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LOG_BOOK #0001 (Rodrigo Fonseca) 4. JRX Logs_ January 16, 2020 (Jota Xavier) 5. #205 Reception in S?o Bernardo SP, BRAZIL - January 17, 2020 (Rudolf Grimm) 6. Glenn Hauser logs January 15-16-17, 2020 (Glenn Hauser) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:18:50 +0000 From: Artur Fernandez Llorella <af...@hotmail.com> To: playdx groups <playdx2...@yahoogroups.com>, Frecuencia DX <frecuenci...@yahoogroups.com>, hard-core-dx HCDX <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, adam221 <adam...@vp.pl>, general <gene...@aer-dx.es>, bollin <bol...@wolfsburg.de>, ankerpetersen2 <anker.peter...@mail.dk>, schmidandy <schmida...@aol.com>, andreas_zak <andreas_...@yahoo.es>, antnapolitano <ant.napolit...@outlook.it>, bobpadula <bobpad...@mydesk.net.au>, jhwijnants <jhwijna...@casema.nl>, carlos-relvas <carlos-rel...@sapo.pt>, dariomonferini <dario.monfer...@playdx.com>, csahuqui <csahu...@disca.upv.es>, ekusalik <ekusa...@telusplanet.net>, dxroescher <dxroesc...@web.de>, dbloise <dblo...@hotmail.com>, info14 <i...@playdx.com>, dlynneberg <dlynneb...@xtra.co.nz>, ewaldgla <ewald...@yahoo.com>, henry0116 <henry0...@yahoo.com>, pilipinasdx <pilipina...@yahoo.com>, gfse88 <gfs...@gmail.com>, gehuijbens <ge.huijb...@skynet.be>, fb164287 <fb164...@skynet.be>, clamoresdeleresma <clamoresdelere...@gmail.com>, sacre <sa...@ukr.net>, hmatten <h.mat...@skynet.be>, waga <w...@arcor.de>, jaarranzs <jaarra...@yahoo.es>, ea3ayk <ea3...@yahoo.es>, jmromero782004 <jmromero782...@yahoo.es>, redactoraer <redactor...@yahoo.es>, jmmonplot <jm.monp...@yahoo.fr>, broadwing56 <broadwin...@icloud.com>, blanqiverd <blanqiv...@hotmail.com>, 1947o17 <1947...@gmail.com>, sv2hwm <sv2...@gmail.com>, mmolano2000 <mmolano2...@yahoo.es>, mvarnhem <mvarn...@planet.nl>, radio2 <ra...@schoechi.de>, manuelmendezn <manuelmend...@gmail.com>, quartdx <quar...@yahoo.es>, rmartinezb66 <rmartinez...@gmail.com>, rafaelcoldx <rafaelco...@yahoo.com>, silverigomez <silverigo...@hotmail.com>, simon-peterl <simon-pet...@t-online.de>, grimmr <grim...@uol.com.br>, ruditakacs <ruditak...@yahoo.com>, robertorizzardi <robertorizza...@aruba.it>, lightsight <light.si...@yahoo.com>, yahoo3grif <yahoo3g...@gmail.com>, victorgoonetilleke <victor.goonetill...@gmail.com>, shortwavedxer <shortwaved...@gmail.com>, ibraz361 <ibraz...@gmail.com>, gsedx1 <gse...@gmail.com>, grimmr <grim...@outlook.com.br>, hegedusdx <hegedu...@t-online.hu>, squonky <squo...@hotmail.com>, gerhuijbens <ger.huijb...@gmail.com>, broadwing56 <broadwin...@msn.com>, dariomonferini <dario.monfer...@fastwebnet.it>, reijoalapiha <reijo.alap...@gmail.com>, "dxingi...@gmail.com" <dxingi...@gmail.com>, "dario_gabriell...@outlook.com" <dario_gabriell...@outlook.com>, "jam...@gmail.com" <jam...@gmail.com>, "f1pyw.e...@gmail.com" <f1pyw.e...@gmail.com>, Eduard Boada i Aragon?s <e...@tinet.cat>, Zacharias Liangas. <zlian...@yahoo.com>, "nurmel...@gmail.com" <nurmel...@gmail.com>, Martin <free-ra...@gmx.de>, Giampiero Bernardini <giabe...@gmail.com>, Patrick Robic <patrick.ro...@aon.at>, Alexandr Kostiukevic <mirro...@gmail.com>, Jorge Garz?n <jotagar...@yahoo.com>, "alex64...@bk.ru" <alex64...@bk.ru>, "dxi...@yahoo.ca" <dxi...@yahoo.ca>, "hermod.peder...@telia.com" <hermod.peder...@telia.com>, "migueh...@gmail.com" <migueh...@gmail.com>, "leonard...@yahoo.com" <leonard...@yahoo.com> Subject: [HCDX] MW QSL Report Message-ID: <am6pr03mb57513c5aff6f76a78c69db5fff...@am6pr03mb5751.eurprd03.prod.outlook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" BRASIL R?dio Ita?, 1380, non detailed E-letter in 5 weeks. v/s Marcos Souza. 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Artur Fern?ndez Llorella My DX blog: http://maresmedx.blogspot.com.es/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:11:12 +0000 From: Manuel M?ndez <manuelmend...@gmail.com> To: "DX WRO groups" <w...@groups.io> Subject: [HCDX] LRA 36 news about the today transmission, Message-ID: <em43ff6206-3714-48bc-951b-710ae234e5a8@manuel1> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=utf-8 Manuel M?ndez Lugo, Spain Received right now from the station: "Otra emisi?n especial de LRA 36 del ciclo de verano ?Esperanza Al Mundo? Hoy, jueves 16, a las 18:00 hora argentina (21:00 UTC) la emisora LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arc?ngel San Gabriel de la Base Esperanza, Ant?rtida, pondr? al aire el programa especial ?De Polo a Polo: Argentinos en el Polo Norte?. Estar? en el estudio de LRA 36 el SM Luis Armando Cataldo, integrante de esa expedici?n realizada en 2016. LRA 36 puede escucharse en la frecuencia de onda corta de 15476 KHz en AM, y por Internet desde el sitio www.radionacional.com.ar - Emisoras - Ant?rtida. Programa producido y realizado ?ntegramente en la Base Esperanza, Ant?rtida. Contactos: TE: 0810-222-0770, interno 216. Correo: lr...@hotmail.com" ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:13:55 -0300 From: Rodrigo Fonseca <pu4...@gmail.com> To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [HCDX] LOG_BOOK #0001 Message-ID: <cajrvo7e5tkcpjvf2sggfsvh4c6m_ztixdgjyxr6ujrtgtww...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hello all! This is my first message to this prestigious list. I first listened to shortwave in 1998. They were sporadically catches, mostly BBC transmissions. I started requesting QSLs only in 2009. In 2018 I started to keep methodical records. In 2020 I am starting to share them. I hope they are of some interest. You can see my two last week activities below. I plan to send my LOGs weekly, although the periodicity of reports may vary a bit. Thank you. A nice 2020 for everyone! Best regards. LOG_BOOK #0001* Rodrigo de Araujo Fonseca "Rod" (RAF) PY4004-SWL Belo Horizonte, MG, BRAZIL Grid Locator GH80AC62UV <https://k7fry.com/grid/?qth=GH80AC62UV> ondasderadio.com.br <http://www.ondasderadio.com.br> ______ __ __ __ __ ______ ______ __ __ ______ __ __ __ __ /_____/\ /_/\/_/\ /__/\/__/\ /_____/\ /_____/\ /__/\/__/\ /_____/\ /_//_//_/\ /_/\ \:::_ \ \\ \ \ \ \\ \ \: \ \__\:::_ \ \\:::_ \ \\ \ \: \ \__\::::_\/_\:\\:\\:\ \\:\ \ \:(_) \ \\:\_\ \ \\::\_\::\/_/\\:\ \ \ \\:\ \ \ \\::\_\::\/_/\\:\/___/\\:\\:\\:\ \\:\ \ \: ___\/ \::::_\/ \_::: __\/ \:\ \ \ \\:\ \ \ \\_::: __\/ \_::._\:\\:\\:\\:\ \\:\ \____ \ \ \ \::\ \ \::\ \ \:\_\ \ \\:\_\ \ \ \::\ \ /____\:\\:\\:\\:\ \\:\/___/\ \_\/ \__\/ \__\/ \_____\/ \_____\/ \__\/ \_____\/ \_______\/ \_____\/ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Any inconsistencies in the LOGs can be reported to me so I can re-check them. >From January 03th to January 15th, 2020 Time in UTC Receiver: XHDATA D-808 | Antenna: Wire Dipole for 7 mHz Location: Belo Horizonte (BR) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ January 3th, 2020: 4625 UVB-76 "The Buzzer" (RUSSIA) at 0312 Recording: https://youtu.be/CXl5P_3WqS0 4775 R?dio Congonhas (BRAZIL) AT 2047. Portuguese. Recording: https://youtu.be/s42GaAL1aZs 4875 R?dio Difusora Roraima (BRAZIL) at 0252. Portuguese. Recording: https://youtu.be/ZPRqqLXo3fw 4885 R?dio Clube do Par? (BRAZIL) at 0218. Portuguese. Recording: https://youtu.be/ZPRqqLXo3fw 5800 Supreme Master TV (USA) at 2303. English. Recording: https://youtu.be/ZPRqqLXo3fw 5995 Radio Mali (MALI)at 2128. French. Recording: https://youtu.be/7SjS8iwh-zk 6010 Vatican Radio (VATICAN) at 2051 *colliding with Inconfid?ncia* (Brazil). French. Recording: https://youtu.be/DgjMcB-fry4 6100 China Radio International (CHINA) at 2056. Arabic. Recording: https://youtu.be/Cp3ivfY_Szs 6180 R?dio Nacional da Amaz?nia (BRAZIL) at 2059. Portuguese. Recording: https://youtu.be/bpoFIVBY9Ho 7225 China Radio International (CHINA) at 2016. Croatian. Recording: https://youtu.be/EElXRQ81360 7285 China Radio International (ALBANIA) at 2118. English. Recording: https://youtu.be/EElXRQ81360 7325 China Radio International (CHINA) at 2120. Serbian. Recording: https://youtu.be/EElXRQ81360 7365 Vatican Radio (VATICAN) at 2120. Portuguese. Recording: https://youtu.be/9PZo3lynnnk 9555 Radio Saudi (SAUDI ARABIA) at 2127. Arabic. Recording: https://youtu.be/oDQxt-8HVP4 9565 Radio Mart? (USA) at 2129. Spanish. Recording: https://youtu.be/oDQxt-8HVP4 9600 China Radio International (CHINA) at 2130. English. Recording: https://youtu.be/drzDDpIjee0 9765 World Christian Broasdc. KNLS (MADAGASCAR) at 2132. Portuguese. Recording: https://youtu.be/drzDDpIjee0 9855 NHK World Japan (MADAGASCAR) at 2044. French. Recording: https://youtu.be/F4AUMR2ZGp8 11635 Cuban Spy Numbers (CUBA) at 2137. Spanish. Recording: https://youtu.be/KLcphBWc5h4 11700 Radio Habana Cuba (CUBA) at 2307. Portuguese. Recording: https://youtu.be/mdzdci5FsE4 11720 Voice of America (USA) at 2143. English. Recording: https://youtu.be/p03dUHLwv_U 12050 EWTN (USA) at 2316. Spanish. Recording: https://youtu.be/mdzdci5FsE4 15120 China Radio International (CHINA) at 0314. English. Recording: https://youtu.be/DgjMcB-fry4 15370 Radio Habana Cuba (CUBA) at 2200. Spanish. Recording: https://youtu.be/aOb77OWgQ90 January 04th, 2020: 3330 CHU Canada (CANADA) at 0505. Recording: https://youtu.be/y1Thpq0u1k8 4840 WWCR Nashville (USA) at 0439. English. Recording: https://youtu.be/5FT4BnS6ljw 4346 Saab Grintek MHF-50 MFSK Modem (Possibly South Africa Navy). Recording: https://youtu.be/-WGstdETijw 4960 Voice of America (S?O TOM? AND PR?NCIPE) at 0509. Hausa.. Recording: https://youtu.be/VvxvbSr70xc 5085 WTWW (USA) at 0515. English. Recording: https://youtu.be/TXc6XPVigDM 9385 WEWN (USA) at 0457. English. Recording: https://youtu.be/io47OvDddyE 6045 Adventist World Radio (GERMANY) at 0452. French. Recording: https://youtu.be/PYqHkVh9csM 11700 Radio Habana Cuba (CUBA) at 0500. Spanish. Recording: https://youtu.be/vuh7FyTBlzY January 10th, 2020: 4840 WWCR Nashville (USA) at 0539. English. Recording: https://youtu.be/mKCQSjgjcIk 6060 Radio Habana Cuba (CUBA) at 0548. Spanish. Recording: https://youtu.be/354_wMf8yFE 15720 Radio New Zealand International (NEW ZEALAND) at 0557. English. Recording: https://youtu.be/JkmCLQrvz9E 17830 BBC (ASCENSION) at 1742. English. Recording: https://youtu.be/JkmCLQrvz9E ... ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 21:49:50 +0000 (UTC) From: Jota Xavier <odlano...@yahoo.com.br> To: Grupo Radioescutas <radioescu...@yahoogrupos.com.br>, "hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, WOR <w...@groups.io> Subject: [HCDX] JRX Logs_ January 16, 2020 Message-ID: <434219591.117089.1579211390...@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 JRX Logs_ January 16, 2020Receiver (s)_ XHDATA D-808 & Tecsun S-2000Antenna (s)_ Longwire & Mini Loop to SW Note: January 16, 2020: This afternoon, I received my WRTH 2020 edition, bouth on Amazon.com and shipped by DHL Post, five days ahead of schedule. Very good! INDIA** 12025. Jan 16, 2020. 1802-1819, All India Radio, Panaji-Goa-IND, in Malayalam language. A song; 1805 Man talks and other song; 1809 Man talks, ID and next more song. Fair to poor reception, with fades. MALI** 11640. Jan 16, 2020. 1820-1830, China Radio International, Bamako-MLI, in Hausa. Woman talks; 1828 A brief song and IS. Good reception this afternoon, here.** 13685. Jan 16, 2020. 1847-1858, China Radio International, Bamako-MLI, in Arabic. Man and woman talk; 1855 A chinese melody. Very good signal and modulation. S?O TOM? E PR?NCIPE** 13630. Jan 16, 2020. 1831-1846, Voice of America, Pinheira-STP, in Kinyarwanda-Kirundi language. Men announcers talk news during this time log. Fair to good reception. SPAIN** 11940. Jan 16, 2020. 1859-1925, Radio Exterior de Espa?a, Noblejas-E, in Spanish. IS; 1900 Man announcer says REE sked in spanish and next, a program "24 Horas": All national and international news by man and woman announcers. Very good reception. TURKEY** 7265. Jan 16, 2020. 0200-0213, La Voz de Turqu?a, Emirler-TUR, in Spanish. ID and VOT sked in spanish and programming of the day; 0201 Noticias de la Jornada - news headlines and in details. Good reception.Parallel log on 7280kHz relay Emirler, very good signal and modulation.? USA** 5970. Jan 16, 2020. 0111-0120, EWTN-Radio Cat?lica Mundial, Vandiver-AL, in Spanish. Man and woman announcers talk news about Pope Francis and more. Fair reception.** 7780. Jan 16, 2020. 0120-0129, WRMI-World of Radio, Okeechobee-FL, in English. Program "World of Radio": Glenn Hauser reading a lot of logs; Poor reception.** 9385. Jan 16, 2020. 0100-0110, EWTN-Global Catholic Radio, Vandiver-AL, in English. ID and location; Man talks; Woman announcer talks, ID; 0107 Man and woman talk. Fair reception.** 9605. Jan 16, 2020. 0133-0159, KBS World Radio, Furman-SC, in Spanish. Program "Corea a Diario" with a space dedicated to the korean economy - Products and services; 0138 A song; 0141 Program "Coreano en Dramas" - a corean class; 0145 "Al son de Korea"- today dedicated to Korean gypsy music and a song; 0159 ID and IS. Good reception. JRX_Jose Ronaldo XavierSWARL Callsign PR7036SWLCabedelo, Brazil (UTC-3) ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 03:27:11 +0000 From: Rudolf Grimm <grim...@outlook.com.br> To: "li...@a-dx.at" <li...@a-dx.at> Subject: [HCDX] #205 Reception in S?o Bernardo SP, BRAZIL - January 17, 2020 Message-ID: <sc1pr80mb4638ea5ecf7c17729d78e267c2...@sc1pr80mb4638.lamprd80.prod.outlook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" #205 RECEPTION IN S?O BERNARDO SP, BRAZIL - GG66rg ******************************************************* January 17, 2020 (Time in UTC) Receiver: KiwiSDR (PY2-81502 SWL - S?o Bernardo SP) Antenna: PA0RDT Mini Whip ******************************************************* MEDIUMWAVE ALGERIA (t): 531 kHz Jill FM, F'Kirina, Arabic, 17/01 0025. Songs in Arabic, male communication. 25432 (RG). Occasionally is it possible to listen this station in Southeastern Brazil. Always the same program style. Better in USB Narrow mode. By AM, QRM 530 kHz Somos Radio, Buenos Aires. ARGENTINA: 710 kHz Radio Diez, Buenos Aires, Spanish, 17/01 0130. Id: 'Radio Diez... en su presencia...'. Time checking, weather conditions in Buenos Aires. 24542 (RG). ARGENTINA: 870 kHz Radio Nacional, Buenos Aires, Spanish, 17/01 0206. Male communication, economic situation in Argentina. 34543 (RG). BRAZIL: 750 kHz Radio Am?rica, Belo Horizonte MG, 17/01 0155. Brazilian oldies, id: 'Radio America'. Catedral Cristo Rei. 35543 (RG). BRAZIL: 820 kHz Radio Bandeirantes, Goi?nia GO, 17/01 0200. Advs from products and services in Goi?nia. 35443 (RG). SHORTWAVE ANGOLA: 4950 kHz Radio Nacional Angola, Mulenvos, Portuguese, 17/01 0315. African style songs, male communication, talk about '...mensalidade rodovi?ria, m?sica boa, m?sica de Ghana'. 35443 (RG). BRAZIL: 4925 kHz Radio Educa??o Rural, Tef? AM, 17/01 0212. Brazilian song, male communication in Portuguese. 24532 (RG). MALI: 17630 kHz China Radio International, via Bamako, English, 09/01 1545. Interview, male and female communication, News, interval signal on 1600 UTC.. 35553 (RG). Tx w/85? Az to Southern Asia. ********************************** (RG) - Rudolf Grimm PY2-81502 SWL S?o Bernardo SP, BRAZIL http: //dxways-br.blogspot.com YouTube: GrimmSBC ********************************** ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 04:28:20 +0000 (UTC) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: WOR DXLD <w...@groups.io> Cc: Short-Wave Radio Listening <s...@mailman.qth.net> Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs January 15-16-17, 2020 Message-ID: <347510026.87079.1579235300...@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 ** CHINA. 12035, Jan 17 at 0018 YL in Chinese with musical background, and same thing but far from synchronized on much stronger 11820. Both read about the same on meter, S9 to S9+10 but 11820 sounds much louder. Per Aoki, both are CRI via Xiangyang 59 site. HFCC says both at 500 kW, 200 degrees from Xi`an. All agree that this hour 11820 is in Cantonese, 12035 in (Standard) Chinese (rather than same language not in synch). Xi`an and Xiangyang appear to be the same place as on page 662 of WRTH 2020 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 6100, Jan 16 at 0651, RHC English is very strong here tonight, and splatter up to plus/minus 12 kHz. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 15700, Jan 16 at 1543, China Plus relay in English is S9+10 but just barely modulated. Something`s always wrong at RadiioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** CUBA. 11980, Jan 17 at 0015, CRI in Spanish, S9, i.e. the second harmonic of 5990 which is S9+30. But the two-timer could easily be taken for a fundamental; 5990 is on for two hours, 2300 CRI English too. Neither EiBi nor Aoki, nor HFCC has any entry for this 11980! Should they not show transmissions which really exist? Wonder if same transmitter as 6100 RHC after 0500 which, MUF permitting, also comes in strong on 12200, unlike other transmitters. Something`s always wrong at RadioCuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** PERU. 5980, Jan 16 at 2352, JBA carrier from R. Chaski vs heavy Cuban jamming against nothing else, until autocutoff at 2353:44.5*. This time I compare it to the first timing I made in the current cycle, which was 2355:29.5* on Nov 26, 51 days ago, so long-term average is 105 seconds divided by 51 days = 2.0588235 seconds earlier per noctem; altho some more recent short-term slippages have come out slightly less than 2 seconds. Fortunately there is never enough signal to hear any gospel programming from Radio Chaski, so this is the only thing of interest about it. But for the record, WRTH 2020 shows it`s OBX4M, 5 kW from Urubamba at 1000-1500 & 2200-0100! I imagine its other on/off times are slipping by the same amount, but am not about to arise circa 4 am to find out, which may be wrong anyway, like 0100 UT, which was shifted ~an hour earlier a couple years ago. EiBi seems to present a more accurate schedule; 1100-1630 & 1730-2355. In WRTH it`s CUsco station 72) with this further info: Ca Belen 600, 08031 Urubamba; tel. 99 6783272; radiochaski.com and chaskira...@hotmail.com and FM on 94.9 MHz. Guess what? that website, axually http://www.radiochaski.com is very colorful and commercial, not religious at all, and hard to find on it, but is a *different* Radio Chaski, this one in Trujillo, La Libertad! Not too surprising that a common Quechua name like Chaski could be appropriated by more than one broadcaster. I`m trying to remember what Chaski means; like a message, communication? Google translate is no help, not including Quechua or Kechwa on its roster, so its first guess about chaski is Bulgarian, plural of chaska which can mean: cup, calyx, drink, thalamus, bell, shot, chalice, receptacle, pony, or envelope. But I digress! One is also hard-pressed to find *any* radio frequency on its website, MF, HF or VHF! They do webcast with some nice Andean music when I bring it up at 0310 UT Jan 17, and suspect it`s a web-``radio`` only. Guess what, music with no announcements until two different super-hype IDs at 0322 and 0326 from ``1540 AM, Radio Mundial, la primera potecia musical del norte``; and at 0329, ``Radio Mundial, ?xitos de toda la vida``. More similar IDs follow every few minutes, all hyper-enthusiastic. So the station $tereo webcasting as Radio Chaski is really (relaying?) OBU2A, 2 kW on 1540 in Trujillo, which is on the northern coast between Chiclayo and Chimbote. Does *our* 5980 Radio Chaski have any web presence? (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** SPAIN. 9690, Thu Jan 16 at 2259, REE starting `Amigos de la Onda Corta`, media magazine but hardly a DX program despite the name, revived a few months ago, at the hour reported a week ago by JRX in Brasil; due to press of real world news, I listen only to first pentaminute, when there is only info about domestic media in Spain; is there ever any SW info, let alone real DX news? Recheck of skedgrid at http://www.rtve.es/radio/radio-exterior/programacion/ now shows it added to this hour (0000 Friday local time) as well as Thu 18 UT and Saturday 14 UT (when not on SW). It seems the Thursday airings are repeats of Saturday. 23 UT is of course the same time that the token mostly-music English service airs on M/W/F. Need to find time to listen to a whole show to judge content properly; 309 of them are in archive, http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/amigos-de-la-onda-corta/ including this latest for Jan 11 lasting 55 minutes, subtitled Radio Valdivieso, whatever that be? ``Damos voz a una peque?a emisora de radio, una estaci?n comunitaria ubicada al norte de la provincia de Burgos...`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2017) ** TURKEY. 5960, Jan 15 at 2301, VOT English is back on after a binite AWOL, poor-fair (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2017) ** U S A. 13089-USB, Jan 16 at 1545, marine weather very distorted as usual from USCG Chesapeake VA, NMN as scheduled 1530-1605. Incredible they never fix this, as anyham would have enough savvy and pride to prevent such a sound from private SSB. This frequency is timeshared with NRV Guam, NMO Hawaii, and NMC Point Reyes CA, skeds as in EiBi. We may hope the others are not out of whack (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2016 monitoring: confirmed final SW repeat, UT Thu Jan 16 at 0100 on WRMI 7780, good via UTwente SDR. WORLD OF RADIO 2017 contents: Afghanistan, Antarctica, Australia, Brasil, Canada, China and non, Cuba, Germany, Guam, India, Iran, Japan, Korea North & South, Madagascar, Maldive Islands, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, North America, Oklahoma, Spain, Sudan South non, Turkey and non, USA, Vietnam, Zanzibar; and the propagation outlook WOR 2017 is available as of 2320 UT Thursday January 16 (mp3 stream) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2017.m3u (mp3 download) http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2017.mp3 Or via http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html Also linx to podcast services. The shortwave broadcasts should be: 0900 UT Friday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB 2300 UT Friday WRMI 9955 to SSE [usually starts with heavy jamming but maybe abates] 0130 UT Saturday WRMI 5850 to NW, 5010 to S; 7780 canceled 1300 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE 2030vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM 0400vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0415] 2130 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to NE 0130 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE 0230 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to NE, 9395 to NNW 0400vUT Monday WBCQ 5130v Area 51 to WSW 0430 UT Monday WRMI 9955 to SSE 0900 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB 0930 UT Monday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB [another episode] 1900vUT Monday IRRS 7290 Romania? to WNW 0100 UT Tuesday WRMI 7780 to NE 0900 UT Wednesday Unique Radio NSW 5045-USB 2100 UT Wednesday WRMI 7780 to NE 2200 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW 0100 UT Thursday WRMI 7780 to NE Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 7490.245, Jan 15 at 2258, WBCQ in dead air, no telling for how long after Goddess Irina, but into BS at 2300. Seems quite stable on this off-frequency now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 5890, Thu Jan 16 at 0648, WWCR on again with S9+10/20 of dead air; why? Misprogrammed automation? This one not supposed to be on air at all at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) ** U S A. 1090, Jan 16 at 0701-0705 UT, another check of KAAY Little Rock AR finds dead air again at top-of-hour, news? hole unfilled, till 0705 gospel music starts up. Should be helpful for local LR DXers (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2017) ** U S A. Re KMPX 30 ``29`` tropo log from Cedar Hill antenna farm site SW of Dallas, despite city of license Decatur, which is way NW of Fort Worth, Stephen Luce in Houston replies: ``Glenn, the "Estrella Dos" you found on KMPX also runs on co-owned KZJL here in Houston on virtual 61.2. Both stations are owned by LBI Media, operator of the Estrella TV network, so the carriage of Estrella Dos may be limited to network O&O's as far as OTA availability.`` My remark that Estrella Dos was only on KMPX based on rabbitears.info search on that `network` turning up nothing but KMPX. Just rechedked directly, that still has only Estrella 61-1 for KZJL, physical 21.1. I guess if the horoscope show be simulcast, local Houston phone numbers replace Metroplexians? It`s not often we are ahead of rabbitears info (Glenn Hauser, WOR) UNIDENTIFIED. 2182.0-AM, Jan 17 at 0106 past 0121 UT, S9 open carrier with slight fading. This used to be a very important frequency, maritime phone calling and distress, but fell into disuse many years ago, and I`ve rarely heard any activity on it as I bandscan across. I figured it was deliberately not 2180 to avoid MW harmonix from 1090. Despite all his utility info, EiBi shows nothing on 2182 now. UDXF logs indicate most 2182 activity in Europe, but this carrier is obviously quite close (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) This report dispatched at 0428 UT January 17 End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 205, Issue 17 *********************************************