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Today's Topics:
1. BBC World Service Turns 90 and evolves with the times (Mike Terry)
2. 6030 kHz 9580 kHz
https:\www.kulturwerk.info/Classic-meets-Jazz-694265.html benefit
concert via MBR Nauen and ORS Moosbrunn transmission.
(Wolfgang Bueschel)
3. DUAL DX TEST 2022-- WMST 1150 & WWKY 990 THIS SUNDAY MORNING,
APRIL 10 MIDNIGHT-2AM EST 0400-0600 UTC (Les Rayburn)
4. Radio SE-TA 2 eQSL received (Manuel M?ndez)
5. Glenn Hauser logs April 8, 2022 (Glenn Hauser)
6. JRX Current Logs: Fri, April 8, 2022 (Jota Xavier)
7. Glenn Hauser logs April 8-9, 2022 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 10:14:00 +0100 (BST)
From: Mike Terry <miketerr...@btinternet.com>
To: Hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [HCDX] BBC World Service Turns 90 and evolves with the times
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Radio World
By James Careless
April 6, 2022
It began in 1932 as the ?BBC Empire Service? ? making radio broadcasts
via globe-girdling shortwave to the far-flung territories ruled under
the British Crown.
Subsequently, what is now the BBC World Service served as a wartime
inspiration and a conduit of coded messages to Nazi-occupied Europe, and
a trusted voice of news to Soviet-dominated states. Today, it is once
again serving war-torn Europe with English news broadcasts targeted at
Ukraine and Russia.
?Created 10 years after the BBC itself was founded, the BBC World
Service was there to send ?voices out of the air,? which sounds like a
poem by Keats but are actually the words of King George V,? said Stephen
Titherington, senior head of content for BBC World Service English.
?Since the collapse of the Berlin Wall it has had a different relevancy
to people in terms of sharing what is happening within the world, with
also a chance for people to add their voice to what needs to be heard.?
After the Berlin Wall?s fall in 1989 and the rise of satellite
television and then the web, the BBCWS struggled with its role before
refocusing on local broadcasts and streaming media ? and cutting back on
shortwave, including ending shortwave service to North America ? in
2001.
But despite all these changes, ?one thing that has been consistent over
the years is the BBC?s commitment to independent news,? said Dr. Kim
Andrew Elliott, retired Voice of America audience research analyst/radio
host and now producer/presenter of ?Shortwave Radiogram,? heard on
shortwave stations WINB and WRMI.
?To be sure, the BBC European services had partisan commentaries during
World War II, but the news remained factual, mostly. Since World II, BBC
World Service has been the de facto standard for comprehensive and
objective news.?
New reality :
The BBCWS?s 2001 reinvention came at a time when the Cold War raison
d?etre for international shortwave radio had long subsided.
?What had seemed like a very static sense of the world changed, and many
long-term conflicts ended, and societies changed,? Titherington said.
?But then new complexities emerged, and there was a huge amount of
accelerated globalisation and much changed socially as well as
politically. At the same time, access to people and their own access to
the world?s media changed immensely.?
In fact, this retrenchment began soon after the Soviet Union fell in
1991.
?The World Service stopped shortwave broadcasting to many areas of the
world starting in the early ?90s,? said Andy Reid, owner of
canadianradiodirectory.com, co-host of ?The Two Wallies? satire program
and a shortwave listener/expert for 50-plus years.
?Before then World Service could be easily heard on any modest shortwave
radio.?
To keep the BBCWS relevant to global audiences and the U.K. governments
that fund it, the World Service updated its presentation style in 2001
while revamping its programming, choice of target audiences and
distribution platforms. (And in 2012, the BBCWS left Bush House, the
iconic London building from which it had broadcast since 1941.)
?We massively increased the range, depth and nature of our news
programming ? creating the 24/7 spine of News Bulletins and long-form
program like ?Newshour? and ?Newsday,?? said Titherington.
?But of course the audience expect more than news, and so we have grown
a wide range of programs that include music, debate, food and many more
programs that look at how we live, how things work, how we can learn
about things.
?Our programs are much more conversational, and we have many more series
? such as ?The Inquiry,? ?The Assassination? and ?A Wish for
Afghanistan? ? which we also release as podcasts ? that tell a story
over time so we can really explain the intricacies and the drama of
world events.?
In terms of target audiences, the U.K. government?s shift away from Cold
War priorities, combined with funding cuts, compelled the BBCWS to
temporarily reduce its non-English programming.
?But I am glad to say we are now back to more than 40 [as of late 2021].
These include a wide range of African and Indian languages including
Amharic, Gujarati, Igbo, Korean, Marathi, Pidgin, Punjabi, Serbian,
Telugu, Tigrinya, and Yoruba.
?So there are less European languages than 20 years ago, but important
new languages for us which have brought strong audiences and new and
exciting people to work with.? (This being said, the BBCWS has not
restored Ukrainian or Russian language broadcasts.)
Finally, the advent of the web combined with government funding cuts
motivated the BBCWS to add new distribution channels alongside costlier
shortwave to get its content to listeners.
One major change has been the retransmission of BBCWS programming by
various means.
?We now have built up 200 FM relays, which are a great way of making
sure our entire output is heard in quality,? said Titherington. ?And
more people are listening via the internet: We have our own app, which
has had more than a million downloads, and listening via streaming or
DAB has been a major growth area in developed markets like Europe.? (To
circumvent Russian online censorship, the BBWS is encouraging listeners
to use VPNs and Tor browsers, which access the Dark Web.)
In North America, ?BBC World Service has been able to tap into the
substantial audiences to U.S. public broadcasters,? said Kim Andrew
Elliott.
He noted that in early 2021, ?Nielsen Audio ratings for Chicago showed
public radio station WBEZ number one Monday through Friday 6 to 10 am.
WBEZ?s content during that time slot is NPR?s ?Morning Edition? and
BBC?s ?Newshour.? In the car, BBCWS is available to Sirius XM satellite
radio subscribers.?
?A benefit for the BBC is that placement on U.S. public radio stations
is a revenue source: Those stations all pay for BBC World Service
content,? he added.
?There was no way for BBC to monetize shortwave, except maybe through
advertising ? which would be a difficult business plan given the paucity
of precise audience data on the U.S. shortwave audience.?
The payoff: ?Our audiences have grown since the end of the Cold War,?
Titherington said.
?There is also a new audience listening on air and online ? a young
audience who have grown in very different times ? and there are huge
amounts of new stories that people want to know about and share in new
ways.?
?The Lazarus Heist? is a true-crime podcast that investigated a hack of
Sony Pictures in 2014. It is hosted by Geoff White and Jean Lee.
Shortwave retreat:
The BBCWS? decision to cut back on its shortwave footprint ? especially
in North America, where reliable, easy-to-receive daily broadcasts have
ceased ? has generated much listener unhappiness over the years.
?The BBCWS?s effective shortwave reach has greatly diminished to the
point of the word ?World? in its name becoming an exaggeration,? said
Glenn Hauser.
He is a shortwave writer/editor and producer/presenter of ?World of
Radio,? an authoritative weekly shortwave news/information program
broadcast globally on many shortwave stations since 1982.
?BBCWS used to have many shortwave transmission ?plants? in U.K. and
abroad,? Hauser said. ?The only one remaining in the U.K. is Woofferton,
which also relays other stations. Lots of BBCWS transmissions still go
out from Ascension Island toward Africa, and from Singapore for Asia.?
The BBC World Performance Review 2016?2020 stated, ?There were
significant declines in the BBCWS? reach via shortwave radio, with
further rapid declines expected over the coming years. Nevertheless,
despite this trend, shortwave radio has remained important in some
regions during this period, particularly in regions that are challenging
for the BBC due to media regulation, geography, pandemic or strife.
Consequently, new shortwave services have been launched in Korean
(September 2017) ? a daily 30-minute program also broadcast to North
Korea ? and for the Horn of Africa (April 2018).?
?Shortwave remains vital for reaching regions that are hostile to BBC
broadcasts for reasons of media regulation, geography, the pandemic or
unrest,? said Titherington.
?For instance, many services are now focused on Africa, where the BBCWS
continues to serve large audiences, and across Asia. These international
broadcasts reach across borders providing trusted news and information
to people unable to access the same locally.?
Although many North American listeners regularly express regret that the
BBCWS cut shortwave transmissions to this region, the logic behind the
decision has been borne out by results.
?In retrospect, I ruefully have to admit that the BBCWS made the correct
move,? said John Figliozzi, author/editor of The Worldwide Listening
Guide and member of the 2000?2001 Save BBC World Service campaign to
retain the BBCWS shortwave transmissions to North America.
?It is more ubiquitously available today via the multi-platform approach
than it was before via shortwave alone.?
Elliott said, ?Except for us shortwave enthusiasts, the shortwave
audience has migrated to the newer media.
?Nevertheless, we have seen, in more and more countries, censorship and
blocking of the internet. Shortwave can deliver information across
national boundaries independent of the internet. Satellite television
also sidesteps the internet, but satellite dishes are conspicuous.
Shortwave reception is simpler, cheaper ? and more discreet. (And) My
?Shortwave Radiogram? project shows that text and images can be
transmitted by old analog shortwave transmitters, and received on any
shortwave radio, with decoding by an app on a PC or mobile device.?
Looking ahead:
The launch of the BBC World Service in December of 1932 was not greeted
as a world-changing event. In fact, at the time BBC Director-General
John Reith predicted that, ?The programs will neither be very
interesting nor very good.?
Ninety years later, the BBCWS has proven Reith to have been very, very
wrong.
As for the future? ?We want the BBC World Service to reach more people,
but we want that connection to be meaningful: We are not wallpaper,?
Titherington said. ?We also want to be making things that have a value
for people, and we want our audience to feel valued by us. We have to
show that we are brave ? and that we will tackle the issues that really
matter to people.?
https://www.radioworld.com/global/bbc-world-service-turns-90
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 11:54:22 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <dg1...@t-online.de>
To: "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "_ WOR" <w...@groups.io>
Subject: [HCDX] 6030 kHz 9580 kHz
https:\www.kulturwerk.info/Classic-meets-Jazz-694265.html benefit
concert via MBR Nauen and ORS Moosbrunn transmission.
Message-ID: <B04C05D8AB7448359B1E7E7E43674E00@HNPC1>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
AUSTRIA/GERMANY 6030 kHz SW broadcast center ORS Moosbrunn special
broadcast benefit concert for Ukraine, invated by Russia's forces.
Just received the following e-mail from ORS frequency planning FMO:
"At short notice, we (ORF/ORS, note) have been commissioned with the live
broadcast of the benefit concert for Ukraine from Koenigs Wusterhausen,
Germany.
<https:\www.kulturwerk.info/Classic-meets-Jazz-694265.html>
Friday 8 April 2022, 16:00-18:00 UT on 6030 kHz in 49mb 100 kW
LPH - log periodic horizontal antenna in use.
Simultaneous transmission from MBR Nauen Germany on 9580 kHz and on
MW 810 kHz by 'Wave 370 (museum radio Funkerberg)'. The latter MW outlet
at Koenigswusterhausen with only 9 Watt, will not be heard in our country
(Vienna and Austria in total).
<http://welle370.de>
(Ernst, Engineer Ernst Vranka OE3EVA,
via Harald Suess-AUT, AGDX - Arbeitsgemeinschaft DX Austria, April 6;
ORS Mr. Ernst Vranka, FMO Frequency Manager,
ORS Austrian Broadcasting Services
Wuerzburggasse 30
A-1136 Wien Austria Europe
<ernst.vranka -at- ors.at>
phone +43 1 8704012629
or
Michael Puetz
MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH
Order Management & Backoffice
Erna-Scheffler-Strasse 1
D-51103 Cologne, Germany
Please send your inquiries and reception reports to:
E-Mail: <QSL-Shortwave -at- media-broadcast.com
Internet: <https://www.media-broadcast.com/hoerfunk/kw-sendernetze> )
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 03:45:04 -0500
From: Les Rayburn <l...@highnoonfilm.com>
To: mwcir...@groups.io, IRCA List <i...@groups.io>,
"m...@ultralightdx.groups.io" <m...@ultralightdx.groups.io>, WAYNE
HEINEN <nrc.e....@gmail.com>, o...@groups.io, b...@groups.io,
Hard-Core-DX <Hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, Tore Larsson
<torelarsson...@gmail.com>
Cc: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <alaskaradion...@fastmail.com>, DX Central
<w4lv...@gmail.com>, Joseph Miller <kj8o....@gmail.com>, George
Santulli <gsantu...@hotmail.com>
Subject: [HCDX] DUAL DX TEST 2022-- WMST 1150 & WWKY 990 THIS SUNDAY
MORNING, APRIL 10 MIDNIGHT-2AM EST 0400-0600 UTC
Message-ID: <4c8fee6e-381a-43a1-8dd8-7cda6a8a4...@highnoonfilm.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
The Courtesy Program Committee (CPC) of the International Radio Club of
American (IRCA) and the National Radio Club (NRC) are pleased to announce the
2022 ?Dual Test? from the Bluegrass State! Stay up late with us on Saturday
night/Sunday morning as WWKY 990 in Winchester, KY and WMST 1150 in Mount
Sterling, KY will both be conducting maintenance tests for two full hours.
The test starts at midnight, Sunday morning April 10th (0400 UTC) and lasts
until 2 AM EST (0600 UTC). Both stations will run at their daytime power and
pattern. That?s 2,500 watts for WMST and 350 watts for WWKY. Snagging this
dynamic duo will be a challenge. To help make it easier, the station is
broadcasting some of the best DX test material available.
The test will consist mostly of sweep tones, Morse code at 20WPM & 12 WPM (1
kHz), 1kHz long tones, and proven sound effects to cut through the noise. We?ve
also uncovered some vintage jingles from both stations that they?ll mix in for
even more fun.
CREDITS
This springtime DX test is a direct result of the outreach efforts of Harry
Dence and the generosity of Hays McMakin of Gateway Radio Works, Inc. who own
both stations. Scheduling this test around high school basketball and March
madness means that it has literally been months in the making. Kudos to our
all-volunteer CPC team as well!
Thank you Hays McMakin!
QSL INFORMATION
The usual rules for a CPC-scheduled test apply:
Email reception reports to l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
Reception reports must be received within 30 days (May 10, 2022)
QSLs for all DX Tests from the 2021-2022 will be answered when the season is
over. Be patient. (Yes, this includes KJJR and KQKD)
Reception reports must include a recording of no more than two minutes in
length. .MP3, .WAV or .MP4 video accepted.
BUT WAIT, THERE?S MORE!
If you think a late-season dual test is unusual, wait till you hear what is
coming next. We have arranged yet another test
for this Spring. We can?t reveal it yet, but it?s a rarely-heard daytime-only
station on the East Coast. And this same station will provide
even more goodies next Winter!
SEE YOU LATE NIGHT SATURDAY/EARLY SUNDAY FOR THE DUAL DX TEST!
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony
XDR-F1HD [XDR Guy Modified], Dennon TU-1500RD, Sangean HDT-1X, Ray Dees RDS
Decoders, Korner 9.2 Antenna, FM-6 Antenna, Kitz Technologies KT-501 Pre-amps,
Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active
Whip.
?Nothing but blues and Elvis, and somebody else?s favorite song??
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2022 12:44:06 +0000
From: Manuel M?ndez <manuelmend...@gmail.com>
To: "DX WRO groups" <w...@groups.io>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio SE-TA 2 eQSL received
Message-ID: <emdfd5bb9e-39f0-4b8d-aeb9-d99cbe2a7751@manuel1>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Spain
GERMANY, 6095, Radio SE-TA 2, Nauen, received eQSL in 3 day. Reception
report sent to:
se...@web.de
se-ta (at) web.de
Attached is a reduced size file of the eQSL.
--
El software de antivirus Avast ha analizado este correo electr?nico en busca de
virus.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 20:39:06 +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 April 8, 2022
Message-ID: <875432147.28099.1649450346...@mail.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
** COLOMBIA. The ``it`` in my last report was of course:
La Voz de tu Conciencia = The Voice of Thy Conscience:
``6010, April 7 at 0700, JBA signal in Spanish? Yes, later April 7 at
2230, Rafael Rodr?guez reported it reactivated after a long time with
preaching by Stendal, NA at 2300; and RR is the 100% e-QSL manager to
rafaelco...@yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 2133)``
6010, April 8 at 0705, heard LVC again, better S8/S9 with song in
Spanish. No, nothing on 5910, its former sibling station, Alcarav?n
Radio. Might that revive too from Puerto Lleras? (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** CUBA. 9778-9833, April 8 at 0613, approx. range of bleed from
wall-of-noise jamming against nothing on 9805, i.e. plus/minus 27/28
kHz, overkill. Always incompetent and unconcerned about collateral
damage, the DentroCuban Jamming Command (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** GERMANY [and non]. 6030, April 8 at 1559.5, Artists for Peace
special event, live benefit concert from K?nigswusterhausen, via
AUSTRIA on this frequency, VG S9+35/40 into UTwente, much better than
// 9580 via Nauen. Opening with orchestra and chorus but not the
now-familiar Ukrainian national anthem. Huge variety of music and
performers, instruments, with lots of commentary mostly in German, but
occasional Ukrainian. One English heard at 1656 about power of music,
with frequencies. 1646 accordion. 1747 a Russian pianist with a
flutist. Publicity said there would be 31 performers from seven
nations. Could hardly fit all those into only two hours scheduled,
1600-1800. Both continue past 1800, but those tuned to 9580 find it
soon off. 6030 keeps on going as I listen via UTwente. 1832 YL in
Ukrainian; 1840 finally wrapping up in German, 1842 Ukrainian, 1842.7*
uncovering something else weakly on 6030. See
https://www.kulturwerk.info/Classic-meets-Jazz-694265.html
https://museum.funkerberg.de/benefizkonzert/
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** GREECE [and non]. 9420, Fri Apr 8 at 1659, S9+45 unGreek music with
heavy reverb, very exotic so presumably China already? No, must have
been ERT since this chops off at 1700 uncovering what is really a
China minority service on 9420.002, S9+30/40 into UTwente (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** IRAN [non]. (5910), we`ve lost track of the weekly Friday-only
clandestine at 1730-1800v of Channel 1 TV, which had been regular in
B21; but in A22, Romania has overtaken that slot, in Serbian. Did Ch 1
move to another frequency and/or time due to DST in Iran? Lots of luck
finding anything about radio, let alone SW, even if converted to
English, at https://ch1.cc/
I`m far too busy at 1730 April 8 to go on a random hunt for it by
tuning, but I do check the latest HFCC for any likely-looking
replacement from TAChkent site at 1730 on day 6: No fits. Then I
search on all the broadcasts starting at 1730 from all sites: no fits
either. So is the SW relay of this still going anywhere? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** ITALY. 918 kHz, Fri April 8 at 1915, Spanish PSA from OMS = WHO,
1916 `Counterspin` on IRRS via AM Italia, not only on MW 1323 kHz
Villa Estense, but reactivated on 918, which is much better with no
QRM into nearby Noale SDR, since Madrid 918 has gone dark. See also
USA [and non] WOR monitoring. Counterspin is chopped off only halfway
thru at 1930 for IRRS Milan ID and Feature Story News. Airing
fragments of programs is the most annoying thing about IRRS even when
not done to WOR.
1935 joins VOA News rather than `Flashpoint Ukraine` which follows VOA
news at 1930 on WRMI 15770. 1940, 918 into music; 1945 American PSA
for brushing teeth. 1946 starts `Shortwave Report` with Dan Roberts;
will it be halved as well? He starts with Sputnik Radio, then to be
NHK Radio Japan, Radio Habana Cuba --- seems Dan is still stuck on the
same old stations. Shortwave! indeed, Sputnik is not on SW, but
recorded from web probably like the others. Dan says he has now
completed 25 years of the `SW` Report. Starts NHK segment but has QRM
from Turkey`s `Feeling Supreme` theme! So maybe really from SW, or did
IRRS do that? 1958 anyway SWR chopped off by IRRS for more VOA News!
across hourtop; 2003 Feature Story News again. 2007 songs. Then
another talk program about pavilions, from UN? 2020 Spanish PSA about
COVID19/UNESCO/OMS, more songs until 2030 ID with PO Box address
otherwise discouraged, and WOR 2133.
Alfredo Cotroneo replies: ``Glen[n], There are and will be occasional,
unscheduled, tests on 918, but we are more interested in propagation
outside Italy into Central and Northern Europe, including the war
zones. 1323 is doing better than 918 for long time propagation. Good
news that the Spanish station in not interfering now on 918, but they
may come back, who knows? Alfredo `` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** NORTH AMERICA. 15785, Fri April 8 at 1508 in routine bandscan, I
discover anti-Christ pirate Station YHWH on new frequency, the
signature vocalizations of Josiah needing no explicit ID. No problem
from the 1 kW DRM in Germany allegedly 24h on 15780-15790 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SRI LANKA. 15529.9, April 8 at 1509, JBA carrier off-frequency, not
taking time to measure it more precisely. HFCC at 1500-1600 has AWR in
Kxf language via Trincomalee. Kxf?? Aoki abbreviates it Kar. EiBi KA
which means Karen, as in the Myanmar minority; not scheduled as such
in WRTH 2022 for B-21 season (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2133 monitoring: 5985 WRMI-2 still
off the air at 0330 April 8, since NHK Spanish at 0400 quit after
March 31. I did not check after 0400 but the WRMI skedgrid now shows
R. Eslovaquia = Spanish from System B on WRMI-2 at 0400-0430. Yet the
System B program grid below, mainly about 9955 does not, only Prague
on 9955. The System D program schedule for the 0330-0400 segment on
``5985`` still appears with WOR and various other programs during the
week. Contradixion after contradixion.
Missed checking Friday April 8 at 1430 on WRMI 9955; anyone hear WOR?
Confirmed Friday April 8 at 1815 on IRRS via AM Italia, 1323 kHz, but
even at nearby Noale SDR, under QRM from Romania in German. I also
check 918 kHz, and surprise2, it`s also on the air with WOR, and much
better with no QRM as R. Inter, Madrid has gone silent again. AFAIK
there has been no publicity from IRRS about 918 still in use. I had
not even sought it for several weeks, assuming it was gone once 1323
had replaced it. But without QRMadrid, 918 would be better to use than
1323. Also checked LW 207 kHz, with some music not // but presumably
not Iceland. See also ITALY!
Of course, WOR also on 7290 via Bulgaria from 1815 Friday VG into
UTwente, and also JBA on 14580 second harmonic vs RTTY on plus side.
Also confirmed Friday April 8 at 2030 UT on AM Italia, equally VG
S9+5/10 at Noale on both 918 & 1323. Next:
0130 UT Saturday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0400 UT Saturday WBCQ 4790 to WSW
0700 UT Saturday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB [new]
1930 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430]
1324vUT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still Apr 3]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed]
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB [new]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
Thanks this week for financial support from Russell Lay, Nags Head NC,
for a contribution via PayPal not necessarily in US$ to
woradio at yahoo.com
One may also contribute by MO or check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser,
PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 9950 & 9960, April 8 at 0616, JBA carriers, parasitic spurs
out of 9955 WRMI which is S9+20. Difficult to distinguish any audio on
9950 & 9960 with huge splash out of 9955 itself. And some poor 2-way
USB is trying to communicate about 9960.2. But there`s more:
9965, April 8 at 0618, a further spur with TOMBS audio JBA // 9955.
And a matching JBA carrier on 9945. Something`s odd at Okeechobee
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11620, April 8 at 1502, another English sermon about
``doing good`` from Voice of Martyrs, Korea, S7/S9 direct. Pastor Tim,
who is a WOR iog member, acknowledges as a test for Maldives, but site
is confidential. How about Reach Beyond Australia, Kununurra?:
PRO:
RBA has not replied to my inquiry.
They have 3 x 100 kW transmitters
Only one is on their public schedule after 1400
https://www.reachbeyond.org.au/wp-content/uploads/A22-Listener-Edition.pdf
Since this is a ``listener edition``, that implies there is another
internal edition with secret broadcasts not to be acknowledged
RBA already carries VOMK in Korean at another time
RBA has many broadcasts for S Asia before 1400 with suitable antennas
It`s a clear shot across the Indian Ocean, ideal distance
Puts a good signal into North America otherwise tho never beamed
thisaway
CON:
Checked the one RBA at 1520 April 8, to Myanmar on 11825, only JBA
carrier
Why would one VOMK broadcast on RBA be public and another secret?
RBA has not replied to my direct inquiry
There are still plenty of other possible sites. Everyone invited to
investigate with TDOA.
Why would this Korea-based ministry go after Maldivians? Sunni Islam
is the only allowed religion as explained in great detail here:
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/indian-ocean/mv-religion.htm
The partner station may be unwilling to risk offending their own
Moslems (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 2038 UT April 8
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Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 22:11:58 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jota Xavier <odlano...@yahoo.com.br>
To: WOR DXLD <w...@groups.io>, "hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com"
<hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: [HCDX] JRX Current Logs: Fri, April 8, 2022
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JRX Current Logs: Fri, April 8, 2022
Receiver (s): Tecsun S-2000
Antenna (s): Sony AN-71
All times and dates in UTC/GMT
CHINA
** 7345. Fri, Apr 8, 2022. 2111-2120, CNR7-Greater Bay Area, Beijing-CHN, in
Cantonese. Cantonese traditional music; 2113 Man announcer talks, in cantonese,
and more music. Poor reception: 35422.
** 9610. Fri, Apr 8, 2022. 2101-2110, CNR8, Beijing-CHN, in Mongolian. Man and
woman talk with music background. Fair reception: 35533.
CLANDESTINE
** 11745. Fri, Apr 8, 2022. 2010-2020, Al-Azm Radio, Jeddah-ARS, in Arabic.
Arabic music; Man announcer talks; 2019 Music by male singer. Poor reception:
35422. CLA.
FRANCE
** 7425. Fri, Apr 8, 2022. 2041-2050, NHK World Japan, Issoudun-F, in French. A
japanese lesson by woman and man announcer. Good reception: 45544.
GERMANY
** 9800. Fri, Apr 8, 2022. 2133-2143, AWR Africa, Nauen-D, in Twi language. Men
announcers talk, woman talks too; A conversation between them. Good reception:
45544.
** 11790. Fri, Apr 8, 2022. 2051-2058, AWR Africa, Nauen-D, in Yoruba language.
Woman talks, preaching; 2054 A short music by choral and returns woman; She
says ID and address; 2057 Music; 2058 The end. Fair reception: 45533.
NEW ZEALAND
** 15720. Fri, Apr 8, 2022. 2121-2131, RNZ Pacific, Rangitaiki-NZL, in English.
Woman announcer interviews a woman; 2126 Now, man and woman announcers talk
with pieces of music background and a conversation with other woman, after
2128UT. Fair reception: 35533.
VATICAN CITY STATE
** 7360. Fri, Apr 8, 2022. 2029-2040, Radio Vaticana, SM di Galeria-CVA, in
French. IS; 2030 ID and repeats; Man announcer talks news; 2035 Woman says ID:
Man continues news; 2037 ID by woman; News continues. Fair reception: 35533,
Parallel log of Radio Vaticana in french, this time: On 9705smg, good
reception: 45554.
** 9705. Fri, Apr 8, 2022. 2021-2028, Radio Vaticana, SM di Galeria-CVA, in
English. Man announcer preaching, says Jesus and Amen; 2027 Says "Laudetur
Jesus Christus", the end and a brief IS. Good reception: 45544.
** 11900. Fri, Apr 8, 2022. 2145-2200, Voice of America, SM di Galeria-CVA, in
Bambara. Men announcers talk news and say about some african countries; 2149
ID:VOA and news continues; 2153 A brief music and returns news; 2157 VOA jingle
and returns men communication; 2159 Man says ID: VOA, sign-off; IS. Good
reception: 45544.
Parallel logs of VOA in bambara language this time:
On 7355bot, out; On 9490asc, poor reception, 25422; On 15120grv, very good,
55555.
JRX (Jos? Ronaldo Xavier)
SWARL Callsign PR7036SWL
Cabedelo-Para?ba, Brazil (UTC-3)
QTH Locator HI22NX
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2022 05:28:02 +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 April 8-9, 2022
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** BRAZIL. 28409 USB, April 8 at 2128, PT9SS calling CQ DX, only S3
about equal to noise level and one of only two or three signals
audible on 10m TE. QRZ.com with some photos:
PT9SS Brazil flag Brazil
Sandro Rodrigues Pereira (SAN)
Viela Jos? Daniel, 1971
Jardim Cangalha cep 79604-214 Tres Lagoas, MS
Brazil
His fonetix are ``papa tango nine sugar sugar`` --- look, the proper S
going with those P and T is sierra! So many hams mix up their fonetix
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. 1430 kHz, April 8 at 2105 UT on caradio in Enid I am
finally checking out KALV, in the occasional spots where the powerline
and stoplight noise abates a bit. Two weak signals but the dominant is
country music, not sports or talk, making a SAH of about 5 Hz. By 2127
I`m on home rig with similar reception, slightly better on N/S
internal shortwire: ``Hometown radio station Stereo 1430, KALV; tell a
friend``. No mention of FM; they had a translator on 99.5.
FCC info in NRC DX News as of April 4 reported:
``KALV OK Alva ? Granted STA, U1 60/60 (maybe using D1 60), wildfire
damage.``
Its licensed parameters are U4 500 500 psra 500 per NRC AM Log.
Among all the wildfires around OK, I missed hearing about KALV when it
happened, but searching on wildfire Alva leads right to several
versions of March 21-22, including:
https://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-wildfire-alva-destroys-radio-station/39495071
Own website does not load properly
https://kalvradio.com/?page_id=72
But coverage maps are also at
https://radio-locator.com/info/KALV-AM
Day pattern is slightly pulled in from the east, presumably to protect
sportstalk KTBZ Tulsa but which is more like ESE, and Enid is more
like SE --- but KALV has never had much of a signal in Enid. Distance
is only 70 km = 43 statute miles.
Night pattern quite different, very pulled in from the NE, presumably
to protect St Louis, the 50/5 kW station whose license was canceled
two years ago and which I think is no longer on the air, most of the
KALV night signal broadly from NW to SW to SE.
So the question is, are KALV still running only 60 watts STA? That
much non-direxional might be better here than the old higher-power
direxional facility. What kind of antenna now? Stations under duress
sometimes even use longwires to transmit. Or maybe the towers survived
unlike the transmitter (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)
** UKRAINE [non]. 7730, Sat April 9 at 0500.6-0507.6, UR1 via WRMI
with now reliable English segment `Ukraine: Security Issues` leading
of course with the RuSSian airstrike on the train platform killing
many; VG S9+15 into Maryland remote (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [non]. 15580, April 8 at 2133, S3-S8 of VOA presumably `Music
Time in Africa` scheduled Fridays at 2105 tho the DJockesse has been
unaware of this airing; Via BOTSWANA, 100 kW at 350 degrees. And not
perceptibly off-frequency. The best we can do in A-seasons, lacking GB
11720 in B-seasons this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2133 monitoring: confirmed just in
time at 0158 UT Sat April 9 the 0130 on WRMI 9395, S5/S6 into UTwente
which I happen to have running after Ukraine check at 0000 on 1386.
Also confirmed UT Sat April 9 at 0400 on R Angela via WBCQ 4790, S9+15
into Maryland SDR.
Once again there are uteblaaps QRMing, and I time them occurring on a
regular schedule other than exactly 4:00 minutes apart as last time.
Now there are two different cycles each exactly 3:00 minutes apart:
one at top of minutes 0415, 0418, 0424, 0427; and another at about :45
seconds past these minutes: 0416, 0419, 0425, 0428. (Assume I missed
the ones at 0421, 0422+.) I leave the same remote running after WBCQ
off at 0430* --- and no more blaaps! I had always assumed this was
some kind of external QRM, but now I am forced to wonder if they were
also coming out of a defective 4790 WBCQ transmitter? OR, if external,
they were not coincidental, accidental, but deliberately to annoy ---
hardly jam --- WBCQ? I have not been paying much attn to the SDR
waterfalls, but I do spot some rectangles a few kHz above and below
4790 line which could represent the blaaps. But there is no time
calibration on vertical scale of the H2Ofalls. Curious. Next:
0700 UT Saturday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB [new]
1930 UT Saturday WRMI 15770 to NE
1930vUT Saturday WA0RCR 1860-AM
0030 UT Sunday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Sunday WA0RCR 1860-AM [nominal 0315; as late as 0430]
1324vUT Sunday WMRI Europe via Ch 292 Germany 9670
2000 UT Sunday IRRS 1323-Italy
2230 UT Sunday WRMI 5950 to NNW [to be canceled? still Apr 3]
0030 UT Monday WRMI 7780 to SW
0300vUT Monday WBCQ 6160v Area 51 to WSW
0030 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed]
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB [new]
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW; 9455 to WNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
Thanks this week for financial support from Russell Lay, Nags Head NC,
for a contribution via PayPal not necessarily in US$ to
woradio at yahoo.com
One may also contribute by MO or check on a US bank to Glenn Hauser,
PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. (7490v), UT Sat April 9 at 0000, WBCQ webcast with `AAAWWW`.
Gives date right at the start! So we know it`s new, altho with same
old far-right rants. Angela`s mike is on already this week. Angela has
been picking up tix out horseback-riding, so Allan grooms her body?
Plugs great Trump rallies every Saturday: Trump has got to come back
``to fix everything`` --- they axually believe that. Both require
reading glasses, where are they? Allan is a Man of Science: believes
in vax, not in max. Two print mags he has subscribed since highschool
are Star & Telescope, and Scientific American. Fast fwd:
By 0030 he`s amid James Careless` Radio World article about BBC at 90.
Approves of Elon Musk who has bought controlling interest in Twitter,
so will promote Free Speech. ? I thought it was less than controlling
interest? 0038 Allan remarx that the Russians are jamming Ukrainian
broadcasts. Really? Capture and/or destroy transmitters like 549 kHz,
but jamming?? Uncle Bill`s comments about radio being a medium which
bonds with listeners, unlike internet. 0048 datestamp as 8th of April
YOOLF 2022, presumably trimulcasting u.o.s. Next month will be doing a
lot of transmitter work, both SuperStition and Classic; also needs to
get 2 MW generator hooked up. 0056 decrying perceived ``war on
gender`` -- there are only two and you are stuck with however you were
born. 0100 prayer; 0101 JIP Hal Turner late as always (Glenn Hauser,
OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0527 UT April 9
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 232, Issue 9
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