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Glenn Hauser logs July 12, 2009

2009-07-12T18:11:00.001+02:00

** CHINA. Firedrake July 12: at 1255 VG on 13970, nothing on 14420/14430 or any higher frequency up to 19 MHz. At 1259 fair on 8400, nothing on 9000, but at 1309 nothing on 8400 either (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. RHC 11760 back in English, fortunately, UT Sunday July 12 at 0535 allowing DXers Unlimited to be heard; but as often happens, co-channel QRM from NHK`s Russian service; also // 6010, 6060, while 6000, 6120 and 6140 in Spanish, and a het on 6120. What could that be? Only other station listed at that hour is TWR Swaziland in English; are they ever so off-frequency?

RHC 11800 with its habitual distortion was audible before 1300, but not afterwards at 1317 check; at 1320, 13760 was missing leaving VOK English in the clear, while 13680 and 13780 were inbooming, 15120 and 15360 audible but not inbooming.

I haven`t checked for the RHC Esperanto service in several weeks, scheduled Sundays only at 1500-1530 on 11760, but others have found it missing. And it`s still missing July 12 at 1503, when extended Spanish broadcast was best on 11760 along with 13760, 6000 and a weak signal on 5965, probably same. Nothing on 13750 so Aló, Presidente remains suspended too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** KOREA NORTH. VOK, 11735 transmitter very dirty July 12 with anthem until 1250*, and jamming-like grind extending 11725 to 11745, first noticed on 11725 bothering YFR via Pet/Kam, RUSSIA in Chinese, as I had closed down the night before tuned to RNZI. In fact, the grind could be some kind of mix with a real jamming transmitter at same site. Next check at 1315, VOK Chinese back on 11735 along with the hash, incidentally also bothering VOA Korean on 11740 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TURKEY. 11980 fair at 0537 July 12 with nice ME music, vocal with string accompaniment. This must be VOT`s Turkish service aimed usward at 310 degrees altho not often audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Not much makes it on 41m vs noisy bands in summer mornings here, but July 12 at 1311 could hear weak singing in unknown language on 7225; by chance there was no QRhaM at the moment! If I were list-logging by PWBR `2009` I would have to conclude it was PBS Sichuan, Chengdu, China, 50 kW. However, checking current schedules, such as Aoki, which does show PSB Sichuan 2, Xichang 520 site with 10 kW in Chinese at 1300-1330, I would conclude it was instead VOA Korean via Tinian at 12-14, 250 kW, 329 degrees. And I could have //ed it to 11740 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11776, still hearing unstable het against Anguilla 11775, July 12 at 1316. Suspect it has something to do with ChiCom jamming of AIR Tibetan service via GOA at 1215-1330 on 11775. Or it could be a remnant of DentroCuban jamming against Martí which uses 11775 only at a totally different daypart, 0000-0300, per Aoki listings. 25m was hot for E Asian reception today, unlike 31 and 22 m (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Geophysical Alert Message (WWV)

2009-07-12T17:59:00.001+02:00

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2009 Jul 12 1200 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction
Center #
# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 11 July follow.
Solar flux 68 and mid-latitude A-index 2.
The mid-latitude K-index at 1200 UTC on 12 July was 1 (6 nT).

No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.

No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours.

Nuova QSL da RTI Taiwan

2009-07-12T14:46:00.001+02:00

Ecco i dati relativi a una conferma QSL ricevuta da RTI Taiwan nei giorni
scorsi.

R. TAIWAN INTERNACIONAL 3965 Khz via Issoudun - P.O. Box 24-38 Taipei -
Taiwan con una QSL in 18 giorni. Rapporto inviato via Web Report form
all'indirizzo http://spanish.rti.org.tw/customerservice/ReceptionForm.aspx.
La Qsl è visionabile alla URL: http://acquamarina.blogspot.com

Nino Marabello
Treviso / Italia

Log da Vercelli

2009-07-12T13:40:00.001+02:00

1026    9/7 21.58 R. Reus - Catano ID e pubblicità locale buono
1566   10/7 03.40 TWR - Parakou Vern. MX afro
3320    9/7 19.30 R. Sonder Gtense - Mayerton Afrikans MX suff.
4805   11/7 22.20 R. Dif. Amazonas - Manaus PP MX suff.
4885   11/7 22.25 R. Clube do Parà - Belem PP NX buono
4965   11/7 22.30 CVC - Lusaka EE MX buono
5010    9/7 19.40 R. Madagascar - Antananarivo Malgasci Talk OM buono
6010   10/7 04.10 Voz de tu Concencia - Bogotà SS predica buono
6019.6 11/7 22.45 R. Victoria - Lima SS ID buono
6035   11/7 23.20 Voz del Guaviare - S. Josè del Guaviare SS NX buono
6135   11/7 23.15 R. Aparecida - PP MX buono
6205   12/7 09.20 R. Scotland Int. - EE ID e MX buono
6305   12/7 08.50 R. Saturnus - EE ID e MX buono
15345    9/7 19.50 R.A,.E. - Buenos Aires IT tanghi buono

Roberto Pavanello
Vercelli / Italia

KYOI SuperRock Saipan - Radio Heritage Media Release

2009-07-12T12:18:00.000+02:00

In December 1982, millions of Japanese teenagers suddenly had a new pop music radio station targeted directly at them, playing the latest hits from LA, and sounding like nothing before on their airwaves.

The Radio Heritage Foundation has released two new features at its global website www.radioheritage.net that cover the story of this remarkable station that rocked the radio dial across Japan.

This was KYOI broadcasting from Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and what made this station so different, was that it used shortwave signals to reach their transistor radios.

Brainchild of Lawrence S Berger, Hawaiian based radio entrepreneur, KYOI was designed to fill a niche radio market created by the sudden popularity of radio listening amongst Japanese teenagers.

Our two new features 'The KYOI Story' and 'SuperRock KYOI Saipan' take you inside the powerful shortwave station that was programmed from Los Angeles, consulted from Tokyo, managed from Honolulu and broadcast from Saipan.

Read what Berger himself had to say about his US$4m gamble, how programs such as 'New Rock Special' recorded by KROQ-FM Los Angeles were beamed to this new Japanese market, and how 'new music from LA' became part of the Japanese youth culture of the times.

You'll also hear audio extracts from KYOI, the shortwave station that busted the myth that all shortwave stations were boring, with their endless propaganda and political harangues covering the increasingly deserted shortwave dial.

Here, suddenly, was the latest pop and rock music from across the Pacific in California, blasting through the static. Initially popular in Japan and supported by big name advertisers like Sony, KYOI gained fans and listeners around the world to whom this contemporary music was a complete breath of fresh air across the shortwave dial.

'The KYOI Story' and 'SuperRock KYOI Saipan' our two new features at www.radioheritage.net as part of our continuing radio heritage project to share the stories of Pacific radio.

What happened to KYOI? What's the connection with the Christian Science Monitor. All this and more are revealed in these well illustrated features that you can now enjoy with us.

Have you got KYOI memories or memorabilia of your own? You'll find our contact details at www.radioheritage.net and we'd like to hear from you.

Samoa Samoa - Radio Heritage Media Release

2009-07-12T11:58:00.003+02:00

The Radio Heritage Foundation continues to expand its coverage of Samoan radio media history with the release of two new features at its global website www.radioheritage.net.

'While in Apia, I decided to start a radio station' confided former RNZAF [Royal NZ Air Force] technician Alan Roycroft when reminiscing about his early days in Pacific radio.

You'll read about nightly dance band broadcasts from the back porch of the famous Aggie Greys hotel, Alan's network of 'news spies' around Apia and learn the reason why, in some 120 studio installations from then on, he always positioned the console so that the announcer sat facing the door.

What started as a converted aeronautical beacon broadcasting 'AP AP AP' as the identification for Apia, became 'pirate radio' ZMAP and later gave birth to the familiar 2AP known fondly by generations of Samoans.

A mid-1990's 'Samoan Radio Journey' is another new feature at www.radioheritage.net.

'We turned a corner on the Cross Island Road, and there sat a stumpy little radio tower, almost hidden in the misty rain'. A personal exploration of the broadcasting scene in Samoa at the time describes how the local audiences embraced popular culture from around the Pacific via their radio sets and TV screens.

Both stories include unique images of radio facilities and historic radio memorabilia from around Samoa, and build on a growing number of features about Samoa and American Samoa already on-line at www.radioheritage.net.

As well as ZMAP Apia, Samoa and Samoan Radio Journey, you'll enjoy Samoan Radio Sale [backgrounding the sale of 2AP Radio], Radio in Samoa [including 5ZA Apia from the 1930's], This is WVUV [memories from a WVUV Pago Pago DJ] and WVUV Radio Romance [personal memories of the US sailor who fell in love and built the original WVUV Radio during WWII].

This comprehensive coverage of early and contemporary radio in the two Samoas forms part of the ongoing Pacific radio heritage project undertaken by the Radio Heritage Foundation at www.radioheritage.net.

Low Power FM Goes High Power - Radio Heritage Media Release

2009-07-12T11:58:00.001+02:00

Unique to New Zealand's radio market are over 1,350 micro-broadcasters who have entertained the islands for almost two decades.

Some have now migrated from covering a suburb or small town to hundreds of square kilometers radiating from prime new local FM frequencies.

The Radio Heritage Foundation maintains the only comprehensive guide to these local FM stations in the NZ Low Power FM Radio Guide at www.radioheritage.net.

Now with over 1,350 entries, the NZLPFM guide is invaluable for listeners, new stations and existing stations alike. It has also been the basis for a major historical academic review of the LPFM radio scene in New Zealand demonstrating its value for heritage research as well.

We've added a number of LPFM stories and images to www.radioheritage.net and you'll find coverage of One Christian Radio [New Plymouth], Southside 107.7FM [Auckland], Hospital Radio [Timaru], Reef Radio [Auckland] and Howick Village Radio [Auckland]. Check them out today!

At the NZLPFM Blog you'll also find news about RAG-FM [Raglan], SubFM [Tauranga] and the postage stamp issues promoting World FM [Wellington] and Blockhouse Bay Radio [Auckland]. Access the blog from www.radioheritage.net.

Congratulations to Country Radio Invercargill now on high power 105.2 FM covering Southland with country music, and Pulzar FM [Christchurch] now bringing the latest dance beats to Canterbury on 105.7FM.

Both have come a long way from serving a few listeners, proving that LPFM is not only entertaining Kiwis and building communities but can 'grow up' into independent and commercially viable formats with high power FM.

The Radio Heritage Foundation is pleased to support New Zealand's 1,350 plus micro-broadcasters with free listings in the NZLPFM Radio Guide, free promotion in the NZLPFM Blog, coverage of feature articles at www.radioheritage.net, historic research resources and much more.

We welcome contributions, stories, memorabilia, heritage material, audio, images and more about any LPFM micro-broadcaster in New Zealand. Tell your story to the world!

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

2009-07-12T00:17:00.001+02:00

BRAZIL   China Radio Intl Relay-CRI   9665 0343 Spanish 444 July 9 YL and OM with comments.

CHINA   China Radio Intl-CRI   5955 1357 English 333 July 10 YL with an ID. Then some music. OM with an ID 1400. Then a YL with comments.

CHINA   China Radio Intl-CRI   5965 1401 Japanese 444 July 10 YL with comments.

COSTA RICA   Radio Exterior Espana Relay-REE   9630 0348 Spanish 444 July 9 Two OMs with comments. //9620[433]Spain and 9535[444] Spain.

ECUADOR   HCJB Global   9745 0330 Spanish 444 July 9 Two YLs with comments plus some background music.

ENGLAND   BBCWS   5875 1340 English 433 July 10 OM interviewing an OM on childs births on inserting sperms.

JAPAN   Radio Nikkei   3925 1335 Japanese 333 July 10 YL interviewing an OM.    MacKenzie-CA.

North MARIANAS   Voice of America-VOA   5890 1350 Korean 333 July 10 YL and OM with comments. //11740[444].

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

Glenn Hauser logs July 10-11, 2009

2009-07-11T21:14:00.001+02:00

** BIAFRA [non]. V. of Biafra International, Fridays 1900-2000 via WHRI had been on 17520 reliably since April, so did not even reconfirm it last week, but July 10 it was missing! Axually, I see the last time I bothered to log it on 17520 was June 5, but I think I had still noticed it there a week or three later. Now soon found at 1930 on 15665 instead, a previously used/scheduled channel, in Ibo at the moment with English words mixed in such as ``self-determination``, apparently a non-native concept to the Biafrans. 1933 back into full English exhortations. Has their website http://www.biafraland.com/vobi.htm been updated to reflect this? Of course not! Still shows long-abandoned 15280 and an hour later than reality.

Yet that pages linx to last four broadcasts playing immediately by clipstream, including July 10. Monitored the opening for any possible frequency announcement: none at the start, none after ``Finlandia``, none after ``All Hail Biafra`` before ``let us pray`` either, which went immediately into a song instead. Nor after that before the news against the awful Nigerians. And still no frequency mentioned in the ID after that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA. Firedrake survey July 11: at 1326, poor on 8400 and not // fair 9000. At 1343, poor on 13970, very poor on 14430. At 1350, poor on 15600. At 1354, fair on 17500 // 13970. Nothing on 18320. At 1406, very poor on 15150. 1407 still on 15600 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. RHC July 11: at 1343, 13780 and consequently leapfrog on 13880 back on the air unlike yesterday. 11800 also on with usual heavy distortion. 1432 listening to 11760 with Cancionero Iberoamericano, starting with a Guatemalan group with a Quechua name (? That`s what she said; maybe meant Quiché or Kekchí?). Recheck at 1502 to verify which frequencies remain in use for additional midday broadcast about Honduras: no 12000; 11800 off, for the moment? But 11760, 13760, 5965 and 6000 still audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LAOS [non]. 11785, WHRI, Saturday July 11 after Hmong Lao Radio hour, additional semihour, Hmong World Christian Radio, but it plays exactly the same music and doesn`t sound that religious; at 1425 with long list of businesses in St. Paul, Hminnesota area, presumably sponsors, or just Hmong-owned ones. Noticed a lite SAH of about 2 Hz despite very strong signal from SC.

1429:30 cut to WHR in English plugging its webcasts, including from `KWHR`, a neat trick since that station no longer exists on SW, abolished almost a year ago. 1430 into Call to Worship, from Zion Chapel of Holland (Michigan?); still on with more religion past 1500 unlike weekdays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. 27185, local yokel no doubt in Enid with non-skip strong signal playing lo-fi country music, blocking the CB calling channel, July 11 at 1400. Another time there was ear-splitting wideband tone jamming the frequency. People sure know how to have fun on CB!

Then at 1403 came upon an SSB contact on 27435. Unlike most CBers, not in love with their own voices with reverb, etc., but normal tones, QSO between Tom and someone discussing breakfast in standard English. Could have passed for real hams, except no IDs heard until 1404* Suspect local as skip was not in e.g. on WWCR 15825, CB channels were not multi-deep hetbuckets (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. 12000, VOR Khabarovsk, July 11 at 1337 from song to Chinese announcement amid motorboating steadily worsening from day to day. Is anyone paying attention at the transmitter or Moscow HQ? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SAUDI ARABIA. Saut ul-Buzz, 15435 already on the air at 1457 July 11, eventually some Arabic talk audible beneath it. BSKSA management must be totally oblivious and/or shameless to allow this to go on for so long; not to mention totally incompetent on the engineering side (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. Surprised to find VG signal on 15675 with jazz, Saturday July 11 at 1351, soon confirmed as VOA // 9760 PHILIPPINES, and running about 4 words behind 9760 during announcement which soon followed, as having been Christian McBride; then Ed Palermo Big Band playing music of Frank Zappa (try Googling that), on Jazz America from VOA Music Mix. 1400 directly into VOA news with Gloria Gibson about Ghana, but vanished at 1402; how rude. 15675 must be Greenville testing, currently really scheduled weekends only at 17-18 in English. And confirmed at 1703 check in news (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WYFR, 9680, July 11 at 0547 as I tuned across mentioned matter-of-factly that 2011 would be the last year the world exists, someone else quoting Harold Camping with backup from the non-Mayan Christian Bible. Does it really say 2012* is the end? So much for that. Hey, might as well give FR most of your money now for more and more droning relays, since you won`t be needing it much longer. Until then, will keep SW relay brokers in the pink while further driving away listenership (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. WRMI, 9955 with DX Partyline starting Saturday July 11 at 1500, with heavy DentroCuban jamming still running. This is an unscheduled time for DXPL, per http://www.wrmi.net/program.php?id=94 effective March 14 and probably due for a revamp. I should have checked after 1530 for WORLD OF RADIO which also shows there (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 9300.0, 2-way Spanish SSB at 1334 July 11. One of them has enough background noise (engine?) to keep the vox on during pauses, mentioned temp 38 degrees, and I think I heard a ``puta madre`` go by, typical discussion of genealogy by poachers or narcotraficantes (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 11776, weak unstable carrier hetting PMS Anguilla 11775, July 11 at 1340, not noticed before. Could not find a match in the area; has that `North Korean sound`, but could also be parasitic from WHRI 11785 on the air weekends only. Hoped to catch it vanish when WHRI signed off, but that kept going past 1430 and 1500 with gospel huxters in English, as 11776 had weakened to inaudibility (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 15450, July 11 at 1346 poor signal with talk in unID language, Asian? Could Turkey be on late by mistake past 1320? No, only thing that fits is BBC Bengali via ``Armavir``, RUSSIA, per WRTH A-09 update, scheduled 1330-1500 Saturdays only, which would explain why I haven`t noticed it before. This language service recently shifted some times and frequencies earlier due to timezone change in Bangladesh to UT+7, but this transmission was not mentioned, so maybe stayed same (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Radio Amica onair

2009-07-11T15:50:00.001+02:00

Radio Amica sta effettuando test sulla nuova frequenza dei 7565 Khz

Tips from Buccinasco

2009-07-11T15:36:00.001+02:00

11/07/2009 1057      7110            Radio Ethiopia                       ETH px mx in locale //9704,2khz    Buono
08/07/2009 2306     6300            R.Nacional de RASD             ALG   Px in S notiziario              Buono
07/07/2009 2029     17705           R.Nac.Venezuela Antena Int. CUB   px mx i S         Insuff
07/07/2009 2006    4780            RTD- Djibouti                          DJI   px locale vernacolo     Buono
07/07/2009 1945     15345           RAE                                   ARG px mx in I           Buono

- Mauro IK2GFT - Swl 1510 -
-JRC525Nrd - Lowe HF150-
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Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

2009-07-11T15:28:00.001+02:00

BONAIRE Radio Netherland Intl Relay-RNI 15540 2205 Dutch 333 July 8
OM interviewing a YL.

BONAIRE Radio Japan Relay-NHK 11935 0312 Japanese 333 July 9 OM
with comments, YL with comments 0315.//11935[333]Bonaire.

BRAZIL Radio Nacional Da Amazonia 11780 0320 Portuguese 333 July 9
A group with vocal music.

CANADA Radio Canada Intl-RCI 15455 2208 Spanish 333 July 8 YL with
comments plus some background music.

CUBA Radio Habana Cuba-RHC 13790 0304 Spanish 333 July 9 YL and OM
with comments and Cuba mentioned often. //13760[333].

CUBA China Radio Intl Relay-CRI 9790 0328 English 444 July 9 OM
with comments on stock buying. Then a Weather Report and comments on the
meetings of the Group of 5. //9690[444]via Spain.

PORTUGAL Voice of Germay Relay-DW 9825 0326 German 433 July 9 Two
Oms with comments plus Bell Ringings.

SPAIN Radio Esterior Espana-REE 15110 2212 Spanish 444 July 8 OM
with comments.

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 from OBSERVATORIO NACIONAL Rio de Janeiro 10mhz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-07-10T23:02:00.001+02:00

10,000khz Observatorio Nacional DSHO Rio de Janeiro letter +calendar 2009+ folder full details 63gg v/s Ricardo Josè de Carvalho(Head Time service Division-Rua General Josè Cristino,77-CEP20921-400-Rua General Bruce,586-CEP20921-030-Sao Cristòvao Rio de Janeiro -RJ-BRASIL-
http://www.horalegalbrasil.mct.on.br

- 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

2009-07-10T22:34:00.001+02:00

Sabato 4 luglio 2009
16.36 - 11730 kHz
CHEETAH POWER - Julich (Germania)
Inglese, intervista OMs.
Segnale buono-molto buono
Solo il sabato.

***

Domenica 5 luglio 2009
*09.00 - 6140 kHz
MV BALTIC R. - Wertachtal (Germania)
EE/GG, IDs OM.
Segnale molto buono
Solo la prima domenica del mese.

***

Martedì 7 luglio 2009
*05.00 - 9635 kHz
R. LIBERTY - Sitkunai (Lituania)
Tatar-Bashkir, IDs e nxs OM/YL.
Segnale buono
Nuovo indirizzo dal sito web rferl.org:
Vinohradska 159A
100 00 Prague 10 (Rep. Ceca)
-
14.00 - 15390 kHz
GOSPEL FOR ASIA - Issoudun (Francia)
Halam, tk OM.
Segnale insufficiente-buono
Fino alle 14.00 QRM BuzzSKSA 15380.

***

Mercoledì 8 luglio 2009
18.30 - 17770 kHz
CVC INT. - Julich (Germania)
Inglese, tk YL/OM.
Segnale buono-molto buono
-
18.30 - 9655 kHz
LWF - Issoudun (Francia)
Fulfulde, px religioso.
Segnale sufficiente-buono
Forte QRM REE 9665!!!
-
20.48 - 917 kHz
pres. RADIO GOTEL - Yola (Nigeria)
Musica afropop.
Segnale insufficiente-sufficiente
In LSB per supersplash Slovenia 918.
Anche con il Sangean!!!
-
21.05 - 1476 kHz
EUZKADI IRRATIA
Basco, nxs OM/YL.
Segnale buono
In // 1386.
San Sebastian?
Su 1161 mi sembra assente.
Questi due nuovi txs baschi non è che
per caso sono abilitati al DRM??????

Luca Botto Fiora
bottoluca@tele2.it
(max. 30 MB - no ADSL)

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

RICEVITORI
R7 Drake
Satellit 500 Grundig
ATS909 Sangean
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 ACA modificato (WA1ION)
Ampli RF LX1456 Nuova Elettronica per loop SW e dipolo
Balun a choke coassiale 1:1 di RG174 per dipolo (IZ7ATH)
Eliminatore di QRM MFJ 1026 modificato (W8JI)

QSLs

2009-07-10T22:33:00.001+02:00

Antille Olandesi
VOICE OF AMERICA Bonaire 11975 kHz, Cartolina QSL, calendario 2009, adesivo e schede 2008! in 123 giorni. No RP. QTH: Washington DC 20237 (USA).

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Austria
RADIO NEDERLAND Moosbrunn 6015 kHz, Cartolina QSL in 39 dd. No RP. QTH: P.O. Box 222 - NL-1200 JG Hilversum (Paesi Bassi).

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Clandestine
Un rapporto inviato a: NORTH KOREA REFORM RADIO - Samsung-Dong - Kangnam-gu - Seoul 135090 (Corea del Sud) è tornato indietro.

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Germania
NHK WORLD Wertachtal 15190 kHz, QSL A4 come allegato PDF in 145 giorni. E-rpt spedito a: QSL-SHORTWAVE@media-broadcast.com V/s: Michael Puetz Michael.Puetz@media-broadcast.com NB: Walter Brodowsky rispondeva/replied in 2-3 gg/days!

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Guyana Francese
THE VOICE OF RUSSIA Montsinery 9735 kHz, Cartolina QSL in 28 giorni. E-rpt spedito a: letters@ruvr.ru V/s: Elena Osipova.

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India
ALL INDIA RADIO Jeypore 5040 kHz, Lettera QSL come allegato DOC in 31 giorni. RP: 1$. QTH: Jeypore 764005 (Orissa). Inviato CD MP3. E-rpt come allegato DOC inviato a: airjeypore@rediffmail.com (valida) e jeypore@air.org.in (non valida).
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TWR INDIA - L'indirizzo ddevadoss@in.twrsa.org del v/s sig. Daniel Devadoss non è più valido e per i rapporti d'ascolto bisogna usare il modulo del sito dell'emittente che mi sembra www.twr.in, link "Technical/QSL".

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Lituania
IRIB Sitkunai 9770 kHz, Cartolina QSL, lettera, moduli per rapporti d'ascolto, rivista "Mahjubah", CD audio di musica iraniana, cartolina pieghevole e schedules in 70 giorni. E-rpt spedito a: italianradio@irib.ir V/s: Ali Azizmohammadi - Responsabile Corrispondenza.

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Pirata
OLD TIME RADIO 6305.8 kHz, E-QSL e foglio informativo come allegato PDF in 42 giorni. E-rpt con ID MP3 spedito a: oldtime48@gmail.com
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RADIO COCHIGUAZ 6291 kHz, cartolina QSL in 76 giorni. RP: 1$. QTH: Casilla de Correo 159 - Santiago (Cile). Inviato CD MP3. E-rpt come allegato DOC con ID MP3 spedito a: radio_cochiguaz@yahoo.com
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RADIO DEVALON INT. 6295 kHz, Cartolina QSL, lettera, adesivo non adesivo e fogli informativi in 72 giorni. RP: 1$. QTH: SRS Germany, Devalon, P.O. Box 10 11 45 - D-99801 Eisenach (Germania). V/s: Steve Young. Inviato CD MP3.
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RADIO GALAXY POLAND 6553 kHz, Lettera, QSL e foto JPEG in 1 giorno. E-rpt con ID MP3 spedito a glxradio@gmail.com. V/s: Nick.
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RADIO JOYSTICK/IRRS Rimavska Sobota 9510 kHz, Cartolina QSL, adesivo e lettera in 33 giorni. RP: 1$. QTH: DJ Charlie Prince - Postfach 23 31 - D-55512 Bad Kreuznach (Germania).

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Spagna
ONDA CERO CORDOBA Lagar de la Cruz 89.700 MHz, E-QSL in 4 giorni. RP: 1$. QTH: c/ Doctor Manuel Ruiz Maya 8 - 5° planta - Edificio Once (Vista Alegre) - 14004 Cordoba. V/s: Antonio Zurita Jaén azurita@ondacero.es - Coordenador de redaccion y contenidos. Inviato CD MP3. (ascoltata a Rapallo-GE) (BC TX QSL n. 1600!!!)

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

QSLs AM-FM
(1983-2009)
Emittenti di
Radiodiffusione
EUROPA: 624
AFRICA: 110
ASIA: 182
AMERICA: 118
OCEANIA: 28
CLANDESTINE: 50
PIRATA: 318
FM ITALIA: 170
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TOTALE: 1600

Glenn Hauser logs July 10, 2009

2009-07-10T21:33:00.001+02:00

** CHINA. Firedrake check July 10: at 1322 nothing on 8400 but audible on 9000; at 1341, 13970 JBA, but 14430 good; at 1349 nothing found in the 15.7 MHz area; at 1352 fair on 17500, nothing around 18320 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. RHC UT July 10: at 0551 Spanish on 6140, 6120 and very poor signal on 6000; in fact it was marred by splatter from much stronger RHC English during music on 6010, // 6060. Cuban Commies vs Cuban Commies!

RHC is still running an extra(?) transmitter in the mornings on 11800, and it is still very distorted, at 1339 July 10 during sports segment. See also RUSSIA. However, at 1342 the big signal on 13780 was missing, tho 13680 and 13760 were nominal.

Is RHC still on the air at mid-day contrary to schedule? Yes, July 10 at 1847 check best on 11760, audible on 13760, and a weak signal probably RHC as before, on 11800 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. VOI, July 10 at 1327 on 9526-, ID with the usual three frequencies, only one of which applies at any given time, but they never say which; Indonesian Wonders feature about how to get from Jakarta to the north coast of Java to enjoy eating fried eels; 1332 into next show, Miscellany. Fair signal with no QRM, but summer QRN (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. VOR, Khabarovsk, 12000, July 10 at 1338 in Chinese, motorboating, QRMing itself. No RHC, which should wisely keep away from this mess, but when will they eliminate 12000 from their morning frequency announcements? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SOUTH AFRICA. 11690, good signal July 10 at 0544 with VTC fill-music loop, no announcements in next few minutes, instead of scheduled R. Okapi for CONGO DR via Meyerton. Loss of audio feed happens fairly often with this 0400-0600 transmission; why? What a waste (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** TUNISIA. RTT, 7275 with Arabic music at 0555 July 10, but open carrier on 7335. The latter plugged in the audio for abrupt join in progress at 0558 to become //. 0600 timesignal and presumed news.

Both frequencies are registered for 0400-0800, and Aoki believes that too, but their true spans never really match. The WRTH A09 update is closer, so while we are at it, full schedule from that:

RADIO–TÉLÉVISION TUNISIENNE (RTT) (Gov)
kHz: 7225, 7275, 7335, 7345, 9725, 12005
Summer Schedule 2009, Arabic
          Days Area kHz
0200-0500 daily NAf, ME 9725sfa, 12005sfa
0400-0625 daily Eu      7275sfa
0600-0810 daily NAf     7335sfa
1600-2000 daily NAf, ME 9725sfa, 12005sfa
1700-2110 daily NAf     7225sfa
1900-2400 daily NAf     7345sfa

And from the July 6 WRTH domestic update:
TUNISIA Summer time is not in use in 2009
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

NDB Aeroporto Pretuno

2009-07-10T15:53:00.001+02:00

Ieri sera appena tornato in albergo dopo una lunga giornata qui al Media Center del G8, ho acceso il Sangean 909 e ho ascoltato, per la prima volta, il nuovo NDB che e' stato installato nell'aeroporto di Aquila Pretuno, qui di fianco alla sede del G8. La frequenza e' 381 khz e l'id e' AQP. Ecco il notam che segnala l'installazione:

73 And IW0HK

Q)LIRR/QFAXX/IV/NBO/A /000/999/4222N01318E005
1C0372LI 29/05/2009 15:48
COMN A)L'AQUILA/PRETURO
B)29 MAY 2009 15:48 C)15 JUL 2009 23:59 EST
E)TESTO ITALIANO:
NDB/DME NUOVO EQPT INSTALLATO DA NON USARE PER SCOPI OPERATIVI A
CAUSA EQPT NON TESTATO, CON LE SEGUENTI CARATTERISTICHE: NDB -
IDENT 'AQP' - FREQ 381KHZ - COORD 422224.8N 0131827. 9 (WGS84) -
COPERTURA OPERATIVA DESIGNATA 30NM. DME - IDENT 'AQP' - CH 81Y -
COORD 422227.8N 0131829.2E (WGS84) - ELEVAZIONE 677M AMSL -
COPERTURA OPERATIVA DESIGNATA 30NM/25000FT.
ENGLISH TEXT:
NDB/DME NEW EQPT INSTALLED ON TEST, DO NOT USE FOR OPERATIONAL
PURPOSES, WITH FLW CHARACTERISTICS: NDB - IDENT 'AQP' - FREQ 381KHZ -
COORD 422226.8N 0131827.9E (WGS84) - DESIGNATED OPERATIONAL COVERAGE
30NM - DME- IDENT 'AQP' - CH 81Y - COORD 422227.8N 0131829.2E
(WGS84) - ELEVATION 677M AMSL - DESIGNATED OPERATIONAL COVERAGE
30NM/25000FT
Q)LIRR/QXXCS/IV/NBO/A /000/999/4222N01318E005

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Google celebra Anniversario della nascita di Nikola Tesla

2009-07-10T01:24:00.001+02:00

Il motore di ricerca www.google.com celebra oggi 10 luglio l'Anniversario della nascita di Nikola Tesla.

Gianni Urso
Rapportoradio

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

2009-07-10T01:23:00.001+02:00

AUSTRALIA   Radio Australia-Shepparton   15560 2201 English 444 July 8 OM with GS news. YL with comments on the INS financial problems worldwide. //13630[333]Shepparton.    Mackenzie-CA.

CANADA   Radio Canada Intl-RCI   17735 2105 French 333 July 8 Two OMs with comments.    MacKenzie-CA.

CHILE   CVC La Voz   17680 2107 Spanish 333 July 8 Vocal music by a YL.

CUBA   Radio Habana Cuba-RHC   17660 2112 Spanish 333 July 8 OM with comments and ID RHC. YL with comments and RHC ID 2114.

JAPAN   Radio Japan-NHK   9535 1650 Japanese 333 July 6 OM with comments. YL vocal music 1652.

NEW ZEALAND   Radio New Zealand Intl-RNZI   15720 2157 English 433 July 8 Vocal pop music. Time pips 2159 then a YL ancr with comments and news items.

OMAN   Radio Sultanate of Oman   17630 2118 Arabic 333 July 8 Vocal music by YLs. YL ancr 2122 then more vocal music. OM vocals 2125. Suddenly off the air 2130.

RUSSIA   Voice of Russia-VOR   7285 1656 Russian 333 July 6 Vocal music. OM at 1658 with comments. YL with comments 1700.

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

Nuova edizione del libro Radio Pirata

2009-07-10T01:19:00.001+02:00

E' in libreria la nuova edizione del mio libro "Radio Pirata" pubblicata da Paolo Persiani Editore di Bologna. Il libro tratta la storia delle radio pirata a partire dagli anni 60 fino ai giorni nostri e propone in questa nuova edizioni nuove interviste e una serie di immagini di diverse emittenti illegali. Questo e' il comunicato stampa ufficiale:

*La diffusione del Rock'n'Roll in Europa inizia nei primi anni sessanta a bordo della nave che ospitò Radio Caroline, storica emittente pirata che per prima affrontò le gelide acque del Nord per trasmettere musica libera e messaggi di pace. In queste pagine si racconta di quei valorosi dj e di quegli uomini che finanziarono e inventarono il mondo delle emittenti pirata rivoluzionando per sempre il mondo della radio in Europa. Oggi sono ancora attive centinaia di stazioni illegali che sfidano le leggi dell'etere. Dietro ogni radio, la storia di conduttori che costruiscono antenne e trasmettitori per lanciare segnali di libertà via radio, una pratica che unisce musica e comunicazione permettendo la nascita di nuovi linguaggi.*

Titolo:    *Radio pirata. Rock, libertà, trasgressione e nuovi linguaggi
radiofonici. Le straordinarie imprese dei bucanieri dell'etere*
Autore:    Borgnino Andrea
Prezzo:    € 14,90
Editore:    Paolo Persiani Editore

Il libro è disponibile nelle principali librerie o si puo' comprare online
cliccando qui:

http://tinyurl.com/lhfyet

http://www.hoepli.it/libro/radio-pirata-rock-liberta-trasgressione-nuovi-linguaggi-radiofonici.asp?ib=9788896013083&pc=000014002003000
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Geophysical Alert Message (WWV)

2009-07-07T23:15:00.001+02:00

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2009 Jul 07 2100 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction
Center #
# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 07 July follow.
Solar flux 71 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 3.
The mid-latitude K-index at 2100 UTC on 07 July was 1 (08 nT).

No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.

No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours.

Glenn Hauser logs July 7, 2009

2009-07-07T18:04:00.001+02:00

** CHINA. Firedrake check July 7: at 1255 fair on 8400, JBA on 9000. At 1313, good on 13970; at 1316 weaker not on 14420 but on 14430 as SOH had pulled a fast one. Neither heard at next check 1354. At 1328, FD on 17500 // 13970, but not on 18320 or vicinity. At 1343 audible on 9000 but not 8400 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA. RHC chex UT July 7: at 0545, Spanish on 11760, 6140, 6120, 6000 about topic H. Only 6060 and 6010 in English.

5025, R. Rebelde was nothing but a big hum at 0558. Wiggle that patchcord! Next check at 1249 before fadeout, back to normal.

At 1252, RHC best on 6180, item about the Malecón for a change, also on 6000, 5965. At 1311, just barely modulated on 11800, much better on 11760. Otherwise normal on 13, 15 MHz channels.

`Lite` DCJC pulse jamming on 9780, July 7 at 1256, much less than the barrage against Martí on 9805; victim on 9780 a Chinese collision, i.e. RTI vs ChiCom, with KNLS English also buried in the mix. I recall that R. República used 9780 for a while in the afternoon via Sackville, so the Cuban jamming is probably a relic of that unless RR has come back to 9780 elsewhen (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** EAST TURKISTAN. 15445, July 7 at 0555 in Russian mentioning the letters ``CRI`` in English, web address? Then postlude. This is 308 degrees from Kashi. We should keep a close ear also on Urümqi transmissions in case the rioting there against ChiCom imperialism has an effect on them. Tip: allow any separatist movement to succeed peacefully and be done with it. Also makes more radio countries (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. Not much incoming from Europe, July 7 at 1359 but on 15510 noticed VOR IS mixing with some other music; after 1400 only DW sounder and Russian. This matches scheduling of VOR via Samara until 1400, then DW via Rampisham (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. VOI, 9525.9, July 7 at 1301 transitioning from Indonesian to English, with ``sound of dignity`` slogan. Fair signal today, no hum or het! 1302 prolog to regular Tuesday hookup with RRI Banjarmasin, YL host in Jakarta conversing with Banj guy whose name I have never been able to copy. This series is called ``Exotic Indonesia``, so I wonder if they will eventually wander on to some other region? I believe he said the time was 6 o`clock, so perhaps this was live on the previous English broadcast at 1000 UT. Also gave his e-mail address and mobile (phone) number. Finally 1305:30 into newscast starting with a court ruling about elexions. Unfortunately, too busy bandscanning to stay for rest of hour; should try to get it on webcast.

Ron Howard also heard this and points out that the presidential elexion is July 8, possibly leading to more or extended SW transmissions (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. VOR, 12000, July 7 at 1312 in Chinese talk; carrier unstable; no RHC co-channel. 1350 playing Bach, and carrier almost motorboating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** SPAIN. REE at 1331 July 7, just barely audible on 21570 and less so on 21610 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A [non]. VOA, 9760 via Philippines, July 7 at 1345 with report on Michael Jackson; correspondent sounded like Dan Robinson so wondered if he had a new beat away from Congress? But outroed as Michael Sullivan in Los Ángeles. They do sound quite a bit alike (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13640, open carrier at 1315 July 7; probably GUIANA FRENCH not having turned it off at 1230* after Spanish non (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Shortwave Radio Logs from WDX6AA

2009-07-07T01:57:00.001+02:00

AUSTRALIA Radio Australia-Shepparton 15560 2240 English 333 July 4 OM with comments on the latest events happing in Iraq. //15515[333] Shep and 15230[333]Shep.

CANADA China Radio Intl Relay-CRI 11840 2313 English 333 July 5 OM with comments on the ouster of the Honduras president.

COSTA RICA Radio Exterior Espana Relay-REE 11815 1656 Spanish 333 July 3 OM with comments.

CUBA Radio Nacional Venezuela Relay-RNV 13680 2344 Spanish 333 July 5 OM singing Granada song. OM ancr 2345. YL with Radio Nacional Venezuela ID 2347.

ECUADOR HCJB Global 12040 2305 German 333 July 4 OM with comments.

GERMANY Voice of Croatia Relay 9925 2340 Croatian 333 July 5 Two OMs with comments plus some vocal music.

JAPAN Radio Japan-NHK 11665 2317 Japanese 333 July 5 YL with comments.

SPAIN Radio Exterior Espana-REE 15110 2240 Spanish 433 July 4 OM with comments.

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

Glenn Hauser logs July 5-6, 2009

2009-07-06T18:52:00.001+02:00

** CHINA. I have kept trolling for Firedrake each morning, but none heard on the usual frequencies 8-19 MHz either July 5 or 6 around 1330. E Asian propagation has been rather poor, and expect they are still running (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CHINA [non]. CRI relay via CUBA, 9570, missing July 6 at 1253 check, so missing too were the Chicuban spurs around 9560, 9580. I hope Andy Reid et al. were enjoying R. Australia in this all too temporary respite, as 9570 and company back on by 1339. Some RHC frequencies were absent too; see CUBA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** CUBA [and non]. RHC, 11760, July 6 at 0520 was relaying TeleSur satellite TV audio, with live (or recorded earlier?) report on the chaos at Tegucicalpa airport Toncontín (TNT as the beacon ID we heard sesquidecades ago on x-band went), where Pres. Zelaya`s plane had not been allowed to land. Quite dramatic, with gunshots heard behind the correspondent`s narration, which she identified as ``disparos del exército contra el pueblo desarmado``; 0538 ID as TeleSur, http://www.telesurtv.net for more coverage.

RHC check the morning of July 6: several frequencies missing, power failure at one site? Not heard: at 1302, 6000; at 1317, 13680, 13760 [where VOK English was in the clear, Commies vs no Commies], and consequently no spurs on 13580 or 13880.

These were heard from RHC: at 1302, 5965; at 1311, 11760; at 1317, 13780; at 1319, 15360 JBA, much weaker than 15120. At 1324, 11800 echoing vs 11760.

At 1339 power back on with 6000, 13680, 13760 again on the air. See also CHINA [non] for 9570.

As heard plugged earlier at 1311, at 1333 July 6, RHC replaced normal Despertar con Cuba programming with last night`s press conference from El Salvador featuring Constitutional Pres. Zelaya and his other-presidential escorts. Unfortunately, the audio quality was so poor I soon gave up on trying to understand it; apparently from a very low-quality internet feed (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** GERMANY [non]. DW, 15410, 310 degrees from Rwanda, July 6 at 1321 with ID in Hausa, DW chord facilitating easy recognition, fair and now clear of abolished CVC Chile co-channel; but weak het from 15412, presumably V. of Tibet and/or ChiCom jammer. Had not been able to hear DW 15410 since CVC quit June 30, due to poor propagation (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. VOI, 9526-, July 6 at 1254 music with a het, but this time only one and it`s external, not internal: presumably Poland via Germany in English as scheduled on 9525 during the 1200 hour; and it had gone away at 1259 as VOI was about to change from Indonesian to English (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. VOR Chinese, 12000, July 6 at 1324 check, distorted, and unstable carrier, going from music to talk. Wanted to be sure RHC was not back underneath, and could not hear that (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###

Glenn Hauser logs July 4-5, 2009

2009-07-05T19:05:00.002+02:00

** CUBA. Nightly check of RHC to see if they are still running more Spanish, less English tnx to the Honduran golpe. Yes, July 5 at 0545: 11760, 6140, 6120 and 6000 in Spanish; 6060 and 6010 in English with DXers Unlimited, but 6060 quite distorted, Arnie cutting out and in.

At 0548 Spanish announcer plugged today`s Mesa Redonda Informativa from Cubavisión studios to be at 1500 UT = 11 am local, titled ``día decisivo del contra-golpe en Honduras``. WTFK? None mentioned, but we have been discovering by monitoring the ones in use after previous daily 1500 sign-off. See below.

At 1342 on 11760, mentioned special programming for Honduras, and 1343 starting En Contacto late --- the DX program normally scheduled at 1335-1350. Began as usual with birthday greetings and ``Cumpleaños Feliz`` ditty to the tune of ``Happy Birthday to You`` --- is it still due royalties in Spanish, and in Cuba? Ha. Strange thing is, I had also heard a snippet of it around 1341 as I tuned by and assumed E.C. had already started, so was that a false start, then cut off for obsessive Honduran topic?

Next on the show was Antonio Buitrago of REE`s DX program, and then explaining SINPO. At 1343 I checked for parallels, and 11800 was only open carrier, but by 1349 undermodulation identifiable as RHC. 12000 apparently missing again; see RUSSIA. The five 22m channels were on, but 13680 had occasional audio breakups at 1351. At 1357 the medical show was underway, so not sure just when En Contacto ended, but suspect it was curtailed.

Quick check at 1516 for the MRI special mentioned above: 11690, 11760, 11800, 13760 all audible. 11760 by far the strongest, 13760 just barely, mixing with Korea North. Probably also on 5965, 6000, not checked this time. Another Sunday without any Aló, Presidente (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** INDONESIA. VOI still on 9526-, July 5 at 1353 poor during music and no multi-carrier hets; but from 1357 the usual big het from CRI Russian prélude on 9525.0 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** LAOS [non]. Hmong Lao Radio, 11785 via WHRI, Sunday July 5 at 1339, speaker in Hmong in a very echoey hall. If I had listened to the whole hour, might have heard some English as Wendel Craighead did the day before (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Bob Wilkner often asserts that XEQM Mérida is well heard in Florida around 1300, but no such luck here. However, July 5 at 1324, 6105v was deeply fading in and out enough for me to detect an IFE PSA, then music with a heavy beat and shouting.

IFE is the government agency administering elexions, and most of the frequent government PSAs on Mexican radio the past many months have been from IFE. In fact today, July 5 is elexion day in México, for the legislative branches only; details:
http://www.electionguide.org/election.php?ID=1452
So maybe IFE PSAs will now diminish. What a weird idea, holding elexions on Sunday when most people aren`t at work! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** MEXICO. Sporadic E the afternoon of July 4: around 1900 UT I was seeing some seafaring movie with characters wearing those funny triangular hats (vertically, not horizontally which are tricorns), dubbed in Spanish, same on both channels 2 and 3. Checking TV Guide online listings for Cablevisión in México DF, nothing fits on any network. Then I see starting at 2:30 (1930 UT!) ``Capitán de Mar y Guerra`` on the XHGC-5 network – that`s ``Master and Commander`` from 2003y starring Russell Crowe. At 1938 on 3, a red bug in the upper right, I think a stylized 5 for this network. Anyhow, the movie was on at least a semi-hour before it was supposed to be; or the TVG listings were at fault (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** OKLAHOMA. July 4 at 1951 UT I was checking FM for DX from México, as TV was skipping in, but no luck. Instead noticed a strange RDS from KXXY-96.1 OKC: SAVE / YOUR / RADIO / DOT ORG --- nothing else as it cycled over and over. http://saveyourradio.org is a petition drive to Congress against radio stations having to pay royalties on music (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** RUSSIA. VOR Chinese, 12000, July 5 at 1341 quite distorted but could not detect any Havana mix (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###