[HCDX] Christmas DX Memories anyone ?
All. Best wishes to everyone in this holiday time. Maybe Santa's sleigh can trigger some solar activity for us as the DX season continues... I am sure that we radio buffs all have some memorable holiday DX Logs, some big, some small. Here are two of mine that have stuck with me for many years. I enjoyed writing them and resurrecting the memories into words. Maybe others can relate. it was Christmas Eve back in the early 1980's or so. It was the first real day off from school to start the holiday break, which was very welcomed to myself as a teenager at the time. Christmas Eve seemed to be the longest day of the year for me, so I would always try to somehow occupy myself every waking moment until all the family, festivities, and gifts started later that evening. I began my morning by going over to the desk in front of my bedroom window, firing up the Sangean ATS-803 radio, and check out the bands. It was snowing and blowing outside my window, adding a very special touch, excitement, and atmosphere to the Christmas season. When I was scanning the 31 meter band, I came across a strong station playing the Ray Conniff Christmas Album. I knew this record because Mom would frequently play it during the Holidays. I was enjoying the music so I stuck with it. Ray Conniff's White Christmas was playing from some foreign land just as it was happening ri! ght outside my window before my eyes. It was somewhere around 14-15 hours gmt (9-10 AM local time) when the station broke. They gave ID as This is the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, Colombo. I was very excited as I pulled out the WRTH to look them up. Sure enough they were on 9720 as I caught the frequency announcement. They also gave a time check which did not sound right to me. The minutes did not correspond to GMT. I then learned about Sri Lanka's time difference ! This may not sound like much but it was a very memorable and special experience to add to some tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago. The QSL came that hot summer. Again, it was Christmas Eve back in the early 1990's when I sat down to the R-5000 one local late afternoon to check out the bands. It was a cold and clear afternoon with a beautiful sunset glistening upon a blanket of snow with a nice late afternoon moon in the sky. I started the DX session on 90 meters and then to 60 meters. Both bands had their regular stations propagating. Things were quite normal. However, my interests were sparked when I found a very strong signal on an odd frequency of 4975. The broadcast contained a program of traditional holiday music with a deep voiced strongly accented English announcer. Hoping this was my first good catch of Uganda, I had zero beat the frequency to 4976 and quickly paralleled it to 5026. To my total and utmost surprise, it was them. The signal was armchair quality and the reception of Radio Uganda that Christmas Eve afternoon could have matched my local AM/MW stations. Radio Uganda was holding the meter well into the re! d zone. The programming consisted of traditional Christmas songs and hymns. One of the songs was the upbeat version Mary's Boy Child Jesus Christ (was born on Christmas Day). Others consisted of Mitch Miller carols and songs from many other familiar artists. On that Christmas Eve, my parents, grandparents, and I enjoyed supper to some holiday programming, not coming from WKYE-FM, but from Radio Uganda ! As we were heading out the door for church later on, the extended broadcast was still going strong as the announcer said We will switch programming to Vatican City for Midnight Mass with Pope John Paul II. And they did. With that, I powered down and headed out for my own Mass to start the holiday festivities with a memory I will never forget. We still converse about the Radio Uganda Christmas Eve fifteen some-odd years later. Oddly enough, I have never heard Radio Uganda of that signal quality since that Christmas Eve. The QSL came that spring. Does anyone else have any cool memorable Christmas DX ? Stephen Price Johnstown, PA ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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
[HCDX] AM Logs - good Condx in SouthCentralFlorida, Temp between 60 to 70 degrees pre-sunrise
Bolivia, 5996.40, Radio Loyola, 1001-a1030 At tune-in, noted a male in Spanish comments. Around 1005 canned ID and ADs/Promos. This was followed with a few bars of music. Activity continued during the period with some fading in and out. Signal was fair overall. (Chuck Bolland, December 24, 2007) Peru, 6193.40, Radio Cuzco, 1032-1045 Noted a female in comments at tune-in, but at 1034 canned promos probably for future programs heard. After, comments continued. Signal faded in to a fair level briefly at 1035, but dropped back to poor quickly. (Chuck Bolland, December 24, 20007) Russia, 5960, Radiostantsiya, Tikhiy Okean, 0942-1000 Tuned in late with a male and female in news or commentary in the Russian Language. Afterwards, Russian music for a minute or two. At 0951, Radio France International (full ID on the hour), comes on the air in Portuguese blocking Tikhiy Okean. France continues in Portuguese up to the hour, when it switchs to Spanish and gives a full ID. Consequently, Radiostantsiya Tikhiy Okean is blocked effectively for the rest of the period. (Chuck Bolland, December 24, 2007) Peru, 4775, Radio Tarma, 1049-1100 With typical Huaynos type music, signal was at a fair level still, at least for this part of the band. At 1057 live Spanish comments from a male for a few moments, then back into the Huaynos music. Weak live ID on the hour, followed by religious music -. This is followed with religious comments briefly by a female. Canned ID at 1104, ...Onda media ... Tarma ... Signal was fair to poor and getting hit by CODAR. (Chuck Bolland, December 24, 2007) Peru, 4955, Radio Cultural Amauta, 1110-1120 Initially heard clear, clean Huaynos music. At 1112, a male in Spanish comments with mentions of Peru until 1120 and music follows that. This freq is clear of QRM, notably the CODAR signal, consequently copy is good of this radio station. (Chuck Bolland, December 24, 2007) Clewiston, Florida NRD545 ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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
Re: [HCDX] Christmas DX Memories anyone ?
Does anyone else have any cool memorable Christmas DX ? 30 years ago today, on Christmas Eve/morning.. Radiodiffusion Nationale du Mali-7110. s/on at 0800 UTC, Dec. 25, 1977. Don't remember too much about the programming, except that their national anthem was about 15 minutes long!! QSLed in about 2 months; go to http://webhome.idirect.com/~aum108/dx.html to view card. 73 Mike Brooker Toronto, ON ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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
[HCDX] Logs.
Saludos cordiales. ARGELIA 6300 Radio Nacional Saharaui, 23:00-23:20, escuchada el 23 de diciembre en español, locutor con lectura de la carta final de décimo segundo congreso del Frente POLISARIO realizado en el Sahara, solicitan el referéndum para los territorios Saharaui, solicitan derecho de autodeterminación, Marruecos mantiene postura de intransigencia y brutal represión en los territorios ocupados, SINPO 33343. ETIOPÍA 9558 Radio Etiopía, 14:30-14:40, escuchada el 24 de diciembre en árabe a locutora con boletín de noticias, titulares separados de un segmento musical, probable referencia al Kurdistán, SINPO 33433. José Miguel Romero Burjasot (Valencia) Sangean ATS 909 Antena Radio Master A-108 YAESU FRG-7700 - ¿Chapuzas por primera vez? - Sé un mejor Manitas Entra en Yahoo! Respuestas. ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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
[HCDX] Dec 23-24 Logs
**CYPRUS. 9760, Cyprus BC Corp, Limassol, *2215-2244*, Dec 23, Sign on with Greek music. Greek talk. Local folk music along with radio-drama. Greek guitar music. Sign on sign off with the same Greek tune. Fair signal. // 7210-fair level but mixing with a strong Radio China Int. // 6180-very weak under Brazil. Fri, Sat, Sun only. (Brian Alexander, PA) **EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Radio Africa, Bata, 1145-1329*, Dec 24, Just beginning to fade in around 1145 with threshold level. Slowly improved to a weak level by 1210. Never improved beyond a weak signal strength. Some individual English religious programming suffered from distortion or weak modulation. Sign off with Radio Africa Network ID announcement at 1328 along with mentions of RadioAfricaNetwork.com PanAmericanBroadcasting.com websites, postal address e-mail address. (Brian Alexander, PA) **EURO-PIRATE? (UNIDENTIFIED). 6310, 2125-2150, Dec 23, pop music. Very weak. (Brian Alexander, PA) **OMAN. 15140, Radio Sultanate of Oman, 1425-1435, Dec 24, Looking for Oman but only hear a weak carrier no audio. (Brian Alexander, PA) **RWANDA. 6055, Radio Rwanda, Kigali, 2040-2101*, Dec 23, French/vernacular talk. Local African music. Sign off with short techno-pop instrumental. Very good. (Brian Alexander, PA) **See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop000304) ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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
Re: [HCDX] Christmas DX Memories anyone ?
My favorite Christmas DX memory happened in 1982. My wife and I spent Christmas eve at her parents' place and then attended midnight mass. When we arrived home at about 2 a.m., I decided to spin the dials for a few minutes before going to bed. Tuning around on medium wave, I mostly heard the usual domestic stations I can hear every night. The single exception was a station on 1467, which turned out to be Radio Fiji with Hindi programming. Certainly an interesting contrast to the normal Christmas season radio fare. The station faded in and out, and wasn't all that strong, but I heard enough for a report. The QSL arrived in July. It was the only time I've heard the station here at home, and something I wouldn't expect to hear unless there was a good opening with lots of other down under stations. Merry Christmas everyone. Bruce in Seattle Steve -O wrote: All. Best wishes to everyone in this holiday time. Maybe Santa's sleigh can trigger some solar activity for us as the DX season continues... I am sure that we radio buffs all have some memorable holiday DX Logs, some big, some small. Here are two of mine that have stuck with me for many years. I enjoyed writing them and resurrecting the memories into words. Maybe others can relate. it was Christmas Eve back in the early 1980's or so. It was the first real day off from school to start the holiday break, which was very welcomed to myself as a teenager at the time. Christmas Eve seemed to be the longest day of the year for me, so I would always try to somehow occupy myself every waking moment until all the family, festivities, and gifts started later that evening. I began my morning by going over to the desk in front of my bedroom window, firing up the Sangean ATS-803 radio, and check out the bands. It was snowing and blowing outside my window, adding a very special touch, excitement, and atmosphere to the Christmas season. When I was scanning the 31 meter band, I came across a strong station playing the Ray Conniff Christmas Album. I knew this record because Mom would frequently play it during the Holidays. I was enjoying the music so I stuck with it. Ray Conniff's White Christmas was playing from some foreign land just as it was happening ! ri! ght outside my window before my eyes. It was somewhere around 14-15 hours gmt (9-10 AM local time) when the station broke. They gave ID as This is the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, Colombo. I was very excited as I pulled out the WRTH to look them up. Sure enough they were on 9720 as I caught the frequency announcement. They also gave a time check which did not sound right to me. The minutes did not correspond to GMT. I then learned about Sri Lanka's time difference ! This may not sound like much but it was a very memorable and special experience to add to some tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago. The QSL came that hot summer. Again, it was Christmas Eve back in the early 1990's when I sat down to the R-5000 one local late afternoon to check out the bands. It was a cold and clear afternoon with a beautiful sunset glistening upon a blanket of snow with a nice late afternoon moon in the sky. I started the DX session on 90 meters and then to 60 meters. Both bands had their regular stations propagating. Things were quite normal. However, my interests were sparked when I found a very strong signal on an odd frequency of 4975. The broadcast contained a program of traditional holiday music with a deep voiced strongly accented English announcer. Hoping this was my first good catch of Uganda, I had zero beat the frequency to 4976 and quickly paralleled it to 5026. To my total and utmost surprise, it was them. The signal was armchair quality and the reception of Radio Uganda that Christmas Eve afternoon could have matched my local AM/MW stations. Radio Uganda was holding the meter well into the ! re! d zone. The programming consisted of traditional Christmas songs and hymns. One of the songs was the upbeat version Mary's Boy Child Jesus Christ (was born on Christmas Day). Others consisted of Mitch Miller carols and songs from many other familiar artists. On that Christmas Eve, my parents, grandparents, and I enjoyed supper to some holiday programming, not coming from WKYE-FM, but from Radio Uganda ! As we were heading out the door for church later on, the extended broadcast was still going strong as the announcer said We will switch programming to Vatican City for Midnight Mass with Pope John Paul II. And they did. With that, I powered down and headed out for my own Mass to start the holiday festivities with a memory I will never forget. We still converse about the Radio Uganda Christmas Eve fifteen some-odd years later. Oddly enough, I have never heard Radio Uganda of that signal quality since that Christmas Eve. The QSL came
[HCDX] SW QSL Report
Hi all! New SW QSLs: Lutherische Stunde, via Samara, QSL card mentioning transmitter, stickers, lots of info for e-report. Pilipinas DX, via Wavescan-AWR Guam, QSL card full detailed, from [EMAIL PROTECTED] v/s Henry L. Umadhay. RTE via Ascension, full detailed QSL letter, v/s Bernie Pope. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] R. Brandaris Int, QSL, personal letter, Address: Antillenstraat 27, NL-7009 GK Doetinchem, Holland. R. Poland via Wertachtal, QSL mentioning transmitter site, personal letter, sked, for e-report: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good Friends Radio Network, via WHRA, big QSL card, info. Address: Box 456, Orangeville, Ontario, Canada L9W 5G2. Merry Christmas! Artur Fernández Llorella Catalonia, Spain _ Tecnología, moda, motor, viajes,…suscríbete a nuestros boletines para estar siempre a la última http://newsletters.msn.com/hm/maintenanceeses.asp?L=ESC=ESP=WCMaintenanceBrand=WLRU=http%3a%2f%2fmail.live.com ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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
[HCDX] Escutas
Escutas realizadas em Joao Pessoa-PB - HI22nu Radio: SW7600GR-Antena: Vertical 6m BRASIL 24/12/2007 0015-0021 4815 Radio Difusora Londrina AM B 25342 Om c/fala sem. a pregação de cunho religioso. alg 24/12/2007 0023-0028 4805 ZYF273 Radio Difusora do Amazonas AM B 25332 TX musicas; propagandas; alg 24/12/2007 0034-0039 4885 ZYG362 Radio Clube do Para AM B 35333 TX programacao musical; alg USA 24/12/2007 1425-1433 17555 WYFR Family Radio AM USA 35333 OM c/falas sem. a pregacao religiosa alg ESPANHA 24/12/2007 1433-1438 17595 REE Radio Exterior de Espanha AM E 45433 OM e YL conversam c/ouvintes ao telefone alg GABAO 24/12/2007 1438-1443 17630 ANO1 Africa no.1 AM GAB 45444 Em francês, YL e OM c/comentarios. alg ARABIA SAUDITA 24/12/2007 1444-1449 17660 BSKSA BSKSA Riyadh AM ARS 35433 Em frances, YL c/comentarios alg Antonio Laurentino Garcia PR7BCP ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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
[HCDX] Escutas
Escutas realizadas em Joao Pessoa-PB - HI22nu Radio: SW7600GR-Antena: Vertical 6m BRASIL 24/12/2007 0015-0021 4815 Radio Difusora Londrina AM B 25342 Om c/fala sem. a pregação de cunho religioso. alg 24/12/2007 0023-0028 4805 ZYF273 Radio Difusora do Amazonas AM B 25332 TX musicas; propagandas; alg 24/12/2007 0034-0039 4885 ZYG362 Radio Clube do Para AM B 35333 TX programacao musical; alg USA 24/12/2007 1425-1433 17555 WYFR Family Radio AM USA 35333 OM c/falas sem. a pregacao religiosa alg ESPANHA 24/12/2007 1433-1438 17595 REE Radio Exterior de Espanha AM E 45433 OM e YL conversam c/ouvintes ao telefone alg GABAO 24/12/2007 1438-1443 17630 ANO1 Africa no.1 AM GAB 45444 Em francês, YL e OM c/comentarios. alg ARABIA SAUDITA 24/12/2007 1444-1449 17660 BSKSA BSKSA Riyadh AM ARS 35433 Em frances, YL c/comentarios alg Antonio Laurentino Garcia PR7BCP ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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
[HCDX] QSL Received - Micronesia
Just went out to the mailbox and retrieved a QSL from Pacific Missionary Aviation Radio (The Cross). Heard here on October 5, 2007 on 4755.25 kHz from 1115-1200. V/S looks to be Roland Weibel, Radio Station Manager, The Cross Radio. I had sent a prepared card, but they have had some nice cards printed up. Very happy to receive this on Christmas Eve! My 222'nd NASWA Country QSL'd! Steve Lare Holland, MI USA ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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
[HCDX] HCDX logs between 2007-12-24 0000 UTC and 2007-12-25 0000 UTC
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[HCDX] one PM
Israel, 7545, Kol Israel, 2347-2359 Noted a period of music until a male with Hebrew comments and a second male joins in with comments. Music presented at 2355 with ID at 2356. Signal immediately drops off at 2356. At 2358, signal returns in possibly Russian(?). Signal was fair to good. (Chuck Bolland, December 24, 2007) Clewiston, Florida ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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
[HCDX] a mixture of SS signals on 780
Usually, Radio Coro is owning this channel to itself (in the WBBM null), but right now I'm getting 2 if not 3 SPanish signals on 780. guesses ? YVOD Ecos del Torbes, San Cristobal estado Táchira ? ZP70 Asunción, Paraguay ? HJZW Amiral, Riohacha, Colombia ? HJZG La Vox de la Valle, Cali, Colombia ? The first two ones are most likely, as there were times YVOD-780 was regularly heard in NA along with the exceptionally easy YVOC-4980 SW // and ZP70 was tentatively bagged by our dear colleague BRUCE CONTI in the New England's DX heaven of NEW HAMPSHIRE... As I'm writing this, though, a strong noise has beguN to obliterate 780 kHz, for not too long I hope...maybe it will stop NOW !!! It worked ! But the Latin mess dissapearted from 780 ! A+++ Bogdan Chiochiu in Pierrefonds / Montreal, Quebec, Canada ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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
Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 60, Issue 27
Send Hard-Core-DX mailing list submissions to hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Hard-Core-DX digest... ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2008 is out. Order yours from http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt Today's Topics: 1. Christmas DX Memories anyone ? (Steve -O) 2. AM Logs - good Condx in SouthCentralFlorida, Temp between 60 to 70 degrees pre-sunrise (Chuck) 3. Re: Christmas DX Memories anyone ? (Mike Brooker) 4. Logs. (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO) 5. Dec 23-24 Logs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 6. Re: Christmas DX Memories anyone ? (Bruce Portzer) 7. SW QSL Report (Artur Fern?ndez Llorella) 8. Escutas (Antonio L. Garcia) 9. Escutas (Antonio L. Garcia) 10. QSL Received - Micronesia (W6SWL) 11. HCDX logs between 2007-12-24 UTC and 2007-12-25 UTC (Risto Kotalampi) 12. one PM (Chuck) 13. a mixture of SS signals on 780 (aurel chiochiu) -- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:52:30 -0500 From: Steve -O [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [HCDX] Christmas DX Memories anyone ? To: Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 All. Best wishes to everyone in this holiday time. Maybe Santa's sleigh can trigger some solar activity for us as the DX season continues... I am sure that we radio buffs all have some memorable holiday DX Logs, some big, some small. Here are two of mine that have stuck with me for many years. I enjoyed writing them and resurrecting the memories into words. Maybe others can relate. it was Christmas Eve back in the early 1980's or so. It was the first real day off from school to start the holiday break, which was very welcomed to myself as a teenager at the time. Christmas Eve seemed to be the longest day of the year for me, so I would always try to somehow occupy myself every waking moment until all the family, festivities, and gifts started later that evening. I began my morning by going over to the desk in front of my bedroom window, firing up the Sangean ATS-803 radio, and check out the bands. It was snowing and blowing outside my window, adding a very special touch, excitement, and atmosphere to the Christmas season. When I was scanning the 31 meter band, I came across a strong station playing the Ray Conniff Christmas Album. I knew this record because Mom would frequently play it during the Holidays. I was enjoying the music so I stuck with it. Ray Conniff's White Christmas was playing from some foreign land just as it was happening ri! ght outside my window before my eyes. It was somewhere around 14-15 hours gmt (9-10 AM local time) when the station broke. They gave ID as This is the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, Colombo. I was very excited as I pulled out the WRTH to look them up. Sure enough they were on 9720 as I caught the frequency announcement. They also gave a time check which did not sound right to me. The minutes did not correspond to GMT. I then learned about Sri Lanka's time difference ! This may not sound like much but it was a very memorable and special experience to add to some tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago. The QSL came that hot summer. Again, it was Christmas Eve back in the early 1990's when I sat down to the R-5000 one local late afternoon to check out the bands. It was a cold and clear afternoon with a beautiful sunset glistening upon a blanket of snow with a nice late afternoon moon in the sky. I started the DX session on 90 meters and then to 60 meters. Both bands had their regular stations propagating. Things were quite normal. However, my interests were sparked when I found a very strong signal on an odd frequency of 4975. The broadcast contained a program of traditional holiday music with a deep voiced strongly accented English announcer. Hoping this was my first good catch of Uganda, I had zero beat the frequency to 4976 and quickly paralleled it to 5026. To my total and utmost
[HCDX] DX Listening Digest 7-158; WOR 1387
DX Listening Digest 7-158 has now been posted at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxlatest.txt or http://dxld.worldofradio.org and now also without delay at http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld7158.txt CONTENTS: WOR 1387 / AFGHANISTAN non / ALBANIA / ANGOLA / ARGENTINA / AZORES / BOLIVIA / BOUVET ham / BRAZIL / CANADA +non VOCM+ / CHAD / CHILE / COLOMBIA / CHRISTMAS ISLANDS nons / COLOMBIA +non / CONGO DR non / CUBA +non / CYPRUS / ECUADOR / EQUATORIAL GUINEA / ERITREA / ETHIOPIA +non / FIJI / GERMANY / GREECE / GUATEMALA / INDONESIA / INTERNATIONAL INTERNET Airborne / ISRAEL / KURDISTAN +non / LIBERIA +non / MADAGASCAR / MALI / MAURITANIA / MEXICO / MICRONESIA / MONGOLIA / MOROCCO / NEW ZEALAND / NIGERIA / OKLAHOMA KOMA / OMAN / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / PERU / QATAR / RUSSIA +non / RWANDA / SAINT BARTHELEMY ham / SAINT HELENA / SCARBOROUGH REEF ham / SERBIA non / SIERRA LEONE non / SPAIN / SRI LANKA ham+ / SUDAN / SURINAME / TAIWAN / THAILAND / TUNISIA +non / TURKMENISTAN / UGANDA / USA WBCQ / USA WHRA / USA non YFR / USA WBGO/WFUV/Pirates / USA WDET / USA Blues/WMPR+ / USA NPR / USA WLS-TV / USA KUNM+ / USA WCNZ / USA Shrikes / VIETNAM non / VIRGIN ISLANDS US / WESTERN SAHARA non / YEMEN / ZAMBIA +non / ZIMBABWE +non / UNIDENTIFIED 700 / UNIDENTIFIED 5880 / UNIDENTIFIED 6220 / TESTIMONIALS / LANGUAGE LESSONS / RADIO EQUIPMENT FORUM / DIGITAL BROADCASTING / PROPAGATION For restrixions and searchable 2007 contents archive see http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html NOTE: If you are a regular reader of DXLD, and a source of DX news but have not been sending it directly to us, please consider yourself obligated to do so. Thanks, Glenn NEXT SHORTWAVE AIRINGS OF WORLD OF RADIO 1387 **flexible times Tue 1130 WRMI 9955** Tue 1630 WRMI 7385 Wed 0830 WRMI 9955** WORLD OF RADIO, CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL SCHEDULE: Latest edition of this schedule version, including AM, FM, satellite and webcasts with hotlinks to station sites and audio, is at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html For updates see our Anomaly Alert page: http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html WRN ON DEMAND: http://new.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=24 WORLD OF RADIO PODCASTS VIA WRN NOW AVAILABLE: http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/podcast.php OUR ONDEMAND AUDIO [also CONTINENT OF MEDIA, MUNDO RADIAL] http://www.worldofradio.com/audiomid.html or http://wor.worldofradio.org Regards, Glenn Hauser Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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
[HCDX] Aventure FM
Anyone having any Aventure FM tapes ??? Aventure FM broadcasted from Paris, Lyon, Chambery, Grenoble and Reims roughly between 1987 and 1989 !!! Paris 105.9 MHz Lyon 95.7 MHz Chambéry 91 MHz Grenoble 96.9 MHz Reims 90.5 MHz It only lasted about two years in Paris and just a few months in 1988-'89 as far as the other cities are concerned. If anyone has any airchecks, station jingles, some DJ chatter, etc. please feel free to change them.. I have many good signals peaks airchecks of Radio Coro 780 kHZ, 3800 km between Venezuela and Montreal and I exchange them for any AVENTURE FM aircheck, the station of the SIRPA, Scouts de France, Bayard Presse and La Guilde Européenne du Raid May the good DX be with you ! Bogdan Chiochiu ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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
[HCDX] QSL from Micronesia also
hello, I also received the QSL today also from PMA The Cross. All details are the same as yours. I send them an Email report back in early October. Naswa VIC 182. Steve Price Johnstown, PA +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- You are very unique...Just like everyone else. ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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
Re: [HCDX] DXAsia about to be relaunched
FYI. The host server in UK is down since the morning of 23rd. The support team informed us that they're trying their best to restore the server since there is some serious problem and due to the holiday period it will take some time to repair the server. Sorry for the inconvenience to all of you. Merry Christmas to all of you from the DXAsia team. -Alok Dasgupta. On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:22:09 +0100 Andy Sennitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DXAsia, the website that specialises in broadcasts to and from South Asia, is about to be relaunched in a new style. The new version of the site will tentatively go live on Christmas Day, 25th December, unless there are any last-minute hitches. ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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
[HCDX] 'The Cross' V6PM, Micronesia QSL Received
Received a very nice full detail QSL card today from Roland Weibel who is PMA's IT/ Development Assistant (according to their website) and now, apparently, their Radio Station Mgr., in 2 months for a CD recording, SASE prepared card, neither used. I sent the package to the Guam address but the card was stamped and postmarked from Pohnpei. NASWA country C/V# 224. Nice Christmas present! Terry Palmersheim, KC7LDP Helena, MT ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]--- 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
Re: [HCDX] Christmas DX Memories anyone ?
Thank you. I agree! My first MODERN radio was the ATS 803 and when I got the ATS 909 from radio shack for $99 I went to town on an antenna for an apartment project I have since used as my major radio for it's accurate tuning and logging capability, the computer controlled received RX 320 which works well on my outdoor active antenna off my front porch. But thanks to the 'old time stories, I reflect back to the three tube regen Dad gave me to build from Allied radio and I regret in my ignorant ute failing to make proper use of such a marvelous and simple radio concept. (The oscillator squeals p*ssed my Mother off!) So I am going back to TenTec for their Regen receiver kit for some cheap fun either $32.00 or $89.00 Delivers in January. Can't wait! yodar - Original Message From: Steve -O [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 8:52:30 PM Subject: [HCDX] Christmas DX Memories anyone ? All. Best wishes to everyone in this holiday time. Maybe Santa's sleigh can trigger some solar activity for us as the DX season continues... I am sure that we radio buffs all have some memorable holiday DX Logs, some big, some small. Here are two of mine that have stuck with me for many years. I enjoyed writing them and resurrecting the memories into words. Maybe others can relate. it was Christmas Eve back in the early 1980's or so. It was the first real day off from school to start the holiday break, which was very welcomed to myself as a teenager at the time. Christmas Eve seemed to be the longest day of the year for me, so I would always try to somehow occupy myself every waking moment until all the family, festivities, and gifts started later that evening. I began my morning by going over to the desk in front of my bedroom window, firing up the Sangean ATS-803 radio, and check out the bands. It was snowing and blowing outside my window, adding a very special touch, excitement, and atmosphere to the Christmas season. When I was scanning the 31 meter band, I came across a strong station playing the Ray Conniff Christmas Album. I knew this record because Mom would frequently play it during the Holidays. I was enjoying the music so I stuck with it. Ray Conniff's White Christmas was playing from some foreign land just as it was happening ri! ght outside my window before my eyes. It was somewhere around 14-15 hours gmt (9-10 AM local time) when the station broke. They gave ID as This is the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, Colombo. I was very excited as I pulled out the WRTH to look them up. Sure enough they were on 9720 as I caught the frequency announcement. They also gave a time check which did not sound right to me. The minutes did not correspond to GMT. I then learned about Sri Lanka's time difference ! This may not sound like much but it was a very memorable and special experience to add to some tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago. The QSL came that hot summer. Again, it was Christmas Eve back in the early 1990's when I sat down to the R-5000 one local late afternoon to check out the bands. It was a cold and clear afternoon with a beautiful sunset glistening upon a blanket of snow with a nice late afternoon moon in the sky. I started the DX session on 90 meters and then to 60 meters. Both bands had their regular stations propagating. Things were quite normal. However, my interests were sparked when I found a very strong signal on an odd frequency of 4975. The broadcast contained a program of traditional holiday music with a deep voiced strongly accented English announcer. Hoping this was my first good catch of Uganda, I had zero beat the frequency to 4976 and quickly paralleled it to 5026. To my total and utmost surprise, it was them. The signal was armchair quality and the reception of Radio Uganda that Christmas Eve afternoon could have matched my local AM/MW stations. Radio Uganda was holding the meter well into the re! d zone. The programming consisted of traditional Christmas songs and hymns. One of the songs was the upbeat version Mary's Boy Child Jesus Christ (was born on Christmas Day). Others consisted of Mitch Miller carols and songs from many other familiar artists. On that Christmas Eve, my parents, grandparents, and I enjoyed supper to some holiday programming, not coming from WKYE-FM, but from Radio Uganda ! As we were heading out the door for church later on, the extended broadcast was still going strong as the announcer said We will switch programming to Vatican City for Midnight Mass with Pope John Paul II. And they did. With that, I powered down and headed out for my own Mass to start the holiday festivities with a memory I will never forget. We still converse about the Radio Uganda Christmas Eve fifteen some-odd years later. Oddly enough, I have never heard Radio Uganda of that signal quality since that Christmas
