Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 72, Issue 22
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 hard-core-dx-requ...@hard-core-dx.com You can reach the person managing the list at hard-core-dx-ow...@hard-core-dx.com 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. Isro-built European satellite to boost broadcasting services (sakthi vel) 2. After an exciting 2008, Indian radio industry to play the wait and watch game in 2009 (sakthi vel) 3. Escutas (Antonio L. Garcia) 4. foreign LW/MW DX logs from the past few hours (aurel chiochiu) 5. Ultimas escuchas (JOSE MIGUEL ROMERO ROMERO) 6. .one the air now (Robert Wilkner) 7. Logs for Al Muick (Albert Muick) 8. Solh (ka4...@peoplepc.com) 9. Re: Solh (Wolfgang Bueschel) 10. Glenn Hauser logs December 22-23, 2008 (Glenn Hauser) 11. logs (L?cio Ot?vio) 12. UK ready to shift to digital radio by '17: report (sakthi vel) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:51:31 +0530 (IST) From: sakthi vel Subject: [HCDX] Isro-built European satellite to boost broadcasting services To: ardic Message-ID: <751224.81460...@web95413.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Isro-built European satellite W2M along with Eutelsat's Hot Bird 9 satellite for broadcasting services will launch on 21 December. The Ariane-5 rocket will be launched from Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, South America. The W2M carries 32 transponders in Ku-band as against 64 transponders in the same band by Hot Bird. Its transponders will be used for the broadcast of digital and the new high-definition TV channels, besides interactive services. The satellites will cover a vast area extending across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. "W2M displays great flexibility to operate a wide range of services from television broadcasting to data networks and broadband. It has fixed beam coverage for Europe, North Africa and Middle East and a steerable beam which can be re-oriented in orbit according to market requirements, notably towards Africa and central Asia," Antrix managing director Sreedhar Murthy pointed out. According to Arianespace, the W2M, to be carried in the rocket's lower passenger slot, will be positioned at an orbital slot of 16 degrees east. Its 32 transponders will provide both television and radio broadcasting services for Eutelsat. Hot Bird will be released first during the mission sequence from the rocket's upper position stack and deployed in the orbital slot of 13 degrees East.. The 3,462-kg W2M was designed and built at the satellite centre of Isro in Bangalore at $80 million (Rs 4 billion) for the European satellite operator (Eutelsat) under the Isro-EADS-Astrium alliance formed in 2006. Isro-Antrix formed the alliance with EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space) Astrium, Europe's satellite system specialist to build communication and broadcast satellites for the international market. _ http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k8/dec/dec202.php Jaisakthivel, (ADXC) Chennai, India /// For Contact: Jaisakthivel,59,Annai Sathya Nagar, Arumbakkam,Chennai-600106,India Visit: www.dxersguide.blogspot.com www.sarvadesavaanoli.blogspot.com Join: www.groups.yahoo.com/group/sarvadesavanoli Mobile: +91 98413 66086 /// Get perfect Email ID for your Resume. Grab now http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address -- Message: 2 Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:00:04 +0530 (IST) From: sakthi vel Subject: [HCDX] After an exciting 2008, Indian radio industry to play the wait and watch game in 2009 To: ardic Message-ID: <482870.64683...@web95414.mail.in2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 After two years of growth and consolidation in 2007 and 2008, the FM radio industry in India is looking forward to further growth in 2009. With the likely allowing of news and current affairs programmes on
[HCDX] UK ready to shift to digital radio by '17: report
Britain could be ready to migrate from analogue to digital radio as early as 2017, according to the final report of UK's Digital Radio Working Group (DRWG). The group has renewed its commitment to Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) and set out a clear path for migration to digital, identifying the criteria that would need to be met for it to happen and when it might occur. The Digital Radio Working Group (DRWG) was established in November 2007 to look at the future of digital radio. According to DRWG chairman Barry Cox, “With nearly a million DAB sets expected to be sold this Christmas period we know listeners are already benefiting from the choice of channels available at the moment. We have always believed in the future of digital radio and now urge the industry, along with Government and Ofcom to address the barriers to successful migration, so people can access even more choice and functionality in the future. Most importantly, we need to see overall coverage for DAB improve, along with more focus to get motorists to adopt DAB so that it can be a real alternative to FM services.” The group has singled out three criteria which must be met in order to trigger digital migration. These are: that at least 50 per cent of total radio listening must occur on digital platforms, the national multiplex coverage must be comparable to current FM coverage, and local multiplexes should reach at least 90 per cent of the population, including all major roads. The group has recommended that Ofcom should monitor progress against the criteria on an ongoing basis and that a date for migration should be announced by Government, ideally two years after the criteria have been met. They believe this could happen as early as 2017. In order to meet the criteria, the group has highlighted a number of barriers they believe should be overcome, and have suggested possible solutions. In particular, they propose the government relax some of the existing legislative and regulatory burdens placed on the industry, and call for more focus on encouraging motorists to adopt DAB in their cars. They also recommend the Government consider with European colleagues a duty exemption for digital radios in order to enable cheaper sets and drive further take-up. Commenting on the report, Culture Secretary Andy Burnham said, “This is a crucial time for the radio industry. I am pleased that the Working Group has been able to achieve such consensus and has recognised that there needs to be a strong consumer proposition for digital radio. We will now study the recommendations made by the group very carefully as part of the wider work being undertaken for the ‘Digital Britain’ report. I would like to thank all members of the group for their work in looking at this issue over the past year.” Barry Cox has been appointed to the Steering Board of Digital Britain to ensure that the overall strategy and direction of its report reflects the important place that digital radio will have in Digital Britain. The Digital Radio Working Group sets out a long-term preference for the creation of a three tier system of radio in the UK. This would include a wide range of national digital radio services from the BBC and commercial radio, and a sustainable set of local digital services from the BBC and commercial radio covering as much of the UK as possible. A third tier of small scale services focussed on serving the local community would remain on analogue in the short to medium term but move to digital at a later date. http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/uk-ready-shift-digital-radio-17-report _ Jaisakthivel, ADXC, Chennai, India Get perfect Email ID for your Resume. Grab now http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address ---[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
9541, Solomon Islands, SIBC, Honiara. December-22 EE 0712-0736 OM and dominant YL talks segment, talks on music, short EE pop music, solo male choir Pacific style music. Some het, 33433 (lob-B). 5910, Colombia, R. Marfil Estéreo, Lomalinda. December-22 SS 0751-0757 OM "Marfil Estéreo, una opcïón...", seems local pop selections. Noisy 32322 (lob-B). 7295, Mali, China R. I.(tent.), Bamako. December-22 Hausa(sch) 0833-0840 English pop music, OM talks, Chinese style music. 23433 (lob-B). 73 Lúcio Otávio Bobrowiec Embu SP Brasil - Sony ICF SW40 - dipole 18m, 32m ---[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] Glenn Hauser logs December 22-23, 2008
** ALASKA. Most days KNLS is inaudible or beneath adjacent channel signals, but Dec 22 at 1452 it was coming in well, tho with some deep fades, on 6150 toward end of English program. Unfortunately that was a Creation Moment, favorite mini-show of the gospel huxters dedicated to debunking Evolution. This anti-intellexual nonsense makes me want to puke. 1454 outro with times and frequencies of the four English broadcasts, credit list including Rob Stewart who produces them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALBANIA. R. Tirana finally made frequency/antenna adjustments to B08 schedule on Dec 22. Back on 7425 to NAm, which it had used in previous seasons and would have used from the start of this season if Russia hadn`t made a wooden registration for it. At 0001 UT Dec 23, 7425 with sign-on in Albanian giving schedule with several kHz mentions, audio lofi but modulation fairly good. Some adjacent interference from 7420, Prague via Ascension to S America, another recent change, but only until 0030 and can be avoided here by side-tuning slightly. Tirana // 6110, also lo-fi audio but no QRM and less fading. Both read S9+20 on the meter but 6110 definitely sounded better than 7425; SINPO 45544 and 44433 respectively. By 0120, 7425 had faded down considerably and little of it left for English at 0130-0145, but certainly has a better chance over winter night path at solar min than ex-9345. I was out and could not check the other significant change yet, 7435 ex-9345 in Albanian at 2130-2300 to W Europe, C&E NAm (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. CBC NQ 9625 transmitter at Sackville out of whack again, Dec 22 at 1510 when extremely distorted talk in English(?) was centered about 9645 and covering at least 9640-9650 with no detectable carrier. Still the same at 1540. RCI Russian on 9610 was OK. On 9625 only heard two other weak stations mixing, presumably BBC and Channel Africa. The same thing was happening Dec 21 at 0600, but not at 1410. This time I notified Sackville and Montréal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 9820, Dec 22 at 2352 with open carrier, and het, weak audio which I finally decided was Vietnamese. I first figured the open carrier was Habana, but no audio from it developed; the Mesa Redonda show is quite irregular. If that had been on, nothing of this would have been possible. heard music, IS of chimes, electronic instrument, IDs in Chinese and Vietnamese but missed the key words. Aoki shows: 9820 CNR 2 2100-0100 1234567 Chinese 150 290 Baoji-Xinjie CHN 10710E 3430N CNR2=11845 b08 9820 GUANGXI FOREIGN BS 2300-0100 1234567 Vietnamese 15 225 Nanning CHN 10811E 2247N GUANG 9820 R.HABANA CUBA 2300-0100 .23456. Mesa Redonda 50 230 La Habana CUB 08223W 2256N RHC b07 To further confuse matters, WRTH 2009 in the domestic sexion page 153 shows nothing but Xi`an on 9820 with CNR2 until 2400. In the international sexion, page 439, there is Guanxi FBS, Nanning on 9820 with Vietnamese at 2300-0100 // 5050 in winter sked. So looks like I had Guangxi for sure, and not bad for 15 kW as Aoki and WRTH agree, aimed oppositely; unlikely the Chicom would really run Baoji-Xinjie on same frequency at same time. EiBi doesn`t get into details such as powers and azimuths but does show both Xian CNR2 and Nanning with Guangxi FBS between 2300 and 0100. This time I check PWBR `2009` last rather than first. It shows both Xian and Nanning on 9820 at , with 50 kW for the latter, which I am afraid is more likely than 15 as well I was getting it. Had to be Nanning as I definitely heard Vietnamese. The het was probably R. Nove de Julho, Brasil, always reported off-frequency on low side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. RHC 9550 transmitter is becoming unstable, showing a slight warble at 2350 Dec 22 in English. This is apparent with BFO on, slightly off-tuned, compared to off-tuning other nearby frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. XEXQ barely confirmed on 6045, Dec 22 at 1459 with traces of classical music, Pachelbel? Traces of Spanish announcement at 1500; heard a couple numbers, as in telephone? And right back to music. Helped that China on 6040 was weaker than usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U K [non]. Add another fragmented BBCWS transmission inadvertently making it well to NAm: 9570 at 2300-2400. Dec 22 at 2351 heard surprisingly good signal, no QRM, in interview about Georgia, then Somalia. 2359 closing The World Today, cut off at 2359:30* This is via Thailand, 250 kW at 20 degrees, thus favoring us far beyond the nominal targets of NE China and N Korea (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. Dave Frantz`s home-made WWRB transmitter may have oomph of S9+22, but it has some defects (I toned that down), as evidenced Dec 22 at 1508 when Alex Scourby and then Brother Scare were splattering 9350 to 9420 from th
Re: [HCDX] Solh
5925 R Solh US stn via VTC Al Dhabbaya UAE 0200-0300 UT 500kW 45deg in Dari - Original Message - From: Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 3:41 AM Subject: [HCDX] Solh United Kingdom(P) 5925, Radio Solh(Pres), 0200-0232+, I was listening to Deutsche Welle in Russian on this freq prior to 0200. When DW ceased transmitting immediately at 0159, the freq was clear of any signals; however, at 0200 a station started broadcasting Middle Easter type music. It was very weak! This lasted only for a minute then the music stopped. From that point on, I couldn't hear anything except the carrier which remained audiable for the entire period mentioned above. Sometimes I thought I heard comments, but that may have been "wishful" listening? The AOKI database list Radio Solh on this freq from 0200 to 0400. I couldn't find Solh here in any other source. Chuck Bolland, December 23, 2008) WinRadio G305e/PD Clewiston, Florida http://www.orchidcitysoftware.com/IMAGE59.HTML ---[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] Solh
United Kingdom(P) 5925, Radio Solh(Pres), 0200-0232+, I was listening to Deutsche Welle in Russian on this freq prior to 0200. When DW ceased transmitting immediately at 0159, the freq was clear of any signals; however, at 0200 a station started broadcasting Middle Easter type music. It was very weak! This lasted only for a minute then the music stopped. From that point on, I couldn't hear anything except the carrier which remained audiable for the entire period mentioned above. Sometimes I thought I heard comments, but that may have been "wishful" listening? The AOKI database list Radio Solh on this freq from 0200 to 0400. I couldn't find Solh here in any other source. Chuck Bolland, December 23, 2008) WinRadio G305e/PD Clewiston, Florida http://www.orchidcitysoftware.com/IMAGE59.HTML ---[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 for Al Muick
QTH:Kabul, Afghanistan RX: WinRadio G303e ANT:200m Longwire/Randomwire ACC:Palstar MW-550P Mediumwave Preselector 1557TAIWAN, Family Radio, Kouhu, heard at 1430 on 22 Dec. w/EG pgm "Open Forum" w/the older fellow, who was getting a real earful from some of the listeners that called in. Co-channel Iran was off for some reason (probably tx issues as a dead carrier came on now and again) and everything underneath could be heard. WYFR had some severe fades that lasted minutes but always came back up with fair sigs, along with some of the regional Chinese stations that are normally blocked. Air distance between Kabul and Taipei is 3171 miles. Nice catch for me, even at 300kW. This furthers my disbelief in the 1500kW rumor of Qatar on 954. 5860KUWAIT, R.Farda relay, heard at 1355 (actually "seen" before heard) on 22 Dec. w/pop FS music and big UGLY carrier with 20kHz + occupied bandwidth. This was splattered far and wide, making the spectral display resemble a public toilet. They ought to fire the engineer responsible for this (sorry, professional pride getting in the way here). Thankfully, they left the air at 1358, just a couple of minutes before their scheduled s/off @ 1400. Best 73 de Al Muick "The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own - The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die." - General orders, 2 July 1776, in J. C. Fitzpatrick (ed.) Writings of George Washington vol. 5 (1932) p. 2 ---[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] .one the air now
to 0010 logged in southeast Florida 23 December 3250.00 Honduras Radio Luz y Vida, San Luis 3396 Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation Zimbabwe heard but not 4828! 4409.86 Bolivia Radio Eco, Reyes 5460.1 Peru Radio Bolivar Cd. Bolivar 5486.7 Peru Radio Reyna de la Selva, Chachapoyas 5580.2 Bolivia Radio San Jose. San Jose de Chiquitos 6047.15 Peru Radio Santa Rosa Lima 73s, Bob Robert Wilkner Pompano Beach, 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] Ultimas escuchas
Saludos cordiales. ARMENIA 7490 Family Radio, Yerevan-Gavar, 19:16-19:18, escuchada el 22 de diciembre en alemán a locutor con programa religioso, SINPO 45333 BIELORRUSIA 7135 Radio Belarus, Minsk-Kalodzicy, 18:54-19:00, escuchada el 22 de diciembre en ruso a locutora despidiendo programa, anuncia frecuencias y emisión por Internet, ID “Radio Balarusian”, emisión musical, tema pop melódico, SINPO 45444 MOLDAVIA 6245 Voice of Rusia, Kishinev-Grigoriopo, 18:45-18:50, escuchada el 22 de diciembre en sueco a locutora con comentarios y emisión musical, SINPO 44343. 7420 Voice of Rusia, Kishinev-Grigoriopo, 19:12-19:15, escuchada el 22 de diciembre en árabe a locutora con ID, locutor con boletín de noticias, referencias a Iraq y Rusia, SINPO 45444. RUSIA 7230 Voice of Rusia, Moskva, 19:01-19:06, escuchada el 22 de diciembre en francés a locutora con boletín de noticias, referencias a Palestina e Israel, emisión en paralelo por 6130, 7310 y 7330, SINPO 45554 José Miguel Romero Burjasot (Valencia) España Sangean ATS 909 Antena Radio Master A-108 ---[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] foreign LW/MW DX logs from the past few hours
Repport from: Bogdan Alexandru Chiochiu DX'ing from Pierrefonds-Roxboro / Montreal's West Island using the Sanyo MCD-S830 barefoot for MW and the Sangean CST-818 with the battery-powered PK's Magnetic LW loop for LW Trans-Atlantic DX: 162 FRANCE France Inter, Allouis DEC 22 0205 - woman reading poems with a dramatic voice, followed up by 1 or 2 FF electropop numbers, then a feature about an African immigrant coming to Paris followed by corny African Jazz-Ethno music, then talk about the true nature of coupé-décallé (conteporary rhythmic music originating from the Ivory Coast), mainly using major chords, though using minor ones too at times) which puts you in a Trance without "un philtre d'amour". Generally very good, but local computer-like QRM maked understandibility partial especially during the poem reading when the signal was slightly lower. In any event, best ever reception of this station ! The new battery (which already weakened) definitely allowed the PK's Magnetic LW loop to be the perfect choice ! (Chiochiu-QC) 171 MAROCCO Medi Un, Nador DEC 22 0407 - about one hour later after getting France-162, I had my best reception of these guys with broadcast announcement in French (station's identity, frequency, etc.), probably talking about the upcoming FF language px (this station is bilingual), but it was so chopped... Poor-fair with severe computer-like QRM. I see old repports about the GWEN, what the Groundwave Emergency Network is all about ? Noises, morse, voice utility signals or computer-like noise ? All the repports I saw are in the Mark Connelly's IDXD archive from the 1990s... (Chiochiu-QC) 183 GERMANY Europe 1, Felsberg (Saarlouis) DEC 22 0330 - fired their tx on about this time. I heard that Europe 1 is 24h on FM and broadcasts from 0230-2300 UTC on LW or something like that. First heard with a half electropop half acoustic Afropop tune by Amadou et Mariam, then the announcer was complementing their work saying in French they found the right balance between African and Occidental music. Then into the analysis of an english-speaking singer singing like Mariah Carey or Whitney Houston that was fairly obscure to me. Weird to have African music-related features on two differents FF stations ! Huge with very little in the way of deep fadings and absolutely no local computer or beacon QRM at all on this frequency as the PK's Magnetic loop seems unsensitive to overload from strong pests such as CINF-690 or CFAV-1570 ! This and Iceland-189 were the best LWers the past evening ! (Chiochiu-QC) 189 ICELAND RUV - Rikisutvarpid, Gufuskalar DEC 22 0225 - Man in Icelandic making some comments in between obscure musical selections that sounded like a gothic version of mid-1950's rockabilly with Icelandic lyrics. (Iceland, despite it's small size and small population, has a rich musical industry). Good, slightly weaker than Europe 1 on 1983 which was VERY good, but the best was yet to come. +DEC 22 0800+ - after a good movie watched past midnight and all that astonishing DX couldn't sleep, so fired the Sangean CST-818 / PK's Magnetic LW loop combo once again. France-162 was still fair and partially readable in spite of computer-like high-pitched growl and this one was EXCELLENT, semi-local-like and unbelievable with, at this time, mainly two men and occasionally a woman in Icelandic with two or three songs sqeezed in between the talk segments of their program. The chatter was partly music-related, I think, as I recognized the "rock" and "blues" words. At the end of one of the talk segments, heard a man making his voice softer and the other one said a word ressembling English "Thank You" and German "Danke!" (Icelandic is a Germanic language and have small ressemblance with both English and, especially, German - Bogdan). After the Danke-like word, 4 seconds break, then a classical interlude with beautifol trompett sounding like Bolero de Ravel. Our dog was sitting in the bed and as the classical trompett-based interlude began, he jumped toward the radio... So it seems we have a second DXer in our house. (Our dog was treated by a series of psy trance, progressive rock, classical music, World Music and French-Caribbean zouk music all summer long; I played the same record once every 3 or 4 days in order to help him developp a melodical sense. At night, I almost always left the radio switched to the classical music local CJPX on 99.5 MHz FM. He is quite sensitive to music, indeed. What maked this unusual was that it was a distant station with EXCELLENT signal by DX standard SEMI-local-like and with FAIR signal for a local listener, so a few barely noticeable noise - for me - was audible and the dog has even better ears - Bogdan). (Chiochiu-QC) 198 UNITED KINGDOM BBC Radio 4, Droitwich DEC 22 0258 - Man in British-accented English with a fair accent with QRM from a fairly strong local beacon on 201 kHz and from a weaker skywave-propagated o
[HCDX] Escutas
Escutas realizadas em João Pessoa-PBHI22nu Rádio: IC-R1500-Antena: 3DX3 13.830,0 1404-1411 22/12 Radio Solh - Tentativa, Rampisham, UNITED KINGDOM, (PA) música (voz masculina); segue com música (voz feminina e masculina) 25332 11.925,0 1414-1422 22/12 Radio Bandeirantes, São Paulo, BRAZIL, (PP) falas de OM e YL, informes sobre esportes (futebol); advs; "Esporte é Notícia - Rádio Bandeirantes". 24222 11.830,0 1422-1429 22/12 Radio CBN Anhanguera, Goiania, BRAZIL, (PP) falas de OM; ID - "CBN Brasil"; advs-Brasil Telecom; falas de YL, noticiário local. 24222 11.815,0 1429-1135 22/12 Radio Brasil Central, Goiania, BRAZIL, (PP) advs-Comercial J.Ferro; "Música, Informação, Rádio Brasil Central"; falas de OM, noticiário local. Segue "Parada dos Esportes". 25333 11.780,0 1435-1441 22/12 Radio Nacional da Amazonia, Brasília, BRAZIL, (PP) Falas de OMs, informes sobre Papai Noel/Natal; segue com noticiário local. 35232 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
