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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. La Rosa de Tokio para este fin de semana: La historia de Radio El Mundo (2 parte) (Arnaldo) 2. Re: [dxld] Ron Howard logs and Bhutan BBS email (Wolfgang Bueschel) 3. EMR - Radio Saxonia - Atlantic 2000 this Weekend (Arnaldo) 4. Glenn Hauser logs December 17, 2011 (Glenn Hauser) 5. Re: Please QSL Greenville direct (Glenn Hauser) 6. Inside a 1938 Remote Broadcast Van (Zacharias Liangas ) 7. Frequency for Human Rights! (Zacharias Liangas ) 8. This is thefirst multiband BC WebSDR I've seen! (Horacio Nigro) 9. Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6aa (Stewart MacKenzie) 10. Glenn Hauser logs December 17-18, 2011 (Glenn Hauser) 11. QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 17 December 2011 (Albert Muick) 12. Re: QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 17 December 2011 (Tony Ashar) 13. Re: [dxld] Re: QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 17 December 2011 (Albert Muick) 14. Logs of previous week (Zacharias Liangas ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:44:47 +0100 From: "Arnaldo" <sl...@ciudad.com.ar> To: <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> Cc: DXLD <d...@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [HCDX] La Rosa de Tokio para este fin de semana: La historia de Radio El Mundo (2 parte) Message-ID: <BB7E0C2231904D20886CE8F03029F7F2@windowsv03oj4t> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" La Rosa de Tokio es un programa dedicado a difundir el apasionante mundo de la radio y del diexismo que se transmite semanalmente desde los estudios de LS11 Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires. Durante los programas que se irradiar?n los d?as sabado 10 y 17 de diciembre de 2011 (que en d?as sucesivos puede escucharse en http://programasdx.com/larosadetokio.htm) revisaremos la riqu?sima historia de una de las emisoras m?s representativas y emblem?ticas de la Rep?blica Argentina: LR1 Radio El Mundo, a la cual le dedicamos dos programas y que, a pedido de muchos oyentes, se vuelve a irradiar durante estas semanas. No se pierdan los valiosos archivos hist?ricos que ilustrar?n el programa. Puede ser escuchada los d?as s?bados de 12: 00 UTC a 13:00 Tiempo Universal Coordinado (09:00 a 10-00 hora LU) por los 1270 Khz y en Internet por http://www.amprovincia.com.ar/ Adem?s, una extensa red de emisoras de frecuencia modulada de toda la Rep?blica Argentina retransmite en forma semanal nuestro programa en diferentes d?as y horarios. La Rosa de Tokio tambi?n sale por onda corta gracias a las facilidades brindadas por WRMI Radio Miami Internacional (http://www.wrmi.net/). Tambi?n puede ser escuchada en cualquier momento entrando en la p?gina ProgramasDX y haciendo "click" en http://programasdx.com/larosadetokio.htm Desde este v?nculo tambi?n podr?n acceder al archivo que recaba ediciones anteriores del programa. La Rosa de Tokio es producida y conducida por Omar Jos? Somma y Arnaldo Leonel Slaen y cuenta con la colaboraci?n habitual de Rub?n Guillermo Margenet. ----------------------------------- ??Con Celu@rroba, si tu celular manda sms ahora puede mandar mails! ??Mand?? MAIL al 30303 y activalo ya! ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:38:54 +0100 From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesch...@web.de> To: "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Ron Howard logs and Bhutan BBS email Message-ID: <5D2C3C7FC1EB4CAEB4FEB91BAE522015@HNPC2> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original BHUTAN [tentat.] Noted Dec 17 at 1100 UT on 'footprint' 6035.045 kHz, used a remote receiver unit in Japan, mixed with Viennese Waltz from YNDT PBS Yunnan Kunming program on nearly even 6035 kHz. Nothing noted on 5030v at that time. 73 wb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Howard" Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 7:12 PM Subject: [dxld] Ron Howard logs and Bhutan BBS email BHUTAN. 6035, BBS (tentative), 1258, Dec 16 with two stations mixing together; stronger station at ToH with pips and clear ?This is the Voice of Shangri-La brought to you by Yunnan Radio?; two station continue mixing; both in talk; 1303 tuned away; checked at 1337 to find only Yunnan. Another early sign off again. Received the following email in response to assume my Dec 13 reception report sent for 6035. Dear Sir, I got your reception report about our short wave transmission. Thank you for the your kind report. We are broadcasting alternatively on 100 kw and 50 kw short wave transmitter. Our transmission starts from 0:00 to 14:00 Hours GMT in different languages. Thanking you Thinley Dorji Transmission head Thimphu, Bhutan Therefore I assume 6035 on Dec 13 was 100 kW, off the air Dec 14, Dec 15 was 50 kW and today 100 kW? 5030.0, BBS (presumed), 1244, Dec 16. Testing their transmitter here; no audio just strong open carrier; believe they were alternating between running full power and reduced power as the signal strength continually changed. Carrier not heard later after 1300 UT. (Ron Howard, Asilomar State Beach, CA, Et?n E1, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST) BHUTAN was using their old 30 kW txer on 6035.048 kHz on the 15th from around tune in 1050 UT till 1500 s. off. They had used the newer 100 kW on 5030 kHz at the same time. An AIR enginner is in Bhutan, training the technicians and also making repairs to the transmitters. At 0125 UT also heard on 6035 kHz. Good luck guys. Bhutan is still on test basis on 5030 // 6035.48 kHz, Dec 17. Last night they had audio on 6035.48 kHz but badly beating with VOShangri-la, but 5030 kHz had only open carrier throughout closing around 1300 UT, Dec 16. (Victor Goonetilleke-CLN 4S7VK, DXplorer Dec 16/17) ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:59:36 +0100 From: "Arnaldo" <sl...@ciudad.com.ar> To: "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com> Cc: hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [HCDX] EMR - Radio Saxonia - Atlantic 2000 this Weekend Message-ID: <08E4ED7970384292A9827F78AFC7C98A@windowsv03oj4t> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" EMR - Radio Saxonia - Atlantic 2000 this Weekend Dear Listeners, MV Baltic Radio relay service is on the air this Sunday the 18th of December 2011 MVBR Schedule: 08.00 to 09.00 UTC on 9480 KHz - Atlantic 2000 International 09.00 to 10.00 UTC on 9480 KHz - Radio Saxonia 10.00 to 11.00 UTC on 6140 KHz - EMR 10.00 to 11.00 UTC on 9480 KHz - EMR 13.00 to 14.00 UTC on 9480 KHz - Radio Saxonia ( Repeat from 09.00 ) Good Listening 73s Tom Due to Technical reasons the last transmission from MVBR on 6140 KHz will be on the 25th of December 2011. MVBR on 9480 KHz will continue in 2012 as normal. Info via Tom Taylor from United Kingdom ----------------------------------- ??Con Celu@rroba, si tu celular manda sms ahora puede mandar mails! ??Mand?? MAIL al 30303 y activalo ya! ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 08:58:45 -0800 (PST) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: d...@yahoogroups.com Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 17, 2011 Message-ID: <1324141125.23423.yahoomailclas...@web114002.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii ** CHINA. Firedrake search Dec 17: still nothing found, 7-19 MHz between 1350 and 1359; and 19-7 MHz between 1455 and 1500. Propagation conditions are certainly subnormal, judging from generally weak signals, especially E Asia above 10 MHz. However, tnx to several (Leonard J Rooney in PA, Noel Green in UK, Chris Scarff in NE, Julie Murphy in NSW), who replied that they are still hearing some Firedrake at various times on previously known frequencies, but mostly in the 09-12 UT period rather than my favorite morning monitoring time of 13-15. Except Julie Murphy in NSW who also logged FD Dec 16 before 1400 on 15900, 16100, same time as I was checking those frequencies without results. Leonard Rooney also heard some before and after 00 UT Dec 15-16 on 13850, 11500. Their full reports will be integrated into the next DXLD 11-51 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** EGYPT. 15160, Dec 17 at 1458 past 1500, open carrier; at 1501 some modulation starts but it`s very distorted, on peaks only. Listed as R. Cairo in Ozbaki = Uzbek at 1500-1600, 250 kW, 61 degrees from Abis to CIRAF 30 = W Asia (often referred to as Central Asia, even tho it`s much closer to the Urals than to the middle of the continent around Mongolia) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** ISRAEL. 13850, Dec 17 at 1458, IBA IS weakly audible aside 13845 WWCR, so the Persian service at 1500-1630 is still here while // 15760 was to have switched to 9985, also too close to WWCR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** KOREA NORTH [non]. 6135, Dec 17 at 1348, Shiokaze via JSR Tokyo/Yamata, JAPAN hasn`t jumped frequency yet, distinctive news sounder, tho poor signal, seems Korean language today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MAURITANIA. 7245, Dec 17 at 0611, IGIM already on with chanting (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** RUSSIA [and non]. 9670-9675-9680, Dec 17 at 1405, DRM noise also interfering with 9860 analog. It`s VOR at 13-18, 100 kW, 260 degrees from Moskva-Taldom site, the first two hours with double service in English and Russian, per Aoki. Strong enough to be a nuisance, not strong enough to decode here, I expect. 9680 bothered by the noise, but apparently open or barely-modulated carrier. Could be another RRI breakdown, but Taiwan/Chinese jamming are also here, and HFCC shows NHK Yamata on 9680 at 14-16, apparently wooden, not in Aoki or EiBi (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 15700, Dec 17 at 1507, open carrier, off a few minutes later. HFCC has something `new` registered this hour for WRN due south via KCH = Pridnestrovye, but probably not in effect. More likely R. Bulgaria tune-up prior to its 1600 broadcast on 15700, during a break after the 1500 broadcast on 15600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:31:55 -0800 (PST) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: d...@yahoogroups.com, hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com, ODXA yg <o...@yahoogroups.com>, dx_sa...@yahoogroups.com, bclnews <bcln...@yahoogroups.com>, playdx <playdx2...@yahoogroups.com>, condiglist yg <condigl...@yahoogroups.com>, radioescutas yg <radioescu...@yahoogrupos.com.br>, s...@mailman.qth.net, ARDXC <ar...@ardxc.info> Subject: Re: [HCDX] Please QSL Greenville direct Message-ID: <1324143115.21028.yahoomailclas...@web114016.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii While all correct reports are appreciated and will be QSLed, please don`t use remote receivers to pick up Greenville. They need to hear from direct listeners, especially in Europe, Africa and Latin America, and it`s certainly possible to hear Greenville direct anywhere in the world. See schedule link below. Reports must be by postal mail only to the address below (Glenn Hauser, Dec 17, DX LISTENING DIGEST) --- On Wed, 11/30/11, Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> wrote: > ** U S A. VOA Greenville recently > offered to QSL direct with its own card. Lots of reception > reports, especially from abroad, should help encourage the > powers that be in Washington that this shortwave site is > still being listened to and worth keeping on the air. Its > closedown has already been postponed more than once. > > You can find the current Greenville-B frequencies here: > http://hfcc.org/data/schedbybrc.php?seas=B11&broadc=IBB > > Repeating the QSLing details, which shows the curtain > antennas: > Reports are to be sent to: > Voice of America Transmitting Station > 3913 VOA Site "B" Road > Grimesland, North Carolina > 27837-8977 USA > > No return postage needed (Glenn Hauser, Nov 30, DX > LISTENING DIGEST) ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:02:37 +0200 From: "Zacharias Liangas " <gree...@otenet.gr> To: <> Subject: [HCDX] Inside a 1938 Remote Broadcast Van Message-ID: <4eecf55d.30314.2c17...@greekdx.otenet.gr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 http://zlgr.multiply.com/photos/album/28/my_radio_shack_ Inside a 1938 Remote Broadcast Van by John Schneider on 12.15.2011 http://www.rwonline.com/article/inside-a--remote-broadcast-van/50869 Here are two views of WWJ?s elaborate remote broadcast truck in 1938. The lettering on the exterior of the vehicle shows the Detroit News radio station?s 960 AM frequency as well as W8XWJ, the call sign for WWJ?s early ultra-high frequency high-fidelity AM "Apex" station, which operated on 41,000 kHz. The interior view shows a shortwave transmitter on the left, with the W8XWJ call sign on the microphone. The nameplate at the bottom says "The Detroit News Radio Transmitter - Power Output: 100 Watts - Freq. Range 1,500 - 50,000 kc. - Designed and built by the staff of WWJ-W8XWJ." (click thumbnail) Photos from the Detroit News Archives (click thumbnail) Elsewhere in the vehicle we can see a number of National HRO, Hallicrafters and Collins shortwave receivers. The wooden cabinet on the right rear is an especially interesting device. It?s a Finch radio facsimile printer, which could be used to receive news bulletins and photographs transmitted by the W8XWJ. (WWJ was one of the stations that experimented with facsimile broadcasting in the late ?30s.) These photos are from the Detroit News Archives.Standard rig : ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser Please read and distribute this 15 year research article http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd ________________________ http://zlgr.multiply.com (radio monitoring site plus audio clips ) MAIN SITE http://www.delicious.com/gr_greek1/@zach (all mypages !!) ........ Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece greekdx @ otenet dot gr --- Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108, Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000 Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:02:37 +0200 From: "Zacharias Liangas " <gree...@otenet.gr> To: <> Subject: [HCDX] Frequency for Human Rights! Message-ID: <4eecf55d.32590.2c17...@greekdx.otenet.gr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 http://zlgr.multiply.com/photos/album/28/my_radio_shack_ Frequency for Human Rights! By Mok Yong Jae [2011-12-17 17:13 ] http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk00100&num=8546 Calls have again been made for civilian short-wave broadcasters focusing on North Korea issues to be allocated frequency in South Korea for the purpose of enhancing efforts to improve North Korean human rights. A senior researcher with the Hansun Foundation for Freedom and Happiness, Lee Young Hwan told a conference for political, religious and other social organizations to discuss new policies regarding North Korea, "We need to come up with a real plan regarding unification and diplomacy that will actually do something for the human rights of our brethren in North Korea." Lee went on, "Those currently broadcasting on North Korean issues in this country have never been assigned a frequency, and as such they rent frequency abroad," before emphasising, "We need to make it so that these civilian broadcasters on North Korea actually have a frequency to use." He also spoke of the need to "Overcome difficulty and be patient in pursuing liberation of broadcasting in both countries, and finding a route for the peoples of North and South Korea alike to be able to freely listen to whichever broadcasts they choose." The conference was attended by people from all sectors of society, including left- and right- wing politicians, representatives of Christian and Buddhist groups and other social organizations, all gathering together to discuss the direction of future unification policy. The standing president of the KCRC, Kim Deok Ryong said in his opening address, "Conservative and progressive sides of politics both have the same objectives when it comes down to it. We are all here to search out a new paradigm for the continuing and forward- looking direction of North Korea and unification policy through rational discussions and debate." Below is a summary of some of the other highlights of the conference. ? Choi Dae Seok (Chief Researcher, Institute for Unification Studies, Ehwa Women?s University) "A large problem is that the stance of principled engagement completely collapsed starting with the Kim Dae Jung administration, while the current government has lost the momentum created from several decades of policy through its overemphasis on unbending principles. In creating a position of principled engagement, the most important thing is to balance what is in the best interests of the Korean people with those of the state. In the short term a stance of principled engagement means expanding inter-Korean exchanges through humanitarian aid and other means, while in the medium to long-term we must work to exert continuous pressure on the nuclear issue and other problems affecting relations between our two countries." ? Park Joo Seon (Democratic Party National Assembly lawmaker) "China has been consistent over the last ten years in its support for Korea?s `Sunshine Policy? and policy of engagement towards North Korea. China?s support allowed South Korea to wield further influence in the US-ROK alliance, relations with North Korea and at the Six Party Talks. There is a need for a sophisticated and creative effort to convince China to support our policy initiatives." ? In Myeong Jin (Priest, Galilee Church) "The next two to three years are a crucial time in inter-Korean relations. For this reason the Lee Myung Bak administration must work to establish an environment in which it can achieve some sort of `grand bargain? before it is too late. The environment could be created by normalizing humanitarian aid, restarting tourism to Mt Geumgang and abolishing the May 24 Measure. If trust between the two Koreas can be built up through these initiatives a grand bargain will be possible." Standard rig : ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser Please read and distribute this 15 year research article http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd ________________________ http://zlgr.multiply.com (radio monitoring site plus audio clips ) MAIN SITE http://www.delicious.com/gr_greek1/@zach (all mypages !!) ........ Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece greekdx @ otenet dot gr --- Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108, Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000 Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:29:17 +0000 (GMT) From: Horacio Nigro <hanigr...@yahoo.es> To: Nigro Horacio <hanigr...@yahoo.es> Subject: [HCDX] This is thefirst multiband BC WebSDR I've seen! Message-ID: <1324153757.2672.yahoomail...@web28103.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 A very experimental WebSDR located at PA3FWM's home (Netherlands) (despite what the URL suggests). It is only available very occasionally, for software testing. "Because of my small internet uplink bandwidth, the number of simultaneous users is limited". http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8903/ via Achim Brueckner in FB via ?? Horacio A. Nigro ??? Montevideo????? ??? Uruguay Mi Blog: http://lagalenadelsur.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:50:20 -0800 (PST) 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>, 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 Message-ID: <1324169420.80478.yahoomailclas...@web30702.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 .>>> ARGENTINA?? RAE?? 15345? 2338 GMT? Spanish? 333? Dec 17? YL and OM with comments.. In my last Log on Argentina? I made an error by using 15315 as their freq. At my age I am making errors often these days. Thank for keeping an eye on me!!! ?? MacKenzie-CA.. AUSTRALIA ? Radio Australia-RA ? 15560? 2330? English? 333? Dec 17? OMs with comments. OM with ID 2331 GMT. ?? MacKenzie-CA.. CUBA ? RHC ? 15370? 2337 GMT? Spanish? 333? Dec 17? YL with comments. //15230[444]. MacKenzie-CA.. CUBA ? China Radio Intl Relay ? 13650? 2353 GMT? Chinese? 444? Dec 17? YL and OM with comments ?? MacKenzie-CA.. CUBA ? Radio Havana Cuba ? RHC ? 13640? 2356 GMT? Spanish? 333? Dec 17? OM with comments. YL with RHC ID 2358 GMT.? Suddenly off the air at 2359 GMT. ?? MacKenzie-CA.. JAPAN ? Radio Japan-NHK ? 15195? 2343 GMT? Chinese? 444? Dec 17? YL and OM with comments. //17810[333]. ?? MacKenzie-CA.. NEW ZEALAND ? Radio New Zealand Intl ? 15720? 2327 GMT? English? 333? Dec 17? YL and OM with comments. ?? MacKenzie-CA.. Noryth Marianas ? Radio Free Asia - RFA ? 15550? 2333 GMT? Chinese? 444? Dec 17? OM and YL with comments. ?? MacKenzie-CA.. Merry Christmas to all my friends worldide ? Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA Huntington Beach, California, United States of America Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650 "World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive" ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:56:04 -0800 (PST) From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> To: d...@yahoogroups.com Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 17-18, 2011 Message-ID: <1324173364.8306.yahoomailclas...@web114002.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 ** ANGUILLA. 11775, altho it was on earlier Dec 17, Caribbean Beacon is gone at 2224 check, after nominal switch to night frequency 6090, but it too remains missing. See NIGERIA, BRAZIL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** BRAZIL. 6090v, Dec 17 at 2308, after NIGERIA [q.v.] has closed in the absence of ANGUILLA [q.v.], very poor signal left sounds Brazilian, and then I am barely able to // it to equally vp signal on 9645v, i.e. R. Bandeirantes. Other // 11925v not propagating or not on (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CHINA. Finally some Firedrake audible here, Dec 17 before 2400 UT: 14700, very poor at 2348, with CCI? 14970, good at 2348 16100, very good at 2349; none above or below these frequencies (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CYPRUS. 6135, Dec 17 at 2235, good signal with `ME` music, no announcements. Only QRM a bit o` bonker on the lo side which was evitable by tuning to the hi side. Only when it cut off abruptly at 2244* did it occur to me that it`s probably CyBC, scheduled 2215-2245 on Fri/Sat/Sun, but I didn`t realize 6135 is their B-11 channel on 49m. It was 6180 last B-season and 5925 in A-11. 6135 is 250 kW, 314 degrees to W Europe and hence USward too from the BaBcoCk Zyyi site, same as // 7220 and 9760. HFCC doesn`t distinguish between this and BBC relays except for listing language as Greek (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** NIGERIA. 6090, Dec 17 at 2225, since ANGUILLA [q.v.] is missing, what else can we hear? Sounds like a TAL [tonal African language], such as Hausa as scheduled from FRCN Kaduna; also rumble QRM from something else and lite het; bits of singing mixed in, off at 2300* apparently uncovering BRAZIL, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 89.5, the stereo open carrier all day is still being heard, altho seemingly not as strong as initially, when one drives around the western half of Enid. And after dark, still playing Xmas-rock tunes, presumably to accompany a flashing light show at some residence. Saturday afternoon, Dec 17 I decide to spend some time trying to find it by DF/strength before the music and lights start. Still get it best circa intersexion of Oakwood and Chestnut, but unless I spend a lot more time to drive more streets in the neighborhood, or get some other tip, it will remain unfound. I also drove out to the house on Pheasant Run which was doing this last December on 99.7. He`s set up again this year, but the sign in lights, almost invisible in daylight, now says ``TUNE TO 99.9``. I did, and he is also leaving his stereo carrier on all day, when I was there at 2120 UT, but this one is really Part 15, losing out by only 100 meters away. It`s at the extreme western edge of inhabited Enid in a development of expensive ticky-tacky, while the unfound 89.5 must be further east in west-central Enid. Of course, I don`t expect anyone further to be able to DX either one, but this is an example of what others could find in their own towns at yearend (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SPAIN. 6055, VG signal Dec 17 at 2356, REE is concluding French hour with music, sign-off giving 6055 and 5970 (the latter Sat/Sun only) interrupted by IADs; 2358 IS, 0000 Dec 18 sign-on by Justin Coe in English but then right into ``no s?lo hablamos espa?ol`` promo, and then music without IADs. At least they are modulating this time instead of almost two hours of dead air as previously logged (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** TURKEY. 5960, sufficient, Dec 17 at 2316 I tune to VOT as it`s an on-week for the fortnightly `DX Corner`, but Sheref Isler is reading a script about Mevlana, who apparently died on this date, mentioning whirling dervishes. It seems there is a W.D. festival each year at this time. I subsequently learned much more about that by Googling, topped by this from a commercial tour promotion site http://www.istanbullife.org/whirling-dervish-sufi-ceremonies-in-silivrikapi.html ``Known to the west as Whirling Dervishes, the Mevlevi Order was founded by Mevlana Rumi in the 13th century. The Order wrote of tolerance, forgiveness, and enlightenment. They survive today as a cultural brotherhood. They are not theatrical spectacles but sacred rituals. The ritual of the Mevlevi sect, known as the sema, is a serious religious ritual performed by Muslim priests in a prayer trance to Allah. Mevlevi believed that during the sema the soul was released from earthly ties, and able to freely and jubilantly commune with the divine. Dervish literally means "doorway" and is thought to be an entrance from this material world to the spiritual, heavenly world. The Whirling Dervishes played an important part in the evolution of Ottoman high culture. >From the fourteenth to the twentieth century, their impact on classical >poetry, calligraphy and visual arts was profound. Rumi and his followers >integrated music into their rituals as an article of faith. Rumi emphasized >that music uplifts our spirit to realms above, and we hear the tunes of the >Gates of Paradise.`` This lasted until 2322:30, then the familiar `DX Corner` theme and YL (mumbles name, Gemma?) says this will be a ``short program due to time limitations``, presumably the preceding special, but it turned out to 15+ minutes. For those of us who keep up with radio-related press, it`s mostly familiar stuff: EDXC Conference with DSWCI AGM to be in Germany; world`s first reception report, an Adrian Peterson item lifted from Wavescan; 2330 NASA internet radio station; Steve Wozniak, WA6BND, interviewed 14 Dec on BBCR4 Today program, and on demand; new Philippine radio station on 864 kHz; ham balloon, K6RPT-11 on 144.390 MHz crossing the Atlantic from California; Bhutan back on 6035 after 2+ years; Radio Seagull, 1395, heard in Canada by Allan Willie; DXpedition from Jan 29 on a beach in El Salvador listing a bunch of German ham calls, to activate a rare prefix, see http://www.hu2dx.de/ Some of the items were credited to Southgate and you`ll find them via http://www.southgatearc.org/ Some of those surely came from Media Network, also quoted by Southgate, such as the Philippines item, http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/philippines-new-radio-station-opens-in-puerto-princesa which was credited only to MN`s source, the Philippine Information Agency. Wrapped up and into music fill at 2338 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 7490, Dec 17 at 2230, WBCQ is on again this Saturday with gospel rock on `I Sing Radio`, and with heavy QRM de BBCWS Thailand in English, as I have repeatedly had to report to no avail. Recheck at 2345, same QRM situation during the 22-24 BBC transmission. Meanwhile, a nice clear frequency nearby, 7505 goes vacant, tied up by imaginary WRNO, off the air for over a year (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1595: is scheduled to appear this week on Area 51, on WBCQ 5110v-CUSB, says http://www.worldmicroscope.com/ UT Monday Dec 19 at 0330, following Larry Will`s `Free Radio` live show at 0300. Also on WTWW 5755, UT Sunday 0500; on WRMI 9955, Sunday 0900, 1630, 1830, Monday 1230. On WRN via SiriusXM Channel 120, Sunday 0930 and 1830 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Pirates, presumably North American: 6924.9 AM, Dec 17 at 2312 music with a heavy beat, but I decide to go with Turkey q.v. as the DX program is about to start. When it ended at 2339, 6924.9 was off. 6950.0-SSB, Dec 17 at 2340, Xmas stories and music to tune of Jingle Bells. Next check at 2352, this one is off. Some weak SSB on 6945 then appears to be 2-way, with pauses (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:09:04 -0500 From: Albert Muick <radioresearch_field_operati...@yahoo.com> To: DXLD <d...@yahoogroups.com>, HCDX <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: [HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 17 December 2011 Message-ID: <4eed6760.6000...@yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed 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 644 days for English airmail report and US $3.00 and follow-up in English via registered airmail with US $2.00 to Channel Africa address. QSL comes 106 days after follow-up report. I have to admit a certain amount of disappointment and confusion with the Channel Africa QSL. They have always been listed in WRTH as having a QSL card. Not only did they not verify, but the report was eventually just passed on to Sentech, the national transmitter owner who QSL'ed with a letter. Sentech has always been represented in the WRTH as having a QSL card as well. This holds true for the new 2012 edition. When was the last time anyone has received a QSL card directly from Channel Africa? When was the last time anyone has ever received a QSL card from Sentech? Inquring minds want to know! 73 Al Muick Whitehall, PA USA ------------------------------ Message: 12 Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 05:03:17 +0000 From: "Tony Ashar" <shortw...@clubmember.org> To: "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com>, "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "Albert Muick" <radioresearch_field_operati...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 17 December 2011 Message-ID: <201112180512.pbi5core014...@tx.kotalampi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear Al, Re SENTECH verification, in my collection I have followings: 1. QSL card for Channel Africa - Feb 14, 2001 2. Letter for ARMI - Aug 15, 2005 and BBC WS - Feb 16,2006 3. Letter for TWR - Nov 28, 2007 all verisgned by Kathy Otto, Broadcast Planning. Rgds, Tony Ashar -----Original message----- From: Albert Muick Sent: 18/12/2011, 11:09 To: DXLD; HCDX Subject: [HCDX] QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 17 December 2011 SOUTH AFRICA Channel Africa 15325, full data thank you letter from Sikander Hoosen of Sentech, the national transmitter network owner in 644 days for English airmail report and US $3.00 and follow-up in English via registered airmail with US $2.00 to Channel Africa address. QSL comes 106 days after follow-up report. I have to admit a certain amount of disappointment and confusion with the Channel Africa QSL. They have always been listed in WRTH as having a QSL card. Not only did they not verify, but the report was eventually just passed on to Sentech, the national transmitter owner who QSL'ed with a letter. Sentech has always been represented in the WRTH as having a QSL card as well. This holds true for the new 2012 edition. When was the last time anyone has received a QSL card directly from Channel Africa? When was the last time anyone has ever received a QSL card from Sentech? Inquring minds want to know! 73 Al Muick Whitehall, PA USA ---[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 ------------------------------ Message: 13 Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 05:19:58 -0500 From: Albert Muick <radioresearch_field_operati...@yahoo.com> To: d...@yahoogroups.com, HCDX <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Re: QSL Report for Al Muick, Week ending 17 December 2011 Message-ID: <4eedbe4e.8010...@yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Hi Tony, Thanks for your info. It would seem time to update the WRTH listings to reflect that Channel Africa does not QSL direct, and that Sentech only replies with a letter these days. Sikander Hoosen is also HF Coverage and Planning, so I surmise he may be replacing Kathy Otto. At the end of the day, a QSL is still a QSL, so I know I should be grateful that I receved even this. 73 Al On 12/18/2011 00:20, Ashar wrote: > > Dear Al, > > Re SENTECH verification, in my collection I have the followings: > 1). QSL card for Channel Africa Feb 14,2001 > 2). Letter for ARMI Aug 15, 2005 and BBCWS 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 <radioresearch_field_operations@...> wrote: > > SOUTH AFRICA Channel Africa 15325, full data thank you letter from > > Sikander Hoosen of Sentech, the national transmitter network owner in > > 644 days for English airmail report and US $3.00 and follow-up in > > English via registered airmail with US $2.00 to Channel Africa address. > > QSL comes 106 days after follow-up report. > > > > I have to admit a certain amount of disappointment and confusion with > > the Channel Africa QSL. They have always been listed in WRTH as having > > a QSL card. Not only did they not verify, but the report was > > eventually just passed on to Sentech, the national transmitter owner > who > > QSL'ed with a letter. Sentech has always been represented in the WRTH > > as having a QSL card as well. 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Terms > of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> > . > > __,_._,___ ------------------------------ Message: 14 Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:21:25 +0200 From: "Zacharias Liangas " <gree...@otenet.gr> To: <> Subject: [HCDX] Logs of previous week Message-ID: <4eedbea5.13456.21c...@greekdx.otenet.gr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII http://zlgr.multiply.com/photos/album/28/my_radio_shack_ Logs of previous week http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/411 (private) 9-12 12015 ON 0856 heard VoTurkey's IS with signal S2 . Spur? 15135 unIDed 0902 with discussion in Indonesian S2 35222 CRI per Aoki 11855 Xinjiang PBS 0918 with discussions Song with Turkish 'melodies ' S9 14.12 15075 AIR 0447 heard Hindi song S0 15105 Tatarstan 0449 talks by several people and a child S6 6890& 6875 CNR 0455 found in these freqs . Surely are for jamming someone else As per Aoki's list there are RTI channels 11800 SRS 0457 with HoA song S1 ID 0459 15.12 5000.6 IBS once again heard on 0453 with signal S4 6400 //6250 Pyongyang Pangsong on 2114 with same program (operas) 6400 is a more clear channel but there was some male underground voice The 6250 as always has a FDM in between. Both S6 16.12 6215 CRI 2233 with news S2 7125 CNR 1 2235 in parallel with 4800 9675 unIDed on 2240 with prg in Malay Again as per Aoki is IRIB in Malay >Signal S9 in 16 H 17.12 15120 unIDed 1148 with trad Viet songs. Jarre's 'equinoxe' or something similar . At ca1157 an ID hear ' you are listening... ' but lost into the local noise At 115730 covered by open carrier from SABC S Arabia 15250 unIDed but presume Riyadh 1203 with news in English , many times mentioning BIn Abdul Aziz . 1215 with prg Network Channel presented by Oomar (exact pronunciation! )Abdul Salam with theme on firewire and internet connection . Treasure and landmark program by Nurai Damani . Suppose S Arabia? S7 44444 Sometime echoed . returned back 1234 but freq was vacant 9960 Khmer post 1220 with OM talks in VN and mentions of Kampuchea and Hanoi S2 max 9920u nIDed 1223 in possibly Hmong language with religious prg ON 1226 when I started recording look for audio on http://www.mediafire.com/?5vnzlzhzcttoiwj heard also the mention of Jesus . After 1230 lang seems VN . As per Aoki again the lag of 1223 is Bru and after 1230 is Kho 9930 T8WH 1239 with YL in spiritual prg S0 6095 Mighty KBC 1210 + 1353 with rock songs 1355 full ID reel . S9 11714.8 KJES on 1405 as per just reading the news on Glenn's 3/12 newsletter has been found here with just audible carrier 15620 FEBC on 1502 heard with just marginal signal 7200 Afghanistan once again found with just carrier on 1525 and signal S5-8 5950 V of Tigre Rev 1528 with HoA songs . YL with talks in Tigre . Supposedly RNZI under this station .S6 33422 9670 NHK??? 2137 piano play and YL with stepping lessons . Poossibly 9670 R Japan 2137 piano play and YL with stepping lessons including numbers all in Japanese . Possibly aerobics lessons Fair ( from Japan ) 9479 .0 WTWW 2153 with oldies (50s )then ref by OM for a book availability and mentioning address in Colorado . Then ID of the station in Lebanon TV S7 44243 9525 RA 2202 with news in Indonesian via DHA ID on 2203 Signal S7 max 11840 RHC 2222 with news prog 2224 with prg 'revista de radio Americana ' referring also Telesur S1-2 at 2237 with S7 9620 RJapan via Wertachtal (D) 2235 with music 2242 with talk s by 2xOM in Japanese . S4 9765 R Marti with prg in SS with mentions of MartiS1 18-12 7600 pirate FRS 0809 with S1 max has a S3 QRM in its LSB part possibly FDM ,or otherwise can't be heard . Nothing on 5800 same time . New tune in 0855 but nothing could be heard 9480 for Altlantic 2000 with song 'I lov 2 lov' 0818 with old pop songs and talks in FF S3-4 in the 16 H antenna 12365U seems to be with news with mentions of Victoria, 7AM etc signal S7 . Seems to be from Eire or UK Standard rig : ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser Please read and distribute this 15 year research article http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd ________________________ http://zlgr.multiply.com (radio monitoring site plus audio clips ) MAIN SITE http://www.delicious.com/gr_greek1/@zach (all mypages !!) ........ Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece greekdx @ otenet dot gr --- Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108, Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000 Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 108, Issue 18 *********************************************