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Today's Topics:
1. Logs for 30/9 (Zacharias Liangas)
2. Fw: Mini Transat (df5sx.p11_t.online.de)
3. 15389.992 and 17715.012 kHz REE Noblejas Spain, live
football coverage, . (df5sx.p11_t.online.de)
4. JRX Logs October 1st, 2025 (Jota Xavier)
5. Glenn Hauser logs September 30-October 1, 2025 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 12:59:10 +0000 (UTC)
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Subject: [HCDX] Logs for 30/9
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 18:13:45 +0200
From: "df5sx.p11_t.online.de" <[email protected]>
To: "_ WOR" <[email protected]>, "_ DXplorer" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>, "_ BCLNEWS" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Fw: Mini Transat
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Report of Wed Oct 1st:
FRANCE Tuned-in very late today Wednesday around 15.40 UT on
17545even kHz like previous days S=9+15dB signal backlobe into western Europe.
Heard a lot of different pause music kin,
like BIG BAND radio orchestra, or some folk flute mx from NorthAF ? ,
but only small pieces of mx about 10 to 12 seconds each, ? I guess ? to save
money,
and Only 10 seconds of music to avoid high rental costs towards the composer?
15.51:45 UTC exact end of pause music orchestra portion performance,
still full power EMPTY CARRIER, TX still on air til
15.57:10 UTC TDF transmitter Issoudun switched OFF by technician at the bcast
center.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Wednesday Oct 1st )
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 6:05 PM
To: wor ; _ BCLNEWS ; HCDX ; _ DXplorer
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Mini Transat
Tue Sept 30
'Mini Transat' yacht race shortwave broadcasts via TDF Issoudn, final
15.56:38 UT fast rhythm female singer performance end, followed by
another male singer performance, and
15.57:09 UT sudden cut of txion at Issoudun bcast center
as CRASH action,
switch down midst on song by the Issoudun engineer.
vy73 de wb df5sx Sept 30.
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 5:40 PM
To: wor ; _ BCLNEWS ; HCDX ; _ DXplorer
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Mini Transat
and the final txion too:
15.27:13 UT song & chorus in French language, from the sailing crowd,
15.28:13 UT English lang report of next stage,
15.28:56 UT talk on Portuguese mx to be start following,
start of Port song sung by male singer,
?Have a nice day, see you tomorrow ... final annmt...?
15.40 UT still played various fast singer group music in typical Portuguese
harmonica.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Tue Sept 30)
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 5:18 PM
To: wor ; _ BCLNEWS ; HCDX
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Mini Transat
FRANCE 17545 kHz Mini Transat transmission again on air ... and \\ 7340 kHz
too from TDF Issoudun.
In Western EUR 17545 kHz only poor tiny S=5 signal, ? poor propagation backlobe
of 232degr azi.
But in Athens Perseus-net SDR S=9+20dB strenght though, French meteo in female
voice
in progress, Casablanca weather mentioned.
7340 kHz TDF ISS signal stronger in WeEUR of 266degr azi backlobe.
But in Athens GRC the CHN Urumqi Xinjiang Kazakh sce S=9+25dB
signal is much stronger ahead.
French language meteo date anncer txion end at 15.13:57 UT,
and warm welcome in English language from the same female announcer
at exact 15.14:07 UT.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Tue Sept 30)
-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2025 5:21 PM
To: wor ; _ BCLNEWS ; HCDX
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [WOR] Mini Transat
Today Sept 29, at 15.15 UT stop Mini Transat transmission
and TX switch OFF on both channels. 73 wolfie
Today Monday Sept 29 at 15.04 UT on both 17545 and 7340 kHz via TDF Issoudun
France.
Mini Transat also on 7340 kHz 15.07:12 UTC,
changed from French 15 ? 15.07 UT French,
now into English language sce,
some location and other data read, S=9+20dB signal strength in western EUR,
(7340 kHz hit be equal signal from Urumqi Xinjiang China mainland in
Kazakh ? co-channel)
\\ again on main channel 17545 kHz same strength S=9+15dB at same time.
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 29)
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2025 6:54 PM
To: wor ; _ BCLNEWS ; HCDX
Subject: Re: [WOR] Mini Transatre Mini Transat sailing tour
FRANCE 17545even again on Sunday Sept 28 txion from TDF Issoudun site on
air,
15.00 UT til exact SWITCH OFF time at 15.57:10 UTC, but remaining time only
EMPTY CARRIER.
So they rent a full hour time amount at public TDF organization ?
S=9+15dB backlobe strength into southern Germany again today.
Txion requested at hfcc.org database as 232 degr azimuth, 15-16 UT.
Today unused 7340 kHz channel registration shows 266 degr azimuth though.
When TX switched OFF at 15.57:10 UTC, a small signal string of S=5 remained
visible on that
channel.
So seemingly only final TX power stage switched off at 15.57 UT,
and the low power exciter signal on first stage kept still getting on power
?
[selected SDR options, span 12.5 kHz RBW 15.3 Hertz]
(wb df5sx, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Sept 28)
From: Walter Salmaniw via groups.io
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2025 5:05 PM
Subject: [WOR] Mini Transat
Same crash start at 1500 on 17545 with French male today. "Securite",
"Importante", etc.
I tried 7340, but only heard jamming, possibly against National Unity Radio.
Signal strength into Masset perhaps slightly weaker than yesterday. 73,
Walt
From: Walter Salmaniw via groups.io
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2025 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: [WOR] Mini Transat
That's easy, Arthur. It's because today's broadcast was VERY short.
It only lasted 15 minutes or less. The English woman came on around 1507,
and mentioned that she was flying tomorrow, so clearly live and not robotic.
73, Walt
--
Enjoying the world of radio from my remote QTH on Haida Gwaii off the NW
coast of BC, Canada
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 21:29:17 +0200
From: "df5sx.p11_t.online.de" <[email protected]>
To: "_ DXplorer" <[email protected]>, "_ BCLNEWS"
<[email protected]>, "_ WOR" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] 15389.992 and 17715.012 kHz REE Noblejas Spain, live
football coverage, .
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SPAIN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE matches live coverage in Spanish
via REE Noblejas on 2 SW txitter outlets tonight start from 19.00 UT (21
CEST)
VfB Dortmund Alemania 1 vv Athletic Bilbao Espana 0
FC Barcelona Espana 1 vv PNG Paris Francia 0
vy73 de wolfie df5sx
wwdxc
-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 7:32 PM
To: _ WOR ; HCDX ; _ BCLNEWS
Subject: 15389.991 kHz REE Noblejas Spain, live football coverage, SINGLE
CHANNEL on air.
SPAIN 15389.991 kHz came across of football live match coverage
Qairat Almaty Kazakhstan -- Real Madrid, teams
game start at 17.00 UT, S=9+5dB signal in backlobe western Europe,
checked the other REE channels 15500, 15520, 17715, nor 17555 kHz
on air.
BUT could'nt find another REE channel performing on air tonight.
Others at this hour
17780even ASC BBC London E 17.00-17.29 UT, S=9+30dB powerful.
\\
17830even ASC BBC London E 17.00-17.59 UT, S=9+5dB less strong.
17790even USA PAB Radio Africa in En via WRMI Okeechobee relay site
poor and tiny only S=6 signal at 17.06 UT., scheduled 15.00-21.30 UT.
17680even F__ NHK Radio Japan World in Japanese via TDF ISS
relay site in France, scheduled at 17-19 UT;
S=9+35dB powerful signal at 17.07 UT.
17620even F__ RFI Paris via TDF Issoudun bcast center, Fr 17-18 UT
S=9+25dB strength, at 17.08 UT.
21580even F__ RFI Paris in French, scheduled 17-18 UT, S=9+10dB
at 17.12 UT. \\
21690even fqy RFI Paris in French 17-18 UT, S=9+20dB at 17.14 UT.
vy73 de wolfie df5sx
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 20:51:24 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jota Xavier <[email protected]>
To: Hard-Core-DX <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] JRX Logs October 1st, 2025
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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JRX Logs Oct 1st, 2025
Receiver Tecsun S-2000
Antenna Longwire 10m
All Times Universal Time
ASCENSION ISLAND
** 15400. Wed, Oct 1st, 2025. 1831-1845, BBC, Ascension Island-ASC, English
Svce. Men announcers present news, including about the football and the next
meeting Barcelona x PSG, today, at 1900 UTC and other matches; Woman announcer
talking too; ID: BBCWS. Fair reception, target to CAf: 3~45433.
Parallel on 17830, asc, 4~55554.
GREAT BRITAIN
** 15265. Wed, Oct 1st, 2025. 1847-1857, KBS World Radio, Woofferton-G, in
Russian. Woman and man announcers talking. Fair to poor reception, target to
EEu: 35322.
** 17670. Wed, Oct 1st, 2025. 1820-1830, IBRA Media - Radio Sama, Woofferton-G,
in Fur (Sudanese Fur). Man talking; 1821 Music; 1826 Returns man communication;
He says ID, website and more... 1829 Woman talking and a song. Fair reception,
target to EAf: 35533.
INDIA
** 9620. Wed, Oct 1st, 2025. 1754-1805, Akashvani/All India Radio,
Bengaluru-IND, in Arabic. Man announcer presents news, presumably; 1801 ID and
a musical space. Fair reception, target to ME: 35533.
MADAGASCAR
** 11640. Wed, Oct 1st, 2025. 0430-0440, Radio Dabanga, Talata Volonondry-MDG,
in Darfur Arabic. A brief music, woman says ID; She presents news, presumably;
Man talking news, too; ID. Fair reception, target to SSudan: 35433.
** 13790. Wed, Oct 1st, 2025. 1807-1818, BBC Afrique, Talata Volonondry-MDG,
French Svce. Two men announcers present news; An interview w/ a man: They say
about Madagascar. Fair reception, target to CAf: 3~45433.
SPAIN
** 17715. Wed, Oct 1st, 2025. 1859-1920, Radio Exterior de Espa?a, Noblejas-E,
in Spanish. Men announcers and woman announcer talking and says about the
match, soon, Barcelona vs. Paris Saint Germain (PSG), all about more
enthusiasm! All people manifestation, excited!! At 1912, Barcelona 0x0 PSG;
1920 Score 0x0. Good reception, target to SAm: 4~55554.
Parallel on 15390, nob, 2-34422.
The others, 15500 and 15520, Golden Silence, inside the Tomb!
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
** 17745. Wed, Oct 1st, 2025. 0414-0425, BBC, Al-Dhabbaya-UAE, Somali Svce. Man
announcer in conversation w/a somali reporter, I think! ID: BBC Somalia;
Woman/man announcers talking news. Good reception, target to EAf: 45544.
VATICAN STATE
** 11640. Wed, Oct 1st, 2025. 0403-0413, Radio Tamazuj, SMdiGaleria-CVA, in
Juba Arabic. Woman announcer talking during this log and a conversation w/a
man; ID. Poor reception, target to SSudan: 35322.
JRX (Jos? Ronaldo Xavier)
Cabedelo-PB, Brazil (UTC-3)
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 00:26:11 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: WOR DXLD <[email protected]>
Cc: Short-Wave Radio Listening <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs September 30-October 1, 2025
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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** CUBA. 13780 S5/S6 JBA, 11760 S8/S9 undermod Spanish, and 15230 dead
air, Oct 1 at 1451-1452, RHC where something`s always wrong (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** EAST TURKISTAN. 15245.0, Oct 1 at 1514, CRI in English, S5/S6 with
Doppler flutter, but the best signal on band, i.e. Kashgar for WEu
this hour only. If you hear a signal around 15245.244, as I measured
it May 31, it`s North Korea, long hours for Europe, supposedly also
with English this hour, but no sign of it now (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** ESWATINI. 9585, Wed Oct 1 at 1454, TWR tinkling IS S5/S6, Esw?tini
ID, 1455 music and language, listed as Malagasy on M-F, French on S/S.
Probably long-path across Indian & Pacific Oceans (Glenn Hauser, OK,
WOR)
** FRANCE. 17545, Oct 1 at 1512, JBA carrier direct; at 1519 into
Maryland SDR, S5/S7 marine weather in English for Mini-TransAt (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. Don Moore in Illinois reported this to the MARE Tipsheet
in September: ``On Wednesday morning I took the mobile DX shack to the
Old School Forest Preserve in Libertyville, about a half-hour north of
where I'm staying in Skokie. There is a picnic shelter there with no
power lines within 250 meters so it is very quiet. I primarily wanted
to check for the Oklahoma and Missouri secure net tests, which had
been posted to UDXF. The Oklahoma net operates at 0900 a.m. local time
and the Missouri one at 0930 a.m. local time. Primary frequency is
5140 with 7477 as the main alternate. Per the anmt, the Missouri net
is only on the first and third Wednesdays of the month.``
So on the first Wednesday of October, Oct 1 I am tuned to 5140 USB
just before 1400 UT. I do hear a number of checkins, but most JBA. All
callsigns start with W plus 3 letters and 3 numbers. Generally given
with fonetix, but poor reception and swiftness make them hard to copy
accurately. First one has a good signal, WQBY?-something in Beckham
County, such as Sayre near the TX panhandle border. Some YL voices,
and first names mentioned such as Bill, as they apparently know each
other. Fragments I could copy: Pottawatomie, county which is SE of
OKC. 3921. WNCH624 Tulsa. WNBE830. Any additional checkins for
Oklahoma Operational ----? At 1410, WQYK443, WPFY---, Ernie. Nothing
heard after 1415 so I quit at 1417. At 1430 I have a JBA signal,
presumably the Missouri net starting. Don has a lot more info about
that, link to a 417-page pdf, slightly outdated from 2014y including
around page 375:
https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4319/CBM/3591786/complete_emergency_operations_plan.pdf
APPENDIX 3
AUTHORIZED RACES FREQUENCY LIST DURING WARTIME EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
In the event of an emergency that necessitates the invoking of the
President?s War Emergency Powers under the provision of Section 706 of
the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, only RACES stations and
amateur stations participating in RACES may transmit on the following
frequencies:``
All conceivable local, county, state and federal military and
non-military agencies seem to be involved. I would sure like to get a
current equivalent for OK.
On UDXF, here`s an old log from Jack L. Metcalfe:
``5140.0 WPFY721, Oklahoma Emergency Management Agency EOC at the
National Guard Armory, Seminole, OK as net control in a very, very
weak weekly roll call. Stations heard, but just above the noise floor:
1401 UTC in USB voice (26/MAR/2014) (JLM)`` That was the 4th Wednesday
of the month (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WOR)
** POLAND [non]. 17790, Oct 1 at 2159, WRMI VG direct and // 15770 in
gospelhuxter. 2200 they split, 15770 into Taiwan in Spanish, and 17790
again with Polish Radio External Service as sked on WRN. WRMI xmtr
sked shows 17790 off after 2200, but System E WRN shows that hour on
17790 as well as 5050, 5950 and 7570, all of which are really OFF when
checked into Georgia remote at 2223, while the hour-long PRES English
still goes past 2233 on 17790, so is this an error or not? Anyhow this
is much more listenable than Spain`s weekly English at clashing time
due to fading and accent.?
2204 news of a new refund/recycling program for containers, bottles of
plastic, metal or glass with specifications; French climber of tallest
building in Warsaw, Europe? 310 meters, charged for doing it without
safety equipment, may get a year in jail - not much climbing there, I
suppose. 2205 ID and News from Poland to continue another 15
minutes.??
Commenting on my previous PRES 17790 log, Uncle Bill Tilford says,
``Polish Radio, which I mention in my next Shortwave Program Spotlight
{NASWA Journal}, deserves to be triaged in any WRN relays via WRMI.
The nuances of Polish relations with Germany, Ukraine, Belarus and
NATO generally are as intricate as they are sobering, and the station
captures all that better than western media.``
Other PRES times on WRN N American stream, and maybe also on SW via
some WRMI: daily 0300-0400, 0700-0800, 1800-1900 (Glenn Hauser,? OK,
WOR)
** PUERTO RICO. 391 MCW kHz, Oct 1 at 0626 UT, DDP, 2000-watt NDB at
San Juan/Dorado, Luis Mu?oz Mar?n Intl airport, the only Caribeacon I
ever hear - but not for a long time, last logged March 7; are there
any others still active? Enhanced southerly prop, and local noise
level low enough (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** SPAIN. 17715, Wed Oct 1 at 2159, REE S9+10 direct, weaker than
usual, and trace of 15390 only for weekly English from 2200. Still
Marilyn Quintana only, ``live at 12 pm``; due to accent and fading,
hard to copy clearly unlike Poland via WRMI 17790, q.v. She previews
something about 17 weeks, Cervantes, Lebanon correspondent. 2202.6
starting news of week, tRump & Gaza. Maybe I`ll listen to podcast
later (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** TURKEY. 11785, Oct 1 at 2158, no signal direct from VOT. Not
checked UTwente until 2253, maybe too late, yet locked onto 11785.011
until 2255* tho nothing but noise audible. Erroneous at Emirler?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 28250 CW, Oct 1 at 2210, slow beacon, READ BIBLE .-.-- DE
KI6MTV/B - I`ve hunted and hunted for that middle symbol in Wikipedia
and can`t find it: what`s it? Possibly combo of two letters not
noticing a pause, like: RM or AW?
WGB list: ``28250.0 KI6MTV/B - Shingle Springs CA USA CM98mq - #0 (06
Nov 2024) Note: ID only - Slow keying``
QRZ.com: ``KI6MTV USA flag USA, Michael R Hislop, PO BOX 121, SHINGLE
SPRINGS, CA 95682, USA --- Hey, if you hear my beacon, (28.250 mhz)
send me a message. I would like to hear from you. Don't forget to tell
me the location where you heard the beacon. Thanks, Mike`` Shingle
Springs is east of Sacramento on US 50 on the way to Placerville
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2314 monitoring: confirmed Tuesday
September 30 from 2331.4 on SW Gold Radio, Germany, 3975.003, VP S7/S9
into UTwente.
Also confirmed UT Wednesday October 1 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9+5/12
into Knoxville SDR.
Also confirmed Wednesday October 1 at 1930 on SW Gold Radio, Germany
3975.000, S8/S9 into UTwente; and 6159.999-, JBA S8/S9 with RTTYditty
on plus side.
Also confirmed Wednesday October 1 at 2100 on WBCQ 7490-, S7/S9 into
Maryland SDR; 2123 into NH SDR, S7/9+5.
Also confirmed Wednesday October 1 at 2330 on? WRMI 9395, S9+30/40
into Georgia SDR. Next:
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S;
1630 UT Thursday SW Radio, Germany 6160.
Thanks to Gerald T Pollard, Raleigh NC, for a generous seasonal check
marking autumnal equinox to Glenn Hauser, P O Box 1684, Enid OK
73702.
One may also contribute via PayPal, not necessarily in US funds, to
woradio at yahoo.com (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A [and non]. 13605, 11930, 11860, Oct 1 at 1450 past 1500, NO
signals from R. Mart?/LV del Trumpismo - probably due to US government
shutdown. Had been reliably on daily tho still abbreviated schedule.
11930, 9565, 7335, evening frequencies also absent at 2354; altho a
JBA signal on 7335, presumably CNR2 from Baoji site as in Aoki (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. 15150, Oct 1 at 1513, WMLK still missing; and after 2200
still missing from 17525 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
UNIDENTIFIED. 5286 USB, Oct 1 at 1355, some traffic net with abbr`d
callsigns like 8BS, most others JBA in S8 HNL. What`s this? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 0025 UT October 2
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 274, Issue 2
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