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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs May 21-22, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Re: [IRCA] Eclipse DX? (Sudipta Ghose)
3. Re: [IRCA] Eclipse DX? (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 09:01:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: NASWA <na...@yahoogroups.com>, s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 21-22, 2012
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** CANADA. Another sporadic-E analog TV DX opening midday May 20, UT:
1703, something fades in ch 2 just as I am pressing SEND on my previous log
report! It`s a letterboxed movie with opening credits, looks like Chuck Norris,
GLOBAL bug in LR. Probably CKND2 again, MB.
1703, also CCI on ch 3
1718, now not much on 2 or 3, but 4: Documentary with lots of open captioning,
apparently due to poor audio pickup from surveillance cameras. Tariq is one
name shown. Mentions RCMP. Peaks NNW. 1720 break soon IDs show as `The Fifth
Estate`, and CBC news promo. Surely CBKT1 in Moose Jaw, Sask.
But if I am getting CBKT4, where is CKCK on ch 2 from nearby Regina?? O no,
it`s already gone DTV on channel 8 as per
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CKCK-DT
``CKCK-DT began transmitting over-the-air in Regina on channel 8 at 12:05 AM on
Wednesday, August 31, 2011. Using PSIP Virtual channel 2.1 is displayed. Its HD
signal is now offered on Bell TV via channel 1106 as of September 12, 2011.``
But nothing about when or if the analog ch 2 transmitter has been downshut. CTV
Regina website has even less to say about such insignificant details.
CKCK had been one of our most reliable Es stations at just over a kilomile, for
fifty years, and now it`s gone forever. It`s also missing from Bill Hepburn`s
channel 2 map, and from W9WI.com listings. It is however relayed by some
full-power stations (still analog, apparently) on chs 6, 7 and 12. Reginans can
how DX analog border Mexicans on 2 if they are very lucky!
1729, now some French Canadian on ch 3; mentions Radio-Canada. Hepburn`s map no
longer shows CBWFT in Winnipeg, so it must be one of their two relays in MB, or
the CBKFT relay in SK? Maybe not. W9WI.com still lists CBWFT on analog 3 as
well as DT on 51. So are both currently on the air or not?
1742, ch 5 now in with rising MUF; 1745, CBC promo for `The Heartland` and back
to `The Fifth Estate`. There are still four CBC English on ch 5 in Sask, one in
Manitoba, per map.
1745, ch 3 has 10-kHz CCI between CBC and something else in English, including
graphic MR BIG.
1747, ch 3 with `Question Time`, from CTV, political discussion, with IADs
(intermittent audio dropouts). Would be CFQC1 in Sask, or much further CFRN2 in
Alberta.
1800, opening is mostly gone by now (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 9555, May 21 until 0529:25* cut off Vietnamese talk abruptly, as
Sackville is making up for no VOV relay modulation 24 hours earlier. Strange,
as normally the last biminute consists of BaBcoCk music loop. I suppose all
these anomalies from Sackville could be caused by misprogrammed computer
control, perhaps back in Montr?al (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake May 21, before 1300:
11500, fair at 1252 over VOR via Tajikistan, making fast SAH
12230, poor at 1255
12600, JBA at 1255
13970, good at 1256
14800, very good at 1256
15555, good at 1258
15900, very good at 1258
16100, fair at 1259
16920, fair at 1259
17450, poor until 1300*
After 1400:
17560, fair at 1406 vs V. of Tibet, Madagascar
15600, fair at 1408, presumably vs V. of Tibet, Tajikistan, 15603
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIG DIGEST)
** JAPAN. 9595, May 21 at 1307, R. Nikkei two YLs conversing rapidly n
Japanese, but occasional English terms, such as ``something else``, ``how much
is?``, ``what`s the movie?``, apparently an advanced language lesson; poor
signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SOUTH CAROLINA [non]. 15425, May 20 at 2244 check, no sign of Brother Scare,
which according to DX Re Mix News, was to be testing today via ARMENIA. Could
well have been on and not propagating USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SRI LANKA [non]. 12250, May 21 at 1502, a JBA carrier is detectable with the
DX-398 on battery power on the porch with short wire antenna, and still at
1512, but in the meantime closed down household noise sources and tried on the
FRG-7 with regular longwire: inaudible there.
No doubt it`s the new Tamil clandestine, info about which Alan Roe discovered
May 20. Sponsored by the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE), it`s
called Naatham, and according to
http://www.tgte-us.org/ and
http://world.einnews.com/pr_news/96213939/tamil-gov-t-starts-radio-broadcast-to-sri-lanka-on-may-18th-3rd-anniversary-of-tamil-genocide
started May 18, at 1500-1600 UT on 12250. For information contact:
me...@tgte.org
Sei-ichi Hasegawa then reported hearing nonstop music on 12250 at +1542-1600*
on May 20, after a Japanese DXer in Hokkaido reported it for the first time as
an unID station May 19. See:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM-Cb68zG60&list=UUS_t20AguM6rl4KcDP0jV8g&index=1&feature=plcp
by Nakanaka in Hokkaido, Japan.
Aoki now has listed it May 21 but without any power or site info:
``12250 Tamil naatham Radio 1500-1600 1234567 Tamil TGTE a12 May 18-``
The far-out-of-band frequency suggests the site is a big secret, as it`s hard
to believe M&B, BaBcoCk or Russia/CIS would admit to using such a frequency.
WRN confirms they are not involved in this. The fact that it is audible at all
here on the opposite worldside indicates that power is considerable (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 17510, WHRI, last Sunday was not airing `DXing with Cumbre` at 2130,
and their scheduled showed it at 2100 instead. So this Sunday, May 20 I check
at 2115: Christian songs (what else?) for truckers, but retune at 2131, DWC is
back at this time. Marie is just doing pro-forma introduxion, then turns it
over to Chris, Lobdell for `Pirating with Cumbre`, starting with an April 22
log from Bill Hassig, a previous show repeated with no new one this week.
Then on May 21 I recheck the searchable WHRI program schedules. Still shows
2100, not 2130 Sundays on 17510 for DWC. Plus numerous other times on this
frequency, presumably imaginary from Angel 2 rather than 1 for the imaginary
Sunday 2100 transmission: Saturday at 2000; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday at 2100; Sunday at 2300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 5755, May 21 at 0523 check, WTWW-1 is back on night frequency with
SFAW, having been absent 25 hours earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1617 monitoring: 9955, UT Monday May 21 at 0526,
confirmed on WRMI, about to conclude, more or less readable vs pulse jamming
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9330-CUSB, May 21 at 0531, WBCQ with hard-rock travesties, courtesy
of Rev. Rod Hembree: ``Runaway`` re-lyricked into some tale about leaving
Egypt; segu? to ``I Ain`t Nothin` But a Found God``! Retune at 1249, still
doing this, ``Let`s Rock`` has become ``Let`s Talk`` about Jesus Christ. 1250
plug biblediscoverytv.com and more of this innovative tactic for
ever-increasing faith (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Still missing US SW stations, May 21:
9370-, nothing from WTJC at 1412
12105, nothing from WTWW-3 at 1552
15550-USB, nothing from WJHR at 1407
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12160, May 21 at 1511, WWCR-2 has cross talk matching modulation from
13845, WWCR-3 with DGS; same as happens earlier on 7490 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 770, May 21 around 0130 UT, KKOB Albuquerque NM is audible with fair
and steady signal. This is just when the annular eclipse is about to occur
there, but a local talk show says nothing about it! Sounds live but may not be;
hostess breaks for ID and ads. I was listening on the portable as I went out
into a field for our best view of the setting sun. Unfortunately there were too
many clouds in the way, but I felt a certain qinship to the `Querquians
nevertheless. I expect this reception was normal, nothing to do with the
eclipse, with K`KOB still on day power and tower (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 00:18:12 +0530
From: Sudipta Ghose <onegh...@gmail.com>
To: Chris Knight <radiodxer...@yahoo.com>, Mailing list for the
International Radio Club of America <i...@hard-core-dx.com>
Cc: "a...@nrcdxas.org" <a...@nrcdxas.org>, mwdx <m...@yahoogroups.com>,
"a...@wtfda.info" <a...@wtfda.info>, ABDX <a...@yahoogroups.com>,
"d...@yahoogroups.com" <d...@yahoogroups.com>,
"hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [IRCA] Eclipse DX?
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Hi all!
Years ago I took part in a total solar eclipse observation conducted by
Prof. D.D. Meisel of University of New York.Wonder if such projects are
still conducted now-a-days!
Kind regards,
Sudipta Ghose
VU3TKG
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Chris Knight <radiodxer...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> I watched the eclipse take place beginning around 6:00PM Arizona Time
> (MST/PDT) and noted Utah doing very well on 650, 1080 (stn underneath
> probably KGVY), 1120, 1160 (KSL), and 1320. Also noted a strong station on
> 1140 (Las Vegas?). I checked 640 and 1070 for Los Angeles but nothing
> there. I checked stations toward the oncoming SS such as 820 WBAP, 1200
> WOAI. Nothing there.
>
> 73,
>
> Chris Knight
> Phoenix, Arizona
> Radio: Sony ICF-7600GR. No external antenna.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
> To: d...@yahoogroups.com; ABDX <a...@yahoogroups.com>;
> i...@hard-core-dx.com; a...@nrcdxas.org; mwdx <m...@yahoogroups.com>;
> hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com; a...@wtfda.info
> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 3:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Eclipse DX?
>
> Some major targets, high-power 50 or 10-kW stations within the path,
> include:
> KKOH Reno 780
> KDXU Saint George 890
> KTNN Window Rock 660
> KHAC Tse Bonito 880
> KKOB Albuquerque 770, plus loads of other ABQ stations; maybe more likely
> at the hi end of the band?
>
> Here`s a more detailed map of the track:
> http://media.skyandtelescope.com/images/2012_annular_eclipse_track_l.jpg
>
> Glenn
>
> --- On Sun, 5/20/12, Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Lacking a total eclipse, let`s see if
> > there are any DX effects during the imminent annular
> > eclipse. Beside avoiding looking directly at the sun, if you
> > are close to the path of annularity, tune around MW and even
> > lower SW bands to see if night-like conditions briefly skip
> > in some signals not normally heard in the daytime. Here`s
> > info including maps:
> >
> >
> http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/A-Preview-of-May-20ths-Annular-Eclipse-141037803.html
> >
> > Since the maximum eclipse will be at sunset around here,
> > like from Dallas to Chicago, night-time conditions will
> > already be in effect normally.
> >
> > Sp best DX results should be over northern California, where
> > it`s long before sunset. There might be propagational
> > patches energized for paths at an angle to the path, e.g.
> > from Idaho to southern California or vice versa. But should
> > theoretically be best along the path, i.e. northern
> > California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and into west Texas.
> >
> >
> > For this you may disregard worries about weather obscuring
> > the event!
> >
> > 73, Glenn Hauser, OK
>
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One of those ... ...
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 15:26:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: i...@hard-core-dx.com, d...@yahoogroups.com, a...@yahoogroups.com,
a...@nrcdxas.org, m...@yahoogroups.com, hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com,
a...@wtfda.info
Cc: radiodxer...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [IRCA] Eclipse DX?
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Re:
Chris Knight
Mon, 21 May 2012 11:03:00 -0700
I watched the eclipse take place beginning around 6:00PM Arizona Time (MST/PDT)
and noted Utah doing very well on 650, 1080 (stn underneath probably KGVY),
1120, 1160 (KSL), and 1320. Also noted a strong station on 1140 (Las Vegas?). I
checked 640 and 1070 for Los Angeles but nothing there. I checked stations
toward the oncoming SS such as 820 WBAP, 1200 WOAI. Nothing there.
73,
Chris Knight
Phoenix, Arizona
Radio: Sony ICF-7600GR. No external antenna.
===
Chris,
Now if at all possible please check 24 hours later whether you are again
getting the Utah stations, and 1140? Or in the next few evenings. Or any other
Phoenecian DXers.
73, Glenn Hauser
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