Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 80, Issue 11
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. 3150 - 1050 x 3 WEPN (Rik van Riel) 2. 10475 WWCR spur (Rik van Riel) 3. Antarctica LRA36 on 15476 (Rik van Riel) 4. Re: Antarctica LRA36 on 15476 (Henrik Klemetz) 5. Brandon Jordan Logs - Recent (Brandon Jordan) 6. Brandon Jordan Logs - Recent (Brandon Jordan) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:26:22 -0400 From: Rik van Riel To: harmon...@yahoogroups.com Cc: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [HCDX] 3150 - 1050 x 3 WEPN Message-ID: <4a801ffe.3000...@surriel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed I've heard the harmonic on 3150 for a few days now, but only yesterday morning have I gotten a clear enough signal to identify it. Turns out it is parallel to WEPN (ESPN Radio) from NYC, on 1050 kHz. What is it with these NYC stations that makes harmonic suppression hard? Are they sharing an antenna? Are they too close to each other? Did they rip out any filters for IBOC? -- All rights reversed. -- Message: 2 Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:23:07 -0400 From: Rik van Riel To: harmon...@yahoogroups.com Cc: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [HCDX] 10475 WWCR spur Message-ID: <4a80577b.2080...@surriel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed While scanning the band, I ran into a weak AM signal on 10475. Listening for a few minutes made it clear this was one of the US religious broadcasters, however there were two audio streams on 10475. Checking the frequencies of the various US religious broadcasters solves the puzzle: 10475 is a mixing product of 13845 and 12160 kHz, with audio from the program on 15825 thrown in. If there is another spur on 15530, it got covered up by Radio France in Portuguese. Heard on August 10 2009 from 1648 UTC onward. -- All rights reversed. -- Message: 3 Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:51:22 -0400 From: Rik van Riel To: shortwave-ra...@yahoogroups.com Cc: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [HCDX] Antarctica LRA36 on 15476 Message-ID: <4a806c2a.2010...@surriel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed I had not heard LRA36 since I lived in Brazil, but after putting up the 80 meter loop I can hear them again, in the north-eastern USA. Fair reception of LRA36 on 15476 kHz on August 10 2009, from 1800 UTC. Heard several clear LRA36 "desde a base Esperanza na Antarctica Argentina" IDs around 1805. The signal started out good and faded down over time, as sunset approaches the Antarctic Peninsula. -- All rights reversed. -- Message: 4 Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:06:55 + (GMT) From: Henrik Klemetz To: HCDX Subject: Re: [HCDX] Antarctica LRA36 on 15476 Message-ID: <946842.63893...@web26202.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 The other day, while picking raspberries and blueberries in the woods surrounding our house, my wife and I were tuned to LRA36 on a portable Lextronix E5 receiver. "M?sica and cultura" was on the menu. Edmundo Rivero and Susana Rinaldi with tangos, followed by a few zambas and a Yma Sumac-ish rendering of "El c?ndor pasa". I was using the telescopic antenna only. Time of reception: 1805-1910+ Reception was very poor at the outset but slowly improving, and approaching fair level around 1900. Temperature at the Esperanza base was given as 15 degrees below zero, which equals 5 degrees F. Henrik Klemetz, in SW Sweden Fr?n: Rik van Riel Till: shortwave-ra...@yahoogroups.com Kopia: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Skickat: m?ndag 10 augusti 2009 20:51:22 ?mne: [HCDX] Antarctica LRA36 on 15476 I had not heard LRA36 since I lived in Brazil, but after putting up the 80 meter loop I
[HCDX] Brandon Jordan Logs - Recent
** ANGOLA. 4949.8, R Nacional, Mulenvos, Aug 10 - no sign of Angola here this evening. I checked back at 0519 UTC transmitter sunrise and still not even carrier present. (Jordan-TN) ** BRAZIL. 5990, R. Senado, Brasilia, *0915, Aug 6 - fair signal at sign-on with non-stop Jazz music until brief ID at 0923. Excellent transmitter dawn enhancement at the bottom of the hour, canned ID's, rooster crow into "Bom Dia" type program. Slowly began fading from 0945 UTC. (Jordan-TN) ** DJIBOUTI. 4780, RTV Djibouti, Dorale, *0259, Aug 10 - transmitter on at 0243 with OC, 1 kHz tone from 0255. Orchestral Anthem anthem at 0259 s/on, Arabic speaker with brief opening announcements and directly into Q'uran recitations lasting until 0308 UTC. Good signal, s/on concurrent with sunrise at the transmitter. Occasional Ute QRM on the upper side band and mild CODAR. (Jordan-TN) ** SUDAN. 4739.97, R. Peace, *0222, Aug 10 - threshold signal at s/on with only occasional bits of audio. Very pronounced transmitter dawn enhancement, signal rapidly strengthening from 0325 UTC with organ music, Radio Peace mention by woman in English just after 0330, talk by man and woman. Long monologue by male speaker in Arabic between 0340-0350 peak, and lasting until just before the top of the hour as signal rapidly faded. Minor CODAR throughout. (Jordan-TN) ** UGANDA. (tentative) 4975.97, UBC, Kampala, *0329, Aug 10 - good carrier level but very poor modulation. Threshold audio first heard a few minutes before 0352 sunrise at transmitter. Male speaker, too weak to identify language and faded by 0400 UTC. (Jordan-TN) ** ZIMBABWE. (tentative) 4828, Voice of Zimbabwe, Gweru, 0400, Aug 10 - threshold signal, improving only slightly by 0428 transmitter sunrise. African pop music, male speaker. Poor with minor CODAR. (Jordan-TN) -- Brandon Jordan - Memphis, TN, USA bcdx@gmail.com - http://www.bcdx.org Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA100 ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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] Brandon Jordan Logs - Recent
** ANGOLA. 4949.8, R Nacional, Mulenvos, 0430, Aug 10 - no sign of Angola here this evening. I checked back at 0519 UTC transmitter sunrise and still not even carrier present. (Jordan-TN) ** BRAZIL. 5990, R. Senado, Brasilia, *0915, Aug 6 - fair signal at sign-on with non-stop Jazz music until brief ID at 0923. Excellent transmitter dawn enhancement at the bottom of the hour, canned ID's, rooster crow into "Bom Dia" type program. Slowly began fading from 0945 UTC. (Jordan-TN) ** DJIBOUTI. 4780, RTV Djibouti, Dorale, *0259, Aug 10 - transmitter on at 0243 with OC, 1 kHz tone from 0255. Orchestral Anthem anthem at 0259 s/on, Arabic speaker with brief opening announcements and directly into Q'uran recitations lasting until 0308 UTC. Good signal, s/on concurrent with sunrise at the transmitter. Occasional Ute QRM on the upper side band and mild CODAR. (Jordan-TN) ** SUDAN. 4739.97, R. Peace, *0222, Aug 10 - threshold signal at s/on with only occasional bits of audio. Very pronounced transmitter dawn enhancement, signal rapidly strengthening from 0325 UTC with organ music, Radio Peace mention by woman in English just after 0330, talk by man and woman. Long monologue by male speaker in Arabic between 0340-0350 peak, and lasting until just before the top of the hour as signal rapidly faded. Minor CODAR throughout. (Jordan-TN) ** UGANDA. (tentative) 4975.97, UBC, Kampala, *0329, Aug 10 - good carrier level but very poor modulation. Threshold audio first heard a few minutes before 0352 sunrise at transmitter. Male speaker, too weak to identify language and faded by 0400 UTC. (Jordan-TN) ** ZIMBABWE. (tentative) 4828, Voice of Zimbabwe, Gweru, 0400, Aug 10 - threshold signal, improving only slightly by 0428 transmitter sunrise. African pop music, male speaker. Poor with minor CODAR. (Jordan-TN) --- 73, Brandon Jordan Memphis, TN Perseus SDR, Wellbrook ALA100 ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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] Antarctica LRA36 on 15476
The other day, while picking raspberries and blueberries in the woods surrounding our house, my wife and I were tuned to LRA36 on a portable Lextronix E5 receiver. "Música and cultura" was on the menu. Edmundo Rivero and Susana Rinaldi with tangos, followed by a few zambas and a Yma Sumac-ish rendering of "El cóndor pasa". I was using the telescopic antenna only. Time of reception: 1805-1910+ Reception was very poor at the outset but slowly improving, and approaching fair level around 1900. Temperature at the Esperanza base was given as 15 degrees below zero, which equals 5 degrees F. Henrik Klemetz, in SW Sweden Från: Rik van Riel Till: shortwave-ra...@yahoogroups.com Kopia: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Skickat: måndag 10 augusti 2009 20:51:22 Ämne: [HCDX] Antarctica LRA36 on 15476 I had not heard LRA36 since I lived in Brazil, but after putting up the 80 meter loop I can hear them again, in the north-eastern USA. Fair reception of LRA36 on 15476 kHz on August 10 2009, from 1800 UTC. Heard several clear LRA36 "desde a base Esperanza na Antarctica Argentina" IDs around 1805. The signal started out good and faded down over time, as sunset approaches the Antarctic Peninsula. -- All rights reversed. ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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 __ Går det långsamt? Skaffa dig en snabbare bredbandsuppkoppling. Sök och jämför priser hos Kelkoo. http://www.kelkoo.se/c-100015813-bredband.html?partnerId=96914325 ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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] Antarctica LRA36 on 15476
I had not heard LRA36 since I lived in Brazil, but after putting up the 80 meter loop I can hear them again, in the north-eastern USA. Fair reception of LRA36 on 15476 kHz on August 10 2009, from 1800 UTC. Heard several clear LRA36 "desde a base Esperanza na Antarctica Argentina" IDs around 1805. The signal started out good and faded down over time, as sunset approaches the Antarctic Peninsula. -- All rights reversed. ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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] 10475 WWCR spur
While scanning the band, I ran into a weak AM signal on 10475. Listening for a few minutes made it clear this was one of the US religious broadcasters, however there were two audio streams on 10475. Checking the frequencies of the various US religious broadcasters solves the puzzle: 10475 is a mixing product of 13845 and 12160 kHz, with audio from the program on 15825 thrown in. If there is another spur on 15530, it got covered up by Radio France in Portuguese. Heard on August 10 2009 from 1648 UTC onward. -- All rights reversed. ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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] 3150 - 1050 x 3 WEPN
I've heard the harmonic on 3150 for a few days now, but only yesterday morning have I gotten a clear enough signal to identify it. Turns out it is parallel to WEPN (ESPN Radio) from NYC, on 1050 kHz. What is it with these NYC stations that makes harmonic suppression hard? Are they sharing an antenna? Are they too close to each other? Did they rip out any filters for IBOC? -- All rights reversed. ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2009: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2009 ---[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
