From dx-kuuntelijat-owner@ftp.funet.fi Fri Dec 3 19:44:41 1993 Received: from ftp.funet.fi by cs.tut.fi with SMTP id AA29388 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Fri, 3 Dec 1993 19:44:33 +0200 Received: from dino.conicit.ve ([150.188.1.10]) by nic.funet.fi with SMTP id <91726-3>; Fri, 3 Dec 1993 19:41:38 +0200 Received: by dino.conicit.ve (4.1/SMI-4.1/RP-1.2) id AA07322; Fri, 3 Dec 93 13:21:48-040 From: mrodrigu@conicit.ve (Manuel Rodriguez T. (Hosp. Militar)) Message-Id: <9312031721.AA07322@dino.conicit.ve> Subject: The Radio NEWS #12 To: patrick.mcdonald@f605.n713.z3.fido.zeta.org.au, moore@tmu1.mcrest.edu, 71311.2677@compuserve.com, 73737.3453@compuserve.com, 76635.615@compuserve.com, rko@cs.tut.fi, 73042.3644@compuserve.com, 76477.1665@compuserve.com, A.Bottonelli@it12.bull.it, avolk@BLABEL.PPP.INFORMATIK.UNI-MUENCHEN.DE, jkearman@arrl.org, hermod.pedersen@swedx.ct.se, 0003382983@mcimail.com, swl-l@cuvmb.bitnet, rec-radio-info@ve6mgs.ampr.ab.ca, zap@hacktic.nl, nieuw@nioz.nl, tijoma@uta.fi, damico@ipmel1.polimi.it, r.dangelo3@genie.geis.com Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1993 19:21:48 +0200 Cc: dx-kuuntelijat@ftp.funet.fi, PAYRAS@sara.cc.utu.fi, jeo@nesterc.neste.fi X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL21] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Length: 10952 Status: RO THE RADIO NEWS ELECTRONIC ISSUE ----------------------- The Tropical Band's Bulletin Compiled by: Manuel Rodriguez Lanza e-mail: mrodrigu@dino.conicit.ve Address: P.O.Box 65657, Caracas 1066-A Cellular: +58 (2) 258359 Venezuela ------------------------------------------------------- Date: December 1st, 1993 Number: 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------- LOGGINGS 3232 RRI, Bukittinggi, Indonesia 11/19 1102-1123 32332 YL talking continuosly, some folk mx. At 1123 fade out! (MRL) 4323 R.Paz, Honduras. 11/21 1113-1203 33333 Folk mx. Some talks in k'ekchi(?). At 1130 news by OM and YL ID as: "Estan en la sintonia de Radio Paz, una emisora para todos los pueblos que aman la paz" by Yl. Also ID saying the test period on SW as: "... y ahora Radio Paz llegara a todos los pueblos del mundo, estamos probando nuestros nuevos equipos en onda corta, estamos transmitiendo en la frecuencia de 4325, onda tropical de 60 metros, en el ano internacional de los pueblos indigenas a todos le deseamos Paz." By this ID nominal fq 4825 kHz in test period. (MRL) 4855 R.Centenario, Bolivia 11/30 1036-1049 23332 ID as: "Esta es Radio Centenario, La Nueva, con la palabra de Jesus nuestro reddentor". Rlgs talks by OM & mx. (MRL) ------------------- (MRL) Manuel Rodriguez Lanza. Equipment: Panasonic DR-31 and Sony ICF-2001 with 10 meters LW antenna oriented N-S. Located on the roof of 2 floors house in the Metro- politan Area of Caracas, Venezuela, South America. ====================================================== Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1993 19:12:18 GMT From: Steve Byan Subject: weekend logs Here are some of my logs from the Boston Area DXer's DXpedition this past weekend. The BAD guys had two sites for the DXpedition, one in Vermont and one in New Hampshire. My logs are from the New Hampshire site. Tropical band propagation was only fair and noisy, despite very good forecast and A and K indicies. Many thanks to Manuel Rodriguez Lanza for the tip re V of Strouz on 4300, in The Radio News #10. Heard this time ID'ing as V of Kurdish Iran, or something like that (no English ID, only Farsi). Anyone have a QSL address? Location: near Ossipee, New Hampshire time freq UTC kHz station country SIO ant ---- ---- ------------------------------------------ --------- --- --- November 12, 1993 2330 4815 Burkina Faso 1 xylophone mx, ID in French, vocal mx in vernacular, anthem, 2358 signoff announcements in French fair, QRM from co-channel Brazilian November 13, 1993 0004 4915 Ghana Broadcasting Company, Accra Ghana 344 1 English; news, music, 0016 prayers? in Hausa? good signal, low QRM and QRN 0255 3230 SABC Meyerton S Africa 1 || 4810 before 0300?; 0300 ID in Afrikaans, instrumental mx English programming good signal 0325 3356 R. Botswana Botswana 212 1 pop music in English, announcements in vernacular bad UTE interference 0336 7020 V. of Broad Masses of Eritrea 1 music, vernacular announcements w/ mention of Eritrea fair signal; intermittent bubble jamming after 0340 1156 4920 ABC Australia 1 English; old pop and big band music good signal 2248 5047 R. Kara Togo 212 1 highlife music in vernacular, French announcements over mx 2300 news in French, ID at 2302 "ici Kara", Togoleise anthem and signoff poor propagation, UTE QRM to USB, great in LSB November 14, 1993 0309 4300 V. of Kurdish Iran ("Kurdistani Irana" ID) cland. 233 1 weak at first, booming in after 0315 w/ middle-eastern mx, prayers? Farsi? talk, 0330 ID "... Kurdistani Irana", march music, YL talk w/ mentions "Kurdistanti Irana", music, speech w/ frequent mentions "democratica" faded to SIO122 after 0400, on past 0415 1158 4875 V. of Jingling, Nanjing China 132 2 singing, 1200 5+1 time pips, ID, instrumental theme, man, woman alternating announcements in Chinese (news?) bad QRN; bands noisy Equipment: receiver: ICOM R71A w/Eskab & Edvis PLAM and 4kHz filter antenna1: terminated 125m Beverage bearing 90 degrees (Africa) antenna2: terminated 180m Beverage bearing 354 degrees (E. Asia) Steve Byan internet: steve@hicomb.hi.com Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc. 1601 Trapelo Road phone: (617) 890-0444 Waltham, MA 02154 FAX: (617) 890-4998 ====================================================== Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 10:14:24 +0200 From: Jorma M{ntyl{ Subject: XEPPM Mexico 6185 kHz Here is one weekend logging from Scandinavia. Rx:Icom IC-R71E + 3 Beverages 130-210 meters. I use the log format used in Scandinavian dx-magazines (frequency, date, time/UTC, stn+info): 6185 27.11 0900 XEPPM Mexico heard with almost excellent reception. Classical music (Chopin etc.), documentary, drama and id's as "XEEP Radio Educacion" and in ENGLISH with greetings to overseas listeners & asking for reports:"From Mexico City this is Radio Education, X-E-P-P-M, 6185 kHz in the 49 meter band..." How is it possible that such a rare stn is heard with so GOOD reception? Jorma Mantyla U of Tampere Finland ====================================================== Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 23:31:00 EST From: Al Quaglieri <0005682193@MCIMAIL.COM> Subject: logs Loggings from Albany, NY..Eddystone EC 958/3CAN + 40m Delta loop: 3222.1 0617 R. Kara, Togo: FF; M cmty on W. African matters. 242 (11/30) 3316 0621 UNID: vernacular; M in African language, believe Sierra Leone, but this seems a bit early for them. 252/1 (11/30) 3366 0621 GBC Ghana: EE; drug delivery intercepted in Accra. 242 (11/30) 4610.3 0339 UNID: AA; Mideast mx at good levels, 0400 grandfather clock chimes, W poss ID, nx theme, nx to 0412, then more mx. On exact freq as intermittent FAX stn, and accompanied by a weaker, ineffective jammer. Clandestine VO Iranian Kurdistan supposedly around here, but chimes and news theme sound like Baghdad's home service, which is also possible. 333(11/30) 4740 0313 Russia (site/service?): RR; W tlk, 0315 chimes, mx: "3 Blind Mice," into M&W long tlk pgm. 252 (11/30) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Al Quaglieri Browsing Internet via MCI Mail P.O. Box 888 MCI name: AQUAGLIERI Albany, NY 12201-0888 MCI/Internet address: 0005682193@MCIMAIL.COM ====================================================== Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 04:03:34 GMT From: Ralph Brandi Subject: Re: Weekend Loggings My God! I actually got to sit in front of the radio this weekend! And here's some of what I heard! 4759.97, ELWA, Monrovia, Liberia, 2057-2102, 25 Nov, weak but listenable, church service in EG with hymns, ID @ 2100. Good to hear this station finally back on the air! 4769.95, R Kaduna, Kaduna, Nigeria, 2103-2116, 25 Nov, poor to fair, news in EG about actions of new Nigerian govt., explanation of why military govt. is good. 4835.67, RTV du Mali, Bamako, Mali, 2139-2145, 28 Nov, good, soukous-influenced music, //4782.89 poor. 4870.01, R. Benin, Cotonou, Benin, 2156-2203, 28 Nov, good after tuning away from heavy RTTY QRM on USB, man talking in FR, ID @ 2201, into highlife music (*really* highlife, not just used as a generic description of African music as I see so often in the loggings columns.... :-( ) 4915, Ghana Broadcasting Corp., Accra, Ghana, 2206-2219, 28 Nov, vy good, international news in EG followed by music, into program in vernacular language @ 2215, many IDs throughout newscast. 5040.03, La Voz del Upano, Macas, Ecuador, 2315-2359, 28 Nov, vy good, futbol play-by-play in SP, ID @ 2345(?). Haven't been listening much for a while, so I took the opportunity to visit my old friends the afternoon Africans on 60 meters. No real unusual catches, although it was nice to hear ELWA back on. Lotsa good music. I love it. Radio: Drake R8, 70 foot random wire into Magnetic Longwire Balun Location: Middletown, New Jersey, USA Ears: deaf in one, can't hear out of the other. -- Ralph Brandi ralph@mtunp.att.com att!mtunp!ralph Why I Work: A short essay I like food. The end. (seen on a greeting card) ------------------------------------ ABBREVIATIONS nx news OA Peruvian QRM interference mx music YV Venezuelan QRN natural static & noise ID identification HJ Colombian vpr very poor w/ with HC Ecuadorian pr poor TC time check CP Bolivian fr fair LV La Voz de ZY Brazilian gd good OM man TG Guatemalan vgd very good YL woman CW morse code // parallel v variable frequency Mkr Marker px program Times & Days mentioned are in GMT/UTC. 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