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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. unclean shortwave band range (Wolfgang Bueschel) 2. Glenn Hauser logs March 31, 2011 (Glenn Hauser) 3. A-11 VOICE OF GREECE (Wolfgang Bueschel) 4. Radio Verdad (Manuel M?ndez) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:22:00 +0200 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesch...@web.de> To: "egroups_harmonics" <harmon...@yahoogroups.com>, "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [HCDX] unclean shortwave band range Message-ID: <77495B760A1F4137B3AA8B84716FE6D4@HNPC2> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original RUSSIA/SAUDI ARABIA/CYPRUS The UNCLEANEST shortwave band area is the 25 mb tonight. Between 19 and 20 UT March 31, I noted 11412 - 11437 typical British Radar station signal from Limassol TX / Famagusta receiver at 1925 UT. BSKSA Riyadh with accompanied MOTORBOOT sound on March 30 and 31, observed on 11915 and 11820 fundamental, and sidebands range 11906 to 11938 kHz, and 11810 to 11831.8 kHz splattering clearly visible on the remote Perseus SDR screens. 12030 Voice of Russia in French via Novosibirsk, 19-21 UT produces a lot of SPUR signals like a garden fence. 11878-11889 (strong center 11883), 11975-11979 12080-12090 12120-12126 12136-12142 12167-12184 (strongest center 12177 S=9+20dB) 12189-12197 kHz. vy73 wb ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:28:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: d...@yahoogroups.com Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 31, 2011 Message-ID: <634390.21599...@web114001.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 ** ANTARCTICA. 15476, still no LRA36 carrier detectable, March 31 at 1313, and now would be quite squeezed between POLAND [non] on 15480, and Sawa strong via ??? on 15470 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ARGENTINA. 15345 [not measured to the fraxion], RAE with variety of lite music, March 31 at 2350; then to 8-note IS 2356-2357* about to QSY to 11711v; fair signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 15190, R. Inconfid?ncia, March 31 at 2310 mixing about equally with WYFR Portuguese to Brasil, making lo and wavering het. That`s better than to be expected, and depending on whether WYFR begins to drop out/skip over. At same time, WYFR had much stronger signals on 15130 and 15440, not aimed at Brasil. This was on the DX-398 portable; rechecked at 2338 on the FRG-7, WYFR was way on top; too much antenna? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BULGARIA. 11600, March 31 at 0527 open carrier with flutter; 0530 starts speaking German, but keeps dropping off the air several times; 0531.5 back on with carrier only. Without knowing the exact schedule, I figure it`s Bulgaria, and probably // 9600 --- tuning down there at 0532, yes, it is // as 11600 resumes some fitful German (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. 7110-7150, Intruder into worldwide 40m hamband, OTH radar pulses, March 31 at 1250, same rate and sound as several other spots, but variable intensities, 6960-7000, 6460-6510, 6780-6840, all approx.; presumed from here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** GUYANA. 3290, after a week or so of much better reception of V. of Guyana, back to little or nothing lately vs the ute on the low side, e.g. at 0535 check March 31. I also read that they were off the air for at least 24 hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 6020, trying to hear Shiokaze = Sea Breeze at its earlier time and new frequency reported by S. Hasegawa and Ron Howard, March 31 at 1340, all I can detect is an undercurrent of something vs strong R. Australia, on 6020 until 1400, but SB stays another half hour into our daylight (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KUWAIT. 17550, March 31 at 2358, Arab music, heavy flutter, then R. Kuwait ID; off when rechecked at 2407. This was a regular last summer, upholding surprisingly late across midnite meridian from weehour Kabd. Checking HFCC A-11 for Kuwait transmissions to CIRAFs 6 and 7, i.e. contiguous C&W USA west of 90 degrees: 11950 22-05 150 kW 350 degrees, DRM in ENGLISH [really on?? 7 hours??] 13650 18-21 500 kW 350 degrees, Arabic 13770 14-20 500 kW 350 degrees, Arabic 17550 20-24 500 kW 350 degrees, Arabic I continue to be amazed that Kuwait even tries to serve this area, at least in Arabic; are there a lot of Kuwaitis around, like in California? There are two other transmissions better suited to ENAm, but designated for CIRAF 27, 28 = Europe: 9880 21-24 500 kW 310 degrees, Arabic 15540 18-21 150 kW 310 degrees, Arabic [but really in English!] Such a gross error, repeated season after season, forces us to question accuracy of the rest (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. 11890, REE in Spanish, March 31 at 0526, good reception now with climbing overnight MUF. On March 23 I reported this on 11895 --- rechecking, at 05-07 they do use 11895 in B-seasons, 11890 in A-seasons (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. 13570, March 31 at 0529, presumed WINB is back to a JBA carrier, compared to VG signal 24 hours earlier; tonight Australia and Russia are still in on 13 MHz band (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [non]. 15470, March 31 at 1329, R. Sawa, with ``I Wanna Ride Your Body`` song in English designed to corrupt innocent Moslem youth, until cut at 1330 for Voice of America sign-off, and off at 1331 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1557 monitoring: this edition was finished later than usual, making the first SW airing to be UT Friday April 1 at 0330 on WWRB 2390. It also picks up the program number missed the previous week when we called that edition #1558 by mistake. So next week it will be on to #1559. Note well: 1557 is the latest, current edition, produced March 31. 1557 confirmed on ACB Radio Mainstream webcast starting at 0100 April 1, to be repeated 2-hourly. Next SW airings: WRMI 9955: Friday 1430, Saturday 0800, 1400, 1730, Sunday 0800, 1530, 1730. WWCR: Friday 2030 on reactivated 15825, Saturday 1600 on 12160, Sunday 0630 on 3215. IPAR/IRRS/NEXUS-IBA, Saturday 1800 on reactivated 7290, to be confirmed. WBCQ 7415 was playing Amos `n` Andy on webcast when I checked at 2130 Wednesday March 30. Operator told me he played WOR 1558 at 2100, rather than previously scheduled 2115, and the week before, WOR appeared at 2130. WBCQ has not replied to our inquiry about what time it is really supposed to air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ### ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 07:34:59 +0200 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesch...@web.de> To: "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [HCDX] A-11 VOICE OF GREECE Message-ID: <4DE8E8DD4FB14A5BBA70AA6447650F31@HNPC2> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original RE A-11 VOICE OF GREECE summer schedule On April 1 morning: 0400-0500 15630/285 7475/285 9420/323 Greek service on both 9420 and 15630 kHz, but R Filia Albanian service noted on 7475 kHz, at least from 0438 UT til 0450 UT {I guess Albanian on whole periode 0400 to 0500 UT? } 0500-0600 15630/285 11645/2 9420/323 >From 0456 UT ERA5 had left 7475 kHz and R Filia carried on 11645 kHz now, at 0500 UT BBCWS in English started with report of Ivory Coast repoort on 11645 kHz. At 0500 UT on remote Perseus rx in Ukraine heard ERA5/ERT as follows 9420 kHz Greek -57dBm S=9+20dB. 15630 kHz Greek -73dBm S=8-9 11645 kHz BBCWS English -57dBm S=9+20dB. 73 wolfy df5sx ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 Subject: Re: A-11 VOICE OF GREECE > Hello dear xxx, > > re strange usage of 17705 kHz channel in our European morning session. > > checked the 1100-2400 UT portion yesterday March 30, and reflect 100 % > the file given by Mr. Alokesh Gupta. > > 1100-1200 9935/285 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 correct > 1200-1300 9935/285 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > 1300-1400 9935/285 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > 1400-1500 9935/285 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > 1500-1600 9935/285 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > 1600-1700 9935/285 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > > 1700-1800 7450/323 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 correct > 1800-1900 7450/323 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > 1900-2000 7450/323 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > 2000-2100 7450/323 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > 2100-2200 7450/323 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > 2200-2300 7450/323 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > 2300-2400 15650/105 7475/285 9420/323 correct > > Especially noted correct 15630 til 2300 UT, > and switch to 15650 at 2300 UT. Noted also on 3 different remoted SDR > Perseus receiver units located in NoEaUSA and especially at receiver in > Ottawa Canada area. > > March 31, unfortunatelly woke up little late at 0617 UT. > > On all three channels same Greek program were in progress. Music program > talk accompanied by lady and men announcer. > > Also REAL working on new channel 17705 kHz on air ! Checked on various > remoted PERSEUS rxs at northern Germany and close to Amsterdam the > Netherlands. Nothing heard of Filia re-transmission in French this > morning. > > 0000-0100 15650/105 7475/285 9420/323 > 0100-0200 15650/105 7475/285 9420/323 > 0200-0300 15650/105 7475/285 9420/323 > 0300-0400 15630/285 7475/285 9420/323 > 0400-0500 15630/285 7475/285 9420/323 > 0500-0600 15630/285 11645/2 9420/323 probably R Filia English on 11645 > > 0600-0700 15630/285 17705/182 9420/323 correct all 3 in Greek > 0700-0800 15630/285 17705/182 9420/323 correct all 3 in Greek > 0800-0900 15630/285 11645/2 9420/323 11645 0800UT German, 0830UT Russian > > 0900-1000 15630/285 11645/2 9420/323 ERA5 in Greek on 9420 + 15630 > but 11645 kHz carried another different Greek program played INTERNATIONAL > modern concert like pop music from Greece, Portugal, France, Spain and > Argentina. > > > Yes break > 1000-1100 Daily maintenance at 10:00-11:00 UTC > > > kind regards de Wolfgang df5sx in Germany > > VOICE OF GREECE (ERA-5) > SW schedule effective from 27/03/11 to 30/10/11 > > UTC Freq/Azi Freq/Azi Freq/Azi > -------------------------------------- > 0000-0100 15650/105 7475/285 9420/323 > 0100-0200 15650/105 7475/285 9420/323 > 0200-0300 15650/105 7475/285 9420/323 > 0300-0400 15630/285 7475/285 9420/323 > 0400-0500 15630/285 7475/285 9420/323 7475 R Filia Albanian 4-5 > 0500-0600 15630/285 11645/2 9420/323 11645 R Filia BBCWS in En 5-6 > 0600-0700 15630/285 17705/182 9420/323 > 0700-0800 15630/285 17705/182 9420/323 > 0800-0900 15630/285 11645/2 9420/323 11645 0800UT German, 0830UT Russian > 0900-1000 15630/285 11645/2 9420/323 on 9420 15630 in Greek. Secondary 11645 kHz carried different Greek music sce. > 1000-1100 Daily maintenance at 10:00-11:00 UTC > 1100-1200 9935/285 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > 1200-1300 9935/285 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > 1300-1400 9935/285 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > 1400-1500 9935/285 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > 1500-1600 9935/285 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > 1600-1700 9935/285 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > 1700-1800 7450/323 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > 1800-1900 7450/323 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > 1900-2000 7450/323 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > 2000-2100 7450/323 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > 2100-2200 7450/323 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > 2200-2300 7450/323 ERT3 15630/285 9420/323 > 2300-2400 15650/105 7475/285 9420/323 > > 0800-1200 UTC: Weekly maintenance every Tuesday > > SW-MACEDONIA RADIO STATION > 1100-1650 9935/285 EUROPE > 1700-2050 7450/323 EUROPE > > URL Live Audio Internet: http://www.ert.gr > > (via Alokesh Gupta, VU3BSE) last update march 27, 2011 ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:16:59 +0200 From: Manuel M?ndez <manuelmend...@gmail.com> To: DX Listenig Digest <d...@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [HCDX] Radio Verdad Message-ID: <4d956ddb.4000...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Manuel M?ndez Lugo, Spain GUATEMALA, 4055, Radio Verdad, Chiquimula, 0553-0605*, 01-04, good propagation conditions to listen Radio Verdad here in the city of Lugo in the early morning, but only on LSB mode to separate the noise from the signal in this channel. Today at 0553 clear identification in various languages, Spanish, English, Italian and more. "Escuchan la estaci?n evang?lica Radio Verdad, Chiquimula, Guatemala, en la frecuencia de 4055 kHz, banda de 75 mentros, env?en sus informes de recepci?n a la siguiente direcci?n: Radio Verdad, Apartado 5, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Centroam?rica, tenemos una tarjeta QSL conmemorativa de nuestro aniversario". Anthem and close down at 0605. 24222. (M?ndez) End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 100, Issue 1 ********************************************