Subj: NRC IDXD 64-18 (pt 1) Date: 97-02-08 06:31:45 EST From: JIMRENFREW@delphi.com To: plsbcbdxer@aol.com, bjohn@master.ceat.okstate.edu, radiohc@tinored.cu, MJ@icbr.ifas.ufl.edu, moore@acc.mcrest.edu, djms@bear.com, btaylor@nbnet.nb.ca, bwink@galstar.com, steve.whitt@zoo.bt.co.uk, msittel@ncdc.noaa.gov, 73564.203@compuserve.com, 100657.2376@compuserve.com, ben-dangerfield@msn.com, 71311.2677@compuserve.com, radiomatt@aol.com, swbcsked@grove.net, jwoods@orednet.org, gnbc@alpha.wcoil.com, radiorob@serix.com, dxfool@aol.com, merriman@shore.intercom.net, andy.gardner@ibm.net, jlm@algonet.se, alcue@albany.net, JGarzon@arrakis.es, clarkb@sparc.org.nz, jburnell@plato.ucs.mun.ca, 74367.3305@compuserve.com, 100135.54@compuserve.com, paulorm@es.co.nz, saxelrod@mb.sympatico.ca, decrawf@nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu, charles.hutton@attws.com, RQWQ15A@Prodigy.com, 76635.615@compuserve.com, donley@vds.com.au, dcbraun@juno.com, baconti@aol.com, mrolph@northnet.com.au, janalv@sn.no, DavidYocis@aol.com, 105035.1671@compuserve.com, neilkaz@interaccess.com, tocobagadx@earthlink.net, 76635.615@compuserve.com, dpicard@mail.tr.cgocable.ca, halls@inetworld.net, steve.ponder@barrios.com, WA1ION@ix.netcom.com, MarkWA1ION@aol.com ______ ______ ___ ___ ______ |_ _| | _ \ \ \ / / | _ \ | | | | \ \ \ \/ / | | \ \ | | | | | | \ / | | | | | | | | | | / \ | | | | _| |_ _ | |_/ / _ / /\ \ _ | |_/ / _ |______| (_) |______/ (_) /__/ \__\ (_) |______/ (_) ** The following is the electronic version of "International DX Digest" ** which appears 30 times each year in "DX News", the 64 year old publication ** of the National Radio Club (a non-profit corporation chartered in the ** state of Kentucky). 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But he points out that 0.01% of the earth's population is still 10,000 times the NRC's membership. Well, I'm not discouraged by this fact, it simply illustrates how much more the NRC can grow! ~ TRANS-ATLANTIC DX ~ 549 ALGERIA, Les Trembles, FEB 1 0408 - AA news by man, through Venezuela/Cuba-550 slop. FEB 1 2246 - LOUD with AA male group chorus & drums; destroying 550. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 549 SAUDI ARABIA, Qurayyat, FEB 1 2316 - // 648 with AA Koranic vocal. Algeria, which was atop, luckily had talk at the time. This made paralleling the music easier. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 558 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, FEB 1 0407 - // 585 with bits of ragtime jazz, voice-over by man in SS; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 567 IRELAND, RTE R.1, Tullamore, FEB 1 0401 - fair with man reading news in EE. FEB 1 2325 - woman in EE, C&W music including Buck Owens; huge S9+40 signal completely crushed WMCA/CJEM-570 with the receiver in wide bandwidth. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 576 SPAIN, RNE5, Barcelona, FEB 1 0428 - // 738 with man in SS; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 585 SPAIN, RNE1, Madrid, FEB 1 0358 - // other RNE1's with instrumental orchestral music (possibly a movie theme); excellent. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 603 SPAIN, RNE5, Sevilla / Palencia, FEB 1 2250 - man & woman in SS; good. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 612 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, FEB 1 2249 - woman in AA; over others. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 621 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, RNE1, FEB 1 0422 - // 738 with romantic female SS vocal; excellent. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 639 SPAIN, RNE1, La Coruna et al., FEB 1 0355 - // 855 with acoustic guitar, then SS talk by woman; loud. FEB 1 2313 - man in SS; killing CBN/WNNZ-640. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 648 SAUDI ARABIA, Jeddah, FEB 1 2316 - // 549 Qurayyat with AA Koranic vocal; good to excellent! Low-band Middle East signals were very good on the new sloper. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 657 SPAIN, RNE5, Madrid, FEB 1 2303 - SS news by man & woman; good, generally getting through WFAN slop. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 666 PORTUGAL, RDP, Lisboa, FEB 1 0627 - female PP vocal; fair. FEB 1 2247 - PP sporting coverage; local-like! [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 675 NETHERLANDS, R. Ten Gold, Lopik, FEB 1 2328 - this one "duking it out" with France and eventually winning: oldies music topped the FF talker. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 684 SPAIN, RNE1, Sevilla, FEB 1 0349 - // 855 with SS vocal; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 693 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC, Droitwich et al., FEB 1 2306 - BBC EE news with man & woman and a report from an overseas correspondent; rising over Azores. FEB 1 2318 - now up to LOCAL-LIKE strength (mauling CBF) with talk about the upcoming Pakistani election. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 702 MOROCCO, RTM, Sebaa-Aioun, FEB 1 2335 - AA talk by woman; barely over a mushy pile-up of others. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 711 LIBYA synch., JAN 15 0332 - Fair with man and woman in AA, then soft instrumental music. // to 1251 and I think 1125. [Dangerfield-PA] ~ 711 WESTERN SAHARA, Laayoune, FEB 1 2320 - AA vocal; very strong signal, but either AC hum on carrier or a bad growl from someone about 50 Hz off frequency. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 729 SPAIN, RNE1, Oviedo et al., FEB 1 2321 - SS talk by man; fair over several others (but too much CKAC slop to analyze the subdominant stations' audios). [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 738 SPAIN, RNE1, Barcelona, FEB 1 0417 - // 639 et al. with operatic / romantic style SS pop vocal; good. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 747 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, FEB 1 2329 - SS talk by man briefly dominant over others during a fade of Netherlands. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 747 NETHERLANDS, Flevoland, FEB 1 0418 - man in Dutch, then jazz; over others. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 756 GERMANY, Deutschlandradio, Braunschweig/Ravensburg, FEB 1 2330 - massive signal here with cocktail-lounge jazz piano & bass. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 765 SENEGAL, Dakar, FEB 1 2308 - energetic African singing & yelling; initially good & over Switzerland's classical music. [Connelly*H-MA] FEB 4 2310 - Very strong with man in African dialect. Still has not been the same since coming on the air in 1964 when it blasted through like a semi local, often in mid afternoon. [Dangerfield-PA] ~ 765 SWITZERLAND, RSR, Sottens, FEB 1 2309 - classical music noted under Senegal. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 774 EGYPT, Abis, FEB 1 2336 - AA vocals & violins; giving Spain serious competition. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 774 SPAIN, RNE1 synchros, FEB 1 0433 - // 738 with light orchestral music; to excellent peak. FEB 1 2310 - HUGE (15 dB stronger than adjacent WABC!): SS talk mentioning US football stars visiting Barcelona; atop AA music station. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 783.06 SYRIA, Tartus, FEB 1 2331 - woman in AA getting through tough growl. // 827 also coming in, but audio there wasn't as good. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 819 EGYPT, Batra, FEB 1 2333 - Koranic vocal surfaced over "the mother of all pile-ups" on this channel. Two other identifiable and several unID stations were noted popping in & out over the course of a minute. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 819 MOROCCO, Rabat, FEB 1 2333 - // 207 with man & woman in AA; briefly making it through a colossal multi-station jumble with Egypt, Spain, & others. This channel's graveyard-like amalgamation of international RF held the S- meter at a steady S9+25 or better. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 819 SPAIN, EI, San Sebastian, FEB 1 2333 - SS teletalk bubbled out of the co-channel stew for a few seconds. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 837 AZORES, RDP, Pico da Barossa, FEB 1 2337 - strong with fast PP talk over/under Canaries-Spain COPE stations. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 837 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, COPE synchros, FEB 1 2337 - SS talk over/under Azores; good peaks. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 837 FRANCE, Nancy, FEB 1 0606 - // 864 with rustic carnival / circus type music with accordion & other instruments; fair over jumble. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 855 SPAIN, RNE1, Murcia et al., FEB 1 0349 - SS talk, old-style pop vocal; good on peaks, but with deep fast fades. FEB 1 2337 - local-like with man in SS; at least as good as adjacent WEEI-850. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 864 EGYPT, Santah, FEB 1 2338 - AA vocal mixing with Spain. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 864 FRANCE, Paris, FEB 1 0603 - // 945 & 1206 with FF female vocal; fair to good. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 864 SPAIN, RNE1, Socuellamos, FEB 1 2338 - SS teletalk over/under Egypt. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 873 SPAIN, SER R. Zaragoza, Zaragoza, FEB 1 2339 - excellent with fast SS talk; well over unID that had jazz-style vocal. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 882 CANARY ISLANDS // SPAIN, FEB 1 2340 - SS talk by man / teletalk; over/under BBC UK. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 882 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC Wales, Washford, FEB 1 2340 - woman in EE evenly mixed with Canaries-Spain synchros. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 891 ALGERIA, Algiers, FEB 1 2349 (890.97 kHz) - AA talk by man including telephone news interview. This was running S9+30, but with rather light modulation. Parallel 549, running S9+20, had better audio quality and, therefore, superior overall reception merit. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 909 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC R.5 synchros, FEB 1 0604 - fair with EE news. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 918 SPAIN, R. Intercontinental, Madrid, FEB 1 2342 - man in SS; over AA- sounding station & others; tough CJCH/WHJJ slop at times. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 945 FRANCE, Toulouse, FEB 1 0601 - Caribbean-influenced female FF vocal; excellent, almost local-like. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 954 SPAIN, R. Espana, Madrid, FEB 1 2343 - SS talk mixed with several others. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 981 ALGERIA, Algiers, FEB 1 0600 - AA vocal; poor to fair. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 981 PORTUGAL, R. Renascenca synchros, FEB 1 2345 - fast PP talk (sports coverage ?) over two other audios; all under a big open (or poorly-modulated) carrier that was likely from the Algerian. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 999 SPAIN, COPE, Madrid, FEB 1 0640 - HUGE with SS teletalk, completely annihilating the stations on 1000. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1008 CANARY ISLANDS, R. Las Palmas, FEB 1 0644 - non-SER program with folk/pop music & SS talk; in jumble. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1017 TURKEY, Istanbul-Mundanya, FEB 1 2350 - // 1062 with serious-sounding Islamic-vocal music; in mix with Germany & Spain. This was on after normal the 2300 sign-off time, probably because of Ramadan. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1026 SPAIN, SER synchros, FEB 1 2346 - // 1044 with SS teletalk; some WBZ slop. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1044 MOROCCO, Sebaa-Aioun, FEB 1 2347 - AA talk was under Spain at first, then it came up and blew away the SER stations. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1044 SPAIN, SER synchros, FEB 1 0645 - SS talk by woman; good. FEB 1 2346 - SS teletalk; excellent. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1053 MOROCCO, Tanger, FEB 1 2348 - // 1044 with AA talk by man; briefly over stew of stations. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1062 DENMARK, Kalundborg, FEB 1 0558 - folk music, then man in Danish; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1062 TURKEY, Diyarbakir, FEB 1 2353 - // 1017 with Middle Eastern type vocal; to strong peaks and apparently on late for Ramadan. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1071 SPAIN (t), FEB 1 2354 - Spanish classical guitar music (maybe Andres Segovia); hammered by CBA slop. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1089 UNITED KINGDOM, Talk Radio synchros, FEB 1 0647 - EE talk by man, phone calls; fair. FEB 1 2355 - EE teletalk over others; good on peaks. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1098 SLOVAKIA, Nitra, FEB 1 2356 - woman in Slavic language with teletalk; loud S9+30 signal, well over Spain. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1098 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, FEB 1 0649 - man in SS through low-pitched growl & slop. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1107 SPAIN, RNE5 synchros, FEB 1 0650 - woman in SS; to good peak. FEB 1 2356 - SS teletalk; good. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1125 LIBYA El Beida, JAN 30 2201, Weak with man in AA reading news but clearly // to 1251. [Dangerfield-PA] ~ 1134 CROATIA, HRT Zadar JAN 25 2315 - Good; woman with "news on Croatian Radio" in English. [Conti-NH] FEB 1 2357 - strong with Slavic talk; but under assault from bad WBBR slop. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1179 SPAIN // CANARY ISLANDS, SER synchros, FEB 1 2358 - SS talk mixed with possible Romania and an AA music station. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1179 unID (possibly EGYPT), FEB 1 2358 - AA music mixed with Spain & others. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1206 FRANCE, R. Bleue, Bordeaux, FEB 1 0553 - female FF vocal; good. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1206 ISRAEL (t), FEB 2 0000 - Hebrew-sounding talk (news); poor, hammered by WPHT slop. AA-sounding music surfaced about 3 minutes later: not certain if from the same station or from something else. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1215 SPAIN, COPE synchros, FEB 1 2300 - SS news, in mess. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1251 LIBYA Tripoli, JAN 30 2201 - Very strong with man in AA reading the news and // to a much weaker 1125. [Dangerfield-PA] FEB 1 2259 - AA male vocal; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1278 IRELAND Cork-Dublin, JAN 27 0513 - Clear with man and woman in conversation in EE of course. The News and other items. [Dangerfield-PA] ~ 1314 NORWAY Kvitsoy JAN 19 2320 - Rock and folk music, huge S9+10 on the east sloper without phasing. [Conti-NH] ~ 1431 UKRAINE Kopani, JAN 27 0439 - Good with fem vocal. [Dangerfield-PA] ~ 1467 MOLDAVA Maiac, JAN 27 0426 - Fair signal with man and woman in RR type language. On top until 0445 when covered by Monte Carlo I.S. After that both stations were heard, Monte Carlo on top. [Dangerfield-PA] ~ 1467 FRANCE, TWR, Roumoules, FEB 1 2258 - religious music; fair. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1475.5 BENIN Cotonou, JAN 30 2245 - Barely readable station to the low side of 1476 which was separate and there was a .5 kc het. The lower signal which could have been Benin seemed to have bits of African music, but there wasn't enough of it to really tell. [Dangerfield-PA] ~ 1476 U.A.E. Dubai [just possible], JAN 23 2238 to 2310 - Man talking in what seemed to be AA, soft music at the end. Could have been on late for Ramadan, but I didn't have much to go on. [Dangerfield-PA] ~ 1512 BELGIUM R.Vlaanderen Int'l, Wolvertem JAN 19 2210 - Good; DX program in English with report about R.Eviva-1566, 2230 French program. [Conti-NH] ~ 1521 SAUDI ARABIA, BSKSA Duba JAN 19 2235 - Good; main program in Arabic // 9555. [Conti-NH] ~ 1530 VOA SAO TOME and VATICAN, JAN 27 0419 & 0446 - Both taking turns behind WSAI and each as good as in recent months. [Dangerfield-PA] ~ 1554 GABON (t), FEB 1 2252 - fair carrier here was probably this, but the audio was hopelessly shredded by out-of-control WQEW slop. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1557 FRANCE Nice, JAN 27 0450 - It was nice to hear Nice so nicely again with a fem pop singer and instrumental music prior to their official sign on. Possible parallels noted on 1206, 1242 and 1404. [Dangerfield-PA] ~ 1566 SWITZERLAND Beromunster, JAN 27 0413 - Almost armchair with female singer [EE or GG] and yodeling effects. This station seems to be a harbinger of high band openings. [Dangerfield-PA] ~ 1575 ITALY synch., JAN 27 0502 - Strong just after sign on with a man in EE. Was // to a weaker 1332. [Dangerfield-PA] ~ 1620 NETHERLANDS, PCH Scheveningen JAN 26 0035 - Fair; alternating PCH code IDs and data. [Conti-NH] FEB 1 2256 - "PCH" Morse code and data bursts; way atop CT Department of Transportation TIS station. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1698 SPAIN, utility station, La Coruna, FEB 1 2254 - SS talk by man on upper sideband; very good. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ PAN-AMERICAN DX ~ 535 GRENADA, GBC, St. George's, FEB 1 0408 - // 555 with cricket match; good. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 540 MEXICO, XEWA, Monterrey, FEB 1 0625 - SS "X-E-W-A" ID, then dance-music female SS vocal; good, rolling in over the rest of the pack. [Connelly*H-MA] JAN 15 0925-0936 - LA pop music, ID with echo effect, fair through interference. [Trelford-JAM] ~ 550 VENEZUELA, Mundial, YVKE, Caracas, FEB 1 0718 - slow SS group vocal & strings // YVYM-880; dominant over the Cuban. [Connelly*H-MA] JAN 13 0045 - ID (pronounced Mundee-ahl), two men talking in SS. Drifting up and down slowly in partial WCKY null. Fair to poor. [Keegan-ON] ~ 555 ST. KITTS ZIZ Bassetere, St.Kitts, JAN 0103 - Traditional steel drums and heavy Afro-Carib Reggae beat but with weird car horns, bird whistles. Occasional comments after songs like "Bot you doan care" perhaps DJ repeating lyrics. ID like car alarm siren with an echo. Poor but with good fade-ups. [Keegan-ON] FEB 1 0405 - good with cricket coverage. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 595 DOMINICA, DBS, Hillsborough, FEB 1 0411 - // 535 & 555 with West Indies cricket match broadcast; fair through 594 TA het / QRM. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 600 CUBA CMKV R. Rebelde Urbano Noris, JAN 18 0315 - fair with two men talking excitedly, "Rebelde" mentions, // 5025 kHz. [Sorensen-ON] ~ 640 CUBA R. Progreso, Santa Clara, JAN 13 0300 - Male DJ playing soft romantic ballads. "Progresso" ID at 0310. Excellent S9 + 10dB. [Keegan-ON] ~ 660 ST. LUCIA SLBC Castries, JAN 20 1011-1023 - West Indies-Pakistan cricket play-by-play. Suddenly appeared and then gone under WFAN and unID SS station. [Trelford-JAM] ~ 670 CUBA R. Rebelde, Arroyo Arenas, JAN 13 0320 - Female DJ playing fast Cuban music. Up over WMAQ for brief periods then back under. Fair. [Keegan- ON] FEB 1 1140 - R. Rebelde ID mixed with other SS station & WMAQ just before sunrise. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 673.4 unID (CANADA ?), FEB 1 2305 - a whopper of a buzz here (but no intelligible audio): possibly the Newfie drifter (CKXB) previously heard on 672. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 690 COLOMBIA HJCL Bogota, DEC 4 0858-0930 - Ranchera music, ID as "R. Recurdo", QRM from CBF, trying for KSTL test. [Trelford-JAM] ~ 690 COLOMBIA HJCZ, FEB 1 0629 - R. Recuerdo ID; over/under CBF. No sign of the Cuban "buzz" at the time. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 690 MEXICO XECS Manzanillo, DEC 3 0739-0810 - LA music, ranchera, ID as "Radio Regullo", poor under CBF. [Trelford-JAM] ~ 730 COSTA RICA TIHB San Jose, DEC 4 0703-0808 - Talk show, ID as "Radio Reloj, Costa Rica", poor through XEX. [Trelford-JAM] ~ 760 HAITI 4VU Les Cayes, DEC 14 1927-2010 - REL talk in EE, Christmas carols accompanied by organ, talk by woman, mention of "Lumiere" at 2010. [Trelfrod-JAM] ~ 760 COLOMBIA HJAJ RCN Barranquilla, JAN 13 0355 - Good in WJR null with ID by man sounding like "Radio de COlombia" also mentions of Puerto Rico and other countries, possibly with regard to sports, music at 0358. [Sorensen-ON] ~ 770 COLOMBIA HJJX RCN Bogota, JAN 18 0400 - very poor in partial WABC null with SP man, ad and RCN net ID, // 760. [Sorensen-ON] ~ 780 BRITISH VIRGIN IS. ZBVI Tortola, FEB 5 0055 - Clear and atop freq. with 2 men talking in EE, ID at 0100, then calypso music. [Dangerfield-PA] ~ 800 NETH. ANTILLES PJB TWR, JAN 18 0429 - SS talk, several mentions of Venezuela, ID as Radio transmundial, played what sounded like an anthem at 0430 and then went off. Good signal. [Sorensen-ON] ~ 810 COLOMBIA HJCY Bogota, DEC 6 0158 - Play-by-play futbol game, Guatemala vs. Colombia, QRM from CMHB. [Trelford-JAM] FEB 1 0638 - // 960 with SS vocal, accordion music; over/under WGY. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 830 ST. KITTS & NEVIS, TBN, Basseterre, FEB 1 0635 - // to (weaker) 7510 with US EE preacher; excellent, blowing out WCRN & the others. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 840 CUBA CMEL Sta Clara, DEC 7 0420 - US pop music, into LA music, ID as "Dobleve". [Trelford-JAM] ~ 860 DOMINICAN REP. Radio Clarin Sto.Domingo, FEB 4 0107 - Non stop fast LA type music with vocals. Almost sounded like rap. CJBC phased easily. Occasional mentions of Radio Clarin by a man. This station has been heard here fairly regularly. [Dangerfield-PA] ~ 870 DOMINICAN REP. HIVG La Vega, FEB 4 0059 - Clear on top of freq. with ID by a man in SS, "HIVG Radio La Vega, Republica Dominicana" before going into music. I thought Dominican stations didn't use call letters. This one heard with WWL easily phased. [Dangerfield-PA] ~ 880 VENEZUELA, Mundial, YVYM, Puerto Ordaz, FEB 1 0718 -// YVKE-550 with slow SS group vocal & strings; under WCBS. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 890 MEXICO unID, JAN 19 0630-0720 - Ranchera music, "Fiesta Mexicana" jingles, local announcements, fairly good strength but fadey with WLS off. [Forth-IL] (I'll guess "Fiesta Digital", Culiacan - Jim) ~ 890 CUBA R.Nacionale? (Not listed Havana site), JAN 27 0432 - Mellow guitar music, soft ballads, with female DJ at 0432 Patsy Cline's "Crazy". Partial ID at 0456 as "Continental...Musica, Radio Nacionale transmite de la Habana Cuba. No //'s. Poor to good, mostly under but sometimes dominating powerhouse WLS. Later fully ID'd by Ken Alexander as R.Progresso. [Keegan- ON] ~ 890 CUBA CMDZ R. Progreso, Santiago de Cuba, JAN 13 0302-0349 - Fair to good in WLS null with mostly dance music including the Macarena at 0303, talk by man who yelled "Ritmo!" several times, Progreso IDs heard at 0342 and 0349. [Sorensen-ON] ~ 960 COLOMBIA HJHN Magangue, FEB 6 0420 - Strong atop frequency [thanks to DL2 phaser] with man in SS and many mentions of Colombia. At 0438 ID given as Caracol Caribe Manangue, Colombia. [Dangerfield-PA] Magangue, FEB 1 0638 - // 810 with SS vocal, accordion music; dominant. [Connelly*H-MA] ~ 1000 COLOMBIA HJGG Manzanillo, DEC 14 0213 - News, talk, lost of COlombia ads, poor. [Trelford-JAM] ~ 1000 UNID DEC 10 0213-0246 - CLA music, opera, long piano solo, no announcement, think it was SS. Ideas? [Trelford-JAM] ~ 1100 COLOMBIA HJAT Barranquilla, DEC 13 1003 - News talk, lots of Caracol mentions, KAAY QRM. [Trelford-JAM] ~ 1200 CUBA R Ariguanabo - regarding Paul Zecchino's log of this in IDXD 64- 17, this is absolutely not "new". It's been listed for ages, and I have frequently reported it in IDXD for over a year (last time was 5/1/96 in IDXD 64-26). [Krueger-FL] ~ 1220 MEXICO XEB Mexico DF, DEC 14 0731 - LA pop music, ID at "XEB", good over WKNR. [Trelford-JAM] ~ 1260 CUBA R Taino, JAN 26 1525-1602 - regarding Paul Zecchino's log of Taino on 1180, only Rebelde (from the same transmitter that used to carry Taino prior to about 10/18/96, when programming switched during Hurricane Lili) is audible here. I'm not disputing Taino isn't on 1180 as well. Taino has used multiple frequencies in the past, but they also remain on 1260. (A detailed Taino "frequency history" from 11/85-2/95 as monitored here was published long ago in IDXD, and remains available for anyone wanting it from me.) A refresher (previously reported in IDXD): Arnie Coro/RHC, in an e-mail to David Crawford in early December, 1996, reported that Taino moved to 1260 kHz. This was confirmed on 12/15/96 per monitoring here (see IDXD 64-13). A recheck of the frequency shows Taino remains active on 1260, heard today with merengue, "ad" for a local cocina, usual female SS ID over Taino music theme followed by Langston Wright's EE ID from 1559. Arnie Coro: how many and what frequencies are Taino presently on? [Krueger-FL] (I send IDXD to Arnie, but in the last several weeks his e-mail has been geting bounced back to me - Jim) ~ 1375 ST PIERRE & MIQUELON, JAN 24 0430 - 'Power of Love' in EE followed by man in FF with news at 0430. Back to R&R Music with FF lyrics at 0440. Poor with AM Synch unlocks. [Keegan-ON] ~ 1490 CUBA CMDH Mayari, JAN 8 2228-2305 - LA music, under WLJA, fair. [Trelford-JAM] ~ 1570 GUATEMALA TGVE Guatemala City, JAN 10 0120 REL music and talk, ID as "Radio Angelico America", poor, interference from VOA Belize until they signed off at 0130. [Trelford-JAM] ~ 1640 UNID SS station (no date) - music and a man and woman talking SS, sudio distorted, perhaps a spur? [Trelford-JAM] ~ TRANS-PACIFIC DX ~ 828 JAPAN JOBB Osaka, JAN 24 1240 - JJ Noted in passing with talk; KHVH-830 off during Radio Blackout 1997 which saw eight stations take the overnight off (during which I was too engrossed with my computer to take advantage of it). [Park-HI] ~ 972 S. KOREA KBS/HLCA Tangjin, JAN 10 1640 - KK Man interviewing second man, at about a half-hour before sunrise; heard on 970 on the Honda digital receiver that only goes in 10 kHz steps. Would you believe carriers from N. America were also noted? [Park*HI] ~ 1110 HAWAII KAOI Kihei/790 HAWAII KKON Kealakekua, JAN 6- Has dumped WOR's Joy Browne in favor of new "Dick Cavett Show" weekdays at 1406-1600 UTC. This info of interest only to DXers west and south of here, hi. [Park-HI] ~ STATION NEWS ~ COLOMBIA: Radio Net, a 24 hour network is to start operation JAN 20. Key station is Bogota 850, and affiliates in Medellin 590, Cali 700, Bucaramanga 1120, Valledupar 1380, Duitama 1150, Barranquilla 1040, Neiva 1210, CUcuta 1090, Cartagena 1200. Address is DIagonal 221 No. 43-77, Bogota. [H.Klemetz, "Dateline Bogota" JAN 13 in Play-DX #919] (700, 1040 and 1090 are stations that can be heard in North America - Jim) ~ MEXICO: Latest news on "K-Bach AM 5-40" is that their target date is now between mid-February and March 1st. Flooding in Sacramento apparently delayed delivery of an antenna to the XETIN facility in Tijuana. An Article in the San Diego Union implied that XETIN would be raising power to 25 kW. In the meantime, XETIN has been silent most days, and I have heard no signs of testing on 540 or 1650. [Hall-CA] ~ NETHERLANDS: Talk Radio Holland 1395 now broadcasting. [Play-DX #918] ~ POLAND: Norea Radio 1503 via R. Polonia in Swedish 1930-2000. Program originates in Sweden. [B.Ericson in Play-DX #918] ~ SURINAME: With regard to Jean Burnell's information about Radika 670: I checked back issues of WRTH and RADIKA was listed in 1982 edition with 10 kW on 670. The 1983 edition, which of course was compiled about Sept/Oct of 1982, reflects a power upgrade to 25 kW. For the ascribed reason, the 670 listing disappeared from the 1984 edition and has not appeared since. The return of RADIKA to the airwaves (1 kW FM only) first shows up in the 1993 WRTH. One might suspect that is the reactivation of "a few years ago" that Jean's contact is referencing. So, now that the mystery is basically resolved, it would be interesting to know just when RADIKA was reactivated on 670 and with what power. [Clark-ON] My guy in Suriname is actually not a visitor, but is some high functionary in charge of telecommunications in Suriname. I found it ironic that it took him about a month after my E-mail to find out that RADIKA was back on the air! I have E-mailed him again to see if he can find out the power of the station. [Burnell-NF] ~ QUERIES, ETC. ~ In response to Connelly's Feb 1-2 log report: February 2, I also noted the noise that seemed to be centered around 673, along with brief signs of audio which sounded like C&W music, thus assumed it was from Canada. On 690, the Cuban buzz was noted, along with another station IDing as "... Deportivo!" in a tricky to maintain CBF null, 0100-0300 UTC timeframe. Morocco "A network" was heard on 612, // 207 around 0100 UTC. Spain was noted on the usual frequencies; 603 through 1305. On 1206, toward 0600 UTC, talk and music was noted, although weak and not enough to identify the language, but considering the time, it was most likely France. [Conti-NH] ~ PARK IN THE DARK ~ Guess what! It's happening as I speak! All the stations mentioned in Bryan Clark's message are off, with the exception of KWAI, which is running a carrier. The tower used by KIKI, formerly KHVH-990, is next to a home (with chicken coop) in a dale just up the road from the entrance to the Hawaii country Club in Kunia. The last sugar mill on Oahu island closed last year, so I guess the land surrounding the tower is going subdivision. KDEO-940 when it was operating also used that tower. That would leave the island with just four tower sites--Ahui Street (KGU and I think KZOO), which is next to an abandoned sanitation dumping station and a seafood restaurant, Hart Street (KWAI and one other), Kokea Commercial Center (KHNR and one or two others), and the Mt. Palehua Complex, to which nearly every other station was forced to migrate because of electro-environmental concerns in Our Honolulu. The Complex, ironically, is near the Mt. Palehua Solar Observatory, which the military wants to close due to budget cuts. I thought something was amiss when KGU was noted with a very weak signal at 5:40 Thursday morning and stayed that way all morning and afternoon. Only checked my radio again at 1:45 Friday morning (1145 UTC). Nothing on 990, though. The final two days of Radio Blackout 1997 (hi), Friday and Saturday mornings, were basically a bust for me, as I was busy on the computer the first day, when I first found out about this from IDXD (AOL busy signals keeping me away from the E-Mail, of course), and I had to sleep early the next day. All I have to show for is a tentative CJXX-840 and a tape of KUMU-1500 on 590, fooling me once again (image caused by the 2nd harmonic of the Sangean's IF of 455 kHz). All eight stations mentioned were off Friday, though KWAI-1080 left its carrier on for some reason. KHVH-830 was running messages by its PD Rick Hamada apologizing for Art Bell's show being cut off by the silent periods; he alluded to "expanded service" by the station's owner, Patterson Broadcasting, which in 1996 bought KHVH/KIKI AM-FM/KKLV-FM to add to its holdings of KSSK AM-FM/KUCD- FM here. (Mailing addresses remain separate.) Even KGU got a mention in the paper; station manager Gregory Skaltsas apologized for transmitter problems which began around 1000 UTC Thursday, but didn't mention why they had to shut down late Friday night. It was vital for KGU to return to the air; it's the home of the Super Bowl! [Park-HI] ~ CONTRIBUTORS ~ @Mark Connelly (WA1ION), DXing from East Harwich MA; Drake R8A, remotely- tuned loop, 25 m. sloper. [WA1ION@ix.netcom.com] ~ @Bruce Conti, Nashua, NH; Lowe HF-225 Europa, MWDX-5, 30-m south sloper, 30-m noise-reduced east sloper. [baconti@aol.com] [bc@lexicon.com] ~ @Ben Dangerfield, Wallingford PA, Drake R8A, 3 slopers, DL2 unit, KIWA loop though not much in use. ~ Karl Forth, CHicago IL; R8, IC-R70, HQ-160, spiral loop, KW. ~ @Tim Hall, Chula Vista CA. ~ @Brian Keegan, Windsor ON; NRD535D, FRG 100B, ATS803, DR31 etc., 70' Sloper, 18 in Miniloop, various verticals; Aurora LIM, Global ATU, various audio filters. [BrianK6608@AOL.COM] ~ @Terry L. Krueger, Clearwater FL; NRD-535, HQ-180A, Grundig YB-400, ICF-2002, Scotka Loop, 2 x dipoles. ~ @Dale Park, Honolulu HI; Sangean ATS-803A, Selec-A-Tenna. [DXFool@aol.com] ~ @Dale Park, DXing at Burger King, Kane'ohe, HI; Honda car rx. ~ Morris Sorensen, Scarborough ON; HQ-150, Realistic DX-302, McKay-Dymek DA-9 ferrite loop. ~ Don Trelford, St. Anns Bay, JAMAICA. ~ [END] NRC IDXD 64-18 supplement THE MADEIRA ISLAND DXP (DEC 1996) By Jorge Garzsn (MEDI DX GROUP .) I went to Madeira Island at Christmas with my wife for a week vacation, and I took advantage of the island situation to DX sometimes. It was not really a DXP but rather some DX listening sometimes. Madeira island is placed about 1000 km to the southwest from Lisboa and 700 km away from African coastline (Morocco). It has around 60 km long by 20 kw witdh, being really a rough mountainous piece of land in the middle of the ocean, and one of the most beautiful placed tht I$ve ever visited. Trust me! There are no beaches in Madeira Island, but impressive cliffs. The island is divided by the Ribeira Brava valley (South part) and Sbo Vicente valley (North part), joined by the Encumeada Gap. From here, the island to the west is a alpine tundra plain at 1500 m above sea level; to the east the impressive Central range with the volcanic peaks of do Gato, Areiro, Cerro das Torres, being The Ruivo the highest point of Madeira with 1861 m above sea level. Gentle slopes goes down to the South part of the island, but deep gullies down to the North. This gives to the island one of the most important features for Dxing. Dxing in the North part and the following nite in the South is being in two different worlds, fortunately for us, suffered DXers. I could listen sometimes at night, sometimes while I was driving. Even when I was trekking besides the $levadas$ and at Ruivo$s summit, a little AOWA receiver was on me. At night I DX at two little towns: Prazeres (Southwest part of the island), and Sbo Vicente (North part). Anyway, the best place in the island to DX is $Punta do Pargo$, but no lodgement facilities there. In april 1997 a little tourist complex will be open there with only 10 little appartaments; there is nothing around: Your window facing west, a 400 m gentle grass slope to the edge and 500m high cliffs falling down into the ocean. No noises at all, no neighbors; only the frecuency of 1130 and 1140 probably blocked out with RDP-Radio Regional da Madeira (1125 kHz). The antenna of this station is 400m away from this site, but it is only 1 kw and well balanced, so... I use as a DX gear, my SONY ICF2010 and the KIWA POCKET LOOP, being the perfect couple for a traveller. No doubt!. Stations being heard daytime at Encumeada Gap were: 531 MDR RDP-RADIO REGIONAL DA MADEIRA Portosanto (ANTENA 1 Network at night). 576 CNR RNE-R1 CANARIAS Las Palmas. 603 MDR RDP-ANTENA 1 Pico Arieiro (//531 kHz). 621 CNR RNE-R1 CANARIAS Sta Cruz Tenerife (//576). 720 CNR RNE-R5 Sta Cruz Tenerife. 747 CNR RNE-R5 Las Palmas (//720 but different local slots). 837 CNR COPE Las Palmas. 882 CNR COPE La Laguna (//837 but different local slots and ads). 1008 CNR RADIO VOZ Las Palmas. 1017 MDR POSTO EMISSOR RADIODIFUGAO Santana (//1530). 1125 MDR RDP-RADIO REGIONAL DA MADEIRA Punta do Pargo (ANTENA 1 Network at night). 1179 CNR SER Sta Cruz Tenerife. 1269 CNR RADIO ECCA Las Palmas. 1332 MDR RDP-RADIO REGIONAL DA MADEIRA Funchal (ANTENA 1 Network at night). 1485 MDR ESTAGAO RADIO DA MADEIRA Funchal. 1530 MDR POSTO EMISSOR RADIODIFUGAO Funchal (Relay RADIO RENASCENGA many hours). When you trvelled to North part, none of the Canary Islands Station were heard or slightly sometimes. Even Ponta do Pargo RDP station, 1530 and 1332 were difficult to listen to with no traces of 1485 Estagao Radio da Madeira at all. This shows a little bit the orography features of this land. If you DX at South or SouthWest, all the signals coming from both, Continental Spain and Portugal are totally blocked by daytime and only fair-weak at night, sharing channels and being overpassed oftenly. Canary stations are heard 24h day with strong fades at night and co-channel interferences and SouthAmerica and some parts of Africa are open for your ears, althought the African panorama is no impressive (better Dxing in the Canaries?) but the presence of Moroccan stations. Two hours after the susnset Brazil burst with good signals, sometimes as locals. Later on, all the Southamerican countries appears with armchair sound quality sometimes. You prefer DX in the North part of the island?. Well, you will catch the Mainland Spanish and Portuguese stations (less stations than in Spain and much more weaker), being overpassed with American channels oftenly. Azores arrives only fair, not as local, as I thought in the beginning, some Europeans unheard in Sevilla (due to wave hoop amplitude) and surprisingly, strong signal from Arabic countries and perhaps signals from Asia, Dxing in the proper hours. Anyway is worth here to Dxing with the Grey-Line. Surprise could be great!. Following a sample of what I heard there. Main Indexed by frequencies with details in Spanish: 531 RDP-ANTENA 1 Portosanto 21:05 SIO/333. Programa especial de "Sports". //621 + A1 Network. (Jgarzsn, 21dic) 540 RTM-PROGRAMA A Sidi Benhour 21:07 SIO/444. Mzsica y comentarios en arabe. (Jgarzsn, 21dic) 540 MR-KOSSUTH RADIO Solt 21:09 323. Comentarios en hzngaro, a veces se escucha muy bien, depende del fading. (Jgarzsn, 21dic) 549 RTA-CHBINE 1 Les Trembles 21:13 SIO/333. ID y mzsica mezclada con comentarios en arabe. (Jgarzon, 21dic) 567 RTE-R1 Tullamore 21:15 SIO/343. Comentarios sobre mzsica y canciones que estaban poniendo, despuis mzsica. (Jgarzsn, 21dic) 576 RNE-RADIO 1 CANARIAS Las Palmas 06:55 SIO/444. Programa en paralelo con 621 kHz las 24 horas. // 621 kHz. (Jgarzsn, 23dic) 576 RNE-R1 CANARIAS Las Palmas 21:18 SIO/333. Conexisn en cadena con RNE, comentarios deportivos. (Jgarzsn, 21dic) 576 RADIO RENASCENGA Braga 21:19 SIO/333. Comentarios en portuguis e ID con jingle musical. (Jgarzsn, 21dic) 594 RADIO RENASCENGA Muge 21:22 SIO/242. Comentarios en portuguis, en //576 kHz. (Jgarzsn, 21dic) 594 RTM-PROGRAMA A Oujda 21:23 SIO/232. Mzsica arabe, //540 kHz. (Jgarzsn, 21dic) 603 RDP-ANTENA 1 Pico Arieiro 21:24 SIO/333. Programa deportivo "Sports", en //531 kHz. (Jgarzsn, 21dic) 612 RTM-PROGRAMA A Sebaa-Aioun 23:30 SIO/343. Comentarios languidos en arabe con mzsica intercalada. (Jgarzsn, 21dic) 621 RNE-RADIO 1 CANARIAS Santa Cruz 06:55 SIO/444. Identificacisn regional "Radio Nacional de Espaqa en Canarias", noticias regionales de 5 minutos. (Jgarzsn, 23dic) 630 RDP-ANTENA 1 MultiTx 23:32 SIO/343. Mzsica y comentarios, en //531, 603. (Jgarzsn, 21dic) 648 RDP-ANTENA 1 Lajes 23:36 SIO/232. Mzsica y comentarios, en cadena. (Jgarzsn, 21dic) 650 CKGA Gander-NF 23:41 SIO/343. Programas en cadena e ID de VOCM, mzsica y comentarios en inglis. (Jgarzsn, 21dic) 666 RDP-ANTENA 1 MultiTx 23:51 SIO/333. Mzsica tranquila, en //531, 603. (Jgarzsn, 21dic) 670 UNID ??? 23:58. Comentarios en inglis, ID y mzsica. (Jgarzsn, 21dic) 675 RADIO 10 GOLD Lopik 23:59 SIO/343. Mzsica pop y locutor en holandis, clara ID a las 0000. (Jgarzsn, 21dic) 684 RADIO BEOGRAD 1 Beograd 00:04 SIO/222. Mzsica tradicional balcanica con comentarios en ?serbio?. (Jgarzsn, 22dic) 693 BBC-RADIO 5 LIVE Multitx 00:08 SIO/222. Comentarios variados en inglis. (Jgarzsn, 22dic) 693 RDP-ANTENA 1 Viseu 00:09 SIO/222. Comentarios en portuguis sobre temas sociales. (Jgarzsn, 22dic) 700 WLW Cincinnati-OH 00:16 SIO/333. Comentarios variados en inglis, oldies, mezclada con otra USA UNID, sports. (Jgarzsn, 22dic) 710 CKVO Clarenville-NF 00:05 SIO/333. Programacisn en cadena de "VOCM", ID clara en inglis. (Jgarzsn, 22dic) 711 RTM-PROGRAMA A Laayoune 00:29 SIO/333. Mzsica en arabe e ID "Huna Ribat". (Jgarzsn, 22dic) 720 RDP-ANTENA 1 MultiTx 00:30 SIO/333. Mzsica de orquesta aqos cincuenta. (Jgarzsn, 22dic) 740 CHCM Marystown-NF 00:33 SIO/444. Cancisn de Navidad de "Boney M" e id: "VOCM" Net. (Jgarzsn, 22dic) 750 CBGY Bonavista-NF 00:44 SIO/333. Mzsica navideqa y comentarios variados en iglis de una chica. (Jgarzsn, 22dic) 756 DEUTSCHLANDFUNK-DLF Braunschweig 00:46 SIO/343. Mzsica alemana tradicional. (Jgarzsn, 22dic) 760 WJR Detroit-MI 00:56 SIO/343. Sports "Washington & Boston", anuncios, ID y llamadas de oyentes. (Jgarzsn, 22dic) 765 RADIO SUISSE-ROMANDE Sottens 01:06 SIO/242. Mzsica clasica con comentarios cortos. (Jgarzsn, 22dic) 783 RADIO COMERCIAL Miramar 01:08 SIO/343. Programa especial "Feliz Natal" con clara ID en portuguis. (Jgarzsn, 22dic) 810 BBC WS-SCO MultiTx 01:10 SIO/333. Noticias en inglis sobre acontecimientos polmticos mundiales. (Jgarzsn, 22dic) 850 WEEI Boston-MA 01:14 SIO/333. Publicidad, programa de deportes, clara ID "WEEI Radio Network, Boston". (Jgarzsn, 22dic) 882 COPE TENERIFE La Laguna 07:40 SIO/444. Desconexisn de cadena con publicidad local y anuncios promocionales de la COPE. (Jgarzsn, 23dic) 909 TALK RADIO UK MultiTx 01:28 SIO/333. Charlas en inglis con llamadas telefsnicas de oyentes. (Jgarzsn, 22dic) 1010 WINS New York-NY 01:45 SIO/233. Comentarios en inglis, ID antes y despuis de las noticias "News on NYC - WINS". (Jgarzsn, 22dic) 1040 WHO Des Moines-IA 01:58 SIO/222. Comentarios en inglis y clara ID. (Jgarzsn, 22dic) 1130 WBBR New York-NY 01:55 SIO/444. Seqal local, ID y publicidad variada relacionada con la Navidad, ordenadores, etc... (Jgarzsn, 22dic) 1220 RADIO GLOBO Rio de Janeiro 00:04 SIO/222. Avance de programacisn y anuncios comerciales navideqos, en portuguis. (Jgarzsn, 23dic) 1470 RADIO VIBRACISN Carzpano 02:08 SIO/444. Anuncio promocional sobre emisisn especial de Vibracisn. (Jgarzsn, 24dic) 1470 RADIO VIBRACISN Carzpano 00:19 SIO/454. Impresionante seqal la de esta emisora, mzsica habitual y locutor "excitadoooo". (Jgarzsn, 23dic) 1480 WMDD Fajardo 01:48 SIO/454. Programa religioso evangelista. mensajes a la familia en ocasisn de la Navidad. Una seqal impresionante con 5 kW. (Jgarzsn, 24dic) 1500 WTOP Washington DC 06:52 SIO/433. Anuncios navideqos variados, en inglis. (Jgarzsn, 21dic) 1500 RADIO DOS MIL Cumana 01:25 SIO/343. Mzsica latina, ID repetidas veces. (Jgarzsn, 24dic) 1510 RADIO INFORMATIVA 15-10 G|ig|e 06:24 SIO/343. Se identifica como "Sonido 15-10". Programa de ixitos musicales "Los 5 mas pegados a la 1", intercala publicidad entre los tmtulos. (Jgarzsn, 23dic) 1520 WWKB Buffalo-NY 06:14 SIO/343. Anuncios comerciales y "Weather forecast mentioning Seattle, Chicago,...". (Jgarzsn, 23dic) 1530 POSTO EMISSOR RADIODIFUGAO Funchal 06:27 SIO/333. Cancisn "Ay Currito" y comentarios en portuguis. QRM de VOA Pinheira. (Jgarzsn, 21dic) 1540 WDCD Albany-NY 06:17 SIO/232. Comentarios variados en inglis..."FM en 96'5 Mhz". (Jgarzsn, 21dic) 1550 RADIO EL SOL Barrranquilla 00:45 SIO/141. Anuncios comerciales en Barranquilla, retransmisisn de una novena infantil de Navidad. (Jgarzsn, 24dic) 1560 WQEW New York-NY 06:12 SIO/444. Oldies y mzsica de cine y pelmculas, comentarios del locutor en inglis. (Jgarzsn, 21dic) 1580 UNID ??? 01:17 SIO/322. Mzsica latina entremezclada con frases de locutor "Para toda Venezuela...", pero el desvanecimiento no dejaba identificar. (Jgarzsn, 24dic) 1610 CARIBBEAN BEACON Anguilla 00:21 SIO/242. Mzsica jamaicana con canciones navideqas y comentarios en inglis. (Jgarzsn, 24dic) UNID (???) (HELP WANTED) 860 ??? 01:19 SIO/121. Mzsica soca y comentarios en francis/creole. ?Probable R MIN KONTRI (HTI)? (Jgarzsn, 22dic) 940 ??? 01:32 SIO/222. Mzsica gospel religiosa y locutora hablando en inglis. (JGarzsn, 22dic) 970 ??? 01:45 SIO/311. Estacisn en espaqol "No les dejaban vender armas", locutor con acento cubano. Fuertes barbas de 972 kHz con mzsica non-stop. (Jgarzsn, 22dic) 73, Paz y DX. Jorge Garzsn, Sevilla (ESPAQA) THE MEDITERRANEAN DX GROUP "MEDI DX" The Spanish DX Group devoted to Long & Medium Wave Bands http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4847/ Supplement to IDXD 64-18 DANGERFIELD DABBLES WITH DX "Found another upper band TA opening late on Jan. 26th [early Jan. 27th GMT] but I don't think I got to it in time. Had just about given up for the night so took a shower and read a book, but just had to try again and there they were, TAs all over the dial but mostly in the 1200's and above. Noted signals on 1206, 1242, 1278, 1386, 1395, 1404, 1413, 1431, 1449, 1458, 1467, 1530, 1557, 1566 and 1575 among many weaker ones. Beromunster-1566 was booming in with pop singing and yodeling. Nice-1557 was very good with unannounced pop music as noted in Newfoundland and apparently // to some of the other Radio Bleue stations. VOA-1530 was right behind WSAI and Vatican in and out. RR sounding language on 1467 was surely Moldava. Ukraine-1431 {what else?] way up on 1431 with pop music. The strong station on 1278 that I thought was Strasbourg turned out to be Ireland. Finally, around 0500 some of the Italians were strong at sign on. And whatever happened to Rome-846 ? I'll look for it when I travel to Athens in 3 weeks. To change the subject, I just looked back in my verie collection and found the one from RADIKA, then on 640. V/L received 3-1-64 for a 2-5-63 report. Took over a year. Said they run 65% Hindustani, 30% Dutch, and 5% EE. That's one of 4 veries I have from Suriname, the best being Radio Apintie-820 in 1961, back in only 8 days." Second message: Not a great deal to report here. High latitude TAs have been poor, low latitude TAs about the same, the most consistent being RNE-684. But some signs that Africans might be getting better. LAs have seemed a bit on the auroral side, but generally the same ones as usually reported. [Dangerfield-PA] AUSTRALIA STATION ON 1683 John Wright (Caringbah NSW) has advised me that the correct address for the Sydney station (name unknown) testing on 1683 kHz is: Con Nicholas PO Box 150 Earlwood NSW 2206 Power is 25 watts, with plans for 400 watts in the next few months. Mr Nicholas was surprised enough to be heard in the Sydney suburb of Caringbah, so was very interested to hear that the station has been logged in New Zealand.Please enclose return postage if reporting. Regards, Michael Rolph Inverell NSW Australia "mrolph@northnet.com.au" RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY LIST Just received the Jan 1st till March 29th sked for RFE/RL and here are the MW freqs, UTC time, language, power, transmitter location. 612 18-1900 Lithuanian 50kW Vilnius 612 09-1000 Russian 20kW Kohtla-Nomme 612 09-1000 " 150kW Tallin 666 18-1900 Lithuanian 500kW Kaunas 756 04-0500 Russian 10kW Ufa " 07-0800 " " " " 17-1800 " " " 828 04-0600 Russian 10kW St Petersburg " 15-2100 " " " " 873 04-0500 Ukrainian 50kW Kiev " " " " 7kW Vinnitsa " " " " 25kW Wolochysk " " " " 10kW Dnepropetrovsk " 06-0700 " 50kW Kiev " " " " 7kW Vinnitsa " " " " 25kW Wolochysk " " " " 10kW Dnepropetrovsk " 18-2100 " 50kW Kiev " " " " 7kW Vinnitsa " " " " 25kW Wolochysk " " " " 10kW Dnepropetrovsk 909 03-1000 Russian 10kW Ekaterinburg " 16-2000 " " " 918 03-0400 Russian 75kW Moscow " 04-0410 " " " " 05-0510 " " " " 17-1900 " " " 1071 0610-07 Slovak 25kW Brno-Domamil " " " " 10kW Hradec Kralove " 19-2210 " 25kW Brno-Domamil " " " " 10kW Hradec Kralove 1098 03-1200 Russian 10kW Moscow 1197 17-1900 Serbo-Croat 300kW Munich 1233 0610-07 Slovak 400kW Melnik " " " " 30kW Ostrava-Svinov " " " " 25kW Brno-Komarov " " " " 10kW Litovel " " " " 7kW Jihlava " 19-2210 " 400kW Melnik " " " " 30kW Ostrava-Svinov " " " " 25kW Brno-Komarov " " " " 10kW Litovel " " " " 7kW Jihlava 1260 04-0500 Ukrainian 50kW Kharkov " 06-0700 " " " " 18-2100 " " " 1278 04-0500 " 150kW Odessa " 06-0700 " " " " 18-2100 " " " 1287 19-2210 Slovak 150kW Litomysl " " " " 30kW C. Budejovice " " " " 20kW Radomysl " " " " 20kW Plzen-Prestice " " " " 20kW Karlovy Vary " " " " 2kW Liberec " " " " 14kW Poprad " " " " 14kW Presov " " " " 400kW Velke Kostolany " " " " 150kW Litomysl " " " " 30kW C. Budejovice " " " " 20kW Radomysl " " " " 20kW Plzen-Prestice " " " " 20kW Karlovy Vary " " " " 2kW Liberec " " " " 14kW Poprad " " " " 14kW Presov " " " " 400kW Velke Kostolany 1296 04-0500 Azerbaijani 125kW Pirsaat " 16-1700 " " " " 19-2000 " " " 1323 13-1400 Kyrgyz 30kW Bishkek " 16-1700 " " " " 18-1900 Russian " " 1341 01-0200 Kazakh 30kW Almaty " 13-1400 " " " " 00-0100 Russian " " " 02-0300 " " " " 05-0700 " " " " 14-1600 " " " 1349 04-0500 Ukrainian 50kW Donetsk " 06-0700 " " " " 18-2100 " " " 1476 04-0500 " 30kW Lvov " 06-0700 " " " " 18-2100 " " " 1530 04-0500 Azerbaijani 7kW Baku " 16-1700 " " " " 19-2000 " " " " 17-1900 Russian " " 1566 09-1000 Russian 2.5kW Tartu 1593 19-2030 Serbo-Croat 150kW Holzkirchen " 21-2200 " " " " " 2230-23 " " " " 0610-07 Slovak " " I think this was sent to IDXD by Paul Ormandy! CONNELLY COMMENTS Comments section (with corrections from earlier version): I installed a sloper of about 25 m length at a "take-off" angle of 45 degrees from a window of the Harwich house to one of the nearby pine trees. The orientation of the wire, with the low end located northeast of the high end, gave some directivity to enhance European / Middle East reception and to reduce interference from New York City and other stations to the west and southwest. During the early evening of Saturday (1 FEB) the sloper was put to the test. Routine TA's were noted at first, then things got a bit more interesting with some good "fetch" from the eastern Mediterranean zone. With Ramadan in progress (10 JAN to 8 FEB this year), some Middle East stations were on beyond their normal closing times. A "drop you in your tracks" signal popped in on 1062 from Diyarbakir in eastern Turkey: Islamic music parallel to Mundanya-Istanbul (1017 kHz) at 2353 UTC. Normally these TRT stations sign off at 2300. Other good signals from the region included Syria-783, Egypt-819, Egypt-864, and Saudi Arabia on 648. The seldom-heard Saudi on 549 was heard behind dominant Algeria with music parallel to strong 648. The opening was primarily low-band: the usual "blowtorch" on 1521 was poor at the time and VOA Kuwait - 1548 was just a het. 827 had a bit of Syria, but audio was inhibited by slop from strong (but incoherent) clusters of stations on 828 and 830. At 2358 UTC on 1179 there was some Arabic-sounding music mixing with Spain-Canaries, maybe Egypt ? On 1206 there was possible Hebrew talk (Israel) at 0000 UTC (2 FEB) and then a Koranic-sounding vocal briefly in at 0003 (no ideas on this one). Usual low- band Europeans were very strong on the sloper: Ireland-567 hit S9+40 with just the unamplified wire straight into the R8A's 500 ohm input. Some listening the previous night with a loop revealed only mediocre TA DX results, so the new antenna was proving its worth. The next thing I'll have to try is phasing the sloper against a loop or another wire. Since I don't own the house I can't string out a spiderweb of wires and make the place look like Navy Radio Annapolis or the Menwith Hill, UK site described in the latest issue of Monitoring Times. [Mark Connelly-MA] [END]