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martedì 31 luglio 2012

Domo i Viti (Fiji Democracy) 11565 kHz

Ascolto AM (orari UTC)

Lunedì 23 luglio 2012
08.47 - 11565 kHz (2)
DOMO I VITI (FIJI DEMOCRACY) - Furman
Parlato OMs e canzoni melodiche locali nel dialetto di Fiji.
Segnale insufficiente-sufficiente
Solo il lunedì.

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QTH
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Rapallo (Genova) - Italia

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RACK 1 (LW-MW-SW)
R7 Drake (1)
VR5000DSP Yaesu (2)
PL-660 Tecsun (3)
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Loop in ferrite ACA di 75 cm interna (@70 kHz-2 MHz)
Loop magnetico 150x100 cm su finestra (@2-5,5 MHz)
Dipolo aperto esterno 21 m (@5.5-30 MHz)

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Amplificatore RF K0LR-WA1ION per loop in ferrite
Amplificatore RF LX1456 NE per loop magnetico e dipolo aperto
Baluns 1:1 a choke di RG174 (6 spire - diametro 15 cm) per dipolo aperto
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 (modificato W8JI)
Splitter 0-1000 MHz a 2 vie

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RACK 2 (LW-MW)
E5 Etón (6)
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Loop in ferrite ACA di 75 cm interna (@70 kHz-2 MHz)

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REGISTRATORI
Digitali Sony
ICD-B500 (R7)
ICD-BX112 (VR5000DSP - E5)
ICD-BX800 (PL-660)
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Musicassette
TRC-1149 Sanyo (R7)

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Audacity 2.0.0 (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 4.0 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 5.8.5 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.3 demo (orologio mondiale)
Multimode 6.2.4 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.0.7 demo (orologio mondiale)

Glenn Hauser logs July 30-31, 2012

** AUSTRALIA. 11945, July 31 at 1356, RA with a 2-minute break in Olympic coverage for ABC News, because live H2Opolo is imminent at hourtop involving the Oz team. Tough luck if you expect news on the hour to be sacrosanct on RA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake, July 31 before 2000:
13780, poor at 1941
9455, poor at 1941, matches 13780 but on one receiver can`t be positive they are synchro //. 13780 has RFA Chinese at 17-20 via Tajikistan; 9455 is same at 17-21 via Saipan plus -22 via Tinian. These dratted ChiCom jammers are useful propagation indicators, the best/only things propagating from Asia on these bands at these hours.

Before 1300, late start, just heard:
15560, fair at 1259
16920, poor to 1300*

Before 1400, full scan 11-18 MHz 1349-1355 found only:
15490, fair with flutter, at 1349, het on lo side
15605, good with flutter, at 1359, het on lo side
Both of course vs. jumparound V. of Tibet via Tajikistan
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, July 30 at 1938, R. Africa on again with YL gospel huxter, poor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 13750, July 31 at 0503, music, just missed quick Qur`an, shux; Russian announcement, 0504 VIRI ID, news theme; fair with flutter. Aoki shows 500 kW, 358 degrees from Kamalabad. Checked // 15480 as heard recently but not propagating there, 500 kW, 322 degrees from Sirjan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 15540, July 30 at 2050, R. Kuwait has expanded the 3-minute `News in Brief` to 4 minutes! Wow, must be because of Olympic coverage; concluding weather was most concerned with winds but finally admitted a hi of 50 degrees (122 F), while it was only 108 (42+ C) on my OK monitoring porch in the shade (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MAURITANIA. 7245, July 31 at 0457, undermodulated Arabic/rap? Somewhat weaker than 7275 Tunisia; IGIM on early or all-night? Might be more of this for Ramadan, but you never know with this station (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 1140, July 31 at 0511, hyper gospel huxter in Spanish, a real Jesus-freak, inviting phone calls with prayer requests, and putting them on the air, with overmod/distortion. Frequently gives numbers ``en cabina`` 83-75-50-51 y 83-75-50-55, one or the other of which is busy; 0514 mentions iglesia in Colonia del Prado.

It`s now certain to be XEMR Monterrey, Radio Esperanza, and a *local* program, not relaying frequency- and namesake Cartagena, Colombia station. There are several Colonias del Prado in Mexico, top hit Monterrey, also Monclova, Reynosa, and in Costa Rica, and phone numbers lead directly to XEMR includinghttps://es-es.facebook.com/RadioEsperanza1140
http://es-es.facebook.com/pages/Centro-Cristiano-Cristo-es-la-Roca/116385445105010

Meanwhile XEMR faded down a bit boosting a 72/minute SAH = 1.2 Hz with another Spanish station looping further west, altho that does not seem to fit for the 5 other XEs on 1140 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Another day with some sporadic-E analog TV DX, UT July 31:
0034 on 2, CCI in Spanish shows up from SSW peak
0034 on 3, Spanish, seems Olympic
0049 on 5, Olay commercial appears for a few sex
0104 on 3, net-5 with Olympic hilites, men`s synchro diving; CCI
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NEWFOUNDLAND [and non]. 6160.88, July 31 at 0458 check, still an A-note het from off-frequency CKZN vs CKZU 6160-. Some in Canada recently reported CKZN on ``6160``, presumably not concerned with such details (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 930, July 31 at 0521 UT, the indominable one [undominantable?], WKY OKC has conceded to the CCI, merely transmitting dead air (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN [non]. 11880, July 31 at 1251, via COSTA RICA, REE is another station blowing away regular programming for Olympic coverage, at the moment rock music in English pause instead of Basque, VG here and also JBA on // 11910 via CHINA; at 1314, instead of `Españoles en la Mar`, ID in passing for ``Radio Thinco Olímpico`` domestic network relay and more English rock music. Let the mariners sink; first things first! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN [non]. 7570, July 31 at 0456 check, RTI via WYFR is still in wrong 0400 language, English instead of Spanish; had not checked for a few nights, but likely has continued so thruout (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12133.5-USB, July 31 at 0118, and 0501 quick check during news, AFN, Saddlebunch Keys FL is active, altho someone in Florida just reported it has been missing from this frequency; maybe skips over (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 15090, July 31 at 1352, very poor, weak talk and singing, chanting, no perceptible break at hourtop. No doubt it`s IBB`s R. Azadi = R. Free Afghanistan via KUWAIT, supposed to switch from Pashto to Dari at 1400, after which I did take it as Farsish. Aoki shows the two languages alternating 0830-1430, then R. Ashna doing the same until 1630, all via Kuwait except 0830-0930 Thailand. However, HFCC shows since 9 June that hour is also via Kuwait.

It`s rather strange that IBB would invade the off-route aeronautical band below 15100, otherwise inhabited only by Egypt and India, and pirates. BTW, India is finally showing up in HFCC A-12. You can`t tell me there are no other available frequencies up to 15850. I bet IBB would never allow it from Greenville. Are there just no real aero users of the 15090 area to object? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, July 30 at 1943, WTWW-3 is on in Arabic, but poor signal vs 12160 WWCR VG, so must be on much reduced power (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7555.0, July 31 at 0118, KJES has achieved onfrequenciness here too, during Spanish catechisms. Remaining to be confirmed: 15385 at 18-20. I quickly check some others: WBCQ on 7489.9, WTJC still 9368-.

WRNO on 7506.4, usual distortion on modulation at 0118 July 31; dead air at 0245, so no distortion! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1680, July 31 at 0506 UT, opening C2C ``on KMLB 540 and KMLB.com``. So KRJO Monroe LA not only has changed format from distinctive `Old School` music to talk, but also has become just an unacknowledged simulcaster of sister station at other end of dial. I imagine KMLB has local coverage problems at night vs XEWA et al. NRC AM Log shows U4 1000 watts at night, but STA for U1 65 watts, CP for 26 watts! Much less competition and certainly 1 kW ND on 1680 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENNG DIGEST)

** VATICAN [non]. Checking VR before the alleged imminent demise of relays via Sackville: 9610, UT July 31 at 0249 French via BONAIRE is ending and the IS plays at 0249:45 just as a barely perceptible subaudible heterodyne starts, as the Sackville carrier is turned on, then Bonaire turned off, and 0250 opening English. This is so smooth that casual listeners would never guess there was a drastic site switch (unless reception differed greatly between them, which it does not here, both very strong beamed USward). Previously I have heard some overlap of unsynchronized ISes, but not this time. Perhaps UT August 1 will be the finale after 0250, unless this was it already; as usual, opening says nothing about canceling Sackville after July 31. Bonaire could just continue until 0400* instead of 0250* and retain English until 0320; // 7305 Sackville also starts abruptly at 0250.

13765, July 31 after 0500, VR English to Africa, due west from MADAGASCAR provides good reception way off here in deep North America, for those who still want to hear The Pope`s Voice, tho program content differs from the ex-EurAmerican service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9634.012, July 31 at 1306, some audio making a B5-note het [988 Hz] below something weaker on 9635.0. What`s on `9635` at this hour? Aoki shows CRI Hindi via Kashgar, Serbia 17 kW from Belgrade in English, and the all-day VOV-1 service, 100 kW, 145 degrees from Hanoi-Sontay, VIETNAM. My money`s on the latter as off-frequency. Unless: no hits on 9634 for Vietnam found in DXLD archive, instead, from 10-36:

``9634+, spur from R. Australia, Sept 7 [2010] at 1216, putting big slightly less than 1 kHz het to roughly equal strength CVC Miami via Chile in Spanish on 9635, with Late Nite Live interview // 9590, 9580, 9560, 9475, so impossible to tell which Shepparton transmitter it`s coming from, but doesn`t compute as a mix among any of them.`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

lunedì 30 luglio 2012

Glenn Hauser logs July 28-29, 2012

** AUSTRALIA. 11945, July 29 at 1309, RA covering cycling in London. Seems they have blown away their regular programming for Olympic stuff! So no ``inquisition`` in the Sunday night religion program for a couple weeks. Who wants to listen to the Olympix instead of seeing these overwhelmingly visual events? (Don`t tell me RA has suddenly decided to specialize in blind listeners, who could also hear video soundtrax.) RA online program schedule still claims religious `Sunday Nights` is at 12-16 on both Asian and Pacific streams. Don`t you believe it! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 21284-USB, July 28 at 2012, PT7ZT, quick contest contacts in English with 3-digit serial numbers appended to RS readings, now surpassing 300. Chooses different common fonetix for ZT from one utterance to another, instead of being imaginative. SSOB, virtually the OSOB. Mostly working US stations, virtually inaudible, while PT7ZT has bigsig. No activity on 12 or 10 meters; but see UNID for 11m. And hardly anything on 13m SWBC either. RNB or any other ZY station could have been successfully broadcasting an external service to North America on 21 MHz.

Or maybe not, as we seem to have a pipeline just from Ceará, as PT7ZT appears at QRZ.com:

Carlos MOReira [sic]

Rua Pamela Loren, 59 - Mangabeira

61760-000 Eusebio CE

Brazil

Heard again at 2026, but sounds like a different op, who closes contacts with QRZ? unlike the first one, and has a stronger accent. Suspect it`s really a club station, now up to contact #325. There is some ACI from other too-close hams like 21282. I have no idea what contest this is and no one ever mentions it, as that would occupy some seconds, wastefully driving down their ultimate scores, and nothing else matters (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COSTA RICA [and non]. 17850, July 28 at 1859 check, REE relay is splattering only about 12 kHz plus/minus! So today BBC 17795 is sufficiently audible QRM-free. BTW, on Saturdays, 17850 stays on well past 2000, so we have both that and TDP DRM GUF on 17870-17875-17880 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 17580, July 29 at 1410, no RHC, tho inbooming on 17730. Like 17730, 17580 is supposed to be on at 11-15, but usually missing on Sundays inexplicably; perhaps a remnant of the long-gone `Aló, Presidente` relays of Venezuela which required transmitter and frequency shuffling (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, July 28 at 1950, R. Africa is active again for the second evening with gospel huxter in English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 15480, July 29 at 0527, VIRI IS, good signal but heavy flutter as overnight propagation has recovered. I settle in to listen to a sign-on, but instead this cuts off at 0530:10*. It`s the end of the 0500 Russian broadcast, 500 kW, 320 degrees from Sirjan, also USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 580, July 29 at 0504 UT, probably just after NA, ``La Rancherita del Aire, radio sin fronteras`` singing ID, then temps as 32C/90F; makes slow pumping SAH of 160/minute = 2 and two-thirds Hz with WIBW as IDed shortly. It is of course XEMU, Piedras Negras, Coahuila on the border. Did not catch calls, but gave 580 plus an uncopied FM frequency. Cantú shows that is another recent addition, XHEMU 103.7, and AM night power is 2.5 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 27185, July 28 at 2016, as I am checking the CB for skip, steady local signal relaying Air One, i.e. synchronous 91.1 KKRD Enid. Effectively blox the calling channel, but increases the Air One gospel-huxter audience locally among the coveted CB demographic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PAKISTAN [non]. 15560, July 29 at 0525, as I tune by, plug for http://www.mashaalradio.com which is scheduled 04-06, 250 kW, 90 degrees from Wertachtal, GERMANY. HFCC shows language as ``Pakistani`` but it`s really Pashto for the lawless border area with Afghanistan. Website also worx as .org, but the title spelling lax a double-a. Speaking of which, maybe IBB should start a similar service for the Mexican border area? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN [non]. 11880, July 29 at 1310, REE via COSTA RICA [q.v.] with `Mundofonías` world-music show, from Italy, Morocco, Burkina Faso/New York, Portugal, Argentina, etc. Always a most enjoyable hour on Sunday mornings, with very good reception (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 17530, July 29 at 1409 good signal in English, mentioning being ``doomed by the demonic``, and gun control, so a US gospel huxter? No, it must be VOA, as soon found // 15580 which is slightly behind. Yet both are listed this hour as São Tomé. Suspect Greenville-B is substituting on 17530 today, also accounting for this unusually good signal, along with sporadic E into VHF (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1627 monitoring: confirmed at 0400 UT Sunday July 29 on 5755, WTWW. Remaining repeats on WRMI 9955: Sun 1730, Mon 0500, 1130 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, July 29 at 0449 check, no signal from WTWW-3 which normally cuts off at 0500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 15225, July 29 at 0523, M&W Arabic talk, plug website http://www.al-waad.tv with letters spelt in English; 0531 choral music, flutter. This is the ``Hope Channel`` of AWR per the link to English version of website. HFCC shows 04-06, 250 kW, 120 degrees via Wertachtal, GERMANY, resuming at 07-08, 100 kW, 210 degrees in Arabic, plus other languages until 0900 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9873-SSB, July 29 at 1332, weak 2-way intruders in tonal Asian language. Intruders, assuming the 31m SWBC band officially extends to 9900 if not 9990. The chart on page 45 of the 2012 WRTH is not helpful with no precision but looks like it goes right up to 9990. Yet there remain regular utility spots like the RTTY on 9830 ignored by Turkey (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 17810-SSB, July 28 at 1953, Spanish 2-way intruders, including whistling. May have been a fraxion off this frequency, weak signals difficult to tune in (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 27065-AM, July 28 at 2017, after getting Brazil on 21284, I am checking higher bands. No activity on 24 or 28 MHz hambands, and most CB channels are empty, except here there is overmodulated colloquial Spanish, Cubanish accent, slight fading so apparently not local, and some very weak hets from other skip stations. One of his contacts concludes each transmission with three quick beeps (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

AUSTRALIA Radio Australia-Shep 21740 2207 GMT English 444 July 29 OM with comments on firearms for sale around the world. //15515,{222} Noist frequency.

BONAIRE Radio Japan Relay NHK 15265 2256 GMT Japanese 444 July 29 YL and OM with comments. Band Music 2258 GMT Time pips and OM with ID NHK 2259 GMT. Then OM with comments. 2305 GMT 444 July 29. OM with comments. YL with comments 2305 GMT. //13640 444.

CHILE CVC LA VOZ 17680 2224 GMT Spanish 444 July 29 OM with comments followed by an OM singing.

COSTA RICA Radio Exterior Espana Relay REE 17850 2213 GMT Spanish 444 July 29 YL and OM with comments.

CUBA Radio Havana Cuba RHC 17750 2216 GMT Spanish 444 July 29 Two OMs with comments. OMs singing by 2222 GMT.

CUBA Radio Havana Cuba RHC 15370 2250 GMT Spanish 333 July 29 YL with comments. YL with ID RHC 2253 GMT. Piano music 2355 GMT.

KUWAIT Radio Kuwait 17550 2228 GMT Arabic 433 July 29 Music then a YL with comments. Then an OM with comments. YL with comments with an OM 2230 GMT.

NEW ZEALAND RNZI 15720 2242 GMT English 333 July 29 YL and OM with comments. She mentioned Cuba often!

ARGENTINA Radio Argentina Exterior RAE 15345 0028 GMT Spanish 333 July 29 YL and OM with comments, then tow OMs with comments. OM singing 0030 GMT. Tis a noisy frequency at this time.

BRAZIL Radio Nacional DA Amazonia 11780 0007 GMT Portuguse 333 July 29 YL singing with piano music. OM with comments 0008 GMT.

CHILE CHVC 11665 2355 GMT Spanish 333 July 28 Two OMs with comments.

CUBA RHC 11680 2358 GMT Spanish 444 July 28 IS 2359 GMT by a YL and OM. OM with RHC ID 0000 GMT. OM with comments 00002 GMT. //11755[444], 11760[444], 11840[333], 15230[333].

GREECE Foni Tis Helladas 12105 0016 GMT Spanish 444 July 29 OM with comments in Spanish.

TAIWAN Radio Free Asia RFA Relay 11605 2350 GMT Vietnamese 333 July 28 Two OMs with comments.

UNITED STATES, Tennessee, WWCR #2 9350 2330 GMT English 333 July 28 Two OMs with comments on things they can sell to you! Noist frequency.

UBITED STATES, Tennessee WTWN 9480 2342 GMT English 333 July 28 YL and OM with comments from the Bible.

Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA

Huntington Beach, California, United States of America

Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650

"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"

ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC

SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS

Glenn Hauser logs July 29-30, 2012

** AUSTRALIA [and non]. 15340, July 30 at 1310, HCJB with S Asian music, good signal with RHC missing; in fact HCJB, long path? is the SSOB! Except for an open carrier on 15610 to 1312*: WEWN on wrong frequency, missing from 15615? RHC 15230 is poor. So I wait for RHC to come on 15340: finally carrier on just before 1315, then modulation, atop HCJB but producing fast SAH and still audible under. Per Aoki, the 1300-1315 segment is in Nepali Mon-Thu; Dzongkha Fri; Oriya Sat; Punjabi Sun (Glenn Hauser, OK DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake July 30 at 1347-1354: full scan 11-18 MHz found none at all. Other hi latitude, E Asian signals were also missing or attenuated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FIJI [non]. 11565, Monday July 30 at 0857 I happen to awaken, so check out the weekly FD&FM clandestine broadcast via WHRI from 0830: poor signal with flutter in presumed Fijian talk, 0859 a bit of music to 0900* cut off with no ID or WHR IS. MUF doesn`t usually support good reception here, since first heard well almost two months ago; maybe it does to Fiji, as RA 11945 was sufficient (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA [and non]. 4055, July 30 at 0157 quick check, TGAV is here with music; someone had just reported it on 4050, must have been a mistake. While I was at it, punched 14950: still no comeback from Colombia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KUWAIT. 15540, July 29 at 2020, R. Kuwait in English with the Islamic-evangelism show, which keeps bumping around the schedule (sometimes 1800, or 1900, and now 2000), saying that the insane are not required to fast during Ramadan, without penalty; and that children should be indoctrinated into fasting gradually; episode title: ``Ramadan --- the holy and great month of Islam``, ending at 2021, to be continued tomorrow. YL gave name of three presenters including hers, Iris Kellerman (sp?). Then a bit of traditional music quickly morphing to disco in English. Very good signal here today, and Arabic on 17550 was merely good.

This was swiftly monitored with the portable DX-398 on the porch where it was 107 degrees F in the shade, frigid compared to Kuwait where tomorrow`s high is forecast at 126 and lows barely breaking 100 if at all, while we complain about lows barely breaking 80 if at all, requiring AC to run all-night (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Some sporadic E analog TV DX July 29, UT:

1930 on 2, fade-in some Spanish from south, Olympic swimming coverage (or something involving aquatix). Similar but not // video on NBC. One has lanes, the other not; 1944 on to weight-lifting. Net-13?

2205 on 3, olympix in *English*, first rotated north but not from Canada, really from WSW to west, soon with typical almost-zero beat bars, i.e. XHBC Mexicali with QRM from XHTJB Tijuana. Not these olympix, but a documentary with a British English narrator, and Spanish subtitles; 2212 is about India, on to Venezuela at 2218 when almost-snow free, has Televisa national bug UR, and Mexicali tiny below it. Also CCI on 2 but not up to 4; also some skip from south but it all peters out after 2230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120.0, July 30 at 0502, VON with news in English, only a lite whine to bother (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15615, July 30 at 1310, nothing from WEWN but an open carrier was on 15610 until 1312* --- Started to tune up wrong frequency? At 1350 recheck, 15615 is on as usual, `Catholic Connexion` show with commercial for Ave Maria Mutual Funds. If I were a pious Catholic I would be deeply offended by the BVM`s name being attached to something so worldly, PBUH. Evidently

domenica 29 luglio 2012

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

BRAZIL Radio Nacional DA Amazonia 2333 GMT Portuguse 433 July 27 Music then two OMs with comments. YL singing 2338 GMT.

CHILE CVC La Voz 11665 2342 GMT Spanish 333 July 27 YL and OM with comments. Then some vocal choir music.

CUBA Radio Havana Cuba RHC 15230 2310 GMT Spanish 433 July 27 YL singing with Bongo music. OM with RHC ID often.

JAPAN Radio Japan NHK 13650 2315 GMT Thai 333 July 27 YL with comments and some music in the background.

JAPAN Radio Japan NHK 13640 2318 GMT Japanese 333 July 27 YL and OM with comments.

SPAIN REE 11680 2336 GMT Spanish 444 July 27 Music and OM with comments plus more music.

UNITED STATES, Florida Family Radio 11530 2345 GMT Spanish 433 July 27 OM with comments.

Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA

Huntington Beach, California, United States of America

Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650

"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"

ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC

SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS

Special QSL Card Radio Netherlands last transmission in English

Ricevuta in 26 giorni la Special QSL Card da Radio Netherlands Worldwide ascoltata in occasione dell'ultima trasmissione in lingua inglese in onde corte sui 6065 kHz da Wertachtal.

Allegati alla conferma anche due adesivi.

Qui l'immagine della QSL molto emblematica!

http://diarioradio.blogspot.it/2012/07/qsl-speciale-radio-netherlands-ultima.html

Qui potete ascoltare la registrazione di questa emissione: https://www.box.net/s/b61f84268c87c120f4b1

Roberto Rizzardi

SWL I/0216/GR

Porto S. Stefano (GR) Italy

Lat 42N26 - Long 11E07 - Locator grid JN52NK

Receivers: ICOM IC-R71E

Sangean ATS909 with 2x80kHz Murata filters in FM

Antennas: 15 meters outdoor random wire with RF System Magnetic Longwire Balun

Indoor self-made single-turn coax loop

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Glenn Hauser logs July 27-28, 2012

** CHINA. Firedrake July 28 before 1300, started too late, heard only:

15970, fair with flutter at 1259-1300*

After 1300:

15485, good at 1302, modulation on and off and on, het on lo side

15560, good at 1300-1301+, but gone at 1308

15570, fair at 1308, ex-15560? But now with additional noise jamming

Before 1330; still no full 11-18 MHz bandscan performed:

15500, fair at 1323

15560, fair at 1323, ex-15570, ex-15560

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** COLOMBIA. 5910-, July 28 at 1104, HJDH has gone from ordinary music to a vocal/choral Colombian NA, 1106 IDs from Alcaraván Radio on 1530 and 6010 also mentioned, but didn`t hear any 5910; weakening, probably about to fade out. Gaisma.com doesn`t deal with Puerto Lleras, nor is it in the first atlas I pick up from my pile. WRTH map shows it RSD in the middle of Colombia, SE of Bogotá on the way to San José del Guaviare. The latter is in Gaisma.com with a sunrise today of 1050 UT, 3 minutes later at the capital; at only about 3 degrees north, HJDH SR varies only about 16 minutes during the entire year (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 15190, July 27 at 1921, Amerenglish gospel huxter, not Tony Alamo, so R. Africa is back after missing a while; a bit stronger at 1941, but gone at next check around 2020. Seems they never stay on past 2200 like they used to. Harold Frodge, MI in the MARE Tipsheet July 27 observed that this had not been heard in a few weeks, ``15190 seems to have dried up``; but it`s moist again. Not heard at 0508 check July 28 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 15630, July 27 at 1945, ERT is ignoring the Olympix! Just usual Greek music, and even at 2026 the slightly over-worn `Zorba the Greek` theme, while the opening ceremony is underway. O well, it`s not in Athens this time. Maybe they couldn`t afford the rights (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9526, July 28 before and after 1300, no carrier at all detectable from VOI, tho 9680 had the usual pileup of RRI, RTI and ChiCom jamming. I had seen a report that VOI was 4 Hz *above* 9526 on July 26 and wanted to check that out; altho I can`t measure it that precisely, it`s easy to tell which side of 9526 it`s on once the YB-400 BFO is zeroed with WWV, then observing the pitches stepping 1 kHz up and down; and so far I have always heard it very slightly on the lo side. But appears to be off the air today, and Atsunori Ishida agrees, not heard since 1500 UT July 26, and was also absent on July 25. See what I can make out of a non-log? Well, something missing from where it`s supposed to be is not insignificant (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR. 17670, July 28 at 1325 fair signal with Vietnamese singing, then talk, by 1331 sounds like a sermon. It`s AWR at 13-14, 250 kW, 60 degrees, way offbeam for here, but yet another example of the terrific coverage of this now salvaged relay site for the post-RNW era; perhaps assisted by near-antipodal focusing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Sunrise MWDX July 28, UT:

590, July 28 at 1119, ``Radio Paco`` mentioned amid music, sure sounds like an ID slogan, but no Mexicans listed anywhere by that name. Since I have just been getting XENK Mexico City on 620, a good bet is the 590 in the DF, officially XEPH, ``La Sabrosita``, which can be loosely translated as ``mouth-watering``. Trying to avoid being too distracted by the cheesecake infesting the website, at http://www.sabrosita590am.com.mx/v3/paginas/programacion.php

I find that the Saturday 6-8 am bloque musical is deejayed by one Francisco Suárez, who could easily nickname himself ``Radio Paco``. Q.E.D.

620, July 28 at 1111 UT, classic rock in English, ``He Ain`t Heavy; He`s My Brother`` by the Hollies; good signal, would R. Disney in The Metroplex play that? Probably not and the signal is too good for KMKI. 1116 ``Lo mejor de los 70``, and Radio 6-20 ID, various federal PSAs, promos, Asociación de Radio del Valle de México clinches it must be XENK in the DF. Is also selling this music? 1118 ``El Catálogo de Oro``, next ``Ophelia`` in English; is it all? ``Internacional`` may be a code-word for that. Per http://www.mexicoradio.tv.com ---

``620 XENK Radio 6.20 Audio Música de catálogo internacional. 50,000 watts día, 5,000 watts noche desde San Andrés de la Cañada, [Estado de] México Grupo RASA.`` and the logo claims AM stereo. This signal should have been strong enough to audiblize that but my AM stereo radio is gathering dust. Website is simply the enviable http://www.620.com.mx Gaisma.com shows DF sunrise today as 1212 UT, later than I would have guessed, more than a semihour after Enid`s 1135; but being further west and much further south accounts for it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120.0, July 28 at 0509, VON with weekly mailbag including hum but not too bad. Reading report asking for QSL, and again saying she could not match it with schedule; launching pad for going on to give times for several programs, `Landmark`, `Evergreens`, `Musical Heritage`. Ivo Ivanov recently had this on 15121 and was wondering if that shift would continue (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN [non]. 17775-17880, July 27 at 1922, approximate extent of modulation spike spurs from REE Cariari, COSTA RICA relay on 17850, where the fundamental was distorted and somewhat undermodulated, again causing the spurs to ooze out around the edges.

Main victim: BBCWS on 17795, see U K. Next check 1942, splatter on the hi side up to 17955, now encompassing 17885 in Hausa, i.e. BBC via ASCENSION at 1930-2030. REE was talking about fútbol and also the Olympix, maybe digression from own coverage of opening ceremony? At 2000, REE turns the noisemaking duties over to TDP DRM via GUF centered on 17875 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN SOUTH [non]. 15725, July 28 at 0506, V. of South Sudan Revolutionary Radio at S9+12 with best signal here in quite a while, tho fluttery, opening procedure including chanting. Better than 15580 VOA Botswana, but weaker than Dabanga/Madagascar 15400 which has a direxional advantage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U K [and non]. 17795, July 27 at 1923, this is the `best` frequency from BBCWS during presumed live coverage of the Olympix opening ceremony, but it is insufficient, made worse by the spurs from 17850 Spain via Costa Rica. Per HFCC, this transmission only started July 20, at 18-20, 170 degrees from Woofferton, but I`m sure I was hearing it before that date; maybe there was some modification, or hiatus. Also on 17795 at 16-18, 55 degrees via Ascension.

BTW, posters to internetradio are saying that BBCWS has suspended on-demand access even to news programming, as Olympic rights issues trump everything. (Fortunately I am still getting Prom Concerts OD from BBCR3, an every-summer event in London; I just hope they don`t ever mention the Games.)

NBC-TV in the USA makes us wait until `prime time` to see the OOC, and as they always do, give certain unlucky strings of parading nations short-shrift due to commercial breaks, instead of just ``stopping tape`` and resuming where they broke off, as would have been entirely feasible on a long-delayed broadcast. At least instead of skipping them completely, each time they did a quick recap of the victims, with no closeups of the often elaborate costumes, and few banal geographical titbits for ignorant Americans, until picking up further down the line with [non] `live` coverage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, July 27 at 1917, WTWW-3 is back on after missing a few days, in Arabic, but noticeably weaker than neighbor 12160 WWCR. Must be keeping below 50 kW threshold to avoid burning out another insulator on rhombic antenna. George McClintock sent some photos showing him removing the bad one, apparently not replacing it as they are just spaced every so often along the lines. I suppose that`s OK as long as there are no heavy winds to short the wires together. Previous short caused some grassfires underneath, so this is a serious matter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1627 monitoring: confirmed UT Saturday July 28 at 0130 on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB. First checked webcast for prompt start, and later in the semihour 5110: fortunately the USB avoided the ute QRM on the LSB. Next airings:

Sat 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 0500, 1130 on WRMI 9955.

UT Sun 0400 on WTWW 5755

Tue 0930 on HLR 5980

Also on WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9367.75, July 28 at 1315, WTJC `9370` gross off-frequency measured here by keyboard F#5 = 740 Hz pitch against BFO on 9367.00; also compared to 9369.00 whence it made a D#6 of 1245 Hz, which would have amounted to 9367.755; so with all the variables and margin of error, let`s call it 9367.75, the last digit always open to question. Programming? O, the usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Ascolti FM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti FM (ora italiana)
Sabato 28 luglio 2012
Nuovi monitoraggi a Genova e dintorni, sempre con DE1103 e telescopica chiusa.
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Genova FS Brignole
88.800 m2o Genova-Granarolo *accesa*
Martedì 24 prevaleva il segnale di Radio Aldebaran da Ruta di Camogli-M. Esoli, quindi o era spenta Granarolo o c'era tropo dal Tigullio. Chiedo scusa per l'ipotesi azzardata nel messaggio precedente.
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Busalla FS
A dire il vero volevo andare a Ronco Scrivia, ma il pullman mi è passato sotto il naso dall'altra parte della strada (giustamente, ma era la prima volta e non ero pratico) e così sono rimasto a Busalla, su una panchina sotto le piante davanti alla stazione ferroviaria. Una postazione *ad antenna chiusa* non male, perché bastava cambiare panchina - per fuggire dal sole - per osservare dei cambiamenti.
88.000 R. BABBOLEO - Savignone-Monte Maggio
88.300 R. NUMBER ONE - Genova-Granarolo
88.600 m2o Isola del Cantone-M. Cagnola / Genova-Granarolo
88.900 RAI RADIOUNO - Ceranesi-M. Figogna
89.300 R. ZETA - Savignone-M. Maggio
89.600 VIRGIN R. - Savignone-M. Maggio
89.800 R. DEEJAY - Genova-Granarolo
^^^^^90.200 R. KISS KISS - Isola del Cantone-M. Cagnola
Per martedì 24 da Casella-Municipio avevo scritto R. Number One sulla base dei riferimenti letti in giro ma nella pratica, come giustamente previsto settimane fa da Fabrizio, modula ancora R. Kiss Kiss.
90.400 RDS - Passo della Bocchetta
90.500 R. MARIA - Ronco Scrivia-Cipollina
*****90.800 R. 24 - Isola del Cantone-M. Cagnola *non ricevuta*
E' strano che a Busalla questo impianto non si sentisse, però potrebbe essere che l'antenna è puntata altrove.
*****Per quanto riguarda R. 19 da Ceranesi-M. Figogna, che da Casella-Municipio ritenevo spostata da 90.8 a 90.7, non mi sento più di confermare tale ipotesi e quindi non propongo più, almeno per ora, nessuna variazione.
91.000 R. 24 - Ronco Scrivia-Cipollina
91.700 R. DEEJAY - Campomorone-M. Leco
92.300 R. NOSTALGIA-CNR - Isola del Cantone-M. Cagnola
92.400 R. DEEJAY - Savignone-M. Maggio
92.600 R. NOSTALGIA-CNR - Genova-Granarolo
92.700 R. NOSTALGIA-CNR - Ronco Scrivia-Cipollina
92.900 R. BABBOLEO NEWS-CNR - Genova-Granarolo
93.300 R. 19 - Savignone-M. Maggio
93.700 RAI RADIOUNO - Ronco Scrivia-Case Giacoboni-Bric della Croce
93.900 R. CAPITAL - Savignone-M. Maggio / Genova-Granarolo
^^^^^94.200 VIRGIN R. - Isola del Cantone-M. Cagnola?
Si sente forte come a Casella-Municipio, quindi sono sempre più convinto per Isola del Cantone-M. Cagnola.
******94.900 R.PADANIA LIBERA - Savignone-M. Maggio *spenta*
Confermo che a livello locale la frequenza non è utilizzata.
95.500 RAI RADIOUNO - Savignone-M. Maggio
96.300 RAI RADIODUE - Ronco Scrivia-Case Giacoboni-Bric della Croce
96.700 R. ITALIA SMI - Isola del Cantone-M. Cagnola
97.200 R. 24 - Genova-M. Fasce
97.300 RAI RADIOTRE - Montoggio-Bromia-Montemoro
97.500 RAI RADIODUE - Savignone-M. Maggio
97.600 R. BABBOLEO - Ceranesi-M. Figogna
97.900 R. 105 - Genova-M. Fasce
******98.100 R. 19 - Isola del Cantone-M. Cagnola *ex 98.2*
Anche in questo caso confermo la mia ipotesi, perché arriva fortissima pure a Busalla FS.
98.600 R. BABBOLEO SUONO-CNR - Savignone-M. Maggio / Genova-Granarolo
99.100 RAI RADIOTRE - Ronco Scrivia-Case Giacoboni-Bric della Croce
99.500 R. 105 - Genova-Granarolo
99.700 RAI RADIOTRE - Savignone-M. Maggio
99.900 RAI RADIOTRE - Genova-Granarolo
100.000 R. ZETA - Ronco Scrivia-Cipollina
100.300 R. NOSTALGIA-CNR - Savignone-M. Maggio
100.800 R. 19 - Savignone-M. Maggio
^^^^^101.200 R101 - Savignone-M. Maggio *ex RTL 102.5*
Anche qui i riscontri mi fanno ribadire l'ipotesi del messaggio precedente.
^^^^^101.600 R. 24 - Savignone-M. Maggio
Si sente fortissima anche a Busalla FS, quindi la collocazione è sicura.
102.400 RTL 102.5 - Genova-Granarolo
^^^^^102.600 RTL 102.5 - Savignone-M. Maggio
Non so se in FM List è stata inserita - al posto di 101.2 ora R101 - però risulta nel sito dell'emittente e in zona è ricevibile.
103.000 R. KISS KISS - Ronco Scrivia-Cipollina
Anche qui era giusta la constatazione di Fabrizio, perché questa frequenza risulta nel sito di Number One ma trasmette sempre Kiss Kiss, quindi - se non è stato cambiato - era corretto il dato presente in FM List.
103.300 RAI ISORADIO - Isola del Cantone-M. Cagnola (e di sicuro vari da nord)
^^^^^104.100 RMC - Isola del Cantone-M. Cagnola / Ronco Scrivia-Cipollina *ex Kiss Kiss*
In questo caso è giusto il dato in mio possesso, tratto dal sito di RMC.
104.200 RMC - Savignone-M. Maggio / Genova-M. Fasce
104.500 RAI GRP - Genova-M. Fasce
104.700 R. NUMBER ONE - Ronco Scrivia-Cipollina
104.900 R. KISS KISS - Savignone M. Maggio / Genova-Granarolo
105.200 R101 - Ronco Scrivia-Cipollina
105.400 R. NUMBER ONE - Savignone-M. Maggio
105.600 RMC - Ronco Scrivia-Cipollina
105.800 R. SPORTIVA - Genova-M. Fasce
106.500 R101 - Isola del Cantone-M. Cagnola
106.600 R. MARIA - Genova-M. Fasce
^^^^^107.000 R. RADICALE - Savignone M. Maggio *no 107.700*
Credo proprio che la situazione ipotizzata nel messaggio precedente possa essere confermata.
107.100 R101 - Genova-M. Fasce
107.200 R. RADICALE - Ronco Scrivia-Cipollina
107.400 R. RADICALE - Isola del Cantone-M. Cagnola
107.400 VIRGIN R. - Genova-Granarolo
^^^^^107.700 R. MARIA - Savignone-M. Maggio
Ecco chi c'è su questa frequenza da Savignone-M. Maggio, non R. Radicale. D'altronde, anche il sito di R. Maria riporta una frequenza locale per *Busalla* e la ricezione anche a Casella-Municipio era troppo forte per essere solo da Genova-M. Fasce e/o Genova-Granarolo, che sì possono essere ascoltate a Casella-Busalla, ma non come se fossero locali.
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Sempre a Busalla FS, alcuni segnali non locali.
87.600 R. MATER - Stresa-M. Mottarone-Funivia-VB
87.800 FANTASTICA - Stresa-M. Mottarone-VB
88.300 RAI GRP - prob. Campo dei Fiori-Vetta delle Tre Croci-VA
88.300 RAI GRP - prob. Netro-Tracciolino-BI
88.800 R. GOLD - Pietra Marazzi-Bric Montalbano-AL
^^^^^88.900 AZZURRA FM - Stresa-M. Mottarone-VB *ex R. Onda Novara*
In FM List scaricata il 7 giugno risulta come R. Onda Novara, ma onestamente non so proprio cosa possa essere di diverso.
89.900 R. ALEX - Alessandria-Bricco dell'Olio
90.100 R. CAPITAL - prob. Stresa-M. Mottarone-VB
90.100 R. CAPITAL - prob. Torre de' Busi-Valcava passo-LC

90.300 R. CAPITAL - Milano-Via S. Galdino
90.900 R. ITALIA 1 - Alessandria-Bricco dell'Olio
Risponderà di certo Giovanni Gho, ma a me non è sembrata su 90.850, con la DE1103 modificata si sarebbe capito.
91.100 VIRGIN R. - Pietra Marazzi-Bric Montalbano-AL
91.200 RAI RADIODUE - Campo dei Fiori-Vetta delle Tre Croci-VA
91.300 R. CITY - Alessandria-Bricco dell'Olio
91.400 RTL 102.5 - Milano-Via Casati
91.500 RAI RADIOUNO - Varazze-M. Beigua-SV
91.700 R. DEEJAY - Gavi-AL
91.800 R. DEEJAY - Stresa-M. Mottarone-VB
93.100 m2o - Caprino Bergamasco-Valcava Prato-BG
94.500 R. JUKEBOX-CNR - Trivero-BI
94.600 RAI RADIODUE - Varazze-M. Beigua-SV
95.100 PUNTO R. - Stresa-M. Mottarone-VB / Milano-Via Legnone
95.300 R. MATER-INBLU - Torre de' Busi-Valcava passo-LC
95.400 R. RADICALE - Varazze-M. Beigua-SV
95.700 R. SPORTIVA - prob. Campo dei Fiori-Grande Albergo-VA
95.700 R. SPORTIVA - prob. Roncola-Via Pradone-BG
95.900 RDS - Pietra Marazzi-Bric Montalbano-AL
^^^^^96.100 RDS - Piemonte o Lombardia
Può darsi che in giro sia passata qualche notizia al riguardo che mi è sfuggita.
96.200 GIORNALE R. PIEMONTE - Pietra Marazzi-Bric Montalbano-AL
96.500 DISCORADIO - Caprino Bergamasco-Valcava Prato-BG
97.100 GAMMA R. - Caprino Bergamasco-Valcava Prato-BG
97.800 R. KISS KISS - Caprino Bergamasco-Valcava Prato-BG
98.000 PRIMARADIO-INBLU - Loazzolo-Bricco delle Forche-AT
98.400 R. ITALIA SMI - Alessandria-Bricco dell'Olio
98.400 R. ITALIA SMI - Milano-Via Casati / Roncola-Via Pradone-BG
^^^^^98.500 R. 24 - Piemonte o Lombardia
Verificata in parallelo ad altre frequenze, ma non è in Liguria.
98.700 R. 105 - Pietra Marazzi-Bric Montalbano-AL
98.900 RAI RADIOTRE - Varazze-M. Beigua-SV
98.900 R. 105 - Caprino Bergamasco-Valcava Prato-BG
99.300 R. ZETA - Pietra Marazzi-Bric Montalbano-AL

100.500 AZZURRA FM - Stresa-M. Mottarone-VB
100.700 R101 - Campo dei Fiori-Grande Albergo-VA / Milano-Via Turati
101.000 R101 - prob. Pietra Marazzi-Bric Montalbano-AL
101.000 R101 - prob. Campo dei Fiori-Grande Albergo-VA
101.500 VIRGIN R. - prob. Laveno Mombello-Poggio S. Elsa-VB
101.500 VIRGIN R. - prob. Graglia-S. Carlo-BI
102.000 R. 105 - Borghetto di Borbera-M. Ronzone-AL
102.800 R. ZETA - Caprino Bergamasco-Valcava Prato-BG
103.400 OTTO FM - Campo dei Fiori-Grande Albergo-VA
103.500 R. CITY SMI - Alessandria-Bricco dell'Olio
103.700 R. REPORTER (MILANO) - prob. M. Marzio-VA
103.900 R. CITY - Montacuto-M. Giarolo-AL
104.400 R. NUMBER ONE - prob. Stresa-Levo-VB
104.500 VIRGIN R. - Caprino Bergamasco-Valcava Prato-BG
105.300 R. MISSIONE FRANCESCANA-INBLU - Campo dei Fiori-Grande Albergo-VA
105.700 R. MARIA - Campo dei Fiori-Grande Albergo-VA
105.900 R101 - Campo dei Fiori-Consorzio-VA / Roncola-Botto-BG
106.100 R. MONDO - Biella-M. Mucrone
106.200 R. ITALIA SMI - Sanremo-M. Bignone-IM
106.300 R. ITALIA SMI - Stresa-M. Mottarone-Funivia-VB
106.700 R. ITALIA SMI - prob. Asti-Bricco Gianotti
106.700 R. ITALIA SMI - prob. Caprino Bergamasco-Valcava Prato-BG
107.500 R. MARIA - prob. Acqui Terme-Borgo Lussito-AL
107.900 R. MARIA - prob. Asti-Bricco Gianotti
107.900 R. MARIA - prob. Caprino Bergamasco-Valcava Prato-BG
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Area Gattorna-Cicagna
Nel pomeriggio, dopo quasi un anno che la sentivo passando in pullman, mi sono fermato per circa un'ora a Gattorna per capire quale emittente religiosa ci fosse in zona su 93.3. Pensavo (speravo) in una radio locale parrocchiale ed invece è RADIO MATER.
Il sito web dell'emittente riporta solo *una parte* delle frequenze attive e questa lacuna probabilmente potrebbe essere relativa non solo alla Liguria. Digitando invece *Radio Mater 93.300* sul motore di ricerca è apparso il link per scaricare il giornalino della stazione in formato PDF, per la precisione il n. 56 di maggio 2012 e a pagina 15 dello stesso c'è l'elenco delle frequenze *aggiornato*. Per quanto riguarda la Liguria, la situazione dovrebbe essere la seguente:
Provincia di Savona (presenti in FM List)
106.800 Varazze-M. Beigua
107.400 Cairo Montenotte-Bric della Croce
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Provincia di Genova:
^^^^^93.300 Orero-Costa di Soglio (da aggiungere in FM List)
In base all'area di ricezione non può che essere da questa postazione, anche perché quando R. 19 da Ruta di Camogli-M. Esoli è spenta si sente fino a Rapallo.
^^^^^98.500 Rezzoaglio (da verificare)
Questa era la vecchia frequenza di Radio Cuore Immacolato di Maria, emittente che non esiste più. Non mi sembra negli ultimi due anni che sono passato da quelle parti di averla notata, anche perché in isofrequenza c'è R. Radicale da Lavagna-S. Giulia che si sente su un'area dietro Chiavari piuttosto estesa, tuttavia proverò ad una prossima escursione. La strada che porta a S. Stefano d'Aveto passa proprio in mezzo a Rezzoaglio.
^^^^^98.600 Campoligure-Cascina La Coda (da aggiungere in FM List)
102.000 Masone-Monte Giallo (presente in FM List)
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Provincia della Spezia (presente in FM List)
99.500 La Spezia-M. Parodi

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Luca Botto Fiora

QTH FISSO G.C. 09E13 - 44N21
Rapallo (Genova) - Italia

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RACK 1
Satellit 500 Grundig (Filtri 110-80-80 kHz) (4)
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Decoder RDS Manager Conrad
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Telescopica incorporata

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RACK 2
DE1103 Degen (Filtri 110-80 kHz) (5)
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Dipolo telescopico max. 2 elementi

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REGISTRATORI
ICD-B500 Sony

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SOFTWARE (Mac)

Audacity 2.0.0 (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 4.0 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 5.8.5 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.3 demo (orologio mondiale)
TimePalette 6.0.7 demo (orologio mondiale)

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QTH ESTERNO G.C. 09E13 - 44N21 / 612 m. s.l.m.
Rapallo-Santuario di Montallegro (Genova)

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RICEVITORE
DE1103 Degen (Filtri 110-80 kHz) (5)

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ANTENNA
Dipolo telescopico max. 2 elementi

Ascolti FM Luca Botto Fiora

venerdì 27 luglio 2012

Escuchas Onda Corta Javier Robledillo Jaén

ALEMANIA

15.170 kHz, Adventist World Radio, Wertachtal, 26-07-12, 1751-1755. Locutor con comentarios, identificación, dirección postal, música y fin de emisión, en kabyle. SINPO 54444

13.870 kHz, Voice of America, Nauen, 26-07-12, 1800-1803. Locutor con comentarios y entrevista, en amarico. SINPO 33343

13.750 kHz, WYFR Family Radio, Wertachtal, 26-07-12, 1804-1807. Locutor con comentarios religiosos, en inglés. SINPO 55555

ARABIA SAUDÍ

15.205 kHz, BSKSA, Riyadh, 2609-04-12, 1142-1147. Cantos y oraciones. Fin de emisión, en árabe. SINPO 55444

CHINA, Rep. Popular

13.700 kHz, Radio China Int., Urumqi, 26-07-12, 1807-1809. Locutor con comentarios, en chaozhou. SINPO 43443

INDIA

13.695 kHz, All India Radio, Bangaluru, 26-07-12, 1809-1814. Locutor con comentarios sobre los JJ.OO. de Londres, en inglés. SINPO 53443

Javier Robledillo Jaén
Elche (Alicante)
EA5-1028
Rx: Sangean ATS909
Ant: Telescópica
http://cuadernodebitacoradx.blogspot.com/
@blanqiverd

Ascolti FM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti FM (ora italiana)

Domenica 22 luglio 2012 (Rapallo-GE)
18.00 - 89 MHz (5)
RADIO RADICALE
tx Diano Marina-Capo Berta-IM
II, tk Marco Pannella.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
R. Babboleo tx Vado Ligure-Capo Vado-SV spenta.
Qualche settimana fa l'ho sentita per la prima volta anche al Santuario di Montallegro.

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Martedì 24 luglio 2012
Monitoraggi effettuati con DE1103 e antenna telescopica *chiusa*.
Genova (tra FS Brignole e Sampierdarena)
87.550 R. MARIA - Genova-Granarolo
87.800 R. MARIA - Genova-Granarolo
88.000 R101 - Genova-Monte Righi
88.300 R. NUMBER ONE - Genova-Granarolo
88.600 m2o - Genova-Granarolo
88.800 R. MARGHERITA - Genova-Erzelli
*****88.800 m2o - Genova-Granarolo ***spenta***
Sul sito dell'emittente è sempre risultante, però se fosse accesa darebbe fastidio a Radio Margherita.
89.200 R. NUMBER ONE - Genova-Monte Righi
89.800 R. DEEJAY - Genova-Granarolo
90.100 R. MARGHERITA - Genova-Monte Righi
90.400 RDS - Genova-Camaldoli / Passo della Bocchetta
90.700 R. 19 - Genova-M. Moro / M. Righi
90.900 R. 24 - Genova-M. Righi
91.300 R. ITALIA ANNI 60 - Genova-M. Righi
91.700 R. DEEJAY - Campomorone-M. Leco-GE
92.200 R. NOSTALGIA-CNR - Genova-M. Fasce
92.400 R. NOSTALGIA-CNR - Genova-M. Moro
92.600 R. NOSTALGIA-CNR - Genova-Granarolo
92.900 R. BABBOLEO NEWS-CNR - Genova-Granarolo
93.200 RAI RADIOUNO - Genova-Granarolo
93.400 R. BABBOLEO NEWS-CNR - Genova-Granarolo
93.600 R. BABBOLEO SUONO-CNR - Genova-Granarolo
93.900 R. CAPITAL - Genova-Granarolo
94.200 R. ITALIA SMI - Genova-Granarolo
94.800 R. BABBOLEO SUONO-CNR - Genova-M. Righi
95.400 R. RADICALE - Genova-M. Righi
95.700 RDS - Genova-Granarolo
96.000 R. PADANIA LIBERA - Genova-M. Moro / M. Righi
96.200 R. CAPITAL - Genova-M. Fasce
96.500 RAI RADIODUE - Genova-Granarolo
96.700 R. NOSTALGIA-CNR - Fontanigorda-M. Laghicciolo-GE
96.900 R. DEEJAY - Genova-M. Fasce
97.200 R. 24 - Genova-M. Fasce
*****97.400 RIN - Genova-M. Moro *spenta*
97.500 R. BABBOLEO - Genova-M. Righi
97.900 R. 105 - Genova-M. Fasce
98.200 R. 19 LATINO - Genova-Erzelli
98.400 R. BABBOLEO SUONO - Genova-Erzelli / M. Moro
98.600 R. BABBOLEO SUONO - Genova-Granarolo
98.700 R. 19 LATINO - Genova-Camaldoli
99.200 R. BABBOLEO - Genova-M. Fasce
99.500 R. 105 - Genova-Granarolo
99.900 RAI RADIOTRE - Genova-Granarolo
100.200 R. ONDA LIGURE - Genova-Granarolo
100.600 RDS - Genova-Camaldoli
100.800 RDS - Genova-M. Righi
101.100 R. CLASSICA - Genova-Erzelli / M. Fasce
101.400 R. ZETA - Genova-Granarolo
101.700 RTL 102.5 - Genova-Granarolo
102.000 RMC - Genova-Granarolo
102.400 RTL 102.5 - Genova-Granarolo
102.700 R. RADICALE - Genova-M. Fasce
103.000 R. 103 - Genova-M. Fasce
103.300 RAI ISORADIO - Genova-M. Fasce / M. Righi
103.600 R. DEEJAY - Genova-M. Righi
103.900 R. 19 - Genova-M. Fasce
104.200 RMC - Genova-M. Fasce
104.500 RAI GRP - Genova-M. Fasce
104.900 R. KISS KISS - Genova-Granarolo
105.200 R101 - Genova-M. Righi
105.500 VIRGIN R. - Genova-M. Moro
105.800 R. SPORTIVA - Genova-M. Fasce
106.100 R. ITALIA SMI - Genova-M. Fasce
106.300 R. ITALIA SMI - Genova-M. Moro
106.600 R. MARIA - Genova-M. Fasce
106.800 R101 - Genova-M. Moro
106.800 R. PADANIA LIBERA - Genova-Granarolo
107.100 R101 - Genova-M. Fasce
107.400 VIRGIN R. - Genova-Granarolo
107.700 R. MARIA - Genova-M. Fasce / M. Righi / Granarolo
107.950 RTL 102.5 - Genova-M. Righi
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Casella-Municipio (*di fronte* a Savignone-Monte Maggio)
88.000 R. BABBOLEO - Savignone-Monte Maggio
88.600 m2o Isola del Cantone-M. Cagnola / Genova-Granarolo
88.900 RAI RADIOUNO - Ceranesi-M. Figogna
89.300 RAI RADIOUNO - Montoggio-Bromia-Montemoro
89.300 R. ZETA - Savignone-M. Maggio
89.600 VIRGIN R. - Savignone-M. Maggio
89.800 R. DEEJAY - Genova-Granarolo
90.200 R. NUMBER ONE - Isola del Cantone-M. Cagnola
90.400 RDS - Passo della Bocchetta
90.700 R. 19 - Genova-M. Righi / M. Moro
Ho qualche dubbio sui 90.8 riportati da Ceranesi-M. Figogna, perché tale postazione a Casella si sente tutta regolarmente e i 90.8 erano vuoti. Potrebbe essersi spostato su 90.7 MHz, in isofrequenza con M. Righi e M. Moro. Il sito dell'emittente comunque non riporta alcuna variazione.
90.900 R. 24 - Genova-M. Righi
91.000 R. 24 - Ronco Scrivia-Cipollina
91.100 RAI RADIODUE - Ceranesi-M. Figogna
91.300 R. ITALIA ANNI 60 - Genova-M. Righi
91.700 R. DEEJAY - Campomorone-M. Leco
*****92.000 RIN - Savignone-Monte Maggio *spenta*
*****92.000 RIN - Isola del Cantone-M. Cagnola *spenta*
92.400 R. DEEJAY - Savignone-M. Maggio
92.500 RAI RADIODUE - Montoggio-Bromia-Montemoro
92.600 R. NOSTALGIA-CNR - Genova-Granarolo
92.700 R. NOSTALGIA-CNR - Ronco Scrivia-Cipollina
92.900 R. BABBOLEO NEWS-CNR - Genova-Granarolo
93.200 RAI RADIOUNO - Genova-Granarolo
93.300 R. 19 - Savignone-M. Maggio
93.700 RAI RADIOUNO - Ronco Scrivia-Case Giacoboni-Bric della Croce
93.900 R. CAPITAL - Savignone-M. Maggio / Genova-Granarolo
^^^^^94.200 VIRGIN R. - Isola del Cantone-M. Cagnola?
Sul sito dell'emittente non c'è niente, ma non può nemmeno essere un riciclaggio della RPL qua sotto perché Virgin da Savignone è già su 89.6 MHz. Non me la sento nemmeno di pensare ad una spuria locale, perché *tutti gli ascolti sono stati fatti con la telescopica chiusa* e, dall'entità del segnale, l'unica *ipotesi* che mi è venuta in mente sarebbe quella di Isola del Cantone.
******94.900 R.PADANIA LIBERA - Savignone-M. Maggio *spenta*
Canale completamente libero da emittenti.
95.500 RAI RADIOUNO - Savignone-M. Maggio
96.000 RAI RADIOTRE - Ceranesi-M. Figogna
96.300 RAI RADIODUE - Ronco Scrivia-Case Giacoboni-Bric della Croce
96.700 R. ITALIA SMI - Isola del Cantone-M. Cagnola
96.900 R. DEEJAY - Genova-M. Fasce
97.200 R. 24 - Genova-M. Fasce
97.300 RAI RADIOTRE - Montoggio-Bromia-Montemoro
97.500 RAI RADIODUE - Savignone-M. Maggio
97.600 R. BABBOLEO - Ceranesi-M. Figogna
97.900 R. 105 - Genova-M. Fasce
******98.100 R. 19 - Isola del Cantone-M. Cagnola *ex 98.2*
A Casella i segnali da Isola del Cantone-Monte Cagnola si sentono meno forti di Savignone-M. Maggio ma chiari e regolari e così si sentiva questa R. 19, senza esserci nulla su 98.2. Potrebbero essersi spostati per non rischiare di produrre mutue interferenze con la nuova rete R. 19 Latino da Genova-Erzelli che, appunto, è su 98.2. Anche per questa variazione, tuttavia, il sito dell'emittente non riferisce niente.
98.600 R. BABBOLEO SUONO-CNR - Savignone-M. Maggio / Genova-Granarolo
99.200 R. BABBOLEO - Genova-M. Fasce
99.500 R. 105 - Genova-Granarolo
99.700 RAI RADIOTRE - Savignone-M. Maggio
99.900 RAI RADIOTRE - Genova-Granarolo
100.000 R. ZETA - Ronco Scrivia-Cipollina
100.300 R. NOSTALGIA-CNR - Savignone-M. Maggio
100.800 R. 19 - Savignone-M. Maggio
^^^^^101.200 R101 *ex RTL 102.5*
Su questa frequenza R101 è da alcuni impianti lombardi ecc. che *a Casella si ricevono bene* (vedi sotto), però se ci fosse stata RTL 102.5 da Savignone-M. Maggio si sarebbe sentita, con un segnale tale che, invece, irradiava R101. Poi, comunque, RTL 102.5 da Savignone-M. Maggio è su 102.6 MHz.
101.400 R. ZETA - Genova-Granarolo
^^^^^101.600 R. 24 - Savignone-M. Maggio
Il sito dell'emittente la riporta come generica per la provincia di Genova, però il segnale è troppo intenso per non provenire da Savignone-M. Maggio.
101.700 RTL 102.5 - Genova-Granarolo
102.400 RTL 102.5 - Genova-Granarolo
102.600 RTL 102.5 - Savignone-M. Maggio
102.700 R. RADICALE - Genova-M. Fasce
103.000 R. CAPITAL - Passo della Bocchetta
103.300 RAI ISORADIO - Isola del Cantone-M. Cagnola / Genova-M. Righi
103.600 R. DEEJAY - Genova-M. Righi
104.200 RMC - Savignone-M. Maggio / Genova-M. Fasce
104.700 R. NUMBER ONE - Ronco Scrivia-Cipollina
104.900 R. KISS KISS - Savignone M. Maggio / Genova-Granarolo
105.200 R101 - Ronco Scrivia-Cipollina / Genova-M. Righi
105.400 R. NUMBER ONE - Savignone-M. Maggio
105.600 RMC - Ronco Scrivia-Cipollina
105.800 R. SPORTIVA - Genova-M. Fasce
106.100 R. ITALIA SMI - Genova-M. Fasce
106.300 R. ITALIA SMI - Genova-M. Moro
106.500 R101 - Isola del Cantone-M. Cagnola
106.600 R. MARIA - Genova-M. Fasce
^^^^^107.000 R. RADICALE - Savignone M. Maggio *no 107.700*
Anche qui il segnale era assolutamente locale e su 107.700 c'era solo R. Maria da vari impianti, alla quale Radicale avrebbe dato fastidio se avesse fatto tale scelta.
107.100 R101 - Genova-M. Fasce
107.200 R. RADICALE - Ronco Scrivia-Cipollina
107.400 VIRGIN R. - Genova-Granarolo
107.700 R. MARIA - Genova-Granarolo / M. Fasce / M. Righi
107.950 RTL 102.5 - Genova-M. Righi
Sempre a Casella-Municipio, alcuni segnali a distanza *con la telescopica chiusa*.
88.800 R. GOLD - Pietra Marazzi-Bric Montalbano-AL
89.000 R. BABBOLEO - Vado Ligure-Capo Vado-SV
89.900 RDS - Alassio-Punta Vegliasco-SV
Dunque, come ipotizzavo, nell'entroterra è ampiamente ricevibile.
90.100 R. CAPITAL - Torre de' Busi-Valcava Funivia-LC
91.500 RAI RADIOUNO - Varazze-M. Beigua-SV
92.100 RAI TGR PIEMONTE - Torino-Eremo
93.100 m2o - Caprino Bergamasco-Valcava Prato-BG
93.400 R. STUDIO PIÙ - Torre de' Busi-Valcava Funivia-LC
94.300 RMC - Alassio-Punta Vegliasco-SV
94.600 RAI RADIODUE - Varazze-M. Beigua-SV
95.300 R. MATER-INBLU - Torre de' Busi-Valcava passo-LC
95.700 R. SPORTIVA - Roncola-Via Pradone-BG
96.500 DISCORADIO - Caprino Bergamasco-Valcava Prato-BG
97.000 R101 - Alassio-Punta Vegliasco-SV
97.800 R. KISS KISS - Caprino Bergamasco-Valcava Prato-BG
98.200 RAI RADIOTRE - Torino-Eremo
98.400 R. ITALIA SMI - Roncola-Via Pradone-BG
98.900 RAI RADIOTRE - Varazze-M. Beigua-SV
100.200 RTL 102.5 - Alassio-Punta Vegliasco-SV
101.000 R. ONDA LIGURE - Alassio-Punta Vegliasco-SV
101.100 RAI GRP - Vado Ligure-Capo Vado-SV
102.000 R. 105 - Borghetto di Borbera-M. Ronzone-AL
Lascio perdere le varie RTL 102.5 perché sono numerose e tutte mescolate.
102.800 R. ZETA - Caprino Bergamasco-Valcava Prato-BG
Per lo stesso motivo sorvolo anche sulle Isoradio 103.3.
103.900 R. CITY - Montacuto-M. Giarolo-AL
104.000 R. SAVONA SOUND - Alassio-Punta Vegliasco-SV
104.500 VIRGIN R. - Caprino Bergamasco-Valcava Prato-BG
105.100 LIFEGATE R. - Caprino Bergamasco-Valcava Prato-BG
105.500 RMC - Caprino Bergamasco-Valcava Prato-BG
105.900 R101 - Roncola-Botto-BG
106.000 R. ITALIA SMI - Varazze-M. Beigua-SV
106.200 R. ITALIA SMI - Sanremo-M. Bignone-IM
106.300 R. ITALIA ANNI 60 - Caprino Bergamasco-Valcava Prato-BG
106.700 R. ITALIA SMI - Caprino Bergamasco-Valcava Prato-BG
106.800 RMC - Andora-Colle Dick-SV / Sanremo-Coldirodi-IM
107.300 RDS - Caprino Bergamasco-Valcava Prato-BG
107.600 R. POPOLARE - Caprino Bergamasco-Valcava Prato-BG
107.900 R. MARIA - Caprino Bergamasco-Valcava Prato-BG

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Giovedì 26 luglio 2012
*****99.200 RIN - Borzonasca-Montemoggio *spenta*
A Borzonasca, di passaggio in pullman da e per S. Stefano d'Aveto

Luca Botto Fiora

QTH FISSO G.C. 09E13 - 44N21
Rapallo (Genova) - Italia

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RACK 1
Satellit 500 Grundig (Filtri 110-80-80 kHz) (4)
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Decoder RDS Manager Conrad
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Telescopica incorporata

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RACK 2
DE1103 Degen (Filtri 110-80 kHz) (5)
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Dipolo telescopico max. 2 elementi

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REGISTRATORI
ICD-B500 Sony

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SOFTWARE (Mac)

Audacity 2.0.0 (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 4.0 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 5.8.5 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.3 demo (orologio mondiale)
TimePalette 6.0.7 demo (orologio mondiale)

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QTH ESTERNO G.C. 09E13 - 44N21 / 612 m. s.l.m.
Rapallo-Santuario di Montallegro (Genova)

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RICEVITORE
DE1103 Degen (Filtri 110-80 kHz) (5)

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ANTENNA
Dipolo telescopico max. 2 elementi

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Glenn Hauser logs July 26-27, 2012

** CHINA. 15600, July 27 at 1326, Firedrake-like music until 1327* but really CRI Malaysian service via Kunming as scheduled from 1230 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake July 27, circa 1230:

11500, very poor at 1242 mixing with VOR producing fast SAH

12670, very good at 1230

12980, very good at 1230

13530, very good at 1230

13920, very good at 1231

14870, very good at 1233

14980, very good at 1232

15555, very good at 1235

16100, good at 1235

16980, poor at 1235; none in the 17s

Circa 1330:

15560, good at 1326; none higher

15500, good at 1328; none lower

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 11775, July 27 at 1245, DGS ANGUILLA is marred by at least two lite pulse jammers, when there should be none, far beyond the R. Martí usage of this frequency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 6070.325, July 27 at 1210, slightly wavering het circa F-sharp upon CFRX indicates VOK Japanese service is off-frequency again, after a while being close enough to 6070.0 to heterodyne it subaudibly (SAH). I haven`t measured CFRX directly, but Wolfgang Büschel just had it July 23 at 45 Hz low on 6069.955, so 370 Hz up from that would be 6070.325.

11710, July 27 at 1312, VOK in pompous English about Kim blessing The People`s Ice Rink, apparently a new development. Clearly audible underneath is programming in Chinese, which on // 11735 is unimpeded. So VOK is again unable to keep its programming feeds separate. Weaker // 9335 for English also exhibits this, plus further CCI, i.e. IBB Burmese via TINIAN at 1230-1430. If the English on 11710 would pause, could easily copy the Chinese crosstalk (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Sporadic E analog TV DX erupted again just as I was sending my last report, July 26, UT:

1540 on 2, Televisa Deportes, Olympix promo [tho full coverage will be on the rival Azteca networks]; Could be XEW DF itself. Also algo on 4

1541 on 5, looks like major Televisa bug in UR

1544 on 2, net-5 toons, CCI

1545 on 4, f bug LR, net 4 with cooking segment captioned as queso de cabra (goat cheese). Could be XHTV DF itself

1549 on 5, toons, net-5. Could be XHGC DF itself

Occasional signs of video on ch 2 during following hours

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PERU. 4810, I have been checking periodically evenings and before sunrise, but no sign here yet of the new 1 kW R. Logos, Chazuta, OAW9A, news about which we broke first, in the dxldyg, DXLD and WORLD OF RADIO. There is always a big ute blob on the hi side. Schedule appears to be approx. 0900-0300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, July 27, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 17625, July 27 at 1323, poor signal from BSKSA, but enough to tell it`s buzzy, and carrier unstable, unlike better // 17615 Arabic. Neither is USward; HFCC shows 17625 12-14, 500 kW, 100 degrees from Riyadh; 17615 13-16, 500 kW, 190 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SINGAPORE [and non]. 11965, July 27 at 1310, station in Chinese has distorted modulation, plus variable-pitch squeal depending on the modulation. During pauses, it stays at one pitch. Carrier itself is OK per BFO check. At 1332 this has cleared up.

HFCC shows DW has two separate transmissions in Chinese at 1300-1330 & 1330-1400 altho with identical parameters, 250 kW, 13 degrees also USward from Singapore. BTW, Turkey in Russian is also registered this hour on 11965 from Emirler, unheard (nor any trace of 15450 English around 1235 today) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [non]. 15550, July 27 at 0526, no R. Dabanga blob tonight, unlike 24 hours earlier; in fact no signal audible at all, if the UAE relay is really on, while 15400 via Madagascar is back to usual sufficiency (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1627 monitoring: Thu July 26 2100 airing on WTWW 9479 confirmed around 2125 check, inbooming. Next airing, 0330v on WWRB 5050: tuned in around 0324 and only heard dead air. Finally at 0333, WOR could barely be heard, undermodulated, and seemingly with another carrier interfering.

Next: 0130v UT Saturday on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB

0400 UT Sunday on WTWW 5755

On WRMI 9955: Sat 0800, 1500, 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 0500, 1130.

On Hamburger Lokalradio, low power in Germany: Sat 0630 7265, Tue 0930 5980.

Also on WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1730, Sun 0830. Full sked:

http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html

(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WTWW update from George McClintock July 27: #3 transmitter has been down because of shorted insulators on the feedline, one and then another. Not sure why, but more likely to happen when powered up higher than 50 kW. He is going out again today to replace it and should be back on 12105 shortly.

This transmitter is breaking even, but most of the revenue comes from the 24/7 SFAW on #1, 9479/5755. Still waiting to conclude another full-time contract for #2, 9990/5085. Once that`s on, will start working on acquiring and installing #4 transmitter. That could be either another fulltime client or selling individual time blocks.

Says he has spare parts on hand for just about everything in the three transmitters, including the SW-100; Harris is no longer making any, but he bought up what supply was left. This reliability is a good selling point, able to make repairs quickly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

AUSTRALIA   Radio Australia - Shepparton RA   21740 2225 GMT English 444 July 26 OM with comments on which war ended this month contest.. Bryan Adams singing 2228 GMT.

CUBA   Radio Havana Cuba RHC 15230 0041 GMT Spanish 333 July 26 OM with comments plus an OM singing followed by a YL with comments. Noisy frequency.

CUBA   Radio Havana Cuba RHC   17705 2238 GMT Spanish 444 July 26 Two OMs with comments. YL and OM with RHC ID 2239 GMT. Then OM back with comments.

ECUADOR   HCJB Global   12000 0054 GMT Spanish 333 July 26 YL and OM with comments.   Noisy Frequency.

KOREA, North    Voice of Korea VOK   15100 0044 GMT Chinese 333 July 26 YL with comments plus some choir singing.

NEW ZEALAND    Radio New Zealand Intl   RNZI   15720 0028 GMT English 444 July 26   OM with news standards. YL with comments about women being Boxers.

PHILIPPINES   VOA Relay   15385 0037 GMT Chinese 433 July 26 YL and OM with comments. Noisy Frequency.

THAILAND   BBCWS Relay   15755 0022 GMT English 433 July 26 YL and OM with comments. Tis a noisy frequency.

Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, United States of America
Rcvrs: Kenwood R5000 and Grundig Satellit 650
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
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Hamburger Lokalradio on 7265 KHz

This Saturday the 28th of July 2012 Hamburger Lokalradio are on 7265 KHz between 05.00 to 11.00 UTC

Good Listening

73s Tom

giovedì 26 luglio 2012

Ascolti Giovanni Lorenzi in OM da Brolo

La serata del 25 luglio, nel mio QTH di Brolo ( Me ) è stata particolarmente favorevole per l'ascolto delle onde medie. Mare vicino e casa in muru di pietra, ideale per le onde medie. Dopo alcuni giorni di forti temporali, l'atmosfera si è liberata dell'elettricità statica e la banda era tranquilla. Le stazioni spagnole l'hanno fatta da padrona: sembrava di essere al centro di Madrid. Ho monitorato a lungo la frequenza di 1530 kHz che, dopo l'abbandono della radio Vaticana, è libera. Si ascoltavano abbastanza bene la BBC e Radio Romania. Alle 2200 ho fatto QSY su 1566 kHz a caccia di County Sound Radio: la frequenza era libera dalla solita pirata greca ed ho potuto ricevere, in francese, TWR dal Benin con buoni segnali. Poi, dalle 2245 ho cominciato a ricevere la stazione inglese County Sound radio. Su 1575 kHz, oltre alle solite spagnole, orientando la mia antenna loop magnetica (vedi mio sito http://www.webalice.it/it9tzz/ANTENNA%20LOOP%20MAGNETICA.htm, ho ascoltato una stazione orientaleggiante che non sono riuscito a identificare e, con un precedente post, ho chiesto il vostro aiuto.
Il ricevitore usato era un Panasonic RF-b65.

Buoni ascolti a tutti.

Giovanni Lorenzi

mercoledì 25 luglio 2012

Glenn Hauser logs July 24-25, 2012

** CHINA [and non]. 17495, July 25 at 0600, good signal in Chinese, M&W conversing animatedly, no CCI, // but not synch with 17855 plus CCI. So it`s R. Free Asia, 17495 via Tinian, 17855 via Saipan, plus CNR1 jamming on the latter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake July 25 circa 1230:
12980, very good at 1227; none lower
16100, JBA at 1234

After 1300:
15570, fair at 1313

Circa 1330:
12230, good at 1335; none in the 11s, 10s
12980, good at 1335
13920, good at 1335; none in the 14s, 16s, 17s
15495, very poor at 1332
15560, poor at 1332, het on lo side, ex-15570
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 12000, July 25 at 0557, lite pulse jamming against nothing, long after VOA Spanish is finished at 0100.

9514, July 25 at 1221, the RHC 9540 transmitter is out of whack again, extremely distorted FMy blob, modulation barely // an echo apart to 9550, and nothing on 9540.

However, at 1340 it`s centered closer to 9515, but no specific carrier to pinpoint. 9550 is now off, but matched an echo apart to 13780, and at 1342 I noticed that weak 9540 fundamental is also on, and in synch with the 9515 spur which is much louder but very distorted. Could not detect a matching spur circa 9565 aside the bigsig from the 9570 CRI relay (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN. 9650, July 25 at 0103, very poor signal from something, checking after report from Mark Taylor WI, in NASWA Flashsheet of VIRI here in Turkish at 0030-0130, as now scheduled in the middle of the night there, for observant Turx gorging on an early breakfast, and wanting to listen to Tehran, where they are holier, before fasting all day. Sunrise in Ankara is currently 0241 UT, so a 0130-0230 UT timing would have been more effective.

This led me to find these Ramadan-only IRIB specials in HFCC dated 20 July to 20 August only, some of them self-conflicting:
1930-2330 5940 & 6010 Azeri from Kamalabad
2130-0130 7325 & 7360 Arabic from Sirjan, 270 degrees
2230-0100 7405 Tajik from Kamalabad
2330-0030 6010 Azeri from Sirjan [conflicts with Kurdish below]
6010 Sorani Kurdish from Sirjan [conflicts with Azeri above]
2330-0030 6005 & 6080 Sorani Kurdish from Kamalabad
2330-0330 6005 Azeri from Kamalabad [first hour conflicts S Kurdish]
0030-0130 9650 Turkish from Sirjan, 310 degrees, good for NAm. In case there are more on slightly different dates, did not search further.

BTW, as I was checking the IRIB website http://worldservice.irib.ir/ I found linx to new/unknown languages Aran and Taleshi, both apparently Turkic and for Azerbaijan, not in WRTH schedules; that close, could be on MW only (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Sporadic E analog TV DX July 24, UT:

1512 on 2, some video fades in with antenna south; 6m Es maps would imply Canada, but not from the NNE. It is too often the case that 6m Es displays don`t do justice to Mexican openings

There was a huge Es opening into FM and even weather band over the eastern US, into Cuba, Caribbean, but probably not extending this far, I hope as I was not remonitoring until:

2303 on 2, turned on to find Info-7 in progress amid CCI; probably Tampico
2303 on 4, net-4 f bug in LR during apparent news, also algo on 5
2351 on 2, something fades back in briefly

UT July 25:
0014 on 2, fade-in video, P&G ads in Spanish with Olympic connexion
[see CANADA for a while]
0314 on 2, Spanish from south revives, CCI
0314 on 4, novela, Azteca-13 bug UR, again 0331
0314 on 5, fútbol
0344 on 5, ``Televisa Veracruz`` audio promo mention, while video CCI, i.e. XHAJ, Las Lajas
0345 on 6, promo with full screen DANIEL, and later LALO; unknown bug UR
0348 on 6, music with loud live DJ, audience; now a better look at the UR bug: it`s the Multimedios star, with PLUS below and to the right of it. So it`s XHTAO in Tampico or XHLGG in León, per Oglethorpe. From backdrop, show name includes NOCHES, and FUTBOL.

0458 on 3, full-screen ID with the Grupo Pacífico italic 3 in an oval, and XHQ-TV, XHQ-DT = Culiacán, Sinaloa. Es still incoming as it`s almost local midnight CDT but not really, = 2230 LMT

0505 on 2, from southwest, set with large ND, seems about sports, so maybe means Noticiero Deportivo; network or local?

0520 and 0555 final check still bits of video DX on 2. During the evening I also tried FM from time to time but nothing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA [and non]. 15120, July 25 at 0559, poor signals, mix of V. of Nigeria ID with CRI fill music and 0600 CRI theme and ID. The two about equal level this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13802 & 13698 approx., July 25 at 1228, 1230, very light but definite modulation spur spikes matching VOA Spanish 13750 Greenville (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13845, July 24 at 1909, WWCR-3 is missing, while 1 & 2 are inbooming on 15825, 12160 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12105, July 24 at 1905 and 2257, WTWW-3 is still missing today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7506.4, July 25 at 0103, WRNO big signal but undermodulated and somewhat distorted gospel huxter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 11715.0, July 25 at 1337, KJES fair signal with undermodulated singing, remaining on-frequency! Transmission is still very irregular (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9331, approx., July 25 at 0610, big carrier is overriding WBCQ 9330; occasional warbling. Suspect a Cuban spy transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)