Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

BONAIRE Radio Japan-NHK Relay 9660 2322 Japanese 433 Dec 17 YL and OM with comments.

CHINA China Radio Intl-CRI 9590 2305 Spanish 333 Dec 17 YLwith comments.

CHINA China Peoples Broadcasting Service-CPBS 9665 2330 Chinese 333 Dec 17 YL with vocal music.

CHINA CPBS 9675 2334 Chinese 444 Dec 17 Two OMs with comments. // 9500[333].

GABON Afrique Numero Un 9580 2253 French 433 Dec 17 Two OMs with comments plus a YL with an ID 2258. Then Xylophone IS 2300 followed by an OM with comments.

JAPAN Radio Nikkei 9595 2307 Japanese 333 Dec 17 OM with comments and a yl with comments.

JAPAN Radio Japan-NHK 9650 2317 Japanese 333 Dec 17 YL and OM with comments. YL with music at 2337.

ROMANIA Radio Romania Intl 9610 2309 English 433 Dec 17 YL with news items about NATO. //7105[333] and 6115[232].

Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, USA
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC
SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS

VL8T on air ottimo segnale e altro...

20,25 utc 21/12 2325 khz VL8T Tennant Creek AUS - px musicale 20,30 utc ABC news -Ottimo segnale in // su 2310 khz VL8A Alice Spring e 2485 khz VL8K Katherine.
20,45utc 3912 khz Voice of People -KOR - Cland Sufficente
20,50utc 5005khz R.Nacional Bata GNE Sufficente px musicale locale

Ciao e buoni DX!!
!!!!! Io leggo PLAY-DX !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- Mauro IK2GFT - Swl 1510-
-JRC525Nrd - Lowe HF150-
Filter PAR Electronics – BCST-LPF + BCST-HPF
-Evasdropper SWL Sloper 11mt to 120mt Band- Loop LFL1010
-Lat. 45.42166° Long. 9.1248° -Locator grid. Jn 45 Nk-

Glenn Hauser logs December 21, 2008

** BRAZIL. Wacky preacher in españuguês on 9565, Dec 21 at 0610, mentioning Voz de Liberación. He really puts on a show with his screaming and declaiming as if he is possessed. I think he`s just nuts, and he can`t even keep the two languages straight. This of course is David Miranda of the Iglesia Pentecostal Dios es Amor. Here`s one website I quickly found, based in Perú with audio. http://www.ipda.com.pe/audioenlinea.htm The 9565 station is the 24-hour Radio Tupi, ZYE727, Curitiba PR; this nonsense infests many more Brazilian and other Latin American SW stations (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGET)

** CANADA. The decrepit Sackville transmitter reserved for its lowest-priority service, CBC Northern Quebec 9625, went way out of whack again Dec 21 when heard just before sign-off. At 0555 Sunday Dec 21, found extremely overmodulated and distorted signal covering approximately 9635-9650, nothing on 9625. Sounded like a CBC music/DJ program, perhaps Saturday Night Blues, tho I thought that was supposed to end an hour earlier, as on the ET Zone feed until local midnight.

Could only make out occasional words using slope detexion, but the transmission was not frequency-stable, and had to keep tuning back and forth hoping for the best. Also collided with WYFR mixing product on 9645, 9715 leapfrog over 9680. My suspicions were confirmed at 0600 with CBC news re bad weather, which was more readable. Gone a few minutes later after normal sign-off time.

Not the first time it has happened to this transmitter, which in the best of circumstances is somewhat distorted and under-modulated. I was going to notify Sackville the next morning, but at 1409 recheck, it was back in whack on 9625, with fast BBC SAH, closing news, 1410:30 CBCNQ 9625 ID, 1411 opening Sunday Edition (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Another unexpected appearance of QSO with Ted Randall on WRMI, for UT Sunday Dec 21 at 0608 his voice was advertising a TW antenna on 9955; no jamming audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. As I tuned to 7165, Dec 21 at 1404, heard strong and well-modulated ID as ``Sound of the New Life`` and immediately into Messiah music. Since KNLS Alaska is the New Life Station, not making it on 6150, I was wondering if they have arranged another FE Russian relay, but instead this is WYFR via Pet/Kam, 200 kW at 253 degrees. Gotta keep our ``New Lives`` separate; one should trademark it. Looked for Okeechobee // on 11 MHz but none found; finally at 1422 there was a match on 13695 which was a good two sesquiseconds ahead of 7165. The music had continued without interruption which is something KNLS could never have managed for 18 minutes. An SSB ham was riding along on 7165 with Pet/Kam as BFO, apparently oblivious of the musically modulated QRM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

TIPS

 1269   15/12 22.25 COPE - Ciudad Real SS pubblicità locale suff.
 3901   20/12 23.10 R. Delta - Dutch ID e MX buono
 4765   20/12 16.15 Tajik R. - Dushasmbè Tagiko talk OM suff.
 4955   20/12 23.50 R. Cultural Amauta - Huanta SS talk OM suff.
 4965   20/12 23.45 Christian Voice - Lusaka EE predica buono
 4976   19/12 19.30 R. Uganda - Kampala Swahili talk OM suff.
 5830   20/12 22.15 R. Ukraina Int. - Kiev EE The whole world on the Radio Dial ottimo
 5910   20/12 23.25 Marfil Estereo - Bogotà SS MX buono
 5995   20/12 22.30 R. Mali - Bamako FF NX buono
 6009.5 20/12 05.15 Voz de tu Concencia - Bogotà SS predica suff.
 6055   21/12 00.00 R.E.E. - Madrid EE Radio Corner buono
 6135   20/12 14.45 Yemen R. - San'a Arabo Korano suff.
 6200   19/12 20.40 R. Bulgaria - Sofia EE Calling DXers ottimo
 6205   21/12 09.50 R. DRP - Dutch MX buono
 6210   21/12 09.30 R. Borderhunter - EE ID e MX ottimo
 6291   21/12 09.45 R. Jingle Bells - EE ID e MX buono
 6305   21/12 10.15 R. Boomerang - EE ID e MX buono
 6325   21/12 10.20 Shortwave Cowboys - Dutch ID e MX buono
 7160   14/12 15.10 R. Romania Int. - Bucarest IT intervista a Dario Monferini ottimo
 7280   20/12 16.45 Voice of Vietnam - Hanoi Russo ID e MX buono
 7560   20/12 17.45 R. Pakistan - Islamabad Urdu MX buono
 9610   21/12 10.00 AWR Europe - Firenze IT Studio DX by Roberto Scaglione ottimo
 9930   20/12 11.45 THVH - Palau EE predica suff.
 9975   20/12 11.00 KTWR - Guam Cantonese predica buono
11650   20/12 12.15 KFBS - Saipan Russo predica buono
11735   19/12 18.30 R. Tanzania - Zanzibar Swahili talk OM buono
11815   19/12 20.15 R. Brasil Central - PP talk su Liga Espanola suff.
12160   20/12 17.30 WWCR - Nashville EE World of Radio suff.
13660   20/12 12.00 R. New Zeland Int. - Wellington EE NX buono
15295   21/12 09.30 Voice of Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur Malese ID e MX suff.
15345   20/12 20.45 R. Nacional - Buenos Aires SS calcio suff.
15400   20/12 12.30 HCJB - Melbourne EE DX Party Line buono

Roberto Pavanello

Vercelli - Italia

Radio 700 christmas special

Radio 700 from Germany will go on air 25.12.2008 from 08.00- 11.00 hours UTC on 6005 khz with 100 KW with a Christmas Special. You can send your greetings to: info@radio700.eu or live by telephone +49(2251)921300

Peter

HCJB Global Transmitter Installed at TWR’s Site in Swaziland

A new 100,000-watt shortwave transmitter built at the HCJB Global Technology Center in Elkhart, Ind., is on the air at the Trans World Radio (TWR) site in Swaziland, broadcasting a message of hope across Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. Through a cooperative effort between the two organizations, the HC100 transmitter began broadcasting about 12 hours a day on Oct. 23, replacing an outdated Continental unit and joining two other HC100s, also from Elkhart.

"The results of the broadcasts from this transmitter are that people come to Christ and they are encouraged in their faith," said Ray Alary, TWR's director of operations in Africa. "For those with HIV/AIDS, we can encourage them in what seems a hopeless situation. Through Jesus we all have hope. The primary target areas are eastern and southern Africa, but our transmitters in Swaziland reach locations as far away as Pakistan. We broadcast in approximately 30 languages with our three HC100 transmitters."

Alary added that TWR's partnership with HCJB Global "goes back a long way and has taken many different forms over the years . . . it is a model of a well-functioning partnership where each party gains from our ability to work together."

The partnership includes having a number of TWR missionaries serving at the Technology Center in Elkhart. Among those is veteran engineer Larry McGuire who lived in Swaziland for 16 years before moving to Elkhart in 1990. He helped build and install all three HC100s at the Swaziland site, spending 2½ weeks in Swaziland in October to put the new transmitter on the air.

"The new transmitter is much more efficient and has a clearer, more understandable signal than the one it replaced," McGuire said. "The HC100 is also easier to maintain because it was designed by missionary engineers for that purpose."

Alary said that having "three identical transmitters at the same site makes our operation in Swaziland very efficient. In addition, we have purchased more than 20 suitcase transmitters through HCJB."

Tom Lowell, chairman of TWR's board of directors, said the new transmitter has many economic advantages. "For example, parts needed to keep the old equipment on the air were expensive. The Continental transmitter uses three large tubes, at $13,000 each, compared to the HC100's single tube. That's an immediate savings of $26,000 on parts alone! The HC100 also operates much more efficiently, saving us $12,000 per year on our electric bill in Swaziland."

McGuire added that the installation of the HC100 in Swaziland culminates years of work and planning dating back to about 2000. Construction of this transmitter, the ninth of its type, was completed in 2005.

After TWR agreed to purchase the unit, it was modified to, and tested for, Swaziland requirements, then packed and loaded onto a truck in Elkhart on July 31. It then traveled across the Atlantic Ocean by ship, arriving in Durban, South Africa, on Sept. 9.

From there it went by train to Matsapha, Swaziland, where it cleared customs "almost immediately," he said. Finally it went by truck to TWR's transmitter site on a ranch 20 miles from Manzini along the White Mbuluzi River, arriving on Sept. 18.

"The day it arrived, there 'happened' to be a work crew from a church in Elkhart that had been renovating the building," McGuire continued. "They were way ahead of schedule, so they helped unload the transmitter from the container, got it in position and started putting up the heavy parts and then built the fascia—all before I started working on the installation on Oct. 6. I was very amazed. That's never happened before!"

David Russell, director of the HCJB Global Technology Center, calls it a "privilege to work closely with engineers of TWR Africa. During just the past year we have cooperated with TWR on projects in Benin, Kenya and Swaziland. We are presently refurbishing a used 50,000-watt AM transmitter that will be used at TWR's Swaziland broadcast facilities.

"It gives us a great sense of fulfillment to be able to support our fellow kingdom workers at TWR through the provision of technical consulting, equipment, installations and maintenance," Russell added. "By pooling our strengths we are able to be more effective in the Lord's harvest fields."(from HCJB web page)

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

AUSTRALIA Radio Australia-Shepparton 9580 1900 English 333 Dec 15 OM with news items. YL with comments.

AUSTRALIA Radio Australia-Shepparyton 11880 1925 English 333 Dec 15 YL with comments.

CHINA China Radio Intl-CRI 7150 1836 Italian 333 Dec 15 YL interviewing an OM.

CHINA Music Jammer 7385 1840 333 Dec 15 Horn blowing Chinese music at 1843. Then back to instrumental music. //7415[333], 9355[433] and 9875[433].

JAPAN Radio Japan-NHK 9835 1858 Japanese 333 Dec 15 YL with comments then ID and off the air 1900.

MADAGASCAR Radio Netherlands Relay-RNI 11655 1915 English 433 Dec 15 OM interviewing an OM on the problems in Uganda. //11805[444] via SoAfrica.

RUSSIA, Moldova Voice of Russia-VOR 7125 1830 English 333 Dec 15 YL and OM with comments in the Kaleidoscope program.

RWANDA Voice of Germany-VOG-Relay 11725 1918 German 333 Dec 15 Two OMs with comments.

Merry Christmas to All!

Stewart MacKenzie, WDX6AA
Huntington Beach, California, USA
"World Friendship Through Shortwave Radio Where Culture and Language Come Alive"
ASWLC: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASWLC
SCADS: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCADS

EMR - Internet repeat times

Christmas Time on European Music Radio - 21st of December 2008

EMR/ Internet repeat times

All programmes are repeated via the EMR internet stream at: www.emr.org.uk click on the "EMR internet radio" button which you will find throughout the website (see the menu on left).

All EMR programmes will be repeated at the following times: 1700 - 2000 utc.

Transmission Times – 21st December 2008

6140 khz - 1300 to 1400 utc
9290 khz - 1400 to 1500 utc

The Radio Jackie book can be bought from www.jackiebooks.com
The price in the UK is £10 + postage & packing.

Good Listening and all the best for 2009

73s Tom

dsc log

Oggi ho ascoltato dalle 11.00 alle 17.00 locali la frequenza 16804.5 kHZ in modalita'
DSC, usando il programma DSC Decoder, e ho ricevuto traffico dalle seguenti stazioni costiere:

[Capetown Radio]-AFS : Sud Africa
[Lyngby Radio]-DNK - Danimarca
[Alexandria]-EGY - Egitto
[Madrid Radio]-E - Spagna
[Charleville/Wiluna]-AUS - Australia
[Istanbul]-TUR - Turchia
[USCG Boston - Group]-USA
[Olympia Radio]-GRC - Grecia
[COMMSTA Miami]-USA
[Riga Rescue Radio]-LVA - Latvia
[Cyprus Radio]-CYP - Cipro
[Jeddah]-ARS - Arabia Saudita
[Varna Radio]-BUL - Bulgaria
[COMMSTA New Orleans]-USA
[Hong Kong Marine Rescue]-HKG - Honk Kong
[Malaga Radio]-E - Spagna
[Karachi]-PAK - Pakistan
[MRCC Las Palmas]-E - Spagna

Andrea Borgnino IW0HK - HB9EMK
Qth: Ginevra, Svizzera
Rx: IC 756proIII - Antenna: loop filare

Glenn Hauser logs December 19-20, 2008

** CANADA [non]. 11895 good and clear Dec 20 at 1505, disgusting sermon in slow English about bringing a female (animal?) without defect as a sin offering, slaughtering and pouring out the blood on the altar, removing the fat and burning it, avoiding unclean stuff; Leviticus V mentioned.

What does PWBR `2009` say this is? AWR Guam is the only bar, but summer-only and language-other, so that would be a bum rap. EiBi and Aoki have the answer as usual: Bible Voice Broadcasting, 90 degrees to South Asia at 1500-1530 when English is only on Saturdays; EiBi says Nauen, Aoki says Wertachtal. The Franco-Germans are always jumping the sites around, presumably for logistical reasons (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. RHC, 9550, Dec 19 at 2306 news in English, with clear echo during brief fades. Suspect this was long-path, quite a haul from here at some 38 megameters. SE Asian signals were inbooming such as VOA on 9490, which is Tinang at 200 degrees (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SLOVAKIA. R. Slovakia International IS and ID in English at 1427 Dec 20 on 6055, weak with flutter, 1430 into German as scheduled. Europe on 49m at this time of day is quite a treat, but surely possible at solstice, and just a band away from regular Pridnestrovye at same hour on 7370. Beam of 305 degrees from RSO helps too, exactly the same azimuth used for English to NAm at 0100, still intruding in the 40m hamband on 7230. This being a Saturday instead of a Friday, the usual dominant on 6055, R. Nikkei was already off at 1415 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOLOMON ISLANDS. Weak signal on 9541.5, Dec 20 at 0730 with talk, seems English intonation; a bit better at 0735, mostly YL talking and occasional bits of music. Just not enough against noise level, but BFO helped and proved it was not drifting. What else could it be on this frequency? Next check at 1407, no trace of a carrier, just something on 9540.0 masked by QRDRM from 9540-9550, BBC/DW Woofferton 100 kW, 114 degrees. I really wonder if SIBC is running 31m 24 hours (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SWEDEN. 9400, weak with umlauty language Dec 20 at 1511. As a -00 frequency, first suspect naturally Bulgaria, but not this time: Radio Sweden in Swedish scheduled from Hörby. An hour earlier I was getting it much better on 11540 as I was confirming Solomon Islands was not being heard on 9541.5, but instead a carrier from something matching 2.0 MHz below on 9540.0. Anyhow, seems Radio Sweden/Teracom facilities survived the earthquake a few days ago (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 11810, weak signal in Arabic, Dec 20 at 1501, pronouncing a website with English letters including .net. I assumed it was Jordan but EiBi and Aoki agree Jordan is off by then, and V. of Turkey is opening Arabic at 1500, until 1700, 252 degrees from Emirler, so that is how I will list-log it, presumably, the .net also a positive clew (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U K. Nice to hear Bow Bells preceding BBCWS transmission on 12095, Dec 20 at 1459, but only until 1459:30 opening, and 1500 into stupid ballgames, this being a Saturday when BBC wastes its vast resources on such Sportsworld nonsense. Good signal from Rampisham, 250 kW at 95 degrees for this bihour. Originally, out-of-band 12095 could be used only from UK sites, but now you never know. At other dayparts, it`s Cyprus or Ascension. Also noticed timesignal on the hour was about 1 second late compared to WWV; so why bother, misleading countless listeners about the correct time? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 10000, very weak singing and talk underneath WWVH, Dec 20 at 1418. Maybe another instance of mixing product between 31m transmitters, Jordan? No trace of WWV. WWCR 9980 had not yet built up to overpowering strength desensitizing and blocking WWV/H most of the day, and there did not seem to be other super-power signals on 31m which could cause receiver cross-modulation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Latvia Today Transmission Time - 21st December

December 21st
EMR 14.00 - 15.00 UTC
Latvia Today 15.00 - 1600 UTC New Time

Good Listening
73s Tom

Escuchas/Escutas/Logs

BRAZIL
5970 Radio Itatiaia, Belo Horizonte, MG, 2302-2309, December 18, Portuguese, actuality talk by male, 23432

DJIBOUTI
4780 Radio Djibouti, Djibouti, 0340-0346, DEcember 18, Vernacular, short talk and very nice local music, 24432

Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina

Log DSC HF

Un piccolo log DSC ricevuto sui 16804.5 khz, c'e' pure un segnale DISTRESS (SOS) ma penso sia solo un'errore di decodifica

[Charleville/Wiluna]-AUS (safety) from ?419098000-IND test REQ [08-12-20 11:45:35]
[Capetown Radio]-AFS (safety) from METHANE PRINCESS,MCDN3-G test REQ [08-12-20 11:44:30]
!# [Charleville/Wiluna]-AUS (safety) from CE-SHILLA,A8FC8-LBR telecommands 0/0 not decoded [08-12-20 11:42:43]
!# [Charleville/Wiluna]-AUS (safety) from CE-SHILLA,A8FC8-LBR telecommands 0/0 not decoded [08-12-20 11:42:43]
KOTA WAJAR,S6BT-SNG (safety) from [Alexandria]-EGY test ACK [08-12-20 11:41:15]
[Lyngby Radio]-DNK (safety) from 271000008-TUR test REQ [08-12-20 11:37:06]
[Olympia Radio]-GRC (safety) from 419529000-IND test REQ [08-12-20 11:36:59]
[Olympia Radio]-GRC (safety) from NCC TIHAMA,HZAL-ARS J3 16804.5kHz/16804.5kHz REQ [08-12-20 11:36:19]
[Charleville/Wiluna]-AUS (safety) from ?372047000-PNR test REQ [08-12-20 11:28:55]
[Olympia Radio]-GRC (safety) from NCC TIHAMA,HZAL-ARS J3 16804.5kHz/16804.5kHz REQ [08-12-20 11:28:01]
!# [USCG Boston - Group]-USA (safety) from ?636012000-LBR telecommands 0/0 not decoded [08-12-20 11:22:04]
!# [USCG Boston - Group]-USA (safety) from ?636012000-LBR telecommands 0/0 not decoded [08-12-20 11:22:04]
[Charleville/Wiluna]-AUS (safety) from CRYSTAL MARINE,9VIC4-SNG test REQ [08-12-20 11:18:55]
[Lyngby Radio]-DNK (routine) from 423020100-AZE J3 no freq/no freq REQ [08-12-20 11:17:43]
!# [Lyngby Radio]-DNK (routine) from 423020100-AZE telecommands 0/126 not decoded REQ [08-12-20 11:17:43]
[Charleville/Wiluna]-AUS (safety) from KOTA WAJAR,S6BT-SNG test REQ [08-12-20 11:17:24]
[Charleville/Wiluna]-AUS (safety) from ?311002800,-BAH test REQ [08-12-20 11:14:57]
[Olympia Radio]-GRC (safety) from ?311002800-BAH test REQ [08-12-20 11:11:49]
[Capetown Radio]-AFS (safety) from KOTA WAJAR,S6BT-SNG test REQ [08-12-20 11:08:04]
[Lyngby Radio]-DNK (safety) from DELOS RANGER,C6XG6-BAH test REQ [08-12-20 11:06:26]
239656000-GRC (safety) from [Olympia Radio]-GRC test ACK [08-12-20 11:03:35]
[Lyngby Radio]-DNK (safety) from ?441547000-KOR test REQ [08-12-20 10:26:42]
[Istanbul]-TUR (safety) from ULUSOY-9,TCTC7-TUR test REQ [08-12-20 10:24:20]
[Charleville/Wiluna]-AUS (safety) from USINSK,P3PM7-CYP test REQ [08-12-20 10:20:51]
[Charleville/Wiluna]-AUS (safety) from USINSK,P3PM7-CYP test REQ [08-12-20 10:20:00]
# [Charleville/Wiluna]-AUS (safety) from USINSK,P3PM7-CYP DISTRESS ack 12612612612612 00:00UTC mode unk REQ [08-12-20 10:20:00]
[Madrid Radio]-E (safety) from MARIANN,LAGW6-NOR test REQ [08-12-20 10:17:07]
[Alexandria]-EGY (safety) from TCHERKASSY,UHWL-RUS test REQ [08-12-20 10:16:36]
!# [Alexandria]-EGY (safety) from TCHERKASSY,UHWL-RUS test [08-12-20 10:16:36]
[Lyngby Radio]-DNK (safety) from ?247087400-I test REQ [08-12-20 10:11:23]
!# [Lyngby Radio]-DNK (safety) from ?247087400-I test [08-12-20 10:11:23]
NORGAS CARINE,9VCK8-SNG (safety) from [Alexandria]-EGY test ACK [08-12-20 10:09:46]
[Capetown Radio]-AFS (safety) from IRON MINER,V7KL7-MHL test REQ [08-12-20 10:04:05]

--
Andrea Borgnino IW0HK - HB9EMK
http://www.mediasuk.org/iw0hk
http://www.mediasuk.org/archive
http://www.biciurbana.org
http://iwohk.tumblr.com

EMR Christmas Programming on 6140 & 9290 khz

  Christmas Time on European Music Radio - 21st of December 2008

 

6140 khz  - 1300 to 1330 utc  Paul Graham (Christmas oldie programme)    

                   1330 to 1355 utc  Colin King with the Jackie History (part 4) 

                   1355 to 1400 utc  Tom Taylor - EMR up date

9290 khz  - 1400 to 1500 utc  Mike Taylor with the Christmas Mail Box

 

 

      EMR schedule for January - February and March 2009 is:

January    - 13.00 to 13.30 utc Tom Taylor + Jackie History (part 5) 

February  - 13.00 to 13.30 utc Tom Taylor + Jackie History (part 6) 

March       - 13.00 to 14.00 utc Tom Taylor + Jackie History (part 7) 

 

Happy Christmas to all our Listeners from European Music Radio !

(Mike and Tom Taylor - Paul Graham - Colin King and all the staff of EMR)

 

Good Listening and all the best for 2009

 

73s Tom

Relays this weekend via 9290 kHz

December 20th
Latvia Today 10.00- 11.00 UTC


December 21st
Latvia Today 13.00 -14.00UTC
EMR 14.00 -15.00UTC


Good Listening
73s Tom

Log da Buccinasco ITALY!!!!!!

18/12

UTC kHz Call Location Country Details
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20,40 2310 VL8A Alice Spring AUS mx program SUFF
20,40 2325 VL8T Tennant CreeK AUS mx program SUFF
21,45 3815 TENT. KNR GRL mx program mod low
21,50 4985 R.Brasil Central Goiania B mx program SUFF
22,00 5035 R.Aparecida Aparecida B mx program SUFF
--------------------------------------------------------------------

Ciao e buoni DX!!!

!!!!! Io leggo PLAY-DX !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- Mauro IK2GFT - Swl 1510 -
- JRC525Nrd - Lowe HF150 -
Filter PAR Electronics – BCST-LPF + BCST-HPF
- Evasdropper SWL Sloper 11mt to 120mt Band - Loop LFL1010
- Lat. 45.42166° Long. 9.1248° - Locator grid. Jn 45 Nk-

Ascolti AM

Lunedì 15 dicembre 2008
09.48 - 9525.9 kHz
VOICE OF INDONESIA - Cimanggis
Musica pop locale.
Segnale insufficiente-sufficiente
-
09.50 - 9635 kHz
RDT DU MALI - Kati
Musica pop-melodica locale.
Segnale insufficiente-buono

***

Mercoledì 17 dicembre 2008
08.33 - 6185v kHz
RADIO EDUCACION - Mexico DF
Musica romantica.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
-
08.38 - 5025 kHz
f/out RADIO REBELDE - Bauta (Cuba)
Musica ritmica.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
Comunque ci sono stati giorni in cui arrivava ben più tardi e decisamente meglio.
-
10.00 - 1008 kHz
GROOT NIEUWS RADIO - Flevo (Paesi Bassi)
ID e nxs OM.
Segnale sufficiente
-
10.07 - 6180 kHz
RN DE VENEZUELA - La Habana (Cuba)
SS, annunci YL/OM.
Segnale insufficiente-sufficiente
-
10.15 - 1485 kHz
ONDA RAMBLA - Vilanova i La Geltru (Spagna)
Parlato OM/YL, telefonate.
Segnale sufficiente
-
10.17 - 1548 kHz
GOLD - Saffron Green (UK)
Oldies.
Segnale sufficiente-insufficiente
QRM France Info 1557 kHz.
Anche in questo caso non era una gran propagazione, perché nonostante la tarda mattinata il segnale non era buono come certi altri giorni.

SWL I1-0799GE
Luca Botto Fiora
bottoluca@tele2.it (30 MB - no ADSL)

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

RICEVITORI
R7 Drake
Satellit 500 Grundig
2 DE1103 Degen
VR500 Yaesu

ANTENNE
Loop ferrite ACA 75 cm modificata (@70 kHz-2 MHz)
Loop 1 spira da finestra 150x100 cm (@2-6 MHz)
Dipolo aperto 20 m (@6-30 MHz)

VARIE
Ampli RF K0LR per loop ferrite modificato (WA1ION)
Ampli RF LX1456 Nuova Elettronica per loop SW/dipolo
Balun a choke coassiale 1:1 di RG174 per dipolo (IZ7ATH)
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 modificato (W8JI)
Software MultiMode 5.9.2 (demo) BlackCatSystems

QSLs

Bhutan
BHUTAN BS 6035 kHz, E-QSL in 394 giorni. E-rpt con ID MP3 spedito a:dwangk@bbs.com.bt  V/s: Dorij Wangchuk - Head Transmission. Il rapporto era stato inviato ad altri indirizzi di posta elettronica nel 2007 ma non aveva ottenuto risposta.

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Germania
RADIO POLONIA Wertachtal 5965 kHz, E-QSL PDF in 70 giorni. E-rpt spedito a: QSL-SHORTWAVE@media-broadcast.com

V/s: Michael Puetz.

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Lettonia
LATVIA TODAY Riga-Ulbroka 9290 kHz, Cartolina QSL in 41 giorni. RP: 1$. QTH: Latvia Today c/o Radio SWH - Skanstes Iela 13 - LV-1013 Riga (Lettonia).

V/s: Latvia Today Creative Team.

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Pirata
RADIO DUTCHWING 6376,7 kHz, E-QSL in 2 giorni. E-rpt con ID MP3 spedito a: radiodutchwing@live.nl
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RAMMSTEIN RADIO 6306 kHz, E-QSL JPEG IN 1 giorno. E-rpt con ID MP3 spedito a: Rammsteinradio@gmx.de 

V/s: Mr. Hard Rocker.

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Portogallo
RDP ANTENA 2 Lousa-Trevim 89.300 MHz, Cartolina QSL, lettera, schede RDP Internacional, adesivo, calendarietto 2009 e penna in 150 giorni. No RP. QTH: Radio e Televisao de Portugal SA - Av. Marechal Gomes da Costa 37 - 1849-030 Lisbona. V/s: Isabel Saraiva Venes - Intercambio e Contacto RDP Internacional. Inviato CD MP3.

Sinceri auguri di Buone Feste a tutti.

SWL I1-0799GE
Luca Botto Fiora
 
QSLs AM-FM
(1983-2008)
Emittenti di
Radiodiffusione
EUROPA: 619
AFRICA: 110
ASIA: 181
AMERICA: 116
OCEANIA: 27
CLANDESTINE: 49
PIRATA: 307
FM ITALIA: 170
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TOTALE: 1579

Lo Zen e l´Arte della Radiotelegrafia

Per gli appassionati del CW assolutamente da segnalare il libro di Carlo IK0YGJ dal titolo "Lo Zen e l´Arte della Radiotelegrafia" da oggi disponibile attraverso il sito Ilmiolibro.it http://ilmiolibro.kataweb.it/schedalibro.asp?id=121727
Ecco la presentazione del libro:
L´arte, in quanto tale, è inutile -diceva Oscar Wilde- e la Radiotelegrafia adesso, proprio per essere caduta in disuso, vive il suo momento di gloria come arte nelle mani di poche persone che, a suon di "swing" fatto di un dolce intercalare intermittente, la mantengono in vita. La radiotelegrafia amatoriale è un mondo vivo e pulsante. Questo libro è il frutto di quindici anni di esperienza in campo radiotelegrafico amatoriale e propone, per la prima volta, una metodologia di apprendimento basata su un approccio integrato e multidisciplinare che accompagni l'apprendista radiotelegrafista dai primi passi attraverso tutta la carriera del radiotelegrafista amatoriale presentando tecniche adottate con successo da atleti agonistici, anche di sport estremi come l'apnea, adattate al difficile processo di apprendimento della radiotelegrafia. Il libro è sì rivolto ai radioamatori che desiderano imparare questa magnifica arte, ma soddisfa anche l'impellente urgenza di raccontare al mondo il percorso di evoluzione che ha radicalmente trasformato l'autore e i tanti amici con cui ha condiviso il lungo apprendimento e l'immensa gioia della scoperta, tanto tecnica quanto personale.
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Andrea Borgnino IW0HK - HB9EMK
http://www.mediasuk.org/iw0hk
http://www.mediasuk.org/archive
http://www.biciurbana.org
http://iwohk.tumblr.com

Radio Heritage Christmas 2008 News

In case you didn't see this recent newsletter, here it is again! Many thanks to those who've already responded with updates for the PAL Radio Guides, book orders and donations towards our radio heritage work. If you also get more than one copy, please bear with us, we manually maintain our mailing lists! Happy Holidays!

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Radio Heritage Foundation
Christmas 2008 Newsletter
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Bangkok Crisis
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    If you were one of hundreds of thousands of tourists stuck in Bangkok in the past few weeks, and told to listen to local radio to stay informed, how would you know where to find a station with programs in other than Thai? Our PAL AM Radio Guide would have directed you to 918 AM for English, French, Chinese and Japanese programs including hourly BBC News.

    Just one of the benefits of using one of the free radio guide services at our website www.radioheritage.net, and one we know we have to upgrade in 2009 with the addition of our much delayed PAL FM Radio Guide.

    Floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, coups, riots, terrorists and civil disturbance are all possible in the region, making it so important to know where to quickly find a local radio station with information in English that could save your life.

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Yes we can upgrade our radio guides. Here's how you can help!
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    Can we do more to improve our PAL Radio Guides? Yes, we  can! Can you help us? Yes, you can!
    Here's how....email us if you find out of date or plain  wrong data in our guides, tell us of new stations and programs  in non-local languages for visitors and foreign residents, and make a donation to help us upgrade our guides in 2009.

    Hello, I'm David Ricquish from the Radio Heritage  Foundation, and I'd like to tell you a little about what's  shaping up for 2009, and how you too can get involved to  celebrate our radio heritage!

Thanks for helping in 2008
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    Firstly, I'd like to thank everyone for helping to find a way to keep radio heritage safe, alive and interesting in 2008. Some radio stations have already picked up our 'Ten Top Ways to Save Your Station' tips and we'll make this program more widely available in 2009!

    Secondly, a special thanks to those who buy books, CDs and merchandise from us, and who have made donations in 2008. We have a very small budget, in fact our income in the year ended March 31 2008 was just US$3774.

    It goes nowhere near our basic running costs, and I can assure you, even a quarter a day from each of you in 2009 would  help us upgrade our services and keep our bank manager from looking  too closely at our credit line!

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Make a donation this holiday season
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    Would you like to make a donation today? You can use your VISA or Mastercard at the donation button on every page of www.radioheritage.net and I can also assure you that 100 cents of every dollar goes straight into protecting radio heritage.


Popular Culture 
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    During 2008, we've been working behind the scenes to redesign how we tell the stories of radio, people, events, music and places within the bigger picture of popular culture.

    A bit like Wikipedia, you'll see we have some 'stubs' or introductory articles online about the radio dial in Australia 1931, California 1928, Shanghai 1941, New Zealand 1931 and 1978. If you haven't been to the site lately, go to www.radioheritage.net, look at them and then email us to tell us what you think of them.

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'Expanding 'stubs' in 2009'
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    The idea is that these will expand to cover other places and periods, introducing even more stations on the radio dial. In 2009, we're looking to build a volunteer team that will begin to expand these 'stubs' even further, unpeeling more layers of radio and popular culture for us all to enjoy.

    Have you seen our Art of Radio series? Currently we've got three similar 'stubs' covering Australia and New Zealand, Japan and  Hawaii. These are scheduled to finally expand in 2009 and have the  capacity to move offline into real exhibitions such as already  successfully tested with the Art of Radio Japan Exhibition.

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'We want to commission articles'
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    Will you help us in 2009? We already have a number of people standing by to work on several of these projects, but we need more. If you can volunteer research and write about the links between radio and popular culture, we want to commission articles from you.  

Radio Archives
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    You can see that we're more than just another radio 'archives' locked into the past! It's still vital though to collect the audio,  images, art work and stories and we've been doing a lot of that this  year.

    Major new collections have added many thousands of new items and we're about to start a major cataloging and digitizing project in 2009. Our funding applications for this will be lodged in early 2009.

    Our new software lets you upload and send your own materials directly into our new database. Other archives and libraries will partner us in this exciting move which finally unlocks their radio heritage collections too! We'll let you know when you can start uploading your own content.

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'Radio stations can also safely store
their audio archives with us too!'
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    As you can see, behind the scenes, it's been a busy year, and before I leave you for 2008, here're some things you probably didn't know about us:

1.  We're now registered with the Charities Commission [New Zealand CC25951] and you can see our registration at www.charities.govt.nz. Each year, we'll be lodging an annual report including our latest accounts.
  
    Registration as a non-profit in Australia and the USA is under consideration so that donations can be tax deductable as they are in New Zealand.

2   We produce regular radio heritage documentaries for broadcast over Radio New Zealand International [www.rnzi.com] and during 2008, produced nearly 90 minutes of special programs for their 60th anniversary celebrations.

3   During the year, NZ On Air, funder of public broadcasting in New Zealand invited us to tender as an approved archive for the management contract to manage their national Sound Archives which have until now been run only by Radio New Zealand. Work continues in this area.    

4.  Our Kiwi Radio Campaign has been tested now for a full year, and has resulted in discoveries of many thousands of new audio and other items, help with a major social history radio exhibition with Te Manawa Museum in Palmerston North, plans for three major regional radio retrospective exhibitions in 2009 and much more.

    The campaign is designed for local versions to be rolled out in Australia, California and Japan before 2015.

5.  We produce the entire Pacific region content of radio broadcasting data for the UK based annual radio guide World Radio TV Handbook [www.wrth.com] published since 1948. This involves data from over 25 separate countries!

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A Word From Our Sponsors!
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    We acknowledge the special help of our sponsors in 2008 - www.2day.com for website hosting services, www.pcwiz2u.co.nz for computer hardware, software and troubleshooting services, ProCopy in Wellington for printing services and www.apexrentals.co.nz for supply of a rental car to support the Kiwi Radio Campaign.

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Thinking Globally, Acting Locally
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    As a New Zealand based non-profit, we take a broad Asia-Pacific approach to all our radio heritage activities. This is because the stories of radio across the region are so interwoven. It's also what makes our website www.radioheritage.net so popular with many hundreds of thousands of visitors including almost 20% returning visitors!

    Our local programs are being tested in New Zealand from where the best can be rolled out in Australia, the USA, Canada, Japan, China and India and elsewhere. 
 
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Remember, please make a donation this holiday season!
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    We can do much more with your help, as our budget of just US$3744 needs your support this holiday season and throughout the  coming year. Please use your VISA or Mastercard and donate today via the donation button on any page at www.radioheritage.net.

    Again, we look forward to sharing more radio heritage good news with you in 2009, and wish you all the very best for Christmas, Holiday and New Year seasons!

    David Ricquish
    Chairman
    Radio Heritage Foundation
    PO Box 14339
    Wellington 6241, NZ
    Email: info@radioheritage.net
    Web: www.radioheritage.net

    Sharing the Stories of Pacific Radio
    Connecting Radio Heritage & Popular Culture

PS.....since April 1, almost 20,000 hours have been spent online by visitors at www.radioheritage.net. Have a look yourself today and use our own Google search to dig deeper into the site and find out more!