6039.61khz r.Clube Paranaense ,Curitiba Brazil 9/10 2256utc Local news and id 33332
6160khz CKZN,St. John s Canada 9/10 2313utc ID cbc radio and news about canada good 33333
5009.76khz r.Cristal Santa Domingo , Domenica 9/10 2324utc Strong signal ,with nice music audio are a littel poor .Good for . 45min.+ to listening 32222
6047.17 r.Santa Rosa,Lima Peru 11/10 0109utc Sp. music and news info by male noisy 32222
6044.97khz r.Universidad ,San Luis Potosi: Mexico 11/10 0126utc Spanish talks ,to poor to hear any ID (250watt)
6035khz r. Bhutan, Thimphu Bhutan 10/10 0017utc Meditate music with monks ,fair same freq. Guaviare Colombia 33222
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Granite Pier Mini-DXpedition (late APR '08)
Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION - Times / dates = UTC / 2008
e-mail = "MarkWA1ION@aol.com"
[Connelly*R-MA] = Rockport, MA, USA
(GC= 42.667 N / 70.621 W) (= 42? 40' N / 70? 37' W)
(Granite Pier)
site-related info: <http://home.comcast.net/~dx_lab/dx_clams_2005.htm>
Receivers: RFSpace SDR-IQ, Drake R8A
Phasing Unit: DXP-6A
Splitter: Mini-Circuits ZSC-2-2
MP3 Recorder: Pogo Radio YourWay LX
Antennas: cardioid array on roof of car =
Vertical: 3.7 m whip (MFJ-1956) to 81:1 xfmr to DX Engineering RPA-1
amp
+
Loop: Micro-SuperLoop, square, 2 m per side, with 16:1 xfmr (to DX
Engineering RPA-1 amp) on east bottom corner and 5K potentiometer on
west corner
*** TRANSATLANTIC DX ***
531 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 23 0108 - // 621 with Spanish
newstalk by man; poor over others. [Connelly*R-MA]
549 | IRELAND (t) | Irish Christian Broadcasters, Monaghan, APR 23 0109
- not sure if this station is still active but the talk (by man &
woman) definitely sounded English, not Arabic or German which would be
the typical other possibilities on 549 here. [Connelly*R-MA]
576 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 23 0112 - talk //
621; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
585 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Madrid, APR 23 0033 - // 621, 684 with remake of
Brian Hyland hit "Sealed With a Kiss"; fair. [Connelly*B-MA]
594 | PORTUGAL | R. Renascenca, Muge, APR 23 0023 - Portuguese teletalk
by man & woman; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
603 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 23 0030 - // 585 with talk; poor to
fair over others. [Connelly*R-MA]
612 | MOROCCO | RTM A, Sebaa-Aioun, APR 23 0023 - shrill female vocal,
then Arabic talk by man; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
621 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, Santa Cruz de
Tenerife et al., APR 23 0033 - // 684 with remake of "Sealed With a
Kiss"; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
639 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, La Coruna et al., APR 23 0020 - // 684 with man
& woman in Spanish; poor in CBN slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
666 | PORTUGAL (t) | RDP Antena 1 synchros, APR 23 0022 - likely this
with male / female US soul song duet; poor. Potential parallel
frequencies had other dominants. [Connelly*R-MA]
657 | SPAIN | RNE R.5, Madrid, APR 23 0022 - man in Spanish, a few
piano notes; poor in WFAN slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
675 | NETHERLANDS | R. Maria, Lopik, APR 23 0033 - man in Dutch, R.
Maria ID, then into folk style female vocal; to good peak.
[Connelly*R-MA]
684 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Sevilla, APR 23 0014 - poetry reading with
classical music accompaniment; good. + APR 23 0023 - // 774 with two
men in Spanish; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
693 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. 5, Droitwich et al., APR 23 0013 -
discussion of US presidential campaign; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
702 | unID | APR 23 0016 - Koranic male vocal; poor. Several
possibilities. [Connelly*R-MA]
711 | FRANCE | France Info, Rennes, APR 23 0023 - // 792 with French
talk; fair, over W. Sahara growl. [Connelly*R-MA]
711.05 | WESTERN SAHARA | RTM, Addakhla, APR 23 0028 - Arabic female
wailing. [Connelly*R-MA]
729 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, APR 23 0100 - // 684 with fast talk
Spanish news; in bad CKAC/WJTO slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
738 | SPAIN | RNE R.1, Barcelona, APR 23 0013 - // 684 with talk; in
CHCM slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
747 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 23 0021 - // 684
with Spanish talk by man & woman; fair over presumed Netherlands.
[Connelly*R-MA]
747 | NETHERLANDS | R. 5, Flevoland, APR 23 0022 - presumed this with
classical piano music; mixed with RNE. [Connelly*R-MA]
756 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Braunschweig & Ravensburg, APR 23 0019
- modern classical piano music, man in German, other man said a few
words in English, then '30s-era Billie Holiday vocal "In My Solitude";
good. + APR 23 0100 - 3 short pips, one long pip, then news in German
by man; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
765 | SWITZERLAND | RSR Option Musique, Sottens, APR 23 0015 - romantic
French vocal, then "Get Up Stand Up" by Bob Marley; good. + APR 23 0100
- Option Musique jingle, news by man & woman in French; good.
[Connelly*R-MA]
774 | EGYPT | Middle East R., Abis, APR 23 0023 - male Arabic vocal;
under Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
774 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, APR 23 0023 - // 684 with two men in
Spanish; fair over Egypt. + APR 23 0100 - // 855 with Radio Nacional de
Espana ID, news; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
783 | MAURITANIA | R. Mauritanie, Nouakchott, APR 23 0021 - Koranic
vocal, Arabic talk; in CFDR slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
792 | FRANCE | France Info, Limoges, APR 23 0023 - // 711 with man,
then woman, in French; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
801 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, APR 23 0023 - // 774 with man in
Spanish; poor in VOWR/PJB slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
819 | MOROCCO | RTM, Rabat, APR 23 0022 - rustic North African
(Berber?) music, Arabic talk; briefly over others. [Connelly*R-MA]
837 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, APR 23 0005 - fast
Spanish talk; over others. [Connelly*R-MA]
837 | FRANCE | France Info, Nancy, APR 23 0058 - // 711 with jazz; over
others. [Connelly*R-MA]
855 | SPAIN | RNE R.1 synchros, APR 23 0011 - // 936 with man in
Spanish; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
864 | FRANCE | France Bleu, Villebon-sur-Yvette, APR 23 0008 - France
Bleu jingle, lounge-style French male vocal; good. + APR 23 0107 -
"September" by Earth, Wind, & Fire, then Bleu jingle; good.
[Connelly*R-MA]
873 | SPAIN | SER synchros, APR 23 0008 - SER net ID, Spanish talk,
soft piano music; fair to good. [Connelly*R-MA]
882 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | COPE synchros, APR 23 0006 - // 837
with fast talk; briefly getting through usually-stronger UK.
[Connelly*R-MA]
882 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. Wales, Washford, APR 23 0009 - talk about
employees' relationships with their companies, how they advance their
ideas in the organization; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.5 Live synchros, APR 23 0006 - commentary
on US Democratic presidential race, mention of super-delegates; to good
peak over WABI slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
936 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 23 0011 - // 855 with Spanish talk;
poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
945 | FRANCE | France Info, Toulouse, APR 23 0008 - France Info mention
by man, then lush orchestral music; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
954 | SPAIN | Onda Cero, Madrid, APR 23 0010 - man & woman in Spanish;
to good peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
963 | PORTUGAL | R. Renascenca, Seixal, APR 23 0008 - man in
Portuguese; poor with slop from 970 WZAN. [Connelly*R-MA]
981 | ALGERIA | RTVA Chaine 2, Algiers, APR 23 0006 - French talk by
woman, then Arabic music; fair over others. [Connelly*R-MA]
999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, APR 23 0006 - // 837 with "discoteca"
advert with phone numbers; good, alone on channel and much stronger
than the Latin America jumble on 1000. [Connelly*R-MA]
1008 | CANARY ISLANDS | Punto Radio, Las Palmas, APR 23 0010 - non-SER
fast Spanish talk by woman; mixed with slow music station (likely
Netherlands). [Connelly*R-MA]
1053 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, APR 23 0001 - // 1089 with
news about northern England and Scotland, strike at oil refinery,
supermarket prices up 15% in last 12 months, Sky News mentioned; fair
to good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1062 | ITALY | RAI R. Uno synchros, APR 23 0053 - Italian talk with
woman in studio and man on phone; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
1071 | SPAIN | Euskadi Irratia, Bilbao, APR 22 2358 - // 1197 with
piano instrumental version of John Denver's "Annie's Song"; good.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1071.28 | unID | APR 23 0002 - low het against Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
1089 | UNITED KINGDOM | TalkSport synchros, APR 22 2331 - car insurance
advert "comparethemarket.com", ID "On 1089 and 1053 AM and DAB digital
radio, TalkSport"; loud. + APR 23 0001 - // 1053 with "that's the
latest from Sky News", TalkSport ID, slogan "all the big names, all the
big games"; very good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1098 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 23 0001 - // 1107 with news in
Spanish; echoey. [Connelly*R-MA]
1107 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 23 0001 - // 1098 with news; to
good peak over 1107.13 growl. [Connelly*R-MA]
1116 | SPAIN | SER synchros, APR 23 0004 - // 1179 with man & woman in
Spanish with phone interview; to good peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
1125 | BELGIUM | RTBF VivaCite, Houdeng, APR 23 0003 - economic news by
man & woman in French with mentions of Grande Bretagne; good, over
Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
1134 | CROATIA | Glas Hrvatske, Zadar, APR 23 0000 - three slow pips
(last one longer than first two), Glas Hrvatski and Hrvatski Radio
ID's, then into news; loud. + APR 23 0052 - Slavic talk, mountain
region polka music; very good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1134 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, APR 23 0001 - news by woman in Spanish;
way under monster Croatia. [Connelly*R-MA]
1143 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, APR 23 0052 - // 1224 with fast Spanish
talk; fair to good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1152 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 23 0001 - // 1107 with news; loud.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1161 | SPAIN | Euskadi Irratia, San Sebastian, APR 23 0000 - // 1071
with music fanfare, then Spanish newstalk by woman; poor to fair in
WSKW slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
1170 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | R. Sawa, Al Dhabiya, APR 22 2359 - female
Arabic vocal; to good peak, dominant. + APR 23 0002 - male mideast
vocal and orchestra, a few words in Arabic by woman, then Cher dance
hit "Do You Believe in Love"; fair to good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1179 | CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN | SER synchros, APR 23 0004 - // 1116
with interview; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
1179 | GREECE | ERA, Thessaloniki, APR 23 0001 - talk by man with
Elleniki Radiophonia mention; briefly over Canaries-Spain.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1188 | MOROCCO | RTM B, Casablanca, APR 23 0001 - Arabic news by man &
woman, interview; fair to good. + APR 23 0053 - more like a dialect
than "straight" Arabic at this time. [Connelly*R-MA]
1197 | SPAIN | Euskadi Irratia, Vitoria, APR 22 2358 - // 1071 with
piano instrumental version of John Denver's "Annie's Song"; fair over
1196.68 Angola growl. [Connelly*R-MA]
1197 | UNITED KINGDOM | Virgin R. synchros, APR 23 0003 - // 1215 with
Coldplay or similar song; fair, over Spain and Angola growl. + APR 23
0051 - // 1215 with Virgin Radio ID, "How to Save a Life" by the Fray.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1206 | FRANCE | France Info, Bordeaux, APR 22 2357 - man in French
talking about football, then talk by woman, followed by marching band
music; good. + APR 23 0057 - sax jazz; local-like. [Connelly*R-MA]
1215 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, APR 23 0001 - // 1224 with Spanish news
by woman; mixed with UK. [Connelly*R-MA]
1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Virgin R. synchros, APR 22 2337 - contest
caller from Watford, Virgin Radio ID, then "Mr. Blue Sky" by ELO; good,
over Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
1224 | SPAIN | COPE synchros, APR 23 0001 - // 1215 with news; to fair
peak over others. [Connelly*R-MA]
1233 | UNITED KINGDOM (t) | Virgin R. synchros, APR 23 0047 - probably
this with pop/rock music but not quite clear enough to establish
parallel with 1215. [Connelly*R-MA]
1242 | FRANCE | France Info, Marseille, APR 23 0008 - // 1206 with
woman in French; poor over slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
1251 | LIBYA | Libyan Jamahiriya, Tripoli, APR 22 2338 - man in Arabic;
fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
1287 | SPAIN | SER synchros, APR 22 2337 - // 1116 with folk style
flute music, then woman in Spanish; fair to good. + APR 23 0047 - fast
Spanish talk by man; mixed with others. [Connelly*R-MA]
1296 | SPAIN | COPE, Valencia, APR 23 0049 - // 1224 with excited talk
by man, then teletalk; over R. XL (UK). [Connelly*R-MA]
1296 | UNITED KINGDOM | R. XL, Langley Mill, APR 23 0043 - Indian pop
vocal; under Spain. [Connelly*R-MA]
1305 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 23 0047 - // 1314 with man in
Spanish, then woman; fair over growl. [Connelly*R-MA]
1314 | SPAIN | RNE R.5 synchros, APR 23 0047 - // 1305 with man in
Spanish, then woman; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1323 | unID | APR 23 0048 - pop female vocal; poor. UK suspected.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1332 | IRAN | R. Tehran, Tehran, APR 23 0048 - Mideast male vocal and
mandolin-like instrument, then violins; to good peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
1341 | NORTHERN IRELAND | BBC R. Ulster, Lisnagarvey, APR 23 0047 -
woman talking about budgets and salaries; poor to fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
1377 | FRANCE | France Info, Lille, APR 22 2352 - man in French; good.
+ APR 23 0046 - classical music; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1395 | NETHERLANDS | Big L, Trintelhaven, APR 23 0046 - Big L "Solid
Gold Rock 'n' Roll" jingle, DJ mentioned that he was on air from 1 to 4
a.m. Beatles-influenced vocal followed. Briefly good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1404 | FRANCE | France Info synchros, APR 23 0042 - // 1377 with
classical music; to fair peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
1422 | ALGERIA | RTA, Algiers, APR 22 2344 - bluesy North African
vocal; over Germany for a while. [Connelly*R-MA]
1422 | GERMANY | Deutschlandfunk, Heusweiler, APR 23 0036 - opera, man
in German, interview including English talk being translated to German,
then jazz; excellent. [Connelly*R-MA]
1431 | DJIBOUTI | R. Sawa, Arta, APR 22 2345 - "arabiya" and "Sawa"
mentions; good. + APR 23 0037 - Arabic pop-dance music with strings,
vocal; good. [Connelly*R-MA]
1458 | UNITED KINGDOM | Sunrise Radio, Brookmans Park, APR 23 0040 -
Indian female vocal and drumming; poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
1467 | unID | APR 23 0038 - group mideast chant; suspected to be Iran
as not parallel to 1512 or 1521 Saudis. [Connelly*R-MA]
1485 | MELILLA // SPAIN | SER synchros, APR 23 0038 - // 1584 with
woman in Spanish; to fair peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
1494 | FRANCE (CORSICA) | France Bleu, Bastia, APR 22 2346 - // 864
with pop music; fair. + APR 23 0039 - France Bleu jingle, mellow vocal;
poor. [Connelly*R-MA]
1512 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Jeddah, APR 23 0037 - preaching by man in
Arabic; through WWZN slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | BSKSA, Duba, APR 22 2347 - two men in Arabic;
local-like signal. [Connelly*R-MA]
1539 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | R. Aap Ki Dunyaa, Al Dhabbaya, APR 23
0035 - man & woman in Urdu or similar; poor, just getting through 1540
slop. [Connelly*R-MA]
1548 | KUWAIT | R. Sawa, Kabd - Kuwait City, APR 22 2351 - plaintive
male Arabic vocal with drumming; to good peak. + APR 23 0036 - Arabic
vocal & strings; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
1548 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R. Bristol, Bristol-Mangotsfield, APR 23
0040 - BBC talk with man & woman; atop Kuwait briefly. [Connelly*R-MA]
1550 | ALGERIA | RASD Clandestine, Rabouni, APR 22 2348 -
politically-oriented Spanish talk, Saharaui mention, segment of rustic
North African music; over others. [Connelly*R-MA]
1557 | FRANCE | France Info, Fontbonne, APR 23 0037 - man & woman in
French; to good peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
1575 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | R. Farda, Al Dhabiya, APR 22 2350 -
high-energy Mideast dance-club music with shrieky Bollywood-style
female vocal. + APR 23 0036 - Farsi talk with mentions of Washington,
Bosnia, Serbia; to good peak. [Connelly*R-MA]
1584 | CEUTA | RadiOle, APR 23 0038 - man in Spanish, then music; over
SER. [Connelly*R-MA]
1584 | SPAIN | SER synchros, APR 23 0038 - // 1485 with woman in
Spanish; mixing with Ceuta. [Connelly*R-MA]
1593 | unID | APR 23 0037 - blank carrier with occasional beeps: maybe
some kind of testing post-sign-off or pre-sign-on. VOA Kuwait is usual
signal here. [Connelly*R-MA]
1602 | SPAIN | R. Vitoria, Vitoria, APR 23 0035 - romantic Spanish
female vocal; good, way over SER. [Connelly*R-MA]
*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***
530 | TURKS & CAICOS | R. Vision Cristiana Internacional, South Caicos,
APR 23 0030 - R. Vision Cristiana Internacional ID, salsa-influenced
spiritual vocal; good over 531 het. [Connelly*R-MA]
555 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | R. ZIZ, Basseterre, APR 23 0027 - reggae
music, Caribbean male announcer "This is National Showcase, family
station in your house. We continue with the super-bad music on a
beautiful Tuesday night." To good peak despite adjacent WGAN slopper.
[Connelly*R-MA]
570 | CUBA | R. Reloj, APR 23 0110 - beeps, Spanish news, clock ticks;
weaving in and out with CFCB and WMCA. [Connelly*R-MA]
670 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, CMQ, Arroyo Arenas, APR 23 0113 - // 710 with
sporting event, Cubano mentions; atop YVLL during fades. [Connelly*R-MA]
670 | VENEZUELA | R. Rumbos, YVLL, Caracas, APR 23 0017 - man with "en
Rumbos, en Caracas" mention with fanfare music, then talk by woman;
fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
700 | BRAZIL | R. Eldorado AM, ZYK686, Sao Paulo, APR 23 0020 - man and
woman in Portuguese with Sao Paulo and futebol mentions; poor-fair
through IBOC hiss. [Connelly*R-MA]
710 | CUBA | R. Rebelde synchros, APR 23 0110 - // 670 with sporting
event, Cubano mentions; slightly under WOR. [Connelly*R-MA]
720 | BRAZIL (t) | R. Guaiba, ZYK276, Porto Alegre, APR 23 0030 -
Portuguese preaching and screaming; under Venezuela. [Connelly*R-MA]
720 | VENEZUELA | R. Oriente, YVQE, Porlamar, APR 23 0025 - "en
Venezuela, Oriente" ID, then romantic vocal; good. + APR 23 0109 -
booming with nice Oriente ID and timecheck of "ocho y treinte nueve
minutos" (8:39) which is UTC - 4.5 hours. [Connelly*R-MA]
740 | BRAZIL | R. Sociedade da Bahia, ZYH446, Salvador, APR 23 0105 -
excited Portuguese talk by man, Salvador mention; a bit under CHCM.
[Connelly*R-MA]
750 | VENEZUELA | RCR, YVKS, Caracas, APR 23 0019 - Caracas, RCR
mentions in fast Spanish newstalk; under CBGY. [Connelly*R-MA]
760 | BRAZIL | R. Uirapuru, ZYH588, Fortaleza, APR 23 0021 - man with
religious Portuguese talk; over jumble. [Connelly*R-MA]
760 | COLOMBIA | RCN, HJAJ, Barranquilla, APR 23 0013 - // 770 with
speech about the government and economics; mixing with Brazil, others.
[Connelly*R-MA]
770 | COLOMBIA | RCN, HJJX, Bogota, APR 23 0013 - // 760 with fiery
Spanish political speech about economic matters, government; good, over
others. [Connelly*R-MA]
790 | VENEZUELA | YVKC, Caracas, APR 23 0017-0021 - fast Spanish talk,
sporting event with a Maracaibo team, "goal" screaming; under WSKO/CFNW
mix. Barbados not noted. [Connelly*R-MA]
800 | NETHERLANDS ANTILLES | Trans-World Radio, PJB, Bonaire, APR 23
0016 - Southern US preacher; over VOWR light music and CJAD newstalk.
[Connelly*R-MA]
820 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | Trinity Broadcast Network / R. Paradise,
Charlestown, APR 23 0006 - West Indian accent male preacher with piano
accompaniment, God referred to as "the alpha and the omega" (beginning
and end); good, over 819 het. [Connelly*R-MA]
820.2 | unID | APR 23 0058 - growl against strong St. Kitts. This has
been Venezuela (YVXG, Coro) in the past. [Connelly*R-MA]
840 | HAITI | 4VEH, Cap Haitien, APR 23 0059 - 5 notes (reminiscent of
a part of "Jingle Bells"), then "Vous ecoutez 4VEH, la voix ...". Folk
guitar followed. Over Brazil, others. [Connelly*R-MA]
860 | BRAZIL | R. CBN, ZYJ459, Rio de Janeiro, APR 23 0058 - clear
Radio CBN ID, Portuguese talk by man, then woman; well over apparent
Venezuelan. [Connelly*R-MA]
895 | ST. KITTS & NEVIS | V. of Nevis, Bath Village, APR 23 0011 -
Caribbean accent advert about ready-made kitchen appliances, prices in
dollars; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
1100 | BRAZIL | R. Globo, ZYK694, Sao Paulo, APR 23 0053 - man & woman
in Portuguese with Sao Paulo mentions; fair. [Connelly*R-MA]
1110 | VENEZUELA | R. Carupano, YVQT, Carupano, APR 23 0000 -
boisterous ID "en Venezuela, Carupano!"; good, way over others.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1140 | VENEZUELA | La Voz del Caribe, Porlamar, APR 22 2358 - Isla
Margarita and Radio Porlamar mentions; briefly atop CBI. [Connelly*R-MA]
1149.44 | unID | APR 23 0056 - weak het of unknown origin.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1150 | VENEZUELA | (probably) YVMY, Punto Fijo, APR 22 2358 - Venezuela
and apparent R. Nacional mentions; briefly over domestic pile. + APR 23
0056 - Maracaibo mentions during sports coverage; over WTTT/others.
[Connelly*R-MA]
1160 | BERMUDA | VSB3, Hamilton, APR 23 0055 - British woman in BBC
World Service programming; briefly popping through generally-stronger
WSKW. [Connelly*R-MA]
1180 | unID's | APR 23 0055 - total jumble and a 1180.14 off-channel
growl. [Connelly*R-MA]
1200 | VENEZUELA | R. Tiempo, YVOZ, Caracas, APR 23 0052 - telephone
numbers "en Caracas"; briefly over WKOX. [Connelly*R-MA]
1220 | BRAZIL | R. Globo, ZYJ258, Rio de Janeiro, APR 23 0056 -
Portuguese talk with Sao Paulo mentions, Globo jingle, ID, reverberated
advert; fair over jumble. [Connelly*R-MA]
1280 | BERMUDA | VSB2, Hamilton, APR 23 0045-0049 - religious talk,
hymn; to good peak over Maine sports, French talker, and Spanish (WADO
or WCMN). [Connelly*R-MA]
1339.4 | unID | APR 23 0050 - weak het against 1340.0 domestic pile.
[Connelly*R-MA]
*** DOMESTIC DX ***
540 CBT NL Grand Falls - APR 23 0024 - // CBN-640, discussion of the
human voice, evolutionary reasons for male / female pitch differences;
good. [Connelly*R-MA]
570 CFCB NL Corner Brook - APR 23 0033 - // VOCM-590 and CKGA-650 with
"VOCM Satellite Weather", forecast by woman for various Newfoundland
locales, flurries mentioned; over WMCA. [Connelly*R-MA]
590 VOCM NL St. John's - APR 23 0033 - // 570, 650 with "VOCM Satellite
Weather"; mixing with and occasionally atop WEZE. [Connelly*R-MA]
600 CBNA NL St. Anthony - APR 23 0038 - // CBN-640, CBC program with
brief segment of Beatles' "All My Lovin'", then "You're listening to
'Ideas' on CBC Radio One"; over domestic that was likely WICC.
[Connelly*R-MA]
640 CBN NL St. John's - APR 23 0013 - // CBGY-750 with CBC talk about
the development of human and animal vocal abilities, relationship to
mating; good, way over WNNZ & LA's, some Spain-639 het. [Connelly*R-MA]
650 CKGA NL Gander - APR 23 0022 - // CHCM-740 with discussion of
regional transportation issues; good peak, way over WSRO. + APR 23 0112
- "green tea from Tetley, Newfoundland's favourite tea", VOCM 20-20
Weather. [Connelly*R-MA]
740 CHCM NL Marystown - APR 23 0019 - discussion of Stephenville
airport, advert for Marystown Ford; loud / dominant. Only audio noted
under turned out to be Brazil. + APR 23 0103 - advert "M&M Quick Copy,
M&M Printing your one-stop photo shop in Marystown (phone 279-3444) and
Fortune (phone 832-2992)"; local-like, completely dominant.
[Connelly*R-MA]
750 CBGY NL Bonavista Bay - APR 23 0019 - CBC programming; mostly over
YVKS Caracas. [Connelly*R-MA]
780 CFDR NS Dartmouth - APR 23 0103 - male C&W vocal "time for
leavin'", "You're listening to 20 in a row just the way you like 'em,
pure country classics, real country classics, accept no substitute,
classic country 780 Kixx", then Elvis Presley "Don't Cry Daddy";
local-like. [Connelly*R-MA]
790 CFNW NL Port au Choix - APR 23 0106 - // CHCM-740 with C&W song;
under WSKO, over Venezuelan. [Connelly*R-MA]
800 VOWR NL St. John's - APR 23 0101 - smooth-voiced woman mentioned an
event with a $15 ticket price at a St. John's club, call the St. Mary's
church office at 579-0033, then soft piano jazz; a bit over PJB/CJAD.
[Connelly*R-MA]
810 CJVA NB Caraquet - APR 23 0019 - French and English language C&W
songs; strong, dominant. [Connelly*R-MA]
900 CKDH NS Amherst - APR 23 0037 - "900 CKDH" ID, weather, another ID
"Your community, your radio station, 900 CKDH", the Sheryl Crow
"Everyday is a Winding Road"; good / dominant. [Connelly*R-MA]
920 CJCH NS Halifax - APR 23 0007 - "This Diamond Ring" by Gary Lewis &
the Playboys from '65, then CJCH jingles; local-like (no evidence of
WHJJ or CKNX). [Connelly*R-MA]
950 CKNB NB Campbelltown - APR 23 0008 - "Your community, your radio
station, 95 CKNB", then Steely Dan "Reelin' in the Years"; fair,
dominant. WROL in SuperLoop southwest null - barely noticeable.
[Connelly*R-MA]
990 CBY NL Corner Brook - APR 23 0011 - CBC documentary, over fast
Spanish-talk sports (SER or Venezuela?). [Connelly*R-MA]
1140 CBI NS Sydney - APR 23 0002 - "on our website 'cbcnews.ca'", talk
about Bank of Canada; slightly over Venezuela. [Connelly*R-MA]
1210 VOAR NL Mt. Pearl - APR 22 2358 - "Insight for Living" religious
program, mention of life lessons for women, website
"insightforliving.ca", phone number 1-800-6637639; good, over WPHT &
LA's (but adjacent Virgin R. 1215 was even louder). [Connelly*R-MA]
1230 CFGN NL Port aux Basques - APR 23 0051 - C&W music, advert, "..
proudly supported by CFCB" (= Newfie network); over nulled WESX
(Portuguese) and unID with Red Sox game. [Connelly*R-MA]
1240 WSYY ME Millinocket - APR 23 0056 - "Keep your sox on all season
long on your home for Red Sox baseball in the Katahdin area and the
Lincoln Lakes region, the Mountain 94.9." Adverts for Millinocket
businesses followed. Good, over WBUR/WCNM. [Connelly*R-MA]
1260 CKHJ NB Fredericton - APR 23 0044 - "Canada's #1 spot for
Motorsport news", CKHJ ID; in head-to-head duke-out with WMKI R.
Disney. [Connelly*R-MA]
1270 CJCB NS Sydney - APR 23 0047-0050 - C&W female vocal, talk about
charity auction sponsored by Sydney Mazda; sometimes over WTSN ballgame
and 1269 Germany het. [Connelly*R-MA]
1350 CKAD NS Middleton - APR 23 0050 - song "Small Town Southern Man",
net ID "AVR Today's Best Country"; dominant. [Connelly*R-MA]
1370 WDEA ME Ellsworth - APR 23 0044 - Red Sox baseball, local adverts:
Mt. Desert Spring Water and the Ellsworth American and MDI Islander
newspapers; crusher signal, way over WFEA. [Connelly*R-MA]
1390 WEGP ME Presque Isle / Fort Fairfield - APR 23 0050 - Red Sox /
Angels baseball, WEGP jingle; well over WPLM soft-rock and VT
(presumed) C&W. [Connelly*R-MA]
1400 CBG NL Gander - APR 23 0050 - // CBT-540 with segment of "Roxanne"
by the Police, CBC program mentioning differences in classical and rock
singing styles; mixed with WVAE. [Connelly*R-MA]
1420 CKDY NS Digby - APR 23 0040 - C&W music over two others (WBSM,
WBEC ?), het Germany/Algeria-1422. [Connelly*R-MA]
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Dxers Unlimited
Dxers Unlimited?s mid week edition for 6-7 May 2008
By Arnie Coro
Radio amateur CO2KK
Hi mis amigos radioaficionados around the world and orbiting the Earth?
welcome to the mid week edition of your favorite radio hobby program ,
the one and only covering at one time or another the more than 83 ways
you and I share our spare time enjoying this wonderful hobby :RADIO?
Si amigos, yes my friends, oui mes amis? here at Dxers Unlimited YOU are
the center of everything, and that?s why this program has helped many
listeners to obtain their radio amateur licenses, so that they could
then operate their own ham radio stations? New radio amateurs from the
USA, Canada, the UK, France , Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Mexico and
Brazil among other nations are now enjoying this wonderful aspect of the
radio hobby, after listening for some time to Dxers Unlimited and
becoming then interested in amateur radio. As many of us did years ago,
the newcomers to ham radio started as short wave listeners and they
continue to enjoy picking up short wave broadcast stations from around
the world ! Item two: HF propagation, still in the doldrums, but there
are some good signs of possible improvements in the near future? the
emergence of new solar data that shows without any possible mistake that
solar cycle 24 is just stretching its legs and about to start with more
frequent sunspots ? Solar scientists are keeping track of what?s
happening 93 million miles away from Earth by using sophisticated Sun
monitoring satellites. One of them under the acronym of
SOHO, Solar Orbiting Heliospheric Observatory, has now exceeded its
theoretical useful life span, but it is still in such a good shape that
scientist believe it will provide very important information about the
now starting up solar cycle?
Item three: As I have said here many times, amateur radio need not be an
expensive hobby at all? It can be enjoyed by people on a shoestring
budget, and let me add that sometimes those of us with limited budgets
seem to enjoy it even more than those who have the opportunity to buy
the most sophisticated and expensive radios and antenna systems? Take
for example how just recently a newcomer to amateur radio needed to
complete a ham radio station in order to be able to obtain his license.
Here in Cuba you must provide the telecommunications authorities with
the block and circuit diagrams of your homebrew transmitters or
transceivers, and after they are approved to comply with the spectrum
protection regulations, then the radio inspector visits your station and
performs a test, before the license is extended. The amateur radio
license lasts for a three year period, and it costs 3 cuban pesos and 33
cents per year. Well, back to the new radio amateur, he was in a hurry
to complete his station, he already had a nice professional short wave
receiver, so in order to obtain his license, he only needed to homebrew
a simple transmitter, and here it was when he asked for my help? More
about the ultra simple, minimum parts count CW transmitter than resulted
from that request in a few seconds, when the midweek edition of Dxers
Unlimited continues ? I am Arnie Coro, radio amateur CO2KK in Havana?
?..
This is Radio Havana Cuba, and here we are on our 47^th year on the air.
Radio Havana Cuba is has been on the air since 1961, and ever since that
first day broadcast all our frequencies have been legally registered by
the Cuban Ministry of Communications until the year 2000 and from the
year 2000 to this date by the Ministry of Informatics and Communications
. Cuba is a member nation of the International Telecommunications Union
and registers the use of all of its broadcasting frequencies with the
ITU according to the established procedures. And for those ignorant
persons that are claiming that membership of the so called HFCC or High
Frequency Coordinating Committee is mandatory, let me underscore that
the HFCC although recognized by the ITU as a voluntary organization is
NOT and I repeat this is NOT in charge of registering the frequency
assignments for international broadcasting for all ITU members. A very
easy to do on line consultation, will show up immediately that not all
ITU member nations form part of the HFCC, and that the nations that are
not members, may register and do register their use of the international
short wave or decametric broadcast band frequencies directly with the
ITU in Geneva. As a matter of fact the ITU Geneva office runs a complete
and detailed international short wave broadcasting compatibility program
that is available to all member nations , so it is in fact available for
those that form part of the voluntary HFCC group and to those that have
chosen for one reason or the other to not become part of the so called
HFCC group.
My advise to those who voice out unsubstantiated and wrong opinions
about international short wave broadcasting is to learn more first about
the coordination procedures set up by the ITU before claiming things
about the non membership of nations on the HFCC.
Every broadcasting period, RHC frequencies are properly registered with
all the operating parameters requested by the ITU, and that procedure is
carried on with the proper advance notification by the Cuban Ministry of
Informatics and Communications , that then receives from ITU Geneva the
list of how our frequencies were registered and all the possible
incompatibilities with other administrations frequency registrations, so
that they can be worked out in such a way that better reception of
international broadcast stations will result for the listeners.
??
You are listening to the mid week edition of Dxers Unlimited and here is
now our technical topics section for today? The design, construction and
actual on the air testing of an incredibly simple amateur radio CW
transmitter that solved a very practical problem for a newcomer to the
hobby? because after he finished assembling here at my workshop his
ultra simple transmitter and power supply, he was able to obtain his
amateur radio license? As I already explained here at the start of the
program, Cuban radio amateur regulations prescribe that the person
requesting to obtain the license to operate and amateur radio station
must show an actual operating station on the air? The station is then
inspected and approved for operation, and finally the callsign is issued
to the new radio amateur..
So , this new ham, Frank, came in and told me that he had a nice short
wave receiver, but no transmitter, and that he wanted to go on the air
as soon as possible? I told him that I had a 40 meters band quartz
crystal, and several recycled components from broken down energy saver
lightbulbs, plus a stock of other electronic components recovered from
old TV sets. He was very enthusiastic and ready to wire up his power
supply and transmitter immediately.
The first step was to draw the block diagram of the power supply and
transmitter? It was clear that we will be using one of the many
plentiful locally TV set vacuum tubes that are very rugged and reliable?
The vacuum tube transmitter required a power supply capable of providing
voltage to light up the filaments o the tube or valve and high voltage
for the plate and screen grid of the tetrode tube that once served as
the horizontal output stage of a black and white TV set.
A power transformer also salvaged from the same black and white TV set
provided all the voltages required, and in less than three hours we had
a nice power supply providing 6.3 volts AC at up to 5 amperes, and
approximately plus 300 volts DC at an incredible half an ampere of
current? We added a glow discharge regulator tube to provide plus 150
volts regulated voltage, and then completed the power supply with a
connecting cable that had a wire for the B plus 300 volts, another one
for the 150 volts regulated voltage and a wire for the 6.3 volts AC for
the filaments, the fourth wire was the common ground. The four wires
ended in a plug that was made from a broken down octal vacuum tube.
The power supply was tested using dummy load resistors, and it worked
perfectly well from the first moment, so fortunately no wiring errors
were mad. We used the nice 1N4007 high voltage silicon rectifiers that
were recycled from the energy savers light bulbs electronics, and the
electrolytic capacitors came from a retired computer power supply? they
have a rated capacity of 330 microfarads at 200 volts DC, that is direct
current working voltage, so we simply put two of them in series to
obtain an effective capacitance of 165 microfarads at 400 volts DC
operating voltage. To complete the power supply we used a filter choke
also removed from the TV set, as well as a nice on off switch and a fuse
holder . To add some beauty to our power supply we used a bright red LED
to show the presence of high voltage and a green LED to show that the
filament was on?For those of you thinking that 300 volts would not be
enough for the transmitter, let me say that 300 volts at a plate current
of 100 milliamperes will yield a 30 Watts input power, that in our ultra
simple transmitter circuit will translate into no less than 10 to 12
Watts output into the antenna system, a power output that is more than
enough to be able to work many stations on the 40 meters band?
???..
After we completed and tested the improvised power supply built from
recycled parts, we started to work on the simply one tube transmitter,
but always leaving enough space to transform it later into an MOPA
transmitter later. That is a Master Oscillator Power Amplifier, as they
were known to the old timers? The single tube transmitter we built so
that my friend could obtain his ham radio station license uses a TV
sweep tube and the crystal oscillator in a simple oscillator circuit,
known among the electronic GURUS as an ECO or electron coupled
oscillator? The screen grid acts as the plate of a triode oscillator to
which the quartz crystal is connected, and this improves the stability
and makes the keying of the oscillator much nicer. We decided to use a
classic breadboard layout, and after about three hours, the rig was on
the air, bringing in its first QSO ? During the weekend edition of the
program I will tell you more about this ultra simple transmitter and
some of the nice DX we worked despite the poor propagation conditions ?
And speaking about propagation, here is a short form HF propagation
update and forecast, solar activity at very low baseline levels, with
solar flux around 68 to 70 units and a quiet geomagnetic field. So don?t
expect much DX on20 meters and above during the next several days amigos?
Send you comments about this program to inforhc at enet dot cu or Via
Air Mail to Arnie Coro, Radio Havana Cuba,
Havana, Cuba
** BOLIVIA. R. Santa Cruz, 6134.8, must be the best bet for Bolivia in North America, at least in our evenings. Once Rep?blica and jamming are done at 0000, the frequency happens to be open, with nothing even on 6135.0 to het it. After noticing a pious het from another Bolivian on 5952.4 which had no chance against WYFR on 5950, I tuned to 6134.8 at 0008 May 11 and there was Andean music, with brief announcements at 0011 and 0020, ``buena m?sica``; seemed to be interviewing kids at 0025, but mostly music, still at 0035, and at 0055 when applause was heard, so may have been a live event.
For something so exotic it was a good signal, but otherwise it was very tough copy, partly due to some distortion, but mostly due to heavy T-storm static from Missouri and Arkansas, if not closer. I later learned tornados hit Picher and Haywood OK. Never heard an ID, but no doubt this is it, due to frequency offset and other reports, which have had it closing at 0108. Maybe those were not UT Sunday, because this time it kept on going at 0113 and 0123 checks, but nothing heard at 0130, altho the carrier was still detectable, and that went off at 0134* Surprisingly, RHC 6140 was not much of a problem until after 0100 when a weak station on 6130 also came on, squeezing RSC (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CANADA. RNW relay in Dutch via Sackville southwards, 9525, May 10 at 2341 was very undermodulated with extraneous clix added, unlike // 11970 Bonaire which was VG and running about a second ahead of 9525, which was still degraded later in the hour, tho I think I tuned across it earlier in the 2300 hour and it was OK (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** COSTA RICA. REE relay still off-frequency on 11814, May 10 at 2217 check, also hetting weaker signal on 11815. Per
http://telefonica.net/web2/radioescuchadx/reea08.pdf
this is currently scheduled:
11815 25 m 110? * 1600-2300 Espa?ol S?bado
11815 25 m 110? * 1200-2300 Espa?ol Domingo
11815 25 m 110? * 1800-2000 Espa?ol Lunes a Viernes
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CROATIA [non]. There has been contradictory info about how long the extra V. of Croatia relay frequency via Germany, 7285, would last. Registrations showed until May 10, while Brian Alexander heard them early UT May 10 saying it would last until May 15. However, 9925 was quite good, and 7285 was missing when I checked later May 10, at 2338 and 2435. So we can only hope 9925 will now hold up, but I would not count on it with solar flux about as low as it can go (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA. RHC anomalies, during monitoring session May 10-11:
At 2308, 11750 in English ``news``, Ed Newman repeatedly referring to ex-CIA agent Valerie Flame --- yes, he was saying Flame, not Plame. Reception much better here than on the scheduled English frequency at this hour, 9550. 11750 went on for some time, but when I rechecked at 2330 as DXers Unlimited was starting, it had vanished.
This edition of DXUL was identified as ``Mit-Week``, apparently repeat of a few days ago, ``the only fully integrated radio hobby program``. No, what I heard matches the script he has just posted for the weekend of May 10-11.
13760 at 2333 was in Portuguese, introducing the program for this date, 10 May. Website schedule http://www.radiohc.cu/espanol/frecuencia/frecuencias-espanol.htm
shows this now in use at 2300-2400 to SAm, if this is how one is supposed to interpret the / in this single-line entry:
17705 / 13760 16 / 22 22 ? 22:30 - 23 ? 23:30/ 23 ? 24 [sic]
And 17705 at 2335 was in one of the Indian languages, VG signal this time, and definitely not on 15340 as in WRTH Update, talking about what else, the ``cinco h?roes`` which is apparently untranslatable into scheduled Guarani. And after 0000, 17705 also in Portuguese.
11680 in Spanish, May 11 at 0047 had audio cutting out every few seconds, unlike // 11760; there was a slight echo between them with 11760 leading (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CUBA [non]. WRMI, 9955, Sat May 10 at 2343 had an exile show in Spanish, but no jamming audible; unlike Mart? 9565 where b?isbol was heavily jammed. Per WRMI grid, this is Voz de Coordinadora, which is sneakily sandwiched in between two English programs until 2330 and after 2345 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ECUADOR. HCJB Kulina service, 11920, May 10 at 2245 just finishing intro in Portuguese with ID as A Voz dos Andes. Then preacher started chanting in Kulina, 2248 with address in Curitiba, more singing, cross-fading at 2250 to talk referring to Matthew XXIV, which was mentioned several times, and then into Matthew XXV. Made my teeth gnash. I never hear verse numbers given. He was faded out at 2259:30 for ID and into Portuguese service. I would not be surprised if he just keeps going on original recording, like the Spanish Bible readings on WWCR, where the programming cuts off abruptly when the time is up, perhaps by operators or automation who do not understand the language and know where to make a clean break (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. XEPPM 6185 mixing with SERBIA: q.v. No sign of XEXQ 6045 in the 0030-0130 period May 11 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NETHERLANDS. 9450 at 0037 May 11, VG signal with rock song. What`s this? PWBR ``2008``, which I keep by the radios to consult while the computer is off, no help. O yes, it`s R. Nederland, Bonaire in Spanish, as group soon shouted ID. Also // 6165 but about one second behind it in deliberate delay to even out power consumption. Music is still not banned on the Spanish SW service of RN; it`s La Fonoteca per http://www.informarn.nl/horariosyfrecuencias/sabados-y-domingos
I can remember when The Concertgebouw Orchestra was on RN shortwave every Sunday, but you won`t hear classical music concerts on any SW language service of RN now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CANADA
** OKLAHOMA. Checking OKC IBOC stations, Sat afternoon May 10: For first time in a long time, WWLS-640 was lacking IBOC, at 2210 check. No, it was not due to live silly ballgame coverage, as it was in usual silly sportstalk. At first I wasn`t sure whether off or masked by T-storm noise level. Unfortunately the latter prevented any extended groundwave on 630 or 650 from being audible. The other one, KTOK-1000, which a few days earlier also had IBOC turned off, had it back on blocking 990 and 1010 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SERBIA [non]. IRS, still on poorly-chosen 6185 to NAm; UT Sunday May 11 did not hear it at 0000, and at 0050 was enjoying some marimba music from XEPPM, but at 0058 that was mixing with IRS carrier and IS, 0100 opening English, but unreadable with audio level about equal to R. Educaci?n, and splatter from RHC 6180 news sounders. Meanwhile 6190 and 6195 were begging for IRS to occupy their vacancies, altho 6190 would be better in deference to Prague on 6200. At 0130, Mexico City was again in the clear with piano roll music. This encouraged me to bring up the XEEP webcast later, including ``Ghost Riders in the Sky`` at 0322, ``Ma?ana is Soon Enough for Me`` at 0324 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** THAILAND. Still absolutely no sign of R. Thailand on 12120 at 0050 check May 11, under all that RTTY. This 0030-0100 was supposed to be English to North America, as it was in B-season on 12095 --- but now the target is E Africa! And the following hour in Thai at 0100-0200 on 12120 is now targeted at Middle East --- but this doesn`t make sense not only because it`s in the middle of the night there, but also because it`s supposedly still aimed at 6 degrees from Udorn, the original trans-polar path designed for ENAm, nowhere hear the azimuth for EAf/ME. Furthermore there is no change in parameters at 0100 tho the target areas supposedly change.
I am beginning to wonder if this has morphed into an imaginary service. It might as well be. How about the WNAm service at 0200-0330 on 15275. Is anyone hearing that anywhere now? It`s still supposedly at 38 degrees, the azimuth for WNAm, but the target area is Malaysia and Indonesia except New Guinea, again nowhere near the appropriate direxion. What`s going on here? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. The Crap with AJ has been cut; instead of that in the 0000 UT Sunday May 11 hour on WBCQ 7415, we heard George Zeller in the foreground and Allan Weiner in the background discussing, what else? Pirate radio, probably something from the Winterfest, at 0035. Cut the Crap with AJ recently got a scathing review from a listener in DXLD, but who knows if it is really gone? Still on the online schedule. 0100 into Marion`s Attic as usual (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WEWN, 11520, May 11 at 0048 in English, VG signal here for a change tho aimed at 40 degrees from Alabama, YL talk, presumably M. Angelica herself on an old tape --- accompanied by continuous squeal of slightly varying pitch as is the wont of at least one WEWN transmitter (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN. 9650 with VR IS May 11 at 0039, Latin ID at 0040 and into S Asian music; only poor, but it seems we can hear VR no matter where it is aimed. Hetless Vietnamese was also audible on 9600 during the previous hour. 9650 is ex-5915, presumably to avoid Burmyanmar (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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