Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 109, Issue 6
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 2011 is out. Order yours from http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[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. Re: R Rossii ceased Reg on SW? (Karel Honz?k) 2. Glenn Hauser logs January 5, 2012 (Glenn Hauser) -- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:09:58 +0100 (CET) From: Karel Honz?k To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Cc: rea...@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [HCDX] R Rossii ceased Reg on SW? Message-ID: <212b3ce39ab3b71408de479b63ad5...@mail2.volny.cz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Mikhail, thank you very much for your info! I am happy about your New Year holiday :-) because there is a hope that I will hear the regional services again after Jan 9. I am especially interested in Magadan and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskyi. Now I have checked all frequencies and noted down times when there are some signals on them. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy 6075 kHz will be tough as there is much QRM especially from Vatican. One gap is at 1800 UTC. Magadan 5940 could be possible at 2200. Ulan-Ude 6195 can be heard at 2100-2300. So we will see, in this part of the year it seems to be the right time for trying... 73 .. Karel Honzik, CZE - P?VODN? ZPR?VA - Od: "Mikhail Timofeyev" Komu: "Karel Honz?k" P?edm?t: Re: [HCDX] R Rossii ceased Reg on SW? Datum: 5.1.2012 - 2:34:17 > Karel, > > The point is that we are on traditional New Year > holiday here in > Russia from Dec 31 till Jan 9. All regional > programs will be on the > air again starting from Jan 10... > > 73! > > Mikhail > > 04.01.2012, ? 9:32, Karel Honz?k ???(?): > > > RUSSIA > > It is perhaps a too strong assertion from me but > > it really looks > > > like Radio Rossii ceased regional programs > > relayed on shortwaves at > > > the end of 2011. During the first week of > > January I failed to hear > > > at least one of those transmissions I heard in > > December. That is why > > > I compiled a detailed list of all regional > > programs on SW (acc. to > > > WRTH 2012) grafically into a table and started > > to check specific > > > frequencies. Here are few examples of my > > results: > > > > > Magadan 5940+7320 kHz - no Reg at 2200 UTC > > (scheduled) > > > Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy 6075 kHz - no Reg at > > 0610 and 1800 > > > (scheduled) > > Krasnoyarsk 6085 kHz - no Reg at 2310 > > (scheduled) > > > Arkhangelsk 6160 kHz - no Reg at 0910 and 1410 > > (heard in December) > > > Ulan Ude 6195 kHz - no Reg at 2110 and 2210 > > (scheduled) > > > Yakutsk 7230 kHz - no Reg at 0810 (heard in > > December) > > > > > There are always relays of Radio Rossii (EUR > > version or Duble > > > versions for Far East) at those time scheduled > > for regional > > > programs. I have found out that this year (2012) > > I have not heard > > > any R.R. regional program on SW yet. Maybe some > > of our Russian > > > friends are able to confirm or deny it. It is a > > pity if it is true. > > > > > Karel Honzik, CZE > > > > > > -- > > Tradi?n? i modern? adventn? a novoro?n? zvyky, > > sv?te?n? > > > j?dlo a > > pit?, v?zdoba a d?rky... - ?t?te v?no?n? a > > silvestrovsk? > > > speci?l > > port?lu VOLN?.cz na > > http://web.volny.cz/data/click.php?id=1301 > > > > > > > ---[Start Commercial]- > > > > Order your WRTH 2011: > > http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 > > > ---[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 > >
[HCDX] Logs
Manuel Méndez Lugo, Spain Logs in Friol Sony ICF SW 7600 G Cable antenna, 10 meters ECUADOR, 6050, HCJB, Pichincha, 0910-0918, 05-01, Ecuadorian flute music, female, comments in quechua. 24322. (Méndez) INDIA 4920, AIR, Chennai, 1622-1627, 05-01, Hindi music. 24322. (Méndez) 5010, AIR, Thiruvananthapuram, 1626-1633, 05-01, Hindi music. 24322. (Méndez) ITALY, 5000, Time Signal Station IBF, Torino, 1602-1615, 05-01, Identification by male announcements in Italian, French and English: "IBF, IBF, IBF, Standard Frequency and Time Signal from the National Electrotechnical Institute, Turin, Italy". 24322. (Méndez) MEXICO 6010, Radio Mil, México D. F., 0855-0920, 05-01, Latin American songs, identification at 0900: "Radio Mil, radiomil.com.mx", locutor, "Radio Mil, información..., Radio Mil, transmite desde, Paseo de la Reforma, radiomil.com.mx", identification song "Vive México en Radio Mil". 14321. (Méndez) 6185, Radio Educación, México D. F., 0907-0930, 05-01, classic and lyric music. 24322. (Méndez) ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[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 January 5-6, 2012
** ALASKA [and non]. 9655, Jan 6 at 1510, some English under RRI in Arabic, with SAH, in usual collision with KNLS, habitually won by RRI, despite both being off-the-back, 270 and 140 degrees respectively (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ALGERIA [non]. 9390, Jan 5 at 1803, no carrier detectable from scheduled relay via FRANCE; WWRB 9385 with Brother Scare was not strong enough to obscure 9390 if it were on. Wolfgang Büschel the last three days has been monitoring all the France and Algeria broadcasts, and finds RTA is still on air ONLY at 19-20 on 7455, 11955. However: ``TDA erected two new 250 kW shortwave sites at Bechar (curtain antennas 49/41 mb, 31/25mb, at 135 degrees) and Ourgla (curtain ant at 206 degrees) on existing LW and MW TX sites. And daily 12 broadcasting hours rent at Issoudun will soon be ceased after completion of these two Algerian installations (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 6)`` (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA [and non]. 7365 and 9825, Jan 6 at 0638, heavy pulse jamming against nothing long after R. Martí is off these frequencies; slightly higher pitched pulsing on 9955 against WRMI with news in Spanish from R. Praga, which was holding its own at the moment (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also U S A: WRMI ** FRANCE [and non]. 21690 is one of the RFI frequencies which has not been deleted, poor signal in French Jan 5 at 1816, presumably still 17-20 via GUIANA FRENCH. Wolfgang Büschel monitors 21690 at 12-13 and 17-20 via GUF, none of the former times via ISS. 15300 ISS, missing earlier, is poorly audible here at 1808. Wolfgang Büschel observes 15300 on air only at 06-08, 12-13, 17-19. Still nothing around 0435 from the ex-English RFI frequencies 7425, 9805, nor Algeria [q.v] relay on 5865. Until 0657* poor signal still on 7390 from RFI in French as IDed just before cutoff; previously and perhaps still scheduled 04-07; Wolfgang Büschel confirms that. As of Jan 6, the HFCC sked for RFI has still not been updated to remove all the deleted transmissions! http://www.hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B11&broadc=RFI What is going on is now emerging. I asked Walter Brodowsky of M&B about this, and he replied Jan 6: ``Glenn, I just received the response from TDF at France as following: RFi has decided to stop the Spanish transmission from ISS and GUF. Best regards, Walter Brodowsky``. But that`s not all! Jean-Michel Aubier in France found the story linked below and says, ``RFI could stop SW and MW transmissions at the end of 2013. For the time being, RFI could cut 32 hours on SW (could... or has ?)`` http://www.radioactu.com/actualites-radio/noi_139246/rfi-l-ifg-preconise-l-arret-de-la-diffusion-en-ondes-courtes-et-moyennes/ Mike Cooper digests and summarizes the article: ``Glenn: As I read the article, TDF planned to cut 32 hours of shortwave as part of a new contract effective January 1, 2012. The reduction would involve the broadcast in French for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, broadcasts in Portuguese and English for the African continent and broadcasts in Spanish for Central America and Cuba. It wasn't mentioned in the article Mr. Aubier pointed out, but it appears that the Météo Marine broadcast has also been cut [was 1133 UT on 13640 via GUF, 17610 ISS]. An article written by Arielle Cassim, who was the announcer on the program, says the last broadcast was on December 31. She posted her comment at: http://www.seableue.fr/fin-du-bulletin-meteo-marine-de-rfi/ Cutting SW programming to the Democratic Republic of the Congo comes at a particularly bad time, since the DRC's Communications ministry "cut the signal of RFI," according to an AFP report. The government objects to RFI's reporting since the contested re-election of President Joseph Kabila. The government in Kinshasa totally cut RFI between July 2009 and October 2010, accusing it of "demoralizing" the army.`` This refers to FM relays in the DRC. Yimber Gaviria, Colombia, also forwards a VOA News story about the Congolese disconnexion, from Scott Stearns | State Department: The United States says authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should restore broadcasts by Radio France International. Those frequencies were blocked this week over the station's reporting on political opponents of President Joseph Kabila. Congolese authorities say they switched off RFI's six FM frequencies while a new, state-run media regulatory authority considers the station's coverage of the long-time opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland says the move breaches freedoms of speech and should be reversed immediately. . . http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/US-Calls-on-Congo-to-Restore-RFI-Broadcasts0-136767223.html No one but us seems concerned about RFI`s abrupt cancellation of all its Spanish and English SW broadcasts (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non] 5985 via JSR Tokyo
[HCDX] New Pacific Travellers Radio Guides
Travellers Radio Guides www.radioheritage.com January 7 2012 NEW Pacific AM & FM Radio Station Guides You can now use our free 2012 Travellers Radio Guides covering Melanesia Pacific, Micronesia Pacific and Polynesia Pacific at www.radioheritage.com. These authoritative guides list all local AM and FM radio stations across the Pacific region and are designed to help travellers "stay safe - stay connected" when visiting the islands for vacation or business. The guides include important travel tips: why travel with an AM/FM/shortwave radio; why travellers should not rely on mobile phone radio; and where and how to get vital news and other information during tropical cyclones [typhoons/hurricanes], and civil unrest. These new guides are in addition to the Australian AM & FM radio guides recently launched at www.radioheritage.com and the existing Pacific Asian Listener AM & Shortwave radio guides. Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization connecting radio, popular culture, history and heritage at www.radioheritage.com. ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[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] Log Report for Al Muick
QTH:Whitehall, Pennsylvania, USA RX: WinRadio G303e ANT:Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop oriented NNW-ESE AUSTRALIA, VMW Wiluna Meteo, 12362 USB, heard at 2140 on 06 January 2012 with maritime weather including sea heights. Several IDs. Male voice had that borderline quality where it was hard to tell if it was real or synth'ed. Very weak, but no QRM and no major QSB. At this time of day, probably due to the loop qualities and orientation. BRAZIL (TENT)., Possibly Radio Aparecida on 11855 at 2350 on 06 January 2012 with long talks by a woman in Portuguese, then a booming announcement by a man and continued talk. Station was weak and somewhat under-modulated, so I could not get a clear enough ID even on USB or Synch AM. Another long booming announcement on the hour, and definitely Portuguese, so I am going with Aparecida, supposedly running only 1kW. Time to do the Snoopy Dance! After only a couple of weeks of arguing with my local utility (PP&L), I finally got them to repair the 500kV transmission line which runs about 300m behind my property and was a real buzzkill almost 24/7. They also cleaned up a few of their utility poles again. Now 518kHz is free for NAVTEX DX and overall noise is down about 15dbB. I am now at something approaching normal listening conditions. 73 Al ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[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] Jan 6 Logs
** BRAZIL. 9665.02, Voz Missionária, 0610-0635, Portuguese inspirational music. Portuguese announcements. Weak in noisy conditions. Slightly stronger on // 5940.04 - but poor with adjacent channel splatter. Jan 6. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** DJIBOUTI. 4780, Radio Djibouti. I have been trying to hear Djibouti the past 2 nights but nothing heard during the 0300-0330 time period. Jan 5, 6. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** LIBYA. 11600, Radio Télévision Libye - Radio Libye, *1612-1806*, sign on with French talk and lite French instrumental music. French ballads. IDs. Talk. Fair, but some occasional strong noise. Jan 6. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** MADAGASCAR. 5010.18, Radio Madagasikara, 0220-0240, tune-in to local African music. Short 25 second IS at 0229 followed by choral National Anthem. Opening Malagasy announcements at 0232. Local African music. Weak. Very poor in high noise level. Jan 6. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** MAURITANIA. 7245, IGIM, *0550-0610, abrupt sign on with local chants. Good. Jan 6. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** MEXICO. 6009.96, Radio Mil, 0850-0905, Spanish pop music. Spanish IDs at 0859 and back to Spanish pop tunes at 0900. Poor in noisy conditions. Jan 6. (Brian Alexander, PA) ** SOMALIA [non]. via Woofferton, 11740, Radio Damal, 1910-1929*, tune-in to a mix of local chants and indigenous music. Abrupt sign off. Good. Jan 6. (Brian Alexander, PA) Brian Alexander, Mechanicsburg, PA, USA Equipment: Icom IC-7600, two 100 foot longwires ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[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] 6090v Kaduna NIG
NIGERA 6090.002 Radio Nigeria Kaduna regional service in Hausa from Kaduna-Jarji outlet footprint has changed now, measured som 43 Hertz up at 0410 UT Jan 7. Was 6089.859 kHz on Jan 4th, but adjusted now close to Caribbean Beacon (University Network) from Anguilla. Muffled Kaduna signal suffered some feed phone line flutter. 73 wb ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[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] 6090v Kaduna NIG
I think this was Ethiopia. Kaduna right now at 0505 near 6089.85 as usually, but with weak signal this morning... 73! Mikhail 07.01.2012, в 4:18, Wolfgang Bueschel написал(а): NIGERA 6090.002 Radio Nigeria Kaduna regional service in Hausa from Kaduna-Jarji outlet footprint has changed now, measured som 43 Hertz up at 0410 UT Jan 7. Was 6089.859 kHz on Jan 4th, but adjusted now close to Caribbean Beacon (University Network) from Anguilla. Muffled Kaduna signal suffered some feed phone line flutter. 73 wb ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[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 ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[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] 6090v Kaduna NIG
Oooh sorry, many thanks Mikhail for your correction. The feed line problems surprised me at 0410 UT - though ... 6089.859 yes is the footprint now, measured at 0523 UT Jan 7th again. Kaduna program started late this morning. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 7) 73 wolfy df5sx - Original Message - From: "Mikhail Timofeyev" Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 6:09 AM Subject: Re: [HCDX] 6090v Kaduna NIG I think this was Ethiopia. Kaduna right now at 0505 near 6089.85 as usually, but with weak signal this morning... 73! Mikhail 07.01.2012, в 4:18, Wolfgang Bueschel написал(а): NIGERA 6090.002 Radio Nigeria Kaduna regional service in Hausa from Kaduna-Jarji outlet footprint has changed now, measured som 43 Hertz up at 0410 UT Jan 7. Was 6089.859 kHz on Jan 4th, but adjusted now close to Caribbean Beacon (University Network) from Anguilla. Muffled Kaduna signal suffered some feed phone line flutter. 73 wb ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[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
