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Today's Topics:
1. 9730.000 Myanmar Radio Rangoon (Wolfgang Bueschel)
2. Glenn Hauser logs April 27-28, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
3. Re: Glenn Hauser logs April 27, 2013 (Glenn Hauser)
4. Re: [dxld] Re: radio Riyad english? (Wolfgang Bueschel)
5. Re: [dxld] Re: radio Riyad english? (Wolfgang Bueschel)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:14:41 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesche...@web.de>
To: "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "DXLD"
<d...@yahoogroups.com>, "DXplorer" <dxplo...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] 9730.000 Myanmar Radio Rangoon
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But when checked this channel before CRI starts at 1200 UT :
At 1055-1105 UT Apr 28 heard undoubtedly Myanmar Radio phone in program -
today on different new unit on EVEN 9730.000 kHz - by female announcer in
'singing' Burmese tonality, to male in-caller.
Poor signal on remote SDR unit at Brisbane AUS.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Apr 28)
MYANMAR 9730.855 R. Myanmar, 1110 UT definite talk by W, in music at 1111
UT. W returned at 1118:50 UT. Stronger than noted the other day and actually
fairly strong carrier, but audio level barely there. Slightly stronger on
the Wellbrook but also higher noise. Easy-listening M vocal subcontinental
music at 1218 UT. Soft-spoken W at 1222 UT briefly, then back to music. W
announcer again at 1225 UT. Suddenly off at 1227:45 UT.
Severe QRM from 9730 CRI Kunming relay after 1200 UT but able to notch it
out. Actually both were about equal. Had Myanmar's audio level been up to
100%, it would have been IDable. 8 April.
(Dave Valko-PA-USA, dxld Apr 24)
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:36:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 27-28, 2013
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** BANGLADESH. 15505, April 28 at 1358, no signal from BB, nor at 1400, but at
1407 can detect a JBA carrier; bad propagation today, maybe combined with late
opening. 15500 new SAUDI [q.v.] frequency not strong enough to bother here, but
there? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake jamming, April 28 before 1300:
13795, very poor at 1245, continues to be the only FD frequency found for what
has become a rarity. All others are CNR1, with serious if not ``classical``
music, including ex-Firedrake channels:
13920, fair at 1245
14700, poor at 1245
15250, fair at 1245 (longtime CNR1 jammer, not FD)
15560, poor at 1249 with flutter
16160, very poor at 1249, also CODAR, unusual here
16250, fair-good at 1249 with flutter; none in 17s or 18s altho CRI Kashgar in
well on 17560, 17630, 17650
After 1300:
11990, fair at 1313, CNR1 now serious orchestral/choral music
12000, fair at 1313, a couple seconds behind 11990, emergency net?
Usual CNR1 jammers also good on 11805, 11785
15115, good at 1324, 15195 very poor, 15265 poor, usual non-FD CNR1 jammers
16160, very poor at 1323
17250, good at 1321 with flutter, now with opera, i.e. singing
17370, good at 1321
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RHC anomalies:
15200-15260, April 28 at 1306, the weakish 15230 transmitter is again emitting
a buzzy field above and below, loudest circa 15220.
11750, April 28 at 1315 check is in English! about Cuban stamps, but cut off
the air at 1316; should be in Spanish, of course. Then surveyed all other
frequencies at 1318, with // music in Spanish service: 9540, 11690, 11760,
11860, 13780, 15230, 15340, 17580, 17730
15482, April 28 at 1319, weak distorted spur // 15340 et al.
17580, April 28 at 1410, carrier cuts off and on, then stays on but no
modulation. Then found others only with open carrier: 13780, 11760, while at
1411 the rest nominal Spanish modulation: 17730, 15340, 15230, 11860, 11750,
11690; and 9540 too weak to tell, maybe not on.
13740, April 28 at 1411, CRI English relay is quite undermodulated, but
sufficient if volume turned up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. 13760, April 28 at 1311, VOK in extremely stilted English, and
heavy cross talk from Chinese service plus Juche jamming noise. Same mixture on
// 11710 at 1317. It seems their new ChiCom transmitters have been installed
incompetently, insufficiently isolated from each other. They wouldn`t let
Chinese engineers do it at top-secret location, instead supposedly trained
their own (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH. 15575, April 28 before 1248, KBSWR carrier is again on way
early, foretelling good reception today for the 1300 English to ``North``
America, unlike yesterday when it was unreadable for Saturday`s `Listeners
Lounge`. Indeed it is: 1258 with IS and IDs in English and Korean, 1300 opening
English and news (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 660, April 28 tuning in even earlier at 0449 UT trying to sort out
the one about to hum: initially preacher in Spanish on top; 0450 music station
takes over, 0457 mentions 98.9 so that`s XEACB, La Lupe in Ciudad Delicias,
Chihuahua; only now do I hear an XE NA weakly underneath and no hum after 0500;
probably from the preaching one earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 830, April 28 at 1215 UT, Spanish weather in C, mentions 100.9 FM;
1216 TC for 7:17. No doubt it`s XEIK Piedras Negras, Coahuila, a semihour after
sunrise here and soon to fade out (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non]. April 27 at 1833-1845 UT, right at local mean noon, a MW
bandscan while visiting squirrel haven, some 10 miles north of Enid, on caradio
with vertical antenna, so no DFing or nulling. Skipping many normal signals,
just some of the mostly weak ones of interest by groundwave in a low-noise area
away from powerlines. Axually done from top down, reversed here for convenience:
530, far enough away from Vance on the south side, to hear some CCI under
``K530AM``, no doubt the HAR near South Haven just across the KS border
operated by the Kansas Turnpike Authority
540, alabanza music over C&W, i.e. KDFT Dallas over KWMT Iowa
570, slow SAH, CCI audible under KLIF Dallas, i.e. WNAX South Dakota
670, weak religious discussion, or self-help? Also thought I heard Waziristan
mentioned. Anyhow, it`s not WSCR Chicago (sportstalk, which is possible), but
KLTT Denver
700, romantic music in Spanish, KHSE Dallas, ex-Asian
840, weak C&W, must be KTIC West Point, Nebraska, 5 kW daytimer at the margin
of its range; but also a fast SAH: second closest is KWDF Ball, central
Louisiana, 8 kW daytimer. I also had it more definitely around sunrise last
November, in DXLD 12-48
850, weak Spanish, so KJON Dallas, rather than KOA Denver, which is also
possible, and might be there without KJON or if I could null it
890, KTLR OKC & 910, without KVIS Miami OK, both suffer from IBOC noise out of
900 KSGL Wichita, 250 watts nostalgia when not huxtering
1090, RCC programming obviously, so 8 kW daytimer KEXS Excelsior Springs (KC)
MO, with EWTN
1100, gospel music in English, very poor, KKLL Webb City (Joplin), Missouri, 5
kW daytimer
1120, alabanza music, so KEOR Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa OK is back on after missing
since April 16
1190, weak CCI, SAH, one mentioning Irving, so 50 kW KFXR Dallas; no higher
Metroplexers were making it for sure except 1700. Other 1190 could be AR, KS or
MO
1310, JBA carrier, could be Joplin MO, Beloit KS or Dallas TX
1350, fast SAH. I would gladly take either rare Okie, KTLQ Tahlequah or KPNS
Duncan
1370, too much splatter and desensitization from local KCRC 1390 on north side
of Enid, to hear KGNO Dodge City which I know starts making it somewhat further
north. Forget 1380 and 1400
1420, ad for BancFirst somewhere in Oklahoma, so KTJS Hobart
1430, weak CCI music & talk, i.e. KALV Alva in its null toward KTBZ Tulsa
1450, heavy CCI, one music, another ballgame, i.e. KGFF Shawnee and KSIW
Woodward respectively; maybe a third? Could be KWBW Hutchinson KS or KWHW Altus
OK
1470, JBA carrier with SAH, suppose KGND Vinita in northeast OK with one of the
Kansans, all really too far, KSMM Liberal or KAIR Atchison
1480, KQAM Wichita KS has NO CCI from 50 kW KBXD Dallas, but wait till some
skywave kix in
1490, notable by its absence: KMFS Guthrie OK, Jimmy Swaggart`s station. Must
check whether that`s temporary. Last we heard from Bruce Winkelman, KBIX
Muskogee was silent. Leaves JBA carriers, SAH; two Kansans: KKAN Phillipsburg,
KTOP Topeka
1510, alabanza music, fair vs KOKC 1520; as previously tracked down, KNSS
Larned KS, ex-ESPN
1570, alabanza music, KZLI Tulsa with no XERF for a change
1610, nothing but quite a hum from WQCL720, Great Salt Plains State Park OK
1700, comedy JBA, no doubt 10 kW KKLF Dallas/Richardson; at top end one might
still wonder if it could be skywave (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 930, April 28 at 1206, WKY should be in weekly English pubaffs
show, but instead adstring in Spanish mixed with a couple in English; finally
at 1211 played *outro* for Sunday Morning Magazine, more ads, and 1212 back to
Indomable music. SMM must have lasted 6 minutes at most instead of 30, or the
automation screwed up (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1120, April 27 circa 1837 UT in daytime bandscan, KEOR
Sperry/Catoosa/Tulsa is on the air again with what else but alabanza = praise
music in Spanish. Not on circa 1200 UT April 28, when it could be, well after
sunrise, but it is on at 1453 check. I`ve yet to catch when they come on, if
the time is even fixed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1490, April 27 circa 1835 UT, notable by its absence: KMFS Guthrie
OK, Jimmy Swaggart`s station. Still maybe off circa sunset when logged others
on 1490, see UNIDENTIFIED. But back on with gospel huxter April 28 at 1516
check. Last we heard from Bruce Winkelman, the other 1490 Okie from Muskogee,
KBIX, was silent (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PERU. 5980, April 28 at 0100, R. Chaski carrier as usual audible with BFO
amid the hash of local and propagated noise; cut off at 0104:13.5* which is
10.5 seconds later than two nights ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 15500, new frequency from BSKSA, first heard today April 28 at
1248 in Arabic vocal music with long pauses, reverent but unsounds like normal
Qur`an recitation; 1252 YL with Saudi ID; still on at 1304, and 1358 past 1400.
Good modulation, not // 17705. Maybe one of their new transmitters? Not in Aoki
or HFCC, 15500 an open frequency after 1200/1157. Fair signal while 17705 is
JBA today. Sure I would have noticed 15500 if it were on, in daily chex for
Bangladesh 15505 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SERBIA [non]. 9685, April 28 at 0103, IRS is off the air already, instead of
extending a semihour for English as sometimes happens on UT Sundays (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA. 7275, April 28 at 0447, IWT still absent. Wolfgang B?schel says it
is missing from all frequencies, contrary to Rumen Pankov`s observations I
quoted yesterday (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1666 monitoring: started a bit late on WTWW-2, 9930,
Saturday April 27 at 2331:07, but completed at 2400:03, followed by QSY
announcement to 5085, and off, so all is well-co?rdinated now. 5085 may have
been on for an hour, not at 0102 check.
Confirmed on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB UT Sunday April 28 at 0200, but this
was a one-time substitute for usual UT Saturday 0130v since AWWW ran almost
until 0200 then. WOR 1666 also confirmed on WTWW-1, 5830, UT Sunday April 28 at
0400.5. Next: Sunday 2330v on WTWW-2, 9930 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 5050, April 28 at 0102, WWRB is on with big band music, Dave`s
favorite filler; presumably just having completed the Saturday-UT Sunday-only
paid sesquihour simulcast from 2330, also on 3215. Most nights it remains
absent from 5050, but it ought to be the primary frequency in summer instead of
90m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9955, UT Sunday April 28 at 0106, WRMI with kid singing ``God Bless
America``, and no jamming audible. I see WRMI has just updated its program
schedule grid (in UT -4), as of April 26 via
http://www.wrmi.net/pb/wp_d12a1732/wp_d12a1732.html
showing this is `Tell the World Ministries`, a quarter-hour of English amid
Spanish. Not sure what changes have been made; there are still gobs of
Overcomer hours for another month. Radio Libertad is scheduled M-F 23-24 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5830, April 28 at 0446, open carrier/dead air from WTWW-1 instead of
SFAW/PPP (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 690, UT Sunday April 28 at 0449 UT, Fox Sports Radio, dominant signal
typical of KGGF Coffeyville KS, quite contrary to Jim Bohannon talkshow on
weeknights; NRC AM Log does list FSR as the last of several KGGF affiliations.
Usual slow SAH of 144/minute = 2.4 Hz against KTSM El Paso TX, 0459 ID as AM
690, KGGF, Coffeyville-Independence, and standard sign-off until tomorrow,
``good night`` and taps start at 0500.5. Listening more closely, it is *not* a
perfect performance, a wrong note heard, and second-trumpet backup before the
finale; then open carrier presumed all-night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1590, April 28 at 1229 UT, ``AM 15-90, WAIK`` and ABC News update
until 1231; 1232 another ID. I was surprised to hear any W-call half a
sesquihour after Enid sunrise, but definitely Galesburg in NW IL, still
skywaving with a favorable pattern to the south (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 940, April 28 at 1222 UT, ``Sportsradio`` ID (would that be the
new NBC subnetwork?), good signal, what I would expect after sunrise from KIXZ
Amarillo, also looping east/west, but supposedly news/talk and schedule at
http://voiceofamarillo.com/shows/sunday/
shows `Legends of Success with John Resnick`, not about sports, at 12-14 UT
Sundays. Surely not Des Moines either which is religious. Only other likely
around here is KSWM Aurora in SW Missouri; finally found its program schedule
under a different primary station:
http://www.krmo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=104
showing instead `National Geographic Weekend` Sundays at 11-13 UT! So who`s
wrong? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 1490, April 28 at 0058 UT, checking this frequency since KMFS
Guthrie OK was off the air earlier at midday April 27: dominant signal is
nostalgia music, into ``It Was Fascination``, and at 0100 someone with a CBS
bong; a lot of CCI as skywave is kicking in, but probably not any further than
same or neighboring state. Two NOS likelies per NRC AM Log are KDMO Carthage
MO, and KKAN Phillipsburg KS. Closest CBS are KDRO Sedalia MO and KQTY Borger
TX. Of course, shortly before sundown here, the eastward ones are more likely
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:39:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs April 27, 2013
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** BANGLADESH. Somehow in this report I got the times two hours off as 1559+.
Corrected:
15505, April 27 at *1359:24, Bangladesh Betar carrier on late, no time for tone
or IS, or even TS, 1359:46 joining sign-on announcement in Urdu; fair with
flutter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:56:11 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesche...@web.de>
To: "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "DXLD"
<d...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Re: radio Riyad english?
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Good Morning,
SAUDI ARABIA any strange ideas ?
New built Jeddah 250 kW shortwave site finnished on new location some two
years ago, when played Yugoslav CD music on their tests from
41 to 13 mband on same tremendous signals ...
but BSKSA came never real on air in past two years.
We had these two WOODEN REQUESTS at 1600-2100 UT
on HFCC group conference in A-13 yet:
7260 1600 2100 27,28,37N JED 250 310 ENGLISH ARS
9710 1600 2100 47,52 JED 250 220 ENGLISH ARS
9840 1600 2100 47,52 JED 250 220 ENGLISH ARS
btw. MBC = Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation
- - -
Jeddah shortwave site technical data:
ARS new Jeddah Algwizain PC22711 postal code,
"Al Kurnayash South" SW site TX house
dimmly cross-dipole non-dir antenna HQ ant ITU #925
6 Jan 2012 image at
21?14'49.81"N 39?09'45.29"E
image STILL DIMMED on Google and Bing maps !
G.E. time slide pool
deleted some excellent images of this cross-dipole antenna
area a year ago.
ARS new Jeddah TCI ants, 255deg (220-270deg)
to No+WeAF/Sahel Zone, SDN, TCD, CAF, MLI, CTI, LIB
21?14'55.01"N 39?09'59.52"E
http://goo.gl/maps/1ScKN
http://bit.ly/129t2eo
ARS new Jeddah TCI antennas 315degr (300-340degr)
21?14'42.58"N 39?09'55.96"E
http://goo.gl/maps/qCPlF
http://bit.ly/129titQ
History of June 2010:
SAUDI ARABIA Continental Electronics will supply a quantity of 4 each
250 kW HF DRM-ready transmitters and associated equipment to the Saudi
Arabia Ministry of Information (MOI) ... The new high-power HF DRM-ready
transmitters will enhance the Saudi MOI's digital broadcast capabilities
and can reach targeted audiences at long distance ranges with a clear,
high quality signal. The DRM-ready transmitters are similar to those
recently supplied to Broadcast Australia and to Radio-TV Malaysia ...
(David Sharp-NSW-AUS, dxld June 26, 2010)
Saudi Arabia to acquire DRM. Ready High Power 250 kW HF Transmitters.
Continental Electronics will supply a quantity of 4 each 250 kW HF DRM-
ready transmitters and associated equipment to the Saudi Arabia Ministry
of Information (MOI) through First Gulf Company of Riyadh. First Gulf will
construct an entirely new HF station where the transmitters, antennas, and
other equipment will be installed at the existing Al Khumra site outside
Jeddah. The Al Khumra station was constructed by Continental Electronics
and its civil contractor between 1978 and 1980, and the site presently
accommodates multiple 2-megawatt and 1-megawatt Medium Wave transmitters.
The new high-power HF DRM-ready transmitters will enhance the Saudi MOI's
digital broadcast capabilities and can reach targeted audiences at long
distance ranges with a clear, high quality signal. The DRM-ready
transmitters are similar to those recently supplied to Broadcast Australia
and to Radio-TV Malaysia, employing Transradio's latest DRM exciters with
its unique pre-correction features.
The transmitters will be delivered in the latter part of 2010 and the
station is planned to be fully operational by mid-2011.
<http://www.drm.org/index.php?p=news_item&uid=211>
(Alokesh Gupta-IND, DXindia June 26, 2010)
New SW transmission site tests in May - June 2011.
SAUDI ARABIA The UNIDENTIFIED {Serbo-Croatian music!} station heard in
May to July 2011 with extended test transmissions on many broadcast
meterbands is Jeddah site, see below.
ARS new refurbished Jeddah shortwave site. In A-12 from March 25, the new
250 kW Continental {and in co-operation by Continental and RIZ Zagreb? too}
txs will be on regular service from BSKSA Jeddah Algwizain "Al Kurnayash
South" site. Latter site totally erected new TCI curtain antenna arrays, we
heard a lot of Serbian-Croatian folk music and 1000 Hertz tones in
May/June/July 2011 on various SW meter bands.
31 tx hours daily on new 250 kW units at Jeddah [probably in DRM mode?]
7300 2100-2300 28S,39N 250 340 216 ARABIC
7430 1600-2100 27,28,37N 250 310 216 ENGLISH
9580 0300-0600 38E,39,48W 50 nd 925 ARABIC
9580 1700-2200 38E,39,48W 50 nd 925 ARABIC
9710 1600-2100 47,52 250 220 216 ENGLISH
9840 1600-2100 47,52 250 220 216 ENGLISH
11855 0600-1700 38E,39,48NW 50 nd 925 ARABIC
15330 1400-1600 47 250 260 216 FRENCH
15510 1400-1600 27,28,37N 250 310 216 FRENCH
17610 1000-1300 48,47 250 230 216 ENGLISH
21530 1000-1300 37,38 250 300 216 ENGLISH
21660 0800-1000 37,38 250 300 216 FRENCH
21670 0800-1000 46,48,47 250 270 216 FRENCH
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Jan 13, 2012)
DRM: Jeddah Algwizain "Al Kurnayash South" site - more details. Not so long
ago we announced via the Continental Electronics website:
06-28-2010. Continental to Deliver 4 x 250 kW DRM HF Transmitters to
Saudi Arabia at the Algwizain "Al Kurnayash South" site. And that it would
be ready by Mid 2011.
Then: The DRM website announced in April:
DRM station ready in Saudi Arabia.
DRM member Continental Electronics has announced that a new shortwave DRM
capable station is now ready in Saudi Arabia. Three{+ 1 reserve, wb} 300 kW
SW transmitters, fully DRM ready, and a number of curtain antennas complete
this station, and are part of a comprehensive digitisation plan in the
country.
It would be nice if confirmed facts were known??
Probably 300 kW SW 419G transmitters fitted with Continental DRM Exciters?
(Ian Baxter-AUS, SW TXsite May 28, 2011)
Re recording: Yugoslav nationals say, music originate from "Slavonia -
in Eastern Croatia". Eike had noted also irregularities on Riyadh's
21 MHz bcasts this morning...
GH reported 17480 tone test / 17600 / 15400 / 15100 kHz is all same
origin.
Re UNID on 17600 + recording. I asked Dragan Lekic in Serbia and Zeljko
Crncic in Germany: listen recording of 17600 kHz.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 5, 2011)
Lieber Wolfgang, stimmt. Hier handelt es sich um Musik aus Slavonien
(Ostkroatien), die HRT oft spielt.
(Zeljko Crncic-D, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 5, 2011)
Some of them were identified as being Croatian by Peter Wilde on BrDXC-UK
ng list, so it might be testing a new tx:
"Playing the station into the SoundHound app on my iPod, it has cleverly
identified the last few songs played as Kninska Kraljica by Anica, Na
Obali by Jasna Zlokic (both Croatian) and Katar Khayre by Sherine
(Egyptian). A useful tool, if not giving a definitive answer in this case!
(via Mauno Ritola-FIN, June 2011)
unid 17600 kHz. Very strong signal on 17600 kHz since 1709 UT, 5 June tune
in, still continuing at 1855 UT.
Non-stop Croatian pop vocals ... vy pleasant uptempo mostly. Brief man
tkg, laughing, in Croatian, but was only a recorded intro to the song by
the male vocalist, seemingly a recording of a live performance recording,
not a radio annmt. Alerted to this by Jari, with a lot of additional info
via Wolfy in Germany.
Apparently has been heard, various frequencies in past week or so, similar
pgming. Interesting mystery.
(Don Jensen-USA, DXplorer June 5, 2011)
Balkan music today on 15100 kHz. This one is still on air at 1720 UT on
15100 kHz, and it's a very strong signal at my location in NW England
9+20db on peaks with some fading below S9.
(Noel R. Green-UK, dxld June 6, 2011)
Re Balkan music today on 15100 kHz. {Probably} RIZ Zagreb engineer plays
music originate from "Slavonia - Eastern Croatia" [Kninska Krajina],
tentatively from TX center in Saudi Arabia?
15099.998 kHz at 1735 UT on sdr remote units
S=9+15dB in Iceland,
S=9+40dB in Styria, Austria.
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 5, 2011)
17870 From 1241 tune-in past 1331 UT, continuous 1000 Hz tone on 17870,
but another station is underneath producing SAH. If pattern holds as on
previous frequencies, later on this may present Balkan/Croatian music.
(Glenn Hauser-OK-USA, dxld June 7, 2011)
Mystery test today on 17870 kHz.
This one tuned at 1500 UT and still(?) with test tone only. It is not as
strong as yesterday {June 6} - if still the same one - averaging S9 with
occasional peaks to 10dB over and fades to below S5. Similar reception
here from the great Jamahiriyah on 17725 kHz - now seemingly somewhat
overmodulated with studio echo in English.
(Noel R. Green-UK, dxld June 7, 2011)
Re: Mystery test today on 17870 kHz.
Yes, just switched on at 1515 UT June 7, and when checked 16 mb noted also
this 17870 kHz outlet, and two peaks on 17869 and 17871.000 kHz, when
heard via remote sdr unit Greece noted S=9+25 ... +30dB.
[S=+35dB in Vienna, same in Braunschweig; S=9+20dB in Holland]
My guess, RIZ engineers built up the new 250 kW Continentals at the Jeddah
site?
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 7, 2011)
Re: Mystery test today on 17870 kHz. On July 9 at 1105 UT (tune in) 11850
kHz, 1125 UT 11950, 1200 UT 12000, 1230-1324* UT 12100 kHz.
(Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN, dxld June 9, 2011)
At present 1000 Hz tests on 11499 / 11500 / 11501 kHz, not much strong in
Austria, 1615 UT June 9. (wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 9, 2011)
UNIDENTIFIED UNID tone on 19000 kHz. Just wondered if the Mystery
Station is testing again today. Continous tone heard on 19000 kHz since
tune-in around 1230 UT. Will look out for Greek/Balkan-type music later,
as heard previously on various dates over the last couple of weeks on
17870 kHz and other frequencies.
[later] Checking back at 1330 UT, the tone is now heard on 18900 kHz.
(Alan Roe-UK-USA, dxld June 19, 2011)
I can receive the 1 kHz tone signal on 19000 kHz at 1300 UT in Japan.
(Sei-ichi Hasegawa-JPN, dxld June 19, 2011)
Re: UNID tone signal on 19000 / 18900 kHz had two peaks each of +/-1000 /
+/-2000 Hertz. Similar strong signal + BUZZ tone now from Saudi Arabia
17660 kHz.
Switched OFF at 13.47:10 UT. Re 18900 kHz, yes noted at 1325 UT on various
RFSPACE SDR IQ and Perseus remote units:
S=9+10dB in Iceland, S=5 in Florida
S=9+20 in Greece
S=9+10 in Ireland
S=8-9 in Blackpool
S=8 in Cardiff
S=9+10 in the Netherlands
S=9+10 in Belgium
S=9+20 in Paris area
S=9+30 on technical university Braunschweig
S=9+30 in Salzburg
S=9+10 in Nuremberg
S=9 in Zurich Switzerland
S=9+25 in Munich
S=9+25 in Udine Italy
S=9+20 in Brescia and Genua
S=9+40 db !!! in Rome Italy
(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews June 19, 2011)
vy73 wb df5sx
----- Original Message -----
From: "e-mail nrgreen" <nrgr...@blueyonder.co.uk>
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: [dxld] radio Riyad english?
Radio Riyadh is also a very strong signal here in NW England. I also found
it at the same time as Gilles and with a lengthy sports programme -
Sportsworld it's called with interviews etc.
At end of programme said "see you next Tuesday". Very up-beat western
'music' between items and at end. ID and programme title at 1943. Six pips
at 1945 - last one extended - then "News Brief at 1045"
Sounds like a rebroadcast of a domestic service. At 1948 a programme about
blues music, including Count Basie to begin with.
Noel R. Green
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave kenny" Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: [BDXC-UK] Radio Riyadh on 15500 khz
> Went off abruptly at 2035 UTC.
> Probably Saudi Arabia testing a new transmitter?
>
> Back in the 1990s they used to have an English service to Europe on SW at
> 1600-2100 UTC - also a relay of their domestic service if I recall.
> But in recent years they have only had English on SW to Africa.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave kenny
> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 8:59 PM
> To: BDXC News
> Subject: [BDXC-UK] Radio Riyadh on 15500 khz
>
> Radio Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is currently on 15500 kHz with what seems to be
> a
> new SW broadcast in English - or maybe a test.
> Heard here from tune-in since 1925 UTC with sports news, now at 1950 with
> Jazz music. Massive signal (SIO 555 !) here.
>
> (thanks to initial tip from Gilles Letourneau in Canada via dxld yg and
> email from Alan Roe in Teddington who adds:
> "HFCC shows 15500 registered via Issoudun 1700-2000 brokered by MBR.
> Nothing in EiBi or AOKI.")
>
> 73s Dave
> Caversham Berks
> AOR 7030+ 25m Longwire.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Roe" Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 11:22 PM
Subject: Re: [dxld] Re: radio Riyad English?
> Hi Bruce
> Thanks for the idea - but this was definitely a relay of Radio Riyadh
> IDing as "Radio Riyadh English Service" and frequency of FM frequency
> 97.7 (& others) with a sports programme in English followed by a music
> programming until abrupt off at 2035.
>
> Alan Roe, Teddington, UK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn" <wghau...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 11:58 PM
Subject: [dxld] Re: radio Riyad english?
> Since no one has cited my earlier report today of this new frequency (or
> even read it?), here it is:
>
> ** SAUDI ARABIA. 15500, new frequency from BSKSA, first heard today April
> 28 at 1248 in Arabic vocal music with long pauses, reverent but unsounds
> like normal Qur`an recitation; 1252 YL with Saudi ID; still on at 1304,
> and 1358 past 1400. Good modulation, not // 17705. Maybe one of their new
> transmitters? Not in Aoki or HFCC, 15500 an open frequency after
> 1200/1157. Fair signal while 17705 is JBA today. Sure I would have noticed
> 15500 if it were on, in daily chex for Bangladesh 15505 (Glenn Hauser, OK,
> DX LISTENING DIGEST)
>
> --- In d...@yahoogroups.com, "John A. Figliozzi" <jfiglio1@...> wrote:
>
> MBC has a listed frequency here (15500) but only until 2000 UT out of
> Issouden. This transmission went off suddenly around 2039 today. I, too,
> heard an ID for what sounded like "Radio Riyadh" at about 2009 after the
> close of a documentary music program and then into more of a contemporary
> pop music program with a DJ.
>
> MBC is a Middle Eastern-based commercial broadcaster with several
> television and radio outlets, including two in English--Panorama FM and
> MBC FM.
>
> On the other hand, BSKSA does have a Foreign Language network that has
> English listed from 1600-2100. Two of the frequencies listed are Jeddah
> on 96.2 FM and Riyadh on 97.7 FM. During the ID there was mention of two
> FM frequencies for these cities, but I failed to make proper note. If
> someone else did or recorded the broadcast, there may be a clue to proper
> ID there.
>
> John Figliozzi
> Halfmoon, NY
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:11:55 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesche...@web.de>
To: "DXLD" <d...@yahoogroups.com>, "HCDX"
<hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>
Subject: Re: [HCDX] [dxld] Re: radio Riyad english?
Message-ID: <CF8428F06A654E56AF239E357D44920C@HNPC2>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Jeddah Al Khumrah site mentioned in Continental and DRM press releases, did
contain previously only high power MW's 1512 and 648 kHz.
Older Jeddah SW site is located at Bahrah,
some 31 kilometers distance eastwards.
And is totally rebuilt from Shortwave to Mediumwave,
and consist new 3 MW Mast installations, now only !
21?22'53.98"N 39?25'20.09"E
http://goo.gl/maps/lia9T
27 Jan 2012 Terraserver image http://bit.ly/129Avdz
73 wb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" Subject: Re: [dxld] Re: radio Riyad english?
> Good Morning,
>
> SAUDI ARABIA any strange ideas ?
>
> New built Jeddah 250 kW shortwave site finnished on new location some two
> years ago, when played Yugoslav CD music on their tests from
> 41 to 13 mband on same tremendous signals ...
>
> but BSKSA came never real on air in past two years.
>
> We had these two WOODEN REQUESTS at 1600-2100 UT
> on HFCC group conference in A-13 yet:
>
> 7260 1600 2100 27,28,37N JED 250 310 ENGLISH ARS
> 9710 1600 2100 47,52 JED 250 220 ENGLISH ARS
> 9840 1600 2100 47,52 JED 250 220 ENGLISH ARS
>
> btw. MBC = Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation
>
> - - -
>
> Jeddah shortwave site technical data:
>
> ARS new Jeddah Algwizain PC22711 postal code,
> "Al Kurnayash South" SW site TX house
>
> dimmly cross-dipole non-dir antenna HQ ant ITU #925
> 6 Jan 2012 image at
> 21?14'49.81"N 39?09'45.29"E
> image STILL DIMMED on Google and Bing maps !
> G.E. time slide pool
> deleted some excellent images of this cross-dipole antenna
> area a year ago.
>
>
> ARS new Jeddah TCI ants, 255deg (220-270deg)
> to No+WeAF/Sahel Zone, SDN, TCD, CAF, MLI, CTI, LIB
> 21?14'55.01"N 39?09'59.52"E
> http://goo.gl/maps/1ScKN
> http://bit.ly/129t2eo
>
>
> ARS new Jeddah TCI antennas 315degr (300-340degr)
> 21?14'42.58"N 39?09'55.96"E
> http://goo.gl/maps/qCPlF
> http://bit.ly/129titQ
>
>
>
> History of June 2010:
>
> SAUDI ARABIA Continental Electronics will supply a quantity of 4 each
> 250 kW HF DRM-ready transmitters and associated equipment to the Saudi
> Arabia Ministry of Information (MOI) ... The new high-power HF DRM-ready
> transmitters will enhance the Saudi MOI's digital broadcast capabilities
> and can reach targeted audiences at long distance ranges with a clear,
> high quality signal. The DRM-ready transmitters are similar to those
> recently supplied to Broadcast Australia and to Radio-TV Malaysia ...
> (David Sharp-NSW-AUS, dxld June 26, 2010)
>
> Saudi Arabia to acquire DRM. Ready High Power 250 kW HF Transmitters.
>
> Continental Electronics will supply a quantity of 4 each 250 kW HF DRM-
> ready transmitters and associated equipment to the Saudi Arabia Ministry
> of Information (MOI) through First Gulf Company of Riyadh. First Gulf will
> construct an entirely new HF station where the transmitters, antennas, and
> other equipment will be installed at the existing Al Khumra site outside
> Jeddah. The Al Khumra station was constructed by Continental Electronics
> and its civil contractor between 1978 and 1980, and the site presently
> accommodates multiple 2-megawatt and 1-megawatt Medium Wave transmitters.
>
> The new high-power HF DRM-ready transmitters will enhance the Saudi MOI's
> digital broadcast capabilities and can reach targeted audiences at long
> distance ranges with a clear, high quality signal. The DRM-ready
> transmitters are similar to those recently supplied to Broadcast Australia
> and to Radio-TV Malaysia, employing Transradio's latest DRM exciters with
> its unique pre-correction features.
>
> The transmitters will be delivered in the latter part of 2010 and the
> station is planned to be fully operational by mid-2011.
>
> <http://www.drm.org/index.php?p=news_item&uid=211>
> (Alokesh Gupta-IND, DXindia June 26, 2010)
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