Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 118, 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 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. Argentina 10 /10 (maurits) 2. Glenn Hauser logs October 10, 2012 (Glenn Hauser) 3. Re: Glenn Hauser logs October 10, 2012 (Wolfgang Bueschel) 4. Oct 9-10 Logs (Brian Alexander) 5. Re: New station??? (Mauno Ritola) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:01:43 +0200 From: maurits To: "hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com" , "shortwavewo...@yahoogroups.com" , "'[DXA-leden]'" , BDX luisteramateur list Subject: [HCDX] Argentina 10 /10 Message-ID: <50755597.8020...@skynet.be> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 11.710.72Khz 1053utc Radio Argentina Buenos Aires Japanese talks and piano music ,weak audio 73, Maurits Belgium -- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:59:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Glenn Hauser To: d...@yahoogroups.com Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 10, 2012 Message-ID: <1349888372.18648.yahoomailclas...@web114013.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 ** BANGLADESH. 15505, Oct 10 at *1358 very poor carrier weaker than VOR 15510; 1358.5 the BB IS starts, timesignal ends 9.5 seconds before 1400, usual theme and opening Urdu. I am surprised to be getting this trans-polar signal at all as little else is audible on 19m except Cuba (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake October 10: 7445, detectable at 1406 under the CCI against RTI. Before 1400 around 1352, NO FD found 12-18 MHz, nor did I expect any under current degraded propagation conditions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUIANA FRENCH. Re TDF spurblobs plus/minus 116 kHz from 9490 during Radio Rep?blica relay: First time I have looked for these since original report Oct 7: 0135 UT Oct 10, 9374 and 9606 are still there, altho not as strong as the first time. But may be due to weaker fundamental at the moment too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** INDONESIA. 9526, Oct 10 at 1245 and more chex past 1400, still no sign of even a carrier from V. of Indonesia. There was however a weak spurblob around 9522, probably from RHC 9540. I`ve been in contact with VOI about their problem. They needed a replacement modulator tube, and were going to start testing at 0700 UT today. So be on the lookout for them. Also on alternate frequencies 11785, 15150 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MAURITANIA. 7245, still no signal from IGIM, Oct 10 at 0458 check. Theo Donnelly, BC, wonders, ``why are you so challenged by Mauritania not being on air before 0600 UT if they haven't been on-air all night? Their traditional sked is either 0600/0630 opening anyway.`` Challenged? I wouldn`t call it that. I am simply observing their irregularities. But for me to hear them they need to be on before 0630, preferably before 0600. Need someone like you to note whether they are really on the air then, as they could be completely off again. And now we have just such info, from Carlos Gon?alves, Portugal: ``MAURIT?NIA, 7245, R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, ausente no per?odo 4~8/10, nos hor?rios observados`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1010, Oct 10 at 0602 UT, ID amid QRM extracted ``Chihuahua``, ``XETO``, I thought, but must have been this, Cant?: 1010 XELO Exa FM + FM 100.9 Chihuahua, Chih. 5,000 500 And then played NA. XELO of course was the call on CiJz 800 before it became XEROK in deference to cross-border influence, and I don`t mean the 38th parallel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1030, Oct 10 at 0600 UT, enjoying the respite from KCTA`s hummy open carrier, mainly hearing KTWO Wyoming, but also a Mexican NA. Per Cant? there are two stations in the UT-6 zo
[HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs October 10-11, 2012
** ALGERIA [non]. 7295, Oct 11 at 0514 UT, poor signal in Qur`an from RTA via FRANCE; also intermittent het, presumably from an AM ham disturbed by RTA appearing on his favorite frequency. At least RTA is audible again, but propagation still hasn`t fully recovered, and inaudible on // 9535 (nothing much but REE/CR 9630 on 31m!), but Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria, observed that RTA had a separate, unID Arabic service on 9535 during this same hour, not // 7295; which is it? Meanwhile, 7275 Tunisia had better signal but weaker modulation than 7295; and 7245 Mauritania still missing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BANGLADESH. 15105, Oct 11 at 1255, BB English very poor with flutter. Ivo Ivanov agrees that the Nepali at 1315 has been absent. 15505, Oct 11 at 1359, JBA carrier has just come on, presumably BB; can`t even make out IS or TS (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 6180, Oct 11 at 0515, RNA with VG signal, but music is distorted since they messed with their audio processing; // 11780 is JBA. Maybe should call this RNB, as others have reported Brasília programming much of the time rather than Amazônia, and I haven`t really heard a specific ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 740, Oct 11 at 0528 UT under KRMG is ``Don`t Sit Under the Apple Tree``, WWII (or WWI?) song, also making a SAH of about 7 Hz. Hard to imagine this being anything but CFZM Toronto, with NOStalgia format. NRC AM Log shows only a few other very weak and very far stations on 740 with that. As if trying to compensate for absence of CFRX from Toronto; never mind CFRB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 6070, Oct 11 at 0517, no signal, not even a carrier from CFRX Toronto. While higher bands were blacked out, still getting other Canadians well on 6110, 6160, 6160.9, so suspect CFRX off the air; altho it is considerably closer than any of them vs possibly disrupted, expanded skip zone. Europe was still in too, e.g. Austria 6155, and Africa, Chad 6165. Anyhow, CFRX could be heard again at 1252 with Canadian-accented discussion aboot Lance Armstrong, cost of elexion campaigns (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CANADA. 6175 & 9555, Oct 11 at 0515, cannot hear VOV relay on either frequency --- which means it is probably on correct 9555 tonight, just not propagating, as Sackville NHK was inbooming on 6110 and 31m had REE CR as the OSOB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHAD. 6165, Oct 11 at 0516, fair signal in French news from RNT. Brian Alexander and Ron Howard have observed this one cutting on and off the air at unpredictable times (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Firedrake Oct 11, before 1300: 15550, very poor at 1254; none in the 17s, 16s, 14s, 13s, 12s Propagation over hi-latitude paths is still quite degraded After 1300: 9680, poor at 1307, while not much else co-channel instead of usual collision of RTI, CNR1 jamming, RRI; same at 1349 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 6010, Oct 11 at 0532, RHC English `news` audio is breaking up, unlike on // 6050, 6060, 6125. 17580, Oct 11 at 1256, very good RHC signal, but modulation very suppressed; surprised this is not causing spurs to be squeezed out all over the band. 1313 recheck, modulation almost fixed, OK level but somewhat distorted. And now, 17580 is louder than // 17730 with low but not distorted modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Oct 10 at 1956 I find R. Africa is in a rut --- in fact a loop, repeating over and over a syllable that sounds like ``dan`` and occasionally with some other sound. Can`t figure out the period of the loop, or be certain of the original language. Goes on the same until 2006 when stops and then a YL preacher in French! Occasional hiccups but audio otherwise OK. Stops at 2019:50, no ID or sign-off, and carrier off at 2020:20*. (Harold Frodge, MI, had observed a similar problem at 1645-1700 4 October: ``Still huxtering with same segment repeated every 30 seconds from tune-in; a stuck huxter. (And, I listened to it for 15 minutes. What a hobby!)`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1638, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 790, Oct 11 at 1238 UT, Spanish talk mentioning Sabinas, Coahuila, Funerario Martínez, discussing politics; loops SSW. Perhaps they were referring to the theft of the corpse of Heriberto Lazcano, founder of the brutal Los Zetas gang, from a funeral home, but checking several press reports about it, I don`t find the name or even the town where this happened, somewhere in Coahuila. There is a mortuary by that name in Sabinas (and elsewhere), but no Sabinas station on 790. Tentatively this one from direxion and talk format, per Cantú: 790 XEGZ Milenio Radio + FM 99.5 Torreón, Coah. 1,000 1,000 IRCA Mexican log says that transmitter site is across the state line in twin city Gómez Palacio, Durango (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA.
Re: [HCDX] Radio Algerienne this morning, Oct.11
Hi Ivo, yes, seems, that they have started using also other services. Now 13820 kHz carries Chaîne 1, web feed having considerable delay to SW. 73, Mauno 11.10.2012 15:10, Frequencies kirjoitti: ALGERIA(non)Two diferent programs of R.Algerienne this morning, Oct.11: 0500-0558 on 7295 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf, confirmed: Holy Qur`an sce 0500-0558 on 9535 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf, UNIDENTIFIED sce in Arabic 0600-0658 on 9535 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf, UNIDENTIFIED sce in Arabic Please check the evening transmissions and tomorrow morning. Mystery to me! R.Algerienne in Arabic on shortwave from Oct.1: 0400-0458 on 7295 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf 0500-0558 on 7295 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf 0500-0558 on 9535 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf 0600-0658 on 9535 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf 1800-1858 on 13820 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf 1900-1858 on 11775 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf 1900-1958 on 13820 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf 2000-2058 on 9375 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf 2000-2058 on 11775 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf 2100-2158 on 7495 ISS 500 kW / 194 deg to NWAf 2100-2158 on 9375 ISS 500 kW / 162 deg to CEAf 73! Ivo ---[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] FRS test on 7600 kHz next Sunday
Mensaje original Asunto: FRS test on 7600 kHz next Sunday Fecha: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 01:26:04 +0200 De: frs.holland Para: FRS-Holland Dear FRS Friends, Summer has gone and autumn is ruling. Propagation conditions have reached to a satisfactory level. Time to expand some activity. In preparation to full programming, we have planned a */test /*on 7600 kHz/ 39 metres next Sunday */October 14th 07:52- 10:00 UTC/ 09:52- 12:00 CEST. /*We are understandably curious about reception on 7600 kHz. We'd love to hear from you, either by mail [f...@frsholland.nl] or via POBox 2702, 6049 ZG Herten, the Netherlands. FRS-Holland will take to the air with full programming on */Sun October 28th 08:52- 14:30 UTC/ 09:52- 15:30 CET. /*That day winter time will come into force. In the afternoon there will be an audio stream via Internet starting at 15:52 CET. More news in the upcoming weeks. 73s, Peter Verbruggen on behalf of the FRS Team ---[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
