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Today's Topics:
1. QSL Report for Al Muick (Albert Muick)
2. Re: Loggings Since 1 August (Mauno Ritola)
3. Re: Loggings Since 1 August (Wolfgang Bueschel)
4. Glenn Hauser logs August 20-21, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
5. Glenn Hauser logs August 21-22, 2012 (Glenn Hauser)
6. Re: Loggings Since 1 August (Wolfgang Bueschel)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 06:43:51 -0400
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
Message-ID: <50336667.40...@yahoo.com>
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BARBADOS, Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation, 900, no data confirmation
of reception email from Pearson Bowen, Program Manager in 297 days for
English airmail report and 1 IRC and follow-up via email. Verification
email arrived 1 day after follow-up. Pearson stated they had mailed me
a QSL and it appeared I had not received it, for which they apologized
and they are mailing another one to me. pbowen(at)cbc(dot)bb
CANADA, CFRA 580, Ottawa, Ontario. No data confirmation email in 171
days for English report via airmail with US $2.00 and follow-up via
email. QSL email arrived several hours after follow-up to Steve
Winogron, Program Director steve(dot)winogron(at)chumradio(dot)com
ICELAND, RUV Rikisutvarpid, 189, full data radio receiver collection
folder QSL in 302 days for airmail English report with 2 IRCs and
follow-up via email. Card received 6 days (!) after follow-up email to
frettir(at)ruv(dot)is . V/s Jonina Lydsdottir, International Relations.
The radio(at)suv(dot)is email address listed in WRTH is not valid and
does not exist.
USA, WHKT 1650, Portsmouth, Virginia, no data email confirming my
reception, apologizing for the "snail's pace" of the reply and promising
a written QSL in 174 days for English report and US $1.00 sent via
first-class mail. V/s Rodney Suiter, Operations
(rodney(at)1650whkt(dot)com). Verification arrived several hours after
follow-up.
USA, WFBL 1390, Syracuse, New York, no data confirmation email in 197
days for English report sent via first-class mail with 2 first-class
stamps as return postage and a follow-up via email. Verification
received several hours after follow-up. V/s. Don Wagner, GM.
d(dot)wagner(at)lmgiradio(dot)com
Well! It certainly seems that email actually works in follow-ups,
providing you are able to reach the right person. Had I actually
believed that for the last year or so, I might have saved myself
considerable expense in postage and registered airmail fees along with
substantial amounts of US currency as return postage. Let's see how
long my luck holds out. I visit the station websites and search for
email addresses with about 70% success. I find that the email addresses
in the WRTH are mostly out-of-date or invalid.
I also received a very friendly email from Ediline Mutize of CVC 1Africa
in Zambia, apologizing that I had not received my QSL, and stating that
they were preparing to mail another to me. She states that "The times
have certainly changed but SW still remains a useful tool in
communicating with Africa." I am eagerly awaiting this QSL. She does
not re-confirm my reception in the email, so I do not count it as a QSL,
but will await the actual postal QSL.
At this point, I am absolutely horrified at the amount of domestic and
international reception reports which apparently have not reached their
destinations and QSLs which apparently have not reached me. I do not
know whether this is outright theft or a result of the understaffing of
our crumbling American postal system. The only postal mail which seems
to arrive at its destination is mail that is accountable (i.e.
registered or certified). I am compiling a spreadsheet and statistics
which I will mail (ha!) to the US Postmaster General for his edification.
73
Al Muick
Williamsport PA USA
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:56:33 +0300
From: Mauno Ritola <mauno.rit...@gmail.com>
To: "hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com >> HCDX"
<hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Loggings Since 1 August
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Hi Dave,
21.8.2012 3:08, Dave Valko kirjoitti:
> UNID. 6160.064 UNID. Found a signal here at 1005. Couldn't get any
> audio because of CKZU so close by, and couldn't try USB because of
> CKZN above. Russia maybe?? Been following the Canadians here for the
> last couple weeks to get a good recording of Vancouver and have never
> heard another signal here. (7 August)
I don't think Arkhangelsk would have been so far off, at least today
they are on 6160.000 kHz. Maybe R. Rio Mar?
73, Mauno
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:52:43 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesche...@web.de>
To: "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Cc: Dave Valko <djva...@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Loggings Since 1 August
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mauno Ritola" Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Loggings Since 1 August
> Hi Dave,
>
> 21.8.2012 3:08, Dave Valko kirjoitti:
>> UNID. 6160.064 UNID. Found a signal here at 1005. Couldn't get any
>> audio because of CKZU so close by, and couldn't try USB because of
>> CKZN above. Russia maybe?? Been following the Canadians here for the
>> last couple weeks to get a good recording of Vancouver and have never
>> heard another signal here. (7 August)
>
> I don't think Arkhangelsk would have been so far off, at least today
> they are on 6160.000 kHz. Maybe R. Rio Mar?
>
> 73, Mauno
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Valko" <>
To: "Hardcore DX" <>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:08 AM
Subject: [HCDX] Loggings Since 1 August
> UNID. 6160.064 UNID. Found a signal here at 1005. Couldn't get any audio
> because of CKZU so close by, and couldn't try USB because of CKZN above.
> Russia maybe?? Been following the Canadians here for the last couple weeks
> to get a good recording of Vancouver and have never heard another signal
> here. (7 August)
The Russians are always accurate even frequency.
Radio Mar ZYE245 Manaus AM Brazil ?
> CANADA 6159.99 CKZU 0959 end of BBC pgm "Heart and Soul". 0959 pgm outro
> by own M anncr (Jeff ??) w/ment of CBC Radio One, then "technology for
> gearheads" promo for Sundays "Sparks" pgm, followed by promo for "Babel"
> w/host Mariel Borelli.
> 1000-1004 CBC Radio One news starting w/ID by W. Stories about search of
> survivors in collapsed building, 1st degree murder charge in death of a
> police officer, complaint abt Dogs on someones property, fight against
> bacterial "superbug", recall of police cars, and web donating for
> Vancouver ballet fundraiser. 1004 ID and pgm intro by M as "I'm ?? and
> you're listening to CBC Radio One. Time now for ?? a program ?? intreging
> and unusual stories that are broadcast on the BBC 27 different world
> service programs". 1005-1031 Two BBC pgms with first W host focusing, of
> course, on the Olympics and unusual Olympic stories. Many many journalist
> reports w/sound bites. The other then followed w/M host. Couldn't get the
> pgm names. 1031 pgm by Deutsche Welle then. Fair strength, No QRM from
> CKZN 6160.8 when listening in LSB, but did get a het from another stn
> fading in around 1010 on 6160.
> Moderate QRN static crashes. Heavy quick fading. Poor overall. (12 August
CANADA The Canadian domestics at 0402-0415 UT Aug 12,
6069.960 CFRX Toronto, phone-in program at 0408 UT.
6159.978 probably CKZU Vancouver Isl., and accompanied by CKZN St. John's
on upper side 6160.881 kHz.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 12)
> IRAN?? 9714.92 V.O. Islamic Rep. of Iran (pres.) 0250-0256 M w/Koran.
> Rather weak.
> Pres. this is Iran. (11 August)
Rather Riyadh ARS ?
SAUDI ARABIA 9714.928 Usual odd non-directional service in Arabic from
Riyadh, S=5-6 at 0442 UT. Summerly fade-out path signal into western
Europe.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 23)
> 73 Dave Valko
> Dunlo, PA, USA
>
> NRD-535D and Perseus SDR
> T2FD antenna
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:31:09 -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 August 20-21, 2012
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** AUSTRALIA. 9580, Tuesday Aug 21 at 1322, R. Australia, interviewing head of
US National Archives, David Ferriero, about how they decide what to preserve
from presidential administrations, more and more stuff thanks to the digital
age. RA programs frequently interview Americans, and we are indebted to the
Aussies for doing so, a surrogate American station, lacking much any more from
VOA and little of a serious objective nature from private US SW stations.
Schedule shows this was `Talking Point`, but the RA website won`t link to
individual programs properly, and it`s not on the list of ABC Radio National
programs as I assumed it would be (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BANGLADESH. 15105, Aug 21 at 1249, Bangladesh Betar very poor with S Asian
song, 1250 announcement sounds like English with lilt I can`t really
understand; 1251 more songs, 1259 sign-off, 1300 brief tone test and carrier
stays on a while longer. Recheck at 1313 as VP carrier with flutter starts
playing the BB IS prior to Nepali service. 1330 check, S Asian song.
15505, Aug 21 at 1358 fair signal now with IS, timesignal only 8 sex slow!
Opening Urdu. Note that Wolfgang B?schel reports BB has been persuaded to get
out of the hamband later, from yesterday 7250 ex-7105 for the 1745-2000
broadcasts in English and Bengali, when of course, we have no chance of hearing
it in North America (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL [and non]. 4915.0, Aug 21 at 0525, I can hear weak music vs local
noise level and CODAR, and frequency matches BBC Arabic 9915.0. This CODAR is
at the rate of once per second rather than twice; ``tie me CODARoo down,
sport``. 0529 announcement perceptibly in Brazilian accent but too weak to
copy; 0533 back to music. There are two active ZYs on 4915, so which is it?
Recent reports say R. Daqui is off the air between 03 and 09, while Rdif.
Macap? is 24 hours. There was a similarly weak signal from the Brazilian(s) on
4885 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHAD. 6165, Aug 21 at 0502, RNT with heavy-beat music, French announcement,
0506 conversation; no news on the hour at this time. Quite good, better than
heard recently around 0530 after fading down. Should be even better around
presumed sign-on 0430v (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake August 21, after 1330:
16100, very good at 1332
15495, fair at 1333
14980, very good at 1333
14700, poor at 1333; none in the 13s, 12s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA [non]. 13740, Aug 21 at 1447, CRI English via CUBA with usual VG
signal for the 14-16 UT relay. Jim, K5JG in the ptsw yg said it was missing
Sunday mornings Aug 12 and 19. Could be another anomaly caused by the defunct
Al?, Presidente relays formerly at that time, when Cuban SW transmitters had to
be reconfigured (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. I have finally figured out the source of all those very weak carriers
in the 11.7 MHz range I have been hearing almost every morning for a couple
weeks in the 13-15 UT period; and in retrospect it seems obvious: the RHC
transmitter on 11760.
11736, 11744, 11752, 11768, 11776 and 11784, Aug 21 at 1314 are all audible
either with BFO or as beats with broadcasters on 11735, 11750, 11775, 11785. I
had previously measured 11752 as 11751.5, an odd one out, but think I must have
miscalculated. This now puts them all at exactly 8 kHz intervals above and
below 11760 (where there is no het). That RHC transmitter sounds OK
on-frequency.
Just about every imaginable defect has happened at one time or another from
RHC, but this is a new one on me, spur carriers at multiples of 8.0 kHz above
and below. To make sure, I am monitoring before 1500 when I know 11760 will be
going off the air. By this time they are all weakened, but I can still barely
hear the very weak 11776 het on Anguilla 11775. Yup, it goes off just after
1500 at the same time carrier cut on 11760. Only one thing doesn`t fit: 11760
is on the air from 1100, but I`ve not heard these before 1300. Maybe the
signals haven`t built up to sufficient strength until then? Or there is a
transmission change at that time.
RHC uses 11760 at many other dayparts, but have not noticed a constellation of
8 kHz spurs then; may not be there if it`s a different transmitter, but the
offending transmitter might also do the same when applied to any other
fundamental, so be on the lookout for them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CYPRUS [and non]. 9345-9370, Aug 21 at 0513, poor signals from lo-pitched
OTH radar pulses, presumed from here; they no longer have to worry about QRM
from WTJC 9367v, whose license has been surrendered, FCC confirms to me (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, Aug 21 at 0521, no signal from TGAV, Radio Truth/Verdad.
This has been highly reliable for many months. Normally on air until about
0610* Hope they have not had a major breakdown again (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA [and non]. 7245, Aug 21 at 0508, no signal from IGIM; as we
expected, now that Ramadan is over, no longer running all-night. I suppose they
may still turn it on at widely variable times closer to 0600. Other African
signals were in as usual: South Africa 7230, 7285; Tunisia 7275 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH [non]. 15180, Aug 21 before 1330 there was something weak here,
presumed V. of the Wilderness, the Cornerstone Ministry show from California in
Korean, via Sri Lanka as scheduled. After 1330, nothing. On Sundays only this
is supposed to last a full hour, but on Aug 19, Mark F. Tattenbaum had an unID
with a test transmission in English at 1330 on 15180, asking for reports to
testtransmiss...@gmail.com This address was previously used by BaBcoCk,
Woofferton; so check next Sunday. However, the current 15180 transmission via
SL is brokered by MBR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MONGOLIA [non]. 12015, Aug 21 at 1407, 1443, nothing but the usual RTTY
audible here. Was checking for V. of Mongolia, Chinese at 1430, since Dave
Valko`s log on 12085, English at 1030 had CNR1 jamming right after VOM`s only
other Chinese broadcast at 1000. So is anyone hearing 12015 with VOM Chinese
and/or jamming? It seems the ChiCom are not too happy with their neighbor for
allowing R. Free Asia to broadcast from there in Tibetan on 7470, 17730, which
of course are also jammed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 91.7, KOSU`s drastic format change went into effect UT Aug 21 at
0000, with The Spy, Oklahoma indie music. No more `Performance Today` classical
music (and KCSC-FM OKC tells me they can`t afford to pick it up, at higher
rates than KOSU was charged as a mere Stillwater-market station), and no more
classical music overnight. The Spy does not appeal to me at all, but spot
checks the first evening found talk, talk, talk, about the music scene, I
suppose, rather than axual music.
And as I feared, NPR news on the hour has also been dropped. I used to hear it
habitually at midnight local, 0500 UT before retiring, but The Spy just kept on
going. However, on weekends KOSU had already dropped the midnight news,
unwilling to interrupt jazz for it.
I was wondering what kind of financial arrangement KOSU has with The Spy. KOSU
Director Kelly Burley even sent me a copy of the contraxual agreement showing
there is no exchange of money. KOSU hopes to use these 10 hours per day to
build up its listener base and hence ultimately income, and will no longer have
to purchase PT and many other expensive public radio programs. Burley`s
complete rationale will be in the next DX Listening Digest 12-34.
Here`s the new schedule grid:
http://kosu.org/wp-content/themes/KOSU3/images/KOSUProgramGuide2012.pdf
And here`s the old one which I saved, still in effect until Aug 20:
http://www.w4uvh.net/KOSUProgramGuide2011.pdf
It seems KOSU has outsourced control of its own website and so far has not been
able to remove the old deleted programming shown in the day-by-day listings
(Glenn Hauser, Enid, August 21, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 31-2, KXOK-LD with Mundo Fox on subchannel: watched a while on Aug
20; apparently a movie and it`s all in squeeze-o-vision as the Aspect Ratio
Cannot Be Changed On This Channel. And the Mundo Fox circular logo becomes an
oval. BTW, no local ID in any form seen at 1700 UT hourtop break between
programs, nor elsewhen. Looked for program schedule: not anywhere on the zap2it
Suddenlink Enid cable lineup of hundreds of channels including exotic ones.
TitanTV does not have it in the on-air-lineup for Enid (which axually defaults
to Oklahoma City, including lots of outlying stations never to be seen inside
OKC, but not this. And still has several outdated/inaccurate ones on its
roster.)
So I have to go to http://www.mundofox.com There is a drop-down list of cities
to ``find you station`` --- no Enid there tho has OKC with KOHC. Found 24h
program grid for the network, where I see nothing of interest tho a lot of the
titles are unfamiliar, lots of novelas, apparently. Nothing resembling a
newscast, fortunately, as Murdoch would turn that into another farce like the
Fox `News` Channel. A few titles are in English, perhaps kidvid, but maybe
dubbed or subtitled.
What about TV-OK`s website? I don`t seem to have it bookmarked, so googled it:
would you believe the top hits don`t go to anything except other sites, mostly
directories, mentioning it? Found one item of interest, a 4-year-old animated
ID I remember seeing on air, but not lately, posted by its producer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0lJxSWxgvk
``Uploaded by sgfx on Dec 2, 2008 --- KXOK is a small broadcast TV station in
Enid OK. How Small? The entire station is in one rack mount case in a small 2
room office on the top of Enid's tallest building and was controlled remotely,
sometimes via a cell phone. Anyhow this is an Animation I did as their station
ID in trade for some unused video equipment. Why the T-38? Vance AFB is just
outside of town and they have a ton of these Sexy little T-38 jet trainers
flying all over the place.`` [and exhaust falling all over town accounting for
sticky dust buildups even inside homes: there`s farmland all around Enid: why
do they have to fly over the city, also increasing risk of crashes upon the
population?? Some high-risk areas have zoning restrictions to keep down the
number of people in the way. I also have to pause WORLD OF RADIO recordings
while they roar over. -- gh]
Maybe the outdated wikipedia entry will have a link to its own website? No. It
does remind us of the shady history of this station, including a lawsuit by Dr
Gene Scott who didn`t appreciate being broadcast over it, ``copyright
infringement``. I wonder if Mundo Fox even knows they`re on KXOK? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 10000, Aug 21 before 0518 I am monitoring WWV again 24 hours after I
heard them announce time a minute off as 0519: no, not tonight, both WWV and
WWVH correct. And propagation report followed on WWV: ``SF 96, Ap 12, K 2 at
03, no, no``. The automation system could surely be blamed for playing the
wrong timecheck, while the axual pips remained highly accurate. BTW, there`s
been a wildfire in NW Kauai near the WWVH site; note if it become absent.
KHON-TV and the Star-Bulletin have had several stories about the fire (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7302-USB, Aug 21 from 1340, Air Force MARS net. NCS is Paul, AFA6BP.
He is calling every station on his roster, one by one, and addresses each one
of them as ``sir`` (bet he was an NCO). They each report on how well they
copied earlier digital transmissions, mostly very well, and often a brief local
weather comment. Contacts at the moment are AFA6ZU, and AFA6KJ. Calls are
invariably given in proper fonetix, and all in the 6-call area, which does not
correspond to ham call areas, i.e. California. Locations seldom referred to,
but AFA6DH at 1343 says he is in north Texas; some of them have a different
letter than A in the third position. Still going past 1357. Googling finds NCS
AFA6BP: TX Hughes Springs 75656. Hughes Springs is a little town near
Daingerfield, between Mt Pleasant and Atlanta in the NE corner of Texas (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15550-USB, Aug 21 at 1401, music and ``WJHR Radio International``
sign-on after some music, reports to w...@usa.com and then `Rock of Ages`,
sounds like on banjo et al. 1404 JIP the usual gospel-huxter. No point in
listening or logging this except to confirm periodically this useless glorified
ham station still exists. I keep expecting some Firedrake jumparound to collide
with it, but so far not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9675v, Aug 21 at 0511, tonight`s pitch check between the hetting
Brasilian and presumed Peruvian: Bb below middle C = 233 Hz. All I can hear is
the het which is much louder than any possible modulation from either station
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:35:53 -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 August 21-22, 2012
Message-ID:
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** ALBANIA. 7425, Aug 22 at 0145, R. Tirana`s only English broadcast left to N
America, fair signal with noise and fading, somewhat muffled modulation and her
accent make it hard to follow what Klara is saying (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** ARGENTINA. 11711v, Aug 22 at 0200, RAE is on with multi-lingual IDs in
leisurely opening for the English hour, fair signal; earlier at 0137 it was
missing, no carrier at all (nor on 15345v), as Gilles Letourneau in Qu?bec had
noted at 0120. On Aug 14 at the same time, I had noticed RAE on the 11710.9
air, but no modulation; either way, no Japanese to be heard during that hour. I
wonder if that language service is intentionally suspended/canceled? How about
at 10-11 M-F on 11711? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COLOMBIA. 14950.7, Aug 21 at 1952, JBA carrier no doubt from Salem Stereo;
and also at 0137 Aug 22 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA. 17850, Aug 21 at 1951, REE relay shortly before 2000* is not
putting spiky spurs all over the place today. Thomas Witherspoon has notified
them in Madrid of the problem, but since it was irregular anyway, we can`t
assume yet that it has been permanently fixed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA. 17750, Aug 21 at 2003 tune-in, RHC Brazilian Portuguese service
supposedly aimed at Europe, is instead dead air for a sesquiminute until
modulation kix on at 2004:28 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CYPRUS. 9438-9463, Aug 22 at 0138, strong OTH radar pulsing, presumed from
here; after 0200 it would QRM WYFR on new 9455 in Spanish (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, Aug 21 at 1953, fair signal from R. Africa with
mumbling gospel huxter who could be the convicted and imprisoned for 175 years
``Tony Alamo``, and whose agents have been trying to get him back on a US SW
station; but would not stay tuned long enough to be more sure (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, Aug 22 at 0159 check, TGAV is on, good signal with music,
whew; as had been missing late last night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 15580, August 21 at 2006, two programs are clashing at about
equal levels. Either it`s two program feeds into and out of one transmitter, or
two transmitters virtually zero-beat; I can`t detect a regular SAH vis-?-vis
propagational fading. One of them is obviously VOA African service scheduled
via BOTSWANA, mostly music but finally at 2012 English announcement during `The
African Beat`.
The other is harder to figure out due to all the QRM. At first I think it`s in
French, for a while it even sounds like Japanese, then it`s tonal and probably
Hausa, assuming this is another VOA service. I was hoping something would ID at
2030 but both just kept going as I listened past 2035. Neither was // 15730 or
17530 which are in VOA French until 2030 weekdays, via Greenville and Bonaire
respectively, also mostly African music.
If it was Hausa, VOA doesn`t start that language on other frequencies until
2030, and BBC ends at 2030. Since IBB keeps switching transmitter sites even in
the middle of a single language broadcast, it`s entirely possible two different
VOA sites are mistakenly on same frequency with different programming. But
there was no variation in signal/modulation levels between the two thruout on
15580, so my best guess here is that both were coming out of a single
transmitter, most likely Botswana. Don`t they monitor their own air? (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 6145, August 22 at 0139 check, WYFR is extremely strong with only
English broadcast aimed across N America, at 355 degrees, 2215-0300, a change
made Aug 13 from 6115.
9455, another new WYFR frequency at 02-04 in Spanish, ex-9385, much weaker here
at 0240 check August 22 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 6875, Aug 22 at 0139, WWCR-1 very strong here with typical
programming. I log this now for the record as I think I never got around to it
since they started using this way out of band channel (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7506.4, Aug 22 at 0140, WRNO with usual sermonizing; rather
undermodulated but not requiring full volume to hear it, and not very distorted
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9838-9847 and 9872-9882, approximate expanse of huge dirty distorted
FMy spurblobs matching very strong clear signal on 9860, Aug 22 at 0143 with
wacky far-right conspiracy discussion, with a gold/money angle, blame Soros.
The spurs peaked approximately 9843-44 and 9877-78, i.e. 16-17 kHz either side
of WHRI, listed as 100 kW at 315 degrees. Then found same program // and
spurless on weaker 5920, despite being 250 kW tho at 47 degrees, all per HFCC,
and 5920 was running four seconds behind 9860, why? WHR schedule shows
``TruNews`` with Rick Wiles on both during this hour, what crap to match the
spurs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 4875-USB, Aug 22 at 0153 looking for some LA AM DX, I encounter some
scratchy sideband vs the hi local noise level, so pursue it instead: another
Air Force MARS net, not as struxured as it should be as there are some
talkovers with people not observing the `over` rule, not giving their callsign
with every change, and not always fonetically. They were discussing measuring
each other`s frequency offsets, to the Hz, or cycle as one of them prefers (he
means cycle per second).
Either the net itself or the NCS was going to be away for two weeks. They all
seemed to be in the -4- area, and the NCS closing it at 0156 sounded like
AFA4GA tho not sure of the third letter. Hunting thru the list I googled for
the earlier AF MARS log, I don`t find that call but an AFD4GA:
``AFD4GA GA Ball Ground 30107 Deputy GA State Dir``. Ball Ground is a small
town at the end of I-575 north of Atlanta, which means there must be something
important there to justify such a highway. Or is it to ``nowhere``?
http://cityofballground.com/ Like I say, every DX log is a potential learning
experience, even if it`s tentative (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 07:10:09 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesche...@web.de>
To: "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "DXLD"
<d...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Loggings Since 1 August
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SAUDI ARABIA 9714.924 Usual odd non-directional service - Holy Quran
prayer - in Arabic from Riyadh, S=8 at 0442 UT Aug 22.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 22)
BAHRAIN 9744.994 R Bahrain in Arabic from Abu Hayan, usual Arab peninsula
music, reception on tune mode selection to USB upper side band H3E type, not
strong, but listenable at 0445-0450 UT here in Germany. Aug 22.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 22)
ERITREA/ETHIOPIA 9705 Heavy WHITE NOISE JAMMING broadband 18-20 kHz wide,
most probably from Ethiopia against Eritrea at 0440 UT Aug 22. Peak by VBME2
Vo Broad Masses 2 (Dimtsi Hafash) program on 9705.028, -70dBm S=8 here in
Germany.
9558.585 ... wandered up to x.597 kHz Radio Ethiopia with pure carrier
only, S=9+10dBm at 0433 UT Aug 22.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 22)
IRAN Thwo swinging carrier BUBBLE jammer from Iran noted again as every
morning om 9499.980 at 0425 UT, against BBC til 0330 UT, and probably
against AWR Persian 9505 at 0330-0430 UT, or just parked here in 0330-0430
UT slot?
Also on 9565.118 kHz logged at SIGNING OFF time at 0428 UT, jammer against
BBC Persian.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Aug 22)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" Cc: "Dave Valko" <djva...@verizon.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Loggings Since 1 August
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Valko" <>
> To: "Hardcore DX" <>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:08 AM
> Subject: [HCDX] Loggings Since 1 August
>
> IRAN?? 9714.92 V.O. Islamic Rep. of Iran (pres.) 0250-0256 M w/Koran.
> Rather weak. Pres. this is Iran. (11 August)
>
> Rather Riyadh ARS ?
> SAUDI ARABIA 9714.928 Usual odd non-directional service in Arabic from
> Riyadh, S=5-6 at 0442 UT. Summerly fade-out path signal into western
> Europe.
> (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 23)
>
> 73 Dave Valko, Dunlo, PA, USA
>
> NRD-535D and Perseus SDR
> T2FD antenna
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