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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs March 22-24, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
2. NHK A-11 schedule (Wolfgang Bueschel)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:37:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs March 22-24, 2011
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** ALGERIA [non]. 7295, RTA via Issoudun, FRANCE, March 23 at 0517 with very
heavy echo. I wish monitors in Europe and elsewhere would check whether they
hear such an echo on this as it still does not make propagational sense for
long/short path and may be caused by something else. Some could even measure
the delay in milliseconds as a significant clue (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36 still no-show, March 23 at 1322, while Turkey was
fair on 15480 // 15350. No 15476 carrier at 1348 either. March 24, still
nothing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake March 23:
8400, poor at 1324; no 10300 or any other found.
17790, March 24 at 1306 and still at 1324, big collision between BBC Uzbek via
Woofferton, and CNR1 jamming at about equal level // 7540 jammer against BBC
Mandarin via Thailand. Uzbek is at 1300-1330 only. So the ChiCom continue to
intervene in the internal affairs of Uzbekistan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. RHC has finally updated its own schedule March 24 showing
timeshifts for Spanish and other changes, as previously publicized in DXLD.
http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/c_frecuencia/frecuencias.htm
Have not compared it line by line to our version, but does show English at
19-20 on 11760, 23-24 on 5040, both one hour earlier now. Also still shows 6050
in use at 01-07, despite promises to HCJB that RHC would not be using it in
A-11.
11760 in Spanish is shown at ``24-05`` but nothing there March 23 at 0221. I
check again at 0502, and now 11760 is on and in English, contrary to schedule.
Apparently these are just sloppy overruns of the scheduled Spanish, with the
feed switching to English at 05. This time 11760 went off at 0504. At 0505,
6010 was still off, believed to be the same transmitter. By 0509 it had come
on, in English.
Meanwhile, at 0503, despite Spanish ending at 0500, `Revista Informativa de la
Noche` was starting another playback on 12010; then the signal began to cut
down, but not out, like a loose connexion in the antenna, or maybe an
uncooperative off-switch.
9790, at 0509 had huge open carrier, no doubt the 250 kW 305 degree relay of
CRI at 0300-0500 still not turned off. Has happened before.
9955, Israel Radio via WRN via WRMI with an English report about Syria at 0510
March 23 has lite bubble-jamming intermittently, not what we usually hear from
Cuba, but can`t imagine it coming from anywhere else.
Next night, UT March 24, I tune 11760 at 0455 and some British tune is playing,
but 0456 RHC Spanish signing off until 1100, giving all the morning
frequencies. Now it`s // 5040, 12010 and 12040. At 0504, 11760 is still on but
in English, 12010 is off, but 12040 is still on not // with music, presumably
Spanish service. At 0516 final check of 6010, and this time it has still not
come up in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 3325 and 3345 RRIs, March 24 at 1223 as I tune in sound like they
are //, same talk and music, but as I bring up second receiver on weaker
antenna, at 1225 they are not //, maybe just having split apart (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 15515, Kuwait still missing after mistaken appearance earlier; March
23 at 1303 it`s VIRI mentioning Indonesia, news sounder, 1308 website sounded
like www.indonesian.irib.ir but that does not work nor indonesia without the n.
M&W conversation, fair with flutter in the 1230-1330 service (Glenn Hauser, OK,
DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** LIBYA. 17725, VOAf from the GJ chex: March 23 at 1350, poor in Swahili.
17725, March 24 at 1303 fair with good modulation in Swahili, ``Radio Libya ---
habari``. Listened inattentively to English 1400-1500+ but heard nothing
topical (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NIGERIA. 15120, looking for VON again March 23 at 0500, but inaudible,
probably off. 15160 Australia had a fair signal this night.
15120, March 24 at 0459, VON is back with program previews by YL for after
1800. Still scratchy audio. 0500 GMT timecheck and into `Von-Scope` news
introduced by drumming. Audio became more distorted for the news. Tonight it`s
the only station on band, no sign of Australia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 11895, REE, March 23 at 0505 with token Catalan newscast. Has been
M-F at this time, but when and where will it be in A-11? Presumably followed by
Galician, but not Basque.
This repeat was missing from the B-10 schedule, nor is it on this version of
the A-11,
http://programasdx.com/principal_archivos/frecuenciasreea11.pdf
just M-F at 2330. Altho official-looking, it`s on a DX website as the URL
implies, and in the past has proven not to be accurate (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA. 9725, March 24 at 0321, good signal tho aimed 100 degrees from
Sfax, especially heartfelt Qur`an performance, but 0329 a group joins in so
maybe not a strict recitation. Still in at 0440 with good signal in secular
Arabic music. As usual, on the air in the hour earlier than HFCC registered
*0400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. Dragan Lekic reports that IBB added some shortwave frequencies
for Libya from R. Sawa, the rebranded VOA Arabic service which abandoned SW for
MW and FM years ago (altho a brief special program for Darfur was put on SW
last year).
SW hours are 0730-1300 only, i.e. mid-day in Libya, I suppose when MW 990 from
Cyprus can`t make it to Tripoli. The final set of frequencies until 1300 were
reported as 17880, 17555, 15325, 13835, 11950. Propagation was poor on March
23, and all I could hear at 1250 was a JBA signal on 17555.
It was better on March 24: 1250 tune-in to pop music best on 17880, next best
// 15325, and then 17555, but not audible on 13835 or 11950. 1255 Arabic
announcement, back to more music, YL with rock song but not sure of language.
17880 cut off the air at 1257* while 17555 and 15325 continued. 15325 off at
1300, and I thought 17555 too until I heard the VOA Yankee Doodle Dandy
sign-off until 1302*. Never caught a R. Sawa ID, but no doubt that was it.
Sites: 17880 Kuwait, 17555 and 15325 Botswana (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 2390, WWRB: March 23 at 0215 has YL preacher // 5050, Scare on 3185,
barker on 3195. So maybe WORLD OF RADIO at 0330 UT Friday will be back on both
2390 and 5050 unlike last week? 2390 // 5050 again March 24 at 0143, but 3195
is not on, so is WWRB finished testing there? No, Dave Frantz tells me:
``Transmitter #3 3.185 had an antenna issue: We switched transmitter #4 3.195
to 3.185. Should be back up tonight.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 5755, WTWW is back on the air March 23 at 0216, having been off both
frequencies on March 22. George McClintock explained March 23 at 0155:
``Glenn, A plate loading cap went mechanically bad and would not turn at
frequency change time. Then after replacement with a spare, a water leak
developed that took several hours to correct. Then during the night the drive
tube went bad. Then we had a power shut down by the power company in the
morning so a new set of transformers could be installed to power up # 3
transmitter. What a hell of a 24 hours. George Mc``
9479 also back on air March 23 at 1323, usual VG signal but with hum and warbly
unstable carrier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1558 monitoring: Wednesday March 23 on WBCQ webcast,
and presumably 7415, `Amos `n` Andy` ran additional episode until 2130, then
played back WOR 1556 from last week. Altho 1558 was ready just in time for
2115, WBCQ could not get it on the air. (Note: my mistake in skipping 1557 in
numbering the shows: there was none with that number.)
1558 presumably aired first on WRMI at 0330 UT Thursday March 24. And
definitely at 1500, barely audible on 9955 but confirmed on webcast. Next WRMI
airings are: Thursday 2100, Friday 1430, Saturday 0800, 1400, 1730, Sunday
0800, 1530, 1730. On WWRB: UT Friday 0330 on 2390 and/or 5050; on WWCR: Friday
2030 on 7465 (next week replaced by 15825), Saturday 1600 on 12160, Sunday 0630
on 3215; on IPAR, Saturday 1900 on 6090, 1566, 1368; presumably replaced in
April by 1800 on 7290 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WWV, 10000, has developed a serious spur problem. March 24 at 1627,
strong distorted spurs around 9950 and 10050, and weaker ones on 9900 and
10100. Especially bothered is VOLMET on 10051. Tnx to William Hassig tip,
making this in its third day already (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Viz.:
Last night on WWV 10 MHz I noticed strong spurs about 50 kHz either side of 10
MHz at 9950 and 10050 kHz. Also two weak spurs at 9900 and 10100. The carriers
of these spurs were wildly unstable. They were amplitude modulated by the same
program as 10 MHz but with some distortion. I tried contacting nist.gov but was
unable to send email to them. I was using an old Panasonic RF2600 portable with
analog tuning knob but also has digital readout. Just now I tried Drake R8 and
the spurs are still there +- about 49 kHz. Upper spur causing QRM to aviation
weather on 10051 usb. On 10 MHz, announcements, other than time announcement,
are distorted and muffled (William T Hassig, IL, 1317 UT March 23, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** U S A. 1200, March 22 at 1745 UT on caradio, gold ad during talkshow, very
poor signal and then fading out. Presumed WOAI almost 500 miles away, remnant
skywave even tho it`s past equinox and only half a sesquihour before local mean
noon (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [non]. 9660, March 24 good signal at 0319, English report about a
community radio station in Kenya, marred by recording in an echoey room. It`s
Vatican Radio via MADAGASCAR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6925.1-AM, pirate with hard rock, poor signal March 24 at 0448.
Somewhat better at 0520 when repeats a canned announcement about six times with
long pauses, but all I can copy in it is ``echo kilo``. Is that enough for
someone to ID this? Then back to some slower rock music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 7211 approx., constant noise at 0510 March 24, but also noted 2
or 3 hours earlier. Atop weaker 7210 broadcaster, presumably VOR in Spanish.
Suspect the noise has something to do with Ethiopia/Eritrea as 7210 is also a
R. Fana frequency per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:55:04 +0100
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <buesch...@web.de>
To: "HCDX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, "DXLD"
<d...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] NHK A-11 schedule
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JAPAN NHK World - R. Japan - A-11 summer season file
Arabic
0600-0630 ME 11975iss
2015-2145 ME MW1350yer 89.3+107.2 MHz in Palestine
Bengali
1300-1345 swAS 11685sng
Burmese
1030-1100 seAS 11740sng
1430-1500 seAS 11740sng
2340-2400 seAS 13650
Chinese
0900-0930 AS 6090
1200-1230 AS 6090
1300-1330 AS/seAS 6190 9455
1430-1500 AS 6190
1530-1600 AS 6190
1600-1630 seAS 11730
2230-2250 AS 9560
2240-2300 seAS 13650
2340-2400 AS 15195
2340-2400 seAS 17810
English
0500-0530 AF/EU 5975rmp 11970iss
0500-0530 NoAM 6110sac
1000-1030 OC/Hawaii 9625 9840
1000-1030 seAS 9605
1100-1130 EUR 9760wof, Fris only DRM mode
1200-1230 NoAM 6120sac
1200-1230 seAS 9695
1300-1330 AS 15735uzb [alt 15660uzb]
1400-1430 seAS 11705
1400-1430 AS 15735uzb [alt 15660uzb]
1400-1430 EU/AF 21560iss
French
0530-0600 AF 11730iss 13840mdg
1230-1300 AF 17690mdg
Hindi
0130 0200 swAS 11740uzb
1430-1515 swAS 15745mdg
Indonesian
0945-1030 seAS 6140sng
1315-1400 seAS 11705
2310-2340 seAS 17810
Japanese
0100-0500 seAS 17810
0200-0500 AS 15195
0200-0300 seAS 11780sng
0200-0400 SoAM 11935bon
0200-0500 ME/AS 17560
0200-0500 CeAM 5960sac
0200-0500 AS 15325
0700-0800 AS 6145 6165
0700-1700 AS 9750
0800-0900 SoAM 9825
0800-1000 seAS/AF 11740sng 15290iss
0900-1000 SoAM 9795sac
1000-1700 seAS 11815
1300-1500 CeAM 11655sac
1500-1700 AF/swAS/SoAS 12045sng
1500-1700 EU/AF 17735iss
1700-1900 AF/ME 15445wer
1700-1900 EU/AF 11945iss
1700-1900 AS 6035 7225
1700-1900 SoAM 9835
1900-2200 CeAS/ME 11670
2000-2400 CeAS/ME 11910
2000-2100 OC 9625
2000-2200 AS 6085
2100-2200 OC 13640
2200-2300 ME 9620wer
2200-2400 AS 13680
2200-2400 SAM 15265bon
Korean
0915-0945 AS 6160
1130-1200 AS 6090
1230-1300 AS 6190
1400-1430 AS 6190
1500-1530 AS 6190
2210-2230 AS 9560
Persian
0400-0430 ME 11730uzb
1430-1500 ME 13680iss 88.0MHz Kabul
1630-1700 ME MW927tjk
Portuguese
0930-1000 SAM 6145chl
2130-2200 SAM 11880chl
Russian
0330-0400 EU MW738mos MW1386sit
0430-0500 EU 6165sit
0530-0600 AS 11715 11760
0800-0830 AS 6145 6165
1130-1200 EU 9760wof, Fris only DRM mode
1130-1200 AS 6185
1600-1630 EU MW738mos MW927tjk
Spanish
0400-0430 SAM 6195bon
0500-0530 CAM 6080bon
1000-1030 Ce-SoAM 6120sac 6195bon
Swahili
0315-0400 AF 7395mdg
1730-1800 AF 13730mdg
Thai
1130-1200 seAS 11740sng
1230-1300 seAs 9695
2300-2320 seAS 13650
Urdu
1515-1600 swAS 7410uzb MW927tjk
Vietnamese
1100-1130 seAS 9695
1230-1300 seAS 11740sng
2320-2340 seAS 13650
Relays:
bon Bonaire, Neth Antilles
chl Santiago, Chile
dhb Al Dhabayya, UAE
iss Issoudun, France
mdg Madagascar
mos Moscow, Russia
rmp Rampisham, wof Woofferton UK
sac Sackville, Canada
sit Sitkunai, Lithuania
sng Kranji, Singapore
tjk Dushanbe, Tajikistan
uzb Tashkent, Uzbekistan
wer Wertachtal, Germany
yer Gavar Yerevan, Armenia
URL: <http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/radio/shortwave/all_201103.pdf>
(NHK Radio Japan, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews March 9;
final updated NHK, via Alexey Zinevich-BLR, dxld March 24)
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