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Today's Topics:
1. Thurs morn logs (Bruce Barker)
2. Vatican Radio to experiment with advertising to defray costs
(Zacharias Liangas )
3. Glenn Hauser logs May 28, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
4. LRA 36 (Manuel M?ndez)
5. ClewistonUSA Thur DX late/Fri DX early (ka4...@peoplepc.com)
6. Strong interest in DRM digital radio amongst Indian FM
broadcasters (Jaisakthivel)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 09:09:11 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bruce Barker <brbar...@comcast.net>
To: NASWA <na...@yahoogroups.com>, topn...@wwdxc.de,
wghau...@yahoo.com, hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com,
gayl...@brmemc.net,
cumbr...@cs2.ralabs.com, d...@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HCDX] Thurs morn logs
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5995?? MALI?? RTV du Mali?? May 28 0705-0730.?? At 0705 OM in French with news
featuring correspondent reports and actualities.? At 0715 into what sounded
like a magazine-type program with musical bridges between topics.? Frequent
ID's -- "...Radio Mali." -- were heard. throughout in FF.? OM talking continued
past 0730 tune-out.? Poor to fair signal.? (Barker-PA)
9575?? MOROCCO?? R. Mediteranee or Medi 1? May 28? 0735-0801.? Tuned in to News
with OM and YL in French interviewing people on phone.? At 0744 began a cluster
of ads and station promotional announcements all in FF for "Medi Un.".? This
continued until 0748 when Nx resumed, followed by more ads and promos at 0754.?
OM back at 0758 with station promo, jingle and ID in FF and Arabic.? Nx in AA
by YL began at 0800.? (barker-PA)
9690?? NIGERIA? Voice of Nigeria?? May 28? *0800-0830.??Sign-on announcement in
listed Hausa followed by drums and bird calls.? Immediately into News by OM.?
Apparent national news as Nigeria is mentioned repeately throughout.? At
0815?same OM with apparent?NX of Africa, with several different countries
mentioned, including Zimbabwe and Congo.? Also mentioned HIV and Aids a few
times.? Tribal music came on at 0825 as the signal deteriorated badly.? YL
could be heard in the background of band noise at 0830.? (Barker-PA)
Bruce Barker, Broomall, PA.? Equipment: NRD535D and Alpha Delta DX Sloper
antenna.?
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 18:11:09 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <gree...@otenet.gr>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Vatican Radio to experiment with advertising to defray
costs
Message-ID: <4a1ed3bd.15430.358...@greekdx.otenet.gr>
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Vatican Radio to experiment with advertising to defray costs
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=16125
Vatican City, May 28, 2009 / 03:05 am (CNA).- Vatican Radio has
announced that it will carry advertising in an attempt to help defray its 21.4
million Euro ($29.8 million) annual operating fees.
The official broadcasting service of the Holy See, Vatican Radio has never
carried advertising in its almost 80 year history. Three years ago, Vatican
Spokesman Frederico Lombardi said that the radio?s audience was too
geographically, linguistically and ethnically diverse to appeal to advertisers.
On Friday, however, he announced Vatican Radio would begin accepting
advertisements, ANSA reports.
A Tuesday press conference held by Fr. Lombardi and Bishop Renato
Boccardo, Secretary of the Governorate of Vatican City, stressed that the
project is in an experimental phase and that the ads will be placed at
appropriate times in between regular programming.
The first ads will be run by Italian electricity utility ENEL. The ads will be
broadcast in five languages from July 6 to September 27.
''We are proud to have been chosen as the first advertiser for a radio station
that is among the most wide-reaching in the world,'' ENEL President Piero
Gnudi said, according to ANSA.
Vatican Radio generates almost no revenue currently, but is considered a
vital contributor to spreading the Gospel.
The station employs about 200 journalists and transmits news, religious
events and music programs across the world in 47 languages.
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 08:21:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 28, 2009
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** ANGUILLA. 11775 fixed mix with local MW 1610 programming as heard the past
two days: May 28 at 1311, Pastor Melissa Scott all by herself; even the ChiCom
jamming was barely audible. A pity: 99% of SWLs would rather hear the Carib
huxters along with live local Caribbean Beacon continuity announcements between
1000 and 1600. PMS and DGS should take a daily break and give us a chance to
hear the real Anguilla unimpeded without leaving it to technical breakdowns
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. 6030, CFVP, May 28 at 1249 with 6:49 = 11 till 7 timecheck; weak but
clear, altho not heard a few minutes earlier. Sunrise enhancement? No, Calgary
sunrise is now 1130 UT. 1253 plug ``old time country favourites``, ``Classic
Country`` ID, and they meant it with Johnny Cash`s ``Walk the Line`` played
next.
At this time not even a carrier from CFRX 6070, perhaps totally absorbed over
summer daytime path now, or off the air? WYFR 6085 weakly audible in Spanish
with 100x the CFRX power aimed south, 1000x the CFVP power (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA [and non]. For the last several months, RCI has been oblivious to the
collision with China`s Japanese service on 7325; at best, the two signals were
roughly equal here, but by May 28 RCI has weakened greatly, putting CRI on top,
at 1259 check with Chinese traditional music pr?lude, 1300 IS and opening in
Japanese, way over RCI, so buried I could not even be positive it was in
Spanish as scheduled until 1305; and running another hour in Chinese, which
must be a total loss (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake check May 28: at 1239, 9000 kHz had not only FD, but atop
it, `anvil` pounding at the rate of six times a second. Additional jamming as
June 3-4 approaches, so one can`t even enjoy the jammusic? These were
continuous bangs, no pauses like the `bonker` heard on various other
frequencies such as 11740. Could be a ute legitimately on 9000, but none such
heard here before. Anvil still pounding at 1304, and Firedrake resuming at 1305
after hourtop pause. 1325 still anvil, but at 1353 FD in the clear. Only other
FD noted was 13970 at 1352, just barely audible, but anvilless.
11605 a big mess of QRM at 1356 May 28; CNR1 jamming and het from something
deliberately off frequency. Aoki shows RFA Tibetan via Tinian until 1400; but
at 1400 it all cleared up as RFA introduced Vietnamese, which per Aoki is via
Tanshui, Taiwan site. It seems that Vietnam is not so afraid of outside ideas
getting in; are they doing any jamming at all of less benign clandestines?
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RHC caught my ear May 28 at 0538 on 11760 as they were reporting on
Western Sahara. It seems Cuba hosts an ambassador from that non-country and
supports the Polisario in their struggle against Morocco for
self-determination. Clips of the ambassador speaking Spanish were included.
Yet for months and months, RHC blocked the only SW frequency of LV de la RASD,
6300, by negligently putting a mixing product of 6060 leapfrogging over 6180 on
there until 0700. Could that have been a factor in Cuba switching 6180 to 6140,
thus moving the spur to 6220? Naah, too far-fetched.
The abysmal quality of the broken English RHC announcers speak these days is
notable; are they taking lessons from R. Nacional de Venezuela? The above item
was presented by one Alex Silva. The YL host of the broadcast, whose name I
didn`t catch, is just as bad, not only accent but bad grammar. RHC really needs
to advertise for new hires, such as more hijackers, or at least political
refugees, whose native language is AmerEnglish.
The next item accused W?shington of waging biological war against Cuba, such as
viruses released in 1952(?) to ruin the Cuban agricultural harvest, supposedly
verified by US government documents now available; 1979-1982, CIA released four
plagues against Cuba, including conjunctivitis and dengue, the latter affecting
340,000 people of whom 1,058 died; so reports Juan-Carlos somebody. Can any of
this be true? Then into some nice Cuban music.
For the second time this week, a WORLD OF RADIO airing on WRMI 9955 audible
without any DentroCuban jamming, Thursday May 28 at 0547 check, poor signal but
in the clear. If the DCJC has efforted to turn off the jamming when uncalled
for at such times, thank you very much. Further monitoring will show whether
these were flukes. Cuba has had to start an austerity program, but one would
assume jamming retains its top priority for the fluid of electricidad (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also KOREA NORTH, RUSSIA: QRM
** JAPAN. R. Nikkei frequently plays synthesized classical music shortly before
sign-off, Isao Tomita? One such time was Thursday May 28 at 1241 on 6055; poor
signal as too much summer daylight on path now, and anyway at 1244 cut it off
for Japanese announcements and/or commercials. Also on // 9595 (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA NORTH. VOK with usual bluster on 11710, which would be ludicrous if it
weren`t a serious situation --- no, it`s still ludicrous, May 28 at 1315,
stronger than // 9335; bandscanning further up at 1324, found same over/under
RHC 13760. Perhaps the current crisis leads them to add more frequencies? Altho
this one is useless, Commies clashing with Commies. No, checking the sked, the
1300 English broadcast is also on 13760 and 15245 for Europe (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 12000, VOR Chinese at 1310 May 28 again heavily distorted and
strong, ruining reception of RHC. Is anyone paying attention in Khabarovsk, or
Moskva? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 21:27:31 +0200
From: Manuel M?ndez <manuelmend...@gmail.com>
To: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
Subject: [HCDX] LRA 36
Message-ID: <4a1ee5a3.1090...@gmail.com>
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Manuel M?ndez
Lugo, Espa?a
Grundig Satellit 500 y Sony ICF SW 7600G
Antena de cable 8 metros
ANTARTIDA, 15476, LRA 36 Radio Nacional Arc?ngel San Gabriel, Base
Esperanza, 1820-1906, 28-05. Siguen las buenas condiciones de
propagaci?n para sintonizar a esta emisora. Escuchada hoy con m?sica,
luego, a las 1825 comentario deportivo por locutora "Barcelona sigue de
fiesta luego de ganar la Champions Ligue de f?tbol, consigui? por
primera vez en su historia, Champions, Liga y Copa del Rey", resultados
de los tenistas argentinos en Roland Garros, canciones argentinas,
identificaci?n por locutor: "Sabe Vd. que la Base Esperanza se encuentra
a 63? 24' latitud Sur, 56? 59' longitud Oeste, desde aqu? transmitimos
todos los d?as de 15 a 18 horas por 15476 kHz. para todo el mundo".
"Continuamos con nuestro programa de Esperanza al mundo, pueden
escribirnos a trav?s de nuestro correo electr?nico
lr...@infovia.com.ar". 24322. (M?ndez)
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:07 -0000
From: <ka4...@peoplepc.com>
To: "worlddx" <lebedevs...@rambler.ru>, "Shortwaveworld Shortwaveworld
Shortwaveworld" <shortwavewo...@yahoogroups.com>, "Robert Wilkner"
<r...@earthlink.net>, "Marie Lamb" <mal...@cumbredx.org>,
<hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>,
<gaylevanh...@monitoringtimes.com>,
"CUMBREDX" <cumbr...@cs2.ralabs.com>, "Chuck B" <ka4...@peoplepc.com>,
"Anker Petersen" <anker.peter...@mail.dk>, <wghau...@yahoo.com>,
<d...@yahoogroups.com>, "Logs DSWCI Logs DSWCI Logs DSWCI"
<l...@directbox.com>
Subject: [HCDX] ClewistonUSA Thur DX late/Fri DX early
Message-ID: <006001c9dff0$6fa9bdb0$fac8a...@hp98588948284>
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reply-type=original
Bolivia, 6155.21, Radio Fides, 2310-2355, Noted a male and female
in Spanish language comments. Lots of "high octane" comments, but
weak and in the noise. At 2325 music presented for a moment. Signal was
threshold under noise if that's possible? Rechecked the freq at 2355
and signal had improved somewhat. (Chuck Bolland, May 28, 2009)
Honduras, 3250, Radio Luz Y Vida, 2335-2350, Noticed two individuals
in Spanish language comments during the period. Signal was poor.
(Chuck Bolland, May 28, 2009)
South Africa, 3320, Radio Sondergrense, 2340-2359, Noted a male and
female in comments. Signal was very poor and being covered with noise,
so couldn't hear language well enough to identify; however, Afrikaans is
listed for this station. (Chuck Bolland, May 28, 2009)
Chile, 6070, Voz Cristiana, 2349-2359, Noted a male in steady Spanish
comments which were probably religious. At 2352 a station break for
promos then back to comments. Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland,
May 28, 2009)
Clewiston, Florida
Watkins Johnson HF1000
http://www.orchidcitysoftware.com/IMAGE59.HTML
Updated on the 24th of this month.
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 10:36:40 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in>
To: dxld <d...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] Strong interest in DRM digital radio amongst Indian FM
broadcasters
Message-ID: <744361.30022...@web95404.mail.in2.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Mumbai, May 28 2009 - A DRM Digital Radio Mondiale session was very well
received by the commercial FM broadcasters in the annual India Radio Forum held
in Mumbai on Wednesday.? The event?s special session titled ?Digital Broadcast
? Changing the World of Radio? was attended by delegates from most of the
biggest Indian FM broadcast companies.
The session was a first introduction for India?s private broadcast industry to
the many benefits of DRM digital radio. The broadcasters were particularly
interested in the key features opening new commercial opportunities, including
up to four services per frequency and multimedia services like EPG, Journaline
text information service and Slideshow. They also experienced the 5.1 digital
surround sound of a DRM+ broadcast, which was on display throughout the day.
The programme makers and creative heads were impressed with the excellent audio
quality and reception robustness of DRM broadcasts. (Source; drm.org)
The regular All India Radio broadcast from Delhi on DRM SW, officially launched
in January, could be heard by delegates live on various DRM receivers. The
Indian state broadcaster ? All India Radio ? has recently announced its
decision to adopt DRM for the upcoming transition to Digital Radio. Seventy per
cent of the country is planned to be covered with DRM broadcasts by the end of
government?s 11th five year plan. This analogue-to-digital migration plan is in
line with the analogue radio switch off date of 2015.
India Radio Forum (IRF) brings together all the major Indian FM players. Here
the present and future of commercial FM is discussed, and best of the industry
performance is celebrated. This was the first time that a digital radio session
was organised during IRF. After the session, many broadcasters showed strong
interest in exploring this option and taking their present analogue FM business
to the next level of service offerings and revenue opportunities.
CVC ?The Voice Asia? ran a DRM broadcast to Mumbai for the India Radio Forum on
27th May. The transmission ran from 05:30 to 11:30 UTC (11:00 ? 17:00 local
time, India) on 17695 kHz in the Hindi language, transmitted from J?lich.
Picture: Alexander Zink (Broadcast Applications, Fraunhofer IIS) and Vineeta
Dwivedi (Project Director, DRM) during the ?Digital broadcast: Changing the
World of Radio? at the India Radio Forum on 27th May 2009.
http://www.drm.org/fileadmin/media/downloads/DRM_IRF09_Press_Release_2009-05-27_v3.pdf
(drm.org)
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