venerdì 19 giugno 2009

iz8bga silent key R.I.P.

Max iz8bga è silent key dal 13 giugno... R.I.P.

Glenn Hauser logs June 16-19, 2009

** CUBA [and non]. Another colossal tape mixup(?) at RHC: June 17 at 0533 tuning across 11760 I find RHC in Portuguese instead of English. Probably started at 0500. Portuguese was // 6010 and 6060, while correct English was on 6000 and 6140.

Another colossal waste of precious energy by RHC, June 19 at 1225, just open carrier on 9600, and still several minutes later. All the other frequencies on 6, 11 and 13 MHz were funxioning normally in Spanish. By 1248 recheck, 9600 was back in business. Rather, 12000 was buried under VOR in Chinese // 7300 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EAST TURKISTAN. 17650 with W&M conversation in Chinese, June 19 at 1250, fair signal with fading. Not // CNR1 jammers on 11805, 11825, etc. What does PWBR `2009` say? CRI via Kashi in French! Definitely not French, but per Aoki it is Kashi, CRI in Chinese from 1200, 308 degrees toward Europe. Only Asian signal on band at this hour (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** FRANCE [non]. RFI, 13640 via Guiana French, once again running past scheduled 1230*, June 19 at 1244 with music, break for ID. The strike must still be ongoing (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TAIWAN [non]. RTI confirmed with new 0500 English relay via WYFR: UT Wednesday June 17 at 0544 on 5950, Chinese classical music rudely interrupted for RTI ID in English, Jade Bells & Bamboo Pipes, with Carson Wong, then into another selexion. VG reception here of course (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

giovedì 18 giugno 2009

EMR relay this Sunday

Date        21st of June 2009

Time        09.00 to 09.30 utc

Channel   6140 khz

Programme   Mike Taylor ( Mail box programme)

 

EMR Internet service

The EMR Internet steaming service will be back on this Saturday

the 20th of June and will continue until 2100 utc on Monday.

 

EMR Internet programme repeat times:

0900 - 1200 - 1500 - 1800 and 2000 utc

 

 

Good Listening    73s Tom

 

Radio Amica

Radio Amica effettuera' delle prove tecniche sulla frequenza  12540 khz da venerdì ore 20 a lunedì ore 06, ecco la notizia presa dal loro blog:

Questa settimana (20-21) eseguiremo dei test sulla frequenza 12540 khz , Le trasmissioni saranno invariate. I test saranno eseguiti a potenza ridotta per un guasto al modulatore ,che speriamo di riparare prima possibile. Sono solo dei test quindi a meno di riscontri eclatanti dalle settimane seguenti si tornerà alla solita banda dei 48 metri, ma vi terremo naturalmente informati quì sul blog. Sono naturalmente molto gradite le conferme d'ascolto e in questa fase direi indispensabili, percui vi chiediamo ovviamente la collaborazione di tutti.
 
http://www.radioamica.splinder.com

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Andrea Borgnino IW0HK - HB9EMK

VCO MCTS Sydney FAX qsl

4416khz  22,15utc Ice Analysis Charts,  January 8,  2009  -VCO MCTS letter in 140gg  full details unfortunately do not have QSL -  v/s Heather Ozon Officer-in-charge  MCTS VCO Sydney -PO Box  8630 Sydney, N.S B1P 6K7-CANADA
73 e good dx!
 
!!!!! Io leggo PLAY-DX !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Articolo su Spie e Number Station

Appena segnalato su UDXD list, un interessante articolo del Washington Post su spie cubane e onde corte:
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Andrea Borgnino IW0HK - HB9EMK

Interessante sito Utility

Vi segnalo questo interessante sito utility che offre le ultime frequenze segnalate sulle mailing list "Ute" piu' attive ordinate per frequenza:

http://www.shortwavemonitor.com/

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

SICUREZZA: MARONI, ESTENDERE "TETRA" IN TUTTA ITALIA

Un interessante notizia che potrebbe cambiare in breve il futuro delle vhf-uhf in Italia:
http://www.repubblica.it/ultimora/24ore/SICUREZZA-MARONI-ESTENDERE-TETRA-IN-TUTTA-ITALIA/news-dettaglio/3681385

SICUREZZA: MARONI, ESTENDERE "TETRA" IN TUTTA ITALIA
Il sistema di comunicazioni protette per le forze di sicurezza 'Tetra', sviluppato dalla societa' di Finmeccanica Selex Communications e ora attivo a Torino e in Campania (e a breve in Sardegna, Calabria Basilicata) andra' esteso in tutta Italia, a patto di trovare le risorse sufficienti. Lo ha dichiarato il ministro dell'Interno, Roberto Maroni, durante un briefing con la stampa nello stand 'Strategic Situation Center' della holding italiana al salone aeronautico di Le Bourget, a Parigi. "E' un sistema di sicurezza, di controllo del territorio e di prevenzione anche dal punto di vista della protezione civile", ha spiegato Maroni, "che vogliamo sviluppare in tutte le regioni, comprese quelle del nord in cui ora non c'e', e integrarlo con i sistemi che gia' ci sono". E ha aggiunto: "Bisogna trovare le risorse: dal punto di vista della sicurezza e del controllo del territorio si tratta del sistema piu' avanzato che ci possa essere, e noi abbiamo la fortuna di averlo in casa". Purtroppo, ha continuato, "le risorse non le stanzio io, altrimenti le avrei stanziate per tutte le regioni. Manterremo lo stanziamento previsto per la Sardegna, dove si sarebbe dovuto svolgere il G8, ma intendo realizzare il sistema in quelle regioni in cui si possono utilizzare i finanziamenti europei del Fondo sicurezza. Vogliamo parlare con Berlusconi e Tremonti per vedere nei prossimi mesi di trovare le risorse necessarie per realizzarlo in tutta Italia". E ancora: "Bisogna vedere le possibilita' non solo tecnologiche, ma anche d'investimento, considerando che proprio di un investimento si tratta e non di una spesa, anche dal punto di vista di Tremonti e' diverso". I sistemi di sicurezza di Finmeccanica saranno utilizzati anche nel corso del prossimo G8 dell'Aquila ma, ha aggiunto il ministro, "e' un sistema utile per tutti i cittadini, anche in un evento come quello del terremoto e per la parte che riguarda il controllo del mare nel contrasto all'immigrazione clandestina".

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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

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

AUSTRALIA Radio Australia Intl-Shepparton 15560 2315 English 333 June 15 YL interviewing an OM on the Taliban terrrorists in Pakistan. Weather Report 2329.

CUBA China Radio Intl Relay-CRI 9790 0334 English 444 June 13 Two OMs with Mail Call program reading letter from listeners. //9690[444]via Spain.

CUBA Radio Nacional Venezuela Relay-RNV 13790 2320 English 433 June 15 YL with comments on South America countreis. //13680[333]via Cuba.

CZECH Radio Praga 9870 0325 English 333 June 13 OM with comments and off the air 0328.

ECUADOR HCJB Global 12040 2325 German 433 June 15 Choir music plus a YL ancr.

NEW ZEALAND Radio New Zealand Intl-RNZI 15720 2312 English 333 June 15 YL interviewing an OM on current economics in New Zealand.

PORTUGAL Voice of Germany Relay-VOG 9825 0330 German 433 June 13 Two OMs with comments. YL at 0332.

PORTUGAL RDP Intl 9715 2334 Portuguese 333 June 15 OM ancr with comments followed by vocal music.

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

QSL Monaco Radio

Monaco Radio 4363 KHz USB - 1 chemin du fort Antoine - 98000 Monaco - Principato di Monaco con QSL lettera in 34 giorni. Si 1 IRC.

Roberto Pavanello
Vercelli / Italia

mercoledì 17 giugno 2009

Shortwave Combination Holland

HELLO listeners and friends.
shortwave combination holland wil be on air august 04 2009 .
On the 6380 khz from 07:00 till 24:00 hours .
With misic for all of you, so if you can send us a email with you'r raport.
if you want to hear a special song let us know by mail swch@live.nl.
the website from swch will be active soon, we try and make it work this weak.
so take a look for more info , the adress wil be swcholland.com
greatings from the swch team.

(tnx R. Pavanello)

lunedì 15 giugno 2009

Glenn Hauser logs June 14-15, 2009

** BRAZIL. Missed checking last UT Sunday, a week after the first appearance of RNA on 6500 instead of 6185, but June 14 at 0513, it was back on 6185 as usual colliding with and atop XEPPM, nothing but the ute on 6500 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake check June 14: around 1330 poor on 9400; at 1351, very poor but detectable on 14420, same at 1355 on 18320 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. RHC was way off schedule UT Sunday June 14, with DXers Unlimited just ending at 0522 on 6140, which means it started around 0505 instead of 0535. Or a permanent change? Also heard Arnie giving a propagation forecast toward the end of the Spanish DX program En Contacto, June 15 at 1346 on 11760. He had been absent from that show for quite a while (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH [and non]. 7460 with big blob of noise, not the Cuban kind, atop barely discernible talk, June 15 at 1108; listened harder around 1130 and sounded like Korean underneath. Then looked up in Aoki, the answer: Juche jamming against R. Free North Korea, 11-12, 100 kW, 60 degrees via Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KURDISTAN [non]. 11530 with unholy mix of Kurdish(?) talk and Christian music, both weak, June 15 at 0439. It`s the collision of Denge Mezopotamya via Ukraine, and WYFR in Portuguese, both of which start 11530 at 0400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** VIETNAM [non]. 6175 with Mideast-sounding music UT Sunday June 14 at 0514, until some lyrix in Vietnamese appeared, and later announcement in Viet, reassuring us this was just VOV via Sackville (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

AUSTRALIA Radio Australia-Shepparton 15515 0240 English 444 June 13 OM interviewing an OM on poem quotes. //15240[333]Shepparton.

BONAIRE Radio Japan Relay-NHK 11935 0303 Japanese 333 June 13 OM with comments. //5960[333]Via Canada.

CANADA Radio China Intl Relay-CRI 13710 0256 Spanish 444 June 13 Mambo music and mentioning Cuba often. Suddenly of the air 0259.

GERMANY Voice of Croatia Relay 9925 0315 Croatian 333 June 13 YL with comments plus an OM.

IRAN Voice of the Islamic Republiv-VOIR 9895 0323 Arabic 333 June 13 OM interviewing an OM.

NEW ZEALAND Radio News Zealand Intl--RNZI 15720 0234 English 444 June 13 Music vocals by a YL and OM. YL ancr interviewing an OM 0237.

RWANDA Voice of GermanyRelay-VOG 9480 0412 German 444 June 7 YL interviewing an OM. OM with VOG ID 0415.

UNITED STATES Radio Taiwan Intl Relay via WYFR 15440 0245 Hakka 333 June 13 YL with vocal music. YL and OM with comments and more vocal music. Off the air by 0259.

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

Blog di RadioAmica

Ciao a tutti, questo e' il blog esatto di Radio Amica, la pirata che da qualche giorno si fa ascoltare a 6270 Khz:

www.radioamica.splinder.com

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

domenica 14 giugno 2009

Escuchas/Logs/Escutas

CLANDESTINE
6300 RADS-Radio Nacional Saharaui, 2220-2232, June 12, Arabic, many talks and some music, 24342


BOLIVIA
6075 Radio Kawsachun Coca, Lauca Ñ, 1050-1057, June 13, Aymara, short talks in aymara language about the Peru´s farmers. 34433 (best reception from 11 UTC).


VENEZUELA
6180 Radio Nacional de Venezuela via RHC, 1033-1040, June 13, Spanish, DX programme: "Contacto con los Diexistas". letters and short basic talks about DX (SINPO code, etc). Conduced by Cristina Lopez & Freddy Santos. ID as: "Radio Nacional de Venezuela, Canal Internacional", 34433
Arnaldo Slaen, Argentina

Tips Roberto Pavanello

  990  8/6 20.57 R. Bilbao SS ID e pubblicità locale
1026   8/6 20.50 Kol Israel - Jerusalem Arabo MX suff.
1566   8/6 22.00 County Sound - Guilfort EE ID e NX suff.
3900   13/06 21.40 R. Sallandseboer -
EE ID e MX buono
4746.9 13/6 23.10 R. Huanta 2000 - SS MX buono
4789.6 13/6 23.15 R. Atlantida - Iquitos SS MX buono
4790   13/6 04.10 R. Vision - Chiclayo SS predica suff.
4845   13/6 22.40 R. Cultura - Manaus PP MX suff.
4955   13/6 22.45 R. Cultural Amauta - Huanta SS MX suff. 
4976   12/6 19.20 R. Uganda - Kampala Swahili talk OM buono
5010   12/6 19.25 R. Madagascar - Antananarivo Malgasci NX suff.
6220   13/6 22.20 R. Mistery/R. Playback Int.
7125   13/6 22.50 R. Conakry - FF MX afro suff.  

Roberto Pavanello
Vercelli / Italia

sabato 13 giugno 2009

Glenn Hauser logs June 12-13, 2009

** ANGUILLA. 11775, June 12 at 1330, PMS in the clear without crosstalk from 1610 programming. Also checked June 13: until 1330 sharp, could only hear DGS from this, but with SAH, Chinese mix from the jammer. Then DGS also in clear. I suspect the problem has not really been solved, but the power on 1610 during the morning reduced to the point where it does not get into the 11775 transmitter; elsewhen, the originally licensed 100 kW 1610 frequency is running a Nautel at full 50 kW power, ex-25 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** ARGENTINA. Carrier quite close to 15344, not 15345, at 2145 June 11 and still after 2200, as I check the portable DX-398 in the yard while computer noise reigns inside. Assume this is RAE in a typical variation, not Morocco. Recheck at 2345 found 15344 a bit stronger with some Spanish-sounding audio.

Tried again June 12 at 2128, this time with an external antenna clipped onto DX-398, and a bit more signal arrived, as heard RAE ID, presumably during German hour, still very poor. No sign of Morocco, presumably closing 15345 at 2100* now, and Argentina was again quite close to 15344, not 15345. Benelux reports also put it near 15344 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [and non]. Firedrake check June 13: at 1320 better on 9000 than not // 8400. At 1337, good on 15610 rather than 15600, // 8400 but not // 9000. At the moment 15610 was all-drumming; still very good at 1409. At 1412 audible on 14420 with `ramshorn` segment, not // 15610. Nothing on the June 13 edition of Aoki to account for ChiCom jamming on either 15610 or 15600, so we assume it`s tracking another Sound of Hope sault.

BTW, EiBi shows a Mandarin broadcast from Saudi Arabia at 0800-1000 on 15610, but it`s not in Aoki, WRTH 2009 or A-09; an unfulfilled plan, or canceled? No Mandarin (or `Chinese`) at all from BSKSA in WRTH 2008 either. If it did exist, would the ChiCom jam it too? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. I make almost daily chex of VOI`s English hour at 1300 on 9525, lest they jump again to 11785 without notice. June 12 at 1342 all I could get was a weak carrier on the inside antenna during T-storm, but at 1402, CRI Russian did have a SAH, so believe VOI was still there. Back on external antenna next day, June 13 at 1313, usual YL announcer was ending news with headlines. Somewhat undermodulated but otherwise clear; by 1345 had faded to very poor level (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 12000, VOR Chinese service via Khabarovsk, June 13 at 1348 with YL singing traditional song in Russian, way over RHC, and not very distorted (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SINGAPORE. Tuning across 9500 at 1344 June 13, heard B-B-C chimes weakly, and then accurate 6-pip timesignal. Must be about to start Burmese. Yes, as listed in Aoki, 340 degrees from Kranji. Very poor, but after all the pips had finished, I heard some more pips of a different pitch; strange.

Someone in WNAm recently noted that BBCWS in English was inaudible on 9740, but I could hear that Singapore frequency somewhat better than 9500, when checked at 1309 with sports report about a Russian boxer, submarine (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN [non]. REE, 9630 via Costa Rica, UT Sat June 13 at 0533 in Correo del Oyente program giving toll-free phone numbers including this one valid in USA and miscellaneous other Euramerican countries named: access code + 800-34-100-100. This presumably gets you an answering machine in Castilian only. First greeting, where else, was to someone in Cuba wanting contacts abroad, a 20-year-old YL with ojos de café; she also described her skin shade. Is this politically incorrect? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SWEDEN. R. Sweden, English at 1330 on 15735 is seldom listenable here, aimed eastward, but June 12 at 1337 I was surprised to hear a good signal, also despite only using inside antenna during T-storm, talking about Swedish elexions. Certainly the strongest signal from Europe on 19m --- but a couple minutes later it faded out to nearly nothing. Theory: at least the last hop was getting boosted by sporadic E over eastern NAm, as WWCR with Tony Alámo was inbooming on 15825; could have been additional Es hops between Sweden and here helping things along, but Es patches move around, and a weak link anywhere along the line would disrupt reception. BTW, I am surprised that hardly anyone else mentions Es in connexion with SW DX. If you are also a VHF DXer there is an obvious correlation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. VOT buried but audible under RTTY on 9830.0, June 11 at 2201 as English broadcast began, on the DX-398 in the yard.

Earlier listened to webcast of the 1230 Thursday broadcast (still labeled 1330!) with a new caller on Live from Turkey! --- Marty Delfín in Madrid, but the host kept referring to him as ``Mr. Martin``, and was eager to have him keep in contact. If I had heard that on SW, it would have been on 15450 at 1300. Presumably this transmission does not repeat later on SW unlike on Tuesdays when another LFT originally airs at 1850+, and the next three English hours? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

venerdì 12 giugno 2009

QSL Radio Jaen

Radio Jaen 1026 KHz - Obispo Aguilar 1 - 23001 Jaen - Spagna con QSL in 31 giorni. Si 0.70 Euro.

Roberto Pavanello
Vercelli / Italia

Tempi duri per il DAB

leggete con attenzione questo articolo prima di acquistare ricevitori DAB in Italia, con lo switch off televisivo potrebbero esserci problemi seri, il primo e' quello relativo allo spegnimento (confermato) del multiplexer DAB di Roma Monte Mario

http://radiolawendel.blogspot.com/2009/06/riordino-canali-televisivi-rischio-il.html

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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

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

BONAIRE Radio Netherlands relay-RNI 6165 0351 Spanish 444 June 7 YL and two OMs with comments and laughing.

CANADA Radio Prague Relay 6080 0350 English 333 June 7 YL interviewing an OM on WW2 History.

CANADA Voice of Vietnam Relay-VOV 6175 0354 English and Spanish 433 June 7 Vocal music. OM ancr 0357 In Spanish by a YL 0400.

ENGLAND BBC World Service 9410 0408 English 333 June 7 OM on social democrats in Britain plus personal scandals in the government.

GREECE Foni Tis Helladas 9420 0412 Greek 333 June 7 Male folk music.

SPAIN Radio Exterior Espana-REE 6055 0345 Spanish 433 June 7 YL interviewing an OM. YL with an ID 0417. Then pop music vocals. //9535[444].

UNITED STATES WWCR #2 5935 0333 English 333 June 7 YL preacher with comments from the Bible.

UNITED STATES WTJC 9370 0405 English 333 June 7 OM preacher reading from the book of Revelation.

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