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Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel log
Antarctica
15476, LRA36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza (presumed), 2055-2058*, 10/23/2008, Spanish. Frequently hear only a carrier on 15476. Today, heard pop music briefly peaking above the noise at 2055. This was followed by a woman talking at 2056. The signal fell below the noise soon thereafter, but the carrier was heard until 2058. Modulation was audible on USB and the USB side of DSB only. LRA36 is readable only once or twice per year here. A very tentative log today, but no doubt it was this station. Logged on the RX-340 and the 90' wire. (Jim Evans, TN)
Article covering SINPO and radio signal analysis at:
radio/ gadgets/ Greek ethnics
http://zliangas.blogspot.com/2008/02/sinpfemo-better-signal-tech-analysis-by.html
(Zacharias Liangas, (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki,Greece/Cumbre DX) Greece/Cumbre DX)
Adventist world Radio schedule is available at www.www.bclnews.it/
(BCLnews)
Antarctica
15476, LRA36, Radio Nacional Arcángel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza (presumed), 2055-2058*, 10/23/2008, Spanish. Frequently hear only a carrier on 15476. Today, heard pop music briefly peaking above the noise at 2055. This was followed by a woman talking at 2056. The signal fell below the noise soon thereafter, but the carrier was heard until 2058. Modulation was audible on USB and the USB side of DSB only. LRA36 is readable only once or twice per year here. A very tentative log today, but no doubt it was this station. Logged on the RX-340 and the 90' wire. (Jim Evans, TN)
Article covering SINPO and radio signal analysis at:
radio/ gadgets/ Greek ethnics
http://zliangas.blogspot.com/2008/02/sinpfemo-better-signal-tech-analysis-by.html
(Zacharias Liangas, (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki,Greece/Cumbre DX) Greece/Cumbre DX)
Adventist world Radio schedule is available at www.www.bclnews.it/
(BCLnews)
China
Xizang 7240 Xizang PBS 2200 with slithly overlaoded audio and some audio background buzz with talks by man in tibetan THis was on 19 but same as on 20 with neaerl samer heard in the start of thee plug in Tibetan program in the normally Chnese program in these freqs .What happens??? Lianags 19 and 20 OCt. http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/168 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece/Cumbre DX)
Xizang 7240 Xizang PBS 2200 with slithly overlaoded audio and some audio background buzz with talks by man in tibetan THis was on 19 but same as on 20 with neaerl samer heard in the start of thee plug in Tibetan program in the normally Chnese program in these freqs .What happens??? Lianags 19 and 20 OCt. http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/168 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece/Cumbre DX)
Frequency change of WYFR Family Radio in French from Oct.16:
2000-2100 NF 7235 ARM 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu, x12060 (R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 21) (WWDXC Top News BC-DX #883 wb, Germany)
Ethiopia
6030 Radio Oromiya, Adama, Oromiya, *1550-1705, Oct 7 and 8, Oromo talk, Horn of Africa music. SINPO 24443 QRM Voice of China in Chinese, from *1700 also QRM from BBC, A'Seela, Oman, in Arabic.
8000.01 Ethiopian jammer relaying Home Service program, 1700-1703*, Oct 2, jingle, Amharic news (tent), SINPO 34333.(DSWCI DX Window/WWDXC Top News BC-DX #883 wb, Germany)
QSL fronm Radio Verdad
Guatemala
4052.5 On Oct 04, I received this message from the Director of R Verdad: "To all Friends of "Radio Truth": I send you my best wishes. Many may ask: What happen to "Radio Truth"? I
am sorry, but, because excess of work, it is now that I send you the official information.
On Monday, September 22, at 4:00 p, m. (Guatemala time), a desastrous lightning fell upon our SW transmitter antenna, despite having 3 lightning rods, with 3 tips each, the electric transformer lightning rod, and a well calibrated sparky devise inside of the transmitter, with a good grounding using number two copper wire. As a consequence, we got almost all power
transistors burned out and some smaller ones, on our outcome two modules.
So, we are off the air, and we don't know for how long. I though I had enough spare power transistors, but they were not enough. Our transistors are very strange, and difficult to find in all the world. They work on 600 volts. So, we'll have to ask them to be produced in the United States.
We appreciate our friends Magdiel Cruz, from Mexico, Dino Bloise, from Miami, and other friends, who have spread out this information. We expect the help of Christer Brunstroem, from Sweden, and HCJB also. We are grateful for the sympathy expressed by many "Dxers". Now, we have to ask God to help us, for coming back on the air. On the mean time, I invite you to tune our signal over Internet, on the following address:
http://www.radioverdad.org/
Edgar Amilcar Madrid, Manager and Director.
(Adalberto Marques de Azevedo, MG-Brazil, DSWCI DX Window Oct 15)
ICPO update (Islands, Castles & Portable Operations)
The Northern California DX Foundation, NCDXF, is now QRV on Twitter! Twitter users can follow NCDXF by going to http://twitter.com/NCDXF/ and clicking on the "Follow" link. We intend to use Twitter to keep DXers informed about NCDXF activities and related news.
If you're not really sure what Twitter is all about, just go to http://twitter.com/ to find out. Chances are pretty good that several of your ham buddies or other friends and family members are already active on Twitter. You might also want to look at some of the many free Twitter tools and related applications, such as Twhirl. www.twhirl.org/.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
Tim Totten, N4GN
E-mail: n4gn@n4gn.com
Web: www.n4gn.com
KTMI station update
Main Station Record - KTMI
Permittee: Transformation Media International, NA
Call Sign: KTMI File Number: IHFCP-20050204
License/Renewal: Grant Date: 00/00/00 Expire Date: 00/00/00
CP/Pending Applications: IHFC/P-20050204 CP expires 10/3/08
Transmitter Location: SW cornerTotem Pole Rd & Mt Hope Dr.
Approx 7 miles East of Lebanon
Transmitter City: Lebanon, Oregon
Coordinates: 44 34 00 N Latitude 122 50 00 W Longitude
Tower Heights: 100 Meters OHAGL 100 Meters OHAMSL
Address: Transformation Media International, LP
Radio Station KTMI
240 2nd Ave. SW
Lebanon, OR 97321 USA
Transmitters: Power No. of
No. Model (KW) TXs Freq. Tol. Emission
1 Harris Planck, 745 Exciter 50.00 1 0.0015% 9K00A3E
2 Harris Planck, 745 Exciter 50.00 2 0.0015% 9K00A3E
3 Harris Planck, 745 Exciter 50.00 3 0.0015% 9K00A3E
4 Harris Planck, 745 Exciter 50.00 4 0.0015% 9K00A3E
Antennas: Gain Azimuth Beamwidth Elevation.
No. Model (dB) (Deg) (Deg) (Deg)
1 LPH20/23.8/21. 8.10 70 80.00 16.00
2 RH110/70/20 19.30 309 16.00 19.00
3 RH80/70/30 17.90 130 22.00 16.00
4 RH80/70/30 17.90 110 22.00 16.00
(FCC data; via wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 20/WWDXC Top News, BC-DX #883 wb, Germany)
Kyrgyzstan log
4795.00 Kyrgyz Radio 1, Krasnaya Rechka, Bishkek, 2300-2315, Oct 11, Kyrgyz news, weather, 2307 musical interlude and talk, 34333 heard \\ 4010 (SINPO 45333).
6030 Radio Maranatha, Bishkek, *1445-1550, Oct 7, 8, 9 and 10, seems reactivated, heard again with rather good signal from test tones 1445 till R Oromiya, Ethiopia signs on *1550 UT. Often heard a choir singing, probably religious hymns. Always QRM from co-channel Voice of China \\
4460 and 5030 and utility noise. (Anker Petersen-DEN, DSWCI DX Window Oct 15; also Ritola and Savolainen in DXplorer)(WWDXC Top News BC DX #883 wb, Germany)
Logs with audio files:
Philippines:
9625 FEBC Manila 1314 : , while looking for CBC i heard this station , starting on 1308 with songs. On 1309 talks by OM in Hmong with amen too. Signal S7 max SINPO 3433 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece 21/10/8) http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/168
Sri Lanka
Oct 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) recently commenced a new radio service called Sandya Guwanviduliya (evening radio). This new service which starts everyday at 6:30 p.m. will broadcast discussions and documentary helpful for the rural farmers and community development programs. At present, SLBC's domestic FM network broadcasts
six regular programme channels on a nationwide basis.
(Alokesh Gupta-IND, JPNpremium Oct 17)(WWDXC Top News BC-DX #883 wb, Germany)
Syria
Livestream in Arabic only.
Auf der Homepage von Radio Damaskus habe ich jetzt in der Tat auch einen
Livestream gefunden:
mms:\\63.243.163.195/radio1
(Wolfgang Thiele-D, A-DX Oct 19)
(WWDXC Top News BC-DX #883 wb, Germany)
QSL from Greenland
E-mail confirm 30gg, from OZN-372 khz Prins Christian Sund, Greenland
Dear Sir.
Thanks for your letter concerning our NDB OZN. The beacon is used flight navigation and is placed at the east side off south Greenland where the sound Prins Christian Sund is crossing the land.
The beacon is part of different communication system placed at the station which is placed 80 km from the nearest city and served by helicopter once a month. There is 4 peoble and 3 dogs at the station. A picture off the beacon antenne mast and house is incerted.
Sorry but we dont have QSL card.
Regard from
Poul Erik Hansen
Prins Christian Sund telestation
(Mauro Giroletti, Italy/playdx2003)
Shortwave Report ready for download
Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (October 24) is up at the website www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59) (NEW! If you have access to Audioport.org there is a higher quality version posted up there {26.7MB} www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&;) (Rachel Baughn/MT)
Radio Tanzania log
via receiver in Europe
Radio Tanzania-Zanzibar 11735 kHz. Heard at 1957 with ID as above in Swahili, 2000 heard with world news in English from Spice FM. ID's as Spice FM at 2003 and 2009. Clear channel, fair signal. (Hans Johnson Oct 23/Cumbre DX)
WYFR frequency change
Russia: Frequency change of WYFR Family Radio in French from Oct.16: 2000-2100 new frequency 7235 ARM 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu, ex 12060 (R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 21) (Source: DX Mix News #543, wb, Germany)
2000-2100 NF 7235 ARM 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu, x12060 (R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 21) (WWDXC Top News BC-DX #883 wb, Germany)
Ethiopia
6030 Radio Oromiya, Adama, Oromiya, *1550-1705, Oct 7 and 8, Oromo talk, Horn of Africa music. SINPO 24443 QRM Voice of China in Chinese, from *1700 also QRM from BBC, A'Seela, Oman, in Arabic.
8000.01 Ethiopian jammer relaying Home Service program, 1700-1703*, Oct 2, jingle, Amharic news (tent), SINPO 34333.(DSWCI DX Window/WWDXC Top News BC-DX #883 wb, Germany)
QSL fronm Radio Verdad
Guatemala
4052.5 On Oct 04, I received this message from the Director of R Verdad: "To all Friends of "Radio Truth": I send you my best wishes. Many may ask: What happen to "Radio Truth"? I
am sorry, but, because excess of work, it is now that I send you the official information.
On Monday, September 22, at 4:00 p, m. (Guatemala time), a desastrous lightning fell upon our SW transmitter antenna, despite having 3 lightning rods, with 3 tips each, the electric transformer lightning rod, and a well calibrated sparky devise inside of the transmitter, with a good grounding using number two copper wire. As a consequence, we got almost all power
transistors burned out and some smaller ones, on our outcome two modules.
So, we are off the air, and we don't know for how long. I though I had enough spare power transistors, but they were not enough. Our transistors are very strange, and difficult to find in all the world. They work on 600 volts. So, we'll have to ask them to be produced in the United States.
We appreciate our friends Magdiel Cruz, from Mexico, Dino Bloise, from Miami, and other friends, who have spread out this information. We expect the help of Christer Brunstroem, from Sweden, and HCJB also. We are grateful for the sympathy expressed by many "Dxers". Now, we have to ask God to help us, for coming back on the air. On the mean time, I invite you to tune our signal over Internet, on the following address:
http://www.radioverdad.org/
Edgar Amilcar Madrid, Manager and Director.
(Adalberto Marques de Azevedo, MG-Brazil, DSWCI DX Window Oct 15)
ICPO update (Islands, Castles & Portable Operations)
The Northern California DX Foundation, NCDXF, is now QRV on Twitter! Twitter users can follow NCDXF by going to http://twitter.com/NCDXF/ and clicking on the "Follow" link. We intend to use Twitter to keep DXers informed about NCDXF activities and related news.
If you're not really sure what Twitter is all about, just go to http://twitter.com/ to find out. Chances are pretty good that several of your ham buddies or other friends and family members are already active on Twitter. You might also want to look at some of the many free Twitter tools and related applications, such as Twhirl. www.twhirl.org/.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
Tim Totten, N4GN
E-mail: n4gn@n4gn.com
Web: www.n4gn.com
KTMI station update
Main Station Record - KTMI
Permittee: Transformation Media International, NA
Call Sign: KTMI File Number: IHFCP-20050204
License/Renewal: Grant Date: 00/00/00 Expire Date: 00/00/00
CP/Pending Applications: IHFC/P-20050204 CP expires 10/3/08
Transmitter Location: SW cornerTotem Pole Rd & Mt Hope Dr.
Approx 7 miles East of Lebanon
Transmitter City: Lebanon, Oregon
Coordinates: 44 34 00 N Latitude 122 50 00 W Longitude
Tower Heights: 100 Meters OHAGL 100 Meters OHAMSL
Address: Transformation Media International, LP
Radio Station KTMI
240 2nd Ave. SW
Lebanon, OR 97321 USA
Transmitters: Power No. of
No. Model (KW) TXs Freq. Tol. Emission
1 Harris Planck, 745 Exciter 50.00 1 0.0015% 9K00A3E
2 Harris Planck, 745 Exciter 50.00 2 0.0015% 9K00A3E
3 Harris Planck, 745 Exciter 50.00 3 0.0015% 9K00A3E
4 Harris Planck, 745 Exciter 50.00 4 0.0015% 9K00A3E
Antennas: Gain Azimuth Beamwidth Elevation.
No. Model (dB) (Deg) (Deg) (Deg)
1 LPH20/23.8/21. 8.10 70 80.00 16.00
2 RH110/70/20 19.30 309 16.00 19.00
3 RH80/70/30 17.90 130 22.00 16.00
4 RH80/70/30 17.90 110 22.00 16.00
(FCC data; via wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 20/WWDXC Top News, BC-DX #883 wb, Germany)
Kyrgyzstan log
4795.00 Kyrgyz Radio 1, Krasnaya Rechka, Bishkek, 2300-2315, Oct 11, Kyrgyz news, weather, 2307 musical interlude and talk, 34333 heard \\ 4010 (SINPO 45333).
6030 Radio Maranatha, Bishkek, *1445-1550, Oct 7, 8, 9 and 10, seems reactivated, heard again with rather good signal from test tones 1445 till R Oromiya, Ethiopia signs on *1550 UT. Often heard a choir singing, probably religious hymns. Always QRM from co-channel Voice of China \\
4460 and 5030 and utility noise. (Anker Petersen-DEN, DSWCI DX Window Oct 15; also Ritola and Savolainen in DXplorer)(WWDXC Top News BC DX #883 wb, Germany)
Logs with audio files:
Philippines:
9625 FEBC Manila 1314 : , while looking for CBC i heard this station , starting on 1308 with songs. On 1309 talks by OM in Hmong with amen too. Signal S7 max SINPO 3433 (Zacharias Liangas, Thessaloniki, Greece 21/10/8) http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/168
Sri Lanka
Oct 13, Colombo: Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) recently commenced a new radio service called Sandya Guwanviduliya (evening radio). This new service which starts everyday at 6:30 p.m. will broadcast discussions and documentary helpful for the rural farmers and community development programs. At present, SLBC's domestic FM network broadcasts
six regular programme channels on a nationwide basis.
Syria
Livestream in Arabic only.
Auf der Homepage von Radio Damaskus habe ich jetzt in der Tat auch einen
Livestream gefunden:
mms:\\63.243.163.195/radio1
(Wolfgang Thiele-D, A-DX Oct 19)
(WWDXC Top News BC-DX #883 wb, Germany)
QSL from Greenland
E-mail confirm 30gg, from OZN-372 khz Prins Christian Sund, Greenland
Dear Sir.
Thanks for your letter concerning our NDB OZN. The beacon is used flight navigation and is placed at the east side off south Greenland where the sound Prins Christian Sund is crossing the land.
The beacon is part of different communication system placed at the station which is placed 80 km from the nearest city and served by helicopter once a month. There is 4 peoble and 3 dogs at the station. A picture off the beacon antenne mast and house is incerted.
Sorry but we dont have QSL card.
Regard from
Poul Erik Hansen
Prins Christian Sund telestation
(Mauro Giroletti, Italy/playdx2003)
Shortwave Report ready for download
Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (October 24) is up at the website www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59) (NEW! If you have access to Audioport.org there is a higher quality version posted up there {26.7MB} www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&;) (Rachel Baughn/MT)
Radio Tanzania log
via receiver in Europe
Radio Tanzania-Zanzibar 11735 kHz. Heard at 1957 with ID as above in Swahili, 2000 heard with world news in English from Spice FM. ID's as Spice FM at 2003 and 2009. Clear channel, fair signal. (Hans Johnson Oct 23/Cumbre DX)
WYFR frequency change
Russia: Frequency change of WYFR Family Radio in French from Oct.16: 2000-2100 new frequency 7235 ARM 250 kW / 290 deg to WeEu, ex 12060 (R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Oct 21) (Source: DX Mix News #543, wb, Germany)