KBC con ricezione DRM ottima su 7590 kHz
Giovanni Lorenzi
QTH Messina / Italia Rx: Kenwood TS-440
Ant: dipolo Convertitore autocostruito
sabato 10 dicembre 2011
Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora
Ascolti AM (orari UTC)
Quando posso approfitto...
Sabato 10 dicembre 2011
...e pare che i segnali stamattina fossero gradevoli, almeno quelli che piacciono a me.
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Ma prima, per quanto riguarda 9705, questa mattina prima delle 07.00 c'era una stazione che stava per aprire i programmi con un tono fisso di modulazione e rispetto all'Etiopia penso di più al Niger ma non ne ho certezza.
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07.20 - 9819.7 kHz
R. 9 DE JULHO - S. Paulo (Brasile)
Canto di chiesa.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
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07.25 - 9675 kHz
R. CANÇÃO NOVA - Cachoeira Paulista (Brasile)
PP, tk OM e canto locale.
Segnale buono-sufficiente
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Aah, bene, alcuni segnali long-path dalla Cina e il Mali:
0815 9470 XINJIANG PBS - Urumqi (Cina) - Kazakh - SF/IN
0817 9510 XINJIANG PBS - Urumqi (Cina) - Mongolian - SF/IN
0818 9560 XINJIANG PBS - Urumqi (Cina) - Uighur - SF/IN
0820 9635 RTV MALIENNE - Kati - Canto locale - S/IN
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0829 7245 R. MAURITANIE - Nouakchott - AA - Canto locale - SF/IN
0832 7850 CHU - Ottawa (Canada) - Segnali di tempo - SF/IN
Saranno segnali bassi ma, tra balun coassiali e splitters toroidali, si sentono belli puliti!
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08.36 - 5990 kHz
Solo tracce di musica.
Segnale insufficiente-nullo
Ci sono tre emittenti sugli elenchi B11, ma tra Cina, Etiopia e Brasile, anche se viene riportato un s/on alle 08.50 ipotizzo più per il Brasile, perché Corno d'Africa ed Estremo Oriente a quest'ora a Rapallo sono un po' poco probabili. In USA, tra l'altro, sulla lista dxld da Brian Alexander l'ho vista ascoltata con un s/on alle *07.50*. Non è che la differenza di 1 ora dipenda da qualche cambio dell'ora in Brasile?
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ABBREVIAZIONI
Lingua:
AA - Arabo
DD - Olandese
EE - Inglese
FF - Francese
GG - Tedesco
II - Italiano
PP - Portoghese
SS - Spagnolo
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Dettagli del programma:
ID - Annuncio nome emittente
nxs - Notizie
tk - Parlato
YL - Donna
OM - Uomo
mx - Musica
s/on - Inizio trasmissioni
s/off - Fine trasmissioni
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Segnale:
IN - Insufficiente
SF - Sufficiente
BN - Buono
MB - Molto Buono
Luca Botto Fiora
QTH
G.C. 09E13 - 44N21
Rapallo (Genova) - Italia
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RICEVITORI
R7 Drake
VR5000DSP Yaesu
Satellit 500 Grundig
E5 Etón
ATS909 Sangean
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ANTENNE
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 30 m (@5.5-30 MHz)
Controllate regolarmente i vostri collegamenti d'antenna.
ACCESSORI D'ANTENNA
Amplificatore RF K0LR-WA1ION per loop in ferrite
Amplificatore RF LX1456 NE per loop magnetico e dipolo aperto
Balun a choke coassiali 1:1 di RG174 (dal sito di IZ7ATH)
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 (modificato W8JI)
Splitters 0-1000 MHz a 2 vie
Check regularly your antenna connections.
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REGISTRATORI
ICD-BX112 Sony (R7 Drake)
TRC-1149 Sanyo (Satellit 500 Grundig)
ICD-B500 Sony (E5 Etón - VR5000DSP Yaesu)
ICD-BX800 Sony (ATS909 Sangean)
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SOFTWARE (Mac)
Audacity 1.3.13 beta (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 3.7 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 5.8.1 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.1 demo (orologio mondiale)
Marble 1.1 (atlante)
Multimode 6.2.3 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.0.6 demo (orologio mondiale)
Quando posso approfitto...
Sabato 10 dicembre 2011
...e pare che i segnali stamattina fossero gradevoli, almeno quelli che piacciono a me.
-
Ma prima, per quanto riguarda 9705, questa mattina prima delle 07.00 c'era una stazione che stava per aprire i programmi con un tono fisso di modulazione e rispetto all'Etiopia penso di più al Niger ma non ne ho certezza.
-
07.20 - 9819.7 kHz
R. 9 DE JULHO - S. Paulo (Brasile)
Canto di chiesa.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
-
07.25 - 9675 kHz
R. CANÇÃO NOVA - Cachoeira Paulista (Brasile)
PP, tk OM e canto locale.
Segnale buono-sufficiente
-
Aah, bene, alcuni segnali long-path dalla Cina e il Mali:
0815 9470 XINJIANG PBS - Urumqi (Cina) - Kazakh - SF/IN
0817 9510 XINJIANG PBS - Urumqi (Cina) - Mongolian - SF/IN
0818 9560 XINJIANG PBS - Urumqi (Cina) - Uighur - SF/IN
0820 9635 RTV MALIENNE - Kati - Canto locale - S/IN
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0829 7245 R. MAURITANIE - Nouakchott - AA - Canto locale - SF/IN
0832 7850 CHU - Ottawa (Canada) - Segnali di tempo - SF/IN
Saranno segnali bassi ma, tra balun coassiali e splitters toroidali, si sentono belli puliti!
-
08.36 - 5990 kHz
Solo tracce di musica.
Segnale insufficiente-nullo
Ci sono tre emittenti sugli elenchi B11, ma tra Cina, Etiopia e Brasile, anche se viene riportato un s/on alle 08.50 ipotizzo più per il Brasile, perché Corno d'Africa ed Estremo Oriente a quest'ora a Rapallo sono un po' poco probabili. In USA, tra l'altro, sulla lista dxld da Brian Alexander l'ho vista ascoltata con un s/on alle *07.50*. Non è che la differenza di 1 ora dipenda da qualche cambio dell'ora in Brasile?
***
ABBREVIAZIONI
Lingua:
AA - Arabo
DD - Olandese
EE - Inglese
FF - Francese
GG - Tedesco
II - Italiano
PP - Portoghese
SS - Spagnolo
-
Dettagli del programma:
ID - Annuncio nome emittente
nxs - Notizie
tk - Parlato
YL - Donna
OM - Uomo
mx - Musica
s/on - Inizio trasmissioni
s/off - Fine trasmissioni
-
Segnale:
IN - Insufficiente
SF - Sufficiente
BN - Buono
MB - Molto Buono
Luca Botto Fiora
QTH
G.C. 09E13 - 44N21
Rapallo (Genova) - Italia
-
RICEVITORI
R7 Drake
VR5000DSP Yaesu
Satellit 500 Grundig
E5 Etón
ATS909 Sangean
-
ANTENNE
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 30 m (@5.5-30 MHz)
Controllate regolarmente i vostri collegamenti d'antenna.
ACCESSORI D'ANTENNA
Amplificatore RF K0LR-WA1ION per loop in ferrite
Amplificatore RF LX1456 NE per loop magnetico e dipolo aperto
Balun a choke coassiali 1:1 di RG174 (dal sito di IZ7ATH)
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 (modificato W8JI)
Splitters 0-1000 MHz a 2 vie
Check regularly your antenna connections.
-
REGISTRATORI
ICD-BX112 Sony (R7 Drake)
TRC-1149 Sanyo (Satellit 500 Grundig)
ICD-B500 Sony (E5 Etón - VR5000DSP Yaesu)
ICD-BX800 Sony (ATS909 Sangean)
-
SOFTWARE (Mac)
Audacity 1.3.13 beta (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 3.7 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 5.8.1 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.1 demo (orologio mondiale)
Marble 1.1 (atlante)
Multimode 6.2.3 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.0.6 demo (orologio mondiale)
Glenn Hauser logs December 9-10, 2011
** CHILE. 17680, Dec 10 at 1359, CVC La Voz in Spanish with promo about winning US$500 for sending them a SW reception report! (I assume there is some catch, like a drawing.) Gave p-mail as Apartado 395, Talagante, Santiago; also by texting or e-mail oc @ cvclavoz.com
Info about other contests, but not mentioning reception reporting: http://cvclavoz.com/concursos/
Should you win as a result of reading this, how about sending me a cut? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Dec 10, before 1500:
12300, recent new frequency, very good with flutter at 1457-1500*. No others found 7-19 MHz by 1500. Suspect most of them were off as surely a few more should have been propagating, unless a very narrow LUHF/MUF window at the moment.
9790 // 9905 // 7445 // 6145, Dec 10 at 1513, Chinese synchronized, and about two seconds behind on 9810. Is this RFA or CNR1 jamming? The latter, as investigated in Aoki listings:
9790 has RFA via Saipan, 9905 RFA Palau, 7445 RFA Tinian, 6145 RTI, all of which Must Be Jammed, while 9810 is a legit CNR1 service via Nanning 954 site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6150, Dec 10 at 0526, RHC English is back here instead of 6125 where it is supposedly scheduled after 0500. 6150 is quite undermodulated, and with heavy ACI from normally modulated 6145, Romania. Perhaps Arnie noticed my comment that RHC was only 5 kHz from itself in Spanish on 6120 during the 05-06 hour, but going back to 6150 is no improvement, and this transmitter is so pathetic that they might as well turn it off. Or: asleep at the switch and forgot to change to 6125 at 0500. 6120 modulation was louder but rough and still not up to par.
13780, Dec 10 at 1501, RHC frequency announcement has been corrected to say 13670 instead of defunct 13680, but still nonsensically mentions it twice, ``en 22 metros, 13670 hasta las 16, y también 13780 y 13670 hasta las 16``. Attention announcer: please engage brain before reading what is put before you (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 15300 and 17620, Dec 10 at 1332, break in musique for some news headlines in French, then a feature interview, so apparently not totally strike-filling musique at the moment from RFI; fair signals, the higher squeezed by Saudi on both sides (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, Dec 10 at 0526, R. Verdad with some Bach performed by voice with chorus instead of Klavier, nice S9+12 signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9620, Dec 10 at 1321, open carrier with some hum, flutter, no modulation. HFCC shows nothing at all on 9620 between 0900 and 1430; but Aoki, where AIR gets listed whether it wants to or not, has the answer: 1230-1500 in Sindhi, 250 kW, 245 degrees from Aligarh. AIR is quite capable of broadcasting nothing, and this is no doubt another instance (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA [and non]. 9526-, Dec 10 at 1506, big het between equally poor signals, 9525 being CRI English, and 9526- surely VOI, as recently shifted here from 9525-; what little undermodulated audio I can make out from the upper doesn`t seem English, but tonal, maybe Chinese. Months ago, VOI would sometimes leave transmitter on past 1500 and start repeating the 1300 English, only to cut it off at odd times long before the end of the hour.
Yes, Ishida agrees, http://rri.jpn.org/ that on Dec 10 they started Chinese at 1457; and the first day of 9526 ex-9525 was Dec 5. Other dates when on past 1500 it was also in Chinese. The next English is circa 1900, one day in French instead (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 810, Dec 10 at 0602 UT, barely copiable thru QRM is ID from XERI, ``Tamaulipas, 5000 watts, 25 años al aire``, then playing instrumental NA after local midnight. This is a bit surprising, as this Radio Rey, Reynosa is listed for only 100 watts at night (1000 day), vs the other Tamaulipan, XEFW in Tampico with 1000 night (50000 day). And IRCA Mexican Log 2010 says XERI is stereo too (C-QUAM?). Current Cantú and WRTH 2011 agree on the listed power figures. So is 5000 mere hype, or admission that they are running that much even at night? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 88.3, Dec 10 at 1630 UT, Enid`s Family Radio 250-watt satellator K202BY is missing; it may have been absent for some time, as it`s normally ignored anyway. Of course, these unattended translators fail periodically, and it often takes a while before anyone gets around to fixing them. But we can hope this is a consequence of Harold Camping`s stupidity and it`s gone for good.
The 60 dbu contour map at FCC FM Query shows from a site just west of SH 132 on extension of Willow Road, WNW of Enid, it reached only halfway into Enid anyway. Looking at the 88.3 listings for OK, there are 10 others, mostly translators or low-power, except for a 100 kW Cherokee Nation CP in Murphy, all of which should make for interesting DX. I can`t find Murphy on the maps, but FCC shows the site is axually near Big Cabin on I-44 SW of Vinita, quite some distance from Cherokee HQ in Tahlequah (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1580, Dec 10 at 1344 UT, open carrier from KOKB Blackwell, and also from sister station 1020 KOKP Perry. That might have made way for no-longer mysterious Spanish Saturday mornings from 1580 in Fort Smith, but at 1400 sharp, without ID or sign-on, both of them start modulating with apparently live weekly show (p)reviewing high-school football games. This was not awaiting local sunrise, which is already at 1330 in Dec (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PRIDNESTROVYE. 7290, Dec 9 at 2129, Radio PMR is still on and opening German program. Since this was UT Friday, I was expecting them to be off the air for the weekend, after local midnight in UT+3 zone = 2100 UT. The time situation there is very confusing. One timeanddate.com pages says:
Transnistria will stay on DST, UT +3 after Oct 30, including Tiraspol:http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/transnistria-eternal-dst.html
and another says: Tiraspol: UT +2, no DST at the moment, Dec 10http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=949
This page also has Chisinau = Kishinev, Moldova on UT+2 at the moment:http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=177
Of course, any professional *external* service would not allow itself to be affected by local time changes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 9840, Dec 10 at 0530, VOR via Pet/Kam, English news headlines, somewhat over co-channel R. Rossii, with SAH/flutter between them. Since VOR has deprived us this winter of a NAm service until 0700, due to what ought to be irrelevant local time change in Moscow, I haven`t been hearing it much as I usually don`t start monitoring until 0600, after which the Moscow site R. Rossii is alone on 9840 and often coming in well. But today I reconfirm that they are still colliding before 0600, another example of monumental incompetence in frequency management, Russians vs Russians! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 6875, Dec 10 at 0524, RTI via WYFR is still in wrong language, Chinese instead of English. Has not a single regular English listener complained to them about this? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 9760, Dec 10 at 1506, VOA Eng-lish Teach-ing is either quite undermodulated, or is blotted by a stronger S9+25 open carrier, also with some hum. I could turn volume up to max and hear it at adequate non-distorting level, // 7520 Tinang which was normally modulated. Since 1500 is another unnecessary site-switch time for VOA English on 9760, from Thailand to Philippines, both transmitters could be on the air, altho would expect 21 degrees from Tinang to exceed 300 degrees from Udorn. BTW, China has finally got off 9760, no longer colliding with VOA after 1300, instead on 9765 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 7490, Dec 9 at 2230, amid `Behaviour Night` early music, WBCQ is well atop co-channel BBCWS via THAILAND, unlike 24 hours earlier during WORLD OF RADIO; them`s the breaks as long as WBCQ does not go to a clear frequency like 7505, occupied by the imaginary WRNO. For those who have not yet heard this week`s WOR 1594, let me recommend UT Sunday 0500 on WTWW 5755 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11715-, Dec 10 at 1519, KJES with English catechisms, slightly on the lo side toward 11714.9, but closer to on-frequency than usual. I wonder if 15385 is too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 560, Dec 10 at 0550 UT, tail end of `Jim Bohannon Show` on one of his original stations, KWTO Springfield MO, guest Willie Geist with some funny stuff; when that fades, also audible on 600 WMT Cedar Rapids. Also found still on 690, presumed KGGF Coffeyville KS, but more QRM there. Glad to find Jimbo still on a few audible stations here, since local KGWA 960 dropped him a few years ago. But now it`s easier to hear Jimbo on demand via http://www.jimbohannonshow.com/programhighlights
Go to Dec 09 and the three-hour show autolaunches, minus all the commercials and breaks so it lasts only two hours. Advance player timer to 1:20 for the start of the third hour with Geist:
``If you get up early enough (5:30 am Eastern Time [1030 UT]) and flip on MSNBC, you'll get a look at the news from a kind of skewed perspective on the program `Way Too Early with Willie Geist`. In addition to his own show, Geist also co-hosts MSNBC's early morning chat fest `Morning Joe`, with Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.
And now, Geist has taken his unusual way of looking at things and written a book about some important events in America - that never actually happened. The book is "American Freak Show: The Completely Fabricated Stories of Our New National Treasures" (published by Hyperion). In it, the real-life characters who now dominate the 24-hour news cycle are cast as stars in completely made-up scenes that are eerily not far from reality.`` Such as Pres. Palin delivering her inaugural address at WWF and refusing to be sworn in by a Washington-insider, C.J. Roberts (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1330, Dec 10 at 1344 UT, KNSS Wichita dominant, has C&W music when nulled, fast SAH, but fading by 1346. Most likely KCKM, Monahans TX as previously logged, only format fit in the area (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 14678.5-USB, Dec 10 at 1448, 2-way in colloquial Spanish, one stronger than the other, mentioning mar (sea) and médico (doctor); went on for quite a while, no IDs or anything identifiable caught (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Info about other contests, but not mentioning reception reporting: http://cvclavoz.com/concursos/
Should you win as a result of reading this, how about sending me a cut? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Dec 10, before 1500:
12300, recent new frequency, very good with flutter at 1457-1500*. No others found 7-19 MHz by 1500. Suspect most of them were off as surely a few more should have been propagating, unless a very narrow LUHF/MUF window at the moment.
9790 // 9905 // 7445 // 6145, Dec 10 at 1513, Chinese synchronized, and about two seconds behind on 9810. Is this RFA or CNR1 jamming? The latter, as investigated in Aoki listings:
9790 has RFA via Saipan, 9905 RFA Palau, 7445 RFA Tinian, 6145 RTI, all of which Must Be Jammed, while 9810 is a legit CNR1 service via Nanning 954 site (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 6150, Dec 10 at 0526, RHC English is back here instead of 6125 where it is supposedly scheduled after 0500. 6150 is quite undermodulated, and with heavy ACI from normally modulated 6145, Romania. Perhaps Arnie noticed my comment that RHC was only 5 kHz from itself in Spanish on 6120 during the 05-06 hour, but going back to 6150 is no improvement, and this transmitter is so pathetic that they might as well turn it off. Or: asleep at the switch and forgot to change to 6125 at 0500. 6120 modulation was louder but rough and still not up to par.
13780, Dec 10 at 1501, RHC frequency announcement has been corrected to say 13670 instead of defunct 13680, but still nonsensically mentions it twice, ``en 22 metros, 13670 hasta las 16, y también 13780 y 13670 hasta las 16``. Attention announcer: please engage brain before reading what is put before you (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 15300 and 17620, Dec 10 at 1332, break in musique for some news headlines in French, then a feature interview, so apparently not totally strike-filling musique at the moment from RFI; fair signals, the higher squeezed by Saudi on both sides (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GUATEMALA. 4055, Dec 10 at 0526, R. Verdad with some Bach performed by voice with chorus instead of Klavier, nice S9+12 signal (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9620, Dec 10 at 1321, open carrier with some hum, flutter, no modulation. HFCC shows nothing at all on 9620 between 0900 and 1430; but Aoki, where AIR gets listed whether it wants to or not, has the answer: 1230-1500 in Sindhi, 250 kW, 245 degrees from Aligarh. AIR is quite capable of broadcasting nothing, and this is no doubt another instance (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA [and non]. 9526-, Dec 10 at 1506, big het between equally poor signals, 9525 being CRI English, and 9526- surely VOI, as recently shifted here from 9525-; what little undermodulated audio I can make out from the upper doesn`t seem English, but tonal, maybe Chinese. Months ago, VOI would sometimes leave transmitter on past 1500 and start repeating the 1300 English, only to cut it off at odd times long before the end of the hour.
Yes, Ishida agrees, http://rri.jpn.org/ that on Dec 10 they started Chinese at 1457; and the first day of 9526 ex-9525 was Dec 5. Other dates when on past 1500 it was also in Chinese. The next English is circa 1900, one day in French instead (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 810, Dec 10 at 0602 UT, barely copiable thru QRM is ID from XERI, ``Tamaulipas, 5000 watts, 25 años al aire``, then playing instrumental NA after local midnight. This is a bit surprising, as this Radio Rey, Reynosa is listed for only 100 watts at night (1000 day), vs the other Tamaulipan, XEFW in Tampico with 1000 night (50000 day). And IRCA Mexican Log 2010 says XERI is stereo too (C-QUAM?). Current Cantú and WRTH 2011 agree on the listed power figures. So is 5000 mere hype, or admission that they are running that much even at night? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 88.3, Dec 10 at 1630 UT, Enid`s Family Radio 250-watt satellator K202BY is missing; it may have been absent for some time, as it`s normally ignored anyway. Of course, these unattended translators fail periodically, and it often takes a while before anyone gets around to fixing them. But we can hope this is a consequence of Harold Camping`s stupidity and it`s gone for good.
The 60 dbu contour map at FCC FM Query shows from a site just west of SH 132 on extension of Willow Road, WNW of Enid, it reached only halfway into Enid anyway. Looking at the 88.3 listings for OK, there are 10 others, mostly translators or low-power, except for a 100 kW Cherokee Nation CP in Murphy, all of which should make for interesting DX. I can`t find Murphy on the maps, but FCC shows the site is axually near Big Cabin on I-44 SW of Vinita, quite some distance from Cherokee HQ in Tahlequah (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 1580, Dec 10 at 1344 UT, open carrier from KOKB Blackwell, and also from sister station 1020 KOKP Perry. That might have made way for no-longer mysterious Spanish Saturday mornings from 1580 in Fort Smith, but at 1400 sharp, without ID or sign-on, both of them start modulating with apparently live weekly show (p)reviewing high-school football games. This was not awaiting local sunrise, which is already at 1330 in Dec (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** PRIDNESTROVYE. 7290, Dec 9 at 2129, Radio PMR is still on and opening German program. Since this was UT Friday, I was expecting them to be off the air for the weekend, after local midnight in UT+3 zone = 2100 UT. The time situation there is very confusing. One timeanddate.com pages says:
Transnistria will stay on DST, UT +3 after Oct 30, including Tiraspol:http://www.timeanddate.com/news/time/transnistria-eternal-dst.html
and another says: Tiraspol: UT +2, no DST at the moment, Dec 10http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=949
This page also has Chisinau = Kishinev, Moldova on UT+2 at the moment:http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=177
Of course, any professional *external* service would not allow itself to be affected by local time changes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 9840, Dec 10 at 0530, VOR via Pet/Kam, English news headlines, somewhat over co-channel R. Rossii, with SAH/flutter between them. Since VOR has deprived us this winter of a NAm service until 0700, due to what ought to be irrelevant local time change in Moscow, I haven`t been hearing it much as I usually don`t start monitoring until 0600, after which the Moscow site R. Rossii is alone on 9840 and often coming in well. But today I reconfirm that they are still colliding before 0600, another example of monumental incompetence in frequency management, Russians vs Russians! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 6875, Dec 10 at 0524, RTI via WYFR is still in wrong language, Chinese instead of English. Has not a single regular English listener complained to them about this? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 9760, Dec 10 at 1506, VOA Eng-lish Teach-ing is either quite undermodulated, or is blotted by a stronger S9+25 open carrier, also with some hum. I could turn volume up to max and hear it at adequate non-distorting level, // 7520 Tinang which was normally modulated. Since 1500 is another unnecessary site-switch time for VOA English on 9760, from Thailand to Philippines, both transmitters could be on the air, altho would expect 21 degrees from Tinang to exceed 300 degrees from Udorn. BTW, China has finally got off 9760, no longer colliding with VOA after 1300, instead on 9765 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 7490, Dec 9 at 2230, amid `Behaviour Night` early music, WBCQ is well atop co-channel BBCWS via THAILAND, unlike 24 hours earlier during WORLD OF RADIO; them`s the breaks as long as WBCQ does not go to a clear frequency like 7505, occupied by the imaginary WRNO. For those who have not yet heard this week`s WOR 1594, let me recommend UT Sunday 0500 on WTWW 5755 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 11715-, Dec 10 at 1519, KJES with English catechisms, slightly on the lo side toward 11714.9, but closer to on-frequency than usual. I wonder if 15385 is too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 560, Dec 10 at 0550 UT, tail end of `Jim Bohannon Show` on one of his original stations, KWTO Springfield MO, guest Willie Geist with some funny stuff; when that fades, also audible on 600 WMT Cedar Rapids. Also found still on 690, presumed KGGF Coffeyville KS, but more QRM there. Glad to find Jimbo still on a few audible stations here, since local KGWA 960 dropped him a few years ago. But now it`s easier to hear Jimbo on demand via http://www.jimbohannonshow.com/programhighlights
Go to Dec 09 and the three-hour show autolaunches, minus all the commercials and breaks so it lasts only two hours. Advance player timer to 1:20 for the start of the third hour with Geist:
``If you get up early enough (5:30 am Eastern Time [1030 UT]) and flip on MSNBC, you'll get a look at the news from a kind of skewed perspective on the program `Way Too Early with Willie Geist`. In addition to his own show, Geist also co-hosts MSNBC's early morning chat fest `Morning Joe`, with Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.
And now, Geist has taken his unusual way of looking at things and written a book about some important events in America - that never actually happened. The book is "American Freak Show: The Completely Fabricated Stories of Our New National Treasures" (published by Hyperion). In it, the real-life characters who now dominate the 24-hour news cycle are cast as stars in completely made-up scenes that are eerily not far from reality.`` Such as Pres. Palin delivering her inaugural address at WWF and refusing to be sworn in by a Washington-insider, C.J. Roberts (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1330, Dec 10 at 1344 UT, KNSS Wichita dominant, has C&W music when nulled, fast SAH, but fading by 1346. Most likely KCKM, Monahans TX as previously logged, only format fit in the area (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 14678.5-USB, Dec 10 at 1448, 2-way in colloquial Spanish, one stronger than the other, mentioning mar (sea) and médico (doctor); went on for quite a while, no IDs or anything identifiable caught (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
MV Baltic Radio this Sunday
MV Baltic Radio is on the air this Sunday the 11th of December 2011
MVBR Schedule:
09.00 to 11.00 UTC on 9480 KHz, 1 KW MV Baltic Radio (Repeat from Last Sunday)
PS: Schedule for 6140 until 25th of December 2011
1st Sunday M V B 1000 – 1100 UTC
3rd Sunday E M R 1000 – 1100 UTC
4th Sunday R Gloria 1400 – 1500 UTC
Good Listening 73s Tom
Due to Technical reasons the last transmission from MVBR on 6140 KHz will be on
the 25th of December 2011. MVBR on 9480 KHz will continue in 2012 as normal.
Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora
Ascolti AM (orari UTC)
Quando posso approfitto...
Sabato 10 dicembre 2011
...e pare che i segnali stamattina fossero gradevoli, almeno quelli che
piacciono a me.
-
Ma prima, per quanto riguarda 9705, questa mattina prima delle 07.00 c'era
una stazione che stava per aprire i programmi con un tono fisso di
modulazione e rispetto all'Etiopia penso di più al Niger ma non ne ho
certezza.
-
07.20 - 9819.7 kHz
R. 9 DE JULHO - S. Paulo (Brasile)
Canto di chiesa.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
-
07.25 - 9675 kHz
R. CANÇÃO NOVA - Cachoeira Paulista (Brasile)
PP, tk OM e canto locale.
Segnale buono-sufficiente
-
Aah, bene, alcuni segnali long-path dalla Cina e il Mali:
0815 9470 XINJIANG PBS - Urumqi (Cina) - Kazakh - SF/IN
0817 9510 XINJIANG PBS - Urumqi (Cina) - Mongolian - SF/IN
0818 9560 XINJIANG PBS - Urumqi (Cina) - Uighur - SF/IN
0820 9635 RTV MALIENNE - Kati - Canto locale - S/IN
-
0829 7245 R. MAURITANIE - Nouakchott - AA - Canto locale - SF/IN
0832 7850 CHU - Ottawa (Canada) - Segnali di tempo - SF/IN
Saranno segnali bassi ma, tra balun coassiali e splitters toroidali, si
sentono belli puliti!
-
08.36 - 5990 kHz
Solo tracce di musica.
Segnale insufficiente-nullo
Ci sono tre emittenti sugli elenchi B11, ma tra Cina, Etiopia e Brasile,
anche se viene riportato un s/on alle 08.50 ipotizzo più per il Brasile,
perché Corno d'Africa ed Estremo Oriente a quest'ora a Rapallo sono un po'
poco probabili. In USA, tra l'altro, sulla lista dxld da Brian Alexander
l'ho vista ascoltata con un s/on alle *07.50*. Non è che la differenza di 1
ora dipenda da qualche cambio dell'ora in Brasile?
***
ABBREVIAZIONI
Lingua:
AA - Arabo
DD - Olandese
EE - Inglese
FF - Francese
GG - Tedesco
II - Italiano
PP - Portoghese
SS - Spagnolo
-
Dettagli del programma:
ID - Annuncio nome emittente
nxs - Notizie
tk - Parlato
YL - Donna
OM - Uomo
mx - Musica
s/on - Inizio trasmissioni
s/off - Fine trasmissioni
-
Segnale:
IN - Insufficiente
SF - Sufficiente
BN - Buono
MB - Molto Buono
Luca Botto Fiora
QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21
Rapallo (Genova) - Italia
-
RICEVITORI
R7 Drake
VR5000DSP Yaesu
Satellit 500 Grundig
E5 Etón
ATS909 Sangean
-
ANTENNE
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 30 m (@5.5-30 MHz)
Controllate regolarmente i vostri collegamenti d'antenna.
ACCESSORI D'ANTENNA
Amplificatore RF K0LR-WA1ION per loop in ferrite
Amplificatore RF LX1456 NE per loop magnetico e dipolo aperto
Balun a choke coassiali 1:1 di RG174 (dal sito di IZ7ATH)
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 (modificato W8JI)
Splitters 0-1000 MHz a 2 vie
Check regularly your antenna connections.
-
REGISTRATORI
ICD-BX112 Sony (R7 Drake)
TRC-1149 Sanyo (Satellit 500 Grundig)
ICD-B500 Sony (E5 Etón - VR5000DSP Yaesu)
ICD-BX800 Sony (ATS909 Sangean)
-
SOFTWARE (Mac)
Audacity 1.3.13 beta (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 3.7 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 5.8.1 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.1 demo (orologio mondiale)
Marble 1.1 (atlante)
Multimode 6.2.3 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.0.6 demo (orologio mondiale)
Quando posso approfitto...
Sabato 10 dicembre 2011
...e pare che i segnali stamattina fossero gradevoli, almeno quelli che
piacciono a me.
-
Ma prima, per quanto riguarda 9705, questa mattina prima delle 07.00 c'era
una stazione che stava per aprire i programmi con un tono fisso di
modulazione e rispetto all'Etiopia penso di più al Niger ma non ne ho
certezza.
-
07.20 - 9819.7 kHz
R. 9 DE JULHO - S. Paulo (Brasile)
Canto di chiesa.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
-
07.25 - 9675 kHz
R. CANÇÃO NOVA - Cachoeira Paulista (Brasile)
PP, tk OM e canto locale.
Segnale buono-sufficiente
-
Aah, bene, alcuni segnali long-path dalla Cina e il Mali:
0815 9470 XINJIANG PBS - Urumqi (Cina) - Kazakh - SF/IN
0817 9510 XINJIANG PBS - Urumqi (Cina) - Mongolian - SF/IN
0818 9560 XINJIANG PBS - Urumqi (Cina) - Uighur - SF/IN
0820 9635 RTV MALIENNE - Kati - Canto locale - S/IN
-
0829 7245 R. MAURITANIE - Nouakchott - AA - Canto locale - SF/IN
0832 7850 CHU - Ottawa (Canada) - Segnali di tempo - SF/IN
Saranno segnali bassi ma, tra balun coassiali e splitters toroidali, si
sentono belli puliti!
-
08.36 - 5990 kHz
Solo tracce di musica.
Segnale insufficiente-nullo
Ci sono tre emittenti sugli elenchi B11, ma tra Cina, Etiopia e Brasile,
anche se viene riportato un s/on alle 08.50 ipotizzo più per il Brasile,
perché Corno d'Africa ed Estremo Oriente a quest'ora a Rapallo sono un po'
poco probabili. In USA, tra l'altro, sulla lista dxld da Brian Alexander
l'ho vista ascoltata con un s/on alle *07.50*. Non è che la differenza di 1
ora dipenda da qualche cambio dell'ora in Brasile?
***
ABBREVIAZIONI
Lingua:
AA - Arabo
DD - Olandese
EE - Inglese
FF - Francese
GG - Tedesco
II - Italiano
PP - Portoghese
SS - Spagnolo
-
Dettagli del programma:
ID - Annuncio nome emittente
nxs - Notizie
tk - Parlato
YL - Donna
OM - Uomo
mx - Musica
s/on - Inizio trasmissioni
s/off - Fine trasmissioni
-
Segnale:
IN - Insufficiente
SF - Sufficiente
BN - Buono
MB - Molto Buono
Luca Botto Fiora
QTH G.C. 09E13 - 44N21
Rapallo (Genova) - Italia
-
RICEVITORI
R7 Drake
VR5000DSP Yaesu
Satellit 500 Grundig
E5 Etón
ATS909 Sangean
-
ANTENNE
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 30 m (@5.5-30 MHz)
Controllate regolarmente i vostri collegamenti d'antenna.
ACCESSORI D'ANTENNA
Amplificatore RF K0LR-WA1ION per loop in ferrite
Amplificatore RF LX1456 NE per loop magnetico e dipolo aperto
Balun a choke coassiali 1:1 di RG174 (dal sito di IZ7ATH)
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 (modificato W8JI)
Splitters 0-1000 MHz a 2 vie
Check regularly your antenna connections.
-
REGISTRATORI
ICD-BX112 Sony (R7 Drake)
TRC-1149 Sanyo (Satellit 500 Grundig)
ICD-B500 Sony (E5 Etón - VR5000DSP Yaesu)
ICD-BX800 Sony (ATS909 Sangean)
-
SOFTWARE (Mac)
Audacity 1.3.13 beta (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 3.7 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 5.8.1 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.1 demo (orologio mondiale)
Marble 1.1 (atlante)
Multimode 6.2.3 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.0.6 demo (orologio mondiale)
venerdì 9 dicembre 2011
Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora
Ascolti AM (orari UTC)
ABBREVIAZIONI
Lingua:
AA - Arabo
DD - Olandese
EE - Inglese
FF - Francese
GG - Tedesco
II - Italiano
PP - Portoghese
SS - Spagnolo
-
Dettagli del programma:
ID - Annuncio nome emittente
tk - Parlato
YL - Donna
OM - Uomo
mx - Musica
nxs - Notizie
s/on - Inizio trasmissioni
s/off - Fine trasmissioni
-
Segnale:
IN - Insufficiente
SF - Sufficiente
BN - Buono
MB - Molto Buono
Sabato 3 dicembre 2011
*09.00 - 9510 kHz
R. JOYSTICK via IRRS - Tiganesti (Romania)
EE/GG, jingles e mx R&B anni 80.
Segnale buono-molto buono
Solo il 1° sabato del mese.
***
Domenica 4 dicembre 2011
0654 6200.00 R. ORANG UTAN - Oldies e tk OM - SF/IN
0807 6957.82 Vecchia registrazione USA - SF/IN
0850 6945.00 prob. test R. BOOMERANG - SF/IN
0851 6947.00 prob. test R. BOOMERANG - SF/IN
0857 6288.00 prob. test R. BOOMERANG - SF/IN
-
Tra le 10.00 e le 11.00 intermodulazioni di Wertachtal su 5865 e 6135 kHz, fra Radio Nederland (5955), The Mighty KBC (6095) e XVRB (6045). La situazione, comunque, rispetto alla domenica precedente è migliorata perché, ad esempio, i 'segnali' sopra i 6200 sono scomparsi.
-
1054 12257 WRECKIN' R. INT - Mx rock - SF/IN
1057 12230 FIREDRAKE vs. SOH (non ascoltata) - SF/IN
***
Lunedì 5 dicembre 2011
Sempre tra le 10.00 e le 11.00 ho controllato se c'erano problemi fra le 3 frequenze di R. Nederland attive dal lunedì al venerdì su 5955, 6035 e 6120 kHz che, a parte 6035 da Issoudun, operano ugualmente da Wertachtal e le spurie sono assenti. Dunque l'intermodulazione è quasi sicuramente derivante dall'accensione di 6095, non da 6045 osservata solo ieri e con una spuria molto bassa.
***
Venerdì 9 dicembre 2011
11.10 - 9705 kHz
XINJIANG PBS - Urumqi (Cina)
Kirghizo, nxs YL/OM.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
Mi sembra, ovviamente non a tale ora, di avere notato che Niger ed Etiopia siano spente, non so dire esattamente da quanto tempo, più o meno da molti giorni.
-
11.19 - 15349.1 kHz
RT MAROCAINE - Nador
Arabo, tk YL.
Segnale sufficiente
Battimento con la Turchia: chissà come la pensa - assieme alle altre emittenti che usano 15350 - che il Marocco ha fatto questo spostamento. Per capire qualcosa, infatti, con il VR5000 mi sono messo in AM-N (ma ci sono fisso perché l'AM semplice è troppo larga) ed LSB. Utile anche il modulo DSP opzionale attivato.
-
11.22 - 15375 kHz
CNR 1+MOTOR JAMMERS
vs. RFA Tibetano+Fu Hsing BC Taiwan (entrambe non ascoltate)
Segnali buoni-sufficienti
-
12.40-12.44 - 12230//12500//13970 kHz
FIREDRAKE vs. SOH Taiwan (non ascoltata)
Altri Firedrake, sopra e sotto tali frequenze, a tale orario al mio QTH non li ho sentiti.
-
15.05&15.06 - 5000 kHz
IBF - Torino-Torre Bert (Italia)
IDs multilingue.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
E' già la seconda volta che nel mio QTH riesco a sentire solo gli annunci e non i segnali di tempo, ma bisogna tenere presente che per questa stazione da me non si muovono nemmeno gli S-meters dei ricevitori.
-
15.15 - 4870 kHz
RADIO SEDAYE KASHMIR - Delhi-Khampur (India)
Nxs OM/YL.
Segnale sufficiente
In un'occasione il trasmettitore si è spento e riacceso. Problemi di corrente elettrica o tecnici.
-
Era tanto tempo che non provavo le tropicali al pomeriggio, ma vi assicuro che - se non sono capitato con la propagazione sbagliata - quasi tutti i segnali erano al limite dell'udibilità, anche con le stazioni cinesi e indiane che abitualmente erano quelle che di segnale almeno arrivavano a metà scala. Escludo problemi con la loop da finestra perché è l'unica antenna che mi ha permesso alcuni anni fa di sentire Radio Verdad dal Guatemala, è più facile che i trasmettitori stiano piano piano esaurendosi e non è impossibile ritenere che una volta dipartiti non li sostituiranno più, continuando in MW, FM o Internet.
Luca Botto Fiora
QTH
G.C. 09E13 - 44N21
Rapallo (Genova) - Italia
-
RICEVITORI
R7 Drake
VR5000DSP Yaesu
Satellit 500 Grundig
E5 Etón
ATS909 Sangean
-
ANTENNE
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 30 m (@5.5-30 MHz)
Controllate regolarmente i vostri collegamenti d'antenna.
ACCESSORI D'ANTENNA
Amplificatore RF K0LR-WA1ION per loop in ferrite
Amplificatore RF LX1456 NE per loop magnetico e dipolo aperto
Balun a choke coassiali 1:1 di RG174 (dal sito di IZ7ATH)
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 (modificato W8JI)
Splitters 0-1000 MHz a 2 vie
Check regularly your antenna connections.
-
REGISTRATORI
ICD-BX112 Sony (R7 Drake)
TRC-1149 Sanyo (Satellit 500 Grundig)
ICD-B500 Sony (E5 Etón - VR5000DSP Yaesu)
ICD-BX800 Sony (ATS909 Sangean)
-
SOFTWARE (Mac)
Audacity 1.3.13 beta (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 3.7 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 5.8.1 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.1 demo (orologio mondiale)
Marble 1.1 (atlante)
Multimode 6.2.3 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.0.6 demo (orologio mondiale)
ABBREVIAZIONI
Lingua:
AA - Arabo
DD - Olandese
EE - Inglese
FF - Francese
GG - Tedesco
II - Italiano
PP - Portoghese
SS - Spagnolo
-
Dettagli del programma:
ID - Annuncio nome emittente
tk - Parlato
YL - Donna
OM - Uomo
mx - Musica
nxs - Notizie
s/on - Inizio trasmissioni
s/off - Fine trasmissioni
-
Segnale:
IN - Insufficiente
SF - Sufficiente
BN - Buono
MB - Molto Buono
Sabato 3 dicembre 2011
*09.00 - 9510 kHz
R. JOYSTICK via IRRS - Tiganesti (Romania)
EE/GG, jingles e mx R&B anni 80.
Segnale buono-molto buono
Solo il 1° sabato del mese.
***
Domenica 4 dicembre 2011
0654 6200.00 R. ORANG UTAN - Oldies e tk OM - SF/IN
0807 6957.82 Vecchia registrazione USA - SF/IN
0850 6945.00 prob. test R. BOOMERANG - SF/IN
0851 6947.00 prob. test R. BOOMERANG - SF/IN
0857 6288.00 prob. test R. BOOMERANG - SF/IN
-
Tra le 10.00 e le 11.00 intermodulazioni di Wertachtal su 5865 e 6135 kHz, fra Radio Nederland (5955), The Mighty KBC (6095) e XVRB (6045). La situazione, comunque, rispetto alla domenica precedente è migliorata perché, ad esempio, i 'segnali' sopra i 6200 sono scomparsi.
-
1054 12257 WRECKIN' R. INT - Mx rock - SF/IN
1057 12230 FIREDRAKE vs. SOH (non ascoltata) - SF/IN
***
Lunedì 5 dicembre 2011
Sempre tra le 10.00 e le 11.00 ho controllato se c'erano problemi fra le 3 frequenze di R. Nederland attive dal lunedì al venerdì su 5955, 6035 e 6120 kHz che, a parte 6035 da Issoudun, operano ugualmente da Wertachtal e le spurie sono assenti. Dunque l'intermodulazione è quasi sicuramente derivante dall'accensione di 6095, non da 6045 osservata solo ieri e con una spuria molto bassa.
***
Venerdì 9 dicembre 2011
11.10 - 9705 kHz
XINJIANG PBS - Urumqi (Cina)
Kirghizo, nxs YL/OM.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
Mi sembra, ovviamente non a tale ora, di avere notato che Niger ed Etiopia siano spente, non so dire esattamente da quanto tempo, più o meno da molti giorni.
-
11.19 - 15349.1 kHz
RT MAROCAINE - Nador
Arabo, tk YL.
Segnale sufficiente
Battimento con la Turchia: chissà come la pensa - assieme alle altre emittenti che usano 15350 - che il Marocco ha fatto questo spostamento. Per capire qualcosa, infatti, con il VR5000 mi sono messo in AM-N (ma ci sono fisso perché l'AM semplice è troppo larga) ed LSB. Utile anche il modulo DSP opzionale attivato.
-
11.22 - 15375 kHz
CNR 1+MOTOR JAMMERS
vs. RFA Tibetano+Fu Hsing BC Taiwan (entrambe non ascoltate)
Segnali buoni-sufficienti
-
12.40-12.44 - 12230//12500//13970 kHz
FIREDRAKE vs. SOH Taiwan (non ascoltata)
Altri Firedrake, sopra e sotto tali frequenze, a tale orario al mio QTH non li ho sentiti.
-
15.05&15.06 - 5000 kHz
IBF - Torino-Torre Bert (Italia)
IDs multilingue.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
E' già la seconda volta che nel mio QTH riesco a sentire solo gli annunci e non i segnali di tempo, ma bisogna tenere presente che per questa stazione da me non si muovono nemmeno gli S-meters dei ricevitori.
-
15.15 - 4870 kHz
RADIO SEDAYE KASHMIR - Delhi-Khampur (India)
Nxs OM/YL.
Segnale sufficiente
In un'occasione il trasmettitore si è spento e riacceso. Problemi di corrente elettrica o tecnici.
-
Era tanto tempo che non provavo le tropicali al pomeriggio, ma vi assicuro che - se non sono capitato con la propagazione sbagliata - quasi tutti i segnali erano al limite dell'udibilità, anche con le stazioni cinesi e indiane che abitualmente erano quelle che di segnale almeno arrivavano a metà scala. Escludo problemi con la loop da finestra perché è l'unica antenna che mi ha permesso alcuni anni fa di sentire Radio Verdad dal Guatemala, è più facile che i trasmettitori stiano piano piano esaurendosi e non è impossibile ritenere che una volta dipartiti non li sostituiranno più, continuando in MW, FM o Internet.
Luca Botto Fiora
QTH
G.C. 09E13 - 44N21
Rapallo (Genova) - Italia
-
RICEVITORI
R7 Drake
VR5000DSP Yaesu
Satellit 500 Grundig
E5 Etón
ATS909 Sangean
-
ANTENNE
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 30 m (@5.5-30 MHz)
Controllate regolarmente i vostri collegamenti d'antenna.
ACCESSORI D'ANTENNA
Amplificatore RF K0LR-WA1ION per loop in ferrite
Amplificatore RF LX1456 NE per loop magnetico e dipolo aperto
Balun a choke coassiali 1:1 di RG174 (dal sito di IZ7ATH)
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 (modificato W8JI)
Splitters 0-1000 MHz a 2 vie
Check regularly your antenna connections.
-
REGISTRATORI
ICD-BX112 Sony (R7 Drake)
TRC-1149 Sanyo (Satellit 500 Grundig)
ICD-B500 Sony (E5 Etón - VR5000DSP Yaesu)
ICD-BX800 Sony (ATS909 Sangean)
-
SOFTWARE (Mac)
Audacity 1.3.13 beta (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 3.7 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 5.8.1 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.1 demo (orologio mondiale)
Marble 1.1 (atlante)
Multimode 6.2.3 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.0.6 demo (orologio mondiale)
Ascolti AM Luca Botto Fiora
Ascolti AM (orari UTC)
ABBREVIAZIONI
Lingua:
AA - Arabo
DD - Olandese
EE - Inglese
FF - Francese
GG - Tedesco
II - Italiano
PP - Portoghese
SS - Spagnolo
-
Dettagli del programma:
ID - Annuncio nome emittente
tk - Parlato
YL - Donna
OM - Uomo
mx - Musica
nxs - Notizie
s/on - Inizio trasmissioni
s/off - Fine trasmissioni
-
Segnale:
IN - Insufficiente
SF - Sufficiente
BN - Buono
MB - Molto Buono
Sabato 3 dicembre 2011
*09.00 - 9510 kHz
R. JOYSTICK via IRRS - Tiganesti (Romania)
EE/GG, jingles e mx R&B anni 80.
Segnale buono-molto buono
Solo il 1° sabato del mese.
***
Domenica 4 dicembre 2011
0654 6200.00 R. ORANG UTAN - Oldies e tk OM - SF/IN
0807 6957.82 Vecchia registrazione USA - SF/IN
0850 6945.00 prob. test R. BOOMERANG - SF/IN
0851 6947.00 prob. test R. BOOMERANG - SF/IN
0857 6288.00 prob. test R. BOOMERANG - SF/IN
-
Tra le 10.00 e le 11.00 intermodulazioni di Wertachtal su 5865 e 6135 kHz,
fra Radio Nederland (5955), The Mighty KBC (6095) e XVRB (6045). La
situazione, comunque, rispetto alla domenica precedente è migliorata perché,
ad esempio, i 'segnali' sopra i 6200 sono scomparsi.
-
1054 12257 WRECKIN' R. INT - Mx rock - SF/IN
1057 12230 FIREDRAKE vs. SOH (non ascoltata) - SF/IN
***
Lunedì 5 dicembre 2011
Sempre tra le 10.00 e le 11.00 ho controllato se c'erano problemi fra le 3
frequenze di R. Nederland attive dal lunedì al venerdì su 5955, 6035 e 6120
kHz che, a parte 6035 da Issoudun, operano ugualmente da Wertachtal e le
spurie sono assenti. Dunque l'intermodulazione è quasi sicuramente derivante
dall'accensione di 6095, non da 6045 osservata solo ieri e con una spuria
molto bassa.
***
Venerdì 9 dicembre 2011
11.10 - 9705 kHz
XINJIANG PBS - Urumqi (Cina)
Kirghizo, nxs YL/OM.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
Mi sembra, ovviamente non a tale ora, di avere notato che Niger ed Etiopia
siano spente, non so dire esattamente da quanto tempo, più o meno da molti
giorni.
-
11.19 - 15349.1 kHz
RT MAROCAINE - Nador
Arabo, tk YL.
Segnale sufficiente
Battimento con la Turchia: chissà come la pensa - assieme alle altre
emittenti che usano 15350 - che il Marocco ha fatto questo spostamento. Per
capire qualcosa, infatti, con il VR5000 mi sono messo in AM-N (ma ci sono
fisso perché l'AM semplice è troppo larga) ed LSB. Utile anche il modulo DSP
opzionale attivato.
-
11.22 - 15375 kHz
CNR 1+MOTOR JAMMERS
vs. RFA Tibetano+Fu Hsing BC Taiwan (entrambe non ascoltate)
Segnali buoni-sufficienti
-
12.40-12.44 - 12230//12500//13970 kHz
FIREDRAKE vs. SOH Taiwan (non ascoltata)
Altri Firedrake, sopra e sotto tali frequenze, a tale orario al mio QTH non
li ho sentiti.
-
15.05&15.06 - 5000 kHz
IBF - Torino-Torre Bert (Italia)
IDs multilingue.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
E' già la seconda volta che nel mio QTH riesco a sentire solo gli annunci e
non i segnali di tempo, ma bisogna tenere presente che per questa stazione
da me non si muovono nemmeno gli S-meters dei ricevitori.
-
15.15 - 4870 kHz
RADIO SEDAYE KASHMIR - Delhi-Khampur (India)
Nxs OM/YL.
Segnale sufficiente
In un'occasione il trasmettitore si è spento e riacceso. Problemi di
corrente elettrica o tecnici.
-
Era tanto tempo che non provavo le tropicali al pomeriggio, ma vi assicuro
che - se non sono capitato con la propagazione sbagliata - quasi tutti i
segnali erano al limite dell'udibilità, anche con le stazioni cinesi e
indiane che abitualmente erano quelle che di segnale almeno arrivavano a
metà scala. Escludo problemi con la loop da finestra perché è l'unica
antenna che mi ha permesso alcuni anni fa di sentire Radio Verdad dal
Guatemala, è più facile che i trasmettitori stiano piano piano esaurendosi e
non è impossibile ritenere che una volta dipartiti non li sostituiranno più,
continuando in MW, FM o Internet.
QTH
G.C. 09E13 - 44N21
Rapallo (Genova) - Italia
-
RICEVITORI
R7 Drake
VR5000DSP Yaesu
Satellit 500 Grundig
E5 Etón
ATS909 Sangean
-
ANTENNE
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 30 m (@5.5-30 MHz)
Controllate regolarmente i vostri collegamenti d'antenna.
ACCESSORI D'ANTENNA
Amplificatore RF K0LR-WA1ION per loop in ferrite
Amplificatore RF LX1456 NE per loop magnetico e dipolo aperto
Balun a choke coassiali 1:1 di RG174 (dal sito di IZ7ATH)
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 (modificato W8JI)
Splitters 0-1000 MHz a 2 vie
Check regularly your antenna connections.
-
REGISTRATORI
ICD-BX112 Sony (R7 Drake)
TRC-1149 Sanyo (Satellit 500 Grundig)
ICD-B500 Sony (E5 Etón - VR5000DSP Yaesu)
ICD-BX800 Sony (ATS909 Sangean)
-
SOFTWARE (Mac)
Audacity 1.3.13 beta (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 3.7 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 5.8.1 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.1 demo (orologio mondiale)
Marble 1.1 (atlante)
Multimode 6.2.3 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.0.6 demo (orologio mondiale)
ABBREVIAZIONI
Lingua:
AA - Arabo
DD - Olandese
EE - Inglese
FF - Francese
GG - Tedesco
II - Italiano
PP - Portoghese
SS - Spagnolo
-
Dettagli del programma:
ID - Annuncio nome emittente
tk - Parlato
YL - Donna
OM - Uomo
mx - Musica
nxs - Notizie
s/on - Inizio trasmissioni
s/off - Fine trasmissioni
-
Segnale:
IN - Insufficiente
SF - Sufficiente
BN - Buono
MB - Molto Buono
Sabato 3 dicembre 2011
*09.00 - 9510 kHz
R. JOYSTICK via IRRS - Tiganesti (Romania)
EE/GG, jingles e mx R&B anni 80.
Segnale buono-molto buono
Solo il 1° sabato del mese.
***
Domenica 4 dicembre 2011
0654 6200.00 R. ORANG UTAN - Oldies e tk OM - SF/IN
0807 6957.82 Vecchia registrazione USA - SF/IN
0850 6945.00 prob. test R. BOOMERANG - SF/IN
0851 6947.00 prob. test R. BOOMERANG - SF/IN
0857 6288.00 prob. test R. BOOMERANG - SF/IN
-
Tra le 10.00 e le 11.00 intermodulazioni di Wertachtal su 5865 e 6135 kHz,
fra Radio Nederland (5955), The Mighty KBC (6095) e XVRB (6045). La
situazione, comunque, rispetto alla domenica precedente è migliorata perché,
ad esempio, i 'segnali' sopra i 6200 sono scomparsi.
-
1054 12257 WRECKIN' R. INT - Mx rock - SF/IN
1057 12230 FIREDRAKE vs. SOH (non ascoltata) - SF/IN
***
Lunedì 5 dicembre 2011
Sempre tra le 10.00 e le 11.00 ho controllato se c'erano problemi fra le 3
frequenze di R. Nederland attive dal lunedì al venerdì su 5955, 6035 e 6120
kHz che, a parte 6035 da Issoudun, operano ugualmente da Wertachtal e le
spurie sono assenti. Dunque l'intermodulazione è quasi sicuramente derivante
dall'accensione di 6095, non da 6045 osservata solo ieri e con una spuria
molto bassa.
***
Venerdì 9 dicembre 2011
11.10 - 9705 kHz
XINJIANG PBS - Urumqi (Cina)
Kirghizo, nxs YL/OM.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
Mi sembra, ovviamente non a tale ora, di avere notato che Niger ed Etiopia
siano spente, non so dire esattamente da quanto tempo, più o meno da molti
giorni.
-
11.19 - 15349.1 kHz
RT MAROCAINE - Nador
Arabo, tk YL.
Segnale sufficiente
Battimento con la Turchia: chissà come la pensa - assieme alle altre
emittenti che usano 15350 - che il Marocco ha fatto questo spostamento. Per
capire qualcosa, infatti, con il VR5000 mi sono messo in AM-N (ma ci sono
fisso perché l'AM semplice è troppo larga) ed LSB. Utile anche il modulo DSP
opzionale attivato.
-
11.22 - 15375 kHz
CNR 1+MOTOR JAMMERS
vs. RFA Tibetano+Fu Hsing BC Taiwan (entrambe non ascoltate)
Segnali buoni-sufficienti
-
12.40-12.44 - 12230//12500//13970 kHz
FIREDRAKE vs. SOH Taiwan (non ascoltata)
Altri Firedrake, sopra e sotto tali frequenze, a tale orario al mio QTH non
li ho sentiti.
-
15.05&15.06 - 5000 kHz
IBF - Torino-Torre Bert (Italia)
IDs multilingue.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
E' già la seconda volta che nel mio QTH riesco a sentire solo gli annunci e
non i segnali di tempo, ma bisogna tenere presente che per questa stazione
da me non si muovono nemmeno gli S-meters dei ricevitori.
-
15.15 - 4870 kHz
RADIO SEDAYE KASHMIR - Delhi-Khampur (India)
Nxs OM/YL.
Segnale sufficiente
In un'occasione il trasmettitore si è spento e riacceso. Problemi di
corrente elettrica o tecnici.
-
Era tanto tempo che non provavo le tropicali al pomeriggio, ma vi assicuro
che - se non sono capitato con la propagazione sbagliata - quasi tutti i
segnali erano al limite dell'udibilità, anche con le stazioni cinesi e
indiane che abitualmente erano quelle che di segnale almeno arrivavano a
metà scala. Escludo problemi con la loop da finestra perché è l'unica
antenna che mi ha permesso alcuni anni fa di sentire Radio Verdad dal
Guatemala, è più facile che i trasmettitori stiano piano piano esaurendosi e
non è impossibile ritenere che una volta dipartiti non li sostituiranno più,
continuando in MW, FM o Internet.
QTH
G.C. 09E13 - 44N21
Rapallo (Genova) - Italia
-
RICEVITORI
R7 Drake
VR5000DSP Yaesu
Satellit 500 Grundig
E5 Etón
ATS909 Sangean
-
ANTENNE
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 30 m (@5.5-30 MHz)
Controllate regolarmente i vostri collegamenti d'antenna.
ACCESSORI D'ANTENNA
Amplificatore RF K0LR-WA1ION per loop in ferrite
Amplificatore RF LX1456 NE per loop magnetico e dipolo aperto
Balun a choke coassiali 1:1 di RG174 (dal sito di IZ7ATH)
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 (modificato W8JI)
Splitters 0-1000 MHz a 2 vie
Check regularly your antenna connections.
-
REGISTRATORI
ICD-BX112 Sony (R7 Drake)
TRC-1149 Sanyo (Satellit 500 Grundig)
ICD-B500 Sony (E5 Etón - VR5000DSP Yaesu)
ICD-BX800 Sony (ATS909 Sangean)
-
SOFTWARE (Mac)
Audacity 1.3.13 beta (acquisizione-conversione audio)
DXToolbox 3.7 demo (propagazione)
EarthDesk 5.8.1 demo (scrivania-orologio mondiale)
HourWorld 3.4.1 demo (orologio mondiale)
Marble 1.1 (atlante)
Multimode 6.2.3 demo Black Cat Systems (UTEs)
TimePalette 6.0.6 demo (orologio mondiale)
giovedì 8 dicembre 2011
Log Saverio De Cian
Anche questa mattina dei segnali accettabili in onda media:
1440 08/12/2011 0150- B ZYH466 Rádio Indepêndencia Santo Amaro, px religioso con interviste, inno, predica concitata, Id "Rádio Indepêndencia de Santo Amaro" 22322
1390 08/12/2011 0350- VEN YVZA R. Fé y Alegría Caracas, px mx locale, Id "Esta es Radio Fé y Alegría" 23322
1700 08/12/2011 0535- USA KVNS Brownsville TX, Px musicale, Id "KVNS" 33322
1390 08/12/2011 0350- VEN YVZA R. Fé y Alegría Caracas, px mx locale, Id "Esta es Radio Fé y Alegría" 23322
1700 08/12/2011 0535- USA KVNS Brownsville TX, Px musicale, Id "KVNS" 33322
Saverio De Cian
RX: Perseus / ANT: K9AY
Sedico (Belluno) / Italia
RX: Perseus / ANT: K9AY
Sedico (Belluno) / Italia
Log Saverio De Cian
Finalmente qualche novità sulle onde medie, già la notte di San Nicolò ha portato interessanti DX:
1660 06/12/2011 0306- PTR WGIT R. Voz Canóvanas, commenti, annunci, numeri di telefono, Id "Estación WGIT Canóvanas . 1660 AM" 23322
1430 06/12/2011 0306- PTR WNEL R.Tiempo Caguas, px musica locale, vari annunci "Puerto Rico" 22322
1370 06/12/2011 0328- CLM HJBO Minuto de Dios Barranquilla, notizie sportive, Id " Emisora Minuto de Dios" 22322
1370 07/12/2011 0300- B ZYK766 R. Iguatemí, São Paulo, Px mx, vari Id "Rádio Iguatemi AM 1370 kHz" 23322
1630 07/12/2011 0145-0430 ARG probabile La Plata, Buenos Aires px musicale, vari annunci in S tutti uguali si menziona "Buenos Aires" e "Argentina"
Saverio De Cian
RX: Perseus / ANT: K9AY
Sedico (Belluno) / Italia
1660 06/12/2011 0306- PTR WGIT R. Voz Canóvanas, commenti, annunci, numeri di telefono, Id "Estación WGIT Canóvanas . 1660 AM" 23322
1430 06/12/2011 0306- PTR WNEL R.Tiempo Caguas, px musica locale, vari annunci "Puerto Rico" 22322
1370 06/12/2011 0328- CLM HJBO Minuto de Dios Barranquilla, notizie sportive, Id " Emisora Minuto de Dios" 22322
1370 07/12/2011 0300- B ZYK766 R. Iguatemí, São Paulo, Px mx, vari Id "Rádio Iguatemi AM 1370 kHz" 23322
1630 07/12/2011 0145-0430 ARG probabile La Plata, Buenos Aires px musicale, vari annunci in S tutti uguali si menziona "Buenos Aires" e "Argentina"
Saverio De Cian
RX: Perseus / ANT: K9AY
Sedico (Belluno) / Italia
WWCR DRM Broadcast on December 10
A special 30-minute edition of "Ask WWCR," hosted by Brady Murray and Jerry Plummer of NASB member WWCR in Nashville, will air at 1930 UTC Saturday, December 10 on 7590 kHz in DRM digital mode, beamed to Europe from a 100-kw transmitter in Armenia. The program is part of the weekly "DRM Mix" block sponsored by Spaceline of Bulgaria which runs from 1800-2100 UTC on the same frequency. In this special program, Brady and Jerry will present a profile of WWCR, its history, programming and personnel, as well as some information about other privately-owned shortwave stations in the United States.
Glenn Hauser logs December 7-8, 2011
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, Dec 8 at 1354 and later chex before 1500, no trace of LRA36 despite being amid another allegedly scheduled Thursday bihour from them (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL [and non]. Who knows, maybe R. Africa makes an occasional appearance, as isolated reports of it keep cropping up, the latest from Malaysia, but it sure is elusive. I finally checked Dec 7 at 1950-1955 before Ascension was on 15195, and all I could get was a JBA carrier, slightly on the lo side, 15189.9 or so, which fits for Brasil, not Equatorial Guinea, which when last active was right on frequency despite all its modulation faults. And it used to have a decent signal, not JBA. Would others please check today in the 20-23 UT period for any sign of R. Africa vs. R Inconfidência. 73, (Glenn Hauser, 2005 UT Dec 7, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Rechecked at 2234, ZY has built up to quite a good signal, but still heavy flutter, Brazilian talk, ID in passing. No sign of R. Africa. Jorge Freitas in Bahia was also hearing nothing but R. Inconfidência at 2120; at 0927 Dec 8 he was hearing neither (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake December 8, before 1400:
11500, fair at 1358, only one found under 19 MHz before 1400
After 1400:
15495, good at 1410, unusual spot: presumably driven by latest jump of V. of Tibet via Tajikistan, but not yet in Aoki Dec 8 1300 edition, which had VOT on all these *jammed off-frequencies at various odd times between 1200 and 1430: 15387, 15397, 15437, 15443, 15537, 15547, 15564, 15568, 15573.
15500, good at 1420, Firedrake had moved here from 15495. Still can`t detect any carrier within 2-3 kHz from presumed V. of Tibet target (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 17235, Dec 8 at 1356, strange spot to be hearing lite Cuban pulse jamming --- no, not so strange when I realize it is the third harmonic of 5745 against R. Martí.
15312 & 15348, Dec 8 at 1417, approximate spots for pulse jamming spurs of wall-of-noise on 15330 vs R. Martí (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 7220, Dec 8 at 0559, RFI is already on with musique which continued past 0601, instead of English instead of Hausa; while the French service on 7390 was in news instead of musique, as the rolling strike continues affecting different services on different days.
At 1409 Dec 8, both Spanish service on 17690 via GUIANA FRENCH, and French service direct on 17620 were in same RFI Musique fill (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Another update from Mike Cooper as of Dec 7:
RFI workers voted unanimously Wednesday to continue their indefinite strike. They also called on director-general to meet with a workers committee on Thursday regarding the "organizational fusion" with the France 24 television channel. "It's the least one can ask of the boss," the unions say. They also are taking up a collection to financially support striking workers. They also plan to e-mail people who have contacted RFI in support.
Meanwhile, "Le Canard enchaîné," the weekly newspaper, noted in today's edition that RFI is still providing "essential" services -- filling up the hours with music and "especially," commercials for a new partner of the Audiovisuel extérieur de la France, the Bank of Lebanon. The newspaper notes that bodyguards for the bank's top official used automatic weapons to spray bullets in a Beirut nightclub in February 2010, apparently targeting a competitor. "They sure know how to choose sponsors for French public broadcasting," the Canard wryly notes (Mike Cooper, GA, Dec 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, Dec 8 at 0600, IGIM chanting has just been joined in progress, as no signal was there a couple minutes earlier when I tuned across (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 7390, Dec 8 at 1400, VOA Washington ID in funny Chinese, no jamming audible vs VG signal. Ergo must be Cantonese: yes, scheduled 13-14, 250 kW, 279 degrees from Tinian, switching at 14-15 to 250 kW, 332 degrees from Tinang, PHILIPPINES. The ChiCom don`t consider Cantonese broadcasts worth jamming, for some strange reason, unlike Mandarin, Tibetan, Uighur, Uzbek (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1594 monitoring: first broadcast confirmed on WRMI 9955 webcast, UT Thursday Dec 8 at 0430. Besides numerous other webcasts, further WRMI times when on SW: Fri 0600, Sat 0900, 1600, 1830, Sun 0900, 1630, 1830, Mon 1230.
On WTWW: Thu 2200 on 9479, UT Sun 0500 on 5755
On WBCQ: Thu 2230 on 7490; UT Mon 0330 [?Maybe] on Area 51 5110-CUSB
On WWRB: UT Fri 0430 on 3195, 5050 ex-5051
On HLR: Tuesday 1030 on 5980
Also on WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1830, Sun 0930
Full schedule at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 570, Dec 8 at 1321 UT, something in the null of KLIF is talking about New Mexico: ilovecruces.com for ``everything local`` [I thought, but no such or similar website found], NM lottery, ergo KSNM, which should be on PSRA of 250 watts instead of 155 at nite, not 5000 at day, which it sounded like, all non-direxional. December official sunrise is not until 1400 UT; January, 1415.
This station was originally KGRT, ``K-Great``, until Oct 2, 2000; KGRT now applies to their FM ``104``. KSNM drives away listeners with a brain, since its big talkers are Glenn Beck and Lou Dobbs, plus Fox news per http://ksnm570.am even tho it is hardly in Armenia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1200, Dec 8 at 1342, Spanish way over WOAI, ads mentioning Chicago, Debt-Stoppers at 773- phone number, which is one of Chicago`s overlain area codes. So WRTO, 20 kW day in effect from their latest sunrise 1315 UT in Dec & Jan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1220, Dec 8 at 1337 UT, peppy S. Asian songs, hard to null, but finally seems roughly NNE/SSW, fading by 1341. Anyway must be the only ETHnic station listed anywhere on this frequency in NRC AM Log 2011-2012 as I have heard before: ``Hot Pepper 1220``, KZEE Weatherford TX, 1600 watt day power rather than PSRA of 8 watts which would have been in effect until official sunrise of 1330 in Dec and Jan.
Weatherford is west of Fort Worth in Parker County, but you know where the dough is, as KZEE is owned by Tarrant Radio Broadcasting, with main lobe toward Fort Worth; business addresses in Hurst and North Richland Hills on the other side of FW. Thus the Anglo Weatherfordians are deprived of any local AM radio service in order to rimshoot the Asian minority in the big Cowtown.
I was also hearing a weak off-frequency het on 1220, which has been identified by John Wilkins, CO, on 1219.84 as the only other Texan on 1220, KMVL Madisonville, which is on I-45 between Houston and Dallas, close to Rick Perry`s death camp at Huntsville (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1530, Dec 8 at 1330, list of lunch menus for today at Eisenhower and other schools, a daily feature on KQNK --- i.e. Norton KS, up near the Nebraska line, which should be on PSRA of 500 watts before day power of 1000 is legal at 1400 UT in Dec and Jan. However, this daytime station has also been reported cheating at night for stupid ballgames, but I usually hear it around sunrise (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific MW carrier search Dec 8 at 1326-1330 UT, on DX-398, 9 kHz steps with off-tuned BFO to recognize correctly-pitched very weak carriers: 612, 702, 774, 882, 1566, 1575. Today`s LSR in Enid is 1330 UT, still latening until 1344 a month from now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6550.0, Dec 8 at 0605, I am surprised to hear a broadcast here between the V. of the People clandestines, not yet jammed, on 6600 and 6518. 6550 definitely in Korean and not // to them. Nothing but woman talking monolog, except once in a while, another female voice interjects a comment. Strengthening a little by 0615, signal at least as good as the VOP channels. Lots of ``imnida`` at end of sentences, dead giveaway for Korean. Nothing listed on 6550 in Aoki, HFCC (of course) or EiBi. Another entry in the N/S Korean radio war, but what?? Or a new frequency for VOK/Pyongyang domestic? Could be an harmonic of 3275, except nothing listed there either except PNG, and really too strong for a typical harmonic. Next check at 1402, nothing on 6550, while 6518 and 6600 were still audible.
Searching the last decade of DXLDs, 6550 appears only as one boundary of OTH radar, and in DXLD 10-15, a 1972 WRTH report of R. Peking using that frequency for English! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL [and non]. Who knows, maybe R. Africa makes an occasional appearance, as isolated reports of it keep cropping up, the latest from Malaysia, but it sure is elusive. I finally checked Dec 7 at 1950-1955 before Ascension was on 15195, and all I could get was a JBA carrier, slightly on the lo side, 15189.9 or so, which fits for Brasil, not Equatorial Guinea, which when last active was right on frequency despite all its modulation faults. And it used to have a decent signal, not JBA. Would others please check today in the 20-23 UT period for any sign of R. Africa vs. R Inconfidência. 73, (Glenn Hauser, 2005 UT Dec 7, dxldyg via WORLD OF RADIO 1594, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Rechecked at 2234, ZY has built up to quite a good signal, but still heavy flutter, Brazilian talk, ID in passing. No sign of R. Africa. Jorge Freitas in Bahia was also hearing nothing but R. Inconfidência at 2120; at 0927 Dec 8 he was hearing neither (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake December 8, before 1400:
11500, fair at 1358, only one found under 19 MHz before 1400
After 1400:
15495, good at 1410, unusual spot: presumably driven by latest jump of V. of Tibet via Tajikistan, but not yet in Aoki Dec 8 1300 edition, which had VOT on all these *jammed off-frequencies at various odd times between 1200 and 1430: 15387, 15397, 15437, 15443, 15537, 15547, 15564, 15568, 15573.
15500, good at 1420, Firedrake had moved here from 15495. Still can`t detect any carrier within 2-3 kHz from presumed V. of Tibet target (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 17235, Dec 8 at 1356, strange spot to be hearing lite Cuban pulse jamming --- no, not so strange when I realize it is the third harmonic of 5745 against R. Martí.
15312 & 15348, Dec 8 at 1417, approximate spots for pulse jamming spurs of wall-of-noise on 15330 vs R. Martí (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 7220, Dec 8 at 0559, RFI is already on with musique which continued past 0601, instead of English instead of Hausa; while the French service on 7390 was in news instead of musique, as the rolling strike continues affecting different services on different days.
At 1409 Dec 8, both Spanish service on 17690 via GUIANA FRENCH, and French service direct on 17620 were in same RFI Musique fill (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Another update from Mike Cooper as of Dec 7:
RFI workers voted unanimously Wednesday to continue their indefinite strike. They also called on director-general to meet with a workers committee on Thursday regarding the "organizational fusion" with the France 24 television channel. "It's the least one can ask of the boss," the unions say. They also are taking up a collection to financially support striking workers. They also plan to e-mail people who have contacted RFI in support.
Meanwhile, "Le Canard enchaîné," the weekly newspaper, noted in today's edition that RFI is still providing "essential" services -- filling up the hours with music and "especially," commercials for a new partner of the Audiovisuel extérieur de la France, the Bank of Lebanon. The newspaper notes that bodyguards for the bank's top official used automatic weapons to spray bullets in a Beirut nightclub in February 2010, apparently targeting a competitor. "They sure know how to choose sponsors for French public broadcasting," the Canard wryly notes (Mike Cooper, GA, Dec 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, Dec 8 at 0600, IGIM chanting has just been joined in progress, as no signal was there a couple minutes earlier when I tuned across (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 7390, Dec 8 at 1400, VOA Washington ID in funny Chinese, no jamming audible vs VG signal. Ergo must be Cantonese: yes, scheduled 13-14, 250 kW, 279 degrees from Tinian, switching at 14-15 to 250 kW, 332 degrees from Tinang, PHILIPPINES. The ChiCom don`t consider Cantonese broadcasts worth jamming, for some strange reason, unlike Mandarin, Tibetan, Uighur, Uzbek (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1594 monitoring: first broadcast confirmed on WRMI 9955 webcast, UT Thursday Dec 8 at 0430. Besides numerous other webcasts, further WRMI times when on SW: Fri 0600, Sat 0900, 1600, 1830, Sun 0900, 1630, 1830, Mon 1230.
On WTWW: Thu 2200 on 9479, UT Sun 0500 on 5755
On WBCQ: Thu 2230 on 7490; UT Mon 0330 [?Maybe] on Area 51 5110-CUSB
On WWRB: UT Fri 0430 on 3195, 5050 ex-5051
On HLR: Tuesday 1030 on 5980
Also on WRN via SiriusXM 120: Sat & Sun 1830, Sun 0930
Full schedule at: http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 570, Dec 8 at 1321 UT, something in the null of KLIF is talking about New Mexico: ilovecruces.com for ``everything local`` [I thought, but no such or similar website found], NM lottery, ergo KSNM, which should be on PSRA of 250 watts instead of 155 at nite, not 5000 at day, which it sounded like, all non-direxional. December official sunrise is not until 1400 UT; January, 1415.
This station was originally KGRT, ``K-Great``, until Oct 2, 2000; KGRT now applies to their FM ``104``. KSNM drives away listeners with a brain, since its big talkers are Glenn Beck and Lou Dobbs, plus Fox news per http://ksnm570.am even tho it is hardly in Armenia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1200, Dec 8 at 1342, Spanish way over WOAI, ads mentioning Chicago, Debt-Stoppers at 773- phone number, which is one of Chicago`s overlain area codes. So WRTO, 20 kW day in effect from their latest sunrise 1315 UT in Dec & Jan (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1220, Dec 8 at 1337 UT, peppy S. Asian songs, hard to null, but finally seems roughly NNE/SSW, fading by 1341. Anyway must be the only ETHnic station listed anywhere on this frequency in NRC AM Log 2011-2012 as I have heard before: ``Hot Pepper 1220``, KZEE Weatherford TX, 1600 watt day power rather than PSRA of 8 watts which would have been in effect until official sunrise of 1330 in Dec and Jan.
Weatherford is west of Fort Worth in Parker County, but you know where the dough is, as KZEE is owned by Tarrant Radio Broadcasting, with main lobe toward Fort Worth; business addresses in Hurst and North Richland Hills on the other side of FW. Thus the Anglo Weatherfordians are deprived of any local AM radio service in order to rimshoot the Asian minority in the big Cowtown.
I was also hearing a weak off-frequency het on 1220, which has been identified by John Wilkins, CO, on 1219.84 as the only other Texan on 1220, KMVL Madisonville, which is on I-45 between Houston and Dallas, close to Rick Perry`s death camp at Huntsville (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 1530, Dec 8 at 1330, list of lunch menus for today at Eisenhower and other schools, a daily feature on KQNK --- i.e. Norton KS, up near the Nebraska line, which should be on PSRA of 500 watts before day power of 1000 is legal at 1400 UT in Dec and Jan. However, this daytime station has also been reported cheating at night for stupid ballgames, but I usually hear it around sunrise (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific MW carrier search Dec 8 at 1326-1330 UT, on DX-398, 9 kHz steps with off-tuned BFO to recognize correctly-pitched very weak carriers: 612, 702, 774, 882, 1566, 1575. Today`s LSR in Enid is 1330 UT, still latening until 1344 a month from now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 6550.0, Dec 8 at 0605, I am surprised to hear a broadcast here between the V. of the People clandestines, not yet jammed, on 6600 and 6518. 6550 definitely in Korean and not // to them. Nothing but woman talking monolog, except once in a while, another female voice interjects a comment. Strengthening a little by 0615, signal at least as good as the VOP channels. Lots of ``imnida`` at end of sentences, dead giveaway for Korean. Nothing listed on 6550 in Aoki, HFCC (of course) or EiBi. Another entry in the N/S Korean radio war, but what?? Or a new frequency for VOK/Pyongyang domestic? Could be an harmonic of 3275, except nothing listed there either except PNG, and really too strong for a typical harmonic. Next check at 1402, nothing on 6550, while 6518 and 6600 were still audible.
Searching the last decade of DXLDs, 6550 appears only as one boundary of OTH radar, and in DXLD 10-15, a 1972 WRTH report of R. Peking using that frequency for English! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
mercoledì 7 dicembre 2011
Radio Argentina al Exterior 15345 kHz
15345 5/12 1958 Radio Argentina al Exterior, General Pacheco - Info Mx ID It 24433
Nino Marabello
QTH: Treviso, Italy
QTH: Treviso, Italy
SW tips
Alcuni ascolti di questi giorni:
04/12/2011
9610 1002 USA Adventist World Radio, Nauen (brb) Studio DX program for dxer, in Italian 45544
15585 1430 E Radio Exterior España, Noblejas (CAM-TO) Sport program (tennis Davis Cup), ID in Spanish 55555
3955 1815 POL Polskie Radio, Skelton (EN-CUM) What's up program about reception reports, in English 45544
9580 1902 GAB Africa No.1, Moyabi/Moanda (hto) News, ID, in French 44434
9610 1002 USA Adventist World Radio, Nauen (brb) Studio DX program for dxer, in Italian 45544
15585 1430 E Radio Exterior España, Noblejas (CAM-TO) Sport program (tennis Davis Cup), ID in Spanish 55555
3955 1815 POL Polskie Radio, Skelton (EN-CUM) What's up program about reception reports, in English 45544
9580 1902 GAB Africa No.1, Moyabi/Moanda (hto) News, ID, in French 44434
05/12/2011
11830 1643 G BBC WS, Woofferton (EN-SHP) Px Sport Today, ID, s/off, in E 44433
7570 1800 KRE Voice of Korea KCBS, Kujang (pyb) I/S, ID, anthem, popular song, news in English 45433
9925 2040 USA WYFR Family Radio, Wertachtal (bay) Religious px with phone calls, ID, web and mail addresses, in English 55544
06/12/2011
9765 0340 E Radio Exterior España, Caiari de Porocí (lmn) ID, talk about Mediterranean Sea, schedule, s/off, in Spanish 32322
13850 1540 ISR Kol Israel, Yavne Talk about Iran, ID, in Farsi 45323
11600 1615 LBY Radio Libya FS, Sabrata ID, walz mx, song, talk about freedom and liberation, in French Bad voice modulation 44433
--
Roberto Rizzardi
SWL I/0216/GR
Porto S. Stefano (GR) Italy
Lat 42N43 - Long 11E12 - 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 Loop
Telescopic and 7 meters indoor long wire antenna
Website: http://diarioradio.blogspot.com
Skype: robybenjy
11830 1643 G BBC WS, Woofferton (EN-SHP) Px Sport Today, ID, s/off, in E 44433
7570 1800 KRE Voice of Korea KCBS, Kujang (pyb) I/S, ID, anthem, popular song, news in English 45433
9925 2040 USA WYFR Family Radio, Wertachtal (bay) Religious px with phone calls, ID, web and mail addresses, in English 55544
06/12/2011
9765 0340 E Radio Exterior España, Caiari de Porocí (lmn) ID, talk about Mediterranean Sea, schedule, s/off, in Spanish 32322
13850 1540 ISR Kol Israel, Yavne Talk about Iran, ID, in Farsi 45323
11600 1615 LBY Radio Libya FS, Sabrata ID, walz mx, song, talk about freedom and liberation, in French Bad voice modulation 44433
--
Roberto Rizzardi
SWL I/0216/GR
Porto S. Stefano (GR) Italy
Lat 42N43 - Long 11E12 - 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 Loop
Telescopic and 7 meters indoor long wire antenna
Website: http://diarioradio.blogspot.com
Skype: robybenjy
Glenn Hauser logs December 6-7, 2011
** ALBANIA. 7420, Dec 7 at 0230 check, R. Tirana`s only remaining English to NAm is on this frequency tonight and also announcing it (Glenn Haauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4885, Dec 7 at 0625-0645, mostly music is poorly heard, but enough signal to audiblize it past the high local noise level as sometimes happens, presumed R. Clube do Pará, one of few known 24-hour Brazilians left on 60m. Trying BFO to help it along, I find the carrier is slightly unstable, hard to zero-beat (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Dec 7:
9200, very poor at 1427; no others by 1439 up to 19 MHz
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 5955, Dec 7 at 0622, RNW Dutch now via VATICAN during this first hour, audible with NO jamming for a change! Has the DentroCuban Jamming Command finally agreed that R. República is gone from near this frequency? Time will tell. RHC still propagating extremely strongly on its 6 MHz frequencies.
BTW, Aoki lists 5954 República as a 600-watt non-direxional transmitter in Limón, Costa Rica, i.e. the former facility of long-gone R. Casino, an unwarranted assumption as ELCOR may have acquired the frequency-license only. And Aoki no longer has it on 9965.
9540, Dec 7 at 1425, RHC missing from this unneeded frequency, still going strong on 9850 and all the 25m channels. 13670, Dec 7 at 1433, is on, having been missing 24 hours earlier. There`s always something a-missing at RHC, an endless source of anomalies to monitor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 7220, Dec 7 at 0615, RFI news in English instead of Hausa, repeating headlines (called ``main points`` in Euro-parlance), then at 0616 instead of sports reports, calling in correspondent in Congo DR about delay in reporting elexion results. Meanwhile 7390 French service was en musique.
MUF was again quite lo tonite, nothing above 10 MHz and only a few weak sigs on 9 MHz, such as Gabon 9580; none of the US signals were audible, not even 9330 WBCQ. Meanwhile, WWV reported at 0600 the K-index was 0 and the SF for Dec 6 was 154, no space weather storms, so you would expect better propagation. Must be winter-night doldrums setting in despite the figures.
In Enid we have just passed our earliest sunset of 2316 UT, now starting to stay lighter later, but it will be another month before we surpass our latest sunrise of 1344 (Glenn Hauser, OK, Dec 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9870, Dec 7 at 1414, AIR VBS military band is playing that march tune often heard; is it news theme? Well atop CCCCI from Xian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 11860, Dec 7 at 1429 piano music, 1430 ID in Russian as GIRI, choral anthem; fair with flutter, 500 kW, 320 degrees from Sirjan, so also USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 6875, Dec 7 at 0620, RTI via WYFR still in German, but instead of usual big signal, only poor; wonder if they have started aiming at Europe instead of Mexico, making the best of the wrong-language situation? Nearby Cubans on 49m were extremely strong as usual. But Tennesseans on 5755, 5890, 5935 were also poor instead of strong, skipping long, I suppose (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490, Tue Dec 6 at 2229, WBCQ starts playing `Frecuencia al Día`, its only Spanish program which is also a DX program, as usually happens per schedule, rather than WORLD OF RADIO which unexpectedly appeared here last Tuesday. Expect WOR at its usual WBCQ time of 2230 Thursdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BRAZIL. 4885, Dec 7 at 0625-0645, mostly music is poorly heard, but enough signal to audiblize it past the high local noise level as sometimes happens, presumed R. Clube do Pará, one of few known 24-hour Brazilians left on 60m. Trying BFO to help it along, I find the carrier is slightly unstable, hard to zero-beat (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Dec 7:
9200, very poor at 1427; no others by 1439 up to 19 MHz
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 5955, Dec 7 at 0622, RNW Dutch now via VATICAN during this first hour, audible with NO jamming for a change! Has the DentroCuban Jamming Command finally agreed that R. República is gone from near this frequency? Time will tell. RHC still propagating extremely strongly on its 6 MHz frequencies.
BTW, Aoki lists 5954 República as a 600-watt non-direxional transmitter in Limón, Costa Rica, i.e. the former facility of long-gone R. Casino, an unwarranted assumption as ELCOR may have acquired the frequency-license only. And Aoki no longer has it on 9965.
9540, Dec 7 at 1425, RHC missing from this unneeded frequency, still going strong on 9850 and all the 25m channels. 13670, Dec 7 at 1433, is on, having been missing 24 hours earlier. There`s always something a-missing at RHC, an endless source of anomalies to monitor (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE. 7220, Dec 7 at 0615, RFI news in English instead of Hausa, repeating headlines (called ``main points`` in Euro-parlance), then at 0616 instead of sports reports, calling in correspondent in Congo DR about delay in reporting elexion results. Meanwhile 7390 French service was en musique.
MUF was again quite lo tonite, nothing above 10 MHz and only a few weak sigs on 9 MHz, such as Gabon 9580; none of the US signals were audible, not even 9330 WBCQ. Meanwhile, WWV reported at 0600 the K-index was 0 and the SF for Dec 6 was 154, no space weather storms, so you would expect better propagation. Must be winter-night doldrums setting in despite the figures.
In Enid we have just passed our earliest sunset of 2316 UT, now starting to stay lighter later, but it will be another month before we surpass our latest sunrise of 1344 (Glenn Hauser, OK, Dec 7, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDIA. 9870, Dec 7 at 1414, AIR VBS military band is playing that march tune often heard; is it news theme? Well atop CCCCI from Xian (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** IRAN. 11860, Dec 7 at 1429 piano music, 1430 ID in Russian as GIRI, choral anthem; fair with flutter, 500 kW, 320 degrees from Sirjan, so also USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 6875, Dec 7 at 0620, RTI via WYFR still in German, but instead of usual big signal, only poor; wonder if they have started aiming at Europe instead of Mexico, making the best of the wrong-language situation? Nearby Cubans on 49m were extremely strong as usual. But Tennesseans on 5755, 5890, 5935 were also poor instead of strong, skipping long, I suppose (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 7490, Tue Dec 6 at 2229, WBCQ starts playing `Frecuencia al Día`, its only Spanish program which is also a DX program, as usually happens per schedule, rather than WORLD OF RADIO which unexpectedly appeared here last Tuesday. Expect WOR at its usual WBCQ time of 2230 Thursdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
martedì 6 dicembre 2011
Glenn Hauser logs December 3-6, 2011
** ALBANIA. 7425, Dec 6 at 0005, R. Tirana Albanian is still here, apparently the poor signal with music rather than China atop. At 0248 check, English is back on 7420 after being on 7425 48 hours earlier. If they both can`t be on 7420, it would be more advantageous for 00 Albanian to use it than 0230 English, but both would avoid 7430 adjacent V. of Russia (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALBANIA. 7210, Dec 6 at 0605, poor signal in Arabic; have been wondering what this be: CRI via Cërrik, 05-07, 150 kW, 240 degrees, says HFCC, in the clear at this moment, but blocked at 0530-0557 by Romania in Russian, and until 0600 also registered VOR Moskva. But Aoki shows VOR Spanish at 00-05 only; and also reminds us of R. Fana, non-HFCC Ethiopia on 7210 in Amharic/Oromo (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRIA. 6155, Dec 6 at 0559, ``Radio Austria International`` IDs still being used, in German, English, French, Spanish, languages it no longer broadcasts otherwise, 0600 cut too late to news in German already in progress (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BULGARIA. R. Bulgaria is still kilowasting kilowatts by running dead-air carrier long before start of next broadcast: 9400, Dec 6 at 0609. German is at 0630; same as they were doing in A-season on 11600 before 0530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Dec 6, before 1500:
14970, fair at 1451
9200, good at 1455, with flutter; no others 19-7 MHz by 1457
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 6120, Dec 6 at 0600, RHC IS badly squeezed between adjacent RHC English stronger on 6125, and CRI Sackville on 6115; there is a one-hour overlap of two RHC services only 5 kHz apart at 05-06, Cubans vs Cubans!
6050, Dec 6 at 0601, ``Ed Newman`` is upwrapping the English hour late, ``hasta mañana``. The previous morning, RHC was running two minutes early in its timechex. Then at 0602 on this and the other three overkill English frequencies, 6010, 6060 and 6125, a minute of Spanish, promo for 22 de dic., 50th anniversary of Cuba`s alfabetization campaign = literacy. (But what good is literacy if your freedom to read is controlled??) 0603 reopening English altho Ed just said goodbye; audio glitched so the ``Habana`` was missing, just said ``Radio – Cuba``, and claims to be streaming at radiohc.cu
6000, Dec 6 at 1236, RHC is here in Spanish // 6140 and with CCI from the China/Taiwan radio war, Commies vs Commies, on 6150. The point is, original Nov 13 schedule had RHC on 6010 at 12-13, and online sked still shows that, but Prof. Arnie told José Bueno, Spain, that they had since started using 6000 without saying what it replaced! Now we know, but why? Surely not deliberately to give XEOI a clear frequency for an hour, but that`s the effect; see MEXICO. The usual N. Korean jamming noise remains on 6015, and 6003, rather close to RHC, more Commies vs Commies!
9805, Dec 6 at 1311, noise jamming vs nothing, a frequency used by R. Martí in the A-season but not the B-season. (This leapfrogging a current jammer on 9565 could explain why Steve Handler heard some jamming on WYFR 9355 at a very different time, 2305 Dec 3.)
13670, Dec 6 at 1450, RHC is absent from this scheduled frequency, and still gone at 1528 check. Still on all the other 19, 22, 25 and 31m frequencies, except:
11760, Dec 6 at 1454, open carrier/dead air, and still such as 1527. Wake up at the transmitter site! The cost of electricity wasted on this, not to mention needless multiple // frequencies, and all that jamming, could have fed countless nearly starving Cubans due to food rationing. But, first things first!
15380, Dec 6 at 1530 I carefully copy the confused RHC frequency announcement:
15380, 15230 until 16
9540 until 16; 13-16 on 9850
13680 until 16; 13780 and 13680 too
[sic twice; 13680 replaced by 13670 when it`s on]
11760, 11840, 11690 until 16; from 13 on 11750 until 16
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 7210-LSB, haven`t heard the counter-revolutionary rants from Nelson Roig in Pennsylvania lately, so looked for him Dec 6 at 1247 and there he is on his favorite frequency, no ID for a while, but his polemical style and voice quite recognizable. Is talking about San Pedro Sula, Honduras, where he apparently had visited, being a ``cornucopia`` of good food, unlike the shortages in Cuba.
Said he will be 70 in January, left Cuba in 1961 (or 1971?) and never went back. Has taken good care of himself, never smoked, only an occasional glass of wine with a good meal, takes aspirin and vitamins daily, has never been sick, and will continue sexually active into his 80s. 1257 finally inserts an N1NR ID, with KP4YAY.
Several other weaker stations heard in his net, including one who has his voice processed to sound like a hi-pitched cartoon character. Gives no IDs, so we wonder if he`s really a Dentro-Cuban? Nelson has to ask him repeatedly to say again, speak clearly. 1259 begins some musical ACI from a 7205 and/or 7215 broadcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [and non]. Further chex of RFI vs strike situation, Dec 6:
7220, Dec 6 at 0605, English news in progress; avoid the middle of the semi-hour when they are always talking about stupid ballgames. MUF is quite low, only weak signals on 9 MHz except Gabon 9580, so can`t // RFI to 9765.
7390, Dec 6 at 0607, French service playing musique instead; rather undermodulated too, and with crackles maybe from QRM rather than self.
21690, Dec 6 at 1320, French service is talking instead of musiquing, but I expect there will be more rolling strike outages. Latest update Dec 5 from Mike Cooper, GA:
``RFI staff have voted overwhelmingly in opposition to the pending fusion of RFI and the France 24 television channel. In voting on Monday, 558 were against the merger and 26 were for it. Unions say there are 781 employees at RFI. Meanwhile, workers voted unanimously to continue their strike for another day. Another staff meeting is scheduled to take place Tuesday at 2pm on the 7th floor of the Maison de Radio France. "No reform and no business project can take place without the support of personnel," the unions warn`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 15630, Dec 6 at 1528, VOG is already on air in Greek talk, with squishy QRM from WEWN 15610 spur on 15628. Supposedly starts at 1600; just an anomaly, or are they reëxpanding their schedule toward 24 hours? Still a big blank spot on 9420 around 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 6010, Dec 6 at 1240, weak Spanish YL in Radio Mil`s morning news block, fortunately cleared by RHC moving to 6000 during this hour; see CUBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 6074, Dec 6 at 1259 I am standing by for R. Rossii, 6075, Pet/Kam to close and the Russian Army tactical CW marker to start: as the final RR timesignal is running at 1300, a few CW tones are heard, a very tentative V. Pause, and then obviously hand-keyed, the standard marker is sent: ``VVV CQ CQ CQ DE 2MTL 2MTL K`` from 1300.6 to 1301.5. Quite clear copy today. What has become of the other call, 8GAL? Is it really at another location? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. 7555, Dec 6 at 1500, 3+1 timesignal, announcement in Thai with Taiwan website; S9+20 but undermodulated; soon fading down. Per Aoki it`s RTI at 15-16, 100 kW, 255 degrees from Paochung (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. This recent item was a bit too brief: ``6875, ditto several weeks of previous almost-daily chex`` It referred to a log of RTI via WYFR at 0639 UT Dec 3. Also, Dec 6 I managed to check before 0600: at 0558, 6875 was in Chinese instead of English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA. This item had a typo in the frequency, 7375; should be:
7275, Dec 4 until 0630* IWT closes abruptly, apparently ex -0627* so reset the timer? IWT = short for the Arabic ID as in WRTH 2011: ``Idh`atu-l-Wataniya at-Tunisiya``. Since it`s all in Arabic, why keep referring to it by French name? // 7335 continues, free of co-channel Vatican after 0620 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 7520, Dec 6 at 1501, VOA news in normal English, 1505 introducing Eng-lish Teach-ing and Spe-cial Eng-lish hour; quite good reception despite being listed in Aoki as 275 degrees from Tinang, PHILIPPINES. I would have guessed it`s on the 21-degree antenna USward. But HFCC adds another 250 kW from there at 200 degrees, so maybe the total 500 kW accounts for it, and the 200 azimuth is opposite of 20 degrees USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [non]. 9790, Dec 6 at 1311 some classical music catches my ear, but when I come back at 1313 it`s off the air. Must have been VR, 250 kW, 350 degrees via Palauig-Zambales, RVA Philippines, Chinese at 1228-1315 [sic] per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ALBANIA. 7210, Dec 6 at 0605, poor signal in Arabic; have been wondering what this be: CRI via Cërrik, 05-07, 150 kW, 240 degrees, says HFCC, in the clear at this moment, but blocked at 0530-0557 by Romania in Russian, and until 0600 also registered VOR Moskva. But Aoki shows VOR Spanish at 00-05 only; and also reminds us of R. Fana, non-HFCC Ethiopia on 7210 in Amharic/Oromo (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AUSTRIA. 6155, Dec 6 at 0559, ``Radio Austria International`` IDs still being used, in German, English, French, Spanish, languages it no longer broadcasts otherwise, 0600 cut too late to news in German already in progress (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BULGARIA. R. Bulgaria is still kilowasting kilowatts by running dead-air carrier long before start of next broadcast: 9400, Dec 6 at 0609. German is at 0630; same as they were doing in A-season on 11600 before 0530 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Dec 6, before 1500:
14970, fair at 1451
9200, good at 1455, with flutter; no others 19-7 MHz by 1457
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. 6120, Dec 6 at 0600, RHC IS badly squeezed between adjacent RHC English stronger on 6125, and CRI Sackville on 6115; there is a one-hour overlap of two RHC services only 5 kHz apart at 05-06, Cubans vs Cubans!
6050, Dec 6 at 0601, ``Ed Newman`` is upwrapping the English hour late, ``hasta mañana``. The previous morning, RHC was running two minutes early in its timechex. Then at 0602 on this and the other three overkill English frequencies, 6010, 6060 and 6125, a minute of Spanish, promo for 22 de dic., 50th anniversary of Cuba`s alfabetization campaign = literacy. (But what good is literacy if your freedom to read is controlled??) 0603 reopening English altho Ed just said goodbye; audio glitched so the ``Habana`` was missing, just said ``Radio – Cuba``, and claims to be streaming at radiohc.cu
6000, Dec 6 at 1236, RHC is here in Spanish // 6140 and with CCI from the China/Taiwan radio war, Commies vs Commies, on 6150. The point is, original Nov 13 schedule had RHC on 6010 at 12-13, and online sked still shows that, but Prof. Arnie told José Bueno, Spain, that they had since started using 6000 without saying what it replaced! Now we know, but why? Surely not deliberately to give XEOI a clear frequency for an hour, but that`s the effect; see MEXICO. The usual N. Korean jamming noise remains on 6015, and 6003, rather close to RHC, more Commies vs Commies!
9805, Dec 6 at 1311, noise jamming vs nothing, a frequency used by R. Martí in the A-season but not the B-season. (This leapfrogging a current jammer on 9565 could explain why Steve Handler heard some jamming on WYFR 9355 at a very different time, 2305 Dec 3.)
13670, Dec 6 at 1450, RHC is absent from this scheduled frequency, and still gone at 1528 check. Still on all the other 19, 22, 25 and 31m frequencies, except:
11760, Dec 6 at 1454, open carrier/dead air, and still such as 1527. Wake up at the transmitter site! The cost of electricity wasted on this, not to mention needless multiple // frequencies, and all that jamming, could have fed countless nearly starving Cubans due to food rationing. But, first things first!
15380, Dec 6 at 1530 I carefully copy the confused RHC frequency announcement:
15380, 15230 until 16
9540 until 16; 13-16 on 9850
13680 until 16; 13780 and 13680 too
[sic twice; 13680 replaced by 13670 when it`s on]
11760, 11840, 11690 until 16; from 13 on 11750 until 16
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. 7210-LSB, haven`t heard the counter-revolutionary rants from Nelson Roig in Pennsylvania lately, so looked for him Dec 6 at 1247 and there he is on his favorite frequency, no ID for a while, but his polemical style and voice quite recognizable. Is talking about San Pedro Sula, Honduras, where he apparently had visited, being a ``cornucopia`` of good food, unlike the shortages in Cuba.
Said he will be 70 in January, left Cuba in 1961 (or 1971?) and never went back. Has taken good care of himself, never smoked, only an occasional glass of wine with a good meal, takes aspirin and vitamins daily, has never been sick, and will continue sexually active into his 80s. 1257 finally inserts an N1NR ID, with KP4YAY.
Several other weaker stations heard in his net, including one who has his voice processed to sound like a hi-pitched cartoon character. Gives no IDs, so we wonder if he`s really a Dentro-Cuban? Nelson has to ask him repeatedly to say again, speak clearly. 1259 begins some musical ACI from a 7205 and/or 7215 broadcast (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [and non]. Further chex of RFI vs strike situation, Dec 6:
7220, Dec 6 at 0605, English news in progress; avoid the middle of the semi-hour when they are always talking about stupid ballgames. MUF is quite low, only weak signals on 9 MHz except Gabon 9580, so can`t // RFI to 9765.
7390, Dec 6 at 0607, French service playing musique instead; rather undermodulated too, and with crackles maybe from QRM rather than self.
21690, Dec 6 at 1320, French service is talking instead of musiquing, but I expect there will be more rolling strike outages. Latest update Dec 5 from Mike Cooper, GA:
``RFI staff have voted overwhelmingly in opposition to the pending fusion of RFI and the France 24 television channel. In voting on Monday, 558 were against the merger and 26 were for it. Unions say there are 781 employees at RFI. Meanwhile, workers voted unanimously to continue their strike for another day. Another staff meeting is scheduled to take place Tuesday at 2pm on the 7th floor of the Maison de Radio France. "No reform and no business project can take place without the support of personnel," the unions warn`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** GREECE. 15630, Dec 6 at 1528, VOG is already on air in Greek talk, with squishy QRM from WEWN 15610 spur on 15628. Supposedly starts at 1600; just an anomaly, or are they reëxpanding their schedule toward 24 hours? Still a big blank spot on 9420 around 0600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. 6010, Dec 6 at 1240, weak Spanish YL in Radio Mil`s morning news block, fortunately cleared by RHC moving to 6000 during this hour; see CUBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** RUSSIA. 6074, Dec 6 at 1259 I am standing by for R. Rossii, 6075, Pet/Kam to close and the Russian Army tactical CW marker to start: as the final RR timesignal is running at 1300, a few CW tones are heard, a very tentative V. Pause, and then obviously hand-keyed, the standard marker is sent: ``VVV CQ CQ CQ DE 2MTL 2MTL K`` from 1300.6 to 1301.5. Quite clear copy today. What has become of the other call, 8GAL? Is it really at another location? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN. 7555, Dec 6 at 1500, 3+1 timesignal, announcement in Thai with Taiwan website; S9+20 but undermodulated; soon fading down. Per Aoki it`s RTI at 15-16, 100 kW, 255 degrees from Paochung (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. This recent item was a bit too brief: ``6875, ditto several weeks of previous almost-daily chex`` It referred to a log of RTI via WYFR at 0639 UT Dec 3. Also, Dec 6 I managed to check before 0600: at 0558, 6875 was in Chinese instead of English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TUNISIA. This item had a typo in the frequency, 7375; should be:
7275, Dec 4 until 0630* IWT closes abruptly, apparently ex -0627* so reset the timer? IWT = short for the Arabic ID as in WRTH 2011: ``Idh`atu-l-Wataniya at-Tunisiya``. Since it`s all in Arabic, why keep referring to it by French name? // 7335 continues, free of co-channel Vatican after 0620 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [non]. 7520, Dec 6 at 1501, VOA news in normal English, 1505 introducing Eng-lish Teach-ing and Spe-cial Eng-lish hour; quite good reception despite being listed in Aoki as 275 degrees from Tinang, PHILIPPINES. I would have guessed it`s on the 21-degree antenna USward. But HFCC adds another 250 kW from there at 200 degrees, so maybe the total 500 kW accounts for it, and the 200 azimuth is opposite of 20 degrees USward (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [non]. 9790, Dec 6 at 1311 some classical music catches my ear, but when I come back at 1313 it`s off the air. Must have been VR, 250 kW, 350 degrees via Palauig-Zambales, RVA Philippines, Chinese at 1228-1315 [sic] per Aoki (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
FRS-Holland Seasonal Broadcast December 18th
Sunday December 18th FRS-Holland will be on air with its annual special December broadcast. The broadcast will be on 7600//5800 between 07:52- 14:00 UTC/ 08:52- 15:00 CET. More info follows next week. That day we will feature a wide variety of quality pop music from the past 45 years along with several radio related programme items.
FRS-Holland offers you the opportunity to send in your December greetings to radio friends and relatives. Your contributions are highly appreciated and will add something special to our programmes! You can easily produce a little (written) message and send it to [frs@frsholland.nl]. It only takes a few minutes of your spare time.... We raffle a radio DVD among those who participate in our December broadcast with their Seasonal greetings. We'd like to ask you to do it as soon as possible as some shows will already be recorded this upcoming weekend. Don't hesitate but just do it! If you have the opportunity to send in an audio (mp3) clip you are more than welcome!
The staff of FRS-Holland hopes to hear from you...
73s, Peter Verbruggen on behalf of the staff
a Balance between Music & Information joined to one Format....
FRS-Holland
POBox 2702
6049 ZG Herten
The Netherlands
e-mail: < frs.holland@hccnet.nl>
e-mail: < frs@frsholland.nl>
FRS-Holland offers you the opportunity to send in your December greetings to radio friends and relatives. Your contributions are highly appreciated and will add something special to our programmes! You can easily produce a little (written) message and send it to [frs@frsholland.nl]. It only takes a few minutes of your spare time.... We raffle a radio DVD among those who participate in our December broadcast with their Seasonal greetings. We'd like to ask you to do it as soon as possible as some shows will already be recorded this upcoming weekend. Don't hesitate but just do it! If you have the opportunity to send in an audio (mp3) clip you are more than welcome!
The staff of FRS-Holland hopes to hear from you...
73s, Peter Verbruggen on behalf of the staff
a Balance between Music & Information joined to one Format....
FRS-Holland
POBox 2702
6049 ZG Herten
The Netherlands
e-mail: < frs.holland@hccnet.nl>
e-mail: < frs@frsholland.nl>
Dx Mix News # 706
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DX MIX NEWS # 706 06 December 2011
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BELGIUM(non) Frequency changes of TDP stations:
Voice of Asena in Tigrinya:
1700-1800 NF 12115 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg to EaAF Mon/Wed/Fri, ex 15360
E-SAT Radio in Amharic
1700-1800 on 15370 KCH 100 kW / 180 deg to EaAF Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun, ex Daily
1700-1800 NF 15390 KCH 100 kW / 180 deg to EaAF Mon/Wed/Fri,x 15370 Daily
Dmetse Tewahedo in Amharic:
1830-1930 NF 12120 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg to EaAF Sat, ex 15370
JAPAN(non) Frequency change of Radio Japan NHK World:
0430-0500 NF 6115 SIT 100 kW / 079 deg to EaEU, ex 6160#in Russian
1515-1600 NF 11600 ERV 200 kW / 100 deg to SoAS, ex 9515*in Urdu
# to avoid RL Belarussian on 6155
* to avoid RL Belarussian on same
NORTH KOREA(non) Frequency change of Radio Free North Korea in Korean:
1200-1400 NF 9380 TAC 100 kW / 065 deg to KRE, ex 11510
NORTH KOREA(non) Frequency change of Voice of Martyrs in Korean:
1600-1700 NF 7485 DB 100 kW / 070 deg to KRE, ex 7530
PAKISTAN Winter B-11 schedule of Radio Pakistan:
Bangla
0900-1000 on 9665 ISL 100 kW / 118 deg to SoAS
11870vISL 100 kW / 118 deg to SoAS
Chinese
1200-1300 on 11845 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAS
15700 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAS
Dari
1445-1545 on 5095vISL 100 kW / 270 deg to WeAS
Gujarati
1145-1215 on 9805 ISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
11860vISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
Hindi
1045-1145 on 9805 ISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
11860vISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
Nepali
1000-1030 on 9665 ISL 100 kW / 118 deg to SoAS
11870vISL 100 kW / 118 deg to SoAS
Pashto
1345-1445 on 5095vISL 100 kW / 270 deg to WeAS
Persian
1700-1800 on 5900vISL 100 kW / 260 deg to WeAS
7470 ISL 100 kW / 260 deg to WeAS
Sinhala
1230-1300 on 9800vISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
11880 ISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
Tamil
1300-1330 on 9800vISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
11880 ISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
Urdu
0045-0215 on 11600 ISL 250 kW / 118 deg to SoAS
15490 ISL 250 kW / 118 deg to SoAS
0500-0700 on 15725 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME
17830 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME
0830-1105 on 15725 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEU,English 0905-0910;1100-1105
17700 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEU,English 0905-0910;1100-1105
1330-1530 on 11575 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME
15290 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME
1700-1900 on 7530 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEU,English 1700-1710
9470 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEU,English 1700-1710
THAILAND Winter B-11 schedule of Radio Thailand (HSK9):
0000-0030 on 13745 UDO 250 kW / 006 deg to NEAm in English
0030-0100 on 13745 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg to NWAm in English
0100-0200 on 13745 UDO 250 kW / 038 deg to NEAm in Thai
0200-0230 on 15275 UDO 250 kW / 006 deg to NEAm in English
0230-0330 on 15275 UDO 250 kW / 006 deg to NEAm in Thai
0530-0600 on 12015 UDO 250 kW / 305 deg to WeEu in English
1000-1100 on 12040 UDO 250 kW / 136 deg to Asia in Thai
1000-1100 on 17630 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg to N&ME in Thai
1100-1130 on 7255 UDO 250 kW / 144 deg to Asia in Vietnamese/Khmer
1130-1145 on 7235 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg to Asia in Lao
1145-1200 on 7235 UDO 250 kW / 276 deg to Asia in Burmese
1200-1215 on 11870 UDO 250 kW / 154 deg to Asia in Malay
1230-1300 on 9720 UDO 250 kW / 132 deg to Asia in English
1300-1315 on 7465 UDO 250 kW / 054 deg to Asia in Japanese
1315-1330 on 7465 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg to Asia in Mandarin
1330-1400 on 7465 UDO 250 kW / 054 deg to Asia in Thai
1400-1430 on 9725 UDO 250 kW / 132 deg to Asia in English
1800-2000 on 9680 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu in Thai/English
2000-2015 on 9535 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu in German
2030-2045 on 9535 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu in English
2045-2115 on 9535 UDO 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu in Thai
USA(non) Winter B-11 of IBB via KWT:
1730-2030 on 5780 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg ASH Dari/Pashto/Dari
0300-0400 on 5830 KWT 250 kW / 355 deg RFE Avari/Chechen/Circassian
2230-0300 on 5830 KWT 250 kW / 025 deg FAR Persian
2000-2100 on 5840 KWT 250 kW / 350 deg RFE Belorussian
0300-1400 on 5860 KWT 250 kW / 046 deg FAR Persian
1400-1600 on 6060 KWT 250 kW / 050 deg RFE Turkmen
0030-0100 on 6170 KWT 250 kW / 082 deg VOA Special English
1600-1800 on 7225 KWT 250 kW / 056 deg RFE Turkmen
1400-1500 on 7255 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg VOA Tibetan
2200-2300 on 7425 KWT 250 kW / 062 deg VOA English Sun-Thu
0400-0500 on 7435 KWT 250 kW / 355 deg RFE Russian
0100-0300 on 7470 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg RFA Tibetan
1600-1700 on 7550 KWT 250 kW / 050 deg RFE Uzbek
2300-2400 on 7550 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg RFA Tibetan
0030-0130 on 7560 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg ASH Pashto
1930-2030 on 7560 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg ASH Dari
2030-0030 on 7560 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg VOA English
1730-1800 on 9320 KWT 250 kW / 200 deg VOA Afaan Oromoo
1800-1900 on 9320 KWT 250 kW / 200 deg VOA Amharic
1900-1930 on 9320 KWT 250 kW / 200 deg VOA Tigrigna Mon-Fri
0130-0230 on 9335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg ASH Dari
0230-0330 on 9335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari
0330-0430 on 9335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Pashto
1130-1330 on 9335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari
1330-1430 on 9335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari
1430-1530 on 9335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg ASH Pashto
0500-0600 on 9535 KWT 250 kW / 355 deg RFE Tatar
1530-1730 on 9975 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg ASH Dari/Pashto
1100-1400 on 11590 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg RFA Tibetan
1500-1600 on 11625 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg RFA Tibetan
1400-1430 on 11795 KWT 250 kW / 094 deg RFA Burmese
0100-0200 on 12020 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AAP Urdu
0300-0400 on 12025 KWT 250 kW / 054 deg RFE Uzbek
0800-1300 on 12130 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg MAS Pashto
0230-0330 on 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari
0330-0830 on 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari/Pashto/Dari/Pashto
0830-1330 on 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Dari/Pashto/Dari/Pashto/Dari
1330-1430 on 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari
1430-1730 on 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg ASH Pashto/Dari/Pashto
1500-1530 on 13785 KWT 250 kW / 046 deg VOA Uzbek
0400-0430 on 15335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Pashto
0430-0530 on 15335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Dari
0430-0530 on 17530 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Dari
0730-1030 on 17530 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari/Pashto
0700-0730 on 17680 KWT 250 kW / 250 deg VOA Hausa
0600-0700 on 17715 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg RFA Tibetan
0530-1130 on 19010 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari/Pashto/Dari/Pashto/Dari
AAP=Radio Aap ki Dunyaa
AFG=Radio Free Afghanistan
ASH=Radio Ashna
FAR=Radio Farda
MAS=Radio Mashaal
RFA=Radio Free Asia
RFE=Radio Liberty
VOA=Voice of America
DX MIX NEWS # 706 06 December 2011
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BELGIUM(non) Frequency changes of TDP stations:
Voice of Asena in Tigrinya:
1700-1800 NF 12115 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg to EaAF Mon/Wed/Fri, ex 15360
E-SAT Radio in Amharic
1700-1800 on 15370 KCH 100 kW / 180 deg to EaAF Tue/Thu/Sat/Sun, ex Daily
1700-1800 NF 15390 KCH 100 kW / 180 deg to EaAF Mon/Wed/Fri,x 15370 Daily
Dmetse Tewahedo in Amharic:
1830-1930 NF 12120 SAM 250 kW / 188 deg to EaAF Sat, ex 15370
JAPAN(non) Frequency change of Radio Japan NHK World:
0430-0500 NF 6115 SIT 100 kW / 079 deg to EaEU, ex 6160#in Russian
1515-1600 NF 11600 ERV 200 kW / 100 deg to SoAS, ex 9515*in Urdu
# to avoid RL Belarussian on 6155
* to avoid RL Belarussian on same
NORTH KOREA(non) Frequency change of Radio Free North Korea in Korean:
1200-1400 NF 9380 TAC 100 kW / 065 deg to KRE, ex 11510
NORTH KOREA(non) Frequency change of Voice of Martyrs in Korean:
1600-1700 NF 7485 DB 100 kW / 070 deg to KRE, ex 7530
PAKISTAN Winter B-11 schedule of Radio Pakistan:
Bangla
0900-1000 on 9665 ISL 100 kW / 118 deg to SoAS
11870vISL 100 kW / 118 deg to SoAS
Chinese
1200-1300 on 11845 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAS
15700 ISL 250 kW / 070 deg to EaAS
Dari
1445-1545 on 5095vISL 100 kW / 270 deg to WeAS
Gujarati
1145-1215 on 9805 ISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
11860vISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
Hindi
1045-1145 on 9805 ISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
11860vISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
Nepali
1000-1030 on 9665 ISL 100 kW / 118 deg to SoAS
11870vISL 100 kW / 118 deg to SoAS
Pashto
1345-1445 on 5095vISL 100 kW / 270 deg to WeAS
Persian
1700-1800 on 5900vISL 100 kW / 260 deg to WeAS
7470 ISL 100 kW / 260 deg to WeAS
Sinhala
1230-1300 on 9800vISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
11880 ISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
Tamil
1300-1330 on 9800vISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
11880 ISL 100 kW / 147 deg to SoAS
Urdu
0045-0215 on 11600 ISL 250 kW / 118 deg to SoAS
15490 ISL 250 kW / 118 deg to SoAS
0500-0700 on 15725 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME
17830 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME
0830-1105 on 15725 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEU,English 0905-0910;1100-1105
17700 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEU,English 0905-0910;1100-1105
1330-1530 on 11575 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME
15290 ISL 250 kW / 282 deg to N&ME
1700-1900 on 7530 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEU,English 1700-1710
9470 ISL 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEU,English 1700-1710
THAILAND Winter B-11 schedule of Radio Thailand (HSK9):
0000-0030 on 13745 UDO 250 kW / 006 deg to NEAm in English
0030-0100 on 13745 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg to NWAm in English
0100-0200 on 13745 UDO 250 kW / 038 deg to NEAm in Thai
0200-0230 on 15275 UDO 250 kW / 006 deg to NEAm in English
0230-0330 on 15275 UDO 250 kW / 006 deg to NEAm in Thai
0530-0600 on 12015 UDO 250 kW / 305 deg to WeEu in English
1000-1100 on 12040 UDO 250 kW / 136 deg to Asia in Thai
1000-1100 on 17630 UDO 250 kW / 300 deg to N&ME in Thai
1100-1130 on 7255 UDO 250 kW / 144 deg to Asia in Vietnamese/Khmer
1130-1145 on 7235 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg to Asia in Lao
1145-1200 on 7235 UDO 250 kW / 276 deg to Asia in Burmese
1200-1215 on 11870 UDO 250 kW / 154 deg to Asia in Malay
1230-1300 on 9720 UDO 250 kW / 132 deg to Asia in English
1300-1315 on 7465 UDO 250 kW / 054 deg to Asia in Japanese
1315-1330 on 7465 UDO 250 kW / 030 deg to Asia in Mandarin
1330-1400 on 7465 UDO 250 kW / 054 deg to Asia in Thai
1400-1430 on 9725 UDO 250 kW / 132 deg to Asia in English
1800-2000 on 9680 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu in Thai/English
2000-2015 on 9535 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu in German
2030-2045 on 9535 UDO 250 kW / 321 deg to WeEu in English
2045-2115 on 9535 UDO 250 kW / 313 deg to WeEu in Thai
USA(non) Winter B-11 of IBB via KWT:
1730-2030 on 5780 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg ASH Dari/Pashto/Dari
0300-0400 on 5830 KWT 250 kW / 355 deg RFE Avari/Chechen/Circassian
2230-0300 on 5830 KWT 250 kW / 025 deg FAR Persian
2000-2100 on 5840 KWT 250 kW / 350 deg RFE Belorussian
0300-1400 on 5860 KWT 250 kW / 046 deg FAR Persian
1400-1600 on 6060 KWT 250 kW / 050 deg RFE Turkmen
0030-0100 on 6170 KWT 250 kW / 082 deg VOA Special English
1600-1800 on 7225 KWT 250 kW / 056 deg RFE Turkmen
1400-1500 on 7255 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg VOA Tibetan
2200-2300 on 7425 KWT 250 kW / 062 deg VOA English Sun-Thu
0400-0500 on 7435 KWT 250 kW / 355 deg RFE Russian
0100-0300 on 7470 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg RFA Tibetan
1600-1700 on 7550 KWT 250 kW / 050 deg RFE Uzbek
2300-2400 on 7550 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg RFA Tibetan
0030-0130 on 7560 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg ASH Pashto
1930-2030 on 7560 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg ASH Dari
2030-0030 on 7560 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg VOA English
1730-1800 on 9320 KWT 250 kW / 200 deg VOA Afaan Oromoo
1800-1900 on 9320 KWT 250 kW / 200 deg VOA Amharic
1900-1930 on 9320 KWT 250 kW / 200 deg VOA Tigrigna Mon-Fri
0130-0230 on 9335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg ASH Dari
0230-0330 on 9335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari
0330-0430 on 9335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Pashto
1130-1330 on 9335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari
1330-1430 on 9335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari
1430-1530 on 9335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg ASH Pashto
0500-0600 on 9535 KWT 250 kW / 355 deg RFE Tatar
1530-1730 on 9975 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg ASH Dari/Pashto
1100-1400 on 11590 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg RFA Tibetan
1500-1600 on 11625 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg RFA Tibetan
1400-1430 on 11795 KWT 250 kW / 094 deg RFA Burmese
0100-0200 on 12020 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AAP Urdu
0300-0400 on 12025 KWT 250 kW / 054 deg RFE Uzbek
0800-1300 on 12130 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg MAS Pashto
0230-0330 on 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari
0330-0830 on 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari/Pashto/Dari/Pashto
0830-1330 on 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Dari/Pashto/Dari/Pashto/Dari
1330-1430 on 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari
1430-1730 on 12140 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg ASH Pashto/Dari/Pashto
1500-1530 on 13785 KWT 250 kW / 046 deg VOA Uzbek
0400-0430 on 15335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Pashto
0430-0530 on 15335 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Dari
0430-0530 on 17530 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Dari
0730-1030 on 17530 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari/Pashto
0700-0730 on 17680 KWT 250 kW / 250 deg VOA Hausa
0600-0700 on 17715 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg RFA Tibetan
0530-1130 on 19010 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg AFG Pashto/Dari/Pashto/Dari/Pashto/Dari
AAP=Radio Aap ki Dunyaa
AFG=Radio Free Afghanistan
ASH=Radio Ashna
FAR=Radio Farda
MAS=Radio Mashaal
RFA=Radio Free Asia
RFE=Radio Liberty
VOA=Voice of America
lunedì 5 dicembre 2011
La inauguración de Radio Chisinau
El 1 de diciembre de 2011, la fecha del Día Nacional de Rumanía, ha sido lanzada la Radio de Chişinău, un estreno en la historia de la Sociedad Rumana de Radiodifusión – SRR, que ofrece al público de la República de Moldavia programas de radio. Continúe leyendo esta nota en http://gruporadioescuchaargentino.wordpress.com
Glenn Hauser logs December 3-5, 2011
** CHINA. Firedrake Dec 4, before 2400:
16700, fair at 2357; none in the 17s, 18s
16100, very good at 2357
14970, fair at 2359
13920, fair at 2359-2400*; none in the 12s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 9810, Sunday Dec 4 at 2352 UT, middle repeat airing of RHC`s `En Contacto` in progress as Manolo conveys good news that the special QSL cards designed by a Guatemalan listener, commemorating Manolo & Malena`s 35th anniversary on RHC (tho she has now retired/withdrawn), of which only ten were printed, have been reprinted, so it`s not too late to send a report and get one of those rarities. Responding to an inquiry, Manolo mentions something else that gets my attention: in giving the new times for EC since Nov 13, he says that Cuba`s time change was on that date.
I thought it was Oct 30, as in previous years it was the last Sunday in October; in 2010: Oct 31. I`m quite sure that when I checked http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/2011.html
in late October 2011, it did show Oct 30, 2011, but now it too shows Sunday Nov 13, 2011 as the DST end date. So that explains why RHC`s Spanish and some of its other programming abruptly shifted one real UT hour later on that date. Why Nov 13? Just to be out of step with the Great Satan, er, I mean Imperalismo Yanqui; and the rest of the world.
It does not explain why any serious international SW service would be governed by local time changes --- either stay on UT constantly, or change on the dates in your target area(s), NOT local time, which should be irrelevant (unless you are really talking to yourselves). Nor does it explain why any DST is necessary in a tropical country where there is little variation in sunrise-sunset times.
Manolo gave these Sunday times for EC: 1435, ``sobre 2340``, meaning approximately --- must have started around then this week, but some weeks already at 2335; and 0235 [UT Mondays].
I had started listening on 9810, then found 9710 was stronger, but modulation there cutting out below peaks; skipping 25m, 13690 was better, and 13640 was best. Why would the European antenna roughly 90 degrees off from here surpass the S American antenna, roughly opposite from here? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 89.5 MHz, Dec 3 at 1830 UT, parked near the intersexion of West OK Garriott and Oakwood Rd, after consuming three free pancakes at IHOP, there is a fully-quieted strong signal here with hum. I assume it is a nearby car with an RF feeder left on. In the next hour I drive a mile west and a mile east and I am still hearing it, altho starting to lose out. That`s a lot of range for an RF feeder. Then Dec 4 at 2150 I am again hearing it as far as another two-three miles east, toward downtown Enid.
FCC FM Query for OK does not show any likely sources; there is a 205-watt CSN satellator in OKC, which is enough to block 50 kW KWGS Tulsa from getting into the OKC area, but that can`t be what I am getting in Enid. Must keep an ear on 89.5. See DXLD 11-18 where I had another 89.5 carrier last May, discovered right across the street from IHOP at Braum`s dairy store. If it keeps up I really must try to track it down exactly. Or maybe someone`s `part 15` warming up for an Xmas sound and light show like we had last winter? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 6055, Dec 5 at 0007 I notice that REE`s English hour is instead dead air, open carrier. I leave a receiver on there for a bihour: no automatic timesignal at 0030, FWIW. Still DA past 0100 when would normally go into Castilian, still DA at 0145; finally at 0152 Spanish modulation cuts on, and timesignal is back at 0200. Someone finally woke up at Noblejas. Fortunately for regular listeners, I think the English shows for Sundays are just repeats from earlier in the week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 9430, Dec 4 at 2348, Xmas music with organ has taken over 9425 where I had been listening to Hindi comedy music, including yodeling a bihour earlier in the madrugada there. It`s // 9355, 15400, and best by far 15440. So YFR is still emitting only one program stream from Okeechobee, due to ``meltdown`` of automation system a few weeks ago, all English instead of Spanish, Portuguese, French or English as originally scheduled for B-11 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1593 monitoring: starting 0333 UT Monday Dec 5 confirmed on Area 51 webcast,
http://www.splatterbox.us:5110/listen.pls
following Larry Will`s Free Radio (Live) program; and presumably also on WBCQ 5110v-CUSB. This was a last minute change, after announcement that WOR could no longer be carried after 0400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
16700, fair at 2357; none in the 17s, 18s
16100, very good at 2357
14970, fair at 2359
13920, fair at 2359-2400*; none in the 12s
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 9810, Sunday Dec 4 at 2352 UT, middle repeat airing of RHC`s `En Contacto` in progress as Manolo conveys good news that the special QSL cards designed by a Guatemalan listener, commemorating Manolo & Malena`s 35th anniversary on RHC (tho she has now retired/withdrawn), of which only ten were printed, have been reprinted, so it`s not too late to send a report and get one of those rarities. Responding to an inquiry, Manolo mentions something else that gets my attention: in giving the new times for EC since Nov 13, he says that Cuba`s time change was on that date.
I thought it was Oct 30, as in previous years it was the last Sunday in October; in 2010: Oct 31. I`m quite sure that when I checked http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/2011.html
in late October 2011, it did show Oct 30, 2011, but now it too shows Sunday Nov 13, 2011 as the DST end date. So that explains why RHC`s Spanish and some of its other programming abruptly shifted one real UT hour later on that date. Why Nov 13? Just to be out of step with the Great Satan, er, I mean Imperalismo Yanqui; and the rest of the world.
It does not explain why any serious international SW service would be governed by local time changes --- either stay on UT constantly, or change on the dates in your target area(s), NOT local time, which should be irrelevant (unless you are really talking to yourselves). Nor does it explain why any DST is necessary in a tropical country where there is little variation in sunrise-sunset times.
Manolo gave these Sunday times for EC: 1435, ``sobre 2340``, meaning approximately --- must have started around then this week, but some weeks already at 2335; and 0235 [UT Mondays].
I had started listening on 9810, then found 9710 was stronger, but modulation there cutting out below peaks; skipping 25m, 13690 was better, and 13640 was best. Why would the European antenna roughly 90 degrees off from here surpass the S American antenna, roughly opposite from here? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA. 89.5 MHz, Dec 3 at 1830 UT, parked near the intersexion of West OK Garriott and Oakwood Rd, after consuming three free pancakes at IHOP, there is a fully-quieted strong signal here with hum. I assume it is a nearby car with an RF feeder left on. In the next hour I drive a mile west and a mile east and I am still hearing it, altho starting to lose out. That`s a lot of range for an RF feeder. Then Dec 4 at 2150 I am again hearing it as far as another two-three miles east, toward downtown Enid.
FCC FM Query for OK does not show any likely sources; there is a 205-watt CSN satellator in OKC, which is enough to block 50 kW KWGS Tulsa from getting into the OKC area, but that can`t be what I am getting in Enid. Must keep an ear on 89.5. See DXLD 11-18 where I had another 89.5 carrier last May, discovered right across the street from IHOP at Braum`s dairy store. If it keeps up I really must try to track it down exactly. Or maybe someone`s `part 15` warming up for an Xmas sound and light show like we had last winter? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SPAIN. 6055, Dec 5 at 0007 I notice that REE`s English hour is instead dead air, open carrier. I leave a receiver on there for a bihour: no automatic timesignal at 0030, FWIW. Still DA past 0100 when would normally go into Castilian, still DA at 0145; finally at 0152 Spanish modulation cuts on, and timesignal is back at 0200. Someone finally woke up at Noblejas. Fortunately for regular listeners, I think the English shows for Sundays are just repeats from earlier in the week (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A [and non]. 9430, Dec 4 at 2348, Xmas music with organ has taken over 9425 where I had been listening to Hindi comedy music, including yodeling a bihour earlier in the madrugada there. It`s // 9355, 15400, and best by far 15440. So YFR is still emitting only one program stream from Okeechobee, due to ``meltdown`` of automation system a few weeks ago, all English instead of Spanish, Portuguese, French or English as originally scheduled for B-11 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WORLD OF RADIO 1593 monitoring: starting 0333 UT Monday Dec 5 confirmed on Area 51 webcast,
http://www.splatterbox.us:5110/listen.pls
following Larry Will`s Free Radio (Live) program; and presumably also on WBCQ 5110v-CUSB. This was a last minute change, after announcement that WOR could no longer be carried after 0400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Glenn Hauser logs December 5, 2011
** CANADA [and non]. 6030, Dec 5 at 0640, ``Here Comes Santy Claus``, by cowboy singer, Gene-Autry-like, or himself? No jamming for a change, allowing CFVP`s hectowatt to penetrate from Calgary, two megameters away. However, from only slightly further in the opposite direxion, overkill RHC English frequencies nearby, 6010 and 6050, not to mention 6060 and 6125, were overloading and desensitizing the FRG-7, so CFVP audible only at minor peaks (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Dec 5, before 1400:
15900, very poor at 1352
14970, very poor at 1349; none in the 16s, 17s, 18s
12230, JBA at 1354; none in the 13s
11500, poor at 1354; none in the 10s
9200, very good at 1355; none in the 7s
Before 1600:
9200, good at 1535; none higher up to 19 MHz by 1538
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 10000, Dec 5 at 1359, under strong WWV, hear CW ID for BPM, and I thought a quick voice announcement instead of WWVH? Just before WWV voice announcement (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 9540, Dec 5 at 1357, tuning across RHC, caught partial frequency announcement including ``13680`` which has been abandoned this season. 1358 asserts ``las nueve de la mañana en todo el territorio nacional`` and starting `news`. They should turn on Radio Reloj in the RHC studios to find out what time it really is. Furthermore it`s rhetorical fluff always to say ``all over the country``. Of course it`s the same time all over Cuba, in one single timezone. But let`s hope the time is two minutes fast only at RHC. At least this station has never employed timesignals, which would be far beyond its capabilities to convey correctly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [and non]. 5925, Dec 5 at 0634, RFI news in French // 7390, so strike not in effect here at the moment.
17690, Dec 5 at 1601, RFI Musique already replacing news in Spanish, VG signal now as during previous airing at 1400 on exactly same parameters, 250 kW, 305 degrees from GUIANA FRENCH, including southern/eastern USA among official CIRAF targets. HFCC says 1600-1630 is M-F only, while Aoki says both are sevendays.
Announcement in French, not Spanish, at 1603 reminds us that RFI en Phnom Penh is on four-score-and-twelve MHz. 1608 playing Aretha in a song similar to R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
15300 direct checked at 1606 is newsing in French, unstricken (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. 6600, Dec 5 at 1349, Korean talk well atop noise jamming, which is unusual, and almost as much on // 6518, i.e. V. of the People, clandestine from the South to the North, altho Aoki says it`s 50 kW non-direxional, vs 250 kW from each jammer. Hmm, since does not broadcast in English, we ought to learn its Korean ID as in WRTH 2011: ``Inmin-e sori pangsong-imnida``, or ISPI, which would be an appropriate initialism for a station really run by the S. Korean National Intelligence Service! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, Dec 5 at 0639 and last check 0650, still not on the air this date; you never know whether they will be on late, on early, or not at all. Yet, when on, there does not seem to be anything wrong with the transmitter, and spot-on frequency. Are there severe power supply unreliability problems even in the capital Nouakchott? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sunrise MW DX December 5, UT, only poor signals with no big SRS boost at the moment:
700, Dec 5 at 1319 UT, poor signal with 8-note tune on fiddle repeated over and over almost like an IS; 1320 gobierno federal PSA, 1321 another similar tune. 1325 a few words in unknown language, then repetitive drumming; fading by 1330. Sounds quite rustic, an indigenous station? Most likely XEETCH, La Voz de los Tres Rios, Etchojoa, Sonora, which 2011 IRCA Mexican log says broadcasts in Spanish, Mayo [sic], Yaqui and Garijio. BTW, I previously logged this in late November 2010, but it was erroneously published in Dec 2011 CIDX Messenger as a 2011 log, along with several others.
Another indigenous on 700 is XEXPUJ, X`pujil, Campeche, La Voz de la Sierra Norte [sic], LV del Corazón de la Selva, in Spanish, Mayan and Choi languages --- but it`s a bit late in the day for it, and my log was looping WSW. How in the world do you pronounce X`pujil?
710, Dec 5 at 1320 UT, ad or promotion mentions an auditorio [building, not audience] somewhere, ``B-M Radio``, so XEDP in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, briefly atop QRM, KGNC? This slogan/corporate name is not found in the IRCA Log, but here`s a view: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8957899
730, Dec 5 at 1323 UT, Radio Viva Villa singing ID, i.e. XEHB, San Francisco del Oro, a.k.a. Hidalgo del Parral, Chihua2; as heard better many October mornings. Its very name could be construed as anti-American (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 6875, Dec 5 at 0638, RTI still in German instead of Spanish via WYFR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15825, Dec 5 at 1604, WWCR-1 seems to have cleaned up its signal, not splattering over half the 19m band, but how about the plus/minus 15.6 kHz spurs? I can still detect JBA carriers just below 15810 and above 15840; fundamental is strong but not super-strong at the moment which would bring up the spurs, and possibly the splatter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake Dec 5, before 1400:
15900, very poor at 1352
14970, very poor at 1349; none in the 16s, 17s, 18s
12230, JBA at 1354; none in the 13s
11500, poor at 1354; none in the 10s
9200, very good at 1355; none in the 7s
Before 1600:
9200, good at 1535; none higher up to 19 MHz by 1538
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. 10000, Dec 5 at 1359, under strong WWV, hear CW ID for BPM, and I thought a quick voice announcement instead of WWVH? Just before WWV voice announcement (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. 9540, Dec 5 at 1357, tuning across RHC, caught partial frequency announcement including ``13680`` which has been abandoned this season. 1358 asserts ``las nueve de la mañana en todo el territorio nacional`` and starting `news`. They should turn on Radio Reloj in the RHC studios to find out what time it really is. Furthermore it`s rhetorical fluff always to say ``all over the country``. Of course it`s the same time all over Cuba, in one single timezone. But let`s hope the time is two minutes fast only at RHC. At least this station has never employed timesignals, which would be far beyond its capabilities to convey correctly (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** FRANCE [and non]. 5925, Dec 5 at 0634, RFI news in French // 7390, so strike not in effect here at the moment.
17690, Dec 5 at 1601, RFI Musique already replacing news in Spanish, VG signal now as during previous airing at 1400 on exactly same parameters, 250 kW, 305 degrees from GUIANA FRENCH, including southern/eastern USA among official CIRAF targets. HFCC says 1600-1630 is M-F only, while Aoki says both are sevendays.
Announcement in French, not Spanish, at 1603 reminds us that RFI en Phnom Penh is on four-score-and-twelve MHz. 1608 playing Aretha in a song similar to R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
15300 direct checked at 1606 is newsing in French, unstricken (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** KOREA SOUTH [and non]. 6600, Dec 5 at 1349, Korean talk well atop noise jamming, which is unusual, and almost as much on // 6518, i.e. V. of the People, clandestine from the South to the North, altho Aoki says it`s 50 kW non-direxional, vs 250 kW from each jammer. Hmm, since does not broadcast in English, we ought to learn its Korean ID as in WRTH 2011: ``Inmin-e sori pangsong-imnida``, or ISPI, which would be an appropriate initialism for a station really run by the S. Korean National Intelligence Service! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MAURITANIA. 7245, Dec 5 at 0639 and last check 0650, still not on the air this date; you never know whether they will be on late, on early, or not at all. Yet, when on, there does not seem to be anything wrong with the transmitter, and spot-on frequency. Are there severe power supply unreliability problems even in the capital Nouakchott? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Sunrise MW DX December 5, UT, only poor signals with no big SRS boost at the moment:
700, Dec 5 at 1319 UT, poor signal with 8-note tune on fiddle repeated over and over almost like an IS; 1320 gobierno federal PSA, 1321 another similar tune. 1325 a few words in unknown language, then repetitive drumming; fading by 1330. Sounds quite rustic, an indigenous station? Most likely XEETCH, La Voz de los Tres Rios, Etchojoa, Sonora, which 2011 IRCA Mexican log says broadcasts in Spanish, Mayo [sic], Yaqui and Garijio. BTW, I previously logged this in late November 2010, but it was erroneously published in Dec 2011 CIDX Messenger as a 2011 log, along with several others.
Another indigenous on 700 is XEXPUJ, X`pujil, Campeche, La Voz de la Sierra Norte [sic], LV del Corazón de la Selva, in Spanish, Mayan and Choi languages --- but it`s a bit late in the day for it, and my log was looping WSW. How in the world do you pronounce X`pujil?
710, Dec 5 at 1320 UT, ad or promotion mentions an auditorio [building, not audience] somewhere, ``B-M Radio``, so XEDP in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, briefly atop QRM, KGNC? This slogan/corporate name is not found in the IRCA Log, but here`s a view: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8957899
730, Dec 5 at 1323 UT, Radio Viva Villa singing ID, i.e. XEHB, San Francisco del Oro, a.k.a. Hidalgo del Parral, Chihua2; as heard better many October mornings. Its very name could be construed as anti-American (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** TAIWAN [non]. 6875, Dec 5 at 0638, RTI still in German instead of Spanish via WYFR (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 15825, Dec 5 at 1604, WWCR-1 seems to have cleaned up its signal, not splattering over half the 19m band, but how about the plus/minus 15.6 kHz spurs? I can still detect JBA carriers just below 15810 and above 15840; fundamental is strong but not super-strong at the moment which would bring up the spurs, and possibly the splatter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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