at least 0007,
but
was on at 0015 check. (22 Sept.)
ECUADOR 4781.67 R. Oriental 2347 long canned anmnt w/ment of R. Oriental,
then into LA Pop mx a little distorted on the bass. 2 more songs. 2359 canned
anmnt by M w/ment of Quito, and "...telefonicas en comunicadores...servicios
tecnicos...en radio...de servicio". Then more mx. (22 Sept.)
UNID. 4840 AIR Mumbai?? Carrier came on at 2349:00 and noted over ToH.
Hrd
poss. mx at 0006. Wiped out by WWCR when I rechecked at 0015. (22 Sept.)
MYANMAR 7110 Kachin R. Came on the air at 1026:33. (23 Sept.)
MYANMAR 7185.73 R. Myanmar Came on at 1026:15. No chance for audio as it
was
much too weak. (23 Sept.)
UNID. 3915 R. Fly (tent.) 1106-1112 what sounded like studio W anncr
interviewing M over phone. Hrd for a few seconds at times between Ham xmsns.
(23
Sept.)
SOLOMON ISLANDS 5019.88 SIBC 1117 church choral singing, then rel. pgm M
host
in Pijin, and more choral mx. Nice signal this morning. Not as much Rebelde
slop
QRM as usual. LSB was clear. (23 Sept.)
UNID. 9595.449 Carrier hetting up against 9595 Japan here at 1125. 9595 was
too
strong and this was too weak to get any audio. AIR maybe?? (23 Sept.)
UNID. 15755 Sound of Hope?? M tlking in definite CH-like lang at 1224.
Kind
of weak. Gone by 1237 recheck, so must have gone off at 1230. (23 Sept.)
OMAN 15140 R. Sultanate of Oman 1450 end of Dance song, then studio M
anncr
host w/greetings, ID, and UK listener acknowledgement, then some sports nx.
Back
to mx at 1455. Weak and fady. (23 Sept.)
73 Dave Valko
Dunlo, PA USA
NRD-535D and Perseus SDR
Wellbrook ALA1530S+ and 153' Vertical Triangle Delta Loop
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:31:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 22-23, 2012
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** BANGLADESH. 15105, Sept 23 at 1252, no signal from Bangladesh Betar this
Sunday, despite lots of ChiCom signals on the band; nor around 1335; nor on
15505 from 1359 past 1401. Also absent Saturday, so we wonder if BB just takes
the weekends off, or is something else wrong? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHINA. 4940, Sept 23 at 1214 Chinese talk, very poor in noise but best/only
signal from Asia on 60m, i.e. per Aoki, V. of Strait, 50 kW, 140 degrees from
Fuzhou, way offbeam USward.
At 1217 on 90m searching for PNG, N Korean carriers, also one on 3280,
presumably V. of Pujiang, 15 kW southward from Shanghai (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [non]. 9890, Sept 23 at 0332, CRI English with echo. This is produced
in my FRG-7 receiver only, tnx to overload from super-strong signals on 9690
via Spain and 9790 via Cuba, eliminable by attenuation. FYI: this is not a log
of something axually transmitted, so not quoting it would be understandable;
yet someone might be misled by an anomaly like this if they hear it (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 11975 & 12005, Sept 23 at 1250, filthy FM spurs from CNR1 jammer on
11990 have moved in closer to the fundamental, instead of 11970 & 12010 as 24
hours earlier; now with dramatic yelling program. And once again both gone
after 1300 as the offending unit on 11990 has closed, while other CNR1 jamming
against VOA remains.
21590, Sept 23 at 1303, equally poor mix of CNR1 jamming and presumed BBC Uzbek
via CYPRUS as scheduled this semihour, since the ChiCom interfere in the
internal affairs of Uzbekistan, just because Uzbek is a Turkic language
understood by some in East Turkistan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Sept 23, before 1300:
15555, very good at 1253; none in the 17s, 16s, 14s, 13s, 12s
15795, JBA at 1253, mixing with echo CNR1 jamming vs AIR Mandarin
17705, at 1255 the // AIR Mandarin with no FD, just CNR1 jamming over Indian
music
Before 1400:
7445, JBA at 1338, under CNR1 jamming, RTI
9680, poor at 1338 in the mix with CNR1 jamming, RTI and RRI // 16100
14960, poor at 1334; none in the 12s or 13s
15495, poor at 1334
15940, poor at 1334
16100, good at 1335
16920, fair at 1335
16980, fair at 1335
18200, poor at 1337 with flutter; none in the 17s
** COLOMBIA. 5910, Sept 23 at 0348 peppy music from reactivated HJDH, missing
last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 9898-9923, Sept 23 at 0353, OTH radar pulses, presumed from here,
mainly blocking BBC Arabic on 9915, which until 0400 is definitely from Cyprus,
then Woofferton UK. Wolfgang B?schel also reported this: ``CYPRUS/TURKEY?? OTHR
on S=9+30dB powerhouse at 0420 UT 9896 to 9924 kHz range`` (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** DENMARK. 24940-USB, Sept 23 at 1344, 5Q4B, fonetik call from some exotic
spot? Says using 3-element beam for 12 and 17m; apparently a contest is
running, with quick exchanges of signal reports; bothered at 1346 by VFO
sweeping up and down across. QRZ.com is sluggish today with everyone accessing
it, but finally reveals it`s just Denmark. What`s wrong with a plain old OZ
call? I would never have guessed 5Q = Denmark: 5Q4B, J. Vibaek, Box 83, Koege
DK 4600, Denmark (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ESTONIA. 28521-USB, Sept 23 at 1355, ES1BA calling CQ, i.e. per
http://qrzcq.com/call/ES1BA --- Vyacheslav (slava) Abramov, 10316 Tallin,
Estonia, who must be an ethnic Russian lingerer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** GUAM. 5765-USB, Sept 23 at 1222, JBA talk, presumably AFN still active, with
NPR WESUN. Too weak to get a definite // to KOSU which is IBOC-delayed (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUIANA FRENCH. 11995, Sept 23 at 0336 the open carrier with hum, presumed
from here, is on again this early, also at 0429 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 11920, Sept 23 at 0337, VIRI news theme and then English news by YL,
having got the opening Qur`anic exercises out of the way preventing news
promptly on the Iranian hour. Somewhat undermodulated and distorted audio,
slightly better on synchronized // 13650. Tho from different sites: 11910
Kamalabad 324 degrees, 13650 Sirjan 330 per HFCC. In B-12 they change to Sirjan
11770, Kamalabad 9710, different than last winter. Will those avoid collisions?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRELAND [non]. 17685 via UK, and 17540 via SOUTH AFRICA, Sunday Sept 23 at
1459 check, RTE Football Final special is very poor on both; I can only tell
that some irrational announcer is excited about a silly ballgame, and surely
not worth further pursuit. They will be back one week later for hurling replay,
then gone again until next September (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ISRAEL. 6973, Sept 23 at 0343, trolling the pirate band, first I find music
on AM here, soon Hebrew announcement from Galei Zahal; fair signal. I never
hear it after 0500, tho sometimes in summer 15850 made it then. Local sunrise
there is currently about 0330 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 3480, Sept 23 at 1215 Korean singing, good signal
with het, so it`s Voice of the People, from South to North, and/or jamming.
Then I check:
2850, Sept 23 at 1216, Korean talk, good S9+18 signal, i.e. KCBS P`yongyang, 50
kW ND per Aoki. Then I check:
3250 very poor, maybe Korean talk, and 3320 JBA carrier, at 1217 Sept 23,
presumably also from Korea North (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KURDISTAN [non]. 15510, Sept 23 at 1400 as I was also checking for
Bangladesh on 15505, I observe that the VOR IS plays right up to 1400 whence
VOA Kurdish smoothly succeeds it, as introduced in English. I.e., Samara,
RUSSIA site to Wertachtal, GERMANY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LITHUANIA. 9635, Sept 23 at 0539, wild ME? music and Arabish? conversation,
strangely stronger than adjacent 9630 REE/Costa Rica, which is much weaker than
normal for its 100 kW aimed 340 degrees right at us. I have lucked into one of
those odd relays keeping Sitkunai on SW, IBB`s RFE/RL in Tatar-Bashkir, 100 kW,
79 degrees at 0500-0600 per HFCC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 540, Sept 23 at 1210 UT, federal PSAs for Derechos Humanos and
vacunas (vaccinations), mentions ranchera and 90.5 FM, YL DJ with cabina phone
numbers; loops WSW/ENE, i.e. per Cant?:
540 XETX La Ranchera de Paquim? + FM 90.5 Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chih. 1,000 250
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 660, Sept 23 at 1208 UT, ``Radio 660 AM, gruporadioalegria.com``,
i.e. XEFZ Monterrey NL again, despite Radio 6-60 also being slogan of a
Oaxacan; then a familiar Brazilian song (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 730, Sept 23 at 0508 UT, sports talk in Spanish looping SSW,
mentioning el torneo, f?tbol mexicano. Instead of usual XEHB heard on this
frequency, it`s XEX M?xico DF in its latest format, deportes, as TDW, standing
for Televisa Deportes W --- why not TDX? Evidently the prime XEW brand
overrides it. Despite all the other Mexicans and Americans allowed on 730 now
at night, this one is still allegedly 100 kW non-direxional day and night
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MOROCCO. 15349.1, Sept 22 at 1950-1952+, IMM transmits dead air like more
and more SW stations; what a waste. Wolfgang B?schel notes that another station
at the same Nador site, M?di-1 on 9575 has a much weaker signal and
transmission problems, plus LW 171 is disrupted as well. There may be
maintenance work going on there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA [non]. 15120, Sept 23 at 0519, no signal, and in fact no signals
from anywhere on 19 mb. Usually during this hour there are several from Africa
and/or Australia. WWV e-mail at 0300 and 0600 reported K was 0 and flux was
125, no storms past or future, so above-average conditions would be expected.
What happened? Seasonal MUF decline, I suppose (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 960, Sept 23 at 0501 UT, local KGWA is in dead air
again, as usual for the midnight news hole, and I do mean hole. So I null it as
best as possible, turn up the volume and try to make out what`s under it. ABC
News from something, but KGWA blasts back on with a local commercial at 0505
before the understation can ID. NRC AM Log shows KMA Shenandoah IA fits with
ABC, but NRC Pattern Book shows only a minor lobe SSW, mostly NNE at night.
Also WERC Birmingham AL is ABC, but most of its signal goes SSW with a null
toward us (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 90m carrier search found 3325 strongest with some
undermodulation, Sept 23 at 1219, but could be Indonesia; #2 was 3205, also
3235 and 3315 which all fit for PNG (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. Once I found 12m open from exotic Denmark, seek out other sigs, Sept
23, and tnx for the certain fonetically-given calls:
QRZ.com is stalled, overloaded, so I have to resort to qrzcq.com
24935-USB, RA4CC calling CQ at 1347: Alex Kochnev, 410002 SARATOV
European Russia
24972-USB, UA3APM, JBA at 1351: SERGEJ, MOSCOW, UL. B. SPASSKAYA, 10/1-428,
European Russia
And even 10 metres:
28482-USB approx., RL3A at 1354 calling CQ DX Stateside: RK3AWL A.R.C
Zelenograd, European Russia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 21505, Sept 23 at 1358, BSKSA good S9+12 with Arabic music.
This signal is usually audible, but better than usual now, as we hopefully
approach fall enhancement of 13m. This is the only BSKSA signal on 13m I ever
hear, not even a trace of the others which used to be prolific on 13m. Current
HFCC shows the following registered after 1200 when imminent sunrise here
starts to open the band:
21460 13-16
21505 12-15, 295 degrees, OK, but not ideal for NAm like 21640
21530 12-15 (Urdu)
21600 12-14 at 310 degrees
21640 12-15
Are all those really on the air? Where super-strong they also used to provide
multiple leapfrog mixing products (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOMALILAND. 7120, Sept 23 at 0332, no signal from R. Hargeisa, so are they
through testing in the mornings for DXers westward? There was some weak SSB ham
in Spanish right on frequency. I went on to tune elsewhere, but at 0355
recheck, R. Hargeisa is now on with HOA music, poor signal, still with SSB and
CW QRhaM. 0401 announcement and vocal music, better now at S9+15 peak, and
hardly any fading. By 0424 it`s degraded to a JBA carrier. Wolfgang B?schel in
Germany was also checking this: no signal at 0348, but on at 0353, declining by
0430 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN [non]. 11880, REE via COSTA RICA, Sunday Sept 23 at 1243, discussion
and illustration of Spanish musical styles, so `Amigos de la Onda Corta` DX
program is missing again; no convenient Noblejas frequency to check, but //
much weaker 11910 via CHINA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7506.4, Sept 23 at 0250, WRNO has been reactivated at last following
Hurricane Isaac almost a month ago: huge S9+22 signal, but suppressed
modulation in sermon(?) about baseball; 0331 check, dead air. Clearly, there
have been no improvements to the previous situation, and the frequency remains
precisely where it was before, far out of FCC-allowed tolerance beyond 7505.00.
It`s safe to report it as that, not 7505, not 7506 and not 7507. Tnx to Tom
Nyberg, Sumner, Iowa, first to tip at 0115 on the dxldyg about the comeback
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1635 monitoring: confirmed on 5755, WTWW-1, UT Sunday
Sept 23 at 0400 with usual interruption for canned Ted ID at the start.
Excellent signal, and from next week to be moved aside, perhaps to 5745.
Remaining repeats on WRMI 9955: Monday 0500, 1130 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050, Sept 23 at 0350, no signal from WWRB, nominally on until 0400
nightly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9330-CUSB, Sept 23 at 0535, WBCQ, tune in to strange tones cutting on
and off, ``God has his own string sexion``, citing Psalm 48:7 in relation to
pulsars(??); anachronism! Internet buffering interrupts this silly sermon from
Radio 211/GFRN every few sex, encouraging me to move on apace (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9825, Sept 23 at 0425, no signal from WHRI; and come to think of it,
not noted earlier in the semihour as I was tuning around. This had been the one
reliable SW time for `DXing with Cumbre`; now what? It`s still on the WHR
online schedule for 0400 UT Sundays, but evidently converted to an imaginary
airing like (almost?) all the rest (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1020, Sept 23 at 1201 UT, banda music, late ID for ``KMMQ,
Omaha-Lincoln, La Nueva``, with the call letters only pronounced in English,
altho not required. Making slow SAH with semi-local KOKP Perry OK, nulled.
Their official sunrise to 50 kW daypower was 1200, but in October: 1230 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1180, Sept 23 at 0459 UT, a signal not suffering from KFAQ 1170 IBOC,
so was it off or just in a fade? Stayed with it, hoping for WHAM, but after ads
for cupcakes and Ronzo(?) restaurants, ``Sports radio in Omaha, 1180, Zone 2,
The Deuce, KZOT, Omaha-Council Bluffs``, into a Yahoo Sports Minute. I guess
KZOT stands for Zone Two; what does that allude to? Last I noticed, this was
KOIL. FCC Call Sign History shows:
KZOT 06/04/2012
KOIL 01/01/2009
KYDZ 04/22/2003
KOIL 08/24/1993
KKAR 01/22/1987
KNPE 08/15/1984
So where is the KOIL call now? Back to 1290; make up your mind?
KOIL 06/04/2012
KKAR 08/24/1993
DKOIL 08/24/1993
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6930-SSB, Sept 23 at 0344, some weak pirate music, ACI from
uteblob on low side; still there at 0520 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 17:54:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Stewart MacKenzie <wdx...@yahoo.com>
To: Adrian Peterson <adr...@awr.org>, Gerry Dexter <g...@wi.rr.com>,
Anker Peterson <anker.peter...@mail.dk>, BCL NEWS
<bcln...@yahoogroups.com>, Duane Fischer <dfisc...@usol.com>, Hard
Core DX <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, Prime Time Shortwave
<primetimeshortw...@yahoogroups.com>, SWL QTH <s...@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [HCDX] Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA
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ASCENSION??? BBCWS Relay??? 6145? 0310 GMT? English? 333? Sept 23? Two YLs with
comments on world events.? OM with comments 0312 GMT .????? MacKenzie-CA..
BONAIRE?? Radio Netherland Relay?? 6175? 0308 GMT? Spanish? 444? Sept 23? YL
with comments.??? MacKenzie-CA..
CANADA?? Radio Japan? NHK? Relay?? 5960? 0335 GMT? Japanese? 444? Sept 23? YL
singing and Bells rringing 0336 GMT.? Audience clapping. Then more singing by
an OM.? Two YLs singing 0340 GMT.? OM singing 0350 GMT.? YL singing 0355
GMT.??? Mackenzie-CA..
COSTA RICA?? Radio Exterior Espana? Relay?? REE ? 6125? 0313 GMT? Spanish? 333?
Sept 23? YL and OM with comments. Then some music in the background at times.?
YL and OM? singing 0323 GMT..//6055 [333]. ? ?? Mackenzie-CA..
CUBA ? Radio Havana Cuba? RHC ? 6180? 0306 GMT? Spanish? 444? Sept 23? OM
singing.
MacKenzie-CA..
CUBA ? Radio Havana Cuba? RHC ? 6120? 0318 GMT? Spanish? 444? Sept 23? yL and
OM with comments and mentioned Cuba often.? Bongo music and YL singing 0329
GMT. ?? MacKenzie-CA..
CUBA ? Radio Havana Cuba? RHC ? 6000? 0332 GMT ? English? 333? Sept 23? YL and
OM with comments and mentioning RHC Cuba often. ? ?? 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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End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 117, Issue 24
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