Glenn Hauser logs August 16, 2011

** ANGUILLA. 6090, Caribbean Beacon, gone again, August 16 at 0548 check; also gone again from 11775 at 1341. It had resumed on August 14 after about 3 weeks off for antenna work; I think I also heard it on Aug 15 but did not bother to log it, assuming it was back to stay. DGS really has nothing new to say, so why bother? This station does nothing whatsoever to promulgate Anguillan arts and culture, let alone those of the Caribbean in general. In fact, it never even IDs by that name (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake August 16, just before 1300, quick scan; all with flutter, much heavier than usual:
10300, fair at 1257
12980, poor at 1257
13920, fair at 1257
14950, good at 1258; none higher

After 1300, not a complete scan, but noted:
15290, fair at 1312

After 1330:
15280, good at 1344, also with grind jamming; ex 15290 previous check
15525, very poor at 1345; no others 10-18 MHz
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LIBYA. 17725, August 16 at 1348, no signal from V. of Africa; it`s been so sporadic anyway that we have no idea whether rebel attacks approaching the Sabrata site and/or power outages are the cause (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. Got a nice surprise in the p-mail, a p-book, softcover, from REE, ``Cuentos Irreverentes`` por Miguel Angel de Rus, thirteen `tragicomic` short stories, 170 pp., Madrid, 1995y. De Rus has worked for RNE, but the book has no official support or imprimatur. It has a prolog by another RNE journalist, Carlos Castillo. (I am wondering if he is the same but pseudonymous onetime Castilian broadcaster for Austrian SW, `Carlos Arturo del Castillo`.) Unfortunately, I hardly have time to read books in English, but it`ll keep. It came as my prize for participating in the REE survey of `how do you listen to us`, to which I replied to several programs, ¡onda corta! (Glenn Hauser, OK, August 15, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 12100, August 16 at 1342, WTWW is still in Arabic, signing on circa 1300. On Aug 14, Jean-Michel Aubier, France, found this at
http://wtww.us/pages/program-schedule.php

New schedule to start shortly: [nothing but Bible readings]

Central                       UTC
 6- 9 am     Russian       1100-1400
 9-12 noon   Arabic        1400-1700
12- 3 pm     French        1700-2000
 3- 6 pm     German        2000-2300
 6- 9 pm     Spanish       2300-0200
 9-12 midn   Portuguese    0200-0500
12- 3 am     English       0500-0800
 3- 6 am     English       0800-1100
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VENEZUELA. I was amusing myself by Googling up the RNV Canal Internacional website to see if there was any explanation why they have been missing from Cuban relays for about a month. Of course not, but goes right to that colorful frequency map, all but one of which have been wrong since shortly after service was revived, dated 2003y, and the times are local in each target area, disregarding DST!
http://www.rnv.gob.ve/noticias/index.php?pg=internacional

Then I did an internal website search on `Calabozo`, the new SW transmitter site under construxion and supposedly almost finished. Naturally, I get no hit on that, but on calabozo as a common word in some lengthy socialist declaration text, leading me to uplook it in my P-dixionary; it means: ``Dungeon, prison cell, pruning knife``. Not many SW stations have been able to name their transmitter site so negatively! Maybe that`s why what little publicity comes out about the SW plans downplays the name (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Shortwave Radio Radio Logs from WDX6AA

CHINA   Jammer   11540   1809 GMT  Chinese  444  Aug 15  YL singing jammer music.

CHINA   China Radio Intl-CRI   11895  1812 GMT  Chaozhon   333  Aug 15  YL and OM with comments.

FRENCH GUIANA   Radio France Intl Relay   21690  1836 GMT  French  333  Aug 15  YL and OM with comments on a very noisy frequency.

JAPAN   Radio Japan-NHK   9835  1802 GMT  Japanese  444  Aug 15  OM with comments with America mentioned often. Music with a YL singing 1805 GMT.  YL with comments by 1808.

UNITED STATES, North Carolina   Radio Marti   11930  1816 GMT  Spanish  333  Aug 15  YL singing plus Bongo Drums. YL and OM with comments 1818 GMT. //13820 [333] via North Carolina.

UNITED STATES, Tennessee   WTWN   12100  1820 GMT  Spanish  333  Aug 15  OM with comments.

UNITED STATES, Tennessee    WWCR #2   12160  1822 GMT  English  333  Aug 15  OM talkling about the US A government not working for the people of the USA.  Also selling books.

UNITED STATES, Tennessee    WWCR #3    13845  1831 GMT  English  333  Aug 15  OM selling generators in the Liberty progeam.  Also selling emergency drinking water.      MacKenzie-CA..

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

WTWW schedule

- Transmitter 1 Schedule  Click here
8am Central (1300 UTC) to 7pm (0000 UTC)  9480 khz
7pm Central (0000 UTC) to 8am (1300 UTC)  5755 khz

- Transmitter 2


- Transmitter 3 
Scripture readings
12.1 Mhz
 
New schedule to start shortly:
Central                               UTC
6 - 9 am       Russian       1100 - 1400
9 - 12 noon   Arabic        1400 - 1700
12 - 3pm       French       1700 - 2000  
3 - 6pm        German       2000 - 2300
6 - 9pm        Spanish       2300 - 0200
9 - 12 midn   Portuguese  0200 - 0500
12MN - 3am  English        0500 - 0800
3 - 6am        English        0800 - 1100

Deutsche Welle Survey

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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,4865,00.html

 

(Mark Coady via cumbre_dx yg)

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

BONAIRE    Radio Japan Relay-NHK   11935  0320 GMT  Japanese  444  Aug 15  OM with comments with music in the background and followed by an OM singing.  OM with comments by 0526 GMT. //5960[444]via Canada.

BRAZIL   Radio Nacional Da Amazonia   11780  0340 GMT  Portuguese  444  Aug 15  Continuous music then OM with Radio Nacional ID 0343 GMT. ///9655[333].
 
CHINA   Chuina Radio Intl-CRI   11895  0330 GMT  English  333  Aug 15  English  YL and OM with comments and  OM singing 0335 GMT.

COSTA RICA   Radio Exterior Espana-REE   9630  0354 GMT  Spanish  444  Aug 15  YL and OM with comments in the Diaria program.  OM with REE ID 0400 GMT.

RUSSIA, Vladivostok    Voice of Russia-VOR   12040  0315 GMT  English  333  Aug 15  Piano music plus some vocal singing.

RUSSIA   Voice of Russia   9735  0345 GMT  Spanish  444  Aug 15  YL and OM with comments.

SPAIN   China Raio Intl Relay-CRI   9690  0348  English  444  Aug 15  Two OMs with comments on England spots events.

UNITED STATES, Tennessee    WTWN   12100  0310 GMT  Spanish  444  Aug 15  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

Glenn Hauser logs August 15, 2011

** ALBANIA. 13625, Monday Aug 15 at 1430, R. Tirana still missing, one transmitter down all month (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake August 15, before 1300, generally poor conditions:
10300, very good at 1237
12980, good at 1241
13920, fair at 1243
14700, very poor at 1243; none higher

After 1330:
15280, poor at 1341; none higher up to 19 MHz
14950, good at 1342
13920, fair at 1342
12270, good at 1342
12025, very poor at 1342 under CNR1 jammer; none lower

Before 1430:
15720, very poor at 1424. Nothing in Aoki, EiBi or HFCC to account for this, so probably Sound of Hope or maybe Voice of Tibet landed here
15280, fair at 1427, also with grind jammer; no others
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LIBYA. 17725, Aug 15 at 1428, no signal. Chris Greenway pointed out that fighting was getting near to the Sabrata shortwave site yesterday; but V. of Africa has been quite sporadic anyway. Wolfgang Büschel says Sabrata is 38 km from Al Zawiyah, but 17725 had been on and off earlier Aug 15, 1313-1316*, *1318- (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 88.1, UT Monday August 15 at 0515, Harry Shearer`s `Le Show` is in progress via KWOU Woodward, interview about Pfizer avoiding taxes. That makes a semi-convenient time for us to hear it on the KGOU network, 0500 UT Mondays. I see on their schedule they also have `Joe Frank` 24 hours earlier at 0500 UT Sundays, before going to BBC overnight relays at 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7520, Aug 15 at 0159*, WWCR-1 QSY announcement to 3215, which did come up within a minute, instead of 7465 where they were by mistake(?) the night before.

9980, Aug 15 at 1419, WWCR-4 with Brother Scare, extremely strong, and clearly audible in the background other audio which we found // 13845 WWCR-3. WWCR fails to isolate one transmitter/antenna from another sufficiently, a longstanding defect. Or the mix could be getting into the audio chain before transmission.

15825, August 15 at 1423, WWCR-1 is extremely strong too, must be aided by sporadic E not reaching VHF, with squeal as bad as ever on this transmitter, splashing out to 15810 and 15840, where the much weaker but detectable spurs are with same modulation; and furthermore once again putting wideband modulation spikes roughly covering 15620-15710, and a weaker range from 15500 to 15560, QRMing numerous other stations in these ranges. Longstanding problems that WWCR has failed to solve (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Radio Heritage Newsletter #30

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August 14 2011

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Glenn Hauser logs August 14, 2011

** ANGUILLA [and non]. After missing about 3 weeks to replace curtain antenna wires, Caribbean Beacon is finally back with Dead Gene Scott, August 14 at 0442 on 6090, and also at 1236 on 11775, the latter atop DentroCuban pulse jamming, left way over from R. Martí in the evenings (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake August 14, before 1300:
16100, very poor at 1230
15970, poor at 1228
14700, JBA at 1231
13970, JBA at 1233
13130, fair at 1231
12270, good at 1233
11500, fair at 1235
10300, very good at 1238

Before 1330:
12270, good at 1325
13130, fair at 1325; none in the 14s, 11s
15425, poor at 1326
15970, fair at 1326
16100, poor at 1326
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. 5025, August 14 at 0439, R. Rebelde, just open carrier, while RHC was nominal on 5040.

RHC missing from scheduled frequencies 15360, 13680, 11690, Sunday August 14 at 1404, when only 15120 is supposed to have gone off. Still there on 11730, 11760, 11830, 12040, 13780, 15230.

RHC continues to upset its schedule on Sundays, despite the absence of any transmitter-hogging Venezuela relays for months. At 1535, still nothing on `Aló, Presidente` channels 11690, 13680, 13750, 15370, 17750. Well, there was something on 13680, in Chinese, CRI Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE. 9805, good UT Sunday Aug 14 at 0452, feature report in English, announcer sounds like Sandra Tsing Loh, but surely not; RFI ID and cut off at 0457* (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1577 monitoring: confirmed on WTWW 5755, UT Sunday August 14 after 0400. Also confirmed on WRMI 9955, at 1535. Besides several more WRMI repeats, next being Sunday 1730, the other airing upcoming is UT Monday 0300v on Area 51 via WBCQ 5110v-CUSB (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7465, August 14 at 0448, very strong blues music, and nothing on 3215. WWCR-1 must be on wrong frequency; 7465 still shows on the transmitter schedule as of August 6 at 2200-0100 only. According to August 1 sked, `Last Radio Playing` is the show at 04-05 UT Sundays on `3215` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 15780, August 14 at 1225, very poor signal with soft song, then 1228 some Arabic and more upbeat music. HFCC shows IBB Arabic [= R. Sawa], 08-13, 100 kW, 132 degrees from Lampertheim, GERMANY (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 6925.0, August 14 at 0447, very poor signal buried in noise level, with bits of music, talk, presumably a pirate. Since the chilling effect of the WEAK and Crystal Ship busts, pirate activity has declined precipitously (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Glenn Hauser logs August 12-13, 2011

** CHINA. Firedrake August 13, before 1300:
 7970, very poor at 1245
10300, very good at 1253
12270, very good at 1255
12980, very good at 1255
13130, very good at 1256
13830, good at 1256
13920, very good at 1255
13970, very good at 1255
14700, very good at 1256
14950, good at 1256
15545, fair at 1257
15900, very good at 1257
16100, good at 1257
16980, very good at 1257
That makes 14 at once, assuming the lowest one was still on when I got to the highest one; and they all go off at 1300 for a few minute break

Before 1400:
16980, fair with flutter at 1338
16100, good at 1338
15900, good at 1338
15280, poor at 1341 vs het on 15278
14950, very good at 1342
14700, very good at 1342
13970, good at 1342
13920, very good at 1342
13830, fair at 1342
13130, very good at 1343
12025, poor at 1341 under CNR1 jammer, // 13130
10300, fair at 1345

After 1400:
17560, fair at 1412 over V. of Tibet via Madagascar
15790, good at 1419 // 17560
15285, poor at 1416 with het on hi side
14700, good at 1420; none in the 13`s, 12`s, 11`s
10300, poor at 1423

Also had CNR1 with echo on 15180 at 1415 // 11990, 12040, vs what? Not in Aoki, nor anything listed at this time to account for it. However, EiBi does have CNR1 jammer on 15180 at 14-15, but also without any target known. Nothing in HFCC either. When any log of your programming is first assumed to be a jammer, as the odds dictate, you should know you have a P.R. problem, not only public relations but ``People`s Republic`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LIBYA. 17725, August 13 at 1413, the intermittent VOAFTGJ was on today, hilife music, fair signal; also heard before 1400 in presumed Swahili (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Sporadic-E TVDX: Turning on at 1502 UT August 13, I find Spanish from the south in progress on channel 2 analog. In and out, with CCI, one station at 1508 with much louder audio than the other; 1510 Azteca-7 net promo at normal audio level, back to `Los Hechiceros de Waverly Place` dubbed US sitcom, and the announcer also speaks the translated program title as is customary in México. 1522 a glimpse of a local ID in small white letters upper-left corner, but could not make it out, and soon removed and faded. These appear at roughly 30-minute intervals automatically, but you never know just when to expect them. Seems same sitcom still fading up occasionally to 1555. Az-7 on 2 is usually XHTAU Tampico, but this one seemed to peak more to the SSW, so maybe XHDRG Durango or XHCSA in Chihuahua with almost ten times the power of DRG.

At 1602 UT, ch 2 had very rapid flutter fading for several seconds from signal at same antenna heading, probably Perseid meteor scatter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 102.3, August 12 around 2000 UT as I was in NW OKC, could hear intermittently Alex Jones, and hourtop ID a minute late only as GCN radio network; some co-channel QRM, since this pirate has been tracked to the SE side of the city. Same far-right wingnuts used to appear on 107.1 from the central part of OKC with better coverage to the NW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 15450, Sat Aug 13 at 1302, `DX Corner` was ending after reading a reception report from Japan, with poor signal; so this date confirmed as an on-week for the fortnightly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 15825, Sat Aug 13 at 1256 tuning by WWCR, heard horribly distorted audio from program in progress, listed as `Church of Apostolic Faith of Columbia`; I believe that is one of those insane screaming gospel huxters. At 1259 clear audio as `Musical Memories with Martha Garvin` was starting a bit early (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 15592, Aug 13 at 1417, squishy -18 kHz spur from WEWN 15610 is audible, and also on +18 kHz, 15628 where it bothered a weak V. of Greece. Mother Angelica does not make a good neighbor; cares nothing about such unnecessary interference from her defective transmitter, which is only getting worse beyond its primary parasites at plus and minus 9 kHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9955, Sat Aug 13 at 1500, WORLD OF RADIO 1577 barely audible on WRMI, atop CCI/SAH from presumed Taiwan; no jamming. Remaining WRMI airings are: Sat 1730, Sun 0800, 1530, 1730, Mon 1130, 1530, 2130, Tue 1530, Wed 1530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti AM (orari UTC)

Mercoledì 10 agosto 2011
05.21 - 9330 kHz
WBCQ THE PLANET - Monticello-ME (USA)
Inglese, riflessioni bibliche OM.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
-
05.24 - 9370v kHz
WTJC - Newport-SC (USA)
Inglese, mx Gospel tradizionale.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
-
05.27 - 9500 kHz
TWR SWAZILAND - Mpangela Range
Inglese, mx Gospel pop e IDs OM.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
-
05.30 - 9580 kHz
AFRICA N° 1 - Moyabi (Gabon)
Francese, nxs locali OM.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
QRM Medi 1 9575.
-
05.34 - 9705 kHz
R. ETHIOPIA - Gedja
LV DU SAHEL - Niamey (Niger)
Segnali sufficienti
-
05.39 - 9955 kHz
WRMI - Hialeah-FL (USA)
Spagnolo, nxs YL Radio Praga.
Segnale suffiiciente-insufficiente
No jamming.
-
05.42 - 11512+11528 kHz
Spurie di WEWN 11520.
Riproduzioni distorte.
Su 11528 disturba Denge Mezopotamya.
Arrivano anche in Italia!
-
05.47 - 11725 kHz
R. NEW ZEALAND INT. - Rangitaiki
EE, reportage telefonico e nxs.
Segnale sufficiente
-
07.26 - 15120 kHz
VO NIGERIA - Ikorodu
Francese, mx afroreggae.
Segnale buono-molto buono
Solito ronzio di sottofondo.
-
07.35 - 15295 kHz
VO MALAYSIA - Kajang
EE, canzone di Harry Belafonte.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
-
21.50 - 15190v kHz
RADIO INCONFIDENCIA - Belo Horizonte (Brasile)
Portoghese, mx locale e annunci OM/YL.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
-
21.51 - 10000 kHz
OBSERVATORIO NACIONAL - Rio (Brasile)
Portoghese, annunci OM (PC?) e T/S.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
-
21.53 - 4910 (Tennant Kreek) // 4835 (Alice Springs) kHz
ABC NORTHERN TERRITORY SERVICE
Inglese, parlato OMs.
Segnali sufficienti


***


Giovedì 12 agosto 2011
05.28 - 13630 kHz
R. AUSTRALIA - Shepparton
CVC VOICE ASIA - Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
Segnali buoni-sufficienti
-
05.35 - 11680 kHz
BBC ARABIC to NAF + JAMMING
Segnale buono-sufficiente
-
05.42 - 11885 kHz
PBS XINJIANG - Urumqi (Cina)
Uighur, tk YL/OM.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
-
05.46 - 10000 kHz
WWV - Boulder-CO (USA)
EE, IDs OM-PC e T/S.
Segnale sufficiente
No more continuous tones during the minutes?


Luca Botto Fiora

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


RICEVITORI
R7 Drake - Satellit 500 Grundig - E5/G3/G6 Etón - VR5000DSP Yaesu - ATS909 Sangean


ANTENNE
Loop in ferrite ACA di 75 cm modificata (@70 kHz-2 MHz)
Loop filare da finestra da 1 spira 150x100 cm (@2-5 MHz)
Dipolo aperto 26 m (@5-30 MHz)
-
VARIE
Ampli RF K0LR per loop ACA modificato (WA1ION)
Ampli RF LX1456 Nuova Elettronica per loop SW e dipolo
Balun a choke coassiali 1:1 di RG174 per dipolo (IZ7ATH)
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 modificato (W8JI)
Software demo Multimode 6.2.3 Black Cat Systems

Ascolti FM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti FM (ora italiana)

(entrambi i giorni a Rapallo-Santuario-GE dalle 14.45 alle 17.15)
Mercoledì 10 agosto 2011
95.300 R. MATER-INBLU
txs Valcava-LC e/o Monte Calenzone-PV
-
101.900 R. ONDA LIGURE
tx Savona-Colle Crocetta
Non credevo alle mie orecchie quando oltre ad RTL 102.5 (dal M. Beigua-SV) con il dipolo telescopico ho intercettato - e separato - Radio Onda Ligure. La mappa (aggiornata) visibile sul sito web dell'emittente riporta tale frequenza per Millesimo-SV, la mia ipotesi quindi è che RTL 102.5 sia solo dal M. Beigua e Savona-Colle Crocetta sia rimasta a Radio Onda Ligure, puntata verso la A6 Savona-Torino.
-
106.950 R. MATER-INBLU
tx Monte Carchio (Massa Carrara)


***


Giovedì 11 agosto 2011
88.900 PRIMARADIO Asti
tx Frabosa Soprana-Monte Malanotte-CN
-
89.200 ECORADIO Roma
tx Lavagna-Santa Giulia-GE
Fino alle 15.00 circa la portante era ancora muta, ripassando dopo 10 minuti c'era Ecoradio. E' la prima volta che assisto all'attivazione di una nuova emittente FM. Anche in questo caso è una sostituzione di RIN - Radio Italia Network.
-
94.200 R. SPORTIVA-CNR
tx Capannori-Monte Serra-LU
Me ne sono accorto spostandomi dietro il Santuario, altrimenti nei bandscan mi sarebbe rimasta ancora come Fantastica.




Luca Botto Fiora

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


RICEVITORI
Satellit 500 Grundig (filtri FM 110-80-80 kHz)
DE1103 Degen (filtri FM 110-80 kHz)
VR5000DSP Yaesu (OIRT)


ANTENNE
Centralizzata TV condominiale (DE1103)
Dipolo telescopico (Satellit 500)




VARIE
Balun coassiale su ferrite per dipolo telescopico tratto da www.northcountryradio.com
Decoder RDS Manager Conrad


***

QTHs ESTERNI
G.C. 09E13 - 44N18
Portofino-Chiesa di S. Giorgio (Genova)-
G.C. 09E13 - 44N21 / 612 m. s.l.m.
Rapallo-Santuario di Montallegro (Genova)
-
G.C. 09E20 - 44N20
Chiavari Ri Alto (Genova)
-
G.C. 09E25 - 44N32 / 1012 m. s.l.m.
S. Stefano d'Aveto (Genova)-
G.C. 09E33 - 44N17 / 698 m. s.l.m.
Velva-Santuario N.S. della Guardia (Genova)
-
RICEVITORE
DE1103 Degen (filtri FM 110-80 kHz)
-
ANTENNE
Dipolo telescopico max. 3 elementi
Telescopica incorporata max 3 elementi
-
VARIE
Balun coassiale su ferrite per dipolo telescopico tratto da
www.northcountryradio.com

RAE: QSL ESPECIAL de Play DX el proximo 19 de agosto 2011

 

El Proximo 19 de agosto en ocasion de la visita a la RAE (Radiodifusion Argentina al Exterior) en Calle Maipu, donde haran una historica entrevista a los colegas italianosDario Monferini y Roberto Pavanello difundido en directo en la onda corta, frecuencia de 15345 KHz a las 1900-1955 horario UTC y tambien en internet, en: http://www.mediums.es/radios/argentina/rae-radiodifusion-argentina-al-exterior.php

Recuerden que los que envien un informe de recepcion de esa emision recibiran una QSL ESPECIAL, pueden enviarla al correo electronico: info@playdx.com

Glenn Hauser logs August 11-12, 2011

** ANTARCTICA. 15476, weekly update on LRA36: still nothing at 1327 August 12, nor chex at least once almost every morning. However, general propagation is often so poor, that I am not sure it could be detected if it came back (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake August 11:
12025, very poor at 1329 under CNR1 jammer
12980, very good at 1329, 1338, 1349; none in the 11`s or 10`s
13920, poor at 1327, 1345
13970, fair at 1327, 1345
14950, good at 1327; very good at 1345
15285, fair at 1324
15525, fair at 1344
16980, very good at 1324, 1338
17300, very poor at 1338 // 12980; nothing in Aoki Aug 12; vs SOH?

Firedrake August 12, before 1300, on internal antenna due to thunder:
 7970, poor at 1227. Last log of this one was June 21 at 1244
10300, good at 1228 // 7970
11500, very poor at 1225, I think, with open carrier mix?
12500, fair at 1225: this is an ``outlier`` as S. Handler calls them, NOT // the others but about 2 sex ahead of 10300, etc.
12980, poor at 1225
13920, poor at 1230 // 12500, these two being `outliers`

After 1300, back on external antenna:
11500, only S9+22 open carrier at 1319
11775, very poor at 1317, beneath CNR1 and noise jamming mix; still no Anguilla
12025, poor at 1320 over CNR1 jammer, unusually; none in 13`s, 14`s
15280, poor at 1325
15425, good at 1325 // 15280; none higher up to 19 MHz
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 11760, August 12 at 1318, I notice that this RHC transmitter has a squeal on it now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. 17800, August 12 at 1306, no signal from DW Hausa via Rwanda, usually good here, but a weak one on 17820 via Portugal, and Spain also in well on 17595; strange conditions, with many other usual signals missing from 16m, and not much on 19, 22 either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUINEA. 7125, August 11 at 0608, Qur`an, fair signal from RTG. On earlier than usual, and I haven`t heard it for some weeks by not staying up late enough past 0630 or 0700. Maybe extended for Ramadan, but how early, or still highly variable? Still don`t hear it before 0600 August 12 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** NIGERIA. 15120, August 12 at 0523, with hum, V. of Nigeria in financial news about the naira. RFA reported to have quit the frequency, so we hoped CNR1 jamming would too; yet, there was still some QRM under VON. O, CRI Beijing site is still scheduled on 15120 at 03-07 per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENIN DIGEST)

** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1577 monitoring: first airing confirmed on WRMI webcast, Thursday Aug 11 at 1500; also confirmed on 9955 which signed on at 2059, then WOR at 2100 without jamming except a bit o` bleed from 9965. Also confirmed on 9479 WTWW starting a semiminute later, and on WBCQ webcast of 7415 until 2200 August 11. And confirmed on WWRB 5051 at 0355 UT Friday August 12.

Besides all the many WRMI repeats, other times are:
0400  UT Sunday on WTWW 5755
0300v UT Monday on WBCQ 5110v-CUSB
1730  UT Sat & Sun on WRN via SiriusXM 120, also Sunday 0830
Full schedule at http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9479, WTWW due to being super-strong and 1 kHz off-frequency, produces false carriers by overload thruout the 31m band: 9750, August 12 at 1312 I am hearing a 1000 Hz tone under Japanese, so another of those mystery tests? No, it goes away on the FRG-7 when I switch on the attenuation. Another one like that on 9410, etc., etc. These are NOT transmitted by WTWW, just result from overloading the receiver. The overload would still be there if it were on 9480, but not so obvious beating against on-frequency signals (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 13562, August 11 at 1347, the swishy 18-kHz spur from WEWN 13580 is obvious with BFO, along with the stronger 9-kHz one on 13571 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9250-9280, August 11 at 1334, very strong pulsing like OTH radar, but not the same sound as from China or Cyprus; peaks at 9265, and would ruin WINB or WMLK if they dared to use out-of-band frequency at this time. Split-second breaks every 16 seconds (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

AUSTRALIA   Radio Australia-Shepparton   17795  2335  GMT  English  444  Aug 10  Two OMs with comments on financial downfalls worldwide.

CUBA   Radio Havana Cuba-RHC   15370  0012 GMT  Spanish  444  Aug 11  YL with comments and mentioning Latin America often.

CUBA   Radio Havana Cuba-RHC   15230  0015 GMT  Spanish  444  Aug 11  OM with comments plus Cuban music and RHC mentioned often.

KOREA, South    Voice of Korea-VOK    15180  0018 GMT  Spanish  444  Aug 11  YL with comments and music often.

KUWAIT   Radio Kuwait    17550  2341 GMT  Arabic  333  Au8g 10  Two OMs with ongoing comments.

NEW ZEALAND   Radio New Zeakand Intl-RNZI   15720  2347 GMT  English  444  Aug 10  Two OMs with comments plus a YL with comments on New Zealand bank problems.

MARIANAS, North,    Radio Free Asia-RFA   15585  2352 GMT  Chinese  444  Aug 10  YL and OM with comments plus some Chinese music at times. Time pips 2359 GMT and off the air.

PHILIPPINES    VOA Relay   15385  0005 GMT  Chinese  333  Aug 11  YL and 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

Tips "Girolla" Buccinasco

 date    utc         khz
=====================================================================
09/08 1729      12050     VOR-Mosca    RUS px news "Oggi nel mondo" in I+id  Buono
09/08 1714      7180       V of the Broad Masses   ERI 444   Asmara px locale //7110khz  Suff
09/08 0458      3810     HD2IOA  Ist.Ocean.Armada -Guayaquil  EQA  Bip...Bip..time signal Suff
08/08 2022      15850     GALEI TZAHAL   ISR px mx "Frank Sinatra "+ID //9235khz    Buono
08/08 2012      7125       R.Guineè-Conakry   GUI   px locale in F   Suff
08/08 2007      15190      R.Incofidencia      B   Belo Horizonte px locale mx   Suff
08/08 1759      7170       V of the Broad Masses      ERI Asmara  -px locale //7130khz   Suff
=====================================================================

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Glenn Hauser logs August 10, 2011

** BOLIVIA [and non]. 6134.8, August 10 at 1039 quite a heterodyne with something on 6135.0; first words I make out are in Portuguese, so presumed R. Aparecida clashing with R. Santa Cruz on the off-frequency? But the other station with music on 6135 goes off at 1041* unlike a Brazilian, and like the nameless Korean clandestine reported by S. Hasegawa.

Then in the clear, RSC has a language lesson presented in Spanish, seems like the other language is Chinese; or Italian? Heard syllables like ``ciao`` but mostly in Spanish, lite musical background. Said ``aprovechemos y valoremos``; 1047 ending les attributed to Instituto Radiofónico Fé y Alegría, ``El Maestro en Casa`` for home-learning. 1048 ID as Radio Santa Cruz and into yippy music.

Strangely enough, Googling did not find right away station`s own website, but FAO has a lot about it athttp://www.fao.org/docrep/x5600s/x5600s08.htm
including a program schedule showing ``El Maestro en Casa - Educación - 6:00 a 7:00 a.m. - Educación formal para adultos - IRFA``

Here`s an article about IRFA which just appeared in the local press: http://www.eldeber.com.bo/vernotasantacruz.php?id=100508231136
Seems EMEC is mainly about literacy. Maybe they are teaching Spanish to the Quechua or Aymara accounting for some of the non-Spanish words.

Here`s the IRFA website:http://www.irfabolivia.org/
which linx finally to RSC itself:http://www.radiosantacruz.com.bo/
O no, server can`t be found! Fortunately they are easy to find on 49m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake August 10:
10300, very good at 1250
12500, good at 1255 with brief audio dropout at 1256; none in the 11`s
14720, poor at 1257
14950, fair at 1257; none in the 15`s
16980, poor at 1259; none in the 17`s or 18`s before 1300
The only time I checked today (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 9240-AM, August 10 at 1026, YL 5-digit spy numbers in Spanish, S9+22 but undermodulated. I found this much more interesting than the last thing I just heard from Rod Hembree on 9330 WBCQ.

6000, August 10 at 1104, RHC sign-on frequency announcement is more accurate than the sign-off one circa 0500 with long-gone imaginary frequencies, but it`s still wrong in mentioning only 6000 on this band, while really // better signal on 6150 but undermodulated with squeal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ECUADOR [and non]. 6050, August 10 at 1102, HCJB good talking about leyes but with slow SAH of about 3 Hz. That strong a SAH ought to bring some audio too but none heard. Perhaps MALAYSIA is on-frequency today, but not modulating? Ron Howard logged Asyik FM today at 1240 on 6050.0 with a 3-minute call to prayer (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE [non]. 9825, August 10 until 1029*, just caught a few sex of what I thought was a gospel huxter screaming before cut off the air, but uplooked later it must have been some music fill on RFI`s Spanish service scheduled 1000-1030[sic] via GUIANA FRENCH, 250 kW, 305 degrees, one of the registered CIRAF targets including Oklahoma, strangely enough, at 5 am in a minority language; in fact, OK has become an English-only state despite numerous Indian languages, many endangered, i.a.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-only_movement
Of course, RFI has never condescended to broadcast in English, *ugh* to any part of North America; and hardly even in French! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE. 9420, August 10 at 0520, VOG must be back on here after an absence as in previous report: music and talk both sound Greek, but 15630 is too weak to be sure it`s //. Iran presumably starts 9420 at 0530 but unchecked then. {Oops, 0530 is when Iran is supposed to stop on 9420; anyhow unheard at 0520.} John Babbis had 9420 Greece again from 2200 UT Aug 9 past 0200 Aug 10. Wolfgang Büschel agrees that Greece is back on 9420 at 1250 August 10 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUATEMALA. 4055, August 10 at 1106, R. Verdad is already on talking about Jesús, and better signal than it usually has closer to sunrise (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 6185, August 10 at 1101, Radio Educación is running over again, past nominal 6 am closedown, guy talking about a pueblo, and with a SAH, from Asia? Probably China Huayi as in Aoki but missing from HFCC along with XEPPM, just a wooden Malaysian entry. If XE is not off before 1130, it will be blasted away by NHK in Russian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Channel 2, signs of weak analog video from the south when I turned on August 10 at 1430 UT, but nothing developed during following hour. 6m Es map showed activity only to the southeast of here within the USA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9330-CUSB, August 10 at 1019, ``shortwave lesson no. 3 on propagation`` punxuated by dog barking. Rod Hembree explains basics of ionospheric layers, refraxion, skipping. Repeat of old ``Radio Weather`` show from years ago, then `Time Tunnel` segment, about what a great scientist Isaac Newton was, morphing into stealth evangelism alleging that SIN attributed everything he accomplished to Jesus. Is part of the almost-continuous Good Friends Radio Network buyout of this WBCQ transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 7520, August 10 at 1037, ``Georgia`` by Willie Nelson, VG signal where nothing was supposed to be at this hour. Then I hear a squeal and know it must be WWCR-1, especially since they are missing from 9985. Yep, soon hear the `World Wide Country Radio` DJ saying he`s had enough of that before the tune is over, 1036 on to ``Georgia on My Mind``, Glen Campbell`s version, I think.

Furthermore, the always-parasitic WWCR-1 spurs could be heard with bits of same modulation just below 7505 and above 7535. WWCR registered 7520 for 01-04 and had really been using it for only the first hour of that.

But now the transmitter schedule effective Aug 6 at http://www.wwcr.com/transmitter-sched.html
does show 7520 instead of 9985 at 09-11. 7520 was off at 1059 recheck, moving to 15825 which is normally inaudible to JBA at the outset (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Glenn Hauser logs August 8-10, 2011

All items after 2300 UT August 8 in this report were during 20+ hour AC outage caused by storm downing powerlines [see OKLAHOMA]. Receivers used on batteries, and antennas:
DX-398 and indoor random wire until 0050 UT August 9
DX-398 and short random wire outside on porch until 0210 UT
DX-398 and regular outside 100+foot random wire E-W until 1330 UT
FRG-7 and regular outside 100+foot random wire E-W after 1330
The local logs were on other convenient receivers not requiring external antennas; other MW on DX-398 with internal antenna.

Noise levels were lessened by silencing all the household devices and nearby powerlines; however, by 0205 UT we were hearing some line noise again and could see lights on in adjacent blox. The T-storm noise moved on quickly and was not much of a problem by then.

** ALBANIA. 7425, August 9 at 0140, English announcement and some classical music. 0142 a talk about climate. 0143 outro English broadcast, IS, 0145 theme and re-sign-on in English, again with wrong frequency 13640 instead of 13735 for 1845 and 2000 in complete English schedule, a frequency apparently off the air anyway at present.

R. Tirana is supposed to be off the air until 0145-0200 English transmission, but there it was, either turned on too early, or with additional repeat at 0130-0145? Previously have found the webcast filled with more plays of the English broadcasts between the SW ones. Checked next night, Aug 10 at 0135, 7425 not on.

13625, August 9 at 1427 past 1430, again no signal from R. Tirana. Wolfgang Büschel explained August 8:

``TX #1 is down since August 1st, connected mostly on antennas S-10 and S-15.

TX #2 can't be connected to the 13 MHz antenna "S-15" I guess; the Shijak antenna matrix is amateurish, I guess and not flexible to connect to all 15 antennas.

TX #2 is mostly connected to "S-01 and S-08" which are in use AT PRESENT`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** AUSTRALIA. 2310, 2325, 2485, Aug 9 at 1142 just two minutes before sunrise here was able to detect carriers at least from the VL8s, but no 2368.5; tnx to lowered noise level in power outage (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST0

** BRAZIL. 15190, August 9 at 0054 classical music, same time as heard months ago from R. Inconfidência; temporary local low noise level tnx to power outage, but still a poor signal, and nothing audible for a minute or two, perhaps just low passage in music. 0059 clear Portuguese outro, ``obrigado``, more classical, mentions Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, 0101 Segunda-feira, nossa senhora. 0150 still in with Brazilian talk, abraços, Clara Nunes cantando `Juízo Final`; 0156 singer sounds like Carlos Gardel. 0200 TC for ``onze horas, Inconfidência, chegando, noticias, p`ra você, --- Inconfidência Notícias``. 0347 still audible with music but much weaker; is it on all-night? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** BRAZIL. 11815, August 9 at 0342, RBC live announcer with ``boa madrugada de Terça-feira, até 5 horas da manhã``; weak but clear.

11925, August 9 at 0343, presumed R. Bandeirantes also audible aside 11920 Iran (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. RCI`s manager may have stated a policy of no longer emphasising immigration matters, but as I tuned across `The Link` sometime between 20 and 21 UT August 8 on 15235, 15330 and/or 17735, they were talking about the Punjabi community in Vancouver, or some such. Am not convinced (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA [non]. 15125, August 9 at 1515, fair signal with some jazz catches my ear, with YL singer, so VOA? No, into report by Lynn Desjardins on relations between Brasil and Canada. Well, well, another chance to hear RCI in English since it deleted a 1500 broadcast to the USA! Albeit rather indirectly, since 15-16 is scheduled as 500 kW, 212 degrees from Wulumuchi, EAST TURKISTAN to S Asia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 4940, August 9 at 1150, fair signal with song in Chinese, the best 60m signal from Asia, i.e. V. of Strait, which 5 days and 22 minutes earlier was only a weak carrier and bits of modulation; tnx to lower noise level today with the power off (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. 17505, August 9 at 1205, poor signal seems Tagalog talking about Philippines; yes, CRI in Filipino per Aoki, 145 degrees from Xian. Not a signal one would expect here in the morning (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENNING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake, August 9, before 1330:
16980, very good at 1322
15970, very poor at 1322
15425, good at 1318 plus buzz, more jamming?
15280, poor at 1318
14950, very good at 1323
14720, good at 1323
13970, very good at 1325
13795, good at 1324, unusual one; Aoki says RFA Tibetan via Kuwait
[this was not a full scan as too tedious on 5-kHz steps with DX-398; but checked the regular 12`s and none found, but:]
11500, some very poor talk, not FD at 1325; none in the 10`s
[after this I switched to the FRG-7 on its battery pack, 8 x D-cells best used by January 2007 but whew, still not leaking]

Before 1400:
14950, very good at 1345
14720, very good at 1343
13970, very good at 1345
13795, fair at 1345
12025, very poor at 1355 under CNR1 jamming but // 14950

Before 1430:
15780, very good at 1424
14720, fair at 1425; none in the 16`s, 13`s or 12`s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. Thanks to power outage here, several DentroCuban Jamming Command harmonics not normally audible could be heard August 9:

17670, Aug 9 at 0012, lite pulse jamming aside 17675 DRM from NZ, i.e. 5890 x 3 vs VOA Spanish; still at 0052. First time to hear this one

18090, Aug 9 at 0013, same as 17670 but a bit stronger, 6030 x 3 vs R. Martí; still at 0052

12060, Aug 9 at 0058, pulse jamming, some fades, 6030 x 2 vs R. Martí; still there at 1134

11960, August 9 at 1134, pulse jamming, 5980 x 2 vs R. Martí

11910, Aug 9 at 0058, pulse jamming like 12060, but this one is 5955 x 2 vs R. República 5954v; first time heard, I think (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. From 01 to 05 UT, RHC English is supposed to be on 6000 and 6050 only, but UT August 9 it was also on a better, clearer frequency, 11760, where we have also heard it occasionally after 0500 instead of 6010. 11760 remained on the air in English when checked at: 0103, 0205, 0240, 0338. Hey, Arnie, now you can turn off 6050 and let HCJB have their only SW frequency back. Ha: 24 hours later, August 10 at 0135 check, 11760 is back in Spanish. SNAFU.

13680, August 9 at 1347, RHC`s Pedro is interviewing Alejandrina, apparently new announcer in the Quechua service, who was drawn to Cuba where there is social justice [at the expense of freedom], married a Cuban and produced a Cubo-Peruvian child. Quechua service connects with listeners from Colombia to Chile; Pedro looks forward to better relations with Perú whose new president has been to Cuba thrice.

14880, August 9 at 1344, very poor signal from RHC, never heard here before: yes, // 13780, but not typo for the leapfrog of 13680 over that to 13880. 14880 = leapfrog of 15360 over 15120 another 240 kHz lower, so it and 15120 end by 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CYPRUS. 15798-15820+, August 9 at 1321, OTH radar jamming, presumed from here aside WWCR 15825 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EGYPT. 9315, August 9 at 0215, undermodulated English news about Egypt, from R. Cairo. Meanwhile nearby 9305 was as usual horribly overmodulated and distorted in Arabic. At 0251, 9315 still in English, undermodulated about Algeria.

At 0248 found 6270 on air too, undermodulated plus hum/whine in Arabic. Incredibly, ending at 0257:33 was a 5+1 timesignal, Cairo news theme and news (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GREECE [and non]. 9420, August 9 at 0031, Qur`an from IRAN, no sign of V of Greece. John Babbis says this frequency has been missing for some three days; transmitter down? They should have moved somewhere else if can`t get Iran off it for 13 hours a day, usurped 1630-0530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUAM. 9560, August 9 at 1400, ID in English from KSDA, ``Adventist World Radio, the Voice of Hope; the following program is in [??] on 9560 kHz``; very poor signal, listed Chinese. Surprised by lack of het from Ethiopia and no R. Australia, but that closes at 1400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA [and non]. 4750, August 9 at 1145, at least two stations, with music and Indonesian talk atop; RRI Makassar, and Bangladesh or China (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9525-, August 9 at 1312 quick check, poor signal from VOI, yet with the recognizable voice of the RRI Banjarmasin guy, a Tuesday fixture; was much better during previous hour in Japanese (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** IRAN [and non]. 11920, August 9 at 0342, VIRI in English with flutter, rather distorted modulation; 0357 recheck it was covered by ROMANIA, q.v. (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also GREECE

** KOREA NORTH. 2850, August 9 at 1143 very poor with music; still some lite line noise level from the next block? Where power is on.

5895, August 9 at 1153, noise jamming, not the Cuban kind made up of pulses. Aoki has it but not any target: ``5895 0650-2400 KRE North Korean Jamming Noi 1-7`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LIBYA. 17725, no signal at all August 9 at 1423 from VOAFTGJ, despite plenty of other 16mb signals in powerless low noise level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MADAGASCAR. 17525, August 9 at 1505, something in Hausa mentioning Nigeria is cutting off and on air as I intune; 1506 stays on long enough to hear VOA jingle. Is 1500-1530, 250 kW, 305 degrees from Madagascar. (When there is a transmitter problem the ops should know about, I tend to file under the site rather than in this case USA [non]) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Bit of Es, CCI on channel 2 from the S to SSW, August 8 at 1724; at 1728 a promo for ``Oaxaca es Nuestra`` but probably federal government or Televisa promo broadcast nationwide, not necessarily directly from Oaxaca (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1520, Aug 8 at 2013 UT, tuning across KOKC to find dead air, for two minutes until resumed programming. Is no one paying attention at this once-great 50 kW clear-channel station? Then checked 1580, KOKB Blackwell, which last year would run dead air for days at a time, but it was modulating. 2017 more dead air on 1520 for at least 20 seconds until JIP a commercial.

780, Aug 8 at 2014-2015 UT, KSPI Stillwater vies with KOMA for the dead-air championship, but only lasted one minute from tune-in. These were several hours before storms really did knock out power in wide areas of OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

A squall line with lots of lightning and winds up to 95 miles per hour blew thru Garfield Country August 8, toppling lots of powerline poles, and knocking out electricity to our place at 2304 UT. It was still out 20 hours later. We lost access to off-the-air and cable TV and internet, but battery radios allowed us to try to listen to local radio. Here`s what we found first on Enid frequencies:

Off the air: 103.1, 1390, 960
On air with open carrier only: 95.7, 107.1, 1640
Translators/low power:
Off the air: 88.3, 92.1
On the air: 89.1, 91.1, 93.3, 94.3, 98.5, 104.7, 105.5

At 2314, 89.1 was off allowing KMUW Wichita to be heard again.
100.7 had KPNC Ponca City with a storm warning, knocked off at 2312* as we listened.

Of the major local stations, there are two groups,
Chisholm Trail Broadcasting on 1390, 1640, 95.7 and 107.1
And Williams Broadcasting on 960, 103.1

Only KGWA 960 does local news ordinarily, so we kept monitoring for it primarily. At 2338 it was back on the air with country music instead of usual talk format, ID as KGWA and KOFM, even tho KOFM 103.1 was not really on the air and they don`t normally simulcast. A few minutes later news director `J. Curtis Huckleberry` appeared with news about the storm and power situation.

Into UT August 9 at 0008, a weak QRP signal was on 103.1, ID as KOFM, but with music, not simulcasting 960. Probably on exciter only.

KGWA continued local coverage, including winds hitting 95 miles per hour (not a tornado), OG&E says 5500 homes without power. 0020 UT went back to regular programming, Laura Ingraham, yuk.

Next check at 0032 UT:
960 off the air again; 1390 still off
Open carrier: 1640, 95.7, 107.1

0100 UT, KGWA still off. 0113 it`s back with L.I. 0119-0129 another storm update implying that was it until 7 am, 0129 back to L.I.

We are in the dark (literally and figuratively) all night, with no local sources of info, trying to keep cool with natural ventilation only after at 100+ degree day.

1144 UT August 9, 960 carrier is on; 1390 is back to regular ESPN programming. NEVER heard any local info on any of the CTB stations. 1640 still with open carrier (its transmitter site is considerably remote from Enid near Hennessey).

1200 UT, 95.7 KXLS with music, 1390 with ESPN, 1640 OC
960 still OC, 103.1 off

1208 check, 960 now with music segué. 1217 J-Curt finally comes on with recap of last night`s storm info; power outages reached 10,000, but claims most of it is back now thanks to great work of OG&E crews leaving only some highly isolated areas (like us) still powerless as well as the KGWA studio. Well, KGWA is obviously not powerless: they are on the air from studio and transmitter somehow, with some backup altho it obviously did not kick in immediately and stay in.

1325 I can tell that 103.1 has a weak carrier, KOFM exciter only back.

I am less than impressed with the preparedness of local broadcast media to cover emergencies such as this (it could have been much worse, a tornado). KGWA admitted that much of the info they had came from the local newspaper, which did appear on our lawn too with no problem. We read therein that OG&E crews stopped from 1 to 6 am to get some rest, while stuff melted in our freezers. While we were at the library in the afternoon starting to compile this report, power finally came back sometime between 2000 and 2200 UT (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1020, Aug 9 at 0314 UT, open carrier again obviously from semi-local KOKP Perry. Might have power outage somewhere along the program feed line from Stillwater, but long before the storm, August 7 before and after 1200 UT, we also caught them providing dead air to their listener (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** PAPUA NEW GUINEA. 5960, August 9 at 1155 I have a very poor signal with some talk, which I would like to think is Tok Pisin, so maybe Radio Fly. A rare chance with power off here reducing noise level, but DentroCuban pulse jamming was bleeding all the way from 5980 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ROMANIA. 11920, good August 9 at 0357 must have just come on covering up Iran which foolishly tries to broadcast English to North America at 0330-0430. RRI had a string of commercials, apparent domestic service relay, 0400 timesignal, ID and news in Romanian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 9800, August 9 at 0027, VOR in English // stronger 9665 via Pridnestrovye, despite Club DX item quoted in DXLD 11-31 that it was one of several transmissions canceled August 1:

``9800 Krasnodar English  22-02 North and Central America
Source: Vadim Alekseyev, Club DX # 1057, VOR Russian Service (via
Aleksandr Diadischev, Ukraine, Aug 3, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)`` Or did the site merely change? There was some CCI, and 9800 was off at 0210 check.

6075, August 9 at 1159, VOR IS, 1200 opening Chinese, or rather re-opening, per Aoki before and after 1200 via Vladivostok (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. 15285, August 9 at 0348 open carrier with buzz and flutter, no doubt BSKSA Riydah prior to 0400 Swahili service (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SUDAN [non]. 17745, August 9 at 1503, good signal in Arabish from Sudan Radio Service via Sines, PORTUGAL. Last week I remarked that we weren`t getting this any more, unlike the 0400-0500 on 11800 via UK --- but the reason we`re not is that in summer our daily routine means we are hardly ever monitoring after 1500, instead spending hours typing up the UT day`s earlier logs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN [non]. 5950, Aug 9 at 0303, only open carrier via WYFR instead of RTI relay in English; still OC at 0336 or was there JBA modulation underneath, perhaps from something else; should have facilitated V. of Tigray Revolution, Ethiopia, but too much carrier even if unmodulated (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** THAILAND. 15275, Aug 9 at 0019, poor signal in English, from HSK9 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. 15115, August 9 at 1316, discussing new technology in English, with CNR1 jamming, but the English must have been just a clip to be translated on the VOA Mandarin service, during this hour via THAILAND (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9370-, August 9 at 0030 poor signal in Chinese, one of the little-known broadcasts on WTJC in North Carolina. Off-frequency to the lo side as usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 11580, Aug 9 at 0104, Spanish religion, WYFR as scheduled, and with squeal. Then checked 11520 WYFR Portuguese and it too was squealing, but not as much. Add another US station with this problem (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 9860, Aug 9 at 0210, VG signal from WHRI with gospel huxter asserting ``we are all mind-controlled to a certain extent; they call it faith``, then ducking (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [and non]. 13580, August 9 at 1353, WEWN`s squishy-spur transmitter is not only producing major ones at plus and minus 9 kHz, but minor ones at plus and minus 18 kHz, the latter on 13598 messing with a weak signal on 13600, i.e. per HFCC, CRI in Tamil via Kashgar, EAST TURKISTAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 680, Aug 9 at 0307 the Jim Bohannon theme is recognized, seems to be from NE/SW. His MOR 3-hour talk show is harder and harder to find on the air; used to be on 690 KGGF. Checked here after finding 720 WGN `Extension 720` had two Republican guests on the financial situation, as Milt Rosenberg does not pretend to be fair and balanced. Thought I would give him another try since TV is powerless.

So what is the 680 JIMBO affiliate? Our first guess from that direxion is KFEQ St Joseph MO, which really doesn`t provide an adequate signal here, day or night. Jimbo`s official website http://www.jimbohannonshow.com/stationfinder?action=stateSearch&state=MO&programID=309
does not list by frequency, but searching by state, ``KFEQ-AM`` [sic] is on the list but at wrong time, starting at midnight, presumably meaning local CDT = 0500 UT, ``M-F``, surely meaning Tue-Sat. But KFEQ`s websitehttp://www.680kfeq.com/shows/view/?fShowId=9
confirms he is really on from 10 pm to 1 am
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 5201.5, August 9 at 1404, SSB mentioning calls AAM6RD and AAM6RO, but nothing further heard, maybe closing net. As too often the case with hams and MARS, they don`t like to waste words with ``This is`` to make it clear the call immediately following is theirs rather than the contact!

Must be Army MARS and not too far away for daytime propagation. AAM6RD googles right to Texas Army MARS including a photo set including Ken belonging to the first call, viewed by only 19 since last November until me at http://www.raftermranch.com/RafterMRanch/Ham%20Radio/texas_army_mars_ffd10.htm
with the streamer saying ``TEXAS ARMY MARS FFD-10 & WALLER COUNTY ARES SET LOCATION RAFTER M RANCH, HOCKLEY, TEXAS``, but not a very flattering portrait of Ken:http://www.raftermranch.com/RafterMRanch/Ham%20Radio/FFD10/AAR6BB-AAR6RD.jpg
Hockley in Waller County is just NW of Houston, not to be confused with Hockley County which is the next one west of Lubbock.

However, The net schedule at https://www.txarmymars.org/resources/netschedule.php
Shows the only Region 6 net at 1401 UT Tuesday is for Oklahoma:
Tuesday 1401 UTC 0901 CDT OK KCE KCO, KDC AAM6OK TRAFFIC/TRAINING
with KCE the designator for the primary secret frequency = 5201.5? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15165, August 9 at 1214, DRM-like noise, or jamming? Per HFCC, EiBi and Aoki, the only thing at all on this very underutilized frequency is R. Liberty in Kyrgyz at 1200-1230; Aoki says site is Biblis, Germany; HFCC and EiBi say Tinang, Philippines --- quite a contrast, but it`s like IBB to make wild site switches hoping for an improvement (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 18832-SSB approx., August 9 at 1339, 2-way in Spanish, still at 1410 check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti AM (orari UTC)


Martedì 9 agosto 2011
11.55 - 15825 kHz
WWCR 1 -Nashville-TN (USA)
EE, riflessioni bibliche OM.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
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12.09 - 15160 kHz
NON IDENTIFICATA
FF, nxs e ID R. Canada Int., poi s/off.
Segnale sufficiente
Test tx? Sackville?
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12.16 - 15225 kHz
R. VERITAS ASIA - Palauig (Filippine)
Karen, tk OMs e mx tipo Hawaii.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
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12.20 - 15340 kHz
HCJB AUSTRALIA - Kununurra
Indonesiano, tk OM/YL.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
Battimento con RT Marocaine 15341.
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12.24 - 15543 kHz
VO TIBET - Yangi Yul (Tagikistan)
Tibetano, tk OM/YL.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
Dalle 12.30 su 15542.
In sottofondo mx classica *non* cinese in // a 15565. No CNR 1. Nuovo tipo di jamming?
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12.34 - 15645 kHz
FREE NORTH KOREA RADIO - Yangi Yul (Tagikistan)
Coreano, tk OM.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
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12.37 - 15720 kHz
RADIO FREE CHOSUN - Kamo (Armenia)
Coreano, tk OM e mx, annuncio YL.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
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12.40 - 15785 kHz
SOUND OF HOPE TAIWAN
Yangi Yul (Tagikistan)
Mandarino, tk OM.
Jamming not heard.
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12.43 - 15795 kHz
CNR 1 JAMMER + AIR GOS Mandarin.
Segnali buoni
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12.47 - 14720 // 13970 kHz
FIREDRAKE vs. SO HOPE TAIWAN (not heard)
Segnali sufficienti-buoni
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12.54 - 13700 kHz
prob. CNR 13 - Lingshi (Cina)
Uighur, tk OM/YL e mx pop.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
EiBi 09.00-11.00, Aoki 09.00-14.00.


Luca Botto Fiora
bottoluca@teletu.it (max. 30 MB)
(ADSL max. 7 MB)


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


RICEVITORI
R7 Drake - Satellit 500 Grundig - E5/G3/G6 Etón - VR5000DSP Yaesu - ATS909 Sangean


ANTENNE
Loop in ferrite ACA di 75 cm modificata (@70 kHz-2 MHz)
Loop filare da finestra da 1 spira 150x100 cm (@2-5 MHz)
Dipolo aperto 26 m (@5-30 MHz)
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VARIE
Ampli RF K0LR per loop ACA modificato (WA1ION)
Ampli RF LX1456 Nuova Elettronica per loop SW e dipolo
Balun a choke coassiali 1:1 di RG174 per dipolo (IZ7ATH)
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 modificato (W8JI)
Software demo Multimode 6.2.3 Black Cat Systems

Il Wi-Fi 802.22 a 22 Mbps gioca con le frequenze TV

Il nuovo standard Wi-Fi 802.22, recentemente approvato dalla IEEE, promette accessi wireless broadband ad ampio raggio basati sull'utilizzo dei cosiddetti spazi bianchi televisivi. In pratica si tratta di una nuova soluzione per Wireless Regional Area Networks (WRANs), fino a 100 km di distanza, che potrebbe essere gestita sulle frequenze VHF (tra 30 e 300 MHz) e UHF (300 MHz a 3 GHz). "Ogni WRAN fornirà fino a 22 Mbps per canale senza interferenze per la ricezione dell'attuale broadcasting TV, usando il cosiddetto spazio bianco usato dai vari canali", si legge nel comunicato ufficiale. "Questa tecnologia è utile specialmente per servire le aree con bassa densità popolare, come quelle rurali, e paesi in via di sviluppo dove si possono trovare più canali liberi lasciati dalle TV". Insomma, il Wi-Fi 802.22 è senza dubbio interessante per far fronte al digital divide ma richiede comunque ingenti investimenti per le attrezzature. Difficile che in Italia possa essere utilizzato sul fronte consumer; sarà interessante la sua implementazione negli Stati Uniti, già in prima fila per l'adozione.

Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora

Ascolti AM (orari UTC)


Legenda segnale
IN - Insufficiente (Poor)
SF - Sufficiente (Fair)
BN - Buono (Good)
MB - Molto buono (Very good)


Domenica 7 agosto 2011
Ieri per aumentare la lunghezza di un braccio del dipolo - quello di massa - che era più corto ho fatto un bobinone del diametro di circa 16 cm con 10 spire di treccina di rame plastificata. Adesso ciascuno dei due elementi è lungo più o meno 13 metri, ma non per far risuonare l'antenna bensì per tentare di abbassare un po' i rumori locali. Tutto è in prova, come sempre, però in un certo senso il risultato sembrerebbe in parte conseguito, perché ha una resa migliore l'MFJ1026. D'altronde, secondo me, dal punto di vista elettrico il cavo coassiale "vede" più o meno filo, anche se l'antenna - come la mia - è messa in maniera irregolare, tirata sulle due pareti esterne dell'alloggio, un braccio da una parte e uno dall'altra.
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07.17 15120 VO NIGERIA - FF - nxs YL - BN/SF
07.26 15450 FEBC - Filippine - Mandarino - SF/IN
07.29 15525 FEBC - Mandarino non in // a 15450 - SF/IN
07.31 15850 GALEI ZAHAL - Isralele - IDs - SF/IN
07.45 11850 AIR GOS - India - Nepalese - tk OM - SF/IN
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La propagazione questa mattina era molto anomala, instabile, strana.
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07.54 9710 R- AUSTRALIA - EE - intervista OMs - SF/IN
07.57 9575 MEDI 1 - Marocco - mx RIP Amy Winehouse - SF/IN
08.13 9580 R. AUSTRALIA - EE in // a 9710 - SF/IN
10.05 9480 MV BALTIC R. - Göhren (Germania) - Oldies - SF/IN
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Ieri, invece, sui 31 metri tra le 12 e le 13 c'è stato un passaggio di segnali da Etiopia (9560/9705) e Taiwan (9280/9745), un flash di alcuni minuti che invece di protrarsi poi è scomparso. Oggi alla stessa ora di simile non c'era niente. Anomalie che, purtroppo, certe volte fanno pensare a problemi di ricevitori e/o antenne, mentre in realtà sono le sempre più frequenti bizzarrie della propagazione.
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12.46 11770 PBS XINJIANG - Urumqi - Cina - SF/IN
12.48 11775 CNR 1 JAMMER vs. AIR Tibetano (in sottofondo) - SF/IN
12.51 11835 CNR 2 - Cina - parlato OM - IN/SF
12.52 11840 CNR 1 JAMMER vs. AIR Mandarino (in sottofondo) - IN/SF
12.53 11885 PBS XINJIANG - Urumqi - Cina - Uighur - IN/SF
13.04 13845 WWCR 3 - Nashville-TN (USA) - IN/SF


Luca Botto Fiora

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


RICEVITORI
R7 Drake - Satellit 500 Grundig - E5/G3/G6 Etón - VR5000DSP Yaesu - ATS909 Sangean


ANTENNE
Loop in ferrite ACA di 75 cm modificata (@70 kHz-2 MHz)
Loop filare da finestra da 1 spira 150x100 cm (@2-5 MHz)
Dipolo aperto 26 m (@5-30 MHz)
-
VARIE
Ampli RF K0LR per loop ACA modificato (WA1ION)
Ampli RF LX1456 Nuova Elettronica per loop SW e dipolo
Balun a choke coassiali 1:1 di RG174 per dipolo (IZ7ATH)
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 modificato (W8JI)
Software demo Multimode 6.2.3 Black Cat Systems

G3 vs. G6 Etón

Poco più di una settimana fa sono entrato in possesso di un G6 Etón, così mi sono dilettato a fare un confronto con il fratello maggiore G3 acquistato in primavera.
Innanzitutto, dopo vari tentativi effettuati per ottenere uno straccio di collegamento con le antenne esterne mi sono convinto che entrambi funzionano meglio con quelle incorporate, ferrite (che tuttavia non può essere esclusa) o telescopica, perché se si usano le apposite prese coassiali il G3 diventa sordo - più che altro sopra i 10 MHz - e il G6 va in saturazione.
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Il problema è che per ottenere il massimo della resa bisogna essere vicini ad una finestra, ovvero all'aperto. In tali condizioni, ad esempio, una sera con il G6 e la (corta) telescopica sono riuscito a percepire la portante di Radio Inconfidencia, tanto per rendere l'idea. In LW/MW vale lo stesso discorso: nelle ore diurne orientandoli bene in mezzo ai palazzi a Rapallo (Genova) prendono bene Corsica, Costa Azzurra, Barcellona e nord Africa, in oscurità tutto quello che può arrivare dignitosamente da Europa, Africa e così via. Per abbinarli, invece, ad un'antenna loop bisogna per forza utilizzare il metodo induttivo: io ho provato ad avvicinarli alla loop su ferrite da 75 cm senza amplificatore e se non avessi del noise elettronico locale 24 ore su 24 i risultati sarebbero secondo me sorprendenti.
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Si potrebbe affermare che il G3 è superiore, ma solo perché ha LSB/USB separate, forse una selettività un po' migliore e la demodulazione sincrona (che va e non va a seconda dei modelli), come ricezione invece il G6 è quasi identico e addirittura ha persino meno spurie. Tutto questo per ciò che riguarda l'AM. In FM, invece, il fatto che il G6 sia, per così dire, rispetto al G3 più sensibile alle antenne esterne, potrebbe sembrare un vantaggio, perché collegando il dipolo telescopico (l'antenna che potrebbe venire bene per Leo in spiaggia con la Tecsun al posto della 5 elementi) su 87.5 arriva benissimo R. Maria dal M. Verrugoli (La Spezia) e su 106/107 la AFN da Livorno. Purtroppo ha una selettività piuttosto blanda, nonostante la risoluzione minima della frequenza di 25 kHz. Il G3, al contrario, è un po' più selettivo, ha l'RDS, ma la lettura minima è di soli 50 kHz e la sensibilità dipende strettamente dal puntamento della telescopica e dalla morfologia del luogo di ricezione. Ad essere un po' maliziosi verrebbe da ipotizzare che queste...diversificazioni (eufemismo) abbiano uno scopo puramente commerciale, affinché un acquirente per avere il meglio comperi entrambi i modelli. Come, appunto, è capitato a me.
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Però tra i due litiganti il terzo gode, vale a dire il più vecchio E5 che, erede del DE1103 Degen, in AM gestisce benissimo le antenne esterne, sia HF che LW/MW perché inserendo un jack *mono* nella presa per l'antenna esterna esclude sia la telescopica che la ferrite. In FM, ma non ne sono sicuro perché non l'ho ancora aperto, potrebbero esserci ancora i due filtri ceramici tradizionali sosituibili con quelli più stretti, però ho avuto l'impressione che, a differenza del Degen, non reagisca all'inserzione di antenne esterne. Dunque è probabile che ci si debba accontentare della telescopica incorporata, ma dalle prove effettuate sembra che due o tre elementi come per il DE1103 siano più che sufficienti per fare ascolti DX. L'E5, evidentemente, è basato ancora sull'elaborazione del segnale analogica, mentre dai dati ricavati negli archivi dei gruppi Yahoo! dedicati a G3 e G6, questi ultimi montano processori Silicon Labs (G3) e Toshiba (G6), per l'elaborazione digitale di tipo DSP.
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In conlusione, penso che G3 e G6, ma anche i Tecsun e altri piccolini o ultralight come li definiscono gli anglosassoni, siano il giusto compromesso tra l'evoluzione tecnologica ed un panorama di radiodiffusione AM che, purtroppo per gli appassionati a livello hobbistico e per quelli che abitano dove non arrivano ancora i nuovi media, gradualmente verrà rimpiazzato da sistemi di comunicazione privi di evanescenze, più affidabili e meno dispendiosi. Nessun problema per coloro i quali hanno utilizzato il radioascolto per i contenuti, la Rete e tutti i derivati informatici (o informativi) rappresentano la giusta e naturale continuità, per chi invece è stato un semplice cacciatore di segnali a distanza la soluzione sarà un po' più complicata.


Luca Botto Fiora

AIR special broadcasts on Independence Day

All India Radio will broadcast the running commentary in English and Hindi about the Flag Hoisting and Prime Minsters speech to be held at Red Fort, New Delhi between 0135-0240 UTC (0705-0810 hrs IST) on 15th August, 2011 (Monday) on the following frequencies.
 
English:

4860 Delhi 50 kW
11830 Delhi 50 kW
13620 Bengaluru 500 kW
15050 Delhi 250 kW
17510 Delhi 250 kW

Hindi:

6030 Delhi 100 KW
6155 Bengaluru 500 kW
9595 Delhi 250 KW
11620 Aligarh 250 KW
15135 Delhi 50 KW
 
(Note : External Services in Urdu on 6155, 9595, 11620 are replaced by commentary at this time)
 
The Regional SW Stations will start using their day time frequencies about 1 hour or more earlier than usual on 15th August as follows to relay the Commentary. This may provide enhanced reception of stations than on normal days. The sign on schedule for that day is as follows with normal sign on timings in brackets.

1. BHOPAL        0130 UTC  (Ex 0225)   7430
2. CHENNAI       0130 UTC  (Ex 0300)   7380
3. HYDERABAD 0130 UTC  (Ex 0225)   7420
4. IMPHAL         0130 UTC  (Ex 0225)   7335
5. KOHIMA        0000 UTC   4850
6. KOLKATA      0130 UTC  (Ex 0230)   7210
7. PORT BLAIR  0130 UTC  (Ex 0315)   7390
8. SHIMLA         0025 UTC  (Ex 0215)   6020
9. SRINAGAR    0025  UTC (Ex 0225)   4950
10. THIRUVANTHAPURAM 0020 UTC  (Ex 0230)   7290
 
Look out for the rare AIR station in Kohima on 4850 on 14 & 15 August, 2011 as follows:
14 Aug 2011 1000-1600 UTC approx
15 Aug 2011  0000-0415 UTC approx
 
Reception Reports to :  spectrum-manager@air.org.in

OR

Director ( Spectrum Management & Synergy)
All India Radio,
Room No. 204
Akashvani Bhawan,
Parliament Street
New Delhi 110001.
 
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Alokesh Gupta,VU3BSE
New Delhi

Glenn Hauser logs August 7-8, 2011

** ALBANIA. 13625, August 8 at 1433, no signal from R. Tirana again this Monday, scheduled English to NAm, but nothing else from Europe propagating either on this band. Is one of the two Shijak transmitters still down? Only one of them is scheduled at this time, anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA [and non]. 15344+, August 7 at 2003, het with dominant MOROCCO is higher-pitched than usual. This fits with Chuck Bolland`s Florida measurement of RAE on 15344.168 a sesquihour later at 2132-2145 August 7.

I was checking this because in SW Bulletin, Christer Brunström in Sweden had reported RAE on approx. 15505, August 4 at 2100, ``obviously problem with the transmitter on 15345 kHz. It was difficult to measure the exact frequency``. Nothing audible around 15505 here. The questions are:

When CB heard 15505, was it also on 15344v, or instead of that? And, did RAE finally get the message to try a different frequency, altho nothing so far away from 15345 is necessary? Let`s all keep an ear on 15505, and also around 15185 in case there be a matching spur.

6060, August 8 at 0954, RAE IS mixing and producing lo het with wacky wailing Brasilian gospel-huxter David Miranda, i.e. ZYE726, SRDA Curitiba which a few minutes earlier was in the clear (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake August 8:
12980, poor at 1230; no others found including 10300

After 1310: none found 18-12 MHz

After 1330:
14950, fair at 1340; none up to 19 MHz
14720, good at 1341
12980, good at 1342; none in the 13`s, 11`s or 10`s

After 1400:
none from 12 to 18 MHz (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. 9790, August 8 at 0435, CRI Chinese relay is on one of the squealing transmitters, like 13740 in the mornings; also undermodulated.

Wall-of-noise jamming check August 8 at 0942: on 9805 vs Martí, 9955 vs WRMI; before 1000 also found on 6030 & 5980 vs Martí, 5955 vs República, the last replaced by 9965 after 1000. Martí audio could be heard only on 6030.

At 0930-1000 six days a week, WRMI has R. Eslovaquia Internacional, and on Sundays another program in English, so has Cuba something against Slovakia, like gaining its freedom, becoming non- and post-Communist? More likely stupid incompetence in scheduling jamming.

6050, August 8 at 0955, HCJB in indigenous language is no longer blocked at this hour by RHC which for its own reasons quit all-night broadcasting, but Cuba is still jamming it tnx to bleedover from the roar on 6030, pulsing heard on 6050.

7320, August 8 at 1008, VG signal on AM with cut number tones in code, Cuban spy transmission, probably on regular Monday schedule (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GUIANA FRENCH. 15515, August 8 at 1233, RFI`s Spanish service, 250 kW, 295 degrees to eastern Mexico and Caribbean is supposed to end at 1230, but transmitter still on with RFI Musique, nice variety of generally soft pop music, mostly in French and English, including ``Smooth Operator`` by Sade a few minutes later: (Wiki: Helen Folasade Adu OBE (born 16 January 1959; better known as Sade)), which I am told is pronounced Shar-day.

Kept a receiver on 15515 to hear how long this overtime would last from laissez-faire TDF Montsinéry opérateurs/opératrices. 1300 had 4-pip timesignal 6 seconds late; usual occasional IDs in French, English, Spanish but no music announcements. Still going at 1308, 1335, finally cut off abruptly at 1344:18*, a 75-minute bonus. We`ve caught them running way past 1230 before. I haven`t heard of any new strike prompting more musique even filling the Spanish time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MAURITANIA. 7245, August 8 at 0439 singing rather than chanting, presumed IGIM on extended Ramadan schedule, squeezed by stronger 7240 DW English via Rwanda and 7250 Vatican in French (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. 6185, August 8 at 0959, XEPPM is playing the national anthem at unusual hour, just before 5 am local; usually happens at 6 am and midnight (and sometimes noon and 6 pm?). 1000 full ID for XEEP 1060 with 100 kW, internet, and SW 6185 with tabla and sitar background, more station promotion, then into unannounced modern classical music; still totally without QRM at 1015 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Fitful sporadic E occasionally visiblized some channel 2 analog DX from the south, UT August 8 from around 0000, bits now and then. Or slow Perseids might be in play around now.

0138 on 2, +V promo, i.e. Más Visión from XEWO-TV, Guadalajara. In and out quickly.

0147 on 2, Acuvue commercial, // but not synched with KOKH-24, `Fox 25` in OKC, i.e. XHRIO-TV Matamoros, soon gone.

0155 on 2 from SW, bug in UR with 37 degrees, a blob to the right of it I have guessed is a cloud, but on Danny Oglethorpe`s photo it looks more like a sun; below that the word CANAL. I can`t see the the word TU before it since it`s in a darker shade. And below that, MDT=CST clock at 7:55, so everything fits for XEPM-TV, Ciudad Juárez, Chihua2 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11810, August 8 at 1345 encountered S9+18 open carrier here, stronger signal than adjacents on 11805, 11815. 1000 Hz tone test came on at 1346:38 until 1347:23 back to open carrier. So checked 17775 where I had heard same a few minutes earlier, and it was off, so same transmitter moved down? On 11810, irregular carrier on-and-off, tone on-and-off continued past 1436 when I quit monitoring.

Weeks after these mystery tests started, you`d think they would have the new transmitter(s) all tuned up, and we have also learned never to expect any announcement, ID or even Croatian music any more. I did log some times which are probably meaningless, but since I took the trouble this time, here they are, accurate to a couple of sex:

1345 OC, 1346:38 TT, 1347:23 OC to 1347:48*
1349 TT, 1349:55 OC, 1351:38 TT on and off to 1353:18*
*1355:38 OC, then TT, OC, TT to 1356:50*
*1358:36-1358:45* OC
*1359:13 OC and TT to 1401:26*
1412 still off
*1416 OC and TT 1417, OC, 1419 TT on and off
1432 still OC on and off, TT on and off past 1436

The source of the 11810 tests is still mystifying. Only other signals on 25m were from N America and E Asia, rather than Europe, ME or Africa. No listings for 11810 at these hours in HFCC, Aoki, EiBi or WRTH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 17775, August 8 at 1337 despite generally degraded propagation, mystery 1000 Hz tone test is here with S9 peaks; compared to Saudi 17705 with S+10 but undermodulated; DW Rwanda 17800 S9+5; Libya 17725 zero signal. Off at next check 1345 after I found another tone test going on 11810, q.v. Same transmitter?

Altho nothing can usually be found in HFCC on the numerous other frequencies doing this for the past bimonth, 17775 has this entry:
17775 1230 1400 37N,38NW DHA 500 300 1234567 270311 291011 D UAE ADM
But it`s surely wooden like so many other UAE ones, with nothing shown in WRTH, Aoki or EiBi. It might be a clue to the origin of the tones, but probably not (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Glenn Hauser logs August 7, 2011

** CUBA [and non]. More incompetent DentroCuban Jamming Command activity against nothing, wasting precious electricity and regardless of the collateral damage to innocent bystanders:

5890, August 7 at 1131, curtailed WWCR-4 schedule means no Brother Scare, uncovering pulse jamming which is `needed` only 12 hours a week at 23-01 when VOA is on 5890.

9490, August 7 at 1220, residual pulse jamming under something in Korean (VOA at 12-13 via TINIAN per HFCC; Thailand per Aoki); jamming is `needed` only 6 hours a week when R. República via Sackville is on 9490 weekends 23-02.

12000, August 7 at 1227, lite pulse jamming vs weak signal, Vietnam and/or DW/Sri Lanka. Jamming is `needed` only 5 hours a week when VOA Spanish is on 12000 at 00-01 Tue-Sat.

Rather than let Cuba jam VOA and get away with it, why doesn`t the USG employ spare transmitter capacity to jam RHC in English, solely as retaliation? Americans entitled to freedom of the press, so repressed in Cuba, would still not be prevented from hearing it at all, but it would teach Arnie & friends a lesson (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Propagation still hasn`t recovered from geomag storms, so not much Firedrake to report August 7:

7-18 MHz, nothing found at 1143; Cuba had VG signals on four 11-12 MHz frequencies, and not much else above 10 MHz

Before 1230:
12270, fair-good with flutter at 1228
12980, very poor at 1228; none higher up to 18 MHz by 1232

After 1400:
14720, good at 1412
13970, fair at 1412
10300, fair at 1415; no others found
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. 9525-, VOI after months on 9526-, has switched to the other transmitter, as first noted Aug 6 by Ron Howard, 40 Hz below 9525. Aug 7 at 1216 in Special Japanese giving URL in English, good modulation, xylophone(?) music. 1310 in English, but as usual faded down and tough copy. 1416 the dominant CRI Russian now has a SAH instead of an AH from Cimanggis (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MALAYSIA [and non]. 6050.0, Asyik FM on this transmitter today instead of 6049.6v, since at 1130 August 7, HCJB with timesignal is mixed with music and SAH, no AH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENNING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. I am starting to hunt for XEs on MW around sunrise again; Aug 7 the storm noise level had abated unlike evenings. Besides, SW conditions are still depressed.

1570, August 7 at 1154 UT, XERF is running its `missing-persons` PSAs, hoping the missees will be listening and contact their friends and relatives in Acuña and many other places on both sides of la frontera, giving phone numbers, even a PO Box in Wáshington, Misisipí (which is just east of Natchez). Between items exclaimed ``RF`` with a faux-Morse-code sounder.

Other Mexicanish signals, mostly music, before 1200 were found on 650, 680, 990, 1010, 1020, 1040, probably IDed last fall; I had hi hopes for

1160, Aug 7 at 1158 with corrido, but no ID at hourtop, just a segué to another in KSL null, still at 1202 as fading out. Intriguing, as none of the 1160s in WRTH 2011 are in border states. Last year`s NRC AM Log does not show any US SS closer than PR and FL, too late for them, and FL is a talker, anyway (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 1020, Sunday August 7 at 1146 UT, strong open carrier from semi-local KOKP Perry, atop XE music; still the same at 1210, what a waste. In August, KOKP is entitled to start day power of 400 watts at 1145, ex-250 watts at night, plenty to mess up KDKA reception here (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1270, Aug 7 at 1208, several IDs as ``12-70 AM, La Voz del Pueblo``, and plug Univisión 23 noticias in DFW, apparently simulcast on the radio? Is KFLC Fort Worth, on day power of 50 kW by now, with skywave still funxioning less than a semihour after sunrise here (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1630, Aug 7 at 1205, sounds like Ray of Bob & Ray doing old-lady voice, but with organ music, hokey scripted drama, so really `Unshackled`? No, KKGM Fort Worth program schedule shows `Stories of Great Christians` for 7 am Sunday; post-sunrise skywave has kept it in vs adjacent local KFXY 1640 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###