[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending October 22 2011

2011-10-22 Thread Albert Muick
ALGERIA, Radio Algerienne Chaine 3, 252, f/d Camels/Bedouins drawing card in 588 days for French report via airmail with US $5.00 return postage, and follow-up in French first via email in August of 2010 and then via registered mail with return receipt and 2 IRCs. Received 50 days after regis

[HCDX] Fwd: ARLX007 WD2XSH Experimental Stations to Be Active on November 3

2011-10-26 Thread Albert Muick
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[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 29 October 2011

2011-10-29 Thread Albert Muick
GERMANY, AFN Europe, Weisskirchen, 873, f/d logo/towers e-QSL card in less than 3 hours for English email report, V/s Glenn Wells, Frequency Manager, AFN Europe. This station was heard via a remote receiver in Northern Ireland. Mr. Wells states that the correct address for paper reports is AF

Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Re: QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 29 October 2011

2011-10-29 Thread Albert Muick
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Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Re: QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 29 October 2011

2011-11-01 Thread Albert Muick
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[HCDX] Happening Now 1700 kHz

2011-11-02 Thread Albert Muick
All, I am hearing French on 1700 kHz with religious hymns. Very calm speaking from the announcers and a mixed choir on the religious music. It's not a multiple of anything as far as I can tell, no French Canadian stations on there, and it seems to have a Caribbean accent to it. Anyone else

Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Happening Now 1700 kHz

2011-11-02 Thread Albert Muick
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Re: [HCDX] [Bulk] Re: [dxld] Happening Now 1700 kHz

2011-11-02 Thread Albert Muick
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Re: [HCDX] French on 1700 kHz

2011-11-03 Thread Albert Muick
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[HCDX] 1700 kHz French/Creole

2011-11-03 Thread Albert Muick
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[HCDX] 1700 kHz French/Creole re-send due to many blank postings in HCDX

2011-11-03 Thread Albert Muick
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Re: [HCDX] [Bulk] Re: 1700 kHz French/Creole re-send due to many blank postings in HCDX

2011-11-03 Thread Albert Muick
. Kuchelmeister wrote: Well, the message still IS blank. Did you intend to add some more details in its body than just those given in the Subject line? On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:58:47 +0100, Albert Muick wrote: ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: ... ---[Start

Re: [HCDX] 1700 kHz French/Creole re-send due to many blank postings in HCDX

2011-11-03 Thread Albert Muick
Let us see if this message goes through. Hello Carmen, I don't know if your entire message came through, as it looks a little cut off in the beginning. So in your bandscan from Bishop Playground in Quincy, MA (according to Google), you have these.pirates? The FCC does not list any stati

Re: [HCDX] 1700 kHz French/Creole re-send due to many blank postings in HCDX

2011-11-04 Thread Albert Muick
n int he FCC's database anywhere in the United States or its territories. No extra charge for the research lesson, Herr Doktor. 73 Al On 11/4/2011 11:49 AM, Dr. Anton J. Kuchelmeister wrote: Hi Al, On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:37:16 +0100, Albert Muick wrote: ... and Voix Divine has s

Re: [HCDX] 1700 kHz French/Creole re-send due to many blank postings in HCDX

2011-11-04 Thread Albert Muick
nly a knowledge quest at hand. Yes, this is supposed to be a friendly list. Let us keep it as such. 73 Al On 11/4/2011 3:59 PM, Dr. Anton J. Kuchelmeister wrote: On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:24:16 +0100, Albert Muick wrote: ... Perhaps a little researching on the web would have yielded the

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending

2011-11-05 Thread Albert Muick
CHILE, CVC Voz Cristiana, 17680, f/d Transmitter Site card in 63 days for Spanish airmail report and US $5.00, to Santiago, Chile address. Card is completely in English and posted from Chile, although sporting a US return address. This is a very nice card on good stock, with about six diffe

Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Re: QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending

2011-11-05 Thread Albert Muick
mast. - Original Message - From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <> To: "Albert Muick" ; "DXLD" ; "HCDX" Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 11:17 PM Subject: [dxld] Re: [HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending Prangins Switzerland site contains a lot of

[HCDX] Logs for Al Muick 05-07 November 2011

2011-11-07 Thread Albert Muick
Not too much to report, so FRANCE, 3AC Monaco Radio 8728 USB, 07 November 2011, 1020 UTC. I was waiting for this one, camped out on the frequency. Finally, just barely above the noise I heard the Monaco National Anthem and then an ID in French by a man in French, into weather information

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Special

2011-11-07 Thread Albert Muick
I am sending this part of my QSL report out early because of the timeliness of the Radio Burkina information. BANGLADESH, Bangladesh Betar 4750, f/d National Monument card in 455 days for English report via Airmail with US $5.00 and English follow-up via registered mail with return receipt and

[HCDX] VMC Meteo, Charleville, QLD, Australia

2011-11-11 Thread Albert Muick
AUSTRALIA VMC Charleville Meteo Heard at 1338 today, 11/11/11 on 16546 kHz with sea weather read by a man in English. Mentions of Cairns and Point Danger. At 1354 and annnouncement: "End of transmission from VMC for this part of the program." About a minute later, back on with full ID, fre

[HCDX] Commemorative transmissions from IBF, Turin Italy

2011-11-11 Thread Albert Muick
Earlier today, 11/11/11, Giampiero Bernardini, gave us a tip for IBF's commemorative transmissions from Turin Italy on 5000 kHz. I don't think I have a hope of hearing them from my QTH, due to the signal of WWV as well as local QRM, but I did go to a remote receiver located in Cumbria, UK. T

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending

2011-11-12 Thread Albert Muick
I sent the good stuff at the beginning of the week to share the news about Radio Burkina, but I do have one more which arrived today: BRAZIL, Radio 9 de Julho, 9819.8, no data thank you letter in 45 days for Portuguese report and 2 IRCs via airmail. Also sent a few stickers. V/s Pe. Jose R

Re: [HCDX] Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 107, Issue 13

2011-11-13 Thread Albert Muick
I think I know what's happening here. The other week, all of my messages were coming through as blanks also. It seems that HCDX no longer converts richt text to plain text and simply strips everything out that is rich text. I kinda sorta remember that my things always went through before and

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick

2011-11-14 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Whitehall, Pennsylvania, USA RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: 100m longwire 518 ICELAND, TFK Grindavik Radio, heard at 0354 UTC on 14 November 2011, in SITOR-B with NAVTEX transmissions in English. Fair signals but very clear as no one else was operating on freq at the time. This is

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 19 Novembert 2011

2011-11-18 Thread Albert Muick
AUSTRALIA, VMC Charleville Meteo, Charleville QLD, 16546 USB, f/d logo/flag e-QSL in 2 days for an email English report. Thanks for Alokesh Gupta for pointing me to the correct person to send the reports to! You can send yours to Mr. Navin Chandran, N(dot)Chandran at bom(dot)gov(dot)au . N

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 26 November 2011

2011-11-26 Thread Albert Muick
external service off. Heard with WinRadio G303e rx and terminated 100m wire from 60 foot tower. Ms. Tan also confirms that 594 kHz is no more. The QSL eMail reads: "*/Greetings Mr Albert Muick,/* I apologize for the late reply on this matter; the report is correct by our station logs

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 10 December 2011

2011-12-10 Thread Albert Muick
BAHAMAS, ZNS Broadcasting Corp. of the Bahamas, 1540, date/freq. letter in 65 days for English airmail report and US $2.00, v/s. Deon Morris, Programming Manager, d(dot)morris(at)znsbahamas(dot)com . Station heard shortly after local midnight on October 4, battling it out between WDCD and smal

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick

2011-12-12 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Whitehall, Pennsylvania, USA RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop 530 CANADA, CIAO Toronto, in Hindi with subcontinental music and commercial announcements with telephone numbers given in English. Heard at 1006 UTC on 12 December 2011. SINPO 42433 with bad

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick

2011-12-13 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Whitehall, Pennsylvania, USA RX: WinRadio G303e ANT:Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop (oriented N-S) ACC:Hoka Code 300-32 Demodulator v3.08 5890, USA, VoA Greenville, heard with Spanish programming about world journalism at 0118 UTC on 13 December 2011. SINPO 55544. Hoping to

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 17 December 2011

2011-12-17 Thread Albert Muick
GREECE Voice of Greece 7475, full data Prince of the Lilies card in 97 days for English airmail report and 2 IRCs. Also sent nice wall map of Greece. SOUTH AFRICA Channel Africa 15325, full data thank you letter from Sikander Hoosen of Sentech, the national transmitter network owner in

Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Re: QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 17 December 2011

2011-12-18 Thread Albert Muick
Feb16, 2006 3). Letter for TWR Nov 28, 2007 all verisigned by Kathy Otto, Broadcast Planning. Rgds, Tony Ashar --- In d...@yahoogroups.com <mailto:dxld%40yahoogroups.com>, Albert Muick wrote: > SOUTH AFRICA Channel Africa 15325, full data thank you letter from > Sikander Hoose

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick

2011-12-19 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Whitehall, Pennsylvania, USA RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop, oriented N-S 560 CANADA, CFOS, Owen Sound, Ontario, heard at 1101 UTC with short local news, into some international news, full station ID, and anti-drink-driving PSA and the morning show wit

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick 19 December 2011 - CORRECTION RE VOICE OF PUJIAN

2011-12-20 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Whitehall, Pennsylvania, USA RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop 9705 - The station I reported as tentative, Voice of Pujian, Shanghai China, has been investigated by both myself and Ron Howard, and it seems that it is indeed the Voice of America from Tinian

[HCDX] HAPPENING NOW - TDF DRM TEST FROM FRENCH GUIANA

2011-12-20 Thread Albert Muick
TDF is DRM testing from French Guiana as of my 2040 UTC tune in 0n 17755, 20 December 2011. Reports requested to engenharia.ra...@ebc.com.br Go get 'em! Currently 22dBm SNR at my location. 73 Al Muick Whitehall PA USA ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: http://

[HCDX] iBiquity, NAB Fastroad Release Asymmetrical IBOC Sideband Lab Tests Results

2011-12-22 Thread Albert Muick
Here's a new report on IBOC, which may interest the FM DX'ers and radio listeners out there. If you are of a technical bent, you can download a PDF copy of the report from the article. No mention of any tests or results on the medium wave band. http://radiomagonline.com/currents/ibiquity_nab

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick 23 December 2011

2011-12-23 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Whitehall, Pennsylvania, USA RX: WinRadio G303e ANT:Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop, oriented NNW-ESE JAPAN (non), Furusato no Kaze, 9550, transmitting from Taiwan, in Japanese with talk by female and male announcers. Heard at 1337 UTC on 23 December. Announcements were inters

[HCDX] Merry Christmas

2011-12-24 Thread Albert Muick
Merry Christmas, Season's Greetings and all the best for the New Year. May yours be joyous, peaceful and prosperous! 73 Al Muick Whitehall PA USA ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[End Commercial]

Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Log Report for Al Muick 23 December 2011

2011-12-24 Thread Albert Muick
, but EiBi and WRTH 2012 do not show them there. Hope you and yours have the best Holiday possible! 73, Al On 12/24/2011 08:45, Mauno Ritola wrote: 24.12.2011 1:52, Albert Muick kirjoitti: JAPAN (non), Furusato no Kaze, 9550, transmitting from Taiwan, in Japanese with talk by female and male

Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Log Report for Al Muick 23 December 2011

2011-12-24 Thread Albert Muick
, Albert Muick kirjoitti: Hi Mauno, That may be. Thank goodness I had a def ID, and this was definitely *not* Vietnamese. My Asian language skills are poor at best, but Japanese and Vietnames have distinctly different sounds. I do not see CRI scheduled there anywhere, only this station. I have not

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 24 December 2011

2011-12-25 Thread Albert Muick
USA WINB, 9265, f/d logo card in 114 days for English report via first-class mail and one first-class stamp as return postage. V/s Fred W. Wise Slow week! My only QSL came from WINB, which is only 80 miles away from me. :-) Hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday! 73 Al Muick Whitehall

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick

2012-01-06 Thread Albert 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

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 07 January 2012

2012-01-07 Thread Albert Muick
ALBANIA, Radio Tirana, 7465, f/d woman in native costume drawing card in 489 days for English airmail report on French transmission with US $5.00 return postage and a follow-up via registered airmail and 2 IRCs. QSL received 49 days after follow-up. I received an email of December 6th 2011

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 14 January 2012

2012-01-14 Thread Albert Muick
AUSTRALIA, VMW Waluna Meteo, 12362, f/d logo e-QSL in 2 days for English email report. V/S N. Chandran, n(dot)chandran(at)bom(dot)gov(dot)au . CANADA, CFVP 6030, f/d large logo card with cowboy on horse and antenna (drawing) in 81 days for English airmail report and US $2.00 return posta

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 21 January 2012

2012-01-21 Thread Albert Muick
CANADA XMJ329 Canadian Coast Guard, 518, f/d card with NAVTEX information and frequencies on rear of card in 28 days for English report and 1 IRC sent via airmail. V/s Frank Dwyer, Officer-In-Charge, who returned the IRC. SWITZERLAND, HEB BernRadio 13025.5, f/d antenna/logo card in 145 da

[HCDX] ZIZ St. Kitts

2012-01-24 Thread Albert Muick
If anyone on the east coast is still awake At this moment, 0455 UTC, 25 January 2012, ZIZ National Broadcasting Corp. of St. Kitts and Nevis is coming in with a fair signal on 555 kHz in English relaying the BBC. There is a local ID on the hour and they are scheduled to switch back to loc

[HCDX] FCC fines Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania AM station

2012-01-26 Thread Albert Muick
This is what happens when you don't do maintenance and try to bluff your way past the FCC Enforcement Bureau. Stroudsburg station WPLY is shut down and faces bankruptcy on many fronts. The station, WPLY 960, has been off the air since June, with its tower system in shambles. It was running 6

[HCDX] Globe Wireless stations VJS and VIE Australia

2012-01-26 Thread Albert Muick
I've found out some information, by necessity, regarding Globe Wireless coastal stations in Australia, VJS Perth Radio and VIE Darwin Radio. I have been trying to QSL for some time now, and found a reference to TELSTRA on the main Globe Wireless site. I followed the link to the TELSTRA site i

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 28 January 2012

2012-01-28 Thread Albert Muick
BRAZIL, Radio Voz Missionaria, 9665, f/d absolutely stunning A4-sized QSL certificate in 19 days for Portuguese airmail report and 2 IRCs. Certificate has signatures of the President, Vice-Preseident and Director of Radio on it. Also sent some station brochures that list frequencies and sh

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick 29 January 2012

2012-01-29 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Whitehall, Pennsylvania, USA RX: WinRadio G303e ANT:Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop BRASIL Radio Brasil Central 11815, coming in about S4 right now at 2350 UTC on January 29 2012. This could be a good night for Brazilians. Playing Brazilian and international oldies and pops wit

Re: [HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick 29 January 2012

2012-01-29 Thread Albert Muick
Alo, Presidente. 73, Glenn Hauser --- On Sun, 1/29/12, Albert Muick wrote: OMAN Radio Sultanate of Oman 13750, caught at 1433 with Arabic to eastern Africa. Koranic chanting into long-winded discussion program between two men. Fair signals, considering the broadcast is supposed to be b

Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Log Report for Al Muick 29 January 2012

2012-01-29 Thread Albert Muick
73, Glenn --- On Sun, 1/29/12, Albert Muick wrote: Hi Glenn, EiBi has Oman here 1400-1730 UTC in their 15 January update. I'm also wondering if Iran would have had the Arabic Koranic chanting on a Hindi program? Haven't listened to Iran in ages, so I do not know for sure. Is there a

Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Log Report for Al Muick 29 January 2012

2012-01-30 Thread Albert Muick
frequency yesterday. Unless someone comes up with any evidence to the contrary, I am going to call this Vo Iran in Hindi. Al Muick Whitehall PA USA On 1/29/2012 23:11, Albert Muick wrote: Glenn, I have just sent you a copy of the .csv file from EiBi from 15 January 2012 listing Oman in the 1400

Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Re: Log Report for Al Muick 29 January 2012

2012-02-04 Thread Albert Muick
s such marked as inactive are not copied into the bc and freq files, which are generated from the csv file with a date filter. These and more codes are explained in the readme.txt. Sorry for the confusion! 73, Eike Original-Nachricht > Datum: Mon, 30

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending February 4 2012

2012-02-04 Thread Albert Muick
CANADA, CFR Trenton Military VOLMET, 6754, no data thank you letter with pictures of their station on high-quality color laser printer in 153 days for English airmail report and US $2.00 return postage. V/s Master Corporal Jonathan Perreault. Address: 8 Wing Telecommunications and Informati

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 11 February 2012

2012-02-11 Thread Albert Muick
CANADA, Polskie Radio via Sackville, 15260, full data Bedzin Castle card in 47 days for English airmail report and 1 IRC. COSTA RICA, WRMI/Radio Republica DX Test, 5954, full data Banana Plantation card in 31 days for English email report on their special DX test, January 7 2012. V/s Jeff Whi

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 18 February 2012

2012-02-18 Thread Albert Muick
CANADA, CINA, Missisaugua ON, 1650, returned my report with "we find authentic," written on top right first page in 47 days for English report via airmail with 1 IRC. IRC was returned. V/s Neeti Prakash Ray, President. neetiray(at)gmail(dot)com Also enclosed business card. Slow and quie

[HCDX] Mediumwave station in Costa Rica looking for investor or partner

2012-02-20 Thread Albert Muick
A notice posted in the Broadcast and Radio Professionals group in LinkedIn gave notice that a mediuimwave station in Costa Rica is looking for an investor or a partner, and gave the contact email of radiopacsur(at)gmail(dot)com . The station is Radio Pacfico Sur on 1480 kHz with 5kW. Their we

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 25 February 2012

2012-02-26 Thread Albert Muick
MOLDOVA (TRANSNISTRIA), Radio Pridnestrovie, 9665, full-data QSL page with map and photo of rotating antenna structure in 144 days for English airmail report and 2 IRCs. USA, WSM Nashville TN, 650, very nice date/time Aircastle of the South folder card in 176 days for English first-class m

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick 27 February 2012

2012-02-27 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Whitehall, Pennsylvania, USA RX: WinRadio G303e ANT:Wellbrook ALA1530P active loop 580 WHP, Harrisburg PA, heard at 0905 UTC on 27 February with special DX test for IRCA, NRC, et al. Male announcement of test and its purpose, sponsors and station address along with QSL guideli

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 03 March 2012

2012-03-03 Thread Albert Muick
USA, KXEL Waterloo, IA, 1540, full data QSL sheet with picture of towers in 19 days for English report by first-class mail with US $1 (returned) for postage. V/s Mark (Illegible), Chief Engineer. Also sent some nice pictures of their transmitter and a very friendly cover letter from Joyce

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 10 March 2012

2012-03-10 Thread Albert Muick
It's been a Caribbean kinda week ANGUILLA, The Caribbean Beacon 11775, full data transmitter building/antenna drawing card in 189 days for English airmail report and US $2.00 in return postage and follow-up email in English. QSL received 48 days after email follow-up to beacon(at)anguil

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick

2012-04-15 Thread Albert Muick
CANADA, CKOC, Hamilton Ontario, 1150, full data logo/flag eQSL in 64 days for English airmail report and 1 IRC. V/s Chris Fernick, Chief Engineer INDIA, AIR Thiruvanathapuram, 5010, full data Footprint of Buddha card via New Delhi in 661 days for English email report, then follow-up via r

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick 25 June 2012

2012-06-25 Thread Albert Muick
Hello All, It's been a long time since I have had anything to report. The well has been essentially dry, and I have been corresponding via registered airmail as well as talking with several consulates about retrieving outstanding QSLs. COLOMBIA, Radio Alcaravan , 5910, full data card and as

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick

2012-08-01 Thread Albert Muick
BELGIUM, OSU Oostende Radio, 518, NAVTEX, no data map QSL card and letter in 255 days for English report via airmail and 1 IRC. V/s Walter Philipsen. Very nice sized card with history on the back. Station is actually OSU versus OST, which, according to the history on the card, ceased to be us

Re: [HCDX] MW bandscan East Caribbean

2012-08-05 Thread Albert Muick
Thanks for this!  Good work!  It really comes in handy to have up-to-date info when one is DXing this area and the fall/winter seasons is soon upon us. 73 Al Muick Williamsport PA  USA From: Stig Hartvig Nielsen To: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Sunday

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick - 25 DEC 2010

2010-12-24 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan RX: WinRadio G303e ANT:100m longwire 4830, 25 DEC, 0058 UTC, MONGOLIA, Mongolian R., in Mongol, and kickin' it with an instrumental version of "I Just Want to Say I Love You." Great signals with a slight fade. Time pips and beautiful full ID on the

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick - 25 DEC 2010 - Part II

2010-12-24 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan RX: WinRadio G303e ANT:100m longwire 6180, 25 DEC, 0312 UTC, CUBA, RHC in Spanish with interview and man on telephone rambling about everything from the US, to Venezuela to Palestine and Israel. No shortage of political opinions on this day. Fair le

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick 25 DEC 2010 Part III

2010-12-25 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan RX: WinRadio G303e ANT:100m longwire 7584, 25 DEC, 0621 UTC, UNID CW station repeatedly sending 751 and nothing else. Not a platter or loop because the op made several mistakes and sent a couple of BTs and "dits" to indicate an error. Went SK at 06

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick - 27 DEC 2010

2010-12-26 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan RX: WinRadio G303e ANT:100m longwire 5025 27 DEC, 0131 UTC, CUBA, Radio Rebelde with latin music and echo announcements. verified by streaming audio. Very weak at the time I caught it. I will try to get up earlier tomorrow and see if the signal is

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick

2010-12-27 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan RX: WinRadio G303e ANT:100m longwire HAPPENING NOW 7234 27 DEC, 1750 UTC, UNID, French-speaking station, African accent and music bed with male announcer. Off-frequency and bad het with a carrier on 7235. I think I heard him mention Burkina Faso.

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick - correction/addendum

2010-12-27 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: 100m longwire RE my 7234 logging, Alokesh Gupta contacted me with info that Radio Ethiopia was on during that time in French per the new AOKI released 26 DEC. Thanks for the help Alokesh! The reggae-style music leads me to

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick

2010-12-31 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: 100m longwire 6055 31 DEC, 1923 UTC, RWANDA, Radio Rwanda with telephone call-ins in French and vernacular as well as some really nice African choral music. Fairly good signals but fighting a losing battle with China, also

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick - 02 JAN 2011

2011-01-01 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: 100m longwire Anyone else hearing this? 5000 02 JAN, 0150 UTC, ISRAEL, 4XZ, Israeli Navy, Haifa. Banging away in CW on a time and frequency channel! No sign of BPM or WWVH this morning. Station was in its normal "V" mark

[HCDX] QSL report for Al Muick

2011-01-07 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan RX: WinRadio G303e ANT:100m longwire LATVIA, Radio Casablanca World Service via Ulbroka, 9290 f/d QSL sheet in 761 days (!) for eMail report on broadcast in 2008. Has to be some kind of record without a follow-up. Specifies "ueber Krebs TV Lettland

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick

2011-02-03 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: 100m longwire GIBRALTER, Gibralter Broadcasting Corporation, 1458, f/d logo QSL card in 245 days for English airmail report and US $5.00 return postage. V/s: Gerard J Teuma, Head of Radio. Station was heard from my room in

Re: [HCDX] Seeking Srilanka

2011-04-18 Thread Albert Muick
Believe it or not, an email or letter appeal to their embassy with a copy of the report is sometimes helpful to crack the hard cases. I'm still working a QSL from the Maldives from last year and they are one tough nut to crack. Al Muick Pattaya, Thailand On 04/19/2011 09:01 AM, Comcast wrote: >

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick

2011-06-11 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Pattaya, Thailand RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: 20m longwire 6165, TCHAD, 11 June, 1810 UTC, RN Tchadienne, with shouted announcements in French by male announcer into a five minute drum solo. Station ID by a woman at 1815, then into talk show with a man in both French and some Arabic.

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick

2011-06-12 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Pattaya, Thailand RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: 20m longwire 6049.67 MALAYSIA, 12 June, 0845 UTC, Radio Asyik, regional service in vernacular with lots of DJ patter and Malaysian pops. Running a little off of nominal frequency, but with decent signal level when the band is otherwise

[HCDX] Family Radio update

2011-06-14 Thread Albert Muick
If anyone is interested: http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_18255207?source=most_viewed Apparently Harold Camping has had a stroke last week, which might account for the music-only broadcasts from Family Radio. First I have heard of this which shows you how much attention I pay to Family Radio. >F

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick

2011-06-15 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Pattaya, Thailand RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: 20m longwire 5030 MALAYSIA Radio Sarawak FM, heard 15 June at 1548 UTC with female vocal pops and announcements in Bahasa Malaysia by male announcer. Bad static tonight. Went off-air at 1600 as per schedule. Kinda weak even for 10k

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick

2011-06-20 Thread Albert Muick
QTH:Pattaya, Thailand RX: WinRadio G303e ANT: 20m longwire HAPPENING NOW 4810 UNID Heard at 2122 UTC on 20 June with two men in English talk, mentioning "lots of factors that have to be considered," "very, very lucky to be here." Decent signal level even after local sunrise here i

[HCDX] WWV down?

2011-08-28 Thread Albert Muick
Just now running across a dead carrier varying between 6.4-7.1 uV on 15 MHz. Nothing on 20 MHz or 10 MHz and 5 and 2.5 are too low in MUF for me to check. Happening at 1750 GMT on 28 August 2011. Is WWV down for maintenance? Anyone? Humorous that this comes on the heels of the QRM discussion

Re: [HCDX] WWV down?

2011-08-28 Thread Albert Muick
Right you are. Probably flux and propagation. Hurricane Irene just blew through town (literally) here in PA and is pretty much a bust. Nothing to do but DX, and this whole thing just caught me unprepared. Thanks again! 73 Al Muick On 08/28/2011 02:14 PM, Chris Trask wrote: >> Thanks, Chris.

Re: [HCDX] WWV down?

2011-08-28 Thread Albert Muick
10 MHz now audible at my location for WWV as of 1805. 15/20 MHz still gone. Propagation? Al Muick On 08/28/2011 02:03 PM, Chris Trask wrote: >> Just now running across a dead carrier varying between 6.4-7.1 uV on 15 >> MHz. Nothing on 20 MHz or 10 MHz and 5 and 2.5 are too low in MUF for >> m

Re: [HCDX] WWV down?

2011-08-28 Thread Albert Muick
Thanks, Chris. How are 15/20 MHz by you? Never had them not be hearable before. Went through about 40 minutes of rig/antenna checking before I asked too. Al KD3WU On 08/28/2011 02:03 PM, Chris Trask wrote: >> Just now running across a dead carrier varying between 6.4-7.1 uV on 15 >> MHz. Noth

[HCDX] Sri Lanka broadcasting Corp. - Happening now

2011-08-30 Thread Albert Muick
Coming in now at S4 on the east coast of the USA on 11905 at 0100 GMT. Broadcast in Hindi with subcontinental music and woman announcer. 73 Al Muick ---[Start Commercial]- Order your WRTH 2011: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2011 ---[End Commercial]-

[HCDX] Log Report for Al Muick

2011-09-02 Thread Albert Muick
1 BRAZIL PPE Time Station. Heard easily under WWV at this QTH on 03 September 2011 at 0040 UTC. Female voice saying Observatoria Nacional, then time, then three pips before the minute followed by a pip every ten seconds during the minute. Heard best in USB mode. I know, I know, nothing s

[HCDX] Item of interest to US-based DXer's and QSL hounds

2011-09-05 Thread Albert Muick
Dear All, I saw this in the New York Times, courtesy of rotten.com, and I have to say it has me completely shocked. It seems the US Post Office is essentially bankrupt, and if it defaults on a payment this month (as expected), it may have to close for the winter! http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/0

[HCDX] QSL Report from Al Muick

2011-09-08 Thread Albert Muick
Meager pickings, so it was time to send them in: RUSSIA Tartarstan Wave, 15195 via Samara, f/d "Building of Kazan Administration" card in only 370 days for English airmail report and US $1 sent to WRTH QSL Manager. V/s Ildus Ibatullin. Heard at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan USA WJHR, Milton

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick

2011-09-09 Thread Albert Muick
Arrived today: USA WHL St. Augustine Radio (FLORIDA), 6351, date/freq paper card (with wrong date!) in 11 days for English report and 1 first class stamp. Operating power 100W. USA WMAL (DC), 630, f/d vintage 1960 card, courtesy of David A. Sproul, Chief Engineer, who sent along a very nice no

[HCDX] QSL Report from Al Muick

2011-09-10 Thread Albert Muick
Greetings all, USA WHKW (Ohio), 1220 Cleveland, very friendly f/d letter in 4 days (!) from Brett Patram, Director of Engineering. He states that he enjoys receiving DX Reports from the US and parts of Europe. he included a sheet with pictures of the antenna field and the Harris 3DX50 transmitt

[HCDX] QSL Report from Al Muick

2011-09-17 Thread Albert Muick
CANADA CFRX 6070, f/d logo card in 19 days for English report via airmail and US $2.00 V/s illegible. CANADA CHU 7850, f/d Sandford Fleming painting card in 14 days for English report via airmail and US $2.00. USA WEWN 11520, f/d Mic/antenna feeders card in 18 days for English report sent fir

Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Ireland football final on SW now

2011-09-18 Thread Albert Muick
Coming in here in Whitehall, Pennsylvania at only about S3 on 17500. 17880 barely audible. This at 1635 UTC on 18 September. Al Muick WinRadio G303e / 100m longwire Whitehall, Pennsylvania USA On 09/18/2011 12:11 PM, Wolfgang Bueschel wrote: > SOUTH AFRICA 17500 / 17880 Better signals in Net

[HCDX] Super Radio Deus e Amor

2011-09-19 Thread Albert Muick
Super Radio Deus e Amor has graced us with its presence tonight at 2330 on 11765 here at my QTH. Station is from Curitiba in Parana. I don't know whether it is testing or what, however there are a lot of full station IDs and many PSAs/IDs being played at the same time which amount to a jumble. R

[HCDX] Radio 9 de Julho, 9819.8?

2011-09-19 Thread Albert Muick
All, There was an unidentified station heard at my QTH at 2358, 19 September on 9819.8. Very weak, and definitely not Chinese. ORF came on at and has been in an endless loop of Blue Danube and multilingual IDs without any programming. The Happy Habsburgs stomped all over that little signal

[HCDX] Radio Verdad

2011-09-20 Thread Albert Muick
4055 GUATEMALA, Radio Verdad, heard 21 September starting at 0350 GMT when I rolled across it. Playing light piano religious music (even heard Amazing Grace) into ID on the hour and more music. Annoying het started at 0403 and made the listening unbearable. Just a carrier, no modulation, so cau

[HCDX] Radio Bandeirantes 9645.4 HAPPENING NOW

2011-09-27 Thread Albert Muick
BRAZIL, Radio Bandeirantes being heard now at 0005 UTC on 28 September with a live sports event and two announcers. In the clear since since Cuba left. Best in synchronous mode. Al Muick Whitehall, PA USA WinRadio G303e / 100m longwire ---[Start Commercial]- Order your

[HCDX] QSL Report from Al Muick, week ending 24 September

2011-09-28 Thread Albert Muick
AUSTRIA, Radio Austria International, 9820, f/d City of Salzburg QSL letter in 21 days for report in German and US $2.00. I also had Cousin Ilse drop by the station to inquire if they had received the report (she had nothing better to do anyway!). USA, KJES, Vado New Mexico, 11714.8, f/d "Sunset

[HCDX] Radio Cancao Nova 9675 - Happening Now!

2011-09-30 Thread Albert Muick
Radio Cancao Nova, 9675, Cachoeira Paulista Brasil, is coming in here at 0002 UTC on 01 October with a good level and reasonably QRM-free! S3-4 with QRM from adjacents 9665 and 9685. Light music and talk with typical booming IDs. Al Muick Whitehall, PA USA WinRadio G303e / 100m longwire ---[Sta

[HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending October 1 2011

2011-10-01 Thread Albert Muick
BRASIL, Radio Nacional da Amazonia, 11780, no data "thank you for your report letter" in 30 days for Portuguese report and US $3.00 sent via airmail. Letter came back via "Registered Priority" mail, and my report and $3.00 was returned. Wow. V/s. Luciana Couto, Coordinadora de la Radio Naciona

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