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Today's Topics:
1. odd frequency failure at Tiganesti Romania (Wolfgang Bueschel)
2. Glenn Hauser logs July 10-12, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
3. Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA (Stewart MacKenzie)
4. Top Radio Books for July..from 1c* (Radio Heritage Mail)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:03:24 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesch...@web.de>
To: "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "DXLD"
<d...@yahoogroups.com>, "egroups_harmonics"
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Subject: [HCDX] odd frequency failure at Tiganesti Romania
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ROMANIA The 300 kW tx at Tiganesti has "an even crystal oscillator
failure" at least since Saturday July 9th now.
Checked RRI Tiganesti sporadic yesterday July 11, and now at 1000 UT again
July 12.
July 11
RRI in French at 1600-1657 UT on odd 9678.374 [nominal 9680 kHz 300 kW from
Tiganesti] \\ 11950.0 kHz.
Also Romanian 1600-1657 UT from Galbeni site on even 9690.0 11825.0 kHz.
RRI in German at 1800-1857 UT on odd 7238.787 [nominal 7240 kHz 300 kW from
Tiganesti] \\ 9495.0drm kHz.
July 12
RRI in French at 1000-1057 UT on odd 15377.700 [nominal 15380kHz 300kW from
Tiganesti] \\ 11830.0 15240.0 17785.0 kHz.
73 wb
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:57:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 10-12, 2011
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** ALASKA. 11870, July 11 at 1201, KNLS IS and sign-on with calls, ``The New
Life Station`` by YL, introducing OM co-host; poor and fading, but with bad
propagation today I wasn`t even expecting this (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ANGUILLA [and non]. 6090, July 12 at 0933, PMS is absent, altho should be on
here until 1000 switch to day frequency 11775, which was not on the air either
at this time; clearing 6090 for weak Brazilian, no doubt R. Bandeirantes, which
was not audible either on // 11925v. At 1347 recheck, 11775 is on (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 6020, July 12 at 0932, heavy clash at equal levels from
R. Australia in Tok Pisin (I think) and RNW in Dutch, which is still on 6020
this semihour only via BONAIRE to Caribbean (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 5990, July 12 at 0929, VG signal with novelty songs in Brazilian,
0931 interjexion of `Manh? Sertaneja` program title, more music. It`s R.
Senado, Bras?lia. I seldom hear this due to its strange schedule requiring
monitoring just before sunrise. Is not on late at nite, nor evenings either.
(Michael L Ford, UK, did report it to WDXC Contact as late as 2103 on 21 June.)
Why the Senate station isn`t solely devoted to C-SPAN-like legislative coverage
I have never been able to figure out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. Just a bit of weak unID sporadic E analog TVDX, presumed Canada as
it was from the NE, UT July 12 at 0105 on 2; 0117 some weak video briefly lox
in on 6 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake July 11 with very poor propagation:
0450-0458, none found 10-18 MHz
1150-1159, none found 7-19 MHz
1238-1242, none found 10-18 MHz
Generally poor signals from everything, but CNR1 jamming still:
15670, poor at 1159, 1200 5+1 timesignal; none such on targets
Firedrake July 12:
15760, good with flutter at 1338
13920, fair with flutter at 1338
13700, good with flutter at 1338
11500, fair at 1343; no others found in 10s, 12s, 14s, 16s, 17s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 5040, July 11 at 0500, RHC is still going with deportes report;
RadioCuba pulled the plug at 0500:50* with no sign-off and no chance to hear
the wrong sign-on frequencies again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 9965, July 11 at 1151, wall-of-noise jamming is back, which
may mean that victim R. Rep?blica, via ELCOR, Gu?piles, Costa Rica is also
back. Same level of jamming on 9955 blox WRMI with WORLD OF RADIO Monday 1130
broadcast. Tnx a lot, Arnie!
5955, July 12 at 0533, heavy jamming is also back here, and a het underneath,
no doubt 5954.2 RR/ELCOR vs RNW/Portugal. At same time 9955 WRMI is
jamming-free with R. Praga in Spanish. During the jamming hiatus, lots of
listeners logged Bolivia earlier on 5952v.
5955, July 12 at 0939, heavy jamming of noise and bubbling over algo, presumed
RR. At 0958 retune, 5954.2v R. Rep?blica is amazingly atop with good carrier,
but weak modulation for sign-off announcement giving schedule for 31 and 49m,
also 9490 [Sackville] weekends, theme music, and off at 0959* sharp.
9965, then checking RR daytime frequency, July 12 at 1000, but inaudible vs
noise jamming now running here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 9805, July 12 at 0944, R. Mart? well atop the DentroCuban
Jamming Command, discussing the MLB All-Star Game at 8 pm Tuesday, focusing on
the Cuban and other Latino players involved. May have been soundtrack of TV
Mart?. That`s 0000 UT Wednesday, but
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2011/
has a countdown clock indicating it starts on Fox at 2300 UT; an hour of
pre-game? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sporadic-E analog TV DX opening, continued from last report, but
short on definite IDs, July 10 in UT:
1557 on 2, net-7 promo. About 4 possibilities
1559 on 2, unfamiliar bug UR, CCI building up
1601 on 2, net-5 dominant, SpongeBob; then movie opening credits with dubbed
Spanish recitation of star names which movies never do in English, including
Johnny (Jhonny?) Depp and Wynona Ryder. From another net? See below
1604 on 2, soccer
1611 on 2, movie is from Azteca Trece, UR bug
1620 on 2, movie fades in, H?rrison Ford seen now
1630 on 3, drama in Spanish, net-5
1657 on 4, SKY logo (satellite service), CCI, net-2 deportes report
1703 on 4, f bug UR, i.e. XHTV Foro TV net-4, maybe XHTV itself
1722 on 4, infomercial for CELUNUVEL, remedy for diabetes. Googled it to check
spelling. Seems Mexico has a lot of Big Pharma products we have never heard of
in US --- because they wouldn`t be legal here?
2024 on 2, soccer from net-2
Nothing seen on July 11, but Es is back on July 12, UT tune-in:
1424 on 2, Wendy Williams Show dubbed in Spanish, I think, southward with 10
kHz CCI. No, after a bit, audio switches to English in discussion of Charlie
Sheen returning to `2.5 Men`. The Spanish was from another station, and WW must
be XHRIO Matamoros, Tamps. Checking show site
http://www.wendyshow.com/tv-listings/ it says 10 am weekdays but
http://www.foxrio2.com/programming/ confirms she is at 9 am (CDT).
WW can appear quite voluptuous, but IIRC, she has admitted to sporting fake
hair and fake breasts.
1429 on 2, Kaplan College ad in English, must still be XHRIO, but:
1430 on 2, mix from Azteca-7 promo, likely Tampico down the coast.
1443 on 2, net-4 talk show with f (ForoTV) bug in lower left, probably XHY-TV
M?rida, Yucat?n
1446 on 5, some video is poking thru
1446 on 3, net-5 toons, XHBQ Zacatecas always being prime suspect
1510 on 4, `La Cocina de Yolo` show with A-13 bug UR; Recetario de Yolo bug in
LR, as recipe is displayed
1510 on 5, net-2 HOY bug in LL, 21C 10:11 bug in LR, video only
1519 on 3, Televisa with health PSA (ad?) by a sports figure speaking
Italo-Spanish; then ad for Denny`s from Calexico, El Centro to Yuma, so XHBC
Mexicali is back, and usual almost-zero CCI from XHTJB Tijuana. The two take
turns fighting it out.
1521 on 5 aimed WSW, so XHAQ Mexicali, bug in LR square shows AM, the show
name, and below it PDT of 8:21; then feature about Tijuana
1524 on 3, interview with a band, Elan in LL, strange bug in LR reads todo on
one line, un below it, plus some leaves design(?) to the left; mixes with
recipe show. XHBC as below.
1527 on 3, f bug lower left, and this time it really is a plug for Facebook
also on screen, not net-4`s ForoTV --- their two lower-case f`s are very
similar!
1558 on 3, TV Once promo for their oddly-timed 7:45 pm show (Wed? Tue?) with a
repeat Sun at 6:30. It`s definitely XHTJB Tijuana; then mix with XHBC ad for
Mexicali
Meanwhile signals from the S/SW remain in but mostly CCI.
1617 on 3, ad for something called COCK, large letters diagonally in a circle.
No, not a Cuban call sign, and presumably has a different connotation in
Spanish than English.
1623 on 3, net-5 with Smurfs toon; still/again at 1635
1625 on 6, weak video in Spanish, and not WSW, more like SSW, so not XETV.
1640 on 4 from SSW, self-help lecture or sermon by OM; predominant CCI of
somewhat less than 20 kHz beat bars.
1643 on 3 from WSW, talk show with three women flanked by two men on a couch,
apparently about celebrities, local or otherwise, with clearer view of bug in
LR: the first and last words are in script, harder to read, maybe: De Todo Un
Fan? And PDT = 9:43 clock; at times music in background. On coffee table is a
placard reading Plaza La Cachanilla, which Googles right to a mall in Mexicali:
so XHBC
1652 on 6, video and tthen audio in English with SAN DIEGO LIVING in LL, so
XETV Tijuana is making it. 1655 promo for a show on CW net.
Opening continues as I need to wrap up this report and starting trying FM
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MICRONESIA. 4755.4, July 12 at 0941 and still at 0952 I can barely detect an
extremely weak carrier on the signature off-frequency of PMA The Cross, using
BFO comparing to WTWW 5755.0. With the hi local line and ambient storm noise
levels here, that`s all I can expect (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1640, KFXY, Enid, July 12 at 0952 UT during local
weather break, 100+ temps continue with no respite in sight, has a slight het,
I think on the hi side. Either it or some other 1640 is a bit off-frequency.
WTNI Mississippi is the usual backgrounder, and I read that they are back to
full-power now, which is only 1 kW at night. Then with KFXY back to gospel
music, could not hear the het (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PHILIPPINES. 9615, July 12 at 1013 Chinese with good signal; at first
thought maybe KNLS, which has used this frequency before, but now registered as
RVA at 10-12, 250 kW, 355 degrees from Palauig site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** SUDAN [non]. 13620, July 11 at 0454 check, R. Dabanga via MADAGASCAR is once
again without the continuous 1000 Hz tone jamming, but still with the carrier
from same producing SAH.
13620, July 12 at 0520, same; at least I think there is a second carrier (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K [and non]. 12095, July 12 at 0521, BBCWS in English in well, in absence
of WTWW-3 12100. Registered as due east from CYPRUS at 0500-0700; however,
there might have been a site substitution due to the arms explosion nearby July
11, disrupting power to the Zyyi site.
11680, July 12 at 0523, Arabic from BBCWS, 168 degrees from Rampisham, very
bothered by RNZI DRM 11670-11675-11680. Tight selectivity and/or side tuning to
the hi side might minimize it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12100, WTWW-3 has occasional absences, I think really off the air tho
very poor propagation might fool me: July 12 at 0521, no signal, tho BBC 12095
was in well. Normally WTWW masks any BBC beside it. On in Arabic at 1343 check
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 10000.6, WWCR spur from 9985 puts a constant het on WWV/WWVH before
they start their own tones, July 12 at 1000. This is really not surprising,
since it`s the WWCR-1 transmitter at 09-11, which is always accompanied by plus
and minus 15.6 kHz spurs on all its other frequencies, 15825 at 11-21, 7465 at
21-02, new 7520 at 01-02, and 3215 at 02-09. Then I find the matching carrier
on 9969.4 aside the 9965 jamming. I don`t recall either of these being reported
before. Phil Patton is periodically lauded on `Ask WWCR` as a great engineer,
but why hasn`t he fixed this? Along with these, there is constant squealing in
the background of 9985 like the other WWCR-1 frequencies when strong enough.
The 10000.6 het clearly heard again during the tick-only minute at 1015 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 11560, July 12 at 1345, poor signal with English preaching,
mentions `Open Forum` but not Harold Camping`s voice. Not in HFCC, so must be
YFR via TAIWAN, banned from HFCC by the ChiCom. Yes, in Aoki: 13-15, English
via Hu Wei site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. I haven`t been trying much MW DX, but one should really not stop in
the summer; altho noise levels are higher, there are so many signals on each
frequency that they tend to suppress it.
1460, July 12 at 0958 I make a quick scan of the upper MW band, and find a loud
& clear signal surged to the top here, with ID ``Oozing with makismo,
testosterone, and (something I scribbled illegibly in the dark), this is Des
Moines` sports station, KXNO``. I spell it makismo because they stupidly
mispronounce machismo with a `hard` ch. I suspect ignorant gringos think such a
word has to sound hard rather than softly effeminate as in real Spanish. A few
minutes later, 1460 was just a jumble (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
###
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:47:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Stewart MacKenzie <wdx...@yahoo.com>
To: Anker Peterson <anker.peter...@mail.dk>, BCL NEWS
<bcln...@yahoogroups.com>, Duane Fischer <dfisc...@usol.com>, Hard
Core DX <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, Marie Lamb
<mal...@cumbredx.net>, Maryann Kehoe <atl...@webtv.net>, Prime
Time
Shortwave <primetimeshortw...@yahoogroups.com>, SWL QTH
<s...@mailman.qth.net>
Cc: Adrian Peterson <adr...@awr.org>, Allen Graham
<agra...@hcjb.org.ec>
Subject: [HCDX] Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA
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?>>>
CUBA?? Radio Havana Cuba-RHC?? 5040? 0400 GMT? Spanish? 444? July 11? YL with
RHC ID plus a YL with comments.??? MacKenzie-CA..
CUBA?? Radio Rebelde?? 5025? 0413 GMT? Spanish? 333? July 11? OM with comments
then group vocal music.. Mackenzie-CA..
UNITED STATES, Florida?? Radio Taiwan Intl Relay via WYFR?? 5950? 0340 GMT?
English? 444? July 11? YL singing the song Emily.? YL ancr Karen Lock singing
the song One and Only.??? MacKenzie-CA..
UNITED STATES, Tennessee?? WWCR #2?? 5935? 0350 GMT? English? 444? July? 11? YL
with comments on Satan creating turmoil daily around the world.???
Mackenzie-CA..
UNITED STATES, Tennessee?? WWCR-#4?? 5890? 0352 GMT? English? 433? July 11? OM
with a sermon in the Overcomer Ministry.??? Mackenzie-CA..
UNITED STATES, Tennessee?? WTWW?? 5755? 0355 GMT? English? 444? July 11? OM
wanting people to buy his health book.? OM with bible book for Christians.?????
Mackenzie-CA..
UNITED STATES, Tennessee?? WWCR-#1? 3215 0425 GMT? English? 333? July 11? OM
with sermon on food in the days of Joseph in Egypt.??? Mackenzie-CA..
UNITED? STATES, Tennessee??? WWRB?? 3185? 0430 GMT? English? 333? July 11? OM
with comments on? Egypt and its history via the Bible.??? Mackenzie-CA..??
....Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
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"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:08:04 +1200
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Subject: [HCDX] Top Radio Books for July..from 1c*
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