Dave, I see that the weather cooperated enough to let you back into the great outdoors for several DXpeditions. Some nice loggings to end the year. I have one quick question about the Zanzibar log. Was the ZBC English news on 20 December at 1700 UTC or 1800 UTC. The time check for 9 o'clock fits 1800 (UTC + 3 hours) although the flow of the log seemed to imply 1700 UTC for the English news. I have tuned several times for the 1800 UTC the English news feed only to hear Swahili news instead. 73, Rich -----Original Message----- From: Dave Valko <djva...@verizon.net> To: Olle Alm <o....@telia.com>; Pedro Arrunátegui <pfarrunate...@gmail.com>; Wolfgang Bueschel <buesch...@email.de>; John Cooper <broadwin...@msn.com>; Rich D'Angelo <rdange...@aol.com>; Gerry Dexter <g...@wi.rr.com>; Victor Goonetilleke <victor.goonetill...@gmail.com>; hard-core-dx <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>; Dan Henderson <danda...@verizon.net>; John Herkimer <jherki...@cox.net>; Ron Howard <ron888how...@gmail.com>; Ivo Ivanov <ivo.obser...@gmail.com>; VU2JOS Jose Jacob <vu2...@gmail.com>; Edward Kusalik <ekusa...@telusplanet.net>; Dario Monferini <dario.monfer...@playdx.com>; Don Moore <donmoored...@yahoo.com>; Antonello Napolitano <tarant...@hotmail.com>; Thomas Nilsson <thomas.nils...@ektv.nu>; Ralph Perry <ralphpe...@yahoo.com>; Charles Rippel <lantarea...@gmail.com>; Mauno Ritola <mauno.rit...@wrth.com>; Brett Saylor <b...@psu.edu>; Arnaldo Slaen <sl...@ciudad.com.ar>; Tim Tromp <kilok...@gmail.com>; Robert Wilkner <r...@earthlink.net>; Daniel Wyllyans <danieln...@gmail.com>; Larry Yamron <lyam...@comcast.net>; James Young <astroyo...@verizon.net> Sent: Fri, Dec 30, 2016 7:45 pm Subject: Loggings 20-30 December 2016
20 December 2016 Micro-DXpedition: 6200 UNID. Something here at the start 1600. Rock mx coming up at 1603, and recognized “Shadow Dancing” by Andy Gibbat 1606. Distorted. Suddenly blasted for abt 5 seconds at 1608:40and went off. Pirate testing axmtr?? (Valko 20 Dec.) 7465 SINGAPORE BBC (relay) 1620 feature w/actualities in EG, //7445Madagascar. Both weak but partiallyreadable. (Valko 20 Dec.) 6195 OMAN BBC (relay) W doing the nx in EG at 1631, //7445 and7465. ID at 1632 “BBC news”. Very weak. Getting nice by 1730. Very strongat 1859 w/ID by W, pgm promo, and signal off. (Valko 20 Dec.) 7174.99 ERITREA V.O. the Broad Masses of Eritrea (pres.) M continuously tlking in lang. from1635. Faded by 1649 but still barelyaudible. Sounded audible again at 1737w/poss. mx, Gone at 1742 check. (Valko 20 Dec.) 11735 ZANZIBAR ZBC 1659 end of anmnt by M w/ment of ZBC,usual ToH routine of drum IS, slow time ticks, then deadair with the sound theW EG nxcaster shuffling around preparing for the nx then ID to start “Its’ 9o’clock East African Time. Here is thenews from Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation read by ?? First the main points”. (Valko 20 Dec.) 7480 MOLDOVA R.Payam e-Doost Really nice signal100% copy w/end of feature by W in apparent Farsi and closing by M over instru.mid-east mx. W again, classical mxbridge, then feature by M w/break for MOR vcl song 1823-1825. More of the same. Had the usual trumpet fanfare song at signoff but no ID anmnt. Signal off at1845:11. Wish I would have been here fors/on. (Valko 20 Dec.) 22 DECEMBER2016 Micro-DXpedition: 7120 SOMALIA R.Hargeisa M anncr from 1316 butmodulation way to low. If the modulationwould be at 100%, this would be nice. (Valko 22 Dec.) 7175 ERITREA V.O.the Broad Masses of Eritrea 1337 HoA mx, then M anncr at 1339, mx bridge,and M again. More HoA mx at 1342 brieflyand cont. tlk. Not as strong asHargeisa. No sign of 7146.56 as JimYoung observed independently as well. (Valko 22Dec.) 9381 INDIA AIR,National Channel, Aligarh Found hereagain off-freq at 1346 w/subcont. mx weakly, then W in pres. Hindi. to at least1352. No better than at home. For a Youtube video of the reception, use this link https://youtu.be/59CiAr6s3Fo (use 480p quality setting for best viewing) (Valko 22 Dec.) 15140 OMAN R. Sultanate of Oman Signal on at 1359:11. Audio up at 1402:18 but not 100% and soundingas though a mic was placed up against a telephone receiver. M w/EG nx. Audio gradually cleared up in 5 min. but still weak. 1408 fanfare mx, then ad for Omantel and longslick promo w/list of FM stns ending w/ID for 90.4, then live M DJ in EG at 1411. (Valko 22 Dec.) 2520 USA WOCO,Oconto, WI (2 X 1260 harmonic) First found at 1205 w/Mw/inspirational message, farming related nx and features. 1221 Joe Prato(?) w/wx ending w/ID, live ladyDJ w/current conditions, 1222 Polkas. 1229 DJ w/song anmnts and sev. anecdotes. 1230 “USA Radio News”, 1232 wx again, ladyDJ. 1240-1255 back to Polkas includingone mentioning “Merry Christmas from Wisconsin” and “I LoveChristmastime”. Lady tlking abt what Lenawas having for breakfast. 1256 wxsponsored by Peterson Ford, and another Polka leading up to ToH. Signal was strong but modulation a littlelow. (Valko 23 Dec.) 6115 CONGO R. Congo (tent.) Signal came on at 0535:45and almost immediately tlk by M in progress sounding like a remote. Diff.M briefly at 0540. Sounded like an interview. Just a little tooweak to tell the lang. Sign on time suggests Congo. Graduallyfaded. (Valko 24 Dec.) 4894.92 BRAZIL?? R. Novo Tempo?? Found a signal here at 0856. Nowhere near enough for audio,but did find R. Novo Tempo on the exact same freq using Artur Nogueiras SDR.huweb rx. Nice ID at 0901. (Valko 24 Dec.) 4835 AUSTRALIA ABC,Alice Spring 1419 “2000 Miles” Christmassong by The Pretenders, usual W host. 1430 fanfare and ID by M leading into the nx. 1440 “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” by Wvclist. Most audible yet. Still able to hear the mx at 1457 but notgood enough to recognize songs. Lastremnants of audio at 1501. (Valko 24 Dec.) 4920 UNID. Hearing this again at home like at theSGLs. Thought for sure it was // 5015w/Bro. Stair at 1430, but definitely not at 1458 as it had mx and 5015 stillhad Stair. (Valko 24 Dec.) 9800 FRANCE NorddeutscherRundfunk (via Issoudun) Signal on1859:48 and audio up at 1900 w/W anncr in GM w/ment of NDR and pres. nx, thenChristmas Eve pgm for sailors at sea w/men and W hosts. 1906 “The Christmas Song” in EG. Poor signal and fady but did improve. Found // to 6125 (Nauen) at 1923 w/”Oh HolyNight”. (Valko 24 Dec.) 6925.38 PIRATE(NA) Happy Hanukkah R. From2033. Music from “Fiddler on theRoof”. ID by M in elf-like voice. S/off anmnt at 2052 w/e-mail addr happyhanukkahra...@gmail.com and girl w/”Happy Hanukkah”, then IS andsignal off at 2054:00. Good signal. For a Youtube video of the reception, click on this link https://youtu.be/UrzQRTeyI4E (use 480p quality setting for best viewing) (Valko 24 Dec.) 5930 GERMANY NorddeutscherRundfunk (via Nauen) 2156 pipe organmx, 2158 M in GM w/contact info and ID leading up to ToH nx by M. 2204 back to the special Christmas Eve pgmw/M and W anncrs hosting. Ments ofpeoples names and included a message from a crew member in EG at 2209. Good signal here at this time. For a Youtube video of the reception, use this link https://youtu.be/Wi7IBLrcx24 (use 480p quality setting for best viewing) (Valko 24 Dec.) 3325 INDONESIA RRI Palangkaraya (pres.) Could just barely hear mx when found at2209. Too weak to tell what kind. M anncr at 2215. Tried to confirm using SDR.hu web rxs but onein Japan was tied up and the one in South Korea wasn’t on line. Australia was already into daylight. This is a near perfect grayline the wholeway. The quick fade indicates it’sPalangkaraya. Would be the first eveningIndo in years. (Valko 24 Dec.) 9664.92 BRAZIL R. VozMissionaria Tuned in at 2325 and wassurprised to hear the end of a full EG ID by M “…(freqs and meterbands) RVMradio, Brazil”. Beautiful signaltoo. Of course by the time I startedrecording, the ID ended. Will have tokeep this in mind and hope they air this ID at this time again in thefuture. (Valko 24 Dec.) 4920 UNID. Around 1215, found it wasindeed //5015 WRMI which had 2 or 3 programs running simultaneously. A real mess. Fixed at 1230 and only Bro. Stair was on. But oddly, 4920 was 10 seconds behind5015. Checked and found on sev. SDR.hurxs on the east coast. After 1300, thishad another pgm not carried on any other freq. Not hrd thenext 3 days. (Valko 25 Dec.) 2520 USA WOCO, Onconto, WI (2nd harmonic) Was on the freq and waiting for s/on. Did indeed come on at 1156:51, deadair, then audio up w/live W DJ at 1159 giving ID, ment of AM and FM stereo, QTH, date, nx intro, and into US Radio News. Strong and clear. For a Youtube video of the reception, use this link https://youtu.be/blGtK-rW6nw (use 480p quality setting for best viewing) (Valko 26 Dec.) 3325 INDONESIA RRI Palangkaraya (pres.) Signal came on at 2156:16. Like yesterday, it faded out around2250. (Valko 27 Dec.) 5010 CUBA R. Habana Cuba (mixing product of 5025Rebelde and 5040 RHC) OC at 1156. 1200:18 usual piano theme song w/M and Wgiving ID anmnt, choral NA, 1202 W anncr w/ID and sked anmnt /5040, /9640,9850, 11760, 11840. Good signal but 5015WRMI QRM and best in LSB. (Valko 28 Dec.) 5055 CUBA R. Rebeldeand RHC (mixing product of 5025Rebelde and 5040 RHC) Found signal hereat 1055 w/piano mx and then M and W anncrs in SP. W over ToH //5025, and mixing w/second audiofrom RHC when it started. Hrd on otherweb rxs around the country. Never hrd thisand 5010 mixing products before. (Valko 28Dec.) 28 December2016 Micro-DXpedition: 7480 UZBEKISTAN R.Payam e-Doost Discussion feature inFarsi when I tuned in at 1840. 1843traditional vcl song by W briefly, same W anncr, usual trumpet dramatic mxfanfare, and off. (Valko 28 Dec.) 9445 INDIA AIRDelhi Big signal at 1857 w/pgm “OneFilm” of movie mx soundtracks, 1900 M in EG w/ID mentioning they were taking abreak in the pgm, then W w/EG nx starting w/ID. End of pgm at 1943 w/M in EG giving ID, tomorrows sked, then into HindiID and sked by W. Went off sometimebetween 1946 and 1950. For a Youtube video of the reception, click on this link https://youtu.be/B4wnc6en_78 (use 480p quality setting for best viewing) (Valko 28 Dec.) 9650 GUINEA R.Guinee Nice signal w/Afro Pop mx at1857. 1900 3 IDs during ID/promo by M inFR over mx, intro, and into pres. nx headlines w/mx between items. Pleasant listening. For a Youtube video of the reception, click on this link https://youtu.be/EY1n1g8nD1I (use 480p quality setting for best viewing) (Valko 28 Dec.) 7445 CHINA Firedragon jammer here w/huge signal at 2055on R. Free Asia (Kuwait) in CH which could still be hrd underneath. The Firedragon was // on 7415 although muchweaker jamming RFA (Marinana Is.) also in CH. (Valko 28 Dec.) 7500 CLANDESTINE North Korea Reform R. (pres.) Very weak w/audio right at threshold, W anncrin Asian lang at 2056. Wiped out by7490.09 WBCQ s/on at 2057. (Valko 28 Dec.) 2520 USA WOCO, Oconto, WI (2 X 1260 harmonic) Hrd this afternoon w/C&Wand C&W Christmas songs. 1923 cannedwx ending w/ID, ads, and back to mx. 2000 USA Radio nx. Fady. (Valko 28 Dec.) 11895.07 BRAZIL SuperR. Boa Vontade 2143 “Voz do Brasil”,// to other ZYs carrying the pgm. Strongenough to ID surprisingly. (Valko 28 Dec.) 9674.89 BRAZIL R.Cancao Nova Hrd 2110+ w/”Voz doBrazil” // other ZYs. Fair signal. (Valko 28 Dec.) 2850 USA UNID Harmonic3 X 950 or 5 X 570. 2146Pitt/Northwestern Pinstripe Football Bowl game. Don’t know which stn but I’m betting on 570 WSPZ Bethesda MD. (Valko 28 Dec.) 3325 INDONESIA RRIPalangkaraya On at 2156, and somesort of droning mx (IS??). 2158:30fanfare mx and 2159 soft-spoken W anncr and immediately into what sounded likea ballad. 2202 W returned. A little stronger and a little more audiothan at home but getting splash QRM from both South Africa and CHU. (Valko 28 Dec.) 5024.92 PERU R. Quillabamba With Rebelde off, Quillabamba in theclear from 2222 w/same W anncr hrd in the past with a few mx bridges to2238. Still improving as the Sun hadn’tset there yet. Unfortunately the lastlaptop battery was running out of juice, otherwise I would have stayed. (Valko 28 Dec.) 5024.92 PERU R. Quillabamba Still in the clear when I got home at2255 and all evening to s/off. M and Wchatter at 0006, baby crying, and group of people, sounded like a radioplay. Pgm of soft MOR mx and Mw/apparent rel. tlk in the next half hour. 0101 W sounding like a pgm intro, but M gave intro at 0103 for pgm w/Mand W hosts. 0157 usual canned full IDanmnt w/calls and freqs played at s/on and s/off, M w/final prayer endingw/somber mx, deadair and off at 0201:13. Nice to hear this in the clear again. (Valko 28-29 Dec.) 5005 EQUATORIAL GUINEA R. Bata (tent.) 0556-0616, decent signal here and thought hrdbits of audio at times. Until they fixtheir audio, this will be imposs. (Valko 29Dec.) 29 December2016 Micro-DXpedition: 4920 USA WHRI (2nd subharmonic of 9840) 1817 playing rel. Pop-like mx. M and W anncrs at 1828. 1829 World Harvest R. addr. // 9840 at 1836. Fairly strong at 1821, 1823. Not there at 1931 check and neither was9840. Glad to finally figure thisout. For a Youtube video of the reception, click on this link https://youtu.be/5OmHp5YINe0 (use 480p quality setting for best viewing) (Valko 29 Dec.) 7480 MOLDOVA Payeme-Doost *1800 on w/usual trumpet anddramatic mx -fanfare, opening anmnt by W but didn’t hear any ment of Payeme-Doost though. 1840 tlk by M in Farsi w/mentsof Dushanbe ending w/e-mail. 1842 M over mx w/ments of Iran,usual s/on s/off fanfare, no W anncr this time, then the Babcock instru. mx andsignal off. For a Youtube video of the reception, click on this link https://youtu.be/XV05xsdzmZU (use 480p quality setting for best viewing) (Valko 29 Dec.) 7478.2v UNID. Found a signal here wobbling around afterPayem e-Doost signed off. Definite Wanncr at 1855. Went off at 1859:30. (Valko 29 Dec.) 7510 CLANDESTINE SedayeBahar (V.O. Spring) (via Moldova) Audio up before 1900, M anncr w/ment of Afghanistan,vcl song, then long tlk by M. 1906-1908mid-east mx w/short voice-over tlk by M in Farsi. M at 1908 again w/ment of Iran,and feature w/remote reporter tlk percussion instru. and tlk by diff. M at 1911, then another remote report. 1913 more percussion and M anncr. 1914 more remote tlk. 1915 studio M anncr, 1916:15 ment of “Sedaye…”poss. ID over mid-east vcl mx which continued to 1920:55 sounded like ID by M. 1921-1922 M continued along w/another M. 1922 simple vcl mx and stringed instru. Gregorian chant-like vcl at 1928 cutoff,Babcock mx started very briefly at 1929:30 and signal off w/out closingID. For a Youtube video of the reception, click on this link https://youtu.be/BlrKTfGo1ac (use 480p quality setting for best viewing) (Valko 29 Dec.) 1610 CANADA CHRN/R.Humsafar, Montreal 1935 Mw/Canadian accent tlk abt traffic and wx, then going right into tlk on fakenx/rpts in media, and lost at 1938. Voces Latinas playing SP version of “Jingle Bells” at 1940. 1944 Indian accented ads. ID at 1947. Quick deep fades. (Valko 29 Dec.) 1710 USA KID760 (TIS), Somerset, PA Usual Flight 93 National Memorial loop tape w/info by M at 1937. Strong but audio a little muffled. For a Youtube video of the reception, click on this link https://youtu.be/pwy2NSLuUPQ (use 480p quality setting for best viewing) (Valko 29 Dec.) 6090 ETHIOPIA AmharaR. Beautiful signal at 2003, almostas good as that one day in Oct. 25th. M anncr including sev. IDs at 2008:00. HoA song cut out once at 2021, then deadairgoing past 2043. For a Youtube video of the reception, click on this link https://youtu.be/gYWGwty0lnc (use 480p quality setting for best viewing) (Valko 29 Dec.) 6135 SWAZILAND TWR Tremendous signal w/”What a Friend WeHave in Jesus” at 2003, studio M anncr w/ID and Swaziland addr, brief instru.mx bridge, M again but cut off, IS once, and off at 2005. (Valko 29 Dec.) 6040 IRAN VOIROI Went off abruptly in mid-pgm at 2020:12. Very strong but usual low modulation. (Valko 29 Dec.) 9835 MALAYSIA?? Sarawak FM?? Found a weak signal here at 2038 w/audioright at threshold. Nothing else sked tobe on this freq at this time. (Valko 29 Dec.) 5920.03 GERMANY HCJB Deutschland (pres.) Had a signal here at 2050. Little soft rel-like mx at 2057 and more so on2058 peaks. W in definite GM at 2100:35and went off the air at 2101:00. Justwhen it was starting to come up. For a Youtube video of the reception, click on this link https://youtu.be/G5yHN7xYvl4 (use 480p quality setting for best viewing) (Valko 29Dec.) 9380 INDIA AIR,National Channel, Aligarh Noted thiswas off-freq on 9381 before Christmas, found they had readjusted it back on9380 the past few days. Came on at1320:23 and subcont. mx start at 1325:17 briefly followed by W anncr. Strength isn’t too bad but modulations islow. For a Youtube video of the reception, use this link https://youtu.be/59CiAr6s3Fo (use 480p quality setting for best viewing) (Valko 30 Dec.) e-QSLcame in from Europa 24 for September reception reported in November. (Valko 30 Dec.) 5939. BRAZIL R. Voz Missionaria Was waiting and hoping to catch the full EG ID anmnt and was listening from 2255 and nothing. But at 2356 hrd the same correspondence/report request by M in EG as hrd on the 28th at 2358 on 9664.95. So maybe it's a regular feature at the end of the pgm. For a Youtube video of the reception, use this link https://youtu.be/sEQ6f6NlClo (use 480p quality setting for best viewing) (Valko 30 Dec.) 73 and have a Happy DX-filled New Year, 2017!!! Dave Valko Dunlo, PA, USA Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S loop and 153 foot Delta Loop at home, and BOGs on Micro-DXpeditions. _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
